Descripción: The Irrational Health Service (Part 2 of "The Enemies of Reason" series) Prof Richard Dawkins looks at how health has become a battleground between reason and superstition. A third of us now spend a total of over 1.6 billion a year on superstitious alternative remedies, but 80% of them have never been subjected to properly conducted trials. The Enemies of Reason Program In his last Channe...

Descripción: The Irrational Health Service. C4 Mon 20 Aug 2007 8pm. Prof Richard Dawkins looks at how health has become a battleground between reason and superstition. A third of us now spend a total of over 1.6 billion a year on superstitious alternative remedies, but 80% of them have never been subjected to properly conducted trials. Uploaded by: http://atheistmedia.blogspot.com --

Descripción: With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Hans Rosling debunks a few myths about the "developing" world. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's world-renowned Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a non-profit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 20:35) - More TEDTalks at http:// ted.com

Descripción: From "Root of All Evil? The Uncut Interviews" 3-DVD Set Buy it not at: http://richarddawkins.net/store/​index.php?main_page=product_info&​products_id=6 This interview was filmed for the TV documentary "Root of All Evil?" but was left out of the final version. Time restrictions dictated that not all interviews filmed could be used. This was especially regrettable in the case of the McGrath inte...

Descripción: EU Kritischer Vortrag von Univ. Prof. Dr. Schachtschneider. Themen: Austritt, Separation, Gentechnik, Wer profitiert, Todesstrafe, Redefreiheit, Republik, Globalisierung, Agrarmarkt, Umweltstandards, Haftbefehl, Auslieferung, Ratifizierung, Freiheit, EU Parlament, EU Gerichtshof, Steuern, Krieg, Demokratie, uvm.

Descripción: In the last in the series Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores how studying the atom forced us to rethink the nature of reality itself. He discovers that there might be parallel universes in which different versions of us exist, finds out that empty space isn't empty at all, and investigates the differences in our perception of the world in the universe and the reality.

Descripción: Noam Chomsky speaks to BBC's Francine Stock at London's St Paul's Cathedral, Dec '02. Harold Pinter's Nobel Lecture video: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2005/pinter-lecture.html Francine Stock: Since you first started in political activism in the sixties, do you feel that you have made a great deal of headway? Noam Chomsky: I think the country has made a grea...

Descripción: Alex Jones interviews Steven Jones, a BYU physics professor, who has scientifically proven that a special mix of thermite and sulfur and some other chemicals, known as thermate, was used to cut the WTC steel backbones. Thermate is widely used by the military and demolition companies as the cutting charges. Uploaded by TruthRing.org. Spread the truth! And all you Sheeple at digg and other si...

Descripción: Hear the truth, you'll know it when you hear it. Listen to how America was decieved into a war. We care about America and think you should too. Iraq war, foreign policy, chomsky, war, bush, george bush, america, imperialism, politics, news

Descripción: "See" how the world is changing. Visual imagery can tell stories and truths which would be very hard to capture and communicate otherwise. Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden since 1998, uses beautiful animated charts and minimalistic diagrams to explain the world we live in. Poverty, money and health can be seen at once shaping or being ...

Descripción: Christopher Hitchens speaks in Seattle Town Hall forum. Christopher Hitchens is widely-published polemicist and frequent radio and TV commentator and contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a visiting professor of liberal studies at the New School. In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris's recent bestseller, The End of Faith, Hitchens makes a case against r...

Descripción: New: see Randy's book about this "Last Lecture" at cs.virginia.edu/~robins/Randy_Book.html Randy reprised this talk on the Oprah Show in Oct 2007 (see cs.virginia.edu/robins/Randy_Oprah.html). Randy Pausch ( randypausch.com) is a virtual reality pioneer, human-computer interaction researcher, co-founder of CMU's Entertainment Technology Center ( etc.cmu.edu), and creator of the Alice ( ...

Descripción: New: see Randy's book about his "Last Lecture" at cs.virginia.edu/~robins/Randy_Book.html "Time Management" lecture, given by Randy Pausch (hosted by Gabriel Robins cs.virginia.edu/robins ) at the University of Virginia in November 2007. Randy Pausch ( randypausch.com) is a virtual reality pioneer, human-computer interaction researcher, co-founder of CMU's Entertainment Technolo...

Descripción: Christopher Hitchens joined Book TV for a three hour interview on Sunday, September 2. Mr. Hitchens is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair magazine and a visiting professor of liberal studies at the New School. He is the author of over a dozen books including "The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice," "No One Left to Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family," "Why Orwell Mat...

Descripción: A lecture by David Ray Griffin about the "9/11 Commission Report" and his latest book " The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions". Here he debunkd the entire Kean commission and the report as an enourmous lie through ommissions.

Descripción: Noam Chomsky, professor, linguistics, MIT Robert Fisk, correspondent, The Independent Journalist Robert Fisk of the UK-based publication, The Independent, recounts his experiences traveling around the world and living in the Middle East, Fisk speaks on history and geopolitics in the Middle East. His focus is on the problems with journalism in the United States, which include an over-reliance o...

Descripción: Charlie Rose - Economist Milton Friedman.

Descripción: Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving talk, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.

Descripción: In this three-part documentary series, Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of one of the greatest scientific discoveries ever: that the material world is made up of atoms. Part 1. THE CLASH OF THE TITANS Professor Al-Khalili takes us from the discovery of the atom to the development of quantum mechanics. Part 2 - http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-5003968210604570515

Descripción: Video and description taken directly from http:// consciousmedianetwork.com. Please visit the website for MUCH more information on other such topics and interviews. "Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, Aaron Russo began promoting rock and roll shows at local theaters while still a high school student. From there, he worked for his family's business, opened a night club in Chicago where ...