Rebecca Watson

Rebecca is a writer, speaker, YouTube personality, and unrepentant science nerd. In addition to founding and continuing to run Skepchick, she hosts Quiz-o-Tron, a monthly science-themed quiz show and podcast that pits comedians against nerds. There is an asteroid named in her honor. Twitter @rebeccawatson Mastodon mstdn.social/@rebeccawatson Instagram @actuallyrebeccawatson TikTok @actuallyrebeccawatson YouTube @rebeccawatson BlueSky @rebeccawatson.bsky.social
  • Who says creationists don’t make testable claims?

    Sure, it’s tough to really invalidate the hypothesis, “Goddidit,” but sometimes creationists make claims that can actually be tested. And sometimes, they even suggest a perfectly good experiment for testing it! In this case, Kent Hovind suggested that we can test the hypothesis that the Noah’s Ark story in the Bible is true, and that layers of sediment in nature…

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  • Ask a Stupid Question (About Ghosts) . . .

    Yesterday, I received this hilarious email via my friend Jen. Her friend Kevin is a librarian who recently had an encounter with someone in need of serious research help. Here’s what went down (I’ve deleted her name and changed the name of the TV show, to protect the credulous): +++ I got a call from a local historian who’s been…

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  • Sexiest Comment o’ the Week Ever? PERHAPS!

    There were tons of nominations for Comment o’ the Week, and they ALL had to do with sex. All of them. (Feign surprise HERE: 0_o ) Oh, you people. Since sexy jokes are always my favorite, it was really difficult to choose a winner. I think I laughed all the way through the Because Only the Priest Can Touch Me…

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  • Amish Fireplaces, Trigosamine®, and Other Suspect Products

    My most recent article has just magically appeared on Bostonist! Here’s a click-tease: Times are tough for magazines and newspapers in need of advertising dollars. That may be why the Boston Metro is raking in the bucks by devoting full two-page spreads to the printed version of the infomercial, cleverly disguised as actual articles with the word “advertisement” printed in…

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  • Upcoming Awesomeness & Stuff

    First of all, Friend of Skepchick Tim Farley is totally speaking at Boston Skeptics in the Pub on Monday, February 23! Info here! Be there!! Second of all, Skepchick has been named one of the Top 30 Atheist/Agnostic blogs on the ‘net and we have a graphic to prove it: Rad, thanks Unreasonable Faith! We didn’t make the top five,…

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  • Because only the priest can touch me there

    Via Feministing I found this sad/hilarious site that teaches young, credulous people that it is shameful to masturbate. It’s sad because, I mean come on, masturbation is nearly the greatest possible way you can spend ten minutes, right after (INSERT JOKE HERE). It’s hilarious because they are selling t-shirts that say “EX-Masturbator,” which has only encouraged me to sell t-shirts…

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  • Suck it, groundhog.

    Today I read this Boston Globe article effectively debunking Punxsutawny Phil’s rodent brethren. The writer, Michael Levenson, really went for blood, showing how the track records of the country’s various furry Nostradamuses aren’t much to brag about. Phil himself may hit 70% accuracy (in one statistician’s estimation), but Boston’s version should really just give up and find other work, possibly…

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  • Why do people laugh at creationists? (part 28)

    YouTube link Sunday mornings in bed: perfect for watching Thunderf00t tear apart common creationist silliness, like “scientific facts” found in the Bible.

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