7mo ago

Social media comments on physics-related content piss me off

Idk if this has grown worse in recent years or if I'm only paying attention more.

Every single video about physics (especially relativity or quantum theory) has a deluge of ostensibly misunderstood geniuses who either know why Einstein/Newton/the science community are wrong, or try to look smart by "explaining" the video to others but doing a terrible job of it.

It's starting to feel like the comments from the flat-earther pages I used to lurk in for entertainment. Except instead of people endlessly denying a round earth, they're denying a constant speed of light, black holes, or whatever the fuck.

On a related note, check this out

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cranks are eternal, but they are getting more common and less prolific.
oh my, that paper has some real treats.
[W]e claim that the photon, electron, graviton, and magniton (word coined by we authors) are all the same particle and only differ in the way they move.

I. Introduction - Modern physics is dominated by equations.

luminic: relating to light (this word is invented by one of the authors)
my god these goobers are silly. those guys would be very upset about Emmy Noether if ronda stinky's florida bothered teaching them to read. or just like, maxwell for that matter....
this is some terryology tier nonsense i fear
- i'll coin my own term in honor of them, the "criminally miseducated."
  
  Family money is a hell of a drug
We present to you our vibes-based model of physics. Fuck a math. How do I prove it? Just vibes.
Yeah I’m coming to the conclusion that the midwits are worse for misinformation than the conspiracy-brained. At least shit like “”the sun is actually a power plant for ancient aliens” is funny and obvious bullshit. The midwits know just enough to say things that sound right-ish but are horribly off practically.
Remember, you too can publish completly baseless papers to arXiv.
- From the rats mouth to our ears
The Four Universal Motions In Physics
Scientists know Time Cube, but any scientist supporting the 4 simultaneous days in a single rotation of Earth, will be fired and banned for life from academic institutions. Scientists are evil cowards and should be castrated for obscurantism of the 4 simultaneous days within a single rotation of Earth. Average people understand 4 Day Creation when I tell them about it, but scientist can't accept it, for the evil bastards think singularity. Singularity can't procreate, a feat requiring opposites.
- :this:
require all of physics to be visualizable and without any empirical equations
physics always was this way, since 19th century at least
citations needed had a livestream about how these ancient aliens book writers like erich von daniken were outsiders in their fields trying to gain clout (through grifting people), a shortcut to some measure of fame and recognition, it also reminds me of the peter thiel employee eric weinstein with his 'theory of everything', he got very aggressive when challenged about it by some people, once the grift gets fully exposed they'll usually switch to a 'it was entertainment actually' defense, or 'it was speculative' and re-brand/pivot to some other thing like a 'lifestyle channel', but yeah grifters pretending to be experts is a big problem in western social media, all of a sudden some youtubers became experts in microbiology, viruses, and vaccines a few years ago (even Max Blumenthal lol), I guess western corps generally stay hands off because 1. don't want to spend on hiring more content moderators 2. as long it's not illegal in the country, any sort of outrage still generates traffic, publicly they can say it's because 'we have to protect the sacred battleground of ideas', our 'town square' and such
I don't think social media comments should be taken too seriously.
word coined by we authors
Have you watched this video? She's pretty much saying what you're saying I think. She's an astrophysicist herself.
https://youtu.be/11lPhMSulSU
- I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
  yewtu.be
  inv.nadeko.net
  yt.artemislena.eu
  piped.video

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