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Pop science

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    cfabbro
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    I didn't really like Coffee Break after his petty attack on Kurzgesagt, but his apology for that attack impressed me. And this video impressed me even more. He covered the nuanced issue of popsci,...

    I didn't really like Coffee Break after his petty attack on Kurzgesagt, but his apology for that attack impressed me. And this video impressed me even more. He covered the nuanced issue of popsci, both the benefits and shortcomings, very admirably IMO. He just got himself a new subscriber and fan. Thanks for sharing, cadadr.

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      You're welcome! We're all fallible, I respect this person for failing in public but then admitting in front of a public just as big, and apologising. FWIW, I'd prefer that the rest of the comments...

      You're welcome!

      We're all fallible, I respect this person for failing in public but then admitting in front of a public just as big, and apologising.

      FWIW, I'd prefer that the rest of the comments pertain to this video rather than the controversy the creator was taking part in, and I just deleted the negative rant I started on Kurzgesagt which would appear instead of this paragraph. I'll suffice to say that I wouldn't recommend it to anybody w/o a general understanding of science enough to watch these videos critically.

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  2. unknown user
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    This is a video by the Coffee Break channel on YT that discusses pop science: the methods of it, the reasons it exists, and its pros and cons.

    This is a video by the Coffee Break channel on YT that discusses pop science: the methods of it, the reasons it exists, and its pros and cons.

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