Ugh, another Johnny Harris video that seems to be a lot of exposition, fancy graphics, and dramatic music for a 20 minute video that could be boiled down to a single paragraph. Which is amusing as...
Ugh, another Johnny Harris video that seems to be a lot of exposition, fancy graphics, and dramatic music for a 20 minute video that could be boiled down to a single paragraph. Which is amusing as the point of the video is basically that people overly focus on the storytelling aspect rather than looking at the data. It sounds like he does the research and looks at the data, but he doesn't usually go into them and his videos are usually very surface level. The China and European history videos were particularly bad from what I recall.
I don't know if its something about him that doesn't vibe with me, or that the usual long-form videos I watch are just higher quality...but I'm just not a fan. He keeps coming up in my recommendations (both the algorithm and from friends and sites like tildes), so I occasionally give him a watch...but I'm still disappointed.
Could it have? If you think so, I think you might have missed the point. The point of the video was not just to prove that the Bermuda triangle is a myth. That indeed would have only taken a...
for a 20 minute video that could be boiled down to a single paragraph
Could it have? If you think so, I think you might have missed the point. The point of the video was not just to prove that the Bermuda triangle is a myth. That indeed would have only taken a paragraph. The point was to show how visual storytelling can so easily be misleading, why creators need to be wary of the power they have over their audience, and why we as the audience need to be wary of being manipulated. And this video was also about him acknowledging being guilty of some of the very things he showcased in the first parts of the video, some of the things that you're complaining about, and him promising to try to do better in future. At least that's my interpretation of it, and IMO it was a hell of a lot more interesting than all the typical "I'm sorry, I'll do better" videos released by other similar edutainment YouTubers over the years.
This video is probably not what you think it is. The answer is probably not what you expect. Watch it to see why. p.s. Don't you dare change the title, @mycketforvirrad. :P
This video is probably not what you think it is. The answer is probably not what you expect.
Watch it to see why.
This is a good video about something that causes me some worry. There are a few things that I have deep and broad knowledge of, and when I see these covered in media or youtube it's really hit or...
This is a good video about something that causes me some worry. There are a few things that I have deep and broad knowledge of, and when I see these covered in media or youtube it's really hit or miss. I see people confidently saying things that are simply, objectively, incorrect. Not obscure stuff either, things that are covered correctly by multiple trustworthy sources.
But then I watch the next video where I don't have that knowledge and I don't know what questions to ask. Obviously I start with "what is being counted? How is it being counted? What are the limitations of that?". But then I run out of questions to ask. I usually won't know to ask "why are you counting this thing, and not that thing?"
So, this is a nice video to remind me to be cautious.
I solve this by only watching music videos. :) Or course that doesn’t really solve things; you still need to look for reliable sources if you get all your nonfiction in print form.
I solve this by only watching music videos. :)
Or course that doesn’t really solve things; you still need to look for reliable sources if you get all your nonfiction in print form.
<aside> I am a little surprised this is only the second time the pseudoscience tag has been applied. The first one was almost three years ago to the day (and I even surprised myself by finding...
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I am a little surprised this is only the second time the pseudoscience tag has been applied. The first one was almost three years ago to the day (and I even surprised myself by finding that it was used by me!). As tildes.net starts to get well into its toddler years, I am really appreciating well tagged posts. It is fun looking back at trends in their usage. If there are any data science hobbyists in the crowd, it would be really cool to someday see an interactive tag visualizer for tildes; something like what Google Trends does with search terms.
Edit: I forgot to High Five@cfabbro on the second use of the pseudoscience tag. :)
You're right! My mistake. I see now that I can click on the tag in this post and get to the other uses of that tag in this category, or remove ~humanities from the URL, leaving only...
You're right! My mistake. I see now that I can click on the tag in this post and get to the other uses of that tag in this category, or remove ~humanities from the URL, leaving only "?tag=pseudoscience" and see all use of the tag across all categories. Is there a more direct way to browse tags across all categories? I feel like I'm overlooking something obvious here...
Ok, I'm definitely missing something obvious then. On the front page I see a list of recent posts (the Activity sort) and a list of groups. Where do they appear on the page?
Ok, I'm definitely missing something obvious then. On the front page I see a list of recent posts (the Activity sort) and a list of groups. Where do they appear on the page?
