I did not enjoy this. I could level many reasonable complaints against it, but I don't wanna. I just didn't feel it was worth my time because I didn't get much out of it.
I think freestyling is one of the hardest things to get in the zone with. 90% of hiphop artists cannot freestyle. Most of the fake ones are written verses. I was only able to do it once where I freestyled on point for over 3 minutes. Its like trying to create a new language only using images from your brain. Its like a meditation, because everything around you does not exist...only you.
i would say the hypothesis presented at 8:48 is worth digging deeper.
i'm learning piano and i've noticed that i have a problem playing song when i think too much (it's natural to me to think and analyze what i'm doing). during practice, when i let myself go and do not focus on anything really i'm able to play it and actually feel it.
it's hard not to think, especially when you are learning, but it does help.
I disagree that "Science has to catch up to art." When Science "figures out" what art or creativity is, I get the feeling that we're going to find it to be nothing more than a misfiring in the human brain when we can't figure out a cogent way to express our thoughts.
@Soulfree2008 this is a point that alot of religious ppl get wrong: the skeptic is not the one that has to disprove anything. there is no practical benefit to believeing in the spiritual, so i see no reason to. also, take the case of phineas gage, i think that proves pretty conclusevly that our brains controll EVERYTHING we do. if it controlls reason, language and morality, why are art and inspiration so different?
Great video. This guy is amazing to explore this. I've always wondered the science behind creativity. What is my brain doing? I wonder what a rappers brain does and a classical pianist. The similarities I wonder.
What a magnificent talk, as an improvising musician I find this extremely interesting. Ha 10:25 that's a part from a Chick Corea song called "Got A Match" :)
@kuruptid Let me tell you something. I read your comment, and honestly, I wanted to vomit. You disgust me and I believe I speak for every commenter here when I say shame on you, and may God have mercy on your soul
@MrGodSlave1 You are the reason for sadness on Earth Mr. God Slave. LOL, JUST KIDDING. but loosen up, were all just here for entertainment watching youtube. take it easy man, and from China, Happy New Year!
@kuruptid CHINA! I knew it, another disinformation tactic set up to destabilize the stoic equilibrium of westernized communication! Well let me tell you something, it's not going to work my good man. You have revealed yourself as an agent from the East!
Right. My argument is just that a scientific idea can be considered a piece of art; regardless of whether or not it leads into a scientific discovery. Art and science have inspired each other since the beginning of scientific thinking, and I think they are very closely related.
@Soulfree2008 No, not an insult, merely an observation. You are arguing merely because you derive pleasure from, perhaps feel justification for, or desire to provoke argument over whether some controversial belief is true. These are only how I perceive the observations to come together, no matter how negatively it may sound.
Further, my consciousness exists (subjective, Descartes) but I cannot prove your consciousness does. You, to me, are just a collection of comments I read online.
The whole soul of art is creativity; the ability to think outside the box. I think this whole "insert a jazz musician into an MRI" - thing is a quite artistic approach to the whole subject. If you're really an artist then you must acknowledge the fact that art takes many forms, and people can find art in almost anything. I find the ideas presented in this video to be absolutely beautiful, and it saddens me that so few people are able to appreciate it.
At 8:15 I think the areas that shut off (Self monitoring) and come on (Expressive) in this pattern are what people call being "in the zone." I think this happens in racing and in competitive sports as well as in art.
You're wrong, which is hard to understand considering that you just watched a video where this Asian dude made art out of science while researching art scientifically. ^^
@Soulfree2008 Your attitude suggests a desire to be "right". I've never found that very useful myself. Beginning from the assumption that I am wrong has been most profitable.
You may experience some growth, by reading up on some epistemology. It is the branch of philosophy that deals with reasons we have to think our knowledge is accurate. I suggest you focus on cognitive bias and logic.
1. My questions were more for you to answer for yourself, not for you to answer to me. As you might be aware, you do not answer to me, but to yourself (and perhaps you believe your god).
2. Your question is old hat. I operate under the assumption that my ignorance is infinitely greater than my knowledge.
3. Neither your question nor it's answer serve as a valid argument for any position. Not mine, nor yours. They serves only as debunking for all appeals to authority.
@Soulfree2008 You did not answer my question. Does his insult make the rest of his words untrue? Do you base your opinions on your emotions alone? Hence, "I was with you until you insulted me." If what someone says is true, insulting you after they say it, makes them a jerk. It doesn't make them wrong.
Consciousness might yet be explained using the scientific method, we simply haven't gotten there yet. Hence this talk. Anything that can't directly be proven is accepted as nonexistent until proven otherwise.
Claims are not fact, and no evidence is perfect. You're just asking us to prove something we don't want to, when you're the one who's making claims, or counter-claims, since you insist that you didn't instigate it.
I'm arguing to shut you up. You're arguing for sick fun.
