There's a Giant Hole In Earth's History

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[@dr.MadisonSoley]

It's quite shocking how few people know about the forbidden books on Borlest

[@bonniearmstrong6564]

Don’t know what this is?!

[@warbuzzard7167]

As a former teacher who taught this topic to thousands of students over a decade-long career, I find this presentation to be an extraordinarily high-quality teaching tool.

[@samuelmeeks2158]

As a Former Student of this subject I’ve always had a question How can anything be Dated Correctly if you know the Age of the Rock by the Fossils it contains and you know the Age of the Fossils by the Rock they are in ? Isn’t that like saying We Don’t Really Know Anything We Are Only Guessing ? I have a Theory it’s that the Earth was Created by Intelligent Design and is only about 6,500 years old.

[@warbuzzard7167]

@@samuelmeeks2158 Oh, dear GOD, a Young Earth Creationist has stuck his tiny little bean into the conversation. Radioactive dating is a VERY WELL ESTABLISHED SCIENCE that can determine the age of sediments in rock. I have a master's degree in the topic. Let me know if you'd like to be humiliated in the discussion further.

[@destindjyt739]

Can you please tell your teacher friends that teach this put this in there lessons the students would listen way more

[@IllusionistBeatsOfficial]

@@samuelmeeks2158 you're opposing very very well documented, tested, and established science, because you subscribe to a theory based on faith? Good luck with that.

[@GianniGaudino]

@@warbuzzard7167 Damn.. You seemed really cool before you let your boisterous ego get in the way.. I think the kiddo was asking genuinely, to be informed. Some teacher you must be. Pity.

[@MerchantKnight]

As a former alien this is amazing to watch about your planet's history

[@g.alistar7798]

Was in the Bermuda Triangle last May…for over a week. Never saw one alien?? Asked one of the girls working the help desk on our cruise ship where are the aliens? She looked over her shoulder, whispered to me, behind this door here….my boss. Definitely an alien!

[@MerchantKnight]

@@g.alistar7798 Well to be fair, like your species, we also need to reproduce and the Bermuda Triangle ain't a good place for reproduction. My old friend on that cruise ship is doing his mission fine.

[@josephpennington6050]

🙃 aren’t we all?

[@leoliu6469]

Former alien? You are part of us now? 😂

[@MerchantKnight]

@@leoliu6469 We have citizenship now, human law gave us constitutional rights as one of "the people". Two of the seven founding fathers of United States are of my species.

[@randygalla1548]

As a carpenter for 43 years… I’d have to say this guy nailed it!

[@tomsimmonds534]

Excellent comment 👌

[@tigerpoolworlde]

Is that a jesus refrence

[@tomsimmonds534]

@@tigerpoolworlde another great comment 👍

[@C00T47]

As a 23 year old I have no idea. My time capsule is lost and maybe nothing happened in the period he talks about 💁‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@OnideusMadHatter]

7:25 - Okay, had to stop. Don't humans know what a planetary sneeze event is? The bio matter from the decayed life doesn't magically disappear, it largely turns to oil. Yeah, spoilers, there's no shortage of oil on this planet, in fact your species has to pretend that there are shortages of things in order to keep yourselves from losing your sentience in terminal excess. So yeah, there's um... oil down there... and its slowly seeping further and further down. Eventually, enough of it will start to seep through the rock and into the upper mantle! It will catch on FIRE! OH NOES! Eventually, with enough trapped pressure and oil... it will ASPLODE and most of the surface off the planet will be blown out into space... may form another moon.

[@pablostacos6154]

As a random stoner who loves ancient history rabbit holes, this video has brought me great joy as i fall deeper into the void

[@DylanHart8]

I’m guessing you have but if haven’t already you should look up the work done by Graham Hancock and Randall Carlson.

[@davesykes1966]

@@DylanHart8 That's pretty much where we stoners congregate ;)

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@@DylanHart8 Don't forget Ben with UnchartedX and Jimmy from Bright Insight!

[@hardrock6r]

I love the honesty!🤣🤣🤣

[@rawsinc1]

Ill come to save you

[@spiralwhirlpool2366]

As a geology student, this has been one of my fav topics to learn about. Imagine in that billion years something historical could have had happened, but we’ll never know

[@johnsimpson5471]

What about an extremely ancient civilization happened

[@andrewruiz7894]

So, where does this earth/dust that forms these rocks come from? btw that does not explain how items become buried imo. Does the earth grow? Gets new earth from space?

