Dr. Manhattan’s Superpowers EXPLAINED

Dr. Manhattan is one of the most powerful characters in all of pop culture, but how can a human go from normal, to naked nuclear god?
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[@TheDictismiT]

Not many people realize Osterman managed to piece himself back together because he spent his childhood building watches from scratch. He pieced smaller and smaller pieces together as he had done all his life. He is the "Watchman"

[@jirony7283]

🤯

[@clanka7147]

His pp was the hardest part to put together

[@TheDictismiT]

@@clanka7147 do you think he made his pp bigger after becoming Doctor Manhattan, or was it the same size as Osterman's schlong?

[@clanka7147]

Dictismit Osterman was white, so he had to have made it bigger.

[@kuif234]

@@clanka7147 Do you even watch XXX? White dudes can have massive pp, as a matter of fact the dude with the biggest pp is a white guy HAHAHA

[@clouw9196]

He isn't flying, he is moving the universe around himself.

[@oswaldovzki]

HOLY SHITON!

[@EchavarriaJr]

Like a Chuck Norris joke.

[@sorinstanila1510]

Chuck Norris chill dude

[@Youtub60662592]

Well this makes sense for a thing who controls atoms..

[@roguechlnchllla6564]

Since there isn't a universal reference frame, you are doing the same thing when you walk.

[@mumphlerfumperdink9969]

“I don’t know if there is a god, and if there is i am nothing like him.” -Dr. Manhattan

[@Ch9-7708]

Aye aye

[@theoutsider4021]

except he is a god, he’s all powerful, he’s all knowing, and he’s maybe all good

[@8koi245]

@@theoutsider4021 He knows everything within human boundaries..

[@leeowen4989]

@@theoutsider4021 Is he all powerful though? Could he create an object so massive even he could not move it?

[@Xenro66]

​@@leeowen4989 Omnipotence (at least within the confines of our universe and current understanding) is impossible, due to it being an inherent paradox. Simply put: If you can create an object so massive that you cannot move it, then you are not powerful enough to move it, therefore you are not omnipotent. If you CAN move that object, then you have failed to create an object that you cannot move, therefore you are not omnipotent. Without delving into religion or theoretical physics, you cannot break this paradox. To be truly omnipotent within the confines of this universe means you must, by definition, BEYOND the universe. Basically what I'm tryna say is that omnipotence requires you to be able to not only bend reality, but to create and destroy reality (along with being able to set/modify/destroy the rules within it), but not be based within said reality.... Like coding a simulation. You set the rules.

[@succboah2000]

How to be one of the most powerful beings In the universe. - *B a l d*

[@aaalbert]

Johnny Sins agrees!

[@RujitStha]

Saitama Agreed

[@spinoplays6703]

Vsauce is way too powerful.

[@yamemeguy4744]

Succ Boah Thanos agrees

[@thesecret6019]

Even Darkseid agrees 👍

[@codykillir10]

Thanos: "I NEED THE INFINITY STONES SO I CAN DESTROY HALF OF ALL LIFE" Dr.Manhattan: *"Pathetic"*

[@bryanbowen2935]

Dr Manhattan: Hold my blue dongle.

[@bucketslash11]

Alien X: hold my universe

[@KonradCurves]

@@bucketslash11 Doctor Manhattan: Hold my DC multiverse

[@nihilisticmonkeydancing9806]

Dr Who: Gentlemen, don't dare...

[@acrsclspdrcls1365]

One-Above-All/The Presence: "..."

[@grinreaperoftrolls7528]

As said in the movie, rebuilding himself was the first trick he learned.

[@zaczane]

Mind body dualism for the win in his case

[@selamau3]

@@zaczane so thomas aquinas is wrong?

[@malimbar2]

Dale Santos it’s not reality a surprise.

[@hokiepokie333_CicadaMykHyn]

For his second trick, that bastard tea-bagged me.... I'm still not over it.

[@realvictor1156]

It would be the equivalent of 2 obese walmart americans

[@nickferreira4475]

I love in the Watchmen movie Manhattan says he was told he needs a logo. He says it'll be one he respects so he goes with the hydrogen atom. And he like brands it on his forehead

[@Gaming4871]

Same happens in the comic

[@Hevvvyyy]

Shoutout to hydrogen

[@dazley8021]

The fact he does that by physically "burning" it on his forehead, even tho he can just will it into existance without moving a finger, shows that even hes still human and likes doing some things the old fashioned way :D

[@siLveRscOpe13x]

Superman asks the question, "How does a mortal handle and use all that power?" Dr. Manhattan asks the question, "How does an all powerful being handle mortals?"

[@bladegalaxy5298]

Uhm I don't get it, can help elaborate for me?

[@siLveRscOpe13x]

@@bladegalaxy5298 Basically, the Superman comics explore the idea of how a mortal would handle having godlike powers. On the other hand, Dr Manhattan is basically a god. So the comics ask the question, "How does a god interact with mortals?"

[@zakiahmed6655]

@@siLveRscOpe13x who would win

[@siLveRscOpe13x]

@@zakiahmed6655 Dr Manhattan easily.

[@amarigibson9447]

@@zakiahmed6655 he would turn Superman into whatever he pleases

[@LivingNihilism]

What I learned today: Eyelids are not made to block high energy particles.

[@stiches2690]

What else we learned today the editors like to pixilate stuff

[@becausescience]

Most things aren't -- kH

[@skylx0812]

Speaking of blue balls, light flashes and being in the presence of god-like beings. People that reach high meditative states or states of religeous euphoria often report seeing blue flashes or blue orbs of light.

[@MrGamelover23]

@@skylx0812 Really? Why? I wanna know the science. Kyle, you listening?

[@TheZenytram]

so you can see his D even with eyes closed.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*Spoiler Alert:* Dr. Manhattan is actually Megamind in his purest God-tier form .

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Ok, let's make it happen.

[@guyclykos]

Megamind Ultra Instinct. That's why he glowing blue.

[@KainaX122]

Guy from the Internet dammit! You beat me to it! 😂

[@G-LukeJA]

Fool. Megamind is Dr Manhanttan in Godform

[@stiches2690]

Megamind 2.0

[@SuperFlamejr]

Next video: "Here's how Batman can defeat Dr. Manhattan"

[@Dan-lf5mi]

Maybe with his element x batsuit However Dr. Manhattan has "big willie style"

[@getonthelist5620]

He (Batman) can't stop the good doctor; because Dr. Manhattan went all Skynet on Batman, by sending Nite Owl to save Bruce Wayne's parents that fateful night in Crime Alley.

[@Itsdrax911]

Dr. M can beat Batman without even being on Earth.

[@andywalker3433]

Bet

[@rubix187]

All he needs are explosive batarangs and smoke bombs

[@SC-zq6cu]

0:33 He was actually ripped apart at the quark level. The intrinsic field subtracter ripped him apart. The intrinsic field subtracter subtracts all intrinsic fields in a space. This means that the strong force field was removed from the space his body occupied as well. The strong-force holds the quarks inside neutrons and protons together so without it those quarks will fly apart.

