Steve Novella: The importance of skepticism toward alternative medicine
[14:46] Dr. Steven Novella is a faculty member of the Yale School of Medicine, a practicing neurologist, and the host of …
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Jordan Peterson Misrepresents Science
[14:16] Jordan Peterson and Matt Dillahunty debated / discussed psychedelics, specifically magic mushrooms contai…
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Fabrizio Benedetti: Placebo explained
[18:50] Fabrizio Benedetti, Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience at the University of Turin Medical School, joi…
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Fabrizio Benedetti: Placebo and nocebo: on the pharmacology and toxicology of words and rituals
[1:00:04] [Video and text source: Institute for Complem. and Integrative Medicine USZ YouTube channel]…
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Mindful Meditation: Miracle Cure or Media Hype?
[3:11] Mindfulness meditation is gaining popularity as a technique for reducing stress, but is there science that sho…
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Rationality Rules: The Law of Attraction – Debunked (The Secret – Refuted)
[9:28] I cannot stress enough the impact that Caysen and Matt had on the direction of this video – from ensuring that I u…
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Murali Doraiswamy: What are Altered States of Consciousness?
[11:18] Altered states of consciousness are non-normal states of mental awareness or experiences. These include dre…
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Take a placebo to be more creative
[0:57] The placebo effect not only works in medicine, it can also boost cognitive ability, unleashing creativity and d…
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Why Do Placebos Work?
[6:07] Placebos are treatments that don’t actually do anything. They have no medical effect and no active medicine. …
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Robert Sapolsky: Religion Is Nature’s Antidepressant
[3:17] Of all the strange things that humans have come up with, almost none is stranger—nor more pervasive across sep…
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