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The $15,000 A.I. From 1983: Why Do We Put Holes In Our Head?: Edward Youmans founded The Popular Science Monthly in 1872, and the first issue contained articles on “Science and Immortality and “The Causes of Dyspepsia.” He had no way to know that the next 152 years of his publication would cover general relativity…

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The $15,000 A.I. From 1983:
Why Do We Put Holes In Our Head?:

Edward Youmans founded The Popular Science Monthly in 1872, and the first issue contained articles on “Science and Immortality and “The Causes of Dyspepsia.”

He had no way to know that the next 152 years of his publication would cover general relativity and the atom bomb.

He couldn’t have predicted the discovery of DNA or debates over the science and ethics of cloning.

What started as a niche monthly journal for a few hundred scientifically-inclined minds is now a YouTube channel that can reach millions, globally, instantly… and all for free.

We’ve been overthinking since 1872 — and we want you to join us.

#science #technology #popularscience

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18 Comments

18 Comments

  1. @chelseybc

    March 5, 2024 at 12:26 pm

    Can’t believe we all got laid off for this 😂

    • @GIJRock

      March 5, 2024 at 1:09 pm

      What name did this channel go by before ?

    • @Conrad500

      March 5, 2024 at 1:22 pm

      @@GIJRockPopular Science

    • @Conrad500

      March 5, 2024 at 1:22 pm

      @@GIJRockPopSci

    • @splatoonshorts

      March 6, 2024 at 11:25 pm

      Wdym?

    • @JoshuaJohnsonHou

      March 6, 2024 at 11:53 pm

      The lay offs suck, but were unfortunately inevitable. At least the name will be in good hands for now.

    • @ASapientBeing

      March 9, 2024 at 6:10 am

      Well the channel wasn’t doing well before also so maybe a change might fix it

  2. @monteiro5306

    March 5, 2024 at 12:30 pm

    Greetings from Brazil.

    • @popularscience

      March 5, 2024 at 2:23 pm

      Olá, monteiro — bom te ver!

  3. @Conrad500

    March 5, 2024 at 1:24 pm

    Subscribed. Can’t wait to see what comes of this channel!

    • @popularscience

      March 5, 2024 at 2:22 pm

      Thanks, Conrad — it won’t be long, you’ll get some great videos soon. And actually soon, not video game developer “soon.”

  4. @memeslich

    March 5, 2024 at 3:25 pm

    Will there be any unpopular sciences shown off on the channel?

    • @popularscience

      March 5, 2024 at 3:29 pm

      The most popular sciences tend to be unpopular first, until they’re popular, and then they get unpopular again. So, yes!

  5. @dapifyyt

    March 6, 2024 at 7:41 pm

    Loved your video on the electronic butler! Excited to see what comes next

    • @popularscience

      March 8, 2024 at 1:06 pm

      ayyy thank you, dapifyyt — new video next week 🙂

  6. @jeffstrife1395

    March 8, 2024 at 4:18 pm

    This is all gonna be so awesome

  7. @ASapientBeing

    March 9, 2024 at 6:09 am

    Well let’s hope we see some good science

  8. @shornoMALONEY

    April 4, 2024 at 3:34 pm

    Amazing ident real slick

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