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[@RokuroCarisu]

Poké Balls are only the second most advanced technology in the Pokémon World. Number one (and even more terrifing) was the creation of Porygon; using the Pokémon Storage System in reverse to turn a primitive 3D model into a physical lifeform, complete with it retaining the abilities it had inside a virtual envoirment - aka. bringing a video game character to life and somehow allowing it to continue working by video game physics in the real world!

[@dagothur76839]

YOUR RIGHT

[@chaotixthefox]

Quantum Physics>>>>>>> All they did was convert energy to mass in order to create a working body.

[@RokuroCarisu]

Chaotix Fox The amazing thing about Porygon is that its body consists of variable matter. It can alter its shape, color and type at will. And unlike Ditto, Porygon is not an organic lifeform that just mimics other things, but it can actually transmutate itself into any organic or anorganic matter. Now image Porygon had been programmed with the ability to reprogram not only itself, but also its virtual envoirment, before it was transfered into the physical world.

[@chaotixthefox]

RokuroCarisu But it wasn't.

[@RokuroCarisu]

Chaotix Fox The point is that the technology that created Porygon could just as well create a Pokémon that can "hack reality".

[@popfizz55]

Ive always wondered why pikachu hated ashes balls...

[@shadowskyz]

mmmhm

[@kattozilla74]

popfizz55 wat

[@VideoDanielful]

and even Pikachu has been put in a Pokeball so he's poke-toast too xD.

[@christopheracosta1414]

Me to

[@shadowskyz]

Daniel Valencia Oh yeah! He got trapped in one of Mewtwo's whateverballs in the 1st Movie right? Maybe he just ran away.. When was this?

[@SybilantSquid]

This puts Pikachu's refusal to be put away in a ball in a whole new perspective.

[@bville51555]

HE KNOWS

[@TheGrace020]

I JUST STARTED WATCHING AGAIN ITS SO TRUE!!

[@Batkenpre]

+Murderpod McDuckerson ya he is like hell no bitch.

[@bville51555]

Batken pre 52 52 SOUND THE ALARM THE KILLING MUST STOP #PokeLivesMatter

[@rashkavar]

You stole my comment!

[@jason__lai]

Mom: Hope you're studying hard for your quantum mechanics exam. Me:

[@emeraldfinder5]

oh god, a quantum mechanics exam?

[@stacey2238]

Wow

[@stacey2238]

That’s cool

[@7WomaNation]

Believe me mother I have

[@billyalarie929]

Anything less than an A+ would be a fine fucking travesty

[@Randomguy4]

Pokéverse: *unlocks the secrets of quantum mechanics* Also Pokéverse: *let's 10 yos use animals to fight each other*

[@qwertydavid8070]

I like to imagine that after scientists literally found the secret of quantum entanglement and uncovered and mastered the powers of physics they just got bored and handed them to little kids to see what the fuck they'd do with them lmao. That also brings the possibility that Pokemon are just genetically altered organisms made by humans. I mean I know some Pokemon are canonically "synthetic" but come on as wild as the Pokemon universe may be it may all just be really advanced physics in the end.

[@martinsthalles]

What if the pokeballs work like the TARDIS?

[@squaredcash3311]

Ultraraio I never thought about it that way.

[@gamerisrbija]

and how exactly does the T.A.R.D.I.S work?

[@thekaboominator1]

A four dimensional construct with the outside being the part that intersects with the three dimensional plane?

[@vp21ct]

The 4th dimensional 'cube' is known as a Tesseract.

[@deth-hh7we]

maybe pokemon are already dead because it seems they never die they can go into poke balls and there are no teleporters for people

[@vicentetemes5793]

Also, they are made of FUCKING FRUIT.

[@Someone_Important]

The pokeballs are made of fruit?

[@vicentetemes5793]

Father aka Shaun Yep, it was said in Gen 2, with the guy who did the things with the tuff. Helpful, am I not?

[@Someone_Important]

+napalm I became a ghost because of the cancer and I now haunt the KZbin comment section.

[@vicentetemes5793]

Father aka Shaun Spoooky.

[@evic7]

+Father aka Shaun you to mate

[@ChrisBryer]

So... No wormholes or pocket dimensions? I always thought pokeballs were basically just an elven pouch.

[@Telleryn]

or a TARDIS

[@ThisIsTaco1]

Well, Austin went for an "it is acutally possible" theory, not for an "it is theoretically possible" theory. Wormholes and pocket dimensions are thoeretically possible, but none have been confirmed outside of the quantum realm.

