TED演讲:失落了的民主辩论艺术(5)

Justice Scalia's opinion is questionable for two reasons. 他的论点有待商榷，原因有二 First, no real sports fan would talk that way. 首先，没有哪个真正爱好运动的人会说出那样的话 If we had thought that the rules of th

TED演讲:失落了的民主辩论艺术(6)

Let's take a final example that's prominent in contemporary political debate: same-sex marriage. 最后再举一个例子，一个当代政治的热点话题：同性婚姻 There are those who favor state recognition only of traditional marriage betw

TED演讲:失落了的民主辩论艺术(7)

Chris. Thanks, Chris. 克里斯。谢谢，克里斯 From flutes to golf courses to same-sex marriage, that was a genius link. 从分配笛子到高尔夫球场，再到同性婚姻，真是天才式的串连 Now look, you're a pioneer of open educat

TED演讲:为了更好的辩论

My name is Dan Cohen, and I am academic, as he said. 我叫丹科恩，我是个学者，就像主持人介绍的。 And what that means is that I argue. 这意味着我经常需要辩论。 It's an important part of my life, and I like to argue. 这是

TED演讲:为了更好的辩论(2)

Well, my answer is going to make reference to three models for arguments. 好了，为了回答这个问题，让我们来参照三种不同的辩论方式。 The first model, let's call this the dialectical model, 第一种模式，让我们称之为辩

TED演讲:为了更好的辩论(3)

Think about that one. Have you ever entered an argument thinking, 在参加辩论的时候，你有没有想过 Let's see if we can hash something out rather than fight it out. 让我们看看能不能共同敲定一些事情，而非由一方说服另

TED演讲:为了更好的辩论(4)

So how can we find ways to make arguments yield something positive? 所以我们如何去进行辩论，并使之有一些积极的影响呢？ What we need is new exit strategies for arguments. 我们所需要的是一个新的方式来终止一场辩

TED演讲:我们的意识

So I'm going to speak about a problem that I have and that's that I'm a philosopher. 让我从我的一个问题开始，那就是，我是一个哲学家。 When I go to a party and people ask me what do I do 当我参加派对时，人们问我，我

TED演讲:我们的意识(2)

Now, this nice picture shows a thought-balloon, a thought-bubble. 好了，这张图展示的是一个思维泡泡。 I think everybody understands what that means. 我想大家都知道这是什么意思。 That's supposed to exhibit the stream of c

TED演讲:失落了的民主辩论艺术

One thing the world needs, 有一样东西，这个世界非常需要， one thing this country desperately needs 这个国家更是迫切需要 is a better way of conducting our political debates. 那就是一种更好地进行政治辩论的方法

TED演讲:失落了的民主辩论艺术(2)

We'll all be better off if good music is played rather than terrible music. 有好音乐听，我们的生活更美好 But Peter, Aristotle doesn't agree with you that that's the reason. 但是，彼得，亚里士多德的理由跟你的很不一样

TED演讲:科学解释之新探(6)

If the axis-tilt theory had been refuted, 倘若地轴倾斜理论被观察否定了 its defenders would have had nowhere to go. 它的支持者们就无路可退了 No easily implemented change could make that tilt 没有什么信手拈来的变动能

TED演讲:科学解释之新探(5)

Why a marriage contract and not any other reason for regular annual action? 为什么是一纸婚书而不是其他什么原因使普西芬妮定期往返呢？ Here is one. Persephone wasn't released. 我且来举个例子：普西芬妮并没有被放

TED演讲之面对灾难:海地的工程灾难

I learned about the Haiti earthquake by Skype. 我是从Skype上知道海地地震的。 My wife sent me a message, Whoa, earthquake, and then disappeared for 25 minutes. 我妻子给我发了个消息，哇，地震了，然后就消失了25分钟。

TED演讲:海地的工程灾难(2)

This is the Ministry of Justice. 这是司法部。 Behind that door is the National Judicial Archives. 那扇门后是国家司法档案馆。 The fellow in the door, Andre Filitrault -- 门旁站着的是安德烈菲利亚特罗， who's the direct

TED演讲:海地的工程灾难(3)

Right now, AIDG is working with KPFF Consulting Engineers, Architecture for Humanity, 目前，AIDG与KPFF咨询工程师，人本建筑协会一起 to bring more confined masonry training into Haiti. 为海地带去更多的砖混结构培训。 Thi

TED演讲:通过发短信来报告危机事件

So I'm here to tell you a story of success from Africa. 在这里，我要跟大家分享一个在非洲的成功故事。 A year and a half ago, 一年半以前 four of the five people who are full time members at Ushahidi, 在这里的5个人是Ush

TED演讲:通过发短信来报告危机事件(2)

I'm here to talk about the next big thing, 我在这里要谈论另一件重要事情 because what we're finding out is that 因为我们发现 we have this capacity to report eyewitness accounts of what's going on in real time. 我们有能力根据目

TED演讲:修复照片,重振人生(2)

This was the very first. 这是初次尝试（的一张照片）。 Not terribly damaged, but where the water had caused that discoloration on the girl's face 还不算毁坏得太严重，但是被水浸没的地方导致照片中小女孩的脸掉色

TED演讲:修复照片,重振人生(3)

The lady who brought us these photos was lucky, as far as the photos go. 那位给我们这些照片的女士非常幸运，就这些照片而言， She had started hand-cleaning them herself and stopped 她也开始自己亲手清洗照片， when s