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TEDxRadboudU Magazine out now!
Read it, watch beautiful photos of the speakers and look back on a wonderful day.
What a day.
We are still reeling from yesterday. What a day. A solid programme of great speakers from around the world who amazed and inspired us all. A great crowd (that’s you!) who laughed, at times were absolutely silent (thanks to Enny Das) and hopeful
Robbert Dijkgraaf: Trust – Looking Back, Looking Forward
The activities of Robbert Dijkgraaf are often at the bridge between science and society. As a leading mathematical physicist he made significant contributions to string theory. Currently Dijkgraaf is director and Leon Levy Professor at the Institute
Pim Haselager: Can I trust my robot?
Pim Haselager, philosopher-researcher at Radboud University and a specialist in intelligent robots, doesn’t expect that robots will ever take over the world because ‘we don’t know how to build a robot that has goals of its own’
Michael Sandel: How to restore the political debate
Real political debate is scarce, states Michael Sandel. Most of the time arguments are ‘ideological food fights’ as he calls them. To effectively discuss issues like healthcare, bonuses, bailouts and same sex marriages, we need to rediscover the
Pauline Voortman: Trust in Organisations
Pauline M. Voortman is a ‘reflective practitioner’. She works as a trainer and consultant specializing in trust in organizations. She has experienced that when she asks people about trust, people start talking about distrust. She compares trust
Niek Janssen: Truth, Beauty, Love
Niek Janssen tells the story of Orpheus whose wife was killed. Struck by sadness he went into the underworld to get his wife back. Hades, God of the underworld, denies Orpheus’ request to get his wife back. Disappointed Orpheus sings a song about t
Step Vaessen: Hello Stranger!
Penis size is a much discussed topic among men in Indonesia, where Vaessen lived for 16 years. Most men in Indonesia are competetive about their penis size in relation to those of strangers. In relation to Indonesian men, Vaessen was always a strange
Marc Lewis: Addiction and Trust
A former drug addict himself, Lewis now researches addiction. In order to get over ones addiction, he explains, self-trust is necessary. Unfortunately, self- trust is extremely difficult for an addict to achieve. There are two factors that make it so
Jan Lavrijsen: Coma Patients
Jan Lavrijsen is a passionate physician in Elderly Care Medicine. His expertise is on the long-term care, dilemmas and decision making at the end of someone’s life, especially concerning young patients who never regain consciousness after an acute
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