Melhores podcasts sobre Provocative Enlightenment (2024)

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21-0215-The Warrior's Meditation with Richard L. Haight 51:44

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Richard L. Haight is the founder of the Total Embodiment Method (TEM), which is an awareness training system designed to integrate meditation into one’s daily life. Richard is the author of five bestselling titles, most notably The Warrior’s Meditation, Unshakable Awareness, and The Unbound Soul, and he is a master-level instructor of martial, medi…

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21-0208-How to be a Stoic with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci 52:14

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Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive. In How to Be a Stoic, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers Stoicism, the ancient philosophy that inspired the great emperor Marcus Aurelius, as the best way to attain it. Stoicism is a pragmatic philos…

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21-0201-The Superhuman Mind with Berit Brogaard 52:33

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Berit Brogaard, PhD, and Kristian Marlow, MA, study people with astonishing talents—memory champions, human echolocators, musical virtuosos, math geniuses, and synesthetes who taste colors and hear faces. But as amazing as these abilities are, they are not mysterious. Our brains constantly process a huge amount of information below our awareness, a…

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21-0125-Finding Purpose in a Godless World with Ralph Lewis 52:18

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Dr. Lewis obtained his medical degree in 1990 at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he grew up. He completed specialty training in psychiatry at the University of Toronto in 1996, followed by a two year fellowship in neuroimaging research and a Master of Science in Neuroscience, both at the University of Toronto. He has held h…

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21-0118-Growing Young with Marta Zaraska 52:32

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A smart, research-driven case for why optimism, kindness, and strong social networks will help us live to 100. From the day her daughter was born, science journalist Marta Zaraska fretted about what she and her family were eating. She fasted, considered adopting the keto diet, and ran a half-marathon. She bought goji berries and chia seeds and ate …

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21-0111-Galileo's Error with Prof. Philip Goff 52:10

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From a leading philosopher of the mind comes this lucid, provocative argument that offers a radically new picture of human consciousness—panpsychism. Understanding how brains produce consciousness is one of the great scientific challenges of our age. Some philosophers argue that consciousness is something “extra,” beyond the physical workings of th…

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21-0104-It Didn’t Start With You with Mark Wolynn 52:21

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Mark Wolynn is a leading expert on inherited family trauma. He is the winner of the 2016 Silver Nautilus Award in Psychology. As the director of The Family Constellation Institute in San Francisco, he has trained thousands of clinicians and treated thousands more patients struggling with depression, anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive thoughts, self…

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20-1228-MindShift with Professor Barbara Oakley 52:26

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Professor Oakley’s work focuses on the complex relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. Mindshift reveals how we can overcome stereotypes and preconceived ideas about what is possible for us to learn and become. Dr. Oakley shepherds us past simplistic ideas of “aptitude” and “ability,” which provide only a snapshot of who we are now—w…

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20-1221-The Meaning of Christmas with Professor Amy-Jill Levine 52:00

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Professor Levine is an internationally recognized expert in Biblical studies, Jewish/Christian relations, and the Bible, gender, and sexuality. She works in biblical studies broadly, with special interest in Jewish-Christian relations, Jesus and the Gospels, the roles of women, gender, and sexuality in biblical texts, and the relationship between h…

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20-1214-Scavengers of Beauty with Philippe Sibaud 51:48

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Why was the mission to the Moon named after the God of the Sun, and not after a Moon Goddess or God? In this unconventional work, Philippe Sibaud explores the symbolism behind the 1969 landing on the Moon. More than fifty years after this seminal event, and whilst the Moon is attracting renewed interest, the author offers a bold new interpretation …

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20-1207-A Glimpse Behind the Veil with Richard Rowland 51:32

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Did a tiny bird in Texas really communicate with a horse and convince him it was okay to load on a trailer he’d never been on? Did a horse, after a three-year absence, know that its previous owner was present by hearing a harmonica being played? Did a horse, who had never acted up, hurt its owner on purpose so she would go to the doctor, where she …

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20-1130-The Future of Fusion Energy with Jason Parisi and Justin Ball 51:30

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The gap between the state of fusion energy research and public understanding is vast. In an entertaining and engaging narrative, this popular science book gives readers the basic tools to understand how fusion works, its potential, and contemporary research problems. Written by two young researchers in the field, The Future of Fusion Energy explain…

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20-1123-Why We Act with Prof. Catherine Sanderson 51:16

