Q&A With Grey: 500,000 Subscribers Edition

[@awabqureshi814]

"What technology would you like to see before you die?" "Immortality technology" I died...of laughter.

[@henrikagestedt7835]

are you a ghost?

[@someguy9227]

Irony is hilarious.

[@Cookienomnomnomicon]

He won't.

[@MrZAP17]

He's right, though. From an immortalist perspective, that is legitimately the best new technology.

[@totallyrealnotfakelifeadvi7547]

You died before immortality technology loser

[@AndileJGumbo]

Q: "Can you answer 10 questions in 30 seconds?" A: "Apparently." *drops mic

[@aminity548]

Andile Joshua ?

[@hirumaredx]

Haha I love it, "Make videos people want to watch" is such a simple thing that so many people who start youtube channels just dont get.

[@oleggeraschenko4932]

I'm on your side)

[@rose_qwq]

hirumaredx yo wtf I’m subbed to this guy and this old comment I just found

[@troublemack9876]

hirumaredx I

[@ryusheen3321]

Agreed

[@frostburnspirit9065]

My goal is to make videos I like... I don't think I've been successful...

[@cleogirl1202]

"Favorite sport?" "No."

[@mripichon]

That answer cracked me up...so funny!

[@kingxdedede7327]

Whenever a friend in school asks me that question I just look at them and say "I don't sports."

[@thomashorne2607]

Favorite empire? The second one.

[@mathewklepser6382]

420 likes

[@11D4V1D]

Ones of the e- variety. XD

[@ndwhxsc]

"Favourite sport? No." HAHAHA made my day :)

[@cardnyl7171]

I know right

[@KasabianFan44]

iluvsharks100 I said it first and you got more likes :( :( :(

[@FilipC124]

+KasabianFan44 Sue

[@noahisham7416]

@@KasabianFan44 Likes are meaningless anyway.

[@claws811]

U

[@FaliusAren]

I'd never be able to enjoy CGP Grey videos without foreign language classes, though...

[@EightThreeEight]

I'm guessing you don't speak Dutch, German, Portuguese or Spanish as your first language.

[@FaliusAren]

MajorLeagueGamer838 how does that matter?

[@EightThreeEight]

Extravagant Sobriquet Those languages have subtitles in this video.

[@FaliusAren]

MajorLeagueGamer838 How would I ever find the video if I didn't know English?

[@EightThreeEight]

Extravagant Sobriquet Okay, good point.

[@eninn]

New thumbnails, nice! Grey updated his old Q&As thumbnails to match his modern style, and he also gave the Q&As videos their own flag (light blue logo), which I think is one of the best.

[@kadanseward3022]

I noticed this too, and I agree! A great new logo

[@TheMcmeijer]

1.48* I think the "get rid of foreign languages" idea only works in countries where English is the sole official language (Australia, US, UK and some Carribean nations only). Here in the Netherlands we have English as a school subject just as important as Dutch and We should be able to communicate in English since we're a small country that is pretty close with other countries that speak English or countries that learn English too.

[@LachiBoii]

Australia has no official language, it's just that English is the language that the majority of the population speak.

[@ItsGroundhogDay]

US doesn't have an official language either, though there is no good reason why it is not English. I get annoyed when I go to a store and the computer asks me if I want English or Spanish. I do think that foreign languages are important and speak enough to get by, which in this area of the world means Spanish, but there's really not any reason to not know or at least make an effort to know English in the US.

[@MagpieEpicdude]

+Marijn Cornelis Meyer He said this beause he lives in one of those English speak countries. The reverse is not true and he expands on that in Hello Internet Podcast eps 7.

[@marlonarancibia3247]

Oh. That explains why a lot of dutch people I met can speak English.

[@theramendutchman]

@@marlonarancibia3247 Nah actually, our music is in English, our series are in English, our internet is in English, our games are in English and our language is probably the closest thing to English in terms of phonetics. We live and breathe English _almost_ as much as native speakers ;-)

[@whitherwhence]

Asker: "Fahrenheit or Celsius?" Grey: "Fahrenheit" Me: [pulls up l'm-gonna-dodge-the-answer-with-a-third-option face] "Kelvin!"

[@MrPapayaman1000]

Kelvin is just a cheap trick to make simple metric more complicated* (*outside of specialized scientific uses)!

[@annabelarduino8548]

The main difference between Celsius and Kelvin is that Kelvin demonstrates a proper understanding of the number zero.

[@Dekeullan]

@@MrPapayaman1000 S T E V E N U N I V E R S E B O I S

[@Dekeullan]

@@annabelarduino8548 Yep

[@zyxiarigau5528]

Obviously Rankine.

[@playwars3037]

5:24 "How can a country be totally self sufficient as in no imports or exports ?" "Simple, resort to a medieval level of technology" I have to disaggree Grey, conquering the world is also a way to get a fully self-sufficient nation. After all, there's no one else to trade with !

[@OmDahake]

👽 Hi

[@bearfinn]

If it is self-sufficient then internation currency/exchange system might not even be needed... I guess

[@playwars3037]

@@bearfinn I mean there's not really any 'international' anything if there is only one nation, by definition.

[@helinn6140]

another way is just to be russia or britain at the peak of there empire

[@jfrader]

"Favorite time is history?" That is EXACTLY the answer I have given people for years. Anti-antibiotics and internet and delivery pizza, seriously now if not the future. Love these videos. keep them coming.

[@Lionbug]

Fahrenheit. *_WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME_*

[@Ruminations09]

Allow me explain why Farhenheit is the clearly superior temperture scale: -- 0 degrees - In Farenhiet, this is really cold In Celcius, it's just relatively cold - 100 degrees - In Farenhiet, this is really hot In Celcius, you're dead before you even have time to feel how hot it is -- Farenhiet is really convienient in that you're usually only working between 0 and 100, and if you're ever above or below that, you know it's REALLY hot or REALLY cold. With Celcius, on the other hand, you're usually working between -20 and 40. Do you not realize how arbitrary that boundary is? -- Also, an added bonus: Since Farenhiet uses a smaller scale, it allows you to be more specific about what the temperture is without having to use any more significant figures.

