I looked up Ramachandran after reading a rather critical review of a book by David Eagleman--glad I did. What a wonderful presentation. Thank you both!
I’m amazed how much world societies are void of the wisdom of VS Ramachandran, although he’s not a creationist that expounds on consciousness and conscience.
He's a true pioneer in neuroscience. Just hope the tremors evident in his hands and fingers are solely due to nervousness from being on Charlie Rose's program, and NOT early signs of Parkinson's disease!
There's a story about a patient in VSR's Tell-tale Brain - this guy, blinded by stroke, is still able to walk along the hospital corridor littered with drums without hitting any of them while still not being able to 'see' them (because of the unconscious visual centre in the brain). Never ceases to amaze me.
Budha says,The mind is everything. What you think you become. Brain is an amazing thing.but you have to train it very well , so that the thoughts that are created by the brain must be peaceful which in turn makes the whole society peaceful.thats where the language it is trained go speak comes into account. 1.the mother tongue of an individual defines his attitude towards life....a German is different from a Korean or a French person just becoz of the language they speak since their childhood...i.e.,their mother tongue....the grammar of a language and it's phonetics defines the mentalities of those individuals....so if the language of a population is modified/designed in such a way tht the attitudes of the people speaking tht particular language will improve dramatically so tht peace prevails in the community with minimal interpersonal conflicts... 2.... knowing this, a sage named Panini Maharshi designed a language which fulfills all the criteria for language to be perfect......thts none other thn SANSKRIT......even it was selected by the NASA for their computing purposes with zero errors.no other language was found to be error free other than Sanskrit.Will give an example of how a language controls the attitudes of huge masses of public..... Ex.,if a gathering is organized in Germany/US or any other country a large force of police will be deployed in order the control tht group of population....but you can witness huge religious gatherings in the Indian subcontinent with out any such security deployment....this is just an example how the attitudes of the people speaking languages derived from Sanskrit function........the main motto of Panini mAharshi was to design a language which will create an attitude that will let others live peacefully....
And Sanskrit mantras must be truly magical. Unfortunately we lost most of our vedas and looks like in coming years very few people will understand Sanskrit
To say that unconscious nerve cells, which are of the same histological essence as flesh and bone, when combined in a "circuit," suddenly gives rise to conscious experience, must represent the height of black magic and extreme fatuousness. Consciousness requires a feeler that must necessarily be distinct from that which is felt. The neurons which are mere wires for the transmission of (discrete) afferent and efferent signals, cannot simultaneously be the "reader" or feeler of these signals. Subjective experience requires an immaterial entity, transcendental to the brain, that is permanently conscious by nature; one that is ontologically distinct from unconscious neuronal stuff.
Charlie Rose has always looked disgusting to me 🤔 Ramachandran, much respect for your contributions! What a great contribution to humanity. Life is all about "the questions".
They say Einstein’s brain weight if anything, was on the lower limit of N: this genius, may God make him live 100 years,: his brain must be the largest ever!
what I dont like here is that VS does not mention processing overload in autism: why run one explanation only and not correlate it with other explanations from other studies and from autistic people reporting about themselves ?
3:40 in actual fact, we now know that rats laugh... although this is a response to being tickled, not any sense of humour www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/watch-these-ticklish-rats-laugh-and-jump-joy
V.S. Ramachandran is certainly glib but this interview is riddled with misinformation (which has been repeated many times on the internet). The interview repeats the claim that Ramachandran discovered a low cost way to treat phantom limb pain using a mirror box.This is very misleading. Ramachandran is not a neurologist and he has never conducted clinical research on phantom limb pain. Those researchers who have actually conducted systematic research on phantom limb pain have discovered that the effectiveness of mirror therapy is not predictable. Like many of his theories, Ramachandran's speculations about phantom limb pain are not supported by credible research. People who only listen to his talks, do not realize that Ramachandran is more of a science celebrity than a scientist.
Above, I have added an explanation of Ramachandran's misleading claim to be the director of a research center. He is not. Please note that the web site for the CBC is not on official UCSD web pages. Also, you should be aware that for many years Ramachandran claimed that he was an M.D. The university appears to have put an end to that misrepresentation, which was a violation of the California legal codes and university policy.
If you look at the cover of Phantoms In The Brain you will see his designation as M.D./Ph.D. He does hold the M.B.B.S. from the University of Madras, but this is not an M.D. which is typically awarded by a U.S. Medical School after completing an internship. Oliver Sachs received his M.D. after completing a two year internship in neurology at UCLA. When he was questioned about this matter, Ramachandran, at one point, claimed that his "M.D." was the advanced medical research degree awarded by Cambridge University. The Office of Higher Degrees at Cambridge disputes his claim.