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We are bombarded every day by reports of bad behavior, from sexual harassment to political corruption and bullying belligerence. It’s tempting to blame evil acts on evil people, but that leaves the rest us off the hook. Silence, after all, can perpetuate cruelty. Why We Act draws on the latest developments in psychology and neuroscience to tackle a…

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20-1116-How I Escaped Political Correctness with Loretta Breuning, Ph.D. 51:04

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You care about the greater good, but you want to define it for yourself. What if you disagree with the politically correct view? You fear ridicule, shunning and attack, so you tell yourself it’s not worth it and find a way to conform. Until one day you can’t. I was politically correct until the day I heard myself lie about a simple fact because the…

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20-1109-The Path of Civility with Robert Sachs 51:47

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What does President George Washington have in common with the Buddha, Sakyamuni? Author and teacher, Robert Sachs, brings together the lessons and teachings of these two great men; one an exemplary political figure, the other, the founder of one of the world’s great wisdom traditions. The result is a guidebook to study, carry with you, and apply to…

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20-1102-Practicing Positive Leadership with Prof. Kim Cameron 51:41

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Plenty of research has been done on why companies go terribly wrong, but what makes companies go spectacularly right? That’s the question that Kim Cameron asked over a decade ago. Since then, Cameron and his colleagues have uncovered the principles and practices that set extraordinarily effective organizations apart from the merely successful. In h…

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20-1026-Ultimate Price with Prof. Howard Steven Friedman 51:32

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How much is a human life worth? Individuals, families, companies, and governments routinely place a price on human life. The calculations that underlie these price tags are often buried in technical language, yet they influence our economy, laws, behaviors, policies, health, and safety. These price tags are often unfair, infused as they are with ge…

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20-1019-The Meritocracy Trap with Prof. Daniel Markovits 51:22

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It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal – that social and economic rewards should follow achievement rather than breeding – reigns supreme. Both Democrats and Republicans insistently repeat meritocratic notions. Meritocracy c…

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20-1012-GAIN Without Pain with Greg Hammer, MD 51:37

4y ago51:37

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Burnout is on the rise. This is a problem we cannot afford to ignore. The rising costs of burnout are staggering. Health care professionals sacrifice their health, happiness, and relationships. Fortunately, there is a solution. Dr. Greg Hammer created GAIN Without Pain so that health care professionals can prevent burnout and reclaim happiness. Thi…

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20-1005-Ways to go Beyond with Rupert Sheldrake 51:19

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To go beyond is to move into a higher state of consciousness, to a place of bliss, greater understanding, love, and deep connectedness, a realm where we finally find life’s meaning. Scientist and spiritual explorer Rupert Sheldrake looks at seven spiritual practices that are personally transformative and have scientifically measurable effects. He c…

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20-0921-Everybody Lies with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz 52:22

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How much sex are people really having? How many Americans are actually racist? Is America experiencing a hidden back-alley abortion crisis? Can you game the stock market? Does violent entertainment increase the rate of violent crime? Do parents treat sons differently from daughters? How many people actually read the books they buy? In this groundbr…

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20-0928-Never Letting Go with Mark Anthony 51:52

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Mark Anthony the Psychic Lawyer®/Psychic Explorer® is the author of the award winning, critically acclaimed best-sellers Never Letting Go and Evidence of Eternity. He is a world-renowned fourth generation psychic medium who communicates with spirits. Mark is an Oxford educated attorney licensed to practice law in Florida, Washington D.C. and before…

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20-0914-Real Magic with Dr. Dean Radin 51:56

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Filled with fascinating facts and intriguing ideas, Real Magic places the laboratory findings from parapsychology in the broader context of centuries of magic practices. This wholly original work then points toward new understandings of reality that can no longer be ignored. Real Magic will be known as one of the few real paradigm-changing works of…

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20-0907-Truth with Hector Macdonald 51:52

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We like to think that there is a clear distinction between true and false. The reality is far murkier. Truth can be spun in the names used, the context applied, the omissions committed, the framing deployed and many other ways. “Truth” can look vey different to different people. Macdonald explains how these so-called “competing truths” are used bot…

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20-0831-Intellectual Humility with Dr. Ian Church 52:15

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The first research-cluster focuses on motivating and developing new non-reductive models of knowledge and includes projects on the nature of luck, fallibilism, and the epistemic import of peer disagreement. The second research cluster focuses on the methodologies and implications of psychology and includes projects on the nature of intellectual vir…

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20-0824-Decoding Schopenhauer's Metaphysics with Bernardo Kastrup 51:10

