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Skepticism
Left-wing Authoritarianism: Is It Even Real?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Good news everyone, another stupid conservative tabloid has misrepresented scientific research, which sent me down another rabbit hole of learning from which I have only just emerged, blinking into the light of day. This time it’s the New York Post…
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From South Park to Target’s Pride Collection: How Religious Extremists Get Their Way
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! I’ve been publicly offending extremely religious people for many years now, and I’ve recently noticed an interesting parallel that I wanted to share with you. Way back in the mid-2000s, drawings of Muhammad were a really big deal. Now, according…
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Skepticism
Why Losers Like Steven Crowder Hate No-Fault Divorce
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! The other day, I told my partner that he was the “best husband ever,” to which he replied, “How do you know? You’ve only had two.” Which…damn. Honestly, fair point. I’ve been more or less in the public eye for…
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Danny Masterson and Scientology versus Women
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Content warning at the top: I’m going to be speaking frankly about sexual abuse in this video, so some viewers might want to give this one a miss. When I talk about sexual abuse and religion, I think these days…
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Skepticism
Get Ready for “Big Meat” Influencers
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Last week, during my monthly Patreon AMA livestream – and yes, that is an obvious plug to encourage you to go to patreon.com/rebecca and join my fun nerd community – one patron asked what I thought of a Telegraph headline…
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Skepticism
What is the Dunning Kruger Effect & Is It Even REAL?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Let’s talk about the Dunning Kruger Effect: you know, that psychological phenomenon in which dumb people are super confident they’re smart? You know? The Dunning Kruger Effect? AHA, I got you! That is NOT the Dunning Kruger Effect! It’s ACTUALLY…
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Why ChatGPT Won’t Replace Your Doctor Anytime Soon
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Important artificial intelligence update, everyone! I was wrong, we really are on our way to whatever the happy version of Skynet is, because a new study has just come out that says Chat GPT is better than doctors at doing…
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Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Screws up on Trans Kids’ Care
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: Last year, I made a video talking about how the mainstream media was screwing up the reporting on the nuclear fusion breakthrough, and in that video I referenced Sabine Hossenfelder, a theoretical physicist with a popular and often entertaining…
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