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First Follower: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy. Talks from inspiring teachers | Playlist. Under 20 | Playlist. Ed.ted. René Descartes believed that most of what he acquired and learned came from the senses, but his senses had deceived him in the past. Can you give an example of when your senses have deceived you? Is there an experience that has made you doubt what you have seen or heard? Could this give you reason to doubt EVERYTHING you have learned from your senses? Check out this video for some background on this idea or watch the TED-Ed Lesson How Optical Illusions Trick Your Brain for one example of how and why your mind can be tricked into seeing something differently than it is.

Would René Descartes agree with the statement that “things are not always what they seem? " Descartes believed that if you doubt your own existence, you must exist to doubt it! René Descartes was an extremely talented man. Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions. Weird Al's New Video Actually Turned "Blurred Lines" Into Something Worthwhile. Kirby Ferguson: Embrace the remix.

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