Can you solve the virus riddle? - Lisa Winer

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  • Опубликовано: 1 ноя 2024

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  • @kalebbruwer
    @kalebbruwer 7 лет назад +4173

    Fire the person who designed the security and contamination systems.

  • @jeffkaplan7669
    @jeffkaplan7669 6 лет назад +4404

    I just destroyed all rooms including the exit one and then I destroyed the last room (without exit) with me in it :)
    I died for this planet.

    • @Joy-le9fy
      @Joy-le9fy 6 лет назад +97

      thank you jeff kaplan. But have you forgotten? Who will make the amazing overwatch updates now? This is worse than a zombie apocalypse!

    • @epikitee2186
      @epikitee2186 6 лет назад +66

      Yeah, exiting the exit room would kinda destroy the world... so don't exit the exit room.

    • @portalmasteroverlordelite4697
      @portalmasteroverlordelite4697 5 лет назад +16

      so that's why you haven't made developer updates or posted on any forums recently

    • @nolanwestrich2602
      @nolanwestrich2602 5 лет назад +23

      I went around and destroyed every room, including the exit room, before reaching the entrance room again and exiting through the entrance.

    • @Arun-wc5jw
      @Arun-wc5jw 5 лет назад +5

      I guessed that answer

  • @dabeastle7116
    @dabeastle7116 4 года назад +17900

    When you fail to solve the riddle and 2 years later the virus escapes

  • @avaatkisson9139
    @avaatkisson9139 2 года назад +487

    I only ever decide to try and solve these riddles exclusively past 3 am, and never have I felt more proud to finally have solved a riddle that is maybe the 50th trial I've had so far with these videos

    • @thewaterleaf7929
      @thewaterleaf7929 Год назад +4

      exactly my same scenario, except it's only 2:40 currently

    • @galacticlava1475
      @galacticlava1475 Год назад

      I had to get a pencil and paper to solve it but yeah they’re hard

    • @sleepac9253
      @sleepac9253 Год назад

      Its 4:01 but i knew it was immosible i finnaly solved it but my brain is dead rn ama go sleep

    • @pineappleudh6561
      @pineappleudh6561 Год назад

      21:52 this is pretty much the only one of these riddles I've ever solved.

  • @CanNot127
    @CanNot127 5 лет назад +5825

    *just use flex tape to seal those vents right up*

  • @lingyan4492
    @lingyan4492 3 года назад +2857

    Me at first: SACRIFICES MUST BE MADE!!!! Me after solution: Oh yeah, well, that works too.

  • @vernanonix
    @vernanonix 4 года назад +4058

    All these covid jokes and I'm over here appreciating the travelling salesman joke a the end.

    • @playoffsandpractice
      @playoffsandpractice 4 года назад +38

      Legit most underrated observation ever

    • @schoolprojectsdotcom8122
      @schoolprojectsdotcom8122 4 года назад +38

      Greetings fellow CS gang

    • @vaishnavikatti7087
      @vaishnavikatti7087 4 года назад +12

      Oh that cracked me up too 😂

    • @adumba3709
      @adumba3709 4 года назад +23

      I don't get it

    • @vernanonix
      @vernanonix 4 года назад +169

      @@adumba3709 This puzzle is similar to the infamous travelling salesman problem. "Given a list of cities and the distances between each pair of cities, what is the shortest possible route that visits each city exactly once and returns to the origin city?" Right now, there is no generalized solution to this problem and must be brute forced to solve with the given parameters.

  • @22Tesla
    @22Tesla 3 года назад +2427

    The ending here has a new meaning. Since the "safe " room by the entrance was clean, it became contaminated when you entered and then returned. The last room was also contaminated, the door leading to the exit.
    Since you escaped.... you let some of the virus out when you left. The virus is out.... and it's in the world... and you, Mr. Traveling Salesman, are carrying it wherever you go.
    You should have just just flipped the switch and let yourself be buried in concrete. Now the virus won't get out, because you're contaminated. Your suit is, and you can't get out of it. It's a one way trip in realistic terms.

    • @jomnjay6863
      @jomnjay6863 2 года назад +20

      yeah you are absolutely right my guy, thanks for pointing that out. thanks for dooming the entire world scientist

    • @motiveisdeathakamid2615
      @motiveisdeathakamid2615 2 года назад +99

      You mastermind!

    • @victortang5076
      @victortang5076 2 года назад +64

      there's a reason why he put on a suit, just through it into the last room when you leave or something

    • @mrwho7609
      @mrwho7609 2 года назад +124

      @@victortang5076 he still cant get out witouth letting the rona out

    • @ink-sane8603
      @ink-sane8603 2 года назад +97

      Add in the fact that its airborn, and it becomes twice as bad. You dont even have to talk to someone to spread it, you can walk near them and the have a chance of getting it.

  • @gibby-at996
    @gibby-at996 6 лет назад +1366

    TED-Ed: "Congratulations. You've prevented an epidemic of apocalyptic proportions"
    *alarms still going off.*

    • @idiotgoddess2114
      @idiotgoddess2114 5 лет назад +23

      That is because we were too late to stop another virus
      *The Baby Shark Disease*

    • @inessa5923
      @inessa5923 5 лет назад +2

      @Soopax bruh chill out all the person wrote was "lmao"

    • @szczur0192
      @szczur0192 5 лет назад

      @BG - 11ZZ - Port Credit SS (2272) you don't understand

    • @hinatabyrer559
      @hinatabyrer559 5 лет назад

      uh oh.

    • @Nicoder6884
      @Nicoder6884 4 года назад

      The alarms go off here, because the power is still out.

  • @eggyrepublic
    @eggyrepublic 3 года назад +7217

    "Congratulations. You've prevented an epidemic of apocalyptic proportions"
    Aged like fine wine

    • @stewedtea
      @stewedtea 3 года назад +129

      More like fine milk lmao

    • @eggyrepublic
      @eggyrepublic 3 года назад +19

      @@RafaelMunizYT I wasn't quoting a subreddit

    • @RafaelMunizYT
      @RafaelMunizYT 3 года назад +12

      @@eggyrepublic fair, it's just because most of the times I see people mentioning it they're talking about the subs

    • @ollievilair
      @ollievilair 3 года назад +13

      you mean milk

    • @nancyhey1012
      @nancyhey1012 3 года назад +17

      Indeed, the way I see it, when people use the expression “aged like milk”, it’s the exact opposite of saying “aged like fine wine”, because unlike wine, milk is something that always ages poorly.

