Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "Veritasium" channel.

.....why education in general is important. the number of people that struggled with this is embarassing.
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7:35 and this is EXACTLY why everyone HATES word problems. The people who write them rarely put enough effort into the WORDING of the problem, and they fail to account for alternative valid interpretations other than their own. Also, word problems are very rarely presented in anything representing a real world problem one would solve later in life.
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I've experienced Far more intense rainfall than that in AZ during monsoon microbursts. literal whiteouts, couldn't even see more than 5ft in front of my face. Granted, it is very localized and doesn't last long, but it's intense and very dangerous.
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this is stuff everyone knew 30yrs ago. this was embarrassing to watch.
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W=mg is just a rewrite of F=ma. we've known that Gravity is not a Force since Newton first came up with his theory of gravity. sad state of affairs that hundreds of years later people still can't grasp this.
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@alihms exactly, if driving you are blinded and must slow and stop. also, the rain falls so hard that instant hydroplaning can occur as well. Every driver in AZ seemed to know this when I moved there, and they thankfully warned me about this before I ever experienced it myself.
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that opening was an embarrassing condemnation of the state of education.
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@wavez4224 I'm passionate about it because all these people claiming to be smart and scientific can't get their facts straight, and can't see the importance of making common units easily referenced to a known standard of measure. I get how metric works, I'm not an ignorant child. I use metric all the time. I do most unit conversions in relation to metric even. So how about you stay on topic and stop giving lessons no one asked for. but other systems of measure are still used, especially if working on historical machines that predate all these standards. you still need to use other units. Not to mention that not everything in metric is base 10 (radians, degrees, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, etc.). And English uses base10 units all the time. 1.0", 0.1", 0.01", 0.001", tenths of a foot, tenths of a mile, hundredths of a mile, we even sometimes do time in tenths and hundredths of an hour, PSI vs KSI (pounds per square inch vs kilo pounds per square inch).
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@wavez4224 yes, my passion for science and accuracy gets stronger all the time, especially when I see the standards of others plummeting. The guy with high standards of science and accuracy in a time when others have no standards, makes him look amazing.
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shows the terrible state of education...
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@idkusername2795 It used to be general knowledge. When I was a kid EVERYONE knew such basic things. You didn't make it to high school without knowing them.
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many people don't et tested, as for them knowing your IQ is like knowing when/how you are going to die. It can be a curse to know.
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moore's law, if you don't constrain it to transistor density, has other methods to continue increasing the computing power density of computers. Research is already ongoing in these other directions.
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brain teasers like this would lead me to seek employment at a more serious company. I love thought experiments. but with a practical application. Brain teasers that lead to brilliant insights cannot be forced, they are derived at naturally by the brilliant mind who makes the breakthrough. I knew from the beginning the "right answer" wasn't the goal of the question. But I still despise interview tactics like these. And I've been actively recruited by companies like SpaceX, Tesla, and more. People tend to recruit me, I've never had to submit an job application cold in my life, they already wanted me before formally applying for the job.
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FM radios also fall under the FCC and not the FAA. Radios are communications as well.
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send it to Mars
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humans have demonstrated the ability to detect light contrast through the skin as well.
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"dying with your boots on" "going down fighting" Warriors preferring to "die in battle than in their beds" ....... History is filled with examples of people wanting their life to end on a high note.
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This video was far more interesting than I expected. I should have known better than to assume that.
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you can have infinite number of parallel lines pass through a point not on a line. in a plane above the line passing through the point.
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Great idea with the video competition
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low frequency sonar, radar, sound, waves.... the beauty of science is how many things behave similarly across disciplines. But it makes logical sense that waves in any form or medium would share common behaviors.
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good thing I don't associate with any political party, totally independent, much of a loner who doesn't care if people disagree with me. so I am able to make rational decisions and rely solely on facts, truth, and science. the political people hate me because I destroy their false notions with facts.
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Military ASVAB: I took it in high school so wasn't allowed to take the whole thing, but I scored so high that when I later joined the military, I could still pick any job and they didn't make me retake it either. College Entrance Exams: Don't actually know what I scored. But due to joining the military, I delayed entry into college and my tests expired. But I scored high enough that they waived me taking it again and accepted me (at a prestigious college that didn't just let anyone in, at least back then). I have never been turned down by any college, attended 6 colleges in total (2 in high school), and hold 4 degrees (all STEM). Standardized Tests in School: I scored in the top 1% or 2% nationwide in every category. IQ test: never took one, have no idea, never plan to take one, and I think IQ tests are bogus subjective crap. They don't prove what people wish they did. Intelligence tests are about as useful as horoscopes and astrology at predicting success and such. Have had success in 3 distinct careers, with opportunities presented to jump to another ~4 careers. I care about results, not arbitrary tests. If you ever meet me in life, look at what I've accomplished, not at my scores. I know people who score high and accomplish nothing their entire lives. And I know people who score low and are amazing and brilliant people. Some score high and achieve. Some score low and are failures. Results are all that matters, not test scores. Could I have a lower IQ, but do well in tests? Could I have a high IQ and be under performing? Could I be book smart and not practical smart (evidence to the contrary there, but something I worry about just the same)? Does it even matter?
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B-29s largely dropped incendiaries, not napalm. And while they did a bit of "area bombing", they were still targeting mostly industrial parts of the cities. They would also drop leaflets ahead of time warning people to get out of the city. The Japanese gov made it illegal to pickup a leaflet and refused to evacuate its people ahead of known attacks. The US even warned the Japanese about Both atomic bomb attacks ahead of time.
