“Evolution does not isolate us from the rest of the Kosmos, it unites us with the rest of the Kosmos: the same currents that produced birds from dust and poetry from rocks produce egos from ids and sages from egos.” – Wilber
Creationism with Ricky Gervais
Gervais stand-up on biblical creation.

Tags: animals, bible creation, comedy, creationism, [...]

Biography Video- George Carlin
I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death. -G.Carlin
While I do not agree with many of Carlin’s positions- much of his comedy is based in sound philosophical [...]

Clan, Tribe, City State, Nation State…?
What will global governance look like?
“Evolution does not isolate us from the rest of the Kosmos, it unites us with the rest of the Kosmos: the same currents that produced birds from dust and poetry from rocks produce egos from ids and sages from egos.” – Wilber
Jean Piaget is generally [...]

Climategate Quotes:
“The problem is that the synthetics are incorporated at 2.5-degrees, NO IDEA why, so saying they affect particular 0.5-degree cells is harder than it should be. So we’ll just gloss over that entirely ;0)”
Despite the fact that we now know that there was manipulation of scientific data to create a certain result, the global [...]

“The Genius of Charles Darwin”
“I put the following work under your protection. It contains my opinion upon Religion. You will do me the justice to remember that I have always supported the Right of every man to his opinion. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, [...]

An Example of the Difference Between Liberals and Conservatives
This video clearly shows the difference between liberals and conservatives when it comes to rational thinking. Emily Levine’s main points are:

She likes to start arguments with people about things she knows nothing about
She knowingly admits that she is in revolt against reason.  For some strange [...]

Charles Krauthammer on “yes we can”
People are starting to wake up from their drunken stupor of 2008. The Obamagasm is now over. Charles Krauthammer draws some parallels between the energy and atmosphere that swept Obama into office and that of  Chairman Mao’s cultural revolution.
The cheap slogans such as “yes we can” are indeed [...]

1918-1920 World Wide Influenza Pandemic
The Swine influenza virus is usually found in pigs, but the virus occasionally mutates and becomes infectious in humans. This flu virus has the potential to spread quickly, and is more difficult to treat than the normal seasonal flu viruses.
Between 1918-1920 a world wide influenza pandemic killed an estimated [...]

Short Philosophy Videos
Aristotle
This is a fun and witty video on Aristotle made and presented by Mark Steel. Steel does a fantastic job explaining the difference in Aristotle’s thinking from that of his long time teacher Plato.
Welcome to one of TOG’s short philosophy educational videos. This is part of a growing collection of [...]

Lecture Series Videos:
Allan Bloom on Aristotle’s Ethics
Welcome to one of my lecture series videos page. This series is of Allan Bloom giving a discourse on Aristotle’s Ethics.
This is part of a growing collection of (Also see full length documentary videos page for more videos) educational videos on a verity of topics, [...]

Journey Inside The Cell
Is there intelligence behind the design? This is a great question. A question we should not be so quick in dismissing as somehow silly.  This is a short video that shows some of the fascinating workings that go on in our cells. Darwin would freak if he could see this!
This [...]

I just discovered a new documentary that will be coming out called God in the Box. Looks like this cold be fun. Getting peoples Thoughts on God is always interesting. Trying to stick God in a box can be hazardous to our health! The synopsis:
A film which doesn’t tell you what to believe, [...]

The Six Months That Changed the World
John V. Denson discusses the world-changing events that happened between January and June 1919: disastrous decisions that resulted in creating a platform for Hitler to rise in Germany, the Second World War, and beyond.

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Just incredible.
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D

Tags: Astronomy, educational videos, Hubble Space Telescope, Intelligent Design, science and philosophy, science videos

Alan Macfarlane’s Video Lecture Series
Filmed as part of a second year course in social anthropology at Cambridge University in November 2001. For the full list of videos in this series see the TOG Alan Macfarlane philosophy video page.
Video- Baron de Montesquieu

Tags: alan macfarlane, Baron de Montesquieu, Philosophy, Video, Video Lecture Series

Science and Evolution
Corey S. Powell, Editor and Chief of Discover Magazine, Kenneth Miller, Professor of Biology at Brown University, Laurie Santos, Professor of Psychology Yale University, and David Sloan Wilson, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghampton University, discuss how we got to be the way we are.

Unlocking the Mystery of Life
This is a short video trailer by Illustrate Media Films on Unlocking the Mystery of Life, the Privileged Planet, and the Case for a Creator. Rational arguments for the existence of design do not have to be made on the mythological level. All things considered, design is far more plausible than [...]

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