My Life Story
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2018
- The truth, with photons.
I hope I've articulated everything clearly in this video. If not, I'll clarify in comments. Thanks to everyone who appears in this video and thanks to everyone who watches this video!
Veritasium is of course a combination of the latin 'veritas' meaning truth, and the common element ending 'ium'. I guess this is my version of the 'draw my life' craze that rolled through TH-cam many years ago. Except I wanted to tell my story with the actual moments, the photons, the stored magnetic states. There's something about that which is so important to me (because I think the alternative involves fooling yourself) which is why I'm so fascinated by film and video.
One of my inspirations for the name Veritasium came from the end of the poem Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats, in which he writes:
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,-that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
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Tony Fadell, Donal Botkin, Michael Krugman, Jeff Straathof, Zach Mueller, Ron Neal, Nathan Hansen, Yildiz Kabaran,
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Magnified X1 - Gunnar Johnsen
Fluorescent Lights - Martin Gauffin
Dissolving Patterns - Ebb & Flod
Luna - Ebb & Flod
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Sneaky Snitch
Your “non-science” videos are just as wonderful as the rest. Thanks for the peek into the personal.
I think the first Veritassium video I've watched was the supercooled water one and got me hooked up ever since.
Wow, I really love that you shared this. I love your videos and watching is a great reminder to strive for what you want. Thanks for this personal insight and thanks for your wonderful videos.
Did you still getting the notification?
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@@mikosz666 Wish to see his children grow and have at least a small part in videos
7:16
"Sometimes its a blessing not to know how bad you are, if you knew, you would have quit"
Akshay Aradhya
-Veritasium
And you won't have commented
And sometimes you fool yourself thinking you are too bad, when others are not much better.
@@augustoluis6888 or not better at all
But it is also great to know how your abilities scale and to know when to forge your skills ahead of you and when to seek advice.
Watching this video in 2024, my eyes got teary especially the part you propose and then show us your kids and wife. Its such a beautiful thing to know that it all worked out in the end. This video makes a solid case for my intended transition from law to tech! We love you, Derek!
Same
Loved it, Derek. I'm 64, and I know what it is to go for it and to fail. But there's a deeper truth than survivor bias; those of us who have fallen flat on our face time after time experience life in a way that those who play it safe will never understand. Sure, we might not be rich and we might not be famous. But I got something better instead. I got the journey. I wouldn’t trade the life I’ve lived for all the dreams I had when I was young.
"I wouldn’t trade the life I’ve lived for all the dreams I had when I was young."
1 year later, but... wow
Without those experiences, you would not have been able to deliver that awesome quote. Cheers.
this guy talks about getting a phd like it’s nothing
Truth
😂😂
because it is
@@rohanm4214 K dude 😆
Well, to him I suppose it isn’t a big deal compared to youtube
Shits ez to him
I think it's wise to focus on family. Love you bro, great video.
SmarterEveryDay Happy Father's Day to you too!
Suggestions to Derek:- u got the best students in you life ....ur kids. Teach them the physics, we will join you ur in the video uploads .. 😊...
U are a true hero...
Continue what you are doing..
God is blessing you family
SmarterEveryDay I agree. Destin, I love your channel too! In fact, you were the one who introduced me to Veritasium (thanks to TH-cam’s recommended videos). I’d love to meet yall one day if you’re ever in North Carolina! We have nerds here, too :)
We can wait. Family can't.
Thanks Destin! See you soon!!
Getting to this video 5 years late - but this channel has awoken a sincere interesting not necessarily in the subjects you talk about, but about learning. And I really appreciate that. Thanks, Derek (and team).
I can’t express how much this video touches me.
I am a 19 year old who struggles whether to do art or science, as i love both, and seeing your life, your path really made me think of my own future.
You truly are incredible, thank you for your kindness, thank you for your passionate teaching, thank you for the hope and wonders you make shine
Nobody starts at the end. You're supposed to be bad on camera in the beginning! It's been fun watching your journey.
Peter Brown omg mr brown is here
Well said!
Yeah we all start somewhere ♥
Thank you for that thoughtful comment 👍
That is wise words! *bow*
Came here expecting to learn a little more about Derek. Left questioning my whole life.
Same
😂😂
Sounds like a vsauce video to me.
same here :'(
@@someguyontheinternet5448 nahi yaar
Mujhe toh nahi laga
Thank you so much! This video has been truly inspiring.
"You can't be anything you want, but you can be everything you are." I can't remember who said this, but the phrase still reverberates with me.
And now, it's 2022 and you're at 12 million subscribers. Congratulations and keep up the great work.
What does this means?
It means that You cannot just decide who you are. But You are you so everything you are is already decided, it's you. Be yourself it means. @@Luluskuy
Well this was really sweet, you're the coolest Derek
I also also love your channel, you will make it too soon I am sure!
thank you for sharing!!
