When You Cut This Jellyfish Something Unbelievable Happens

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[@grfrjiglstan]

It’s probably a lot easier for invertebrates to do this. Imagine a human’s bones crunching down back into their childhood sizes.

[@joamar4032]

Doesn't need for that extreme. Humans bones would ironically split into children like structure which would simply be a unfusing process which would most likely be painful depending on the speed of the process (we know this based on people with gigantism, they complain from speedy growth pains)... but then the bones would refuse together and then the big issue .. what happens to a mammalian when it's cells revert, the shrinking is pretty much impossible, as even in that extreme our bones would stretch us to fit the structure... but odds are we wouldn't shrink as we don't have a pupate state. We have a infancy state which is starkly different. There are children with full adult features in rare cases. So when that stuff happens typically our body keeps the mishaps as is. This hypothetically means the revert in humans would resemble a almost ideal version of this jellyfish superpower... we also see this in other creatures, dogs for example have been breeded to hold and maintain infantile features. It's where the main changes from when they were wolves actually comes in... just a matter of chance which trait they carried on... there is one bit unmentioned in the science about this jellyfish... it's DNA is being repaired by it's rna... p.s only reason I know this is my wife attends a bio mediçal university in Australia where this jelly fish is found.... in conclusion the Aussies are pretty certain within the next 50 years or so they will have that process available for humans. It's just a matter of world science rules being adapted and changed

[@joamar4032]

One other side note... this can be done manually but a auto omous version is obviously the safer more accurate version... imagine ripping the DNA out of individual calls to make them into blank stem cells that you have to re code to what's supposed to be there

[@BPBomber]

Well, now I am having trouble imagining anything else.

[@furanduron4926]

Skill issue

[@lauram9478]

❤

[@Real_MisterSir]

"You can choose any superpower, but chat choses a side effect" Superpower: "I can live forever" Chat: "But you're a jellyfish"

[@donelkingii3738]

Good one! 😂😂😂😂

[@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat]

they stuck

[@friedmule5403]

That is unfortunately not the worst thing that can happen:-) Chat: "But you have to write speeches for politicians all your life"

[@Kittsuera]

hmmm what about the super power to shapeshift into any creature you want without loosing the memories that make you who you are?

[@sirwobble265]

@@Kittsuera Once every 5 years. Per change.

[@johannesg8959]

Imagine having the peak evoulationary power to defeat death/aging but you have to be a jellyfish. That sucks.

[@jundatan1654]

Imagine being an immortal jellyfish just to be eaten XD

[@taro7145]

Imagine being immortal just to be eaten seconds after born

[@whatisahandle_69]

​@@taro7145I'm a GOD! *chomp*

[@CantTellYou]

Imagine being immortal but you have no capability to imagine

[@cherrytonshawty9120]

There's a downside to everything. Lmao.

[@coldseal8414]

“We all steadily fall apart and become useless before we die” had me dying 😂

[@thhseeking]

"absolutely shitting useless" :P

[@debbiehenri345]

Yeah... 57.

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

Facts. That's why I'm all for death with dignity.

[@_--____--______--___]

Yeah, I'm coming up to 29 and the last few years have been brutal.

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

@@_--____--______--___ just wait until you're 39. 🫤

[@speleokeir]

I'm pretty sure I'm a deity already. Everytime I enter a room people take one look at me and say: "Oh my God..."😁

[@AkselJade]

Put clothes on and double check the results. 😅

[@Swaggmire215]

​@@AkselJadesir this is a kfc

[@scotcantrell4548]

And do they roll their eyes skyward at the same time? 😂

[@charlesbrowne9590]

Girls think I have a sexy waist. I heard them say as I walked way … what a waist!. For the same reason, I know I have a sexy ass. Apologies to Geechy Guy.

[@owenoseroff]

I learned a lot about this kind of stuff in Zoology, and I even did a project on the Immortal Jellyfish, it was probably one of my favorite classes not just in senior year but all of highschool. It was such an interesting class.

[@vadneysean72]

My father forgot where his keys went once and he had put them in the freezer. He had no idea why either so i had a good laugh when you mentioned keys in the fridge

[@charlotteemerson5050]

I found mine in the dishwasher once.

[@stuartd9741]

I sometimes on approaching the front door, push the open button on my key fob expecting the front door to unlock itself..🤪

[@KevTech1]

I left my keys in the freezer too. I tore the house apart, blaming my poor cat. 24 hours later, I found them.

