RSA ANIMATE: Language as a Window into Human Nature
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- čas přidán 9. 02. 2011
- In this new RSA Animate, renowned experimental psychologist Steven Pinker shows us how the mind turns the finite building blocks of language into infinite meanings. Taken from the RSA's free public events programme www.thersa.org/events.
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This audio has been edited from the original event by Becca Pyne. Series produced by Abi Stephenson, RSA. Animation by Cognitive Media.
I am blown away. This is fantastic material for people with Asperger's and high functioning Autisim. I have been trying to understand this my whole life. Brilliant. Thank you.
I would like to thank RSA Animate, and Steven Pinker, for leaving this video up on YT all these years. I use it (and other things by Mr. Pinker) to teach advanced English fluency, and am so grateful it hasn't been pulled down. It's still amazing (and useful), 11 years later!
I'm impressed by how much easier it is to understand the talk when the iconography is added. I have tried to listen to talks by Pinker before and found myself replaying them several times to be sure I understood the gist of it.
I'm going to go look at my etchings now.
The best 10 minutes I have ever spent watching CZcams vídeos. Thanks for posting, this is a game-changer.
+Alex Allan Why do you say it's a game changer? Do you think this knowledge has direct practical applications?
Alex Allan really?
@@martinkunev9911 If you distill the information into practical solutions, then yes. I came here because I formed a postulate about my disposition and I needed some knowledge to understand where the solution may lie.
The solution for me: improve chronic sleep problems, get out and socialize more, practice using innuendoes, practice being in the moment, listen to what people say instead of what I wanted them to say or thought they said.
I love RSA, they make me feel less alone.
I lost it when he drew the hyena XD
Also, these are great captions. Would watch my whole documentary playlist again if they had the same momentum and captions as this. I'd be watching for weeks.
I feel like Sheldon Cooper chilling with unordinary people when I watch your contents guys.
It really is a relief.
I retained more in this medium that most lectures I have seen in my whole life...
I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed this presentation. Mr. Pinker did an excellent job here. Well done.
This is the most fundamental thing to consider when it comes to the modern concept of consent. Human interaction is so much more than the words we say out loud to each other. Be weary of the over simplification of complex human interactions.Explicit content is necessarily elusive, so much more information is communicated in its absence.
You mean...yeah no I don't know what you mean. Wait...are you coming on to...someone? If we can always be friends, that would be awesome.
@@n.a.larson9161 Some people are better at it than others, to be sure
@JoshuaKolden I mean, I thought I would go for humor, and maybe you would clarify - but to be clear, what you said lacked clarity. My best guess is you were pointedly opaque for parody purposes. But you were talking about consent, so that makes me wary. And weary.
@@n.a.larson9161 I think you fell for your own lack of clarity reflected back at you. But to address your first reply I'm referring to the value of innuendo. People think overtly clear statements solve communication problems, but they fail to notice the reason overt communication is often avoided. See video for examples.
@@JoshuaKolden I did see the video and it's kind of you to refer me back to it. This new statement is clear and that's helpful. It's helpful because your first one wasn't. So we're all being clear and straightforward, sometimes ambiguity is okay or even better. But there are risks to ambiguity, too, and many times the pros of direct and careful language outweigh the cons. See the direct communication of the instructional video for example.
Both the animation and the information in this video are brilliant.
This was art - both the talk and the animation.
these are so brilliant and enlightening. definitely makes my day whenever you guys post one of these.
These talks + videos brighten and excite my day. Gives me so much to think about. Thank you!
THe bit where he is talking about revolutions can also apply to the internet as well. Where a person points out something on say Facebook, he is making it clear how he feels, allowing others to show they feel similarly, making internet forums, effectively an online public square.
This gave my 16-year-old mind a lot to think about, should watch it over and over
these videos are absolutely amazing, seriously blown away.
Very well and laboriously explained with word-art and sequence. Language is really a huge window into the soul.
one of the most insightful talks i've ever seen
I was waiting for a Pinker video! Thanks!
Love the RSA videos and the beautiful visuals that elegantly illustrate complex ideas. Awesome!
Amazing video! Language is the bridge between your mind and the physical world. It's a beautiful thing.
I can't get enough of these videos,,,,,,keep up the good work.
You have no idea how much this helped me...
