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The debate about Rupert Sheldrake's talk
Please use this space to comment on the debate around Rupert Sheldrake's TEDx talk, as described here:
Closing Statement from TED
Thanks to all who participated in this conversation on TED's decision to move Rupert Sheldrake's talk from YouTube to TED.com. It was scheduled as a 2-week conversation, and has now closed. But the archive will remain visible here.
We'd like to respond here to some of the questions raised in the course of the discussion.
Some asked whether this was "censorship." Now, it's pretty clear that it isn't censorship, since the talk itself is literally a click away on this very site, and easily findable on Google. But it raises an interesting question about curation. Should TED play *any* curatorial role in the content it allows its TEDx organizers to promote? We believe we should. And once you accept a role for curatorial limits, you have to accept there will be times when disputes arise.
A number of questions were raised about TED's science board: How it works and why the member list isn't public. Our science board has 5 members -- all working scientists or distinguished science journalists. When we encounter a scientific talk that raises questions, they advise us on their position. I and my team here at TED make the final decisions. We keep the names of the science board private. This is a common practice for science review boards in the academic world, which preserves the objectivity of the recommendations and also protects the participants from retribution or harassment.
Finally, let me say that TED is 100% committed to open enquiry, including challenges to orthodox thinking. But we're also firm believers in appropriate skepticism, or critical thinking. Those two instincts will sometimes conflict, as they did in this case. That's why we invited this debate. The process hasn't been perfect. But it has been undertaken in passionate pursuit of these core values.
The talk, and this conversation, will remain here, and all are invited to make their own reasoned judgement.
Thanks for listening.
Chris Anderson, TED Curator
Rupert Sheldrake
Mar 20 2013: I appreciate the fact that TED published my response to the accusations levelled against me by their Scientific Board, and also crossed out the Board's statement on the "Open for discussion" blog. http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/14/open-for-discussion-graham-hancock-and-rupert-sheldrake/
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There are no longer any specific points to answer. I am all in favour of debate, but it is not possible to make much progress through short responses to nebulous questions like "Is this an idea worth spreading, or misinformation?"
I would be happy to take part in a public debate with a scientist who disagrees with the issues I raise in my talk. This could take place online, or on Skype. My only condition is that it be conducted fairly, with equal time for both sides to present their arguments, and with an impartial moderator, agreed by both parties.
Therefore I ask Chris Anderson to invite a scientist from TED's Scientific Board or TED's Brain Trust to have a real debate with me about my talk, or if none will agree to take part, to do so himself.
Craig Weiler
Mar 20 2013: This is a very, very good point. You're being put through a Kafkaesque Double Secret Probation here where you've been accused of a crime but you don't even know the charges.
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Perhaps TED would be so kind as to at least provide Mr. Sheldrake with the reasons for this tribunal, uh debate?
Scott Bryson
Mar 21 2013: Here's a petition worth sharing:
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There are original petitions on these matters that are still relevant since the issue is hardly resolved and the fact that after close to 200k views and many comments, there's no word if the YouTube videos will be restored.
Also find links to some of the principle parties and a timeline of events:
Rich Robert
Mar 21 2013: Thanks for the link. I voted.Mar 22 2013: Yes. Thanks from me too. I voted
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Jim Schneider
Mar 21 2013: It seems only fair that you be allowed to face at least one of your anonymous accusers face to face. I beg one of them to have the courage to step out of the shadows and face Mr. Sheldrake in a public debate. TED says you folks did your "due diligence" in coming to the conclusion he was nothing but a "pseudoscientist"- prove it. And if none of them are willing hopefully Chris Anderson will step up to the plate. Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing Sheldrake debate Jerry Coyne in a TED sponsored debate if none of his TED affiliated accusers are willing to stand behind their charges. Seeing as Coyne was publicly thanked by a TED employee and was instrumental in getting these vids removed he might make for a good alternate. No idea if Coyne is up for a debate with Sheldrake though- I kind of doubt it.
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Conor O'Higgins
Mar 21 2013: I second the idea of a Sheldrake-Coyne debate, if it is possible. TED hosted a debate before (about nuclear energy).
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They are claiming that Sheldrake's talk was flagged because its content was basically wrongheaded. They made one attempt to demonstrate this - and fluffed it badly. They are haemorrhaging credibility, and need to either [A] withdraw the accusation or [B] justify it.
As regards B, TED is a media outlet, and is hardly qualified to debate science, so why not bring in an outside academic to debate for them, while they provide the platform and benefit from the publicity? As I've said before, no one's reputation has been damaged in this kerfuffle except TED's, and they need to restore it with some sort of evenhanded treatment.
Now who should debate Graham Hancock....?Mar 21 2013: Forgive me for being skeptical, but is there really a science board? Is there any evidence, other than someone's testimony? This could be a problem, debating someone who doesn't exist.
Lewis Smart
Mar 21 2013: Hell, let one of the anonymous science board members speak from behind a screen, with his voice vocoded to retain anonymity. It would be hilarious.
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CChaos CChaos
Mar 21 2013: exactly what I was asking for! now where's my popcorn?! :)
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btw, is it just me or do PZ Myers and Jerry Coyne have been quiet lately? ;)
please Mr. Anderson, make this debate happen.
Toby Randel
Mar 21 2013: Jerry Coyne is too busy trying to find new controversial titles for his posts, so that he can get a few more hits for his blog. The nice thing about his audience is that they rarely read much more than the title of his post - which is just as well really because he likes his fluff in large doses.
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PZ Myers is all about drama and hand waving, but he will run a mile when asked to defend his position. He automatically deletes any comments on his blog that question his ideas. He tends to prefer drive by shootings because he would never cope with a real debate.
Mar 21 2013: Maybe we should give them a chance to respond before calling them cowards? I'm just saying it doesn't help our case for a debate if we're presupposed to hostility before it even starts.Mar 21 2013: it's very telling that both PZ Myers and Jerry Coyne are awfully silent right now. this tells me that they are not interested in a public discussion. they are very good at making fun of ideas they don't agree with and calling people names (i.e. woo, woomeister, pseudoscience, etc.) if they really have scientific facts to back up their critiques of Sheldrake and Hancock, then by all means i expect them to have the decency to face the people they accuse in the arena of public debate. they pride themselves as scientists and rational people right? so they ought to behave like one. this is why i was so disappointed with TED's decision to pull out Sheldrake and Hancock's talks from the TEDx channel. to think that a couple of atheist/skeptic bloggers would have that influence on TED's content is very disheartening. i just hope that Myers and Coyne are *not* on the TED Science Board.Mar 21 2013: This is an excellent idea. I can think of no better format to advance the stated goals of this debate. And, incidentally, no better way to repair TED's credibility and satisfy both camps in this debate.
