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Neuroplasticity
- Neural Networks, Dissociative Identity Disorder, and AI
- By: Jane Hampton
- Narrated by: Jason Wright
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 105
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Story5 out of 5 stars 105
In this audiobook, you’ll find information on artificial intelligence (AI), psychopaths, and split personality disorder. This guide contains the answers to many questions and answers related to these subjects. Don’t keep yourself in the dark about these important issues.
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1 out of 5 stars
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uninformed and harmful
- By Anonymouse on 03-11-20
- Neuroplasticity
- Neural Networks, Dissociative Identity Disorder, and AI
- By: Jane Hampton
- Narrated by: Jason Wright
AI Generated Book?
Reviewed: 05-05-23
There is no connections drawn between DiD and AI. No clue why they combined the two.
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The Meaning of Life: Perspectives from the World's Great Intellectual Traditions
- By: Jay L. Garfield, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jay L. Garfield
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,983
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,750
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,727
What is the meaning of life?It's a question every thoughtful person has pondered at one time or another. Indeed, it may be the biggest question of all-at once profound and universal, but also deeply personal.We want to understand the world in which we live, but we also want to understand how to make our own lives as meaningful as possible; to know not only why we're living, but that we're doing it with intention, purpose, and ethical commitment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoughtful, Evenhanded, Precise, and Well Spoken
- By George on 03-12-14
Best in it's class
Reviewed: 08-16-20
I've read a 60 lecture great courses on philosophy and it didn't feel as clear. Focusing on meaning of life only and then going through the key philosophies feels much more smooth.
I almost made it 4 stars because the last few lectures I just couldn't get into. But it may be just that post modern philosophy doesn't flow well for me.
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Scientific Secrets for Raising Kids Who Thrive
- By: Peter M. Vishton, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Peter M. Vishton
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,669
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,317
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,274
Parenting advice isn't hard to find. There are thousands of books on the subject, as well as a multitude of websites. Much has also been written on the science of child development. What's been lacking, however, are sources of reliable advice that bring together the scientific research and its real-world applications.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Valuable Information, But Lots of Citations
- By Rich on 03-24-15
Good overall info
Reviewed: 08-02-20
This started strong, but the second half of the book didn't do it for me. It went from scientific studies and interesting takes, to general parenting tips.
I was tempted to give 3 stars overall but I feel the first half deserves at least a 4.
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Grain Brain
- The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar - Your Brain's Silent Killers
- By: David Perlmutter, Kristin Loberg
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,494
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,753
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,726
Renowned neurologist David Perlmutter, MD, blows the lid off a topic that's been buried in medical literature for far too long: carbs are destroying your brain. And not just unhealthy carbs, but even healthy ones like whole grains can cause dementia, ADHD, anxiety, chronic headaches, depression, and much more.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Family history of Alzheimers? Read this!
- By Amazon Customer on 09-19-13
- Grain Brain
- The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar - Your Brain's Silent Killers
- By: David Perlmutter, Kristin Loberg
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
Good Info ...
Reviewed: 08-01-20
He does a good job of quoting his experiences and the various studies showing the effects of gluten.
However there are possible correlation / causation issues that aren't openly addressed. Also not enough separation between low carb/ketosis vs gluten free was discussed.
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The Great Ideas of Philosophy, 2nd Edition
- By: Daniel N. Robinson, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Daniel N. Robinson
- Length: 30 hrs and 11 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,967
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,610
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,567
Grasp the important ideas that have served as the backbone of philosophy across the ages with this extraordinary 60-lecture series. This is your opportunity to explore the enormous range of philosophical perspectives and ponder the most important and enduring of human questions-without spending your life poring over dense philosophical texts.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Hard Review to Write
- By Ark1836 on 11-20-15
Good, but ..
Reviewed: 07-25-20
The series takes a somewhat time sequential approach to philosophy. Starting with the oldest to the newest.
