Worldview is fronted by Oliver Shaw, an Oxford-based songwriter, performer … Read Full Bio ↴Worldview is fronted by Oliver Shaw, an Oxford-based songwriter, performer and producer. Worldview aims to fuse the sounds of rock, pop and dance music with insightful lyrics reminiscent of Elvis Costello or Morrissey and the melodic sensibility of the classic 60’s acts. Oliver began playing in bands, including one with Coldplay’s bassist-to-be, then spent several years honing a one-man band approach in his studio, writing, singing, recording and playing everything in the manner of Stevie Wonder, early Prince or World Party. He self-released a debut album, the relationship-themed “War Years”, in late 2002, culled from home sessions. It enjoyed some airplay and praise for the “timeless quality” of the songwriting. A second set, “Paying For It”, followed in January 2005, with a more diverse stylistic palette and topics ranging from celebrity and consumerism to the Iraq conflict. The Oxfordbands.com website judged it “chock full of good tunes, clever lyrics and…united by a consistent, if rather misanthropic, musical vision”. As well as gaining FM and online radio exposure his tracks were featured on various unsigned compilation CDs. He appeared many times at major Oxford venues with a backing band from the ranks of other fledging local acts, and played some solo acoustic sets at London venues. Oliver then put together a new gigging line-up of Worldview, combining live instruments and PC, playing dates in Oxford and London, and an album, “Our Condition”, is available at the iTunes store. “Worldview's aptly titled "Our Condition" takes a snapshot view of modern living, with its raw honest exploration of life today...It's a strong offering with music that combines the ballads of REM with the dance beats of Duran Duran" - Oxfordshire Music Scene. The Credit Crunch is the subject of download single, “Party’s Over”, which along with other Worldview tracks is a staple of Internet radio stations. It features on the new Worldview album "Schoolboy Errors", released in February 2012.

No Takers
Worldview Lyrics

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Remember when those dark clouds lifted
To offer you a bright new vista
The day had come to set your stall out
You’d got the goods to knock them all out

On a high of self-esteem
You were confidently waiting on the call
But the world thought differently

No the world it didn’t think of you at all

You found no takers, no takers
You must have been so rudely awakened
No takers, no takers
You couldn’t reach the movers and shakers
No takers, no takers
Peddling your wares will wear you out

To say you live and learn is quite true
But by the time you’ve learned your life’s through
How could you know you’d end up worse off
By trying to mould it to some purpose?

Took you all that time to see
Hard work hardly enters into it at all
That the world works differently
No the world it didn’t think of you at all

You found no takers, no takers
This world welcomes chancers and players
No takers, no takers,
We get on through fluke or through favours
No takers, no takers
Peddling your wares will wear you out

But none of this bothers me
Cos my eye’s on posterity
And over time we will see
If hindsight’s going to honour me
I’ll be slow burning, for slow learners
Yeah some of my mud will stick
If I’m slow burning, for slow learners
Will I live to witness it?

No takers, no takers,
You never got to prove you’re the greatest
No takers, no takers
You couldn’t move those movers and shakers
No takers, no takers,
And they may get it sooner or later
But I’m jaded, hopes fading
Peddling these wares has worn me out
Peddling my wares has worn me out
Peddling your wares will wear you out

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Worldview's song "No Takers" explore the experience of someone who had high hopes and confidence in their abilities but ultimately faced disappointment and rejection from the world.

In the first verse, the lyrics describe a time when the person believed they had something special to offer, symbolized by the metaphor of dark clouds lifting and revealing a bright new vista. They were ready to showcase their talents and impress everyone. However, despite their optimism, the world did not respond as they anticipated. Instead, they were met with indifference and apathy.

The chorus emphasizes the lack of interest and recognition the person received. They had no takers for their ideas or skills and were abruptly awakened to the harsh reality that their expectations did not align with the world's response. The lyrics also suggest that constantly trying to sell their talents and ideas can be exhausting.

The second verse reflects on the idea that life is a constant learning process. The person acknowledges that while it is true that we learn as we go, it may take a lifetime to realize that trying to mold our lives according to a specific purpose can sometimes lead to even worse outcomes. They discovered that hard work does not always guarantee success and that the world operates in a different way than they had anticipated.

The following lines express a detachment from the disappointment and a focus on leaving a lasting impact. The person aims to be remembered and appreciated by posterity, willing to wait patiently to see if their slow-burning approach and wisdom will be recognized. They accept that not everyone may appreciate their work, but they hope that some of their influence will stick and be acknowledged eventually.

The final repetition of the chorus highlights the continued lack of interest from the world, suggesting that the person never had the opportunity to prove themselves as great or move the influential figures of society. They express a sense of weariness and fading hope, acknowledging that their efforts to sell their talents and ideas have taken a toll on them.

