Science
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Why Those Who Understand Evolution are Less Likely to be Bigots
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: So I saw this study the other day titled “Bigotry and the human–animal divide: (Dis)belief in human evolution and bigoted attitudes across different cultures,” and to be honest I almost gave it a pass: like, sure, I get it,…
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink: Abusing Monkeys & Stealing Science?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: Today I would like to talk about reported controversies with a biotech company called Neuralink, which ordinarily wouldn’t be a big deal but this company is owned by one Elon Musk, so if you happen to watch this video…
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Study: The Pandemic is Making Christians Lose Faith
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: As we head into year 3 of this global pandemic (current death toll as of this recording is 5.57 million people worldwide), it’s worth pausing to ask this question: how are we all doing? You know, are you doing…
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Does Alcohol Cause Cancer? (If It Makes You Flush, Yep)
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: As I mentioned in another recent video, I’m doing “dry January.” I’ve done it the past two or three years as a way to reset after, let’s be honest, two to three months of unfettered Dionysian intoxication that lasts…
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How to Fix a Bad Mood, and is This the Saddest Song in the World?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: It all started last week when I forgot to take my SSRIs. You see, many years ago I was diagnosed with depression and generalized anxiety and prescribed escitalopram (known by the brand name Lexapro) to regulate it. I was…
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Sci-Hub: is it Unethical to “Pirate” Science?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! I publish, on average, two videos per week, and many of those videos are about new scientific advances. Because this channel is focused on critical thinking, I can’t just do an “I Fucking Love Science” sort of thing where I…
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Are Depressed People Just More Realistic?
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 produced two different videos recently in which I mentioned that maybe a certain group of people (educated girls in sexist societies and vegans and vegetarians in meat-eating societies) may be more depressed or more anxious because they are…
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Are Vegans and Vegetarians More Depressed?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: Here we go again: a new study has found that vegetarians and vegans are more likely to have depression and anxiety compared to meat eaters. Feeling sad? Eat a pile of dino nugs! Okay, I said that ironically but…
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