[@sugarcombfilms3467]

Thank you. People need to realize that Osterman's death was one of the most final ways a person can die, because there was nothing left. Burning someone leaves ashes and smoke, vaporizing someone leaves super hot gas, but Jon didn't leave behind a single atom. He wasn't killed, or disintegrated, Jon was unmade.

[@khaossv2767]

I forget where tachyons ever mentioned in johns case? Or am i tbinkin of somethin else?

[@sugarcombfilms3467]

@@khaossv2767 Wdym?

[@blackpanther6389]

@@sugarcombfilms3467 Good way to put it.

[@damonedrington3453]

@@sugarcombfilms3467 so he was quite literally as dead as is possible to be?

[@FlagCutie]

"Why he blue though?" Maybe he's just sad.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

@Devil RedHD Oh, now imagine a race of god-like smurfs.

[@Mazaroth]

*_[Eiffel 65 - I'm Blue playing in the background]_*

[@fs14genos61]

I'm blue... Da Ber De Da Ber Dai

[@1014p]

Jess_Marie_G cue the Eiffel 65 song

[@YoshionoKimochi]

Or a musician drummer...

[@rexwrecks92]

One of my favorite things regarding Doctor Manhattan is how the original comics imply that he has no free will despite his omnipotence. Because of the fact that he exists outside of time, he cannot change it, as to him it has already happened. Ever since I first read Watchmen, that concept has stuck with me and I find myself thinking about the implications. He is both all powerful and powerless to change anything. Such a well developed character. With all your talk of free will lately it’s mighty coincidental that you’re covering our blue boy Mr. Brooklyn...

[@giggityguy]

That was one of the central struggles to the entire story. Because Jon thought time was fixed and that he knew everything, he was a total fatalist. He thought that nothing could be changed, and there was no point in trying. But then when he realized there were things that he didn't know, events that he couldn't explain, he changed his mind. Not necessarily saying that he suddenly has free will, but at least he started acting like it.

[@longlostwraith5106]

In that sense, nobody in Dr. Manhattan's universe has free will, he is just the only one who knows it for a fact.

[@Vastin]

Yep. Omniscience means no Free Will at all. Kinda brutal. He did have a LITTLE free will in the comic though, as he was never able to 'see' the period of time around the final events in the series due to Ozymandias' tachyon jammer device, so he didn't actually know what was going to happen there.

[@mudpie6927]

It's not that he can't he already has changed it he merely recanted and let time flow as it should. Basically he killed a multiverse

[@dracoargentum9783]

Thing is though: like Dr. Manhattan himself, most people confuse his previewing with omniscience. Dr. Manhattan didn't know _everything_ but rather he knew everything he was going to know, as long as he knew. People could be doing all sorts of things that is unknown to him, and because he will never find out, he never knew. Basically, if something affects him and he doesn't inquire what went on, he doesn't spontaneously understand what happened.

[@thehighlander333]

After watching this I’m even more impressed of Ozymandius for out smarting him and getting away with it.

[@jonbrewer297]

His Charlton equivalent, Thunderbolt, who is not a villain, was raised to guard a monastery. (That's actually the whole point of Watchmen, of course. Ozymandias is a villain with classically heroic characteristics. Ironically, in the early post-Crisis universe, *his* Charlton equivalent, Captain Atom, was supposed to do a lot of morally questionable things in order to basically reboot the universe as a utopia. That story fell to Hal Jordan and Hank Hall instead.)

[@Grahf0]

Fortunately, Ozymandias couldn't get away with it forever, thanks to the events in Doomsday Clock

[@Khannea]

He was gay. Manhattan was subconsciously still in the closet.

[@bobdylan1968]

​@@Grahf0we don't talk about that abomination.

[@JackNapierTM]

Even with your eyes closed, there's no escape from his blue nakedness... Wow Thanks For All The Likes! 💖

[@crablord7934]

Well, it's quite glorious ain't it

[@That80sGuy1972]

Look into your memories. Remember all the dreams where you had superpowers. Remember your level of dress. Did you care at all if you were naked at all? In how many of them were you naked and did not care? I might be biased because I don't care if people see me naked. I actually find them getting uncomfortable with it fun in a non-sexual way. In every dream I had superpowers, I chose to be naked because it made people uncomfortable when I was around an nobody could do a thing about it. My dreams often had most people getting used to seeing naked people and I then explored real selfish notions because trolling people offended by nudity stopped being fun. It usually ended with my making deals to live in comfort, favoring people I knew.

[@JackNapierTM]

@@That80sGuy1972 man l wish l had that kinda control in my dreams. Mine are always like watching a recording or something. I've had a few lucid ones where l was in control with Super Powers, and you're absolutely correct, nakedbor clothed l did not care 😆

[@ahmed4363]

@@That80sGuy1972 I can never control my dreams. I can't lucid dream :(

[@That80sGuy1972]

@@ahmed4363 I never really had control over mine, like you and most others. I had some control once I realized they were dreams but I feared most were psych-breaks where thinking it was a dream would actually kill me if I wasn't really dreaming. In my superpower dreams, I alter my perception of reality and run with it. You know, like an extreme version of finding a fist full of cash in your winter jacket that you forgot about last winter the first time you put it on this winter. I'd call those "semi-lucid", where you don't really know you are dreaming but you realize your reality shifted and you have more options relative to your discovery. Like, you dream of an intruder ambushing you in your home, stabbing you over and over. It feels nothing like being actually hurt like your memories tell you... and you can still move. Are you still afraid? Maybe. You realize you, via adrenaline or some new super-power, suddenly have the advantage... you cannot be killed or even dropped. What do you do? The fear becomes more anger and you rip the bad guy apart. You don't necessarily know you are dreaming nor do you even have any real control over it... not really lucid. You just suddenly learn the new rules to the dream, it's not a script you must abide by, you realize you have options. In my last "superpower" dream, I was ambushed by the cooperation of all the people via bad decisions related to the bad decisions I made when I was young. You know, people who would have reasonably forgotten about me once I became no one. I was tied up while they monologed, taking turns. They all then made me hamburger via gunshots. I somehow watched them cover me in gasoline while I saw the bodies of people I actually cared about being dragged into the same room. The last one to leave tossed in a monty-cocktail. I think I did not wake up because I accepted my fate by the beginning of the death scene there. In the inferno, I could still breathe. I was not in pain, just a little hot and dream-achy. Brain clicked. I should have been dead since the bullets that turned me into hamburger. I was still there. I waited until the fire burned my bonds and collapsed debris burned into being lighter. I clawed my way out of the debris. I assumed I was on some kind of borrowed time as a smoldering charred animated body. I woke up because I got excited by the look of terror in their eyes as I surprised them in attacking and quickly dropping them. And like Jack Napier agreed to the point I made, once superpowers and a degree of control is part of your reality, you don't care about your level of nudity or non-nudity... it becomes a non-issue.

