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Cyrus said:This thread is about TED.
sylas said:I'm in.
Clip 2: you've never seen statistics presented like this! TED: Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen (TED link)
Youtube link:
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Cyrus said:Astronaut, Mae Jemison on art and science:
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anirudh215 said:After the link to TED was posted a few threads below, I began to browse through the videos and I found this one which I liked a lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hJCx...e=channel_page
I got questions 1 and 2 right. But the 3rd and 4th questions wrong and along the lines of the misconceptions he was referring to. I understood 4 myself but his explanation for 3 was a bit brief and I'm not sure I got it. Could someone explain the answer to Q3?
youtube said:The URL contained a malformed video ID.
OmCheeto said:Therefore, we do not know what you are talking about.
anirudh215 said:
OmCheeto said:That's better. Question 3 was: Why is it hotter in the summer than the winter?
I would say the answer gets easier the further from the equator you grew up. Imagine living on the north pole. 24 hours of sun in the summer and zero hours of sun in the winter.
Hmmm... So why doesn't the north pole melt in the summer if it's sunny 24 hours a day?
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