Why computer engineering is like standup comedy: Wayne Cotter at TEDxRainier

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @watchrefurbish
    @watchrefurbish 10 лет назад +137

    Thanks Wayne. You were one of the most talented programmers i ever met (i'm one of the geeks at the 3:10 mark). Now you are an equally gifted comedian. Proud to have worked with you!

    • @Tejas-zx7ie
      @Tejas-zx7ie 5 лет назад +2

      Really? Who's you on that picture?

  • @anonymous-do5bs
    @anonymous-do5bs 7 лет назад +175

    yup comedians and computer engineers are very alike. people laugh at a comedian's jokes and a tester laughs at a developer's codes

  • @ParthThakur
    @ParthThakur 8 лет назад +151

    So I checked my Dictionary after you talked about fifty, and it said, "Ten less than sixty."

    • @aDifferentJT
      @aDifferentJT 5 лет назад +8

      That’s not even going to work recursively

    • @Kenionatus
      @Kenionatus 4 года назад +2

      @@aDifferentJT It won't terminate as a program (return as a function), but mathematically it works. Just recurse till infinity :)

    • @chaidan9193
      @chaidan9193 4 года назад

      Kenionatus it works mathematically by going backwards

  • @koruki
    @koruki 10 лет назад +182

    His voice at times sounds like Peter Griffin lol

    • @Vylkeer
      @Vylkeer 9 лет назад +21

      koruki Shut up, Meg.

    • @JustinIm27
      @JustinIm27 9 лет назад +4

      koruki hahaha I can't even watch the video now without laughing

    • @daultonbaird6314
      @daultonbaird6314 9 лет назад

      koruki ; )

    • @chahem
      @chahem 9 лет назад

      @koruki you're right

    • @katiekat4457
      @katiekat4457 7 лет назад

      koruki You are right. He does sound like Peter Griffin. I actually had to look it up so see when I read you commet. He's not but he does sound like him. He should be using that to his advantage.

  • @MsGnor
    @MsGnor 9 лет назад +25

    14 business days ... lmfao. Thanks Wayne, awesome tedx

  • @sartajhanspal5604
    @sartajhanspal5604 8 лет назад +55

    8:01 "mastered intergalactic hyperdimensional space travel, AND, communicate by corn"

  • @BruceRyanCannaCorp
    @BruceRyanCannaCorp 10 лет назад +9

    I love this dude's epiphany.... mine is different but aligned in the higher order of things. Sense of humour.... god, I wish my sons had this marvelous quality in such spades. LOL

  • @MazeFrame
    @MazeFrame 8 лет назад +2

    Watching this the fourth or fifth time now. Gets better every time.

  • @ambroseym1248
    @ambroseym1248 10 лет назад +9

    Huh.... now I know why my colleagues laughed at me when I said I can fix their network.

  • @saultube44
    @saultube44 7 лет назад

    What he said at the end, so true, looking all the possibilities and what naturally emerges from them, that's the human potential solving problem capability and a realistic perspective over reality

  • @andybaldman
    @andybaldman 3 года назад

    That bell curve machine has been at the Boston Museum of Science ever since. I saw it as well as a kid. And I’m pretty sure it’s still there.

  • @byrondruss
    @byrondruss 3 года назад

    Just seeing this Wayne. I can name Dave, Jim, Steve, Terry and I think Ben (all last names omitted) in at the pic. Just bumped into Steve last month. I see Dave every now and then. I was a co-op in '82/83-ish when you returned shortly, asking 'how in the world you give up being an engineer to become a comedian?'. You're inspiring re-tort took awhile. The thumbnail is me on stage in 2006.

  • @jessstuart7495
    @jessstuart7495 8 лет назад +5

    Pigeon-holing people into professional categories is a heuristic people use to quickly "size-up" others and decide how to interact with them. The individual ego plays a big role in this. It is human nature to compare oneself with others. When someone comes along who is more knowledgeable and successful in one area, they automatically assume they must be deficient in other areas. This is the ego defense mechanism that allows people to avoid feeling inferior and attempts to belittle or find fault with others to minimize the apparent difference in "life success". The fact is, human abilities and "life success" fall along a spectrum (bell curve). There are people out in the world that are superior to you in almost all areas of life. Some egos cannot deal with that reality and seek to hurt or belittle others in order to bring them down to their level.

