Skeptoid #400: It's Just Science

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2014

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Some pseudoscience promoters attack the messenger rather than the evidence.

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0:00.0	It's another 50th episode of Skeptoid, and long-time listeners know what that means.
0:08.6	It's a musical episode.
0:10.9	Today we're looking at the theme of blaming scientists, or even lowly science communicators
0:15.3	like me, for inconvenient facts, but hey, don't blame us, blame science.
0:22.7	And you can do so right now on Skeptoid.
0:30.0	You're listening to Skeptoid.
0:31.5	I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.
0:34.8	It's just science.
0:37.2	As a science writer, I'm often confronted by proponents of a particular belief or claim.
0:42.2	Sometimes they want to have a rational debate centering on the quality of evidence.
0:46.3	Other times, they just want to fight.
0:48.9	In the worst cases, they won't address the issue at all, but rather just attack me,
0:52.9	or the science community in general.
0:55.2	So I really have to say, it's not us.
0:58.1	It's just science.
1:28.1	The cheaters are going to start a new attack and we've got your back.
1:31.2	Break up their alliance.
1:32.2	It's not us.
1:33.2	It's just science.
1:38.7	Now your phone shots and footage of an alien.
1:41.0	He says it's real.
1:42.0	We say you better look again.
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