Beyond Belief (2006) is a series web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Beyond Belief online in HD.
Beyond Belief — Storyline
Beyond Belief: Science, Religion, Reason and Survival was the first gathering of The Science Network's annual Beyond Belief symposia, held from November 5–7, 2006, at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.
Cast & Crew
Beyond Belief — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2006-11-05 |
| Seasons | 3 |
| Episodes | 89 |
| Genre | series |
| Language | English |
| Status | Ended |
Beyond Belief — Episode Guide
Season 2006
- E1: Steven Weinberg, Lawrence Krauss, Sam Harris & Michael Shermer (2006-11-05) — Topics: Cardinal Schonborn, Catholicism, Clash Of Cultures, Darwin, Einstein, Evolution, Galileo, God, Intelligent Design, Islam, Morality, Newton, Richard Dawkins, Two Cultures, R
- E2: Neil deGrasse Tyson (2006-11-05) — Topics: Astronomy, Cosmology, Darwin, Evolution, George Bush, Intelligent Design, Islam, Newton, Physics, Ptolemy, War, religion, science education. Discussion: Tyson, Weinberg, Kr
- E3: Joan Roughgarden, Richard Dawkins, Francisco Ayala & Carolyn Porco (2006-11-05) — Topics: Astronomy, Bible, Buddhism, Cosmology, Darwin, Evolution, Francis Crick, Intelligent Design, Morality, Sexuality, gender, religion.
- E4: Stuart Hameroff & V.S. Ramachandran (2006-11-05) — Topics: drugs, Hallucinogens, Kant, Mental State, Platonics, Prayer, Quantum Coherency, Quantum Mechanics, Sexuality, consciousness, neuroscience, religion
- E5: Paul Davies, Steven Nadler & Patricia Churchland (2006-11-06)
- E6: Susan Neiman, Loyal Rue & Elizabeth Loftus (2006-11-06)
- E7: Mahzarin Banaji, Richard Dawkins & Scott Atran (2006-11-06)
- E8: Scott Atran, Sir Harold Kroto, Charles Harper & Ann Druyan (2006-11-06)
- E9: Sam Harris; Jim Woodward; Melvin Konner; Discussion: Harris, Woodward, Konner, Dawkins & Paul Churchland (2006-11-07)
- E10: Richard Sloan, V.S. Ramachandran, Neil deGrasse Tyson & Terrence Sejnowski (2006-11-07)
Season 2007
- E1: Welcome by Roger Bingham (2007-10-31) — Roger Bingham is a scientist in the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute, and a member of the research faculty at the Center for Brain and Cognition, Univers
- E2: Darrin McMahon (2007-10-31) — Darrin McMahon is the Ben Weider Professor of History at Florida State University. He is the author of Enemies of the Enlightenment and Happiness: A History, which was awarded Best
- E3: Margaret Jacob (2007-10-31) — Margaret Jacob, a professor of History at UCLA, is an authority on the scientific roots of the Enlightenment, the origins of Western cosmopolitanism, and the freemasons, freethinke
- E4: Edward Slingerland (2007-10-31) — Edward Slingerland is Canada Research Chair in Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition at the University of British Columbia. His research includes Warring States Chinese thought, c
- E5: Donald Rutherford (2007-10-31) — Donald Rutherford is a member of the UCSD Philosophy Department whose main research interests are in the history of modern philosophy. Much of his work has dealt with the philosoph
- E6: Daniel Dennett (2007-10-31) — Daniel C. Dennett, the author of Breaking the Spell; Freedom Evolves; and Darwin's Dangerous Idea, is University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Co-Di
- E7: David Sloan Wilson (2007-10-31) — David Sloan Wilson, Professor in the Biology and Anthropology Departments at Binghamton University, is director of EvoS, a unique campus-wide evolutionary studies program. He is kn
- E8: Jonathan Haidt (2007-10-31) — Jonathan Haidt, an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, studies the emotional basis of moral judgment and political ideology. He received his Ph.D. from
- E9: Michael Shermer (2007-10-31) — Michael Shermer, a former college professor, is the founding publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Skeptic magazine. A monthly columnist for Scientific American, he is the author of The
- E10: Panel (2007-10-31) — Daniel Dennett, David Sloan Wilson, Jonathan Haidt & Michael Shermer
- E11: Gregory Clark (2007-10-31) — Gregory Clark chairs the Department of Economics at the University of California, Davis. He is author of the recent book A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World,
- E12: Deirdre McCloskey (2007-10-31) — Deirdre McCloskey teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has written fourteen books on economic theory, history, philosophy, rhetoric, and ethics. She taught for twe
- E13: Stuart Kauffman (2007-10-31) — Stuart Kauffman has had an unusually varied career in biological science, with forays into quantum gravity and economics. His interests are theoretical biology, origin of life, ori
