Imagination: It’s Not What You Think. It’s How You Think | Charles Faulkner | TEDxIIT

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Imagination is not what you think. It’s how you think. Cognitive research reveals that images, metaphors and stories are the basis of our mental operating system: the origin of our intuitions and our irrationality. Counterintuitively, more accurate insights do not come from increasing information or reason, but educating our imagination.
Charles Faulkner is an independent researcher on language and its effects on communication, decision-making and change. He has worked in the Silicon Valley, ‘the City’ of London and 3M, HP, IBM, HSBC and Cargill. His decision-making work is featured in books including The New Market Wizards. His popular works include the audio programs: The New Technology of Achievement, Success Mastery, and Creating Irresistible Influence. His original work on metaphoric communication and change is documented in three programs. He has lectured in 15 countries including at the University of Chicago, Columbia College NYC, the Sorbonne, and London School of Economics.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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@akovacsrealtor 3 года назад

“We do not see the world the way it is, we see the world according to our instruments.” So true!

@RobertECheck 2 года назад

@ Always Optimistic - I add a comment to yours, because, as he made this statement I saw a bit of a flaw. In that it is never, (and I take note that I use an absolute, which is generally very bad), a good practice to make a statement with a flaw in it because of possible errors in the following thoughts going forward. So, that’s the thought. “We do not see the world, “necessarily”, the way it is, we see the world according to our instruments.” I think we have to operate on the assumption that the world is a certain way whether we can discover it or not. Therefore it is possible to see the world the way it is. I’m certain we’ll be better off going with logic, reason and the scientific method. Seems unlikely we’ll ever be certain of everything. But it is what it is.

@poweroflovepeace 2 года назад

@@RobertECheck as long as you take into consideration the whole of reality, the energies that are present but not observable by senses. Like gravity. We know it's there. We can only perceive 10% of the light spectrum.

@vidhikataria1364 2 года назад

We see the world way our mental faculties and schemas are

@jasonspades5628 2 года назад

Yeah, but its not.

@jasonspades5628 2 года назад

@@RobertECheck Yes. You are correct. This lecturer is incorrect. His arguments actually are as fallacious as you think. You saw right through his word salad. I have a formal education in philosophy, logic, and syllogistic structure. The flaw you are referring to is two fold. A presuppositional fallacy (pre-assuming the truth of that which you attempt to demonstrate) A false equivocation fallacy (equation of two logically negating ideas or terms in order to produce a seemingly valid conclusion)

@danielburgess9645 3 года назад

I had to come back and comment here that this TED talk has got to be one of the best explanations of sympathetic magic and imagination I've ever heard. It was very clear... Mid way I began to experience a sense of synchronicity with everything said and all things around me...

@joshray2117 5 лет назад

takeaway I suppose is rather than being 100% certain about your knowledge, adopt a "what's possible" view using your imagination to make your knowledge better, which can ultimately benefit you and the world in pursuit of evolution

@daramjienglish 3 года назад

“Words evoke experiences, not realities.”

@kimtae-hyungfan5251 3 года назад

😊

@DocMurdock01 3 года назад

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@georgewmdole3237 5 лет назад

As a Math & English Phrasal Verb mastery tutor to children of affluent parents in Moscow, Russia Charles Faulkners 17 minute TED Talk will help me be a better teacher today than I was before I listened to his talk. I save and review all TED Talks I listen to and look forward to researching his verbal footnotes that are unfamiliar to me now but not for much longer. I teach English ojectively like I taught statistics on a graduate school fellowship at Villanova Univ. Now I will consciously add imagination to my teaching methods. Many thanks Charles Faulkner.

@ashmeadali 10 месяцев назад

@georgewmdole3237 Hi, interesting job. Perhaps you can investigate teaching about singing HU, the Sound of Soul, that allows individuals to develop to their highest spiritual potential in all areas of life, including the imagination. A simple method with wide ranging benefits. There is a free HU app that describes/demonstrates how sing HU.

@gonczos 4 года назад

In Hungarian it is just encoded into the language... Kép - picture, image Képez - educates Képzés - education Képesség - ability Képzelet - imagination Képtelen - Not able (to do something) Képtelenség - something that is impossible

@syedsuhail4736 Год назад

We can see things we already know And won't se things that we don't know... This is the big statement...

@johnmariano47 6 лет назад

Imagination leads. Our realities are affected by words and by our perceptions, thus affect our judgment. This is profound. In the dance between technology and imagination, imagination ultimately leads. Thanks!

