That's why, about six months ago, organizers of a biweekly forum on Large Hadron Collider physics at Fermilab banned PowerPoint presentations in favor of old-fashioned, chalkboard-style talks.

A group of physicists banned PowerPoint from forums, and they aren't the only people who say we should cut back on slide-based presentations: Others include Amazon, LinkedIn and NASA.

Advanced physics lab shuns PowerPoint, embraces the white board Science. Mar 7, 2014 4:43 PM EST ... The physics lab has banned Powerpoint presentations. Photo by Flickr user By ...