The Spoke Blur Effect

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**CREDITS**
Hosted by
Michael Stevens
Edited by
Hannah Canetti
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VFX by
Eric Langlay
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Music by Jake Chudnow and from AudioNetwork
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[@Benzy670]

Michael, _please._ *Recover your VSauce password.*

[@wierdalien1]

This is easier to watch than trye Vsauce ever was

[@despajackie9254]

what

[@PrinceMekhel]

He recently said in h3h3 podcast that Vsauce is gonna have new videos this year

[@kenbee1957]

Three more likes to 666....

[@H3fAlUmP]

I know right ? idk why this is on do online now guys .. and Vsauce canals have been dead for some time now.

[@typhoonzebra]

Michael got weirder in direct response to being called weird

[@jackcraig6726]

Isn't he amazing

[@calcaware]

That's my immediate reaction as well. I'll show you weird.

[@calcaware]

When you read that is sounds kinda creepy.

[@calcaware]

And that self-aware comment is meta (self-referential). Behold the trifecta of KZbin comments. I win.

[@leavewe]

@@calcaware woomy

[@josiahpettway5134]

He looks almost exactly like Michael Stevens from Vsauce

[@josiahpettway5134]

Is that his real name?

[@josiahpettway5134]

Yeah I think

[@BM-su7kc]

That's not him... .. or is he?

[@YTRingoster]

@@josiahpettway5134 You look almost exactly like Josiah Pettway from the top of this comment

[@iseeghost]

Here before people get wooooshed.

[@harisonedwards7315]

0:32 when your grounded to your room and you sneak out to the pantry but your parents are watching tv and you gotta be extra stealth

[@MrudulaSatarkar]

Jake! Get back to your room!

[@alarcon99]

I kept waiting for them to bring up the sneaking guy (I thought it would be like the gorilla experiment)

[@joshuakrahn9814]

@@alarcon99 SAME

[@Nipponing]

you're*

[@buzzy2792]

Mrudula Satarkar woah thats my name

[@DarkTyyp]

Michael officially lost the password and key combination for Vsauce.

[@wlot28]

lmfao

[@darpanpatel8023]

Lol

[@aspenx-qc3rm]

it was probably the first 30 digits of pi or something

[@phoenixclifford5763]

actually its "mindfield" but he doesn't know that

[@iRuunThis]

I believe he has a contract with KZbin Red to only publish premium content under the Vsauce account

[@weasle2904]

On this episode of "Micheal forgot the password to the main Vsauce KZbin channel"

[@wailingwarlie]

🤣🤣🤣

[@patrickhodson8715]

Pbuttword. This is a family show.

[@VaibhavShete]

😂 😂

[@jaquiroquilantang8126]

@@patrickhodson8715 No, it should be sxxw. This is a family sxxw.

[@nolanwestrich2602]

Vsause is for Mindfield now, and DONG is for Vsauce.

[@AllotropeSeven]

Hey VSauce, Michael here Oops wrong channel *Or is it?*

[@My_Anarchist_Superhero]

ThePilotDude The music starts playing

[@jr.jackrabbit10]

Honestly, I think it’s just because the main channel is contractually obligated to Mind Field so this one is being used as a back up

[@Taikamuna]

_Not even the rain can stop our hero, Michael Stevens_

[@Plututo]

_Madlad_

[@josephgao4657]

New Justin Y

[@Svet3YT]

Yes because we all know that rain usually stops anything and anyone, any person or thing, even the laws of physics

[@fazor4293]

What a legend

[@jofelmorata]

Modern day Jesus

[@theorangeguy3869]

All Michael has to do is change"Dong" into "Vsauce", say "Hey Vsauce, Micheal here" on every video, and add the vsauce music, and all my problems will be solved.

[@carbolemons8810]

he mustve forgot the password to vsauce

[@andrewkvk1707]

I like the distinction, dong is for shorter videos that don't have as much brain content like this video.

[@aboubacrinecisse3455]

Yeah, that's how he explained it but except for mindfield episodes, he doesn't upload anymore on Vsauce, i'm a bit dissapointed but we still get some content

[@aldude9511]

The Vsauce logo is at the end of the video just before Curiosity Box

[@TechnologicallyTechnical]

The point right after 2:56 to 3:02 needed some Vsauce music

[@AgentMidnight]

I mean, I'm fine with you guys adding a rain overlay to every video.

