iNow Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 (edited) Watch this: Then this: Then finally, this: ... and laugh at yourself. Enjoy. Edited September 14, 2008 by iNow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edtharan Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 I liked that talk about crows, especially the idea of training crows to perform useful tasks (and get paid peanuts - literally ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted September 14, 2008 Author Share Posted September 14, 2008 Yeah, I saw that one months back, but it has always stood out in my memory. What inspired the thread was the first one, though. It was so vast and so amazing and so far away from any primate issues. Here is another good one, about 10 years later, from the same guy (much shorter though): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Pwn_Crackpots Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Nice videos! Though, I'm not sure what any of these videos have to do with humans. The deep sea one is particularly interesting. Gigantic creatures that inhabit the ocean so deep that there is no light, one has to wonder how the ecosystem down there got started in the first place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edtharan Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 one has to wonder how the ecosystem down there got started in the first place... They could have started there in the first place we are the result of a migration away form them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 But my teachers always said I was "special". Great vids. The octopus in the last one is incredible. I've seen footage of cuttlefish doing this sort of stunt, but not an octopus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 It really puts things into perspective, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I still cannot watch videos due to connection speed but Humans are not the only game in town by a long shot, crows are so intuitive it's scary, but for the lack of thumbs no telling what they could do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 But my teachers always said I was "special". Yes, I'm sure they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 It's nice to see TED talks that are actually about the wonder of discovery. Just yesterday I watched a 3 1/2 minute talk about one woman's experience with a brain tumour which was spliced onto another 3 1/2 minutes of adverts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Zeta Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Humans ARE special. They made the videos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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