Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster, study finds

Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by NoodleIncident on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @04:43PM (#22059057)

I was under the impression that his conclusions come from the same sort of papers we're discussing in the OP, and that the animation is just a demonstration of the effect. Some real-life issues should be addressed in future studies, for sure; for airplanes, it's probably important to model "families" that sit, board, and deplane together. But just listing the variables not accounted for in the study or video isn't scientific criticism, you have to do your own work to actually demonstrate that it makes a difference.

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by reaperducer on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @05:38PM (#22059591)

You are correct. But his videos aren't presented as "this is possibly the best way, and it should be further investigated." They're presented as "This is the best way because I say so, even though I haven't done any testing but I'm a college professor and on YouTube so you should believe me."

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Re:Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster,... by emiliobumachar on Thursday January 16, 2020 @05:49AM (#22063366)

They're presented more like "This is the best way", the rest of your characterization is unfair.

This doesn't invalidate your core criticism, but there's no need to accuse him of trying to impose authority.

I've watched a lot of CGP grey and I just learned now, from you, that he's a college professor. I may have missed or forgotten it being mentioned a couple times, but I'm sure it's not front and center as you imply.

Being on YouTube is, tautologically, obvious from being on YouTube, but it's also necessarily obvious from being on YouTube, and a similar accusation of appeal to authority could be constructed for any other medium, e.g."it's best because I say so and I have a blog".

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