Forum idea

kellyb · 11th April 2018, 02:04 AM

Could we interview people from time to time, like ATS did here?

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread976579/pg1

Note the admin message at the bottom of the first post in bold, about "admin note: This is the "real" Dr. Aquino and he is our invited guest and is graciously giving his time to our community, respect and politeness are mandatory. " etc.

dann · 11th April 2018, 04:38 AM

Interesting idea!
(I would have liked to hear what Dr. Aquino thought of the book Psywar on Cuba: The Declassified History of U.S. Anti-Castro Propaganda, but Oct. 14, 2013 was a long time ago. I'm not really interested in satanism.)

bluesjnr · 11th April 2018, 06:29 AM

Originally Posted by kellyb

Could we interview people from time to time, like ATS did here?

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread976579/pg1

Note the admin message at the bottom of the first post in bold, about "admin note: This is the "real" Dr. Aquino and he is our invited guest and is graciously giving his time to our community, respect and politeness are mandatory. " etc.

Out of nosiness, whom did you have in mind and how would you propose we get them to turn up and participate?

C_Felix · 11th April 2018, 07:17 AM

Kinda like a Reddit AMA? (Not necessarily "anything" though)

kellyb · 11th April 2018, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by bluesjnr

Out of nosiness, whom did you have in mind and how would you propose we get them to turn up and participate?

Off the top of my head, Sam Harris the most.

A skeptic Q & A with Michael Aquino sounds cool, too, honestly.

NDT, of course.

Noam Chomsky.

Giordano Nanni

kellyb · 13th April 2018, 11:42 AM

More suggestions:

Peter M. Sandman and Jody Lanard (look them up, y'all!)

Temple Grandin

Roboramma · 14th June 2018, 02:04 AM

Sounds like a great idea.

Not sure how possible it would be logistically. How do we go about motivating people to show up to be interviewed?

kellyb · 3rd July 2018, 04:02 AM

Originally Posted by Roboramma

Sounds like a great idea.

Not sure how possible it would be logistically. How do we go about motivating people to show up to be interviewed?

Email them and ask them. If they've written books or are about to release one, they'll generally be interested.

Darat · 3rd July 2018, 04:10 AM

[as admin] Sounds like a good idea, as ever get it organized and let the mod team know what we can do to help make it happen.

Gingervytes · 17th April 2019, 06:13 AM

Embed video

The Atheist · 17th April 2019, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by Gingervytes

Embed video

You can do that with YouTube videos by wrapping the YT url in tags like this:

[yt]...url...[/YT <--close bracket

and then it comes out like this:

YouTube Video This video is not hosted by the ISF. The ISF can not be held responsible for the suitability or legality of this material. By clicking the link below you agree to view content from an external website.

I AGREE

novaphile · 18th April 2019, 11:36 PM

Or...

You could just embed the last part, the bit after the 'v=' of the youtube URL in the tags, like this...

YouTube Video This video is not hosted by the ISF. The ISF can not be held responsible for the suitability or legality of this material. By clicking the link below you agree to view content from an external website.

I AGREE

rjh01 · 19th April 2019, 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by The Atheist

You can do that with YouTube videos by wrapping the YT url in tags like this:

[yt]...url...[/YT <--close bracket

and then it comes out like this:

YouTube Video This video is not hosted by the ISF. The ISF can not be held responsible for the suitability or legality of this material. By clicking the link below you agree to view content from an external website.

I AGREE

Ignore this post I am quoting. This does not work. To see how it does work see the post that is between my post and the one I am quoting.

The Atheist · 19th April 2019, 01:03 AM

Originally Posted by rjh01

Ignore this post I am quoting. This does not work. To see how it does work see the post that is between my post and the one I am quoting.

Quite right - both sides have to be capitalised. Dunno how I missed that.

zooterkin · 19th April 2019, 03:05 AM

Originally Posted by The Atheist

Quite right - both sides have to be capitalised. Dunno how I missed that.

No, that doesn’t matter. You put the whole URL in, when it only needs the trailing ID, after the “v=“.

The Central Scrutinizer · 19th August 2019, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by kellyb

Off the top of my head, Sam Harris the most.

A skeptic Q & A with Michael Aquino sounds cool, too, honestly.

NDT, of course.

Noam Chomsky.

Giordano Nanni

Originally Posted by kellyb

More suggestions:

Peter M. Sandman and Jody Lanard (look them up, y'all!)

Temple Grandin

I have no idea who any of these people are. Why would they be of interest to skeptics?

Timur · 30th November 2020, 07:21 PM

how about the Objectivist society?

11th April 2018, 02:04 AM	#1
kellyb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 12,632	Forum idea Could we interview people from time to time, like ATS did here? http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread976579/pg1 Note the admin message at the bottom of the first post in bold, about "admin note: This is the "real" Dr. Aquino and he is our invited guest and is graciously giving his time to our community, respect and politeness are mandatory. " etc.
	__________________ "We are enjoined, no matter how uncomfortable it might be, to consider ourselves and our cultural institutions scientifically — not to accept uncritically whatever we’re told; to surmount as best we can our hopes, conceits, and unexamined beliefs; to view ourselves as we really are." - Carl Sagan Last edited by kellyb; 11th April 2018 at 02:09 AM.