[@Lionbug]

The biggest argument for why Celsius (or, well, Kelvin) is far superior is of course - cause everyone uses it. Although I would accept that Celsius doesn´t have any actual benefits like the other metric units do. And when you´re using the metric system, then having 0 as the freezing point of the most important thing on earth and 100 as its boiling point is really intuitive. Also, if you need the degrees precise down to the decimal, you would also need a decimal in Fahrenheit. So basically to me it comes down to : the metric system is FAR superior, ergo Celsius (another starting point for the metric unit Kelvin) is superior. Hope I was able to make myself understood with my english :)

[@Ruminations09]

Lion Reichelt You never need to use the freezing or boiling point of water with metric specifically. Thus your entire point is invalid.

[@Lionbug]

Sorry, could you please explain what you mean with "you never need to use it with metric specifically"? English isnt my first language. Also, I thinnnk if I understand what you mean then my first 2 sentences are still valid, and my last 2 sentences

[@Ruminations09]

Lion Reichelt You're right, those sentances are valid. Sorry, I exagerated a bit.

[@ElectrifiedBacon]

A little part of me died when he said Fahrenheit.

[@turbocactus44]

I know, same :( I wish he said at least Celsuis

[@cOmAtOrAn]

The question is a bit ambiguous. For instance, its entirely possible that he thinks in Fahrenheit, but considers Celsius to be vastly superior. Or vice versa, but probably not.

[@ian9037]

it's probably because he is from the US he is used to Fahrenheit.. like the way Americans uses Miles instead of kilometres..

[@NugatorySheep]

I was expecting him to say Kelvin.

[@krige]

Me too :-(

[@300carebears]

1:57 the grey dots! They're everywhere!

[@hotdog2841]

I love that optical illusion.

[@yahyachothia]

Try watching Historia Civilis.

[@idklllggl4306]

"What's one technology you wish to see before you die" "Immortality technology" This man is smart

[@shadowofchaos9933]

No is my favorite sport too...

[@demon_xd_]

Same 🤚

[@diamondsky3787]

Me too

[@WebContractor7407]

idk i think Y E S is better...

[@ashutoshsamantaray2572]

I think ppl get a different view when he said no. He doesn't mean he doesn't like a sport he just is not going to pick a superlative.

[@TwoAwesomePvPers]

Am I the only American person who has moved elsewhere in the world and actually gotten completely used to Celsius? I literally can't do Fahrenheit anymore, and I've spent 2/3 of my life living in the US.

[@joeyaktosh8294]

i live and was born in the us and still don`t know the boiling point of water in farenheit. but celsius, if it`s warm outside, they say its 20 or something, which is weird...

[@TwoAwesomePvPers]

Aktosh 20C is about 70F, so yes, it's fairly warm. In Celsius, 0 is freezing temperature, and 100 is when water boils. It makes so much more sense than Fahrenheit!

[@SuperWarningShot]

Could somebody please explain me, how does Fahrenheit makes any sense, at any point actually? And why are people still using it?

[@724Broncofan]

Awsomedylan Well boiling point depends on elevation. But I like Fahrenheit mainly because I am use to it. But also the difference between 20 and 0 just doesn't seem like much. The difference between 70 and 32 seems like quite a bit more, which to me there is a big difference between 70 and 32. I guess its physiological. All in the head...nothing more.

[@miramerci]

724Broncofan I always thought of degrees Celsius as temperature in relation to water. 0 is the point of becoming ice, and 100 is the point of condensation. While humans do not become neither ice nor steam, I think of degrees Fahrenheit as the human breaking points. Though less clearly defined, and dependent on what environment you are used to, 0 degrees and 100 degrees are typically enough to start medical conditions. :) (Note: I am a European living in America, so I am able use the terms interchangeably! Most of the time, I use Fahrenheit for the weather and speaking to others, and Celsius for cooking and science.)

[@muffincrumbss]

We have the same favorite sport!

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

What's your favorite No team?

[@Batnoodles]

The Garden of Eatin I like the Mississippi no sirs

[@cobalt9093]

HeyPaul OMG SAME!

[@twi1875]

Rishi Is Here Me too!

[@hungryshark97]

Did not see the date on this video, was wondering how he got from 500k to 5.64 million subscribers in a short period of time. Well, 25.02.2013 upload date explains it :D congrats Grey!

[@jamesfstokes]

And now he has 6.3 million subscribers😊

[@nsoper19]

I've always loved the fact that this guy can do politcal and sociological videos in a fair, factual and mostly unbiased way and I can't help but think it comes from having a scientific background and education. Soooooo much better than similar other channels.

[@kentguiller]

8 years ago: 500,000 Subscribers 8 years later: **Controls the Fabric of the Multiverse**

[@StefDels]

so much logic, and then; fahrenheit.

[@the1exnay]

What's illogical about human body temperature being 100ish degrees? Yeah, i really care about the boiling point of water, that comes up in daily life. Just whenever I'm making pasta got to stick a thermometer in there to see when it's gonna boil.

[@TheOtario007]

Are you dissecting that many people to find that the human body temperature is 100ish degrees?

[@the1exnay]

Stacato Mamba No, but i am existing as a human and as such have to deal with ambient temperature in relation to body temperature. Also obviously useful in a medical sense, such as when you are sick and use a thermometer you know below 100 is fine and 100 or above is a fever.

[@okie9025]

@@the1exnay because its _100-ish_

[@RadiatingRedstone]

Bunny And water boils at 100ish degrees Celsius under the Earth's atmosphere. Change the air pressure a bit by moving to a house on a mountain or living in California, and the temperature required to boil water will shift a little bit. The 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit quoted temperature for the human body isn't perfectly constant either. It can vary by degree or more. Babies have can have a body temperature as high as 100.4 degrees and still be within normal range.