- E14: Sean Carroll (2007-10-31) — Sean Carroll is a Senior Research Associate in Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He previously worked at MIT, UC Santa Barbara, and the University of Chicago. He s
- E15: David Albert (2007-10-31) — David Albert is a Professor of Philosophy and Director of the M.A. Program in the Philosophical Foundations of Physics at Columbia University. He studies in particular the quantum
- E16: Welcome by Roger Bingham (2007-11-01) — Roger Bingham is a scientist in the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute, and a member of the research faculty at the Center for Brain and Cognition, Univers
- E17: Peter Atkins (2007-11-01) — Peter Atkins is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, Fellow of Lincoln College. He is the author of nearly 60 books, including Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas
- E18: Sir Harold Kroto (2007-11-01) — Sir Harold Kroto, Chairman of the Board of the Vega Science Trust, a UK educational charity that produces science programs for television, in 1996 shared the Nobel Prize in chemist
- E19: Scott Atran (2007-11-01) — Scott Atran, Research Director at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris, France, has experimented extensively on the ways scientists and ordinary people categorize a
- E20: Lee Silver (2007-11-01) — ee Silver is Professor of Molecular Biology and Public Policy at Princeton University. He received a doctorate in biophysics from Harvard University and trained at Cold Spring Harb
- E21: Greg Epstein (2007-11-01) — Greg M. Epstein serves as the Humanist Chaplain of Harvard University, and sits on the executive committee of the 38-member interfaith corps of Harvard Chaplains. Ordained as a Hum
- E22: Roland de Sousa (2007-11-01) — Ronald de Sousa is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He was educated in Switzerland, Oxford, UK, and Princeton, USA. He is the author of The Rationalit
- E23: Patricia Churchland (2007-11-01) — Patricia Churchland, who chairs the University of California, San Diego Philosophy Department, focuses also on neuroethics and attempts to understand choice, responsibility and the
- E24: Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (2007-11-01) — Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is a philosopher and novelist. She is the author of eight books, including the novels The Mind-Body Problem and Properties of Light: A Novel of Love, Be
- E25: John Allen Paulos (2007-11-01) — John Allen Paulos, professor of mathematics at Temple University, Philadelphia, is an author, public speaker, and columnist for ABCNews and the Guardian. His writings include Innum
- E26: V.S. Ramachandran (2007-11-01) — VS Ramachandran, Director for the Center of Brain and Cognition and professor with the Psychology Department and the Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Dieg
- E27: Adam Kolber (2007-11-01) — Adam Kolber is a visiting fellow at Princeton University's Center for Human Values and a law professor at the University of San Diego. He writes about the legal and ethical implica
- E28: Jonathan Gottschall (2007-11-01) — Jonathan Gottschall teaches English at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, PA. His work seeks to bridge the humanities-sciences divide. He is co-editor of The Literary An
- E29: David Brin (2007-11-01) — David Brin's bestselling novels, such as Earth and Kiln People, have been translated into more than 20 languages. The Postman was loosely Kevin Costnerized in 1998. A scientist and
- E30: Robert Winter (2007-11-01) — Robert Winter, scholar, pianist, and media author, holds the Presidential Chair in Music and Interactive Arts at UCLA. His very non-linear career has encompassed Beethoven scholars
- E31: Welcome by Roger Bingham (2007-11-02) — Roger Bingham is a scientist in the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute, and a member of the research faculty at the Center for Brain and Cognition, Univers
- E32: Sam Harris (2007-11-02) — Sam Harris has authored the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason, which won the 2005 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfictio
- E33: Daniel Smail (2007-11-02) — Daniel Lord Smail has an abiding passion: to bring time depth back into the ways in which we teach and research history in this country. He is a history professor at Harvard Univer
- E34: Jeff Hawkins (2007-11-02) — Jeff Hawkins is the founder of two computer companies, Palm and Handspring, and the designer of many computing products including the PalmPilot and Treo Smartphone. He also founded
