Fan Correction: You're Breaking The Laws of Physics! | CONAN on TBS

Viewer Tim Blasius takes issue with the World's Shortest Freefall but Conan's got a science secret weapon.
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Fan Correction: You're Breaking The Laws of Physics! | CONAN on TBS
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[@SlightlyNotorious]

So Conan is implying that air resistance caused the man to fall faster? That's some special physics right there. :P

[@gerardsalter2662]

If the wind was blowing strongly downwards, then air resistance could make him fall faster.

[@adamhunt7872]

Gerard Salter it wouldn’t be RESISTANCE then would it? It would just be a added force on top of the mans weight (gravity is not a force)

[@OBGrimey]

Gerard Salter he fell right under the studio's air vent

[@firehawk8521]

He is saying there was a lot less wind resistance than usual 24 * alesssss

[@burkekburkek]

he was implying that tim incorrectly assumed air resistance was uniform across the globe, and that it was less in sound studio 15 and as such he fell faster, no?

[@justinsung6353]

Its actually so sad that some people think Conan was being serious and that he accurately defended his position...

[@ivans1308]

It's even more sad that some people think he is serious and are writing he is wrong

[@ALEX-hu6ll]

Ivan Stanković it’s even horrendously sad that a guy who think Conan isn’t serious while making comment about a guy who said it’s sad for people who take Conan serious seriously and pointing its wrong to say Conan’s wrong to be wrong.

[@labellaguitar]

Justin Sung no, what is actually so sad is that you think and feel that way enough to write it... and maybe sadder is the fact that I have to write this to inform you of such a reprehensible character flaw.

[@carancole5974]

While i know that conan isnt serious but can you tell me if the people that send in the videos are serious because sometimes it looks like they are acting.

[@Someone-bb5ft]

F

[@Shadowsphere1]

The way they make the easiest actual Calculus look like big-brain science is astounding.

[@irongamer2010]

so true, but it shows you how little the general public knows about anything that requires more brain power than finding the tv remote

[@wintertimealldatime]

Photon Wolfsky literally what u learn in the first month of high school calc lol

[@mycommentpwnz]

Omg, right? Also, there are VERY basic equations of motions he could have used. It's LITERALLY this easy: .1=(1/2)(9.8)t^2 solve for t. (Note: it's only this easy because his initial velocity was zero.)

[@BeefGeneral]

ever seen a guy get mad attention playing wonderwall on a guitar at a party? same deal.

[@soumalyadeogharia6161]

It does not even require calculus.. Just the 3 laws of motion.. How is he a physicist 🤦‍♂️

[@88TechnoAbhi88]

"Now, in your world, I realize it might be normal for things to happen 24 times faster than expected in the bedroom" -Savage AF.

[@navneethbhat9649]

I really doubt that a fan just said that in a video . Im pretty sure it was scripted

[@ricodsanchez6792]

i literally dont get why its a savage and makes no sense

[@Thenotfunnyperson]

@@ricodsanchez6792 It is not good for men to be fast in bedroom. This means they are not good lovers.

[@ricodsanchez6792]

@@Thenotfunnyperson cjeers😂

[@shejar]

Than*

[@076657]

"D times x divided by d times t" Lol

[@Defrap22]

Just say dxdt dumbass not whatever you just said

[@mortenlins6008]

@@Defrap22 lmao its dx/d*t

[@Andrej158158]

@@mortenlins6008 no it's not

[@orochimaruslytherin]

@@Andrej158158 yes it is

[@orochimaruslytherin]

@@Andrej158158 dx/dt

[@IsraelHernandez-fq9dy]

It’s crazy how this is basic calculus and people think he’s Einstein lmao

[@hdks7228]

Thank you no one asked you, you pretentious douchebag

[@abanana2561]

@@hdks7228 Hes right though

[@jugchug9619]

@@hdks7228 He didn't even do the calculus right. He said "d times v divided by d times t" but in calculus, d is not a variable or constant, but a concept that can most accurately be compared to a function. Dx with a capital "D", or delta x means change in x, but with a smaller d, it stands for differential, and basically means "really small". Simply put, if he actually understood the concept, he wouldn't have said "d times v" as, for all possible definitions, d is not a variable. Yeah, nobody asked, me or him, but nobody asked you either. How I wish youtube showed dislikes on comments.

[@Unknown-si8yx]

@@hdks7228 it's not that complex, you learn this in year 10

[@trevorjohnson6287]

suraj rawat can confirm. Source: am in high school and taking math and physics

[@ultralaggerREV1]

Tim: “24 times faster than expected on the bedroom” Conan: **Windows XP error**

[@megha9789]

You deserve more likes 😆😆😆😆

[@Daniel00232]

People in the comments "proving" that conan is incorrect are just not seeing that he himself knows he is incorrect. Its part of the segment.

