Re:Ted Talk Review Why people believe weird things
by nonbel on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @10:01PM
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I don't think any scientists consider TED talks a serious venue. Anyone who thinks they are learning rather than being entertained is mistaken. Not saying there is anything wrong with entertainment, it is just bad for us all when people confuse the two.
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Re:Ted Talk Review Why people believe weird things
by AstralStorm on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @09:16AM
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Sometimes it does show serious topics that are or have been pretty seriously researched. It'd is quite easy to filter out the entertainment or worthless talks in fact: See if math or diagrams are used.
Some talks are pie in the sky idea talks, essentially fuel for hypotheses. Filtered by talking about a serious subject but not showing math or diagrams.
And finally there are stories. Spotted by a typically "human" talk and "social" topic. Not useful.
Re:Ted Talk Review Why people believe weird things
by throwanem on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @06:08AM
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But that's the whole point of TED. It's upmarket standup that you can feel like you're improving yourself by watching, which is why so many of the jokes suck - laughing might make the pretense impossible to maintain.