Demon Core - The True Story

[@kylehill]

*Thanks for watching, nerds!* Let me know what you think of the new format.

[@yes3062]

More story time please

[@samprastherabbit]

Absolutely incredible work, and I can't think of a better way to drive home the terrible danger nuclear weapons pose to everyone. Superb work, sir.

[@yes3062]

What would have happened to the demon core if it was completely covered for one week. Would it even last that long?

[@coreygrantham8921]

I love the new format, you should do more videos like this that cause real fear.

[@tekuaniaakab2050]

Very good. Feels like an actual documentary

[@Toksyuryel]

Nuclear edging has got to be one of the most hardcore kinks I have ever heard of

[@chimaobiamanchukwu6904]

NOOOO NUCLEAR EDGING

[@rnozx6]

top comment

[@gnarledh2o474]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought of this

[@russhamilton3800]

I'm not even sure I know what that means and pretty sure I don't want to but it made me laugh...wtf

[@chimaobiamanchukwu6904]

@@russhamilton3800 basically “baby I’m about to go critical” “not yet. You go critical when I say so”

[@CaryTheEagle]

Remember that if you ever feel like you've fucked up at something in life, at least you didn't try to control a nuclear device with a flat head screwdriver and cause a criticality event.

[@myplaylist7007]

im quoting this.

[@ggvbayareaoakland5914]

Also remember that Ryan Seacrest tried to give a blind kid a high five ... as the kid was walking outside of the room hahaha 😆

[@raymondsmith2581]

Yeah there is that. I'm gonna use that too.

[@YerBrwnDogAteMyRabit]

Well...there was that ONE time that I did, but I don't really have time to get into the story: I only have a few hours left to complete my will..

[@helenhoward5346]

Ah yes I've never been happier with a mundane ordinary catastrophic fuck up.

[@sammorgan31]

There's accidents. Then there's fucking around and finding out.

[@ghazghkullthraka9714]

Otherwise known as ‘mythbusters style science.’

[@Shoebox817]

@@ghazghkullthraka9714 well this one got busted

[@uwunawu]

well fucking around are necessary for **SCIENCE** rip to those who have died tho

[@lindzeesouperocd7558]

That's how my son was born.

[@hrthrhs]

Yeah, it seems completely stupid to LOWER the metal half-sphere, as gravity is constantly working to kill you. Why not flip the experiment upside down so you're raising the half-sphere. That way the worst that can happen is it falls to the ground, maybe on your foot.

[@raxit1337]

Death by radiation poisoning is so bizarre. It's like, you don't "die", you just stop living. Your body just gives out like you instantly reached old age. Wild.

[@Mark-uh4zd]

Yeah it really is wild. Your cells stop multiplying and and the body stops being able to fix damage. Another strange part is the period of time where the person starts to feel better for a small period of time, then really starts to degrade after this. Not a way I’d want to go. If I got a lethal dose of radiation, I’m pulling the plug myself.

[@bmba00400]

Sooo, reversing nuclear energy is the secret to living forever?

[@DisturbeddavidAsylum]

​@bmba00400 yeah no.

[@TheActualMrLink]

@@bmba00400how on earth would you even do that??

[@albertphillips3313]

I liken it to master pai mae,s 5 point palm exploding heart technique,

[@BiblemanTF]

Screw driver: *slips * Scientist: Gentlemen...synchronize your death watches.

[@MochaFur1]

I've done nothing but teleport bread.

[@captainshadowfox]

@@MochaFur1 How much

[@maixe13]

@@captainshadowfox WHERE?! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN SENDING THEM TO?!

[@necro5430]

@@maixe13 I DO NOT KNOW ALL I HAVE DONE IS TELEPORT BREAD!

[@radar_the_fox]

@@captainshadowfox ffffffffff U r R Y

[@Dakuu75]

"So if that screw driver slips... we all die?" "Yes." "Ok, let's do it."

[@BobMcBobJr]

Other Scientist: How about Camera + Lead Wall + string and pulley? Slotin: Haven't you ever wanted to poke a nuke with a screwdriver?

[@Neoflares]

@@BobMcBobJr string and pulley wouldnt have worked the hole point which was for nuclear bombs is how close you can get it before it exploded. With a pulley system measurements will be off and if the string snaps well you are fucked anyway. So if you are gonna be fucked either way why not do it the most accurate way. What I dont get is why they were all exposed only one guy maybe two needed to be exposed everyone else could stand behind a lead wall.

[@keithpoley3432]

And let's not wear protective gear

[@wilfdarr]

You know, I was fixing the disk brakes on my bike the other day, and I knew what would happen if I slipped (it looks like I'll lose my finger nail in the next couple of days) but I still thought “naw I'll be fine”, so oddly I feel I understand where they were coming from...

[@wilfdarr]

@@Gubers “Almost certainly never happen today”... Ya I bet people have learned their... “since 1945 there have been 60 supercriticality accidents and 21 deaths” Oh... I guess nuclear physicists aren't that bright after all...

[@xuvial1391]

*bright blue flash* "Did we all just die?" "Yep"

[@bluethumbbuttoneek9465]

Dam

[@MatthewDurden]

Cherenkov radiation always wins.

[@someoneonyoutube8622]

Give this to the artificer of the party in dnd see what happens

[@UhtredOfBamburgh]

He shoulda used a Philips screwdriver

[@sergioornelas4700]

Pablo why are we dead?

[@monkepotato3897]

"Hi i'm Johny Knoxvile welcome to jackass" *makes a nuclear core go critical*

[@SgtHawk13]

especially school scooters, thats stuff is so funny to hear about lol

[@firefly5677]

Just imagine not having a scratch on you, walking around, breathing, and all the while knowing you were already dead. Jesus, that is horrifying

[@isleschild]

Yeah I'm pretty sure you just described the human condition.

[@timothy8453]

@@isleschild damn

[@isleschild]

@@hwburner1524 lol... I only mean that the difference between Hisashi Ouchi and John Everyman is that Ouchi knew he had only days left, and knew (or discovered) that they would be excruciatingly painful. But, none of us get out of this life alive. We're all walking dead men, so to speak. Some have more time than others. The "Jesus" emphatic was well placed, insofar as only those who believe in "life after death" have any cause for relief.

[@avory7938]

@@isleschild damn, you’re completely right. I guess life can also be considered a slow death

[@isleschild]

@@avory7938 I am a melancholy, brooding personality, and have always loved philosophy. If I weren't a Christian I have little doubt that I would have caved under this existential anvil years ago. On the other hand, I now live knowing that I fail to live up to the divine standards of a holy judge, so 🙃 ... still "working" on the implications of imputed grace.

[@MizziTheFoxdragon]

the fact that the last guy saw his friend die in a painful and horrific way and then still acted recklessly and didn't take any safety precautions is mind boggling.

[@mitchiegxxr350]

Yet considered a genius..

[@TheJunky228]

it probably came from a mindset at least partially like "well, he clutzed it up and made a mistake which cost him his life. I'm better than him, I wouldn't make that sort of mistake." only to learn otherwise

[@miglek9613]

Nah, that's just how scientists are. Like, astronauts did go into space after that failed Apollo mission. The same way painters don't worry too much about working with toxic pigments and other materials, scientists stop caring about safety the second they think they can do something amazing

[@twistedyogert]

Proof you can be the smartest person in the room yet be a complete idiot at the same time.

[@Pherecydes]

He'd also exposed himself to 100 roentgen just a few months before fixing a nuclear reactor underwater while it was operating instead of waiting a day for it to be shut down. The man just had a death wish.

