Skeptic Smackdown debate from Dragon*Con 2007 - Part 1

Recorded at Dragon*Con 2007. Skeptics Dr. Michael Shermer and Alison Smith debate believers Patrick Burns and Graham Watkins. Part 1.

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• skeptic
• debate
• paranormal
• ghost
• hunters
• debunking
• michael
• shermer
• alison
• smith
• patrick
• burns
• ghosts
• evp
• dragoncon

[geminito]

The sound of applause is deafening when I turn up the volume so I can hear the speakers! Can't bear it!

[dcolanduno]

It was the only video that anyone was able to get us after the event. I think it was filmed with a pretty low end camera and in a pretty bad location. :|

[redchango]

I think if we can edit the audience out Shermer would appear to win. It's hard to tell.

[dcolanduno]

Ya,

We thought about using a different recording we have and just sync it in. But we didn't want to be accused of messing with the message...

[THEoldy]

Who cares, better that than no message at all..

[LonesomeTroubadour]

Ohh, Graham, anecdote ain't evidence.

[OrderoftheWhiteHand]

@boobmcnutt because Dragoncon is awesome. I go every year.

[2eelShmeal]

Very well said.

[kissmeamerica]

You say thet you are a strong atheist, yet you make the same tired claim that christians make to justify their beliefs. Through your experience, certain things have happened to you that you cannot explain, therefore ghosts, or as you put it in your new age term "energies". Yet there is no scientific evidence to support your theory. I could very well say I heard a noise and felt something, so that I know for sure invisible unicorns exist. Makes sense, yeah? Please. Get a clue.

[Laveciar]

who's the dumbass with the camera that stands behind a pylon. Moron.

[est794]

what dragoncon debate isn't bizarre?

[TheThomaswastaken]

A lot of smart people there, so a lot of skeptics.

A lot of people there, so a lot of proselytizers.

[jergsden]

Interesting the one believer is from Court TV.  Our court system relies on rational thought and evidence, after all.