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  • Dave appears on Bridge the Divide to discuss his recent debate with James Tour.
    Originally streamed 5/26/23 on the Bridge the Divide channel: • Bridge the Divide Live...
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Komentáře • 291

  • @JLWarren
    @JLWarren Před 11 měsíci +86

    It was an honor to have you over for this discussion, Dave, and my gratitude for your generosity in reposting. All the best and can't wait for the next one!

    • @San_Vito
      @San_Vito Před 11 měsíci +3

      It was great watching the debate live in your channel. Had a good time. Kudos!

    • @thesilentmajority2765
      @thesilentmajority2765 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Great interview and great questions!

  • @Garrytherocketboi
    @Garrytherocketboi Před 11 měsíci +32

    I think nothing represents science miscommunication more than the sound of Tour yelling MR. FARINA!! Makes me giggle thinking about it

    • @TylerB1318
      @TylerB1318 Před 11 měsíci +7

      I have that sound etched into my brain lol

  • @thomzwiefler6305
    @thomzwiefler6305 Před 11 měsíci +143

    Aron Ra ALWAYS showing up is the best part of literally every big creationism-science debate. It's so funny to know that Christians probably think that Satan actually showed up.

    • @Linguae_Music
      @Linguae_Music Před 11 měsíci +14

      Aron is a beautiful soul (metaphorically speaking :P)

    • @AshiwiZuni
      @AshiwiZuni Před 11 měsíci +10

      I appreciate Aaron Ra separating himself from R/atheist and R/christianity types. And seeking to debate with relevant theologically educated people. Far too often I see a condemnation of the entire concept of religiosity without any actual analysis and Aaron brought nuance to an age of internet atheism that I can very much appreciate.

    • @siaotak4657
      @siaotak4657 Před 11 měsíci

      It's funny hiw you generalise all Christians as "science-denying sheeple". Thank you for reinforcing the Reddit atheist stereotype. It's also weird how you only seem to target Christians and not other religious groups 😂😂

    • @Cheesesteakfreak
      @Cheesesteakfreak Před 11 měsíci +2

      Aron's consistency and compassion are so admirable.

    • @nyrdybyrd1702
      @nyrdybyrd1702 Před 11 měsíci +2

      I wouldn't know Ra (or his voice) if I saw (or heard) him; from what I've read about him though suggests he's pretty laid back & would find you guys kinda creepy.

  • @Zombie_Caddie
    @Zombie_Caddie Před 11 měsíci +12

    As a water treatment professional and operator I truly appreciated Dave’s piece on water. He is very good at every aspect of making a thorough lesson on this stuff.

  • @anonymoususer6037
    @anonymoususer6037 Před 11 měsíci +42

    Dave brings up some good reasons why not to debate--the time is too short to get an decent explanation across. It's about theater, not about ideas.

    • @lubrew5862
      @lubrew5862 Před 11 měsíci +7

      Exactly. Some of the chemistry involved is way beyond most people and it would take longer to explain the basics than the entirety of the debate time. Heck even for most people that have undergrad degrees in chemistry wouldn’t have enough knowledge to fully understand everything discussed, I know I am one of those people.

    • @antonc81
      @antonc81 Před 11 měsíci +4

      Yeah if your interlocutor isn’t acting in good faith the format is prone to gish galloping.

    • @NinjaMonkeyPrime
      @NinjaMonkeyPrime Před 11 měsíci +3

      That's why when someone cries they wanted to learn you can tell they are lying. No one learns in a debate, it's all about entertainment. That's why debate "shows" really don't care about moderating.

    • @NewNecro
      @NewNecro Před 11 měsíci +1

      ​@@NinjaMonkeyPrime You can learn about techniques in rhetoric if you haven't seen some before.
      Honestly though, not even sure what the moderators are for if the debate doesn't intend to uphold truthfulness of arguments presented.

    • @NinjaMonkeyPrime
      @NinjaMonkeyPrime Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@NewNecro Moderators in debates are just like a referee in a pro wrestling match. They are just decorative.

  • @dissolvedpeafowl
    @dissolvedpeafowl Před 11 měsíci +64

    I hadn't heard of Bridge the Divide before this, but I found him to be a rather remarkable interviewer here. Hopefully after sharing your discussion on your much larger channel more of your audience will check him out, like I did!

    • @phraydedjez
      @phraydedjez Před 11 měsíci +11

      I been subbed and participate at JL's channel Bridge the divide for a while now and he truly is an amazing person. I might catch you over there in the next live chat.

    • @San_Vito
      @San_Vito Před 11 měsíci +2

      I discovered him when he streamed the debate and it was a pleasant surprise!

    • @ta0soft
      @ta0soft Před 11 měsíci +2

      I haven't heard of the channel either but I knew about JL a long time ago, he's a cool dude

  • @uncleanunicorn4571
    @uncleanunicorn4571 Před 11 měsíci +48

    Tour: " phospholipids! Clueless!"
    Dave: " here's a paper that precisely explains exactly that."
    Tour: " it's not Prebiotic!!!"
    Dave: " yes, they accounted for that, see these methods."
    Tour: " on the chalkboard!!"

