Cognitive Bias

Learn all about why smart people (and everyone else) think stupid things.

▼ Watch The Cognitive Bias Song

▼ Watch Pitfalls of Thinking: Cognitive Bias

▼ Watch Pitfalls of Thinking: Anecdotal Evidence

▼ Watch Eliezer Yudkowsky Lecture: Heuristics, Biases & Rationality (20 mins)

Heuristics, Biases & Rationality from Jeriaska on Vimeo.

Wikipedia: Cognitive Bias, List of Cognitive Biases

Craig Venter Talks

A Craig Venter double bill.

▼ Watch The Richard Dimbleby Lecture 2007 | Dr. J. Craig Venter

▼ Watch Craig Venter@GoogleTalks

Daniel Dennett: Ants, Terrorism, and the Awesome Power of Memes

A fantastic clip of Dennett talking about Meme Theory.

Watch Ants, Terrorism, and the Awesome Power of Memes

Also:

Dennett's 2007 speech for Atheist Alliance International

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Part Six

Dennett makes some interesting points here, and fans will enjoy seeing him do his usual schtick of bold evolutionary hypothesising and down-to-earth philosophy.  I would have enjoyed this more if the audience in the room weren't clearly a bunch of self-congratulatory intellectual narcissists.
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