04 Oct 2010
Kathryn Schulz visits the RSA to present a tribute to human creativity and the way we generate and revise our beliefs about ourselves and the world.
You are welcome to link to, download, save or distribute our audio/video files electronically. Find out more about our open access licence.
Video file hosting and streaming is provided by GroovyGecko
Share
Theodore A Hoppe - 04 Jan 2013 6:07am
In a strange way we are always "wrong" about the world. ""My simple idea is that what's happened is, the real 21st century around us isn't so obvious to us, so instead we spend our time responding rationally to a world which we understand and recognize, but which no longer exists." Eddie Obeng
hghwqauzlfe - 11 Dec 2012 1:35pm
bFk7GC , [url=http://nebcnrmgkpui.com/]nebcnrmgkpui[/url], [link=http://iipwkdknvurk.com/]iipwkdknvurk[/link], http://qdkbhxvfquav.com/
lrrogviduk - 08 Dec 2012 11:59am
F13qiL , [url=http://qmibddamxzvj.com/]qmibddamxzvj[/url], [link=http://wadghmfdmpmr.com/]wadghmfdmpmr[/link], http://isrbcorsgerw.com/
Salah - 05 Dec 2012 11:15am
She’s has made me think about when I’m in my last days taking a look back on life. What a weduorfnl exercise to help you figure out how life should be lived! It’s a way of living life in reverse and having no regrets.
Nadia - 03 Feb 2011 4:37pm
This is an aspect of philosophy presented in a modern manner for a wide audience.The wrong/right element is only the final product and not what really matters. What really matters are the processes going on in our minds and perception of the world that leads us to being wrong or right. This is pure philosophy.
GoodEvenstar - 20 Jan 2011 10:38pm
I think what she's saying is extraordinarily poignant. In todays world where certainty and "being right" are attributes that you must possess if you are to maintain in a position of significance. We strive for creativity yet destroy the vehicle by which it travels. To add another great quote, Socrates said, "All I know, is that I know nothing". I think we could all learn a lesson in modesty from this.
Charles - 06 Jan 2011 9:01pm
at Richard: Do you mean: "...it would complete her point of being wrong is ultimately right." or: `...it would complete her point of being wrong is ultimately BEING right´?
Richard - 05 Jan 2011 1:21pm
at L De Cassanth... I agree with your point.. She discusses the beauty of being wrong very eloquently and illustrates the point 'to be wrong is also valuable and worthy of respect' but misses completely the beauty of the ureaka! the moment of being correct and having an assertion of creation. If she had concluded that from being wrong ultimately we are right. Then maybe it would complete her point of being wrong is ultimately right.
Charles - 03 Jan 2011 12:11pm
It sounds silly, but, maybe she is wrong! But what would that mean. Of course it is a meta-statement she is doing about right-/wrongness, but she uses the same categories or she claims that she is right, otherwise there would be nothing to say. So what does it mean for her meta-statement about right-/wrongness to be wrong? i) - We could always be right? ii) - Meta-statements like hers cannot be wrong/right? This is really puzzling for me.
Hammy - 21 Dec 2010 5:21pm
In a world of complete "rightness" in all we do and model to our children, it is wonderful for someone to stand up and report that being wrong is good, that it is normal, and that much greatness comes from failure, error, and being wrong!
Matt - 18 Dec 2010 9:50am
I agree with Mike Balow below. This was an 'enlightening' speech that was delivered well. Food for thought.
Mark - 13 Dec 2010 5:07pm
Kathryn struggles to be interesting but loses my interest in what she is there to say because she takes too long to say it! Her essential SUBJECT should be the point of focus, not her circumlocutions.
L De Cassanth - 01 Dec 2010 11:24pm
This was too long to get her point across. Kind of a mediocre point. We are human, we have doubt, agreed. However as an artist who is intrigued with collective consciousness and the new studies of quantum science there comes a point where one has the A-ha moment! Where the struggles with indoctrinations fall away. Where the creative process makes the connection to creation. Creativity taps into the source of light that began creation, the BIG BANG!...yes there was a big dark sky at first, but no longer. Metaphysical beliefs are being proven true by science! We are in exciting times depending on ones point of view.
Arnoud - 19 Nov 2010 12:31am
Slow, borring & NOT enlightening as in nothing really new to me in this video. I'm sorry but I'm 100% sure about this. PS: I'm sure I can here the public snorring ;P
Martin - 16 Nov 2010 10:05pm
How can anyone question "blind Hannah's" view of the world if cannot be certain about the neurologists' view of Hannah? Either we accept there is an objective truth or we choose to stumble about in the dark.
Mike Balow - 14 Nov 2010 5:09pm
A very interesting speech, told in such a way that draws you in. You must constantly test your postulates in order to learn and reach truth. Understand that true may not be absolutely static condition.
T A Hoppe - 13 Nov 2010 3:39am
Claire/ Yes! This is the point Schulz makes about enlightenment; it isn't seeing the light, its realizing you are in the dark. Questioning our selves puts us on firmer ground than being unbending. Reiligion in its dogma changes at a snails pace, even slower. Science on the other hand is a fluid, self correcting process. Kathryn Schulz is a fresh and insightful writer, both articulate and bright. This book obviously evolved during its writing. This has left her in full command of all of what she learned in the process of
Anon E. Muss - 06 Nov 2010 9:59pm
Gee whiz, get to the point already... Such slow rate of speech puts me to sleep, and thus I'm not understanding.
Claire Davies - 25 Oct 2010 11:59pm
Living in a state of partial struggle, error, and/or 'darkness' is part of a richer life, isn't it? I'm not sure I would want to operate in world without questions or curiosity. Without questions we would not learn. We would come to a standstill, which makes me think that without error, struggle or uncertainty we arrive at death whilst we're still very much alive! Perhaps that's a bit much, but I think it's integral to change and enriching living (values we could question too, but I rather like them!).
Joy Misa - 17 Oct 2010 2:15pm
I have a problem with the statement that art has given up on the search for truth. Perhaps there should be a distinction made between objective truth and personal truth. As far as I'm concerned, art is about the latter. And to me that is perhaps as important or maybe even more so than the former. Of course the worth of the artist's personal truth to another (which is a sort of validation of her/his status as 'artisit') depends on the viewer/listener's own personal truth and the artist's connection to the universal human spirit..