Homosexual activists understand the power of words.
Please visit my channel to watch a one-minute video clip in which popular atheist author Richard Dawkins admits that homosexual activists "hijacked the word 'gay'".
The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate because it, unlike the word "gay", actually describes the behavior/attraction/relationship being discussed.
The word "gay" helps homosexual activists push their agenda.
@navidlp70 I didn't vote on this video - I didn't like or dislike it. I spent 21 minutes watching it and didn't really get anything out of it that I didn't already know. Someone might thumb it down because it wasn't "great" and it was 21 minutes long.
Well, you'll have your own model anyway, so you'll be trusting and believing in a model whether you like it or not. The point of this talk was that it's important to work on that model, so that it represents reality as accurately as possible.
It's my assumption that the guy running the spotlight for this talk is A: inanimate and possesses no reactive capacity. B: Doesn't like the speaker. Or C: is poor at his job and should pursue another career before others notice his failings.
The swine flu example was contrived by the pharmaceuticals to make money - in the UK approx 9Billion in one year all made out of fear conditioning. People are becoming more aware that the government/big business do not give a damn about the vast majority of people.
@Neylonx Wake up mate, have looked properly at swine flu or just swallowed the government/media’s rubbish? If you want to learn start by pouring over the European Parliamentary Assembly investigation into WHO/government handling of SF- do a search for Dr Wolfgang Wodarg and MP Paul Fylnn.
This was a nice educational lecture...not one of the best but definitely worth watching. I was surprised when the audience continuously failed to respond to any of his jokes...at times he was actually funny, despite the serious topic.
The risk of dying from terrorism, statistically, is insignificant. Cars on the other hand are freaking dangerous, as are things that contribute to cardiovascular disease.
Security makes doing bad things harder to do. It basically narrows the range to smarter and smarter people that would be left to do "bad" things because they can get around the security. It's better to have 10 people out there able to do something than a million.
@Buddhabr0t are you going to tell me everything is ok and then talk about bananas and sunlight?
It would make for some interesting news if mass shooting were covered like nuclear disasters... It's OK the shootings today are only a few times greater then background shootings.. many stoves are made of steel just like bullets, so you have noting to fear from bullets as they are natural... bla bla bla.
The only security I want is a bunch of locks in my cement covered brick home that looks like a big-ass prision cell and that is full of games and books. Outside of that I'm for freedom.
@bvrcrap56 Guns rule indeed. They rule those using them as much as those they are used against. Guns aren't security, they increase the risk of every situation in which they are used, even for the user. There is no "right" end of a gun.
We will be worthy of this world when we no longer need to kill each other over our disagreements, or for food, or money, shelter, oil, or because someone looked at you funny.....
" they increase the risk of every situation in which they are used"
No they don't. For example, ecologists working in areas where bear attacks are likely carry rifles with them. I doubt they are put in greater danger because of this.
Although I do generally agree with your sentiment.
@TheWeizOne If we weren't worthy of this world, wouldn't nature have eliminated us already? All violence starts from the act of judging something as right or wrong, good or bad. Ironically, that is the reason why we are worthy of this world. Because we create meaning when there is none to be had. As proof, you feel offended, because I just said the way you see the world is wrong.
@StrangerNReality Nature doesn't care about worth, only reproduction. And I'm not offended, offense is pointless so you have yet to prove anything. Violence may start from judgement, but judgement doesn't lead to violence. It is a choice, clearly one you support and I don't. My intention is only to point out that violence is unneeded and ineffective. You have made the personal attacks and I have argued the point. Who's offended here?...
@TheWeizOne Nature does attach value to things, because we humans do. Do you really think we are outside the influence of nature? We are part of nature. Everything we do, every thought we have, it is all natural. It can't be anything else, but natural. That includes acts of violence, along with acts of benevolence.
I know your intention. It's altruistic, but that doesn't make it true. Violence is natural and it is one of many methods to solve a problem. At times, it is needed and effective.
There will never be a world in which there is no danger from guns. Guns are a technology that will not be lost. For the few hundred thousand years humans have been around, (before guns), we've been fighting and killing each other. Historically, banning weapons (e.g. guns, swords) has only guaranteed that criminals and tyrants will have the means to be violent while law-abiding citizens are helpless to defend themselves.
PS- You will not kill for food or shelter (i.e. survival)?
