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phailhaus@piefed.social 1 day agoVeritasium is awful. So much misinformation, holier-than-though attitude, and disguised advertising. They are just pre-AI slop: Stuff that sounds correct presented in a convincing way.
Brokkr@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Several of the topics that they have covered are topics that I majored in (physics, math, materials). Other than some possible oversimplifications of highly technical topics, I haven’t found any errors in the information that they’ve presented.
I can’t verify their information in all fields, but in about 10 % of their content, I haven’t seen any issues that are really worth complaining about.
I am aware that some people disagree with some of their interpretations or presentation style, but other creators (e.g. Matt Parker, 3blue1brown) have covered the same topics or extended on Veritasium’s original videos and haven’t corrected anything presented in the original video.
I disagree with the characterization that they are a source of misinformation or slop. However, I’m always interested in learning more, so if you have other content creators that you would recommend I’d be happy to have those recommendations.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
There was a scandal where they made a sponsored video without telling people, and may have selectively edited, but I might be misremembering.