What Is Happiness? | Shane Gronholz

Brain in a Vat is back from hiatus with a deep dive into the philosophy of religion. Stephen Kershnar and Nathan Bray join us to ask whether God can be morally responsible and whether worship makes sense if God could not have done otherwise.The discussion begins with a thought ex ...  Show more

In this special episode of Brain in a Vat, Brad Duchaine from the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department at Dartmouth discusses prosopometamorphopsia (PMO) – a condition where individuals see distorted faces.The episode explores various manifestations of PMO, including seein ...  Show more

Would you rather be comfortable or happy? We often conflate comfort with happiness but they are not the same thing. You can be comfortable without being happy. For instance, you may find it pleasurable to doom scroll but is it really bringing you happiness? At the same time, y ...

Happiness, it turns out, comes down to a science — even though what makes each of us happy can vary pretty widely. Host Cristina Quinn talks to happiness scientist Emiliana Simon-Thomas, science director at UC-Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, about exactly what makes us ha ...  Show more

How your twisted mind is tricking you out of happiness. 

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