Hearted Youtube comments on Veritasium (@veritasium) channel.

  1. I never thought a veritasium video would make me cry! Congrats on everything Derek, you deserve it all
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  2. Really interesting video bruh. Love how you structure the story. It takes more effort than it looks.
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  3. Damn that thumbnail comment wasn't lying, this is definitely one of those rare videos that EVERYONE should see😐
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  4. Thank you! A great explanation of our world and struggle as Youtubers!
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  5. Derek MĂŒller, Adam Savage and Theo Jansen in the same video gives me so much joy. I have huge respect for and admiration for those three. Fantastically done Veritasium!
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  6. We have reached peak Veritasium, look how often he's posting đŸ”„
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  7. It may seem ridiculous, but in the age of teenage YouTube megastars I've struggled with feeling like I'm already over the hill with this YouTube thing and ought to "settle down"/"get a real job". it's really encouraging to realize that you were as old as I am now when you STARTED this venture. It makes me realize that these cut-offs I have in my head about the proper timelines and phases of life really are arbitrary.
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  8. This saga has been one of the most interesting and wholesome things I've ever seen on youtube. Your first video led me to [re]discovering electroboom, alpha phoenix, and a few more awesome science channels. Watching everyone's different critiques and explanations was a kind of deep dive I didn't know I needed. Thanks, Derek.
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  9. I love how Derek goes the extra mile and tracks down one of the people that called the problem out, who just so happens to be a mathematician now 😂
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  10. So many satisfying clips in this video!
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  11. Hm... The video didn't have much pottery from the era you live in, but I suppose it'll do ;)
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  12. For the people wondering: "Why aren't we all black if UV is just harmful?" The reason is vitamin D. You NEED sunlight to make this vitamin and you need this vitamin to be healthy. If you have enough sunlight (like around the equator) you easily get enough vitamin D even through the blackest skin. A population living in areas with less sunlight will gradually lose a lot of its melanin to maximize the vitamin D synthesis and because there is not that much sun and therefore not that much of a risk of skin cancer. (Edit: I thought it was vitamin K, it's D apparently)
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  13. First and foremost, this is a awesome video. But if you sunk to the size of a nickel, considering that all your other organs shrink with the body, around a ratio of 1 to 85, your blood vessels which is currently around 4mm wide would shrink to 5 to 10 micrometers, with your capillaries shrinking to around 0.06 to 0.12 micrometer. You might be thinking now that red blood cells would shrink too, but red blood cells are made of molecules with a fixed atomic bond size, this means the red bloodcells can you shrink to a certain limit(70% of current, 5 micrometers) before rendered useless. Thus your red blood cells would be hundreds of times bigger then your capillaries. Just a side note, Van der waals does play a role here, as 0.06 to 0.12 is close the scale(not at it, just close) of where van der waals forces start dominating, making your blood vessels very very fragile. With this in mind, you would almost immediately die of blood blockages. Also, your DNA molecules don’t shrink, because atoms remain the same size. Normally, the double-helix of DNA is ~2 nanometers thick, which is fine for normal cells but becomes massively oversized if your cells shrink. Your cell nuclei would be too small to fit your DNA, meaning your cells wouldn’t divide or function properly. A lot of organelles like the mitochondria will also not be able to shrink aas they are already almost at the physical limit. Neurotransmitters, ion channels, and synaptic gaps are already nanometer-sized, meaning your brain’s electrical signaling would break down completely if everything was compressed. Air and water molecules will also be too big for your body to absorb properly, same would happen with food molecules like protein. P.SSo in this senerio of you being nickel sized, You would instantly lose all consciousness, almost instantly get blood blockages all over your body, your cells will collapse(DNA, mitochondria), you will also suffocate and starve. Lets say by some miracle, you survive and try to jump out(which theorietically is totally possible as you can jump up to 3.5 kilometres), you going to to shoot upwards(if your jumping using the energy your normally would) you would move up at 940 km/h, which would rip your body apart(85G of force), and deafen(maybe kill) you with sound caused by breaking the sound barrier. Oh, you would also bonk your head on the ceiling! Now you might say you’d jump up exactly the right distance, but you would have to control your energy output to around 175 microjoulesm which is more energy then that produced by a grain of sugar falling 1cm. In comparison taking one single step in your normal size takes 390000 times more energy then jumping out of the blender, making it imossible to control you energy output. Just one final peck at the teaser, if you were in that situation and moved even a tiny bit like walking you would explode into the air. In conclusion yet again, as a nickel sized human, your more cooked then my chances of getting a gf.:face-fuchsia-wide-eyes: P.S. Pin me for a cookie
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  14. In the difficult time of Corona, I am glad Derek provides us with videos more frequently. Life has become stagnant for me, and I feel like i'm getting dumber since there's so less to do and learn from during this time. These videos are a breath of relief for me and I really appreciate it. Thanks, Derek.
