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Forbidden Science
Ep 1. David Sloan Wilson, Multi-Level Selection
Step into a world where society, culture, biology and education come together to shape life on the planet as we know it.
Documentary filmmaker William Holdens presents a detailed look into David's work and its impact both on his community and science as a whole.
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Mind & Life Conversations: David Sloan Wilson with the Dalai Lama
The first session of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s conversations with key thought leaders on “Compassion, Interconnection, and Transformation,” organized by the Mind & Life Institute at his residence in Dharamsala, India on October 30th and November 1st, 2019.
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David and Stu Libman Conversation
Child and adolescent Psychiatrist and autism expert Stu Libman in discussion about the latest in contextual behavioral science.
Topics covered: Storytelling, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Relational Frame Theory, Prosocial, G.L. Engel’s Biopsychosocial Medical Model, and behavioral fusion.
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Discussion with Michael Shermer about Atlas Hugged
Science historian and founder of Skeptic Magazine Michael Schermer discuss David’s latest novel Atlas Hugged.
Topics covered: Government’s role in innovation, meaning systems, changing norms, social control, and the failures of socialism.
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David Sloan Wilson on Religion and Other Meaning Systems
David Sloan Wilson gives a talk as part of a EVO series.
Topics covered: John Haught, symbolic expression, market fundamentalism, meaning systems, and religious conservatism and liberalism.
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Religion and Spirituality in the Context of Everyday Life
David Sloan Wilson gives a talk at the University of British Columbia.
Topics covered: evolutionary biology, cultural evolution and ecosystems, the Binghamton Religion and Spirituality Project, sacred text as cultural genotype, and group selection versus kin selection.
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Tinbergen's 4 Questions: A Lecture by Dr. David Sloan Wilson
Topics covered: “The Methods and Aims of Ethology” by Niko Tinbergen, behavioral traits, multilevel selection, cultural evolution, and extended evolutionary synthesis.