Thank you for saying - I really appreciate your support!
His intelligence stats are pretty great
Just was watching ur vid 😁
First time I've ever heard a youtuber say "Thank you guys" and actually felt that it was genuine
"actually"
right.. really got me in tears :")
Yep, same
you should watch other youtubers i thinks
So true
Veritassiums videos always leave me with the warm feeling that I have genuinely leaned something, rather than thinking I’m learning when I’m not. One of my favorite channels on TH-cam right now.
Thank you so much for your channel. I really do learn from you and enjoy your videos. I am 64 years old, female, BA in Accounting, love cooking, gardening, sewing and being creative. I live in Los Alamos New Mexico with so many really smart people and at times I don't feel smart. My husband is pastor of a small church, he doesn't have a formal education, which has been a challenge in a town with so many PHDs. I just finished your IQ video and LOVED it; I really, really need to hear that TODAY. I talked to an old roommate from college yesterday, we haven't talked in over 43 years. It is amazing how we haven't changed. She is a very neat person and hates messes. I am way to busy doing so many different things to worry about cleaning up! I am still a MESSY person and over my life I have been JUDEGED based on the neatness of my house. So many times for people we don't talk about IQ we look at each other a base worth on outward things. Education (PHD); where you work (LANL); where you live (old mobile home); cars you drive etc. After watching both videos I really feel blessed to know that I have worth, even though my house is a mess, even if I don't meet the standards other people set. I enjoy learning about things that don't effect my life - fireworks! That was an awesome video. Thank you for what you do! I really do enjoy your presentation and you enrich my life. Again thanks, even though you will most likely never read this...
7:20
"It's a blessing not to know how bad you are. Because if i had known, i probably would have quit."
Veritasium has unconciously tell us the ultimate secret to success.
That's a nice quote!
If he really means that, then I'm wondering if he didn't get any serious criticism or skepticism. Many succesful people describe that they experienced great opposition of them taking a risk with their dreams, but that they had a passion that was stronger than the ego and peer pressure telling them it isn't possible. Perhaps Derek is one of those who had lots of support from family or friends.
absolutely
It is something like a deaf frog winning the race. Sorry if my illustration has offended anyone
If at first you suck, try, try again.
You’ve always been a gigantic inspiration to me. I owe a lot to you and the other Edutubers who paved a little bit of the way for us. I’m glad for your growing family too, though, because Aunt Dianna needs some test subjects...
More like Evil Physics Girl
The enitre science community is an inspiration to me. Thank you 💙
Yepper, and I watch YOU too!
Diana I follow your channel even before following Derek's. You two are inspiration for many, many in the whole world. Cheers from Brazil 🇧🇷
Physics Girl OMG. It's physics girl.
Been watching Veritasium for a very long time, and only now the algorithm offered this; your life story - which I find inspired & inspirational.
As for Veritasium - being an engineer of both chemistry and nuclear science, I was never in doubt and I parsed the word right away and understood your passion for the truth, a passion we share.
Thank you for your candour and your very good work.
Derek, thank you for all your efforts. You are a true blessing and inspiration. Your story reminded me of a great saying: Whoever seeks something might not find it, but whoever finds what they were looking for is among those who were seeking it.
So basically what he is trying to convey is :failure is better than the regret of not trying
I took it that he meant that failure is a substantial part of the success bias, and so he doesn't want people to have misconceptions that a particular process, that worked for him, will necessarily work for everyone, because statistically it wont.
However, If you dont do, you cant learn - fail or not. And I think, its the doing that he represents best. Get out there and do.
Really love his work - its inspiring.
Not really: If you'll never try, you can be sure you'll never succeed but if you try, you never know
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
― Henry Ford
Thing learened On the way to failure cannot be is forbidden to ppl who are successful everytime. So, once they fail they could nvr get up. So, failure is the bst way to success.. so that you will be stronger and experienced enough to maintain a stable success..
"~ i'd rather regret things i did than things i didn't .~" is approximately how Lucille Ball put it. Thomas edison supposedly claimed not to have "failed" along his journey in inventing a practical light bulb, but to have "discovered 999 ways that did not work." obviously there are times when a major recalibration to one's strategy is not only "prudent" but very necessary . . . that said, there is more than a grain of truth to the notion that it isn't "failure" until you quit trying.
The world is a better place with your science videos in it. Keep amazing us Derek - Kyle
Coming this from the thor of science must be amazing
Thanks man - you rock!
Kanwar Jakhar *discount thor of science
@@veritasium Hi you're a mega human being, regarding your question of what should/would/could you do next, what you've accomplished nurtured us all, and for sure I would like to see it in the future. I'm thinking of an idea, I hope to bring something to the table soon! Lovely video, enjoy parenthood, congratulations and thank you so much!