Overall, the lyrics of "No Takers" convey a story of dashed hopes, the realization of the unpredictable nature of success, and the weariness that comes from constantly trying to make an impact on an indifferent world.

Line by Line Meaning

Remember when those dark clouds lifted
Recall a time when a difficult situation improved

To offer you a bright new vista
To present you with a promising new opportunity

The day had come to set your stall out
The time had arrived to showcase your abilities

You’d got the goods to knock them all out
You possessed the skills and talents to impress everyone

On a high of self-esteem
Feeling confident and proud of oneself

You were confidently waiting on the call
You were eagerly anticipating a positive response or opportunity

But the world thought differently
However, the world had a different opinion

No the world it didn’t think of you at all
The world did not consider or acknowledge your existence

You found no takers, no takers
No one showed interest or accepted your offer

You must have been so rudely awakened
You must have experienced a harsh awakening or realization

No takers, no takers
No individuals or entities were willing to engage with you

You couldn’t reach the movers and shakers
You were unable to make connections with influential or powerful individuals

Peddling your wares will wear you out
Continuously promoting or selling your skills/experience will exhaust you

To say you live and learn is quite true
It is accurate to claim that you acquire knowledge through life experiences

But by the time you’ve learned your life’s through
Unfortunately, by the time you fully understand, it may be too late

How could you know you’d end up worse off
How could you have predicted that your situation would deteriorate

By trying to mould it to some purpose?
By attempting to shape or control your circumstances for a specific goal

Took you all that time to see
It took a significant amount of time for you to realize

Hard work hardly enters into it at all
The importance of hard work is minimal or irrelevant

That the world works differently
The world operates in a contrasting manner

This world welcomes chancers and players
This world embraces risk-takers and those who know how to play the game

We get on through fluke or through favours
Success is often achieved by luck or receiving assistance

But none of this bothers me
However, none of these circumstances trouble me

Cos my eye’s on posterity
Because I am focused on leaving a lasting legacy

And over time we will see
In the future, it will become apparent

If hindsight’s going to honour me
If looking back will regard me favorably

I’ll be slow burning, for slow learners
I will persist patiently for those who take time to understand

Yeah some of my mud will stick
Some of my ideas or influence will have a lasting impact

Will I live to witness it?
Am I going to be alive to experience it?

You never got to prove you’re the greatest
You were never able to demonstrate that you are the best

You couldn’t move those movers and shakers
You failed to impress or influence those in power

And they may get it sooner or later
However, they might eventually understand or achieve it

But I’m jaded, hopes fading
Yet, my enthusiasm is diminishing, and my hopes are diminishing

Peddling these wares has worn me out
Continuously promoting these abilities/experiences has exhausted me

Peddling my wares has worn me out
Promoting my talents and offerings has depleted my energy

Peddling your wares will wear you out
Constantly marketing your skills will lead to fatigue

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@hsetiono

7y↑168

Three most common biases that shape your worldview:
1. Confirmation Bias: Finding evidence to confirm our existing beliefs.
2. Dunning-Kruger: Thinking we know more than we do.
3. Cognitive Dissonance: New information contradicting our existing beliefs.

How to resolve them:
1. Take inventory of your own biases.
2. Evaluate your sources.
3. Speak out.

@Alienami

It's a very important topic because science is still full of hubris among such biases listed in video and more...
Many make their data align with their beliefs/hypothesis instead of making their hypothesis in line with the facts. The Texas Sharpshooter fallacy.

"X must be fake, because I believe Y is fake..." is widely used fallacy... You see it from flat earthers to people like Neil deGrasse Tyson, who is the poster child for it.

This can be seen in Graham Hancock TED Talk, the meteor impact crater in Greenland proves his scientifically accurate impact hypothesis is true, but because it doesn't align with the conventional beliefs and textbooks, which are outdated, TED Talks has put a bazillion warnings on his video trying to make people not believe that it's true.

And then you see people using fallacy to try and discredit the 23+ scientists that state, in a peer-reviewed paper, that octopuses are either not native to Earth or they're from the future... because they don't fit into this planet's and evolutionary time table because they alter their RNA primarily which means their DNA evolves extremely slow as a trade off.
But because aliens haven't been interviewed from the Oval Office and because there's no publicly recognized time machine either "this theory is obviously false!"

The following quote sums up the history of science:

Regarding an important idea or truth:
"...First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -- Arthur Schopenhauer

@azraeldrakephoenix9502

A meteorologist talking about psychology... and getting it a little bit wrong. Here are a couple of corrections (apologies if others have already posted about this).

1. Confirmation Bias = the tendency to be more likely to accept new information if it confirms our existing beliefs and less likely to accept new information if it contradicts or otherwise calls into question our existing beliefs. (He got this one pretty close to correct, but glossed over it).

