Physics Professor watches "the goop lab" - Sixty Symbols

Professor Philip Moriarty watched episode 5 of the goop lab, which focuses on energy.
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[@death0intj]

this is painful to watch, torturing physicists like that should be illegal.

[@A-Ls1]

death0intj It’s kinda funny lol because I would react the same way.

[@death0intj]

@Siahj The Sleepy Sorcerer now imagine being in small room, with delicate machinery around, where you can't walk off the cringe :)

[@pharmdiddy5120]

and physicians

[@eagle3676]

@@A-Ls1 I was reacting the same way

[@ArchangelAlexanderMihajlovich]

10:16 The dude shows his evil here. And the professor responds in the correct manner. Cringe. Just as if someone was insuinuating he was going to poke someone in their, well... ita obvious. Ew btw.

[@EduIreland]

Disclaimer... A scientist has been severely harmed in this video 🤣

[@mrsapplez2007]

He really has😁😁

[@TheValueOfN]

Not once, not twice, not even three times.... but severally.

[@boratsagdiyev3936]

@@TheValueOfN Haha that's what i was thinking!

[@CChang-qi7me]

🤣🤣

[@davidfortier6976]

Do you maybe mean *severely?

[@jasmadams]

"A lot of very attractive people doing very attractive things," said the stunningly handsome scientist.

[@beauchamphuberville1355]

lol

[@ritanightingale250]

James Adams I could not agree more!!

[@CinderTheFox]

M;H of course, cause Gordon doesn’t talk.

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

Bit insecure about the hair though.

[@NaumRusomarov]

@@ankavoskuilen1725 His personality and generally healthy looks more than more add up for the lack of hair. Phil really is a character. :D

[@francoislacombe9071]

Have you noticed that you can replace the word "energy" with the word "magic" in that goop lab video and it changes absolutely nothing to its meaning?

[@hulldragon]

Absolutely, right! Those fuckers are just as much charlatans as snake oil salespeople, faith healers and psychics. Just taking money from the gullible and ignorant.

[@sabouma]

@@hulldragon it actually makes me sad that they got enough money from those types of people to make this show

[@satyampandey2222]

"energy" to them is VERY different than to people in science. They chuck that word in every "thoery" they have for anything

[@markphc99]

The word force is abused by these frauds almost as much as energy

[@pcuimac]

exchange "energy" with scam and it begins to make sense.

[@ultimateman55]

Brady deserves an Oscar for his role as Devil's Advocate here.

[@karlboud88]

Yeah at times in the video I was questioning Brady's stance on the whole voodo magic

[@uselessgarbagehandler]

The dynamic between them both is hilarious

[@jamarante88]

That was a fantastic interview actually!

[@JorgeFalconOnline]

He had more patience with Brady's comments than I could possibly have 🤣

[@blackhatguy6955]

And a Golden Raspberry for his idiotically hyperactive camera work.

[@jones1351]

"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities" -- Voltaire Therein may lie the danger.

[@dewdop]

Trump

[@Ryder-wt9tk]

Reminds me of (insert political figure I dislike).

[@vinigretzky97]

Why the Corona nonsense will become very dangerous in a nutshell.

[@dewdop]

@Gus Erland trump fits the quote.

[@Pandora234able]

@@dewdop 98% of modern politicians some are just not as overt as say others are

[@joshwent]

I'm really impressed with Brady's 'devil's advocate' act. He actually makes some solid arguments, not promoting this specific nonsense, but in terms of questioning the methodology of ascertaining truth itself. It turns this from "Phil aggressively mocks a BS peddler", to "Phil exclaims the importance of the Scientific Method".

[@anetola]

exactly!

[@StickyDiceOfficial]

I was incredibly impressed as well

[@danielnikolov3406]

was super impressed! and all these points are extremely useful in terms of having a philosophical/spiritual discussion but as many people including Phil pointed out, it's problematic when it's framed as scientific consensus or even bearing scientific characteristics

[@charcolew]

I found it distinctly unimpressive - as well as highly annoying. It was basically just a phenomenological hammer to the forehead, saying "But how do you know you know?"

[@timgrove3927]

@@charcolew It's important to present a rebuttal like this in order to encourage a scientist to explain something complex in a tactful way. The goal is to inform people who might be less rational than a scientist in a way that doesn't consider them less intelligent. The path to a rational future is not only paved by exceptional education, it's paved by exceptional communication too.

[@myleswillis]

It does work. He was making professor Moriarty flinch and wrench his whole body just by using his asshat words. 😂

[@ultimateman55]

Your real name is Biff.

[@ThaSandwitch]

Now Sherlock knows his weakness

[@AzraelMelchior]

His whole energetic field just changed very fast lol

[@Triantalex]

false.

[@danwest9900]

I really like how the camera-guy keeps challenging the narrator by asking all the questions and playing devil's advocate. It makes the narrator have to clearly explain all of his logic and keep on his toes.

[@majuss06]

Watching professor Moriarty trying not to explode is worth every second. Apart from that I think he is a lot more reasonable than that goopy nonsense deserves.

[@elkudos1]

Oh, come now, one can't be too reasonable.

[@DrSpooglemon]

Angry science rants are indeed awesome..

[@AngDavies]

@Sandcastle • true, but he has got a point about scientists sometimes getting far to much traction/media attention for their personal unsubstantiated ideas due to their accomplishments in the field. You can trace a lot of the vitamin c woo right back to Linus Pauling and his weird personal obsession with it for instance-curing cancer/the common cold etc

[@MrDizzle715]

Just shows Hollyweird is so out of touch.

