CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"/> <title>Professor Dave - RationalWiki</title> <script>document.documentElement.className="client-js";RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":!1,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy","wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"Z0-1iks-Ew29fGk57fRIKwAAAQQ","wgCSPNonce":!1,"wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":!1,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Professor_Dave","wgTitle":"Professor Dave","wgCurRevisionId":2697435,"wgRevisionId":2697435,"wgArticleId":210356,"wgIsArticle":!0,"wgIsRedirect":!1,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Pages using DynamicPageList parser function","Articles with unsourced statements","YouTube","Skepticism","Atheists"],"wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Professor_Dave","wgRelevantArticleId":210356,"wgIsProbablyEditable":!0,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable": !0,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgMediaViewerOnClick":!0,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":!0};RLSTATE={"site.styles":"ready","noscript":"ready","user.styles":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles.legacy":"ready","mediawiki.toc.styles":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","site","mediawiki.page.startup","mediawiki.page.ready","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.legacy.js","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","mmv.head","mmv.bootstrap.autostart"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.implement("user.options@1hzgi",function($,jQuery,require,module){/*@nomin*/mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); });});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cmediawiki.toc.styles%7Cskins.vector.styles.legacy&only=styles&skin=vector"/> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""/> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector"/> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.35.6"/> <meta name="description" content="David James "Dave" Farina, more well known as Professor Dave, is an American Italian science educator, YouTuber and former lecturer.&#91;1&#93;&#91;2&#93;&#91;3&#93;&#91;4&#93; He received his Bachelors Degree in Chemistry from Carleton College in 2005. After this, he taught biology, physics in various settings and lectured chemistry (specializing in organic chemistry) at an accredited university.&#91;5&#93;&#91;6&#93;&#91;7&#93;&#91;8&#93; In 2011, he began to pursue his Masters studies in synthetic organic chemistry at Cal State Northridge, and completed most of his course on synthetic organic chemistry and finished on Science Education to get the degree."/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit" href="/w/index.php?title=Professor_Dave&action=edit"/> <link rel="edit" title="Edit" href="/w/index.php?title=Professor_Dave&action=edit"/> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico"/> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/opensearch_desc.php" title="RationalWiki (en)"/> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"/> <link rel="license" href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Copyrights"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="RationalWiki Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"/> <meta property="og:type" content="article"/> <meta property="og:site_name" content="RationalWiki"/> <meta property="og:title" content="Professor Dave"/> <meta property="og:description" content="David James "Dave" Farina, more well known as Professor Dave, is an American Italian science educator, YouTuber and former lecturer.&#91;1&#93;&#91;2&#93;&#91;3&#93;&#91;4&#93; He received his Bachelors Degree in Chemistry from Carleton College in 2005. After this, he taught biology, physics in various settings and lectured chemistry (specializing in organic chemistry) at an accredited university.&#91;5&#93;&#91;6&#93;&#91;7&#93;&#91;8&#93; In 2011, he began to pursue his Masters studies in synthetic organic chemistry at Cal State Northridge, and completed most of his course on synthetic organic chemistry and finished on Science Education to get the degree."/> <meta property="og:url" content="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Professor_Dave"/>  </head> <body class="mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Professor_Dave rootpage-Professor_Dave skin-vector action-view minerva--history-page-action-enabled skin-vector-legacy"> <div id="mw-page-base" class="noprint"></div> <div id="mw-head-base" class="noprint"></div> <div id="content" class="mw-body" role="main"> <a id="top"></a> <div id="siteNotice" class="mw-body-content"><div id="localNotice" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="messagebox mb-brainwatermark-light mb-info" style=""> <tbody><tr> <td class="mb-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Information_icon.svg" class="image"><img alt="Information icon.svg" src="/w/images/thumb/3/35/Information_icon.svg/50px-Information_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" srcset="/w/images/thumb/3/35/Information_icon.svg/75px-Information_icon.svg.png 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/3/35/Information_icon.svg/100px-Information_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></a> </td> <td class="mb-text"><b><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Moderator_elections/Election_booth" title="RationalWiki:Moderator elections/Election booth">Voting</a></b> in the <b><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Moderator_elections" title="RationalWiki:Moderator elections">2024 RationalWiki Moderator Election</a></b> is now open </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-indicators mw-body-content"> </div> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en">Professor Dave</h1> <div id="bodyContent" class="mw-body-content"> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From RationalWiki</div> <div id="contentSub"></div> <div id="contentSub2"></div> <div id="jump-to-nav"></div> <a class="mw-jump-link" href="#mw-head">Jump to navigation</a> <a class="mw-jump-link" href="#searchInput">Jump to search</a> <div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div class="mw-parser-output"><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:167px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Professor_dave.