About the show
"To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves."
Episodes
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HeadCon '13 - Daniel Dennett - The De-Darwinizing of Cultural Change [3.4.14]
March 4th, 2014 | 10 mins 56 secs
Daniel C. Dennett is a Philosopher; Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University; Author, Intuition Pumps. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/daniel-c-dennett-the-de-darwinizing-of-cultural-change-headcon-13-part-x
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HeadCon '13 - Joshua Knobe - Experimental Philosophy & the Notion of the Self
February 18th, 2014 | 23 mins 54 secs
Joshua Knobe is an Experimental Philosopher; Associate Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Yale University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/josh-knobe-experimental-philosophy-and-the-notion-of-the-self-headcon-13-part-viii
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HeadCon '13 - David Pizarro - The Failure of Social and Moral Intuitions [2.25.14]
February 15th, 2014 | 14 mins 1 sec
DAVID PIZARRO is Associate Professor of Psychology, Cornell University, specializing in moral judgement. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/david-pizarro-the-failure-of-social-and-moral-intuitions-headcon-13-part-ix
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Kevin Kelly - The Technium [2.3.14]
February 3rd, 2014 | 1 hr 11 mins
KEVIN KELLY is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He helped launch Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor until January 1999. He is currently editor and publisher of the popular Cool Tools, True Film, and Street Use websites. His most recent books are Cool Tools, and What Technology Wants. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/kevin_kelly-the-technium
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HeadCon '13 - Laurie Santos - What Makes Humans Unique?
January 23rd, 2014 | 20 mins 12 secs
Laurie Santos is Associate Professor, Department of Psychology; Director, Comparative Cognition Laboratory, Yale University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/laurie-santos-what-makes-humans-unique-headcon-13-part-vii
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HeadCon '13 - Joshua Greene - The Role of Brain Imaging in Social Science
December 16th, 2013 | 17 mins 9 secs
JOSHUA GREENE is John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and the director of the Moral Cognition Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University. Author, Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, And The Gap Between Us And Them. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/joshua-greene-the-role-of-brain-imaging-in-social-science-headcon-13-part-vi
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HeadCon '13 - Nicholas Christakis - The Science of Social Connections [12.9.13]
December 9th, 2013 | 22 mins 6 secs
NICHOLAS CHRISTAKIS is a Physician and Social Scientist; Director, The Human Nature Lab, Yale University; Coauthor, Connected: The Surprising Power Of Our Social Networks And How They Shape Our Lives. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/nicholas-christakis-the-science-of-social-connections-headcon-13-part-v
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HeadCon '13 - Fiery Cushman - The Paradox of Automatic Planning [11.25.13]
November 25th, 2013 | 25 mins 4 secs
FIERY CUSHMAN is Assistant Professor, Cognitive, Linguistic, Social Science, Brown University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/fiery-cushman-the-paradox-of-automatic-planning-headcon-13-part-iii
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HeadCon '13 - June Gruber - The Scientific Study of Positive Emotion [11.18.13]
November 18th, 2013 | 50 mins 58 secs
June Gruber is Assistant Professor of Psychology, Director, Positive Emotion & Psychopathology Lab, Yale University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/june-gruber-the-scientific-study-of-positive-emotion-headcon-13-part-ii
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HeadCon '13 - Sendhil Mullainathan - What Big Data Means For Social Science [11.11.13]
November 11th, 2013 | 29 mins 38 secs
SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN is Professor of Economics, Harvard; Assistant Director for Research, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), U.S. Treasury Department (2011-2013); Coauthor, Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/sendhil-mullainathan-what-big-data-means-for-social-science-headcon-13-part-i
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Joshua Greene - Deep Pragmatism [8.30.13]
August 30th, 2013 | 28 mins 7 secs
JOSHUA D. GREENE is the John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and the director of the Moral Cognition Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University. He studies the psychology and neuroscience of morality, focusing on the interplay between emotion and reasoning in moral decision-making. His broader interests cluster around the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. He is the author of Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/joshua_d_greene-deep-pragmatism
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David Moinina Sengeh - Technology & Innovation as a National Development Strategy
July 12th, 2013 | 42 mins 24 secs
DAVID MOININA SENGEH is a doctoral student at the MIT Media Lab, and a researcher in the Lab’s Biomechatronics group. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/david_moinina_sengeh-technology-and-innovation-as-a-national-development-strategy