The Hair of Isaac Newton - Objectivity 271

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[@arcanics1971]

K E I T H! The man, the myth, the legendary Keith! Always a joy to see and hear him.

[@sommelierofstench]

we love keith 😎

[@Flying0Dismount]

"The Hair of Isaac Newton" sounds like some sort of nerdy cocktail drink that you'd order at the pub across the street from the Royal Society....

[@wpattison]

Hilarious! I'd say.... a shot of Apple Pucker chased by a shot of London Dry Gin...

[@manuelibanezgabarron8761]

I just noticed that episode 273 is coming, and if it isn't about Lord Kelvin, I will be very dissapointed.

[@jonathanrichards593]

Yeah, with a special moment arranged for 15% of the way through!

[@NonTwinBrothers]

Glad you got the Keith situation straightened out from the last video 😆

[@duddernator]

These objects give me a distinct "religious" artefact feel. Almost like Newton is some saint of Science, especially when seeing relics of hair samples alleged to be his. Just something I found interesting to think about.

[@EamonBurke]

That's exactly what these are. Relics.

[@lo1bo2]

Ironically, Newton was born on Christmas day.

[@gregmottram292]

I liked Isaac in his Brian May phase

[@eaglekepr]

They just confirmed (and debunked!) Beethoven's hair... Certainly would be worth the effort.

[@rockchicjaja]

I'm so glad that Keith is back! 🤗

[@rjung_ch]

Keith and Isaac Newton, yep!

[@BobOgden1]

So are we going to get a film on archiving Keith's hair?

[@hansdieter4537]

It's Keeth.

[@lorddenti958]

I wish I had a lock of Keiths hair, what a treasure that would be

[@michaelharrison1093]

There is a great product idea - bars of soap that have a side profile picture of Isaac Newton

[@herculesrockefeller8969]

How about bars of soap with a hair of Newtons stuck to it?

[@ihm8181]

Apple-scented, I'd imagine

[@Sevenigma777]

I am so sad 😢 i had only found this channel a few months ago and it quickly became one of my favs. With years of content i have been able to watch new Objectivity anytime i wanted and as much as i wanted until now as i have watched every episode forcing me to have to wait now for new uploads and its killing me lol

[@herculesrockefeller8969]

Cool! Isaac the OG!

[@Yezpahr]

My hot take on ivory is that any new ivory is of course despicable and shouldn't be traded in, but if we're talking about historic objects then that's a whole other class. These things hold a significant historic value because it tells a story of multiple generations. The ivory trade associated with slave labor, which associated with that whole century, which is when mankind started to enlighten itself beyond religion. It's almost poetic, how these things somehow lead mankind to the greater good, abolishing slavery, abolishing ivory, learning science and eventually applying all that we learned to undo the hole in the ozone layer. It was all apart of it.

[@lincolnnoronha4128]

Newton looks like data from star trek

[@heaslyben]

Are there none done in chocolate, then?

[@JaccovanSchaik]

That first bust is Brent Spiner, surely?!

[@francoislacombe9071]

I don't think the hair itself contains DNA. If there are follicules attached, then yes, but otherwise not. I could easily be wrong of course.

[@thearthound]

The bust looks like Brent Spiner as Data/Lore from St:TNG.

[@parichard6540]

Keith is the first person I think of when the Royal Society is mentioned. And he’s a credit to the profession of the Library Arts. And that Van der Hagen portrait of Newton looked a bit like Brady, didn’t it?

[@MortenKvale]

Keith is back!! Woohoo!! Don't get me wrong Brady, we love you too, but come on.. It's Keith!

[@piccalillipit9211]

KEITH COULD self little images of himself with a lock of his hair in them - I bet quite a few Objectivity viewers would buy them

[@ynotds6205]

Every so often I find one of Brady’s channels that I never knew existed. Lol

[@iambiggus]

My man Keith!!! Keith and Rupert are be the main reasons I would ever/hope to visit.