In line with this approach is it's very historical story telling. If you like history, or biographical stories then you may enjoy this.
Also the approach felt more for philosophy majors who already know the general concepts and key players.
For the newbies, I think studying the person in question and their philosophy before each chapter would make this feel more smooth.
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The Third Chimpanzee
- The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,588
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,348
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,342
We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet - having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of communication, learned science, built cities, and created breathtaking works of art - while chimps remain animals concerned primarily with the basic necessities of survival. What is it about that two percent difference in DNA that has created such a divergence between evolutionary cousins?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Up to the usual high standard
- By Mark on 09-04-12
- The Third Chimpanzee
- The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
Interesting.
Reviewed: 07-20-20
I wasn't expecting direction he took things. he went from an Genes, to relating various animal (not just monkeys) characteristics to how we may have developed over the course of evolution.
A much wider array of society topics were covered than I expected. For example how smoking and alcohol could be relating to some form of instinctual boasting.
Everyone interested in humanity should give it a shot, and everyone not interested in humanity should heed his lessons.
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Reality Is Not What It Seems
- The Journey to Quantum Gravity
- By: Carlo Rovelli, Simon Carnell - translator, Erica Segre - translator
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,133
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,877
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,865
From the New York Times best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, and Helgoland, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the Universe. What are the elementary ingredients of the world? Do time and space exist? And what exactly is reality? Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli has spent his life exploring these questions. He tells us how our understanding of reality has changed over the centuries and how physicists think about the structure of the Universe today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Most compelling physics book in at least 10 years!
- By Kyle on 02-03-17
- Reality Is Not What It Seems
- The Journey to Quantum Gravity
- By: Carlo Rovelli, Simon Carnell - translator, Erica Segre - translator
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
The History of Physics?
Reviewed: 07-19-20
The title is definitely misleading to me. But I definitely wasn't engaged. The narrator is dang good, but I just wasn't drawn in.
I know that I didn't have to finish, but I hate leaving books half done.
The information is good, but it felt like reading a history book. So if that's your thing, go for it.
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Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior
- By: Mark Leary, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Mark Leary
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,353
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,917
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,884
Every day of your life is spent surrounded by mysteries that involve what appear to be rather ordinary human behaviors. What makes you happy? Where did your personality come from? Why do you have trouble controlling certain behaviors? Why do you behave differently as an adult than you did as an adolescent?Since the start of recorded history, and probably even before, people have been interested in answering questions about why we behave the way we do.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to like this course
- By Diane Tincher on 08-06-18
- Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior
- By: Mark Leary, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Mark Leary
Fun Topics - Good Data
Reviewed: 07-16-20
Good job on using scientifically backed studies as references. However, there still are many cognitive leaps throughout. Not all bad, but leaps none the less.
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When Breath Becomes Air
- By: Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese - foreword
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29,440
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25,850
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25,785
At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenal book!
- By A. Potter on 01-16-16
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Reviewed: 07-12-20
The balance between work and life is something that seems best answered by those who are in extreme situations like this.
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Creativity, Inc.
- Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
- By: Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,944
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,396
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,347
Creativity, Inc. is a manual for anyone who strives for originality and the first-ever all-access trip into the nerve center of Pixar Animation - into the meetings, postmortems, and “Braintrust” sessions where some of the most successful films in history are made. It is, at heart, a book about creativity - but it is also, as Pixar cofounder and president Ed Catmull writes, “an expression of the ideas that I believe make the best in us possible”.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good listen... If you speed up the player
- By andrea gini on 10-06-15
- Creativity, Inc.
- Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
- By: Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
Good Insight In Second Half
Reviewed: 07-12-20
The story / history of Pixar is interesting (I also had no idea Steve Jobs was involved), but in various ways felt a little drawn out. For those who are into story more so than lessons, I'm sure that's a good thing.
For me I loved the second half of the book where he really got into some lessons he learned along the way. That made the book for me.
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