So you have never taken college courses with lectures like this ?
In academia it’s called “active writing” and “active voice”.
There is specific ways the phrasing is done to make statements.
It’s considered the proper way to write or lecture/present.
It does come off as very confident in the statements. Which is the point.
You should not say something unless you are confident it’s true. And you have evidence to back it up.
Also I checked , there is a wiki on the guy.
He does not have a doctorate but a BA and teaches in Bejing.
Typically in the U.S, a “professor” is a college or university teacher with at least a master’s but that’s not the definition in China. I guess. So I assumed incorrectly he must be at university level. And most universities only hire PhD lecturers.
He did go to Yale here in the U.S though.
He is also a journalist.
But has been teaching since late 90s.
He also was a researcher through Harvard graduate school of education.
Hey, I’m one to always say that experts need higher education to be experts. Because there are some things you really can’t learn outside of the mentor training you get in grad school. But sounds like he got that through his research experience and his journalism experience. At least to a degree. Because he knows how to use active voice and create supported theories. Not something one learns at a BA level.
I know a little bit about game theory because it’s studied in social psychology.
Mostly he seems to follow what I know about it and then ads some of his own stuff.
But it follows the foundation theory I’m familiar with.
I’m not educated on the topic past an intro to social psych course. (Not my area of study though I am educated in cognitive neuroscience/psychology,).
It’s definitely healthy to be a skeptic of everything.
As they say. Believe nothing. Question everything.
I never think one person has it all right or has all the answers. But he has some valid points and I thought his lectures were interesting and worth listening to. I don’t agree with him on everything.
That doesnt mean I disregard everything he says.
I do agree with him on the bit about the weapons @26:00.
I also felt more informed about some of the geopolitics involved after watching his video.
So you have never taken college courses with lectures like this ?
In academia it’s called “active writing” and “active voice”.
There is specific ways the phrasing is done to make statements.
It’s considered the proper way to write or lecture/present.
It does come off as very confident in the statements. Which is the point.
You should not say something unless you are confident it’s true. And you have evidence to back it up.
Also I checked , there is a wiki on the guy.
He does not have a doctorate but a BA and teaches in Bejing.
Typically in the U.S, a “professor” is a college or university teacher with at least a master’s but that’s not the definition in China. I guess. So I assumed incorrectly he must be at university level. And most universities only hire PhD lecturers.
He did go to Yale here in the U.S though.
He is also a journalist.
But has been teaching since late 90s.
He also was a researcher through Harvard graduate school of education.
Hey, I’m one to always say that experts need higher education to be experts. Because there are some things you really can’t learn outside of the mentor training you get in grad school. But sounds like he got that through his research experience and his journalism experience. At least to a degree. Because he knows how to use active voice and create supported theories. Not something one learns at a BA level.
I know a little bit about game theory because it’s studied in social psychology.
Mostly he seems to follow what I know about it and then ads some of his own stuff.
But it follows the foundation theory I’m familiar with.
I’m not educated on the topic past an intro to social psych course. (Not my area of study though I am educated in cognitive neuroscience/psychology,).
It’s definitely healthy to be a skeptic of everything. As they say. Believe nothing. Question everything.
I never think one person has it all right or has all the answers. But he has some valid points and I thought his lectures were interesting and worth listening to. I don’t agree with him on everything.
That doesnt mean I disregard everything he says.
I do agree with him on the bit about the weapons @26:00.
I also felt more informed about some of the geopolitics involved after watching his video.
Geopolitics was not taught quite so casually at my school.
It sure wasn’t in my school either.