[@Mate_00]

The thing is that sometimes it's defended by a "secret fact" that is completely made up but can't be disproved. Those I find funny. But sometimes it's just completely false. Like an argument about not factoring in the air resistance is great, he can say that there is for some reason a super high pressure there. But his argument required lower resistance. And since that guy's equation already considered 0 air resistance, there's nowhere lower you can get. So it's not about Conan knowing or not knowing he's wrong. We all know he knows he makes tons of mistakes. It's about how good his excuses are and in this case they are just bad. Sure, they can be fun and convincing for someone, but to people understanding that argument at all it's just rubbish.

[@leopeo2623]

People are stupid he knows he is incorrect he went to Harvard University and educated honorably

[@sketch3744]

People at the network thinking that that constitutes both an intelligent and funny joke...

[@baldwinivofjerusalem47]

I see a legendary Warden.

[@charlesriley2717]

It’s also annoying when those people get condescending and elitist. It’s crazy they don’t see how foolish they are being. I feel like they are the ones joking sometimes.

[@LautaroQ2812]

I bet that was written by Jordan Schlansky.

[@nolifejustrow]

Yea

[@ishihayahajimagumpara9266]

XD I agree so much

[@NintendoCaprisunish]

Unfortunately, you humans, err I mean, we humans do not realize that the physicist's script was not written by just Jordan Schlansky, but by various others in the Conan staff.

[@mchan2141]

Lati Sullivan probably

[@naoufaltakroumt6373]

Exactly

[@Nicholaskcl]

As someone with a PHD in physics from UT Austin, I can confirm this is in fact comedy

[@richardgibson1872]

you don't need PhD to understand the joke. you're just wasting your time doing a phd lol

[@ellireome3981]

@@richardgibson1872 Well it seems you don't have a PHD and can't understand jokes so who knows, maybe you do need one

[@elmothanos3799]

"Now, in your world, I realize it might be normal for things to happen 24 times faster then expected in the bedroom," - Tim

[@rforray8356]

Apply ointment to burned area. But do it 24 times faster

[@user-yv3ro1fo7w]

“d times t divided by d times v” just kill me

[@sunilthescienceguy8059]

Это Георг fr fr I couldn’t hold in my laughing

[@enzoiguess340]

I was like huh?

[@anubis1416]

got me to, I hope this was on purpose just to kind of show that conan is clueless as to what he is talking about

[@jaykay2218]

Bomb me pls

[@vdmur7952]

lmao

[@johnpanning4133]

Lol. the audience has no clue whatsoever what either parties are talking about

[@John-mj1kk]

neither you lol

[@johnpanning4133]

@@John-mj1kk what evidence do you have to assume that? I really want to know.

[@John-mj1kk]

@@johnpanning4133 The fact that you haven't shown any evidence that *you* do know.

[@johnpanning4133]

I'm sorry I don't explain my physics thesis before making a KZbin comment

[@ridwanhaque5014]

Lucas got destroyed

[@thewitness7147]

Why did he use calculus for that? LOL He basically tried to kill a fly with a bazooka

[@corymitchell3228]

I guess he wanted to derive everything from scratch (as physicists annoyingly do)

[@Lucas-zd8hl]

Using calculus is really the easiest and best method. It is just one integral man!

[@richj24]

Except it is not a bazooka

[@yourmomsboyfriend3337]

Lucas Moldrup or you could just use kinematics...??

[@gameguy8101]

@@yourmomsboyfriend3337 Kinematics come from calculus Just coming up with equations out of thin air without derivation is bad practice, especially when explaining calculations to laymen

[@Winteramen]

“My god you're right!” i need a friend like Andy

[@vladpetre5674]

You don't need a PhD, this is high school physics

[@timsonins]

Yes, but if you didn't get PhD, no-one will listen? I don't know

[@MLGJuggernautgaming]

Also it’s constant acceleration so why is he bothering with integrals

[@vladpetre5674]

@@MLGJuggernautgaming Just to show he didn't waste those PhD years :P

[@aguyfromnz537]

Who is claiming you need a PhD?

[@vladpetre5674]

@@aguyfromnz537 the guy started his proof with "i have a PhD in physics" bla-bla. this kinda implies having a phd is what allowed him to come up with the result

[@wyattswooten]

the legend says that Conan is still burning from that burn.

