Debunking Homemade Sunscreen & the famous Rice experiment | How To Cook That Ann Reardon

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[@HowToCookThat]

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[@chewbacca7189]

yes, lets!

[@alex.g7317]

My great great grandpa owned a slave plantation.

[@KyleOFlynn]

I just wanted to mention that blurred information in images can be reconstructed. It is better to cover it completely rather than blurring.

[@RangeGleasry]

Hiiiii I have a question about using a recording instead of voice and presence. I wonder whether all three we’re actually neglected as there was a lack of human presence/intention.

[@juliebaker6969]

Do you know what culture you used on your "bad rice" group? I'm wondering if maybe the type of culture had something to do with the results. For example, penicillin prevents other things from growing in the medium it's growing in. Maybe you accidentally inoculated the "bad rice" with something that was prohibiting other things from growing.

[@exicute6530]

"you're not even worth the container you're in" you're so funny ann 😭

[@HowToCookThat]

😂

[@chris582]

I'd be crying if I were that rice

[@Sweetwaterdream]

To be fair the container was probably worth more than the amount of rice in it xD

[@Jackassik]

It gave me such dominatix vibes from Ann that it make me laugh out loud :D

[@Edytha85]

That was brutal ​@@HowToCookThat

[@andrewsasala6841]

“I’ve got a surprise for Dave…” sixteen jars of moldy rice for a taste test was totally where I thought you were going

[@pokerusfreak8194]

I knew better, but its still funny to think about LOL

[@siretec]

That was terrifying

[@daftoptimist]

I was like “Noooo!”

[@Christine005]

As soon as she said that I yelled "Nooooo don't make him eat the rice!" 😂

[@AmyLSacks]

If he doesn't appear in the comments today, I guess we know why. 😬 🚑

[@James-gm9cs]

Experiment: Does saying nice things to rice make it "healthier"? Actual experiment: Does bacteria thrive on hate?

[@niinnss]

😂That’s an interesting perspective!

[@jaungiga]

Also, if you follow the author's conclusions but with your correct take on the experiment, the best thing you can do for your children is neglect them, followed by outright hate them. Perfect!

[@eightcoins4401]

Actual Kaiju movie plot

[@W4iteFlame]

We need someone who can talk on a bacterial language for that

[@Yenneffer]

The actual experiment was if you can get people to talk to rice.

[@ZsaZsaJae]

The rice insults and the rice compliments playing on repeat had me dying of laughter

[@beebo5256]

The rice experiment is pretty funny to me, because even if it had been true and a properly controlled experiment; last time I checked humans aren’t rice!

[@HowToCookThat]

and rice doesn't have ears ... but wheat does 😂

[@j3fr0uk]

Not but we're made up of the same stuff, cells...

[@thomaxtube]

Every thought has a frequency and vibration. Every water molecule is able to hold / pattern itself according to that vibration. We are 75-85% water and that water absorbs our thoughts, it matters how we mentally feel about ourselves and others All creation is alive with frequency, resonance and vibration. Regardless how we measure/ or cannot yet measure it with our materials and observation. Most compelling study to continue & validate water memory studies are the countless experiments of freezing pure water that is exposed to negative or positive frequencies wether they’re sent by the researchers mind (like in the rice study) or by using technologies like playing harmonic vs. dissonant music / sound frequencies to the water before it freezes. The results are 100% clear and repeatable showing sacred geometry/ snowflake patterns vs. disjointed mess depending on the energy. Positive vibrations are also show to overwrite the negative ones. One drop of spring water can harmonise the entire glass of otherwise messy freezing patterned tap water, these are evidence of the self-healing properties of water that humans with positive mindset enjoy every second of their life wether they’re aware of it or not. Namaste ❤ 🙏 🌞

[@celeste8389]

​@@HowToCookThat wheat ears 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JossRickard]

​@@thomaxtubethis isn't the channel for you bud

[@ybell1294]

As a skincare enthusiast who's already heard about the dangers of the homemade sunscreen trend, I appreciate your work in spreading the awareness outside of that internet niche. There is quite a lot of chemistry involved in getting the correct particle size, making a shelf-stable emulsion of the ingredients, and ensuring that the final mix makes a consistent protective film on real human skin. While the acetate test and UV cameras are interesting comparitive demonstrations, there's a reason why final SPF still requires testing on real humans in laboratory settings! 👍

[@jessicakorte]

I read the notification as "Drinking homemade sunscreen" and I was both confused and horrified.

