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veritasium525 karma

I think in some places nuclear power could provide tremendous benefits, e.g. in the US, Germany, Australia - places with stable governments, infrastructure, planning oversight etc. In Germany, for example, I think it was an odd decision to shut down nuclear plants since they are producing clean power, safely and inexpensively now that all the capital costs have been recouped In other places I'd be quite concerned with the planned rollouts of lots of new reactors. I am hopeful that as the cost of solar continues to come down we will see more localized production. That way we can make use of the great fusion reactor in the sky rather than build our own down here.

veritasium376 karma

Don't you mean Brodie from Numberflex?

Haha, in all honesty I don't mind. At least they've stopped with the "pretty Derek" business

veritasium350 karma

YES - but they have a thing going which is 'two dudes talking' and adding a guest would mess up their flow.

I have joked with MinutePhysics about creating Goodbye Outernet, the companion podcast to Grey and Brady ;)

veritasium287 karma

If Destin doesn't take it, I'm in!

veritasium281 karma

This is a very important question. For most questions the vast majority of people get it wrong, I'm talking 90-95%, sometimes all of them. My goal when I edit the videos is to show people's perceptions as they are, not to embellish them, but to accurately represent what people think. Yes I generally don't show the one or two right answers I may come across because they don't fit with the flow of the video.

So it is a little troubling how little most people know about science, and that's one of the major things that motivates me to keep making videos. It should also encourage you to talk to everyone you meet about science!