Bill Clinton & the Day Physics Died

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1. Hi! Wondering why you're seeing this again? It's because the original was taken down for an absurd reason. See the description for the twitter thread explaining what happened. But just so we're absolutely clear here, please do not seek out the graph guy or contact him. That is not helpful whatsoever. The video is back up and he should be left alone.

   If you've made it this far, thank you. I knew this project would be a huge undertaking (6 months of work, and 6 months before that just brainstorming), but I still didn't expect it to get done so soon. If you want to support the channel even further I have a Patreon and a twitter (check the description).

   FOOTNOTES CONTAIN SPOILERS, READ AFTER WATCHING.
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   1. The clip where Dale Bumpers is shouting out cost estimates would have been in 1993 US dollars, so basically double what he was saying there to get a rough idea.

   2. I’ve seen two slightly different vote counts on the Slattery amendment listed on the official US government website. The first one was 280 to 150 and the second was 280 to 140. The limited information on the government website implies that the Slattery amendment was first voted on in conjunction with some other amendments and that someone requested a dedicated vote on it. The vote totals are basically the same, except with some pro SSC votes simply abstaining the 2nd time.
   3. In 1990 there was an amendment attached to the SSC authorization bill that would have guaranteed Texas a full refund if the SSC was cancelled. This amendment did not pass. The matter of Texas getting a refund was contentious for years and it’s miraculous it eventually did get one.
   4. I call Johnnnie Bryan Hunt comically Texan, but he was in fact from Arkansas.
   5. The luminosity design target for the SSC varies depending on who you ask, anywhere from 10^33 cm^-2 s^-1 to 10^34 (a range with a factor of 10). Either estimate was considered very optimistic, as it would be difficult to actually meet this target because of how the SSC was designed. The magnets in the injection sequence would have had to been optimized individually. The LHC was designed with high luminosity in mind, and even then struggled for may years to reach its target. I think it’s fair to assume the SSC would have struggled even more to meet its target.
   6. In the video I show a total of 1232 magnets for the LHC, this is in fact just the number of dipole magnets, i.e. the super strong ones used to bend the particle beams). There are also around 474 quadrupole magnets used to squeeze the beams. In total (counting both superconducting and non-superconducting magnets) the LHC has around 9000 magnets in use.
   7. The LHC concept may date as far back as 1977, when former CERN director Sir John Adams discussed the possibility a high energy underground collider.
   8. Adjusted for inflation and cost overruns the LHC cost about 8 billion in 2021 US dollars. This is roughly double the money that was actually spent on the SSC.
   9. The LHC’s first collisions were on November 23rd 2009 at a paltry 0.9 TeV. In early 2010 they had cranked this up to 7 TeV, over three times higher than the record set by the TeVatron. However because the luminosity of the LHC was still so low the TeVatron had a fighting chance because its luminosity had been carefully calibrated for many years.
   10. The max collision energy of hadron colliders are often much much higher than the mass/energy of the particles that are being created, as only a small portion of the total collision actually gets turned into the new particle. So although the LHC was designed to go up to 14 TeV, the detected Higgs mass was only 0.125 TeV, you have to overshoot your target.

2. That was amazing work, although I admit I didn't initially realise it was a three part documentary, not three different documentaries, so have watched pts 2 and 3 but not one 😆 Maybe the thumbnails/titles could be made more obvious?

3. this whole series has been amazing, almost three hours of content but it felt way shorter than it actually was

4. I've watched thus this three times now. Brilliant work!

   It's amazing rhay so many smart people didn't work out they should allocate some money to marketing, teaching the public in approachable ways exactly ehay they're spending so much of their money on. 50, 100M over the life of the project on marketing and outreach I recon could have not just saved it, but made the public enthusiastic and taught in schools with visits and trips to the site and HQ to meet the scientists. They were so wrapped up on locking themselves away and doing what they wanted with no oversight. The public and the politicians would have funded it if they told them what it was and what they wanted to achieve.

5. This series has been such a rollercoaster. All I can say is: a work of art.

6. That is a crazy view to comment ratio, unexpected

7. One of the best documentaries I have watched on this site, really well made and that ending was a surprising twist.

8. This is great, would love to see one on semiconductors or something

9. It's typical for politicians to make a few billions of science spending sound like a huge amount of money, when trillions are wasted on weapons of war.

10. Really good video

11. Frankly I don’t want to know the agony of waiting for these.

12. watched this series over the course of a few days, absolutely phenomenal, the ending gave me chills

13. I remember the day they turned on the LHC very fondly. All my science teachers wore badges that jokingly proclaimed 'black hole day!'. I was 13, not a big fan of physics, and didn't really understand what the collider did, but I remember the feeling of excited anticipation my friends and I felt.

14. I spent 4 hours watching your videos on this Sunday morning and I'm thankful, I'm impressed, I'm in awe, I'm educated, I'm entertained, I'm incredulous, I'm inspired, I'm bedazzled and I did not steal my wife's thesaurus for this comment.

    Also, wait, what? Who's Sherry?

15. "If the house demands it, it will find a way."

    Unless the democrats have control… Sad.

16. Working with ATLAS at CERN for a few months before the recent 2022 run, I always wonder why the U.S. doesn’t have a huge collider given how extravagant they are, and this video appears on my recommendation. Well put, sir, well put

17. Trans rights are human rights in the chat

18. When the video mentions all of the other scientific areas that were competing for money – climate, environment, space, health, fusion, etc – it's pretty hard to argue that the SSC, with its ongoing mismanagement, would have been a better investment of limited resources.

19. 'You do not ignore the will of the House'
    Senate: Oh wait, your serious? Let me laugh harder.

20. I would LOVE to see a behind the scenes of this Video Series.

21. SCIENCE MOVIES LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO

22. This is honestly one of the best video essays I've ever seen.

23. Very informative and incredibly well edited the graphics were also on par with the BBC in terms of quality

24. I would love a biopic with this aesthetic!

25. Oh my God! I went to School with Dale Bunkers, and later moved to Hot Springs where I was in school with Bill Clinton.

26. I'm so happy to come across this channel. Your content is high quality and I can tell you have passion for it. I hope when I make content my passion comes through like yours. I hope your channel grows beautifully!

27. How long does it take and how much work you have to put in to make one of this video. I mean Jesus Christ not only you need no curate so much information, you make the animation so intricate it's unreal

28. Hard times come no more was a great touch at the end 👌

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