Astrobiologist Breaks Down Apocalypse Scenes from Movies | GQ

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  • @wertbin
    @wertbin 3 года назад +2524

    I appreciate that this guy isn't immediately dismissive of these sci-fi scenarios. He's open-minded and respectful of their artistic liberties.

    • @monkey_gamer_001
      @monkey_gamer_001 3 года назад +5

      Well said

    • @familiarwhale5925
      @familiarwhale5925 3 года назад +34

      He is wearing a fedora after all

    • @NovusIgnis
      @NovusIgnis 3 года назад +32

      You can tell that he's a fan of science fiction because he understands that the idea behind it is to start in the realm of possibility and then stretch the rules of that foundation to fit what you're trying to do

    • @andreaskiemer
      @andreaskiemer 3 года назад +11

      I have seen Grinspoon a couple of times already. Hes a rather reknowned astrobiologist and its his job to conjure up theories of other life forms when having a sample size of 1 (life on earth) for his thoughts and experiments. So being open-minded is a big part of his job. Hes also a quite good musician by the way.

    • @ryansoon453
      @ryansoon453 2 года назад +1

      Ddddd

  • @SayChidz
    @SayChidz 4 года назад +3193

    *Sees people literally flash into skeletons and then disappear*
    Astrobiologist: Yeah boy that doesn’t look like fun at all

    • @silent_anon404
      @silent_anon404 4 года назад

      Timestamp?

    • @bulldogant3781
      @bulldogant3781 4 года назад +4

      SayChidz he’s studied long and hard to tell us that

    • @magiccityfishing8911
      @magiccityfishing8911 4 года назад

      @@James-bl5gr now it had 911 hehe

    • @huskymusk315
      @huskymusk315 4 года назад

      Theophrastus Bombastus stfu stupid

    • @Jaybird9x
      @Jaybird9x 4 года назад +1

      i knew I would like him immediately after that

  • @kcharge17
    @kcharge17 3 года назад +2549

    This guy sounds like he was who Jeff Goldblum researched for all his roles

    • @Olvera_emi
      @Olvera_emi 3 года назад +12

      😂🤣

    • @costa555
      @costa555 3 года назад +22

      Literally!

    • @cherry-nw1sl
      @cherry-nw1sl 3 года назад +44

      you know what he does give some kind of jeff goldblum vibes

    • @chasestankievech
      @chasestankievech 3 года назад +32

      He did make it sound like “life finds a way”

    • @victoriabeal1844
      @victoriabeal1844 3 года назад +9

      This is so abstract but so true- lolll

  • @dianeupshaw5337
    @dianeupshaw5337 4 года назад +6749

    Don't confuse his fidgetiness with nervousness. He's just super giddy to talk about this stuff and I am here for it.

    • @hine66
      @hine66 4 года назад +169

      to me, it just looks like he has tourette syndrome (which i also have)

    • @danejablonski1244
      @danejablonski1244 4 года назад +49

      He probably just has adhd

    • @joshuahanson1127
      @joshuahanson1127 4 года назад +350

      It's just plain old fidgeting cause of the nerves, he's a smart guy probably a bit introverted like most people more absorbed by curiosity, so he's probably not used to sitting in front of some GQ production team for a video viewed by millions

    • @dianeupshaw5337
      @dianeupshaw5337 4 года назад +94

      @@joshuahanson1127 You might be right. I am extremely introverted and my hands get very expressive when I talk to people.

    • @joshuahanson1127
      @joshuahanson1127 4 года назад +40

      Right I tend to tap my foot or leg like this guy when I'm tense, that's what it looked like to me lol. Idk if you could diagnose with this guy with Tourrettes syndrome or anything solely based on the video

  • @VoxFelis
    @VoxFelis 4 года назад +4324

    He's the guy in an action film that says "We're all going to die" and some CIA suit belittles him for wearing an aloha shirt.

    • @ayanomar1408
      @ayanomar1408 4 года назад +24

      DC Voices this is so vived woah there!

    • @Laura-Lee
      @Laura-Lee 4 года назад +81

      Yeah. And they are usually the ones who come up with the answer that saves the planet. LL

    • @YourMajesty143
      @YourMajesty143 4 года назад +9

      Oh my gosh, yes LMAO!

    • @fayed9560
      @fayed9560 4 года назад +40

      He’s Jeff Goldblum

    • @pesonunez5064
      @pesonunez5064 4 года назад

      lmaooo

  • @irlianakirana2998
    @irlianakirana2998 3 года назад +263

    I love how he nods and listen intently whenever they ask him a question, it’s like he can’t wait to answer and share what he knows

    • @actj700
      @actj700 Год назад +4

      Listen - all an academic really wants to do is talk about their science and disseminate that information. It's what we live for and when people are actually interested in hearing what we spend our professional (and often personal) lives pursuing we can't wait to dive in. Mad respect to him.

  • @CESNA.
    @CESNA. 4 года назад +8719

    Is he in incognito mode?

  • @RawWrtochi19
    @RawWrtochi19 4 года назад +2221

    Man, this dude is so likeable. His fidgeting and air guitar hands are just what I would expect out of a astrobiologist expert, which I just discovered is a actual career? This is gold, so much awkwardness, apocalyptic and chaotic energy. Pure gold

    • @twonumber22
      @twonumber22 4 года назад +24

      He has a few appearances on StarTalk and they're good.

    • @GlennDavey
      @GlennDavey 4 года назад +10

      It's edited like he gave longer answers and they couldn't use it all :P

    • @biohaze6990
      @biohaze6990 4 года назад +5

      Lol na the astronauts in space just float around all day lol.
      If you study a plant in zero g your a astro biologist if you study pyshics in zero g your an astro physicist. Enginerring astro engineer

    • @sushilraphael7477
      @sushilraphael7477 4 года назад +3

      You look like gold..just saying @jocelyn

    • @chuckschillingvideos
      @chuckschillingvideos 4 года назад +2

      It's only a "career" because the gummint funds it. It's not an actual, useful, productive career that a private employer would pay anyone to do.

  • @dorotaoriskova
    @dorotaoriskova 3 года назад +423

    “The notion that we are threatened by just making too much stuff and it piling up is kind of a wonderful way to encapsulate one of our real challenges now of humans of the 21st century, realizing that the Earth is not infinite and that we can’t just throw stuff away because there is no away; there’s only one planet.” - David Grinspoon

    • @odst2247
      @odst2247 2 года назад +1

      Space is infinite-there’s more than enough resources in our solar system alone.

    • @sinical10
      @sinical10 2 года назад

      @@odst2247 Resources isn't the problem described here. It's the covering of the planet in waste and trash.

    • @pasindudinusha6507
      @pasindudinusha6507 2 года назад +14

      @@odst2247 Yeah who's going to get them? You realise space travel is difficult and costly. It would cost more resources to send something than the resources it could bring back.

    • @odst2247
      @odst2247 2 года назад

      @@pasindudinusha6507 not necessarily--the fact we have reusable rockets alone has decreased the cost of space travel-and as space infastructure is built up it’ll continue to go down (for example, space stations/docks/refueling stations/space factories. The resources outside of earth is so big that no cost would make it not worth it.