[@HowToCookThat]

Hmm, I'm not sure Dave would go for it! 😂

[@sadbunny23]

And excited! 😅

[@EthanTheWerewolf]

I mean, everything is eatable once

[@StreetofCrocodiles]

Hah, same

[@randomuaena2859]

😂😂

[@neila128]

8:17 the relief I felt at "I got a surprise for Dave" when I realize she wasn't gonna feed the rice to him 🤣🤣🤣

[@9Xavier1]

I thought the same thing 😂

[@EthanTheWerewolf]

Damn, might have to whip out the "you arent even worth the container you're in" to the next mild inconvenience i encounter

[@HowToCookThat]

😂 or you could go with the 'most beautiful rice' one

[@BrandonBilker]

​@@HowToCookThat Sounds don't effect anything.. 666..

[@hannahmuller6694]

​@@BrandonBilker sounds break glass

[@test74088]

@@HowToCookThat I bet those jars cost significantly more than the rice so in that sense of "worth" it's literally true!

[@Mintzik]

I'm glad you showed that UV meter. A thing to note about sunscreen tests is that the UV camera isn't an accurate way of testing protection, as products that absorb UV will look dark even with insufficient amounts of product applied. They're good for showing if you've missed spots when applying but not for showing if you've applied *enough*. Lab Muffin Beauty Science has a video demonstrating the limitations of sunscreen sticks that goes into more detail on this if anyone's interested, well worth watching because a lot of sunscreen reviewers use UV cameras to demonstrate effectiveness without realising the limitations!

[@catherina2611]

Phew, what a relief. As a home cheese maker who makes mouldy cheeses like camembert and stilton, I would be worried that my kids would be looking to put me in a nursing home if I started yelling at my cheeses.

[@HowToCookThat]

😂😂

[@wherefancytakesme]

I love the image of a cheese maker yelling at their products like it's motivation from a drill sergeant.

[@JJAndmax]

Still worth a try though. Cheese is more "alive" than cooked rice. It might work differently.

[@koreviid]

"BAD CHEESE. NAUGHTY. I HATE YO- no don't worry honey I just fancied blue cheese but all we have is cheddar"

[@Baughbe]

And while it probably won't have any effect on the cheese, you'll get to release a lot of stress that way. I say go for it. "Stress Relief Cheese: Just scream at it!"

[@unemilifleur]

9:24 in the great irish famine, a bunch a people intentionally did crimes just to get convicted and leave Ireland.

[@Dutchwh0re]

This channel went from harmless "can you use ice cream for icing" to ALL OUT scientific (and insulting lmao) rice testing and I LOVE IT AND AM HERE FOR IT 😭

[@HowToCookThat]

😂😂😂

[@Legionope]

Nice profile name lol

[@HostileTakeover2]

Plus general "don't do that" videos like that one about microwave turned wood burners that can outright end a person.

[@BrandonBilker]

Sounds don't effect anything.. 666..

[@HostileTakeover2]

@@BrandonBilker Tell that to my busted eardrums, or the military with their USWs, or the NIH.

[@ppprinceee]

I was gagging at the rice insults!! But then, I totally did not expect Ann's closing statement for that experiment. Really heartfelt. Ann, you are truly a delight to watch!

[@SapkaliAkif]

I am going to say "I love you" while watching this video so it performs well.

[@HowToCookThat]

ha! brilliant

[@BrandonBilker]

Sounds don't effect anything.. 666..

[@SapkaliAkif]

@ I am going to say mean things to your comment on my screen. You will trip and fall today.

[@jakepullman4914]

​@BrandonBilker Pretty sure it was a joke. And if not, then you are fundamentally wrong. Sounds affect a great many things, and if nothing else positive words have an effect on the person speaking them.

[@smalltime0]

No, but it won't do anything! You have to tell the view count you hate it so it grows.

[@zombiTrout]

5:25 Anne should make the “compliment narration” available for download.

[@NerdySatyr]

For the Rice test, one thing I'd bring up is people are "talking" into the jars (if they are opening it, obviously is kept sealed this doesn't matter but one of the vids did have an open top). Typically when you say something nice/loving you speak gently so less breath, when you say something hateful you breath a lot harder, so a lot more breath/spit will be going into the jar, aka bacteria.

[@jake3523]

Why would the neglected jar that is not opened be worse then?

[@jessicazaytsoff1494]

And shaking the insult one!

[@NerdySatyr]

@ Depends on the experiment, some of the vids she showed had open tops, but yeah it's completely random, just bringing up a minor thing that would effect the end results

[@umbrellagerm1699]

Supporting this... If I recall correctly there was a study at Harvard. They wanted to test if speaking to plants helps them grow. They discovered it actually does. For fun they had one control group they shouted at and insulted. Those were the ones thriving! Conclusion was: speaking to plants helps. Shouting even more. But probably because of the spit and CO2 XD

[@valivali8104]

​@@umbrellagerm1699 when Mythbusters made their experience, heavy music helped best, at least with peas.

[@winonafeldner6682]

The reason the hate ones did so well is that Ann's voice is so wonderful that even speaking unkind words her voice is still full of love.

