DNA, Love, and Gender
Explore epigenetics: how environment alters DNA, impacting behavior, health, and even love. Discover the role of RNA molecules in understanding complex epigenetic phenomena and their potential applications.
Ties That Bind- The Goodness of Social Networks
Explore how social networks shape behavior, revealing our motivation by social incentives over economic self-interest. Learn to predict network effectiveness through information exchange patterns.
The Myth of Common Sense- Why Everything that Seems Obvious Isn't
Challenging common sense assumptions in complex social problems. Learn to question shared beliefs and apply scientific methods for better solutions in government, business, and marketing.
Complex Time - Cognitive Regime Shift II - When-Why-How the Brain Breaks
Exploring brain function loss through complexity science, from cellular to cognitive levels, discussing indicators, mechanisms, and analytical approaches for understanding aging and diseased brains.
Rajiv Sethi on Stereotypes, Crime, and The Pursuit of Justice
Exploring stereotypes' impact on society, justice, and online interactions. Discusses biases in attention and cognition, their consequences, and potential strategies for humanizing encounters with unfamiliar individuals.
Incentives, Levers and Beliefs
Explore psychological, social, and economic mechanisms to mitigate pandemics and their societal effects. Gain insights from experts on collective decision-making and applying rigorous social science concepts to combat current and future health crises.
From Individual-Level Cognition to Collective Dynamics - Ralf Kurvers
Explore collective dynamics in social systems through evidence accumulation models, evolutionary algorithms, and real-world applications in resource finding, predictions, and robotics.
Collective Convictions Catalyse Cooperation
Explore how shared beliefs drive cooperation, examining adaptive value, transitions, and neutral steps in collective behavior, with insights on narratives and group dynamics.
Cris Moore on Algorithmic Justice and The Physics of Inference
Exploring algorithmic justice and inference physics, this talk delves into the limits of AI decision-making, emphasizing transparency, model suitability, and the importance of understanding technology's boundaries in complex problem-solving.
The Uncertainty Paradox - Can Science Make Uncertainty Optimistic?
Explore the relationship between science, uncertainty, and optimism, examining how embracing uncertainty can lead to a more optimistic scientific perspective and improve public communication.
Reasons Why Social Networks Make Us Vulnerable to Misinformation
Explore how cognitive, social, and algorithmic biases in social networks make us susceptible to misinformation, and learn about efforts to counter online opinion manipulation.
Zen and the Art of Space Exploration
Explore the physical and psychological challenges of extreme feats, from polar expeditions to space missions, with insights from adventurers and experts on preparation, risks, and mindset.
First-Passage Processes in Physics and Beyond
Explore first-passage processes in physics and their applications, from diffusion equations to extreme value statistics and convection. Gain insights into stochastic hunting and open problems in the field.
Prediction and Explanation in the Social Sciences - Jake Hofman
Explore predictive modeling and explanatory approaches in social sciences, examining their strengths, limitations, and implications for understanding complex social phenomena.
Daniel Casasanto: The Ad Hoc Construction of Meaning
Explore how meaning is constructed on-the-fly, challenging traditional views of fixed word meanings and examining the role of bodily experiences in language comprehension.
Yoshua Bengio- System 2 GFlowNets- Induction Biases Towards Machines that Understand and Think
Explore Yoshua Bengio's insights on System 2 GFlowNets, examining induction biases for AI that understands and thinks. Delve into deep learning, cognitive theories, and innovative approaches to machine intelligence.
Why "Self-Generated Learning" May Be More Radical and Consequential Than First Appears
Explore self-generated learning's radical impact on cognitive development through data-driven insights, experiments, and complex dynamic systems analysis with Linda Smith.
Guy Dove- Language Is a Neuroenhancement
Explore how language enhances cognitive abilities, examining embodied cognition, abstract concepts, and the elastic mind. Gain insights into human intelligence and its implications for AI development.
The Evolution of Robustness and Integrating the Disciplines
Exploring robustness in evolution, cryptic variation, and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding complex systems. Discusses canalization, neurodiversity, and the interplay between biology, culture, and cognition.
Imitation vs Innovation: Large Language and Image Models as Cultural Technologies
Explore the impact of large language and image models as cultural technologies, examining the balance between imitation and innovation in AI development.
Language, Perception and Action Shape the Human Conceptual System
Explore how language, perception, and action influence human conceptual systems with Louise Connell, a leading researcher in complex cognition and embodied intelligence.