Humans Are Smart. Why Are Babies So Dumb?

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The first thing a baby giraffe experiences after being born is a 2 meter fall straight down to the ground. But within an hour, it’s standing, walking, and nursing on its own. And a blue whale calf, after nearly a year growing inside mom, can swim to the surface moments after being born. Human babies on the other hand? We’re born unable to move or eat on our own, we can’t communicate or fully sense our world, and we leak EVERYWHERE. If humans are so smart, why are our babies so… un-smart? You may think it’s all about head size, but the real science is more complex.
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[@besmart]

Babies aren't really dumb, they're just not fully cooked. How cute is my guest star Leo? Leave him some baby love and tell him how good he did. Tweet me or tag me on Instagram when you share the video! @DrJoeHanson @okaytobesmart

[@user-cs9th1qg2o]

How to destroy coronavirus

[@earthterra8546]

The video was uploaded and I crashed the like buttons and faster than the speed of light

[@Richard_Nickerson]

@@earthterra8546 Bottom?

[@earthterra8546]

@@Richard_Nickerson sorry my autocorrect is stupid.

[@earthterra8546]

@@Richard_Nickerson I try to type something and it chances it.

[@ChekuL8er]

“Why are babies so unsmart?”..... because nobody told them it’s okay to be smart.

[@alex-fs9yt]

This deserves more likes😂

[@ChekuL8er]

alex i know right lol sheeesh

[@ambilir1858]

Lol

[@gjk-arts5855]

ChekuL8er 100th like here

[@norahkalunda1234]

@@alex-fs9yt ikr

[@hermitcard4494]

Animal offspring: programmed to be cautious and fearful of many things that can harm them. Human offsprings: zero caution, and actually believe they are invincible.

[@great-wall-of-nowhere9377]

Basically Karen's in McDonalds

[@TheExoplanetsChannel]

Haha

[@prim16]

I've never understood why babies cry so loud and obnoxiously. How the hell didn't that attract predators to tear us limb-from-limb at night, or make parents unable to sleep and protect their children?

[@Vistico93]

@@prim16 Maybe it did, but then those hunters became the hunted. The survivors smart enough to leave us alone would then flourish and genetic variation would explain why a few, but only a few, still try

[@hatchettwit]

Interestingly this isn't entirely true. While it is factual that babies will explore the world and absolutely go past safe limits, they can also learn those limits. Apparently they explore every day because they may go days and weeks without any growth and then BAM! 2 cm growth over night. Literally wake up in a different body than they started the night in and they have new limits.

[@fierfighter]

Baby: *is born * Also baby: i have a mouth, everything on sight is meant to be put in it.

[@chrisclifford7080]

Also less than a minute after they learn how to walk they start running

[@azaki3810]

I agree (no dirty mindeds)

[@Mr.Capitalism]

@@azaki3810 I kind disagree

[@agent_77r11]

@@chrisclifford7080 What

[@TheDeathmail]

To be fair, they have very little software other than the eat-poop cycle...

[@xzguy3826]

Baby humans: pathetic cry’s Baby turtles: on your feet brother we’re going

[@thacow7603]

Baby cucko birds: **immediately becomes purple guy**

[@WuvPain]

One day old turtles - “today boys we become *MEN* “

[@Epck]

Over the top lads

[@danielmguzman8180]

Baby’s:waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Almost the entire animal world:WE ARE MENNNNNNNNN

[@justananimeweeb6696]

@@thacow7603 purple guy?are you referring to william afton?

[@siyacer]

Babies just haven't finished their software update yet.

[@KuruGDI]

25 year software update? Damn I never thought I would say something like that, but this is even worse than Windows!

[@Napoleonic_S]

But they also get free automatic hardware updates for 25 years!

[@SMN9a]

*Cheers , I'll drink to that bro.*

[@neomamuro]

Ahahaha. Just like Windows, it doesn't complete its updates for years after initial start up.

[@joost199207]

Babies are an neural network that hasn't had any training/data yet.

[@lazyexistentialist4550]

Baby giraffes: these hooves are made for walking, and that’s just what I’ll do Baby humans: that battery sure looks tasty

[@zedantXiang]

@RG 96 Image a 3 year old child,but its just born

[@emanueldelacruz1101]

🤣

[@zedantXiang]

@RG 96 Dont know bird hatchling are also pretty useless. They cant even move to eat the battery

[@rubixdude1067]

I'm scared that my baby sister is developing guts that love to eat trash. On day she ate rabbit poop, she doesn't know what cocoa puffs are. A few days later we saw her dipping a cracker in the toilet and eating it. I'm speechless. It's not my parents fault, it's my siblings fault, they don't help that much. And my little brother never wants to close the bathroom door just because I tell him to.

[@lazyexistentialist4550]

@Subtle Cinnamon Dude it’s a joke.

