How a Man Survived The Strangest Accident in History

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[@RING_FF]

يارب اتوسل إليك بحق إسمك الاعظم ان ترزق صاحب اليد التي ستـدعـمـني فرحه يسجد لها باكيا ورزقا لا ينتهي وتوفيق لا نهايه وتحقيق جميع الاماني يارب 🕊❤,. حلمي 20 اللف 🥳🥳,

[@RING_FF]

يارب اتوسل إليك بحق إسمك الاعظم ان ترزق صاحب اليد التي ستـدعـمـني فرحه يسجد لها باكيا ورزقا لا ينتهي وتوفيق لا نهايه وتحقيق جميع الاماني يارب 🕊❤,. حلمي 20 اللف 🥳🥳,

[@RING_FF]

يارب اتوسل إليك بحق إسمك الاعظم ان ترزق صاحب اليد التي ستـدعـمـني فرحه يسجد لها باكيا ورزقا لا ينتهي وتوفيق لا نهايه وتحقيق جميع الاماني يارب 🕊❤,. حلمي 20 اللف 🥳🥳,

[@thatsjustwhatjesussaidsir8947]

I wanna see ur take on the mass burial sights. I think they are called potter fields. They have them everywhere to this day

[@bradpott5231]

I sware I can hear I hight pitch buzz in the background 😧🥺 sounds terrible

[@kailebescontrias1434]

So you’re telling me that technically the survival rate of getting hit by a particle accelerator is 100%

[@user-ir8er1bh4q]

I think only if it dont hits the brain stem.

[@madradge6353]

Ngl, I like those odds.

[@birdflipper]

This is why I hate statistics!

[@jongallivan7164]

hmmm. yeah... sign me up!

[@spekt3398]

uhm i think u would've died being crushed to something as thin as a tissue if ur hit by the actual machine, i think u meant the beams

[@walterfechter8080]

This incident takes the phrase, "blow your mind," to the extreme.

[@SHADOWIZARDMONEYGANG7146]

Indeed my good fellow

[@-DaddyD992-]

Hahah fax

[@FebrithDarkstar]

This ^^ :XD

[@Crashandburn999]

It's mindblowing how true this is.

[@joeyrobison1198]

Or “your one in a trillion”

[@Justacidity]

It's truly fascinating how one person's head can be shaken up a bit and die from brain injuries but others can get no scoped by a concentrated beam of protons and live to tell the tale

[@brianjohnson5272]

Did the guy have any brain cells to kill on the first place?

[@kanemartin2249]

Bro had last stand

[@Nataszawithaz]

Fr

[@shivasunson6227]

@@kanemartin2249 That shit needs to be nerfed

[@py_a_thon]

Bragg Curve. Bragg Peak. You can google either of those terms. That is literally the science behind the how and why of why this dude survived. A high energy particle energy beam has certain properties, and those properties can be measured, predicted, controlled and utilized. The tldr is that radiation has a certain shape and penetration force associated with it. This is how and why targetted radiation works. The energy levels and waveform is specifically modified and constantly modulated and manipulated to only hit a certain 3D area within someone's body (like, only the tumor).

[@Joyapp]

It is insane how the collider is so deadly that the particles of radiation moved fast enough to become essentially not deadly anymore.

[@TomLatchford69]

That kinda explains alot of how we got here in the first place

[@scottjackson1420]

The important, unanswered question is, did he figure out what was wrong with his experiment? The reason he went into the room in the first place?

[@shuruff904]

They didn't have LED lights back then

[@leogama3422]

@@shuruff904 Today, when a particles accelerator is active, the warning light is actually off, and turns on when it is deactivated. This way if the lamp fails nobody will enter the room accidentally thinking the machine is turned off.

[@zzzxxx7294]

@@leogama3422 smart actually

[@A_person_ok]

No, we still don't exactly know what happen to the human body in these extreme measures/situations

[@bondrewdbestdad]

He finished his PHD, so....

[@retrobit11]

imagine getting 500 times the lethal amount of radiation shot straight through your head then be like "aight time to get back to work"

[@Energyblade7]

He was probably in denial that he was going to die. That of he didn't want to deal with the bs that was sure to follow.

[@user-wl4qs8xl3r]

@@Energyblade7 Reasonable.

[@davidarundel6187]

Been in similar situation , without the radiation , but still resulted in a " temporary death " , pinned to a wall by kinetic energy , only being released when the force stopped . Told the supervisors , who came to see the damage to the "hardware " , and avoided the "software " , me , who was told , " no medical for you , you have to work , we're short staffed now " . Sliding down the wall & hitting my cycox ( tailbone - a painful experience ) , the shock of which , revived myself . I feel for this Scientist , and the outcomes he's endured to his health . He is a very lucky /fortuneate individual .

