2016-08-25

What is Belief? (Closer to Truth)

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source: Closer To Truth     2016年7月25日
Everyone has beliefs—some are simple and basic (e.g., my name, age), others complex and controversial (e.g., God? Soul? Politics? Morality?). But what is the concept of 'belief'? What does it take for some statement to be a 'belief'?
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Rebecca Newberger Goldstein - What is Belief? 8:31
Daniel Dennett - What is Belief? 5:34
John Searle - What is Belief? 8:05

Benjamin Burger: Bestiapilosus

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source: Benjamin Burger    2013年8月9日

Episode 4: When did Marsupial and Placental Mammals split? 10:40
Episode 3: The Evolution of the House Cat 14:38
Collecting Fossil Mammals in Utah Episode 8 16:20
Episode 12: Time Traveling with Fossil Horses 21:41
Bestiapilosus Episode 7 The Fossil Record of Cows 9:35
Bestiapilosus Episode 2 7:22
Episode 1 Bestiapilosus "The Hairy Beast" 5:21
Episode 6: Fossil Pangolins 8:04
Episode 10: How I became interested in paleontology. 6:31
Episode 9: Preparing Fossil Mammals 2:35
Episode 5: A Great Great Great Video on Our Shared Ancestry 5:54
Episode 11: Fossil Fangs 10:19
Episode 13: Fire Beasts! (The Pyrotheres) 3:58
Episode 14: A tiny fossil primate tooth from South America 8:36
Episode 15: The Septomaxilla Bone 7:44
Episode 16: The Fossil Record of Rhinos 20:26
Episode 17: Systematic position of the Uintatheres (Order Dinocerata) 11:30

Working with Extraordinary Dreams with Stanley Krippner


source: New Thinking Allowed   2016年7月21日
Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Saybrook University, is a Fellow in five APA divisions, and past-president of two divisions (30 and 32). Formerly, he was director of the Maimonides Medical Center Dream Research Laboratory, in Brooklyn NY. He is co-author of Dream Telepathy, Extraordinary Dreams and How to Work with Them, The Mythic Path, and Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans, and co-editor of Debating Psychic Experience: Human Potential or Human Illusion, Healing Tales, Healing Stories, Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence, Advances in Parapsychological Research and many other books. He is a Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and has published cross-cultural studies on spiritual content in dreams.
In this interview, host Jeffrey Mishlove describes two extraordinary dreams that were instrumental in shaping his career in parapsychology. Stanley Krippner describes a variety of ways in which dreams can have a life-changing impact. Famous musical composers have heard their compositions in dreams. Dreams can impact athletic performance. Dreams can be instrumental in problem solving and in healing. Krippner discusses lucid dreaming as well as mutual dreaming. Past-life researchers also describe dreams that serve to “announce” the arrival of a soul to be incarnated in a new birth.

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in "parapsychology" ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also past-president of the non-profit Intuition Network, an organization dedicated to creating a world in which all people are encouraged to cultivate and apply their inner, intuitive abilities.
(Recorded on May 13, 2016)

Mechanical - Micro and Smart Systems (IISc Bangalore)

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source: nptelhrd      2014年1月9日
Mechanical - Micro and Smart Systems by Prof. K. N. Bhat, Prof. G. K. Anathasuresh, Prof. S. Gopalakrishnan, Dr. K. J. Vinoy, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.ac.in

