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by roguecoder 5146 days ago
Yeah, their response said exactly what I assumed had happened happened. They, like everyone else building a brand, are trying to erase the truly antagonistic dynamics of modern culture and worship some mythical conflict-free land of bipartisanship and kittens, where smart people never disagree they just have different evidence.

That myth is what TED is selling. Not truth, not even a better world, just a world where we can believe ourselves to be better people.

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> They (...) worship some mythical conflict-free land of bipartisanship and kittens, where smart people never disagree they just have different evidence.

Because that is how the world should be like and they have a mission to make it real. It's not a myth. It's a goal.

where smart people never disagree they just have different evidence

Welcome to the world of science.