[@soniaortiz9904]

Right lol. Most people look for reasons to get out of work 🤣

[@dutchess406]

@@davidarundel6187 whatttttt

[@rubeng3]

9:48 Did anyone else celebrate as if their team just scored? It's so refreshing to hear someone actually surviving from a freak accident

[@adi9296]

I did! I was so happy to know that he actually survived.

[@itsvmmc]

It's literally said in the title of the video that he survived, so that's what we were expecting

[@annatheinnotz4901]

Almost 10 years ago, a section of my skull was removed to access a brain tumor the size of a marble in my right frontal lobe. I had eighty stiches from the widows peak in my scalp to behind my right ear. It was unknown if I would even have movement on that side of my face. It was an emotional rollercoaster due to the frontal lobe damage, but if you see me today, you might notice a slight difference in my right eye squint...and my IQ remains the same. Miracles happen every day ♥️

[@IrishMike22]

That's so rad. Thank you for sharing and glad you're killin' it 👊

[@hbhkennel918]

That's awesome. Glory be to God!

[@hbhkennel918]

FYI, arran doesn't believe in Intelligent Design. I really liked this channel until I found that out. He's a big banger.👎👎👎

[@donm5354]

When measuring lethal radiation exposure, those numbers are based on full body exposure - in this case it was a tiny percentage of his body mass affected.

[@sniperboom1202]

Even tiny concentrations of radiation on individual body parts it's still lethal if things go wrong. There were multiple incidents of a medical radiation device giving people lethal doses because of an error in the script. I believe it was a cesium radiation therapy machine. If you think you've taken a dose of radiation unknowingly go to the hospital immediately and tell them you think it's radiation poisoning, they are far more likely to take you seriously than if you just report being nauseous and dizzy.

[@paulmobleyscience]

@@sniperboom1202 Agreed, strips the electron and becomes unbalanced causing cell necrosis or aptosis, chromosal aberrations, DNA strand breaks, micronucleus formations and various other phenomena thus negatively affecting human health. The measurements of exposure are purposely based on a whole body averaged by time system to obfuscate the lethality of internal life long exposures that pass on to the next generation and more with lab expirements showing an increase of mutations in the 3rd generation of humanized rodents.

[@thelostronin]

@@paulmobleyscience humanized rodents. Lol!

[@Jeremydrober]

Oooooo mister chicken lover huh

[@thelostronin]

@@Jeremydrober depends. Are they humanized? Lol. That's funny you said that..I do own chickens...hahahha!

[@Psychx_]

Considering the average density and size of a human head, the protons having this much kinetic energy actually saved his life, since the majority of them passed through him without dumping all of their energy into his tissues.

[@PieterPatrick]

That is correct.

[@someminainabasement6875]

thank goodness the protons didnt need to sneeze

[@miguelcp236]

7.6 billion electron volts are about 1.2 x 10^-9 joules though

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌

[@Tunkkis]

@@miguelcp236 On the atomic scale, where the damage is largely caused, it is quite a lot. These particles, however, don't just dump their energy all at once when they hit something.

[@gibson17155]

This reminds me of the story of a Japanese man named Ouchi Hisashi who was leaning over the top of a nuclear reactor when it went critical and was shot with a beam of radiation that literally vaporized most of his chromosomes. His body was no longer able to make new cells, so after a few days, his skin had peeled off, leaving only bone, muscle, and nerve endings. He was in constant pain and his heart stopped many times, but he was always resuscitated by the doctors, against his wishes. He lived like this for 83 days until he was able to get the legal system on his side and enforce the DNR (do not resuscitate) order he was so desperate for. This man genuinely might have had the single most torturous death in human history.

[@muhammadabdullahwaseem3040]

It wasnt a reactor. It was a fuel reprocessing facility and he was leaning over essentially what was a big bucket of uranium solution. It went critical when he poured in that last amount and he was shot with high energy neutrons

[@JoBot__]

With a name like "Ouchi," what can you expect?

[@rybaneightsix5085]

@@JoBot__ under appreciated comment

[@MrZayJames]

The pain was too much to bare I understand totally.

[@mr.monkey354]

I'm really tired of this rumor, the doctors didn't try to keep him alive because they wanted to, his family forced him into it

[@LemonArsonist]

An interesting fact about the protons going through his body: Because the protons were travelling at relativistic speeds, they would have experienced considerable length contraction. Meaning thanks to those protons going so fast, from the protons point of view Anatoli was likely paper thin, meaning fewer of them would have been able to interact with him.

