As mixed as my feelings for Brian Dunning are, I have to say I agree with this list, though I might have rearranged its order (putting Stein closer to the top, probably right behind/before Maher)
It would be good to have some clips of these celebrities speaking and promoting pseudoscience as references, rather than just this guy telling us what they say
@chainedtotheworld You could always do your own research and go look it up yourself...not trying to be a jerk or anything i just mean even if he did he did he could still quote mine, it would be better just to check these things on your own
@mikebaxtersc5 Yes I take your point, it would make sense for me to look them up myself. I just meant the maker of the vid could make his points more strongly and clearly if he showed clips/quotes of people saying the things he's criticising. Just because people sometimes quote mine doesn't mean that all quoting is useless. Even just a few links would be handy, as he is coming from and promoting a skeptical attitude, but doesn't really present any evidence for us to believe what he is saying
@chainedtotheworld Your right it would make his point stronger. Maybe he was assuming that people know these things about them. I certainly didn't know all these things but maybe I don't pay as much attention to celebrities as the average person. It seems like these people are probably pretty outspoken about this stuff sense they probably wouldn't be on the list if they weren't so he may be assuming the information is readily available so it would have just been useless work to do it himself.
"The future King of England",Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Fixed. I would've thought a program dedicated to furthering knowledge would've veered away from the popular American notion of the words "Britain" and "United Kingdom" being simply bywords for England(which they aren't). How disappointing.
No, because they peddle their ignorance as a virtue. It makes the country dumber and the position of the US on the world scale weaker. But maybe that isn't so harmful.
@grandmasterreggaex How am I ignorant? I never said that what they believe isn't retarded or stupid, I just said that I don't see how it's "harmful". Just so you know, the idea that the Earth was made up of tectonic plates was considered pseudo-science up until the 1960's. It's up to you to do your own research and not rely on what any celebrity says, if people listen to these retards that's their own fault.
@Cajunninja65 Here's how they are harmful - by convincing people not to continue using mainstream medicine and prescriptions they are directly responsible for whatever health consequences follow, be it injury, and in many cases death. So these celebrities influence ordinary, ignorant people to make decisions that have the potential to (and does) kill them. If you would have watched the video then you would probably have picked some of this up.
I think Maher's point is to say that practically everyone takes prescription drugs nowadays, and that pharmaceutical corporations have a vested interest in chronic medications (i.e. blood pressure, anti-depression). To my knowledge, Bill has never come out to actively endorse pseudoscience, rather he believes many issues can be proactively avoided through maintaining a generally active and healthy lifestyle, and that there is as emerging psyche yearning for panacea pills (instant gratification).
They left out Drew Pinsky, who thinks every bad habit from womanizing to substance abuse is a chronic progressive disease which requires treatment at rehabs which don't employ any real medical procedures to address addictions.
@Keim4ever He is so adamant about these ridiculous claims of vaccinations , even though he has been shown hard evidence his claims are wrong. He just can't admit he was fooled. Also he has a current show which he still spreads lies on , Where Ben Stein doesn't have such a forum.
@Keim4ever But Ben Stein promotes creationism? Bill Maher even though he's against vaccinations, is against the teaching of creationism, and anti global warming conspiracy. (I'm borderline on global warming.) He often invites scientists to discuss issues, sometimes scientific.
Thats like saying Glenn Beck Promotes positivity more than some intelligent person just because he accepts gay marriage.
@Keim4ever If you are borderline on global warming I can suggest some places you can go that some good info for you about global warming and denialist debunking.
Uh, how do you link PETA to pseudoscience? I understand the criticisms about their approach, corruption, etc, and I get that you don't believe in what they're doing, but there's a difference between divergent views and pseudoscience.
This is ridiculous; Bill Maher, one of the biggest proponents of scientific and skeptical thinking is presented as a proponent of pseudoscience, simply because he is very critical of the pharmaceutical industry. It is true that he exaggerates that the pharmaceutical industry actually makes us sick, but that is not anti-science, that is anti-corporation. It is ludicrous cherrypicking to have him on this list at all, and in no way represents his thinking. Do your research next time.
@erosmangr74 He is a huge advocate for repealing vaccinations. All because of bogus research , and now he won't admit when he is wrong. Many Top critical thinkers loath him for this stubborn stance he has taken.
Larry King is just a talk show host; he doesn't promote the theories and psuedo-science of the guests he interview. I don't think anyone even knows what hand he writes with, let alone his beliefs on such topics; he just delivers a platform
I can certainly agree with your objection to Bill Maher's rants about medicine. He is not wrong about everything, but he does go over the top with the pharma conspiracies. Unfortunately eating an apple a day DOESN'T actually keep the doctor away
@CheapBeer09 Bill Maher also thinks that vaccinations cause autism , when ever since that claim was made (using insufficient data) MANY studies have been made across the entire globe and all saying there was no direct correlation at all. Maher won't apologize for being instrumental to helping this fallacy gain ground even though the evidence has been made clear to him. About King , He softballs questions to wackos , when he should be his sternest.
Yawn. This is like Andy Rooney as a gossip columnist. Don't get me wrong, critical thinking and vigilant research are paramount in today's world. But this video leaves very much to be desired. For instance, there are libellous claims made about celebrities' views without referring the listener to any sources. Sure, you can find some of these things out by reading/watching the celebrities themselves but the fact that we are supposed to take Skeptoid's word for it regarding every intellectual fau
An otherwise intelligent argument until you decided to describe HRH Wingnutt as the most influential man in the UK. Ridiculous. In 1974 Charles was Officer of the watch aboard HMS Jupiter, when he was invited ashore by dignitaries in Fiji, he insisted on staying for two days and allowing both watches of the ships company ashore. My dad was a young OEM onboard at the time, and even after this display of humility and grace from the royal, to this day...thinks he's a pompous upper class twit!
I love Bill Maher and consider him a role model to many young atheists BUT I am critical of his involvement with PeTA and his stances on vacinations... fortunately he does not mix these issues with his atheism.
AGrandt, if your serious and not just another fucked up propagandist then don't worry. The video is a stupid lie and I like Bill Maher. The maker of this movie is a dumb jerk that can't get a job or get laid.
@SerenityNoww Yeah, me too - with plenty of ketchup. I'm a Yank living in Ireland now, but never really took to Guinness and feel like scones are a joke somebody's playing with stale food. Peace.
@SerenityNoww absolutely. In fact he is such a joke that people are seriously concerned that he may come close to bringing down the monarchy because people dislike him so much. A note to the maker of this video: we do have a monarchy, and it is truely antiquated, but they are in no way influential. Most british people would be surprised to hear anyone supposing that anyone in the monarchy has any real influence whatsoever.
