I'm feeling like complementing you on your remarkable and interesting journey, but I'm not confident in my ability to eloquently phrase my admiration, knowing it is directed to a man with a mustache of your caliber.
I guess its true that a British Accent adds about 10 I.Q. points to what the speaker is talking about....a wonderful Utube series should be required in any graduate level college level class on Environmental Science and Public Policy.
@poosta7 Unfortunately, the power of the British Accent works in Monckton's favor as well. I doubt he'd convince anyone outside the Deep South if he sounded like Rick Perry.
I came onto YT to search for an evolution video and some answers to help me with a debate i was drawn into. I am quite greatful for finding you and the magnificent work you have done. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with us.
How long did it take you to learn Japanese? I've just began and I know a few sentences and I'm just getting the hang of Hiragana and Katakana (by that, I mean actually writing it in the actual symbol form and not in romaji). Thanks if you reply, if not, still thanks and great video :-).
@LustinForBlood =How long did it take you to learn Japanese?= About five years to get reasonably fluent and do interviews in Japanese. Hiragana and katakana only took a day each to learn, but I never stopped learning kanji. Even after 16 years I only knew enough to barely read a newspaper.
I *knew* the voice was familiar - I remember listening to you on DW (via ABC's NewsRadio in Australia). I'm delighted to finally put the moustache to the voice! And congratulations on causing the fall of all those dictators and ushering in Democracy!! (heh heh). And I really enjoyed your pieces on Aung San Suu Kyi, too. Now, get back to debunking... And I probably owe you a beer.
You are trying to establish your credibility in areas such as evolution, climatology and plate tectonics. Yet all you have done is to show that you have worked as a stringer and freelance journalist. and apparently have a degree in geology from somewhere. You are not a scientist, and have done no research, original or otherwise. You simply interpret existing data - probably better than many people on YouTube - through the lens of a strong belief in everything conventional.
i honestly have to say that this video made a bigger impression on me than your vid`s about silly people. i`m realy considering a change of career right now, befor ending up as a history teacher, after my studys, in my cathlic country.
potholer54 Your videos are as entertaining as they are informative, and full of good humor.
In particular, I've enjoyed your series on creationism, and look forward to your next Golden Crocoduck Award video (although it's going to be tough to top Nephilimfree; "...probably brown bears..." still sticks in my mind!)
I don't understand your comment that you saw Japan "go from economic superpower to basketcase". Don't they have the world's third largest economy? Is it the recession they have?
The main thing that raises questions about your credibility is that MOUSTACHE....
Impressive CV. I definitely would have read many of your articles in the New Scientist. And heard that distinctive voice on CNN.
Anyway, not that I know who your are, I am even more determined to try to convince you to do a general-interest science series, as set out in my (overly long) rationale in the channel comments.
Wish more news was as thorough as your investigative reporting. I live in the us and I can't watch the news without getting pissed at the half assed attempt to misinform the general public "fox news" couch cough. I can't tell you how much I agree with you on the general publics lack of initiative to checks the facts reported on the news. Well like i said before keep up the good work, look forward to the new posts.
@shagoosty So because he's British.. his videos are "voided" which means you think they're no good or invalid in some way? You're an idiot... he could be from Saturn's rings for all I care... He calls them like he sees them, unlike you who calls stuff because you don't or won't understand. Jog on sonny Jim.
I agree with @Huttate1 100%. Like, I just assumed you were yet another YouTuber...kinda like Thunderf00t, only not an actual scientist, but I was way wrong! Holy shit, dude! You've got one hell of a resumé! Definitely does add a lot of professional weight to your statements.
An excellent video. i fully understand your desire for anonymity but also feel that this presentation of your credentials can only add gravitas to your many insightful videos.
It is obvious now that the disciplines which have allowed you to prosper as a current affairs and scientific journalist provide you with a great set of debunking tools.
Never stop. I suppose u have too die, but thats no exuse, it frightens me to see how many people (even in akademic Norway) who see u as a part of a big conspiracy. Ur work is soo important, i cant doo it, guess ur cursed by ur talent. Spiderman:"great power means,,,, something..in this age, its only u and sceptics.(me) that stand against the legoions of "i prefer this reality" hordes
If anyone says u are wating ur time on utube, iwill lend u my knee to prove them wrong anytime
Thanks so much for putting all that experience and time into your videos, your work, wether directly or indirectly, will touch thousands of lives for the good!
That's wonderful Potholer, some people thought you were either Nightversionn/Randomlaughingman/Deskset24 aka Clara Massa. Others thought you could be the fraud doctor known as Mark Nobes. Do you eat whales?
Peter, 'Ive admired your channel, massive intelligence and sexy voice for a longtime now. Wow... yes, I have read your work in print and have heard you on the BBC.
(Crushing more than usual now that I've seen you're quite attractive also. ;-) )
Well, I always knew you were a very respectable, highly knowledgeable person, but a nearly-celeb journalist? Even better! My earlier guess was "science professor", because of your in-depth knowledge and authoritative tone. :p Oh well, I should have guessed you'd done radio, with that voice of yours.
