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TAM 2014 - Ginger Campbell - Why Neuroscience Matters

TAM 2014 - Ginger Campbell - Why Neuroscience Matters


Ginger Campbell, M.D., is a practicing physician and host of the highly-regarded Brain Science Podcast, where she explores recent discoveries from the world of neuroscience. She is also host...
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TAM 2014 - Panel: Can Rationality Be Taught?

TAM 2014 - Panel: Can Rationality Be Taught?


Featuring Daniel Dennett, Julia Galef, Barbara Drescher, Ginger Campbell and Scott Lilienfeld.
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TAM 2014 - Karen Stollznow - From Klingon to Close Encounters

TAM 2014 - Karen Stollznow - From Klingon to Close Encounters


Theories About Alien Language Karen Stollznow is an author, paranormal investigator and Research Fellow of The James Randi Educational Foundation. A linguist with a background in history...
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TAM 2014 - Robert Kurzban - Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite

TAM 2014 - Robert Kurzban - Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite


Robert Kurzban is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and Founder of the Pennsylvania Laboratory for Experimental Evolutionary Psychology. His research focuses...
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TAM 2014 - Karl Kruszelnicki - Great Moments in Australian Science

TAM 2014 - Karl Kruszelnicki - Great Moments in Australian Science


Karl Kruszelnicki is a science journalist and popular Australian media personality. He is Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the The Science Foundation for Physics at The University of Sydney....
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TAM 2014 - Julia Galef - How to Change Your Mind

TAM 2014 - Julia Galef - How to Change Your Mind


Julia Galef is President and Co-Founder of the Center for Applied Rationality, an organization teaching cognitive science-based techniques for effective decision making. She also serves on...
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TAM2014 - Massimo Polidoro - Why James Randi Deserves a Biography

TAM2014 - Massimo Polidoro - Why James Randi Deserves a Biography


Massimo Polidoro is one of the best known investigators of anomalous phenomena, claimed psychic powers and mysterious happenings. The only full-time student of James The Amazing Randi, Massimo...
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Sunday Papers at TAM

Sunday Papers at TAM


The Sunday Papers at TAM was established to recognize new voices and ideas and allow them the TAM2014 spotlight. This session features six individual presenters who were selected to show their...
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TAM 2014 - Richard Saunders - Looking into the Psychic Mirror

TAM 2014 - Richard Saunders - Looking into the Psychic Mirror


Richard Saunders is the producer and host of The Skeptic Zone podcast and can be seen on national TV in Australia as the Skeptical Judge on The One, a reality television program that tested...
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TAM 2014 - Bill Nye - Keynote talk

TAM 2014 - Bill Nye - Keynote talk


Bill Nye (The Science Guy) gives the Keynote talk and lets us in on his preparation for the "Ham on Nye" Creation Museum debate that took place in February 2014 in Kentucky. Bill Nye currently...
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