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Al Seckel, neurocientífico cognitivo, explora las ilusiones de percepción que engañan nuestras mentes. Montones de trucos visuales le sirven para probarnos que no sólo somos engañados con facilidad, sino que de alguna forma nos gusta.

About Al Seckel

Cognitive neuroscientist Al Seckel explores how eye tricks can reveal the way the brain processes visual information — or fails to do so. Among his other accomplishments: He co-created the… Full bio and more links

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Tan Le’s astonishing new computer interface reads its user’s brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration). She demos the headset, and talks about its far-reaching applications.

About Tan Le

Tan Le is the head of Emotiv Systems, which is developing the next generation of human-machine interface — a headset that takes input directly from the brain. Full bio and more links

Listening to this talk it borught economists to my mind.

I feel they (we) were perfectly presented when David talked about explanations that can be easily varied, because we are experts explaining one thing and the opposite within a very short period of time.

It was while I was studying Political Economics at the University of Santiago de Compsotela when Professor Olariaga talked to us about Procrustes myth applied to what economists actually do (“Procrustean solution” is the undesirable practice of tailoring data to fit results).

Economists, we’ve doing so fine changing our own theories and explanations about reality that many people say that the Economy is not science. But in the end, maybe the real problem is that economists do not behave as scientists whenever they appear serving political speeches (both for public administrations or big companies). This is a very clear case where explanation is not the goal.

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President Obama speaks about restoring security for middle class families after a lost decade of declining wages, eroding retirement security and escalating health care and tuition costs.

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