Consciousness Archives

The Philosophical Baby 1/6

In the last thirty years there’s been a revolution in scientific understanding of babies and young children, a revolution that’s also transformed understanding of human nature itself. In this talk, Alison Gopnik outlines some of the new discoveries and...

The Philosophical Baby 2/6

In the last thirty years there’s been a revolution in scientific understanding of babies and young children, a revolution that’s also transformed understanding of human nature itself. In this talk, Alison Gopnik outlines some of the new discoveries and...

The Philosophical Baby 3/6

In the last thirty years there’s been a revolution in scientific understanding of babies and young children, a revolution that’s also transformed understanding of human nature itself. In this talk, Alison Gopnik outlines some of the new discoveries and...

Survival of the Kindest

Could kindess be an evolutionary advantage? Dacher Keltner begins with Charles Darwin, and continues through the latest neuroscience research on the pleasures of giving, revealing that kindness is contagious! He also shares real-life, practical and scientifically...

Evolution of Irrationality

Over the past few years, the psychologist Laurie Santos has examined the roots of human irrationality by studying the way our primate relatives make decisions. Her experiments in “monkeynomics” have shown that monkeys make some of the same silly financial...

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