Ask Professor Dave #2: Are You A Real Professor? 

He played piano he's really good

@@ananthr1583 You'll find that people with very high IQ are usually good at a number of things. Science/math people usually excel at music, one way or another. It may reflect their mental structures, and their naturally inquisitive nature leads them a lot further down the road than we mere mortals. They also require a LOT less formal education to achieve superior levels of competence in whatever takes their fancy. You don't need a PhD to excel. Witness the number of hackers who never saw the inside of a computing classroom. Dave certainly doesn't need one to enable him to construct a strong portfolio of lessons in chemistry, inter alia. He certainly doesn't need to feel apologetic for assuming the title of professor.

It is really interesting how many chemists are musicians, or maybe it is my bias to see it everywhere

@@robergarcia11 I'm one of them, I guess... though I think I'd rather be a concert pianist rather than a chemist career wise (I'd probably go insane if I worked in a lab, not because I'd find it boring, just that I'd probably get too stressed)

@Tristan Timothy I'm just gonna wait till the other bot comes through like "wow, took around 5 mins, but it actually worked :0"

Try enrolling at UoPeople, it's a tuition free online university. It's accredited, at least you will get the degree.

@@miss_pearl thank you

Very sad

wow you have to pay for optional personal choices in life? Woah

Same here. Dropped out of college but I don't care. In the internet age all that sexy beautiful knowledge is free and working with my hands is more satisfying than a desk job. I can build houses 9-5 and build a database of everything from structural engineering(which I use at work) or organic chem and even the basics of quantum physics after work.

Professor Dave WAS an 'actual' chemistry professor - for a number of years. Now he is an actual professor (professing knowledge, including chemistry) for us here on RU-vid. In other words, our brilliant and kind Professor Dave is no quack. Obviously this is so, or the other professor you write about would not point students to Professor Dave's hard work/brilliant and easy to learn from youtubes.

So he's a reliable source?

@@thehumanistisin9924 If you’re doing a research paper or a report, I’d say no, Professor Dave is not a proper source. But in most of his videos, he links you to actual sources where the information he is teaching can be found. Much like Wikipedia, except we can’t edit his videos.

@@Dreamline78 oh

Is he reliable? Yes. Is he a good source? No. The reason is only because it simply better to get things from the papers he cites

thanks so much for the kind words!

My pleasure bro.

I like to think very accurate and innovative bro. I might become a legend too in future. Let's hope this.

that's not the point degrees are pre-requisites to get work experience but this man shortcut to the work experience without the degrees by posting lectures on youtube he has a MASSIVE online portfolio showcasing him teaching millions of students. remember degree is just academic title while resume includes the portfolio and his success if measured by just this youtube channel portfolio alone is a massive tremendous success.

he already has the job, without the completed masters degree. he already has a huge project that this channel is. that is the work he has done with the degree he has.

That's nice of you to say! Please tell your friends :)

@lcyw20 Buddy, I couldn't have said it better.

well he finally got the recognition he deserved

Not everyone watches productive stuff. They watch shit on RU-vid. They should really watch this channel.

He looks like a sephardim masquerading as an Italian.

Hi my dear friend where are you from? I am from Ethiopia.I am student and I want to know much things from you

You are super and I am also a chemistry students

So much respect

in germany, _"Professor"_ is some kind of protected, for teachers at universities, but as i remember from holidays in italy (and Dave's family is from italy) and as google translate confirms, the italian _"professore"_ simply translates to _"teacher"_ (not necessarily at a university). thus it should be completely ok to use this as some kind of "stage name" if he once tought at a university and now teaches on youtube. in contrast to this (at least in germany) a doctor has finished his university studies (of any scientific, or also non scientific branch like philosophy) at an approved university and also finished a thesis, which earns the title and then even becomes kind of part of the legal name. thus i personally take "Dr med" in front of a surname (or any other "Dr xxx", in contrast to an unspecified "Dr" or even "Doc", especially when the surname is eg Morris, or it is an actor in a tv commercial) much more serious. in everyday language (in germany), "Doktor" (instead of the correct term for the profession, "Arzt") is often used to address medical practitioners no matter whether they have earned the title "Dr med", and there are many of them who are no doctor, but they often are considered superior since their knowledge is more recent than that of those who paused studying to write a thesis on some very specific and limited (often obscure) subject for some year(s) before starting to practise on people what they learned years before.