[@pineappleboyman1701]

If you remember in the movie, he turned down his glow for his interview

[@ShidavTheVedmak]

Is that just a segment from the movie though?

[@pineappleboyman1701]

@@ShidavTheVedmak I havent read that far into the book to know if it's just part of the movie

[@josedeleon1923]

Grant Thompson Is part of the comic too

[@MarioBario]

@@ShidavTheVedmak that same segment is in the comic as well

[@salvtrooper113]

Pineapple BoyMan yeah it’s almost like he can CONTROL things

[@nefariousangel8238]

In that opening Dr. Manhattan voice, I was expecting to hear Kyle say, "Show me what you got!".

[@swxqt6826]

Nefarious Angel oof

[@stevez2158]

With control over all of the fundamental forces, Dr. Manhattan could probably create any material imaginable. He could tweak the laws of physics such to create a form of water that is solid at standard temperature and pressure. A version of gold that’s blue instead of yellow. A completely indestructible plastic chair that will persist even past heat death. The possibilities are endless.

[@Zarathos11]

Vergil?

[@MrKing-qd7gi]

@@Zarathos11 I understood that reference!

[@heathermillsphantomlimb9314]

Yes, but could he compel McDonald’s to sell the McRib all year round?

[@lacriaturadekentucky]

​@@heathermillsphantomlimb9314perhaps...

[@zzodysseuszz]

@@heathermillsphantomlimb9314he couldn’t fix their ice cream machine though

[@elanesh547]

Everyone: Dr. Manhattan Kyle: Naked Nuclear God

[@amarigibson9447]

He’s not nuclear but ok

[@jakubgnojcak4865]

And not with big G

[@Polymerata]

@@amarigibson9447 he is. The hair you used to have since birth is bald. We all bald

[@Polymerata]

@@jakubgnojcak4865 not the real God but I allow it

[@amarigibson9447]

@@Polymerata I had hair when I came out but he still ain’t nuclear

[@ZombieRise7]

You know that you're becoming a nerd when you knew he was going to mention the demon core.

[@kyledamons4242]

Raman Harapuchyk If I had super powers, it would be control of the 4 fundamental forces of the universe. Boom... almost all the coolest abilities in one package😎✌. Maybe Doc. Manhattan has these abilities

[@kyledamons4242]

Raman Harapuchyk Oh shit I typed this b4 8:18 when he mentions the forces what a coincidence😂

[@KainaX122]

Epic Scientist95 so The Jade Emperor from God of High School?

[@boswcheydoesart1314]

THE DEMON COOORRE

[@zainiikhwan9405]

Sadly that poor dude didn't become super powered human.....

[@a.m9657]

"How do you spend most of your day?" Say it. "Making plans,worrying about the future etc" SAY IT!! "half conscious browsing the internet"

[@spiritchannels]

Wow. Got my number.

[@BadWolfJK]

Interesting; I am the 192nd person to have upvoted the comment; with my Y.O.B being 1992, maybe I will decide to finally wake up aga... Meh I think I'll wait a bit more.

[@daviddiaz778]

these comments knows too much! DELETE DELETE DELETE! 😜

[@aspiringgreatness]

Continue being an unproductive shiet, we need people like you for consumtion.

[@i-iy7490]

So , Thor finally accepts that he is not the "Most Powerful" 💪🏻💪🏻.

[@thisguyhd6591]

No' he's not. he is dumb like that

[@bluebird0064]

@@thisguyhd6591 Well he is one the most powerful Marvel characters especially right now in the comics.

[@DMBlade4]

@@bluebird0064 Even Beta Ray Bill beat Thor. Now Superman...there's a real superhero

[@bluebird0064]

@@DMBlade4 Not sure where you got that idea. Especially when you look at how powerful Thor is in the comics now.

[@DMBlade4]

@@bluebird0064 Where I got what idea?

[@uzazi2043]

"Sweater of the universe" someone put that on a t-shirt, or better yet a sweater

[@yaboiplank6764]

It only comes in universal sizes doesn't it

[@gawkthimm6030]

it also sounds much better when talking string theory :P

[@VBallOH517]

If his “blue-ness” is a result of the ionization of oxygen and nitrogen in Earth’s atmosphere, wouldn’t he be a different color on mars? Or rather, with little to no atmosphere on mars, would he appear to glow at all?

[@bacon-SG]

One thing I tought that could explain that is his own body being the medium that produces the light and not the air around him. But then if is his own body that produces the glow and he controls his matter then the decision of being blue was his.

[@swinglow6580]

Good point but I suspect that can be explained away because he can literally will it to stay the same regardless of his location.

[@kobil316SH]

Maybe he changes our eyes and minds to perceive mars blue as earth blue so it doesn’t distract us

[@swinglow6580]

@@kobil316SH another interesting point but I'm not sure if he can actually manipulate your brain 🤔....huh that's a really good one cause I can't think of a time he could...I mean he can warp reality but can he change your very mind with out causing such a fundamental change that it'd probably just kill you dead. Am I thinking this too far over for some one that doesn't exist? Possibly...but science

[@tomf3150]

Not ionization, Cherenkov radiation. Eg electrons so energetic with a speed so close to c in vaccum that in air they should be moving faster than c in air. That is impossible so in this case electrons expel that excess of energy a blue light.

[@brutusjudas5842]

Very inaccurate. If he was wearing “spundies” he’d still have a massive bulge.

[@guyclykos]

I know I would warp reality for that bulge.

[@brianupsher6675]

The bulge is completely unnecessary for him. He needs no reproductive organs because he could simply create an offspring or a spouse.

[@Roderickdl]

@@brianupsher6675 but he does have a memory of his body. That memory being used to piece his atoms back together.

[@skylx0812]

It looks a little more like the cod piece thingy Sting wore in DUNE. I know we couldn't have the original 16yr old dark haired villianous original character being lusted after by his morbidly obese floating uncle in an 80s flick but Sting just looked goofy in that movie.

[@swxqt6826]

Brutus Judas depends on high tight his pants are

[@robertcraigashby9836]

There are no limits to Dr. Manhattan's powers other than he remembers and experiences his future and is present at all moments of his life at the same time. He remembers all of his "choices" and "random" responses and is currently experiencing the making of those choices while knowing the results. He thus doesn't really experience having free will while being capable of anything with a non zero quantum probability. Good summation.

[@JohnBailey]

"Our relationship to a past we can't change and a future we haven't experienced yet" Gold statement

[@Anonymous-zd1ow]

"I'm tired of people saying fabric" But you just said it like a few seconds ago dude.....

[@becausescience]

That's why I was tired of it -- kH

[@joshg6108]

Oooohhhhh!

[@QuesoCucuy]

by saying it that one more time he reached his limit of times he was willing to say it again

[@stanislavzoldak2198]

@ShadowNny Did someone eat your lunch?

