TED Does Monterey
Michael Shermer
on TEDTalks
Michael Shermer takes us on a hilarious romp through the strange claims we humans put forth as truth — from alien encounters to Virgin Mary sightings on pizza pies, to hidden messages revealed while playing “Stairway to Heaven” backwards — and explains the evolutionary and cognitive basis for these lapses in reason. Don’t miss the one-minute challenge testing your own observational skills…
about the TED conference
TED is an invitation only, Technology Entertainment and Design conference that “brings together more than 1000 of the world’s thought-leaders, movers and shakers” including such names as: Daniel Dennett, Peter Gabriel, Cameron Sinclair, Julia Sweeney, Malcolm Gladwell, Stefan Sagmeister, Eve Ensler, David Deutsch, Iqbal Quadir, Jeff Han, Steven Levitt and Richard Dawkins, among others.
