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🎬 The Roman tax system that held an empire together for 1,000 years | Anthony Kaldellis 🟡 Fact Check: B ✅ The Eastern Roman Empire lasted for a thousand years. [A] ✅ Civilian administration was chiefly responsible for funding the military. [A] ✅ Eunuchs were prominent as palace staff for the emperor. [A] The East Roman Empire thrived for a millennium largely due to its robust governmental structure and civilian administration, which balanced the weight of a substantial military with intricate taxation systems. Unlike many empires, it avoided the pitfall of using its military as a tool for social ...

🎬 The biggest mystery in science | Adam Frank and Lex Fridman 🟡 Fact Check: B In this cosmic tête-à-tête, we discover that the foremost enigma of science isn't hidden in faraway galaxies or time fractures, but right in front of our noses—or rather, within our very existence. Adam Frank passionately argues that understanding life and its nature as an autonomous agent is the...

🎬 Dark matter explained by physicist | Don Lincoln and Lex Fridman 🟡 Fact Check: B ✅ Galaxies spin too fast for their observed mass. [A] ✅ Dark matter makes up five times more mass than ordinary matter. [A] 🟡 Bullet Cluster is strong evidence for dark matter. [B] 💡 Key Takeaways: • Dark matter, more mysterious than your in-laws' Christmas traditions, is the reason our universe doesn't spin out of ... • Despite decades of detective work, we still only know what dark matter isn't — definitely not black holes or rogue pl...

🎬 Physicist explains the nature of time: It's a mind-blowing mystery | Don Lincoln and Lex Fridman 🎣 Clickbait? No ✅ Fact Check: A ✅ Einstein in 1905 discovered that people moving at different speeds experience time differently. [A] ✅ The concept that space and time are the same entity - spacetime - was formalized by Minowski. [A] ✅ Every observer measures the speed of light to be constant regardless of their relative motion. [A] In a world where physics seems intent on blowing our collective minds, this video explores how Einstein revolutionized our understanding of time. Not only did time stop being a universal measure thanks to special relativity, but Einstein also laid the groundwork for understanding gravity as a ben...

🎬 Origin of Maya civilization | Ed Barnhart and Lex Fridman 🎣 Clickbait? No Embark on an exploration of the enigmatic Maya civilization, which first flickered into existence around 1800 BCE amidst the jungles at the Mexico-Guatemala border. The transcript reveals a fascinating interplay between the Maya and the Olmec, with cultural and religious exchanges shaping their e...

🎬 MIT physicist explains plasma 🎣 Clickbait? No ✅ Fact Check: A ✅ Plasma is a phase of matter that occurs above temperatures of approximately five or ten thousand ... [A] ✅ 99% of the universe is in the plasma state. [A] ✅ The surface of the sun is also a plasma. [A] Did you know most of the universe laughs at our ignorance of plasma? This video introduces us to plasma, a fundamental state of matter dismissed by many a high school science book. Plasmas appear when you raise temperatures high enough to strip atoms of electrons, creating a realm where electric ...