The only appropriate stance to take on anything is that it MAY exist despite the improbabilities, and to respect those with opinions. However, there is no REASON to believe that something exists unless there is evidence in favour of it, and the greater the claim, the greater the evidence must be, hence the scientific method. The problem with most religions is that they say that God cannot be dis-proven, which is also true of fairies. You see?
Fine... you HAD a grandmother. The point still remains. Certain claims require little proof to be reasonable to accept as true. Others require a lot more. If someone claims a spirit realm exists, then need a lot of evidence to prove it.
"How about the president, whom you have never met,, can you PROVE he is a real human?"
That's about as stupid as asking does Australia exist. You can take another person's word for him being human because it's not an outlandish claim. It's not the same as saying the spirit realm exists.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. If you say you have a grandmother, that's reasonable to believe. Say your grandmother was born on the moon, and I'm going to want proof.
Yes. It's quite easy with an MRI and measuring chemical changes in the brain. Science has been able to this for quite a while now. Why does this get trotted out all the time like it's a good argument for believing in stuff that has no objective evidence (i.e. your spiritual world)?
"I didnt make ANY claim. You did... I await your proof..."
What claim did I make? You said "please prove to me that the spiritual realm does not exist..."
That sounds to me like you have a belief in a spiritual realm. It's up to you to prove it, not on me to disprove it. I don't make a claim either way because there's no evidence either way. I treat it as someone who claims they have a unicorn as a pet. Prove you have it, don't just say you do.
@Soulfree2008 The point here is that we can see, for one of the first times ever, how our brain has the elegant ability to improvise such complex music pieces (which is an insanely difficult task, of course).
Why all this about the "spiritual realm"? That's not relevant. In fact, nobody *wants* to prove anything. What you're trying to do is argue for the sake of the argument. This is not a debate, it's a flame war. If you want debates, gtfo Youtube, it's a video site.
@Soulfree2008 you don't need to portray science in art. If you know a little about it, the scientific work itself can be considered art.
I would say, good science is the attempt to understand something you only have a vague picture of. Good Art is the attempt to explain something, you cannot explain with words.
What's with the youtube community dragging itself down with atheist vs. theist BS? Why are people so butthurt about opposing viewpoints? Correct me if I'm wrong, but did he say that the difference between a non-creative person and a creative person is the creative person's ability to shut down specific parts of the brain and focus on others? Pretty sick.
@Soulfree2008 "please prove to me that the spiritual realm does not exist"
its not up to him to prove it doesnt exist, its up the the person making the claim. it doesnt matter that u didnt personally say it, ur still defendin it with this ridiculous argument..
and obviously we have a completely different idea of what constitutes as proof, if u really think i cant prove the president exists..
@Soulfree2008 its still physical. we can detect them with the appropriate device like you said which means that they are there. they're physical. just because something is invissible does not mean it is in a seperate REALM. thats like saying oxygen is in a different realm. and you did make a claim., stop trying to back out of it.
I wonder if it is memorized vs creative, or passion? You would need an actor to read a script but to put real emotion into it, and see if you get the same result. Maybe he is really finding where passion lives.
@Soulfree2008 why do people like yourself think that shifting the burden of proof is a good argument. instead of asking him to prove that a spiritual realm does NOT exists, why dont you try proving that it DOES exists. if you are the one making the claim that something is true, it is your responsibility to provide evidence, not the other way around. and the physical realm does exists, you are in it, you can PHYSICALY touch, taste, smell, and hear things. its real.
This is very interesting, imagine being able to "provoke" or control creativity....Would it then be "actual creativity" how would you determine it?.....
This is very interesting, imagine being able to "provoke" or control creativity....Would it then be "actual creativity" how would you determine it?....
at its core science and art are one and the same, perceived from differing lenses. The mistake many make is that science makes things somehow less beautiful. The truth is though that's more of a negative social stereotype than anything else. Science and art both bring wonder and beauty to the world.
@kisamethesamehada I don't believe Science makes things less beautiful. It might destroy "beautiful" imaginations you had, but as I see it, the reality is a lot more beautiful than anything we could imagine.
If you can accept, that birth and death are part of life, the negative stereotypes suddenly disapear and you are able to enjoy the beauty of the universe. The elegance and simplicity in evolutionary solutions. and so on...
@liquidminds I completely agree, the reality of death I think is much more beautiful than a made up heaven, your physical self is reincarnated when it rots and you become part of the tree that grows from the ground where you are buried, and then become part of the birds that feed on the tree...etc...
And your 'soul' or the person who you are is continued in the people who you've had contact with in your life, for example a teacher lives on in the lessons they have taught people,
@LucaBoulders nicely said. I also believe, that the finite character of life, makes it so much more valuable.
Also, the only explanation I would accept for a creation... if life was infinitely long, people would be so bored, that they'd invent a world where they could experience imperfection, emotions, highs and lows,... eternity is infinitly boring...
@liquidminds "but as I see it, the reality is a lot more beautiful than anything we could imagine."
