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Crash Course – Educational course videos on YouTube

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Re: Crash Course – Educational course videos on YouTube

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Post by dominotw »

mmanfrin wrote: post #28
dominotw wrote: post #6

Youtube is my main jam these days. Today, I did the following today on youtube 1. Followed along Yoga lesson (I've done yoga for many yrs but its fun to follow along a guided path) 2. Watched graph theory (for an interview ) 3. Watched air crash investigation while eating lunch. 5. Listened to podcast/music on youtube red when was out running errands around the town. 6. Yet to decide what to watch before bed :) That…

Are you expecting significant depth from a video series called 'Crash Course'? The point of the series is to give a broad overview of events, not to be scholastic courses on specific periods.

sorry, didn't make that connection until it was too late to edit my comment.

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Post by janpieterz »

dominotw wrote: post #30
janpieterz wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would love to know which Yoga lesson you followed, been planning on doing it but haven't found a great one yet, a recommendation might spur it along a bit.

I just follow Adriene's lessons( https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene ) . I have a left shoulder injury so I have developed mods over the years to standard poses like using a block for trikonasana, keeping hands by my heart instead of overhead in Vriksasana ect.

Super, thanks!

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Post by qwertyuiop924 »

mei0Iesh wrote: post #27

I really like the idea of this kind of thing, but I thought it was going to be nicely animated presentations. I was disappointed to see it's that Hank guy talking. He speaks in an annoying version of a newscaster voice, and it's distracting that they keep showing him instead of focusing only on the content. He also speaks too fast and jumps over concepts. It's disappointing that the most popular pop science stuff on…

Being a longtime fan of "that Hank guy," I obviously disagree. But I can see where you're coming from. The humanities are covered by his brother, who you may find less annoying.

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Post by iamcreasy »

arvinsim wrote: post #34

I started with their Economics course and I really loved it. Their ongoing course on Video games...is less stellar than I hoped.

Depending on what you are looking for ExtraCreditz might be an excellent alternative.

https://www.youtube.com/user/ExtraCreditz

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Post by petra »

dominotw wrote: post #6

Youtube is my main jam these days. Today, I did the following today on youtube 1. Followed along Yoga lesson (I've done yoga for many yrs but its fun to follow along a guided path) 2. Watched graph theory (for an interview ) 3. Watched air crash investigation while eating lunch. 5. Listened to podcast/music on youtube red when was out running errands around the town. 6. Yet to decide what to watch before bed :) That…

I agree, the content isn't very good, classrooms suck. And it's ashame - the digital world with it's visuality and animation and control seems like the perfect fit for visualization based memorizing systems(like the memory palace) , which are very effective.

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Post by Quanttek »

Of course, Crash Course oversimplifies a lot and that is to be expected, but I would still avoid the philosophy courses. I mean ffs Hank makes a mistake in the first 12 seconds of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TFCMK4i2lo

Or this video https://youtu.be/YaDvRdLMkHs which is riddled with mistakes like calling Nietzsche a nihilist or him embracing nihilism

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Post by JshWright »

Quanttek wrote: post #38

Of course, Crash Course oversimplifies a lot and that is to be expected, but I would still avoid the philosophy courses. I mean ffs Hank makes a mistake in the first 12 seconds of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TFCMK4i2lo Or this video https://youtu.be/YaDvRdLMkHs which is riddled with mistakes like calling Nietzsche a nihilist or him embracing nihilism

"Hank" didn't make the mistake. He's just reading a script. Dr. Ruth Tallman is the writer.
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