The SCIENCE! Behind Austin's Fallout FAILS

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[@Chroniclerope]

100% better than game theory because you recognize your mistakes and improve upon what you failed. Also, you say Fuck.

[@blus17]

Martin ‌Apesoa because I haven't seen a Theory on game theory since fnaf

[@OneSlavBoi]

Because Shoddy Cast is less known than GT.

[@williamadams2348]

ForgottenLink48 game theory is more rushed and they use multiple editors and only 1 sound recorders mat pat this is a 1 person a project

[@JANFU_Nova]

Game Theory is dead. His videos on it are shit because he focuses way too much on film theory, which isn't even half as good as GT back when.

[@OneSlavBoi]

Raging Gamer fair enough. I was too lazy to go to his channel to check, so you may be (probably are) right.

[@potemadunne1350]

I learned something today. I never knew you could blow those traffic lights off the poles in Fallout 4.

[@JohnD27018]

really enjoyed u actually calling out ur own fuck ups. love the content and can wait to see more.

[@HotWheels_OW]

gachiGASM

[@pauliusmartisius9436]

take it boy

[@Mastikator]

You know it's game over for humanity when we feel nostalgic about memes.

[@nicholascross3557]

Nostalgia.... it's not what it used to be. :)

[@Mastikator]

***** I'm not a racist, I just like to concentrate juice.

[@jasonyoung5654]

Mastikator hah 69

[@SakGM1]

Mastikator ...Tell me about it pepe, I doubt people remember Rustling my jimmies or even unwanted house guest. Or our lord and savior. Rape train.

[@riu.1180]

>whispers seductively to Austin >"I watched your Mirror's Edge video."

[@eboonepouh9347]

>whispers seductively to Austin's baby >"I watched your Mirror's Edge video

[@riu.1180]

Eboone Pouh >ooooh tell me more about impulse

[@56431tony]

Your profile pic tells me you like Critical

[@TheIAD]

I see the Thumbs up and Thumbs Down Button But where is the Creepy as F**k Button.. Ri U if you start referring to yourself in the Third Person, make any comment about Lotion and Skin I am out of here..

[@cuppawolnir9031]

I actually thought that Mirror's Edge video was very interesting and it's one of my favourites, AUSTIN. YOU DON'T KNOW ME.

[@cuppawolnir9031]

I'm sorry. Dark Souls.

[@cuppawolnir9031]

Good luck with the child, bud.

[@whitespartan3436]

Yep. My parents still tell me that I was hell as a child when I was younger. Learn your child's habits very quickly (i.e. projectile vomit, pissing during diaper change, etc.)

[@zachanikwano]

Same, I adore Mirrors Edge so that video was hreat

[@ZinTyPhoon]

My theory on the laser weapons in fallout is actually quite simple... They're not actual lasers. I actually first thought of this when I was using the laser musket in Fallout4. I mean, how exactly do you charge light by storing it in a glass cylinder that is CLEARLY see-through, and therefor absolutely worthless at holding light inside of it?! But, then I realized, that glass cylinder reminds me an awful lot of those novelty lightning orbs you can usually find hanging around wherever you can also find lava-lamps. And how do those lightning orbs work? By electrically charging the gas inside of them, turning the gas into plasma! And I mean ACTUAL plasma, not whatever that weird melting green crap in Fallout is.

[@backonlazer791]

So laser weapons are plasma and plasma weapons are... Ehh, ectoplasma? =P

[@ZinTyPhoon]

Backon Lazer I can only think that maybe Fallout's "plasma" is some kind chemical compound designed to dissolve solids into... less solids?

[@backonlazer791]

ZinTyPhoon Perhaps, but in the end it's just a vision of the devs and might have nothing to do with science.

[@ZinTyPhoon]

Backon Lazer Other than programming the game itself, I don't think devs put much effort into anything scientific.

[@Yfr28]

Either that, or Bethesda has absolutely no idea what the fuck are they doing. I'll take my chances on this option.

[@lleer00na.79]

ive learned more from these videos than 4 years of high school. i dont know if i can say thats good or not.

