Hello! (What should the first video be?)

1) the upcoming nova in Herculaneum - could it be a 1A? 2) backlash to your harassment video? 3) current position and project in industry? (ref #2?) 4) how certain are you on the amount of normal matter in the universe given the recent discovery hundreds of jupiter-sized rogue planets in Orion? 5) does the radius of the Hydrogen atom vary with the energy level of its electron? And why is this important? f) hydrogen fusion has been 20 years away for the last 40 years. Your hot take on this and molten salt or liquid lead fuelled reactors. Maybe you could do a recurrent Q&A where you give 5 minutes to the better questions.

Hoag's Object =)

Hey, Angela. Love your channel. How about a vid on what are the most likely exoplanets to harbor life (both known exo's and theoretical). Thanks much!

something i think would be worth your time and ours would be this documentary: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-03-29/climate-movie-cold-truth-excellent. it includes some seemingly serious "climate" physics (the solar system's travel through our galaxy vs. varying densities of stars, supernovas, and cosmic rays relative to terrestrial cloud formation as well as variations in the sun's output and the timing of changes in temperature and co2 levels. i'm no judge but the contributors' credentials seem worth considering. even more debatable, but very interesting, are the observations about various political developments. as i highly respect your opinion i would very much like to know your response.

When I was a little kid (I'm like ancient now) my oldest brother was awarded an even more ancient encyclopedia americana from some small school that was upgrading for the first time in N +1 decades for being a really hard-working summer camp counselor. It was like the 1921 edition, and the biggest volume was "W" (because of the recent World War -- with no number!). My parents let us read anywhere anytime, so I would read random articles from random volumes at breakfast. And I distinctly remember the morning I found the article on Dimensional Analysis. Life changing stuff, that. One of the Brady Haran YT contributors, probably on Numberphile, or maybe Sixty Symbols, sometimes does pretty cool first order approximations of physical phenomenon using mostly dimensional analysis. A bit of a kindred soul to our esteemed host acollierastro : ) I bet good old Feynman was a pro with dimensional analysis, too.

Good morning, strange lady. Why is C**2 in E=MC**2 and not C**1.98765? or C**3.14159?

I would love to see a vid about your work on dark matter halos and how they affect galactic evolution.

(patreon just notified me about this post, lol) *waves*

What, there’s a VOTING tier?

I always enjoy your videos, regardless of subject matter, but it might be cool to hear you talk about what interested you in astronomy and astrophysics in the first place!

I don't know if you're comfortable commenting on extant scientists, but I'd be interested in your take on Astronomer Avi Loeb's work/theories. Or, your brief thoughts on the UFO/UAP public hearings. Mostly because you'd be a more trustworthy source than anything else I've been able to find Googling. :)

I found your videos about academia to be really eye opening and was wondering if you had plans to make more videos in that vein? If you have more to say about inequities or systemic issues in academia I'd be interested in content to that end.

videos on magnetism would be great!! It's the part of physics I always found hardest to fully understand honestly. i've also heard that really strong magnetars start pushing the limits of our understanding of magnetism... can u explain what it is that we might not understand yet about magnetism in extreme environments like that?

I came here to ask for the 18 hour digressive narrative documentary lecture series on Fourier analysis

I wish you would make a video on Betlegeuse , i don't know if its your area of expertise, but i feel some people are STRINGING THEORYING Betlegeuse, at least on youtube

I'd like to see something on how we consider the shape of the universe these days. I've been reading public-level books on cosmology since the 60s, and so many of them make the confident statement that, if someone traveled in a straight line long enough, they'd return to their starting point. Is this still the thought? It's my understanding that the latest data is suggesting a "flat" universe. Is this related, or a different thing entirely? Thanks!

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/ghost-particles-have-given-us-a-striking-new-view-of-our-milky-way-galaxy/ What does it even mean to image anything with neutrinos? I have enough education to understand the words but I’m still stuck at “aren’t neutrinos those super zippy hard to catch particles?”

