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margin: 0 0 0.5em 0.5em; text-align:left; border: 1px solid #916f6f; width:175px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center; color:White; background-color:#916f6f"><b>This might be</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Skepticism" title="Skepticism"><font size="4" color="White"><b>Skepticism</b></font></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#D3C5C5;" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Category:Skeptics" title="Category:Skeptics"><img alt="Icon skepticism.svg" src="/w/images/thumb/c/c6/Icon_skepticism.svg/100px-Icon_skepticism.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" srcset="/w/images/thumb/c/c6/Icon_skepticism.svg/150px-Icon_skepticism.svg.png 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/c/c6/Icon_skepticism.svg/200px-Icon_skepticism.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:White; background-color:#916f6f; text-align:center;"><b>But we're not sure</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#D3C5C5;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Logical_positivism" title="Logical positivism">Logical positivism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-science" title="Trans-science">Trans-science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Skeptics%27_Guide_to_the_Universe" title="The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe">The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeptics_in_the_Pub" title="Skeptics in the Pub">Skeptics in the Pub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Skeptical_organizations" title="Category:Skeptical organizations">Skeptical organizations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Fact-Checking_Network" title="International Fact-Checking Network">International Fact-Checking Network</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:White; background-color:#916f6f; text-align:center;"><b>Who's asking?</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#D3C5C5;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Derren_Brown" title="Derren Brown">Derren Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanal_Edamaruku" title="Sanal Edamaruku">Sanal Edamaruku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Fry" title="Stephen Fry">Stephen Fry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Nickell" title="Joe Nickell">Joe Nickell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_Bias/Fact_Check" title="Media Bias/Fact Check">Media Bias/Fact Check</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quote_Investigator" title="Quote Investigator">Quote Investigator</a></li></ul> <div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Skepnav" title="Template:Skepnav">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Skepnav" title="Template talk:Skepnav">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Skepnav&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Potholer54</b> (real name <b>Peter Hadfield</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup>) is a <a href="/wiki/British" class="mw-redirect" title="British">British</a> <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">vlogger</a> and ex-<a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">Radio 4</a>/<a href="/wiki/CBC" title="CBC">CBC</a> superhero. He has been a <a href="/wiki/Journalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Journalist">journalist</a> for over 20 years, 14 years as a <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">science</a> correspondent, and holds a <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geology</a> degree. Potholer54 is <a href="/wiki/Rationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Rationalist">a firm defender of science</a> and a staunch critic of <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">pseudoscience</a>, <a href="/wiki/Creationism" title="Creationism">creationism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Global_warming_denialism" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming denialism">global warming denialism</a>. He is one of the few <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheists</a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> who is not crowdfunded and not constantly harping on <a href="/wiki/Gender_politics" class="mw-redirect" title="Gender politics">gender politics</a>. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Golden_Crocoduck_Awards"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Golden Crocoduck Awards</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#1st_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282007-08.29"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">1st Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2007-08)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#2nd_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282008-09.29"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">2nd Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2008-09)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#3rd_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282009-10.29"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">3rd Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2009-10)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Cancelled_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282010-11.29"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Cancelled Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2010-11)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#4th_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282011-12.29"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">4th Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2011-12)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#5th_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282012-13.29"><span