I just wanted to thank you for demystifying the Phd process. It always seemed like some grand paper that only geniuses could accomplish but your whole channel has shown that hard work is what matters most. So, thank you for giving me the confidence to pursue my own degree in physics
@@SamtheSWE hello there, i happened to see that you've mentioned you're getting a BS degree in physics. I've looked this up on the internet, but couldn't exactly find the answer- what's the difference between BSc and BS degrees? I don't even know whether they're the same or not...
The hard work honestly scares me more than the geniuses thing. People here at working themselves to the bone. To making themselves sick. I have drive and determination but idk how people are able to work so hard they become ill and keep going. The series has made some things less scary and others more. At least for me.
I remember starting to watch your channel about 2-3 years ago and not understanding a word about your PhD thesis and sort of filtering through it. Realised when you mentioned sudden stratospheric warming now that I'm actually doing this in my course (geography) and am now significantly less baffled and significantly more interested in the results of your thesis now. Woohoo!
@@BaronofGermania If you're doing it for the money, you shouldn't be doing a PhD. They are for people who have a keen interest in something very specific.
Simon.. I always come back to your PhD vlogs whenever I have a lot of work to do because 1) it inspires me to actually do work and 2) it reminds me that it is normal and expected to have periods where we need to grind
284 more subscribers until you reach the big *100,000 subscribers* milestone! It's incredible to see how far you have come, Simon - both on your Ph.D. and your RUclips channel - and I couldn't be more grateful to have been along for the ride.
Simon Clark I've been following you for quite a while now and as a 2nd year student i can relate so much to your vlogs thanks for the hard work you put into them! You asked for podcast recommendations and the Jocko Willink podcast is a fantastic podcast and I've received massive value out of it the least i can do is recommend it to you
I am going to miss these PhD vlogs so much! They inspire me to be productive and get on with my life! On another note...there is nothing as strange as watching someone breathe in a fast motion time lapse.
This was possibly the first video I've ever watched over 30 or 40 minutes which stayed interesting through the whole time. I don't know how you do it, but keep up the great video work!!
I just wanna take a moment to tell you how motivating your videos are. I have just finished my uni work; it is quarter to nine, and I wanna work. I believe that seeing someone work hard motivates me in a way that nothing else does. Thanks, Simon. I don't know if you still read comments, but you are truly inspirational.
I subscribed about a year ago, and now I feel like I've missed out on this huge journey you've been through! Shame I didn't get to enjoy it in real time, but rest assured I'll be contributing at least one additional view to all of your videos! Thanks for posting Simon!
Podcasts: No Such Thing As A Fish, The Infinite Monkey Cage, Game of Thrones The Podcast (goes through all the lore from the books and stuff, episode by episode), Invisibilia, Intelligence Squared, Song Exploder (the artist takes a song of theirs apart and explains how it was made) and Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. Hope that helps! :)
I discovered your blog a bit late but I'm at the exact stage of my PhD as you describe in this video. I just need you to know how motivated I felt after watching your vlogs. Thank you for your gift to this frustrated academic-wannabe
I was gonna write this comment last night (it was 2 AM when I got the notification of this video!), but fell asleep at 39:00 however, now that I'm here to watch the rest, i just wanted to say THANKS! you've been such an inspiring person (so much so that I have decided to apply for PhD thanks to your vlogs!) and I'm sad that you're not going to upload these series of vlogs anymore, but in the meantime can't wait for the new content that you're going to upload in the future! good luck and keep up the great work :)
Great vlog as ever. Really enjoying your stuff man, and am excited to see the content you'll be able to put out now that the thesis monkey is all but off your back. Some podcast recommendations for you: 'No Such Thing as a Fish' (basically 4 QI elves each with their favourite facts of the week) 'Dan Carlin's Hardcore History'(Extraordinarily well researched history told by a masterstoryteller...'The Celtic Holocaust' is a fave) 'The Infinite Monkey Cage' (Brian Cox & Robin Ince talk physics, cosmology and 'dead' strawberries...) 'Kermode and Mayo (obvs)' ...Will get back to your email hopefully this weekend. Thesis has been swallowing my days whole. I know you can relate.
Cracked podcast can be hit and miss but some episodes have some excellent discussion. Good mix of pop culture and science, the titles are quite self-explanatory. And usually quite long, great for hefty journeys by yourself
I'm in the last 2 months of my PhD thesis and it's good to see it's not just me who has no spare time and survives on microwave meals. You've captured what it's like really well.
