The Moon is Made of Cheese -- and other scientific conspiracies

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CORRECTIONS:
At 10:56 the chart shows that the 34% group of people not convinced the earth is round were 18-24 year olds. I wrongly described them as millennials.
THE MOON IS MADE OF CHEESE:
The first three minutes of the video are, of course, bullshit - but not complete bullshit. As with all conspiracies, most of the information is correct. John Heywood’s quote, the microscopic images of cheese, Earth’s volcanic rock and moonrock are all genuine, as is the chemical process by which cheese is formed. Also correct are the fact that amino acids have been found in meteorites, the NASA budget graph, the Scientific American Article, and just about everything else I show. Even the Journal of Eclectic Science is real, and as reputable as any journal cited by other conspiracies.
What I’ve done is twist things slightly. For example, at 1:16 there ARE reasons why amino acids can’t form carboxylic acids on the moon - for one thing, they would be bombarded with radiation and break apart.
At 1:47 the microscope photos (known as thin sections) are all correct, but what I didn’t mention is that volcanic rock comes in many different forms. Moon rock is composed of tiny pellets of molten rock that solidified very quickly, which is why it looks very different to large grained volcanic granite shown in the other thin section.
SOURCES:
oprj.net/oprj-archive/climate-...
(rebutted here:
variable-variability.blogspot....)
stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2...
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Ray Comfort flat Earth video:
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The guy with the glasses and the moustache on flat Earth:
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Poll on flat Earth:
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@HexxuSz 4 года назад

this channel is humanity's invaluable treasure

@Dorian_sapiens 4 года назад

Cream cheese is made from milk. Most milk comes from cows. The cow jumped over the moon. Coincidence? Yeah, right.

@CaptWesStarwind 4 года назад

lol I have been saying that for years.

@TheReaverOfDarkness 4 года назад

The Milky Way is made of milk. Milk comes from teats. Teats are sexy. Therefore our galaxy supports life.

@markdignam3525 3 года назад

Potholer, When I was a PhD student a few decades ago, I can't remember anyone offering me a nice fat grant for faking data and writing about complete bullshit. In fact, after 36 years as a student, tutor and lecturer, I must have somehow missed that bus completely. Now I am going to demand lots of free money in "grants" hopefully provided by conspiracy theorists. On another matter, since the moon is made from cheese, can I get some free camembert?

@adygombos4469 3 года назад

Didn't you see the actual bus waiting for you outside after you just successfully defended your dissertation? It had illuminati written on it with big, bold letters. But unfortunately it's only on one side so sometimes when the bus parks across the street you won't see it. Must've been what happened. But it's okay I'll talk to my illuminati contact and tell him to hook you up. Right now we're faking researches that 5g towers do not cause corona and we need all the help we can get.

@Ninjaeule97 11 месяцев назад

It's cause you weren't faking/misrepresenting data for some large financial interest or your own religions biases. Dr. Roy Spencer (Ph.D. In meteorology) on the other hand took money from Peabody Energy (a coal company) to sow doubt about climate change. He even lied (by ommission) in his about section that his research is entirely funded by US government agencies and that he has never been asked by some oil company for his service. I wrote him an email telling him about his conflict of interest but the email address on his website no longer works. I was send to him by some climate change denier and I knew there was something fishy so I followed the money. By the way he is also a creationist. What I find so dangerous is that he is an actual climatologists so I can understand why it could even fool sceptical people. Maybe Potholer should make an video about him so hopefully he eventually takes his site down.

@puttanesca621 4 года назад

The documentary “A Grand Day Out” showed back in 1989 that the moon is NOT made of cream cheese... its more like Wensleydale.

@kevinshort3943 4 года назад

Wensleydale is too crumbly, maybe Caerphilly as it's wetter and sticks together better ?

@mcblaggart8565 4 года назад

Surprisingly good skiing though.

@TheReaverOfDarkness 4 года назад

@@kevinshort3943 The Moon is pretty dry and crumbly. It only sticks together because it's so big.

