TED Talks are full of what Stephen Colbert would call “truthiness.” They are designed to sound and feel true, but whether they’re actually factual or actually work is besides the point. So yes, just like church.

Jill Bolte Taylor’s presentation is full of pseudoscientific, buy-my-book nonsense. Radiates energies? You probably believe in the healing power of crystals and homeopathy and snake oil and bullshit. A fool and his money...