/oss/taxonomy/term/3408/all en /oss/article/covid-19-health-and-nutrition-pseudoscience/science-vs-joe-rogan <p>“Lot of times, we’re drinking or we’re high, you know, and I say stupid shit.” Coming from a teenager,<a href="https://youtu.be/PloZ-GB9tzA?t=256"> </a><a href="https://youtu.be/PloZ-GB9tzA?t=256">this statement</a> may invoke memories of your own adolescence. But carried by the voice of then-53-year-old Joe Rogan defending his off-the-cuff, on-the-air remarks about COVID vaccines in young adults, it reeks of arrested development.</p> Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8927 at /oss /oss/article/health-pseudoscience/frustrating-rorschach-test-netflixs-unwell <p>Much like the title’s parentheses which tease a bleaker angle without committing to it, Netflix’s latest health docuseries, <i>(Un)Well</i>, behaves like the infamous Rorschach ink blot test. I imagine that the viewer will get out of it what they bring to it because the show itself is so respectful of the culture of the wellness industry. It observes but never judges, and this impartial approach causes it to commit the sin of false balance.</p> Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:42:53 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8369 at /oss /oss/article/health-reviews/goop-lab-experiments-viewers-credulity <p>There is a lot of <em>schadenfreude</em> at the sight of Gwyneth Paltrow, high priestess of aspirational brand Goop, sadly eating a reconstituted soup that looks like it was partly digested and regurgitated by a mama bird. After years of Gwyneth encouraging women to torture their bodies in the name of the ever elusive (and delusional) detox, seeing her get a taste of her own pseudomedicine is joyful.</p> Fri, 24 Jan 2020 20:33:33 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8090 at /oss /oss/article/quackery/goop-men-putting-soul-patch-well-woo-brand <p>Gwyneth Paltrow’s commonwealth of aspirational feel-goodery is now reaching across the gender aisle with Goop Men. There’s the good, there’s the bad, and there’s the snugly, like this $28,900<a href="https://www.superiorfloattanks.com/shop-tanks"> flotation pod</a> Goop tells us is<a href="https://goop.com/men/best-new-tech-gadgets/"> “tech you need right now”</a>.</p> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 19:38:38 +0000 Jonathan Jarry, MSc 7792 at /oss /oss/article/health-videos-quackery/cracked-science-18-goop-medicine-show <p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" id="media-youtube-cv-gk-gyh70" width="640" height="390" title="The Goop Medicine Show (CS18)" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Cv-gK-gyH70?wmode=opaque&controls=&enablejsapi=1&modestbranding=1&playerapiid=media-youtube-cv-gk-gyh70&origin=https%3A//www.mcgill.ca&rel=0" name="The Goop Medicine Show (CS18)" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>Video of The Goop Medicine Show (CS18)</iframe> </div> </p> Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:26:51 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 7354 at /oss