2. Dunning-Krueger Effect = both overestimating your own knowledge and expertise and underestimating your own lack of knowledge and expertise. The biggest kicker of it, though, is that in order to accurately understand your own lack of knowledge and expertise, you have to have exactly the knowledge and expertise that you lack (catch 22).

3. Cognitive Dissonance = accepting/holding two contradictory ideas/beliefs at the same time, and being psychologically stressed (even if only a little) by the contradiction*. The term specifically refers to the psychological stress, not the two contradictions. This is as opposed to Doublethink, which means accepting/holding two contradictory ideas/beliefs at the same time, and *not suffering psychological stress due to the contradiction. People often miscategorize Doublethink as Cognitive Dissonance (I used to do so quite often myself), but they are, in fact, different-though-related issues. Doublethink is often a result of compartmentalizing different beliefs to only "count" (if you will) in certain specific areas of life and not in others.

Beyond that, science isn't a belief system, it is a methodology for discovering information about the universe. However, scientifically-based beliefs do constitute a belief system, which is why (for those who have commented about this before) not all scientists believe that climate change is made worse by human activity. However, what is notable is that the percentage of climate scientists (those who specifically use science to study climate) who believe in climate change, and that climate change is both caused and made worse by human activity, is significantly higher (by "significantly" I mean that the percentage difference is larger than the margin of error).

Also, I think the biggest reason people don't trust scientists (other than because some have been taught not to trust them) is that scientists often tell us things that contradict what we already believe. Go back to bias #1 and now you have a recipe for not believing what scientists tell us. And if we frequently disbelieve what scientists tell us, then we end up with a growing distrust of scientists in general. Perpetuate that over the larger population and over a period of time and you get a society that has an increasing distrust of scientists. It would help if we did a better job of teaching people what science truly is (and isn't), and how to understand scientific knowledge. It would help more, I think, if we would teach our children (at all) about cognitive biases like these, and teach them the critical thinking skills necessary to combat them.

Anyway, there are much better presentations of cognitive bias available on YouTube (and elsewhere) than this video. People could start, for example, with "SciShow Psych" and "Crash Course: Psychology" just to get some basic primers.

All comments from YouTube:

@abemore

7y↑125

3:32 Confirmation Bias
4:40 Dunning-Kruger Effect
5:02 Cognitive Dissonance

@danphipps2594

5y↑7

You just saved my life

@dylanseanedbert3498

@mtkabir1248

lifesaver ;)

@madison7419

5y↑1

You have SAVED my life.

@CTS1661

You are a G

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@hsetiono

7y↑168

@Dee_Dee794

5y↑5

Thank you !

@rihannaali1990

4y↑1

Thank you

@ocaiseeyou

3y↑7

you are a god, this was one of my homework questions lol!!

@stingyfloopy

2y↑2

I love you omg thank you bestie you're amazing

@dontlikeheights9217

@@ocaiseeyoulmao same I'm doing it rn.😂😂

@wolfbenson

2y↑3

Yes. The exact three that I came up with. Simple, direct explanation that could be greatly expanded upon across many different topics. In order to make a decision to formulate an opinion you need to be able to consider counter arguments and be willing to accept them when they go counter you your belief. Fee will means the ability to chose providing there is no force upon you making you lean. If you can't equally weight a subject due to bias which is a powerful force, you don't have free will. Excellent talk Dr!!

@mackenzieb2218

7y↑249

first ted talk i've watched in 2019, and this was pretty good. definitely thought provoking.

@enlightedjedi

7y↑6

For me it was also the first ted in 2019! Happy new year :)!

@mackenzieb2218

7y↑3

@@enlightedjedi thank you! Happy new year as well! Best wishes xo

@Illiteratechimp

7y↑2

Meh

@mathijs8352

7y↑3

Same, first one of the year, really strong one too. Happy new year.

@Keallei

7y↑2

MacKenzie B my first video of the year too!

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@tactics-mnk6084

7y↑57

Takes a lot of guts to confess you’re parttaking in conformation bias. Self-reflection is always a good thing.

@mrniceguy4277

7y↑1

Especially if you spent most of your life believing something else. Then it is already hard to commit to yourself that you may have been wrong.

@tactics-mnk6084

@@mrniceguy4277 Yes.

@SneakySteevy

Ego is the ennemy

@popocolocoi6082

6y↑1

to talk about personal bias and self-awareness are so noble and honorable. thank you.

@ohnyesss9544

6y↑18

I found three JoJo references in this video
1. Do you believe in gravity?
2. I'm meteorologist aka weather report
3. Will it rain for my daughter's wedding? Yes, snails and poisonous frogs

@yaboiachin3146

4y↑1

doing gods work

@isatousarr7044

31w↑2

Biases that shape our worldview are often deeply rooted in habits and experiences that develop over time. These biases can stem from cultural norms, upbringing, social conditioning, or personal experiences. They influence how we perceive others and interpret situations, often without us even realizing it. While biases are a natural part of being human, their impact can be profound, affecting our interactions, decisions, and relationships in ways that can perpetuate inequality or misunderstanding.