TED Staff - This is a prime opportunity to turn a PR nightmare in a big win for everyone.
Agent Smith
Mar 21 2013: TED has initiated debate after debate so far, and as far as I can tell from that, TED and Chris Anderson will be delighted to get a debate going beyond this hidden corner of the site, out in the open on the main stage/page ! Go TED !
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Mar 21 2013: I think you mean "Mr. Anderson," Agent Smith. ;)
FTFYMar 21 2013: @Agent Smith,
I think Chris is trying his best here. He's in a tough spot, at least from his perspective.
Please, PLEASE, do the right thing here and accept Rupert Sheldrake's debate invitation. You guys put him on the defensive, and your science board did so with extreme (over?)confidence. There is clearly no fear on his end, and there should be none on yours. At the very least, it will be one heck of an entertaining, constructive, and informative debate.
You know, in your heart of hearts, that an open debate is the most fair and graceful way to resolve this, while -- at least in my book -- completing repairing any damage to TED's credibility and turning a PR nightmare into a huge win for everyone.
Edit: Today I learned that Chris Anderson of TED is not the same person as Chris Anderson of WIRED. Regardless, I think they'll both pretty chill guys. :-P
Agent Smith
Mar 21 2013: I really appreciate your comment, that's why I just 'liked' it - but you're really making the same point as me...Anderson should take Sheldrake up on his offer, there's really no other way ! Now I never said he had it easy...of course he hasn't, having taken on the job he has. But the HONEST way out of UNeasy is not, if you want at the same time to be moral, to just avoid all that's coming your way, by avoiding a broader discussion, by avoiding the deeper issue at hand (materialism's value in modern science and society), and occasionally dropping in for snarky comments, while not doing what you ask everybody else to do - enable debate. And we're all adults - when TED calls for debate, we know it's gotta be more than some comment section on some soon forgotten blog post.Mar 21 2013: Culture desperately NEEDS the conversation this debacle has highlighted to MOVE FORWARD. It is critical. This is a time for TED to now turn the whole thing around and play a truly historical role. Don't drop the ball. Don't run from this tremendous opportunity. Grab it and take us ALL forward!!
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Daniel Schulman
Mar 21 2013: It is incumbent upon TED, if it is not pretense but actually truly does stand for what it claims to stand for - to take Dr. Sheldrake up on this offer - to sponsor, organise and hold a proper debate/discussion between Dr. Sheldrake and his (anonymous) detractors. That would be the ultimate rectification of this debacle and the highest service to the movement of ideas in culture. Running from it would reveal TED to clearly be something entirely other than that which it claims to be. I am on the edge of my seat and keenly excited. Lets get on with it!
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Agent Smith
Mar 21 2013: Exactly. They should either come out definitely for or against the talk - or put all the energy into debating the contended topics, instead of paying lip service to debate by having it go on under blog posts which are only found by those aware of the debate, and will soon sink into the obscurity of this blog's timeline.
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Rich Robert
Mar 21 2013: I would love to view such a debate! Let scientists defend their views in the open and not by censoring views.Mar 21 2013: Come on Mr Coyne, Science needs YOU !
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Joe Anderson
Mar 21 2013: Between the anonymous Science Board, the "TED Brain Trust" (the names of which can be found here: http://www.ted.com/pages/41 ), Chris Anderson, PZ Myers and Jerry Coyne (the two bloggers who were instrumental in getting these talks removed and who were publicly thanked by TED), TED probably has around 50 bright people they can call on. Surely one of them will be brave enough to step forward and debate Dr. Sheldrake. Either take up Sheldrake on his challenge or issue a full public apology, say you were wrong, your charges were false, admit Sheldrake is a scientist and not a "pseudoscientist", and restore the videos to YouTube. Or you can just keep trying to make it all go away. Thing is, I suspect Sheldrake is not going to let it all go away until he gets satisfaction. And after the outrageous way you've treated him I can't say I blame him.
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Mar 21 2013: Rupert could debate all 50 of them :) - admittedly being right helps...Mar 21 2013: I fully support Rupert in his request for a debate.
Mar 23 2013: Me too.
Ideas worth spreading or censoring?Mar 21 2013: Can I point out how reasonable Rupert Sheldrake has been? He was criticised quite harshly yet responded in a very constructive and balanced way, and this is very much to his credit. I cannot imagine that there would be no scientist available to debate with him and so I very much hope that TED does the right thing in facilitating the discussion that we all want to hear, regardless of whether or not we agree with Sheldrake.
Amrita Bhohi
Mar 22 2013: ***OPEN LETTER FROM TEDxWHITECHAPEL TEAM*** Please join our call to TED to take the best course of action for all.
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Dear Chris, Lara, and the TED team
We, the TEDxWhitechapel team - the initiators and co-curators of the event - have deeply reflected on your actions to remove the talks of two of our speakers Rupert Sheldrake and Graham's Hancock from the official TEDx Youtube channel. We wish to clearly and openly express our views on the matter with the intention of constructively contributing to the discussion as well as to highlight potential pathways for moving forward which are mutually beneficial to all parties involved; our speakers, the TED corporation, and the TED community.
We want to begin by sharing what TED means to us.
We have been genuinely transformed through many of the inspiring TEDTalks; they have profoundly challenged our perceptions of and assumptions about the world, opening us up to new perspectives outside of the established mainstream thinking. Moreover, we really believe TED to be an ingenious medium to spread ideas across the globe. As such, TED represents the free and open flow and exchange of ideas globally, enriching and empowering an increasingly connected global community.
Mar 23 2013: thanks for this very eloquent response from TEDxWhitecapel. now this is an Idea Worth Spreading! i'm spreading the word.
~ http://www.c4chaos.com/2013/03/tedxwhitechapel-calls-out-ted-to-reinstate-sheldrake-and-hancocks-talks/
Mar 23 2013: Thank you.Mar 23 2013: Amrita, I wanted to thank you for the amazing event you held at Whitechapel. You did a remarkable job at bringing all these speakers together. TED may not appreciate it, but I am sure you can see how many of us do.
I have seen Satish Kumar, Rupert Sheldrake, Graham Hancock, Tim 'Mac' Macartney and Richard Burnett's talks and they have all left a strong and positive impression on me, each one in a different way.
Keep up the great work, I have certainly benefited much from what you have done.
Mar 24 2013: Thank you Heimat, much appreciated.Mar 24 2013: you are responsible for this debacle in the first place. now that these talks were given, there is really no solution that is respectful to everyone. ted should not give its name to such dishonest pseudoscience, but also does not want to flush all the effort those people put in these talks down the toilet, and also take them away from the audience. care should have been given before the selection of speakers, and it did not happen. either you did not research your speakers in enough detail, or ted did not monitor the project closely enough. either way, the very action of inviting pseudoscientific quacks was a mistake. we might address that to enthusiasm and lack of information, but a mistake is still a mistake.