class="tocnumber">1.6</span> <span class="toctext">5th Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2012-13)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#6th_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282022-23.29"><span class="tocnumber">1.7</span> <span class="toctext">6th Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2022-23)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#7th_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282023-24.29"><span class="tocnumber">1.8</span> <span class="toctext">7th Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2023-24)</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Amenakin_and_DMCA"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Amenakin and DMCA</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Climate_change"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Climate change</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#COVID-19"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">COVID-19</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Golden_Crocoduck_Awards">Golden Crocoduck Awards</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Golden Crocoduck Awards">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div role="note" class="hatnote">For our article on the actual proposed animal, see <a href="/wiki/Crocoduck" title="Crocoduck">Crocoduck</a>.</div> <p>Hadfield hosts the famed Golden Crocoduck Awards on the Potholer54 YouTube channel, originally running for five years between 2008 and 2013 and revived in 2022. The awards are given for the biggest breach of the <a href="/wiki/Ten_Commandments#Ninth_Commandment:_Lying" title="Ten Commandments">9th Commandment</a> by creationists in support of their cause. Potholer54 presents the nominees, educating the audience on who they are and what ridiculous things they have said or believe, before announcing a winner of October 28th. Nominees include both mainstream creationists, such as <a href="/wiki/Lee_Strobel" title="Lee Strobel">Lee Strobel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Comfort" title="Ray Comfort">Ray Comfort</a>, Chuck Missler (the <a href="/wiki/Peanut_butter_argument" title="Peanut butter argument">peanut butter guy</a>), <a href="/wiki/Kent_Hovind" title="Kent Hovind">Kent Hovind</a>, and creationists only known on YouTube. such as <a href="/wiki/VenomFangX" title="VenomFangX">VenomFangX</a>, NephilimFree, emptywithoutchrist and truthfulchristan. </p><p>The Crocoduck idea came from creationist <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Cameron" title="Kirk Cameron">Kirk Cameron</a> who claimed that "<a href="/wiki/Evolutionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Evolutionist">evolutionists</a>" have been searching for a "<a href="/wiki/Missing_link" class="mw-redirect" title="Missing link">missing link</a>" for years, and throughout the <a href="/wiki/Fossil_record" title="Fossil record">fossil record</a> we have never found a half-duck half-crocodile. </p> <h3><span id="1st_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_(2007-08)"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="1st_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282007-08.29">1st Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2007-08)</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1st Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2007-08)">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p><b>Winner of the 2008 Golden Crocoduck Award</b> goes to: <i>mister</i> <a href="/wiki/Kent_Hovind" title="Kent Hovind">Kent Hovind</a>, convicted <a href="/wiki/Charlatan" title="Charlatan">charlatan</a> <a href="/wiki/Young_earth_creationist" class="mw-redirect" title="Young earth creationist">YEC</a>. Congratulations, Mr. Hovind. The following contenders that made it into the Top 4 are: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/VenomFangX" title="VenomFangX">VenomFangX</a> - most famous and devious YouTube creationist on the Internets.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein">Ben Stein</a> - maker of the creationist <a href="/wiki/Propaganda" title="Propaganda">propaganda</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Expelled:_No_Intelligence_Allowed" title="Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed">Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Cameron" title="Kirk Cameron">Kirk Cameron</a> - obviously</li></ol> <h3><span id="2nd_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_(2008-09)"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="2nd_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282008-09.29">2nd Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2008-09)</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2nd Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2008-09)">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p><b>Nominees</b> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Hovind" title="Eric Hovind">Eric Hovind</a> - son of Kent Hovind</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Comfort" title="Ray Comfort">Ray Comfort</a> - author, liar, and scientifically-illiterate creationist, otherwise known as <a href="/wiki/Banana" title="Banana">Bananaman</a>!