[@Syde_Saffar]

@BecauseScience kyle just tired hearing himself pronounce fabric...we just type..he's the one who read it..poor kyle

[@ColMcWillis]

Cop: do you know how fast you were going Physicist: No, but I know where I am Cop: you were going 60 in a 45 zone Physicist: well great, now I'm lost...

[@cayhle]

@Kiernan Rogers What most people don't know is that Schroedinger was actually mocking the concept of quantum indeterminability with that thought experiment.

[@dustinking2965]

I'm uncertain about this joke.

[@Sic_Ca_Rax]

@@dustinking2965 I'm certain you are joking.

[@l.l.chadcox6360]

@Kiernan Rogers lmao

[@l.l.chadcox6360]

@@dustinking2965 lol

[@BenReillySpydr1962]

*"24 year old nuclear physicist..."* K.

[@edgarglopes]

Potassium.

[@muhammadbasit7644]

There are 3 states of matter

[@ELbabotas1]

And cake

[@justashark3834]

@@muhammadbasit7644 Plasma:allow me to introduce myself

[@almirzeqiri3538]

@@justashark3834 Bose-Einstein condensate : Hey , don't forget me !!! 👍😉😉

[@nbbz6455]

1:00 I think he's blue for another reason. Da bu di...

[@akirakurusu861]

DA BU DA IF I WAS GREEN I WOULD DIE DA BU DI DA BU DA

[@VictorVonFox]

he is blue because he is always sad

[@jordanfelt5978]

His girlfriend would be blue too Haha.

[@voidentityUTX]

no PLEASE DONT

[@davidhutchins66]

Now you're speaking my language with this one Kyle and team! A few corrections to go over. Harry Daghlian didn't die of cancer, It was much more severe than that. He died of acute radiation sickness having received an estimated 510 Rem in a very short time (about 400 Rem I believe is the 50% mark for a lethal dose with radiation in an acute dose). When he stated he saw a blue glow, it's estimated that the energy from the test device was so immense that it didn't just ionize the air around it, it ionized the water within his eyes (among other parts of his body). If Dr. Manhattan was giving off this level of radiation constantly, everyone around him would die shortly (a few months) after just being near him, or at the very least, receive some form of radiation sickness (and possible cancer if they recovered from the initial exposure, years down the road). The core didn't go "critical" - if it had gone critical, not only would he have been the luckiest man alive, having stopped at that precise moment, but no one would have been severely affected from the incident. What happened with Harry is, upon dropping the brick he went past critical, past super critical, and into something called prompt critical. To explain it in phases, sub critical is when a nuclear reaction is present, however more neutrons are being lost than are currently being created from the on-going process. In this phase a nuclear reactor is essentially powering down. Critical is a very specific term for when there are the same amount of neutrons being created, as are being lost in a nuclear reaction, and your power level is being maintained at the same level. Not ideal to be standing next to, but also not inherently dangerous for a very short duration of time. Super critical is when you are creating more neutrons from the process, than are being lost in the neutron cycle. This happens every time a nuclear reactor is powering up, either during a start up, or during an increase in power demand, and is still a controlled process that happens every day. Prompt critical is when you have exceeded the amount of neutrons being created, than what is controllable by our current technology. The power spikes up so rapidly, that an immense amount of energy is released, and is the topic of many training programs in the nuclear field when working at a power plant. I could go into a long description of how this works, but this reply is already getting wordy. It essentially has to do with delayed, and prompt neutrons, and the window of time between one generation of neutrons and the next, that makes nuclear power controllable. If we go supercritical without taking into account the added criticality from delayed neutrons, it is said to be prompt critical.

[@1014p]

David Hutchins holy crap nice write up, nominate you for super nerd.

[@plzletmebefrank]

Yeah, really. "Got and died of cancer in a month"... Um, cancer doesn't really work like that. But yeah, radiation sickness. It's also interesting that this guy's death is always referenced when they do stuff with radiation exposure.

[@neillenhart6838]

Yeah I was really kinda meh about this video because either the terms and science behind the radiation terms were watered down or not the full version. Awesome read though, hopefully others read this.

[@vertex546]

"I could go into a long description of how this works" I would love to hear it, or if you have any articles / videos that you prefer on it that could save you time.

[@davidhutchins66]

​@@vertex546 Honestly, the wikipedia pages of all things, actually does a really good job of describing it. It may be difficult to really understand unless you have a background in nuclear power though. Imagine nuclear power, as a chain reaction. This chain reaction is fueled by neutrons being absorbed into a fuel element (typically Uranium 235) to create a much more unstable isotope (Uranium 236) which has a probability of either splitting immediately, releasing new neutrons (prompt neutrons) or waiting a little bit, before undergoing beta decay and then spitting out some neutrons in a fission event. If your overall reactivity (ratio of neutrons created to neutrons lost in your chain reaction) is less than 1 when you ONLY include the prompt neutrons, and it just slightly edges over 1 when you account for the delayed neutrons, you will slowly raise in neutrons from one generation to the next, but in a controlled manner due to the extra time it takes for delayed neutrons to be added. If however, your reactivity is greater than 1 with prompt neutrons alone.... well... prompt neutrons occur somewhere between 10^-13 and 10^-14 seconds after the neutron reacts with the fuel. This is essentially an instantaneous reaction. If you're increasing in power from something that occurs that rapidly, and that often, you can imagine the amount of energy that gets released in a very short amount of time. I'm trying to think of a good analogy for it, but it really is kind of a unique scenario. Not exactly accurate, but I think it paints a good picture if you imagine it like a fire hose being sprayed mere inches from your mouth. You'll get a few stray drops that allow you to collect some water, but if you stray just that little bit to the left, and you're suddenly having a bad day :) Thankfully, in operational power plants there are multiple fail safes in place to prevent that extra bit of reactivity from ever being added. The only times in history that these have not worked are when they've been intentionally bypassed, or a natural disaster has occurred and there was inadequate preparation for such an occurrence. (Fukushima unfortunately was very much preventable if they had any number of methods to restore power, one of which being a simple external connection that a generator could be moved to the site and turned on, and Chernobyl if I remember correctly, had an inherently unstable reactor (as rods dropped, power increased. Reactors in the US and most of the world decrease reactivity as rods are dropped, forcing a shut down if any rod falls) Sorry for the long reply, it's hard to keep it short with this topic :) Like I said though, the TLDR of it is, the wikipedia does a great job in covering most everything you would want to know.

[@blackoutnow]

"Who is that?" "It's Dr. Manhattan." "What does he do?" "He shines blue."

[@sevagapkarian4699]

Did you just watch Rambo 3?

[@Sic_Ca_Rax]

Did you nick that from abbé Sieyès?

[@jonahkinoshita632]

@@sevagapkarian4699 lmao the glow sticks !!!

[@notdeadyet2544]

And has a blue penis

[@dad49998]

I like how he says that his existence makes complete sense scientifically, completely ignoring the fact that he built himself back together after being reduced to individual atoms.

[@MrJuma95]

Dr. Manhattan was such a well thought out character.