[@Vox_Rhododendron]

“Oh no” Definition: The most terrifying phrase in nuclear physics.

[@boring7823]

Oops.

[@joVeeNoise]

Only thing scarier is “oopsie woopsie, we made a fucky wucky! A widdle fucko boingo”

[@dansullivan6183]

Or "oops"

[@joshualuciani3896]

Memes have desensitized me and made think Slotin went "Oh no... Anyway" after his experiment went critical

[@Therizzardofoz79]

How about? "The lower my payment, the lower the reactor coolant"?

[@legend7951]

Wow, Louis Slotin was a scientist to the very end, even after realizing he just killed himself he immediately thought to gather data on the incident, even if it was just to see how soon his colleagues would die too.

[@C20MO]

yeah this actually makes me think how much of a "slip" that was

[@AlexofZippo]

He was a reckless madman, don’t idolize someone too blind to see his friend die slowly and not only did worse, but took others with him.

[@nitzeart]

A bad reckless scientist tho

[@BrokenGodEnt]

​@@AlexofZippoNo one besides Slotin died in a way that they could link to the demon core. The next closest person died of heart failure 20 years later in his late 50s. Something that was known to run in his family. They couldn't determine whether or not the accident contributed. But you're right, while he didn't get anyone else killed he certainly could have. But him having everyone mark where they stood was more about determining whether or not anyone else received a fatal dose. I think it's still admirable that instead of freaking out or resigning himself to his fate, he wanted to make sure everyone else would be ok. That they wouldn't have to pay the price for his mistake.

[@SharmV]

Goofy mofos will take your life and theirs for basics nothing, for the memes.

[@antonsundin2974]

I can respect their devotion but the fact that everyone was okay with him doing it by hand and a screwdriver is something beyond incredibly stupid.

[@Kickiusz]

Humans are naturally obedient to authority and that can be a bitch. Still not nearly the worst showcase of said obedience in that decade, though.

[@BaldBlokeOnABoat]

Don't forget.. this was nearly 80 years ago. We literally didn't know any better.

[@antonsundin2974]

@@BaldBlokeOnABoat I mean they knew they would all die if he messes up.....

[@Stegibbon]

@@BaldBlokeOnABoat they knew perfectly, Marie Curie had come before and died from her radioactive discoveries. And they just dropped two of the cores on Japan...

[@BaldBlokeOnABoat]

@@Stegibbon yeah, but neither of those two things involved playing with supercriticality on someones desk..

[@createthiscom]

These guys were the original practitioners of “fuck around and find out”.

[@sasuke082594]

Lol fr.

[@chaddejager4429]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@VoteOrDie99]

U're basically describing the scientific method. Lol, true

[@USMC98]

😆😅😆😂

[@dk2845]

Basically how experimental data is collected ☠️🤣

[@fabulousjekster28]

"this is extremely dangerous and unstable being able to end millions of life If explodes" *So anyways lets Poke It with something and see what happens*

[@uwunawu]

Every scientist ever

[@vijeykumar7429]

And poke it with a screwdriver perhaps

[@kyleparton4610]

Nothing ventured nothing gained.

[@lordpheles6809]

Yeah let’s just have 60 accidents, what could go wrong

[@brayanvazquez9136]

@@vijeykumar7429 I get the reference buddy hahah. Rick..

[@T1Oracle]

The fact that two people had to die before anyone decided that automation and remote operation was necessary for safety is both crazy, and typical. Humans always have to learn the hard way, even humans with PhD's in nuclear physics! 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@zookkkk]

A killer metal ball called demon core is probably the most metal thing to exist

[@afterwalker6773]

the loc-nar

[@mushroomboar4299]

Hahaha

[@K1LLERSQU1D]

Killer Kore**

[@zed366891]

@Jay R that was the most obvious shit you could have said

[@deadrivers2267]

Jay R bro, you just repeated what was said in the video

[@Yora21]

The deadliest words in nuclear physics: "It will be fine."

[@crackdoggies]

What about "hold my screwdriver "

[@domomitsune5920]

When does and something not go wrong, when you say it will be fine.

[@carlousmagus5387]

That and " Oops!... "

[@GCULPEX]

or "well, that's it, we're done here."

[@Guru_1092]

"Huh. That doesn't seem right."

[@koovshiki]

The part that really gave me chills was when Slotin basically had to calculate how long until everyone in the room was going to die. Just imagine how terrified that group must've been.

[@Militaria_Collector]

Watch the movie the Manhattan project

[@Asterra2]

The video gives a misleading account. He was calculating dosage, from which one could gauge their future risks. Over a certain amount, near certain death. Another amount, maybe not death but definitely shortened life due to cellular damage (and this was not well understood at the time). How shortened? Depends on luck. There's a book ("Under the Cloud", I believe) which goes into detail on the fates of most of the people in the room. For example, Graves, who was standing only a couple of feet further away from criticality (9:40), died 20 years later at the age of 55. Heart attack, which is a typical fate for anyone who endured a high radiation dose. You can reasonably think of a radiation blast as being significantly aged in an instant (or think of steady radiation exposure as enduring accelerated aging), since the two effects are similar. Most of the rest of the people in the room died at ages and from issues which would be easier to judge as natural causes. That all said, the point to understand is that radiation exposure does not feature a 1:1 relationship with one's lifespan, unlike what the video casually suggested.

[@heyitsjack7129]

@@Asterra2 sorry the 14 minute long video that was made for people to watch while eating or shitting didn’t go into extreme detail about the lives of everyone in that room and how the incident effected them and what eventually cause them all to die

[@Asterra2]

@@heyitsjack7129 I'll give you the benefit of doubt in assuming you're just being snarky, rather than actually failing to understand that giving the exposure explanation slightly different wording would have sidestepped the issue I underscored, without lengthening the video.

[@novemberreign6023]

HIS would have been that particular moment right after his ass whopping 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@theBoonarmies]

LOVE this format. I rewatch these periodically. The tone and delivery are oddly comforting for such a frightening subject matter.

[@Dilly_Gally]

Same!! I have been watching these videos at bedtime.

[@HereticDuo]

This is what happens when you have an intelligence of 20 but a wisdom of 1.

[@theamphibinator]

The best comment here

[@jacobnolan510]

Must of had his luck level low too

[@avery1647]

"I wanna research a nuclear core" "You got a natural 20" "Oh finally, after all those trie- "The continuing process got a 3"

[@Joe-ho5gc]

yea i think u mean Luck

[@joshuaschritz8151]

@@jacobnolan510 it's must HAVE for fuck sakes

[@wiggy5209]

That feeling when you experience a blue light for half a second and know now that you're a walking corpse due to none of your cells being able to replicate.

[@luke_mckay]

Yeah, that's the worst. Hate when that happens. 🤔😂

[@Zippytez]

I will say that the blue light is like nothing that you have ever seen. I had the chance to see the test reactor at Penn State main when they were running tests on it. The reactor was submerged in a large pool of deuterium water which absorbed all the radiation. I'd describe the blue light as a mix between navy blue and 'normal' blue.

[@HideSeek_Soje111]

Terrifying

[@HideSeek_Soje111]

@@Zippytez that has to be an impressive sight.

[@Zippytez]

@@HideSeek_Soje111 if you ever get the opportunity to ever see it, I highly recommend getting a tour. Its simply mind blowing.

