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An excerpt from The Moral Landscape http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/the-moral-landscape/ "The illusion of free will is itself an illusion " also see ...

One of the most inspirational speeches in recorded history was given by a comedian by the name of Charlie Chaplin. If you like what you see please share the video any way you can and pass the message on.

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The Great 20th century Philosopher Alan Watts gives his insight on the bible, spirituality, ethics, afterlife, and more...

Every year scientists come up with more evidence that seems to support evolution. Whats a six-day, young-earth creationist to do? How can you support biblical claims that so obviously seem to contradict modern science?

A film aiming to inspire positive change in a time that is very difficult for many across the planet, and to spread awareness of some serious challenges that lie ahead.

Question everything...

A metaphor between football and life.

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invi...

Michael Gazzaniga, one of the world's leading researchers in cognitive neuroscience, describes the mystery of free will: “If you think about it this way, if you are a Martian coming by earth and looking at all these humans and then looking at how they work you wouldn’t—it would never dawn on you to

For many years John Perkins claimed to have been working as something he defines to be like an "economic hit man in the world of international finance"; a function he performed by persuading Third World countries to take on large -scale public works projects. Today, we recognize that these types of ...

Imagine if one minute from now, every single person on Earth disappeared. All 6.6 billion of us. What would happen to the world without humans? How long would it be before our nuclear power plants erupted, skyscrapers crumbled and satellites dropped from the sky? What would become of the household p...

If our interconnected universe is continually expanding, shouldn't our identity do the same? In this short, entertaining video, we look at the dynamics that promote and inhibit our expanding sense of self.

Often misquoted, Einstein strove for clarity in regard to his personal beliefs. Some early photographs, thoughts written down by his own hand and the writing...

Retired TV station owner and broadcast engineer, John Kanzius, wasn't looking for an answer to the energy crisis. He was looking for a cure for ca...

Nature's mysteries meet tack-sharp wit in this hilarious, 10-minute mix of quips and fun lessons, as comedian, writer and TV man John Lloyd plucks at the substance of several things not seen.

This lively RSAnimate, adapted from Dan Pink's talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.

Milton Friedman discusses fallacies, defects in logic, history of tyranny, subtle arguments, power, corruption, and the path to dictatorial government.

French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650) proposed "the cogito" as demonstrating the most fundamental epistemological principle upon which all knowledge ...

Descartes' Cogito ergo sum compared to philosophy in the Matrix trilogy, rationalism, perception of the world, systematic