Game theory challenge: Can you predict human behavior?
AdultsHumanPsychologyScience...Solve this classic game theory challenge: given integers from 0 to 100, what would the whole number closest to ⅔ of the average of all numbers guessed be?
Why Are Adults Bad At New Languages?
AdultsEducationHumanPsychology...Learning a new language as an adult is harder than doing so as a child because adults usually aren’t as invested and often use the wrong strategies.
Is The Joker Legally Insane?
AdultsFilmMental HealthPsychology...If any supervillain is criminally insane, it has to be The Joker right? But would any real lawyer want him to plead insanity? Kyle puts the Clown Prince of Crime on Trial.
What Disease Does The Joker Have?
AdultsMediaPsychologyScience...The Joker has been one of the Dark Knight's most iconic foes for decades. Everyone knows there's something wrong with the Joker, but is there actually a medical explanation to what makes him tick?
Why You Shouldn’t Fear Death
AdultsHumanPsychologyScience...The Dolan Twins, Cardi B and even YOU are going to die. So, this is how science can help you cope with death.
Why You Shouldn’t Fear Death
AdultsHistoryHumanPsychology...The Dolan Twins, Cardi B and even YOU are going to die. So, this is how science can help you cope with death.
How To Fall Asleep In 2 Minutes
AdultsHumanPsychologyScience...Can't fall asleep? These sleep tips are better than ASMR!
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
AdultsCultureHumanPsychology...The Dunning-Kruger Effect was first described in a 1999 paper by David Dunning and Justin Kruger.
The real reason conspiracy theories work
AdultsHistoryHumanPsychology...Here's why we've evolved to fall for conspiracy theories.
People are Manipulating You on Facebook
AdultsHumanPsychologyTechnology...Thank you Facebook for being so open to this discussion.
What Is Social Anxiety Disorder?
AdultsHumanPsychologyRelationships...Social Anxiety Disorder is real. What happens when you have it?
Can Humans Sense Magnetic Fields?
AdultsNeurosciencePsychologyScience...Research has found some human brains can pick up on rotations of geomagnetic-strength fields as evidenced by drops in alpha wave power following stimulus.
The Origin of Consciousness
AdultsHumanPhilosophyPsychology...Consciousness is perhaps the biggest riddle in nature. In the first part of this three part video series, we explore the origins of consciousness and take a closer look on how unaware things became aware.
How to learn any language in six months
AdultsCultureEducationPsychology...Chris Lonsdale is Managing Director of Chris Lonsdale & Associates, a company established to catalyse breakthrough performance for individuals and senior teams.
Pursuit of a memorable life
AdultsCreativityLifePsychology...This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. This talk may save your life, or inspire you to get a goat. Innovation guru Dustin Garis shares his improbable around-the-world quest for the meaning of life. What he discovers is a deadly epidemic of monotony, and a mind-bending solution called LifeProfit that is sparking a global uprising against the ordinary approach to business and life.