Life’s Work: An Interview with Penn Jillette
I have a strong dislike for Penn Jillette. His show &quot;Bullshit&quot; was often guilty of the same smoke-and-mirrors rhetorical tricks of which they accused others. This became apparent to me when I watched the episode on climate change, where they failed to interview a single scientist on the subject and Penn later suggested he hated the theory because Al Gore was promoting it [1]. The only evidence I can find of his recanting his position on the science is a reddit thread [2]; meanwhile, to this day, I have Climate Change skeptics throwing the Dihydrogen monoxide hoax [3] episode in my face as proof that Climate Change isn&#x27;t real.<p>As a rational atheist skeptic, it drives me up the wall that this guy is on the same side as me. When he sounds smart, it&#x27;s because he&#x27;s plagiarizing Carl Sagan, Richard Dawkins, and other skeptics who are smarter than him.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;reason.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2008&#x2F;07&#x2F;03&#x2F;penn-teller-and-climate-change" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;reason.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2008&#x2F;07&#x2F;03&#x2F;penn-teller-and-climate-ch...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;skeptic&#x2F;comments&#x2F;26o6o9&#x2F;what_is_the_deal_with_penn_jillette_and_climate&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;skeptic&#x2F;comments&#x2F;26o6o9&#x2F;what_is_the...</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Dihydrogen_monoxide_hoax" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Dihydrogen_monoxide_hoax</a>