@datalal624 And apparently I didn't bother to read your channel description where you state that you've been a journalist for 20 years. oops. *headdesk*
I live in Japan now, and am from Canada--I see you've done both stints. I always enjoy your posts! By the way, I'm looking for one I should have favourited, but seem lost. I think it's yours--you compare changes in technology over the past 40 years. Can you remember it and pitch me the title? Thanks! Keep up the excellent work!
@bartonim - "Can you remember it and pitch me the title?" Doesn't sound familiar, because I don't cover much technology. It could be in "The Scientific Method Made Easy" or "About the Made Easy Series." If you message me privately with a few more clues I might recognize it.
What do you think about the 9/11 truthers? I have seen the videos and documentaries and websites with all their claims; They are slick.
I can´t seem to find any real evidence for their claims. They also seem to always ask the same questions on youtube videos. When I ask them why they don´t believe the official story or why engineers and scientists have no issue with it they call me a ´sheep´ or ´don´t want to hear the truth.´ Any thoughts on them?
Haha - I knew I heard that voice somewhere (and I lived in Dorset - which means I got to see South Today!)
"Wow! He sounds exactly like one of those BBC journalists, he should be on TV ..." I thought to myself, when I first saw one of the anti-creationist vids.
Thank you so much for taking the time to create this channel and all the excellent videos therein. I have enjoyed, been shocked, saddened, and elated by many of the stories which you have covered over the years in your uncompromising and unbiased way, and wish you every success in your future endeavors.
Hope it goes well for you now that you have "come out", but you do a good job like "greenman3610" here on YT so I am sure you will. Thanks for the videos! "greenman" have done a video about last year's cold winter. You could do one about this year's and the previous one perhaps? North Atlantic Oscillation...
Hey thanks for removing the tights, and thanks for shedding "your" light on the truth, but "really" years from now many of the "truths" you can now debunk will inevitably be proven to be "the" truth.
Anyway, you have a cool-sounding British accent, and that is more believable than say, Jaime Maussan's.
all this AND you speak Japanese!,( I live in KyuShu, 8yrs and counting), if you are interested in volcanos, Mt Aso is amazing(but my guess is,you know this) :P.
You are a former corporate journalist with New Scientist and the BBC . Your loyalties lie with the corporate side of the debate which is to push the criminal carbon trading trading agenda that even James Hansen has condemned..
Being a BBC foreign correspondent might also imply you had another employer. The British goverment is the biggest promoter of global warming in the world.
Are you being paid to make these videos ? If so, can you tell us who it is ?
@eric144144 I'm sure anyone would jump at the chance to feed what someone else agrees with me comes across as your paranoid conspiracy theorist bullshit.
Let me guess, if he denies being paid for these videos by any corporation whatsoever, you're going to reject the denial and accuse him of being a liar, am I right? Think carefully and admit it.
Forgetting the fact that many non-profit organizations have salaried members and do beneficial things. Where does that fit in your crazy world?
@eric144144 An over-excited American? Amazing inference! My nationality, Canadian, is actually listed in my channel page. One single click away. If all of your "perfectly rational explanations" are as well researched as that, then yeah, you're a freaking conspiracy theorist spewing bullshit.
Seriously, how could anyone possibly take you seriously if you can't even be bothered to check the slightest bit of information that's practically fed to you?
@eric144144 Really? You're bringing up the British empire? The one that doesn't exist anymore? The one that Canada left either way?
Holy shit, dude, but you're up there with creationists on the Crazy-o-meter! You're a disgrace to vertebrates. I totally see how your inability to click a link and read a single word is my fault. Sheesh, go take your meds.
You can't write English and you have no loyalty to the empire that protected you all these years from the French and your evil neighbours to the south. General Wolfe will be turning in his grave.
@eric144144 This may come as a shock, douchebag, but the year 1800 was a couple centuries ago. You're a tad out of date.
I notice you're still avoiding the question I asked earlier, which makes you a hypocrite seeing as though you called out potholer for not answering YOUR question, so I'll ask again:
If he denies being paid by a corporation for these videos, are you going to call him a liar just because it doesn't fit your conspiracy theory? It's a simple yes or no, even more simple than you.
@eric144144 Oh, and to quote the most recently discovered Genius Of All Fields:
eric144144 didn't answer the question. Here it is directly.
Let me guess, if he denies being paid for these videos by any corporation whatsoever, you're going to reject the denial and accuse him of being a liar, am I right?
@eric144144 =rational explanation for potholder's obvious bias= If you think there is bias, Eric, then by all means list of all my mistakes. I will happily correct them, as I have done with other mistakes people have pointed out. Give me the video title, time in the video, and the nature of the error. Just making accusations and being unable to back them up is intellectually shallow.
Just tell me what is different about the control model they used. Why do think it is something other than a full cimate model minus EVT ? When they explained it was at the low end of the IPCC range, they didn't offer an explanation. We have to assume it is their full model -EV which outputs that result. You have convinced yourself the control model is some other kind model for no reason.
@eric144144 "Just tell me what is different about the control model they used." -- I can't see anything different about it. I have no idea what you are talking about.
= Why do think it is something other than a full cimate model minus EVT ? =
Again, tell me where I said this. I can't argue with what you think I think, I can only answer to what's on the video. Give me the statement and the time on the vid where I can find it.