I appreciate the OP! I would not have watched the video without the cryptic comments. However, it was an interesting watch and good to see 'data' make an appearance in popular culture.
I appreciate the OP! I would not have watched the video without the cryptic comments. However, it was an interesting watch and good to see 'data' make an appearance in popular culture.
Excellent video. This post is a testament to the awesome of tildes. In nearly any ither context, an invitation to watch a video about the bermuda triangle would be met with an eyeroll at best. But...
Excellent video.
This post is a testament to the awesome of tildes. In nearly any ither context, an invitation to watch a video about the bermuda triangle would be met with an eyeroll at best. But here, even without @cfabbro comments, my thought is this will be something interesting.
Ugh, another Johnny Harris video that seems to be a lot of exposition, fancy graphics, and dramatic music for a 20 minute video that could be boiled down to a single paragraph. Which is amusing as the point of the video is basically that people overly focus on the storytelling aspect rather than looking at the data. It sounds like he does the research and looks at the data, but he doesn't usually go into them and his videos are usually very surface level. The China and European history videos were particularly bad from what I recall.
I don't know if its something about him that doesn't vibe with me, or that the usual long-form videos I watch are just higher quality...but I'm just not a fan. He keeps coming up in my recommendations (both the algorithm and from friends and sites like tildes), so I occasionally give him a watch...but I'm still disappointed.
Could it have? If you think so, I think you might have missed the point. The point of the video was not just to prove that the Bermuda triangle is a myth. That indeed would have only taken a paragraph. The point was to show how visual storytelling can so easily be misleading, why creators need to be wary of the power they have over their audience, and why we as the audience need to be wary of being manipulated. And this video was also about him acknowledging being guilty of some of the very things he showcased in the first parts of the video, some of the things that you're complaining about, and him promising to try to do better in future. At least that's my interpretation of it, and IMO it was a hell of a lot more interesting than all the typical "I'm sorry, I'll do better" videos released by other similar edutainment YouTubers over the years.
This video is probably not what you think it is. The answer is probably not what you expect.
Watch it to see why.
p.s. Don't you dare change the title, @mycketforvirrad. :P
This is a good video about something that causes me some worry. There are a few things that I have deep and broad knowledge of, and when I see these covered in media or youtube it's really hit or miss. I see people confidently saying things that are simply, objectively, incorrect. Not obscure stuff either, things that are covered correctly by multiple trustworthy sources.
But then I watch the next video where I don't have that knowledge and I don't know what questions to ask. Obviously I start with "what is being counted? How is it being counted? What are the limitations of that?". But then I run out of questions to ask. I usually won't know to ask "why are you counting this thing, and not that thing?"
So, this is a nice video to remind me to be cautious.
I solve this by only watching music videos. :)
Or course that doesn’t really solve things; you still need to look for reliable sources if you get all your nonfiction in print form.
Edit: I forgot to High Five @cfabbro on the second use of the pseudoscience tag. :)
I counted twelve
pseudosciencetags.How do you see that? When I click on it I only see this and one other post.
Looks like you are just seeing the tagged ones in ~humanities, not on the whole site.
You're right! My mistake. I see now that I can click on the tag in this post and get to the other uses of that tag in this category, or remove ~humanities from the URL, leaving only "?tag=pseudoscience" and see all use of the tag across all categories. Is there a more direct way to browse tags across all categories? I feel like I'm overlooking something obvious here...
I tend to do most of my tag browsing from the front page for this very reason, to get a whole-site view of 'em.
Ok, I'm definitely missing something obvious then. On the front page I see a list of recent posts (the Activity sort) and a list of groups. Where do they appear on the page?
In your user settings there is a checkbox in the 'display settings' section called "Show topic tags in listing pages (home page, groups, etc.)".
And there it is. Thanks @mycketforvirrad.
Happy to help!
I appreciate the OP! I would not have watched the video without the cryptic comments. However, it was an interesting watch and good to see 'data' make an appearance in popular culture.
Excellent video.
This post is a testament to the awesome of tildes. In nearly any ither context, an invitation to watch a video about the bermuda triangle would be met with an eyeroll at best. But here, even without @cfabbro comments, my thought is this will be something interesting.