[@TheModeler99]

" You give a Human baby to a pack of Chimps, it's not gonna end well" *Tarzan has entered the chat*

[@somratkhan8688]

*Cough cough* George of the Jungle.

[@trentbell8276]

Tarzan had gorillas, not chimps.

[@Haypetur]

@@trentbell8276 nah me no care, monke good Human🤚🙁 monke👏😎

[@trentbell8276]

@@Haypetur Well, just remember that chimps are crazy.

[@user-pp8ru6uu1s]

@@trentbell8276 Human, gorilla, chimp. They all monke. Why care?

[@accellex2845]

Baby: “Your primitive tests are beneath me, peasant.”

[@letmetellyouabouttheconsti139]

Humans: we bacame smart But at what cost? Cost: dumb babies

[@doorstopper674]

Thank you diego, very cool

[@scoutmiller8200]

Are we that smart though?

[@raine167]

@@scoutmiller8200 oof

[@gordonfreemanthesemendemon1805]

well, this is ironic

[@destroyedtelephone4124]

humans are dumb not smart

[@x.kyss07]

Im imagining the baby watching this 10 years from now 😂😂😂

[@Fireryyo]

Not in 10 years but In 15 years I think he will eventually smile

[@Fireryyo]

@Teacup Teacup keep smiling😊😊

[@nilamanipolai6733]

The kid: I would pretend I didn't see that

[@catgotbored6892]

Hey its me

[@mateuszdziewierz4234]

@@catgotbored6892 no its not

[@TON-vz3pe]

*Baby impala 1 hour out of the womb:* Understands that lion or cheetah is a threat and runs for life. *Human baby:* GooGooGaGaa.. Takes almost an year or two just to stand up right.

[@LucysLifeInTheBabyAliveWorld]

Five years if you're someone like me

[@kkcake5771]

Actually months not years

[@tracesprite6078]

But the baby human is learning language which is a powerful organisational tool for protecting the community, searching for food and developing better ways of doing things.

[@Mayogaming.]

"WELL YOU SEE WE HUMANS WALK UPRIGHT ALL OF THE TIME SO WE NEED TIME TO BALENCE OURSELVES!!!"🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@Ciurk]

@@kkcake5771 It varies a lot

[@Jake1702]

This baby seems surprisingly cooperative.

[@francoislacombe9071]

"You give a human baby to a group of chimpanzees, it's not gonna end well." Tarzan: Am I a joke to you?

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

Tarzan was raised by gorillas.

[@ethannavarre-cantrell6748]

Gorillas

[@nadian848]

I'm Very Angry It's Not Butter Do I Care?

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

@@nadian848 🙄

[@aikslf]

Harambe : Am I a dead meme to you?

[@stevemarethyu3003]

In the first year of life, babies actually learn an enormous amount. If we're defining "smart" as current knowledge and skills, then they're low on the scale, but if we define it as "ability to learn" then they are off the charts.

[@deepakrejath9761]

Maybe brain size doesn't have anything to do with the ability to learn.

[@thelanktheist2626]

@@deepakrejath9761 No, it does. Brain capacity has a major effect. People who have trauma-less amnesia usually have a smaller hippocampus, and psycho/sociopaths usually have smaller parts of the brain for empathy or respect.

[@dwerg1]

@@deepakrejath9761 Oh, it does have everything to do with it. Humans have an incredible amount of neurons packed into a very tight space consuming a large portion of our metabolic energy. Neurons can't be packed much tighter without causing problems so a physically smaller brain can only do so much. Learning is the formation of neuron pathways, if there's just not enough neurons available then you're limited in how much more you can learn. As a child's brain grows in physical size it has room for way more neurons able to learn. They grow relatively quickly physically in the first year, so it makes sense that they learn a lot in this period. The rapidly increasing amount of new brain tissue means they can soak up a lot during this time.

[@user-youdontknowme]

Ikr. That's what I think. They sure act differently from grown ups, which seems 'dumb' BUT it's actually very interesting how they can understand so so much and comprehend things things starting from zero. I find it absolutely majestic. I would love to know what goes on in their brains. What goes on in their heads? What's their thinking process like? I may be an ex-baby but I would love to know.

[@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat]

@@user-youdontknowme There is a TED talks about how babies organize/analyze the first hand observation and learning from others. Laura Schulz: The surprisingly logical minds of babies kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2KueomQrJx9rs0 （I'm trying to break down how this all happened, the ability to learn from a given surrounding as well.

[@danielholtzman2582]

"I like egg." - smart guy 2020

[@RichConnerGMN]

@waterwithflavor

[@beautysinha1146]

17jjn

[@jasonhenson7948]

Her?

[@WuvPain]

I love lamp

[@ultimatedeatrix9149]

Apart from the lack of discipline in babies that removed his focus away, it's incredible how the baby instantly identifies two opposite spectrums of a shape (the cylinder and circle) and tries to correlate them by putting the cylinder in the circle.