Flat Earther : Do I care ?

He's got a Bachelor's (BS) degree in Chemistry anyway. And in my experience, if you can do well in a BS degree, then you can also do well in a Master's (MS) degree. Dave was just unlucky that his MS funding ran out. The main thing now is that he produces really high quality teaching videos. So thanks Dave 👍

YES !!!!

the channel exists! it's called Simulated Sun, and it's in my featured channels list on my home page.

holy crap he did exactly that Professor Dave Plays now called Games and did music and video games beat saber

As unfortunate as it may be, a line needs to be drawn somewhere.

The thing is professors in academia are not trained to be good educators but to be good researchers. There is a reason why individuals that are amazing at both like feynman are popular among stem students.

So, you get cancer. Does the MD or DO degree matter now? The US is going downhill fast because 1. We don't think the various degrees mean anything, and 2. Because of this attitude, the meaning of degrees like MD, Ph.D. are in fact declining because of lowered standards. Be careful of what you want, you'll surely get it. Dave is sharp. But, he's also hustling. He's found a way to make money. Be careful. Just because you couldn't follow what "many of the Ph.D Professors at universities." doesn't mean they didn't make sense or were actually good. It just means you couldn't follow it. We are turning education into a McDonald's franchise (actually, we've already done this). This is not good, and it's pretty clear that high quality upper level education is shifting back to Europe, possibly even in to China, which has never been a powerhouse of education because of their politics. Education is not a democracy, it isn't based upon some sort of vote, or some sort of opinion vote. It never has been. Actually, a big reason for the success in the US of higher education is because our model was no democratic. Even Dave spends a lot of time "debunking" people and ideas that have popped up because of the McDonaldization of education. Again, be careful of what you want, you will surely get it.

LOL

Nice.

No worries I think he got his degree in the new Taylor swift c.d it comes with a sticker set, what are you mate an Astro physicist, a biologist, a doctor, give me break you’ve debunked nothing you idiot everyone knows the earth is round we knew that when we were 5 so if that’s your Claim to fame mate your an idiot, & you don’t look like no professor mate you look like your going to a Katie Perry concert you can fool all the other sheep on this channel but you can’t fool me so called professor of nothing.

@@peterdalmationcro4217 Gee, maybe you'd like to say something about his mom as well.

Phil Davenport yeah we’ll leave the mums out of it Phillip, what I was trying to say is I watched his debunking video about the corona virus & he seems to think he knows all the answers. Just because he knows the earth is round ( which we all do ) he seems to think that every conspiracy or cover up is untrue. Now Phil don’t be fooled some conspiracy’s are just rubbish but sometimes where there’s smoke there’s fire & this virus did not come from a man that ate a bat that is absolutely ridiculous & border line stupid. What our genius professor Dave doesn’t understand is people & governments will do ANYTHING for power & Money, that’s right Phil ANYTHING so while I don’t have the answer ( I’m being honest here ) neither does he but I’m not preaching it as if I do. Stay safe don’t listen to this idiot or you probably will catch the corona virus?

Thanks so much for your generous support!

That's a scientist for you!

thanks kindly! if you want to support just a buck or two on the patreon goes a long way :)

@@vishalkatoch3791 lmao toxic smh, dave given god tier education he has a point

@@vishalkatoch3791 lmao

Vishal Katoch shut up dickhead

Vishal Katoch Nobody is forcing you, ASSHOLE 🙄

Vishal is being a big A hole, that c would never say that to anyone’s face, thank you very much Saim for your plea and wisdom

i like it!

I find Professor Dave videos a lot easier to watch than those other courses. His are compact and terse, yet full of an incredible amount of information. They are to the point, and done in a very fluent matter. I often find that after being half way through just a 6 minute video I will feel like I've been watching it for hours.But now that I've watched all the videos, I'm suffering fairly severe withdrawal symptoms... :-)Per favore Professore Davide, ho bisogno di piu!