[@Gab8riel]

Lleer00n Argunt I don't think it is, but then again I am in the third year of University and in high school I only learned about a third of the physics they tried to teach me. My point is you can always catch up.

[@badoobles]

Lleer00n Argunt I like your profile picture. 😄👍🏻

[@numberjackfiutro7412]

Definitely agree!

[@jamesslick9879]

These videos actually helped me in AP Physics Mechanics (specifically the Giant Catapult video and the 2nd Halo Ring video) when I had failed to take a normal HS Physics course before hand, so... Yeah. Yay Austin!

[@_Circus_Clapped_]

I learned more from actual people working out in those fields as to how things work compared to diagrams and MSM videos will ever tell me

[@drago2210]

HI AUSTIN ! ITS ME EVERYBODY !

[@Boomchacle]

4 million dollars is a realistic price for the American military to spend on a missile. Seriously, we have more expensive missiles already.

[@carlosdgutierrez6570]

You said a missile, not a shoulder pneumatic nuclear launch system

[@numberjackfiutro7412]

Plus, the US military loves overspending, thus it's rare for the military to spend that little on anything.

[@fuvet]

*I WATCHED YOUR MIRRORS EDGE VIDEO!*

[@Strideo1]

fuvet There are dozens of us!

[@fuvet]

heck bear 😂

[@jake_leg]

I DIDNT

[@Scorpio-ms9vk]

fuvet I did

[@defdajonivuh5626]

I did too!

[@Stormeris]

Eh, you don't fail as much as Bethesda fails at following the continuity from previous games (even the one that they made themselves, hilariously enough)

[@MarinaInChains]

i feel like bethesda is like a teenager that can't decide what to be like

[@PhyreI3ird]

Stormeris To me it (with the elder scrolls at least) seems like a rather natural growth that mirrors real life in how ideas and theories we formed in the past about reality and such are constantly changing and being up-heaved my new information and alternative ideas But... maybe you're not really referring to that so I'm curious what you're actually referring to :3

[@besmama6028]

Fallout 4 doesn't feel like a fallout game,

[@inconspicuousjerry6660]

The problem is that fallout 3 was a mess of features and writing, making a pretty revolutionary 3d rpg out of a 2d turnbased game is not easy either, so knowing what a fallout game should feel like is pretty difficult if you still want to create something that feels new. Even New Vegas didn't have to deal with this becacuse it ran on the same engine as 3, used about 80% of the same assets, the same systems and all. I agree fo4 wasn't the greatest fallout game, but it was a pretty decent to good rpg that will make the new TES and if there is another fallout only better.

[@archiethedog4515]

Obsidian is more faithful than the original creators.

[@thomasrevill7723]

Any videos on the SCIENCE! of Metro 2033's universe would be awesome.

[@ChadWSmith]

Dear Austin, HI! What about the mistake that in the same time and place they have super complex AI to the point that people are willing to die to save a computer in a meat machine (IE Synths) -- machines capable of verbal interface, understanding basically the entire English language, grammar, idioms, jokes, sacrasm, etc. --- and yet the desktop terminals can barely render graphics at all, are monochrome, and look like something out of the late 1970s. Heck, we don't even have the tech behind Wadsworth in our world, and our computers have been better than Fallout's for 40 years. You can talk about microchips vs transistors - and how many transistors it would take to run a Synth or even a robot - and how much room that would take - and how freaking HUGE those machines would have to be. (Think President Eden vs Codsworth.) Sincerely, Chad PS - some may argue that the reason the computer graphics suck so bad in their world is because they didn't have the video game industry to drive that tech --- except Fallout 4 has several video games that run on PipBoys and Terminals.

[@TheJohnnylupine]

Chad W Smith

[@thegentleman8453]

Chad W Smith Computer tech never really advanced in the Fallout universe. The reason the institute has it, is because they researched it themselves.

