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Dan Dennett
Let's teach religion — all religion — in schools
Posted
Jul 2006
14:40
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Is religion good or bad? (This is a trick question)
Posted
Jun 2014
20:06
Daniel Kahneman
The riddle of experience vs. memory
Posted
Mar 2010
12:18
Farish Ahmad-Noor
Why is colonialism (still) romanticized?
Posted
Jun 2020
4:00
Sarah Stroud
Ethical dilemma: Would you lie?
Posted
Jun 2022
19:32
Tom Honey
Why would God create a tsunami?
Posted
Apr 2007
4:43
Amy Adkins
Who am I? A philosophical inquiry
Posted
Aug 2015
17:21
Harvey Fineberg
Are we ready for neo-evolution?
Posted
Apr 2011
13:30
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Why Africa must become a center of knowledge again
Posted
Sep 2017
11:25
Michael Schur
How ethics can help you make better decisions
Posted
Jul 2022
4:44
Brad Troeger
What is love?
Posted
Sep 2013
16:18
Greg Anderson
Why there's no such thing as objective reality
Posted
Feb 2021
5:36
Sascha Morrell
Why should you read "Moby Dick"?
Posted
May 2020
4:20
PatrickJMT
The origin of countless conspiracy theories
Posted
May 2016
12:55
Chris Anderson
TED's nonprofit transition
Posted
Jan 2008
22:42
Steven Pinker
Human nature and the blank slate
Posted
Sep 2008
22:52
Emily Levine
A theory of everything
Posted
Apr 2009
4:55
Jeff Dekofsky
Is math discovered or invented?
Posted
Oct 2014
23:06
Sam Harris
Science can answer moral questions
Posted
Mar 2010
3:06
James Earle
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man of math
Posted
Jul 2013
20:00
Kevin Kelly
How technology evolves
Posted
Nov 2006
5:35
Skye C. Cleary
Why do we love? A philosophical inquiry
Posted
Feb 2016
21:09
Nick Bostrom
How civilization could destroy itself — and 4 ways we could prevent it
Posted
Dec 2019
17:04
Roger Antonsen
Math is the hidden secret to understanding the world
Posted
Nov 2016
12:28
Anil Ananthaswamy
Where does your sense of self come from? A scientific look
Posted
Jan 2023
5:22
Amy Adkins
Why do we dream?
Posted
Dec 2015
20:45
Barry Schwartz
Our loss of wisdom
Posted
Feb 2009
5:18
Randall Hayes
At what moment are you dead?
Posted
Dec 2014
12:34
Laura Snyder
The Philosophical Breakfast Club
Posted
Apr 2013
1h 2m
Elizabeth Gilbert
It's OK to feel overwhelmed. Here's what to do next
Posted
Apr 2020
15:49
Valorie Kondos Field
Why winning doesn't always equal success
Posted
Dec 2019
4:26
Armand D'Angour
The real story behind Archimedes' Eureka!
Posted
Mar 2015
4:09
Zohreh Davoudi
Are we living in a simulation?
Posted
Oct 2019
4:45
Soraya Field Fiorio
The murder of ancient Alexandria's greatest scholar
Posted
Aug 2019
5:11
Gil Weinberg
Can robots be creative?
Posted
Mar 2015
4:32
Eleanor Nelsen
Mary's Room: A philosophical thought experiment
Posted
Jan 2017
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