Nick, Robert, et al, Tim Minchin is amazingly funny. He is primarily a song writer, and is certainly the best novelty song writer to come along in quite a while (with perhaps Stephen Lynch as a close second when he can stay in character). Tim is a skeptic and intellectual in general, but I'm not sure he is a behaviorist in the strong sense.
If you just want to enjoy some of his geekier songs, you should check out: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaid72fqzNE> <- about relationships <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP9pnSXhibw> <- about music <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw> <- about racial tension He also does nerd-friendly / intellectual stand-up some times. For thoughts on evolution, see: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DXl68NF_uI> Enjoy, Eric P.S. I was first exposed to Tim through his appearance on Graham Norton. It is still one of my favorite spots of his, though not nearly as intellectual as the above: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOuqEzmg304> On Sun, May 2, 2010 02:52 PM, "Nicholas Thompson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >The video is hilarious. > >I hope you all recognise that Mishkin (the Ranter) is just a behaviorist. > >I have never understood how any scientist could be anything BUT a behaviorist. > >How is banging on about mind any different from banging on about soul, or aura, or the Great Unknown? > >Nick > >N > > >Nicholas S. Thompson >Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, >Clark University (<#>) ><http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enickthompson/naturaldesigns/> > <http://www.cusf.org> [City University of Santa Fe] > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > From: <a title="" href="#">Robert Holmes</a> > To: <a title="" href="#">The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group</a> > Sent: 5/2/2010 11:22:24 AM > Subject: [FRIAM] Beat poet defends the scientific method > > I can imagine Doug putting on an Aussie accent and ranting like this: > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_htqDCP-s>. > > >Somewhat NSFW, but a spirited defense of the scientific method nonetheless. > > >-- R >> > > >
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