The Best Science Hoaxes, Spoofs, and Nerd Jokes (500k subs celebration)

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  • Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
  • To try out our new course (and many others on math and science), go to brilliant.org/sabine. You can get started for free, and the first 200 will get 20% off the annual premium subscription.
    The best spoofs and hoaxes from academia, including, but not limited to, the brain activity of jelly, the reinvention of calculus, the hermeneutics of quantum gravity, chickens, and a fictional researcher who was cited more often than Albert Einstein.
    Correction to what I say at about 4 mins 30 seconds: Helen Pluckrose is British, not American. Sorry about that.
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    Salmon Study: prefrontal.org/files/posters/B...
    The meta study on brain fMRIs: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1...
    The jelly EEG: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21633...
    The reinvention of integration: diabetesjournals.org/care/art...
    The video about the grievance studies (Sokal squared) • The Grievance Studies ...
    The paper about Ike Antkare: hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-...
    Generate a gibberish maths paper: thatsmathematics.com/mathgen/
    The snarxiv: snarxiv.org/
    The paper written by autocomplete: www.bartneck.de/wp-content/upl...
    The novel approach to the room temperature superconductivity problem: arxiv.org/abs/2003.14321
    The paper about exopet sightings on zoom: arxiv.org/abs/2203.17185
    One ring to multiplex them all: www.nature.com/articles/546214a
    Would Bohr be born if Bohm were born before Born: aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.111...
    Premature Speculation Concerning Pornography's Effects on Relationships: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30623...
    Great big boulders I have known: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/...
    Role of childhood aerobic fitness in successful street crossing: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21986...
    Will Any Crap We Put into Graphene Increase Its Electrocatalytic Effect? pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsn...
    00:00 Intro
    00:27 1. Salmon Dreams and Jelly Brains
    02:02 2. Medical Researcher Reinvents Integration
    02:44 3. The Sokal Hoax and its Legacy
    06:25 4. Fake it till you make it
    08:33 5. My Phone Did It
    09:22 6. Get me off your fucking email list
    10:50 7. Chicken chicken chicken
    11:06 8. April’s Fools on the Arxiv
    12:39 9. Funny Paper Titles
    13:36 10. Dr Cat
    15:05 Learn More on Brilliant
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  • @helpmechangetheworld
    @helpmechangetheworld Рік тому +388

    The April fool's "lowering room temperature" is genuinely funny.

    • @borano2031
      @borano2031 Рік тому +12

      Works great during Siberian winters.. Rgr

    • @madlanoa
      @madlanoa Рік тому +4

      I agree, that was my favorite.

    • @mrgcav
      @mrgcav Рік тому +7

      I figured it out from the title. If you can not beat the system /game then change the rules.

    • @robertromero8692
      @robertromero8692 Рік тому +8

      @@mrgcav Laws of thermodynamics: 1. You can't win. 2. You can't break even. 3. You can't opt out.

    • @erikjrn4080
      @erikjrn4080 Рік тому +1

      So simple, and yet so hard frozen...

  • @erikziak1249
    @erikziak1249 Рік тому +154

    There was a "joke paper" regarding informatics: IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC). Some bored guys made a protocol for transferring data with homing pigeons. It actually worked, they tested it in the real world.

    • @philipoakley5498
      @philipoakley5498 Рік тому +19

      RFC 2549 !

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz Рік тому +1

      That's not a scientific paper I would think but an IETF RFC? Joke RFC have a massive tradition behind them.

    • @erikziak1249
      @erikziak1249 Рік тому +1

      @@SianaGearz I stand corrected.

    • @ghost46857
      @ghost46857 Рік тому +21

      @@philipoakley5498 Actually, the original RFC was RFC 1149, RFC 2549 was an update with QoS added, though unfortunately the highest level QoS are no longer available after the Concorde airplanes were taken out of service.

    • @Randrew
      @Randrew Рік тому +27

      Internet RFCs have a long history of April 1 publications. One dear to my own addictions is RFC 2324, "Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol". It and other friends like RFC 1149 are not fake, though their actual value in application may be considered dubious by some.

  • @otherkorean
    @otherkorean Рік тому +107

    My cat laughed as much as I did at this video. My cat has also published twice as many papers as I have. Thanks for this.

    • @sciencedavedunning3415
      @sciencedavedunning3415 Рік тому

      My cat cannot agree with me on anything. The little narcissist ignores every point I try to make. I will never attempt another co-authorship with that damn ignorant pussy.

    • @davidk7529
      @davidk7529 10 місяців тому

      Both of my cats, too. It makes me feel like I should be doing more with my life.

  • @chs76945
    @chs76945 Рік тому +65

    How Sabine got through this without cracking a smile is beyond me.

    • @waynemarvin5661
      @waynemarvin5661 Рік тому +24

      I believe she's German.

    • @user-ck5rh4ky6u
      @user-ck5rh4ky6u Рік тому +2

      She hasn't. She's smiling on a thumbnail.