  • @just-trying-my-best-everyday
    @just-trying-my-best-everyday 4 года назад +10800

    That time where Ted-Ed predicted the future.

  • @axmtd
    @axmtd 3 года назад +61

    This is the third time I've solved his riddles. Love your videos, man! Keep up the good work!

  • @phos9580
    @phos9580 6 лет назад +1175

    if those tubes were broken easily by an earthquake then that lab shouldn't exist

  • @suhasgondi181
    @suhasgondi181 7 лет назад +838

    Solved this riddle, felt like a genius, came down to the comment section, and boom, realized everyone got it.

    • @LupusArgento
      @LupusArgento 7 лет назад +30

      dont feel so bad about yourself, all the comments may have been done after the video and they could be liars

    • @x8sNaKe8x
      @x8sNaKe8x 7 лет назад +16

      ikr. It was the first riddle I've actually solved ;_;'

    • @daddyson9104
      @daddyson9104 7 лет назад +6

      Suhas Gondi I did this riddle once and Succeeded but now I forgot how I did it so now I came back after a long time and I tried once again but I failed lmao

    • @ezekielleveriza4071
      @ezekielleveriza4071 7 лет назад

      Suhas Gondi i actually got the fact that you could go back but i didn't find a way to like the route so i still failed

    • @EmTheKiwi
      @EmTheKiwi 7 лет назад +1

      Suhas Gondi Or just lied about it

  • @micahfondren8284
    @micahfondren8284 3 года назад +2373

    "Congratulations! You've prevented an epidemic of apocalyptic proportions!"
    no, i dont think i did.

  • @Snowmon89
    @Snowmon89 3 года назад +170

    Hey, I just realized. By this very same logic, you can actually Start and End in the Same Room. Why? Well, first of all, remember the solution. You can go back to the first room immediately after destroying the second room you enter. That also means that you can go through the entire facility and return to the very room you Started in as the last place you go.
    Mind you, the logic puzzle REQUIRES you (for some reason) to end on the opposite corner, but still.

    • @NumbToons
      @NumbToons 2 года назад +6

      Yeah that's true, nice job!

    • @poeticdavide
      @poeticdavide 2 года назад +6

      EXACTLY! That was my solution, in fact!

    • @francescof3267
      @francescof3267 8 месяцев назад +1

      @Snowmon89
      I'm sorry to tell you that your idea fails twice !
      -Firstly, you don't have time to come back to the first room every time !
      1:14 1:22 you can see how the instant concrete takes just a few seconds to completely fill the room!
      - Secondly, let's say you are starting in room a5 (1st column, 5th row from the bottom)
      After you pull the lever in room b5, you can safely return in room a5, but after you pull the lever in room a4 , you CANNOT come back to the starting room. If you did that, you would be STUCK ! 😂
      (And also, you would break the rule "Once you enter a contaminated room, you must pull the switch" ! The first room is not immune to the virus, so it would become contaminated as soon as you move from room b5 to a5)
      =)

    • @thexp905
      @thexp905 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@francescof3267 Well, no. You are in fact wrong. If you go from A1, all the way down to A4, flicking the leavers in 2 and 3, you can still path back up to the starting room with only overlapping the starting room. So their statement is true that the only thing preventing it is the end room requirements. You seem to be stuck that you have to loop back to the starting room every flip, instead of leaving the double-back till the end.

    • @Boilermakers270
      @Boilermakers270 5 месяцев назад +1

      I believe he was saying that the first room sealed behind you so you could not escape or something like that.

  • @ohsnap4890
    @ohsnap4890 7 лет назад +812

    There should be a self destruct button for the full building. It would be more efficient.

    • @ankurghosh2387
      @ankurghosh2387 6 лет назад +1

      Hahaahahahha

    • @rossieivanova8107
      @rossieivanova8107 6 лет назад +7

      But then there would be no fun🙁

    • @eyitsaperson
      @eyitsaperson 6 лет назад +24

      Then the toxic chemicals will travel in the blast if you're talking about explosives, however, if it is the solidish liquid that they showed in the video, it'll work great if it's near the exit.

    • @everybodygangstatillthecat3805
      @everybodygangstatillthecat3805 6 лет назад +2

      Rossie Ivanova whats so fun about a virus lol

    • @rossieivanova8107
      @rossieivanova8107 6 лет назад +7

      Bluє Príncєѕѕ •. It's not the virus, it's the riddle. If there was an easy way, there would be no riddle => there would be no fun. So, that button is out of my picture😊

  • @valentingavran4704
    @valentingavran4704 3 года назад +507

    Such a nice feeling when you were finally able to solve one of these puzzles by yourself

    • @sreerajnairg
      @sreerajnairg 2 года назад +7

      Trueee

    • @maxdragneel6
      @maxdragneel6 2 года назад +4

      this is my second puzzle that i have solved on this channel and it feels kinda good , although I couldn't solve the 7 other puzzles I watched 😑😑😑😑

    • @seanhauser448
      @seanhauser448 Год назад +1

      First one for me I think

    • @stephentighe7918
      @stephentighe7918 Год назад

      Amazing

  • @EduardoBatCountry
    @EduardoBatCountry 4 года назад +1508

    “Can you solve the virus riddle?”
    - Politicians in 2020: Guess I can’t lol

    • @surelock3221
      @surelock3221 3 года назад +23

      "It was made in a chinese lab and isn't real"

    • @The_Imperatrix
      @The_Imperatrix 3 года назад +1

      @@surelock3221 No

    • @circle4602
      @circle4602 3 года назад +2

      @@The_Imperatrix yes

    • @trickytreyperfected1482
      @trickytreyperfected1482 3 года назад +1

      @@surelock3221 even if that was confirmed to be true, it wouldn't solve anything.

    • @impossiblehanley2732
      @impossiblehanley2732 3 года назад +6

      @@trickytreyperfected1482 you missed the point. It can't be true. The first part of the statement states that the virus was made in a chinese lab. The second part says that the virus isn't real. If the second part is true, then the first is false, because it assumes the virus isn't real and thus, it wasn't made in the first place. The statement requires both parts to be true at the same time which is impossible, so, the statement is false.

  • @Krish-10
    @Krish-10 Год назад +22

    Ted-ed: Congrats!! The epidemic is prevented.
    Vsauce: Or is it?