- E35: PZ Myers (overview from audience) (2007-11-02) — PZ Myers is a developmental biologist at the University of Minnesota, Morris who focuses on the interplay of developmental and evolutionary processes. He is a columnist for Seed ma
Season 2008
- E1: Roger Bingham (2008-10-04) — Roger Bingham is Co-founder and Director of The Science Network. He is also a member of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies and th
- E2: Anthony Grayling (2008-10-04) — Anthony Grayling is Professor of Philosophy at Birbeck College, University of London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited many books
- E3: Sonja Lyubormirsky (2008-10-04) — Sonja Lyubomirsky is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. Her honors include a Faculty of the Year Award, Faculty Mentor of the Year Award, a Templet
- E4: Owen Flanagan (2008-10-04) — Owen Flanagan is James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. He also holds appointments in Psychology and Neurobiology and is a Faculty Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscien
- E5: Guven Guzeldere (2008-10-04) — Güven Güzeldere is Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and of Neurobiology at Duke University. He has published articles on philosophy of mind, history and phil
- E6: George Koob (2008-10-04) — George F. Koob is a Professor and Chair of the Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders at The Scripps Research Institute and Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Ps
- E7: Panel – Human Flourishing (2008-10-04) — With Sonja Lyubomirsky, Owen Flanagan, Güven Güzeldere, Anthony Grayling, and George Koob
Moderated by Roger Bingham
- E8: Roger Bingham (2008-10-04) — Roger Bingham is Co-founder and Director of The Science Network. He is also a member of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies and th
- E9: Naomi Oreskes (2008-10-04) — Naomi Oreskes is Provost of Sixth College, Professor of History and Science Studies and Adjunct Professor of Geosciences at UC San Diego and one of the nation's leading experts on
- E10: Chris Mooney & Sheril Kirshenbaum (2008-10-04) — Sheril Kirshenbaum is co-author of Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future with Chris Mooney describing the growing disconnect between science and soci
- E11: Tony Haymet (2008-10-04) — Tony Haymet is the tenth director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Haymet also serves as UC San Diego's Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences and Dean of the G
- E12: This Is Your Brain on Politics (2008-10-04) — With Chris Mooney, Sheril Kirshenbaum, and Tony Haymet. Moderated by Roger Bingham
- E13: Roger Bingham (2008-10-04) — Roger Bingham is Co-founder and Director of The Science Network. He is also a member of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies and th
- E14: Peter Turchin (2008-10-04) — Peter Turchin is Professor of Ecology and Mathematics at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of more than 100 articles including ten in Nature and Science. He has writt
- E15: Sally Saytel (2008-10-04) — Sally Satel is a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and staff psychiatrist at the Oasis Clinic in Washington, D.C. She has published articles on cultural aspects of medi
- E16: V.S. Ramachandran (2008-10-04) — V.S. Ramachandran is Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Professor with the Psychology Department and the Neurosciences Program at UC San Diego. A former BBC Reith L
- E17: Panel – Human Flourishing Continued (2008-10-04) — With Peter Turchin, Sally Satel, and V.S. Ramachandran. Moderated by Roger Bingham
- E18: Roger Bingham (2008-10-05) — Roger Bingham is Co-founder and Director of The Science Network. He is also a member of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies and th
- E19: Jonathan Haidt (2008-10-05) — Jonathan Haidt is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. He studies the emotional and intuitive foundations of morality. His current work is based on t
- E20: Sam Harris: Can We Ever Be Right About Right and Wrong? (2008-10-05) — Sam Harris is the author of The New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason which won the 2005 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfic
- E21: Jonathan Glover (2008-10-05) — Jonathan Glover is Professor at the Centre of Medical Law & Ethics at King's College London, as well as a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Et
- E22: Marco Iacoboni (2008-10-05) — Marco Iacoboni is Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Director of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Lab at the Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center. He is
