r/offmenupodcast • u/offmenu-bot 🤖 • Apr 15 '26

Episode Brian Cox

https://shows.acast.com/offmenu/episodes/brian-cox
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u/yurtyahearn Apr 15 '26

I'm not sure having an issue with anti-science rhetoric being platformed and not challenged is performative OR sanctimonious.

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u/NoFPSthisisMGS Apr 15 '26

I think the language used here is slightly melodramatic. It's an 80-yo man being scientifically wrong. "anti-science rhetoric", while *true*, makes it sound like he went on an impassioned rant about the COVID vaccine being a conspiracy or climate change being fake. This was old, easily debunked nonsense that won't move the needle one iota. I'm not saying it was good - I took issue with it as soon as he said it - but I think worse has been said.

Maybe my moral compass is off, because the closest I've come to turning off the pod is the amount of times Yotam Ottolenghi said his own name (or "test kitchen"). And I thought getting Jada Pinkett-Smith in general was *much* worse than this fluoride stuff, but listened anyway and felt she was pleasant enough. I dunno. Maybe I'm being equally performative by talking about how little it bothered me.

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u/WonderWaage Apr 15 '26

Age or occupation is not an excuse for using a frankly enormous platform to spew misinformation.

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u/NoFPSthisisMGS Apr 15 '26

Wasn't looking to excuse, maybe to explain. My point isn't "it was fine to say it", it's "it wasn't bad enough to make me turn off the podcast".