technically simon, the skin is an organ, the lung is an organ. you have two organs that get wounded by a bullet. two separate wounds, although they would be one due to entry point. so yes... for henry, that would be correct because you have the eye and the brain. two separate organs with different degrees of trauma. and the wounds would actually have slightly different entry points from the lance. so one action caused to two wounds that ultimately combined led to henrys death. im not 100% on whether or not he was wearing a gold helm at the time of the injury. so at the very least, it is his most accurate prediction. they say if you throw enough wet pasta at the wall, something is bound to stick eventually. ofc, knowing how to toss that pasta, what temp, angle, etc., makes a huge difference. and nostradamus was at the very least educated enough to be able to figure out how to read patterns and used information as a tool. he was probably the only person in the 15th century in europe to have any modicum of sense, which is why he is really famous.
Look, I know that the main point here is that Nostradamus was a fraud, like any psychic or astrologer, which is of course true. But Hitler was absolutely *quite* poor in his youth: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_wealth_and_income Maybe try reading the script before you record it, and make sure that you actually know what you're talking about before you go off-script. Otherwise, you really kinda end up sounding like a complete jackass.
Damn it, Simon! Doctor of Biochemistry here. Firstly, we had a form of antibiotics before Flemming's discovery. They were sulfur based compounds. They weren't great, but they were real medicine. Second, Pasteurization is the process in which certain potables are made safe to consume, by raising the temperature of the liquid at a specific rate, to a specific temperature, for a specific amount of time. Those specific parameters are determined by the liquid that is being put through the process.
Usually 180- 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Hold for about 20-30. Allow to cool to around 100 degrees before transfer. *I work in a plant that requires pasteurization for products*
In the year of double-twenty and three, A bearded oracle, bald as can be. A RUclips host, channels vast and grand, "Fact Boi" they called him, across the land. With voice like a whisper, soothing and wise, He delved into mysteries that confound the eyes. Unsolved crimes and secrets untold, In the world of facts, his tales unfold. Megaprojects looming, colossal in scale, His laughter echoing through podcasting's trail. Geography and biography, his domain, A modern sage, a knowledge reign. In the quiet of night, when the moon takes its flight, Fact Boi's voice, a lullaby so right. Helping many to sleep with tales of intrigue, Dreaming of mysteries only he could besiege. Hilarious and interesting, a beacon of cheer, His beard and his wit, bringing joy near. Nostradamus foresaw, in the digital sea, Fact Boi's legacy, timeless decree. 🎉
I wish I could give you a thousand likes! This is fantastic! Thank you so much for your most clever and pointed verse. You might be able to make your name live on in history - nah, just kidding, but I do think you could be an able, publishable writer. All the best. 😻
Nostradamus. The original “Lost in Translation” I had a friend who absolutely believed in the ability to predict things. I sent a list of 5 predictions that I just made up. At the end of the year I got 4 of 5. The look I got when I broke the news that I made them was priceless.
Retrograde, for those curious, is quite an interesting phenomenon: Two objects resolve around a central point, in this case Mercury/Earth/Sun. The observer is located on one of those two objects, in this case Earth The observer is following the orbit of the other object, in this case Mercury At some point Mercury will start going backwards across the sky before going forward once more. Congratulations, you now know what it means when Mercury is going in Retrograde... that period where it moves backwards across the sky. It is an error when using an observational point that has not been fixed, once you correct that... it vanishes.
🤣 😍 Nearly a year ago I said something similar on a different channel's video about Nostradamus, and my comment got deleted. I didn't even use "bad" language, either.
Well I can take claim of that too since, in a story I was writting I at first wanted to put Russia goes at war with a neighboring country. But then thought against it cause it might be assuming too much and just put some vague European country. P.S: I wrote that part in 2021
Hes right up there with astrology predictions. Absolutely bonkers that every single [starsign] will go through the exact same thing every month but people believe because it's always super vague and applicable in 11ty million different ways
4:00 - Mid roll ads 5:50 - Chapter 1 - Early life 13:55 - Chapter 2 - The good doctor 24:05 - Chapter 3 - The rise of nostradamus 37:45 - Chapter 4 - The prophecies 54:20 - Chapter 5 - Fake it till make it 1:06:15 - Wrap up
Does anyone else use Simon’s videos to fall asleep? I’m not saying it’s boring (the opposite )but something about his voice helps me sleep. I especially love the long videos.” For this reason. I have to watch them for a whole week just to finish the video because I fall asleep after 10 minutes.
Almost every day the last two weeks 😅 interesting enough to pay attention, not too interesting too fight to stay awake and the thing about his voice you said
I do the same on Spotify so I don't have adverts interrupting me as I drift off. Then restart the podcast at the last point I remember the following night until I've listened to it all lol
Every night for me. Then I will rewatch the video the next morning over coffee. There's just something about his voice and cadence that helps me fall asleep.
Ok as a French person who was born in the city where Nostradamus spent most of his life (Simon said the name of the city and very well!), hearing Simon trying to pronounce French names was and seeing a video about the famous dude of your little city were hilarious (but you did great sometimes Simon, really!). Unfortunately, I don't live in Montpellier to check the library there. Nostradamus doesn't even have a big house/museum there, it's pretty small. The only nice thing is a whole mural down with his face on it but it's a bit hidden in the center of the city. He's famous but not enough to bring a lot of tourists to the city. His predictions were as accurate as horoscopes are to lure people into beliveing them and having some solace or fear in their lives.
I am not French, but grew up speaking/reading it. It's always been...interesting. I think the "chevaux" episode caught me the most because he kept mixing singular English and plural French. 😅
Nostradamus was apparently buried with a medallion predicting he’d be exhumed in the future. That was a prediction with no chance of failure because if he hadn’t been exhumed no one would have found the medallion and know he’d made the prediction .
I once saw a documentary where a professor made some predictions he knew would most likely come true within a year. An earthquake with a certain magnitude and so on. And of course he was right, because he knew the probability of those events. Now add a longer time than one year and make those predictions really vague + writing them down in a way that leaves even more room for interpretation. Nostradamus was pretty clever - he's still conning people long after his death, which is hard to achieve.
