Keeping in the theme of debunking all kinds of cranks and con men in the realm of "alternate cosmology", let's add one more nutjob to the mix. Pierre-Marie Robitaille is a former radiologist who likes to pretend that he understands astrophysics better than astrophysicists. He doesn't. When he talks, he makes ridiculous claims and blatant errors that can be spotted by anyone with a basic understanding of physics and astronomy. Nevertheless, many gullible people speak about him like he's a genius, so I thought I'd explain quite thoroughly how he definitely isn't. If you're someone who has fallen for his lies, please watch.
Other debunks in this genre:
Debunking the SAFIRE Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmVdPgkudC8
Debunking the Electric Universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9q-v4lBGuw
Exposing Ben Davidson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VOazE6M8Cc
Research relevant to this video:
Using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect to discover galaxy clusters: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1063773719020063
More SZE stuff: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1203.4219.pdf
Planck results on Sachs-Wolfe effect: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2014/11/aa21526-13.pdf
Use of CMB polarization to detect gravitational lensing from galaxy clusters: https://news.fnal.gov/2020/01/data-from-antipodal-places-first-use-of-cmb-polarization-to-detect-gravitational-lensing-from-galaxy-clusters/
CMB lensing: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/375188/pdf
Planck results on gravitational lensing-infrared background correlation: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2014/11/aa21540-13.pdf
More CMB lensing stuff: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2041-8205/753/1/L9/pdf
CMB is not redshifted starlight: http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/stars_vs_cmb.html
An easy read on the CMB: https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/this-is-how-we-know-the-cosmic-microwave-background-comes-from-the-big-bang-90c85af092e
Study on liquid metallic hydrogen: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.01634
The black hole image paper: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1906/1906.11238.pdf
Derek explains the black hole image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUyH3XhpLTo
More black hole stuff: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/729/2/119
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