Biology

• Sapolski: Chaos and Reductionism (Biology)
  (May 19, 2010) Professor Robert Sapolsky gives what he calls "one of the most difficult lectures of the course" about chaos and reductionism. He references a book that he assigned to his students. This lecture focuses on reduction science and breaking things down to their component parts in order to understand them best.
• Sapolski: Emergence and Complexity (Biology)
  (May 21, 2010) Professor Robert Sapolsky gives a lecture on emergence and complexity. He details how a small difference at one place in nature can have a huge effect on a system as time goes on. He calls this idea fractal magnification and applies it to many different systems that exist throughout nature.
• Sapolski: Language
  (May 21, 2010) Professor Robert Sapolsky gives a lecture on language. He describes the similarities and differences between different human and animal languages. He focuses on how we use language to communicate with each other, how we communicate with animals, and how animals commute with each other.

Chaos Science

• Leonard Susskind: Butterflies, Complexity, and Signals to Bob
  Leonard Susskind (Stanford), KITP, Feb 28, 2014 'Butterflies, Complexity, and Signals to Bob' lecture given by Lenny Susskind at the KITP Conference: From the Renormalization Group to Quantum Gravity Celebrating the science of Joe Polchinski
• Leonard Susskind: Fractal Flows and the Arrow of Time
  Leonard Susskind Stanford & KITP Apr 04, 2012 'Fractal Flows and the Arrow of Time' lecture given by Lenny Susskind at the KITP Program: Bits, Branes, Black Holes (Mar 19 - May 25, 2012)
• Stephen Wolfram: A New Kind of Science
  Published on Apr 24, 2008 Noted scientist Stephen Wolfram shares his perspective of how the unexpected results of simple computer experiments have forced him to consider a whole new way of looking at processes in our universe. Series: "Frontiers of Knowledge" [4/2003] [Science] [Show ID: 7153]

Epistemology

• Dawkins & Krauss: Something from Nothing
  Join critically-acclaimed author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and world-renowned theoretical physicist and author Lawrence Krauss as they discuss biology, cosmology, religion, and a host of other topics.
• Lawrence Krauss: The Border between Reason & Nonsense
  Lawrence Krauss gives a speech about the frontiers of science and discusses rationality in general. Lawrence Krauss argues that skeptical inquiry is the best remedie for irrationality and nonsensical claims.
• Robert Sapolski: Schizotypals and Biological Underpinnings of Religiosity
  Robert Sapolski explains Shamanism and Religiosity with examples and personal experiences. He frames schizotypalism as a spectrum that lies at the roots of meta-magical thinking.
• Sapolski: Why hierarchy creates a destructive force within the human psyche
  Scenes from the Symposion Nights: In the Symposion Nights we invite participants to share their ideas about reality and, at the same time, practise critical thinking. Every Symposion we discuss a specific theme with the help of selected fragments of documentaries. 'Thoughts' are stimulated with the help of wine. The Symposion Nights are organised at the University of Amsterdam. For further info check: http://cmplx.org/events-2/symposia/