[@fortheloveofnoise9298]

@@andrewruiz7894 plant decaying is a big part...they are turning energy from the sun into physical matter

[@raishallan]

No fossil records you say....... Hmm sounds like creation then doesn't it.

[@AnthonyGerardiAndroidWare]

@@raishallan or leans more towards nothing was created yet. Kind of backs up creation.

[@SarutaValentine]

I love how you are able to simplify everything enough to where anyone can understand it. I never really liked history, but I love your channel because now I can finally understand things!

[@saraloking5993]

I blame school curriculum for people not liking History, because it is a fascinating subject. I remember having boring political b.s. rammed down my throat when I was young and couldn't possibly have an interest in such things, because some idiots thought patriotism was more important than capturing the interest of young children. Politics can wait; grade 1 students cannot vote. If they started with prehistoric times and moved forward, kids would be riveted.

[@scottmune4484]

Love this guy. He can talk about a topic as boring as rock sediment and I'm still hanging on every word. Bravo.

[@mattsmith5421]

Rock sediment is far from boring I'd rather listen to that than any modern music

[@chase5298]

@@mattsmith5421 Do you have any sense of self awareness?

[@rcadag]

I agree. :-D

[@mattsmith5421]

@@chase5298 well I haven't tried eating my own hand yet so.. don't see your point tho

[@emmannicolas6031]

@@mattsmith5421 man is speaking facts

[@jujutsusorcerer3]

The Void Century... THE VOID CENTURY IS REAAAAAL!!!!!

[@hyperdragon2846]

Can we get much higher

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@@hyperdragon2846 Sooo hiiiiiiiiigh!!!!!

[@jayfila]

oda knows the secrets of the world

[@robertolivares4700]

I saw the title and immediately clicked so I can leave this comment

[@ath9558]

@@robertolivares4700ME TOO 😂😂😂

[@user-fb5fs7te7m]

Been watching you, Thoughty Two, in years a few. Loved you're play with "word language" in this geologic query... an amateur geologist who's interest has rebloomed during the COVID years. Love your show, just subscribed finally!

[@niknaython1979]

void century vibes

[@lukeshula5270]

If you wondered at 6:05 why John Wesley Powell was missing a hand, it turns out he lost an arm after being shot at the Battle of Shiloh. Now you know.

[@godessofthisage]

Thanks I noticed that right away.

[@sodakrezdawg616]

I knew that 30 years ago.

[@godessofthisage]

@@sodakrezdawg616 I dont even know who John Wesley Powell is, let alone why he aint got a hand. So it is nice of someone to explain that to people who dont know shit about shit, and I thanked him for explaining that.

[@GoodForYou4504]

Thanks! I did wonder.

[@druidathanaric7582]

And knowing is half the battle. GI JOE!

[@Dogfart11]

As a certified fork lift driver, I gotta say this was a very interesting watch.

[@ash7324]

Thank you for your service ❤

[@andrewprobst846]

Hell yeah fork lift drivers unite

[@7MarWells]

This video is amazing !!! While traveling in Arizona I was always curious about how these different rocks were formed. And here comes the answer. Thank you !

[@lotuseater7247]

I've watched this a couple of times, and I really enjoy the enthusiasm. It is digestible enough to easily comprehend but not dumbed down.

[@sara_c907]

The Great Unconformity is fascinating and I love how you simplified Snowball Earth as essentially an exfoliation of our planet's history. Thank you for the awesome video!

[@alfa0mega74]

there s a giga problem though, to erode so much earth, there had to be hundreds of meters ice all over the world but if it was true, where did all the ice water go?

[@tahkoe]

@@kruvskompshe is british

[@lilcat6091]

​​@@alfa0mega74 righttt i wonder if the planet became a water planet and or ice planet several times that eventually evaporated? like on repeat? and steps the sediments away but also lmao evaporation of watr over a whole planet would take helava long time. well we can't comprehend time that well sooo who knows 😂

[@Silly_Illidan]

The great unconfirmity was the age of the gods

[@justinjones5281]

@@alfa0mega74yes once this happens the earth would lose its atmosphere. Thus, allowing the sun to remove everything from its surface like a hair dryer. So how did we get the water in the first place, well hydrogen and oxygen silly. Ahahahahahahah. Look at mars.

