Nuclear Physicist Reacts to Johnny Harris WTF Happened to Nuclear Energy?

Nuclear Physicist Reacts to Johnny Harris WTF Happened to Nuclear Energy?

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In this video, I react to Johnny Harris WTF Happened to Nuclear Energy? video from the perspective of a nuclear physicist. I go through the Johnny Harris WTF Happened to Nuclear Energy? video of Johnny Harris and look through what is accurate information on Johnny Harris WTF Happened to Nuclear Energy? as a nuclear physicist and react to it.

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[YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist]

Well that was quite the video! Be sure to check out the full video, link in the description, to get the full context in which I’m coming from. It’s good to see people try to raise awareness for nuclear power. When it comes to journalists it’d be better to have more factual data and less personal feelings and opinions. I’d also be interesting to see them calling out their own and discuss about the media’s influence in the topic, since they’re so closely related to it. What do you think?👩🏽‍🔬☢️

[entropyachieved]

Im not a big johnny fan. At first I was but after a few vids I found that he cherry picks the facts that support the narrative and skips over concepts or facts and time lines that are quit important. I feel he is more after the views and the entertainment value then actually doing a documentary

[GlenHunt]

The crazy disconnect that makes me want to explode is that not only do coal fired power plants release 10x more radiation into the environment than nuclear power plants, it's done in a way that contaminates the surrounding environment, the people and animals and plants that inhabit the environment, and any products made from that environment, i.e., food. That doesn't even begin to consider the harmful substances which also get spread around.

[brianfisher]

I absolutely love your videos, nuclear power has been a major fascination of mine since I was a kid. It's great to see someone who takes a true logical and scientific approach to the subject.

[Marqan]

I have to agree. Experts of other fields also criticised his videos :/
The excuse is that he's focusing more on storytelling, but that doesn't really excuse factual mistakes. I've watched his economy videos also, and he's not that great at simplifying things either. Storytelling can be a great tool, but it should be the right story.. not the wrong or misleading one.
Really makes me appreciate Veritasium, who is also a general science communicator, also focuses on storytelling, but aims to stay accurate above all.

[TheOldBlackCrow]

You nailed the state of journalism... Thank you!

[michaelwebber]

I'm not afraid of nuclear power because I understand it. I'm actually a supporter of it. Sadly my country is nuclear free, but if we want to live the electric vehicle nightmare we absolutely need nuclear power

[채월Sky]

The fact that you make such hard topics sound so comprehensible says so much about your knowledge in the field ❤

[zzord]

On point about journalists sharing their feelings!

[killphil]

A great analysis, and I love that you insist on peer reviews, notations and journalists, not giving their opinion or what they feel

[protennis]

Moral of the story, never trust a journalist.

[revenantwolzart]

As a scientist your way of understanding and explanation makes it all so clear, they way concepts are corelated makes me excited about nuclear energy

[stardave]

The problem with the statement of US people being split 50/50 on nuclear power is that it only represents the people willing to respond to a survey. Also not knowing if the questions asked were structured in a way to lead one answer over the other.

[grantcivyt]

The approach that these two vloggers are taking is to establish empathy with a skeptical audience before allowing themselves to be persuaded to a different position. It's less about objective reporting and more of a persuasive video that they're putting together.

[IngVasiu]

Thanks to your channel I'm more prepared with arguments when debating such issues with my nuclear-skeptic friends.

[JohnDoe-txlq]

"What The Fish-Fingers" - aaaah, I always wondered what that stood for! 😁

[howtocookazombie]

Incredibly well and factually explained. We need more people like you, who educate other people and take their fears away. Very good job! 👍

[moorgunandmarshes]

Having just found your channel whilst looking for more information on nuclear power. You are an asset to your field, passionate, beautiful and obviously smart, but what really impressed me in this video was how quickly you looked for the reference source. I just wished more people would highlight how important it is to look behind the information that is being presented.
I'll probably be binge watching your other videos, but if you have not covered it yet, have you any thoughts on the small nuclear reactors that are currently being developed for supplying domestic power. ( Military sized reactors ).

[alphaxneo]

I really like the last point you made about how media has treated the topic. I went to Japan for an exchange year two weeks after Fukushima, and two things that surprised me were 1) how little the Japanese themselves were concerned about the nuclear aspect of it (speaking about the people you meet everyday, not the people working at nuclear plants). They were far more concerned about the earthquake and the tsunami. 2) how different foreign media talked about the issue. My mother mostly watched Spanish and Swiss tv, and the difference of how they reported about the incident couldn't be any larger if they tried. The same goes for other country's media, where some students went into full nervous breakdown because of the way they reported about it. Of course, it's everyone's own decision whether stay or leave after that - some countries actually had the students fly back, while others left it open to student whether they wanted to or not.
But long story short, since energy is so politicized, it's no wonder that media will reflect these biases and extreme opinions (whether positive or negative) and end up cherry picking sources and facts to their advantage.
I just found your channel by accident but I love the way you're reacting to these videos and explaining things clearly where I've missed some things while watching those videos beforehand.

[antonyshadowbanned]

my favorite reaction videos : ) very well put together & explained