@eric144144 - "Are you paid to present these programmes ?" -- They're YouTube videos. How much do they cost? So far I've spent about $3 for an archive copy of a NYT article (to debunk George Will), and about $12 to buy plastic animals to make the Golden Crocoduck. Am I paid for this? No, I managed to find the 15 bucks from my own resources because I love debunking science-illiterate conspiracy theorists. The computer and software I had already, and I use them to make family home movies.
I didn't ask how much they cost to make, I asked if you were paid to present them. You answered it in a deliberately ambigous manner. Never mind. The wearily contemptous tone and mocking humour suggest one sided propaganda, not science.
I believe I debunked your latest triumphant debunking. You never addressed the nature of the model. Anyone would assume it was their own current climate model used as the control. You didn't provide evidence it wasn't.
@eric144144 =I asked if you were paid to present them. = No, I am not paid to make them. Sorry if my tone sounded mocking to you, but if you could see me sitting on the sofa at home with my laptop mixing these videos you'd know why I had a little chuckle. What I'm much more interested in are any errors you say you have found in the last video. If you'd like to know what model the researchers used I'll send you the relevant section of their paper.
@eric144144 Fella, you come across as an edgy paranoid.What are you so afraid of? Who cares who he is and if he is paid, what matters is what he says and if it is true.
What he presents is propaganda as I demonstrated on his last video and no one has challenged that. He misrepresented the information. Perhaps it was incompetence ? I think he is extremely biased. He only presents one side, the big business side.
@eric144144 So? I know big business has many negatives associated but it can be a force for good, just as with religeon, satire and comedy, or anything else you'll come across in life.
I grew up reading many of his articles in NS and didnt realise he was on youtube. He's been pretty acurate so far. The trouble is outsiders to either wing of the debate get put off by all the posturing and emotive nonsense associated. Either way Man will find a way to f*** it all up, if it hasnt been already.
Besides (Thunderf00t) you have made some of the best informative and accurate videos on YouTube. Thank you for your excellent work, must be very time comsuming, I look forward to your next series.
Thanks for the reveiling. Adding your name to links to your videos from my skeptical/science website adds more legitimacy than just a nickname. I apparently heard you on BBC and NPR but never notice that you were the same voice. Excellent work.
Oh wow you were working for people who wouldn't oppose your views and pretty much believed everything you do, probably for the same reason. They aren't really credentials are they.
@louphebe, Are you actually able to function with that brain? He has chops...you just choose to dismiss them out of hand because what he understands, you can't comprehend.
Thank you so much for being a voice of truth and reason in the Yt community. With your credentials and experience "outed", there must have been a collective "oh shit" from the young earthers and other history/science deniers. Keep up the excellent work and looking forward to your next series on science and the news media.
I've always liked your channel, but finding out your history shows you have built an entire career on reporting the truth makes your videos that much more legitimate. Your Japanese sounds pretty good. I moved to Japan in 2002, it looks like I missed you...
first of all i why would you need to apply credentials for an idea based on the lack of them.basically, anyone understanding what you say wont require youre previous employers signature and those who would... well they were fucking anoying anyway.
why shed your anonymity? logic is its own law. science has its method. the entire point is that you gain or lose credibility in the very statement you make, not the previous ones.
quite better credentials then i thought, actually.....now im wondering if your voice actually sounds familiar, or if im just making memory implants, lol
You may think that your credentials aren't impressive but I AM impressed. Your having a multiyear background in multimedia, science, as well as your multicultural experience is invaluable.
I'm feeling like complementing you on your remarkable and interesting journey, but I'm not confident in my ability to eloquently phrase my admiration, knowing it is directed to a man with a mustache of your caliber.
MikeoWar 1 week ago
I am flabbergasted. Also, very nice 'stache.
TheJo4an 3 weeks ago
Wow. I'd never have guessed I'd seen you on CNN before. Congrats on your success!
Xcuse2N00B 1 month ago
I applaud sir, you are a gentleman and a scholar. Plus hopefully still an owner of a grand moustache.
ministeroftuba 1 month ago
CBC, as in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation?
atheistcommonsense 1 month ago
Still awesome, and yes. I agree, your videos rock hard. Keep up the excellence.
bishopcorva 2 months ago
mate if you are in Brisvegas, I'd like to buy youa beer!
psycho3968 2 months ago
I thought that voice sounded familiar.
attheveryend 2 months ago
Looks alot like Clive Owen in the new 80's movie he's in.
SarahB360 2 months ago
he'll always be batman to me
viking977 2 months ago
Well!... that explains a lot. You are a true master. Thank you for all your hard work over the many years.
Glad and proud to have you in Oz (and a little awed too).
jemborg 3 months ago
Great channel Peter!
Keep up the good work!
MOPEDBRAD 3 months ago
An eye-opening resumé, for sure... fascinating.
Loving your work, Peter, thank you.
Alan (in the UK, but from New Zealand :-)
COEXISTential 3 months ago
Do you have a blog?
SuperSilentgirl 3 months ago
Ok so you're both...and now I feel stupid lol
Tyjohnable 4 months ago
Wow I thought you were a scientist not a reporter.
I guess I should have read your page info.