[@NJdevils47]

air resistance is negligible at low velocity. Sorry conan. Tim and his Jonah Hill lookin ass was right.

[@brandonm2622]

How is it negligible in a studio and the fact that air resistance has a greater impact if you’re free falling at a certain distance?

[@nilsboker1925]

Brandon Mcdade Well, it does have a greater effect because as the person accelerates, the air resistance increases exponentially. This means, if the person only falls 4 inches, the air resistance cannot get nearly as high. However, if you take air resistance into account, the person would be falling slower which would just increase the time even more and make Conans result worse, so he definitely shouldn't have mentioned it if he was actually trying to make a real point, but as all of this is more of a joke, it doesnt really matter all that much anyways.

[@matiashogden1240]

Brandon Mcdade Brandon Mcdade Tim claimed that he should’ve hit the floor in 0,14 seconds, Conan brings in air resistance, which would’ve slowed the fall even more, not shorten it by a factor of 24.

[@brandonm2622]

Matias Høgden I thought he said there was less air resistance in the stage; my bad.

[@matiashogden1240]

Brandon Mcdade No matter how much resistance there was, it still would’ve slowed the fall, since Tim did his calculation without any air resistance.

[@KeverianV1]

If I learned anything in ap physic, is that air resistance don't exist half of the time.

[@sphericalcow6014]

Engineers approximate pi, physicists ignore air resistance, mathematicians prefer greek letters to numbers. Whatchu gonna do! 😁😁

[@0lebol]

I think you should've used a bit more of that time paying attention in English. this is a joke

[@sphericalcow6014]

@@0lebol I don't get the joke 🤨. What 'time' ?

[@0lebol]

@@sphericalcow6014 It was a joke regarding the grammar of kever, it was not directed towards you

[@myrus5722]

vighnesh nair as opposed to all the other fields which precisely use the full decimal expansion of pi for all of their equations

[@LLLoneRanger]

After watching this, I am completely prepared for my Physics 1 final.

[@Oceansta]

Conan got own3ed on this one esp on the bedroom part.

[@brendanhalpin8432]

own3ed? and the guy has probably never had a girlfriend, let alone slept with anyone...

[@SirNilzey]

Brendan Halpin Why correct other people if you can't tell the difference between 'the' and 'they'?

[@brendanhalpin8432]

it was a typo...

[@supercool4887]

Brendan Halpin u got own3ed

[@Valderg]

Brendan Halpin I love how you think so highly of intelligent people nowadays, what the hell happened to the human race. "PSHHHH YOU'RE SO UN-COOL FOR HAVING A BRAIN!"

[@mrnotfhacof837]

He could've just used a= (v-u)/t And saved himself 20 minutes

[@drkaranmannan]

Mrnot Fhacof exactly Why'd he use calculus for it? There was no need for him to use it, 1 equation would've given him the answer...

[@servebotfrank4082]

Same, I was super confused as to why he started integrating. Like you can do it but it's more work.

[@olymyster]

To do that he'd need the velocity the instant before the impact with the ground (v), he didn't have that, and the only way of finding it would be through integrating the position vector, and at that point you may as well just keep going to find acceleration.

[@mrnotfhacof837]

oli young we knew initial velocity (zero), time, and acceleration due to gravity. No need to intigrate anything

[@olymyster]

Mrnot fhacof, he didn't have acceleration, because he was trying to show that the acceleration given was greater than acceleration due to gravity, that was the whole mistake he was pointing out.

[@Trunalimunumaprzure]

Being that it took him 8 frames to hit the ground out of 30 frames per second, I find the 0.14 seconds to be quite accurate...

[@cosmic5789]

It should. I know it was exaggerated banter but air resistance would play little to no effect making the kinematic calculus he did a really accurate approximation of reality

[@thorH.]

I did the math too amd it is exactly 0.14 and a couple more unrelevant digest

[@christopherwrogg6064]

@@cosmic5789 Air resistance would slow his descent too lol Conan's bit makes me cringe laugh the whole way through.

[@forloop7713]

@@thorH. D I G E S T

[@sumsar01]

@@christopherwrogg6064 Not in any significant way.

[@LungMing23]

I love these segments. Conan will do whatever it takes to not admit an error and the more of these I watch the funnier this bit gets. 😂

[@Diandredofus]

If drag was to be included conan would be wrong by a factor of more than 24.

[@Bruno-hd9qo]

Diandredofus True

[@joshuawilliams4695]

Diandredofus the drag force would be negligible and rounding to the nearest whole number it would still be a factor of 24

[@samindj]

Joshua why are you trying to be a smart ass, 24.00000004 is still higher than 24

[@arkie87]

not if there was a strong breeze behind the faller

[@karangoraksh6859]

True

[@TaeFace93]

That end game zinger was top notch.

