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| Richard Dawkins on the strangeness of science: TEDTalks |
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http://www.ted.com Mind-expanding talk that
probes the limits of human understanding: Why
can't we see atoms? Why can't we hear color? How
can we understand randomness? Dawkins suggests
that the true nature of the universe eludes us
because the human mind has evolved mainly to
understand other humans -- and to look for human
motives even in natural processes. Thus, we create
a humanlike God to explain phenomena we can't
otherwise comprehend; right or wrong, we're simply
wired for it. Dawkins is Oxford's Professor for
the Public Understanding of Science, and the
author of the landmark 1976 book The Selfish Gene
and the 2006 bestseller The God Delusion.
(Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK)
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| TEDTalks: Malcom Gladwell (2004) |
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http://www.ted.com Malcolm Gladwell is a staff
writer for The New Yorker, and best-selling author
ofThe Tipping Point and Blink. In this talk,
filmed at TED2004, he explains what every business
can learn from spaghetti sauce. (Recorded February
2004 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 18:15)
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Durée : 1095 s |
| TEDTalks: Cameron Sinclair |
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http://www.ted.com TEDPrize winner Cameron
Sinclair is founder of Architecture for Humanity,
and author of Design Like You Give A Damn:
Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises In
this presentation, he demonstrates the need for a
design response to humanitarian crises, and
unveils his TEDPrize wish: to create a community
that actively embraces open-source design to
generate innovative and sustainable living
standards for all.
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Durée : 1454 s |
| TEDTalks: Barry Schwartz (2005) |
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http://www.ted.com Barry Schwartz is a sociology
professor at Swarthmore College and author of The
Paradox of Choice. In this talk, he persuasively
explains how and why the abundance of choice in
modern society is actually making us miserable.
(Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 20:22
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| TEDTalks: Jimmy Wales (2005) |
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http://www.ted.com Jimmy Wales is founder of
Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting,
ever-expanding, and thoroughly addictive
encyclopedia of the future. In this presentation,
he explains how Wikipedia's collaborative system
works, and why it succeeds. (Recorded July 2005 in
Oxford, UK. Duration: 20:47)
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Durée : 1248 s |
| TEDTalks: Dan Dennett (2006) |
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http://www.ted.com Dan Dennett is a Tufts
philosophy professor and cognitive scientist,
renowned for his books, Consciousness Explained
(1991) and Darwin's Dangerous Idea (1995). His
most recent book, Breaking the Spell: Religion as
a natural phenomenon calls for a rational
examination of religion as a cultural phenomenon
that has co-evolved over milennia to meet human
needs. In this talk, which followed the
presentation by Pastor Rick Warren, he takes issue
with some of Warren's claims in The Purpose-Driven
Life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.
Duration: 25:29)
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| TEDTalks: Larry Brilliant |
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http://www.ted.com TEDPrize winner Larry
Brilliant is an epidemiologist who presided over
the last case of SmallPox on the planet. He also
founded the Seva Foundation, which works to
reverse cases of blindness, and co-founded several
technology start-ups, including the legendary
online community, The Well. He was recently named
Executive Director of the Google Foundation. In
this talk, he explains in fascinating detail the
key behind the successful WHO campaign to
eradicate Smallpox, and then unveils his TEDPrize
wish: to build a global system that detects each
new disease or disaster as it emerges or occurs.
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