[@jojololo9157]

Very relaxing to me.

[@markysharky03]

It actually was raining on the day this video was made 😂

[@happysmash27]

Why do you say it was an overlay? It has been raining a lot lately.

[@toremato]

@@happysmash27 ,​ @markysharky03 what is meant is that they find it relaxing and would love to hear rain sounds in every video.

[@alexeysaranchev6118]

Rainymood x Vsauce? Best Sunday evening in weeks.

[@emyuniverse]

I like the rain sound on the background. Its like when you were at middle school in the middle of class, daydreaming on a rainy gloomy day.

[@burner1262]

Officer: Do you know how fast you were going? Michael: Actually at every moment the part of my tire touching the ground was motionless. Officer: Ah, well the top of your tire was moving twice the speed of your car. I'm going to need you to step out of the vehicle, your license is being suspended for driving recklessly.

[@PrinceKashyap.]

Michael: or was it? **vsauce music starts playing and the cop's breathing heavily**

[@monishaxd6098]

Lol

[@mysticdragonex815]

When Officer knows Physics:

[@TheRenegade...]

"The top of your tire was moving at 200 mph"

[@karendixon2250]

0:32 A wild Bigfoot has been spotted!

[@bracket0398]

Haha a wild Jake-foot! Those are rare!

[@realbland]

JAKE

[@wetfish779]

Woah

[@DandyDeishu]

Cmon guys we use the metric system. Thats big Meter

[@7hundred929]

Player throws a pokeball

[@thomasturner6980]

Man, Micheal's intros have gone from him enthusiastically saying "hey vsauce Michael here" to us watching him say dad jokes while yawking

[@bastian5065]

Wrong channel fam

[@TommoCarroll]

And it’s magical! 💫

[@gavinbrown6905]

Are you just gonna let 0:33 slide because I saw that.

[@aaronjaggan]

I will let it roll and translate.

[@patzchan1900]

XDDD

[@Lord_Zed]

@@aaronjaggan *rotate and translate

[@Luaksz]

A Ghost!?

[@Kin_Shi]

old but im pretty sure is jake

[@michaelvincent7655]

You can see this effect on tank tracks. The tracks on the bottom will be stationary as the tank moves over them.

[@windflier1684]

That's genius

[@krixisb]

I want girls to look at me like Michael looks at tires.

[@depausvandelilithkerk5785]

We all have our dreams my friend.

[@just-a-silly-goofy-guy]

Michael, your puns never cease to amaze

[@lad5912]

Go kremit commenting after watching Unlike me .-. Hmm

[@AngusMurray]

Eh

[@ploxman]

Michael, your thicc buns never cease to amaze either

[@ClayMann]

I never get tyred of hearing them.

[@brianmchaney7473]

He keeps them all on rotation.

[@Factshala]

0:33 SNEAK 1000

[@pathetik]

he only used .0000000005 percent of his power

[@haydeny9420]

Me on my siblings zoom.

[@boosted_teglol]

@@haydeny9420 ong

[@sundreesoro3593]

Wow.....I'm gonna blame my unintentional blindness for not seeing this 😆

[@Moon_Jam08]

0:33 did I just saw a random Jake running in the background?

[@hughmiller8547]

I saw that too!

[@cooljoy]

They see me rollinggg They seeingg My bottom half aint even movinggg

[@maniksahdev4292]

Lol

[@alexeysaranchev6118]

Ah, vintage Meams from the Days of Yore. I do indeed Laughing out Loud upon this one, my friend, and would like to share this on MineCosmos homepage with a textually generated pleased face :-)

[@ilovesheen7446]

creative dude

[@RussellTeapot]

_top half speedy and blurryyyy top half speedy and blurryyyyy top half speedy and blurry_

[@Nick-jr7vn]

The wheel always looks blurry to me. I'm watching in 144p

[@mukulsharma5738]

XD n1

[@dhruv_pandey]

You are not alone

[@kanishkbhatnagar8718]

😂😂😂

[@farmaan3581]

Haha same same

[@mr_cheppy5380]

Lol doesn't matter. The eye can't See more than 30 fps!!

[@48kelvin]

Michael is like the bob ross of science

[@tillyhewitt4491]

Beautifully worded

[@johnallegood4469]

Why is this not a pinned comment?!?

