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Mind of the Universe

Season 1
The Mind of the Universe is an international TV series and open source digital platform about the rapid evolution of our knowledge. It explores the human destiny and the world of tomorrow through the eyes of the greatest thinkers and scientists of our time. Great minds from all continents all over the globe.
201710 episodesTV-G
Freevee (with ads)

Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - The Creator
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    July 31, 2017
    47min
    TV-G
    Creating is a deed that captivates minds. Today, we are better creators than ever before. We will see how we can play with conditions for creating life, make anything we can think of with the code of life itself, and replace parts of our body. Will science render us creators in the primordial sense of the word?
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  2. S1 E2 - The Conqueror
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    July 31, 2017
    47min
    TV-G
    Humankind conquered the world, in order to survive, and conquers his fellow humans with new ideas. We will see how we as a species have conquered the earth, how we still compete with viruses, and how quantum theory conquers China. How are conquests and science connected?
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  3. S1 E3 - The Maker
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    July 30, 2017
    47min
    TV-G
    The maker grasps humankind as builders. We make new constructions with building blocks from nature, which we manipulate at the same time. We will see how that leads us to new materials, new connections between people and new bursts of creativity. Will we be able to build everything we wish for
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  4. S1 E4 - The Explorer
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    July 30, 2017
    47min
    TV-G
    The explorer peers beyond our known borders and discloses the unknown. We will get a glimpse of the secrets of life, both on earth and elsewhere in the universe, and zoom in on the peculiar history of our own planet. What are the borders yet to cross?
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  5. S1 E5 - The Illusionist
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    July 30, 2017
    47min
    TV-G
    As humans, we construct our view of reality from the input provided by our senses. How does that work? And how can we make a robot experience something similar? What would the world be like with human minds and artificial ones living together?
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  6. S1 E6 - The Dreamer
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    July 30, 2017
    47min
    TV-G
    It is through our wildest dreams that we achieve new knowledge. We see dreams of feeding the world with insects, dreams of a synthesis of the fundamental theories of physics, and dreams of our future as extraterrestrials. What if science renders the unimaginable imaginable?
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  7. S1 E7 - The Searcher
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    July 30, 2017
    47min
    TV-G
    We keep expanding our knowledge, and sometimes we know exactly what we are looking for. Patterns in apparent chaos, new elements or a key for translating old and forgotten languages. We are sure they exist. But how can we find them?
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  8. S1 E8 - The Player
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    July 30, 2017
    47min
    TV-G
    Humans and animals play and this renders them familiar with their environments. We zoom in on scientists who combine play and mathematics, and see how playing with matter yields new materials with special properties. How are humans as players related to science?
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  9. S1 E9 - The Thinker
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    July 30, 2017
    47min
    TV-G
    Our brains are constantly aware of our place in reality. How does this work for animals? Does an objective reality even exist, and does it leave any room for something like god? Where will our thinking lead us?
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  10. S1 E10 - The Connector
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    July 30, 2017
    46min
    TV-G
    Humankind, society and technology are dramatically influenced by science. In this episode we connect all the knowledge of The Mind of the Universe in an overarching outlook on the future. What is the future of humanity, society, and knowledge?
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Kees BrouwerGijs SwanteeSander Cijsouw
Cast
Robbert Dijkgraaf
Studio
Indigenius
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