*probably

Also, if I paid to the point where I'm given credit at the end. I don't need that kind of attention. I'll almost propbably drop down to a lower tier later, so it makes me look bad. Take the freaking money. No one needs the attention.

Talk about whatever the hell you want. Unfortunately, right after you did your dark matter is not a theory post someone used one of those big telescopes to say dark matter was wrong. It wasn't too hard to see how selective the data chosen was, but at least that's "science." I would prefer a deep discusion on the cutest coloring for a cat.

if the dark matter halo is counter-rotating does that mean the angular momentum of stars would eventually be lost to gravitational interactions and they would spiral into the black hole?

I didn't ever think I'd create a Patreon account but you made me. Hmph. I'm another academic who moved to industry -- yes, because that's where the cash is, and yes, because I now get to choose where I live, and OK, fine, also because I'm probably not really cut out for success as a top tier researcher... but mainly because I haven't written a single grant proposal in the last decade and I'm loving that. So as someone else said above, I would also be interested to hear where you landed and your thoughts on being a member of the increasingly fast-growing science and math academic diaspora.

How did you know that I was coming here to correct your pronunciation of banal? That’s super funny. Don’t feel bad about mispronouncing words you learned from reading. Who would actually come across someone saying that word in regular parlance? Totally understandable. Anyway, I’m only on the entry level subscription. But I think you should make a video about whatever you’re most inspired to make a video about. That will be the best one for sure.

I'd love to hear you talk about p-value misuse and poorly chosen statistical significance tests. I am a data analyst and I have run into p-value abuse so much. I've seen dozens of people perform some sort of significance testing without care or consideration (loving a chi-square instead of anderson-darling or kolmogorov-smirnov or whatnot) and stick to the p < 0.05 threshold because they always did in school without having a consensus as to *what* a p-value actually means or *why* 0.05. I come from a physics-astro educational background and this experience made me wonder what other mathy or statisticsy assumptions I've taken for granted without really understanding why in my education. In a similar direction, there's conceptual interpretations of quantum stuff that I was taught or told as a little student that I am pretty darn sure aren't great. I know the position-momentum uncertainty was incorrectly explained to me as a freshman, for example. I was told that photons or electrons or whatever we'd observe with would slam into small particles and we'd measure the consequences, but because we slammed into them, we moved them a bit so we couldn't for sure know their new momentum or position; took me years to be taught a more accurate interpretation using uncertainty in wavelength and position of a wavelet. There's also the whole "what is a measure or observation" in quantum mechanics -- would just looking in the general direction of a previously unobserved particle collapse its wave function, or does it require more than a coyish glance from across a bar?

For the most part I'm a consumer of these sorts of videos that are outside of my own particular field. Where you touch on academia and work, and the money and conditions etc I find fascinating. My time in tertiary study was limited. There seems to be a real problem in making money from academia just as a "normal" job. I'm in IT/communications aka glorified typesetter. That nature of the work and our customers (big institutions like banks government and councils) means that, what's valued from me is discretion, cognition, and work ethic. Failure in these areas has a direct (financial) impact to these customers. Academia's "business model" bread and butter are students and to that effect the reputation of the institution... I surmise...

How about this. Is quantum randomness random because we don't understand it yet? I know this is supposed to be false, but it feels so wrong.

Maybe talk about of "On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory" by Thomas Hertog?

I was just listening to a debate between Kent Hovind and Crocoduck, and Crocoduck brought up flat universes, open universes and closed universes. I’d love to learn more about that, I had no idea that the shape of the universe was a thing; in my head it was always just spherical.

