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The darkly humorous dystopian side effect of this trend is that a large number of influential TED talks have been spreading misinformation with citations to sci
by mensetmanusman 2y ago
The darkly humorous dystopian side effect of this trend is that a large number of influential TED talks have been spreading misinformation with citations to scientific studies that cannot be replicated.
- vishnugupta 2y agoWhich tells you about the quality of TED talks.
- mensetmanusman 2y agoIt’s analogous to the American history channel being taken over by discussions of aliens :D
- asdff 2y agoWell before that it was called the hitler channel
- stonethrowaway 2y agoThe article mostly centers on 2023 and onwards as an increase in trend. But anyone who has seen a TED talk over the last 10 years is right to have ample suspicion about anything anyone says that does not fall under their direct, day to day job. A lot of it is people trying to make lateral, far-reaching connections into things they have no idea about, and package it into some kind of TED-paced equivalent of Hero’s Journey. Anecdotes dressed up to be sold to thought leaders who push unfounded conclusions onto unsuspecting innocents. Nasty stuff. So it’s not so much about studies which cannot be replicated, but shit that sounded off key to begin with. TYFAMTT.