RSA Animate - Language as a Window into Human Nature
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Uploaded by theRSAorg on Feb 10, 2011
In this new RSAnimate Steven Pinker shows us how the mind turns the finite building blocks of language into infinite meanings. Taken from the RSA's free public events programme www.thersa.org/events
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ahh so awesome !
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lol
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that made me laugh so fucking hard lololol :P :P :P the person who drew this is great :D
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So mutual knowledge is related to the Prisoner's Dilemma?
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He forgot the L in the word knowledge on the left at 7:56
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Boom! Using these etchings for parties
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I feel like he just made something really simple into something really complicated. I could be wrong...
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This was better than the hour long version.....
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That was interesting! It makes sense though! How we use innuendos to make us feel comfortable and act as a buffer preventing us from knowing the objective truth of a situation! I always thought we made them because we humans are clever and sly people xD
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I love that comment. you legend
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Is there a hyena in the audience ?
KuDeGrasBonVoyage 2 months ago 24
2:00 lol there is one in the drawing too.
Breerox108 in reply to KuDeGrasBonVoyage (Show the comment) 4 weeks ago 12