Why care about Geology
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 เม.ย. 2024
- Discussion on how geology affects people and what geologists do.
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I still don’t understand how he doesn’t have more subscribers he puts so much work into those animations
Here since 23k or so. I hope one day he gets appreciated more. These are some quality videos- a little niche, but perfect for people like me.
RIGHT!? they're incredible!
that was my first impression of him. why is a geologist doing amazing command block wizardry in my feed? And why haven't I heard of him before??
TikTok brain rot is engineered to be more appealing than informative channels like this; no matter how much more effort these guys put in, they in a constant uphill battle to entice new viewers compared to the options available.
TLDR; modern day “fast food “content designed for appealing to the masses vs veggie, more difficult to get invested in but more informative content.
RIGHT??? I helped make them and I STILL have no idea how they're this good
darn, he knows the obsidian knife trick...
But does he know about the bat?
@@RomanQrr no, because geologists can only see rocks and minerals.
Obsidian knifes aren’t that good for use as a blade due to the brittle nature **stays just out of reach due to my superior athletics from carrying rocks**
We could try a different material for the knife
I don't get it. He says obsidian knife like it is some kind of metaphor like a white elephant. I'm an amateur flint knapper and I have made a bunch of obsidian knives. I know the are not as good as steal knives But I have fun making them. Anyway I'm having trouble understanding what he means by this.
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Bro, just casually dropped one of the coolest short Minecraft videos ever! inside of this larger Awesome Minecraft video.
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Ikrrr!? I don't know if he does them himself or has somone help him make them but it is my fav part of the video, only second to what he's actually teaching us with the animation
"Why doesn't anyone know anything about geology?" I think this statement could be broadened to "Why doesn't anyone know anything about, well, anything?" It's incredible how dysfunctional our education system is, probably 90% of what I know came from books and videos like yours, not from school.
Well, a decent part of that video will be talking about the education system.
Yes please @@gneissname
I don't think the education system is entirely to blame, though it does play a considerable part.
I think pre-conceived notions play a large part in this as well (same could be said about a lot of professions, really). Someone who brushes geology off as "the one where they talk about rocks n stuff" is not only going to ignore geology out of disinterest, but will also probably be much less engaged in learning than someone who is interested in geology even if you forced them into a classroom.
@@steven.2602 you're right, there's a societal attitude as a whole which goes into whether someone takes something like geology seriously. If the attitude towards knowledge is entirely mercenary, as in, education is solely for the purpose of making money, then most students aren't going to care about esoteric subjects that aren't directly relevant. I think it's quite telling that even in this video, a large amount of the running time is about how geology is relevant to various industries, which is a sign of the times.
I didn't realize how much I love to learn (about a huge variety of topics) until I dropped out of high school at 16. That was almost 10 years ago, and I can't wait for the day I'm finally able to go to college.
Okay. It's time for me to admit it, My subscription to your channel has an agenda. I want your opinion as a geologist as to how Minecraft should be updated to make the geology more realistic and educational without ruining the simplistic fun Minecraft core gameplay loop.
My main thought was that each biome should get a unique igneous or sedimentary rock layer towards the surface and get a unique metamorphic rock type towards the bottom of the world.
(Specifically a layering format because we all know that the random globs of diorite granite are not pleasant. I want to go to a certain biome so I can get certain types of rocks and not randomly get something I don't want)
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You should check out the TerraFirmaCraft mod, I'm no geologist but it's definitely got more detailed rocks than vanilla minecraft
with how much people seem to dislike the other different stone types, idk if that will go down well. granted, the other stones dont exactly have much crafting recipies which might be why they are disliked, but still
I’m also going to recommend TerraFirmaCraft, different biomes have different stone types in them
I have been making a sort of list of ideas that are like you ask, more realistic, still fun while not being overly complex. I guess has that "vanilla" feel. I plan to make an episode on it but I wanted to get though some of the ore episodes but at my current rate, that might take a while. I will say that your idea is similar to some ideas that I have.
Wow, the animation quality went up a notch with this one. And some people may not care much about rocks but I do, not only for the fact that it might come in useful someday but also because it's interesting.(I hope my comment is understandable, I'm watching this at 3 am right now so my writing might not be good)
Thanks, writing is fine.