    • @rqinytxars5654
      @rqinytxars5654 Год назад

      @@odst2247 so we can’t throw away stuff since we do use reusable things despite space being infinite and having many resources as u claim tht is easy to claim

  • @destinyperon2531
    @destinyperon2531 4 года назад +4403

    I love this guy. He’s so “humans are idiots and we’ll die before earth dies”. Like he’s so over human destructive behavior. I agree dude

    • @arbitros2322
      @arbitros2322 4 года назад +71

      as you appreciate the batteries in your cell phone and drive on smooth rubber tires on interstate highways.

    • @kenya3731
      @kenya3731 4 года назад +11

      @Jonathan why?

    • @femalegays
      @femalegays 4 года назад +21

      @Jonathan whew shut up, it's obvious that took zero brain cells to come up w/ and no self-control to mind your business

    • @thadz2493
      @thadz2493 4 года назад +2

      Not long before nuclear war

    • @sithsaiyan4529
      @sithsaiyan4529 4 года назад +4

      We are in total agreement.

  • @happyroof1723
    @happyroof1723 4 года назад +8140

    This guy looks like he knows something and would get killed if he said anything

  • @BonesyTucson
    @BonesyTucson Год назад +130

    "I study how planets get life and how they lose life" how he lays that down is the most terrifying part of this video. Respect to the guy.

    • @kennywilkinson913
      @kennywilkinson913 Год назад

      It's almost as if they put this at the exact place in the comments section that one would read it scrolling down at the exact moment he said it in the video 👀

  • @crateoz
    @crateoz 4 года назад +3262

    Next: Real ants breaks down Ant-Man

  • @adrienne6518
    @adrienne6518 4 года назад +1486

    I feel like when he said "WHEN and IF humans are gone", the if was just to make us feel better.

    • @unhandydaddy5117
      @unhandydaddy5117 4 года назад +79

      Would it really be a surprise at this point? I mean the way we're handling things like global warming, overpopulation, constant war.... Its bound to happen at some point or another

    • @TheLegless101
      @TheLegless101 4 года назад +5

      He was talking about specific areas. Entire cities have been abandoned before. He even gave an example .

    • @rockinbobokkin7831
      @rockinbobokkin7831 3 года назад +11

      Through extinction or evolution, we will be gone someday.

    • @jahjohnson31
      @jahjohnson31 3 года назад +5

      It’s noted that humans are slated for an extinction event so it’s on its way

    • @laurenbrown9767
      @laurenbrown9767 3 года назад +9

      One day humans will obviously be gone. Our sun for example won’t last for ever, when our sun dies earth will certainly die too. And that’d even be if humans made it that long.

  • @bigp6921
    @bigp6921 3 года назад +285

    “There is no away, there’s only one planet”. That was deep

    • @markbrowning4334
      @markbrowning4334 3 года назад +14

      There may not be humans anywhere else, but there's got to be something. The universe is to big for us to be alone.

    • @bigp6921
      @bigp6921 3 года назад +32

      @@markbrowning4334 “we are either alone in the universe or we are not, both are equally terrifying” Arthur C Clarke

    • @Beastly_Genius
      @Beastly_Genius 3 года назад +1

      Exactly there is def more out there & not just in the universe but also in our galaxy. Our government & a few other nations know there’s alien life they just don’t want da masses to find out

    • @starlett08
      @starlett08 3 года назад +3

      @@markbrowning4334 He wasn’t talking about aliens. He was talking about throwing away garbage on the Earth.

    • @markbrowning4334
      @markbrowning4334 3 года назад +2

      @@starlett08 Uhm, thanks. I'm not sure how your comment is directed specifically at me. I didn't see where I had previously said anything to the contrary or said anything that questioned aliens or galactic waste disposal. I did go back and read all four posts on this thread. Did I comment elsewhere questioning aliens vs dumping grounds? I'll own it, if I said it. I just don't see it.

  • @Rememberthefifthofnovember
    @Rememberthefifthofnovember 4 года назад +1412

    Imagine giving the cops a description of this guy…

    • @zachiswayposi1
      @zachiswayposi1 4 года назад +135

      "Yeah, uh, you ever see Dana Carvey in Master of Disguise? Imagine that guy was really into craft beer. Sorta like that."

    • @mohitsawant956
      @mohitsawant956 4 года назад +27

      I'll probably say he looks like Walter White

    • @telldem1
      @telldem1 4 года назад +29

      Mr. Potato Head

    • @mikemiller5637
      @mikemiller5637 4 года назад +18

      I was attacked by Elvis Costello!!!!!!

    • @MrTiqila
      @MrTiqila 4 года назад +12

      Inspector Gadget - no doubt

  • @monie802
    @monie802 4 года назад +319

    I love how any time they show WALL-E to these experts it always gets the best feedback

  • @DietEllie
    @DietEllie 3 года назад +331

    *people get incinerated *
    “That didn’t look very fun.”

  • @5hadow5talker
    @5hadow5talker 4 года назад +249

    I love that Wall-E is included in this. Such a great movie about technology, human greed/love

  • @MorroTreece
    @MorroTreece 4 года назад +3074

    A jittery scientist talking about post apocalyptic realities...go on

    • @ResilientBiscuit
      @ResilientBiscuit 4 года назад +95

      Morro the leg-shaking is making me seriously anxious

    • @marcus9441
      @marcus9441 4 года назад +134

      @@ResilientBiscuit,
      He's a bit nervous in front of the camera, but he did well. ;)

    • @mistiemill3262
      @mistiemill3262 4 года назад +119

      he might just be camera shy but at the same time, i think he has to hold a lot of things back in order to avoid conspiracy theories and mass panic

    • @MrZombieslayer007
      @MrZombieslayer007 4 года назад +15

      He has tourette's syndrome

    • @MorroTreece
      @MorroTreece 4 года назад +8

      @@MrZombieslayer007 And how did you come across this information?

  • @georganatoly6646
    @georganatoly6646 2 года назад +22

    he has a great way of gently dismissing the absurd and then constructively offering more realistic interpretations or alternatives

  • @ottobuco
    @ottobuco 4 года назад +4393

    He looks like guy who is wearing a disguise.

    • @aurelius7778
      @aurelius7778 4 года назад +113

      So are you saying, he's a dude disguised as another dude playing a dude?

    • @learning_from_scratch
      @learning_from_scratch 4 года назад +15

      thought you said diaper at first lol

    • @aurelius7778
      @aurelius7778 4 года назад +8

      @@learning_from_scratch Putting that word in really did make me smile :D. He could be wearing a diaper tho.

    • @mrmacedon
      @mrmacedon 4 года назад +11

      you mean, a lizard wearing a disguise

    • @tmaxxman1000
      @tmaxxman1000 4 года назад +25

      incognito mode

  • @Spike-hl2mw
    @Spike-hl2mw 4 года назад +2571

    This guy has the energy of a nervous squirrel.

    • @GHOSTKIDD25
      @GHOSTKIDD25 4 года назад +69

      Spike2501 Because if he say too much he’s gonna end up dead 💯💯

    • @alicia4284
      @alicia4284 4 года назад +10

      jesse eisenberg

    • @unmenv2897
      @unmenv2897 4 года назад +1

      Spike2501 Maybe he is

    • @kanamekiyru
      @kanamekiyru 4 года назад +2

      @@alicia4284 thats finna go over some heads

    • @jackistripping
      @jackistripping 4 года назад

      Tarik M. You are very right pls explain

  • @otdtyh
    @otdtyh 2 года назад +14

    I absolutely love these types of videos. I could have zero knowledge and zero interest in a subject and still fall down a rabbit hole of watching experts talk passionately about that same subject. I love it even more when they’re not totally dismissive/critical of certain clips depending on their accuracy. 4:55 stood out to me as one of those moments. He’s not just scoffing and saying “it wouldn’t be like that at all”, he’s thinking carefully and taking the time to choose his words. I so appreciate that.
    Edit: another thing I love is when there’s a person on the other side of the camera asking questions. The back and forth adds another layer to it that makes it. . . more casual? Almost like you’re sitting in on a really interesting lecture. Like you’re there. 🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @AeneasGemini
    @AeneasGemini 4 года назад +734

    "I often wonder what will happen when.......and if, humans will disappear"
    What do you know mr nervous scientist? What do you know?