[@quassont838]

Like the brother of Bill Nye

[@hhoopplaa]

I thought Einstein was that

[@JapaneseSoomi]

Amazin

[@voltaixlux1697]

"But you'll be much more annoying." -Michael Stevens 2019

[@mementomori7160]

That's my life aim

[@algnedpe7271]

"ANARCHY" michael stevens ~2018

[@chipio]

The best part about LA is that rain is so rare that you can pinpoint when something rainy was filmed (this was most likely filmed yesterday).

[@sphygo]

And where I live it was -10F when this was filmed. Great

[@LordofSyn]

The low deserts of the southwest are like that. I live in AZ. Rain is not as common...and usually becomes a deluge, even if in short bursts.

[@robspiess]

A tank tread can better illustrate this as the entire bottom is "motionless", whereas the top is "twice as fast".

[@iBoolGuy]

Rob Spiess motionless = 0mph twice as fast as that??? still 0mph

[@manasveer6047]

@@iBoolGuy The top will have double the speed of the centre of the wheel or the vehicle relative to the surface it's going on

[@DanielQRT]

+iBoolGuy twice as fast as the vehicle relative to the ground

[@saudsanchez]

@@iBoolGuy you troll?

[@iBoolGuy]

​@@saudsanchez and I quote: " as the entire bottom is "motionless", whereas the top is "twice as fast". " He literally compared the bottom, and the top of the chain wheel of a tank, comparing them he described, the top being twice as fast as the bottom, which he also described and said, is motionless. Now I'm not trolling, but I think he is. I think I understand what's he trying to say I'm not sure, but maybe he's the one trolling or, mistaken the description.

[@ianowens1905]

"You will still be fined, but you'll be much more annoying." that indeed is my goal, Michael.

[@JoshuaCheng10101]

Last time I got caught speeding, I told this to the police officer and absolutely blew his mind. Prison isn't that fun.

[@NaifAlqahtani]

I miss your videos that leave me in an existential crisis after finishing the video

[@camelopardalis84]

Time to re-watch "If".

[@MasterChakra7]

I recommend watching exurb1a. It's basically Vsauce with depressing meta-humor and better jokes about the Universe.

[@readmore8974]

@@MasterChakra7 Nothing beats vsauce but I'll still check it out

[@TommoCarroll]

Like podcasts? Listen to ‘The End of the world with Josh Clark’ ...that’ll sort you out for existential crisis’!

[@slartibartfast426]

Star Fox Exurb1a is interesting and hilarious, he makes some of the most quality content on KZbin

[@technobabble7702]

I was driving while observing this effect.. I'm dead now.

[@noeyes6336]

feelsbadman

[@mashpeek]

RIP in peace..

[@rkp8495]

haha

[@anttiselenius2311]

Damn. So how's afterlife?

[@felixcalderon7258]

F

[@trajcemilkov5365]

For those who don't know, Michael is running HowToBasic, Vsauce and DONG

[@misterlorax5491]

And Justin Y

[@hellotoaster4302]

No, I'm HowToBasic!

[@trajcemilkov5365]

Okay

[@cccgggififxodifxixiixxicic1132]

Mister Lorax who’s Justin Y.?

[@shivg9010]

Vsauce is dead

[@mysteryman7877]

I’ve been noticing this effect since 1st or 2nd grade, and never knew there was a word for this. Thank you, Michael, for this.

[@LaneCarter]

You should have shown footage of tank treads to get an easy visualization of the bottom contact point being motionless, since the bottom contact point is really long.

[@wantedbonbon6443]

Smart

[@NFSHeld]

I think when Michael reads this comment he'll bite his nails and question his life choices. He may be a cool meme-y guy at first sight, but on the inside, he's a perfectionist, and not using the clearest visualization will most likely bother him - a lot.

[@NithinNin]

And the same with walking/running. The legs are flat and stationary on the ground (albeit, one at a time). Meaning one leg will look blurrier than the other.

[@leoangere5310]

Nice. I was thinking about how to explain it clearly should the topic come up in conversation and this will help.

[@NiZZiDK9220]

he should use a boat, it's motionless, because it is not moving on ground, so it doesn't make contact with the road, and therefore be motionless

[@galenguo7570]

0:30 i like how the guy tries to run as quietly as possible.