Sike

actually he is better than khanacademy and crashcourse, the info on crashcourse is mediocre and khanacademy presentation is messy, professor dave puts the knowledge and info straight and concise, simple and understandable, without all that pretentious crap that cause u not to learn a damn thing.

@@Zetsuke4 not only is khanacademy messy but also slow af. they take too much type just to explain one concept

Professor Dave is an appropriate name for you. Even though you said you might not go back to traditional teaching, you’re still professor Dave because you’re insanely smart and you’re content makes the world a better place.

As I doesn't earn I can be voice to donate it doesn't to be freed

True. But, the Ph.D's DO understand it better. Try Veritasium. It beats the hell out of Dave for two reasons. 1. The coverage of a topic is much better because the guy actually understands it at a high level, has actually done and published his own unique research (that's how he got the Ph.D.) and 2. He doesn't elevate fools like flat earthers and others. Oh, I forgot a third one...3. Veritasium never gets personal and calls other fools or MUCH more vulger things. Dave gets clicks because of the vulgarity, which increases his income, but it demeans both himself and the knowledge that he does have. Veritasium NEVER does any of these 3, and it is the difference between a ph.d and a not ph.d.

Congrats to Prof Dave. 👍

@@theshowman8478 No, Master Dave.

@@MrCmon113 prof

If he spends another 6 years getting a PhD then he may have the opportunity to become a professor. So, until that happens he's still not a real professor. The channel is very good though and he speaks only on subjects that he has a good foundational knowledge of, so I will continue watching avidly. I just wish that he would dispense with that title.

@@warrenburroughs3025 professor is an academic rank that you can earn without a phd. They are several regular faculty professors who have only a masters, esp in art and music departments. Technically adjunct or visiting professors are still on some level a professor, at least colloquially. While he was never part of the regular faculty, he was a visiting organic chem professor.

awesome!! my patreon could use some love! :)

Thanks for spreading the word!

Your ignorance bordering on stupidity is chilling! He has no degree and no experience or credentials in science yet you appreciate the quality of his contents? Tells me more about you than him!

@@jakehccc1 Who cares if he has formal credentials? His content is accurate and corroborated by people who do actually have degrees in all of these subjects. He also said more recently that he has been working with others who know more than him to write his scripts.

@@jakehccc1 he literally has a masters degree you idiot.

or called simple minded by an old man who belive giants existed

i hope you're right! i definitely aspire to grow to that size. as for my education, it would be nice to get a PhD one day, but i don't think i would do chemistry. i would rather do astronomy/astrophysics. but i have to be earning a comfortable living before i have the luxury of such a thing!

Best of luck professor

do phd in astrophysics .....it is much more interesting than organic chemistry but u do have to rub your mind with mathematical equations all day! physics is damn interesting subject because in that u dont really have to cram anything u have to just imagine and visualize .........and if while learning physics u feel like what the heck i m doing right now with these equations then dont worry u will feeel like u r in heaven when u understand these.So do phd in astrophysics..........best of luck ......PHYSICS IS PARADISE IF U UNDERSTAND IT

All the best!

@@ProfessorDaveExplains Your imagination will get you there. You can flesh out your thesis with your accumulated knowledge. Just find a topical target, an achievable goal and a sensible supervisor. I guess 18 months, start to finish, and fitting in your normal life as well. Job done.

oh good one! people ask different music stuff maybe i will do one all about music, my music and the music i like.

Please do. A background on what type of instruments and music you play would also be interesting.

I hire writers to write the scripts for those topics.

@@ProfessorDaveExplains Thanks! Didn’t expect you to actually answer. That seems like it’d be the more obvious assumption.

Yes. It’s really not that hard. Anything else, kiddo?

If you don't care how much you earn, sure, then it's just a piece of paper.

If you discount the ability to function in academic circles, the ability to work together for research papers that get peer reviewed and published, if you discount everything and only leave the idea that anyone can be a researcher from their own bedroom, totally individualistic, then sure, it's just a piece of paper. 👎

Being researcher and being a teacher is two different skillset

fantastic! please tell all your students to subscribe! :)

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