[@voke4553]

Damn, the production quality seems like it’s taken a massive step forward all of a sudden. Great job dude

[@davidmacphee3549]

STAY AWAY PEOPLE, FROM THE SPAMBOT IN THIS THREAD

[@AyeCriz]

@@davidmacphee3549 there’s tons of em all over KZbin rn, only old people would be xlixking on these kinds of links, or really young children but those children probably wouldn’t be able to read so that’s a plus

[@willmfrank]

@@AyeCriz They're on practically ALL of Simon Whistler's hundred and sixty -two million channels...

[@brigsmith949]

@@willmfrank so true lol

[@danielrutschman4618]

Almost like there's a missing strata between the older videos and the newer videos?

[@don63]

As a photographer for 40 years, this narrator gets the picture. 🖼 Subbed.

[@jus10lewissr]

As a person who just watched this video, read through the comment section, made his own comment, and then had to go back and edit his typos, I just want to say that there is an insane amount of "as a *insert description or profession here*" comments in this thread. Great video, I enjoyed it, but I think I may have enjoyed the "as a" comments just as much despite the fact that I would have probably found them somewhat annoying if it had only been a few of them. And, everytime I thought there weren't anymore, I would scroll a while and a whole new batch would appear. "As a geolist," "As a carpenter," "As an alien," "As a random stoner," and so forth.

[@DebPercy]

As a reader of YT comments I really enjoyed your comment, an I'm enjoying all these "as a " comments.

[@dukemartinez7551]

@@DebPercy😂😂😂

[@MandaLynn8]

I am sharing this with a retired geologist. I'm amazed at how long I've been watching you and you never have any lack of outstanding content 💚

[@prezlamen7906]

Better yet is to show him another geologist, Randal Carlson.

[@granand]

Well then how about a favor of replying with comoplete details of links and conversations you have with the geologist?

[@granand]

@@prezlamen7906 Guest of Joe Rogan ? hope someone reaches him and Thoughty 2 did a talk show ?

[@danhartigan9529]

If you Wana also send him a couple thousand pounds he will be more great full just saying

[@jeremybenoit759]

When I first read this I thought it said, " I'm sharing this with a retarded geologist" lol

[@Edge1588]

To jump on what everyone else has said. Aaran has just spoken about rocks for 11 minutes. I listened for 11 minutes. That's a high tier level for public speaking/teaching/storytelling. As a teacher myself, this is what we aim for, captivating the audience. Bravo sir 💪

[@DurpVonFronz]

your going to love The Why Files

[@davemccombs]

No, it isn't. It says "some people have the base amount of listening skills and can tolerate a BRIEF conversation about a topic they opted into hearing about" I can't believe how low some of your standards are.

[@victorymansions]

Each episode is written by another person. They are credited in the description.

[@xDeparture]

@@davemccombs cringe

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

I agree. That's why I'm involved in prison ministry! lol.

[@vincenthickey8622]

Great presentation. I loved it. You explained the concept very well.

[@ashaleewai8735]

Your research is extraordinary and presentation so exemplary that I will never look at rock formations in the same way again. Too good!

[@curtbalch2321]

As a middle aged know it all I would like to sincerely thank Thoughty for introducing me to a fascinating topic of which I was completely ignorant. Thanks for curing my ignorance of a billion years of ignorance.

[@SorVanna]

An ignorant know-it-all? 🤔😁✌️

[@TS50ER]

'middle-aged' It's a compound adjective and needs a hyphen. 'know-it-all' It is also a compound adjective, and also needs a hyphen.

[@paradisepipeco]

@@TS50ER I use a hyphens around my pen of jackalopes here at the farm, because they can leap pretty high, and easily clear a lophens and make an escape in their never-ending quest for freedom.

[@QueenPrism]

I’m glad you still host this channel and it’s amazing how much work you put into researching everything you do

[@erniesulovic4734]

Considering im a lover of things science cannot explain, this is one i was unaware of until this video. Great job and wonderful simplie explanation. Thanks for sharing this info

[@Kurtis11266]

Not really video-related but it's been a really long time since I last watched a video of yours and I gotta say you've really been taking care of yourself. Keep it up legend 👍

[@orangejuice7798]

"Mother nature downed some red bull and snorted some cocaine" I can't stop laughing 🤣

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I actually drank some orange juice as I read your comment. Top quote lol!