[@TheCsel]

seeing how pokemon deals with transferring pokemon via the internet from computer databases, and how Bill literally had a matter-teleporter in his house, I would say the quantum teleport theory is correct

[@seirramoon388]

i thought they worked kinda like a tardis, bigger on the inside and can become much much smaller on the outside

[@ThisIsTaco1]

+Drakilicious Yeah, me too. But in the three spacial dimensions we live in, it's impossible to do that (but theoretically you can if you have 5 or more). If it had extra dimensions inside the pókeball, that would be really wierd for pokémons as well. That could only happen inside the quantum realm.

[@Spike40532]

I can't remember where I heard it but there was a theory I heard that pokeballs are like little pocket dimensions that create an environment perfectly suited to that pokemon

[@paladinleeroy7394]

yeah me too

[@nijnaman4788]

Pretty sure it was smash Bros melee

[@tejmouse6869]

it was super smash bros, www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=super+smash+bros+pokeball+trophy+info&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjr3efU9ILOAhUS1iYKHYWtAwcQvwUIGygA&dpr=1&biw=1920&bih=919#imgrc=V9kLh3uF_6vZcM%3A you might have seen it in matt pat's video on raticates death

[@doggo1726]

Yeah in Super Smash Bros Brawl. The info is in the trophy section and you must have a poke ball trophy

[@cheomarweston2081]

I heard that too

[@cade75]

Had to add "in Pokemon Go" for those sweet views

[@dsj1328]

lol true

[@ademparik]

At least it's connected to a good video

[@BRB2370]

just like his rethinking "fallout 4"

[@LatinaCreamQueen]

Hey, when the video is well made and edited, I ain't complaining.

[@cobalt2361]

True,but at least the video is good and worth viewing.

[@zionjones5447]

That game theory joke tho

[@lowqualitygas90]

Foreshadowing

[@gamingrussiapiblox1298]

Ya

[@shadow_shine3578]

Was not expecting to hear him actually swear... I'm a game theory watcher coming over

[@williamwester223]

Well he is sometimes on game theory

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

I think the pokeball are basicilly little, portable TARDIS. It's bigger on the inside

[@whoplays7061]

its actually true to what you said well according to the anime...

[@Smart30701]

+FaZe Draxo that's why the pokemans like it

[@Smart30701]

So it's always a poke party? CAPTURE ME NINTENDOOOOO

[@generalrubbish9513]

Well, that doesn't solve the mass problem.

[@IK4MS]

+Mário Ďuráč The TARDIS doesn't have much mass anyway.

[@vixxcelacea2778]

The other idea is that entire world of pokemon is a giant simulation, meaning, nothing has mass and everything is actually digital, which would make sense considering in the series, clearly dangerous things that happen do not generally kill people, like being flamed by a Charizard. This would also allow for all the technology and powers that exist in that universe, including pokemon themselves. This would mean that the pokeball breaks down the sent information that makes up the visual representation of the pokemon with an algorithm for them breaking out. Basically, complex VR which is complex enough for people to live their lives in a world that has very different rules, because everything is digital. Your brain is a jar. And we can in fact do this in the future considering pretty much anything can be broken down into information, likely more complex than just zeros and ones, but still a similar idea. That or exactly what the theory said. This is why transporters are a no-no for many. Breaking down something into parts means death. Basically, you constantly create a clone over and over, but the original is always gone which the original is the you.

[@mockman100k]

So that theory is basically saying that our future is Pokemon Go but like the Matrix?

[@northernsun6003]

Vixx Celacea Neat theory! They're probably inside a quantum computer orbiting a black hole as heat death grips the universe in its final trillions of years. I've been watching a lot of IsaacArthur videos. :)

[@serj3190]

Basically, pokemon is digimon.

[@dannyfloresbo]

That would also explay why you can transfer pokemons using a PC.

[@merlinthelemurian3197]

@Caylon Gorell heat death likely won't happen as dark energy is the only reason it would happen and dark energy is still energized/charged from the big bang, as dark energy continues to dissipate causing the universe to further expand, it will lose its potential whereas dark matter will not. We'll either be left with floating galaxies separated from each other by millions of light years, or if dark matter is present in the space between galaxies, we could perhaps experience a big crunch, which could lead to another big bang.

[@Daraix4]

Could ash's pikachu know all this and maybe that's why is does not wanna go into its poke ball it doesn't want to die again ?

[@nockradqkdak7992]

This sounds weard

[@RyanRafi100]

bruh.. I literally had the same thought while watching the video!!!

