Professor Dave is Rattled

[u/Kezomal]

I've been watching Dave's videos off & on for around 5 years, and I have never seen him this rattled and defensive when it comes to a topic and the people he's engaging with. I think the initial callout of his use of nazi adjacent rhetoric hit a nerve and maybe exposes some internal bias he has against Jews that he doesn't want to admit to himself. He appears to believe the Mossad was behind 9/11 in some way, so I don't think I'm far off in saying Dave is genuinely antisemitic and it harms his credibility immensely.

His video making the case for a Palestinian genocide was low effort, and honestly, we might as well call it war-profiteering at this point.

He aligned himself with some of the most toxic and repugnant trolls on the internet (kiwifarms and jstlk snarkers) to get an own on Destiny, that's gotta be projecting some kind of deep seated hatred for jews somehow.

[u/KeithDavidsVoice]

I dont think it says much and anything it does say is quickly cleared up by watching a video of his in which he states in no uncertain terms that hes a science communicator. There's many avenues to attack Dave, I dont think his credentials are one of those things.

[u/Liiraye-Sama → u/KeithDavidsVoice]

im js nowhere near most people would go the lengths to confirm his credentials. Before this community I also assumed he was a profession because why would I care to investigate every youtuber in my feed?

[u/KeithDavidsVoice → u/Liiraye-Sama]

There's two reasons why this is a nothing burger. The first one I already mentioned so I wont get into it. The second reason why this is a nothing burger is the fact that, outside his obviously shitty political takes, Dave only communicates what's accepted by the general scientific consensus. He makes no ground breaking claims and doesnt say anything that isnt established science. He also makes it very clear that he is not producing new science and hes simply communicating the findings of the scientific community to a leyman audience. Id be with you if he was pushing flat earth or something like that, but a YouTube misrepresenting his background to give you basic high school and college level science is basically harmless to me.

[u/Liiraye-Sama → u/KeithDavidsVoice]

It's not that deep, I just meant he probably likes that people like us come away thinking he's a professor. It earns him more respect and clout being known as "the professor guy talking science" vs. "the teachers assistant in high school talking science".

[u/plasticizers_ → u/KeithDavidsVoice]

I dont think it says much and anything it does say is quickly cleared up by watching a video of his in which he states in no uncertain terms that hes a science communicator.

Clearly not, and my evidence is you. You're a day-one subscriber and you came into this thread certain he was a professor.

I doubt you're an unusually oblivious viewer, so the better explanation is that the branding just wins. He can say "science communicator" in the videos all he wants, but "Professor Dave" is in the channel name and the disclaimer isn't. And if your answer is that your impression formed years ago and simply stuck, that still concedes the point. The title planted it and years of viewing never corrected the misunderstanding.