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/0/00/Professor_dave.jpg/165px-Professor_dave.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="171" class="thumbimage" srcset="/w/images/thumb/0/00/Professor_dave.jpg/248px-Professor_dave.jpg 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/0/00/Professor_dave.jpg/330px-Professor_dave.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1351" data-file-height="1399" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Professor_dave.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Dave Farina, in the flesh.</div></div></div> <table class="infobox" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 0.5em 0.5em; text-align:left; border: 1px solid #fa0000; width:175px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center; color:White; background-color:#fa0000"><b>Like and subscribe</b><br /><a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube"><font size="6" color="White"><b>YouTube</b></font></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#ffe6e6;" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Category:YouTube" title="Category:YouTube"><img alt="Icon YT bullshit.png" src="/w/images/thumb/0/04/Icon_YT_bullshit.png/100px-Icon_YT_bullshit.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" srcset="/w/images/thumb/0/04/Icon_YT_bullshit.png/150px-Icon_YT_bullshit.png 1.5x, /w/images/0/04/Icon_YT_bullshit.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:White; background-color:#fa0000; text-align:center;"><b>Up next</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffe6e6;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dprjones" title="Dprjones">Dprjones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Why_I_Hate_Religion,_But_Love_Jesus" title="Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus">Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VenomFangX" title="VenomFangX">VenomFangX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Towler" title="Laura Towler">Laura Towler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anita_Sarkeesian" title="Anita Sarkeesian">Anita Sarkeesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Young_(espa%C3%B1ol)" title="Philip Young (español)">Philip Young (español)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elsagate" title="Elsagate">Elsagate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism" title="Mormonism">Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaia_Inc." title="Gaia Inc.">Gaia Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruben_Sim" title="Ruben Sim">Ruben Sim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaush" title="Vaush">Vaush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Sweden" title="Peter Sweden">Peter Sweden</a></li></ul> <div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Youtubenav" title="Template:Youtubenav">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Youtubenav" title="Template talk:Youtubenav">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Youtubenav&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span> I just want to raise the bar of scientific literacy in the world! Because I'm rooting for humanity, as it were.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—David Farina, on his <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.patreon.com/professordaveexplains">Patreon</a></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David James "Dave" Farina,</b> more well known as <b>Professor Dave,</b> is an American Italian <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">science</a> educator, <a href="/wiki/Youtube" class="mw-redirect" title="Youtube">YouTuber</a> and former lecturer.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> He received his Bachelors Degree in <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">Chemistry</a> from Carleton College in 2005. After this, he taught <a href="/wiki/Biology" title="Biology">biology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">physics</a> in various settings and lectured <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">chemistry</a> (specializing in organic chemistry) at an accredited university.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> In 2011, he began to pursue his Masters studies in synthetic organic chemistry at Cal State Northridge, and completed most of his course on synthetic organic chemistry and finished on Science Education to get the degree. </p><p>In January of 2015, he started "Professor Dave Explains", aiming to create educational videos for all subjects with a focus on making them succinct and with animation that aids in comprehension. He later received his MA in science education from Cal State after pursuing it in 2018, as the education would allow him to make higher quality educational <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> videos.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> </p><p>"Professor Dave Explains" has over 354 million views and as of January 2024 has 3.4 million subscribers.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> He has videos ranging from <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">economics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">psychology</a>, and much more. He also has teamed up with Emile in order to create an AP Chemistry course.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> On 30th April 2021, he self-published a book called <i>Is This Wifi Organic?