[@redapple126]

"Before we take a look at the love jars, I got a suprise for Dave.." I was hoping it was not to taste the rice 😅

[@HowToCookThat]

oh no! That would be the opposite of love 😂

[@cinnamondreams5804]

me too 😂

[@inoel75]

​@@HowToCookThat Yeah, sure. But all you'd have to do to make up for that would be telling him 20 nice things 😜

[@Thejulialien]

I thought she was gonna make him smell them 🙈

[@BrandonBilker]

Sounds don't effect anything.. 666..

[@augustaseptemberova5664]

I really like that you didn't mock the magical thinking, just stuck to the facts and encouraged experimenting at home while teaching how to do it correctly.

[@blaisebaileyfinnegan8202]

Believing rice can hear you and process your words is peak magical thinking.

[@HowToCookThat]

😂

[@Liktafrog]

Calling someone a 'magical thinker' is the kindest way to say someone is stupid, I will definitely be using that in the future.

[@cheekyroosterhandiworks]

Magical thinking is a term used by the skeptic community to describe a certain way of thinking. I've seen it applied to things like astrology, religion etc, and yes, believing you can turn rice mouldy by insulting it 😂

[@babaloo526]

Okay, if I had to bs my way through it, it would be timbre of the voice producing different vibrations from happy to angry to no vibrations affecting the rice.

[@strayiggytv]

​@@babaloo526the problem with that is that rice is inert. You could maybe say the vibration was affecting the bacteria that are decomposing the rice? Even then it's a nothing experiment really

[@dexterbunco4212]

ASMR of Ann telling anything that it’s worthless was not on my bingo card for the year but I’m adding that to the bingo pool now. XD

[@ItsThatMora]

Thanks for talking about the sunscreen trend. It always frustrates me when Influencers badmouth perfectly good things that have actual research behind them.

[@hopegold883]

I just felt it was odd that she said mineral sunscreens were only for People with sensitivities to chemical ones, though. They also don’t damage reefs. Here in Hawaii, you can’t buy the chemical kind. I would think an Australian would know That.

[@eightcoins4401]

Influencers tend to be just more fancy mlms

[@agneskirsch8335]

​@@hopegold883Not all the chemical filters are harmful to reefs.

[@yemmohater2796]

People fear the unknown, and chemistry is difficult enough that most people don't know it. So we can capitalise on that base fear to manufacture clicks and make money

[@estrogencow9885]

​@@hopegold883 zinc oxide actually damages MORE than "chemical" sunscreens simply from the free radicals produced by the zinc

[@izzyfizzy6785]

I remember watching you make spiders and flowers in jello when was about 9 or 10 years old and I'm now 21 and still watching every upload!!! I've loved watching the growth of this channel and can't wait to see what all you do next!!! Love you guys a ton!!

[@Noctilionidae]

The rice one confused me at first because i was like... It's rice... it'll just sit there and not mold over, but then you said cooked rice and. I was like, oh, yeah, that'll get moldy.

[@tirsden]

Same, and when I saw the pics with water I was like, "well DUH." And that was before I realized some of them cooked the rice. XD

[@mondo_burrito]

Great job figuring that out, Einstein!

[@Nereosis16]

​@@mondo_burritonobody is proud of you

[@LivadaNiki]

We were shown the experiment with rice at school, for an 11 year old that was pretty believable. Can't understand why teachers would show that "science" test without exploring the roots of it

[@GrandFew]

As an Irish person, I have to confess I knew how Dave's family name got to Australia before you researched it! Such a grim point in our history and why we're so vocally in support of displaced communities today

[@brandchan]

I knew a lot of Australians came over on convict ships. When Dave asked what they did and it was stealing food during the Irish potato famine, I was like that is the most British thing ever.

[@GrandFew]

@brandchan for the most part the crime people were shipped off for was just poverty. Reading my local newspaper from the time a lot of people were arrested for crimes they committed because they wanted to be imprisoned, they would have something meagre to eat and a roof over their head that way. A common one seems to have been breaking the street light outside the barracks.

[@ericaschner3283]

Seems like if there's a country wide famine, getting shipped off to another country might not be the best deterrent for people stealing food. 🤷

[@test74088]

@@ericaschner3283 the famine was created by the British and they got cheap labor an colonists out of it. There can be no exception to a prohibition on slavery, not even as punishment for a crime, or the definition of crime will eventually include as many things as needed to have ample slaves.

[@ohhello1809]

same bestie

[@Hatsune-Miku_Fan]

0:48 i find the idea of insulting food making it rot even more kinda funny

[@brianstone6463]

Mythbusters did an experiment with an apple under a pyramid. The theory is that if you chop and apple in half and place one half under a pyramid, it will rot slower thanks to the mystical powers of the pyramid. And sometimes it does! However, what actually happens is that two sides of the blade that chops the apple can have different amounts and types of microbes, which can dramatically affect how fast each half of the apple rots. Without sterilizing the blade first, the experiment is doomed to fail or succeed depending on chance and your own bias.

