Myths that Everyone Just Seems to Believe

Think you know fact from fiction? Dive into four popular myths everyone believes, from brain usage to forensics. Discover the truth behind these misconceptions in our latest video!
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[@seandelap8587]

I've never had any problem finding Simon Whistler on YT even when I'm not trying to find him

[@kendracrippen]

Fr. This popped up in suggestions while watching something completely unrelated. How'd KZbin know I would more than likely click on this completely unrelated video.. cuz fact boi

[@calebbean1384]

​@@kendracrippen behold the algorithm

[@pugz3230]

​@@kendracrippenI main -business- brain blaze, and I can tell you he is definitely not fact boy. He is alleged fact boy.

[@alexandercorey850]

Simon has become the virus we all needed and takes over other videos

[@exavior2138]

People don’t try to find Simon all hours of the day?

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:45 - Chapter 1 - People only use 10% of their brain 5:00 - Chapter 2 - Forensic evidence is always definitive 8:00 - Chapter 3 - A penny thrown from a skyscraper can kill you 11:05 - Chapter 4 - It's always good to reduce a fever

[@Fitzrovialitter]

And the myth that this channel ever has anything worth regarding. Derisory.

[@chefscorner7063]

​@@Fitzrovialitter Jeeze, I really need to work on my vernacular. This is Y.T. afterall, so no big words that only have a few letters!! LOL. Oops, there I go!!! LOL IS the SYNTEXTS of the sentences important? Jeez, Just asking. :P:;'💦💦💦 😂

[@chefscorner7063]

Forgot, Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever. That's advice thousands of years old and it works when all symptoms matches the illness. WOW, Now that really is from rocket science!! ;)

[@ethanwilliams1880]

@@chefscorner7063 Your grammar is terrible, to the point that you are unintelligible, so whatever you are trying to pull on him didn't work. "Syntexts" isn't a word, closest one is syntax, but I have no idea why it's present in your comment. This is why grammar is important: nobody can understand you. Derisory = laughable, for the pretentious typist, since the word: derisive would be used in the same situation, and far more commonly, making it likely that the commenter just wants to look smart. He's also wrong and stupid, so you can rest at ease.

[@jonragnarsson]

Can confirm, I only use 10% of my brain. The rest is filled with Monty Python quotes and internet memes.

[@jameydunne3920]

Are there viral cat videos skittering about also?

[@ApothecaryTerry]

That means you use 100% of your brain, but 90% of it is dedicated to Monty Python quotes and internet memes. Therefore, you're using at least 90% of your brain for greater value than 90% of the population.

[@jameydunne3920]

@@ApothecaryTerry ...and maybe a shrubbery or two? Nothing too large, you know?

[@ripleyhrgiger4669]

But that means you're still using 100% of it you goofball ***bonk*** Now, get your coconut we're riding to the beach to enjoy the water for a few hours!

[@Music_Maniac555]

@@jameydunne3920 Ni

[@woodsie22]

The one that annoys me the most is the polygraph. Over and over, tv shows (fiction and non-fiction) treat them as though they are actually accurate, when they are no better than guessing

[@dinsdalemontypiranha4349]

This is one that I believed. Thanks for setting me straight.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Most people, public US 🇺🇸 know polygraphs & voice stress analysis tests are in admissible in open court. 🏛 3 or 4 US states do not permit lie detector exams or "polys" for employment, job hiring.

[@BionicMilkaholic]

​@@DavidLLambertmobile I've never heard of anyone being asked to take a polygraph for employment. Or an other reason now that I think about it. And I guarantee I do not live in one of the few states that don't allow it.

[@Mortiel]

The things that bugs me is how much Hollywood nonsense like polygraphs or gun suppressors are adopted by supposed "experts" in government. I've had to take a polygraph to get security clearance working for the US government... Like, why would the security experts in the government trust that when handing out security clearances?

[@BrandonDenny-we1rw]

​@@BionicMilkaholic the NSA and other three letter agencies used to use them to test candidates, not for their ability to lie but theyre biological responses to stress and stressful questions.

[@brianedwards7142]

"One of the Mythbusters even had the penny fired into their hand..." We know that was Adam because... Adam.

[@nelsondawson9706]

I've seen that episode and it was pretty funny

[@markpaterson2053]

Ha ha, I love Adam. Remember when his co-workers electrocuted him? They looked like idiots when it happened and he was in genuine shock; not funny. Adam's up for anything, but he has his head on right, which is why he's alive.

[@tedcoop4392]

TBH, sight unseen, it could have been Tory. But yeah, Adam.

[@benadams3569]

😂

[@hamiltoncouple01]

@@markpaterson2053Scotty was fired from the show for that electric shock stunt.

[@AJ-et4zp]

I like how he says throwing coins off sky scrappers is "rude". Classic British understatement.

[@ripleyhrgiger4669]

Imagine if one of those coins finds its way into your coffee or whatever beverage you happen to be enjoying that morning. Ewww.... coins are filthy.....

[@SkunkApe407]

​@@ripleyhrgiger4669ngl, I'd be more impressed than mad. I'll go buy another coffee. It's worth the story.

[@patriciaposthumus6684]

In regards to the fever thing. A low-grade fever is good for you, say between 99 F to 102 F. This is what your body uses to activate the immune response. I have always just let my fevers ride. If I hit 103 F, it's time to take something to bring it back down so the body can do its job. That and a good nap. The body does its best work when you're asleep.

[@KenFullman]

"activate the immune response" Sorry but a fever IS part of the immune response. Many micro organisms are destroyed simply by raising the temperature. I'm pretty sure the sleep myth is simply a result of noticing the difference. If you go to sleep in one state and wake up in another, you can feel the difference. If you're conscious the entire time, you won't notice the slow process of improvement. It's not the sleep causing the healing process, it's just time.

[@publichearing8536]

that's what I told my boss, too, yet he still fired me for "slacking off", what an ignoramus!

