By popular demand, Fora.tv

PeBe requested some more Fora.tv lectures, I'll post some now.. Fora.tv is a really great site, which presents both sides of most of the interesting debates going on, from all over the lecture cycle.

Here's a list of lectures, mostly about Natural Science, Evolutionary theory, and Religion:

• Nassim Nicholas talks about probability, his book "Black Swan" and what we think we know, and what we really don't.

• Here is a talk about Parasites of all kinds (gross pictures included), quite enlightening, both about Malaria, Dengue fever, African river blindness (yes, it sound really bad, but it's worse than you think), Chagas' disease, and Schistosomiasis ('Snail fever', affecting 200 million people) and other fun stuff.

• Next, a lecture tied to a book about genetic and environmental influences on lour behavior (sex, sociology and war).

• Another talk about contemorary evolutionary theory, and some history.

You can find plenty of lectures on evolutionary theory, since it's 150 years since the publication of 'On the Origin of Species' and 200 years since Darwins birth

• A very calm and measured discussion about the threats and promisses of synthetic biology.

• Kenneth Miller on the Intelligen Design movement and the Evolution "controversy".

• Gary Marcus on the haphazard evolution of the human mind.

• Naomi Tickle talks about 'Personology', something I think is complete bullsh*t, judge for yourself.

• Another 'debate' about the Evolution 'controversy'.

• Jeffrey Sachs talks about the crisis we're in, and what it might consists in.

• Dan Ariely talks about the why's and how's of irrational behaviour, very interesting!

• A three-part panel talks about the science of longevity, health-span, youth-span, and some moral and tecnical issuess involved in prolonging life.

• Sam Gosling talks about 'snooping', psychology, and what your immediate suroundings and stuff can tell you and others about yourself.

• Douglas Erwin (a paleonthologist) talking about one of the great extinctions, and how it's different from all the others, it's quite tecnical, but very interesting.

• Kevin Padian talks about evolutionary theory, and answers questions.

• Adam Savage, and his incredible persistency in following his passions and obsessions, a must-watch!

• Stephen murdoch on the history of IQ and psychologial testing, some fun bits about Francis Bacon in there, and quite a few fun facts.

• David Plotz talks about when he first read the Bible, and the stuff he found there.

• Stephen Mitchell lightheartedly talking about his translation The Second Book of the Tao.

• Allan Chapman on the history of science and religion.

• Richard Dawkins in well know style about religion.

• A.J. Jacobs and his year of following every law in the bible.

• Sam Harris talks calmy and eloquently about rationality, faith, religion and menacing escatology.

• Another great lecture from Mr. Harris on the clash between faith and reason.

• An investigation into FLDS by Stephen Singular.

• Carolyn Jessop and her escape from FLDS.

• A multi-speaker session talking for and agains the House proposition: "would we be better off without religion?"

• Cristopher Hitchens holding a lecture, and debating Al Sharpton, and Alister McGrath, with predictable results.

• William Lobdell on loosing his religion.

• Mark Bittman on the state of our diet, and on food in general.

• Mike Rowe talks about some of his discoveries while working with the TV-show on the Discovery Chanel called 'Dirty Jobs', quite funny at times.

Wow, I've seen more stuff on fora.tv than I though,

I don't recomend powering through all of them at once! :)