[@Pogiforce]

Considering that in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire the scientists explain that transdimensional technology used to create a wormhole into another dimension is the same technology used in the Pokemon storage system, pokeballs and other technologies used by the trainer, I find wormhole generators to be far more likely rather than quantum trancievers.

[@asdfasdg9845]

Well damn. I had this random thought while having a random conversation with a friend that if teleportation was ever created, you'd die from using it. This was oddly close.

[@christianschultz9715]

normalfag i had this exact thougth when i randomly thougth about teleportation

[@casteri]

Why is the answer always God damned terrifying?

[@KageRyuu6]

Because the universe is fucking terrifying.

[@gunnargrubbs3123]

+Shawn Hunter and you don't? 😂

[@loganlyda7522]

+Shawn Hunter well, god doesn't exist...so yeah. Who gives a shit?

[@gunnargrubbs3123]

+logan lyda I don't believe in God but at least I respect when others do

[@darkshadow0168]

+logan lyda Get rekt M8

[@Riley8425]

THAT SQUARESPACE TRANSITION was so good I don't even care it was an ad

[@vexcrafts1600]

For a second i thought Austin was on Game Theory, then he started swearing. It is so good to hear him unrestricted!

[@Neceroe]

so they are telepoters... i called it.

[@megatroid7083]

+daemonCaptrix no thats the PC...i dont ever remember anywhere saying that bill made the pokeball...especially because professor oak had a pokeball probably before bill was born

[@cvi4057]

eh the pokeball has been around for centuries in the pokemon universe. Essentially if the pokemon series takes place in modern times the original pokeball was created in b.c. or early a.d. in their universe. I think it's revealed in either pokemon 2000 or one of the movies from the late 90's early 2000's.

[@megatroid7083]

C Vi i think it is semi-new because samuel oak had one that was grey with a red valve

[@cvi4057]

SamuraiPantherPvP All I know is they aren't modern day turn of the century inventions. The knowledge or at least the concept behind them has been around for quite sometime.

[@megatroid7083]

C Vi yeah i think the anime went as far as using magic to capture them :p

[@ChipMalfunction]

That explains why Pikachu never entered the Pokeball. Ash didn't want it to die.

[@MikePhantom]

STOP don't become more like game theory STOP WITH THE PRETENTCIOUS CLICK BAIT-ISH THUMBNAILS

[@Lucivius27]

He has always been using real science in pop culture in his video. How dumb are you? And besides Game theory doesn't own theorizing Pokemon.

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

*Pats you.* It's all ok. It's just what they need to do nowadays. Everyone needs to eat.

[@MikePhantom]

Jewel Jade Flores idiot read again. i said stop using click baity thumbnails. its also a plea not to run as cooperate as game theory (even though they are contractualy bind to G2A) and go the same way . austiin even admits they are more "game theory" then usual in this video. its not using science to theorize you idiot, its being a car-sales man selling half baked theories that ignore evidence just to deliver a theory for youtube red money

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

Shroom1Up There's no need to get angry about it. We're not even paying for this, remember?

[@Deadliestninja8]

I watch game theory and him and they're both cool

[@madkat541]

14:38 ... sooooo basically the world that N wanted...?

[@antitheist3206]

Mad Kat Not really. Before meeting the protagonist he wanted to remove pokemon from humans entirely, afterward he learned that trainers are friends to their pokemon and voiced no further problems with trainers or pokeballs

[@fivecent4614]

Completely serious here, I thought you commented something about the N word because of how tired I am. FML I’m dumb.

[@sigmundfraud7068]

Okay so I saw this video when I was around 12 or 13, and, after a tweenage existential crisis, I came to the conclusion that breaking down a mind and reconstructing it is no different then simply passing through time. If you think about it, you are constantly becoming a new person with each moment that passes. In fact, you can even say that with each moment the present you dies and a future you is born. Therefore the stasis of death is really just a pause in the loop as you die and do not become your future self. It’s hard to explain my thought process here, but just know that this video drove a child insane.

[@Wheres0My0Weed]

So if we use atoms that are entangled, no more lag... NO MORE LAG!

