Category: pleasure of knowledge

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World’s Best Technological Hub-Silicon Valley(Quest Science month special)

Silicon Valley is a nickname for the southern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area, which is located in part of the U.S. state of California known as Northern California. It is home to many of the world’s largest high-tech corporations, as well as thousands of startup companies....

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Artificial Intelligence-Shots of Awe

“The daily grinding of evolution, as accelerated by technology, churns out more and more complex organisms, with higher rates of energy use, and with increasing specialization. Minds are the ideal way to express complexity, energy density, increasing specialization, expanding diversity — all in one system. Mindedness is what...

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Superstition in India (godmen, saints and miracles) -Sanal Edamaruku(Quest Science month special)

00:46 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Transcendental Meditation 04:44 Dhirandra Brahmacharia 05:32 Chandra Swami 12:49 Satya Sai Baba 20:07 Asharam Bapu 21:17 Arrest of a godman in Kerala 21:53 Amma, The Hugging Saint (Amrithanandamayi) 26:41 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 28:40 Baba Ramdev 32:29 Pilot Baba 37:17 Prahlad Jani 42:20...

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Indian Skeptics organization, Sai Baba and More! (Quest Science month special)

Premanand trained countless people to do magic tricks and these folks traveled to remote villagers to debunk gurus, shamans and others who would prey on people’s gullibility and superstitions. His life was threatened countless times and was harassed, but refused to stop speaking the truth. He unfortunately succumbed...