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Old 2nd July 2015
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Originally Posted by sacerdos_daemonis View Post
Then why bother with a two-minute video that can only touch the surface? Make a longer video that can cover the topic in sufficient detail. A short headline that can be easily misinterpreted or twisted by rivals is harmful to one's opinion or work. The usual purpose of such publications, whether in print or videos, is not to demonstrate the soundness of an idea, but rather to convince the ignorant the idea is true. (This is of course a general statement. I am not referring to the video in question.)
I would imagine that the desired audience has a short attention span. If you're trying to promote education, where it is needed the most, this could be a good thing. If you're trying to take advantage of gullibility then its the ussual thing.

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It is banned where I live, so working around the censorship would be more trouble than it is worth. After all, it is only YouTube.
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