[@QualityDoggo]

The moment they said subatomic or double slit experiment lol

[@TheValueOfN]

This is the perfect video to send to my 18 year old daughter who has just recommended the Goop series to me.

[@neothepenguin1257]

Hope that went well

[@carcinogenicthalidomide3057]

Wtf?why is your daughter watching goop

[@mustafam3285]

It’s never too late to put your children up for adoption!

[@mustafam3285]

Benjamin McCann To be fair, it isn’t anything intelligent women are watching either.

[@Lolwutdesu9000]

Time to have a serious discussion with your daughter.

[@Adam-ui3yn]

Being a STEM student I've found if I can combine enough scientific jargon and present it with enough confidence, I can get the layman to believe nearly anything I say. However if another scientifically literate person was present they'd know immediately I was spewing bs.

[@richardtickler8555]

43% of people believe anything when you put a number and a % in the mix

[@johnarken1810]

@@richardtickler8555 that only works 69% of the time. 42% of everyone knows that.

[@Nellinator23]

Ain't this the truth

[@Ozymandias2356]

@@richardtickler8555 60% of the time, it works every time.

[@oldcowbb]

sad truth, sometime even high school level scientific jargon is enough to fool people who are supposed to know high school level stuff

[@stumccabe]

"The body is multidimensional" - true, three dimensions.

[@grenangle]

Stu McCabe Unfortunately my body is also travelling the fourth dimension too.

[@hansnoor9637]

@@grenangle Do you have watched Interstellar too much?

[@grenangle]

Hans Noor who has the time?

[@roberto8650]

@@grenangle I see what you did there.

[@nunliski]

@@grenangle We Tralfamadorians experience all points in time simultaneously.

[@user-zz8ln3uh5x]

If a medical doctor said “I have this hypothesis” and began treating all their patients without any evidence of the treatment’s actual efficacy, I’m pretty sure they’d have their license revoked.

[@partynhouse]

And probably do some jail time because of malpractice and endangering patient lives. But hey, in this crazy world we can expect that this will not happen to Paltrow.

[@Hysteria98]

1 guy with a pseudo PhD wrote a book on how vaccines cause autism and published it on Amazon. Look at the world now- as if having a verifiable doctorate matters; it's what the people believe, not what all other professionals think.

[@partynhouse]

@@Hysteria98 I think that guy had a real phd but published that nonsense, lost his phd because of that and now he is still preaching that dangerous hypothesis, I am not sure. Anyway it just proves how gullible people can be.

[@realspacemodels]

But that's why there are clinical trials. To take a hypothesis and show its efficacy. The trials are done with controls and placebos to see if the results are being influenced by the experimenter or the subject. Prof. Moriarty is saying that's the standard that should be held to the guy at Goop.

[@johnny_eth]

If they would be just waiving their hands in the air, well, then would be not that much harm but to steal money from gullible patients.

[@hareecionelson5875]

"The body is multi-dimensional" Me: *looks at my 3-space Dimensional hand existing in 1 time-dimension* "Well... wha'd'ya know? He's not wrong" :I

[@JF-bc2lw]

I thought the same thing lol

[@Chlorate299]

Brady, that was really quite a cruel thing to do to Professor Moriarty.

[@ERBarratt]

Well, he did worse to Sherlock.

[@CPSPD]

calling philip moriarty professor moriarty is more cruel! haha

[@jeremys7882]

Lol, it did look like it was physically hurting him to listen to it at parts.

[@raykent3211]

Moriarty deserves to get taken down a peg or two.

[@MarcCoteMusic]

@@raykent3211 - Why?

[@qaz123123qwe]

"The man is talking out of his nether regions" - loved this

[@carlosgaspar8447]

he was talking about the frequency of urination.

[@joshuagarrett4879]

That is exactly the moment I decided to up vote the video.

[@marctelfer6159]

I was not expecting to hear "that's bollocks". I mean, it definitely is, but I wasn't expect him to say it in so few words :P

[@gwyn.]

I'm gonna borrow this whenever I want to say BS

[@onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475]

Physicist: "I'm trying to be fair" Goopy Powtrow: "I had an exorcism" 😂🙃

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

I mean, don’t call that ridiculous, that’s a real thing.

[@Baddaby]

@@lawrencecalablaster568 ah yes for sure. Demons are pretty real and scientific

[@nic741]

If you listen carefully enough, you can hear the cries of millions of brain cells.

[@Ghorda9]

and then silence.

[@benwinstanleymusic]

the goop lab is fully operational

[@Digitalhunny]

My blood moves, I'm magic! 👋😈 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@coolerchills]

I can feel the energy field of those angry brain cells

[@spiralpython1989]

But they have been energetically cleaned of their energy, so now there’s nothing left for them to cry about. They are just empty little sacs waiting to be filled with some other goopy nonsense...

[@LanternFlies]

Paltrow: I have a lab. Moriarty: *You having a lab is equivalent to my kid having a kitchen made of plastic and full of playdoh*

[@TheRailroad99]

You could say out of goop...

[@saramulry]

I really really appreciate this video. I’m a bodyworker, and dudes like on that goop ridiculousness make it so I’m constantly having to re-educate clients on what REALLY happens in a session. Any emotional releases & a majority of “unwinding” occurs as a result of giving the client the time and space to feel comfortable, and reassurance that there is no judgement in their processing of emotions or trauma. That’s not changing their subatomic particles, it’s therapy. AND-they’re all in the room on tables at the same time in front of cameras(and expectations) with his loud and cueing sounds. That’s called group-think.