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Hands down the most consistently brilliant channel on KZbin

[@sunnyjim1355]

lol. You really should get out more.

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[@GravityFromAbove]

It's all about the wink.

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Brown nose often for likes?

[@andyl8446]

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[@nama5257]

Brilliant. Never thought this would be interesting !! Subscribed to your channel 👍

[@blainerogers8409]

As a collegiate athlete who doesn’t pay attention to my history lectures. Very interesting video!

[@SPB___]

Maybe stop being proud of your ignorance

[@a_3718]

The void century, we must read the poneglyph

[@amanparmar11]

The one piece is real ❤

[@paravoid2357]

Can we get much higher!!

[@gamerz000.]

​@@paravoid2357 so highhhhh!!

[@emnosmalk1064]

Oda literally writing about the real world and no one even realized

[@TheO416]

this is the content i live for on youtube! mesmerized every second of the video, theorycrafting alongside it and just living life. thanks man you're blessed

[@cwporter1]

Great video, seems we need more underwater or ocean archaeologists. I have always wondered why the oceans were so understudied, they obviously contain very much information on the subject! Thanks for your work, keep it coming

[@incoherentthinker]

Aliens. It's always those pesky aliens.

[@bogjesrbin484]

Illegal aliens?

[@asktoseducemiss434]

you’ve been a friend helping me through hard times. I hope you never stop making videos. And even if you do, I hope it’s for your happiness. I can just rewatch haha

[@EfenTyson]

One of my favorite channels. He could tell any story, about any subject; and it would be super interesting…

[@-Nighthawk-343]

yeah chill

[@davidjordan2336]

Very interesting. The Snowball Earth hypothesis could probably be tested by seeing if the missing time period is greater towards the poles. While I was watching this, I was also thinking of plate tectonics as a possible source of the unconformities, in that it disrupts the simplistic linear new-to-old as you go down model. I'm also wondering if this might point to faults in our mechanisms for dating rocks. That we're presuming some things to be constant, when they're not, and something happened in that period that just doesn't conform to our model. After all, this is when the Cambrian Explosion happened, so something extremely unusual was going down then. In any event, the missing layers coinciding with the Cambrian Explosion seems important. This is, after all, seemingly the most important era in world history.

[@edwardrhoads7283]

You have the break up of a supercontinent giving rise to warm shallow seas near the equator. Add in the nutrients from the glaciers and you have super fuel for evolution.

[@richarddodge1349]

Also, according to my reading, cells learned to generate cartilage, laying the foundation for multicellular animals. Other eucaryotic cells learned to make lignin, founding multicellular plants.

[@theboston3386]

You got me dying at “join the club.” Wasn’t expecting that at all.

[@jaay96]

Only in a Thoughty2 video would you sit for more than 10 minutes listening about rocks and actually enjoy it! 😍

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

Are you a real person?

[@zxdith]

You a bot?

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

@@zxdith that exactly what I was wondering.

[@jaay96]

Why does everyone think I'm a bot? 😂

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

@@jaay96 would you mind answering 3 questions so I can determine if you are a real person?

[@iquew4389]

time to find the poneglyphs

[@manuelseda4946]

As a welder for 7 hours I’d have to say weld done. Sometimes I lose a few seconds of time or my personal history & my theory is snowball effect. My boy cracked me right in the noggin with a solid one.🤷🏽‍♂️

[@TheMonkeydude19]

That video just gave me the same emotions that i feel when i was a little boy reading science / geology books. Fascinating stuff...

[@mowvu5380]

literally 10 years this dude has been out here grinding. easy-peasy for him now obv but thoroughly well deserved

[@KeenC]

History about my father shall never be revealed to the public, for the lack of information is frightening

[@antoniopacelli]

It's not, it's normal...is the world that is Frightening...

[@KeenC]

@@antoniopacelli damn, guess we’re all fatherless in unison

[@fredrodriguez7220]

This is a fact

[@antoniopacelli]

@@KeenC What's Unison?

[@dragano556]

W comment, the type of milk my father went to get doesn’t even exist 😕

[@mm_ww_2]

wow, the matter is very interesting, but your delivery is even better. very good teacher!

