The Psi Wars Come To TED
"TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design.
Since then its scope has become ever broader. This is an organization
on a collision course with consciousness research and it was only a
matter of time before the war spilled over into their territory.
In this case, the brouhaha started when apparently skeptics by the
names of Jerry Coyne and PZ Meyer tried to have a video by
parapsychologist Rupert Sheldrake removed from TED talks because they
felt he was unscientific. (Here is the video.)
To the Immense credit of TED staff, they opened up the controversy to
the public. Even more to their credit, the staff person who did this,
Emily McManus, is an atheist who set aside her personal beliefs
to open up the discussion. A comment section was set up for this topic
and the floodgates opened. (You can find it here.)"
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