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Shots of Awe-Hopeless Duality Of Man

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SYMPHONY OF SCIENCE – WAVES OF LIGHT(Quest science month special)

A musical celebration of light and how it tells the story of our universe. Featuring Brian Cox.   [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”57″ disable_keyboard=”0″]5FiNZvuOkzY[/wpdevart_youtube]

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Demarcation and Pseudoscience-(Quest science month special)

(From the book Thinking About Science, Massimo Pigliucci Skeptical Inquirer Volume 38.1 A collection of essays (Philosophy of Pseudoscience, University of Chicago Press) on what philosophers call “the demarcation problem,” the issue of what exactly separates sound science from bad science and pseudoscience. It’s the kind of somewhat arcane issue of...

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The best stats you’ve ever seen | Hans Rosling

With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital...

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Shots of Awe-The Hidden Truth About Technoolgy

“The human mind incorporates all kinds of non-biological props and scaffoldings.”   [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”50″ disable_keyboard=”0″]Ty9KCZwY4gg[/wpdevart_youtube]

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Pseudo-scientific and Paranormal Claims-James Randi(Quest Science month special)

[wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”0″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”43″ disable_keyboard=”0″]DRqlvqHBVCg[/wpdevart_youtube] Lecture is from the McGill University’s Lorne Trottier Public Science Symposium on the confrontation and threat of pseudoscience in contemporary society. As one of the central figures in the...

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Tuesday with Bill-What Technology Can We Expect to Have 50 Years From Now?

If we could jump 50 years into the future, what will our world look like? Flying cars? Hologram phones? Bill Nye sees two technological paths ahead – and we’re in the fork between them at this very moment. Transcript Sailmen: Hey Bill. My name is Sailmen. I’m an...