Two of my favorite bite my tongue topics: 1. You aren’t a REAL doctor 2. Computer science isn’t really a SCIENCE Not sure that there’s a video topic in there that anyone but me would watch but I’d watch it many many times! 🙂

I think that your choice is best - as evidenced by everyone being here and supporting you for the fine work that you've done. I've especially enjoyed the profiles in scientists - your storytelling is engaging! If any of these proposals move you, then you'll find the passion to produce - as you have in the past. 🤘

For Patreon content, I would say: * Books - What are you reading, what have you read, why is X on your shelf? * Articles - What's a cool paper you read in the last month? * Discord - Maybe? * Science Club - You mentioned it's easy to build a radio telescope at home, what kind of science are people doing at home with these? For main channel: * Videos are getting so good, the transitions don't overstay their welcome and just add charm, it's both educational and is the rare edutainment content targeted at a college level * More astrobiology content, I absolutely loved the silicon video and you touched on other amazing research being done in this space in the Avi Loeb vid. Kinda hard for me to find any though as a layperson when I just get 👽 results. * Honestly you do a really good job of picking them, it's clear you're excited and passionate about the content you're making and that's a crucial component of why it works.

Maybe this isn’t a whole video, but I’d love to see a minor correction to your sexual harassment video that points out that women are rapists, too. The only reason we don’t hear about them is because there are so few women in astronomy compared to men, and even fewer in positions of power. As someone whose career has been derailed by getting sexually assaulted by my former advisor (a woman), I would really appreciate someone acknowledging that rape happens both ways. I think that the video that you made is a superb analysis of the problem, minus this one detail. Women, including many who call themselves feminists (pseudo-feminists), are often stuck in problematic mindsets about gender roles where “men” are the rapists. Women are socialized by our society to be rapists just as much as men are, but their actions are often excused by toxic perceptions of gender roles, especially that sex is something that is done “by” men and “to” women, as well as the idea that “men only ever think about one thing”. As someone who has been raped or sexually assaulted by multiple women, I would really appreciate someone as eloquent as you acknowledging that the problem goes both ways. I found your channel last week and I love your content. I’m excited to see what else you produce.

While I’d really enjoy Crackpots #3, I hope you just follow your instincts. I have seen many channels ruined by audience capture.

Looking forward to the first video! I think you mentioned in a previous video that you now work in industry. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the interactions between academia and industry - what works, what doesn't, how both sides of the coin view the interaction. Thanks for all the great videos :)

I just wanted to thank Angela for opening our eyes to BS in science communication. From Avi Loeb to Michio Kaku, its refreshing to see a new science communicator not afraid to expose mainstream pseudo science or the sink hole/grift of academia.

Maybe keep it light, and talk about another piece of old-timey tech you'd like to collect and why.

Fear/hesitation of astronomers/astrophysics to push for intelligent/techno life in the Galaxy... Or maybe that's no longer a taboo? So it's a moot point?

I'm too much of a science dumb-dumb to give you good ideas, so I'll just highlight some videos of yours that stood out to me and why: The silicon life video was the second one I watched. Apart from the excellent explanation and the absolutely perfect digression on Fred Hoyle, the little chapter heading interludes you made with the dramatic music caught my attention. They're idiosyncratic and fresh and they may actually be the reason I subbed in the first place. Dark matter and E=MC^2 vids: I didn't understand half of what you said half as well as I should like even after watching both twice. These are evergreen and the kind of vids I'll return to every now and then. Sexual harassment vid: initially put off watching this because of the (subject matter x length) product. I was always aware of this issue, but this video really helped me 'get it'. This is where I'd point anyone still wondering whether the issue is overstated or sensationalized. I should also say I think it's good precisely because it's long and you take your time. My absolute favourite video is the glass video. It starts out great with the little quiz (yeah I guessed plastic lol) and then keeps getting better and more interesting. I had no idea about these scientific glassblowers and they're fascinating and inspiring and so cool and your enthusiasm is so infectious. Halfway through my thirties, I now wanna be a glassblower when I grow up. Btw you mentioned in the silicon life video that sand is super complex -- are sand and glass then complex for the same reasons? I guess there's more I could say but I really wanted to avoid being the guy that writes you an unsolicited essay on your own videos. Oh well hopefully this is helpful. Really happy to see your channel blow up. Keep well, all the best.

I would love to understand some of your past and current research! What’s your specific specialization, why are you into it, what should we know? Are there any topics you especially love? Want to get into? Any experiments/fellowships/traveling scholarship/etc that you’re really into at the moment. Basically tell us about you as a scientist.