[@brinncognito]

Pyramid Power!

[@halinadecker5244]

I was looking at this thinking about spooning rice into the containers and realizing people probably just spooned it in in order, meaning the first jar, the love jar, was probably the hottest when it went in

[@smalltime0]

@ Adam's youtube videos (Tested) about Mythbusters 9/10 come around to him ranting about Pyramid Power

[@Serena-or7sl]

@@halinadecker5244 And the human bias will have made them treat the negative jars worse (container open for longer, sightly less attention to contamination).

[@FeannaFey]

@@halinadecker5244 That's a good idea, the way they actually handled the jars might just also have some influence. I was also thinking that lots of them probably falsified their results for social media....

[@abbiholz9274]

A lot of times with horses, we'll use diaper rash cream that contains zinc oxide on their noses and other places that tend to sun burn (horses with white markings have pale skin that's prone to sunburned underneath the white hairs). We use the diaper rash cream instead of sunscreen because it usually works better for the horses. We can usually get away with only applying it once in the morning. Versus every time I've used sunscreen, I've had to use the highest spf and reapply multiple times a day

[@drwoo6090]

I used to have a white cat, and in the summer, I would put sunscreen on his ears and head, but, it didn’t really work, and he would wash it off. Then, one day I was chatting to someone, at the bus stop, and we got on the subject of sunscreen, and I told her what I did, and how it didn’t work. She suggested trying Nappy Cream! 😊which I did, and I never saw him wash it off!

[@Splatpope]

you're not going to stop me from showing undying love to my physarum cultures, ann

[@HowToCookThat]

😂 go for it!

[@tricorvus2673]

Uh-huh. I have ignored all the rice that I have ever bought in my 60 years of life. Until right before I cook and eat it. It has never affected it in the slightest.

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

I give my food a ton of positive affirmations while it's stored, and then I curse violently at it as I'm eating it.

[@yatshie8717]

✨️Balance✨️

[@goatmeal5241]

As long as it's a 20:1 ratio

[@survivedandthriving]

Are you not concerned about giving yourself food poisoning that way? 🙃

[@rosered1562]

Sometimes I even get violent and cut my food

[@couch2558]

Maybe I am "too autistic" to understand, but what in the heck does rice mold times have to do with child psychology 😂

[@Mar_Selcouth]

Children and rice are obviously the same /sarcasm

[@arturoaguilar6002]

I think it goes along the thoughts of "Look how rice, which isn't supposed to have feelings or intellect, is affected by hateful words and neglect. Now imagine how being neglectful and hateful like that to children affects them and their development..." Basically they are arguing that, even if you don't believe it, your words matter and have a direct effect on those nearby (a valid point, but the logic of the argument itself is quite flawed)

[@Shadeadder]

That's not the autism, that's just having logic 😂

[@embee7434]

Oh my. That poor insulted rice! I feel like I got a glimpse into an alternate universe in which Ann got famous from being unkind all the time! I'm glad I live in THIS universe! Enjoying the experiment! I think rice grows the craziest mold! Love the video, Ann.

[@HowToCookThat]

haha, i felt mean doing it 😂

[@sewena]

Evil Ann would close her videos with make it a BAD day and be MEAN to each other

[@JuMiKu]

Ugh... This is the same guy with the ice crystal thing (I'm not calling it an experiment, let alone study), where water that is insulted is supposed to produce "ugly" crystals and compliments produce "pretty" ice crystals. Nevermind that these are really fuzzy terms. The guy openly admitted that he picked out "examples that best fit the hypothesis". That's not how science works! That's not even how being honest works!

[@wizzzard999]

The That Vegan Aussie AU XD

[@cptn.penguin902]

@@HowToCookThat that's probably why it didn't work! /s

[@szgage]

Ann, your closing words always keep me positive. Hugs from Seattle.

[@Stella-yl5xx]

Can we talk about the fact that Ann started off teaching us how to make the most delicious desserts and now we get scientific and accurate experiments and fantastic explanations? We see how much effort you put in every video and it’s SO appreciated! I mean talk about a brilliant person 😍

[@hopehoping]

Agree 100%.

[@joshuaharper372]

I do miss the solid dessert content, though...

[@TheDazza]

I love these vids, but I also really miss the desserts!

[@con4609]

This channel is so wonderful, the way you can explain things in good detail without being condescending is a blessing

[@la_gobba_di_aigor]

Anne I know this isn't the point of the experiment, but as an art major I actually really fancied your setup for the rice. It looks like a cool performance project, both from an aesthetic and conceptual standpoint. Maybe it's a bit silly but I thoroughly enjoyed it 😂

[@survivedandthriving]

Agreed. As a scientist, I always say that when art and science come together amazingly beautiful things can happen.

