Steven Pinker and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: The long reach of reason
[15:23] Here’s a TED first: an animated Socratic dialog! In a time when irrationality seems to rule both politic…
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UK’s Scariest Debt Collector
[35:07] Ten years ago Shaun Smith was an enforcer for one of the biggest crime families in Liverpool and embroiled in a wa…
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David Pizarro: The strange politics of disgust
[14:02] What does a disgusting image have to do with how you vote? Equipped with surveys and experiments, psychologist …
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V.S. Ramachandran: Molecules , neurons and morality
[1:33:45] This lecture by Prof. V.S. Ramachandran (University of California, San Diego) will deal with understandin…
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Michael Shermer: Baloney Detection Kit
[14:40] With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claim…
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The Future of God Debate
[1:51:06] A fascinating debate where Sam Harris and Michael Shermer debate on the side of reason. [Source: AllSamHarr…
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Who Says Science has Nothing to Say About Morality?
[1:17:11] Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins discuss Who Says Science has Nothing to Say About Morality? Source: Richard D…
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Bill Nye (Evolution) v Ken Ham – (Creationism)
[2:30:36] Is creation a viable model of origins in today’s modern, scientific era? Creation apologist and auth…
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Robert Sapolsky Lecture 1: Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology
[57:14] Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky gave the opening lecture of the course entitled Human Behavioral Biology …
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Robert Sapolsky Lecture 2: Behavioral Evolution
[1:36:57] Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky lectures on the biology of behavioral evolution and thoroughly discus…
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