Nicholas Humphrey: Powers of the Subconscious
[10:34] How significant is the subconscious? Though Freudian psychology is mostly discredited, most of our mental ac…
MORE
The Psychology and Neuroscience of Happiness
[36:23] Vin Walsh and a panel of experts discuss the psychology and the neuroscience of happiness. Vin Walsh is a Profes…
MORE
Why do we read and write poetry? (Dead Poets Society)
[1:18] O Me! O Life! By Walt Whitman Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring, Of the endless trains of the faith…
MORE
Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson: “Does Mindfulness Really Work?”
[33:24] Does Mindfulness Really Work? What the Science Tells Us. With Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson, authors of …
MORE
Michael Shermer & Jordan Peterson: Heavens on Earth Discussion
[1:13:18] Dr. Michael Shermer, editor of Skeptic Magazine, Scientific American columnist, and author of the new book …
MORE
Helen Pearson: Lessons from the longest study on human development
[12:25] For the past 70 years, scientists in Britain have been studying thousands of children through their lives to fi…
MORE
Sean Carroll: The Meaning of Life
[7:20] “The world keeps happening in accordance with its rules; it’s up to us to make sense of it and give it …
MORE
Michael Shermer and Derren Brown: Magic, Happiness, and Skepticism
[1:16:58] Michael Shermer chatting with Derren Brown, a British magician and writer. His TV show Derren Brown: Mind Co…
MORE
Michael Shermer: Why Believing in Aliens Is Religion in Disguise
[2:36] Are atheists who believe in aliens falling for one of humanity’s oldest brain biases? In a series of four s…
MORE
Bret Weinstein: Sympathy and Empathy – An Evolutionary Perspective
[7:13] In this video I tease apart the evolutionary meaning of ‘sympathy’ and ’empathy’ so …
MORE