Translator: Arda Yegül
Reviewer: Gözde Zülal Solak It is said that all countries, all
people identify themselves with others. So Muslim Turks have a great impact
on the formation of European identity. It's the "other".
I am not what it is. For example, Turks have a
very special place in Greek identity. They build an identity
saying I am not what Turks are . This is called as
the problem of "other" in history. This is very important. We, Turks, constantly say
that we are all nice and clean but all Westerners
are filthy and stinky. We all know the truth,
but we still believe so. Now, there's a man. You all know this man. This man is one of the
100 people that changed the world. This man found the formula for the
surface area and volume of the sphere. He found the compound reel
and the endless hydraulic screw. He found that Pi is
between 3+1/7 and 3+10/71. This man lead the way to infinitesimals,
which later was completed by Newton. This man found the
first principles of balance. Who is this?
Archimedes. But, we know him only by means
of a thing, the buoyancy of water. In fact, he didn't
discover buoyancy of water. What he found was that when an object is
submerged into water, it would replace the same amount of water as its volume. So iron and gold replace
different amounts of water. So do silver and gold. Thus, he found
the crown that you can see below. So here is the question. If this is thanks to the bath - you know
it is where he discovered the buoyancy - why didn't millions of Turks
who went to baths for thousands of years discover it? Why could not we discover it? There were baths
in different parts of the world. Why didn't they discover?
So it is not the talent of bath. Here is another
question for you. Who is the greatest
scientist in the history? Can anyone guess? Tell me. Einstein, I heard Da Vinci. Who else? Guys, Isaac Asimov once said:
"If you ask who the number two is, it can be argued and probably there
is no answer, there are many candidates. However, if you ask who the
number one is, the answer is clear." Isaac Newton is unarguably
the number one scientist in the world. I would like to recommend a book. There is no new edition,
I'm trying to force for new editions. "The 100 Most Influential People",
the ones who changed the world. Prophet Mohammad is number one,
Newton is second and the third is Jesus. Newton is such an important person. Everyone says that
apple fell and he discovered. Right?
Just like the bath. Guys, Newton laid
the foundation of calculus. He built modern optic. The telescopes which
we use today work with Newton’s laws. Still! He made the first
telescope, the optical telescope. He launched modern
physics by his laws of motion, and he launched astronomy
by using the law of universal gravitation. But in 1965 or 1966 the great pestilence
occured when Newton was a student. Villagers were sent to
their villages to avoid plague. While Newton were sitting at his
village, there was full-moon in the sky. An Apple felt down on
land and Newton asked himself. If apples fall down,
why don't the moon fall down? He couldn’t answer on that day
because he didn’t discover calculus yet. He had to improve it. By the way, let me tell you,
the Moon falls down to Earth. If the moon falls down, how does Earth
pull apples and the Moon towards itself? Newton discovered that,
and changed the world history . Well, if merit is in the apples,
do apples fall down only in England? Why don't they fall down
in China, Japan or Turkey? If it falls, why don't
you discover gravity? You, me or anybody else. Because the success can come to
the one who desires and is ready for it. Success is like love. I stand where I am
and I never go out. I sit at CNN Turk office, then I
go home, then I go to channel again, then I go home and
I search for the love of my life. Is it possible? Not possible. I have to go out and
run after it. Success is the same. As you must go out
in order to find your love of life, you must desire and
run after success as well Newton was ready.
Archimedes was ready. He worked on it, so he found it. So, are Turkey and
future a compatible binary? A good binary?
Let’s take a quick look. Unfortunately, there are
3.8 million illiterate people. Denmark has a population of 5.4 million. Guys, the merit is not in the population. There are 28 million people of ours
graduate from fifth grade and below, included illiterate people. Netherlands'
population; 16.5 millions. What will you do and how will
you give social insurance to them? How will you educate their children? How will you pay their pension? People in this saloon will work more
and we will give a chance on these rights. You will work 3 times
more than a Netherlander. So, there is a PISA test. In the past, people who saw
me thought of TRY-USD parity, as if I could know it.
If i knew, I would do it anway. Why do I say these? Now, when they
see me, they think about PISA. PISA test is made
by OECD in 65 countries. Minister of National Education
of each country gives money for this test. We make tests on 15 year-old children,
we make tests on thousands of children. Then, we compare them with
other countries that you understand what is wrong in your country. In science, Turkish children are
the 43th in 65 countries, guys. In mathematics, 44th.
