Prenatal Influences on Sexual Orientation | Marc Breedlove | TEDxMSU

Marc's talk discusses how life’s events may sometimes take us to unexpected places. Rosenberg Professor of Neuroscience at Michigan State University 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

[@Hist_da_Musica]

Doctor Breedlove is a great name for a guy working on this subject

[@catharinamariatheresia1626]

😂

[@BeesWaxMinder]

It’s surprising how FEW scientists ARE actually scientific, so it’s refreshing to see something like this👍

[@ss10483]

Reference to this topic: University of Oxford press, Human Reproduction, William H James (UC London, department of genetics)Volume 19, issue 6, Page 1250 to 1256. And this study was done between 1980 to 1996 and this Scientific journal was written in 2004

[@JonesJr876]

Great Talk. Love when ideas are tested. Thank you.

[@TheKrispyfort]

That "I'm the only one who knows" moment is awesome 😁

[@chrislyons1659]

More people need to see this.

[@760mom]

I wasn't allowed to say pregnant in my house. I've learned to be way different with my kids.

[@daodejing81]

Silly euphemisms like, with child.

[@ZarrysLux]

wow this was amazing. whats not to love about science

[@pussyhigh]

Cut to Trumpers and most GOP being entirely afraid of science.

[@rjb227s]

It was difficult not to focus on the very bad acoustics, lighting, and camera angles. MSU's AV team needs some training and better equipment

[@angelicapabon8934]

That’s my professor!!! ✌️

[@daodejing81]

He's excellent!!!

[@catharinamariatheresia1626]

So cool! You are lucky. Hope you have great conversations with him.

[@crossroads670]

Marc Breedlove is great.

[@ajmann4676]

Professor of Neuroscience

[@Sincebrassnorstone]

What a charming, smart, avuncular guy🎉❤

[@chronophilos5606]

Some TED Talks drop truth bombs, some just look to entertain the masses

[@judethaddeus9856]

Ok, what’s your point?

[@kevingold1091]

And this one beautifully did both.

[@RoSoliTaire]

But very few do both, which this talk did perfectly.

[@MrChristerj]

Thanks.

[@SreevatsaKota]

Love his surname

[@jeromelj1010]

Nature never lies

[@terrymoser2028]

Beautiful Truth ❤❤❤

[@crazy4cocoapuff]

Weird because depending on how my hand is, it completely changes which finger is longer.

[@logans.butler285]

Thanks 😊 ❤️

[@christinefury1040]

Great Ted Talk! Inconclusive as far as the science goes but very good.

[@barbarabeckersouza]

Thanks

[@BeesWaxMinder]

12:57 - OR offer them a scratchcard!!

[@LeanAndMean44]

This talk sadly doesn’t live up to the title.

[@nancylongacre5507]

Sweet~

[@breathnstop]

Terrible audio

[@Hist_da_Musica]

So Lady Gaga is actually BASED

[@ah5721]

Im a tomboy , and my son is a softy. Guess I got more testosterone and he didnt🤷‍♀️. Im curious about bi people ..

[@davidgibbs7573]

" I'm " ? Is that an English word ?

[@janaeroshumba760]

You insult your son on YT? What a mother.

[@robokill387]

Don't see any insult there.

[@daodejing81]

I prefer softy over sissy. I never liked male roughness. I always preferred connecting with other males.

[@daodejing81]

​@@janaeroshumba760 Softy is NOT an insult. Try sissy, now that's an insult. Why are you so sensitive about this subject?

[@sammitchell59]

Worst audio ever

[@JamieStLouis-tu9ml]

who created the intro music?

[@prettypurple7175]

Why won't people introduced themselves first nowadays/////and "who are you?"

[@graciemei]

Bi confusion

[@clambarn1218]

The movies are "heteronormative" because most people are. It's not a conspiracy or a social construct.

[@jasonanderson7232]

Its mostly because of homophobia. The next thing would be the fact that most people are straight.

[@embreis2257]

well, the discrimination and hypocrisy that comes with it [heteronormativity], certainly is a social construct and conspiracy against minorities, don't you agree?

[@nickdavidelijah]

True but could have some more characters than hetero all the time. And some more shows and super heroes once in a while

[@RichardKhalil]

@@nickdavidelijahthank you

[@tom-kz9pb]

But gays still have long been under-represented in most aspects of public life, from TV and movies, to political office, to corporate CEOs, even relative to their percent of the population. In my lifetime, when I was young, there was practically NO mention in media of gays, and the few mentions were extremely negative, usually trying to make a villain character look more "creepy". This is not ancient history.

[@zebpanks5873]

He didn't answer the question but came to a conclusion. This is pseudo intellectual

[@supportmain8509]

this is misleading on so many levels... hopefully most people that watched this knows its nonesense

[@joyc.e.7511]

But it's not nonsense. Or did you miss the part where multiple studies support his findings?

[@supportmain8509]

also he lowkey tried too say it was choice. which it is not

[@gens0kyo]

Genetics explain no more than 25% (and that's extremely liberal) of homosexuality observed in humans. Cope. Most homosexuals are made.

[@supportmain8509]

@@gens0kyo wdym "most homosexuals are made"

[@supportmain8509]

@@gens0kyo clearly you dont know anything. unless you can supply multiple articals that support your claim. you cant be going around spreading miss-informatin.

[@luzamdg]

So he's a scientist who jumps from one lab activity to a completely unrelated conclusion.

[@carowells1607]

Not even close to being true.

[@matthewaussurin3566]

read his study ^^ then come to comment ;)

[@shreyanair3260]

@@matthewaussurin3566 Where is it?

[@soniaayala1564]

Is a choice....

[@MuseumGirl1]

What is a choice? Science?

[@kekkaisenn6497]

Lol just like abortion right?

[@carowells1607]

These women CHOSE to have longer index fingers.

[@Jonathan-ck2nd]

i remember being in the womb when i chose to have brown eyes!

[@jklein17]

That's a big claim, care to back it up with data?

[@joeschmoe2202]

what a bunch of pseudoscientific nonsense

[@joeschmoe2202]

@Nick Xero their are other studies which come to a different conclusion

[@TheKrispyfort]

As a fmr research scientist, I can assure you that his description is not one of pseudoscience. He tested the hypothesis by taking objective measurements and crunching the numbers. Can't get more Scientific Method than that.

[@joeschmoe2202]

@@TheKrispyfort what objective measurments?

[@TheKrispyfort]

@@joeschmoe2202 seriously? (le sigh) that would be the finger lengths

[@davidroberts3014]

Garrison Keillor wannabe drones on for 16 1/2 minutes, with no more than 2 minutes of relevant content. Whoever told this guy he was charming and/or funny did him a disservice. One of the worst, if not the worst, TED Talk ever!

[@hamoudy41]

if you are looking for funny videos go find another channel. TED is for people interested in education, not a comedy.

[@ajmann4676]

Professor of Neuroscience

[@AG-hk3ww]

Lies!!!

[@markmh835]

Please present your credentials against his.

[@katzgar]

get back to me when you do some real research

[@rockmart374]

Jeremiah 17:9 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

[@plantsandfish7197]

Thanks.

[@jed6251]

Thanks.

[@Archive41024]

Thanks.

[@idontlikemondays3190]

Thanks.

[@SokkenEter]

Thanks.