  • @BrHck
    @BrHck 4 года назад +3614

    "This guy" is actually very famous American scientists and writer. He deserves respect!

    • @alcoholicdog8800
      @alcoholicdog8800 4 года назад +7

      @Dboyy flexxedup hehe comedy

    • @samuelfranco3744
      @samuelfranco3744 4 года назад +4

      Lol

    • @alanwatts8239
      @alanwatts8239 4 года назад +13

      @Dboyy flexxedup Writer, yes. Good writer? not so many.

    • @coryteague9513
      @coryteague9513 4 года назад +47

      I'm most amazed at the fact he's more than just one scientist

    • @KenRFoxNashvilleSEO
      @KenRFoxNashvilleSEO 4 года назад +17

      Why do people think being a scientist and writer about largely theoretical principles make anyone"worthy" of respect more than anyone else. Vast majority of cosmology consist of absolutely unproven theories. Listen for entertainment yes. But"worthy of respect" as if he's levitating above the commoners? Stfu!

  • @meganhulan
    @meganhulan 3 года назад +99

    This guy is the best you've ever had for these breakdowns. Very informative and entertaining.

    • @blond_slut
      @blond_slut 2 года назад

      I like your legs and dress.

  • @swagswap
    @swagswap 4 года назад +2443

    "Some biological agent that humans are defenseless against, you know, it’s not necessarily an imminent threat…"
    --Feb 4, 2020

    • @chickwit2575
      @chickwit2575 4 года назад +54

      10:47 watch carefully and ponder on the rumours flying around right now.

    • @fhpurcell5364
      @fhpurcell5364 4 года назад +105

      but humans aren't entirely defenceless against the virus?? Our immune systems are obviously very good at defending us against it, which is why most infected people survive and many don't even have any symptoms

    • @SwedishNeo
      @SwedishNeo 4 года назад +19

      Hardly defenseless since our own immune system can fight it of rather easily. If we are otherwise healthy that is. This is also why 80 or so percent doesn't even show any symptoms.

    • @DreckbobBratpfanne
      @DreckbobBratpfanne 4 года назад +12

      @@SwedishNeo This only works if the virus doesn't get either into your lungs or your nerves, even if you're healthy then this becomes dangerous too. The most cases without symtpoms are those when it's just in your throat.

    • @FatalRanger-fo1gx
      @FatalRanger-fo1gx 4 года назад +9

      You realize it’s less than 1% death rate eh?

  • @RijuChatterjee
    @RijuChatterjee 4 года назад +1203

    How strong would you like your coffee?
    Astrobiologist: Yes

    • @fastlifebmx9292
      @fastlifebmx9292 4 года назад +15

      How much adderall do you want today?
      Astrobiologist: Yes

    • @RijuChatterjee
      @RijuChatterjee 4 года назад +2

      @Thomas Clifford Jesus okay sorry

    • @LannasMissingLink
      @LannasMissingLink 4 года назад +2

      @@RijuChatterjee hah whyd you take offense to that guys comment? Tbh it is probably tourettes or adhd yeah

    • @RijuChatterjee
      @RijuChatterjee 4 года назад +2

      ​@@LannasMissingLink adhd is just a fancy name for short attention span. Tourettes' syndrome is a disability.

    • @brandeccohall
      @brandeccohall 4 года назад

      He has early signs of Parkinson's Disease.

  • @jessiemoore3094
    @jessiemoore3094 3 года назад +87

    Water world. Planet full of water. Everyones covered in dirt.

    • @maxpulido4268
      @maxpulido4268 2 года назад +4

      The smokers were dirty cuz they were burning crude oil as a fuel. Most of the others were just leathery cuz there's minimal shade(no trees) in waterworld. There's also no razor blades, so few or none of the men are clean-shaven, especially now that we're beyond the point that people don't know how to use and maintain non-disposable razors.

  • @macncheese0013
    @macncheese0013 4 года назад +785

    Would be great to see a business executive/stock broker break down Wall Street scenes.

    • @B11-u5n
      @B11-u5n 4 года назад +91

      "Fake, not enough coke. Fake again, not enough hookers. Fake once more, not enough greed."

    • @PointlessPhobia
      @PointlessPhobia 4 года назад

      👍👍

    • @rjimmy1989
      @rjimmy1989 4 года назад +2

      @@B11-u5n Wolf of Wall Street had enough coke and hookers

    • @Tito171091
      @Tito171091 4 года назад +9

      @@rjimmy1989 not enough

    • @chuckschillingvideos
      @chuckschillingvideos 4 года назад +3

      @I'll demo in a bit Who wasn't a legitimate businessman. It may accurately depict the life of one outlaw, conniving criminal, but not that of the vast majority of legitimate folks on Wall Street.

  • @asaspresas1556
    @asaspresas1556 4 года назад +783

    So many comments making fun of him. I actually loved this clip. He's a true professional, talking without censure. Humans will be the end of humans.

    • @gentleken7864
      @gentleken7864 3 года назад +27

      The last few minutes summed it up perfectly. The earth has been through more. We're expendable and are living way beyond our means, but the earth and nature will live on and has survived longer than us. There are insects that have been around longer than us that have been through more, dragonflies being one such example and they're still around.
      Although, when he was talking about rich people using their money and forsaking human life and trying to survive in space? I can totally see that.

    • @aviendha1154
      @aviendha1154 3 года назад +1

      Yeah cos he was spouting malthusian ethics. But sure simp for the simp.

    • @larapalma3744
      @larapalma3744 3 года назад +27

      @@aviendha1154 get over yourself

    • @ITILII
      @ITILII 2 года назад +5

      Anyone making fun of David Grinspoon is truly a fool....Dr. Grinspoon is not only in orders of magnitude a Genius.....he has a great sense of humor, explains things very well, is very personable and he shares something in common with so many of the most brilliant people on the planet....he LOVES Wall-E ! It's amazing how all these super-geniuses absolutely adore a cartoon about science and the future...it shows just how truly Human they are !

    • @petarkrulj1760
      @petarkrulj1760 Год назад +2

      ​@@gentleken7864 Tbh we stopped being expendable

  • @ANYMUSICLIVE
    @ANYMUSICLIVE 3 года назад +47

    This one is actually one of the most enjoyable and informative out of all the ones you’ve done IMO I loved it!

  • @Jaybird9x
    @Jaybird9x 4 года назад +177

    "yea. boy. that doesn't look fun at all."
    As soon as he said this, I knew I would enjoy the video.

