Can Language Affect How You Spend Your Money?
[5:53] Yale University economist Keith Chen’s study on “The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior.&#…
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Michael Shermer: The Believing Brain
[1:08:46] In this talk, Dr Michael Shermer presents his comprehensive and provocative theory on how humans form belie…
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Sam Harris: On Interpreting Scripture
[6:46] Maybe God spoke in metaphor. [Source: Big Think YouTube link]…
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Metaphysics: The Grandfather Paradox
[8:57] Agustín Rayo (M.I.T.) explains the grandfather paradox, one of the classic paradoxes of time travel. [Source…
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Consciousness: Explored and Explained
[1:31:35] Consciousness is a terrible curse. Or so says a character in screenwriter/director Charlie Kaufman’s Be…
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Not Liking One’s Looks
[3:55] Many of us inhabit bodies and faces that don’t look as we feel they should. It’s one of the most painful aspect…
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Arthur Brooks: The Secret of Happiness
[1:19:17] This lecture was hosted by the Murphy Institute at Tulane University October 3, 2013. Arthur C. Brooks is pre…
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George Loewenstein: This is Your Brain on Emotion
[1:07:58] This Yates lecture was hosted by the Murphy Institute at Tulane University on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. As the …
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Antonio Rangel: The neuroeconomics of simple choice
[12:32] Antonio Rangel is a professor of neuroscience and economics at Caltech. He received a Ph.D. in economics from H…
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Rodolfo Llinás: “Enter the ‘I of the Vortex'”
[1:12:44] Rodolfo Llinás, a founding father of modern brain science, is the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Ne…
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