Do you have any fun stories or frustrations with using MatLab?

you should talk about the EmDrive media frenzy, it always was incredible to me how that story gained traction through a combination of word association and shoddy research amplified in social media.

something something dark energy? :)

Oh noes! You're a science edumacator now! I'd love to hear you talk a bit more about that. I've been following you for a while, and am happy I can now support you via Patreon. Love your very open and frank style, your humility, and your humour. The long format is awesome. And remember, if you're ever in a canoe that tips over, you can safely wear it on your head -- because it's capsized. Be well, Doctor. 😋

I'm curious what else lives in your vintage equipment collection.

I watched your “postdoc exodus” video yesterday. You mention that there are jobs in “industry” that pay better than a postdoc but still let you do the same research. How is that possible if the salaries are set by the grant funding institutions? If these jobs are doing the “same research”, are they not applying for grants from federal funding agencies? What are these jobs, where are they, and how do they work?

this comes from a personal experience, I study science education (and communication but bit less relevant). What I see all the time is educational researchers that are bad *educators*. This of course calls for a definition of what a good educator is etc. but I am being honest when I say that I've taken classes by these leading experts that were just dry and unstimulating. Long intro but, does this apply elsewhere, are there mathematicians that are bad at math, physicists that are bad at physics etc. Do you have any similar experiences? And what is at play here? My initial idea is that these people are either truly bad at the educational part or more interestingly that they exist in a space where knowledge on education is very much heightened and so are expectations. When all you talk about is how to manage a class you are bound to notice (more than usually) when your teachers are not managing that effectively. My two cents, apologies if I come off as a bit spoiled but I couldn't find another wau to set the scene.

I dropped out of Grad school after 4 years. (Also was a first generation grad student). I've been successful since, but for many years, I felt kind of guilty about leaving. I've many friends in science still, and I felt like I maybe abandoned my calling/duty to "find truth" or something? (I left for business software, not research.) Meanwhile movies like Office Space pretty much nailed the soul-less corporate life I was/am living in tech. But your channel has reminded me how unpleasant academia could be, and how unhappy I was in it back then. So maybe we need an Office Space for Research/Academics? I think you could make that - or well, at least talk about it for an hour or so.

You could maybe talk about the double-edged sword of discussing Big Ideas™ (e.g. theory of everything, AGI, etc.) in science/tech communication. You could talk about how, on the one hand, such ideas can inspire young people to get into stem. The flip side being disillusionment when the reality of advancing a field for most doesn't align with the dream that got them interested in the first place. Alternatively (or perhaps additionally), a tier list of proposed theories of everything ranked by whatever criteria you feel moved to use.

Something that I would want your take on is the discussion about Quantum Physics, Many worlds vs copenhagen, the concept of "shut up and calculate" etc. And I mean from a science communication perspective, not the concepts themselves. Some people are really quite evengelical in their arguments, like Sean Carroll is really pushing for it and goes on Joe Rogan and talks about how crazy and stupid the science community is for focusing on "shut up and calculate". But in general, your perspective on that debate from the perspective on science communication is something that I would love to see!

Whatever it ends up being, make sure to play another video game during the talk!

Thanks for opening this. I always get annoyed when I go to r/science, futurology and similar subreddits because science blogs cannot physically help themselves to clickbait everyone to get traffic. I wish you can go through those and try to identify those serial hype men wasting everybody's time, and those who give a fair, well researched articles.

Former nuclear reactor operator and current nuclear engineering student here. Do you have any suggestions on how my community can communicate to the public better? I feel frustrated trying to tell people how incredible these machines are then immediately run into a brick wall of trying to explain radiation transport and health effects in a way that isn't condescending, incredibly boring, or both.

Glad you opened this Patreon, super easy decision for me to join. I could listen to you talk about anything tho lmao

I really like the things that you've decided to talk about so far. I would be tickled pink if you ever decided to talk more about Star Trek in any capacity. I'm here for it!