[@WintersFinalstand]

That is the theory, but also the issue. You can't entangle multiple atoms with each other. You can only entangle 1 atom to 1 atom. basically 2 way communication. This also means that a linked device is linked to 1 device. To take a example of a multiplayer game of 40 people and a single server. The server has 40 entangled atoms, of which the 40 people each have 1 of the paired atoms, IE. I have 1 pair, to one of those 40 atoms at the server. Virtually, the only lag is computing speed, but this is the issue too. To add any new players, you need to give and equip them with their very own personal paired atom with which to communicate, and add it's pair to the server as well. Virtually, we can not create a multiplayer game of any kind through quantum entanglement, because everyone who is going to play needs the specific machine paired to the server. Even talking to friends, those friends must have the paired atom. To all assets and friends you talk, you must have 1 atom linking to them. To get a new addition to anything you can reach, you must receive a new atom, as well as the person or object with which you are communicating. In terms speaking of galactic communication, you can have a dozen worlds in communication easily, but to add a new world to that list, the new world needs to be equipped with a individual phone line to each of the new worlds individually, as well as those worlds also getting their very own phone that is connected to the new world. To further limit this, the same atom that is entangled on each world must have each planet ship their pair to the new planet. Once this infrastructure is in place, phenomenal, but also extremely costly. You will absolutely not be able to do this on a mass scale, and it will be expensive. Let alone making a living breathing network of data like the internet today. So while lag is bad, the very fact you can communicate half way across the world even witha ping of 500 is insane, as that is months of travel. But it is only by this pattern that we can plug and go to the largest information source ever invented n the history of Man. We will never see quantum entanglement on a personal scale, not unless we can find a way to send the right single to our computers and our computer being able to entangle and dis-entangle freely and at will.

[@kekero540]

wanna play cs:go im in Andromeda

[@baker90338]

CYKA BLYAT. I DONT GET IT

[@JoeJoeTater]

Sadly, that's not how it works. While it's true that the states are instantly teleported, you can't actually use them to transfer information. For the person on the receiving end to be able to "read" the message on their entangled particles, they need the sender to tell them what state the sending particles were in to begin with. The sender has to use something classical (aka, not using entanglement) to give this info to the receiver. So, the fastest you can actually send information is still light speed. Besides, lag is usually due to decoding, processing, and encoding, not the actual transit time in a wire.

[@nicolascage9481]

+WintersFinalstand that's the longest KZbin comment I have ever seen

[@woestewouter96]

Great theory, however not true. When you have a Pokémon that has been poisoned inside a pokeball, he still decays in health. This is simply not possible unless the computer storing the data continues some timer which is highly unlikely in a system meant to store Pokémon. I personally think the pocket dimension theory is more likely.

[@Simple_Dave_Jr]

Watching this now and thinking of how people are STUCK at home now is rather humorous

[@abbasnaser1961]

Science Question: Dear Austin, can I throw a masterball at your face and capture you? I'm in dire need of Austinomon.

[@FurryGram]

this would be terrifying for a school with an obsessive stalker girl with crushes on everyone

[@FurryGram]

(asking a guy to the prom) girl: "will you go to the prom with me?" boi: no girl: "think fast!" throws pokeball boi: NNOOOOOOO!

[@MerryMoose]

+Grammar Not I Has please don't copy animemes jokes

[@deminumenera1758]

In a recent game (forget the name), it's set in the past, and pokeballs are made by carving wood and stone pieces. it explains that pokemon SHRINK (a power common to all pokemon) to fit into the pokeballs

[@rosestar1324]

I wonder if that person named their Pokemon Igneel because they watch Fairy Tail

[@danielpreciado3112]

No, they got it from Flapjack.

[@loveyourself2753]

Heh ikr

[@FoxFlash55]

Function of a Pokeball Introduction- A pokeball sucks in a Pokémon’s soul leaving the body to disintegrate to only come back when the pokeball is thrown and the captive Pokémon to run around, get bruised and get concussions, to get sucked back into a pokeball. Inside The Ball- The pokeball is just metal inside, with blue LED lights that try to make the Pokémon’s soul not feel sad. I Choose You - When the ball is thrown, the Pokémon inside shakes so much, that Rowlet has a reason for sleeping, and Spindza thingy. The one with weird hypnotic eyes. Yeah. That poor soul learned the hard way. Shrinking Process- The Pokémon is just the soul, which is invisible. It can fit right in the ball, but it still doesn’t automatically feel better in captivity, ASH!! Conclusion- Pokeballs are vanilla wafers different. You think master balls are so pretty inside Pokémon never leave? wrong... The layers are so thick, that Pokémon can’t escape no what. They get pulled in because of a strong magnet. So, pokeballs should be crushed by Snorlax’s Pulverizing Pancake, and stick to how Ash almost caught his first Pidgey. Smuggling it. Thanks for reading.