[@Pho7on]

Dang, with two sentences you changed my opinion entirely of that work. Yeah, if someone gave me the space and suggestion to get all goofy with my body, it would feel kind of freeing and therapeutic. No woo necessary.

[@Nf6xNet]

I am thoroughly impressed with Dr. Moriarty's open-mindedness and professionalism as displayed here. He made it all the way to @13:35 before resorting to the word "bollocks"!

[@MrPabgon]

@@fugreek reasonably tho xD

[@trdi]

Open-mindedness is the last thing I would associate with him.

[@Ektalon]

Dude, spoilers!

[@photonicpizza1466]

If only he had resisted for two seconds longer.

[@andrewxc1335]

"Sloblock" ?

[@paulashinn]

The guy holding the camera honestly does a great job in exposing the thought process behind the whole thing. Great conversation!

[@BattousaiHBr]

ah yes, devil's advocate, an unsung job.

[@DougHanson2769]

The camera guy was told to kind of give them the benefit of the doubt.

[@kristjanpeil.bsky.social]

your basic science communication (y)

[@RafaelBernatto]

Same reason I like Joe Rogan even though he's a moron in a lot of different ways.

[@fhpurcell7713]

Love the deliberately “stubborn” guy in the background. The scientific community often positions itself as clearly in the right and while I know that most of the time when debunking this type of stuff we are, it can never hurt to make sure we’re not being hypocritical and be exactly as scrutinising about ourselves as we are about them.

[@whade62000]

"The body doesn't end here at the skin, the body is multidimensional" Goop lab discovered the 3rd dimension

[@phaeton5394]

But the 3rd dimension is only one dimension, it is different from 2d, 1d even 4d so even then they are wrong

[@Chrisisplays]

@@phaeton5394 But you can't access life multidimensional without the body & since we didn't disprove ghost's yet, the statements stands. Even if we know, it does not work like that. The body is multidimensional, hence our sense development. If we were only 3 Dimensional, things like visions or dejavu's would not make any sense, since we couldn't "leave" our body. How many folds does your brain have, how many make up one dimension? And if the brain is part of the body, isn't the body multidimensional? I dont think much of these "labs" but the rethoric of the scam is pretty decent and uses every grey area to nest itself in. Gotta love marketing.

[@ls200076]

@@Chrisisplays Time to drink the goop

[@atmassylphen6785]

Chris;is The body isn’t “multi-dimensional.” We simply exist within 3 physical dimensions (up, down, forward/backward) and one temporal dimension (time, although there is much debate on what “time” actually is, though we experience and can measure it similarly to the three spacial dimensions). The word “dimension” literally describes physical space, not “layers of reality” or whatever. Further, though this wasn’t brought up: the allegory of “flat world” is used as an analogy to help describe what a higher numerical dimension might look to us in proportion to what our three physical dimensions would look like to a “second dimensional” being. It in no way validates the idea that “flat land” is real or even could be. It’s used to paint a mental picture and that’s all. So, no, literally nothing said has anything legitimacy at all.

[@Chrisisplays]

@@atmassylphen6785 So is water not the 4th physical dimension, or does that only go for movie science? I don't know what you had in mind, but it is a given, that words are often theories until proven through experiments, tests, readings and countertests. Given, that, as you say, there is no 4th dimension our body exists in, the theory of goop still stands, that the 4th dimension can effect our body. In order to test that, we would have to be able to measure the 4th dimension, right? I think you're to biased and eager to see this as a fluctual input, but I agree, this stuff is often used to market products or services in the name of science nobody actually needs.

[@CraftyF0X]

Brady tried to pump that blood pressure through the roof in this one, I mean he used all the bad "sicence skeptic" argument in the book. He was doing a great job as the ignorant's advocate :)

[@nate_d376]

A "Devil's advocate" perhaps? And I could sense the high blood pressure through my screen, like a thermometer...lol

[@z-beeblebrox]

haha "ignorant's advocate" is a great term for it XD

[@MaanSatan]

I was going to say something of the same sort! I loved Brady's devil's advocate role as much as the frustration of the Prof. :D :D

[@TechyBen]

Ignorant by choice or not?

[@andrewprahst]

Someone has to do that in every context. If we don't, we could miss out a fuller understanding of the subject.

[@arnav257]

"I don't want to come across as the informed scientist ridiculing everything..." 10 minutes later: "This is just nonsense. This is really just nonsense." "That man is talking out of his nether regions." xD

[@hindigente]

Well, he didn't ridicule "every thing", just one.

[@lambda653]

He couldn't deal with the shear pretentiousness

[@tropingreenhorn]

he didn't say he wouldn't ridicule it, he just said he didn't want to come across a certain way

[@DrorF]

Well, think how he would've reacted if he _didn't_ care about that

[@sake9305]

I feel his pain. I’m not even a physics professor or even a physics person but Goop in general grinds my gears. It basically nicely packaged and advertised nonsense

[@Toywins]

Exactly, a catalogue with articles. THAT'S about it.

[@splitpitch]

at least their title accurately describes the content.

[@zacsavage8890]

Snek oil

[@davecrupel2817]

So is most television nowadays. Cant stand watching any of it.

[@ptaweston]

It's worse than nonsense. It's a grift, a con, a money-grab. And science-ignorant people and more than happy to believe it. Humans are born with the innate proclivity to believe in magic and superstitions. The only antidote to a conman like the goop lab is evidence-based knowledge.

