My secret life making Fake Science memes

[@VAM_Physics_and_Engineering]

Didn't realize you were the man behind the masterpiece of the dinosaurs digging into the earth in search for food. I remember seeing that one years ago....

[@relishhh]

I'm such a huge Fake Science fan - so amazed by this revelation, especially after being a fan of your Vox work!!! All the best for what you go on and create in the future!!

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

Thanks a lot!

[@vKevlar]

This is the same revelation I just had! What a small world the Internet somehow is!

[@LolaGeek]

Wow, I've been reading Fake Science for years, and friends still send me the "why do cats purr" meme probably every couple months 😆 I always said I admired whoever was putting together these illustrations - congrats on your success!

[@kurtiswilliams]

Thank you for all the laughs! I use many of your memes to help diffuse tension at the start of my college science classes, and will continue to do so until I retire or get a cease and desist letter since I can't afford a good lawyer. Or a bad one.

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

that’s awesome! my favorite type of story to hear.

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

(that said, my lawyers will storm your house in about 30 minutes. they are extremely hardworking and also kinda lonely.)

[@ProfessorScience]

My friend had the same experience with his book! The copy editing was so bad that he recruited a bunch of friends and family to redo everything after the publisher messed it all up. After watching this video, my friend said, "This is painfully familiar, especially about the cover."

[@frigidrigidturgid]

Hey Fake Science, thanks for making us laugh for so many years! I was a science teacher in Thailand and I used to show your memes in class. You made us all roll with laughter, (and it made teaching science more fun) Thanks 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏☺️

[@ArnavSheth]

Your work is great. As a former professor, your reaction to your book deal is very similar to my reaction to tenure. It was only once I focused on the things that mattered that I realized it has much less meaning than we think it does. So I quit. I’m glad you found your voice. I hope to find mine soon.

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

It's too bad that we can relate over that same feeling, but glad both of us can move on from it. Oh man, I didn't even delve into the depressing/anti-climactic book reading experiences! Rough stuff.

[@lucasunruh6124]

Just looked at my old emails and saw I subscribed in 2015 and never looked back! I bought the book soon after and still love it! Disappointing to hear the circumstances around it, you deserved to make a fortune off of it! I can't thank you enough for your years of the most creative, wittiest, and fakest science around!

[@CriticalDispatch]

"Is my tummy fire now?" had me cackling. Great video Phil. Really enjoying your work.

[@ablauch]

I've been reading your Fake Science posts for years, love your quirky and sometimes absurd sense of humor. It reminds me of Look Around You, the British fake science show that also tears me up at times. Keep up the great work, Phil! Thants for everything!

[@corgi_dad]

I went whole hog on the dolphin free cranberries one Thanksgiving, since it's my job to make the cranberry sauce. My in-laws were so confused. Great times!

[@thomasford2032]

I love seeing people who are passionate about doing silly things and making people happy no matter how stupid the ideas get. I hope you continue being yourself and releasing these strange and interesting videos.👍

[@johnwilliams3075]

Phil - thank you for all the great Fake Science art over the years! I've been sending them to my kids since they were old enough to have phones and they still enjoy them to this day. I will say I just about spit out my coffee at the fake inscriptions in your donated Fake Science books - that was so awesome. You should sell "bespoke" copies of your book on your web site, complete with totally-not-for-the-buyer inscriptions inside.

[@onirrapdivad]

I love your emails. My colleagues love your emails. We are real scientists and celebrate each an every one of your posts.

[@VintageToiletsRock]

Fake science reminds me of the "troll science" memes I loved to laugh at over a decade ago now. Stuff like using the attraction force of magnets to make a perpetual motion machine.

[@terryhahn5017]

Always loved the creativity. The completely ridiculous is always right on the edge of reality, just like realty can edge right on the ridiculous. I can't recall any content you made I didn't like.

[@mikemcaulay9507]

This is … awesome! I definitely click with your style and sense of humor. I also really appreciate being allowed a peek at your introspection and reflections. As I’ve noted elsewhere, your genuineness is a breath of fresh air. Keep it up and I look forward to exploring the backlog of fake science posts!

