Why is pop science so annoying? I watched the minute physics big bang video, and not only did he oversimplify the history of cosmology, he acted like the "big bounce" and infinite universe theories were somehow unchallenged and settled science. And of course, he's made several videos with meme science nigger.
>>8167433
It's like homeopathy : A very small amount of science heavily sugarcoated in nice effects and good video editing. It's entertainement for plebs.
>>8167433
There is a video blocker add-on for Firefox and I suggest you start using it.
I have over 80 channels and dozen keywords blocked.
it makes youtube almost 99% clear of this type of content.
>>8167433
The videos are short and full of half-facts to please the greatest pleb audience possible. Lots of ad views = $$$
If it were not for the $$$ these channels would not be making videos. That proves that their content is intrinsically worthless.
>>8167433
>Why is pop science so annoying?
Because you won't shut the fuck up about it.
>>8167544
>>8167433
>popsci is shit and not usfull in anyway
It helps get normies interested in science, that can only be a good thing. It's only bad if its wrong, which most of it isn't at a general level. Also, it's not annoying, it's relaxing.
>>8167651
>It helps get normies interested in science
No it doesn't. They learn a few surface-level factoids and then act like experts.
>It's only bad if its wrong, which most of it isn't at a general level.
Most popsci is misleading.
>>8167645
It's really hurting nothing. You need to understand that people don't have the time or often the interest to learn about everything in the most detail possible. Surface level understandings are prevalent across all hobbies. Some people don't listen to music beyond the radio. Some people don't watch anything but capeshit and romcoms. The only problem anyone has with popsci is that they know a lot about something and either want to flaunt that knowledge, or they are upset that someone else has an incomplete grasp of something they care about. Just like the assholes at /mu/ do with music.
>>8167433
>oversimplify the history of cosmology
well, thats the point.
how would you explain such a complex topic to physics plebs in a 3min video.
its just a short general overview and not a scientific paper
>>8167467
whats it called anon??
As far as pop science youtube channels go, I find minutephysics fairly inoffensive.
There's a much more obnoxious channel which blatantly copied the style of minutephysics videos right down to tone of voice called ASAPscience. This channel pumps out garbage of much lower quality at a much faster rate.
A lot of times people opposing popsci are like some kind of knowledge hipsters.
They just want everybody to know that they knew about [topic] before it was popular and that people are just posers that got their knowledge from a video.
>>8167704
When that surface-level understanding creates a misleading, incomplete narrative it is indeed a problem. Misrepresenting history has consequences.
>>8167731
By not blatantly lying about scientists uniformly believing in an eternal cosmos before the Big Bang became popular.
>>8167739
>Fuck off. That's how science make people to support them.
They aren't scientists. They aren't doing anything great.
>>8167881
Can't you see it's the counter-part of the creationists illiterates?
If it vanished, people would get influeced by the other side propaganda.
>>8167433
imagine that...they didn't explain the entire history of cosmology in a video for the masses that's only suppose to last a minute
>>8167881
>By not blatantly lying about scientists uniformly...
fair enough
A lot of popsci should at least mention that some things are pretty much without consensus in the scientific community.
>>8167881
>They aren't scientists. They aren't doing anything great.
Non sequitir.
>>8167954
>Then they aren't really "science people"
I do agree with that, yet they have a useful role in society encouraging more children who do not know what they want to do with their lives to take up interest and consider heading to college with a STEM major. I don't really think the pedantic complaints /sci/ has with their videos are relevant in the long run, the videos aren't a substitute for education, they are popularizing STEM as an interesting and useful field.
>>8167954
>people are plebs
So?
What a pathetic bait.
Kill yourself.
>>8167689
No that's what you think, clearly you're being a hypocrite because you're acting like an expert on what normies do and think.
>>8167966
So more people who don't belong in STEM will flood programs and make them worse.
>>8168001
>people who don't belong in STEM
DELET THIS
Post your choice of "most tolerable" pop sci shows/people
This one irritates me the most:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOCaacO8wus
>If we create a reductionist definition of life, pretend cells aren't alive, we can pretend life is just information!
>Look! Here's Pikachu and a Tardis! Please upvote!
>>8168048
You already took mine :(
>>8168048
I hate this memeing faggot.
>>8168048
I like sixty symbols, deepskyvideos and most of the other stuff from brady
>>8167651
>that can only be a good thing
Yeah, it would be great to have thousands of more morons flooding into PhD programs.
>>8168134
You still have to be good at it to get into a PhD program.
>>8168126
>and most of the other stuff from brady
I try so hard to like Brady and everything is always getting worse.
Except Tadashi. Tadashi is the best thing that ever happened to Numberphile.
>>8168134
Undergrad will still prune the idiots, enrollment =/= graduation.
>>8168140
Maybe, but I don't appreciate entering a job market saturated with meme converts.
>>8168151
They've been lowering standards to recruit more women and minorities for a long time. Don't bet on it.
>>8168165
They lower the standards but still keep the education quality the same to get that sweet tuition money from people who can't keep up with the standards in the school.
>>8168158
If you're good at it, I don't see what the problem is. I also don't see why watching a popsci video in high school will prevent you from doing good science.
>>8168158
>meme converts.
I thought a lot of stupid shit about science when I was a teenager. My opinions changed in college. Is this that hard for you to imagine? Are you so confident that you have always been right about everything?
>>8168173
this explains everything
>>8168142
yeah, the quality varies quite a bit, but I think he knows how to make an "interview" and has an honest approach
>>8168173
>They lower the standards but still keep the education quality the same
These mean the opposite.
>>8168181
ikr. I use to read dinosaur comics full of non-feathered lizards when I was a kid too.
>>8168224
Nope. They let in more people who will be overwhelmed and drop out after dropping $20k+ on a year of education.