Tyjohnable 4 months ago
I guess its true that a British Accent adds about 10 I.Q. points to what the speaker is talking about....a wonderful Utube series should be required in any graduate level college level class on Environmental Science and Public Policy.
poosta7 4 months ago
@poosta7 Unfortunately, the power of the British Accent works in Monckton's favor as well. I doubt he'd convince anyone outside the Deep South if he sounded like Rick Perry.
bannor99 4 months ago in playlist More videos from potholer54
Tokyo correspondent...?
Did you ever hear of Benjamin Fulford?
faro0485 5 months ago
I came onto YT to search for an evolution video and some answers to help me with a debate i was drawn into. I am quite greatful for finding you and the magnificent work you have done. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with us.
transporter78213 5 months ago
KOOL THANK YOU
valerytozer 5 months ago
I just have to ask, do you have that amazing gravitas and cadence in your day to day conversations? Because that would be epic.
godulous 5 months ago
How long did it take you to learn Japanese? I've just began and I know a few sentences and I'm just getting the hang of Hiragana and Katakana (by that, I mean actually writing it in the actual symbol form and not in romaji). Thanks if you reply, if not, still thanks and great video :-).
LustinForBlood 5 months ago in playlist Videos from potholer54
@LustinForBlood =How long did it take you to learn Japanese?= About five years to get reasonably fluent and do interviews in Japanese. Hiragana and katakana only took a day each to learn, but I never stopped learning kanji. Even after 16 years I only knew enough to barely read a newspaper.
potholer54 5 months ago 2
@potholer54 Kanji sounds like it'll be hard to get to grips with. Thanks for the response :-).
LustinForBlood 5 months ago
Wow!
This is the most impressive CV I could have imagined!
I'm humbled!!
Thankyou for all your unpaid work.
calmreason 5 months ago
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dishonesttAbe 5 months ago
you look like freddie mercury
zippidy0 5 months ago
I *knew* the voice was familiar - I remember listening to you on DW (via ABC's NewsRadio in Australia). I'm delighted to finally put the moustache to the voice! And congratulations on causing the fall of all those dictators and ushering in Democracy!! (heh heh). And I really enjoyed your pieces on Aung San Suu Kyi, too. Now, get back to debunking... And I probably owe you a beer.
VinylMechanic 6 months ago
i met a homeless/ish retired CBC personality. He showed me his CBC badge. He idolizes you, and your integrity. he had a sweet husky.
Neeboopsh 6 months ago
Do you still work for the BBC? I listen to it when I get the chance.
CannibalMolly 6 months ago
@CannibalMolly =Do you still work for the BBC?= Not for a few years now.
potholer54 5 months ago
Man what a badass mustache.
Keep up the good debunking
zzyzx0788 6 months ago
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svholmes00 6 months ago
Pls email a local interested in helping: mailtoscott@me.com
svholmes00 6 months ago
You are trying to establish your credibility in areas such as evolution, climatology and plate tectonics. Yet all you have done is to show that you have worked as a stringer and freelance journalist. and apparently have a degree in geology from somewhere. You are not a scientist, and have done no research, original or otherwise. You simply interpret existing data - probably better than many people on YouTube - through the lens of a strong belief in everything conventional.
sallyamis 6 months ago
Looks like Freddie Mercury.
ZDWario 6 months ago
Something about Asia man, it just makes you smarter.
Garchompian 6 months ago
i honestly have to say that this video made a bigger impression on me than your vid`s about silly people. i`m realy considering a change of career right now, befor ending up as a history teacher, after my studys, in my cathlic country.
zhongjinshu1 6 months ago
wow awsome life
zhongjinshu1 6 months ago
potholer54 Your videos are as entertaining as they are informative, and full of good humor.
In particular, I've enjoyed your series on creationism, and look forward to your next Golden Crocoduck Award video (although it's going to be tough to top Nephilimfree; "...probably brown bears..." still sticks in my mind!)
Keep up the good work!
SpaceOdyssey56 7 months ago 2
I don't understand your comment that you saw Japan "go from economic superpower to basketcase". Don't they have the world's third largest economy? Is it the recession they have?
thales1davinci 7 months ago
@thales1davinci =Don't they have the world's third largest economy?= Yes, but just a few years ago they had the world's second-largest economy.
potholer54 7 months ago
I thought you sounded familiar.
lateformyownbirth 7 months ago
This is sick. Good to be able to put a face and a name to a voice. Many thanks, Peter for your contributions.
okihelena 7 months ago
I'm afraid you're not getting the respect you deserve here on youtube.
mrdaym 7 months ago
your voice sound younger -.-
mikerozo 7 months ago
日本語喋られますか？
0hmyy0utubeusername 7 months ago
@0hmyy0utubeusername I'm guessing this means: do you speak Japanese?
okihelena 7 months ago
@0hmyy0utubeusername 少しずつ忘れますけれども
potholer54 7 months ago 14
@potholer54
So you met Paul McCartney ? :D
SalmonelaKid 3 months ago
WHAT? YOU'RE BRITISH?!?!?!?! Jesus, pull the rug right out from under me.
andyissemicool 7 months ago 2
The main thing that raises questions about your credibility is that MOUSTACHE....
Impressive CV. I definitely would have read many of your articles in the New Scientist. And heard that distinctive voice on CNN.
