The Evolution of Morality (3-5)

I was supposed to land in Ft. Lauderdale a full day before I did, and I expected to use that time locked in my hotel room rehearsing and revising my presentation. But record snow falls in Dallas and Atlanta caused my flights to be cancelled, rescheduled, and rerouted through other airlines, all amidst the threat that both airports might have to close. Consequently, I spent all my prep time flitting between gates and calling sponsors trying to secure another flight. I ended up getting in absurdly late, and missing sleep. Then I went before a hundred scientists trying to freely recite a 6,000 word speech that I refused to just stand there and read, although there were a couple moments that I wish I had done that. :-P

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[charlesalika]

Are you aware of Naked Mole Rats and Damaraland Mole Rats, species of eusocial mammals that seem to function on a hive mentality?

[AronRa]

No I didn't. Just read about it now.

[billygutter01]

Kentucky Fried Archaeopteryx, anyone?

[LynxChan]

Aronra, you really need to write an autobiography. Killer crows, big-foot, giant birds and lizards as pets...what a life!

[iamaliberal]

@BobChaos23 stop sucking on bush's cock

[Bunyipz]

keep up the great work AronRa

[Ital21]

@0debug I'm actually starting a project of translating many of these videos to spanish (via subtitles). In some cases, a remake would be in order, since some of the concepts and explanations are only in written english during the video and translating that using subtitles would be a bit trickier I think.

It's a long-term goal and it will probably not see light until next year.

[0debug]

@Ital21 [ @AronRa ]

I also think a transcript would be useful, although I guess it would be quite time consuming to write one for a talk like this. There is one more reason for such a transcript (beyond the obvious of reading words that would otherwise be missed because of varying audio quality), and that is that it enables translations to e.g. arabic or spanish, to reach a larger audience.

Maybe something to keep in mind for future videos.

[gooddarkjedi]

@billygutter01 om nom :)

[Tazz2006]

@NUTCASE71733 And most of all, what was depicted in Jurassic Park wasn't even a Velociraptor at all. But rather Deinonychus.

[Ital21]

@slashingraven I too hear the speech with difficulty at some instances during the video. A transcript would be very helpful.

[slashingraven]

This is a huge request, but I'm having difficulty hearing what you're saying in several points in the video. Would you be willing to write an interactive transcript of the presentation?

[SQuiRR3LM0nk3y]

@butchkitties Gangsta crows lol.

[butchkitties]

A group of university students captured some crows for an experiment. Afterwards the birds were released. The crows remembered and recognized the students that had captured them, and attacked those students every day for the rest of their tenure at the school.