[@jeffwaterstreet1458]

In the comments below, there are quite of few people exclaiming how odd it was that Slotin had all the people in the room come back in and mark exactly where they were at the time of the accident. He had the foresight to know that this was a rare opportunity to understand the effects of radiation by distance on the human body. If you go back to the charts in this video, there is one showing the names of all the people in the room and their distance from the core. You will notice that the closest person to the core besides Slotin is named Young, at 6 feet away. That was my grandfather, Dwight S Young. He was hospitalized for months afterwards, but lived to the ripe age of 83. (although he did eventually contract a rare form of leukemia that is known to occur from radiation exposure)

[@doctahjonez]

That was your grandfather?! That's so cool

[@marcusosborne6123]

Seeing as your grandfather must have been a sort of super genius to have been in that room, did you happen to inherit your grandfathers intelligence?

[@jackfanning7952]

Some people die from radioactive emissions quickly. Some die slowly. That is very convenient for those who say only 28 people died from Chernobyl. There is no known, safe dose for a carcinogen.

[@TheBurningWarrior]

@@jackfanning7952 Bruh, you are exposed to background ionizing radiation every second of everyday. Even if you locked yourself in a lead chamber to block it out from elsewhere outside, certain elements and chemicals necessary for your survival, including but certainly not limited to the potassium that causes your heart to beat, give off some amount of ionizing radiation.

[@TheBurningWarrior]

@@jackfanning7952 None of that had anything to do with my response to your idiotic claim that there is "There is no known, safe dose for [radiation]". We can't begin to talk about what's safe for waste disposal if we haven't acknowledged that you yourself are radioactive or that radiation is something life is necessarily adapted to for a certain (yes, safe) dosage. I'm not getting into an argument with you about nuclear energy, you are so far from the mark that I would consider myself lucky if I managed to get through to you even the possibility that your fear even might be the irrational phobia that it is.

[@AmCosmeaux]

that screwdriver method was the definition of "fuck around find out"

[@clak8543]

Daghlian: I received the highest dose of radiation ever received by one man Slotin: hold my screwdriver

[@donovanwilliams5424]

This comment wins!

[@josephpetersen8030]

More like don't hold my screwdriver!

[@Illegallegaleagle]

ppl that fall to dust in japan i am a joke to you ?????

[@joeyjamison5772]

LMAO! While watching this video, I'm sitting here drinking a screwdriver!

[@housecaldwell]

Too soon!

[@LOWTlERWULF]

She: he is probably thinking about other girls Him: how close I can get to critical mass before fucking dying?

[@liberationwasalie2982]

That was just beautiful, wow

[@vantablack131]

So original 👏

[@veyolaski4324]

Ffs

[@RossoFiamma99]

Spooder

[@bruuuuuuuuh8333]

@@vantablack131 you saying “so original” also isn’t well original

[@jimmyz2684]

Daghlian: I made the worst criticality error in history Slotin: Hold my screwdriver. Slotin: Oh shit, wait, give it back

[@ttsmoove]

I love you for this

[@jimmyz2684]

@@ttsmoove :)

[@vsGoliath96]

@MrsFoxAkimbo You must be fun at parties.

[@vsGoliath96]

@MrsFoxAkimbo Wow... that was really be best you had, wasn't it? I'll give you a 4/10. You got me to reply at least.

[@vsGoliath96]

@MrsFoxAkimbo Jew afro? No insult here, I'm genuinely confused what you're referring to.

[@waterflowzz]

This story is the ultimate example of play stupid games win stupid prizes.

[@Artaimus]

"Well, that does it." Probably the most accurate line of acceptance of one's death ever spoken.

[@chumimintv9052]

The poor guy accepted it like it was nothing

[@Terratops474]

@@chumimintv9052 he had to realize it was only a matter of time until he slipped.

[@Jasondurgen]

@@Terratops474 probably didn’t think he had much to lose

[@LethalxHeart]

@@chumimintv9052 poor guy? He was literally asking for it lol. Sucks he shortened those other scientists lives though.

[@chumimintv9052]

@@LethalxHeart By that logic everyone there asked for it, they were doing what they were researching. A death is still a death.

[@stormfath3r754]

Screw driver slips Scientist: This little maneuver is gonna cost us 50 years.

[@luke_mckay]

Is that an Interstellar reference? If so, well done. 😂👍🏼

[@stormfath3r754]

@@luke_mckay Sure is, such a great movie.

[@Mcgregor854]

@@stormfath3r754 It is such a great flick and not far from the truth, so I hear.

[@tear728]

Come on TARS!

[@benheisenberg2633]

Kinda feel bad for laughing lol

[@northernskies86]

This is why they spend a whole unit on lab safety in every science class. This is what happens when you fail lab safety.

[@user-we9pt4xg4j]

That one kid who swears he doesn't need the goggles

[@MTG_Music]

Well there were no standards for poking bomb cores at the time...

[@tailsfan465]

This isn't a lab safety story but it's more of a woodworking safety story: Basically used to do woodworking in high school, right? My bullies tried to push me into the drill press, they got in trouble. After that i was waiting to use the bandsaw and one of the bullies was using it and i saw them put their fingers in the silver circle (basically that's very very close to the blade) multiple times. I took the safety rules and always looked at them, and i accepted them while paying attention because i knew they were important. I yelled at him for "SILVER CIRCLE" and he didn't listen. Teacher saw him and flipped out. I flipped out. He didn't get hurt but jesus christ... he could of lost his finger. I know he's almost injured me in the woodworking class before but seriously. He could of lost his freaking finger. I always listen to safety rules completely by the book, Don't be like him.

[@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad]

@@tailsfan465 Don't be like him. Oh yeah losing fingers is *Normal* choice for children. Your story is basically "the floor is made out of floor" meme

[@BreezyLoveMachine]

The first rule of lab safety is to have fun.

[@BigDeetz]

I work in a field with heavy safety controls and its wild to me a dude was placing bricks while trying to achieve a near critical nuclear reaction. We dont let people bend over too far, but in the 60s, it was like "maybe itll go critical, maybe it wont, who knows?"

[@C00L_DUD31]

I mean to be fair knowing exactly what the conditions for a reaction is some really important information. I just wouldn't eyeball and use my bare hands.

[@iviaverick52]

"This radioactive core is extremely dangerous and should be respected!" *pokes it with a screwdriver*

[@bubba9384]

Steve Irwin, if he had been a nuclear scientist...

[@rufodeer5421]

What can go wrong?

[@zointisarenazi]

@@rufodeer5421 I thought it only grows a hand but its looks like it doesn't...

[@kiranraveendran2437]

Ur mushrooms are more dangerous than that core.

[@fvb7]

IT'S ANGREH!!! OH OH IT'S ANGREH!!

[@Neru619]

Demon Core: "I am the most dangerous and most radioactive ticking time bomb in the entire world" Scientist: "Ok time to take unnecessary risks and be careless about it"

[@chuckblythe]

General public: “it’s ok, we blindly trust anyone in a white lab coat”

[@LouSputthole]

built different back then.. Can you imagine the first guy had access to go run impromptu experiments at night after some beers at the bar hahahaha

[@MyFathersBusinessLLC]

Scientists create things like sharper axes and more fuel efficient engines. Those men made you to believe a lie, they are deceivers and antichrists!! Wake up!! The things you see are temporal, but the things you can't see are eternal

[@switz008]

I'm gonna poke it with a stick *in a deep australian accent*

[@adriankelly350]

Your reminding me of faucis Lab in Wuhan you know the famous one where they mutate related corona viruses to “save the world” lol Next Minute…

[@postscript7783]

it's mindblowing to me that slotin watched daghlian die horribly, literally spending time at his beside, and apparently took no lessons from it...

