Thomas Sowell: Show Me the Evidence 

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Remember when interviewers use to let people talk...?

Why does the black community claim they don’t have any role models? This man is an extraordinary example.

The decline of intellect and respect over the years is apparent lol

Love at 18:35 Sowell smacks down her attempted anecdote as evidence. Hate people who think they're singular experiences equate to statistical evidence. They're like tourists who think their two week venture makes them an expert on a country's citizens.

We should campaign for Sowell to be on Joe Rogan's podcast.

It's actually too easy for him, he's almost bored by how actually simplistic and true it is

"I know that of my own knowledge-" "NO, NO YOU DON'T KNOW THAT OF YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE" 😂😂😂😂

Almost none of what was said by Sowell would still be allowed on public television today... sad.

Thomas Sowell has such a brilliant logical mind.

Thomas Sowell: a Gentleman and a Savage. Well played

Sowell is the most intellectually savage person I've ever seen! I love this guy!!!

“The data indicate”. A time when people understood how the plural works.

What a gorgeous mind.

This was beautiful to watch. Thank you for uploading.

Spot on and that's all folks. 40 years ago and still can not be disputed.

Homie was talking school choice back then. A genius before his time.

I cannot get over how truly timeless everything Thomas Sowell says it.

I remember when I read his Columns I automatically labeled a misguided conservative. Fast forward, listening to his debates made me realize the man knows what he’s talking about

I can watch this over and over. Thomas Sowell can explain better than anyone. Why don't we learn him in school?

These are two of my all time favorite conservatives. I can remember watching Firing Line as a young teenager. I always thought William F. Buckley Jr. was such an incredibly articulate speaker and I would sit and listen to each compelling discourse, dictionary in hand. Lol

It's sad that the same arguments Dr. Sowell made 40 years still have to be made today.

“The unfortunate thing is that politics is about telling people what they want to hear “

His perfect teeth compliment his brilliance beautifully.

I've watched n read most of Dr. Sowells debates n lectures. I've never seen him lose an argument.

90 years of age and still as sharp as a razor. arguably the greatest mind on the planet.

This is actually a privilege to watch - intellectuals, with vastly different opinions, can have a discussion and talk to each other without getting angry, and without calling each other names. The feminist woman is very articulate and composed, in stark contrast to the screaming and yelling of today's SJWs

Watching this, one realizes... We're screwed

I've watched this several times, and it always brings me hope.

Talking about mythbusting! Well done Mr. Sowell! Sharp as a knife!

Everyone share as much Thomas Sowell as you can

Sowell is the sage of our time. So eloquent and elucidated.

Thomas Sowell was 51 when this was recorded. He looked like a 30 year old.

This man has zero lag. His answers come instantly and coherently.

I wouldn't debate Thomas Sowell if his mouth were taped shut. He would just take off his glasses, stare at me, and my arguments would fall apart under his gaze.

40 years later...and we are still having the same argument....this man should have been president.

I guarantee if Thomas Sowell spoke today, people would accuse him of being a white supremacists

"It's not my opinion, the data indicates..." That's funny, I hear Jordan Peterson being forced to say those exact words all the time...

I'll give that woman 10 points for asking a question and then shutting up while Thomas spoke. Good luck interacting wit a feminist in such a manner today.

It's not a coincidence that Thomas Sowell is trending in 2020 amidst the Black Lives Matter uproar.

wow...if he worked for GOOGLE he would be fired for talking sense

Thomas Sowell isnt a conservative necessarily..hes just an honest economist

Is there a Thomas Sowell Bat signal? Cause we need him.

So you're saying I'm a lobster?

This guy is as smooth as they come. No stuttering, no pausing, just spitting out facts and shutting down narratives like it's his job. Men like this are sorely needed today.

Cooler, better spoken, and more intellectually sound than Obama. Why couldn't we get this guy as president for 8 years?!

Sowell’s processing power is so much faster than everyone he talks to.

Back in the days when interviewers asked intelligent questions.

And 40 years later we are still debating the same racial and gender misconceptions.

Everyone is so well spoken. Where the arguments haven't changed, the amount of respect for people who are speaking to each other sure has.

Him catching the single vs never married was a good catch. Wow.

Never watched this man talk. Brought here by Shapiro. This guy is even more amazing because of how far back he was stating these facts. This guy is awesome.

This woman is just one example of people who look at oversimplified statistics and draw immediate false conclusions. Now understand that there are millions like her, some of which are in positions of power to determine the laws that govern our lives. It's at the minimum, very worrying.

He totally smacked down that Mozart cosplayer.

Thomas Sowell is one of the most intelligent economists to ever grace the subject.

40 years and we're still asking dumb questions and ignoring evidence.

wow sowell is a walking red pill dispenser

I wish Mr. Sowell was still in the public eye, he was so intelligent and insightful.

Sowell's like 10 Ben Shapiro's in one. His face is almost saying, "Really? Is this even a question at all?" He's bored by how stupid the supposed "problem" is and how easy it would be to show the lack of evidence.

"Human beings are not random events." I've never heard this Sowell quote before and it might be my favorite.

I never understood people’s obsession with race and sex, while screaming sex and race doesn’t matter

This video needs to be shown in every High School Social Studies class. At least once every year.

Thomas Sowell: Absolute, Bloody Legend!

