The Barnum Effect – Why People Believe In Astrology And Psychics
[5:36] Millions of people around the world believe in astrology and horoscopes, fortune tellers and psychic mediums. …
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History of consumerism
[10:42] It’s only very recently in history that we’ve been able to buy more than the bare necessities. Can the histo…
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The Truman Show Delusion
[4:52] The Truman Show Delusion is a very real mental disorder. [Video source: BrainCraft YouTube link]…
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Products that promise “detox” are a sham. Yes, all of them.
[4:08] Humans have worried about toxins since Ancient Egypt. We can relax. [Video source: Vox YouTube link]…
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Olaf Blanke: Out-of-body experiences
[50:34] One out of 10 people on average claim to have had an out-of-body experience. Can one learn to trigger such experi…
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Olaf Blanke: Virtual out-of-body experience
[2:23] A group of neuroscientists have induced out-of-body experiences for the first time, using virtual reality and …
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Claudia Hammond: The Psychology of Money
[23:32] The Psychology of Money with Claudia Hammond. Why don’t money and friendship mix? Can money buy happiness? W…
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Expensive wine is for suckers?
[3:31] We shouldn’t have spent $43 on this bottle of wine. 🙂 [Video and text source: Vox YouTube link]…
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V.S. Ramachandran: How Our Brain Creates Delusion Of God
[22:48] This gentleman, due to the damage to his temporal lobes, was suffering from seizures. However, after his seizu…
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Richard Dawkins: Why Coincidences Are Meaningless
[5:42] Experiment demonstrating the triviality of coincidence. [Source: fdhfhg You Tube channel]…
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