[@la_gobba_di_aigor]

​@@survivedandthriving Absolutely wonderfully said!

[@DMacB42]

26 years ago?! The man heard “party like it’s 1999” and decided that meant having weeks-long conversations with jars of rice

[@oNightDreamS]

I don’t know. I think the results are not accurate because Ann’s voice is still sweet even when she is saying hateful things 😂

[@HowToCookThat]

haha! Actually i deliberately tried to keep the same tone so that the vibrations were the same between the 'nice' and 'mean' recordings. Science 😂

[@hritviknijhawan1737]

​​@@HowToCookThat Spoken like a true scientist! 😂

[@icog1]

we need another experiment for the vibration differences, please! that would be the next logical step imo. 😊

[@hannahmuller6694]

But it would only show if mold and bacteria react to vibrations. Not the rice itself. Cooked rice is deader than a stuffed animal.

[@MythicByrd]

After hearing Dr. Emoto speak, I almost wonder if the whole rice thing had nothing to do with it and he just wanted to convince people to stop neglecting their children.

[@buttercupghost]

I felt so crazy with the rice experiment 😅 I was like "thats ridiculous on it's face, no way that's true" only for the youtube tests to support the finding, I felt so insane, thank god Ann did the test herself and proved it boggus because I was starting to question reality for a second there! Also Ann insulting the rice was so funny to me...

[@DavidJohnson-fc9bn]

Yeah, it's just selection bias. The videos with boring/unsatisfying results don't get made or don't go viral, so we don't see them.

[@jlammetje]

With any youtube experiments, you can pretty safely assume that it's not a scientific setup and the results are not to be taken seriously. The difference with Ann's experiments is that she shows us exactly what she's doing to make the results comparable.

[@Nerathul1]

The guy who invested this experiment was offered a million dollar by James Randi if he could replicate it under controls. He declined because he was way too busy using it as proof his expensive seminars on positive thinking and affirmations worked.

[@Jasmine.creatiive]

The positive words experimented reminds me of how every glass bottle of Bickfords has a positive affirmation moulded on the bottom of every bottle. I love it in my opinion

[@milknhoneyhoney]

Thank you for still saying that even though the method of Emoto’s experiment may not be ideal, the idea that it is important to speak with respect and love, and that your words do have power is still very true ❤

[@HowToCookThat]

Yes, I'm hoping that if 3M people bought his book, hopefully some of them got the message to be careful with their words

[@milknhoneyhoney]

I sure hope so too!! 💕

[@ck8191]

​@@HowToCookThatwhen we did this experiment, we had to leave the jars for a couple months before anything changed. I described it in a comment but we had no mold contamination and I tried to control for as many variables as possible.

[@BrandonBilker]

Sounds don't effect anything.. 666..

[@jakepullman4914]

​@@BrandonBilkerThen I have to wonder why we bother using them. Could save a great deal of energy by being quiet. Ooh, here's an experiment, you try being quiet for the next month and I'll keep speaking, at the end we'll see whose life is going better

[@philip4534]

I really like how you have a positive and negative control. I watch you because you have a solid grasp on the scientific method and know how to conduct experiments

[@GlitterMoonCosplay]

Yay, a new debunking video! I know personally just how much negativity can affect children. My whole childhood my dad was very mentally abvsive and toxic and now at 16 i am still trying to repair the damage he did. Be nice to your kids if you want them to be nice to you

[@heidiiiM]

I'm sorry to hear that. You deserve much better and I wish you a bright and loving future.

[@Eclyptical]

It was very interesting to see your take on the rice experiment as someone who grows gourmet mushrooms as a hobby, because you pretty much perfectly recreated how we spawn mushroom mycelium with grain. We sterilize grain jars (usually brown rice, sometimes millet) then inoculate them with either spores (or liquid mycelium culture if we are trying to preserve genetics) and then wait for them to colonize. Really neat!

[@jakescott431]

The relationship experiment also showed that *too little* negative experiences was bad, and the theory is that if you never complain or let negative emotions out, the problems and the resentment get bigger and bigger - even if on the surface everything appears to be fine.

[@demo2823]

Not really. All it does is open up the possibility to further experiment with that. Because he has labelled the control as 'neglect' to interpret it being worse than hate. You need another experiment showing that the best rice comes from a combination of love and hate.

[@KainYusanagi]

@@demo2823 Entirely different experiment, bro. Ann talked about a relationship experiment that showed 20 positive to 1 negative interactions was the sweet spot, and jake is commenting further on that experiment.