The foundation for overcoming biases lies in good upbringing and a commitment to personal growth. Being raised in an environment that values empathy, respect, and openness to different perspectives can help lay the groundwork for a more balanced worldview. Good upbringing provides the tools to question preconceived notions and embrace diversity. However, even with a supportive environment, the willingness to challenge ingrained habits and actively strive to be better is essential for overcoming biases.

To address and mitigate bias effectively, individuals need to cultivate self-awareness and recognize when their thinking may be skewed by prejudices. This means being willing to confront uncomfortable truths about oneself and understanding that biases, while natural, should not dictate harmful actions or reinforce stereotypes. It is possible to have biases and still take conscious steps to prevent them from having a toxic impact. This involves engaging in continuous learning, seeking out diverse experiences, and actively listening to others' perspectives. When biases are acknowledged and managed, change becomes less daunting and more sustainable.

It is also important to remember that biases are not static; they can be changed with consistent effort. By developing good habits such as questioning assumptions, being open-minded, and practicing empathy, we can move past biases and reduce their negative influence. In turn, this leads to a healthier, more inclusive worldview that enriches our interactions and contributes positively to both personal and societal growth. Change may not happen overnight, but with the right mindset and commitment, overcoming biases is entirely possible.

@kevinrowland4592

6y↑3

This guy is absolutely 100% correct. I to have been recently been observing a ton of this bias thinking in politics. Clearly one side is throwing out ideas and spreading and ideology that is completely illogical and will not increase living standards for most people. But the ignorance or bias of the people only having one perspective and not really educated on the true reality at hand allows them to believe in the crap since it makes them feel better emotionally.

@sterlingarcher1962

7y↑15

We've entered an age were people expect they are being lied to.... welcome to the result

@lmtfa6297

7y↑56

good and important topic. thanks for sharing TED.

@Alienami

@NoraGermain

7y↑1

Ppl in the comments think TED is biased because it produces science-backed lectures? If you don't like the facts, that's your problem. Not TED's. It's your bias that you need to check. Not the bias of the lecture. That is unless you're able to produce actual incorrect information in a TED talk and proving it to be incorrect. Unlikely.

@justinli19901027

7y↑3

what is even more dangerous is that there are people willing to take advantage of people's biases to profit themselves, even to the detriment of humanity.

@StyeAI

7y↑45

I want more of those NASA forecast

@abdalgadermohammed4570

AyunaAni probably it will cost you

@joycestanley4987

6y↑1

Thanks for letting me know to expand my my radius.

@puuo

1y↑1

Confirmation Bias: to find evidence to support and confirm our existing beliefs.
Dunning-Kruger: to overestimate what we knew/ underestimate what we didnt know.
Cognitive Dissonance: new information contradicts our existing beliefs.

Solution: take inventory of personal biases, evaluate our sources that we derive information from, and speak out loud.

@decube9614

7y↑21

2:17 i know its about relations, but pls but numbers on your diagramms

@calvindahl5903

well the source was pew news, so it must be reliable

@trybunt

Yeah, I was a bit confused about what this represented as well, for a second I actually thought this represented the amount of time they spoke about the subject

@trybunt

6y↑2

Cognitive bias is humanities greatest flaw, personally I believe it is the cause of the majority of our problems.
The scientific method was designed specifically to combat this issue, and look at the leaps forward we have accomplished.
Imagine if learning how to deal with cognitive bias was addressed in our education, how much better would the world be? How much are we holding ourselves back due to the majority of people not even knowing these problems exist within our own minds?

@mishaelfernandez1

gosh this one was good. Thank you, Dr. Shepherd.

@88HaZZarD88

7y↑15

Nice, thanks. More talks on cognitive bias & logical fallacies please

@ianwarney

7y↑3

I highly recommend a podcast called "You Are Not So Smart" (he also has two books). It's all about cognitive bias & logical fallacies. Great explanations, examples, and interviews with experts, along with advice how to deal with those biases and fallacies. =)

@allthewayswag

psychology books !

@danlightened

Cognitive bias & logical fallacies are such highly under rated subjects/topics. They should be taught in school itself. It's literally how our minds work. What could be more important than that?

@JJ-kl7eq

7y↑61

I was expecting something about confirmation bias based on the title and stopped watching as soon as I got the answer I was looking for.

@claudettes9697

7y↑2

🤣🤣🤣

@pierreluc5382

wow
this is just perfect..
should be top comment

@mrniceguy4277

The problem is that the public doesn't deal with science with that much devotion. And the "public" for that matter will certainly never see this great talk

@azraeldrakephoenix9502

@KD9WTS

I'm an expert in the Dunning-Kroger effect. This video confirms it. No need for me to learn more.

