Fiction video blogger from Belarus Valentin Konon was brought fame in which he tells the truth about GMOs, smoking, drugs, IVF and other extremely controversial issues. Valentine himself calls himself a popularizer of science.
Valentine Conon: biography
The blogger was born in Minsk, Belarus. He is currently studying at the Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Tank as a teacher of biology and geography. He also has a higher engineering education. He is fond of painting, design and art in general.
The interest in science (popular science video) appeared about five years ago. Then the channel Trash Smash was created and the first video about the telegraphy was filmed. The main channel of Valentin Konon has nearly forty videos of various subjects and contents.
The main direction of his work is enlightenment and education. Each video blogger video is supported by links to ongoing research, evidence and articles in scientific books and journals. According to Valentin himself, it takes him more than a month to prepare one video. During this time, he is working on a topic, writing a script, creating costumes, and shooting and editing. The number of subscribers on its main channel is 268 thousand people.
In addition to the artistic presentation, a distinctive feature of his videos is the duration. Some of his recent work lasts about one hour. Installation and processing of one such roller takes from 50 to 80 hours.
Alternative channel
In addition to the main scientific and educational channel Trash Smash, Valentine has a second, which he calls a video diary. Here appears more personal information, off-screen stories of creating videos, answers to questions that are not directly related to science, but are also of interest to the blogger. The number of videos on this channel has already exceeded forty. Updates appear here a little more often. The number of subscribers on this channel is 238 thousand people.
The rollers on this channel are lighter in content and usually last about 15-30 minutes. Here are videos with answers to questions from subscribers,
Topic video
In his videos, Valentine tries to tell people the truth about many controversial topics that are actively exploited by various media. For example, one of his videos talks about the real dangers of drugs and smoking, the other about the dangers of drinking and alcohol abuse. The most significant video is a story about the real danger of products created by genetic engineering methods.
The latest works of the video blogger were shot in such an artistic way that they resemble films. In these videos, Valentine Conon himself appears in the form of various characters from computer games, books and films. By this, he is most likely trying to attract more attention of youth and children of senior and secondary school age. It is this part of the population that is most in need of educational and enlightening videos.
In addition, in his videos, he refutes false theories about the effectiveness of dietary supplements, telegonia, astrology, homeopathy and paranormal abilities of people. Often such videos cause a sufficiently large wave of indignation.
Public opinion
Not everyone perceives what he does. Someone does not like just too "theatrical" form of presentation, which, in their opinion, discredits the importance of the content of his videos. Others disagree with what he says. Even the arguments completely proved by science, which he leads, do not seem convincing to people. The work of Valentin Konon, like any educational activity, does not meet with a one hundred percent positive response.
Especially many critics get his video on sexual orientation and religious issues. Both of these areas are too personal for people. Some find the content of such videos offensive, although you cannot find obscene expressions, insults, or even direct condemnation in Valentine’s video. Opponents of Valentine’s opinion, on the contrary, very often use insults and turn to personalities, which in fact only confirms the significance and relevance of the problems he raised, as well as the insufficient enlightenment of the bulk of people in such topics.
Activities outside of Youtube
In addition to two channels on the Internet, Valentine Conon is taking an increasingly active part in various popular science events. On some of them he comes to Russia.
Valentin Konon collaborates with other video bloggers involved in the popularization of science: Mikhail Lidin, Boris Tsatsulin, Alexander Punchin. He was a guest at the Moscow Harry Houdini Award (a prize of 1 million rubles for demonstrating and scientific proof of human paranormal abilities). His speeches on the boundaries of perception and the dependence of language on thinking can also be found on the popular science video channel Sci-One.