Mod-01 Lec-01 Glimpses of Microsystems: Scaling Effects 55:50
Mod-01 Lec-02 Smart Materials and Systems 54:30
Mod-01 Lec-03 Microsensors 57:02
Mod-01 Lec-04 Microactuators 56:23
Mod-01 Lec-05 Microsystems: some Examples 57:06
Mod-01 Lec-06 Smart systems Application and Structural Health Monitoring 52:55
Mod-02 Lec-07 Microfabrication Technologies 56:38
Mod-02 Lec-08 Thin-film Materials and their Deposition 57:57
Mod-02 Lec-09 Approaches for Pattern Transfer 57:25
Mod-02 Lec-10 Surface Micromachining of Microstructures 57:28
Mod-02 Lec-11 Bulk Micromachining of Microsystems 57:55
Mod-02 Lec-12 Extended Approaches for Working Microsystems 54:03
Mod-02 Lec-13 Non-conventional Approaches for Microsystems 56:26
Mod-02 Lec-14 Packaging of Microsystems 56:36
Mod-03 Lec-15 Deformation Strains and Stresses 56:51
Mod-03 Lec-16 Microdevice Suspensions: Lumped Modeling 58:11
Mod-03 Lec-17 Residual Stress and Stress Gradients 58:30
Mod-03 Lec-18 Torsion and Twist 58:58
Mod-03 Lec-19 Vibrations of Microsystems Devices: Part -1 58:45
Mod-03 Lec-20 Vibrations of Microsystems Devices: Part -2 Micromachined Gyroscopes: Part -1 1:01:27
Mod-03 Lec-21 Micromachined Gyroscopes: Part -2 Modelling of Coupled Electrostatic 57:49
Mod-03 Lec-22 Modelling of Coupled Electrostatic Microsystems: Part -2 57:30
Mod-03 Lec-23 Coupled Electrothermal-elastic Modelling 55:41
Mod-03 Lec-24 Modelling of Microsystems: Scaling Effects 56:30
Mod-04 Lec-25 Finite Element Method and Microsystems 53:47
Mod-04 Lec-26 Theoretical Basis for the Finite Element Method 54:24
Mod-04 Lec-27 Energy Theorems and Weak Form of the Governing Equation 55:40
Mod-04 Lec-28 Finite Element Equation Development and Shape Functions 57:04
Mod-04 Lec-29 Isoparametric FE Formulation and some Examples 55:34
Mod-04 Lec-30 Finite Element for Structures with Piezoelectric Material 55:26
Mod-05 Lec-31 Semiconductor Device Physics 57:57
Mod-05 Lec-32 BJT and MOSFET Characteristics and Op-Amps 58:03
Mod-05 Lec-33 Op-Amp Circuits and Signal conditioning for Microsystems Devices 57:19
Mod-05 Lec-34 Control and Microsystems 53:14
Mod-05 Lec-35 Vibration Control of a Beam 55:24
Mod-05 Lec-36 Signal Conditioning Circuits and Integration of Microsystems and Microelectronics 57:55
Mod-05 Lec-37 Pressure Sensor Design Concepts, Processing, and Packaging: Part -1 57:32
Mod-05 Lec-38 Pressure Sensor Design Concepts, Processing, and Packaging: Part -2 58:25
Mod-05 Lec-39 Pressure Sensor Design Concepts, Processing, and Packaging: Part -3 58:16
Mod-05 Lec-40 Capacitive Micro-accelerometer: Part -2 58:19

India's Ayurvedic Inheritance (with subtitles) by M.S. Valiathan

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source: nptelhrd     2013年8月29日
General - India's Ayurvedic Inheritance by Dr. M.S. Valiathan, Manipal University- For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

01 Roots of Ayurveda 1:05:53
02 Traditional Medicine in Buddhist India 1:01:30
03 Period of Systematization 1:18:58
04 Philosophical ideas in Ayurveda 58:11
05 Human Body in Health 1:00:25
06 Human Body in Disease 51:59
07 Food and Drinks 57:55
08 Code for Healthy Living 43:01
09 Diseases 1:11:49
10 Diagnosis and Prognosis 1:09:16
11 Medical Treatment of Diseases 44:54
12 Materia Medica 1:04:12
13 Surgical Treatment of Diseases 1:06:38
14 Surgical Instruments 37:42
15 Treatment of fractures; some surgical procedures 53:10
16 Principles and methods of rejuvenation: enhancement of sexual potency and fertility 40:42
17 Selection of Students: Oath at initiation: Process of Training 49:27
18 A Science Initiative in Ayurveda (ASIIA) 48:05
19 Ayurvedic Biology: Illustrative Studies 44:53
20 Conclusion: An Ayurvedic View of Life 56:52

Pulse width Modulation for Power Electronic Converters by G. Narayanan (IISc Bangalore)

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source: nptelhrd    2014年1月21日
Electrical - Pulse width Modulation for Power Electronic Converters by Dr. G. Narayanan, Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore. For more details on NPTEL visit