[@lp9194]

​@@publichearing8536you are 100% correct. Logic

[@p75369]

As any sci-fi nerd can tell you, what's the first thing to do when facing hostiles? "Shut down all non essential systems and divert all available power to the deflector shield" Your body is no different, let it focus on the fight.

[@confused.cat.]

​@@p75369 I love this analogy 😂

[@davesartbook]

It's a common myth that only 10% of KZbin videos contain Simon Whistler

[@chrisgraythereal]

You obviously haven't seen my youtube feed if you believe that. It's Simon all the way down.

[@slowanddeliberate6893]

That's a lot. Lol.

[@tarelatawari7042]

😂

[@mattg899]

Simon is KZbin

[@evilwelshman]

@@mattg899 You mean KZbin is Simon. 😂😂

[@philiphumphrey1548]

I remember when CSI first came out it was quite accurate to life. I was working in a lab at the time and they showed all the right instruments etc. and got most of the technical jargon right. After a few series it got more and more sloppy and fanciful. I suspect they either fired their science advisors or simply stopped listening to them.

[@glasshalffull2930]

Except for the speed of processing and some of the results, I found the same thing and I was a crime scene guy. I saw one show and thought that’s process doesn’t exist and then later read about the new process in a forensic journal.

[@Maibuwolf]

@@glasshalffull2930 You can easily forgive them for speeding along the time needed for processing and getting results on a tv show though. Going to be some slow and awkward episodes if you dont lol. Basically need to write a mini show within the show to fill that gap.

[@glasshalffull2930]

@@Maibuwolf I can forgive them for that, but I will never forgive the writers of CSI Las Vegas for turning down several cases I worked as “unsuitable” for the show 🤨

[@paulqueripel3493]

​@@Maibuwolfunless they had gone the other way and spread cases out over the series rather than making them self contained episodes. Homicide life on the streets did that, the detectives would be working cases throughout the series, sometimes catching someone, often frustrated.

[@jeffreybenjamin2276]

Artistic people are "right brained" and logical people are "left brained." Has been disproven for quite a while, but I still hear or read about it from time to time.

[@kim_o_the_concrete_jungle]

The one time I was on a jury, the forensic evidence was actually pretty good. It just didn't add up to any coherent idea of what actually happened. Not guilty.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

People in general are not aware that ballistics, lab data 🔬 , test results may take weeks or months. Police detectives or FBI agents want to interrogate, get confessions from suspects. Or DAs, SAOs offer plea offers 📂 . Some states like Florida do not allow suspects to be held past 90 days or so. A judge can require formal charges or dismiss the case. 📂

[@krystalreverb]

I was on a jury once when I was 18 (I’m now 32 and haven’t been called back??? Shhhh) and it was a guy being charged with a DUI… and he was drunk *on the stand* and needed to be escorted out because he was being unruly. Actually heard him drunkenly use the phrase “Who are you to judge me?!?” The judge kind of sighed, put down her gavel, and dismissed us all as she straight-up sentenced the guy to an AA program in front of us

[@philiphumphrey1548]

Forensic evidence is probably more reliable than witness evidence. Most people have no idea how unreliable witness evidence is. People can fail to see things that are right in front of them, or completely misinterpret what they do see. And as time elapses, the brain constantly rewrites memories, introducing more and more errors.

[@DneilB007]

The forensic evidence is typically good; the problem is that it may insufficiently support the theory of the crime. That’s mostly due to a problem with the theory itself rather than the evidence.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Not all evidence has to be disclosed.

[@AvB.83]

To be fair, a lot of people only use 10% of their common sense...

[@fathertimegaming17]

Fair, you're being generous

[@calebbean1384]

More like only 10% of people have common sense

[@jackvos8047]

​@@calebbean1384I was thinking the same thing.

[@dinsdalemontypiranha4349]

I don't call it common sense because it is so uncommon. I call it good sense.

[@shawn445]

And that 10% is 10 times more than politicians from any party.

[@Nicksonian]

Eyewitness testimony too can essentially be circumstantial. Our memories are nothing like computer hard drives and is highly fallible and changable. Each time we think of a memory, it is being changed. Police and prosecutors know this and commonly manipulate witnesses, telling them what they want the witnesses to have seen and not what they actually saw.

[@oldman9642]

It has been proven time and again that eye witness testimony is usually totally unreliable.

[@ronblack7870]

eyewitness testimony is not reliable . there are exceptions like if you know the person

[@tarbhnathrac]

Oprah Winfrey tested eyewitness accuracy once. They set up a senior woman actor next to a busy outdoor cafe, then had a purse snatcher actor grab her purse. The senior woman actor immediately screamed, yelled and struggled briefly to make sure everyone's attention was riveted. Then the thief actor got the purse, ran straight through the middle of the crowd and disappeared. Police actors immediately showed up and started interviewing people on what they saw. Remember, this was not days or even hours after, just minutes. Almost NO ONE agreed on the appearance of the thief. He was black, no, he was hispanic. He was a teenager, no, he was late 20s or early 30s. He was wearing a navy hoodie and gray sweats, no, he was wearing a black sweatshirt, no hood, and jeans. Differences in height, shoes, hair texture and color, etc., etc., etc. Most of the people were ADAMANT that they had a GOOD LOOK at the thief and were correct in their description. Never trust eyewitness testimony. And if you think fingerprint evidence can be trusted, look up the 2004 case of Brandon Mayfield, easily found on Wikipedia. SCARY.

[@mandotherapper2586]

youre misunderstanding what circumstantial means. I agree that eye witness testimony is unreliable, but according to law it is highest on the hierarchy of what is considered admissible evidence. it is put on a pedestal over any other form of evidence, because the law was developed when swearing an oath and word of mouth were all they had, no cameras or dna

[@Nicksonian]

@@mandotherapper2586 Our legal system is built upon outdated, even archaic concepts and beliefs. Police, lawyers, prosecutors, judges, and most of all politicians are wholly unqualified to deal with these issues.

