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Bill Nye Saves the World

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Season 1  "Tune Your Quack-o-Meter"  1x2

Aired 7 years ago - Apr 21, 2017

Bill and his panel of experts debunk bogus alternative remedies like homeopathy, the healing power of magnets ... and curing cancer by yelling at it.

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Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 1
I'm so glad you asked.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 2
In the case of medicine, the researchers wanna make sure
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 3
I don't know which is the drug and which is the placebo...
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 4
and see how they feel.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 5
So, let's see what these pills really were.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 6
when something makes you feel better even though it's not medicine.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 7
You could be doing yourself harm and no one would be the wiser.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 8
It's a big deal, so you guys pay attention.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 9
Does the treatment use dramatic stories?
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 10
Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 11
Every organ and every cell has a specific vibration
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 12
-if you don't have them at peace? -You die.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 13
[yelling]
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 14
And the sound he uses to get rid of the cancer is really intense.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 15
It's like, imagine. "We're gonna listen to music and the disease will go away."
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 16
Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 17
No. You get $2 off, I guess. They didn't round up.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 18
that were very, very excited that we were there,
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 19
And sound therapy is a guy yelling at you.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 20
'cause when you hear music, you think about the music, the lyrics,
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 21
But it's hard to tell if they work, or if it's just a placebo effect.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 22
the placebo effect fascinates me.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 23
Just the fact that we can't hear ultrasound doesn't take away from--
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 24
-[Bill] Nocebo? -A nocebo.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 25
Is placebo any different than what we think of as alternative medicine?
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 26
is a very, very small number.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 27
And I don't like alternative medicine,
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 28
sometimes it's a little dangerous,
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 29
-That's your business? -[Chris] That's my business.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 30
Well, we get to the scale of sort of magnetic bracelets.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 31
and tell them various stories
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 32
That was the trial when I had a high dose of caffeine."
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 33
I don't like using the umbrella term, because it has many effects.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 34
We've seen-- We've seen studies where psychics and mystics
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 35
And there are people that are more perceptive than we are.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 36
Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 37
-and if you are, like, in a-- -[Bill] I've been to Sedona.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 38
Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 39
Sound therapy has nothing to do with Buddhism or Hinduism.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 40
Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 41
When they see Asians doing Reiki to cure cancer,
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 42
Asians, stop selling unregulated remedies with no scientific basis.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 43
Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 44
and became real medicine.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 45
And then there is this alternative remedy
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 46
You're in luck, really, because...
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 47
Now, what we wanna do is put in some universal indicator--
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 48
Now, I'll put in a lot more of this stuff till we get a nice green color.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 49
and we will use this hydrochloric acid,
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 50
Just this one little drop there.

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Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 2
In the case of medicine, the researchers wanna make sure
#2 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 3
I don't know which is the drug and which is the placebo...
#3 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 4
and see how they feel.
#4 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 5
So, let's see what these pills really were.
#5 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 6
when something makes you feel better even though it's not medicine.
#6 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 7
You could be doing yourself harm and no one would be the wiser.
#7 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 8
It's a big deal, so you guys pay attention.
#8 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 9
Does the treatment use dramatic stories?
#9 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 10 #10 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 11
Every organ and every cell has a specific vibration
#11 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 12
-if you don't have them at peace? -You die.
#12 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 13
[yelling]
#13 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 14
And the sound he uses to get rid of the cancer is really intense.
#14 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 15
It's like, imagine. "We're gonna listen to music and the disease will go away."
#15 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 16 #16 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 17
No. You get $2 off, I guess. They didn't round up.
#17 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 18
that were very, very excited that we were there,
#18 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 19
And sound therapy is a guy yelling at you.
#19 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 20
'cause when you hear music, you think about the music, the lyrics,
#20 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 21
But it's hard to tell if they work, or if it's just a placebo effect.
#21 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 22
the placebo effect fascinates me.
#22 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 23
Just the fact that we can't hear ultrasound doesn't take away from--
#23 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 24
-[Bill] Nocebo? -A nocebo.
#24 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 25
Is placebo any different than what we think of as alternative medicine?
#25 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 26
is a very, very small number.
#26 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 27
And I don't like alternative medicine,
#27 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 28
sometimes it's a little dangerous,
#28 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 29
-That's your business? -[Chris] That's my business.
#29 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 30
Well, we get to the scale of sort of magnetic bracelets.
#30 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 31
and tell them various stories
#31 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 32
That was the trial when I had a high dose of caffeine."
#32 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 33
I don't like using the umbrella term, because it has many effects.
#33 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 34
We've seen-- We've seen studies where psychics and mystics
#34 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 35
And there are people that are more perceptive than we are.
#35 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 36 #36 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 37
-and if you are, like, in a-- -[Bill] I've been to Sedona.
#37 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 38 #38 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 39
Sound therapy has nothing to do with Buddhism or Hinduism.
#39 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 40 #40 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 41
When they see Asians doing Reiki to cure cancer,
#41 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 42
Asians, stop selling unregulated remedies with no scientific basis.
#42 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 43 #43 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 44
and became real medicine.
#44 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 45
And then there is this alternative remedy
#45 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 46
You're in luck, really, because...
#46 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 47
Now, what we wanna do is put in some universal indicator--
#47 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 48
Now, I'll put in a lot more of this stuff till we get a nice green color.
#48 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 49
and we will use this hydrochloric acid,
#49 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 50
Just this one little drop there.
#50