Bret Weinstein: The Paradox of Headaches
[5:53] Why are humans wired to feel pain about which we can do very little? [Video and text source: Bret Weinstein YouTub…
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Jim Al-Khalili: Double Slit Experiment explained!
[9:01] “If you can explain this using common sense and logic, do let me know, because there is a Nobel Prize for you…
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Epistemology: The Preface Paradox
[9:49] Everybody has false beliefs, including you. But that means everyone’s beliefs are self-contradictory…
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The paradox of value
[3:45] Imagine you’re on a game show and you can choose between two prizes: a diamond … or a bottle of water. It’s an …
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Zeno’s Dichotomy Paradox
[4:11] Can you ever travel from one place to another? Ancient Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea gave a convincing argument …
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Epistemology: Paradoxes of Perception #2 (Argument from Hallucination)
[7:21] Common sense takes for granted that we can typically just see physical objects without further hindrance. In th…
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Epistemology: Paradoxes of Perception #1 (Argument from Illusion)
[7:57] In this video, Dr Eugen Fischer (University of East Anglia) presents the ‘argument from illusion’. This ar…
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Mind Over Masters: The Question of Free Will
[1:23:38] Do we make conscious decisions? Or are all of our actions predetermined? And if we don’t have free will…
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The Magic of Consciousness
[7:32] Is consciousness real? Could it be just an illusion manufactured in the theatre of our minds? And what use is it  
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Epistemology: The Problem of Skepticism
[9:45] Is knowledge humanly possible? In this video, Jennifer Nagel (University of Toronto) looks at skeptical argum…
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