# Which is your favorite Ted Talk? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favorite-ted-talk/648853 "2013-01-30T23:50:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favorite-ted-talk/648853/21 "2013-02-07T11:01:56Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > [All things are moleeds,](http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_fleischer_insists_all_things_are_moleeds.html) by Charles Fleischer. OMFG! I first him do this routine back in the '80s! For decades now people have thought I was crazy when I started to talk about moleeds! Thank you thank you thank you for linking this! ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favorite-ted-talk/648853/22 "2013-02-10T01:33:43Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > [All things are moleeds,](http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_fleischer_insists_all_things_are_moleeds.html) by Charles Fleischer. Thanks so much for posting this! Fleischer’s talk is absolutely brilliant, and I’d had no idea it existed until I saw your post. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favorite-ted-talk/648853/23 "2013-02-10T02:01:55Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > [Stroke of Insight](http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html?quote=270) > _Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened – and has become a powerful voice for brain recovery._ > > I haven’t seen it for awhile but I’m going to watch again. I often work with stroke patients and find this fascinating. Yeah. That’s a great one. I just watched it this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favorite-ted-talk/648853/24 "2013-02-10T02:35:20Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Yeah. That’s a great one. I just watched it this morning. I watched it too, and while it is very powerful and moving, it goes a little too, uh, woo-ward for my tastes. She seems to be saying we can all experience what she did (presumably only the good parts) as a matter of choice, without undergoing a stroke. Still, I have never been so entertained by such a vivid description of a nearly fatal health crisis. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favorite-ted-talk/648853/25 "2013-02-10T03:21:12Z")
The biggest game changer of all, [Sugata Mitra: The Child Driven Education.](http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html?quote=808) ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favorite-ted-talk/648853/26 "2013-02-10T03:45:24Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I watched it too, and while it is very powerful and moving, it goes a little too, uh, woo-ward for my tastes. She seems to be saying we can all experience what she did (presumably only the good parts) as a matter of choice, without undergoing a stroke. Still, I have never been so entertained by such a vivid description of a nearly fatal health crisis. Yeah, but you gotta take it at face value…that is what SHE was feeling. And we know the real reason she felt that way. It wasn’t because she really was, ‘one with everything, her arm melding into the wall, becoming all energy’ or whateverthehell. That’s just how the stroke made her feel. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favorite-ted-talk/648853/27 "2013-02-10T05:15:16Z")
[Bill Gates’ favorite 13 TED Talks.](http://www.ted.com/playlists/35/bill_gates_my_13_favorite_tal.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favorite-ted-talk/648853/28 "2013-02-10T08:27:46Z")
Here’s mine. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48rAFLqJo2M](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48rAFLqJo2M) ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favorite-ted-talk/648853/29 "2013-02-10T21:30:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah, but you gotta take it at face value…that is what SHE was feeling. exactly, it’s her stroke for crying out loud. Boyo Jim? don’t fear the woo!! it can’t suck you in and eat your brain after all… probably 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favorite-ted-talk/648853/30 "2013-02-10T22:26:18Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Here’s mine. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48rAFLqJo2M](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48rAFLqJo2M) Yes, world domination is an ever-popular subject. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favorite-ted-talk/648853/31 "2013-02-11T05:46:38Z")
We just recently discovered the wonder that is TED talks - I’ll have to take a look at all the links here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favorite-ted-talk/648853.md?page=1)