Dawkins' response to Creationist bullshit (including the famous "stumped" video) at AAI '0
Dawkins' response to Creationist bullshit (including the famous "stumped" video) at AAI '07.
A more detailed response from Dawkins with regard to this video is as follows:
"In September 1997, I allowed an Australian film crew [from the then Answers in Genesis] into my house in Oxford without realising that their purpose was creationist propaganda. In the course of a suspiciously amateurish interview, they issued a truculent challenge to me to "give an example of a genetic mutation or an evolutionary process which can be seen to increase the information in the genome." It is the kind of question only a creationist would ask in that way, and it was at this point I tumbled to the fact that I had been duped into granting an interview to creationists - a thing I normally don't do, for good reasons. In my anger I refused to discuss the question further, and told them to stop the camera. However, I eventually withdrew my peremptory termination of the interview as a whole. This was solely because they pleaded with me that they had come all the way from Australia specifically in order to interview me. Even if this was a considerable exaggeration, it seemed, on reflection, ungenerous to tear up the legal release form and throw them out. I therefore relented. My generosity was rewarded in a fashion that anyone familiar with fundamentalist tactics might have predicted. When I eventually saw the film a year later 1, I found that it had been edited to give the false impression that I was incapable of answering the question about information content 2. In fairness, this may not have been quite as intentionally deceitful as it sounds. You have to understand that these people really believe that their question cannot be answered! Pathetic as it sounds, their entire journey from Australia seems to have been a quest to film an evolutionist failing to answer it."
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Added: 4 months ago
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I thought I'd make a video of myself owning Geryon with best-case stats, equipment and abi
I thought I'd make a video of myself owning Geryon with best-case stats, equipment and abilities on my third playthrough. Many of these same strategies are very usable at much lower levels though. And yes, this is the whole fight. Short, huh?
Party Details:
Body armor (all members):
Ribbon リボン
Adamant Armor アダマンアーマー
Cursed Ring のろいのゆびわ
Stats:
Level 99 (everyone)
ALL STATS 99 (used Decants while levelling to groom stats)
HP and MP doped HEAVILY with Silver Apples (mostly obtained from Liliths) and Soma Drops (obtained from Magicians in Bahamut's cave)
Cecil - HP 9098
Onion Sword オニオンソード
Onion Shield オニオンシールド
Abilities:
- Fight たたかう
- No Encounters エンカウントなし
- White Magic しろまほう
- Item アイテム
- Counter カウンター
Rydia - HP 9059
Dragon Whisker りゅうのひげ
Abilities:
- Doublecast れんぞくま
- Black Magic くろまほう
- Break Damage Limit げんかいとっぱ
- Item アイテム
- Fast Cast はやくち
Kain - HP 9038
Onion Sword オニオンソード
Onion Shield オニオンシールド
Abilities:
- Fight たたかう
- Darkness あんこく
- Item アイテム
- Counter カウンター
- Break Damage Limit げんかいとっぱ
Rosa - HP 9034
Artemis Bow アルテミスのゆみ
Artemis Arrow アルテミスのや
Abilities:
- Doublecast れんぞくま
- Magic All まほうぜんたいか
- Fight たたかう
- White Magic しろまほう
- Item アイテム
Edge - HP 9010
Masamune マサムネ
Murasame ムラサメ
Abilities:
- Fight たたかう
- Cry うそなき
- Counter カウンター
- Gil Hunt ギルハント
- Item アイテム
Note that many Decants were not used for anything during the actual fight (none of Cecil's, for example, and Counter did not end up being used by anyone).
Also, apologies for the quality. Guess I didn't have ideal recording conditions this time.
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Added: 5 months ago
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This video has been floating around YouTube due to all the Creation Science Evangelism cop
This video has been floating around YouTube due to all the Creation Science Evangelism copyright claims as of late, but I was a little disappointed with the quality and how far off the AV synchronization is, so I converted the original shockwave animation to an AVI myself.
Music by eddygoombah:
http://www.youtube.com/user/eddygoombah
Original Flash here:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/399665
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Added: 10 months ago
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A little TV clip I taped one September a few years ago when I was living in Cincinnati.
Added: 11 months ago
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I did two runs of F11. The first one was pretty clumsy, and after watching it, I decided
I did two runs of F11. The first one was pretty clumsy, and after watching it, I decided to do a total redo. But here's a fairly funny outtake from that run.
