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I can certainly say that no one else has made me tear up.

by seanc 8y ago

stcredzero 8y ago
Not only does he have a penchant for finding geometric analogues for mathematical ideas that are neat and beautiful, his animations clarify and increase my understanding of those concepts.
- abhgh 8y ago
  The "production quality" to use a slightly commercial term, is top-notch.
  - MaxLeiter 8y ago
    His python library for generating his visuals is open source and equally as impressive: https://github.com/3b1b/manim https://github.com/3b1b/manim
    - abhgh 8y ago
      I didn't know of this, thank you!
    - pishpash 8y ago
      Was just going to ask this. Wish there were more of these tools all around, because I bet a lot of experts have developed intuitive pictures of their own that would be good to convey directly. A big barrier to mathematics is the abstraction cost of the language. In many cases mathematical expressions are fine, but not always in mathematical physics.
  - scoot 8y ago
    In the case of media, that would be "production values". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/production_values https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/production_values
adito 8y ago
His later video where in the outro he mentions about going sponsor-free is the one that made me tear up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB83DpBJQsE&feature=youtu.be&t=1062 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB83DpBJQsE&feature=youtu.be... Here's a little bit of quote from the video: ===== So... typically this is the part where there might be some kind of sponsor message. But one thing I want to do with the channel moving ahead is to stop doing sponsored content, and instead make things just about the direct relationship with the audience. I mean that not only in the sense of the funding model, with direct support through Patreon, but also in the sense that I think these videos can better accomplish their goal if each one feels like it's just about you and me sharing in a love of math, with no other motive, especially in the cases where viewers are students. ===== He's really a good person. I'm glad that now he is able to do this full-time by just the support from his patreon.
- MrQuincle 8y ago
  Yes, right then I finally thought I've to figure out this patreon thing. He deserves it.
teabee89 8y ago
I had a profound feeling when I understood the algebraic completeness of complex numbers thanks to one of his videos about complex numbers.

I can certainly say that no one else has made me tear up.

by seanc 8y ago

I can certainly say that no one else has made me tear up.

Not only does he have a penchant for finding geometric analogues for mathematical ideas that are neat and beautiful, his animations clarify and increase my understanding of those concepts.

abhgh 8y ago
The "production quality" to use a slightly commercial term, is top-notch.
- MaxLeiter 8y ago
  His python library for generating his visuals is open source and equally as impressive: https://github.com/3b1b/manim https://github.com/3b1b/manim
  - abhgh 8y ago
    I didn't know of this, thank you!
  - pishpash 8y ago
    Was just going to ask this. Wish there were more of these tools all around, because I bet a lot of experts have developed intuitive pictures of their own that would be good to convey directly. A big barrier to mathematics is the abstraction cost of the language. In many cases mathematical expressions are fine, but not always in mathematical physics.
- scoot 8y ago
  In the case of media, that would be "production values". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/production_values https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/production_values

adito 8y ago

His later video where in the outro he mentions about going sponsor-free is the one that made me tear up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB83DpBJQsE&feature=youtu.be&t=1062 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB83DpBJQsE&feature=youtu.be... Here's a little bit of quote from the video: ===== So... typically this is the part where there might be some kind of sponsor message. But one thing I want to do with the channel moving ahead is to stop doing sponsored content, and instead make things just about the direct relationship with the audience. I mean that not only in the sense of the funding model, with direct support through Patreon, but also in the sense that I think these videos can better accomplish their goal if each one feels like it's just about you and me sharing in a love of math, with no other motive, especially in the cases where viewers are students. ===== He's really a good person. I'm glad that now he is able to do this full-time by just the support from his patreon.

MrQuincle 8y ago
Yes, right then I finally thought I've to figure out this patreon thing. He deserves it.

teabee89 8y ago

I had a profound feeling when I understood the algebraic completeness of complex numbers thanks to one of his videos about complex numbers.