Reading comprehension in their language, well, Koreans in Korean language,
Japanese in Japanese, Turks in Turkish. Not English, guys. Turkish. We educate
these children in Turkish. In reading comprehension
within 65 countries, our children are the 42th. When calculated, put in
order, our rank goes down to 45th. Guys, can a child who is 43th in science
place you in the top 10 economies in the world? Can child
who is 44th in mathematics place at the top
10 economies in the world? He cannot act his way
out of a paper bag. (Laughter) But, is this fault
of child, guys? It is not. (Applause) Why not? I will tell you one thing. Germany brings up worldwide footballers
out of 1.5 million Turkish people and why cannot you bring up
out of 76 million people? These children are not foolish.
System is foolish, we are foolish. We impose this system upon
children and we get these results. I show you one more thing.
What happens when it is like that? Guys, you see high
technology table herein. In 2000 and in 2013. China is an extreme country,
ignore it, but look at Korea? They export high technology
around 130 billion dollars. 2013 is the latest data. According to World Bank’s data,
Turkey has increased its high-technology exportation from 1 billion
dollars to 2.2 billion dollars. Turkey says that our high
technology is 7.5 billion dollars. So, why does World Bank say it like that? Because World Bank says that:
"Dear Turkey, the things you suppose high-technology are not
actually high technology, bro." (Laughter) This is a miserable thing guys. We must do it,
otherwise we cannot get rich. If these children will continue
like that, they cannot pay my pension. Your pension, either. If these children continue
like that, exportation cannot grow. You cannot sell,
produce high technology. If you can’t produce it, you
will stay as a poor country. So, there is one more thing. Istanbul Chamber of Industry declares the greatest 500
companies of Turkey every year. Here is a
list of 500 companies. The whole may not be 500. For
instance, there are mining companies too. Their products are not
high-technology products. You can use high-technology
in production but, your products should be high-technology as well. That's it. Guys, in the largest companies of
Turkey, in our largest 500 companies, 186 of them manufacture
the lowest-tech products. 163 of the greatest 500 companies in
Turkey manufacture low-tech products. Only 109 of the greatest 500 companies in
Turkey manufacture medium-tech products. Only 12 of the greatest 500 companies
in Turkey manufacture high-tech products. This is a great shame. This is a great shame!
This is shame of all of us. So, lets look at one more thing. We say Korea everytime. Do you know that
Korea - you can find on the internet - was a poorer, less
developed country than Turkey until midst of the 1980s. We say we will enter the top
10 economy of the world in 2023 but, guys, there are Goldman
Sachs’ projections up to 2050. It may change or not, but it
shows that in 2025, Korea will be the 7th. Turkey will stay as 16th
because of the reasons I stated before. It doesn't work with lies.
We must see the reality. If you don’t diagnose, you
can’t treat. First, you must diagnose. I have cancer, and I say to doctor :
”Don't tell me that I'm bad, prescribe me an aspirin.”
and I expect being fine. Is it possible?
It is not. For example, I am very
handsome, I know. I am number 2 in the world. Brad Pitt
got Angelina before me. If Brad Pitt doesn't exist,
I would be the number one. I would get Angelina. Is that a diagnosis?
Yes, I am brilliant, right? No guys! I am bald, ugly.
I know the reality. I must face with it. I have showed especially Korea
and the developed countries. Guys, per million people - don't
look at Turkey, look at the other side - 3.600, in developed countries 5.900.
What does it show us? Ambition of Korea. Guys, R&D expenditure in developed
countries are 2,47 and in Korea, 4. What does it show us?
Ambition of Korea. What does stake of
technology in export show us? Look at ours.
Ambition of Korea. Ambition must also be
merged with mentality and science. You should do something for it.
You should bring up these children. There's no other way. Now, my last 7 minutes. A new
world is being established in economy. I say, Western, Christian,
superior white man’s age is finishing. Except for America. Power
is moving to Asia. You see this. I have been telling this for 7 or 8 years. But, there is a science explosion
now. There is a real science explosion. You don’t see this.