[@greg.sym.4115]

Celsius is objectively better

[@cruelfish4824]

+Greg. Sym. Yeah. But so is kelvin.

[@greg.sym.4115]

CruelFish True, but celsius units are the same size as Kelvin units, the latter just start from 0 273 (I think) units before Celsius starts from zero, so it's easier for one to do a conversion between the two.

[@QWERTY9236]

+Greg. Sym. How? The only difference between the two is there arbitrarily chosen reference points.

[@yognut72]

+Greg. Sym. and objectively i don't give a fuck

[@iedison3839]

+Greg. Sym. No, its only better because it's based around water and more common. Fahrenheit is _objectively_ better becasue it has no bias (aka objectivity) towards any specific molecule.

[@spacecadetMD]

I love going back and re-watching Grey's old videos. Seven years later, they're still interesting.

[@itskatie7114]

This is the one Q&A that doesn't make me bored :)

[@L00NGB00W]

Tungsten wedding ring = permasub.

[@carultch]

L00NGB00W WolframAlpha.com should totally sell tungsten rings.

[@ToBeIsWasWere]

preferring fahrenheit = permaunsub

[@AnxP110]

Permatrago

[@KasabianFan44]

"Favourite sport?" "No." LOL

[@amino-acid]

Its been five years, and I now wonder, did you get the notification that I replied?

[@claws811]

U

[@KasabianFan44]

Amin Abuamer I didn’t get yours but I got Henry’s for some reason 🤷🏻‍♂️ lol

[@MsSwitchblade13]

I loved it!! My answer as well.

[@henryg.8762]

Good job on 500,000 subscribers! I feel like this channel is going to be huge someday, maybe even 4 mil subs!

[@Saelune]

I had that idea for basing classes on ability, not grade. Now I feel smart for it since a verified smart person though it too.

[@MeGaFaNdEzElDa]

A part of me died when he said Farhenheit(or however it's written)

[@mankytoes]

Agreed, at least be a smararse and say Kelvin.

[@KieranBorovac]

Technically, degrees F should stand for degrees Fricking Useless Imperial System

[@hanhah2613]

+Eriochi you're wrong that to say it was developed with three reference points, it was only developed with two (freezing point of brine, and human body temperature), since it's only coincidental that a linear system will travel through an arbitrary third point. Anyway you are right that using human body temperature as one of the points does make it a useful system in some cases. Of course the modern definition of the fahrenheit scale is just a shifted and scaled version of the kelvin scale.

[@Ruminations09]

Allow me explain why Farhenheit is the clearly superior temperture scale: 0 degrees - In Farenhiet, this is really cold In Celcius, it's just relatively cold 100 degrees - In Farenhiet, this is really hot In Celcius, you're dead before you even have time to feel how hot it is Farenhiet is really convienient in that you're usually only working between 0 and 100, and if you're ever above or below that, you know it's REALLY hot or REALLY cold. With Celcius, on the other hand, you're usually working between -20 and 40. Do you not realize how arbitrary that boundary is? Also, an added bonus: Since Farenhiet uses a larger scale, it allows you to be more specific about what the temperture is without having to use any more significant figures.

[@KieranBorovac]

PokemonTom09 The problem is that the 'landmark' points in Fahrenheit don't really make sense in science. 0F is the freezing point of a saltwater solution. What's not specified is how much salt to use (or, for that matter, whether the salt even has to BE sodium chloride). 100F is the human body temperature, but that's also inaccurate. What part of the body is this temperature taken from? Is the person being tested for temperature in Africa or the Arctic? Meanwhile, 0C and 100C make sense. Water is an easily-available liquid with consistent properties. It's already the standard for many other metric measurements (for example, water has a density of 1 gram per cubic centimetre), and it has clear, defined freezing and boiling points.

[@pizza-for-mountains]

"Which empire?" "The second one. Those monks were awesome!" Bye the way, I think I spend way too much time playing AoE II Age of Kings.

[@zvz1393]

I found this channel today, but it's very quickly becoming one of my favorites. Great sense of humor, and some brilliant things mentioned that I had no idea about (an increasingly rare occurrence these days, not to brag). Oh, and that logo? Awesome.

[@SirLaurenceNZ_2]

Age Of Empires 2!!!!! grey FTW!

[@rangarolls6018]

AOE II is fucking awesome

[@JK_2998]

Wololo

[@SirLaurenceNZ_2]

This Video will 30 people for years to come ;) wololo to you to sir!

[@SirLaurenceNZ_2]

I play aoe almost every day, stream and have videos on it XD I'd crush him :P

[@sirperson362]

Don't point that thing at me!

[@0palheart]

Kelvin is clearly the superior temperature system.

[@NijosoSefzaps]

Assuming this video took 100 hours to make, the amount of time spend watching this video is more than 800x the amount of time put into it. Wow. Good job.

[@BriantProductions]

love your videos, dude. simple, yet effective. love them.

[@Manabender]

5:29 Best. Answer. Ever.

[@Fooma777]

Hey! He has the same favorite sport as meeeee

[@FeatherWait]

I love your videos, and it does me good to know you're a fellow AOEII fan.

[@Wysiwyg43]

I stumbled on Grey's channel a week ago, subbed and it's been edifying ever since. I even have favorites like the electoral college and the two Londons.

[@Lance9195]

I'm taking Java, JavaScript, and C# all in school(high-school) right now... Yea it's independent project based, but they give me a HUGE amount of resources because it's part of the curriculum ^_^

[@coareI]

therapist: cgp grey with a mouth can’t hurt you cgp grey with a mouth:

[@chandrasekarannatarajan3542]

Timestamp?

