Who Invented Christmas Lights?

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  • @jamier.2560
    @jamier.2560 6 років тому +32

    "May all your Christmases Bea (Arthur)(Betty) White" I love it!!

  • @RedwoodGeorge
    @RedwoodGeorge 6 років тому +28

    I had the good fortune to meet one of the earlier (and incredibly prolific) science explainers: Isaac Asimov. While he's usually described as a Science Fiction writer, he was also a science educator. He couldn't have been more gracious and I treasure my signed copy of the Foundation Trilogy :-)

  • @New_Wave_Nancy
    @New_Wave_Nancy 6 років тому +10

    Shoutout to SciShow and ASAP Science here on youtube for bringing me science info.

  • @TheTwick
    @TheTwick 6 років тому +8

    A lot of homes were burned down by those festive christmas-tree candles - Edison’s application saved lives (at the holidays). Thank you, ‘science explainer’.

  • @rrrosecarbinela
    @rrrosecarbinela 6 років тому +7

    Shout out to Veritasium, DONG, SciShow, Steve Mould, 12Tone, NativLang, the Physical Therapy guys, Up and Atom, Acapella Science, Physics Girl, Smarter Every Day, Crash Course, VSauce, Alliterative, A Way with Words, and so many more.

    • @komalahayes1535
      @komalahayes1535 6 років тому

      Gotta check these out👍👍👍

    • @trevinbeattie4888
      @trevinbeattie4888 4 роки тому

      I follow most of those already. Some additional science channels I like include: PBS Space Time, Kurzgesagt, The Science Asylum, Dr. Becky (astrophysicist), Mark Rober (mechanical engineer), MinuteEarth and MinutePhysics.

  • @JonnoPlays
    @JonnoPlays Рік тому +2

    Can we get an updated version of this video that just focuses on the subject the entire time? I enjoyed the video but I don't feel like I learned what I came here to learn. Going to go watch some other videos now to get that info.

  • @avi12
    @avi12 6 років тому +7

    8:45 Vsauce

  • @attiliorusso8793
    @attiliorusso8793 6 років тому +4

    Can you make a video where you explain why fruit and veggies are so expensive in the USA?

  • @NSP150
    @NSP150 6 років тому +15

    Can you do the origin of personality tests, like the Myers Briggs test?

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn 6 років тому +4

      Myers Briggs isn't a recognized personality test. The main test used in the field is based on the Big Five model.

    • @DivvyDiaz
      @DivvyDiaz 6 років тому +3

      Mendicant Bias that makes the history of it even more interesting. If it’s not considered legitimate in the field of psychology, why do people still know about it and use it in self-help, schools, and businesses?

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn 6 років тому +3

      Because it was very well designed and sold to look scientific as well as give satisfying answers (which the Big 5 test doesn't, and is not designed to) at a time when there wasn't much of any good alternatives. But fair enough, it would make a good topic.

    • @armanke13
      @armanke13 6 років тому +2

      Upvoted (not MBTI, but personality tests in general)

  • @abelrrant
    @abelrrant 6 років тому +17

    What about Tesla's contributions? Didn't Thomas Edison take ideas and inventions and patent just like he did with the movie industry?

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn 6 років тому +1

      Tesla was an inventor, not a showman. Not exactly a proto-science explainer, more at home in a lab than on stage.

    • @NK-ek8gp
      @NK-ek8gp 6 років тому +1

      Edison also had stray animals electrocuted and placed around town to try and get Tesla's alternate current questioned as he, Edison, had only direct current.

    • @kevinloving3141
      @kevinloving3141 3 роки тому

      @@ArawnOfAnnwn which was shame too bad one of the actresses who were in thralled with Tesla didn't get him to meet with a showman where this actress and Tesla could show his work.

    • @kevinloving3141
      @kevinloving3141 3 роки тому

      Hmm how convenient, Thomas elephant killah Edison didn't have Toppsy sentenced to death himself uh just have the poor animal's owners do that 🙄

  • @Crashed131963
    @Crashed131963 6 років тому +1

    I always wonder how they put candles in christmas trees without burning the house down?

