I’m an engineer and I've been fascinated with flies for a long time, I’m glad someone took that fascination seriously, what a presentation! - I’m also glad I’m not the only crazy one out there
I appreciated his rapid speech. In these talks, each presenter has such a small amount of time to get as much information to the audience as possible. With ideas about the findings of the complexities of the neuroanatomy of small organisms, I'm glad he got as much across as he did in such a short amount of time. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
I didn't notice that he stutters. However, his presentation seemed stressed, almost frantic, and way way too fast. What's the hurry? The listener must be given time to process the information or it will not be retained. Am I wrong?
@@clarencegreen3071 Yes, you're wrong. Ted itself only gives you around 12 minutes, besides, his presentation actually felt as excitement, rather than as him being frantic.
For the past 1 hour there has been a fly and it has been sitting near me and right now it just flew away. I'm like "noo! Stay with me, 'cause you're all I need!"
I'm a computer engineer student, and i find this fascinating. I'm about to learn VHDL and program FPGAs, and i think i'll have to revisit this again after i finish the course to have a second look. Drawing similarities between biology and digital systems (from computing to networking and storage) is interesting. Nature is a good inspiration in engineering.
Not nervous.. when I look at him, i just see a personality. He looks like he's just like that everyday life, too. As mentioned in the comments, these people are professors etc and are used to lecturing and speaking in public
Wow, these kinds of talks is why I love TED. We need more people like Michael Dickinson, to dig into obscure and fascinating knowledge and present it in a way to make it fun and interesting to watch!
Intersting! The fly creates vortexes to help generate lift - F1 cars use vortexes to create suction beneath the car to produce more down force... Fascinating stuff!
Right on dude. As an undergraduate I learned about the surface to volume ratio of insects and realized that they basically lived in space suits on Earth and all you had to do was scratch that suit and they would die in what was to them Space.
The one on the TED website cuts off early, and now it appears all the rest are the same length as well as this one which is currently unavailable. This was one of the best TED talks I've ever been in the middle of enjoying. What the hell, guys? Do a follow-up video with the guy or something.
It's really amazing to know that there's a type of neuron that can multitask, with each of its parts doing a different processing. If a neuron can do more than 1 action at a time, that means that us humans could become smarter without needing bigger brains, which means that we can become smarter faster.
I had Michael for a Biology class in college (University of Chicago)...his material was super interesting and heavily engineering focused for a Bio class. I regret not trying harder to work with him. His lab was super selective and he eventually left the Chicago for Berkeley a few years later.
Like many are saying, he seems super nervous - I feel terrible for him - He shouldn't feel so nervous though - The content he's providing is quite interesting and very entertaining. Great video.
So the eye of a fly is the fastest visual system on Earth. Very interesting. So they are the top dog here when it comes to visual systems and their speed
Absolutely fascinating! i am as interested to learn about the Mosquito and its ability to hide and attack in darkness and especially when you are asleep :-)
Wow! The fly has DMA: Dynamic Muscle Access, which allows it to power it's wings without any brain intervention. The muscles do not need signalling for contraction!
Plants can be self pollinating, however once insects began to pollinate plants (probably by accident) evolution favored those plants that most effectively utilized those new pollinators. At the same time insects that began to more effectively gather nectar had an advantage. As a result they both evolved together and without them we wouldn't have fruit trees and most modern vegetables.
I agree! I just wish television could be as interesting. lol Ah..the possibilities. If this thought-provoking content was spread to the masses, just imagine the windows we'd, the human condition, open.
I enjoyed the talk, and I'm sorry for being an ass here, but this guy is insanely similar to Willard, from the movie of the same name. Not that I wouldn't be nervous and rushed if I was on a stage in front of an audience singly composed of brilliant people ;)
Dick Moranis? Nah. This has been bugging me but I think I got it. Remember, Groundhogs Day w/ Bill Murray? Not him but Ned. His name is Stephen Tobolowsky. His mannerism, speech patterns, voice, even the look reminds me off him. Just Google the YT video called " Groundhog day All the Ned scenes"
Flies that are particularly annoying to me I just catch and release... the key is to predict where they will go, and make sure your fingers break the air around the fly so the fly thinks the empty space in your hand is home free... The crazy thing is if you catch them like this a few times, they'll stop bothering you. Smart indeed.
I don't think he said anything about 'optimal behavior' or 'better actions'. I think he was suggesting that fly brains have a larger number of functions relative to their number of neurons in comparison to the brains of more "complex" mammals.
Why must everyone assume that evolution happened? It is at best an impossible THEORY with only faith-based evidence. Every time it is mentioned in talks like these it receives the honor and glory for this amazing creation. To God be the glory and the honor for His marvelous creation! He deserves the praise for what He has made.
"I've been where you are, I escaped..." I hope you don't mind but I'm going to steal this sentence in my dealings with religious people; Live long and prosper comrade.
I’m an engineer and I've been fascinated with flies for a long time, I’m glad someone took that fascination seriously, what a presentation! - I’m also glad I’m not the only crazy one out there
I can assure you you're not alone
Sandra Palacios You’re not crazy!
u as guilty of life too your dad.