[@nomercyformayhem2238]

@@chandrasekarannatarajan3542 4:30 for example

[@ludanahmed4815]

Grey: What to get rid of for computer programming classes..? Me: *please don't say foreign language classes* Grey: Foreign language classes! Me, pissed staring at my screen:

[@IDKman555]

God I love your videos and your personality in them, please never stop making content I can't wait to watch!

[@LogsCarvingClub]

wow. now at 2 million. even back in 2013 the videos were well made.

[@speye22e]

The horse-sized duck would, without functional legs, be a literal sitting duck. I may just be laughing about this because it's 2 in the morning and I need sleep...

[@Bathna33]

God how much I loved that answer.. Favorite sport? NO! plain NO! I love you

[@Nithyanandan.S]

Started to Watch Your video Just before a week ago and Became a Fan of You... You are Really Inspiring, Especially Your Q&A answers are Just awesome!!

[@matthew-3437]

Metric and Celsius are the best😻

[@ponyizbest9401]

Metrics are the worst.

[@deathscastile9308]

Jimmy Carter should have had the guts to say no to the awkward American system.

[@sk8r2221]

DeathsCastile That's why it's called the Imperial System. Because America had an empire, right?

[@deathscastile9308]

Hawaii was widely considered the first act of American imperialism. Not as to say that's exactly an empire, but our hands aren't clean as to say.

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

I mix and match. and in a really confusingly specific way too. Short distances, I prefer imperial. Long distances I prefer metric. Outdoor/Indoor temperature I prefer Celsius, cooking temperatures I prefer Fahrenheit.

[@NT-fb6ow]

Cannot believe he said Fahrenheit....He has a degree in physics and Celsius is the SI unit.

[@imjustakiddude]

Kelvin is the SI unit for temperature, not Celsius

[@NT-fb6ow]

imjustakiddude Kelvin and Celsius are the same unit in size, but yes my mistake he should have said Kelvin.

[@AstroTorch]

ben-t Liked for gold dust rare youtube comment retraction..

[@dudeness0001]

ben-t The association that Kelvin and Celsius have with the sciences doesn't matter at all to the lay-man. Kelvin is obviously the best choice for physics, but for weather reporting and HVAC, it could be argued either way.

[@Macconator2010]

Celsius at the end of the day is just Kelvin with a different starting and ending point for convenient use.

[@daca8395]

long live Kelvin!!!

[@davewolfe7455]

Always such great content

[@tacogamer20]

You, I like you. I am 13, taking geometry, getting a 98 or a 99, and I am soo board. I wish I would have more advanced stuff, but no. You must take it and waste time with others who don't understand bisectors (divide an angle, line, etc. in half) even though they have been explained countless times. This is why I like you, I agree with you.

[@armatageshanks06]

Perhaps beginners english would be more beneficial to you.

[@eIucidate]

armatageshanks06 Oh the irony!

[@jamesdavis3851]

armatageshanks06 "English" should have been capitalized in that context.

[@stalememeguy]

no favourite sport either. yet everyone keeps asking me "you HAVE to have one". holy crap, no one "HAS" to have anything (other than food, water, air, and shelter)

[@bryanriley8783]

Tiff Zheng and love

[@stalememeguy]

Danger!: I don't care good point.

[@CaveSpiderGaming11]

+That Red Popsicle Do you hate blue popsicles?

[@sandwich2473]

+Tiffany Zheng No one HAS to have food, water, air, and shelter. It's just pretty bad if they don't.

[@Panikdemet]

When people ask what's my favourite sport I ask what's your favourite Final Fantasy IX passive ability

[@sandwich2473]

Kelvin > Celcius > Fahrenheit

[@huffyhufferson6077]

so true

[@unbreakablefootage]

Henry Chou so untrue. no one uses kelvin on the daily basis. celcius > fahrenheit > kelvin

[@sandwich2473]

unbreakable footage But it's a better unit of measurement. Just because something isn't popular doesn't mean that it's terrible.

[@sandwich2473]

unbreakable footage If you were to ask someone what absolute zero was, teh Kelvin guy would say zero. The number scale we were taught in school starts from zero, the altitude of something starts from zero and plenty of other things start from zero. not -217. It (scientifically) makes more sense.

[@unbreakablefootage]

Sandwich247 no one will ever ask for absolute zero, get over it

[@dalemonshateu6948]

That school idea is amazing! In year 0 (Foundation or Prep) I was such a high level that while everyone was doing math I was doing unblock it puzzles at the back of the class.

[@Spartaton]

Age of Empires II: Age of Kings? Can we high five over the internet or something? That was the first video game I ever played/owned at the age of 7 and I love it too.

[@ArturoStojanoff]

To be honest, I feel like the reason why you think the age based education system is bad is because you're smart and you'd benefit from a different one. I, on the other hand, am dumb and lazy and probably wouldn't have gotten far without the incentive of a school that forces me to keep up. Also I would have liked to learn programming, but I also love languages, and having an international translator is completely inefficient and practically impossible in most uses of language other than very standardized written language and is also not the point of learning another language. I would fight you to death on that one and urge you to find another class to leave out. And, actually, it might make sense in English speaking countries, but in any other country, teaching English at an early age is extremely useful and important and can hugely benefit the children in question and improve their future lifestyles. Same for bilingual countries or cities.

[@RKNGL]

Well the ranking into a skill system would have to fit more then just a test. Since us lazy people might have way less motivation, though I might not me stupid motivation is a huge issue that would be done away with with this system. I agree it is good to learn foreign languages a lot of the problems lies in when they teach foreign language. If people are going to learn another language it should be when they are younger.

[@dex5x]

If your dumb and lazy but the age base system moves you along anyway you are just set up for failure because most classes ,especially math, you need to understand prior lessons to be any good so being held back until you learn those lessons would make it so you could actually learn rather than just get through school

[@MeNowDealWIthIt]

Your favorite sport is no? Mine too!

[@mkkocsis]

I remember watching this video and now this man is about to hit 5,000,000 subs. Been a wild 8 years Grey, keep at it.

