by crawler » Wed Dec 22, 2021 10:35 am
Veritasium has copped a lot of flak, some of it saying that he intended to cause controversy, & that he deliberately chose his words to maximise the reactions.
It is clear to me that (although he welcomes the controversy & the hits)(=$$$$) he did not intend to confuse.
It is clear to me that…
(1) it was he who was confused
(2) he genuinely believed that there would be a huge current in the bulb at the early time of 1/c sec (ie about 3.3 ns)
(3) he believed that the huge early current would be due to Poynting (mainly from the battery)
(4) he believed that the Poynting that follows the wires would arrive at the bulb later (at 1 s)
(5) he believed that the 1/c current would be slightly stronger than the 1 s current (based on one of his sources), but in the youtube he says that it will be less than the 1 s current (just hedging his bet).
(6) he did not give any consideration to the possibility of any kind of possible XT (crosstalk)(coupling)(at least he did not mention XT)(or, if he did give consideration, then i reckon that he considered that XT would be a weak effect, not worth mentioning)(or, that he considered that XT would in any case have the same delay, 1/c, & would not affect the answer to his question)
(7) he has now realised his mistake(s)
(8) he is not admitting to any of the above, because it would confirm that he was ignorant (as are all of us, in varying degrees)
(9) he much prefers the charge of being selfish (me too).
Veritasium has copped a lot of flak, some of it saying that he intended to cause controversy, & that he deliberately chose his words to maximise the reactions.
It is clear to me that (although he welcomes the controversy & the hits)(=$$$$) he did not intend to confuse.
It is clear to me that…
(1) it was he who was confused
(2) he genuinely believed that there would be a huge current in the bulb at the early time of 1/c sec (ie about 3.3 ns)
(3) he believed that the huge early current would be due to Poynting (mainly from the battery)
(4) he believed that the Poynting that follows the wires would arrive at the bulb later (at 1 s)
(5) he believed that the 1/c current would be slightly stronger than the 1 s current (based on one of his sources), but in the youtube he says that it will be less than the 1 s current (just hedging his bet).
(6) he did not give any consideration to the possibility of any kind of possible XT (crosstalk)(coupling)(at least he did not mention XT)(or, if he did give consideration, then i reckon that he considered that XT would be a weak effect, not worth mentioning)(or, that he considered that XT would in any case have the same delay, 1/c, & would not affect the answer to his question)
(7) he has now realised his mistake(s)
(8) he is not admitting to any of the above, because it would confirm that he was ignorant (as are all of us, in varying degrees)
(9) he much prefers the charge of being selfish (me too).