Comments on: Hey, the stupid really DOES burn

By: Samuel

Samuel — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:11:14 +0000

No matter what your take is on ear candling, you have to check out this video. A parody on jessica simspon’s ear candling video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjCLoaqxIOU

By: Jose the Paranormal Skeptic

Jose the Paranormal Skeptic — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:31:24 +0000

Thanks again skepticdead. Your ignorance is astounding. 98% of the population isn’t an argument for anything. The majority of people love Top 40 music and that doesn’t qualify it as anything worth listening to.

Where did you get the figure of 98%? Fortune cookie?

Douche

By: Jose the Paranormal Sleptic

Jose the Paranormal Sleptic — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:38:58 +0000

Pffft…and they say brain farts aren’t flammable.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:04:41 +0000

Now that's just classic comedy. Anytime anyone says "this is a bad idea," but then does it anyway... only to find out that its a REALLY bad idea! That's some oldschool F-troop shit right there!

By: Max

Max — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:06:07 +0000

I’m pretty sure it’s satire, since it links to the above video, quotes Oprah, and doesn’t provide contact or order info.

Anyway, a guy goes to the doctor and says,
“Doctor, I swallowed all the suppositories you prescribed, but they didn’t help.”
The doctor recoils in disbelief, “You took them by mouth?!”
“Where else would I take them, up my ass?”

By: Jose the Paranormal Skeptic

Jose the Paranormal Skeptic — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:38:46 +0000

I’m surprised she didn’t confuse the ear candle with a firecracker.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:30:29 +0000

Thanks for letting me clarify. I just don’t like to see skeptics use the same kinds of arguments as the quacks, because the public may see it as a double-standard and think that we side with science just because of bias.

For example, both conventional and alternative medicine can be unpleasant, and sure, we should point out alt-med examples in case anyone thinks otherwise, but stress that the real difference is that conventional medicine is proven to be effective while alt-med is not.

By: Miles R.

Miles R. — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:34:08 +0000

I could not watch much of the video: I found it distressing. When I saw that you had a link to a site called “buttcandle.com,” I followed it in expectation of some hilarious satire. Alas, it was no satire at all.

By: tmac57

tmac57 — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:52:07 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, Max. Of course I realized from the context that you were not defending ear candling, however if the context were read as ” I don’t believe in that nonsense, but these other 3 things have bad side effects, and the are also nonsense” (implied, as alt-med advocates are wont to do) then thats what would make the Tu Quoque fallacy.
I actually didn’t think that you were making the fallacy, thats why I was careful to phrase it as “it sounds like…”

By: rob

rob — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:42:47 +0000

i love the buttcandel site especially the read the referenced medical literature bit, i can’t see any references apart from an endorsement by americas favourite woo practitioner oprah