- -: Quick takes: Casey Dunn
August 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Casey Dunn is rethinking where individuality begins. He is fascinated by siphonophores, deep sea superorganinisms comprised of thousands of organisms that are genetically identical but function in different ways. How have evolutionary pressures acted on the siphonophore and the individual organis...
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- -: Quick takes: Jesse Bloom
August 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Jesse Bloom has strong interests in evolution, infectious diseases and genetic engineering. By investigating protein evolution as a complex system, his research has implications for understanding viral evolution and the spread of disease.
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- -: Why Our Chimp-Like Brains Lose Money on the Stock Market
October 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/big_picture_conference_2011 Barry Ritholtz, author of Bailout Nation, describes one human tendency that can hinder successful stock trading: our preference for stories over data. When an analyst or CEO tells a convincing anecdote, he explains, stockho...
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Harvey Fineberg: Are We Ready for Neo-Evolution?
March 1, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Harvey Fineberg presents the technology that can induce evolution to favor the characteristics that we choose to have on our offspring. He challenges the human society to be ready for this so-called neo-evolution that may leverage the longevity of the future generations.
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Ron Gutman: The Hidden Power of Smiling
March 1, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Ron Gutman shoes how smiling can become humanitiy's superpower in order to make one's life better and healthier.
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Juan Enriquez: Mindboggling Science
February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Juan Enriquez shows how science, biological engineering and evolution can surprise the world in an ultimate reboot of what we now call the present.
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Juan Enriquez: Genomics and Our Future
February 1, 2003 (over 21 years ago)Juan Enriquez talks about how important the impact of sequencing genomes can be in the course of life now and in the future.
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Susan Blackmore: Memes and "Temes"
February 1, 2006 (over 18 years ago)Susan Blackmore enlightens the audience on what memes really are and introduces a new kind of human culture replication, the so-called technomemes or "temes."
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Dan Dennett: Cute, Sexy, Sweet, Funny
February 1, 2007 (over 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.
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Dan Dennett: Dan Dennett's Response to Rick Warren
February 1, 2006 (over 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.
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