Can You Run Through Harry Potter's Platform 9 3/4?

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Everyone knows that the journey to Hogwarts in Harry Potter begins with running through a magical wall to Platform 9 3/4, but is it possible? Kyle runs through the possibilities on this week's Because Science!
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[@becausescience]

Thanks for watching! A bit out of the sc-fi wheelhouse, but I had a ton of fun with this one. Oh, and my brain hurts from those equations too, so don't worry. Also, what House do you think I'm sorted into -- I took the test, but what do you think? -- KH

[@josephdapolito7669]

Because Science I have that same wand

[@minewarz]

Ravenclaw?

[@TheChristmasNinja12]

Ravenclaw, most nerds are Ravenclaw. (But with that hair, I could see an argument for Hufflepuff.)

[@KarAtFeng]

is it larger than Graham number?

[@saqlain1020]

What if the Wall is made in such a way that it is comprised of really thin planks length thin layers in between them free space to give like a place for particles to stay. And tunnel human body atom by atom. What would be the probablity in that case. This idea is far fetched but hey its Science.

[@espalorp3286]

So.... you're saying there's a chance?

[@becausescience]

I love that movie -- KH

[@LeonOrenValentine]

Proteus #lolz

[@jiawen3667]

yup, a chance so small that the universe would end before you actually did it

[@martyjehovah]

If you're lucky it might happen the very first time you try, so be sure to run head first.

[@dropthefbomb07]

Proteus it's not impossible, just improbable.

[@atalarzyk]

"Science is magic that works" - Kurt Vonnegut

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

And magic is a half assed explanation of things we don’t understand

[@razorsaber2287]

Quantum tunneling explains why if something of mine falls on the floor it disappears

[@BraveCat9927]

What are the chances of a sock quantum tunneling through your dryer in any given 45 min cycle? Pretty fuckin high if you ask me.

[@jeanmichelteub4884]

@@BraveCat9927 yea pretty much 100%

[@erinkarp6317]

So what you're saying is, although it's extremely close to impossible, there is a small chance I might fall through my chair right now?

[@victorbourguignon6897]

kinda yes, but you would be the luckiest being in every imaginable universe conceived by every single creatures capable of doing so in OUR won universe... so just go and by a loto ticket

[@MLPTechnoColt]

Victor Bourguignon Nah. If that were to happen, I'd say he would use up any and all luck he might possess. However, if he were to happen to catch it on video and it was verifiable, it would be the most invaluable scientific discovery in history.

[@alexmerwin3218]

You have no momentum so no

[@artemiostriantafyllou7986]

@@alexmerwin3218 everything has _some_ momentum on a quantum level, atoms moving around and whatnot, otherwise he would be 0°Kelvin.

[@victorbourguignon6897]

ty

[@mikebrown354]

The real question is why normal people do not notice people vanishing through the pillar.

[@TheThegoldenspatula]

Some Guy mr weasley explains that muggles go out of their way to choose not to see magic, even if it’s right in front of them. For example, if you say someone run onto Platform 9 & 3/4 as a muggle observer, you wouldn’t immediately conclude someone ran THROUGH the wall, would you? You’d probably convince yourself you were imagining things or your eyes played tricks on you

[@mikebrown354]

but so many ppl saw the flying car.. there r many incidences where muggles saw the magical acts

[@samylemzaoui2298]

Some Guy yep, that's why thousands of people swear they saw UFO's yet I don't believe them (I know I'm 1 month late)

[@LeeW89]

It is mentioned in the books that magic exists specifically to prevent muggles from going near magical sites such as Hogwarts (upon approach, muggles will suddenly recall some urgent thing they must be doing somewhere else, and should they be able to resist that then they'd only see dilapidated ruins on the verge of collapse), so it stands to reason that some other, similar magic is at play on Platform 9 3/4; perhaps a mild muggle repellent charm to keep them from going to that specific section of the wall and leaning on it, only to tumble into 9 3/4, coupled with a perception altering charm so that they don't notice the multitudes of people vanishing by a single portion of the wall (which would likely amplify the natural tendency of muggles to ignore the magical occurrences that happen around them, chalking it up to tricks of the light or hallucination).

[@Snowstorm...]

Some Guy maybe they're just -too dumb- in too much of a hurry?

[@AustiuNoMatterWho]

That's what good science does: It extends the imagination of what is possible in this universe. honestly never knew how to vocalize this very point but, this is why i love science so much.

[@livedandletdie]

The best saying in the universe is though; Any Technology advanced enough is indistinguishable from magic.

[@DigitalJedi]

So that's how socks disappear through the dryer. . . Neat. Can I have my socks back?

[@Enderia01]

Nah, there's just a portal to Sakaar in the back of the dryer. Korg needs to cover his feet somehow

[@joeyteter9383]

“NEEEEEEERRRRRRDDDDD. Nerd. You are a nerd.” Almost choked laughing so hard, it just came out of nowhere 😂😂😂

[@friendlyneighbourhoodbridg1354]

Should've screamed "NEEEEEEEEEERD....Ravenclaw" 🤣🤣

[@MichaelSBaram]

Theoritically,it is possible that in the last eight minutes the sun just teleported somewhere and we just dont know it yet😂

[@FlagCutie]

"SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THERE'S A CHANCE!" Also, I vote Sophia get the "Super Nerd" of the week because, dude, how can she not!