Wow that was incredibly deep,I never realised that language had such profound implications.
this video brought me to tears. keep up the good content
Wow, this made me realize where have I done wrong sometimes in my life...good thing RSA could turn this into mutual knowledge!
This is brilliant, I love it!
dude you are awesome, i love these videos keep it up. (and the discussion here sounds interesting, love it)
that was awesome. explicitly said what we all thought to make it mutual knowledge.
Intriguing talks and one of the best RSAnimate animations! The letters in the palace squares was ingenious, the etchings, Gok Wan (LOL!)
I loved this. I don't think I've ever subscribed o a channel based on a single video before. Hope to see more like this!
This video helps us to improve our mutual understanding. Thank you for sharing.
Once again - excellent work!
keep up the great work guys, I'm loving it!
thx a lot for posting this.
Outstanding presentation and analysis
These are so awesome, everyone should watch.
This is amazing!!! It was like a drug watching it. Thanks! :)
RSA animate is a treat in the subscription box.
About the only way I sit through one of these talks. Animating them makes ALL the difference IMHO :-)
This is all true. Languages have a profound impact on understanding. If you study the development of new languages, there is a pattern that some 80% of languages follow when adding new words describing color. Most languages at one time will have considered blue as a shade of green, for example. Also, some languages don't have words for numbers higher than two or three. This has a profound affect on understanding.
the ambiguity of language is sometimes needed to maintain relationship and avoid award situations. That makes sense!
ANOTHER AMAZING RSA VIDEO, really interesting perspective(s)
after first seeing one of these videos, i disregarded it as superfluous in an egotistical reaction. i was in awe of how powerful this idea is. It is obviously a tremendous achievement to get nearly one million views for these academic talks
Loved this!
Your videos totally eclipse all the other platitudinous tat on CZcams, they're fantastic!
Wow, no wonder this is so popular. You've combined good art with good speeches about science!
Amazing video and presentation as always, glad I subscribed
I wish there was a 'really like' button.
You just pressed it.
Lol nice illustration to overstatement which the speaker mentioned in the beginning of the video, & devaluation of words in particular adjectives and phrases of politeness :)
I enjoyed this....
relationships and communication issues are always starnger than the truth...
Splendid!
This is (thank you, Steven Pinker) awesome.
Beautiful!
Great work, once again!
Woot! Thanks for listening to the requests about zooming out to see the whole thing, very cool indeed
I learned so much in such a short period of time..
Very nice, as part of Intro to Psychology we're learning about human language; this video nicely built on some of the areas of language we didn't delve into!
amazing as always
Love your work thank you
That was awesome.
I love those, its brilliant
Got to love Gok Wan in the background in the Emperor's New Clothes sketch!
Another good RSA Animate! - Kudos!
We complain about bureaucracy in the government, but the people have their complex forms of expressions and getting "mutual knowledge" through as well. I'm sure most of the viewers of this video are exhausted by the insignificant and irrelevant comments we often find on the youtube and yahoo sites.
Mutual knowledge is obviously subjective...I think we need more logical debate classes in our school systems to rid of bigotry and ignorance. Great video!
I totally lost track of the great lecture staring at these fantastic drawings. I mean, how fast does this guy sketch?! :)
Amazing....simply amazing...there, direct and mutual. x
I love these... more....more!
There was nothing in this video that I didn't already know but now that it's explained to me, now I KNOW that I know ;)
That was a very interesting video. I love listening to people talk about the complexity of language :)
James Shuler you don’t say. *wink wink*
Awesome. Makes sense.
Wow, what a great video, what a work !
Touché!
@crazyteamcrew Print of our posters are available from our external animation partner Cognitive Media's website :)
i really liked this one , learnt alot - thanks !
Very well articulated!
Ah! Love this, very nice!
Wow this is so great!
Thank you!
Wonderful, mind-blowing stuff
This is fantastic!
wow.. that was pretty awesome actually
I've missed these kind of videos
fabulous, as always :)
Very deep, thanks!
Incredible talk and animation good job!
Very intriguing, excellent presentation!
Awesome, as always :)
Fascinating.
Great video, thank you.
Fantastic video.
Wow, what a great video!
Ye, interesting, and once again; Great illustrations!!
Awesome analysis.
Brilliant.
Awesome.
Awesome!
Notice the lack of 'likes', and 'ums'. Its refreshing to hear a person who respects language, speak. I wish I had better command of it myself. Brilliant lecture!
I learn more from these videos than I do from school.