How to Disagree with Respect — Not Hate | Spencer J. Cox | TED
AdultsHumanPoliticsPsychology...Spencer J. Cox, Republican governor of the state of Utah in the United States, says that even in these deeply polarized times, it's still possible to disagree without hate or contempt.
Could Robots Help You In Class?
YouthFutureGadgetsTechnology...Meet AV Howard, a robot who attends school when real Howard can't!
These Illusions Fool Almost Everyone
AdultsEducationMusicScience...A big thank you to Titus Grenyer over at Pep Organ for showing us around the Sydney Town Hall Organ, to Dr. Diana Deutsch for providing her illusions and insight into the field, to Casey Connor for advice on building sound illusions, and to Dr. Michael Bach for providing the motion-bounce illusion.
Primitive Technology: Polynesian Arrowroot Hashbrown
AdultsCreativityEducationNature...I made a hashbrown from Polynesian arrowroot. A hashbrown is typically made from potatoes where it is mashed and baked on a pan.
Fallout's Cold Fusion Problem
AdultsEducationScienceTechnology...Was #Fallout’s “artifact” really worth transporting a severed head across the wasteland?
Why Monkeys Can Only Count To Four
AdultsAnimalsLifePsychology...There’s an island in the Caribbean where David used to perform magic tricks for monkeys.
Why Reality is a “Controlled Hallucination”
AdultsEducationScienceTechnology...There have always been hints that the brain wasn’t evolved to track objective reality, but a new, incredibly popular theory in neuroscience takes everything one step further. Not only is your brain not built for reality, you’ve never even experienced it. Noted Science Zaddy Kyle Hill explains “predictive processing.”
Primitive Technology: Making Charcoal in a Closed Pot
AdultsCreativityEducationNature...I made charcoal in a clay pot by putting wood in it and heat the pot externally effectively making it like a retort.