I like the weird Simon gradually emerging as he loses his sanity to this PhD. Love the vlogs man, keep it up. Also, no dumb questions is a brilliant podcast.
The beginning was great. Podcasts: Do by friday with Merlin Mann, Alex Cox and Max Temkin (last two from cards against humanity), and Reply All by Gimlet media
In case you haven’t heard of them I’d recommend a few McElroy brother podcasts. Mbmbam - An advice show where three brothers goof off. Takes an ep or two to start getting the inside jokes but these brothers have great chemistry. The adventure zone - Three brothers and their dad play DnD (and other rpgs). I recommend starting from the beginning, great for long journeys. Sawbones - medical history podcast, accurate medical science in a digestible (30-40 min), entertaining package. Recommend their opioid addiction, 80 hour work week and conversion therapy episodes.
Two podcasts I like to listen to are : Reasons to be Cheerful (Geoff Lloyd and Ed Miliband) and if you are interested in American Politics, the Axe Files by David Axelrod (former chief strategist to President Obama)
I wish if i can finish my thesis of Italian literature this year. I am an undergraduate student since 2016. (Two years of delay) I need just to finish it to have my bachelor degree )'; - one final goal to leave university.
the chocolate croissant podcast created by Matt Halpern. He's the drummer of the band Periphery and he has podcast sessions mostly musicians. Some of them are really great.
New to your channel, so i don't really know what you are interested in but i like the bohemican podcast. It's about (the history of) the Czech Republic, like operation Anthropoid. Really enjoyed the vid :)
So...basically your PhD is "PV or not to PV", that is the question? Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The stress and frustration of postgraduate research, Or to take up pen and keyboard, And by submitting end them? To finish: to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream:
Hey Simon, I am also a PhD scholar who is starting his 4th (final) year this October. I starts my day with your vlogs and believe me they are so motivating. I am also having same problems which you had in your PhD life, that means I am not alone who is struggling with his code lol. Could you please give me some tips for my final year. Thanks alott for motivating us. Regards. 😊
You should definitely listen to the infinite monkey cage podcast, really cool and funny scientific podcast, and also the triforce podcast with Lewis, Sips and Pyrion from the Yogs is amazing as well.
My favourite podcasts are: Hello Internet, The Wikicast, Dear Hank and John, Lore, Friends at the Table, Dragons in Places, Story Not Story, The College Info Geek, Ear Biscuits, S-Town, My Brother, My Brother and me, Sincerely X and Dear Mr. Potter on the English side, my German Favourites are UKWlativ, Sternengeschichten, Plauschangriff and Pen & Paper Kurzgeschichten.
I wasn't paying attention, and I heard "My dad made a porno" and I bounced up to hear the story, only to realise you were talking about podcasts, c'est la vie.
Pain killer already is long. I’ve listened to it for years and they’ve had a couple famous guests. It’s mostly just comedy. It’s on woodysgamertags channel there’s a huge backlog as well.
At about 8:05, does anyone know the composer for that specific arrangement of 'In Flander's Fields'? I sang it as a chorister at Exeter Cathedral, but now I can't remember the composer's name for the life of me, and I love the piece so much
Update: don't worry it's ok - I found the piece in the description! Ps thank you so much Simon, I love that piece and nice recordings of it are super rare
Good podcasts to listen to: The skeptics guide; Ben Ben and Blue; StarTalk; Science in action; In our time: science; The science show; The life scientific; The naked scientists; Breaking math. And Mac power users if your are a user of Apple products.
OMG!!! I'm six months in but I know I don't want to find myself in this position in the last few weeks. I want to be chilling, crossing t's and dotting i's only at that stage.
I think it's obvious to all who is the main star of this episode. We used to look so good together!
You sure did!
FFS man
Goodbye, Simon's Beard. You are missed.
I'm not dead. I've just moved on. We always had many creative differences with Simon and now I'm really busy working on some content on my own
Lmao wtf
"On reflection the lack of budget might be showing" - definitely deserves a thumbs up!