[@amarigibson9447]

Written you yes but his powers I don’t think the author explained it well enough

[@mechamedeamigo3984]

@@amarigibson9447 i think the intention was never to have him well explained. If characters on Watchmen don't know whats happening with Doc, why should you know? It's better like that, makes me feel more like a part of the story.

[@Master_Therion]

Dr. Manhattan walks into a bar. Four Manhattans later... he's drunk.

[@l0sts0ul89]

Don't think he can get drunk.

[@mile_high_topher]

@@l0sts0ul89 Sounds like Dr. Manhattan has the power to do literally whatever the f*ck he wants. If he desired to be drunk, he would be drunk.

[@joesh3lton]

Dr. M is a force ghost. He currently likes to spend his time with Haden Christiansen and Yoda.

[@mr.vansjohnson7469]

Force god

[@docmaly2178]

The priestess would like to have word with you.

[@blindbrailleable]

I think "likes" may be too strong a word. I mean...its Hayden.

[@capital_beaz4725]

Fuck you im watching this to get away from all the starwars/ rise of Skywalker videos 😂😂

[@andykapsar4667]

i disagree. manhattan wouldnt need the high ground to have an advantage

[@AT-BoxingLife]

You're awesome, I love watching, learning, and enjoy your breakdowns.

[@christianalbina6217]

"So much of what defines us as people is our imagined relationship to the past we can't change and a future that we haven't experienced yet."

[@areezdordi361]

Kyle:"To Rorschach, Rorschach's dead remember that' Me:"Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!"

[@misterdoctor9693]

There is a moral objectivist in your refrigerator.

[@areezdordi361]

@@misterdoctor9693 WHAT?!!

[@Torhek]

"I wanted to ... make [Rorschach] as like, this is what Batman would be in the real world'. But I have forgotten that actually to a lot of comic fans, 'smelling', 'not having a girlfriend', these are actually kind of heroic! So Rorschach became the most popular character in Watchmen. I made him to be a bad example. But I have people come up to me in the street and saying: I AM Rorschach. That is MY story'. And I'd be thinking: Yeah, great. Could you just, like, keep away from me, never come anywhere near me again as long as I live?” Alan Moore

[@Dream146]

Rorschach was actually pretty awful, a self righteous vigilante who wallowed in the gutter while fantasising about how superior he was to everyone.

[@austins.3938]

"I never said, 'The superman exists and he’s American.' What I said was 'God exists and he’s American”

[@Cammi_Rosalie]

Now if you begin to feel an intense and crushing feeling of religious terror at the concept, don't be alarmed. That indicates only that you are still sane.

[@MarrickGonzalez]

@@DownWithBureaucracy F Right

[@kysier6015]

@@hamzaadam1092 I can't tell if you're trolling or if I'm having a seizure.

[@jlokison]

Except, by the time Dr. Manhattan stopped considering himself human he also pretty much stopped considering himself American as well.

[@zengance1323]

@@hamzaadam1092 he's just quoting from the comic. the context is that whoever's said the quote is calling dr Manhattan as god since he's so powerful.

[@deathseedsentry9884]

It would be breathmazing! I like how you properly called his first reforming a nervous system rather than a circulatory system, as the movie did. I call that out when I watched the movie myself.

[@jmdio740]

I am here to feel as though my physics and astrophysics classes were not in vain. I appreciate this channel more and more the further I get from my college graduation. Thank You. Immensely.

[@realBlueMoonMusic]

"Why is my face being pixelated? What is offending you?" - kH

[@Masonicon]

The simplest thing behind Dr. Manhattan superpowers are: Consciousness > Brain

[@riverevergreene]

He’s just Osterman’s mind, that managed to escape the physical realm. His power is knowledge. He learned how to manipulate matter. And as he is out of the 4 dimensions we are locked into, he can perceive time in a way we can’t. Just this.

[@evilspacech1cken]

@@riverevergreene well yes but he also has full control or mastery rather over the fundamental forces within the universe, meaning literally “reality can be whatever I want” to him

[@tinyninjahobo4228]

imho, the only reason we aren't more like this as beings is because we don't believe it can be done. And the fact that we agree that it can't be done holds us down even further.

[@amarigibson9447]

@@tinyninjahobo4228 yea bro let’s go kill ourselves with gamma radiation and we can all become the hulk

[@darkspawn4980]

@@tinyninjahobo4228 "only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible" right?

[@Polydoros66]

Amazing episode!

[@sebastianardila7263]

You are back!!

[@Robotnik75XYZ]

Thanos: with all six infinity stones I could simply snap my fingers... And half of all life would cease to exist Dr. Manhattan: lol

[@Robotnik75XYZ]

nah he wouldn't really care tbh

[@bigkoi1015]

Nobody: Kyle: *"NAKED NUCLEAR GUY"* Me:Welp Theres nothing Wrong with that

[@gidelix]

Unnecessary nobody

[@Emiichoco]

why are all these comments the same bruh same joke everytime wtf. nobody this nobody that

[@kewltodamax]

This was one of the deeper because science delves, love it

[@LuisGutierrez-do2ms]

Fantastic video!

[@edeworabraham2761]

"Sweater of reality" got to use that, one of those days

[@dracoargentum9783]

Meh, I prefer Blanket, though if you are more Addamsian, you may prefer Towel of Reality...

[@skylx0812]

...muff of conciet

[@uhmidk7]

"why he blue tho?" what about cherenkov radiation?

[@replay1530]

Kiran Vamaraju outro?

[@uhmidk7]

@@replay1530 yeah, oops, typed too early

[@Sagitta62]

so do he feed there

[@ABaumstumpf]

@@replay1530 Not really, there he mixes up several things. But you would NOT seer Cherenkov-radiation with your eyes closed unless you pretty much press your eyeball against DrManhatten.

[@replay1530]

ABaumstumpf Ah, my mistake

[@meropemerope6096]

thanks for the video :)

[@danielmeissner4521]

Well done, buddy👏👏👏

[@DeDraconis]

Dr. Manhattan: *Has complete control over Gravity, Electro-Magnetism, The Strong Force, The Weak Force, and Time* Thermodynamics: I don't have time for this, go sit down. Over there, next to the dehumidifiers.

[@kingcrimson1467]

DeDraconis What's wrong with dehumidifiers, besides making bad water?

[@DeDraconis]

@@kingcrimson1467 I'm making fun of all the "drinking water from air machines" that are basically just nasty dehumidifiers.

[@kingcrimson1467]

DeDraconis Like the self-filling water bottle hate those, they can hundreds of thousands from crowd funding and then of course fail to deliver on their promises

[@thedevourer.]

If he had total mastery over time he would be able to time travel...this he cant do he sees all time and can alter it but cant himself move though time

[@awesomehpt8938]

Does Kyle want Dr Manhattan’s powers? He’d be the perfect super villain then!