@@135fortemy husband was in China mid November and we were all very sick by mid December, he was sick the first week and by Dec 12 he was in the er because of difficulty breathing. He was diagnosed with “atypical bronchitis/pneumonia” because they didn’t know what was wrong with him. We all spent the rest of the month sick at home. Very sick. Why was he in China? He’s a commercial pilot and the places he was were packed with people, not just Chinese but lots of tourists.
Simon talking about realizing how close the past is as he ages is so relatable. It really gives one a new perspective on just how awful the past was and how far we've come in a short time. We still have a long way to go, but it kind of gives me hope to realize how quickly some things have changed.
There was a fun list in a skeptics magazine many years back that had a list of “average probability predictions” for the coming year. They included dramatic sounding predictions about airline crashes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and other disasters. They sounded spookily accurately worded, but then went on to tell you the yearly averages of these things happening. If you kept the location vague or in areas that are more likely to be struck by earthquakes and volcanoes, you could be fairly “accurate”.
To be fair lavender oil is antibacterial so ramming a load up your beaks probably not the worst idea, honestly I did really want a plague doctor outfit for the lockdown
I'm most amazed that Simon got distracted by a package, went and dealt with it, then came back... and remembered the squirrel moment point he'd been talking about. For me... that thought would be gone, as well as the next thought, and probably the thought after that as well!
One time working at a bookstore someone called asking if Nostradamus had any new books coming out. Which would be more impressive than any of the predictions coming true honestly.
It meant that there as a huge change in value of workers. Less workers, businesses needed people to make them money, so they were forced to offer more and more wages.
The “as I get older” tangent is so real. I used to think 1982 was ancient history but I’ve now lived longer than the time between 1982 and my birth in 2002.
24:51 Yes Mercury being in retrograde is a thing. It just means it is moving the opposite way in the sky as it normally does (because it is orbiting the son faster), it is an optical illusion.
Well, that by definition means it’s not a thing. Nothing is actually happening or changing. Just an optical illusion meaning it’s not really happening so there’s nothing different.
The best description I have heard is to shoot an arrow into the side of a barn and allow someone in the future to walk up and paint a bullseye around it.
Regarding things not actually being that long ago, I have a friend in her 80s whose father fought alongside Winston Churchill in the boer wars. (Her father was quite old when she was born.)
I am very old. When I was young, but sufficiently old enough enough to understand the passing of time, I was presented to an old fellow in my south Devon town whose great-grandfather had served in Nelson's navy. History has no start or finishing point. History is people.
I knew about Pasteur's rabies vaccine because of a set of biography books my mom bought when i was a baby. Value Tales are great for young children to learn about real people in history in a fun way.
I had an extremely well-timed ad: Simon: What're you doing, drinking that clean water? You idiot! Just pray harder and bleed everywhere! Ad: An official message from Medicare. 🤣🤣
Here is one of Nostradamus' lost prophecies. I think it is very accurate... In realms of pixels, a Whistler shall rise, With words that enthrall and stories that surprise. From humble beginnings, his voice will take flight, Reaching corners unknown, bathed in digital light. With wit as his weapon and laughter his shield, He'll conquer the masses, their hearts he will wield. His wisdom and humor, a captivating blend, A feast for the senses, a journey without end.
How to be a prophet with a %100 success rate. Step 1: Describe a past event, leaving out the details and specifics. Step 2: Wait. Eventually the past will repeat itself. Remember there is no time limit if you haven’t provided one. Every day your prophecy hasn’t been fulfilled brings you one day closer to being right.
Dude my grandfather is 95. It's crazy to think that he grew up before like the highway system, and refrigerators, and antibiotics. He's remarkably well adapted, but every once in a while you're like "holy shit, my Grandmother referred to herself as Mrs. (My grandfather's name)." Or, when my Gma passed a couple years ago and we needed to teach him how to run the wash and use the microwave for the first time.
Regarding the translation of Middle French, I’m an Arabic/English translator (written translation) despite specializing in a different language, we pretty much learn the same theoretical concepts/approaches. BUT, our number 1 rule is to translate the text as closely as possible to the original one. If there is no word equivalent to the original text , we transcribe it. From what Kevin wrote, I believe the translator was rendering the text to be used as the main reference for ppl to lookup rather than the original text. Plus, I believe there r small groups/communities that retained some Middle French in their current lingo🧐
I don't think Notradamus was "accidentally" a good plague. I think he might have actually had been figuring out what needed to be done to help people. He kept talking crap about other doctors including the ones at the school he was going to because he actually used observations instead of whatever bullshit was popular. He might not have known the chemistry or biology, but he probably actually sat there and observed what worked.
yeah from what I'm listening, he just seems like a guy who thought outside of the knowledge framework of reference at the time, and sure, his predictions are bullshit and only become true by the same principle of the 1000 monkeys on typewriters writing out shakespeare, but he seems like just a fairly intelligent guy who could see patterns and derive knowledge from it
Nostradamus might not have been a prophet, but his cherry jelly recipe is amazing. Granted, I replace the cyanide flavor with a hint of almond extract, but it's genuinely the best jelly I've ever had.
Fun fact: Bloodletting still kinda exists, in particular using leeches... Leeches are useful since they can direct the flow of blood in a patient in useful ways... Can in some cases prevent needing to do an amputation... But yeah, these are like sanitized leeches being used in a way that's backed by science... Not just recklessly bleeding a person to try and achieve a balance in the humors or whatever...
Not even just with leeches. People with excessive iron in their blood can be prescribed "phlebotomy" which in practice often means "donate some blood more often than usual."
Now if Simon and his team do an episode on more contemporary con art..., I mean seer, Baba Vanga, whos predications are plastered bloody everywhere (and since I am Bulgarian, that goes double for me) it would be amazing.
I was about to comment about baba Vanga! I have a Macedonian background and see posts about her on Macedonian sites every now and then and can’t understand how many people believe her crap, I mean, accurate predictions - allegedly. 😂
Simon, mercury retrograde (or any other planet going retrograde) is a real astronomical phenomenon where, due to the movements of both earth any the other planet, the other planet (in this case mercury) *appears* to move “backwards” when viewed in earth’s sky. That part is definitively real; whether that has any meaning for life on earth is a separate question.
