Would you reroute a train to run over one person to prevent it from running over five others? In the classic “Trolley Problem” survey, most people say they would. But I wanted to test what people would actually do in a real-life situation. In the world’s first realistic simulation of […]
Technology isn’t just changing our lives. It’s literally changing our brains — and maybe for the better. In this episode, I’m a human lab rat in a groundbreaking study at UC Irvine, where scientists test how playing 3D video games affects my spatial memory. Will 10 days of gaming improve […]
Join Atrocity Guide for a look into the cult of Andrew “ThanFiction” Blake. (Note: This video is mean to inform, not to invite harassment toward the individuals mentioned. Please be respectful.) Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/atrocityguide Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtrocityGuide Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AtrocityGuide/ Abbey’s blog: https://kumquatwriter.wordpress.com/ A write up about her time with Andrew: https://kumquatwriter.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/a-letter-to-the-daydians-my-life-with-andrew-blake-laid-bare/ The […]
Psychology. Neuroscience. Drugs. All can be tools of interrogation. In this episode, an expert shows me how to coerce unsuspecting subjects into signing false confessions; a police psychologist questions me about my personal life after I am injected with a truth serum; and I match wits against a new brainwave-reading […]
Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3lWVLuc6CE Peruvian Shaman Daniel performs his icaro (healing chant) in its entirety.
What makes a hero? Dr. Philip Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment, now runs seminars to teach everyday people how to be heroes. But can heroism be learned? I put his unsuspecting students into a fake crisis situation to see if they would act heroically. Also, I […]
Exactly how do placebos work? Researchers believe that, through the power of suggestion, placebos may unleash the power of our own subconscious minds to cure ourselves. I was honored to participate in McGill University’s groundbreaking study of an accessory-assisted placebo. Could a fake, non-functioning “Sham Brain Scanner” enable children with […]
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“So tell me about parasocial relationships.” Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube ‘Sleepwalker’ written by Hey Ocean! Listen to the Original Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NhUtjMM_p0 Buy it Here: https://tinyurl.com/y9v42t3d Visit Their Website: https://heyocean.com/ Subscribe! http://tinyurl.com/pr99a46 Paypal.me/PhilosophyTube Wanna get me a book for the show? http://amzn.eu/5JAYdOd Check out my other videos on: Reform or Revolution? An ASMR […]
Kyle gives a house tour of his SWAG SHACK! Thanks for watching 🙂