[@rewrose2838]

He wouldn't be a villain then. Being a villain implies that his actions are somehow unjustified and detrimental to the targets of his villainy. (Be it immoral or unethical use of his powers and stuff). But if he was the equivalent of Dr. Manhattan, he'd be a literal God. He would dictate and decide what is moral and ethical and what isn't. He wouldn't be a villain anymore, just like how the God that floods the world and kills millions of innocents isn't a villain.

[@palpatinethesenatehog7086]

You will get orbital striked in 5 seconds!

[@KainaX122]

Rew Rose no. . . No, I'd say he's still a villain for doing that

[@fatbabyjake]

I do so I could be the perfect super villain god more or less.

[@Roderickdl]

@@rewrose2838 So your idea of GOD is a being that exist outside of our ideals of what is ethical or good and bad.

[@gropatapouf5998]

I'm not into US comics I've been raised by mangas in Europe. However, one day I watched the Watchmen movie with a friend and it was the first time that a US comic blew me away. Thanks for this episode and your work.

[@traugottbauling8100]

Molecules’ electrons aren’t the only thing Dr. Manhattan’s body is exciting...

[@urbanllama4208]

😂

[@Jakobman76]

Dr. Manhattan can also be summed up as a Mythbusters quote. "I reject your reality and substitute my own."

[@saltymisfit6566]

Terms I hadn't expected to hear today, "Naked Nuclear God" is right up there

[@gameofprawns3967]

i am glad i found your channel

[@xtremelegendzz255]

Dr manhattan: im the strongest superhero Sitama: am i a joke to you? One above all: come on guys

[@itsPlasma06]

Franklin Richards, before One Above All: Don't forget about me!

[@captainrox7969]

All Might: I AM HERE!

[@NJ-eo2oc]

Lucifer claps all of them

[@randomuser4960]

Cosmic armor superman: Hello heroes

[@lamaosama9342]

Do you actually think Saitama could defeat Dr Manhatten lmfao?

[@simonberglund7061]

Can’t he, because of hos own radiation, cause cherenkov radiation through the water in his body? Because the light of Cherenkov radiation appears to look a bluish turquoise colour. Love your majestic mane and the show, keep it good man

[@simonberglund7061]

Oh he mentioned it in the end of the video...

[@irogendi]

I was asking this same question but I feel like that would mean if you were close enough to see him in his glowing glory you would probably be close enough to die cause of said glowing glory?

[@leonard9624]

If you watched the movie you might know the answers to those questions

[@irogendi]

@@leonard9624 I have watched it and multiple times but still ask this question lol

[@Amarianee]

13:01 that makes SO much sense. When I was having IMRT radiation treatment (kinda redundant given the abbreviation, but whatevs) everytime they clicked it I saw a flash of green light, even with my eyes closed. They all said there wasn't any light, and for some reason no one there seemed to know this, so this makes me feel very vindicated and I thank you for the fun fact 😄👍

[@kbee225]

A lot of scientists even claimed they could see X rays.

[@zakiahmed6655]

@@kbee225 really?

[@DaveCM]

@@kbee225 that would be impossible. The human eye isn't capable.

[@thewildcardperson]

@@DaveCM never say never there are people who can use sonar hold there breath for 20 minutes run 500 miles without stopping we have amazing powers

[@Biga101011]

@@DaveCM As in the explanation at the end of the video, it is the Cherenkov radiation that is seen. This is due to Compton electrons produced by photons in the x-ray beam. It requires at least a portion of the photon beam to have higher energies of ~2MeV to produce high enough energy Compton electrons for Cherenkov radiation to be observed, but certainly a way to perceive something that the body has no direct way of detecting.

[@philrm99]

Great explaination

[@ryanlinn5437]

The idea of experiencing time and space the way Manhattan does is almost inconceivable to me. I often find myself trying to understand it. Maybe it's just my personality, but it kinda scares me. The way I see it, he knows what will happen to him at any given time, but he is also trapped by that ability. He can't choose to do something different because, to him, it's already been done. He's effectively stuck. He experiences time in such a way that he really has no past or future. He experiences it all as though it were presently happening to him. So, although he doesn't experience a past or future for simplicity sake that's how I'm going to describe it because I am human and experience time linearly making it extremely hard to properly explain my thoughts when trying to avoid those terms. So, please, keep that in mind, lol. He knows will happen to him at any given time and can scrutinize his every move, but he is entirely locked into those choices. I wonder if he can see branches of reality that differ from his chosen path. Like, can he view the various outcomes of actions he didn't choose? How painful would it be to see a happy John Osterman that chose to never go back into the intrinsic chamber (or whatever it's called) to fetch his watch? Do these realities technically exist, or does the act of trying to observe an action that was never made cause them to exist? Or is it just darkness? Like, it never existed before so it absolutely cannot exist now. Also, would the act of merely trying to observe a different reality cause what he experiences as his own reality to no longer exist, or is that a complete impossibility because he is fixed into a certain position throughout all of time and space? Trying to imagine his experience can cause me to get lost in thought for hours, lol.

[@yashrastogi149]

Kyle: "Why is my face pixalated? What is offending you?" 😂😂😂

[@MatthewFura]

I laughed my ass off at that.

[@rance-jacksonprojects193]

I love the idea of the quantum tunneling as an explanation of teleportation. Especially since there's no theoretical limit to distance, you wouldn't be travelling per se so relativity wouldn't be an issue, and the process to control wave function collapse could be just around the corner.

[@aczelcon]

Awesome hair man!

[@kvtechvarshney5179]

Man u explain so well!

[@sternis1]

Hey Kyle, love the show! I would like to discuss the Dr Manhattan perception of time and how that would work and what implications it would have. If he would in fact experience time in a non-linear fashion, he would seemingly break the laws of causality, as he would know what will happen to him in the future (and he could therefore perform actions and choose to change them). This would of course be except if he was the being that could observe the state and trajectory of every single particle in the particle in the universe. A being that would know this could in that case know all past and future events by following and calculating the interactions between every all particles. This would be true if we assume that quantum mechanics is not random (which there is a lot of debate on). If Dr Manhattan could also predict even quantum mechanics, he would in fact be able to see all past and future events. He would also probably need to be able to observe every particle/event in the universe, since we have strong inclinations that quantum entanglement is a thing. His own feat of teleporting to Mars further supports this claim. He is truly and fully omnscient, on a level above almost all other characters of any fiction. Now that we have established Dr Manhattans universal omniscense, it's time to discuss if he's truly omnipotent. Consider his feet that he can control matter on a subatomic level. We know he can control his own matter on a quantum level (again, the teleportation feat). We've also seen him do similar things to other beings and objects (such when he made a TV-studio full of people go somewhere else). It's unclear how far his influence stretches. Since he can influence matter and quantum events on particles other than those making up himself, I think we could assume that he could also influence them on a universal scale. If he's not able to influence matter because of distance, he could just teleport himself (or a copy of himself, because he can apparently do that too) to the vicinity of the event and influence it. These two powers (omniscense and ability to affect the fundamental forces of the universe) seems to be in conflict of eachother. To be able to predict every future event, the laws of nature cannot change in the middle. This would make it problematic to predict. However, since we know that Dr Manhattan can change the laws of nature at will (if he has free will, but that's a huge separate discussion), he will know when he introduces those changes and what changes he makes, thus still being able to predict the future. This works if Dr Manhattan is the only entity in the universe that could performs these violations (changes) of the laws of physics as we know them. One thing we do learn, that makes sense is that he states that "particles moving at tachyon speeds clouds my vision". This means there are other events that he cannot influence or predict, because they violate the laws of physics without he being the initiatior of it, and it would be an explanation of his inability to sense these events (and of course, other events that would follow them). On the whole, Dr Manhattan is truly a godlike being, even more so than what Kyle might have given him credit for. Maybe this is the comment that will get me into footnotes :)

