The Permanent Floating Monster Club
Channel: Wayne's World of Science and Technology
Date: 2024-02-03

This is a distillation of a solution I've seen others using to handle misinformation. This isn't my idea, all I've done is slap a name on it and tried to popularize it. The name is, err, borrowed from a Larry Niven short story which is really worth a read.

If you want to download the presentation, here's the link:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/permanent-club-97781209?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Channel Blurb

I’m Wayne. I’m a mad scientist, though the jury is out on which definition of mad you should use. I love everything science and technology. I also hate war.  I’m going to cover a wide range of topics. Hopefully, I can entertain your a little bit.

You may notice I’m a cynical old fart. I speak in a culturally appropriate matter for those from my place and time. Lots of folk are fucking horrified.

I’m direct because it’s my way of handling stupidity. Stupidity is a choice. When you compare human cognitive ranges to the total cognitive range from amoeba to us, the human range variance is so fucking small as to be nonexistent.

Stupidity is a choice. My method of handling stupidity is to raise the cost till being stupid is just too damned expensive and the person is forced to start thinking.

Don’t bother with death threats, unless you love being mocked publicly.

In the meantime, if I do entertain you, I really could use some cash. I’ve been living on disability for fifteen years, and I need to upgrade some of my equipment, and I’d really love to be able to pay for some information subscriptions.

There’s books I’d like — but can’t buy. 

So if you have some cash you want to share feel free to hit me up on Buy Me a Coffee
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wayneborean

Or Patreon
 / wayneborean  

The following people I’ve come to lean on for accurate and entertaining explanations of things I don’t understand. I highly recommend all of them!

Sabine Hossenfelder — Science without the Gobbledygook
 / sabinehossenfelder  

Anton Petrov — What da Math?
 / whatdamath  

Dr. Becky — Your Friendly Neighbourhood Astrophysicist
 / drbecky  

PBS Spacetime with Dr. Matt O’Dowd
 / pbsspacetime  

The Fossil Vault — run by the University of Witwatersrand
 / @thefossilvault355  

Seth Chagi’s World of Paleoanthropology
 / @worldofpaleoanthropology  

John S. Mead
 / jsmead  

John Hawks on Evolution
 / johnhawksevolution  

Colin Furze — Mad Vehicles, Epic Projects, Crazy Inventions
 / colinfurze  

Isaac Arthur — Science and Futurism
 / @isaacarthursfia  

Scott Manley — Astronomer, Scotsman, Hacker, Gamer, DJ
 / szyzyg  

Arvin Ash — Complex Questions Explained Simply
  / arvinash  

Physics Girl 
 / physicsgirl  

The Leakey Foundation
   / theleakeyfoundation  

National Geographic
 / nationalgeographic  

Jane Goodall Institute Canada and US — they don’t always post the same videos 
 / janegoodallinstituteofficial  

Smithsonian Channel
 / smithsonianchannel  

The Royal Society
 / royalsociety  

Time Team Official
 / timeteamofficial  

Time Team Classics
 / timeteamclassics