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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The Biology of Addiction
[1:01:47] Drugs of abuse target discrete collections of nerve cells—called circuits—in the brain that normally …
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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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Matthew Walker: The science of sleep – A fascinating conversation with Joe Rogan
[1:55:32] Matthew Walker is Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and …
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The Science of Near Death Experiences
[8:13] Near Death Experience (NDE)… Scientifically explained. Lots of anecdotes claiming what seems to be ver…
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Joseph 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 …
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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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Peggy Mason: Anti-anxiety medication limits empathetic behavior in rats
[3:35] UChicago neuroscientist Peggy Mason studies empathy–specifically how rats (and presumably other mam…
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Nuts & Bolts of Better Brains: Harnessing the Power of Neuroscience
[1:28:13] What if your brain at 77 were as plastic as it was at 7? What if you could learn Mandarin with the ease of a toddler …
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