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Post #894
Friday Video: TED Talk – Does science ruin the magic of life? In this grumpy but charming monologue, Robin Ince makes the argument against.
Post #883
Friday Video: TED Talk – Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus studies memories. More precisely, she studies false memories, when people either remember things that didn’t happen or remember them differently from the way they really were.
Post #878
Friday Video: TED Talk – Sensing the motives and feelings of others is a natural talent for humans. But how do we do it?
Post #853
Friday Video: TED Talk – Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain’s capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk, she describes two ways to think about a problem that’s slightly too hard for you to solve.
Post #835
Friday Video: TED Talk – “By giving people a view of the Earth in near real-time, we intend to spur people, companies, and governments to action.” — Will Marshall
Post #817
Friday Video: TED Talk – David Christian teaches an ambitious world history course that tells the tale of the entire universe — from the Big Bang 13 billion years ago to present day.
Article #777
Stress is everywhere. From taking a test to dealing with a cranky customer service representative, dealing with the loss of a loved one, stress is impossible to avoid. It can be acute, such as the stress that occurs in the face of immediate danger, or it can be chronic when a person is dealing with a long-term stressful situation.
Post #747
Friday Video: TED Talk – Dan Gilbert, author of “Stumbling on Happiness,” challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned.
Article #746
That’s correct folks. Your weight is not that important. Your body fat percentage is.
Post #703
Friday Video: TED Talk – New York Times columnist David Brooks is the author of “Bobos in Paradise,” “On Paradise Drive,” and the narrative of neuroscience, “The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement.”
