http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/illusion 2008-11-21T22:42:14Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62828-dialogues-with-david-we-are-not-in-control-yikes 2008-11-21T22:42:14Z jaxrod <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tyD2SS_ZLgc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tyD2SS_ZLgc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/62828-dialogues-with-david-we-are-not-in-control-yikes"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/78541" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Dr F David Peat and Jena Axelrod <br />Control and predicting the future or certainty are not possible.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/62828-dialogues-with-david-we-are-not-in-control-yikes">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58782-perception-of-reality 2008-11-21T20:45:12Z electropredator <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iXPC1Y38g-U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iXPC1Y38g-U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58782-perception-of-reality"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/72061" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>altered by Psychaos</p> </div> <a href="/blog/58782-perception-of-reality">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/57997-virginia-postrel-the-power-of-glamour 2008-11-21T22:27:02Z TED Talks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yhHePLaMP_k&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yhHePLaMP_k&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/57997-virginia-postrel-the-power-of-glamour"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/70857" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="http://www.ted.com">www.ted.com</a> In a timely talk, cultural critic Virginia Postrel muses on the true meaning, and the powerful uses, of glamour -- which she defines as any calculated, carefully polished image designed to impress and persuade.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/57997-virginia-postrel-the-power-of-glamour">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/57172-james-burchfield-sound-stylings-by-a-human-beatbox 2008-11-21T22:27:02Z TED Talks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" 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width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5hJCxSiH4ts&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5hJCxSiH4ts&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52043-jonathan-drori-why-we-don-t-understand-as-much-as-we-think"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63136" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="http://www.ted.com">www.ted.com</a> Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can't answer), Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowledge -- and specifically, what we don't about science that we might think we do.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52043-jonathan-drori-why-we-don-t-understand-as-much-as-we-think">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49574-lennart-green-close-up-card-magic 2008-11-04T16:21:33Z TED Talks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1_oa8m5Oq00&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1_oa8m5Oq00&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49574-lennart-green-close-up-card-magic"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60130" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="http://www.ted.com">www.ted.com</a> Like your uncle at a family party, the rumpled Swedish doctor Lennart Green says, "Pick a card, any card." But what he does with those cards is pure magic -- flabbergasting, lightning-fast, how-does-he-do-it? magic.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49574-lennart-green-close-up-card-magic">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40799--clap-jordan-chrash 2008-11-21T22:31:44Z atomburke <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ny4fsm8jPvI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ny4fsm8jPvI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40799--clap-jordan-chrash"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46014" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>http://www.myspace.com/chrashmusic</p> <p>"Clap Jordan" </p> <p>A new song by Chrash from their forthcoming album: <br />The Name May Change</p> <p>Thunder clap trap...</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40799--clap-jordan-chrash">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38398-michael-shermer-why-people-believe-strange-things 2008-10-27T15:30:47Z TED Talks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8T_jwq9ph8k&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8T_jwq9ph8k&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38398-michael-shermer-why-people-believe-strange-things"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43363" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="http://www.ted.com">www.ted.com</a> Why do people see the Virgin Mary on cheese sandwiches or hear demonic lyrics in "Stairway to Heaven"? Using video, images and music, professional skeptic Michael Shermer explores these and other phenomena, including UFOs and alien sightings. He offers cognitive context: In the absence of sound science, incomplete information can combine with the power of suggestion (helping us hear those Satanic lyrics in Led Zeppelin). In fact, he says, humans tend to convince ourselves to believe: We overvalue the "hits" that support our beliefs, and discount the more numerous "misses."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38398-michael-shermer-why-people-believe-strange-things">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19520-we-are-the-ones-we-have-been-waiting-for 2008-10-17T13:33:25Z moikl <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l7KHUbuhgpQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l7KHUbuhgpQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/19520-we-are-the-ones-we-have-been-waiting-for"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/19194" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/19520-we-are-the-ones-we-have-been-waiting-for">Watch the video</a>