[@tngtrivedi]

Basically, Animal babies: Released fully updated by the devs. Human Babies: Released in early access by devs.

[@ritwikreddy5670]

@RG 96 it would come out as a 25 year old person based on the video.

[@neonfroot]

@@ritwikreddy5670 Nah. Your mistaking "muh brain development" as true intelligence. Our modern society made the mistakr of treating youth as two-legged dogs that need to be blocked from the real world as much as possible.

[@wolle8182]

Babys are just like a bethesda game

[@KRYMauL]

@PMDP S2806 Lots of animals are altricial, here's the wikipedia article en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altriciality

[@Falcon000]

@@ritwikreddy5670 to put it simply Animal Babies: A regular game Human Baibes: Fortnite

[@muskaan3711]

Me: *sees the title* Me: Well I'm an adult now so why am I still dumb!?

[@kaiyoriten]

Maybe we see babies and small children as "smart and observant" and lots of other things because we haven't started comparing them to anyone else.

[@Shaden0040]

Dropped on your head as a kid? Multiple times. Even thrown at the wall head first by your parents and older siblings.

[@TheExoplanetsChannel]

Lol

[@default632]

@@Shaden0040 lmao, relatable

[@wisespidey]

@@Shaden0040 how did you know? Seriously it's true . I banged my head 4 times. Once by my sister and fell 3 times on the hill .

[@medicmist]

Another question: Why do babies try to put everything in their mouths even if they are not hungry???

[@malu8380]

That’s how they interact with the environment, they need a way to identify things, so they use their mouths. “Apple is tasty”, “dirt is dry and disgusting, not edible” “sand is dry and sticky, not edible” “this paper doesn’t have any taste, but it’s fun to chew on”, and so on, that’s how they identify things. When you grow up, you are intelligent enough, so you use your past experiences, your sight and your touch to interact with the world, and not your mouth anymore, since it’s clearly not the best option. But babies don’t know that.

[@damageisdumb]

@@malu8380 and to strengthen their gums as well. That's why baby chew toys exist

[@johnree6106]

If I remember correctly it's because its one of the senses that is most active. They can't see and hear and smell well but taste and touch is great. So the tactical touch and taste is their way of interacting with the world. Which is why they swing their arms and legs and try to grip anything and when the do they put it in their mouth

[@nanashi5577]

Curiosity perhaps

[@tracesprite6078]

Also I think it triggers their immune system.

[@virgin148]

Baby’s are unsettlingly suicidal

[@lizerdspherex]

The way i see it our infants are almost like the larval stage of insects.

[@thegeorgiemoore]

Lizerdspherex interesting comparison! they are a bit like larvae tho aren’t they lol

[@SinHurr]

@Every Buddy Those dumbasses can't read

[@ScrumptiousNoodles12]

right? fat blob, can't walk, needs to be fed, hatches from an egg

[@wmdkitty]

@Every Buddy Nah, man. Babies are gross. Cute. But gross.

[@NickRoman]

Actually, being miniature versions of adults, they are like nymphs.

[@possiblyrandom6703]

Animals: haha humans are so weak no defenses Animals in thousands of years: why do I hear boss music?

[@tonivoul1971]

Wide Putin approaches

[@himynamesjarvis]

humans who caused at least 600 animal extinctions: *you underestimate my power*

[@TrapCat]

you what they might even kill everything in the upcoming decades if they aren’t careful lol

[@iver1343]

@@TrapCat they?

[@TrapCat]

ianiser *humans

[@justanegg8345]

5:24 aww *blushes* t-thank you >w

[@nothcial]

I also like egg 😋🥚🍳

[@tommarnt]

I lick egg

[@NoobyBoi69420]

🍳

[@note5068]

"We're at 47 minutes" Did you just watch him smash the rubix cube for 47 minutes?

[@someonesomewhere22]

Idk what Joe is talking about that Baby was a genius.

[@vay5540]

It was thinking beyond

[@b-u10ex92]

Who’s Jo- oh wait it’s 2020

[@Kuumin]

Ok Karen lol

[@stevejobs5488]

@@b-u10ex92 Joe mama.

[@b-u10ex92]

Steve Jobs *pulls out uno reverse card*

[@JohnSmith-qq7fm]

Joe: "It doesn't hold water" Does that mean the water broke?

[@JohnSmith-qq7fm]

@@Horopter That was an obvious one, just sitting there. I couldn't, in all dad-ness, let it go

[@siyacer]

@@Horopter babe dumb tas

[@Dan_Therapist]

Wooow. Someone kill me

[@TheExoplanetsChannel]

Haha

[@immortalsun]

Yes, that’s the joke.

[@Gabowsk]

Don't forget, these same babies are capable of programming Chance Time into Mario Party.

