The Scientist Who Saved Three BILLION Yet Is Hated

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[@carnage1351]

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[@kartikSingh-uu2ue]

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[@safeerahmadkhan904]

Max planck please

[@sirinath]

Why would his war time contributions to be any different from those who worked on the Manhattan Project? Only difference is that the side he worked for lost the war!

[@Aslanreviewstech]

A tragic story beautifully told

[@VideoCesar07]

Love your presentation and narration. Very simple and straightforward with no drama. It's refreshing to have a newer creator who does not use clickbait titles or overdramatic tones. Not nitpicking but the final straw that drew the US into WWI, on top of unrestricted sub attacks, was the Zimmerman telegram where Germany offered Mexico an alliance if they went to war with the US. Overall A+ quality. I hope you continue to put out more stuff like this and that your channel continues to grow. Subscribed!!!

[@LZentertainments]

Don't be discouraged that videos like these do not get explosive views. It's not a flashy clickbaity topic. But you did make the best coverage on the topic. People will watch this video for years to come. However, you might consider releasing your videos in the style of TechAltar and LMG. Behind a subscription paywall first, then release for free with ads on YT later. Don't ever stop.

[@hleangod]

Artillery still caused the most death and injuries over poisonous gas in WWI and WWII. Should the scientist who invented guns be considered evil? Guns can be used to protect or it can be used for evil.

[@roxanewoo548]

Wow! I knew abt the ammonia process in my High school..but his name is not mention unlike other scientist for their respective discoveries..😢 thanks for this..

[@bigg.grizzlybear2670]

The jewish blood is legendary. Not even 20 million in number yet has names like oppenhiemer , feynman, einstien , bohr , Von neuman , and thats just the physicists!

[@Vinitmehra]

Your documentaries are so good I don't know why you aren't getting enough views.... Go on you are awesome 😎

[@slowdown7276]

Dude she gets lots of views.

[@pedroherrera4060]

If this video doesn't, veritasium already made a video on this with over 14 mil. Still this was a good video

[@Commentsurveillance]

People seem to like dumbass videos instead of things like this

[@alvin8391]

There was a vast difference between the thinking of Albert Einstein and Fritz Haber as members of the German heritage. Haber was a conventional German patriot who supported the Kaiser during WW1. Einstein was a German proud of the German cultural heritage, its music, literature, and other positive contributions to the human race. There were other major differences in their lives, though both found great difficulty being accepted as scientists. Einstein had to work as a patent examiner after university. Haber could not find a position as a chemist. I have read that Einstein, once he had gained recognition for relativity, assisted Haber to obtain an appointment in chemistry. They were very different people in their political outlooks.

[@atobee2595]

Cindy is brilliant

[@debashishsikdar2995]

Excellent ma'am. Everyone in this world has a finite time the way you choose to use it is in your hands. Some day we will all leave this place but before that let's do something which the future generations will cherish.

[@Notrussian.]

During times when there's peace, he belonged to the world, During times when there's war he belonged to his place of birth.

[@izumi4921]

"science can be used as a tool for good ,and also as a tool for evil".

[@artawhirler]

Excellent video! Thanks!

[@slypen7450]

Clara fired two shots in the garden that night. The first at God in heaven, she missed, the second at herself.

[@ScipioAfricanus_Chris]

Fritz's story is absolutely heartbreaking.

[@ArjayMartin]

Lusitania was carrying munitions, it was a legit target, and Germany advertised in American Media that all ships in x area were targets, before the Lusitania sailed on that fateful trip.

[@biguniverse9493]

this is well story telling. i can feel it from begining to the end. please keep posting video like this. good show. 😊

[@SabbirAhmedSourov]

It is very sad to see. He fought his whole life to become a German. He always wanted to be a part of something Bigger. He was so brilliant that he did not need it.

[@jasonkinzie8835]

How could the entente powers charge Haber with war crimes when they also used poison gas?

[@NullVoid-rm7jm]

"What? How could a man who saved 3 billion lives be hated?" "Fritz Haber was...." "Oh"

[@karthikb4613]

How about we say "He invented things, people miss using them."

[@jdrudolfp2]

Despite his notorious invention used in war, which he willingly or not participate, I personally support the Nobel prize committee awarded him due to his Nitrogen-to-Ammonia invention. Fact is the invention still being used today whether we like it or not.

[@FerdinandCesarano]

7:26 - Note that the current global population is 8 billion, not 7 billion.

[@dougjames4498]

Your best ever Cindy!