  • @THEMATT222
    @THEMATT222 2 года назад

    Inspiringly Noice 👍

  • @Mickey853
    @Mickey853 9 лет назад +124

    most people didnt laugh at the circles joke cause they actually believe in it

    • @TheNandixLP
      @TheNandixLP 9 лет назад +3

      +Miquel Bernal I noticed that too... ^^ I didn't laugh at that as well....... xD

    • @jamesgrey13
      @jamesgrey13 9 лет назад +12

      +Miquel Bernal
      They were a bit too... corny... for me! ;D

    • @projectjt3149
      @projectjt3149 8 лет назад

      +Miquel Bernal Same here. BTW, isn't part of quantum theory reliant on this idea of a "ball" on a bell curve?

    • @Brettah31
      @Brettah31 8 лет назад +14

      +Miquel Bernal No, they didn't laugh because he was still setting up the gag. There was no punch line until he got to the "communicate by corn" bit. They laughed at that.

    • @philtrem
      @philtrem 8 лет назад +1

      I thought it was hilarious.

  • @vSTRENGTHINFINITEv
    @vSTRENGTHINFINITEv 10 лет назад +7

    This guy is AWESOME... Great job and speech or should we say "set". hehe
    Comedy comes from REASON - actually HIGH REASON. :D It is being about to see the details and parts and all he said - but also see the incongruities and mistakes and from a different context. FANTASTIC -- I would totally see this guy's show!

    • @akeeperofoddknowledge4956
      @akeeperofoddknowledge4956 8 лет назад +3

      vSTRENGTHINFINITEv; so true! Ever notice on those tv shows that highlight bands from the 80s (mtv era) they always have a bunch of comedians giving their take on the band's, songs and culture of the times. And their observations are always dead on! Comedians are excellent observers.

  • @youstolemytoast6946
    @youstolemytoast6946 9 лет назад +50

    I hate having headphones on. A you can hear is saliva.

    • @lapx2230
      @lapx2230 9 лет назад +4

      YouStoleMyToast Not the headphones, either his mic is too sensitive or he speaks wierd. I'd go with the mic problem.

    • @DShaker24
      @DShaker24 9 лет назад +18

      YouStoleMyToast Fuck you, now I cannot unhear it. xD

    • @fuckedup610
      @fuckedup610 7 лет назад

      Damn you!

  • @Col.J.N.W.SinghKhandala
    @Col.J.N.W.SinghKhandala 7 лет назад +7

    I would love to have this guy for my Mathematics' teacher. The probability of my scoring good grades would certainly be high I am sure.

  • @TransparentLabyrinth
    @TransparentLabyrinth 7 лет назад

    Surprisingly insightful and yet simple. I can better see now why I have an inclination both for programming and comedy.

  • @yashvardhan04
    @yashvardhan04 8 лет назад +2

    Deep message at the end. Nice!

  • @GeometrianGL
    @GeometrianGL 9 лет назад +2

    Pro tip about your life-changing bell-curve machine:
    _A binomial distribution isn't a bell curve_.

  • @abdullahrahman2006
    @abdullahrahman2006 9 лет назад +36

    Mr bean (rowan atkinson) has a masters of engineering

    • @JagjitBrawler
      @JagjitBrawler 9 лет назад +2

      +Abdullah Rahman wow......never knew that

    • @EvanPlaysPc
      @EvanPlaysPc 8 лет назад +4

      +Abdullah Rahman he has credit for being a moron (mr. bean) but in real life he is is literally as smart as stephen fry

    • @davidcartagena1272
      @davidcartagena1272 6 лет назад

      Abdullah Rahman lol

    • @drakefist5693
      @drakefist5693 4 года назад

      He studied electrical engineering I think!

