The review also highlighted a bizarre quote from TV personality Polizzi, who declared recently: "I don't really like the beach. I hate sharks, and the water's all whale sperm. That's why the ocean's salty."

Simon Boxall, a marine expert and oceanographer dismissed Polizzi's suggestion. "It would take a lot of whale sperm to make the sea that salty," he said.

Some of the most intriguing pseudo-scientific suggestions came via repeated second hand information picked up at parties - never the most reliable source.

Christian Louboutin, a French footwear designer, was taken with something a fellow party guest told him about shoes.

"She said that what is sexual in a high heel is the arch of the foot, because it is exactly the position of a woman's foot when she orgasms. So putting your foot in a heel, you are putting yourself in a possibly orgasmic situation," he explained.

Kevan Wylie, a consultant in sexual medicine, responded drily that it's important to differentiate cause from effect. "A woman's foot may be in this position during orgasm, but that does not mean that putting her foot into this position under other circumstances will result in orgasm," he said.

从鲸鱼精液、结肠清洗剂、到女性高潮时脚的形状，2011年，名人们在全球媒体上宣传“伪科学”的偏好可真没让大家失望。

在科学智识组织评选的年度“伪科学”榜单中，真人秀明星妮可•波利兹、共和党总统候选人米歇尔·巴赫曼、美国创作歌手苏西•奎特萝名列榜首，他们发表的可疑言论包括鲸鱼精液导致海水变咸、宫颈癌疫苗有害，以及结肠是万病之源。

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