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  15. this is the most underrated thing right now, it made me speechless, autonomous flying on mars, are you kidding ! we live in the future
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  16. We are slowly getting there. Once we are finally past the "baby boomers" age group (God, I hate that phrase) we will pick up speed. Where I work, we are all metric. And I prefer it to be honest. What you must do is accept the measurement for what it is, not what it converts to in inch. What I mean is when you hear millimeter, think about how far that actually is, not that it is close to .040". Then it begins to make sense
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  17. Watching a 35 min veritasium video on thermite before going out on a saturday night... Living my best life right now
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  18. I usually do not comment, but the level of production of this video was astounding. Keep up the AMAZING (yes, with capital letters) work
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  19. Petition to call asteroids "planet crumbs"
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  20. Hi Derek, the notification of your videos makes me throw all my work away and sit with my tab. You're incredible.
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  21. When that music starts and you know this video is at its climax!!
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  22. bring a cat along next time, we need more videos of cats in microgravity!
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  23. I watch a lot of science-based, learning-based channels, but you are the only one consistently releasing fantastic quality videos at a pretty high rate, and I'm super happy about it. Keep up the good, educational work!
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  24. That demo at the end was absolutely fantastic.
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  25. Thank you so much for creating such great educational video! One of the best physics video i have ever watch
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  26. I can HIGHLY recommend "Gödel Escher Bach" by Hofstadter at this point.
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  27. As an electrical engineer in college , this video clears up so much about electricity. Amazing work Derek!⚡
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  28. My previous job was working with electron microscopes - we worked on the scale of picometers and nanometers, with tiny silicon wafers. The level of detail in the microscopic world is unbelievable.
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  29. Thank you so much bringing the story of Shuji Nakamura san forward. His story inspires me so much. His dedication, determination is so out of the world but still he is so humble.
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  30. Awesome sir dr. Derek muller, you made science so interesting!! I have watched almost all your videos and I am studying in high school đŸ‘ŠđŸ» By watching your videos, it helped me to understand how some things work... Thankyou very much đŸ™đŸ»â€ love from India 😊
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  31.  @OficjalnyKrwiopijca  energy is frame dependent. Whether this is powered by the wind or the ground depends on the frame you choose for your analysis. A common complaint of skeptics about the model on the treadmill was that it was "clearly being powered by the treadmill". Oddly enough, that's true - but not a problem. It's equally accurate to choose the belt of the treadmill as your frame for analysis, and you'll find the cart is being powered by the wind (in that frame the air in the room is moving). And if you do your analysis in either frame, you'll find that conservation of energy is not violated.
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  32. I don't even care if they work, I think they just look cool
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  33. I never thought one could have the number 37 as a life-defining hobby, but I'm glad this man does!
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  34. I was a huge Physics nerd as a kid, especially things concerning light and optics. Watched the whole video with my undivided attention and reaffirmed to myself that I still love physics after all these years. Thanks for rekindling my inner child!❀
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  35. Loved this biographical video! I related to it in so many ways, especially the double unrelated (but low-key related) passions, and moving around until youtube made everything fall into place. Keep going, Derek!
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  36. There was a huge event there that weekend. It was like an open-class time trials for every form of gas powered vehicle.
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  37. "I want to make science documentaries in youtube that puts broadcast to shame" And to be honest, you have. It made me reflect on how have I got into interesting science topics in the last 8 years, and its been mostly through your videos. And thats a lot because I just graduated as a biologist! It is thanks to your videos and videos from others like Michael from Vsauce that I keep finding my passion about science. So thank you. I always go back to some of your videos (What is not random and Our Greatest Delusion) because they are truly inspirational. You are the Carl Sagan of a generation!
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  38. The best synthesis ever in the best way I needed it presented. This might just be my favourite video of all the ones you've ever made or any of the physics channels I follow come to think of it. Thanks a mil.
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  39. Wow Gene!! That was ridiculous flying!! Those are some really great shots
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  40. Thank you for everything that you do. The part about time ceasing to exist at the heat death of the universe was mind-blowing.
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  41. I’ve used this instead of stitches.. it works! I use it on cuts too. Apply it with a toothpick so it doesn’t get inside the wound, outside only!
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  42. Congratulations, Derek! I've been with you for such a long time! Since 2013 actually, which is when I started learning English, and you also contributed to that by the way. I'm very glad to know that you've found love, and I hope that your wife and kids will bring you a lot of happiness! Thank you for making Veritasium exist. I hope you'll keep the videos coming, at least every now and then. All the best, David
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  43. That was a fun afternoon. The receiver is one I built about 8 years ago using a design by Nick Roethe DF1FO. This video only includes audio from one ear - the other ear has a "whoopee" tone that makes it much easier to DF, but Earhart didn't have that
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  44. What a treat, Saturday evening in Sweden and Veritasium releases a video about Thermite. I feel so lucky!
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  45. My man went to space to prove his point, respect.
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  46. I just noticed you made Veritasium the element 42. Hope you never forget your towel!
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  47. This was so absolutely cool Derek! From the bottom of my heart, thank you!
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  48.  @CrazyStranger11  at 1:10 you can clearly see a multi-gear setup. Sounds like they could change it manually before each run, but no derailer for changing it during a run
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  49. Can we wait for a moment and appreciate the crazy animations done by the editor 👏
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  50. Currently working on my phd in astrophysics, studied physics at undergrad. I never appreciated that light really does follow every path. Like in the video, I thought it was a neat mathematical trick. The demonstration blew my mind.
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