  • @jjbinx213
    @jjbinx213 9 лет назад +7

    at 3:25 i see mr bean and leonard hophstadter

  • @jondoe3646
    @jondoe3646 9 лет назад +6

    They really have to start computer engineering in the 5th grade

  • @srikanthd3527
    @srikanthd3527 7 лет назад

    wow amazed by his insights

  • @nishkaarora6343
    @nishkaarora6343 8 лет назад +58

    Sorry, well i always thought 50 was 70 minus 20. I think you need to check your facts.

    • @projectjt3149
      @projectjt3149 8 лет назад +1

      You're wrong. My fact checker said 50 is 500/10

    • @rajx7120
      @rajx7120 7 лет назад +2

      Nishka Arora No. 50 is 25 twice. Feels younger that way ...

  • @ChristopherSalisburySalz
    @ChristopherSalisburySalz 3 года назад

    This is good! He reminds me of a smarter chevy chase that still has his hair.

  • @Allagi22
    @Allagi22 8 лет назад +5

    As a guy who some would say is pretty smart, although I have my sincere doubts, Comedy is greater for me than any scientific achievement I could ever hope to achieve. If I was Einstein I certainly would know it by now. If I can make humans connect and understand through a good joke, well friend I'd much rather do that. I hope you all understand.

    • @mikey3932
      @mikey3932 7 лет назад

      ahepperl I’m with you man

    • @mikey3932
      @mikey3932 7 лет назад

      ahepperl or women

  • @NadaII
    @NadaII 8 лет назад +17

    I see this a lot in the science world. Although Neil Degrasse Tyson skipped comedian and went straight from scientist to being a joke.

    • @projectjt3149
      @projectjt3149 8 лет назад

      And then a meme was created. Because we got a badass over here.

  • @-41337
    @-41337 10 лет назад

    PEAR Labs, the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab,
    did multiple experiments where they showed that people's intention biased a mechanical ball bell curve just like the one he showed, as well as quantum random number generators, etc.

    • @Lyricist1anda2
      @Lyricist1anda2 9 лет назад

      +Hal337 wow! I believe it.

    • @G8tr1522
      @G8tr1522 8 лет назад

      Hal337 A little birdie named Wikipedia told me that the PEAR Lab was total bullshit.

  • @dbiswas
    @dbiswas 9 лет назад

    brilliantly funny !

  • @parodybusiness7153
    @parodybusiness7153 7 лет назад

    i think i have to join these two things . and make something crazy !
    i mean programming and comedian !

  • @Nihlm
    @Nihlm 4 года назад

    They are very alike in the sense that 90% of the time you did it wrong

  • @VK-pk8uz
    @VK-pk8uz 10 лет назад +3

    He sounds like a mature version of Peter Griffin's son, haha

    • @jackruby4857
      @jackruby4857 9 лет назад +1

      Yup. Who desperately needs a glass of water.

  • @Phoenix-hd1tk
    @Phoenix-hd1tk 10 лет назад

    sir u r awesome...respect from india

  • @jimba6486
    @jimba6486 5 лет назад

    This guy is the parallel persona of william shatner.

  • @M_makwana
    @M_makwana 3 года назад +1

    What about Mechanical engineers ???

  • @timcook3410
    @timcook3410 7 лет назад

    am i the only one who immediately checked whether a dictionary contains numbers??

  • @jhmorgan72753
    @jhmorgan72753 5 лет назад

    I wrote code that worked but it took 75 lines, the 3 smart programmers did the same thing with 20 lines of code !!!!

  • @edgarazaky8256
    @edgarazaky8256 7 лет назад +2

    i didn't know peter griffin was into computer engineering

  • @metanewsdigital6351
    @metanewsdigital6351 8 лет назад

    M A L A K O I M E N T E

  • @batya7
    @batya7 6 лет назад

    Bill Gates is the sexiest man alive

  • @FijneWIET
    @FijneWIET 7 лет назад

    3:16 muhahaha :')

  • @imam7279
    @imam7279 5 лет назад +1

    2019.

