Hans Rosling on Statistics

Statistics as a method to view the world (as it really is?)

Part 1 of 4

Brian Cox on TV and science

Hadron scientist talks about the relationship between media and science (Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture 2010)

Part 1 of 3

Hitchens vs. ex prime minister Tony Blair

A Munk Debate on religion between people who need no introduction

This is clip 2 of 9, the first video is just introductions... a long introduction

Discussion on The Moral Landscape

Steve Pinker, Laurence Krauss, Peter Singer and more talk about science and etics on the Science Network (tsn)

On the homepage you can find single talks of the panel members

A.J. Ayer

A.J. Ayer to discuss the philosophical movement of the 20th century known as, Logical Positivism. It seem TV had it's glory days some time ago. And remember folks, don't judge the tv-show by the face of the host.

1/4

Richard Rhodes: Twilight of the Bombs

A Long Now lecture on the atom bomb, history and possible future

The big debate about nuclear weapons will arrive in 2011

Stefano Mancuso: The roots of plant intelligence

Life: What about the plants?

Sam Harris: The Moral Landscape

Full presentation in NY of his new book the Moral Landscape

The book is great! Read and give it stars on amazon.com

Conways Game of Life

If you read Hawkins The Grand Design you will hit upon The Game of Life - how simple rules result in complex systems.

It's fantastic!

Matthew Taylor

21st Century Enlightenment

Fun with animations!

Religion in the 21st Century

Invironmentalism, the new religion?

See the whole debate:
http://fora.tv/2008/08/19/Would_We_Be_Better_Off_Without_Religion#chapter_03

BBC Panorama

What the Pope knew...

(part 1 of 2)

Stephen Hawkins

The Grand Design

Journalist David McCandless

Let's visualize!

Lawrence Lessing on corruption and lobbyism

Great talk by Mr Lessing

Stephen Baldwin commercial

It's not a joke, just remember, it's America where all things are possible

Restore Stephen Baldwin - watch more funny videos

There are some fun parodies of this video, if you somehow feel this is not parody enough

Johna Lehrer on decisions

Hard decisions: Holy ghost, random luck or a complex neurological process?

Well, there is no randomness in the brain, it's just a few million years of trial and error in a feed-back-loop showing it's results. Works ok, but don't drink and drive.

End of Mr Hitchens?

Well, cool people are no exception ...

John Shelby Spong on the Bibel

He is a highly devoted religious person and makes on of the best refutations of the Bible as a source for knowledge and evidence



What's left Mr. Spong?

Matt Ridley on ideas

Great talk about ideas

Video of the known universe

It's not as large as we can imagine, it is larger then we ever can imagine

13,7 and counting

Neuroscientist David Eagleman

How the Internet can help save the modern civilization



As long as it is up and running ...

Cameron Herold: on entrepreneurs

One of many great ideas about education and the promotion of natural talent

Timothy Ferris

Mr Ferris talks about the rise of liberal democracy and it's relation to advances in
scientific knowledge



70 minutes of interesting liberal history

The Terminator

To celebrate the new outlook I present: The terminator sent back to save Jesus Christ



Good clean fun

Richard Feynman

Mr Nobel price in physics 1965 talks about science and his part in developing the nuclear bomb

Rare report from North Korea

http://wimp.com/rarereport/

Click!

The evolution of finance

Nial Ferguson: Darwinian perspective on finance and money


Nial, Always a pleasure

Medical drugs in the US

War on drugs?

Dawkins talks to Singer

Full uncut interview from the documentary: The Genius of Darwin

Peter Singer

He's a likable man :)


Part 1 of 3

synthetic life

Craig Venter about man made life
http://wimp.com/syntheticlife/

Lessons from fashion's free culture

Johanna Blakley on copyrights laws/culture

Stalin "man of steel"

Documentary about one of the most cruel dictators ever: Josef Stalin

Evolution and Rationality

Good lecture (part of a Yale course)on the scientific understanding of human intelligence/rationality

But it feels wrong!

How come our brains say it feels wrong or right when the best available information say otherwise?



It's not easy being human ...

PEN World Voices

Christopher Hitchens in a conversation with Salman Rushdie at PEN



Cartoons and censorship, and some intellectual jokes

Sir Martin Rees interview

A smart man answering smart questions



Clip 1/3

Is parody creative and fair?

ReasonTV gives three reasons for the Hitler parodies



"I hate cats!"

Overdose - The Next Financial Crisis : Official Trailer

Enjoyed last nights (3/5 -2010) premiere of Overdose in Stockholm. Great documentary.



In Sweden you can watch it Sunday night on TV4 Fakta - US premiere in Washington this weekend.