[@Rudevald]

Recreating body is one thing buth would it re-create memories of said pokemon? You "install" HM tehniques in pokemon so its possible.

[@brycec2714]

i dont think it woule recreate the memories of the pokemon because he said that the pokemons life would just continue when ever it comes out of the pokeball from the copy's perspective. However, that wouldnt make sense especially for the tv show, but how would the pokemon remember their moves? Maybe a pokemon's moves are like animals using parts of their body's as weapons like cobras spitting venom or electric eels shocking other animals

[@Rudevald]

Bryce C Consider thinking of pokemon like of pc system.

[@kidvette2004]

?

[@christolliver9419]

if it recreates the pokemon why do they not just use that instead of healing them isnt that like torture. just remake the pokemons inside the ball.

[@brycec2714]

because, wouldnt it recreate the hurt pokemon, if theyre hurt when they go in theyll be hurt when they come out of the pokeball. For example, if a pokemon had a broken bone, when it is recreated after going in and coming out of the pokeball, the broken bone would be in the same position so that wouldnt really help anything

[@skipperdoodle7561]

the end was so sad :'( it was exactly like one of those real life adoption center advertisments

[@dimonjack208]

I feel bad now

[@CruaverVoidDrake]

Just going to point out that the energy requirements and assembly physics must be insane. We're talking about reassembling a mass instantaneously with no regard for how massive it is. The very act of catching a pokemon would create a vacuum wave and the release of said pokemon would create for all intent and purposes a shockwave or explosion depending on size. So if we were say to instantaneously assemble groudon the energy released would likely be on the order of an atomic bomb (don't take my word for it, I'm just guessing based on mass and size) meaning 10 year olds are walking around with small nuclear bombs everywhere…

[@MarCel-ih6ui]

why is there a 'in Pokemon Go' at the end when it is for the entire Pokemon universe...

[@BillySizeJoe]

Views

[@Ahourigan]

What are you, the video title police?

[@ladyvacca]

For the same reason this channel uses "in Fallout 4" for videos that handle all of Fallout

[@Secretman33]

For those sweet titlebait view

[@LatinaCreamQueen]

He does talk about it in the end.

[@DerBjjjg]

What if pokeballs are something like a spatial item? Means inside is a dimension attached to the pokeball, where the pokemon is tortured. And the pokeball itself just has to move a pokemon between dimensions. And we already know that you can link to other universes with the linkcable to trade and fight with trainers from other universes

[@masterfulmeloncholy2318]

Pokemon are being put in an alternet universe! i wont believe ive killed my torchic over 100 times! i have had him since the begining, and hes level 100 now.

[@Wolfbane971]

if its alt universe its still being killed

[@meganbell3699]

I know he's also accounting for how large a Pokemon is as well but the heaviest Pokemon is actually Cosmoem, not Groudon. Weighing in at a whopping 2204.4lbs (or 999.9kg)! Given that Cosmoem is 0'04" (0.1m) in size however, there's likely a small black hole inside that strange shell it has.

[@Not_Jungs]

Also don't bring "logic" into a kid show , anime never makes sense

[@AlvinaYunoa]

EXACTLY THATS WHAT I SAY TO EVERY THEORIST COMPARING ANIME OR GAMES TO RL IT DOESNT HAVE REAL SCIENCE GOD DAMN IT

[@correctopinionguy7300]

both of you need to calm, oh no, someone wants to analyze something, let me ask you this: does this person having fun harm you?

[@Not_Jungs]

+Aidan Fisher let me ask you this: do you think it's stupid for a person to make money of a such a stupid topic and video?

[@correctopinionguy7300]

Cavemandim no, it's an entertaining video with a lot of thought and time put into it. and evidently by the like ratio your in the minority getting so pissed. and good job dodging the question that you know proves you're overreacting.

[@Not_Jungs]

+Aidan Fisher I'm not pissed lmao? And the answer is no

[@retarra2308]

Can you do a video about Scrat's acorn and why it hasn't broken yet? I'm having 3 AM thoughts and no videos exist to explain it.

[@CaligoCastra]

Ash Ketchum lifts Geodude (20kg) and trows them like nothing. So... Maybe he HAS the bizep of a demigod x'D

[@Acclazit]

Funny thing: Light can have mass

[@Acclazit]

Also, nice explanation for the data transfer, but you can't masure state and position without changing the other. Soooo... good luck with the exact recreation of the same Pokemon

[@BlueBD]

+YouFreshhaltefolie It is said that these pokemon are sent to a private bubble world it may love. Its possible these pokemon are actually digitized amd sent to a virtual world. in toms pc

[@ethandonnelly1973]

He mean's it has so little mass it's often just considered negligible. He knows light has mass, he calculated it in a video once based on shadows. Can't remember which one though. Possibly the fallout lazer rifle vid i'm not sure.