If you’re vague enough and enough people read the book they could find similarities in events that line up with the book or just do something that he predicted so it would come true.
Simon: I won't name any names, since they've managed to avoid conviction despite perpetuating obvious frauds. Me, remembering commercials in the 90's: But Miss Cleo knows!
New York City is at 40 degrees latitude. The best book on Nostradamus is The Mask of Nostradamus by James Randi, who debunks all the prophecies that Simon debunks and a lot more. Great video.
My first thought when he read was maybe the Korean War..... then I looked it up, and ummm, 38. So close. I guess I could fudge it and hope people don't fact-check it, lol
as Kevin notes though, it does go through Belfast, and we certainly had a fun quirky period of blowing each other up from 1969 to 1998ish (ceasefire was supposed to be in 98 but it kinda... well. Oops).
The typical "plague doctor" outfit that we erroneously associate with the middle ages didn't start being worn until the 17th century... long after Nostradamus.
Simon, that tangent about how we are all going to be forgotten and nothing we do matters and that eventually Hitler will be forgotten was the most random multi-tangent Ive ever seen and I’m here for it😂😂😂😂
What a coincidence, I saw a tabloid first page stated "Our astrologist and Nostradamus predict a bad 2024". And just thinking Simon reaction and here I have it. 🤣🤣🤣
It's funny hearing Simon talking about not seeing someone write a check in twenty years, my mother wrote one at the grocery store just less than four hours ago! lol
That's why Simon mentioned that this was a normal thing for Americans. I don't know about the other continents, but cheques are just not a thing in Europe. I have never seen a cheque in my life, and I'm only a few years younger than Simon. To me, cheques are a thing that only exists in Hollywood movies.
@@trishapellis It's not a common practice now, a majority of the following generations have never written a check before and hardly anyone still writes checks (my mother is an exception).
I basically only write checks for two reasons - for taxes and when I find some crumple flyer from my kids school about a fundraiser or trip that must be paid by X date and I don't have cash on me. Although, I think there is probably a work around for both of those if I tried.
Vitamin C works as a catalyst to help in cell repair and regeneration. Though that will not prevent All respiratory illness, it Does help the body’s systems to be in a better position to fight them.
😂I love the videos the editors put in, forget sleep, I'm going to be singing the witch doctor song tonight😂😂😂❤ also yes, I got my bank issue calendar the other day
In July of 1999, I took a poop so big that all the bacteria in my toilet believed that the King of Terror was coming!!!!! This was after an epic night at the all-you-can-eat buffet. There Nostradamus predicted it!!!!!
I think you named the show perfectly i love these types of shows but they can be very harmful when they pass them off as fact rather than an interesting thought experiments (ancient aliens is the best example) your show actually offers progression of the story and a logically consistent conclusion instead of ending in the same spot they started or spreading misinformation. Ive found that people who are smart but uneducated can be very negatively influenced by that type of program because the information is presented without any counter arguments in an intelligent appealing manner people can be convinced simply because they heard one side first.
11:12 In Germany, (and Switzerland, Austria) there are still active Apotheken (or Drogerien) who hand out Drugs, Pills, Remedies, medicines etc. They also were back in time the only place to get Gasoline for your car since there weren’t any petrol stations (yet).
0:00: 🔮 The video discusses whether Nostradamus accurately predicted the future. 5:08: 💳 The video is about Ridge wallet and key case products, including their features and a special offer. 10:47: 📚 The video discusses the early education and career of Michelle, focusing on his studies and work as an apothecary. 15:57: 💀 Plague doctors were volunteers without medical degrees, seen as harbingers of death, and tasked with counting the dead and infected. 20:52: 🔬 The video discusses the life of Michel de Nostredame, also known as Nostradamus, and his work as a physician during plague outbreaks. 26:00: 📅 The video discusses the use of calendars and almanacs, comparing modern convenience with historical significance. 31:27: 📚 The video discusses the publication and printing of Nostradamus's prophecies and the challenges it faced. 36:34: 🔮 The video discusses the life and predictions of Nostradamus, including his struggles with health and controversial success as a prophet. 41:50: 🔍 The video discusses deciphering hidden messages in historical texts and references to famous figures. 47:24: 🤔 The video discusses the inaccuracies in a prediction about the rise of Adolf Hitler. 53:10: 🔍 The video discusses the interpretation of a prediction related to the 9/11 attack and the city of New York. 58:40: 🇺🇸 The video discusses the significance of the United States in the world and its influence on global events. 1:03:53: 📚 The video discusses the questionable origins of prophecies attributed to Nostradamus. Recapped using Tammy AI
Speaking of moons cycles, my last birthday was on the Cold Moon, the first full moon in December (and for 2022 it was the last full moon of the year). The Flower Moon this year fell on the graduation day of my Health Sciences Associate Degree.
I love this channel because you do challenge and debunk alot of so-called legends. However, my favorite is still the JFK episode where you were slightly swayed into believing there's some sketchy shit going on.
Simon, your team should look into Dorothy Eady (Omm Setty), she was an Egyptologist and claimed to be an incarnation of a priestess from the 19th dynasty. She predicted the locations of archeological finds and had an uncanny knowledge of the temple of Abydos and was an excellent translator of hieroglyphics. Shw worked with many renowned Egyptologists.
"retrograde" is a completly normal therm and refers to the orientation in 3d space compared to your reference. for spaceships its very important - we call them: prograde - retrograde (towards and backwards in the direction of travel) and radial in- Radial out (perpendicular to prograde)and target - anti target (towards or backwards to your taget f.e. Moon.) and normal - antinormal (perpendicular to your orbital plane) its easy to see it in a picture.
Simon: bamboozled by the concept of a bank giving you a free calendar in the year 2023 me: bamboozled by the concept of Kevin getting his free calendar from a bank instead of the local hardware store like me 😂
Me: Wondering why you didn't just reuse your 2017 calendar for 2023 :P Seriously, whencanireusethiscalendar is a hilariously great website if you notice you've got a years old calendar still hanging up somewhere :D
Magazines at 8 bucks a pop is cheaper than a single academic paper around 20 ish bucks. If you are not afflilated with an institution (university), writing new articles can become very expensive.
when simon was going over banks and how we[usa] still use checks, when he started saying when the last time he's seen a check, i said 'when u go outside'
I can't tell you how thankful I am for this channel. I married a Russian girl some 10 years ago, and I had no idea Russians were so insanely superstitious (and that's putting it politely). I don't care to change her mind; she can believe whatever she likes, but I often whip a video out from this channel to keep her superstitions from being forced on me. Simon could be thought of as a one man protection racket, but for knowledge.