Mar 25 2013: yes. this is what card-carrying skeptics call "pseudoscience."
Rupert Sheldrake - The Morphogenetic Universe ~ http://youtu.be/2Dm8-OpO9oQ
Ian Morris
Apr 2 2013: With little time to go, this "Conversations" thread is showing about 2000 comments, about 20% more comments than the next highest thread (the one discussing Graham Hancock's talk with about 1655 comments), and nearly six times as many comments as the next highest thread with around 339 comments (on an unrelated discussion). The issue has definitely interested TED participants. Note that many individuals made multiple posts.
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The three most popular TED talks of all time, have (1) 15,480,019 veiws with 2937 comments (2) 10,741,137 views with 2425 comments (3) 10,311,697 views and 1287 comments. Two have been online for over fives years, the other for 18 months.
Sheldrake's and Hancock's talks have been online for less than 4 months. There were also 1677 + 325 + 483 comments from previous combined discussions, making the average comment count (2000 + 1655 + 1677 + 235 + 483) / 2 = 3025 comments per talk.
By this calculation, it makes both talks the post popular of all time by comment count. Popularity does not imply support or endorsement of their ideas.
My personal estimate is that people oppose TED's actions by around 10-to-1 (I think it is actually more than this, as I found it difficult to find people who support TED, but wanted to be conservative). This does not necessarily translate into support for Sheldrake's and Hancock's ideas, only their right to be treated reasonably.
Having read through the vast proportion of posts, my personal assessment is that the issue is not as clear cut as the science board and advisors would suggest, from which I hope that the necessarily actions will be taken.
Amrita Bhohi
Mar 22 2013: We think the controversy over these talks is a wonderful opportunity for TED to clarify and strengthen it's commitment to free thought, especially in the face of pressure from highly committed ideological interests from the blogosphere. Otherwise, we fear that TED will take a lot of criticism for censorship. Several of the other speakers, even if they don't fully agree with Sheldrake's and Hancock's positions, are quite upset that their videos were removed. At our urging, they have been holding back from going public, waiting to see how this plays out. It would be a shame if this ends up causing negative publicity.
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We hope that you will consider this as an opportunity to become a resilient and remarkable organisation: one that has the capacity to be self-reflective, self-critical, adapt to change, evolve and grow with its communities and the challenges it faces. Most of all, that you can stay true to your values as a democratic and open platform for ideas worth spreading.
It seems to us that enhancing Radical Openness by accepting our invitation to reinstate the talks publicly online, is an outcome that can benefit all parties involved.
We appreciate your time to consider our message.
With hope for a positive outcome for all
Amrita, Stefana, Jennifer
Mar 22 2013: Thank you Amrita, Stefana and Jennifer.Mar 22 2013: Perfectly sensible response from Amrita Bhohi and colleagues. Most of us would much rather live in a world with this free spirit of inquiry
Brian Brandt
Mar 22 2013: Thank you for posting this publicly Amrita, Stefana and Jennifer, you touched on all the points where TED seems to be in the wrong, particularly the:
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TED (and Chris Anderson himself) have displayed.
Will be interesting to see how they react next.
Mar 22 2013: Excellent! Thanks for sharing that Amrita, Stefana, and Jennifer - and for putting on such an amazing and thought-provoking TEDx conference to begin with!Mar 22 2013: Thank you for inviting both Graham Hancock and Rupert Sheldrake as well as others to your TEDxWhiteChapel event. Your willingness to publish an open letter and defend your speakers earns my respect.
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Cheers from Russia,
Bill Storm
Mar 22 2013: To: Amrita, Stefana, & Jennifer: It occurs to me that with such thoughtful ground from which you apparently spring, you might consider taking on the creation of a alternative venue, as it is pretty apparent we now need one. Individuals commenting here await a response from the TED folks, but I suspect there will not be one that will satisfy most of us.
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I'd like to propose the creation of NOTted, and I nominate you three as its creators. We need to move on from this violation of principle, and your commentary here indicates you carry the necessary mantle of integrity. It's rather likely you would find supporters among those of us who previously looked to TED for such a venue, but who now view them with essential suspicion.
In any case, thank you for your appeal here. I do not share your hope of a course change as they seem to be answering to unknown higher masters.
Amrita Bhohi
Mar 23 2013: Thanks Bill, we'll consider your message, you're not the only one to have made this suggestion.Mar 22 2013: Thanks! Well said.Mar 22 2013: bravo!Mar 23 2013: Thank you so much for showing the integrity to stand behind your speakers. Well done. I, for one, would be interested in hearing what Rupert and Graham's peers from the Whitechapel event have to say on the matter. It sounds like they are as appalled as the rest of us.
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Aaron McLeod
Apr 2 2013: Sheldrake is not advocating that we abandon the scientific method or deny ourselves the advantages that scientific inquiry brings, he is simply asking for a moment of introspection to evaluate our assumptions. Just becasue we hear what he has to say and take a moment to consider his perspective and his research does not mean that we believe everything he presents. We do not need protection from new perspectives on science.
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Let us not forget that the theme of this presentation was "Challenging Existing Paradigms and Redefining Values",
not "Everything We Already Know and Are Completely Comfortable With Reiterated."
TED.... lighten up. The precious edifice of science as a replacement for God is still intact.
CChaos CChaos
Apr 2 2013: excellent response by Rupert Sheldrake on the TED/TEDx controversy.
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TED, Jerry Coyne, PZ Myers, you've been served!
Dr. Rupert Sheldrake: I do see Chris Anderson's point of view and indeed, I had a long conversation with Chris Anderson on the telephone. We got on perfectly well. I wasn't particularly angry with him or anything like that. It was a reasonable conversation. They do have a point. There's a lot of rubbish and there has to be some kind of filter. So I'm not against the idea of a filter but what I am against is the idea of applying the filter in a very partial kind of way.
There are lots of things up on the TEDx website which are controversial. For example, there are a lot of talks by militant Atheists which a lot of people find controversial. A lot of people disagree with what they say and think they're actually wrong in a variety of ways. But those haven't been flagged up or put in the Naughty Corner. Those have been allowed absolutely free run on the Internet. They're put up on the main website, talks by people like Richard Dawkins, for example.