[@ChadWSmith]

The Gentleman - The Institute didn't create Mr. Handys. They were around long before the war (Codsworth specifically was shown active before the bombs fell). We don't have anything close to that level of AI, and yet, we have much better computers. It just doesn't add up. Someone would have taken whatever SciFi magic they use for robots and stuck it in a computer that would talk to you instead of needing a keyboard. Imagine a Pre-War Fallout version of the Amazon Echo or the Google Home or even Siri or Cortana. Or even a talking PipBoy with a Mr. Handy level AI... That would be so much better than an Apple Watch. Yet, they are stuck with Tandy-1000 looking things all over the place. Even in the Institute, their computer terminals *look* nicer - but they are functionally the same.

[@zachkorman3409]

When you see this long comment and are too lazy to read it but it's too long to be stupid so you just agree with it... am I the only one?

[@DoctorPorkenfries]

I imagine it's a combination of a couple things. 1: Pre-war America didn't care much about terminals. All the terminals you see are basically just glorified journals. Few are connected to any networks, and even then, usually just a network in that one place. Civilians probably just didn't see/care about the potential of computer terminals. Meaning corporations generally wouldn't, either. General Atomics and RobCo were out to make money, so if people only wanted a computer to jot down notes, that's what they got. From their perspective, putting their best computers in stationary terminals instead of moving, working, and fighting robots would have been a waste.2: The Institute: basically the same thing as pre-war America, just for different reasons. They were so focused on their synths that they just didn't care about making computers better. They also seemed to reject any kind of entertainment, instead choosing to focus on science 24/7. So probably they made some terminals that allowed them to jot down notes and communicate across the Institute and simply didn't care to do anything beyond that. Not to mention any research projects have to be approved by the director, who has...faulty reasoning, to say the least. After all, he chooses to force Virgil to continue experimenting with FEV far past the point where FEV could be useful, and refuses to allow continued research and advancement on the cybernetics that allowed Kellogg to live so long.

[@danshive4017]

Nobody watched the mirror's edge one?! That was one of my favorite videos of yours!

[@Fighter_Builder]

Same here!

[@peterbarraclough6570]

i watched mirror's edge, i liked it too Dan Shive

[@sacobwatts9792]

HERE HERE!

[@Thegenfy]

You're being too harsh on yourself. You didn't lie, just made some happy little accidents :)

[@RaawHax]

Yo Austin, The SCIENCE! Behind Warhammer 40k's Assault Marine Jump Packs! Or Plasma Guns?

[@filthydaemonspawn1206]

Marc Nielsen YES PLEASE, HE, THE EMPEROR WILL BE PLEASED.

[@doom7ish]

Yes, He must HAIL THE EMPEROR OF MANKIND. ps. Austin could you do a video on Tiberium from Command and Conquer. please?

[@Kaayaotic]

Yeah that would be awesome!!

[@hennaikimono]

doom7ish I 3rd the Tiberium science talk

[@chromasus9983]

Go further! The science behind the Warp-Spider Web Spinners! The Eldar weapons especially use all sort of really xeno-technology! DO IT NOW!

[@Daniel_K95]

I don't understand half the things Austin says I just like his voice

[@chrisruskin6189]

Congratulations on the baby man!

[@JacobBreuwet]

Chris ruskin are you sure it's a baby man? Why couldn't it be a baby woman?

[@rock2706]

The Mirror's Edge video is one of my favorite THE SCIENCE videos. It actually taught me about real life parkour and endurance after being disappointed by the cringe filled free Game Lab episode.

[@chiaohongcheng]

Yo Austin, explain halo odst drop pod. They drop from orbit, so like fucking how

[@timothiusmaximus]

chiaohong cheng I think they have rockets on the bottom to slow them down.

[@chiaohongcheng]

Yeah i know, but i what to give him a challenge. They kind of show it at halo 2

[@chrisg9653]

Tim Leake They don't slow down. They land like power armor.

[@CherryScent]

+Stretch 'Em They do slow down though, like the lifeboat Chief got in from the UNSC Pillar of Autumn. Drop Pods lessen their impact with the rockets on the bottom like the lifeboat had on its front. They also have those weird antennae-parachute things tha come from the top. They slow, but not very much.