  • @mrxxbrian
    @mrxxbrian 4 года назад +684

    "When they make Waterworld 2"
    this man has high hopes

    • @izzojoseph2
      @izzojoseph2 4 года назад +5

      He WAS laughing

    • @yarpos
      @yarpos 4 года назад +1

      Quite a good film, and made good money

    • @izzojoseph2
      @izzojoseph2 4 года назад

      yarpos ~ seriously? It was voted, and I kind of agree, as one of the worst movies made. I like the premise and the making of it but not the actual movie.

    • @Sm0k3y707
      @Sm0k3y707 4 года назад +5

      SHUT UP. LET US DREAM

    • @Sm0k3y707
      @Sm0k3y707 4 года назад +3

      yarpos idk what your talking about... I liked the film.. but that film TANKED in the box office.. I thinks it’s actually rated one of the worst grossing films of all time..

  • @AllenHanPR
    @AllenHanPR 4 года назад +60

    He reminds me of Jeff Goldblum if his character in Independence Day was real.

    • @kamelarosa
      @kamelarosa 3 года назад

      I thought I was the only one that noticed it

  • @remyfzrider5563
    @remyfzrider5563 4 года назад +7630

    The guy looks like he knew the coronavirus was gonna hit.

    • @fendii6395
      @fendii6395 4 года назад +101

      Remy fzrider been searching for this comment

    • @masterofninjas4207
      @masterofninjas4207 4 года назад +23

      Remy fzrider thats what I was thinking

    • @VeryMoistSoup
      @VeryMoistSoup 4 года назад +7

      not really

    • @brandoncadena4777
      @brandoncadena4777 4 года назад +100

      Corona virus has been around since 2019 but no one paid attention.

    • @kkkk4444....
      @kkkk4444.... 4 года назад +39

      @@brandoncadena4777 and now we're all paying the price

  • @ifrancescobarra
    @ifrancescobarra 4 года назад +290

    "...the genetic engineering accident, the mutant that gets out of the lab and wipes out all life. And again, there's a realistic component to that worry." Great. What?! 👀

    • @FlutterMouse
      @FlutterMouse 4 года назад +28

      Oh yeah. That's definitely plausible. You create a species with no known predators and a high reproduction rate, you can do some damage to any part of the ecosystem. Especially something in the Arthropod category.

    • @undead4456
      @undead4456 4 года назад +10

      I mean, not the same thing but all I can think about are rabbits in Australia 🤷🏼‍♀️ kinda same result, just less deadly

    • @Zurenza
      @Zurenza 4 года назад +8

      @@undead4456 SO we just gotta make death rabbits, got it.

    • @callsigncthulhu8579
      @callsigncthulhu8579 4 года назад +3

      Lacrima Night of the Lepus?

    • @woozy9112
      @woozy9112 3 года назад

      @@FlutterMouse I was thinking more of a virus/bacteria

  • @JTytshorts
    @JTytshorts 4 года назад +124

    A nuclear explosion is truly the most terrifying thing I can think of. Analyzing its effects makes it even worse

    • @adrianbundy3249
      @adrianbundy3249 2 года назад +3

      A meteor large enough to dwarf all our nuclear warheads at once comes to mind (and this is a real possibility, albeit, one extremely remote to anyone alive today).
      But yeah, a nuclear war is a no win situation for the world. No, scratch that. It is a clear everyone loses situation.

    • @my2cents198
      @my2cents198 2 года назад +4

      Putin : hold my beer 🍺

    • @diegestive4167
      @diegestive4167 2 года назад

      The Japanese got over it

    • @ItzDeploy
      @ItzDeploy 2 года назад +3

      @@diegestive4167 those nukes were one of the first ever invented and created. Their destructive capabilities were only a fraction of what a nuke built with todays technology would do.

    • @leonnunhofer3453
      @leonnunhofer3453 2 года назад +1

      @@diegestive4167 the standard US nuke here in germany is 250 kT. It's like 16-20 times Hiroshima. Some say, little boy was 12.5 kT, some 14 kT, some 16 kT. Hiroshima was a City with ~250.000 people. 1/3 died immediately. So, you can imagine, this 250 kT bombs are capable to destroy larger cities and kill the majority of the people there.
      Ofc. There are stronger nukes. The strongest was the Zar bomb, 50 mT - 58 mT, so 200x - 230x this sandard nuke, and like 4.000x Hiroshima. The strongest US bomb was like 1.000x Hiroshima. Because there are not that much cities big enough for such a bomb, and because it is more efficient to use a number of smaller bombs on a big city and spread them instead of one huge bomb, most are 250 kT, but lot of 500 kT and 1 mT bombs are out there, too. And smaller bombs, tactical nukes with 50 kT or less, some like Hiroshima, some smaller, like 5 kT - 10 kT, to deal with an army and use them on the battlefield. You can shoot some of them with artillery.
      The russians have the most nukes, but because of radioactive decay you have to replace the nuclear material very often. That costs a lot, and you need to be capable to produce enough new nuclear material. The russians aren't even capable to produce enough modern stuff for their regular forces, and maintain it, what you see in ukraine now. 60% of their rockets are misfiring. So, if you think about this, the costs of maintaining that amount of bombs, what USA has to invest, what russians put into their army (a lot, but far less with more nukes and this situation even for the regular forces), and that nukes are a weapon you dont want to use, and if you think about the fact, you dont need that much, to scare someone of, too, you can imagine, most of their 9.000 bombs are probably defect. Could be like 90%, or more, which means like 500-1.000 bombs, still. I could imagine, most tactical, around 100 "standart", so very efficient, like 1-2 of them per 1 million people in a city, spread out, and a few very big bombs, 10 mT or more, which wouldn't be very efficient to destroy cities, if you can destroy more while using less nuclear material and needing less powerful bombs, if you use still powerful but spread out bombs, but which should be very impactful regarding moral of the population. But i doubt that the russians have more than a fraction of their nuklear forces ready, or are able to make them ready. But stil, they should have many nuclear weapons ready, compared to other nations. I think, USA probably is capable to maintain all of their bombs, so more than 6.000. Most tactical or standart, i would assume 250 kT - 1 mT, maybe lots of 100 kT bombs (still 6 - 8 times Hiroshima, and you use like 1 per 100.000 - 250.000 people, or on cities with 250.000 people or less), because of efficiency, and some big bombs, like 5 mT - 10 mT.
      The other nations with nuclear bombs have something in the hundreds, like chine, Great Britain and France. Some have around 100, some less. So, all together around 2.000 bombs. That means, around 10.000 nuclear weapons ready for use worldwide. I would assume all together between 1 gigaton and 10 gigatons (worst case). Spread out, if you would try to destroy as much as possible, spread them out, use them on the biggest cities, and the tactical weapons on cities like Hiroshima, i can imagine that they can kill maybe 1/2 of the human population immediately (worst case), more likely around 1/4 (not enough really big cities worldwide for this number of nuclear weapons to kill and destroy more), but fallout in a big area around the cities, and radioactive sickness would kill far more in the next 5 years, worldwide, with this number of bombs (just look at Hiroshima), and more would die because of the nuclear winter and what it causes, so no food, for example. Contaminated water, worldwide. Destroyed technology because of all the EMPs, so no more electronic technology. No medicine, but plagues/diseases. No communication, no organisation, not enough left for civilication, so not enough food production, ressources, no chance to manage the supply of the surviving population, and everyone would fight for the few food and ressources left. This should lead to the death of most humans as result of a scenario like that in the years after a big nuclear war, with just a few million left, worldwide. And i think, there would be places, where some of the people would survive with hightech and would manage to maintain it, but most would live like before the electronic era, most like before the industrial revolution, like in medieval ages. I think, they could use the ressources like iron and steal that are there, in buildings, for example, and wouldn't need to mine them, especially because there would be just millions left, but all the ressources. I dont think all humans would die, but most of them, and the people left would mostly live like in the medieval, but i think mankind would manage to survive and develop, get the technology and civilication back in the next couple of hundred years, but faster than the first time, because of far more educated people now, compared to medieval, retained knowledge, technology that survived, and things like that. But to really wipe out mankind it needs more, imo. Like a huge volcano, like toba 50.000 years ago, or more. Or a big asteroid or comet, but by far not as big as 65 mio years ago. More like the impact 58 mio years ago in greenland. An asteroid that was around 1 mile big, 1,5 - 2 km.
      Or around 15 mio years ago in germany. Same size as the grenland impact. Maybe it needs something 2 miles big, maybe even 3, or 3-5 km, so something huge, but by far not something like the dino killer. Things you have every 5 - 20 million years. So, i think to wipe out mankind completely, you need something like this. But it happens, and often enough. Yellowstone is bigger than toba 50k years ago, and could errupt. Asteroids that are big enough come every couple of million of years, and that is not that rare.
      A gamma-ray burst killed most live 440 mio years ago. Could happen again. Lots of things. We have to see.

