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Re:String theory lied to us and now science communication is... by defrost on Monday November 13, 2023 @02:13AM (#38247778)
Damn you, I had to hunt, it was the one self described with the deliberately misleading clickbait title:

the most important material in science

    The most important material in science is glass. This is a video about the history of glass. Glass is important. Glass is complicated. Professional scientific glass blowers are the coolest people in the world. And a little discussion on art versus science.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eUI38MpiYo
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Re:String theory lied to us and now science communication is... by PartiallyTyped on Monday November 13, 2023 @03:41AM (#38248232)
It's a great video isn't it?
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Re:String theory lied to us and now science communication is... by defrost on Monday November 13, 2023 @04:00AM (#38248341)
TBH I stepped through it, it seems pretty good with no obvious errors and it's on the aspirational "to watch" list .. I worked with a few glass blowers for both craft and science applications some decades back so I have a few solid books on the history of glass and a few hundred hours batching glass recipes.

My benchmark for a great glass video is (say) any > 30 minute full piece video of Lino T. working:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgbtaKfab7k

he's the Robert Fripp of cane work, the Eno of free form, ...

EDIT: here's a short nail biter for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qt8-5Vx1HA

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Re:String theory lied to us and now science communication is... by PartiallyTyped on Monday November 13, 2023 @04:19AM (#38248430)
> EDIT: here's a short nail biter for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qt8-5Vx1HA

That was the most stressful video I have seen in a long time.

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