Skeptoid Episode #250: The History Of Knowledge

[wellthatisgr8]

How great is this! Its just UNBELIVABLE!

[TheStfu1000]

hi uploader are you an actual 911 truther?

[PAZAFFECT]

@TheStfu1000 Hi downloader.... No.

[TheStfu1000]

@PAZAFFECT viewer. correct terminology please. 

[MegaYippie]

@TheStfu1000 You are actually downloading the video to your computer to view it. Though this is done in small parts that are then deleted from your memory. Correct technology please.

[TheStfu1000]

@MegaYippieyeah i knew all that but tell me would you really call people who watch youtube videos viewers or downloaders?which do you think is the more appropriate phrase? and yes you would call the uploader uploader.

[TheStfu1000]

@PAZAFFECT you're not even the uploader you dumb shit.

[TheStfu1000]

you should have toldus the time periods for each song part. it's a great idea to have music whilst telling history facts gives you a vibe of the times.

[JRodriguez609]

omg im laughing so hard

[Slacktoo]

Thumbs up if the chanting/choir singing section made you feel like you were back in church

[crandyj1220]

Well done!! I'd love to see an animation made to this audio!

[DoubledareTV]

This is so fuckin' legit

[marceltorretta]

Yesterday I was in a club.. And I was thinking,

I'd dance like a freak if "Energy Energy" was played there.. hehe

[Theinoch]

Um..... TOP 1 song of all times>

[kjlg74]

Bloody awesome! :)

[thedeadlystoat]

Brilliant. This really involved some amazing talent, both the music and the lyrics were great. You nailed it. Sadly, music nowadays sounds all just like the last part. Fuck all those fraudulent quacks.

[AlanGarou]

Any chance we could have the sections as individual files?

[rtarbinar]

@AlanGarou you cqn do it yourself with downloadhelper for firefox(or an equivalent) and a decent video editor.

[spyfoxguy]

Skeptoid wins the day once again! Incredible!!! Hilarious!!! I couldn't believe my ears! Donate now. You now longer have any excuse.

[PAZAFFECT]

@spyfoxguy Thanks for your comments and praise! And indeed, thanks to everyone for listening and enjoying and making this episode so well-received. Brian and I are thrilled that you liked the music. Be sure to share the vid with your friends and anyone you think might enjoy it (or who might need a skeptical kick in the pants) And I promise the "Energy" single will be out soon! - peter z.

[skeptologic]

Brian Dunning, pop star!

[MetalMessiah78]

Another brilliant podcast from Brian Dunning! Loved all the music and lyrics. He always makes us skeptics proud!

[howardad]

Words cannot express how much I love this....

[JemyM]

Many great ones but I really liked the Energy song best.

[thethedeanshow]

Fantastic! Best thing ever! And i actually loved all the music styles apart from the first 2 and last two!

[hunaynay]

8:38 That's a very catchy song. Hahaha. They've got the pop music formula down.

[Rickymjam]

Oh so slightly lame, but still very true and entertaining.

[dlandon2000]

I like the energy song the best. Should be called the deepak song

[helghe]

From what opera is the part that immediately follows the opera part in the video?

[PAZAFFECT]

@helghe That would be the Overture from "Tannhauser" by Richard Wagner.

[helghe]

@PAZAFFECT Thanks!

[helghe]

@PAZAFFECT Thanks!

[SkepticalBliss]

"...Apparently crabs and scorpions and bulls all have medical training..."

LMAO!!!!!! I Love IT!!!

[lamanga2004]

Brilliant.

[tiznogodz]

This is the best answer I can give my family to their proverbial question, "why." Thank you!

[88millie88]

Who did the Brunnhilde vocals, Brian or Peter?

[PAZAFFECT]

@88millie88 It was Brian on hormones. j/k... it was Elizabeth Egan; search for her in the "Flashback" live show, pink floyd "great gig in the sky"

[Ryedo40]

More need to hear this. It's awesome!

[Nhurm]

brilliante !

[B0ombastix]

Brilliant



[Sheldonwh]

Brian, you have REALLY done it this time! Amazing!