@kevinshort3943 4 года назад

@@TheReaverOfDarkness FYI I own part of the Moon, and the man I bought my bit from is called the "Big Cheese"........................... The Moon is therefore made of (a yet to be determined) cheese ! This conspiracy stuff is fun and easy, I just make stuff up and post it. PS I had some blue Wensleydale, it was nasty :(

@nocelebrity6042 4 года назад

Well, it's like no cheese I've ever tasted. 😃

@Thepher6 4 года назад

You make me laugh at humanity and cry for humanity at the same time.

@bythetimeyoufinishedreadin9083 4 года назад

It's funny that I still use your decade-old videos as a reference sometimes. Here's to the next 10 years, thanks for making all the great content on RU-vid

@mesonparticle 4 года назад

Couldn’t agree more, he’s been an inspiration to me!

@KoyalAlkor 4 года назад

The first three minutes of this video opened my eyes, so much that I had to pause it to reflect. And now that I did, I realized I can't stay put to watch another second of it, I need to run the streets proclaiming the truth!!!

@tyrannuslapis5107 4 года назад

It's funny, because they always brag about having researched it themselves, but then cite a blog or pseudoscience writer.

@ronhawk1231 4 года назад

Science led to the Internet. Then the Internet led to people questioning real science. Ironic.

@geraldtoaster8541 4 года назад

The little "Hey!" when ray comfort compares flat earthers to moon-cheesers made my morning

@potholer54 4 года назад

DEFINITION: If you have a theory that a scientific conclusion is phoney because of a conspiracy of scientists to fake data, that is a conspiracy theory. You are therefore a conspiracy theorist. If you don't like the term, don't be a conspiracy theorist. And please note this is a science channel, about science, and this video deals with conspiracy theories about scientists faking data. If you have some great examples of military or political or criminal conspiracies outside of that, please take them to another channel that deals with those issues. Or tip the charity jar $5.

@mesonparticle 4 года назад

I’ve come across a lot of conspiracy theorists that don’t get this simple definition. Instead, they try to redefine science as conspiracy and the scientific community as conspiracy theorists arguing that they are they enlightened ones and that we are the deluded ones. The irony is that they do this whilst using their phone or computer and relying on hundreds of other things that were a product of the science they deny. You just can’t win with people that stupid! 😂

@johnnyjones5385 4 года назад

@potholer " scientific conclusion is phoney because of a conspiracy of scientists to fake data, that is a conspiracy theory. You are therefore a conspiracy theorist." people like Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay proved the scientific peer review process is influence by other factors than just pure science. Peer review papers like ""The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AZZNvT1vaJg.html Yeah I know.... It's not a so called real science therefore it's not the same.......Or the not all peer review process is the same........ Analogy. ME: There is a drug problem is sports. You are golfer: There's no drug problem in golf. It's different than everything else. We have tests and protocols for avoiding these problems. It just doesn't happen. And if it does it's minor and as no consequences.

@LLlap 4 года назад

Do you believe in 9/11? Do you believe that 9/11 happened? Meaning that people consipred to hijack planes and fly them into buildings? If so then you believe in a conspiracy and therefore a conspiracy theorist.

@pdoylemi 4 года назад

Aaahh... but since YOU are a part of the conspiracy, I don't have to believe anything in this video! You are a paid apologist for the Illuminati, Masonic, reptilian alien conspiracy! Now come clean and tell us about the lizard people damn it!

@almcdonald8676 4 года назад

Or a conspiracy of non scientists to fabricate a discipline that wears the clothes of the scientific method including fake peer review and cherry picked data, as highlighted by boghossian et al and Sokal and Bricmont in their critique of postmodernist bullshit studies. Any sjws please familiarise yourselves with the work of these proper academics before opening your vacuous traps.

@1SaG 4 года назад

You sir are one of the reasons why the internet - despite all the negatives it has brought - is a worthwhile place to be. Love your work - even though it is a shame that you even have to do it ... :)

@kvasir7537 4 года назад

Don`t forget about porn.

@TheImmoth 4 года назад

@@kvasir7537 Well, this is scientific porn, so halfway there, I guess.

@Cujo_Ate_My_Credit_Card 4 года назад

I used Wallace and Gromit as my source for extensive scientific studies and came to the conclusion: The moon is definitely cheese.

@MisterTutor2010 2 года назад

Conspiracy theories are a conspiracy to sell more aluminium foil :)

@terrypussypower 4 года назад

“If they had a penny for every conspiracy that’s out there, they’d already be fully funded” hahahahaha! It’s funny because it’s true!

