Here’s a relatively short talk by Adam Savage of Mythbusters at TED-Ed on how curiosity and simple ideas lead to discovery. Savage is an excellent storyteller and these are stories worth hearing. I’m particularly taken with his observation that it can sometimes take years before you understand why your brain holds on to a particular idea. [...]
Also taggedIt’s no secret that I’m a fan of curiosity. Wanting to know how things work or what’s around the next corner is fundamental to being human. I’ve come across two video clips that illustrate the power of this far better than I can. The first is a clip by the late Nobel prize winning physicist [...]
Also tagged Bassler, Feynman, TEDBrain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School, Medina, John John Medina is a molecular biologist bent on sharing how what we know about the brain can help us be more effective in the world at large. His central argument is that there are simple, but very important, lessons to [...]
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