Penn & Teller Bullshit! Season 1, Episode 2 :Alternative Medicine (1/3)

Penn & Teller doin what they do best: exposing bullshit

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[iaiaua]

2000 B.C.E.: "Here, eat this root";

1000 C.E.: "That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer";

1850 C.E.: "That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion";

1940 C.E.: "That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill";

1985 C.E.: "That pill is ineffective. Here, take this antibiotic"; and

2000 C.E......: "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root."

[codyownz2]

Fucking magnets, how do they work?

[DKukiewicz]

@Raezeman thanks anyway, i've looked it enough to understand some of these comments, i think...

[Raezeman]

@DKukiewicz , but certainly through a youtube comment box i won't be able to explain much. google search could help you with basics, but the actual materialistic properties of magnets and how virtual particles create interaction between field and material is something you need a phd professor for.

[Raezeman]

@DKukiewicz i have had some courses in electromagnetism and nuclear physics, more than enough to spot a self-proclaiming expert that knows squat, maybe enough to explain some stuff if i had couple of hours, a blackboard with some chalk and some classmates to back me up. But i'm not an expert, and now i re-read my previous comment i see that i might have come over like with, for which apologies

[DKukiewicz]

@Raezeman You seem to know what you're talking about, can you explain to me (an idiot) what is in other peoples comments re magnets. Thanks.

[Raezeman]

@guineapiggyman well yes, moving electrons is the principle of magnetism, that's true. But moving some electrons through and around a piece of material is not gonna make a magnet, there is a lot more to it. The reason i had to speak out against his explanation is the fact that while he pretends to be an expert on magenets, all he knows about them is that they have something to do with moving electrons, and thus actually knows near to nothing.

[guineapiggyman]

feet are gross. that guy has a problem

[guineapiggyman]

i have a friend with AIDS, maybe you can straighten his spine and cure him !

[guineapiggyman]

@Raezeman well, i dont agree with him, but thats the prinicple of magnetism. r u really a physic student?

[JavyPR55]

That guy really just has a foot fetish.

[AkumaADemoncus]

@LamaPaj I had no intention on using common sense in place of logic. I am just trying to convey that common sense isn't completely adherently useless. When it comes to science, of course I'd choose the theory that has been scientifically proven by various tests using the scientific method instead of unproven scientific quackery made by master bullshit artists to prey on uninformed people.