[zokier]

The thing that is most curious in this tempest in a teacup is why didn't Veritasium film this experiment themselves. It isn't particularly complicated or expensive setup, so it seems something that he definitely could have done. Instead he chose to leave the door open for the controversy that followed.

[ehsankia]

I was surprised by that too, though it seems like he is actually working on such a video now. Honestly I have a feeling that this kind of science debate style content is becoming more popular. There was the Veritasium vs physic teacher about the faster-than-wind car, and also the Steve Mould vs ElectroBOOM about Mould Effect recently. Maybe he intentionally left it vague to get people to debate with him.

[formerly_proven]

They didn't film it but

a) it's pretty trivial to do (I did it myself when the video was new because dangit a physicist kept sayin' I was wrong on the internet and that's UNACCEPTABLE)

b) there's a PDF in the description where one of the EE profs he asked did and gets exactly the same results as everyone else and also shows how easy it is to predict behavior of the experiment using line theory.

[blamazon]

I wouldn’t have even heard about the Veritasium film if not for this response. Smart marketing play.