Video on open-mindedness

[Uncle Erik]

I found this video yesterday and thought it was directly applicable to arguments here.

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It doesn't seem to be embedding correctly (might be my browser), but the video is also here:

YouTube - Open-mindedness

 

[Real Man of Genius]

Bravo! That should be required material with tests to verify comprehension before being allowed to register.

 

[Arjisme]

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing.

 

[tintin47]

I was just having that discussion with a few of my suitemates yesterday. We were talking about a lot of the same fallacies. I really enjoyed how nicely the whole thing was structured as well.

 

[mark_h]

I don't believe in youtube

 

[Arjisme]

I don't believe in Zimmerman.

 

[b0dhi]

"If you want to believe in pseudoscientific or supernatural ideas..." (lists a bunch of things)

Generally a good video and I agree with the main thrust of it, but this person is unfortunately less sceptical (in the true sense of the word) and more prejudiced then they seem to think they are.

Those ideas are not necessarily pseudoscientific or supernatural at all (although I do not happen to believe in them).

Moreover, there is an undercurrent that all domains of experience are completely explainable through science, which belies the definition of science itself.

 

[smrtby123]

I watched that video and thought it was a great piece of work, although the people that should be watching it are the ones that won't.

 

[fordgtlover]

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Originally Posted by smrtby123 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I watched that video and thought it was a great piece of work, although the people that should be watching it are the ones that won't.

Agreed.

 

[null_pointer_us]

Best YouTube video I've ever seen, hands down.

Heck, it's the best video, period.

 

[JaZZ]

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Originally Posted by b0dhi /img/forum/go_quote.gif ...there is an undercurrent that all domains of experience are completely explainable through science, which belies the definition of science itself.

I have the same feeling. This video is kind of «science for dummies». Nothing to really disagree with. But it replaces some crude neurotic preconceptions with some crude neurotic preconceptions: It represents a suggestive pseudo-religious message that the brain (more precisely: the left half, metaphorically speaking) is all you should rely on in the end.
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[Kees]

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Originally Posted by JaZZ /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have the same feeling. This video is kind of «science for dummies». Nothing to really disagree with. But it replaces some crude neurotic preconceptions with some crude neurotic preconceptions: It represents a suggestive pseudo-religious message that the brain (more precisely: the left half, metaphorically speaking) is all you should rely on in the end. .

X2.

 

[PiccoloNamek]

What can you rely on, other than the brain? Everything you are is nothing more than neurons and neuronal interactions.

 

[Rempert]

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Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek /img/forum/go_quote.gif What can you rely on, other than the brain? Everything you are is nothing more than neurons and neuronal interactions.

An unprovable assertion, and in my opinion a pretty bleak one.

 

[JaZZ]

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Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek /img/forum/go_quote.gif What can you rely on, other than the brain? Everything you are is nothing more than neurons and neuronal interactions.

That's exactly the kind of approach to reality the video represents.
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