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Mind Field

2017

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EP1 The Cognitive Tradeoff Hypothesis Dec 05, 2018

Humans are the only Earthlings with complex language. But at what cost was that ability acquired? In this episode, Michael Stevens visit Tetsuro Matsuzawa to learn about his influential cognitive tradeoff hypothesis.

EP2 Moral Licensing Dec 05, 2018

How are our moral decisions influenced by factors we’re not aware of? A phenomenon known as Moral Licensing claims that when we do something good, we often subconsciously allow ourselves to then do something bad. In this episode, Michael Stevens takes a look at whether those who donate money to charity become more likely to let a kid take the blame for a crime they know they committed.

EP3 The Stilwell Brain Dec 12, 2018

There are 100 billion individual neurons in the human brain. Working together, they allow us to make sense of, and move through, the world around us. Scientists have built replicas of the human brain with computers, but no one has ever successfully made a brain out of humans. On this episode, Michael Stevens travels back to his hometown of Stilwell, Kansas, and turn it into a working brain!

EP4 The Stanford Prison Experiment Dec 19, 2018

Normal people can become monsters, given the right situation. That’s the standard narrative of the Stanford Prison Experiment, one of the most famous psychological experiments of all time. But what if the cause of its participants’ cruel behavior wasn’t what we’ve always been told?

EP5 Should I Die? Dec 26, 2018

If I could live forever, should I? How does being reminded of our own mortality affect us psychologically? In this episode I speak with mortician and death positivity activist Caitlin Doughty and visit a cryonics facility trying to extend human life indefinitely. Will I take them up on their offer, or will I choose to die?

EP6 How to Talk to Aliens Jan 02, 2019

Are we alone in the universe? Even if we could contact aliens, what would we say? How would we say it? And, most importantly, should we even be trying to make contact at all? This episode takes me on a journey to compose and send my own personal message into outer space.

EP7 Behavior and Belief Jan 09, 2019

How can a lie become true? In this episode, Dr. Aaron Blaisdell and I create a game show that is actually a giant "human Skinner Box" to observe the formation of superstitious beliefs. And Dr. Samuel Veissière helps me design and perform a placebo reverse exorcism, harnessing the power of belief in both science and religion to convince normal people that a spirit has possessed their bodies.

EP8 Mind Reading Jan 16, 2019

In this episode I visit a researcher who is studying memory by using machine learning and neuroimaging to detect and predict people's brain states. I also travel to Japan to meet with a team working on ways to record the content of peoples’ dreams.
8.7| 0h30m| TV-14| en
Synopsis

Explore the surprising things we know (and don’t know) about why people are the way they are through expert interviews, rare footage from historical experiments, and brand-new, ground-breaking demonstrations of human nature at work.

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Reviews

Interesteg What makes it different from others?
Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.
Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
vitoappleid I've only seen two episodes so far but I'm already hooked beyond my mind with this show! Michael, the host, whose Youtube series I loved strongly throughout the years, really makes 20+ minutes fly away as you learn stuff that quite literally shape our daily lives. Filmed to a high standard, produced with heavy effort reflecting in show's quality, we are led into the depths of new cognition, by Michael (now finally recognized for being a super-talented brainiac he is) leading the show in a chilled, information-packed and comical manner, never failing to captivate your imagination with new facts while cracking you up in the process.Many thanks from a massive fan and I hope you reach the heights you deserve, Michael. Keep our minds in your field.
industrialwonk This show does a great job in making "hard" science easy to understand. Many of the science shows of today cannot explain complex topics in a simple to understand manner so they drub down the content which is a real shame. I have seen a major degradation in shows such as NOVA and journals such as "Scientific American." What is great about this show is that it explains, a very hard scientific topic, the how the human mind processes information in an easy to understand, entertaining, and accessible way. Kudos.
Eric Mertz This is by far one of the most psychologically educational shows I've ever seen in my entire life. This show is beyond interesting. It takes interesting to an entirely new level.I recommend this show to everybody! I love it so much! It's well worth getting YouTube red, even for this show alone. This is now my favorite show. Along with my favorite youtuber!
Sam Cannon Mind Field is a great edutainment show about human psychology. If you have YouTube Red, it's by far the best thing I've seen on the platform thus far and well worth the watch.Mind field is mostly replicating and demonstrating famous concepts in human psychology, like how isolation influences the perception of time, or how people conform to the larger group even when they know the group is wrong. It is an incredibly fascinating series that takes VSauce's trademark style of mixing comedy with science, mathematics and philosophy that made him one of the largest educational channels on Youtube, and giving it a little extra budget.Is Mind Field worth getting Red over? I'm not sure but I would consider it. I got Youtube Red because it came as a package with Google Play Music streaming, which I got as a replacement to Spotify. There isn't too much good or interesting on the Red platform yet IMO, but if you are interested in ad-free Youtube and music streaming for about $10 a month, than Mind Field is a great cherry on top of that deal.Overall, Mind Field is a well made and fun show that, while not offering anything new to the scientific field per se, is a great way to introduce some psychological concepts to a wider audience.