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I didn't downvote, but since the post is mostly just a link to a video my guess is that it's somebody signaling that the video isn't worth watching.
When the main content of a comment is a link, votes get used to indicate whether the link is worth following. This is especially relevant when the link is to a video, which involves a large time commitment as it is not skimmable. If the content of the video doesn't justify the time commitment, then downvotes tell other readers not to waste their time on the link (and warn the poster not to waste people's time with such links).
In my opinion, it's worth watching as a best presentation of a wrong idea that doesn't attempt to engage the correct one. It's also worth watching because it compiles interesting true facts and merely draws wrong conclusions from them, though correct conclusions would also be interesting and some of his intermediate conclusions are fine.