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Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes
Terry Moore: Hvordan du snører dine sko
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Terry Moore fandt ud af, at han havde snøret sine sko forkert hele sit liv. I TED's ånd går han på scenen for at vise en bedre måde. (Historisk notits: Dette var den allerførste 3 minutters publikums-tale holdt fra TED scenen, i 2005.)
Terry Moore - Thinker
Terry Moore is the director of the Radius Foundation, a forum for exploring and gaining insight from different worldviews. Full bio
Terry Moore is the director of the Radius Foundation, a forum for exploring and gaining insight from different worldviews. Full bio
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I'm used to thinking of the TED audience as a wonderful collection
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Jeg er vant til at tænke på TED's publikum som en vidunderlig samling
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of some of the most effective, intelligent,
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af nogle af de mest effektive, intelligente
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intellectual, savvy,
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intellektuelle, kyndige
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worldly and innovative people in the world.
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sofistikerede og innovative mennesker i verden.
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And I think that's true.
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Og jeg mener, at det er rigtigt.
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However, I also have reason to believe
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Men, jeg har også grund til at tro
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that many, if not most, of you
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at mange, hvis ikke de fleste af jer
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are actually tying your shoes incorrectly.
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faktisk snører jeres sko forkert.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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Now I know that seems ludicrous.
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Jeg ved det lyder sindssygt.
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I know that seems ludicrous.
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Jeg ved det lyder sygt.
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And believe me, I lived the same sad life
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Og tro mig, jeg levede det samme triste liv
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until about three years ago.
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indtil for cirka tre år siden.
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And what happened to me
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Og det der skete for mig
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was I bought, what was for me, a very expensive pair of shoes.
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var, at jeg købte et, for mig, meget dyrt par sko.
00:48
But those shoes came with round nylon laces,
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Men de sko havde runde nylon snørebånd,
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and I couldn't keep them tied.
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og jeg kunne ikke få dem til at holde.
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So I went back to the store and said to the owner,
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Så jeg gik tilbage til butikken og sagde til ejeren,
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"I love the shoes, but I hate the laces."
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"Jeg elsker skoene, men jeg hader snørebåndene."
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He took a look and said, "Oh, you're tying them wrong."
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Han kikkede på dem og sagde, "Åh, du snører dem forkert."
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Now up until that moment,
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Op til det øjeblik,
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I would have thought that, by age 50,
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ville jeg have troet at, i en alder af 50,
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one of the life skills that I had really nailed
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ville en af livets færdigheder, som jeg virkelig havde lært
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was tying my shoes.
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være at snøre mine sko.
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But not so -- let me demonstrate.
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Men der tog jeg fejl -- lad mig demonstrere.
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This is the way
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Dette er måden
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that most of us were taught to tie our shoes.
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som de fleste af os blev lært at snøre vores sko på.
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Now as it turns out -- thank you.
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Det viser sig -- tak, tak.
01:25
Wait, there's more.
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Vent, der er mere.
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As it turns out,
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Det viser sig,
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there's a strong form and a weak form of this knot,
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at der er en stærk og en svag form af denne knude,
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and we were taught to tie the weak form.
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og vi blev lært at knytte den svage form.
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And here's how to tell.
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Og sådan her man kan se det.
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If you pull the strands at the base of the knot,
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Hvis du trækker i båndene ved roden af knuden,
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you will see that the bow will orient itself
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vil du se at sløjfen orienterer sig selv
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down the long axis of the shoe.
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langs den lange akse af skoen.
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That's the weak form of the knot.
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Det er den svage form af knuden.
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But not to worry.
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Men ingen grund til panik.
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If we start over
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Hvis vi starter forfra
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and simply go the other direction
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og bare går den anden vej
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around the bow,
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rundt om sløjfen,
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we get this, the strong form of the knot.
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får vi dette, den stærke form af knuden.
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And if you pull the cords under the knot,
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Og hvis du trækker i båndene under knuden
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you will see that the bow orients itself
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vil du se at sløjfen orienterer sig
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along the transverse axis of the shoe.
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langs den tværgående akse af skoen.
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This is a stronger knot. It will come untied less often.
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Dette er en stærkere knude. Den går sjældnere op.
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It will let you down less,
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Den svigter dig sjældnere.
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and not only that, it looks better.
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Og ikke bare det, den ser også bedre ud.
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We're going to do this one more time.
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Vi gør det lige en gang til.
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(Applause)
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(Bifald)
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Start as usual,
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Start som normalt,
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go the other way around the loop.
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gå den den anden vej rundt om løkken.
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This is a little hard for children,
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Det her er lidt svært for børn,
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but I think you can handle it.
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men jeg tror, I kan klare det.
02:29
Pull the knot.
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Træk i knuden.
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There it is: the strong form of the shoe knot.
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Der er den: den stærke form af knuden.
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Now, in keeping with today's theme,
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Og for at holde mig til dagens tema,
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I'd like to point out -- and something you already know --
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vil jeg gerne pointere -- og noget I alle sammen ved fra før --
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that sometimes a small advantage
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at nogle gange kan en lille fordel
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someplace in life
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ét sted i livet
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can yield tremendous results someplace else.
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føre til et enormt resultat et andet sted.
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Live long and prosper.
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Lev længe og trives.
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(Applause)
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(Bifald)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Terry Moore - ThinkerTerry Moore is the director of the Radius Foundation, a forum for exploring and gaining insight from different worldviews.
Why you should listen
Terry Moore directs the Radius Foundation in New York, which, as its website says, "seeks new ways of exploring and understanding dissimilar conceptual systems or paradigms -- scientific, religious, philosophical, and aesthetic -- with the aim to find a world view of more complete insight and innovation. The Radius Foundation is a forum for different views."
The foundation has published several works that examine the intersection of religion and metaphysics with science and social action.
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