uhh it may just be me, but what the hell did the cartoons have to do with his presentation? and is that what a president appointed persons presentation actually looks like? sheesh it looks like a middle schoolers!

Yeah, the presentation is awful. Just glancing through it, this caught my eye:

ESTROGEN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING THE THERMOSTAT THAT CONTROLS NEUROCHEMICAL RECEPTOR REACTIVITY:
IN MENOPAUSE THE “SETTING� IS - LOW
IN PREGNANCY THE “SETTING� IS - HIGH
IN PMS IT IS - SHORT CIRCUITED

"short circuited"? What? That sounds sexist, not scientific.

I can't believe what my tax dollars go to.

Yeah, the reference to PMS was bizarre.

The presentation was way too loud and difficult to follow... does the guy have ADHD or something? I mean, seriously, I'm not a scientist but I am pretty smart (straight As in science classes, etc.), and I was *completely lost* by that "presentation." I genuinely don't understand the point he's trying to make... the closest I could glean from it was, "don't have bad relationships."

Wow. Talk about helpful. And here all along I've been *seeking out* assholes who hurt me and turn me away from men. Well, it's probably my own fault, what with PMS short circuiting my brain and all.

All we need is a lengthy diatribe about the impurification of bodily essence through sex. Have you ever noticed that a promiscuous young woman never drinks water? It's fluoridated! They drink vodka tonics!

Elektro, no - on the first slide, he credits two other people for helping him with Powerpoint.

I think I might be about to asphyxiate.

Damn you, I just looked at that presentation, and at least a quarter of my brain cells died.

You've got to be fucking kidding me. Right? RIGHT? No?

*hangs head in shame*

These people seem fit to shove their version of "science" down everyone's throat when the reality of that, whether the actual science or the fact that a majority of Americans don't want to hear it, is totally against their thinking. How does this even make sense in their heads?

"Oh god! people are having sex freely! WOMEN are having sex WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE. DEAR. GOD. what will we keep them in line with? We can't use pregnancy they can CHOOSE now! Shame won't work! What can we POSSIBLY use to get them back in line? EMOTIONS! That's the ticket! We'll just tell them that deep down inside, though their BODY might enjoy teh sex they don't *emotionally* like the orgams they're having and that if they have too many then they'll just burn up their brains with oxytocin and not be able to make any more and then they'll never love again. Muh ha ha ha ha!" *twirls mustache*

Serisously? No wonder Eupore was glad to be rid of the Puritans they probably threw a kegger as they watched the ships leave. Can we send them somewhere else? Is there another undiscovered land that needs to be pillaged? When do we start making moon bases?

(and yes, I believe that once humans start making colonies on other planets these people should get land unto themselves and be left the fuck alone)

that's some scary pseudoscience masquerading as a fun cartoon.

his science accepted by other scientists (search here for "keroack e") amounted to 3 papers in 1993-4 and all pertained to fetal heart rate monitoring.

he hasn't published a word about oxytocin in any established scientific journal. maybe that's because bugs bunny and popeye are not encouraged in figures.

I was wondering why my neurons are weeping. I thought it was from the short term memory loss. Nope, it was from bad, bad sex.

I was wondering why my neurons are weeping. I thought it was from the short term memory loss. Nope, it was from bad, bad sex.

"Increases Oxytocin's effects by 8 times the normal"

"In PMS it is short circuited"

what!? and this guy's supposedly an OB/GYN?

i am without words.

These people seem fit to shove their version of "science" down everyone's throat when the reality of that, whether the actual science or the fact that a majority of Americans don't want to hear it, is totally against their thinking. How does this even make sense in their heads?

I'm sorry, when did we start talking about evolution?

Interesting to watch the EXACT same argument be dismissed when made by the majority of Americans about a different subject. Oh, you mean "science" isn't a foolproof thing we should just tell our kids about? Hmmmmmmm

Buffy, the fact that you can't tell the difference between actual science and Dr. Quack's speculations about oxytocin is one of the best arguments for expanded science education I've ever seen.

buffy, really, why do you keep coming to this site?

It saddens me to the core to know that our government is filling the brains of our future leaders with this insane mix of absurd "facts" and innaproprate presentation (really, what person over the age of 13 is going to respect ANY presentation that is filled with Looney Toons, Popeye and poorly colored marker drawings?). The government says they want every child to have a solid education (NCLB act) but, I say, given the options between a lacking education and one based on the rantings of a mad-man, I'll take the limited education any day! The truth, it seems, does not get into the way of his "facts".

