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Comment author: shminux 19 August 2014 06:44:15PM *  5 points [-]

In a worst-case scenario, a poor presentation/defence of an important idea can impact perception of the idea itself outside the context of the talk

Right. Exposure to a weak meme inoculates people against being affected by similar memes in the future. There was a recent SSC post about it, I think. Bad presentation is worse than no presentation at all.