Which Way Is Down? (VSauce)

[icyflamez96]

Found this to be a super interesting video. I didn't understand it fully but I understood it enough to be fascinated by it.

If you're iffy, just watch the video for 50 seconds, and if you're not interested enough to keep going then stop.

Talks about things like space-time and why "gravity" doesn't exist.

 

[astro]

I love how he plays with words.

 

[icyflamez96]

I love how he plays with words.

Click to shrink...

I always find it hilarious how he connects things and leads into questions. "But how much does "down"... weigh?"

 

[chrisPjelly]

Been a while since I watched one of these. Hope he and that Mythbuster guy had success with their show

 

[BLEEN]

My brain only got fucked twice! Interesting facts he showed. I didn't know that gravity didn't exist till today.

 

[Mona]

Crazy that Einstein figured this stuff out a century ago and its still not common knowledge

Its very difficult to wrap your head around

 

[Kyle]

That was really good. I gotta watch more vsauce stuff.

 

[Bjoern]

We're finally doing VSauce threads now?

I love these videos. They educate you in a fun and very understandable way.
Loved this one as well.

 

[kristoffer]

We're finally doing VSauce threads now?

Click to shrink...

Were these banned on Gaf or something?

 

[Bjoern]

Were these banned on Gaf or something?

Click to shrink...

I don't know but in my 6 years over there I had never ever seen a single VSauce thread.
I'm just happy to know that there are others in this community who enjoy watching and learning from these.

 

[Xe4]

Cool video. Love VSauce. I wouldn't worry too much about not understanding general relativity, even most physicists don't! Mostly, the math involved (tensor analysis, differential geometry) is really difficult.
Conceptually speaking, if you want a good series of videos on general relativity, it's hard to get better than PBS Space time's. The first video is attached.


Also, as a general note, we have a Science|OT|! if you find this kind of stuff cool, be sure to check it out.

 

[icyflamez96]

I don't know but in my 6 years over there I had never ever seen a single VSauce thread.
I'm just happy to know that there are others in this community who enjoy watching and learning from these.

Click to shrink...

I'm pretty sure I made one on gaf before but it got very little attention lol.

We're finally doing VSauce threads now?

I love these videos. They educate you in a fun and very understandable way.
Loved this one as well.

Click to shrink...

I always saw him as the "modern" Bill Nye (before he made a return), but a lot more entertaining. A lot probably having to do with the fact that Bill Nye seems like he pulls things out of general education and makes it as fun and interesting as he can, while VSauce can talk about whatever he wants, which usually involves really interesting ideas & concepts that aren't taught in general education.

 

[Nightbird]

Yay, Vsauce!

I love their channels! Michael and Jake are so enthusiastic about the topics that's it gets hard to not also get into it haha

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

Great episode.

I'd also throw in another vote for Space Time. Great series of videos that introduces quite high end concepts in a very simple way. Sometimes requires you to watch 2 or 3 or more of their videos in advance, but they always link you to relevent videos.

 

[Cocolina]

I love getting my mind blown like this

 

[linko9]

Is this dude trying to get me to jump every few minutes? Why the hell is he popping up from the bottom of the screen all the time? Bizarre. Hard to take it seriously with that weird stunt, but it seems well done otherwise.

 

[kellar]

This video is pretty good, it just kept me interested the whole time.

 

[vider]

Is this dude trying to get me to jump every few minutes? Why the hell is he popping up from the bottom of the screen all the time? Bizarre. Hard to take it seriously with that weird stunt, but it seems well done otherwise.

Click to shrink...

He's done that for years. It's sort of his shtick.

And you sort of get used to him popping up from the bottom of the screen and hearing: "Hey Vsauce, Michael here."

 

[Deleted member 18095]

He's not my favorite science/curiosity youtuber but I'll watch it later. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Mistle]

cool to see a new vsauce vid, it feels like it's been ages. lately i've only seen him pop up on Adam Savage's Tested channel every now and then (another really great Youtube channel)

 

[icyflamez96]

He's not my favorite science/curiosity youtuber but I'll watch it later. Thanks for sharing!

Click to shrink...

Who's your favorite?

 

[Deleted member 18095]

Who's your favorite?

Click to shrink...

Derek from Veritasium is my absolute favorite. Such a smart guy.
Destin from Smarter Every Day is also really cool.

I guess that what I don't like about Michael is his goofiness... Anyway, great video just finished watching it. Always nice when someone explains complex concepts such as general relativity in simple and didactic ways.

 

[LL_Decitrig]

It's okay, but isn't his material a bit basic? We learn about mass, gravity and curvature in secondary school, this shouldn't be new. He's just exploring the implications while doing a lot of gurning and wordplay, because science is for craaaaazy guys, right?

Here's some stuff that really expands my mind. There's a slightly different approach too, but the content is what matters.

 

[fleeting]