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  • Robert Plomin - Why We're Different [6.29.16]

    ROBERT PLOMIN is a professor of behavioral genetics at King's College London and deputy director of the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. He is the author of Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/robert_plomin-why-were-different

    46 min
  • Molly Crockett & Daniel Kahneman - Deontology Or Trustworthiness? [6.16.16]

    MOLLY CROCKETT is an associate professor of experimental psychology, fellow of Jesus College, and distinguished research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, University of Oxford.

    DANIEL KAHNEMAN is the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics (2002), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2013). He is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Princeton, and author of Thinking, Fast and Slow.

    The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/molly_crockett-daniel_kahneman-deontology-or-trustworthiness

    43 min
  • Paul Dolan - The Social Construction of Stories

    PAUL DOLAN is a professor of behavioral science at the London School of Economics and Political Science and author of Happiness by Design. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/paul_dolan-the-social-construction-of-stories

    38 min
  • Frank Wilczek - Power Over Nature [4.20.16]

    FRANK WILCZEK, currently the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT, has received many prizes for his work in physics, including the Nobel Prize (2004) for work he did as a graduate student at Princeton University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/frank_wilczek-power-over-nature

    50 min
  • Joshua Knobe and Daniel Kahneman - A Characteristic Difference [4.26.16]

    JOSHUA KNOBE is an experimental philosopher and professor of philosophy and cognitive science at Yale University.

    DANIEL KAHNEMAN is the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics (2002), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2013). He is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Princeton, and author of Thinking Fast and Slow.

    The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/joshua_knobe-daniel_kahneman-a-characteristic-difference

    47 min
  • Janna Levin - Sounds of the Skies [3.23.16]

    JANNA LEVIN is a professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University. She is the author of How the Universe Got Its Spots; A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines; and most recently, Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/janna_levin-sounds-of-the-skies

    42 min

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