[@bootrous]

Brady is not playing Devil's advocate. He's playing devil's troll.

[@robertw1871]

Funny, but I actually think you’re correct 😂

[@bootrous]

@@robertw1871 I know right! I swear he was actually trying to wind him up. It was pretty funny tho 😂

[@HectaSpyrit]

He was having a field day whith Phill! He was having so much fun messing around with him XD

[@22gamefreak]

He's using EXACTLY the type of arguments that these people would use. And I think Phil is responding very well regardless.

[@ResidentMilf]

As a reformed woo believer, those are exactly the things I would have said when someone tried to debunk my woo.

[@KarlMySuitcase]

I had to watch "fake martial artists get owned" compilations to cleanse the quantum field toxins out of my sub atoms after watching this.

[@laquerisma]

I just threw mine in the dishwasher with some Finish Quantum.

[@peterharris9022]

Damn my sub atomic paricles have left me glued to my couch

[@galaxy7nails613]

I think the professor is more handsome than the "energy" healer

[@bishopchalik8561]

Intelligence is attractive.

[@chadrourke6920]

It must be due to his “positive energy” lol ;)

[@EsotericTherapy]

In fairness, the energy guy is NOT handsome and I have no idea why they keep saying that.

[@jbre7233]

YES. Science daddy can get it.

[@Mumsiken]

He does not have a ring. Maybe he doesn’t believe in it or is committed.

[@bobdole1105]

I'm only about 4 minutes in and laughing at how every sentence he hears gives him a different pained expression.

[@musashi939]

Insofar this guy is right he can interact with the field of other people. Even over the wire. He's making the prof cringe by watching his video 🤣

[@Triantalex]

false.

[@warwasnotinvited]

more like influencing the potential energy of naive people's wallets

[@harshildeora1001]

Lol yeah

[@BinaryReader]

The thinness of that tablet is orders of magnitudes more interesting than goop. A technical marvel that, what a age we live in.

[@gonzalezm244]

BinaryReader the iPad is my favorite device on the planet right now.

[@orlovsskibet]

@@gonzalezm244 cool, did you just arrive from the past? 😁

[@docostler]

@@orlovsskibet We've all just arrived from the past. Where did you come from?

[@oldoddjobs]

Wow gadgets are amazing

[@MysterX79]

I got a Sony Tablet Z like 5 years ago. Was as thin and as light and to some extend had the same capabilities - lately it was used for streaming services on a daily basis. It died three months ago a horrible screen cracking death on my kitchen floor as I was washing off dirt (since it was waterproof), but it was slipping out of my hands.

[@zippy-zappa-zeppo-zorba-etc]

1:58 "the human body has an energy field" What kind of energy? Mine is potential energy. Has been for 58 years.

[@msggg9977]

zippy zappa zeppo zorba zoolander weird nine is wasted.

[@santyclause8034]

Any inanimate molecular matter has an 'energy' field. Atomic Bonds have energy fields.

[@F1fan4eva]

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call, suicide by words!

[@SyntheticFuture]

You must be the most effective energy storage device ever zippy =D

[@Anroll282]

You just wait till he starts using it. Oh boy

[@bruinflight]

I just re-watched this and I have to say, for someone as passionate, invested and goal-driven in their field as Dr Moriarty, his restraint is palpable and greatly respectable.

[@DevilishScience]

If Professor Moriarty is being wound up maybe it's clockwork energy.

[@user-me7hx8zf9y]

this joke has made my day.

[@puffunmonton]

this is gold

[@jeremys7882]

Lol, nice one.

[@AlanTheBeast100]

Pretty close to the orange coloured clockwork ....

[@randomspurious1066]

"Anger is an energy" - John Lydon (lyric, book title)

[@kingfisher1638]

The man is basically a hypnotist. He uses authoritative words and uses physical hypnosis tricks to put his victims into a suggestive state and gives them an experience which brings on a strong placebo effect.

[@Elmithian]

That isn't necessarily bad, atl if they didn't lie about it.

[@nunliski]

@@Elmithian They HAVE TO LIE ABOUT IT to get the placebo effect. It's just bad. It's disgusting and unethical.

[@Elmithian]

@@nunliski Not really? You just say this is a form of hypnosis that can help the body. No lie there.

[@nunliski]

@@Elmithian Wtf are you talking about? You're describing something other than what is depicted in the video. It's not salient to make the point that if they completely changed what they were doing then it might be ethical. Duh. Also, that's still a lie. There is no "helping of the body" occurring.

[@Elmithian]

@@nunliski ...you really don't know what placebo is do you?

[@fjbayt]

I really like Brady's playing the Devils advocate, hes doing it so well, nailing every smart rebutal that pseudo scientists can send...

[@RFC3514]

Double slit experiment according to Gwyneth Paltrow: "Take two of these candles..."

[@xyz.ijk.]

Best comment in here ... I don't know if enough people saw it to appreciate the pure V-ness of it.

[@musashi939]

@@xyz.ijk. 🤣🤣🤣

[@zach6643]

I can smell the electrons!

[@xyz.ijk.]

@@zach6643 Hahahahaha!

[@StephenMoore777]

This is classic comment lad

[@notthere83]

"Can you blame this guy?" - yes I can. Because he's using those things to rip desperate/naive people off.

[@Goreuncle]

The people he's scamming are affluent and have nothing better to do with their lives, don't worry.