Ok, that's what Dawkins says all the time and frankly, it's basically stating that reality is this super perfect realm that is beyond our imagination. Evolution is super cruel, and there is much more misery than pleasure, if you examine the entire animal kingdom (and look at how non-vegetarians get their meat). I can easily imagine a fantasy world that far surpasses our own, or read about it.
@LukeShetler The beauty is always in the detail. You could probably imagine a world, a lot crazier than this one, or a lot more comfortable to live in. But you couldn't imagine all the details.. from planck-size to the infinity-like vastness of the universe...
@liquidminds Beauty is also subjective. Furthermore, I could imagine a world that didn't need those minute details, and invoke some Ionian philosophical concept. The fact is that we can't perceive most of that stuff or I could truly imagine the facade of those things - enough for beauty's sake.
At the end I'm more creative than I am scientific. I take objection to the initial claim, but everyone's different and all of this is entirely subjective and very intriguing.
@LukeShetler The beauty is always in the detail. You could probably imagine a world, a lot crazier than this one, or a lot more comfortable to live in. But you couldn't imagine all the details.. from planck-size to the infinity-like vastness of the universe... Elegance in every step.
Actually I would argue that science adds to the beauty of the world; being able to understand the majesty that is the universe and the beauty that is human creativity only comes through science.
@kisamethesamehada quite so. Without pure mathematics we wouldn't have most of the instruments or any of the sheet music. And without the beauty of nature we wouldn't have the pure mathematics.
02:31 "I sat out with this concept scientifically, that artistic creativity is magical; but it's not magic. Meaning that it's a product from the brain." Yeah, it's just the brain huh, no magic there right. I call this stupid/scientific preoccupation.
Interesting. The inferior frontal gyrus probably contains mirror neurons necessary to understand the motor actions of others by representing them on our own motor plans.
Face it...in perspective of the big picture one is infinitely smaller than one could ever have imagined.
Something I find humorous is all you piss ants out there who think you are superior to the rest of us piss ants just because you contain a wee little bit more piss than your fellow piss ants. You even go so far as to label yourself as some sort of leader and force your pissy ways on the rest of us.
@t3tsuyaguy1 I would recommend reading up on Andy Clark's extended mind hypothesis. Alva Noe has similar ideas in Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons From the Biology of Consciousness
@PrincessTammyHeartsU basically it's a new cognitive paradigm where the brain is not the locus of the mind but rather an integral part of the consciousness that extends past our mind, past our body, into our dynamic environment. Ha I just wrote that and it sounds really cheesy but the idea has a lot of merit. Out of our heads also has a section that points out many of the limitations of brain scanning measurements and how scientists make unfounded assumptions about what it represents
@PrincessTammyHeartsU I don't have words for how refreshing it is to request an example on youtube, and receive not one, but TWO actual source in response. I will absolute check out both these sources. I'm sure I'll learn something, whether I ultimately agree with the material or not. Thank You. :)
@t3tsuyaguy1 no problem, my brother majored in cognitive neuroscience at Brown and he always shows me the latest stuff he's reading. I'm by no means an expert which is why I gave the sources rather than what little info I could regurgitate.
This is what TED is about, inspiring ideas, and brand new developments in scientific application. Incredible study, I crave understanding of how the brain, and my own brain works. Being dyslexic I am terrible at a lot of tasks that others would find simple. Yet during a psychological examination, my intelligence didn't match my ability. These sorts of study are what will alter the future of methods of teaching.
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
andreeaweed 4 months ago
Tupac, Biggie, Charles Limb
Bfavrestarr415 6 months ago
@Bfavrestarr415 AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
rpark888 2 months ago
watch out auto-tune, now we can poke someone's brain in the right spot and get an epic song!
xjustamem0ryx 9 months ago
I did not enjoy this. I could level many reasonable complaints against it, but I don't wanna. I just didn't feel it was worth my time because I didn't get much out of it.
TheThomaswastaken 9 months ago
I think freestyling is one of the hardest things to get in the zone with. 90% of hiphop artists cannot freestyle. Most of the fake ones are written verses. I was only able to do it once where I freestyled on point for over 3 minutes. Its like trying to create a new language only using images from your brain. Its like a meditation, because everything around you does not exist...only you.
BlackiDaIraqi1 9 months ago
"It means that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are not enlightened by fixed teachings but by an intuitive process that is spontaneous and natural."-Buddha
sn1pe352 9 months ago 2
Mad scientist? Crazy?
No he is just ahead of time.
People thought Wright brothers are wasting their time...
People thought Mendel and Darwin were crazy...
People thought cars will never replace horses...
SEThatered 11 months ago
5:08
jedf666 1 year ago
Yes! Finally a TED worth watching.
eatingperson 1 year ago
@eatingperson did you see the one on having a stroke? it was great.
