Why computer engineering is like standup comedy: Wayne Cotter at TEDxRainier

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  • @anonymous-do5bs
    @anonymous-do5bs 7 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    yup comedians and computer engineers are very alike. people laugh at a comedian's jokes and a tester laughs at a developer's codes

    • @martaxiaoping1261
      @martaxiaoping1261 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      anon ymous high five from a tester here.

    • @AndreCesarSa
      @AndreCesarSa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And a Sysadmin laughs at both. :)

    • @peace-to-the-world
      @peace-to-the-world 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AndreCesarSa ou-yeah? How about Electician?

  • @watchrefurbish
    @watchrefurbish 10 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    Thanks Wayne. You were one of the most talented programmers i ever met (i'm one of the geeks at the 3:10 mark). Now you are an equally gifted comedian. Proud to have worked with you!

    • @Tejas-zx7ie
      @Tejas-zx7ie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Really? Who's you on that picture?

  • @ParthThakur
    @ParthThakur 8 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    So I checked my Dictionary after you talked about fifty, and it said, "Ten less than sixty."

    • @aDifferentJT
      @aDifferentJT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That’s not even going to work recursively

    • @Kenionatus
      @Kenionatus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aDifferentJT It won't terminate as a program (return as a function), but mathematically it works. Just recurse till infinity :)

    • @chaidan9193
      @chaidan9193 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kenionatus it works mathematically by going backwards

  • @MsGnor
    @MsGnor 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    14 business days ... lmfao. Thanks Wayne, awesome tedx

  • @BruceRyanCannaCorp
    @BruceRyanCannaCorp 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love this dude's epiphany.... mine is different but aligned in the higher order of things. Sense of humour.... god, I wish my sons had this marvelous quality in such spades. LOL

  • @koruki
    @koruki 10 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    His voice at times sounds like Peter Griffin lol

    • @Vylkeer
      @Vylkeer 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      koruki Shut up, Meg.

    • @JustinIm27
      @JustinIm27 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      koruki hahaha I can't even watch the video now without laughing

    • @daultonbaird6314
      @daultonbaird6314 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      koruki ; )

    • @chahem
      @chahem 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      @koruki you're right

    • @katiekat4457
      @katiekat4457 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      koruki You are right. He does sound like Peter Griffin. I actually had to look it up so see when I read you commet. He's not but he does sound like him. He should be using that to his advantage.

  • @MazeFrame
    @MazeFrame 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watching this the fourth or fifth time now. Gets better every time.

  • @jessstuart7495
    @jessstuart7495 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Pigeon-holing people into professional categories is a heuristic people use to quickly "size-up" others and decide how to interact with them. The individual ego plays a big role in this. It is human nature to compare oneself with others. When someone comes along who is more knowledgeable and successful in one area, they automatically assume they must be deficient in other areas. This is the ego defense mechanism that allows people to avoid feeling inferior and attempts to belittle or find fault with others to minimize the apparent difference in "life success". The fact is, human abilities and "life success" fall along a spectrum (bell curve). There are people out in the world that are superior to you in almost all areas of life. Some egos cannot deal with that reality and seek to hurt or belittle others in order to bring them down to their level.

  • @saultube44
    @saultube44 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    What he said at the end, so true, looking all the possibilities and what naturally emerges from them, that's the human potential solving problem capability and a realistic perspective over reality

  • @sartajhanspal5604
    @sartajhanspal5604 8 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    8:01 "mastered intergalactic hyperdimensional space travel, AND, communicate by corn"

  • @andybaldman
    @andybaldman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That bell curve machine has been at the Boston Museum of Science ever since. I saw it as well as a kid. And I’m pretty sure it’s still there.

  • @vSTRENGTHINFINITEv
    @vSTRENGTHINFINITEv 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This guy is AWESOME... Great job and speech or should we say "set". hehe
    Comedy comes from REASON - actually HIGH REASON. :D It is being about to see the details and parts and all he said - but also see the incongruities and mistakes and from a different context. FANTASTIC -- I would totally see this guy's show!

    • @akeeperofoddknowledge4956
      @akeeperofoddknowledge4956 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      vSTRENGTHINFINITEv; so true! Ever notice on those tv shows that highlight bands from the 80s (mtv era) they always have a bunch of comedians giving their take on the band's, songs and culture of the times. And their observations are always dead on! Comedians are excellent observers.

  • @Col.J.N.W.SinghKhandala
    @Col.J.N.W.SinghKhandala 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I would love to have this guy for my Mathematics' teacher. The probability of my scoring good grades would certainly be high I am sure.

  • @byrondruss
    @byrondruss 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just seeing this Wayne. I can name Dave, Jim, Steve, Terry and I think Ben (all last names omitted) in at the pic. Just bumped into Steve last month. I see Dave every now and then. I was a co-op in '82/83-ish when you returned shortly, asking 'how in the world you give up being an engineer to become a comedian?'. You're inspiring re-tort took awhile. The thumbnail is me on stage in 2006.

