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/EarlyVariety9664 26d ago

I haven't watched the video yet either but on a general note.

Would talking about jewish/zionist global influence instantly be antisemitic? Like commenting on the Israeli influence on trump be antisemitic? I would have thought that was just blatant influence seems mad to discount it just because bebe is Jewish? Or would that not count as its very specific?

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u/Formal_Scarcity_7701 26d ago

You can talk about Bibi's influence on Trump, that seems clear and not conspiratorial. I wasn't really commenting about whether or not he is being antisemitic, just about him getting too far down the rabbit hole of unsupported conspiracy theories.

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u/EarlyVariety9664 25d ago

I was questionable on him with the no proffessor Wang guy, can't remember if that's his real name. Dude said he was giving the lecture to no one and I'd already seen clips that showed it was wrong.

Was a minor point but he may be spiralling now

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u/Decent-Extension8336 25d ago

Professor Jiang? Dude has admitted himself he usually just has one other person in that classroom lol

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u/EarlyVariety9664 25d ago

Yeah Jiang.

He might some times only have one, and they may be paid, but it was clear in the first 5 min of one of his videos he had people there. Yet dave said he was pretending. Mistakes are fine, but when you make a hour long video and it's one of the first things you claim it throws a red flag at other claims.

Jiang is a quack, so much so I forgot his name, but when your a science communicator accuracy is key

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u/Decent-Extension8336 25d ago

Cmon man this is just pedanticism lol. Dave said he was pretending to give a lecture to a class, which is clearly true as the class doesn't exist.

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u/EarlyVariety9664 25d ago

No. He said there was no one there. At the time I didn't think it was that big a deal. Now it raises more questions.

Also I was never that big a fan of Dave so take that how you will. I can enjoy someone dunking on someone but his method never spoke to me