</li> <li>Don Patton - a YEC with a <a href="/wiki/Diploma_mill" title="Diploma mill">phony Ph.D</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup></li> <li>sincitypreacher - YouTube user, a very poorly informed creationist</li> <li>Adauto Lourenço - a <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazilian</a> creationist</li> <li>Dr. Earl Tilford - <a href="/wiki/Pseudohistory" title="Pseudohistory">Historian</a> who boosts that the <a href="/wiki/Theory_of_evolution" title="Theory of evolution">theory of evolution</a> (survival of the fittest) led to the <a href="/wiki/Hitler_and_evolution" title="Hitler and evolution">Holocaust</a> (which is like saying the theory of <a href="/wiki/Gravity" title="Gravity">gravity</a> encourages people to drop babies off the Golden Gate Bridge).</li> <li><s>Tom</s> Mike Riddle</li> <li>Emptywithoutjesus - creationist YouTube user; scientifically-illiterate, very poorly informed, and rather <a href="/wiki/Closed_mind" class="mw-redirect" title="Closed mind">closed minded</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Strobel" title="Lee Strobel">Lee Strobel</a> - author, creationist and major <a href="/wiki/Intelligent_design" title="Intelligent design">intelligent design</a> advocate</li> <li>GoodScienceForYou - a YouTube creationist</li> <li>NephilimFree - a YEC, <a href="/wiki/Geocentrism" title="Geocentrism">geocentrist</a>, believes in <a href="/wiki/UFO" class="mw-redirect" title="UFO">UFOs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial" title="Extraterrestrial">aliens</a> (some of whom got frisky with <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">humans</a>, according to him) and just crazy.</li> <li>funtravel77 - a YouTube creationist who thinks Potholer54 is a <a href="/wiki/Sockpuppet" title="Sockpuppet">sock</a> of <a href="/wiki/Thunderf00t" title="Thunderf00t">Thunderf00t</a>, who thinks fossilized <a href="/wiki/Dinosaur" title="Dinosaur">dinosaur</a> bones are organic minerals.</li></ol> <p><b>Winner of the StoneCommander Defiance in <a href="/wiki/Ignorance" title="Ignorance">Ignorance</a> Memorial Prize</b> for the "dumbest smug question that is impossible to answer" goes to: QQOQQ, a British YouTube creationist who repeats the same question, particularly to <a href="/wiki/AronRa" title="AronRa">AronRa</a>, "<a href="/wiki/God_of_the_gaps" title="God of the gaps">How did we get everything from nothing</a>?" and continues to <a href="/wiki/PRATT" class="mw-redirect" title="PRATT">repeat the question even after receiving multiple valid answers</a>. (In later Golden Crocoduck ceremonies, Potholer54 actually renamed this award to "the QQOQQ," pronounced "<a href="/wiki/Cock" class="mw-redirect" title="Cock">Cock</a>.") </p><p><b>Winner of the 2009 Golden Crocoduck Award</b> goes to: Ray Comfort with a staggering 2,647 votes. Congratulations Banana-Man! </p><p>The following contenders that made it into the Top 5 are: </p> <ol><li>Eric Hovind - 549 votes</li> <li>Lee Strobel - 241 votes</li> <li>Adauto Lourenco - 116 votes</li> <li>GoodScienceForYou - 101 votes</li></ol> <h3><span id="3rd_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_(2009-10)"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="3rd_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282009-10.29">3rd Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2009-10)</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 3rd Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2009-10)">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p><b>Winner of the 2010 Golden Crocoduck Award</b> goes to: NephilimFree with 1,644 votes. Congratulations! The cheers from the crowd are so loud, the aliens <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://youtu.be/XcxKIJTb3Hg?t=1m57s">can't wait</a> to come to <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> and party with us and hopefully take Nephilim to one of their zoos. </p><p>The following were runners-up: </p> <ol><li>Billy Crone (a non-scientist <a href="/wiki/Pastor" class="mw-redirect" title="Pastor">pastor</a> who shouts ludicrous creationist arguments during sermons) - 633 votes</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Bullshit" title="Bullshit">Truth</a> Group (a YEC group) - 393 votes</li> <li>John Pendleton (a creationist who wears a white lab coat, believing it <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_authority" title="Argument from authority">somehow makes his creationist BS turn into truth</a>) - 72 votes</li> <li>Brock Lee (founder and President of the Young Earth Creation Organization) - 66 votes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Juby" title="Ian Juby">Ian Juby</a> (a favorite entertainer of YouTube user VenomFangX) - 55 votes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Sarfati" title="Jonathan Sarfati">Jonathan Sarfati</a> (a creationist who pretends to be a <a href="/wiki/Paleontology" title="Paleontology">paleontologist</a>) - 8 votes</li></ol> <h3><span id="Cancelled_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_(2010-11)"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Cancelled_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282010-11.29">Cancelled Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2010-11)</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cancelled Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2010-11)">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The 