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Tim Minchin's Storm the Animated Movie

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For anyone, no background needed. Education, not medical advice.

5.6M views15 years ago3 recommendations

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Tim Minchin performs an animated beat poem about a dinner party debate defending science and skepticism against alternative medicine.

NOW AVAILABLE AS AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK WITH ALL NEW ART! www.timminchin.com/stormthebook In the confines of a London dinner party, comedian Tim Minchin argues with a hippy named Storm. While Storm herself may not be converted, audiences from London to LA have been won over by Tim's wordplay and the timely message of the film in a society where science and reason are portrayed as the enemy of belief. Written and performed by Tim Minchin @timminchin. Directed by DC Turner @dcturner. Produced by Tracy King @tkingdoll. www.stormmovie.net Italian subtitles by www.comedysubs.org English subtitles by Jason Livingston Russian subtitles by Denis Olshin

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What people say. Recommended as a brilliant and witty defense of scientific medicine against alternative therapies.

effingwewtin Hacker News • Recommends

On “The universe is expanding faster than expected”

Religion can't really explain things though. If I say a floating jellyfish did it all, and we are too stupid to ever know why, that doesn't give any clarity. Tim Minchin has a great line about this in one of his songs1 'Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved' 1 link to this video

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On “Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant”

My first thought on reading this was of Tim Minchin's epic beat poem 'Storm' 0 - jump to 3:05 if you want to hear the bit that specifically deals with this. (Warning: some language NSFW) 0 link to this video

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On “Scientists find molecular-level evidence for two structures in liquid water”

"Water has memory, and whilst its memory of a long lost drop of onion juice seems infinite, it somehow forgets all the poo it's had in it." - excerpt from Storm, by Nick Minchin link to this video The entirety of this song is a listen worth your time. Doubly so if you've never heard of Nick Minchin before.

salgernonin Hacker News • Mentions

On “How a Car Engine Works”

Thats really depressing. You know what they call alternative medicine that works? Medicine. (cf: Tim Minchin, 'Storm' link to this video )

solarkraftin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Nitric oxide inhibits the replication cycle of SARS coronavirus (2004)”

Here's a nice quote from the (admittedly strawman-laden, but imo still nice) Poem "Storm" by Tim Minchin ( link to this video ): Do you know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work? Medicine. Of course the provedness of medical treatments can vary, but statements on a random online shop don't really cut it for me.

amiga386in Hacker News • Mentions

On “19th century lions preyed on humans and giraffes”

Groups can be defined both by people's intrinsic properties that they can't change (e.g. sex, race, age, sexuality, heritage) and their beliefs which they can definitely change (opinions, philosophy, religion). It's OK to make fun of hippies. link to this video