[MAIPC] skewed TED talk about diversity, invasives, and the meaning of "wild"

[Stephen Hiltner]

Emma Marris's 2011 "Rambunctious Garden" was one of the first books to cast
aspersions upon habitat restoration and invasion biology. She presented a
TED talk in 2016 that has more than a million hits. I analyzed the video,
found a falsehood at a key moment in the talk, plus some spin, conspicuous
omissions, cherry-picking, etc. Had a fruitful email exchange, but the
video itself cannot be changed. Wrote a review at the link below. Mentioned
a few positives among the negatives.

https://newscompanion.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-review-of-emma-marriss-ted-talk.html

Steve
Princeton, NJ
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