The world is changing. The gap between you
and your father was that much. The gap between your
grandfather and father was that much. However, the gap between me
and my child is that much, and the gap between me and
my grandchild will be light years. Why? In old world, information
increased arithmetically. Like 1-2-3-4. In new world,
geometric. Like 2-4-8-16. How? I am keen on astronomy
very much, I envied the speaker mentioned about it before me. Ten years ago, we could
map the universe with 50% accuracy. Today, we do it with 90% accuracy. You may not think it is
significant, but it is important. The telescope that you see
is called “golden ratio telescope”. This telescope is the most
important one in the world. All telescopes are scaled according to it. This telescope is located in
Apache Point Observatory, New Mexico After it was established
and entered into service, in a month, this
telescope produced knowledge as much as the whole astronomy
knowledge that we've learned until now. It produced more information. But, there is one more thing. 10 years later, it produced
more information than the ones which was produced in history of humanity. There isn’t only science
in it. There is Iliad, Dada Gorgud, Chinese tales.
All information, in history of humanity. Can you imagine how awesome it is? Guys, this is called as “Big Data” But, mankind doesn’t break here. This is ALMA. In Chile.
It has not been launched officially yet. But it gathers information.
We explored the black body by means of it This ALMA, 66
telescopes, work as one telescope. Distance among them is
increased, they move as you can see. Each of them is too weighty. If we
want to look at one location, a small star or a nebula, we converge them. If we look at a galaxy, we diverge them. Only one super-computer - which
processes 1.5 trillion per a second - has a mission. It checks if
it has moved millimetrically. If it moves one millimeter,
all data becomes wrong. It checks all 66
telescopes once in 2 seconds. This telescope will
gather information as much as in history of whole
humanity for every five days. Look, the other one gathered for every ten
years, this one, for every 5 days. Can you imagine what
kind of a thing underlies? This science explosion
consists of two things. I host a science show
as an economy manager. People are mocking me. I host it from Monday to Thursday. I beat rating
records, as you appreciate. Turkish people always want to
watch science and technology. They never watch marriage
shows or stupid reality shows. The Radio and Television
Supreme Council asks Turkish people, What do you watch?
Documentary. What would you like to watch?
Documentary. So why are ratings of
documentaries so low, why are ratings of
stupid programs so high? Black bodies watch them, I know it. Now, you can watch there,
we set out on journey of human mind. 2 great projects.
One is European Union Project. What is happening in your brain ? Other one is American project.
Both of them are human brain projects. Guys, you could watch your memories on TV. I did something as, can you
make me watch your memories, you can find this on our website. You can let your ideas fly. Yes. Now, just there is a joystick
which is directed via power of thought. But in the near future,
everything will be possible. One of the scientific explosion
is 3D printers, this is incredible. Your house will
turn into a factory. It won't matter to be
on Mars, in Turkey, in Etiler or in Serres. It won't matter what time it is. You print everything. Secondly, human genome
was cloned. Immortality may be possible. I am so afraid it. Because
of the arrogance of humankind. Mankind is so arrogant.
So arrogant. They think that everything has been created for for them. Everything
is drossier than him. For example, I am vegeterian. When I go somewhere, especially when I
go to a meat restaurant, they say “But Mr. Çapa,
they were created for us” Well, in Savannah, when
lions eat you or sharks attack you you never say “ We were created for them”. What are you doing there? There is no such thing, guys. Mankind is arrogant,
he is so arrogant that he is ready to take on
the role of god to himself. We should be purified
from it. That scares me. But, there is one more
thing. Do we have time? Within 40 years, your mobile
phones and radars cannot be produced. Why? Do you remember periodic table? You want to forget it,
I know, but remember it. The elements at
periodic table below are rare. They will be finished in 40 years and people are preparing for it. There are four deep
space mining companies. Four. One was established
by astronauts, other one by a co-partner of Google. Just four. Can you imagine? What are their aims? There was the movie named
as Elysium, anyone watched? In this movie, riches go
to space, earth is very terrible. This is an ordinary movie. Riches go to the cities around the earth. Guys, an asteroid of 5 kilometers
diameter includes minerals which are worth 1.5 to 4 trillion dollars. The asteroids which includes minerals
will be found - the Asteroid belt is between Mars and Jupiter -
and they will bring it out of the orbit of Earth-Moon, which is
called Lagrange circle. They will process and
we will look from beneath. (Laughter) I object to that. Not to another thing. My defiance is for it,
not for another thing. There is Paul Verlaine’s
poem, I mind it so much. "What have you done,
O you there, who endlessly cry. Say: What have you done
there, with Youth gone by?" Guys, what did you do?
What did you do for tomorrow? 2030, 2040; they are
nothing for a state. Nothing. Bring them to account. Citizens
bring them to account, servants obey. Let me say something finally. I don’t say it politically, it would be
the same if there was somebody else. Because, there are not citizens.
