Rebecca Watson
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Skepticism
How Teens Around the World are “Catching” Tourettes
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: I’ve long been fascinated by people who “fake” illnesses. It’s such a complicated mash-up of psychological disorders, real physical issues, medical neglect, marginalization — just a big mishmash of things I weirdly enjoy thinking about. I’ve talked in the…
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Skepticism
US Politicians Want Less Regulations on Snake Oil “Medicine” During a Pandemic
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Look, I’m not one of those jerks who shames people because whatever cause they care about isn’t what I think is the absolute most important cause to care about right now. You can definitely care about multiple things at once!…
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Skepticism
20 Years of 9/11 “Truther” Conspiracy Theories
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Well, it’s been 20 years since terrorists hijacked some commercial airliners and crashed them into things, and what a 20 years it’s been! I was 20 years old and living in Boston. I woke up every morning to Howard Stern,…
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Anti-Science
Stop Saying Ivermectin Causes Sterility (& Other Liberal Misinfo)
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Last week I dug into *why* people are eating horse deworming paste instead of getting a safe, free, effective vaccine that will almost certainly prevent them from developing a debilitating illness. That video really took off, leading to me getting…
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Skepticism
Why Are People **REALLY** Taking Horse Dewormer for COVID-19?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Last month, one of my patrons (hi Chris!) asked during my Patreon Q&A livestream “what’s the deal with Ivermectin?” And I was really annoyed because I had no idea at the time and it sent me on a deep dive…
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Science
You’re Working Too Much & Enjoying Your Free Time Too Little
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Sheltering in place for the past…year and a half? Has been interesting for a lot of people who are accustomed to going into an office and having that hard distinction between work and home. I remember when I first started…
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Skepticism
Famous Psychologist’s Honesty Study is a Fraud!?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! A few weeks ago, a friend of mine texted asking if any of our group knew of Dan Ariely, because she was interested in his first book “Predictably Irrational.” In fact, I do know of Ariely as I read that…
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Science
Sexism is NOT to Blame for Your Allergies!
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Have you noticed that over the past decade or so your allergies have gotten worse? If so, you’re not alone — lots of people have been sneezing more often these days. So what’s going on? You might immediately think “well…
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