[@victorkirby7652]

That's Vsauce 3

[@krishnmohan4788]

xD

[@Cybeonix]

I think I spotted a Jake :)

[@alexeysaranchev6118]

I didn't even notice him before. Sneak 100.

[@CameronfDrums]

*ME* : "You can't seduce me this time Michael Stevens Michael: 1:15

[@parthiancapitalist2733]

When a wheel goes fast why does it look like it spins the other way it really does?

[@brundain1]

It moves faster than your eyes can actually properly see. Basically, think of like a screen that refreshes at 60hz. Your eyes are kinda the same where they can only see so much movement per time frame and it moves a little faster so i just looks like it moved backwards when your brain pieces it together

[@LARAUJO_0]

The next spoke gets in the spot behind where the first one was in the previous position before your brain or the camera shutter can register the next image.

[@DanteYewToob]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn-5pYCjgdGhpac Here ya go. Enjoy.

[@thenyquilchannel8738]

Gaunter O'Dimm he does look like Sam Hyde doesn’t he

[@thenyquilchannel8738]

Gaunter O'Dimm also to all things and men I appertain amiright

[@BeauBrakman]

A video of idubbbz getting pulled over for speeding and a video where Michael explains how to be more annoying when you get pulled over for speeding were uploaded mere hours apart. Hey, that's pretty coincidental.

[@adarshmusa]

Girlfriend : Please come over baby! Boyfriend : No, I can't! I'm at work in Vsauce's studio right now. Girlfriend : But I'm alone in my home right now....😉 Boyfriend : 0:33

[@Ash-em5pm]

Fricking underrated

[@ary2766]

@@Ash-em5pm watch your language. Despicable

[@Daniel-oh2ug]

@@ary2766 gash darnit, christian channels..

[@Kunal29Chopra]

Was he Jake?

[@adarshmusa]

@@Kunal29Chopra Seems so

[@zenithvlextra]

0:33 Sorry Mike m8, just gonna get the lamb sauce real quick...

[@aidanfitzpatrick-oneill2072]

what about that phenomenon where once a wheel turns fast enough it seems to slow and reverse direction yet it still moves forward Edit: also having just watched a video called "How not to talk yourself into a ticket" that advice to tell the cop is the complete opposite of what is in your good interest

[@Whiteford888]

That's what I was hoping this video was going to be about

[@aidanfitzpatrick-oneill2072]

@@StokeleyZ I see car wheels do this with my own eyes

[@doctor_owl]

Another comment asked this question and someone provided the answer, so I'll paraphrase here. When the wheel speeds up, it gets closer and closer to the maximum speed your brain can process the information from your eyes, eventually surpassing it and creating the appearance of reversal. It's basically the same thing that happens if you exceed a screen's refresh rate. If a screen has a 60Hz refresh rate, that means it can process up to 60 frames per second, and anything above that will cause distortion such as screen tearing (which is what VSYNC is for, capping graphical FPS at 60Hz or whatever matches the same rate as your screen). Our eyes essentially have a maximum FPS and anything faster will have a slight delay, causing them to be processed in reverse. Imagine one of those old fashioned flipbook animations. Flipping front to back makes the animation move forward, but flipping the pages backwards makes it play in reverse. That's the effect caused when your brain lags behind. The accelerating wheel appears to slow down then momentarily freeze as the FPS matches the same speed as our brain, then begins "playing" in reverse. You can often see this same effect with old reel film animations. The film reel slows down and appears to play in reverse for a moment! ;)

[@aidanfitzpatrick-oneill2072]

@@doctor_owl Oh my, that's a lot of information. Good to know

[@sage5296]

Basically a wheel spinning 9/10th of the way forward between each mental “frame” looks like it’s just spinning 1/10th of the way backwards each time

[@SilkWon]

2:56 Michael: but what if i did both? what if i rotate the disk... while simultaniously transla- ** world explodes**

[@ChristopherMoom]

Imagine waiting for an upload on VSauce

[@VoidySan]

That'd be weird ._.

[@knight2988]

Imagine not

[@johndellacontrada9947]

Let us thank our lord and savior VSauce for this video, amen.

[@carsten.]

Imagine stealing a comment idea from an old dong video.

[@itsJPhere]

The line between DONG and VSauce is blurry. Or is it?

[@magma.admin.courtney]

Hearing Michael explain stuff while the rain's on the background feels so comfy.