Citizens do not bring to account. India sent a searcher
to the orbit of Mars. The orbit of Mars.
China had failed in that. India became the 4th country
after Russia, European Union and America. I published this twice. How much did it
cost? 74 million dollars. We build palace which
costs 600 million dollars. We buy plane which
costs 150 million dollars. Look, if there were someone else,
they would spend for another thing too. They would not spend
for science or wisdom. I don’t say this to make criticism. All of you, you have to bring to
account that “Where is my money going?”. How did democracy emerge
in the world? Anybody knows? Magna Carta.
Magna Carta is not democracy, guys. Magna Carta restricted
the king’s tax-rising power. It brings parliament to account that
“What did you spend my tax for?”, "Did you spend for war or something else?" Please force them to spend your money on wisdom, science, our children and education. They must
not spend on anything else. My time is over. Thank you so much. So glad
I have you. I am glad you are here. Thank you. Applause
Eksentrik adam ama beğendim.
Bence türk eğitimindeki en büyük sorunlardan birisi eğitimin çok fazla teorik olması. Türkiyedeki lise eğitimi ile almanyadakini karşılaştırdığımda arada dağlar kadar fark var. Fizik, kimya veya biyoloji dersleri deneyler ile dolu, ama türkiyede deney yok denecek kadar az miktarda. İnsan uygulayarak birşeyi öğrendiğinde onu kolay kolay unutmaz, ama sadece teorik olarak öğrenir ise sınav için ezberler, sınavdan sonra unutur.
İkinci büyük sorun ise, meslek seçimi ve yönlendirmesi. Türkiyede üniversite okumak çok doğal birşey. Herkes okuyor ama sonuç ortada.
Misal olarak, almanyada üniversite öğrenimi gören insanların sayısı türkiyeden az. Herkesin üniversite okuma gibi bir derdi yok.
İster Marangoz olsun ister elektrikçi olsun en az 3 yıl mesleği hakkında eğitim alıyor. Bu eğitim hem çalıştığı şirkette oluyor hemde haftada iki gün okulda.
Adamların dünyaya kalite satmasının nedeni buradan kaynaklanıyor. Meslek ne olursa olsun, insana mesleği gerçekten en ince detayına kadar öğretiyorlar. Bizim gibi baştan savma iş yapmıyorlar.
"Cocugun kendine hayri yok." dediginde milletin gulup sonra alkislamasi, ulkedemizdeki insanlarin bir medeniyet olarak geri kalma nedenini cok acik bir sekilde yansitiyor.
Bu adam cikmis oraya, insanoglunun gelismesinin ne kadar guzel bir sey oldugunu, insanlarin bir canli olarak ne kadar potansiyeli oldugunu ve bizim bu gelismede ne kadar geri kaldigimizi vurguluyor. Gelismemizin (daha dogrusu gelisememizin) gostergesi olan, cocuklarin egitim seviyesi hakkinda vahim bir ornek verildiginde guluyorlar.
Ne diyecebilecegimi bilemiyorum.
Korkunc boyutlara gelmis bir sorunla yuzlestirildigimizde, cok kisa bir sure boyunca beynimizi calistirir, ardindan sahte gulumsemeler esliginde sorunu yok sayariz.
Edit: Grammar.
güzel konuşmaydı. geçen Betul Mardin'in Ted konuşmasını izlemiştim çok hoşuma gitmişti. herkese tavsiye ederim.
Adam "çocuğun kendine hayrı yok bakın ne kadar kötü durumdayız" diye anlatıyor. Seyrcilerde: "HAHAHHAHA woooo -alkış-". Resmen anırıyorlar. Gülmek için yer arıyorlarsa gitsinler Recep İvedik izlesiler rahat rahat anırırlar orda.
"Insanlik tarihindeki butun bilgi" fikrinin sanki cok bilinen bir seymis gibi bahsedilmesi yanlis geldi bana. Hangi yilda insanlik tarihindeki butun bilgi bu, sene 1990 ile 2010 arasinda cok buyuk fark var. "X milyon DVD kadar bilgi" veya "Y milyon ansiklopedi kadar bilgi" denilse goze batmazdi.
Çok gereksiz noktalara değinmiş Türkiyede her 100 kadından sadece 28 tanesi çalışıyo geri kalanı ev hanımı. En büyük sorunu budur Türkiyenin bunu halletmeden başka şeylere odaklanmak saçma.
Kaynak : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Turkey