[Music] [Applause]
[Applause]
[Applause] what I’ve got here is just glass of
what I’ve got here is just glass of
what I’ve got here is just glass of water I’m going to pose a bit of a
water I’m going to pose a bit of a
water I’m going to pose a bit of a question to you okay now you’re fired
question to you okay now you’re fired
question to you okay now you’re fired put a post card over the top of this
put a post card over the top of this
put a post card over the top of this glass of water and turn the whole thing
glass of water and turn the whole thing
glass of water and turn the whole thing over does the water stay in the cup
over does the water stay in the cup
over does the water stay in the cup couple of yes there’s a couple of nice
couple of yes there’s a couple of nice
couple of yes there’s a couple of nice okay just try it yes it does okay and
okay just try it yes it does okay and
okay just try it yes it does okay and there’s some really cool science around
there’s some really cool science around
there’s some really cool science around why this is actually happening in the
why this is actually happening in the
why this is actually happening in the same way that when you jump into a pool
same way that when you jump into a pool
same way that when you jump into a pool or a body of water you can feel all of
or a body of water you can feel all of
or a body of water you can feel all of that pressure on your body in all
that pressure on your body in all
that pressure on your body in all directions the air is actually pushing
directions the air is actually pushing
directions the air is actually pushing on us in all directions as well air
on us in all directions as well air
on us in all directions as well air pressure isn’t just a down thing it’s a
pressure isn’t just a down thing it’s a
pressure isn’t just a down thing it’s a sideways thing or an upwards thing and
sideways thing or an upwards thing and
sideways thing or an upwards thing and in this case it’s pushing up with quite
in this case it’s pushing up with quite
in this case it’s pushing up with quite a lot of force on the bottom of that
a lot of force on the bottom of that
a lot of force on the bottom of that card now different question also safety
card now different question also safety
card now different question also safety net important if I take a bit of fly
net important if I take a bit of fly
net important if I take a bit of fly screen and I put the fly screen over the
screen and I put the fly screen over the
screen and I put the fly screen over the top of the glass do the same experiment
top of the glass do the same experiment
top of the glass do the same experiment does it still work does the water stay
does it still work does the water stay
does it still work does the water stay in the cup I get this nice and tight
in the cup I get this nice and tight
in the cup I get this nice and tight around there note safety net to the
around there note safety net to the
around there note safety net to the whole thing over
yes it does exactly the same science is
yes it does exactly the same science is happening ok I’ll points air pressure is
happening ok I’ll points air pressure is
happening ok I’ll points air pressure is keeping that postcard on the glass
keeping that postcard on the glass
keeping that postcard on the glass coolest thing about this so i can now
coolest thing about this so i can now
coolest thing about this so i can now what remove the card and for the most
what remove the card and for the most
what remove the card and for the most part the water still stays in the glass
part the water still stays in the glass
part the water still stays in the glass slightly different thing happening here
slightly different thing happening here
slightly different thing happening here now you’ve got surface tension playing
now you’ve got surface tension playing
now you’ve got surface tension playing along in the same way that if you fill
along in the same way that if you fill
along in the same way that if you fill up a glass of juice or water or
up a glass of juice or water or
up a glass of juice or water or something like that you see what looks
something like that you see what looks
something like that you see what looks like a bit of a skin on top of the glass
like a bit of a skin on top of the glass
like a bit of a skin on top of the glass well water is really good at holding
well water is really good at holding
well water is really good at holding onto itself and it’s doing that between
onto itself and it’s doing that between
onto itself and it’s doing that between all of the tiny little holes in the fly
all of the tiny little holes in the fly
all of the tiny little holes in the fly screen I can break that surface tension
screen I can break that surface tension
screen I can break that surface tension a little bit more water comes out but
a little bit more water comes out but
a little bit more water comes out but largely it’s strong enough to hold all
largely it’s strong enough to hold all
largely it’s strong enough to hold all of the liquid inside the glass now i
of the liquid inside the glass now i
of the liquid inside the glass now i really really love this experiment i’m
really really love this experiment i’m
really really love this experiment i’m going to get to why in just a moment but
going to get to why in just a moment but
going to get to why in just a moment but before I do I want you to just think to