[@J3553xAnotherFan]

He explains that light can have mass in a different video.

[@Archontasil]

+Ethan Donnelly lights have no mass, but they have momentum. tiny momentum. but still no mass.

[@tyred_guy3017]

I just think they act as a teleporter or gateway to a private demension

[@arpilclark1]

That's pretty much what he said in a very very long round about way! haha

[@jakethelatehater9014]

Both are you are wrong. SOO WRONG.

[@donsancho6690]

+JakeTheLateHater Dude, let them have their own opinion. And by the way, it is confirmed in the series that Pokemon are turned into data to be transferred to another space when entering a Pokeball, so they are right.

[@donsancho6690]

***** I am confused as what your claim is. Are you trying to say that Pokémon just shrink to Pokeball size when entering it? Because that is impossible and it is explained in the video that it would give Pokeballs unimaginable weight. However, Ash can carry a 340 pound Genjar without effort, so it's not too surprising, lol!

[@donsancho6690]

***** Don't worry, I'm not mad. You just have a different opinion. I just think that when they are turned to data, they take up less space and thus look smaller.

[@andrewpickett722]

Finally checking this one out. I didn't make the connections till now but pokeballs and Dragon balls capsules are strikingly similar

[@censoredone1374]

I thought it was obvious by the animation that happens when you use the pokeball that it is in fact a device that has a teleportation linked to a storage container in another location.

[@HimitsuYami]

That thing you described about the freezing has a name. It's called Schrödinger's Pokéball

[@borsukkreci2035]

so pokeballs in real life would be just freaking suns which are more dense than ours

[@MuteOne]

I have a question, If they are just data,then how the hell are they able to cut trees or smash rocks in real?

[@enki2gold]

Ok so think of this. Pokemon are radioactive balls of light that our eye perceives as a different forms depending on the amount of radiation. The pokeball would act as a small black hole that sucks in the radiation and lets you control what it does and where it goes.

[@SicKaY]

Hahaha this Video was the most genius way to make a commercial for a website I‘ve ever seen xD

[@yugijak]

6:58 I mean we seem to forget these pokeballs can also fold in on themselves and flat out defy the Law of Conversation. So it's possible that pokeballs are designed around the principles of converting matter into energy. Rather than breaking the law of conservation it conserves matter by breaking it down into two forms: Light Energy and Information. Effectively Pokeballs are batteries that can convert an objects mass into energy. This might also account for the "struggle factor" you overlooked, as keep in mind things like paralysis or sleep increase the opportunity to capture a Pokemon rather than decrease it. And yes decrease is the right word. Because if your theory was correct then the application of status effects would inhibit the process of capturing a Pokemon. This also possibly means that the no cloning theorem is completely ignored as the original being is not destroyed in any way, but preserved in an alternative form. Not to mention if it was an actual fatal process that clones then why is there no information decay? I mean you yourself have pointed out people can capture freaking GOD in the pokeverse, and we have pokemon like Ditto. Ditto also further debunks your theory as it itself defies the no cloning theorem.

[@davidtriune8028]

i feel pretty good that i guessed it would be teleportation if storage didn't make sense

[@averyharbison8887]

Well, it said that the Pokémon’s stream of consciousness gets transported as well, so its like getting teleported still, it’s like compacting your bike to move it easier. Sorry if someone already posted this comment, sorry.

[@lemonchaos4785]

Don't play with God's name.

[@gamersassemble7219]

Stop

[@GeahkBurchill]

"God" is not a name. "Yahweh" is a name. "Amatarasu" is a name. "Sheeva" is a name. "God" is a classification.

[@lemonchaos4785]

I didn't say a god god likr i live in greece or rome and not like Egypt either.

[@empressangeline6942]

+Mr. Chaos Yahweh Yahweh Yahweh

[@braddah3349]

+Geahk Burchill its yhwh

[@dakotacowart693]

This video make me think of the flash TV series

[@2ekken]

Dakota Cowart run Barry run

[@marbleswan6664]

It could convert its mass into a math formula and vice verse, or it could use a teaser act to move it somewhere else

[@BarbadosBeerFestival]

Hearing Austin cuss is the best thing in life

[@SigmaElement]

Turns out... "pokemon have a natural ability to shrink"... so all the magic of the shrinking is in the pokemon and the pokeball just has the magic of the slavery.

