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Derek's (AKA Veritasium) doctoral thesis is in YouTube science communication. Cool video.

• Scalene2 3y ago
  One would think that would make him shy away from deceptive claims like the implication that a collision between two LEO satellites puts GPS at severe imminent risk.
  • GloriousKoji 3y ago
    His thesis was something along the lines of you let people guess the incorrect answer first and then show how it's wrong the lesson will stick better. This was very apparent and great with his earlier works (eg. teaching gravity and letting people guess heavier objects fall faster) but got obnoxious when youtube revised their algorithm and he went full click bait and controversy (eg. modelling electricity as water is wrong).
• tsumnia 3y ago
  Is there a direct link to it? Since I regularly upload videos to YouTUbe, I'd love to see his thoughts.