Anyway, not that I know who your are, I am even more determined to try to convince you to do a general-interest science series, as set out in my (overly long) rationale in the channel comments.
ROBwithaB 7 months ago
@ROBwithaB
*now
ROBwithaB 7 months ago
how many languages do you speak after traveling to so many countries
WAZZA1235 7 months ago
i always knew there was something fishy about lord monckton.
iglwy 8 months ago
Wish more news was as thorough as your investigative reporting. I live in the us and I can't watch the news without getting pissed at the half assed attempt to misinform the general public "fox news" couch cough. I can't tell you how much I agree with you on the general publics lack of initiative to checks the facts reported on the news. Well like i said before keep up the good work, look forward to the new posts.
gorczyca86 8 months ago
It's hysterical. I knew I recognized your voice, but I could never place it. :)
t3tsuyaguy1 8 months ago
Doomo Arigatoo!
magichandpuppet 8 months ago
YOU'RE BUSTER KEATON!!!! Oh wait. Sorry. Ignore this.
thresholdofdave 8 months ago
oh man, i wasn't sure what to expect. what a fucking classic bloke. this is the model for journalism all others should be measured against.
Dagovernment 8 months ago
Do you still have the epic stash?! Great work by the way on the videos, love them to bits!
tubewontletmepost 8 months ago
Good job, seems like a very nice carreer !! You traveled a hole lot !!!
Love the stash !!
Cheers
659851 8 months ago
thanks for the video. keep them coming. appreciated
gavhof 8 months ago
I knew you were a brit! Now all of your videos are voided.
shagoosty 8 months ago
@shagoosty So because he's British.. his videos are "voided" which means you think they're no good or invalid in some way? You're an idiot... he could be from Saturn's rings for all I care... He calls them like he sees them, unlike you who calls stuff because you don't or won't understand. Jog on sonny Jim.
JohnPersonage 8 months ago
@JohnPersonage It was a joke. Good job.
shagoosty 8 months ago
I agree with @Huttate1 100%. Like, I just assumed you were yet another YouTuber...kinda like Thunderf00t, only not an actual scientist, but I was way wrong! Holy shit, dude! You've got one hell of a resumé! Definitely does add a lot of professional weight to your statements.
I kinda wonder what AronRa's story is now...
macgeek2004 9 months ago
An excellent video. i fully understand your desire for anonymity but also feel that this presentation of your credentials can only add gravitas to your many insightful videos.
It is obvious now that the disciplines which have allowed you to prosper as a current affairs and scientific journalist provide you with a great set of debunking tools.
Keep up the good work.
Huttate1 9 months ago
Peter Hadfield? You're an Olympian decathlon runner too? Zomg, what HAVEN'T you done?
Tatchko 9 months ago
love that mustache you had
RpgdUd3 9 months ago
Well shit. This explains why you're so damn awesome at cutting through all the bullshit. Do you lose your superpowers if you lose the stache?
Meiz79 9 months ago 80
Thanks for making such a classy youtube channel!
tojomojo62 9 months ago
you really should do a video on the fukushima daiichi nuclear power accidents
42streetsdown 9 months ago
Never stop. I suppose u have too die, but thats no exuse, it frightens me to see how many people (even in akademic Norway) who see u as a part of a big conspiracy. Ur work is soo important, i cant doo it, guess ur cursed by ur talent. Spiderman:"great power means,,,, something..in this age, its only u and sceptics.(me) that stand against the legoions of "i prefer this reality" hordes
If anyone says u are wating ur time on utube, iwill lend u my knee to prove them wrong anytime
jardarius 10 months ago
Thank you for posting this video. Thank you for all the good work you have done.
macmarty2025 10 months ago
is that a parrot in ur pocket?
slowmopoke 10 months ago
When were you a CBC correspondent? Your voice sounds really familiar.
SoggyPoridge 10 months ago
Wow! What an awesome career! So cool to see all the places life has taken you!
Thank you for the awesome videos! I live in ALABAMA and have many friends who need to watch them!
eddie1975utube 10 months ago
I believe in evolution. I think apes evolved from creationists.. At least SOME did.
billwalkerable 10 months ago 2
It was always driving me crazy that your voice sounded familiar but I couldn't place it. Now all is understood. Fantastic work.
LordAfwa 10 months ago
Good presentation, It's fantastic having someone with your credentials doing all this to educate and inform the "plebs".
saintpine 10 months ago
I'll admit, I googled as soon as I saw a name.
Anyway, Nice resume you got there.
Thedutchjelle 11 months ago
You live in Australia? Fantastic!
jolluxz 11 months ago
PZ Myers has complained about science journalists on Pharyngula. Please, tell him you're alive!
pdblouin33 11 months ago
Wow, the world needs more people like you Peter!
Thanks so much for putting all that experience and time into your videos, your work, wether directly or indirectly, will touch thousands of lives for the good!
You can be sure of that! ;D
thehside 11 months ago
That's wonderful Potholer, some people thought you were either Nightversionn/Randomlaughingman/Deskset24 aka Clara Massa. Others thought you could be the fraud doctor known as Mark Nobes. Do you eat whales?
