Is Adam Savage Still an Atheist?

What's Adam Savage's current outlook on the grand mysteries of life? Has he ever had the desire to create cosplay from a book, radio program or song? In this live stream excerpt Adam answers these questions from Tested members @NathanielSalzman and @spencerbarton1770, whom we thank for their support. Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks, like asking Adam a question during a live stream:

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[kylehill]

I also consciously left the "Skeptics" movement because of toxicity.

[theminingassassin]

I love how, as you get older, Adam, you don't become any less animated when you talk about things. That's always been something I like about you.

[wolfrat]

3:38 if you held me over a chasm and demanded I tell you what I believed in, I'd probably say gravity

[prithvib]

1:30 Small nitpick, agnosticism and atheism aren't mutually exclusive. Agnosticism is a knowledge claim, Atheism is a belief claim. Someone can be both an agnostic and an atheist at the same time. "I do not know, therefore I do not believe". An agnostic theist is also common: "I don't know if God exists, but I believe it does"

[pancakelegend]

I remember you saying that if you had to be sworn in for something, you'd choose a McMaster-Carr catalogue as the book to swear on. I enjoyed that.

[mattcalebpatton]

Humility, honesty, and vulnerability are rare these days. Thanks for sharing with us.

[GregTuckerKellogg]

Love this video, Adam. My grandfather, who was an atheist in the "dark corner" of South Carolina, lived into his 90s. One day he realised that his congestive heart failure was kicking in, so he drove from the farm to the hospital. He knew he was dying as he lay in the hospital bed, with my grandmother sitting at the bedside. A hospital clergyman stopped by and asked my grandfather if he would like him to pray with him. My grandfather replied, "well, if it would make you feel better, you go right ahead".

I miss him.

[spencerscurr]

"Magicians are telling you how to remember what they did" Adam really gets magic.

[monsterq]

I am a devout Christian and I would so much like to thank you for such a dignified and respectful response to this. You're a very smart individual and you have my unending respect! Thanks for sharing your perspective as I understand it's very personal and comes with a lot of challenge.

[echognomecal]

Adam is a font of knowledge with intriguing perspective & is enjoyably articulate.
He's also a delightful, nerdy goofball.

[chaoscope]

A Moebius inspired spacesuit would be such an amazing project. He was such a great, "out of this world" artist. Anything by him would be fun to reproduce: spaceships, cars, buildings, artifacts... Looking forward to a Jean Giraud themed project!

[jadinc]

Whenever someone asks if I'm atheist I'm always tempted to lie and say no just because I know that what they think an atheist is - is not how I feel

[Felttipfuzzywuzzyflyguy]

As a former member of a religion, I have found no greater wonder than discovering and experiencing the beautiful mystery of life when I was no longer told how to experience it. I was so afraid that not having a pre-constructed surety would be unbearable, but it wasn't until I was free of a, in my opinion, severely flawed framework was I able to truly find comfort and wonder. I embrace the questioning now and I feel that I'm so much better for it.

[backonlazer]

I sort of have the opposite experience. I used to call myself agnostic but way too often it would lead to theists thinking that means I am a believer in denial and that it makes me willing to convert. So instead I call myself an atheist to make my skepticism perfectly clear. I don't care what others' beliefs are as long as it doesn't harm people and they aren't aggressively trying to convert others. I do agree that some people are asses about their non-belief and I firmly think mutual respect and the concept of "please leave me be" should go both ways.

[bikerbobcat]

I worked 20yrs backstage in theatre and "audience as colony lifeform" is a fascinating and beautiful way to put that moment, and it's absolutely true.

[MrSonicAlchemy]

Absolutely love this! Adam, you are such an open hearted, open minded soul. Your intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm seem boundless. What a gift you are to all of us!

[maasman]

What an odd thought, to realize I have been watching your content since the early days, for nearly 20 of my 30 years. Thanks for existing man, I'm a current working Industrial Engineer. I was very much inspired by mythbusters and have been a fan since.

[carpediem]

I couldn't help but chuckle on how quickly you pivoted from metaphysics to shop talk. 😂 Love it

[FormerlyKnownAsAndrew]

That's so cool to know that Adam and Ram Dass crossed paths.

[CyberVikingGaming]

The comparison of the consciousness of a crowd, and the consciousness of a collection of cells gave me chills. fantastic insight.