[@richielavey1565]

sternis1 given kyles thoughts on determinism, he still wouldn’t be able to change anything in the future

[@Christian-bf4hh]

He doesn't look at the future he lives it like we live present and he also lives past at the same time

[@sternis1]

​@@Christian-bf4hh That's true in canon, but I wanted to figure out how that even works and what weirds implications it would have. If he can experience events that has not yet taken place he will have information about future events. If he indeed has free will (which, again, can be argued for and against), he likely breaks causality, which is a concept I cannot wrap my head around.

[@_tykee]

​@@sternis1 I think his existence can be explained by this three; Superposition, Schrödinger's cat, and May-Worlds Interpretation, with all of "him" learning everything he sees and experienced like a hive-mind (but in this case every single one of him IS the hive-mind) so long as the universe expand, so long as "Existence" exists, he lives. Also for him, there's no such thing as going "back" in time as doing so doesn't change anything, you'll just created a new reality and possibilities. Example would be like reverse flash, he is so fast he may be experiencing that time has stopped but it's not, the fact that he can move around that one point in time is a proof that time don't stop, same with all superheroes/supervillains that claims they would or could stop time. Like what he used to say "Perhaps the world is not made, perhaps nothing IS made.. A Clock without a craftsman. It's always have been.. it's always will be.. too late." for someone who experience/d infinite nows into it's demise, he forgot Hope and only knew Despair. Forget saving DC from Darkseid, forget multiversal threats, forget mxyzptlk toying with everything, those universes have their heroes to prevent that. For Dr.M nothing of it really matters when at the end everything cease to exist.

[@thekingisdead6411]

Kyle: Hey, do you know where all the other Scorpions went? Scorpions: Here I am, rock you like a hurricane! I'll show myself the door.

[@Floordford]

We could get their king to round them up. HIFFYAAHH SMELELELEL OOWWWwww....

[@WolverineIncognito]

Funnier than Kyle!

[@geekymetalhead5112]

There's no one like Youuuu!!!!

[@kostasspirou1010]

Good one 😂

[@l0sts0ul89]

Yooo

[@kingcrimson1467]

Kyle: But why he blue dough? Me: Omg Kyle you can't just ask why people are blue

[@thenasadude6878]

He's blue, da ba dee, da ba dae

[@l.tabornal5361]

I love me some mean girls reference in a science video

[@itsPlasma06]

@@thenasadude6878 Da ba dee, da ba die, da ba dee, da ba die

[@Heliocentric]

You have great comedic timing.

[@Uyresoul]

A walking big bang.... I can only imagine bad things if he were to trip and fall down a flight of stairs.....

[@wooki33man]

He would always see where he stepped. Never slip or fall. But he would always remember exactly when he would, and remember shattering the universe, even a billion years before it happened.

[@Idk-fl2ed]

@@wooki33man thanks for ruining the joke.

[@Zoopadoopa23]

@@Idk-fl2ed you sound bitter

[@Idk-fl2ed]

@@Zoopadoopa23 nah

[@Idk-fl2ed]

@@Zoopadoopa23 yall just can't enjoy jokes without having to be pretentious

[@VegardMyklebust]

hey, Kyle! love your show! now, that I have your attention.. So about these conspiracies going around that you're a super villain, which of course is not correct. However! If you think about this for just a moment. Which super hero would you like to be your arch nemesis, to foil your plans, beat you up, and then put you to jail, just for you to start thinking about a new treacherous plan again?

[@GuardianDarzeit]

Old joke

[@jpobi9880]

Easy. Perry the platypus.

[@fatbabyjake]

Ohhhh I like this question. However I embrace him as a super villain if he wants to be one. He could also be viewed as a super hero for pointing out the bad things about having the powers villains and heroes have, not just the good guys. Just because there are more good guys than bad guys ever pretty much who always win is what makes me want superpowers to be a super villain lol.

[@joaodeluca1520]

The power puff girls would surely stop him AND kick his ass

[@sharkchaos5160]

Great video.

[@toyinnnnnnnnn4044]

can you do a the flash powers explained i am a new subscriber and i love this video

[@tiamagus6641]

Hey Kyle, love the show! I feel like you glossed over something, though, and it's relevant to what you've said in the past; Dr. Manhattan experiences all time at once, but is powerless to change it. He knows he'll be angry when he finds out about Jupiter cheating on him, tells her as much, but still seems shocked when she confirms it. So how does this matter? Well, you yourself have stated to believe in a deterministic worldview; Dr. Manhattan is the epitome of that worldview. However, you still rely on probability; the non-zero CHANCE that he 'tunnels' to Mars being an example. According to you and Dr. Manhattan, he appeared on Mars because there was nowhere else he could have been. This is paradoxical (antimony, for reference). How could he be certain to appear on Mars if there is a non-zero probability of him being on Earth still, or somewhere else entirely? If the universe is deterministic, there is no probability, and arises from incomplete mathematical models. To eliminate probability, we have to infer the uncertainty principle to be incorrect, and that quantum mechanics isn't just poorly understood, but incorrectly understood. This seems to be a pretty big issue, especially when you casually toss around phrases like "non-zero probability", "random", and "chance". Could you attempt to resolve this, or explain why this is not an issue for you? Again, love the show, and keep that mane sparkling! EDIT: Can't remember which Jupiter is which. *shrugs*

[@YoshionoKimochi]