[@ukmediawarrior]

Luc Besson, the director and writer of Lucy, stated in an interview that he knew the whole 10% brain thing was a myth, but it made for a great opening for a sci-fi movie :)

[@syndrome5372]

But then they said using 100% of your brain turns you into a usb stick

[@M3Busssin]

Luc Besson is a huge paedo see Leon the Professional 😊

[@zchettaz]

What if.. the 10% thing is actually just our chances of plugging that usb stick in the right way on the first attempt?

[@syndrome5372]

@@zchettaz and the second attempt. Try...oops wrong way. Flip it over. Try...wtf wrong way. Try the first way again. Oooh there it is.

[@jphilb]

Lucy was an awesome movie.

[@bannankev]

I think Simon telling us not to throw Pennie’s off the Empire State Building or Eiffel Tower because it’s rude was by far the most sounding British accent I’ve heard from him 🤣 like I was his kid and he’s telling me no 😂 💜

[@derickrae]

The fever facts are similar to why doctors will no longer give children cough medicine. Coughing is your body fighting off the virus. There are fewer hospitalizations when children cough. The act of coughing helps prevent pneumonia.

[@ferretyluv]

I think that’s silly. If I’m Coughing, I can’t sleep. If I can’t sleep, then my immune system can’t fight my illness.

[@Argeaux2]

Except if you have severe asthma. My sister used to cough so much that she wouldn’t be able to breathe.

[@derickrae]

@@ferretyluv They tell parents to give them warm honey & tea at night to help with sleep. They want them to be able to sleep, but they also want to allow the body to fight. I'm medically immunosuppressed via medication. It's not unusual for me to go to the doctor feeling weak & find out I have pneumonia which is crazy because I never felt sick. But the symptoms of a cold is you feeling your body fight. Mucus is intended to capture the microscopic disease & expel it from your body. Since I don't have an immune system, I don't cough or get a sore throat. There has to be a balance though. If the cough is so bad that the child cannot breathe, they must stop it. I am glad I have people more knowledgeable about the body than me.

[@derickrae]

@@Argeaux2 me too. I had asthma terribly as a kid. If the coughing is that severe, there needs to be intervention. That's why we pay the pediatricians the big bucks, to know the difference.

[@DneilB007]

@@Argeaux2Asthma is an autoimmune disorder. The OP is exactly correct about the nature of mucous production by the mucous membrane; with those of us with asthma, the mucous membrane *over* reacts to stimuli, creating far more mucous than necessary-or even when it’s *not* necessary at all, as the mucous membrane has reacted to a chemical compound that is not a pathogen as if it were. In either case, the first step of treatment is to calm the overreaction of the immune response system so the patient can breathe. Then you will be able to appropriately treat the underlying condition, if any, that triggered the asthma attack.

[@dearthditch]

“Scanners” was an awesome movie when I was a kid. Made psychic powers seem realistic

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

I loved that show! My sister and I would pretend we had "powers", trying to get Mum to skip veggies and go straight to ice-cream.

[@ripleyhrgiger4669]

One of the best sci-fi movies ever. It's so fun.

[@Elongated_Muskrat]

Myths that Everyone Just Seems to Believe: Simon taking time off of work.

[@laurendoe168]

Another myth everyone seems to believe: Simon is a real person and not an incredible collaboration of CGI and AI.

[@donaldliverance2597]

KZbin money for sitting in the basement reading... would you take time off

[@tyrannicpuppy]

@@donaldliverance2597 He's not in the basement. The basement is where he keeps the writers and editors. Simon is in a slightly below ground room with windows to the outside world. The basement is well underground with only the locked exit hatch, the mushroom still and the tunnel to North Korea. No sources of natural light down there.

[@zchettaz]

This must be the 'Lore of Simon' corner of the comment section lol

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

Years ago I became seriously ill. I had a temp of 41.6c (107f), which caused seizures. If your temp reaches 40.5c (105f) call a doctor immediately. A fever like that won't kill you, but it means you're really sick. And those seizures I was talking about? Yeah, they'll ruin your day.

[@damonnelson2835]

Febrile seizure don’t typically occur in people over the age of 5 unless you are otherwise predisposed to them

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

@@damonnelson2835 If your body temp gets high enough anyone can experience seizures.

[@86aidan31]

@@thehangmansdaughter1120if your temperature is 105 or above, yea of course take medication and consult a doctor immediately. I think what he is more getting at in the video is that low grade fevers below 102° can be good for you. Anything above that, I think everyone agrees that you should start taking medicine for sure and maybe consulting a doctor. Above 105° is entering dangerous territory like you said.

[@RonTodd-gb1eo]

DNA evidence does worry me. I am in a room; hours later somebody is murdered in the room. The police find my DNA in court they say "DNA" and the jury ignores the rest of the evidence. Many years ago (1920s?) watch manufacturers would drop a watch from a high building to prove how robust their watches were they never said that the watch would reach terminal velocity long before it hit the ground.

[@Tom-zs6bb]

"The police find my DNA in court they say "DNA" and the jury ignores the rest of the evidence." That's not how it works, Ron. Just like all trace evidence, investigators must established why/how the DNA evidence ended up at the scene.

[@_NoDrinkTheBleach]

I think the modern hype on reducing fevers had more to do with not missing school or work than fixing the illness. You go to school with a 103 degree fever, they're sending you right back out the door. But manipulate that to 99, and you get to avoid excessive absences.

[@kenbrown2808]

yep, american medicine revolves around getting the kids back to school, or getting the peons back to work. or getting the kids back to school so he peons don' have to take time off work to tend them.

[@Galafael1122]

And then you get to infect everyone else!

[@surg9029]

People erroneously think massive harm comes from a fever and the person is contagious when febrile. They don’t realize fever isn’t necessary to spread a disease. In the end it’s largely driven by fears of liability

[@kenbrown2808]

@surg9029 however, fever is a symptom of infection.