[@gregcushing1716]

Can be handsome be handy!

[@ColgateToothpaste666]

The pursuit of knowledge is a dangerous one.

[@TTVBunnyDougie]

Minds as bright as theirs know no bounds.

[@kyrize4269]

People are dumb =\

[@martyzielinski2469]

-agreed...

[@williamjacob885]

When a guy like Fermi says, "Keep doing that experiment that way, and you'll be dead in a year," you freaking listen to him! 9:11

[@methamphetamememcmeth3422]

Not just that, even Feynmann warned him multiple times.

[@abbe1255]

It’s terrifying how being in the same room as a small sphere for a few seconds could remove more than half your lifespan

[@lieutenantpliskin]

Pretty sure he died a few weeks later. So like a 99.04 reduction of your current life?

[@wiwbiz2]

Half life.?? That applies to radioactive materials, not exposed objects..

[@Unbridled-Whimsy]

@@lieutenantpliskin I think the comment was referring to the security guard in the same room as Daghlian, who got radiation-induced leukemia three decades later

[@joshlewis8860]

Funny how this 7 month old comment has 4 replies, all from

[@lieutenantpliskin]

@@Unbridled-Whimsy ohh

[@bloodisfrightening1203]

Everyone else including expert scientists “Hey your going to die just stop it or find a safer way” These guys “Ha Ha orb goes blue................uh oh”

[@webbmerriam6984]

Nuclear Physicists being told not to do super-criticality experiments on the demon core by hand: "It'll be fine." Those nuclear physicists when someone drops a reflector: 👁 👄 👁

[@theexchipmunk]

Even better. I can come up with a safe way to do it on the top of my head. Fix the damn thing onto a filly threaded rod and use that to very slowly and safely lower it. That way it cannot fall or close unwanted.

[@SomeDudeInBaltimore]

@@theexchipmunk Boggles my mind that these scientists couldn't figure something like that out. They knew full well the danger of radiation. They shoulda been behind several inches of lead glass or ideally, operating it with a remote camera.

[@ArmourGX]

@@theexchipmunk The video says they had spacers to stop the core from being complete, not sure why they couldn’t just make smaller spacers if they weren’t giving good enough results..

[@theexchipmunk]

@@ArmourGX Yes, thats also another possibility. But my point stands and this makes it even worse. If a complete layman can come up with a safe solution, it‘s hard to grasp how none of these intelligent people could.

[@elmagraham9506]

I read this story when I was about 12 years, around 1960, in a 'Reader's Digest' under the title 'The strange death of Louis Slotin'. It made an awfull impression on me, and I remembered the details all my life. I never ever met anyone who knew this story, and I wondered whether I had imagined the details. But a couple of nights ago, just by coincidence, my son sent me this video (62years later) As soon as the video started, I knew immediately what was to come, in the exact details that I had remembered.

[@kaylarene1527]

Amazing

[@novemberreign6023]

Wow God bless your son for that

[@michaelajia6435]

It must have shocked you so much for you to still remember it 62 years later, that’s incredible

[@knuxuki1013]

Must've been a crazy feelling

[@jimday666]

Was is this how you remembered it?

[@Hobby_trails_family_unedited]

A screwdriver? And you call that an accident? I'd call it a suicide mission.

[@shannonbriggs100]

Louis Slotin: “My colleague, Harry Daghlian, suffered a slow and agonising death after messing around with the Demon Core. I guess I should carry on his legacy by also suffering from a slow, horrific and agonising death from messing with the Demon Core... but this time, with a twist!”

[@geraintwd]

...a twist of my screwdriver!

[@murilovsilva]

Unfortunately, though, he quite literally … screwed up.

[@senakuma9985]

What's up guys today my colleague and childhood friend Henry dauglian just died a slow and agonizing death in the hospital just yesterday and I guess I should also die a slow and agonizing death by the demon core too BUT THIS TIME THERE'S A TWIST 🪛

[@YouShouldYourselfNow]

It was fine at first but soon it just spun out of control

[@YouShouldYourselfNow]

It just cranked up to the extreme

[@stoat7]

"Lets see how close we can get to criticality" --famous last words

[@miltoska9708]

Actually, since radiation kills slowly ,it was actually nones last word

[@MrNeroso]

the physicist version of hold my beer?

[@IceMetalPunk]

"Don't worry, we're measuring the radiation and we'll move the bricks if it gets too dangerous -- OH, SHIT, MY BUTTERFINGERS!"

[@WintersMinion]

It's the nuclear physicist version of playing chicken.

[@thesuccessfulone]

@@IceMetalPunk They melted off...

[@tiredallthetime1636]

Based on the sinking feeling I felt when you said he dropped the brick I can’t even begin to imagine how he felt. After the initial panic from the core going critical, the realization and fear of what was going to happen to him must have been horrible. I mean just think of the feelings immediately after your worst oh shit I just majorly fucked up moment and multiply it by ten million. My stomach drops just imagining the feeling

[@FarmerDingus]

I think if I were him i'd ask the other guy to use that last brick and just bash my skull in and get it over with. I couldn't bare the wait to my death

[@prussiaball1871]

@@FarmerDingus he wanted to his death to be useful to science tho

[@prussiaball1871]

I feel like the radiation would be more of a felt affect rather than fear

[@FarmerDingus]

@@prussiaball1871 yeah but those few days all i would think is "please just get it over with. The wait is unbearable."

[@peregrinus524]

“I just died”

[@mirasorastone]

When you’re doing a full serious lecture/essay, your voice is very soothing and relaxing Mr. Hill. I would listen to you reading audio books about nuclear science and/or mishaps any time

[@HolowatyVlogs]

Physicists: **run for their lives** Slotin: “Get back in here, I need to tell you when and how you’ll die!”

[@MotoCat91]

To be fair, that is really important information both for the research and for the individuals to know about.. and if you left it even for a few minutes before returning you may not have the exact locations anymore to work from. Plus the danger period was only for a fraction of a second, and the core would have been mostly harmless again by the time anyone took just a single step

[@RyugaChan]

And, they could still carry radiation on themselves. There's no fun in being a walking radioactive material. Stupid mistake, but at least it didn't take more lives than the ones of the ppl close to it

[@mr.nobody5251]

Proceeds to throw chalk at them

[@fnafan19]

“Gentlemen, synchronize your death watches”

[@sircatsmeow2886]

Huh, that also works for Caustic from Apex.

[@regnbuetorsk]

* screwdriver slips, blue light comes out, scientist swiftly knocks off the core * >sorry guys, my bad, i've just killed you all >heh

[@juhaszmilanjuhasz7263]

Damn

[@ElizabethRhyner]

@Evil Pimp dude was so reckless they should’ve known.

[@aceofspadesguy4913]

@@ElizabethRhyner yeah wouldn’t have caught me in the same building as that guy

[@WindyREDPanda]

"Screwdriver" "Blue light" Al I can think of is the 9th Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver.

[@prizrak-br3332]

@@ElizabethRhyner I'm sure they all knew they just didn't care

[@Jfreek5050]

Id say the screwdriver method wasnt tickling the dragons tail, that was sitting in its snoring mouth and yelling "Pinochiooo" down its throat.

[@cremebrulee4759]

Definitely. Foolish.

[@joeyferguson840]

Its snoring though, he wouldn't hear you.