Love the Show Kyle. Let's get theoretical... Teleporting with a wave function is meaningless if you also can effect time. He could change time, walk to Mars and change time back and he would have, to us, teleported. If he's a higher dimensional being, he no longer has a slice of time representing everything "Now". He instead has a volume, shifting his experiences one step up in dimensions. Which means, for him, experiencing "later" or "earlier" as we would, he would experience a spectrum of the multiverse. His senses would see through all the events of possibilities, going from closest to his current position, which is the least different of our universe to the farthest position which is the most different. But like us, he couldn't interact with those universes... thinking about them, for him, would be the equivalent of us thinking about our future or past. Dimensions are powers in math. Take nothing. 0 dimension. A point in space which could exist theoretically anywhere in 3d as any lower dimension could... then stretch that dimension in a single DIRECTION to infinity. You have then 1 dimension, a line. Which could exist anywhere in our dimension. Take all of that infinite line and stretch it in one Direction, any direction to infinity and you get 2 dimensions, a plain, which could exist anywhere in our dimension. Any direction you stretch it in the 3rd dimension is a whole new direction for the 2nd dimension creator. But we have our whole 3d dimension to orient the expansion. Do it again, stretch a plain in any direction to infinity and you get 3 dimensions. This is a pattern. Do it again. You get 3d space stretched in a DIRECTION that it couldn't before. We thought of the dimensions 0, 1 and 2, within the context of 3d. But to do it again you must think about it in a higher dimension, so that we can look AT that dimension instead of being in it. Let's then imagine all of 3d space being a marble, and treat it as if it were 0 dimensions, a point. Keep going. It gets stretched out to a line of marbles, each infinitely close to the next, a world line. They say 4th dimension is time. That's not accurate... time is the movement of causality that the 4th dimension allows for in the 3rd dimension. You must have one higher dimension to allow time to exist in the lower ones. We can move but the dimension doesn't explain why we do. All we've done in the 4th dimension is create a world line. We could go more... a world Plain with the 5th dimension, allowed to move not only forward and backward in time but also left and right. With this, movement can be at a different rate with the same moment. Perhaps this is where time dilation occurs, if indeed time itself is dilating and not just the rate of causality compressing with speed and gravity... but I digress. No dimension explains why time functions the way it does or rather the way we experience it/ measure it. It just gives room for it to happen. This pattern can keep going. A world volume, so on and so forth. But this is all theoretical, based off of logical pattern progression. Dr. Manhattan lives in a step higher dimension than we do, like the higher energy state of an atom's electron. Bit he still interacts with us on our dimension. I dont hear him throughout all time, having always heard him as a constant sound or seeing a constant sight my whole life, and always will... he flows in our time... .... how nice of him.

[@KuroAkatsukiPhoenix]

Solid thought experiment, once slight correction, in this case it is "affect" versus "effect".

[@YoshionoKimochi]

@@KuroAkatsukiPhoenix thanks! I always get those confused

[@cikiciew8740]

So how string theory could theoretically reach 11th dimension? Is it use the same way as you explain?

[@BloodiusAurion]

How to say a lot without saying anything!

[@aadipandey8237]

I tried to read all that , but .... !

[@aceattacker2163]

Hey kyle, I know this is not the target topic of your channel but I just thought that maybe do some videos explaining how some everyday things work through science and maybe some latest technologies and inventions

[@natewitkowski8379]

I understand this. Thank you🙏

[@Spider602]

Kyle: Has anyone seen the scorpions? The Scorpions: HERE I AM!

[@philkovach948]

Rock you like a hurricane?

[@PipBoy2300]

COME OVER HERE! would have been a better joke :v

[@doomdoot6731]

@@PipBoy2300 music joke, not a videogame joke. That's why scorpions is capitalised

[@craig.wadley]

You have won the internet for today. Possibly for the week.

[@PipBoy2300]

@@doomdoot6731 I know I know, I just wanted to share my opinion

[@noring_rad2276]

can create matter: check can change the forces of the universe: check can change time(4th dimension): check can control quantum mechanics : check is doctor Manhattan God Incarnate : Probably

[@giggityguy]

"I don't think there is a God. And if there is, I'm nothing like Him."

[@ruyman90]

He doesn't think of himself as a god "we are all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who sees the strings"

[@CentralNexusPrime]

Next time DC does a major reboot the hand & stars seen at the beginning of creation will be Dr Manhattan’s. Probably created the multiverse, if not the omniverse

[@DarthGTB]

Does he change time or is just able to see it?

[@ruyman90]

@@DarthGTB Is a centerpoint of the novel that he sees time but because he already seen in happen it means that he can't change it because it simply is the way it will happen. And for that reason he believes that there isn't such a thing as free will.

[@INFINITESYKOSIS]

Dr Manhattan is cool ...one time he helped me get to the center of several black holes & helped me capture multiple singularities which was needed for numerous future missions

[@Dr.Osterman]

So Brilliant 👌

[@TheCrosshare]

I always imagined Doc Man as a hivemind of particles. Ripped apart, then because wibblywobbly stuff, the particles got back together as one big blue dongwaver. Would also explain how he could do the quantum tunneling thing if all the particles had the same powers, just working in unison. It's not the big blue tunneling to mars, which would be difficult, it's each particle making the same choice to do the hop. To be fair, "Hivemind Particle Man" does have a bit less oomph than "Doctor Manhattan". Oh and enjoying every show, keep up the good work Kyles!

[@tursilion]

I really love the integration of the drawings and the live action on this channel ;)

[@robertmurphy3511]

Game Knights brought me here - but you're making some really cool content, love it.

[@UweEichel]

Hey Kyle Great show and all as always =) Keep it up! I do not think Dr. Manhattan is glowing blue because he is emitting ionizing radiation. The reason is that he is also glowing blue when he is on Mars. However, Mars' atmosphere only has 1.2% the density of earth's atmosphere, which would mean he would be glowing much dimmer, and Mars' atmosphere consists mostly of CO2. As far as I know, the absorption spectrum of CO2 has its highest peaks in the infrared realm, so on Mars Dr. Manhattan would pretty much not glow at all (for our eyes).

[@tayloradams3993]

So I have a random thing to say: I found you cuz my science teacher a year (and two. I accidentally took his classes twice) ago enjoyed finding videos to connect to the lesson and I loved watching you there.

[@morlath4767]

By the way, there's a great video by Imaginary Axis talking about DC's Endless where he brings up the point that they (Destiny, Death, etc) are called Wave Functions in one of the comics. It also fits in with your Determinism video.

[@rph_redacted]

I love Tyler

[@isaiahoconnor8236]

Nice sneaking in the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle :)

[@eldoctoroso]

8:02 the preview (in windows 10, don't know on other OSs) is way less pixelated than the normal theatre mode view 10/10

[@skelal1]

All this talk of quantum tunneling and other weirdness reminds me of professor Stephen Hawking's response to Einstein's quote about god not playing dice with the universe, "not only does god play dice with the universe, he sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.” which sums up quantum mechanics perfectly.

[@adammcfall5133]

Where did the saying "not only does God play dice, he plays with the best dice in the universe. " come from? I remember hearing it, can't remember where though.

[@MrKassNova]

There. Is. No. God. Only. Random. Shit. That. Randomly. Happens. For. No. Particular. Real. Reason. At. All. Except. For. The. Random. Randomness. That. Randomly. Started. Being. Random.

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[@NikolaiManning]

this sounds like a quote from a Discworld book by Terry Pratchet. Interesting Times starts with the goddess of Luck and the God of Games (i think) playing and he doesnt like playing against the goddess because she tosses the dice in places he cannot see.

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"Rorschachs dead remember that?!" 🤣

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Dr Manhattan would be the strongest superhero if he wasnt BALD, too bad

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But you are bald too

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Hey it's the World's greatest super hero.