A Guide to Happiness – Nietzsche on Hardship
[24:02] Alain de Botton explores Friedrich Nietzsche’s (1844-1900) dictum that any worthwhile achievements …
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Do Religions Really Cause Violence?
[6:32] Throughout history religion has been tied to massive tragedy and loss of life but is religion truly at fault for e…
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Richard Dawkins interviews Illusionist Derren Brown
[53:14] In his series Enemies of Reason Richard Dawkins interviewed in an hour long special Derren Brown to get some ins…
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Cori Bargmann: Overview of Genes and Behavior
[10:45] Cori Bargmann explains how individual genes can affect the brain and behavior. Humans are complex creatures, …
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James Gilligan: Morality is the Problem
[4:00] Clip from the documentary “A Matter of Respect” by Lauren Hatvany [Video and text source: amatter…
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Can Babies Tell Right From Wrong?
[5:12] Babies at Yale University’s Infant Cognition Center respond to “naughty” and “nic…
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Introduction to Propaganda
[11:25] In this lecture we investigate the nature of propaganda. We examine what propaganda is, the difference betwee…
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Ran Gavrieli: Why I stopped watching porn
[15:57] Ran Gavrieli lives in Tel Aviv and studies gender at Tel Aviv University. He works with youth and adults all over …
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Dan Ariely: Our buggy moral code
[16:20] Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it’s OK t…
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James Randi debunks Crystal Power and Applied Kinesiology
[5:37] James Randi offers every opportunity for his guest to prove her powers, but as shown time after time, failure y…
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