@tomaszazach470 4 года назад

...and this is where cult, religions and Gurù take great advantage on week people😫

@stevielynn5197 4 года назад

Many Thanks Jay and Tomas Z.!! I come from a state where there isn't much of a boundary with politics and religion. Religion has dominated, split my kids up and held back so many people. We are taught to listen, follow, obey and study (within the realm of the teachings)!! I feel there are just robots all around me and for me to be the divergent one has cost me. However the awakening once I was free and able to Imagine is the greatest gift !

@johnmariano47 4 года назад

Two years since, the information in this talk, I feel more and more as true. In a sense, we make our own world by what we think of it, at least within the limits of what we have seen or learned or experienced and most importantly what we are willing to go for as far as possible and beyond with imagination. Destiny is our own making. Thanks.

@johnmariano47 4 года назад

@@stevielynn5197 YW. We are both the captor and liberator of ourselves.

@lazykid9167 3 года назад

@@tomaszazach470 Yeah, and this is where science will never be able to find the real truth. because they cannot imagine that things that are not measurable with some instruments (instruments measure forces) can exist. So everytime when they try to find explanations for some thing, they blend out whole universes of other possibilities. That makes sense methodically, but arguing that the scientific state of knowledge about anything does even closely resemble the "truth" without saying that thare are endless other possible truths which were systematically not given credit / energy to investigate is just lying/conspiracy. I work at a tech company and it is sad to see fellow students not being even able to imagine that the universe/life is more than they can capture and rationalize with their instruments. science is mostly blind by purpose, but it pretends to see clearly.

@ogonek 5 лет назад

By the way it's amazing when you meet a person in life who can see things you see and you both share the same view, the things others do not see .

@setaty8165 2 года назад

4:34 "Some surface quality is going to reflect some inner essence." Love this

@hemantrawat3753 4 года назад

"imagination and knowledge are complementry. it's like they're in an endless dance in which imagination leads the knowledge"

@HoangLong-qu6cd 3 года назад

@dylanthebookworm6843 4 года назад

I’m only a kid and I love ted talks

@z17seattle 4 года назад

Keep at it you will be a super genius 👍 well you probably already are 😀

@cecilstone9679 4 года назад

My Name Is Dylan(Smile)

@z17seattle 4 года назад

@Connor mclean you too hahahahahahahahaha

@Ray2311us 4 года назад

Dylan the Bookworm from my uni perspective I’m only a kid too!

@nobitasupratman1696 4 года назад

Same here! But no one knew other than my sis

@JohnThomas-lp3rf 2 года назад

Thank you Dr Leaf. I am a South African, living in England. So proud of you. Went on a Mindpower course with John Kehoe in SA - it changed my life!

@thekcumeh 2 года назад

This dude is smart, I've saved the talk to listen and listen again. Thanks Charles Faulkner.

@TommyFamous 5 лет назад

This is one of the better and simpler Ted Talks I’ve had the pleasure of watching. 🥰 I Love this breakdown of how our imagination is influencing us all the time even when we’re convinced it’s “reality!”

@anupnaik422 Год назад

This reminds me of Jiddu Krishnamurti and his 'sayings', especially "What you are is much more important than what you should be. You can understand what is, but you cannot understand what should be. There is no understanding of an illusion, there is only understanding of the way it comes into being."

@ishanvidyarthi7340 9 месяцев назад

I was listening with calmness as if I was amongst that crowd.

@robertfoertsch 2 года назад

Powerful Food For Thought, Deployed Worldwide Through My Deep Learning AI Research Library… Thank You

@daramjienglish 3 года назад

“We do not see the world the way it is. We see the world as our instruments allow.”

@bobleclair5665 4 года назад

We are the creators of our future through our imagination,,just look back to all the impossibilities and where we are now,,imagination is like a seed that needs cultivation,,peace,,

@bogdanluchian4591 4 года назад

This guy is a pioneer on what will lead to scientifically induced satori experiences

@aijazwani3543 5 лет назад

Ted talks are highly useful.

@Ok-bk5xx 3 года назад

Yes but not at all. For example, Pseudoscientists speakers are there

@rajudafouti8095 2 года назад

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@nicolasdiai6299 2 года назад

Yes man and for me they are useful twice, infact actually i use them to learn and improve my english

@bencyber8595 2 года назад

are they selective who should talk

@OWalexutza97 5 лет назад

You have to explore and be courageous enough to express your creative energy. This creative energy comes to us unsettled, wild - as an unknown input which we have to channel to this world in the most "understandable" way for everyone. Creators are translators.

@jackalkin6757 2 года назад

Creators are translators, they translate their creativity for their respective audience

@joyjeptoo6453 3 года назад

I didn't know it takes a whole year to prep for this ted talks. Nobody is perfect yo .. this takes polishing from a group of ted leaders and peers. Brilliant talk

@stevielynn5197 4 года назад

Truly "Last the best of all" ! I have listened to so many of these about Imagination or power of intention, that I was about done. This man is by far the best Ted Talk Ive heard and I've now shared with many. Thank You Charles Faulkner !!