@SerenityNoww Right.. and that's one point, but the other is also that SOME of what he author of this video is saying is true.. while some other things (like various alternative remedies or treatments) do have peer reviewed science behind them.. so it would be nice if all the information here was as accurate as he wants the talker's evidence to be.
you really have no idea how we think do you? no one in england takes the royal family serious, just look at the Duke of edinburgh, who is know as a rascist old pervert. While he is spreading harmful misinformation, he is not respected enough or listened to enough to be influential.
Tbh, i wouldn't be surprised if the government deliberately allowed certain drugs out. However, over-generalizing this can be harmful. For all the respect i have for Bill Maher, i think he tends to over-generalize, but it's undeniable they've made up a crapload of random ficticious diseases to keep a market they can exploit. Just check what happened with the swine flu thing...
Interesting list, I can't disagree with the fact that celebrities making claims without any evidence can be dangerous, however, I think it's important to question how research is being done in our institutions. In our current economy, profit takes on great importance and can affect the outcomes of studies - even in the health sector.
I think it's possible that many ''scientific'' results are taken for granted, when they can be dangerously biased if funded for the purpose of profit.
Ha - I'd have bet money that Oprah would top this list. To be fair, though, I'd guess that she's giving a broad platform to pseudo-science purely because that's what the screaming, eye-rolling, hysterical new-age quakers in her audience want. I'd guess that she's too smart to buy into a lot of what she peddles to the low-brows who made her a billionaire.
Sorry to see that Jenny McCarthy is such a flake. Chuck Norris, too.
Larry King does this because the right wing is busy flooding the world with lies and deceit. Larry gives people with intelligence and fully functioning brain an equal soap box to tell the truth...
i'd like to see a list of sources to these claims... not that i doubt everything you've said. i'm just wondering about the context of the stuff you said about bill maher ^^
i'd like to see a list of sources to these claims... not that i doubt everything you've said. i'm just wondering about the context of the stuff you said about bill maher
The biggest problem with Bill Maher's anti-medicinal claims is that they have a base to stand on. Yes, he generalizes and exaggerates the problem. Yes, Western Medicine is nigh-miraculous in its success. But, the Specifically American Pharmaceutical Industry is corrupt as every other major Industry in America at the CEO levels. What Bill doesn't get, however, is that Doctors prescribing still take the Hippocratic Oath. But it doesn't change the fact that Drugs are Advertised before fully tested.
@DaDoctaBoom Well said. To deny that is dishonest. I don't think he ever said to avoid modern alopathic medicine as a rule at all. And he may have said some silly things. This criticism seems way over the top, though.
The charges against Bill Maher are too harsh. PETA aside, he is against big pharma, but for modern medicine. His support for modern medicine can be seen in his STRONG advocacy for national health care.
Allright here. Conspiracy theorists said tha AH1N1 flu was almost harmless compared to the regular flu, and they also said the vaccine caused Guillain Barre syndrome among others. And they were... RIGHT. It's admitted it causes several problems, that's why half of Europe dropped it (Canada too, I think) and now there are like 5 million vaccines for the flu eating dust in some FEMA storage. THERE IS EVIDENCE OF HARMFUL VACCINES. Not all of them, but there is. And it's quite heavy.
@LesPaul2006 I don't think anyone is denying that there is some inherent danger of taking vaccines, but you have to weigh it against the danger of NOT taking the vaccine. Polio was almost eliminated because so many people were vaccinated against it. Now with the advent of anti-vaccine activists, polio is making a comeback and people are not prepared for it.
@MonsterEnergyMan Sure, but in the face of the swine flu, I'd rather take the flu than spend my life in a wheelchair unable even to speak, like Stephen Hawking.
@autumnsylver This is the Wikipedia article (with sources): 2009 flu pandemic vaccine. When you're there, ctrl+f your browser and type Guillain-Barre Syndrome. And, while you're there, check the very LARGE section of "Adverse events". And of course the vaccines are not the ONLY cause of ALS or brain eating syndromes, but they are one. .
@LesPaul2006 The Wikipedia page for Guillain-Barre Syndrome says: GBS may be a rare side-effect of influenza vaccines; a study of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) indicates that it is reported as an adverse event potentially associated with the vaccine at a rate of 1 per million vaccines (over the normal risk).
"May be" indicates that the connection is uncertain.
3. It's not because something is labeled as a "conspiracy theory" that it is automatically wrong. There is A LOT of evidence that support the 9/11 and JFK assassination for example. And last I checked critical thinking is a good thing.
4. People don't follow each of the celebrities claims like it's the undeniable truth. Most people have critcal thinking and those who don't wouldn't of been any different if Oprah would of said that psychics don't exist
1. There have been a lot, and I mean A LOT of contraversy with pharmaceutical companies and vaccines over the years. So anyone who speaks ill of them is rightfuly entitled to do so
2. It's not because a person is religious, spiritual or believes in psychics and says so on television that they are corrupting people's minds. It's not like people only talk to a psychic when their child disappears, they call the police as well. So these believes have no effect on anything.
Fantastic! This is one of the coolest things ever. Stick it to these self absorbed, ego inflated douchebag celebrities who promote things that are corroding society. ANd double pox on the idiots who listen to them and do what they say.
As I understood the speech in question, Maher was pointing out, that much of the medication people take nowadays ist, in fact either superfluous or even harmful. And that drug companies have a policy of preferably developing medication for making a disease manageable rather than curing it is an open secret. All medication has side effects and good diet and exercise will take care of many modern day health problems. As I recall itMaher never suggested dieting and exercise for cancer patients.
This video - or some adaptation of it - should make its way to mainstream media, whether TV, radio, newspaper, magazine, et cetera. It is so critical...
Larry King has often had James Randi in an open debate with psychics...Larry is how I first heard of Randi. He's helped me become a skeptic. But it's true most of those debates are not finished and he lets both of them hang on the hook without letting the debate move on in an open fashion. For example before several of the interviews ended, the time clock killed them before real progress was made and it just appeared as even handed bickering.
When "modern medicine" fails, and it does, you can respect on these reactions. And 1 question, evidence presented by who??
It's not that big leap to think that a big company that makes cancer treatments is not making as much money if they discover a treatment that can heal cancer.
I also agree not to take medical advice from comedians, radio (tv) talkshow hoasts. :)
Bill Maher is partially right. Drugs are bad for you. It IS better to let your immune system to handle the threat than letting the drugs do it. But it certainly is better to use drugs and live than to die denying them. It is the matter of balance.As all things in the world.
@binkey They repeatedly claim that medical research on animals does not work, despite all the cures and treatments that have been discovered directly because of it. If it was up to PETA, about 90% of medical research would come to a halt.
Sorry, but that isn't pseudoscience. The worst claim you can make is that the science is more unsettled than PETA lets on. But, considering that there are many studies out there that support PETA's argument, you can accuse the pharmaceutical industry of doing the same thing when they claim that they are effective.
