Can Psychedelics Help You Expand Your Mind? Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Sam Harris discusses the virtues of psychedelics such as LSD and MDMA. While he does not condone the use of these drugs without caveat, he does […]
Sam Harris describes the properties of consciousness and how mindfulness practices of all stripes can be used to transcend one’s ego. Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Sam Harris is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The […]
Sam Harris: Mindfulness is Powerful, But Keep Religion Out of It Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Sam Harris says that stress-reductive benefits of meditation are rather trivial compared to the insights one can discover about the nature of […]
Change Your Behavior with Adorable Rewards – and Pavlovian Shocks | Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Whether you’re hatching “new-you” resolutions or need to end a bad habit, there’s a world of transformative wellness tech at your fingertips. […]
Psychedelics: The scientific renaissance of mind-altering drugs Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Learn skills from the world’s top minds at Big Think Edge: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Having been repressed in the 1960s for their ties to the counterculture, psychedelics are currently experiencing a scientific resurgence. In this video, […]
Is there life after death? Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Learn skills from the world’s top minds at Big Think Edge: https://bigth.ink/Edge Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:13 Michelle Thaller 1:10 Sam Harris 3:26 Michael Shermer 5:50 Rob Bell 8:08 Bill Nye 12:43 Michio Kaku ———————————————————————————- Death is inevitable […]
What is the ‘self’? The 3 layers of your identity. Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Learn skills from the world’s top minds at Big Think Edge: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- 0:00 Gish Jen: The self in culture 3:22 Michael Puett & Mark Epstein: The self in Eastern philosophy 8:35 […]