[@MaztRPwn]

We have to give that one to just video game logic. lol.

[@ains2904]

Next episode titan fall HOW HARD DO PILOTS PUNCH?!?! PLEASE!!!

[@biohazard724]

Ainsberth Morris About as hard as Overwatch members

[@ains2904]

biohazard724 consider this. overwatch characters are able to break sighns from the middle with one punch ,titan pilots can't do that but they can kill robots without leaving a dent with one upper cut and send them flying back

[@ains2904]

they would kick and punch in such a small margin for error that they would have to have robotic focus

[@biohazard724]

Ainsberth Morris That's more about the precision of their attacks than their actual strength. Which it could be argued is more important for causing damage.

[@NetherPrime]

If I'm honest, being someone who's watched all of austin's science video's, watching another video about how hard another game hits would be rather boring. There must be something more interesting in titanfall to do a video on other than how hard some tard punches.

[@FrozenShepard]

I had a thought. What if the recoil of the laser rifle isn't from the beam, but the weapon's cooling system. The gun expels gas out the sides in a forward direction which pushes back on the holder.

[@joelatkinson4967]

Dear Austin, good luck being a father, we as fans will understand if an episode is delayed whilst you adjust

[@macomputersuck]

Finally a KZbinr who actually admits when they make a mistake. Unlike MatPat

[@MrPOOINTHETOILET]

???Like what(not in a bad way i actually want to know)

[@099roar]

For one: Link is dead.

[@macomputersuck]

RedDragonGaming Keogh TF2 vs Overwatch Full Metal Alchemist

[@eldinoor7072]

BestServedCold he did state that he fucked up with the fnaf theory

[@AVAL2775]

Cameron B. Actually the link is dead theory does make sense

[@freddoolanburke2190]

austin could you do the science behind ana biotic rifle

[@F_lippy]

fred doolanburke Ana's sleep dart? Ana's jarate... Oh wait I meeaan.. her biotic grenade?

[@PlanetaryPhoenix]

Pip IV do we need the science behind the dart, they exist today.

[@tristanrast246]

fred doolanburke Yeah that'd be really cool

[@Mil0Gaming]

And the Nano boost!

[@emilynyan6603]

He did one on Stimpaks, the healing thing would probably work the same. Gross.

[@guy-hk4em]

"But nobody watched that video" the mirrors edge video was the first shoddy cast video I watched 😂😂😂

[@FanOfMostEverything]

Acknowledging past mistakes and working to correct them is a key part of SCIENCE! Kudos for helping to stymie the flow of misinformation on the Internet.

[@epicplayer6224]

As an orphan will you adopt me Austin?

[@RonnieBlum]

I sat down and watched your Mirrors edge video... TWICE! .... TWICE Austin! TWICE! That is 100% more times than I watch most videos. So yeah..

[@seanin4376]

Congrats

[@kevincronk7981]

Wow over 9000 was old 7 years ago. That makes it even older now, you've made an 18 year old feel old

[@c.c.4597]

Every video, Including this is why this is definitely my new favorite channel on youtube. MORE SCIENCE!

[@lysandre1861]

Looks like someone has a lot of work on their hands to see what the fuck is wrong with Sombra and her tech.

[@_Foxol]

I'm sure he's making the script mentally when he goes to bed.

[@aragincajun4789]

Do people remember when Shoddycast had around 400,000 subs. It's almost 1 million

[@IgnemFeram01]

A Ragin Cajun Hell, I remember when it was closer to 25,000. As far as KZbin channels go, they picked up some serious traction pretty fast.

[@nathmac8669]

Props for making this Austin! Its refreshing to know we aren't all infallable, even better to take on board and correct them, Great work dude keep it up :)

[@nathmac8669]

And yes, i know i misspelt infallible, but I'm owning it 😜

[@DavidADenman]

You are awesome man! From champaign myself and I've found myself watching all your videos. I have never had a more interesting time laughing and learning. Keep it up because ill be god damn terrified if there was no more science videos! Lol

[@mybackisinpain9660]

you're in the comment section

[@clonetf141]

Captain Obvious no shig sherlock

[@Finesse9]

wow that rly went straight over ur head

[@RaawHax]

no sher shitlock

[@andrew_radio]

You are reading my reply.