[@mattwaters6987]

The "snowball" idea is actually intriguing. Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing. 😊

[@JP-mn5iv]

I live next to a mountain in Wyoming that is famously studied because the top of the mountain is much much older than the bottom. It is also some 20-50 miles from the rest of the mountain range that it belonged to originally. I can’t remember the exact distance or ages but you can look up the geological history of Heart Mountain outside of Cody Wyoming and I think you will be surprised. It’s not far from the infamous Japanese WW2 internment camp…. History is fun. 🤷‍♂️😎

[@JP-mn5iv]

How do I know this is legit and not a troll trying to scam info….

[@DJ_Sycottic]

​@@JP-mn5iv 💯% a scam.

[@JP-mn5iv]

@@DJ_Sycottic right?!? I figured

[@gordonpkm7560]

The Himalayas an Andes Mountain Ranges are the same, over 400mtres You would like to know how that came about, yes .?? Problem with this, UFOS, Atlantis, Hollow Earth, all come in the to hard basket, for 99% of humanity an their, Primitive brains .. In this case it would seem so far fetched they would refuse to believe it ...

[@voxol744]

My god. Wyoming being relevant for once. (If you don't get the joke search up huggbees wyoming)

[@healthyhemelin6792]

I watched this on my laptop and I am so happy, it's been annoying me for years and the ice ball earth theory is the best I've ever heard, thank you again thoughty 2 for an informative upload. Delivered as usual with your unique style, fantastic gesticulating and great humour

[@jefffazio8677]

The ice ball theory is interesting, but ... where did all of that water go?

[@kianvandenakker126]

@@jefffazio8677 water expands when frozen.

[@Counterpoint_Apologetics]

1). The earth expanded quickly over a short time. 2) millions of years are laughable we don't see fossilized bones hardly ever. Yet we see massive fossil beds everywhere. It's called a flood. 3). You dust theory is laughable. The layers are very distinct not random dust. It is clear a flood created the layers and is easily proven science. So many errors and contradictions in your argument. SFT KZbin channel and others clearly show how failed your timing is wrong.

[@glasshalffull2930]

One explanation that comes to mind is the sea level must have been a lot lower back then. Scientists ‘currently’ believe the the sea level has risen about 120 meters since the last ice age melt which was about 20,000 years ago to about 6,000 years ago. Also, 3.8 billion years ago the earth is believed to have been too hot for liquid water and that as the earth cooled, the water vapor started falling as rain. So, back before this , there were no oceans. What’s really amazing to me is the theory that ALL the water on earth was deposited here by icy comets and icy asteroids and icy. That had to be a crap load of asteroids over a long, long, long time. Adding to the strangeness is where did the water come from that was contained in these comets and asteroids.

[@healthyhemelin6792]

Couldn't the water of always been here and was just in vapour in the early atmosphere? Do you think the movement of the tectonic plates changes the height of the land and changes the seas size wise? Is the amount of water finite? If so there is a few billion water filled people hanging on to some :)

[@zbenne05]

Great video, thank you What sort of information can be gleaned from these segments of rock?

[@AJA-ie5uu]

I love when I come across a Thoughty2 video I haven’t seen before. Always fascinating 🙏

[@eunicegrundy4186]

It's been some time since I last saw thaughty, and never to disappoint he's come up with another entertaining piece of history. Thankyou for all your

[@daebak7370]

Great effort by the uploader but this is all fake. Not his fault the information we have recieved since childhood is all lies ans disinformation. We have been lied to about almost everything. Freemasons aka agents of satan run this world and they have created a massive web of lies and disinformation for decades. Covid 19 being one of them globe earth moon landing and most recent global warming a false pretense of absolute govt control. Repent and seek jesus christ for salvation. Unprecedented times coming ahead.

[@TheUnknownShadow03]

bro this is literally my reaction rn too, i even applauded at the end of the video, i haven't watched this guy in ages, this video is absolutely incredible.

[@liviu779]

Your storytelling skills rock!! Thank you, thoughty2, for these informative videos and for delivering them in such entertaining way.

[@tahashaikh5727]

Yoooooo they made the Void Century into a real thing

[@juliefrith1219]

If only my classroom lessons could have been delivered like this back in the day. Thank you!!

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[@MysteriousCowboyOfTheInternet]

Thank you, I needed this...

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Holy Water

[@gititgiitit5450]

Will this work with Eggplant parmesan as well?

