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potholer54

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TO THOSE STILL WAITING FOR A DVD
I had lots of requests, and have had to organize the distribution network, burn DVDs and send them out with address labels. Most of you should have the DVDs by now, but if you are still waiting, please be patient. I'll make an announcement when all of them should have arrived and we'll see who is still misiing a DVD.
Remember, you can also download through BitTorrents.
I'm on assignment for 3 weeks so please keep messages to a minimum and don't expect a reply soon.

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This channel is dedicated to explaining science in a way that most intelligent people can understand. I hate seeing science manipulated and cherry-picked to support religious and ideological beliefs, usually by people with little scientific training or understanding.

For those new to this channel, please watch the "Made Easy" series in the playlist, in numbered sequence. It explains the evidence for our origins, from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa.

Name: Potholer

I've been a journalist for 20 years, 14 years as a science correspondent. My degree is in geology, but while working for a science magazine and several science programs I had to tackle a number of different fields, from quantum physics to microbiology.

POSTING: Anyone is free to post on the fora, and ALL views are welcome. You won't find that on most fundamentalist channels, but I have nothing to fear from open discussion or criticism. However, my tolerance has been abused by people whose sole object is to disrupt the channel, so reluctantly I have now had to ban three people from participating. Just so you can't say you weren't warned, here are my criteria for banning:
1) Advertisements. My channel is not a free billboard.
2) Plagiarism. If you copy and paste someone else's work, don't pretend that the writing is yours. Put it in quotation marks and give the author credit. Hard to believe, but the fundamentalists who have done this cannot understand when I explain that what they are doing is deceitful and intellectually shallow. If you understand so little, don't just cheat and copy from someone else. Learn some facts, then use your own arguments. 3) Spam. I know it's fun to disrupt the fora by copying and pasting huge chunks of text again and again. Going back over a point you made earlier is fine, but mindlessly spamming the same post repeatedly will no longer be tolerated.

Country: Australia
Occupation: Semi-retired to sunny Australia,...

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From Big Bang to Us -- Made Easy

This series explains the scientific evidence for our origins, from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa, in a way that most 7th-graders would understand. It challenges people who believe we were created by a deity 6,000 years ago to confront the evidence instead of ignoring it.

A DVD (including corrections) will be available for schools and educational groups. I alko hope to have a better quality version of the series available for download.

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Climate Change

Examines and explains the science of climate change. Then goes on to debunk some common myths.

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Schools version of the Made Easy series

This is a schools-friendly version of the "Made Easy" series that takes us from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa. In response to requests from teachers, religious references have been expunged from this video.

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	Havokreator (2 days ago) Haha, you just got tagged by AronRa in his "5 Facts" video. Can't wait to hear what you have to say!
	vvintermoon (3 days ago) i'm confused what are you a fundie or what?
	potholer54 (4 days ago) =When are you going to post new climate change videos?= I'm on assignment again for a couple of months -- things have got really busy recently. The next video is scripted but I won't have time to voice and mix it until at least October. Sorry!
	AndrianGo (4 days ago) Potholer we're missing your wit
	facelessone86 (6 days ago) When are you going to post new climate change videos?
	Chemicalogic (1 week ago) VotersThinkDotOrg just got suspended. Does anyone know why?
	AgnosticAntitheist (1 week ago) @sgtbigs22 There are several steps necessary for abiogenesis and I am pritty sure that all of them have been shown, by experiment, to be possible under conditions that we expect to have been around on the primordial earth. For example the formation of ribonucleotides etc.
	sgtbigs22 (1 week ago) and anyone else educated on the topic who reads this, I am wondering about abiogenesis with respect to Pasteur's experiments of life creating life, and I would like to know if any experiments have been done to show without a doubt that Abiogenesis has been seen and could have been possible at the time of early life on Earth. I am as of yet uneducated on the topic and I was wondering if anyone could link me somewhere with information. Also....Orthogonal had a great question if you scroll back one page.
	wertssss12345 (1 week ago) dprjones is suspended
	jajaviv (1 week ago) COULD U PLZ SUBSCRIBE ME i sub u

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