[@clonetf141]

Scatty thats the joke

[@splashybard]

Hey guys. Have a good day/night/whatever

[@barcalounger1234]

splashy bard well then... you to

[@pimpdaddyg2081]

splashy bard dont you ever fuckin tell me what to do

[@splashybard]

Ethan Gick I'll tell you what to do and you'll fucking do it. GET BACK IN THE BASEMENT

[@BlueBD]

you can use Day as a blanket term as day has the meaning of sunlight hours and a calender day.

[@splashybard]

Blue★ yeah I know but I like including everything for the hell of it

[@yannickdevos6021]

Love your Fallout series and great to see that you admit to your mistakes, everyone makes them but not everyone admit that so keep it up your videos are awesome

[@SiCrewe]

I've always thought the simplest explanation for "recoil" in sci-fi laser guns would be that there's some mechanism in the gun that causes it. A solenoid moves a bunch of magnets across a flux capacitor in order to charge the quantum capacitor which provides the energy burst for the shot or summat.

[@AJ-kj1go]

Good lucky daddy austin

[@XxdoggyshitxX]

How do you even get a baby do you order it in the mail is that why it is on the way?

[@elijahaitaok8624]

last I heard they were air dropping babies via parachute capsules

[@10xprospect65]

Elijah Aitaok I also heard that they’ve been throwing them in chutes that sling them using satellite GPS to be delivered to the correct address

[@xzavierhardin908]

Ik this was 2yrs ago but in a terminal on the prydwin it mentions that power armor doesn't negate fall damage there were some soldiers that tested the max height and barely survived jumping off the airship

[@Felenari]

I really liked the parkour episode. It was wonderful to put some numbers to the moves.

[@TheArmyduck23]

Have you ever considered doing the math for Halo ODST pods?

[@mcnt9506]

i prolly shouldve looked at the comments before i made mine. I dont imagine they would survive. well, the way we see it anyway. They have got to have some slow down mechanic, cushioning and etc, but if it were to slow down to the point where its hard to be shot down, i think itd be too fast for the body to handle anyway. And then you got the dead stop which as we saw is quite...fatal. who knows, maybe in the future our bones are jelly

[@keeganvannier1948]

MCNT052 im pretty sure they have a parachute like thing that comes out of the top, but i believe the slow down comes from scifi's ever so prevalent "inertial dampeners".

[@frankmyers8062]

jelly bones could be fun, especially if you could change from jelly bones to regular bones whenever you want.

[@r.s_vault8180]

Yea I'm glad this was corrected, but......hypernovae, remember those massive supernovas that's gonna blow us away in our own Milky Way....yea that's still very much real.

[@davidlewis6728]

it speaks a lot about you to be able to do this, thank you very much. :3

[@noone6074]

The 'recoil' from the laser rifles is actually the character flinching. :P

[@ShoddyCast]

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[@anonylutiongaming4818]

Austin! Congrats on the baby!

[@sethdavis4159]

ShoddyCast I watched your mirrors edge video. And I loved it don't fret Austin

[@richardjackson9584]

ShoddyCast Austin congrats on you...being a father 😁 btw..... Since Fallout 4 has pretty much ended ...can u TRY to explain the SCIENCE BEHIND the CW shows, like the Cold Gun , and meta human powers in Flash, or the Mirakuru serum in Arrow?😀 sincerely your fan Richard

[@cripticgamer4490]

Callum Stonehouse I second this!

[@Unisho2541]

BABY! Also, Callum's idea would be awesome!