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you're right, Dark Matter is absurd. They proposed a theory, it didn't match observations, so they invented Dark Matter to make the theory correct regardless. It's not based on science, it's based on a theory failing to fit the data and scientists being unable/unwilling to accept it.
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2:00 we get energy. just because there is energy balance, doesn't mean we get nothing. if we didn't get anything, then the energy from teh earth would not be in balance and our planet would freeze. it would reduce to a lower state of energy balance. we have to replace the energy we lose.
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you're asking the probability of two entirely different things. this is dumb
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Mastery of warfare is THE HARDEST job on earth. Harder than Law, Medicine, Engineering, Physics, etc. To truly master war and consistently deliver winning results across numerous geographies and climates, utilizing a wide range of weapons, technology, espionage, psychology, deception, tactics, strategy, logistics, etc. requires significant intelligence, problem solving, adaptability, physical and mental resilience, etc.
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the fact you think there are only 2 ways to tie shoes........
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1:05 there is NOTHING stupid about setting US units in reference to Metric. NOT setting them in relation to a common standard would be stupid. It better standardizes the units of measure, even if they are different than metric. those units are older than metric, and therefore will continue to exist due to history, and therefore there is Nothing wrong with helping standardize them. Many other units of measure other than Metric and English still exist to this day. no one criticizes those units for continuing to exist. people that don't get this are ignorant of reality and fundamental aspects of science. And no, all the ignorant Europeans and such claiming the US is not on the Metric system are bold faced liars and they need to be corrected and stopped from spreading lies.
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@wavez4224 "You’re literally arguing abt semantics thinking that shows you are amazing." never said I was amazing, I said that person who has higher standards Appears amazing next to those with No standards. "bro you don’t have high standards, just a high ego." ego has nothing to do with it, just facts. The fact is US is Metric, has been longer than I've been alive. And the fact is it makes Perfect sense to define nonmetric units in terms of Metric. then you only have one standard to maintain, and can just use simple math to verify the other standards of measure used. No ego in that. You're trying to make a point, but it's wrong, and misses the entire point of my original comment. But keep trying, it's fun watching people dig holes.
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@wavez4224 "I just said not using metric is stupid." despite my comment not being about that. And I've explained why using nonmetric units happens. only people bad at math struggle with units other than metric. Other units are not hard. But again, that wasn't the point of my comment now was it? "Also you mentioned other people having plumetting standards and then talked about how having standards makes you amazing." Twice now you've blatantly changed what I said. This is called "Gaslighting". I was talking about relative appearances, and yes, standards in science are dropping fast and it's causing problems where I work, particularly in hiring. Colleges are graduating people who are useless. It's not about ego, it's about how easy it is to succeed and look good, when the standards you need to beat to look amazing are so low. it makes "succeeding" easy. But, please continue gaslighting, for all to see.
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11:40 how does that make me feel? Sad, that we know so little about the rest of the universe. I already knew all of the answers, but it just makes me so frustrated we cannot know what other lifeforms and conditions exist on other planets. Our lives are too short and it's frustrating.
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fair, but also fair is the fact that you likely would of clicked on his video even with a less successful thumbnail and title, because you know what to expect from the videos on this channel.
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employer is basing his success on luck........
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HPE and SGI have put multiple supercomputers on the ISS using off-the-shelf computers (latest and greatest chips) with no physical radiation hardening, and have successfully dealt with such radiation for years.
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we need a discussion like this for climate. Opposing views given equal opportunity to make their case under fair rules of science.
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imaginary numbers and such weren't invented to break math from reality. they were simply encountered and dealt with same as any other problem. Disconnecting math from reality will prevent us from solving the mysteries of the universe. we already have problems with math that prevent it from properly representing the real world. If things like imaginary numbers explain reality, then they are not in fact disconnected from reality, are they?
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Why 5%. Because the math needs 5% to make sense. Um, how do we know the math is right to begin with? It you start with a broken theory, and then force the math to work, and then observe something different than what the math said it has to be, maybe the theory is wrong. Until recently, logic led the math. Now math leads everything. Used to be you'd come up with a idea than might explain how things work, then set out to do the math to see if you can prove that idea works. I know there have been examples of seemingly useless math solutions that led to technological breakthroughs later, but the big theories like those of Newton, Faraday, and Einstein led with logic, not math.
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a longer rope under the helicopter would help
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This doesn't prove imaginary numbers are disconnected from reality. The way I see it, are not imaginary numbers related to the xy-plane, in a manner similar to that of quaternions to vectors? It adds a rotational element to the problem. Not the same as quaternions exactly, but similar. The visualization of the cubic may be leading us astray as to what "i" is supposed to represent.
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8:35 I have Numerous white boards in my office at work, and in my home. I'm always ready to whip out a whiteboard at a moments notice. I and NOT a mathematician. I am a CFI (Certified Flight Instructor) and a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineer. We're constantly drawing pictures to teach aerodynamics and other concepts, even when no math is involved.
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@idkusername2795 i'd say it's rather fundamental to know. And it used to be fundamental here in the US.
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many aircraft are not made of metal, and are not faraday cages. and you can call from inside them just fine. Yes, it's hard to get signal from above about 5k ft in my experience. (i'm an airplane and helicopter CFI-I)
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