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btrmt. lectures

Dorian Minors

A brain scientist talking about (better) patterns of thought, of feeling, and of action. One pattern, one podcast—you see if it works for you. The btrmt. lectures, with Dr Dorian Minors. (btrmt.—said "betterment.")

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27 episodes

  1. Honeybees Are Smarter Than They Should Be 27:26
  2. Eerie Coincidences Aren't That Eerie 17:38
  3. Why Stupid Leadership Retreats Work 49:01
  4. AI is kind of scary 49:36
  5. On Motivation 35:44
  6. AI Isn't That Scary 27:15
  7. Purple Doesn't Exist 20:58
  8. The Value of Ritual 23:45
  9. The Neuroscience Con 25:48
  10. Successful Prophets 34:04
  11. You Can Catch Madness 24:00
  12. Meditation isn't for everyone 26:17
  13. In Praise of the Sage 33:29
  14. The Scientific Ritual 37:21
  15. It’s Not Social Media, Life Is Just Worse 29:12
  16. Pop Neuroscience is Just a Fancy Way of Saying ‘Calm Down’ 30:36
  17. Bias is Good 26:15
  18. The Amygdala is Not the Fear Centre 17:43
  19. Hydraulic Despotism 17:29
  20. Atavism Isn’t the Answer 27:49
  21. Values Don’t Matter 30:18
  22. The Hard Problem of Consciousness Isn’t a Problem 15:07
  23. Who Cares if There’s No Such Thing as Free Will? 12:39
  24. Nature vs Nurture isn't Interesting 12:42
  25. Mundane Cults 24:12
  26. Men aren't from Mars 34:44
  27. Stress is Good 25:38