[@LucasFavaro]

That is a man that killed hundreds of thousands, but also saved billions. That is a very complex life.

[@zweisteinya]

Same as Oppenheimer et al

[@erikaskeroth9720]

@@zweisteinya 2/3 of the world's population lives because of Haber. I can't see the resemblance to Oppenheimer unfortunately. And Enrico Fermi was responsible for the biggest job behind the atomic bomb. And how Oppenheimer has saved billions of people? over a hundred thousand for sure, but not billions. No offense👍

[@halbarad7932]

@@erikaskeroth9720 Yes. The guy was referring to the atom bomb, and I couldn't agree more. Be it Oppenheimer or Fermi, it doesn't matter, every scientist at Los Alamos played a part in the construction of the bomb. Although frowned upon, the atomic bomb was unfortunatelly the lesser evil at the point of the Pacific conflict. I think that Haber's justification of using the gas was not correct and generally not comparable to the atom bomb. Haber said that the gas would end war faster, but I think that idea was flawed because Germany was not close to winning in the slightest. On the other hand the US was definitelly on the verge of winning, but the Japan, which was using dirty methods of warfare at the end of the conflict I might add, just wouldn't give up, thus in my opinion America was justified in using the bomb, and although it killed or injured in any capacity 200 000 people, it is less than the amount of people that would have been killed (on both sides) had the conflict continued.

[@nics4967]

​@@halbarad7932It seems consequatialism can, in some circumstances, justify mass murder. If murder can't be justified, it seems consequentialism is wrong. A large difference would be that the bombs were dropped on children, the chlorine/mustard gas used on soldiers. Also, a person could, it seems, have known they would be. Ending the war earlier and saving lives being the sole aim can justify rape if a person thinks it will be effective. If consequentialism leads to this, but rape is always wrong, then consequentilism is wrong as an ethical theory.

[@Themarch001]

​@@erikaskeroth9720Finally someone who acknowledged Fermi, sure Oppenheimer was extremely important due to his role in fissionanle material but Fermi literally invented the nuclear fission

[@matthewhuszarik4173]

That is an abject lesson that the only success that is worthwhile is success in the benefit of humanity.

[@Fabrikoooo]

He didn't invented it but refine the process with appropriate technology

[@blackbuffalo62]

If karma was real, this would make a perfect example

[@yashpatel261]

Karma is not real

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

Fritz Haber, the man who rescued humanity from a sure Malthusian Disaster.

[@sg-vp2qg]

I learned a surprising amount of things I didn't know from this video.

[@kushagra64]

Flashbacks of veritasium flashing by

[@AbhijeetGosavi73]

Same!

[@nDreaw12]

Damn I love that type of videos!

[@dorandacolbert5973]

In his deep desire to identify with his enemy, he gave his enemy its most exacting weapon.

[@StephenWest-t2v]

Haber belongs with Oppenheimer as the men most deserving of a Nobel Prize. Just as Nobel founded the Nobel academy in an attempt to recover his name from bastardization by those who found him responsible for the missuse of his invention. It should be noted that both Haber and Oppenheimer believed during development that their invention would be so catastrophic that it would bring an end to the current world war with little to no bloodshed, as they would be seen as too horrific to be used more than was absolutely necessary. These 3 men, Nobel, Haber, and Oppenheimer probably have more understanding of what they went through decades apart than any of the men in their company. It would be beautiful if it weren't so tragic

[@alexgoslar4057]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@Sad_Bumper_Sticker]

An interesting story consisting of historically poignant twists

[@dkaloger5720]

Fed the world by ways of science Sinner or a saint ? Father of toxic gas and chemical warfare -Sabaton

[@SabbirAhmedSourov]

He was neither a sinner or a saint. He wanted to be a patriot.

[@Bing0335]

I do think is better to set a heuristic during interactions: Do unto others what you can bear as the last thing you did to others. I know is almost impossible to live by this unbelievably difficult heuristic, but then, we can always, at least, try to live into it.

[@jeffw7382]

Everyone should definitely go read the Alchemy of Air.

[@anirbanpatra3017]

We are torn between virtues

[@Drnehaprasad]

Thank you for this beautifully narrated video!😊

[@anon-san2830]

Well he used the logic to justify mustard gas that US used to justify the nukes... So...

[@jasrajsingh24]

Amazing content, and research. I would request you to make a video on Narinder Singh Kapany, an unsung scientist who invented and coined the term fiber optics, essentially laying the foundation for the information age.