    • @timothyconover9805
      @timothyconover9805 Рік тому +5

      You should see the outtakes!

    • @markallen8022
      @markallen8022 Рік тому

      @@waynemarvin5661 yes. Those Germans know science is a serious business. Even when it isn't.

    • @MarkLipka
      @MarkLipka Рік тому +1

      ​@@waynemarvin5661 - *This was my EXACT thought! Well done!*
      😆

  • @kirktown2046
    @kirktown2046 Рік тому +66

    YES - Sabine didn't chicken out on the chicken joke and chickened it all the way through. So many others are "too cool" to do something like that, you're the best.

    • @eamonia
      @eamonia Рік тому +3

      She also went full throttle with the, "get me off your fucking mailing list" bit. You rock, Sabine.

  • @timothysaja7253
    @timothysaja7253 Рік тому +349

    I’m just glad that there are 500,000 people that wanna know how to follow the science and not just use the evening news as their source for their science

    • @jeremystone7709
      @jeremystone7709 Рік тому +14

      325.5 million American subscribers to go! Education is severely needed here.

    • @theedspage
      @theedspage Рік тому

      @@jeremystone7709 Very true.

    • @Nah_Bohdi
      @Nah_Bohdi Рік тому

      Sabin's paper on the expansionof the universe was rejected because it didnt state how the research would effect BIPOC and trans people.
      This really happened. She deleted the tweet and never spoke of it again or else she would be fired.

    • @snappymcburpy7629
      @snappymcburpy7629 Рік тому

      As we can see the "science" is full of papers with erroneous, factually incorrect, and agenda driven conclusions. Science is only as good as the honesty with which it is written .

    • @blu3_enjoy
      @blu3_enjoy Рік тому +6

      I'm unvaccinated

  • @kevinhagen7808
    @kevinhagen7808 Рік тому +70

    I was eating my cereal and you made milk come out of my nose. I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Thank you, Sabine!

    • @neddyladdy
      @neddyladdy Рік тому

      You're a cow ? Admittedly with strange anatomy.

    • @davidk7529
      @davidk7529 10 місяців тому

      I struggled to keep yogurt from coming out. This channel is an existential anomaly.

    • @BartvandenDonk
      @BartvandenDonk 5 днів тому

      So you consumed the quantum, did you? 😁😂🤣

  • @BboyAcademy
    @BboyAcademy Рік тому +66

    I love her smile and sense of humor. She is so stoic in emotion, when she smiles it looks like she has to try really hard to force her face muscles to smile. Lol. Makes her jokes subtle and wonderful.

    • @Hakusiyah2
      @Hakusiyah2 Рік тому +3

      Same

    • @fabzter
      @fabzter Рік тому +3

      German humor

    • @kyspace1024
      @kyspace1024 Рік тому +1

      This is what we're going to talk about todayee [Awkward Smile]

    • @GSPV33
      @GSPV33 Рік тому +3

      That's rude. Not sure why it's being stated as if it's a cute compliment.

    • @michaelfelden8611
      @michaelfelden8611 Рік тому

      Face muscles of germans aren't just trained as US-american

  • @andrearaimondi882
    @andrearaimondi882 Рік тому +65

    The most remarkable thing is how she managed to keep a straight face through all this madness. How many dozens of times did you have to reshoot this??

    • @romank.6813
      @romank.6813 Рік тому +22

      This is a German sense of humour.

    • @jimmyb1451
      @jimmyb1451 Рік тому +3

      No lasers were involved. 🤷‍♂

    • @shutup-gc2yk
      @shutup-gc2yk Рік тому +20

      This woman is a certified specialist on deadpan humor. I swear I've heard her utter the funniest fucking lines ever without as much as flinching. Love her.

    • @harshsharmax25
      @harshsharmax25 Рік тому +6

      Yeah from fu***ng list to chicken, I was cracked 🤣

  • @tarmaque
    @tarmaque Рік тому +12

    Considering how often my cat helps me type, I think it's only fair to cite her as a co-author.

  • @numbersix8919
    @numbersix8919 Рік тому +9

    I was already laughing when Dr H started in on "chicken-chicken-chicken" and thought I was losing my mind.
    One day later, 519K subscribers, looks like acceleration... Congratulations Sabine!!!

  • @papa.mike01
    @papa.mike01 11 місяців тому +2

    I enjoyed your light hearted yet concerning episode. I myself am a retired medical scientist and found and find exactly the issue you are discussing.

  • @NovaWarrior77
    @NovaWarrior77 Рік тому +66

    Ladies and gentlemen, this is the happiest Sabine, or indeed any German will ever be 🥺

    • @loweel2897
      @loweel2897 Рік тому +2

      You should live here and go to the "altsdadt" in the weekend, or to some "kneippe". Then you would change idea about Germans. As I did when I moved here in Germany.

    • @BR-hi6yt
      @BR-hi6yt Рік тому +2

      Germans are extremely funny - very good sense of humour. (lived there for 11 years)

    • @robhendrikx2198
      @robhendrikx2198 Рік тому +6

      @@BR-hi6yt I agree. Played a golf course where the toilets had separate urinals for high and low handicappers.