[@Kittsuera]

my brother left his cell phone in the fridge... sure its convenient to set it down on a shelf to free up a hand to gab food but you'd think you would notice the call is getting cold. ;D

[@MindfulAttraction2.0]

​@@KevTech1poor kitty

[@kindofanmol]

I'm officially ADDICTED to Thoughty2 videos. Pls keep em coming.

[@ryshellso526]

Buy some psychedelic mushrooms and think this for yourself. ;)

[@lacychrist4320]

Seriously. Thoughty is 🙌

[@patrickhannon4217]

It's a shame Thoughty2 doesn't upload more often, I can imagine why though, Arran is quite thorough, he probably needs the week to research the topic, still wish there was more content though

[@CantTellYou]

I mean he usually has a small team helping (credited in the descriptions) but this is a rare one with only an editor & him

[@jacktringoli3299]

Think quality not quantity

[@ManuelArmenta-qw1cu]

Brother 42, thank you so much,for your great sense of humor & being quite eloquent, explaining the subjects that you & your team bring to our attention, God Bless!!!

[@Saenctum]

Thought it was thoughty2 just his accent makes it sound like 42

[@hippiedude2232]

"To see grown adults turning into children simply go to Walmart on black Friday." As a former Walmart "associate" I agree completely, tho you don't need to visit on black Friday, any day will do just fine.

[@rochelleauge6734]

Love the insightful foul languaged humor. The utter oinache of your delivery is captivating! Thank you!

[@helloimclaudio]

Ahh yea oinache indeed

[@jameswillmore6886]

can I get a definition 😅

[@mikespearwood3914]

spinach???

[@LonelyGoblin07]

​@@helloimclaudiosounds like a type of soup to me

[@MrMuz99]

I think they meant to type panache.

[@afd1959]

I love this channel. I could listen to you continually to end of days. Thank you so much for pushing forward with this channel.

[@CantTellYou]

I can’t believe it doesn’t get way more views still... has 5+ million subs, the content hasn’t dropped in quality one bit, and there’s no way 4 million of those subs are all dead accounts

[@MrBeetsGaming]

@@CantTellYou Probably people like me, this is the first video I've watched on here in months because they weren't popping up for me and I wasn't getting notifications.... I follow so may channels sometimes I forget to check some of them.

[@debbiehenri345]

@@CantTellYou For a moment, I thought: 'What? Wait - 5 million subs?' Had to check. That is quite exceptional for such a channel, but then the quality has never faltered. It's rare indeed when Aaron touches a subject in which I have absolutely no interest at all. But even when I do submit to something that's a bit borderline, the quality of presentation still manages to make it enjoyable. Like Mr BeetsGaming, I don't always get notifications either. Then again, I've noticed the same thing happening with a few of my favourite channels of late, almost forgetting about them, until I began to think they must have been closed down for some reason.

[@sloopy5191]

OMG Arran, this episode had me laughing so hard I cried! I wish I had just 1/10th your humour skills.

[@CloudyPuzzler]

This mustache man and his puns never fail to amaze me, lmao. 🤣

[@Willy_Tepes]

Heil

[@Sithlordxxxx]

Keep this up and Hitchhikers guide to Galaxy might have to change the AI answer to Thoughty Two.

[@kimberlylamantia7794]

Don't panic!❤

[@silversonic1]

Cellular differentiation happens when a cell takes on certain properties of the body part it is to be a part of. The idea that a developed lifeform could turn that off and switch back to essentially being stem cells is insanely interesting. Personally, I know we wouldn't want to utilize this method, though. We would likely lose all of our knowledge and have to be raised all over again. In essence, we would die and a clone would take our place. That's not the best choice. We'd also likely have to be born again too, all depending on how far back we go in the process.

[@hardware144]

wisdom teeth are continual factories of stem cells and the best quality of them in fact. now ask yourself, why do so many people get the advice to get them pulled? they say because of the mouth not being big enough and the teeth laying horizontally in the gums instead of vertical... all crap imo. no wisdom teeth means less health over time. there are supposed to be clusters of stem cells stored near the big articulations in the body but the don't get replenished when used and are of lesser quality. interesting? I think so! :)

[@hardware144]

the telomers and production of telomerase is a very interesting topic also.

[@silversonic1]

@@hardware144 To be fair, those stem cells are a fairly recent discovery, relatively speaking. For a long time before that, they were nothing but a nuisance. Same with the appendix and tonsils. Their actual purposes eluded scientists for years. As a person who never had and never will have wisdom teeth, I find myself wondering about this genetic oddity.

