Open letter to TEDxBristol regarding Esther Crawley's presentation on 2 November 2017

[Sbag]

I've just tweeted Bristol Uni and Bristol Uni Students' union with links to this letter, my letter to the VC, and David Tuller's latest piece on SMILE.

I don't have a tweeting presence - is there a Bristol Cable twitter thing you could post it to as well?

 

[Barry]

Fantastic letter. Thank you for that mammoth effort. It will be hard to ignore such clear breaches of TEDX s own standards.

You'd like to think so. Time will tell.

 

[guest001]

Wow! Great stuff.

 

[Adam pwme]

It would be great to make this into an online letter we could all sign like a petition, but I don’t think there’s anything out there. I commented on The latest TedxB fb post and posted on their wall. I’ve shared it on a FB group too.

 

[AndyPandy]

Thank you @Carly Maryhew

 

[Amw66]

It was, thank you. I look forward to seeing how TEDxBristol responds. If anyone wishes to raise the issue with them on social media, they are at https://www.facebook.com/TEDxBristol and https://twitter.com/tedxbristol.

It' s my understanding that TEDx is a franchise - perhaps the franchisor organisation should also be sent a copy?

 

[Valentijn]

It would be great to make this into an online letter we could all sign like a petition, but I don’t think there’s anything out there. I commented on The latest TedxB fb post and posted on their wall. I’ve shared it on a FB group too.

A Crawley-related petition might be very useful, especially now that she's claiming to be the voice of the ME community But that would probably have a broader scope than her TEDx talk - covering other bad behavior and bad research practices, and demanding a different remedy (stop funding her FFS).

 

[Amw66]

A Crawley-related petition might be very useful, especially now that she's claiming to be the voice of the ME community But that would probably have a broader scope than her TEDx talk - covering other bad behavior and bad research practices, and demanding a different remedy (stop funding her FFS).

It would have to be well worded so as not to constitute " vexatiousness" .
Apologies if i have just made up a word

 

[Cheshire]

In response to

 

[adreno]

Very good letter @Carly Maryhew.

 

[Justy]

Thanks @Carly Maryhew for such great advocacy work, the references themselves are impressive! Now lets wait and see what they say...if anything.

 

[Andy]

Crawley's talk now available on YouTube.

Remember, with a Google account (Gmail, YouTube etc), you can comment on and down-vote the video (or up-vote if you must).

 

[MeSci]

Crawley's talk now available on YouTube.

Remember, with a Google account (Gmail, YouTube etc), you can comment on and down-vote the video (or up-vote if you must).

Down-voted. Not even watched - just had my dinner.

 

[Allele]

Anyone watching this without the background info would think she's the new Mother Teresa.
The woman deserves an oscar for that performance.

 

[TiredSam]

Anyone watching this without the background info would think she's the new Mother Teresa.

She is. Mother Theresa was a sanctemonious fraud.

I can recommend The Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens, since sadly gathered and presumeably burning in hell.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Missionary_Position:_Mother_Teresa_in_Theory_and_Practice

 

[Adam pwme]

I couldn’t stomach it, left a comment though.

 

[Andy]

I couldn’t stomach it, left a comment though.

I think a number of comments have been removed already.

 

[Adam pwme]

A Crawley-related petition might be very useful, especially now that she's claiming to be the voice of the ME community But that would probably have a broader scope than her TEDx talk - covering other bad behavior and bad research practices, and demanding a different remedy (stop funding her FFS).

Agree, looks like change.org is the best platform for open letters/petitions. I’m not sure what the best course of action would be. Im Itching to sign something.

 

[Adam pwme]

I think a number of comments have been removed already.

I left mine last night and it’s still there, so’s the sci4me comment. Wonder if there’s a reason some are removed and not others.

 

[Andy]

I left mine last night and it’s still there, so’s the sci4me comment. Wonder if there’s a reason some are removed and not others.

At a complete guess, it might be those that attack Crawley too vigorously and make what looks like, to the uneducated, extreme claims of her behaviour. It might be useful to look at the claims that are made in the About section of the video, and then counter them.