  • @shugadaddy4841
    @shugadaddy4841 5 років тому +1

    UA-cam channels I like to watch: Smarter everyday, Its ok to be smart, Vsauce 3 (Vsauce 1 is too long for me), and I watched Beakmans World when I was a kid

  • @DrewSprague1218
    @DrewSprague1218 6 років тому +1

    Interesting connection between Edison and all my favorite UA-camrs. Thanks for showcasing some wonderful people like Emily Graslie!

  • @katieintraining
    @katieintraining 6 років тому +2

    Totally missed the opportunity to talk about Michael Faraday's Christmas lectures.

    • @danindenver
      @danindenver 6 років тому

      Although regarded as "one of the greatest scientific discoverers of all time", Faraday was a devout Christian, and as such, is seen as less than human in this new PC world. His reputation must be ignored and his contributions downplayed.

  • @googlselzmiyinfo9040
    @googlselzmiyinfo9040 6 років тому +26

    Don't tell me Thomas Edison is getting credit for stealing another invention

    • @rasil4u
      @rasil4u 6 років тому +4

      Googl SelzmiyinIt is obvious what side of history this one is on :(. Nauseating to observe. Edison as all the rest, stole the inventions of others. I suppose she believes Ford invented the automobile. Sad.

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn 6 років тому +2

      This vid was more about science explainers than who invented the lightbulb (which they did acknowledge Edison wasn't the first). If anything, you should be criticizing them for not acknowledging things like the Royal Society's public outreach efforts and stuff.

  • @valjoker7
    @valjoker7 6 років тому +7

    Shoutout to Neil deGrasse Tyson an inspiration to all.

    • @eaterdrinker000
      @eaterdrinker000 6 років тому

      I generally agree with you, but I've got to interject, "Say it ain't so, Dr. Tyson!" We'll have to wait for the evidence and analysis, and in any event we can still love his artistic science no matter what. Hell, I still kind of like Kevin Spacey, and he was way worse.

  • @steve154life
    @steve154life 6 років тому

    My 7th grade science teacher aby White. I never forgot how she was able to explain e=mc square perfectly

  • @evilotto9200
    @evilotto9200 6 років тому

    No elephants were harmed in this science explanation and demonstration.

  • @exiiesaid8004
    @exiiesaid8004 6 років тому +1

    I love this womans energy.

  • @sparklynurse
    @sparklynurse 6 років тому

    I really enjoy this channel! I learn something every time I watch - thank you!

  • @Soul-cry1
    @Soul-cry1 6 років тому +8

    I wonder what it must have been like to experiences electricity for the first time. It must have be how we would react to anti gravity once it gets invented.

    • @jeromelee428
      @jeromelee428 6 років тому

      We'd probably vomit when we go on anti gravity which is prob not how it went when they saw it but the amazement are probably the same yeah

  • @williesmith9832
    @williesmith9832 5 років тому

    Easy... Dr. Joe Hanson inspired me to pursue Theoretical Physics... and although I'm nowhere near there, when I have children, we will watch his show together! Thank you PBS

  • @celtgunn9775
    @celtgunn9775 6 років тому

    The picture of Edison with the huge globe with electrical twisted wire in it around the 6:00 mark, is that a plasma ball of Edison's version or just a gigantic light bulb?
    Great episode, Thank you. You packed so much information into this one!

  • @JoHannah57
    @JoHannah57 6 років тому +1

    can you do a origin of family christmas cards!?!

  • @irkendragon
    @irkendragon 6 років тому

    Stated Clearly is another great educational youtube channel.

  • @bjmccann1
    @bjmccann1 6 років тому +1

    Gotta give shout-outs to the channels of:
    1. Issac Arthur
    2. Sharkee
    3. John Michael Godier
    4. Trey the Explainer
    5. Your Dinosaurs are Wrong

  • @tisroc100
    @tisroc100 6 років тому

    ContraPoints makes my favorite explainer vids

  • @A3Kr0n
    @A3Kr0n 6 років тому +1

    Thank you science educator!
    I grew up watching Mr. Wizard.