[Umferth]

One week you are begging for contribution under the guise of continuing your research and cover costs and the next you are wasting our hard earned money on producing THIS (Just how much did this little self-indulgent extravaganza cost anyway?)!!! SERIOUSLY! Exactly what about this is 'skeptical'?

[PAZAFFECT]

@Umferth It cost Brian zero dollars. 

[meeotch]

@Umferth: The song covers topics that we as skeptics are interested in. I'm guessing you must feel different about this than I, but I'm happy when not all of my skeptical podcasts, etc that I consume are so stuffy. There's a lot to be said for stuff that's entertaining on its face and not just to us the converted because we're interested in the topic all ready. I'm hoping some of my friends that are into the whole energy thing might get some value out of this.

[anjoooo]

BABY YOU BALANCE MY CHIIIII!!!!

[MrPeterFinland]

Unbelievable. Brian Dunning is a genius.

[movius]

superb

[snowydancer]

Incredible effort; great job! Brilliant!

[gjtaylor99]

Brilliant! @Dreamager, yes, I agree I was expecting some rap at the end, but two thumbs up to Brian for a great medley.

[GottaStopKillin]

That was full of Awesome Sauce!

[Dreamager]

Loving the autotune, but disappointed there wasn't some ICP rapping at the end. You could've quoted directly from their songs ;)

[yannisguerra]

I love that the ring of power of the Nibelung is the One ring from Lord of the Ring!

[Agnotio]

very creative, and funny

[DubsteperBoy]

Bravo! 

[yuriythebest]

epic!!!!!

[SuperSoylent2]

I keep coming back to watch this. The tunes are very catchy. I'm walking around at work singing the songs. You and Peter did a wonderful job with this.

[jraiderz17]

Hahaha Awesome!

[TheOwnlySockPuppet]

Thumbs up if you agree this should be made into a music video.

[PAZAFFECT]

@TheOwnlySockPuppet

(thumbs up)

[Nerpha]

@TheOwnlySockPuppet I can just see the medevil doctors dancing round the patient ,one of them struming a medevil gutar

[nightingale801]

It gave me the giggles :))) :D It was a pure joy! :DD Ah sooo cool! *lol*

[dsrichmond]

How have only 736 people watched this? Dang. This is GENIUS. Way to go guys.

[Skuu]

wooowwowowow

[kj118610]

Awesome! Great job! And who knew Brian was hiding such a great singing voice!

[leaghaire]

Excellent!!

[ravenhull]

The 'Unless you're black.' part just about made me do a literal spit-take... Great stuff.

[strubinator]

Flippin' awesome!

[tngdragon]

Wonderful! <3

[leoncolombo]

I wouldn't be surprised if someone ends up using your "energy song" to promote reflexology and acupuncture =P. I almost start dancing.

[SuperSoylent2]

This was outstanding, informative and very entertaining. A lot of time, talent and thought went into this one. Kudos to you Brian!

[kincaidkmf]

My favorite part was the old-timey seance bit, but great episode :)

[camhelloscience]

Nice work Brian, great parody not just of belief, but of popular music! :)

[dominictemple]

Really liked this Brian, not as good as the illuminati one but still great fun.

[GodFree27]

Brian, I love the occasional musical episodes. Keep it up! And why can't I see this on iTunes yet?

[skepticallypwnd]

Sick and fuckin' disgusting, yo!

Brian, you and Peter are badasses!

Just for the record... This song and vid got a Standing Ovation when I saw it at the Skeptoid party! Kudos! Here's to another 250 episodes

[senectus1]

Out standing work! Love it!

[qc1okay]

This was fantastic. Very witty. Must have taken a long time to write - both the words and the music. I had no idea Brian Dunning was such a talented singer. Wonder whether he played any of the instruments? It's wonderful to take a break from all the serious anti-myth videos and listen to this. Almost as good as the "Evolution of Dance" videos that parody dances through the decades.

[Kangawookie]

AWESOME!

So glad to have made the party! Next time ill bring pants :)

[DertBagg]

man... i love skeptoid, but i hate this shit right here. why does he do these bullshit episodes?

[lytoshortie5354]

Reupload?

But still awesome!

[PAZAFFECT]

@lytoshortie5354 Had some text and cropping issues, and we fixed them. Sucks that we lost all the comments we had, but YouTube won't let you edit a video and keep the same ID.