Am I the only one who appreciates the non-conformist view, wrong or not, I'm sure much of what has been presented at TED turned out to be wrong in the long run.

Am I the only one who appreciates the non-conformist view, wrong or not, I'm sure much of what has been presented at TED turned out to be wrong in the long run. It's about ideas, and ideas have to come from the fringe. Or how about Tim Ferris? He sells science with a test/control group of 1 (himself), his science is questionable as well (eg. don't eat sugar/fruit, drink wine...wine is fruit & sugar!). Doesn't mean there aren't valuable nuggets or interesting ideas. Are we throwing the baby out with the bath water? On another note, I suspected that TED was using TEDx events as a vetting process for finding speakers to invite to the big show. For example, you'd think Born to Run author Christopher McDougall would have been a great presenter, but watch his TEDx talk from portland, and you'd barely have any interest in the book, which is surprising because it's a great read. But I also suspect some of the science he writes about is questionable.