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Against Reification
Political scientist Mark Bevir (UC Berkeley) argues that we need to move beyond reification of abstract concepts and recognize intentionality.
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Political Character
Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts) uses the example of electoral control models to highlight problems with model-building.
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Putting Nature’s Lessons into Practice
Did you know that plants and animals can be our teachers as well? That's right, we have learned so many important lessons from nature. This video explores a few examples of nature's great ideas and how we've adopted them into our own...
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Percent Increase: Fraction to Percent
Percent Increase: Fraction to Percent demonstrates solving percent increase problems by changing a fraction to a percent.
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Word Problems about Time
The video “Word Problems about Time” explores ways of solving time-related word problems, including methods for identifying keywords and setting up the problems.
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Building Better Models
Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts University) describes how we can use philosophical understanding to help build better, more rigorous models in social science.
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I Spent A Month as a Medical Student. Here's What I Learned. | Clinical Immersion
I Spent A Month as a Medical Student. Here's What I Learned. | Clinical Immersion
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How I Would Learn Machine Learning (If I Had To Start Over)
If I had to learn machine learning from scratch, here’s how I’d do it.
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Seeking a Balance
Historian John Elliott, University of Oxford, describes how historians studying societies other than their own need to balance objective assessment and societal assimilation, a balancing act that invariably brings with it a multitude of...
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03 How to form Vosotros commands in Spanish
03 How to form Vosotros commands in Spanish
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At the Intersection of Racism and Bullying
Soon after starting school in Essex, Cornelius Walker is challenged to a fight by a white classmate. When he shows up to the fight, he is surrounded by a group of students who shout racist slurs at him while throwing punches. Cornelius...
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DeepMind's AlphaCode - Better Than OpenAI Codex?
DeepMind's AlphaCode - Better Than OpenAI Codex?
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How AI Learns to Cheat | The Challenge of Specification Gaming
How AI Learns to Cheat | The Challenge of Specification Gaming
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Ratios and Unit Rates
“Ratios and Unit Rates” will help you understand the difference between a ratio and a unit rate.
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Regrouping and Carrying
The video “Regrouping and Carrying” explains how to use regrouping and carrying as part of the standard algorithm for adding two- and three-digit numbers.
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Affecting Change in Your Community
Affecting Change in Your Community examines the responsibilities of citizens by evaluating ways to assist government as they address problems that directly affect communities.
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Swept Under the Cosmological Rug
Princeton University physicist Paul Steinhardt relates how many top cosmologists simply ignore the problems with cosmic inflation.
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Staying A Step Ahead
Quantum physicist Artur Ekert (Oxford and NUS) discusses the question of building public key cryptosytems that are safe from even a quantum computer.
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Measured Desperation
Physicist Paul Steinhardt, Princeton University, describes how many practicing scientists confidently assume that the unsolved problems of a theory will eventually be rectified rather than embracing the uncomfortable prospect of starting...
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Improving Upon Greatness
Award-winning violinmmaker and acoustician Joseph Curtin describes how we might construct a better violin by combining aesthetics and practicality.
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Ignoring the Multiverse
Princeton University physicist Paul Steinhardt describes how many cosmologists simply ignore one of the most pronounced problems with the theory of cosmic inflation.
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Asking The Right Questions
Nobel Laureate Antony Leggett describes his gut feeling that cosmology is ripe for a major revolution, and describes why he is not particularly sympathetic to the field of "quantum cosmology".
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99% Perspiration
Penn physicist Justin Khoury describes how, while many believe that becoming a professional scientist or mathematician is all a question of "natural talent", in his view the most significant attributes for success are passion and...