@binkey I've never heard of any of these studies. Don't you think if PETA was really onto something with this claim, medical researchers would've abandoned animal testing long ago? All they can respond with to that fact is accusations of conspiracy that don't even make any sense.
I'm not saying PETA is right, but rather that there are scientific studies to support their argument. They may be exaggerating their claims, but those claims are based on real science, not pseudoscience.
92% of drugs successfully tested on animals, fail in human trials according to a 2004 article published by the FDA. This is one stat I found fairly quickly online. Makes one wonder how many drugs rejected after animal test would have worked on humans.
Prince Charles is NOT the most influential man in Britain! In my opinion he's not even in the top 100. His veiws are wacko though, I agree! Come to think of it I quite like my 'heirs to the thrown' mad as hatters!
Bill Maher might be off the deep end, but there is a nugget of astute social criticism in there. Many drug companies have deals with hospitals that require doctors to push certain brand drugs that aren't required to be that much more effective than placebo. The emphasis in health, at least in America, is on overmedication. Medication is necessary in many cases, but it won't be as effective overall when drug companies stand to make a profit.
In Brian Dunnings newest Skeptoid podcast, he issued some corrections for past mistakes. One of which was about Larry King asking some people tough questions. He said something along the lines of, he thinks now that he was wrong on that, and that Larry has not asked a tough question in decades to anyone.
Excellent video, as a proud Englishman living in London, many thanks for the comment about advanced nation stuff blah blah same to you my friend across the pond.
However it should be said that the Prince is not influential in the UK. Sure people know what he and William and Harry etc are up to but they're more like celebrities, not 'real'. They have no influence on Government here unlike what some foreigners believe, they are merely symbolic. Herbal medicine is also not available on the NHS.
I think that Larry King could be giving the crackpots enough rope to hang themselves with. Sometimes all you have to do to discredit some people is to let them say whatever they want. And if you ask them the hard questions, they will stop the interview.
Prince Charles is definitely not the most influential man in Britain.
MMR Vaccine has been clinically proven to be unrelated to Autism development.
Massive pharmaceutical companies have a demand and supply infastructure just like any other. Noone disputes the efficacy of antibiotics to treat inflamations etc., yet many Psychiatric medicines seem to be approved with little testing.
I reason that Pharmaceutical companies can be just as dingenious as Haliburton.
To be fair to Bill Maher, big pharma does conspire to sell you more and more drugs you don't really need. Blanket flu vaccines for healthy adults are just not necessary. That said, it's idiotic to say vaccines are evil period.
Don't get me wrong I like Bill, but he does tend to generalize a lot.
Also fuck Jenny McCarthy.. What a moron, why would anyone listen to her?
@megamarsvin Of course pharmaceutical companies want to sell as many drugs as they can, but physicians, epidemiologists, and other researchers won't recommend a drug or therapy unless is has been shown to be effective through scientific evidence. As for flu vaccines, healthy adults probably should take flu vaccines. The herd immunity created by this helps prevent the immunocompromised from contracting the flu. The vaccines are extremely low risk and thousands of lives could be saved.
@CambridgeHeights You're obviously right about the researchers but they don't usually run the companies advertising and selling these "products". The vaccines are one thing (although I've read studies that indicate the young and elderly benefit minimally from these efforts) but what about the psychofarma industry of the now trendy but pointless full body scans?
There's no massive global conspiracy but we do have to be vigilant because people will sell you snake oil if they can get away with it.
This is why we give flu vaccines to healthy adults. We also give flu vaccines for our doctors because we don't want getting sick and/or spreading the flu.
@XxRadicalOnexX Doctors who handle sick people day in day out are obviously a risk factor. In my country we've never done blanket vaccines when it comes to the flu and we've never had flu epidemics or excessive child death due to flu. I've never seen any evidence that blanket vaccines are more effective, I have seen evidence that it's potentially harmful.
I'd like to see if it is still being pushed this way if we took away the profit motive.
(anyone thinking I'm against all vaccines, read up.)
c'mon....Bill Maher is more harmful than Ben Stein? When he makes comments about vaccines and drug usage in the US, hes really just talking showing his ignorance about the subject. Not promoting pseudosicence. Most of the bits he has on his show are for a laugh.
Ben Stein should have been #1 in my opinion. He promotes the real pseudoscience (intelligent design). People like Ben Stein are the MOST harmful because they not only promote bad science but stupidity and intolerance as well.
AS a British citizen i can confirm that Prince Charles is completely retarded..
He constantly writes to the government regarding his idiotic ideas , fortunately most government officials Ignore him , dumping his letters straight in the trash ,where they belong...
Doesn't matter if the people listed do good alongwith the bad, beacuse they are still doing the bad. I could be the top philanthropist in the world, but can also be the biggest killer of puppies. One does not negate the other.
Maybe "top ten" isn't the most appropriate title for this video, after all, most of these individuals do far more good than they do harm. The criticism may indeed be justified, but i notice Glenn Beck, Bill Orielly, and Ann Coulter aren't on the list... hmmm... aside from spewing endless hours of lies and false claims, what good do they do? Perhaps a revised Top Ten is in order.
@4everkeim being a rationalist is not like playing baseball. no matter how many hits he makes, one strike is cause for concern. Bill said it himself "you are either a rationalist or your not". If he fancies himself as one who respects science and reason, he needs to do so in all contexts.
As a Briton, I feel the need to say Prince Charles is not only not the 'most influential man in the United Kingdom', he is in fact widely ridiculed for his pseudoscientific beliefs.
@AGrandt I don't blame you, but i knew this about Maher and I still like him and watch his show but, that doesn't mean I agree with him always especially on these issues.
@AGrandt "Skeptoid" has utilized a common misrepresentative pseudo-intellectual tactic we like to call" taking statements out of context". Bill Mahers comments were actually directed at how kids are now being given Ritalin and anti-psychotic drugs for "diseases" that don't actually exist: ADD, ADHD stc. These are disorders fabricated by psychiatrists to pin a label on rambunctious kids who are just being themselves. And in steps the pharmaceutical companies only to happy to medicate, for a fee.
@eurisko67 Thanks, I'll have to have a look at that. but I do agree at one point, too much R&D are being done in developing medicines for conditions, not diseases, as there are more money to be had in medicating millions, and not the thousands that really do need the help.
@AGrandt All your respect to any mainstream media cook should plummet. They're all carefuly chosen with one purpoes: TO DUMB YOU DOWN. And that's no pseudoscience, is simple observation.
@AGrandt My respect for Bill Maher plummeted about 10 years ago when I heard him blame all of society's problems on women and the feminization of America.
... scientific research _has_ shown that acupuncture does have some effects - but the reason is practically unknown. Doctors in Denmark offers this to pregnant women that suffer from nausea, and it works in most of the cases.
