Hearted Youtube comments on Veritasium (@veritasium) channel.

  1. Easily one of the best videos I have ever seen. The simple brilliance in covering the topic in its entire complexity is fascinating itself. Combining it with visual represantations of the hard to grasp statistical phenomena makes it even better. Loved every minute and made me wish my Derivatives professors would have had the same passion for the topic. Bravo, coming from an MSc in Finance!
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  2. This almost made me cry. Having a parent that loves learning as much as they love teaching has to be one of the greatest gifts on earth. Gaining the knack for inquiry makes living so beautiful.
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  3. This video had me glued to the screen
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  4. 3 min in, and using a mini explosion to break the surface tension has me in awe!! I'm astonished
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  5. There's been a couple of videos on this particular SAT problem before. I'm an engineer and a bit of a math nerd myself, so I understood the point the other video was trying to make. However, Derek uses both computer graphics and real-world cut-outs to explain things, and that sets this video apart from the others. Very elegant, as always, Derek. Love your vids!
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  6. And we all click it with a tiny glimmer of hope that we might be able to give it a shot.
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  7. We actually have to study about PCR in our school curriculum (it covers a pretty huge part of it actually) and Oh My God dude, all the explanations by every teacher inside and outside the school campus flew over my head but this... I never would've though that PCR had that much of history and had made such a huge impact on healthcare and forensics and it wasn't even briefly mentioned by the teachers. If this 30 minute video was shown in our class I guarantee you that everybody will pass the exams. Because it felt like a movie rather than a "who'll drop their head first and get kicked out of the class game." This is what YouTube should be for.
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  8. I think it's worth noting that Patterson's (and others') struggle was not quick or easy and they faced significant opposition from industry and other powerful interests.
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  9. I think the team at Cetus deserves just as much recognition as Mullis, if not more. We'd be nowhere without them, and props to the manager that recognised the chance
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  10. Your videos are far better than any physics teacher in the world. In the chaos of martial law in South Korea, the rainbow you created have moved me for a moment.
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  11. Dude chill you don't have to release bangers every week for months in a row 😂
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  12. The value of your channel is immeasurable. Thanks for making such great educational videos. You return more value to humanity than what you take. You are an "digital entropy anomaly" thank you!
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  13. Thanks YouTube! I used to be the plant engineer at this potash plant from 2004-2007. It's still owned by Intrepid Potash Inc. out of Denver. Pretty accurate in all accounts technically. The solution mining method was at first just flooding the original room and pillar underground mine. In 2005 they drilled a set of interconnected horizontal boreholes through the potash bearing strata using the same tech used for horizontal oil and gas drilling. A small point of clarification, but the majority of the evap ponds are actually sodium chloride and the KCL is separated in the plant a few miles east via an amine bubbling process. The remaining sodium saturated water is actually recycled back down the pump shafts. KCL is preferentially soluble in water and this keeps the sodium byproduct from building up. All the feed lines are kept as saturated as possible to minimize corrosion, which as you might imagine can be a big problem.
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  14. You're getting old, Derek. Now you're awesomer!!!!!! I admire and respect the heck out of you!
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  15. Proving Feynman wrong is one hell of a task... yet he kinda did it ... :D
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  16. First time donating. The money is not much but it represents my absolute resentment toward Youtube censoring educational videos. Thank you for your work.
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  17. Derek this is such a lovely video! I would love to see Raquel and your kids on your channel more — experiments you try at home filmed in a really cool way, like everyday physics phenomena with drones and slow mo cameras and so on.
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  18. Hi Derek I just wanted to tell you that I really appreciate what you’re doing and that I love watching your content. They’re always so interesting and I love the way you present it! Can’t wait for 10M!
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  19. 6:39 this 'locking into place' animation is so good, all the molecules barely move and yet instantly create a pattern
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  20. IIRC, the fact that storing video was difficult meant that a lot of famous TV broadcasts have been lost, even after recorders were adopted. The early episodes of Dr. Who were taped over for later programs, and now the only known recordings are audio tapes made by a viewer. The moon landing footage was also taped over by NASA, so the only existing footage is a video recording of a video broadcast of a video broadcast.
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  21. Can you imagine.. "Gather round, family! Time to fire up the color-picture tube!" switch clicks, relays fire, belts and color wheel spin up shouting "SO WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE TONIGHT?!"
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  22. Japanese yen deserves to be among these international ‘Thanks!’ This episode brings up a quote of the year, considering all the conflicts going on around the globe. Thanks for a positive note!
