Edward Current

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'''Edward Current''' (his music name, Eddie Current and his real name/pen name, {{wpl|Karl Coryat}})<ref>[https://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2172 “I create comedy and music videos under the pseudonym Edward Current ("Eddie Current")”]</ref> is a [[YouTube]] contributor and famous musician. He is a progressive [[atheist]] who plays a bigoted and ignorant [[Christian]] in his parody videos. Said videos parody common arguments from [[creationist]]s. (That said, they are astonishingly close to the real arguments. [[Poe's Law]] doesn't mean that the satire isn't biting.)

As of 2020, Current currently (get it?) has over 80.1K subscribers, 24 million views, and  177k "prayers said for Edward Current". No, really.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/user/EdwardCurrent/about</ref>

==Antitheism videos==
One of his most popular videos features his boneheaded persona [[Gish Gallop|smugly rattling off a series of absurd fallacies]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P47OC439x88 Checkmate, Atheists!]</ref> and spawned the satirical "Checkmate, Atheists!" Internet phenomenon. Current satirizes the "[[atheists hate god]]", saying: "As always, waging war on the atheists who hate our Heavenly Father. And by atheists I also mean [[agnostic]]s, who are people who aren't sure if they hate our Heavenly Father."

Some of Current's videos are also pseudo-educational, e.g. in his ''"Christian meets [[Invisible Pink Unicorn]]"'' cartoon video he demonstrates the meaning of "[[emergence]]."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36uAoe8e2dY "A Christian Meets the Invisible Pink Unicorn"]</ref>

==9/11 videos==
Current was originally a [[9/11]] truther; then, he noticed that his beliefs on the WTC7 collapse fell into the category of an [[argument from incredulity]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UULUQfEQFuU</ref> To test the gullibility of 9/11 truthers, he created a hoax video of WTC7 collapsing, and truthers overwhelmingly took the bait.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8VAsoVuShM</ref> He came out as a paid government shill, inclusive of a $1,000,000 paycheck from [[CIA|Langley, Virginia]],<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLyaN8Sl8_8</ref> and later, as a long-time [[crisis actor]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170709122720/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5XwvoEULOg&gl=US&hl=en</ref> And, he made an ad for "TruthR" — the dating app for 9/11 truthers.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LRf1PalFbA</ref>

==See also==
*[[RationalWiki:Vlogroll]]

==Mentions==
===Skeptic Content===
*[[Huffpost]]<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/what-is-gravity-video_n_5610340 Gravity Explained, In One Simple Video], Huffpost</ref>
*[https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/digital-journal/ Digital Journal]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130920163832/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/358528 Can you believe what you see on YouTube?], Digital Journal</ref>
*[[Patheos]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160805145741/http://www.patheos.com/blogs/reasonadvocates/2016/08/02/brilliant-satire-of-racial-justice-denialism-by-youtuber-edward-current/ Brilliant satire of racial justice denialism by Youtuber Edward Current], Patheos</ref>
===<i>Jeopardy!</i> Game Show===
*<i>Jeopardy!</i><ref>[http://www.j-archive.com/showseason.php?season=12 J! Archive — Season 12] (you may have to search for his name using “Find in page”)</ref><ref>[http://www.j-archive.com/help.php#coryatscore Coryat Score], J! Archive</ref>
*Wired<ref>[https://www.wired.com/story/james-holzhauer-jeopardy-greatness-charts/ James Holzhauer's Jeopardy! Greatness, in Charts], WIRED</ref>
*The Atlantic<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/james-holzhauer-jeopardy-1-million-win-or-lose/587878/ James Holzhauer Explains the Strategy Behind His Jeopardy Winning Streak], <i>The Atlantic</i></ref>

===Music Career===
* https://www.soundonsound.com/people/doves-producing-kingdom-rust
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==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/EdwardCurrent Channel] at [[YouTube]]
*[https://www.metabunk.org/members/edward-current.15409/ User] at [[Metabunk]] (yep, we are totally stalking him)
*[https://twitter.com/edwardcurrent User] at [[Twitter]]
*[https://www.patreon.com/edwardcurrent Page] at Patreon

==References==
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