{"id":3126,"date":"2009-12-22T16:59:02","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T16:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/hey-the-stupid-really-does-burn-bad-astronomy\/"},"modified":"2009-12-22T16:59:02","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T16:59:02","slug":"hey-the-stupid-really-does-burn-bad-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/hey-the-stupid-really-does-burn-bad-astronomy.php","title":{"rendered":"Hey, the stupid really DOES burn | Bad Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

So there’s a video<\/a> of actress Jessica Simpson which is burning up (hahahahahahaha!) the internet right now. Her friend gave her an ear candle<\/a> for Christmas, and she’s using it in the video:<\/p>

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I love this video, for a lot of reasons. First, as should be obvious to anyone who prefers not to set their head on fire, ear candling is dangerous and ineffective<\/a>. Unless you’re trying to set your head on fire. Then it’s very<\/em> effective.<\/p>

Second, Ms. Simpson clearly thinks this is a bad idea as well. She titled the video \"Who gives this kind of candle for a christmas gift?\", and her reactions to it in the video is pretty clear. I love how one purported benefit of ear candling is relief of vertigo, but Ms. Simpson complains of nausea constantly in the video.<\/p>

Third, and related to the second, the video shows how painful and awful this procedure is. It may set antiscience \"alternative medicine\" back a thousand years. Which is where alt-med is anyway. So I guess that’s a wash. <\/p>

Fourth, it makes me wonder if anyone has sent Ms. Simpson to this website<\/a>. I’ll refrain from commenting on any potential video of that<\/em>.<\/p>

Fifth and finally, it gives me a chance once again to use this drawing, which has been lonely lately:<\/p>

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