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Glossolalia - 'Speaking in Tongues'
By: TᵢG
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Critical Thinkers
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104 Comments
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5 years ago
There are some who are quite adept at producing utterances that sound like a genuine language; albeit utterances that nobody understands. These people claim to be serving as a channel for the...
What is the Purpose of Life?
Via: TᵢG
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Critical Thinkers
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157 Comments
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5 years ago
Brilliantly explained by Dr. Sean Carroll (one of the best physics teachers I have seen). This video weaves together many core concepts of physics in such a friendly, conceptual manner that you...
The Fine Line Between Stubbornness and Stupidity
Via: TᵢG
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Critical Thinkers
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13 Comments
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5 years ago
Stubbornness isn’t necessarily bad and can in fact be a virtue. Sometimes, as history has shown, people do the right thing by remaining steadfast to their beliefs. Take General Charles de Gaulle,...
Why do we believe things that aren't true?
Via: TᵢG
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Critical Thinkers
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6 Comments
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5 years ago
In summary, the speaker holds that human beings are not super great at holding mountains of detailed information. Rather, we rely upon others as trusted sources. In this way we 'know' far more...
How Long Would It Take To Travel To The Nearest Star?
Via: TᵢG
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Critical Thinkers
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98 Comments
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5 years ago
This is just an interesting article that gives one perspective on the inconceivably vast size of our known universe.
On Life and Free Will
Via: TᵢG
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Critical Thinkers
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135 Comments
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5 years ago
Professor Sapolsky is a highly regarded hard core researcher and professor of neuroendocrinology at Stanford University. His latest book: Behave (behavioral biology) is an incredible journey...
Why the universe seems so strange
Via: TᵢG
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Critical Thinkers
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4 Comments
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5 years ago
This well conceived talk illustrates the difference between our intuitive view of reality compared to a far more complex reality per the findings of modern science. One of several interesting...
A Journey To The End Of The Universe
Via: MrFrost
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Critical Thinkers
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4 Comments
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5 years ago
This guy explains in a very simple way, how big the universe really is. He presents in a fact driven way, why humans traveling to the stars is, in many ways, may simply be out of our reach,...