before I do I want you to just think to
before I do I want you to just think to yourself am i a science person ok now
yourself am i a science person ok now
yourself am i a science person ok now there will be a whole range of different
there will be a whole range of different
there will be a whole range of different answers in this room from people who
answers in this room from people who
answers in this room from people who absolutely yes science is my calling I
absolutely yes science is my calling I
absolutely yes science is my calling I know that that’s what I want to do with
know that that’s what I want to do with
know that that’s what I want to do with my life right through a spectrum to the
my life right through a spectrum to the
my life right through a spectrum to the other side of people who are just like
other side of people who are just like
other side of people who are just like nah don’t come near me with it don’t
nah don’t come near me with it don’t
nah don’t come near me with it don’t even look at it that’s okay too my
even look at it that’s okay too my
even look at it that’s okay too my favorite part about this is that
favorite part about this is that
favorite part about this is that regardless of what I do here no it’s
regardless of what I do here no it’s
regardless of what I do here no it’s cool that the water stays in the glass
cool that the water stays in the glass
cool that the water stays in the glass and it’s even cooler when you can pull
and it’s even cooler when you can pull
and it’s even cooler when you can pull the card away and it still stays there
the card away and it still stays there
the card away and it still stays there but my favorite part about this is you
but my favorite part about this is you
but my favorite part about this is you because within that whole spectrum of
because within that whole spectrum of
because within that whole spectrum of people in that particular moment every
people in that particular moment every
people in that particular moment every single one of you was a science person
single one of you was a science person
single one of you was a science person okay and why that is I have a bit of a
okay and why that is I have a bit of a
okay and why that is I have a bit of a theory right I’ve given you permission
theory right I’ve given you permission
theory right I’ve given you permission to be curious about something that you
to be curious about something that you
to be curious about something that you might not have seen before and looking
might not have seen before and looking
might not have seen before and looking around the room there was a shift in
around the room there was a shift in
around the room there was a shift in setting this up some people unclass
setting this up some people unclass
setting this up some people unclass their hands a few people SAT forward
their hands a few people SAT forward
their hands a few people SAT forward it’s always good to get verbal feedback
it’s always good to get verbal feedback
it’s always good to get verbal feedback in these kinds of things people
in these kinds of things people
in these kinds of things people oh that’s exciting tell i know i’m doing
oh that’s exciting tell i know i’m doing
oh that’s exciting tell i know i’m doing my job properly and in that moment it
my job properly and in that moment it
my job properly and in that moment it was okay to be wrong okay it didn’t
was okay to be wrong okay it didn’t
was okay to be wrong okay it didn’t matter if you had seen it before or not
matter if you had seen it before or not
matter if you had seen it before or not if you didn’t know what was about to
if you didn’t know what was about to
if you didn’t know what was about to happen or not the point is that you had
happen or not the point is that you had
happen or not the point is that you had a bit of a guess and we did it and you
a bit of a guess and we did it and you
a bit of a guess and we did it and you learn from it what if you could go
learn from it what if you could go
learn from it what if you could go through your entire life with that
through your entire life with that
through your entire life with that attitude towards not knowing something
attitude towards not knowing something
attitude towards not knowing something what if you could go through every
what if you could go through every
what if you could go through every single scenario and let go of a bit of
single scenario and let go of a bit of
single scenario and let go of a bit of that fear of not knowing what was going
that fear of not knowing what was going
that fear of not knowing what was going to come next it sounds really hard and
to come next it sounds really hard and
to come next it sounds really hard and it is hard but it’s possible and I’m
it is hard but it’s possible and I’m
it is hard but it’s possible and I’m going to tell you how the back to when I
going to tell you how the back to when I
going to tell you how the back to when I was at school I’ve always been a really
was at school I’ve always been a really
was at school I’ve always been a really enthusiastic learner it’s been a
enthusiastic learner it’s been a
enthusiastic learner it’s been a lifelong passion of mine to keep
lifelong passion of mine to keep
lifelong passion of mine to keep learning and at the moment it’s also a
learning and at the moment it’s also a
learning and at the moment it’s also a passion of mine to inspire learning in
passion of mine to inspire learning in
