Neil deGrasse Tyson: Bringing Commercial Space Fantasies Back to Earth
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http://bigthink.com/ There is a lot of talk lately about what role the privatization of space might play in our future ambitions of space exploration, and Neil deGrasse Tyson tells Big Think "from where I sit there is a lot of delusional thinking there." Directed / Produced by Jonathan Fowler and Elizabeth Rodd
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- -: Neil deGrasse Tyson: Bringing Commercial Space Fantasies Back to Earth
March 21, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://bigthink.com/ There is a lot of talk lately about what role the privatization of space might play in our future ambitions of space exploration, and Neil deGrasse Tyson tells Big Think "from where I sit there is a lot of delusional thinking there." Directed / Produced by Jonathan Fowler ...
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- -: Laurie Santos: How monkeys mirror human irrationality
July 29, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Why do we make irrational decisions so predictably? Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too...
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- -: TEDxDelft - Sabine Roeser - Emotions should play an important role in debates on risky technology
December 2, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Sabine Roeser aims to show that emotions should play an important role in debates about risky technologies, as emotions help us to understand ethical aspects of risk. Explicitly addressing concerns, worries but also enthousiasm about risky technologies can contribute to developing morally better ...
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- -: You Are What You Say: Privacy Risks of Public Mentions
October 9, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Google TechTalks August 3, 2006 Dan Frankowski is both computer science researcher and practitioner in software and algorithms development. He got his master's degree in computer science from the University of Minnesota in 1993, then spent a year in Budapest on a Fulbright grant studying mathema...
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- -: The Toxification of Planet Earth - Paul Ehrlich
August 15, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/27/Paul_Ehrlich_The_Dominant_Animal Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich argues that widespread pollution of the environment by toxic, manmade chemicals may have major effects for the future of humanity. ---- Paul Ehrlich gives a seminar at the Long Now Fou...
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- -: Financial Risk: The Dangers of a 'Sure Thing'
September 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/15/Max_Barry_on_Risk Satirical author Max Barry discusses a hypothetical game where players risk losing $10 to earn $10.10, which he explains is actually a losing proposition. He argues that making those kinds of investments are what led to the recent fi...
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- -: Speaking Out Against the Purple Pill - Len Saputo
September 30, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/15/A_Return_to_Healing_Len_Saputo__Byron_Belitsos Dr. Len Saputo discusses the controversy surrounding the highly advertised "purple pill," a prescription acid blocker called NEXIUM. Dr. Saputo lists serious side effects of the drug, including addiction ...
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- -: Geoengineering Climate Control: Who Gets the Keys?
August 16, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/03/Jamais_Cascio_Hacking_the_Earth Jamais Cascio, writer and co-founder of WorldChanging.com, examines various risks involved in the pursuit of mass-scale geoengineering as a response to global warming. Along with unknown scientific considerations, Casci...
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