[@WelsheDragon]

And he knows what he is doing, let's face it but I disagree with the notion that 'they are rich so let them be scammed' think of the people that would see this and know that celebrities or others like them are buying into this, suddenly this becomes the new understanding of human physiology and biomechanics

[@Groovemancer]

@@WelsheDragon Agreed. Looking at the recent wave of anti-vacc'ing.

[@iamnotinvolved1309]

@@Goreuncle Is scamming wrong because it's wrong or is scamming wrong only if the person being exploited is poor?

[@brettknoss486]

@@Goreuncle Define affluent, life savings are a lot more than annual income, and people who have a terminal illness and are desperate can lose their life savings.

[@Moscatinka]

I really like the episodes with prof Moriarty. He's got so much energy. 😁

[@tommihommi1]

The fact that Netflix hasn't pulled this scam of a show yet says everything

[@BenStarling]

$$$

[@Lutherus123]

People love trash and controversy. Not "us" .... but enough people.

[@TheZooropaBaby]

I mean....we live in a neoliberal system, you know? profit has way more importance than so-called truths

[@bellsTheorem1138]

It's a show? I thought it was just a disinfomercial.

[@hjembrentkent6181]

It's intentional misinformation about science, sponsored by the owners (China).

[@Bnio]

10:30 Is the moment Prof. Moriarty's vibrational frequency changed.

[@littlemascara6385]

This little dance had me on the floor😂

[@ColinTimmins]

Lol

[@davecrupel2817]

13:21 when his frequency started descending! 😂

[@mrkeogh]

Phase transition 😄

[@malemnganbiayekpam6789]

😂😂

[@Anchor9Studios]

I really enjoy this subject matter coverage. This video, the problems with high school physics, the angry chemist video from Periodic Videos, etc. It’s humbling to hear scientists talk about problems that exist in the more ‘social’ world or that affects people’s personal lives and hear their opinions on the subjects.

[@bruinflight]

I love Dr. Moriarty: "WE WOULDN'T NEED THIS BLOOODY THANG!!!" *waves hand dismissively at $100,000 piece of research apparatus...

[@danielemessina1979]

I am pretty sure that is more expensive :)

[@a51mj12]

lol yeah, is this in a same tech class as a sports car, l0l

[@WaxingRadiance]

He makes them feel better by removing large amounts of money from their accounts. Its sooooo refreshing !

[@danbwn]

Him: “What do we know about the multi-verse??” Him: “Tzeench.” Me: *Trembles in 40k*

[@edinkirkland879]

John Galt it's "Zilch" according to the subtitles and google

[@Goreuncle]

Why 40k? Tzeench already existed in Warhammer fantasy.

[@ophast2128]

The way Phil recoils at "subatomic" at 10:30 gives me life

[@markware85]

He nearly popped

[@caniggiaful]

And very possibly pooped

[@oogrooq]

Those people ought to be sued and Netflix ought to be really ashamed.

[@jackielinde7568]

Sadly, they're going to use the disclaimer as their defence. It's the idea that "a rational person should see the bit at the start and know this is bunk." In order to win, you'd need to prove that they knew this stuff was harmful and that people would follow what the video was advocating to the financial benefit of the people making it. It's kind of like suing the tobacco companies in the 70's and 80's.

[@cabinfever7262]

$$$$$$$ Talks m8 !

[@elmo2you]

@@jackielinde7568 I think I clearly heard this "healer" literally advocate/claim that his actions have beneficial/healing properties, and hence this show does by extension. Having a disclaimer upfront does not change that. In fact, this disclaimer is like shouting "this is not a robbery!", while executing an armed robbery of a bank. It has no meaning whatsoever. The reason why this show and Netflix don't get sued out of existence for this blatant quackery has little to do with legality, and everything with how the US legal system is fundamentally broken when it comes to serving justice the rich and powerful (not even remotely a new phenomenon either). This is not a legal problem, it's a cultural one (of which the USA has plenty).

[@5c0tty5]

@@jackielinde7568 the disclaimer said its not medical advise... Didn't say anything about it not being physics advice when they were spouting bollocks about the double slit experiment and quantum

[@ThePdeHav]

oogrooq: Agreed

[@deeprecce9852]

Absolutely concur with every word coming out of Prof Phillips mouth!!!!! Literally every Word!! This man is my new hero!!!

[@henzsol6771]

I thought, when I heard it was called "the goop lab", that it would be gweneth paltrow making homemade slimes. Not gonna lie... I'm disappointed.

[@PrincessSixThirteen]

If the Goop were Gwenyth Paltrow making slimes I might actually watch that.

[@crishoudini2232]

This is the video that should be on netflix.

[@AllAboutMarketings]

Nobody would watch it cris. People only want to see something that has great storytelling and not require high IQ to understand the show.

[@lasaylem2622]

Science doesn't sell

[@BlahblahblahblahblahblahblahFU]

🙋🏽‍♀️ I’d watch… he should do more on commenting on Goop😂🤣

[@michaeljames5936]

I remember reading 'The Tao of Physics' a number of years back, during a difficult time in my life and I desperately wanted to 'believe' that my two great interests at the time: Quantum physics and Meditation were linked and part of a greater whole. One of the most convincing aspects of the book, was the fact that the quotes from physicists about quantum phenomena and of Buddhist practitioners about their refined experience of wordless 'awareness', used strikingly similar wording and phraseology, ergo- they were describing the same thing, but a later, more detached analysis of the quotes, revealed that they were only so similar because they were both descriptions of something that neither could express clearly in words; something mysterious to the people quoted, but essentially both were merely saying 'I don't really understand, what I am trying to talk about'. The seeming relatedness of the phenomena, was merely the relatedness of language when we find it difficult to explain something we find fascinating. The use of words like 'energy', which is extremely difficult to define, allows this same positing of meaning where none actually exists.

