@Thespeakerofmanytru8 I bet you wrote that without reading the article or looking further into it. Either way...Hitchens is one of the greatest things to happen to the world in the past 70 years, drunk or not.
@JamesRandiFoundation if you change your acct type to like directer or artist etc you can post videos that are 15 minutes long instead of only 10 f.y.i.
i think it's interesting how many magicians either start out as, or become, atheists, because they see how easily people can be fooled. so for them, it's very easy to see how people back in the day could easily be tricked into thinking someone was turning water into wine, etc.
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Steve is nothing but a lying disgrace to science. The FACT that he lied in his paper regarding Lloyd Pye is utterly shameful, when asked by Pye to delete this he simply said no!!! what else is he lying about???? hang your head in shame Steve...
Lloyd Pye is either a nutter, or a scammer looking to sell books. Regardless of any mistakes made in a paper, deleting it is not a valid reaction. Post a retraction or correction rather than censoring.
@DamoYoung25 Oh? In which way did he lie? The fact remains that Lloyd Pye has not even come close to making his case and is completely full of shit until he does.
Novella looks a lot more like a used car salesman than I ever would have thought, both Randi and Novella are both amazing men as are the rouges on the SGU, keep up the good work!
The Skeptics Guide to the Universe is a wonderful podcast. Anyone who wants to learn about the scientific process and the value of skepticism should give it a listen.
@centrino105: Do you know what evidence is? Evidence is not Vaccine Nation, evidence is not an anecdote, no matter how elaborate. You're not going to win any minds here if you don't understand this.
Arrogant? Possibly, but no more so that yourself - you have no evidence and yet *we* must believe everything you say? That's arrogance.
Am i the only one who was surprised when i first saw Dr. Novella? I knew who he was from the podcast and then i looked his picture up and i was totally picturing someone else.
Novella is funded by the NIH so why is anyone shocked he is a government shill spewing propaganda about vaccines being safe? Boy oh boy that H1N1 hoax was a whopper eh? Novella is a stooge for big pharma so they can sell more mercury laced toxic vaccines to the gullible public. Wake up people novella and JREF are LIARS selling you government approved toxic BS.
Is that the best you JREFers can do is come up with some lame grade school insult? Pathetic man really. JREF opinions on ANY subject are worth about as much as a warm bucket of hampster spit.
I forgot to ask centrino105 if he is on any medication and if so for what.
I understand that he possibly may not be honest with his answers but a few well placed questions can usually expose either any prospective bullshitter or lunatic.(if perhaps he is either of these things.)
If he's on the level he should not have a problem with honest inquiry!
@RandomVortex I've tried talking to these conspiracy heads before,and have learned it's pointless.Whatever evidence you bring to the table or undeniable point you make gets 'trump carded' by that kind of "well they would want you to believe that wouldnt they..." Kind of response.Their mind is closed to anything that doesnt support their argument/world view,much the same with creationists. So I've given up trying.Mockery is all I've got the energy for these days.
JREF the promoters of lies about 9/11 and the promoters of lies about vaccines. Shame on you all. You will always be remembered as disinformationists and Penn and Teller known for promoting Bullshit such as the official conspiracy theory of 9/11 which is a laughing stock across the globe. Funny how funding for JREF is from an "anonymous" source that lives in Washington DC. Funny like cancer.
Proof of what? You want proof that the mercury in the vaccines is harmful or do you want proof that Novella is an NIH funded hack pushing the big pharma agenda? In either case the internet is loaded with answers, look it up yourself. As to your other questions: I don't take ANY medications other then an occasional aspirin simply because I don't trust the toxic crap big pharma pushes. So my "well placed" answers usually expose smarmy JREF trolls for the coolaid drinkers they are
I do not find anything you have said to be in the least bit convincing.
I require a higher standard of proof than merely searching the net for anything that will claim to back up a chosen delusion without any hard evidence..
I don't suppose you have any actual varifiable proof to back up your paranoia.
As to your claim that you do not take any medication(other than the occasional aspirin)perhaps this is your problem as there are some very good anti-psychotic drugs out there!
I beleive in a higher power but oppose organized religions (all of them) which has nothing whatsoever to do with the discussion of course. You are just a typical JREF troll, smarmy, arrogant, and blind to your own foolishness. Once again if you need proof that mercury is bad for you then I suggest you learn how to do your own research. Should you want to continue drinking the coolaid, or in this case injecting the mercury, then by all means do so buddy it is your body to poison
Higher power ?(That's a bit vague could you perhaps specify?)
Why do you keep on implying that I am a JREF troll?(whatever that is.)
I'll admit I have checked out quite a few of James Randis vids and found them to be very interesting but other than that my interests are largely elsewhere.
It would appear you are simply assuming that I am one of these JREFers(although if you are an example of the oposite to a JREFer then I would by simple virtue of reason have to side with them!)
As to what I am personally doing about this I will give you a hint. My wife works at a hospital and she and all her friends have been given all the information about the toxic vaccines and the big pharma agenda. They are now organizing resistance across the entire hospital. I have shown them the film Vaccine Nation (by Gary Null) and their eyes are now completely open never to be shut again by copper tops such as yourself. (Copper top is a reference to the film The Matrix.)
So you are actively stopping children from recieving vital medication based on?
What exactly was the evidence again?where is this"proof"?
Before you risk hugely damaging the health of many kids you must be more than 100% sure that you are correct in your appraisal of the situation and so far I have not seen any actual evidence from you.
So you strike me as being nothing more than a dangerously deluded child harming idiot!
Now blue pill I am done with you, run along and pump yourself full of whatever big pharma pushes on you and your family. Just don't cry about the results because you were given the chance to educate yourself and you didn't take it.
For those who want the truth and who want to protect themselves from big pharma lies and greed:
Watch: Vaccine Nation and check out Gary Null.