  • @soupflood
    @soupflood 9 лет назад

    But... ETs communicate by corn because it´s original!

  • @davidnwafor7023
    @davidnwafor7023 8 лет назад +7

    Bill Cosby huh... bet he won't repeat that today

  • @martaxiaoping1261
    @martaxiaoping1261 7 лет назад

    "Being good at math was a masculine quality". That was the reason why girls were not studying it. His conclusion: "wow but girls at high school didnt like me T.T" How funny... hope that he was a better programmer.

  • @JM-md4ri
    @JM-md4ri 2 года назад

    This was entertaining but if you want to save 10 minutes: computer engineering and comedy are similar because they both require creativity. That’s the only thing he said about that.

  • @bryand6452
    @bryand6452 3 года назад

    we lost one wayne

  • @sabrinacz
    @sabrinacz 8 лет назад +1

    all i can hear is the mouth noises

  • @hp-qx7tf
    @hp-qx7tf 8 лет назад

    funny

  • @silvertenzin
    @silvertenzin 11 лет назад

    He's funny but I'm leaning more towards crop circle as a means of communication towards majority of mankind who isn't still tech savvy by beings we aren't familiar with. After all, what better way of communication than crop circle to put in right in front of our face, with neurotic species who is so much in self denial ?

  • @truthsetsusfree5096
    @truthsetsusfree5096 7 лет назад

    1011 0011 Burp

  • @YsnipezYMw2
    @YsnipezYMw2 8 лет назад

    1776 likes vote Donald trump

  • @raeesnazeem
    @raeesnazeem 3 года назад

    hmm. funny

  • @dhaneshlol4449
    @dhaneshlol4449 9 лет назад

    jhgg

  • @rohitkhanna
    @rohitkhanna 8 лет назад +3

    boring

  • @thdoom81
    @thdoom81 4 года назад +1

    he is still "engineer" funny....not real comedian funny

  • @1lightheaded
    @1lightheaded 8 лет назад +16

    Reallity is like a More pattern. If you take your bias and lay it on the universe you will see patterns. Humans construct a world view and our limited perceptions graph against that world view producing connections that appear to make sense .
    If ten people see an event and then describe it to someone else it would resemble ten different events. Our view is subjective but we insist it is objective.What you see is in your head and is constructed in your brain built with learned blocks .
    Stage magick demonstrates this Your brain expects things to work in the way you have experienced them and simple slight of hand and misdirection can have you believe that a miracle has happened
    . Your reality is a model you have built and you compare perceptions against that model if the events do not fit in your model then you have to reconstruct the model or deny the events ie not believe it. Beliefs are emotional sometimes it takes emotional trauma to change them If you challenge peoples belief it causes distress on an emotional level

    • @SumErgoMonstro
      @SumErgoMonstro 8 лет назад

      +1lightheaded Moire?

    • @tannerterry3113
      @tannerterry3113 8 лет назад

      +1lightheaded "Our view is subjective but we insist it is objective.What you see is in your head and is constructed in your brain built with learned blocks ."
      I think quite often people confuse the subjectivity of a person with the subjectivity of truth. You can say our view is subjective, but it is extremely easy to turn a subjective truth into an objective one by simply rephrasing the statement. For example:
      "Chocolate ice cream is the best flavor of ice cream."(Subjective)
      turns into
      "One mind in the universe evaluates chocolate as the best flavor of ice cream."(Objective)
      Of course our perceptions are subjective to each individual mind, but the act of perceiving is a real phenomena in the universe. Again another objective truth. We can see both sides of the coin if we look hard enough.

    • @pragathesi6541
      @pragathesi6541 8 лет назад

      What I understand from this is also different from what you probably were trying to put forth, and hence there would be no real point in explanation. But I get it. But I also disagree with it. It's both :/
      Hence I agree with what Tanner said.