[@KomradZX1989]

Phil, I’ve loved your Vox videos and was tickled pink to see you have a personal channel! I immediately subscribed and have been growing through your videos. The work you to is absolutely EXCELLENT and totally top notch broadcast quality the whole way with your editing, voiceovers and quirky humor really speaks to me. You have one big fan from St. Louis Missouri, born in June of ‘89. You rock!

[@jedidiahkelley655]

You deserve so much more recognition. Big props to your resolve.

[@RabbitEarsCh]

I followed your blog when it launched on Tumblr! I always thought it was so funny and probably the best of that type of account. You did a lot of great work and I'm glad you stuck with it.

[@olabedz]

I loved Fake Science! I did not know who had made it an that there was a book. Only recently I’ve discovered your YT channel after watching all of your videos on VOX. Small world, or a preference fot weird sense of humour. Either way, please do not stop 😬

[@MarcSundermeyer]

I’m glad you posted this on your Tumblr page. I would check there from time to time to see if anything new came up. Glad to se you have been still creating online. You are a great artist and it is good to see that you kept going despite the discouragement of other people that don’t get your views.

[@TreesRaccoonsAndPizza]

You nailed the "Any questions?" perfectly.

[@leonylias]

Loved this so much. The metaphors and storyline you add into your videos are so creative

[@WalterBurton]

I feel like Fake Science was a funny e-mail list I used to be on a long time ago, and then, suddenly, it started popping up in my Inbox again, in like the last year or so. The Algorithm works in mysterious ways. Blessed be the Consumer. Amen.

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

The algorithm is wise and good; let us give it our undying devotion.

[@harleyjordan1903]

I've recently found your channel and I've been binge watching a while bunch of them. This one shocked me, because in 2012 I printed out and hung on my office wall at work, the fake science post about putting elephants end to end in space. It turns out I've been a fan since before I knew who you were. Thanks for what I now realise is years of entertainment.

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

ah thanks!! appreciate that!

[@lexkeach5726]

That "You're A Scientist" CYOA book was really well made. There was a trend there for a while of people churning those out, and so many of them sounded promising, then fell short in execution. I'm a little shocked at how little your original book deal paid you. That's kind of awful. I'm a bit jealous of whoever goes to the little book deposits though. Best of luck on whatever comes next!

[@KKPsi-TubaDawg]

I found your KZbin page recently when the Oreos vs Hydrox video got recommended to me. Fake Science always cracked me up! I wish the book deal had worked out better but i enjoy the content you post these days. Keep up the good work!

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

thanks!

[@hannahbrown2728]

Oh my fucking god.... no way no way I literally grew up with so many of your memes!!! Obviously that can be said for a lot of us but having stumbled on your channel a while ago and enjoying every bit of it as I slowly go through your backlog, this is just a mind-blowing intersection. Edit: oooo I could feel the "...but..." coming on hard. That poor m&m sandwich...

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

thank you, thank you. it did still taste ok...

[@silverXnoise]

I always had a question for those drug PSA’s-does any drug make my brain look that delicious, or is it like, *just* crack cocaine that’ll give me a perfect sunny side up brain?

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

heroin is french toast! yum!

[@silverXnoise]

@@PhilEdwardsInc This explains a lot about the Waffle House.

[@TakeWalker]

Definitely not what I would have put on my 2021 list! So Fake Science is done? Moving to KZbin? I feel like I've been following on Tumblr since day one. :O

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

This is activating the Tumblr nostalgia I never knew I had…

[@ryansandwich1086]

Thanks for a ton of laughs over the years! This was a really cool behind the scenes look.

[@JohnRussell207]

You’re the man, Phil! This channel deserves to blow up!

[@siegfriedchicken]

Cranberry Bog Dolphin was bloody inspired.