2011 GCA's were cancelled this year following the drama that erupted with Amenakin (see below). The reason for the cancellation was not because of the false <a href="/wiki/DMCA" class="mw-redirect" title="DMCA">DMCA</a> filed on behalf of Amenakin nor YouTube's back-and-forth stance on the safe harbour status, but (according to Hadfield himself) due to the conduct of YouTube commentors in the wake of the controversy, leading to "pornographic insults" and uncivil conduct. Potholer explained that he wanted these awards to be a means to make fun of creationist claims, not to further someone's cause. He briefly considered scrapping the GCA's altogether, but (thankfully) that did not happen. </p> <h3><span id="4th_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_(2011-12)"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="4th_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282011-12.29">4th Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2011-12)</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 4th Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2011-12)">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p><b>Winner of the 2012 Golden Crocoduck Award</b> goes to: Eric Hovind with 1,644 votes. Congratulations Eric, the award is in the mail, and that's as true as the uphill climb of the <a href="/wiki/Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> River. </p><p>The following runners-up are: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Juby" title="Ian Juby">Ian Juby</a> (Youtube username Wazooloo) - 1,209 votes</li> <li>Megasage007 - 512 votes</li> <li>WhatYouOughtToKnow - 320 votes</li> <li>Fernieboy100 - 179 votes</li> <li>EmptyWithoutJesus - 71 votes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PPSIMMONS" title="PPSIMMONS">ppsimmons</a> - 50 votes</li> <li>ZaidG - 28 votes</li> <li>MyGhettoGospel - 17 votes</li></ol> <p><b>Winner of the QQOQQ Defiance in Ignorance Prize</b> goes to: qwertyfshag, who posed the "Which came first: the chicken, or the egg?" question, believing it has no answer. But, of course, there is an answer (the egg).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span id="5th_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_(2012-13)"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="5th_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282012-13.29">5th Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2012-13)</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 5th Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2012-13)">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p><b>Winner of the 2013 Golden Crocoduck Award</b> goes to: Louis Giglio with 2,025 votes. Congratulations Louis, you are the last winner of the Golden Crocoduck. </p><p>The following runners-up are: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/VenomFangX" title="VenomFangX">VenomFangX</a> - 894 votes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Berlinski" title="David Berlinski">David Berlinski</a> - 892 votes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harun_Yahya" title="Harun Yahya">Harun Yahya</a> - 830 votes</li> <li>Frank289100 - 481 votes</li></ol> <p>Potholer54 announced that this would be the last year that he does the Golden Crocoduck Awards because his workload was going to be increased quite a bit in the upcoming future. </p> <h3><span id="6th_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_(2022-23)"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="6th_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282022-23.29">6th Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2022-23)</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 6th Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2022-23)">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Nominations for the 6th Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards opened on October 28th 2022 with an announcement from Hadfield on the Potholer54 YouTube channel that the awards would be returning the following year in a more limited form.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> The main difference was that rather than a public vote, as in previous years, the winner was to be chosen by Hadfield. </p><p><b>Winner of the 6th Annual Golden Crockaduck Award</b>: Matt Powell for the "sheer amount of brazen bullshit he has produced."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> </p><p>Nominees in full: </p> <ol><li>Kat Kerr - disqualified as being batshit crazy on its own does not confer eligibility.<sup id="cite_ref-2022nom1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022nom1-6">[6]</a></sup></li> <li>Kennedy Hall - host of the Kennedy Report for misrepresenting the Big Bang with the claim that star fusion was necessary to produce the first elements.<sup id="cite_ref-2022nom2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022nom2-7">[7]</a></sup></li> <li>Kyle - a youtuber who, in response to the nomination, deleted his video calling evolution "crazy" and issued a retraction claiming it was an "inside joke".<sup id="cite_ref-2022nom1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022nom1-6">[6]</a></sup></li> <li>Matt Powell - for misrepresenting the Big Bang with the claim that the singularity was full of particles which exploded.<sup id="cite_ref-2022nom2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022nom2-7">[7]</a></sup></li> <li>James Tour - for claiming organic material can't preserved in dinosaur bones as it only survives "a few days" in water.