James Tour Goes to Harvard (And Humiliates Himself)

Hey, remember James Tour's pathetic "60 day challenge" where he just repeated the same dumb things I debunked in our debate, pretending that origin of life researchers would acknowledge him and teach him chemistry? That finally elapsed, and Lee Cronin was the only one who responded to tell him how ridiculous he is. That prompted James and the DI to convince Lee to come to Harvard for a "round table discussion", and it was absolutely hilarious. It's just several scientists and philosophers dumping all over James for several hours, and watching him squirm. Let me take you through the highlights.

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[probablyinconsistent]

It feels like james wasn't invited to harvard to be a legitimate speaker but more like a clown for very intelligent people to watch while they have dinner.

[anniealexander]

The weird kid finally gets invited to the cool party and he takes a dump in the pool.

[DarkOmegaMK]

Watching Lee talk to James is like watching an owner scold his dog for misbehaving.

[jonathon]

Cool to hear how civil, intelligent and humble real scientists talk

[kraztar]

dude if i started unironically reading basic dictionary definitions to a high level dinner party of doctorates and scientific academics I'd end myself

[leroyjenkins]

Imagine being brought out to Harvard to be roasted by someone you constantly misquote. Absolutely diabolical. I love it

[KarldorisLambley]

"the Babylonians didn't know molecules exist James!" lol. what a line.

[mattlodder]

Did this guy start a lecture at HARVARD by citing the Merriam-Webster dictionary like a poor undergraduate student?

[snooplenny]

Give it a year and he’ll be using this as “credentials” for why he’s qualified to talk about origin of life

[paprikaspicey]

As someone in academia, it’s so easy to see that even the way they talk normally to him is no different from how they’d talk to an infant. It’s so nice to see

[dr_ned_flanders]

That was brutal. Not only was Tour humiliated at every stage by scientists at the top of their game but he humiliated himself when he said that he loves Jesus as an answer. It couldn't have been worse for him even if he were to shit his pants at the dinner table.

[Kura-Kekoa]

Astronomer here; found your channel through a boneheaded flat earther misquoting you.

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[lucienmoolman]

Put James in a room full of uneducated people and you get misinformed people.

Put James in a room full of educated people and you basically get a circus of people dunking on a clown

[aditya_a]

Learning chemistry & biology out of curiosity ❌

Learning chem and bio to better laugh at James Tour and how Dave roasts him ✅

[forthehomies]

James was given the opportunity to sit amongst some of the smartest and most distinguished people in the world and he shields himself behind his pride. Wasteful.

[FlakeSE]

So kind of them to invite a lunatic to their dinner, reminds me of that film dinner for schmucks. Did Harvard have a theologian speak to show him how discourse is conducted?

[TabbyVee]

"Im not talking about a God of the Gaps, I just think we are utterly clueless on abiogenesis and thats exactly where my God comes in."
You couldn't write a character this stupid if you tried.

[Martymer]

"James Tour Goes to Harvard..."
Me: LOLWTF!?
"... (And Humiliates Himself)"
Me: Oh, now it makes sense.

[JustNilt]

Growing up in a household where I was forced to attend fundamentalist Christian churches, I heard them routinely state that the whole "We'll know someday" is intentionally deceptive as a statement to those who look to science for answer. When they say that, they mean "We'll all know when our god destroys the world and we all enter the afterlife and get a whole new planet all to ourselves". That's literally what they mean when they say these words. It is disingenuous of them to imply it means anything else. Tour is just another lying liar who lies, IMO, so it wasn't much of a surprise to hear the same old lie from him.

[jboy]

You say at one point, "James should become a politician", I think he already has become one, at least in the 'looks like a duck, sounds like a duck' manner.