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Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Screws up on Trans Kids' Care23:22

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Screws up on Trans Kids' Care

203K views • 3 years ago
Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
Rebecca Watson's video critiquing physicist Sabine Hossenfelder's earlier video on gender care for transgender minors, arguing it mishandled the evidence.
The Hyperloop: BUSTED!28:39

The 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.
string theory lied to us and now science communication is hard52:11

string theory lied to us and now science communication is hard

1.5M views • 3 years ago
Angela Collier
Physicist Angela Collier's roughly hour-long video on how string theory was hyped to the public and what that did to science communication. She traces the history of the theory as a narrative and argues it is interesting but was oversold.
the sham legacy of Richard Feynman2:48:11

the sham legacy of Richard Feynman

1.2M views • 1 year ago
Angela Collier
Physicist Angela Collier's nearly three-hour critique of Richard Feynman's public legacy. She examines how his books, written with Ralph Leighton, shaped a mythologized great-man image, and covers his personal behavior.
that dark matter video aged like milk1:00:28

that dark matter video aged like milk

404K views • 2 years ago
Angela Collier
Angela Collier, a physicist, revisits her earlier dark matter video, explaining dark matter as a set of observations rather than a theory and discussing MOND comments.
harvard & aliens & crackpots: a disambiguation of Avi Loeb1:06:38

harvard & aliens & crackpots: a disambiguation of Avi Loeb

604K views • 4 years ago
Angela Collier
Physicist Angela Collier gives an hour-long critique of Avi Loeb's alien claims and reputation, placing them within the broader topic of physics crackpots. The Loeb discussion starts around the 24 minute mark.
violin plots should not exist42:15

violin plots should not exist

289K views • 3 years ago
Angela Collier
Physicist Angela Collier rants for 42 minutes about why violin plots are a poor way to show data, citing papers on violin and bean plots. It is part lecture on how to read distributions and part opinionated critique.
Gell-Mann Amnesia and Michio Kaku50:06

Gell-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.
AI does not exist but it will ruin everything anyway1:03:18

AI does not exist but it will ruin everything anyway

697K views • 3 years ago
Angela Collier
Physicist and YouTuber Angela Collier argues in this hour-long video that AI as commonly described does not really exist. She covers the limits of the tools, biased datasets, and why they should not be used to make decisions.
Putin's new Russian MHD weapons explained (1st part)47:12

Putin's new Russian MHD weapons explained (1st part)

34K views • 8 years ago
Jean-Pierre PETIT
Physicist Jean-Pierre Petit gives a long technical commentary on Russia's newly announced weapons, including the Sarmat missile, a nuclear-powered cruise missile and a nuclear MHD-propelled submarine drone.
vibe physics39:23

vibe physics

437K views • 1 year ago
Angela Collier
Physicist Angela Collier critiques 'vibe physics', the idea that non-experts or billionaires can make scientific discoveries by chatting with AI chatbots, drawing a parallel with vibe coding.