One of the big tricks he and others like him seem to play is the "infinite debunking trick"..
It is indeed annoying, and difficult to combat.The Gish Gallop, named after creationist Duane Gish, is the debating technique of drowning the opponent in such a torrent of half-truths, lies, and straw-man arguments that the opponent cannot possibly answer every falsehood in real time. The term was coined by Eugenie Scott of the National Center for Science Education. Sam Harris describes the technique as "starting 10 fires in 10 minutes."
Well you may find that many of those who should write and speak English well, don't.Thank you jay. I understand, I think many of us discovered the believers-community when a friend or a relative went in it...
You're obviously right, I am not a native speaker. It's the reason why I spent a few weeks on this forum without posting messages. Eventually, it seems that my English is terrible ...
Hi there! Mike here. Came across your site via Facebook regarding a JFK quote about enslaving the whole country. At least the JFK quote part was debunked. Thank You.This thread is for any first time poster to (optionally) post an introductory "hi everyone" post, which will also get you "verified" (meaning you can post without anti-spam restrictions) once it has been approved.
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I could understand what you were saying just fine. (which is more then I can say for some people)Thank you jay. I understand, I think many of us discovered the believers-community when a friend or a relative went in it...
You're obviously right, I am not a native speaker. It's the reason why I spent a few weeks on this forum without posting messages. Eventually, it seems that my English is terrible ...
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Let me explain: we live in the desert just south of Las Vegas, the weather here has always been sunny, in the summer usually very hot and sunny. Lately it's been raining a lot, it rarely rained here in the past, last summer, it seemed it rained more then it was sunny, just before it rains, usually the day before, we've noticed contrails by the hundreds even in the shape of an A with a circle around it.
Welcome to Metabunk! Enjoy your participation.Hello! I am antago; I think for myself and make conclusions based upon intuition as well as collected data without conforming to extreme systems of "acceptable conduct", "scientifically approved analyses", and "professionalism". I am here to discuss interesting matters relevant in today's world.
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Welcome aboard! Please review our Posting Guidelines if you have not yet.Hi, I am new to Metabunk, having been introduced by a link to a discussion here from a JREF thread, where I post as LSSBB. I participate there in discussions across the board, mainly 9/11 CT and other CT. Thanks for letting me join!
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I became interested in such topics as 9/11 "conspiracy theories" because the reported physical evidence is clearly inconsistent....
Hi everybody! I'm here! I am here because I desperately wanted refute the specious claim that the desert tortoise is an endangered species. Having lived 52 of my almost 58 years in the Mojave desert or the Great Basin, I feel that I have the chops to answer. Besides, look at my handle - I HAVE to be the expert, right?This thread is for any first time poster to (optionally) post an introductory "hi everyone" post, which will also get you "verified" (meaning you can post without anti-spam restrictions) once it has been approved.
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tortoise1956, welcome to Metabunk. Please review our Posting Guideline at your earliest convenience.Hi everybody! I'm here! I am here because I desperately wanted refute the specious claim that the desert tortoise is an endangered species. Having lived 52 of my almost 58 years in the Mojave desert or the Great Basin, I feel that I have the chops to answer. Besides, look at my handle - I HAVE to be the expert, right?
The tortoise is a very cool little reptile. My family had two of them, at different times when I was a small child. They are actually pretty smart as far as showing up at dinnertime. However, they are definitely not demonstrative, other than letting you scratch their head or neck.
There are a seriously large number of tortoises in the wild. When they started collecting tortoises in California to make way for a solar station, they expected to find 36 adult tortoises on 3200 acres. Based on that, let's say that there is one tortoise per 100 acres. Hell, call it 1 tortoise per 1,000 acres! That would mean that Nevada, with more than 70 MILLON acres, has at least 70 thousand tortoises. Since I did some serious underestimating, I think it's safe to say that there are more than 100 thousand tortoises in Nevada alone.
To my mind, this invalidates the premise that the BLM used to try to limit Cliven Bundy to 150 cattle in his herd - a number which, I have been told but do not know myself, is not enough to be economically feasible. In other words, they were trying to put him out of business. I guess he should have built a solar power plant instead - then they would have removed the tortoises for him...
The honest truth is, ravens kill far more tortoises than anything else in the desert. When I was a kid, we would hike out in the desert looking for raven's nests, because we knew we would find multiple juvenile tortoise shells in each nest. Ravens think of young tortoise as a delicacy. So if you want to protect the desert tortoise, take a shotgun and blow the crud out of every raven yo can find in the desert. Believe me, you won't be lacking for targets!
Nice 'resume'I have a degree in computer science. Served 5 years in the military as a Hawk Missile electronics specialist. I have also worked on several IT projects supporting the Joint Chiefs of Staff and joint services interoperability efforts at DISA and other places.
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Greetings! I'm Matt, came hear (glad it did!) after getting fed up being ridiculed for not believing in Chemtrails. I seem to have a large group in my social sphere who believe in Chemtrails and I am always looking for ways to shut them up. I'm sure you all understand how futile this is, but the fight for shedding light on the truth continues!This thread is for any first time poster to (optionally) post an introductory "hi everyone" post, which will also get you "verified" (meaning you can post without anti-spam restrictions) once it has been approved.
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