Prince Charles 'the most influential man in the united kingdom'? Sorry, I think not. This man is riduculed by the majority of Brits and has near no influence at all. There's no need to hype up Prince Charles' idiocy, he does a good enough job himself!
The main thing most of them have in common is they live in a bubble and sometimes that bubble is called California
aronpeterson121 1 week ago
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I'm scepical about "Skeptoid"
Looks like it's financed by big pharma.
Why? because the study of the paranormal is part of science.
Unless, of course, it's not the kind of science
that the big drug makers profit from.
This completly valid study is now suddenly hearsay.
Who finances you?
avocet0001 4 weeks ago
Why are these people still allowed to go on? It boggles the mind how such stupidity is allowed to hold such high positions in society.
Itsokdontpanic 1 month ago
Celebrity status contributes to their grandiose delusions.
Has anyone bothered to check the papers they have published? Oh yeah, that's right!! They haven't published a damn thing!!
Emaniac69 1 month ago
HAHA! PRINCE CHARLES! HAHAHA!
nickmarkham69 2 months ago
As mixed as my feelings for Brian Dunning are, I have to say I agree with this list, though I might have rearranged its order (putting Stein closer to the top, probably right behind/before Maher)
PA1RofRaggedClause 2 months ago
It would be good to have some clips of these celebrities speaking and promoting pseudoscience as references, rather than just this guy telling us what they say
chainedtotheworld 3 months ago
@chainedtotheworld You could always do your own research and go look it up yourself...not trying to be a jerk or anything i just mean even if he did he did he could still quote mine, it would be better just to check these things on your own
mikebaxtersc5 3 months ago
@mikebaxtersc5 Yes I take your point, it would make sense for me to look them up myself. I just meant the maker of the vid could make his points more strongly and clearly if he showed clips/quotes of people saying the things he's criticising. Just because people sometimes quote mine doesn't mean that all quoting is useless. Even just a few links would be handy, as he is coming from and promoting a skeptical attitude, but doesn't really present any evidence for us to believe what he is saying
chainedtotheworld 3 months ago
@chainedtotheworld Your right it would make his point stronger. Maybe he was assuming that people know these things about them. I certainly didn't know all these things but maybe I don't pay as much attention to celebrities as the average person. It seems like these people are probably pretty outspoken about this stuff sense they probably wouldn't be on the list if they weren't so he may be assuming the information is readily available so it would have just been useless work to do it himself.
mikebaxtersc5 3 months ago
Can't say I'm surprised by Oprah being #1.
george77772moons 4 months ago 2
"The future King of England",Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Fixed. I would've thought a program dedicated to furthering knowledge would've veered away from the popular American notion of the words "Britain" and "United Kingdom" being simply bywords for England(which they aren't). How disappointing.
proxy1115 4 months ago
peta? promoting pseudo-science? what are you smoking?
uknichu 5 months ago
How are these harmful? Just because they don't believe what you believe that doesn't make them "harmful".
Cajunninja65 5 months ago
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No, because they peddle their ignorance as a virtue. It makes the country dumber and the position of the US on the world scale weaker. But maybe that isn't so harmful.
henkvanderlaak 5 months ago
@henkvanderlaak Some of it is. Not all of what was covered here is pseudoscience, it's a lot of opinion and personal belief.
Cajunninja65 5 months ago
@Cajunninja65 No.
grandmasterreggaex 5 months ago
@Cajunninja65 Damn you're ignorant.
grandmasterreggaex 5 months ago
@grandmasterreggaex How am I ignorant? I never said that what they believe isn't retarded or stupid, I just said that I don't see how it's "harmful". Just so you know, the idea that the Earth was made up of tectonic plates was considered pseudo-science up until the 1960's. It's up to you to do your own research and not rely on what any celebrity says, if people listen to these retards that's their own fault.
Cajunninja65 5 months ago
@Cajunninja65 Here's how they are harmful - by convincing people not to continue using mainstream medicine and prescriptions they are directly responsible for whatever health consequences follow, be it injury, and in many cases death. So these celebrities influence ordinary, ignorant people to make decisions that have the potential to (and does) kill them. If you would have watched the video then you would probably have picked some of this up.
grandmasterreggaex 5 months ago
I think Maher's point is to say that practically everyone takes prescription drugs nowadays, and that pharmaceutical corporations have a vested interest in chronic medications (i.e. blood pressure, anti-depression). To my knowledge, Bill has never come out to actively endorse pseudoscience, rather he believes many issues can be proactively avoided through maintaining a generally active and healthy lifestyle, and that there is as emerging psyche yearning for panacea pills (instant gratification).
BeanSand 5 months ago
@BeanSand this guy is just spouting bullshit. bill maher does not promote pseudoscience.
uknichu 5 months ago
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slLLyhumans 5 months ago
Bill Maher makes me sick.
lesrenee2078 6 months ago
you did forget michael crichton on his global warming critics
erniehudson1 6 months ago
@erniehudson1 Has he come back to life without anybody telling us? Cool!
henkvanderlaak 5 months ago
Ahh, its not hard to believe that the govt would want to peddle their drugs. That said if im sick im listening to my doctor
mehico33 6 months ago
They left out Drew Pinsky, who thinks every bad habit from womanizing to substance abuse is a chronic progressive disease which requires treatment at rehabs which don't employ any real medical procedures to address addictions.
prschuster 6 months ago
Thats too bad, I did not know Bill Maher was involved with P.E.T.A....
Criticalthinker1980 7 months ago
SAVE THE WHALES !!!!
quadcatfly 7 months ago
What about "Dr" Oz?
drstrangelove09 7 months ago 11
Jenny McCarthy and Oprah are two of the stupidest bitches on this planet!
pubuman 7 months ago 2
you should have added robert lanza
NefariousBanana 8 months ago
How the hell does Bill Maher get ahead of Ben Stein?!!
Keim4ever 8 months ago 2
@Keim4ever He is so adamant about these ridiculous claims of vaccinations , even though he has been shown hard evidence his claims are wrong. He just can't admit he was fooled. Also he has a current show which he still spreads lies on , Where Ben Stein doesn't have such a forum.
googoobh 8 months ago
@Keim4ever But Ben Stein promotes creationism? Bill Maher even though he's against vaccinations, is against the teaching of creationism, and anti global warming conspiracy. (I'm borderline on global warming.) He often invites scientists to discuss issues, sometimes scientific.
Thats like saying Glenn Beck Promotes positivity more than some intelligent person just because he accepts gay marriage.
