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• A comment on Conversation: What's the best hidden gem in the TED archive?

  Feb 19 2011: I often come back to Sebastian Wernecke's presentation on Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics (About TED Talks) for the sheer entertainment value and the inspiration that induced him to produce it.
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  A comment on Talk: Heather Knight: Silicon-based comedy

  Feb 1 2011: I think it's an exciting concept but I'm afraid this demo falls short. 1. The robot isn't making up jokes, it's just playing back jokes it's been told. That's o.k., but my iPod does that too. 2. The concept of it learning from feedback is the exciting bit, but I didn't see any evidence of that. It might have done the same routine regardless of what the audience said.
  
  In the age of Kinect are we really that impressed with a robot that might see big colored cards in the audience? I'm more impressed with the laugher/applause sensor, though again...I didn't see any evidence that it actually used that feedback to adjust its routine.
  
  If you really want to impress me, do away with the cards and have the robot read body language. That would be exciting.
  
  Like the concept, interested to see where they go with it in the future, not blown-away by this 5 minutes.
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  A comment on Talk: Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

  May 25 2010: I think that many people create and innovate in spite of their education moreso than because of it.

• A comment on Talk: Julia Sweeney has "The Talk"

  May 17 2010: I'm a little late to the TED community and maybe I'm misunderstanding the concept, but it's not clear to me how this talk really fits with "Ideas worth spreading." This seems to be a comedy routine to me, and while I enjoy Ms. Sweeney and found her talk entertaining, I seem to be missing the idea that she's spreading.