[@DYFEA]

i actually learned about the part of this effect where the bottom of the wheel doesnt move at all from the animated disney movie The Rescuers: Down Under. they had a scene where they were all on a moving tank tread, sometimes standing on the top, and sometimes sitting between treads motionless on the ground, and as a kid i learned a neat fundamental physics lesson that the wheels contact with the ground is motionless, pretty neat stuff! great vid michael!!!

[@HTPCYMC]

Hey Michael, Dong here.

[@PepperThePupper]

Hey metal computer guy, pepperthepupper here

[@rafaeligmpraciano4123]

*expands Michael*

[@user-md3is4dq2d]

Basically another new Justin Y

[@void5985]

@@user-md3is4dq2d Sans ?

[@user-md3is4dq2d]

@@void5985 what? Are you referring to my profile picture? My skele is from a game but definitely not undertale

[@yatint9665]

While studying rotational dynamics we were told that the point in contact / leaving the surface of the road of a rotating and translating wheel had no velocity at that instant. But this video helped me visualise it and gave me an intuitive understanding of this phenomenon. Thank you Michael.

[@chiragadwani1875]

You must be that guy from electronics engineering department 🤔

[@753238]

...very cool.

[@aguywithananimeprofile8950]

Indians

[@delmonti]

look at any tank (tracked). The bottom of the tracks once in contact with the ground.... are completely stationary

[@JoviaI1]

It is impossible for any point on a rotating wheel to have velocity since direction is always changing.

[@priceless2353]

The comic sans don't at 3:07 seems like a nice subtle shout out to one of your older vsauce videos and I'm so here for it

[@Lukusprime]

This effect is most apparent with tracked vehicles, like military vehicles or construction equipment. A track is basically an elongated, flexible wheel, because just like a wheel, it rolls in order to carry the vehicle it’s attached to forward. And when you look at a vehicle like that in motion, you’ll notice that the upper tracks seem to fly by, while the bottom tracks are literally motionless whilst in contact with the ground

[@GoldenPenHD]

1:15 woah... I would like that.

[@AxxLAfriku]

This is super confusing to me: Why do I have so many fans on KZbin even though I am the unprettiest KZbinr EVER? Good night dear woahahaa

[@troliskimosko]

AxxL what?

[@foggynoon]

AxxL stop

[@TheSpikyCantelope]

AxxL what is wrong with you

[@thisisntron2485]

AxxL, how much attention do you need, like really.

[@pesterenan]

Man, I am ROFL right now! *Rolling on the floor, learning.* 😏

[@astral6749]

Why tf are you rolling on the floor???

[@rkp8495]

@@astral6749 epic

[@handysandy5753]

get up from there it's filthy,

[@thelonlypanda1]

@@rkp8495 eric*

[@jamesramirez0408]

@@astral6749 the weels are "rolling on the floor" and then we "learned" the spoke blur effect...

[@rams6702]

that audio coupled with that rain sound makes me nostalgic about rainy afternoon classroom lectures

[@MrSmithwjosh]

This effect is particularly mesmerizing on vehicles that run on tracks, like bulldozers. When moving, half of the track appears completely motionless while the other half is traveling quickly.

[@bizichyld]

Watch this effect in action during the tripping-out scene in The Big Lebowski. He looks out the hole in a rolling bowling ball and sees the world outside speeding up, then slowing down (to a stop) then speeding up again. I always thought this was a production error until I took physics.

[@mymomsayshi]

Oh wow yeah thanks man

[@almicc]

Cop: Do you have any idea how fast you were going? *Me:* Yes, in fact, the places where my tires hit the road were motionless. Cop: You were going 80 in a 25. *Me:* Sure, and my tires were actually going 160 at the very top. Cop: Set out of the car, sir.

[@sweetfruit7769]

*Get

[@sweetfruit7769]

@@rombo8911 please explain

[@AzulBeats]

@@sweetfruit7769 *let

[@sweetfruit7769]

@@AzulBeats *vet

[@BOB-fs3vx]

Vsauce: Teaching people how to annoy the police since 2019 XD

[@fredthewreckyt]

BOB ekks dee is a good emoji

[@FrogMan-cw2jr]

I WHEELY like your videos which I'm always SPOKED about a new one, keep up the good work!

