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Interesting things happen when two sides of the brain duke it out.
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Belief in something we absolutely can't see, for which there's no evidence, cuts against the grain of what it means to be a scientist to me.
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Science is the worst way of knowing except for all the other ways of knowing.
Kant is the foundation for modern psychology, Gilbert says.
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Simply put, good science is creative, says Dan Gilbert.
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Dan Gilbert's creative process involves a lot of puzzling and puzzling and puzzling.
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Gilbert looks forward to answers to questions we haven't even asked yet.
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Gilbert discusses the nature of happiness and his work in affective forecasting, which is the process by which people look into their future and make predictions about what they'll like […]
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Dershowitz would like to pick the brain of an innovative psychologist.
Democracy by soundbite is not democracy, says Alan Dershowitz.
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Though there is great leadership in business, there is a severe shortage in governments the world over.
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Big issues instead of bumper stickers.
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Even tyrants know that civilized society needs law.
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The volatile mix of poverty and fundamentalism.
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Dershowitz talks of the need for a Continuum of Civilianality.
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Alan Dershowitz on regulating beatings and waterboarding.