@NickLucid

Host of the Science Asylum. Pedantic Educator. Eccentric Thousandaire. (He/Him)

 Michigan, USA
youtube.com/thescienceasylum/
Joined May 2013
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#PSA While you have the freedom to believe whatever you'd like, reality doesn't care what you believe. Not everything is "up for debate."
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It's a disconnect between what we *want* our career to be and what's *possible* in the system we exist within. It makes perfect sense. We're searching for that fun feeling we had when we started, but then reality destroys it again. Most just can't see it until it's too late.
Knowing Better@KnowingBetterYTSep 17
Whenever a Youtuber starts a second channel for "less important, more casual stuff," that channel UNIVERSALLY evolves into their main channel again. They're uploading the exact same stuff they used to put on the original one, just to a smaller audience. I don't understand it.
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If you haven't already, please check out the latest from @NickLucid on the youtube channel youtube.com/@scienceasylum
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John Doe (2002)
cinesthetic.
@TheCinesthetic19 Oct 2025
that canceled tv show you’ll never stop thinking about…
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The world would be so much better if people could learn to just mind their own business.
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The Big Bang predicts a hot dense state in the early universe. To say it‘s wrong because we don’t know whether there is a singularity at t=0 is like saying black holes don’t exist because we don’t know whether there actually is a singularity behind the event horizon
Anthony Preston@AnthonyPPhysics26 Aug 2025
Replying to @martinmbauer
People in different contexts use the term "big bang" in a range from (1) "the universe is expanding from a previous hot dense state" to (2) "there was singularity at t=0". (1) is indeed firm consensus, but I think most theorists think (2) is an unphysical classical GR result.
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I regret not being faceless from the beginning and now I can't even pivot to being faceless because people will think I've been taken over by AI.
Knowing Better@KnowingBetterYT28 Aug 2025
I don't trust any faceless channel created in the last 2-3 years.
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Hot Take: Gravity is STILL a Force! youtu.be/qVsaLZs7kag (because the term "force" isn't actually very useful)
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YouTube peaked in 2012 when it was still niche. After that, it has been a slow painful decline into the mainstream. It has become the monster it championed itself against.
phed
@PhedEU13 Jul 2025
What’s one opinion about YouTube that will have you like this?
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Being a highly ethical person is a constant struggle in our society.
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You know... It's really annoying when people think of physics and only imagine experimental stuff. As a theoretical physicist, my graduate work only required pens, paper, and a computer.
Mathieu
@miniapeur6 Jul 2025
Physicists: please, I need 23 billions to build my new super-collider. Mathematicians: hey guys, look at my new amazing state-of-the-art lab equipment.
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"Computers Are Just Rocks Doing Math" - @nicklucid
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Math is invented, not discovered. It's just a tool we made up. A great tool, but a tool nonetheless.
Mathieu
@miniapeur26 Jun 2025
Which opinion about mathematics will get you like this?
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Let's go back 15 years to account for pandemic-related slowdowns, but off the top of my head: 1. Higgs Boson Discovered 2. Gravitational Waves Discovered 3. Black Holes Photographed 4. Evidence for Gravitational Wave Background 5. Planck Probe CMB Data (contintued in thread)
Dr. Zoidberg 🇺🇦@psuvafan00729 May 2025
Replying to @NickLucid
I don’t disagree, but what are your top ten advances in Physics in the last decade?
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6. Anti-Matter Falls Under Gravity (Just Like Matter) 7. More Distant Galaxies Discovered using JWST 8. QFT g-factor Measurements And that's just a list of the more newsworthy examples, which is a tiny fraction of physics progress.
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The reason people don't *think* progress has been made in physics is because they don't *hear* about the progress. Most of it isn't particularly newsworthy, but it is happening. In short: 99% of progess is boring to a general audiance.
Will Kinney
@WKCosmo27 May 2025
Physics hasn't been stale for decades. One problem (quantum gravity) has seen little progress. Many other fields have seen transformative progress, for example my field of cosmology.
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So much has happened on this platform in 12 years... 🙃
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Curiosity without drama or hype is algorithmically unfavorable.
math lion 🦁@TonyTheLion250030 Apr 2025
Where's the people that are as curious about things as I am? I want to meet all of you.
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I'm so tired of surviving. When do I get to thrive? Can I thrive now please?
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The older I get, the more I'm convinced that all our technology can secretly detect a human user's age. JUST DO WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO!!!
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We launched a new channel!! The format is a fun twist on tutorial videos. Basically, Em gives me an prompt and I have to animate something that meets the requirements. Just uploaded the second video: youtu.be/EVp8pd9_3aU We'd love if you checked it out.
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The channel is also on @WatchNebula, where the videos are uploaded a week early. xitter.cf/WatchNebula/status/188…
Nebula
@WatchNebula3 Feb 2025
New on Nebula: Equilibrium FX nebula.tv/equilibriumfx

Equilibrium FX

Design, motion graphics, animations, and simulations... but gamified.

nebula.tv
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