Tim Minchin: Storm
What it is
Tim Minchin performs his comedic beat poem 'Storm', a roughly nine-minute rant against homeopathy, alternative medicine and woolly thinking. It is delivered as a fast, rhyming monologue built around an encounter at a dinner party.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters link it as a funny, quotable takedown of alternative medicine and cite its lines (such as 'alternative medicine that works is called medicine') in threads on homeopathy.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2016, last 2025
What HN commenters said
“a rather hilarious 9 minute beat poem by Tim Minchin”
Hilarious beat poem on alternative medicine versus medicine
balabaster, 2016-11 · Recommendation · in “Homeopathy 'treatments' must be labelled to say they do not work, US gov orders”
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Topics: homeopathy, beat poem, skepticism, stand-up, science vs pseudoscience
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