Hayacafrita 1 year ago
very good video, thank you.
i would say the hypothesis presented at 8:48 is worth digging deeper.
i'm learning piano and i've noticed that i have a problem playing song when i think too much (it's natural to me to think and analyze what i'm doing). during practice, when i let myself go and do not focus on anything really i'm able to play it and actually feel it.
it's hard not to think, especially when you are learning, but it does help.
again, great video.
matoatlantis 1 year ago 5
I disagree that "Science has to catch up to art." When Science "figures out" what art or creativity is, I get the feeling that we're going to find it to be nothing more than a misfiring in the human brain when we can't figure out a cogent way to express our thoughts.
instereovideos 1 year ago
15:32 "Well this is actually four rapper's brains..."
instereovideos 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008 this is a point that alot of religious ppl get wrong: the skeptic is not the one that has to disprove anything. there is no practical benefit to believeing in the spiritual, so i see no reason to. also, take the case of phineas gage, i think that proves pretty conclusevly that our brains controll EVERYTHING we do. if it controlls reason, language and morality, why are art and inspiration so different?
dandil 1 year ago
It wud be perfect to make video , with raper on MRI :D
Ibersexualac 1 year ago
Great video. This guy is amazing to explore this. I've always wondered the science behind creativity. What is my brain doing? I wonder what a rappers brain does and a classical pianist. The similarities I wonder.
alyshooting 1 year ago
What a magnificent talk, as an improvising musician I find this extremely interesting. Ha 10:25 that's a part from a Chick Corea song called "Got A Match" :)
junka22 1 year ago
u fools dont know shit about the brain
Adonispally 1 year ago
@Adonispally
no one really does.
that's a point well emphasized by the video
ChaseWatkins 1 year ago
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Adonispally 1 year ago
@ChaseWatkins well you can try to learn some by becoming "enlightened" at least.
if u disagree with that statement your too brainwashed by society.
Adonispally 1 year ago
@Adonispally Brainwashed is the way people are nowadays. Nevermind them, they're unimportant corpse sacks. lol zombies.
LazyOtaku 1 year ago
@LazyOtaku hehe man :)
Adonispally 1 year ago
This is my favorite Ted Talk yet!
FukPhysics 1 year ago
perhaps now Leonard Bernstein's ultimate question will have an answer!
cnmaster01 1 year ago
that was awesome!
condensercl 1 year ago
9:50
The volunteer pianist says "May the Fourth be with you"
SnowmanTheFrosty 1 year ago 2
art is the scientist's muse.
xjustamem0ryx 1 year ago
What a baller improviser!
Studying him has made us wiser.
Glad there are no trolls or misers,
and that TED has no advertisers at the beginning of their vids.
These videos are so tight; they ain't for kids, but are accessible to all.
Scientist rapping FTW.
ADSwank 1 year ago 4
Awesome dude TED talking,
no people will be mocking
this lyrical flow is shocking
hahahaa Really interesting though. We need more TED talks like this!
kuruptid 1 year ago 26
@kuruptid Let me tell you something. I read your comment, and honestly, I wanted to vomit. You disgust me and I believe I speak for every commenter here when I say shame on you, and may God have mercy on your soul
MrGodSlave1 1 year ago
@MrGodSlave1 You are the reason for sadness on Earth Mr. God Slave. LOL, JUST KIDDING. but loosen up, were all just here for entertainment watching youtube. take it easy man, and from China, Happy New Year!
kuruptid 1 year ago
@kuruptid CHINA! I knew it, another disinformation tactic set up to destabilize the stoic equilibrium of westernized communication! Well let me tell you something, it's not going to work my good man. You have revealed yourself as an agent from the East!
MrGodSlave1 1 year ago
@MrGodSlave1 Oh no, I've been caught! LMAO
kuruptid 1 year ago
@kuruptid Gong shee fa tsai!
MrGodSlave1 1 year ago
@kuruptid word.
Karmakameleeon 9 months ago
hah! i really like this guy. he's awesome nerdy guy!
caseyforever 1 year ago
Re: shortly after 4:25 - that explains why my GPA is actually HIGHER when I take more credit-hours!
EgaoNoGenki 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008
Right. My argument is just that a scientific idea can be considered a piece of art; regardless of whether or not it leads into a scientific discovery. Art and science have inspired each other since the beginning of scientific thinking, and I think they are very closely related.
khatack 1 year ago
Interesting, always nice to hear a few jokes.
JimbobOMG 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008 No, not an insult, merely an observation. You are arguing merely because you derive pleasure from, perhaps feel justification for, or desire to provoke argument over whether some controversial belief is true. These are only how I perceive the observations to come together, no matter how negatively it may sound.
Further, my consciousness exists (subjective, Descartes) but I cannot prove your consciousness does. You, to me, are just a collection of comments I read online.
