Fact-checking My First Video⊠Hereâs How I Was Wrong
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 8. 09. 2024
- Seven years ago, I uploaded my first CZcams video to BrainCraft. I had it fact-checked, and sat down to watch it for the first time since 2013.
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MY FIRST VIDEO đ
Is Google Killing Your Memory? âą Is Google Killing Your...
The Google Effect is the tendency to forget info we can easily find online, like âdigital amnesia.â But how strong is this effect, really?
Fact-checking by Hannah Thomasy
Edited by Dominique Taylor
REFERENCES đ (from the original video)
The fMRI images are from this study-How Google is reshaping your brain: âą How Google is Reshapin...
The scientific paper [$]: www.ajgponline....
I was also inspired by this study-How memory works differently in the age of Google: âą Memory Works Different...
The scientific paper [$]: www.sciencemag....
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Bass Walker - Film Noir by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommon...
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Artist: incompetech.com/
But *why* would I bother remembering anything when I can find the information online?! Thanks for your views, comments, eyeballs & attention over the past 7 years đđ§ â€ïž
I would say pride mostly. I grew up being known for remembering odd facts and details, so remembering things over having to look them up is part of my self identity. For me, having to turn to the internet for things I should know (like the actors who played Kirk and Spock from the original Star Trek series) has been super frustrating. But, sadly, it's happening a lot more than I feel it should over the last decade. Then again, this could be "the Google Effect", it could be I've always been this way and just now noticing it, it could be some mental disease (like the many forms of dementia), or it could be simple aging. (Although, I wouldn't expect this last one as I'm only getting close to 50, and this usually show up later in life.) At least my spatial memory hasn't felt like it's getting worse.
At least I'm willing to fact check myself. ;)
> But why would I bother remembering anything when I can find the information online?!
Ah, the mating call of the zoomer⊠until their phone breaks or their connection goes down. Kids are the future. The future is doomed. _
I remember watching this long ago, but defo not 2013.
or maybe it's just a flawed memory that my brain is making me believe
@@MammothBehemoth Could be the Mandela Effect, where you just remembering something that didn't happen.
2:40 "You'll have to Google it"
Oh, the irony.
Nice retrospective, the arts and crafts visuals are why I liked the channel in the beginning... other than the cool topics and that sweet accent.
Thanks Alex, I hope to do more arts & crafts in the future too!
For me personally, Iâm googling things I wouldnât have known in then first place so I donât know how it could affect my memory
Me too. In addition I use it to confim detail I think I already know.
Her voice sounds so different in the other video compared to now
Yes!! I was really putting on a "voiceover voice" early on and now it's just how I normally talk đ
I would've bet a large sum of money that a different person was talking.
As a software developer, I'm googling stuff all the time and remember little. But there is so much stuff that it would be nearly impossible to write code without a search engine.
Interesting. Having worked in aviation as a technician I've learned there are two types of technicians. Those that use reference material, such as technical publications, and the ones that go off memory. Going off memory tends to lead to problems as references can be updated and changed.
Yup, noticed that too. Once I got a wrong idea about something in my head it takes me way more effort to invalidate that memory and replace it with a correct one, or even simply extend it with a note that says "but later you learned this is incorrect and the truth is in fact ...", than it took me to form it in the first place.
WoW, I think I can remember watching the original video 7 years ago. That could just be my memory that Google broke playing up though.
That was a very creative first video! I can tell you had a lot of creativity and talent then!
MOREEEE. I really love the classic videos. I love seeing braincraft's reaction to the old videos. Oh, and let's not forget the fact that science (especially older science/researches) needs to be reviewed as newer researches pop out.
1:22 - You might want to fact-check that statement; you're mis-remembering Malcolm Gladwell's oft-repeated and even more oft-disputed 10,000-hour "rule" to "master" a skill. - Consider the context, I wonder if that mistake was intentional. đ€
You see, this is the problem with talking off the cuff. It seems I was... misremembering đ
Considering both are equally false, I think this was a stroke of (unintentional) wit.
@@braincraft Something you can look back at and laugh at 7 years from now ;)
You were still very creative back then.
Dear Google, where are my car keys?
But my Google Home DOES ring my phone when I can't find it đ€·đ»ââïž
You laugh, but I have gotten to the point over the last five year, I have to ask my daughter if I locked the door as we're driving down the road. It sucks.
I remember watching that video a few years ago when I had first subscribed to you, but I had a hard time understanding the information. Now that I'm watching it again, I now realize that I don't understand the connection between the plane pilot failing basic training and "technology is making us forget things". That lack of connection is even more prevalent in my mind when you said in this video that the pilot didn't forget his basic training because he had never got it.
I think that publicly fact checking yourself like that is very brave of you. I wish other medias could be able to be as self checking and auto-improving as your channel.
I love your videos. Keep it up. Love from Melbourne xo
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I've thought of doing this to my videos!
Seeing you do it means it must be a good idea haha
Do it!
Why am I not surprised to find you here? ;)
happy 7th anniversary! đ
i'm very grateful to you for taking the time to make these videos. đ
as for this video, i find that i don't retain the knowledge learned in youtube videos, which irritates me.
i find that i need to literally take notes as i watch, if i want to remember the information.
i'd much rather KNOW something than simply know where to find out about it.
but that's just me.
p.s. your first video was fine. you teach well, and that's what matters. đ»
I appreciate all the work you put into this channel. The algorithms haven't been kind to your views but what do they know anyways?
I kinda like that you're looking at your old work and giving a bit of fact checking on it. Funny I didn't realize how long I've been subscribed to your channel and it feels like that first video was not too long ago
I think a good place to look to understand this topic is history. How did writing change the way our species learns, thinks, and remembers? Scribes making records and accounting more reliable? The printing press making production of higher quality published material available? The industrial revolution making books, magazines, and newspapers cheaper and readily available to the masses? The public library systems making such materials available freely?
As a child I was a beast at the library card catalog just like I am with Google
"A beast at the library card catalog" is an amazing phrase đ
Wow, I tend to forget how long I've watched channels like yours (and many other fun and informative ones). Watching them evolve, along with their creators, has been an enjoyable journey. BTW, I'm glad you were laughing at your efforts, so I can honestly say I was laughing with you, not at you. Or maybe I was laughing at you laughing..... Either way, thanks, Vanessa!
I love that the Goggle doodle that is in your first video is the 50th anniversary Dr Who doodle! I recognized it as Dr Who right away!!
I know... Nerd! đ€ I'm not ashamed of that in the least!
But I also think it's cool how we can see how far you've come. We all improve with practice. And as we progress with new tasks, we work out things we like and don't like. Things that work, and things that don't. That's not to say it's not a good video. I liked it. Especially as far as first CZcams videos go, it's a pretty good one!
Looked for "most popular scientific youtube channels": several Top5 charts popped up, mostly the same. I was missing one channel only and now you have a new subscriber :) I'm 7 years late, but hello!
I'm pretty sure I've been subscribed since around the time that video came out. And the quality and utility -both entertainment and information- still far out does even some of the top classes in University.
Wow, it's honestly great to see one of your old videos (I started watching your vids back in ~2015 - or am I misremembering?) which puts into perspective how far you've come since. That first video would've got me subbed anyhow, but your latest stuff is just so amazing and uniquely insightful!
Here's to many years more success - *virtual High 5*
There are never enough jokes, so please do make them. I am firmly convinced that people will remember something more readily when they've had a laugh, a positive learning experience. As a teacher, I make sure to give funny example sentences, make silly jokes about the subject matter and generally entertain, so pupils will want to listen and won't feel it's a chore. Puns might be groaners, but they're still effective.
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Your first video is still fantastic. I am amazed by the change in your voice!
For a first video posted on CZcams, that was amazing, srsly!
Keep up the good work! :)
The fact-checker was correct. Unconscious actions/memory are automatic. Subconscious means you're completely unaware of the thought. So you could use the unconscious to ride a bike, by thinking I want to ride the bike, without thinking of all of the muscles and balance corrections needed to do that action... if you used the subconscious, which I think is probably not possible, you'd be unaware of riding the bike!
Your first video seriously wasn't bad. It's really cool that you've kept your "brand" so consistent through all these years.
Also- Redfern? Did you live in Redfern??
I did :)
@@braincraft I had to force my friends to take me there. They were all too afraid to go. It wasn't terrible.
How to find information is always a stronger skill than remembering the information itself. Especially in the age where the information is updated, expanded, and changed every few years with new technologies.
Your videos have come a long way! :)
Even the old paper cutouts are cute though!
I know the air crash wasn't the point of your video, but since you're fact checking: Based on your description of the accident, there is a good chance the pilot did not "forget" his training--at least not in the way you suggest. From your description, I would say that there is a reasonable possibility the pilot pulled back on the stick because of what is known as a "somatogravic illusion". I can't say for sure without reading the crash report, but vestibular illusions are a common cause of accidents. Basically, your inner ear can't tell the difference between certain types of accelerations and pitch cues. In the wrong circumstances, pilots can become spatially disoriented and cause a crash. It's still a training issue, but it's more about trusting the training than it is about remembering it.
A similar illusion happens when pilots are learning to take off from an aircraft carrier. The strong acceleration causes the pilot to feel like the nose of the plane is pitched up, so the pilot pushes on the stick to "level" the aircraft. The problem is the aircraft was already level, and now the plane is nose down. Ooops. Pilots are trained to recognize when these types of illusions occur and how to compensate, but it can be really, really difficult when your body is telling you one thing and your training another. Most of us want to trust our bodies. When a pilot is tired or frightened, it can be even more difficult to ignore what their body is telling them and trust the instruments instead. It's not an excuse, but it's a more common cause of accidents than people realize--especially among small aircraft.
Again, I can't say for sure that's what happened in this instance without reading the crash report, but your description makes it sound awfully plausible. If it was a vestibular illusion, then it's not likely the pilot forgot his training so much as failed to trust his training over the signals he was getting from his own body.
Incidentally,
the psychology of disorientation would probably be a really fun video! :) There are so many things in this modern world that trip us up just because our bodies weren't designed for it. Even when we know the answer cognitively, it's hard not to be overwhelmed by our instincts.
Very good! Thank you BrainCraft. I think you did a good job sorting out a complex process. Realignment and reevaluating is always beneficial. Stay safe.
I finally get to see a CZcamsr correcting its own information. You did what I thought science (of every area) CZcamsrs should do sometimes, check their facts. re-watch the video and make corrections so us the viewers don't stick with an information that is updated it years ago. Obviously, we the viewers should not stick with the info., but to search more of it.
I think there is a dilemma in science communication. "It's complicated"is often more accurate, but (relatively) simple explanations reach more people. Managing to express the two together is a skill on its own and the irony is that even if one can do that, many viewers will walk away with the simple explanation rather than the understanding that the issue is more complicated.
I like the old manual animations - they feel like ripped right out of kids tv programmes from my youth.
Terms make us smarter by helping us associate information. The more we hear a term, the more likely we are to retain it. However, the more esoteric terms we hear in a video, the less likely we are to retain it because of our tendency to ignore overstimulation.
Leaving a comment to feed the algorithm, because I love your videos and you're the best!
Your Dog videos are some of my favourites.
I remember learning about the Google Effect but not where I learned it from. It might have been this very video 7 years ago.
I have always liked your simple animation style đ
Actually, I think the Internet is having a far greater impact on people socially and psychologically. Our memory and how we remember and organize facts has been evolving possibly since the development of spoken language, probably since the development of writing, and definitely since the invention of the printing press...
It bothers the hell out of I cannot find again sometime I have read or heard previously on the internet. I feel like I can remember where I can find it again if I read it in a book (or at least in the old days), also when I find something again on the internet and something is not as I recalled, then I donât know if it is because I found a different article, or it has been changed, but if I refer back to a book I can really check whether it was my mistake or not
"Most of you have not seen this video". Really? I can't possibly be the only person who does this: when finding a fascinating channel, I go back to the first video and binge watch everything they made.
Had to stop doing that. Was discovering way too many great channels...
I had completely forgotten about that video.
Congrats on your growth. Thumbs up đ
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November 23rd is my birthday! Same as your first video!
HA - Happy Birthday!
very interesting ! thank you for the fact-checking
There are people who always know which way is north because their language doesn't have relative directions (they refer to things as "on my east side" instead of "on my left side")
Our brains adapt to our environment and culture
Love the patterns on the outfit by the way.
Awesome video as always
I'm old enough to remember when floppy disks where still a thing
And old enough to think it's a good trait to brag about it. Sorry, nothing personell, I dislike the trend of:"young people do not know this 10 things!".
Awesome first video, girl!
Probably already mentioned here, but it's 10,000 hours to master a skill. I wish it was only 1,000!
Has your accent thickened over the years or were you just trying to sound more "neutral" back then? đ
It's always interesting to look at oneself from some time back and identity all these things we do differently and how much we've changed, I really liked this video!
I find it hard to believe that any professional pilot 'forgot' that when you plane is stalling, you point the plane down, not up. It would be like if they turned the stick left when they wanted to go right. Far more likely, in my mind, that they didn't think the plane was stalling.
My math teacher used to say "You don't have to remember everything. You just need to remember where it's written down."
That is how i worked in the past. Somewhat recently (past 2 years) i put a lot more effort on actually remembering stuff in addition with remembering where to find it; and that is because when i am talking to people it somewhat disrupt the conversation, if i need to pull out my phone and look something up on the net.
Hey, Vanessa, I have an idea. Can you make a video giving some info, but not completing it so we motivate to search it our self?
To be honest I actually remember watching that video and for me the best way to remember is through association
posibility the fact checker was dutch went up a lot at 03:01
literal translation onbewust = unconscious
true translation onbewust = subconcious
I indeed don't think that, if, the effect is real, it matters. In that sense I simply lack a good memory unfortunately, but I make up for that in ways to get good at something else. In this case computers and finding of information. I notice I actually know more things than someone who doesn't do that, but for shorter periods of time. :) Also; we simply don't understand the brain well enough to make good science of it, some of it for sure, but when we get into the complex things... I don't think so. This unfortunately results in a lot of studies that may be right, but as equally can be wrong yet schools and others take those studies and run with it to apply to a lot of people. I'm noticing this IRL with my studies on gifted children, it's a pretty sad story unfortunately.
Aside of the great retrospective in terms of video quality, It was interesting to hear how much your voice has changed too.
I know, right?
when the old video says new video every other week đđđ
We love you and your content!
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On this note i know when i have access to, for example a calculator, ill use it on equations i know. Like 2+2, i dont trust myself and jave the means to check so i do
Don't be so hard on yourself! It was a really sweet first time video. Are you going to look at 'milestone' videos to see how you've changed progressively?
Regarding more parts of the brain being active while on the internet possibly this is a sign that you are more distracted and the quality of learning could actually be worse as a result.
What is your fact checker's process? Is it googling?
Love your old video. Simple is good. đ
The special effects are simply mind blowing... that storm and the airplane shacking everywhere... I was afraid!!! I challenge Hollywood directors to do better! đ€Șđ©â
nice video thx for your work.
Loved you cringing at your first video! lol but it was great!
Thanks for the video. I do believe in science. I do believe that science changes too. Having said that, my position will remain that science is a real, changing (as more facts are revealed) force for knowledge in the world, unlike opinions which are unfortunately given too much credence as we are currently experiencing. Thanks, and keep on evolving.
Am I fact checking my fact checker? Love it.
The Sticker on your laptop is so cool, where can we get it.
Cool dress, Vanessa! Is that a dress? Anyway, I think the original still holds well, at least for its sheer cuteness!
Hmm, but if you say 'parahippocampal gyrus', the context makes it clear that its 'another area of your memory center in your brain', while simultaneously giving me something to (I guess, appropriately) Google for far more detail.
So Im not really sure about the benefit of dumbing it down for us.
Nice minute physics style video đ€©đ đ€Łđ
But still it's better then my educational videos, because I too make so CZcams videosđ€Łđđ€Łđđ€Łđđ€Łđđ€Łđđ€Łđđ€Łđđ€Łđ
where did you find a floppy disk?
A big "pick and pull" shop for random junk... I used it a lot in my early videos!
I still love the student who saw a floppy disc on a teacher's desk and said awww you 3d printed the save icon rofl
How many do you want?
You'd be surprised. My daughter did cleaning around our house, and you'd be surprised the things she found. Old VHS tapes, floppies, a stack of cassette tapes not in the tape carrier, etc.
@@MangindDerous That sounds more like an urban myth, like the cup holder and the "I can't turn on the light to check the cables. The power's out.".
Quick internet check: It's a myth and not real: www.theverge.com/2017/10/24/16505912/floppy-disk-3d-print-save-joke-meme
@braincraft Hi Vanessa! Love the channel. Can you do a video on whether people actually think better while they're on the toilet? đ Is that a thing? đł
LOL I have some of my best thoughts in the shower, so perhaps I need a Bathroom Brain series.
great video. thanks for fact checking yourself and your fact checker
Ha of course. Thanks for watching!
I thought it was a 10,000 hour rule
ETA: 10,000 is to be an expert, perhaps 1000 is for competent ?
I miss the arts & craft style videos!
Hail algorithm, our overlord!
When you want to react on a video but don't have any idea which video should I react
Hahahah I remember filming my first video (not hard to remember since it was three months ago) and I did it 4 f`n times until I was kiiinda okay with it
First videos suck đ€Ł
Just posting it is the hardest part!
@@braincraft yes absolutely! Especially when it has to do with science and you know that people will notice mistakes and everything!
The old-school arts and crafts were kinda cute, though...
have I really followed this channel for 7 years?
my memory is fucked up already so, thanks google.
Here you go algorithm
I remember this video...
Soon are brains will be directly connected to the internet. Ready Player One
Commenting for algorithm purposes.
Thanks to Tom Scott as well
Another change over the years: The pitch of your voice has dropped markedly, with an associated large increase in the amount of vocal fry. This is an ongoing trend among women in media and business, with several illuminating observational studies. The nominal/normative case in this area is Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos fame, who willfully dropped her voice a full octave to "improve" how she presented herself.
Perhaps a video about your own voice?
So the vocal fry is new since 2013. Where did that come from?
1,000 hours?
Oh wow, accidentally clicked now Iâm early
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