In session 7 of the talks, Mahzarin Banaji (professor of social ethics & human thinking & feeling in a social context) does a good talk on how we consciously declare that we don't have any prejudice toward a particular ethnic group, religion or race, but when a test / exercise is performed the results would seem to indicate that subconsciously we do have a bias toward a race, religion or whatever the test is for. The object being that if we can learn what goes on in our mind without our conscious awareness - we can discover where those beliefs come from. The light at the end of the tunnel being that these beliefs are malleable - we can change and move forward. Some of these tests can be found at: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
As one audience member says: "whenever you learn something about yourself when you think you know yourself - its a remarkable moment."
[edit: I guess this should be in the Off-topic lounge or Society maybe. Sorry folks]
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Internet vs Cable for Science Video
Started by
Bruce Klein
, Aug 11 2006 11:44 PM
37 replies to this topic
#31
Posted 29 December 2006 - 10:53 AM
#32
Posted 16 February 2007 - 07:08 AM
DNA Replication and Wrapping. (03:06)
#33
Posted 18 February 2007 - 02:28 AM
physicist Michio Kaku talking about other dimensions, the multiverse, dark matter, etc:
http://video.google....chio Kaku&hl=en
(he is one of my favorite pop- physicists)
http://video.google....chio Kaku&hl=en
(he is one of my favorite pop- physicists)
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#34
Posted 18 February 2007 - 03:52 PM
Philosophy videos. Includes cognitive computing, evolution, ethics, etc
http://broodsphiloso...hical-lectures/
http://broodsphiloso...hical-lectures/
#35
Posted 22 February 2007 - 10:36 PM
I have been working my way through the videos of the "Physics for future presidents" course from UC Berkley:
http://webcast.berke...esid=1906978275
(although they have lots of other courses online too)
I have learned so much, and it is all practical stuff too. (stuff from the real world) There is hardly any math, it is just about all conceptual stuff.
http://webcast.berke...esid=1906978275
(although they have lots of other courses online too)
I have learned so much, and it is all practical stuff too. (stuff from the real world) There is hardly any math, it is just about all conceptual stuff.
#36
Posted 23 February 2007 - 06:05 PM
Thanks for the link to that UC Berkley class. It is entertaining enough for me to get through it, teaches interesting relevant facts, and is additive/synergistic with other studies. Good stuff!
#37
Posted 23 February 2007 - 06:22 PM
I found the synthetic biology seminars at UC Berkeley to be very good.
In general: UCLA Faculty Lectures are quite good (on video.google). I've seen everything there from how the brain develops in a fetus to a lady showing how she discovered the black hole in our galaxy.
In general: UCLA Faculty Lectures are quite good (on video.google). I've seen everything there from how the brain develops in a fetus to a lady showing how she discovered the black hole in our galaxy.
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