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

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

skepticism 101 lectures-Michael Shermer

https://www.skeptic.com/tag/skepticism-101-lectures/ Skepticism 101: How to Think Like a Scientist covers a wide range of topics, from critical thinking, reasoning, rationality, cognitive biases and how thinking goes wrong, and the scientific methods, to actual claims and whether or not there is any truth to them, e.g., ESP, ETIs, UFOs,...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / Quest to share / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder

Michael Shermer on Cognitive Biases & How Thinking Goes Wrong (and Right!)

Dr. Michael Shermer reviews the many ways that our attempts to understand the truth about the world are derailed by cognitive biases, including the anchoring bias, the representative bias, the availability bias, the confirmation bias, the hindsight bias, the self-serving bias, and even the bias bias. This lecture...

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Coronavirus & Conspiracy Theories, with Michael Shermer & Neil deGrasse Tyson

What’s the difference between being a skeptic and believing in conspiracy theories? How do you remain skeptical without falling down a rabbit hole? On this episode of StarTalk Radio, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice catch up with Michael Shermer, Founding Publisher of Skeptic Magazine and...

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How scientists are fighting the coronavirus: A three minute guide-Nature

Scientists across the world are working together to fight the novel coronavirus. Nature looks at three fields of research which are vital to keeping this outbreak under control: epidemiology, virology and biomedical science. Research in these areas will be key, alongside collaboration and the open sharing of data...

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Nicholas Christakis with Dr. Vivek Murthy: The Enduring Impact Of Coronavirus

Nicholas Christakis is a physician and sociologist at Yale University who explores the ancient origins and modern implications of human nature. Christakis’ research focuses on the social, mathematical and biological rules that form social networks as well as the implications of human connection that influences thoughts, feelings and...

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Michael Shermer with Nicholas Christakis — Profound & Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on How We Live

Apollo’s Arrow offers a riveting account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it swept through American society in 2020, and of how the recovery will unfold in the coming years. Drawing on momentous (yet dimly remembered) historical epidemics, contemporary analyses, and cutting-edge research from a range...

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Coronavirus Vaccines – An Introduction

Leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates rely on new technologies that have fast-tracked development and testing. Vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna have completed early phase 3 clinical trials and are reportedly under review at the US FDA for emergency use authorization (EUA) although safety surveillance continues. This video explains the...

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Coronavirus Update With Nicholas Christakis

Yale Sterling Professor Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH returns to JAMA’s Q&A series to discuss the surge in US cases and other recent pandemic developments. Dr. Christakis is author of the recently published book “Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We...

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APOLLO’S ARROW The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live-book Review

A review by David Quammen is the author, most recently, of “The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life.” Nicholas A. Christakis https://sociology.yale.edu/people/nicholas-christakis THE WAVES COME AT US. We are now being hit with the third wave of case numbers in the Covid-19 tsunami and the first...

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How coronavirus is changing the world | DW Documentary

How are democracies and authoritarian states reacting to the coronavirus pandemic? An investigative team is looking for clues worldwide and interviewing virologists, health experts and citizens. Where is the fight against COVID-19 working and where isn’t it? Nine months after the new coronavirus first appeared, the documentary “The...