Mind, Matter & Mystery at Hay Festival – Meeting Rupert Sheldrake "In a largely secular age it is easy to suppose we live in a purely material universe. Yet our thoughts, memories and experience – from the brilliance of a sunset…
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Mind, Matter & Mystery at Hay Festival
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Cosmic Consciousness Test: Deepak Chopra or Erwin Schrödinger?
NOTE: I would not have been able to create this video without the incredible talent of all the artists who did all the (absolutely amazing!) celebrity impressions. I am forever grateful to all of them. Please check the credits section…
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Brian Cox Meets God… or Does He?
Professor Brian Cox finally encounters God … or does he? What does the Man in the Sky have in store for him? Watch to find out! 🙂 Support my channel by becoming my patron: http://www.patreon.com/crackingthenutshell You can also donate via Paypal:…
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(1) Gödel, Self-Knowledge & Magic Mushrooms
Full script: Introduction: Hello, welcome to Cracking The Nutshell. I would like to take this opportunity, right at the start of the video, to let you know that I need your help to keep running this channel. I’ll be completely…
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This One Time… Science and the Paranormal – Part 1
Richard and Rupert Discuss Psychic Powers Full Script: Fair Use Notice: This piece of work has been written, recorded, designed, animated, produced and edited by Cracking the Nutshell over the course of 5 months. A small amount of material (either…
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Schrödinger’s Thoughts: Non-feline Philosophical Ponderings…
Schrödinger's Thoughts: on Life, Free Will, the Self, Oneness of Mind, Consciousness, Science, Objective Realism vs Monistic Idealism Script: This is the first part of a series of videos where I explore what the founders and main contributors to Quantum…
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