I really love that that the tone of this video is not the usual "media and authors are idiots and don't understand physics" but much rather "hey thats an interesting idea and even if its bonkers lets actually work it through and see what happens."
Favorite channel on YouTube. Becoming a geothermal engineer because of the curiousity and love this sparked in me awhile back. Thank you.
I was randomly recommended one of your videos and then immediately proceeded to binge about 10 of them. What the hell is the algorithm doing? Show this to more people, youtube!
Thanks for doing the hard work! Further indication that 3BP is more science-themed nightmare fantasy than actual science fiction.
Your speaking voice has been perfected over the years. Perfect energy, inflection and draws the audience in. Bravo man bravo.
Not the Pizzeria!
Finally a science channel I love is discussing the show, I've always heard about the book but never got to reading it so when the show came out I was blown away by the creative ideas and scenarios that were present in the story and it's awesome seeing your channel discussing it. Would love to see more videos like this
Utterly fascinating (and very amusing) look at the problem. Cheers!
Wait why didn't it show your video to me in the last 6 days. I love your videos and I will not miss any, no matter how much the algorithm wants to hide them from me haha.
Thanks for the *To scale and *Not to scale, it really helps!
The white dwarfs could have caught each other in their gravity wells after becoming white dwarfs, so the red giant phase would not be an issue. And given enough time they could cool down enough to not be deadly to life on the planet. This wouldn't work in the context of the show, because cooling down to that temperature would take much longer than the current age of the universe, but it is within the realm of possibility in the far future. The much bigger problem is that such a system would not be stable for long enough for life to evolve on such a planet, and it may not even be possible at all when all the radiation from those white dwarfs is infrared.
I've been watching your videos for a while now, and I've always loved how well your animations serve your explainations of really complex topics. Lately, I've noticed that your animations have been getting better and better, while remaining easy to digest and serving as fantastic visual aids for what you're explaining. If I were a teacher I would certainly use your videos in my classes. Thank you!
The graphics for these videos are getting insanely good, would love to know how you make the visuals.
I've been waiting for the next video. this is it
These animations are super high quality!
Absolutely need more of your videos in my life.
6:37 is that Michael Reeves I hear?
This video gives me some old vsauce vibes. Taking a crazy idea and just going with it
So something i have a problem with understanding are micro-novas, where white dwarfs accumulate enough hydrogen on its surface to trigger a critical fusion event in its atmosphere. I would love to see a topic of that and what is actually going on. Also i absolutely love your video on core collapse supernovas!
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