Why do arguments change people's minds in some cases and backfire in others? Hugo Mercier explains how arguments are more convincing when they rest on a good knowledge of the audience, taking into account what the audience believes, who they trust, and what they value.
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-can-you-change-someone-s-mind-spoiler-facts-don-t-work-so-well-hugo-mercier
Subtítulos en español.
Duración 4:25.
David Thouless, Duncan Haldane, and Michael Kosterlitz won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2016 for discovering that even microscopic matter at the smallest scale can exhibit macroscopic properties and phases that are topological. But…, what does that mean? Fan Zhang helps decode some seriously tricky science.
Topología.
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-in-the-world-is-topological-quantum-matter
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Duración 4:45.
You've been chosen as a champion to represent your wizarding house in a deadly duel against two rival magic schools. Your opponents are a powerful sorcerer who wields a wand that can turn people into fish, and a powerful enchantress who wields a wand that turns people into statues. Can you choose a wand and devise a strategy that ensures you will win the duel? Dan Finkel shows how.
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-wizard-standoff-riddle-daniel-finkel
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Duración 4:16.
After a massive storm tears through the Hex Archipelago, you find five grizzled survivors in the water. As an act of gratitude for saving them, they reveal a secret - the island they were just on holds some buried treasure. But when the sailors try to describe the island, something seems off. Can you find the booty despite their strange instructions? Daniel Griller shows how.
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-buried-treasure-riddle-daniel-griller
This riddle is an adaptation of "Helen on the island" and appears in its original form in the book Elastic Numbers: 108 Puzzles for the Serious Problem Solver by the educator.
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Duración 3:54.
Your interstellar police squad has tracked a group of criminals to a cluster of seven planets. Now you must apprehend them before their reinforcements arrive. Of course, the fugitives won't just stay put - they'll try to dodge you by moving from planet to planet. Can you devise a sequence for searching the planets that's guaranteed to catch them in ten warps or less? Edwin F. Meyer shows how.
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-seven-planets-riddle-edwin-f-meyer
The strategy of simplification allows problem-solvers to gain new insights about possible solutions that may be difficult to grasp when looking at too many variables.
Subtítulos en español.
Duración 4:30.
A few lines of attack on lines.
Una función es una relación entre dos magnitudes. Una secuencia de ejercicios para entender qué es una función y su gráfica.
The villainous Dr. Schrödinger has developed a growth ray and intends to create an army of giant cats to terrorize the city. Your team of secret agents has tracked him to his underground lab. You burst in to find… that it's a trap! Can you escape from Dr. Schrödinger's lair and save the day? Dan Finkel shows how.
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-giant-cat-army-riddle-dan-finkel
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Duración 4:45.
Problemas de los años 2008 a 2012, 25 problemas por año, y sus soluciones.
Organised by the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust.
Para alumnos en «School Year 11 or below». «School Year 11 or below» corresponde con 4º de ESO.
You're overseeing the delivery of supplies to a rebel base in the heart of enemy territory. To get past customs, all packages must follow this rule: if a box is marked with an even number on the bottom, it must be sealed with a red top. One of the four boxes was sealed incorrectly, but they lost track of which one. Can you figure out which box it is and save the day? Alex Gendler shows how.
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-rebel-supplies-riddle-alex-gendler
Falacia de la afirmación del consecuente, también llamado error inverso (affirming the consequent, sometimes called converse error, fallacy of the converse or confusion of necessity and sufficiency).
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Duración 4:21.