@Carl_Isaksson 4 года назад

This is one of the best channels on RU-vid at the moment. It's always refreshing when you upload a video Potholer

@theskullyhippiedude3719 4 года назад

"America is the best half educated country in the world" - Nicholas Butler

@Brissles 4 года назад

This is all well and good, but exactly what type of cheese are we talking about here? I don't want to tax fund a mission to recover brie.

@timothy8428 4 года назад

Wensleydale.

@jacketrussell 4 года назад

It's an atheist conspiracy against the Baby Cheesus. 🤣

@golagiswatchingyou2966 4 года назад

I do find a lot of atheists believe in other forms of religion, like feminism.

@jacketrussell 4 года назад

@@golagiswatchingyou2966 You've got a very odd definition of what constitutes a religion.

@TheYankeesUnited 4 года назад

This channel is amazing and so helpful. You my man are doing great things.

@russellknight7729 4 года назад

Potholer; you are a national icon. Love yr work.

@Aziraphale686 4 года назад

A quote from Sam Harris, "If someone doesn’t value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide that proves they should value evidence. If someone doesn’t value logic, what logical argument would you invoke to prove they should value logic?" It is exceedingly difficult to reason someone out of an opinion that they did not reason themselves into.

@rachelthecool2880 4 года назад

if only mr harris could learn from his own words. life goes on i guess.

@rage9715 4 года назад

Potholer is the hero we need but don't deserve.

@mesonparticle 4 года назад

Amen ma dude!

@rage9715 4 года назад

@@mesonparticle Thanks!

@mesonparticle 4 года назад

rage Potholer has been a bit of an inspiration to me actually! ☺️ Check my channel for my first debunk vid (moon landings!) 😂

@rage9715 4 года назад

@@mesonparticle You have great potential keep it up. Coming from someone who enjoys CHL/king chroc/darkmatter/wildwood ect.

@mesonparticle 4 года назад

rage Thanks! I like CHL too ☺️

@im1penguin 4 года назад

Lol, thought you had a stroke for a minute there.

@jackbarman7063 4 года назад

I like how the author to the paper at 2:48 is B.S. Galore, nice touch!

@korhonenmikko 2 года назад

14:35 'I disagree with plate tectonics' is an extremely funny sentence.

@oskarhenriksen 2 года назад

I also disagree with plate tectonics; those damn plates have no business moving around like that, causing earthquakes and confusing geography. I'm against this. Reminds me of a t-shirt I bought from a fundie site: "Just say no to evolution." It doesn't sound as if evolution is fake, but as if evolution is like drugs, and you have to stay away from it

@Cowinspace 4 года назад

But the moon *is* made of cheese. I saw it in the Documentary "Wallace and Gromit".

@coyoteboy5601 4 года назад

But it IS cheese! Wallace and Gromit proved it!

@jo3ld0wn 2 года назад

Have you not seen the documentary "A Grand Day Out" which clearly shows the moon to be made of Wensleydale? 🤔

@JustClaude13 Год назад

I don't think so. There are outcropping of Wensleydale, but I think they found many types of cheese on the moon. I'll have to watch that documentary again to make sure.

@Zefar77 4 года назад

I saw this documentary called Wallace and Gromit and they wen to the moon to give it a taste. That is how I know it's made out of cheese.

@distantworlds3779 4 года назад

That's what THEY want you to think! They're just hoarding all of that yummy green moon cheese for themselves! They use it to make Comet Pizza!

@TVlord5 4 года назад

I don't think I'm ever as excited on youtube as when I see a new Potholer video

@wwickeddogg 4 года назад

@NoJusticeNoPeace 4 года назад

Years ago, for fun, I started promoting a "theory" that there's no such thing as photons, that in fact the Universe is made of darkons, and that stars absorb darkons which why they appear bright. The funniest part was the rare occasions when I ran into someone with actual scientific knowledge who said this was ridiculous; all I had to do is say, "Well, it's just a theory scientists are researching," and everyone would dismiss the poor skeptic as close-minded.

@gustavlarsson7494 4 года назад

Thank you for all that you do, Potholer 💚

@phill633vgs 4 года назад

Blessed are the cheese makers!