[@ragingraichu219]

Intelligent parents, huh. I question that these days.

[@clashoclan3371]

And you, the kid, are you intelligent?.

[@ragingraichu219]

@@clashoclan3371 Are you assuming my age? I'm 31, not 13.

[@korioa]

@@clashoclan3371 wow, are you assuming theyre a kid? that implies you think theyre a human, what if theyre an interdimensional warlord?

[@user-wx8pi8fy5d]

Well even stupid people in our own standards are more intelligent than other animals

[@tangieee6592]

Animals are not intelligent but smart and follow nature

[@mysticvitriol]

*911 what's the emergency* "Help me, my evil father is conducting experiments on me"

[@vaishnavishobhane4106]

He is his father

[@mysticvitriol]

@@vaishnavishobhane4106 yeah I know... I was writing " my father is conducting experiments" but thought this would be funnier, but now I think that old one was better

[@hopegold883]

No, I think it’s better as it is

[@TheExoplanetsChannel]

XD

[@siyacer]

@@vaishnavishobhane4106 No, I am your father!

[@afhdfh]

I think, human babies should be counted as larvae.

[@qalbi-s_Ahnfy2095]

easy there, cowboy!

[@jessicaesmeralda7576]

I'd call em garbage

[@randomgirl3396]

Jessica Navarro so your calling yourself garbage

[@mayankkumar4161]

@@jessicaesmeralda7576 Ur garbage 🤣😂😂😂

[@didosauce6008]

Hey now man come on.... Don’t call your food garbage that’s ungrateful

[@FastFierce]

I love how we all are stupid but since all the animals are really stupid, so we became the smart ones.

[@cheddarskitchen6882]

Lol

[@tangieee6592]

Animals are not stupid they follow nature

[@FastFierce]

@@tangieee6592 and we destroy nature

[@tangieee6592]

@@FastFierce which means we are the stupid one

[@vratti2236]

@@tangieee6592 We are part of nature so that means we follow nature too.

[@imtootiredforthis7694]

This is exactly why children should pay taxes.

[@mirroredchaos]

lion: "ima eat that human with no physical threatening features like claws or sharp teeth" also lion: (dies from a sharp rock attached on a stick)

[@user-ot6oc7mk1s]

Or from a weird looking bow which repeatedly launches a small metal balls at the high speed

[@AyaanGaming2211]

Or from a big wooden stick which is magically sharpened

[@firstlast7138]

Also lion: dies from habitat destruction

[@Mr.Capitalism]

@@user-ot6oc7mk1s it's a MaGiC sTiCk

[@DaDunca]

Cap a lion would win a 1v1 with a human armed with a spear especially if that lion wanna eat the human

[@bleeploughly6311]

When you showed the pelvis widening I died lol 😭😭

[@hazemgamer]

Same! 😂😂

[@caseybotha4191]

@@hazemgamer 😂😂😂 that was unexpected

[@ganimagadia4616]

Same here 😂 🤣

[@dougrious_diswiggle]

*giggles softly*

[@syberwolfie7172]

ikr

[@nicholasharvey1232]

I like the way Cracked once put it: "You can't teach an old dog new tricks, so you keep the dog a puppy longer so it can learn more tricks overall."

[@techwizpc4484]

Would anyone really want a fully developed child at age 2? Imagine the mischief they can do if they are as intelligent as a 10 year old.

[@hittingyouoverthehead]

That's because we're used to cute toddlers and mischievous kids. But if humans were used to smart babies, the kind which come out of the womb, dust themselves off and ask "Alright so who's my mom and dad? Let's go home", we wouldn't find it weird. Maybe at 10 years old, they'd already be learning as well as an adult in that case.

[@Keeby.]

i mean yea bc by like age 8 theyll be smart and not assholes

[@jo__anna6252]

0:41 i think he’s gonna get this one :D” *puts it in his mouth*

[@sleenomigaming7010]

Lol

[@vaibhav475]

400th like

[@OuchieWahWah]

Lol

[@kelseygordon8606]

469th like

[@vaibhav475]

@@kelseygordon8606 noice

[@mikeyoung9810]

Yes having a baby is not an easy thing to do, neither is raising a child for the next 15 to 20 years. As someone who had 3 kids by 21 and am now 64 I recommend you do whatever you can to avoid having babies until you are ready to change from child to parent. And speaking from experience I can say that when you are at that point of thinking about sex you are at your most dangerous point in your life. Many things revolve around that point including physical dangers and huge expectations and demands. Be careful out there.

[@williamhuynh869]

3 children by 21? Respect that you somehow survived having to care for 4 people (assuming you kept them)

[@alisalexter4072]

yea i think the suckiest phase is when they turn into teenagers oh god the drama, babies are ok, they just cry, you feed them milk its settled

[@ESL-O.G.]