11th April 2018, 04:38 AM	#2
dann Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 13,547	Interesting idea! (I would have liked to hear what Dr. Aquino thought of the book Psywar on Cuba: The Declassified History of U.S. Anti-Castro Propaganda, but Oct. 14, 2013 was a long time ago. I'm not really interested in satanism.)
	__________________ /dann "Stupidity renders itself invisible by assuming very large proportions. Completely unreasonable claims are irrefutable. Ni-en-leh pointed out that a philosopher might get into trouble by claiming that two times two makes five, but he does not risk much by claiming that two times two makes shoe polish." B. Brecht "The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions." K. Marx

11th April 2018, 06:29 AM	#3
bluesjnr Professional Nemesis for Hire Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Home. Posts: 8,471	Originally Posted by kellyb Could we interview people from time to time, like ATS did here? http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread976579/pg1 Note the admin message at the bottom of the first post in bold, about "admin note: This is the "real" Dr. Aquino and he is our invited guest and is graciously giving his time to our community, respect and politeness are mandatory. " etc. Out of nosiness, whom did you have in mind and how would you propose we get them to turn up and participate?
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11th April 2018, 07:17 AM	#4
C_Felix Master Poster Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Just outside Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,953	Kinda like a Reddit AMA? (Not necessarily "anything" though)
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11th April 2018, 08:40 AM	#5
kellyb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 12,632	Originally Posted by bluesjnr Out of nosiness, whom did you have in mind and how would you propose we get them to turn up and participate? Off the top of my head, Sam Harris the most. A skeptic Q & A with Michael Aquino sounds cool, too, honestly. NDT, of course. Noam Chomsky. Giordano Nanni
	__________________ "We are enjoined, no matter how uncomfortable it might be, to consider ourselves and our cultural institutions scientifically — not to accept uncritically whatever we’re told; to surmount as best we can our hopes, conceits, and unexamined beliefs; to view ourselves as we really are." - Carl Sagan

13th April 2018, 11:42 AM	#6
kellyb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 12,632	More suggestions: Peter M. Sandman and Jody Lanard (look them up, y'all!) Temple Grandin
	__________________ "We are enjoined, no matter how uncomfortable it might be, to consider ourselves and our cultural institutions scientifically — not to accept uncritically whatever we’re told; to surmount as best we can our hopes, conceits, and unexamined beliefs; to view ourselves as we really are." - Carl Sagan

14th June 2018, 02:04 AM	#7
Roboramma Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shanghai Posts: 14,252	Sounds like a great idea. Not sure how possible it would be logistically. How do we go about motivating people to show up to be interviewed?
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3rd July 2018, 04:02 AM	#8
kellyb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 12,632	Originally Posted by Roboramma Sounds like a great idea. Not sure how possible it would be logistically. How do we go about motivating people to show up to be interviewed? Email them and ask them. If they've written books or are about to release one, they'll generally be interested.
	__________________ "We are enjoined, no matter how uncomfortable it might be, to consider ourselves and our cultural institutions scientifically — not to accept uncritically whatever we’re told; to surmount as best we can our hopes, conceits, and unexamined beliefs; to view ourselves as we really are." - Carl Sagan

3rd July 2018, 04:10 AM	#9
Darat Lackey Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: South East, UK Posts: 96,909	[as admin] Sounds like a good idea, as ever get it organized and let the mod team know what we can do to help make it happen.
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17th April 2019, 06:13 AM	#10
Gingervytes Critical Thinker Join Date: Mar 2019 Posts: 286	Embed video

19th April 2019, 01:03 AM	#14
The Atheist The Grammar Tyrant Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 28,266	Originally Posted by rjh01 Ignore this post I am quoting. This does not work. To see how it does work see the post that is between my post and the one I am quoting. Quite right - both sides have to be capitalised. Dunno how I missed that.
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19th April 2019, 03:05 AM	#15
zooterkin Nitpicking dilettante Administrator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Berkshire, mostly Posts: 48,389	Originally Posted by The Atheist Quite right - both sides have to be capitalised. Dunno how I missed that. No, that doesn’t matter. You put the whole URL in, when it only needs the trailing ID, after the “v=“.
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19th August 2019, 08:04 PM	#16
The Central Scrutinizer Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 53,042	Originally Posted by kellyb Off the top of my head, Sam Harris the most. A skeptic Q & A with Michael Aquino sounds cool, too, honestly. NDT, of course. Noam Chomsky. Giordano Nanni Originally Posted by kellyb More suggestions: Peter M. Sandman and Jody Lanard (look them up, y'all!) Temple Grandin I have no idea who any of these people are. Why would they be of interest to skeptics?
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30th November 2020, 07:21 PM	#17
Timur Student Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 43	how about the Objectivist society?
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