What the Bleep Do We Know?
“Have you ever stopped for a moment and looked at yourself through the eyes of the ultimate observer?”Filmed in Portland, Oregon, What the Bleep Do We Know blends a fictional story line,...
View ArticleWhat We Still Don’t Know
“The Universe is still a place of mystery and wonder. As a cosmologist, I am exhilarated that we can make some progress towards tackling what seem very fundamental questions. These programs focus on:...
View ArticleWisdom of the Dream, The
“Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.”First in a three-part series of films produced by PBS, on the life and works of the great thinker and...
View ArticleZen: The Best of Alan Watts
“A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except faults, so he loses touch with reality and lives in a world of illusions. By thought I mean the chattering inside the skull;...
View ArticleHow to Sleep Better
“Key brain functions, known as the executive skills…cover everything from concentration to reaction times and memory… Sleep researchers have found that it’s these executive skills that are the first to...
View ArticleSacred Weeds
“In many cultures, distant in place or time from our own, there are special plants that give rise to strange visions and hallucinations. Experiences we associate with illegal drugs, that which for...
View ArticleN is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös
“I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier...
View ArticleHow Does Your Memory Work?
“Remembering feels very simple, we just do it. It’s like breathing. Just like you don’t know how you breathe, you don’t know how you remember.”You might think that your memory is there to help you...
View ArticleReturn of the Scorcher
“I think in a lot of different contexts, the bicycle is really a liberating type of vehicle. Historically, it was one of the first ways in which women ventured out to society on their own without men....
View ArticleStatus Anxiety
“The past two hundred years in the West have seen staggering increases in wealth and economic opportunity, and yes, there have been no comparable increases in our level of happiness. Despite being so...
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