Showing posts with label Ted Talks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ted Talks. Show all posts

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure



Why do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists -- that our beliefs about the history of an object change how we experience it, not simply as an illusion, but as a deep feature of what pleasure (and pain) is.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Building a Museum of Museums


Imagine being able to see artwork in the greatest museums around the world without leaving your chair. Driven by his passion for art, Amit Sood tells the story of how he developed Art Project to let people do just that.