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ted talk by johnathan haidt (http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html)
mentally challenging but extremely revealing
rabidbadger
09-28-2008, 02:32 PM
How come liberals wanna conserve everything and conservatives wanna liberate everything? ;)
How come liberals wanna conserve everything and conservatives wanna liberate everything? ;)
you actually watched it didn't you :)
Guytheninja
09-28-2008, 10:54 PM
ok fair enough. I thought sky's video was interesting.
masherscf
09-28-2008, 11:15 PM
Someone, please tell me if this is Bullshit before I watch it...
comhcinc
09-28-2008, 11:18 PM
Someone, please tell me if this is Bullshit before I watch it...
it's about qusi relgious beliefs, of course it is bullshit :D
ted talk by johnathan haidt (http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html)
mentally challenging but extremely revealing
That video was fascinating, thanks for sharing it. :)
A book which I think makes an interesting companion piece to it is George Lakoff's Moral Politics (http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Politics-Liberals-Conservatives-Think/dp/0226467716/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222644594&sr=8-1) as he reached some of the same conclusions such as that Liberals place more emphasis on the harm/help concept and Conservatives place a higher emphasis on order and stability.
bigshotprof
09-29-2008, 06:00 AM
PJ O'Rourke said (paraphrase) "The Republicans are God, and the Democrats are Santa Claus. The difference is that grown-ups don't believe in Santa Claus."
Someone, please tell me if this is Bullshit before I watch it...
right masher
the people on ted are second rate
Johnathan Haidt was awarded the Templeton Prize in Positive Psychology in 2001
the templeton prize is 1.5 M
anyone awarded you any millions lately or ever for you non bullshit ?
better watch desperate housewives instead
and teach your children that they like you are always smarter than anyone else could be and that they therefore have nothing to learn from anyone
masher other people here i don't expect much intelligence from but i want you to know i until now saw you as one of the exception
That video was fascinating, thanks for sharing it. :)
A book which I think makes an interesting companion piece to it is George Lakoff's Moral Politics (http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Politics-Liberals-Conservatives-Think/dp/0226467716/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222644594&sr=8-1) as he reached some of the same conclusions such as that Liberals place more emphasis on the harm/help concept and Conservatives place a higher emphasis on order and stability.
you are welcome
i am glad you took the time to watch it
i'm going to be spending more time on TED
i welcome the mental stimulation
it's about qusi relgious beliefs, of course it is bullshit :D
it has nothing to do with religion quasi or traditional
it has to do with moral development and especially whether babies are born with tabla rasa or have innate characteristics even before nurture kicks in
actually the blank slate is another talk
more ted bs (http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/steven_pinker_chalks_it_up_to_the_blank_slate.html )
logant
09-29-2008, 01:36 PM
right masher
the people on ted are second rate
Johnathan Haidt was awarded the Templeton Prize in Positive Psychology in 2001
the templeton prize is 1.5 M
anyone awarded you any millions lately or ever for you non bullshit ?
better watch desperate housewives instead
and teach your children that they like you are always smarter than anyone else could be and that they therefore have nothing to learn from anyone
masher other people here i don't expect much intelligence from but i want you to know i until now saw you as one of the exception
I'm pretty sure Masher was asking if it was an episode of Penn And Teller: Bullshit.
masherscf
09-29-2008, 01:46 PM
I'm pretty sure Masher was asking if it was an episode of Penn And Teller: Bullshit.
I meant that I'm kind a busy and I wanted someone to tell me what it was about before I looked at it. I don't really like links without some sort of exposition. It could have been Rick Astley for all I knew.
tokenuser
09-29-2008, 02:33 PM
Johnathan Haidt was awarded the Templeton Prize in Positive Psychology in 2001
the templeton prize is 1.5 M
anyone awarded you any millions lately or ever for you non bullshit ?
better watch desperate housewives insteadMy wife just got awarded $500K from the NSF for her research. Not bad for a foreigner who does actually watch Deserate Housewives, and records Bold & the Beautiful to "decompress" when she gets home from work (mental floss).
Bullshit is in the eye of the beholder. As evidenced by those you see on Penn & Teller's show, many of the people that hold the BS up as truth and fact fevorantly believe in its validity.
Masher was asking for someone to prevalidate the link with an opinion.
My wife just got awarded $500K from the NSF for her research.
congratulations
that is wonderful
essentially a 'genius grant' :)
It could have been Rick Astley for all I knew
you should know me better than that masher
all ted talks are about 20 minutes so to expect someone to pre view it for you is asking a bit
whether you agree with the ted presenters or not these people are pretty much universally brilliant