Be Smart
Why Do We Lie?
Everyone lies. Even you and even me. We lie about small things and we lie about big things. We lie to help ourselves and we lie to protect others. Powerful people lie, all the way down to little kids telling fibs. Why do we do this if...
SciShow
More on Mating & Monogamy
Hank clarifies the misconceptions about Chagus disease, discusses a couple of interesting celestial events - one that happened in the past and one that will happen in the distant future, and sheds more light on the benefits of sexual...
TED Talks
Sendhil Mullainathan: Solving social problems with a nudge
MacArthur winner Sendhil Mullainathan uses the lens of behavioral economics to study a tricky set of social problems -- those we know how to solve, but don't. We know how to reduce child deaths due to diarrhea, how to prevent...
Be Smart
Do You Really Have Two Brains?
Are you a left-brained person or a right-brained person? Spoiler: You're neither.
Curated Video
Chess and Social Empowerment: The Equalizer
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi talks about chess as an "equalizer": it is a great tool that nations should offer to immigrant children for personal empowerment and integration within their new culture. He gives the example of how...
PBS
Why Do We Have Middle Names?
We understand why we have first names and how our surnames tie us to our family heritage, but what's the deal with middle names? What's the purpose of a middle name and when did different cultures start using them?
Curated Video
The Importance of Dialogue
Political scientist Mark Bevir (UC Berkeley) describes the importance of regular dialogue between policymakers and the populace.
Curated Video
The Message and the Messenger
University of Michigan business professor Andrew Hoffman describes how his research investigates the cultural aspects of climate change, focusing on the question, What comes to people’s minds when they hear the words “climate change”?
Curated Video
Predicting, Badly
Tufts University philosopher Brian Epstein describes how his experiences as a management consultant giving completely incorrect predictions of many key features of the social world gave him a deep appreciation of how deceptively...
Curated Video
Playing Better Soccer
Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts) describes how important research avenues are being overlooked by social scientists.
Curated Video
Making Decisions
Political scientist Mark Bevir (UC Berkeley) describes how decisions in the social sciences necessarily involve interpreting intentionality.
Curated Video
Against the Iron Law of Oligarchy
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) describes his belief that classical Athens is a counter-example to the so-called “Iron Law of Oligarchy”.
Curated Video
Against Reification
Political scientist Mark Bevir (UC Berkeley) argues that we need to move beyond reification of abstract concepts and recognize intentionality.
Curated Video
Creating the Social World
UC Berkeley political theorist Mark Bevir describes his belief that, rather than passively describing the world around us, social science actually plays a key role in creating our social world.
Curated Video
A Stark Failure
Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts University) relates how he became interested in the study of the social world.
Curated Video
A Notable Exception
Stanford University classicist and political scientist Josiah Ober describes his motivation to use Classical Athens as a counterexample to Robert Michels’ theory of “the iron law of oligarchy” of political organisation.
Curated Video
A Notable Counterexample
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) discusses how ancient Athenian democracy has long struck him as an obviously important counterexample to Robert Michel's so-called "Iron Law of Democracy."
Neuro Transmissions
The fascinating psychology behind why we're so divided right now.
It's ironic. One of the few things most of us can agree on right now is that we are highly polarized. As the U.S. presidential election reaches its conclusion, tensions are running high between political opponents. Democrats view Donald...
Neuro Transmissions
I test my cat's love
If you have a cat, you've probably asked yourself, "does my cat love me?" Love is a messy term. It's not all that accurate to the way we feel...that attachment. Does a baby love their parent? I would say yes. So I decided to put Bill and...
Psychology Unlocked
Normative and Informational Social Influence - Social Influence - Psychology A-Level Revision Tool
This video is the third installment of our Psychology A Level Revision Series to prepare you for your exams with exactly the right information that you need to know.
Psychology Unlocked
Bowlby's Monotropic Theory - Attachment - Psychology Revision Tool
This video is the fifth installment of our Psychology A Level Revision Series to prepare you for your exams with exactly the right information that you need to know.
Psychology Unlocked
THE SECRET OF TEXTBOOKS for Psychology Students
Textbooks are your number one tool as a Psychology Student, so don't limit yourself to the one course book. That is the surefire way to be absolutely average. If you want to outperform your class, you'll need to absorb more information...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Unnatural Laws (long form version)
From Newton's laws to E=mc2, we think we have uncovered the secrets of the universe. But some claim these laws evolve and others point to their human and cultural origins. Might eternal natural laws be human hubris? Or is the mind of God...