  • @kellylyons1038
    @kellylyons1038 4 года назад +152

    Whats sad is that so often in these kinds of videos, the expert mostly only has criticism for how unrealtic it all is. But here almost everything was realistic to this guy 😨

    • @navataru
      @navataru 2 года назад +2

      I mean... His title is an astrobiologist... What do you expect?

  • @MatsJPB
    @MatsJPB 4 года назад +160

    This was superinterresting! I'd love to hear David go through even more apocalypse scenarios!

  • @cade6369
    @cade6369 3 года назад +18

    Did anyone else audibly say "Ouch" when he got to the I Am Legend part and then looked at the date this was posted?

  • @aravindiyengar
    @aravindiyengar 4 года назад +245

    Bring him back but show him proper movies this time ones that involve alien planets or alien biology like the Titan.

    • @EUSL84
      @EUSL84 4 года назад +8

      Aravind Iyengar Maybe could be too much info to the public that shouldn’t be to the public...

    • @planetsen
      @planetsen 4 года назад

      Aravind Iyengar guy is the worst

    • @planetsen
      @planetsen 4 года назад +1

      EUSL84 oh shut up u sheep

    • @EUSL84
      @EUSL84 4 года назад +8

      SEN DAWG Such a weirdo you are.

    • @skerwin5375
      @skerwin5375 4 года назад +6

      @@EUSL84 I dunno. I know a professor who specialises in astrobiology (similar to this guy) and if he ever found even the slightest evidence of aliens he would go ballistic. He would not be able to keep his mouth shut, trust me. Besides, there would be no benefit to hiding the existence of aliens on other planets - whether they be in our solar system or not.

  • @Maffoo
    @Maffoo 4 года назад +700

    If you were to tilt the camera down you’d observe him pumping up an airbed with his right leg

    • @spique9742
      @spique9742 4 года назад +4

      lmao

    • @cicicerreta
      @cicicerreta 4 года назад +2

      Gold

    • @michaelchallis4129
      @michaelchallis4129 4 года назад +5

      It’s funny because he has a medical condition.

    • @beardedbjorn5520
      @beardedbjorn5520 4 года назад +14

      Michael Challis fidgeting is not a medical condition. Don’t be so dramatic

    • @JYMAHJAMES
      @JYMAHJAMES 4 года назад

      @@beardedbjorn5520 ADHD is

  • @evanrayswenson
    @evanrayswenson 2 года назад +8

    I know he comes off as nihilistic or pessimistic but something about him gives off this feeling of hope. I think he is a humanist who knows we can do better and is part of the group who wants us to change because we CAN change.

  • @adventures_withkait
    @adventures_withkait 4 года назад +190

    Wow I would love to talk to him. He is so smart and is so genuinely into what he is talking about. One of my favorites!

    • @blond_slut
      @blond_slut 2 года назад

      3 cubes no more no less.

  • @LostLandsLife
    @LostLandsLife 4 года назад +12

    I want more of this guy. He seemed not only entertained, but interested.

  • @joaquimliengme4989
    @joaquimliengme4989 4 года назад +179

    I just love when they bring brillant minds to talk on this show its so entertaining

    • @evryfckinnameistaken
      @evryfckinnameistaken 4 года назад +5

      yeah they're way better than those lame "things this rich person can't live without" videos

    • @planetsen
      @planetsen 4 года назад +1

      Joaquim Liengme Yh. Hope fully they actually get some one brilliant next time

    • @idontcarebut9212
      @idontcarebut9212 4 года назад +3

      I don’t think this dude in the video knows what he is talking about...

  • @christianezragache1744
    @christianezragache1744 4 года назад +518

    He’s breaking down apocalyptic movies well and gives good information.
    99% of the comments: *judges how he dresses*
    🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @laurasullivan-king5930
      @laurasullivan-king5930 4 года назад +48

      It's truly depressing. He is such an accomplished scientist and author a more appropriate response would be gratitude that he is sharing his knowledge with us in such an entertaining way.

    • @brylie1843
      @brylie1843 4 года назад +8

      i feel like in the only one who loves him like he seems so kind and he dresses how i hope my future husband dresses when we’re older like i love him

    • @andrewortiz1439
      @andrewortiz1439 4 года назад +3

      i just want his drugs

    • @saginawdan
      @saginawdan 4 года назад +9

      I agree. This illustrates how juvenile and "dumbed down" humans have become. What a shame.

    • @morganstarchild5359
      @morganstarchild5359 4 года назад +2

      Idiots they are!

  • @Shakhoney
    @Shakhoney 3 года назад +14

    Super smart and well spoken! Also, I often get jittery like this, so I find it familiar and comforting that he is doing it as well, while thinking. It really helps the thinking process somehow

  • @A0A4ful
    @A0A4ful 4 года назад +370

    "The Biosphere isn't fragile...we are fragile!"

    • @jefgir1097
      @jefgir1097 4 года назад +59

      @Alexander Supertramp part of, not the biosphere

    • @valasett2202
      @valasett2202 4 года назад +35

      @Alexander Supertramp do u even know what biosphere is?

    • @Siegram999
      @Siegram999 4 года назад +9

      @Alexander Supertramp we are part of it....

    • @Diomedene
      @Diomedene 4 года назад +17

      Or as George Carlin used to say. "Save the planet? The planet will be fine, the people are f..."

    • @Nob911
      @Nob911 4 года назад +2

      Lol someone didn't pay attention to science class

  • @RileyHarrisVFX
    @RileyHarrisVFX 4 года назад +142

    I’ve been watching this for 20 minutes and just now realised this dude has a moustache

  • @iwantpizza476
    @iwantpizza476 3 года назад +5

    He seems so sweet, I love when ppl are passionate about things they love

  • @endoftheworld29
    @endoftheworld29 4 года назад +503

    Chernobyl is a good example of a city being taken over or should I say "reclaimed by nature"

    • @Zman44444
      @Zman44444 3 года назад +31

      It’s a tad heartwarming to see nature take back what’s ultimately “hers”.
      Grant it there are some genetic issues at play with some of the species living near/in Chernobyl... however they are comin through.