    • @patinthechat6452
      @patinthechat6452 Před 11 měsíci +3

      It was insane

    • @vestafreyja
      @vestafreyja Před 11 měsíci +5

      The issue with the chalkboard stunt that Dr James Tour did was that it was a 17 to 18 step process to properly diagram all the chemistry needed to get the results and it would have taken Dave more time to draw the results than the debate actually lasted.

    • @lovecatxx
      @lovecatxx Před 11 měsíci +11

      His use of the blackboard was so obviously a slimy Tactic rather than something to be helpful. It was infuriating how he got away with it.

  • @deeess6027
    @deeess6027 Před 11 měsíci +86

    Hey Dave, first, LOVE the JT debate! You crushed it. Any chance of doing more debates like this?

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  Před 11 měsíci +135

      I certainly would, though I'm not sure I could find another apologist opponent willing to do it after they saw what I did to James.

    • @antondovydaitis2261
      @antondovydaitis2261 Před 11 měsíci +27

      ​@@ProfessorDaveExplainsIn my opinion, sir, the only job of an Apologist is to be seen as arguing against the proposition in question.
      Not to answer, not to discuss, not to convince, nor to persuade, but only to allow believers to assure themselves that the question has been addressed, so they can safely dismiss it.
      So in the sense that James Tour was seen by his followers opposing you, he succeeded.
      In the best case, your information might have penetrated some nascent doubters, so that weighs in the plus column.

    • @Julian0101
      @Julian0101 Před 11 měsíci +14

      @@antondovydaitis2261 I would say tour's "im going after people who dont read the literature" will be a gem for posterity against his followers, just like ham's _no evidence will change his mind._

    • @Bollibompa
      @Bollibompa Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@jstevinik3261
      Debating is just a theatrical act. Anyone who does full time every day is a fiend.

    • @jstevinik3261
      @jstevinik3261 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@Bollibompa Or not broke. Also, Dave really exposed Tour. He should go after others.

  • @daniel67248
    @daniel67248 Před 11 měsíci +11

    Tour: DO YOU HAVE A REFERENCE ON THAT?!!
    Dave: Yeah I have papers
    Tour: DAVE CAN'T ADDRESS THE PAPERS!! HE DOESN'T KNOW CHEMISTRY!!
    Dave pulling up to the debate: Well here, I have a bunch of pap--
    Tour in the debate: NOO YOU HAVE TO DRAW IT ON THE BOARD!!!!

  • @liamtaylor849
    @liamtaylor849 Před 11 měsíci +19

    Awesome content dave, I began the journey into the flat earth rabbit hole almost a year ago. You pulled me out and inspired me to study some physics, thank you. Stay awesome 👍

  • @AK4525
    @AK4525 Před 11 měsíci +20

    Dave touched on this around the 28 min mark but I feel like he needed to hammer this point way harder. The whole strategy was God of the gaps. If Dave showed a paper showing successful side chain creation at whatever perfect ratio needed, they would have moved on to the next thing we didn't know.
    The moderator even demonstrated this to an absurd degree when he mentioned how we havnt been able to synthesize the different types of mRNA.
    Anyway love your work Dave, I just feel like you have to focus on their bad faith strategy itself, as the science is way over almost everyone's head

  • @thetruekingofhearts
    @thetruekingofhearts Před 11 měsíci +26

    I am so mad I took a flight down there from NYC to be at the Debate and because he "reserved" so many seats I couldn't get in I was a few people behind Aron Ra glad he got in love your work Dave you are great I listen to all your stuff while working and gaming my wife thinks I am weird that i listen to your science stuff alot lol

  • @SuperTimtation
    @SuperTimtation Před 11 měsíci +12

    Thanks for introducing me to this podcast, Dave! Found a lot of cool channels this way.

  • @lupinsensei
    @lupinsensei Před 11 měsíci +4

    What a great interviewer ❤Thanks for introducing his channel Dave. ❤

  • @noahkujawski1396
    @noahkujawski1396 Před 11 měsíci +14

    I really like this guy, fantastic interviewer.

  • @hyperswag506
    @hyperswag506 Před 11 měsíci +11

    Watching them tear into Tour makes my day
    Also, Tour seems like he knows that Dave is right. He is just also a pathological liar who uses his faith as a weapon and lies about the science he knows is true.

  • @violetfactorial6806
    @violetfactorial6806 Před 11 měsíci +14

    I really appreciate how you've exposed the Discovery Institute.
    Some of Tour's defenders seem to be legitimately credulous (rather than creationist stooges). I hope that those people become curious enough to look into the DI, so they can recognize the tactics being used by Tour, and why he decided to target abiogenesis specifically.

    • @HH-ru4bj
      @HH-ru4bj Před 11 měsíci

      The embarrassment from his outbursts likely shocked a few to be a little more critical.

    • @jwatson181
      @jwatson181 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@HH-ru4bjwere you no embarrassed for Dave?

    • @HH-ru4bj
      @HH-ru4bj Před 11 měsíci

      @@jwatson181 why would I be? I made the comment about some of tours students potentially being embarrassed because they had an investment with being at the debate to support your. I have no relationship with Dave to be embarrassed by.

    • @jwatson181
      @jwatson181 Před 11 měsíci

      @@HH-ru4bj I am embarrassed for James as well. With that said, Dave was probably a bit worse with the personal attacks. It was a bad look for organized debates. Did you not have a problem with the personal attacks?

