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She's very hit or miss in her quality IMO. Also, she's explicitly disclaimed the title of "science communicator", so she might not want to be on this list anyway. :)

I kind of wish they hadn't included Veritasium either. He seems to have gone downhill.

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I don't know to what extent it has directly impacted his quality, but it appears that Derek sold Veritasium to a private equity firm

https://www.electrify.video/post/electrify-completes-majorit...

I can't imagine that is going to end well. Hopefully I am wrong about that.

You're already right about that.

Her content is mostly meta, vs science comm/teaching. I am really torn on her: Great communicator, funny, accomplished. Seems confident/smug?/conservative for a scientist. Something about her word choice and style feels more politician than learner/researcher. Not sure how to phrase this.

That's an interesting perspective. I definitely don't get a "politician" tone from her. Her tone seems very casual to me. Conservative in the broad sense, maybe (definitely not politically).

Now that you point it out, I agree. Not sure the appropriate analogy.

I think this tone is definitely a deliberate creative choice, and is something I personally enjoy. I'm reminded of this line from Taylor Swift's new album: "did you girlboss too close to the sun?"

It's borne out of the mountains of disrespect women scientists have to deal with, something she talks about towards the end of her video on Richard Feynman.

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