[@survivedandthriving]

I believe it. A therapist once told me that this romantic idea of people saying 'our relationship is perfect; we never disagree about anything!" is neither 'romantic' nor 'perfect'. It is actually unhealthy because it almost always means that one person is suppressing their own needs and wants (and is often actively being oppressed by the other person) and that is tremendously unhealthy both for the person holding it all in as well as for the relationship overall.

[@Nugire]

1:00 "We need to speak with our children." Parents: "Hey, that sounds cool. Let's talk to rice!" Child: *Converts to Nurgle*

[@cageybe321]

The meter isn't inaccurate. I've been monitoring UVC from sunlight for years. Over the past 2 years there has been a significant increase. It's still the middle of winter here and the readings I took yesterday make me very concerned for the summer. Yea I know UVC isn't supposed to get past the ozone but those readings are accurate, checked on multiple devices, and also a non digital device. Sorry just had to throw that out there. Great video as always!

[@hopehoping]

Gloomy news, but thanks for letting us know.

[@seangilchrist3102]

i love ann and her family, hope your all well and thank you for your content, it's a treat every time

[@Phoenix2312]

2:34 Looking at some of the clips of people trying to recreate this experiment, I noticed many had issues... Not all teh containers were sealed properly, There is NO WAY any of them had a sterile enough environment to prevent contamination of any kind...

[@ashleynoble2880]

Also some of them held the rice while they spoke. So that adds another aspect to tbe experiment because the neglected ones werent moved at all

[@survivedandthriving]

I also wondered where they kept each jar. In Ann's experiment, they were all in one general spot. In this case I would wonder if the rice in one box could be impacted by the dialogue from another, but I'm also confident she would have considered that and adjusted the volume. And, that is still a better experimental design than say putting one jar in the bedroom, one in the kitchen, and one in the bathroom. Or really even than putting one at one end of the kitchen, one at the other end, and one in the middle.

[@AlanTuringWannabe]

I truly appreciate your channel and content. You approach things scientifically and that's rare. Keep up the good work.

[@ImminDragon]

I wouldn't say the open jars aren't relevant. They kind of represent the worst-case. Why is that important? Because we can compare those to the pictures of the original "experiment" and see that his outcome is *way* worse than just leaving the jars wide open! What the heck did he *do* to those things?!

[@ettinakitten5047]

Probably didn't sterilize the jars or utensils.

[@ClanImprobable]

You never feel rushed, you always feel present, you are a wonderful educator Ann, thank you!

[@BenderLens]

I 100% appreciate you taking a scientific approach to the rice experiment.

[@sweetcyanidetea]

Thank you for making these videos, I love how you follow the scientific method and explain the things you do and why they work or don't. The rice video made me think of the famous "Spontaneous generation" experiments and how Pasteur demonstrated quite logically that it wasn't a valid idea in 1959.

[@marthahawkinson-michau9611]

On the sun cream issue, I’ve come to realize that I’m fundamentally lazy about remembering to reapply sun cream on a regular basis. It’s much healthier for me to cover up than for me to get burned by the sun. Sadly for my skin health, this realization has come about after years of getting significant burns.

[@HowToCookThat]

Yes, we've very careful about covering up & also just staying out of the sun during the middle of the day as well

[@kristin123a]

You need really thick clothes for them to completely protect you from the sun. A thin, white long sleeve won’t protect you enough when the UV rays are strong. Make sure to stay inside during the worst hours if you’re not gonna use sunscreen.

[@strayiggytv]

​@@kristin123athey make uv rated clothing for athletes and if I'm going to the beach or on a nature trail that's my go to

[@rossbooth6335]

@@kristin123athat’s not true lmao. There’s clothing literally made for UV protection which are thin and breathable.

[@BreakofDawn]

@@rossbooth6335 they are correct in a sense that normal thin clothes will not block UV. Thin clothing that can actually block UV rays need a UPF rating. But even these types of clothing have a caveat. UPF clothing companies offer garments with a wide range of UPF ratings, but at least 50 is the recommended when it comes to actual adequate sun protection for both UPF and even SPF. Another thing is that, UPF will wear off over time depending on the care for the garment. UPF clothing is great, but it should have at least a 50 UPF rating and an ability to withstand multiple washes, coupled with SPF on any areas with exposed skin

[@susanpilling8849]

Love your content Ann, keep up the good work. As far as sunscreen goes, I just stay indoors with a fan. I'm 70 now and grew up in the days before we knew that UV was really bad for you. Fortunately I don't burn easily - a day by the pool on Mount Kenya was one exception. Sadly one of my uncles died as a result of skin cancer so I'm aware of the dangers.

[@RaBi-i6o]

The rice experiment reminds me of when I crochet soft toys for my small cousins. I believe things have auras and i speak cute and nice things to the soft toys i am crocheting. I obviously am not sure if it's true or not but it's a belief. I think speaking to the toy while making it gives it a soul in a sense.