[@brandyraccoon1473]

Shout out to smart boi Kyle Hill and smart gurl Sophia Nasr! (read this in Kyle's Elon accent)

[@FlagCutie]

Brandy Raccoon is there any other way to read it? Lol

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

Sorry, but you couldn't. The wall is laden with muggle repelling charms, so if a muggle would even walk near it, they would suddenly change direction without even noticing. Even if you were staring right at it and thinking "i'm gonna run right through it", you would just experience second thougjts about it, like "i'd just hurt myself" "i'd look ridicolus doing it" and finally deciding against it. It's the same with the Leaky Cauldron and the entances to the Ministry and St.Mungos. The charms would just make you think that it's not worth the time and effort. Sorry.

[@FlagCutie]

Edoardo Prevelato but.... but... but... Yeah, you're probably right.

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

Jess_Marie_G IMPERIO! You... will vote me... for the SuperNerd...

[@cooper.quinlivan]

The parents of muggle borns can go through so obviously you can

[@justinl.shults7217]

Oh yeah I just remembered Hermoinie was muggle born but she turned out to be A full time witch. So if Hermoinie is muggle born & she can get through platform 9 3/4 than he can also.

[@chibill467]

The trolley went through so you can too

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

He's forgetting that the barrier actually can be opened and closed. When it is open anyone at all can go through. When it's closed not even wizards could get through.

[@kbee225]

@@justinl.shults7217 that's because she had magical abilities. That was the reason she got the admission letter in the first place. I don't remember if get parents came all the way to the platform 9 3/4.

[@friendlyneighbourhoodbridg1354]

It's entirely possible that their dormant magical genes made it possible if you're talking about magic

[@quantom6]

THAT'S HOW THE FLASH IS SUPPOSED TO FAZE THROUGH WALLS! In the book "The Physics of Super Heroes" the author says that a way The Flash could faze through walls in real life is by vibrating his atoms in such a way that they impact the wall enough times per second that the probability of them tunneling through the wall increases to about 100% and he fazes through. Keep in mind that in the comic book cannon the Flash can indeed move well over the speed of light. Yes that's not possible in real life but COMICS!

[@azarilh2355]

Funny how in DC series they try to explain something this good but then they don't explain stuff like how the hell Flash can be that fast.

[@theultimatejobbersamizayn2782]

Well, they do explain how hes that fast, and its basically just magic (the speedforce.)

[@Casedilla73]

He was struck by lightning. Lightning is powerful.

[@nmaymies]

So your telling me that he runs into the wall over and over again a literally incomprehensible number of times and he does this every time that he runs through anything

[@TheBowTheorist]

Then again, you don't actually go THROUGH the wall, do you? You don't come out on the other side of the platform, you come out in another platform. This would be a lot similar to a wormhole than quantum teleportation. Please like so Kyle can see. (Love your show, Kyle)

[@thestralspirit]

I think that they do actually go through the wall like Kyle said. But they tunnel through the wall into a portal. Otherwise a muggle could just as easily walk into the portal

[@sosgrosil1085]

The Bow Theorist this is the kind of comment I had to prune for before just trying to either comment it myself or try messaging on Twitter

[@cielnicolas4697]

Kyle is definitely ravenclaw

[@leguan278]

hufflepuff here... according to a test

[@AMoodyB3ar]

despite looking somewhat lion-esque. his hair screams griffondor but his job screams ravenclaw louder

[@TheMarshmellowLife]

Ravenclaw is my home

[@bavarianbanshee]

I see him as a particularly smart hufflepuff.

[@AMoodyB3ar]

Eurobeat Lover Sky you have a point. I don't really know how brave Kyle is. I guess it's up to him and the hat. Although, the hat did qualify him as a nerd. considering the hat did so in Kyle's voice, I think its safe to assume that Kyle chose Ravenclaw.

[@JohntheFlame]

I would love to watch you melt your brain over the Dr.Strange's from Marvel comics "magic"

[@PotatoesAssistant]

Game theory did it

[@psychogeko1527]

I plugged in e^10^35 into google's calculator and the answer it spat out was infinity. I'm dying

[@aliozanerbektas]

That is why there is a size limit of a transistor inside of a CPU.

[@filipjadownicki6790]

Ozan Erbektaş Nearly, the electrons tunnel instead but yeah

[@Radianx001]

Something like 4 nm

[@GeneralKnife]

Ozan Erbektaş yup and also why quantum computing was created

[@RagnarokLoW]

that's why there's a size limit with silicon. Other materials have different properties

[@Reddotzebra]

So once you get down to that scale, laying down circuit would be like trying to direct water with cheesecloth? XD

[@ChloeAriT]

But wouldn't you just go through the wall and end up back at the station? You wouldn't get to Platform 9 3/4 because, physically, it obviously isn't just behind the wall. I would guess that the Wizarding World has some fourth spacial dimension to allow things like that.

