In this one-off documentary, David Malone looks at four brilliant mathematicians - Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing - whose genius has profoundly affected us, but which tragically... continue reading
posted by Constitutional_Patriot 1 decade 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 4,963 viewsKnowledge
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This is a personal playlist of things I have found to be knowledgeable on the sift. Do realize that this is a personal selection, and as such may conflict with your preconceived ideas.
That is okay.
A short film depicting the beauty of Moebius Transformations in mathematics. The movie shows how moving to a higher dimension can make the transformations easier to understand.
posted by papple 1 decade 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 6,150 views"Hegel discerned a disturbing historical pattern--the crack and fall of civilizations (was owed) to a morbid intensification of their own first priciples." George Soros, "The Capitalist Threat" (4:56)
posted by rougy 1 decade 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,931 viewsDon't tell us, tell them.
posted by NetRunner 1 decade 7 years 2 months ago • 2,887 viewsIn "The War Behind Closed Doors," FRONTLINE traces the inside story of how those advisers -- calling themselves "neo-Reaganites," "neo-conservatives," or simply "hawks" -- set out to achieve the most dramatic... continue reading
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 2 months ago • 2,521 viewsExposing the appalling conditions facing many Asian labourers in the Gulf. A glimpse into little seen areas of the Gulf for others. "However, South Asian contract laborers, legally bound to a single... continue reading
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 2 months ago • 2,805 viewsConcision in the media (limiting interview responses to a few minutes between commercials) is one of the ways in which controversial opinions are limited in exposure.
posted by Kurtz007 1 decade 7 years 2 months ago • 5,291 viewsPart 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PebqRL1fqYQ from YouTube description: Karel Zeman (November 3, 1910, Ostroměř near Nová Paka, then Austria-Hungary - April 5, 1989, Prague, then Czechoslovakia)... continue reading
posted by Eklek 1 decade 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 414 viewsOne of the best descriptions I've ever seen about what the fourth dimension would look like to a three-dimensional being. (I remember being wowed by this when it first aired.)
posted by atara 1 decade 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 7,677 viewsMichael Badnarik discusses the loopholes that congress takes advantage of with regard to the Federal Reserve.
posted by cdominus 1 decade 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 2,409 viewsA segment from a couple years ago highlighting the scripted/ rehearsed, yet "spontaneous" chat Bush had with the 42nd Infantry Division. Surprise, surprise... looks like they should have coached the other... continue reading
posted by bealsubub 1 decade 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 6,608 viewsgoogle - Part scathing critique, part call to action, "Independent Media In A Time Of War" is a hard-hitting new documentary by the Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center (www.hm.indymedia.org). This... continue reading
posted by Fedquip 1 decade 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 4,372 viewsThe US Comptroller, the government's top accountant, says the US is risking total bankruptcy if trends continue on 60 minutes segment. The nation incurring a massive debt on the next generation with its... continue reading
posted by qruel 1 decade 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 4,593 viewsMillennium Simulation: The Virgo consortium, an international group of astrophysicists from the UK, Germany, Japan, Canada and the USA has today (June 2nd) released first results from the largest and... continue reading
posted by Majortomyorke 1 decade 7 years 3 months ago • 4,059 viewsA detailed investigation into the causes, effects and motivations of the US war in Vietnam. Presented by kittens! Seems a bit too "cutesy" at first, but is actually very well researched and presented.
posted by wazant 1 decade 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 2,655 viewsBreaking down the details of the phony US Social Security "crisis", using EcoLanguage. It's the usual scam.
posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 3,104 viewsJune 22, 2005 Oceanographic Research Vessel Alguita set out top quantify the amount of plastic pollution in the pacific ocean. The visit the North Pacific Central Gyer, AKA the Eastern Garbage Patch.
posted by sometimes 1 decade 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 2,919 views