<sup id="cite_ref-2022nom3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022nom3-8">[8]</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Behe" title="Michael Behe">Michael Behe</a> - for using the long debunked mousetrap analogy for irreducible complexity.<sup id="cite_ref-2022nom3_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022nom3-8">[8]</a></sup></li></ol> <h3><span id="7th_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_(2023-24)"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="7th_Annual_Golden_Crockaduck_Awards_.282023-24.29">7th Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2023-24)</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 7th Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards (2023-24)">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Nominations for the 7th Annual Golden Crockaduck Awards opened on December 15th 2023 with an announcement from Hadfield on the Potholer54 YouTube channel.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> </p><p><b>Winner of the 7th Annual Golden Crockaduck Award:</b> iamLucid for his "prodigous outpouring of myths combined with his passionate and convincing delivery."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> </p><p>Nominees:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Tucker_Carlson" title="Tucker Carlson">Tucker Carlson</a> - nominated for <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfTU5LA_kw8">Joe Rogan Experience #2138 - Tucker Carlson</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cA17Ob7AkU">Tucker SLAPS Evolution | And He's Right</a>.</li> <li>Jeffrey Tompkins - nominated for <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHfvfgjTLDk">They Lied to Us? (Humans & Chimps: Part 1) | The Creation Podcast: Episode 40</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Answers_in_Genesis" title="Answers in Genesis">Answers in Genesis</a> Canada - nominated for <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3M4LsUeNNI">This One Thing Will Make You Believe in Noah’s Flood</a>.</li> <li>Lines of Evidence - nominated for <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHCk5rLdQ30">Origin of Language: The Truth Revealed and How it is Proof That God Exists</a>.</li> <li>iamLucid - nominated for <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYmR5eYVmqw">Evolution: School’s Biggest Lie</a></li> <li>Mudfossil University - nominated for <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGXc224IZus">We now Have Proof of Mudfossils which are Ancient Perfect HUMAN Like Fossil Preservation</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzFutmf1RNE">Dragon Carcass Academic Review Requested</a>.</li></ol> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Amenakin_and_DMCA">Amenakin and DMCA</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Amenakin and DMCA">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In September 2011, Potholer54 nominated vlogger Amenakin for the Golden Crocoduck Awards. Potholer54 made a video refuting the video Amenakin made that won her the nomination. Potholer54 chose Amenakin not only because she was a creationist, but also because she was one of the few <a href="/wiki/Female" class="mw-redirect" title="Female">female</a> creationist vloggers.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[note 1]</a></sup> Potholer54 was not being <a href="/wiki/Misogynist" class="mw-redirect" title="Misogynist">misogynistic</a>; rather he held that for many years the nominees had overwhelmingly been <a href="/wiki/Male" class="mw-redirect" title="Male">men</a> and he simply wanted to redress the balance. Amenakin is also a <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> cosmetic saleswoman with thousands of YouTube subscribers. </p><p>Shortly after Potholer54's rebuttal video was posted, it was falsely DMCAed by Amenakin. Her supporters (the vast majority were <a href="/wiki/Theist" class="mw-redirect" title="Theist">theists</a>) argued Potholer54 <a href="/wiki/Blasphemy" title="Blasphemy">attacked</a> her <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a>. However, Potholer54's video made no such attack on Islam; rather its main focus was on the theory of evolution. Amenakin's arguments against the theory of evolution came from a book by noted creationist and <a href="/wiki/Holocaust_denier" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust denier">Holocaust denier</a> <a href="/wiki/Harun_Yahya" title="Harun Yahya">Harun Yahya</a>. Potholer54 argued that if he had read a <a href="/wiki/Propaganda" title="Propaganda">propaganda</a> book claiming Islam was <a href="/wiki/Evil" class="mw-redirect" title="Evil">evil</a>, Amenakin and many Muslims would be frustrated that he took that road rather than actually read the <a href="/wiki/Qur%27an" title="Qur'an">Qur'an</a> — Potholer54 argued the former was exactly what Amenakin did: she read a propaganda book rather than reading an actual <a href="/wiki/Scientific_journal" title="Scientific journal">science journal</a> or text. </p><p>As a result of the DMCA, two of Potholer54's videos were taken down. The <a href="/wiki/Streisand_effect" title="Streisand effect">Streisand effect</a> immediately kicked in, and the <a href="/wiki/Atheist" class="mw-redirect" title="Atheist">atheist</a> community on YouTube vastly mirrored the videos to keep the material online. Potholer54 and Amenakin never came to an agreement, and YouTube initially rejected his counterclaim and said his videos were in violation of Amenakin's <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lawyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Lawyer">Lawyers</a> consulted by Potholer54 said this would mean YouTube was rejecting its 'safe harbor' status.