Hi Gneiss!
I wanted to tell you that your videos single-handedly got me into Geology classes in my college. Your incredibly interesting and yet informative presentation of the material got me extremely interested into the subject as a whole, and now I’m close to completing my first year taking Geology as an elective! While I study biology, I feel now that geology would’ve easily been my next pick for a major; I’ve met geologists who have made me realize the role of the subject as a meeting point for so many other sciences in ways I never even expected and yet it still retains that primal enjoyment of “shiny rock cool!.” Also, I’ve noticed geologists tend to be the best punners of the sciences.
Wanted to give you my genuine thanks! This subject is so much fun to learn. 🎉
Thanks! I actually cut out a piece of this video where i talked about how much a little geology knowledge helps the other natural sciences and how they help geology.
I guess that last point is just another reason why geology ro-
why geology -
why geology rocks
I think the mention of lawyer geologists perked me up- one of the careers I’m considering is law, and laws around both labor regulations and environmental regulations are of particular interest to me
"Geologists are great punners" yeah bro geologists rocks 😎
As a clay geochemist, I love to look back to my early years when I thought geology was a solved science and chuckle over how wrong I was
That sounds so cool! I’m a ceramicist with a huge interest in clay and glaze chemistry myself and I’d love to get the chance to delve into the nitty gritties. Resources and degree programs oriented towards artists sculptors and crafters tend to be painfully basic and ignorant of the science.
I often do care about geology in Minecraft, I study my world's landscape from time to time and theorized how it formed. It's surprisingly fun for me.
Same, geology in Minecraft makes absolutely no sense, but I find it fun trying to make sense of it
You’ve heard of speculative evolution, now get ready for speculative geology!
erm... is the moon big??
What are you talking about? Looks good to me, obviously the perfect size…
depends on what you compare it to
Maybe. Just don't start a cult or something...
nah it's just really close to your eye, maybe a few inches wide
how dare you
Your ability to get people to care about Earth science, and entertain using Minecraft as a medium, is unmatched. It’s clear that so much passion went into this. Every moment feels so… genuine. I miss this kind of content. This makes me smile. You rock
You rock......
I am a history student, and I have a lot of respect for geology as a field, it is incredibly useful for archaeologists, with the help of geologists they can determine the area material was most likely extracted from, leading to better understanding societies relationship with the land and with other societies. Mineral traces in clay, stone and metals give us insight into where mining activity was done, what trade routes were, how important certain materials were for a society; when obsidian and jade is being extracted from the guatemalan highlands and exported as far away as the pacific northwest of the US, you know it had great value across those societies, and we know that thanks to geologists analyzing the specific structure and chemical compositions of the materials.
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People don't take the time to appreciate the intersections of disciplines like this often enough.
One thing about the PNW is that there *are* a lot of obsidian deposits here because of the various volcanos like Mt. Rainier, Mt. St Helens and the Cascade and Olympic ranges; so it’s a common-ish material
The microbial life that you can find in acid mine drainage and contaminated water is crazy! I just finished my honours research project on two strains of Acidobacteriota which were found in a dry desert in Antarctica. I was surprised to find that the entire PHYLUM was first named because of a microbe found in acid mine drainage in Japan - *Acidobacterium capsulatum*.
I also felt I was sorely lacking in geological knowledge that would have probably helped me understand what was going on in the extreme soil in east Antarctica an awful lot better. I respect the field so much. Shit is hard! Anyway your work is phenomenal, and I can't wait to see you make more!
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>Guys... is the moon big?
Great vid btw, loved the little animations and educations.
We must worship the moon
I thought the video title was "Why doesn't anybody care about Geology?" and chuckled when you looked sad in the thumbnail.
You are one of the most quality in the content of all minecraft youtubers I appreciate all the effort you put into each video.
lol the animations were so good I had to watch the video twice.
The first time I was mesmerized by the animations, second time I was actually paying attention to the video.
[*blush*] Happy to help! I'm glad you liked the dam! I probably should've spent more days making it resilient to earthquakes :S
As for the music, technically you wrote the lyrics ("Hello my name is Gneiss") and performed the percussion (since the 'drums' were sampled from videos of you hitting different rocks with hammers to test them) so I can't in good conscious take all the credit :P
P.S. the animations in this video are unjustifiably good!!