    • @Adlerjunges83
      @Adlerjunges83 Рік тому +1

      She is so funny that one can get addicted to her brilliant videos in which she explains whatever she wants to be understood by her viewers in a excellent way.

    • @ciprianpopa1503
      @ciprianpopa1503 Рік тому

      @@BR-hi6yt Sure, but they are pretty bad at showing it.

  • @dannync95
    @dannync95 Рік тому +173

    I really wasn’t expecting the “chicken chicken chicken” paper 🤣. Congrats on the new milestone. Cheers to more and beyond!

    • @jdos2
      @jdos2 Рік тому

      Here's the UA-cam link- very much a "how many times around will it be funny?" ua-cam.com/video/yL_-1d9OSdk/v-deo.html

    • @amigalemming
      @amigalemming Рік тому

      The author of the paper also held a highly praised talk about chicken.
      ua-cam.com/video/yL_-1d9OSdk/v-deo.html

    • @emmafountain2059
      @emmafountain2059 Рік тому +8

      There’s a bunch of videos of people presenting “The Chicken Paper” at conferences and every single one of them is amazing

    • @jamesheartney9546
      @jamesheartney9546 Рік тому +3

      Someone should create another similar paper, except instead of "chicken" it should use "radda".
      Then follow it up with an "I am Groot" paper.

    • @guzzis3
      @guzzis3 Рік тому +5

      @@jamesheartney9546 egg, egg, egg and cite the chicken paper...

  • @luiggiphilipi
    @luiggiphilipi Рік тому +2

    UA-cam adverts, watching this channel is HIGLY addictive!
    Thanks Sabine and everyone involved in the channel!

  • @splugereport
    @splugereport Рік тому +24

    As a physics prof I definitely had a chuckle at the quantum gravity story :)

    • @dannydetonator
      @dannydetonator Рік тому +1

      I mean postmodernist approach gets you places among supporters, if subtle enough. Look at the Kremlin black-propaganda machine under control of Roskomnadzor. Pure postmodern info-hell..

    • @raynelson5827
      @raynelson5827 Рік тому +7

      Yes, I too observed the quantum gravity story. I just hope I didn't ruin it.

  • @nmccw3245
    @nmccw3245 Рік тому +228

    Congrats on half a mega sub Sabine. Well deserved!

    • @boghund
      @boghund Рік тому +1

      @@nas8318 isn't that what they said?

    • @alphagt62
      @alphagt62 Рік тому +2

      I regret that I have but one subscription to give. I love this channel! Always interesting subject matter, with a level headed approach.

    • @squarerootof2
      @squarerootof2 Рік тому +2

      @@alphagt62 Don't worry, I'm sure there are many bots that subbed multiple times.

    • @PrivateSi
      @PrivateSi Рік тому

      Funny how Sabine didn't mention a biggy like 'Global Cooling' though.. Serotonin levels affecting depression is another huge one that should be on the list, improved metastudies are showing. It's just amazing how many scientists, doctors and intellectuals fall for these MASS SCI-HOAXES...... The effectiveness of the Covid vax is certainly up there too... Soon The Majority will stop believing Science as it is so full of HOAXERS, Globally Warmed Neo Peeps... and don't get me started on the FUSION POWER HOAXERS...

    • @jimmyb1451
      @jimmyb1451 Рік тому +1

      I had to read that twice.
      My brain instantly went to "half a mega submarine" for some reason.

  • @mcnaugha
    @mcnaugha Рік тому +151

    My favourites were the room temperature one and the “Will Any Crap We Put into Graphene” made me belly laugh out loud.
    Congrats on the subscriber numbers.

    • @tomschmidt381
      @tomschmidt381 Рік тому +2

      Mine also.

    • @natcarish
      @natcarish Рік тому +3

      Read the papers for number 4, had me laughing my socks off.

    • @KaiHenningsen
      @KaiHenningsen Рік тому

      Well, its a video full of mind action.

    • @PrivateSi
      @PrivateSi Рік тому

      No mention of 'Global Cooling' though.... Global Warming is the same but with even more corrupt backers.

    • @Skank_and_Gutterboy
      @Skank_and_Gutterboy Рік тому

      Cold-fusion is the old classic. It doesn't bother me that Sabine didn't go into it, there's enough out there already. Also, a video on it would probably attract a parade of nutjobs calling her a hater and completely hijacking the comments section. It doesn't bother them that it's been around for 35 years and hasn't convincingly powered so much as a desk lamp.

  • @blackmancer
    @blackmancer 11 місяців тому +1

    "Safe and Effective" longest running April Fools joke EVER!!!

  • @paul2d
    @paul2d 11 місяців тому +2

    Brilliant! I just shared with a friend in SE Asia. Humour is absolutely essential to navigate life. And science.

