Youtube channels on science?

[Moontanman]

12 minutes ago, Grogingly said:

Sorry for posting as a new user but just had a question.

I have been watching a YouTube channel, Anton Petrov, for a few years now as another source of science news and don't necessarily know how to feel about his content anymore, especially since it has seemed to become more clickbaity. To those who see this post, what is your opinion on using him as a media source?

Should add, as a plus side, he does always include a link to the paper he is talking about in the description, which is why I have always kinda trusted his content.

If you do not know about Anton Petrov, here is a link to the channel: https://youtube.com/@whatdamath?si=JVFexgtfAOCrRekL

Anton does a good job of explaining the science in the papers he uses, I would have to check out his content from other sources if it was something controversial. 

[atom_cosmic10]

Kurzgesagt.

https://www.youtube.com/@kurzgesagt

 

[exchemist]

On 5/22/2024 at 4:54 AM, Grogingly said:

Sorry for posting as a new user but just had a question.

I have been watching a YouTube channel, Anton Petrov, for a few years now as another source of science news and don't necessarily know how to feel about his content anymore, especially since it has seemed to become more clickbaity. To those who see this post, what is your opinion on using him as a media source?

Should add, as a plus side, he does always include a link to the paper he is talking about in the description, which is why I have always kinda trusted his content.

If you do not know about Anton Petrov, here is a link to the channel

I have not heard of this guy. What are his qualifications and areas of expertise? 

[paulsutton]

On 9/9/2020 at 7:21 PM, nae said:

Free science lessons! They are pretty short too, he simplifies it so well. Though he speaks very monotone to mostly get the point across

The lessons are excellent, the nice thing about so many different channels is that there should be one that suits an individual learning style or even better more than one.

[CharonY]

The downside is that it is going to be hard for folks who want to learn which are actually accurate and convey information and which are mostly entertainment with some facts or factoids thrown in. Generally, folks are more in favour of simply stories as they require less work to understand. But that also means that folks never learn to learn more complicated concepts.

This is somewhat evidenced by the fact that in university, despite these diverse sources of information, the level of understanding of concepts has dropped. I.e. not needing to exercise those thinking muscles because of convenient media access could be a net detriment.