[@TMWriting]

Earven or maybe there’s a chance you experience quantum tunnelling and quantum teleportation at the same time. Ha, let’s see him do *that* math.

[@OjasBheda]

If there is one..why go through a wall..you could go through air🤷🏽‍♂️

[@TMWriting]

Ojas Bheda I think the in-universe explanation is that it’s designed to stop muggles accidentally wandering into the portal (because why would you walk into a brick wall?) but that does kind of end the theory that there’s something inherently special or magically imbued in wizards that lets them go through the portal.

[@Convoy00X]

Ojas Bheda air moves and it's hard to a specific place in the air. Putting the barriers somewhere where it can be easily found makes it easier for wizards to get to the train.

[@FatedFlames]

Canonically, there is actually a concealed physical platform behind the illusory barrier. The platform was built in conjunction with the station itself.

[@tommynguyen6490]

Just imagine in another reality there’s someone who continually gets lucky enough to phase through walls consistently.

[@vivianjames357]

That's terrifying. It's bad enough for some characters who have that sort of power but this wouldnt be by choice. What if you hit the ultimate multiversal string of luck and fell continuously? That's a nightmare. It's not like falling through the sky. It's not even like falling through space. Not even subatomic particles will understand what you're going through. What would you call that? You still exist but how would you physically prove it at that time? What restrictions are there on falling speed? Could you fall out of the god damn universe? This is one of those situations when the quickest death would be the most merciful.

[@SAPANNow]

If the multiverse is real, then that person does exist, they must according to maths.

[@vivianjames357]

@@SAPANNow any number is almost nothing compared to higher infinities. Its definite that they would exist but that doesnt make the idea of it any more horrifying. How much lower are the odds of that person falling through several universes? Every universe? At that point which is worse, purgatory or falling forever?

[@jonathanmatthews4774]

*runs into wall* That hurt! Kyle said there was a non-zero chance this would work *Runs into wall*

[@MagnumForce51]

Think about it this way. If you could quantum tunnel through a brick wall, you could quantum tunnel through empty space/air. The atmosphere is a similar barrier in the eyes of the quantum world. Though unlike the wall, you can physically displace the air molecules/atoms because they aren't as tightly packed and linked together like a solid like that brick wall. But I don't think that would matter. You could still quantum tunnel through that space without disturbing what's in between. So if the odds of quantum tunneling was higher at a realistic rate, you'd not only have people quantum tunnelling through walls, but also tunneling through empty space and seemingly teleporting short distances at random. I would think this would be kind of impractical in day to day life. About to take a dump on the toilet? Nope. Your **t just quantum tunneled into your lap and now you got s**t all over your jeans. :P About to sit down on your computer desk? Nope you just quantum tunneled a couple feet to the left and missed the chair and thus fell on your ass. And of coarse this is ignoring the fact that your individual atoms would quantum tunnel away from each other and thus make it impossible for solid matter to exist because molecules would fall part and not hold together for very long due to atoms escaping those bonds via quantum tunneling. Solid matter wouldn't exist if quantum tunneling was as easy as Harry Potter would depict it without magic. While it would be cool to quantum tunnel through things, be thankful it's not as easy as it would be in Harry Potter if it was done through science, else you'd have a hard time sitting on your chair, simply crossing a street without having to worry about teleporting into a nearby car, or even being able to exist in the first place :P Oh and you forgot to mention what the odds would be for a "normal" object like a human. You factored that as a single giant atom. but think of it this way, humans are made of an uncountable amount of those atoms. They would all have to quantum tunnel through the wall SIMULTANEOUSLY. If the odds for a giant atom doing that was already that low, imagine that countless amount of atoms of a normal human doing it at the same time. In fact you'd more likely to lose an arm or leg from quantum tunneling then your whole body making it through. So instead you'd be seeing random body parts teleporting through the wall while you have the now bleeding to death person left behind. It would not be a pretty sight... :P

[@riszbb]

ApacheThunder interestingly that does happen in the Harry Potter universe it's called splicing but happens when apparate/disapparate improperly

[@archentity]

Didn't this happen in the Philadelphia experiment??....

[@lucasx4500]

You guys are super nerds

[@TheOverArchiver]

riszbb It’s actually called splinching (not sure if your autocorrect messed you up there or not, either way, just a friendly correction/reminder)

[@gumby2ms]

makes you wonder if you scale down the time frame for a tunnelling event that if you tried to measure this on a human for their whole life they may actually tunnel minuscule non-noticeable amounts all the time. like in a billion attempts you tunnel a plank length

[@DaveLennonCopeland]

Anything to do with magic is beyond science... one could say "Because Magic". :)

[@julianroth326]

"But physics!" :'(

[@MrGeorgeMassie]

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

[@Joshua_Shadow_Manriguez]

It's Magic, I don't have to explain tits.

