Cute, sexy, sweet, funny

Title:: Cute, sexy, sweet, funny
Speaker:: Dan Dennett
Description:: Why are babies cute? Why is cake sweet? Philosopher Dan Dennett has answers you wouldn't expect, as he shares evolution's counterintuitive reasoning on cute, sweet and sexy things (plus a new theory from Matthew Hurley on why jokes are funny).

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 07:32

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