[@Rawwhhh]

For someone that watches Thoughty2 videos.. I’d have thought you may have some mildly in-depth knowledge about aluminium foil.. Swap it out for Parchment/baking paper.. Source: Trust me bro..

[@Zeldahol]

I heard of snowball Earth before. I had no idea that was where you were going with this. This video turned out really cool. Drawing me into the missing layers... then boom, this is the theory!

[@jacob4920]

It's really the only theory that makes any sense, when you think about it.

[@Zeldahol]

@@jacob4920 ya dude. So much knowledge!!!

[@Maliceah]

This is a great explanation! Thank you!

[@Lion50-86]

The void century from one piece

[@FriendlyEsotericDude]

That's exactly what I was thinking! 🤩

[@Lion50-86]

@@FriendlyEsotericDude 😆

[@harrietharlow9929]

Well-done, Thoughty 2. I'm a geology nut and have been since I was 12 (blame Jules Verne lol). I think Siccar Point is so important because after working there, James Hutton developed his "theory of the Earth" and he realised that Earth took not thousands of years but instead millions of years to form. This was radical stuff at that time since most people believed that the Earth was 6,000 years old. Hutton had a beautiful way to describe his theory and the age of the earth "No vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end." Of course, today, we know that the earth is about 4.6 billion years old, and we have a reasonably clear idea of when and how it will end, but Hutton was the first scientist to grasp how old the earth actually is. He helped to lay the groundwork for modern geology. I think geologists call Siccar Point a "shrine" not necessarily because geologists are strange (though some undoubtedly are lol) but because Hutton's research at Siccar Point was a seminal moment in the history of the history of geology.

[@paulmanzella3906]

This guy is an educational treasure. I learn more from KZbin in a week than I did over the course of a decade of public schools growing up. - I'd like to add, I have worked in schools and I highly respect teachers and their commitment to their students. But I don't back the education system as a whole. Mostly in a sense that I feel it caters strongly to the masses but not enough to the individual. It's not teachers fault and I'm not saying I know the solution or anyone else does. But it does have flaws and I hope one day we can be more understanding of those flaws and more suitably accommodate those who the system doesn't work for.

[@ROVA00]

Perhaps you should have paid attention

[@markstewart4501]

Your comment leaves plenty for interpolation. In my experience, kids that didnt learn much from public school primarily thought they were too smart to learn anything from school as it was happening. i.e. "Why do 'we' have to practice math when we have calculators"...aka over confident ignorant kid who thinks 'we' all think like him/her. Second, in the 80's there was a study out of Tennessee where they measured the academic progress in two different class sizes. One and 15 students, the other 22. The conclusion said the smaller size class room showed 3 months of extra schooling progress over 4 years...This got spun some capitalist minded turds to mean lets make class sizes 30, 32, 35, even 40...aka teacher realistically has NO TIME to cover individual kids questions/confusion. Divide up the time on that. 5 days a week, how many subjects a day, number of students, teaching the whole class, time left over to talk to individual students...middle school teacher and up have 6-8 classes a day of 25-35 students (150-280 students a day). You didn't learn anything in public schools because the adults during your childhood decided to spend money on dumb wars, billion dollar stadiums for the NFL, NBA, etc. or other dumb project. Dont get me wrong, about 60% of American families wouldnt be able to afford ANY education for their children if the Govt didn't collect taxes to cover us most of all Wake up....yes, get woke...as your ignorance is obvious...Now that you are personally motivated and adult enough to give a sh!t...drum roll....you are capable of learning more.

[@paulmanzella3906]

Actually I have horribly mismanaged ADHD and growing up I had a ton of people rooting for me who had no idea how to diagnose me or that anything was wrong. I also suffered from terrible depression which combined with my inability to focus made the entire school environment impossible to learn from. But when you'r forced to teach that there's only one way to teach, well I guess you just assume there's only one way to learn as well. I didn't fail school. School failed me. I've tried several times to get help in my adult life and so far nothing seems to offer aid. I remain vigilant in my search for solutions.

[@Jesus.Fuckery]

*but, DID You Vote for DonaLd Trump?????*

[@northernmockingbird9724]

*govt schools

[@pigstonwidget]

I really enjoyed that. I'm just getting into geology and all the 'wow' factors that go with it. This helped solidify some of the stuff I've learned so far. Who does't love the Cambrian Explosion!!