  • @terubokmasin3247
    @terubokmasin3247 Рік тому +73

    It's Saturday evening and i should be watching mindless action flicks. But no, Sabine is way more entertaining. 😂 Congrats, Sabine 🥂

  • @flmbray
    @flmbray Рік тому +32

    It's criminal that you only have 500k. It should be at least a factor of 10 larger.

    • @B_u_L_i
      @B_u_L_i Рік тому +4

      This is a scientific channel so please use the common way of displaying numbers: Instead of 10 use 1.00 × 10^(1)

    • @janami-dharmam
      @janami-dharmam Рік тому +2

      @@B_u_L_i And if you are mathematically inclined then 1x 10^(10^(0)) may be better.

    • @Anonymous-df8it
      @Anonymous-df8it Рік тому +1

      @@janami-dharmam (10^0)*(10^(10^0))

  • @xavierkreiss8394
    @xavierkreiss8394 Рік тому +2

    Your talks are often beyond me. I'm abysmally bad at maths and at any subject that needs mathematical ability.
    But I keep on looking at your talks since some are understandable even to me. This one for instance is a scream: your deadpan delivery when listing those gems adds to the fun!

  • @Mindkaiser
    @Mindkaiser Рік тому +4

    Congratulations Sabine on a well deserved achievement. You're a wonderful science educator and what you do DOES matter in this age of misinformation and overall haziness around scientific accuracy.

  • @seanspartan2023
    @seanspartan2023 Рік тому +24

    I remember presenting and proving the Trapezoidal Theorem for integration for my High School Calculus class. I had no idea I could have written a paper on it and had it published in a journal. Major mistake on my part. Oh well...

  • @rickkearn7100
    @rickkearn7100 Рік тому +227

    Brilliant! Well-deserved and hard-won milestone for Sabine's channel. Godspeed to 1 million. Illuminating the ease by which junk science can find its way into the public dialogue (typically, in the daily "news") is a job well done, much thanks to Sabine for that aspect of this edition. Cheers.

    • @alveolate
      @alveolate Рік тому +2

      brilliant employee detected 😏

    • @simonmultiverse6349
      @simonmultiverse6349 Рік тому

      13:25 It seems as if you should REMOVE the graphene and INCREASE the QoC (Quantity of Crap), resulting in an INFINITE ratio of Crap to Graphene. This is probably GUARANTEED to result in a new and creative vein of thought.

    • @jimmyjasi-anti-descartes7088
      @jimmyjasi-anti-descartes7088 Рік тому

      Kochs IIT should be added to that "Best Hoxes Ever" Lists. Lol. You are marvelous Sabina!

    • @2011Azure
      @2011Azure Рік тому

      She's pulling your chain. Had me going for most of it.

  • @danieltaghaddos
    @danieltaghaddos Рік тому +8

    I lol'ed at chicken chicken. It's been a long time since I could laugh this genuinely at something. Thank you Sabine.

  • @MichaelBristow137
    @MichaelBristow137 Рік тому +32

    I really like watching your channel. I also really appreciate that the closed captioning on this channel doesn't censor what you actually said, at least in this video. I have an auditory processing disorder, so I can hear, but don't always process the information quickly/correctly and so have closed captioning on. Usually UA-cam censors any curse words which sometimes has me missing the meaning. Once again, I really enjoy and appreciate your content... 😊

    • @hemlockVape
      @hemlockVape Рік тому +2

      I hear you on that one. 😏 If I can't read lips and body language, or captions, I keep having to back up a bit every few minutes to listen again. My hearing is very sharp, but listening and interpreting without a visual component can be slow. I never understood it 🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @ranthlee
      @ranthlee 11 місяців тому +1

      I too appreciate the closed captioning because of my auditory processing disorder. It's called old age, or "Reduction in acuity of processing of auditory information due to advanced chronological status of the listening subject."

  • @TypoKnig
    @TypoKnig Рік тому +20

    I’m glad you kept this mostly light and fun, and recent. There are classic hoaxes like N-rays, and the cold fusion debacle.

    • @SabineHossenfelder
      @SabineHossenfelder  Рік тому +34

      Working on a cold fusion vid as we speak...

    • @johnteres2339
      @johnteres2339 Рік тому +6

      @@SabineHossenfelder Great!! Can't wait for that one

    • @d314159
      @d314159 Рік тому +3

      Was expecting cold fusion to get a mention too.

    • @Hacker4748
      @Hacker4748 Рік тому +2

      @@SabineHossenfelder
      Looking forward to your cold take on that!

    • @jimthechemist5765
      @jimthechemist5765 Рік тому

      These were not really hoaxes--they were just very wrong. Langmuir used N-rays as an example of pathological science.

  • @rayoflight62
    @rayoflight62 Рік тому +8

    The worst fake papers in physics, I believe, were:
    1) Jan Hendrik Schon, more than 20 years ago, which kept publishing paper after paper about some extraordinary findings regarding semiconductor properties. It went on for years before somebody discovered he had faked the data to fit the expectations.
    2) Pons and Fleischmann in 1989. I recall I was so excited all night, until in the morning I run some back-of-the-envelope calculations about nucleus sizes, the reach of the residual strong force outside the protons, and the spacing of the hydride lattice - the numbers weren't not even remotely compatible.
    It took weeks before their "cold fusion" experiment was deemed an hoax...