[@alirizvi710]

i love how conan is calling the second derivative a 'square' and the audience is loosing their minds

[@EpicMathTime]

I mean, it's a type of second power, just not one of multiplication. 😅

[@justafox1010]

2:25 That was my face when Tim was explaining the calculus 3:33 that’s me asking a simple question to the teacher

[@gauravkar4805]

It's not ''d times t" Conan. It's like saying "tan times A" is tan(A) OR saying "1 times 1" is 11. dt is one entity, you don't separate it.

[@yomumma7803]

Alf-Einar Sivertsen well 76 people think differently so I guess your comment is irrelevant

[@dielfonelletab8711]

Hey look everyone, Alf-Einar Sivertsen doesn't appreciate correctness! What a lo-o-o-o-ser!

[@yomumma7803]

Dielfon Elettab more like, what an idiot

[@eLemenOPi]

Fell over this as well, didnt want to say anything then saw your comment, you're right it is wrong and stupid and testifies he has no clue what he is talking about but the script told him to say x and y

[@marlona6642]

yeah sooooo simple!

[@Me4EverNatalie]

I keep forgetting this ginger went to harvard

[@KhrissZaitsev]

that ginger can read a teleprompter. ha ha ha.

[@vidiexNM]

But he still went to harvard

[@chelikaniakhil8495]

Noelle hav sm respect mon

[@luperegalado366]

Noelle LOL

[@gudrunschyman8260]

Noelle So that he can read dv as d times v?

[@HarshMathurockstardon]

"D times v/D times t is not a derivative, Conan. And you went to Harvard and you should know that..." - Jennifer Garner

[@centralprocessingunit4988]

did you have to concatenate the two strings?

[@ILikeFeelingElectric]

Oof ik this is a joke but I felt very uncomfortable when he called the 2nd derivative a quotient of two products

[@happystickman7255]

What time is that at?

[@shongyanlee849]

ahhhhhhh mathematicians

[@comment514]

I mean, i know its weird, but its not that of a big mistake

[@Super.AmmarI0]

@@shongyanlee849 What about us?

[@poopfart65]

D times x? Lol

[@johnsmith4630]

That was a good one it was really funny how he followed up all that high math with the low brow attack at Conan's sexual prowess really funny.

[@eliasm5661]

High math? That was calc 2

[@purefatdude2]

+Elias Mehrzai Calc 1...., which is college level, so kind of high.

[@johndillingerremixes]

+purefatdude2 meaning you have to be so bad at math that you think college is worth it to begin with. So really college level math is really, "youre paying us more than you can ever afford to learn things that will make you 0 dollars. brag to your friends."

[@purefatdude2]

John Dillinger lol, nah. I took Linear Algebra (Junior college level math course) in my junior year of high school. So, I don't think I'm bad at math. Also, I'm a computer scientist. Linear Algebra is a bit useful in that field. You know, artificial intelligence, search engines, etc.

[@purefatdude2]

John Dillinger Lol, I don't math quickly in my head and that is not what math classes teaches you. I can probably find many middle school students that can do arithmetic faster than I can. You most likely can do arithmetic calculations faster in your head than me. For computer scientists, we don't need to do fast arithmetic, but for your job, you do, and I respect that. Why can't you respect the need of other jobs? You are bashing on math by basically saying that college math is useless to a mcdonald worker, and therefore is useless to a physicist. Our economy is based on specialization and comparative advantage so that we, the workers, will operate more efficiency. This specialization is different depending on the task at hand. In your case, it isn't college education, but for many others, it is. P.S The original purpose of high school by the founding father is to educate the general public so that they will be an informed voter. The purpose isn't to apply the knowledge you gained but to beware of their existence.

[@Zeemas]

He insulted him PHYSICally hAhaha. I'll show myself out.

