Veritasium

29 Sep This is why we can`t have nice things

Posted at 10:54h in Business, C1 - Advanced, Economics, Environment, Funny, Management, North America, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Science, Technology, Veritasium

An investigation into objects such as light bulbs, printers and phones and how the same products made today are not necessarily better...

28 Sep The Science of Thinking – System 1 Vs System 2

Posted at 11:32h in Australia, B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Management, Non Guided, North America, Problem Solving, Psychology, Science, Veritasium

How often do we actually use our brains to think these days instead of going straight to Google to get the answer? System 1 and System 2 are presented in this video showing the blindspots in the way that our brains work, consciousness vs unconsciousness....

17 Feb time flies…or does it?

Posted at 16:05h in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Complete Lesson Plan, North America, Popular Culture, Psychology, Science, Veritasium

This lesson is based on the perception of time and how it seems to either fly by or drag on. It’s a very interesting lesson but it took me some time to get my head around this personally so bear in mind Einstein’s words: “If...