This channel's content somehow keeps getting better and better, despite it already being great even back when I first found it. I believe much of people's views on a certain topics is often shaped by debates (or echoes of debates which most are ill-equipped to understand first-hand) and we often forget how much of certain championed positions is strategy, oversimplification for clarity and brevity, narative strength or other such. Reputable public promoters of science and scientific communicators often overstate the strength of science and "STEM" as a defence mechanism against irrational dogmatic literalist superstitious lunatics and hardly ever find it useful to present nouances and limits. Similarly, the story of Galileo as an utterly rational, unbiased, modest "underdog" defender of obvious empirical truths and science in the face of a backwards, dogmatic, cartoonishly unreasonable and tyrannical Catholic Church is nothing but an echo of Reformation propaganda so old that the original agenda and historical red flags are all but lost to most averagely-educated people today. Too few people realise, as you well articulated, just how common it is for theory to follow long-standing practice, not the other way around. Congratulations on yet another great video, sir !

I enjoyed this so very, very much. The dry sarcasm was perfection.

So few people present the story of Galileo accurately as you have that you've earned a subscribe. He was a genius, but the Enlightenment propaganda around his conflict over Copernican Heliocentrism is just so over-the-top and tendentious that I'm happy a few voices are finally questioning it.

Six million dollars..... I can't fucking stop noticing.........

Thank you but one correction: Giacomo della Porta conceived and built the dome, NOT Michelangelo. Della Porta modified Michelangelo's plans, he made the dome higher, more pointy to the top, he made the walls of the domes thicker, Michelangelo had only thought about 1 meter of thickness, Della Porta added the iron rings, unlike in Michelangelos plans, he connected the inner and outer dome not only at the ends but over the vertical length. Also, it was him who conceived the shape of the dome and who designed the lantern.

I say this not to be play the smartass but to give credit to Giacomo della Porta because he designed and built the dome.

This is a great foreword to Franco Battiato's Centro de Gravitta permanente -Sebastian Ortiz

Your videos are such a delight. The way you think and present facts & ideas is inspiring.

Another banger, I get excited every time you drop a new video

you're a good storyteller! keep up the good videos

Best video I’ve seen on YouTube in years

19:25 missed opportunity to make it the Galileo probe tbh

A mess of Glass and steel collapsing onto the ground with the Affluent effete Trapped inside of it …there’s a slight hint of irony in that .

I suppose the glass block was built on a poor foundation, both literally and metaphorically 😅

Love your message. Hopefully we will see change for the better in our lifetimes

concept above consequence

I'm glad I found out about your channel, I'm a student of building automation engineering which is basically all building related field from building physics, architecture, electrics, HVAC, water, etc. The automation part is controlling those "INTELLIGENT" building systems (just as intelligent as a guy who programmed it) to make the building more energy efficient thus less expensive to maintain with comfort in mind. Being a member of European Union means new buildings need to meet norms and its mostly about Annual energy demand to fit below that 70 kWh/(m²·year) requirement for residential buildings.

I don't really like how technically advanced in methods we get to achieve goal of economical perfection but there is not really much that artistic incentive to make things just better to the urban environments people see. It's a conflict where I feel like what I'm going to do is needed but I don't really want to contribute into multiple tall office glass buildings investments since this is where the most money flows. Watching your videos on those aesthetics and harmony makes me a bit less skeptical on the future of the ugly garbage being built all the time, thanks. I could complain and critique million other things but I just wanted to say I like your videos, keep up the good work!

Pleased to see someone discuss Galileo honestly, and beyond the superficial soundbite. I'm actually from Pisa, so obviously I have a soft spot for our hometown hero. But man, was the guy an unsufferable jerk. On an ongoing basis, not just once in a while when he was in a bad mood. And this discussion even skipped some of his big embarrassing moments. But the guy was still an amazing genius. And part of me really likes how he'd torch the grand poobahs around him.

This was an amazing video.
Absolutely loved every minute.
Liked and subscribed.

Scarejump at 0:07, you've been warned viewer!!!

supposedly they continue to use portland cement over Roman cement because it's just more economical to, and they aren't building anything to last to begin with. I agree it's a good idea to be skeptical though.