| Where |
What |
Comments |
| Dan Ariely |
On cheating, and the stock market ...
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and how do you cheat?
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| Lesley Hazleton |
On reading the Koran ...
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a place of fecundity, where water flows....
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| Christopher Hitchens |
goes After Rabbi Harold Kushner re: Circumcision ...
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genital mutilation....
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| Christopher Hitchens |
on Billy Graham, $cientology and religious hypocrisy ...
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Wonderful....
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| Therese of Albania |
Some saint, some miracle - 1.
Part - 2.
Part - 3.
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How about a double take?
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| Leonard Cohen |
I'm Your Man (Live In London 2009)
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Pure Poetry...
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| TED |
Douglas Adams.
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Marvelously entertaining...
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| Ron Paul |
Defending Wikileaks
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Such is the truth, though it will probably go unoticed...
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| Jamie Oliver |
Fast Food at TED
Huntington
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Go Jamie.... tell them like it really is...
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| Mr Anderson (CNN) |
Talks to "Birther"!
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Do 27% of Americans think?
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| Daniel C. Dennett |
Thank Goodness!
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A rather exceptional comparison between religion and Science. Highly Recommended!
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| ABC News |
part 1
part 2
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Hitchens stares death in the eye
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| TED |
Michael Shermer on strange beliefs - debunking all sorts of crap
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Just 5 mins....
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| BBC |
A.C. Grayling
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Just 5 mins....
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| Christopher Hitchens |
Those 10 rules
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A calmer look at those 10 rules - well clamer than George Carlin (below).
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| Prof. Danny Doring |
1. Elitism
2. Exclusion
3. Prejudice
4. Greed
5.
Dispair |
Series of 5 videos used for a research project.
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| Josef Stigliz |
Put Corporate Criminals in Jail
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A very good summary of some of the contemporay issues in finance
and politics.
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| Benjamin Zander |
Classical music with shining eyes
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A very good presenter, methinks
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| Tim Jackson |
Reality Chech
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How to get out of the cul-de-sac?
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| Elisabeth Warren |
The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class
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This is frightening...
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| Michael Shermer |
On strange things
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Really?
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| Richard Dawkins |
On militant atheism
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Lots of fun... seriously, many religious puns...
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| Dan Dennett |
On dangerous memes
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Because we are just a bundle of ideas, this could be relevant.... Oh, and some of them are toxic.
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| Steven Pinker |
On the myth of violence
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We've never had it so good...
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| Steven Pinker |
The Blank Slate
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A review of his book, published in 2003...
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| Polly Toynbee |
Religion is Poison
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And right she is too. What surprises me is that women take this from the male club of the pointed hats...
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| Nick Cohen |
Societies without God are more benevolent
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And now, let's be reasonable......
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| Martin Wolf |
Supply-side anyone?
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Failed econonic thinking from the US Republicans...
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| Geoffrey Robertson |
From 1215
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Our rights......
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| BBC |
Dog swims with ....
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Life and times on an island.
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| Backward men |
Taxi driver
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What happened to the age of enlightenment?
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| Faith Schools |
utube
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This is mandatory seeing....
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| Interview with Dawkins |
The Science Network
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Short, detailed interview.
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| Empathy? |
Who are we?
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Maybe more - how are we? ....
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| Cleese |
Hotel in Torbay?
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So where did the idea come from? ....
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| sueddeutsche.de |
Kung
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The catholics at odds with each other (German) ....
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| Cape Wind |
Gets approval
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This is a major changer of our generation....
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| potholer54 |
Universe 101
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Great for school kids....
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| A.C. Grayling |
Answering critics
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Suscinct description of the foolery of religion.
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| Water for all |
Stuff
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One good example of all the things we don't need...
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| George Carlin |
The 10 Commandments
and
Religion is bullshit |
The absurdities of the christian commandments... and as if there weren't cultures long long before the christians came along which also had "rules" based on morals...
a. Maat - the Egyptian system of morals that includes the Golden Rule - c.2500 BC
b. Hebrews in Egypt - no earlier than 1800 BC
c. Exodus - no earlier than 1450 BC
d. Ten Commandments - within 40 years of the Exodus - 1430 BC
So who taught morals to whom?
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| Tea for whom? |
Parkinson's sufferer part 2
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And what exactly is wrong with socialism - e.g. looking after people who are less fortunate?
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| Tea for whom? |
Parkinson's sufferer
|
And we are all 99.4% the same - who would have thought it?
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| Beth Niesen Chapman |
Happiness
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Happiness showed up today, drunk again and full of wit.
And the only moment we can hold is the one that's going by.
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| Bobby McFerrin |
Audience Participation
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This you must see .... |
| The Swedes |
Dance to the Music
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A delightful, playful fitness tool ... |
| Crystal Bowesox |
As long as I can see the Light
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Music to make your skin crawl, again... |
| Crystal Bowesox |
Why should I stay?
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Music to make your skin crawl... |
| Dustin Rees |
I want to watch
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A real gem... |
| Monty Python |
The Penis Song
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Noel Coward, but about a Penis. |
| Monty Python |
Every Sperm is Sacred
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Don't listen to this if you are of the catholic persuation.... |
| Brains...? |
Monbiot
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Seems that humans really do have fixed views and science is something we either reject because it doesn't fit in with our world view or we think scientists are elitist... hang on to your hope! |
| Dogs |
Grab that treat...
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Smile.... |
| Anon |
How it used to be
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Smile.... |
| Rowan Rowan Atkinson |
Amazing Jesus
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Smile.... |
| US Politics |
Listen 1 and Listen 2
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BBC Radio Podcast on the Politics of Healthcare, some insights into how the US political system have developed over the years and how it no longer really works of one of the parties continually prevent action. |
| Adele |
She sings
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When the wind is blowing in your face, and the whole world is on your case..... (Together with Jools) |
| Dance |
dance
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Liverpool Street station, like never before |
| Indian poetry |
4letters
|
Quite rude, but diverse. |
| For smokers |
lounge
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The lounge is the place to be.. |
| Dogs and cats |
catanddog
|
Which do you prefer? |
| Verdi incogitatus |
In Spain
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Makes one smile.... |
| Free Academic Courses |
Courses
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Now I have a way of filling my evenings, this is simply superb that this stuff is available .... and free! What a wonderful world! |
| The Robin Hood Tax |
Curtis and Nighy
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Beautifully done.. |
| Terry Pratchett on Assisted Death |
Lecture
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Wonderful lecture given as the Dimbleby Lecture. One of the (many) interesting points is the framing of the phrase "assisted suicide".
You might also chuckle at " ... it's probably worth a google."
Listening to the eruditions of a crafter of words, someone of the statue of Sir Terry on this subject is simply delightful. |
| George Lakoff |
berkeley.edu |
Why there is no such thing as "Free Markets"? |
| George Lakoff |
Youtube |
Language |
