Do you follow any of the people? I think I'm only subscribed to CultOfDusty and Thunderf00t at this point. The rest seem to be unwavering Trump supporters who spend 99.99% of their energy on SJWs
I'm still subscribed to Rubin Report although most of his guests are terrible
Youtube 'skeptic' community
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As brim has said the skeptic term is washed up and fit to burn, most of these are channels that talked about atheism since way back at the start of YouTube that still put out good content:knot wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 12:26 pm Do you follow any of the people? I think I'm only subscribed to CultOfDusty and Thunderf00t at this point. The rest seem to be unwavering Trump supporters who spend 99.99% of their energy on SJWs
I'm still subscribed to Rubin Report although most of his guests are terrible
Theramin Trees
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheraminTrees
CosmicSkeptic
https://www.youtube.com/user/alexjoconnor
Dick Coughlan
https://www.youtube.com/user/DickDynasty666
Zinnia Jones
https://www.youtube.com/user/ZJemptv
C0nc0rdance
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPFnHiJx1P9UY05_F9sOu1g
AronRa
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAJfDidJyukTekgSRZrjadw
Anthony Magnabosco
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCocP40a_UvRkUAPLD5ezLIQ
Actually scrap these, or don't, haven't uploaded in a long while, but still hold out hope:
Christina Rad
https://www.youtube.com/user/ZOMGitsCriss
Coctopusprime
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu5FNKd06zxitYJe_6RfdwA
OgreVI
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPCJ2O8_G7e2kMmb28fy6g
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I think that Massimo Pigliucci is pretty good (he's a real philosopher and a scientist).He used to co-host a podcast called Rationally Speaking. Now he has his own channel, but probably most of his most interesting stuff has been shared by other people:
https://youtu.be/wzNfZ8EsPFA
https://youtu.be/9tH3AnYyAI8
https://youtu.be/iq_k8LFMvd0
Another good podcast is Skeptoid (created by Brian Dunning).
Apart from a few exceptions, I've always found the whole skeptic/atheist community a bit toxic, to be honest (in spite of agreeing with a lot of their premises). Rationally speaking and Skeptoid are some of those exceptions.
https://youtu.be/wzNfZ8EsPFA
https://youtu.be/9tH3AnYyAI8
https://youtu.be/iq_k8LFMvd0
Another good podcast is Skeptoid (created by Brian Dunning).
Apart from a few exceptions, I've always found the whole skeptic/atheist community a bit toxic, to be honest (in spite of agreeing with a lot of their premises). Rationally speaking and Skeptoid are some of those exceptions.
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You should probably unsub from Rubin and avoid watching him without ad block, it's pretty ridiculous at this point how he's pivoted to the other extreme.knot wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 12:26 pm Do you follow any of the people? I think I'm only subscribed to CultOfDusty and Thunderf00t at this point. The rest seem to be unwavering Trump supporters who spend 99.99% of their energy on SJWs
I'm still subscribed to Rubin Report although most of his guests are terrible
Tribe mentality. Have you seen the Rubin AMA on Reddit?
Hasn't Thunderf00t said he's not part of the skeptic community anymore?
The term is probably lost. At a certain point, even if something had reasonable or good beginnings, it accumulates too much baggage to function. At this point, I don't think it's worth fighting to reclaim "skeptic" for reason. It's a shame when we remember the good times like the early days of the JREF, but words are not people, we don't need to mourn their passing out of utility.
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I saw that Reddit thing through a video Dusty Smith did on it, was kinda brutal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdanSjmwtKI
Problem is Rubin has cool people on sometimes, like Sam Harris, Dan Carlin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali & Stephen Fry, so I need to stay subbed, even though I don't click most videos because 19/20 guests are insane
I wonder if there is some kind of large-scale funding behind this whole "focus on crazy left, ignore crazy right"-shtick that a lot of content creators are going with
Problem is Rubin has cool people on sometimes, like Sam Harris, Dan Carlin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali & Stephen Fry, so I need to stay subbed, even though I don't click most videos because 19/20 guests are insane
I wonder if there is some kind of large-scale funding behind this whole "focus on crazy left, ignore crazy right"-shtick that a lot of content creators are going with
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I'm sure you'll hear about it through other channels if he actually has a good interview. It seems to be trending more crazy, so the good ones are probably a thing of the past anyway.
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Great history of the YouTube atheist community:
Wh!te N@tionali$m and YouTube History: A Discussion with Dick Coughlan | ContraPoints
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV5K1RaYe4E
Wh!te N@tionali$m and YouTube History: A Discussion with Dick Coughlan | ContraPoints
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^Contrapoints is a great youtuber, interesting perspectives on race, gender, the alt-right, etc