12-20-2012 04:38 PM
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***Official interesting TED videos thread*** | |
Last edited by rong; 12-21-2012 at 11:34 AM.
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12-20-2012 04:39 PM
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Perhaps we could make, and rename this, a ted thread | |
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12-20-2012 04:49 PM
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12-20-2012 04:51 PM
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Bully! | |
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12-20-2012 05:12 PM
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She's hot |
12-20-2012 07:45 PM
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What was the original thread title sposed to be. HOW CAN I PLAY BY THE RULES IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON TOPIC AND WHAT'S NOT. | |
12-21-2012 03:34 AM
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Wuf, I thought this ties in nicely with the conclusions of the "what separates humans from animals" lecture. Not in terms if cause and effect (conceptual ideas causing a physiological effect) but in terms of the overall interaction of the mind and the body. | |
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12-21-2012 03:54 AM
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Wuf, I thought this ties in nicely with the conclusions of the "what separates humans from animals" lecture. Not in terms if cause and effect (conceptual ideas causing a physiological effect) but in terms of the overall interaction of the mind and the body. | |
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12-21-2012 01:20 PM
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Daniel Dennett is fucking awesome. | |
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12-21-2012 01:20 PM
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I love TED. Such a great idea to gather great ideas! | |
Last edited by MadMojoMonkey; 12-21-2012 at 01:33 PM. | |
12-21-2012 01:54 PM
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In case this thread takes off, how about we make a rule that you have to put a mini intro to any video you post so people know what it's about beyond just the title? It would make the thread a much more useful resource. | |
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12-21-2012 02:06 PM
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This is a long, biological talk about the mantis shrimp, and how it breaks open snails with a hammer-like limb. The limb moves so fast it causes cavitation. | |
12-21-2012 02:15 PM
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David Byrne, front-man and lead singer from the Talking Heads, talks about the history of western music. He goes into the spaces in which the music was performed, and relates the acoustic characteristics of the room to what melodic and harmonic structures can work in that environment. | |
Last edited by MadMojoMonkey; 12-21-2012 at 02:19 PM. | |
12-21-2012 03:27 PM
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MMM and I like different things, although we both like TED very much. Here's what some of my favorite TED talks are: | |
12-21-2012 03:39 PM
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12-21-2012 04:11 PM
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Pretty sure aquatic ape has been debunked |
12-25-2012 12:58 PM
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12-26-2012 12:22 AM
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12-26-2012 02:15 PM
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I'm not saying it's right; I'm saying it's an interesting TED talk. I do think it's food for thought. | |
12-26-2012 04:30 PM
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All I really know is that a science board I go to doesn't like it and wiki thinks every unique claim it makes isn't supported by evidence |
12-28-2012 04:01 AM
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This one is amazing. A group of physicists developed a way to take video at a trillion frames per second. There's a video of a laser pulse going through a bottle right at the beginning. | |
12-28-2012 05:08 AM
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I love listening to Indian people speak. I really don't know why. They just have super cool accents, I guess. | |
02-14-2013 07:09 AM
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This one is on the home page of the site now. | |
02-14-2013 08:05 AM
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I'm a musician so I thought I'd give my two cents about the first vid. I think of course musicians of all eras have created music to fit the venue/occasion/setting/audience, but at the same time I think it was a more reciprocal process when it comes to size and acoustics of halls/opera houses/etc - Wagner wrote epically huge scale operas, and asked for opera houses to be built accordingly so the whole orchestra would fit into the pit, and musicians like Isaac Stern gave his personal input on how the acoustics of the Carnegie Hall should be. | |
02-14-2013 02:00 PM
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Everyone who isn't me ruined this thread. | |
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02-14-2013 02:34 PM
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02-14-2013 02:35 PM
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Also, for any of you bleeding heart liberals out there, I watched this video the other day: http://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_steve...injustice.html | |
02-23-2013 04:16 PM
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Bringing this thread back to life with a fuckin beaut! | |
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02-23-2013 09:43 PM
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02-24-2013 01:51 AM
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Touche! | |
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02-27-2013 10:25 PM
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this isn't a TED speech but similarish genre and didn't really want to make a whole new thread for one video. | |
02-28-2013 01:26 AM
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I'm so glad you posted that rpm, I've been meaning to buy one of his books for ages but completely forgot. | |
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02-28-2013 02:26 AM