GeekProdigyGuy 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008
The whole soul of art is creativity; the ability to think outside the box. I think this whole "insert a jazz musician into an MRI" - thing is a quite artistic approach to the whole subject. If you're really an artist then you must acknowledge the fact that art takes many forms, and people can find art in almost anything. I find the ideas presented in this video to be absolutely beautiful, and it saddens me that so few people are able to appreciate it.
khatack 1 year ago
At 12:33 "Many of my colleagues think I'm crazy" Any new idea is crazy until it works. Then it is genius.
briansmobile1 1 year ago 51
@briansmobile1
So genius is actually just intelligent craziness!
khatack 1 year ago
At 8:15 I think the areas that shut off (Self monitoring) and come on (Expressive) in this pattern are what people call being "in the zone." I think this happens in racing and in competitive sports as well as in art.
briansmobile1 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008
You're wrong, which is hard to understand considering that you just watched a video where this Asian dude made art out of science while researching art scientifically. ^^
khatack 1 year ago
He is so cute! LOL
oumsker 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008 Your attitude suggests a desire to be "right". I've never found that very useful myself. Beginning from the assumption that I am wrong has been most profitable.
You may experience some growth, by reading up on some epistemology. It is the branch of philosophy that deals with reasons we have to think our knowledge is accurate. I suggest you focus on cognitive bias and logic.
t3tsuyaguy1 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008
1. My questions were more for you to answer for yourself, not for you to answer to me. As you might be aware, you do not answer to me, but to yourself (and perhaps you believe your god).
2. Your question is old hat. I operate under the assumption that my ignorance is infinitely greater than my knowledge.
3. Neither your question nor it's answer serve as a valid argument for any position. Not mine, nor yours. They serves only as debunking for all appeals to authority.
t3tsuyaguy1 1 year ago
This is so beautiful! :)
cloudsynth08 1 year ago
at least make it realistic, asians arent creative they just work they dont do the thinking.
Adonispally 1 year ago
fag udk shit about creativity haha non yall do
Adonispally 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008 You did not answer my question. Does his insult make the rest of his words untrue? Do you base your opinions on your emotions alone? Hence, "I was with you until you insulted me." If what someone says is true, insulting you after they say it, makes them a jerk. It doesn't make them wrong.
t3tsuyaguy1 1 year ago
weed helps ^_^
luwiz 1 year ago
Did anyone else think his rhyme was actually kinda raw?
t3tsuyaguy1 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008 Does the fact that he insulted you make his words and more or less true?
t3tsuyaguy1 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008
Consciousness might yet be explained using the scientific method, we simply haven't gotten there yet. Hence this talk. Anything that can't directly be proven is accepted as nonexistent until proven otherwise.
Claims are not fact, and no evidence is perfect. You're just asking us to prove something we don't want to, when you're the one who's making claims, or counter-claims, since you insist that you didn't instigate it.
I'm arguing to shut you up. You're arguing for sick fun.
GeekProdigyGuy 1 year ago
Sorry to cut in, but here's my two cents.
The only appropriate stance to take on anything is that it MAY exist despite the improbabilities, and to respect those with opinions. However, there is no REASON to believe that something exists unless there is evidence in favour of it, and the greater the claim, the greater the evidence must be, hence the scientific method. The problem with most religions is that they say that God cannot be dis-proven, which is also true of fairies. You see?
Doublemac88 1 year ago
@Doublemac88 Maybe fairies are real though. Why are people talking about this? Oh right, this is youtube.
freckleface1991 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008
Fine... you HAD a grandmother. The point still remains. Certain claims require little proof to be reasonable to accept as true. Others require a lot more. If someone claims a spirit realm exists, then need a lot of evidence to prove it.
KemaTheAtheist 1 year ago
I hate the intro and outro of TED though...
its to loud and ...
ereignisfelder 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008
"How about the president, whom you have never met,, can you PROVE he is a real human?"
That's about as stupid as asking does Australia exist. You can take another person's word for him being human because it's not an outlandish claim. It's not the same as saying the spirit realm exists.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. If you say you have a grandmother, that's reasonable to believe. Say your grandmother was born on the moon, and I'm going to want proof.
KemaTheAtheist 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008
"can YOU Prove that Love is real?"
Yes. It's quite easy with an MRI and measuring chemical changes in the brain. Science has been able to this for quite a while now. Why does this get trotted out all the time like it's a good argument for believing in stuff that has no objective evidence (i.e. your spiritual world)?
KemaTheAtheist 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008
"I say "i never made Any claim"..."
Yet you tried to shift the burden of proof to the skeptics to prove there's not a spiritual world...
"I was responding to someone else's claim that the spiritual realm did Not exist."
No one here made that claim.
"I dont need the world to stand behind my beliefs for them to be real to me"
Subjective experience is not evidence.
KemaTheAtheist 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008
"I didnt make ANY claim. You did... I await your proof..."
What claim did I make? You said "please prove to me that the spiritual realm does not exist..."
That sounds to me like you have a belief in a spiritual realm. It's up to you to prove it, not on me to disprove it. I don't make a claim either way because there's no evidence either way. I treat it as someone who claims they have a unicorn as a pet. Prove you have it, don't just say you do.
KemaTheAtheist 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008 The point here is that we can see, for one of the first times ever, how our brain has the elegant ability to improvise such complex music pieces (which is an insanely difficult task, of course).
