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Hank Green’s stuff?
Hank Green good.
I don't understand why people see him as an authority on everything it's weird
Some people do
But he is a general science communicator. Like bill nye or something. He isn't the expert on any specific thing (as he will tell you himself), but people often don't want to watch content from a super specific specialist because they get bored of too much content on a specific topic. Hank (and his channels) have a research team who go out and contact specialists and experts, and then distill that into something close enough to the truth and still entertaining.
I don't dislike the guy I watch his stuff sometimes I just don't understand why people like him THAT much. Like a parasocial unhealthy worshipping type thing I don't think it has anything to do with the quality of his works but rather his charming character. And these days we know all too well the evil that can accompany charming. It's just strange we keep putting these men on pedestals.
I think I kinda get you, but also I think that it's just kinda the nature of humans to put people on pedestal. I can't really answer why (and honestly maybe I'm totally wrong, I'm not a social scientist).
As far as pedestal candidates go, if we had to choose, I'd rank him pretty high. Seems to be a fairly reasonable and ethical guy, pretty smart, willing to listen to experts, loves to learn, self aware, and seems to be pretty ethical. Not as far left as I'd like, but choices are slim lol.
How much is a facade and how much is truly him? We can never know. If it's a facade, it's an excellent one.
I find it very weird he (and Crash Course too) isn't top of the list in this thread.