Well, I did place the dam on a fault.
THE DAM LOOKS SO GOOD OMGGG
I try to build one like. Every other minecraft playthrough and I've still not managed to make one I like. It is INCREDIBLE
@@etheraelespeon1986 tysm :D
@@gneissname lol
@@gneissname So who's fault is it?
the fact that your wife is excited for you to do a video on the swamp biome is the cutest thing ever. also the obsidian knife bit killed me, thank you sir
Hey! I was on the river in Durango during the Gold King spill. I was insane to watch the wall of orange suddenly sweep under my paddleboard. I had no idea what was going on!
It did give me an opportunity to test the water and fish populations during the years afterwards until I moved away in 2020 though, which was fascinating, though still deeply unfortunate.
As a geology major, I'd add geoengineering (large scale interventions to the earths systems to combat climate change) to the list of things we need geology for. Every proposed method requires geology.
Carbon sequestration requires the mining of ultramafic rock, or the injection of CO2 into the ground and knowing where it can be pumped where it will be absorbed.
Stratospheric injection of sulfur dioxide to reflect sun was directly modeled on volcanic events that geologists studied. And of course the sulfur needs to be mined somewhere.
Ocean iron fertilization is also based on natural geological systems, and requires large amounts of iron.
These methods are still being discussed, but it seems nearly unavoidable that we will be forced to implement them during my career.
Gday and wow. Another amazing vid. Love the little details; Witch noises were perfectly timed, HC moon big reference; real life pics. Incredible! I will be using this to illustrate geology and sustainability topics at every opportunity. Thanks a million
Awesome explainer! My friend is a volcanologist so I’ve been tangentially interested in earth sciences just by listening to her talk about her research
This video is insane. I love your videos but this gave me a new perspective of geology I've never had, and by proxy, a new perspective to all of your videos.
Geologists are the unsung heroes and the backbone of so many industries.
Taking two geology classes from my college is what finally made me understand why it's important
Well, what a treat it is to be early! Gotta say, I'm incredibly impressed with your ability to both a) be a full professional with a degree and b) find time to learn Minecraft JSON commands so well as to make incredible animations in the game itself. Good video as always :)
I work in an environmental laboratory, so when you send off your samples for analysis they may just pass through my hands! I test for Organic Matter, Cyanides, Phenols & Sulphides currently, and have previously done metal, dissolved solids, boron and sulphates.
In the industry the reasons _why_ you need to know something is paywalled behind business consultancies, so when people ask me why my job is important I have to make an educated guess (if I can't spin it out of my talkative boss).
Also there aren't many places you can get so many well made mini-lectures about a subject from an actual researcher. You're the favourite teacher of a future geologist or several I can tell
As someone with a physics degree who wants to go back to school to get into research, it’s kind of disheartening yet oddly comforting to know that geologists get the “well what are you *doing* with that* question too
Great video, can’t wait to see more
I always had a general appreciation for geology despite not studying it, but seeing all that it does and why it's so important is really cool.
I learned some geology when I was an apprentice at a porcelain manufacturer. The trade school had a specific class that dealt with basically just geology. Specifically Kaolinite, Quartz and Feldspar, where to find them, how to identify them, the chemistry behind them and all that. Due to my extensive knowledge from taking high level chemistry previously it was the easiest one for me but it was also super fascinating to learn about!
The funniest thing I learned was the reason why China was the first one to "invent" it. There are tonnes of areas in China where you can just take a shovel of the soil, put it in a furnace and that's all it took to make porcelain because it had the perfect mix of the three already.
The perfect mix is a 50/25/25 mix (I do not remember which one the 50% was though)
Very cool!
That river animation is insane, wow
I'm studying geology at university and I really love these videos. I wish I was taught geology fundamentals at school, but the closest things to that is that we learn a bit about earthquakes and that's it. Keep up this work :D
I'm studying Earth Sciences more generally, but the rest applies lol
Had a situation where the prof asked about a subject noone could give a good answer to, so he asked if we didn't even learn this in school. He expressed his annoyance over our answer in the most exasperated gesture I ever witnessed.