Why all this about the "spiritual realm"? That's not relevant. In fact, nobody *wants* to prove anything. What you're trying to do is argue for the sake of the argument. This is not a debate, it's a flame war. If you want debates, gtfo Youtube, it's a video site.
GeekProdigyGuy 1 year ago
thats a cool, intelligent and talented guy !!
yourtube20061 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008 you don't need to portray science in art. If you know a little about it, the scientific work itself can be considered art.
I would say, good science is the attempt to understand something you only have a vague picture of. Good Art is the attempt to explain something, you cannot explain with words.
liquidminds 1 year ago
What's with the youtube community dragging itself down with atheist vs. theist BS? Why are people so butthurt about opposing viewpoints? Correct me if I'm wrong, but did he say that the difference between a non-creative person and a creative person is the creative person's ability to shut down specific parts of the brain and focus on others? Pretty sick.
14bebop14 1 year ago
Omg I cringed so much at 13.29
witheringsun 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008 "please prove to me that the spiritual realm does not exist"
its not up to him to prove it doesnt exist, its up the the person making the claim. it doesnt matter that u didnt personally say it, ur still defendin it with this ridiculous argument..
and obviously we have a completely different idea of what constitutes as proof, if u really think i cant prove the president exists..
Henrythecamel 1 year ago
this is good stuff :D
cheeseit126 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008 if the "spiritual realm" is impossible for us to detect or measure, exactly how can u make the claim that its real?
every1 here will agree that there are many things that are unknown, but its up to u to provide evidence for what u claim to know..
Henrythecamel 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008 its still physical. we can detect them with the appropriate device like you said which means that they are there. they're physical. just because something is invissible does not mean it is in a seperate REALM. thats like saying oxygen is in a different realm. and you did make a claim., stop trying to back out of it.
kiddhitta 1 year ago
15:30 so I guess this means 4 rappers are equivalent to having one brain... i knew science would win one day.
xdegenerate18 1 year ago
I wonder if it is memorized vs creative, or passion? You would need an actor to read a script but to put real emotion into it, and see if you get the same result. Maybe he is really finding where passion lives.
bluefootedpig 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008 why do people like yourself think that shifting the burden of proof is a good argument. instead of asking him to prove that a spiritual realm does NOT exists, why dont you try proving that it DOES exists. if you are the one making the claim that something is true, it is your responsibility to provide evidence, not the other way around. and the physical realm does exists, you are in it, you can PHYSICALY touch, taste, smell, and hear things. its real.
kiddhitta 1 year ago
@Soulfree2008
"please prove to me that the spiritual realm does not exist... "
Doesn't work that way. You're the one making the claim. You provide the evidence, not the other way around.
Otherwise, please prove that I don't have a unicorn and an invisible dragon as pets.
KemaTheAtheist 1 year ago
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@Soulfree2008 The burden of proof is on you, dummy.
BastiSexMuffin 1 year ago
That was awesome... The neuro-science of rap XD
sileb13 1 year ago 18
4 people are something something something justwanttogetthumbsup
sal0212 1 year ago
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This is very interesting, imagine being able to "provoke" or control creativity....Would it then be "actual creativity" how would you determine it?.....
MJPamuru20 1 year ago
This is very interesting, imagine being able to "provoke" or control creativity....Would it then be "actual creativity" how would you determine it?....
MJPamuru20 1 year ago
This guy should be on american idol! lol
shadywalker 1 year ago
good presentation :D
hf2kr 1 year ago
Mos Def!!!!!!!
JohnWoo 1 year ago
Great talk! I really liked this one, this is the kind of material TED should bring us more often
niniomigrania 1 year ago
This was a good one.
pyro51090 1 year ago
Some talks are total crap but when the good ones come, like this, they're awesome.
yousefamar 1 year ago
Mos def puttin the SMACK down on these bitch ass niggas.
kungfuseadog 1 year ago
fan-bloody-tastic
pitupraveen 1 year ago
That was awesome. ^^
vicenterj123 1 year ago
Amazing man
Griffith101 1 year ago
at its core science and art are one and the same, perceived from differing lenses. The mistake many make is that science makes things somehow less beautiful. The truth is though that's more of a negative social stereotype than anything else. Science and art both bring wonder and beauty to the world.
kisamethesamehada 1 year ago 26
@kisamethesamehada I don't believe Science makes things less beautiful. It might destroy "beautiful" imaginations you had, but as I see it, the reality is a lot more beautiful than anything we could imagine.
If you can accept, that birth and death are part of life, the negative stereotypes suddenly disapear and you are able to enjoy the beauty of the universe. The elegance and simplicity in evolutionary solutions. and so on...
liquidminds 1 year ago 50
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@liquidminds Obviously I was talking about other people and not myself...
kisamethesamehada 1 year ago
@liquidminds I completely agree, the reality of death I think is much more beautiful than a made up heaven, your physical self is reincarnated when it rots and you become part of the tree that grows from the ground where you are buried, and then become part of the birds that feed on the tree...etc...
