Penn Jillette: Why Celebrity Apprentice Sucks Away Your Willpower Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Penn Jillette: I don’t think Daniel Kahneman knew he was writing a magic book. I don’t think he knew he was writing about Celebrity […]
Eric Kandel: Creativity, Your Brain, and the Aha! Moment Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Dr. Eric Kandel describes the “aha phenomenon” and speculates on ways that humans and groups can think more creatively. ———————————————————————————- ERIC KANDEL: Dr. Eric […]
French President Emmanuel Macron gave his outgoing prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, until Wednesday night to negotiate with France’s political parties in a last-ditch effort to prevent the country from falling deeper into crisis. Macron’s options include appointing a new prime minister, calling a parliamentary election, or resigning, with opposition groups […]
How to detect baloney the Carl Sagan way Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- In 1995, just a few months before his death, astrophysicist Carl Sagan published The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. In that […]