That's always been my thing with these and pretty much any any other "prophesy": if you have to wait for the event to occur before you can massage the words to fit the event, what is even the point (other than appealing to it as evidence for your favourite imaginary friend)?
33:27 in fairness to the old timey astrologers, they were tracking the position of the planets relative to the constellations. This is very relevant for things like almanacs, tracking seasons, navigating, etc. Just because you can’t predict the future doesn’t mean the information is completely worthless, and it’s obvious when someone is lying about where the planets are in the sky. People kept charts of that stuff
I can't wait to see Simon's reaction to all of Nostradamus's definitely real predictions. And don't forget, you can get access to all of my uncut and uncensored scripts!
@@ThatWriterKevin you’re the actual writer for Simon, correct? If so yes, he can make you and other writers who comment into channel moderators and your names should stand out iirc. he might have to look around in his account or RUclips Studio for the option, not sure. If I can figure it out I’ll get back to you, but ya’ll are smart cookies :) Just offering my thoughts!
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technically simon, the skin is an organ, the lung is an organ. you have two organs that get wounded by a bullet. two separate wounds, although they would be one due to entry point. so yes... for henry, that would be correct because you have the eye and the brain. two separate organs with different degrees of trauma. and the wounds would actually have slightly different entry points from the lance. so one action caused to two wounds that ultimately combined led to henrys death. im not 100% on whether or not he was wearing a gold helm at the time of the injury.
so at the very least, it is his most accurate prediction. they say if you throw enough wet pasta at the wall, something is bound to stick eventually. ofc, knowing how to toss that pasta, what temp, angle, etc., makes a huge difference. and nostradamus was at the very least educated enough to be able to figure out how to read patterns and used information as a tool. he was probably the only person in the 15th century in europe to have any modicum of sense, which is why he is really famous.
@@patrickaycock3655 Actually, not pasta, try human fecal matter.
"If you are a bit more bald!?!" Bit racist to people with hair Simon.
Hi mate, I loved this wondering style of discussion.
Awesome!
Glenn
Look, I know that the main point here is that Nostradamus was a fraud, like any psychic or astrologer, which is of course true. But Hitler was absolutely *quite* poor in his youth:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_wealth_and_income
Maybe try reading the script before you record it, and make sure that you actually know what you're talking about before you go off-script. Otherwise, you really kinda end up sounding like a complete jackass.
Me: I should go to bed
Simon: Here's an hour long DTU vid with a blatantly sarcastic clickbait title.
Me: *Shakes fist at clouds*
11pm here🎉 Honestly, we can rest when we die😂😂😂
Half 10 here. I have to wake up at 5am for work.. oh well guess I'll just put that idea off for a bit 😅
7:44 PM here, but bed wasn't looking that bad before the upload. So... I'm with you.
I'm like that with reading 😄 "I'll just read one more page..."
@@Kait-tee I know that one all too well. I like Terry Pratchett, he didn't use chapters, it's so hard to find a place to stop.
Damn it, Simon! Doctor of Biochemistry here. Firstly, we had a form of antibiotics before Flemming's discovery. They were sulfur based compounds. They weren't great, but they were real medicine. Second, Pasteurization is the process in which certain potables are made safe to consume, by raising the temperature of the liquid at a specific rate, to a specific temperature, for a specific amount of time. Those specific parameters are determined by the liquid that is being put through the process.
go back into the lab nerd and cure my diseases
Usually 180- 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Hold for about 20-30. Allow to cool to around 100 degrees before transfer.
*I work in a plant that requires pasteurization for products*
Is honey an anti biotic?
@@FinrodFelagundTheFairFahrenheit is not real science!! 😉😜🙃
@@MaartenOosterbaanDon't fear the units of freedom.
In the year of double-twenty and three,
A bearded oracle, bald as can be.
A RUclips host, channels vast and grand,
"Fact Boi" they called him, across the land.
With voice like a whisper, soothing and wise,
He delved into mysteries that confound the eyes.
Unsolved crimes and secrets untold,
In the world of facts, his tales unfold.
Megaprojects looming, colossal in scale,
His laughter echoing through podcasting's trail.
Geography and biography, his domain,
A modern sage, a knowledge reign.
In the quiet of night, when the moon takes its flight,
Fact Boi's voice, a lullaby so right.
Helping many to sleep with tales of intrigue,
Dreaming of mysteries only he could besiege.
Hilarious and interesting, a beacon of cheer,
His beard and his wit, bringing joy near.
Nostradamus foresaw, in the digital sea,
Fact Boi's legacy, timeless decree. 🎉
This is the most well earned like I’ve ever given! 🤣
I wish I could give you a thousand likes! This is fantastic! Thank you so much for your most clever and pointed verse.
You might be able to make your name live on in history - nah, just kidding, but I do think you could be an able, publishable writer.
All the best. 😻
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Wooooowww!!!
That is brilliant!
Nostradamus. The original “Lost in Translation”
I had a friend who absolutely believed in the ability to predict things. I sent a list of 5 predictions that I just made up.
At the end of the year I got 4 of 5. The look I got when I broke the news that I made them was priceless.
True Legend™️ behavior! Bravo!
Now I'm intrigued.
Can you TL'DR what you "predicted"?
Btw: Well played 😅
@@JustsomeSteveno, because it's a made-up story
By being vague.
😂
@@Francesboo222- Just like the Bible.
@@gpaull2nahh thats just crazy stories
And dumb luck
@@wolfgangpeter2995 crazy sadistic and shocking stories, at least most of the Old Testament with incredible egotistical and sadistic gawd.
Retrograde, for those curious, is quite an interesting phenomenon:
Two objects resolve around a central point, in this case Mercury/Earth/Sun.