@rjrj1133

Watching this show since October 2015

@gvibanhez1

7y↑1

Science is too far away from the general public. "Nonbelievers" do not discuss this matter with scientists but with "believers", in other words, the arguments they hear are confirmatory bias as well, like: everywhere is getting hotter and hotter! Also, the media is the usual way to learn about climate change and the media (in general) is a very nice place to find these biases because it "sells"! One of the ways, in my opinion, is what TED does, bring scientists to the public! Keep it up!

@Arkeze

7y↑2

In my own experience, when I ask someone if they believe in climate change, it’s not a matter of is climate change happening, but rather is climate change really happening as fast as all of the people with a ton of degrees say it is and is it really as dire and imminent as they say it is and should we be as scared as they want us to be? I’m not a scientist or meteorologist or any other of the “ists” and don’t know a thing about climate change yet my initial urge when I hear someone preaching about climate change, is to push back and be skeptical of it and tune the person out, but I can’t for the life of me find the source or root of this belief or bias I have and why I do this. The only possible thing that I can scrape together to make sense of why I do this and that is that climate change carries with it the connotation of stuck up rich people with way too many degrees who think they’re better and smarter than the average lay person and they’ve taken up this almost god like role of saying the earth from the stupid eaters, the heathens and so on. Then you have your hippies who also see themselves as enlightened woke people of their lifetime who are also operating under the auspices of saviors of the earth. So for me personally it’s me inherently rebelling against that, because people by nature, don’t like being told what to do, and that they’re doing something bad by people who fly around in private jets and own more cars than characters in their name or by people who have purple hair and smell like onions and have unshaven armpits who scowl at you when they see you buying something plastic.

@lawrencestanley8989

6y↑2

Belief systems and biases? Well, we all have them. Science is merely the methodology by which one obtains data; data is always neutral, and all data must be interpreted. Science itself does not draw conclusions based on the data that it produces, nor can it; it is people who draw conclusions, and no person is absolutely unbiased, and wrong assumptions about the data will always lead to wrong conclusions. We all have the same data: the same rocks, the same trees, the same stars, the same archaeology, history, and so on, but the secularist and the Christian each start their investigations with different presuppositions. Our presuppositions inform our worldviews, and it is our worldviews that drive us to make vastly different conclusions based upon the evidences that we see, and conclusions are neither scientific nor unscientific, rather, conclusions are merely a reflection of the individual’s concept of the data as filtered through his worldview – this is how one person can look at a particular data set and conclude “common descent,” while the Christian looks at the same data set and concludes “common Designer.”

@zazenora7225

A very important TED talk dealing with common sense, something we as a population seems to be struggling with far too often these days.
I've literally been talking about people's perceptions of certain issues based on their preferences of media consumption and their surrounding environment.
J. Marshall Shepherd has nailed it with this one, and I'd really love to see this discussion play a part to wider audiences other than those of us that choose to watch these TED talks. It really doesn't do all that much good to present these important talks to the same crowd that already (for the most part) understands and agrees with these views. We desperately need to find a way for them to reach a more "global" audience and find ways to present the information effectively to those that will undoubtedly question the facts of any given issue.
Also, I believe that it's healthy for ANY fact or issue to be questioned, no matter the subject matter or how long it's been established, that's how we as a species break through the norms and find new ways to innovate and solve these immediate problems. The problem we're facing today is a not-so-new force known as "Propaganda", which is normalizing the term "Fake News" into the complete opposite of what its intent was.
I've derailed this comment enough already, but I've left my position.
A really great talk by the way!

@trybunt

I agree, cognitive bias is humanities greatest flaw, personally I believe it is the cause of the majority of our problems.
The scientific method was designed specifically to combat this issue, and look at the leaps forward we have accomplished.
Imagine if learning how to deal with cognitive bias was addressed in our education, how much better would the world be? How much are we holding ourselves back due to the majority of people not even knowing these problems exist within our own minds?

@VWoe-nx8iz

Not too sure about the talk, but the PowerPoint was absolutely on point^^ 10/10

@jg997

7y↑2

This is what I've missed from TED. An actual intellectual discussion.

@ABNaseer1122

7y↑1

02:48 Where it starts

@samuelgunn9881

7y↑1

This guy is awesome! Charismatic, humorous and informative.

@TheEllenMellon

Didn't know I was waiting for this, but I feel like a weight has been lifted.
Now, I can just direct people here and borrow as needed for some difficult conversations ♡
Woo! 2019.
Building bridges.