passion of mine to inspire learning in other people through things like this as
other people through things like this as
other people through things like this as a science communicator but at school
a science communicator but at school
a science communicator but at school whilst i thought that i was learning
whilst i thought that i was learning
whilst i thought that i was learning things like biology calculus geometry
things like biology calculus geometry
things like biology calculus geometry ancient history whatever it was what i
ancient history whatever it was what i
ancient history whatever it was what i was actually learning was how to take a
was actually learning was how to take a
was actually learning was how to take a test and how to do it really well what I
test and how to do it really well what I
test and how to do it really well what I learned at school was how to read very
learned at school was how to read very
learned at school was how to read very particular teachers it was how to pull
particular teachers it was how to pull
particular teachers it was how to pull out information from the one textbook
out information from the one textbook
out information from the one textbook that that class was on and it was how to
that that class was on and it was how to
that that class was on and it was how to figure out what I was going to be asked
figure out what I was going to be asked
figure out what I was going to be asked the next day the next week to the next
the next day the next week to the next
the next day the next week to the next month until I managed to get to this
month until I managed to get to this
month until I managed to get to this stage where I thought I was really
stage where I thought I was really
stage where I thought I was really clever I was doing really well in all of
clever I was doing really well in all of
clever I was doing really well in all of my classes but I linked my own
my classes but I linked my own
my classes but I linked my own intelligence really really closely with
intelligence really really closely with
intelligence really really closely with that grade when I got to uni suddenly
that grade when I got to uni suddenly
that grade when I got to uni suddenly they didn’t fly anymore because I only
they didn’t fly anymore because I only
they didn’t fly anymore because I only saw the teachers once a week I couldn’t
saw the teachers once a week I couldn’t
saw the teachers once a week I couldn’t stay with them long enough to read all
stay with them long enough to read all
stay with them long enough to read all the hints that they may or may not have
the hints that they may or may not have
the hints that they may or may not have been dropping I didn’t have a textbook
been dropping I didn’t have a textbook
been dropping I didn’t have a textbook that I could refer to all the time all
that I could refer to all the time all
that I could refer to all the time all of a sudden I had to ask questions to
of a sudden I had to ask questions to
of a sudden I had to ask questions to get what I wanted and until that point
get what I wanted and until that point
get what I wanted and until that point asking questions was terrifying okay I’m
asking questions was terrifying okay I’m
asking questions was terrifying okay I’m not quite sure how we got here
not quite sure how we got here
not quite sure how we got here lady but asking questions for some
lady but asking questions for some
lady but asking questions for some reason was linked with being
reason was linked with being
reason was linked with being unintelligent and there was a sense of
unintelligent and there was a sense of
unintelligent and there was a sense of shame in putting your hand off in class
shame in putting your hand off in class
shame in putting your hand off in class and admitting that you didn’t know
and admitting that you didn’t know
and admitting that you didn’t know something seeing a couple of nods around
something seeing a couple of nods around
something seeing a couple of nods around the room is there something that people
the room is there something that people
the room is there something that people are familiar with this feeling of not
are familiar with this feeling of not
are familiar with this feeling of not wanting to be vulnerable in asking a
wanting to be vulnerable in asking a
wanting to be vulnerable in asking a question but when I looked around the
question but when I looked around the
question but when I looked around the room at uni you could always see the
room at uni you could always see the
room at uni you could always see the divide okay there were people like me up
divide okay there were people like me up
divide okay there were people like me up the back terrified didn’t want to ask
the back terrified didn’t want to ask
the back terrified didn’t want to ask anything didn’t want to be involved and
anything didn’t want to be involved and
anything didn’t want to be involved and people up the front of the class
people up the front of the class
people up the front of the class comfortable asking questions challenging
comfortable asking questions challenging
comfortable asking questions challenging what it was that the lecturer had to say
what it was that the lecturer had to say
what it was that the lecturer had to say I mean that as a concept was
I mean that as a concept was
I mean that as a concept was mind-blowing the people were actively
mind-blowing the people were actively
