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Veridicality

In linguistics, veridicality (from Latin "truthfully said") is a semantic or grammatical assertion of the truth of an utterance. (Wikipedia).

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What Is Narcissism?

Narcissism is the word we routinely use to describe someone self-satisfied and arrogant. But what do we really mean by the word – and are we applying it correctly? If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/YfXSQO Join our mailing list: http://bit.ly

From playlist SELF

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SEM132 - Vagueness

This E-Lecture is a continuation of "Ambiguity". Prof. Handke discusses and exemplifies the types of vagueness including some general problems, such as, the fuzziness of boundaries or habitual use.

From playlist VLC103 - The Nature of Meaning

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Is It Better to Be Polite or Frank?

We live in an age that thinks highly of frankness and directness. But there are – nevertheless – a few reasons why politeness remains a hugely important quality. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/hMBQQs FURTHER READING “For most of hu

From playlist RELATIONSHIPS

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Is There an Alternative to Political Correctness?

Political correctness aims for some very nice results, but its means have a habit of upsetting a lot of people. Might there be an alternative to it? We think there is, and it’s called Politeness. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/iVqWJ1 Joi

From playlist WORK + CAPITALISM

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The Importance of Atonement

The idea of ‘atonement’ sounds very old-fashioned and is deeply rooted in religious tradition. To atone means, in essence, to acknowledge one’s capacity for wrongness and one’s readiness for apology and desire for change. It’s a concept that every society needs at its center. For gifts and

From playlist RELATIONSHIPS

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Donald Hoffman - Does Evolutionary Psychology Explain Mind?

How did the human mind, with all its faculties and capacities, develop during the long evolution of human beings? 'Evolutionary psychology' is the field that hypothesizes how all our mental activities were selected for during evolution. But are the proposed mechanisms too cute, the story t

From playlist Closer To Truth - Donald Hoffman Interviews

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You should know what Impredicativity is.

In this video I discuss the concept of predicativity, impredicativity and vicious circles. The text for the video is found in https://gist.github.com/Nikolaj-K/aae1f4bd582e60e6b7e5b5431fee054c

From playlist Logic

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Step Into an Optical Illusion

In Demon Hill, the rules of gravity don't apply as you expect them to. Down is not down, exactly. The room, created by Los Angeles artist Julian Hoeber and on display at the Harris Lieberman Gallery in New York, is modelled on a stock roadside attraction, Hoeber says. It's based on a simp

From playlist SciFri Channel

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The Potato Paradox! (in an abandoned zoo)

Today we solve The Potato Paradox! This is a veridical paradox - a problem with a very surprising solution. But once we see the reason behind the answer, we'll understand it perfectly well! The problem is as follows. We purhcase 100 lbs of potatoes, which are 99% water weight. We bring the

From playlist Coffee Time Math with Wrath of Math

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Why You Should Never Say "It's Just A Theory"

A portion of our culture distrusts the scientific method, assuming that there are transcendent truths unknowable by science. But nothing is truly out of bounds for science. If it's real, it can be studied, and tested. Perhaps the greatest misunderstanding our culture has about the scientif

From playlist Science for Common Folk

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Gino Yu - What is Consciousness?

Consciousness is what we can know best and explain least. It is the inner subjective experience of what it feels like to see red or smell garlic or hear Beethoven. Click here to watch more interviews about the nature of consciousness http://bit.ly/1RPs4Di Click here for more interviews w

From playlist What is Consciousness? - CTT Interview Series

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Donald Hoffman - Does Evolutionary Psychology Explain Mind?

How did the human mind, with all its faculties and capacities, develop during the long evolution of human beings? 'Evolutionary psychology' is the field that hypothesizes how all our mental activities were selected for during evolution. But are the proposed mechanisms too cute, the story t

From playlist Closer To Truth - Donald Hoffman Interviews

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The Science of Stress: From Psychology to Physiology

What goes on in our bodies and minds to cause stress? Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/UYUiX7SqWn0 Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Stress is our natural reaction to physical or emotional pressure, encompassing everything from too much work to being tort

From playlist Ri Talks

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"Data-driven Sensory Intelligence" - Poppy Crum (Strata + Hadoop 2015)

From the 2015 Strata + Hadoop World in San Jose, Poppy Crum's keynote address, "Data-driven Sensory Intelligence – Optimizing Our Perceptual Capabilities". Our experience of the sensory world does not need to be constrained by our physical limitations. When navigating the environment our

From playlist Strata + Hadoop World 2015 (San Jose, CA)

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What is Consciousness? | Episode 1302 | Closer To Truth

What is consciousness? Consciousness is what we know best and explain least. It is the inner subjective experience of what it feels like to see red or smell garlic or hear Beethoven. Consciousness is baffling. Featuring interviews with Simon Blackburn, Susan Greenfield, Christof Koch, Bruc

From playlist Closer To Truth | Season 13

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IDTIMWYTIM: Stochasticity - THAT'S Random

Hank helps us understand the difference between the colloquial meaning of randomness, and the scientific meaning, which is also known as stochasticity. We will learn how, in fact, randomness is surprisingly predictable. Like SciShow: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow: http://

From playlist Uploads

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Priors and Probabilistic Influences on Perception

From the November 1st, 2017 Human AI Collaboration: A Dynamic Frontier Conference; Poppy Crum, Poppy Crum Chief Scientist, Dolby Laboratories and Stanford Adjunct Professor, CCRMA examines... 1. Our perceived experience of sensory information in the world is malleable, contextually and ex

From playlist Human AI Collaboration: A Dynamic Frontier Conference

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What is an Injective Function? Definition and Explanation

An explanation to help understand what it means for a function to be injective, also known as one-to-one. The definition of an injection leads us to some important properties of injective functions! Subscribe to see more new math videos! Music: OcularNebula - The Lopez

From playlist Functions

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Podcast (audio only): Pollution from pot plants, and how our bodies perceive processed foods

On this week’s show: Studying pollution from cannabis farms in the United States is difficult because of federal restrictions, and how processed foods complicate signaling from the gut to the brain [1:15] The “dank” smelling terpenes emitted by growing marijuana can combine with chemical

From playlist Science Podcast

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