[@gregorycox345]

Interesting documentary. One note, you mention a number of times his conversion to Christianity. While this would have help during WW1 it would matter not at all during WW2. The Nazis were not Christians, that were humanist. Some were heavy into things like the occult. They had strange beliefs to say the least and would have done away with all religion’s activities outside their own beliefs if they were successful, including Christianity.

[@Guilhermeabcd]

curious stuff and well crafted videos. Subscribed!

[@ArjayMartin]

It as the Allies (Triple Entente) / France who used chemical weapons first with bromine ethyl acetate.

[@llydrsn]

Like a supervillain origin story, but in real life

[@BenvanBroekhuijsen]

Sad but interesting story. One remark, soldiers are also innocent civilians. They don't choose to go to war, they are forced to.

[@lifeeasier3462]

Seems a pattern. Brilliant minds are outliers. Without ethics, there is no compass.

[@robertunderwood1011]

Who decides what ethics is?

[@adhnaanahmed5029]

He is a character of intelligent villain arc in movies or a grey character who has positives of saving billions of people from starvung at the same time killing the people to serve his country. A small price of salvation

[@anonymousano3430]

A very good video.

[@Clark-Mills]

Considering how he treated his wife alone... Villain. A smart villain to be sure, but a villain none the less...

[@HandyMan657]

Poor planet.

[@loopz_attack1658]

8:35 the last person i would ever see throwing a grenade is a guy in a suit lol

[@searcher3067]

Haber what have you done ?

[@Thetechgeek2100]

A LONG AGO IN EASTERN PRUSSIA YOUNG MEN WITH GREAT AMBITIONS RISE SO WHO CAN TELL ME WHO CAN SAY FOR SURE WHICH ONE WILL WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE?

[@goedelite]

All scientists who out of patriotism and misplaced trust go to work for their governments find that they have no control over the results of their work. This is also true of working for industry. The same problem exists with universities because university funded research is dependent on government or on private grants that take control of the fruits of the work. Only scientists whose work is the least practical, the most theoretical, and the farthest removed from application have a chance of the control of others. Not all scientists have a problem with this fact. The Fritz Habers of science (including mathematics) are persuaded of their governments' and countries' trustworthiness and good intentions. Haber, in spite of having been diminished as a Jew (and maybe because of it!) was a proud German. In this regard, he differed greatly from Albert Einstein, who was one of the first to recognize Haber's work. Einstein's German pride was in its high culture, certainly not in its militarism. Einstein's work was of a theoretical nature, and he was able to escape the perils of government control of science until WW2, when his fear of Germany's development of a nuclear bomb led him to accede to requests by other scientists that he write to FDR and explain the need to begin a massive project to make what was the called an "atomic bomb". Later, the bomb was used on Japanese civilian centers, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Scientists who wanted to prevent these crimes had no influence on the US government. I am sure that Einstein was one of them. More recently, other young scientists and others, who had, out of patriotism, joined the US government or worked as contractors for them, leaned the hard way what moral peril might befall them for their naivety.

[@trisk4806]

What about the inventor of the atomical bomb?

[@dnx_Gr]

Discovery to destroy your people, This is insane😢😢

[@Hodl2plutoandBeyond]

Good story

[@Neli-bs4mq]

Still billions of people live with hunger all over the world.

[@lisanidog8178]

What a sick man using what he knew to hurt people. That cancels out any good in the beginning.

[@Outlier999]

Every invention has had positive and negative consequences.

[@lisanidog8178]

@@Outlier999 shame there always has to be a negative consequence by abusing the positive because one can.

[@cloudchaser966]

You must be aware that even as we watch this clip, in practically every country on earth there are many scientists around the clock "using what they know to hurt people". From big projects like rockets, aircraft, submarines, tanks, to cruise missiles, drones and mines... even the ongoing improvement of hand guns. All in the name of helping their country. Fritz Haber was a chemist, and so he thought of a weapon in the chemical field. An especially nasty, condemnable weapon for sure, but isn't that true of the nuclear bombs that fell on Japan, too? And a final thought: The responsibility for using a weapon doesn't solely rest with the inventor, but also with the politicians that authorize or demand its use.

[@AB-ee5tb]

@@lisanidog8178how many people were you responsible for saving?

[@lisanidog8178]

@@AB-ee5tb three so far. And you?

[@egj1975]

Now this is a great video and story telling. Please do more of these and less Apple/Tesla.

[@ridha493]

He saved millions of lives and killed too

[@grantguy8933]

There is no monument of Karl Marx anywhere in Germany either. Also another jew.

[@bebargwahid7340]

Love cindy ❤️ ♥️

[@wasimshaikh1665]

Didn't know Anupam Kher was a scientist.

