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Wow, the video you posted is even more informative and clear than the actual press conference, and it was created by someone who hadn't even seen the image yet

Wow, the video you posted is even more informative and clear than the actual press conference, and it was created by someone who hadn't even seen the image yet based purely on the mathematical predictions of what we would see. Kind of sad that after all the amazing effort and resources that have gone into the creating the image that the international team couldn't have featured an explanation as clear as this in their actual press conference.

teej 8y ago
Different target audiences for a science YouTube channel and a scientific findings press conference.
arriu 8y ago
The video by Veritasium is by a guy who literally got a PHD on the subject of making physics more approachable through videos. He is exactly the person I would expect to provide a more clear and understandable explanation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1tFT4smd6E&feature=youtu.be&t=280 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1tFT4smd6E&feature=youtu.be...
- rexpop 8y ago
  Why doesn't he work with the actual astronomers, then?
  - cicloid 8y ago
    Just by sharing the news he is working with them helping the global effort.
  - mgalgs 8y ago
    You don't have to watch his channel for very long to learn that he often does (see his video about the recent gravitational wave detection [1], plus a bunch more). [1] https://youtu.be/iphcyNWFD10 https://youtu.be/iphcyNWFD10
  - code_duck 8y ago
    Because he’s busy making physics more approachable through videos.
    - rexpop 8y ago
      Perhaps I should have phrased it as "why don't astronomers work with _him_?"
jessriedel 8y ago
Everyone knew what the image was going to look like, so it's not any harder to prepare in advance.
rtkwe 8y ago
It'd be extremely shocking if he hadn't been able to. The math has been known for a very long time the largest differences would be based on the orientation of disk relative to us but that has been mostly known since the original Hubble picture. If he'd been significantly wrong that'd mean our understanding of the physics was wrong or something unknown was happening at a pretty large scale.

teej 8y ago

Different target audiences for a science YouTube channel and a scientific findings press conference.

arriu 8y ago

The video by Veritasium is by a guy who literally got a PHD on the subject of making physics more approachable through videos. He is exactly the person I would expect to provide a more clear and understandable explanation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1tFT4smd6E&feature=youtu.be&t=280 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1tFT4smd6E&feature=youtu.be...

rexpop 8y ago
Why doesn't he work with the actual astronomers, then?
- cicloid 8y ago
  Just by sharing the news he is working with them helping the global effort.
- mgalgs 8y ago
  You don't have to watch his channel for very long to learn that he often does (see his video about the recent gravitational wave detection [1], plus a bunch more). [1] https://youtu.be/iphcyNWFD10 https://youtu.be/iphcyNWFD10
- code_duck 8y ago
  Because he’s busy making physics more approachable through videos.
  - rexpop 8y ago
    Perhaps I should have phrased it as "why don't astronomers work with _him_?"

jessriedel 8y ago

Everyone knew what the image was going to look like, so it's not any harder to prepare in advance.

rtkwe 8y ago

It'd be extremely shocking if he hadn't been able to. The math has been known for a very long time the largest differences would be based on the orientation of disk relative to us but that has been mostly known since the original Hubble picture. If he'd been significantly wrong that'd mean our understanding of the physics was wrong or something unknown was happening at a pretty large scale.