Nörobilim Işığında Bilgi Çağından Bilgelik Çağına | Nevzat Tarhan | TEDxUskudarUniversity

Üsküdar Üniversitesi Rektörü Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan “Nörobilim Işığında Bilgi Çağından Bilgelik Çağına” başlıklı konuşmasında teknolojideki gelişmelere rağmen günümüzde dünyada pek çok kötülüğün ve şiddet olayının yaşandığını söyledi. Tarhan, “Ahlaki akıl yürütmeyi çocuklara ve gençlere öğretmemiz gerekiyor, beynimizi doğru kullanmayı öğretmemiz gerekiyor. İnsan toplumsal faydayı maksimize ederek yaşamazsa dünya yaşanılır olmayacak. Şu anda dünyadaki bu gidişi olumluya çevirmenin yolu, ahlaki akıl yürütmenin ve beynimizi bu yönde kullanmamızın sağlanması ile mümkün olacak” dedi. He was born in Merzifon in 1952. He finished Kuleli Military High School in 1969 and graduated from Cerrahpaşa Medical School İstanbul University in 1975. Following his internship at GATA (Gülhane Military Medical Academy) he worked in Cyprus and Bursa garrisons at different military medical institutions. In 1982 he became a specialist psychiatrist at GATA. After his clinical services as a specialist at Erzincan and Çorlu Hospitals, he became an assistant professor(1988), an associate professor (1990) at GATA Haydarpaşa. He was promoted to colonel in 1993 and became a professor in 1996. Between 1996 – 1999 he worked at Yüzüncü Yıl University as faculty member and as an expert at Forensic Institution. He got retired on his own will. He took the representation of “Memory Center of America” in Turkey in 1998.

Currently, he is the Chairman of the Board of NPİSTANBUL, the first neuropsychiatry hospital of Turkey and also the founding Rector of Üsküdar University. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx