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[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My main concern with his video was a lack of a real explanation. He never once used the word induction, for instance.

The AlphaPhoenix video I linked proves Veritasium "true". It wasn't even a rebuttal, really. It's just that he had a problem with what Veritasium was saying about current and what it means to light up a light bulb.

Just because no one made another video after Veritasium made a follow-up one, just means everyone was tired of the subject. I have not watched Veritasium's follow-up video because his first one offended me so much I blocked his channel. It's not the content that was wrong, necessarily, it was the way he presented it. It was all hand waving without trying to get people to truly understand the thought experiment. It pissed me off.

(I just edited my original comment to change rebuttal to response. Also, I removed all the other links because I haven't watched them yet, so I can't say anything about them.)