#junkscience

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on *Disclosure: I am a climate denier, albeit a more rational one. *Disclosure: I am NOT funded by any oil, natural gas or coal corporations. I am NOT funded by any

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on Nye starts off with the benefits of In-vitro-fertilization (IVF), screening, and gene editing. He agrees that there may be a slippery slope but it's unknown. Actually

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on Nye begins with ridiculing Anton Mesmer for thinking that he could mesmerize humans or animals. Umm...contrary to what you may believe, hypnotism is very real. In

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on This episode is about space exploration. Nye says that we're just a tiny speck on another speck orbiting another speck. But he says that with our brain we can know

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on Unlike the homosexual debate (which is relatively calm in Western-European countries), the transgender debate (like the cultural appropriation debate) is not just

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on This episode is about criticizing fad diets. And yes, I agree that many diets are fads that have no basis in objective science. But that doesn't prevent people from

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on This episode is about video games and its effect on people and culture. Nye mentions that winning can cause the release of dopamine. Yes and no. While dopamine can

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on Nye starts off with a seatbelt demonstration about minimizing risk and applies that to vaccinations. Yah...no. That only works if we're talking about DNA viruses

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on We start off with presenter and chef Alton Brown attempting to create life. The issue of how life originates on this planet is still an open question in 2017. Aside

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on Nye begins by extracting strawberry DNA via dish soap, salt, water, and rubbing alcohol. This sets the stage for genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Nye says

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on In this episode we move onto artificial intelligence (AI). Less than 4 minutes into the episode Nye points to a thermostat and says that it's an artificially intelligent

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on Nye starts off by debunking black magic and alternative healing by showing how electromagnetism works. Yes, that clearly debunks everything. He says that alternative

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on *Disclosure: I am a climate denier, albeit a more rational one. *Disclosure: I am NOT funded by any oil, natural gas or coal corporations. I am NOT funded by any

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on *Disclosure: I am a climate denier, albeit a more rational one. *Disclosure: I am NOT funded by any oil, natural gas or coal corporations. I am NOT funded by any

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on *Disclosure: I am a climate denier, albeit a more rational one. *Disclosure: I am NOT funded by any oil, natural gas or coal corporations. I am NOT funded by any

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on *Disclosure: I am a climate denier, albeit a more rational one. *Disclosure: I am NOT funded by any oil, natural gas or coal corporations. I am NOT funded by any

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on *Disclosure: I am a climate denier, albeit a more rational one. *Disclosure: I am NOT funded by any oil, natural gas or coal corporations. I am NOT funded by any

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on *Disclosure: I am a climate denier, albeit a more rational one. *Disclosure: I am NOT funded by any oil, natural gas or coal corporations. I am NOT funded by any

By: Shawn Alli Posted: May 31, 2017 (on *Disclosure: I am a climate denier, albeit a more rational one. *Disclosure: I am NOT funded by any oil, natural gas or coal corporations. I am NOT funded by any