Daniel Wolpert: The real reason for brains
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Uploaded by TEDtalksDirector on Nov 3, 2011
http://www.ted.com Neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert starts from a surprising premise: the brain evolved, not to think or feel, but to control movement. In this entertaining, data-rich talk he gives us a glimpse into how the brain creates the grace and agility of human motion.
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holy crap.. i just dozed off...
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so you just shows how habits become addictive
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@MyGwendel why did the brain get more complicated if it needed to work with less in formation. your statement makes no sense lol
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the animation of the guy tickling himself is really creepy
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9:49 guy on the right= me in class :p
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@darksaiyan2006 but thats boring :P and that is what makes us human hehe
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Posh lol
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@nmandarina He did - to reproduce. He says so at the end.
And we reproduce to propagate our species and that is instinct. Why do we propagate our species? Survival. What to survive for? Again, instinct goes towards selfpreservation, but we mainly survive so we don't die out. What are we here for? Nothing, just to survive.
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@Bmants The only television I actually watch is sports... but if you don't know who Stewie is, I have to be honest that I feel bad for you.
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If you close your eyes and just listen, you hear Stewie!
IIiTzVicII 3 months ago 45
The brain named itself. WOAH
CanadianImperialist 3 months ago 32