  • @JaydentheMathGuy
    @JaydentheMathGuy 5 лет назад +1915

    Title: Can you solve....
    Me: Probably not. But I'll watch the 5 minute video anyway.

  • @jbarnes4521
    @jbarnes4521 3 года назад +3231

    Legit the first time I was actually able to solve a TED-Ed riddle. Little win for me today...
    Edit: Geez, thanks for all the likes my dudes

    • @AkmalZaini-po3bh
      @AkmalZaini-po3bh 3 года назад +24

      Congratulation!

    • @markimbing8018
      @markimbing8018 3 года назад +78

      You’ve prevented an epidemic of apocalyptic proportions!

    • @Placeholdernaame
      @Placeholdernaame 3 года назад +17

      Third time for me, it’s always so hard

    • @dominicumber6625
      @dominicumber6625 3 года назад +10

      Me too!!!

    • @parinuser
      @parinuser 3 года назад +9

      This was the first time my dad could do it... because this was the only one my dad watched LOL

  • @theepicj8679
    @theepicj8679 4 года назад +1222

    "congratulations you've prevented an epidemic of apocalyptic proportions"
    COVID-19: Are you sure about that?

  • @Primaryartist101
    @Primaryartist101 3 года назад +197

    Ted-ED then: “ Congratulations, You’ve prevented an epidemic of apocalyptic proportions”
    Ted-ED now: I should not have said that, I should not have said that.

  • @Shinseidono89
    @Shinseidono89 6 лет назад +1614

    That answer is wrong. Here is the correct way:
    Step 1: Don't go into contaminated rooms. Cut the power from the backup systems so the vents don't open instead.
    Step 2: Call the superiors.
    Step 3: Little bit of panic, be yelled at by the boss.
    Step 4: Get lots of help (both nationally and internationally) to aid in the cleanup.
    Step 5: Slowly decontaminate each room 1 by 1. Don't worry about how long it takes. Days, months, years... Doesn't matter, must make sure everything gets sterilized.
    Step 6: Finally, walk through the now decontaminated exit.
    Step 7: Invest in a better designed lab and adhere to stricter protocols for storing hazardous materials.
    Congratulate! World is Save! You Winner!

    • @weakpc2215
      @weakpc2215 5 лет назад +7

      whoa

    • @frankxu6564
      @frankxu6564 5 лет назад +27

      50214李昀宸 In real case, just start at the first room and leave in the entrance. Forget the exit.

    • @lucasscott6819
      @lucasscott6819 5 лет назад +1

      Lost Son of Saxony lol

    • @sanookmakmak
      @sanookmakmak 5 лет назад +19

      Or just get the hazmat suit and let everyone die.

    • @guilhermesantana8957
      @guilhermesantana8957 5 лет назад +14

      1. Pass by the 1st room and destroy it.
      2. Pass by all the other room in the way to the exit without destroying it, so ya don't need to pass by ALL of the rooms.
      3. When u reach the last one, destroy it and get out of the lab.
      4. Congrats! You've blocked the entrance and the exit, so nobody else can enter the lab and the virus can't get out, just leave it there, nobody else will get contaminated, so u don't have to worry 'bout it anymore 😉👍

  • @stugreen721
    @stugreen721 6 лет назад +596

    I don’t understand why they didn’t implement a master lockdown switch or something

    • @robertpaiva4953
      @robertpaiva4953 4 года назад +14

      Actually yeah they could install an ultimate destruction switch on the outside requiring fingerprint retina and password identification to access

    • @ad1K4-_-
      @ad1K4-_- 4 года назад +2

      Guys it’s a riddle.....it’s not a real story........but just a riddle to check how smart u are or to learn something

    • @vendybirdsvadl7472
      @vendybirdsvadl7472 4 года назад +2

      Also Its kindla iditotic to not lock those vents

    • @darkwingduke1631
      @darkwingduke1631 4 года назад +4

      They got Riddle makers to design the building instead of architects with experiance in biological containment construction. Probably why the virus got out

    • @reeper147
      @reeper147 4 года назад

      Right? Kind of comes off as an intentional design flaw

  • @calacolter4390
    @calacolter4390 4 года назад +1712

    Me two years ago: Eh... Just a riddle.
    Me now: *C O R O N A V I R U S*

    • @ambesogbe3656
      @ambesogbe3656 4 года назад +9

      Calacolter why did I hear that i the voice of cardi b

    • @ItsWhiteout
      @ItsWhiteout 4 года назад +1

      What is that profile pic

    • @hasthehighground8560
      @hasthehighground8560 4 года назад

      More like the actual ancient virus scientist discovered.

    • @karenchen8004
      @karenchen8004 4 года назад

      Looooooooooooooooooo

    • @moadot720
      @moadot720 4 года назад

      Calacolter You better stop spelling corona virus as one work before I hurt you!

  • @Sardaribraheem277
    @Sardaribraheem277 2 года назад +12

    finally solved a TED-ED riddle
    fells so proud.

  • @Marxyon
    @Marxyon 7 лет назад +4423

    damn dude,
    I actually solved this one. it's a first here

    • @Marxyon
      @Marxyon 7 лет назад +24

      LOL

    • @lb8432
      @lb8432 7 лет назад +66

      made me paranoid because I thought I was doing it wrong

    • @psychopomp4135
      @psychopomp4135 7 лет назад +41

      The only riddle I've solved here is the Einstein riddle. Don't ask me how long it took.

    • @andymcl92
      @andymcl92 7 лет назад +20

      Nathanael Perez How long did it take?

    • @basicallybluesky
      @basicallybluesky 7 лет назад +11

      the only one I solved was the green eyed one. the rest are basically a foreign language to me, but I still love them

  • @kebabremoveth5257
    @kebabremoveth5257 7 лет назад +484

    Moral? Secure your viruses properly

    • @merct2894
      @merct2894 6 лет назад +3

      Or Destroy them

    • @stagdragon3978
      @stagdragon3978 6 лет назад +6

      and for gods sakes as a safety procaution make sure you can self destruct rooms remotely.

    • @tabnk2
      @tabnk2 6 лет назад +3

      Or not build a lab with a virus we are vulnerable to in a place with earthquakes.

    • @garfieldbudd6565
      @garfieldbudd6565 6 лет назад +1

      Unless you want a global pandemic.