Nobody wants babies anymore like in the old days

[@williamhuynh869]

@@ESL-O.G. i would like to introduce you to Sub Saharan Africa, where the total fertility rate would argue against that

[@moonlitm3285]

@@williamhuynh869 And some parts of Asia.

[@scibanana3542]

The disappointment in his voice when he says "and he's eating it" got me 😂

[@GraveUypo]

6:43 wow. is it a coincidence that i felt my brain ran out of "room" at age 25? it was like i couldn't learn new stuff without forgetting something else. turns out it wasn't quite like that, but it definitively became harder to keep stuff in memory.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

"Humans Are Smart."

[@carll02alire]

The statement is almost correct.. .. almost.

[@sebastiaomendonca1477]

Only represents some humans, most certainly not all of them

[@mastershooter64]

@@sebastiaomendonca1477 All of them are smart, anyone can learn to solve differential equations or solve problems in general relativity with enough practice. (With the exception of mentally challenged people). Mentally challenged like me

[@suokkos]

No citation needed. It is in the name. Homo Sapiens.

[@Emanuele246gi]

@@sebastiaomendonca1477 we are talking scientifically, and scientifically our species is smart, not a bunch of individual (which it's impossible even not scientifically talking because you don't know every 7.8 billion of people)

[@pedrosmith221]

My first instinct when I see an animal is to say “hello”. My first instinct when I see a child is to avoid eye contact & hope it goes away

[@Ignasimp]

@Seven V your comment was badass, and so true.

[@kathrinlindern2697]

When I see a baby I smile at it and hope it smiles back. Babys usually do, because they are programmed to react positively to happy faces and eye contact. It makes both of us happy :)

[@lesscringeymapperdude]

@Seven V goddamn you roasted him more than I did to that kid at the barbeque (This is a joke btw)

[@PartyDude_19]

I don't like human babies

[@madmaximum875]

@@kathrinlindern2697 Only works as a female these days... as a male you're instantly seen as a creep.

[@motasimfaiyaz2974]

0:30 The baby is having so much Fun!!! That's adorable!

[@srinitaaigaura]

Baby animal : Gets up and starts walking immediately after birth Human baby : 1 year later....

[@totalynotcatherine]

I need an entire video, 20-30 minutes long, of him playing with the baby.

[@iver1343]

why-

[@omniscientgoat]

why not?

[@totalynotcatherine]

@@iver1343 Because it's cute.

[@iver1343]

@@totalynotcatherine how he said this.. Is rather creepy

[@totalynotcatherine]

@@iver1343 A little.

[@SciFactsYT118]

Random fact: During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.

[@mayman4255]

Huh? that seems very low

[@comment.highlighted]

Hmmm.... baby pool, back yard pool, Olympic pool, in ground pool.... 🤔

[@besmart]

How did you get here so fast

[@mcarp555]

You know the old joke that saliva causes cancer, but only if swallowed in small amounts over a very long time.

[@hulagu3068]

what about lifetime of poop?

[@BonBon15159]

Is because they are still learning and it takes them a bit to comprehend things since they aren’t completely developed

[@lordtalosgaming1448]

I like how our ancestors spoke in the Dragon Tongue, at 7:05

[@Der_Waldmeister]

7:05 - A big thumbs up for using Skyrims dragon language here!!! Translation: "Do you smell poop?" - "It's your turn" Hilarious :D

[@RosheenQuynh]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who caught that they used Dovahzul

[@osotanuki3359]

I had to look twice; thought it was cuneiform for a second!

[@appalachiandiner]

I just switched over to KZbin from a 7 hour Skyrim binge and this is the first thing I watch. I haven't played it in years until a week ago. I'm starting to think I'm in a simulation.

[@shieldedknights1677]

Ayyy

[@gagarensesess]

Fus ro dah!

[@TriviaNight]

I like how you said, "they're just not fully cooked." Good video!

[@nurfacealways]

over cooked, your brain dead

[@adolfodef]

Two words: Crotch Bisquit

[@sreejasrivaram8250]

@@nurfacealways don't worry, that's what schools and offices are for

[@user-cb8eg2ln5i]

If you dont like babies, it's cause you just don't know how to cook them

[@nurfacealways]

when i said "over cooked".... thats referring to brain washed/drugs... babies are perfect. they see things for what they are. no gimmicks, no modern interpretation, no bull. nowadays, its sad that most children are brought up by cellphones bc the parents CHOOSE NOT TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO TEACH THEIR CHILD. they expect teachers to do everything when the child is clearly not an offspring of the teacher. babies have a way of learning.... a way that many adults lost touch with. mainly hearing/listening and seeing/observing, than tasting and smelling, touching. babies are precious also they will grow up to be the next generation. is it the fault of the up and coming generation that they are failling??? no, its the previous generation that didnt teach them correctly. "cooked". shouldnt be a term used to describe a babies brain. Proper development in emotional, mental, and physical care is needed for a human being to be capable to take care of themselves as well others if needed for them to have proper development to care for themselves. so a baby's brain is more like clay... how will we mold our next generation????

