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• A comment on Talk: A TED speaker's worst nightmare

  Mar 12 2012: I loved this talk :)
  always a fan of improveverywhere.

• A comment on Talk: Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure

  Jul 28 2011: A wonderful talk that once more made me think about how a story behind an object can change our decision. This is true for any decision we make.
  
  There is also one other side which I think was not emphasized enough in the talk of "the ORIGIN of pleasure" which was the story of ourselves. In this aspect I suggest Dan Gilbert's talk (http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html) which talks about some similar things; and Dan Dennett's talk (http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_cute_sexy_sweet_funny.html) which focuses more on much older stories that affect our happiness.

• A reply on Talk: Steve Keil: A manifesto for play, for Bulgaria and beyond

  Jun 16 2011: Absolutely it is not just the country, this "seriousness" affects the productivity in different systems.
  I would also like to add a simple personal observation on several research groups that I saw or heard the story of, normally in the pioneering groups one can find a play room for a kind of recreational activity depending on the peoples interests.
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  A reply on Talk: Steve Keil: A manifesto for play, for Bulgaria and beyond

  Jun 16 2011: I think what was more important in the talk was the joyfulness of the play in the work environment. The kind of play Tita is talking about is more a "escape from boring work (life)" but to no specific goal; but what Steve is telling us is to play at work (in life) to get to a pleasant goal; "the play" you don't feel guilty afterward. That would give you a relaxed mind and a fun workplace to do your work. Also I definitely agree with Aaron to separate "goofing around" and play.

• A comment on Talk: Shea Hembrey: How I became 100 artists

  Jun 15 2011: Very nice talk.
  I think we know that there is no limit in points of views and perspectives; and Shea's work showed that we, as individuals, can also experience all of them if we let our mind flow through all ideas. Bulding up the back story and getting into the artist characters was interesting.
  
  I loved his criteria, the "Mima's test" and 3 H's; and as a technical person, I think these criteria, with very simple modification, can be applied in presenting a good science.

• A comment on Talk: Aaron O'Connell: Making sense of a visible quantum object

  Jun 3 2011: As far as I know, no one says that QM cannot be applied in macro-scale objects, it is just that the effect is negligible as parameters increases. And “large-scale objects do not need QM” is not equal to “Large-scale object do not follow QM”. So in 3:08, QM already says “Yes”. Or am I wrong?
  
  My problem is also on understanding the direction of the “break through” or “importance” of this experiment. So as far as I understood, with this experiment Aaron showed a new, higher limit, that “very accurate device” can observe a quantum effect. Is this conclusion right?
  
  Another question would be, is this delocalization only happening in the isolated situation, or it is just that we can measure that in such a situation?
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  A comment on Talk: Mustafa Akyol: Faith versus tradition in Islam

  May 26 2011: I would say it was a very inaccurate talk. Although Mustafa Akyol is trying to point out a very crucial and important issue of faith and tradition; but he actually talk about that only in the very beginning and later on goes to political events of the region. Which brings up the issue of faith versus politics.
  
  His references and arguments in history of region is a bit vague. And I really felt a bias is his knowledge of Islam and history of region. For example when he is talking about middle east or Islamic world, from the context I can see that he only has the part of Ottoman empire in mind and forgets about the countries such as Saudi Arabia (a Muslim country with religious kingdom) and Persia (that time Muslim country with non-religious kingdom). I am no historian but from what I leaned and saw I would say the situations in these countries would definitely have an impact on the “Muslim world”.
  
  I definitely agree that the wrong traditions and cultures as well as the political interests during the time have influenced the interpretation of Islam. Which one can also find it in other religions.