[@Jfreek5050]

@@joeyferguson840 I'm sitting in his mouth and haven't died yet. Anything is possible.

[@joeyferguson840]

@@Jfreek5050 good point

[@beatbasher]

Tickling the dragons balls more like

[@maryeslami7854]

Tell me you are stupid without telling me you are stupid: pokes a nuclear core with screwdriver.

[@valensinclair6750]

This was the age of YOLO physics. My undergraduate physics professor (back in the 80s) worked at Los Alamos and told us the story of these incidents. He wasn't actually in the lab when they happened, but obviously knew what happened. This was way before the days of youtube and the internet, and it wasn't widely documented or known at the time. It was pretty fascinating.

[@haroldwilkes6608]

Surprisingly, it was mentioned in several science fiction books in the late 50s, early 60s before it made the newspapers. Somebody spilled the beans.

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

@@haroldwilkes6608 There was an old movie which included in the plot a square wooden box, a cube maybe two feet x two x two. It was deemed valuable. Near the end of it, on a beach somewhere, somebody opened the box to see an intense white light. No explanations, just suspenseful, scary stuff. Cue credits . . .

[@haroldwilkes6608]

@@EllieMaes-Grandad You have officially ruined my day...Now I will spend all night trying to find it because I don't remember it. I do remember a Phil Harris song, "While I was walking down the beach one bright and sunny day, I saw a great big wooden box a-floating in the bay. I pulled it in and opened it up and much to my surprise, Ooh, I discovered a * * * right before my eyes. Ooh, I discovered a * * * right before my eyes." When I find the movie, I'm not going to tell you where it is is...suffer with me.

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

@@haroldwilkes6608 My apologies; I can't remember the name of it either. Set in California I think, with Robt. Mitchum.

[@28ny]

My physics professor was there too. I would have stayed on the theoretical side.

[@sansthewhat]

Everybody gangsta until someone says “Oops”

[@dervolldrosten6320]

Oof

[@kwispee5169]

No one: uwu, I made an oopsie woopsie, I am sowwy my hands did a slippsies and dwopped the glowwing bawl. Meanwhile that scientist that was supposed to be watching the degenerate brought back in time to 1945: “Laughs in unrestricted violence”

[@TheAuron32]

"we gonna have to work on our communication"

[@bdorsey19]

I AM SATAN I MADE LIKES 666 I AM SO FUNNY HAHAHEBBSHDBEBBEIDBS

[@cartoonfantasy4541]

Here before 696 likes

[@torenchao]

"how many bricks it would take to reflect enough neutrons to cause the core to go critical" Aka: *death jenga*

[@NaChaengMiHyo]

Lmao

[@DoctorProph3t]

Spicy lego

[@Sup3rD4ve]

Am I a bad person for laughing at this?

[@donkink3114]

How about Terror Tetris?

[@donkink3114]

​@@Sup3rD4venope😅😊

[@kylerlacy6481]

Me realizing Spongebob's "Bikini Bottom" is based off of a nuclear weapon drop site. 😳😳😳😳 12:15

[@seemslegit6203]

You: have a small ball that wipes a city off the map when it explodes, and if it glows blue you're already dead. Your safety measures: a screwdriver

[@Pirateking1997]

Your user name makes it 10 better

[@iruga7379]

If i was in charge of that bullshit: ''Never...EVER...touch or mess with the Demon Core. Slowly get back to my car. Drive AWAY as fast as i can to Mexico.''

[@trithos7308]

Like, there got to be safer was to handle an experiment where you know blue light = death

[@twistedyogert]

Sounds like something Aperture Science would do.

[@Jsa460]

It's particularly bad when you realise it HAD a safety device to stop it from completely closing and he REMOVED it in order to replace it with the much less safe version of an unsecured screwdriver.

[@cachekielbasa6857]

Nuclear core: “you teasing me?? Naughty naughty”

[@code_told_fast6683]

Unfortunately there is no safe word to turn off radiation sickness.

[@dannysankyu]

@Donalld Allhands LMFAO EW

[@导演文森吴]

😂😂

[@lusoverse8710]

Oops, right?

[@indy_the_awesome4615]

🔵

[@joebro3979]

Man said “get ya butts back in here! you can’t outrun radiation, what’s happened has happened already now lets see NOT IF but how MUCH cancer you just got” what a terrifyingly calm man. He was fully aware he was dead and possibly everyone in that room but still remained calm enough to diagnose the room.

[@acetrigger1337]

People surprise you the most when they know they are already dead.

[@slayer8790]

​@@acetrigger1337 not expecting the man himself in this kind of video lol

[@IIISincerelyIII]

He sounds like he likes torture.

[@lawnmowerdude]

I read that quote in the voice of Cave Johnson AKA JK Simmons.

[@AzulStryer]

Did one of the scientists say this? Currently watching at the moment

[@patricks_music]

That “until next time” was horrifying. Well done

[@mikeyninety-one6439]

What really shocked me is Louis’ response to the situation, wanting to mark everyone’s exact spot. He knew they were all dead and he wanted to mathematically solve just how dead each individual was. Mad lad.

[@maxr.dechantsreiter5226]

But they weren't dead: several lived into their 80s, none of their eventual deaths can be connected to the accident.

[@mikeyninety-one6439]

@@maxr.dechantsreiter5226 ahh well that’s on me for assuming, I’ll have to look up what the results of his equations were for my own curiosity

[@OmmerSyssel]

Nonsense, only Slotin died because of his failure.

[@mikeyninety-one6439]

@@OmmerSyssel yes someone else astutely pointed it out already

[@jamesw1659]

I'd actually call it quick thinking. We can gain knowledge from this incident, or we can NOT gain knowledge from this incident. We spent a lot of time in the early nuclear age dancing around how much exposure people would receive, and how much they could tolerate. When the costliest data of all, direct exposure, happened, it seems logical to want to receive something for the cost paid.

[@somedingusidk1242]

"They asked me how well i understood theoretical physics, i said i had a theoretical degree in physics, they said welcome aboard"- one of the engineers

[@azraelbatosi]

The game was rigged from the start

[@YeetSpace]

*Fantastic* logic

[@icantalktrash]

Ave

[@gordonfreeman5614]

Good reference

[@CallMeTrvll93]

I have a Hypothetic Degree in physics

[@richbrooke3008]

"Hi, my name is Louis Slotin and this is Jackass!" *Pokes around a nuclear core with a screwdriver*

[@richbrooke3008]

Just to make clear, this is utterly terrifying. But with the incredibly irresponsible manner in which he conducted the experiments he pretty much lost my empathy. He didn't just play around with his life but with the lives of all his colleagues.

[@largol33t12]

@@richbrooke3008 The entire setup of his experiment was absolutely dumb and reckless. I mean, he never thought about what would happen if he accidentally let the screwdriver slip out of his hand. It's the movie Jackass in real life...

[@zadarasimoleons1019]

You made me BURST out laughing

[@joeyferguson840]

Knoxvilles gonna sue you

[@clarkecorvo2692]

i just dont get what he hoped for and why he did what did.. is the explanation really as simple as "adrenaline junkie"? the whole thing is just so wild man..

[@sreekarpradyumna]

I love how Fermi never minced his words. Man was as brutal as he was brilliant.

[@jimmygarza8896]

"This is the Demon Core, a deadly sphere of plutonium-239 that has already killed a man. I'm gonna poke it with a stick." (Demon Core glows blue) "HE'S ANGRY!!!"

