TED Community » Gabriel Contreras Lievano

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• A comment on Conversation: TED conversations needs visuals

  Feb 22 2011: Since the plataform is just starting, im not surprised is somewhat plain or basic for now, but im sure they will add alot of features when they are done with the most essential parts of this.
  
  I dont think it will take long, though.
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  A comment on Conversation: In the debate about whether God exists or not, there is a third possibility: that "God" does exist, but only within our brains.

  Feb 22 2011: I dont agree with the next:
  "that the only truly supernatural force is us - our conscious minds? "
  
  I wouldnt say it is supernatural, and im not sure from whom its the next quote but I think it works pretty well: "Everything which can be done is natural"
  
  I agree with the idea that the spiritual notions and the idea of god comes from a construction from our mind, but also agree with Matthieu that this is just part of the same framework of "god doesn't exist" category.
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  A comment on Conversation: Are we too quick to write God off of our lives?

  Feb 22 2011: Matthieu explained it very well, but still there is something i would ask you for the sake of clarity: What you mean by quick?
  When you say "We" you mean we as "individuals" or we as "society" (since there are some big atheistic communities around the globe at this point)?
  
  Also, some people in the scientific area just avoid to debate about it because they have done it several times and yet people just ignore their answers and keep saying the same thing over and over, you just need to look some debates to find out the why though (check some people like Ray comfort, William Craig, John Lennox vs Thunderf00t, Dawkins, Hitchens, etc. and you will get it)
  
  Also, with the occam's razor in the mind, why would you add a creator in the theory of evolution if it doesnt need ones to work out? Also, btw, evolution has nothing to do with the creation or with the appaerance of life, it has to do with the diversity of life.
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  A comment on Conversation: Should anyone be able to upload their TEDTalk to TED.com?

  Feb 15 2011: NO: In this age, we have so much information around us, and non-curated/controled places are a mess to find out good sources. TED, at least, its clean and you can find very good sources about almost all topics without breaking your head in the process of searching.
  
  Also, not all ideas are "worth spreading" i guess. IE: Political/religious agenda, racism, etc. So TED should have a quality control (as it does now)
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  A comment on Conversation: Should Debates be allowed in another languages?

  Feb 15 2011: Agree. Some people can read well but lack proper grammar and do a mess when trying to explain somewhat complex ideas.
  
  Like this, i guess.
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  A comment on Conversation: Do TEDx events need more monitoring ?! Why or Why not ?

  Feb 15 2011: In short I think: Yes
  
  But now i will justify my opinion:
  
  The problem, I believe, that exists is that although many people do events with good will and the purpose to produce some good for the society, TED is becoming (if not already) a platform of great importance and, In some cases, it will attract people who try to use it for personal gain, which could constitute a breach of the terms (ex: the non-profit clause)
  
  So I think, if possibly, we should try to get better control over TEDx (albeit through the embassies) and that could help to avoid staining the platform with "bad apples "