[@HiddenOne-D-1321]

funfact. its not magic. its just science we dont understand. basiclly the same thing but hey. now we know why wizards say they use magic. they dont understand what they are doing

[@DaveLennonCopeland]

Devon - lol :)

[@Strutsiina]

Kyle: "...if he ran at the platform at jogging speed..." Me: okok sounds fair Kyle: "Let's say - 15 km/h..." Me: throws up in my mouth at the thought of having to sustain 15 km/h for more than a minute

[@Gorvahog]

katja that’s like 7ish mph

[@antoniasalinas513]

9.3 mph.

[@thegreatfusili4673]

Why would it take anywhere near a minute to reach a platform a few feet away? lol

[@devindykstra]

I see a *Baymax* in that sun at 3:35

[@celebrimborblue5052]

Juggernaut can!

[@Securiteruadmin]

Obviously, because he is the juggernaut, female who sells her body for money!

[@ryancarter2959]

He's the juggernaut you female dog

[@landonblock]

Couldn’t it just be a hologram and muggles just never try to pass through it??

[@LeeW89]

Landon Block considering Dobby closes the "gate" in HPatCoS, it is more than a simple illusion. I always imagined it more as a portal to another location, placed on the molecular surface of the wall (which would give the appearance of phasing through the wall), with various muggle repellent and perception altering magics placed upon and around it. It made more sense to me as a child than the whole "there's another platform at King's Cross that fits inside the wall between platforms 9 & 10, when the train and the tracks it rides are clearly in the same physical space" thing; surely SOMEONE would have noticed the extra tracks not on the station's plans, or the bright scarlet train riding on tracks that seemingly dead end into a wall. Although, if the actual Hogwarts Express station is not in King's Cross (as my portal theory would suggest) then having to go to KC, run at a specific section of wall, and be teleported elsewhere rather than just, y'know, go to the actual location of the train, makes less sense. #Magicmakesnodamnsense!

[@locnexix611]

@@LeeW89 unless the train is in hard to access location thus having a portal in a easier for everyone to reach location, is better, since tou know kids aren't allowed to use magic.

[@LeeW89]

@@locnexix611 I did consider that, but they could just have an independent station with muggle repelling charms on it.

[@RohanMerea]

Just shield the Hologramm like they did in several startrek epsiodes, and if you recognized by the shield, you can Pass

[@AmyraCarter]

Alteration/Illusion sorcery; you're on the ball with this.

[@theace9566]

4:37 I love his snort

[@ironglandx3270]

So i do have a problem with this... so even if we could phase through, wouldn't we still just go through column and still end of on the muggle side of the column and not on the platform that holds Hogwarts express? I think the 9 3/4 platform is a portal for magic users to get to the platform. And for everyone else, it's just a normal column that leads to a normal platform...

[@ironglandx3270]

And I say again, "hundred fifdy" should be voted as the new quote of the week!

[@NaReDn]

Hey Kyle could you do and episode on the potion/poison that Juliet took to become dead temporarily for 48 hours in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

[@xbillups8322]

Yass please what is that magical substance Friar Lawrence conjures?

[@JackSamEss]

Thanks for making content I enjoy watching, and congrats to your success. You've always had high production value, but I can tell you and your team are upping it even more now that you have the standalone channel. Thanks for existing man.

[@ignatz14]

"Yer a flashdrive, Harry."

[@usbpresents6961]

"I consider myself to be a non dumb-dumb" - Kyle Hill 2018

[@Drakefance5]

Never tell me the odds i'll take a 1^e^10^35 chance anyday, i WILL fail but i can atleast say i took the opportunity to potentially be the first person to phase through a wall (or atleast a single particle of me, which wouldnt really be considered a part of me anymore...) For real through, dont go running into brick walls, not good for ya health.

[@forrenz]

Aw, man! There's an episode idea: Could the Flash write it out, in how much time?

[@rewrose2838]

I wonder if the Flash can run in to the wall again and again enough times that eventually he would quantum tunnel through it to reach -Pig Tumours- Hogwarts ?

[@forrenz]

Speaking of odds: that would mean that no matter what, Longshot from Marvel Comics would make it to Platform 9.75 any/every time he tried.

[@becausescience]

It's true -- KH

[@tamaraelisabethcomas641]

I love how much this videos make me think and try to understand, I just love it

[@MrBlalasaadri]

Fascinating episode! You do, however, assume that the wall is an actual wall. I'm not sure that's true. Given that Dobby is able to temporarily seal the entrance in the second book, I've always imagined it consisting of 2 parts: an actual portal of some kind and an illusion to make it look like a brick wall. The portal could then be pretty much everything that would work and be activated or deactivated depending on who is trying to pass through - a protective field (such as those conjured up to protect Hogwarts in book 7 or in fantastic beasts 1 to keep muggles away from the battle), a mechanism of moving elements (like the entrance to Diagon Alley or the doors of a regular muggle elevator) or even a simple, boring old door manned by a stressed employee of whoever runs the Hogwarts express who has to open it to wizards but not to muggles.

[@McDDcM]

Your depiction of the sorting hat looks like a penguin wearing a cape....or a cloak...maybe it's a wizard or witch penguin.