  • @Thomas-gk42
    @Thomas-gk42 Рік тому +2

    "We have done that ourselves" -- please stay as honest and special as you you are. Looking forward the celebration of the millionth subscriber 😊

  • @erniemathews5085
    @erniemathews5085 Рік тому +5

    Half a million subscribers? No more than you deserve. Early, pleasant experiences left me predisposed to listening to very smart women telling me new things, and you are an early (and continued) favorite. Thank you; please continue.

  • @x_abyss
    @x_abyss Рік тому +71

    Reminds me of papers presented at the Ignoble, thought-provoking but funny titles or sometimes outright silly work. Congrats on the half a million subscribers Sabine.

  • @MedlifeCrisis
    @MedlifeCrisis Рік тому +113

    Wow the last 40k have come overnight! Amazing! Huge congratulations on 500k🎉 Very well deserved

    • @CAThompson
      @CAThompson Рік тому +10

      'Cardiology and Tea - A British Perspective'

    • @SuperMaximus66
      @SuperMaximus66 Рік тому +5

      well, you're nearly there yourself. Love both of you.

    • @chadatchison145
      @chadatchison145 Рік тому +3

      It's always cool seeing you here in the wild Dr.

    • @adrianflo6481
      @adrianflo6481 Рік тому +1

      you too babe.

    • @Herr_Damit
      @Herr_Damit Рік тому +1

      Does anyone alse feel validated when a content creator you like posts under another one you love?

  • @Spacecookie-
    @Spacecookie- Рік тому +3

    I'm happy to be a subscriber Sabine. You're one of the main science channels I enjoy watching in the quieter moments of the week, along with Anton Petrov and a few others.

  • @thedarknessthatcomesbefore4279

    Well done on the 500k. Love your work and your great sense of humour! This video was a real eye opener 🤣

  • @thomasstuart2936
    @thomasstuart2936 Рік тому +11

    The room temperature superconductor paper reminded me of a lecture series I used to give about the advisability of patriarchal dominated HVAC systems. I only wish they had followed up with a paper on the fallacy of applying small scale thermodynamic results in open world situations.

    • @dale116dot7
      @dale116dot7 Рік тому +1

      Ok, now I am curious.

    • @Thorazine1112
      @Thorazine1112 Рік тому +3

      Are you referring to the fact that in most homes the Dad is the only one who can touch the thermostat? That’s brilliant!

  • @0MoTheG
    @0MoTheG Рік тому +4

    There has been a text generator for post modern literature of the Sokal style for a long time. You can now use it to seed GPT-3 and generate your non sense essays.

  • @parkloqi
    @parkloqi Рік тому +1

    8:15 - Ooooh! Narrowly missed an opportunity to be the first to earn the imaginary unit as your Erdős number.

  • @KeithCooper-Albuquerque
    @KeithCooper-Albuquerque Рік тому +2

    Thanks so much, Sabine! I'm enjoying your new book, and I heard your interview in NPR last week. This video was very funny, and of course, we all love your sense of humor!

  • @hankseda
    @hankseda Рік тому +41

    Congratulations on reaching this milestone! I just want to mention George Gamov's paper with his student Alpher In the category of nerd jokes. Being ever the practical joker, Gamov asked his friend Hans Bethe to agree to be listed as a co-author (which he agreed, being a good sport, even though he hadn't contributed) so the paper came out as being authored by Alpher, Bethe, Gamov (like alpha, beta, gamma). Alpher wasn't thrilled to be reduced to 1/3 contributor, which is totally understandable.

    • @paulw4259
      @paulw4259 Рік тому +1

      My favourite too!

    • @rikvandenkerckhove9667
      @rikvandenkerckhove9667 Рік тому +1

      The best, ever.

    • @johanlindeberg7304
      @johanlindeberg7304 Рік тому +2

      Bethe got the nobel prize in 1967.

    • @hankseda
      @hankseda Рік тому +3

      Worth mentioning also is that a famous PhD student of Gamov is Vera Rubin, well known nowadays for her work on galaxy rotation rates that led to the dark matter hypothesis.

    • @robhendrikx2198
      @robhendrikx2198 Рік тому +8

      Makes me think of the psychic dwarf escaping prison, leading to the newspaper headline "Small medium at large".

  • @dj_laundry_list
    @dj_laundry_list Рік тому +7

    0:22 I think the real accomplishment is that you were genuinely smiling before you said "and that's what we'll talk about today" (I mean that in good faith)

  • @lower_case_t
    @lower_case_t Рік тому +3

    "A Pawfect CV" - fantastic. Congratulations to the first half million, Sabine!

  • @scorpiomoon2535
    @scorpiomoon2535 Рік тому +7

    Congratulations Sabine! I love your channel and your dry German humor! Thank you for your work!

