Uncovering the Truth About Veritasium: Insights & Clarifications 🔍

The truth, with photons.<br />I hope I've articulated everything clearly in this video. If not, I'll clarify in comments. Thanks to everyone who appears in this video and thanks to everyone who watches this video!<br /><br />Veritasium is of course a combination of the latin 'veritas' meaning truth, and the common element ending 'ium'. I guess this is my version of the 'draw my life' craze that rolled through YouTube many years ago. Except I wanted to tell my story with the actual moments, the photons, the stored magnetic states. There's something about that which is so important to me (because I think the alternative involves fooling yourself) which is why I'm so fascinated by film and video.<br /><br />One of my inspirations for the name Veritasium came from the end of the poem Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats, in which he writes:<br /> "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all<br /> Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."<br /><br />Special thanks to Patreon supporters:<br />Tony Fadell, Donal Botkin, Michael Krugman, Jeff Straathof, Zach Mueller, Ron Neal, Nathan Hansen, Yildiz Kabaran, <br />Terrance Snow, Stan Presolski<br /><br />Music from <br />Magnified X1 - Gunnar Johnsen<br />Fluorescent Lights - Martin Gauffin<br />Dissolving Patterns - Ebb & Flod<br />Luna - Ebb & Flod<br /><br />Additional music by Kevin MacLeod: <br />Sneaky Snitch