The difference here is that my talk was flagged up as being pseudo-scientific because Jerry Coyne didn't like it. Well, Jerry Coyne is a very bigoted man who writes very loud-mouthed things on his website. I don't take him very seriously. I mean, he's a polemicist, a kind of Dawkins-type polemicist. So they pay a lot of attention to what Jerry Coyne and PZ Meyers said on their websites. If there had been a similar attack by, for example, Christian Fundamentalists on Dawkins they would have ignored it. But if it's by scientific fundamentalists then they pay attention, and what's more don't just pay attention but dig themselves into a hole trying to justify this.
read more: ~ http://www.skeptiko.com/rupert-sheldrake-censored/
Time Walker
Apr 2 2013: Marvelous. I look forward to listening to the whole thing. It will give me something to do when drop the hammer on this so-called debate in 20 minutes. Thanks for posting.
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Amrita Bhohi
Mar 22 2013: In fact, in light of this situation, we are now even stronger in our conviction that these are valuable ideas that need to be discussed and debated widely. The massive response from the TED community and the conversations which this has sparked, tells us that there is much interest in these ideas and therefore that they are highly valuable to the science debate. Indeed, if they were so totally radical and ridiculous as you suggest they are, it leads us to wonder why they have they been worthy of so much attention? Both talks have simultaneously been supported and challenged, which for us reflects a model of how the progression of scientific understanding develops and flows.
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Therefore, we do not support your actions to put the talks on separate blogs where they are hidden from the TED community, cannot be shared, and where the conversation is limited. We also oppose the lack of integrity with which they have been treated. In particular, It is obvious that the content of many of the other existing TEDtalks would not hold up to scrutiny were the same criteria applied to them. Furthermore, we hope that you would grant your community the respect to use their own faculties of discretion and reasoning with regard to the ideas and content of the talks.
As such, we request and urge you to re-upload the talks not only to the TEDx youtube channel, but also on the official TED.com site, including links to the discussions taking place on the TED blog. We also see this as a vital opportunity for TED to enhance their reputation as a forum for the free flow and sharing of ideas and open debate and an opportunity to win back the trust which may have been lost.
Russell Targ
Apr 1 2013: In cancelling the TEDx event in West Hollywood, it appears that I was accused of "using the guise of science" to further spooky claims, (or some such). People on this blog have asked what I was going to talk about. That's easily answered. I was co-founder of a 23 year research program investigating psychic abilities at Stanford Research Institute. We were doing research and applications for the CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, Air Force and Army Intelligence, NASA, and others. In this $25 million program we used "remote viewing" to find a downed Russian bomber in North Africa, for which President Carter commended us. We found a kidnapped US general in Italy, and the kidnap car that snatched Patricia Hearst. We looked in on the US hostages in Iran, and predicted the immanent release of Richard Queen, who was soon sent to Germany. We described a Russian weapons factory in Siberia, leading to a US congressional investigation about weakness in US security, etc. We published our scientific findings in Nature, The Proc. IEEE, Proc, AAAS, and Proc. American Institute of Physics. I thought a TED audience would find this recently declassified material interesting. And no physics would be harmed in my presentation.
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Apr 1 2013: Russell Targ: I'd be among those who'd be interested in how TED and/or its scientific faithful might respond to your posts. At the time I'm writing this, it has been around three hours after your post. A fairly long time in the sometimes snappy repartee I've seen here.Apr 1 2013: Russell, I couldn't find an abstract for your paper, Information transmission in remote viewing experiments, on the Nature website (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v284/n5752/pdf/284191a0.pdf). I hadn't heard of your work until this event was cancelled but it looks fascinating. Your work was published in Nature, paid for by the CIA, and we have you to thank for safe commercial flying due to lasers you developed to detect windshear and air turbulence. Those are serious scientific credentials. Just because TED does not agree with your conclusions is not a reason for prior restraint.
This also happened a few weeks ago when the TEDx talks by Rupert Sheldrake and Graham Hancock were removed from the TED YouTube channel. There has been a very lively debate on this topic. Like you, Rupert Sheldrake was published in Nature, made important contributions to science, and is now also being labeled as non-scientific by an anonymous scientific committee at TED. I've always been a big fan of TED and I guess I was naive to believe that this is really all about the free exchange of ideas.
Hopefully, new people will learn about your work as a result of the controversy. I hear that the West Hollywood show will go on. That's great news! I will look for the event on YouTube. Best, MatthewApr 1 2013: Welcome to the discussion, Mr. Targ. Prior to this fiasco I had not heard of you and am only beginning to become familiar with it. I just thought I'd draw your attention to a thread on the Hancock debate in which your comment here was quoted and criticized. It's odd that the individual didn't address you directly so thought you might want to check it out.
http://www.ted.com/conversations/17190/the_debate_about_graham_hancoc.html?c=640331Apr 2 2013: thank you Mr. Targ for responding!
why TED has pointed a finger to Russell Targ leads me to speculate that the TED staff are ignorant of the Remote Viewing literature.
i don't claim expertise on the subject of remote viewing but I've been familiar with the literature for more than two decades now. i understand the RV protocol -- it's double-blind. the late Ingo Swann was instrumental in designing the protocol. then it was taught to a few intelligence personnels (one of them is remote viewer #001 Joe McMoneagle). however, i've always focused my attention to the original people who started it all because they did solid research on the phenomenon and they're the ones who designed the original protocol. Targ/Puthoff had a deal with the CIA/military that in return for the funding they would help the military with intelligence work (e.g. locating people and cites of interests). another condition was that Targ/Puthoff would be free to publish their work on scientific journals. the project lasted for more than two decades. i don't know about you but i don't think Targ/Puthoff/Swann could hoax the Defense Department, CIA, and FBI for a long time, especially when millions of money were involved.
see also Russell Targ's response on TED Conversations:
~ http://www.ted.com/conversations/17189/the_debate_about_rupert_sheldr.html?c=639679
"Remote viewing is an ability that many people can easily learn. It is a nonlocal ability, in that its accuracy and reliability are independent of distance. Dean of Engineering Robert Jahn has also published extensively on his experiments at Pronceton, (Proc. IEEE, Feb 1982). I am not claiming it is quantum anything. It appears to possibly make use of something like Minkowski's (8 dimensional) complex space/time that he described to Einstein in the 1920s, and is now being re-examined by Roger Penrose. This is not necessarily The answer. But the answer will be some sort similar nonlocal space/time geometry." (read more)
Steve Stark
Mar 19 2013: Unfortunately, TED still seems to be unable to let go of its preconceived notions of what Sheldrake said by, for example, talking of his "radical ... claim that the speed of light has been changing". He didn't say it had been changing, at least not during the timescales during which measurement has been taking place, and not on account of the data observed. He merely made the observation that the data itself had been changing and that this was explained away without much investigation and without even the curiosity to examine the data in detail to see if any interesting trends could be observed. A further point was about the extent to which the measurements themselves seem to have clustered at various times and he wondered aloud about what, if anything, the explanation of "intellectual phase locking" might tell us about the veracity of data in general.