[@gameronna8600]

LOL

[@ddebenedictis]

Buh-dmm-tssss

[@masongutierrez6770]

correction: the basset hound is not in fact laughing

[@ndyoyo1905]

Lmao i thought this was real until i saw cos, sin and tan on the same equation

[@abdullahimran4624]

why would you possibly think it was real Conan is a literal comedian and he does this every second of his life

[@shanks1847]

Why can they not be

[@shanks1847]

sincostanz is a valid mathematical expressions and there are even some maths problems connected to it

[@shanks1847]

Also his argument that the approximation for acceleration was wrongly taken neglecting air resistance and everything is mathematically valid even though in maximum no. situations it would be a good assumption

[@randomblueguy]

@Levi ZX I hope you’re just a troll but generally you would never see: sinx cosx tanx in one side of an equation for the simple fact that: sinx = cosx tanx Therefore, you can simply see that: sinx cosx tanx = sinx (sinx) = sin^(2)x And generally, there’s no reason for a mathematician or a physicist to over complicate an equation and use all those 3 terms multiplied by each other instead of just using sin^(2)x Again, I know this is probably a joke but I still gotta point out the fact that air resistance would actually slow the object down, meaning it’ll even increase the time needed to hit the ground, which would make the original answer off by a bigger product.

[@ElGrilledCheezus]

Yeah g is a constant of there is no air resistance, but if there is resistance he would fall even slower, so Conan is doubly wrong

[@netforce0]

its almost as if he were joking, but he did mention vortexes causing downward thrust xD

[@vijayabhaskar-j]

"as if were joking"?? He is clearly joking in all of his Fan correction videos! The math that he showed in this video doesn't even make sense

[@christopherender8164]

g still stays the same. Youd have to use a different formula to account for drag

[@jacobshirley3457]

I mean, the fact that sin(cos(tan(z))) was even on the board was highly suspicious...

[@ddebenedictis]

It's not a joke...that's why Conan brought in Hawking. When the viewer pokes at Conan's bedroom stamina, that is when the gloves come off.

[@MrROTD]

lol sick burn about the bedroom

[@yss64]

This entire comment section is r/iamverysmart

[@samarthagnihotri2633]

This video is r/iamversmart. The comments actually point it out

[@wasppaul3707]

Samarth Agnihotri Well yeah that’s the joke 5head, the people in the comments think they’re Stephen Hawking

[@benschmitt7035]

its really not though

[@benschmitt7035]

@@wasppaul3707 lmao what? They're literally just saying that you have to use the most basic calculus for this, and that calculus isn't even required at all as the kinematic equations are already known... how is rthat claiming you're Steven Hawking lmao

[@wasppaul3707]

Ben jjj Literally just disagreed with your self 5head

[@thewiilui8432]

Physicists: I fear no man, but that thing... *Air resistant* It scares me

[@vdmur7952]

No it doesn’t. Don’t you learn about air resistance when you’re like 12?

[@Spar10Leonidas]

Andy: "Now, so to clarify, you're saying d-squared g times the square root of x?" Conan: "NO ANDY! WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS!" I've never had a harder time trying to suppress my laughter (I'm somewhere where there's a bunch of people around trying to be quiet).

[@Omni_G]

Andy's the guy who asks the question to the already pissed off teacher/ partner in the group

[@brunobachmann1925]

lol so conan is saying that air resistance makes you fall faster... better tell that to NASA!

[@thejuggalocuber3546]

“Sin cos tan” lmao we love ourselves some trigonometry weirdly involved with physics 😂

[@tl1326]

TheJuggaloCuber i would give a like except for the emoji, which put me off

[@emiliomar7638]

Everything is conected it is not somthing weird

[@accidentallyaj5138]

@@emiliomar7638 sin cos tan z is weird

[@foolverines2735]

This physicist looks like Howard Wolowitz. It’s making me uneasy

[@Griseb4nk]

Howard??? No that is Jonah Hill

[@redbullvodkaa]

So this is what he was up to during his space exploration depression

[@Lowraith]

"d times v divided by d times t" 'd' is not a variable, it is a notation. Nothing is "times" d.

[@muterecord58]

Lowraith Send him a fan correction XD

[@abasoraya]

Exactly

[@aliwatfa6951]

+Lowraith Yes! I noticed that mistake immediately xD

[@30hotmale]

+Soraplushie Guess....it would be futile to talk about differentiation and integration with you......

[@Lowraith]

***** What you did there...

[@johnnycorona2671]

There are 3 kinds of people in this world. Those that can count and those that can't.

[@captainjack6758]

+Johnny Corona Are you friends with Gabe Newell?

[@johnnycorona2671]

+Dony Christie no can't say that I know that guy. However if he uses this quote than he seems like an outstanding human being to me!

[@Kuebel350]

+Johnny Corona And what are the first two types?

[@mass1985]

+Kübel350 the third one is the ppl that fake they can count...

[@edreginmollaneda6162]

+Mandee Z i guess you dont get the joke

[@wesleymcspadden5437]

Conan's Hair breaks the laws of physics everyday

[@l4ndst4nder]

When you look at the formuas, I love how Conan doubles down that the man impacted the ground at 75MPH!