Not a candidate, I've finished my master's degree and will be beginning a PhD in clinical psychology. I'm presently working on auditory sensitivity issues. It is a continuation of the first journal article listed here, published in Frontiers cbc.ucsd.edu/publications.html
This guy is a freaking genius. I can't get enough of him!
Jared Boyes yup, absolutely true.
agree. he explains things so well, in a way that one understand clearly. He's brilliant.
@Rachel Rosen ok~~ i'll see if he really that brilliant and 'gifted' ^^~ i'll see~~ but i think not:) ....
@@rachelrosen5501 I agree
I just love this man Listening to him, his rolling R's and eloquent hands. How can I not learn from this man? He's magical.
How can I not laugh at great sarcasm?
Forget Marco Polo. V S Ramachandran is the Jimi Hendrix of Neuroscience!
im seeing rlrlrlrlrrlrlred at that idea
I wish I could speak with a brogue.
Mr. V. S. Ramachandran is just amazing, I like his talks. The world needs more people like him. He makes the subject matter very interesting to us.
I looked up Ramachandran after reading a rather critical review of a book by David Eagleman--glad I did. What a wonderful presentation. Thank you both!
This man is inspirational
took a few of his classes at ucsd, when he was there he was amaze-balls :)
lucky
We are blessed to have you Ramachandran. Such an amazing contributor to science and a Mentor to brain lovers
Zes STFU Dumass
Just simply fascinating...
wrr
If you’re using “just”, “simply” is redundant
its great explanation sir. knowledge added to my neuropsychology masters studies..thanx
I’m amazed how much world societies are void of the wisdom of VS Ramachandran, although he’s not a creationist that expounds on consciousness and conscience.
The "piece of jelly" is simply a CPU for the real conscious soul...
Really astonishing.. This scientist is doing something interesting.
Extremely intelligent and witty!
He's a true pioneer in neuroscience. Just hope the tremors evident in his hands and fingers are solely due to nervousness from being on Charlie Rose's program, and NOT early signs of Parkinson's disease!
no such thing as nervox or tremx about that. no nervox etc for such sht or anyx, idts. ofc he s not that either.
As it turns out, he has a full blown Parkinson's now!
The Best Talk I Have Heard 🙏🏻
That's impressive! amazing science and work you do
learnt so much in under 30 mins than what to be learnt by reading whole of an holy book . Just Fantastic.
impact theory brought me, so greatful!
Wow never thought I'd enjoy brain science!
Superb food for thought for people like me who have undergone epilepsy surgery
There's a story about a patient in VSR's Tell-tale Brain - this guy, blinded by stroke, is still able to walk along the hospital corridor littered with drums without hitting any of them while still not being able to 'see' them (because of the unconscious visual centre in the brain). Never ceases to amaze me.
First time I see Charlie mesmerized by a guest.
Roll those fkin R's! 😂😂
I *love* that shit.
just freaking amazing
His piece of jelly is real good one.
Amazing!
Wow this is thrilling!
Hierarchic embedding is from Noam Chomsky, I think. Impressive talk.
wow....he is completely into it
Excellent
"prove to the court that i am sentient"
genius with a south indian accent
For many millennia I tried to convince that humans are not just for food but we could use them to do complex calculations and good laborers.
Budha says,The mind is everything. What you think you become.
Brain is an amazing thing.but you have to train it very well , so that the thoughts that are created by the brain must be peaceful which in turn makes the whole society peaceful.thats where the language it is trained go speak comes into account.
1.the mother tongue of an individual defines his attitude towards life....a German is different from a Korean or a French person just becoz of the language they speak since their childhood...i.e.,their mother tongue....the grammar of a language and it's phonetics defines the mentalities of those individuals....so if the language of a population is modified/designed in such a way tht the attitudes of the people speaking tht particular language will improve dramatically so tht peace prevails in the community with minimal interpersonal conflicts...
2.... knowing this, a sage named Panini Maharshi designed a language which fulfills all the criteria for language to be perfect......thts none other thn SANSKRIT......even it was selected by the NASA for their computing purposes with zero errors.no other language was found to be error free other than Sanskrit.Will give an example of how a language controls the attitudes of huge masses of public..... Ex.,if a gathering is organized in Germany/US or any other country a large force of police will be deployed in order the control tht group of population....but you can witness huge religious gatherings in the Indian subcontinent with out any such security deployment....this is just an example how the attitudes of the people speaking languages derived from Sanskrit function........the main motto of Panini mAharshi was to design a language which will create an attitude that will let others live peacefully....
budha...wasn't he a fat bastard?-Jim Jeffries
And Sanskrit mantras must be truly magical. Unfortunately we lost most of our vedas and looks like in coming years very few people will understand Sanskrit
How many people's mother tongue is Sanskrit in India who gather in large numbers?