[@coolest5733]

Friend:has a grass type pokemon me:give me the plant

[@annaez5203]

Ok, this is a pretty interesting theory, however it might be incorrect. In the Pokemon X&Y series, Ash gets a Frokie from Prof. Sycamore and this Frokie did not like any other trainers expected for Ash. That Frokie later evolved into a Frogadeir, which then evolved into a Greninja. That Greninja was a mega evolution that no other Greninja was able to achieve because Ash had such a strong bond with it. Consider this: Frokie/Greninja always retreated back to its' Pokeball, unlike Ash's beloved Pikachu, who never went into its' Pokeball. Greninja, according to your hypothesis, died and was "reborn" for most of the series as he summoned/retreated frequently. Sooooo, memories and experiences must also be replicated in quantum theory - if it is the reason for "storage" of Pokemon. How else could Greninja achieve the repetitive bond with Ash if he was "transported" via this process after frequent matches? Incidentally, other trainers have similar, strong bonds with their Pokemon. Maybe Star Trek's Gene Roddenberry has the answer :)

[@nelsoncastellanos5992]

Pokeball price: 200Bicicle: 1,000,000 Pokeball are incredible computers, can convert materia in light and store it. Bicicles......you know.

[@alexmulder1145]

Late to the party but if that's how modern pokeballs work, explain the massive computing power of the master ball that never fails. Or how about the apricorn balls people used to use before modern ones were made, you can't tell me people had the technology to create quantum computers and instantaneous data transfer and still used little nuts that grew on trees to contain the tech. Now let's consider Legends Arceus, those pokeballs look like they are made of wood, do they still contain quantum computers that people living in the equivalent of feudal Japan create?

[@Lomecron]

The only way that pokeballs aren't killing pokemon is if they aren't actually alive. If they just appear to be alive to us, in every way, but are actually 3D holographic projections of digital information, then the pokeball could just disable the hologram and store the pokemon in its digital state. Of course then that only works for the first 6. as soon as you send a pokemon to bill's PC it would essentially be the digital equivalent of teleportation. Copy and delete.

[@elliesanssdaughter68]

So basically,when a Pokémon is caught,it goes into a computer and the data is in the pokeball and when the Pokémon comes out,the pokemon in the computer dies and then remade? THESE POOR POOR POKEMON

[@PatchworkHeart]

Pokeballs are obviously microdimensions and/or pocket universes functioning off of teleportation technology.

[@nikolaidis7379]

I can only imagine the if the anime was designed to have all characters have the bicep of a Greek demigod. if they threw these pokeballs with these arms the pokemon, that was unlucky enough to be spotted, would be instantly squished by, if not from the weight of the pokeball, by the force it was thrown.

[@TheAnat001]

"the world of Pokemon as we know it could not possibly exist." Mind. Not. Blown.

[@assassinsword5922]

I got to go exercise real quick Were did i put my poke ball containing groudon

[@duskvier7044]

Here's a video idea for you: The Magnet gun in Red Faction: Armageddon. How the fuck does that work? It can pull apart the high tech EDF buildings with zero resistance.

[@tzrno_val]

so my view of the pokemon getting materialized, its atoms being stored in pokeballs and then being rearranged in desired position

[@fredisbertoperezayala4441]

I have just realized that if they were turned into light energy they could be able to store them via pc

[@lunarwolfx8900]

3 years later and Pokémon go ads still show up here

[@rngouveia]

I always thought that with each pokeball it would be created a micro-universe to which the pokeball would be its door (similar to bags of holding in d&d). When you open it, it would act as a blackhole and suck stuff up. Of course it would not explain why it only attracted pokemon. I like your theory better.

[@mega1miner176]

Ash now carries the "More powerful than god" ball.

[@Ducklesworth]

TeleportTion to prof oak every time. He has cages and already has teleportation capabilities and they are tagged with receiver chip and when it comes back out its just a trouble shoot issue

[@leifodoyle]

THAT'S NOT HOW QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT WORKS!!!! When entangled by observing one particle, you know the spin of the other, as soon as you try to affect the particle, they stop being entangled.

[@fabianthegreat10]

Whe he explained how disassembling and reassembling creatures would first kill it, then bring it back to life (even though the thought stream would continue the same after), I was like: And......? Was that supposed to be surprising? It's obvious, or at least I thought so.

[@ORIGINALFBI]

Thor easily could pick that up. He'll he could pick it up and chuck it so hard is flies off around the entire universe and comes right back to him from behind.

