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August 12, 2009

Standup comic Dara O'Briain on homeopathy

Brilliant stand up routine Dara O’Briain mocking pseudoscience, New Age thinking, and sloppy "balance" in science journalism:

Posted by Lindsay Beyerstein at 11:07:01 AM in Medicine , Video

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Actually, Dieticians are trained by propaganda from outfits like General Foods, ADM, etc. Nutritionists are Biology BS with graduate degrees in specialized nutritional science from places like Harvard, UCB, UCLA, etc.
O'Brian is misinformed as to the source of nutritional truth. True nutritionists are scientists, dieticians are meal planners from hell.

Posted by: John B Brown | August 12, 2009 at 09:59 PM

Always aware of his performance, the way he's expressing himself, and of his previous comedy work, it is quite typical for O'Briain to begin making fun of his own performance mid show; or occasionally to reference amusing events from previous shows. He will even compare his audiences for comic effect.

Posted by: anna_hok | August 13, 2009 at 07:21 AM

Nutritionists are Biology BS with graduate degrees in specialized nutritional science from places like Harvard, UCB, UCLA, etc.

Not in the UK they're not. Get in the fookin' sack.

Posted by: Dunc | August 13, 2009 at 12:16 PM

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