Watching it now, it's fairly obvious that there were two puffs of dust, but at the moment, I figured I could proceed with reckless abandon. The teleporting enemies are easily the most annoying part of this game; I wish there were a difficulty setting to decrease their spawning rate or turn 'em off altogether. :/
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Added: 11 months ago
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Here's how I get to the upper east door in this game.
I'm still working on getting into
Here's how I get to the upper east door in this game.
I'm still working on getting into the middle door, and as soon as I figure out long-jumping with the line, I'll get in there as well, but anyway, here's where I am right now. :)
This time, I recorded with DScaler, which is what I normally play on (I have no TV). Much better than a direct VirtualDub record, in that the settings are deliberately set up for interlaced TV input, and recording seems to take a bit less overhead, plus I can play in 640X480, or full screen, or whatever.
Anyway, enjoy.
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Added: 11 months ago
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My first video in a while, and it's a gaming video.
Anyway, inspired by BigAl2k6's "T
My first video in a while, and it's a gaming video.
Anyway, inspired by BigAl2k6's "Take Two" video, I decided to make a video to show how a real no-talent non-speedrunner handles this boss (for those playing at home, the answer is "like a total wuss"). Still, it ended up being a good run with no major mistakes. I didn't even get hit by any frogs or let any through! Pretty good considering I was recording this using actual SFC hardware through VirtualDub and playing in a 320X240 window!
I did lose four lives on the levels preceding this one though. :( Damn teleporting enemies...
For a demonstration of the harder version of this boss, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYHMKyBmeCY
Edit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2298KUhVmI
(this one's much more straightforward than the one above it)
And for anyone wondering, I kinda put atheism videos on hold, as it takes so much time to record videos, and I'm not all that comfortable in front of a camera... I still have some plans though (and even two scripts)...
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Added: 11 months ago
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Why I don't like the Pledge of Allegiance, with mostly irrelevant bonus Japanese fun facts
Why I don't like the Pledge of Allegiance, with mostly irrelevant bonus Japanese fun facts and song.
I decided to go electric this time; I found some chords to Kimigayo, but they didn't work very well, so I figured I'd just do the typical Japanese thing of playing the melody. It wasn't very audible on acoustic guitar, so electric it was. :)
Ugh; I just watched this thing. Apologies for the synchronization problems as it gets toward the end. I tried uploading as an FLV this time, but it seems to have made no difference, and I guess the only thing to do from now on is to convert 29.97FPS videos to 30FPS. Oh well.
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Added: 1 year ago
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Another response to the "He didn't answer the question!" critics. I made up the first two
Another response to the "He didn't answer the question!" critics. I made up the first two in a comment on the original video and thought it might be fun to do a whole video of these.
1. What if there are invisible penguins on Pluto who will kill you immediately if you say or hear the secret word?
2. What if your toaster is a mind control device?
3. What if Elvis really is everywhere, everything, everybody, and still the King?
4. What if the entire Earth, along with us and our memories of being here, was created five minutes ago by crab-shaped crabs from the Crab Nebula with crabs for eyes, and crab lice are their messengers on Earth?
5. What if reducing your nitrogen intake to 2% and thinking about cheesecake for eight months cures all human disease?
6. What if I'm dumb in school?
7. What if they've closed the swimming pool?
8. What if Jesus Christ is returning soon to judge the living and the dead?
9. What if the overthrow of all world governments is being plotted by the waitstaff of the rotating restaurant in the Space Needle?
10. What if you're wrong about everything you think you might be wrong about?
11. What if the universe spawned us with the intention of rewarding us with eternal life, so long as we make our best efforts to reject superstition and make an honest attempt to unravel the secrets of the cosmos?
12. What if you're a brain in a vat?
13. What if you're a brain in a fishbowl?
14. What if the divine truth was revealed to an illiterate pedophile in 7th century Arabia, and if you don't listen, you're shit out of luck?
15. What if, in heaven, love comes first, and heaven is a place on Earth?
16. What if you need immediate psychiatric help?
17. What if burying large amounts of raspberry Jell-O along ley lines will end all earthquakes?
18. What if your birth date is tomorrow's winning lottery number?
19. What if you missed your seat on the Hale-Bopp Express?
20. What if Sgt. Fury had fought World War II in outer space?
BONUS QUESTION!
21. Jerry Falwell died very soon after I finished recording this video. Coincidence?
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Added: 1 year ago
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