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how intellectuals betrayed the poor
Bookmarked 735 weeks ago
http:bitlyif0jax - for 40 years academics were duped into idolizing the idea of unfettered markets says cornel west and now our society is paying a terrible price

after the singularity we039ll all be robots
Bookmarked 750 weeks ago
at what point does a robot become so lifelike that it becomes a human and vice-versa at what point does a human with robotic enhancements no longer become a human

neil degrasse tyson on science and faith
Bookmarked 741 weeks ago
http:bitlym5yvul - the astrophysicist debunks the notion that scientists cannot be believers

how to buy a car using game theory
Bookmarked 725 weeks ago
http:bigthinkcomideas41819bruce bueno de mesquita author of the predictioneer039s game shares his foolproof method for getting your next car for the lowest price possible

richard dawkins on canning bill o039reilly
Bookmarked 757 weeks ago
if we want to enhance our public debates and earnestly confront the looming issues of our day the famed biologist believes that the first step is getting rid of unqualified tv hosts like bill o039reillycheck out the rest of richard dawkins039 interview at http:bigthinkcomricharddawkins

how to raise an atheist family
Bookmarked 756 weeks ago
it can be tough especially with young kids because people understand atheism so poorlycheck out the rest of penn jillette039s interview at http:bigthinkcompennjillette

john waters: coming out is so square
Bookmarked 738 weeks ago
http:bitlymjfxya - john waters knew he was gay the moment he saw elvis presley but people rarely asked him about his sexuality because they feared it was something quotworsequot than homosexuality quotthey were afraid to hear the answerquot he says

henry rollins for president
Bookmarked 737 weeks ago
henry envisions his first days in office

the worst advice dan savage has ever given
Bookmarked 751 weeks ago
http:bitlyjuxrp0 - there039s a lot of bad advice that tells teens to come out regardless of their family situation quotnot everyone is in a position where that it wise or safequot he says on the other hand quotsome gay people underestimate their families because they

peter thiel039s four theories on the bubble and bust economy
Bookmarked 723 weeks ago
http:bitlykqz2yu - peter thiel articulates the divergent perspectives on what brought the us economy to the brink

henry rollins039 letter to a young american
Bookmarked 727 weeks ago
http:bigthinkcomhenry rollins039 advice on discipline self-reliance and overcoming obstaclesdirected produced byelizabeth rodd and jonathan fowler

michio kaku: the future of quantum computing
Bookmarked 716 weeks ago
http:bigthinkcomtoday039s robots are less intelligent than cockroaches but advances in quantum computingtransferring information using atoms rather than siliconcould revolutionize the field of ai

neil degrasse tyson: atheist or agnostic
Bookmarked 721 weeks ago
http:bigthinkcomastrophysicist neil degrasse tyson claims the title quotscientistquot above all other quotistsquot and yet he says he is quotconstantly claimed by atheistsquot so where does he stand quotneil degrasse widely claimed by atheists is actually an agnosticquotdirected produced byelizabeth rodd and jonathan fowler

bill nye: creationism is not appropriate for children
Bookmarked 704 weeks ago
evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science in all of biology according to bill nye aka quotthe science guyquot if grownups want to quotdeny evolution and live in your world that039s completely inconsistent with everything we observe in the universe that039s fine but don039t make your kids do it because we need themquottranscript--denial of evolution is unique to the united states i mean we039re the world039s most advanced technologicali mean you could say japanbut generally the united states is where most of the innovations still happens people still move to the united states and that039s largely because of the intellectual capital we have the general understanding of science when you have a portion of the population that doesn039t believe in that it holds everybody back reallyevolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science in all of biology it039s like it039s very much analogous to trying to do geology without believing in tectonic plates you039re just not going to get the right answer your whole world is just going to be a mystery instead of an exciting placeas my old professor carl sagan said quotwhen you039re in love you want to tell the worldquot so once in a while i get people that reallyor that claimthey don039t believe in evolution and my response generally is quotwell why not really why notquot your world just becomes fantastically complicated when you don039t believe in evolution i mean here are these ancient dinosaur bones or fossils here is radioactivity here are distant stars that are just like our star but they039re at a different point in their lifecycle the idea of deep time of this billions of years explains so much of the world around us if you try to ignore that your world view just becomes crazy just untenable itself inconsistentand i say to the grownups if you want to deny evolution and live in your world in your world that039s completely inconsistent with everything we observe in the universe that039s fine but don039t make your kids do it because we need them we need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future we need people that canwe need engineers that can build stuff solve problemsit039s just really hard a thing it039s really a hard thing you know in another couple of centuries that world view i039m sure will be it just won039t exist there039s no evidence for itdirected produced byelizabeth rodd and jonathan fowlerhttp:bigthinkcom

henry rollins: the one decision that changed my life forever
Bookmarked 713 weeks ago
rollins describes the seminal moment when he decided to leave his job as manager of haagen dazs to become the lead singer of black flagdirected produced byjonathan fowler and elizabeth roddhttp:bigthinkcom