Steven Pinker: The Philosophy of Free Will
[24:05] Steven Pinker is a Canadian-born American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He …
MOREMichael Pollan: How psychedelics work: Fire the conductor, let the orchestra play
[5:23] Michael Pollan explains what goes on during the mental fireworks of a psychedelic experience. – If your e…
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[8:13] Near Death Experience (NDE)… Scientifically explained. Lots of anecdotes claiming what seems to be ver…
MOREJoseph LeDoux: Putting Emotion into the Science of Consciousness
[53:04] The scientific study of consciousness is in a golden age. Despite the fact the emotions are the amongst the most …
MORERobert Sapolsky on Life and Free Will
[10:39] Robert Sapolsky tackles the contemplation of how a future world would react when accepting that we do not h…
MORETali Sharot: The optimism bias
[17:40] Are we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? Tali Sharot shares new research that suggests our brains a…
MOREBruce Hood: Think You don’t Believe in the Supernatural? Think Again
[18:51] He asks the audience if they would wear a beautiful cashmere cardigan that he had collected, that was freshly wa…
MOREMichael Shermer and Colin McGinn — Mysterianism, Consciousness, Free Will, and God
[1:06:16] This remote Science Salon was initiated after McGinn commented publicly, and critically, on Shermer’s l…
MOREMichael Shermer & Ralph Lewis: Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
[1:23:06] In this wide-ranging conversation, Michael Shermer talks with the author of the new book Finding Purpose in …
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