@moshunit96 4 года назад

The moon isn't made of cheese? Guess I should return that fondue set I just bought. So disappointing.

@hamsterminator 4 года назад

How big was your fondue set??

@NoctambulantJoycean 4 года назад

@potholer54 A couple of points. First, the two Irish individuals you mentioned at around the 6 minute mark are a father and son team, not brothers. Second, I like the point you made about conspiracy theorists hoping to feel as if they have special knowledge. I recently did some reading on that for an article in writing, so I’ll cite some research on that when I get back to my computer later. I don’t think you listed the research I’m going to mention. Thanks for the great video. [Edit]: The research I mentioned before: "Too special to be duped: Need for uniqueness motivates conspiracy beliefs" "“I know things they don’t know!”: The role of need for uniqueness in belief in conspiracy theories" "Why conspiracy theories matter: A social psychological analysis" "Something’s going on here: Psychological predictors of belief in conspiracy theories" Also, below is some further explanation on paranoid conspiracy theories and why they're often dangerous, especially in the context of paranoia about climate scientists and research on anthropogenic climate change: "Climate change conspiracy theories" [DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.328] "Relationships among conspiratorial beliefs, conservatism and climate scepticism across nations" "Science denialism: Evolution and climate change" "NASA faked the moon landing-therefore,(climate) science is a hoax: An anatomy of the motivated rejection of science" "The robust relationship between conspiracism and denial of (climate) science" "The impact of elite frames and motivated reasoning on beliefs in a global warming conspiracy: The promise and limits of trust" "The conspiracy-effect: Exposure to conspiracy theories (about global warming) decreases pro-social behavior and science acceptance" "The social consequences of conspiracism: Exposure to conspiracy theories decreases intentions to engage in politics and to reduce one’s carbon footprint" "Climate change: Why the conspiracy theories are dangerous" "Climate and environmental science denial: A review of the scientific literature published in 1990-2015"

@Randerson2409 4 года назад

I love how they say "Do your own research" and then insist everyone who has done the most research are all in on the conspiracy

@big_dro1713 4 года назад

Are you saying that the conspiracy theorists did the most research?

@Randerson2409 4 года назад

@@big_dro1713 Other way around. The conspiracy theorists think those who did the most research are part of the hoax, with the people who did the most research being those that spent multiple years of dedicated study at educational institutions researching their specific field

@hmlqrt2716 4 года назад

@@big_dro1713 He means conspiracy theorist always resort to the "do your own research" tactic and then proceed to disqualify stablished science and scientists who dedicated their lifes to research

@pearz420 4 года назад

I just think it will never not be funny that they all think "research" means Google.

@judychurley6623 3 года назад

And when they say 'do your own research' they mean google it, and by google it they don't mean to google 'refutations of X', they mean: confirmation of 'X'. ACTUAL research means becoming an expert in a field, proposing an hypothesis, looking at the literature about it, designing an experiment, carrying it out, and publishing. Too much work - so I'll just "Select all; ctrl c; ctrl v" and Bob's your uncle - I'm an internet 'expert'.

@giovannizanoni6353 4 года назад

Potholer, you are the best out there. I've been following you for a while now, and man you deserve more credit, more followers. I would love to meet you at some point in my life. Let's all remember that Aaron Ra himself said that Potholer is one of his favorite youtuber. You are the real deal, continue the good work.

@bubbahrakoonem6403 4 года назад

NASA is bogarting all that yummy cheese for themselfs.. Sounds like we've got a Grade A NASA cheese-schill here too.

@Heroltz998 4 года назад

I think potholer is so on point with the thing about making people feel themselves special having this special knowledge that elevates them above the rest. It's the link between all the ridiculous conspiracy theories. The sad thing is, after a person gets that high, it's hard to come down and admit they were wrong. Being wrong hurts one's ego like a mother hugger.

@heronimousbrapson863 4 года назад

Little known fact: Neil Armstrong was furious with Buzz Aldrin when they landed on the moon because Aldrin forgot to bring the biscuits...

@scubasteve2169 4 года назад

We all just gunna gloss over the fact that he killed his twin brother for having alternative views? Asking for a friend

@professorstick 4 года назад

Conspiracy theories aren't new, but the internet has certainly made it easier to spread false information around.

