Dan Dennett – Dangerous memes, Subbed June 2010

As a member of the TED’s Open Translation Project, I subbed the following Dan Dennett presentation:

Dan Dennett on dangerous memes
“Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of memes: concepts that are literally alive.”

There are two spelling mistakes that were overlooked during the review process but we are hoping to regain access to the text and correct them.

You can also get the .srt file that contains the bilingual text by clicking here. All comments are most welcomed!

UPDATE:

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You Say “Ga,” I say “Ba,” but Everyone Hears “Da”, Scientific American 12/5/2008

A fascinating auditory illusion proves that the visual cue of moving lips plays an important role in accurately hearing what people say.

So this week I’m taking it back to a study published in Nature in 1976 to tell you about a freaky auditory illusion called the McGurk effect. However, it also requires some visual input, so I’ll have to send you to a video at http://snipurl.com/sciam-illusion.

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