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Re: Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious

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Post by vjaswal »

[Simons Institute] https://www.youtube.com/c/SimonsInstituteTOC - my favorite source for current research on theoretical CS, AI, computational sciences.

[MITCBMM - Center for Minds, Brains and Machines] https://www.youtube.com/c/MITCBMM - great lecture source for AI, cognitive science, neuroscience.

[Steve Brunton] https://www.youtube.com/c/Eigensteve - great lecturer on applied math for engineering and computation science. Like an advanced Khan academy

[The Royal Institution] https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRoyalInstitution - science talks for lay audiences, like Ted Talks but more advanced.

[Mathologer] https://www.youtube.com/c/Mathologer - misc math topics, like 3blue1brown. This guy is quirky and funny and good at explaining some advanced math topics.

[Numberphile] https://www.youtube.com/c/numberphile - topics on mostly math, but also CS adjacent.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious

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Post by shawnz »

branko_d wrote: post #34

Some random suggestions: Steve Mould - Physics https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveMould Project Farm - Product Testing https://www.youtube.com/c/ProjectFarm Lock Picking Lawyer - Lock Picking https://www.youtube.com/c/lockpickinglawyer Scott Manley - Space Flight https://www.youtube.com/c/szyzyg The Plain Bagel - Finance https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePlainBagel Perun - Geopolitics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC3ehuUk…

Another excellent finance channel focusing on evidence based investing, and occasional collaborator with plain bagel, is Ben Felix: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXTQ8nWmx_EhZ2v-kp7QxA

Re: Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious

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Post by shawnz »

dcow wrote: post #76

Stuff Made Here is super cool: https://www.youtube.com/c/StuffMadeHere He's like a younger version of Applied Science: https://www.youtube.com/c/AppliedScience I also consider the likes of Bismuth https://www.youtube.com/c/Bismuth9 and SummoningSalt https://www.youtube.com/c/SummoningSalt to be intellectual in the deep dive historian type of way. LPL has already been linked: https://www.youtube.com/c/lockpickinglawye…

You might also like Retro Game Mechanics Explained https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwRqWnW5ZkVaP_lZF7caZ-g and Modern Vintage Gamer https://m.youtube.com/c/ModernVintageGamer

Re: Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious

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Post by obscurette »

foerbert wrote: post #119
BeefWellington wrote: post #20

- Technology Connections for general household "how stuff works" - DIY Perks, which is on the project/creation end of things - Xyla Foxlin for a variety of projects - Veritasium for well basically anything and everything science - Simone Giertz does a lot of projects to solve problems in both ridiculous and entertaining ways - Element14 Presents, if you're interested in building your own electronics - Hugh Jeffreys f…

Familiar to a greater or lesser degree with most, but not all of those. I'd take exception to a couple inclusions. - Undecided w/Matt Ferrel This one is probably the most questionable. I was always a bit leery due to the titles being a bit too accepting of anything you might find on r/Futurology, and then happened on a Thunderf00t Busted (not a regular viewer there either) about some of his videos and yeah. I think i…

About Veritasium. These good stories with dubious claims and with "but I wasn't wrong!" and "at least I made you think" reactions is considered OK by most in the US for example. But in eastern parts of the world it is treated as a pure smartass behavior.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious

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Post by hansword »

foerbert wrote: post #119
BeefWellington wrote: post #20

- Technology Connections for general household "how stuff works" - DIY Perks, which is on the project/creation end of things - Xyla Foxlin for a variety of projects - Veritasium for well basically anything and everything science - Simone Giertz does a lot of projects to solve problems in both ridiculous and entertaining ways - Element14 Presents, if you're interested in building your own electronics - Hugh Jeffreys f…

Familiar to a greater or lesser degree with most, but not all of those. I'd take exception to a couple inclusions. - Undecided w/Matt Ferrel This one is probably the most questionable. I was always a bit leery due to the titles being a bit too accepting of anything you might find on r/Futurology, and then happened on a Thunderf00t Busted (not a regular viewer there either) about some of his videos and yeah. I think i…

I want to very much second excluding Veritasium. Whenever he talked about something I was knowledgeable in, he made mistakes. This combined with branding himself as 'the element of truth' and the increasing over-clickbaity titles and thumbs made me stop watching him.

It's an entertainment channel, and if you want light science entertainment, and expect to forget everything within a few hours, it's a good channel. If you want a science/learning/education channel, it isn't.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious

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Post by Arkhaine_kupo »

bennettdams wrote: post #163

I'm suprised no one has mentioned "exurb1a", by far my most favorite channel on YouTube. The videos are always thought-provoking, intelligent and hilarious as well. I can recommend every single video of him. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCimiUgDLbi6P17BdaCZpVbg

Probably because his current judicial situation is, to say the least, messy. That made a lot of the interest in him vanish for a lot of people. So prob thats why you haven't seen him mentioned.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious

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Post by opheliate »

Amongst all the made-for-YouTube content that others have mentioned, it's also worth remembering that many universities will publish entire courses for free. Christof Paar's Introduction to Cryptography lecture series [0] comes to mind for example, as does MIT's Missing Semester [1].

Also, if you're interested in Rust at all, Jon Gjengset is great: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonGjengset

0: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1usFRN4LCMcfIV7UjHNuQg

1: https://www.youtube.com/c/MissingSemester

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