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First proposed more than 200 years ago, Schopenhauer’s extraordinarily prescient metaphysics – if understood along the lines thoroughly elucidated and substantiated in this volume – offers powerful answers not only to the paradoxes of quantum mechanics, but also to modern philosophical dilemmas such as the hard problem of consciousness – which plag…

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20-0817-Shine On with David Ditchfield 51:31

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Across thousands of years, people have described one of the most astonishing of all human phenomena: the near-death experience (NDE), the subjective experience of an Afterlife, a place where we apparently survive death. The more powerful the NDE, the more profound the after effects. The ambitious reset their priorities. Atheists change their values…

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20-08010-Self-Compassion with Kristin Neff, Ph.D. 51:40

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The relentless search for high self-esteem has become a virtual religion; and a tyrannical one at that. Our competitive culture tells us we need to be special and above average to feel good about ourselves, but we can’t all be above average at the same time. Fortunately, there is an alternative to self-esteem that many psychologists believe is a be…

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20-0803-Hyper Education with Pawan Dhingra, Ph.D. 50:16

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An up-close look at the education arms race of after-school learning, academic competitions, and the perceived failure of even our best schools to educate children. Beyond soccer leagues, music camps, and drama lessons, today’s youth are in an education arms race that begins in elementary school. In Hyper Education, Pawan Dhingra uncovers the growi…

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20-0727-Never Letting Go Pt. 2 with Mark Anthony 0:55

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Mark Anthony the Psychic Lawyer®/Psychic Explorer® is the author of the award winning, critically acclaimed best-sellers Never Letting Go and Evidence of Eternity. He is a world-renowned fourth generation psychic medium who communicates with spirits. Mark is an Oxford educated attorney licensed to practice law in Florida, Washington D.C. and before…

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20-0720-The Velvet Rope Economy with Nelson Schwartz 51:07

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From New York Times business reporter Nelson D. Schwartz comes a gripping investigation of how a virtual velvet rope divides Americans in every arena of life, creating a friction-free existence for those with money on one side and a Darwinian struggle for the middle class on the other side. In nearly every realm of daily life–from health care to ed…

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20-0713-Bully Proofing You with Jeanie Cisco-Meth 51:12

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One simply has to look at news headlines, in the workplace, or into a classroom to find evidence of a troubling problem: bullying is affecting the lives of many people, causing severe emotional damage that can stay with them for life. There may never be a world completely free of bullies, but luckily there are ways to deal with this difficult issue…

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20-0706-The Myth of Mirror Neurons with Greg Hickok 52:22

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In The Myth of Mirror Neurons, neuroscientist Gregory Hickok re-examines the mirror neuron story and finds that it is built on a tenuous foundation-a pair of co-dependent assumptions about mirror neuron activity and human understanding. Drawing on a broad range of observations from work on animal behaviour, modern neuroimaging, neurological disorde…

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20-0629 - Reality Shifts with Cynthia Sue Larson 50:44

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Cynthia Sue Larson is the best-selling author of several books including Quantum Jumps, Reality Shifts, and High Energy Money who helps people live more miraculous lives by accessing worlds of possibility. Cynthia has a degree in physics from UC Berkeley, an MBA degree, a Doctor of Divinity. She has been featured in numerous shows including Gaia, t…

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20-0622 - The Unconscious with Prof. Joel Weinberger - Part 2 50:29

4+ y ago50:29

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The Unconscious synthesizes the best scientific and clinical thinking about the range of unconscious processes that control our thoughts, feelings, motivation, and behavior. The data shows conclusively that the unconscious is integral to all conscious processes. If understanding yourself is important to you, then you will not want to miss this show…

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20-0615 - Never Letting Go with Mark Anthony 50:22

4+ y ago50:22

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Mark Anthony the Psychic Lawyer®/Psychic Explorer® is the author of the award winning, critically acclaimed best-sellers Never Letting Go and Evidence of Eternity. He is a world-renowned fourth generation psychic medium who communicates with spirits. Mark is an Oxford educated attorney licensed to practice law in Florida, Washington D.C. and before…

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20-0608 - Animalkind with Ingrid Newkirk 50:15

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In the last few decades, a wealth of new information has emerged about who animals are—intelligent, aware, and empathetic. Studies show that animals are astounding beings with intelligence, emotions, intricate communications networks, and myriad abilities. In Animalkind, Ingrid Newkirk and Gene Stone present these findings in a concise and awe-insp…

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20-0601 - Is a Young Earth Possible with Jay Hall 50:22