I just wanted to thank you for demystifying the Phd process. It always seemed like some grand paper that only geniuses could accomplish but your whole channel has shown that hard work is what matters most. So, thank you for giving me the confidence to pursue my own degree in physics
There's nothing really that persistent work can't achieve
I’m also getting my BS in physics
@@SamtheSWE hello there, i happened to see that you've mentioned you're getting a BS degree in physics. I've looked this up on the internet, but couldn't exactly find the answer- what's the difference between BSc and BS degrees? I don't even know whether they're the same or not...
@@noobkilla3 Im not too sure about that either, but I think that they are the same. It just depends on what country you're from
The hard work honestly scares me more than the geniuses thing. People here at working themselves to the bone. To making themselves sick. I have drive and determination but idk how people are able to work so hard they become ill and keep going. The series has made some things less scary and others more. At least for me.
I remember starting to watch your channel about 2-3 years ago and not understanding a word about your PhD thesis and sort of filtering through it. Realised when you mentioned sudden stratospheric warming now that I'm actually doing this in my course (geography) and am now significantly less baffled and significantly more interested in the results of your thesis now. Woohoo!
This series could also be called Simon's slow decent into madness
Hahhahahah
😂😂
That is quite accurate for his videos
"look at that graph, isn't that a nice graph! Oooh inaccurate." I died
i'm considering a PhD as well (currently doing my masters in Computer Science) and I really find your videos valuable, thank you!
Kaz S. Bruh you don't need a phd in C.S. You get paid less than if you become a software engineer.
@@BaronofGermania If you're doing it for the money, you shouldn't be doing a PhD. They are for people who have a keen interest in something very specific.
same but with applied math
Did you do it?
Simon.. I always come back to your PhD vlogs whenever I have a lot of work to do because 1) it inspires me to actually do work and 2) it reminds me that it is normal and expected to have periods where we need to grind
284 more subscribers until you reach the big *100,000 subscribers* milestone! It's incredible to see how far you have come, Simon - both on your Ph.D. and your RUclips channel - and I couldn't be more grateful to have been along for the ride.
The amount of work you do on a daily basis baffles me.
I died laughing at the beginning of your video
Ah, procrastinating writing my own thesis by watching you write yours... it's a rollercoaster of emotions!
I'm no scientist but 100k coming soon
You should do your PhD in prediction science mate.
307k now
Simon Clark I've been following you for quite a while now and as a 2nd year student i can relate so much to your vlogs thanks for the hard work you put into them! You asked for podcast recommendations and the Jocko Willink podcast is a fantastic podcast and I've received massive value out of it the least i can do is recommend it to you
I am going to miss these PhD vlogs so much! They inspire me to be productive and get on with my life! On another note...there is nothing as strange as watching someone breathe in a fast motion time lapse.
This was possibly the first video I've ever watched over 30 or 40 minutes which stayed interesting through the whole time. I don't know how you do it, but keep up the great video work!!
I purchased those headphones, the ones I asked about in the last vlog. Best purchase I've made this year!! Thanks bud, keep up the good work.
The greatest intro to a RUclips I’ve ever seen. Well done!
Oh men the intro was so good. Really had a laugh with that one xD great idea! Now off to watch the rest of the video
I just wanna take a moment to tell you how motivating your videos are. I have just finished my uni work; it is quarter to nine, and I wanna work. I believe that seeing someone work hard motivates me in a way that nothing else does. Thanks, Simon. I don't know if you still read comments, but you are truly inspirational.
I subscribed about a year ago, and now I feel like I've missed out on this huge journey you've been through! Shame I didn't get to enjoy it in real time, but rest assured I'll be contributing at least one additional view to all of your videos! Thanks for posting Simon!
Shoutout to @RalphLiar on twitter for the title!
Blimey, I fell behind on these vlogs and didn't realize Dan had moved out. Gonna miss him...that beer mile video is LEGENDARY
Podcasts: No Such Thing As A Fish, The Infinite Monkey Cage, Game of Thrones The Podcast (goes through all the lore from the books and stuff, episode by episode), Invisibilia, Intelligence Squared, Song Exploder (the artist takes a song of theirs apart and explains how it was made) and Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. Hope that helps! :)
I discovered your blog a bit late but I'm at the exact stage of my PhD as you describe in this video. I just need you to know how motivated I felt after watching your vlogs. Thank you for your gift to this frustrated academic-wannabe
Awesome vlog. So many laugh out loud moments... I've missed this so much. Editing skills are super sayan levels right now
I was gonna write this comment last night (it was 2 AM when I got the notification of this video!), but fell asleep at 39:00 however, now that I'm here to watch the rest, i just wanted to say THANKS! you've been such an inspiring person (so much so that I have decided to apply for PhD thanks to your vlogs!) and I'm sad that you're not going to upload these series of vlogs anymore, but in the meantime can't wait for the new content that you're going to upload in the future! good luck and keep up the great work :)
Great vlog as ever. Really enjoying your stuff man, and am excited to see the content you'll be able to put out now that the thesis monkey is all but off your back.
