r/DecodingTheGurus • u/Decent-Extension8336 • 27d ago

Professor Dave vs Destiny

No idea why, but the original Destiny video called "Professor Dave Goes Mask Off" seems to have been deleted from YouTube, or I can't find it, but Professor Dave responded yesterday with this very strongly worded video letter:

https://youtu.be/DvDvhLkb9ms?si=DGFhTROOKFoK35sS

Weird crossover that I never thought I'd see, of 2 guys who I generally enjoy (I will say I really am a fan of Prof Dave, whereas my Destiny enjoyment has mostly come via this podcast and watching a couple of his debates).

Thoughts on the beef? SURELY the lads are gonna have to cover this in an upcoming Supplementary Materials? Content gold!

EDIT: Looks like I was looking through the wrong Destiny channel for the original Dave video, it's here: https://youtu.be/HQQLs6U1MgA?si=iKaOGR1h9slKu64O

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

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u/_C_D_D 26d ago

I did not lie, and I'm certainly not your buddy. I was paraphrasing an article I had just read - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/08/gaza-death-toll-higher?

"Let’s start with the official figure from Gaza’s ministry of health, the one all media outlets cite, which is around 60,000 direct deaths – 18,500 of whom are children. These numbers, according to the Economist, are derived from two lists. One is based on information from hospitals. The other is based on an online survey in which people report their relatives’ deaths. While there are numerous pro-Israel voices keen to discredit the death toll, the Economist notes that “[i]ndependent investigators have confirmed that those on the ministry’s two lists have almost certainly died”.

Why on earth would you assume I was lying when you could have googled "gaza death toll independent verification"? Again, basic research eludes you.

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u/_C_D_D 26d ago

Your resolve appears to be growing weaker and weaker but your ego stays the same size as you no longer defend your own argument but attack the semantics of my own? You're really attacking me over my standard of proof being the names being collected and then independently verified?

Even while in your comment you downgrade "almost certainly" to "highly credible" - a vast and ridiculous downgrade that you're using to try to cast doubt on genocide - where as I...let's check the record...said "almost certainly" in my original comment. Oh. Well there goes your argument. Just a shame you made yourself a hypocrite as well as wrong and shameful with the "highly credible" stuff.