[@Kadz]

Thank you Vsauce, very cool

[@nicolosportelli2853]

Thank you Kadz, very cool

[@comradekiritin]

Thank you Nico, very cool

[@usmaan9]

Thank you Aswin, very cool

[@Mustafa-dl3eu]

Hahahaha , this is hilarious lmao , yeet 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 lmaoooo can't breathe hahahaha hahahahahahahahaha

[@andreaspatsalides1914]

Thank you Usmaan, very cool

[@WR39]

0:34 Is when some random guy ran behind the camera

[@robotraider]

It's Jake for sure xD

[@camelopardalis84]

@@robotraider Nice to see him use his legs.

[@mr.bluependant1871]

It's HowTo Basic.

[@chale2090]

its obviously idubbbz.

[@bailey125]

Looked like Jake

[@Placebofx_]

In other words, the bottom spokes are "stationary" in order to keep the tire moving. The top ones are in momentum in moving forward which makes it faster than the actual wheel so it can rotate.

[@WillZ0111]

Thank you, Michael & crew for making videos that remain interesting throughout their duration.

[@Bailsnail1397]

Can you please do a video on why when a tire moves quickly it looks like it's moving backwards? Cause I'm really fascinated by that. Edit: I mean in real life. Like when you look at a wheel on a car thags going beside you. I know why it happens on camera. I wanted him to do a video of why it happens in real life. Sorry for the confusion. :)

[@digital-rain]

Agreed! Or with helicopter blades appear to slow down and then start spinning in the opposite direction.

[@prof.h.parker1213]

This is in Veritasium Channel Already

[@sykens587]

@@prof.h.parker1213 do you have a link or name to that video, I cant find it

[@shaggar]

I wanna know that too.

[@sphygo]

Rolling Shudder. Explained by SmarterEveryDay and why cameras see the way they do. As for your eyes, I'm not certain, but you can pretend that you see continuous motion in a certain frame rate. Eyes see constantly, but your brain can only process the data so fast. Anyway, wheels spinning forward and backward as they actually get faster is just a product of this phenomenon. If a sensor takes a full image at a time rather than scanning, then you get positional change rather than warping. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn-5pYCjgdGhpac

[@ultimategotea]

it's like when u lose the keys to ur house and you just steal someone else's

[@mr.b.7244]

I have gotten several of my friends with a similar thing that happens with tracked vehicles. Was a tank mechanic in the Marine Corps so I had to think about that. Helped me understand some of the wear and tear of the tracks and the track linkages. The track on the ground is not moving, and the track on top is doubling the tank speed. So the track on a tank moving 30mph goes from 0mph on the ground jumps up to do 60mph only to be dropped back to 0mph.

[@MrFataux]

Add to this that the static frictional force is higher than the kinetic frictional force for the same object. This is why you need the abs in the car, to make the very bottom of the tyre remains stationary (when you lock the tyre the bottom of the it starts to slide and the frictional force become kinetic) to make the car stop faster (also there is the maneuver issue)

[@thomasturner6980]

I love this new "hey vsauce Michael here" with yawning

[@gamram]

0:00 waiting for a Vsauce video be like.

[@Plututo]

sorry to break it to ya but... yeah

[@1987tomtomtom1987]

This is important for helicopters, the forward moving side of the rotor generates more lift than the opposite. So much so that the angle of attack for each blade has to vary as it travels around each cycle

[@closjerx8334]

Try to imagine the wheels on a tank the part on the bottom is seemingly still while to top half is rotating this is basically the same the as the bike wheel just demonstrated on a larger scale

[@Noah-fx4cm]

Did thanos snap erase the vsauce channel?

[@doesitmatter1667]

Noah the mighty yeah it’s just michael doing videos alone now. That’s why it feels like his mental state is going downhill, he has nobody around

[@Noah-fx4cm]

@@doesitmatter1667 he doesnt have nobody, he just has half as less people around him

[@abird9724]

No youtube red did

[@gauravlawate7732]

When will we get to hear it back: HEY Vsauce MICHAEL HERE😩😥😭

[@tenx4512]

Gaurav Lawate when people stop bitching about that so never

[@_Doskii]

@@tenx4512 Is it wrong of us to miss those videos?

[@markfisherectuals]

There's an entire new season of Mind Field On VSauce? Have you not noticed?