  • @TransparentLabyrinth
    @TransparentLabyrinth 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Surprisingly insightful and yet simple. I can better see now why I have an inclination both for programming and comedy.

  • @youstolemytoast6946
    @youstolemytoast6946 9 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I hate having headphones on. A you can hear is saliva.

    • @lapx2230
      @lapx2230 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      YouStoleMyToast Not the headphones, either his mic is too sensitive or he speaks wierd. I'd go with the mic problem.

    • @DShaker24
      @DShaker24 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      YouStoleMyToast Fuck you, now I cannot unhear it. xD

    • @fuckedup610
      @fuckedup610 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn you!

  • @Mickey853
    @Mickey853 9 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    most people didnt laugh at the circles joke cause they actually believe in it

    • @TheNandixLP
      @TheNandixLP 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Miquel Bernal I noticed that too... ^^ I didn't laugh at that as well....... xD

    • @jamesgrey13
      @jamesgrey13 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Miquel Bernal
      They were a bit too... corny... for me! ;D

    • @projectjt3149
      @projectjt3149 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Miquel Bernal Same here. BTW, isn't part of quantum theory reliant on this idea of a "ball" on a bell curve?

    • @Brettah31
      @Brettah31 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      +Miquel Bernal No, they didn't laugh because he was still setting up the gag. There was no punch line until he got to the "communicate by corn" bit. They laughed at that.

    • @philtrem
      @philtrem 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought it was hilarious.

  • @ambroseym1248
    @ambroseym1248 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Huh.... now I know why my colleagues laughed at me when I said I can fix their network.

  • @yashvardhan04
    @yashvardhan04 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Deep message at the end. Nice!

  • @jjbinx213
    @jjbinx213 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    at 3:25 i see mr bean and leonard hophstadter

  • @nishkaarora6343
    @nishkaarora6343 8 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Sorry, well i always thought 50 was 70 minus 20. I think you need to check your facts.

    • @projectjt3149
      @projectjt3149 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're wrong. My fact checker said 50 is 500/10

    • @rajx7120
      @rajx7120 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nishka Arora No. 50 is 25 twice. Feels younger that way ...

  • @srikanthd3527
    @srikanthd3527 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow amazed by his insights

  • @Allagi22
    @Allagi22 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a guy who some would say is pretty smart, although I have my sincere doubts, Comedy is greater for me than any scientific achievement I could ever hope to achieve. If I was Einstein I certainly would know it by now. If I can make humans connect and understand through a good joke, well friend I'd much rather do that. I hope you all understand.

    • @mikey3932
      @mikey3932 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ahepperl I’m with you man

    • @mikey3932
      @mikey3932 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ahepperl or women

  • @NadaII
    @NadaII 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I see this a lot in the science world. Although Neil Degrasse Tyson skipped comedian and went straight from scientist to being a joke.

    • @projectjt3149
      @projectjt3149 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      And then a meme was created. Because we got a badass over here.

  • @abdullahrahman2006
    @abdullahrahman2006 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Mr bean (rowan atkinson) has a masters of engineering

    • @JagjitBrawler
      @JagjitBrawler 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Abdullah Rahman wow......never knew that

    • @EvanPlaysPc
      @EvanPlaysPc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Abdullah Rahman he has credit for being a moron (mr. bean) but in real life he is is literally as smart as stephen fry

    • @davidcartagena1272
      @davidcartagena1272 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Abdullah Rahman lol

    • @drakefist5693
      @drakefist5693 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He studied electrical engineering I think!

  • @-41337
    @-41337 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    PEAR Labs, the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab,
    did multiple experiments where they showed that people's intention biased a mechanical ball bell curve just like the one he showed, as well as quantum random number generators, etc.

    • @Lyricist1anda2
      @Lyricist1anda2 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Hal337 wow! I believe it.

    • @G8tr1522
      @G8tr1522 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hal337 A little birdie named Wikipedia told me that the PEAR Lab was total bullshit.

  • @ChristopherSalisburySalz
    @ChristopherSalisburySalz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is good! He reminds me of a smarter chevy chase that still has his hair.

  • @THEMATT222
    @THEMATT222 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Inspiringly Noice 👍

  • @GeometrianGL
    @GeometrianGL 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pro tip about your life-changing bell-curve machine:
    _A binomial distribution isn't a bell curve_.

  • @jondoe3646
    @jondoe3646 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    They really have to start computer engineering in the 5th grade

  • @Nihlm
    @Nihlm 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    They are very alike in the sense that 90% of the time you did it wrong

  • @jhmorgan72753
    @jhmorgan72753 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wrote code that worked but it took 75 lines, the 3 smart programmers did the same thing with 20 lines of code !!!!