[@professorsogol5824]

Beethoven's hair has been done. Of several alleged specimens (I forget the number) several were from the same individual and had good provenance so they were deemed to be genuine; two were from other individuals and deemed to be not genuine. The DNA analysis allowed some inferences to be made concerning Beethoven's health.

[@MusicFanatical1]

Let's compromise by saying they are hairs from his wigs. That way they can be from different people yet also Newton's hair and we all win. Maybe that's the real provenance.

[@iteerrex8166]

Here 4:48 he looks a bit like Dr Nunan Sung and/or Data.

[@ASSamiYT]

"Problematic" is some of the understatements ever heard from Keith.

[@secularmonk5176]

I despise that word, because of how expansive its definition has become. The real purpose of the word -- in the era of identity politics -- isn't to enlighten or add context, but to threaten with destruction. To intimidate into silence. To try to deflate high regard for the achievements of the Western world. Just today, I encountered an article in the New York Times about Picasso, giving consideration to the idea that because he was a "mean guy", we should no longer take inspiration from his art. Think of what a shallow world is left if you get rid of everything "problematic". Everything from before the observer's lifetime is tainted ... and therefore vulnerable to political manipulation by those resentful of the status quo.

[@Rubrickety]

Hardly a new observation, but daaaaaamn Keith dresses nice! He should be the first librarian on the cover of GQ.

[@Orxenhorf]

I get the feeling Kieth was being nice to you. There's no DNA in hair itself. You'd need the root to test for DNA.

[@ObjectivityVideos]

I did know that (from my copious crime show consumption) - just kind of joking around... Though the strands could be compared using other criteria I imagine.

[@SuperDarthKelly]

I think you could determine they were from the same person if both were cut at relatively the same time 🤔

[@RFC-3514]

There is some DNA even in rootless in hair, it's just very hard to extract by normal means. It can be extracted using the same techniques used for fossilised bones, but that's still a very expensive process.

[@zapfanzapfan]

The real ivory one reminds me of Richard Feynman 🙂

[@HebaruSan]

Isaac Newton, definitely a person famous for his hair

[@jeanious2009]

It’s “SIR” Isaac Newton.

[@KALElite01]

Grant Sanderson would be pleased.

[@social3ngin33rin]

kind of weird to keep their hair clippings >_> but they are famous so I guess and hair is quite durable

[@160rpm]

I would also have said Keith unironically

[@belleringr6377]

They said, Isaac had the beautiful hair. 🧑🏼‍🦱👍

[@RFC-3514]

Unless the hair includes the roots, it can't be used for standard DNA analyses. There are some techniques that work on rootless hairs, but they're less reliable and very expensive.

[@imir8atu321]

Çool

[@lavander939]

😂

[@Pianoguy32]

My old piano has Ivory keys, i find it fascinating that it was once on an elephant in Africa.

[@BLITZKRIEG1]

What if it was obtained from an elephant whom perished in a natural way.

[@eaterdrinker000]

Can't wait for 3D-printed ivory-like substances!

[@MrDacedric]

It wasn't

[@mojosbigsticks]

He had a lot of wigs!

[@helensarkisian7491]

That’s what I was thinking. The lock of his hair is a bit of his wig.

[@yewthegreenman]

That hair, dna tested?

[@Orxenhorf]

Kind of impossible without the root.

[@OzzybinOswald]

It's ivory. Get over it. The only problem is simps who say problematic.

[@garrysekelli6776]

What Newton wore a wig? So disappointed.

[@vincentvanwyk5522]

Why just ivory? What about objects of gold or silver? They're just as connected with slave labour. Or even the fruit and veg we get at M&S - once stolen Palestinian farmland.

[@blindleader42]

Ivory trade has nearly led to the extinction of the African Elephant. Partly because of poaching it still might be too late.

[@vincentvanwyk5522]

@@blindleader42 well, I'm from South Africa and guess what. Since the ANC took power in 1994 special concessions to Chinese for tusks has been ongoing. Just a little nugget for you there