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Repeating this recommendation from a recent comment thread involving the Bethe/Brown article[0]. Youtuber "But Why?" has a very nicely animated explanation of

Repeating this recommendation from a recent comment thread involving the Bethe/Brown article[0]. Youtuber "But Why?" has a very nicely animated explanation of the current state of affairs of core-collapse supernovae at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt-SBT7nNfU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt-SBT7nNfU [0] Comment section of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36362770 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36362770

ramraj07 3y ago
Thanks, always on the lookout for new supernova YouTube videos, which surprisingly there are very few of which explain actual details as opposed to the drivel that is kurzgesagt. Many of these Popsci videos are even straight out wrong, they’ll say crap like the core produces one neutrino per proton - like the math doesn’t even add up dudes. Your video finally explains why there’s so many neutrinos produced. Your video perfectly complements the two others I love. I’d say the perfect watching order would be to first see the general supernova discussion by launch pad astronomy[1], followed by your suggestion, then the “how to build a black hole” by pbs space time [2]. 1. https://youtu.be/RZkR9zdUv-E https://youtu.be/RZkR9zdUv-E 2. https://youtu.be/xx4562gesw0 https://youtu.be/xx4562gesw0
- OldGuyInTheClub 3y ago
  I enjoy Launch Pad's detailed look at things, as well. But, I also like Kurzgesagt. There's something about the pacing and editing of PBS videos that I find hard to watch for long periods of time. No qualms about the content, it seems like they edit out all the pauses.
  - ramraj07 3y ago
    I’m not a fan of Kurzgesagt at all unfortunately. I’m not a physicist so I’ll say maybe there’s some justification that I don’t fathom that explains why their fundamental explanation of the science is so terrible. But I am a biologist and I can assure you a good load of videos they make on it are at best not great explanations or at worst fundamentally unsubstantiated drivel. Like their latest one about how your body “kills cancers every day”. I went through their massive google doc “evidence” and as suspected not a single real reference to any proof that this is true. It COULD be true, but it’s not proven. I’m not even sure the evidence we have is actually pointing towards this direction. If it’s true that your immune system clears cancers every day, then immunosuppression should instantly plunge you into cancer. Does it? Not really. May be some blood cancers but that’s it. Point is, they show shiny videos explaining almost plausible sounding scientific concepts. But often it’s still michio kaku level sensationalism. I personally believe this disingenuousness is the root cause of degradation in trust in science. The average person does have the ability to sniff bullshit and it eventually catches up to them in their mind that these scientists have no idea what they’re talking about (like my observation that these videos say there’s one neutron per proton in a supernova; I could instantly smell something rotten).

ramraj07 3y ago

Thanks, always on the lookout for new supernova YouTube videos, which surprisingly there are very few of which explain actual details as opposed to the drivel that is kurzgesagt. Many of these Popsci videos are even straight out wrong, they’ll say crap like the core produces one neutrino per proton - like the math doesn’t even add up dudes. Your video finally explains why there’s so many neutrinos produced. Your video perfectly complements the two others I love. I’d say the perfect watching order would be to first see the general supernova discussion by launch pad astronomy[1], followed by your suggestion, then the “how to build a black hole” by pbs space time [2]. 1. https://youtu.be/RZkR9zdUv-E https://youtu.be/RZkR9zdUv-E 2. https://youtu.be/xx4562gesw0 https://youtu.be/xx4562gesw0

OldGuyInTheClub 3y ago
I enjoy Launch Pad's detailed look at things, as well. But, I also like Kurzgesagt. There's something about the pacing and editing of PBS videos that I find hard to watch for long periods of time. No qualms about the content, it seems like they edit out all the pauses.
- ramraj07 3y ago
  I’m not a fan of Kurzgesagt at all unfortunately. I’m not a physicist so I’ll say maybe there’s some justification that I don’t fathom that explains why their fundamental explanation of the science is so terrible. But I am a biologist and I can assure you a good load of videos they make on it are at best not great explanations or at worst fundamentally unsubstantiated drivel. Like their latest one about how your body “kills cancers every day”. I went through their massive google doc “evidence” and as suspected not a single real reference to any proof that this is true. It COULD be true, but it’s not proven. I’m not even sure the evidence we have is actually pointing towards this direction. If it’s true that your immune system clears cancers every day, then immunosuppression should instantly plunge you into cancer. Does it? Not really. May be some blood cancers but that’s it. Point is, they show shiny videos explaining almost plausible sounding scientific concepts. But often it’s still michio kaku level sensationalism. I personally believe this disingenuousness is the root cause of degradation in trust in science. The average person does have the ability to sniff bullshit and it eventually catches up to them in their mind that these scientists have no idea what they’re talking about (like my observation that these videos say there’s one neutron per proton in a supernova; I could instantly smell something rotten).