Kudos to that guy for gathering the courage to speak in public
Dickinson is my current neuroscience professor, he's a killer lecturer; fascinating lecture on fly flight.
I'm guessing if you stop paying attention for five minutes you're fucked.
That guy became my fav person because
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I appreciated his rapid speech. In these talks, each presenter has such a small amount of time to get as much information to the audience as possible. With ideas about the findings of the complexities of the neuroanatomy of small organisms, I'm glad he got as much across as he did in such a short amount of time. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
As a person who stutters, I really appreciate seeing a person who stutters doing a Ted talk :)
as a person who doesnt stutter, i honestly didnt even notice he stutters......i was fascinated by the science.
I didn't notice that he stutters. However, his presentation seemed stressed, almost frantic, and way way too fast. What's the hurry? The listener must be given time to process the information or it will not be retained. Am I wrong?
@@clarencegreen3071 Yes, you're wrong.
Ted itself only gives you around 12 minutes, besides, his presentation actually felt as excitement, rather than as him being frantic.
That's not a stutter. That's nerves. Stuttering is much more debilitating.
I never thought I'd see another TEDTalk so scientifically rich and thoroughly wondrous. TED-------- MORE TALKS LIKE THIS PLEASE!
yes , i really appreciate the fact that he really wanted to get information out
it takes a man like this to dedicate his life to something like this
For the past 1 hour there has been a fly and it has been sitting near me and right now it just flew away. I'm like "noo! Stay with me, 'cause you're all I need!"
kitty!
Hahaha
Ye me alone so i talk to me fly bros they are helpful 🤗
This was awesome. One of the best talks uploaded recently.
I'm a computer engineer student, and i find this fascinating. I'm about to learn VHDL and program FPGAs, and i think i'll have to revisit this again after i finish the course to have a second look. Drawing similarities between biology and digital systems (from computing to networking and storage) is interesting. Nature is a good inspiration in engineering.
Not nervous.. when I look at him, i just see a personality. He looks like he's just like that everyday life, too. As mentioned in the comments, these people are professors etc and are used to lecturing and speaking in public
Wow, these kinds of talks is why I love TED. We need more people like Michael Dickinson, to dig into obscure and fascinating knowledge and present it in a way to make it fun and interesting to watch!
Michael may not the best lecturer in the world, but this discourse is one of most interesting what i have seen. Thank's TED and Michael.
TED talks are so interesting. I'm so glad they're finally getting the recognition they deserve.
One of the best TED talks I've seen. Well done.
AMAZING ! Great lecture, despite his stress, his presentation is flawless, very well controlled.
Well now I just feel amazing about how many flies I've murdered with fly swatters. So fast, but so am I, apparently.
I killed two flies with my hands in my whole life, gross, but badass.
Loved the talk. Great humor, fantastic information. Yeah, very nervous, but with more presentations I'm sure he'll improve.
Intersting! The fly creates vortexes to help generate lift - F1 cars use vortexes to create suction beneath the car to produce more down force... Fascinating stuff!
"think before you swat" I like this guy.
Right on dude. As an undergraduate I learned about the surface to volume ratio of insects and realized that they basically lived in space suits on Earth and all you had to do was scratch that suit and they would die in what was to them Space.
The one on the TED website cuts off early, and now it appears all the rest are the same length as well as this one which is currently unavailable. This was one of the best TED talks I've ever been in the middle of enjoying. What the hell, guys? Do a follow-up video with the guy or something.
mindblowing. as always. Thank you TED!
He reminds me of the 3 stooges fly trap😂
Best ted talk I ever watched
It's really amazing to know that there's a type of neuron that can multitask, with each of its parts doing a different processing. If a neuron can do more than 1 action at a time, that means that us humans could become smarter without needing bigger brains, which means that we can become smarter faster.
I love this guy's enthusiasm
I had Michael for a Biology class in college (University of Chicago)...his material was super interesting and heavily engineering focused for a Bio class. I regret not trying harder to work with him. His lab was super selective and he eventually left the Chicago for Berkeley a few years later.
That was one of the better talks.
Pretty engaging!
Taking a great science video and injecting it with the MOST UNINTERESTING CONVERSATION EVER. Congratulations.
What allows a bumblebee to fly is not its wings (that's just for show) - it is the buzz it makes that allows it to levitate.
I didn't expect this to be that entertaining. :D
Outstanding talk.
incredible
Like many are saying, he seems super nervous - I feel terrible for him - He shouldn't feel so nervous though - The content he's providing is quite interesting and very entertaining. Great video.
great talk, great visuals.
I like his rushed nervous fashion of talking actually,makes it more interesting.
Wow! I am surprised this presentation was so interesting.
i want to audit his classes. holy shit. i could listen to himt alk foreeever
Very, very, very good. Loved it.
Thanks !
✨🧚♀️That fly really did sashay away ✨💫
love your comparison!!!
So the eye of a fly is the fastest visual system on Earth. Very interesting. So they are the top dog here when it comes to visual systems and their speed
Absolutely fascinating! i am as interested to learn about the Mosquito and its ability to hide and attack in darkness and especially when you are asleep :-)
Very fascinating. Also for once I dont have to use 1.25 playback.