[@Finlzz]

Would it not be the other way round?

[@LemonArsonist]

@@Finlzz it's both which is always kinda cool. From the proton's perspective they're stationary and it's Anatoli that's travelling at near the speed of light

[@jamespurcer3730]

Relatively speaking, with the contraction of the protons length, the energy level and it's vibrational frequency would have greatly increased

[@-danR]

Because of relativistic mass increase, the protons' ability to damage anything they _did_ hit, or the cascade of secondary damage, would be commensurately greater.

[@Oxytropis1]

People call flat earthers morons, I call em muons..

[@ChristianPauchet]

That was the very definition of what a series of unfortunate events really means.

[@oyungogdfrust4136]

@what now who asked

[@user-wl4qs8xl3r]

@@oyungogdfrust4136 its a bot

[@turdanc]

Do you ever get this weird feeling, like how these extremely unlikely events somehow still end up happening? You know when they talk about the multiverse theory, and say something like "there's a universe where you're the president", I legit feel like we're the universe were a guy survives being blasted in the head by a particle accelerator.

[@dutchess406]

@@turdanc this is literally the exact universe/timeline you and I seem to reside within

[@KaseyC.]

@@dutchess406 I think he means, like, that's the one thing unique about our universe compared to others. Although, if you go by multiverse theory, at least 8 billion people have been hit in the head by a particle accelerator, one for every single person alive today. There would also be a universe where people do it in every day life, but it likely has much different effects on them than constant seizures.

[@leviroch]

My favourite part of this is how stereotypically male his reaction was. . . Also read in an Australian accent. **Zapped by death ray** "Awww fuck, that can't be good" **2 hours pass by.** "She'll be right, if I ignore it it'll disappear, like that pain I had near my liver that just went away after like 3 months. . . " **7 hours later.** "Awww fuck, that's definately not good" **Years later** "Toldja"

[@guythat779]

Absolutely based and testosterone pilled

[@daniel69284]

Maybe the superpower he gained was "The ability to take a Particle Accelerator to the head"?

[@jeremyroland5602]

Let’s test that theory

[@robvangessel3766]

Literally mind-blowing! I'd have never believed he could survive, expecting even the tiniest point in the body hit by that beam to lead to terminal cancer. Like a cascade effect on cells.

[@lawrencemorris2261]

I expected his head to instantly disintegrate into atoms.

[@eggsngritstn]

This man's story is a tragic tale of how bureaucracies can be inhuman. It took him so long to get even a small amount of help from the government.

[@alexandrebeaudry1038]

And it sound he didn't report tge incident to avoid a blame. The culture of secret from the old soviet.

[@roodjes6034]

Bureaucracy is the downfall of human freedom.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

Life and death situation!!! 🖐👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖🙌

[@zmeil]

@Guantanamo Clay Yes, true. And, hi, my name is Stefan and I live in Bulgaria, and work for an American institution here. So, if it as not for my love of my country and my possibilities here, I would be out. Just because courts and soviet-style bureaucracy here, in East Europe are not just a killer of society and culture, but also were joined by organized crime of the communist neonazies here after WWII, so people like me and the young are now paying the price.

[@octobsession3061]

"My brain is very slow, I put my head in accelerator" "So you're smarter now?" "No, I'm dumb, but faster"

[@Polymerata]

ẞtonks

[@user-wl4qs8xl3r]

Faster in healing to

[@gerggbergr8976]

My brain now comes up with stupid thoughts so fast now it's Genius.

[@charlielucas3386]

@@gerggbergr8976 😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@davewebster6458]

When I was a kid my dad took me to a country pub, there was an old ww2 veteran there with a giant pit directly in the top of his head slightly larger than the width of a two pound coin and the pit was several inches deep. He was hit by a German bullet straight through the brain and somehow survived to be drinking beer in a pub as an elderly man....blew my mind as a kid....no pun intended 😜

[@antileafyisheredragonflame5660]

Hearing Thoughty2 say "no-scope headshotted" has to be one of the best moments of 2022

[@HumanPerson_final]

The Soviet Union demonstrating poor safety standards and trying to cover it up? Color me shocked. Shocked!

[@CarlosRivera-cg4cs]

says the muricant

[@bluegizmo1983]

So this man truly DOES have a "good side" and "bad side" of his face when taking photos! 😂

[@Brodiethebaker]

Everyone has a good and bad side, that's not just a saying

[@ajtheflame9180]

My guy does have a better reason tho

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌

[@Tunkkis]

@@Brodiethebaker I wouldn't say everyone, but some people.