@TheWolfgangGrimmer 4 года назад

And true information as well, e.g. this channel.

@mojobag01 4 года назад

For goodness sake, eat a pie or two Stick.

@kupo1705 4 года назад

I find it hard to believe that only 66% of 18-24 year olds believe the Earth is round.

@Tibovl 4 года назад

Yeah me too. I have never met anyone that didn't think the earth was round. Which I am aware is anecdotal, but 66% is remarkably low. It seems more likely that many were just taking the research not serious since it is such a stupid question.

@itWouldBeWise 4 года назад

This video is amazing, it should be a required part of our public education curriculum.

@hansdemos6510 4 года назад

I have stopped referring to these narratives as "theories", and have started calling them "conspiracy myths".

@hansdemos6510 4 года назад

@SHEISTER CAM Hehehe... On top of that they are mythinterpreting the facts...

@geraldtoaster8541 4 года назад

I absolutely LOVE your content, I love science, I'm so happy that you're making these.

@mafarmerga 4 года назад

Damn, and here I am a full professor at a major research institution who has wasted a career of 33 years. I could have been wealthy had I only chosen a career in journalism. Oh well, I will just have to console myself with my lengthy publication record and having taught science to nearly 5000 students in my career.

@mafarmerga 4 года назад

@Maxx Kroes I was wondering if anyone would pick up on the "33" reference. In reality it is only 31 years as a faculty member and 2 as a post-doc. Thanks for the chuckle Maxx.

@RipTheJackR 4 года назад

I just love this formula; "Do your own research - watch specific video X by Y".

@adoredtv 3 года назад

This video is brilliant.

@uncleelias 3 года назад

It's food for the soul

@rocker10039 3 года назад

@@uncleelias literally.....

@jonathanmorgan1596 3 года назад

I’m here due to your tweet, this video is amazing. I fear if I send this to some of my conspiracy theorist friends the sarcasm will go over their head.

@shauna996 3 года назад

Your video on evolution was brilliant also.

@eldizo_ 3 года назад

@@jonathanmorgan1596 Same. Thanks for the rec!

@Beggar42 4 года назад

8:41 ... aaaaah, the Banana clip ... the gift that keeps on giving

@Carl_Isaksson 4 года назад

Instead of it being the atheist nightmare it has become atheists favorite joke

@Beggar42 4 года назад

@@Carl_Isaksson it has reached levels of notoriety similar to Monty Python's dead parrot sketch by now

@bdf2718 4 года назад

I have a mental image of a Minion walking up to Ray and saying "ba-na-na."

@House_Stark 4 года назад

The first couple minutes into this video i thought Potholer had lost it and gone down the rabbit hole. Then at: 3:15 I literally laughed out loud! 😂 🤣 Great video!

@House_Stark 4 года назад

Then, at: 9:07 Climate denying conspiracy theorist gets his due mention! 👏👏👏

@helltanner3722 4 года назад

Glad to see a new post ...but I miss the crocoduck awards.

@awatt 4 года назад

I'm starting a Go Fund Me for the first circumnavigation of the dome using suction cups. None of that NASA CGI stuff I'm taking a landscape artist. Who's with me?

@fecu2394 4 года назад

We've got just the toilet plunger for you! FECU!

@awatt 4 года назад

@@fecu2394 You have that sort of hi tech at FECU?

@fecu2394 4 года назад

@@awatt We're leading the way. These scientists, what have they ever achieved? Next up, debunking gravity with electrostatics, we send a student up a pylon and watch him fly! FECU!

@awatt 4 года назад

@@fecu2394 Building on the work of Flat Out I see. He managed to escape so called gravity for a fraction of a second by covering himself in dryer sheets. Considering the short time from the first flight by the Write Brothers to the fake moon landing FUCU will e planting it's flag on Mars next year....

@mojobag01 4 года назад

Have you done a risk assessment?

@woodennecktie Год назад

so cheese equals money , and money equals time and time is energy , thats why turtles are green

@redstart67 3 года назад

It's so frustrating that the actual real-world discoveries happening in all kinds of different scientific disciplines are truly so much more magically mind-blowing & exciting than anything these conspiracy nuts could even begin to imagine so if they truly wished to investigate the incredible & astonishing nature of reality, there's no finer way than to marvel at the incredible accomplishments of scientific researchers working on a fraction of the money they need & truly deserve.