  • @parodybusiness7153
    @parodybusiness7153 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    i think i have to join these two things . and make something crazy !
    i mean programming and comedian !

  • @Phoenix-hd1tk
    @Phoenix-hd1tk 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    sir u r awesome...respect from india

  • @M_makwana
    @M_makwana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What about Mechanical engineers ???

  • @dbiswas
    @dbiswas 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    brilliantly funny !

  • @jimba6486
    @jimba6486 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy is the parallel persona of william shatner.

  • @VK-pk8uz
    @VK-pk8uz 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He sounds like a mature version of Peter Griffin's son, haha

    • @jackruby4857
      @jackruby4857 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup. Who desperately needs a glass of water.

  • @imam7279
    @imam7279 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2019.

  • @timcook3410
    @timcook3410 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    am i the only one who immediately checked whether a dictionary contains numbers??

  • @batya7
    @batya7 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bill Gates is the sexiest man alive

  • @davidnwafor7023
    @davidnwafor7023 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bill Cosby huh... bet he won't repeat that today

  • @edgarazaky8256
    @edgarazaky8256 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i didn't know peter griffin was into computer engineering

  • @soupflood
    @soupflood 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    But... ETs communicate by corn because it´s original!

  • @bryand6452
    @bryand6452 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    we lost one wayne

  • @JM-md4ri
    @JM-md4ri 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was entertaining but if you want to save 10 minutes: computer engineering and comedy are similar because they both require creativity. That’s the only thing he said about that.

  • @metanewsdigital6351
    @metanewsdigital6351 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    M A L A K O I M E N T E

  • @silvertenzin
    @silvertenzin 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    He's funny but I'm leaning more towards crop circle as a means of communication towards majority of mankind who isn't still tech savvy by beings we aren't familiar with. After all, what better way of communication than crop circle to put in right in front of our face, with neurotic species who is so much in self denial ?

  • @FijneWIET
    @FijneWIET 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:16 muhahaha :')

  • @sabrinacz
    @sabrinacz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    all i can hear is the mouth noises

  • @martaxiaoping1261
    @martaxiaoping1261 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Being good at math was a masculine quality". That was the reason why girls were not studying it. His conclusion: "wow but girls at high school didnt like me T.T" How funny... hope that he was a better programmer.

  • @hp-qx7tf
    @hp-qx7tf 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    funny

  • @raeesnazeem
    @raeesnazeem 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    hmm. funny

  • @truthsetsusfree5096
    @truthsetsusfree5096 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    1011 0011 Burp

  • @YsnipezYMw2
    @YsnipezYMw2 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    1776 likes vote Donald trump

  • @dhaneshlol4449
    @dhaneshlol4449 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    jhgg

  • @rohitkhanna
    @rohitkhanna 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    boring

  • @thdoom81
    @thdoom81 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he is still "engineer" funny....not real comedian funny

  • @1lightheaded
    @1lightheaded 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Reallity is like a More pattern. If you take your bias and lay it on the universe you will see patterns. Humans construct a world view and our limited perceptions graph against that world view producing connections that appear to make sense .
    If ten people see an event and then describe it to someone else it would resemble ten different events. Our view is subjective but we insist it is objective.What you see is in your head and is constructed in your brain built with learned blocks .
    Stage magick demonstrates this Your brain expects things to work in the way you have experienced them and simple slight of hand and misdirection can have you believe that a miracle has happened
    . Your reality is a model you have built and you compare perceptions against that model if the events do not fit in your model then you have to reconstruct the model or deny the events ie not believe it. Beliefs are emotional sometimes it takes emotional trauma to change them If you challenge peoples belief it causes distress on an emotional level

    • @SumErgoMonstro
      @SumErgoMonstro 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +1lightheaded Moire?

    • @tannerterry3113
      @tannerterry3113 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +1lightheaded "Our view is subjective but we insist it is objective.What you see is in your head and is constructed in your brain built with learned blocks ."
      I think quite often people confuse the subjectivity of a person with the subjectivity of truth. You can say our view is subjective, but it is extremely easy to turn a subjective truth into an objective one by simply rephrasing the statement. For example:
      "Chocolate ice cream is the best flavor of ice cream."(Subjective)
      turns into
      "One mind in the universe evaluates chocolate as the best flavor of ice cream."(Objective)
      Of course our perceptions are subjective to each individual mind, but the act of perceiving is a real phenomena in the universe. Again another objective truth. We can see both sides of the coin if we look hard enough.

    • @pragathesi6541
      @pragathesi6541 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      What I understand from this is also different from what you probably were trying to put forth, and hence there would be no real point in explanation. But I get it. But I also disagree with it. It's both :/
      Hence I agree with what Tanner said.