@rajcan2008 3 года назад

“Imagination is more important than knowledge”. (Albert Einstein)

@kidilios44 4 года назад

This was a awesome TedX Talk!! Faulkner's a great presenter, and really make his subject matter interesting.

@philbeech1966 5 месяцев назад

I have watched this several times...thought provoking, insightful and straightforward. Thank you for sharing.👍

@bathdayvicvicgaming8074 5 лет назад

Interestingly humble explanation of how magical and invested our world is..

@SafetyMentalst 21 день назад

Imagination Information education Can be a new computer application Imagination gets one outa situation It can save entire worlds population Imagination for our new generation

@annettekelly6446 4 года назад

Charles Faulkner - inspiring and motivating to make more imagination become reality! Awesome

@downtownearth828 6 лет назад

Astounding and comforting information/wisdom...Wow, thank you!

@rogerlin9602 2 года назад

Our reasoning and rationale are steeped in imagination. Words don't reflect reality, they evoke experience. Story is our favorite pastime. If you imagine your story, naturalize it, then it feels real and become fate or destiny. Thanks Charles. 🍁🌷💯🌲🦋💪⛵🎀

@JohnRDallasJr 3 года назад

This is an exceedingly accessible rationale for encouraging leaders and their teams to learn about mindset development and practice metacognition. Outstanding. Thank you.

@rahulbohra8338 3 года назад

I was blown away as soon as he related the analogy between our assuming the identity of an unknown object to how we assume/judge the personalities of strangers around us....[07:00 min] Also explaining the role of language playing a major part in our perception of the world was amazing....

@maggieo6672 4 года назад

I love the up to date information and relevant topics that Ted talks present. These topics are usually, very well researched, and current. I appreciate the wide diversity of topics, that I otherwise, may not have learned about, or understood as well. What a way to learn, and benefit, from the many hours of research + study, that somebody else put in, to understand these different areas considered, even some questions we all wonder, being proven, by use of experiments... Thank you for making Ted talks available to everyone, free of charge. This contribution to humanity is very much appreciated. Maggs

@fwlight 3 года назад

What a great tedtalk. Lots of golden nuggets in this talk. Keep expanding our imagination!

@rodneypaterson7072 2 года назад

Seeing the world according to our instruments and through the lens of group agreement is why new discoveries may take decades to become mainstream despite the results and definitive scientific proof, this indicates that the vast majority of Ph.D.'s are not actively cognizant of this.

@amolhuddar3789 5 лет назад

It seems like an endless dance, where imagination leads wow goose bumps all over me

@bablijhaofficial 4 года назад

Thank you for such an interesting and useful talk.

@justadad6677 2 года назад

It is marvelous to hear what you believe to be truth or at least on our way to understand, what the truth is. From someone so eloquent and knowledgeable. Fantastic speech.

@fishingthekosmos3638 5 лет назад

Just fantastic. Absolute insight into the progressive dance of imagination and knowledge. "The absence of something is the presence of something," as the rationale for incorporating the concept of zero into our world view. Of course. I want to hear more of what he thinks.

@saileshram7610 4 года назад

For Indians who are wondering whether it is IIT Mumbai or Bangalore or anything else, Its Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

@peepalfarm 4 года назад

sailesh ram thank you!! Haha

@Pankaj-Verma- 5 лет назад

The speech was beyond imagination!

@perceptionshare2248 3 года назад

What a brilliant talk! Love it!

@arlinegeorge6967 3 года назад

Power of imagination ! Amazing great inspiring story . Thank you, bless you, All your dreams come true.

@theblackhole05 3 года назад

The quest for knowledge will be an endless one and that's amazing

@ravenkarunanayake2550 6 месяцев назад

Words don't just reflect reality. They create it. That's pretty profound.

@burden9809 2 года назад

A string of pearls. Thank you.

@leorichies 3 года назад

Charles Faulkner - Brilliant

@huonglarne Год назад

This is the most interesting talk Ive seen in a while. Incredible! Thank you!

@steveprimeau1407 4 года назад

With our five senses, we perceive the world around us. We apply our given language to persons places or things with words that are used to define them, but in the process, we limit our experience by our limited perception of what these words mean to us. If we could transcend this barrier, we could open ourselves up to an entire new experience of the world around us, thereby, creating a better world for ourselves and others. That's my take on it anyways. It's the best I can come up with at 12:30 am. Excellent talk though - a real eye opener.

@drchalquist Год назад

Imagination as a form of deep knowing goes far back, to ancient Egypt and then forward to Hermeticism and similar paths.

