Blog post: swansont: Science Gone Bad

<a href="http://blog.tedx.com/post/37405280671/a-letter-to-the-tedx-community-on-tedx-and-bad-science">A letter to the TEDx community on TEDx and bad science</a><br /><br />Lots of good stuff here, on some warning signs of dubious science, stemming from some suspect talks at TEDx. It's directed toward medical/life sciences material, but there are many points that apply to science in general. This is related to an ongoing issue in journalism â whether your task is to just offer material, or whether you have a responsibility to vet the material. I'm of the latter opinion â I think that a "let the audience decide" or "I need to present both sides" approach is a cop-out.<br /><br />There's also a list of behavior that one might see if one declines to give a platform to someone peddling the dubious science, and to me, this is old hat. The claims of endangering freedom of speech/bias/suppression and the assertion that they hold a special insight (often despite no formal training) are pretty standard crackpot positions.<br/><a href="http://blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/12823">Read and comment on the full post</a>