World Science Festival - Season 2 Episode 11 The Roots of Extremism: The Fundamentalist in Your Brain
Nearly every group has its extreme outliers. Where does fundamentalism come from? How does the most powerful organ in the known universe, the human brain, make emotionally driven decisions that ignore reason and fact? In this program, scientists look for answers to why our species may have evolved to accommodate the set of behaviors we associate with zealotry.
Year: 2018
Genre: Documentary, Talk
Country: United States of America
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Cast: Brian Greene
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First Air Date: Jun 05, 2016
Last Air date: Jun 05, 2018
Season: 2 Season
Episode: 24 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
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Popularity: 1.9486
Language: English
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