Not really being sarcastic or flippant, willow bark extract figures prominently in the history of aspirin and I would suspect something similar might happen again. I would suggest picking a different forum.

Personally, given the list, I would think TEDx would be better off discussing anything but science. It would save on staff time and possible future embarrassment. There are many topics that could fill the gap that don't often have a forum.

Yes, I know how willow bark extract relates to aspirin. And if you think you've made a similarly important medical discovery you really shouldn't be making TED talks, but rather publishing in a journal first, and then maybe founding a medical startup to produce a medicine based on it.

Until you've demonstrated that you can actually make a safe and effective medicine based off of your discovery there really isn't much point in doing a TED or TEDx talk.

and that's what I said - twice - don't use TEDx for the next science discovery

I happened to use "willow bark extract" as my example because it would have been a red flag in the guidelines and last month was "Native American Heritage Month" in the US and it happened to come up as a bit of trivia.

I really don't know what you seem to think I am saying other than repeating what I said as some opposition. Whatever point seems to resonate with someone given my down votes.

At this point, I really wish all down voters had to give their reasons.

I give a perfectly fine example of something that would fit in the guidelines as a warning that you should probably discuss somewhere else and get down voted. Meanwhile Symmetry does two insulting posts which give the same point I already gave as if I was on the other side and I get down voted responding. I am well and truly at a loss.