Watch: Making A Killing: The Untold Story Of Psychotropic drugging
I strongly suggest that anybody with children who are worried about any of this simply ignore the vast legions of paranoid lunatics and ignorant idiots(like centrino105 for example!)and look into this via channels that can be varified,cross referenced and actually proven with testable facts!(if you neglect your kids health because you believed the crazed rants of some sad fuck on the web then you should probably have them taken somewhere away from you where they might be safe!)
If you want to know the truth about Randi look up the homeopathy challenge he weaseled on when the players could not be controlled and he changed the rules at the last minute to torch the entire process.
It was a very revealing expose on how Randi seems to project his ethics onto most of the "charlatans" he claims to uncover. Whatever, he certainly did NOT want to go up against the challenge by homeopathy as he will LOSE. (He and his corporate/pharma backers know this.)
@theintriguer Let's see, your argument is entirely ad hominem and conspiratorial. You present no facts or evidence to support your base assertion, and we're supposed to take you at your word, random internet person. Thanks for the insight. You've convinced us all.
To anyone who reads these messeges, could you please tell mr. randi that I've been waiting for a response. it's time for me to put a stop in all this nonsense about fake psychics. I'm real and I know of and elder who came before me and he is real too. I am impervious to illness and I say that If You want the proof, it's right here trying to slap you in the face for ignoring it. I'm willing to bet my life against his Million, in my opinion the stakes couldn't be higher.
Over 3.6 million views: (Very Sad: Cheerleader Gets A Flu Shot & Now She Can Only Walk Backwards!) watch?v=mScGC7nFDxM
It looks like the pro vaccine propaganda promoted by JREF is being ignored by the vast majority of people. Most people get it that the hysteria about the swine flu is manufactured in order to sell vaccines. Yep most people get it that the jab is all about profit and they know it is toxic too.
JREFers line up for your vaccines! Please do us all a favor and get your murcury, thimerisol, squaline, adjuvant laced toxic cocktails jabbed right into your blood stream. Vaccinate today JREFers! Support JREF by putting your money where your mouth is and stick out your arm for your injections today! After all if the Amazing Randy says vaccines are good for you it must be true!
Do me a big favor JREFer and get vaccinated. Make sure you line up your family to get jabbed too. Enjoy your thimerisol (mercury) squaline (adjuvant) and assorted toxins direct to your blood stream moron.
Novella is an NIH funded vaccine shill and I am actually glad he is a JREFer because he will lead a lot of you moron pseudoskeptics right off the cliff.
yea dude, try some reiki light therapy and prayer, i heard that is the surefire way to live to be 500 like moses. dont forget the wolfsbane dilution and foot vibrations!
er, that's spelled m-e-r-cury, btw. I'd happily get dozens of vaccines w/ ethyl mercury. My kid has all his vaccines. I got my flu shot a week ago, but since I'm not in a high risk group, I can't get the H1N1, but I will when it becomes available. My parents get their flu shots every year (since I can remember), and, lo and behold, they're in their late 80s - and still alive and healthy! Imagine that...
I think you need to find out the correct meaning of bigot.
And I must say I'm suprised, being one yourself, and being religious you must also know a large number of them also.
GOD??? Indeed!!!!!!!
And don't you think its being a little disrespectfull, to your diety, to hasle him about such trivia, he may be doing something important, like unleashing his awesome wrath, on some horrid gay fella, or heathen atheist.
If i were you, I'd throw myself onto my knees, and beg for mercy.
I thought that was a technology issue (the flash video streaming server licence allows only x minutes per stream for free.. otherwise youtube would have to pay for each view). So I guess JREF would have to pay out the nose for longer time.
As far as I know you have to be something like Partner or Director to be able to upload more than 10 minutes. I don't think you have to pay for it. And I suspect Randi meets all the criteria to be able to become whatever you need to be to upload longer vids. ;)
actually you're both wrong. youtube certainly doesn't pay any streaming fees, because it streams the videos off its own servers. also, no company as big as youtube would actually buy such a cost intense licence model...if it even exists at all
people that had director accounts prior to mid 2007 have the ability to upload videos longer than 10min. as the video description of this video already hints at, merely being a partner doesn't seem to give someone that extra account upgrade.
I'm sure Steve is a swell guy. Only, he didn't bring anything new to the plate at all. If anything, he was belaboring the obviously obvious and repeating himself too much. It was painful to listen to, and Randi was being extremely kind in humoring him. Yes, we get it Steve, everyone can be tricked. Thank you.
Science is a method. It doesn't require a mindset or philosophy to do. Atheists and theists can do it. Skeptics and believers can do it. Pacifists and miltants can do science.
And after 80 years, Randi almost understands the meaning of traffic signals, but he will be pulled over for speeding through a yellow light.
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Skeptics have never produced anything useful for humanity, nor do they produce good science. Real science in unbiased. Real science does more than provide hastily concieved alternate (and unproven) explanations for unexplained phenomena. Some skepticism is healthy, but too often is unhealthy. Skeptics often suffer from self-doubt, depression and neurosis like OCD. As skepticism grows in popularity, so do the mental problems associated with skepticism.
'Real science' IS skepticism. Your understanding of both is woefully inadequate. And what evidence do you have for, "Skeptics often suffer from self-doubt, depression and..."? Very few (if any) of the self-professed skeptics I've met seem to suffer from these. I myself suffered from depression LONG before I became a skeptic. In fact I it can be fairly said that becoming a skeptic and learning a healthy, rational way of looking at the world was one of the things that helped me overcome that.
Questioning is not skepticism, doubting is. A skeptic is someone inclined to doubt or disbelief. That's the dictionary definition. A skeptical predisposition is a mental bias, and as such, not conducive to objective truth or "real" science.
Nor is it intrinsic to the process, but as a bias, it's a determinant of results. The results of a bias are finding what one wants to find. Skepticism is the process of bias just as much as a willingness to believe is.