[@MrBlipman]

@@kenbrown2808fever is a symptom of LITERALLY everything. Having one and not going to work or class is LUL

[@jasonh4534]

It has been shown that fingerprints are not as unique as was originally thought. A man was arrested in the US for a murder in France (if memory serves) despite the fact that he had never been to France, and even had a solid verifiable alibi for their location. Despite that, the belief in the infallibity of fingerprints meant he was arrested and extradited. His fingerprints popped up as a match when the French athorities expanded their search to other countries' fingerprint databases, as the local ones turned up nothing. Eventually he was released and sent home, not sure of the specifics of how they found the real killer, but they were arrested for something and found to have the same fingerprints as the first man. A bit of investigation showed the error.

[@kenbrown2808]

fingerprints are as unique as snowflakes. which is to say snowflakes aren't guaranteed unique, either.

[@remhauck1577]

The real issue is that forensic analysis doesn't look at the entire print, but only 8-12 reference points. When this is done there is enough similarity between different prints for false positives to occur.

[@JonMartinYXD]

The idea that fingerprints are unique is based off a conjecture made over a century ago. It has no scientific basis because we don't even understand how we wind up with the fingerprints we have. Police however picked it up and ran with it. A little known fact is that aside from DNA testing, all forensic techniques were developed by police, not through the rigorous process that is the scientific method. Fibre analysis, blood spatter analysis, fingerprint comparison, police lineups, polygraphs - they are all pseudoscience at best and should not be admissible in court.

[@jasonh4534]

@@remhauck1577 True, that increases the chance of false positives. But it has been shown that two fingerprints, taken in their entirety can also be difficult to differentiate.

[@jamesmaybury7452]

Paul Simon was on to this a while ago.

[@JakeSezz]

A Scott Pilgrim reference in the first 2 minutes is precisely why I subscribe to all of Whistle Boi’s channels. Only the best writers 😂

[@planetpeterson2824]

I started writing a book a few months ago called "Facts That Aren't True." It's a collection of about 120 claims, myths, urban legends, old wives tales, etc. that are commonly believed. The first myth you did in this video is the first Untrue Fact in my book. Awesome coincidence!

[@ncbentle9154]

If it's not true it's not a fact.

[@damianjblack]

@@ncbentle9154 all facts are true, but not all truths are facts.

[@bioLarzen]

For the bowling ball from point blank or a penny from the top of a skyscraper one, the answer is obvious: of course you need to choose the penny - for the sheer reason there is very little chance that a penny dropped from such a height will land exactly on your head, no matter how well it is aimed ;)

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

I assume it's idealised to have been dropped so that it begins vertically above you. The distance isn't that long, so vertical comparisons on the earth make sense. From there, you just have to account for mitigating factors. Why would it not? Was it given initial acceleration with horizontal components? Is there wind, or a ballsy bird? If not, why would it not hit you?

[@bioLarzen]

@@xinpingdonohoe3978 Sure, you're correct of course. I was just trying to be funny, but I guess it's not my forte :D

[@binarybotany3218]

I also find it a strange assumption that should we only use 10% of our brain, that the rest of our brain occupies itself with telekinesis and communicating with dead people.

[@stevenmathews7621]

I always thought the 10% claim was - We only ever use 10% of our brain in total at any one time (but that 10% is made up from all over the brain, and constantly changing)

[@kilian8250]

@@stevenmathews7621this is also the way I’ve heard it.

[@morgantseasrant1948]

Using 100% of our brains just sounds like having a seizure

[@morgantseasrant1948]

Like I sure hope not every electronic is drawing from my Circuits all at once or the fuse will break. And brains don’t have fuses (I know weird metaphor)

[@herrunsinn774]

"Everyone", Simon? ... Haven't I told you a million times not to exaggerate? 😅🤣😂

[@jamesengland7461]

I see what you did there 😂

[@Joe-Przybranowski]

If everyone knew not to feed their mogwsi after midnight we might not have this huge gremlin problem round these parts.

[@katwitanruna]

I was born in 1961. My pediatrician taught not to medicate a fever unless A you can’t sleep B your fever is over 101°F. He said that specifically because of the fever being your body’s response to whatever is making you ill.

[@donei132]

13:41 For a second I forgot Simon was talking in Fahrenheit and not degrees Celcius. 106 degrees Celcius their blood would be boiling 😂

[@benjamingamache6441]

I'm positive I know a few people who legitimately use less than 10% of their brain.

[@chrisscheidt9643]

MAGA supporters

[@raybod1775]

And woke crowd

[@laurendoe168]

More than HALF of your brain is working on "auto-pilot" with such things as regulating hormones, digesting food, breathing, etc.

[@kaworunagisa4009]

So, you know a few people who are in a coma on life support. My condolences.

[@keithmoore5306]

and all of them are elected too!!!!

[@Henoik]

Forensic scientist here. If you give a witness testimony in a trial, you have to speak the truth and you cannot speculate. For us expert witnesses though, we are allowed to speculate, because that's our job. As you say, we can't know anything for certain, but we use our expert judgment to say what likely happened instead of what definitely happened. We weren't there, so we can't ever know for certain, but we can tell what the evidence tells us.

[@thagomizer8485]

And we should, after all, trust the experts. Right?

[@kesia872]

I feel like anyone who thinks the penny from a tall building is worse than a bowling ball at a shorter distance has never dropped a bowling ball on their foot and/or has forgotten about the existence of hail

[@SgtSupaman]

Thanks to media like movies (really, a lot of myths can blame just that for continued perpetuation), far too many people believe AI is in any way akin to actual intelligence rather than the pure calculation that it is.

[@damianjblack]

No kidding. And if more people learned how to program, they'd know how computers operate and realise that the kind of "AI" we see in fiction (Terminator, Mr. Data, etc) is most likely impossible.

[@sporadicavenues]

Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy the speed at which you talk. I usually have my playback speed at a minimum of 1.25 until one of your videos come on and I put it back at 1x lol

[@vexationgame]

Doctor Mike is loving this about fevers.

