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Dara O'Briain sets the record straight about the public understanding of science.

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daftcunt : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

daftcunt

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89 days 23 hours ago...

Here I have a little chicken and egg for you: "herbal medicine that worked became medicine" Was he inspired by "storm" from Tim Minchin or vice versa?

Any suggestions?

sato : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

sato

21 votes NegativePositive

89 days 23 hours ago...

fucking A, 5/5

DoctorRandomercam : LVL 41: VP 4.9: said:

DoctorRandomercam

15 votes NegativePositive

89 days 14 hours ago...

daftcunt ^^ Some jokes are just obvious. In fact they`re funny because they`re obvious. Calling thief in the standup community is like calling pedophile in Santa`s Grotto. You just watch it.

blkazn4 : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

blkazn4

44 votes NegativePositive

89 days 3 hours ago...

"Science knows it doesn`t know everything. Otherwise it would stop"

oreniishi : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

oreniishi

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89 days 2 hours ago...

To my understanding - medicine companies only make stuff that they can patent. It is also not possible to patent anything that grows naturally. Therefore all the `natural remedies` are not so easy to come by (and indeed explains the law set against marijuana - it being the most versatile medicine in the world. Who paid for the lobbyists to make that law - pharmaceutical companies amongst others who stood to make alot through it`s inhibition). Therefore his joke is flawed..

Wonfis : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Wonfis

6 votes NegativePositive

89 days 1 hour ago...

^ Well, now that you`ve deconstructed it, we won`t find it funny any more...

Also, almost every drug is sourced from natural plants - they`re just processed to be more effective, which allows the patent.

igba : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

igba

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89 days ago...

Yeah, this guy is kind of funny but I wouldn`t take any health advice from him...just look at him. Sure, you can take diet pills and eat McDonalds everyday but you won`t feel as good as you would with real food and exercise.

I have to agree with oreniishi on this one. I`ve had stomach problems for years and the best thing for it wasn`t some prescription bottle that my doctor gave me- it was ginger capsules and activated charcoal pills.

For my sleeping problems I used to take Lunesta until I basically got addicted an was nauseated due to withdrawal. Now I take melatonin- which is both a natural hormone AND clinically proven to work.

Sometimes doctors aren`t right. Ever seen Sicko?

MANWHORE : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

MANWHORE

-7 votes NegativePositive

89 days ago...

OK this is good for a laugh, but dont take it as gosphel.

I have been dealing with people from cancer to flu I have learn`t 3 simple things(the 3) to personal health is based on 3 simple things, genetics, diet & lifestyle =(work, rest & play). You cannot cure any problem with a pill, you can only cover it up. To fix any health problem you have to tackle the 3,(genetics ATM you are fucked) but fixing the other 2 I have seen it cure anything from diabetes to cancer. I have regularly seen people given days to live cured, some people will attack me for this statement, but its true, there is alot of information out there open your mind and eyes, but dont be guilable, do some research and politely request some evidence from the final source and make an informed decision.

Or go and rely on the stockmarket drug companies for your health and suffer the consequnesnes if your cure is not profitable!, not that they offer cures, they only offer symptom relief!!! big difference, cures only come from treating the 3. I love people and I wish you and your family the best of health!

g_len89 : LVL 17: VP 2.6: said:

g_len89

2 votes NegativePositive

88 days 16 hours ago...

^ Show me an example of diet and lifestyle "curing" cancer please, Mr. Evidence.

5/5 for the vid, where can I find more?

Macdaddy : LVL 55: VP 5: said:

Macdaddy

-2 votes NegativePositive

88 days 13 hours ago...

@ g_len89

The Gerson therapy introduced by Charollete Gerson and Morton Walker DPM. They have a ranch/live in house for cancer patients that helps people become cancer free by lifestyle, detox and eating habits. They have been around a long time and have cured many people, several that I know personally. I believe their website is gersoninstitute.org

I don`t believe in all holistic medicines. i do believe most is garbage and people making a quick buck, but I do believe that cancer happens mostly because of lifestyles, toxins that we eat and certain areas of the country where we live. Just my opinion

igba : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

igba

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88 days 13 hours ago...

^Wow, way to be ignorant. There isn`t a cure for cancer yet on either side. But there have been studies that link genetically modified foods to cancer.

Riddle me this, why wasn`t cancer a leading killer 100 years ago?

take this and shove it:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_there_more_cancer_today_than_hundred_ye
ars_ago

piloteer81 : LVL 14: VP 2.3: said:

piloteer81

1 votes NegativePositive

88 days 13 hours ago...

That`s the most rediculous wiki answer I`ve ever heard. Of course there are more people diagnosed with cancer today than 100 years ago because back then we were 100 times less able to diagnose it!

How the hell do you diagnose a brain tumor back then?
Exlplorative surgery would probably result in death not to mention the symptoms for most types of cancer aren`t unlike headaches or stomach pains. even post mortems were rarely as thorough as they are today, especially amongst poorer people.

With every new scanning technique following technological advances comes a wave of new cases - it does not mean there are pandemics. Its simply that the human race is more able to diagnose the illness.

Granted there will have been an increase in cancer cases due to lifestyle changes like food etc but many many cancers are genetically handed down generations, breast cancer and stomach cancer being commonly transferred in this way. They have nothing to do with lifestyle changes.

Take that and shove it

Nose Nuggets : LVL 14: VP 2.3: said:

Nose Nuggets

-2 votes NegativePositive

88 days 12 hours ago...

i like this guy.

Glitchen : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

Glitchen

-4 votes NegativePositive

88 days 12 hours ago...

Why wasn`t cancer a leading killer 100 years ago? Odds were a flu or disease would get you first. Our bodies weren`t exactly built to last to 70 years old. Now that is lower than the average.

Also I call BS on your genetically modified food. You have to prove that there are genes (added or removed) in foods that cause cancer.

igba : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

igba

1 votes NegativePositive

88 days 12 hours ago...

Look, I didn`t mean to get confrontational with the whole "take that" shit, but I`ve had personal problems with doctors misdiagnosing me and I`ve written a paper on how genetically modified foods, experimental medication, and the like have been PROVEN to cause cancerous cells. It`s a fact that artificial sweeteners like saccharin and high fructose corn syrup and taste additives like MSG didn`t exist 100 years ago.

Not only that but the beef that is found in fast food restaurants is absolute garbage. Did you know that cows fed with gmo-corn MUST be killed at the 6th month of their lives because by the 7th they`d die from ulcers in their body from the gmo-corn? And that`s the same beef found in every fastfood restaurant.

If you have time, I`m begging you to watch this: http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/the_future_of_food/ It`ll blow your mind I promise.

I always liked SpikedHumor because they`re an alternative to the mainstream, but videos like this really piss me off. The truth is that there are just too many people in America taking pills and eating garbage who laugh at others who don`t do the same- then complaining about health problems.

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