Rate theories in your wheelhouse from crackpot to fringe to plausible or promising, or... I dunno, something topical -- this is too hard, ask chatGPT to come up with something better

board games : D

I would like to see more stat mech related content (though maybe this is more a topic for a public video than patreon only). I think that stat mech is maybe the most "philosophically" relevant field of physics to general science literacy and is badly underrepresented in science communication.

So happy to see you opening a Patreon--joining was a no-brainer! I'd love to hear about your thoughts/experience on the teaching side of academia! I'm an industry software engineer and have been contemplating going to grad school in hopes of becoming a professor who's mainly focused on teaching those core classes geared at underclassmen!

Something with puppets?

Poor old Steven Pinker, I bet his ears are burning

There was an anecdote in But What If We're Wrong that sticks with me. They said that gravity doesn't exist, or that gravity as a singular measurable thing in and of itself is more similar temperature. That a thermometer measuring some heat is expressing the frequency and/or amplitude of the movement of atoms. I feel like any idea that reveals the distance between the observation that you experience, and the means by which you measure it could be interesting, I would like to know more about it, and I bet that you could offer some compelling insight.

This is more of a comment than an answer. I think you make great #content. That is all.

I was curious about your thoughts on burnout and if you have any experiences with it yourself or perhaps through your colleagues. I know that at my department it's affected a lot of PhD students. A fair number of them never finish, even after putting in years of work.

To preface this, my partner has 10+ years of hands-on veterinary experience and is now in a doctorate program in the humanities with a dissertation on human animal interaction. She is finding out how, at least in her program, there is a lot of tension between affective/philosophical theory and the empirical/scientific methods to the point that communication is often terse and irreconcilable— neither “side” takes the other seriously. The irony of the situation is that she comes from a place where feelings and intuition are intertwined with effective care and empirical basis, and I think this would be a really fantastic angle for you to explore in your own field. Obviously “intuition” and “feeling” are hard concepts to breach in the field of physics and mathematics, but I think this would be a great opportunity to interrogate the *why*, even if it seems obvious. It might be easier to identify in medical care, where science is messy and there is plenty of room for interpersonal communication, but do you think that there is nothing of this sort to find in your field? As for myself I am a data scientist with a BS in math, comp sci, and philosophy, and even I find ample room for affective reasoning in my own field— I am inspired by Goff and other panpsychist philosophers who believe that our scientific knowledge is fundamentally fractured in that it cannot be used to get the whole picture of truth and of the nuances of our reality, such that instead of drawing lines in the sand between mind and matter, we get a more coherent and clear picture of our world when we look at these concepts as part of a fundamental whole— and this could not be more true when we try to meaningfully communicate statistics. I’d also be curious to hear about the ways you have faced similar problems or maybe have had related experiences in your own academic career. I would also be overjoyed if you did a video on panpsychism because I’m super into that. I hope you get around to reading this and let me know if you’re interested in talking about this with me!

I would love to watch a video by you on the topics of: "remembrance of earth's past" book series written by Liu Cixin, specifically the dark forest as a concept, the book "infinite and finite games" by James Carse, and the optical illusion "my wife and my mother in law" but in terms of how we make maps and models of reality and then go on a rampage of Igon value harvesting with our 'totally accurate personal models' on a flag of affiliation... likesome sort of eusocial spirit that demands conformity. Regardless, love your content and the method of delivery. Its not low budget... its genuine and authentic.

I enjoyed the Gell-Mann Amnesia episode to the point that I really want to see your thoughts on science communication in general. I have my own pet peeves but I trust your judgement better than mine.

Let's wade straight into the Gell-Mann waters. I'd love to hear some of your thoughts about AI. I'm an AI engineer/researcher. It would be hella tight to learn what someone who is very smart but not actually in the field thinks about where this is all going. What are you concerned about? What are you excited about? How much do you estimate is hype? How is AI impacting your life? ML techniques are being applied heavily in a lot of scientific fields, how is this impacting your work? What do you think of claims like "we are going to cure all disease" (Ilya Sutskever) or "everyone's life is going to be better than the best lives now" (Sam Altman)?