[@minewarz]

that's amazing

[@TheOverArchiver]

Wait, McDDcM. That name sounds familiar. Have you had one (or more) of your comments featured on an Oxboxtra Show of the Week(end) video?

[@Rath460]

More like Abygale

[@McDDcM]

Julian Zimianitis, I've had a few of my comments read out across their channels. I'm shocked that you recognise my name like that.

[@TheOverArchiver]

McDDcM. It stands out. It’s got very interesting sounds, since it’s technically all consonants.

[@wisdombeyondyears]

We also experience quantum tunneling in our own bodies in the form of proton tunneling. Its one of the mechanisms of genetic mutation if I’m remembering correctly.

[@Sion-dq6xo]

StrangelyAmusing that is not yet proven, Jim alkahili (probably spelt wrong) is working on it, or was the last time I checked, if your are interested look at his "secrets of quantum physics" TV show

[@pubpit]

"Now I'm a muggle" _Five seconds later_ *Summons a wand with magic*

[@kihaakui792]

I've just discovered these videos. And they've helped immensely to pull me out of my worst depression in decades, which I was stuck in for almost three weeks. You are awesome. So rarely does one find a nerd who nerds as well as you, who is also really good at presentation and comedy. And you ain't too hard on the eyes, either. You should make a serious run at Hollywood. Become a science adviser and build into onscreen work. Kind of like Hiro from Heroes. He started off in special effects, I think. Which is very sciencey.

[@UncleSilverGaming]

Isn't "magic" just science that we can't explain yet?

[@Gab8riel]

Uncle Silver Gaming in the real world, pretty much

[@Dragonvale105]

No it isn’t real

[@ScottJPowers]

actual magic has never existed. in the past, people accidently caused some chemical reactions and made up stories about what was happening.

[@airomod568]

Thor 1 reference :)

[@nicks.2612]

Gabriel Rodriguez Watched to much Thor, ay

[@axe693axe]

May the Quantum Tunneling Be With You young scientist.

[@pakfu]

Kyle, you're not only one of my favorite KZbinr's, you're one of the more exemplary human beings on Earth. Thank you and your team for literally making us smarter every day.

[@claudiaaragon294]

I think it would have to be something closer to a portal to a parallel universe, since going through you are still on King's Cross station with the only difference of a giant old train waiting at the platform...

[@MrLeafeater]

That doesn't mean that the dedicated shouldn't keep trying.

[@aaronorr5586]

Randall Blyler God bless the dedicated for as long as they keep trying the less time they will spend trying to pass their stupidity onto the next generation. Darwin is it's own reward.

[@marquiscarmezo6288]

hey Kyle . The temperature of the sun's core is 15 million kelvin ( u were precise there) but the heat produced by the sun is majorly by nuclear fusion of the hydrogen molecules (hydrogen atoms fuse at 13 million kelvin) . The reaction:- four hydrogen nuclei fuse to form helium nucleus with a release of 26.7 mega-electron volts of energy.However the helium nuclei fuse at 100 million kelvin....soo there the phasing might apply

[@kahanumorales]

When you think about it, two people probably HAVE shuffled cards into the same order because it's not quite possible to shuffle into just any order from a riffle shuffle if the deck is already in order. For example, with the ace of spades on bottom, one riffle obviously can't get it anywhere near the top unless you let the other half of the deck mostly fall to the table without shuffling it, and no one shuffles like that. If you only take into consideration the range of slightly different ways people do the same type of shuffle while the deck is in standard order, you'd probably get a pretty high chance of people shuffling into the same order. You only have to consider things like pressure on the cards, the time between each hand starting to let go of the cards, the varying friction of people's skin on the cards, and the brand of cards.

[@johnhunter7244]

"Has to TUNNEL through some BEARrier" speaking of dead memes... Synergy!

[@ashleyferguson3115]

Hey Kyle!! Could quantum mechanics explain the magic’s interference of technology in the Wizarding World? Arthur Weasley was fascinated by tweaking Muggle electronics to get them to work or enhance them with magic. For example, the Flying Ford in Chamber of Secrets and Ron’s radio in Deathly Hallows. Thanks!!

[@TheBowTheorist]

00:09 You can't use accio on your own wand, you would have to use your wand to do the spell. Unless you are a very, very powerful wizzard, which you are not, as you said here: 00:02

[@khilorn]

And its [æksio] not [ækio]. Pronunciation is everything with spells.

[@emilengen7825]

Kyler Freilinger it's*

[@MuttFitness]

Kyler Freilinger thanks, hermione.

[@theace9566]

Kyler The Lore Junkie yes "it's leviOsa not leviosA" - Hermione 😂

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

I always got annoyed they made me go to London to catch the Hogwarts Express! I literally live in Hogsmeade!!! Why can't I just meet at the platform when the train arrives?

[@IslandCave]

11:37, Hi Schrodienger's cat! Good to see you are alive and not dead!