[@patriot1776tony]

That was the best video fan correction video I've seen yet.

[@Siggfuggggg2000]

Air resistance is pretty much negligible in his case so you just do the square root of 0.102 meters/ .5x9.8 m/s^2 and get about 0.14 seconds so Tim is pretty much correct

[@imasepan]

The Lag Janitor wouldn't air resistance (if it weren't negligible) actually raise the time it took to fall?

[@nilsboker1925]

Hurry Calls yeah, thats my favourite part about that discussion. Everyone in the comment section just arguing whether air resistance is neglible and not noticing that this basically just answers the question: Was conan wrong or very wrong?

[@TheRahulHegde]

"d squared x divided by dt square". "d times t". Sounds legit Conan😂

[@pritamneog9171]

Everybody was in peace until he said d times t

[@Xeon897]

he called the second derivative a square-- i'm laughing so hard right now

[@TheMartnK]

Well it makes sense since he probably doesn't understand what it means. But if you take the derivative (dx/dt) twice it is usually expresses as d^2x/d^2t which includes a square, so I'm blaming his mistake on his unknowingness.

[@Jlhrndz]

Call him out

[@irongamer2010]

this killed me, as he read the literal letters representing derivatives. d times t LOL

[@andrewgtb]

Wait, but if he did not factor in air resistance, it would be slightly longer with air resistance right? Also, at that distance the air resistance is negligible.

[@EmoWader]

i was scriolling through the comment section to see if anyone else already picked up on this.

[@MrHenryG123]

it is a... joke!

[@EmoWader]

Henry Goodman i can appreciate it, but it would be a better joke if he was actually correct

[@EmoWader]

what do you mean? the joke wasnt directed at me

[@adamjohnson8305]

It's such a short drop. Would air resistance really play that much of a factor?

[@RISTCEMIBOMKPERTIN]

That fake laugh in the beginning was genuinely funny though.

[@xunkownx499]

"In the bedroom" caught me so off guard LMFAOOOO

[@yeeyoh]

I think fan corrections is my favorite bit... and I think this might be the best one so far.

[@RockstarMarcus]

This guy just helped me with my physics homework!

[@jonhnguyen3705]

When conan put a=Dy/dt I was laughing

[@VarunArora14]

I love the way he tried to prove something right which was wrong and the speed at which he said , no one could calculate whether what he did was right or wrong

[@VioletAmery311]

fucking savage

[@NM-cj8qx]

2:21 Conan's expression is to die for... Lol

[@vonnie9677]

3:12 Wait... If there was drag force to take into account, that wouldn't be freefall right?

[@TheAcdcninja]

Von Herrera no? A freefall can involve drag from air resistance. Freefall just means gravity is the only force pulling you down, and there’s no ACTIVE measures being taken to slow you down

[@mannyquinn9031]

Von Herrera you're right ...free fall is in the absence of all forces including air resistance which actually is a force opposing increase in velocity

[@Happy123]

@@TheAcdcninja um no lol free fall does not involve air resistance

[@TheAcdcninja]

Spencer Ng check the Wikipedia page for “free fall.” It’s slightly murky, sure technically if you define a free fall as a moment when only gravity is acting on an object then that implies no atmosphere. But it is widely understood to refer both to that technical hypothetical, as well as the real world example of anything that has been dropped from a height on earth

[@lionel0353]

The only thing air resistance can do is slow down,so the result will always be >0.14 but then 0.06 is just an impossible time

[@allenli4831]

rofl, as a engineer student I cant help myself laughing

[@SuperMak91]

ikr

[@benrujo]

i also can't help myself laughing, and I didn't even need an engineering degree

[@emrecanguner4344]

CHI LON QUA !!!!!

[@allenli4831]

Emre Can Güner Don't call my master name its unrespectful

[@freeshavaacadooo1095]

+allen Li disrespectful*

[@PONYBOYonline]

You know what's sad? The fact that Conan is obviously being satirical, but people think his physics rant was serious. I shouldn't be surprised. This isn't the first time humanity has been sold on some BS due to a lack of basic intelligence...

[@themobylogy5670]

... says 'pony boy' haha

[@PONYBOYonline]

TheMobyLogy So you looked at my name and made probably the most obvious and least creative joke possible. Not to mention that it has absolutely nothing to do with what I said. Pathetic...

[@Kite037]

PONYBOYonline okay 'Pony boy' haha

[@nickdummythicc3361]

Kite It’s probably a reference to the character in the outsiders

[@MorrTex]

Pony boy hahahahah

[@sigusigigi]

When Tim explain Conan's mistake, I got a glimpse of old day when I understand physics and now I don't understand anything but it just so funny and entertaining

[@Nollland]

I love that most people in their 20s are like "uhhhhh that was simple math".

