{"id":774,"date":"2008-12-16T09:10:26","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T14:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherrycoated.com\/wordpress\/?p=774"},"modified":"2009-07-08T12:52:37","modified_gmt":"2009-07-08T17:52:37","slug":"ted-talks-why-we-don%e2%80%99t-understand-as-much-as-we-think-we-do-jonathan-drori-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webliminal.com\/webliminalblog\/commentary\/ted-talks-why-we-don%e2%80%99t-understand-as-much-as-we-think-we-do-jonathan-drori-2007","title":{"rendered":"TED Talks : Why we don&#8217;t understand as much as we think we do &#8211; Jonathan Drori (2007)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/index.php\/talks\/jonathan_drori_on_what_we_think_we_know.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/52695_113x85.jpg\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"112\" height=\"84\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nToday I listened to the TED Talk: Why we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand as much as we think we do &#8211; Jonathan Drori (2007). \u00c2\u00a0He starts by asking some simple questions that he claims most people get wrong. We get these wrong, he claims, because of the education and experiences we have had. They bias our understanding. He also makes the point that in some cases, using magnetism as an example, students understand more about a topic before they have been schooled in it.<\/p>\n<p>Early on he features the quote: &#8220;Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out&#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luminarium.org\/encyclopedia\/wolseybio.htm\">Cardinal Wolsey<\/a>, 1471 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 1530<\/p>\n<p>Here are the questions. You&#8217;ll have to watch the talk to hear his answers to the first three.<\/p>\n<p>1. A little seed weighs next to nothing, but a tree weighs a lot. Where does all the stuff come from?<\/p>\n<p>2.Can you light a little torch-bulb with a battery, a bulb and one piece of wire?<\/p>\n<p>3. Why is it hotter in summer than in winter?<\/p>\n<p>4. Now please scribble a diagram of the solar system and the way the planets orbit.<br \/>\nThe orbits are elliptical, but not very elongated, that is, the distance between to foci is realtively small. See, for example, <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crrel.usace.army.mil\/permafrosttunnel\/Ice_Age_Earth_Orbit.jpg\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" \/><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.crrel.usace.army.mil\/permafrosttunnel\/Ice_Age_Earth_Orbit.jpg<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"SectionHeader\">U.S. Confirmed Deaths<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"TextXSmall\">Reported Deaths: <\/span><span class=\"NumberXSmall\">4209<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"TextXSmall\">Confirmed Deaths: <\/span><span class=\"NumberXSmall\">4208<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"TextXSmall\">Pending Confirmation: <\/span><span class=\"NumberXSmall\">1<\/span><br \/>\n<a id=\"ctl00_Main_hyDoDConfirmed\" class=\"LinkLabel\" title=\"View Confirmation List of U.S. Deaths\" href=\"http:\/\/icasualties.org\/oif\/BY_DOD.aspx\">DoD Confirmation List<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/icasualties.org\/oif\/\">Iraq Coalition Casualty Count<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I listened to the TED Talk: Why we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand as much as we think we do &#8211; Jonathan Drori (2007). \u00c2\u00a0He starts by asking some simple questions that he claims most people get wrong. 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