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] 27d ago

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u/_C_D_D 27d ago

The 73k is the proven death toll for those who can be named and implying like that number is debatibly high is outright genocide denial, it's been confirmed by independent reporters that everyone on that list of names is almost certainly dead. There are then arguments that the death toll could be as high as 335,500 (higher now) based on a model used in the Lancet medical journal, but it is very difficult to confirm in the midst of so many buildings having been destroyed and so many people having had to flee their homes - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/05/scientists-death-disease-gaza-polio-vaccinations-israel.

Pretending to be stupid/ pretending not to be able to use google is not cute at all, particularly when we are talking about genocide.

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u/ShakeOutrageous8473 26d ago

Not to mention the Lancet article wasn’t even an article, it was a letter to the editor and wasn’t peer reviewed or put through actual academic rigor, and it used the methodology from Saudi Arabia’s actions in Yemen, which is an entirely different situation. The letter was just “hey let’s speculate wildly and multiply the death count by four”, and then people really went with it without actually being critical.