Verify your channel
"Better to try than the alternative, where you face certain failure." This reminds me of a Hindi Poem by the name "अंतिम ऊँचाई ". It has the lines:
जब तुम अपने मस्तक पर बर्फ़ का पहला तूफ़ान झेलोगे
और काँपोगे नहीं
तब तुम पाओगे कि कोई फ़र्क़ नहीं
सब कुछ जीत लेने में
और अंत तक हिम्मत न हारने में।
which translates to: "When you happen to achieve what you wanted, you would realize that there is no difference between Achieving everything, and trying constantly."
You have made such a great positive impact in so many people's life... We feel really grateful for all the knowledge that you have shared and all inspiration that has emerged from watching these videos... Thank you Derek and the whole team for making this wonderful channels happen.
*Mostly Canadian™*
You missed the point... part south african!
Bando Bandit and part Australian
VANNIVEZ this made me laugh more than it should
Mostly Human, more than anything else.
since he lived in south africe he could claim to be a waCanadian
(wakanda black panther movie... ;) )
Wow what a wholesome video. You can see how passionate he is with everything he does, and
most importantly he always had a pattern: shift to something else when deemed necessary.
And now he's shifting his time to spend it with his family, which I think is the most important
thing shown in the video...Seriously loved this video so much, thank you
Thank you for understanding!
Veritasium, I've seen so many of your videos and I just wanted to say
you have a very deep understanding of how things work just by the
way you explain everything. I really love the work you put in to help us
gain a better understanding of how everything (our universe) works!
Again thank you so much
I am now retired ... I spent my career as a computer programmer, which did not exist when I was a kid. Many of my friends also worked in fields that did not exist when they were kids. We live in an amazing world. Thanks for your youtubes.
This is so relatable, Derek! I am a masters student in Mechanical Engineering. I love physics and engineering, but the arts too! I write, draw, and act in my free time, not because I'm good but because I feel compelled to. It's just where the mind wanders. I appreciate you sharing your story!
Your path to TH-cam was very unique, but I still thought that it was eerily similar to mine. I was also stuck in that mode of following a fixed path through academia, but I always felt like it was missing the creative part that I needed. I ended up quitting my chem masters and I intended to apply to film school. However, before I was able to do that, the TH-cam channel had taken off and I was able to shift my focus to it. The first couple of years were shaky with a lot of doubts, but now I don't see how I could do anything else.
Love you and your content mate! i've learnt a lot from you, thank you so much!
Dude that's literally me. I'm doing an Astrophysics degree, and while I love it, my true passion lies in film.
and thanks to your videos, I get nothing done since your channel sucks me into a time black hole :P
Thank you for your videos. They are appreciated. Love your content
Omg 2 of my most favorite youtubers😍😍😍😍😍
This is the first ever "thank you" video that makes me tear up :') I've been following you for a long time, and seeing what you achieved and what your life has become genuinely makes me HAPPY for you.
So, thank YOU Derek, for everything you've done for us. You deserve your beautiful life.
MCinemaGamer thank you for all your support!
Well said!!!
MCinemaGamer! Da quanto tempo!
MCinemaGamer, I agree with everything thing you said. I so appreciate this man.
I know this is 5 years old now, but wow I needed to watch this more than ever today!
You are a brilliant communicator of science and I learn a great deal from you. Please do not stop making science real and exciting - and relevant to the world we live in. Thank you for making it worthwhile to open TH-cam and get something meaty yet also entertaining to watch every time one visits Veritasium
absolutely looooved this video!!
I struggle to understand what part of this video made some people to unlike the video? Seriously
but only 10% sub saw it
Valio keys Maybe because it was full of clichés without any workable info.
But I liked it anyways.
Valio keys same here
I didnt thought i would see any thai(?) youtuber in this comment section xd
Had this guy as my Physics tutor during my High School period. Great attitude towards life and oozes charisma, made me look forward to my weekly 2 hour physics lessons. :)
WoW now this is a blessing
OG fan
I'm a doctor from Ethiopia. I've always had so many ideas to work on but not a lot of courage to act on them. Your video actually made me cry and was a wake up call to me. Just an idea, why not start a new trend of videos where you blend medical breakthroughs with the physics behind it. I know there is something there. And FYI wish/hope I can work with you in the future.
Best of luck! Hope you make it big
I also have a great interest in physics but choosed the medical line😢
yes go for it, start lean, if you don't want to take big risks, but try it anyway
@@harshit4450 one thing I'm figuring out nowadays is everything is connected. You'll make it work. I'm currently learning software engineering and trying to blend both.
We are in 2024, five years of this video...for me best TH-cam channel, in content (science and history) you are the best...thank you for your work...
i bet you fart
Your persona is so genuine in front of the camera it feels like listening to a close friend, keep motivating us and keeping us informed.