@nubarhaciyeva4826

The first and best TEDX in 2019 which I have been watched (if I have mistake someone can correct it 😊)

@tenzinjampa3266

Thank you

@dylancole9222

It is interesting to me that the concept of "the radius of understanding" was used; it seems like a relabelling of the concept of a "horizon of understanding" by Hussrl

@EricBZink

Definitely thought stimulating especially since there is a lot of bias individuals out there

@traviswilliamsonesq.460

Great speaker, great topic

@Faithful.adanna

Go Dawgs! Just started UGA this fall. Awesome Ted talk

@valeriahelena3699

Worth watching! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

@hellofriends2649

Happy new year, y'all!

@simoncotter1606

7y↑15

2:03 this has to be one of the worst graphs I've ever seen...

@gummynoodles9036

7y↑1

Why??

@ch4.hayabusa

It's not great, it's a far cry from the worst. At least it looks pretty. And he quoted his source ahead of time. There is no way to get to the bottom of something like this, without getting to the bottom of the paper itself

@LughSummerson

7y↑1

Gummy Noodles It's a terrible graph for a few reasons.

• There's no scale. It could be showing 90% scientists vs. 50% public or could be zoomed in and showing 10% scientists and 5% public. Really dishonest people will cut off the base of the bars to exaggerate a difference, so it could be 90% scientists and 85% public.
• It doesn't say what the questions were. Animal research is useful? Animal research should be banned?
• It does not reference its specific source, only the organisation who gathered the data. But they conduct thousands of polls. There's no way to check the information except to spend time hunting around and take a guess at what it's referring to. The point of a graph is to present the information to you, not to leave you with the job of spending an afternoon trying to find out what he was talking about.

When you see such a useless graph as this, you should assume that those details have been deliberately omitted in an attempt to deceive you, because that's how propagandists use graphs. It could have been created by an honest but stupid graphic designer. Nevertheless, you will be misled less by being sceptical than by being gullible.

@tanguyf9257

Yes. We don't even know what are the questions answered

@maysaraali942

very informative to me. Thank you!

@tobangafeufeu

7y↑6

"We need to make the people believe more in scientists"

@tobangafeufeu

7y↑1

@@Sannidor you take your truth from majority decisions? how dumb can you be?

@luketorres1408

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Posted Oct 12, 2018 by Martin Armstrong

An independent audit of the key temperature dataset that is being used by climate models has exposed more than 70 problems with the data which render it “unfit for global studies.” Problems include zero degree temperatures in the Caribbean, 82 degree C temperatures in Colombia and ship-based recordings taken 100km inland. The audit has concluded that the studies are deliberately exaggerating temperatures to support a theory of global warming utilizing global averages that are far less certain than what is being forecast.
The audit has revealed “that climate models have been tuned to match incorrect data, which would render incorrect their predictions of future temperatures and estimates of the human influence of temperatures.” Furthermore, the Paris Climate Agreement adopted 1850-1899 averages as “indicative” of pre-industrial temperatures is “fatally flawed.” The entire Paris Climate Agreement has an agenda to eliminate effectively the advancement of society and attempt to reset the clock to the pre-Industrial Revolution. This entire theory that before the Industrial Revolution, our planet’s atmosphere was somehow pristine and uncontaminated by human-made pollutants has been also proven to be completely bogus.

@eldin14

1y↑1

Every single person has a worldview that directs their footsteps daily. Can't escape that fact.

@studiosandi

Well said.

@YawnGod

Three minutes in and the black guy hasn't spoken about race? It's beautiful to watch.

After further investigation, he has pretty good presentations.

@TonyRom257

6y↑1

But you did.

@flawlesstheory5111

7y↑2

Good talk, but we still need some "TED's basics" playlist for talks that do not contain anything specific
Or it's just me, I dunno

@lottajarvi2907

Great speech!

@ThreePhaseHigh

Yes all 🐂 💩 but great!

@100YardFumble

I think the reason why the public is so sceptical to these sorts of things, is that the public feel that we've been lied to by the " establishment ".

@ogerwon1

when i watched this and pondered the human condition and how silly we really are, and we are a silly bunch by anyone's terms....i watch this and i think about an old saying "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink"... scientists can lead peoples to knowledge, but its up to them to take it in and use it as prescribed. sadly, the line between reality and belief has been blurred. i think like this: strength wins the battle, courage is for when the strength is gone. i believe in nothing. i know things. reality is this: if something only exists because one believes, then it is a subjective thought and does not exist. and somehow, with that, i feel completely grounded and unafraid of the world around me and nature.... but the people on this planet freak me out.

@sarahloffler

5y↑1

Eloquent and useful to broader range of topics. Great talk.

@bigdbiggs9

7y↑1

@ J. Marshall Shepherd you perfectly used all 3 biases in your speech! The subject is not "settled" as fact. Here is one of your peers..... Richard Lindzen from MIT
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lindzen

@toth-music

great talk! much importance!

@mortenbrodersen8664

Great talk!

