Rebecca Watson
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Science
Study: Diversity Makes White Boys Better
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Back in the mid-2000s, I was kind of known for encouraging atheist and skeptic groups to increase the number of women (and non-white people in general) on stage at conferences, because doing so would have a wide range of benefits.…
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Skepticism
The Long History of People Who Think They’re Magnetic
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Two months ago, I received my one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine. I felt a little sleepy the next day, and then I was fine. OR SO I THOUGHT. Because little did I know, my vaccine gave me MAGNETIC SUPERPOWERS. BEHOLD.…
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Skepticism
Naomi Wolf’s Anti-Vax Potluck & Why Requiring Vaccines May Backfire
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! A few months ago, I talked about how feminist icon Naomi Wolf had gone completely off the deep end concerning COVID and shelter-in-place and mask guidelines meant to reduce the spread of the deadly pandemic. Back then, it was sort…
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Skepticism
Why the Lab Leak Hypothesis is so Controversial (There’s No Evidence!)
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Alright, I guess I’ve put it off for long enough: let’s talk about the “lab leak” hypothesis — the idea that COVID-19 was either accidentally or deliberately released from a lab studying coronaviruses in Wuhan, China. I’ve only even mentioned…
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Anti-Science
Facebook Paid for a “Study” that Says Apple’s Privacy Updates are BAD
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Exciting new study just dropped, everyone, and it’s very relevant to me and probably to you if you also use social media! “Harming Competition and Consumers under the Guise of Protecting Privacy: An Analysis of Apple’s iOS 14 Policy Updates”.…
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Skepticism
Mayim Bialik Peddles Brain-Boosting Snake Oil
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Back in 2019, I talked about nootropics — substances that are thought to maybe improve brain function. They’re often pushed by people like Joe Rogan, who is part owner of a company that sells pills to gullible young men promising…
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Science
How We Can “Breathe” Through Our Butts & Why Wolves Keep Our Roads Safer
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Let’s try something a little different today. I had so much fun talking about plants the other day that I wanted to do another science-focused video, but I have TWO fun new papers that I don’t have a ton to…
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Skepticism
New Study: Is it Worth it to Argue on Twitter?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! For literal decades now there has been a robust industry of researchers studying debunking. How do we correct misinformation? Do we have to be nice? Does sarcasm backfire? Should we use facts? Should we rely on emotional appeals? Is it…
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