All The best
My opinion is that your videos have extremely high quality and educational value. I think you could be producing documentaries for Netflix, BBC, PBS more often
TheFvpss He works with Bill Nye on Bill Nye saves the world
What about CBC
Even his earliest videos that he says are bad are so great at explaining things
Totally agree
I would watch episodes on Netflix
You're a story of someone who has refined his skill over the years. A testament to finding the common space between passion and opportunity.
You're awesome Derek, im happy you have made all these decisions that got you here. You enrich your viewers lives by teaching us all these amazing things you have, just as your viewers had helped you succeed, you have helped all your viewers to learn and think deeply about things that matter. We owe you more than you owe us.
"i feel like I've been stifled by 4 years of engineering"
-every engineering graduate ever
It was like that for me after I finished but at some point in the career you realize the beatings were worth it :)
Most entrepreneurs big n small are engineers...
Wish i had pursue engineering too because the scope is endless
Two of the hardest challenges in academia are undergraduate engineering and a PhD.
I didn’t feel stifled at all after four years of engineering school. I couldn’t wait to do more engineering in the real world, I’m not trying to sound gung ho, I actually was gung ho and I loved it, I loved designing new things that had never been done before because I was so lucky I got to work in R&D with a lot of young, bright engineers just out of college just like me, and we got to surf at lunchtime, so what can be better than that?
Not me. I don't feel like it.
If everyone realized how bad they are on camera when they first start, youtube wouldn't exist. I'm glad you stuck with it. (I'm also equally glad you got a lot better. ;) )
lol me too!
I agree. I've been a subscriber for ages and I remember binge watching every video and I have seen it become better and better. I think I still would have binge watched most videoa since there has always been a spark of genius but it was crude (to say the least). I'm so glad for all the progress being made foe this chanel and soooo old since I subscribed when there were so few videos uploaded. Hahaha. Thanks Veritasium!
I've been watching your vids for four years, never came across this one. Really good to learn more about your life and appreciate your particular style of content delivery.
Wow! I'm 28 and I'm exactly at a point in my life where you were at the same age. Currently, I'm thoroughly confused about what to do next. More so than I have ever been in my entire life. This video addresses the key problem of whether to choose stats or just go behind what you want. I guess I just needed a lil reminder about trying. Thanks for this. It made my day!
I've been living under a rock and only now discovered your channel, to which I subscribed today. All the best!
It’s a wide world. I live under multiple rocks.
He made this video a year ago and still hearted and commented on your comment wOw
He is truly amazing.
Veritasium i love you man
Timothy O'Malley samedd🙄🙄
"Fiji water was reccomended to me by a friend. For example, The mass of The Sun..."
That cut was so perfectly timed that it sounded like a completely irrelevant transition in the same clip
"fiji water was recommended by....fiji water" ;)
Man! I admire the way you present to the world. And seeing you with your family, make me think there’s still hope in every human. Blessings!
I love this so much! I geek out in my classes with Veritasium. As a teacher who pursued dance, music, theatre, and film most of my life (with teaching as my back up plan), yet studied in the sciences too (another passion) and love to teach STEAM more than anything, I can relate 100%. Weirdly, your life story came through in all the videos I've watched of you Derek - not directly, but in that recognizable manner between two sympatico minds. Thanks for this lovely memoir!
Congratulations, Derek! I've been with you for such a long time! Since 2013 actually, which is when I started learning English, and you also contributed to that by the way.
I'm very glad to know that you've found love, and I hope that your wife and kids will bring you a lot of happiness!
Thank you for making Veritasium exist. I hope you'll keep the videos coming, at least every now and then.
All the best,
David
@@Peibolia Link to the channel?
As a 33 year old who doesnt feel he has reached his lifes purpose or dreams, a guy who lives alone without a family.... your story fills me with hope and inspiration for my future. Your reflection is so deep and your content now is better than its ever been. THanks for sharing :)
My name is Phillip .. a 39 year old War Veteran , father of 8, heroin addicted ex gang member ,divorced twice and currently a Multi Millionaire (since 2017 ). I don't drive a car or own a house and proud owner of only two pairs of shoes two sets of boots.I work far far away from everyone I love and spend my time walking on patrols through this third world slum getting ambushed by gunmen and my days off are dominated by cryptocurrency study and world markets. And I'm not happy
@Devang Shekhawat " Do all things correctly and by the very best of your abilities, only pursue what is born from kind intent and logic
U can do any thing u want. start now... DO IT...
"the job that you may have might not have been invented yet"
- Veritasium
Same 😭
You continuously illustrate the difference between knowledge and teaching. Only the ones worth remembering can master both. You’re a gift to us all man
No, thank you. You have made educational videos and have helped so many people learn for years now. You are an inspiration and I love watching you. Good luck with your family and I will always watch your videos.
I never thought a veritasium video would make me cry! Congrats on everything Derek, you deserve it all
When I read this comment I thought there was no way this video could make me cry. I was wrong.
