Name: Health and the human mind
Uploaded: 2008-09-22T01:12:00Z
Duration: 13 min 13 s
Description: Listen closely -- Marvin Minsky's arch, eclectic, charmingly offhand talk on health, overpopulation and the human mind is packed with subtlety: wit, wisdom and just an ounce of wily, is-he-joking? advice.

Listen closely -- Marvin Minsky's arch, eclectic, charmingly offhand talk on health, overpopulation and the human mind is packed with subtlety: wit, wisdom and just an ounce of wily, is-he-joking? advice.

Health and the human mind

Most people see emotions as mysterious and thinking as simple, but the real challenge is understanding the mind’s complexity. Contagious disease, overpopulation, and the limits of human intelligence all demand bold, unconventional solutions—from banning handshakes to reimagining how many parents a child could have. The greatest obstacles may stem from our limited cognitive capacities, suggesting that creating truly intelligent machines could be key. Emotional states, rather than being separate from thought, may result from restricting mental resources and could inspire smarter artificial intelligence.