    • @HH-ru4bj
      @HH-ru4bj Před 11 měsíci

      @@jwatson181 I did have a problem, which is why I didn't watch it past the opening until later in the evening.

  • @kemicalhazard8770
    @kemicalhazard8770 Před 11 měsíci +7

    Hearing Dave say he’s got 4 more in the chamber when it comes to the DI makes me very excited.

  • @necko2529
    @necko2529 Před 11 měsíci +83

    Thanks for platforming JL, Dave, he truly deserves it....

    • @jwatson181
      @jwatson181 Před 11 měsíci

      He embarrassed himself in the debate. The lack of intellectual engagement was astonishing. How does Dave have any fans after that?

    • @luchalegend2185
      @luchalegend2185 Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@jwatson181embarrased himself how?

    • @jwatson181
      @jwatson181 Před 10 měsíci

      @@luchalegend2185 confusing insults with engaging the arguments.

    • @luchalegend2185
      @luchalegend2185 Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@jwatson181 🤦‍♂️

    • @jwatson181
      @jwatson181 Před 10 měsíci

      @@luchalegend2185 agreed. It was embarrassing.

  • @philhogan5623
    @philhogan5623 Před 11 měsíci +4

    It's hard to debate against someone who gish-gallops in front of people who don't know any better because as they say, "a lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is still putting It's boots on".

  • @AGEvoBio
    @AGEvoBio Před 10 měsíci

    I like this interview very much. Thanks for it & best wishes from Munich!

  • @TheseNuts2
    @TheseNuts2 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Fun interview, thanks!

  • @49perfectss
    @49perfectss Před 11 měsíci +18

    At this point it might be fair to say Dave's job is to embarrass Tour and THEN science communication lol. Keep fighting the good fight Dave.

  • @HerrMau
    @HerrMau Před 10 měsíci +2

    We need more Daves. Desperately. Science ignoring theocrats have always been a problem, but nowadays we get science hostile journalism and politicians which is plain dangerous. Don't ever shut your mouth and keep speaking up!

  • @archie_mustang3763
    @archie_mustang3763 Před 11 měsíci

    loved your jt debate, been a viewer since 3 years and love your videos

  • @theaiguy_
    @theaiguy_ Před 11 měsíci +12

    How does that guy still keep arguing with science? I mean this is just incredible, I give him that!

  • @spacevspitch4028
    @spacevspitch4028 Před 11 měsíci +10

    Certain science denial conspiracy types are just moronic on the surface. But James Tour's stuff is particularly malicious because he's a legit chemistry professor and he can sound to the uneducated like he knows what he's talking about by throwing out all the jargon and go over people's heads - people who already have a religious objection to abiogenesis and are predisposed to just accept it all at face value at the outset.

  • @jemborg
    @jemborg Před 11 měsíci +3

    That "moderator" was as fake as his rug.

  • @PinkiePi
    @PinkiePi Před 11 měsíci +4

    The crazy thing about flat earthers having an issue with you, is that they want to believe their crap without actually learning anything. Some people just love learning and value education. I'm a student of Psychology and soon Biology, but I still learn about most subjects because i love learning. I have watched your tutorials on several subjects and never thought twice about how you cover so many topics. You have not ever made any reservations about how experts and doctoral graduates are writing your tutorials. You're an educator. Not a lying grifter like James Tour. That guy is a narcissistic nutjob.
    Thank you for all you do, and for introducing another excellent content creator to support (JL).

  • @vidarlystadjohansen9829
    @vidarlystadjohansen9829 Před 11 měsíci

    just bumping your algorithm , great job as always

  • @hillhugger8610
    @hillhugger8610 Před 11 měsíci +2

    JL @Bridge the divide is a stand up dude. Watched the debate live over there and great to see this interaction. Thanks Dave

  • @lmoral222
    @lmoral222 Před 11 měsíci +2

    JL is a great guy and a great interviewer. Thanks Professor 🤙 love you bro.

  • @studyingcereviciae
    @studyingcereviciae Před 10 měsíci +1

    Hey Dave, quick answer on that prion question near the end: a prion is a protein that is, essentially, contagiously misfolded. The sequence of amino acids remains the same, but secondary structures (on up) are altered, and altered in such a way that when the prion isoform encounters a normal molecule of that protein it will force the normal molecule into the prion form. Atop that, at least some are resistant to proteases, which is just great. As you might expect, the conversion can continue exponentially, with each new prion capable of inducing the misfolding of more normal proteins. This also means that they're transmissible; if not sufficiently denatured, eating prion-contaminated meat (etc.) can cause you to "catch" it. Naturally, mad cow (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) is strongly suspected to have originally occurred spontaneously in a cow or sheep and then to have been spread due to being made into bone meal (etc.) and fed to other cows.
    Two bonus fun facts: First, there is one protein involved with mad cow, scrapie, and most other examples of prions we've discovered, and it is actually named "major prion protein" (or PrP) thanks to that; it's not the only protein that can become a prion but it's a standout. Second, thanks to our evolutionary similarity (i.e. the presence of a PrP homolog in humans), "mad cow" is apparently transmissible from contaminated beef into humans; the resulting disorder is called "Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease", which comes with psychiatric problems, pain, changes to behavior, and about a 13-month life expectancy once symptoms start arising. (And, as an inference, because Tour's particular brand of psychiatric problems have been going on for longer than 13 months mad cow is probably not to blame.)

