Clues about the evolution of our extraordinary minds: Thomas Suddendorf at TEDxUQ
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- What animals besides human can recognise their own faces in the mirror? What does this tell us? Thomas talks about the science of what separates us from other animals and the evolution of human mind.
Thomas is the Professor of Cognitive Development in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland. He has received honors and distinctions for both his research and teaching, including awards from the Australian Academy of Social Sciences, the Australian Psychological Society and the American Psychological Association. He has written a dozen book chapters and published more than 50 articles, including a 2007 paper on mental time travel that has been recognized as one of the most highly cited in the field of neuroscience and behaviour. His work has been covered in many distinguished international media outlets (such as Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Discover Magazine, New Scientist, Science, and New York Times), and he is currently completing his first trade book: "THE GAP- The science of what separates us from other animals".
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Anyone here from Reddit? :p
+Ioannis Tsangarides
>Anyone here from Reddit? :p
>fedora in profile picture
yep, checks out
ScratchedTrucks how dare you sir. It's not a fedora, it's a bowler hat. Not to mention, the picture is of Alex DeLarge, the protagonist of Stanley Kubrick ' s A Clockwork Orange. How dare you, sir, indeed!
+Ioannis Tsangarides its a pasty white guy with maskara on and a weird old hat saying "sir". you live in a basement.
+Ioannis Tsangarides interesting. i wanted to comment on how near the end of the video he suggest extermination by a certain group which is what Kubrick shows at the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey and here you are, a fellow fan.
He sounds like the guards in Skyrim
+Matt Cocchiara No lolligagging.
He is German ;)
The thought of us being the main reason why our other human-like neighbors are no more sent chills down my spine. And when he implied that we're here alone because we made it so, and maybe not because of some God-truly fascinating!
Very interesting and I like his style of talking.
One of the best TED talks I have seen in a long time.
Babies are intrigued with faces - especially of their parents. Birds can distinguish the voices of their parents/offspring. Other animals may use smell more than visual or audio clues. In any case, it has survival value to recognize relatives.
it woz god wot dun it
IN 6000 years I suppose? And how did Noah, leave animals with just pouches in Australia? Did he just drop them off on his way around the world in the Ark? Wake up.
What a jump in evolution. From recognizing ourselves in a mirror to building Apache helicopters
I identify as an Apache helicopter and am offended by this.
Not a jump, just small changes over long periods of times in response to environmental pressures
@@peterbartley9155 So you believe that we exterminated the animals that were closest to us mentally? If not, you believe a natural disaster was able to exterminate animals that were close to us mentally, but not apes? Once again, the faith required to believe this is akin to the faith required to believe in God, if not more!
soicancomment freely nothing I said even remotely resembles your question. Evolution is has piles of evidence so no faith is necessary. Faith of course is an excuse to believe with no evidence or reason.
The Neanderthals etc went extinct but exactly how is not known. Neanderthals live on in our genes.
Identifying as 'an Apache helicopter' is the next great jump. ;)
Thomas Suddendorf's accent > Arnold Schwarzenegger's accent
He has a strong Australian element too
@@peterbartley9155 There's nothing Australian about him.
Very interesting!
any here from UCF?
This is my best friends dad im not joking his name is timo suddendorf
I've read that Brown Bears are also capable of recognizing themselves in puddles of water.
Interresting thought, but I wonder if they're just looking at it as food.
We need to change...
Kryptonian42042 we are continually changing
Only celebration of birthdays doesn't remind us of our animal nature, according to antinatalism.
Brilliant talk!
Hay experiencias cercanas a la muerte,que datan que la consciencia sobrevive a la muerte.Saludos
Thank you, very interesting talk.
Good stuff!
Anyone from Stellies? 😅
Here😂
loved this talk! the human subchart made me realize that evolution happened really fast for us lol, can't imagine what'll happen in a few tens of thousands of years if humans stick around and keep evolving! 😲
This guy sounds like a more mellow Arnold Schwarzenegger.
You know, the chimpanzee might very well be right. They descended from us. I like the thought.
interesting lecture
Wow, one of the few with an intelligent reply.
Our extra ordinary mind? Why are we still suffering? Vincent Van Gogh?
Thanks . We realy need more of these facts . I hope it will , we, humans , help us surfife in this world we live in .
Strange we are apes but use organs from pigs to repair the human organs ???
rent a shill humans are apes.
Walker Percy's "Triadic Threshold"
Was he fake Arnold in Skyrim?
Excellent!!
good talk, but I'm still not sold why humans have such a vast intelligence different than any o the species. he made a good case for homminids, but what about dolphins or other large brain creatures. for example didn't vision evolve several times independently? why couldn't high intelligence involve indepently too?
Because the hominins we have evolved from had these capacities. Certainly dolphins did evolve their intelligence independently from the apes, but I don't understand where this causes a problem with intelligence in humans.
Yes, it can evolve independently. Look at cephalopods, their brain is completely different from our own yet they are intelligent.
but, ....what other species has SYMBOLIC intelligence ?
@Layth Adrian exactly!
@@SubtleHawk It's unfortunate that they have such a short lifespan.
Just more of the same assumptions, speculation and conjecture, which are the facts and logic that Darwinian evolutionists cling to.
it woz god wot dun it
done what ?
Made human beings out of some kind of magic mud and taught them how to ride dinosaurs to the grocery store.
It’s actually based on extremely strong evidence. Evolution is fact and had a very successful theory to explain it.