  • @wolfpat
    @wolfpat Рік тому +3

    This was a nice break. Now I have to get back to work fixing my turboencabulator.

  • @DavidSchilter
    @DavidSchilter Рік тому +5

    That salmon study lachs credibility :)

  • @bobwasilewski5768
    @bobwasilewski5768 Рік тому +4

    Sabine, you are such a breath of fresh air. Thank you for what you do.

  • @leyasep5919
    @leyasep5919 Рік тому +2

    EVERY PAPER should be OPEN ACCESS.

  • @cuzi2068
    @cuzi2068 Рік тому +55

    Thank you, Sabine, these stories where laugh out loud hilirious. You made my day! More nerd humor, pls! 😂😭

    • @Alex_Mitchell
      @Alex_Mitchell Рік тому +3

      Please have your cat check your word usage, ("where"), and your spelling, ("hilirious").

    • @perpetualbystander4516
      @perpetualbystander4516 Рік тому +1

      @@Alex_Mitchell And you better learn some social skills. 🙄

    • @Alex_Mitchell
      @Alex_Mitchell Рік тому

      @@perpetualbystander4516 Calm down, Sunshine. It was a joke. (Perhaps you should work on some humour skills.)

  • @rogerwehbe182
    @rogerwehbe182 Рік тому +26

    500,000 congratulations! Everybody please comment and share because quality content needs to be promoted

  • @sapelesteve
    @sapelesteve Рік тому +2

    CONGRATS Sabine on reaching 500K subs! Well deserved! BTW, I am part way through reading your new book & find it very fascinating & enjoyable! 👍👍😉😉

  • @mitalitheonly5557
    @mitalitheonly5557 Рік тому +1

    "If you slept some maths class, don't worry you can go into medicine", ....😆😆

  • @MaryAnnNytowl
    @MaryAnnNytowl Рік тому +8

    This has been SO fun to watch, Sabine! Thank you for helping me smile through a really, really rough time in my life. It means a whole _~bleeping~_ lot! ❤️❤️

  • @EhrisaiaOShannon
    @EhrisaiaOShannon Рік тому +10

    Love you, Sabine! And congrats! 💜

  • @LordCarpenter
    @LordCarpenter Рік тому +1

    LOL! I love it! Thanks, Sabine.
    Oh, yeah... congrats on the 500k milestone. 😃

  • @sircurtisseretse
    @sircurtisseretse Рік тому

    At my former department, we were extremely lucky to have Serge Lang as a returning visitor. On one occasion, he gave a talk on a recent article of his, titled "the ubiquitous heat kernel". This title, he told us, was only his second choice, as his original proposal "the heat kernel is all over the place" was regrettably rejected by the editors.

  • @SabineHossenfelder
    @SabineHossenfelder  Рік тому +15

    Fellow nerds, my new book "Existential Physics" is now on sale! You can grab a copy here www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/616868/existential-physics-by-sabine-hossenfelder/
    More info (reviews etc) here: existentialphysics.com/

    • @carcaperu4041
      @carcaperu4041 Рік тому

      I already read it, it should be taken a lengthy hoax.

    • @_John_P
      @_John_P Рік тому

      Would you make an episode on rotating wormholes please? Thanks.

    • @BlueGiant69202
      @BlueGiant69202 Рік тому

      What??!!?? Where's the tea??!!

  • @rjmtclnet
    @rjmtclnet Рік тому +5

    Thanks Sabine, I loved this episode. I think my favorite has to be room temp superconductivity.

  • @marley7145
    @marley7145 Рік тому +1

    As soon as I saw "room temperature superconductivity problem" I thought "Just redefine room temperature".
    Damn, I missed my calling. 😂

  • @terrysullivan1992
    @terrysullivan1992 Рік тому

    "...the tea conference was lovely" Good thing I wasn't drinking my morning tea at that moment. Would have ruined my keyboard.

  • @jttcosmos
    @jttcosmos Рік тому +10

    Firstly, of course congrats on the 500k+!
    Secondly, your video caused me to set a reminder to go back and double check the dates on various papers I've downloaded from arXiv... Tend to look at categories and download stuff that might be interesting to read later, now worried some of them may have been published 31/3-1/4. 😅

  • @tomschmidt381
    @tomschmidt381 Рік тому +5

    Congrats on half a million subs, loved the spoof topic.
    As an engineer the IETF has a long history of April 1st internet papers.

  • @justinmaddox8353
    @justinmaddox8353 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for the laughs!!!!! I am going through a journey with pancreatic cancer and came across your UA-cam channel. Now, I find myself binge watching your channel. I understand some of what you "teach", as for roughly 50 years I have worked as a Surgical Technician, and am a retired Army Combat Medic. So, my background helps me to follow along. Thanks

  • @emefab2894
    @emefab2894 Рік тому

    Although I haven't been here from the start (100K thereabouts), I am so very pleased for you Sabine. It has been great seeing the humor grow in your videos.