I just wanted to put out there that I shed a tear as well, along with you all. A small voice, but support. Thanks Veritasium.
He's smart, he loves physics but it's only after this video I realised that he's so frikin handsome
hahaha he really is
😁😂
@@user-qj5mj9im2o doesn't interest him may be?
ngl guys a stud
when he was in college, woah
Discovering the Science side of TH-cam has truly sparked my curiosity in a lot of things. Like coming up with questions that are very specific, yet fascinating to think about, which I don't usually do. Thanks to the Veritasium TH-cam channel, my curiosity and will to learn has grown.
I cannot express how enthralled I am for every video I've watched from this channel. The only future I am looking forward to for Veritasium, is that it stays in the sense of truth. Walking by its name. I also hope that further generations will find your videos just as good as I see it!
I only wish the best for this channel and that's all. Thank you Derek, and everyone along side you that brought you to where you are now!
As a person who loves films and is starting his physics bachelors this fall, this resonated with me to a whole new level. I wish that I’d seen this video before, but am glad that I’m following a similar path as you. Thanks for making these videos and inspiring me, I hope to do some good like you someday!!
So you are Canadian, South African and Australian.
*Perfectly balanced as all things should be.*
He also lives in the US. He only misses New Zealand and UK to become supersaian
@@Slashplite UK is not really Europe though... :DD
With American children :)
@@robpiy91 They are in Europe, just not in the EU, two different things
Yeah because Asia and Europe don't exist amirite fellas
...and here I am, 33 years old. questioning myself why did I choose to start my engineering degree at age 30. I guess I really needed to see this video right now. I get so depressed, like what the hell am I doing, some things are so much harder than others and these other students are so much younger than me. Guess I'll never know whats at the end if I don't keep trying. Thank you! ----- update, I graduated. I'm 35 now lol but thats not holding me back. I'm an environmental engineer for an awesome firm in San antonio. I regret nothing and am so proud of myself!
I too reinvented my future at 30 years old, going through to be a teacher. 20 years later I know it was the best thing I ever did for myself, even if it was a monumental struggle. Be brave my friend. It will be worth it!
@@laurasinkins6981 Thanks for the kind words!
I have a family friend who was an accountant, and after a decade or two decided he really didn't like the work. Went to dental school at age 40, with 5 kids (oldest about to graduate high school). Now has been a happy and successful dentist for 25 years. You still have most of your life ahead of you at 33. Make the most of it! :)
33 ha! You’re still a youngster lol. I went into the military at 17 because I had maxed out everything they had to offer at my high school including AP and several college courses. I couldn’t afford to go to the university that I wanted so into the army I went lol After serving my tour as an Airborne Ranger and seeing enough death to last a lifetime. The only thing I was sort of qualified to do was law enforcement so I chose the toughest Leo academy there was. After the army the academy was like a vacation lol. After graduation I went to work for LAPD I’m south central and east LA. It was a freakin war zone but since I had already “been there done that” in the army I took it in stride. Finally after a few years of that nonsense and the birth of my son I quit and moved my family to an entirely different state lol. I became an electrician and made enough so my wife didn’t have to work unless she wanted to. I could have gone into physics or engineering after high school but lack of funding and the thought of being inside all the time or worse teaching lol. Now I’m in my early 50’s my wife passed a few years ago my son is all grown with his own family and I retired from doing electrical and I’m going to reinvent myself all over again lol. It’s never too late to begin a new path on your journey, I’m proof of that lol
So you hang in there and get that degree but remember family always comes first. Enjoy every minute with your loved ones that you can. You never know when you might lose them. I lost my wife to a terminal illness and I chose to take care of her myself the last 2 years she was here. We were supposed to grow old together, that was the plan we made way back in high school. Yes we were sweethearts since we were 15 lol. Who knows in 20 years you might reinvent yourself again lol
Cheers mate.
@@prepperjonpnw6482 are you seriously 50? it's just that saying *lol* every 5 words doesn't click with me,
but then, sorry about your wife, it's the shared stories that matter; may I ask what is your plan to reinvent yourself at these times?
there isnt anything absolute in the world but watching ur video in series made me realize u really are an ABSOLUTE element of truth..from indeterminism of quantum mechanism to the unbreakable classical notion of physics you derive a 50/50 balanced equation of life ...a combination of phylosophy and science is what id say a true education is ..your videos are perfectly that... i really love ur videos ...
It's not us. It is you that make us be here watching and having fun.
This is a real person. Not all those TH-camrs who are full of my "privacy life is your entertainment" and things. THIS kind of guy is what I EXPECT from TH-camrs.
Uh okay, but those TH-camrs are real people too. What you expect or not expect from them don't contradict with the fact that those people have their own ways and wishes and ideas of what content they wanna create
@@saraf5414 Yeah, of course. The same way happens with people who have honest work for honest pay AND people who assault, steal and rob others for whatever they WISHES. It happens too work hard to make a different on the world, making new medicine, research new technologies and stuff and people who dates popular people and then go to a social media to post the RELEVANT experience and intimacy story.
