How a fly flies - Michael Dickinson

[@Patrick-jj5nh]

thank god I didn't have this man as a teacher - since I most likely would be studying flies now otherwise. Very gripping, intelligent talk.

[@xertris]

I still swat flies and other insects , but before i do i say "i admire your biology"

[@D1rtyraver]

Best TED video in a long time. Great speaker. Fascinating subject.

[@neoyork5437]

Wish he wasn't so nervous, this discovery is really amazing. Before this video i thought the Dragonfly was the most impressive in terms of flight maneuverability ; i suppose i need to reconsider the complexity of those creatures further in the evolutionary chain. Gr8 job Michael !! I wonder if u had to develop skills similar to those of professional watchmakers and develop a steady hand? how to handle such tiny beings to accurately pinpoint the proper neuron to plug into; i can not begin to imaging the hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills necessary to set the fly up, but i am certain its more challenging that playing the board-game Operation.

[@briciolaa]

I gotta stop watching this channel videos at 2 AM But actually, this is great. I'll look at flies in a different way from now on, and man I'd really love to know more about them because I would have never thought their brains could be so complex and efficient

[@dnamlsiem]

hes the real life Sheldon lol

[@soulcleaner3578]

People who can't think for themselves shouldn't ask questions. Anyway, very interesting.

[@felreaverguy]

They have much much less neurons, but much more complex ones. Their brains aren't more sophisticated, just a lot more complex.

[@petehamilton5475]

Outstanding

[@AxelGrease11]

Glad to know we are all asking the important questions here.

[@OkageNoLogan]

awesome work done by this guy and his colleagues. but i gotta say, he reminds me a little bit of baxter stockman.

[@ericksmaindomain]

Flies are [A long complicated word that is more than awesome]

[@SeabasstianTV]

i like him.

[@Tesla_Death_Ray]

think before you swat? you held one still and stuck things in its head! mixed signals >_>

[@worldbosspf1]

how does TED TED

[@Zbog1]

how do swims swim?

[@phuyem]

Relax... you have an interesting topic there, take your time..

[@Tesla_Death_Ray]

Intelligent design: because those whale legs are sure to come in handy some day...

[@AlkisT]

Well, kind of. You still win, as your point is still valid, but both "walk" and "swim" are nouns as well as verbs, check the dictionary. What you actually mean to say is that neither walk nor swim can refer to any animal, mainly the acts of walking and swimming and a few other things.

[@Narsuaq]

But how do walks walk? :o

[@RockingPotato]

How do haters hate?

[@mikoditeyvette8929]

OMG! This was mocking the US president 4 years before the election!

[@mattnormanbaldor]

How do rockets rocket?

[@jamietaylor5936]

How do fleas flee?

[@Patrick-jj5nh]

Jeff Goldblum, is that you?

[@vistigioful]

Yeah well I guess they may have a greater smarts density than ours because of their small size.

[@P40BTomahawk]

You have to pull the wings off first.

[@zekel.2083]

kind of like clockwerk for you isnt it?

[@jgcooper]

by the beach

[@mrbigheart]

if you pull the wings of a fly off, he poor thing won't be able to hear your instructions anymore.. :(

[@vistigioful]

Flys may have more neurons in the brain than humans, but there is no way that their brains are more sophisticated than ours.

[@Constacis777]

...I Feel Dumber Already.

[@murshidanajnin3694]

Awwwwwww

[@siyacer]

Yum

[@hannanno]

Great... It mentioned US president Donald Trump few years before his presidency

[@hymao1]

how do ducks duck

[@INFECTEDCUPCAKE]

How do shits shit?

[@Skyfox94]

lol

[@ojasthakurx]

A Typical Nerd, but very good lecture

[@troylongo3099]

Awesome, but how can you believe that a process like evolution produced this level of specified engineering. Why is it that if we see a non living organism with similar engineering mechanisms we would assume it was the product of human intelligence, but when we see an living organism that has a consciousness, something we have yet to explain the origin of, we say it was random chance.

[@Narsuaq]

Lol, how cruel. xD

[@TheMule52]

he needs to practice his public speaking

[@VideoTestSpace]

The Evolution of Birds and Flight: It's impossible watch?v=1yS-r83aw6k

[@D1rtyraver]

How do fish fish? Surely this is the only winner. The word "fly" is both a verb and a noun. The word "fish" is both a verb and a noun. The word "walk" is not a noun. The word "swim" is not a noun. I win. Goodbye.

[@JaredReabow]

Irrelevant!, How do Nyans Nyan?

[@Critter145]

Please just share the testable science, and stop shoving evolution down my throat... K?