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PBS SpaceTime
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#92If you like PBS Space Time, you'll likely also enjoy "Science Asylum": https://www.youtube.com/c/Scienceasylum This channel covers the same subjects of physics and space, but does so with some incredible insight that I've seen no other channels dig into, and thoughtful animated diagrams that really help in comprehending the subject. Here are some great episodes: "What is Quantum Spin?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?…
PBS Digital Studios has produced some real gems - I really liked PBS Idea Channel, a content which discussed philosophical concepts related to media and technology.
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#95If you like PBS Space Time, you'll likely also enjoy "Science Asylum": https://www.youtube.com/c/Scienceasylum This channel covers the same subjects of physics and space, but does so with some incredible insight that I've seen no other channels dig into, and thoughtful animated diagrams that really help in comprehending the subject. Here are some great episodes: "What is Quantum Spin?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?…
PBS Digital Studios has produced some real gems - I really liked PBS Idea Channel, a content which discussed philosophical concepts related to media and technology.
PBS eons is my favorite
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
Doesn't work for me since I am interested in physics. Can recommend Elden Ring lore channels, for very smooth tone of voice and little variations, really put me to sleep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYDs_Inzkz4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXN1oi4BmxQ
Used to listen to AoE2 game commentary to fall asleep. Ironically the guy running the channel used to joke about how many people used his videos to fall asleep to.
problem with t90 is he sometimes gets too excited and wakes you up with his outbursts
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#97the quality has definitely gone downhill lately. Compared to a couple years ago, they only lightly touch on topics rather than they deep dives they used to do. Not sure if they are struggling for content or just a shift in priorities.
hard disagree. earlier content had more surface area to cover - as they get into more specific content in these latter years, of course topic delivery will get leaner
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
I had never even heard of this, and I've watched dozens and dozens of episodes of Spacetime! I'm shocked YouTube didn't steer me to this sister channel. Thank you!
Are you suggesting that the YT recommendation algorithm is some how flawed? I hope you're doing that on a throwaway account ;P
Is it possible that it doesn’t serve YTs interests to have a recommendation engine that works best for the end user?
I honestly think they just experiment with it a lot. The variety of videos that are recommended for me don’t seem to follow a pattern.
Maybe they know my brain better than I do.
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#99Spacetime is nice because they / Matt often acknowledge uncertainty (indeed, gaps being found or closed in current understanding are probably one of the most common themes of the show), unlike many others which tend to present theories as facts (e.g. kurzgesagt often does this). Likewise, they don't shy away from making relatively complex explanations instead of leaning all to heavily into bogus analogies. They made…
> because they / Matt often acknowledge uncertainty
Great pun! :D
They also will present the strengths and weaknesses of various 'competing' theories. For ones that have been shown to be incorrect, they still present them accurately and well and explain how those theories led to our current, more correct understanding. For ones that are still being considered they will tell you evidence for and against.
I think this show is what made me realize that physics isn't one unified whole, but rather a lot of different models that are all somehow wrong (but still better than what they were built on!), and that there's conflicting evidence for each of them.
Re: PBS SpaceTime
#100Spacetime is nice because they / Matt often acknowledge uncertainty (indeed, gaps being found or closed in current understanding are probably one of the most common themes of the show), unlike many others which tend to present theories as facts (e.g. kurzgesagt often does this). Likewise, they don't shy away from making relatively complex explanations instead of leaning all to heavily into bogus analogies. They made…
I think acknowledging uncertainty is one of the most important jobs of science communicators. It’s important that they say, “…but we really don’t know for sure” and emphasize when something is theoretical, a best guess, or a rough model. I think Matt and team do this very well.
I took a philosophy class one where several of the participants were getting upset that there weren’t just facts to learn because up to that point they had not been exposed to any kind of uncertainty. These were mostly students in the sciences too.