[@Thorntonian]

There is a genuine reason why we group kids by age in school- if you grouped them by ability, you are creating A hierarchy, which sucks for the people on the bottom. This is backed up by the sociological research that suggests that children with less ability improve over time in mixed ability classes but get worse in classes where everyone is equally bad, research I'm surprised you have'nt studied if you have a degree in sociology, since I'm in my second year of studying sociology at (uk) college and Bowles & Gintis was the first piece of school research we studied. Other then that, great video! (Seriously though- Fahrenheit? Did you say that just to start a flame war, or...)

[@FunkyDouch3000]

It sounds like you have never been at the other end of the spectrum, in other words it sounds like you have never experienced the pain of being in a class you are way ahead of. It absolutely kills motivation for the best and brightest being held back in their favorite fields because they're not old and "advanced" enough for more advanced classes when they by all laws of reason should. There is a reason I hated secondary school, (several, really, but that is another story,) and that is that I was far too advanced for many of my classes, meaning I had to sit through curriculum I either already knew or I could have learned far, far faster than what I was allowed to by the curriculum and teaching methods. you know what happens when you intellectually hold people back who need to develop their minds? they can become depressed, unhappy, lose motivation, lose interest in things they found fascinating before, and it can in extreme cases lead to suicide. Still prefer that age group system? Another thing regarding the weakest students together: That is not quite how this would work, instead of being put in a "weaker" group they would instead pass on said subject until they're ready for it and placed in a group of fairly varying skill levels, but nothing like what our current systems are. No one is equally good at everything, so you might be 2-3 years ahead in math, and 2-3 years back in say English. This would be a brilliant system in a perfect world, but that is not how the world works. still a far better system than our current one though, I think.

[@Thorntonian]

That's sadly not how it works in real life, as the genuine social studies I'd previously presented testify. Grouping kids by ability instantly creates a distinction in competence that affects the attitude of those being taught as well as those teaching. Take the Bowles and gintis study, which- to cut a long story short- proved that telling a teacher that a random child was a hidden genius improved that child's test scores in months, while other kids fell behind. And you're right, I never experience the anguish of being forced to spend time with mere mortals, being one myself, but it sounds to me like you're claim is being driven by your own experiences. And ego.

[@FunkyDouch3000]

Thorntonian ok, fair enough. Perhaps dividing kids by their abilities is not such a great idea, but at the very least they should be seen for whom they are, students with some academic abilities. for that matter everyone else should have their uniqe abilities and skills be noticed as well. the greatest crime our education system does (the norwegian one,) is that it sends every child down the same road in public school, never taking note of what they're good at,which in many cases leads to those students never realizing their full potential because they are afraid of overachieving and being looked down on by their classmates. this is more of a cultural problem than an academic one, but it does in many cases lead to being cast out socially. not the ideal solution either. I am curious to know what your thoughts on a good solution to this problem would be. You seem to have an interesting perspective.

[@Thorntonian]

FunkyDouch3000 Easy. Smaller class sizes so that teachers give the students the level of attention they need, and a wider curriculum that captures more people's interests. And abolishing annual tests, which set unrealistic measurements. Oh- and universal free education. Because you're not going to pursue something that leavs you stripped for cash and "overqualified".

[@FunkyDouch3000]

Thorntonian I completly agree with everything except perhaps a wider curriculum. I don't think it's a good idea to force every single student through art, science, sports and so on unless they actually want to have those classes. but if you meant giving the students the freedom to choose from more classes and more in depth curriculum in the different classes, then yes. I would also add giving the teachers more freedom of running the class more the way they want to run it, instead of following a very strict curriculum and teaching plan, which makes the teacher proffesion a lot less atractive for students to choose. And universal free education is something most people will wholeheartedly agree on, myself included. Unfortunately, here in Norway at least, there is a critical lack of teachers, which means that making the classes smaller is physically impossible at this point in time in our country. there is also the problem of paying the teachers, in addition to more classrooms and equipment and what-not. Having teachers who can see to every student's individual needs is fantastic, unfortunately, with the way our education system is (the norwegian one,) that doesn't always happen. Our education system is terrible at noticing who the gifted students are (could be anything from science subjects to arts,) except for sports, and our cultural society makes it socially unacceptable being smarter or better than your classmates, further complicating the problem, which can also lead to being cast out socially. making it more of a cultural problem than an educational one, at least here in Norway. We live in an imperfect world, with imperfect conditions, and with politicians who do not work to solve these problems, but to get re-elected.

[@CobaltN64]

Age of Empires II. Yes!!!!!

[@AbraxasTheSecond]

Fan of AoE II as well.

[@roadnext4065]

i admire your rational quality - so calm and clear

[@bigbangtheorymanic]

Why Fahrenheit?

[@LadyMysanthrope]

I would assume because he's American and we tend to think in Fahrenheit because of our use of it here.

[@reichplatz]

FAHRENHEIT? waaaaaat :

[@lichtbrechunggg]

Also, I would say that both are just as arbitrary (well, almost) and 0-100 F covers most of Earths climates in which humans can live, whereas Celsius... well, good luck with that. Btw, I'm not american and have always used Celsius

[@slorvidask5867]

The_Warmonger Murica!

[@gillesaucoin1664]

The_Warmonger He likes science. He obviously said F° to piss everyone off. No one is dumb enough to favour an outdated system like Fahrenheit over Celsius!

[@purestress2597]

YES!! PICARD FOR THE WIN!!!!!

[@itayeldad3317]

3:33 its been 3 years and still no videos :(

[@johnbecker3116]

Itay ELDAD 4 years now

[@edwardfeng1787]

5 years now

[@appleslover]

7 years

[@spoon8656]

I found out about you from Vsause. It was the literally the best thing that ever happened to me. Thanks for the hard work and keep it up. SUBSCRIBED.