[@GodlessVoice]

"I don't trust a man that wears all black." *Camera pans.* 😆🤣🙃 I'm glad you guys have a sense of humor while attacking this...

[@catnium]

his shirt looks to like its a very dark green tho

[@a33795]

19:02 Is where it's at

[@kaktees]

THE SHADE 😹

[@renemunkthalund3581]

Moriarty: "I will give him that. The man has got a key sense of style and sartorial elegance." 😆

[@sketcharmslong6289]

"right, that is bollocks." - Prof. Philip Moriarty

[@kenj0418]

You probably should bleep that. :-)

[@tyranneous]

I lost it at this point. Absolutely brilliant. Leave it in! :D

[@hansnoor9637]

Golden words to live by

[@BATTIS94]

This almost plays as a socratic dialogue, with a secondary character acting as a medium for the teacher to further explain his point. I love it.

[@jordibear]

Will say "bollocks" multiple times, but says "nether regions" instead of "ass"

[@saiello2061]

He's swear checking himself...

[@desromic]

"A kilogram of steel is heavier that a kilogram of feathers." ~ Gwyneth Paltrow

[@salerio61]

While an ounce of gold actually is heavier than an ounce of feathers

[@AngDavies]

Technically a kilogram of steel is slightly heavier than a kilogram of feathers - it would weigh less on a scale weight is a force and kilogram is mass, and feathers are substantially less dense than steel and thus displace more air and weight less due to buoyancy

[@salerio61]

@@AngDavies The weight wouldn't change because of displacement. Weight is the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity. Just because it's floating doesn't mean it isn't experiencing a force.

[@desromic]

@@AngDavies It was a reference to a viral video "1kg of steel VS 1kg of feathers ". Also, technically buoyancy is an additional force acting on the feathers, which you only observe if you're in atmosphere. You can talk about weight with or without atmosphere. It's like if I said a Ford F-150 weighs 2200 kg, and you said "Well, it weighs more if it has a trailer attached". Yup. Nailed me. :)

[@philp4684]

🎵 Wrong way down a one way stree-eet.

[@pangyre]

You are much more fair and kind than any of the people involved deserve.

[@hk-4738]

10:30 Something snapped there when "the sub-atomic level" was brought up.

[@Astralis42]

It was that section where you can see a clear change in his body language. He was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt up until they crossed the line into 'physics is just magic!' territory.

[@lucybiddle3912]

That was the dance of a very offended physicist lol

[@wonderpope]

I would say that the guy from the video showed, that he definitely can influence the physicst's sanity from another place and time in the universe without touching him.

[@hk-4738]

@@wonderpope Huehuehuehuehuehue

[@mrsapplez2007]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@io_421]

That healer is so powerful he managed to make your blood boil through video!

[@Triantalex]

ok?

[@hs3881]

Huge thanks to professor Phil. We need six orders of magnitude more contents like this.

[@joshlau9279]

“Proved empirically without a shadow of a doubt” is a contradictory sentence. I wonder if goop lab has ever heard of uncertainty in measurement?

[@RFC3514]

"Without a shadow of a doubt" does not mean it's always true. It just means they didn't waste any time doubting it.

[@jessica4656]

@@RFC3514 hahahaha

[@TheJerbol]

I know what you're talking about but it's not contradictory at all. It's hyperbolic and perhaps redundant, but doesn't contradict anything.

[@alazrabed]

@@TheJerbol Yes it is. Empirical data can only at best promote one explanation over another. A sizable accumulation of uncontradicted data supporting one explanation gives you a pretty solid theory. And that's as goos as it's ever going to be. Nothing's ever proven in physics. I can never prove to you that the sun will rise tomorrow. Some yet unobserved fifth force could act during the night and throw our star towards the other end of the galaxy. But it's an unfalsifiable claim so we usually don't bother too much discussing it.

[@musiqtee]

Empiricism is a process (cycle). Facts must be verifiable by other means than our senses. A fact may still be dynamic due to paradigmatic change in verification method. Doubt is a state of mind, not verifiable, but instrumental in the empirical cycle. Even so, doubt is not admissible to a verified fact, only to the paradigms of the verification. That alone does not change a fact. My opinion is that the OP’s quote is indeed contradictory. 😅👍

[@garyaubin8016]

Well done Brady. A journalist asking the questions and the ability to frame the argument, for both sides. Great discussion.

[@reillybrangan2182]

"The man is talking out of his nether regions!"

[@storyspren]

"The body is multi-dimensional" Yeah, there's like... four of them. Three if you're only counting spatial.

[@nigelft]

@@existenceisillusion6528 You recalled correctly ... Hence, in astronomy, you frequently hear reference to space-time as a single entity, as time, especially when observing anything over large enough distance, matters ...

[@storyspren]

@@existenceisillusion6528 Yeah, but most people don't really have an intuition for time as a dimension. In everyday contexts, it's often either forgotten because of how differently we perceive it in comparison to the others, or simply ignored (or measured separately) for the sake of convenience. So you might be only counting the spatial ones. You won't have decoupled them, you're just forgetting one or, more likely, counting what matters for your purposes.

[@TheAngelsHaveThePhoneBox]

*String theorist enters the chat* "Actually..."

