Nickell and Watkins discuss cryptozoology at Dragon*Con 2009

Paranormal investigator Dr. Joe Nickell (Center for Skeptical Inquiry) and Cryptozoology expert Graham Watkins (formerly of the J. B. Rhine institute, author) and both alumni of University of Kentucky but journeymen of very different paths met at Dragon*Con in September 2009 to discuss cryptozoology. Nickell, a long time skeptic, and Watkins, a spirited proponent of parapsychology, effortlessly display a civil discourse on unknown and speculative animals.

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Education

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• cryptozoology
• Joe Nickell
• Graham Watkins
• Dragon*Con
• science
• skepticism

[SupremeChimp]

lol @ cryptozoology ... The study of animals that you can't study. Magnificent.

[shreddakj]

Cryptozoologists fall under the same category as nutty conspiracy theorists.

[AubreyDebrett]

@HorrorHiro That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

[dltanner99]

Cryptozoology novel about two boys who find something strange on the beach one night see video book trailer

[HorrorHiro]

@daominous ["The type of people that are limited by their weak imaginations, so as to not even know wonder..? Bunch of ingrates. lol. The type of people that wont be able to mentally capacitate a Global Extraterrestrial truth realization!! Religious, total-existance-based conformists"] sums up majority of the world fairly well...

[daominous]

Wow.. I really dont understand how anyone Couldnt be interested in Crypotzoolology? The type of people that are limited by their weak imaginations, so as to not even know wonder..? Bunch of ingrates. lol. The type of people that wont be able to mentally capacitate a Global Extraterrestrial truth realization!! Religious, total-existance-based conformists, lol. I pity your mind, and your steadfast waste of its potential! :)

[SupremeChimp]

@HorrorHiro nope. The absence of evidence is evidence of wasting your time if you give a flying fuck.

[HorrorHiro]

@SupremeChimp the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absenses

[SpellboundSolution]

You mean craptozoology?

[adzug]

the oran/wild man , is a perfect exp in that in the 1800s you can get away with not knowing based on then present data. big foot isnt found even tho today we have cams set up with motion detectors  ect, and yet nothing. its a myth in that its a story not reality. we do find new species when we go down deep in the ocean for exp but theres nothing 8 ft tall wandering round the usa

[sb1127]

Penn Gillette said it best. "Zoology is the study of animals. Crypto means shit you made up."

[DamonSin]

i know i realized that when i reread your comment halfway through this video. why am i watching a video of a guy describing something i can't really see anyways. i'm going to stop watching this now. still rating this a 5 though because it's on shermer's channel.