Bad Astronomy Vs Good Science: Debunking Phil Plait

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1. A pseudoscience proponent calling an astronomer debunking said fringe thinking, a pseduoskeptic seems like a lack of self-awareness; and doing so with a shitty boring video which amounts to little more than throwing egg at Phil's face and calling him wrong seems like a poor way to demonstrate the veracity of the ideas. Call me when electric universe makes one testable prediction, and then call me again when it gets tested. I'm also waiting for the same call from string theorists.
2. You guys are acting like creationists. Just sayin
3. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in even the first minute of your excrement of a video? Whether or not I'm a fan of Phil Platt doesn't matter; at least he has established credentials. not idiotic music over nonsensical images. You are bad at science and you should feel bad.
4. Good thoughts. But for Christ's sake either read it out loud or have a software program read it. Or put it in a blog. I've got shyz I'm doing I can't read this along with ur music without being incredibly annoyed. Just saying. From what I read your right on. But making people read it just blew away 3/4 of what could have been ur audience. Good job for that, real affective. 
5. 'I like reality just the way it is' at 2:09 Does Uncle Plait even know what reality is!  Yea! Science is all about 'comfort zones' now? WTF!!! Oh! I like it just the way it is! Don't rock the boat buddy! We don't like challenges you know! I mean, we gotta pay our rents you know! Can't bite the hand that feeds us! Ok, Philly, that's fine. We understand. We understand. It's not about 'truth'; it's about anything other than ..........truth! God darned Loser!!!
6. At exactly the 1:00 mark! Are you guys sure this is Phil Plait? Looks like a lunatic to me, but I trust the information of the uploaders of this video...............smile.......a big one..........
7. At 00:37 Phil Plait with his NASA cap on....hahahaha!!!! They pay his salary so who or what is he beholden to? Is it to NASA or is it to the 'truth'? Well, just my little penny tossed in here and watching what happens....(smile)....(a really big fucking smile) and watching what happens! On a more personal level! 'Phil Plait, you are nothing but a friggin joke and a stooge for NASA'. Attacking the electric universe, when 99% of what we see in space is PLASMA, obeying electrical laws much (MUCH!) more readily than gravitational laws? You guys are done for Philly!
8. You want a comprehensive explanation of a scientific hypothesis in 10 minutes??? Ridiculous. I think very many of the short videos on any subject beg the viewer to engage in their own research of the subject or topic. Anyone in the scientific field or technical field such as myself can tell you that many times there isn't any "quick" explanation but rather hours and hours of "dry" reading and research which is very technical and not easy to explain to the average lay person. 
9. In your opinion of course. I find that this argument is often used to denigrate the speaker, sort of like what he is accused of. Which is fine with me, however, it is difficult to make an argument against something by using the very same premise. And references to Hitler are absolutely legitimate as is any reference to any public figure past or present simply because the personae is public. My defense of this is simply that sometimes ordinary words do not adequately express one's feelings. 
10. Aw childish name calling and references to Hitler while lecturing people on the logical paradoxes of using "backwoods aphorisms and colloquialism". There has never been a better way to invalidate one's argument. 
11. This is almost more sad than it is arrogant. This is complete propaganda, you offer no explanation of EU, cherry-picked quotes and on top of everything you present charts of the education levels of your site visitors(without public sources). Call this a knee jerk comment but how many highly educated people believe in EU? Are they not dedicated enough to provide funding? 
12. You know you're a dick when you think you're famous. Too much use of the word "you". 
13. Phil Plait is a bedwetter and it may or may not be "good" to be famous, I guess it depends on what you're famous for. Hitler was pretty famous, he was "man of the year" on the cover of Life magazine. People should realize that backwoods aphorisms and colloquialisms aren't really in line with science or logic. Just because you're "famous" means absolutely nothing of any value whatsoever. But to be an asshole and purposely put out disinformation on serious endeavours is reprehensible. 
14. If you are unfamiliar with Velikovsky's work, David Talbott's work, Wal Thornhill's work and seen every lecture and read every book by these guys, you probably aren't really qualified to comment on such matters. If you watch the Thunderbolts lectures regularly such as I do, you would know that they are soliciting funding right now to do the hard science and publish a peer reviewed paper on the subject. Shouldn't the knee jerk comments wait until that is done, it is just contended at this point.
15. There is no bad astronomy as there is no bad mathematics or bad science. "Bad practitioners" is a better and more accurate term.
16. I wouldn't be too proud. The current model is running out of false legs to stand on. 
17. the EU model is the ONLY logical explanation to reality, there has to be a source to the energy driving our reality & that can only be a form of electricity.. period..! 
18. great video. Einstein once mathematically designed a airfoil that was suppose to have the highest lift possible. It was a complete FLOP and any aircraft sporting it wouldn't even fly ! LOL ! Phil is a complete joke and so is his private little kingdom ..BAT
19. Sure that Phil Plait makes bad science, I concur! 
20. Hmm... I was intrigued by the Electrical Universe theory, and I'm more than willing to see Plait/conventional astronomy proved wrong, there's a HUGE disconnect between the title of this video and the content. Science is based on accurate observations and sound logic, which does not guarantee correctness, but it beats the crap out of unsubstantiated speculation and ignoring evidence. The more I learn about EU, the more it reminds me of Intelligent Design -- more religion than science.