Brain Computer and Predictions

[@cee8mee]

We've all seen someone in a movie or TV show lift something supposedly heavy, but we knew it was actually very light. The same kind of visual clues that let us know when someone really hasn't taken a drink out of an opaque cup, even though they've pantomimed like they have. They don't move as we would expect, even if we can't quite put it into words as to why we know.

[@staubach1979rt]

I was hoping for an explanation. I Don't know metric weight, so I just guessed heaviest to lightest and I was way of with the 6kg one. I thought it was the heaviest.

[@Maninawig]

I was working a printing job and one of my coworkers would use this as a gag: Tape closed an empty box, struggle to lift it, then toss it to someone saying "catch"

[@timthetoolpool]

I've always thought it was amazing how our brains will perform complicated linear algebra within microseconds despite the person being unable to solve basic algebra using their logical brain.

[@Heurecka]

yeah just like when we throw things like bro how do you know what angle and how much force we need when i don't even know the distance

[@maskettaman1488]

Because we're not performing linear algebra. Not even close. We're recognizing patterns in his movement. Same with throwing a ball. We're not calculating trajectories, we're just making an estimate based on patterns from previous throws.

[@shubhanshujain9827]

what an interesting comment!

[@imeqa5409]

Hey Rob! I cannot believe how you still interact with your community. That's pretty amazing of you!

[@CuriosityShow]

Thanks, but we are pleased and grateful to have people interested in our videos, so it seems only polite - Rob

[@brendangallagher5849]

I think my computer is broken.

[@dj71162]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[@PJZombie]

You may have a Virus or have been hacked!

[@MarkMcCluney]

I just watched a man with a paper bag over his head lifting parcels.

[@maxshuty]

The irony we are all watching this on an amazing computer or what would be a supercomputer at the time this was filmed

[@OnwardToMail]

Well that depends. KZbin can be watched on more than just a PC or Laptop.

[@ndingo]

@@OnwardToMail like iPads iPhoneis smart TV Etc etc

[@jeremyfiggins4176]

Yeah, that was my thought when he started out by saying "you have an amazing computer". How does he know? 😄

[@mattmcguire1577]

The average car has more computing power than Apollo 11.

[@michaelkeller5008]

i believed in the words Deane told - up until i worked for swiss post in a "sorting center" for parcels. bc after two weeks, it didn't matter to me if a parcel weighted 2kg or 20kg (or with the unfortunate stints with "bulky goods-team" even up to 50kg (maximum for the manual sorting))... ;-)

[@darren8269]

I like the part where he put the bag on his head. 😂

[@planetx1595]

That reminded me of someone

[@unlegitbruh]

@@planetx1595 Someone who wasnt racist at all right

[@fatsquirrel75]

He must have lost a bet. Comedy gold!

[@thisweek7511]

Last one i presumed to be 15kg. My mind is boggling. Great people💜

[@CaptRobau]

Got 14 right. Perhaps because they showed 7 before and I doubled it. I got the 6 kg one wrong. Thought it was 9.

[@TheFilipFonky]

@@CaptRobau Hah, same as you

[@AFKBhumik]

@@CaptRobau I got everything right.

[@smadaf]

An Old El Paso Dinner Kit in Australia in the '80s! Amazing!

[@mce_AU]

Try it on your Metric friends.

[@jonesy3million26]

Was anyone else using their ears and listening to the paper crackling as an indicator of how long it takes him to grapple with the boxes?

[@WrinkleRelease]

Dean, what a creative way to demo (a) that our brains calculate weight intuitively and (b) how they use non-verbal cues to do so!

[@LowKeyTroll]

The brain is the only organ that named itself

[@d5486]

Thank you so much for uploading these 👏👏

[@TychoKingdom]

I have no understanding of what a kilogram is so I couldn't guess value. But I did know if it was heavier or lighter than the standard 7kg box.

[@gkbasil]

I need to format hard drive and reinstall os on my computer.

[@akaDJLama]

my computer just wanted to know when you open the packages

[@green929392]

The only one I didn't get correct was the 6kg, I thought it was 7kg; amazing.

[@eerievibes6854]

Australia had this and I had Bebe's Kids. Now I'm autistic.

[@jansenart0]

Bugger, my computer's broke.

[@kurikokaleidoscope]

Brilliant channel. Great to see this classuc material.

[@jeffrey44]

How much did that dog food weigh? I have no idea, my computer is broken.

[@Vandal_Savage]

I overestimated all of them. I guess I'm just weak and lazy. 😔

[@uriituw]

Then I go and pick something up that I think is heavy-only to find that it is light-and pick it up much too quickly as a result.

[@ajperron658]

I think my brain computer is broken

[@andrewbaans7400]

Ironically when I clicked on this video, just before it started playing an advertisement for a computer came up.

[@cee8mee]

Because of the title. Not ironic, just algorithmic.

[@idealthinker101]

Is he professor Richard Wiseman ? (He looks like a younger version of Professor Richard Wiseman 😅)

[@_dobas]

guessed all the way up till the last one!

[@Roll-Penut]

This didn't work for me, I couldn't tell the difference

[@friend_xtra]

i somehow got all the weights exact but the last. wild.

[@garrysekelli6776]

Lol. İ guessed right on the last one. But i also thought that every package would be 14.

[@jeramiebradford1]

my computer isn't working I wasn't close

[@somerandomperson326]

I thought the 6kg was 13 kg

[@danielvillacres4437]

Just the last one.

[@somerandomperson326]

And I thought the 10kg was 7kg

[@unknown_truck]

My computer got no wires!

[@rhouser1280]

Man, Kg to Lbs always locks my computer up…🤔🤔🤔😞

[@mattmcguire1577]

2.2 lbs to a kilo, so roughly double or half depending on which direction.

[@somerandomperson326]

And thought the 14kg was 13kg

[@onepanda9480]

So I AM smart after all 😂

[@Plons0Nard]

Now lift one of your friends 😊👍🏻🤝🏻🇳🇱

[@andyjohnson4907]

SPOILER in the thumbnail!!

[@calebsinger8029]

I overestimated all of them but I know pounds not kilograms

[@attilajuhasz2526]

The particular units don't matter. That was the purpose of his initial lift with a known quantity -- to imbue us with a quality (of lifting motion) which we then relate to other lifts.

[@MarkoBrainz]

I was always 1 kg lower lol

[@FBI-el4me]

bruh

[@bonifac888_cod-gaming7]

YY~EESSSSS#

[@jimferry6539]

I got them all exactly right as usual

[@Chopper650]

Nowadays the curiosity show would be about gender and genitals.... bought to u by disney