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Name: potholer54

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I've been a journalist for 20 years, 14 years as a science correspondent. My degree is in geology, but while working for a science magazine and several science programs I had to tackle a number of different fields, from quantum physics to microbiology. My particular talent was my ignorance. By not understanding half of what I was assigned to cover, I had to reduce scientific discoveries from the complex to the simple. If I wrote it in a way that I could understand it, then my readers could understand it.

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About the Made Easy Series

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A wrap-up of the Made Easy series that explains our origins, from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa. I will continue to post videos explaining scientific evidence on this channel, but a new channel -- Potholer54debunks -- will start a series debunking creationist urban myths....

11 -- Creation 'Science' Made Easy

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Creation Science is fairly simple to understand. The conclusion is laid out for you -- just read Genesis -- so there's nothing to investigate. The question is whether this really is science. Even if it isn't, should it be taght in school as a way of 'opening' young minds? This is the...

10 - The Scientific Method Made Easy

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The 'Made Easy' series explains the evidence of our origins, from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa. This video explains how we acquire this knowledge, and how ideas go from a hunch in a laboratory to accepted theories taught in school. The video cuts at the end, and the final...

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Creationist Junk Debunked #1 - Introduction

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A look at some of the most famous urban myths spread by creationists, and the fundamentalists who peddle them. This video is the first of a series that will debunk creationist myths, and answer questions that fundamentalists have about the real evidence for our origins. (Music: "Mercy Street" by...