The observer is located on one of those two objects, in this case Earth
The observer is following the orbit of the other object, in this case Mercury
At some point Mercury will start going backwards across the sky before going forward once more. Congratulations, you now know what it means when Mercury is going in Retrograde... that period where it moves backwards across the sky. It is an error when using an observational point that has not been fixed, once you correct that... it vanishes.
If by accurately, you mean vaguely enough to be interpreted as whatever we want, then yes, he did an amazing job.
🤣 😍
Nearly a year ago I said something similar on a different channel's video about Nostradamus, and my comment got deleted. I didn't even use "bad" language, either.
Well I can take claim of that too since, in a story I was writting I at first wanted to put Russia goes at war with a neighboring country. But then thought against it cause it might be assuming too much and just put some vague European country.
P.S: I wrote that part in 2021
He pretty much predicted my gaming mishaps
Hes right up there with astrology predictions. Absolutely bonkers that every single [starsign] will go through the exact same thing every month but people believe because it's always super vague and applicable in 11ty million different ways
If you actually read his predictions, they are far worse than this. Theyre just gibberish.
4:00 - Mid roll ads
5:50 - Chapter 1 - Early life
13:55 - Chapter 2 - The good doctor
24:05 - Chapter 3 - The rise of nostradamus
37:45 - Chapter 4 - The prophecies
54:20 - Chapter 5 - Fake it till make it
1:06:15 - Wrap up
Does anyone else use Simon’s videos to fall asleep? I’m not saying it’s boring (the opposite )but something about his voice helps me sleep. I especially love the long videos.” For this reason. I have to watch them for a whole week just to finish the video because I fall asleep after 10 minutes.
Almost every day the last two weeks 😅 interesting enough to pay attention, not too interesting too fight to stay awake and the thing about his voice you said
I do the same on Spotify so I don't have adverts interrupting me as I drift off.
Then restart the podcast at the last point I remember the following night until I've listened to it all lol
I used to watch documentaries but now its Simon. 😂
Every night for me. Then I will rewatch the video the next morning over coffee. There's just something about his voice and cadence that helps me fall asleep.
Try listening to Disparu. You will fall asleep laughing:)
Ok as a French person who was born in the city where Nostradamus spent most of his life (Simon said the name of the city and very well!), hearing Simon trying to pronounce French names was and seeing a video about the famous dude of your little city were hilarious (but you did great sometimes Simon, really!). Unfortunately, I don't live in Montpellier to check the library there. Nostradamus doesn't even have a big house/museum there, it's pretty small. The only nice thing is a whole mural down with his face on it but it's a bit hidden in the center of the city. He's famous but not enough to bring a lot of tourists to the city.
His predictions were as accurate as horoscopes are to lure people into beliveing them and having some solace or fear in their lives.
You'd think he'd have a handle on the name Guy 😅 he's from England not America lol
@wickedwitchofthewest5104
I read your entire comment in a french accent.
I am not French, but grew up speaking/reading it. It's always been...interesting. I think the "chevaux" episode caught me the most because he kept mixing singular English and plural French. 😅
You are giving him more credit than his predictions deserve. They were cryptic gibberish
@@-Jason-L That's also what horoscopes are, so fairly accurate comparison yeah?
Nostradamus was apparently buried with a medallion predicting he’d be exhumed in the future. That was a prediction with no chance of failure because if he hadn’t been exhumed no one would have found the medallion and know he’d made the prediction .
The medallion just said. " I knew you'd dig me up"
@@jond661😅 #winning
That was clever af, tho.
@@jond661 or maybe "I've been waiting for you" or "called it"
@@wolvie1618”I knew it.” - Nostradamus 😂
I once saw a documentary where a professor made some predictions he knew would most likely come true within a year. An earthquake with a certain magnitude and so on. And of course he was right, because he knew the probability of those events.
Now add a longer time than one year and make those predictions really vague + writing them down in a way that leaves even more room for interpretation.
Nostradamus was pretty clever - he's still conning people long after his death, which is hard to achieve.
"CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING A WOMAN?"
Simon, we're right here in the audience, Sir. We dont have to imagine.
There's also the whole "women's suffrage" ending is location dependent. Where I'm from it ended in the late 1870's.
Every G I R L on the Internet is a Guy In Real Life
@@BezoomyKoshka-ip4dz Damn, I should tell my boss to give me a raise.
@@Kipicus Well, it was almost true a while back.
Pretty sure he meant imagine being a woman in the past when they had no rights and were thought to be witches if they behaved oddly.
Nice shot at Uri Gell.... I mean, TOTALLY RANDOM SPOON BENDING CHARLATAN! allegedly, of course 😂
I loved how Simon’s last video on Nostradamus in 2019 featured Simon predicting the upcoming pandemic at the end of it.
Iirc, they were documenting cases as early as November in the States.
@@135forte perhaps but we all know Simon records well in advance 🤷🏼♀️
@@135fortemy husband was in China mid November and we were all very sick by mid December, he was sick the first week and by Dec 12 he was in the er because of difficulty breathing. He was diagnosed with “atypical bronchitis/pneumonia” because they didn’t know what was wrong with him. We all spent the rest of the month sick at home. Very sick.
Why was he in China? He’s a commercial pilot and the places he was were packed with people, not just Chinese but lots of tourists.
@@Fiona2254 I just remember headlines about a new virus running alongside Koby's death.
Epidemiologists have been predicting a pandemic like Covid for years.
Simon talking about realizing how close the past is as he ages is so relatable. It really gives one a new perspective on just how awful the past was and how far we've come in a short time.
We still have a long way to go, but it kind of gives me hope to realize how quickly some things have changed.
just wanted to say that I LOVE your profile pic. hope your Christmas is exceptional
@@variaxi935 Thanks! You too.
I am about to make an amazing prediction, Simon will make 3 more videos about Nostradamus and forget the others each time.
Someone should give you a job working for the Royal family!
There was a fun list in a skeptics magazine many years back that had a list of “average probability predictions” for the coming year. They included dramatic sounding predictions about airline crashes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and other disasters. They sounded spookily accurately worded, but then went on to tell you the yearly averages of these things happening. If you kept the location vague or in areas that are more likely to be struck by earthquakes and volcanoes, you could be fairly “accurate”.
To be fair lavender oil is antibacterial so ramming a load up your beaks probably not the worst idea, honestly I did really want a plague doctor outfit for the lockdown
I wanted one then and still want one now.
