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arrowwhiskers

Common Sense Brilliance

Jun 29, 2012 12:31

Every once in awhile when I get bored and listless I watch TEDTalks lectures. I started on Netflix, but then I realized they have them on Youtube as well. They're actually pretty fantastic, most of the time--people have really great ideas and talk about some really interesting things ( Read more... )

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meorae June 29 2012, 01:01:14 UTC

The TED site is pretty great for browsing through and finding completely unexpected and brilliant talks: http://ted.com/. I also follow the feed of new talks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/tedtalks. So much love for TED. :D

arrowwhiskers July 13 2012, 02:47:48 UTC

Wow, way for me to forget to reply to comments. xD; Thanks for the links!! :D They also have a Youtube channel where I think they put some of their more popular talks, but it looks like they have even more on their website. Yay!

Speaking of unexpected and brilliant, I found this one talk by this woman who listed all sorts of reasons why she believes humans had an aquatic evolutionary ancestor, and she presented all of this evidence and talked about how and why scientists have been specifically critical of this theory and that's why it's almost completely unheard of. But that talk changed my life--she totally convinced me, lol. Indeed, much love for TED :D

fluffyblanket June 29 2012, 08:34:25 UTC

That talk is very inspiring . He's seen the future and it works ! However , he must be up against many vested interests .
German seems so archaic with nearly as many cases as Latin . I suppose if I could read Goethe or Schelling in the original I'd probably appreciate it more . I love Mozart , but I don't need language for that .
What's the medical name of your illness ?

arrowwhiskers July 13 2012, 02:49:14 UTC

My problem is that my illness is unidentified, therefore it has no cure.

German has almost as many cases as Latin, but for the most part, nouns don't decline, so it's easier. :D I find it much easier to navigate as a usable language than Latin.

I do agree he's up against many vested interests, but with luck those who do not heed his call will go up in flames and wish they had heeded his call sooner...