> Pedagogically speaking, it was probably a mistake to go there without covering the prerequisites And considering the fact that Derek has a Ph.D. in physics e

> Pedagogically speaking, it was probably a mistake to go there without covering the prerequisites And considering the fact that Derek has a Ph.D. in physics education research [1] that seems like an odd mistake for him to make, unless it was intentional. As another commenter pointed out [2] Derek's content lately seems to be tailored to the maxim of "Make people believe they're thinking and they'll love you. Make them actually think, and they will hate you." It seems intended to invoke incredulity rather than understanding, presumably because he's decided the former is more marketable - because providing incomplete understanding and phrasing things in a way that's just technically correct enough to invite flame wars boosts engagement and therefore virality. Yet another commenter [3] invoked https://xkcd.com/169/ https://xkcd.com/169/, which I think is apt. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Muller#Early_life_and_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Muller#Early_life_and_ed... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30558859 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30558859 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30559815 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30559815