  • @magical8842
    @magical8842 2 роки тому

    Fairy lights were invented in England by Swan. 1st used in a stage production where ‘fairies’ on stage wore a headset and dress lit with small lights from a battery pack.

  • @purplecapricorn79
    @purplecapricorn79 6 років тому

    OMG!! I LOVE this channel!!!

  • @XRaym
    @XRaym 6 років тому +1

    In computer science, there is a famous video called The Mother Of All Demo, by Douglas Engelbart (known for his invention of the mouse computer) in 1968, featuring " video conferencing, teleconferencing, hypertext, word processing, hypermedia, object addressing and dynamic file linking, bootstrapping, and a collaborative real-time editor.". Way ahead of this time ! ua-cam.com/video/yJDv-zdhzMY/v-deo.html Wasn't meant to the pubic though, it was more for universities research. www.wikiwand.com/en/The_Mother_of_All_Demos

  • @dvdmtz79
    @dvdmtz79 6 років тому +1

    I could listen to her read the phone book.

  • @antoniocusato6074
    @antoniocusato6074 6 років тому +1

    Ummm everyone knows that Edison was scared of Tesla's AC (alternating current) & was hell-bent on using DC (direct current) to power the grid which was not viable then & is not viable now, which is why we chose Tesla's AC method, & is also the reason why Edison WAS the one electrocuting animals, in order to make an attempt to make everyone else scared of Tesla's AC also.
    Also Edison never did pay Tesla that 50k he owed him!
    I really loved this channel until they tried to make someone like Edison look like a good person because he soooo wasn't!

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH 6 років тому +1

    This almost might be better titled "The origin of public scientist" or science educators.
    I'm not familiar with the term 'explainer video'. I clicked because I knew it would be good TOOE content. :)

  • @rrrosecarbinela
    @rrrosecarbinela 6 років тому

    Danielle, I'm lovin' your channel!

  • @hippieweirdo7858
    @hippieweirdo7858 6 років тому +3

    Finally a black queen doin it you go Queen

  • @spiritofmilwaukee27
    @spiritofmilwaukee27 4 роки тому

    That was a great video thank you.

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH 6 років тому

    ... 1:27 I can't help think of the coincidence that the country that nearly exterminated the menorah invented the lighting of Christmas trees with candles...

  • @zacharyhenderson2902
    @zacharyhenderson2902 6 років тому +2

    Best. Sweater. EVER!

  • @marywillard8010
    @marywillard8010 6 років тому

    Great video, although I have to agree with some of the other commenters on here, Edison gets a little too much credit. Although I didn't realize he was such a salesman/showman. That explains a lot. BTW, I just discovered this channel, and am super impressed!

  • @robinchesterfield42
    @robinchesterfield42 6 років тому

    Oh, my god. How much of a nerd am I. All I could think of when she was listing off "my colleagues here on UA-cam" was HOW MANY OF THOSE AM I _SUBSCRIBED_ TO? XD
    (The answer is: Most of them, + one she didn't mention (probably because it's PBS online but not science): "It's Lit" with Lindsey Ellis. Heh.)

  • @JoseMartinez-df2db
    @JoseMartinez-df2db 6 років тому

    I LOVE YOUR SHIRT!!! 😍

  • @nebulan
    @nebulan 6 років тому

    Neil Degrassi Tyson gets smack for demoting pluto but I like to think of it as bring attention to other dwarf planets like Ceres, sedna, haumea, makemake etc.

  • @djcsavato100
    @djcsavato100 6 років тому +4

    I still like Tesla more.

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn 6 років тому

      Tesla was an inventor, not a showman. Not exactly a proto-science explainer, more at home in a lab than on stage.

    • @djcsavato100
      @djcsavato100 6 років тому

      Yes, I still like Tesla more. You don't have to be a showman to be successful or celebrated in history.

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn 6 років тому

      @@djcsavato100 Fair enough. However this video is about science explainers, not simply inventors. Hence their choice.

  • @DungeonMetal
    @DungeonMetal 6 років тому +3

    Tesla is my hero.