[@samhughes2590]

E= politaclly correct? 2:50

[@ShadowFalcon]

Sura Pon no! Energy = PC Master Race xD

[@WARRIOR-lx5yc]

Sura Pon lmao

[@samwashburn6823]

Dear Austin, HI! I just thought you'd be happy to hear (since you mentioned it in this video) that the very first video of yours that I watched actually was your Mirror's Edge: Catalyst video. I thought it was researched and presented so well that I subscribed immediately. I've since watched many of your videos, including all the fallout ones and have enjoyed each of them. Keep 'em coming! -Sincerely, Sam

[@hoss2060]

7:00 technically it would just be acceleration as that is defined as any change in velocity including speeding up, slowing down, and change of direction

[@elijahfranks4495]

HEYHEYHEY... HEEEYY DONT SAY NO BODY I WAS ONE OF THE 300,000 WHO WATCHED THE MIRRORS EDGE VIDEO

[@abomesai18]

YO I HERD U LIEK MUDKIPZ

[@RyGuyMaster]

Nice background music from the opera Carmen, it's a good one.

[@productivediscord5624]

I loved the Mirror's Edge video. It's SCIENCE that even I could do as opposed to laser weapons and Fission reactors.

[@jamesgarratt6946]

I was watching this shoddy cast video and Austin admitted that he made mistakes unsubscribe

[@BrianDagame]

Alchestbreach reference ?

[@sea_triscuit7980]

James Garratt the fact that he's addressing thesemistakes shows me he's a good youtuber

[@jamesgarratt6946]

Vault-Tec yes you win a life time supply of goo goo bars ! "Goo goo bars we'll burn your fucking house down ! "

[@BrianDagame]

James Garratt Come on down to the atomic wrangler! We got pictures of puppy's!

[@allah7785]

Twigga Finga24 ii

[@christopherschultz5485]

You should do the science of Battlefield 1s medical syringe

[@filthydaemonspawn1206]

Christopher Schultz Video Games... There's your physics.

[@christopherschultz5485]

Rage Angel lol

[@theogbeaver]

Cocaine

[@christopherschultz5485]

TheNekoThatKnew wat

[@bigjavo36]

Cocaine was pretty popular as a medicine back in the day. Shooting soldiers up with cocaine would dull the pain and give them energy to get back up and keep fighting.

[@ManintheArmor]

One way to address the inertia dampening problem is to figure a way to distribute energy away from the wearer of the power armor more quickly. Not through silly things like braces and cushions, as they only work across the surface of the person’s body. But rather, magnetic fields, so as to brace the entire volume of the subject and distribute it evenly.

[@darkblood626]

I always thought that the ‘recoil’ from laser weapons is a projuct of the coolant system and not the shot itself.

[@vicentetemes5793]

By baby, you mean a real baby or like a new video?

[@bishop6881]

Vicente Parker like a physical child

[@vicentetemes5793]

Bishop Gale Ooooh. Congratulations, Austin. May I suggest giving him/her the name Science?

[@spyder7648]

Vicente Parker maybe name him fallout Austin science?

[@vicentetemes5793]

Atticus Finch No, just Science. That way, whenever the kid gets in trouble Austin can scream "SCIENCE!!!".

[@festethephule7553]

So what if this kid gains a belief in a deity?

[@theblackmace5254]

k

[@ignignoktthemooninite3679]

The Black Mace k

[@smouty9794]

The Black Mace K

[@catpowers9932]

its pretty cool that you did this

[@roottxt2477]

Dear Austin; It is awesome of you to acknowledge your possible mistakes in a topic you gave more time calculating than most people here think about it. Sincerely me.

[@maciekx10]

The biggest mistake in this video is that you still believe that the kid will be yours mate.

[@272arshan]

maciekx10 This confuses me.

[@maciekx10]

S.A. H. As in he is not the biological father of the kid that his wife will give birth to

[@272arshan]

maciekx10 No what confuses me is why you'd just up and say that on this video with no provocation. Like, none. At all. I don't get it.

[@maciekx10]

S.A. H. Its a video about his mistakes and he does mention that he is awaiting a child in it. As for why. Well because my mind islike that of a 5 year old.

[@272arshan]

maciekx10 I mean I still don't get it but thanks for taking the time to explain.