[@EREJones]

GREY! Whilst I realise you have a deep, personal love for science and technology, you really can't ditch Latin like that. It is the cornerstone language for so many others; I speak English, French and Icelandic and the only way of grouping them together is through my Latin education. Plus, it shows on your CV (which, by the way, comes directly from the Latin, curriculum vitae) that one is able to understand the mechanics and structure of a language whilst having the ability to learn volcabulary right from the page; no-one's first or second language is Latin.

[@macaj7306]

Just a side note, Icelandic and English aren't Latin based, aka Romance languages, they are Germanic, a distinct class apart from Latin.

[@stalactite3399]

macaj7306 Related to Latin, though? Was German a Romance Language?

[@macaj7306]

No, Germanic languages are a family to its own.

[@EREJones]

macaj7306 Icelandic and English aren't Romance languages, they're Germanic. And they're very much related to Latin. I assure you so, I speak them.

[@macaj7306]

The relationship of which you speak is mostly words of Romance languages that have been added to the original language; for example: most English words for prepared foods are different from the animal they come from due to the Norman conquest of England.

[@Queenside_Rook]

I don't prefer Celsius because of science or metric or anything like that. I prefer it because of conformity. Most of the world uses Celsius, and I'm interested in getting to know more of the world. The way I learned to think in Celsius is by picking landmarks and assessing relative temperature from there. 0°C is cold as balls, 10°C is pretty chilly: early Spring or late Fall day in Washington, evening or night in Summer. 13°C is where I happen to feel most comfortable - I'm a cold/temperate weather kinda guy. 21°C is room temperature. 30°C is high Summer. Anything above 31°-32°C is very uncommon in Western Washington. Of course, living in Western Washington, I would use Fahrenheit to talk about the weather, but it is very rare that I ever find myself having little enough to do to justify talking about the weather. As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit when it comes to convenience is that Celsius has two prettier landmarks: 0° is water's freezing temperature and 100° is water's boiling temperature. So I learn both and use whichever one the people I'm talking to will better understand.

[@christophertipuric2268]

Can you tell me at what degrees Fahrenheit these landmarks are? I've never got the Fahrenheit system.

[@mrchaserman34]

Christopher Tipuric 32 degrees is freezing, 50 degrees is pretty chilly, Darmekhanu prefers 55 degrees, room temp is around 70 degrees, and high summer(where he lives) is 86 degrees, but where I live in Iowa high summer is like 90-100. Where I live summers are hot as shit and winters are cold as shit, the temperature varies from like -15 to 100 degrees fahrenheit.

[@christophertipuric2268]

Thanks

[@merri-golden8826]

I'm from the UK but I have done computer programming in primary school

[@DarknessAlmighty]

Coming back to this video in 2021 when he has more than 10x the number of videos and almost 10x the number of subscribers is kind of wild.

[@AliTheAllStar]

Farenheit is so stupid. Celsius is better but I prefer Kelvin the most.

[@baryonyx31]

Farenheit is more accurate, but i think its easier to use Celsius because freezing point at zero and boiling point at about 100.

[@christine1902]

baryonyx31 Well, if you can have (near) unlimited decimals, neither Celsius nor Fahrenheit is more accurate..

[@theguy9208]

***** imprecise how, because fahrenheit has more numbers between the measurements than celsius?

[@doctorpc1531]

***** kelvin&celcius are imprecise? And farenheit isn't? Tell me how... I can not figure a way it would be more accurate than any of the others. It scales åerfectly with C (10 = 18, starting from 0 = 32).

[@doctorpc1531]

***** well, 100 isn't the very best system, but because we use base 10, 100 is the square of the base, thus making it scale very well. And that is why 100 is such a nice number compared to 200. when you calculate anything with 200, most people usually do (2*the_same_calculation_but_using_100*) And to what do you even need 0,5C accuracy? That can ONLY benefit scientific studies, in which case they have absolutely no problem dropping a bunch of decimals in it. For everyday use even 0 freezing & 100 boiling wouldn't affect practically anything, so I don't know what you're talking about.

[@gr33ntea85]

You mean 5 million

[@OH5EDP]

Favorite sport? "No" :D every nerd ever.

[@christhecaribou]

I am a BIG geography nerd, ww2, and on the rise Cold War nerd. Yet I still have time to enjoy American football, as well as urges from time to time to want get into f1, but never do for some reason. It's a hobby that burns bright for a week then dies entirely for the next year.

[@therealbetenoire2226]

Well not everyone's as perfect as you

[@christhecaribou]

Ian Jeferson I never claimed to be perfect. Don't put words in my mouth

[@therealbetenoire2226]

It was a joke... sorry :3

[@christhecaribou]

Ian Jeferson My life is a joke. What's your point?

[@Geodtz]

I'm so happy that I'm just getting to learn about CGP Grey, it's information overload.

[@nicstroud]

Fahrenheit, seriously?

[@Hans-jc1ju]

Fahrenheit? Are. You. Out. Of. Your. Mind

[@RonMexico7]

He's a rational human being! Fahrenheit is CLEARLY superior.

[@EightThreeEight]

0°C - Water freezes/melts 100°C - Water boils/condenses 0°F - Nothing interesting happens 100°F - Nothing interesting happens Please explain how Fahrenheit is somehow better. Seriously, you Americans are the only country in the world now that still uses the damn thing.

[@Pichufan172]

0F - freezing point of water with a specific % of salt and other stuff 100F - body temp of a person of which he thought was normal They should really use measurements that will stay the same, instead of something that will definitely change due to evolution.