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Is a Young Earth Possible? argues for a youthful world from history and science. In the 1970’s, Australian doctors Robin Warren and Barry Marshall proposed that the bacteria Helicobacter pylori caused ulcers. It took two decades before their conclusion was justly recognized by the scientific establishment. Has Big Science misdated the earth? Is a Y…

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20-0525 - The Unconscious with Prof. Joel Weinberger 50:36

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The first research-cluster focuses on motivating and developing new non-reductive models of The Unconscious synthesizes the best scientific and clinical thinking about the range of unconscious processes that control our thoughts, feelings, motivation, and behavior. The data shows conclusively that the unconscious is integral to all conscious proces…

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20-0518 - The Incomplete Universe with Patrick Grim 46:10

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The Incomplete Universe: The central claim of this powerful philosophical exploration is that within any logic we have, there can be no coherent notion of all truth or of total knowledge. Grim examines a series of logical paradoxes and related formal results to reveal their implications for contemporary epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy…

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20-0511 - How to Suffer with William Arntz 50:28

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William Arntz is a physicist, software entrepreneur, filmmaker and author. He wrote simulators for the early Star Wars program, created software that the Fortune 500 world runs on, created the What the BLEEP Do We Know!? movie and books and co-created the book of visionary prophesies –The (not so) Little Book of Surprises – with Deirdre Hade. To le…

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20-0504 - Know Thyself with Prof. Mitchell Green 51:57

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Know Thyself: The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge takes the reader on tour of the nature, value, and limits of self-knowledge. Mitchell S. Green calls on classical sources like Plato and Descartes, 20th-century thinkers like Freud, recent developments in neuroscience and experimental psychology, and even Buddhist philosophy to explore topics at …

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20-0427 - Project Phenomena with Brian Allan 51:08

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In Project Phenomena: Evaluating the Paranormal, researcher Brian Allan presents a fascinating smorgasbord of information relating to paranormal phenomena with the intention of demonstrating once and for all, that a separate reality exists alongside our own and does interact with us, including recent events involving approved séances in the Vatican…

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20-0420 - Healing with Spiritual Practices with Prof. Thomas Plante 49:26

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Professor Thomas Plante joins us to share the proven techniques developed for disorders from addictions and anxiety to cancer and chronic pain relief. Thomas G. Plante, Ph.D., is professor of psychology, and by courtesy, religious studies at Santa Clara University and directs the Applied Spirituality Institute there. He is also an adjunct clinical …

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20-0413 - Practical Stoicism with Prof. William Ferraiolo 49:06

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Professor William Ferraiolo joins us to flesh out his 10 Practical Steps to Embrace Ancient Stoic Philosophy in Today’s Modern World & Design a Life of Wisdom, Perseverance and Joy! The Practi al Stoicism is your step-by-step essential guide to teach you this ancient yet effective philosophy to help you selectively design your life full of wisdom a…

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20-0406 - The Unconscious with Prof. Joel Weinberger 50:36

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The first research-cluster focuses on motivating and developing new non-reductive models of The Unconscious synthesizes the best scientific and clinical thinking about the range of unconscious processes that control our thoughts, feelings, motivation, and behavior. The data shows conclusively that the unconscious is integral to all conscious proces…

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19-0627-Intellectual Humility with Dr. Ian Church 52:15

5+ y ago52:15

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The first research-cluster focuses on motivating and developing new non-reductive models of knowledge and includes projects on the nature of luck, fallibilism, and the epistemic import of peer disagreement. The second research cluster focuses on the methodologies and implications of psychology and includes projects on the nature of intellectual vir…

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19-0620-Never Split The Difference with Chris Voss 51:27

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Former FBI Hostage Negotiator Chris Voss has few equals when it comes to high stakes negotiations. Whether for your business or your personal life, his techniques work.” (Joe Navarro, FBI Special Agent (Ret.) and author of the international bestseller, What Every Body is Saying.) A field-tested, game-changing approach to high-stakes negotiations. C…

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19-0613-Before You Know It with Professor John Bargh 52:33

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For the past 35 years we have studied unconscious mental processes scientifically, how they operate and influence the average person, which paints a very different picture from Freud’s version which was based on a handful of mentally ill individuals. This is the first time in human history we have a systematic and scientific understanding of how ou…

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19-0606-Truth with Hector Macdonald 51:52

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We like to think that there is a clear distinction between true and false. The reality is far murkier. Truth can be spun in the names used, the context applied, the omissions committed, the framing deployed and many other ways. “Truth” can look vey different to different people. Macdonald explains how these so-called “competing truths” are used bot…

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