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The Birth of a Word
Deb Roy
Deb Roy describes how an experiment on how his son learned new words led to the ability to take the entire pulse of a nation in common conversation.
0 people like thisDeb Roy: The Birth of a Word
March 1, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Deb Roy describes how an experiment on how his son learned new words led to the ability to take the entire pulse of a nation in common conversation.
0 people like thisDan Dennett: Cute, Sexy, Sweet, Funny
February 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)Dan Dennet talks about of inversion of reasoning in the context of how the human brain is wired by evolution to perceive supernormal stimulus.
1 people like thisMarvin Minsky: Health and the Human Mind
February 1, 2003 (about 21 years ago)Marvin Minsky talks about how emotions should be viewed as a separate area when trying to improve the brain's capability to make decisions and the technology for artificial intelligence.
1 people like thisDan Dennett: Dan Dennett's Response to Rick Warren
February 1, 2006 (about 18 years ago)Dan Dennett shares his thoughts on the democratic way of educating students about other religions and of his opposition to the intelligent design.
1 people like thisLaurie Santos: A Monkey Economy as Irrational as Ours
July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Laurie Santos uses monkeys to imitate human markets to determine if humans really have an innate ability to make the same mistakes or humans simply get distracted by complications and technologies.
1 people like thisDan Dennett: Dan Dennett on Dangerous Memes
February 1, 2002 (about 22 years ago)Words are indeed powerful weapons in a society and can be used to change or alter beliefs. Dan Dennet warns the audience of the danger a meme could bring and asks the sudience to develop antivurulence against it.
1 people like thisStefana Broadbent: How the Internet Enables Intimacy
July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Stefana Broadbent shows how technology has been a bridge to bringing more intimacy between related poeple despite society's restrcitions on using means of communications during the hours when people are away from loved ones for work.
1 people like thisDan Dennett: Dan Dennett on Our Consciousness
February 1, 2003 (about 21 years ago)Dan Dennett explains consciousness in a very visual manner that most definitely invoked more minds to think about their consciousness.
1 people like thisRebecca Saxe: How We Read Each Other's Minds
July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Rebecca Saxe talks about how humans perceive the minds of others and how this innate ability affects our moral judgements.
1 people like thisDon Norman: 3 Ways Good Design Makes You Happy
February 1, 2003 (about 21 years ago)In this engaging talk, cognitive scientist Don Norman tells us about good design. He delves into the reasons why good design can make you happy. He explains how this is happening on a subconcious level and why all this is a beautiful thing to experience.
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