  • @LanceHall
    @LanceHall Před 11 měsíci +2

    Dave you should do a detailed video on one of those OoL papers for the benefit of Tour's students.

  • @codatheseus5060
    @codatheseus5060 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Inellectually dishonest people are ready to call themselves experts in any subject with a couple google searches and then get upset with Dave for refusing to call himself an expert even though he knows more than them.
    The honesty from people who properly represent science comes across as not being sure about the topic.

  • @phraydedjez
    @phraydedjez Před 11 měsíci +7

    JL aka Bridge the Divide is a legend.

  • @spidertheateo4344
    @spidertheateo4344 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Yes I remember seeing that the date all he wanted you to do was write on the board wasn’t showing any evidence And all he was doing was yelling

  • @jrojala
    @jrojala Před 11 měsíci +5

    Oh wow, J.L. has a dazzling smile.

  • @TheXPlayer_TWC
    @TheXPlayer_TWC Před 11 měsíci +1

    辛苦了 : ) from Malaysia

  • @picahudsoniaunflocked5426
    @picahudsoniaunflocked5426 Před 11 měsíci

    I'd really love to hear more about the lessons Dave picked up from comedy performers, if he ever wants to share. Mash in how music relates to his influences, or the way it's influenced by his other practices. Would love to hear how he developed bc I admire how straightforward, blunt, & balanced (as in fair-minded, but also with tone/code-switching to match or counter escalating behaviour like Tour's) Dave is, without losing either the big picture or nanoscopic details of his argument vs the other person's argument + tactics. As an invertebrate aspiring to grow a spine, I feel I'd learn as much from that Prof Dave video as I do with all Prof Dave videos.

  • @TheGretsch6120
    @TheGretsch6120 Před 11 měsíci +12

    Dave… that was the best “Rope-A-Dope” I’ve ever seen in a science setting.
    Tour was raging like a drunk in a dive bar wanting to fight with pool cues and you just kept your cool and didn’t take the bait.
    LOL

  • @MrOttopants
    @MrOttopants Před 11 měsíci +3

    I was surprised that the debate organizers, and presumably Tour, agreed to this as the debate question.
    Even if we have some clue, we are not clueless. Takes just above zero evidence to not be clueless.

  • @FahimusAlimus
    @FahimusAlimus Před 11 měsíci +3

    I was gonna call my podcast Bridging the Divide but I guess I can’t do that anymore lol.

  • @pagananarchist4723
    @pagananarchist4723 Před 11 měsíci +7

    Hey, Dave. Saw the debate with James Tour. It is appalling how completely unprofessional he, the audience, and even the moderator were. You definitely handled yourself far better than any of them did. It's great seeing scientists like you and Forrest Valkai completely tearing down all the pseudoscience, science denial, and blatant lying about science by creationists and flat earthers alike.

    • @thomasneal9291
      @thomasneal9291 Před 11 měsíci +3

      To be sure, dave is an educator, not a scientist. Tour is a scientist, but is also a liar

    • @pagananarchist4723
      @pagananarchist4723 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @thomasneal9291 it's an embarrassing state of affairs (specifically for people like Tour) when they try to use THEMSELVES as an authority, but yet are completely clueless about what they're saying.

    • @juhanipolvi4729
      @juhanipolvi4729 Před 11 měsíci +2

      That "debate" was like three bullies dogpiling on one victim at once - only to be trounced by that "victim"...

    • @pagananarchist4723
      @pagananarchist4723 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@juhanipolvi4729 my thoughts exactly. Dave was the definitive victor of this debate. Everyone else was disqualified due to their unprofessional and immature conduct.

    • @unknowndane4754
      @unknowndane4754 Před 10 měsíci

      @@thomasneal9291 Oh for sure, I know Dave has also said something similar as the following, that is that his (Dave's) job is easier to defend as he doesn't need to do as much as he just need to present what actual authorities says is the current best/most likely explaination. Tours on the other hand, have to show that the research is wrong and why it's wrong.

  • @3nd1ess77
    @3nd1ess77 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Never heard of JL, but I'm glad I did. Seems like a great guy!

  • @samburns23939
    @samburns23939 Před 11 měsíci +8

    This is excellent! A few months ago Nobel laurate and OOL leading researcher Dr. Jack Szostak gave a lecture at Arizona State University on the current state of OOL research. The YT vid can be found at
    *The Origin of Life: Not as Hard as it Looks? Jack Szostak, Spring 2023 Eyring Lecturer*
    I'd love to see blowhard Tour address all the recent discoveries Dr. Szostak presented, but he won't. 🙂

    • @simongiles9749
      @simongiles9749 Před 11 měsíci +3

      Have you ever read Tour's apology to Sosztac for calling him.a liar? It's a hilarious study in passive aggressive language, and then Tour goes into some multi-page diatribe with the same debunked talking points as the lecture, sorry, sermon, that got him in trouble in the first place.

  • @211aonscratch4
    @211aonscratch4 Před 11 měsíci +2

    I love how research isn't evidence but writing an equation and shrieking about how it could happen is. James was running out the clock at best.

