TEDx with Bad Science

- TED is the place where advance idea get presented
- Idea can wrong, what we believe are often proven wrong. Especially advance idea.

- What is the difference between advance idea and bad science?

• Confusing hypothesis with fact
• Didn't have solid background -> how can you check solid background
• Report both side of the picture 
• Should reference to journalism 
• Checkable claims 

inconvenient truth: austin was associated with vaccin, but turn out to be false. Can one really know that before it was proven false by the scientific community. 

If not, we have to bear with us that there will be always a risk of false information on the information we provide.


- Bad letter, should have shown the usual routine that TED is doing instead, what is the background check they are doing.

• No real case example are what is, what is not bad science
• Rely solely on where the presenter works, studied, instead of what is true

I guess I just don't like the word "bad science"; science is either true or false; not good and bad.

Marco Tempest: A cyber-magic card trick like no other

"Magic makes possible today what science will make a reality tomorrow. "

Technology advancement will sure change magic. In this case, a poetic combination with Augmented Reality. 

Hard Question: Can there be a case where using technology will diminish the sense of surprise in a magic performance?

I mean that the audience know that we have been showed incredible things on through the screen. WIth aftereffect, I can hardly think of anything that haven't been on a movie. 

That is probably why when the magician made some breakthrough w/ the hardware and software, the audience is unimpressed: "that is interesting, doesn't the iPhone already does this?"

The following is another performance by the same magician.

Which I personally think that has less surprises.  (Though I know it is technically difficult).

Hard question

Do music composition follow a rule?

How to determine a good piece of music?
What is the ultimate purpose of a piece of music?

-> Change music for novel, programming.