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Posted on 24-01-2010 22:48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjxyjcvW7RE&feature=related

OK, so this is not TED, but it is nonetheless a very interesting lecture on the hazards of sugar. He blames it for some things; - has good arguments too.

I'm now convinced fructose is a toxin much like ethanol.

The lecture is in 9 parts, the link points to the first one.


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Posted on 25-01-2010 08:08
Grizlas wrote:
He blames it for everything


Including 9/11 and global warming?



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Posted on 25-01-2010 12:24
Why dont you have a look and see for yourself? smiley


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Posted on 25-01-2010 14:22
He blames it for everything


Continental drift?



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Posted on 25-01-2010 15:03
Thanks for the insightful comments!




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Posted on 14-02-2010 23:12
http://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera.html

More from the guys who made photosynth.


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Posted on 17-02-2010 16:50
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_cameron.html

A British conservative politician gets to do a TED talk on the future of government.


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Posted on 19-02-2010 11:39
http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html


Bill Gates is back on TED this year, talking about climate change and energy innovation.


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Posted on 02-03-2010 13:55
http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory.html

This behavioral economist talks about the nature of happiness. We had a discussion about this some years back, remember Yutani? I think he articulates what we couldn't put our finger on back then.


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Posted on 24-03-2010 18:23
http://www.ted.com/talks/sam_harris_science_can_show_what_s_right.html

Sam Harris is now on TED claiming that science can answer moral questions.

Must be the first talk I've seen where I disagree completely with the speaker.


EDIT: To be fair, I didn't disagree with everything said. What I just cannot accept is his confusion when it comes to values vs. facts. The rest is fine.


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Posted on 25-03-2010 14:16
Once again referring to your distinction between 'hard' and 'soft' sciences?

Personally, I don't think he sounded confused at all.



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Posted on 25-03-2010 14:43
Hard and soft sciences? no, thats not it. My opinion about his lecture is somewhat summarized here


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Posted on 30-03-2010 15:07
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/vs_ramachandran_the_neurons_that_shaped_civilization.html





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Posted on 14-04-2010 04:42
http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_specter_the_danger_of_science_denial.html




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Posted on 19-04-2010 02:55
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlvKWEvKSi8

A math teacher that references Deadwood can't be completely wrong.


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Posted on 25-04-2010 19:49
Nothing new here, but James Randi is always a joy to watch:

http://www.ted.com/talks/james_randi.html


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Posted on 27-04-2010 20:58
http://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_wolfram_computing_a_theory_of_everything.html

Brilliant talk that introduces nothing less than a new branch of science.


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Posted on 05-05-2010 20:59
Sobering talk about the state and future of our oceans:

http://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_jackson.html


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Posted on 11-05-2010 22:37
If you've read super freakonomics you've read about them; curing malaria with lasers! pew pew pew
http://www.ted.com/talks/nathan_myhrvold_could_this_laser_zap_malaria.html


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Posted on 13-05-2010 14:02
More oceantalk on Ted:
http://www.ted.com/talks/enric_sala.html
This man argues that creating marine reserves, i.e. areas that protected from all fishing, is the way to rebuild the oceans and to catch more fish. We need to stop focusing on the individual species and start thinking about ecosystems.

The talk focuses on coral reefs in tropical areas, but I wondered if this approach would be applicable to the North Atlantic, and it is:. This rapport supports the case for developing marine reserves in the North Atlantic. But does not mention anything about the Faroe Islands.

Apparently, we are fishing sustainably. and we currently do have some marine reserves, or spatial closures, but these are only limiting the use of certain gear there, trawling gear and so on. Why not just go the whole way and make the area completely fishing free for the next say..50 years and then evaluate?


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