    • @lonewaffle231
      @lonewaffle231 6 лет назад +3

      Or just take thet hazard suit and take some food and a gun and get ready

  • @zanwrightmfwr756
    @zanwrightmfwr756 7 лет назад +1687

    Plot twist:
    By the time you solved this by yourself the virus has already spread through the town.
    *N I C E J O B B O I*

    • @bookbird6558
      @bookbird6558 6 лет назад +4

      😑😶😐

    • @cogitaris4508
      @cogitaris4508 6 лет назад +8

      The virus must be pretty fast since it took me 3 minutes to solve.

    • @lorikibraimi8889
      @lorikibraimi8889 6 лет назад

      Liam Rochon I solved it instantly...

    • @garfieldbudd6565
      @garfieldbudd6565 6 лет назад +2

      And thus the story of *Plague Inc.* begins.

    • @micaalexi9327
      @micaalexi9327 6 лет назад

      Milk Flour Wheat Rice MFWR i solved it in a second

  • @atchaaa
    @atchaaa 2 года назад +20

    Alright who failed

  • @sirianrocker
    @sirianrocker 4 года назад +355

    "You're about 3 years too early."

  • @unomaash9656
    @unomaash9656 7 лет назад +410

    I did it. Ive answered a ted-Ed riddle correctly first try. My life is complete.

  • @cancel75
    @cancel75 7 лет назад +1174

    This was surprisingly easy.....compared to most of ted ed riddles. I think most people who have seen other riddles of ted ed will agree.

    • @kjrbh
      @kjrbh 7 лет назад +10

      Osama Jweihan - Computer scientist here. In fact, if you proved that the Hamiltonian path problem could be solved in polynomial time (i.e. faster than trying every possible combination), you would simultaneously prove that EVERY problem categorized as NP-complete can also be solved in polynomial time. Similarly, proving that it cannot be solved in polynomial time simultaneously proves that all other NP-complete problems cannot be solved in polynomial time.
      Solving this problem pretty much translates to instant fame btw, as it has eluded computer scientists for quite a while now. The current concensus is that all NP problems cannot be solved in polynomial time since otherwise we would have found an efficient algorithm for at least one of these problems, but such an argument is not a very rigorious proof, and it's still technically possible that humans have just been too dumb to find an efficient algorithm yet.

    • @siggi23463
      @siggi23463 7 лет назад +1

      I agree, this is too easy 4 me.

    • @cegg2980
      @cegg2980 7 лет назад +2

      h

    • @michaelmullin106
      @michaelmullin106 7 лет назад +6

      ravi soni yes it's the first one I have ever figured out on my own

    • @sharktamer7306
      @sharktamer7306 7 лет назад

      ravi soni agreed

  • @AreeeAsh
    @AreeeAsh 2 года назад +3

    I feel so big brain after solving this without looking at the solution

  • @yyzsong8626
    @yyzsong8626 6 лет назад +389

    What’s the point of an airlock if there are air vents

    • @yyzsong8626
      @yyzsong8626 6 лет назад +12

      Also, wash your suit

    • @samred007
      @samred007 6 лет назад +3

      Good Point

    • @zeeman0306
      @zeeman0306 6 лет назад

      How many times can I like this comment? 😂😂😂

    • @MyThoughts19902X
      @MyThoughts19902X 6 лет назад +5

      What's the point of asking a question on a hypothetical situation?

    • @minigaming12
      @minigaming12 6 лет назад +2

      Because it was a funny, and good point

  • @carrotlyn1004
    @carrotlyn1004 4 года назад +264

    Me: Watches a riddle video
    Me: doesn't even bother solving the riddle.

    • @marteater19zz
      @marteater19zz 4 года назад +5

      Same

    • @o__o.6212
      @o__o.6212 4 года назад +4

      I just like the scenarios

    • @aparnaeaswar5246
      @aparnaeaswar5246 4 года назад +1

      I solved it. Almost immediately.

    • @agentanonymous7254
      @agentanonymous7254 4 года назад +1

      Me every time (except for that one time where I actually managed to solve the ted ed riddle that was apparently written by einstein)

    • @tetrofita1787
      @tetrofita1787 4 года назад

      @@marteater19zz SO ITS YOUR FAULT THE VIRUS ESCAPED!

  • @missbeafromnyc
    @missbeafromnyc 4 года назад +2006

    I thought long and hard, and got this:
    Wear a mask, stay at home, and stay 6 feet apart.
    I think I got it!

    • @themapletree2310
      @themapletree2310 4 года назад +4

      We now grandma

    • @n0tReallyTheRealest
      @n0tReallyTheRealest 4 года назад +1

      @@themapletree2310 that was very irrelevant but go on

    • @adityaanuragi6916
      @adityaanuragi6916 4 года назад +2

      I want to like your comment but how can I its at 420

    • @someguy70
      @someguy70 4 года назад +5

      Or a better strategy:go to america,buy a gun and eliminate every person who dosent follow the rules

    • @Levitationable
      @Levitationable 3 года назад +1

      @@someguy70 or get a nuke and start WW3 causing humanity to die and get in a basement before nuclear winter starts

  • @Carteriscool275
    @Carteriscool275 11 дней назад +1

    THIS IS THE FIRST TED ED RIDDLE I ACTUALLY GOT RIGHT IM SO PROUD OF MYSELF

  • @De4dhouse
    @De4dhouse 7 лет назад +2378

    This one was relatively easy compared to the other riddles

    • @roozzie_7280
      @roozzie_7280 7 лет назад +3

      KM true

    • @avalencia9628
      @avalencia9628 7 лет назад +95

      Screw that, I finally solved one

    • @tad7441
      @tad7441 7 лет назад +3

      KM i think the easiest one is is the pyramid riddle

    • @likhithmaadhav4263
      @likhithmaadhav4263 7 лет назад +1

      Alvaro Cerda, exactly my reaction after solving it for the first try.

    • @karareshid
      @karareshid 7 лет назад +8

      KM nice man...
      now i dont feel as smart as i did :(

  • @wurstkurs3242
    @wurstkurs3242 3 года назад +235

    my brain at 3am:
    "let's solve another puzzle"
    my braing when i actually need it:
    "2+2=4, it seem okay, but let us use a calculator, JuSt To Be SuRe"

  • @user-erased
    @user-erased 6 лет назад +207

    The concrete filling sound was so satisfying.