[@justmax234]

Love the Fluffy reference

[@patatoe2124]

Good reference lol

[@justsomeguywithoutamustach5573]

Love the big guy bro

[@jacklyn_holmse789]

Ollee!!!!! Love this, thank you!

[@suhandatanker]

Gotta love fluffy.

[@yommmrr]

Sooooo many youtubers try to cover this story and what comes out is clearly something they don't understand. Some claim the physicists in the lab were knocked off their feet or burned instantly. You know exactly what you're talking about. Excellent work.

[@prussiaball1871]

Well he is an actual scientist

[@ryanhernandez8324]

@@prussiaball1871 also the video was based off an essay

[@prussiaball1871]

@@ryanhernandez8324 that he wrote

[@ryanhernandez8324]

@@prussiaball1871 wait, it's the same guy??

[@olipolygon]

@@ryanhernandez8324 Kyle Hill is, in fact, Kyle Hill

[@tysonhogan7710]

Those words give me chills...”Well...that does it...” imagine the rest their lives is decided within .02 seconds and arguably it’s one of the worst ways to die on this earth

[@combinationova]

@Bill Haggard this seems like a far better way to go tbh

[@youtubesucks3882]

I'm surprised nobody in the lab beat him up after such a fatal mistake.

[@LittleCthulhuOne]

It would be hard to do it, but I would probably have asked for a gun and prepared my self to end it there. The death by radiation is to cruel for any to suffer

[@AlechiaTheWitch]

@@combinationova quicker and just a graphic

[@matterman7662]

@@youtubesucks3882 they were nerds. They probably beat themselves up

[@Dm55969]

Cane’s Cup was probably looking for his straw.

[@Shrinkshark20]

Not funny. Didn't laugh.

[@featherre]

Funny, did laugh

[@Shrinkshark20]

@@featherre terrible humor.

[@koru8233]

Demon core sounds like something you'd try to secure in a first person shooter

[@Perry2186]

Really sound like an item a Boss drops in a MMORPG but of course when it drops you ar not prepared

[@ggogaming7441]

Doom ???

[@akron3233]

Shadow of Chernobyl?

[@listenhere1623]

I think I've played something that has a demon core but I'm not sure

[@theworstcatholic7247]

@@listenhere1623 You've likely played dozens of things with the name "Demon Core" in them.

[@cyn37211]

I was a chemistry major in college, and one of my professors absolutely loved talking about stuff like this. His eyes would get big, his voice got louder, and the worse the stories were the more he loved lecturing. We had to know all this, too.

[@JanBosman507]

That’s what alle teachers should do! Having a passion in what you teach

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

As certain characters in Outlast would say, there is a fine line between science and insanity.

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

@fairyty1 So, you'd rather follow people like Hitler and Hirohito? Interesting.

[@animesenpai1163]

@fairyty1 I had an animation teacher who sounded like he was bored out of this world, even though he looked excited in teaching and stuff he just sounded so monotone and making even those willing to listen extremely sleepy... And every lecture he had to slam the table to keep his students awake lol.

[@ghostshipone]

His mushrooms had kicked in

[@iveharzing]

Louis Slotin: "I watched someone slowly die from a dangerous, stupid experiment, and multiple well-known physicists have told us to stop." 7 months later: "LETS DO IT AGAIN!"

[@HaloNeInTheDark27]

In an even dumber way, with more people present

[@cmath6454]

Scientists are a weird breed sometimes

[@warrenjm9]

And that is how new things are learned. All true explorers know they might really screw up and may even die. Doesn't stop exploration; never has, never will.

[@PronatorTendon]

We're monkeys with iPhones and guns

[@Pax_Mayn3]

@@PronatorTendon They're mostly peaceful.

[@AmalDevYT]

Most legendary video of Kyle all time

[@LauraSti]

The fact that the Demon Core was melted back down and redistributed is almost poignant. It's now somewhere, or possibly everywhere, in the US stockpile of plutonium, a reminder that the nature of the core applies to the entire stockpile.

[@isaackalashnikov3681]

Cool

[@larryhoward9559]

Or we could take it a step further and say to the very core of man, which collectively means everything we do.

[@larryhoward9559]

Which means the bible is true.

[@larryhoward9559]

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places Ephesians 6:12

[@brianjensen5661]

@@larryhoward9559 take your Bible thumping somewhere else.

[@joenormanmusic]

It just goes to show: going to school to become a physicist (or whatever else) like Harry doesn't necessarially teach you common sense or caution. He was still a young man, and made a number of errors of judgement.

[@Fankas2000]

That's why he hence intelligence and wisdom as separate stats in video games.

[@dominic.h.3363]

This has absolutely nothing to do with a lack of common sense. If you do something daily, your sense of danger toward it completely disappears. It's easy to be negligent levels of casual towards something you handle on a daily basis. Your judgment is not impaired. Your capacity to evaluate danger does not disappear, it gets overruled by your experience. Now I'm not saying that's a good thing. I'm just saying it's not a lack of common sense...

[@superfeel1275]

@@dominic.h.3363 True true

[@davelawless6874]

The world is full of educated idiots, unfortunately.

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

Well, wisdom and intelligence are two separate things

[@sammyjones8279]

The thing that pisses me off about the second event was that the man responsible didn't just kill himself by being reckless, but also every other person in that room with him. This is why lab safety is important, even if you don't care about your own health - you are making decisions on the wellbeing of everyone else who enters that lab

[@giddyup9591]

Yeah but at a certain point if you don’t get the fuck out of the lab when u see a dude pulling that shit with a orb of death it’s sorta your fault at that point

[@Dosant]

Slotin was the only one that died from it. Everyone else survived but had long term health issues.

[@MagicBez]

Let's not forget the poor security guard in the first incident, sure he didn't die immediately but he was still killed by the carelessnes of a scientist

[@giddyup9591]

@@MagicBez well he lived to over 60 so can you really say he killed him

[@allen-castle]

​@@giddyup9591 uh yeah

[@christophergraves5687]

To the creator: nice work. I started with the elephant's foot at Chernobyl & just finished the Hanoi Hands incident. You're work is fantastic. Keep going!

[@hutchdakilla4295]

It’s a copied essay

[@fumothfan9]

Remember Every safety or warning sign or procedure is written in blood.

[@pur3105]

Red paint actually.

[@perezj8812]

@@pur3105 lmao

[@HatsuneTku]

Rember

[@wholelottasticks4133]

@@pur3105 idk about you but someone I know runs a rather lucrative business that I can’t talk about due to legal reasons. All I can say is that it is NOT RED PAINT. I repeat it is NOT RED PAI-

[@joyce_rx]

@@HatsuneTku no.

[@VoidNull9222]

Screwdriver: *Slips out of place* Demon Core: You’ve yeed your last haw, cowboy

[@eufycam6684]

Bahahahaha 😂😂😂

[@ayou4525]

Loool yeeee haaaaa lol

[@mirandabeeding8295]

hahahahahaaahaha

[@theonlyshinyumbreon]

ha.

[@heyitsnasira]

Aye 1K likes

[@mrjson3039]

I love the format, not romanticizing the deadly this kind of things can be, I hope there's more videos like these one coming. Thanks Kyle

[@TheMohawkNinja]

Given the moody music and the dramatic fade to black when discussing radiation sickness, I'd tend to say this is easily the MOST romanticized version of the story I've ever heard.

