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Re:1937 film explains how a car differential works by drewmate on Saturday December 26, 2020 @10:47AM (#25544087)
I agree that this is definitely a trend, so I feel like highlighting a great example of educational content that is very dense, concise, and with just a touch of whimsy: 3Blue1Brown on Youtube[0]. He has been doing math education videos on YouTube for years. I just watched his latest video on the medical test paradox and redesigning the Bayes rule to address it[1].

All his videos are absolutely phenomenal - the best educational content I've seen on YouTube. I cannot recommend them highly enough. In my experience it is more akin to reading a (very engaging) textbook than watching a video. I often find myself pausing to think things through and can _feel_ myself grasping at new ideas and learning while watching.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG4VkPoG3ko

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Re:1937 film explains how a car differential works by Yajirobe on Saturday December 26, 2020 @11:13AM (#25544272)
No need to highlight this here. 99% of HN readers know 3b1b
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Re:1937 film explains how a car differential works by chrisseaton on Saturday December 26, 2020 @11:35AM (#25544426)
I think people drastically overestimate how popular YouTubers they follow are amongst everyone else.
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Re:1937 film explains how a car differential works by pmontra on Saturday December 26, 2020 @11:58AM (#25544621)
I'm in the 1% that never heard or noticed 3b1b. This doesn't rule out that I could have watched some of those videos, but I still didn't know him. Wrong age group?
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Re:1937 film explains how a car differential works by sethammons on Saturday December 26, 2020 @11:42AM (#25544492)
Your comment only serves to hinder today’s 10 Thousand: https://xkcd.com/1053/

The down votes are likely due to that as the comment does not contribute to much. If folks don’t want to hear more about 3b1b, it will just not gather upvotes.

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