+1Hi,
Veritasium is after that "wowness" factor which attempts to get people to be somewhat shocked at the facts and peaks their curiosity.
"Wow, is that really true? I better look at this".
It's like an ad that tries to pull you into reading the whole thing.
It does have it's good points though as it makes people think and possibly understand the world and the universe a little better, perhaps.
What I find in practice though is that people only stick with something if they have a true interest in it.
One thing I did learn on that channel is why the space shuttle turns over when it takes off. The article was not about the space shuttle though it was about some minimization of energy or something. It was a little know fact and that is why NASA did not know why the shuttle turned on it's back the first time it took off. They said they did some time later, but they didn't know until after it actually occurred. I can't imagine how shocked the crew was on that first flight.
Some act like Veritasium had some strange revelation on this subject. There are tons of other physics videos that say 'exactly' the same thing but they don't have the 'wow' factor. There are also ton's of bogus free-energy videos that no one says peep about being an absolute crock.
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