[@tenx4512]

Doskii no I’m crying about it rn

[@CallMeAshen]

@@markfisherectuals forget mindfield, its all youtube red.

[@xKaZhoo]

I missed the: "or is it?" *vsauce music plays* moment

[@thesovietunion1873]

yes

[@peter-peterpumpkineater4982]

Man do you understand how ready I am for my friends to ask me these questions, even subtlely mention it: just subtlely...

[@Fabs12369]

THE SANDWICH ONE WTF I'M AMAZED edit: thx for like likes mates

[@aidanhetherton2541]

1:12 nice to know Michael is dedicated to entering my mind hole

[@chiquidionisio1296]

Why did I read that as butthole? Hahah😂😂

[@igotthis6654]

Who knew this wheel could get so radical

[@m16owner]

this effect is even more visible with tank tracks, if you painted one link yellow, you would see it get down on the ground, stay there while the whole tank moves forward by it's own length and then be lifted up and catch up with the front of the tank at twice the speed the tank is moving forward, i'v always found that pretty interesting to watch

[@illuminant-]

Favorite Michael Episodes: A. Michaels Toys B. Michael Draws On Pieces Of White cardstock C. Learning Lounge

[@divyansh8596]

Hey! What about " *MMM - Michael's math magic* " ???

[@luqmanwaqiuddin7543]

@@divyansh8596 or Micheal Stevens Living...

[@divyansh8596]

@@luqmanwaqiuddin7543 yeahh! * 'the slow poison for weirdness and laughter'!* XD

[@foxeh123]

Love the ASMR rain

[@kirdot2011]

I was about to say that!

[@sevenseven3263]

that would be the ONLY ASMR that I will ever like

[@bellsTheorem1138]

It made me feel cozy and warm. Rain on the roof always does that to me.

[@unoaotroa]

Steven Utter Pseudoscience mumbo jumbo.

[@The_Flamekeepers]

The tire “not moving” is why you get more grip (static friction) then when you skid/slide.

[@levitheentity4000]

1:55 I figured it out!!!!! I figured it out!!! it's because the part in relation to the rolling surfice is going in the same direction as the wheel itself!!

[@dredaxgaming6099]

*I edited the comment so the replies don't make sense* 😈

[@zak9283]

Oh boy, there goes this video after seeing my dong pop up

[@skylure7124]

oh

[@dredaxgaming6099]

Scathing Lemon, listen, this is the second time I've made a joke about dongs. And been accused for stealing comments, when you click on a video straight away, it doesn't show the comments, unless if someone commented before you even clicked on the notification, which is unlikely, this is also why multiple people comment first at once. Edit: he deleted his comment

[@858Boi]

Dumbos delete comments sadly

[@budmeister]

@LEL gaming to youtube red

[@peoplelikegamers5024]

i tried watching at the wheels of other cars while driving and i almost had an accident. and as always, thanks for watching

[@KerenskyTheRed]

I have always wondered about this exact effect but now it makes perfect sense.

[@CJ-ov4jn]

I just love the random little things Michael just throws in

[@lilnut9423]

Have you guys ever seen a wheel spin so fast it seems to actually spin the other way? I.e start spinning a wheel, eventually it will seem to start spinning the other way

[@kairu808]

Was thinking about this too! Wanted to check the comments before asking and I found yours hahaha wonder if there's an explanation for that

[@viniizero]

It's called Wagon Wheel Effect: www.quora.com/Why-do-very-fast-moving-wheels-seem-to-move-in-reverse

[@Jared7873]

Everyone has.

[@kairu808]

@@viniizero nice! Ya learn something new everyday 👌💯

[@NetAndyCz]

@Sassy The Sasquatch It is not at all like the rolling shutter, it is much more like the global shutter. Also it happens rarely in the sunlight, but happens more often when the light comes from the 50/60 Hz lamps.

[@thomasesr]

Interesting fact, the bottom of a train wheel moves backwards in relation to the motion of the train.

[@addisonshinedown]

Doesn’t every wheel do this?

[@---kp1hm]

The King of all Awesomeness no, they remain stationary. A train has phalanges, which extend below the tracks.