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His point, then, was far more about the scientific process and the mindset that guides it than it was about any actual deviation in the speed of light during the time measurement has been taking place. It does not auger well for this discussion that this fairly straightforward point, which has been made numerous times on the various discussion forums, has been completely ignored and the critic's false view of what Sheldrake was saying is presented up front as fact.
I should also point out that the community has spoken, and spoken clearly, on at least two occasions about this talk. They want it to stay, and they want it to stay by a ratio of, as best I can gather, more than 10 to 1. It seems as if you're just going to keep asking the same question over and over until nobody can be bothered posting anymore. What more can we say? The general points are:
1. The talk is primarily philosophy of science.
2. We don't buy the perceived errors/factual inaccuracies and believe these are a function of an inaccurate view of the talk.
3. Even if we did buy the potential legitimacy of the complaints, Sheldrake has refuted you.
Steve Stark
Apr 2 2013: Well, with time almost up, I think the community here has spoken by more than 10-1 that Sheldrake's talk should reinstated. I doubt they will be but it should be noted that in three weeks nobody has been able to come up with much of an explanation for removing them in the first place. TED's science board's first attempt had to be crossed out and very little - nothing of substance - was put in its place. Thus it seems the talk was removed for either invalid reasons or reasons TED has not botthered to share with us. Here's the talk for anyone who hasn't seen it.
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Larry Dossey
Apr 2 2013: I can add my name to those of Rupert Sheldrake and Graham Hancock as speakers who find themselves in TEDx's crosshairs.
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I was scheduled to speak at the West Hollywood event. But my scientific credibility was questioned by TED's science advisory board in their decision to withdraw support and revoke the license of TEDxWestHollywood.
I've lectured at dozens of top-tier medical schools and hospitals all over the U.S. for two decades. Although my colleagues don't always agree with my points of view, this is the first time my scientific credibility has ever been questioned.
My TEDx talk would have dealt with the correlations between spirituality, health, and longevity, for which there is immense evidence; and recent experimental findings that point toward a nonlocal view of consciousness for which, again, there is strong and abundant support. In view of our lack of understanding of the origins and destiny of consciousness, and considering the demographics of the TEDx followers, I thought this information would have been of considerable interest.
As a board-certified physician of internal medicine, former chief of staff of a major hospital, author of twelve books and scores of papers on these subjects published in peer-reviewed journals, a recipient of many awards, a frequent lecturer at medical schools and hospitals, and executive editor of the peer-reviewed journal, Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, I'd be interested in knowing from TED where I came up short.
"A clash of doctrines is not a disaster, it is an opportunity," Whitehead said. It should not be a reason for censorship.
Apr 2 2013: This is the reason why you were treated as you were: http://www.ted.com/conversations/17189/the_debate_about_rupert_sheldr.html?c=640622
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Apr 2 2013: I'm really sorry to hear that TED is alienating thinkers such as yourself Larry, and I hope that some other platform in the future gives you the opportunity to share your ideas as widely as TED could have.Apr 2 2013: Well stated Larry..Apr 2 2013: thanks for responding Mr. Dossey!
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Discuss the note to the TED community on the withdrawal of the TEDxWestHollywood license. | A conversation on TED.com ~ http://www.ted.com/conversations/17348/discuss_the_note_to_the_ted_co.htmlApr 2 2013: I was astonished and appalled to hear that you, of all people, were treated in this way by TED. I'm glad to read your response hereApr 2 2013: Sorry Larry. I clicked to recommend not realising I had already done it and it downgraded it from 7 to 6 . I'm not familiar with this style of recommendingApr 2 2013: Hi Larry!
I am familiar with your work. Be of good cheer! As a sculptor I've recieved enough rejection slips from art juries - for introducing challenging work, to paper a wall in my studio. I now consider them to be almost badge or honor.
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JordanApr 2 2013: Thank you!
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Mar 20 2013: Mr. Sheldrake suggests that science itself needs inquiry and TED recoils in shock. In the process, TED dismisses and degrades Mr. Sheldrake's lifetime work and efforts with little more evidence than the say so of a so-called anonymous review panel (isn't this how totalitarian states operate?).
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Did Mr. Sheldrake break any rules? No. Was he rude? No. Was he invited to speak by an authorized group? Yes? Was the video of Mr. Sheldrake in conformance to all rules? Yes. So what was the crime that he was treated so? His crime was that he ruffles feathers of those who disagree with him, and since science decides what can or cannot be said about science, Mr. Sheldrake is the automatic loser.
There is one and only one thing that TED, if it has an ounce of ethics left in its organization, can do and that is to immediately apologize to Mr. Sheldrake, reinstate the video in question, admit to its rude behavior and move on.
If TED wishes to change the rules of what it is admissible in the future, it is free to do so. It is a private venture with its own agenda. But to treat Mr. Sheldrake in this manner is infuriating and more than this - simply unfair and unjust.
Russell Targ
Apr 1 2013: Remote viewing is an ability that many people can easily learn. It is a nonlocal ability, in that its accuracy and reliability are independent of distance. Dean of Engineering Robert Jahn has also published extensively on his experiments at Pronceton, (Proc. IEEE, Feb 1982). I am not claiming it is quantum anything. It appears to possibly make use of something like Minkowski's (8 dimensional) complex space/time that he described to Einstein in the 1920s, and is now being re-examined by Roger Penrose. This is not necessarily The answer. But the answer will be some sort similar nonlocal space/time geometry. We taught remote viewing to 6 army intelligence officers in 1979. They then taught a dozen other officers, and created an operational army psychic corps at Ft. Meade, which lasted until the end of our program in 1995. You can see two examples of real remote viewing on my website, www.espresearch.com. One with Hella Hammid is double blind, live on camera for a 1983 BBC film, "The Case of ESP." available on Google.
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Apr 1 2013: I've seen and enjoyed "The Case of ESP." Interesting, Russell Targ, that you're not claiming, "quantum anything" about remote viewing. I didn't know about Minkowski's eight-dimensional space/time idea. A mathematician I'll never be, but I found this on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minkowski_space) about Minkowski spacetime. That's as close as a mortal with my experience will come to even reading about Minkowski's theories.
