I enjoyed the back and forth over the topic, personally, but that initial video of his felt… weak. I didn’t hate it but it did make me want to unsubscribe. It felt like a technicality and like a trick more than anything, to me.
The practicalities of how two nearby parallel wires work versus one big loop wasn’t the question posed, it was based on length (As I remember from watching it once). Felt like a ‘gotcha’ moment with no gotcha.
I actually liked that. That kind of back-and-forth between people who are actually experts–such as with ElectroBoom and EEVblog, who are both electrical engineers–is something otherwise lacking on the Internet. Veritasium needed to patch up some of his claims, but his ultimate follow up was much better because of it.
Yes, YouTubers do drive up views from this kind of argumentative back and forth. It can still be useful.
So glad I’m not the only one who noticed. Curious if I just became hyper aware of his methods, or if he changed his video style.
The whole light second long cord switching on a light with a delay was super scummy. Milked that “controversy” for months.
I enjoyed the back and forth over the topic, personally, but that initial video of his felt… weak. I didn’t hate it but it did make me want to unsubscribe. It felt like a technicality and like a trick more than anything, to me.
The practicalities of how two nearby parallel wires work versus one big loop wasn’t the question posed, it was based on length (As I remember from watching it once). Felt like a ‘gotcha’ moment with no gotcha.
I actually liked that. That kind of back-and-forth between people who are actually experts–such as with ElectroBoom and EEVblog, who are both electrical engineers–is something otherwise lacking on the Internet. Veritasium needed to patch up some of his claims, but his ultimate follow up was much better because of it.
Yes, YouTubers do drive up views from this kind of argumentative back and forth. It can still be useful.