  • @aminarmada
    @aminarmada 2 года назад +5

    Wow, solved it within 2 minutes. First time for any of many Ted Ed puzzles for me.
    So proud!

  • @tweeantelope784yt9
    @tweeantelope784yt9 4 года назад +853

    Plot twist: The entrance was actually contaminated.
    *And now there's an epidemic.*

    • @fenderfrontman
      @fenderfrontman 3 года назад +34

      pandemic* epidemics are within a small area, a pandemic isnt lol

    • @Modelta
      @Modelta 3 года назад +6

      @@fenderfrontman epidemics are viruses that cannot be stopped and are mostly dangerous, like the flu.

    • @geovoid
      @geovoid 3 года назад +1

      But you destroyed the entrance.

    • @justaguywhocomments4795
      @justaguywhocomments4795 3 года назад +3

      @@Modelta I think that's called an endemic

    • @Modelta
      @Modelta 3 года назад +2

      @@justaguywhocomments4795 maybe, i dont know

  • @erickcontreras2842
    @erickcontreras2842 7 лет назад +266

    Pokemon Ice gyms have prepared me for this my whole life!

  • @shadowplays2617
    @shadowplays2617 6 лет назад +508

    This all could have been solved if they kept all the samples in ONE room

    • @dnd4556
      @dnd4556 6 лет назад +3

      ShadowPlays 2 cute profile picture lol

    • @CaptFrost-ed8ij
      @CaptFrost-ed8ij 6 лет назад +1

      But if you open the door to the contaminated room, the previous room may get contaminated

    • @jamesrodriguez474
      @jamesrodriguez474 6 лет назад

      Same idea

    • @Joy-le9fy
      @Joy-le9fy 6 лет назад +4

      @@CaptFrost-ed8ij ohhh, i think he thought of a new puzzle! How would you make it so you destroy the contamination, while also leaving the building, and having destroyed all of the contamination without it being spread to your previous rooms with you and to avoid it from leaving the building as well

  • @christianesterhuizen5199
    @christianesterhuizen5199 3 года назад +80

    If the scientists were smart enough they would have prepared for a situation like that but i love your riddles keep up the good work

    • @ProtoV33MK1
      @ProtoV33MK1 10 месяцев назад +1

      The first question I had is why that alarm didn't immediately close all of the vents?

  • @hyperz221
    @hyperz221 3 года назад +488

    "Okay guys this is the last step to get the vaccine we gotta solve this riddl-"
    "Wait it's a Ted-Ed riddle? Well there goes our hope."

    • @Ambersworstenemy
      @Ambersworstenemy 3 года назад +32

      Me who watched every last one of those Ted-Ed riddles and knows all the answers to the riddles:
      *I'm 4 parallel universes ahead of you*

    • @GMB111
      @GMB111 Год назад

      lol so true i solved like one but it was a bonus riddel

  • @Annie-xs9lz
    @Annie-xs9lz 5 лет назад +459

    What you learn: 6 + 82
    Homework: 500 X 14
    Exams: 74 -29 X 19 + 826 + 23%
    The last test: 0:00

    • @Mayhamsdead
      @Mayhamsdead 4 года назад +5

      Not sure if the exam one was intentional...

    • @realprisec
      @realprisec 4 года назад +8

      "+ 23%" doesn't make sense

    • @creeper891yt5
      @creeper891yt5 4 года назад

      Prisec exactly bro

    • @rubinpiya2959
      @rubinpiya2959 4 года назад +3

      @@realprisec I guess 23% means 23/100

    • @cupidcup2007
      @cupidcup2007 4 года назад +8

      23% = 23/100 = 0.23 so it is possible

  • @cawcawlivinglikelarry5458
    @cawcawlivinglikelarry5458 4 года назад +334

    RUclips: starts recommending this when coronavirus starts breaking out
    Us: realizes that this is how it started

  • @hurricane31415
    @hurricane31415 7 лет назад +791

    I believe it's the easiest puzzle I've seen on this channel so far.

    • @Pharomid
      @Pharomid 7 лет назад +21

      Youri Khan idk, the lion plus other animal was pretty easy since even I solved it.

    • @acousticpark6881
      @acousticpark6881 7 лет назад +3

      Not the airplane? Not the frogs? Not the lions?

    • @frankiedorsey4838
      @frankiedorsey4838 7 лет назад +2

      GogupTheTaco well this one literally took me ten seconds, so I think it's the easiest

    • @EJAG404
      @EJAG404 7 лет назад

      Cool Riddle

    • @randompastahandle
      @randompastahandle 7 лет назад

      the brige on was eseyer

  • @bananakids_1212
    @bananakids_1212 4 года назад +645

    *corona shakes with tears of joy: i HaVe A bRoThEr?!? sniffles*

  • @kassyprojector
    @kassyprojector 4 года назад +293

    Everyone in 2020: * *RAPIDLY CLICKS THIS VIDEO* *

    • @WolfyRed
      @WolfyRed 3 года назад +1

      306 likes
      wee!

  • @aidan5886
    @aidan5886 2 года назад +9

    Someone obviously couldn't solve it

  • @echavocals
    @echavocals 3 года назад +139

    Ok, but who makes more of the sample and puts it in separate rooms-

    • @butter5649
      @butter5649 3 года назад +10

      Scientists

    • @nancyhey1012
      @nancyhey1012 3 года назад +4

      @internet person I agree, that is a horrible design!

    • @kaboomwinn4026
      @kaboomwinn4026 3 года назад +1

      @internet person then remember all the room except the 1 room is contaminated if you leave the exit it will spread The virus anyway without decontamination room. you remember if you back track back to the first clean room After pulling the lever. it still contaminated the room on the right and have to pull the lever the first room to move down a room.

  • @DA-bm2mj
    @DA-bm2mj 5 лет назад +225

    the joke at the end about the traveling salesman is so underrated lol

    • @bharathkumar776
      @bharathkumar776 5 лет назад +9

      Yea, only computer science and math people would get it. Lmao

    • @spoonythegamer21
      @spoonythegamer21 4 года назад +2

      Bharath Kumar explain it please

    • @amywang3890
      @amywang3890 4 года назад +2

      miiinnnnecraaaaaaaaft

    • @Lenoxuss
      @Lenoxuss 4 года назад +6

      @@spoonythegamer21 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem

    • @arielycliu3021
      @arielycliu3021 4 года назад +13

      @@spoonythegamer21 The traveling salesman problem is also a NP-hard problem. With a list of cities and the distances between each pair of cities, you need to find the shortest possible route (while visiting each city and returning to the city you started at).