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It takes courage to speak out about such important work in the face of such opposition. I look forward to the day when TED shares the same enthusiasm for your work as bright minds like Brian Josephson or Deepak Chopra.Apr 2 2013: THANK YOU, Mr. Targ for your excellent response
please post your response on this thread too:
Discuss the note to the TED community on the withdrawal of the TEDxWestHollywood license. | A conversation on TED.com ~ http://www.ted.com/conversations/17348/discuss_the_note_to_the_ted_co.html
too bad the TED Science Board is comprised of anonymous members. in any case, I'd be interested to see an official response from TED. if the Sheldrake/Hancock threads are an indication, I doubt that TED would be capable of providing a sound and reasonable justification for explicitly pointing to Russell Targ, Larry Dossey, and Marilyn Schlitz in their decision to revoke TEDxWestHollywood's license.Apr 2 2013: explain to me, mr targ, how would any "remote sensing" experiments anyhow prove non-locality? you happen to have millisecond precision in those experiments? or one participant was on the moon?
anyway, good to have one more quack around here. you people don't waste time.
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Mar 22 2013: And it is with this passion that we decided to host a TEDx event with the theme "Visions for Transition: Challenging Existing Paradigms and Redefining Values (for a more beautiful world)'. We believe that in order to deal with the diverse and complex crises converging on our planet, we need to challenge the dominant thought paradigms and radically reassess the values which govern our world. In line with Einsteins wisdom "problems cannot be solved with the same level of thinking that created them" we saw TED as a truly special platform.
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I was selected to participate in a 60 day study for the Whole Food Plant-Based Diet. I must admit. I'm a bit nervous. I will kickstart off on 9/7/2013. Any advice? Thanks !![i]
Congratulations! Just curious, were you selected for this study because you had been following a whole foods diet? If not, you'll love how you feel after doing this study!
The study is for 4 different diets. (1) a whole food, plant-based diet (a.k.a, vegetarian – no meat, no dairy), (2) Paleolithic (hunter/gatherer) diet, (3) the Mediterranean diet, and (4) the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Diet.
I was picked for the whole foods one. I'm excited. I will miss cooking with olive oil and coconut oil. In this study, I can't use any oils.
I've just started on the DASH diet. I don't care for it and it's taken quite a bit of adjustment after having been trying to follow a vegan diet. But, I have lost 4 pounds since starting it and my blood pressure has gone down. I'm not as low on my blood pressure as I'd like to be yet, but it is down to 124/80. Used to be my blood pressure averaged 110/70.
Hi Jen, how long were you on vegan? Why did you stop and go to DASH? My friend who was accepted into the study is in the DASH diet study. But that's typically how she eats anyway. So it will be an easy adjustment. My blood pressure runs about 118/78
I've been trying to go vegan for the past year, but living with non-vegans it hasn't always been 100% successful. Also, lots of strain this past year. Loosing my job, my daughter getting married and moving in with a man I neither like or trust, my parents (who are 78 & 79) being in and out of the hospital, my brother loosing his job and going through a messy divorce, etc., etc. My blood pressure shot up due to all the stress and where I didn't take ANY meds for years, now my doctor's put me on lisinopril and told me to loose the weight I put on from stopping smoking.
How cool! Congrats on getting into the study.
As for cooking without oils, I also thought it would be a huge issue when I first started this way of eating in May. But I found very quickly that it wasn't a problem getting used to sauting with water and my taste buds definitely adjusted. The flavors of foods are much stronger, though, so I've found that I use some seasonings and foods in less amounts. For example, I love garlic but when I cooked with oil, I used more garlic than I do when I cook now with water because the garlic flavor is stronger when not cooked in oil. It might not make a big difference to you, but it might be a good idea to go easy on seasonings until you adjust to your taste buds .
Hi Djuna, thanks for the tips. What I'm trying to do now is get some good, but easy recipes. Also foods I can travel with. I went to a grocer today that carries lots of special foods for vegan diet. But it was still difficult finding canned or packaged vegan foods that were suitable for the study. So, it looks like ill be cooking a lot.
I have enjoyed cooking with olive oil and coconut oil. But getting used to just cooking with water.
Hi Jen, sounds like a rough year. I'm sorry to read all that. Keep in mind you have no control. It's tough to do. But once we realize we can only control ourselves, we tend to move in a healthier direction.
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This sounds like a great experience! Are you able to share who is conducting the study? What guidelines are established for you to follow? Is there a website?
Lani Muelrath, M.A. CGFI, CPBN Fit Quickies: The Plant-Based Fitness Book
Sure here is one section. The other section is for participates. In the study I cannot cook with any oils. I normally use olive oil or coconut oil. So it's an adjustment in that area for me.
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Tip on the no oil cooking - it is easier than you might think! I will use veg broth as a saute, just keep adding as needed (it cooks down) so you don't burn - and it makes SUCH savory veggies! I also crunch-cook veggies all the time in my Instant Pot and then top with light sauces. You won't want to go back! Lots of ideas in the 21 Day Materials and grab a copy of the Plant-Based Blueprint for a ton of fat free simple food prep ideas too.
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Show up to a speed-driving event on tires with too low a speed rating and you'll end up a spectator instead of a driver.
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What's better than written reviews? Videos of real, live, gushing patients!
Boost your Google ranking and attract new patients with SR Video, the patient testimonial recording tool that seamlessly posts to your YouTube channel and spreads the Happy Patient Love across the web!
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Social media sites are powerful places to promote your practice and acquire new patients. Our integrated tools make it easy to post updates, events, educational information, and promotions. You can even post those video testimonials!
Patients are more likely to reach out and request an appointment when it's easy, which is why we provide a Schedule Me button for your Facebook page to capture them where they are, while they're there!
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The only thing prospective patients pay more attention to than online reviews is the opinion of someone they trust, so Solutionreach makes it easy for your patients to pass along your information!
Every time a patient "likes" or comments on your Facebook status, their friends see it – instant referral! Plus, our "Refer-a-Friend" buttons are easy to insert into any email outreach from your practice.
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Establish and maintain satisfied, loyal patients using our tools for enhancing doctor-patient relationships and optimizing the patient experience.
Patient satisfaction is increased by showing them that you value their opinion.
Patient loyalty is solidified by addressing concerns or considering feedback.
Patient education is more effective by analyzing insight and targeting your outreach.
Easily automate post-appointment or scheduled surveys that are fully customizable to fit your practice needs. Use the built-in analytics to create answer-based contact groups and target outreach with the insight you've gathered on what is important to each patient.
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Solutionreach doesn't just automate messaging. We allow you to tailor it to each patient's preferences, creating better relationships with more satisfied patients.
Personalize text and email messaging, or, for the non e-savvy patients, even landline calls are automated with the same convenient response options. Patients choose when and how often they receive reminder messages, and can always change their choices on the patient portal.
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Customers tell us that our reminders do more than dramatically reduce no-shows: patients love them! They don't want to miss their appointment, but they forget! Convenient reminders through text or email solves the problem - for both of you!
Messages contain a one-click option for patients to insert the Info into their calendar. Plus, our relationship with Google Now helps patients get there on time by giving them real-time traffic and weather conditions at the time of their appointment!
