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There's a shorter version than above on his channel I'm sure.
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He sounds pretty clued up to me, he's a chemistry phd (His name is Phil Mason) so presumably has a basic grasp of material science, and has a long history of debunking bullshit science (solar roads, floating cars etc) I'm fucking useless with science and engineering but he sounds like he knows a thing or two.
It could well become a reality in the future but for the moment, I think the reasons he gives for it's non-working are pretty accurate.
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Ah, the argument from authority. His PhD is in "Novel Architectures in Polymer Chemistry". I have an engineering Master's degree. Are we playing Top Trumps? If so my education is more relevant, if not then his PhD is irrelevant. Pick whichever you prefer.
The Hyperloop may well be a pipe dream (see what I did there) but the criticisms he put forward were sleight of hand. Comparing a steel tube in the sunshine to a bimetallic strip in a bunsen burner flame? That, right there, is bullshit science.
The technology is way off.
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Seriously, at about 8:40 he says that a steel pipe, painted white and exposed to sunshine (but only on the top), will bend like a bimetallic strip (which is demonstrated in a bunsen burner flame at approx 1600C). That's patently nonsense - a bimetallic strip bends not because one side is hot and the other cold, but because it's made of two different metals that expand at different rates. A steel tube is made of one metal that expands at a consistent rate, and is an excellent conductor of heat anyway so the two sides will be at the same temperature.
See? Bunkum claims in what's supposed to be a debunking video.
But then who debunks the debunking debunkers's debunking videos?!
I don't think I said I believed him because he has a phd in chemistry, if you read it again, I said that his phd in chemistry means he probably has a basic grasp of material science, which I did in response to your claim that he did not.
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I flicked through the video. He's just quoting enough science to look like he's destroyed it, but he's mostly just raising issues that people will have thought about, and have solutions to.
I don't see anyone pretending Hyperloop's are going to be trivial to make, but they also don't seem impossible either.
I wish people like this guy would spend their effort and time educating and making the world a brighter place rather than basically trolling.
Hes worked on some level on the hadron collider for example and spent a lot of time debunking creationist and feminist videos and standing up for free speech on YouTube so shouldn't be discarded off hat immediately.
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By nine minutes in it was clear he didn't understand the subject he was presenting. He may or may not be better in his other videos, but in this one he's wrong with almost every statement he makes. It's all non-sequitors. A and B therefore X, where A isn't relevant, B isn't true and X doesn't follow from A or B anyway.
Your expertise in one area doesn't give you automatic reputation in any other, and anyway, your reputation isn't what matters, the current piece of work does.