[@rewrose2838]

So even if the wall was 1 ThinBrick thick (19mm) and even if you were the *lightest* person in the world (2.1kg) 'running' at the *slowest* speed I can bother imagining (2.3x10^-16 m/s which is 1 metre in the expected age of the universe) The probability of passing the wall would be ........ 1/e^10^13 (Damn the real world really doesn't want anybody to reach Hogwarts, btw why the flippity fudge is a wizard academy named -Pig Tumours- _Hogwarts_ !? )

[@emv...]

I am in the hospital now, I tried it firstly with Quantum-Tunneling, then with an ambulance🤕

[@forrenz]

Wait, you tried to get INTO a hospital via quantum tunneling? There are so many follow-up questions about that. ;)

[@NickMaovich]

I'd ride some Hills with this Kyle. Awesome work, keep up!

[@bradleyspiers721]

Thank you Kyle for the this episode on quantum tunneling, it is an aria I have loved and have been fascinated by for a while now, to me it shows that what seems obviously impossible can be proved to be possible through fascinating mathematics and this video has healed me understand it and love it even more, Thanks again Kyle for being such an inspiration. P.S. Would love to see more on quantum physics, it boggles my mind and I love it.

[@LanternGhost]

I am ready for some person to bump in to a wall then pass right through it and no one will ever know

[@moonmanxp2236]

Hey Kyle nice video, I came up with a few other explanations of how they (wizards (not us mogles) ) can phase trough the wall: 1) there is no wall, only a hologram. 2) I know that I don’t know what I am talking about but If we can’t phase trough the wall can’t the wall phase trough us? 3) it’s not phasing but teleportation because if you look carefully there is no place for an extra platform in the wall, unless you phase trough the floor. 4) using magic (because they can) they could change the property of the wall, for example they could make it out of solid liquid, so it feels like your walking trough dry and opaque water that does not flow, BECAUSE MAGIC ........

[@tomscisci7331]

Or he can transform himself to foirth dimension

[@Brinydeep666]

dude that had to be the best episode ever! so insanely mind bending!!!

[@Gilleban]

This also leaves out that, while quantum tunneling, instead of going to the opposite side of the column the wizards and witches are tunneling to an alternate "pocket" universe where Platform 9 3/4 exists and has tracks leading to Hogwarts where, again, cloaking fields shield the school from electronic and flyover observation (another pocket universe?)

[@daniellezepess]

Kyle: "I'm gone! ... Did I go?" 😂 In other parallel universes, what are your thoughts on the seemingly sudden contact-contagiousness of walker guts in TWD? In earlier seasons (as well as FTWD) people get splattered or smear themselves & don't get sick... in S8 people are getting sick on contact. Could it be a bacterial issue compounded by the progressive decay of the walkers?

[@jimithanishere3123]

You're pretty brave for trying to explain magic with science!

[@albertoquintana7732]

Kyle and what about the probability of the wall bricks quantum tunneling through you?

[@NarwahlGaming]

In Soviet Russia wall goes through YOU!!

[@matthewhenthorn3343]

Newt Scamander did say in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" that wizards and muggles have subtly different physiologies. he doesn't say how they are different, but seeing as wizards can use magic and apperate in an instant from one place to another, it's easy to see how they can quantum tunnel through a wall on a twice annual basis.

[@SarcasticData]

Wouldn't the quantum phasing just take you just beyond the brick and not actually transport you to a different area?

[@skillcatcher8223]

So... if Domino has the power of probability manipulation, it means that (according to science) SHE is the mutant that can phase through walls... right???

[@benharrykirk2824]

Probability manipulation means you could literally do anything. For example, there is a nonzero chance that your couch will suddenly turn into solid gold, just extremely unlikely. It's also possible that you could suddenly appear lightyears away, just equally unlikely. Or, it's possible that particles can just happen to randomly move in a way for the rest of your life that whenever you act like you're using the force, it actually works. Probability manipulation really equals god mode.

[@BurningCrusader]

Your chances of running through platform nine and three-quarters is so small it has to harvest hair from a water bears back just to knit a pair of socks.

[@sambenzakein6902]

Long time fan of the show, on track to become a high school physics teacher, and so everyone knows, it takes approximately 5 semesters of college to get up to this kind of science. I have been waiting for him to say my name in the end card for so long, it caught me so off guard and I just sat there with a big dumb smile on my face

[@fredrickjarhelle9376]

Hey Kyle, What if the «portal» is not a portal at all? What if it’s like the Tardis in dr. Who? As you stated back in that ask Kyle episode: it works if you think of it like a 2D square, which you then cut out a circle from and substitute with a sphere.. you would then end up with a bigger internal volume then the pillar in it self would have in surface area? Hopefully I remember this correctly.. Btw BIG FAN and stay amazing, Kyle! 😁

[@jennabroadway8923]

Rocka FJ Wouldn't anyone be able to get through if that was the case? I mean .... Random muggle leans on wall... Falls through..... Students stand shocked ?

