i grew up with a pretty gnarly scoliosis. Body language that wasn't strained or uncomfortable was nearly impossible.
Most of us have distortion in our spines that effects who we are, how we move, and how we present. Perhaps you do not, but ignoring the physical realities of the species to pretend that how we are perceived is mostly a conscious choice, is understating the matter.


>> ^draak13:

Dude...this is what happens when physicists think they're neurologists.
You should write up a proposal on that fiend of gravity idea and send it in to NIH. You could propose an experiment to replace the actual science, real observations, and real experimental work that she went through. You could describe how the solitons traveling down the neural pathway are intercepted by the higgs field, causing the altered hormone levels and improvements in interview scores that she observed. You could then go on to say how all of that was not an idea worth spreading, because surely nobody would benefit from performing better in interviews and presentations.
Come off it, man. This was the best TED I've ever heard, and everyone who listened to it, except for you, is a better person for it.
>> ^criticalthud:
Our neurology dictates our tendencies, which includes our structure and our posture.
Amy -a good try from a psych/freudian perspective but this is probably not an idea worth spreading.
a better idea worth spreading is that your neurological system is a pressure based, fluid system that is still trying hard to adapt to being upright, and in the process must deal with a myriad of pressure distortions within that occur as the body, over time and trauma, distorts in the field of gravity.

Dude...this is what happens when physicists think they're neurologists.

You should write up a proposal on that fiend of gravity idea and send it in to NIH. You could propose an experiment to replace the actual science, real observations, and real experimental work that she went through. You could describe how the solitons traveling down the neural pathway are intercepted by the higgs field, causing the altered hormone levels and improvements in interview scores that she observed. You could then go on to say how all of that was not an idea worth spreading, because surely nobody would benefit from performing better in interviews and presentations.

Come off it, man. This was the best TED I've ever heard, and everyone who listened to it, except for you, is a better person for it.

>> ^criticalthud:

Our neurology dictates our tendencies, which includes our structure and our posture.
Amy -a good try from a psych/freudian perspective but this is probably not an idea worth spreading.
a better idea worth spreading is that your neurological system is a pressure based, fluid system that is still trying hard to adapt to being upright, and in the process must deal with a myriad of pressure distortions within that occur as the body, over time and trauma, distorts in the field of gravity.

Our neurology dictates our tendencies, which includes our structure and our posture.

Amy -a good try from a psych/freudian perspective but this is probably not an idea worth spreading.

a better idea worth spreading is that your neurological system is a pressure based, fluid system that is still trying hard to adapt to being upright, and in the process must deal with a myriad of pressure distortions within that occur as the body, over time and trauma, distorts in the field of gravity.

In reply to this comment by messenger:
Why is this on the TED stage? I saw neither an idea nor anything worth spreading. Mixing beats on the fly is nothing new. The guy's got talent, but again, why is this on TED? I don't think this would even be siftworthy if he weren't standing in front of those big red letters.


The problem you seem to have with the entire TED thing is that it does not imply a certain "minimum standard". If you think about that concept for a while you will probably start to recognize how damaging that concept can be to "ideas worth spreading".

TED is a show- do not take it for its name or "status" but enjoy the stuff that you find interesting on it. It is an industrial and political plaything- you should be aware of it. There's just as many clever people all around you. But this is the internet. That doesn't diminish the stuff you can draw from it while it lasts.

That being said I understand your sentiment ;-)

>> ^maatc:

Ted. Ideas worth spreading.


Tammy-Lynne?

Ted. Ideas worth spreading.

I agree! Thanks!

In reply to this comment by LarsaruS:
*promote because it's a great idea worth spreading.

*promote because it's a great idea worth spreading.

@tsarsfield: Yeah, I believe it is an idea worth spreading. 4chan is more than just a bunch of internet geeks with anti-social disorders. The strength of the anonymity of it's users is simply unparalleled on the web today.

With every website today requiring you to log on, give personal information, identify and so on, it makes me feel good knowing that there are places still out there that both embrace anonymity and say "financial potential? wat is dat?".

An inspiration to us all...
>> ^tsarsfield:

This is an idea worth spreading? Some dude who lives at home and runs a online tard repository?

Thanks for giving me my recommended daily allowance of lulz!

In reply to this comment by tsarsfield:
This is an idea worth spreading? Some dude who lives at home and runs a online tard repository?

This is an idea worth spreading? Some dude who lives at home and runs a online tard repository?

I thought TED's catch phrase was ideas worth spreading. What utter filth. Downvote

this is a follow-up to http://www.videosift.com/video/Ideas-Worth-Spreading-Hans-Roslings-Gapminder

This has been sifted before from google videos: http://www.videosift.com/video/Ideas-Worth-Spreading-Hans-Roslings-Gapminder