Lies, damned lies and statistics (about TEDTalks)
Welcome to Lies, damned lies and statistics (about TEDTalks) ! Topics include: http://www.ted.com In a brilliantly tongue-in-cheek analysis, Sebastian Wernicke turns the tools of statistical analysis on TEDTalks, to come up with a metric for creating “the optimum TEDTalk” based on user ratings. How do you rate it?
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10
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@austpom333 There’s a lot of great music there. Luckily i’ve heard a lot of 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s rock (and also other genres) growing up.
There is still great music being made, but it generally don’t catch the mass market’s attention, and very rarely is ever shown on TV or played on the mainstream radio channels.
I think the pop music industry is well regulated, there is no were near the amount of skill as 40 years ago, it no doubt has to do with the duming down movement; although yes the talent still exists.
@git1958 Why is there a comma in the word “says” in you comment? “says” is not “say is” nor is the word “say” possessive of anything.
this is how they plan for mmos as well…
@BrainRazer Thank you.
How many times does he say “Tedtalks” during the presentation? Lost track at 30
wow he totally got into our heads š
Funny! Fascinating! Amazing! Great! ^^
Among the best TED Talks ever! ^^
One of the greatest TED talks ever. This guy should go into advertising, he’d make a fortune
i love this guy!, he is the best presenter ever!
@aynradd
LOL
that was the best ted talks ever… hahaha bet that throws off your statistical data!
I’m not sure why, but there’s something about this video that I just like a whole lot.
Is the audience high or something?
What the hell is a ted talk?
ahhaha, but audience overactive?!
BRILLIANT!!
The comment about the US medical system was silly, but of course drew applause from this batty group. Treatments that have been capitalized upon in the past are now relatively cheap. It is the new treatments that are expensive, largely due to intricacy, time & cost of developement & expensive trials. The paper test was not simple, but involved lots of engineering as to how to make indicator inks, and of course the paper must be pure. But how is the treatment to be afforded? And the liability!
@billyjay Have you seen some of Ken Robinson’s talks on education? They received a very powerful positive response, including a standing ovation. I’m not going to lie. They connected with me on an emotional level that nearly brought me to tears. Entertaining talks like this one aren’t the only one’s receiving an energetic response. I’ll admit that I was a bit surprised to see them all stand up, but once that one guy did, the rest of the sheep inevitably followed.
@sk8rdman Yeah. I love TED talks. I watch all of them and I’ve had some really powerful reactions to many. I like Ken Robinson very much. I’ve seen a lot more TED talks that get less applause then they deserve, than I see TED talks that get too much applause…like this one.
@billyjay people like people who talk about the things they’re interested in… namely TED
web surfing though ted,screw homework
I’m actually desperate for TedTalkHero to come out … looks like the best game EVER O.o
This is such a good vid, et cetera et cetera
3:10 Notice that the phrase “of the United States” is in the good list, but “in the United States” is in the bad list. Hmm…
How in the world did he take the time to do all this?
It’s a meta-talk!
Loved it!
meta meta meta
brilliant
@OuroborosChoked I think you mean to say: “There is something about this video that I like a whole lot and etc. etc.” š
It wouldn’t be easy, but not that hard either. You take all the transcripts and the ratings for each talk and put them in SPSS or any statistical software package and work through the data. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a genius idea. But it is a manageable (although challenging) task.
So racist, doesn’t know that White=Pink, Black=Brown
Statistics is the science demonstrating that if you have one foot in a pile of snow and the other in the oven, on average it feels quite good.
That’s a funny joke. I like it.
It’s horribly, horribly wrong, and a terrible misunderstanding of what statistical analysis is.
But it is funny.
Ever wonder why TEDTalks are censored?
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This TED talk is considered in TED Website funny, and have just 6:30 minutes. One more for statistics.
Ted Talk Hero!!!!!!!!!!!
WAU, I like exactly the ones that are least liked and like less exactly the ones that are liked most.
Powerball
Mr. Wernicke, I have to share this with you, as you inspired me to write this reply to a classmate about using humor to engage students:
To YOU, my partially French colleague Oscar:
I canāt agree more that humor adds to the student-engagement process. It also makes me happier in class when thereās a little humor present than when not. Somehow, it makes the brain work better. Last year, I took a Stats class and thought I died, before I even started (and get this: Iām a glass-half-full kind of person). LOL. The professor was brilliantly funny; however, he made me work to get his jokes. Ā He almost always included statistical language in his humorous exchanges with the class, so I had to understand the material to some degree to even appreciate his jokes sometimes. I maintain that the jokes still helped to ease the pain of that class, while I was going through it.
Sebastian Wernicke is that kind of guy, whether āFrench coffee spreads happiness in your brainā or not, he makes statistics look fun! Enjoy the video: Lies, damned lies and statistics (itās a riot!).Ā Iām sure that youāll want to share it with other Mathematicians and enthusiasts! Please let us know what you think?*! āBren
p.s. Oscar, be patient with me. I promise that my reply to you will make more sense, after you look at the data in video.
p.p.s. You may think I’m nuts or even funny or somewhere in the middle! Either way, I hope that this posting makes you laugh. š
Ted talks. Years ago people used to travel from Town to Town talking bollocks and selling stuff to people they didn’t need. Hey, but now there are Ted Talks to ’empower’ us all and tell us really meaningful, life affirming ‘facts’ that we all forget 5 seconds after we turn our devices off.
Ted Talks: Trying to make your life even more shallow than it already is.
What am I supposed to take away from this?
The title given to this talk ~Ā Lies, damned lies and statistics ~ is poorly chosen given Sebastian’s real top. He briefly lists analysis of many TED Talks with suggested guidelines of how to create a good or bad TED Talk ~ nothing of lies, damned lies.
It’s as I thought. People who enjoy TED Talks hate men and war and have no time to learn about time but they sure do love happiness, psychology, emotions and other Sting lyrics. *loud clapping*
Anyone else want to play bingo with this?
Now that is a fun crowd.
I find it a bit disturbing that TED talks about architecture, geography, transportation, media, war, animals and plants, and time don’t do so well. (2:05) That indicates to me that we’ve gotten too focused on vague ideas to the exclusion of strategies for solving real, concrete, specific problems.
I absolutely love this guy š
I am still looking forward to that game š