    • @KrikZ32
      @KrikZ32 3 года назад +20

      @@Zman44444 it's cool, but also shows you how damaging people are to the environment that animals can survive in the site of a nuclear disaster better than when people are around.

    • @iamcleaver6854
      @iamcleaver6854 3 года назад +12

      *Pripyat. Chernobyl is still alive and thriving. It is the place where the scientists live.

    • @anthonyhutchins2300
      @anthonyhutchins2300 3 года назад +1

      You realize people are nature right? Lol

    • @odst2247
      @odst2247 2 года назад

      @@Zman44444 nature is not a entity lol-the only thing that happens is niches are filled and organism take advantage of that lol.

  • @Christian-ed5uc
    @Christian-ed5uc 4 года назад +315

    Even if Coronavirus was 10 times more deadly, I'd prefer that any day to nuclear war and nuclear winter

    • @grimmshredsanguinus2915
      @grimmshredsanguinus2915 3 года назад +7

      I prefer nuclear summer

    • @kontrolgaming5979
      @kontrolgaming5979 3 года назад +24

      @@ghklfghjfghjcvbnc dude no it didn’t wtf are you on💀 the Black Plague was in Europe and parts of Asia no documentation of it being in the Americas

    • @lick28
      @lick28 3 года назад +6

      What about nuclear spring?

    • @catdaddy9626
      @catdaddy9626 3 года назад

      nuclear fallout.

    • @ZPassionateRoses
      @ZPassionateRoses 3 года назад +4

      @@kontrolgaming5979 The Black Plague had multiple instances of pandemics over and over in society where rats and people crowded in on each other. It's true that we were never fully decimated by the disease and we never will be thanks to antibiotics now, but we had an epidemic in 2017 in Madagascar as well so when you say it was only in Europe and Asia, that's wrong. It's everywhere.

  • @The_A_Cast
    @The_A_Cast 3 года назад +24

    “It’s not possible for a human to get to other stars in a human lifetime...or 100 human lifetimes..”
    *Space is so absolutely AMAZING!!*

  • @17Firefoxxx
    @17Firefoxxx 4 года назад +549

    His face looks like that vintage “glasses, nose, mustache” mask

    • @3rdperiodbassbeats
      @3rdperiodbassbeats 4 года назад

      Duka Flavius 😂😂😂😂

    • @omaralajmi1551
      @omaralajmi1551 4 года назад

      Lol i got that 🤣🤣

    • @kotanovakota
      @kotanovakota 4 года назад +1

      20s gangster time traveller

    • @tarataratara4901
      @tarataratara4901 4 года назад

      Duka Flavius omg 😆

    • @hc5566
      @hc5566 4 года назад

      even though he has minimal mustache, I can still see the mustache you speak of

  • @hello1236096
    @hello1236096 4 года назад +362

    Probably shouldn’t be watching this while self isolating 😂

  • @chacolatte7229
    @chacolatte7229 3 года назад +35

    "He should have a blowhole not gills" made me laugh, this guy is having fun with it.

    • @Ray_Dismay
      @Ray_Dismay 3 года назад +1

      Same. I was cackling.

  • @TheHunt99
    @TheHunt99 4 года назад +38

    The visible skeleton during a nuclear blast is actually very realistic. The blast is so bright that you can see right through flesh. There are videos of british naval units that were shown a nuclear blast in person and they described that very thing happening. They said they could see the bones in their fingers and arms even after closing and covering their eyes.

  • @ayanomar1408
    @ayanomar1408 4 года назад +163

    I need more reviews by this guy, ANY content tbh that he is in is great to watch

    • @chessnitemayr
      @chessnitemayr 2 года назад

      I'd love his views on post apocalyptic books, video games, etc. It would be interesting.

  • @codymarkley8372
    @codymarkley8372 3 года назад +5

    It's pretty cool that a specialist could have such a conceptually broad understanding of the topics presented. Super smart, and super cool dude.

  • @feiryfella
    @feiryfella 4 года назад +107

    The x-ray effect does actually happen, as documented by soldiers made to witness bomb tests-they could see the bones in their hands because of the brightness of the light.

    • @themeanestkitten
      @themeanestkitten 4 года назад +15

      Oh cool i can see my bones...im sure this is fine

    • @Namezzzzzzz
      @Namezzzzzzz 4 года назад +24

      You can see the bones in your hand with a regular flashlight, i would be more concerned to see your complete rib cage

    • @kylecox5394
      @kylecox5394 4 года назад +18

      H0-R5T what kind of flashlight do you have? Jesus Christ. I used a stinger streamlight and didn’t see any bones lmao

    • @muffy469
      @muffy469 4 года назад +5

      @@kylecox5394 Your room has to be pitch black so your pupils expand, and become more sensitive to light.

    • @RustyDust101
      @RustyDust101 4 года назад +2

      @@kylecox5394 I've got a 3*3 WATT LED diving lamp. In a pitch black room when I place my hand directly on that diving lamp and turn it on I've got a pretty good view of the bones in my hand. Not x-ray style but a pretty good impression of it.

  • @FunkyRezable
    @FunkyRezable 4 года назад +852

    Interstellar: the movie where people can space travel but can't build a greenhouse.

    • @agentice77
      @agentice77 4 года назад +7

      It was something about the atmosphere

    • @alanwatts8239
      @alanwatts8239 4 года назад +97

      @Tearjerker I think to say it was a dumb movie as a whole just because of one aspect of it is a pretty extreme analysis.
      You watch avengers and other generical hero movies with endless plot holes in them and say they are good movies, i don't understand millenials.

    • @alanwatts8239
      @alanwatts8239 4 года назад +67

      @Tearjerker Well, you're a drop of water in a desert then, because it's one of the best science fiction movies of all time, and it's not even my opinion.

    • @alanwatts8239
      @alanwatts8239 4 года назад +43

      @Tearjerker Source: trust me bro.

    • @jacobb9051
      @jacobb9051 4 года назад +20

      He got it wrong it was a disease called blight (a real thing) not the atmosphere

  • @s000162017
    @s000162017 2 года назад +29

    I agree with the pavement becoming fields slowly, but I'd add that I feel it would happen exponentially faster in colder climates like northern cities that have much colder & more regular snow & freezing temperatures to allow water to freeze & exacerbate the cracking & crumbling of the roads & parking lots than the lower warmer areas.

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 Год назад

      would also depend on original building standards, some countries have super high standards & roads etc are built to last decades, while other countries build them with the intention of only lasting a decade or so before repaving. Depends on if their economy is set up for one off high payments & value for money, or ongoing job creation & cheap initial spends.
      Would also depend on what plants were present, some plants can break through anything. Those plants are generally considered invasive weeds. Places that have failed to control those before the disaster will be more susceptible to them breaking down human stuff. Animals will be a factor too, elephants reclaiming cities will be very different to deer doing so. Rabbits burrowing under & elephants on top would presumably be hugely destructive, especially on roads built only to last a decade. Add some squirrels burying seeds of invasive plants in there & things could break down pretty fast. WOn't end up with nice long grass though, will end up with the invasive plants dominating & strangling everything

  • @stupidmonkey3866
    @stupidmonkey3866 4 года назад +40

    I love that you can see the math going on in his head when he first see some of these events

  • @JohnSmith-sk7cg
    @JohnSmith-sk7cg 4 года назад +401

    The reason whales didn't, and we wouldn't, develop gills is because the oxygen content is too low for our metabolism. We would have to sacrifice something for it, likely brainpower in our case.