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Simple Patient Newsletters
Our newsletter feature includes a library of professionally designed templates and pre-written articles to help you build and maintain relationships with your patients in-between visits.
Our Client Success Representatives can help you customize your newsletters to ensure that they are a perfect fit for their practice.
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Social media: it's where your patients are, which means it's where you should be, too. Our social media tools allow you to post to Facebook and Twitter from one interface within your Solutionreach dashboard.
The "Schedule Me" application lets patients request appointments right from your Facebook page. It's convenient for your patients, efficient for you, and – as always – included with your service.
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When your schedule is full, you might tell disappointed patients, "We'll call you if we have a cancellation", but it's difficult to follow through on that promise when a last minute cancelation pops up – calling your wait list takes too long to be very effective.
When you have a late cancelation, Solutionreach Immediately sends a message to every patient on your wait-list until the opening Is filled.
Patients love it. Your schedule loves it. (The office Staff loves it, too.)
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Vision practices receive a special Eyemaginations edition of The Solutionreach platform to provide them with Exceptional tools for patient education. The special edition integrates animated, educational videos from Eyemaginations into their dashboard to include in their outreach.
The media can be quickly inserted into newsletters, email campaigns, or individual patient communication to provide patients with valuable and pertinent education through quick lessons that are engaging, easy to understand, and enjoyable to watch.
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Immediately start filling your schedule and increasing your revenue with automated, customized recare that keeps patients active and quickly brings back the ones you haven't seen in a while.
The Solutionreach recare feature is a customer favorite because it does so much so fast.
Solutionreach recare automatically and strategically contacts patients at the right times to schedule their next (or overdue) appointment, immediately reactivating lost patients.
If it isn't easy for them to schedule, they won't do it. Built in, one-click appointment request options eliminate the need to write down numbers or remember to call.
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Patients appreciate reminders, but they don't want to feel solicited to. Solutionreach messaging is customizable, so recare reminders appear personalized and helpful. Automated phone reminders are prefaced with a pre-recorded introduction from your office instead of a robotic voice, encouraging patients to stay on the line and pay attention to the information.
When custom content and design is automatically sent using the individual contact preferences for each patient, messaging is more personal and more effective.
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Our customizable e-newsletters engage your patients in a friendly, Unobtrusive manner, preventing lost patients altogether.
Easily customize professional looking templates, pop in pre-written, educational articles from our extensive library, add updates with your practice news or promotions and insert in scheduling, survey or review submission buttons.
Like all of our features, e-newsletters are included with unlimited customization support from dedicated representatives.
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Every feature that we offer will dramatically reduce time and effort taken by your staff, while achieving more effective results.
Along with the many other practice changing benefits, our digital check-in application will revolutionize the efficiency of your office.
With PatientReach, patients can verify and edit their own information, snap a profile picture, sign legal documents, select educational articles, register for the patient portal, take surveys and submit reviews.
The PatientReach tablet application is included with your service. No more trying to distinguish illegible handwriting. No more scanning documents. No more shredding paper.
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Contacting patients that are due or overdue for their appointments is time consuming, and traditional recare methods are very often ineffective. Our automated recall immediately and strategically contacts patients at the right time, letting them request an appointment from within the message.
Instead of staff-dialing phone calls that won't be answered or mass mailing costly postcards, let your staff focus on the patients that are in your office and let our automated recall begin working to fill your schedule and increase your revenue.
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Solutionreach automates appointment reminders and confirmations so that your staff can stop spending hours every week calling patients to remind them of their appointment and collect confirmations.
Not only does our automated system dramatically reduce no-shows and improve patient convenience, it frees up your staff to do other things that improve your patients' experience and impact the growth of your practice.
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The Solutionreach Eyewear Ready feature will automatically send a message – from your practice – to the patient when their eyewear is ready for pick-up. As with all Solutionreach patient messaging, every one of the automated text messages to patients is included with your platform.
Like the other tools provided by the platform, the Eyewear Ready feature allows office staff to spend their time handling other important duties by relieving them of the need to spend so much time making endless phone calls.
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Your patient messaging can include location and provider specific information. Plus, built in scheduling filters allow each provider to view or manage their schedule and check their confirmations.
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The Redskins had a rough go of it last season, finishing 3-13 with their star QB sitting out the last three games after being benched for poor performance. Robert Griffin III should be back and closer to his 2012 form than 2013, and he'll have some more downfield options at his disposal. The Skins picked up DeSean Jackson when he was surprisingly cut by the Eagles, as well as Andre Roberts from Arizona. Mike Shanahan was given the boot and replaced by Jay Gruden, so Washington will have an entirely new offensive system – which is probably a good thing for RG3 who butted heads with the coaching staff last season. The Redskins will open the season in Houston, before a home opener at FedEx Field against the Jaguars in Week 2. The Super Bowl champion Seahawks will travel to DC for a Week 6 clash, and the Skins will take on the Cowboys in Arlington in Week 8. Lots of good matchups for Skins fans to take advantage of in 2014.
Check out our Washington Redskins Season Preview History page for previews of previous Redskins seasons.
Washington plays its home games at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. Holding 85,000 screaming fans, FedEx Field is the largest stadium in the NFL, built on 200 acres of land. In addition to offering a variety of clubs for fans to better enjoy their game day experience, visitors can also check out the plaques of the members of the Redskins' Ring of Fame. TicketCity is the best place to buy tickets for all Washington Redskins football games. The Washington Redskins home bench is on the FedEx Field sideline with sections 105-138. FedEx Field parking information is covered in our Redskins event guide.
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A rivalry that started in 1960, these two teams have met over 100 times. Sports Illustrated once called this rivalry the best in the NFL and one of the best in all of sports. With over 25 combined division titles and 7+ Super Bowl championships between the two teams, it is not a shock that these two teams are heated rivals.
These two teams have met over 150 times and they are only separated by 100 miles. Add in that they play each other two times a year because they both play in the NFC East and it is no wonder that this has become one of the best rivalries in the NFL. The stakes often seem to be at the highest when these two teams matchup, evident by the combined 14+ division titles.
This rivalry dates back to 1932 and has accumulated over 155 matchups since then. These two teams have combined for 15+ division titles, 6+ Super Bowl championships, and 9+ NFC championships. Both teams have left a legacy already in the NFL and it only heightens when they matchup. With both teams in the same division, this rivalry will only continue to get better as they continue to play two times a year.
The Washington Redskins have established themselves as one of the best franchises in the NFL since they became the Washington Redskins in 1937. With multiple Super Bowl victories and 4+ conference championships, the Redskins will only continue to add to their legacy. Washington has made the playoffs over 20 times in their existence with that number only going to rise in the future.