[@lanasinapayen3354]

I don't personally believe in magical thinking, but I think if you told your little cousins that you spoke nice words to the toys you made them they would find it very sweet!

[@melissapeterson4287]

The rice experiment gave me SUPER STRONG “Mythbusters talking to growing plants” vibes. ESPECIALLY with the round-the-clock recordings! For growing plants, play heavy metal! 😂

[@Vickie-Bligh]

You are a treasure, Ann. You cut to the chase and give us straight answers. The sunscreen one made me laugh. 50+ years ago, when I was in high school, coaches and some athletes in noncontact sports would anoint their noses with a zinc oxide cream to protect it from the sun. We didn't have the sunscreens we have now with all the high SPFs.

[@gryphenicedancer8796]

I remember the white noses! And some had more streaks on the cheek bones, too. Sunscreen was available, just not as protective. It's only the last two or three decades that the 50 SPF started appearing in the stores.

[@wombat.6652]

Zinc cream on the nose only always confused me. Then in the days after the nose would be pale, and the cheeks and all would be burnt.

[@lukerules6644]

I love watching ann Reardon's video i constantly have her debunking vudeos on repeat. Can't wait to do more of the recipes on her cookbook

[@TheShadowReviewer]

The intro with rice reminds me of MythBusters with the plant growing experiment; plants grown in the same conditions with classical music vs rock music blasting them and nice words vs hateful to see how it effects the growth

[@dramonmaster222]

I was thinking the same thing 😂

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

When i worked as a plant lady, the owner’s daughter did a deep dive into this. Unsurprisingly she found that the plants DGAF about music but they hate being cut. Apparently they don’t feel pain but they do react to have leaves trimmed, and they don’t like it. Makes sense more than all the nonsense but everyone stopped caring about plant feelings after the music didn’t work.

[@JC73155]

“You’re not even worth the container you’re in” has me cracking 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂ouch

[@hopehoping]

Oh, wow! you are really fantastic! I love how clear and rigorous your testing is - and your message about the importance of building up, not tearing down, is being taken to heart here in this household - thank you!

[@HowToCookThat]

I'm so glad you found it helpful! 😊

[@amberkluga8949]

love your science approach to debunking. also, your hair looks lovely

[@Goabnb94]

I've eaten day old rice salad and learned how well microbes can grow on it. No need to convince me not to eat it

[@anakelly76512]

I talk to my lemon seedlings. I have 9 of them and they're growing up healthy. In October 11, 2024, they were just sprouting. Today, most of them are 5-6 inches tall. I also use rice water for fertilizer once a month and use rain water and lots of sun.

[@KelsHoag]

I love that you called attention to the particle size of the zinc in the sunscreen. It just goes to show how much nuance is present in science that we can't just assume something just because you recognize part of it. You are doing the Lord's work Anne! God bless you and your family!

[@nbcommiedyke]

a lot of the misinfo around sunscreen has to do with nano vs non-nano zinc, which is why the influencer mentioned it in the video. so they are PURPOSELY using a less effective product. so dumb.

[@lunavixen015]

Thank you for talking about the homemade sunscreen thing. I’m one of those people who can’t wear chemical sunscreen (I have a phototoxic allergy to it, funnily enough) and I’ve had people try and recommend the homemade alts, not hearing why I don’t want to try them

[@customink1576]

Never heard of this rice experiment before. I thought the experiment would be the one where "should you wash your rice or no?" haha

[@jovishark]

i really like the way you did this experiment with speakers, like the mythbusters did when they talked to plants, taking into consideration the moisture and co2 we give off when we talk!

[@Mindawga]

One interesting thing about the sound experiment. In studies it has been proven that sound helps promote growth, that includes bacteria, fungi and mold. To put it simply, what sound does is it helps to shake the cells apart when they are multiplying, which decreases the amount of time that they need to do that and it means they can become individual cells faster. So in a sterilized experiment, you should see more mold in the samples with sound compared to the neglected ones.

[@SarahH-ns6ly]

So you need a control with random neutral words to control for the effect of sound?

[@Mindawga]

@SarahH-ns6ly I was talking about sound in general though you could control for more factors such as pitch, intensity, frequency and whatever else you want to.

[@ScottGreg-w7h]

Ann is awesome and I enjoy watching most of her videos especially the debunking ones

[@idunno2602]

Ann I love you your too funny “your not worthy of the container your in” hope you get to 5mil soon, one of the rare deserving KZbinrs ❤

[@kinashy8863]

I love how much research you put into everything you do here

[@liatron2953]

I get that people want to make things themselves but I wouldn’t want to put my health at risk by mixing up some suncream myself. That just sounds like an unnecessary risk. And to see that it doesn’t even work makes it even worse. Love how your videos are always so informative ❤

[@ahlorachew7726]

Thanks for the debunking! And here i thought i was going to have to start serenading my jar of homemade fermented rice wine with romantic love poems and food puns. 😂

[@t4me7]

As soon as they mentioned Zinc Oxide all I could picture was lifeguards with their white noses back in the day 😂 As you noted, the DIY could be effective, but it's a bold choice

[@trainzelda1428]

It's effective only in the same way that wearing makeup is effective; it isn't really doing anything to block the UV other than covering your skin. You might as well coat your skin in body paint.