[@renee_3364]

13:53 this isn't entirely true. In cases of severe systemic inflammation, or some tropical illnesses like malaria, temperatures above 41C can happen. Hyperthermia can also be the result of certain intoxications. Above 41C, it's still medical protocol to actively cool the patient down to somewhere below that line. The idea that it'll give you braindamage immediately is a myth, but it WILL disturb all sorts of metabolic processes in your body, leading to electrolyte disturbances and even protein denaturation. As a result, those problems can cause seizures, which is where the "braindamage-myth" is rooted in reality. In short: you don't have anything to worry about when you have a mild fever at home, and don't need to take antipyretics to lower your fever. There are, however, medical emergencies in which active cooling is necessary to save a patients life.

[@purplesprigs]

I live in Florida. The locals really do only use 10% of their brains...on a good day.

[@jjr6461]

0:02 Terence Howard has alternate facts

[@koharumi1]

105 degree fever!? Guess everyone is boiling then 😆😆

[@jackmason5278]

That 105 is Fahrenheit. You're thinking in Celsius. That would be about 40½ degrees.

[@MimiYuYu]

2 minutes? I wasn’t planning on watching Simon just now but I can’t resist

[@timmiller1]

I’d like someone to address the thing people always say about “we swallow x number of spiders in our sleep.” I don’t believe that but everyone else just accepts it.

[@SethÚasarune]

Spiders are likely to avoid mouths instinctively. Would you climb into a giant's mouth? (Other than on a drunken dare, or for a tv show). If a spider did crawl in, you'd likely wake up choking on it before you swallowed it. You'd likely wake up, or sleepily swat it away, from the sensation of it on your tongue/lips/face before that, too.

[@chefscorner7063]

It's not like they're talking about spiders the size of a large tarantula or such. More like the really small and delicate spiders a harsh look would mortally wound or kill. LOL That would be nasty if they were talking about big "hairy" spiders!! 🕷️🕷️🕷️🩸🩸🩸 Ewwwwwww!!!!! 😂

[@desertstar223]

Eye witness testimony is also circumstantial evidence. The human eye is not a precision instrument.

[@andrewcarson5850]

It's not circumstantial, just unreliable.

[@SmithCommaBenjamin]

​@andrewcarson5850 The eyes only see what the brain allows. Hence why you don't see your own nose despite it being right in your field of vision. A lot of "eye sight" is actually constructed memory. You can look at an eye chart and not see the letters, but once you are told what they are, the eyes "see" them.

[@DoctorQuackenbush]

@@SmithCommaBenjamin Actually the eyes see everything. It’s the brain that ignores or dismisses things, like your nose. (Now I can’t stop seeing my nose.)

[@andreamagni8017]

"In most movies you can use only 10% of your brain, but try this pill" "Now you can use only 2%"

[@carlp.6196]

Pfft, I conserve energy by utilizing as little brain power as possible.

[@damianjblack]

Are you Marjorie Taylor Greene?

[@Dreamscape195]

I actually did have 107° temperature for a few hours once, during my senior year of highschool. I had pneumonia. It was really scary. I’d been living in fever induced delusion land for idk how long at 105° but when I spiked to 107° I broke through and felt mentally clear again - and if realizing I’d broken out of delusions while having a HIGHER temp wasn’t already scary enough, my vision was fucky and I felt like I was hearing through mattresses. I definitely was terrified that my brain might be melting.

[@colorado841]

The top of Simon's head is as clean as a whistle.

[@dannypope1860]

We actually do, on average, only use about 10% of our brains at one time, but the 10% is moving to different areas of the brain constantly for different purposes. It’s not that we only use the same exact 10% part of our brain and the other 90% is unused. You can clearly see the specific areas that are being used for different tasks on brain scans. Dolphins, btw use about 20% of their brain on average.

[@oldschooljack3479]

A lot of the crap shoveled on CSI and NCIS is absolutely ridiculous... Specifically firearms related content. Using the striations left on a bullet by the rifling in a barrel to definitively match a bullet to a weapon is pretty nonsensical... About the best that can be done is to match a bullet to a particular brand of weapon based on the number of lands/grooves left by the rifling.

[@DoctorQuackenbush]

I would hazard to disagree. Barrels get wear and tear, which arguably can leave marks on the bullets. I find it hard to believe that each manufacturer uses a different brand of barrel reamers/cutters.

[@oldschooljack3479]

@@DoctorQuackenbush you realize Ruger rifling can be differentiated from Winchester... Or Remington from Bergara, etc... Land/Groove width, shape of grooves from top to bottom, etc... Barrels will leave somewhat characteristic impressions but things change from wear and even cleaning up carbon/copper fouling. A good recovered bullet can likely be matched to a particular brand... But the chances of matching a bullet to a specific barrel from a specific firearm is very remote. Even if a suspect had the same brand and caliber of firearm that matched striations of a recovered bullet... With millions of a particular firearm in circulation, any decent lawyer is going to argue that evidence as circumstantial. The "precise match" is Hollywood.

[@dusan-renat]

Showing a thermometer clearly marked in degrees Celsius and simultaneously referring to the temperature value in degrees Fahrenheit is another level or stupidity.

[@tubensalat1453]

I think Simon should read the chapter title/the thesis he's talking about. Feels stylistically wrong that he doesn't, also an accessibility issue for people who don't (can't) see what's on screen.

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

If someone is blind, no amount of accessibility will make them see the video. They will always lose something. It is a video, not an audio file.

[@comedyman4896]

There are actually people who can use 100% of their brain all at once, they're called Epileptics

[@kennethbutler1343]

Why didn't you mention that the death toll from cramps from eating less than an hour after eating is zero?

[@DneilB007]

From swimming less than an hour after eating, you mean. 👍 And it might have been as high as three people, if my brothers or I had argued the point with my mom.

[@oliverholmes-gunning5372]

@@DneilB007 oh man that brings back memories... as a child I was made to be more afraid of swimming after eating than I was of solitary guys with a trench coat and a panel van lol Even to this day, although I know it's absolute bullshit, I still feel slightly nervous about jumping into the pool after eating. Shows what social conditioning can do...