@@Serverclosed I get what you're saying, but the people who are making pulp content are also doing something they are passionate about. Not everything that is worth doing is a major contribution to technology or science or culture. They are doing something they want to do for an audience that wants to see it.
very true, well said
thats is it
When you talked about survivor bias and about succesfull ones are the ones have actually tried. İ remember the sentence when one of my colleague said to me when i was feeling hopeless. "You can fight or you can quit. When you decide to fight never forget you can lose." That negative feedback gave me hope to go on with what i'm doing. Knowing i can lose anyway was a relief and a reason to fight back. To Just fight the odds.
We love you brother Derek! You help us stay with the things that we love. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
It may seem ridiculous, but in the age of teenage TH-cam megastars I've struggled with feeling like I'm already over the hill with this TH-cam thing and ought to "settle down"/"get a real job". it's really encouraging to realize that you were as old as I am now when you STARTED this venture. It makes me realize that these cut-offs I have in my head about the proper timelines and phases of life really are arbitrary.
acapellascience good stuff
acapellascience I really feel like they are. I had that same mentality all the way through thinking I had to accomplish the next thing. I remember when I was 25 thinking I’d be more grown up by then but I’d been in school my whole life. That time I think was the trickiest transition.
Happier than I've ever been doing youtube and finally paying the bills with it. I'm 44. There's no age limit.
One of the earliest big channels was a guy in his sixties just doing vlogs. He was briefly the top channel on all of youtube.
@acapellascience, Never seen your channel before this comment but i checked you out and im now a subscriber!! love your work
Not to be a downer, but there is also the possibility that the whole "over the hill with this" might apply to TH-cam itself, not necessarily you, You can go on to make great things, but don't forget how TH-cam might have become... sort of "the way" to do things. In some circles. Like the way to become a filmmaker was twenty years ago.
“Sometimes I think it's a blessing not to know how bad you are because if I had known I probably would have quit”
Wow, amazing
I am saving this for my future
- The only thing that bothers me is that I have a sense of ridicule.
- The ridiculous does not exist; those who dared to challenge him head on have conquered the world.
I know that I’m a few years late, but I have been an avid viewer for years, and I remember your special “Tickling the Dragon’s Tail” in chemistry class 3 years ago, and it amazed me how well you manage to capture and hold the rooms attention (including my own) for 2 classes straight. I remember how much it, and your videos afterwards, showed me how to incorporate a love of learning into a career and life path, and I mean it when I say it influenced the place I am today, and for that, I cannot thank you enough. The element of truth will always be an element of me.
In a world and media full of content creators which do nothing for the sake of advancement and just take advantage of the human predisposition for stupidity, your channel, along with a few other amazing educational channels, has been the place where I recovered myself and got remembered how beautiful the science is!!! One of the few channels that make up TH-cam's positive side and TH-cam should be proud to host!!!
Damn I teared up when he said his greatest adventure in life was to marry his wife 🥺🥺🥺
It's always a greatest adventure of every man's life
Me too, and probably it is because he knows a lot about filmmaking
What a lovely couple!!!
If genders were reversed it would be misogynistic. So this is misandric.
@@Tesseract9630 take a walk man, you need some fresh air
WHY AM I CRYING ON A SCIENCE CHANNEL???
Because you are a good human being.
@@shif06 O.M.G. thank you, I was not expecting to get a compliment, at all...
@@shif06 you are a good human being .
The reason I'm crying on a science channel is you. Thank you
because U would like to do the same...just not brave enough ...just like me
I've never had an interest in what you teach until I started watching your channel with my husband...you make all this stuff interesting and easy to understand.
That was gorgeous. Thank you for sharing your story with us 🙏
Been watching your channel for years and have learnt so much from doing so. Continue making these great videos and, through them, educating the world at large.
I’ve been watching Veritasium videos since I was in middle school, and I’m now on my way to graduating with a Bachelors in Aerospace Engineering and moving to pursue my Master’s. This channel has helped fuel my love of learning, so thank you for all that you’ve done!!
I want to be an Aerospace engineer so badly but unfortunately we don't have much scope in this field in my Country 🙃...only a handful of top universities have AE branch here...and again unfortunately they're acceptance rate is 0.01%..it's so nice that you are an aerospace engineer...have a good day brother ❤️
@@matissbrants2625 hmm thanks brother
Genuinely the coolest comment on here so far.
