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In Science Salon # 35, Michael Shermer talks with neuroscientist Tali Sharot about her new book The Influential Mind in which she takes readers on a thrilling exploration of the nature of influence.

Science Salon # 35
Dr. Tali Sharot — The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others

In Science Salon # 35, Michael Shermer talks with neuroscientist Tali Sharot. Her new book The Influential Mind takes readers on a thrilling exploration of the nature of influence.

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Dr. Carol Tavris — On the Future of Gender, Race & Human Nature

What will people look like centuries from now? How will they act? What race and gender roles that we take as natural today will be the same or different in the far future? In this insightful look into the future Carol Tavris, one of today’s most prominent social scientists and psychologists, considers how blinded we all are to the influences of the times in which we live.

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