[riedel]

I am a bit torn apart reading into it and watching a presentation by him. I think it might work well in some cultures and with some speakers. Being at a university seeing a lot of technical presentation by students I think he is quite heavy on presentations, which I typically always suggest to use really carefully my students and inexperienced speakers.

[emmelaich]

just "torn" not "torn apart" -- which is quite a violent thing!

"torn" in this context means to be not decided between a couple of opinions or decisions.