Thomas Metzinger: The transparent avatar in your brain
[16:26] Thomas Metzinger is a German philosopher. As of 2000 he holds the position of director of the theoretical philo…
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Check your intuition: The birthday problem
[5:06] Imagine a group of people. How big do you think the group would have to be before there’s more than a 50% chance th…
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Does Expensive Wine Really Taste Better?
[3:58] Is there really a big difference between expensive wine and cheap wine? Trace is joined by Nick Uhas to discuss wh…
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Jeremy Nathans: The Hering Optical Illusion
[4:07] The Hering optical illusion explained. [Video and text source: iBioEducation YouTube channel]…
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Steven Sloman: The Knowledge Illusion
[6:41] How have we achieved so much despite understanding so little? Whilst individuals know very little, the collect…
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Thomas Metzinger: The Ego Tunnel
[17:46] Brain, bodily awareness, and the emergence of a conscious self: these entities and their relations are explor…
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Bruce Hood: Why Do We Believe the Unbelievable?
[16:26] Bruce Hood speaks about the concept of ‘essentialism’ which he demonstrates by offering £50 to an audien…
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The Most Bizarre Brain Disorders
[3:01] Ever mistake your mother for an alien or think that your body was a rotting corpse? Assuming the answer is no, than…
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Enclothed Cognition
[1:58] Clothes have powers…over your mind. Learn more about this idea and others in the book, You Are Now Less Dum…
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Max Tegmark: Consciousness is a mathematical pattern
[16:36] As a physicist, Max Tegmark sees people as “food, rearranged.” That makes his answer to complica…
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