Keim4ever 8 months ago
@Keim4ever If you are borderline on global warming I can suggest some places you can go that some good info for you about global warming and denialist debunking.
thesparitan 8 months ago
This guy is a whining idiot, who has no idea about life and should just stick to doing puzzles at his MENSA meeting.
mossandthesea 8 months ago
BIG COMMENTS MEAN PEOPLE ARE THINKING FOR ONCE
fucktardickis 8 months ago
Uh, how do you link PETA to pseudoscience? I understand the criticisms about their approach, corruption, etc, and I get that you don't believe in what they're doing, but there's a difference between divergent views and pseudoscience.
dookdawg214 9 months ago
This is ridiculous; Bill Maher, one of the biggest proponents of scientific and skeptical thinking is presented as a proponent of pseudoscience, simply because he is very critical of the pharmaceutical industry. It is true that he exaggerates that the pharmaceutical industry actually makes us sick, but that is not anti-science, that is anti-corporation. It is ludicrous cherrypicking to have him on this list at all, and in no way represents his thinking. Do your research next time.
erosmangr74 9 months ago
@erosmangr74 He is a huge advocate for repealing vaccinations. All because of bogus research , and now he won't admit when he is wrong. Many Top critical thinkers loath him for this stubborn stance he has taken.
googoobh 8 months ago
This is retarded crap
Kioooi 10 months ago
Larry King is just a talk show host; he doesn't promote the theories and psuedo-science of the guests he interview. I don't think anyone even knows what hand he writes with, let alone his beliefs on such topics; he just delivers a platform
I can certainly agree with your objection to Bill Maher's rants about medicine. He is not wrong about everything, but he does go over the top with the pharma conspiracies. Unfortunately eating an apple a day DOESN'T actually keep the doctor away
CheapBeer09 10 months ago
@CheapBeer09 Bill Maher also thinks that vaccinations cause autism , when ever since that claim was made (using insufficient data) MANY studies have been made across the entire globe and all saying there was no direct correlation at all. Maher won't apologize for being instrumental to helping this fallacy gain ground even though the evidence has been made clear to him. About King , He softballs questions to wackos , when he should be his sternest.
googoobh 8 months ago
Bullshit.
What proof do you have of these "pseudo-scientific" diets
They don't exist.
Ironically this video uses pseudoscience to demote the ideas of these celebrities
The3nlightened0ne 10 months ago
@The3nlightened0ne
What are you talking about?
XxRadicalOnexX 10 months ago
Bullshit.
The3nlightened0ne 10 months ago
(cont.) faux pas made by these celebrities is not necessarily a good tactic, let alone scientific.
ZotDudot7 11 months ago
Yawn. This is like Andy Rooney as a gossip columnist. Don't get me wrong, critical thinking and vigilant research are paramount in today's world. But this video leaves very much to be desired. For instance, there are libellous claims made about celebrities' views without referring the listener to any sources. Sure, you can find some of these things out by reading/watching the celebrities themselves but the fact that we are supposed to take Skeptoid's word for it regarding every intellectual fau
ZotDudot7 11 months ago
What a bunch of crap
nc77 11 months ago
An otherwise intelligent argument until you decided to describe HRH Wingnutt as the most influential man in the UK. Ridiculous. In 1974 Charles was Officer of the watch aboard HMS Jupiter, when he was invited ashore by dignitaries in Fiji, he insisted on staying for two days and allowing both watches of the ships company ashore. My dad was a young OEM onboard at the time, and even after this display of humility and grace from the royal, to this day...thinks he's a pompous upper class twit!
RonnieJamesable 1 year ago
Oprah Winfrey really belongs on the top of the list.
FredC1968 1 year ago
Can we really take a woman do did porn seriously?
jazzyog08 1 year ago
you forgot The Foo Fighters dangerous promotion of Alive and Well AIDS denialists.
samsky 1 year ago
I love Bill Maher and consider him a role model to many young atheists BUT I am critical of his involvement with PeTA and his stances on vacinations... fortunately he does not mix these issues with his atheism.
freakystyley4000 1 year ago
AGrandt, if your serious and not just another fucked up propagandist then don't worry. The video is a stupid lie and I like Bill Maher. The maker of this movie is a dumb jerk that can't get a job or get laid.
beermn56 1 year ago
Where would you put yourself?
Joke9972 1 year ago
indigo child!!? That's retarded.
Troldom 1 year ago
You really think that Prince Charles is "perhaps the most influential man in the UK"?
Not even close i'm afraid. In fact I would say that most people over here consider him a bit of a joke.
SerenityNoww 1 year ago 44
@SerenityNoww Well, he's a joke your tax dollars help finance. How funny is that?
edwdixon5 11 months ago
@edwdixon5 It's annoying for sure. But you do realise that we don't use dollars in the UK don't you?
SerenityNoww 11 months ago
@SerenityNoww I misspoke... miswrote. Ya got me. "Tax crumpets?"
edwdixon5 11 months ago
@edwdixon5 If all we gave the royal family was crumpets i wouldn't be so bothered.
I can't stand crumpets, I'm much more of a potato cake man.
SerenityNoww 11 months ago
@SerenityNoww Yeah, me too - with plenty of ketchup. I'm a Yank living in Ireland now, but never really took to Guinness and feel like scones are a joke somebody's playing with stale food. Peace.
edwdixon5 11 months ago
@SerenityNoww Unless one's a Canadian . . . or monarchist . . . or both.
MrMikailus 10 months ago
@SerenityNoww absolutely. In fact he is such a joke that people are seriously concerned that he may come close to bringing down the monarchy because people dislike him so much. A note to the maker of this video: we do have a monarchy, and it is truely antiquated, but they are in no way influential. Most british people would be surprised to hear anyone supposing that anyone in the monarchy has any real influence whatsoever.
mikeybaby101 10 months ago
@SerenityNoww Right.. and that's one point, but the other is also that SOME of what he author of this video is saying is true.. while some other things (like various alternative remedies or treatments) do have peer reviewed science behind them.. so it would be nice if all the information here was as accurate as he wants the talker's evidence to be.
xangolicious 6 months ago
@SerenityNoww The gay guy with the cover story wife, the son he bore out of duty and the ginger spawn of James Hewitt? Yeah he is not so influential.
Shiplodicus 4 months ago
you really have no idea how we think do you? no one in england takes the royal family serious, just look at the Duke of edinburgh, who is know as a rascist old pervert. While he is spreading harmful misinformation, he is not respected enough or listened to enough to be influential.
Khzar1 1 year ago
Tbh, i wouldn't be surprised if the government deliberately allowed certain drugs out. However, over-generalizing this can be harmful. For all the respect i have for Bill Maher, i think he tends to over-generalize, but it's undeniable they've made up a crapload of random ficticious diseases to keep a market they can exploit. Just check what happened with the swine flu thing...
hellhammerz666 1 year ago
Interesting list, I can't disagree with the fact that celebrities making claims without any evidence can be dangerous, however, I think it's important to question how research is being done in our institutions. In our current economy, profit takes on great importance and can affect the outcomes of studies - even in the health sector.