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as soon as i get my hands on enough disposable income i'm going to be buying his "infinite jest". for now i must make do with hearing him talk in youtube clips | |
02-28-2013 02:30 AM
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you know much about the guy rong? quite a sad story, he suffered from severe depression for most of his life, relying on medication to be able to function. ended up killing himself when the drugs failed to take the edge off, i guess. fantastic writer and speaker though | |
02-28-2013 03:00 AM
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I heard a radio show about him, can't remember the topic, may have been a book club kinda thing or maybe the anniversary of his death, and they discussed him, his life and read a few passages from infinite jest and it sounded brilliant so I want it. Gonna order it today I think. | |
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04-18-2013 11:39 AM
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Lawrence Lessig gives a compelling presentation about the American electoral process. | |
04-18-2013 02:20 PM
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Well you got me interested. | |
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04-18-2013 03:12 PM
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I enjoyed that. I agree with you regarding the quality of the presentation. Interesting speech too. | |
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04-18-2013 04:49 PM
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This is brilliant. It's a talk about justice, the American justice system and poverty/colour. | |
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04-18-2013 05:58 PM
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Renegade gangsta gardening in South Central LA. Changing the world a plant at a time. | |
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04-18-2013 06:03 PM
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04-20-2013 01:51 PM
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This is also just brilliant. Makes me want to consider alternative options for my own kids. | |
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04-20-2013 02:36 PM
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rong, great stuff, can't agree more. i'm always envious of my fiancee because she had such a different education from me. she went to a waldorf/steiner school, and everything i've experienced about it has been pretty positive. people scoff at it because of the artsy fartsy stuff, but these guys did all that on TOP of the normal curriculum that they had to do to get equivalent credits to mainstream schooling. | |
04-20-2013 02:50 PM
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Not heard of steiner education approach before. Was researching Montessori schooling last night, it seems there are some montessoti nurseries near me so we're exploring that option. There seems to be some overlap between the two approaches. Before yesterday I wasn't even aware that there were alternatives to the traditional education rout. I'm glad there are but I imagine they are typically reserved for the wealthy, though I intend to find out. | |
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04-20-2013 02:56 PM
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This, as well as the justice one I posted, tilt the fuck out of me. You would think the first time people become aware of these things they should instantly be up in arms demanding change. But this information becomes almost common knowledge, yet nobody does anything. It's ridiculous. We don't deserve the freedoms our ancestors fought for when we literally let people take them away at their whim. | |
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04-20-2013 05:01 PM
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I was a preschool teacher at a Montessori Academy. I even took classes to become a certified Montessori teacher (didn't complete the course, 'cause of crazy life issues). Needless to say, I fully endorse a Montessori education. I can field some questions if you want to fire me a PM. | |
04-20-2013 06:01 PM
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04-20-2013 06:12 PM
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That talk inspired me to grow my own food as well, not like full on hippy commune only eat what I grow, but I have dug up the crap surrounding my decking in the front garden and will be planting vegetables. | |
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04-20-2013 06:30 PM
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coming at this with a sample of one but I lived with a girl who went to a WS school and was definitely heavily towards the pleasant but lacking in social skills, very awkward, keeps talking to you even if you're in the middle of doing something and say that or only give monosyllabic answers type of deal. would also just stand in the doorway of your room wordlessly for a minute or so after a conversation before walking away. but don't know what role school had vs family etc. ldo | |
04-21-2013 04:08 AM
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kiwi, i'd say that describes the opposite of a typical steiner kid from my experience from a much bigger sample. | |
06-04-2013 04:07 PM
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Not a TED talk but is a super entertaining and interesting podcast by NPR's radiolab on choice. Including the paradox of choice, a surprise appearance of a real life Vulcan and how Harrah's casino manages to trick you into enjoy losing. | |
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06-04-2013 04:44 PM
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06-05-2013 03:58 PM
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06-06-2013 12:49 AM
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ofc not |
07-10-2013 05:35 AM
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So, this guy has created these machines that he calls 'a new kind of life': | |
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07-10-2013 12:15 PM
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I guess they're pretty cool Rube Goldberg machines. I don't think any biologist is moved by the notion of them being alive, but it's probably good marketing to get his designs some attention. | |
07-11-2013 06:50 AM
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