    • @mirensummers7633
      @mirensummers7633 4 года назад +10

      That's not the only reason, and there are ways around low oxygen concentration. Oxygen carrying capacity is higher at lower concentrations in people who live at high altitudes than the rest of the population, and fetal haemoglobin has a higher affinity for oxygen than adult
      Edit: so what I'm trying to say is it's very plausible that evolution can find a way of adapting to that

    • @tigermunky
      @tigermunky 4 года назад +57

      Haven't you read RUclips comments before? I don't think there's much brainpower to sacrifice. A lot of people would get by fine on half the amount of oxygen.

    • @JohnSmith-sk7cg
      @JohnSmith-sk7cg 4 года назад +13

      @@mirensummers7633 It's a much vaster difference than the differences between the altitudes we currently live. Air has around 20 times the free oxygen content of the areas in the ocean where life is most plentiful.

    • @RahulRaj-qg5yu
      @RahulRaj-qg5yu 4 года назад +9

      @@tigermunky Humans can see things, distinguish between them, identify them, name them and remember them. Even a single language is too complex compared to other animals with spellings, pronunciation, grammar, and a lot of other things.
      So human brain is way more powerful than we give it credit for.
      Still, I think half the population will jump into the ocean thinking they will grow gills🤭

    • @princesspattycakeswm
      @princesspattycakeswm 4 года назад

      Honudes Gai adults say that, too... along with stupid stuff like, "only humans kill for reasons other than to eat. We are the animals."

  • @leijen208
    @leijen208 3 года назад +45

    The Day After Tomorrow was traumatizing when it came out

  • @raineyreid6128
    @raineyreid6128 4 года назад +278

    this guy's just bursting with knowledge...literally..lol.. he's so jittery

    • @NovelMeetsEvilPodcast
      @NovelMeetsEvilPodcast 3 года назад +18

      He’s got an adorable sort of whiplash going on. Very smart cat.

    • @lyfeordeth5270
      @lyfeordeth5270 3 года назад +6

      Some of his head bobbling looks like a form of mild neurological tic or a habitual/ compulsive movement pattern that relieves muscle tension due to injury or vertebral impingement. Or not.

    • @zeroelus
      @zeroelus 3 года назад

      @@lyfeordeth5270 I do the same twitching with my legs when I'm even mildly anxious...and I don't know that I have neurological damage and haven't been diagnosed as OCD...yet anyways.

  • @davidfrederick1971
    @davidfrederick1971 4 года назад +134

    Message at end of "The Day After" film says its a depiction; hoping to scare our governments into never reaching this day.

    • @bryaneberly3588
      @bryaneberly3588 4 года назад +6

      It's also the American version of a British movie called "Threads," which is slightly more disturbing.

  • @TheAstrobiologistOW
    @TheAstrobiologistOW 3 года назад +31

    I actually talk with this guy pretty frequently. He's never NOT this enthusiastic lol

    • @t.a6159
      @t.a6159 2 года назад

      Fantastic explainer tbh

  • @EpicTechium505
    @EpicTechium505 4 года назад +126

    I want to drink a beer with this guy..

    • @zachjones6944
      @zachjones6944 4 года назад +1

      CHEF TRONIC He probably needs it.

    • @j.m.y.t.5440
      @j.m.y.t.5440 4 года назад +6

      I agree. And talk with him as long as i'm not too drunk. But for real, this Man is quite cool and smart.

  • @vespine1749
    @vespine1749 4 года назад +158

    He looks like one of those characters displayed on the board game guess who.

  • @whatzupLizzy
    @whatzupLizzy 2 года назад +7

    Love this clip and his careful consideration and clear explanations of science to the average person. Really the best of the series.

  • @Voltagraphy
    @Voltagraphy 4 года назад +177

    I wish he would've given his opinion about "The Expanse" and people living in the belt; in zero gravity for life.

    • @willhaslem
      @willhaslem 4 года назад +4

      Can't wait for new season.

    • @MrStoffzor
      @MrStoffzor 4 года назад +5

      Watch this if you haven't, guy goes through exactly what you're mentioning ruclips.net/video/c8lOgJ70rKQ/видео.html

    • @randomrangoon5476
      @randomrangoon5476 4 года назад +1

      I was going to say the same thing about the expanse. Very good show

    • @SINISTERfromHELL
      @SINISTERfromHELL 4 года назад +1

      *micro gravity

    • @SeraphusInferis
      @SeraphusInferis 4 года назад

      He would say that it seems pretty realistic to him, except the part where they talk, which he just couldn't see happening.

  • @montyeyesclosed
    @montyeyesclosed 4 года назад +12

    I love this guy, he's so giddy and excited to talk about the thing he loves. Great video.

  • @khushbothra4805
    @khushbothra4805 3 года назад +9

    Everytime in The Breakdown:
    Other movies: "Yeah thats kinda realistic"
    Disney/Pixar movies: "Oh thats perfect."

  • @tmaxxman1000
    @tmaxxman1000 4 года назад +475

    If Walter White was an astrobiologist instead of a chemist

  • @AlexanderLegium
    @AlexanderLegium 4 года назад +88

    Another one, I'd like to see him breakdown "Children of man".

    • @bludgerabled
      @bludgerabled 4 года назад +5

      That is a brilliant movie, really heartbreaking in a lot of places.

    • @SlamDunk514
      @SlamDunk514 4 года назад +9

      Men*

    • @QuigonJoel
      @QuigonJoel 4 года назад

      @@SlamDunk514 thank you

    • @Wenyi108
      @Wenyi108 4 года назад

      Children of men! Yes!

  • @elyzasherrill7248
    @elyzasherrill7248 2 года назад +7

    About the scene depicting xrays, I remember hearing a story about a soldier who witnessed the testing of the first atomic bomb. They didn't understand what they would be witnessing. He did mention being able to see your bones through your fingers in front of your eyes or something of that sort.

    • @nom3nnescio
      @nom3nnescio 2 года назад

      It was because the light was so bright, not x rays

  • @RiotHRC
    @RiotHRC 4 года назад +143

    “Not necessarily an imminent threat”
    2020: yeah?

    • @valdie91285
      @valdie91285 4 года назад +17

      Yeah, still not a threat. Relax.

    • @Blatant.Obscurity
      @Blatant.Obscurity 4 года назад +11

      Virus sucks, sure. This is not even remotely close to a threat to humanity though, even if it went entirely unchecked. People would die, but just the same ones that are now, the suoer old, the super young, and those with preexisting health issues. Most other people are going to be fine.

    • @Novacification
      @Novacification 3 года назад +9

      Yeah, as bad as COVID has been it os nowhere near the realm of a world ending event. In fact, we have been incredibly lucky that our wake up call was relatively harmless. If the death rate had been "just" 20-30% you would likely have seen a lot of issues with distribution of food and other essentials and health services being completely overwhelmed. COVID isn't even the worst thing to happen in the last century.

    • @Theggman83
      @Theggman83 3 года назад

      World ending? No.
      Economic collapse causing... Potentially....
      Just cause you don't die doesn't mean life wont change forever... Do you remember life before 9-11?