[@mephistoshel1256]

@@TheMohawkNinja idk i always interpret romanticizing things means sensationalizing them or detracting from from the events that actually happened with a lot of make up and way of explaining things that doesn't fit the subject matter. But i mean the video doesnt feel like it does any of that or at least not enough to a harmful degree. It treats the events that happened and the story as a whole how it should feel. It wasn't some "woops dropped the brick lol" it just told it how it is with an appropriately bleak format cuz well to be frank the whole story is kinda depressing and sad and shouldn't really be shown in any other light.

[@TheMohawkNinja]

@@mephistoshel1256 "It treats the events that happened and the story as a whole how it should feel." Eh... I don't like how he referred to Nagasaki as having been "obliterated" as though a 12kt nuke wiped the whole entire city off the map, when in reality that's not the case. Yes, the city was heavily damaged, but I'd argue it would be more apt to call Berlin obliterated after the sum total of the WWII bombings that Nagasaki was from the one nuke.

[@mephistoshel1256]

@@TheMohawkNinja that could be a case of just personal descriptors. Like how some people have different ideas of what a lot is. To some it certainly does feel like Nagasaki got obliterated , and Berlin too.

[@josesanchez5981]

I agree with you. I think Kyle handled the subject in a tactful manner. It's not romantic. It's sad.

[@franciscob.deoliveira8904]

I visited the park on Scotia Street and Inkster Boulevard in honor of Dr. Louis Slotin who was born and educated in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦. So eager to find out where Dr. Louis Slotin was interred, I found his resting place and, by tradition placed a marble on his headstone. It was an honor to do so after passing that cemetery on that street over 5 decades and never new the importance an citizen of Winnipeg, Manitoba played in the 'Manhattan Project'. Thanks for posting this video. In the future it would be an honor not only to the citizens of Winnipeg, Manitoba that reference be made of our great city, the citizens of our great city, and the contribution a member of our great city made to science. Thank-you from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦

[@steezekings2756]

"Photos not from actual incident"- I wish more people were this painstakingly transparent with their videos and documentaries. Well done!

[@destroyerarmor2846]

Smartphone cameras are recent technology bud.

[@woundedsanity]

so true

[@charlescrowe9565]

I don't think most people would actually believe there are cameras at every event. I dont believe the footage is real when watching a documentary on Pompeii unless it's of dead bodies and a destroyed city

[@jp8649]

@@destroyerarmor2846 OP is talking about the scientists, they're referring to the dude who made the doc. The KZbinr man. But maybe I misunderstood the comment??

[@rebelwhompergaming5328]

@@destroyerarmor2846 as if smartphones are the only cameras that exist, they've been around for ages.

[@Roxanneredpanda]

why is everything related to atomic cores such a psychological nightmare

[@nicewords252]

because we have the power of a god but the intelligence of an ape

[@Silent_Shadow]

@@nicewords252 and the dangerous part of nuclear material is invisible, unscented, makes no sound, has no taste, and you can't feel it until it's to late. Its destructive forces cannot be detected by our 5 senses.

[@thecondescendinggoomba5552]

@@nicewords252 monke

[@lordadamant8182]

It's as close to a cursed eldritch artifact as exists on Earth.

[@Eddie42023]

Because exploitive people make money telling stories that way, and the general population doesn't want to listen to dispassionate, rational explanations.

[@MikeLadnun-un4cs]

The core is compressed from a baseball size to a golf ball size when imploding and simultaneously firing a neutrons into the compressed plutonium generating tremendous heat which creates one hell of a blast. Atoms split and fused in a few seconds and the heat sets everything in a blaze and you would be vaporized if inside ground zero. The air blast gets what the heat doesn't. The man who was dosed had everything rotting off his body before he died using bandages to keep him together. Even his ears and noise fell off along with other things. Insanity

[@gachakidwithfunandfriends8896]

“Nuclear Cowboy” would be a sick hot sauce name

[@Verlarn]

You're not wrong.

[@MisterBones2910]

If someone hasn't already made one with a man riding a warhead and waving a ten-gallon like the end of _Dr. Strangelove_ I'll eat my hat.

[@expressnumber]

That’s just Fallout: New Vegas hehe

[@crimsondynamo615]

@@MisterBones2910 Major Kong approved hot sauce

[@dpm2937]

Nuclear would be what would come out afterwards

[@dapperdanman8486]

An extremely dangerous, extremely radioactive core thats capable of killing millions and these guys are just like; "Yeah, but how close can we get to it exploring without actually exploding it lol"

[@Jjonahlamison]

Jimmy:hey john let poke this thing called The Demon Core with a stick John:sure let’s do that Breaking news a giant explosion in a lab seen from 300 miles away

[@mrbigglezworth42]

Sometimes scientific discovery means doing things that would be considered extremely stupid in any other instance.

[@Jjonahlamison]

@@mrbigglezworth42 just phineas and ferb

[@windy6587]

DapperDanMan 84 this is out of context but the image you used for your profile picture for some reason animates on my screen when I was swiping the screen and going through comments. Is it me or do you have any idea why it happens?

[@qui-gonsgin8747]

@@windy6587 probably just a optical illusion

[@Maggoz777]

As we say in my country: Having a PhD doesn't mean you're not an idiot.

[@mikebeaumont1863]

BS, MS, PHD. Bull Shit, More Shit, Piled Higher and Deeper😂

[@banditosdetiempo]

Depends on the school. 😊

[@kathernandez5165]

Eeexxxactly

[@banditosdetiempo]

At this juncture, most schools in most ‘countries’ are more prop than education. Observing the basis of the curriculum, the meta language and incentives of the programs, the pitch at which those things are mandated, the methods in which order is maintained in what ever society one is operating in. This should be enough for a conscious being to determine the legitimacy or not. Where I’m from, ruling through violence and fear is often a telltail sign of an inferior authority. Your still getting an education though.

[@banditosdetiempo]

@Sam Themann Where does your life begin? Does it start when you are ‘born’? When you are conceived? Did it start in a lab? When and where did you consciously come ‘online’?

[@GigglePoot23]

Just found this channel and I’m hooked! Great videos. Thank you

[@Crakinator]

These dudes worked hard for years and paid thousands of dollars to earn their degrees and become nuclear scientists. And after all their strifes, they decided to handle nuclear material with their bare hands.

[@casusbelli9225]

dudebro mentality is universal.

[@LordTrashcanRulez]

Proper radiation protection wasn't invented in 1945, or at least one that could actually work.

[@majorpwner241]

Just goes to show that education does not equal intelligence.

[@p1h_116]

@@LordTrashcanRulez even with proper protection, If your experiment depends on the right angle of screw. Some fuckery is happening

[@agiri891]

@@LordTrashcanRulez They knew it was very dangerous. Tell me, would you handle a thing that you know can kill you using a screwdriver?

[@kokorolex]

This sounds like an SCP but it's scary cause it is real

[@twitchcontrols1441]

kokorolex you say that like the foundation isn’t real.

[@Roanoke117]

real*

[@shoootme]

SCP-24100 the demon core, Class Keter.

[@TheRainbowKiss]

People still believe the scp foundation is real?

[@domsawce]

@@shoootme why keter? its not that hard to contain.

[@Ease54]

I wouldn't even open a can of soup at crotch level.

[@darrenmcwhiney3220]

I accidentally stabbed myself with a screwdriver once! I was trying to open something pulling it towards me, it slipped off the thing I was trying to open and WAH,LAH right in the gut! Lol! Want do that again and haven't so far!😱😁😇🇺🇸👏

[@SnoppleWopple]

@@darrenmcwhiney3220 what

[@warrenbarquet887]

@@SnoppleWopple 🧱

[@Roeclean]

@@darrenmcwhiney3220 holy cow.