  • @andrewb9409
    @andrewb9409 Před 11 měsíci

    right off the bat “oh didn’t know you could steal someone’s stuff.” lol

  • @glennpearson9348
    @glennpearson9348 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Enjoyed the debate and this follow-on, Dave. All I can say about J. Tour is that he, like so many other apologists, epitomize the concept of Confirmation Bias. They know what they believe, they don't care what you can prove otherwise. They will cherry-pick and quote-mine anything they can that seems to confirm their beliefs. Yes, I agree with your point that religion deforms the growth of science and rationality in society. All cults do.

  • @thepapschmearmd
    @thepapschmearmd Před 11 měsíci +2

    Jews have been saying the creation myth is allegory for thousands of years. It’s not difficult to believe in God and accept science. It’s just remarkable how absurd these apologists are.

  • @Aviator_Shades
    @Aviator_Shades Před 11 měsíci +4

    I still think your debate with dave weiss (flat earth dave) was more fun to watch than the tour debate. The tour debate was kind of difficult to follow at some times, while everything flat earth dave said was just obviously and hilariously stupid.
    it gave us gems like "daylight is not from the sun", and "spectroscopy needs to be in a container"

  • @str__
    @str__ Před 11 měsíci

    awesome!

  • @_Omega_Weapon
    @_Omega_Weapon Před 11 měsíci

    Dave, your guess about the currency RON was right! It's Roman lieu

  • @Bennahr_Fett
    @Bennahr_Fett Před 11 měsíci +2

    Hi professor Dave, I was wondering you could do some videos on AI? I have some trouble understanding it, your expositions are always thourough and nice.

  • @davemiller8417
    @davemiller8417 Před 11 měsíci +2

    I think there is one major logical error Tour and others do in these exchanges. They basically want you to recreate a process which took billions of years and many, many different molecules and wildly varying conditions in drastically shorter time (days to a few years) under lab conditions. This is obviously impossible at the current time and IF they understand it, completely dishonest. The only way we can research such long and gigantic processes is by reconstructing stages and steps of the whole which are the clues that it could have happened this way or similarily.

  • @muhammadhassanaliiqbal1117
    @muhammadhassanaliiqbal1117 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Hey, Dave, could you make a series analysing Jonathan Mclatiche's response to your Michael Behee video?
    He wrote an article or something titled
    "Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Bacterial Flagella"
    And likely other such documents on you Michael Behee video
    So, could you make a video on those documents ?

  • @419exorcist9
    @419exorcist9 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Hey Dave, I've got high definition videos of erupting volcanoes if you wanna use some. Even have drone video!

  • @redmurder1572
    @redmurder1572 Před 11 měsíci +6

    While not a science highlight, my favorite part was when Dave dropped his first F-bomb and five old, pinched faced religious nut job plants got up and walked by me muttering, “he’s just awful… I can’t listen to this” before one caught sight of my “Not Today Jesus” shirt.
    Because it was so packed, my wife and I had to sit apart. She ended up next to two more religious plants, that were more pleasant, but had been asked to be there by their pastor.
    Totally stacked audience and not at all representative of Rice. Actually, the heckling towards Tour was coming mostly came from students.

  • @karenspivey3203
    @karenspivey3203 Před 11 měsíci

    You should have seen the ID vs Science debate at the AMNH. Bill Dumbski was reduced to stammering.

  • @cedricp.812
    @cedricp.812 Před 11 měsíci +3

    It was a 100% win for Professor Dave! Tour was only crying like two six years old kids which are debating about pokemon strength...

  • @211aonscratch4
    @211aonscratch4 Před 11 měsíci +3

    James isn't wrong BECAUSE he is a liar. He is wrong AND he is a liar.

    • @DroppedBass
      @DroppedBass Před 11 měsíci

      James is a liar BECAUSE what he is saying is wrong and he isn't stupid enough to think that what he is saying is not wrong.

  • @ShadBo
    @ShadBo Před 11 měsíci +4

    Looking forward to watching this! Prof Dave, you should debate RFK Jr. on Joe Rogan's podcast! It would be amazing to see you smash that fraud.

    • @_Omega_Weapon
      @_Omega_Weapon Před 11 měsíci

      I'd like to see that too

    • @thepapschmearmd
      @thepapschmearmd Před 11 měsíci

      Yes, he is dangerous. His antivax views are harming people.

    • @rainbowkrampus
      @rainbowkrampus Před 11 měsíci

      Actually, yeah, that'd be pretty good.

  • @adamsmasher9769
    @adamsmasher9769 Před 9 měsíci

    I watched the hovind documentary and liked it so much that i have it downloaded in case i lose cell service for a while

  • @al4nmcintyre
    @al4nmcintyre Před 10 měsíci

    "Your thoughts, real quick, on that moderator. And not that thing he shot out in the woods on his head." 🤣 I had completely forgotten about that. I legit felt bad for the guy because whoever provided him with it and said it looked fine did him a huge disservice.
    Then he opened his mouth and said things I could verify weren't true with 30 seconds of search engine use, so I didn't feel so bad.