mind-blowing the people were actively putting their hands up and saying I’m
putting their hands up and saying I’m
putting their hands up and saying I’m sorry I didn’t understand what it was
sorry I didn’t understand what it was
sorry I didn’t understand what it was that you wanted me to do there could you
that you wanted me to do there could you
that you wanted me to do there could you repeat that and this was a really big
repeat that and this was a really big
repeat that and this was a really big pivotal moment what these people were
pivotal moment what these people were
pivotal moment what these people were doing was taking their learning
doing was taking their learning
doing was taking their learning experience and making it a journey
experience and making it a journey
experience and making it a journey rather than a number and that was what I
rather than a number and that was what I
rather than a number and that was what I tried to do to all of a sudden for me I
tried to do to all of a sudden for me I
tried to do to all of a sudden for me I didn’t care whether I was good or bad at
didn’t care whether I was good or bad at
didn’t care whether I was good or bad at biology what my intelligence was linked
biology what my intelligence was linked
biology what my intelligence was linked to was working really hard at biology
to was working really hard at biology
to was working really hard at biology and in some cases it wasn’t that I had
and in some cases it wasn’t that I had
and in some cases it wasn’t that I had failed chemistry I just hadn’t passed
failed chemistry I just hadn’t passed
failed chemistry I just hadn’t passed yet there is an important distinction in
yet there is an important distinction in
yet there is an important distinction in shifting my thinking what happened was I
shifting my thinking what happened was I
shifting my thinking what happened was I became more comfortable generally about
became more comfortable generally about
became more comfortable generally about my own intelligence I could freely ask
my own intelligence I could freely ask
my own intelligence I could freely ask questions in class in team meetings and
questions in class in team meetings and
questions in class in team meetings and I was okay with getting it wrong all of
I was okay with getting it wrong all of
I was okay with getting it wrong all of a sudden feedback was coming from
a sudden feedback was coming from
a sudden feedback was coming from failure failure wasn’t something that
failure failure wasn’t something that
failure failure wasn’t something that stopped me in my tracks that I couldn’t
stopped me in my tracks that I couldn’t
stopped me in my tracks that I couldn’t move forward from it was something that
move forward from it was something that
move forward from it was something that pushed me on to do better now this
pushed me on to do better now this
pushed me on to do better now this particular thinking is called going from
particular thinking is called going from
particular thinking is called going from a fixed mindset or a fixed intelligence
a fixed mindset or a fixed intelligence
a fixed mindset or a fixed intelligence to growth
to growth
to growth and there’s a lot of scientific and
and there’s a lot of scientific and
and there’s a lot of scientific and really quite in-depth literature about
really quite in-depth literature about
really quite in-depth literature about this phenomena because it works it works
this phenomena because it works it works
this phenomena because it works it works to expand your skill set and push your
to expand your skill set and push your
to expand your skill set and push your intelligence in whole number of ways all
intelligence in whole number of ways all
intelligence in whole number of ways all of a sudden I was getting better at
of a sudden I was getting better at
of a sudden I was getting better at working in teams I was getting better at
working in teams I was getting better at
working in teams I was getting better at critically problem solving I was getting
critically problem solving I was getting
critically problem solving I was getting more creative in my approach to
more creative in my approach to
more creative in my approach to everything and that’s really important
everything and that’s really important
everything and that’s really important but well that’s my story I mean why why
but well that’s my story I mean why why
but well that’s my story I mean why why should I be telling you this why is it
should I be telling you this why is it
should I be telling you this why is it important to you well there’s been a
important to you well there’s been a
important to you well there’s been a recent fya study to suggest that sixty
recent fya study to suggest that sixty
recent fya study to suggest that sixty percent of current jobs that university
percent of current jobs that university
percent of current jobs that university students right now are studying for will
students right now are studying for will
students right now are studying for will be automated in the next 15 years just
be automated in the next 15 years just
be automated in the next 15 years just let that statistic sink in for a moment
let that statistic sink in for a moment
let that statistic sink in for a moment sixty percent in 15 years is huge that’s
sixty percent in 15 years is huge that’s
sixty percent in 15 years is huge that’s you know if your job is not being done