TheClaraWhisperer 11 months ago
I knew I heard you on CBC!!
You're the best in the conspiracy busting business! I always suggest your channel, especially when I see Lord Moncton spewing bullshit
GtheMVP 11 months ago
oooooo! you can speak Japanese!
PatRibsey 1 year ago
oh dear potholer.......
you lied when they asked if you had done TV!!
this whole facade of credibility of yours is just washed away.... shame on you!!
:P
scottpastry 1 year ago
that mustache is strong
derpaderpa1 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Making a nine minite longvideo about yourself? hmmmmm
yamaaaaar 1 year ago
@yamaaaaar Curious!
yamaaaaar 11 months ago
Admired the work of both of your personas, nice twist to find out your they're the same person.
Tapecutter59 1 year ago 3
And then at 2:08 you became Magnum P.I. lol.
123backinyerface 1 year ago 9
Peter, 'Ive admired your channel, massive intelligence and sexy voice for a longtime now. Wow... yes, I have read your work in print and have heard you on the BBC.
(Crushing more than usual now that I've seen you're quite attractive also. ;-) )
-a fan for life!
a2daredevil00 1 year ago
Thankyou. As a keen BBC listener, I thought I recognised the voice, but I could place it. Now I can sleep at night. lol
Carry on the good work. I hope you don't mind if I quote your words in my own comments. you put things so much better than I can.
HonestMan395 1 year ago
Budgie smugglers. lol.
KeithUnderneath 1 year ago
So that's why you sound so familiar...
ASubHumanOfSociety 1 year ago
Wow! You've been around.
Satanos777 1 year ago
i knew i had herd the voice before
CHASCHARLTON 1 year ago
Well, I always knew you were a very respectable, highly knowledgeable person, but a nearly-celeb journalist? Even better! My earlier guess was "science professor", because of your in-depth knowledge and authoritative tone. :p Oh well, I should have guessed you'd done radio, with that voice of yours.
datalal624 1 year ago
@datalal624 And apparently I didn't bother to read your channel description where you state that you've been a journalist for 20 years. oops. *headdesk*
datalal624 1 year ago
oh shit. i think i saw you on tv once.
gooddarkjedi 1 year ago
I live in Japan now, and am from Canada--I see you've done both stints. I always enjoy your posts! By the way, I'm looking for one I should have favourited, but seem lost. I think it's yours--you compare changes in technology over the past 40 years. Can you remember it and pitch me the title? Thanks! Keep up the excellent work!
bartonim 1 year ago 4
@bartonim - "Can you remember it and pitch me the title?" Doesn't sound familiar, because I don't cover much technology. It could be in "The Scientific Method Made Easy" or "About the Made Easy Series." If you message me privately with a few more clues I might recognize it.
potholer54 1 year ago 4
@potholer54 I have a question:
What do you think about the 9/11 truthers? I have seen the videos and documentaries and websites with all their claims; They are slick.
I can´t seem to find any real evidence for their claims. They also seem to always ask the same questions on youtube videos. When I ask them why they don´t believe the official story or why engineers and scientists have no issue with it they call me a ´sheep´ or ´don´t want to hear the truth.´ Any thoughts on them?
-Papa
papasitoman 1 year ago
Haha - I knew I heard that voice somewhere (and I lived in Dorset - which means I got to see South Today!)
"Wow! He sounds exactly like one of those BBC journalists, he should be on TV ..." I thought to myself, when I first saw one of the anti-creationist vids.
jazzx251 1 year ago 2
Thank you so much for taking the time to create this channel and all the excellent videos therein. I have enjoyed, been shocked, saddened, and elated by many of the stories which you have covered over the years in your uncompromising and unbiased way, and wish you every success in your future endeavors.
Respect.
CarajilloDulce 1 year ago 2
You should be proud of your career Peter. Nice body of work!
rationalmuscle 1 year ago
Hope it goes well for you now that you have "come out", but you do a good job like "greenman3610" here on YT so I am sure you will. Thanks for the videos! "greenman" have done a video about last year's cold winter. You could do one about this year's and the previous one perhaps? North Atlantic Oscillation...
USAneedsaChange 1 year ago
Hey thanks for removing the tights, and thanks for shedding "your" light on the truth, but "really" years from now many of the "truths" you can now debunk will inevitably be proven to be "the" truth.
Anyway, you have a cool-sounding British accent, and that is more believable than say, Jaime Maussan's.
ERICWAGNERSLUCID 1 year ago
Love your vids, want more!
notmycupotea 1 year ago 2
all this AND you speak Japanese!,( I live in KyuShu, 8yrs and counting), if you are interested in volcanos, Mt Aso is amazing(but my guess is,you know this) :P.
Mrtitmice 1 year ago
are you related to Chris Hadfield? I would guess no, but you do look like him and share the last name.
Sahuagin 1 year ago
Japanese chicks I think....
shangobah 1 year ago
You are a former corporate journalist with New Scientist and the BBC . Your loyalties lie with the corporate side of the debate which is to push the criminal carbon trading trading agenda that even James Hansen has condemned..
Being a BBC foreign correspondent might also imply you had another employer. The British goverment is the biggest promoter of global warming in the world.