[@fredrickjarhelle9376]

Jenna Broadway well, not if it opens to a wizard/witch.. this is magic we’re talking ‘bout here 😅 and since there is no one that notices that Ron goes through the portal maybe every muggle close to that area is being bombarded with some sort of magic that doesn’t let them see or hear any magic people near that pillar.. and maybe the same magic prevents anybody from leaning towards it? Idk.. just a thought I had since I recently rewatched every episode back2back 😅

[@HoracioPz]

*Wife steps in the room and watch Kyle doing the tongue thing on minute 4:35" -WTF are you watching gay porn? -No babe, It's Because Science. Now she left it feels too weird lol.

[@alexwarth2292]

I think it would be more of portal magic because the columns have to be a certain width in order to hold up the mass of whatever is above it. Which means that this structure is very unstable. But you could use two high end holographic displays to show an image on both sides with a textured barrier, akin to brick . Once a wizard gets close to the column, the barrier moves out of the way silently so people can pass through the "wall". There must also be a hatch that immediately transports the stuff and people down to the platform as the columns dimensions aren't big enough to acommadate a person and a cart inside of it

[@DanteYewToob]

Hahaha OW! DAMN YOU! LMAO You made me choke on my damn food laughing! Hahaha _"HBBLLBLBLBLLL... Yeaass... HbblllblblBlBL!"_ Lmfaooo That Voldy was perfect and now my chest hurts from funny and chokey.

[@GarrigKitten]

"accomplishable with real-world science" I feel I must amend this with 'currently', as flight, space travel, microscopic imaging, and nanoscopic teleportation were all impossible until recently. What is possible and what is impossible is only a matter of perspective, which changes with experimentation and information.

[@POTATOEMPN]

Still a better chance of walking through that portal than I am to find a GF

[@joesutherland672]

One of these things is a lot more likely to happen than the other. You may think it is the getting the girlfriend one, but I am a scientist and I can tell you that it is actually the one you said. Yeah, you’re forever alone.

[@jensbrandt7207]

Its still a non zero chance.

[@NuckChorris12345]

Same

[@LeonOrenValentine]

POTATOEMPN #lolz

[@darken2417]

This should be an actual video: What are the chances for an average 18-30 year old male to get a girlfriend per day.

[@sweetrumman6496]

This is easily one of the best episodes of this show. Thanks for bringing this concept to light, this can spawn numerous fictional characters' with a semi plausible explanation of their abilities.

[@PhoutianPhill]

Thank you Kyle for readdressing quantum mechanics. It finally helped me begin to actually wrap my head around the concept, especially with your flash drive segment. I may not understand it 100%, but far more than before with The Vision episode. However, it gave rise to two new questions. 1. If quantum mechanics was possible for a human sized object, how would it appear to our eyes? Would it look like they are “phasing” through the wall like we’re made to believe like with Vision or Kitty Pride, or would it appear like they pop on the other side almost like “teleporting”. 2. If there was some way for a human sized object to make all their molecules or protons and electrons almost behave individually so they are much smaller and have a better chance at quantum tunneling, would that be more scientifically accurate to explain how a “super hero” could pass through objects? And with that, if your hand touched a wall would it sever from your arm and appear on the other side, or wait for the rest of you to catch up and appear as a whole?

[@levis1956]

Hi Kyle, I really love your videos! I think the question of whether a muggle can enter platform 9 3/4 has already been answered in the Harry Potter books? In the Deathly Hallows during Snape's memories, we see Lily's parents (who are muggles) standing on platform 9 3/4 "enjoying the magic atmosphere" (I think that's the quote). Therefore if they're standing on the platform to see Lily off, then they have already passed through the barrier. But thanks for applying physics to it!

[@levis1956]

Also the books never say you have to be magical, just that you must believe that you will pass through :)

[@michaelmcbride8805]

hermione's parents also are shown on the platform

[@akshaykumar_r]

"It's Levi-o-sah!"

[@TheBeelzboss]

Akshay Ravi Kumar no Ron, wrong again

[@sweatyeti]

"A-ahh! Levi-o-sA-Ah!"

[@Oddi0]

Ronald, stahp...

[@Bala-ki7re]

My guess is that there's actually an open gate where the wall is, and it's enchanted to look like a wall. However, they hint in the books that if you're unsure you'll just run into the wall, so there's some other spell there.

[@adynholden9546]

I always thought that the entrance to platform 9 3/4 was an allusion that was only open for a certain amount of time

[@Albert_Wesker_1969]

Nice episode Kyle. So after all that fancy explanation you're basically saying that running through Harry Potter's platform 9 3/4 is really more because magic than because science.

[@POtterAAngERagon]

Remember “Magic's just science that we don't understand yet.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

[@petrsevcik5044]

no, it's "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." In other words, technology may appear as magic, not everything, that appeares as magic is technology.

[@Albert_Wesker_1969]

I've heard that saying POtterAAngERagon. It's just a elaborate way of saying I don't know. The fact is you can't do what Harry Potter did because he's fictional. Anyone trying to do it will knock themselves unconscious or at least hurt themselves in said attempt. All it proved is how impossible the feat is because it's fantasy not reality.

[@Albert_Wesker_1969]

Nice correction Petr Ševčík.