[@salmaakermi6643]

That Intro was the cutest and most adorable thing I saw in a while

[@chrissoto7187]

Am I the only one who thinks it’s hilarious when babies discover they have feet like seriously just seeing the lightbulb go on it’s just too much. I can’t keep my composure!

[@jeromecabarus6893]

Cubers sees cube: Ohh i can solve that. The baby: *smack smack smack*

[@Mark_Master1]

Unorthodox but ok

[@nomarukaz]

Ok?

[@qsr6838]

Lol

[@TechsyfiEdits]

Ok?

[@fayecoldren-sallee5864]

I like how you always start with older theories and explain them too.

[@juancuelloespinosa]

00:24 it's obvious the baby knows of the many worlds interpretation, so it'll eventually make the wave function of the rubix cube reach the solved state

[@scallywag2054]

Did someone ever heard a person say "wider and roomier pelvis" with a straight face before? This person made the impossible possible.

[@aatreyo2214]

Even he was struggling, you could tell at certain points

[@Hentai_Protag]

That was probably the cutest intro for a video I've seen

[@benoorehek8475]

No

[@aegis8370]

Cutest or power consuming

[@Maggie66112]

Ew no! Even a naked mole is cuter...

[@womslay]

Ikr but my step mom says babies are ugly...

[@cheerio.9429]

Rainbow Wolf Oh you're quirky because you hate babies 🤡

[@SaltySynapse]

i dont know why but it makes me unreasonably annoyed at how helpless babies are

[@ze3v]

That opening bit did get a laugh out of me. Haha I love this channel!

[@Kevin-fj5oe]

Animal : " you human are so weak, even your baby is stupid and dumb" Human : "hold my steak"

[@evanraymond8728]

The best comment so far

[@kiwuuspurr1927]

@@evanraymond8728 no this comment is immature and very useless and this meme format is dead

[@mariocardoso1959]

Humans ARE animals too and, in fact, we are weak.

[@Kevin-fj5oe]

@@mariocardoso1959 the only thing that help us until this point in history basically our brain, our precise and delicate hand, and ability to do marathon

[@randomperson5078]

spurr the spurrow just like you

[@Haley497]

Fact: a human baby is the MOST intelligent, fastest learning creature on this planet. Try being fluent in any language without classes (just verbal exposure) in just over a couple of years. In terms of potential, no other human stage holds so much. It's beyond unfair to be born with the engine of a space shuttle stuck in an eggshell.

[@JosueLopez-kk9us]

babies sure do learn a language intuitively but actually, to perfect that language we do indeed need school, that's why we have english classes or spanish classes since the first day of elementary school. This is why most people in the US write, read and speak pretty good english compared to before public school was invented.

[@NoName-pj3yp]

I learnt English without classes (I did look up a few words in the dictionary though) in 1.5 years when I was 12, so I don't really think that's impressive. Also, what do you mean by fluent? People don't start learning how to write until they're 6 (when they start school) and I think knowing how to write is necessary to be considered fluent in a language.

[@Haley497]

@@NoName-pj3yp Yes indeed, I should have written verbally fluent, being able to speak and understand spoken language. I could go to Slovenia for 5 years straight and I guarantee you that, at my age, I'd leave knowing only the tourist basics. But that's just me of course!

[@ikatekeda6267]

@@Haley497 If you didn't force yourself. We are often our biggest obstacle to learning languages. Simply because, we are prideful. Especially in first world English speakers, because there are very few places we can go and be entirely devoid of English. They actually did a year long experiment, where people spent 3 months at a time in a country, and they were not allowed to use English. At all. It was a total ban on English, and by the end of the year, the participants who could stick with the no English rule had learned all four languages. One year, 4 languages. The idea that babies are better at learning than adults are has been around for quite some time, and is often the largest excuse for people, but in reality, babies suck at learning. Adults have plenty of practice at learning, and know how to learn efficiently. They can improve their ability to learn one thing by using secondary knowledge. Something babies can't do because they don't have secondary knowledge. Adults are just... Lazy really. Also, take into account that for languages which are a part of the English root, it only takes about 400 hours to learn them to a level where you can hold most any average conversation so long as the topic isn't too specific outside of everyday life. That's 10 work weeks, or, just under 3 months. Finally, when asked how many languages I know, the answer is usually "Almost 1" because despite the fact I am a full grown adult with a vocabulary much larger than the population norm, I still don't know even a 32nd of the words in the English language, of which there are over 1.25 million. The only reason you think you can't go to Slovanian for five years and not be able to speak their language at least to the degree your average five year old can speak English, is because you are holding yourself back.