[@KasabianFan44]

+Eight-Three-Eight Celsius?! Have you lost your mind? *KELVIN for the win!*

[@EightThreeEight]

***** Kelvin's not around the parameters of our day-to-day uses of temperature.

[@mementomori5580]

Fahrenheit, seriously? I hope that was a joke / meant as sarcasm -.-

[@DroidFreak36]

Yannick Weinz What's wrong with Fahrenheit? Both Fahrenheit and Celsius are equally arbitrary scales, you can't reasonably say that the freezing and boiling points of water are some sort of absolute standard for temperature. They aren't. The only absolute standard for temperature is absolute zero, but even then there is no truly non-arbitrary scale for temperature since the size of degrees in the Kelvin and Rankine scales are based off of the old arbitrary scales. So if Celsius and Fahrenheit are both arbitrary, the question is which is a more useful scale? I would make the argument that Fahrenheit is much more useful. The range of comfortable temperatures in degrees Cesius ranges from about 15 to 30. That's just 15 degrees where you live your life in. That range is degrees Fahrenheit is more like 60 to 90 - which gives you a much more useful amount of precision. And in Fahrenheit, the 100 degree mark actually means something to your life - 100 degrees is really freakin' hot weather. If the weather was 100 degrees Celsius, the lakes and rivers would be literally boiling. The only reason why you would encounter anything on the scale of 100 degrees C would be if you were cooking or burning something, in which case Fahrenheit again offers a nicer scale since increments of 100 and 50 are usefully spaced apart. In Celsius you're stuck digging down into the (usually unmarked) 25 degree increments if you want the same precision as 50 degree increments is Fahrenheit.

[@ThatxOtherxDude]

We should use Kelvins

[@Oinkmanfilms]

+DroidFreak36 in celsius the temperature often goes to -5 and 40. The accuracy of the weather's temp is less ambiguous (15 is obviously cooler than 20, but 30 is similar to 35 in farhenheit.) also no-one really needs accurate temperatures, so the point is kind of irrelivant. fahrenheit is based off the boiling of brine, while celsius is the boiling of normal water. celsius is clearly more useful because 0 makes sense as cold but 25 doesn't really make sense

[@simsom4343]

+DroidFreak36 Actually, celsius also has ".n" aka we don't only have full degrees (we also have degrees like: 14.5, 52.3 and so on), which means, a lot more precise. Also, what's the best scale? 0 = Freezing point of water, 100 = Boiling point of water... Or 0 = Really cold, 100 = Really hot In other words, celsius is a lot better.

[@Forthelemon]

+Yannick Weinz Celsius wastes the first digit completely. In Fahrenheit, 10 is notably colder than 20, which is notably colder than 30, etc...and we use all the numbers, up to around one hundred, in our everyday lives to describe the weather. In Celsius, everything's around the -20 to 30-ish zone, which is just plain awkward. I use Celsius because it's what I grew up learning and it's what I'm used to, since I'm from Canada, but I absolutely see the value in Fahrenheit. However, sadly, it's much easier to get America to switch to Celsius than for the rest of the world to start using Fahrenheit, so for the sake of keeping things simple, Fahrenheit will have to go eventually.

[@Steam1901]

I'm glad you focus on other subjects than science and technology. Like you said, there is A LOT of VERY GOOD content about these subjects, while on the other hand I have never seen a channel like yours before.

[@esteynya]

Celsius or Fahrenheit? Bah, I use Kelvin ;)

[@charlieo8020]

Why Fahrenheit?

[@virtlink]

Fahrenheit is incredibly ill-defined: 0 °F is the coldest brine Mr Fahrenheit could make at the time, and 100 °F is the average body temperature of some healthy adults he measured. In addition: Fahrenheit isn't a SI-unit, and doesn't convert as easily to Kelvin as Celsius does. While I would have liked for the world to switch to Kelvin, as that's an absolute temperature scale instead of relative, Celsius is the closest to Kelvin the world could agree on. Apart from the US obviously. Why anyone would prefer Fahrenheit, besides being used to it, is beyond me.

[@AprilLVideos]

Virtlink yeah, the only reason i prefer fahrenheit is because im used to it

[@amyzee5933]

***** But Celcius is so simple! 0-10 is cold, 20-30 is warm. Water boils at 100 ºC and freezes at 0 ºC.

[@AliTheAllStar]

MinecraftDiagon I can see your point. Similarly, while I accept that metres are a more sensible measurement, I prefer feet personally cause that's what I'm used to.

[@charlieo8020]

that's really strange, fahrenheit is much more convoluted imo

[@archdukeferdinandofthe3rdc9]

To those in the comments who want to be immortal, I say this: time is relative. A 1 year-old baby considers 1 year to be a very long time, as that is how long the baby has lived. A 63 year-old man considers 1 year to be much less significant, as he has already experienced 63 years; what's 1 more? If you were to live for, say, 10,000 years, months and years would be nothing to you. Cant remember anything you did yesterday? If you lived that long, you wouldn't remember anything you did in the previous YEAR. People who couldn't/wouldn't choose immortality would wither and die around you in what seems like seconds. Living to 150, maybe even 200, that probably wouldn't be so bad. But 10,000? A trillion? That's not even addressing the overcrowding and resource shortages that would inevitably occur. People may stop dieing, but they will never stop mating.

[@GarrettMoffitt]

+Erik M. A 63 year-old man considers 1 year to be much less significant, as he has already experienced 63 years; what's 1 more? That has seem shown to be false. If that was true the elderly and children would experience 1 hour different, or a day. But they don't. TIme is only relative to gravity.

[@ovencake523]

"A 1 year-old baby considers 1 year to be a very long time, as that is how long the baby has lived." I still think that's true though. Maybe the effect plateaus out?

[@ovencake523]

What your saying is that the human brain couldn't sustain it's normal functions as it aged. Immortality tech should fix that, even if it is an issue. Overcrowding would be an issue eventually. The discovery of immortality might prompt governments to explore space more and try and colonize other planets. Overcrowding could also be solved with other means. Genetic modification could make humans sterile. If people wanted to reverse it they could use genetic modification agents consisting of carrier viruses that'd edit the genes to produce sex cells again. You could do that with nanites too.

[@asbniiie7818]

Cool. When immortality tech comes along you can just not use it *shoulder shrug*

[@natearmstrong8340]

5 million subs. Ya came far Grey!