@@saswatgaudu3227 don’t get disheartened! Chemical/materials engineering is also massively useful when designing fuels and fuel delivery systems, as well as most MechE classes being pretty identically comparable to an aerospace course. Choosing any field of engineering will have at least some way to get your foot in the door of your desired field. I wanted to genetic engineering insanely badly for medical applications but couldn’t find a good program so I ended up with biochemical engineering. After 3 years of working with CBD processing I finally landed a job in the medical industry! And even so I actually almost took a job with Ball Aerospace in mission assurance, just follow what you find interesting and opportunities will find you!
@Space Bird 01 good luck to you too bro ❤️
Love your work man. Inspiring stuff.
agreed.
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I really needed to see this tonight. I grew up learning that academia was the only path to a "good" life. I am still interested in STEM and environmental science, but halfway through my Junior year of high school, several chronic health issues onset and my body has and still is declining. I mostly lay in bed on electronics, go to appointments, and sleep, since that's what I can do. I don't know who I am if I'm not a student. I was top of my class and come from a family of scholars. My school was a college-prep school. The only value I had was my intelligence, and now I'm not in any position to follow the path I had lined up for me.
I'm 19 now, and not a single one of my peers invited me to graduation. I got my GED, so I'm legally done with high school, but it was a huge letdown. I vanished and no one noticed, and to rub salt in the wound, my little sister got an invite to the ceremony. I tried a college course but wound up too sick and had to withdraw. I can't hold a job or do school, and I'm afraid to put any energy into things I can do on occasion, such as junk art, working on my novels, singing/songwriting, and getting involved in activism projects locally. I know I have a slim chance of succeeding anywhere, and my health issues are already costly, so making enough money to support myself would be virtually impossible. I still live with my parents and they thankfully help as my body fails. I don't know how long I have, and I can't do much on my own since "good" days are few and far between, meaning consistency is impossible. Also, whenever I do something that requires energy, it takes days or even weeks to recover to my baseline pain and energy, meaning I need help with absolutely everything while I'm in excruciating pain and too weak to move much.
This video is a reminder that I should still give it a shot, follow my passions and hobbies, and stop wasting what time I have left in cowardice since success is still possible, even if only marginally. I still want to pursue a sense of meaning. I have projects I want to finish before it's over.
Those early videos were amazing at the time. In fact, they are still amazing. This channel has evolved perfectly with my career as an educator. Transitioning from Physics to Biology; it has been an amazing resource all these years.
a slightly awkward confession and gratefulness.
but full of honesty.
such a great guy.
Derek this is such a lovely video! I would love to see Raquel and your kids on your channel more - experiments you try at home filmed in a really cool way, like everyday physics phenomena with drones and slow mo cameras and so on.
^ LIsten to Vanessa, she's also awesome! :)
I'd love to have some videos in which you see what your kids think of physics!
Maybe be careful about the kids. Knowing that my father had uploaded too many videos to this many people when I was too young to make an active decision probably wouldn't feel great today.
BrainCraft No kids. Thanks.
Philip Johansson Oh zip it. He as a parent can, should and will teach and try to make his kids interested in things he thinks are the best for them. It's up to them, when they grow up, to decide what they will do with all that knowledge.
Sir, you are just wonder of the nature, whatever happens my request is to believe in yourself. Honors and Salutes to you and your family.
Let me elaborate: You are a great writer--very effective for translational science. But you are also kind and connected to life. You see nuance and highlight ambiguity at the same time that you nail our encounters with truth. You are very good-looking and charismatic, and you would be the stuff of dreams for at least half the population, if not more. And you seem to want me to understand things I couldn't possibly understand on my own. You are a teacher, and you work hard to help me. I adore you.
Derek, I think this video was one of your most beautiful videos so far.
I just wanted to say I'm from Brazil and you were a great source of inspiration for me to start making science videos to the Brazilian community. I'm still an undergrad in physics, which I decided to pursue because of you and your work.
TH-cam changed my life, I've always wanted to be a filmmaker. Making videos changed who I wanted to be in the future. It changed my career. It changed everything!
I love your work and I want to tell you how much of an inspiration you were to me. How your videos changed who I wanted to be. Who knows how many other lives and people you have inspired? Your videos are definitely making a change in the way we teach.
I love your work! Thanks for everything you've done and accomplished. TH-cam is a better place because of you.
From a Brazilian fan.
I watch your videos, you are doing an amazing job, for real!! I'm on Chemistry college(unesp) and me and a group of friends are attempting to start a new science series to make the knowledge avaliable for more people, you inspire us just like derek does, I'd like to say a really big thank you for doing what you believe in.
abraços!
Wow! Thank you so much! I'm really happy to be a part of this! :D When you and your friends create this science series, send me the link!
I really appreciate your comment
Man, I knew Derek's channel before yours. And when I started watching your videos, I was so sure you were inspired by him. You're on the right path. Derek's work is inspiring and it changes the way we see and learn science, just like Vsauce and The Physics Girl... Congrats for being in this team...
Thank you so much! I am always amazed by the power of the medium and by this platform and I'm delighted if my videos have been useful to you. I wish you all the best in your pursuit of physics and filmmaking!