@caldunagan If people like you continue to make the decisions, we may indeed never see a truly peaceful world. Do you seriously think it's ok to kill people just because our ancestors did?
Evil men will be evil... That's no surprise. Your thinking that good people are helpless only shows that you are a coward, which goes a ways to explain why you think there must always be guns. Good people fight with their minds, not with bullets.
This is awesome to listen too after the situation in Japan, where the biggest risk (After effects of the Tsunami and burning oil plants) Were downplayed in face of the rare risk of Nuclear Radiation.
5:30 This had me utterly baffled by its clearity! It's so obvious but I never thought of it myself and would never have. What's on the News is rarer by definition and thus should not concern us more. It's what's common and not newsworthy that should be a bigger concern, naturally.
@freezingbeast Our politicians understand this far too well; their goal is to be re-elected, which is most easily accomplished by making people feel that A: there is a risk out there, and B: that they alone can protect you from said risk. Our politicians have absolutely no need for better awareness of this; we voters need it, and collectively, we need it very badly.
@freezingbeast Could you entertain the idea that the politicians know this very well?
Knowledge can go two ways. God forbid the politicians helped us feel secure in our world, most (if not all of them) would be out of a job - they have their own elite colleges, you know...
@freezingbeast They do comprehend it...which is why they keep reducing our actual security while whipping us into a fearful frenzy so they can sell us their snake-oil security promises that keeps them in power.
I'll give you this talk in a few words... security is all about context, and nothing more. This is a lot of talk about how a word can mean different things at certain times... and I honestly, although I think he raises fair points, I don't think this talk is very good .. it's way too fluffy .. :-/
What he doesn't mention is the business of making people feel less secure in order to sell them false security. The home alarm business is one example, the marketing of bottled water is another.
We all understand that a model of reality is different from reality itself. This causes concern when they don't correspond. An example might be that we expect the military to stop a terrorist aircraft from crashing into a building.
And we all know that vested interests have an agenda. The best example is the military-industrial complex taking us to an unnecessary war.
But this talk links our feelings, reality, models of reality and how these are manipulated in a most intelligent way.
@Kebabsoup haha yeah. That's when you know we're talking outside of comfort zones! It should be our mission every day to push the envelop of language.
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Homosexual activists understand the power of words.
Please visit my channel to watch a one-minute video clip in which popular atheist author Richard Dawkins admits that homosexual activists "hijacked the word 'gay'".
The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate because it, unlike the word "gay", actually describes the behavior/attraction/relationship being discussed.
The word "gay" helps homosexual activists push their agenda.
lightandbeautiful 1 month ago
No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person
andreeaweed 4 months ago
Sanity.
Russe11100 8 months ago
"If it is in the news dont worry about it. If it were common it wouldn't be news" Great line!
baronsengir187 9 months ago
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baronsengir187 9 months ago
Great stuff. For some reason I was expecting his voice to be deep and booming... Feelings, meet reality!
wizardprang 9 months ago
Sounds like a sound argument.
macro312 10 months ago
21:07 the roof collapses.
AmalgamOfMeat 10 months ago
A great talk, although Mr. Schneier seems to have no eyes
arcalexx 10 months ago 3
That was a great talk, one of the best and most engaging I have ever seen on TED.
Wormtail81 10 months ago
Next Gen Internet @ /watch?v=mnx-uUeHuqg
xjustamem0ryx 10 months ago
That's why I don't watch the news... I watch TedTalks!
leonidasx666 10 months ago
The video has already been uploaded last year: watch?v=CGd_M_CpeDI
Great advice nevertheless. Gonna remember the security theater concept.
polghirstenskoetter 10 months ago
So now that Osama is dead, is the world more secure or is it just a feeling?
elfedemedina 10 months ago
@elfedemedina
That's a very good example. Of course we're going to feel safer now that he's dead, it's only natural.
He has been the face of terrorism for the past decade. But I can't imagine how we're any safer than we were before.
MrAudiovideodisco 10 months ago
prophetic timed upload
HpnTYzD 10 months ago
Great speech, but if I took a drink every time this guy took a long pause I would be wasted right now
oshmunnies 10 months ago
models blah blah security blah blah reality blah blah feelings blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
iampriteshdesai 10 months ago
04:36 who?
doloppost 10 months ago
man boobs
browngom 10 months ago
how the hell can anyone dislike this video ?!
navidlp70 10 months ago 3
@navidlp70 I didn't vote on this video - I didn't like or dislike it. I spent 21 minutes watching it and didn't really get anything out of it that I didn't already know. Someone might thumb it down because it wasn't "great" and it was 21 minutes long.