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  23. For many years now Ive been subscribed to your channel & I can honestly say, I always get excited EVERY time I see a notification that you have uploaded a new video. I have learned so much from your channel! I want to thank you for your hard work & for encouraging all us young people to not only pursue physics, but also not to be dismissive of other people's points of view. Youre open minded yet unlike many academics, I have never heard you be dismissive of the fact someone might be religious or spiritual & that they want to be a man of science, (something that two of my professors do all the time). You are the reason I decided to choose to get my undergrad in physics with the hope that when I finish my undergrad here at Carnegie Mellon, I can get my PhD in astrophysics. I still have two more years..... if school isn't tough enough, the fact that I have to work makes it really tough but its so worth it! You were a big part of my decision to pursue physics & by doing so, I found out that the pursuit of knowledge through the world of physics is not simply want I want to do for the rest of my life, its what I would LOVE to do! From the bottom of my heart: THANK YOU!
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  24. In a world of political discourse and divide, coming to watch a video where I could learn something and see something I've never seen before is a refreshing change from the norm. I thank you for that.
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  25. props to Andrew Lo, explain it very very clearly.
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  26. 12:53 I would be veeeeeery disappointed if this animation was not made with Blender...
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  27. Random Dude: put your hand next to the metal plate and the boiling water Veritasium Man: yes
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  28. Thank you Derek. You are the BEST thing on YouTube. Keep up the amazing work.
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  29. Would love to see any of these: A pair of hands clapping, A birds/Insects wings flapping, A tuning fork ringing, A set of Newtons Cradle in motion, A gyroscope spinning, A spark across 2 points (as in a Van De Graaff), A fluorescent tube striking, A drone hovering, A feather falling. Looking forward to whatever you end up trying. :D
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  30. Brilliant, loved how the professor did admit where he was wrong and his argument made us got us to know the blackbird and it's working even better, he really is a man of honour....
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  31. The sheer volume of content is incredible. There has to be a bigger team helping produce this much amazing science content.
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  32. Awesome video. And your editing skills are really good
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  33. This is quite possibly the most down-to-Earth math video I've ever watched. I'm going to send this to anyone I geek out about combinatorics to.
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  34. I've done my BSc in physics last october and this has been the first time in years where I had a true mind = blown moment when it comes to something physics related. How I missed that feeling; that's why I started studying it in the first place. So thank you so much for this!!
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  35. Wow!bluetooth!
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  36. 2 videos within 4 days. What a treat.
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  37. 1:39 everytime you see that disclaimer you know its gonna be good! :)
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  38. And the link to the laptop typing research paper is?
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  39. I have learned more from this channel than I have in several years worth of schooling. I can’t believe this is free content. Thank you so much
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  40. Veritasium basically exposing himself is the most truthful thing I've seen on YouTube.
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  41. Derek's storytelling is insane right now. From start and end from the same evil spirit's line. Just the perfect way to join multiple footages, different locations and topics woven together as a complete story. To take the explanation parts and seamlessly transitions to practical demonstration, fun, self exploration. From teaching us and being taught and the constant voiceover during it. JUST LOVED IT. this must be my favorite video of yours's in every aspects.
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  42. This is the first ever "thank you" video that makes me tear up :') I've been following you for a long time, and seeing what you achieved and what your life has become genuinely makes me HAPPY for you. So, thank YOU Derek, for everything you've done for us. You deserve your beautiful life.
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  43. I rarely comment on videos... I found this video so insightful I just had to say... Keep producing the quality stuff man!
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  44. Dude You ridiculously simplify the complex concepts of Universe, recently electronics. Your conceptualization and presentation is unmatched. Videos of this channel serve a docu series to many curious souls. Some of your videos go down with me forever!! Thank you very much for the efforts of you and your team. Please don't stop making such videos, spread the knowledge, keep motivating and exciting everyone. Love from India
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  45. I came here just to say that I got to watch your videos in jail before I went to prison. I wanted to say thank you. You gave me so much joy and helped me learn about some of my favorite sciences (idk if thats a word) Thank you veritasium for all that you've helped me with. I was in a rough spot with my daughter being 2 months old at the time and me missing so much of her life due to my poor choices. But you gave me a glimmer of joy and happiness. You truly helped me. Thank you so much
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  46. I have cochlear implants, streaming this video directly to my processors and thus pretty much directly to my brain… some of the illusions don’t work, others work but not in the way you expect and it’s so hard to describe
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  47. "I always wanted to know why film looked better than video." That's the first line of your description but the video doesn't explain that...
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  48. Absolutely Mesmerizing!
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  49. OHHHH! So THAT'S how they make Fig Newtons! Got it, thanks!
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  50. Derek, I think this video was one of your most beautiful videos so far. I just wanted to say I'm from Brazil and you were a great source of inspiration for me to start making science videos to the Brazilian community. I'm still an undergrad in physics, which I decided to pursue because of you and your work. YouTube changed my life, I've always wanted to be a filmmaker. Making videos changed who I wanted to be in the future. It changed my career. It changed everything! I love your work and I want to tell you how much of an inspiration you were to me. How your videos changed who I wanted to be. Who knows how many other lives and people you have inspired? Your videos are definitely making a change in the way we teach. I love your work! Thanks for everything you've done and accomplished. YouTube is a better place because of you. From a Brazilian fan.
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