[@SloRush]

@@Brodiethebaker 👻

[@Wolfiechrm]

Neuroelasticity is really fascinating there was a study done on a group of London taxi drivers where they did scans of their brains and saw that their brains had created new pathways in their memory to remember all if not the majority of the routes in London that they could take in their taxis.

[@WtfYouMeanDude]

That story about Phineas Gage is crazy man I read that whole thing and learned all about it like 15 years ago and it's just remarkably unbelievable

[@bruceanderson7762]

Phineas Gage...same idea...diff. tech.

[@WtfYouMeanDude]

@@bruceanderson7762 yeah honestly though Phineas Gage story is a lot crazier being that the size of the rod that went through the freaking guy's head

[@Theorphan81]

I'm just happy to know he survived and thrived.

[@TMG-Germany]

So putting your head in a particle accelerator has a 100% chance of survival, and is therefore completly safe. Neat. When do we start with big scale testing?

[@three7446]

He has seizures and was blind and deaf??? And he lost movement in his left side? Harm was done. Just because you don’t die doesn’t mean you didn’t get harmed

[@Yasin-yi1bb]

@@three7446 still a chance of survival

[@coledibiase5971]

@@three7446 Woosh..

[@CreepyPanda69]

@@coledibiase5971 yup..

[@ember2933]

@@three7446 It's a joke, who the hell would say that stuff seriously?

[@DrewJersey2024]

I absolutely love ur channel homie. Been a subscriber since long before the mysterious appearance of the mustache...thanks for keeping the consistency in info/entertainment for all this time. Your effort is much appreciated.🤘

[@paulmotteram4386]

Always such interesting stories, told so well, I'm stoked whenever I see there is a new video, keep up the amazing work!

[@TheOGDisco]

He likes to get sponsored by shaving and hair growing product… is Thoughty2 secretly a barber?

[@I_Steal_Memes]

Can’t deny he fits the look of one

[@user-sv4rp3yd4x]

He's a dog groomer by trade

[@juelrogers]

😂😂😂

[@evanray8413]

No. Just sports a dodgy tache.

[@nialjeri]

he looks like that chill barber that will not move your head while watching tv

[@algebraicgirl310]

14:03 🤣 "The human brain is a truly remarkable organ!" - The brain

[@2disbetter222]

People grow old as time goes by but this guy be growing younger as years passed by🤯

[@feralbluee]

Gage, the fellow with the pipe through his head had a drastic change in personality from happy and friendly to surly. but it seems he remained with stage coach company as a driver as he made “a recovery” which was enough that he could be friendly and do his work well. it’s really a shame though. i do hope he was contented with his life. he was a handsome man. 🌷🌱

[@berlyngrey9242]

Brain trauma or injuries especially to certain areas can have drastic consequences. It can alter someone's personality completely. Most often it's damage to the frontal lobe but there are other parts of the brain that can yield the same results. In doing some light research into serial killers I've noticed quite a few of them suffered some sort of brain trauma. Its scary to think about really. Today I am a mostly decent, kind hearted and helpful person, tmw I injure my head and I become a withdrawn, angry and vengeful psychopath

[@Emerald12347]

Probably not that content. He went from being a friendly hard working man to an aggressive, sometimes out of control, alcoholic who couldn’t hold down a job. He only lived 10yrs or so and then died from a seizure.

[@littlewillowlinda]

Once you said he survived i was like "the brain somehow adapted to this and turned off the damaged parts, didn't it". Truly remarkable!! Ngl though i was hoping for a Dr Manhattan situation 😂

[@drishalballaney6590]

Nah we have not yet got a meta-human...and I don't think we well soon kek

[@MrSuperbeast92]

@@drishalballaney6590 Elon Musk: Challenge Accepted. XD

[@drishalballaney6590]

@@MrSuperbeast92 bruh 🤣🤣

[@justadudeontheinternet2917]

'Dr Manhattan'​i was thinking the same thing 😂😂

[@drishalballaney6590]

Tbh I am surprised they did not discover the speedforce yet

[@scottjackson1420]

Your animations are cute. Kudos to whoever is the computer guru who creates them for your videos.

[@dakotabruce7773]

He does it himself, i think he said that once

[@danieldorsz1047]

Thanks

[@kirito5547]

@@dakotabruce7773 no. There are two other people mentioned at the end of description who write and edit.

[@dakotabruce7773]

@@kirito5547 oh 😁

[@stevealston201]

Hello my friend, Wow what an amazing tale with an uplifting end! How wonderful that he not only survived but has been able to live a relatively unaffected life! Thank you for yet another thought provoking tale. Love and light to you my brother

[@glennsampson5945]

When I read the title, my first thought was who in the hell would voluntarily stick their head inside a particle accelerator? These machines accelerate charged sub-atomic particles to near the speed of light. You had better be confident of what said particles will do when traversing through your head before considering sticking your head in the path.

