Link to full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrK8W2OyWJY Nathaniel Gillis explores the possibility that the phenomenon may function like an ancient artificial intelligence. He is careful not to claim certainty, but he describes reports where entities appear to glitch, adapt, or change form when a witness stops believing the image being presented. One […]
Penn Jillette’s Bullshit Detector Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- The most important thing is to feel about things you feel about – should feel about – and think about things you should think about. You should not feel […]
How Does the Brain Store Beliefs? Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- What if beliefs could be surgically inserted into a patient’s brain? This is the basis of one of philosopher Daniel Dennett’s thought experiments in exploration of how […]
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Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- The ability to believe in oneself is great, but when that belief is over-asserted or based on delusions, ego, or “the enemy” as author and media strategist Ryan Holiday calls it, arises. Holiday’s […]
