Lawrence Krauss: Why Schools Should Teach Skepticism Above Obedience
[5:37] “You can can get more information in your cell phone now than you can in any school, but you can also get more misi…
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Steven Kotler: The Neuroscience Of Negativity: Why Pessimism in the Media Works
[6:54] The human brain is designed to flag and amplify the importance of negative news. But why? Bestselling author Ste…
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How Language Evolves – Language in The Brain
[1:00:23] This CARTA symposium addresses the question of how human language came to have the kind of structure it has to…
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Dan Ariely: Beware conflicts of interest
[5:35] In this short talk, psychologist Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of int…
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Sonder: The Realization That Everyone Has A Story
[2:38] sonder – n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. [Vi…
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Hinze Hogendoorn: Time and the brain – The illusion of now
[16:07] How does the brain generate a coherent stream of visual awareness, when different visual features are process…
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Dean Buonomano: “Your Brain is a Time Machine”
[1:02:16] In YOUR BRAIN IS A TIME MACHINE, UCLA neuroscientist Dean Buonomano investigates the relationship between …
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Dean Buonomano: Time Paradox – Why Pleasure Is Fleeting and Pain Endures
[4:03] Why does time move so quickly when we’re having fun but drag when we’re bored? [Video and text sourc…
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Dean Buonomano: Your Brain Tells You Time Is Real — But Is It Lying to You?
[4:43] If you’re here to indulge in some mind-bending talk about time travel, neuroscientist Dean Buonomano is …
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Crazy Circle Illusion!
[1:45] Perceptions, illusions and much more… [Video and text source: brusspup YouTube channel] …
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