[@spectresoul0]

At 6:25 it says Volts instead of electronvolts which are two different units! It is eV instead of V, and for those curious 7,6 Giga electronvolts is 7,6 GeV

[@diane9496]

Haha nerd

[@CreepyPanda69]

@Danijelovski Kanal haven't* and you need to put a space after each comma :)

[@miguelcp236]

@@CreepyPanda69 You don’t need to put a space after each comma

[@CreepyPanda69]

@@miguelcp236 Well actually you do need to because you know that's how you're actually supposed to form a sentence. Just look it up if you think I am still wrong..

[@miguelcp236]

@@CreepyPanda69 You said you need to out a space after all commas. That’s not true. Commas can be used as decimal points, you don’t need to put a space after a decimal point

[@bradpott5231]

To be sincerely speaking in my humble opinion without being sentimental and of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my opinion but rather looking into this serious matter with perspective distinction and without condemning anyone's point of view, i honestly think and believe that i have nothing to say. Thank you.

[@zhi1680]

When there's two minute left to finish your essay, but you are missing 50 words.

[@frankowalker4662]

I am offended by your lack of opinion. :)

[@diane9496]

I'm offended

[@robertcronin6603]

Nice, bro... epic, even 😎

[@daddymando7652]

How dare you make me read big words and how dare you offended us with nothing to say

[@janica.4688]

this man had more luck than anyone on the entire planet… ever 😂😅

[@Songguy1985]

"Theorizing that one can time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Accelerator, and vanished. He awoke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own; and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide in this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and here. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself, leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap, will be the leap home..."

[@-Awareness]

Quantum Leap…

[@brandonm8901]

I feel like everyone has done a video on this, but always still worth a watch

[@Xewl]

But the question is, did he use keeps to prevent hair loss on either side?

[@bustercherry5658]

It's amazing you are finally covering this, just told my dad about it and he looked at me like I'm crazy.

[@Littlestrawberryfox]

Kyle Hill did a deep dive on this issue and it was a matter of 3 things, first it takes Gorsky radioed the control room to shut everything down as he would be entering the lab in 5 minutes, but Gorsky arrived at the lab faster then planned (only 2-3 minutes not 5 plus he asked for). Second the warning light had burnt out earlier that day according the the maintenance records. Third was the fact that the lock for whatever the reason was not locked which was controlled automatically while the accelerator was running so when he say no light and the door was unlocked he thought it was safe although reports say he felt someway uneasy for some reason. The main collider unlike most normal ones used a system were it would fire the protons into the air at differently spaced sensors, it was here were Gorsky got between one of the beems. As for the reason he didn't die was because the wave Fq of the protons to slow down and dump their excess energy was longer than the thickness of his head so the terminal point were the protons would stop and drop 8 inches past the back of his skull. Hope that helps clear a little up for you as you seemed to know be aware of some of the details, Kyle Hills video about this topic was very detailed if you wanted another source especially about topics on radiation and nuclear power he has been to chernobyl and other places in relation to this topic :)

[@antroxity]

I was about to comment the exact same thing.

[@JessiBear]

Curious if it's a case of exposure/time. The radiation exposure was huge, but because the particles were traveling so fast that the actual radiation dose was minor.

[@Heliocentric]

No, the faster the particle the more cellular damage, because of momentum. Whereas slower moving particles are absorbed or refracted before further damage.

[@Gokaes]

@@Heliocentric you do know that physics we are taught in school only applies to things larger than idk? cells? things smaller than atoms don't abide the same laws of physics

[@krokovay.marcell]

@@Gokaes you can’t entirely ditch physics on the subatomic level, you know…it’s different, but not completely the other way around.

[@Gokaes]

@@krokovay.marcell i do know, but the fundamental way they behave changes

[@rickh5088]

@@Heliocentric That's not correct. The speed really is irrelevant except to explain how much kinetic energy it is carrying. You are seeming to say that a fast object will cause "full" damage so to speak, and slow particles will only cause "partial" damage. That's not how physics works. The total kinetic energy and the mass are really the only base stats we care about, and the only other part that matters at all is the geometries in which the objects collide. A "fast" proton does not interact with reality in some fundamentally different way than a "slow" proton does.