Even if there was bias, the willingness to refute other people's claims is what keeps the scientific development going. Scepticism is the catalysator in the progress of refining our knowledge.
Aside from entertainment and mental unhappiness, what has skepticism actually produced? They've managed to expose a few charlatons, and by inference, by associative guilt, cast doubt of serious studies of the paranormal.
But the actual scientific output of skepticial inquisitions .. and literal witch hunts .. is remarkably threadbare. Almost nothing. The Unexplained remains entirely unexplained.
You're just confusing two things here. Criticism on a personal level can be harmful. Having it eat away at your self confidence harmful thought, the thing meditation tries to eliminated, etc.
When it comes to finding out the truth, then there's simply no such thing as too much doubt and too much criticism. Scientists are naturally sceptics, as it helps them to define their theories in the most accurate ways as possible.
No actually, I'm not confused. I'm sarcastic. The job of the skeptic is to confuse. To use science to CAST DOUBT. To set off little smoke-bombs of 'Gotcha!' and 'PWNed!
But the actual science produced by the skepticism-driven scientist is minimal, and not very good. I can show examples.
Here's a perfect illustration. In 2007, Dr Henrik Ehrsson claims to have "induced" out-of-body-experiences in the lab by using 3D VR tech. The concensus is, he simulated reality, and got a simulated OoBE. Garbage In - Garbage Out.
Using science to induce hallucinations = Casting Doubt
Skepticism is a habit to some. That too is in the dictionary. Habitual behaviors are an element of OCD. Doubt is an element of self-doubt. Depression results from these habits, self-doubts, self-denials and anxieties.
I stand by my diagnosis .. and I don't make a habit of being cynical.
It's not just quacks who profit from fraud. 10%, 30%, 50%, as much as 90% (!) of the effectiveness of modern pharmaceutical products is due to placebo. How do I know this? Because scientists test and measure how fraudulent these products are. Pharm companies and their scientists, profit greatly from these products.
Is it quackery? No, it's state of the art science.
I'm sorry, I read so many studies and pick up bits of data. But the wiki Placebo article has some numbers. And I wouldn't be surprised if placebos have matched or outperformed some medicines in tests. To my knowledge, these products (sugar > patented medicine) aren't on the market, but marginally better performers are.
One need only look at the state of healthcare to see why many people wisely choose alternative medicines. Many alternatives are not quacks or frauds but have a reliable record of successes, earned trust and earned income.
Criticizing or "debunking" them isn't going to earn anyone's trust back.
May your overpaid, pill-dispensing robot doctor over-prescribe for you the latest experiemental Jekyll potion for your mild obsessive-depressive disorders and unsightly toenail fungus.
Sim Sim Salabim and good luck, Skeptics. You'll need it.
If an alternative medicine "witch-doctor" uses a placebo to trick .. fool .. decieve a sick mind or sick body into curing itself, that doctor has earned his worth.
Look, I can understand that in some countries, even western ones, like the US, the medical care is so incredibly dire that you resort to the quacks that do nothing but make you feel special and precious.
But that doesn't mean they can actually cure you from real diseases. If they can cure you trough a placebo alone, then that says everything about the disease you've been cured from and nothing about the ""doctor"" that cured you.
You didn't answer my question, why not replace your dad with a robot?
Can you prove that he isn't just a biological machine? That he's a conscious being?
Can you scientifically prove your feelings for your dad are real?
Oh that's right, you can't. No one can. We can't test for consciousness, and your "feelings" for your dad are a delusion. They don't exist. It's all in your head. So why not replace him?
We can physically record the impulses in specific parts of the brain responsible for emotions these days. Not which emotions, but Yes you could record the feelings BaileysBeads has for his dad on a ECG machine. So apart from being apparently devoid of empathy yourself, you are also empirically proven wrong. We are biological machines AND we have consciousness as well. Not mutually exclusive concepts.
I did use it correctly. The problem isn't detecting brain activity with a machine, it's attributing emotions to the information. Lie detectors are not reliable. Brain imaging detects general and subjective activity. Subjective information isn't objective and isn't science. It's mind reading. Feelings for 'dad' are subjective and unscientific.
I thought sugar pills can do anything because placebo is the most effective part of treatment? Why would you want the real medicine in this case but not in others?
Ya gotta love the way James tells a story, I could listen to him for hours.
Dr. Steve Novella - what can I say? He can make anything interesting. I really enjoy the precision in what he says, you can tell he is a practicing scientist and teacher. I never miss a podcast, it is my weekly fix.
Had to really crank up the sound to hear it and then it still wasn't very loud.
MontanaLaura 1 month ago
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fetymann 3 months ago
Okay, for the fifteen millionth time, where can I get that globe!
Roddog61 4 months ago
the editing really shows
oizz 6 months ago
James Randi is one of the most interesting human beings alive. It will be a great loss for the species when he goes. : (
ZachRose88 6 months ago
Two of my favourite people! (If Hitchens and Dawkins were in this video too, I'd be set for the summer)
BrokenBard 6 months ago 2
@BrokenBard Hitchens is a fucking drunk.
Thespeakerofmanytru8 5 months ago
@Thespeakerofmanytru8 I'm not sure if that is an insult or not...
BrokenBard 5 months ago
@BrokenBard I rest my case
Thespeakerofmanytru8 5 months ago
@Thespeakerofmanytru8 Behan, Bukowski, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Thomas, Amis, Hemingway, Poe, Parker, Williams, Kerouac, Faulkner, Sartre, etc...want you to retract resting your case.
Google: "Intelligent-People-Are-Prone-to-Alcoholism"
BrokenBard 4 months ago
@BrokenBard Ya or it proves a few drunks are intelligent.
Thespeakerofmanytru8 4 months ago
@Thespeakerofmanytru8 I bet you wrote that without reading the article or looking further into it. Either way...Hitchens is one of the greatest things to happen to the world in the past 70 years, drunk or not.