Side-note: I think it would be important to mention that *aquifer* is not just an underground pool of water like in Minecraft (well, most of the time) but water inside the soil, between all rocky debree and clay.
And this water travels through this "solid" ground all over the place similar to "normal" volume of water.
So this is basically how wells work: they are dug down to the aquifer which is being fed from a place with higher pressure. This water "appears" from the walls of the well and fills it in more "normal liquid" to us form.
People tend to think that climate change is just CO2 in the atmosphere, but its so much more than that, like ocean pH, topsoil erosion, changes in natural habitats, etc.
My god... Speechless from these animations!
As someone doing extremely basic research into geology for fiction writing (for now), it amazes me how little people think about it for how damn important it is to everything. The channel has been a really good method of just passively in-taking some stuff. Amazing as always!
I'm starting college this fall with a major in environmental science, and have to take a few geology classes
Watching your videos has made me excited for those classes
Love your videos, communication style, and the visuals you put into it! Thank you for making these.
all your vids have been so interesting and well made, thank you a lot
I don’t really tend to like geology but the way you talk about it keeps me interested and that just shows how good you are at what you do. And I so glad that I can be along for the ride to 100k.
Love all the work you put into your worlds! Great video
This is truly a refreshing take as a student in Environmental Data Science. Fills me with much hope for the future.
You are an excellent teacher and presenter
i like your words earth man.. i did learn most of these things in school but its been awhile and it feels like a friendly refresher :-) and i appreciate how you approch how you talk about geology, its clear and easy to understand but doesnt feel belittling like other videos i've watched in the past.
Amazing stuff as always, keep up the good work!
this video had so much effort and interesting information that i didnt know about! thank you for making this :)
Your animations are awesome!! And I love to learn about the processes that make things become the way they are
Learned a lot, and very slick presentation and world animation. Love the visuals for each example.
Holy moly the amount of work you put into this video is insane! Such a good explanation of geologists at the same time as amazing Minecraft builds and animations
I have no idea how you're making these animations but you blow me away with every single one
Fabulous video as always. Actually, even better than sometimes, very well put together.
WOW what an amazing animation in the beginning!
this animation youre made here is so incredible. i love the sort of development over time as the area is more settled. the river filling up with water was incredible! and although ive never seen geology as worthless (every academic discipline is very important imo) i had no idea geologists did this much! might be my fave vid of yours!
This is amazingly well done!
The Production quality on this is really good goddamn.
oh wow this is the exact video ive been hoping you would make sometime. thank you so much!!
You always impress me with your MC skills. I can't wait for the wetlands video!
That world generation timelapse was stunning! I'm always blown away by the production value of these videos
stellar presentation, first time here and wow. this was really really well made, and taught me a lot
this was a really cool video im not a geologist but I've always been interested in sciences and other things relating to all of this kinda thing so I knew a significant amount of it but its good to have my random bits of knowledge tied together also the effects are amazing keep it up
Topic of the video aside, the animations you put in the video are absolutely fantastic, they look so good
I have watched and like multiple of your videos already, and seeing this good of an animation and the clarity of it, couple with understandable explanation of a domain I don't know much but like, made you +1 subscribber for your underrated work
I think these videos are awesome. With the quality of production being as good as it is, the information is easy to understand and precise, and it comes from someone who knows what they’re talking about.
Dude this video is brilliant! Thank you so much for informing me and others!
As always, your presentation is fantastic
this guys always posting the most interesting content cant wait for the swamp episode
9:56 Omg, it's a reference to my reference!
I love this channel so much. Keep it up please!
A high school science teacher of I had was part of the team that studied the proposed site for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, they studied the groundwater, lack of siesmic activity, soil chemistry, and a lot more stuff.
I don't know a lot about geology, but I really enjoy your videos because they're both super fun to watch and incredibly educational. Just wanted to express my gratitude and let you know I always look forward to seeing your new uploads!
Thank you!
This has to be one of the most interesting video’s I have watched in a long time. I really like geology but I didn’t know that it had so much going for it! Props to you to make it so fun to watch! Minecraft is a really unique way to grab people’s attention (well, at least mine) and to make the information more clear!