@MrMurfle

Notice (at ~2:40) the survey question is "climate change is mostly due to human activity," while the way Shepherd states it is "humans are contributing to climate change." Obviously. "mostly due to" and "contributing to" are very different constructs.
Kinda supports the notion that scientists are unreliable.

@desenhosanimados1ify

Great presentation. Very focused, evidence based and also entertaining.

@ericklinhares9551

7y↑1

1:44 Pucci heard that question and that made him reset the universe.

@akwaabab8504

He is excellent!

@Rafael-es3go

Bravo

@mitchellwaltmann1872

7y↑1

There’s a speck I thought was on my screen but it was just the thingy in the background. Don’t lie, you thought it too.

@echomediastudios

What are you referring to when you mention Animal Research at 2:03? That scientists are more supportive of torturing animals for research than the average citizen? That's not a question of being informed, it's a question of morality. The bias that's coming into play is that some scientists' work relies on the torture of animals so they are more likely to compromise their morality on that matter.

@dejayrezme8617

5y↑1

Weather forecasts: 90% of the time, it works all the time.

@laurenfaloon7013

Our own personal biases are one thing however when the majority of the public consumes science through mainstream media which is notoriously misleading and at odds with what scientists are staying. Sensationalised science isn't reliable either. Maybe if we had a more reliable source more people could suspend their disbelief and tune into their own misconceptions and biases

@abhinayaraj

This Theory applies to Spiritual experiences as well. We are so much tied by our own dogmas, and often misinterpreted belief systems that we can't perceive reality when it actually happens. For me, this happened with Sahaja YOGA, A seemingly simple looking Mother is the solution for all the human woes and She delivers a magic which literally each and everyone can experience for ourselves. But how many takers there? There is slow silent revolution that's taking place and it has nothing to do about affluence, position or background! Child like innocence & curiosity is the need of the hour!

@connectmuraly

6y↑1

Very informative talk backed with fact. Truly outstanding.

@ChuckBurgess1

The comparison used is an "apples to oranges" comparison. When I climb to the top of a building and drop a ball... I can see for myself the ball drops. However, there are multiple scientists who disagree on climate change (as it relates to Global Warming). It's not as easy to see (for the layman) as dropping a ball. So the difference I think is the proof that one can determine for themselves. So now I am left to "who do I trust" to give me the truth. So for this particular case, call it bias if you want, but I believe it's more than bias.

@danlightened

I bet 1000s of pages of research work regarding global warming must be posted each year. How much more proof do you need?

@ChuckBurgess1

@@danlightened just because people post information doesn't make it true. You do realize in the late 70's they were talking about the next ice age and they were trying to figure out how to warm the planet. For the past 20+ years, they have been talking about global warming and climate change and how much trouble we will be in 8 years, or 10 years, or 12 years. And guess what? We are all still here. So like I said, there may be piles of papers on the subject, but it doesn't make it true. (Also, there have been stories about how some so-called scientists have doctored the data to make it fit their bias - also not true - also not science.)

@moritz2692

As a European you are confused at first when reading ,Athens, Georgia‘ :D

Great Talk :)

@Alianger

7y↑4

8:16 At the same time, TED and other leftwing outlets promote this attitude when it comes to a bunch of other things.

@Toroidalzpe

7y↑3

Ironically 75% of the people who speak at TED could really learn a thing or two from this video.

@ilona9339

great message

@theobjectivebeliever

6y↑1

He gives polls at the beginning about the differences between scientists and the public on climate change, then spends the rest of the video explaining why you really shouldn’t trust them—-But doesn’t appear to realize it.

Fascinating.

@sharankumaran3360

Thinking fast & thinking slow... read this book

@spyingbuckle1310

7y↑3

Hello there

@ceci4530

7y↑12

•G Dragon;
• Jimin;
• Jisoo;

@nara104

Omg 😂😂😂😂😂

@kalenakien8036

7y↑4

Ceci. that's what i thought because in the background of the thumbnail, it said uga but i thought it said “suga.”

@DavidPalmer

Cognitive bias: Houston gets 34 inches of rain per year. How much does eastern Montana get? Only 10". People will have the bias that Texas is the desert, not Montana.

@cosmicquestions1931

The interpretation of the data that suck the scientific method provides is a belief. The data given the scientific method being done correctly is of course not necessarily categorized as a belief however once you interpret that data you are now engaging in a subjective belief system.

@donaldyanson8144

So what do you think I don't know good answer at least you're being honest with yourself

@Rickbearcat

7y↑1

Issuing an advisory, to most people, does sound like a downgrading of a storm. Why? Because the word, as used in their normal lives, isn't one of urgency. To them, it means to just keep an eye out, and not a call to action that something important is about to happen. The forecasters need to be more aware of the level of education of the people they are speaking to. And to speak to them on their level initially (by saying that this storm is going to get worse), while simultaneously educating them on what a storm advisory actually is from a storm watch according to the weather service. And if you think about the general population, a winter storm watch does SOUND more harmful than a winter weather advisory. After all, you are only saying it as if it is "advice" to people and that is what they hear. Advice. Not a warning.