[@edmaluf]

This was THE BEST Fan correktion ever!

[@stanleykubrick9379]

edmaluf *correction, sorry I had to

[@butterboi607]

Stanley Kubrick don’t we all

[@chuckieyan10]

longest prep for a roast in the history of roast

[@llVIU]

conan is such a good teacher that he doesn't even need to look at the board once. He knows everything inside out

[@rajeevk.r8875]

Even though Tim was factually correct. ...Conan nailed it😁😁

[@ddebenedictis]

Although Conan failed to refute the bedroom dig. Disappointed. (TWSS)

[@1ntel11]

d times t? what kind of derivative is that

[@poindeckster2]

김민석 its differential notation for the change in time

[@1ntel11]

***** no i meant Conan said dx/dt 'd times x divided by d times t' so..

[@poindeckster2]

김민석 oh lol didnt know that. Yeah what the hell...

[@Malik-jt8hi]

ge Fi its not d×t. Its the derivative "d" of the function with respect to time, "t"

[@Arcadiez]

Delta T. It is not derovative

[@EdySmi]

most of us are here because we like conan and maybe even physics too, but people have an issue with the bullshit equation Conan uses as a comeback here but any of the other of the absolutely ludicrous counterfeit comebacks in other shows he uses are OK? you're pretty much screaming "i'm a basement dwelling virgin". congratulations

[@sancholives8231]

you are 110% correct Edward

[@Losrandir]

I was a little depressed, but this got a chuckle out of me. Love and light

[@bobnorton3713]

I love Conan one the all time greats. Him and Andy ! 😀

[@JITCompilation]

I love how in the velocity equation, Conan doesn't realize that Tim wrote V, and then crossed it out because the initial velocity was zero, and just assumed it was part of the symbol and ended up writing an "X" with some kind of arrow coming out of it lol

[@justaguyyy]

This is coming from someone who has done immense amounts of research mainly in Astrophysics and Thermodynamics: The arbitrary guy is definitely right and Conan is just plainly wrong. But he's still the greatest talk show host ever so its fine.

[@Hecateize]

Isn´t a joke?

[@all_time_Jelly_Fish]

JustAGuy clearly. It was nice to see a little calculus on cable TV tho : D

[@DarknessIsThePath]

Despite your "research" you can't even understand simple comedy lmao

[@curator2220]

For the smart guy that you claim you are, you cant wrap a single joke/sarcasm around your head...

[@merubindono]

You should venture outside of your interests in astrophysics and thermodynamics and pay attention to analysis of comedy. This is why a liberal arts education is just as important as your STEM studies.

[@victorespino5650]

Lmfao with the bedroom crack 🤣

[@iamtheoaa]

That burn at the end! lmao

[@1900maniac]

I timed the fall on my phone's stopwatch several times and got .14 seconds every time. I guess tim knows what he's talking about.

[@MrAggezzz]

1900maniac Human reaction time is around 0.2 seconds. 0.14s-0.20s-0.20s=-0.26s .: You are a time traveller.

[@OneDerscoreOneder]

agettoh Playing it in slow motion or frame by frame would work fine

[@dmarsub]

agettoh no :), as he has a 0.2 delax when the fall starts, and also when it ends therfore it equalises:)

[@ethancorrigan1410]

He did not set a freefall record because freefall is the state at which only gravity is a factor. But gravity was not the only factor. The friction of the air resistance also had a small effect on the fall. There are tiny particles floating around, interacting with each other everywhere, even space, making it impossible to be in a true state of freefall anywhere in this universe.

[@recoundersrecap5668]

Record yourself explaining this and send it in!

[@BigPapaMitchell]

jesus christ

[@ZipplyZane]

***** Because physics is the study of language and the definitions of words? By this guy's definition, not even people who drop from space are in freefall, as there is always air resistance at some point along the way. The other guy has the longest freefall world record, yet he met with air resistance. So why wouldn't the shortest freefall also include air resistance?

[@amjan]

John Nam The interaction between the guy in the video, whom you called a tool, and Conan is about HUMOR and nothing else. Why so serious?

[@SirNilzey]

ZipplyZane He did not jump from space.

[@CrielMerino]

this is , by far, the best Fan Correction. I love it, everytime i see it.

[@sajidsohail748]

2:10 I didn't saw that coming 😂😂🙉🙉

[@austinkiernan0000]

Rest in peace Mr. Hawking.

