mind-body problem
31:37Organ & Body Donations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
5M views • 2 years ago
LastWeekTonight
A Last Week Tonight segment on organ and body donation, covering where donations actually go, how donated bodies are used and sold, and problems in organ transplant programs.
33:49Google's DeepMind AI vs StarCraft 2 World Champion - Game 1
485K views • 6 years ago
ArtosisTV
ArtosisTV's commentary on Game 1 of DeepMind's AlphaStar (Protoss) against top Zerg player Serral at Blizzcon 2019. Artosis analyzes the match with beginner-friendly commentary.
7:44Handmade Hero | Getting rid of the OOP mindset
167K views • 9 years ago
vexe
A short clip of Casey Muratori from Handmade Hero explaining why he rejects the object-oriented mindset and how to move away from it. It is part rant, part programming philosophy.
14:48Sonification & The Problem with Making Music from Data
259K views • 9 years ago
Tantacrul
Tantacrul examines sonification, the practice of turning data into sound or music, and critiques how scientists and musicians, including NASA and CERN projects, use it well and poorly.
24:31The Problem With Human Rights
500K views • 7 years ago
Jonas Čeika - CCK Philosophy
A philosophy video critiquing the concept of human rights from a Marxist perspective, drawing on Locke, Marx, Nietzsche, Hegel and Rawls. It examines what human rights actually mean and presuppose.
13:41My dream died, and now I'm here
3.5M views • 2 years ago
Sabine Hossenfelder
Sabine Hossenfelder explains why she left academia, criticizing its incentives, funding and career structure. She gives a personal account of the social problems in science.
25:14Rick Reacts to Lightning (Again) and brings up a previously undiscussed flaw
14K views • 8 years ago
We Are All Satoshi
Rick Falkvinge responds to viewer feedback on his earlier Lightning Network video and raises a flaw he says was not previously discussed. The main thread is the network's unsolved routing problem.
7:17The problems with Helion Energy - a response to Real Engineering
912K views • 3 years ago
Improbable Matter
A short, humorous critique of Helion Energy's fusion approach, framed as a response to a Real Engineering video. It covers low reactivity, neutron production, bremsstrahlung losses and diagnostics.
35:04The Problem With Sabine Hossenfelder
1.4M views • 2 years ago
Professor Dave Explains
Professor Dave critiques science communicator Sabine Hossenfelder, arguing that her content has drifted toward anti-establishment rhetoric. He frames it as commentary rather than a hit piece.
7:38Windows Was The Problem All Along
1.9M views • 1 year ago
Dave2D
Dave2D reviews the Lenovo Legion Go S running Valve's SteamOS instead of Windows, calling it the first true competitor to the Steam Deck. He compares handheld gaming performance and experience across the two operating systems.
4:46Louis opens new Macbook Air, immediately loses mind.
3.2M views • 7 years ago
Louis Rossmann
Louis Rossmann opens a new MacBook Air and reacts to its cooling design, where the fan does not appear to be thermally connected to the CPU heatsink. He calls it placebo cooling.
23:41Windows 8: The Animated Evaluation
645K views • 13 years ago
blogphilofilms
An animated, profane rant critiquing Windows 8, especially its touch-first interface on desktop PCs. The author draws on a background in tech journalism to lay out the UX problems.
9:42I was asked to keep this confidential
3.1M views • 1 year ago
Sabine Hossenfelder
Sabine Hossenfelder reads a confidential email and uses it to explain her worries about academia and incentives in theoretical physics research. She ties it to her earlier Nature Physics comment on research quality.
18:17Nuclear Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
12.3M views • 9 years ago
LastWeekTonight
A Last Week Tonight segment in which John Oliver explains the US nuclear waste storage problem, including the Yucca Mountain politics. It argues the country needs a safe place to store waste.
44:35Object-Oriented Programming is Bad
2.6M views • 10 years ago
Brian Will
Brian Will makes the case for procedural programming over object-oriented programming, arguing that OOP's promised encapsulation and decoupling are largely illusory. He analyzes real code examples and the problems of tying data to behavior in classes.
28:39The Hyperloop: BUSTED!
2M views • 10 years ago
Thunderf00t
Thunderf00t, a physicist, critically assesses the Hyperloop concept, covering the vacuum, pressure, safety, and cost problems of high-speed tube travel. He argues the media accepted the claims uncritically.
35:40EV Road Trips Suck Now (Except in a Tesla)
1.8M views • 3 years ago
Aging Wheels
Aging Wheels compares a road trip in a Polestar 2 with an identical drive in a Tesla, showing the charging problems of non-Tesla EVs. It argues that outside Tesla's network, EV road trips have become frustrating.
32:55Neom - The Line - The Rise and Fall of Saudi Arabia's Linear City.
3.2M views • 2 years ago
Patrick Boyle
Patrick Boyle's deadpan account of Saudi Arabia's Neom and The Line megaproject, a planned 170 km linear city that has been scaled back to a fraction of its size. He covers the feasibility problems and the financing.
15:22Nuclear Weapons: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
22.4M views • 12 years ago
LastWeekTonight
A Last Week Tonight segment on the US nuclear arsenal and how poorly it is maintained and secured. It covers weapons accidents, outdated launch protocols and security problems.
