The Science of Awkwardness

source: Vsauce     2015年3月20日
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave - Alex Gendler

source: TED-Ed    2015年3月17日
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Twenty four hundred years ago, Plato, one of history’s most famous thinkers, said life is like being chained up in a cave forced to watch shadows flitting across a stone wall. Beyond sounding quite morbid, what exactly did he mean? Alex Gendler unravels Plato's Allegory of the Cave, found in Book VII of "The Republic."
Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Stretch Films, Inc.

Why it’s so hard to cure HIV/AIDS - Janet Iwasa

source: TED-Ed     2015年3月16日
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In 2008, something incredible happened: a man was cured of HIV. In over 70 million HIV cases, this was a first, and, so far, a last, and we don’t yet understand exactly how he was cured. But if we can cure people of various diseases, like malaria and hepatitis C, why can’t we cure HIV? Janet Iwasa examines the specific traits of the HIV virus that make it so difficult to cure.
Lesson by Janet Iwasa, animation by Javier Saldeña.

Can robots be creative? - Gil Weinberg

source: TED-Ed     2015年3月19日
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People have been grappling with the question of artificial creativity -- alongside the question of artificial intelligence -- for over 170 years. For instance, could we program machines to create high quality original music? And if we do, is it the machine or the programmer that exhibits creativity? Gil Weinberg investigates this creative conundrum.
Lesson by Gil Weinberg, animation by TOGETHER.

Human Extinction

source: Vsauce     2015年3月7日
Some ideas about our end.
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Risk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-CK8...
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The real story behind Archimedes’ Eureka! - Armand D'Angour

source: TED-Ed    2015年3月13日
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When you think of Archimedes’ Eureka moment, you probably imagine a man in a bathtub, right? As it turns out, there's much more to the story. Armand D'Angour tells the story of Archimedes' biggest assignment -- an enormous floating palace commissioned by a king -- that helped him find Eureka.

Lesson by Armand D'Angour, animation by Zedem Media.

Learning from smallpox: How to eradicate a disease - Julie Garon and Wal...

source: TED-Ed      2015年3月10日
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For most of human history, we have sought to treat and cure diseases. But only in recent decades did it become possible to ensure that a particular disease never threatens humanity again. Julie Garon and Walter A. Orenstein detail how the story of smallpox – the first and only disease to be permanently eliminated – shows how disease eradication can happen, and why it is so difficult to achieve.

Lesson by Julie Garon and Walter A. Orenstein, animation by TOGETHER.