[@Nicksonian]

POLYGRAPHS!!! You mentioned polygraphs but didn’t include them as a myth. Despite many organizations, including law enforcement, “intelligence,” and military organizations using polygraphs, they are nothing but props to enable psychological manipulation. Polygraphs are entirely ineffective in determining veracity. I have undergone a polygraph and the examiner put the sensors on over my clothes. Laughable. The machines are no more accurate than a smartwatch with biometric measuring. The examiner may see some odd squiggles in the lines, think you are lying and proceed to aggressively interrogate you. But mostly they’re just going on their gut feeling that you’re lying. They will then lie to you, saying that the polygraph shows that you’re lying and use that as leverage to manipulate you into confessing that you’re lying…even when you’re not.

[@egads3696]

Wish simon would use timestamps

[@eekee6034]

That would take time out of producing the next video. Joking aside, someone usually comments with the timestamps before too long.

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

For what? He only makes 4 points.

[@bridgetboyle687]

My oldest daughter has the same thumbprint as I do. I know this because for the last 10 years, she’s been able to open devices if I use my thumbprint scan for them. I no longer use that finger. She doesn’t use that finger either. Each year we test to see if the devices have gotten better at reading our thumbs as different. Nope always the same result.

[@s56505]

A bullet at terminal velocity wont kill you ether making bullets fired straight up in to the air much less of a risk then bullets fires at an angle in to the air as they can keep part of the angular velocity and be moving faster then one falling.

[@SEAZNDragon]

The bullet itself maybe but the shock can still do some damage. I once responded to a scene with a girl who got hit by celebratory gunfire on New Year's Eve several years ago. Bullet hit her foot and while it did not penetrate far into the foot it still create a hairline fracture in the bone. If she stood an inch in a differently or any other factors the bullet could have landed in her head. While I doubt the bullet would have penetrated the girl's skull, the shock of the hit would have still caused some internal brain damage.

[@briebel2684]

They can, but it's rare. Most stray gun shots that kill people are because of the horizontal velocity. What bullets fired straight up are more likely to do, is cause a leak in somebody's roof. So yeah, just don't do it.

[@starpunk2283]

As a former forensics analyst, i can tell you most of the results are flawed.

[@zogzoogler]

Everyone in the UK and Europe googling wtf (what the flippin eck) 105 Fahrenheit is in celsius

[@jayboy2kay7]

Yeah.. you mean the rest of the world basically. Even US scientists use celsius. Americans.. no matter what you want to believe.. are in the MAJOR minority when using imperial instead of metric.

[@saint-miscreant]

not just the UK and Europe, everyone almost everywhere in the world except America 😭

[@craigstoner2632]

The uk is in Europe. Maybe that myth should have been in the video 😂

[@zogzoogler]

@@craigstoner2632 good point, EU/EC would have been more accurate.

[@erela9335]

I hear a lot that "95% of our mind is subconscious" meaning that we don't actively think about 95% of the stuff in our brains? Not that that much of our brains aren't actually doing anything, just that it's not consciously accessible? Thoughts?

Another popular myth, there are youtube videos without Simon in them.

[@soakupthesunman]

😂

[@jamesmasonaltair1062]

I had a 105 degree fever once and now I'm almost as smart as Simon.

[@hibbo1351]

The BIGGEST myth some still believe in the whole mud man, rib woman, magic kumquat, talking snake tale. And zombie Jeebus.

[@hsmd4533]

Even bigger is the myth about a 6th century warlord pedo who gave us the religion of peace.

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

Even if we scrap all the commonly acknowledged religions, people will still have their foolish beliefs. Like how the number 18 is a magical portal, and that the аgе оf соnsеnt and so on is hard science, not the complete opposite.

[@damianjblack]

What about the guy who sat under a tree and said "we could all feel better about ourselves if we realised that sheit happens and we need to let it roll off our backs"?

[@Mr.Guild1971]

Eye witnesses are sketchy even. Even mentioning a lie detector is BS.

[@scottmeredith3359]

#1: That Simon’s nickname (Fact Boi) is based on reality 😂

[@nightwishlover8913]

And that Simon actually uses as much as 10% of his brain...

[@USLethal]

The problem with the concept regarding us using only roughly 10% of our brain, is that none of the debunks I’ve ever factored that we use a significantly larger portion of our overall potential. The arguments as shown here, always come down to brain mass and surface activity . That’s sort of like arguing that every human out there uses 100% of their physical potential, and arguing that it has to be true because we don’t only use 10% of our bodies. It’s just not the same thing.

[@minners71]

"Call your doctor and do what they say" - No thanks!

[@Chris-hx3om]

Oh, you have more knowledge than someone who's been to university and study actual medicine for 5 years, then had more years of 'on the job' training in a hospital. Good luck with that!

[@jimfairgray4607]

@@Chris-hx3om No, more likely he's referring to how the medical profession behaved over the last four years: "Here take this new medicine which has bypassed all normal testing protocols and for which the manufacturer has received indemnity from any litigation from any harm which may result. Safe as houses."

[@Chris-hx3om]

@@jimfairgray4607 Which saved thousands of lives.

[@Chris-hx3om]

@@jimfairgray4607 a vaccine that likely saved thousands of lives.

[@damianjblack]

@@jimfairgray4607 no, I suspect it's more likely that it's because in the US talking to your doctor for five minutes costs more than your total annual mortgage payment.

[@dr.python]

Fun Fact: Maximum of your brain is active when you are singing + dancing + playing a musical instrument at the same time

[@ryanroberts1104]

Sometimes when you fart, you poop a little bit!

[@andrewcarson5850]

Known as a shart.

[@ryanroberts1104]

@@andrewcarson5850 They should come up with some kind of catch can system that only allows gas discharge, and catches the rest. BIRDS AREN'T REAL!

[@ryanroberts1104]

@@andrewcarson5850 Not if it was on purpose!