This is just my own personal thought and wish, intended as food for thought not to presume to tell you what to do, and I don’t claim any special insight or expertise. But I hope you won’t allow the popularity of your videos to change how you approach them. You could even state it up front in various places: that your YouTube channel is a fun outlet for your thoughts not a commitment to entertain subscribers and patrons, and if anyone isn’t fully onboard with that then they shouldn’t feel they need to follow or support you. That way you could skip weeks or months at a time, suddenly go in new directions regarding format or topics, and entirely ignore the outcome of any votes or consensus of any comments, and just do as you damn well please. And only those who accept that and think that it’s exactly as it should be would be left chipping in to support you. Perhaps that way YouTube could be all (or mainly) up-side and also allow you to fill a warehouse with decommisioned cyclotrons and NASA bric-a-brac. And purely because you asked, for topic suggestions I imagine I’d really enjoy some book reviews, done from whatever angle and with whatever level of rigour takes your fancy. I’d also wondered whether you’d want to do a video on your PhD topic, but then the more I thought about it the more I imagined it would be difficult to now skim over details that you’d previously sweated over - and so much context within the field might be required - that perhaps it would take 6 videos to cover it and be no fun for you. But maybe you would find a way to make it fun to talk about. Also, good luck with it all! And thanks for the videos!

A video about your favorite physics topics to learn or teach?

Found you through your academia videos! I don't think there's much more you can cover about academically to a general audience but I would LOVE to hear you complain more about academia. (Really validates my decision to leave). I would watch as many hours you produce like Jenny Nicholson.

Building and painting Warhammer models. Slightly more seriously, something on Three Body Problem (book), or more science community drama. The abc conjecture shit seems really interesting, as does that QVPT thing, since to this finance idiot, it seems like most people said it was prima facie bullshit, but NASA tested a version of it anyway?

You made a comment about how the rest of the world learned about a flavor of math in 5th grade that, here in the US, we’d learn in 10th. Would there be value in a video on how we teach and pace math instruction?

A couple ideas: What would you study if you had two years and unlimited budget for travel/expenses? We discover a stable wormhole in our solar system that we can easily use, and the other end goes to a point in space where a black hole can be “closely” observed, without putting anything in danger. You’re in charge of NASA, what do we send and what do we study?

I loved the one about glass and the dark matter one. And the 2nd crackpot one. On my left shoulder is an Angel saying, “Tell her you want more videos about things she finds interesting. Experts excited about their favorite topics is inspiring.” On the right, there is a devil saying, “Tell her you liked it when she was mean to Avi Loeb.” So, I guess I like the current mix.

I don't have anything to suggest I think you have good judgement on stuff where you have something interesting to say. I just want to say it's nice to see a channel taking off on the basis of consistently interesting videos.

I think a video on your favorite things related to your field in astrophysics would be cool. I know very little about physics and have never taken a course on it. My background is more in math (appreciation) so that has been a pull to the channel. I could listen to someone talk about stuff that makes them nerd out for thirty minutes to an hour easily.

I especially appreciate the more technical subjects (although I like them all). Dark Matter Is Not a Theory was simply brilliant; better introduction than in any textbook or other explainer I've run into. Loved the use of actual published graphs. How about equal treatment to the perfectly mis-named "Dark Energy"? On second thought, should be public. I'll second Kurt Yost's idea above.

I think I would like to see examples of what you see as exemplary science communication with the general public (or at least that subset of us who are enthusiastic non-experts).

I'm just here for your screenplay of ponies trying to hold a chess tournament in the 40k universe.

I just discovered your channel and after watching two videos I'm hooked. I had a short, unsuccessful career as a PhD astronomer in the 1980s. What I enjoy is your perspective as a fairly new PhD, observing the "big names" in science and having a platform to speak your mind which didn't exist in the 1980s. You are another Sabine Hossenfelder, but I'm not expecting music videos. What I expect is that you will be fearless.

I just like more of the in-depth stuff and the de-simplifying of oversimplified science communication. Take any recent story and explain how we know that or what everyone gets wrong or the background knowledge.