[@scriptorpaulina]

I, as an astrophysicist, usually call it 3+1, due to the special properties of the temporal “dimension.” Also yes, we can’t decouple them as far as distance goes, but we can see that time has special properties as a dimension, that the other three don’t. See: the Kerr, Minkowski, and Schwarzschild metric, which I recall all having a sign change.

[@MrPabgon]

@@nigelft Yeah, but that doesn't mean there aren't 4 dimensions. There are 4. 3 spatial and 1 of time, right? The fact that they're linked doesn't mean they're the same, right?

[@RFC3514]

I know Professor Moriarty did a lot of bad things (ex., to Sherlock Holmes), but isn't this punishment a bit too harsh?

[@dbackscott]

RFC3514 I was waiting for him to lose his mind and turn into a whimpering mass of twitching (former) physicist on the floor.

[@annamireault7513]

Finally someone mentioned this. I mean he is still a widely known criminal but almost nobody recognised him

[@Jabranalibabry]

Cracked me up, mate :D

[@8bitlatina845]

Fair point.

[@giacomoferrieri2668]

@@annamireault7513 Why?

[@AIDAGDA]

This is one of the best videos I have seen in a while. Loved it

[@jackieOAT]

That professor's frustration was really touching 😀

[@NyanyiC]

As a medical doctor I can totally understand his frustration. They are playing with people's lives

[@Triantalex]

As a medical doctor I can totally understand his frustration. They are playing with people's lives

[@_PsychoFish_]

12:54 "quantum energy field chakra" is an amazing combination of words, i have to use that more often xD

[@tommasoascari2706]

This is amazing. The counter part in a video is so rare I'm in love with this

[@erlandodk]

"If science knew everything, it'd stop" -- Dara Ó Briain

[@dookiedooks8378]

One of the best comedy lines ever... ............. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@BanHelsing]

@@dookiedooks8378 what?

[@wendighoul]

@@BanHelsing it is from a Dara Ó Briain comedy show. Paraphrasing "People often come up to me and say 'Science doesn't know everything', which is true. The thing is Science *knows* it doesn't know everything, or else it'd stop."

[@BanHelsing]

@@wendighoul oh ok thx

[@visualdragon]

Beat me to it. :)

[@MusicJamSchauspiel]

„You might need to bleep a lot.“ Two seconds later: „the man is talking out of his nether regions“ ...I think we‘re safe, buddy :)

[@jollyjokress3852]

I think it's funny, because he uses "bollocks" which is really quite severe ;)

[@markweerheim3628]

@@jollyjokress3852 I think the word "bollocks" is the reason he said that

[@rylace]

Truly, completely, utterly, bollocks. I love him.

[@Stoneman06660]

"The energetic field; they've never defined it." - This right here is the problem. They clearly define nothing but their fees. They use word salad, opinion and vagueness to promote things that have no basis in reality whatsoever. It's not like we lack tools to measure minute changes in the world around us. If these people believe it exists, then get someone in to measure and document it. After you've done that they can have a public conversation about it.

[@stevenverrall4527]

There is no doubt that the human body generates and interferes with electromagnetic fields. This has been measured many times and is well documented. How do you think our brains, hearts, muscles, and nerves work if not via electromagnetism? To be ignorant of this requires an extreme level of closemindedness.

[@ritanightingale250]

Steven Verrall 👍

[@durnsidh6483]

@@stevenverrall4527 Yes we do know this, but the way goop is presenting this here is (assuming that they are even talking about the EM field, they aren't specific) flies in the face of nearly all of biophysics, chemistry, and modern medicine. The human body on a large scale is electrically neutral, most macroscale electrical effects are a result of either polarization or using powerful magnets. In order to see the human body as a collection of different charges, you need to get down to the level of molecules at which point the only way to practically control these charges is to use chemical reactions. Any forces noticable on a larger length scale (such as a man snapping his fingers) is too coarse a tool to get these kinds of effects, like impacting people's moods.

[@castonyoung7514]

@@stevenverrall4527 He's not denying any of that. The point is that they don't specify whether or not it is an electromagnetic field so he cannot call them out on their B.S. as easily.

[@sirius_lily]

Nope... imagine living in a world where the majority is blind and you want to convince that there are things called colors. You can even invent a camera and all sorts of devices... what is the use? They won't see them. Will they be able to interpret them indirectly? Maybe. Also, scientists are on a regular basis having a hard time building different tests and experiments that will sense a certain particle or whatever, that is why they have a job to do. To ask these people to just use a thermometer or whatever device and 'just get some measures already' is ridiculous...

[@AllGasNoBrakes711]

Gwyneth Paltrow is the human equivalent of putting your right hand in your left pocket

[@CLBOO6]

Aaron John 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@yogitshankar6348]

Accurate

[@nate_d376]

Had to think about that for a second...makes total sense.

[@HolowatyVlogs]

Underrated comment!

[@DEATHbyHEMLOCK]

I do that all the time when my arms are loaded with groceries and I need to get the house keys out of my pocket.

[@scottparis6355]

"Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig; es ist nicht einmal falsch!" "That is not only not right; it is not even wrong" Wolfgang Pauli

[@Pandora234able]

Pauli Exclusion Principle?

[@Triantalex]

??

[@ShushBeQuietSilly]

Completely off topic, but I love Phil's little frustrated "toddler dance" xD

[@Urban_Piggy]

Janita kristoffersen Yes, that was very entertaining!

