Head to Head
43 videos • 4,766 views • by The Institute of Art and Ideas
Catch our speakers lock horns over crucial questions in this dynamic and action-packed series.
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Can we understand the universe? | Sheldrake & Hossenfelder go head to head on dark matter IN FULL
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Is time incompatible with physics? | Avshalom Elitzur and Tim Maudlin take on Michio Kaku
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How destructive is Big Tech? | Aaron Bastani and Kenneth Cukier go head to head
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Are we inherently evil? | Slavoj Žižek and Rowan Williams battle over human nature
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Can we really make progress? | John Mearsheimer and Steven Pinker clash
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The end of objective morality? | Peter Singer and Daniel Markovits clash over impartiality
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Things that are self-refuting are false | Tim Maudlin and Michael Della Rocca battle over reality
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Is established religion fundamentally flawed? | Sophie-Grace Chappell takes on Michael Shermer
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Is bias intrinsic to how we percieve the world? | Daniel Kahneman battles Ellen Langer
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Is string theory a failing model? | Eric Weinstein and Brian Greene go head to head again
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Richard Dawkins and long-time rival Denis Noble go head to head on the selfish gene | Who is right?
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Can materialism ever account for consciousness? | Bernardo Kastrup and Carlo Rovelli
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Is string theory still worth exploring? | Roger Penrose and Eric Weinstein battle Brian Greene
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Are we addicted to dopamine? | Anna Lembke and Patricia Churchland clash | The pleasure paradox
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Is economic prediction futile? Guy Standing and Richard Werner clash | Guesses, errors and economics
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Did string theory poison physics | Eric Weinstein and Brian Greene clash over theories of everything
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Do we hide behind identity politics? | Slavoj Žižek & Lowkey heated exchange
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Should the West give more arms to Ukraine? | Peter Hitchens challenges Paul Mason
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Does consciousness arise from the brain? | Donald Hoffman challenges Hannah Critchlow
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Can metaphysical experiences be real? | Slavoj Žižek and Rupert Sheldrake
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Does multiverse theory make sense? | Roger Penrose takes on Michio Kaku
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Is the universe really infinite? | George Ellis and David Deutsch
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Should we play the game of life? | Philosopher Slavoj Žižek and gamer Destiny take on gamification
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Could AI ever be conscious? | Heated exchange with Bernardo Kastrup and Susan Schneider
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Can we prove life is a simulation? | Anil Seth vs Anders Sandberg on the simulation theory
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Consciousness' Relationship to Evolution | Robert Lawrence Kuhn Grills Donald Hoffman
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Is the hard problem of consciousness really that hard? | Brian Greene and Pat Churchland lock horns.
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Can science uncover reality? | Lisa Randall and Hilary Lawson go head to head | Philosophy at war
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Should we stop searching for ultimate truth? | Patricia Churchland and Hilary Lawson debate.
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Will we ever identify UFOs? | Avi Loeb & Jocelyn Bell Burnell debate UFOs and evidence of alien life
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Can the dark matter puzzle be solved? Francesca Chadha-Day and Pavel Kroupa lock horns
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Do philosophy and science agree on free will | Sarah Garfinkel, Massimo Pigliucci and Galen Strawson
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Is there such a thing as objective morality? | Sophie-Grace Chappell and Massimo Pigliucci disagree
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Is evil universal? | Massimo Pigliucci and Tommy Curry debate the cosmopolitan nature of villians
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Will sanctions defeat Russia? | Michael Clarke and Simon Jenkins battle over the use of sanctions
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Can we ever really know our selves? | Iain McGilchrist and Bence Nanay
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Is virtual reality real? | Anders Sandberg and Massimo Pigliucci clash over David Chalmers' position
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Why economics needs to be bolder | Yanis Varoufakis responds to Vicky Pryce
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Can we explain consciousness with emergence? | Philip Goff goes head to head with Suchitra Sebastian
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Will the origin of life ever be uncovered? | Kate Adamala, Addy Pross and Chrisantha Fernando
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Can physics ever get to the truth? | Eric Weinstein & Hilary Lawson clash over the nature of reality
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Should we trust the specialists? | David Healy and Nick Lane go head to head
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Is there a danger to moralising everything? | Hilary Lawson and Kathleen Stock go head to head
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