- -: Steven Pinker on Free Will
June 1, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)There's no such thing as free will in the sense of a ghost in the machine; our behavior is the product of physical processes in the brain rather than some mysterious soul, says Pinker. Check out the rest of Steven Pinker's interview at http://bigthink.com/stevenpinker
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- -: Raymond Tallis - Free Will and the Brain
January 2, 2008 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/10/28/Battle_of_Ideas_My_Brain_Made_Me_Do_It British gerontologist, author and cultural critic Raymond Tallis addresses questions regarding free will and the brain. ----- "Battle of Ideas: My Brain Made Me Do It" at the 2007 Battle of Ideas conference hos...
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- -: Are Genes To Blame for Bad Behavior? - Kristene Doyle
March 19, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/09/Hardwired_for_Life Cognitive behavioral therapist Kristene Doyle argues that while genes may predispose us to anxiety or alcoholism, we still have final control over our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. "Regardless of one's genetic predispositions, t...
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- -: The Post-Digital Age of Advertising
August 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/31/Will_Sansom_Selling_Great_Food_in_an_Innovative_Way Will Sansom, a writer for Contagious Magazine, discusses innovative advertising in the "post-digital" world. He describes StickyBits, an app that allows users to interact with comments left by other ...
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Kevin Laird: Two Worlds Come Together
March 16, 1990 (about 34 years ago)Kevin Laird, played by J. Eddie Peck, shares his life story and how education and help from his foster parents made him the man they all know at the present in the film, Lambada.
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Ken Kamler: Medical Miracle on Everest
October 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)In this talk, Dr. Ken Kamler tells us about a story of survival. How the brain generates willpower to help us survive the most extreme conditions.
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Charity Tillemann-Dick: Singing after a Double Lung Transplant
October 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)In this inspiring talk, Soprano Charity Tillemann-Dick tells us about singing after a double lung transplant. She explains her condition, idiopathic pulmonary hypertension, which effectively limited her way of life. She also talks about her fight against this challenge and how she overcame all od...
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