  • @joshua43214
    @joshua43214 Рік тому +24

    One can tell from Sabine's demeaner that humor is serious business in Germany

    • @nwogamesalert
      @nwogamesalert Рік тому +3

      The thinnest book in the world next to "Italian Heroes of War" is the one titled "German Humor"!

    • @jol1958
      @jol1958 Рік тому

      @@nwogamesalert So cruel, but so right. Someone needs to introduce her to cannabis, maybe?

    • @nwogamesalert
      @nwogamesalert Рік тому +2

      @@jol1958 I'm pretty sure she tried that.

    • @martinmonath9541
      @martinmonath9541 Рік тому +1

      That's what we Germans call "dry humor". 😆

    • @raush-km
      @raush-km Рік тому

      Spot On. Being a foreigner in Germany it's an unusual experience.

  • @gabrielthomas844
    @gabrielthomas844 Рік тому +16

    Congratulations, well done.
    Sometimes the fun aspect in stem areas works differently. I submitted a paper to a journal proposing the use of non contact ultrasound to avoid using large quantities of ultrasound gel. It was rejected as one reviewer was concerned about how much gel we were using.
    The review process can be a source of comedy, but I wonder if this will affect the view of the general public. STEM has taken a reputational hit during these times.

  • @DasHemdchen
    @DasHemdchen Рік тому

    The novel approach to room temperature superconductivity is hilarious!

  • @lazboi123456789
    @lazboi123456789 Рік тому +1

    Even if you never get to read this, I absolutely love this channel! I love the way you talk, your sense of humour and delivery on jokes and most of all, not just the quality of video and science you bring, but also how interesting you make the topics (even if the title alone doesn't always grab me)
    I hope you keep making wonderful videos!

  • @XmarkedSpot
    @XmarkedSpot Рік тому +28

    Ich komm, wie so oft, nicht ausm Lachen raus. Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Sabine!

  • @MamguSian
    @MamguSian Рік тому +4

    Congratulations on 500k subs 🎉 and thanks for a good laugh.

  • @weldabar
    @weldabar Рік тому

    Congrats on this milestone Sabine.

  • @georgesheffield1580
    @georgesheffield1580 Рік тому +1

    There was a kid in the pacific north west of the US that won a high school science fair project about the dangerous chemical "di hydro monoxide " .This caused a big panic ,laws passed against it ,etc . He then pointed out it is WATER .

  • @michaelmartin8337
    @michaelmartin8337 Рік тому +3

    🎊CONGRATULATIONS🎊 SABINE 🥳
    Keep up your fun and informational videos 😁

  • @simranshah2827
    @simranshah2827 Рік тому +5

    Congratulations Sabine ❤️

  • @user-pl8vj9jg9e
    @user-pl8vj9jg9e Рік тому

    'Will any crap we put into Graphene increase its Electrocatalytic Effect' is the best paper title I have ever seen.

  • @rogerreiche709
    @rogerreiche709 Рік тому

    Thank you Sabine! Been following for a while. Love how you celebrated the milestone.

  • @MyMy-tv7fd
    @MyMy-tv7fd Рік тому +92

    OK, OK, I kept a straight face right up until the 'reduce room temperature to enable superconductivity at room temps' bit, very funny. But I could have told you all this back in 1981 from studying psychology. I occasionally had to go the the library to do real research just to disprove the most stupid of my lectures on things like the apes that were allegedly taught to speak using American Sign Language, and 'memory' lectures that literally meant nothing, and could be safely and instantly forgotten.

    • @Brucebod
      @Brucebod Рік тому

      And were your profs' pleased, when you did that? Just curious. :)

    • @MyMy-tv7fd
      @MyMy-tv7fd Рік тому +4

      @@Brucebod - no, but I learnt my lesson early by refuting my (only supplementary subject) sociology lecturers in the most flagrant grand style in my first year exams. They failed me and was told 'one retake only, and if you do not pass you are out'. So, I was super-cautious in my psych finals and got top marks on those papers by presenting 'both sides of the case'. Live and learn boyo, live and learn

    • @VidkunQL
      @VidkunQL Рік тому +1

      For many years I believed that apes could learn to speak ASL. It was taught as fact from my childhood to very recently; I saw video and everything. I think it was only within the last year that I heard someone express serious doubt about it, and that was all it took to get me to _really think_ about it and conclude that they almost certainly can't.
      This is a good example of a failure to be rational and listen to nagging doubts, because it had always seemed strange to me that apes had the ability to learn sign language but didn't have a sign language of their own in the wild. My best guess was that language wasn't very useful to them in the wild -- ah, but then why have the ability? My best guess was that the ability was a side effect of some other mental ability which _was_ vital in the wild. And I had read about Clever Hans. And I _still_ didn't take that last step and realize that Koko the Gorilla was a latter-day Clever Hans.
      The only thing I can say to my own credit is that once I saw that what I had believed wasn't true and that I'd been a fool, I accepted that news easily and didn't blow a lot of smoke.