[@minimax9452]

Unfortunately a street on the Campus of the University of Karlsruhe (KIT) is named after Fritz Haber and a technical device for producing amonia (about 15 meters hight) is raised to remember him.

[@jameshepburn4631]

Sounds fortunate to me.

[@AB-ee5tb]

How is that unfortunate?

[@abraxasjinx5207]

He wanted oat of his father's hose? Is that where wild oats come from?

[@AB-ee5tb]

Wow you’re cool

[@davidparker2173]

"Pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you"....Jesus Christ

[@delusionsoftheruinedworld3257]

Does anyone know the background music fpr 5:08?

[@vandannng528]

This was horrible

[@holihlahlaambuyisa6008]

Attack on titan vibes

[@jadedseer]

15:55, spot the mistake

[@lawrencefrost9063]

19:20 You might want to check that part up

[@lawrencefrost9063]

talk about a bad timed commercial.

[@mathieuleader8601]

nice use of Erik Satie

[@waliali2101]

He should’ve moved to America

[@smokemp4]

Do a video about Adaani and his scam .. btw you guys doing great job

[@kafkaesque4023]

Next , Max Planck

[@kobeoneal3402]

I just knew about Marie Curie’s contribution at WW1 with her mobile field x-ray machines which saved thousands of french troops and I was just glad she help saved lives instead of taking them because she could have just sprayed radium all over germany

[@Whattodo972]

Seems very similar to Veritasiums relatively recent video

[@Newsthink]

How so? I haven't watched it so would be interested in hearing your thoughts.

[@ridha493]

I saw the thumbnail and I was like "oh it's haber"

[@gurupreetsingh4116]

what Anupam Kher doing here

[@astrosci1109]

It's fritz Haber not anupam kher 😂

[@jordisalvadobuque1803]

Heĺl Faber 🌐🐱🎇🎇🎇

[@lifeeasier3462]

Wow Phd in organic. Chemistry

[@alxasjake2004]

Me:Himn his good guy 👍 me after: his bad guy 😮. Me after again: his sad guy 😢. Me: what can human being he is

[@robhavock9434]

Science and morality dont mix if it can be done it will be done.

[@AB-ee5tb]

What?

[@pedroari9785]

Thr authors of this video project their prejudices when they mention the causes of Clara's death. She was not a millennial feminist. It is their own speculation.

[@AB-ee5tb]

What are you talking about?

[@Chem_17]

Science has two faces the only thing is that which face you want to see...🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@SendingFreedomTM]

I feel like they tried to make his wife reverse aliving herself as this story about external factors driving her to have to do it. Humans even in the toughest situations don’t wish to die, and absolutely never when they have loved ones including children, unless they have neurological problems. Also, we don’t see any evidence or word of her experiencing anything that horrible, becoming worn out by whatever was harming her, or some evidence of growing logical decision making to unalive herself. So it’s okay to talk about her hardships and loneliness and lack of support, but those aren’t what caused her to unalive. It’s medical and neurological problems that caused it, it was the lack of other things that prevented other things from helping her hold on to her life until she could get better and get medical help.

[@zweisteinya]

A. Hitler's real surname was Shekelgruber -- sure sounds like a disenfranchised Yid

[@user-he2vg6cb2t]

different used to distroy humans 😢

[@Kyanzes]

Those have thrown the stones at him whom created the atomic weapons. That's just funny.

[@andynachos2045]

hey. 😊

[@scotishjohn]

Who h÷

[@doyouknoworjustbelieve6694]

He was nothing but an opportunist. He developed the fertilizer and the poison gases to satisfy his own ego. Humanity owes him nothing.

[@AB-ee5tb]

You knew him?

[@wijpke]

Einsteins contribution to science is nothing compared with Haber

[@gktte2574]

You’re wrong, i think u meant contribution to mankind. Einstein def has more contribution in science than him

[@costiqueR]

Again the absolutely terrible "positivism" ideology strikes here, judging the past people with the pseudo-morality of today's people... The only value which prevails is that the critics are alive. No problem, you will be all dead in some time and those coming after... how said the Taliban? "We will erase your trace from history!"... based on "you have watches, we have time..."!

[@kutayecevit4125]

Being genius is one thing and being human is another. that's why nobody remembers his name. A note to Newsthing: with no measure you can regard this man, the greatest chemist ever, please do your research through and carefull, do not try to decieve viewers w,th your clickbait video naming.

[@AB-ee5tb]

No one even knows your name now, let alone anyone in the future