[@themorningstar347]

I would be willing say the reason he survived was the speed when a person normally gets hit with radiation it's traveling exponentially slower giving the body more time to absorb it

[@Finlzz]

Radiation travels at the speed of light

[@leonh4799]

@@Finlzz not all of it, electromagnetic radiation does, but other forms like alpha and beta radiation can’t travel at the speed of light

[@Tunkkis]

Particles also don't dump all their energy at once, or even linearly.

[@rickh5088]

@@Tunkkis That's actually pretty much the entire point of a particle accelerator. To take two particles and build up the max amount of energy we can manage in each of them, and then smash them together to get what is essentially an instantaneous explosion of energy that is so quick and so powerful that it literally rips apart the particles. (I don't disagree with the linear transfer of energy part, for the record)

[@eliziam3196]

You’re my favourite KZbinr! I got your audiobook today, absolutely love it 😍

[@WhatAboutNepal]

I have to say this is my favorite channel. Thanks so much for your videos. I always learn something.

[@ShizaruBloodrayne]

Much respect to him. He lived to experience a surreal sci fi like event and is pushing the boundaries of human understanding.

[@gravy7861_]

You're handsdown the classiest person on KZbin.

[@steevobarker581]

What, not Alex Belfield?😟

[@fishbeef32]

Do you melt like me when he winks at the end of the videos?

[@steevobarker581]

@@fishbeef32 er, no

[@softicecream3322]

@@fishbeef32 Nah mate not even I melt and I’m ice cream so you melting is a serious problem

[@StarrDust0]

your vids are very captivating, you know how to tell a good story...glad I subbed, wish I had time to go through more of your vids.

[@brnclandonald]

This reminds me of a log in Doom 3 where a scientist became entranced and backed into a particle beam. Incident report: "He seemed to be trying to say something but I'm sure it was just reflex actions"

[@itsoowan2763]

that means the survivability of a particle accelerator to the head is 100%, seems safe to me

[@leogama3422]

It's the statistics. Statistics don't lie.

[@three7446]

He has seizures and was blind and deaf??? And he lost movement in his left side? Harm was done. Just because you don’t die doesn’t mean you didn’t get harmed

[@mjsugod1385]

@@three7446 You could've atleast written a different comment instead of copy pasting when you're party poopping

[@RyuusanFT86]

@@three7446 Nobody said you wouldn't get fucked up- If you wanna sound smart go tell 2md graders about this video.

[@bryanjk]

@@three7446 I don't see your point. 100% survive rate

[@silasschroeder9457]

Thankyou for all of the effort you put into these videos. They are funny and I learn a lot!

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌

[@Kaidkb]

When I hear about places like "Moscow" or "Soviet Union", my first thought is always safety.

[@anamekian1742]

It’s like having permanent Bels Palsy…which is he had twice, for 7-10 days each time. Just THAT was rough! Trying to drink something and it runs out of the left side of your mouth (Bels Palsy ALWAYS effects the left side. In fact, they USED to think it was a “Trucker Disease”. For whatever reason, a lot of Truckers get it, and they thought it was from then driving so much with their window rolled down.::which strikes the left side of the face, in the US), having to manually “blink” your eye, even having to sleep on the left side of my face to keep the eye closed (only other option was taping it shut or covering it with an eye patch. Even doing the latter causes it to severely dry out), & so on. So, you can just imagine. I CAN’T imagine dealing with that for *45* YEARS!

[@ninjaskyking5198]

I always feel smarter when listening to you speak.

[@chiefchili8845]

This was a very interesting video Thoughty2! Especially when I've recently been learning about nuclear physics in school.

[@Ellivation]

This story made me happier than I thought it could, so glad he made it!!

[@blackwings2885]

This comments section is so informative! You guys are seriously amazing!

[@SwixDom]

So... Being in a particle accelerator has a 100% survival rate?

[@chrisconnolly9324]

A very easy explanation/ parallel to make of how rocks, trees, cars, us, are all made of empty space. If you think of s fan (especially one with thin blades), if the fan is off you can stick your hand, arm, or any other body part you might fancy through it, no worries. Turn the fan on and you better not be sticking any body parts through it's blades, but it's still just made of mostly empty space. And I didn't even graduate 7th grade!

[@nathanielnatonabah4843]

Bravo Thoughty! Another BANGER! Thank u 4the GREAT! work on this episode.

[@shuruff904]

This is so crazy... I can't even comprehend how someone could live through this....this is one of the best T2 videos ever...

[@PieterPatrick]

The beam never really made impact with his head. At that speed, the beam will travel some distance before the impact really happens. A head is smaller than that distance.

[@frozentspark2105]

I think he survived because the beam was so concentrated that it didn't spread any further than the local area but not through the bloodstram

[@PieterPatrick]

No, it did no damage because of the high speed of the beam. The inpact of the beam needs more distance to develop. Something like 25 cm or a bit more if I remember correctly. He was really lucky.