I think it's possible that many ''scientific'' results are taken for granted, when they can be dangerously biased if funded for the purpose of profit.
jolenaddy 1 year ago
when i saw oprah winfrey i yelled "DAMN STRAIGHT"
SuperTheguy1234 1 year ago
Ha - I'd have bet money that Oprah would top this list. To be fair, though, I'd guess that she's giving a broad platform to pseudo-science purely because that's what the screaming, eye-rolling, hysterical new-age quakers in her audience want. I'd guess that she's too smart to buy into a lot of what she peddles to the low-brows who made her a billionaire.
Sorry to see that Jenny McCarthy is such a flake. Chuck Norris, too.
colin5577 1 year ago
Larry King does this because the right wing is busy flooding the world with lies and deceit. Larry gives people with intelligence and fully functioning brain an equal soap box to tell the truth...
CowboyRonFilms 1 year ago
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i'd like to see a list of sources to these claims... not that i doubt everything you've said. i'm just wondering about the context of the stuff you said about bill maher ^^
BalthazzarCH 1 year ago
i'd like to see a list of sources to these claims... not that i doubt everything you've said. i'm just wondering about the context of the stuff you said about bill maher
BalthazzarCH 1 year ago
@BalthazzarCH watch?v=jsmOrIotebs&
aarsho 1 year ago
Chuck's not going to be king. William will take it instead. Oh, and something about the CIA and Diana :-P
blehblehbleh86 1 year ago
Why else would Oprah's main audience be retarded redneck america? Oh, sorry, the bible belt of America.
hevyAccel 1 year ago
where is glen beck on this list
bud23333 1 year ago
The biggest problem with Bill Maher's anti-medicinal claims is that they have a base to stand on. Yes, he generalizes and exaggerates the problem. Yes, Western Medicine is nigh-miraculous in its success. But, the Specifically American Pharmaceutical Industry is corrupt as every other major Industry in America at the CEO levels. What Bill doesn't get, however, is that Doctors prescribing still take the Hippocratic Oath. But it doesn't change the fact that Drugs are Advertised before fully tested.
DaDoctaBoom 1 year ago
@DaDoctaBoom Well said. To deny that is dishonest. I don't think he ever said to avoid modern alopathic medicine as a rule at all. And he may have said some silly things. This criticism seems way over the top, though.
shunyotube 1 year ago
Bill Maher is the biggest moron to ever get a TV show since Chevy Chase's failed late nite show lol
No wonder ABC fired that know-nothing CLOWN.
buffboynick 1 year ago
The charges against Bill Maher are too harsh. PETA aside, he is against big pharma, but for modern medicine. His support for modern medicine can be seen in his STRONG advocacy for national health care.
TitanFanCA 1 year ago 2
@TitanFanCA you really can't separate his PETA affiliation from his hatred of big pharma, animal testing anyone?
nnights87 1 year ago
Allright here. Conspiracy theorists said tha AH1N1 flu was almost harmless compared to the regular flu, and they also said the vaccine caused Guillain Barre syndrome among others. And they were... RIGHT. It's admitted it causes several problems, that's why half of Europe dropped it (Canada too, I think) and now there are like 5 million vaccines for the flu eating dust in some FEMA storage. THERE IS EVIDENCE OF HARMFUL VACCINES. Not all of them, but there is. And it's quite heavy.
LesPaul2006 1 year ago
@LesPaul2006 I don't think anyone is denying that there is some inherent danger of taking vaccines, but you have to weigh it against the danger of NOT taking the vaccine. Polio was almost eliminated because so many people were vaccinated against it. Now with the advent of anti-vaccine activists, polio is making a comeback and people are not prepared for it.
MonsterEnergyMan 1 year ago
@MonsterEnergyMan Sure, but in the face of the swine flu, I'd rather take the flu than spend my life in a wheelchair unable even to speak, like Stephen Hawking.
LesPaul2006 1 year ago
@LesPaul2006 Stephen Hawking has ALS. Are you trying to say he's in a wheelchair because he took a vaccine? If you are, you're a moron.
autumnsylver 1 year ago
@autumnsylver This is the Wikipedia article (with sources): 2009 flu pandemic vaccine. When you're there, ctrl+f your browser and type Guillain-Barre Syndrome. And, while you're there, check the very LARGE section of "Adverse events". And of course the vaccines are not the ONLY cause of ALS or brain eating syndromes, but they are one. .
LesPaul2006 1 year ago
@LesPaul2006 The Wikipedia page for Guillain-Barre Syndrome says: GBS may be a rare side-effect of influenza vaccines; a study of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) indicates that it is reported as an adverse event potentially associated with the vaccine at a rate of 1 per million vaccines (over the normal risk).
"May be" indicates that the connection is uncertain.
pirbird14 1 year ago
I love animals. But PETA are such extremists, so hateful for mankind.
LesPaul2006 1 year ago
wtf it froze at 40 seconds...-.-
regnirtstoll 1 year ago
@PrinceLoser66
3. It's not because something is labeled as a "conspiracy theory" that it is automatically wrong. There is A LOT of evidence that support the 9/11 and JFK assassination for example. And last I checked critical thinking is a good thing.
4. People don't follow each of the celebrities claims like it's the undeniable truth. Most people have critcal thinking and those who don't wouldn't of been any different if Oprah would of said that psychics don't exist
sirLEVITSKY 1 year ago
@PrinceLoser66
1. There have been a lot, and I mean A LOT of contraversy with pharmaceutical companies and vaccines over the years. So anyone who speaks ill of them is rightfuly entitled to do so
2. It's not because a person is religious, spiritual or believes in psychics and says so on television that they are corrupting people's minds. It's not like people only talk to a psychic when their child disappears, they call the police as well. So these believes have no effect on anything.
sirLEVITSKY 1 year ago
My best guest is that the person who uploaded that video is one of those arrogant atheists ^^
sirLEVITSKY 1 year ago
Fantastic! This is one of the coolest things ever. Stick it to these self absorbed, ego inflated douchebag celebrities who promote things that are corroding society. ANd double pox on the idiots who listen to them and do what they say.
jmballz 1 year ago
As I understood the speech in question, Maher was pointing out, that much of the medication people take nowadays ist, in fact either superfluous or even harmful. And that drug companies have a policy of preferably developing medication for making a disease manageable rather than curing it is an open secret. All medication has side effects and good diet and exercise will take care of many modern day health problems. As I recall itMaher never suggested dieting and exercise for cancer patients.
guitarsquiddy 1 year ago
@guitarsquiddy Absolutely agree 100%, this guy totally took Bills thoughts and comments out of context.
RectorCR 1 year ago
PETA stands up for those who do not have words to protect themselves from obese, abusive predators
cheyla38 1 year ago
This video is exagerating in some cases, which make all the true claims less credible.