  • @Kinetic-Energy117
    @Kinetic-Energy117 Před 11 měsíci

    To Tour I quote the priest Abbe Boureois 'there is no such thing as a biblical chronology. It is the business of science, to establish the date upon which man 1st appeared on the earth.'

  • @_Omega_Weapon
    @_Omega_Weapon Před 11 měsíci +1

    Hey Dave. Has Cameron Betruzzi taken you up on your offer to do a live discussion with you and that scientist he had on that "reviewed" the Tour debate?

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  Před 11 měsíci +15

      He and Rimmer both declined. Cowards.

    • @_Omega_Weapon
      @_Omega_Weapon Před 11 měsíci

      @@ProfessorDaveExplains Yeah. I guess those creationist numbskulls don't want their audience to see what incredulous liars they are. That's apologists for ya.

    • @thepapschmearmd
      @thepapschmearmd Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@ProfessorDaveExplains of course they did. They know they purposely misrepresented the entire thing, and they have no defense to that.

  • @yackohoopy
    @yackohoopy Před 11 měsíci +19

    @Bridge The Divide is one of the best channels on CZcams. JL has some of the best arguments against science denialism, young earth creationism, and fundamental religion. Plus he has a huggable character.

  • @jerrywalter8544
    @jerrywalter8544 Před 11 měsíci

    Experimental for determining the magnetic field in the space outside straight
    conductors
    Apparatus
    • Current conductor
    • Clamping device
    • Power supply
    • Digital Teslameter
    • Hall probe
    • Current transformer
    • Digital multimeter
    • A meter scale
    • Barrel base
    • Support rod
    • Connecting cords
    PLE CAN YOU GENERATE A CIRCUIT DIAGRAM FOR SUCH AN EXPERIMENT GIVEN ALL THIS APPARATUS🙏🙏🙏

  • @AcidicStylez
    @AcidicStylez Před 11 měsíci +1

    I had no clue Knodel had died until now.

  • @isidoreaerys8745
    @isidoreaerys8745 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Dave makes Ahegao face at 47:36 🥴

  • @S1nwar
    @S1nwar Před 11 měsíci +2

    55:45 the thing with "rocks dont reflect light" is just as stupid as the vacuum should suck the atmosphere argument; their only context for the phenomenon of reflection is a mirror so they literally dont know diffuse reflection is a thing..as a grown up person

    • @aralornwolf3140
      @aralornwolf3140 Před 11 měsíci +3

      They don't know how eyes work... something children learn.

  • @OzReel
    @OzReel Před 11 měsíci

    Do you know of the Hibbeler Production doc, "Level With Me?" Seeing that debunked would be very satisfying.

    • @thepapschmearmd
      @thepapschmearmd Před 11 měsíci

      Pretty sure scimandan does a debunk of that.

    • @OzReel
      @OzReel Před 11 měsíci

      Unable to find it

  • @Nocturnalux
    @Nocturnalux Před 11 měsíci +1

    Cthulhu funko!
    I got a Pinhead myself.

  • @kevint.8553
    @kevint.8553 Před 11 měsíci

    Maybe have an online course presenting strategies when debating science denying "experts."

  • @t3hsilarn
    @t3hsilarn Před 11 měsíci +1

    As much as I kind of figured why you were largely ignoring his chalkboard requests, I think it would have been nice to physically point out how ridiculous it was. Like, pull up any paper and show the complex schemata involved in the chemical reactions and how ludicrous it would be to write it out in a five minute response. Just drive that point home to the audience that may not understand and interpret you as 'not being able to'.

  • @jonnawyatt
    @jonnawyatt Před 11 měsíci +1

    The best interviewer is the one who asks short questions.
    Professor Dave is great though.

  • @BenjaminSteber
    @BenjaminSteber Před 11 měsíci

    I still invite an open criticism of my black hole theory. Available on the channel of my posts, right here on CZcams.

  • @spacevspitch4028
    @spacevspitch4028 Před 11 měsíci +1

    The globebusters debacle was probably one of the best ever. There are other globe science channels that have done some great work going into detail about the ins and outs of how we know Earth is a sphere. But Dave's particular direct style on the subject was smart and hilarious.
    Not sure if Dave knows about the famous blunder where Bob Knodel purchased a ring laser gyro to "prove" that there was no Earth rotation? If Earth rotates as described by current knowledge, the gyro should show a 15°/hr drift and that's exactly what it showed. Bob proceeded to try to come up with ANY other explanation than the Earth is simply a sphere that rotates. Unbelieveable 🤣

    • @thepapschmearmd
      @thepapschmearmd Před 11 měsíci +1

      Thanks Bob. RIP.

    • @spacevspitch4028
      @spacevspitch4028 Před 11 měsíci

      @@thepapschmearmd His tombstone is gonna read - Bob "Thanks Bob" Knodel - 🤣

  • @yeetman8831
    @yeetman8831 Před 11 měsíci

    11:09 Wouldn't be suprised if james tour decideds to make another video and take this out of context. xd

  • @01Aigul
    @01Aigul Před 11 měsíci +3

    Wait, the moderator is a Young Earth Creationist? Because that would be ridiculous.

    • @_Omega_Weapon
      @_Omega_Weapon Před 11 měsíci +4

      He's also a friend of Tour's

    • @01Aigul
      @01Aigul Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@_Omega_Weapon Sounds like Tour wanted the debate to be as rigged as possible.

