English

potholer54
potholer54
Joined: 26 January 2007
Last Sign In: 2 days ago
Videos Watched: 7,534
Subscribers: 18,721
Channel Views: 337,076
TO THOSE STILL WAITING FOR A DVD
I had lots of requests, and have had to organize the distribution network, burn DVDs and send them out with address labels. Most of you should have the DVDs by now, but if you are still waiting, please be patient. I'll make an announcement when all of them should have arrived and we'll see who is still misiing a DVD.
Remember, you can also download through BitTorrents.
I'm on assignment for 3 weeks so please keep messages to a minimum and don't expect a reply soon.

===

This channel is dedicated to explaining science in a way that most intelligent people can understand. I hate seeing science manipulated and cherry-picked to support religious and ideological beliefs, usually by people with little scientific training or understanding.

For those new to this channel, please watch the "Made Easy" series in the playlist, in numbered sequence. It explains the evidence for our origins, from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa.
Name: Potholer
I've been a journalist for 20 years, 14 years as a science correspondent. My degree is in geology, but while working for a science magazine and several science programs I had to tackle a number of different fields, from quantum physics to microbiology.

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.
Country: Australia
Occupation: Semi-retired to sunny Australia,...
Connect with potholer54
Embed This Channel:
<script src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://www.google.com/ig/modules/youtube.xml&amp;up_channel=potholer54&amp;container=youtube&amp;w=320&amp;h=390&amp;title=&amp;border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&amp;output=js"></script>
Recent Activity  
potholer54 uploaded a new video (1 month ago)
This video, the fourth in my Climate Change series, looks at urban myths...   more
 
 
potholer54 subscribed to antybu86 (3 months ago)
 
 
potholer54 uploaded a new video (3 months ago)
I had planned to put several myths in this video, but discovered such an...   more
 
 
potholer54 favourited a video (4 months ago)
This has nothing to do with questions about where all the water came fro...   more
 
 
potholer54 uploaded a new video (4 months ago)
This video is not sarcasm, it is parody and dramatic irony.

Only a tiny ...   more
 
Playlists
From Big Bang to Us -- Made Easy
14 videos
This series explains the scientific evidence for our origins, from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa, in a way that most 7th-graders would understand. It challenges people who believe we were created by a deity 6,000 years ago to confront the evidence instead of ignoring it.

A DVD (including corrections) will be available for schools and educational groups. I alko hope to have a better quality version of the series available for download.
Climate Change
4 videos
Climate Change 4 Videos
Examines and explains the science of climate change. Then goes on to debunk some common myths.
Schools version of the Made Easy series
8 videos
This is a schools-friendly version of the "Made Easy" series that takes us from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa. In response to requests from teachers, religious references have been expunged from this video.
False filing of DMCAs
10:46
[TRANSLATED] False filing of DMCAs
[TRANSLATED] False filing of DMCAs
This video is a result of a collaboration between the following you tube users; ...
6 months ago 9,376 views potholer54
1. Climate Change -- the scientific debate
10:40
A basic look at how climate scientists infer that man-made carbon gases are changi...
9 months ago 39,109 views potholer54
2. Climate Change -- the objections
10:19
This video, the second in the series, looks at alternative hypotheses explaining g...
7 months ago 30,751 views potholer54
1 -- History of the Universe Made Easy (Part 1)
9:19
Forget gods and goblins, here is the real story of how we know the extent of our u...
1 year ago 184,654 views potholer54
2 -- History of the Universe Made Easy (Part 2)
9:07
This concludes the two parts on the history of the universe, showing how our unive...
1 year ago 104,181 views potholer54
ERRATA
1:28
[TRANSLATED] ERRATA
[TRANSLATED] ERRATA
Corrections to the 'History of the Universe Made Easy" videos. (Music: "Ladeira...
1 year ago 22,766 views potholer54
3 - The Origin of Life Made Easy
6:16
The video explains current ideas as to how life might have originated on Earth. Th...
7 months ago 42,777 views potholer54
4 -- The Story of the Earth Made Easy
9:21
Is the Earth really 6,500 years old? And was there a global flood 4,000 years ago?...
1 year ago 61,514 views potholer54
5 -- The Age of Our World Made Easy
9:31
Methods of dating easily explained, that clearly prove the age of the Earth and ou...
1 year ago 87,728 views potholer54
Noah's Flood - debunked (Part 1)
10:09
This has nothing to do with questions about where all the water came from, where i...
5 months ago 47,610 views Potholer54debunks
Youtube vs The Users
5:19
[TRANSLATED] Youtube vs The Users
[TRANSLATED] Youtube vs The Users
Contact details for youtubes advertise channel http://www.youtube.com/user/advert...
4 months ago 46,811 views Thunderf00t
Youtube vs The Users (Part2)
7:34
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=4d77967b07dff9ac4012e8015643d9c8f9ec8f1a2d0cb41...
4 months ago 38,153 views beautyintheuniverse
Bot Attack Fighting Back
2:58
This is the first and very quickly made video for this channel. Our goal is si...
4 months ago 1,444 views BotAttack
HELP US DEFEND OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH -FORUM
2:40
PLEASE share this video with everyone you can. WE can only do this with YOUR help...
4 months ago 453 views BotAttack
Help me fight those cowards !
3:54
My videos that have been hit before I got to disable rating : http://www.youtub...
4 months ago 20,799 views ZOMGitsCriss
Creationist Junk Debunked #1 - Introduction
9:55
A look at some of the most famous urban myths spread by creationists, and the fund...
1 year ago 88,606 views Potholer54debunks
Channel Comments (1213)
frithwks (4 hours ago)
Thank you... I'm refreshed by your wonderful tribute to the love of fidelity in the form of this channel and it's content.

Regards, Grant
Tunderf00t (13 hours ago)
Says Neanderthal
v
v
coolintruddle (1 day ago)
Thank you for the effort of injecting rational thought into this forum that is Youtube.I have been watching uploads from the creationist viewpoint to try to understand why they think like they do.I'm beginning to feel rather cynical and callous about the subject.Your straight forward and well researched videos have refreshed me.Leaving me ready for another round with these willfully ignorant buffoons.
jetsam50000 (3 days ago)
My god could kick your gods ass. (irony)
slotstik (4 days ago)
your videos are brilliant. really enjoy them....
selfexistinghand (4 days ago)
I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos on both this channel and your debunk channel. As a former Christian who has had a poor education on many of the topics you cover, I very much appreciate the very accessible expositions that you offer on these subjects. Many thanks for your efforts!
jeffwolfheart (6 days ago)
you are great. keep it up.

peace
Vonensor (6 days ago)
Hot channel Potholer54. A lot of really good stuff here!
Peace
Von
wdgeo (1 week ago)
Dear Potholer54, I hope you are going to include a rebuttal to this video from user/cassiopeiaproject in your next video: /watch?v=MVASFcMwTXk . They claim that co2 plays no role in climate change with basically a "don't worry it'll all be fine" attitude. They are affiliated with Art Robinson of the Robinson Homeschool Curriculum, something called "Access to Energy" and .... (wait for it..) R O N P A U L !
An0nym0usPunK0930 (1 week ago)
pot-holder make moe videos plz
  1   2   3   4   5    Next