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Post by bone on Jan 9, 2007 15:31:41 GMT
For anyone who is interested and has missed it here is a link for the BBL2006 fetauring the like of Dawkins, Harris and Shermer: beyondbelief2006.org/Watch/Enjoy. |
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Post by abcde on Jan 10, 2007 7:11:38 GMT
Excellent link Bone.
I'm working my way through them.
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Post by bone on Jan 10, 2007 9:06:52 GMT
Im glad you are enjoying them  It does take some time to watch but its well worth the effort! |
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Post by bujin on Jan 13, 2007 21:44:19 GMT
I've got around to watching session 1 and have just started on session 2. Fascinating stuff!
EDIT: Session 2 is great. Neil Tyson is funny! ;D
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Post by bujin on Jan 14, 2007 18:12:29 GMT
Taxi for Joan Roughgarden...
Dear lord she's a poor lecturer! Using the standard old "but you don't get morals from science", and "scientists worship prophets such as Darwin in the same way that religious people worship prophets such as Jesus" arguments.
Very poor stuff! I hope that later religious lecturers are a bit more articulate!
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Post by bone on Jan 15, 2007 16:30:37 GMT
Taxi for Joan Roughgarden... Dear lord she's a poor lecturer! Using the standard old "but you don't get morals from science", and "scientists worship prophets such as Darwin in the same way that religious people worship prophets such as Jesus" arguments. Very poor stuff! I hope that later religious lecturers are a bit more articulate! I know what you mean about Joan,I also find her voice is so boring..some people have just the right voice for lectures..some not. |
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Post by bujin on Jan 15, 2007 17:01:26 GMT
She reminds me of one of the lecturers I had in Cardiff Uni. I forget his name (he was THAT interesting!). But imagine someone with a voice kinda like Roughgarden's trying to teach you all about Stellar Physics, helped out by the use of a 250 page book typed out in the Courier font - i.e. monospaced.
I still can't believe I got 57% in that module... (Pure fluke in that not only was the exam all mathematics - and I could cope with mathematics back then - but each step effectively told you how to answer the question! Great stuff, considering I'd targetted the Stellar Physics module as a fail cos it was just too awkward to learn!)
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Post by abcde on Jan 15, 2007 17:01:38 GMT
I'm almost through the lectures now (session 7).
Neil Tyson is a star! ;D
Sam Harris is very articulate and sharp. And I enjoyed Mahzarin Banaji's lecture on cognitive biases/illusions. Too short though. And Ramachandran is always very interesting.
A fabulous set of lectures.
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Post by bujin on Jan 15, 2007 20:12:26 GMT
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Post by bone on Jan 16, 2007 13:49:23 GMT
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Post by bujin on Jan 16, 2007 14:06:04 GMT
Excellent stuff. I was working my way through DrMontague's YouTube videos of the Christmas Lectures the other day. That will make it a lot easier!
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It does take some time to watch but its well worth the effort!