Mod-01 Lec-01 Electronic switches 57:56
Mod-01 Lec-02 DC -- DC converters 54:06
Mod-01 Lec-03 DC -- AC converters 57:57
Mod-01 Lec-04 Multilevel converters - I 56:14
Mod-01 Lec-05 Multilevel converters - II 57:28
Mod-02 Lec-06 Applications of voltage source converter -- I 56:06
Mod-02 Lec-07 Applications of voltage source converter -- II 56:53
Mod-02 Lec-08 Applications of voltage source converter -- III 55:49
Mod-03 Lec-09 Purpose of PWM-I 57:47
Mod-03 Lec-10 Purpose of PWM-II 57:08
Mod-04 Lec-11 Low switching frequency PWM - I 59:18
Mod-04 Lec-12 Low switching frequency PWM -- II 57:19
Mod-04 Lec-13 Selective harmonic elimination 58:29
Mod-04 Lec-14 Off-line optimized pulsewidth modulation 58:35
Mod-05 Lec-15 Sine-triangle pulsewidth modulation 58:36
Mod-05 Lec-16 Harmonic injection pulsewidth modulation 57:35
Mod-05 Lec-17 Bus-clamping pulsewidth modulation 58:15
Mod-05 Lec-18 Triangle-comparison based PWM for three-phase inverter 57:01
Mod-06 Lec-19 Concept of space vector 57:08
Mod-06 Lec-20 Conventional space vector PWM 58:46
Mod-06 Lec-21 Space vector based bus-clamping PWM 59:17
Mod-06 Lec-22 Space vector based advanced bus-clamping PWM 59:33
Mod-07 Lec-23 Harmonic analysis of PWM techniques 58:40
Mod-07 Lec-24 Analysis of RMS line current ripple using the notion of stator flux ripple 59:15
Mod-07 Lec-25 Evaluation of RMS line current ripple using the notion of stator flux ripple 59:20
Mod-07 Lec-26 Analysis and design of PWM techniques from line current ripple perspective 59:08
Mod-08 Lec-27 Instantaneous and average dc link current in a voltage source inverter 58:01
Mod-08 Lec-28 DC link current and DC capacitor current in a voltage source inverter 59:07
Mod-09 Lec-29 Analysis of torque ripple in induction motor drives - I 57:53
Mod-09 Lec-30 Analysis of torque ripple in induction motor drives - II 58:11
Mod-10 Lec-31 Evaluation of conduction loss in three-phase inverter 58:23
Mod-10 Lec-32 Evaluation of switching loss in three-phase inverter 58:19
Mod-10 Lec-33 Design of PWM for reduced switching loss in three-phase inverter 58:55
Mod-11 Lec-34 Effect of dead-time on inverter output voltage for continuous PWM schemes 59:08
Mod-11 Lec-35 Effect of dead-time on inverter output voltage for bus-clamping PWM schemes 59:35
Mod-12 Lec-36 Analysis of overmodulation in sine-triangle PWM from space vector perspective 59:14
Mod-12 Lec-37 Overmodulation in space vector modulated inverter 59:42
Mod-13 Lec-38 PWM for three-level neutral-point-clamped inverter -- I 59:47
Mod-13 Lec-39 PWM for three-level neutral-point-clamped inverter - II 1:00:00
Mod-13 Lec-40 PWM for three-level neutral-point-clamped inverter - III 59:50

Digital System Design by S. Srinivasan (IIT Madras)

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source: nptelhrd    2014年1月13日
Electrical - Digital System Design by Prof. S. Srinivasan, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.ac.in

01 Introduction to digital system 1:07:19
02 Number Systems 1:25:10
03 Complement Numbers 23:54
04 Complement Subtraction and codes 1:22:33
05 Review of First Four Lectures and Introduction to logic Gates 1:15:11
06 Basic Boolean Circuits 1:21:23
07 K' Map Simplification of Boolean Functions 1:10:24
08 Logic Simplification Using Nand & Nor Gates 1:15:38
09 Introduction to MSI Circuits-Multiplexer 1:28:19
10 Introduction to MSI Circuits-Encoder,Decoder,Parity Generator 1:31:33
11 Adder & subtractor 1:21:03
12 Bcd adder, Carry look ahead adder 1:11:53
13 Programmable Logic Devices-ROM 1:22:15
14 Programmable Logic Array & Programmable Array Logic 1:20:44
15 Introduction to Sequential Circuit, S-R Flipflop 57:49
16 Continuation of D, J-k & T Flip-Flops 1:20:35
17 Master-Slave Flip Flop, Flip-Flop Timings,Revision Problems 1:14:42
18 Ripple Counters 1:17:30
19 Synchronous Counters 1:30:30
20 Shift Registers & Sequential Circuit Design 1:22:50
21 Analysis Of Finite State Machines 1:21:50
22 Design Of Finite State Machines 1:25:37
23 State Reduction & Implementation of Fsm Using Mux and P-Rom 1:04:55
24 Algorithmic Statemachines Introduction & Examples 1:18:46
25 System Design Example - Traffic Light Controller 1:09:31
26 Memory System Design 1:12:47
27 Memory Design Example of Logic Families & Course Summary 1:18:28