Also, I wonder what his meth bill is each month? It's gotta be pretty high...

"In my science book, children are playing with little stegosaurus babies! But that was BEFORE the flood!"

I come to be educated by agendaless individuals like yourself, elektrodot. People with self awareness who dismaiss the same arguments they themselves use.

Wow. I've actually done doctoral level work in neuroendocrinology. His presentation was so bizarre as to leave me speechless for a good hour. And scientifically inaccurate, goodness I would have flunked any undergrad who wrote me an essay with that tripe. If he'd included actual science about pair bonding I would have excused the random dip into cartoon land. But even my generous heart can't abide that kind of misinformation.

Exactly how is this RW nutjob supposed to serve normal people - you know, the American women who like sex, for example? What was the shrub thinking? Is this just throwing some sort of sop to the cranks who lost the 2006 midterms? This just doesn't make sense - it's like making Kent Hovind the head of Science & Research for the country - it's just insane!

What does your statement even mean buffy? Elecktrodot asked a simple question, and not in a threatening way. As another poster here commented, your posts are the best reason to improve science education. Here's a simple way to put it that you can understand: Science is forming hypothesis from observing events in our world. The RW faith based agenda is based on a book of oral myth that was transcribed (and mistranscribed) by hand over the centuries.

"I'm sorry, when did we start talking about evolution?

Interesting to watch the EXACT same argument be dismissed when made by the majority of Americans about a different subject. Oh, you mean "science" isn't a foolproof thing we should just tell our kids about? Hmmmmmmm"

What the hell are you talking about? When did I bring up evolution?

Since we're on the subject, "science" IS a foolproof thinking that kids should be taught in schools becaue unlike, say, intellengent design, there's actual EVIDENCE. Intellengent Design is based on faith, which is based on religion and if that's what you believe then more power to you, but everyone doesn't share your beliefs, THUS the "not every american wants to hear it".

We can dismiss this man's "science" because it's totall fucking nonsense and not actually SCIENCE but if he wants to preach it to his people fine, the problem is is that he's going to be able to influence what goes on for the rest of us who don't share in his utter insanity.

Perhaps I should have clarified what I meant, or maybe I should have said their "warped view of science" or "the shit they pull out of their asses".

The science that I use consists of ACTUAL scientific facts/theories from ACTUAL scientists, NOT men who use Popeye to prove an opinion about the inner workings of the human body.

I cannot believe this shit.
I work in a big Boston teaching hospital, and I'm intending to use that crappy presentation to raise a stink at the Mass Medical Society. I wonder if his god-damned license can be revoked. I wonder if we can't get some of the more prominant OB/GYNs around here to come out and denounce this bullshit research and presentation. I believe it is outside the bounds of medical ethics - this must make a case for malpractice. This turd is using his MD to deliberatley spread disinformation. Like that herpies slide - the rate of sero-postitive tests has gone up because our tests are better. That asshole surely knows that!
Sorry if I'm rambling, I'm just sooo pissed about this.

My favorite part of the presentation is where he explains that "Oxytocin is a hormone that causes...women [to] FORGET how bad labor REALLY IS." What the hell would he know?! Oh, but oxytocin turns HIM into "a really 'lucky duck.'"

At least all the pretty pictures helped my tiny girl brain understand that sex is bad!

Is it just me or at the end of the presentation is he actually trying to prove that having lots of sex will make someone have autism? Did anyone else catch the racism, "more black people have such and such disease, but recently its gone up in white teens"...what the heck does race have to do with STD rates, sex, or emotional responses? WTF...I am very very confused by how this man even has job, let alone a medical career.

It seems to me that the intent of having the slide about cocaine's effects on neurotransmitter (NT) release right before the slide on estrogen's effects on NT release is to not so subtly imply that female hormones are the equivalent of snorting cocaine. No wonder those of us with the wombs can't be trusted. (Especially when we're "short-circuiting.")

Also, I think that those drawings were technically done in crayola marker, not crayon. By putting lots of cartoons and drawings and cramming in lots of scientific words, it makes a certain white house occupant feel that he can understand what's being presented to him, while having his attention held by the far-side cartoons (which might still be a little bit over his head).

I love the far side and I feel mildly violated by its inclusion in this presentation.

grrrrrrrrrrrrr (must be short-circuiting)