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Status Quo Bias

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Bio-Ethics Bites
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Suppose a genetic engineering breakthrough made it simple, safe and cheap to increase people's intelligence.
Nonetheless, if you asked the averagely-intelligent person on the Clapham Omnibus whether we should tamper with our genes to boost our brains, he or she might recoil at the notion. Nick Bostrom, director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, suspects that this reaction may be a result of what he calls 'status-quo bias'.
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Bio-Ethics Bites
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Nick Bostrom
Keywords
ethics
philosophy
genetics
biology
Department: Faculty of Philosophy
Date Added: 01/08/2011
Duration: 00:19:17

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Crackpots and Eggheads: Eccentricity in Natural History

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The History of Science Museum
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In the first in a series of 'Eccentricity' lectures, Dr Brian Regal talks about the search for 'monsters', in particular the hunt for Sasquatch or 'Bigfoot', and the "crackpot" natural historians who were obsessed with the search.
Dr Brian Regal is the Assistant Professor for the History of Science, Kean University, New Jersey.

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The History of Science Museum
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Brian Regal
Keywords
monster
expedition
historian
monsters
fantasy
eccentricity
sasquatch
museum of history of science
bigfoot
Department: Museum of the History of Science
Date Added: 28/07/2011
Duration: 00:54:02

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Who speaks for climate?

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Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars
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Mass media serve vital roles in communication processes between science, policy and the public, and often stitch together perceptions, intentions, considerations, and actions regarding climate change.
This talk will touch on salient and swirling contextual factors as well as competing journalistic pressures and norms that contribute to how issues, events and information have often become climate 'news'.
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Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars
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Maxwell T. Boykoff
Keywords
media
climate
oxfordmartin
Department: Oxford Martin School
Date Added: 28/07/2011
Duration: 00:53:53

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Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Autopathographies - How 'sick lit' shapes knowledge and the illness experience

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Anthropology
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This presentation by Dr Rachel Hall-Clifford (Primary Health Care, Oxford) was delivered at the conference Medical Anthropology at Oxford: 10 Years at the Intersections.

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Anthropology
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Rachel Hall-Clifford
Keywords
anthropology
Medicine
health care
society
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 25/07/2011
Duration: 00:22:09

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Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Oxford's 'Two Bodies' in Medical Anthropology

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Anthropology
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This presentation by Dr Caroline Potter (ISCA, Oxford) focuses on how Oxford's Medicial Anthropology bridges the biological and social divide. It was delivered at the 10 Years at the Intersections conference in June 2011.

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Anthropology
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Caroline Potter
Keywords
biology
theory
Medical
anthropology
society
oxford
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 25/07/2011
Duration: 00:19:45

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Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Healing earth and sacred clay among the Mun, SW Ethiopia

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Anthropology
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This presentation by doctoral candidate Kate Fayers-Kerr was delivered at the Medical Anthropogy at Oxford conference, 10 Years at the Intersections, June 2011.

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Anthropology
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Kate Fayers-Kerr
Keywords
anthropology
Medicine
Health
Africa
Ethiopia
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 25/07/2011
Duration: 00:19:44

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Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Moving from Efficacy to Safety

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Anthropology
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This presentation by Dr Barbara Gerke discusses 'A changing focus in the study of Asian medical systems' and was delivered at the Medical Anthropology conference 10 Years at the Intersections, June 2011.

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Anthropology
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Barbara Gerke
Keywords
anthropology
Medicine
Health
asia
society
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 25/07/2011
Duration: 00:13:58

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Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Maize, Men and New Medical Models

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Anthropology
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This presentation by doctoral student Kristina Baines was delivered at the Medical Anthropology at Oxford conference 10 Years at the Intersections. It focuses on embodied ecological heritage and health in Southern Belize.

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Anthropology
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Kristina Baines
Keywords
ecology
anthropology
society
Health
Medicine
belize
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 25/07/2011
Duration: 00:15:55

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Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Building Partnerships - a career path in research coordination and capacity building

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Anthropology
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This presentation by Dalia Iskander, a previous student of Anthropology at Oxford, was delivered at the conference Medical Anthropology at Oxford: 10 Years at the Intersections on 23 June 2011.

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Anthropology
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Dalia Iskander
Keywords
anthropology
Medicine
Careers
research
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 25/07/2011
Duration: 00:13:41

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Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Beyond Language - Public Health Policy and Cultural Competency

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Anthropology
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This presentation by Hannah Graff, a previous MPhil student at Oxford, was delivered at the conference Medical Anthropology at Oxford: 10 Years at the Intersections on 23 June 2011.

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Anthropology
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Hanna Graff
Keywords
anthropology
Medicine
public health
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 25/07/2011
Duration: 00:14:03

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