BrokenBard 4 months ago
@JamesRandiFoundation if you change your acct type to like directer or artist etc you can post videos that are 15 minutes long instead of only 10 f.y.i.
djkujo007 7 months ago
i think it's interesting how many magicians either start out as, or become, atheists, because they see how easily people can be fooled. so for them, it's very easy to see how people back in the day could easily be tricked into thinking someone was turning water into wine, etc.
isaachaze1 7 months ago
I want that spinning globe on the bookshelf!
fnanfne 7 months ago
Wow I really dislike Steve Novella... I find this part of me completely irrational, but I can't help myself lol. I LOVE the show though.
haudace 7 months ago
Also, from the side, if you look real fast, he looks a bit like Brent Spiner :)
erlendaakre 11 months ago
omg.. it's so weird to look at him talking after listening to him for hundreds of hours :)
erlendaakre 11 months ago
Dr. Steven Novella has some jacked forearms. I bet he's ripped. HUGE Fan of SGU Thanks Dr. Novella! Thanks Randi!
teazalamode 1 year ago 3
Skeptics guide to the Universe has been my favorite podcast for years now. Keep up the good work!
gattster 1 year ago 4
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Steve is nothing but a lying disgrace to science. The FACT that he lied in his paper regarding Lloyd Pye is utterly shameful, when asked by Pye to delete this he simply said no!!! what else is he lying about???? hang your head in shame Steve...
DamoYoung25 1 year ago
@DamoYoung25
Lloyd Pye is either a nutter, or a scammer looking to sell books. Regardless of any mistakes made in a paper, deleting it is not a valid reaction. Post a retraction or correction rather than censoring.
Implosiony 1 year ago
@DamoYoung25 Oh? In which way did he lie? The fact remains that Lloyd Pye has not even come close to making his case and is completely full of shit until he does.
ianman6 5 months ago
Randi REALLY looks like Darwin from this angle :P
dalsgaard12 1 year ago 6
steve is my uncle
alecnovella 1 year ago
James Randi is the original Epic Beard.
papersplease 1 year ago 4
Novella looks a lot more like a used car salesman than I ever would have thought, both Randi and Novella are both amazing men as are the rouges on the SGU, keep up the good work!
suicidebylifestyle 1 year ago
The Skeptics Guide to the Universe is a wonderful podcast. Anyone who wants to learn about the scientific process and the value of skepticism should give it a listen.
jehophus 1 year ago 4
i must have that globe!
robertwc82 1 year ago 4
@centrino105: Do you know what evidence is? Evidence is not Vaccine Nation, evidence is not an anecdote, no matter how elaborate. You're not going to win any minds here if you don't understand this.
Arrogant? Possibly, but no more so that yourself - you have no evidence and yet *we* must believe everything you say? That's arrogance.
rowanjl 1 year ago 4
steve novella is epic
ultimatumjs 1 year ago 5
Steve looks a bit like Data from Star Trek :o)
LittleDragon7 1 year ago
@LittleDragon7 He does!! but he needs some Just For Men lol
emilyabbie 1 year ago
Am i the only one who was surprised when i first saw Dr. Novella? I knew who he was from the podcast and then i looked his picture up and i was totally picturing someone else.
mrfuzzer1 1 year ago
Novella is funded by the NIH so why is anyone shocked he is a government shill spewing propaganda about vaccines being safe? Boy oh boy that H1N1 hoax was a whopper eh? Novella is a stooge for big pharma so they can sell more mercury laced toxic vaccines to the gullible public. Wake up people novella and JREF are LIARS selling you government approved toxic BS.
centrino105 1 year ago
@centrino105 Time to go back to your padded cell! Your meds are ready and your straight jacket aint gonna wear itself!
comanchio1976 1 year ago
@comanchio1976
Is that the best you JREFers can do is come up with some lame grade school insult? Pathetic man really. JREF opinions on ANY subject are worth about as much as a warm bucket of hampster spit.
centrino105 1 year ago
@comanchio1976
Oops!
I forgot to ask centrino105 if he is on any medication and if so for what.
I understand that he possibly may not be honest with his answers but a few well placed questions can usually expose either any prospective bullshitter or lunatic.(if perhaps he is either of these things.)
If he's on the level he should not have a problem with honest inquiry!
RandomVortex 1 year ago
@centrino105
I would like to begin with one simple question.
Are you at all religious?
Secondly do you subscribe to any(other)conspiratorial ideas?
Finally I'd just like to inquire where exactly you get your information on these matters from.
These are simple and perfectly honest questions and I hope you can answer them .
RandomVortex 1 year ago
@RandomVortex I've tried talking to these conspiracy heads before,and have learned it's pointless.Whatever evidence you bring to the table or undeniable point you make gets 'trump carded' by that kind of "well they would want you to believe that wouldnt they..." Kind of response.Their mind is closed to anything that doesnt support their argument/world view,much the same with creationists. So I've given up trying.Mockery is all I've got the energy for these days.
comanchio1976 1 year ago
JREF the promoters of lies about 9/11 and the promoters of lies about vaccines. Shame on you all. You will always be remembered as disinformationists and Penn and Teller known for promoting Bullshit such as the official conspiracy theory of 9/11 which is a laughing stock across the globe. Funny how funding for JREF is from an "anonymous" source that lives in Washington DC. Funny like cancer.
centrino105 1 year ago
@centrino105
OK all sarcasm aside where exactly do you get your info/proof from?
As far as I know you could be right but I require evidence(at quite a high standard I should add!)
So fire away.............
