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• A reply on Conversation: The debate about Graham Hancock's talk

  Mar 22 2013: Aimee, nobody denies that consciousness is false.

• A reply on Conversation: The debate about Rupert Sheldrake's talk

  Mar 22 2013: That's what's known as a bald-faced lie.

• A reply on Conversation: The debate about Graham Hancock's talk

  Mar 22 2013: " So, TED, when will you remove Billy Graham's talk from rotation? "
  
  That would be a good idea.

• A reply on Conversation: The debate about Graham Hancock's talk

  Mar 22 2013: The current paradigm has handled the content of those talks, and shown them to be false.

• A reply on Conversation: The debate about Graham Hancock's talk

  Mar 22 2013: What's wrong with being critical?
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  A reply on Conversation: Rupert Sheldrake's TEDx talk: Detailing the issues

  Mar 8 2013: At one time, TED had some credibility, which is more than you can say for Scientific American. If we're going to use Scientific American as our benchmark we might as well book Deepak Chopra and Jenny McCarthy.l
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  A reply on Conversation: Rupert Sheldrake's TEDx talk: Detailing the issues

  Mar 8 2013: If you're gate-keepers were well qualified, they would have known who Rupert Sheldrake is and never dreamed of letting him do a TED talk.
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  A reply on Conversation: Rupert Sheldrake's TEDx talk: Detailing the issues

  Mar 8 2013: Sheldrake's rights are not in any way the topic of this debate.
  
  He has every right to promote wrong ideas. That does not obligate TED to give him a forum for doing so.
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  A reply on Conversation: Rupert Sheldrake's TEDx talk: Detailing the issues

  Mar 8 2013: The problem with Sheldrake's ideas isn't that they're unconventional. They problem is that they are factually wrong. Demonstrably, provably, wrong.

• A reply on Conversation: Rupert Sheldrake's TEDx talk: Detailing the issues

  Mar 8 2013: It's bad evidence. That's what we mean by "no evidence" - no credible evidence.