[@dervolldrosten6320]

@@darrenmcwhiney3220 I almost amputated my finger tip while opening a sausage pack. Ironic, cause it looked like a popped sausage for a long time. Ima be waaay more cautious

[@righteousgaming5207]

So, was research and experimentation with demon core abandoned? Was it outlawed? And could it be perfected with modern advancements? If anybody reads this, please share your thoughts. I genuinely want to know what other people think about any of the three questions above.

[@volvo09]

I believe the government stopped physically manned criticality tests after the 2nd death, meaning that from that point on criticality tests had to be remotely controlled. There was a similar situation that happened in Russia where a plutonium (or other material) sphere was being setup in a remote controlled jig, but the top reflector fell on the sphere when being setup and went critical, everyone ran away and it took a while to get the situation under control. With the reflector in place it's basically an open air nuclear reactor, blasting out deadly radiation and generating heat. I don't think there is much of a reason to be messing around with it these days besides showing new scientists how criticality works.... But I don't know... It's not my field, I just find it interesting.

[@matheuscassimiro5668]

"so, if you slip this screwdriver we're all dead right?" "exactly" "well.. screw it, let's do this"

[@lavande4409]

Screw it. Hah. I see what you did there.

[@ThomasBoyce5000]

@@lavande4409 you beat me to it 😂😂

[@Spanky_McWaffleson]

Leerooooooy....Jjjjenkins!

[@VoitechCz]

Scientist1:Wait Theres no screws *Looses attention to holding the screwdriver* Scientist1: Oops scientist2: what do you mean by oops? ... Scientist2: John Scientist1: yeah? Scientist2: Why the fuck Is the fucking air spicy? *The both die of radiation*

[@charpad6690]

It blows my minds how these brilliant people made such child mistakes

[@kevina6416]

Goes to show intelligence is meaningless

[@zoy13]

None comun senses

[@marieindia8116]

intelligence and respect don't necessarily go hand in glove

[@aashieshjadhav1404]

@@kevina6416 of course you would say that

[@kyleheins]

It takes a bit of a daredevil mentality and some extreme curiosity to experiment with high risk materials in unknown fields. Those that have those traits are EXTREMELY prone to taking excessive risks for questionable reasons. This is why such fields now have extremely strict safety protocols now, we don't want that happening again.

[@Pyrotec_nick]

As a test engineer, the way they did these "tests" is pretty damn shocking.

[@buckhorncortez]

Why? There were no pre-existing protocols for doing nuclear testing. They were making it up as they were doing the work. That's like complaining that the Wright Brothers' plane didn't have a seat belt.

[@mme.veronica735]

seriously! Like what useful data was collected from these experiments? "Oh today I played with the demon core and didn't die!" I mean the one with the bricks could reasonably be used to measure how much reflective area there was compared to radiation to confirm theories but just messing around with a screw driver is not precise enough to give useful data

[@buckhorncortez]

@@mme.veronica735 I see. You have no idea why the experiment was being conducted or the physics behind it, but you feel qualified to make derogatory comments. The test was for criticality. The two halves become supercritical when compressed as the core of a bomb and bombarded with neutrons from the initiator. The problem with plutonium is that the reactivity degrades with time, so the test has to be performed again to verify the core will be super critical when used.

[@ms3862]

The days of cowboying

[@HaHaHaYouFool9439]

If it wasn’t for these people sacrificing their lives, we wouldn’t have the knowledge we do have.

[@chuckg2016]

What other end could possibly be expected? Senseless.

[@PanzerMan332]

"Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer." - The Narrator, Darkest Dungeons.

[@Jahhh1995]

Can only hear that in narrators voice👍

[@stevenhetzel6483]

Nice.

[@ChillyCucumber]

Triumphant pride precipitates a dizzying fall.

[@brassknucklehead1083]

*Wayne June

[@dollindirty1578]

“Overconfidence is a flimsy shield” Zenyatta, Overwatch

[@rickylong9033]

"Well....that does it" is the most yee haw response ever, to accepting your death.

[@jamesupton4996]

It's akin to that cowboy character riding the bomb down in Dr. Strangelove.

[@dolphinlunggrin6594]

don't run away you are already dead, mark your position on the floor I'll calculate how long you have left.

[@bleuemoone8710]

He’s a legend imagine knowing you are dead and the first thing you think of is studying it for science

[@kraio-sfu]

Probably the most terrifying “Well, that does it” in history

[@stevenhetzel6483]

Also the most gangster way of saying "I accept my fate."

[@Bl4ckD0g]

I mean, a few months earlier he watched what happened to his friend after the same type event. What else could he do or say?

[@briarrose29]

My thoughts exactly

[@walnzell9328]

My Great Grandfather said that when he saw one of the nuclear bombs being dropped. He was way outside the city and the blast radius. He saw one little dot drop out of a plane and essentially said, "Well. Sh*t." And then went back inside. He couldn't be bothered. He was notorious for being a somewhat emotionless grump.

[@paulbfields8284]

Back in the 90’s my uncle was put in the hospital for an ailment. He was in his mid 80’s. He was told he was close to the end. His brother came to visit him. The dying brother said to other “well there is a beginning a middle and an end to everything... guess I’m at the end”..that has stuck with me for over 24 years. Seems appropriate to share here. Pretty much the same as “well, that does it”..

[@Dracodin197]

I have watched this video three times now. The editing and narration are top notch. Very well done.

[@storyspren]

"Tickling the dragon's tail", or as I like to call it, edging but with nukes.

[@andmicbro1]

An apt comparison.

[@megan00b8]

I thought of the same comparison, except instead of orgasm you'll end up anywhere between basically slowly cooking a room full of scientists and cooking the entire 10km radius in split second.

[@bahhumbug.6156]

Leave the dragon alone 😅

[@herobrine1847]

I would love to be railed by an anthro dragon

[@The_King_of_Chefs]

You just made me read this with my own two eyes.

[@Galimeer5]

"Hey, let's _almost but not quite_ cause a nuclear explosion. What's the worst that could happen?"

[@LazyBoarding]

and let’s do it over and over, and just like, then do it some more. because science?

[@sayori3939]

Yeah i feel like those 100 times we got critical were not enough let's give it another try maybe some miracle will happen who knows

[@dannygreen5477]

"why worry about something that isn't going to happen" That's perfect.. They should put that on our money.

[@TrigoNomentry]

To further science and proving Darwins Theory.

[@kane357lynch]

@LockGrinder i think thats what he meant. It would make a good bit of pressure, which one could call not quite an explosion.

[@sweetbabytrae]

Slotin had a death wish playing with the core like that. The thrill of having the power of the universe in his hands was too much for him

[@richardendresz161]

That shit melted him like that bitch from Indiana jones

[@spudsbuchlaw]

The power of the sun, in the palm of his hand

[@Hephaestios01]

@@spudsbuchlaw i opened the replies because i was sure i would find this reply, and there it is!

[@spudsbuchlaw]

@@Hephaestios01 Ask and you shall recieve

[@awetistic5295]

Alvin Graves, the guy who stood right next to Slotin, said that fallout risks are "concocted in the minds of weak malingerers." And that was after he had suffered for weeks from radiation sickness caused by Slotin's accident. These guys really didn't learn from horrible mistakes and agonizing deaths. Not the type of people who should work with nuclear materials in the first place.

[@JayB2]

These guys obviously cared more about the science than their own lives. But it only takes ONE mistake to do it. And as he said @10:08 "well, that does it"