@GerardMenvussa 3 года назад

Yeah, but it's harder to appreciate new scientific discoveries when you can't understand them because you have failed middle school 🤷‍♀

@reggiecantrell6193 2 года назад

What truly boggles my mind is the fact that one of these people could look at Hubble Ultra Deep Field images and not be humbled but turn around and say "it's fake because i have entwined my self worth with my beliefs and if i admit it is real who am i then?" Hubble Ultra Deep Field images allow us to contemplate so much, like "should i really be upset the bus is late when i am such an insignificant part of the cosmos?"

@redstart67 3 года назад

When did you sell out to Big Cheese, Potholer54?

@volbla 4 года назад

I started off being amused, but when you got to how the internet is making people more wrong i got sad. It wasn't supposed to be like this.

@standoughope 4 года назад

Remember MySpace? Musicians blew a collective load when they realized that anyone could gain worldwide fans without a record label deal nor radio time. After less than a year of this bliss it became apparent that this lax detail meant millions of less talented people gaining the same level of traction. We were all being flooded with mediocre tunes, a tsunami of boring music.

@hamsterminator 4 года назад

Plastic: wonder material of the century. Also filling our planet with choking endless waste. We have a tendency to overlook the problems we create if the positives are obvious.

@PerspectiveEngineer 4 года назад

Statistically there can only be so many stupid people... Don't be sad... It makes you look dumb... Wink wink nudge nudge

@golagiswatchingyou2966 4 года назад

@@PerspectiveEngineer your comment made me lose a few IQ points, though it's fine I have enough to spare.

@rubberlegs15 4 года назад

Always a happy day when you release one of your videos Peter. Yet I've never seen so much as a plug for your book '60 seconds that will change the world', suddenly on my owned and ready to read list. Brilliant work as ever, long may your contributions to science education continue. Keep up the great and informative work. Your videos are a great resource to direct climate deniers to and some of your creationist videos are howlers. Typical British humor and brilliantly delivered. I suspect much of it way over the heads of the many you debunk. Thank you and please, I expect I speak for the many, don't stop!

@rubberlegs15 4 года назад

I should add, to anybody unaware that this book exists, I found it merely by reading up on Peter Hadfield. Not once has he plugged his publication and very little has he discussed his lengthy career writing for New Scientist magazine. In fact he doesn't even seek to gain financial gain from these videos, personal acclaim or profit. I'm sure many would agree that Peter is a fine example of a human being who selflessly shares a lifelong passion for science and education. Anybody looking to source the book should be able to pick up a copy online published by Pan books ISBN No.0-330-343580-X Sadly it is no longer in print but I expect it will make for fascinating reading. Thank you Peter.

@catfishcave379 4 года назад

If Wallace and Grommet think the moon is made of cheese, then that's enough proof for me.

@cody967 4 года назад

Critical thinking and proper modern research needs to be emphasized more in grade schools. I wasn't tought either until college, and I was fortunate enough to have an instructor who seen the importance of it.

@v0ldy54 4 года назад

Scientific method, statistics, logic and logical fallacies are almost all completely absent unless you are studying STEM related fields, and even there REALLY serious training on those things starts at college level. I can see this in so many things: I'm into photography and you wouldn't belive the amount of complete ignorance and quackery of simple concepts. Even when you present people with the factual evidence they just either insult you or refuse it just because they are too fixated with their own model.

@halkon4412 4 года назад

Please keep up the good work. We need more videos like this.

@StefanTravis 4 года назад

Blessed are the cheesemakers. See? It's all there in the bible.

@mykehog6646 3 года назад

I think he meant producers of dairy products in general..;)

@therealjammit 4 года назад

I like how we're supposed to be wary of big science because big stupid says so.

@borisdaanimal4014 4 года назад

i LOVE how concise that sentence is! ancient sparta would approve

@truthmonger5791 4 года назад

It's good to see you're back. We need you now more than ever.

@krzyszwojciech 4 года назад

For a second there I wondered whether it's already the first of April.

@jefferroo 4 года назад

I think "green cheese" refers to cheese that hasn't aged, so not literally the color green but green as in unripe.

