The quest-a thirst unquenchable..

Quest - a thrust unquestionable..

“You have given me deeper thirsting after life. Surely there is no greater gift to a man than that which turns all his aims into parching lips and all life into a fountain. And in this lies my honour and my reward, – That whenever I come to the fountain to drink I find the living water itself thirsty; it drinks me while I drink it.” – Khalil Gibran

Category: A moon/candle in the dark night

Fight against science illiteracy through the posts of the who are promoting science literacy

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge / View from Giants' shoulder

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Starry Messages, Science, Culture, and Life (origins podcast)

Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the most recognizable faces of science in the world, and for good reason. He has thought a lot about how to engage people in the wonder and joy of science, something that is also near and dear to Lawrence’s own heart, and...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder

Richard Dawkins vs Piers Morgan On Religion and Gender

Piers Morgan challenges biologist Richard Dawkins on free speech, evolution and whether God exists. Piers Morgan Uncensored is joined by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins to discuss his controversial views on religion, gender identification and much more. Richard believes that religion is just a vehicle to try and understand...

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Tech, Humanity, Democracy & Ukraine-Yuval Noah Harari & Serhiow can we design technology that advances humanity while also protecting it? And what can we learn from the war in Ukraine? Watch historian Serhii Plokhy, director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, and Yuval Noah Harari, macro-historian and bestselling author – in a conversation moderated by Alex Amouyel. (Filmed for MIT Solve on 13 April 2022.)

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The Power of Responsibility-Peter Singer and Yuval Noah Harari

Watch Yuval Noah Harari and Peter Singer – professor of bioethics, philosopher and author of ‘Animal Liberation’ – discuss human responsibility towards animals, growing poverty within a neoliberal order, and the increasing impact of globalization on the planet. The conversation is moderated by Prof. Liad Mudrik, and was...

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The joy of science-Professor Jim Al-Khalili

Hosted by Professor Anya Hurlbert, Professor of Visual Neuroscience Lecture presented in association with Blackwells to mark British Science Week Today’s world is unpredictable and full of contradictions, and navigating its complexities while trying to make the best decisions is far from easy. In his new book, The...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder

Reason Revolution-A conversation with Guy P Harrison

Justin sat down with author Guy P. Harrison. They had a great conversation about Guy’s path to skepticism, the pitfalls of our brains, how critical thinking can improve our lives, and his newest book, Think Before You Like: Social Media’s Effect on the Brain and the Tools You...

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Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think-Skeptic

Astonishingly irrational ideas are spreading. COVID-19 denial, anti-vaxxers compromising public health, conspiracy thinking hijacking minds and inciting mob violence, toxic partisanship cleaving our nations, the return of Flat Earth theory… What the heck is going on? Why is all this happening, and why now? More important, what can...