[@highpriestofseti]

- It's difficult to provide a precise percentage of how much of our brain is active at any given moment because brain activity can vary widely depending on factors such as the task being performed, environmental stimuli, emotional state, and individual differences. However, research using brain imaging techniques like fMRI and PET scans suggests that large portions of the brain are typically active during most waking activities. Even seemingly simple tasks can engage multiple regions of the brain simultaneously. While it's challenging to quantify precisely, it's safe to say that a significant portion of the brain is active during waking hours. The brain is a highly interconnected network, and different areas are involved in various functions, so it's not accurate to say that only a small percentage of the brain is active. - Also when it comes to analyse a dna fragment found on crime scene, they never put the sample in a plastic bag like you see in series like CSI - Just say: A penny doesn't possess enough kinetic energy to cause significant harm to a person. And done. - Why such long explanations: Fever as a Defense Mechanism: Fever is the body's way of increasing its temperature to create an environment less hospitable to pathogens like bacteria and viruses. Higher temperatures can enhance immune function and inhibit the growth and reproduction of certain pathogens. Enhanced Immune Response: Fever triggers the body's immune system to produce more white blood cells and other immune factors, which can help to more effectively combat infections. Symptom Management vs. Treatment: Fever itself is not an illness but rather a symptom of an underlying condition. While reducing fever with medications like acetaminophen or ibuprofen can help alleviate discomfort and improve overall well-being, it's essential to remember that these medications are treating the symptom rather than the underlying cause of the fever. Potential Side Effects: Fever-reducing medications can have side effects, especially if used excessively or incorrectly. For example, overuse of certain fever-reducing drugs can lead to liver damage or gastrointestinal issues. Masking Symptoms: Lowering fever artificially can mask symptoms and potentially delay diagnosis and treatment of the underlying condition causing the fever. It's essential to monitor other symptoms and seek medical advice if fever persists or worsens.

[@callmetiger7186]

1+1=2 ....."Terence Howard just joined the chat"

[@ericward284]

Math is wrong mayne! Lol

[@damianjblack]

Well I mean it depends. Are you using floating point numbers in C++ to calculate your results? Because you might come out with 1.99998 or 2.00021...

[@tahoemph]

The brain damage argument at the end makes the assumption that the 10% was contiguous. It is as bad an argument the argument that only 10% of the brain is used.

[@radekelwartowski2559]

Is this a Re-upload or am I tripping

[@Rydonattelo]

Tripping. No more swedgers for you.

[@stephanmccoll6813]

Yeah I am confused too

[@beltrofix7667]

He's definitely covered some of them on one of his other channels very recently at the very least as I was watching him discussing the 10% of the brain one

[@_NoDrinkTheBleach]

If it weren't for the Scott Pilgrim reference at the beginning I'd believe you. I feel like the 10% of your brain story was anecdotally credited to Einstein in the other video.

[@joelb8653]

Both can be true. No judgment.

[@NateWongSongs]

I’m stuck in a paradox now because by watching your video I’ve realized how many times I’ve been duped and will no longer believe random fact from KZbin videos..

[@kenbrown2808]

the "10% of your brain" meme is based on the factoid that on average, a person is not actively using all of their brain all of the time. this is much like the fact your computer spends much of its time not using 100% of its CPU and memory capacity.

[@dinsdalemontypiranha4349]

That's brilliant! Thanks!

[@dstinnettmusic]

But…that also isn’t true. While yes, you aren’t firing every neuron at every moment, your brain is controlling your entire body at all times. Many many areas of your brains are active at all times, because they keep your heart beating and your lungs going….and everything else you do.

[@genehenson8851]

It’s like you didn’t even watch the video.

[@kenbrown2808]

@@dstinnettmusic the official term for when 100% of the brain is firing at once is "seizure" it's generally something people try to avoid.

[@kenbrown2808]

@@genehenson8851 it's like you have never heard of a factoid.

[@amandarose4469]

Simon "There are certain things everyone just knows. One plus one equals 2." Terrance Howard "You're wrong Simon."

[@the80hdgaming]

Feed a fever, starve a cold... I've known that since I was a kid...

[@jackmason5278]

Nope. Feed a cold, starve a fever.

[@alanhilder1883]

one minute in. According to Douglas Adams that extra brain space is to store penguins ( 2nd Dirk Gently story or was it the 1st? )

[@nebula6084]

I realise that this is made in the US, but for the rest of the planet that uses actual measurements, could we get some conversions to Celsius and Metric measurements?

[@kenbrown2808]

always amusing that people refer to a measurement that is based off a mistaken calculation of the space between two measurements as an "actual" measurement, while measurements based off measurements of actual things are handwaved as imaginary. I mean, yes, international media should make both available. but the fact that a unit of measure was based on an actual foot, doesn't make it not actual.

[@jackmason5278]

The conversions are simple math. For MPH to km/h divide by .62. For Fahrenheit to Celsius subtract 32 and divide by 1.8. By the way, Simon is a Brit residing in Chechia. He does NOT commute to the United States to record his videos.

[@concinnity9676]

I take issue with assertions around 10:50. "Even if the earth had no atmosphere, ... the 200 mph would not be enough to kill anyone." No atmosphere would mean no drag, and terminal velocity would be a lot more than 200mph. Don't fool me Simon.

[@ApothecaryTerry]

Pretty sure he means from the height of a skyscraper. Without atmosphere it's just a straight 9.8m/s2 acceleration. From the viewing platform of the Empire State Building, the velocity of a dropped penny with 0 atmosphere would be about 177mph. Dropped from the very top of the spire, it would be 211mph. Given those figures, using a rough 200mph seems very reasonable. Edit: Very random side note: 177mph is (to within +/- 1mph) the top speed of the fastest car I've ever owned, while 211mph is the highest top speed of any car I've driven! Nice little coincidence there. For the sake of science - 981CS (top speed 176, although the GTS does 177...close enough) and F13 M6, which (de-restricted) does 211.27mph apparently! Sorry, my inner car nerd spotted that and got all excited. Not only that, but the fastest 0-60mph I've done was 2.7 when I launched a GT-R...which is the same 0-60 you get from gravity I think.

[@TheLoneTerran]

C'mon Simon, you've said several times most of your viewers are American. You know we can't just call up a doctor all willy-nilly just because we're running a 105F degree fever. Plus, you risk getting fired for not coming in to work!

