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3Blue1Brown Made It to π Million Subscribers

40 points by keskadale 6y ago

nikivi 6y ago
I wonder who else is using his animation engine to do videos. It doesn't mention it in the docs. https://github.com/3b1b/manim https://github.com/3b1b/manim
emerged 6y ago
The only time I feel dumb in life is while watching his videos. Math doesn't come as easy for me as programming does and he always sounds as if it's trivial to follow along. But it isn't for me. I went so far as to unsubscribe because it became an unpleasant experience.
- tylerchr 6y ago
  > The only time I feel dumb in life... I find that feeling dumb in life is one of life’s greatest opportunities!
  - emerged 6y ago
    Sure, but there are literally an infinite number of things to learn / discover with maths. Watching videos which show me one of those but doesn't manage to teach me ends up leaving me disappointed.
- xscott 6y ago
  I like the visuals in his videos, but I agree that he presents things as though he's discovered, and is now showing you, a trivial new path to deep insights. Then, when he discusses a topic I already know something about, it seems like he's going through a convoluted path and it could've been said a lot more simply.
  - Smithalicious 6y ago
    He has very geometric intuitions to everything which makes him somewhat hard to follow for me as well. Math is much, much easier for me to understand symbolically/algebraically
    - threatofrain 6y ago
      It makes sense for him to emphasize his visual approach because that's almost every education program's weakness. Quality animation is very expensive.
      - Smithalicious 6y ago
        Don't get me wrong, I think what he's doing is very valuable! My issue with it is that I always come away from his videos feeling like someone just told me a fun fact, not that I've really understood it and learned something I could use in the future. The animations are good at illustrating what he's saying but do not give me confidence in his statements being correct beyond my blind faith in him as a person.
justiceforsaas 6y ago
Well deserved. Love the simple animations (it reminds me a bit of Khan Academy).
- rochak 6y ago
  Fun fact: He has taught a lot of math topics in Khan Academy.

40 points by keskadale 6y ago

I wonder who else is using his animation engine to do videos. It doesn't mention it in the docs. https://github.com/3b1b/manim https://github.com/3b1b/manim

emerged 6y ago

The only time I feel dumb in life is while watching his videos. Math doesn't come as easy for me as programming does and he always sounds as if it's trivial to follow along. But it isn't for me. I went so far as to unsubscribe because it became an unpleasant experience.

tylerchr 6y ago
> The only time I feel dumb in life... I find that feeling dumb in life is one of life’s greatest opportunities!
- emerged 6y ago
  Sure, but there are literally an infinite number of things to learn / discover with maths. Watching videos which show me one of those but doesn't manage to teach me ends up leaving me disappointed.
xscott 6y ago
I like the visuals in his videos, but I agree that he presents things as though he's discovered, and is now showing you, a trivial new path to deep insights. Then, when he discusses a topic I already know something about, it seems like he's going through a convoluted path and it could've been said a lot more simply.
- Smithalicious 6y ago
  He has very geometric intuitions to everything which makes him somewhat hard to follow for me as well. Math is much, much easier for me to understand symbolically/algebraically
  - threatofrain 6y ago
    It makes sense for him to emphasize his visual approach because that's almost every education program's weakness. Quality animation is very expensive.
    - Smithalicious 6y ago
      Don't get me wrong, I think what he's doing is very valuable! My issue with it is that I always come away from his videos feeling like someone just told me a fun fact, not that I've really understood it and learned something I could use in the future. The animations are good at illustrating what he's saying but do not give me confidence in his statements being correct beyond my blind faith in him as a person.

justiceforsaas 6y ago

Well deserved. Love the simple animations (it reminds me a bit of Khan Academy).

rochak 6y ago
Fun fact: He has taught a lot of math topics in Khan Academy.