  • @mikaelkaris9273
    @mikaelkaris9273 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Regardless of Daves background, he have knowledge of so many topics, like 20 times more than normal dude. And his understanding of scientific papers over different fields and the way he explains this stuff, even he's honest his expertise he really understands what he's talking about. And many times straight from his head. This equals: prof Dave is very smart guy, every time I watch his videos, I learn a lot.
    Those idiots who questioned Daves level of knowledge, they don't stand a chance to debate with him, nor they are not qualified even wash Daves underwear. 🙂
    Keep up great way to spreading scientific real information 👍
    Mikael from Finland 🇫🇮

    • @Schmidtelpunkt
      @Schmidtelpunkt Před 11 měsíci +2

      Part of get educated in science is to learn how to understand things systematically (this is the part which sadly isn't taught at school early enough). So if rather new knowledge like "gender is not sex" comes along, people like Dave can engage with it. Even when disagreeing with it, this would happen on a different level than just refusing to understand it. This makes the case of Tour so interesting: He clearly had this ability but at some point decided to become an old and stubborn man and to be above that mental flexibility. For a university that should be the point to recognize that even an accomplished researcher with huge impact crossed his "best before..." date.

    • @mikaelkaris9273
      @mikaelkaris9273 Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@Schmidtelpunkt
      I think Tour have lost it(mentally), he thinks only he knows stuff, putting down fellow scientists who have dedicated their lives for some fields, Tour thinks he can out smart everyone, no matter what qualifications others have.
      There's word for this kind of behavior..?
      And shouting to other and making fun of him, front of his own students, chalk in hand like it is a rod ful of power/info.
      It was sad to watch he rage to Dave and being dishonest.
      And if you are educated academic guy you wouldn't act like that front of bias class, and for sure should never attack anyone like he did. He's drunken by imagnitery power.
      J Tour should not teach anything and if he is to senile to keep his act together, he should leave stage for good.
      Farina is great and polite if needed, talking about facts.
      And my opinion is, good to see someone exposes these weirdos.
      Prof Dave rocks..

    • @samburns23939
      @samburns23939 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@mikaelkaris9273 Tour is a raging narcissist who can never be wrong about anything, ever. The same mental incompetence shown by Trump.

  • @Kyle____
    @Kyle____ Před 10 měsíci

    Dave, what are you going to do with the artwork Tour gave you?

  • @skadifrozenfury9266
    @skadifrozenfury9266 Před 11 měsíci

    RON (aka LEI) is Romanian currency

  • @jakeloranger1419
    @jakeloranger1419 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I will admit that I wasn't able to watch the whole debate. One reason is that due to a chronic illness, I have a rather limited amount of energy. Between not really understanding most of the technical terms -- I've never studied chemistry -- and therefore struggling to follow what was being said, and all the yelling by James Tour, I got to a point where my body said that's enough. Actually I did last until partly through the question period. I liked that there was one person who addressed the over-talking and yelling.
    I'm glad that I did watch this video, because I did have a negative take on Dave's opening remarks in the debate. I didn't understand why he felt it necessary to criticize Tour's character. Of course that became somewhat clearer as the debate progressed. Or should I say, as Tour's demeanor regressed? But now that I understand Dave's motivation a bit better, it makes more sense to me.
    One thing I don't like about debates in general is that they seem to be a very ineffective way to ascertain the truth of any given proposition. It always reminds me of two guys in a bar going out to settle their differences by physically fighting. In the end, the winner has not shown that he was right all along, only that he is a better fighter, at least on that particular day.
    Now I see that Dave's main goal appears to be to show that Tour doesn't know what he is talking about, while at the same time bringing up what is actually going on in abiogenesis research. Viewed in this light, I can say that I believe that Dave succeeded. With a lot of help from James Tour, himself.
    Thanks Dave. And thanks to all the other CZcamsrs out there -- such as J L -- trying their best to combat the anti-science being spewed on the internet. Because of you, this Boomer is learning stuff nearly fifty years after graduating from high school.

  • @Leszek.Rzepecki
    @Leszek.Rzepecki Před 11 měsíci +5

    Just to set the tone, Wee Jimmy Tour is a prat. I suspect he's probably also a young earth creationist (but keeps it quiet to keep Rice off his back), and for all I know could even be a flat earther!

    • @Julian0101
      @Julian0101 Před 11 měsíci +3

      He is, he admited it in a video made by the DI that "he was not sure about the age of the earth, science says something but he has not checked".
      Dunno about flat earth.

    • @TasTheWatcher
      @TasTheWatcher Před 11 měsíci +3

      I think he's just a grifter who knows he's lying to the audiences he panders to

    • @Leszek.Rzepecki
      @Leszek.Rzepecki Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@Julian0101 Ah, ok. He doesn't make a meal of it, though, I guess he knows it would paint him as the total whackaloon he is!

    • @Leszek.Rzepecki
      @Leszek.Rzepecki Před 11 měsíci

      @@TasTheWatcher I think all creationists know they are lying about the science evidence. Most don't even know what it is.

  • @jemborg
    @jemborg Před 11 měsíci

    Pretty sure that Tour was forced to apologise in some fashion in the student paper.