[@PineappleOnPizza69]

Nah he survived because he's Soviet.

[@fobypawz418]

Billy May gets hit with overhead luggage in a plane, and dies hours later and this physicist lives decades after this incident. Mind Blown!

[@jackdurden466]

Wonder if this could treat aggressive cancer? I mean there’s gonna be side effects either way you go, who’s ready to volunteer? Say, since many cancer forms are directed to single areas, of course not all, if you were to blast said area with a particle accelerator, would it help? Or simply blow a hole through your testicles or colon? Or various other organs. Of course I am barely half serious, but hell, with so many painful effects from regular radiation therapy, he seemed to do quite nicely.

[@robertcronin6603]

Good idea.

[@rickh5088]

Kind of and kind of not depending on how exactly you mean. The particle beam is essentially going to go entirely through whatever it is aimed at (some particles will collide and obviously not continue on, but most will keep going). So the first problem is that how would you hit a spot in the middle of the brain (for example), yet not destroy everything in front of and behind that cancer? We don't really have a way to do that. It would technically work, there would just be a massive amount of extra damage you didn't want. If you could find a good angle with a clean "shot" straight through and nothing important in the way? Eh, I mean it sounds like it has enough merit that I can imagine people right now that would consider this worth a shot. I mean nothing about this video sounds pleasant, but it certainly sounds way better than a horrible, slow, agonizing cancer death.

[@davesnothere8859]

yes and it is. look up proton beam radiation therapy it is interesting stuff.

[@georgecarlinismytribe]

Accelerators require a near-perfect vacuum to operate and keep the beam focused. The slightest amount of air destroys the beam. I don't see how this could have been at all possible.

[@o0Donuts0o]

What if my KZbin name was “Indisputable Facts” and I told you that you, “Quantum Mechanic”, are wrong and this is a very well documented case. Check mate display name. Check mate.

[@leogama3422]

The beam must exit the vacuum chamber at the end to hit the target in a separate chamber. He went there to inspect the target...

[@kristenharris2456]

Love waking up to some thoughy 2!!

[@technisearch]

'it shouldn't have mattered' best accidental pun ever?

[@cliffdodson1592]

Incredible!!!! Your Deja Vu episode was amazing too!!! I absolutely loved it!!! Wow, man. You are good thank you!!! You’ll see more of my comments to come.

[@yunggshh858]

I think how he mentally and physically reacted like not freaking out and treating it like nothin is why he lived

[@blackshogun272]

Might have been one of those moments where you can fool your brain and body...

[@diane9496]

Sure that sounds like science

[@daphenomenalz4100]

He was in denial, cuz knowing you're are dieing while alive is such a horrifying thought and experience

[@waynegoddard4065]

What I learned from this video is to not get too close to Thoughty2 or your hair will start falling out.

[@infinitelives1]

That was pleasing to hear he was alive. I had felt so bad at first

[@ryanroberts1104]

"I've had people close to me with hair loss and it's absolutely awful having to look at them"

[@tomz5704]

chris rock thinks the same

[@aquaify8787]

Great vid, thanks for the entertaining content!

[@Finite-Tuning]

I don't know if was a miracle, but it is certainly a miraculous thing to survive such an event! Cheers 🍻

[@gandalfgreyhame3425]

FYI, proton beam particle accelerators are commonly used for highly targeted radiation therapy of various tumors and other lesions such as arterial venous malformations, especially in the brain. Much of this pioneering work was started at the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory with Massachusetts General Hospital around 1960. That cyclotron was eventually replaced by a newer and more powerful cyclotron, and numerous other medical institutions have since started their own proton beam radiation therapy programs. I found a slide talk online titled "Current Status of Proton Radiation Therapy" that said 42 centers worldwide were in operation, with 14 in the USA. Another 10 were in construction and 21 were in development at the time of the talk. These are cyclotrons that most commonly deliver about 250 MeV of energy, and the main advantage over other forms of radiation is the Bragg Peak effect of the protons, which deposit the great majority of their energy at a fixed terminal depth, thus markedly reducing the exit radiation dose to the tissue behind the target.

[@GUNUFofficial]

*gets blasted by deadly radiation* Anatoli: welp, guess that's my cue to leave.

[@anttibjorklund1869]

So if only half his face has in essence aged, he's the real-life Two-Face?

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

0:21 I accidentally sent a text to my girlfriend about how I was thinking about breaking up with her and what my reasons were, and that I didn't quite know how to say it.... it was supposed to go to my friend, but it did not. I felt like trying to physically reach into my phone and grab the text before it left...