</i><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> </p><p><br /> </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="#Views"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Views</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Religious"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Religious</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Politics"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Politics</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Debunks"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Debunks</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Views">Views</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professor_Dave&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Views">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Religious">Religious</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professor_Dave&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Religious">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>So your God is a beta, wouldn't you agree?</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Farina, talking with Jesse Lee Peterson<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Farina is an <a href="/wiki/Atheist" class="mw-redirect" title="Atheist">atheist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> He has expressed a dislike for <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> when <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Lee_Peterson" title="Jesse Lee Peterson">Jesse Lee Peterson</a> tried to spew his misogynistic rhetoric and in a debate with <a href="/wiki/Kent_Hovind" title="Kent Hovind">Kent Hovind</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup> when Kent tried to cite the Bible as evidence against <a href="/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution">evolution</a>. He also supports for <a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state" title="Separation of church and state">separation of church and state</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup>. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Politics">Politics</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professor_Dave&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Politics">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Farina believes that <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racism</a> is a significant issue in America. He believes that black people are disproportionately killed by police officers based on the data he has seen. He maintains that there are many subtle ways in which <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">America's</a> issues relate to <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racism</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup>. He also believes in a massive redistribution of wealth in order to financially assist those who are under the poverty line.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> He has described <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> as a "disgusting, narcissistic, ignorant, extremely unintelligent buffoon that has turned America into the laughing stock of the world" and has criticized him for his handling of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, such as telling people to inject bleach within themselves as a cure.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup> He supported <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2016_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 presidential election">2016 presidential election</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup>. His political views are not expansive, as he doesn't follow politics — preferring to spend his time on his main interest, that being <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">science</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup> He has also criticized Israel for its genocide against the Palestinian people.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Debunks">Debunks</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professor_Dave&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Debunks">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span> Perpetrators of hoaxes in all other realms, prepare yourself. I'm coming.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—David Farina, after making his last Flat Earth video<sup>[<a href="/wiki/Help:References" title="Help:References"><i>citation needed</i></a>]</sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Farina has tackled lots of <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">pseudoscience</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Flat_Earth" title="Flat Earth">Flat Earth</a>, <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> conspiracy theories, the <a href="/wiki/Electric_Universe" title="Electric Universe">Electric Universe</a> and Electric Sun, James Tour's criticisms of <a href="/wiki/Abiogenesis" title="Abiogenesis">abiogenesis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Davidson" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Davidson">Ben Davidson</a> and his "pseudoscientific <a href="/wiki/Cult" title="Cult">doomsday cult</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup> Suspicious0bservers, <a href="/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism" title="Young Earth creationism">Young Earth creationism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pierre-Marie_Robitaille" title="Pierre-Marie Robitaille">Pierre-Marie Robitaille</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup> Robitaille has responded to Dave's criticisms with his own video. (<a href="/wiki/Ultracrepidarianism" title="Ultracrepidarianism"><i>Knowledge of MRI Scans totally allows you to talk on astrophysics.</i></a>) <sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup> Farina has also been exposing <a href="/wiki/Intelligent_design" title="Intelligent design">intelligent design</a> proponents from the <a href="/wiki/Discovery_Institute" title="Discovery Institute">Discovery Institute</a> in a series that, so far, stretches to nine episodes,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Walsh" title="Matt Walsh">Matt Walsh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Langan" title="Christopher Langan">Christopher Langan</a>, and others. Most recently, he has been debunking guests on the <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rogan" title="Joe Rogan">Joe Rogan</a> Experience, particularly Terrance Howard and Billy Carson.