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2 | // Contact Form to send this complaint: http://support.ted.com/customer/portal/emails/new | |
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4 | Today, Satuday November 1th, a TEDx event was carried out at Valencia: TEDx Valencia Women <http://tedxvalenciawomen.com/> | |
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6 | I think that it was totally agains the spirit of TED. | |
7 | Not only it supported anti-scientific ideas that I think that are dangerous and promote ignorance and should not be supported by a TEDx event, but it also goes against some rules that apply to get a TEDx license, for example: | |
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9 | "TEDx events may not be used to promote spiritual or religious beliefs, commercial products or political agendas." | |
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11 | "Claims presented in our talks can stand up to scrutiny from the scientific community. TED is also not the right platform for talks with an inflammatory political or religious agenda" | |
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13 | Among the topics covered by that event you can find non-scientific therapies, paganism, new age, religion and spirituality | |
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15 | This is why I think that an event like this inflicts serious damage to TED brand in Spain. It was an error to grant a TEDx license to this event and should be revoked and would be a great mistake and very irresponsible if TED continues to support this kind of events. | |
16 | You can see English tweets about this event at https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TEDxVlcWomen%20lang%3Aen and check the damage this event has made to TED. If you want to recover some of the reputation you have lost today, I think that you need not only to revoke this TEDx license but also to clarify that you don't support this kind of events. | |
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18 | Following, some proofs of the kind of talks that you can find at TEDx Valencia Women. Sorry that all of them are in Spanish. | |
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20 | Their banner, announcing spirituality and alternative therapies: http://tedxvalenciawomen.com/files/2012/10/12-temas2.jpg | |
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22 | Their program for families based in holistic and vastu shastra hinduism principles: http://tedxvalenciawomen.com/tedxvalenciawomenfamily/ | |
23 | It includes "spaces built with sacred geometry" and was closed with prayers to Gaia. | |
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25 | Here you can find other activities organized by this TEDx event, which include ayurveda, energy medicine, aromatherapy, magnet therapy, sacred geometry, yoga, tandava (hinduism), paganism: | |
26 | http://tedxvalenciawomen.com/tedxvlc-women-2012/actividades-paralelas/ | |
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28 | Here yoy can see the list of speakers: http://tedxvalenciawomen.com/category/ponentes-2012/ | |
29 | Which include: | |
30 | - An expert in alternartive, "bio-energetic" and holistic therapies, aromatherapy and homeopathy: http://tedxvalenciawomen.com/2012/09/29/adoracion-ferreres/ | |
31 | - Energy medicine, Bach flowers, rebirthing, reiki and other non-scientific therapies developed by herself: http://tedxvalenciawomen.com/2012/09/29/aura-kupper/ | |
32 | - Holistic therapies, reiki, reconnective healing, zen, crystal healing: http://tedxvalenciawomen.com/2012/09/29/jose-rius/ | |
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34 | You can also check their Twitter timeline at https://twitter.com/TEDxVlcWomen |