you know if your job is not being done
you know if your job is not being done by a computer there are six people in
by a computer there are six people in
by a computer there are six people in the row alongside you who’s our and only
the row alongside you who’s our and only
the row alongside you who’s our and only three is not but there’s a whole suite
three is not but there’s a whole suite
three is not but there’s a whole suite of things that computers are really
of things that computers are really
of things that computers are really really good at there’s also a couple of
really good at there’s also a couple of
really good at there’s also a couple of things that they’re not very good at
things that they’re not very good at
things that they’re not very good at things like creativity things like
things like creativity things like
things like creativity things like working in teams critically problem
working in teams critically problem
working in teams critically problem solving and getting really good feedback
solving and getting really good feedback
solving and getting really good feedback from failure but you’re good at those
from failure but you’re good at those
from failure but you’re good at those things and by being someone who’s open
things and by being someone who’s open
things and by being someone who’s open to those skills by asking more questions
to those skills by asking more questions
to those skills by asking more questions by being comfortable to challenge the
by being comfortable to challenge the
by being comfortable to challenge the way you see your own intelligence that’s
way you see your own intelligence that’s
way you see your own intelligence that’s how you’re going to make sure that all
how you’re going to make sure that all
how you’re going to make sure that all of these big ideas these big problems
of these big ideas these big problems
of these big ideas these big problems like automation of jobs right through to
like automation of jobs right through to
like automation of jobs right through to climate change or gender equality or
climate change or gender equality or
climate change or gender equality or economic equality are going to be a walk
economic equality are going to be a walk
economic equality are going to be a walk in the park because it’s going to be
in the park because it’s going to be
in the park because it’s going to be okay if you get something wrong now I
okay if you get something wrong now I
okay if you get something wrong now I want you to think back to the last time
want you to think back to the last time
want you to think back to the last time you did ask a question maybe you put
you did ask a question maybe you put
you did ask a question maybe you put your hand up in class or a team meeting
your hand up in class or a team meeting
your hand up in class or a team meeting or a project brief or even at work did
or a project brief or even at work did
or a project brief or even at work did you start with the word sorry
you start with the word sorry
you start with the word sorry don’t do that anymore ok now we started
don’t do that anymore ok now we started
don’t do that anymore ok now we started tonight with a science experiment I
tonight with a science experiment I
tonight with a science experiment I thought I would end tonight with the
thought I would end tonight with the
thought I would end tonight with the science experiment too because there is
science experiment too because there is
science experiment too because there is a lot of talk about being left or right
a lot of talk about being left or right
a lot of talk about being left or right brained in that I’m bad at arts because
brained in that I’m bad at arts because
brained in that I’m bad at arts because I’m a maths person or I’m really bad at
I’m a maths person or I’m really bad at
I’m a maths person or I’m really bad at science because I’m quite good at sport
science because I’m quite good at sport
science because I’m quite good at sport there’s actually not all that much
there’s actually not all that much
there’s actually not all that much scientific evidence to suggest that
scientific evidence to suggest that
scientific evidence to suggest that that’s true so that’s a thing but we
that’s true so that’s a thing but we
that’s true so that’s a thing but we know through experiences that you do
know through experiences that you do
know through experiences that you do have left and right dominance a–‘s in
have left and right dominance a–‘s in
have left and right dominance a–‘s in other areas right people are
other areas right people are
other areas right people are right-handed left-handed it might be
right-handed left-handed it might be
right-handed left-handed it might be easier for you to kick a ball with the
easier for you to kick a ball with the
easier for you to kick a ball with the right or your left foot or in my case
right or your left foot or in my case
right or your left foot or in my case neither of them did you go that you are
neither of them did you go that you are
neither of them did you go that you are also right or left eyed you have a
also right or left eyed you have a
also right or left eyed you have a dominant eye and there are two ways that
dominant eye and there are two ways that
dominant eye and there are two ways that you can figure out which is your
you can figure out which is your
you can figure out which is your dominant eye and i’m going to show you
