Carneades.org

Carneades.org is an American YouTuber who makes videos about philosophy.
==Personal life==
Carneades grew up in a small town. When he started YouTube, he had the goal of gaining as many subscribers as people that live in the town. He surpassed this goal in 2018. In middle school, he and his friends came up with the “theory of the advanced elves,” which proposed that “you couldn’t actually know anything because there could just be advanced elves messing with your mind or your understanding of something,” similar to the .
Carneades works with a humanitarian organisation in West Africa, in international development. Carneades does not make his personality an integral part of his work, as he often works in countries where his philosophical views, especially around religion, could get him fired or imprisoned.
==YouTube==
Carneades uploaded his first video, The Cogito (Meditation I), on July 26, 2013.
The only philosophical view he holds online is . His channel art is made by hand, placing words directly onto a pre-existing image. To celebrate 100,000 subscribers, Carneades began animating his videos, and produced a temporary Philosophy Fact of the Day series.
===Experimental Philosophy | ExPhi===
On ExPhi, Carneades tries new things with philosophy, including cross-disciplinary research. It was created in honour of the main channel reaching 100,000 subscribers, and announced on October 3, 2021. The first video, What is Automated Text Analysis for Philosophy?, was uploaded on September 20, 2021.
==Subscriber milestones==
*30,000 subscribers: April 22, 2018
*40,000 subscribers: February 8, 2019
*60,000 subscribers: April 18, 2020
*90,000 subscribers: March 20, 2021
*95,000 subscribers: May 31, 2021
*100,000 subscribers: September 14, 2021
==References==
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2013