I watched the Jill Bolte TED talk and was pretty interested in the story of her stroke but I couldn't get past all of the "we're all made of energy" rhetoric. I

I watched the Jill Bolte TED talk and was pretty interested in the story of her stroke but I couldn't get past all of the "we're all made of energy" rhetoric. I was interested in her experience but not the conclusions she drew from them. I was also somewhat surprised the TED crowd stood up at the end. My theory is that they will do that for anyone who tells an emotional tale instead of a cerebral one.