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Aug 30, 2013 • 28min
Joshua Greene - Deep Pragmatism [8.30.13]
JOSHUA D. GREENE is the John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and the director of the Moral Cognition Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University. He studies the psychology and neuroscience of morality, focusing on the interplay between emotion and reasoning in moral decision-making. His broader interests cluster around the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. He is the author of Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/joshua_d_greene-deep-pragmatism

Jul 12, 2013 • 42min
David Moinina Sengeh - Technology & Innovation as a National Development Strategy
DAVID MOININA SENGEH is a doctoral student at the MIT Media Lab, and a researcher in the Lab’s Biomechatronics group. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/david_moinina_sengeh-technology-and-innovation-as-a-national-development-strategy

Jun 6, 2013 • 34min
Napoleon Chagnon - Blood Is Their Argument Part II [6.6.13]
NAPOLEON CHAGNON is a renowned anthropologist who is most widely recognized for his study of the Yanomamö tribes in the Amazon. He is a professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri; Author, Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes—the Yanomamö and the Anthropologists. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/napoleon-chagnon-blood-is-their-argument

Jun 6, 2013 • 21min
Napoleon Chagnon - Blood Is Their Argument Part II Discussion [6.6.13]
NAPOLEON CHAGNON is a renowned anthropologist who is most widely recognized for his study of the Yanomamö tribes in the Amazon. He is a professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri; Author, Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes—the Yanomamö and the Anthropologists. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/napoleon-chagnon-blood-is-their-argument

Jun 6, 2013 • 30min
Napoleon Chagnon - Blood Is Their Argument Part I Discussion [6.6.13]
NAPOLEON CHAGNON is a renowned anthropologist who is most widely recognized for his study of the Yanomamö tribes in the Amazon. He is a professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri; Author, Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes—the Yanomamö and the Anthropologists. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/napoleon-chagnon-blood-is-their-argument

Jun 6, 2013 • 59min
Napoleon Chagnon - Blood Is Their Argument Part I [6.6.13]
NAPOLEON CHAGNON is a renowned anthropologist who is most widely recognized for his study of the Yanomamö tribes in the Amazon. He is a professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri; Author, Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes—the Yanomamö and the Anthropologists. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/napoleon-chagnon-blood-is-their-argument

May 14, 2013 • 58min
Lee Smolin - Think About Nature
LEE SMOLIN is a founding and senior faculty member at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada. He is also Adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of Waterloo and is a member of the graduate faculty of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Toronto. He is the author of Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/lee_smolin-think-about-nature

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Feb 25, 2013 • 34min
Adam Alter - Disfluency [2.25.13]
ADAM ALTER is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Stern School of Business, NYU. He is the author of Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/adam_alter-disfluency