There's a man who enjoys his work.
i bet he gets super excited when a fly enters his house
"How a fly flies"
Goddidit.
Fascinating! Great stuff!!
It's that vortex that Chaos butterflies use to create hurricanes.
His hand is shaking like crazy!
We can give noble prize for him👌
i never realised flies were this complex. thanks tedtalk guy
edit: michael. tedtalk guy is called michael. thanks michael.
Spongebob: WHATS HIS NAME.. what’s his name!!?
Wow! The fly has DMA: Dynamic Muscle Access, which allows it to power it's wings without any brain intervention. The muscles do not need signalling for contraction!
bscly yes, the core of the cell has to be around 5 micrometers in diameter and the rest is highly variable
Awesome video, thank you.
Tonnes of information that we can obtain from things as small as a fly.
06:31 oh man!
No problem. Always fun to be helpful to someone. :D
Maybe theres less delay in the signal-system in smaller animals.. because the signals travel shorter distances.
Another good video on this topic of biological flight, "Hummingbird Aerodynamics".
Plants can be self pollinating, however once insects began to pollinate plants (probably by accident) evolution favored those plants that most effectively utilized those new pollinators. At the same time insects that began to more effectively gather nectar had an advantage. As a result they both evolved together and without them we wouldn't have fruit trees and most modern vegetables.
6:36 that's when I drop my like
yaj126 hahaha 😂 that’s exactly when I added my like!
This is relevant to my interests.
This kin of TEDtalk is so much better than the kind of talk where a model talks about how she is actually insecure...
nice talk...
Beginning i was understanding and then he just went hard.
Fascinating. Oh crap, now I'm such in a Ted talk loop that will likely last for hours... Oh well!
Flies have Ultra Instinct.
Impressive.
I agree! I just wish television could be as interesting. lol Ah..the possibilities. If this thought-provoking content was spread to the masses, just imagine the windows we'd, the human condition, open.
dude should drink a couple of whiskeys before his presentation... he is more nervous than those flies he talking about
The next/only time I hear someone compare my brain to that of a fly's I will be surprised. :D
I takes a very special kind of person to be a really good entomologist ...
He's so nervous! But he did a great job :)
I enjoyed the talk, and I'm sorry for being an ass here, but this guy is insanely similar to Willard, from the movie of the same name. Not that I wouldn't be nervous and rushed if I was on a stage in front of an audience singly composed of brilliant people ;)
Dick Moranis? Nah. This has been bugging me but I think I got it. Remember, Groundhogs Day w/ Bill Murray? Not him but Ned. His name is Stephen Tobolowsky. His mannerism, speech patterns, voice, even the look reminds me off him. Just Google the YT video called " Groundhog day All the Ned scenes"
I never though I would be interested in a fly!
Nice....
No fly was hurt in the making of this video. That's our job.
Very interesting stuff!
What is angle of attack in an insect wing
amazing!! young legend explains why bugs aren't just simple "little robots" to be studied and treated like emotionless inanimate machines
After hearing this information, I fell more like a ninja when I catch a fly with my hand while it is in mid flight. :)
Flies that are particularly annoying to me I just catch and release... the key is to predict where they will go, and make sure your fingers break the air around the fly so the fly thinks the empty space in your hand is home free...
The crazy thing is if you catch them like this a few times, they'll stop bothering you.
Smart indeed.
i am really curious to know how modulations is performed in crab's brain? is it voluntary or involuntary?
Evolution is amazing.
One could argue that all organisms are merely organic machines, even humans.
he sounds kinda nervous or rushed but i enjoyed this none the less
If I had delivered this speech (exact same words), it would've taken 25-30 minutes.
And with all this potential what do they use it for? To use up there day lives to mess with me
+SaceedAbul are they doing more with their lives than you are?
+Jeng Foong Mak Yeah Looking back this is pretty impressive that they found it. I'll take it back
Well crafted comment. Thank you. Brravo!
I don't think he said anything about 'optimal behavior' or 'better actions'. I think he was suggesting that fly brains have a larger number of functions relative to their number of neurons in comparison to the brains of more "complex" mammals.
That's Fukin awesome !
Why must everyone assume that evolution happened? It is at best an impossible THEORY with only faith-based evidence. Every time it is mentioned in talks like these it receives the honor and glory for this amazing creation. To God be the glory and the honor for His marvelous creation! He deserves the praise for what He has made.
This guy is hilarious and so interesting.
Who design this very tiny and complex fly autonomous system!!!
This guy sounds nervous as hell XP
Cosmic Gabe ikr
not at all, he just stuck sometimes, maybe he was born with that
More excited than nervous!
I totally agree with You.
Why don't you try and speaking to a crowd of more than 5,000 people..
"I've been where you are, I escaped..." I hope you don't mind but I'm going to steal this sentence in my dealings with religious people; Live long and prosper comrade.
Michael Dickinson gives a clear explanation how Evolution is not "science".
Good for him.