- E23: Patricia Churchland (2008-10-05) — Patricia Smith Churchland, UC President's Professor of Philosophy, UC San Diego, focuses on neuroethics and attempts to understand choice, responsibility and the basis of moral nor
- E24: This Is Your Brain on Morality (2008-10-05) — With Jonathan Haidt, Sam Harris, Jonathan Glover, Marco Iacoboni, and Patricia Churchland. Moderated by Roger Bingham
- E25: Roger Bingham (2008-10-05) — Roger Bingham is Co-founder and Director of The Science Network. He is also a member of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies and th
- E26: Brian Knutson (2008-10-05) — Brian Knutson is Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Stanford University. His laboratory uses multiple methods (e.g., psychometrics, psychophysiology, brain imagi
- E27: Paul Zak (2008-10-05) — Paul J. Zak is the founding Director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies and Professor of Economics at Claremont Graduate University. Zak also serves as Professor of Neurology
- E28: Terry Sejnowski (2008-10-05) — Terrence Sejnowski is an HHMI investigator, the Francis Crick Professor and Director of the Crick-Jacobs Center for Theoretical and Computational Biology at the Salk Institute. He
- E29: Philip Zimbardo (2008-10-05) — Philip Zimbardo is Professor Emeritus at Stanford University and is internationally recognized as a leading "voice and face of contemporary psychology" through his widely seen PBS-
- E30: This Is Your Brain on Money (2008-10-05) — With Brian Knutson, Paul Zak, Terry Sejnowski, and Philip Zimbardo. Moderated by Roger Bingham
- E31: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (2008-10-05) — Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is Professor of Philosophy and the Hardy Professor of Legal Studies at Dartmouth College, as well as the Co-director of the MacArthur Law and Neuroscience
- E32: Amanda Pustilnik (2008-10-05) — Amanda Pustilnik conducts research and teaches in the area of law and neuroscience at Harvard Law School. She is a graduate of Yale Law School, practiced litigation at Sullivan & C
- E33: Nita Farahany (2008-10-05) — Nita Farahany researches and writes about the intersection of criminal law, genetics, neuroscience and philosophy. She does so with an interdisciplinary background in Genetics from
- E34: Adam Kolber (2008-10-05) — Adam Kolber is a law professor at the University of San Diego who recently completed a Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellowship at Princeton University's Center for Human Values
- E35: Erin O'Hara (2008-10-05) — Erin O'Hara is Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Director of the Law and Human Behavior Program at Vanderbilt University Law School. One of Erin’s primary
- E36: This Is Your Brain on Law (2008-10-05) — With Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Erin O'Hara, Amanda Pustilnik, Adam Kolber, and Nita Farahany. Moderated by Roger Bingham
- E37: Lawrence Krauss (2008-10-05) — Lawrence M. Krauss is Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Physics Department, Co-Director of the Cosmology Initiative and Inaugural Director o
- E38: Beatrice Golomb (2008-10-05) — Beatrice Golomb is Associate Professor of Medicine at UC San Diego, best known for her work on Gulf War Illness (she has testified before Congress, her RAND reports have changed US
- E39: Sir Harold Kroto (2008-10-05) — Sir Harold Kroto is Francis Eppes Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University. In 1996, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for th
- E40: Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum (2008-10-05) — Sheril Kirshenbaum is co-author of Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future with Chris Mooney describing the growing disconnect between science and soci
- E41: Leon Lederman (2008-10-05) — Leon Lederman is Director Emeritus of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois and Professor of Science at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
- E42: Michael Shermer (2008-10-05) — Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, the host of the Skeptics Distinguished Science Lecture Series at Caltech
- E43: This Is Your Brain on Politics Continued (2008-10-05) — With Lawrence Krauss, Leon Lederman, Chris Mooney, Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michael Shermer, Beatrice Golomb, and Harold Kroto. Moderated by Roger Bingham
- E44: Peter Atkins (2008-10-05) — Peter Atkins was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford from 1965 until his retirement in 2007. He is the author of over 60 books including Four Laws That Drive the Uni
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How many seasons does Beyond Belief have? 3 season(s) with 89 episodes.
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