How the stethoscope was invented | Moments of Vision 7 - Jessica Oreck

source: TED-Ed    2016年12月29日
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The stethoscope is the single most widely used medical instrument in the world. But where did the idea come from? In the seventh installment of our ‘Moments of Vision’ series, Jessica Oreck shares the modest origins of this incredibly useful item.
Lesson and animation by Jessica Oreck.

Gnosticism with Richard Smoley

source: New Thinking Allowed     2016年11月27日
Richard Smoley is editor of Quest: The Journal of the Theosophical Society in America. He is also former editor of Gnosis Magazine. His books include Hidden Wisdom: The Guide to the Western Inner Traditions, Inner Christianity: The Guide to the Esoteric Tradition, Forbidden Faith: The Secret History of Gnosticism, The Essential Nostradamus, Conscious Love: Insights from Mystical Christianity, The Dice Game of Shiva: How Consciousness Creates the Universe, The Supernatural: Writings on an Unknown History, The Deal: A Guide to Radical and Complete Forgiveness, and How God Became God: What Scholars Are Really Saying About God and the Bible.
Here he notes that Gnosticism originated among faith communities of Christian believers in the earliest years, suggesting that it was based upon original teachings that Jesus shared with some disciples. Gnostics apparently communicated with other schools of esoteric thought, including hermeticism and astrology. Eventually it was persecuted by the Church and almost entirely eliminated. The teachings of Gnosticism relate to discovering spiritual truths within oneself, rather than from external authorities. In recent centuries there has been a revival of Gnostic thought. One of the most prominent Gnostic thinkers in the modern era is the eighteenth century poet and artist, William Blake.

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 a past vice-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology; and is the recipient of the Pathfinder Award from that Association for his contributions to the field of human consciousness. 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 August 6, 2016)

Introduction to Modeling and Optimization (2008-2009 at Bilkent U) by Emre Alper Yıldırım

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source: Bilkent Online Courses     2014年8月17日
IE-202 Introduction to Modeling and Optimization (2008-2009- Spring)
A general overview of operations research, with selected applications from engineering and management systems, and interdisciplinary areas. The methodology of mathematical modeling and its relation to problems in industrial, commercial, and public systems. Introduction to linear programming: the simplex method, duality, sensitivity analysis, and related topics. Network models and project scheduling

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The Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo, Part One: The Revolutionary Yogi, with Debashish Banerji

source: New Thinking Allowed    2016年1月5日
Debashish Banerji, PhD, is Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Philosophical Research in Los Angeles as well as an adjunct faculty member at Pasadena City College and the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is also the former director of the East West Cultural Center in Los Angeles. He is author of Seven Quartets of Becoming: A Transformative Yoga Psychology Based on the Diaries of Sri Aurobindo and also The Alternative Nation of Abanindranath Tagore, a book about his great grandfather. He edited an anthology about his great uncle, Rabindranath Tagore in the Twenty-First Century.
Here he describes Aurobindo’s unique role as a spiritual figure during the chaotic years of the early twentieth century. Born to an upper-class Indian family, he studied in England and achieved high marks as a scholar. When he returned to India, he became a leader in the anti-colonial movement. At this time he also began practicing yoga and quickly discovered many extraordinary states of consciousness. Eventually he was imprisoned for his political activities and, while in prison, his yoga and meditative practices accelerated. He began to experience himself as having a personal relationship with god (Brahman), mediated by the avatar Krishna. He came to experience everything and everyone as an embodiment of Krishna. As a result, he came to realize that a political revolution would be incomplete without an accompanying spiritual revolution.

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 serves as dean of transformational psychology at the University of Philosophical Research. He teaches parapsychology for ministers in training with the Centers for Spiritual Living through the Holmes Institute. He has served as vice-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, and is the recipient of its Pathfinder Award for outstanding contributions to the field of human consciousness. 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 December 20, 2015)

Robert Crawford: Sophocles, Antigone (01/10/2013)

source: Arts One Open     2013年10月1日
Lecture by Robert Crawford for the "Remake/Remodel" theme. For more, see http://artsone-digital.arts.ubc.ca/so....

Robert Daum: Genesis (17/09/2013)

source: Arts One Open    2013年9月17日
Lecture by Robert Daum for the "Remake/Remodel" theme. For more, see http://artsone-digital.arts.ubc.ca/ge...