[@wades623]

@@NoName-pj3yp writing was a thing before 1st grade for me so was using a computer although not all that much because that was back in 94-95. the point is that writing is something that can happen before 6y/o.

[@Wopara]

The baby 10 years from now: This dude made me the video’s joke

[@budimorealni486]

does this mean that our ancesters were smart as babys even when they were like 40 years old ?

[@TreeGGwi]

Just imagine a conversation going like this Janice : hey Jane my baby got stuck in the canal Jane : how? Janice : she was too intelligent Jane : she was ... too intelligent? Janice : yeah her head too large because she had a larger brain Jane : ummmm......... ohhhhh k? *slowly backs away*

[@gordonfreemanthesemendemon1805]

a conversation like that would never happen because janice would be dead

[@goodmorning4498]

The fact that you started every sentence with "J" and had the characters' names start with "J" must be no coincedence.

[@Mr.Capitalism]

janice: slowly dying

[@MandySC]

I saw "Why are babies so dumb", I clicked. I went in for the laughs, I stayed for the actually interesting information. You got me good, Sir.

[@Watch-0w1]

I really enjoying the intro skit. Great video, your my favorite science tube and God bless your son

[@mannyespinola9228]

Thank you for this video

[@DigitalDeath88]

"Humans are smart" Daily interactions in the real world constantly proves this to be an exception to most humans...

[@amehak1922]

Digital Death don't worry, alot of idiots are Darwin award nominees and many end up winning.

[@DigitalDeath88]

@@amehak1922 Not enough of them do. Society now protects stupid people, it's why they thrive.

[@daschwarz1649]

@@DigitalDeath88 I absolutely agree. Also, the fact that you have to not reproduce prior to your demise to win should have an adium to cover the most idiotic that somehow reproduce prior to death.

[@CrockHoax]

"... exception to most humans," stupid idiot, I can tell you're dumb without even seeing the rest of what you said. How are they both most and the exception?

[@TheExoplanetsChannel]

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[@robertalaverdov8147]

Bold of you to assume that I stopped being dumb once I got older.

[@ricky.t.1658]

If you focus in the beginning of the video, the kid is experimenting with manipulation of objects, exploring different textures and sensory inputs (like liking the object), he interacts verbally with the experimenter and he even plays with concepts like gravity; those are things no animal does, the baby is slowly developing a super complex machine inside him that is unique in the universe but requieres a lot of learning and training. That’s why they look “dumb” to us, a giraffe is born being able to walk but in the end that’s nearly the only thing it’s gonna do in its life.

[@laytonblance]

This guy says it's kinda like overlooking a cpu and doesn't elaborate any further because he expects you to know what that means. Thank you! Finally a KZbin channel that gets me 😀

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Humans still aren't smart enough to stay out of my woods. I scare them and chase them out and throw rocks at them but they just never learn and continue to go camping and hiking all the time

[@PeterGriffin11]

I have a feeling you're not really Bigfoot.

[@potatosludge]

Meg Griffin can’t you see the picture? Its really bigfoot

[@Anastasia2048]

I am a fish from the Mushroom Kingdom. Are cheep cheep allowed?

[@Bananappleboy]

*_BEEP BOOP I AM A DINOSAUR. I LIKE STEAK. ALL HAIL SKYNE- I MEAN ALL HAIL HUMANS._*

[@poweringaccounttermination4026]

Great for you since im braindead as always sleeping and rotting in my grave

[@duchi882]

"Why are Babies so Unsmart?" The Promised Neverland: Must be a Glitch in the Matrix

[@seeyouspacecowboy14]

need season 2

[@SythonToTheZ]

@@seeyouspacecowboy14 October can't come soon enough

[@yellowishnesses1138]

Spoiler: Someone wears a jacket, and I think it looks cool.

[@goldengold8568]

@@seeyouspacecowboy14 Just read the manga.

[@seeyouspacecowboy14]

@@goldengold8568 nah, I'm good Why would I skip ahead in the manga when I could just watch the wonderful cinematic promised Neverland season 2 when it debuts

[@TryWithKev]

I love this channel. Thank you.

[@noobier9790]

you could arguably say that babies are smarter than adults as they have way more plasticity than adults and can even recognize multiple languages.

[@CDCI3]

Cave Daddy: "Do you smell poop?" Cave Mommy: "It's your turn." Cave Village: [In English alphabet] IT TAKES A VILLAGE

[@pirayv3397]

Lol

[@AsharOzborne95]

Orin brit ro, goraan jorre...

[@haughtywillow2499]

99% of comments: funny pelvis size 1% of comments: natural selection

[@linneawestberg6435]

the EGG is SO COOL i had no idea but that makes so much sense! gosh i love biology. thanks for providing such great content

[@MrLibormortis]

loved the retro intro :)

[@jameshubbell2000]

7:06 - "Do you smell poop?" "It's your turn." Your Dovahzul script didn't fool me! 😆

[@StayChaotic]

😂thanks for this

[@ninjavox365]

@Lex well I know without a doubt that it is a reference to skyrim. I used an alphabet translator to come to the same “do you smell poop” line as James Hubbell. I don’t know for certain why though.