    • @DungeonMetal
      @DungeonMetal 6 років тому

      After actually watching the video, all the science educators spending their time and energy to teach the world is far far better.

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn 6 років тому +1

      Tesla was an inventor, not a showman. Not exactly a proto-science explainer, more at home in a lab than on stage.

  • @skywise001
    @skywise001 6 років тому

    Viced Rhino is a great debunker of science tomfoolery along with Professor Stick.
    Today I Found Out/Top Tenz is fun and very accurate. in fact they work hard to be accurate when just being flashy would probably get them more views. Also Simon Whistlers voice is fantastic.
    Polar Warriors - A channel focusing on Bipolar and the many joys and sorrows it brings.
    Your videos are amazing and awesome. If you want to look into more cute things how about the history of Anime in the west like why Cartoons from the rest of the world are cartoons but that - its anime.

  • @HelamanGile
    @HelamanGile 6 років тому

    it wasn't actually his inventions he was a business man

  • @NSP150
    @NSP150 6 років тому

    Can you discuss the origin of juice from concentrate vs. juice not from concentrate?

  • @RangerRuby
    @RangerRuby 6 років тому +1

    Thomas Edison is awesome. Without explainer videos, I could not live... sanely.

  • @THEMOECOOPERSHOWTM
    @THEMOECOOPERSHOWTM 3 роки тому

    It's Christmas Lights...Not Xmas

  • @laabitres
    @laabitres 4 роки тому

    Edison was also one of the biggest crooks ever

  • @Abel_Makkonen_Tesfaye-0
    @Abel_Makkonen_Tesfaye-0 3 роки тому

    a Legend

  • @eve36368
    @eve36368 6 років тому +1

    OMG 'glowy"

  • @gilberttello08
    @gilberttello08 5 місяців тому

    👍👍

  • @truckerryan378
    @truckerryan378 5 років тому

    Neil Degrees Tyson

  • @rasil4u
    @rasil4u 6 років тому +3

    I wonder exactly what side of history you are on. Listening to this commentary, observing your histrionics and excessive details, you failed to include truth regarding the light bulb. Although much of history is hidden, lights were invented long b4 Edison. We only need to examine history of the ancient world of the Moors of Cardova who were the first to invent street lights etc. More recent was Louis Latimer who invented the shoe last and worked alongside Edison to improve the light bulb’s filament. Yet Edison rushed to the patent office unbeknownst to Latimer, and thereby history attributes the invention to him. Edison was able to create blueprints. It was Louis Latimer who improved the filament which allowed the light to operate much longer than the few seconds of Edison’s design. These men oftentimes, in fact most times stole the inventions of others. The Library of Congress is complicit in the cover-up and mythological narratives by excluding Blacks. You must be more diligent in your research and only deliver truth as this is not. It is apparent whose side you are on, but they are certainly not on yours. Always apply diligence when executing research.

    • @jeromelee428
      @jeromelee428 6 років тому +1

      What are the sides you're talking about and whose are they on ? Also this probably isn't proven which is why they prefer not to talk about it

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn 6 років тому +3

      This vid was more about science explainers than who invented the lightbulb (which they did acknowledge Edison wasn't the first). If anything, you should be criticizing them for not acknowledging things like the Royal Society's public outreach efforts and stuff.

    • @irkendragon
      @irkendragon 6 років тому +1

      You're jumping the shark a bit here. They mentioned Edison wasn't the first person to invent the lightbulb, he just patented and marketed it. His unscrupulous dealings however aren't the subject of the video.

  • @truartist5379
    @truartist5379 4 роки тому

    Put it in mute and she’s a conductor

  • @timauth
    @timauth 3 роки тому

    Edison did it. No need to watch the whole video.

  • @Dmol8
    @Dmol8 6 років тому

    You know if you're going to talk about cultural exaptation use the term cultural exaptation.

    • @Dmol8
      @Dmol8 6 років тому

      @Shawna W from a certain point of view sure. But that viewpoint on culture isn't the only one and the term cultural exaptation still has it's uses in the other viewpoints as well.