[@chickensquibs]

Yikes...but coincidentally that's exactly how adults should handle relationships.. with honesty and candor. Your subliminal self did your conscious self a great favor.

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

@@chickensquibs I was 16 at the time.. it's been 9 years since that happened lol.

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

@@chickensquibs It was also not so much subliminal, but rather, a handful of xanax and percocet mixed with alcohol, that diluded me to the point of sending a text to the person that was the subject, rather than the intended recipient..

[@ruzantsu4147]

@@Frosty_tha_Snowman what happened?, If you don't mind sharing.

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

@@ruzantsu4147 we ended up talking it out and staying together for 2 more years before it ended horribly.

[@cris-br7xj]

Love the content. You are cool and have a good sense of humor. Love it. Keep up the stories.

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

I tried to replicate the experiment by sticking my head into the microwave oven, but the tin foil around my scalp kept igniting.

[@llallogen7380]

I work with 2 cyclotrons, and my coworkers and I were chatting about this a while ago. I was hoping you would cover it!

[@jackson.6282]

No

[@EphemeralProductions]

I think he posted this some time ago. It might be a “redo” of it. Unless I’m in a Mandela effect. Lol

[@mitchiriia789]

glad someone else understands the confusion I felt

[@HerbAsh]

I've noticed this on other channels' videos also

[@ImprovementGang]

This man had all his bad luck accumulated in a short period.

[@tprincipato]

Quality work and content as usual

[@IY4N218]

Ive been wondering for a while now, is there an original 'Thoughty' channel that covers a different flavor of subjects? Whats the story on the inclusion of the number two in the channels name?

[@GVMBITxxx]

I literally haven’t watched in years but it’s a reference to Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy

[@IY4N218]

Oh thats cheeky, i can hear it with his accent, he does sound like hes saying 42

[@davidarundel6187]

@@IY4N218 listen closely , it sounds like Thoughty2 or 42 , as in other answers , a nod to Douglas Adams book The HitchhikerS Guide to the Galaxy - also in film and tv series

[@somejerk5662]

I'm surprised that someone hasn't tried to replicate this for an anti-wrinkle treatment. Maybe it worked too well, and there's more profit in a weekly treatment than a one-and-done particle ray?

[@theonlineanimal6009]

You do realize he had permanent nerve damage because of it, right?

[@somejerk5662]

@@theonlineanimal6009 They just need to figure out how to avoid that part... or bury it in the "side effects".

[@theonlineanimal6009]

@@somejerk5662 it's a good thing you don't have access to radioactive material

[@spiritualgangsta2178]

I just sit and wait for him to say “schedule”! Love it!

[@naydacolunga4992]

This blows everyone's mind, LITERALLY

[@Mowmer]

I worked in Ion implant in the semiconductor industry. Always wondered what would happen if someone touched the beam. Definitely not as high-powered as this particle accelerator.

[@davesnothere8859]

I have seen what happens when a machine auto tune with an extraction power supply on a guys lap with interlocks by passed. fire, fire happens.

[@patrickohooliganpl]

If it was so concentrated as in the attaches video he would simply end with a peculiar shot wound.

[@collinscody57]

At light speed the proton would have been through his head in about a millionth of a second

[@-danR]

approx. 500 picoseconds.

[@CraptorsfanY]

It doesn't matter how many channels cover this story I always need to watch it. Poor Anatoli

[@thefeatheredfrontiersman8135]

We all owe aron a great debt of gratitude for keeping the world a more interesting place. I dub the' sir thoughty the second, interesting sir. The queen will whole heartedly agree with me.

[@johncox2865]

This fellow got off a lot easier than did Mr. Gage. There’s something so horribly Physical about iron rods traveling at even a tiny fraction of C.

[@Bonklyboi]

How does thoughty keep getting more handsome all the time?! I wanna be handsome too!!! Not fair!

[@diane9496]

Without you ugos we beautiful people wouldn't be considered beautiful

[@hugh.g.rection5906]

@@diane9496 oooof

[@-danR]

He even _sounds_ handsome. I mean, the guy is just greedy.

[@stevenattias1803]

I suffered a brain injury in 1986 when I was 12 which caused hydrocephalus. I should have been dead. For some reason I am still here. I recently had a brain scan that showed a slight split in my lobes. For some reason my long term memory is awesome especially for sports, music or things I am interested in but I sometimes I have issues with short term memory. I struggle with learning technical things but otherwise I figure things out. The brain is very unpredictable.

[@FunnCubes]

A:"What superpowers did you get from your radiation incident?" B:"Cancer." A:"Oh..."