Re: Beat poet defends the scientific method

Posted by Eric Charles on May 02, 2010; 8:04pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Beat-poet-defends-the-scientific-method-tp4993619p4994058.html

Nick, Robert, et al,
Tim Minchin is amazingly funny. He is primarily a song writer, and is certainly the best novelty song writer to come along in quite a while (with perhaps Stephen Lynch as a close second when he can stay in character). Tim is a skeptic and intellectual in general, but I'm not sure he is a behaviorist in the strong sense.

If you just want to enjoy some of his geekier songs, you should check out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaid72fqzNE  <- about relationships
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP9pnSXhibw <- about music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw <- about racial tension

He also does nerd-friendly / intellectual stand-up some times. For thoughts on evolution, see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DXl68NF_uI

Enjoy,

Eric

P.S. I was first exposed to Tim through his appearance on Graham Norton. It is still one of my favorite spots of his, though not nearly as intellectual as the above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOuqEzmg304



On Sun, May 2, 2010 02:52 PM, "Nicholas Thompson" <[hidden email]> wrote:

The video is hilarious.

 

I hope you all recognise that Mishkin  (the Ranter) is just a behaviorist. 

 

I have never understood how any scientist could be anything BUT a behaviorist.

 

How is banging on about mind any different from banging on about soul, or aura, or the Great Unknown?

 

Nick

 

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Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,

Clark University (nthompson@...)

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----- Original Message -----

From: Robert Holmes

To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group

Sent: 5/2/2010 11:22:24 AM

Subject: [FRIAM] Beat poet defends the scientific method

I can imagine Doug putting on an Aussie accent and ranting like this:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_htqDCP-s" onclick="window.open('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_htqDCP-s');return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_htqDCP-s. 

Somewhat NSFW, but a spirited defense of the scientific method nonetheless.

-- R

 

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