The War on Science ⚔️
Exploring the ongoing conflict against scientific progress. Support via Patreon or Bluesky for more content.

Shaun
1.4M views • Sep 23, 2025

About this video
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Contact:
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/shaunfromyoutube
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Content warning: transphobia, misogyny, racism, child abuse, sexual harassment and assault.
Videos I mentioned:
That Time Geocentrists Tricked A Bunch of Physicists - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icwDF8wRgF4
Sexual harassment and assault in Astronomy and Physics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DNRBa39Iig
the physicist who tried to debunk postmodernism -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESEFUaEA7kk
Vaccines and Autism: A Measured Response -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BIcAZxFfrc&
The Bell Curve -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBc7qBS1Ujo
Other sources covering the book:
‘Sex Predators’ by Rebecca Watson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1FNkGgutgc
Skepchick website - https://skepchick.org/
‘The “Skeptics” Are Crashing Out HARD’ by Genetically Modified Skeptic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfh75ezwi2Y
‘The War on Science is coming from Inside the Book’ by Eiynah Mohammed-Smith
https://www.patreon.com/posts/war-on-science-123635833
Special thanks to:
Ash
Big Joel
Hbomberguy
missingnocchi on twitch
Finally, we thank Ursula C. T. Gamma for her continued inspiration
Background art by Skutchdraws!
Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
12:10 The Elephant in the Room
23:33 Ott
40:58 Katz
46:20 Strumia
58:01 Elevatorgate
1:17:26 Sokal
1:29:31 Transphobia
2:03:40 Christakis
2:18:40 Thompson
2:26:50 Wax
2:35:50 The Listener Letter
2:43:53 Widdowson
2:51:27 Weiss
3:06:34 Oxycontin
3:33:11 Aporia
3:51:06 Et al
3:56:24 The War on Science
4:01:33 Outro
Contact:
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/shaunfromyoutube
Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/shaunvids.bsky.social
Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/shaun_vids
Content warning: transphobia, misogyny, racism, child abuse, sexual harassment and assault.
Videos I mentioned:
That Time Geocentrists Tricked A Bunch of Physicists - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icwDF8wRgF4
Sexual harassment and assault in Astronomy and Physics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DNRBa39Iig
the physicist who tried to debunk postmodernism -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESEFUaEA7kk
Vaccines and Autism: A Measured Response -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BIcAZxFfrc&
The Bell Curve -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBc7qBS1Ujo
Other sources covering the book:
‘Sex Predators’ by Rebecca Watson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1FNkGgutgc
Skepchick website - https://skepchick.org/
‘The “Skeptics” Are Crashing Out HARD’ by Genetically Modified Skeptic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfh75ezwi2Y
‘The War on Science is coming from Inside the Book’ by Eiynah Mohammed-Smith
https://www.patreon.com/posts/war-on-science-123635833
Special thanks to:
Ash
Big Joel
Hbomberguy
missingnocchi on twitch
Finally, we thank Ursula C. T. Gamma for her continued inspiration
Background art by Skutchdraws!
Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
12:10 The Elephant in the Room
23:33 Ott
40:58 Katz
46:20 Strumia
58:01 Elevatorgate
1:17:26 Sokal
1:29:31 Transphobia
2:03:40 Christakis
2:18:40 Thompson
2:26:50 Wax
2:35:50 The Listener Letter
2:43:53 Widdowson
2:51:27 Weiss
3:06:34 Oxycontin
3:33:11 Aporia
3:51:06 Et al
3:56:24 The War on Science
4:01:33 Outro
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