Some podcast recommendations for you:
'No Such Thing as a Fish' (basically 4 QI elves each with their favourite facts of the week)
'Dan Carlin's Hardcore History'(Extraordinarily well researched history told by a masterstoryteller...'The Celtic Holocaust' is a fave)
'The Infinite Monkey Cage' (Brian Cox & Robin Ince talk physics, cosmology and 'dead' strawberries...)
'Kermode and Mayo (obvs)'
...Will get back to your email hopefully this weekend. Thesis has been swallowing my days whole. I know you can relate.
Our man is actually on the verge of going insane
Best Podcase I've listened to is Reveal, it's a very interesting investigative journalism podcast that is very well done
So close to 100k subs at this moment!
Wohoo! 100K, Congratulations! :)
Your vlogs are so enjoyable!!! Thank you for your quality content and good luck with your thesis!!!
Cracked podcast can be hit and miss but some episodes have some excellent discussion. Good mix of pop culture and science, the titles are quite self-explanatory. And usually quite long, great for hefty journeys by yourself
Over the few days that I watched this vlog Simon got 100k 🔥 congrats bro
Wooo we did it!
I'm in the last 2 months of my PhD thesis and it's good to see it's not just me who has no spare time and survives on microwave meals. You've captured what it's like really well.
I love listening to these type of videos.
I like the weird Simon gradually emerging as he loses his sanity to this PhD. Love the vlogs man, keep it up.
Also, no dumb questions is a brilliant podcast.
12:20. That feeling is awesome. As awesome as rare it is to happen.
I love these videos 🔥🔥🔥
99% invisible is a really interesting design podcast and Decrypted by Bloomberg is interesting as well. Also nice videos, keep up the good work!
The beginning was great. Podcasts: Do by friday with Merlin Mann, Alex Cox and Max Temkin (last two from cards against humanity), and Reply All by Gimlet media
Love love love your videos!!! Your work ethic motivates me so much!!
In case you haven’t heard of them I’d recommend a few McElroy brother podcasts.
Mbmbam - An advice show where three brothers goof off. Takes an ep or two to start getting the inside jokes but these brothers have great chemistry.
The adventure zone - Three brothers and their dad play DnD (and other rpgs). I recommend starting from the beginning, great for long journeys.
Sawbones - medical history podcast, accurate medical science in a digestible (30-40 min), entertaining package. Recommend their opioid addiction, 80 hour work week and conversion therapy episodes.
It is very valuable! The interference term matters. Your videos put emotions into science. 真是好喜欢你的视频♥
"thesis the end " !
Thesis a pun ? ( Pun intended too 😂 )
it is metaphorical lol😂
SUPER excited for this VLOG !!!
What have we done to deserve 44 minute videos?:)
WAITING FOR A FRKKIN WHOLE MONTH I SUPPOSE !
"You have to be dumb to do a PhD" - Simon Clark
Simon has given me hope :O
Definitely don't dislike music in the vlog!
"Any day in which you pet a cat, is a good day" love this
Two podcasts I like to listen to are : Reasons to be Cheerful (Geoff Lloyd and Ed Miliband) and if you are interested in American Politics, the Axe Files by David Axelrod (former chief strategist to President Obama)
My Brother, My Brother, and Me is a great comedy podcast with a solid backlog if you're into that sort of thing.
I wish if i can finish my thesis of Italian literature this year. I am an undergraduate student since 2016. (Two years of delay) I need just to finish it to have my bachelor degree )';
- one final goal to leave university.
the chocolate croissant podcast created by Matt Halpern. He's the drummer of the band Periphery and he has podcast sessions mostly musicians. Some of them are really great.
