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On Life and Free Will

On Life and Free Will

Via: TᵢG  •  Critical Thinkers  •  135 Comments  •  6 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

Why the universe seems so strange

Via: TᵢG  •  Critical Thinkers  •  4 Comments  •  6 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

A Journey To The End Of The Universe

Via: MrFrost  •  Critical Thinkers  •  4 Comments  •  6 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,...
Determinism vs Free Will

Determinism vs Free Will

Via: TᵢG  •  Critical Thinkers  •  206 Comments  •  6 years ago

We have had several thread-sourced discussions on free will.   This short video provides a good baseline that might make future discussions on free will more productive.
Searching? Expect Science to Reveal God, But Not to Prove Him — Science Doesn’t Do That

Searching? Expect Science to Reveal God, But Not to Prove Him — Science Doesn’t Do That

Via: XXJefferson51  •  Critical Thinkers  •  5 Comments  •  6 years ago

Tom Gilson Is there a God? How would a searcher find Him? Is there any proof for God’s reality? Atheists commonly say that if there’s a God, science should be able to prove He’s real. I can...
Homosexuality Is Not Moral And Here's Why

Homosexuality Is Not Moral And Here's Why

Via: TᵢG  •  Critical Thinkers  •  35 Comments  •  6 years ago

Alex (the speaker) makes the point that it makes no sense to consider sexual orientation in terms of morality.   One's sexual orientation is not moral or immoral ... it just is an un-chosen...
Flat Earth vs. Round Earth

Flat Earth vs. Round Earth

Via: TᵢG  •  Critical Thinkers  •  79 Comments  •  6 years ago

They believe this stuff.   The leader of the group, Mark Sargent, claims that the Earth is flat and the stars and planets are just lights in the sky.   He holds that the flat Earth means that...
Christian conservatives are as empathetic as liberals, analysis finds

Christian conservatives are as empathetic as liberals, analysis finds

Via: XXJefferson51  •  Critical Thinkers  •  2 Comments  •  6 years ago

New analysis of research is challenging common stereotypes about politically conservative religious people, who, though thought to be religious and "cold-blooded," report being as empathetic as...
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