[@thenitrogenrexgamingchanne6854]

I love mudkipz!!thanks for bringing it up!

[@thelootist6721]

Nice to see you rectify some of your mistakes! and I was wondering, could you possibly do a video on the Frame shift Drive from Elite: Dangerous?

[@TheChaosCorvid]

My problem with the laser recoil thing is that they clearly generate plasma around the beam (similar to the proposed design called a PEP, which uses a pulsating laser to create plasma) the plasma expanding would create a lot of kinetic energy that would act on the gun. This would limit the range of the laser but not significantly considering there's a laser design that literally uses this to increase the damage output. It's also possible that it's moving parts, since if you look at the designs of the laser weapons there ARE indeed moving parts, including automatic lasers having spinning parts that would generate a lot of shaking depending on the weight of some parts.

[@theoutspokenscotsman884]

I recall one that you did in your "The TECH!" BioShock video where you said you couldn't grow plants underwater with today's technology due to the lack of sunlight, completely disregarding the existence of grow lamps which today even come in LED form.

[@linkgaming19]

The Outspoken Scotsman I think the tech vids are done by a different person

[@ijakerz93]

The Outspoken Scotsman wrong person

[@theoutspokenscotsman884]

My mistake

[@InnocuousRemark]

Intellectual honesty is the most gentlemanly of honesties

[@FennecTECH]

the escaping gasses can easily be coolant being vented out the gun arround the barrel

[@JonathanRossRogers]

Another point relevant to the question of whether fusion or fission bombs created the Glowing Sea is that fusion bombs have three stages: a chemical explosive triggers a fission explosive, which triggers a fusion explosive.

[@lukehubbard4915]

I like how okay you are and how well you deal with being wrong.

[@eigencat]

For a relativistic stationary object, dE = +-dmc^2. The mini nuke could use a matter-antimatter core($$$$).

[@patsrocknfl54]

This is why I love this video series. One time I sent in a very detailed explanation of why one of Game Theory's videos had a critical error and guess what? Not even an annotation correcting the error. This guy has an entire video about his errors. I fucking love it.

[@Ahourigan]

In MatPat's defense, these types of episodes a) don't tend to do very well and b) are actually a huge pain to make. I thought it'd be easy because I'd already done most of the research, but the longer you put it off, the more videos you have to cover, so doing a "everything I've fucked up" video can quickly become overwhelming.

[@patsrocknfl54]

Well, all the more reason I appreciate the effort and work it takes to admitting when you made a mistake. You defending him makes me like you even more. You can't win this because all that will happen is me becoming a bigger fan. lol

[@thefabulouscabbage]

THIS IS 100% MY FAV SHOW ON ShoddyCast!!!!!

[@thrango2379]

I think it's really cool that you are willing to admit your mistakes and correct yourself.

[@Darkmortal100]

13:00 I am here to remind Austin of this bit 6 YEARS later

[@bobthecannibal1]

@8:20 Preach. This is how my tibial plateau ended up looking like the nose of an ER-40 collet from falling off of the roof of my Jeep and why I have arthritis in that knee. Damnit, I should have rolled.

[@MrWootloot]

Hey Austin (or anybody who's interested), If photons (light) have momentum, doesn't that mean that they also have a mass? Because the formula for momentum is mass multiplied by velocity. Therefore, if a particle has momentum, it must have a mass. Sincerely, Mr. Wootloot. P.S. Your videos are great and always interesting. Always happy to watch another episode of The SCIENCE!

[@mann2.088]

the power armor could be made by a light material and with its big suffice aria it would slow down the fall even more

[@Steampunkifyable]

One thing about the power armor fall damage to the body. If you calculate the whole body support the power armor provides it can spread the force over a larger area and also distribute the force evenly allowing for greater impact survivability. I don't think the suit could provide terminal velocity recovery, but I would say the jumping off a building could be plausible with the correct sequence of dampeners. So its not just your legs, your whole body would feel the pressure at the same time. Just a thought.

[@tickytickytango5634]

p=mv. if m=0, then so does p Therefore, either light has no momentum, or it does have mass.

