Here’s a fun drinking game.
Watch this video of some homeopathic woo-merchant talking about mass-energy equivalence…
…and knock back a shot every time you involuntarily frown in bemusement and think: “What the hell are you talking about?”
It’s like she’s taken a book on general relativity for six-year-olds, mostly just looked at the pictures, then spent an hour banging her head against a wall so that the few sensible scientific ideas she learnt got all jumbled up in her brain with everything crazy that was already in there.
When she’s not getting something completely wrong, it’s generally because what she’s saying literally doesn’t mean anything.
Oh good god, I just got to “Stephen Hawkings gave us the string theory”. And it’s getting worse.
I… Okay, is this a stealth stand-up comedy show? This is genuinely worth watching all the way through. Maybe put down any sharp things first, but… wow.
Hat-tip to PZ.
Jesus, now she’s moved on to throwing a home-made explosive device at her neighbour’s house. And it’s an analogy for how homeopathy works. I am not making this up. I love this crazy bitch.
(Hey, I went a whole blog post without bringing up the latest #singhbca gossip. Aw, dammit.)
Edit 28/10/09: As in so many areas of awesomeness, Steve Novella surpasses me by far.
I’m at 2 minutes 30, and I’m already ready to quit the earth, tell the aliens there’s no hope for the human race and that they can build their hyperspace bypass.
Don’t bother with the shot glasses. I spent the whole video thinking that. Just hand me the fifth and I’ll chug the damn thing.