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Name:
Will
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The musings of a godless evolutionist: I mostly do videos defending certain aspects of Biology, including genetics, evolution, occasionally medicine, and I'm rather fond of cell biology and biochemistry. I'm an agnostic-atheist, but it's not something I talk about often.
About Me:
Since I joined the YouTube atheist community back in June of 2008, something that deeply interested me was Biology, especially the chemical aspects of it. As a Biochemistry major, I'm also interested in genetics, cell biology, evolution, and transgenics (both agricultural and medical), all of which I try to make the main focus of this channel.
I'm not at all interested in the atheist-theist debate, and couldn't be more apathetic about it, so its not a topic I discuss on this channel, at least not directly or in great detail. There are more important debates to be waged, and sources of ignorance or dishonesty towards science than just fundamentalist religion. I don't owe my alliegance to a community, but to family, friends, significant others, mentors, and other assorted people in my personal life. I won't mirror your videos, fight for your rights, or help bash an opposing demographic.
I typically don't respond to comments, so if you're looking for a direct, in depth response, either send me a PM or make a video response.
I'm welcome to dissenting opinions, but bare in mind that the respect you get on this channel is a reflection of the respect you give, and that while everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not everyone is entitled to their own version of the facts. I have a zero-tolerance policy for people who ask questions, or raise points, but don't care what the answers or counterpoints are. I have no tolerance for victims of ones own Dunning-Kruger effect or confirmation bias. I don't play the futility game with people who insist on engaging other people in discussion, but refuse to acknowledge data contrary to their position. If you have nothing to add to a conversation or discussion other than "you misunderstood 'X point,' or insulting me but no arguments behind it, or rehashing points I've already addressed in a video or a series, I already don't have time or energy for you, and your presence will not now or ever be tolerated. And I don't answer loaded questions. If you fall into these examples, I will take five seconds to block you, and the next five to forget that you exist. I have more important things to do with my time than cater to the whims of an idiot. And should you log into more than two sock accounts to get access to my comments section, I will report you to YouTube. The first time I block you is not an invitation to keep talking to me, it's a rather tacit admission that I don't care about what you have to contribute. In other words, I've decided that you're done for you. My channel is my domain, much like a house. To use the analogy, if you keep trying to climb in through the windows, and I've already slammed the door in your face and swept your garbage out, I'm eventually going to call the cops. Don't like it? Fuck off.
"I want to be known for my science, not a viewpoint that I hold."
-Pardis Sabeti
"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that whilst this planet has gone on cycling according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful, have been, and are being, evolved."
-Charles Darwin
"If the truth revealed by DNA could be accepted without fear, we should not despair for those who follow us."
-James D. Watson
"You can't argue with nonsense."
-NicotineandSilence
"The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data.'"
-SofiaRune
Country:
United States
Occupation:
Student
Interests:
Evolutionary Biology, Biochemistry (especially genetics), science in general, history, cooking
Movies:
Movies:"Kill Bill, vol. 1," "Hero," "Fearless," "The Last Samurai," "300," "28 Weeks Later," "Underworld" (the original, not the crappy sequels), "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Reservoire Dogs," "The Departed," "Goodfellas," "The Abyss," "The Fountain," "Avatar," "The Watchmen," "Robin Hood," "Jurassic Park"
Music:
Metal, Post-Metal, Progressive Rock, 90's Alternative, Hard Trance
Books:
"Why Evolution is True" by Jerry Coyne, "Your Inner Fish" by Neil Shubin, "Evolution for Everyone" by David Sloan Wilson, "The Greatest Show on Earth" by Richard Dawkins, "Unweaving the Rainbow" by Richard Dawkins, "Pale Blue Dot" by Carl Sagan, "DNA- The Secret of Life" by James Watson, "Francis Crick" by Matt Ridley, "How to Build a Dinosaur" by Jack Horner, "Why Darwin Matters" by Micheal Shermer
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Channel Comments
/watch?v=YRaAvCBAlso 1:17-1:27
Libertarian Realist: *A social constructivist will ascribe all intelligence differences among individuals and groups to social and environmental forces.*
/watch?v=_tn75DdBN9U 9:42
Evogen: *I readily accept that genes contribute to a baseline intelligence. My problem is with the idea that it is ALL controlled ENTIRELY by our genes.. So, all in all, you're arguing against a position I don't actually hold*
4:24
/watch?v=rCVr1-xMYZw
Fringe's video
/watch?v=3qij_wD7_kQ
Evogen's video
/watch?v=_tn75DdBN9U
(Fringe doesn't realize neither video supports narrow sense heritability because he doesn't know what it is.)
An interviewed scientist says less than half of the differences in intelligence between older adults can be explained by genes, and we can't be sure of the differences among younger people. Fringe is so retarded, he pwned himself.
The APA has already stated genetics contributes partially to individual differences but does not explain group differences, so fringe has discovered nothing new in pwning himself. He is pure retardation.
Great fringe, you don't get to use them anymore.
Sup brah, It's dackjaniels555 if you're wondering- if you even remember my stupid ass comments from back then.