[@junkmonkeydesigns3319]

Last couple days I have watched a good handful of your videos. I'm shocked that your videos don't have more views. Being a civil engineer I found your pentagon video and the rabbit hole took over.. Cheers... Keep it up! #fakescience

[@SentientMeatbag]

I'm one of the people who bought your book! The cover of the book makes it look just like a ordinary, science textbook. While I think that works really well with the theming of the book, I can see how that isn't what you want in stores, where the book only gets a cursory glance.

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

thanks for picking it up!!

[@russellsnyderjr3625]

Torn, Good Tune! Thanks For The Videos Phil!!

[@SylviaRustyFae]

1:10 This is the best thing you cud ever do and i love the entire premise of it heh

[@jabezdixon6328]

your gaining subscribers and fast! man you deserve every bit of it I've watched several of your videos and their top notch I gotta say, it really surprised me that you didn't have a few hundred thousand, I wish you good luck with your KZbin journey!

[@highnoon9333]

Okay the burnt m&m sandwich is so so sad... it's the best ice cream sandwich you can buy.

[@James_Douglas]

Never knew you were fake science!!! I love what you did with the blog, so many great ideas Phil :)

[@rev.jimmywonko9615]

That's some classic subversion. With any luck, some lives will be ruined. "We refinanced the house and will be able to hire . Wendy Patrickus. Come home soon! --Joyce"

[@Christophthegeek]

I LOVED fake science on Facebook. I’ve been following for a week or two now before I saw this one! Quickly becoming my favorite channel.

[@niftyox]

I loved seeing your posts on facebook. It really brightened my day!

[@Danielevans2]

You are one of the greatest artists of our time, and it's sad you don't get more attention

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

You don’t know how many times I’ve shouted this to strangers in the mall!

[@eric81766]

I found you earlier today from the IKEA video. This is a brilliant story/adventure.

[@pmsteamrailroading]

I love the idea of awkward inscriptions on donated books.

[@257796]

Cranberry bog dolphin pod, f'n genius. Great band name as well. Or book title

[@blanketfortlighting]

Love this background on your journey to masterful documentarian. Thank you for sharing your good brain meat's murblings!

[@SuperWolfkin]

cool. i remember your tumblr page. I was never into tumbler but i spent a good hour on your site once.

[@menachemspielman145]

Somehow fake science passed me by, but I'm glad to have found your channel - there is a voice on the other end (literally - from Australia)!

[@QuestionMan]

8:58 OMG, a year later and I'm still here. ...ish.

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

sweet thanks - you can close the tab now, a year's good enough. maybe get a sandwich or go for a walk or something.

[@batya7]

Wish I knew about Fake Science back in the day. Love this vid. Love Little Free Libraries. Love oddball inscriptions! My kind of fun!!

[@Esteban12345678914]

Great video like always man!!! And hello from Uruguay!!!

[@llmcomie5174]

I feared the worst when the emails quit coming 😢

[@EricSheffey]

I recognize that ambulance one! I worked at RAA for several years, crazy to see it pop up in this video of all things

[@thenerdguy6174]

This channel is gonna grow very fast.

[@maxjohn6012]

You made the right choice, bud. I'm a *real* scientist and I have *no* friends.

[@lukebusellato2542]

I loved fake science. Sorry to hear about your dodgy book deal. I didn't realise you were the fake scientist, just had your videos recommended by the algorithm. Hope your KZbin journey reaches such great heights

As a long time fan, I appreciate this video!

[@christinacurry6148]

Oh look, a satirical artist. My favorite kind. I love this guy.

[@roeltz]

I never thought the amazing work on Vox and the genius humor on Fake Scientist was to be traced back to the same person. The Atlantic Salmon is one of my favorite videos of all time!

[@stvmccrthy]

That was you!? I loved that Tumblr, and I love putting internet jigsaw pieces together. Now I'm missing those Tumblr glory days...

[@zahaaaaaaa]

Huge fan of Fake Science, keep up the great work whatever you do!

[@draconianking]

I'm here for you my man

[@kaustavmandal5226]

Again, you never fail to surprise. Great video. It would be so awesome to talk and pick your brains sometime. Being a quizzer by hobby this interests me so much

[@duanekeys]

I just found your channel. Really well done and interesting stuff. Thanks!

