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Kary Mullis: Celebrating the scientific experiment

submitted by smiley

1 decade 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago

Awesome science/surfer "dude" talking about how science experiments has evolved + some interesting stuff on global warming... Good talk!

From ted.com:
Biochemist Kary Mullis talks about the basis of modern science: the experiment. Sharing tales from the 17th century and from his own backyard-rocketry days, Mullis celebrates the curiosity, inspiration and rigor of good science in all its forms.

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One of my heros...
Read his book - "Dancing in the Mind Field"

He has an amazing mind. Reading his book helps you to see through the eyes of a very science minded individual as he talks about things that happens to him.

Gave that book a search. Came upon a article criticizing Kary Mullis, of his nobel price winning:

http://74.125.43.102/translate_c?hl=no&sl=no&tl=en&u=http://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/schrodingers_katt/1.1850360&prev=hp&usg=ALkJrhi1lRj6qa57EqqlpkKqY
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(with google translate)

Still, think his talk was pretty great!

Moving this video to smiley's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

*beg

Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter smiley.

Mullis has been designated a "Dissident" for speaking up against Glaxo (makers of the AZT drug for AIDS) and other big corporations - doesn't make him any less intelligent though, read the book, he talks about all of it.

That was a fantastic talk. The only problem I'll ever have with TED talks is that you can hear the saliva smacking around in the presenters mouths. I guess they have really nice, high-tech microphones.

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