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

He was a professor.

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

@Indra Wicaksono point is they said Mr.

[@weirdstrafer9263]

@@sebastian-benedictflore even tho he is a professor he is still a man so Mr is correct.

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

@@weirdstrafer9263 It isn't about whether it's correct. It's about respect. Call him Prof. Stephen Hawking.

[@OneRichMofo]

@@sebastian-benedictflore showing respect and calling someone prof. implies mr. Isn't respectful which isn't the case at all

[@sancholives8231]

I'm laughing at anyone attacking Conan on this. Right or wrong he is an "Entertainer" and a big lol at anyone who sees otherwise.

[@aethynyc]

lol yea, the haters really don't seem to understand that the whole point of fan corrections is that he is wrong but makes ridiculous hilarious comebacks for entertainment.

[@ophi7016]

I strive to be just like Tim in one year’s time.

[@jake8217]

"d times t" I am dead...

[@maniesh]

fair point about air resistance, but conan's time was faster than tim's calculation. How can air RESISTANCE cause an increase in speed?

[@happySmoke123]

+Maniesh Ramanayake Exactly

[@Razta_S]

maybe there was ceiling fan on at the time.

[@akmal94ibrahim]

Maniesh Ramanayake air pushing the man downwards, maybe?

[@devorahrotman6310]

Akmal Ibrahim If there was, it wouldn't be a free fall then...

[@DrilledPizza]

Best fan correction of all time! :D

[@charl3282]

Everyone in the comments now has a PhD is physics from MIT

[@sreeharie821]

You don't have to have PhD from MIT to know physics

[@kaushikdeka185]

Not necessary

[@Trumpophone7]

Sreehari E You have to have PhD from MIT to know physics

[@sreeharie821]

@@Trumpophone7 really.thanks for the notification.so all the great physicist in the world were a product of MIT

[@Trumpophone7]

Sreehari E You have to have a PhD from MIT to know physics

[@24kRobot]

Ouch! He definitely got you in a Good Will Hunting, Conan!

[@emrekaratas9716]

The man laughing at 2:03 sounds as if he has been to every Conan's shows🤔

[@jollyjollyO]

Really funny, but I cringed everytime he said "d times t" and "d squared". Are we allowed to correct corrections?

[@zoriox8667]

Ok, so air resistance accelerates things? Interesting....

[@majorfallacy5926]

idk about you but more friction usually makes things happen faster. Oh wait, we are not talking bedroom?

[@zoriox8667]

Major Fallacy haha I can’t relate I’m lonely forever

[@michaelhow8403]

Yes it does accelerate things.

[@jatinmaharao6888]

The bedroom burn was awesome :D

[@wpeake99]

has there ever been a fan correction of a fan correction

[@Zacho789]

Yep, check the comments of the fan correction on the fighter jet. The person doing the correction is clearly not a plane spotter, and said that the plane (which was not a fighter jet) was a passenger plane, but was indeed a C17 (or C14), which is a cargo carrier. Technically a video hasn't been made but a fan of conan saw this error of the fan correction so the fan correction of the fan correction is in the form of a comment instead of a video. Fancorrection-ception

[@zeldafan4567]

I'm terrible at math. It makes my brain hurt.

[@vasanthanebenezer9099]

This is basic math that is taught in high school.

[@zeldafan4567]

This is math that I never took in high school. So I have no idea what any of that means, whatsoever.

[@MushroomMario12]

Joseph Finnigan the basics of ccalculus

[@ktxed]

Joseph Finnigan So you suck at math and you're proud of it? or do you suck at math but you want to understand it?

[@wewereangels]

Give him a break, not everyone takes physics or AP calculus in high school. The only "basic" math there was the last line finding t. No one would know what the first 3 lines meant without some calculus. And he never said he was proud of not knowing.

[@satrickptar6265]

Conan: creates a very witty mathematical joke People: HAHAHAAHAH also People: Imma pretend that I understand that

[@ninjaandocean3345]

Bruh he’s obviously just making things up. This is intentionally wrong.

[@johngrindal7587]

It’s just basic calculus / physics. But yeah, he’s not actually defending his position, he’s just making a joke.

[@satrickptar6265]

@@johngrindal7587 true, it's just a high school level calculus

[@AdityaDeo-cg6eu]

@@satrickptar6265 u just contradicted urself

[@satrickptar6265]

@@AdityaDeo-cg6eu care to explain why? I can't accept any premises without a reason

[@JBStefan]

Drag force has a negligible effect at that velocit. Tim is right.

[@Nightskyfrog]

Haha this one is really good!