The Fact/Value Dichotomy and its critics - Hilary Putnam


source: SonytoBratsoni    2012年5月20日
Hilary Whitehall Putnam (born July 31, 1926) is an American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist, who has been a central figure in analytic philosophy since the 1960s, especially in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of science.He is known for his willingness to apply an equal degree of scrutiny to his own philosophical positions as to those of others, subjecting each position to rigorous analysis until he exposes its flaws. As a result, he has acquired a reputation for frequently changing his own position. Putnam is currently Cogan University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. (wikipedia)

Beyond Boundaries: Lightning Talks


source: Yale University     2016年7月11日
The first annual Yale STEAM Symposium began with presentations by undergraduate and graduate students on Digital Humanities/STEAM projects.
Anya Adair, English Language and Literature, PhD Candidate
“XML and TEI P5 as Pedagogic Tools: The Case of Medieval Manuscript Rolls”
Ye Seul Byeon, History, Undergraduate Student • Pepe Gómez-Acebo, Student Guide at the
Yale University Art Gallery, Undergraduate Student
“Towards a New Visitor Experience: Creating a Conceptual Map of the Yale University Art Gallery”
Stefanie Acevedo, Yale Music Department, Phd Student
“Exploring Popular Harmony: An Analysis of the McGill Billboard Corpus”
Roger Pellegrini, English Language and Literature, Undergraduate Student
“Glitch Lyric: Neural Networks and Poetry”
Michael Weaver, Political Science, PhD Candidate
“Lynching in the Press”
Grace Petegorsky, Computer Science, Undergraduate Student
“Tones in Vogue: An Analysis of Skin Color in Vogue Fashion Photography”
Stephanie Valencia, Yale Child Study Center-Technology and Innovation Lab,
Translational Technologies in Development Research Fellow
“Designing for All Abilities through Art and Engineering: the Design-Thinking Approach”

Forgotten Thinkers: Goethe


source: Wes Cecil    2016年4月26日
Wes Cecil presents a lecture on the life, thought and influence of Goethe. Presented at Peninsula College.

Fixing Finance with John Kay & Adair Turner


source: The RSA    2016年7月20日
Fixing Finance with John Kay and Adair Turner. Does creating a safe and useful financial sector require much more radical reform than governments have yet been prepared to contemplate? Leading economic thinkers Adair Turner and John Kay ask: What is finance really for? How much of it do we need, and what kind?
Watch economist and FT columnist John Kay, and chairman of Institute for New Economic Thinking Adair Turner, in our latest RSA Spotlight - the edits which take you straight to the heart of the event! Loved this snippet? Watch the full replay: https://youtu.be/ZxSvR22-kYs

William Mougayar: "Blockchains: Past, Present and Future" | Talks at Google


source: Talks at Google     2016年7月20日
The Business Blockchain charts new territory in advancing our understanding of the blockchain by unpacking its elements like no other before. William Mougayar anticipates a future that consists of thousands, if not millions of blockchains that will enable not only frictionless value exchange, but also a new flow of value, redefining roles, relationships, power and governance. In this book, Mougayar makes two other strategic assertions. First, the blockchain has polymorphic characteristics; its application will result in a multiplicity of effects. Second, we shouldn’t ask ourselves what problems the blockchain solves, because that gives us a narrow view on its potential. Rather, we should imagine new opportunities, and tackle even more ambitious problems that cross organizational, regulatory and mental boundaries.
Drawing on 34 years of technology industry experience as an executive, analyst, consultant, entrepreneur, startup mentor, author, blogger, educator, thought leader and investor, William Mougayar describes a future that is influenced by fundamental shifts brought by blockchain technology as the catalyst for change. William Mougayar has been described as the most sophisticated blockchain business thinker. He is a blockchain industry insider whose work has already shaped and influenced the understanding of blockchain for people around the world, via his generous blogging and rigorous research insights. He is a direct participant in the crypto-technology market, working alongside startups, entrepreneurs, pioneers, leaders, innovators, creators, enterprise executives and practitioners; in addition to being an investor, advisor, and board member in some of the leading organizations in this space, such as the Ethereum Foundation, OpenBazaar and Coin Center.