Contra Benn Jordan, data center (and all) sub-audible infrasound issues are fake
logicprog
15 points
4 comments
April 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
samhclark
In my opinion, this was a great debunking of Benn Jordan's infrasound videos. When I first saw his videos, they didn't quite sit right with me. I was reminded of the arguments people made about WiFi and 5G. But I couldn't put my finger on the flaws in the logic, or the specifics of it. I also didn't feel like I had the time to dig in and research all his claims myself, so I just kinda left them feeling skeptical. Reading this article felt great. Admittedly, it confirmed my biases so I tried spot checking it here and there. What little I did check seemed right and I trust Andy Masley's previous reporting. I only have two criticisms of the article. First, the few cheap digs he took at Jordan (e.g. the CO2 emissions from his long drive) which I agree with but are unrelated to the overall argument. Second, some of the paragraphs had a strong "written by AI" tone. Maybe they were, maybe they weren't, but that made me trust those specific paragraphs slightly less.
sadpal
He is getting people aware about data centers and other things (Surveillance tech) coming into their towns. Companies are lying to people, not giving them the full picture, or not even including them in the conversations. Please make a video that talks more about these things which would reach more and don't really need to throw shade. You should talk about the other things people should worry about with these data centers instead of what he talks about. I am wondering did you message him to talk about these issues? I feel usually when people do not want to have a discussion it is not productive and this actually can harm regular people. Maybe that would be a great discussion both of you can have and even in a podcast form to gain a bigger audience?
GenericDev
This person's other articles are defending AI water usage and such. Forgive me for not caring too much.
weare138
The author of this article is an AI industry promoter and lobbyist. Just read through his substack which was the first red flag. He's on Substack. The author has a history of making misleading claims about the environmental safety and efficacy of AI. This guy is going to need some pom-poms to cheer any harder for the AI industry.