[@mrduck6720]

I love this. Phil is the perfect person to have react to something like this. He speaks and responds so constructively.

[@traog]

If things at a quantum level are affected by things as simple as snapping fingers, i would expect the world to be an extremely chaotic place.

[@cyborgninjamonkey]

In the pure context, they are and it is-that's a bit of the many reasons that in the applied context, they aren't and it isn't.

[@olivierdoubre6339]

3:00: "I don't want to be that science guy who says this is garbage straight up, perhaps from a placebo point of the view you could argue this has some value lets see where it goes" 5 seconds later: "OK this is Bonkers"

[@SyntheticFuture]

Hey he gave it 5 seconds. That's pretty generous =p

[@Triantalex]

false.

[@cpt_nordbart]

I was once connected to the power line.... I felt very energetic... And danced a while in a funny way.

[@thesage1096]

u tapped into something there

[@Triantalex]

ok?

[@Leojim650]

I love the way Professor Philip gets wound up. He's Great.

[@AtomMachinerule]

Seems to me that goop hand waving man has effected Moriarty's energy from a much larger distance than 3ft.. 🤣

[@arlostein1000]

Go off King

[@Franklyhesaid]

12:47 Massive gamble there kiddo. Dude´s about to snap and you're playing the chakra card.

[@sam23696]

The name Goop has to be derived from the description of their veiwer's brains surely.

[@sean..L]

Why would someone watch a whole season of 30 minute advertisements? Netflix must really think lowly of its users.

[@lohphat]

Have you seen the modern cable channel guide lately? Over a dozen infomercial channels.

[@thoughtlesskills]

No corp thinks much of their customers, they pretend otherwise but it's just their money they want. Goop is making $$$ and Netflix wants some, just business in the modern world. And what few here have mentioned is that NF already had nonsense like Ancient Aliens and Flat earth docs, Goop isn't all that different.

[@lohphat]

thoughtlesskills ...which is why I cancelled my Netflix subscription. I also haven’t paid for cable in over 10 years. Why would you pay to have sewage pumped INTO your home?

[@ninenine5804]

Maybe it's time to cancel my subscription to Netflix...

[@iroulis]

Because money talks, and unfortunately due to inheritance taxes or lack thereof in the US since 1964, there is a lot of money in the pockets of idiotic morons these days.

[@FixingTheInternet]

That dance of frustration when "subatomic level" was mentioned ... love it!

[@peterharris9022]

I love the absolute passion and validity of his argument.

[@rzlx0]

"We've only got to the titles and I'm already pissed off" Yup

[@ahmadalhuwaish7504]

i love that the camera man is playing the devil's advocate to prove that even with a counter-argument the whole thing doesn't even make sense

[@gertjannolten4849]

Interesting stuff, and compliments to Dr. Moriarty for not losing his cool. I'd love to see the same discussion with a psychologist and/or a linguist, because (as you both correctly pointed out) this seems to be just as much about words, their intent and effects as it is about physics. Maybe a psychologist and physicist together could unpick more on whether this is a word-induced illusion (like hypnosis) or just a (possibly intentionally) confusing, jumbled mish-mash of science and psychology.

[@Blue.4D2]

Brady has a special key for winding up Dr. Moriarty, and he's not afraid to use it! Also, it's fun! (hopefully for the Dr. as well)

[@johnnypopulus5521]

So, this guy is a faith healer but instead of using religious terms he's using quantum terms. Cultism.

[@Polite_Cat]

no, he calls himself a chiropractor which is about right - tons of chiropractors push this kind of woo-woo psuedoscience and charge tons of money for it. chiropractors are big time scammers.

[@johnnypopulus5521]

@@Polite_Cat Chiropractor: Using psuedo-medical terms & knowledge to scam people out of their money. Same same.

[@feedyourspeakers]

Interesting but I had injured the area between my ribs and spine in my back and had regular pain, had to miss work etc... I went to a chiropractor, he said it seems there was scar tissue in that area from it healing a bit different. I did 3 sessions and never had that pain come back and never had to return for more visits. Maybe it doesn't work for some but worked for me 100%

[@maddyvonirsik7391]

Wat????

[@cc3184]

I have a great chiropractor. He does deep tissue type work, advocates self management such as core strengthening and doesn't push you to come in for a specific number of sessions. You can usually tell the the bad ones by the fact that they charge a ridiculous amount, push things like paying for xrays and a larger number of sessions being necessary for improvement.

[@mattsadventureswithart5764]

I love both the numberphile and computerphile channels, but don't recall ever watching this one before. Ive got a real nerd-on for this very passionate scientist, so im going to have to watch more :)

[@drg8687]

Science doesnt know everything but some dude that snaps his fingers to interact with you at the quantum level does!!!

[@edinkirkland879]

Jebuslives I'd say zilch. just zilch.

[@mohsinpervaiz5782]

@Brian Prior I'm pretty sure OP is just joking.

[@Pit1993x]

I'm pausing the video almost as often as Philip because i can't hear him comment on the video over my laughter. 😂😂

[@Triantalex]

ok?

[@Pit1993x]

@@Triantalex 🤨

[@eschwarz1003]

wow, this guy is SO extremely patient, gracious, and open-minded to entertaining Goops fairly ridiculous claims. Thank you for this; I dislike companies that push false science to sell unwitting people various goods and services. Also, he acknowledged the placebo effect in the very beginning and removed it from analysis mostly; many of the arguments clung to what is placebo effect in some way.

[@wanderzer0799]

This is the crossover I never knew I needed