“The truth is there are very few supplements that have good evidence-based medicine to support them.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The science of menopause in 13 minutes ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ8p_BViUKc Supplements and vitamins constantly go viral with claims that they can transform your health just […]
How to know what you really want, with Luke Burgis Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► The ugly psychology behind scapegoating | Luke Burgis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLa0zqShCcw There are two kinds of desire, thin and thick. Thick desires are like layers of rock that have been built […]
Social media addiction – how it changes your brain, with Luke Burgis Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►►https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► How social media changes identity, personality, memory | Parker Posey | Big Think https://youtu.be/VHEfCSHZfs8 By definition, mimetic desire means that we’re adopting another person’s desire as our own, […]
Don’t chase happiness. Become antifragile, with Tal Ben-Shahar Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► The science of happiness, motivation, and meaning | Dan Ariely https://youtu.be/6yQiBT_W2VA Antifragility is the idea of putting pressure on a system, or human, the system or human actually grows bigger and […]
The 2 biggest misconceptions about happiness, with Tal Ben-Shahar Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► Don’t chase happiness. Become antifragile https://youtu.be/e-or_D-qNqM We study medicine, psychology, history, and geography but not happiness. This makes no sense, if happiness is one of life’s most important goals. Many […]
“How I reversed my unhappiness,” with Tal Ben-Shahar Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► Don’t chase happiness. Become antifragile https://youtu.be/e-or_D-qNqM We were told from a very young age, whether explicitly or implicitly, that happiness stems from success. It’s all about the attainment of the next […]
Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Check out Jamie Wheal’s latest book “Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex and Death in a World That’s Lost Its Mind” ►► https://www.recapturetherapture.com/ For our own mental health, we must occasionally disconnect from the world and reconnect to ourselves and to each […]
A psychiatrist studied 1,000 near-death experiences. Here’s what he discovered. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up Next ► Is there life after death? https://youtu.be/ipiewC3QP-k Near-death experiences are not a new phenomenon. They have occurred for millennia across the world. Studies of these experiences have revealed consistent patterns, […]
Peak performance mind hack explained in 7 minutes. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up Next ► The Neurochemistry of Flow States https://youtu.be/aHp2hkue8RQ Flow is described as a state of ‘effortless effort,’ where we feel like we’re propelled through an activity, and everything else seems to disappear. More […]
Rituals come as much from religion as they do from the way Earth tilts on its axis and spins around the Sun. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up Next ► Rituals improve life according to ancient Chinese philosophers, says Michael Puett https://youtu.be/5nE4E9evY_U Many of humanity’s cultural traditions […]
