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🔍 Overview: In this clip, Robert Plomin explains how genetics, not just schooling, drives academic success—shaping both school choice and achievement.
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Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are by Robert Plomin
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Common Disorders are Quantitative Traits by Robert Plomin
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🔍 Overview: In this clip, Robert Plomin reveals how genetic self-selection shapes our environment, showing it’s not just ‘out there’ but driven by our genetic propensities.
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🔍 Overview: In this clip, Robert Plomin explores how quantitative genetics challenges rigid medical categories, revealing these conditions as part of a continuous spectrum.
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🔍 Overview: This episode with Professor Michael Huemer aims to explore the ethical and moral landscape that surrounds Veganism.
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[Highlight 1]: Where does our food actually come from?
[Highlight 2]: Is there any ethical justification for consuming animal products?
[Highlight 3]: How do we weigh our pleasure against a sentient animal's suffering?
👀 Previous Conversations w/ Michael Huemer
Philosophy: An Introduction | Michael Huemer | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #7
Epistemology: An Introduction | Michael Huemer | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #15
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Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy by Michael Huemer
Understanding Knowledge by Michael Huemer
Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism by Michael Huemer
Animal Liberation Now by Peter Singer
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🔍 Overview: In this clip, Professor Michael Huemer shares his thoughts on the impact big names, such as Mikhaila Peterson and Jordan Peterson, have had on veganism and people's views about what is and is not 'healthy' to consume.
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👀 Previous Conversations w/ Michael Huemer
Philosophy: An Introduction | Michael Huemer | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #7
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🔍 Overview: In this video, I dive into the challenges that emerge from fatalism when explored through a philosophical lens.
This is Part One of 'The Free Will Series' - The Battle Between Fate and Choice.
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🔍 Overview: In this clip, Professor Michael Huemer examines the claim that factual uncertainty could provide a basis to justify the consumption of animals.
📷 Richard Swinburne - Photo Credit: Cameron Bertuzzi from Capturing Christianity
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👀 Previous Conversations w/ Michael Huemer
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🔍 Overview: In this clip, Professor Michael Huemer explores why societal reality often doesn't conform to ethical reality.
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🔍 Overview: In this episode, Jon Perry joins us to break down the science and misconceptions surrounding evolution. We explore how evolution works, what drives it forward, and whether the process points to a blind or guided watchmaker.
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[Highlight 1]: What is evolution, how does it work, and what drives it forward?
[Highlight 2]: Does the evolutionary process suggest a sited or blind watchmaker?
[Highlight 3]: What common mistakes do individuals often make regarding evolution?
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The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
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Is There a God? by Richard Swinburne
The Origin Of Species by Charles Darwin
Life on Our Planet
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How Do Bee Stingers Work? Stated Clearly:
Nature’s Incredible ROTATING MOTOR (It’s Electric!) Smarter Every Day
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Science DOESN’T COME CLOSE To Explaining It! w/ Dr. John Bergsma Pints With Aquinas
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🔍 Overview: In this clip, Jon Perry examines some controversial claims from Destin in his now-viral video about Bacterial Flagellar Motors...
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Is There a God? by Richard Swinburne
The Origin Of Species by Charles Darwin
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Nature’s Incredible ROTATING MOTOR (It’s Electric!) Smarter Every Day
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