@Diggnuts 4 года назад

"do your own research" Is pointless if you do not know how to actually do research. Hint, most people don't!

@TheReaverOfDarkness 4 года назад

I say we go back to the 1940s way of trusting the experts. These days people say "why should we just take everything on their word?" and they take everything on the word of a non-expert.

@terrywright9765 Год назад

Peter has a way with words and a devotion to the truth I find enlightening and entertaining. Thanks

@burtbackattack 4 года назад

Such a great channel, funny and informed. Potholer you deserve 10 times the subscribers, only just found your videos and have been binge watching them ever since. Independent content that RU-vid is perfect for.

@freddan6fly 4 года назад

I've seen the documentary, It is true, It was the scientists Wallace and Gromit that went to the moon to collect cheese.

@Leinja 4 года назад

Excellent work as always. Your payment will be transferred via the usual channels. Best regards, Crocoduck branch of the Illuminati

@standoughope 4 года назад

Nice notification RU-vid! Finally!!!

@2660016A 4 года назад

I couldn’t agree more with what you said about people who failed science class embracing conspiracies to make themselves feel more intelligent. I’ve been saying that for ages. The internet gives people who were the class clowns at school an “I’m not dumb, it was the system that was wrong all along” echo chamber.

@jjbradian3834 4 года назад

Another instant classic. Thank you for what you do.

@justinbrawdy9465 4 года назад

Thank you for advocating the scientific method.

@golagiswatchingyou2966 4 года назад

Does the scientific community actualy support the scientific method these days? Because im not realy seeing it anymore, just lot of slander and censorship. How do I know who to trust anymore!? Maybe your working for Google as well! The Lizzard people have spoken!

@mrsev765 Год назад

I thought it was widely accepted the Moon was made entirely from Wensleydale, I was planning a trip with my dog as we are both avid cheese enjoyers. Disappointed.

@josephbelisle5792 Год назад

Oil, how is Grommit doing. He's a fine lad.

@brickwitheyes1710 4 года назад

I patiently wait for every potholer vid. Love them so much. Thanks for your work

@CaptWesStarwind 4 года назад

You really do have one of the best senses of humor on RU-vid.

@mesonparticle 4 года назад

It’s the inflection and delivery that always gets me! ☺️

@lyrimetacurl0 4 года назад

My favourite was "Bill O'Reilly wins award for stupidity"

@grendelum 4 года назад

I just met a cutie who believes in woo, and I was wondering where to start the deprogramming... *Richard Feynman* was my first step but this video has definitely jumped to the top of the list... thanks !!

@CaptWesStarwind 4 года назад

Feynman, Russell, Hitchens, and Hawking are a good start.

@CaptWesStarwind 4 года назад

@Davvy Jannes ah, my bad. Typo, but ironically good.

@CaptWesStarwind 4 года назад

Oh, and I'm kicking myself for forgetting about the greatest woo debunker of all time, James Randi.

@coyoteboy5601 4 года назад

Give it up, mate.

@RickKasten 4 года назад

You are a great contributor to the Internet potholer54! Thank you for all your great work!

@Kilmoran 4 года назад

Tragically under subscribed channel.

@1SaG 4 года назад

I've been thinking that for years now...

@evilrslade 4 года назад

"There's currently a debate over this issue in the scientific community" Top level trolling of Climate change deniers right there. Genius work by the way. Not just this, but the whole channel.

@TheDethBringer666 4 года назад

if someone asked me if the world was flat, especially for a survey, I'd say yes just to fuck with them

@7thDayAdventures 4 года назад

Did you know 7% of Americans believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows?

@danielessex2162 4 года назад

You shouldn't do that as this increase in trolls claiming to believe flat earth bs is what is making more people claim flat earth possiblity.......everytime you say yes to FE is one more win for ever FE asswipe.

@TheDethBringer666 4 года назад

@@danielessex2162 somebody needs a glass of unrepentant nihilism and maybe a sense of humor

@xchopp 4 года назад

What is terrifying is the distribution of beliefs by age: apparently, younger = more gullible. Brawndo, anyone? It's got what plants crave!

@falconJB 4 года назад

This isn't new, young people have always been less sure of things and so easier to influence. They are also a bunch of trolls so don't believe what they say they believe.