@duweisstgarnichts

Science is a belief system. Yes, it's easy to say that gravity works and you can tell the weather, but the deeper you look into the roots of science the more you see things that are just there by definition or are just straight up believes, only that one calls them axioms, theories or hypothesis, in which you have to believe.

@kulik03

7y↑49

oh TED knows about bias very well...

@BIONICLECLAYPOKEMON

7y↑16

Did you even watch the video my dude? Drop that confirmation bias that lets you deny every other resource, check yourself.

@kulik03

7y↑3

Ted promotes their liberal crap all the time @@utubebad

@Alienami

Graham Hancock's Ted Talk comes to mind, even after the Smoking Gun of the crater in Greenland proving the impact happened, they still have his videos spammed full of warnings... Saying it's not true...

@commonsense31

7y↑2

kulik03 you need to stop using the term liberal, if scientists and innovations are liberal propaganda, then you are on the opposite on the spectrum meaning you are wrong in most cases.
Isn’t it funny that someone narrow minded person has never invented anything because you don’t like science and don’t believe in it.

@StrongbyLee

Ha. He basically said the city of Altanta shut down the city based on 'faulty belief systems'. If a city shuts down in anticipation for a winter storm that they don't normally get, they're getting that info from forecasters and weather agencies. Wouldn't that mean if weather warnings increase in severity yet the prediction was WRONG, it's not the receiver but the provider of the information who has to carry that burden?

@sofiavaseva2576

7y↑20

If u listen to kpop you will understand the confusion with bias, damn it

@BethysHusky

7y↑2

Exactly, I read the title and I thought,, if he only knew"

@EchoesInRain

7y↑1

I dont understand your comment. Would you mind explaining?

@sofiavaseva2576

7y↑3

D.J S in kpop if you like someone from a particular group then he is your bias, here bias is another form of bae(before anyone else) but bias is commonly used in kpop so yeah😂hope this explanation helped

@EchoesInRain

7y↑2

@@sofiavaseva2576 I see. Thanks

@Veeschannel

Thought of this straight away too hahaha

@AnimeshSharma1977

7y↑1

"expand your radius" thanks for the mindblowing phrase :) #travel #talk2strangers

@paulanderson3772

7y↑1

Listen up radicals.

@Luke-e8m8i

非常好=Nice

@clarktierney8987

What is never discussed is the fact that, when graphed, climate change almost exactly follows a graph of population growth in the past 125 years. Climate change IS due to human activity. The activity of producing too many people.

@allthewayswag

YES as Malcom Gladwell once labeled these people with Information asymmetry TV PUNDITS. They are prone to make wrong predictions on politics, media etc because they obtain their information from merely reading SNS comments and watching TVs

@dozer11

5y↑1

Lol, all 200+ people who downvoted this are perfect examples of Dunning Kruger.

@wallacepan3897

Why there is always people confused about belief and believe .

@jimmybritt9537

7y↑2

" wow you certainly know how to earn that pay check "

@garmd4953

5y↑1

In the 1950s Life Magazine said, scientist had confirmed that we would all die in a Global Cooling !!!!

@Stew282

3y↑1

You're asking the wrong question, to the wrong people. The question is not "Do you believe in climate change"; it is "Why has climate change become a question of political hysteria?"

I'm not a climate sceptic, but I'm very much a 'political hysteria' sceptic. Let me know when you're able to address my concerns.

@ryugo7713

Did anyone else see the gremlin behind the TEDxUGA sign?

@cantlosethis

brilliant <3

@pcuimac

7y↑1

How do we get there? Corporate News that are owned by the same investor class that makes billions from BIG OIL investments. They are not the only guilty people. Wa all are, to a lesser degree, guilty too.

@mrsalty1019

Don't be too negative with your comments!
You don't want them to get disabled.

@LughSummerson

What kind of comments are being disabled?

@dancenow1337

Here's something else you're probably biased about: Eating animals. Nowadays we don't rely on eating animals for survival and it could therefore be considered cruel. Just because we all were brought up to believe violently killing another feeling creature for our taste preferences is normal, natural and necessary, doesn't make it any less unnecessary and cruel. If you agree that animals are not objects or goods, please consider leaving them off your plate.

@dancenow1337

Animal agriculture is also among the top contributers to climate change by the way, even according to the United Nations/IPCC and others.

@mydh122

Maybe expand your radius of input beyond TED talks, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, and late-night comedy shows. Maybe also listen to news media that actually tell the other side, including Richard Lindzen, MIT Climatologist prof emeritus, and Roy Spencer and Jeff Christie, NASA climatologists, who don't believe in the extreme climate change models that have consistently been PROVEN wrong in their predictions.

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