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This isn't the first time this has happened, shoddy "science" at a TEDx event. How long until people start saying that TEDx is the actual scam? It's a shame b
by adwf 13y ago
This isn't the first time this has happened, shoddy "science" at a TEDx event. How long until people start saying that TEDx is the actual scam?
It's a shame because I love TED itself. They've tried regulating better, but I just can't see a way out for them except closing TEDx down completely and coming up with something else. The TEDx reputation is already destroyed.
- sliverstorm 13y agoWhat could be done is closer curation of TEDx events, rather than simply leasing out the name & format to whomever. This would decrease the number of TEDx events you could hold, and probably also make them more expensive to host- but maybe that could be a good thing.
- adwf 13y agoYeah, but that's what I thought they were doing after the whole Randy Powell incident - look it up, embarrassing... I hope they try harder to audit the TEDx events. The main TED events are usually so inspiring, it's a shame to have it tarnished like this.
- shiftpgdn 13y agoThe whole TED operation comes across as some sort of crazy scam to prey on academics. Just check out Eddie Huang's account of being a TED fellow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hwLMBdnbXk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hwLMBdnbXk