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I'm pretty certain that we all know of many individuals and groups who would greatly profit from heeding the advice given in this video. Unfortunately, I'm also pretty certain that a lot of those individuals and groups would not be open-minded enough to even watch it. I get so sick of creationists, anti-vaxers, religious nuts, etc., etc. Where's that stasis module? Maybe things'll be better in a couple thousand years.

Fabulous.

I loved the use of comic-book graphics!

Can I get whoever put that together to work on my next presentation? Way cooler than my turgid powerpoints!

I need to send this to my wife.... (I'm NOT dogmatic and closed-minded, I just want EVIDENCE!) but maybe I'll do so from an anonymous email account! ;)

And can I borrow your grandma? She sounds like she'd be really cool!