dominant eye and i’m going to show you
dominant eye and i’m going to show you both of them the first is to do this
both of them the first is to do this
both of them the first is to do this with your hand get involved and to look
with your hand get involved and to look
with your hand get involved and to look at something in the distance I walk
at something in the distance I walk
at something in the distance I walk around a lot but how about I stay still
around a lot but how about I stay still
around a lot but how about I stay still for this particular one look at me
for this particular one look at me
for this particular one look at me through the center of your hand okay
through the center of your hand okay
through the center of your hand okay don’t focus on your hand focus on me
don’t focus on your hand focus on me
don’t focus on your hand focus on me close one eye now close the other sorry
close one eye now close the other sorry
close one eye now close the other sorry open the first I and then close the
open the first I and then close the
open the first I and then close the other eye there’s a couple of people in
other eye there’s a couple of people in
other eye there’s a couple of people in the front rows like okay so close that
the front rows like okay so close that
the front rows like okay so close that one open the other one in one of those
one open the other one in one of those
one open the other one in one of those scenarios you’ll still be looking at me
scenarios you’ll still be looking at me
scenarios you’ll still be looking at me okay in that case that’s your dominant
okay in that case that’s your dominant
okay in that case that’s your dominant eye and in the other case I’ll jump out
eye and in the other case I’ll jump out
eye and in the other case I’ll jump out of the circle slightly and that’s your
of the circle slightly and that’s your
of the circle slightly and that’s your less dominant eye for me it’s my left is
less dominant eye for me it’s my left is
less dominant eye for me it’s my left is anyone else finding that they left is
anyone else finding that they left is
anyone else finding that they left is the dominant that half that’s kind of
the dominant that half that’s kind of
the dominant that half that’s kind of weird little science experiment for
weird little science experiment for
weird little science experiment for myself okay there’s another way that you
myself okay there’s another way that you
myself okay there’s another way that you can do this and do this one as well the
can do this and do this one as well the
can do this and do this one as well the length of your thumb is particularly
length of your thumb is particularly
length of your thumb is particularly good for doing this so you need to just
good for doing this so you need to just
good for doing this so you need to just pop out like that and instead of looking
pop out like that and instead of looking
pop out like that and instead of looking through an object obviously this time
through an object obviously this time
through an object obviously this time you are covering an object so cover me
you are covering an object so cover me
you are covering an object so cover me know
know
know that is a legit way of being able to do
that is a legit way of being able to do
that is a legit way of being able to do it in one case you will see that I am
it in one case you will see that I am
it in one case you will see that I am slightly more covered it just works
slightly more covered it just works
slightly more covered it just works better when you’re further away actually
better when you’re further away actually
better when you’re further away actually so it’s might be a bit tricky in the
so it’s might be a bit tricky in the
so it’s might be a bit tricky in the auditorium today and if I’m still being
auditorium today and if I’m still being
auditorium today and if I’m still being covered up that’s your dominant eye and
covered up that’s your dominant eye and
covered up that’s your dominant eye and if I jump to the side not actually
if I jump to the side not actually
if I jump to the side not actually physically jumped to the side then
physically jumped to the side then
physically jumped to the side then that’s your less dominant eye now what
that’s your less dominant eye now what
that’s your less dominant eye now what you’ve shown me today is that you are a
you’ve shown me today is that you are a
you’ve shown me today is that you are a room of curious people okay that you’ve
room of curious people okay that you’ve
room of curious people okay that you’ve been comfortable with asking yourself
been comfortable with asking yourself
been comfortable with asking yourself and asking of others a series of
and asking of others a series of
and asking of others a series of questions and that is awesome you’ve
questions and that is awesome you’ve
questions and that is awesome you’ve proved it to me and you’ve proved it to
proved it to me and you’ve proved it to
proved it to me and you’ve proved it to everyone else in the room but the most
everyone else in the room but the most
everyone else in the room but the most important message for you to go out with
important message for you to go out with
important message for you to go out with today is that now it’s up to you to go
today is that now it’s up to you to go
today is that now it’s up to you to go prove it to everybody else
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