Rebecca Watson Interview

Interview with Rebecca Watson, founder of Skepchick.org and co-host of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast.

http://skepchick.org/blog/

Filmed as part of my forthcoming documentary on atheism. See more interviews and additional footage on my youtube channel or at http://www.gregorywalsh.net

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People & Blogs

Tags:

• skepchick
• skeptic
• skepticism
• atheist
• atheism
• documentary
• gregory
• walsh

[KillTheStranger]

Fancy a coffee?

[blastedgoat]

You objectified yourselves in a pin-up calendar for a good cause... wtf? You claim to be a feminist but you just want to be famous for blabbing poorly constructed and supported ideas. You say nothing of substance :( So sad more women don't call you on your bullshit. I realize this is not Rebecca's channel but you are just perpetuating her stupidity so you are also to blame my friend! 

[MrRedPajamas]

Somebody tried to pick her up on an elevator ? Really ? That dude must have been hard up as Hell. Sheesh.

[B0ombastix]

Imagine being stuck in an elevator with that?! Bleh...

[morpheusxnyc]

@KillTheStranger Misogynist cannibal religious fascist rapist...... PENIS OWNER!

[AtheismKills]

@KillTheStranger Your viscous verbal threat has been reported to the authorities. Once the police apprehend you, women will be able to use elevators safely again! ;)

[sooperfukker]

@KillTheStranger YOU SEXIST RAPPPIIIIIISSSSSST PIG MAN!!!

[acr08807]

@Ramshobraja What is the difference between skepticism and critical thinking/scientific investigation?

[ianman6]

@blastedgoat She writes rather well in my opinion, as well as the opinion of many bloggers and writers. That asside, I don't care about her feminism, but she is a good skeptical rogue for Steve Novella and is a very grounded skeptic. And for your information, skepticism is not dismissal out of hand (well, maybe for claims which are completely unsupported by evidence), but a careful and critical approach to all claims, especially extraordinary ones. Anything other than skepticism is stupid.

[blastedgoat]

@ianman6 What about "harmless vanity marketing" ISN'T anti-feminist? Have you been to her website? She can't write. She does not present good arguments for feminism or atheism and yet she is invited to speak (usually incoherently) at length about things she does not fully understand. Skepticism sounds like bullshit to me if you are meaning you can just refute anything you disagree with without proof or even good reasoning. Video after video prove to me at least that she is, in fact, a moron.

[ianman6]

@blastedgoat You seem to not understand what skepticism is. Rebecca is advocating critical thinking. She is not in the business of making positive claims. The notion that you should critically evaluate all claims based on evidence on the back of reason and logic requires no further support, it is self-evident. Your accusations of her having said nothing of substance and being 'stupid' are unfounded and shamefully ignorant. And what about harmless vanity marketing is anti-feminist?