[@rodgeers7347]

This is how I would explain why the rocks on the road get launched upward. They aren't launched backwards (sometimes they'll hit the bumper of the car so they will probably go backwards). The car behind that gets a crack in their windshield hit the launched rock. The tires' grooves grab the rocks when it's stationary at the point of contact but as the rock travels up the tire, it speeds up and 90° up, it is now moving the speed of the car but vertically so the rock falls out with the constant change in velocity.

[@greatafricanhornedfrog2954]

If you look at a ceiling fan in operation it is a blur. But if you focus on it and try to follow a particular point on the fan, i.e. a blade, you can observe this effect independently of a point of contact with another surface.

[@zachm.8325]

"You are sure to get fined... But you will be much more annoying"

[@meepmoop99]

This comment was too far down for my liking. Have an upvote.

[@olgierdvoneverec4135]

Remember people, drive safely and pay attention to the road

[@Moon_Jam08]

But how will I observe the spoke blur effect?

[@olgierdvoneverec4135]

@@Moon_Jam08 when you're not driving, start sharing your car, and take turns driving and observing the spokes blur effect. Then you can learn, get to the destination and as a bonus you save the environment.

[@fredthewreckyt]

And wear your seatbelt

[@alexanderh.5703]

Kinda reminds me of what I did as a kid when sitting in the back of a car. When you watch out of the window at high speeds objects that are near are blurry too. But if you move your eyes in the same direction the objects are moving (in the opposite direction in that you're driving) they will get sharper.

[@siddharthnikhil744]

"You will get fined, but you will be more annoying." -Vsauce 2019

[@benschannel9065]

The morale of the video *Be annoying to police officers giving you speeding tickets*

[@EthicsGradient]

The morale of this story is good and happy; the moral of this tale is never trust advice on the internet.

[@Dragondezznuts]

Walking back to my TARDIS I’ve seen enough.

[@mihitkumar8352]

0:32 *A test patient trying to run away from vsauce's laboratory*

[@doms6741]

The movement of the wheel going twice the speed over the top. This is why catapillars climb over each other as they move. Means they can move twice as fast.

[@zak9283]

yess it's Michael again

[@seraaron]

But what about when the tyre spins so fast that the image of the hub cap it appears to be stationary or sometimes even slowly rotating in the opposite direction?

[@PokeNebula]

That's called the wagon wheel effect. one thing that's interesting is that it only happens when electronic displays are involved. in the case of the wagon wheel effect on your computer screen, this would be because the amount it rotates in one frame is enough to closely match one of its rotational symmetries. if every frame it makes a full rotation around to the starting position, then you will only ever see it in the starting position. if it rotates a little bit more than a full rotation, then it would appear to be rotating forwards slowly, and a little bit less would look like rotating backwards slowly. a perfect halfway rotation every frame would just look like it's flashing back and forth, and a little bit off of half would look like the same flashing but also rotating.

[@zackzackary9260]

@@PokeNebula it does not only happen on digital displays m8

[@AniketBhatP]

​@@PokeNebula What you're talking about is related to the framerate a camera captures and the speed at which the image changes. That's how you make the "water flowing backwards" camera trick. But I've seen fans IRL spin so fast that for a second it seems like it's spinning in reverse then slowing down and then slowly switching direction. I think it could also be due to wagon wheel effect due to artificial lighting (tubelight, LED bulbs) which might flicker at a certain frequency and reflect off the blades of the fan.

[@LordofSyn]

@@AniketBhatP You are correct. However, I have also personally seen this effect in real time with my own eyes on roads with the sun as the only light source. So unless it also has to do with light bounce and refraction from the road surface interfering with the other photons bouncing off the wheels back to mine eyes... Or simply the inference my brain makes of this mingling of properties as it attempts to translate the experience is up for debate.

[@quadrplax]

I've definitely seen slow backwards rotation of wheels with my own eyes

[@JeroenBrosens]

The control mechanism of a helicopter is a piece of art in physics, due to almost the same effect. As a kid I read a pretty technical book about helicopters and it showed me how the mechanism of rotor blades is even more intricate than you may think. It too has to deal with one rotor disc half that moves in the flying direction (the advancing side), generating more lift than the other half (the retreating side). To compensate for this, the blades on the advancing side are automatically inclined less to have a lower angle of attack while the blade hinge even allows for swooping forward and backwards, because of the change in drag. You should look it up, it's really amazing how it works!

[@dav2mai]

Micheal is the type of guy who gets off with a warning rather than a ticket by explaining that he was motionless