[@m9078jk3]

Arran is a great teacher. At age 64 he taught me something wonderful and new that keeps my youth going and make life worthwhile.

[@bradchambers5886]

He looks amazing for 64!

[@trsidn]

@@bradchambers5886 I think Mr. m9078jk3 is the 64 year old...

[@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV]

@@trsidn r/woooosh

[@filteredflix660]

Your editing skills are top notch. I do short videos and sometimes they can take a while, can’t imagine the time it takes to do yours.

[@roxannlegg750]

by now hhes prob got a team of ppl doing it. remember the variation of topics alone means he has to research SO much. im a geologist gal...and someone has to have summariesed this for him..this material is 3rd year even honors level material.

[@ohareair552]

@@roxannlegg750 I reckon he is just incredibly good at researching. I find it unlikely that he consults a professional on every topic

[@AutraxD]

Lol guys .. read bottom of his description. He has a writer and editor.

[@eroero830]

@@AutraxD Unless he says it we won't know it. That's how this works and why we appreciate Aran's amazing editing and writing skills as well as his ability to present the material.

[@Jagermonsta]

@@eroero830 the bottom of the description has the names of the writer, and the editor. perhaps he once presented and wrote and edited, but probably not for years

[@KittyMama61]

I found a tiny shell fossil (I don't know what it is) in my mom and dad's front yard in the Ozarks. It sat at the bottom of a perfectly round hole in a small rock. I still have that rock. I was also wading in a stream in Missouri when I found a very, very strange rock practically in the middle of the stream. It's hard to describe. It's in the shape of a UFO, complete with a top and bottom, and what looks like a small pilot on the top. It has strange hieroglyphic shapes on the sides and what looks like windows. I didn't even notice all that and put it in the pocket of my jacket. When I pulled it out a couple of years later, I screamed and dropped it on my bed. My husband was so freaked out by it, he wanted me to throw it away. For some reason, I didn't, and I still have it safely tucked away, just in case someone ever wants to examine it.

[@TrateMusic]

"The ancient heart of North America" is such a beautiful and poetic description. Great vid!

[@bryanparkhurst17]

This is probably one of your best episodes. Witty and informative as usual but just a notch above...cheers!

[@JKbelle1]

The Cambrian explosion “this short window when Mother Nature downed a Red Bull, snorted some cocaine and hit the big evolutionary boost button” 😂 poetry

[@jrriels963]

The sentence "history isn't always so predictable" strikes me as very profound and ironic, and kinda funny. I like it.

[@Leto85]

I keep in being impressed with how you manage to expalin seemingly difficult topics in such an simple and - also not unimportant - fun way.

[@emilybarclay8831]

Hearing the Earth referred to as ‘a rock trifle without custard’ is probably my favourite thing I’ve heard all month

[@njdevilsforlifewoohoo5533]

This was one of the best episodes in my opinion. I’m super into science. Earth science included.

[@hitechinc.7875]

Same😂😂

[@mikejohnson5900]

That was fantastic. I can't remember the last time I got so intellectually pulled in to a subject. Thoughty2 is a master instructor.

[@marcebreo1547]

so this is our own version of "void century" 😂, quite this is a new topic for me i never imagined earth's history has a missing piece all along

[@lukasrenstrm4159]

One piece reference 😂😂

[@PhunkBustA]

0:12 ayo? u good bro 🤗

[@Andy_Babb]

I think it’s amazing that there is a land out there somewhere that everyone has the same accent as this guy. What a magical place it must be 😂

[@Cailean_MacCoinnich]

That'll be good old Blighty.

[@montyskeetch4082]

The UK has approximately 40 different accents, this guy’s got a tinge of Yorkshire in there

[@hilljackzack7284]

@@montyskeetch4082 if your not from the UK or spend alot of time there you only hear one accent. Just like how you guys only hear one American accent but we actually have several and we often try to group them together ourselves which is why every time I go to another state people think I’m from Canada.

[@SilkyMilkyOriginal]

Lol, it's not particularly magic up north mate. 😂 His accent is British northern.

[@SilkyMilkyOriginal]

@@hilljackzack7284 Does Thoughty2 sound like he's from London to you? Or can you as an American tell that he's from somewhere else in the UK?