[@chieffrog1842]

Fahrenheit or celsius? Kelvin

[@Geffosome]

Fahrenheit? I am ashamed

[@Coolasion]

What do you expect? He grew up being used to it, it's hard to switch.

[@kaushikpaddy]

Its great for telling the weather

[@doctorpc1531]

John Radi ..... Damn, some people never learn. (the comment above is the answer)

[@kaushikpaddy]

DoctorPC pelailut What?? I never asked a question....

[@doctorpc1531]

John Radi I meant it was the answer to the question you would ask when you saw my comment.

[@maximilianlotz3581]

Metric is the best! (Que egocentric and incompetent chat spam... now)

[@chasetyler8690]

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[@oleggeraschenko4932]

Chase Tyler Spam - originally a brand of tinned meat. Did you know?

[@infernocop1009]

Oleg Geraschenko jerky is a far better way to preserve meat than canning. flame war derail, go!

[@MeNowDealWIthIt]

*"Cue", not "Que"

[@TwatMcGee]

Oleg Geraschenko Spam - the best worst kind of meat

[@chrisbrowning360]

The ten questions at the end, your answers are the best. We would get along swimmingly

[@latte8626]

Did you figure out the answers to the questions before you recorded the 30 second bit, or did you just wing it?

[@anticorncob6]

Obviously, he just winged it.

[@Ross_mo]

dude, he wrote this whole thing out as a script before ever recording this video.

[@oozekip]

I would have to disagree with your point on foreign languages. I had a similar view until I started taking french this year. Learning another language is the best way to learn about the culture and history of other nations, far more so than any history class, that is, so long as you have a good teacher who is very knowledgeable in the subject. If a universal language is ever adopted, I actually do believe that a lot of the culture and history behind nations may be lost, which is an incredibly sad thing to think of. Besides, C++, Java and HTML are foreign languages!

[@mcewenreil9241]

why do you like Immortality? Immortality is horrifying

[@HaxorSerialKiller]

+McEwen Reil I agree with this, but mortality is even worse

[@mcewenreil9241]

i disagree with mortality your work can end but with immortality you can't rest

[@Annatar.]

+McEwen Reil Horrifying... and fascinating. He only said that he would like to see immortality technologie. Probably to live to see a better future. But the existence of that technologie might also only imply a CHOICE, and choices are always good :D

[@hattie_burns]

+Heather McGuire No, he mentioned this in his most recnt Q&A as well

[@hockeater]

+Leo Anbu The answer is more likely best represented as I don't know. While I have no listed time I'd expect to prefer the death, having the option exist only in my hands is still preferable to no option.

[@epicwafflemc1646]

I new you liked physics;it's one of my favorite types of science too.And the first time you explained your logo I knew you liked physics.

[@wouterantvelink3269]

Why are your audiobooks in Latin

[@oinops-pontos]

Assuming this is an honest question, that's just a piece of the "Lorem Ipsum" placeholder text that has been used in various mediums for quite some time.

[@B0K0691]

The real question is: Why don't *YOU* know latin?

[@jakethesnakelover]

This guy should quit YT and become an auctioneer, he'd be amazing at that.

[@360.Tapestry]

what a great loss to a small portion of the population lol

[@angelicaschuyler1011]

3:51 wow did that age bad

[@stledba9626]

Wow. I am posting this on Reddit.

[@Fsast9707]

Not really Pandemic is temporary In grand scheme of things this graph is true, further there were also worse pandemic in the past

[@jasonfan4701]

2:31 actually because of the cube square law duck-sized horses would also have less volume in comparison to the surface area, so they would quickly deep freeze, and vice versa, as horse-sized ducks would swiftly boil inside.

[@HarpaxA]

@5:17 Fahrenheit ? Blasphemy ! Everyone should use metrics (i.e. Celcius) 🤣

[@guyinachair8810]

everything in metric BUT celcius is great

[@MrGOLDENCUPCAKE1]

Dear God.... I cringed when you said Fahrenheit.

[@digilici951]

a macdonald He grew up in New York. Of course he prefers Fahrenheit.

[@marth1717]

I don't understand how you can be against foreign language education. Computer translators will never be as good human translators, and they will likely always be inaccurate. Learning a new language leads to more opportunities and increased communication which leads to increased understanding, meaning (hopefully) less conflict. I will admit that many schools have an excess of foreign language classes, but that doesn't mean they should all be cut entirely. I have to say your stance on foreign language education is very close-minded and unlike you CGP.

[@christine1902]

I've been listening to the Hello Internet podcasts, and he's been talking about it for 2 or 3 episodes. The thing is that most students don't remember the languages they 'learned' after school and will never use them. Oh, but he does think all non-English speaking countries should teach English in schools. Quite hypocrite, don't you think?

[@hayoungpark9136]

Christine As a person coming from a non-English speaking country, I don't think Grey is hypocrite. By what you said, he doesn't consider the classes useful since kids don't remember them, and more importantly never use them. It's different with English. Just being fluent in English benefits you greatly in getting jobs, etc, and let's face it, it's the most "universal" language. Say you go to, let's say, the Great Wall of China. Although it's in a non-English speaking country, as it is a popular tourist destination in a developed country, it's logical (not saying it's "right") to expect to communicate in English there. In another language, not including Chinese, Not really. Oh, I'm not really agreeing on Grey's point, as I'm learning French now... But he kind of has a point to clinging on those beliefs. I'm trying to say that although other foreign languages may not be used in a man's lifetime, English will probably be encountered.

[@TheCerealluvr]

AGREED

[@vatnidd]

For the last time, he isn't against learning foreign languages. He's only against the SYSTEM of how foreign languages are taught in schools.

[@TheCerealluvr]

If that's the case, he didn't specify that.

[@emoneylab]

Respect. The time and effort is much appreciated. Improving the internet one video at a time.