Modern life can seem overwhelmingly complex. By uncovering astounding insights into the world we live in from asking three brief questions, Alan shows how sometimes that the best way to understand something complex is to ask a simple question. Dr Duffy is an astrophysicist by training but a curious human by birth and fervently believes that the best way to learn is to ask simple questions. He tries to answer some of these questions at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, by creating galaxies inside powerful supercomputers.
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The Power of Simple Questions
Alan Duffy
TEDxYouth@Sydney 2015 · 21 May 2015
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