RandomVortex 1 year ago
@RandomVortex,
Proof of what? You want proof that the mercury in the vaccines is harmful or do you want proof that Novella is an NIH funded hack pushing the big pharma agenda? In either case the internet is loaded with answers, look it up yourself. As to your other questions: I don't take ANY medications other then an occasional aspirin simply because I don't trust the toxic crap big pharma pushes. So my "well placed" answers usually expose smarmy JREF trolls for the coolaid drinkers they are
centrino105 1 year ago
@centrino105
I do not find anything you have said to be in the least bit convincing.
I require a higher standard of proof than merely searching the net for anything that will claim to back up a chosen delusion without any hard evidence..
I don't suppose you have any actual varifiable proof to back up your paranoia.
As to your claim that you do not take any medication(other than the occasional aspirin)perhaps this is your problem as there are some very good anti-psychotic drugs out there!
RandomVortex 1 year ago
@centrino105
You still did not say whether you are religious or not.
Oh and if you do indeed believe in all of this mindless drivel that you have claimed to then what exactly have you done about it?
What do you plan to do about it and how do you plan to do it and when?
RandomVortex 1 year ago
@centrino105
I mean what are you actually physically going to do(other than just type silly shite on the internet.)
Finding something that constitutes actual varifiable hard evidence would be a good start(I shant hold my breath though!)
RandomVortex 1 year ago
@RandomVortex
I beleive in a higher power but oppose organized religions (all of them) which has nothing whatsoever to do with the discussion of course. You are just a typical JREF troll, smarmy, arrogant, and blind to your own foolishness. Once again if you need proof that mercury is bad for you then I suggest you learn how to do your own research. Should you want to continue drinking the coolaid, or in this case injecting the mercury, then by all means do so buddy it is your body to poison
centrino105 1 year ago
@centrino105
Higher power ?(That's a bit vague could you perhaps specify?)
Why do you keep on implying that I am a JREF troll?(whatever that is.)
I'll admit I have checked out quite a few of James Randis vids and found them to be very interesting but other than that my interests are largely elsewhere.
It would appear you are simply assuming that I am one of these JREFers(although if you are an example of the oposite to a JREFer then I would by simple virtue of reason have to side with them!)
RandomVortex 1 year ago
@RandomVortex
As to what I am personally doing about this I will give you a hint. My wife works at a hospital and she and all her friends have been given all the information about the toxic vaccines and the big pharma agenda. They are now organizing resistance across the entire hospital. I have shown them the film Vaccine Nation (by Gary Null) and their eyes are now completely open never to be shut again by copper tops such as yourself. (Copper top is a reference to the film The Matrix.)
centrino105 1 year ago
@centrino105
So you are actively stopping children from recieving vital medication based on?
What exactly was the evidence again?where is this"proof"?
Before you risk hugely damaging the health of many kids you must be more than 100% sure that you are correct in your appraisal of the situation and so far I have not seen any actual evidence from you.
So you strike me as being nothing more than a dangerously deluded child harming idiot!
I guess you think I work for"Big Pharma"also.
RandomVortex 1 year ago 4
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@RandomVortex
Now blue pill I am done with you, run along and pump yourself full of whatever big pharma pushes on you and your family. Just don't cry about the results because you were given the chance to educate yourself and you didn't take it.
For those who want the truth and who want to protect themselves from big pharma lies and greed:
Watch: Vaccine Nation and check out Gary Null.
Watch: Making A Killing: The Untold Story Of Psychotropic drugging
centrino105 1 year ago
@centrino105
I strongly suggest that anybody with children who are worried about any of this simply ignore the vast legions of paranoid lunatics and ignorant idiots(like centrino105 for example!)and look into this via channels that can be varified,cross referenced and actually proven with testable facts!(if you neglect your kids health because you believed the crazed rants of some sad fuck on the web then you should probably have them taken somewhere away from you where they might be safe!)
RandomVortex 1 year ago 5
"We're all meatheads."
Ain't that the truth.
ProbableFiction 1 year ago
If you want to know the truth about Randi look up the homeopathy challenge he weaseled on when the players could not be controlled and he changed the rules at the last minute to torch the entire process.
It was a very revealing expose on how Randi seems to project his ethics onto most of the "charlatans" he claims to uncover. Whatever, he certainly did NOT want to go up against the challenge by homeopathy as he will LOSE. (He and his corporate/pharma backers know this.)
UnoRaza 1 year ago
@UnoRaza Irrationalize much?
ProbableFiction 1 year ago
You both Have been on Penn & Teller: Bullshit! That Show is awesome. James Randi PWNS :D
stupidgaylogincrap 1 year ago
Oh no. I can't unhear it.
KingQapla 1 year ago
chinese gimp not very politically correct James LMFAO
grengd 1 year ago
wow...steve novella looks completely different than what i expected.
awesome.
rokknroll 2 years ago
LOL @theintriguer
MacheteCauseHavoc 2 years ago
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theintriguer 2 years ago
Please elaborate!
MisterEvil1 2 years ago
@theintriguer Let's see, your argument is entirely ad hominem and conspiratorial. You present no facts or evidence to support your base assertion, and we're supposed to take you at your word, random internet person. Thanks for the insight. You've convinced us all.
sleepcity 2 years ago
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To anyone who reads these messeges, could you please tell mr. randi that I've been waiting for a response. it's time for me to put a stop in all this nonsense about fake psychics. I'm real and I know of and elder who came before me and he is real too. I am impervious to illness and I say that If You want the proof, it's right here trying to slap you in the face for ignoring it. I'm willing to bet my life against his Million, in my opinion the stakes couldn't be higher.
leutious1 2 years ago
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the NEW ATHEISM movement has been completely crushed...click on my name for the ur l to see how...
88strangelove 2 years ago
I always think Steve Novella sounds like Ray Romano
CaptChrisT 2 years ago 71
@CaptChrisT haha yeah when i first heard the podcast i thought the exact same thing. Hes such a bright guy and seems to know a bit about everything!
ultimatumjs 1 year ago
@CaptChrisT OMFG I ALWAYS SAY THAT TOO
OrderoftheWhiteHand 1 year ago
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with all presidents being related,(well except 1), i think americans make too many assumptions, like voting in an oligarchy.