@@HangryVelociraptor same honestly there's something about them that makes me go hell yeah boiii
you willhave to wait until the next pandemic. i wonder what the next pandemic will be called….heineken or something…
I'm most amazed that Simon got distracted by a package, went and dealt with it, then came back... and remembered the squirrel moment point he'd been talking about. For me... that thought would be gone, as well as the next thought, and probably the thought after that as well!
I would have forgotten about the video entirely
Simon, we're here for the tangents, laughter and memes. Just keep the good work, all the team.
The tangents are definitely part of why I find him entertaining. LOL Thanks for this comment, I can see lots of others agree with us!!
One time working at a bookstore someone called asking if Nostradamus had any new books coming out. Which would be more impressive than any of the predictions coming true honestly.
Wasn’t expecting Simon to go all “Thanos was right” twenty-something minutes in. Lol
It meant that there as a huge change in value of workers. Less workers, businesses needed people to make them money, so they were forced to offer more and more wages.
"for the good of humanity we must kill half of humanity" -- Simon Whistler 2023
Simon: "For the good of all mankind, half the population must die!"
COVID 19: "Hmmm...."
The “as I get older” tangent is so real. I used to think 1982 was ancient history but I’ve now lived longer than the time between 1982 and my birth in 2002.
Oh god I was born in 2001 and this just broke me
@@BL-ch9ytyou and me both
I was born in 1982 and you have made me feel ancient
24:51 Yes Mercury being in retrograde is a thing. It just means it is moving the opposite way in the sky as it normally does (because it is orbiting the son faster), it is an optical illusion.
Well, that by definition means it’s not a thing. Nothing is actually happening or changing. Just an optical illusion meaning it’s not really happening so there’s nothing different.
If it's going the right way is it called grade?
@@DaleDixprograde is the opposite of retrograde in orbital mechanics
Nostradamus milking the queen was not something I thought I'd be thinking about today.
"What was I talking about?"
A tangent of a tangent of a tangent.... it's another awesome Tangentception! 😄
The best description I have heard is to shoot an arrow into the side of a barn and allow someone in the future to walk up and paint a bullseye around it.
I am nearly 100% confident I’ve heard Simon talk about the ball cancer cds before. I’ve spent too much time here
A few times! 😂
Regarding things not actually being that long ago, I have a friend in her 80s whose father fought alongside Winston Churchill in the boer wars. (Her father was quite old when she was born.)
I am very old. When I was young, but sufficiently old enough enough to understand the passing of time, I was presented to an old fellow in my south Devon town whose great-grandfather had served in Nelson's navy.
History has no start or finishing point. History is people.
The sarcasm and skepticism are some of the most entertaining things about this channel.
Sure they are...
I knew about Pasteur's rabies vaccine because of a set of biography books my mom bought when i was a baby. Value Tales are great for young children to learn about real people in history in a fun way.
That “would be putting it rather mildly” was the most British thing I have ever heard Simon say lol
I had an extremely well-timed ad:
Simon: What're you doing, drinking that clean water? You idiot! Just pray harder and bleed everywhere!
Ad: An official message from Medicare. 🤣🤣
Simon and crew, you should do a video on the dead internet theory. It’s very interesting and I think there may be something to it.
Simon: Kill half of humanity...like a James Bond villain.
Thanos: *already forgotten and crying in the corner *
"Why am I talking about this? No reason - let's carry on!" I LOVE you, Simon!!!
Here is one of Nostradamus' lost prophecies. I think it is very accurate...
In realms of pixels, a Whistler shall rise,
With words that enthrall and stories that surprise.
From humble beginnings, his voice will take flight,
Reaching corners unknown, bathed in digital light.
With wit as his weapon and laughter his shield,
He'll conquer the masses, their hearts he will wield.
His wisdom and humor, a captivating blend,
A feast for the senses, a journey without end.
How to be a prophet with a %100 success rate.
Step 1: Describe a past event, leaving out the details and specifics.
Step 2: Wait. Eventually the past will repeat itself. Remember there is no time limit if you haven’t provided one. Every day your prophecy hasn’t been fulfilled brings you one day closer to being right.
Dude my grandfather is 95. It's crazy to think that he grew up before like the highway system, and refrigerators, and antibiotics. He's remarkably well adapted, but every once in a while you're like "holy shit, my Grandmother referred to herself as Mrs. (My grandfather's name)." Or, when my Gma passed a couple years ago and we needed to teach him how to run the wash and use the microwave for the first time.
I use to be a believer when I was 15 years old. A lots changed in my perceptions of the real world in 35 years.
Regarding the translation of Middle French, I’m an Arabic/English translator (written translation) despite specializing in a different language, we pretty much learn the same theoretical concepts/approaches. BUT, our number 1 rule is to translate the text as closely as possible to the original one. If there is no word equivalent to the original text , we transcribe it. From what Kevin wrote, I believe the translator was rendering the text to be used as the main reference for ppl to lookup rather than the original text. Plus, I believe there r small groups/communities that retained some Middle French in their current lingo🧐
As a french speaking, i love your french accent, made me laugh a lot :D
I don't think Notradamus was "accidentally" a good plague. I think he might have actually had been figuring out what needed to be done to help people. He kept talking crap about other doctors including the ones at the school he was going to because he actually used observations instead of whatever bullshit was popular. He might not have known the chemistry or biology, but he probably actually sat there and observed what worked.
Personally I think his collected works are a proper plague upon humanity. I do believe you missed the word "doctor" in your first sentence.n
yeah from what I'm listening, he just seems like a guy who thought outside of the knowledge framework of reference at the time, and sure, his predictions are bullshit and only become true by the same principle of the 1000 monkeys on typewriters writing out shakespeare, but he seems like just a fairly intelligent guy who could see patterns and derive knowledge from it
Nostradamus might not have been a prophet, but his cherry jelly recipe is amazing. Granted, I replace the cyanide flavor with a hint of almond extract, but it's genuinely the best jelly I've ever had.
Fun fact: Bloodletting still kinda exists, in particular using leeches... Leeches are useful since they can direct the flow of blood in a patient in useful ways... Can in some cases prevent needing to do an amputation... But yeah, these are like sanitized leeches being used in a way that's backed by science... Not just recklessly bleeding a person to try and achieve a balance in the humors or whatever...
