Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious

Post by konschubert » Mon, Jul 25, 2022, 11:12 AM UTC

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…

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Post by foerbert » Mon, Jul 25, 2022, 12:02 PM UTC

obscurette wrote: post #177

foerbert wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.