WarmWeatherGuy 10 months ago
quality talk TED. stick to these, lately it seems a lot of fluffy stuff gets on TED.
lilchimy 10 months ago 5
This guy wrote two textbooks (well co-authored) that I read in school. I don't think I've ever seen a speech by a textbook writer before.
godshiva 10 months ago
nice talk but swine flu was BS for sure
M3talr3x 10 months ago
lol southern africa is far more dangerous than New York city, he'd have been just fine.
KaylinJH 10 months ago
seems to me that believing the models is far riskier than not.
waysworth 10 months ago
@waysworth "seems" is an entirely appropriate word, thanks for using it.
roidroid 10 months ago
@waysworth
Well, you'll have your own model anyway, so you'll be trusting and believing in a model whether you like it or not. The point of this talk was that it's important to work on that model, so that it represents reality as accurately as possible.
khatack 10 months ago
It would've been interesting to hear this guy talk about this in more depth for a couple of hours.
MrCattlehunter 10 months ago
It's my assumption that the guy running the spotlight for this talk is A: inanimate and possesses no reactive capacity. B: Doesn't like the speaker. Or C: is poor at his job and should pursue another career before others notice his failings.
briansmobile1 10 months ago
holy shit his arms must be ripped he throws them around so much
Neylonx 10 months ago
The swine flu example was contrived by the pharmaceuticals to make money - in the UK approx 9Billion in one year all made out of fear conditioning. People are becoming more aware that the government/big business do not give a damn about the vast majority of people.
ehpl 10 months ago
@ehpl eurgh, when the government does it job and prevents a catastrophe people dont believe it was ever going to happen, how retarded.
Neylonx 10 months ago
@Neylonx Wake up mate, have looked properly at swine flu or just swallowed the government/media’s rubbish? If you want to learn start by pouring over the European Parliamentary Assembly investigation into WHO/government handling of SF- do a search for Dr Wolfgang Wodarg and MP Paul Fylnn.
ehpl 10 months ago
Great talk!!
kimkjederseg 10 months ago
Baby seat freakonomics?
nikanj 10 months ago
18:52 I would say: Feeling chases model, model chases reality, reality chases ideal, ideal chases reality.
Saerain 10 months ago
@Saerain no, in that case a model could chase ideal, and ideal chases reality (in order to shape it). Reality only is, we are the ones running around
gomebigge 10 months ago
his hands drive me crazy
mrjoethevegan 10 months ago
This was a nice educational lecture...not one of the best but definitely worth watching. I was surprised when the audience continuously failed to respond to any of his jokes...at times he was actually funny, despite the serious topic.
andyrooney12 10 months ago
he's rocking a pony tail isn't he
zeeshan66 10 months ago
The risk of dying from terrorism, statistically, is insignificant. Cars on the other hand are freaking dangerous, as are things that contribute to cardiovascular disease.
Gotta keep things in perspective, excellent talk.
Jotto999 10 months ago 2
Security makes doing bad things harder to do. It basically narrows the range to smarter and smarter people that would be left to do "bad" things because they can get around the security. It's better to have 10 people out there able to do something than a million.
squirreljester2 10 months ago
18:00 roof collapses
dreaminginnoother 10 months ago
@TED The positive comments and opinions speak for themselves ergo MORE SPEECHES LIKE THIS!!!
WayAboveYou700 10 months ago
nuclear energy/tchernobyl/fukushima:
rare events - check
it has a name - check
cant control it as a single person - check
Buddhabr0t 10 months ago 6
@Buddhabr0t are you going to tell me everything is ok and then talk about bananas and sunlight?
It would make for some interesting news if mass shooting were covered like nuclear disasters... It's OK the shootings today are only a few times greater then background shootings.. many stoves are made of steel just like bullets, so you have noting to fear from bullets as they are natural... bla bla bla.
abram730 10 months ago
i found a new favorite YouTube channel!!!
woohoobulot 10 months ago 2
@woohoobulot Go back and check out some of the other videos, 95% them are amazing.
squirreljester2 10 months ago
Oh my god, that guy got no eyes!
itshelpa 10 months ago
@justkarmatoo oh okies =)
00Avenger17 10 months ago
The only security I want is a bunch of locks in my cement covered brick home that looks like a big-ass prision cell and that is full of games and books. Outside of that I'm for freedom.
