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Posted: Sep 24 2009 02:45 pm

I dunno how many of you are aware of ted.com, but its an awesome website with talks by experts on just about anything you could possibly be interested in. I saw this one today, and it made me smile. I have a feeling it might make y'all smile as well. Its rather long (most Ted talks are), but its worth it.

Posted: Sep 24 2009 04:22 pm

I love TED.com. I've spend entire days watching videos from TED. Same with Talks@Google and Google Tech Talks.

Gallery 2 · Posted: Sep 24 2009 05:47 pm

Huh, who would had thunk it...

Posted: Sep 24 2009 06:02 pm

I've never heard of this site before, thanks for the video too.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

I fixed this guy's computers for years.
http://www.ted.com/speakers/dan_dennett.html

He was always considered a "rough customer", but for some reason I never found him to be too difficult to deal with. I do remember the time he had massive heart surgery and then told everyone not to pray for him because praying is a waste of time.

Posted: Sep 24 2009 09:31 pm

Holy crap that was pretty good. And he's got a Dan Dennett video.

He wins.

Joined: May 13 2009 Location: lowell, ma Posts: 289

That was great, when he said he was a lawyer it made sense. He must be a good one. He definitely knows how to get up there express his thoughts well.