Biomedical Scientist Answers Pseudoscience Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

Biomedical scientist Dr. Andrea Love answers your questions about pseudosciences and false health claims from Twitter. What red flags should you look out for when gauging trust in health influencers? How harmful are cell phone towers to our health? Are organic foods actually free from pesticides? Answers to these questions and many more await—it's Pseudoscience Support.


Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Constantine Economides
Editor: Richard Trammell; Alex Mechanik
Expert: Dr. Andrea Love
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Christopher Eustache
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Sonia Butt
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Jason Malizia, JC Scruggs
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds

00:00 Pseudoscience Support
00:11 What is pseudoscience?
00:36 Flat Tummy Tea
01:17 Chiropractors
02:19 Anti-Science
03:07 Autism and Vaccines
04:30 GMOs
05:25 Health Influencers
06:31 Homeopathic Medicine
08:26 5G
10:00 Organic Foods
11:20 Cleanses and Detoxes
11:52 Lyme Disease
13:22 Non-Fluoridated Toothpaste
14:34 Gluten-Free
15:56 Reliable Study
17:47 Artificial Sweeteners
18:53 Supplements
20:13 Crystals
21:00 Fasting


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[engruls]

I WISH this woman would sit down and give my entire family a lesson on reality.

[NineAtoms]

The people who need to watch this probably won't.

[jjbizzare]

"It is easier to fool people, than to convince them that they've been fooled" and this woman breaks this down beautifully

[flvffcinna]

Please bring this woman back. She explains so clearly and well. Honestly, I could watch her debunking myths for an hour.

[riffhammeron]

You can tell your health influencer is full of it because they call themselves a health influencer

[catman]

the biggest problem with social media and misinformation is that you can convince someone of misinformation in 60 seconds, but it would probably take you 5-10 minutes to explain why that information is incorrect

[leonlowenstadter]

Homepathic is like throwing your car keys in a river and then trying to start your car with a bucket of its water.

[yommish]

Just seeing a video like this feels like an oasis for my sense of sanity. Anti-intellectualism seems so pervasive nowadays. It’s like people refuse to acknowledge what science actually is or the value of scientific studies and research.

[britney]

"If you have organs, you're already detoxing all day every day." Well said.

[CleroxApathy]

Imagine the amount of frowning you must go through as a biomedical scientist, surrounded by family, friends and the internet spreading myths for decades, which you try debunking on a regular basis.
My sincerest thanks to all actual scientists (like her) who are not giving up on educating the general public. This has been one of the most crucial videos I have seen on Youtube in the past years.

[kieranmahoney]

Finally someone talking about chiropractic adjustment not being supported by research. I see them on my feed everywhere and they act like they can fix anything

[WesternGolfAlliance]

I have a friend who is a chiropractor. His degree process: 1) Take 2 years of undergrad as a biology major. 2) Take 2 years at "chiropractic college" where he learned how to make backs crack and give deep tissue massages. 3) Intern in the school-owned clinics where he had to generate $2m of new business through his own sales efforts ... and once he had, he received his degree.

[patriciaa]

Anyone who uses the term “detox” to sell you a product or supplement: immediate red flag

[jonathanfoster]

BRING THIS WOMAN BACK!!
We need this to be an ongoing series debunking all the health related misinformation and disinformation online, this could be a game changer

[matchakii]

she's so straightforward and clear in her explanations!! could watch her talk about this for an hour

[DrScott-ir]

Organic farming was never about making produce more nutritious, but to lessen the environmental impacts of “traditional” farming. But of course, we have to make it all about us, so over time the original intent has been forgotten. Now it’s mostly just marketing.

[Min-Taro]

Whoever asked about radio frequency radiation probably doesnt know that we are exposed to ultraviolet radiation when we go out in the sun💀

[Uncle_T]

"Health influencer" is actually a nowadays common misspelling of "charlatan", and some claim also "snake oil sales person".

[mdu]

This is the freshest of breaths on the internet I think I have ever witnessed! So pleased to see so many myths and false claims debunked in one video. Bravo! (UK based Medical Doctor)

[CodeNameX]

My "favorite" fallacy that influencers and pseudoscientists use is when they start a pitch with, "I'm a but I'm also a Mom..."

It's like they're trying to appeal to authority, while also affirm the parental viewer's authority.