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Eric,
Thanks for posting! It prompted me to find out about the differences between TED and TEDx, which are significant and helps to explain the more experimental nature and feel of the TEDx talks.   For your reading enjoyment.

http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/493#pr-press-media 

C
On Dec 10, 2012, at 8:53 PM, Eric Siegel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> The organizers of ted-x were concerned that too many of the talks were pseudoscientific, so they issued a letter asking organizers to be skeptical and offering useful guidelines.
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> http://blog.tedx.com/post/37405280671/a-letter-to-the-tedx-community-on-tedx-and-bad-science
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