Michael Shermer on Cognitive Biases & How Thinking Goes Wrong (and Right!)
[1:51:09] Dr. Michael Shermer reviews the many ways that our attempts to understand the truth about the world are derai…
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Annaka Harris: Interview – Challenge Everything
Consciousness is exactly as mysterious as it seems to be [2:29] Annaka defines what consciousness is [4:54] Tom and Ann…
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Michael Shermer with Brian Greene: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
[1:12:41] Until the End of Time is Brian Greene’s breathtaking new exploration of the cosmos and our quest to find mea…
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Are any Animals Truly Monogamous?
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Is Violence Ever Justified? – Full Debate: Steven Pinker, Tariq Ali, Elif Sarican
[42:25] From the French and Russian Revolutions to the Suffragettes, violent action has been instrumental to creatin…
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Michael 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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Dan Gilbert: The Surprising Science of Happiness
[21:19] Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don…
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Robert 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…
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Paul Bloom: The Science of Bias, Empathy, and Dehumanization
[4:49] Empathy moves us, but it may move us to make an unethical decision. Conversely, says Bloom, dehumanization is no…
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Beau Lotto: The Neuroscience of Creativity, Perception, and Confirmation Bias
[6:44] To ensure your survival, your brain evolved to avoid one thing: uncertainty. As neuroscientist Beau Lotto poin…
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