RDF TV - Baloney Detection Kit - Michael Shermer

wow this video is another good one i've seen ur other vids very good excellent work here! amazing channel!!!

I wonder if "climategate" has affected this guy's standpoint in any way.

Being aware of the proper mental tools for finding the truth is important but so is knowing how to use them. Thank you Richard Dawkins and also Michael Shermer for throwing out a lifeline to save us from the chaotic sea of misinformation out there.

It is so sad that this man has to dictate common sense logic to the average person but unfortunately common sense is NOT so common.

One of the chief problems with common sense is that it isn't synonymous with logic.

People usually have to be taught how to think logically - some never are.

That's really an unfortunate thing. I do hope we still have time to get "real" after thousands of years of false beliefs ifection.

ahh i love science. if it weren't for science we would not only be primitive, but we would be so stupid XD

I just gotta point out that this a terrible example. The fact that the Saddam Hussein regime had possessed and used WMD in the past was well-established and the burden of proof had since shifted per the terms of the cease-fire agreement which ended the previous conflict.

In a similar way, an officer running a maximum security penitentiary would be well-justified in demanding that the inmates regularly prove to him that they are not carrying restricted possessions.

I gotta point out you are full of shit. The US knew Saddam had WMDs 'cos they sold them to him in the 1980's, and they also knew that these have a limited shelf-life and were therefore defunct. Their weapons inspectors told the US that Iraq couldn't have any operational WMDs, but Bush, who was just using this as an excuse to attack, ignored the facts and attacked anyway. This was a war-crime and Bush and Blair should hang for it. You may happily accept any phoney excuses for war, but I won't.

This guy was perfectly cast fot this vid. Awesome!