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup> The former holds some insane ideas about the periodic table, mathematics, and inanimate objects and particles performing <a href="/wiki/Sex" title="Sex">sexual reproduction</a>, the latter is a grifter who also promotes <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Aliens" title="Ancient Aliens">Ancient Aliens</a>-style <a href="/wiki/Pseudohistory" title="Pseudohistory">pseudohistory</a>. </p> <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=Professor_Dave&action=edit&section=5" 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 free" href="https://www.carleton.edu/news/stories/professor-dave-farina-05-explains-how-he-attracted-345k-youtube-subscribers/">https://www.carleton.edu/news/stories/professor-dave-farina-05-explains-how-he-attracted-345k-youtube-subscribers/</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 free" href="https://www.edweek.org/technology/professor-dave-explains-how-he-attracted-345-000-youtube-subscribers/2019/03">https://www.edweek.org/technology/professor-dave-explains-how-he-attracted-345-000-youtube-subscribers/2019/03</a></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 free" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkA4OImGuBk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkA4OImGuBk</a></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 free" href="https://www.tubefilter.com/2022/07/28/youtube-millionaires-professor-dave/">https://www.tubefilter.com/2022/07/28/youtube-millionaires-professor-dave/</a></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 free" href="https://www.carleton.edu/news/stories/professor-dave-farina-05-explains-how-he-attracted-345k-youtube-subscribers/">https://www.carleton.edu/news/stories/professor-dave-farina-05-explains-how-he-attracted-345k-youtube-subscribers/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.edweek.org/technology/professor-dave-explains-how-he-attracted-345-000-youtube-subscribers/2019/03">https://www.edweek.org/technology/professor-dave-explains-how-he-attracted-345-000-youtube-subscribers/2019/03</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkA4OImGuBk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkA4OImGuBk</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.tubefilter.com/2022/07/28/youtube-millionaires-professor-dave/">https://www.tubefilter.com/2022/07/28/youtube-millionaires-professor-dave/</a></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 free" href="https://sites.google.com/site/davefarinamasters/">https://sites.google.com/site/davefarinamasters/</a></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 free" href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ProfessorDaveExplains/about">https://www.youtube.com/c/ProfessorDaveExplains/about</a></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 free" href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ProfessorDaveExplains/about">https://www.youtube.com/c/ProfessorDaveExplains/about</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://youtu.be/gPGvzj3bJW0">https://youtu.be/gPGvzj3bJW0</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Is This Wi-Fi Organic?: A Guide to Spotting Misleading Science Online</i> by Dave Farina (2021) Mango. ISBN 1642504157.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://youtu.be/dVG1dNygOgA?list=PLybg94GvOJ9GEuq4mp9ruJpj-rjKQ_a6E">46:56</a></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 free" href="https://youtu.be/dVG1dNygOgA?list=PLybg94GvOJ9GEuq4mp9ruJpj-rjKQ_a6E&t=1647">https://youtu.be/dVG1dNygOgA?list=PLybg94GvOJ9GEuq4mp9ruJpj-rjKQ_a6E&t=1647</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://youtu.be/lbB7AhwaZy8?list=PLybg94GvOJ9GEuq4mp9ruJpj-rjKQ_a6E">10:57</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://youtu.be/dVG1dNygOgA?list=PLybg94GvOJ9GEuq4mp9ruJpj-rjKQ_a6E">35:46</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://youtu.be/dVG1dNygOgA?list=PLybg94GvOJ9GEuq4mp9ruJpj-rjKQ_a6E">13:10</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://youtu.be/dVG1dNygOgA?list=PLybg94GvOJ9GEuq4mp9ruJpj-rjKQ_a6E&t=1335">22:15</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://youtu.be/dVG1dNygOgA?list=PLybg94GvOJ9GEuq4mp9ruJpj-rjKQ_a6E">57:42</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://youtu.be/dVG1dNygOgA?list=PLybg94GvOJ9GEuq4mp9ruJpj-rjKQ_a6E">1:06:29</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://youtu.be/dVG1dNygOgA?list=PLybg94GvOJ9GEuq4mp9ruJpj-rjKQ_a6E">13:10</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/daveexplains/status/1712831567264162196?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet">https://twitter.com/daveexplains/status/1712831567264162196?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/daveexplains/status/1711052183444369760?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet">https://twitter.com/daveexplains/status/1711052183444369760?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fTLZTEE7mU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fTLZTEE7mU</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLybg94GvOJ9GEuq4mp9ruJpj-rjKQ_a6E">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLybg94GvOJ9GEuq4mp9ruJpj-rjKQ_a6E</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-27">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRrTvP95kf4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRrTvP95kf4</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-28">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLybg94GvOJ9HD-GlBnTYutk8D1e71y__q">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLybg94GvOJ9HD-GlBnTYutk8D1e71y__q</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-29">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://youtu.be/kfjWxXIPTq8?t=33">0:00:33</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div>    </div></div><div