    • @211aonscratch4
      @211aonscratch4 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Yha but he didn't send it to Dave

    • @jemborg
      @jemborg Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@211aonscratch4 💯% correct.... I'm pretty sure he had to apologise for his behaviour too.

  • @bouzoukiman5000
    @bouzoukiman5000 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Tour seems a little mentally ill

  • @desmond3828
    @desmond3828 Před 11 měsíci

    What do we want, immunology! When do we want it? Now!

  • @Nivola1953
    @Nivola1953 Před 11 měsíci

    Just regret you didn’t ask J Tour if he had signed a statement of faith and if in his view The Bible has authority over scientific evidence! That would have exposed his bias in front of the audience or force him to “betray” his team.

  • @billyr2904
    @billyr2904 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Before, there was a week gap between your zoology videos, but now they take FOREVER to be released.

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  Před 11 měsíci +10

      sorry working on a bunch of different stuff, lots more coming soon i promise

    • @billyr2904
      @billyr2904 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@ProfessorDaveExplains I just really like zoology, and I want to swallow any obscure piece of information that I can find.

    • @fistybaby9489
      @fistybaby9489 Před 11 měsíci

      @@billyr2904SAME

    • @abdurrahmandureng
      @abdurrahmandureng Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@billyr2904 Same here

  • @ScottBub
    @ScottBub Před 11 měsíci

    Dave, would you consider doing a rebuttal to Vaush’s ‘critiquing Professor Dave Explains “Let’s All Get Past This Confusion About Trans People”’ video? He’s a lefty who tries to argue the basis for trans being a social construct and thinks it’s a logically valid and sound position.

    • @shassett79
      @shassett79 Před 11 měsíci

      I don't think they even really disagree in the broad strokes so much as Vaush is talking about Sociology and Dave is talking about genetics and neurochemistry.
      It would be interesting to hear them have a dialog, but I don't know that shooting refutations back and forth would be particularly useful for anyone.
      That said, I'd be curious to hear what Dave thinks of Sabine Hossenfelder's take on science as it pertains to transgender issues.

    • @San_Vito
      @San_Vito Před 11 měsíci

      Vaush is the dude that told an African-American woman that she was being racist, right? Dude is not really the sharpest knife in the kitchen.

  • @Loki-
    @Loki- Před 11 měsíci +1

    JL was great here

  • @anthroponacious
    @anthroponacious Před 11 měsíci +1

    It's his favorite word because his last name is IMax.

  • @DJDaveParks
    @DJDaveParks Před 11 měsíci

    i watched the debate, i thought you were winning right up until he wrote clueless on the board.

    • @globemason
      @globemason Před 11 měsíci +5

      And then you *knew* Dave was winning? 😁

  • @o0o-jd-o0o95
    @o0o-jd-o0o95 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Dave is always cordial until you start to insult him and I don't blame him I would never like to be made a fool of by somebody so I would go after them too if I was able... And Dave is pretty rock solid with science stuff so you can't BS science and not expect Dave to be able to break it down and make you look it like an idiot. If anyone who's denying science have any brains whatsoever they would be hiding from Dave.

  • @kaiyena
    @kaiyena Před 11 měsíci +2

    Could you please debunk Joe dispenza

  • @shassett79
    @shassett79 Před 11 měsíci

    Watching the debate you just know that Tour only wanted Dave to write complex diagrams on the board so he could swoop in on any mistake and claim it as evidence of Dave's "cluelessness."

    • @NinjaMonkeyPrime
      @NinjaMonkeyPrime Před 11 měsíci +3

      Funny thing is James had a typo in the formula that went unnoticed until after.

    • @shassett79
      @shassett79 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@NinjaMonkeyPrime Well yeah, even a professor who has probably written amino acids on a chalkboard a million times will make a mistake now and then, right?
      I'm just proposing that Tour was hoping Dave would make such a mistake so he could play at, "Look! Dave drew the molecule wrong! He's dumb! Ignore him!"

    • @NinjaMonkeyPrime
      @NinjaMonkeyPrime Před 11 měsíci

      @@shassett79 Without a doubt James wanted to try and link Dave to the status of OoL research, which of course is silly.

    • @samburns2339
      @samburns2339 Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@NinjaMonkeyPrime Yep. Tour and his clown army want desperately to paint this as Tour vs. Dave Farina when it's actually *Tour vs. the entire OOL scientific community.* Tour knows he has no science to stand on which is why he refuses to publish his anti-OOL bull in any science journals. The game now seems to be damage control and keep trying to convince his idiot fans Dave Farina is really Satan's spawn. 😜

  • @andydonnelly8677
    @andydonnelly8677 Před 11 měsíci +4

    #NotClueless 😁👍

  • @flux6472
    @flux6472 Před 8 měsíci

    Is there anyway to Wakefield James? Like hes spreading false info and actually causing problems. He shouldnt be teaching or have a platform. Im not for censorship but at some point a stand needs to be made.

  • @DeepSpace145
    @DeepSpace145 Před 11 měsíci

    Combating pseudoscience, you do a favor to this generation and the generations to come. If more people did in the past we would be at least hundereds of years ahead than we are, who knows maybe the thousands of people who died of cancer would not have died, if not for the religious fanatics (like JT) who try to brake science to stop it from making progress.