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The main purpose of this channel is to explain in simple terms the conclusions of scientific research, and correct some of the unsourced crap we get fed on the Internet.
Most of the videos debunk creationist and religious claims. Every year the coveted "Golden Crocoduck" is awarded to the most outrageous piece of bullshit spouted in pursuit of the creationist cause, and most of the debunking videos feature Golden Crocoduck nominees. Voting is in October and is open to everyone, so join the thousands who now regularly vote for their favorite mendacious preacher. There are two main playlists. The "Made Easy" series explains how we got here, from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa. The Climate Change series explains how greenhouse gases work, looks at alternative theories to climate change, and debunks the huge number of urban myths that are zipping round the Internet.
UPDATE: Anthony Watts has agreed to give me space for a rebuttal to Monckton on wattsupwiththat (His guest post is here http://wattsupwiththat.com/... ) -- short of what I requested, which was the same guest-post platform, but certainly better than being stuck in the comments section where Monckton refuses to debate me. My rebuttal will be announced on WUWT and a link given. I hope enough people are interested in seeing Monckton rebutted to link to it. Watts also says he will put my response side by side with Monckton's original guest post, which is very good news. For the first time, WUWT readers will have the chance to see a point by point rebuttal of Monckton's claims, complete with actual quotes and citations of Monckton's own sources. I hope Mr. Watts will allow this to continue into a full debate over the coming months. So far Mr. Monckton has shown a remarkable reluctance to answer questions I put to him in the comments section of his WUWT response.
Most of the videos debunk creationist and religious claims. Every year the coveted "Golden Crocoduck" is awarded to the most outrageous piece of bullshit spouted in pursuit of the creationist cause, and most of the debunking videos feature Golden Crocoduck nominees. Voting is in October and is open to everyone, so join the thousands who now regularly vote for their favorite mendacious preacher. There are two main playlists. The "Made Easy" series explains how we got here, from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa. The Climate Change series explains how greenhouse gases work, looks at alternative theories to climate change, and debunks the huge number of urban myths that are zipping round the Internet.
UPDATE: Anthony Watts has agreed to give me space for a rebuttal to Monckton on wattsupwiththat (His guest post is here http://wattsupwiththat.com/... ) -- short of what I requested, which was the same guest-post platform, but certainly better than being stuck in the comments section where Monckton refuses to debate me. My rebuttal will be announced on WUWT and a link given. I hope enough people are interested in seeing Monckton rebutted to link to it. Watts also says he will put my response side by side with Monckton's original guest post, which is very good news. For the first time, WUWT readers will have the chance to see a point by point rebuttal of Monckton's claims, complete with actual quotes and citations of Monckton's own sources. I hope Mr. Watts will allow this to continue into a full debate over the coming months. So far Mr. Monckton has shown a remarkable reluctance to answer questions I put to him in the comments section of his WUWT response.
About Me:
POSTING: Anyone is free to post on the fora, and ALL views are welcome. You won't find that on most fundamentalist channels, but I have nothing to fear from open discussion or criticism. However, my tolerance has been abused by people whose sole object is to disrupt the channel, so reluctantly I have now had to ban three people from participating. Just so you can't say you weren't warned, here are my criteria for banning:
1) Advertisements. My channel is not a free billboard.
2) Plagiarism. If you copy and paste someone else's work, don't pretend that the writing is yours. Put it in quotation marks and give the author credit. Hard to believe, but the fundamentalists who have done this cannot understand when I explain that what they are doing is deceitful and intellectually shallow. If you understand so little, don't just cheat and copy from someone else. Learn some facts, then use your own arguments. 3) Spam. I know it's fun to disrupt the fora by copying and pasting huge chunks of text again and again. Going back over a point you made earlier is fine, but mindlessly spamming the same post repeatedly will no longer be tolerated.
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Semi-retired to sunny Australia, but still working.
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This one is more suitable for the award:
watch?v=LE6c5bhzOAA
I have a delightful nominee for this year's award:
Dr Jim Gibson, PhD in biology from the Geoscience Research Institute.
Just a Sample: watch?v=n-k9lcJfnWE
I am 19 years old and starting a career in the scientific field of nanotechnology. I am a fan of your work and i think more people should be like you. I fear that the proposed bills PIPA, SOPA & ACTA may stop the free access of information from the internet and limit my generations ability to search for solutions to problems. Knowing your experience with your scientific outlook on matters. I think your mind would be of use to create a you tube video outlining these proposed bills and what they actually mean. All in the name to educate people about what could happen without them realizing. I know this is not what you usually do but you have a way of looking at things differently to other people. This could very well open the eyes of the population and stop these bills from passing.
Please consider my request.
Yours Truly, -Anonymous-
Then you should have told me that someone had maliciously marked it as spam and I would have restored it. I go through these spurious flaggings every now and again and unmark them, but I have been on the road for several weeks now and unable to do that. My apologies -- I don't approve of legitimate posts being marked as spam. I have found the one you refer to, and unmarked it.
However, I am still waiting for the "real" question you thought I was trying to avoid. So far you have given me your "point," which you are welcome to, but not a question. What is it?
In part 1 I guess you are referring to the SN 1987-A supernova @ 3:36 . Well, it occurred on the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy outside the milky way, not in our galaxy. The Milky Way is only around 100.000 ly in diameter, so it would be pretty strange to look at events inside our galaxy, that happened 160.000 years ago.
Since when did this become a left/rightwing issue? Well, since corrupt politicans wanted to make a buck off a problem, coupled with the spoilt "don't even tax $1 from me to pay for healthcare!" types. I'm not interested in either, I'm more concerned about the facts, the science, not politics.
Yes, Greenthumb, I am. And why not? You're calling every single Climate Proponent a liar, so why shouldn't I call Evans one, when he claims to be a rocket scientist and he isn't? When he claims to be building a word processor for Windows and Microsoft denies that he works for them?