3642130 2 years ago
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Over 3.6 million views: (Very Sad: Cheerleader Gets A Flu Shot & Now She Can Only Walk Backwards!) watch?v=mScGC7nFDxM
It looks like the pro vaccine propaganda promoted by JREF is being ignored by the vast majority of people. Most people get it that the hysteria about the swine flu is manufactured in order to sell vaccines. Yep most people get it that the jab is all about profit and they know it is toxic too.
centrino105 2 years ago
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JREFers line up for your vaccines! Please do us all a favor and get your murcury, thimerisol, squaline, adjuvant laced toxic cocktails jabbed right into your blood stream. Vaccinate today JREFers! Support JREF by putting your money where your mouth is and stick out your arm for your injections today! After all if the Amazing Randy says vaccines are good for you it must be true!
Truthstorm911 2 years ago
Gladly.
BillyRVaughan 2 years ago
do us all a favour and die of whooping cough
homicidalstoopidity 2 years ago 3
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Do me a big favor JREFer and get vaccinated. Make sure you line up your family to get jabbed too. Enjoy your thimerisol (mercury) squaline (adjuvant) and assorted toxins direct to your blood stream moron.
Novella is an NIH funded vaccine shill and I am actually glad he is a JREFer because he will lead a lot of you moron pseudoskeptics right off the cliff.
Truthstorm911 2 years ago
Ditto, gladly.
kabloozie 2 years ago
yea dude, try some reiki light therapy and prayer, i heard that is the surefire way to live to be 500 like moses. dont forget the wolfsbane dilution and foot vibrations!
sonofluger 2 years ago 8
er, that's spelled m-e-r-cury, btw. I'd happily get dozens of vaccines w/ ethyl mercury. My kid has all his vaccines. I got my flu shot a week ago, but since I'm not in a high risk group, I can't get the H1N1, but I will when it becomes available. My parents get their flu shots every year (since I can remember), and, lo and behold, they're in their late 80s - and still alive and healthy! Imagine that...
kabloozie 2 years ago 26
Two awesomely, awesome individuals.
gatorclaw 2 years ago 10
I'll second that. Love hearing Steven Novella and of course Randi is brilliant. I hope he is well.
sleepcity 2 years ago
Two Awesome Individuals.
Korriband 2 years ago 10
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How boring must the world be to these two? I love Randi but it seems to me that they aren't even open to the question of the unknown. . .
mintwithahole 2 years ago
On the Contrary, they are very open to the question of the unknown....
They just want to try and find out the answer, rather than leave it as unknown, and so advance the human condition.
APDurrant 2 years ago 6
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Steve looks so weird... I think I prefer the detached voice.
illuzion30 2 years ago
No he doesn't look weird....You make weird comments.
815oceanic815 2 years ago 4
what he means is you have images in your head of what a person looks like.. and maybe the actual image of him doesn't match
Splooshiba 2 years ago
we're not all beautiful
kalin666 2 years ago
I'm no stallion... my point was that, having *listened* to SGU for so long... seeing Steve strikes me as odd. Apparently I'm alone on this one.
illuzion30 2 years ago 3
Speak for yourself! I'm a 10+/10!!!
99minerkc 2 years ago
holy crap that rules!
YellowCheapers 2 years ago
"we're all meatheads"
chaOsMastaGuru 2 years ago
this is weird. they're interviewing each other in turns
livintzitu 2 years ago 6
LOL! true! that's hilarious.
Interesting video
Vesh234 2 years ago 4
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Steve Novella is a big hemorrhoid and Randi is a damn Bigot!!
I hope God gives both of them get a hemorrhoid the size of a golf ball! the kind that stings them mercilessly!!
BicycleSeatSniffer 2 years ago
I think you need to find out the correct meaning of bigot.
And I must say I'm suprised, being one yourself, and being religious you must also know a large number of them also.
GOD??? Indeed!!!!!!!
And don't you think its being a little disrespectfull, to your diety, to hasle him about such trivia, he may be doing something important, like unleashing his awesome wrath, on some horrid gay fella, or heathen atheist.
If i were you, I'd throw myself onto my knees, and beg for mercy.
martiangrundy 2 years ago 4
how christian of you
alterodd12345678 2 years ago 5
How about you do that, and I'll do something useful to balance it out?
tommyk77 2 years ago
Actually, YouTube allows up to 11 minutes of video! :)
Xenu 2 years ago
James Randi also seems to have a charming sense of humour... It does add a little something to his talks.
fortress7373 2 years ago 4
Why doesn't Randi become whatever you need to be to be able to post longer videos?
wrongwayup 2 years ago
I thought that was a technology issue (the flash video streaming server licence allows only x minutes per stream for free.. otherwise youtube would have to pay for each view). So I guess JREF would have to pay out the nose for longer time.
8DX 2 years ago
As far as I know you have to be something like Partner or Director to be able to upload more than 10 minutes. I don't think you have to pay for it. And I suspect Randi meets all the criteria to be able to become whatever you need to be to upload longer vids. ;)
wrongwayup 2 years ago 3
actually you're both wrong. youtube certainly doesn't pay any streaming fees, because it streams the videos off its own servers. also, no company as big as youtube would actually buy such a cost intense licence model...if it even exists at all
people that had director accounts prior to mid 2007 have the ability to upload videos longer than 10min. as the video description of this video already hints at, merely being a partner doesn't seem to give someone that extra account upgrade.
