• TED | Talks | Richard Dawkins: The universe is queerer than we can suppose (video)
  TED Talks <p>Biologist <a href="/index.php/speakers/view/id/93" target="_blank">Richard Dawkins</a> makes a case for &quot;thinking the improbable&quot; by looking at how our human frame of reference -- the things we can perceive with our five senses, and understand with our eight-pound brain -- limits our understanding of the universe. Think of it: We can&#39;t see atoms, we can&#39;t see infrared light, we can&#39;t hear ultrasonic frequencies, but we know without a doubt that they exist. <strong>What else is out there that we can&#39;t yet perceive -- what dimensions of space, what aspects of time, what forms of life?</strong> Dawkins calls the human-size frame of reference &quot;Middle World&quot;: between the microcosmos of atoms and the macrocosmos...
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• TED | Talks | Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? (video)
  TED Talks <a href="/index.php/speakers/view/id/69" target="_blank">Sir Ken Robinson</a> makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. With ample anecdotes and witty asides, Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize -- much less cultivate -- the talents of many brilliant people. &quot;We are educating people out of their creativity,&quot; Robinson says. The universality of his message is evidenced by its rampant popularity online. A typical review: &quot;If you have <em>not</em> yet seen Sir Ken Robinson&#39;s TED talk, please stop whatever you&#39;re doing and watch it now.&quot;
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