Thanks man!
The visuals are top notch, The work put into them is greatly appreciated.
The animations are good! Great video once again Gneiss!
Your presentation and diagrams were enough to *make* me care about Geology. You are an excellent teacher and thanks for doing what you do.
this is AMAZING. Love the animations
It's not often I wish I could like a video twice, but the production quality and rational explanation of the content made this a treat to watch
The quality of your videos continues to rise and the explanations are not only concise and easy to understand but also with enough depth that it clears most questions. If you aren't a teacher I'd be surprised, simply incredible.
great vid dude. it was very informative and well put together, keep it up 👍
Great Video! I love hearing how and what the rock boys do besides resource extraction.
I'm so happy this got recommend to me. Awesome stuff!
Your videos are so great, educating people on what geology is, is so vital! So many people dont know what you can do with a geology degree (I didn't! So glad I took that 101 class that made me switch my major!) And more people need to know as geologists are becoming more and more rare as college graduates...
This is a great one, you deserve so much more views
Thank you for your videos, I don't think I'll ever have the passion you do about the subject but your videos are well produced, informative, and entertaining. They catch and hold my attention and have helped rekindle my interest in the subject after a terrible mandatory 7am lab thoroughly killed them.
Thank you for answering a question I didn't realize I had. Your episodes on the geology of minecraft have been a lot of fun
You, Mr, are SO underrated. Your videos are so creative and mind blowing!
That's a very nice episode and I would love to see videos about each of the fields of geology.
I could be watching your animations all day. Bravo
Excellent episode as always, keep up the good work.
Such a great video as always!
4:00 I got to go on a field trip to the water purification plants in my city as well as the wetlands in the area for my civil engineering class. It was very interesting to see where things came from
9:15 If I recall correctly my engineering teacher actually has a degree in geology so this video kinda helped me understand what some of the things I’ve learned in my course and how they relate to geology
I am always amazed by your videos, great work! I looked at the EPA Superfund, looks like there's an active cleanup site at a lake just north of me. I know where I won't be swimming this summer
Great video! I especially liked the analogue visuals you used in Minecraft, like the coolest stream table you could build; I also appreciated the references to real world instances as well. I'm a geologist who does a lot of work on sites covered by CERCLA and I'm glad for the mention of Superfund as it's pretty important.
excellent work with the diorama! i always love it when you do videos focusing more specifically on geology, since i have a great interest in it myself. as an incredibly thorough worldbuilder and aspiring ecologist, geology is something i spend a lot of time working with and studying, so new material concerning geology is always nice to have. even if i might not necessarily learn anything new from watching a video, it might remind me of aspects that i've neglected in my worldbuilding projects. it also reminds me just how much i would love an update for minecraft that adds in more realistic or interesting geological aspects, which is why i love mods such as spelunkery, tectonic, or even other games such as vintage story. none of them are especially close to fully realistic, which i think is for the best since a fully realistic game may not be as fun, but vintage story probably does rock strata, mineralogy, and material properties the best. you should maybe check it out some time!
Hi Gneiss Name, just wanted to say I really appreciate the work you put in with these videos and what you're doing is super important. I know in Canada at least that most universities are seeing a steady decline in the number of students enrolled in geology, environmental geoscience or geophysics related disciplines. In my high school education there was a complete absence of any earth science content and was more just related to human geography. I think the main thing stopping people from enrolling is the lack of exposure through public school education. Short videos like these are such a great way of conveying the many different sub-disciplines that may align with students interests. Anyways keep up the great work!
This video made me subscribe to you channel, and I'm eager for more science-related content!
Love your videos mate 🔥 got me appreciating geology way more. I see rocks around and will name game them with myself now and tell everyone around me what they are hahahah. And being from Alberta Canada we got a lot of rocks and mountains
genuinly such a great video! thank you
You're awesome. LOVE your pedagogic aproach
Awesome video!! Love the majora’s mask Easter egg at the end!!!
Fascinating as always!
I'm lucky to find you. Your channel make me curious about geology more then my psychical geology book (Monroe), mostly, book is wonderful though as you are. It's my first year at geology engineering education. Much love sir!