  • @ZettaFan
    @ZettaFan 7 лет назад +1770

    Wouldn't exiting the last room spread the virus regardless? There's no way to survive here without letting the virus free

    • @omarshaikhomar2185
      @omarshaikhomar2185 7 лет назад +84

      I think you are right!!

    • @doubled6490
      @doubled6490 7 лет назад +30

      airlocks. They are wonderous

    • @ZettaFan
      @ZettaFan 7 лет назад +46

      The airlock won't help if the air gets contaminated when the lock is open.

    • @benedictadu1254
      @benedictadu1254 7 лет назад +17

      The reason why the entrance room got contaminated is because the air lock was opened for too long but from the exit it is opened once so there is no contaminating the environment

    • @CliffordCollinsloves
      @CliffordCollinsloves 7 лет назад +36

      If the exit room has a negative pressure (like modern operating rooms), then when you open the door for a short period of time, air is sucked into the room and the virus does not really get out. Minus the ones on your clothes of course.

  • @derkgahler9602
    @derkgahler9602 Год назад +2

    Also a possible solution: sacrificing yourself so you’re not leaving through the exit

  • @isadoramccarthy1148
    @isadoramccarthy1148 3 года назад +249

    them giving this really hard puzzle:
    *me wondering if the things on the man are cheeks or ears*

  • @ausflybaby
    @ausflybaby 5 лет назад +171

    0:43 What is that dance and where can I learn it?!

  • @jeanablao2796
    @jeanablao2796 4 года назад +55

    2018:nah
    2019:still nah
    2020:absolutely perfect time to show this!

  • @ChristyLiddell
    @ChristyLiddell Год назад +5

    1:55 My first instinct would be to give up

  • @klopapierforever
    @klopapierforever 7 лет назад +174

    First riddle i actually managed to solve :D

    • @rendrafit
      @rendrafit 7 лет назад +1

      klopapierforever √ √√√√√√√√√√

    • @jinengi
      @jinengi 7 лет назад

      Adrian M It's not!

    • @tottenhammad1234
      @tottenhammad1234 7 лет назад

      klopapierforever √ same here

    • @TROLLIE
      @TROLLIE 6 лет назад

      same

  • @PathogenicPiggy
    @PathogenicPiggy 7 лет назад +275

    I play Flow Free, so...

    • @TheZenAlpaca
      @TheZenAlpaca 7 лет назад +3

      Pathogenic Cyanide Piggy same

    • @joshuacarlos172
      @joshuacarlos172 7 лет назад +4

      Pathogenic Cyanide Piggy to solve this has literally no connection to that game

    • @chikaefobi3059
      @chikaefobi3059 7 лет назад +2

      Joshua Carlos nah fam, so.etimes there's a whole bunch of space left so you have to drag the color through all of them

    • @eggstronauts69
      @eggstronauts69 7 лет назад

      Chika Efobi While that works, there's usually a different way of solving that doesn't do that (and is much more difficult to find)

    • @swanfeathertheelder
      @swanfeathertheelder 7 лет назад +3

      +Pathogenic Cyanide Piggy
      Eyyy finally someone else who plays this game!!! I've gotten through a hell ton of packs and perfected them all, but I'm stuck on Extreme Pack 12x12 level 16. So damn hard!

  • @landenkeller8218
    @landenkeller8218 7 лет назад +1384

    I'm only subscribed for the riddles

  • @silvanaquirozalvarado4327
    @silvanaquirozalvarado4327 8 месяцев назад +1

    Good thing you were there

    • @connorbeighley6981
      @connorbeighley6981 8 месяцев назад

      Yeah, or else we would have had an pandemic worse than the Smallpox, Ebola and all those other outbreaks.

  • @johncharles2357
    @johncharles2357 4 года назад +138

    Nice riddle but there is a problem:
    When you go back inside the entrance room a second time, you pull the switch to blowup the room because it is contaminated now. But by that same logic, the exit room will be contaminated also. So when you open the door to leave, you release the virus outside.

    • @xanderramsdell2919
      @xanderramsdell2919 4 года назад +23

      You must sacrifice yourself for the greater good.

    • @spencerlee9395
      @spencerlee9395 4 года назад +27

      thats how coronavirus got out

    • @emeraldofdoom3188
      @emeraldofdoom3188 4 года назад +1

      It has an airlock

    • @caiterbunch3932
      @caiterbunch3932 4 года назад +17

      @@emeraldofdoom3188 okay, but by that logic, the safe room wouldn't be contaminated after you enter the room a second time. but it is, because the airlock system is heavily flawed. seriously, the world would still be doomed even if there was only ONE room contaminated

    • @emeraldofdoom3188
      @emeraldofdoom3188 4 года назад +2

      @@caiterbunch3932 Oh, my bad I completely forget about that. I never thought of that.

  • @CarolinaLopez-bm3sv
    @CarolinaLopez-bm3sv 7 лет назад +2674

    I wouldn't consider myself a hero and probably would have called 911 and get a helicopter rescue or something instead of trying to figure it out.

    • @ShadowSlacker007652aao7qq421
      @ShadowSlacker007652aao7qq421 7 лет назад +33

      Carolina Lopez lol same 😂 But your in the artic how the heck will 911 get there in the first place?

    • @joshuaosei5628
      @joshuaosei5628 7 лет назад +40

      Carolina Lopez The vents would have released it before they came, most likely, or before they can think of a solution too.

    • @ermweezer
      @ermweezer 7 лет назад +52

      _you are 911_

    • @jacklane734
      @jacklane734 7 лет назад +23

      Do you really think 911 will know how to contain a disease?

    • @cbaha4985
      @cbaha4985 7 лет назад +5

      Carolina Lopez no call the CDC

  • @merubindono
    @merubindono 7 лет назад +399

    Just send in the intern to his death. We'll hire another one next week.

    • @mct_3551
      @mct_3551 7 лет назад +11

      Misson Failed.. We'll get em' next time!