class="printfooter">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Professor_Dave&oldid=2697435">https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Professor_Dave&oldid=2697435</a>"</div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:YouTube" title="Category:YouTube">YouTube</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Skepticism" title="Category:Skepticism">Skepticism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Atheists" title="Category:Atheists">Atheists</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_DynamicPageList_parser_function" title="Category:Pages using DynamicPageList parser function">Pages using DynamicPageList parser function</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements">Articles with unsourced statements</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </div> <div id="mw-navigation"> <h2>Navigation menu</h2> <div id="mw-head">  <nav id="p-personal" class="vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-personal-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-personal-label"> <span>Personal tools</span> </h3>  <div class="body vector-menu-content">  <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="pt-anonuserpage">Not logged in</li><li id="pt-anontalk"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n">Talk</a></li><li id="pt-anoncontribs"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y">Contributions</a></li><li id="pt-createaccount"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Professor+Dave" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory">Create account</a></li><li id="pt-login"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Professor+Dave" title="You are encouraged to log in; however, it is not mandatory [o]" accesskey="o">Log in</a></li></ul> </div> </nav> <div id="left-navigation">  <nav id="p-namespaces" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs vectorTabs" aria-labelledby="p-namespaces-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-namespaces-label"> <span>Namespaces</span> </h3>  <div class="body vector-menu-content">  <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected"><a href="/wiki/Professor_Dave" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c">Page</a></li><li id="ca-talk"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Professor_Dave" rel="discussion" title="Discussion about the content page [t]" accesskey="t">Talk</a></li></ul> </div> </nav>  <nav id="p-variants" class="vector-menu-empty emptyPortlet vector-menu vector-menu-dropdown vectorMenu" aria-labelledby="p-variants-label" role="navigation" > <input type="checkbox" class="vector-menu-checkbox vectorMenuCheckbox" aria-labelledby="p-variants-label" /> <h3 id="p-variants-label"> <span>Variants</span> </h3>  <div class="body vector-menu-content">  <ul class="menu vector-menu-content-list"></ul> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation">  <nav id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs vectorTabs" aria-labelledby="p-views-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-views-label"> <span>Views</span> </h3>  <div class="body vector-menu-content">  <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="ca-view" class="collapsible selected"><a href="/wiki/Professor_Dave">Read</a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="collapsible"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professor_Dave&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e">Edit</a></li><li id="ca-history" class="collapsible"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professor_Dave&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h">Fossil record</a></li></ul> </div> </nav>  <nav id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu-empty emptyPortlet vector-menu vector-menu-dropdown vectorMenu" aria-labelledby="p-cactions-label" role="navigation" > <input type="checkbox" class="vector-menu-checkbox vectorMenuCheckbox" aria-labelledby="p-cactions-label" /> <h3 id="p-cactions-label"> <span>More</span> </h3>  <div class="body vector-menu-content">  <ul class="menu vector-menu-content-list"></ul> </div> </nav> <div id="p-search" role="search"> <h3 > <label for="searchInput">Search</label> </h3> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform"> <div id="simpleSearch"> <input type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search RationalWiki" title="Search RationalWiki [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput"/> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> <input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search" title="Search the pages for this text" id="mw-searchButton" class="searchButton mw-fallbackSearchButton"/> <input type="submit" name="go" value="Go" title="Go to a page with this exact name if it exists" id="searchButton" class="searchButton"/> </div> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div id="mw-panel"> <div id="p-logo" role="banner"> <a title="Visit the main page" class="mw-wiki-logo" href="/wiki/Main_Page"></a> </div>  <nav id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu vector-menu-portal portal portal-first" aria-labelledby="p-navigation-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-navigation-label"> <span>Navigation</span> </h3>  <div class="body vector-menu-content">  <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="n-mainpage-description"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z">Main page</a></li><li id="n-recentchanges"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes in the wiki [r]" accesskey="r">Recent changes</a></li><li id="n-randompage"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Load a random mainspace article [x]" accesskey="x">Random page</a></li><li id="n-New-pages"><a href="/wiki/Special:NewPages">New pages</a></li><li id="n-All-logs"><a href="/wiki/Special:Log">All logs</a></li><li id="n-help"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="RTFM">Help</a></li></ul> </div> </nav>  <nav id="p-support" class="vector-menu vector-menu-portal portal" aria-labelledby="p-support-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-support-label"> <span>Support</span> </h3>  <div class="body vector-menu-content">  <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="n-Donate"><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Site_support">Donate</a></li></ul> </div> </nav>  <nav id="p-community" class="vector-menu vector-menu-portal portal" aria-labelledby="p-community-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-community-label"> <span>Community</span> </h3>  <div class="body vector-menu-content">  <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="n-Saloon-bar"><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Saloon_bar">Saloon bar</a></li><li id="n-To-do-list"><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:To_do_list">To do list</a></li><li id="n-What-is-going-on.3F"><a href="/wiki/WIGO">What is going on?