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An allegorical story about fish who fought over what fish could never know. New Pursuit of Wonder book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D4VSD88 If you are interested in supporting the channel, you can shop Pursuit of Wonder merch here: https://www.pursuitofwonder.com/store Or contribute to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/pursuitofwonder Special thank you to our very generous […]
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The scientific study of kissing is “philematology” Follow Michael Stevens: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce Sources and links to learn more: Kissing facts: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/let-their-words-do-the-talking/201212/odd-facts-about-kissing Longest kiss: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1/longest-kiss/ general info on kissing: http://anthropology.net/2007/03/09/why-do-we-kiss/ http://intro2psych.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/the-evolution-of-a-kiss/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss birds kissing (“billing”): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beak#Billing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss kiss researcher interview : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mun5nXXy6II pac man’s shape: http://pacmanmuseum.com/history/Toru-Iwatani.php premastication: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premastication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtship_feeding Alicia Silverstone premastication […]
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Interesting? New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink/youtube Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, […]