DrQuijano 10 months ago
DONT THUMBS UP THIS COMENTS JUST BECAUSE I TYPE TO YOU THUMB UP IDIOTS!
mafbbb 10 months ago
Thumbs up if you actually watched the video before commenting on it.
slaughtz 10 months ago
Security? Depends which end of the gun you're on. syria, yemen, united states...guns rule, sorry
bvrcrap56 10 months ago
@bvrcrap56 Guns rule indeed. They rule those using them as much as those they are used against. Guns aren't security, they increase the risk of every situation in which they are used, even for the user. There is no "right" end of a gun.
We will be worthy of this world when we no longer need to kill each other over our disagreements, or for food, or money, shelter, oil, or because someone looked at you funny.....
TheWeizOne 10 months ago 17
@TheWeizOne I agree with you referring to the gun metaphorically, regarding the violent nature of humans.
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@TheWeizOne
" they increase the risk of every situation in which they are used"
No they don't. For example, ecologists working in areas where bear attacks are likely carry rifles with them. I doubt they are put in greater danger because of this.
Although I do generally agree with your sentiment.
sdrawkcabgnipytmi 10 months ago
@TheWeizOne If we weren't worthy of this world, wouldn't nature have eliminated us already? All violence starts from the act of judging something as right or wrong, good or bad. Ironically, that is the reason why we are worthy of this world. Because we create meaning when there is none to be had. As proof, you feel offended, because I just said the way you see the world is wrong.
StrangerNReality 10 months ago
@StrangerNReality Nature doesn't care about worth, only reproduction. And I'm not offended, offense is pointless so you have yet to prove anything. Violence may start from judgement, but judgement doesn't lead to violence. It is a choice, clearly one you support and I don't. My intention is only to point out that violence is unneeded and ineffective. You have made the personal attacks and I have argued the point. Who's offended here?...
TheWeizOne 10 months ago
@TheWeizOne Nature does attach value to things, because we humans do. Do you really think we are outside the influence of nature? We are part of nature. Everything we do, every thought we have, it is all natural. It can't be anything else, but natural. That includes acts of violence, along with acts of benevolence.
I know your intention. It's altruistic, but that doesn't make it true. Violence is natural and it is one of many methods to solve a problem. At times, it is needed and effective.
StrangerNReality 10 months ago
@TheWeizOne
There will never be a world in which there is no danger from guns. Guns are a technology that will not be lost. For the few hundred thousand years humans have been around, (before guns), we've been fighting and killing each other. Historically, banning weapons (e.g. guns, swords) has only guaranteed that criminals and tyrants will have the means to be violent while law-abiding citizens are helpless to defend themselves.
PS- You will not kill for food or shelter (i.e. survival)?
caldunagan 4 months ago
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@caldunagan If people like you continue to make the decisions, we may indeed never see a truly peaceful world. Do you seriously think it's ok to kill people just because our ancestors did?
Evil men will be evil... That's no surprise. Your thinking that good people are helpless only shows that you are a coward, which goes a ways to explain why you think there must always be guns. Good people fight with their minds, not with bullets.
TheWeizOne 4 months ago
@caldunagan PS - When was the last time you needed a gun to put food on your table?
Me? I spend time trying to make other people lives a little bit better, they give me money, and I go to the grocery store when I get hungry.
TheWeizOne 4 months ago
Funny thing, I came to youtube to listen to "Pet" by A Perfect Circle.
(the song's about false security, if you're slow to the catch :P)
LordShivasServant 10 months ago
This is awesome to listen too after the situation in Japan, where the biggest risk (After effects of the Tsunami and burning oil plants) Were downplayed in face of the rare risk of Nuclear Radiation.
pedrohadek 10 months ago
5:30 This had me utterly baffled by its clearity! It's so obvious but I never thought of it myself and would never have. What's on the News is rarer by definition and thus should not concern us more. It's what's common and not newsworthy that should be a bigger concern, naturally.
1p2o3i 10 months ago 4
Overinflated military. 'Nuff said.
