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Title: TEDtalks
Post by: Nurahk on March 19, 2007, 06:11:01 pm

Main site (http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/)
One of my favourites (http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=m_shermer)

Seeing as the board seems to be going more into the intelligent side of life, I thought I would post these here.

Now, most people should be able to understand most of the stuff said in these videos, may not be able to fully grasp it, but understanding is fine.
There's a good chance you won't like some of them, for instand Shermer, who I linked to, takes a couple shots at Americans and Creationists.

All the same, very informative movies, hope you like them.

Title: Re: TEDtalks
Post by: Karyuu on March 19, 2007, 06:25:15 pm

Weird, I was just looking through them earlier :]

Ze Frank is on there, for you fans. His was quite fun. Here's a link to Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1895918195820925057).

Title: Re: TEDtalks
Post by: Nurahk on March 19, 2007, 07:02:33 pm

One of my heroes (http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=r_dawkins)

Title: Re: TEDtalks
Post by: Parallo on March 19, 2007, 07:26:37 pm

Dawkins is a genius.

Title: Re: TEDtalks
Post by: Nurahk on March 19, 2007, 08:20:56 pm

Aye, he kind of reminds me of myself.

So far the three listed here are all well worth watching...So...watch them.

And Dawkins theories are kind of...mind twisting.

Title: Re: TEDtalks
Post by: Parallo on March 19, 2007, 08:38:40 pm

You should look up Sam Harris. If you like Dawkins' stuff you'll love his.

Title: Re: TEDtalks
Post by: zanzibar on March 19, 2007, 09:18:08 pm

I remember seeing one video of Dawkins where he was making a presentation at a university.  A lot of idiots from Liberty university showed up to ask him questions they thought would trap him.  To put it mildly, they got owned.

http://www.atheistnation.net/video.php?video=00027

http://www.atheistnation.net/video.php?video=00028

Title: Re: TEDtalks
Post by: Narure on March 19, 2007, 09:35:25 pm

Quote from: Nurahk on March 19, 2007, 06:11:01 pm

Seeing as the board seems to be going more into the intelligent side of life, I thought I would post these here.

And i thought we were going to get some more "kittens are cute" claptrap. I'm dissapointed to say the least.

Title: Re: TEDtalks
Post by: Kiirani on March 20, 2007, 02:01:57 pm

This has wasted a few hours of my night already, and is about to waste a few more. Thoroughly enjoying :)

Title: Re: TEDtalks
Post by: bilbous on March 20, 2007, 04:50:29 pm

So Shermer isn't just some angel duster (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=27431.msg321227#msg321227) I quoted. I had no idea.... his talk was a little light but what can you expect for a short clip.

Title: Re: TEDtalks
Post by: zanzibar on March 20, 2007, 08:48:10 pm

Please post more videos... I need to procrastinate.

Title: Re: TEDtalks
Post by: Parallo on March 23, 2007, 02:30:53 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3YOIImOoYM

Not from Tedtalks but a great video anyway.

Title: Re: TEDtalks
Post by: LARAGORN on March 27, 2007, 01:52:42 pm

A while back there was a thread on new screen style interface, I dont remember if this was included (i dont think so).

If I were an artist, this would be on my 'Must Have' list.  J. Han (http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=j_han)