    • @murrenkelly3866
      @murrenkelly3866 3 года назад

      I’m nervous to see our post vaccine world

  • @SirBigWater
    @SirBigWater 4 года назад +23

    For I Am Legend , it's three years after the event. So it seems that they pick and choose what to make things look worn down and overgrown. Like the cars.
    I live in Québec, Which is very near to New York and they have pretty much similar winters. I've had somebody not move or start their car for a year and it was severally rusted and worn out mostly due to the winter alone.

  • @sapir970
    @sapir970 Год назад +1

    i love the adhd of this guy.
    really vibing with my adhd so every time he shakes his hands or touches his knee or legs i could actually feel it.
    exciting subject, the adhd really made me focus on everything.

  • @Drummer1570
    @Drummer1570 4 года назад +2148

    Who's watching during the Corona Virus quarantine? Lol
    *EDIT* If it wasn't obvious, I made this comment for the likes...

    • @lyllaphoenix
      @lyllaphoenix 4 года назад +19

      RFD2127 belive me it’s definitely not just the two of us

    • @mcv9796
      @mcv9796 4 года назад +5

      Gh0st in The Cosmos You got that right

    • @jeremyallan6144
      @jeremyallan6144 4 года назад +5

      Yeah dude

    • @tdoggy9001
      @tdoggy9001 4 года назад +10

      RUclips is recommending this for a reason

    • @d.roq619
      @d.roq619 4 года назад +3

      Eeeyyyyy , youtube algorithm HAHAHAHAHA

  • @razejoseph6690
    @razejoseph6690 4 года назад +110

    When he said, "I often wonder what would happen to cities WHEN and if the humans disappear"👀😰

    • @snape6156
      @snape6156 4 года назад +25

      Well we will be gone sooner or later

    • @YoshiLupus
      @YoshiLupus 4 года назад +4

      Hehehe, we'll be wiped out eventually, and the apes will rise!

    • @shelbisikorski2509
      @shelbisikorski2509 4 года назад +2

      A biologically enhanced virus could do some harm if created for humans like COVID

    • @ratman507
      @ratman507 4 года назад

      “and if”

    • @rambo-cambo3581
      @rambo-cambo3581 4 года назад +6

      Its always been a case of when, not if.

  • @adh0c468
    @adh0c468 3 года назад +6

    26:16 "The biosphere is not fragile. We're fragile. Our civilization is fragle". *Flips us off* Well done, David.

  • @MissesWitch
    @MissesWitch 4 года назад +40

    "If you're going to save anybody, you have to not save some people"
    Italy right now :

  • @timolston
    @timolston 4 года назад +14

    Everyone talking about him being nervous. I think it’s excitement. Not that the world could end but maybe he just geeks out and really wants to talk about things like this but he’s holding himself back.

  • @austingriff5905
    @austingriff5905 3 года назад +28

    This guy should evaluate the last of us games. In terms of the environments I feel like they are really realistic for 25 years of apocalypse and nature taking back the cities

  • @cordingrobin7162
    @cordingrobin7162 4 года назад +39

    The man makes me feel like he’s experienced every one of these cataclysmic events and that kinda terrifies me.

    • @breetopkuschi9657
      @breetopkuschi9657 4 года назад +1

      Only cause you can’t figure out where his blowhole is

    • @kaamn1829
      @kaamn1829 4 года назад +3

      That's science for ya, knowledge is liberating and crippling!

  • @omaralajmi1551
    @omaralajmi1551 4 года назад +33

    I respect this dude... the amount of Knowledge he has on itself on Astrobiology & Apocalypse settings or aftermaths is literally creepy and can lead to certain Fear on itself 😅😅 I noticed his body language or mainly his Hands are being kinda Stuttered or shaky for abit... it does seem to me that , he's a Real Astrobiologest and what he's saying is True.... Man i hope nothing happens in a worst case Scenario like those events , but a Natural Disaster is nautral.... Wars are not needed for whatever reason 👌🏼

  • @patrickelliott-brennan8960
    @patrickelliott-brennan8960 2 года назад +5

    Love this guy. Smart, humorous, thoughtful and makes some great insightful comments.
    Brilliant.

  • @Bob-zt6ry
    @Bob-zt6ry 4 года назад +40

    Honestly obssessed with these videos

  • @foxyshazaam3310
    @foxyshazaam3310 4 года назад +6

    I absolutely love this man. The way he is so passionate about his knowledge and educating. I would love to sit and have conversations with him!

  • @violeta054
    @violeta054 2 года назад +6

    I loved this guy! He comes across as extremely likable and knowledgeable. Please more content with him!

  • @ericscholtens7473
    @ericscholtens7473 4 года назад +279

    Random scientist breaking down scenes totally unrelated to his discipline: "That's what I picture a tsunami looking like."

    • @CharlieQuartz
      @CharlieQuartz 4 года назад +35

      Yeah I was surprised he didn’t say a tsunami is more of a mound of water that swells and dominates everything with sheer volume and mass, not really a wave...

    • @beardedbjorn5520
      @beardedbjorn5520 4 года назад +11

      This is why I was hesitant to watch. Why would an Astrobiologist be talking about apocalypse and disaster movies?

    • @YoshiLupus
      @YoshiLupus 4 года назад +34

      @@beardedbjorn5520 He literally states he studies how life begins and ends on planets. What apocalyptic movie have you seen where there isn't a huge loss of life in the beginning or the resurgence of humanity in the end?

    • @YoshiLupus
      @YoshiLupus 4 года назад +16

      He meant in person. The movie was trying to display the perspective of seeing a tsunami head-on. He mentioned footage, so he's obviously seem them in video like most other people.

  • @fairongaming9347
    @fairongaming9347 4 года назад +138

    "Its not necessarily an eminent threat." - Feb. 2020.
    Six months later:
    Little did he know.....

    • @Aquarius-kun395
      @Aquarius-kun395 3 года назад +4

      @@captainultraswagga covid my guy

    • @breazy832
      @breazy832 3 года назад

      he did the does the corona virus??!

    • @fjuuh
      @fjuuh 3 года назад

      Little did Fairon Gaming know, 8 months later and I was gonna comment the same thing.

    • @iamcleaver6854
      @iamcleaver6854 3 года назад

      What has changed since Feb. 2020?

  • @anninaninana1070
    @anninaninana1070 3 года назад +2

    I love how much he is a genuine fan of wall-e. Somehow wasnt expecting this movie to be part of this but of course it makes sense. I remember the feeling of watching that movie the first time

  • @DrakeMagnum
    @DrakeMagnum 4 года назад +4

    Please bring David Grinspoon back for another one! He is full of knowledge and just the right amount of humor.

  • @water-nerd
    @water-nerd 4 года назад +94

    Would've figured they'd have him review mostly movies about aliens or life on other planets instead of natural disaster and climate movies

    • @CrusaderDom3
      @CrusaderDom3 4 года назад +5

      Wat? We don't have any scientific knowledge on aliens so what would he have to talk about?

    • @MollyFC
      @MollyFC 4 года назад +16

      He seems to specialize in the studies of other planets abilities to harbor life, so I think this is right up his alley.

    • @Trashcankicker.
      @Trashcankicker. 4 года назад +1

      @@CrusaderDom3 technically, we are aliens as well .. living in a planet where there's trillion never ending planets and different universes... we are aliens to aliens..

    • @rukus9585
      @rukus9585 4 года назад +1

      I think he did well, given his field of expertise and the assigned task which didn't exactly match his studies perfectly. Sorry, just my opinion.