[@TheMightyWolfie]

Just imagine. In 1964, who thought that video calls would be possible? If you went back into past rn and showed them that vidoe calls exist, it will be like magic to them. If you went to say 1772 and showed the humans that we can talk with someone whos sitting miles away, it will be magic to them

[@ameenoahmad]

It's safe to say this is one of the most complicated Because Science videos lol

[@eugenePerryMB]

Ok, but without magic, wouldn't you just be on the other side of the wall? I mean, still in the regular world, just on the other side of the bricks.

[@jasonyoungblood9359]

I just subscribed. I love your videos

[@henrymiller7162]

i 'm gonna start running into walls now

[@evilotto9200]

I never plan to stop

[@linkolek]

If this is Matrix, your chances of clipping throug a wall are much higher.

[@matheusfachini9149]

What if professor x got in a jaeger to control it, but magneto tried to hold him back? Psychic power or magnetism wins?

[@fredrickjarhelle9376]

Matheus P.Fachini I would think that magneto would win, because of all the metall Xavier is in..

[@danielelseth4106]

It would probably depend heavily on each of their power levels, and how/what Xavier was actually controlling. Is he piloting it normally but with all his power, or is he specifically psychically moving the machinery?

[@Hedazu]

Magneto would win, because despite profesor X’s mental power, the Jaeger itself is made of metal, just like when Magneto controlled Wolverine's body in X-Men 2

[@matheusfachini9149]

Daniel Elseth I imagined him controling it like a regular pilot but, since he has a superpowerfull mind, the jaeger could be even more unstopable... Or nah?

[@guitarguy1389]

Magneto because professor x is only inputting into the jaeger's controls it would depend on the strength of the jaeger against the strength of magneto and if he is strong enough to pull the iron out of someone's blood then he would be more than strong enough to control a jaeger

[@marcelosilveira2276]

2:35 it IS a trident, symbol of Posseidon, god of Earthquakes, horses, cyclops and water, and water was the first place humans noticed waves, hence why posseidon's symbol is used for waves

[@sjhmagic1]

this is probably the best episode you made

[@smac919]

9:15 -- "E to the 10 to the 1, I be spittin' facts and making math puns, I look like a Rent-A-Thor without the guns, But I got something better than all those muscles, I bring a *SURPRISE LIGHTSABER* to all my tussles, exploding body parts are quick to end some scuffles." --- MC² Kyle

[@treysalisbury7277]

I heard that as a sort of line too! Nice job coming up with that, now you should make a full length song... lol

[@kitsunekid16]

Rent-A-Thor without the guns?

[@cameoshadowness7757]

XD I hope Kyle does this one day!

[@matejsarnik627]

You wrote .92mm, but shouldn't you use the SI units in the equation?

[@seleuf]

Or that particular pillar has an actual tunnel through it, surrounded by illusion spells and a magical barrier that stops you if it IDs you as a muggle, or lets you through if it detects you're a wizard.

[@angelinadash2396]

Literally, part of the reason why i watch this channel is to see what kind of silly animations he does next! X'D. THIS GUY LITERALLY ANIMATES BETTER AND MORE SMOOTHLY THAN MOST ACTUAL ANIMATED CARTOIN CHANNELS! X'D

[@AquaVision_]

Does it annoy anyone else when America’s call it the sorcerer’s stone rather than the philosopher's stone? I think philosopher's stone is a far better name.

[@becausescience]

Hey man, just reading the title of the movie -- KH

[@alexiswelsh5821]

Actually, since you're an American, you'd be a no-maj, not a muggle.

[@nightfallgames80]

Alexis Welsh it means the same thing

[@MuttFitness]

Wouldn't that more depend on the nationality of the wizard insulting you? (I choose to say insult because Muggle to me sounds like a slur)

[@aislinngraves4291]

Same thing, different accent. :)

[@ultimatekunochi6577]

Actually, wizards and witches of different races exist

[@nfornoha4625]

Who cares,most of us grew up with Harry Potter not Fantastic Beasts

[@gnosist00]

So the way I understood the platform was that it was very similar to a somebody else's problem field from hg2g. Anyone could pass through as there wasn't really a wall there but the spell or device told your brain to ignore it like it does so much other sensory input and your brain is so happy to not have to process what lies beyond the wall. The reason you have to jog is to signal intent.

[@hapkituto2196]

That was very interesting and funny, I love your video !

[@SebastiansFacts]

So freakin` awesome!

[@LeonOrenValentine]

Sebastian Ioan Agreed.

[@Duckplague]

Kyle... Thank you for ALMOST killing me. When you did your voldemort I almost choked on my coke... ... ... .. You smeghead :P

[@antonpeterson1245]

A couple of questions. 1st if you somehow were able to phase through the wall, what would happen to you if your momentum decreased?. 2nd if you did phase through the wall would there need to be a portal to the other platform (where the Hogwart Express is)? If not then you would simply phase to the other side of the wall you just went through at King's Cross.

[@kevinlamke4163]

I'd kinda say that, as the endpoint - where the train is, is probably not on the other side of the wall. So the wall is some sort of portal. Which, if I understand thing correctly, does not involve tunneling, more matter transportation, which involves quite different math (star trek transporters)