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Talk:Professor Dave
I screwed up[edit]
I screwed up and put the RationalWiki there. I'm new here. Could someone please delete this page?
- @Fanfreak247 I moved it to draft space so you could continue to work on it without it being deleted. JJP...MASTER![talk to] JJP... master? 01:44, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
this should definitely be added[edit]
RationalWiki:Saloon_bar#Professor_Dave_and_Transgenders (is there a way to make a permanent link because I know this will be archived to a different page at some point etc etc)149.19.33.162 (talk) 12:26, 7 June 2022 (UTC)Bumpf
- While I was lurking in the rabbit hole, I found this video(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ9YAFYIBOU). I think I may have oversimplified this issue. Maybe, the question should be more about the fairness aspect and not the gender aspect. Herr Doktor Enter into the rabbit hole 06:08, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
Is this guy an academic fraud?[edit]
Calls himself as "professor" but doesn't hold that academic position at any university. Not a PhD. Brisson (talk) 03:34, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
- No, the "about" section on his channel is explicit about his credentials. 𝒮𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃𝑒 talk 23:54, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
- LOL. 1) Did you actually just try to use his own "about" section on his Youtube page to substantiate your claim? And 2) no, NONE of that even remotely explains him calling himself a professor. I'm beginning to see that the people creating and editing these pages are ignorant beyond any possibility of reconciliation. 2601:18C:8183:D410:597E:D4BA:B204:B7D (talk) 01:33, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
- He certainly does not behave in a professorial, or even professional, manner. This goes down well when he is yelling back at crackpots on YouTube, but it is noticeable that he becomes rather defensive/offensive when experts disagree with some of his assumptions. He seems to lack any ability to self-criticise. This is an important element of doctoral-level research, and probably explains his lack of a higher degree.— Unsigned, by: 92.30.198.19 / talk
- "When experts disagree with some of his assumptions. He seems to lack any ability to self-criticise.". Do you have any links to back up your claims, because I really don’t see what you’re talking about?--Sultan Rahi (talk) 20:11, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
- "he becomes rather defensive/offensive when experts disagree with some of his assumptions." I think this was posted a while ago, but his videos on Sabine Hossenfelder conclusively debunk this. PLMMJ (talk) 12:56, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
- "conclusively debunk" LOL. I always love when people like you try to substantiate claims with their own subjective opinions. So embarrassing.2601:18C:8183:D410:597E:D4BA:B204:B7D (talk) 01:33, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
Some whiny creationists lied about the content on this page, should we respond?[edit]
Some creationists calling themselves Real Science Radio made a "debunk" series on Professor Dave, and in the first episode they claimed that his article on RationalWiki said that he was a communist and an antisemite. Obviously, the page doesn't say this, but part of me wants to write a section "Things that RationalWiki does not say about Professor Dave" while another part of me thinks that since it's currently just a pair of whiny YECs, we shouldn't take action unless more people cite this page incorrectly. What should we do, if anything? PLMMJ (talk) 12:53, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
- This has got to be a joke. There is nothing rational about this page. You clearly have an open bias towards this person. This entire article from head to toe reads like some fanboy simp lunacy. No wonder people don't take these wiki pages serious anymore. This is literally embarrassing to read. You should rename this to "Radical leftists trying desperately to validate "professor Dave." I mean HS, most of your citations are HIM! This has to be some sort of BabylonBee type page moonlighting as "RationalWiki."2601:18C:8183:D410:94F6:8274:3C19:B41C (talk) 12:38, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
- "But I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALWiki!" Drink! Carthage (talk) 14:22, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
- This has got to be a joke. There is nothing rational about this page. You clearly have an open bias towards this person. This entire article from head to toe reads like some fanboy simp lunacy. No wonder people don't take these wiki pages serious anymore. This is literally embarrassing to read. You should rename this to "Radical leftists trying desperately to validate "professor Dave." I mean HS, most of your citations are HIM! This has to be some sort of BabylonBee type page moonlighting as "RationalWiki."2601:18C:8183:D410:94F6:8274:3C19:B41C (talk) 12:38, 21 January 2025 (UTC)