GameDocumentaries 2 years ago 6
and yellow means go like hell...
evidencebasedliving 2 years ago
I'm sure Steve is a swell guy. Only, he didn't bring anything new to the plate at all. If anything, he was belaboring the obviously obvious and repeating himself too much. It was painful to listen to, and Randi was being extremely kind in humoring him. Yes, we get it Steve, everyone can be tricked. Thank you.
deepmonstercave 2 years ago
Science is a method. It doesn't require a mindset or philosophy to do. Atheists and theists can do it. Skeptics and believers can do it. Pacifists and miltants can do science.
And after 80 years, Randi almost understands the meaning of traffic signals, but he will be pulled over for speeding through a yellow light.
postcardsky 2 years ago
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Skeptics have never produced anything useful for humanity, nor do they produce good science. Real science in unbiased. Real science does more than provide hastily concieved alternate (and unproven) explanations for unexplained phenomena. Some skepticism is healthy, but too often is unhealthy. Skeptics often suffer from self-doubt, depression and neurosis like OCD. As skepticism grows in popularity, so do the mental problems associated with skepticism.
postcardsky 2 years ago
'Real science' IS skepticism. Your understanding of both is woefully inadequate. And what evidence do you have for, "Skeptics often suffer from self-doubt, depression and..."? Very few (if any) of the self-professed skeptics I've met seem to suffer from these. I myself suffered from depression LONG before I became a skeptic. In fact I it can be fairly said that becoming a skeptic and learning a healthy, rational way of looking at the world was one of the things that helped me overcome that.
paulrugg 2 years ago 3
It's the questioning of claims that have allowed us to climb out of the stone age. Scepticism stands for process.
BaileysBeads 2 years ago
Questioning is not skepticism, doubting is. A skeptic is someone inclined to doubt or disbelief. That's the dictionary definition. A skeptical predisposition is a mental bias, and as such, not conducive to objective truth or "real" science.
Nor is it intrinsic to the process, but as a bias, it's a determinant of results. The results of a bias are finding what one wants to find. Skepticism is the process of bias just as much as a willingness to believe is.
postcardsky 2 years ago
Even if there was bias, the willingness to refute other people's claims is what keeps the scientific development going. Scepticism is the catalysator in the progress of refining our knowledge.
BaileysBeads 2 years ago
Aside from entertainment and mental unhappiness, what has skepticism actually produced? They've managed to expose a few charlatons, and by inference, by associative guilt, cast doubt of serious studies of the paranormal.
But the actual scientific output of skepticial inquisitions .. and literal witch hunts .. is remarkably threadbare. Almost nothing. The Unexplained remains entirely unexplained.
Good work, guys.
postcardsky 2 years ago
You're just confusing two things here. Criticism on a personal level can be harmful. Having it eat away at your self confidence harmful thought, the thing meditation tries to eliminated, etc.
When it comes to finding out the truth, then there's simply no such thing as too much doubt and too much criticism. Scientists are naturally sceptics, as it helps them to define their theories in the most accurate ways as possible.
BaileysBeads 2 years ago
No actually, I'm not confused. I'm sarcastic. The job of the skeptic is to confuse. To use science to CAST DOUBT. To set off little smoke-bombs of 'Gotcha!' and 'PWNed!
But the actual science produced by the skepticism-driven scientist is minimal, and not very good. I can show examples.
postcardsky 2 years ago
Here's a perfect illustration. In 2007, Dr Henrik Ehrsson claims to have "induced" out-of-body-experiences in the lab by using 3D VR tech. The concensus is, he simulated reality, and got a simulated OoBE. Garbage In - Garbage Out.
Using science to induce hallucinations = Casting Doubt
postcardsky 2 years ago
If sceptics are able to do that, then surely the theory needs refining. Any scientist will be thankful for that.
And really it's quite ironic you're being cynical about critics after all the blabla about how it hurts the health and everything. Lovely.
BaileysBeads 2 years ago
Skepticism is a habit to some. That too is in the dictionary. Habitual behaviors are an element of OCD. Doubt is an element of self-doubt. Depression results from these habits, self-doubts, self-denials and anxieties.
I stand by my diagnosis .. and I don't make a habit of being cynical.
postcardsky 2 years ago
I think you're just having a wrong image of sceptics.
Just like those people who think atheists believe there is no god (while it actually means not believing in a god).
You'll get a better view from this TED seminar.
watch?v=8T_jwq9ph8k
BaileysBeads 2 years ago
watching these James Randi videos, one would conclude that the world is full of gullible idiots and the charlatans who prey on them.
And boy, do a lot of skeptics eat it up.
postcardsky 2 years ago
Aye definitely.
Especially considering how much money goes into the industry of paranormal specialists. It isn't hard to see how gullible people are.
BaileysBeads 2 years ago
The harm of being too gullible can be offset by the harm of being too skeptical.
But the gullible are the ones who benefit from placebo effects. Skeptics don't enjoy that benefit.
postcardsky 2 years ago
Want to buy some magic beans? They are chalk full of placebo.
ytscreenname 2 years ago
It's not just quacks who profit from fraud. 10%, 30%, 50%, as much as 90% (!) of the effectiveness of modern pharmaceutical products is due to placebo. How do I know this? Because scientists test and measure how fraudulent these products are. Pharm companies and their scientists, profit greatly from these products.
Is it quackery? No, it's state of the art science.
postcardsky 2 years ago
Astounding figures you got there. Forgive my SCEPTICISM, but do you have any sources on that?
BaileysBeads 2 years ago
I'm sorry, I read so many studies and pick up bits of data. But the wiki Placebo article has some numbers. And I wouldn't be surprised if placebos have matched or outperformed some medicines in tests. To my knowledge, these products (sugar > patented medicine) aren't on the market, but marginally better performers are.
postcardsky 2 years ago
So, how are these tests done?
Two cancer patients.
One of them gets the tumor surgically removed. The other one only gets an incision
BaileysBeads 2 years ago
C'mon, whose the gullible one now?
I'm sure they have a pill that can cure that.
Lab tested, doctor recommended, FDA approved.