Gates at FedEx Field open to the general public two hours before kickoff.
TicketCity offers a big selection of Washington Redskins tickets which include some of the lowest priced seats on the market. Redskins tickets fluctuate based on demand and opponent. Marquee NFC opponents, like the Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints, can drive up home game prices. While cheap tickets are more plentiful for, non-conference or non-divisional opponents. Those games may offer best opportunity to purchase Washington Redskins tickets near face value.
The majority of parking at FedEx Field requires a parking permit. Immediately surrounding the stadium are permit parking lots of different categories. The purple parking lot which requires a purple parking permit covers the south and east sides of the stadium. To the north of the stadium, and behind the purple parking lots are orange parking lots which require an orange parking permit. Farther out on the perimeter are green parking lots which require a green parking permit. There are two cash major cash parking options in the area. The gray parking lot, which is to the northeast of FedEx Field at the intersection of Brightseat Road and Reskins Road, allows for both cash and permit parking. The 2nd cash parking option is to the southeast of the stadium at the intersection of Jericho City Drive and Arena Drive.
The Redskins 2015-2016 football schedule is listed as soon as it is announced by the NFL. The Redskins plays in the NFC East, which means games against the New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys, and Philadelphia Eagles. Game times are announced by the NFL as soon as the TV schedule is set. Washington Redskins home opener is typically one of the most popular games. If you are looking for Redskins news or scores, then visit our partners at CBS Sports. They are also a good source for the official Washington Redskins team roster.
Children two years old and younger do not require Washington Redskins tickets to enter FedEx Field, but must sit on a guardian's lap for the duration of the game. It is a good idea to bring proof of your child's age with you to ensure they are allowed to enter the stadium.
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Head to the Metro station nearest you and make your way towards either Metro Center (for fans on the Orange and Red Lines) or L'Enfant Plaza (for fans on the Yellow and Green Lines). Transfer to the Blue Line towards Largo Town Center and then get off at the Morgan Boulevard stop. From there, head towards the newly built walkway that will take you to FedEx Field.
FedEx Field is only a few miles from some of D.C.'s best dining options. If you want to spend pre-game at a sports bar check out Big Play Sports Grill, it is one of the best in the area. For great Mexican food try Taqueria Tres Reyes, La Fondita, or El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant. Traditional barbeque fans should visit Leon's Barbeque or Rosebud's BBQ, they are two of the best. If you are looking for something new try Just Jerk. JJ has unbelievable Carribbean barbeque blend and a fun atmosphere. For great pizza check out Dumm's Pizza & Subs, Pizza Oven, or Largo Pizza. Other good places in the area are Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa, Carolina Kitchen, and Cameron's Seafood Market.
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2.1 Create strategic academic investments, beginning with Public Health
- Fully implement a hiring plan for the College of Public Health (Academic Affairs)
- Encourage the development of new, high impact, academic programs (Academic Affairs)
- Continue to support college and general university fundraising priorities, including scholarships (Institutional Advancement)
- Promote legislative support for the College of Public Health and launch student recruiting (University Relations).
2.2 Refine academic plan development
- Develop strategic plans for each academic unit and campus (Academic Affairs)
- Fully implement Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) accountability matrix (Academic Affairs)
- Continue accreditation in key academic programs including but not limited to architecture, business, education, and nursing (Academic Affairs).
2.3 Integrate the eight-campus system
- Shepherd all students towards degree completion on all campuses (Academic Affairs)
- Further enhance and coordinate service delivery in support of the Regional Campuses (Enrollment Management and Student Affairs)
- Use integrated marketing to promote Kent State leadership throughout Ohio, and particularly Northeast Ohio (University Relations)
- Develop a system-wide master building plan (Business and Finance)
- Implement advanced network connectivity among Kent State's campuses to enhance user functionality (Information Services).
2.4 Revise faculty promotion and tenure standards
- Revise faculty tenure and promotion standards and unit handbooks (Academic Affairs)
- Continue to emphasize quality over quantity, substance over volume in work production (Academic Affairs).
2.5 Increase the quality and diversity of the student body
- Increase the diversity of the student population (Academic Affairs; Enrollment Management and Student Affairs; Diversity Equity and Inclusion)
- Strengthen various targeted areas of undergraduate student enrollment (Enrollment Management and Student Affairs)
- Review, support realigning structures, processes for recruitment and retention of students of color; and promotion of women in specific areas (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)
- Increase the graduation rate of students of color (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)
- Incorporate inclusive values across differences to include age, sex, national origin, international students, LGBT populations, and other differences (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)
- Target marketing programs to recruit and retain a diverse pool of academically motivated students (University Relations).
2.6 Create new learning paradigms that focus on learning outcomes
- Focus on student learning outcomes (Academic Affairs)
- Support diversity goals in colleges and divisions (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion).
2.7 Enhance distance learning opportunities, also known as Kent State Virtual
- Expand non-traditional ways of earning degrees/certificates (Academic Affairs)
- Promote distance learning benefits, opportunities and successes (University Relations)
- Select and implement new educational technology tools (Information Services).
2.8 Implement a major facilities improvement project to align the quality of university space with institutional aspirations
- Develop and implement a major capital improvements plan for the Kent Campus incorporating five foci: campus safety and accessibility; support for high-priority strategic directions; functionality; energy conservation; and pride, look and feel (Business and Finance; Academic Affairs; Enrollment Management and Student Affairs)
- Identify priorities and expected return on science mall renovations (Research and Sponsored Programs)
- Develop metrics for laboratory space utilization (Research and Sponsored Programs)
- Participate in planned university facilities improvements (Enrollment Management and Student Affairs)
- Develop fundraising case statements for each university-identified construction project (Institutional Advancement)
- Gain necessary approvals to accomplish facilities plan (Business and Finance; University Relations)
- Support downtown Kent redevelopment in partnership with city (Business and Finance; University Relations)
- Develop plans and fundraising for athletic facility improvements (Intercollegiate Athletics)
- Implement new application to manage and maintain classroom technology centrally and provide enhanced technology to selected classrooms based on the annual classroom improvement plan (Information Services; Academic Affairs)
- Ensure campus capital projects include state-of-the-art electronic technologies (Information Services)
- Deploy wireless in all academic buildings and streamline wireless access options to enhance usability (Information Services).
News and Accomplishments
News and Accomplishments
- Kent State's Piano Institute Presents Its Ninth Annual Gala Concert and Series of Performances
- New Kent State President Beverly Warren Hits the Ground Running on Her First Day
- Kent State Video Selected a Winner in the 35th Annual Telly Awards
- Kent State Architecture Graduate Students Earn High Honor in International Design Competition
- WKSU Wins 12 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards
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