    • @shayleemcnair3099
      @shayleemcnair3099 7 лет назад +1

      You are not funny

    • @muhammadnajib2291
      @muhammadnajib2291 7 лет назад +2

      you are not fun to hang out with.congrats shaylee mcnair

    • @Remyria
      @Remyria 7 лет назад +2

      then the intern would just do what's in the video

    • @Greg-ix4nu
      @Greg-ix4nu 7 лет назад +9

      A n d n o w . . . T h e w e a t h e r .

  • @Iasagna_enjoyer
    @Iasagna_enjoyer Год назад +3

    step 1: confirm the viruses dont have green eyes
    step 2: they cant leave

  • @user-qh5jk1mn5i
    @user-qh5jk1mn5i 4 года назад +173

    Nobody:
    Everybody in the comments: cOrOnA vIrUs

  • @erinhollow773
    @erinhollow773 3 года назад +402

    Me trying to figure out the most efficient way to get to all my crewmate tasks

  • @ChunkEThunder
    @ChunkEThunder 6 лет назад +52

    I actually paused the video and solved this thanks for the great riddle!

    • @davidjr3769
      @davidjr3769 4 года назад +3

      DarkElf22 same , this is one of the only ones I was able to solve easily

  • @dontask5
    @dontask5 3 года назад +1

    So now we know where it all started, nice.

  • @stantonclark
    @stantonclark 4 года назад +863

    I already knew this was gonna be hard if the Chinese couldn’t solve it

    • @Jut37
      @Jut37 4 года назад +35

      @Ethan Perkis no u

    • @dripkirby9081
      @dripkirby9081 4 года назад +6

      u are not wise in the ways of science

    • @stantonclark
      @stantonclark 4 года назад +21

      hawwa afeefa I wasn’t really trying to be it was a joke

    • @reinatr4848
      @reinatr4848 4 года назад +5

      @@dumbchannel1430 how do you rig a riddle? You mean trick riddles?

    • @offandsphere6788
      @offandsphere6788 4 года назад +2

      this comment aged badly cuz of the race wars in may and june lol

  • @ritvikarya4918
    @ritvikarya4918 7 лет назад +29

    god swear this was the first riddle i managed to solve

  • @JoeThomas-lu6fy
    @JoeThomas-lu6fy 4 года назад +53

    Step one: Confirm you have green eyes
    Step 2: Ask the virus to leave

    • @bloxxel
      @bloxxel 4 года назад +6

      You mean
      1:Confirm the virus doesn't have green eyes
      2:It can't leave

    • @itsashplazxxx1649
      @itsashplazxxx1649 4 года назад +2

      alexander grimley 3. Throw it in a volcano

    • @autumnveir1168
      @autumnveir1168 4 года назад

      Just ask, "If I ask you if I have green eyes, will you say ulu?" "Ozo"

    • @veniceomamalin9916
      @veniceomamalin9916 4 года назад

      😂😂😂😂u guys r cracking me up

  • @theblazinghawk1310
    @theblazinghawk1310 3 года назад +10

    0:11
    huh ironic how the virus looked exactly like 'The Thing'

    • @NoName-hg6cc
      @NoName-hg6cc 4 месяца назад

      Probably on purpose, as it was in the permafrost

  • @GSquid-vv4yh
    @GSquid-vv4yh 4 года назад +1079

    The real riddle is whether you can find a comment that doesn't involve coronavirus.
    Edit: This is the most I've ever had thank you everyone who liked.

  • @kinoutart
    @kinoutart 7 лет назад +292

    This is easy! Just enter a room from the entrance, doesn't matter if it's east or south. After you pull the switch, go back to the entrance. And then it's just simple from there. But once you exit out of the last room, wouldn't the disease be free?

    • @quasquaswex4430
      @quasquaswex4430 7 лет назад +12

      here's how it works.
      You go east/south, open the airlock, and quickly destroy the room. Go back and quickly destroy the entrance. And a decontamination room at the exit to get rid of the virus on your suit.

    • @criticalmass8272
      @criticalmass8272 7 лет назад +3

      U cant go back through the entrance because u just filled the room behind u with concrete...think about it.

    • @kenji_x117
      @kenji_x117 7 лет назад +2

      Critical Mass YOU did not think about it, based on your logic, once the switch is activated, you can't even exit the room and you'll be killed.

    • @drawer1386
      @drawer1386 6 лет назад +1

      Panda lol EASIEST ted ed riddle

    • @dusansabol5666
      @dusansabol5666 6 лет назад +1

      Panda you are right! It didn't even come to my mind to doubt the question, but after you destroy all but last room, you have to open the doors to outside world. And so leaving rom the infected room, enables the airborne virus to leave as well. So the only way is to sacrifice yourself in the last room.

  • @rainbowsdelight8777
    @rainbowsdelight8777 3 года назад +75

    Me: *Fails Miserably*
    *A few years later*
    Me: OH NO ITS ESCAPED AHHH!!!

  • @oliviamontes8164
    @oliviamontes8164 Год назад +1

    You could also just go one row and then go to the next row down

  • @wild20cat56
    @wild20cat56 4 года назад +115

    When TED-ED predicts the future like the Simpsons.

    • @Knee_Ghast
      @Knee_Ghast 3 года назад +1

      Nah Virus is just Normal, it happens every year, it's just Fail .

  • @OwO-
    @OwO- 7 лет назад +901

    Or turn off the ventilation system

    • @lochlain7840
      @lochlain7840 7 лет назад +23

      bousio ikr

    • @nut1867
      @nut1867 7 лет назад +22

      bousio it doesn't work like that. 1. You suffocate and die. 2. By opening the doors u let the virus out. 3. Your suit would be contaminated with the virus so u wouldn't be able to leave which means u will suffocate.

    • @-xxicedtodeathxx-8790
      @-xxicedtodeathxx-8790 7 лет назад +28

      Ethan Ferns better you than the rest of the world

    • @twaynewade2544
      @twaynewade2544 7 лет назад +19

      Ethan Ferns Your suit would be contaminated even with this solution though

    • @OwO-
      @OwO- 7 лет назад +8

      isn't your suit designed to not be contaminated ? otherwise, wouldn't you die no matter what you do ?

  • @pemmichee
    @pemmichee 4 года назад +35

    ‘Unless you can destroy it the vents will open and unleash a deadly plaque, you get your hazmat suit and get ready to save the world’
    Starts dancing

  • @potatoheadpokemario1931
    @potatoheadpokemario1931 2 года назад +2

    step one, confirm you have green eyes, step 2, ask the door to leave

  • @firenationfiles2063
    @firenationfiles2063 6 лет назад +239

    Wait...wouldn't the virus travel with you when you exit?
    You have started a global pandemic. Great job...

