TED演讲：单词的诞生(5)

And the implications of this -- there are many, 这其中蕴含的--有很多意义 but one I just want to point out, is that there must be amazing feedback loops. 但是我想指出的其中的一个，就是这个过程中必定包涵了一个惊人的

TED演讲：暗喻言说(2)

This formula works wherever metaphor is present. 这个公式适用于所有的暗喻。 Elvis uses it, but so does Shakespeare in this famous line from Romeo and Juliet: Juliet is the sun. 埃尔维斯用到它，莎士比亚也同样用到它，于《

TED演讲:书呆子教你如何在线学习(1)

This is a map of New York State that was made in 1937 by the General Drafting Company. 这是一张纽约州的地图，由通用制图公司在1937年绘制。 It's an extremely famous map among cartography nerds, 这张地图在地图发烧友中非常

TED演讲:一项关于电动车的大胆计划(8)

And that's the difference between problems that are additive, like CO2, 这个就是可添加性问题，像二氧化碳问题， which we go slowly up and then we tip, and problems that are depletive, in which we lose what we have, which oscillate, 慢

TED演讲:一项关于电动车的大胆计划(4)

You, today, buy gasoline miles. And we created electric miles. 现在大家买的是汽油里程。我们就创造电子里程。 And the price of electric miles ends up being a very interesting number. 电子里程价钱加起来是个有趣的数字。

TED演讲:科技并没有改变爱 为什么?(6)

And so I stumbled, then, on a statistic that really came home to me. 结果我发现了一个震惊的数据。 It was a very interesting academic article in which I found that 67 percent of singles in America today who are living long-term with some

TED演讲:个体DNA检测的时代来了(5)

But personal DNA machines can also save human lives. 但个人DNA检测器还可以挽救人类的生命。 Professor Ian Goodfellow is a virologist at the University of Cambridge. Ian Goodfellow教授是剑桥大学的病毒学家。 And last year h

TED演讲:我们能在打造人工智能的同时掌握控制权吗?(6)

So what would apes like ourselves do in this circumstance? 那在这种情况下，像我们这样的大猩猩还能有什么用呢？ Well, we'd be free to play Frisbee and give each other massages. 我们可以悠闲地玩飞盘，给彼此做按摩。

TED演讲:论生物多样性(5)

And so it is everywhere one looks. 这一现象在世界各地都在发生。 The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere by a combination of forces that can be summarized by the acronym HIPPO, the animal hippo. 人类正在以

TED演讲:探讨中国的属相(1)

Have you ever been asked by your Chinese friend, 你有没有被中国朋友问过 What is your zodiac sign? 你的生肖是什么？ Don't think they are making small talk. 不要以为他们只是寒暄 If you say, I'm a Monkey, 如果你说：我属

谎言,(关于TEDTalks的)超级谎言和统计数据

通过这个精彩而颇为搞怪的分析，Sebatian Wernicke把统计分析工具应用到了历来TED的讲座，提出了其余用户评分的一种创造最优的TED讲座的体系。你会如何给他评分呢？会觉得无比惊奇？或是缺乏

TED演讲:我们为什么会对机器人有感情(1)

There was a day, about 10 years ago, when I asked a friend to hold a baby dinosaur robot upside down. 大概10年前的一天，我让一个朋友头朝下地握持一个小恐龙机器人。 It was this toy called a Pleo that I had ordered, and I wa

TED演讲:应不应该相信自己的第一印象(3)

Moreover, when updating impressions based on people's behaviors, 再者，当别人的行为刷新了印象， activity in the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex 腹内侧前额叶皮层的活动 and the superior temporal sulcus correlates with percepti

TED演讲:麸质有什么大不了的(2)

Celiac disease is an inherited disease, 乳糜泻是遗传性疾病， in which eating foods with gluten leads to inflammation and damage of the lining of the small intestine. 患者在进食麩质食物时，会出现发炎，并损害小肠绒毛。

TED演讲:时空穿越是可能的吗?(2)

What would Jill, standing on the platform, see through the window as the train whistles through? 这个时候站在月台上的吉尔会透过窗口所看到是什么？ Well, between Jack dropping the ball and catching it again, 在杰克扔下球和接

TED演讲:怎样选择适合你的防晒霜(1)

Sunscreen comes in many forms, each with its own impacts on your body and the environment. 防晒霜有很多种，每种对你的身体和环境影响各有不同。 With so many options, how do you choose which sunscreen is best for you? 有了这么

TED演讲:为什么受惊吓那么好玩(1)

Somewhere right now, people are lining up to scare themselves, maybe with a thrill ride or horror movie. 此时此刻，世界上的某个地方，人们正排着队的体验恐惧或许是刺激的游乐设施，或许是恐怖电影。 In fact, in

TED演讲:语法重要吗(2)

Speech patterns that deviated from the written rules were considered corruptions, or signs of low social status, 而那些偏离了书面语语法的口语则被认为是错误的，或者是社会地位低下的表现， and many people who had grow

TED演讲:语法重要吗(1)

You're telling a friend an amazing story, and you just get to the best part when suddenly he interrupts, 你正给朋友讲一个精彩的故事，刚讲到最精彩的部分时，他突然打断了你说： The alien and I, not Me and the alien. 应该

TED演讲:你怎么知道自己是存在的(2)

Maybe the body you perceive yourself to have isn't really there. 或许你感知到的自己的身体，其实并不存在。 Maybe all of reality, even its abstract concepts, like time, shape, color and number are false, all just deceptions concocte