Added: May 17, 2007
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Duration: 23:59
http://www.ted.com In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already influencing the products and systems we build.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes -- including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, athttp://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10
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Rating: 4.82 (225 ratings) Views: 55059' favoriteCount='637 Comments: 83
Joe22c Says:
Jul 11, 2008 - Actually, natural selection is an amalgam of millions of freak accidents.A disgustingly widespread misconception is that natural selection has some pre-ordained destination; it doesn't.Random mutations result in variation; some are beneficial and some are detrimental in terms of survival and reproduction.Those individuals with beneficial mutations are more likely to survive/reproduce and pass on that mutation.The take home message; nature doesn't 'pursue' evolution with a specific goal.
sanguinus Says:
Jul 11, 2008 - Well, the actual DNA mutations are not 'designed' to occur, but it's not true to describe natural selection as 'freak accident'. It's no accident - it's the result of beneficial mutations and selection through success in the environment of creatures displaying mutations that best allow it to survive in that environment. It's misleading to call it a 'freak accident'; there's nothing random about natural selection - the fittest animals breed and live, passing on their genes - changing gene pool.
Joe22c Says:
Jul 11, 2008 - Oh for certain; I'll agree that natural selection is not a freak accident, but nor is it the "opposite of [a] freak accident."What I said was it's better described as "an amalgam of millions of freak accidents" some of which result in survival and reproductive advantage while some of which do not. etc.It would be just as misleading, if not more so IMO, to say natural selection is the "exact opposite" of a freak accident because it gives the false sense that it occurs with a preset goal.
nyclear Says:
Jul 26, 2008 - There is less difference between creationism and evolution than most people think. When you calculate how time is warped due to a massive energy surge like the big bang, 6 or 7 days translates to about 14.6 billion years or so.
chakazul Says:
Jul 27, 2008 - Right, if we just sit here and do nothing for the Earth, even God can't save us.
chakazul Says:
Jul 27, 2008 - a recap of the 12 points:1.self-assembly (pearl, computers without carcinogens, lenses from seawater)2.CO2 as feedstock3.solar transformation4.power of shape (fins, color without pigments, clean without detergents)5.quenching thirst (water from air)6.metals without mineral7.green chemistry (spider web)8.timed degradation (mussel shell)9.resilience and healing (vaccines)10.sensing responding (locust won't collide)11.growing fertility12.life creates condition conducive to life
musplayer Says:
Jul 29, 2008 - brilliant material. brilliant speaker.
0n3m4n4rm33 Says:
Sep 10, 2008 - I love ted maybe next time I'll have the four racks to get in...
rodssslive Says:
Oct 6, 2008 - Amazin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Brazdolph Says:
Oct 17, 2008 - i´m awestruck, wow! We will survive after all!
clayLavl Says:
Oct 17, 2008 - For sure, Miss Brazdolph. You, me and the rest of this planet Mars..or is it Earth? oh..it's Earth.
pivotmasterDXRULES Says:
Oct 29, 2008 - crap... earth....why.......well were screwed
fackinjacksack Says:
Nov 9, 2008 - no.
obemalto Says:
Nov 12, 2008 - four racks?
0n3m4n4rm33 Says:
Nov 13, 2008 - four thousand dollars...
obemalto Says:
Nov 13, 2008 - what!!??!? thats rediculous! i can hardly believe that. is it like a multi day convention or is it just one day? thats just insane. good thing youtube is here so we can watch for free.
0n3m4n4rm33 Says:
Nov 15, 2008 - Yeah, its pretty steep but you're rubbing elbows with quite a few names so I assume its partly to keep it exclusive but who's to say...
leeroynaggins Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Remember her #12: "LIfe creates the conditions for life."Based on what I've seen so far...Human culture is the anti-life.Stop hoping. You'll save time.
tedshs Says:
Nov 26, 2008 - and a lot of people's tickets are bought by companies or organizations for employees etc.
wazzaa4u Says:
Dec 2, 2008 - amazing
Reshat006 Says:
Dec 9, 2008 - ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
LusoCMD Says:
Dec 17, 2008 - Your not sleeping , you have never wake up.
mooktank Says:
Dec 25, 2008 - The thing is, do these organisms do these things to compensate with their environment or do they both change with eachother? I don't think there really is a causal relationship. They're acting together. We, however don't feel like we should be part of that action.
TalentedProdutions Says:
Jan 8, 2009 - LOL I FELL ASLEEP DAM THIS SUCKS!
Joe22c Says:
Jul 11, 2008 - Me too... me too... =(