Jon Beasley-Murray: Aimé Césaire, The Tragedy of King Christophe, and Derek Walcott, King Christophe (26/11/2013)

source: Arts One Open    2013年11月26日
Lecture by Jon Beasley-Murray for the "Remake/Remodel" theme. For more, see http://artsone-open.arts.ubc.ca/aime-....

Foreign Policy: Clinton and Trump on Key Global Issues

source: New York University    2016年11月29日
The Brademas Center of NYU and NYU Washington, DC welcomed distinguished journalists to discuss the key global issues and the politics that will decide the election in November. Moderated by Washington Bureau Chief of The New York Times, Elisabeth Bumiller, the panel included foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, Margaret Brennan, senior national security correspondent for The Washington Post, Karen DeYoung, and White House correspondent for The New York Times, Mark Landler.
For more, visit: https://www.nyu.edu/washington-dc/nyu...

Cognitive Biases, the Psychology of Reasoning & Logical Languages

source: Philosophical Overdose    2013年1月29日
Catarina Duthil Novaes (ILLC/Amsterdam) gives at talk at MCMP titled "Cognitive motivations for treating formalisms as calculi". In The Logical Syntax of Language, Carnap famously recommended that logical languages be treated as mere calculi, and that their symbols be viewed as meaningless; reasoning with the system is to be guided solely on the basis of its rules of transformation. Carnap˙s main motivation for this recommendation seems to be related to a concern with precision and exactness. In my talk, I argue that Carnap was right in insisting on the benefits of treating logical formalisms as calculi, but he was wrong in thinking that enhanced precision is the main advantage of this approach. Instead, I argue that a deeper impact of treating formalisms as calculi is of a cognitive nature: by adopting this stance, the reasoner is able to counter some of her "default" reasoning tendencies, which (although advantageous in most practical situations) may hinder the discovery of novel facts in scientific contexts. One of these cognitive tendencies is the constant search for confirmation for the beliefs one already holds, as extensively documented and studied in the psychology of reasoning literature, and often referred to as confirmation bias/belief bias. Treating formalisms as meaningless and relying on their well-defined rules of formation and transformation allows the reasoner to counter her own belief bias for two main reasons: it 'switches off' semantic activation, which is thought to be a largely automatic cognitive process, and it externalizes reasoning processes; they now take place largely through the manipulation of the notation. I argue moreover that the manipulation of the notation engages predominantly sensorimotor processes rather than being carried out internally: the agent is literally 'thinking on the paper'. The analysis relies heavily on empirical data from psychology and cognitive sciences, and is largely inspired by recent literature on extended cognition (in particular Clark, Menary and Sutton). If I am right, formal languages treated as calculi and viewed as external cognitive artifacts offer a crucial cognitive boost to human agents, in particular in that they seem to produce a beneficial de-biasing effect.
Credit to LMU Munich.

Industrial Policy Evidence Session | LSE Growth Commission 2016

source: London School of Economics and Political Science    2016年11月29日
For more videos in this series please see: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
Can lessons from other countries point to the principles that should underpin a modern industrial strategy for the UK?
Mariana Mazzucato (SPRU, Sussex University); Kate Collyer (Competition and Markets Authority); Gary Elliottt (Aerospace Technology Institute); Mark Littlewood (Institute of Economic Affairs); Alan Overd (Charles River Associates) give evidence and are quizzed by LSE Growth Commissioners Tim Besley, Steve Machin and Richard Davies on Industrial Policy and Growth.
This evidence session was held on 22 November 2016 and the London School of Economics & Political Science.
http://www.lse.ac.uk/growthcommission
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Art in a State of Siege: Hieronymus Bosch in Retrospect

source: Harvard University     2016年11月29日
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Series on Violence and Non-Violence
Joseph Koerner, Harvard University
Art in a State of Siege: Hieronymus Bosch in Retrospect
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Joseph Koerner
Victor S. Thomas Professor of the History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University

Benjamin Grant: "Overview: A New Perspective of Earth" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google     2016年11月29日
Inspired by the "Overview Effect" - a sensation that astronauts experience when given the opportunity to look down and view the Earth as a whole - the breathtaking, high definition satellite photographs in OVERVIEW offer a new way to look at the landscape that humans have shaped. Benjamin Grant, creator of the Instagram project Daily Overview from which the book is inspired, discusses how the project and book came about.
Get the book: https://goo.gl/GrbVsF