And your 'soul' or the person who you are is continued in the people who you've had contact with in your life, for example a teacher lives on in the lessons they have taught people,
LucaBoulders 1 year ago 2
@LucaBoulders nicely said. I also believe, that the finite character of life, makes it so much more valuable.
Also, the only explanation I would accept for a creation... if life was infinitely long, people would be so bored, that they'd invent a world where they could experience imperfection, emotions, highs and lows,... eternity is infinitly boring...
liquidminds 1 year ago
@liquidminds "but as I see it, the reality is a lot more beautiful than anything we could imagine."
Ok, that's what Dawkins says all the time and frankly, it's basically stating that reality is this super perfect realm that is beyond our imagination. Evolution is super cruel, and there is much more misery than pleasure, if you examine the entire animal kingdom (and look at how non-vegetarians get their meat). I can easily imagine a fantasy world that far surpasses our own, or read about it.
LukeShetler 1 year ago
@LukeShetler The beauty is always in the detail. You could probably imagine a world, a lot crazier than this one, or a lot more comfortable to live in. But you couldn't imagine all the details.. from planck-size to the infinity-like vastness of the universe...
liquidminds 1 year ago
@liquidminds Beauty is also subjective. Furthermore, I could imagine a world that didn't need those minute details, and invoke some Ionian philosophical concept. The fact is that we can't perceive most of that stuff or I could truly imagine the facade of those things - enough for beauty's sake.
At the end I'm more creative than I am scientific. I take objection to the initial claim, but everyone's different and all of this is entirely subjective and very intriguing.
LukeShetler 1 year ago
@LukeShetler The beauty is always in the detail. You could probably imagine a world, a lot crazier than this one, or a lot more comfortable to live in. But you couldn't imagine all the details.. from planck-size to the infinity-like vastness of the universe... Elegance in every step.
liquidminds 1 year ago
@liquidminds I believe Carl Sagan would have agreed with you and so do I. In so many ways our imagination is inspired and based on science.
elpresidio 1 year ago
@liquidminds
Actually I would argue that science adds to the beauty of the world; being able to understand the majesty that is the universe and the beauty that is human creativity only comes through science.
khatack 1 year ago
@kisamethesamehada Wow truly poetic expression of oppinion.
You've couldn't have worded it any better. I never thought of it that way but its very true.
dt28469 1 year ago
@kisamethesamehada quite so. Without pure mathematics we wouldn't have most of the instruments or any of the sheet music. And without the beauty of nature we wouldn't have the pure mathematics.
ratholin 1 year ago
@batfly: Richard Feynman beautifully addressed some of your preconceptions,
watch?v=0XgmrMZ0h54
propoetide 1 year ago
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propoetide 1 year ago
Yo!!
prabhatpalpal 1 year ago
intense music creativity... Ronald Jenkeens
miraclechipmunk 1 year ago 3
@miraclechipmunk Heh, I was thinking about him when watching this.
Plecebo1996 1 year ago
@miraclechipmunk Periphery
Griffith101 1 year ago
02:31 "I sat out with this concept scientifically, that artistic creativity is magical; but it's not magic. Meaning that it's a product from the brain." Yeah, it's just the brain huh, no magic there right. I call this stupid/scientific preoccupation.
feastures 1 year ago
I think what he says corresponds well with my musical experience, and I will do my best to forget it entirely when improvising.
Kojak7snap 1 year ago
hey thats my favorite rapper MOS DEF!!!!!!!!
heeh2 1 year ago
Dude at 1:45 that guy was MAKIN' LOVE to that piano baby!
MrOnairos 1 year ago
(^_^)
LordOfTheObvious 1 year ago
As a fan of jazz, rap, and music in general, this rocks. Please cut out the bullshit Mr. Ted and continue good videos like this one.
jhg123456 1 year ago
Ted's back
dylanlawless1 1 year ago
A GOOD TED!!!
FINALLY!
akaCharlieG 1 year ago
EXCELLENT!
kindofbluelove 1 year ago
I love jazz
defaultuser88 1 year ago
finally an idea worth spreading
ceresWar 1 year ago 2
One of the best TED 'cause it's from DC. Represent! (:
Razzivell 1 year ago
Interesting. The inferior frontal gyrus probably contains mirror neurons necessary to understand the motor actions of others by representing them on our own motor plans.
1marcelo 1 year ago
they should use one of the newer sitting upright mris. could play a full piano then
reid300 1 year ago
This is one of the best TED talk i have ever heard. Great!
9009tubeyou 1 year ago
outstanding TED-Talk!
kOaMaster2 1 year ago
Really enjoyed this video, thought he explained himself really well.
wearebladers 1 year ago
Now *that* is a good bloody TED talk <3
un2mensch 1 year ago
Entertaining talk, informative and technical, but humorous and engaging. :)
twstdelf 1 year ago
Fascinating subject.
kelliko70 1 year ago
Face it...in perspective of the big picture one is infinitely smaller than one could ever have imagined.