MrWittiness 1 year ago
@MrWittiness Could you point out which cases?
fjoo 1 year ago
@MrWittiness "make all true claims less credible"...does that make sense to you? Credibility and what is fact are unrelated.
heroclix0rz 1 year ago
Bill's been treated unfairly. It's quite obvious that the health care industry in the US is focused on drugs rather than preventative care.
Nemesis000000 1 year ago
This video - or some adaptation of it - should make its way to mainstream media, whether TV, radio, newspaper, magazine, et cetera. It is so critical...
But then there would be libel lawsuits.
1RadicalOne 1 year ago
Larry King has often had James Randi in an open debate with psychics...Larry is how I first heard of Randi. He's helped me become a skeptic. But it's true most of those debates are not finished and he lets both of them hang on the hook without letting the debate move on in an open fashion. For example before several of the interviews ended, the time clock killed them before real progress was made and it just appeared as even handed bickering.
KronantheBarbarian 1 year ago
When "modern medicine" fails, and it does, you can respect on these reactions. And 1 question, evidence presented by who??
It's not that big leap to think that a big company that makes cancer treatments is not making as much money if they discover a treatment that can heal cancer.
I also agree not to take medical advice from comedians, radio (tv) talkshow hoasts. :)
radutrc1 1 year ago
Bill Maher is partially right. Drugs are bad for you. It IS better to let your immune system to handle the threat than letting the drugs do it. But it certainly is better to use drugs and live than to die denying them. It is the matter of balance.As all things in the world.
Helltamirre 1 year ago
Jenny McCarthy is effectively a murderer.
procritic09 1 year ago 2
I'm no fan of PETA, but I don't know any pseudoscientific claims that they make.
Can someone fill me in?
binkey 1 year ago 9
@binkey They repeatedly claim that medical research on animals does not work, despite all the cures and treatments that have been discovered directly because of it. If it was up to PETA, about 90% of medical research would come to a halt.
CodaCola 1 year ago
@CodaCola
Sorry, but that isn't pseudoscience. The worst claim you can make is that the science is more unsettled than PETA lets on. But, considering that there are many studies out there that support PETA's argument, you can accuse the pharmaceutical industry of doing the same thing when they claim that they are effective.
binkey 1 year ago
@binkey I've never heard of any of these studies. Don't you think if PETA was really onto something with this claim, medical researchers would've abandoned animal testing long ago? All they can respond with to that fact is accusations of conspiracy that don't even make any sense.
CodaCola 1 year ago
@CodaCola
I'm not saying PETA is right, but rather that there are scientific studies to support their argument. They may be exaggerating their claims, but those claims are based on real science, not pseudoscience.
92% of drugs successfully tested on animals, fail in human trials according to a 2004 article published by the FDA. This is one stat I found fairly quickly online. Makes one wonder how many drugs rejected after animal test would have worked on humans.
binkey 1 year ago
@binkey I couldn't find this report you're talking about. Could you send a link?
CodaCola 1 year ago
Prince Charles is NOT the most influential man in Britain! In my opinion he's not even in the top 100. His veiws are wacko though, I agree! Come to think of it I quite like my 'heirs to the thrown' mad as hatters!
FSMnoodle 1 year ago
3:32 you can tell shes a dumbass just by looking at her.
MrZuesThunder 1 year ago
oprah is not the world's wealthiest woman. if you're going to be critical of pseudoscience, you should be factually accurate about it.
ARanieriLA 1 year ago
Bill Maher might be off the deep end, but there is a nugget of astute social criticism in there. Many drug companies have deals with hospitals that require doctors to push certain brand drugs that aren't required to be that much more effective than placebo. The emphasis in health, at least in America, is on overmedication. Medication is necessary in many cases, but it won't be as effective overall when drug companies stand to make a profit.
chuckinator0 1 year ago
In Brian Dunnings newest Skeptoid podcast, he issued some corrections for past mistakes. One of which was about Larry King asking some people tough questions. He said something along the lines of, he thinks now that he was wrong on that, and that Larry has not asked a tough question in decades to anyone.
funkyalexjones 1 year ago
Your anti-monarchy remarks are disgusting. Have more respect, you rebel heathen colonialist.
TheAntiNICE 1 year ago
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fiftyfive 1 year ago
Bill Maher? He has to work hard (in my eyes) to discredit his brave contribution to exposure of BS
And Oprah.. I doubt she herself believes in BS and even if she lets it slide, she does not deserve the #1 spot.
Matismatt 1 year ago
Excellent video, as a proud Englishman living in London, many thanks for the comment about advanced nation stuff blah blah same to you my friend across the pond.
However it should be said that the Prince is not influential in the UK. Sure people know what he and William and Harry etc are up to but they're more like celebrities, not 'real'. They have no influence on Government here unlike what some foreigners believe, they are merely symbolic. Herbal medicine is also not available on the NHS.
MrLems87 1 year ago
I love Bill Maher, but a lot of times he's just annoying
EnergizerBunny804 1 year ago
I think that Larry King could be giving the crackpots enough rope to hang themselves with. Sometimes all you have to do to discredit some people is to let them say whatever they want. And if you ask them the hard questions, they will stop the interview.
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
Holy shit I did not know that Bill Maher was even connected to PETA. WTF???
Crinderman 1 year ago
i'm glad jim carrey got away from that dumb bitch
sethmusic 1 year ago
If people take McCarthy's advice about vaccinations they deserve to be naturally selected out.
freethinker923 1 year ago
Everyone should see this video and give it some serious thought. Very interesting.
phlewis86 1 year ago
Couple of things;
Prince Charles is definitely not the most influential man in Britain.
MMR Vaccine has been clinically proven to be unrelated to Autism development.
Massive pharmaceutical companies have a demand and supply infastructure just like any other. Noone disputes the efficacy of antibiotics to treat inflamations etc., yet many Psychiatric medicines seem to be approved with little testing.
I reason that Pharmaceutical companies can be just as dingenious as Haliburton.
Bidds12 1 year ago 2
To be fair to Bill Maher, big pharma does conspire to sell you more and more drugs you don't really need. Blanket flu vaccines for healthy adults are just not necessary. That said, it's idiotic to say vaccines are evil period.
Don't get me wrong I like Bill, but he does tend to generalize a lot.
Also fuck Jenny McCarthy.. What a moron, why would anyone listen to her?
megamarsvin 1 year ago 7
@megamarsvin Of course pharmaceutical companies want to sell as many drugs as they can, but physicians, epidemiologists, and other researchers won't recommend a drug or therapy unless is has been shown to be effective through scientific evidence. As for flu vaccines, healthy adults probably should take flu vaccines. The herd immunity created by this helps prevent the immunocompromised from contracting the flu. The vaccines are extremely low risk and thousands of lives could be saved.
CambridgeHeights 1 year ago
@CambridgeHeights You're obviously right about the researchers but they don't usually run the companies advertising and selling these "products". The vaccines are one thing (although I've read studies that indicate the young and elderly benefit minimally from these efforts) but what about the psychofarma industry of the now trendy but pointless full body scans?
