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🗓️ 28 October 2008
⏱️ 16 minutes
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A critical look at the pseudoscientific antics of some of today's celebrities.
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0:00.0 | We're always telling celebrities to, quote, stay in their lane, whether they're an actor, |
0:09.1 | musician, whatever, stop making social commentaries, stop making science claims. |
0:15.1 | Well, don't they have as much right to express themselves as anyone else? |
0:19.3 | Sure they do, but things get murkier when a celebrity uses a powerful megaphone to promote |
0:25.4 | harmful misinformation. |
0:28.0 | Today, we're going to have a look at the 10 worst offenders. |
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1:27.9 | The 10 most wanted celebrities who promote harmful pseudoscience. |
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