[@peterwilson5528]

My good friend from Lochaber was a Slate Mason we met a guy once and the conversation got on to slate he had worked in a quarry and he told us that in the lowlands a quarry machine cuts slate I think it was horizontally but in the Highland area, the machine cut vertically. It is a long time ago so it is for memory if that is correct? The whole of Scotland along the Great Glen (Loch Linnhe to Inverness) the land mass is turned on its side one plate pushed under the other.forming The Great Glen Loch Ness and the other lochs there. Scotland is fascinating when it comes to rocks and most other things. In fact, it is stunning in every way possible.

[@demm9000]

Really clear explanation video!!! I love it!!! (Hahaha, Earth's expholiation... That was good!!! 😂)

[@profesor5150]

Easy to follow and understand. Was watching with my 11 yr old kid and even he had no problem following and understanding your presentation. Great work! Kep it up!!!!

[@eaddyy]

Living by the snake River and seeing the side of the rocks all the time this was really interesting I’ve always wondered about their walls stories and formations

[@ultranovva]

The Colombia basin basalt traps might be a part of the reason how and why the rocks around there are weird

[@Crazeyfor67]

Excellent as always T2 :0)

[@nicolabothwell1439]

That was a very cool presentation, thanks

[@timdecleire1792]

I love your bad jokes and fun play on words XD They're really good hahahaha

[@KitsuyuutsuR]

That’s pretty cool! I’ve always been fascinated by the earth’s history, how life developed and whatnot, but this really made it come to life! Great job!

[@emergentform1188]

Wow dude, seriously one of the most interesting things I've seen in a while, bravo.

[@youtubeleavemealone]

Thank You. Well Presented.

[@andrewheffel3565]

Two thumbs way up, clear information expertly delivered, great video matching the audio, and your diction/accent is easy to listen to. Plus I never heard about this huge chunk of missing geological history before, it was facinating.

[@Fatty-Biscuits]

This video ROCKS! All puns aside, this has easily become one of my favorite videos from you, Thoughty.

[@richardautry8152]

It's a good video, but all of the trash regarding fossils lying in the ground for millions of years just doesn't wash. And for those who do choose to believe this story, I have some ocean front property for sale near Yuma. Given the creation model, life on this chunk of real estate would be less, though not by much, than 6000 years old. The evolutionary model doesn't take into account the layers of rock, sand, and minerals from underneath the continents where most of this very old material would have come from. If the evolutionary model were acceptable, the fossils would surely have to be deeper down.

[@shaunjoseph1530]

Your videos just keep getting better and better! So concise and to the point with no waffle - enough to teach any layman the basics of any given topic that you cover! Bravo Sir! Bravo! 👍 👌 ✅ 😊

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

Something I discovered in middle school history is written by the winners. Thats when I started reading between the lines even with the magazine national geographic. Now that there are computers and so many who are diving into specific areas, times, and the loosers stories make this so much easier. Young people have so much at their fingertips. I wish they realized how easy they have it to truth search.

[@tetoffense7659]

Weird to think there are winner geologists and loser geologists.

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

@@tetoffense7659 geology often effects the history of a nation.

[@NullScar]

Just look at Egypt and Dr Hawass.

[@warriorlink8612]

As a former great void myself, I have to say this was fascinating to watch!

[@TheRealTommyBear33]

lmao when he said the will to live i almost fell out of my chair made my day thanks

[@youdrakkar]

Stupendous. I'm following the channel since the beginning, and it has been almost always great. This, in particular, shows a spectacular way to narrate those events that are often perceived as uninteresting or boring. Gorgeous visuals. Man, Respect. From Italy.

[@bluerimber4342]

This was rather excellent! Interesting and thought provoking. Thoughty2, you’re a great teacher!

[@mkruse2000]

The puns in this video were rock solid. Oh, and the content was awesome too.

[@WowTrivia-hello]

A great video, we need more videos like this in a social media that is full of negativity

[@noelht1]

This is the best and most informative video I have seen in a month of Sundays. Congratulations it’s a brilliant piece of work.

[@TravelKnowHau]

Job well done explaining everything and keeping it all so clever and interesting as always. Definitely a good take on it all.

[@kerroni6679]

Reminds me of the Stat Trek episode when the team's memory was taken away because they continually moved towards an outcome that was disastrous. Only data remembered and tried for them to avoid that outcome.