[@EliotHochberg]

I feel you. I had a board game published, but I ended up losing money.

[@AndrewChiNguyen]

VERNIQUE!!! (rip tumblr)

[@donovian2538]

This is hilarious. I want to replicate this in my own city.

[@skylerdumas8331]

I love the salmon video so muuuuuch. I wish you’d keep it going but I understand life moves on

[@SigmundGenerous]

Goddamn, it's always just been one guy?

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

One guy leading a team of thousands of interns, of course.

[@forwardslash1]

I can't believe James would throw away your book like that!

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

it springs from the deep pain veronique caused him last autumn. i forgive him.

[@michaelmbutler]

These human-bog-dolphin relationships can be so hard to manage. I send sympathies to them both.

[@kipronoexplores1981]

Phil is creative. Love from Kenya.

[@laurenbrummett766]

Binging your channel. You ~inspire~

[@Skunkhunt_42]

Woah! Is that DAVE TIPPER in the soundtrack?

[@jeffk412]

Fantastic content... Bravo!

[@OldBenjaminKenobi]

Why hasn’t this channel blown up

[@JenTheTG]

This is awesome

[@guard13007]

It's probably too late anyhow, but suddenly I'm hoping that somehow you're close enough to me for me to find one of your books in my local Little Free Libraries.

[@TxolerFX]

Keep going man! Fake Science forever!

[@TK-_-GZ]

Algorithmic punch!

[@MrMerkinBill]

Thanks for he laughs!

[@waspthe]

I still cannot believe I am watching Cameron

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

honestly I'm GLAD my dad's car went out that window. we needed to talk about some stuff (he disavowed me and wrote my out of his will)

[@kazikian]

LOOK AROUND YOU!

[@ailo4x4]

You should be in Austin...Stay Weird! ;-)

[@TwoWrights]

I'm here, enjoying video after video. You said to let you know. Hey, I've met Natalie Imbruglia a few times. How do you know that name? Is it just from the song Torn?

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

just a fan! and it's a fun name to say

[@TwoWrights]

@@PhilEdwardsInc There's a video idea. A deep dive on Natalie Imbruglia. You could go into her past as a soap opera star, the enormous success of this one cover song, Torn (yeah, it's a cover), what happened to her afterwards, and the story behind the history of the song is also interesting.

[@4_Science]

Much enjoy. Very science. 👍

[@robnourse4850]

i had no idea…

[@tevogel8895]

… Your T-shirt rocks…

[@pacificostudios]

You are Twisted!

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

I accept.

[@pacificostudios]

@@PhilEdwardsInc - I am in awe of your imagination. Everything I write to be imaginary tends to be logical and even alternative history.

[@hiskishow]

What are those boxes he puts the books in?

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

They are Little Free Libraries that people and organizations put fee to borrow books in. Sometimes you get a decent one.

[@mmtcar]

Omg. That's the handwriting of a 6 yr old...

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

can’t disagree

[@shayneweyker]

Was the book Science Made Stupid an inspiration for the series?

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

No but I learned about it (and loved it!) quite soon after starting. Same with the British series “Look Around You.”

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@PhilEdwardsInc must resist urge to type a dozen Look Around You quotes…!

[@pvic6959]

hhaha yeah it might be time to stop now because there are people who will just believe anything. anti-science has become huge. many people will understand its a joke... but the ones that dont scare me

[@LegendaryKenneth]

I never realised that was you!

[@Deebstertron]

Cool

[@sammito_]

I am here :D

[@matthewdrummond1340]

Nerdgasm

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I bet you would be great at making up Speculative Biology concepts. Even if in just short little multimedia page's. (You could do a entire Fake Darwin collection) *have u ever heard about the made up story of the flesh pit national park? Other examples are people create an entire biological ecosystem on a Planet or a undiscovered hidden isolated island they just discovered. As if they are documenting the environment, animals around them. If done right it can be so funny or awe inspiring or creepy... Whichever you choose.