    • @a_lexine
      @a_lexine 6 лет назад +5

      die for the peeps

    • @darkicedmlfan6300
      @darkicedmlfan6300 5 лет назад +3

      It’s a HAZMAT suit you dumba*s

    • @johannes_vwa
      @johannes_vwa 5 лет назад +23

      @@darkicedmlfan6300 yea that suit Only protects the person inside, but the people around will get infected.

    • @CheshireCad
      @CheshireCad 5 лет назад +20

      I know this lab is already terribly designed, but do you really think they don't have a room at the exit for decontaminating personnel?

    • @darkicedmlfan6300
      @darkicedmlfan6300 5 лет назад

      Kermit The Memefrog Want Sum Lipton Tea with honey dude legit nobody is in the lab except you. I don’t know this, anyway, and I could be wrong.

  • @nihilisticpancakeface6553
    @nihilisticpancakeface6553 7 лет назад +105

    I got it before you even said the solution.
    *pats own back

    • @Inuitman
      @Inuitman 7 лет назад

      A Fence Sieve then tell it.

    • @aphi1022
      @aphi1022 7 лет назад +1

      me too, i paused the video and went to google.

    • @kmanjacker4737
      @kmanjacker4737 7 лет назад +1

      Tf the point of pausing the vid to find the solution for yourself if you're just going to ask other people anyways?

    • @aphi1022
      @aphi1022 7 лет назад

      so you can brag about it and get thumbs up like A Fence Sieve did.

  • @zharetbautistamontes9588
    @zharetbautistamontes9588 5 лет назад +21

    4:50 Don't worry, I've understood that reference: "The problem of the travel salesman", which is also NP-Complete

  • @matthewkim812
    @matthewkim812 6 лет назад +212

    Solution: you ask Kim jong un to destruct every room with his nukes

  • @gmeztubenation
    @gmeztubenation 6 лет назад +56

    "Maybe you should become a traveling salesman"... classic NP complete pun

    • @ianos123
      @ianos123 6 лет назад +1

      Maxwell Gómez finally! 😀 I was looking for this comment!

    • @micahwade6074
      @micahwade6074 6 лет назад

      Me too.

    • @melmondz4905
      @melmondz4905 6 лет назад

      i dont get it
      please explain

    • @micahwade6074
      @micahwade6074 6 лет назад

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem

    • @deept3215
      @deept3215 6 лет назад

      Actually travelling salesman is NP-hard, not NP complete

  • @cole5057
    @cole5057 6 лет назад +251

    What happens once you open the exit? Won’t the virus get out?

    • @garfieldbudd6565
      @garfieldbudd6565 6 лет назад +51

      And thus the events of *Plague Inc.* Begins.

    • @dearthofdoohickeys4703
      @dearthofdoohickeys4703 6 лет назад +58

      Yes it does. This is a terrible riddle. To make matters worse, the video itself ACKNOWLEDGES that opening a door immediately infects adjacent rooms.
      It’s just sad.

    • @alexolfis3441
      @alexolfis3441 6 лет назад +13

      Leia Brown WOKE

    • @MsJsmith71
      @MsJsmith71 6 лет назад +2

      yeah... i guess so...

    • @matthewstone2545
      @matthewstone2545 5 лет назад +1

      @@samatri0112 That's a true hero right there

  • @MajesticHero
    @MajesticHero 2 года назад +11

    I think he failed...

  • @catfullofjoy8067
    @catfullofjoy8067 7 лет назад +792

    Can you solve this disease riddle?
    How do u cure cancer?

    • @traveel9409
      @traveel9409 7 лет назад +5

      Cat Full of Joy LOL

    • @catfullofjoy8067
      @catfullofjoy8067 7 лет назад +2

      Killigram Gamer WELL DON'T TELL ME, TELL THE DOCTORS, cuz I'm 10 and I don't know how to get in contact with doctors...

    • @traveel9409
      @traveel9409 7 лет назад

      Killigram Gamer You realize how you'd have to implement that onto trillions of cells at a time. If you're referring to CRISPER we still have a long way to go.

    • @JRmarksmen
      @JRmarksmen 7 лет назад

      kill the cancer before you kill the patient?

    • @golammorshed9082
      @golammorshed9082 7 лет назад

      Cat Full of Joy kill everyone with cancer

  • @unpaidintern3029
    @unpaidintern3029 3 года назад +16

    these types of riddles give me so much anxiety but i cant stop watching

  • @andreasmiranda4162
    @andreasmiranda4162 3 года назад +76

    (I'm sorry to be this person but I can't help it)
    Step 1: Confirm you have green eyes.
    Step 2: Ask the virus to leave.

    • @Aostrele
      @Aostrele 3 года назад +3

      YES not an annoying corona meme

    • @lleo3638
      @lleo3638 3 года назад +2

      Leave through the vent?

    • @greatregret8416
      @greatregret8416 3 года назад

      Imao you let the virus escape

    • @santiagoavalos3637
      @santiagoavalos3637 3 года назад

      You should've asked him to stay indoors

  • @markaldrichsoria466
    @markaldrichsoria466 3 года назад +1

    He predicted the future when you fail the riddle

  • @kitroverload8699
    @kitroverload8699 6 лет назад +75

    Cant you just not let the vents open?

    • @zarinasuperiority2376
      @zarinasuperiority2376 6 лет назад

      If you let the vents open it will end the world, he mentioned this already

    • @Angiesja8271
      @Angiesja8271 6 лет назад +6

      R/woosh

    • @epicoranges429
      @epicoranges429 6 лет назад +9

      PengTeng, he said *CAN’T HE?*
      It means that he should not let the vents open.

    • @overloader7900
      @overloader7900 6 лет назад +4

      Yeah, just turn off generator so they have no energy to open, I thought same)

    • @MandrakeGuy
      @MandrakeGuy 6 лет назад +3

      @@Angiesja8271 *holds laughter*
      ...
      m,...MmmMmMM.. PHHHHGGGGMMMPPHAAHAHAHAHHHHAAHHAHHHH

  • @nusarratshaikh4893
    @nusarratshaikh4893 6 лет назад +69

    I am dead saving world, probably buried in concrete.