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TED TALK SCIENCE

As Meyer continuously drives home her point to create ones world full of truth tellers that can call out liar, as an individual in a
world of liars, will you try to spot out liars and distance yourself from them?

In a world of liars, I will still continue to be aware of my surroundings and try to identify the worst and the least liars. It is
difficult to avoid most of them because if we do distant ourselves from almost everyone, then our world would be lonely
place. No man is an island and we need to co-exist. Live life and proceed with caution. But then again, everyone has lied
at least once in their lifetime, so I would only avoid the ones who would lie more frequently than others.

This talk helps us understand how our brains analyze faces and categorize them as beautiful or not. Besides the information
that Chatterjee shares, what does the word beauty mean to you?

Anjan Chatterjee’s experiences strongly support how our brains analyze faces and categorize them as beautiful or not.
Everyone is beautiful in my eyes and they can come in different shapes and sizes. Beauty can be described as physical,
spiritual or both. I find the inner beauty more significant than the external beauty, for the beauty outside is ephemeral. I
search for people’s good inner soul and purity of their heart. Through my life, beauty that stands out the most is how I
accept myself and who I really am. This is my definition of true beauty. “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the
heart.” -Kahlil Gibran “The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It
is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows.” -Audrey Hepburn
Shannon Martin 09-Mar-2018, 10:32:12 PM

In October 2016, Nina Fedoroff delivered a Science TED Talk titled “A secret weapon against Zika and other mosquito-
borne diseases.” Fedoroff is best known for her endeavors as the molecular biologist that writes and lectures about the
history and science of genetically modified organisms. She recently published a New York Times editorial titled
"Mosquito vs. Mosquito in the Battle over the Zika Virus." In her TED talk lecture, Fedoroff takes the audience “around
the world to understand Zika's origins and how it spread, proposing a controversial way to stop the virus -- and other
deadly diseases -- by preventing infected mosquitoes from multiplying.”

Fedoroff’s TED talk makes a convincing argument about how to prevent the Zika virus through biological control of
harmful insects. She pushes boundaries in the field of Science by suggesting a more effective and environmentally
friendly solution to get rid of harmful insects using genetics.

Fedoroff captures her audience by showing pictures of Brazil and Nicaragua. She explains that the picture looks just like
Miami, Florida where people use insecticides. She further describes an instance or a time where the bees were harmed
by the insecticides and states, “The citizens of Florida protested, but spraying continued. Unfortunately, so did the
increase in the number of Zika fever cases.” She suggests that this is because insecticides are not very effective.

Federoff is able to inspire her audience by showing how genetically modified insects can be used to control harmful
insects and prevent the spread of diseases. For example, Federoff talks about creating a modified male mosquito so that
“when it mates with a wild female, its eggs don't develop to adulthood.”

While this talk will continue to inspire and increase awareness of disease prevention, it leads me to wonder how people
can mitigate the risks associated with potential negative long term effects of these new genetically modified insects. For
example, these new insects could cause diseases that we do not know about. How can people identify and overcome
the challenges associated with the negative effects of genetically modified insects?

Abigail Woelke |
13-Mar-2018, 12:23:25 PM

Excellent post!