  • @tristanwegner
    @tristanwegner Рік тому +5

    An other favorite is the inclusion of Lorito's Steinlaus in the Pschyrembel Medical Dictionary in Germany many years ago. The follow up edition removed the entry, leading to much protest. It has been included ever since.

  • @Ozymandi_as
    @Ozymandi_as Рік тому

    Brilliant! One of the most interesting and original voices on science on UA-cam, and also one of the wittiest. Every sub deserved, congratulations.

  • @MisterWillow
    @MisterWillow Рік тому +7

    The Question is: Who is running these BS papers and more importantly: How do we get rid of them?
    PS: Congrats Sabine. Keep this channel up and honest, and you'll grow to 5 mil.

  • @consistent1
    @consistent1 Рік тому +3

    Congratulations for your well deserved growing audience!
    Thank you for your work!
    John S. Bell (of Bell's theorem fame) published the paper “Bertlmann’s socks and the nature of reality” (in 1980), This title is, IMO, both a great one, and in keeping with the motifs of this channel. :)

  • @MCsCreations
    @MCsCreations Рік тому +5

    Brilliant indeed! 😂
    Fantastic video, Sabine!!!
    Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

  • @cforn
    @cforn Рік тому +1

    Absolutely brilliant, madam! I stumbled across your channel some months ago and have enjoyed many, many videos since.
    This one was a real gem, and a worthy celebration of your channel's milestone. See you at the million mark!

  • @chrisoleary9876
    @chrisoleary9876 Рік тому

    Thanks Sabine! Been watching for years. Congrats!

  • @taborturtle
    @taborturtle Рік тому +5

    OMG the room temperature superconductor joke got me laughing so hard I had to stop the video for a couple minutes! I was laughing even before you said the punchline as soon as I saw the photo! Who said science doesn't have a sense of humor? Sure, the jokes are few and far between. And some of them require a deep understanding of the science. Most are technically inside jokes. But still, they are so funny!
    Thank you for making my morning! Congratulations on the sub milestone!

  • @piercingspear2922
    @piercingspear2922 Рік тому +4

    I have heard about the medical paper about the integration before. It still blows my mind today seeing it get so many citations xD
    Apparently, this is what happen when human first discover fire. Also, the last one is my fav one. It's so ingenious putting your cat as the co author, as to reiterate your paper line by line till you went crazy 🤣
    And finally, happy 500k subscribers Dr. Hossenfelder! Totally deserve it 🔥

  • @promerops
    @promerops Рік тому

    Congratulations, Sabine, on a job really well done!

  • @dandeeteeyem2170
    @dandeeteeyem2170 Рік тому

    This is your best video yet! 😂 Congrats on hitting 500k!

  • @Marqan
    @Marqan Рік тому +9

    James Lindsay and the grievance studies were hilarious :D

  • @TomLeg
    @TomLeg Рік тому +3

    In my first year of grad school, my instructor had a baby ( well, his wife did). So in my final essay, I included a citation for the baby, associated with the institution "Waterloo General Hospital". He caught it and made a note, so obviously, he read every detail of the paper. Can't get away with a page or two of space-filling gobble-ge-gook.

  • @thesun6211
    @thesun6211 Рік тому

    "If you slept through Math class, don't worry; you can just go into Medicine. What could possibly happen?"🤣🤣

  • @dailynotes2845
    @dailynotes2845 Рік тому

    'Chicken'
    According to chickens, this is the solution to quantum gravity, but our non-dinosaur brains can't comprehend it.

  • @johneonas6628
    @johneonas6628 Рік тому +3

    Hooray happy 500k subscribers.

  • @SweetLilWren
    @SweetLilWren Рік тому +29

    I just subscribed like 3 days ago so I'm glad to have been able to take part in you reaching this milestone congratulations this is a great channel and I really love how you present things

    • @SabineHossenfelder
      @SabineHossenfelder  Рік тому +9

      Hello and welcome!

    • @mp-kg5lb
      @mp-kg5lb Рік тому

      @@SabineHossenfelder I wasn't sure how else to ask you this, so I am doing it here: Do you think you can do a video regarding the stories currently going around the internet about the "big bang not happening", due to recent papers on the JWST images? I am curious to hear your perspective on this. Thanks!

  • @repeatdefender6032
    @repeatdefender6032 Рік тому

    Congratulations! It warms my cold little heart that so many folks care about science.

  • @gstlb
    @gstlb 9 місяців тому

    And now over 1 million subscribers! You are a treasure to us all.

  • @magnus7857
    @magnus7857 Рік тому +3

    I'm sure Dr. Willard would have loved to see this channel grow. Sadly, he passed away in 1982

  • @carlbarlow6942
    @carlbarlow6942 Рік тому +5

    Congrats on 500K subs! This topic should be an annual feature, maybe on 4/1?

  • @timmoye5706
    @timmoye5706 Рік тому

    always liked your draw humor with the other topics. This is just icing on the cake. thank you for doing them all

  • @daviddunster9305
    @daviddunster9305 Рік тому +1

    You Merit Much, Much more. Here's to 1 Million.