[@test74088]

I used to use homemade sunscreen and it did look pretty intense. I considered adding a small amount of iron oxide to tint it but decided it wasn't worth the trouble.

[@chaoticneutral6288]

I've never really used suncream because it makes me break out in hives and it felt like a lot of effort to figure out which ingredient specifically I was allergic to... but seeing how insanely well suncream works has just made me realise how much I should actually be using it. I'll be checking out something more suitable for my annoying skin and buying some soon for any time I'll be out in the sun for long. Thanks, Ann! ❤

[@MarcelWhy]

always excited for a new debunking video! have a great weekend, lovely ❤

[@HowToCookThat]

Thank you! You too!

[@Miaumiaupachamama]

Wooow the reflection about the interactions in relationships was very interesting ! Thank you so much for your videos A fan from Peru

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

I remember back in the late 90s or early 2000s people were writing “nice” words onto their bottles of water. I remember that at least one company began embossing their plastic bottles with positive words such as - love, joy, happiness etc. The words were often on the base of the bottle and they were not meant to stand out in any way. Ultimately it was more about the words being on the bottles rather than the bottles “hearing” the words being said out aloud. I wasn’t online at the time so this is all that I remember.

[@ettinakitten5047]

I could see that being beneficial for the people drinking from the bottles. Wouldn't affect the contents at all, but getting a cue to think positively by looking at the bottle could help the person.

[@heatherkuhn6559]

Funny thing that. The words on the water bottles were promoted by the same guy making the rice claim in today's video.😂

[@dolphin64575]

Ann's setup of the rice experiment is reminding me of the Mythbusters testing whether plants that are spoken to grow better. They had a similar setup, with recordings of them saying kind things playing to one group of plants, recordings of insults playing to another group, a silent control group, and just for fun, heavy metal music playing to another group. Heavy metal plants had the most growth!

[@phildman132]

For the rice study my first thoughts as to why the influencers experiments seemed to follow Dr Emoto's claims is pure selection bias. If there are lots of influencers doing it they are all going to get random results, some will get similar in all 3 jars, some will get more in some than others just by chance. If in their experiment all the mouldy jars are the same (as they mostly will be) it doesn't make for a good video so it never gets made so we never see the results, but for the few that DO see a difference they make a video out of it, especially if it shows the difference in the "correct" direction.

[@Wolfgang8-Y]

And that's just the honest youtubers. When the lie makes for better content, there's always someone willing to lie!

[@foxbiscuit]

okay but how much do i need to pay to be in a little plastic box and have anne say affirmations to me?

[@ashleynoble2880]

Well, technically Ann is the one in the little box saying nice things.

[@Jeffmorgan1991]

Theses videos always so interesting, love all the testing that goes into them, do wish they were in 4k.

[@barret-xiii]

"Dang it, Jim! I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean I AM a doctor, but I'm not THAT kind of doctor! I have a doctorate, but it's not the same thing, you can't do anything with a doctorate, you just sit there and you're useless!"

[@catelynh1020]

Treasure planet?

[@kimbari90]

Yes!​@@catelynh1020

[@catmyerin]

Love how scientific you conduct the experiments. Great video!

[@Meehuuu]

I remember Mythbusters doing an episode of music affecting plant growth - I think the (plausible) result was that the plants that had metal music playing in the greenhouse had flourished more compared to the silent or classical greenhouses 😂

[@niklaqs]

As always a fantastic presentation of everyday and not so everyday science. Very very good. Regards from Sweden.

[@irisstar_official]

Thank u for the video queen xxxx

[@FlesHBoX]

Obviously your test of the insulted rice was broken because how can such a lovely voice ever be considered anything but comforting!

[@puppyyuki7077]

... clicked on this video while eating. I regret it. thanks for the pleasant food experience, Ann. 😂 Great video as always!

[@MrsScorpionette]

I was eating porridge while looking at the moldy rice... I pushed through, feel stronger for it - but also a bit queasy 😅

[@hoshiro.exsharaen]

I was eating rice that has been left several hours on my table (covered) 😂

[@daebreaker]

I love these kinds of videos. What a entertaining way to learn considering you teach so eloquently

[@RadiantBleu]

Thank you Ann for all you post for us

[@HowToCookThat]

Thanks! 😊

[@nn6404]

the rice experiment is a great example of how online discourse can have us believing obviously false things because we gaslight each other into believing them.