Are you being paid to make these videos ? If so, can you tell us who it is ?
eric144144 1 year ago
@eric144144 You forgot to add the "DUN DUN DUUUUN! CONSPIRACY!" sound effect, kiddo.
EdwardHowton 1 year ago
@EdwardHowton
Potholer54 didn't answer the question. Here it is directly.
Peter
Are you paid to present these programmes ?
thanks
eric144144 1 year ago
@eric144144 I'm sure anyone would jump at the chance to feed what someone else agrees with me comes across as your paranoid conspiracy theorist bullshit.
Let me guess, if he denies being paid for these videos by any corporation whatsoever, you're going to reject the denial and accuse him of being a liar, am I right? Think carefully and admit it.
Forgetting the fact that many non-profit organizations have salaried members and do beneficial things. Where does that fit in your crazy world?
EdwardHowton 1 year ago
@EdwardHowton
I think you are probably an over excited American. I am suggesting a perfectly rational explanation for potholder's obvious bias, that's all.
eric144144 1 year ago
@eric144144 An over-excited American? Amazing inference! My nationality, Canadian, is actually listed in my channel page. One single click away. If all of your "perfectly rational explanations" are as well researched as that, then yeah, you're a freaking conspiracy theorist spewing bullshit.
Seriously, how could anyone possibly take you seriously if you can't even be bothered to check the slightest bit of information that's practically fed to you?
EdwardHowton 1 year ago
@EdwardHowton
You spell like an American. It's your own fault. Why can't Canadians write the Queen's English ? You are a disgrace to the empire.
eric144144 1 year ago
@eric144144 Really? You're bringing up the British empire? The one that doesn't exist anymore? The one that Canada left either way?
Holy shit, dude, but you're up there with creationists on the Crazy-o-meter! You're a disgrace to vertebrates. I totally see how your inability to click a link and read a single word is my fault. Sheesh, go take your meds.
EdwardHowton 1 year ago
@EdwardHowton
You can't write English and you have no loyalty to the empire that protected you all these years from the French and your evil neighbours to the south. General Wolfe will be turning in his grave.
eric144144 1 year ago
@eric144144 This may come as a shock, douchebag, but the year 1800 was a couple centuries ago. You're a tad out of date.
I notice you're still avoiding the question I asked earlier, which makes you a hypocrite seeing as though you called out potholer for not answering YOUR question, so I'll ask again:
If he denies being paid by a corporation for these videos, are you going to call him a liar just because it doesn't fit your conspiracy theory? It's a simple yes or no, even more simple than you.
EdwardHowton 1 year ago 2
@EdwardHowton
Following email conversations, I have withdrawn my accusation. Peter genuinely doesn't know or understand the basics of climate chagne.
eric144144 1 year ago
@eric144144 Hey, that makes you like brothers! Seriously, I just don't get why some people even bother....
Z4RUM4N 1 year ago
@eric144144 Oh, and to quote the most recently discovered Genius Of All Fields:
eric144144 didn't answer the question. Here it is directly.
Let me guess, if he denies being paid for these videos by any corporation whatsoever, you're going to reject the denial and accuse him of being a liar, am I right?
thanks
EdwardHowton 1 year ago
@eric144144 =rational explanation for potholder's obvious bias= If you think there is bias, Eric, then by all means list of all my mistakes. I will happily correct them, as I have done with other mistakes people have pointed out. Give me the video title, time in the video, and the nature of the error. Just making accusations and being unable to back them up is intellectually shallow.
potholer54 1 year ago
@potholer54
Just tell me what is different about the control model they used. Why do think it is something other than a full cimate model minus EVT ? When they explained it was at the low end of the IPCC range, they didn't offer an explanation. We have to assume it is their full model -EV which outputs that result. You have convinced yourself the control model is some other kind model for no reason.
thanks
eric144144 1 year ago
@eric144144 "Just tell me what is different about the control model they used." -- I can't see anything different about it. I have no idea what you are talking about.
= Why do think it is something other than a full cimate model minus EVT ? =
Again, tell me where I said this. I can't argue with what you think I think, I can only answer to what's on the video. Give me the statement and the time on the vid where I can find it.
potholer54 1 year ago
@eric144144 - "Are you paid to present these programmes ?" -- They're YouTube videos. How much do they cost? So far I've spent about $3 for an archive copy of a NYT article (to debunk George Will), and about $12 to buy plastic animals to make the Golden Crocoduck. Am I paid for this? No, I managed to find the 15 bucks from my own resources because I love debunking science-illiterate conspiracy theorists. The computer and software I had already, and I use them to make family home movies.
potholer54 1 year ago
@potholer54
Thanks Peter
I didn't ask how much they cost to make, I asked if you were paid to present them. You answered it in a deliberately ambigous manner. Never mind. The wearily contemptous tone and mocking humour suggest one sided propaganda, not science.
