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.
A Problem You'll Never Solve
AdultsData SciencePsychologyScience...Newcomb’s Paradox has confounded philosophers, mathematicians, and game players for over 50 years.
End of Space – Creating a Prison for Humanity
AdultsHumanPhilosophySpace...Space travel is the most exciting adventure for humanity, but in an irony of history we may stop ourselves from going into space the more we do it.
Who decides what art means?
AdultsArtCreativityHistory...There is a question that has been tossed around by philosophers and art critics for decades: how much should an artist's intention affect your interpretation of the work?
How far would you have to go to escape gravity?
AdultsPhilosophyScienceSpaceEvery star, black hole, human being, smartphone and atom are all constantly pulling on each other due to one force: gravity.
What Is A Paradox?
AdultsMathPhilosophyLanguage...A paradox is a statement that, despite apparently sound reasoning from true premises, leads to an apparently self-contradictory or logically unacceptable conclusion.
A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place
AdultsPhilosophyPsychologyWorldWhy should you care about the well-being of people half a globe away?
What Is Light?
AdultsScienceTravelPhilosophyWe are so used to some things that we stopped wondering about them. Like light. What is light? Some kind of wavy thing, right? Kind of.
Should You Eat Every Day?
AdultsFoodHealthPhilosophyAn intermittent fasting diet is one of the hippest new nutrition and fitness philosophies, based around the idea that going hungry can be good for your health.
Open offices are overrated
AdultsPhilosophyWorkProductivity...If you work in an office, there's a good chance it's an open one. How did we get here? And why is it so bad?
What's the definition of comedy? Banana. - Addison Anderson
AdultsCreativityHumorPsychology...What makes us giggle and guffaw? The inability to define comedy is its very appeal; it is defined by its defiance of definition. Addison Anderson riffs on the philosophy of Henri Bergson and Aristotle to elucidate how a definition draws borders while comedy breaks them down.
Are you a body with a mind or a mind with a body? - Maryam Alimardani
AdultsPsychologySciencePhilosophy...Our bodies - the physical, biological parts of us - and our minds - the thinking, conscious aspects - have a complicated, tangled relationship. Which one primarily defines you or your self? Are you a body with a mind or a mind with a body? Maryam Alimardani investigates.
Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument
AdultsHumanSciencePhilosophy...What if we are not creators, but creations?