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[note 2]</a></sup> </p><p>Potholer54 reported this decision to YouTube's legal department and other possibly interested parties, and, lo and behold, Amenakin's claim of copyright violation was deemed <a href="/wiki/Pwned" class="mw-redirect" title="Pwned">in error</a> and Potholer54's videos were restored, without penalty to his account. Potholer54 made sure to note that Amenakin and he never came to an agreement, other than on the gross prejudice and abuse some people were flinging around. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Climate_change">Climate change</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Climate change">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Potholer is a well-known defender of <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> facts and has made many well-researched and properly cited rebuttal videos explaining when and where <a href="/wiki/Denialist" class="mw-redirect" title="Denialist">denialists</a> are wrong.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[12]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[13]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[14]</a></sup> Potholer explains how <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenhouse gas">greenhouse gases</a> work, looks at alternative theories to climate change, and debunks the huge number of <a href="/wiki/Urban_myth" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban myth">urban myths</a> that are zipping round the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a>, not to mention how rapidly <a href="/wiki/Gore%27s_Law" title="Gore's Law">Gore's Law</a> is demonstrated, mainly by <a href="/wiki/Global_warming_denialism" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming denialism">climate change denialists</a>. In 2017, right-wing "comedian" <a href="/wiki/Steven_Crowder" title="Steven Crowder">Steven Crowder</a> argued with Hadfield over a Louder with Crowder episode titled "Top 5 'Climate Change' Myths". Crowder's arguments were baseless. Following this, Crowder challenged Hadfield to a debate. Hadfield refused because no topic or time of day was proposed and therefore a formal debate could not be prepared. Updates as to the debate discussions were brought up in subsequent Hadfield videos. Haldfield agreed to participate in a livestream debate scheduled for April 27, but Crowder failed to appear. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="COVID-19">COVID-19</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: COVID-19">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Hadfield released many videos about the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> in 2020 and 2021, beginning in March 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[15]</a></sup> Topics covered included the death rate,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[16]</a></sup> COVID-19 lockdowns,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[17]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hydroxychloroquine" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydroxychloroquine">hydroxychloroquine</a> as an unproven treatment,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[18]</a></sup> the World Health Organization,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[19]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction" class="mw-redirect" title="Polymerase chain reaction">polymerase chain reaction</a> (PCR) testing,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[20]</a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccine" title="COVID-19 vaccine">COVID-19 vaccine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[21]</a></sup> One topic he paid especial attention to was the COVID-19 "<a href="/wiki/Lab_leak_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Lab leak theory">lab leak theory</a>", which he posted several videos about.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[22]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[23]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[24]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Potholer54">Potholer54's channel on YouTube</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2010/mar/29/youtube-climate-change-scepticism">"How my YouTube channel is converting climate change sceptics"</a>, written by Hadfield and published in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">The fact that this was the first is rather telling for the male YouTube community. Come on, guys.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">YouTube must keep its own hands free of legal disputes over copyright and maintain a position of strict <a href="/wiki/Neutrality" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutrality">neutrality</a>. All copyright flags are automatically honored, which is what makes false-flagging an effective tactic (that is, flagging a YouTube video because you don't like it rather than because of anything actually wrong with the video, different from the similarly-named <a href="/wiki/False_flag_operation" title="False flag operation">false flag operation</a>). Counter-claims can be resolved just as quickly, and can involve YouTube putting the two parties in contact, to settle it in a court case if they wish to pursue it. This position of neutrality is what keeps YouTube free of copyright lawsuits, and became a key point when YouTube was sued by Viacom over the videos YouTubers posted. By making <i>any judgment</i> on copyright on its own, YouTube can potentially lose this immunity to lawsuits.