Category Archives: Video

Software, Video

Filtered net, self-censored opinion, what can we belief?

This piece is about filtering

and this about censoring

Rupert Sheldrake is a fascinating member of the scientific world. His TED talk named “The Science Delusion” was controversially censored by the TED community after being aired. Rupert shares that humanity has become stuck in turning science into another belief or dogma vs. allowing the method to be what it is. Rupert Sheldrake outlines 10 dogmas he has found to exist within mainstream science today. He states that when you look at each of these scientifically, you see that they are not actually true.

Some views are strange of course, while others are not (replace for example “morphogenetic fields” with “DNA methylation”). Even with a few interacting factors, a causal proof is nearly impossible. More at SFGATE or The Guardian.

 

CC-BY-NC Science Surf 5.01.2014, access 16.10.2025
Philosophy, Video

Ich habe doch nichts zu verbergen !???

Wie oft habe ich den Satz in den letzten Wochen schon gehört… und er wird durch die häufige Wiederholung nicht richtiger. Denn natürlich habe ich etwas zu verbergen, wie die meisten Menschen, ich bin sogar vom Staat zum Arztgeheimnis verpflichtet worden.
Hier kommt jedenfalls ein sehr detailliertes Video für alle “die nichts zu verbergen haben”.

 

CC-BY-NC Science Surf 29.07.2013, access 16.10.2025
Software, Video

Computers are like bicycles for our mind (Steve Jobs)

or in his won words

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

 

CC-BY-NC Science Surf 6.10.2011, access 16.10.2025
Joke, Theology, Video

God is in the house

Last Sunday night, I heard an interesting broadcast at Ö1 on the way back from St. Moritz “Nach dem Willen Gottes. Religion, Erziehung und Gewalt. Gestaltung: Sebastian Fleischer” while couldn’t find the song played during the last 30 seconds.

Finally, here is it, although the Nick Cave version on youtube is still another one than at the Ö1 broadcast. An email clarified it:
Continue reading God is in the house →

 

CC-BY-NC Science Surf 6.03.2011, access 16.10.2025
Philosophy, Video

Plagiarism or sloppy citation?

We have an interesting discussion here in Germany, how many sloppy citations are being allowed in a dissertation. Does plagiarism only start with central text passages? We all have signed a form like

Ich versichere, dass ich die Arbeit ohne fremde Hilfe und ohne Benutzung anderer als der angegebenen Quellen angefertigt habe und dass die Arbeit in gleicher oder ähnlicher Form noch keiner anderen Prüfungsbehörde vorgelegen hat und von dieser als Teil einer Prüfungsleistung angenommen wurde. Alle Ausführungen, die wörtlich oder sinngemäß übernommen wurden, sind als solche gekennzeichnet.

which is rather clear: “I used only the cited references and nothing else.” Continue reading Plagiarism or sloppy citation? →

 

CC-BY-NC Science Surf 18.02.2011, access 16.10.2025