@thumbprint7150 4 года назад

Thanks for the upload. An interesting pot-pourri of many ideas which could do with depth-charging.

@lensmanjain 4 года назад

Love it.. Much love & gratitude for sharing.. God bless..

@j.c.7306 4 года назад

Wow! The speakers has really motivated and inspired me to go on with life and being always in a state of thankfullness.😎😎😊☺

@ahmedabdi8025 2 года назад

Imagination keeps you alive in a world thats dead.

@michaelcrenshaw4586 4 года назад

Awesome, amazing, just perfect!!!

@eduardobeltran2754 3 года назад

Just great! Thank you for sharing

@praveengoel9074 3 года назад

Excellent way to explain imagination what how we think Situated between perceptions& our thoughts

@graphologistshantanusant4745 2 года назад

He speaks and explains amazingly.

@elsafranco7407 3 года назад

Excellent talk. Thank you.

@v.dargain1678 3 года назад

Thank you so much . I get migraine headaches , which are the bane of all dreamers who suffer with them . I needed to remember to not take the mental ability to imagine for granted . Great talk .

@Luminitaispas Год назад

What is you could immagine not getting migraines?

@haunted2024 4 года назад

Imagination is greater than public education!

@goodperson5707 8 месяцев назад

Amazing talk! Thank you💐

@richardbedford6657 5 лет назад

This helps me to understand myself much better. I have a rich imagination about who and what I am. Very enlightening speech.

@traviswirth7443 3 года назад

@Vince62524 3 года назад

Omg this speaks my mind , mind blowing

@cynthiaennis3107 6 лет назад

“Right or wrong, perception is truth.”

@pimplydickballs 6 лет назад

Truth exists without perception, so no, perception isn't truth.

@saxglend9439 4 года назад

Perception is projection.

@andromaxbse6459 4 года назад

All is emptiness

@RealityTrailers 4 года назад

@@saxglend9439 Limited or unlimited perception.

@saxglend9439 4 года назад

@@RealityTrailers Don't come to me for the truth only explanation.

@AkashVerma-to7ie 4 года назад

This is verry inspired me and give a energy to dream come true

@wadanda 6 лет назад

I've watched this about 10X. The last 44 sec are soo deeep!!

@_MrJA 6 лет назад

Half-way through I was just thinking that I need to watch this several times

@mozu3636 5 лет назад

Ivan Oboth Hi very honour to u... I please u if u could help about how i can see 4x video on utube !

@stevielynn5197 4 года назад

I ended up transcribing this talk word for word. I've used many of these phrases many times over and shared with people I care about. This talk can be applied to every aspect of our human existence ~

@denirouploads8971 4 года назад

Stevie Lynn Can i please have the transcription?

@hanno8705 3 года назад

@@denirouploads8971 just Google "download subtitles RU-vid"... Further help needed? Just ask me :)

@lowzhao 4 года назад

Beautiful talk.

@theblackhole05 3 года назад

Wow this is actually very profound. My second time watching this video with a new understanding of reality and the words still Ring true. This is such a great message

@elianeluty2065 2 года назад

I effectually watch this video, thank you very much

@moeezahmad8308 3 года назад

it is very useful information we can apply it in different scenario

@jaideepadhvaryu9642 5 лет назад

Lovely talk!!!

@adelinajurca3299 5 лет назад

Great talk!!

@mammybelle7302 6 лет назад

Wooow!! Thanks for this ! ...x🤓

@mohammedmizel3496 4 года назад

I like TED talk by which I discovered something new to add and develop my knowledge and personality

@explainingphysicsandmathematic 3 года назад

Wow... It is a wonderful lecture...👍🏻

@mariarosales7717 4 года назад

Gracias por compartir. A partir de la imaginación podemos crear lo que se desea ver,tener y experimentar.interesante tema.

@bryandraughn9830 Год назад

I remember figuring out that I was making a lot of assumptions without realizing it. Then I figured out that I was assuming these were the exceptions. Now I am critical of every conclusion.

@HoundtheVoid 3 года назад

Wow. This is pure Alchemical Gold. I desperately needed to hear this, thank you so much.

@smajor9068 4 года назад

What a great talk💚💚

@heatherhill3 4 года назад

Thank you

@jusukallon721 3 года назад

Just wonderful ...

@lidiyal.1944 6 месяцев назад

great video! thanks a lot!

@jorgeelizondo5189 4 года назад

One of the best talks ever!

@heronepali321 3 года назад

wow, this is so fantastic

@exclamationpointman3852 2 месяца назад

I thank you for the audio. I must say that the music is interfering from heating what he is saying because of the old audio noise. But I appreciate your efforts.