[@ninjavox365]

@Lex thank you

[@grey7603]

(hand raised, looks down) I was always the poop cleaner during my kids infant stages.

[@pixelheart4840]

My mom told me when i was a baby there is a cat look after me like im her kitten and often brought me dead mouse and sometime snake. I appreciate both of them for being my mom and shape me for who i was today.....

[@Das644]

Lol what did u do with those snakes

[@darshankumarsahoo194]

@@Das644 he ate it

[@whwhwhhwhhhwhdldkjdsnsjsks6544]

So are you a furry now

[@tripedal2063]

I too eat snake and rat, wasn't raised by cats tho

[@Sand__07]

Furry speedrun

[@atree8648]

I loved that baby at the start and end of the video , and also the questions asked 😂

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great work 🥳🥳🥳 Thank you 💜💜💜

[@Monoman2345]

nobody at all: it's ok to be smart: "lets throw elder scrolls dragon writing in no one will notice 7:05"

[@robinbernardinis]

For whoever is curious, it spells DO YOU SMELL POOP and ITS YOUR TURN. Kinda sad it's not actually in Dovahzul.

[@yossirutman9302]

Yay I noticed too

[@kendrabell9040]

Yep I noticed!

[@austinmcdonald2258]

Only looked in the comments to see if anyone else noticed

[@nurailidepaepe2783]

@@robinbernardinis lmao that's amazing

[@aliasgarjairaj3576]

The globe in the background is my favourite character

[@ginnyjollykidd]

You mean the one the egg pops out from behind?

[@Gtjxx]

Wow.. Never knew I'd be binge watching these at 3am in the morning hahaha

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Not only do babies have small heads to pass thru the birth canal, their heads are also squished along the skull sutures to help delivery along! I mean, ten centimeters is still a pretty small diameter through which to push a baby.

[@attractspsychos]

When you were talking about women having a wide pelvis, it looked like you were ready to bust out laughing

[@Titanic-wo6bq]

All globe chat (the globe in the background): 3:33 - Was that an obstetrics joke? 4:04 - At least not the MAIN reason. 5:25 - Hm? (egg picture too) 6:08 - Stop talking about yourself

[@columbus8myhw]

Wait I never noticed those came from the globe

[@rei_momo]

The HER? moment is an arrested development reference

[@TheRenegade...]

That says her

[@Arunanshu_Shukla]

"You give a human baby to a group of chimpanzee's" - so this is the lore behind the infamous Cincinnati zoo incident 👶🦍🔫☠️

[@amandalorien]

Great video!

[@angelinafrancis7411]

Zebra baby: well I need to survive so ill be able to run 1hour after I'm born Human baby: I'll eat this tasty-looking battery

[@theelephantintheroom69]

Baby: **Throws rubix cube on floor** Me: This says a lot about our society 😔

[@DanielNyong]

We live in a society

[@kuldeepsinghbaansal3961]

Well I can solve one in 25 seconds.

[@syedmuhammadzeeshanhashmi5722]

@@kuldeepsinghbaansal3961 Cries in 43 secs pb

[@kuldeepsinghbaansal3961]

@@syedmuhammadzeeshanhashmi5722 well try hard and you will reach 25 seconds in no time

[@kuldeepsinghbaansal3961]

@@tudor__ hey do you any other cube? Like 4x4 , megaminx etc.

[@lululovescatsverymuch]

I feel so bad for cackling at this 03:02

[@wholesand]

Giraffe: I have hooves, used for walking. Baby: I have toes, I should try suck it!

[@ambiverted6342]

3:10 Me and the boys at 3am gettin’ beans

[@memepower641]

Congratulations, you almost made me choke on my ice cream

[@rekcr]

Adult humans aren’t that smart either

[@Titanic-wo6bq]

Yeah..... you are right.

[@ate313]

The Most Interesting Man On KZbin lets not start on the europeans

[@poweringaccounttermination4026]

Just steal the smart people's brains and replace it with yours like I do.

[@cheb7321]

Ok but when are you going to send bob and vagene

[@octoriki1076]

Neither u so

[@dhrumildave4221]

One advantage I think of the human baby not being fully developed at birth: It develops completely as per its conditions in its birthplace, e.g., it is subject to climate of its birthplace when being developed, and that might contribute to the huge adaptability of humans in almost all different climates on Earth, also it develops those kind of bacteria in its digestive system according to the food it is given right from its birth, which might again contribute to human adaptability.

[@ccelery8681]

The text at 7:05 translates to "do you smell poop" "its your turn" the language is dragon speak from Elder Scrolls took me 10min to decipher