There's no massive global conspiracy but we do have to be vigilant because people will sell you snake oil if they can get away with it.
megamarsvin 1 year ago
@megamarsvin
This is why we give flu vaccines to healthy adults. We also give flu vaccines for our doctors because we don't want getting sick and/or spreading the flu.
XxRadicalOnexX 10 months ago
@XxRadicalOnexX Doctors who handle sick people day in day out are obviously a risk factor. In my country we've never done blanket vaccines when it comes to the flu and we've never had flu epidemics or excessive child death due to flu. I've never seen any evidence that blanket vaccines are more effective, I have seen evidence that it's potentially harmful.
I'd like to see if it is still being pushed this way if we took away the profit motive.
(anyone thinking I'm against all vaccines, read up.)
megamarsvin 10 months ago
c'mon....Bill Maher is more harmful than Ben Stein? When he makes comments about vaccines and drug usage in the US, hes really just talking showing his ignorance about the subject. Not promoting pseudosicence. Most of the bits he has on his show are for a laugh.
Ben Stein should have been #1 in my opinion. He promotes the real pseudoscience (intelligent design). People like Ben Stein are the MOST harmful because they not only promote bad science but stupidity and intolerance as well.
Anasurimbor9 1 year ago
AS a British citizen i can confirm that Prince Charles is completely retarded..
He constantly writes to the government regarding his idiotic ideas , fortunately most government officials Ignore him , dumping his letters straight in the trash ,where they belong...
clemzzz 1 year ago
Doesn't matter if the people listed do good alongwith the bad, beacuse they are still doing the bad. I could be the top philanthropist in the world, but can also be the biggest killer of puppies. One does not negate the other.
DaManCallahan 1 year ago
I was crying when I heard Bill Maher's rant on flu shots....he went from hardened skeptic to conspiracy believing weirdo in a matter of minutes....
And fuck Jenny McCarthy, while I'm at it.
Stuartsaves 1 year ago
Will they ever realize the folly of their ways, what will they do then?
Shalek 1 year ago
Maybe "top ten" isn't the most appropriate title for this video, after all, most of these individuals do far more good than they do harm. The criticism may indeed be justified, but i notice Glenn Beck, Bill Orielly, and Ann Coulter aren't on the list... hmmm... aside from spewing endless hours of lies and false claims, what good do they do? Perhaps a revised Top Ten is in order.
VenomOXP 1 year ago 2
@VenomOXP ann coulter got her own episode lol
kapwns 1 year ago
MMMMMMMMMMMM I SMELL BULLSHIT
noshbag 1 year ago
Do everything the opposite of what this guys says.
h204lyf 1 year ago
Bill Maher is a Genious and a great hearted guy.
h204lyf 1 year ago
Indigo child, LOL.
Heathenfidel 1 year ago
Bill Maher has promoted way more positive ideas than harmful ideas.
4everkeim 1 year ago
@4everkeim being a rationalist is not like playing baseball. no matter how many hits he makes, one strike is cause for concern. Bill said it himself "you are either a rationalist or your not". If he fancies himself as one who respects science and reason, he needs to do so in all contexts.
drabarne 1 year ago
@drabarne I'm just saying I don't think he deserves to be in this video.
4everkeim 1 year ago
As a Briton, I feel the need to say Prince Charles is not only not the 'most influential man in the United Kingdom', he is in fact widely ridiculed for his pseudoscientific beliefs.
pixxispad 1 year ago
WTF, My respect for Bill Maher just plummeted.
AGrandt 1 year ago 38
@AGrandt I don't blame you, but i knew this about Maher and I still like him and watch his show but, that doesn't mean I agree with him always especially on these issues.
DarkPhoenixSaga 1 year ago
@AGrandt "Skeptoid" has utilized a common misrepresentative pseudo-intellectual tactic we like to call" taking statements out of context". Bill Mahers comments were actually directed at how kids are now being given Ritalin and anti-psychotic drugs for "diseases" that don't actually exist: ADD, ADHD stc. These are disorders fabricated by psychiatrists to pin a label on rambunctious kids who are just being themselves. And in steps the pharmaceutical companies only to happy to medicate, for a fee.
eurisko67 1 year ago
@eurisko67 Thanks, I'll have to have a look at that. but I do agree at one point, too much R&D are being done in developing medicines for conditions, not diseases, as there are more money to be had in medicating millions, and not the thousands that really do need the help.
AGrandt 1 year ago
@AGrandt Starts at about 4:27
watch?v=OXVFmqyains
eurisko67 1 year ago
@AGrandt He is not perfect. So what? Only perfect man was George Carlin :)
Helltamirre 1 year ago
@AGrandt don't take his word for anything just THINK for yourself. he's just a comedian...
rolandvg74 1 year ago
@AGrandt well don't be too harsh about him most of what he says is true he just makes some mistakes sometimes
he's just human u kno
0altaer0 1 year ago
@0altaer0 You have a point, though of all the wrongs he could make.... :)
AGrandt 1 year ago
@AGrandt All your respect to any mainstream media cook should plummet. They're all carefuly chosen with one purpoes: TO DUMB YOU DOWN. And that's no pseudoscience, is simple observation.
LesPaul2006 1 year ago
@AGrandt My respect for Bill Maher plummeted about 10 years ago when I heard him blame all of society's problems on women and the feminization of America.
autumnsylver 1 year ago
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@autumnsylver Let me guess, he never did that, but you are saying he did.
shunyotube 1 year ago
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shunyotube 1 year ago
This is ridiculous.
HolyCity2012 1 year ago
FUCK OPRAH!!!!!!!!!
darthsasuke554 2 years ago 3
wow i didn't know Jenny had a degree in medicine?
pringlewrangler 2 years ago
@pringlewrangler.... Got it from the same building where she got her tits ;)
Fromanttodugong 1 year ago 3
I was with you right up until you said Larry King asked tough questions to heads of state. Don't believe I've ever seen that
FistInTheAir420 2 years ago 25
Great vid, but...
... scientific research _has_ shown that acupuncture does have some effects - but the reason is practically unknown. Doctors in Denmark offers this to pregnant women that suffer from nausea, and it works in most of the cases.
sveegaard 2 years ago 4
the reason is known perfectly well... the placebo effect
Sexymike86 2 years ago
@Sexymike86
uhm, no...that's the problem
sveegaard 1 year ago
Prince Charles 'the most influential man in the united kingdom'? Sorry, I think not. This man is riduculed by the majority of Brits and has near no influence at all. There's no need to hype up Prince Charles' idiocy, he does a good enough job himself!
FSMnoodle 2 years ago 3
So What I Learned From This Was If you're A Celebrity You're Not Allowed To Have An Opinion?
myHPonFire 2 years ago