[@Xorthis]

You need to do a bit of deeper research into quantum teleportation. Basically current popular theories suggest that teleportation through quantum entanglement doesn't result in the death of the participant. There isn't a "copy" as the arriving subject is in fact the original subject sent (which is proven by quantum theory) and no copy would persist at the sending point due to the no-clone theory you brushed on. Think of Schrodinger's cat. Through quantum teleportation you, like the cat, would be in existence at point A and point B until your quantum state (being at point A or B) was fixed (or in the cat's unfortunate situation, dead or alive). At which, by fixing the state at point B, you would appear to 'move' to that location. The failure to capture could be taken as a failure to scan or entangle the pokemon's quantum state therefore it never leaving point A. My question is, can quantum states be stored, just like pokemon are stored in their balls?

[@KandaKirikoPage]

I think your calculation of the mass-density in 6:53 is wrong, it should be 950{kg}/((4/3)*3.14*0.0476^3){meter cube} which equals 2,102,878 kg/m^3 ,not 2101 kg/m^3

[@sevenproxies4255]

This is the exact reason why I don't trust teleportation nor would I ever use the fucking star trek transporter, EVER! If i'm going to do FTL travel, I demand portal technology that warps the universe so that the distance between point A and point B becomes zero. I don't care what kind of energy requirements is involved! Teleportation = no-go!

[@gagetraylor8310]

Once he said that the pokemon anime was bad, I heard a thousand pokemon fans screech in pure anger

[@TheMeiliken]

Actually, the pokeball is a magical device that is a pocket universe. No change in weight.

[@jasontermini8487]

The way he talks gets me so fucking hyped for the science

[@horizon6188]

WAIT WAIT WAIT wasn't Percy Jackson fuckin' puny as fuck?

[@CybernerdShua]

Perhaps a pokemon's actual body is a hologram projected by their brains like in steven universe, and their brains are small enough to fit into pokeballs, this still works with your NEWER pokeball video.

[@boop9812]

the digimons doesn't experience that horrible fate

[@famiahamid]

Wouldn't this be disproved by the fact that Pokeballs can capture Ghost Types, which are essentially already dead?

[@xxdarthxmurderwolfxx4621]

I always thought Pokémon were compressed into data and stored on a computer

[@clarkkent1473]

random person: YOU INVENTED A MINIATURE QUANTUM COMPUTER CAPABLE OF DISASSEMBLING AND REASSEMBLING MATTER, AKA A TELEPORTER! ... AND YOU USE IT... TO CATCH POKÉMON?????!!!!

[@Zorua-cs8gt]

Wait, that means that Zubats and Magikarps are the only pokémon that won't be affected!

[@jaxxxx3522]

So this is were he was being before he got kidnap by mat pat

[@jackthethinker]

That explains why pikachu won't go in the pokeball.

[@otakuwithapen2109]

wait, when I put my pokemon into the PC, they die, I just doomed all of human and pokemon kind by putting Yveltal in my PC box

[@cacksacker6937]

you forgot one thing, pokeballs can go even smaller :)

[@badoishere]

pokeballs a pocket dimensions. so a man made dimensional capsule that Alters space-time. gravity in side of the ball is separate than that of the outside of the capsule therefore wait would be irrelevant inside of it

[@dennisjassmann7584]

There was a Pokemon GO ad before this video lol

[@ruscribbles]

Welp, thanks for shattering my mind to the ends of the universe.

[@neorenamon]

Well there's another way to look at this. According to Quantum Theory, there's 11 dimensions, not 4. But we only notice 4 of them. In String Theory, everything is made of 2-D strings and therefore changing frequency of the string changes what the string is by its very nature. So what if a Pokeball changes the frequency of the Pokemon from the first four dimensions into the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th dimensions? *POOF* A flash of light and the Pokemon vanishes. If this extra dimensional space is outside of normal time-space, then it's mass is nullified without losing any of it. The Pokemon won't age, eat, sleep, breath or heal itself in any way. It's effectively in Stasis. Still, it's not like mass to energy conversion that would wipe out the Earth and the Moon. The Pokeball is the gateway device that keeps track of ONE Pokemon so that it can recall that Pokemon without error. When trading Pokemon, you're not trading Pokemon but instead switching the *gate code* for the Pokemon stored in a Quantum Dimension. So rest easy that you aren't eradicating your Pokemon every time you put it in it's ball. Pikachu just doesn't like the feeling of not feeling anything, even the passage of time. *You're welcome*

[@pavedpara]

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