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3mins
Perception Box
How humans create reality through language and beliefs
Language is a huge part of human development, even the language we keep to ourselves. Three experts explain how words and beliefs can change our brains and our lives:
Agustín Fuentes, Daniel Dennett & Ethan Kross
Unlikely Collaborators
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3mins
Perception Box
Fearing death keeps us from living. 3 experts explain.
Biologist Tyler Volk PhD, psychiatrist Bruce Greyson MD, and palliative care physician BJ Miller MD, reveal how confronting mortality can improve the way we live.
Tyler Volk, Dr. Bruce Greyson & BJ Miller
Unlikely Collaborators
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7mins
The Big Think Interview
The history of natural selection, in 7 minutes
“The idea of evolution by natural selection is, for me, probably the most beautiful idea in biology.”
Paul Nurse
A man looking at a meteorite.
19mins
The Big Think Interview
How two freak accidents shaped human evolution
“So many things could have happened in a different way that we wouldn't be here at all, both individually, for sure, and certainly as a species.”
Sean B. Carroll
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