Pedro Loos from Ciência todo Ideia is really cute as well.
This had me in tears. Such a wonderful life story, I'm so happy for you. Whatever content you make from here, I'll watch it regardless because you have captured not only my attention, but my respect too. Hell, I even acknowledged you (among other science influencers) in my thesis. You keep doing you, man.
what was your thesis on?
@@saraf5414 Navigation and Event-Handling of a Vector in a 3D Coordinate System in Real-Time Embedded Java Systems.
@@fontayne314 I didn't understand a thing but good job.
Well we need more veratasiums! The Ultra honesty!
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I have tears in my eyes. Thank you so much ❤️ Thank you for following your dream (I always thought you were like me, and now I know that you too wanted a creative endeavour like filmmaking)
Thank You for this very warmhearted and inspirational story, Derek. I really envy You for Your happiness in so many aspects in life (at least You look very happy) but definitely You deserve all the success.
I'm not crying, you're crying!
That supercooled water video was the first one I watched, ever since your videos have been a source of inspiration and the spark that lit my hunger for knowledge on many fields. Thank you Derek!
Also seen the supercooled water video and liked it a lot. Been subscribed ever since. Keep up the good work
Today i was pouring supercold water in a bowl but it froze. Thanks to derek i knew the phenomenon.
That supercooled water was also the first video i watched.
I did my engineering in IT, just like most students in India and went on to work with a huge corporate MNC but slowly, I realised that this corporate madness is not for me so I quit after 4 years of job.
I opened my cafe a year later in my hometown and have been more than satisfied ever since because I give my heart to it, even though I would've been making more money if I had stuck to my job. I also opened another cafe/restaurant and failed terribly at it but it also taught me a lot of valuable lessons which I'll remember for the rest of my life. My first cafe is still doing good and I will keep it running for as long as I'm alive. I might venture out to other businesses but my cafe is something which made me a truly happy guy on the inside.
Success does not mean which car you're driving or what suit you're wearing. Success means that you are doing what you've always wanted to do.
liked even before hitting read more
most of us indians are like THE ONLY GOD THAT KEEPS MANKIND GOING IS MONEY(i accept few of them have their reasons ) . i like the very idea that u have left a job in MNC to start a cafe(small business here)
*idk about foreigners that's why only indians
Chai wala 😭😂😁
@@arpitas162 do me a favor, shut the hell up
@Indian Girl kash aapko aisa hi pati mile jo chai ki thadi lagata ho 😊
Be proud of your courage
All your videos, always, turn out to be ten times more interesting then I anticipate.
That's why I've decided to watch ALL your videos. Thanks for your hard work.
Your movies have awoken my love for physics and the many mysteries that surround us. You are a great teacher, thanks!
The reason I subscribed a while ago was because you were talking about very complex topics but you never acted like you knew it all, it felt like you were just figuring it out along with the viewer.
Same
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Man, Veritasium helped to kindle a love for science in me. Thanks Derek!!
Love your channel so much, you're a role model to me Derek, thank you for giving me hope
It was a very very very very very very very very very relateable video to me, as i myself is a science enthusiast, as well as a person who loves filming. I love your channel to the very most extent, as it shows me that science and arts(filming) are not two different coins, but the same sides of the same dice. I just love your videos, and they have cleared a lot of my confusion in physics. Thanks a lot Veritasium.
P.S: Also your channel names resembles with the harry potter potion for 'veritaserum' which forces the person who drinks it to spill out all their secrets, i.e; forces them to tell the truth, which is also what you bring to us through your videos.
My brain likes your narration so much that when i was reading a book ,subconscious mind started reading in your voice. 🤯
Wow, that is so sweet
True. His voice is really calming in a way
Wow thats a real big compliment.
@@theharshchhari p
Me too
no .... thank YOU! Thank you for sharing, lovely family, you done great Derek
Wow. Derek. I am professionally a mathematician but always a musician in my heart. This is so relatable and thank you for sharing your story.
At some point, it's not only yours and only my life. Together we become one and common for all participants.
Your enthusiasm, work and our response, contribution. We form an activity that highlights the power of the beauty of nature, of the inspiring possibilities. Of everything created by someone who is mind-blowingly smart and loving. We are all small parts of it, growing to realize the value of our lives for our better future.
Derek and your team, please keep up the good work!
TH-cam is the best network, I presently admit that.
You are a super storyteller.
"The job that you will have may not be invented yet", these lines just got me deep
Have been watching you for years, your videos never failed to make me happy, I have seen you and your channel grow too.
And yeah, I am also a high school student right now.
Your videos are brilliant, educational and fun. I don't know if this will make sense, but I find them full of life. They have made my life better. Thank you!
"Sometimes its a blessing to not know how bad you are". Thank you Derek. You've made my day!