Comments by "marialiyubman" (@marialiyubman) on "1. Radiation History to the Present — Understanding the Discovery of the Neutron" video.

  1. Fascinating and amazing teacher. (I was a bit disappointed to the student’s definition of “science”, I define it by discovering things and learning how they work by putting them through all critical tests as well as making sure your theoretical explanation of them and their processes are 100% factual to the best of your ability, then harnessing that knowledge to create new things and knowledge. At least that’s my attempt to define it. Do “science” not “The Science”).
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  2. Does living near a nuclear reactor cause cancer? I don’t know. What I do know is that all it takes for one major accident is a series of bad political decisions that may sometimes be outside of the plant’s domain or control, and if we had one nuclear reactor per X square miles and had one major accident once every 30 years, the half-life of the leaks would deem our earth uninhabitable in several hundred years (gradually, like one of those old area-closing games). It’s never about the smart and responsible people in the room, it’s always about the weakest link in their universe. Also, when I read a scientific paper, I first make sure to learn who wrote it and who commissioned it, then I look at the opposing papers and do the same, then I read both and sleep on them for a while to figure out whose facts make more sense in the real world.
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