And it turned out to be that for this group of 34 people, 结果显示，刚刚的34位年轻人， the algorithm based on semantic coherence could predict, 透过这个语义连贯性算法， with 100 percent accuracy, who developed psychosis and w
No, we need to be polite about differences. 不一定，我们只是需要礼貌地对待另一方 Politeness is a much-overlooked virtue. It's seen as hypocrisy. 有时候礼貌都被我们忽视了。有时候我们觉得那是虚伪 But we need to get to a stage when you'r
According to the BBC and the Chinese government's press release, 根据BBC和中国政府的官方消息 January 2015 saw a peak of Cesarean sections. Why? 2015年1月迎来了剖腹产的高潮。为什么？ That was the last month for the Year of th
Forced labor does occur in many industries, 强制劳动在很多国家都屡见不鲜， especially those where the workers are migrants or otherwise vulnerable, and this needs to be addressed. 尤其发生在移民劳工和其他弱势群体中，这是一个需要解决的问题。 But
Now, that's the way a lot of people feel about consciousness. 好了，那就是很多人对意识的感觉。 Real consciousness is not a bag of tricks. 真正的意识不是魔术师的口袋 If you're going to explain this as a bag of tricks, 如果你把
The two really bad ideas that are hovering in the modern world 在当代世界有两个特别糟糕的想法 that inhibit our capacity to draw strength from art: 他们抑制了我们在艺术里获得力量的本领 The first idea is that art should be for art'
Now as engineers, we think of this as straight-up miniaturization. 作为工程师，我们认为这个就是直接微型化。 You took a big thing and you made it little. 你带来一个大东西并且把它变小。 But what I told you before about computers was that
I've got a confession. I love looking through people's garbage. 坦白地说，我喜欢翻看别人丢弃的垃圾。 Now, it's not some creepy thing. 这可不是什么怪癖。 I'm usually just looking for old electronics, stuff I can
I'd like you to come back with me for a moment to the 19th century, specifically to June 24, 1833. 我希望先带你们回到19世纪，确切地说回到1833年6月24日。 The British Association for the Advancement of Science 英国科学促进协会正在
This is actually a courageous talk, 这真是一个无畏的演讲 because you're kind of setting up yourself in some ways to be ridiculed in some quarters. 在某些地方你似乎把自己当成了一个笑柄让大家嘲弄啊 You can get shot by both sides. 不管
I'm going to speak today about the relationship between science and human values. 今日我要讨论科学和人类价值观之间的关系 Now, it's generally understood that questions of morality -- questions of good and evil an
Sometimes we may find that we don't take care of ourselves. 有时候我们对自己太狠。 I find, for example, after a period of pseudo-extroverted behavior, 我发现自己在假装外向性格一段时间之后， I need to repair somewhere on my own
We have historical records that allow us to know how the ancient Greeks dressed, 我们有历史纪录可循，可以让我们知道古希腊人如何穿着、 how they lived, how they fought, but how did they think? 如何生活、如何打仗，但他们如何思考呢？ One natural ide
Fear of law enforcement makes them work alone in isolated locations, 对制定法律的恐惧，让她们在僻静的角落孤独的工作 and allows clients and even cops to get abusive in the knowledge they'll get away with it. 遭受客人们甚至警察的虐待
Indeed, Rensink's subjects took only a little bit more than a second to press the button. 是的，Rensink的实验对象仅仅花了一秒多一点点的时间来按下按钮。 Can you see that one? 2.9 seconds. 这个能看到吗？2.9秒。 How many don't see
Now, when we think about changing human nature, 那么，当我们考虑改变人类本质时， the first thing that comes to mind are these human modification technologies 首先想到的便是那些人类改造技术 growth hormone therapy, cosmetic surgery,
New Zealand hasn't actually seen an increase in the amount of people doing sex work, 尽管无罪化让她们在新西兰从事更加安全。 but decriminalizing it has made it a lot safer. 性工作的人数并没有上升。 But the lesson from New Zealan
At worst, possession -- that he'd been seized by an evil jinn, 往坏处想，他被邪恶的神怪附身了 a spirit out to deceive him, even to crush the life out of him. 要来欺骗他，甚至来取他的性命 In fact, he was so sure that he could
Still, some boundaries are larger than others. 然而，有些领域的边界更为宽广 So a human encountering the divine, as Muslims believe Muhammad did, 所以当人类遇到了神性时，正如伊斯兰教徒相信穆罕默德一样 to the rationalist, this is a matter not
And if we're more concerned about our fellow primates than we are about insects, as indeed we are, 如果和昆虫做比较，我们比较关心我们自己的物种 it's because we think they're exposed to a greater range of potent