Not even just with leeches. People with excessive iron in their blood can be prescribed "phlebotomy" which in practice often means "donate some blood more often than usual."
Now if Simon and his team do an episode on more contemporary con art..., I mean seer, Baba Vanga, whos predications are plastered bloody everywhere (and since I am Bulgarian, that goes double for me) it would be amazing.
I was about to comment about baba Vanga! I have a Macedonian background and see posts about her on Macedonian sites every now and then and can’t understand how many people believe her crap, I mean, accurate predictions - allegedly. 😂
Hasn't he done one already?
Simon, mercury retrograde (or any other planet going retrograde) is a real astronomical phenomenon where, due to the movements of both earth any the other planet, the other planet (in this case mercury) *appears* to move “backwards” when viewed in earth’s sky. That part is definitively real; whether that has any meaning for life on earth is a separate question.
Simons understatement of the day “Hitler will be forgotten and he was a right knob”
I snort laughed at the utter understated Britishness. Never change, Fact Boi.
23:30 not Simon describing the actual plot of the Avengers’ Thanos thruline as a James Bond villain lmao
Decoding the Unknown=The Lizard Overlords favorite channel. Or just another Simon's tangent channel. Cheers from Tennessee
You should get one of your writers (for whichever chanel it fits into) to look at The Simpsons predictions.
Yes! I love this idea.
Honestly, I just want to hear Simon's thoughts about people who put stock in prognostication.
Simon: "i wasnt a good student"
Also Simon: teaching millions of people about history, science, & space on 800 different channels, DAILY 😅
I am certain that he is just triplets that dress the same 😂
Step by step guide to predict the future:
Step 1 - predict EVERYTHING, even contradictions
Step 2 - be extremely vague
true, true...
Step 3 - Prophet? (Profit)
@@jacksonnn1661 Prophet always equals profit for many.
If you’re vague enough and enough people read the book they could find similarities in events that line up with the book or just do something that he predicted so it would come true.
Simon: I won't name any names, since they've managed to avoid conviction despite perpetuating obvious frauds.
Me, remembering commercials in the 90's: But Miss Cleo knows!
New York City is at 40 degrees latitude. The best book on Nostradamus is The Mask of Nostradamus by James Randi, who debunks all the prophecies that Simon debunks and a lot more. Great video.
My first thought when he read was maybe the Korean War..... then I looked it up, and ummm, 38. So close. I guess I could fudge it and hope people don't fact-check it, lol
as Kevin notes though, it does go through Belfast, and we certainly had a fun quirky period of blowing each other up from 1969 to 1998ish (ceasefire was supposed to be in 98 but it kinda... well. Oops).
"The last time I saw a cheque was..." Gee, Simon, I assumed you'd see Czechs quite frequently.
Lol you thought the same thing as me 😂
Hahahahaha!
I love that Simon unintentionally quoted Thanos lol and he has no idea.
Simon is the funniest guy on RUclips! I watch it because he makes it hilarious. Ball cancer hahaha
Nostradamus' predictions only work because they are all phrased like "Tomarrow you'll wake up do a bunch of stuff and then go back to sleep!"
The typical "plague doctor" outfit that we erroneously associate with the middle ages didn't start being worn until the 17th century... long after Nostradamus.
Simon, that tangent about how we are all going to be forgotten and nothing we do matters and that eventually Hitler will be forgotten was the most random multi-tangent Ive ever seen and I’m here for it😂😂😂😂
Nice to see Simon come up with the Thanos/Kingsmen theory of resource management
I think the Avengers owe Thanos an apology. Maybe he could have been more target on who he vanished but he was right…
"for the good of humanity we must kill half of humanity" -- Simon Whistler 2023
Every time Simon says "herbs and spices"...I immediately visualize The Colonel saving us all from the plague with regular doses of KFC
It’s sad that Uri Geller’s career wasn’t effectively ended by the late great James Randi when he was so savagely exposed as a fake on Johnny Carson.
Simon's mother-in-law being Slavic, I'm surprised she didn't just give y'all onions and garlic to keep you healthy 😂😂
What a coincidence, I saw a tabloid first page stated "Our astrologist and Nostradamus predict a bad 2024". And just thinking Simon reaction and here I have it. 🤣🤣🤣
2:25 I love a conspiracy theory, but I watch your videos to keep myself grounded, and I love your snarky comments haha
Preach me some single bullet theory person from another person...uh,...look being p.c. is hard...but facts
It's funny hearing Simon talking about not seeing someone write a check in twenty years, my mother wrote one at the grocery store just less than four hours ago! lol
That's why Simon mentioned that this was a normal thing for Americans. I don't know about the other continents, but cheques are just not a thing in Europe. I have never seen a cheque in my life, and I'm only a few years younger than Simon. To me, cheques are a thing that only exists in Hollywood movies.
@@trishapellis It's not a common practice now, a majority of the following generations have never written a check before and hardly anyone still writes checks (my mother is an exception).
I basically only write checks for two reasons - for taxes and when I find some crumple flyer from my kids school about a fundraiser or trip that must be paid by X date and I don't have cash on me.
Although, I think there is probably a work around for both of those if I tried.
@@theConquerersMama Nice!
As an Australian I haven’t seen or heard of a cheque since the eighties.
Vitamin C works as a catalyst to help in cell repair and regeneration. Though that will not prevent All respiratory illness, it Does help the body’s systems to be in a better position to fight them.
When ever Alanis Morissette comes up I have the desire to watch “Dogma”.
😂I love the videos the editors put in, forget sleep, I'm going to be singing the witch doctor song tonight😂😂😂❤ also yes, I got my bank issue calendar the other day
French person listening here, living at 1000km from Montpellier tho, so I'll see what I can do... maybe...
In July of 1999, I took a poop so big that all the bacteria in my toilet believed that the King of Terror was coming!!!!! This was after an epic night at the all-you-can-eat buffet. There Nostradamus predicted it!!!!!
