Category: View from Giants’ shoulder
[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=”63″ disable_keyboard=”0″]rSuPiJiPkrI[/wpdevart_youtube] Transcripts:Wei: Hi Bill. My name is Wei. I’m an electronic engineer coming from China. A big fan to your show by the way. My question is hypothetically instead...
sam describes how basic statistical probability easily accounts for bogus paranormal claims, and uses an interesting thing called the ‘birthday problem’ to help demonstrate our false intuitions [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=”90″ disable_keyboard=”0″]G-S3B3B5KdE[/wpdevart_youtube]
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...
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...
[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=”67″ disable_keyboard=”0″]amdoGmPWYrc[/wpdevart_youtube] Sailmen: Hey Bill. My name is Sailmen. I’m an industrial engineering student at the University of Miami. I was wondering if you could describe how you think...
Welcome to the Universe Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott talked about their book Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour, in which they answer many of the questions of the universe, including how it began and the likelihood of intelligent life elsewhere [wpdevart_youtube...
Randi and Dawkins discuss the perinormal and paranormal. This is only a brief clip of the conversation from the Amazing Meeting (January 2005) put on by the James Randi Educational Foundation. [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”...
[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=”51″ disable_keyboard=”0″]16ywJDBM27o[/wpdevart_youtube] Transcript – Billy Wickman: Hello Mr. Nye. Happy Tuesday. My name is Billy. I’m a big fan and I have a question about climate change. If the photons from...
James Randi discusses his experiences investigating Peter Popoff, Oral Roberts, and other self-proclaimed “faith-healers.” [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=”56″ disable_keyboard=”0″]f2izaEqs0pE[/wpdevart_youtube]
Brian Cox and Neil deGrasse Tyson’s compelling exploration of what science communication is, drawing on interesting similarities and contrasts between the UK and the US. [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=”48″ disable_keyboard=”0″]CSccnpSWefs[/wpdevart_youtube]