It's purple.
postcardsky 2 years ago
I hope you get an STD and the doctor gives you a sugar pill instead of the antibiotic.
ytscreenname 2 years ago
Why am I not surprised that you would encourage doctors to commit malpractice?
postcardsky 2 years ago
I'm glad you agree that such methods are malpractice indeed.
BaileysBeads 2 years ago
One need only look at the state of healthcare to see why many people wisely choose alternative medicines. Many alternatives are not quacks or frauds but have a reliable record of successes, earned trust and earned income.
Criticizing or "debunking" them isn't going to earn anyone's trust back.
postcardsky 2 years ago
Haha yeah, YOUR healthcare, not ours.
BaileysBeads 2 years ago
May your overpaid, pill-dispensing robot doctor over-prescribe for you the latest experiemental Jekyll potion for your mild obsessive-depressive disorders and unsightly toenail fungus.
Sim Sim Salabim and good luck, Skeptics. You'll need it.
postcardsky 2 years ago
at least it does Something mate, least its not woowoo !
sandwichtaster 2 years ago
If an alternative medicine "witch-doctor" uses a placebo to trick .. fool .. decieve a sick mind or sick body into curing itself, that doctor has earned his worth.
postcardsky 2 years ago
My dad's hip was quite hard to be replaced by a placebo so he opted for regular medicine.
BaileysBeads 2 years ago 2
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Sounds like he got the right medicine for the right job.
But why stop at a hip? Why not replace your dad with a robot?
postcardsky 2 years ago
Look, I can understand that in some countries, even western ones, like the US, the medical care is so incredibly dire that you resort to the quacks that do nothing but make you feel special and precious.
But that doesn't mean they can actually cure you from real diseases. If they can cure you trough a placebo alone, then that says everything about the disease you've been cured from and nothing about the ""doctor"" that cured you.
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postcardsky 2 years ago
You didn't answer my question, why not replace your dad with a robot?
Can you prove that he isn't just a biological machine? That he's a conscious being?
Can you scientifically prove your feelings for your dad are real?
Oh that's right, you can't. No one can. We can't test for consciousness, and your "feelings" for your dad are a delusion. They don't exist. It's all in your head. So why not replace him?
postcardsky 2 years ago
We can physically record the impulses in specific parts of the brain responsible for emotions these days. Not which emotions, but Yes you could record the feelings BaileysBeads has for his dad on a ECG machine. So apart from being apparently devoid of empathy yourself, you are also empirically proven wrong. We are biological machines AND we have consciousness as well. Not mutually exclusive concepts.
MilesB1975 2 years ago
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All of which is scientifically unreliable. All it proves is that the brain produces energy that can be recorded from outside the brain.
Such remote sensing of thoughts and feelings is by definition: Telepathy.
postcardsky 2 years ago
te⋅lep⋅a⋅thy /təˈlɛpəθi/ [tuh-lep-uh-thee]
noun
communication between minds by some means OTHER than sensory perception.
Thanks to my 'mystic book' known as The Dictionary.
MilesB1975 2 years ago
τηλε (tele: distant) and πάθεια (patheia: feeling)
postcardsky 2 years ago
So now you know the etymology of the word , you might be able use it in a sentence correctly.
Do you ever have a 'distant feeling' without your brain doing any work?
MilesB1975 2 years ago
I did use it correctly. The problem isn't detecting brain activity with a machine, it's attributing emotions to the information. Lie detectors are not reliable. Brain imaging detects general and subjective activity. Subjective information isn't objective and isn't science. It's mind reading. Feelings for 'dad' are subjective and unscientific.
postcardsky 2 years ago
Depends what he is charging.
Saktoth 2 years ago
I thought sugar pills can do anything because placebo is the most effective part of treatment? Why would you want the real medicine in this case but not in others?
ytscreenname 2 years ago
Ideally we wouldn't need any medicine, real or placebo.
Ideally, BaileysBeads wouldn't need a dad, real or placebo.
postcardsky 2 years ago
Placebo effects can do pretty much anything that god can do. Guess why that is. :)
Articorse 2 years ago 3
Its the most effective part of treatment for a booboo, a band aid with Barney the Dinosaur on it and a kiss from mummy makes it all better.
Its not the most effective part of the treatment for cancer. What do you know, there IS actual medicine out there that does something!
Saktoth 2 years ago
This specific comment sounds very sceptical to me. Now, what were you against again?
3yE 2 years ago
I love skepticism. And these two. Not in a gay way though. Although there's nothing wrong with that.
feralfoxer 2 years ago
That globe in the background is pretty cool. Oh, and Randi and Steve are too.
1NoMusician1 2 years ago
I wonder how it works...
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nostradamus2001 2 years ago
Steve really reminds me of Ray Romano but with white hair.
Havermayer 2 years ago
SGU is the best podcast ever .
Anechka1987 3 years ago 3
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don't try to put scepticism on me man..
johnsmdm 3 years ago
Ehm... why?
thesheep91 2 years ago
Ya gotta love the way James tells a story, I could listen to him for hours.
Dr. Steve Novella - what can I say? He can make anything interesting. I really enjoy the precision in what he says, you can tell he is a practicing scientist and teacher. I never miss a podcast, it is my weekly fix.
Thanks James, Steve and all the rogues.
upshot7 3 years ago 5
... and yellow means "go like hell."
I love that guy.
jrparri 3 years ago 2
My heroes.
jdubsummer 3 years ago 2
Dr. Steve Novella is incredible.
Everyone should subscribe to his podcast, "The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe"
hyperstation123321 3 years ago 5
I agree on both counts! (no relation to previous poster, similar screen names)
hypersapien 3 years ago
i agree on both counts as well! with even less relation to previous 2 posters. XD
melder2011 3 years ago
mmmm delicious meat in the head
mrbananas8 3 years ago
Interesting vid
dominictemple 3 years ago