I believe I debunked your latest triumphant debunking. You never addressed the nature of the model. Anyone would assume it was their own current climate model used as the control. You didn't provide evidence it wasn't.
eric144144 1 year ago
@eric144144 =I asked if you were paid to present them. = No, I am not paid to make them. Sorry if my tone sounded mocking to you, but if you could see me sitting on the sofa at home with my laptop mixing these videos you'd know why I had a little chuckle. What I'm much more interested in are any errors you say you have found in the last video. If you'd like to know what model the researchers used I'll send you the relevant section of their paper.
potholer54 1 year ago
@eric144144 Fella, you come across as an edgy paranoid.What are you so afraid of? Who cares who he is and if he is paid, what matters is what he says and if it is true.
downfader2 1 year ago
@downfader2
Dood
What he presents is propaganda as I demonstrated on his last video and no one has challenged that. He misrepresented the information. Perhaps it was incompetence ? I think he is extremely biased. He only presents one side, the big business side.
eric144144 1 year ago
@eric144144 So? I know big business has many negatives associated but it can be a force for good, just as with religeon, satire and comedy, or anything else you'll come across in life.
I grew up reading many of his articles in NS and didnt realise he was on youtube. He's been pretty acurate so far. The trouble is outsiders to either wing of the debate get put off by all the posturing and emotive nonsense associated. Either way Man will find a way to f*** it all up, if it hasnt been already.
downfader2 1 year ago
@eric144144 =What he presents is propaganda as I demonstrated on his last video=
1) Video name:
2) Time on video:
3) False statement:
potholer54 1 year ago
@potholer54 LOL, that ended the discussion quick.
Loathomar 1 year ago
I thought I'd heard that voice before
crabbit101 1 year ago
Nice to now put a face and name with the voice. Keep up the great work.
momentofsciencetx 1 year ago
HOLY SHIIIIIIIIT
Ujikaweapon1 1 year ago
Besides (Thunderf00t) you have made some of the best informative and accurate videos on YouTube. Thank you for your excellent work, must be very time comsuming, I look forward to your next series.
ParkSouthSW11 1 year ago
I thought that voice was familiar.
binaryblade2 1 year ago
Thanks for the reveiling. Adding your name to links to your videos from my skeptical/science website adds more legitimacy than just a nickname. I apparently heard you on BBC and NPR but never notice that you were the same voice. Excellent work.
ThorGoLucky 1 year ago
すごい・・・日本語まで話せるだと。想像もつけませんでした。本当に尊敬してます!
I've been watching your videos for a while and learning from seeing them. Keep up the good work!
Sceraph 1 year ago
You look so British!!!
HRage 1 year ago
Who are you? You da man!
HomercidalOne 1 year ago 2
Oh wow you were working for people who wouldn't oppose your views and pretty much believed everything you do, probably for the same reason. They aren't really credentials are they.
louphebe 1 year ago
@louphebe, Are you actually able to function with that brain? He has chops...you just choose to dismiss them out of hand because what he understands, you can't comprehend.
TheWad1959 1 year ago
@louphebe, so, he should resign the very day someone disagrees with him or what? you're not too smart,are you?
somberlight 1 year ago
Thank you so much for being a voice of truth and reason in the Yt community. With your credentials and experience "outed", there must have been a collective "oh shit" from the young earthers and other history/science deniers. Keep up the excellent work and looking forward to your next series on science and the news media.
bhaalthus 1 year ago
You rock dude, keep up the good work!
simcult 1 year ago
You thought this would be boring? This is pretty damn cool.
creepyoldman2 1 year ago
I've always liked your channel, but finding out your history shows you have built an entire career on reporting the truth makes your videos that much more legitimate. Your Japanese sounds pretty good. I moved to Japan in 2002, it looks like I missed you...
Sunerus 1 year ago 48
Nice to have someone with experience of the world using their experiences and wisdom gained to bring about educational videos.
bicnarok 1 year ago 38
ah yeah. that's why your voice felt oddly familiar. nice.
amberview30 1 year ago
How very bizarre. I've unwittingly been hearing your voice for years. Only really recognized it on hearing some of those clips.
Englishdosser86 1 year ago
facebook??? :D
NewMargaritaville 1 year ago
Wow your voice did seem familiar.
If you ever think about it..do books on tape.
SteampunkPagan 1 year ago
Hey man donexodus2 looks like you
TheHateuguys 1 year ago
Keep up the good work,
colindecon 1 year ago
first of all i why would you need to apply credentials for an idea based on the lack of them.basically, anyone understanding what you say wont require youre previous employers signature and those who would... well they were fucking anoying anyway.
why shed your anonymity? logic is its own law. science has its method. the entire point is that you gain or lose credibility in the very statement you make, not the previous ones.
random0moniker 1 year ago
"potholer54, BBC, Tokyo."
Makes perfect sense now.
JScarper 1 year ago 3
Great, except, the Daily Mail, really?? How global warming will affect house prices?
tmcthree 1 year ago
I knew your voice sounded familiar. ; )
4SCARECROWS 1 year ago
Well nice to meet the real you, Potholer :). Thanks for the formal introduction. Very cool career you've had.
lupine73 1 year ago
quite better credentials then i thought, actually.....now im wondering if your voice actually sounds familiar, or if im just making memory implants, lol
grendelee 1 year ago
You may think that your credentials aren't impressive but I AM impressed. Your having a multiyear background in multimedia, science, as well as your multicultural experience is invaluable.
jmcanoy1860 1 year ago
what a disappointment.i thought potholer was the Antichrist coming to infect our minds with evil science
Samura1gamer 1 year ago