[@TheKazragore]

It's funny that the schedule says "Wednesdays" for THE SCIENCE when, by the time it actually is Wednesday in the US, it's already Thursday pretty much everywhere else xD

[@CynicalPole]

Thank you Sir. You are a gentleman and a scholar. - as they say on the internet. And seriously. Thank you for all of those videos. MOAR! Best wishes for you and the Mrs.

[@anubis1416]

Light is NOT always traveling at C. In fact light through glass is about 30% slower. Has nothing to do with labs. It goes through every gas, liquid and transparent solid at different speeds.

[@LeToastasaur]

Eyyy you're soon at 1 million subs that's pretty cool! Gratz

[@badkluster]

I like the way Austin says "Scieeennce!"

[@dariusfafoutakis8687]

I want an sound bite of it so badly for my phone

[@TankyCrobat]

So, ever since I was first introduced to one of your videos, I have always looked forward to whenever you post new ones.... However, until this week, I never went too far back to watch some of your older videos... Now all week... I've had your playlist of videos playing Any time I have not been watching a show with my Significant other, and I don't regret a second of it.

[@The0riginalTwo]

For the laser weapons one: What if the recoil is not from the "projectile" leaving the weapon and instead it is the mechanism that creates the kickback. This is something that happens to a tiny degree in airsoft rifles which function with a fairly simple mechanism that creates air pressure in a cylinder with the help of a spring and then releases the air through a nozzle wich then pushes a plastic or metallic ball (usually 6mm) out of the barrel. Now if you fire a electric airsoft rifle without any projectile it still creates a kickback strong enough to be noticed, wich i assume is not coming from the compressed air being released but instead from the gearboxes different gears and the main springs function.

[@emielpeper9248]

I still don't totally agree with the Power Armor part. If I recall correctly, you asserted the terminal velocity using a 60 frames per second reference. However, I believe Fallout 4 is built for 30 frames per second. Not sure if it changes everything you've calculated, but it might just make a difference.

[@PJWebb-rp7un]

What is that giant robot throwing mini nukes?? Why have I not seen this before in my travels throughout the wasteland

[@garethfuller2700]

Also- Thermonuclear bombs use a FISSION reaction to start the FUSION reaction which, in modern bombs, can have another 2 or so cycles of that before the bomb is done. Fun thought.

[@GeroniMomartinezMG]

Grats on the baby, bro! I dunno if I've said it but I just love your Behind the Science videos and the way you say "fuck". No really, it's really a unique, crisp and charismatic intonation that I admire..

[@avery-quinnmaddox5985]

Photons must always move at C, without exception. They only 'slow down' in an atmosphere because they bounce around along with particles in the air. The photons don't actually move slower, they just take longer getting to their destination.

[@IAmVexTV]

On the topic of the Power Armour , this kids is why we are told to wear our seat belts in vehicles :) If you don't wear them you have the chance of getting thrown out of the car or jolted forward as the car stops. The car is stopping before your body gets the chance too.

[@steamrangercomputing]

Every developer dreads seeing these words in their emails: Hey, its me! Austin!

[@alexkarcz8591]

I want to point out with the laser rifle situation, the gas would most likely be escaping through some seams in the side of the gun, or some vents, as opposed to the front of it, since there is no barrel, only a laser and some focusing crystals, of which would be sealed in a chamber so no dirt (and gas) could get in / out of. You were right all along. The gun might vibrate a bit from the rapid gas expansion, though it would not have enough force to blow up the gun itself unlike you said, since the actual internals of the laser rifle would most likely be way too crammed in there for enough gas to exist in between the parts, and thus not enough for the gun to explode or break easily, and considering these were widely used, they would definitely be made to be durable enough so that the gas expansion wouldn't affect it lol.

[@xxcrazymanxx1001]

I love your fallout vids and story teller vids

[@thatoneguy9843]

Austin! You forgot your Fusion Core episode. Because, like you said for the glowing sea, it was not FUSION, it was FISSION that made them work.