Debunker Showdown

Debunker Showdown is a video published on November 18th, 2013 in YouTubeDuchnycz, Jordan. SS Mailbag 2 ~ Debunker Showdown. YouTube, Spirit Science, 18 Nov. 2013, archived from WayBack Machine on 06 Oct. 2014, <https://web.archive.org/web/20141006174625if_/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dOYJBMM3XI> and 2 days later in NewgroundsDuchnycz, Jordan. Debunker Showdown. Newgrounds, RiverJordan, 20 Nov. 2013, <https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/628863> in response to comments about debunking myths and fraud accusations. This is not an episode of Spirit Science nor in any Spirit Series— it's just a response video that talks about debunkers on the Internet. Martymer81 is the most prominent debunker in the video, but also features other YouTubers such as "SeriousUnrelated" and "AZTrueFlow". It is later made private for unknown reasons except the possibility of covering up its past, but it's still available on Newgrounds.
==Video Summary==
The video starts with the information of A Brand New Series!, such as the subscriber counter of precisely 224,232 subscribers, the view count of 46,365 views, and the rating count of 1,168 likes and 29 dislikes. Patchman talks about receiving many comments on the series and he found that some comments seems weird or negative by metaphorically describing it as a "wave the splashed [Patchman and his friends]" and went fishing for comments only to find meatloaf instead of fresh fish, fruits, or vegetables.
Patchman explains the situation further by starting with a particular comment (author's username unknown) about a user named Martymer81 that keeps debunking every point in the videos and "logically destroying Spirit Science". As both New Age and science are in a debate, the user wonders who will win the debate.
Patchman explains this:
"I'm sure that this has happened to you before. As a new vibration is introduced into your reality, you tend to paint a picture of what it looks like or what it feels like in your head. To me, what it felt like was that all of a sudden, I was in a Coliseum with this other guy prepared to take Spirit Science and me along with it to its grave."
From this, Patchman gives an experience of someone seeing something or interpreting something after a new experience goes through a person. After that, Patchman interprets the scenario as a death battlefield in a Coliseum. As the comment talked specifically about Martymer81, the video focused on him the most. Patchman gives an clip from the first 36 seconds of Martymer81's video Spirit "Science"!? (WDPLaSS 1), where during his career of debunking pseudoscience, a friend named "ZuluFightRunner" introduced the channel to him.Martymer81. Spirit "Science"!? (WDPLaSS 1). YouTube, Martymer81, 12 May 2013, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dVOrJ-c7_s> The video moves off focus from Martymer81 and cuts to Patchman.
Patchman thinks that what Martymer81 and all other skeptics are doing is just an attempt to destroy Spirit Science just because of its presence. He also knows that he could try to do the same as a form of revenge, but he shuns from it and calls it a "bloodbath" after briefly thinking about it. He keeps saying "I know why you're doing this" like he's acknowledging that they're angry and they just need to calm down.
Patchman sees that Martymer81 asks in-depth questions about Spirit Science and its content, so Patchman wanted to be able to talk to him, but couldn't because Patchman thinks agreeing in more than one way scares Martymer81 and he's condescending, metaphorically describing the way Martymer81's questions are asked as being "smothered in condescending juices, baked in an oven of vitriol, and delivered on a plate with a sideover of jealous potatoes." He has especially disgusted over the title of Martymer81's series Why Do People Laugh at Spirit "Science"?, feeling that no response can ever be given to Martymer81's questions.
==Video Description==
The mailbag opens up only for me to find..... some weird stuff floating around these days. Meatloaf? I'm not sure i get it...
On the youtube comments, i saw a bunch of responses that were like: "Jordan you didn't need to make this video! Don't feed the trolls!! Arghh!"
I understand that feeling, and i want to make something clear :) My intention for this video is to express and share with you a means and method of communication with people who you are not finding a connection with.
This video is an example of how to do it, because lets face it - there are some people that you might have a hard time resonating with... but that doesn't mean you cannot make a connection with them. You simply have to speak the right language.
if you speak the language of the heart, it makes it impossible not to be able to make a connection, but please understand, that it takes two to tango. Both of you have to be willing to move, both of you will have to be willing to change and grow together.
That's all :) I hope it helps!
Comment Response Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ec3aDFI-r0
==Video Transcript==
Main article: Transcript | Debunker Showdown
==TriviaMartymer81. Jordan Has Responded (WDPLaSS 12). YouTube, Martymer81, 28 Dec. 2013, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1s00ogoPvE>Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Reductionism". Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Feb. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/topic/reductionism. Accessed 13 August 2021.CoolHardLogic. Spirit "Science" Tests Spirit "Science". YouTube, CoolHardLogic, 20 Jan. 2014, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8b3XuPq0nY>CoolHardLogic. Spirit "Science" Tests More Spirit "Science". YouTube, CoolHardLogic, 02 Jan. 2015, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjYwDlOx2Cw>CoolHardLogic. Spirit "Science" and the Galaxy of Lies. YouTube, CoolHardLogic, 24 Apr. 2015, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B1qgJaenFk>==
*Given the situation that Jordan is in, he may be trying his best to keep Spirit Science on the line despite the deserved ban on all social networks. 
**But as he was struggling financially and unable to post so many videos and that struggle lasted for 6 years, Spirit Science got back on track thanks to the fact that Spirit Studios created a platform called Spirit Mysteries.
*The video and Martymer81's series Why Do People Laugh at Spirit "Science"? is misinterpreted as a hater of Spirit Science, but in reality, he's just trying to show the scientific accuracy of Spirit Science. Nevertheless, Spirit Science continues to stereotype him as a jealous hater who wants to suck people's happiness.
**Additionally, Martymer81 explicitly asked to research the definition of Occam's razor.
**However, instead of doing that, Patchman portrayed Martymer81 differently to show how he could've responded and Patchman used the term "Occam's razor" inappropriately. Instead of seeing it as a finding the hypothesis/claim with the fewest assumptions, he sees it as a way to simplify explanations, which is the definition of the word "reductionism".
**All of this has been discussed in Martymer81's response video titled Jordan Has Responded (WDPLaSS 12).
*CoolHardLogic was another prominent skeptic and debunker with significantly more videos due to extra satire and more quality animation is 3 videos of his series Spirit "Science" Tests Spirit "Science".
**The first one criticized features from various episodes in Season 1 and the to Episode 23. In the first episode of CHL's series, multiple logical fallacies such as non-sequitur, cherry picking, and circular reasoning.
**The last one looked into an article that features even more logical fallacies extremely severe academic dishonesty that the author(s) of the article Milky Way Is 3X Larger Than We Thought... and It's a Torus! committed.
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==References==
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