Be Smart
The Paradox of Voting
Political scientist Don Green joins Joe to figure out the complex psychological and social factors that motivate us to vote - or not to. They discuss how and why this decision making process may be in conflict with certain scientific...
TED Talks
TED: How to live with economic doomsaying | Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak
Economic crises can and do happen. But for every true crisis, there are many false alarms, says economist Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak. He explains how to live with the media's pervasive economic doomsaying, why we should stop treating...
MinutePhysics
Why Penrose Tiles Never Repeat
This video is about a better way to understand Penrose tilings (the famous tilings invented by Roger Penrose that never repeat themselves but still have some kind of order/pattern).
SciShow
The Science of Dreaming
Dreaming is one of the weirdest things we do & in this SciShow infusion Hank talks about how science is helping us understand why we dream, what our brains are up to when they're doing it, and why dreaming may be critically important to...
TED Talks
TED: The surprising psychology behind your urge to break the rules | Paul Bloom
We all experience it: that desire to do something wrong just for the sake of it. Whether it's walking on manicured grass or sticking your finger in a friend's ice cream, psychologist Paul Bloom invites us to see the clever, creative and...
3Blue1Brown
Music And Measure Theory
How one of the introductory ideas in a field called "measure theory" can be thought of in terms of musical harnomy and dissonance.
3Blue1Brown
Music And Measure Theory
How one of the introductory ideas in a field called "measure theory" can be thought of in terms of musical harnomy and dissonance.
SciShow
The Science of Dreaming
Dreaming is one of the weirdest things we do & in this SciShow infusion Hank talks about how science is helping us understand why we dream, what our brains are up to when they're doing it, and why dreaming may be critically important to...
3Blue1Brown
All possible pythagorean triples, visualized
There are a few special right triangles many of us learn about in school, like the 3-4-5 triangle or the 5-12-13 triangle. Is there a way to understand all triplets of numbers (a, b, c) that satisfy a^2 + b^2 = c^2? There is! And it uses...
TED Talks
TED: 3 ways to make better decisions -- by thinking like a computer | Tom Griffiths
If you ever struggle to make decisions, here's a talk for you. Cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths shows how we can apply the logic of computers to untangle tricky human problems, sharing three practical strategies for making better...
3Blue1Brown
All possible pythagorean triples, visualized
There are a few special right triangles many of us learn about in school, like the 3-4-5 triangle or the 5-12-13 triangle. Is there a way to understand all triplets of numbers (a, b, c) that satisfy a^2 + b^2 = c^2? There is! And it uses...
Crash Course
Modern Thought and Culture in 1900: Crash Course European History
Europe was in transition politically and culturally at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, we're looking at the dawn of modern science, and the rise of Modernism in the arts, especially in music, dance, and visual arts. We'll look...
Crash Course
Max Weber & Modernity: Crash Course Sociology
This week we are wrapping up our overview of sociology’s core frameworks and founding theorists with a look Max Weber and his understanding of the modern world. We’ll explore rationalization and the transition from traditional to modern...
PBS
Can We Combine pi & e to Make a Rational Number?
Can you produce a rational number by exchanging infinitely many digits of pi and e?
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Making sense of irrational numbers - Ganesh Pai
Like many heroes of Greek myths, the philosopher Hippasus was rumored to have been mortally punished by the gods. But what was his crime? Did he murder guests or disrupt a sacred ritual? No, Hippasus's transgression was mathematically...
TED Talks
TED: The surprising ingredient that makes businesses work better | Marco Alvera
What is it about unfairness? Whether it's not being invited to a friend's wedding or getting penalized for bad luck or an honest mistake, unfairness often makes us so upset that we can't think straight. And it's not just a personal issue...
Crash Course
Contractarianism: Crash Course Philosophy
Today we explore the penultimate ethical theory in this unit: contractarianism. Hank explains Hobbes’ state of nature, and implicit and explicit contracts, as well as the Prisoner’s Dilemma, and the benefits, and costs, of violating...
PBS
Making Probability Mathematical
What happened when a gambler asked for help from a mathematician? The formal study of Probability.
Crash Course
Behavioral Economics: Crash Course Economics
Why do people buy the stuff they buy? In classical economics, most models assume that consumers behave rationally. As you've probably noticed in your real life, in case after case, people don't actually make rational decisions. There can...
Curated Video
Culture Consists of Many Factors
New ReviewThere are a number of factors that constitute a culture—manners, mind-set, rituals, laws, ideas, and language, to name a few. External factors that also comprise a culture include religious beliefs, arts, customs, beliefs, ceremonies,...
The Daily Conversation
The Future of World Religion (in 2050)
New ReviewBy 2050, the number of Muslims around the world will nearly equal the number of Christians, as Islam will grow faster than any other major world religion.
Curated Video
Decimal Expansions
A video entitled "Decimal Expansions" that covers how decimal numbers can be converted to fractional form.
Curated Video
Zeros
A video entitled "Zeros" which shows how to find key features of a rational function in order to graph it.
Curated Video
Rearrange Radicals and Rationals
A video entitled "Rearrange Radicals and Rationals" that shows how to use inverse operations to isolate various variables in equations.