Friday 10 February 2012

Logic as a Second Language

Hopefully this series of short videos will help people get along with each other better.

Critical Thinking Part 1: A valuable argument

Critical thinking Part 2: Broken Logic

Critical thinking Part 3: The Man who was made of straw

Critical thinking Part 4: Getting Personal

Critical Thinking Part 5: The Gambler's Fallacy


Critical Thinking Part 6: A precautionary tale

   



The Ancient Heart of Forgiveness

Jack Kornfield shares extraordinary stories of forgiveness—and explains how the next story could be yours.

Monday 6 February 2012

Big Ideas: Robert J. Sawyer on Humanity 2.0

What will it mean to be human in the future? Uploading consciousness into virtual worlds and prolonging life through biotechnology are already being contemplated. Canada's leading science fiction writer, Robert J. Sawyer, offers his insights in a lecture entitled Humanity 2.0, produced in collaboration with the Literary Review of Canada.



Be prepared for a wondrous universe of ideas.