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• A reply on Conversation: TED is EVIL. Here's the proof.

  Jan 24 2013: Well, it's pretty clear that you can't make sense out of a text that states in itself to use Lucifer and God as analogies for reason (Lucifer) and belief (God). The quote is absolutely out of context, as I suppose you intended it to be.
  
  If there's someone else reading this debate and have an interest in the whole text, which is a brilliant eulogy to science, the link to it is: http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/athen/athen003.pdf
  
  As for the speakers you mentioned, I had already watched some, don't remember anything awfully wrong with any of them. Specifically, I can't see how a person could have a problem with Sherry Turkle's talk about the misuse of technology, for instance.
  
  That been said, I could not care less if there is a TED Agenda, because I set my own agenda, my own thoughts and I don't rely on TED as my only and exclusive source of information/opinion, as I expect any intelligent person would do. Only narrow-minded people stay trapped inside one specific view of the world for their entire life.
  
  As for the use of a Luciferian agenda, it's just a confirmation on my opinion of how hilarious you are!
  
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  Since no replies allowed below, let me just say the all you are doing is call a hidden agenda to justify your world view and give some sense to your conspiracy theory.
  
  Why can't you accept the not everybody measures the world by your ruler?
  
  And you are the one who can't interpret a simple text. Perhaps you've got too lazy by reading only one.
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  A comment on Talk: Colin Stokes: How movies teach manhood

  Jan 22 2013: I don't know if anyone has mentioned earlier, but the talk by Tony Porter, gives a great follow up to this one: http://www.ted.com/talks/tony_porter_a_call_to_men.html

• A comment on Conversation: What's the "must" read books you recommend?

  Jan 21 2013: Dostoiévski's Crime and Punishment

• A comment on Conversation: Is prayer a form of placebo or is there evidence of divine intervention in the answering of prayers?

  Jan 21 2013: I think that the question is scientifically unanswerable, given that there's no way, to date, to measure divine intervention, if it should exist.
  
  The best thing I suppose that can be done is to compare different beliefs and see which one has the better results compared to others or if are they all the same. Maybe if they are all the same, one can come to the conclusion that it is placebo indeed, giving that the 'wrong god' wouldn't be able to answer prayers.
  
  But in the end, it can always be thought as placebo variations amongst beliefs.
  
  Sorry to arrive so late in the debate...

• A comment on Conversation: TED is EVIL. Here's the proof.

  Jan 21 2013: This Harley dude is hilarious!!
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  A comment on Talk: Cameron Russell: Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model.

  Jan 16 2013: Awesome!
  
  It seems that this view is a trend among beautiful women, and a very welcome one, if I may add.
  
  Here's a very similar point made by the British DJ Goldierocks: http://vimeo.com/57249010#at=0
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  A comment on Talk: Ludwick Marishane: A bath without water

  Dec 4 2012: Absolutely fantastic! Kudos!

• A comment on Talk: Alain de Botton: Atheism 2.0

  Jan 19 2012: This talk is really great and inspiring to those of us who are atheists. But reading the comments below, it looks like we have a long way to go before we can discard religions as a relevant part of society.
  
  It appears that people prefer to have faith in god rather than in each other, because the majority thinks that other people NEED something to hold on to. They just can´t function (!) without a god guiding them, as if god was a fuel that moves a person.
  
  People should always seek knowledge and see where it leads them. I guess it will not lead towards god
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  A reply on Talk: Hans Rosling: The magic washing machine

  Mar 28 2011: A law forbidding people to let their clothes to dry in the sun is one sad law.

• A comment on Conversation: Should anyone be able to upload their TEDTalk to TED.com?

  Feb 18 2011: I think it's a good idea. But the "official" talks should not be mixed up with user-created content, in order to keep the good quality of the talks. And some kind of filtering would definetely be needed.