19:58PFAS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
6.3M views • 5 years ago
LastWeekTonight
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on PFAS, the 'forever chemicals' linked to health problems. It covers their widespread use in products like nonstick coatings and repellent fabrics and the limits of regulation.
9:59I'm Allowed to Rob You!
237K views • 16 years ago
Larken Rose
A short anarchist-leaning video by Larken Rose arguing that the Constitution and similar documents cannot legitimately grant anyone the right to take other people's property. It uses a rhetorical 'paper that lets me rob you' setup to challenge belief in political authority.
16:32Predatory Lending: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
14.3M views • 12 years ago
LastWeekTonight
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on payday loans and predatory lending, covering how they trap borrowers and target the elderly and military. It features Sarah Silverman.
21:46The Alt-Right Playbook: Always a Bigger Fish
2.6M views • 7 years ago
Innuendo Studios
Innuendo Studios' Alt-Right Playbook episode, drawing on Corey Robin's The Reactionary Mind, argues that conservatism defends hierarchy and a shrinking in-group.
31:42SpaceX: The Biggest Money Loser in IPO History
2.2M views • 5 months ago
Patrick Boyle
Patrick Boyle analyzes SpaceX's IPO prospectus, covering its financials, speculative products, AI business, related-party dealings, compensation, and a governance structure with minimal shareholder rights.
22:47Is Nuclear Energy Green?
1M views • 4 years ago
Sabine Hossenfelder
Sabine Hossenfelder weighs the arguments for and against nuclear power, covering waste, fuel supply and newer reactor designs. She is skeptical that fast breeders and thorium solve the problems.
32:36Boeing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
12.2M views • 2 years ago
LastWeekTonight
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on Boeing, tracing how it went from a quality engineering company to one tied to crashes and 'quality escapes'. It covers the 737 MAX failures and employee concerns about safety.
11:06This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers
1.5M views • 10 months ago
Benn Jordan
Benn Jordan concludes his Flock trilogy, filmed on a publicly deployed Flock Safety camera, covering a leak of camera feeds reported by 404 Media. He shows the cameras' capabilities, including panning to track people.
50:06Gell-Mann Amnesia and Michio Kaku
481K views • 3 years ago
Angela Collier
Physicist Angela Collier uses Gell-Mann amnesia to critique pop-science figures, especially Michio Kaku, and works through an eigenvalue problem along the way. It is a long, rambling commentary on how experts see simplified explanations of their own field.
18:13THE DUMBEST BOY ALIVE. PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE SIX.
1.6M views • 10 years ago
Jon Bois
Jon Bois tells the story of a 2008 bodybuilding forum thread in which users spent a weekend arguing over how many days are in a week. It is episode six of his Pretty Good series for SB Nation.
20:34This is the Worst Car I've Ever Reviewed
6.9M views • 2 years ago
Auto Focus
MKBHD reviews the Fisker Ocean electric SUV and concludes it is the worst car he has reviewed, going through its many problems. He warns viewers not to buy this version of the car.
27:40Freight Trains: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
7M views • 2 years ago
LastWeekTonight
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on freight trains and railroads, covering how profit-driven practices undermine safety. It touches on longer trains and shrinking crews.
14:05Userbenchmark - the April Fools that never ends
2.5M views • 5 years ago
2kliksphilip
2kliksphilip examines UserBenchmark, a hardware comparison site known for strongly biased, pro-Intel writing. The video explains the site's credibility problems and points viewers to better sources for CPU and GPU information.
19:55New Blender UI - The Proposal
202K views • 13 years ago
Blender Guru
Blender Guru's Andrew Price proposes a redesign of Blender's user interface, answering the usability problems raised in earlier parts of the series. He later noted the proposal had flaws and posted a follow-up.
29:32Air Traffic Control: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
9.3M views • 1 year ago
LastWeekTonight
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment covers the working conditions of US air traffic controllers and the understaffing, outdated equipment (including floppy disks) and funding structure of the FAA. It mixes comedy with policy criticism.
21:25Congressional Fundraising: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
11M views • 10 years ago
LastWeekTonight
A Last Week Tonight segment on how much of a member of Congress's job is now fundraising. John Oliver interviews Congressman Steve Israel about the costs of political spending.
2:37Ian Hislop on Capital Punishment
1M views • 12 years ago
Captain Soul
A BBC Question Time clip in which Ian Hislop argues against capital punishment, rebutting the deterrence argument. He points out the problem of executing innocent people.
22:29The Power Grid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
7.3M views • 5 years ago
LastWeekTonight
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on the state of the US power grid, why it needs fixing, and the risks of aging infrastructure.
19:22Voting Machines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
6.5M views • 7 years ago
LastWeekTonight
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on US voting machines, covering how they work, their security weaknesses, and how elections could be made more secure.
15:36The Alt-Right Playbook: I Hate Mondays
2.1M views • 6 years ago
Innuendo Studios
An Innuendo Studios Alt-Right Playbook episode about a rhetorical tactic of dismissing partial fixes to problems. It frames this as a style of argument that treats flaws as unfixable facts of life.
12:28What kids really do on Musical.ly
5.1M views • 8 years ago
PaymoneyWubby
A commentary video by YouTuber PaymoneyWubby reacting to children's content on the Musical.ly app, which became TikTok. It highlights the child-safety concerns of young kids dancing on a public social platform.