rant · moment 5 of 29
Embracing Your Flaws and the Anti-Vax War on Science
from Episode 148 - Streak of Evil (with Yannis Pappas) · #148
2 min
Tim connects accepting one's own flaws/limits (using his own C+ grades) to modern refusal to accept mediocrity, then pivots into the anti-vaccine movement and giving Jenny McCarthy a platform on medical science.
- Tim argues that people now refuse to admit flaws, unlike when he was growing up, when parents openly acknowledged differences between siblings.
- Accepting your flaws and turning them into something positive is how people actually achieve things—Tim found comedy because he wasn't the smart brother.
- Instead of medicating energetic kids or labeling them as broken, figure out what they're good at and put them to work.
- There's a real war on science happening right now, with people refusing vaccinations because they treat Jenny McCarthy like a doctor.
- The anti-vax movement divides along political lines, with people rejecting peer-reviewed science in favor of celebrities like Jenny McCarthy, Rob Schneider, and Alyssa Milano.
Jenny McCarthyRob SchneiderAlyssa MilanoTootie from facts of life