Something I find humorous is all you piss ants out there who think you are superior to the rest of us piss ants just because you contain a wee little bit more piss than your fellow piss ants. You even go so far as to label yourself as some sort of leader and force your pissy ways on the rest of us.
I have a message for those ants... PISS OFF.
Signed,
The biggest piss ant of you all
Batfly
batfly 1 year ago
i like how you are basically projecting yourself on us
have fun in your little fantasy land of magic.
ramblinevilmushroom 1 year ago
@ramblinevilmushroom
You make more sense than you realize:)
I am having fun... which is the whole point of this dance.
batfly 1 year ago
@batfly damn, in that case 10 out of 10
ramblinevilmushroom 1 year ago
@batfly LOL one of the best uses of "piss" i have ever seen lol
Good point though, i agree with you sir, or madame, i don't know lol
bogieman987 1 year ago
@bogieman987
That would be Mr. piss ant.
:)
batfly 1 year ago
@batfly a little oversimplification on your comment, dont you think? unless I missed something.
pinochska 1 year ago
@pinochska
Which comment?
batfly 1 year ago
@batfly the thing about everyone being an ant.. i mean i get you .. but no
pinochska 1 year ago
@pinochska
Ask me if I have a hard time making up my mind.
batfly 1 year ago
@batfly hahahaha man you make me laugh
pinochska 1 year ago
@pinochska
Well aren't you going to ask me if I have a hard time making up my mind? **insert drum roll here**
batfly 1 year ago
@pinochska
I brought some crickets to keep me company while I wait.
batfly 1 year ago
@batfly looool more than a drum roll.. you are a dumb troll.. now thats haha funny
pinochska 1 year ago
@pinochska
Shit man you suck cock.
batfly 1 year ago
I can't help but question fMRI and other brain scanning technologies in light of new, dynamic, and extended cognitive science and philosophy.
PrincessTammyHeartsU 1 year ago
@PrincessTammyHeartsU Such as? I'm actually asking here.
t3tsuyaguy1 1 year ago
@t3tsuyaguy1 I would recommend reading up on Andy Clark's extended mind hypothesis. Alva Noe has similar ideas in Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons From the Biology of Consciousness
PrincessTammyHeartsU 1 year ago
@PrincessTammyHeartsU basically it's a new cognitive paradigm where the brain is not the locus of the mind but rather an integral part of the consciousness that extends past our mind, past our body, into our dynamic environment. Ha I just wrote that and it sounds really cheesy but the idea has a lot of merit. Out of our heads also has a section that points out many of the limitations of brain scanning measurements and how scientists make unfounded assumptions about what it represents
PrincessTammyHeartsU 1 year ago
@PrincessTammyHeartsU I don't have words for how refreshing it is to request an example on youtube, and receive not one, but TWO actual source in response. I will absolute check out both these sources. I'm sure I'll learn something, whether I ultimately agree with the material or not. Thank You. :)
t3tsuyaguy1 1 year ago
@t3tsuyaguy1 no problem, my brother majored in cognitive neuroscience at Brown and he always shows me the latest stuff he's reading. I'm by no means an expert which is why I gave the sources rather than what little info I could regurgitate.
PrincessTammyHeartsU 1 year ago
its about time ted something not about pro femminisim .. jesus i was about to unsub.
xHighallTimesx 1 year ago
is he a Jedi why is he saying May the force be with you at 9:49
SuperiorApostate 1 year ago
One of those talks where "like button" is just not enough.
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SuperiorApostate 1 year ago
Finally awesome stuff, just when I was started to think .... UNSUBSCRIBE....
TheProdigySupreme 1 year ago
This is what TED is about, inspiring ideas, and brand new developments in scientific application. Incredible study, I crave understanding of how the brain, and my own brain works. Being dyslexic I am terrible at a lot of tasks that others would find simple. Yet during a psychological examination, my intelligence didn't match my ability. These sorts of study are what will alter the future of methods of teaching.
IdoloR 1 year ago 5
I enjoyed learning about his research, though his camera work is crap.
HashDylan 1 year ago
Thankyou TED!
nesaprotu 1 year ago
Damn, I was hoping that this would be about theater improv. But I suppose it's difficult to get a game of freeze tag going inside an FMRI.
ELuhn 1 year ago 3
@ELuhn So.....now I really want to find a way to examine the brain during freeze drama. :)
t3tsuyaguy1 1 year ago
good vid
sonicase 1 year ago
His name is "Limb" and he's a surgeon? lol
CakeFace579 1 year ago 2
FINALLY! A TED video without racial, cultural, or sexual bias!
jackstorm777 1 year ago 3
charles limb shoots bursts of rhymes like a nine
into a crowd like the kids did at columbine
^^ lol
great video btw. confirmed a few assumptions of mine
KilluaXIII 1 year ago
Hehe you can tell he is trying to stop himself from laughing during the rap
Afrotechmods 1 year ago