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TAPS Caught Cheating

makaya325 said:
Thats not my point. Many skeptics say youtube videos are bs and unreliable, but when its in the skeptics favor, its considered reliable.
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I've never seen anyone say that, and I've certainly never said it.

Are you entirely sure you're not confusing someone saying that a specific video is unreliable with someone saying that youtube in general is unreliable?
 
SkeptiChick said:
I've never seen anyone say that, and I've certainly never said it.

Are you entirely sure you're not confusing someone saying that a specific video is unreliable with someone saying that youtube in general is unreliable?
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Its not a specific instance, its a pattern in the media and on other sites
 
makaya325 said:
Im not talking about that, im talking about cherry picking youtube videos when its in the skeptics favor
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It would be helpful if you could give some examples that we could discuss but that might also be fodder for a different thread so this one doesn't get derailed.
 
RoboTimbo said:
It would be helpful if you could give some examples that we could discuss but that might also be fodder for a different thread so this one doesn't get derailed.
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The video that one of the members here presented in the thread?
 
RoboTimbo said:
Which part of it do you take exception to?
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Well duh obviously the bit where the big bad skeptics are accepting of a youtube video in this case because it's "cherry picking" the evidence in their favour, yet every other youtube video is apparently written off as fake.

I certainly hope you don't expect proof of any of Makaya's claims as s/he has shown in pretty much every other thread that they've posted to that they will just obfuscate the matter or flat out ignore posts asking for a solid answer.*

Makaya seems to me to be the biggest troll on the JRef since Amy "It's True" Wilson (pretty sure that was his name). If Makaya isn't a troll, I truly feel sorry for them as there are amoeba out there with better debating and discussion styles.

*See both:
alien life possibility is pathetic & hominids... threads
 
Well I'm not sure about this forum, but in the conspiracy forum Truthers are routinely ridiculed for their respect for the veracity of youtube videos. So this " Give me specific examples" ( of someone discounting youtube videos in general )
routine is a joke.

Makaya is right, youtube videos are not considered good evidence most of the time by skeptics on this forum. To deny this is to be obtuse and in this case quite rude.
 
The bottom line is that Youtube videos are only as reliable as the evidence they are presenting.
 
Greg44 said:
Makaya is right, youtube videos are not considered good evidence most of the time by skeptics on this forum. To deny this is to be obtuse and in this case quite rude.
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No. Makaya and you are both wrong. I Here is a youtube video to prove it:
 
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daSkeptic said:
Source please.
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Allow me.

http://www.increasebrainpower.com/lie-detector-test.html

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It would appear it depends on how you measure it. Not surprising is that the american polygraph association measures in such a way that they get a higher accuracy marking than independent groups including the military.

So 'pretty close 90% of the time' is not only vague but inaccurate. Results are not measured on a pretty close scale but as positive, false positive, and inconclusive.

Unless it worked 100% of the time I would not believe someone, who I believed to be lying, especially on the subject of the paranormal where the teste (giggle) had something to gain from deception, just because they passed a polygraph.[/rant+derail]
 
makaya325 said:
The video that one of the members here presented in the thread?
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/reiterate
Can you point to a video in this forum that was dismissed based on the fact it was hosted on youtube?
 
kitakaze said:
The show where nothing ever happens caught trying to make something happen again? That show is some of the worst woo on TV. Particularily when they try to present themselves as being objective skeptics. I'll watch it only if I feel like hurling invectives at the tv. I like how they try to pad out the show with the unnecessary drama, conflicts, and critiques of job performance.

TAPS sucks. Woo poo.
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Actually I watch it because they go into neat old houses.
 
Cainkane1 said:
Actually I watch it because they go into neat old houses.
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And often delve into the local history. Which is also cool. Plus, they do debunk absolutely funny stuff, like 'ghostly bumps' being freaking cats.
 
Greg44 said:
Well I'm not sure about this forum, but in the conspiracy forum Truthers are routinely ridiculed for their respect for the veracity of youtube videos. So this " Give me specific examples" ( of someone discounting youtube videos in general )
routine is a joke.

Makaya is right, youtube videos are not considered good evidence most of the time by skeptics on this forum. To deny this is to be obtuse and in this case quite rude.
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That is a Total misrepresentation.
The "truthers" attempt to make pixel-by-pixel analysis of Youtube videos and proclaim the gospel according to them
Skeptical mids understand the difference between "It moved down" and "It moved exactly 1.387215 inches down at a rate of .052 inches per second"
Strawman alfalfa noted.
 
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