The quest-a thirst unquenchable..
Quest - a thrust unquestionable..
A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published June 29, 2021
Andy Norman is an award-winning author and public philosopher who has done extensive research on the evolutionary origins of human reasoning and the norms that make dialogue fruitful. He finds his studies of how ideologies short-circuit minds and corrupt moral understanding a particularly relevant topic in today’s world....
A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published June 27, 2021
Critically-acclaimed author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and world-renowned theoretical physicist and author Lawrence Krauss discuss biology, cosmology, religion, and a host of other topics at this event entitled ‘Something for Nothing’. This video was recorded at The Australian National University on 10 April 2012.
A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published June 27, 2021
In this episode of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Andy Norman, an award-winning author, public philosopher, and prominent advocate for the field of “cognitive immunology,” which studies the mind’s resistance to bad ideas. In this conversation you will learn how mental immunity works, how epidemics of irrationality...
A moon/candle in the dark night / Corona Special / For members / pleasure of knowledge / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published June 27, 2021
Philosopher Andy Norman answers the important questions impacting the world today. Why are ideologies poisoning public discourse? Why is extremism on the rise? How did we get here? What can we do about all of it? It turns out some influential assumptions are suppressing our culture’s “immune response”...
A moon/candle in the dark night / Corona Special / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Quest to share / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published June 24, 2021 · Last modified March 15, 2022
Dr. Sankar is the Science Advisor for ScienceUpFirst, a national anti-misinformation campaign in Canada that aims to combat misinformation around COVID-19. She is also the Science Communication lead for COVID-19 resources Canada, leading a COVID-19 discussion initiative. Dr. Sankar is passionate about countering misinformation and has been dispelling...
A moon/candle in the dark night / Corona Special / curiosity corner / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Quest to share / show case-technical / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published June 14, 2021
What is the science behind the anti-vaccine movement, and is it any good? Let’s find out! The Covid19 pandemic has brought the discussion about vaccine safety back into the headlines. And yet, despite media making it seem like a controversial issue debated over the last century, it’s not....
A moon/candle in the dark night / Corona Special / curiosity corner / For members / pleasure of knowledge / View from Giants' shoulder / webscape
by thequestforum · Published June 3, 2021
Deciding between a vaccine and…an infection? A handy comparison of COVID-19 vaccines compared to COVID-19 infections. Evidence that has emerged on the Pfizer-BioNTech and also the Moderna vaccine give us good reason to be cautiously optimistic, perhaps for the first time in this pandemic. The fact that both...
A moon/candle in the dark night / Corona Special / curiosity corner / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Quest to share / View from Giants' shoulder / webscape
by thequestforum · Published June 3, 2021
Science-Based Medicine is dedicated to evaluating medical treatments and products of interest to the public in a scientific light, and promoting the highest standards and traditions of science in health care. Online information about alternative medicine is overwhelmingly credulous and uncritical, and even mainstream media and some medical...