Hilarious 😂😂
Brains😍😍😍😍
Genius
Roll those fkin R's! 😁😁😁
A true genius
Brillzzz
6:00
To say that unconscious nerve cells, which are of the same histological essence as flesh and bone, when combined in a "circuit," suddenly gives rise to conscious experience, must represent the height of black magic and extreme fatuousness. Consciousness requires a feeler that must necessarily be distinct from that which is felt. The neurons which are mere wires for the transmission of (discrete) afferent and efferent signals, cannot simultaneously be the "reader" or feeler of these signals. Subjective experience requires an immaterial entity, transcendental to the brain, that is permanently conscious by nature; one that is ontologically distinct from unconscious neuronal stuff.
he's like Neil deGrasse Tyson but intelligent
Not a genius he's just a master :)
My fastest 30 minutes
Charlie Rose has always looked disgusting to me 🤔 Ramachandran, much respect for your contributions! What a great contribution to humanity. Life is all about "the questions".
They say Einstein’s brain weight if anything, was on the lower limit of N: this genius, may God make him live 100 years,: his brain must be the largest ever!
what I dont like here is that VS does not mention processing overload in autism: why run one explanation only and not correlate it with other explanations from other studies and from autistic people reporting about themselves ?
I wonder if Charlie had his pants on
Angels and unicorns are in the same category? 1:40
+Brandon Stout essentially the same thing
Have you ever met an angel (literally)?
I didnt think so... and unicorns?? well mee too : )
3:40 in actual fact, we now know that rats laugh... although this is a response to being tickled, not any sense of humour www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/watch-these-ticklish-rats-laugh-and-jump-joy
Pervy meet crazy, crazy meet pervy. Now twak amongst yourselves.
Tamilan ,Ex Indian,
CM Stalin, Veerappan and Sivarasan too. Stop this BS. He is am inspiration not because he is a Tamilian.
But don't test on animals.
So much of what he said has since been proven wrong. For example, humans are not the only species that laughs.
What species is that?
Patrick B
Welcome to science, where being proved wrong is progress.
Leave semantics to philosophers.
It's unfortunate that youtube doesn't filter comments by imbeciles (you) Did you dog laugh at that? Moron.
+Patrick B Amazing!! If you could provide me with a link of a scientific paper, article about the matter I would appreciate very much !!
V.S. Ramachandran is certainly glib but this interview is riddled with misinformation (which has been repeated many times on the internet). The interview repeats the claim that Ramachandran discovered a low cost way to treat phantom limb pain using a mirror box.This is very misleading. Ramachandran is not a neurologist and he has never conducted clinical research on phantom limb pain. Those researchers who have actually conducted systematic research on phantom limb pain have discovered that the effectiveness of mirror therapy is not predictable. Like many of his theories, Ramachandran's speculations about phantom limb pain are not supported by credible research. People who only listen to his talks, do not realize that Ramachandran is more of a science celebrity than a scientist.
Above, I have added an explanation of Ramachandran's misleading claim to be the director of a research center. He is not. Please note that the web site for the CBC is not on official UCSD web pages. Also, you should be aware that for many years Ramachandran claimed that he was an M.D. The university appears to have put an end to that misrepresentation, which was a violation of the California legal codes and university policy.
If you look at the cover of Phantoms In The Brain you will see his designation as M.D./Ph.D. He does hold the M.B.B.S. from the University of Madras, but this is not an M.D. which is typically awarded by a U.S. Medical School after completing an internship. Oliver Sachs received his M.D. after completing a two year internship in neurology at UCLA. When he was questioned about this matter, Ramachandran, at one point, claimed that his "M.D." was the advanced medical research degree awarded by Cambridge University. The Office of Higher Degrees at Cambridge disputes his claim.
Just to make everyone feel better...the center definitely exists...I'm a research assistant there now.
I see that you are an M.A. candidate in Music. What kind of research are you working on?
Not a candidate, I've finished my master's degree and will be beginning a PhD in clinical psychology. I'm presently working on auditory sensitivity issues. It is a continuation of the first journal article listed here, published in Frontiers cbc.ucsd.edu/publications.html