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Ep. 1 - Prof. Shimon Schocken: Computers from First Principles, Education, & Building a University

In this episode, we spoke with Prof. Shimon Schocken, the founding dean of the school of Computer Science at IDC. After being a tenured professor at NYU for 10 years, Shimon came back to Israel to take part in building a new academic institution from scratch...

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Ep. 2 - Dr. Guy Hochman: Behavioral Economics, Rational Decision Making, & Moral Behavior

Are we rational? Are we as moral as we think we are? Can we really trust ourselves to make rational ethical decisions?In this episode, we have Dr. Guy Hochman, who is a senior lecturer and the head of the MA program in Behavioral Economics at IDC...

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Ep. 3 - Prof. Daniel Levy: Neuroscience and the Philosophy of Free-will & Determinism

Have you ever asked yourself, "Do I really have free will? Or is everything that happens already pre-determined"? If so, you're in luck. In this episode, we spoke with Prof. Daniel Levy, a cognitive neuroscientist and the dean of the school of Psychology...

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Ep. 4 - Prof. Gilad Hirschberger: Political Psychology & Existential Threats

How can insights from political psychology help us improve the debate between the right and the left? In this episode we spoke with Prof. Gilad Hirschberger, an experimental social and political psychologist who studies collective threats and their...

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Ep. 5 - Prof. Eilon Solan: Game Theory & Emergent Ethics

How are game theory, math, and values related? In this episode, we spoke about Game Theory and its different applications in real life with Prof. Eilon Solan from Tel Aviv University. One of the topics we spoke about is this really exciting idea of emergent ethics arising out of game theory models...

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Ep. 6 - Prof. Danny Hamiel: How to Build Resilience & Making Psychology Scalable

What makes some people resilient, and others not? How can we build resilience? And how can we make psychology scalable? Today, I spoke with Prof. Danny Hamiel, who's a clinical psychologist by trade and a researcher...

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Ep. 7 - Dr. Orly Flakowicz Idan: Psycholinguistics, How Language Shapes Thought, and the Magical Power of Words

How do words shape our thoughts and our reality? How can changing one word dramatically impact people's opinions? What really is the importance of being precise in your speech? Orly studies psycholinguistics, which is the meeting place between psychology and linguistic studies...

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Ep. 8 - Nir Minerbi & Amir Naveh: Quantum Computing, Founding a Start-Up, & Maintaining a Work-Life Balance

Nir Minerbi and Amir Naveh are two of the founders of a quantum computing company called Classiq. In this episode, we spoke about the emerging industry of quantum computing, and the role they hope their company Classiq will play in this new field. We also got into their journey being founders of a start-up...

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Ep. 9 - Dr. Elran Haber: The Microbiome, Computational Biology, & Integrating Business and Science

Did you know we have trillions of bacteria, yeast, and virus cells living within us? How does this "microbiome" affect our health and well-being?Today we spoke about the microbiome with Dr. Elran Haber, who is the CEO of Biomica, a biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative microbiome-based therapeutics for various diseases.

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Ep. 10 - Dr. Yulia Golland: Synchronizing with Others, Social Neuroscience, and the Individual & the Collective

What does it really mean to be on the same wavelength with someone? Is there any truth to these kinds of metaphors? Dr. Yulia Golland shows that on a certain level - yes there is. Dr. Yulia Golland is a social neuroscientist who studies interpersonal synchrony. In other words, she studies how people get in-sync with one another...

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Ep. 11 - Prof. Leo Corry: The Evolution of Science, Science & Religion, and the Importance of the Humanities

How are science and religion related? Why are the humanities so important? What are the principles of science and how did they evolve? The following is a conversation with Prof. Leo Corry, a historian and philosopher of mathematics and science, and the former dean of the Humanities at TAU. We spoke about the philosophy of science, how we need to stay humble in the face of uncertainty...

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Ep. 12 - Prof. Reuven Dar: A New Outlook on OCD, How It Differs from OCPD, and Why Internal Awareness Matters

What drives someone to compulsive behavior? How is our ability to identify our own internal states related? Ruvi and his colleagues have developed a model that approaches OCD in a different way from the mainstream consensus. They’ve come up with a framework for OCD called “Seeking Proxies for Internal States”...

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Ep. 13 - Prof. Nicholas Dirks: Science for the Public Good, the Future of Innovation, and Uniting the Humanities and the Sciences

How can scientific innovations transform society? What can learning about different cultures teach us about ourselves? What can learning about our past teach us about our future? And what do we need in order to drive scientific progress? In today’s episode, I spoke with Prof. Nicholas Dirks, the President of the NYAS, former Chancellor of UC Berkeley, and former dean of the Humanities at Columbia university...

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Ep. 14 - Prof. Ran Barkai: The Life of Prehistoric Man, Cave Paintings, & Altered States of Consciousness

In today’s episode, I got to speak to Prof. Ran Barkai, an archeologist from Tel Aviv university. Archeology is a fascinating field that provides us with a very real, physical, sensory connection with our past. By uncovering certain objects...

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Ep. 15 - Prof. Bernard Berofsky: Having Free-Will in a Somewhat Determined World, A Compatibilist's View

In today’s episode, I spoke with Prof. Bernard Berofsky, an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy from Columbia University, who in his philosophical career has explored topics such as free-will, determinism, liberation, autonomy, and creativity. Bernard is an exceptional philosophical thinker...

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Ep. 16 - Prof. Sam Gosling: What Your Room Says About Your Personality, and How Physical Spaces Affect Our Psychology

In today’s episode, I spoke with Prof. Sam Gosling, a personality researcher from UT Austin. To start with - we should first ask ourselves - what is personality? There are endless theories and frameworks that try to describe, explain, and predict a person’s characteristic nature...

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