</a></li><li id="n-Best-of-RationalWiki"><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Contents">Best of RationalWiki</a></li><li id="n-About-RationalWiki"><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki">About RationalWiki</a></li><li id="n-Technical-support"><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Technical_support">Technical support</a></li><li id="n-Mod-noticeboard"><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki_talk:All_things_in_moderation">Mod noticeboard</a></li><li id="n-RMF-noticeboard"><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki_talk:RationalMedia_Foundation">RMF noticeboard</a></li></ul> </div> </nav>  <nav id="p-Social media" class="vector-menu vector-menu-portal portal" aria-labelledby="p-Social media-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-Social media-label"> <span>Social media</span> </h3>  <div class="body vector-menu-content">  <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="n-Twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/RationalWiki" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></li><li id="n-Facebook"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rationalwiki/226614404019306" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></li><li id="n-Discord"><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Discord">Discord</a></li><li id="n-Reddit"><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Reddit">Reddit</a></li></ul> </div> </nav>  <nav id="p-tb" class="vector-menu vector-menu-portal portal" aria-labelledby="p-tb-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-tb-label"> <span>Tools</span> </h3>  <div class="body vector-menu-content">  <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="t-whatlinkshere"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Professor_Dave" title="A list of all wiki pages that link here [j]" accesskey="j">What links here</a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Professor_Dave" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k">Related changes</a></li><li id="t-specialpages"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q">Special pages</a></li><li id="t-print"><a href="javascript:print();" rel="alternate" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p">Printable version</a></li><li id="t-permalink"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professor_Dave&oldid=2697435" title="Permanent link to this revision of the page">Permanent link</a></li><li id="t-info"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Professor_Dave&action=info" title="More information about this page">Page information</a></li></ul> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" role="contentinfo" > <ul id="footer-info" > <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 28 November 2024, at 23:37.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Unless explicitly noted otherwise, all content licensed as indicated by <a name="Copyright" href="//rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Copyrights">RationalWiki:Copyrights</a>. <br> For concerns on copyright infringement please see: <a name="Copyright infringement" href="//rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Copyright_violations">RationalWiki:Copyright violations</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places" > <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Privacy_policy" title="RationalWiki:Privacy policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:About" class="mw-redirect" title="RationalWiki:About">About RationalWiki</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimer"><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:General_disclaimer" title="RationalWiki:General disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"><img src="/w/88x31.png" alt="CC-BY-SA 3.0, or any later version" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"/></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki_88x31.png" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" srcset="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki_132x47.png 1.5x, /w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki_176x62.png 2x" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"/></a></li> </ul> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </footer> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.056","walltime":"0.073","ppvisitednodes":{"value":640,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":7923,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":1765,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":8,"limit":40},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":0,"limit":100},"unstrip-depth":{"value":0,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":11437,"limit":5000000},"timingprofile":["100.00% 48.605 1 -total"," 46.82% 22.759 1 Template:Youtubenav"," 41.25% 20.050 1 Template:Navsidebar"," 33.06% 16.071 1 Template:Randomarticles"," 18.04% 8.770 1 Template:Reflist"," 14.39% 6.992 3 Template:Cquote"," 8.73% 4.243 1 Template:Cn"," 3.59% 1.747 1 Template:Vte"," 2.95% 1.434 1 Template:Extension_DPL"]},"cachereport":{"origin":"apache5","timestamp":"20241203093704","ttl":86400,"transientcontent":false}}});mw.config.set({"wgBackendResponseTime":58,"wgHostname":"apache5"});});</script></body></html>