Great stuff Simon, really needed this today :)
This is great exercise for your viva defense.. good work Simon 👍
I LOLed at that plug picture that you smuggled in there :P
The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry is a fantastic podcast 👌🏼
34:15 I have that beast of a maths textbook too!
It's the bible of maths for my degree!
New to your channel, so i don't really know what you are interested in but i like the bohemican podcast. It's about (the history of) the Czech Republic, like operation Anthropoid. Really enjoyed the vid :)
I'm currently doing a PhD. I totally agree with your point about dumbly plodding!
Literally every time I try to be clever! Not worth trying any more haha
So...basically your PhD is "PV or not to PV", that is the question?
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The stress and frustration of postgraduate research,
Or to take up pen and keyboard,
And by submitting end them? To finish: to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream:
Hey Simon,
I am also a PhD scholar who is starting his 4th (final) year this October. I starts my day with your vlogs and believe me they are so motivating. I am also having same problems which you had in your PhD life, that means I am not alone who is struggling with his code lol. Could you please give me some tips for my final year. Thanks alott for motivating us. Regards. 😊
Hardcore history, great podcast!
This intro is amazing!
You should definitely listen to the infinite monkey cage podcast, really cool and funny scientific podcast, and also the triforce podcast with Lewis, Sips and Pyrion from the Yogs is amazing as well.
Congrats on 100k
My favourite podcasts are: Hello Internet, The Wikicast, Dear Hank and John, Lore, Friends at the Table, Dragons in Places, Story Not Story, The College Info Geek, Ear Biscuits, S-Town, My Brother, My Brother and me, Sincerely X and Dear Mr. Potter on the English side, my German Favourites are UKWlativ, Sternengeschichten, Plauschangriff and Pen & Paper Kurzgeschichten.
The Tim Ferriss Show is definitely one of my favourite podcasts, you should give it a go!
Fav podcasts: selected shorts & Here be monsters
I recommend Reasonable Beef, very entertaining podcast based on film reviews!
Arts and spacecrafts is a great podcast!
I wasn't paying attention, and I heard "My dad made a porno" and I bounced up to hear the story, only to realise you were talking about podcasts, c'est la vie.
Pain killer already is long. I’ve listened to it for years and they’ve had a couple famous guests. It’s mostly just comedy. It’s on woodysgamertags channel there’s a huge backlog as well.
At about 8:05, does anyone know the composer for that specific arrangement of 'In Flander's Fields'? I sang it as a chorister at Exeter Cathedral, but now I can't remember the composer's name for the life of me, and I love the piece so much
Update: don't worry it's ok - I found the piece in the description! Ps thank you so much Simon, I love that piece and nice recordings of it are super rare
The True Geordie Podcast YOU WILL LOVE IT
Best intro I've ever seen 😄 Like, EPIC!!
16:45 He's a trekkie too 😁
Please do a history video!!!!! also don't worry about the bells.
I'd reccomend "No such thing as a fish" from the guys behind QI. Both funny and teaches you a thing or two (or four)
Liking just for the intro
I read 'Thesis the end', laughed and liked video purely based on that. I shall now proceed to watch the video 😂
12 seconds in and I already can't stop laughing at how good this is gonna be :D
WHAT AN INTRO! Absolutely killed me 😂
Love the bond pun
i love thesis. i subscribed for the thesis Mr Clark
You might like Sleepycast for journeys, they're not producing so much anymore but they are great!
IndieWire has some really good podcasts with directors/writers.
How long have you waited to use this video title 😂
Haris Farooq someone suggested it on his Twitter
Good podcasts to listen to: The skeptics guide; Ben Ben and Blue; StarTalk; Science in action; In our time: science; The science show; The life scientific; The naked scientists; Breaking math. And Mac power users if your are a user of Apple products.
Why aren't you a doctor yet? is a great podcast, defo worth a listen
Spotify have started to let creators publish their podcasts online, check it out!
Congrats!
35:40 but can your chair do THIS
OMG!!! I'm six months in but I know I don't want to find myself in this position in the last few weeks. I want to be chilling, crossing t's and dotting i's only at that stage.
"touching wood with all my might" Now I understand why PhD's are exciting.
10:30 is exactly me hahaha that was super funny..
12:27 I legit thought someone was behind me while doing my own work
But its quiet awesome to define standard deviation as a measure of how much a variable varies in a dataset its quiet applicative concept.good.
Best opening ever! 🎼