PickVidsBest Scientific method & science communication Videos
The 127 Scientific method & science communication videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 2 introductory, 12 intermediate, 113 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are an explainer. What they share is that one picture or analogy is used to supply a missing concept. Channels you will keep seeing include Veritasium, Angela Collier , Christopher Sykes.
Richard Feynman Magnets
A short clip of Richard Feynman answering an interviewer's question about how magnets work, in which he explains why a why-question has no simple answer without a shared frame of reference.
13 Misconceptions About Global Warming
Veritasium debunks common climate change myths in under seven minutes, with references to NASA and published research.
the sham legacy of Richard Feynman
Physicist Angela Collier's nearly three-hour critique of Richard Feynman's public legacy.
A New History for Humanity – The Human Era
Kurzgesagt explains the Holocene or Human Era calendar, which adds 10,000 years to the current year to anchor dates to the start of human civilization.
The Biggest Misconception in Physics
Veritasium explores why energy is not conserved in general relativity, using Emmy Noether's theorem linking symmetries to conservation laws.
How Kodak Exposed Nuclear Testing
Veritasium tells how Kodak film was fogged by radioactive fallout from the first atomic tests, letting the company detect nuclear testing before anyone announced it.
Joe Rogan Experience #1191 - Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay
Joe Rogan interviews Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay, who describe their hoax papers submitted to academic journals in grievance studies.
You've (Likely) Been Playing The Game Of Life Wrong
Veritasium explains why many real-world systems follow power laws rather than normal distributions.
The complete FUN TO IMAGINE with Richard Feynman
All six episodes of the 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine, in which Richard Feynman muses on jiggling atoms, fire, rubber bands, magnets, electricity and more.
Should Knowledge Be Free?
Medlife Crisis asks whether academic research should sit behind paywalls, covering publisher profit margins, unpaid reviewers, Sci-Hub and Aaron Swartz.
harvard & aliens & crackpots: a disambiguation of Avi Loeb
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.
Khan Academy and the Effectiveness of Science Videos
Veritasium examines research suggesting science explainer videos like Khan Academy's make students feel they understand while tests show they have not learned, because misconceptions go unaddressed.
Dance p 3 Mar09
Geoff Cumming uses a simulation to show how wildly the p value varies from one replication to the next because of sampling variability.
There is No Algorithm for Truth - with Tom Scott
Tom Scott's Royal Institution discourse on science communication in the age of social media, how recommendation algorithms shape popularity, and why view counts can matter more than truth.
that dark matter video aged like milk
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.
The Most Common Cognitive Bias
A Veritasium video that runs the 2-4-8 rule-guessing puzzle on people to show how they test only examples that confirm their hypothesis.
Noam Chomsky - "The machine, the ghost, and the limits of understanding"
Noam Chomsky's 2011 University of Oslo lecture on Newton's contributions to the study of mind.
I took an IQ test to explain what's wrong with them
Veritasium takes an IQ test and examines what IQ measures, its history including military use and eugenics, its controversies, and how it correlates with life outcomes.
Irving Kirsch: The Emperor's New Drugs
Psychologist Irving Kirsch gives a distinguished lecture on antidepressant trials and the placebo effect.
Breakdown of the Pentagon UFO videos with Mick West
Astronomer David Kipping of Cool Worlds talks with Mick West to break down the three declassified Pentagon UFO videos.
The Scientific Method-Richard Feynman
A one-minute clip of Richard Feynman describing the scientific method: guess a law, compute its consequences, and compare with experiment.
Feynman: Take the world from another point of view (1/4)
Part one of a four-part upload of a BBC Horizon documentary featuring Richard Feynman, in which he talks about physics and looking at the world from another point of view.
Cambridge Ideas - Professor Risk
David Spiegelhalter, Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, uses statistics to weigh everyday risks such as bacon sandwiches and cycling.
David Deutsch: A new way to explain explanation
Physicist David Deutsch's TED talk on why science took off, arguing that good explanations are those that are hard to vary.