I'd love to see your more of take on epistemology, or how we apply evidentiary thresholds in all parts of our lives and maybe a little extra focus on how science communicators can sometimes gloss over how solid the thing they're talking about is. Like, if 40% of studies can't be reproduced, what's the failure mode? How can we come to believe some things and not others? Why do some disciplines have extreme thresholds for belief or weak thresholds for disbelief? Also, for the folks who wonder how people like yourself think, what do you believe or not believe, metaphysically? How do you assess those kinds of untestable hypothesis?

Somebody called you the Jenny Nicholson of science communication or something similar in a comment recently and I’d love your thoughts on that. (The other topics are good too, do whatever you want!)

I'd also be interested in another dark matter video. Also, please make sure you don't stress yourself out or overcommit to your Patreon. I've seen quite a few content creators burn out that way.

I'd like to see a second dark matter video, but dark matter as WIMPS vs dark matter as MOND. I'm a software developer, and a bunch of the tech bros in the parts of the internet I hang out in have very strong opinions about how MOND is obviously the correct explanation. (it gets weird. sometimes it's just, "MOND is more elegant something something Occam's Razor," which I mean ok. sometimes it's, "it's a hoax invented by Big Particle Physics to drum up more funding for a bigger particle accelerator.") Obviously there isn't a definitive answer but I'd like to see your take on it.

My favourite topic was the Scary Data, favourite vid the last one as you're getting better and better.

Honestly loved your glass video a lot, I would love to see more about the professions that enable science.

I also have enjoyed all your videos, and I'm sure any topic you choose, if it is interesting to you, it will also be interesting to us. To give a more helpful direction, I liked a lot the one about mass (there is only one mass!), which was also taught to me the wrong way. So my request would be about more physics topics you think are poorly explained. I presume there are many more like that one.

I am loving the videos, thank you for making them! You are on the right track! As for the suggestion for a patreon video, I would like to suggest a "book haul", where you show some of the books on your shelves and tell a little bit about them.

I enjoyed all your content, however the thing that hooked me was your content about academia (might just be because I'm studying theoretical physics and want to continue in academia). Any kind of content on the social aspects of academia, like how to form and keep friend- and relationships while constantly moving, would be appreciated

Oops, I guess I can throw in my 2 cents for video suggestion. "Your local crackpot" How do deal with your local crackpot and purveyor of bad science. Maybe too political, but, my 2 cents. Thanks again Dr Angela ***EDIT** Whatever video topic you end up chosing, play a video game again! MINECRAFT HARDCORE MODE

HIYA, you make cool videos. I'm about to start my junior year of mechanical engineering, and your videos are nice break from the headaches.

I literally looked for your patreon 2 weeks ago, I am all for contributing to the battle of miss-information and bad science. Thank you Angela. I do have a question though, I think it was the Avi Loeb video where you were gonna write a crappy 4 page paper, did you end up doing that? I dont care, I am not holding you to it, I am just curious LOL Congrats on your patreon, I do wish you great success.

Tough one. Only thing I can say is that your videos are worth watching to me because they are about social-relational aspects of engineering and science. I am recently re-reading Gödel-Escher-Bach and thinking a lot about the current ways in which companies construct the thing of "what A.I. is" in our heads. I know it is outside your field, and your "How to hack a telescope" video was hard to watch in parts for me (honorable mention goes out to Mann-Gell), but maybe you can consider doing something about A.I. in astro-physics and/or how people's concept of A.I. is so fuzzy still. Another good piece might be on how growing up poor shaped your perception into adulthood. Honestly cried during "First generation grad students" because it hit a little too close to home.

I've enjoyed all your videos so far, and you mentioned Technology Connections and Jenny Nicholson, so I now trust you with my viewing topics entirely

Would love to learn more about your research if you find going over any of it interesting. Otherwise virtual particles and hawking radiation if that something you have a lot of information on, since there seems to be a ton of simplified and contradicting information out there but that probably fits better as a youtube video. Anyway, love all the videos from women in academia to crackpots and flouride to the science communication! =)