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GreedyTop -> TED thread (6/21/2011 8:49:41 AM)

since there are several of the folks here that enjoy the TED videos...


here's my first offering (as an offshoot to Sunnys)

http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html




Aneirin -> RE: TED thread (6/21/2011 8:52:17 AM)

Yes, I also picked that one up, but it is a pity the world doesn't realise that everyone despite their inability, disorder or syndrome has a contribution to the big picture.

I am a visual learner, I learn from pictures not text and nothing bores me more than a book without pictures, it why I am not well read. Initially it was thought to be dyslexia, but turned out to be aspergers.

Also whilst online I search for what I need via google images, the web side I get nowhere and this was recently tested only yesterday whilst trying to find a cross sectional drawing of a Jabsco raw water pump so we can guess at what was failing, the guy whose problem it was was frustrated as the web held no clues, but I got a drawing inside of twenty seconds and told him, it takes me a different approach to find what I need, as images are my forte. I also use this approach in fault finding machines, I picture the fault in my mind and work from that fault until I find the cause. If someone wants to explain somethin to me, for me to understand what is needed, I ask them to draw the problem.




Outlier2 -> RE: TED thread (6/21/2011 10:23:37 PM)

Nice Post GT!

I have heard this remarkable woman interviewed on NPR
and was most impressed by her insight, courage and determination.

Thank you.




DeviantlyD -> RE: TED thread (6/22/2011 1:36:08 AM)

Cool! I had heard of Temple Grandin, but I had no knowledge of what she was about. Very interesting and it brings up questions in my mind about certain topics...hmmm...




GreedyTop -> RE: TED thread (6/22/2011 5:07:16 AM)

I loved the movie they made about her.. and was happy to hear that SHE was good with it too!

THIS is AMAZING!!




Hippiekinkster -> RE: TED thread (6/22/2011 5:18:25 AM)

That is fascinating. As soon as she said "church steeple" I visualized a church steeple from my home town, the church steeple in central Munich, and an onion-dome steeple I'd seen in Bavaria.

TY, GT.

One of the comments was spot-on, I think. That is, autism isn't a continuum, it's a multi-dimensional thing. In addition to being a visual thinker, I'm a pattern thinker. I used to visualize imaginary things arranged in patterns when I was very young.

Take 6 toothpicks and make 4 equilateral triangles with them. I got this immediately. I've only seen one other person do this. I saw the patterns of the triangles, and I visualized the solution.

If I had not had a tragic childhood, who knows how I would have ended up? My aunt once joked that she thought that I would end up either an astronaut or a serial killer.




sunshinemiss -> RE: TED thread (6/22/2011 6:16:12 AM)

YAY!

I've heard her on NPR as well. She's done some amazing work!




GreedyTop -> RE: TED thread (6/22/2011 7:27:16 AM)

this is GREAT!!  It's BROKEN!




Musicmystery -> RE: TED thread (6/22/2011 10:38:47 AM)

Greedy,

What a great idea!

Tim




GreedyTop -> RE: TED thread (6/22/2011 10:44:56 AM)

Washing machine!!




Musicmystery -> RE: TED thread (6/22/2011 10:45:16 AM)

http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_moller_on_the_skycar.html




Musicmystery -> RE: TED thread (6/22/2011 3:26:55 PM)

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/steven_strogatz_on_sync.html

Mathematician Steven Strogatz shows how flocks of creatures (like birds, fireflies and fish) manage to synchronize and act as a unit -- when no one's giving orders. The powerful tendency extends into the realm of objects, too.




sunshinemiss -> RE: TED thread (6/22/2011 3:37:52 PM)

Oh... we learned about how scientists realized that animals all put themselves in equal distance from each other.... and then realized people do the same thing!
That looks interesting.... I'll watch after work!




Musicmystery -> RE: TED thread (6/23/2011 10:05:59 AM)

It would be interesting for someone to put the concepts in that talk together with wiki theory for analysis.




GreedyTop -> RE: TED thread (6/24/2011 1:33:13 PM)

Circles




GreedyTop -> RE: TED thread (6/24/2011 1:47:01 PM)

Inner girl




GreedyTop -> RE: TED thread (6/24/2011 2:29:04 PM)

For the percussionists




Icarys -> RE: TED thread (6/24/2011 3:11:21 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

since there are several of the folks here that enjoy the TED videos...


here's my first offering (as an offshoot to Sunnys)

http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html

I do a lot of what she's explaining. I'm very visual, I see problems and work out solutions in my head. If it's a complicated problem or I'm inventing I will work out details in my head visually as if I am building whatever it is. I can see the parts going together or not and then I change them if they don't fit so they do until I've got a completed image.

I have more than a few ideas that I've worked on for years and am continuing to at this time.

I also translate what people say into pictures a good bit as if I'm trying to put together a movie.

Strange to hear her say this stuff. Worth watching, thanks.




Icarys -> RE: TED thread (6/24/2011 3:37:54 PM)

Cool website if I could figure out how to peruse the freaking videos without searching for specifics!

Edit: Meh, I got it. The friggin links didn't work




Icarys -> RE: TED thread (6/24/2011 5:19:36 PM)

TED is like youtube with purpose!

This is really cool.
http://www.ted.com/talks/john_hardy_my_green_school_dream.html




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