AngilasGuy 10 months ago
interesting man boobs going on here
RDJim 10 months ago
Now only if our politicians can comprehend this......
freezingbeast 10 months ago 77
@freezingbeast Our politicians understand this far too well; their goal is to be re-elected, which is most easily accomplished by making people feel that A: there is a risk out there, and B: that they alone can protect you from said risk. Our politicians have absolutely no need for better awareness of this; we voters need it, and collectively, we need it very badly.
Kojak7snap 10 months ago 2
@freezingbeast Could you entertain the idea that the politicians know this very well?
Knowledge can go two ways. God forbid the politicians helped us feel secure in our world, most (if not all of them) would be out of a job - they have their own elite colleges, you know...
LordShivasServant 10 months ago
@freezingbeast they do and they use it ;)
phalien 10 months ago
@freezingbeast they comprehend this better than we do, but they make their decision based on the fact that they're on the other end of the situation.
GoreTuzkPT 10 months ago
@freezingbeast The scary thing is that if our politicians actually understand this but disregard.
CAlex6977 10 months ago
@freezingbeast The problem is, the poiticians comprehend this all to well.
Spencerianism 10 months ago
@freezingbeast There is no money in comprehending it.
lordmetroid 10 months ago
@freezingbeast i think the problem is they comprehend this very well, and most of the people dont
gomebigge 10 months ago
@freezingbeast if only the public would, then our politicians would respond appropriately.
nothersheep 10 months ago
@freezingbeast They do comprehend it...which is why they keep reducing our actual security while whipping us into a fearful frenzy so they can sell us their snake-oil security promises that keeps them in power.
OriginalTharios 10 months ago 9
@freezingbeast
You can stop wondering; if they could understand this they would be scientists, not politicians.
khatack 10 months ago
@freezingbeast Politicians DO comprehend this. They use it against you to keep themselves in power.
NWRefund 10 months ago
@freezingbeast They do, and that's the problem.
rocketmagnet 10 months ago
@freezingbeast
if politicians could comprehend this they would self-implode.
win-win imo ;)
xjustamem0ryx 9 months ago 3
I noticed this humming noise on the audio of several TED talks lately, needs to go asap please!
ray2big 10 months ago
I'll give you this talk in a few words... security is all about context, and nothing more. This is a lot of talk about how a word can mean different things at certain times... and I honestly, although I think he raises fair points, I don't think this talk is very good .. it's way too fluffy .. :-/
jASTDK 10 months ago
A very good one - somehting I understood but never could find the words in my own mind to link them togethe properly.
Dixavd 10 months ago
Dear TED director person,
can you please post your videos in high definition too?
Thanks
JetSetForLife 10 months ago
very interesting.
alpha123465 10 months ago
interesting but boring
feastures 10 months ago
What he doesn't mention is the business of making people feel less secure in order to sell them false security. The home alarm business is one example, the marketing of bottled water is another.
Great talk.
celticphrog 10 months ago 2
I get it but it was too long and meandering for a simple point.
SpookyFan 10 months ago
Now I understand the evolutionary reason for why I get out of bed in the morning.
Saesegral 10 months ago
@justkarmatoo You mean dalai lama? xD
00Avenger17 10 months ago
thumbs up for unicorn defenses.
Ramsez 10 months ago
@Ramsez asking for a thumbs up makes you look like an ass. sorry but thats how i feel about it.
defect530 10 months ago
yep good talk, this bloke is switched on
austpom333 10 months ago
We all understand that a model of reality is different from reality itself. This causes concern when they don't correspond. An example might be that we expect the military to stop a terrorist aircraft from crashing into a building.
And we all know that vested interests have an agenda. The best example is the military-industrial complex taking us to an unnecessary war.
But this talk links our feelings, reality, models of reality and how these are manipulated in a most intelligent way.
patrickcorliss 10 months ago
nice!
reafdaw01 10 months ago
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this is the shit i think about everyday. thank you
cooperwinterson97 10 months ago
00:41 "language is actually a problem here, there aren't a lot of good words for the concepts we're gonna talk about"
At that point, I knew I was gonna like it.
Kebabsoup 10 months ago 146
@Kebabsoup haha yeah. That's when you know we're talking outside of comfort zones! It should be our mission every day to push the envelop of language.
Rock on
LordShivasServant 10 months ago
Finally another great ted talk, by the security guru Bruce Schneier.
AlainG80 10 months ago
Good talk!
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pjpinc123 10 months ago