@smooth_sundaes5172 4 года назад

A round of applause for Helen, following a path she loved. Thank you PH54 for a video that is needed. It might be because I'm of an older pre-millenial generation and like to actually read those crazy old things called books. All hale peer review!

@mathis8210 4 года назад

Dont forget that books and even peer review papers can easily contain falsehoods. What matters is not the medium, but the content. Except for twitter post. Twitter posts are a defective medium ;)

@smooth_sundaes5172 4 года назад

@@mathis8210 Absolutely which is why cross referencing and original sources should be taken into account. Even then, at the end of the day, much is opinion which is why it's important to educate oneself and be prepared to alter opinion based on better information. There is also no harm in admitting when you don't know.

@ChipArgyle 4 года назад

I love the Ray Cumfart quote: "... verses that are obviously metaphoric..." which actually means, "You know that stuff in the Bible that was taken to be literally true until science conclusively demonstrated it to be false? Well, we call it "metaphoric" now. That's how we continue to sell our bullshit."

@D3w10n 4 года назад

I love Rays last name... Cumfart xD

@7thDayAdventures 4 года назад

Wallace and Gromit were right all along!

@standoughope 4 года назад

I *LOVE* Wallace and Gromit! The "Wrong Trousers" is my favorite!!! =)

@7thDayAdventures 4 года назад

@@standoughope THEY’RE TECHNO-TROUSERS, EX-NASA, FANTASTIC FOR WALKIES!

@MarceloDiCocco 4 года назад

Potholer54... You broke my sarcasm detector!

@ScorpionXII 4 года назад

If the moon came from cheese, while is there still cheese? Checkmate!

@Wix_Mitwirth 4 года назад

Stupid autocorrect. *Why is there still cheese

@StanislavG. 4 года назад

What do you mean why there is still cheese? You're looking it the wrong way bro. The reason there is cheese, is because of the moon! Where do you think it came from? It'a all made in the nazi moon base on the dark side... of the moon.

@2manyIce 4 года назад

You mean Wallace actually DID find Cheese on the moon?!?

@peterpackiam 4 года назад

Cheers for Sharing your Brilliant Knowledge potholer54 & thanks Big Time for your services to this RU-vid Community.

@georgspengler3573 4 года назад

Did he just shoot his evil twin brother?

@IRWBRW964 4 года назад

No, his evil twin brother obviously shot him and took over his identity.

@MisterL2_yt 4 года назад

8:32 "hey" looooooooooool

@Marconius6 4 года назад

Earth flat: obviously metaphorical Guy made of dirt and chick made of his rib in a garden with magic fruit, talking snakes and vegetarian velociraptors: literal historical fact

@nothosaur 4 года назад

The Earth is fixed and cannot be moved, and a deity stopped the sun from moving across the sky: only poetic metaphor. A man and his 2 sons built a huge wooden boat 4000 years ago, and filled it with 2 of every kind of animal and floated around for 40 days on a completely flooded planet and then got out and remade all human civilizations and biologically repopulated every continent: plain, obvious fact

@soriac2357 4 года назад

And don't forget: earth only 6000 years old: fact! Global flood 4000 years ago: fact! Repopulation and cleaning up of a devastated earth in record time without any trace: fact! Guy resurrected 3 days after death without any period writings outside "club jesus" ever noticed: fact! And of course: banana = atheists nightmare: fact! Only flat earth: preposterous!

@kumaflamewar6524 3 года назад

I would love to see potholer54 break down Qanon

@borosenkilde4683 4 года назад

You are doing a great job, please keep on doing it.

@wwickeddogg 4 года назад

@Devilot109 4 года назад

I actually checked, and John Heywood actually died 3 years before the earliest recorded mention of cream cheese. It's possible it existed before this, but... it probably wasn't called cream cheese. I doubt this was deliberate, but a LOT of conspiracies like this Cream Cheese Moon one fail incredibly basic tests like that one, so it's kinda appropriate.

@whocares2112 4 года назад

Your videos are always a treat, potholer54 Thanks for caring about science awareness.

@jillum89 4 года назад

Maybe "Go do your own research" is code for "I don't have any evidence, i don't have any data, I don't have any reason to think any of this ... you're going to have to do that for me".