There Are No Gobies
How far can science denialism go?
While it seems like a bizarre idea at first to deny the very existence of gobies, the arguments my friend Matt uses in this parody are very similar in structure to the arguments used by deniers of the moon landing, evolution and anthropogenic global warming. So enjoy the macro footage of (actually existing) gobies, and laugh at arguments which you will probably have heard – with a few words exchanges – in supposedly serious debates. Examples are…
Weak Sources
Someone told me there are no gobies.
Personal Attacks
You wrote a book about gobies, you have personal interest in them existing!
Cheap Rhetorical Tricks
Faulty rephrasing of arguments
Conspiracy theories
George Soros pays you to claim that there are gobies. You drive a nice car, that shows it.
Logical fallacies
I did a dive last week and saw no gobies, hence there are no gobies. All these small fishes are blennies.
The Short Film
Lives of Gobies
And, yes, I did write a book about gobies, they really do exist, here it is:
The Lives of Gobies: https://shop.asiangeo.com/product/the-lives-of-gobies/
