Penn & Teller Bullshit! Season 1, Episode 2 :Alternative Medicine (1/3)

February 10, 2010


Penn & Teller doin what they do best: exposing bullshit

E Smoking in the pub

 

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25 Responses to “Penn & Teller Bullshit! Season 1, Episode 2 :Alternative Medicine (1/3)”

  1. mycrimsonregrets on February 10th, 2010 2:26 pm

    i believe a full body massage helps when you are tense, stressed or feel sore. it is because it is enjoyable and does actually help with short term circulation as well as re leaving soreness in muscles. also some supplements alleviate deficiencies that you might not be getting in your normal diet which usually help you feel better. but otherwise, that magnet crap and similar remedies are garbage.

  2. jamesdouglastx on February 10th, 2010 3:22 pm

    you want less stress? go smoke a Joint. if after a while the stress comes back … then smoke 2 joints. if after that the stress comes back, c’est la vie. welcome to life ya whiny little bitch.

  3. Caralast on February 10th, 2010 4:06 pm

    magnet guy couldn’t actually explain what a magnet is….FAIL

  4. TrueMetis on February 10th, 2010 4:53 pm

    Well that not true at all, but your welcome to keep your delusions. :-P

  5. 2ruthfox82 on February 10th, 2010 5:39 pm

    i figured, thats what you meant, your also right about canada’s UHC, well unless you have a serious emergancy, and have to wait 3 months for somethin that kills you in 2 weeks… and yes i know my grammer and spelling is horrible, “public education” = )

  6. TrueMetis on February 10th, 2010 6:25 pm

    That should read pathetic.

  7. TrueMetis on February 10th, 2010 7:16 pm

    The “reform” america is going through is fairly patheric. I’ll stick to Canada’s UHC.

  8. 2ruthfox82 on February 10th, 2010 8:09 pm

    i dont worry either, we are all entitled to our opinion, i think you mean the healthcare system we had, wait till people find out how good the new super goverment healthcare reform is… not

  9. TrueMetis on February 10th, 2010 8:23 pm

    The ironic thing there is Healthcare is the one thing governments are proven to be able to handle well. Guess it’s your choice then. Me I’d rather not have to worry about that type of thing.

  10. 2ruthfox82 on February 10th, 2010 9:01 pm

    most would be, but not me, as far as im concerned almost everything the government gets involved in it screws up

  11. TrueMetis on February 10th, 2010 9:52 pm

    Except swine flu is a near perfect example of the government reacting properly to the possibility of a serious desease. Remember hindsight is 20/20 had the government done less you would be bitching about how little they did instead of what they did being pointless.

  12. 2ruthfox82 on February 10th, 2010 10:06 pm

    ok well for one, i will all but guarentee that their are more BULLSHIT doctors, not to mention, all the other scames like swine flu, hype all for money, all while real people suffer from bad vaccines, but i will agree that theirs more than enough BULLSHIT to go around

  13. tlo65 on February 10th, 2010 10:57 pm

    no. theres more BULLSHIT Chiropractors than Doctors

  14. 2ruthfox82 on February 10th, 2010 11:12 pm

    isnt big pharma, and some crooked doctors, guilty of the same “bullshit” or worse ?

  15. RivaJane on February 11th, 2010 12:10 am

    BAHAHAHA anyone else catch the “lymes disease” pun? teeheehee

  16. caledfwlch on February 11th, 2010 12:59 am

    my god. i would be more inclined to go to a chinese foot reflexologist than a white bloke. or a indian yogi rather than a white hippy for that matter.

  17. Quasiguambo on February 11th, 2010 1:57 am

    lol aids

  18. NJburbsSeeker on February 11th, 2010 2:13 am

    If any of this stuff worked mainstream medicine would be doing it…and selling it to you for a small fortune.

  19. WolfVisser1 on February 11th, 2010 2:21 am

    I still see lots of people at the chinese Reflexolgy doctor in the mall. Even though the doctor really sells relaxing massages I still do it.

  20. MoonHoplite on February 11th, 2010 3:00 am

    I thought that most iron is a paramagnet. But a ferromagnet will attract the paramagnet?

    You are trying to saw that Fe(o) has paramagnetic properties, yet Fe(II) has ferromagnetic properties? I forgot, sorry, please remind me.

    I thought magnets usually work by the domains in it, where electrons orbit due to holes/gaps and opposite attractions.

  21. SabbathForLife on February 11th, 2010 3:27 am

    LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!! ” Anti-stress to the heart ” sure sure… ofc.

  22. SKIE1976 on February 11th, 2010 3:48 am

    hahaha u got me exited about taking chemistry thanks

  23. ChiefHoot on February 11th, 2010 3:54 am

    You know, I never considered it quite like that, but an MRI machine doesn’t effect the iron in black tattoo ink (re: MythBusters) either.

    I am quite convinced that the iron in hemoglobin is non-magnetic though. I’m learning something new each day.

  24. andyt2k on February 11th, 2010 4:23 am

    Go take an MRI it’s a big super magnet and if you have a pin in you it would rip it out of you, but you dont feel anything because of your blood

  25. ffxme on February 11th, 2010 4:36 am

    You’re welcome, always happy to educate people so they don’t get scammed by false science.

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