The Vaccine War

Seven part documentary on viruses and vaccines

Video blogger:Thunderf00t

Why science grown online and religion fails



Is this true?

Internet Ethics?

"Cleanternet is a campaign to support European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström
in her plans to introduce a website blocking system in Europe."



Excellent media format to start debate about politics and regulations

Steven Weinberg

The Master of the known universe: Talks about war, his new book and theoretical physics. The Q&A is great.

BBC Dateline 3rd April, 2010

How about the guilt of the Catholic Church?



Part I of II

Tariq Ramadan at PEN

Secularism, Islam, and Democracy: Muslims in Europe and the West



Everyone is free to talk - you choose to listen

Geoffrey Robinson on the Catholic Church

Retired Bishop Geoffrey Robinson: Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church



Some smart ideas how to make change in the CC.

Dawkins on the Pope

CNN interview with Prof. Richard Dawkins on the hope to arrest the Pope in September



Catholic church as a moral exemplar?

Journalist Michael Specter

'the danger of science denial' in America (and the rest of the world)



We have answers - but we don't believe it!

Louis CK learns about the Catholic Church

Fun? Or just insulting?



I vote for...

The moral landscape

Sam Harris at Google Talk: longer version of the moral landscape talk presented at TED



Help by criticizing Mr Harris arguments

The catholic church

Hitchens answers questions about the child rape (and torture) scandal inside the Catholic church



Arrest the pope?

The liberal new-age religiosity

Sam Harris and Michael Shermer vs. Deepak Chopra and Jean Houston

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/FaceOff/

(ABC don't use 'embed'- sorry )

What do the new-age and liberal believers say in a God debate?

A scientific moral?

Sam Harris at TED talking about his forthcoming book about science and morals

Rise and fall of Rome

BBC documentary/movie series: highlights of the Roman empire

(Playlist)
http://www.youtube.com/user/Gr0nTh0s#grid/user/46EF024B97AF4D06

History in high quality

Flushing the cliché of old people

Bertrand Russell on his life and choices



If you don't know Bertrand have patients and listen

Why nothing is instable and therefore something

Lawrence Krauss on a universe from nothing - he's just the best explainer of physics



Remarkable!

Hitchens on the ten commandments

The ten old and ten new from Mr Hitchens



Well, it's quite easy to improve them ...

American future

White House Health Care Summit - and the way they do it



Almost 3h and it's only part I - still, a interesting summit

The Economic Crisis and How to Deal with It

Short deliberations from - some of - the economic elite (including Nial Ferguson )



1½ hour of discussions on American and world economics

Hitchens on Hitchens

Like to know more about Mr Hitchens? Watch this!

A new way to explain explanation

TED just keep delivering interesting stuff



Supreme explanation of explanations

Infinity

BBC Horizon documentary - To Infinity and Beyond

Generation Jihad

BBC documentary about the rise of Jihad



Disturbing and interesting

Swarms

Swarm - Nature's Incredible Invasions, a BBC documentary



Fascinating

Shaking Hands with Death

Richard Dimbleby Lecture by Terry Pratchett on assisted death (not suicide)



This is a great speech on a much alarming subject

Would you like to know more: www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/pas/

Inside Islam

A History Channel documentary about Islam, practice and empire

Inside the Quran

Documentary about the Quran: history and present implications



The first manuscript we have of the Quran was written 70 years after the death of Muhammad.

When social media became news

James Surowieck pinpoints the moment when social media became an equal player in the world of news-gathering: the 2005 tsunami, when YouTube video, blogs, IMs and txts carried the news

How social media can make history

Clay Shirky on social media

Chemistry: A Volatile History

From sandbox alchemy (earth, wind, fire and water) to modern chemistry



The host Jim Al-Khalili is just terrific

North Korea

Documentary about North Korea and it's people who starve to death and think the Dear leader is a God.



Amazing, just Amazing

Would you like to know more: www.slate.com/id/2243112/?from=rss

Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

Niall Ferguson give his views on empire and the British success in building it



Interesting for those who like history

Birth of the Universe

Mother Universe 101 - Birth of the Universe



One of many good documentary's illustrating the history and property's of the universe as we humans know it

Speech

Journalist and author Christopher Hitchens talks about the value, need and prize for the right to freedom of speech. It Just happens to be the best



One of my favorite speeches

Money and the development of the modern world

Economic historian royal Niall Ferguson shows how money played a crucial part in the development of modern society



Decent documentary

Viruses

Do you ever wonder about what the bird, swine or dog flue really is? I assure you, it's an old friend to humans



Strongly recommended documentary

The Secret Life of Chaos

The world is marvelous when you really look at it - and have a few scientists to show you what to look for



Strongly recommended documentary