Quicksand Fans

If you have 9 hours to spare... Interesting concepts herein.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASUHN3gNxWo

I hope this isn't too controversial.

If you made it to the 1 hour mark - congratulations.

BETTER things to do for 9 hrs

The mere fact the douche has comments disabled tells me all I need to know

The mere fact the douche has comments disabled tells me all I need to know.

That is an entirely subjective interpretation of a decision taken by the author - did you consider the possibility that the intention behind exercising his right to switch off comments was to ensure that there is no distraction present that could potentially hijack and misdirect the audience's attention? The information is the star. People can be easily swayed and dissuaded from examining information seriously or at all, if certain influential people assert that 'this is bunk' or enough people give thumbs up to a comment made by a vociferous detractor.

Also, why do you think he is a 'douche' ? What does the author's choice of disabling comments automatically tell you?

bfc796 wrote:

The mere fact the douche has comments disabled tells me all I need to know.

That is an entirely subjective interpretation of a decision taken by the author - did you consider the possibility that the intention behind exercising his right to switch off comments was to ensure that there is no distraction present that could potentially hijack and misdirect the audience's attention? The information is the star. People can be easily swayed and dissuaded from examining information seriously or at all, if certain influential people assert that 'this is bunk' or enough people give thumbs up to a comment made by a vociferous detractor.

Also, why do you think he is a 'douche' ? What does the author's choice of disabling comments automatically tell you?

All he needed to know?

Just guessing.

Well, that is an implicit statement and therefore rather vague and open to interpretation - the nature of the implied conclusion arrived at is conveyed, but remains unspecified (i.e, not explicitly defined).

Here is a 79-second excerpt that may give you pause for thought...

The concept of 'Negative Knowledge' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GkXlJRAQDc