Unbelievable. Feminists haven't changed their tune even down the most pianissimo sixty-fourth note. And poor Mr. Sowell. He's spent, basically, his entire adult life having his hard work largely ignored more and more as our academic system fell victim to the simple minded weasels like our fair feminist here.

Even the lady is impressive. Calm. Reasonable. Let’s Thomas talk. Seems to take his point of view into consideration. I guess times really have changed

It's so sad that this was said 40 years and we have learned nothing.

Problems of the black community would be solved tomorrow if they idolized men like this even half as much as men like jay z

That's a quote to remember: Human beings are not random events.

“Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.” ― Thomas Sowell

I don't understand this. She's not pulling disgusted faces at the camera or looking around the room laughing every time he says something. Doesn't she know how to interview people on tv?

I think it’s hilarious how he is not revered by black culture. The man speaks the truth, with evidence. #legend

Wow! People back in 1981 actually had intellectual capacity to watch shows like this! I can't imagine something similar being aired today!

Thomas is 51 here. The interviewer is only 5 years older than him. Share that youth elixir bro

I love this old chat show. It’s just classy. No flashy colours and music. No annoying audience. Bit sad that these logical arguments are still not getting though to some people.

40 years ago... Thomas Sowell schooled that old lady at the end lol... She was making points that he cleared up earlier in the show. Sowell is pretty succinct; *In under 10 minutes he explains what is wrong with identity politics, the SJW movement including BLM and feminists, and intersectionality.*

This really was the golden age of journalism. Buckley challenges Sowell with new left arguments unapologetically. He doesn't say, "some would say that," or "tell me why feminists are so wrong about female representation in government." He just challenges Sowell with the argument. And not only that, but challenges him with a philosophically charitable version of the argument. I mean... this is almost unheard of today. I so took this for granted when I was young.

I would love to sit at a table with Dr. Sowell for the rest of my life and just question him on everything in life. I love this gentleman!

The single vs never married part was particularly satisfying.

This gentleman is brilliant. I'd love to hear more from him.

"Human beings are not random events..." Thomas Sowell

"I know that of my own knowledge" "No you don't know that of your own knowledge" Savage!

this man is the Chuck Norris of rationality.

"No, you don't know that of your own knowledge." *wipes smile off her face* LMAO!!

Thomas speaks so clearly, and truthfully. The world needs more people like him.

I know that was painful for her to be educated so plainly on national television, but I very much respect her manners. She was very civilized and respectful despite being in a position where a modern liberal would have become defensive and combative. The way I see it, she's really a very intelligent and sophisticated lady. The problem she had is simply that she was making an argument with incomplete or insufficient data. Thomas Sowell on the other hand is a Subject Matter Expert in the field of statistics. His entire career has revolved around the deep analysis of statistics, how they are gathered, aggregated and presented etc. He works with that data every single day. She isn't a stupid woman at all. It simply didn't occur to her that her reference data was incomplete or misrepresented. This is exactly why it is so important for each person to do their OWN research into matters of interest to them. Far too much trust is placed on people who may not have complete information and their assertions are repeated as fact frequently. Thomas Sowell is a man who does his own research and he benefits from not placing blind trust on other people who may have their own agendas.

This man is an intellectual machine-gun spitting facts and logically breaking down the opponent like a goddamn MG 42.

This interview makes me wish modern news were more like the 80's and 70's. You might not like the interviewers but at least they are asking Sowell tough questions in an educated, professional fashion. They use terms like blacks, whites, and Hispanics because modern political correctness hasn't told them saying "African American" is better yet. Their manner of speaking and diction isn't attempting to appeal to a wider audience, the common denominator. This is an intellectual discussion on social issues with a legitimate intellectual as the interviewee...I love it.

Every conversation between SJW's and people with their eyes opened looks the same to me now. One comes with facts, the other with eyes that only see victims 😪

Sowell doesn't actually identify as a conservative or a liberal. Or a republican or a democrat. He understands that aligning yourself to a group identity based on your opinions is foolhardy at max

"Its as if these self evident truths have been brought down from the mountainside"

Sowell in a video? automatic like!

It amazes me the number of women who major in women studies then complain about lack of women in STEM , I think that sums up what's really going on .

In summary: "the data say STFU!"

It's SHOCKING how true his reasoning remain today and how old and flawed the arguments of systemic discrimination really are. This video should be viewed by EVERYONE.

It's not my opinion, it's the data!! Ugh Thomas Sowell is so awesome. Why can't we take the emotion out of things and look at reality as it is?

We wasted our chances with Sowell, should've voted him president at the time of this interview, his views never changed or were corrupted.

In the 80's, living in Virginia, Thomas Sowell's column ran in the Virginian, which merged with the Norfolk Pilot. Not counting the Norfolk Ledger, which had merged with the Tidewater Star, to become the Virginia Ledger-Star. In the Virginian-Pilot, his column ran without any graphics. My mother would go on about how he shouldn't talk like that, the blacks will find some way to get him for saying those things. When they merged to become the Virginian-Pilot-Ledger-Star the columnists got photos next to their columns, and she found out he was black, she almost couldn't grasp it.

You could not turn on the tv and see a conversation that even remotely resembles this one in the year 2020

My God, they've been babbling this crap for decades. (EDIT: reference to 11:00)

This debate is surprisingly civil. I actually found myself enjoying listening to both sides. Not that i don’t think their inflections or assumptions were something they were reaching for, but still leaps and bounds better than most debates held between people of both parties today.