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Michael Shermer editor of Skeptic magazine debates author Dinesh D'Souza. In this segment, they cross examine each other and take questions from the audience.

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  • Date 7/24/2008 1:46:51 PM
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psychologyprofessor : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

psychologyprofessor

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44 days 21 hours ago...

Not a bad upload Csmack (you copy monkey).

I watched the whole thing and enjoyed.

Has D`Souza every debated any of the four horsemen??

If so please post.

stbasdf : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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44 days 19 hours ago...

i saw some girl + horse lame "porn" today, but it was a let down because the girls just posed with the horse penis and didn`t insert it into their vaginas as a form of permanent contraceptive by way of splitting their insides. oh wait, how come i`m talking about this? now i remember, because psychprof mentioned horses. i`m going to sleep now.

W84Q : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

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44 days 17 hours ago...

Very good debate on this subject. It is a rare occasion where there are 2 intelligent people talking and LISTENING to one another in a debate of this nature.

CombatGod : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

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44 days 17 hours ago...

The thing most people have a hard time grasping is infinity and improbability. Even some of the smartest people do not fully grasp these concepts with how they apply to the universe and us.

Inability to understand these concepts normally leads people to believe in a divine power.

Put simply the universe and our creation are the result of two things.

1. The universe is infinite in time. Meaning no matter how improbably the creation of our universe the creation itself becomes inevitable once time reaches infinity.

2. Improbability does not mean an event will not occur. Take a look at it as being in a room with many doors. You must choose one to go through. There might be millions or doors or even an infinite amount. The fact is that you have to go through a door and the fact you choose that particular has no meaning aside from that simple fact it happened.

3. Once an improbable events does happen it doesn`t mean each additional event is even more improbably. All these events are separate. People have a hard time imagining the other possibilities. Humans didn`t have to evolve but we did. There were many other options but just because probability choose this particular sequence of door to go through doesn`t make it any more significant.

It just happened.

Dont_just_stare_at_it : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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44 days 15 hours ago...

^
This is a difficult concept to understand, but Time is part of this universe. It did not exist before the universe came into being. It is most likely not infinite either.

MaxPowers_00001 : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

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44 days 8 hours ago...

^Time? Time is an Illusion, The Only time Now.. IS PARTY TIME!!

Besides, We invented time, to keep track of what we do. Where as now, we keep track of the days with gas prices, where as gas was cheap Then, and Is buttfuck expensive now.

Dont_just_stare_at_it : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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44 days 7 hours ago...

^ we didnt invent time at all. Thats like saying we invented height or width. We invented a measurement scale for time, nothing more.

MARINE255 : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

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44 days 5 hours ago...

3minutes in they already got one of the biggest misconceptions of Darwinism hammered out which I rarely see many people state. Darwinism is seperete from the origin of life or the theory that we can from monkeys. It just states the process of organisms changing over time. (and frankly I dont think we can accurately say we came from monkeys then again im not a professional, just some shit on the inter-tubes with a opinion ;)

Csmack : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

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44 days 5 hours ago...

ok well psychologyprofessor, here`s a list of ppl D`Souza has debated. Not sure which i should upload first.

D`Souza vs:
- Hitchens (they`ve debated each other multiple times)
- Daniel Dennett
- Dan Barker
- Peter Singer
- Michael Shermer (I could upload different segments and i think they debated more than once)

Typically I only upload the cross examination, because if I post anything else it gets deleted.

psychologyprofessor : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

psychologyprofessor

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43 days 22 hours ago...

^^^I`ll take them in that exact order Csmack...PLEASE.

Maybe if you post it on Google first spiked may not be so concerned with copyright laws...maybe.

first step is to create a gmail account, then download the Google uploader (if the file is over 100mb), finally fill in the title and description... or post the link on this thread and I`ll attempt to post them (or not).

either way we`re getting these videos on spiked

SPIKED USERS UNITE!!! XD

Csmack : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Csmack

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43 days 22 hours ago...

^ lol, you really got this down to a science.

I`ll see what I can do about the Hitchens debate.

EDIT: The Dan Barker debate would be very difficult to upload since it`s split into like 16 parts, and the moderators don`t shut up, not letting either debaters talk much. I don`t think that one`s worth uploading.

psychologyprofessor : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

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42 days 7 hours ago...

^^^ *sigh*...ok I`ll just watch it on "the series of tubes".

keithho : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

keithho

2 votes NegativePositive

40 days 22 hours ago...

"What the heck are you taking about?"
That indian guy annoys me....

He is so smart that he talk him self into shit...

Neruo_ : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Neruo_

2 votes NegativePositive

36 days 4 hours ago...

That Dinesh D`Souza guy is really silly. He has some factual knowledge, but man does he avoid questions. It`s almost painful to watch.

erico : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

erico

2 votes NegativePositive

36 days 1 hour ago...

err this D`Souza guy really knows how to be an ass...hole...wipe... Someone needs to tone it down.

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