I think you named the show perfectly i love these types of shows but they can be very harmful when they pass them off as fact rather than an interesting thought experiments (ancient aliens is the best example) your show actually offers progression of the story and a logically consistent conclusion instead of ending in the same spot they started or spreading misinformation. Ive found that people who are smart but uneducated can be very negatively influenced by that type of program because the information is presented without any counter arguments in an intelligent appealing manner people can be convinced simply because they heard one side first.
"let's Nostradamus this shit" should be a T-shirt/merch for this channel. Just Simon in 1500s garb and that text
11:12 In Germany, (and Switzerland, Austria) there are still active Apotheken (or Drogerien) who hand out Drugs, Pills, Remedies, medicines etc. They also were back in time the only place to get Gasoline for your car since there weren’t any petrol stations (yet).
0:00: 🔮 The video discusses whether Nostradamus accurately predicted the future.
5:08: 💳 The video is about Ridge wallet and key case products, including their features and a special offer.
10:47: 📚 The video discusses the early education and career of Michelle, focusing on his studies and work as an apothecary.
15:57: 💀 Plague doctors were volunteers without medical degrees, seen as harbingers of death, and tasked with counting the dead and infected.
20:52: 🔬 The video discusses the life of Michel de Nostredame, also known as Nostradamus, and his work as a physician during plague outbreaks.
26:00: 📅 The video discusses the use of calendars and almanacs, comparing modern convenience with historical significance.
31:27: 📚 The video discusses the publication and printing of Nostradamus's prophecies and the challenges it faced.
36:34: 🔮 The video discusses the life and predictions of Nostradamus, including his struggles with health and controversial success as a prophet.
41:50: 🔍 The video discusses deciphering hidden messages in historical texts and references to famous figures.
47:24: 🤔 The video discusses the inaccuracies in a prediction about the rise of Adolf Hitler.
53:10: 🔍 The video discusses the interpretation of a prediction related to the 9/11 attack and the city of New York.
58:40: 🇺🇸 The video discusses the significance of the United States in the world and its influence on global events.
1:03:53: 📚 The video discusses the questionable origins of prophecies attributed to Nostradamus.
Recapped using Tammy AI
Simon's fixation on rabies and carbon monoxide poisoning is always guaranteed lol
Speaking of moons cycles, my last birthday was on the Cold Moon, the first full moon in December (and for 2022 it was the last full moon of the year).
The Flower Moon this year fell on the graduation day of my Health Sciences Associate Degree.
I love this channel because you do challenge and debunk alot of so-called legends. However, my favorite is still the JFK episode where you were slightly swayed into believing there's some sketchy shit going on.
He's always talked about believing that
Simon, your team should look into Dorothy Eady (Omm Setty), she was an Egyptologist and claimed to be an incarnation of a priestess from the 19th dynasty. She predicted the locations of archeological finds and had an uncanny knowledge of the temple of Abydos and was an excellent translator of hieroglyphics. Shw worked with many renowned Egyptologists.
He finds a way to mention Adolph in every video I watch a lot of his channels and he does it all the time
it’s spelled Adolf…
"retrograde" is a completly normal therm and refers to the orientation in 3d space compared to your reference.
for spaceships its very important - we call them: prograde - retrograde (towards and backwards in the direction of travel) and radial in- Radial out (perpendicular to prograde)and target - anti target (towards or backwards to your taget f.e. Moon.) and normal - antinormal (perpendicular to your orbital plane)
its easy to see it in a picture.
Simon: bamboozled by the concept of a bank giving you a free calendar in the year 2023
me: bamboozled by the concept of Kevin getting his free calendar from a bank instead of the local hardware store like me 😂
Me: Wondering why you didn't just reuse your 2017 calendar for 2023 :P
Seriously, whencanireusethiscalendar is a hilariously great website if you notice you've got a years old calendar still hanging up somewhere :D
Mine are handed out by the local supermarket and apothecary…
Ours are given out by tradesmen (plumbers, etc) and gas stations 😂
@@Bob-Jenkins You have a local apothecary in this day and age?
I actively miss the free calendars that the chinese take out places used to hand out 💔
Magazines at 8 bucks a pop is cheaper than a single academic paper around 20 ish bucks. If you are not afflilated with an institution (university), writing new articles can become very expensive.
I've got it !!! My grandma passed away in July 1999 on my birthday in fact. Thank you for recognizing my family Nostradamus!!
when simon was going over banks and how we[usa] still use checks, when he started saying when the last time he's seen a check, i said 'when u go outside'
I can't tell you how thankful I am for this channel. I married a Russian girl some 10 years ago, and I had no idea Russians were so insanely superstitious (and that's putting it politely). I don't care to change her mind; she can believe whatever she likes, but I often whip a video out from this channel to keep her superstitions from being forced on me. Simon could be thought of as a one man protection racket, but for knowledge.
That's always been my thing with these and pretty much any any other "prophesy": if you have to wait for the event to occur before you can massage the words to fit the event, what is even the point (other than appealing to it as evidence for your favourite imaginary friend)?
Nostradamus actually predicted the Simpsons making predictions. 😊
your saying he predicted that someone else would in future also predict something…
"Throw enough shit at the wall, something is bound to stick"
Who got more correct predictions, Nostradamus or The Simpsons?
Simpsons. Definitely Simpsons, lol.
33:27 in fairness to the old timey astrologers, they were tracking the position of the planets relative to the constellations. This is very relevant for things like almanacs, tracking seasons, navigating, etc. Just because you can’t predict the future doesn’t mean the information is completely worthless, and it’s obvious when someone is lying about where the planets are in the sky. People kept charts of that stuff
Simon is practically compelled to tease his mother-in-law. 💀
This one was so good!! Thanks again, Simon!!
I can't wait to see Simon's reaction to all of Nostradamus's definitely real predictions.
And don't forget, you can get access to all of my uncut and uncensored scripts!
you should totally be a channel moderator so your name stands out
@@wolfiemuseis that an option?
@@ThatWriterKevin you’re the actual writer for Simon, correct? If so yes, he can make you and other writers who comment into channel moderators and your names should stand out iirc. he might have to look around in his account or RUclips Studio for the option, not sure. If I can figure it out I’ll get back to you, but ya’ll are smart cookies :) Just offering my thoughts!
@@wolfiemuse It would definitely be useful if we were able to do that for sure