[@KGTiberius]

Never underestimate stupidity. Ignorance is forgivable & treatable. Stupidity is a choice. Thank you Simon (& team).

[@Andrew-dc3co]

The biggest recent myth is that men can be women.

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

Trans people have existed worldwide for 300,000 years, bigot.

[@johnjohnson6167]

You had me at “That all said, is still rude”…

[@ShadowTaze]

Simon has beaten the algorithm. Arbitrary rules can't stop you if you host all of the channels!

[@tarbhnathrac]

I was walking on a city street alongside old 30-40 story skyscrapers when someone way up apparently decided to quit smokes cold turkey and threw a handful out the window. I was suddenly pelted by about a dozen smokes on the top of my head and shoulders and front of my face. They STUNG, like getting snapped with a bunch of little rubber bands at once. Makes me wonder what a penny would feel like ... maybe not crack a skull, but could probably do real damage to soft tissue like an eye.

[@arvidlystnur4827]

About thirty years ago, I and about a dozen people were coached by an instructor on test taking for commercial chauffeur certification. She claimed the test was multiple choice (A B C D), question and answer. Her instructions were to answer those you clearly knew the answers first, watch the clock, think out the ones you're not sure, a minute or so before times up, then check A, B,C, or D on the remaining questions you have no idea about. If you check A B C or D, on each of these questions you'd have about 25% chance of getting it right, BUT, you must be consistent. Choose one of A B C or D boxes exclusively! If you randomly mark one or the other you'll lower the 25% probability of getting the answer right. That makes no sense! Every random choice has no more or less a 25% chance of being correct! As the SINGING DETECTIVE says, "Am I right, or am I right?".

[@surferdude4487]

The result of running 100% of the brain at 100% capacity is a grand-mal seizure. As a pre-schooler, I was very ill. I don't know how high my temperture went, but I was in convulsions. My parents had to resort to putting me in a cold bath to bring the fever down. It might be a good idea to see your doctor before things get that bad.

[@nufosmatic]

7:37 - You've just described 99.9971% of the "drama" in criminal procedural dramas on television...

[@lesliemartin1520]

Glad you mentioned Mythbusters because I knew how to answer the bowling ball question due to seeing that episode. I remember them shooting Adam with the penny gun 😂

[@ives3572]

"A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence." - Rollo May

[@bangyahead1]

To quote the comic geniuses, Cheech and Chong, "We only use 20% of our brains so why not burn out the other 80% ?!"

[@wedge259]

About 20 years ago, I visited an air Force base for a multi-day stay with my boy scout troop. One of the kids in our troop threw a nickel off the railing of the control tower. He was immediately escorted off base by MP's!

[@Statalyzer]

I believe it's a misunderstanding of the truth that we only have about 10% of our brain active at a given moment. Which is a good thing. Think of it like a piano. You don't play 100% of the keys on a given beat, but all the keys are important to have available.

[@MrDavidBFoster]

I've been saying my whole life, "If I treat the cold I'll NEVER get rid of it!". Thanks for the vindication! :)

[@sadderwhiskeymann]

my version of the first myth was "10% AT ANY GIVEN TIME" which made so much more sense. Like your PC (or most appliances) don't work at full capacity ALL THE TIME! but alas, I stand corrected

[@ADude-f3z]

A statement, even one based on pure logic, can be perceptually true or false… One plus One, for example… It can equal Three… If you have 1 Apple, and 1 Orange, and you add them together, you have a fruit salad. Thus, adding one thing to another thing gives you two individuals and a group… That equals three things… Welcome to the world of “Fuzzy Logic” a core component of today’s developing “A.I.” 🧐

[@commontater652]

1. I was hoping you would mention that there is no definitive proof that every fingerprint is unique. 2. Thank you for at least mentioning the ridiculous polygraph.

[@jeffdanelek2132]

Speaking of colds, I would like to have seen you mention something about the fact that you don't catch colds from being out in the cold. One catches colds (and other airborne diseases) by congregating inside nice warm places when it's cold outside where, often, there are other people equally concerned about the frigid temperatures, some of whom may be a carrier of some unwanted bug or other. The Inuits spend much of their life in bitterly cold temperatures, but until they started interacting with whites, colds were unheard of among them. It drives me nuts when people tell me to bundle up so I don't get a cold. I bundle up because cold air sucks. I come inside to catch the cold.

[@1237barca]

Incorrect. There are a near infinite number of “airborne diseases “ coming in contact with humans at all time. Ppl get “a cold” when one of these overwhelms the primary defense mechanisms of the human immune system. Going out in the cold, can cause an immune system decrease, leading to “a cold”.

[@jeffdanelek2132]

@@1237barca I disagree. I don't deny that there are airborne diseases outdoors, but it is a fact that they are far less contagious when in encountered in frigid temperatures as opposed to warm or even hot temperatures (as one would encounter in a rain forest, for example). Yes, one's resistance can drop if they are getting close to hypothermia but it is being in the presence of others in an enclosed environment that is the best environment for catching an airborne illness. Plus, do you maintain that the Inuits were as prone to catching colds before they encountered whites as they were afterwards? How does one explain that?

[@obsolete959]

@@jeffdanelek2132 While right in that you cannot get a cold from just being cold, you're wrong about the frigid temperatures. Dry winter air is far better at carrying some viruses than warm or hot temps. The low amounts of sunlight (and thus vitamin d) northern hemisphere also gets during winters is linked to influenzas and decreased immune systems. So there's just a higher likelyhood of getting a cold/flu during the winter, perpetuating the myth that being cold is what causes them.

[@damianjblack]

@@obsolete959 Flu viruses are a different family of virus to cold viruses though, and seem to thrive better in lower temperatures.

[@duudsuufd]

Fingerprints is evidence that a person has been there... No. If I had bought a book the fingerprints of the store owner will be on it for a while. Or the fingerprints of a woman at the checkout in a supermarket. Or the fingerprints from Chinese women that did the packaging for something you ordered online.