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potholer54&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YMxpqYEjyo">Prepare for brilliance</a> (And <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/canadian-soldiers-to-start-search-for-missing-canadian-sunday-in-australia-1.1321946">here he is!</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/credentials.html">Some Questionable Creationist Credentials</a>, talk.origins</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-02/fyi-which-came-first-chicken-or-egg">FYI: Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg?</a>, <i>Popular Science</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTIwS9uIGE8">Announcement about the (coveted) Golden Crocoduck</a> (October 28, 2022) <i>Potholer54</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL9Il3t1TV0">2023 Golden Crocoduck award ceremony and WINNER!!</a> (October 28, 2023) <i>Potholer54</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2022nom1-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-2022nom1_6-0">6.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-2022nom1_6-1">6.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plSCUxgamys">How evolution can make an eye (Nominees for the 2023 Golden Crocoduck award)</a> (September 16, 2023) <i>Potholer54</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2022nom2-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-2022nom2_7-0">7.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-2022nom2_7-1">7.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAL_Hj_5Ivw">Creationists don't understand the Big Bang (More Golden Crocoduck nominees)</a> (October 1, 2023) <i>Potholer54</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2022nom3-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-2022nom3_8-0">8.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-2022nom3_8-1">8.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9bo9tyTmC8">Can dinosaur blood cells survive? More Golden Crocoduck nominees.</a> (October 7, 2023) <i>Potholer54</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iujixvMLMeM">Call for Golden Crocoduck nominees</a> (December 15, 2023) <i>Potholer54</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmNYqXEoDi8">Golden Crocoduck winner 2024</a> (October 13, 2024) <i>Potholer54</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDMv3KvhctA">Golden Crocoduck nominees 2024</a> (October 13, 2024) <i>Potholer54</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=V7erDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT320">"Engaging with Reality: Documentary and Globalization"</a>. <i>Intellect Books</i>. pp. 320.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geol.umd.edu/sgc/resources/climatevideos.html">"Science and Global Change Climate Change Video Library"</a>. <i>Science and Global Change Climate Change Program</i>. University of Maryland.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(November 28, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/climate-crocks-on-climategate/">"Climate crocks on 'Climategate'</a>. <i>Carbon Brief</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(March 31, 2020) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4yZaoA90Jk">"Coronavirus: Science vs. politics"</a>. Potholer54 on YouTube.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(October 31, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzh6HwN0gbw">"How many 'Covid' deaths are really caused by Covid-19?"</a>. Potholer54 on YouTube.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(December 19, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v341VNPgL50">"Fact checking claims about lockdown (and Sweden)"</a>. Potholer54 on YouTube.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(September 12, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vGj03pC2tY">"The rise and fall of Hydroxychloroquine"</a>. Potholer54 on YouTube.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(September 12, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf_7nZdIYoI">"World Health Organization: Bad guy or fall guy?"</a>. Potholer54 on YouTube.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(February 20, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H2YA0JvfRc">"Debunking internet myths about PCR testing"</a>. Potholer54 on YouTube.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(June 5, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeoMBc8G5A4">"Covid vaccine causes infertility -- FACT CHECK"</a>. Potholer54 on YouTube.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(May 16, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab-r0capbzk">"Did SARS-Cov-2 start in a Chinese lab?"</a>. Potholer54 on YouTube.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(July 4, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX1EqRuVeU0">"More 'man-made' SARS-CoV-2 lab-leak malarky"</a>. Potholer54 on YouTube.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(August 14, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjafLCvejQA">"Fact-checking Nicholas Wade's claims about a 'man-made' virus"</a>. 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