Rebecca Watson
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Events
Los Angeles! Quiz-o-Tron is Coming to Dynasty Typewriter December 9th!
Great news, Los Angelenos! I’m bringing Quiz-o-Tron to LA next week! Quiz-o-Tron is a quiz show where comedians face off against scientists and other assorted nerds to prove who is funnier and/or more knowledgeable about science. Join us! Monday, December 9 Panelists: Hal Lublin, Jess Phoenix, James Urbaniak, Bonnie Burton, Joseph Scrimshaw, and Jennifer Ouellette Tickets available online now!
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Science
Why Vaping Kills: Prohibition and Capitalism
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: A few weeks back I was talking about vaping with a friend, who asked me if I wasn’t worried about the spate of deaths that had happened due, apparently, to vape pens. As of this month, more than 2,000…
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Religion
New Study Says Atheists are Smarter Than Christians, but What Does That Mean?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Redditors suddenly cried out in ecstasy and then came in their pants. So I checked and yep, it’s a study saying that atheists are smarter than Christians.…
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Skepticism
Is Pornography Addictive? NoFap Founder Sues Neuroscientist Who Says No
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: “NoFap Founder Is Suing a Neuroscientist Who Thinks Masturbating Is Fine,” so I read in Vice this week. How appropriate! It’s about sex, science, pseudoscience, AND this is “#NoNutNovember!” I couldn’t wait to make a video on this. I…
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Skepticism
Germany Finally Releases Scan of Stolen Egyptian Sculpture
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: I must be getting nostalgic because this is, like, the tenth update video I’ve done in the past few months, and this is a fun one. Waaaay back in 2016 I made a video about the bust of Nefertiti…
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Feminism
Why Men Should Have the Right to Not Be Parents
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: Last week I had a spicy take. I mean, let’s be honest, I have a spicy take at least three times a day, but this is one that I Tweeted, and it got a very mixed reaction. I found…
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Anti-Science
Can Body Language Experts Tell When People are Lying?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: I have pretty severe depression and also terrible internet habits, so I recently found myself falling into a YouTube hole of True Crime videos. Basically, I attempt to work writing things while in the background a man calmly describes…
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Skepticism
“Get Rich Quick” Guru Tries to Silence Critic with DMCA
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: When I was in my late teens, I dated a moron. It’s a rite of passage, isn’t it? Anyway, this dumbass was ten years older than me and so I thought he had his shit together. Spoiler alert: he…
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