His “light-year long” cable video did not make claims that were disproven. Veritasium correctly demonstrates the principles of electric field theory, fully as described by the Maxwell equations, and his follow up video demonstrates the effect much more clearly, because his first video was controversial for being misleading.
If you have an undergraduate level understanding of lumped element model of circuits, it’s understandable to see why this seems “wrong”, but that is not how physics works in reality when we look at the real analog world. If you don’t believe me, feel free to DM me and I can explain better. I work in analog electronics for audio and rf circuits and studied device physics as well.
His “light-year long” cable video did not make claims that were disproven. Veritasium correctly demonstrates the principles of electric field theory, fully as described by the Maxwell equations, and his follow up video demonstrates the effect much more clearly, because his first video was controversial for being misleading.
If you have an undergraduate level understanding of lumped element model of circuits, it’s understandable to see why this seems “wrong”, but that is not how physics works in reality when we look at the real analog world. If you don’t believe me, feel free to DM me and I can explain better. I work in analog electronics for audio and rf circuits and studied device physics as well.