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Category: ScienceDangerous Knowledge
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 drove them insane and eventually led to them all committing suicide. Tags: Dangerous Knowledge Views: 18467 Rating:  Posted By: admin |
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Category: ScienceThe Quantum Revolution
Leading theoretical physicist and futurist Dr Michio Kaku explores the cutting edge science of today, tomorrow, and beyond. He argues that humankind is at a turning point in history. In this century, we are going to make the historic transition from the 'Age of Discovery' to the 'Age of Mastery', a period in which we will move from being passive observers of nature to its active choreographers. This will give us not only unparalleled possibilities but also great. Tags: The Quantum Revolution Views: 15364 Rating:  Posted By: admin |
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Category: ScienceThe 11th Hour
Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, this captivating documentary explores the perilous state of our planet, and the means by which we can change our course. Contributing to this crucial film are noted politicians, scientists and other ambassadors for the importance of a universal ecological consciousness. The 11th Hour is directed by Nadia Connors and Leila Conners Peterson and features narration from Academy AwardŽ Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed, Blood Diamond). Tags: The 11th Hour Views: 5711 Rating:  Posted By: admin |
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Category: ScienceHow Does Your Memory Work
A really interesting documentary on the workings of the "self definition" memory of the human being. There are a few different areas to our brain that deal with memory like speech and language and short term memories like shopping lists etc. This documentary follows the lives of three individuals who have very different memory to our own. Tags: How Does Your Memory Work Views: 15479 Rating: Posted By: admin |
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Category: ScienceNew York City Hackers
This documentary looks at the "2600" community in New York City of today, its meetings and conferences, political annotations, and historically explores the roots of the definition 'hacking' amongst the model train enthusiasts at MIT..." Featuring: Kevin Mitnick, Eugene E.Kashpureff, and "Off the Hook" radio host Emmanuel Goldstein Tags: New York City Hackers Views: 9636 Rating: Posted By: admin |
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The first ever footage of a person being cryonically frozen is to be broadcast in a Channel Five documentary that will follow a woman who is terminally ill with cancer before and after her death. ... We're really very proud of what we have achieved with this programme - the human and emotional journey we captured with one contributor in particular, filming prior to her death and the subsequent process of her preservation, in conjunction with the amazing scientific and ethical questions raised by this subject, makes for one of our most challenging and fascinating productions to date." Filming was earlier this year, according the Alcor newsletter; I'm hoping this turns out to have more of a respectful positioning than the Guardian article suggests. Cryonics is an essential insurance policy; the best and only option available to all too many people who will die before the onset of meaningful healthy life extension technologies. Tags: Cryonics Death in the Deep Freeze Views: 13561 Rating: Posted By: admin |
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Category: ScienceFrom Butterflies to Humans
The story of animal evolution is marked by key innovations such as limbs for walking on land, wings for flight, and color patterns for advertising or concealment. How do new traits arise? Sean B. Carroll, Ph.D. explores how new patterns evolve when 'old' genes learn new tricks. Old genes learning new tricks also apply to our own species and the evolution of traits that distinguish us from earlier hominids and other apes. Despite immense advances in evidence and understanding, there remains a societal struggle with the acceptance of our biological history and the evolutionary process. - ResearchChannel is a nonprofit media and technology organization that connects a global audience with the research and academic institutions whose developments, insights and discoveries affect our lives and futures. Tags: From Butterflies to Humans Views: 6769 Rating:  Posted By: admin |
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Category: ScienceUncertainty Principle
A 30 minute documentary explaining history and development of Quantum Mechanics, its philosophical interpretations, and Einstein's distaste for the subject. Tags: Uncertainty Principle Views: 19350 Rating: Posted By: admin |
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There are two approaches to mathematical infinity. It can be seen as defining limiting cases that can never be realized or as existing in some philosophical sense. These mathematical approaches parallel approaches to meaning and value that I call absolutist and evolutionary. The absolutist sees ultimate meaning as something that exists most commonly in the form of an all powerful infinite God. The evolutionary sees life and all of a creation as an ever expanding journey with no ultimate or final goal. There is only the journey. There is no destination. This video argues for an evolutionary view in our sense of meaning and values and in our mathematical understanding. There is a deep connection between the two with profound implications for the evolution of consciousness and human destiny. Tags: Mathematical Infinity and Human Destiny Views: 8946 Rating: Posted By: admin |
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Category: ScienceIllusion of Reality
In the last in the series Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores how studying the atom forced us to rethink the nature of reality itself. He discovers that there might be parallel universes in which different versions of us exist, finds out that empty space isn't empty at all, and investigates the differences in our perception of the world in the universe and the reality. Tags: Illusion of Reality Views: 13639 Rating: Posted By: admin |