[@benjamindover4337]

We spend 9 months trying to get out of a vagina and the rest of our lives trying to get back in.

[@arjunrastogi4640]

I don't have any issues with that method I would prefer amnesia over certain death coz it would be me experiencing everything again just so happens I don't have memories of my past the biological entity would be the same so it not cloning on the other hand making a clone of who have all ur strength weaknesses and memory would not be so desirable at least for not dying coz it and u would be seperate biological entity

[@san.r.9139]

You've really blown up, Thoughty. I can't believe it's been 10 years since I started watching you. Awesome content, as always!

[@wendypetersen7529]

I absolutely love your sense of humor. I look forward to each video you put out.

[@drewpool4537]

I like to believe it's nature's catch-22: oxidation. Man, oxygen sure is great at reacting, so great in fact it slowly rusts us all from the inside 1 tiny little piece at a time. So, I reckon as soon as we can all live without oxygen, then we can all live forever.

[@PettersenFredrik]

It is because the DNA in our cells is gradually damaged over time. Our cells need oxygen to produce energy to live. but oxygen is also dangerous for our DNA, so over time DNA is damaged by the oxygen the cell uses. That is why we should eat antioxidants to protect our cells. over time, the cells' DNA is damaged, so when a cell copies itself, all damage to the DNA follows. this is also why the older you get, the greater your chance of getting cancer. The cells' DNA is so damaged that they become cancerous with the next cell copy. So the only way nature has managed to fix this for humans is to reproduce us. because when we have children, the DNA repairs itself to its full length in the child. and so on with the next generation.

[@johnwirk]

That and photoxidation if I spelled that right. The sun is also a huge factor in aging.

[@johnwirk]

If only we had a thicker atmosphere hmmmmmm.....

[@johnwirk]

Carbon dioxide when accumulated in the troposphere actually filters the uv rays and allows normal light through. Less co2 means more harmful rays.

[@moxnix1026]

I think some types of sponges have differentiation also. I learned that from the Octopus Lady channel. Non sequiter, I wish you all could do a documentary on Robert A. Monroe. A fascinating man with an extraordinary story.

[@ahmedp8009]

Did not see that ending coming! Brilliant video as always.

[@jcfreak4ever1]

Yeah, that really made me giggle! 😆

[@rickradix7464]

I forget how young you are, but when you mentioned 60 years old, it reminded me. Thanks, I found my keys next to the cottage cheese, and now I know why I have that funny taste in my mouth.

[@curtissharpe7084]

As telemeres shrink, it allows the DNA to become damaged by 'unwinding'. This means the DNA frays, breaking nucleotides, and causing damage to the cells and their functionality. The degredation results in cellular division slowing, which is what looks like aging, and the cells produced are gradually less healthy/intact resulting in decreased function which is: memory loss, skeletal issues, muscular issues, hormonal levels dropping, coloration changes, vascular issues, slowed healing, decreased reflexes, etc.

[@linzalabamaawake5230]

Your sarcasm and honesty is like oxygen. Makes me breathe more easily 😂

[@Evelyndiggs91907]

Oh really?! Sometimes it makes me laugh so hard I'm choking on it! It'll be the bloody death of me if it keeps up.

[@darianstarfrog]

Are you doing OK!? If ya need a talk, I'm unusually great at listening.. 💖😊

[@AMisfit]

We're all gonna croak eventually. It is our lot in life. None of us are gonna make it out of life alive. 200 years from now it will be as if none of us ever existed at all. Nothing is guaranteed to us. Not love, not wealth, not success. The only thing, the one thing guaranteed to us is death. Don't Fear the Reaper.

[@Nyerguds]

"If this simple organism can de-age... why can't we?" Well, probably exactly _because_ we're not simple organisms. Everything's a fair bit less complex inside jellyfish.

[@tommycurley4757]

love all your videos mate always teaching me something new.

[@myronmartin9009]

Great video, man. Keep up the awesome work. Love your videos and podcast

[@zeableunam]

Podcast?

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@zeableunam I suspect it's a bot.

[@shivangjuneja7516]

Nope there used to be a podcast

[@myronmartin9009]

Oh, he doesn't do it Anymore

[@_.atd21]

Impressive how he went the whole video without making a "cats have 9 lives" pun

[@stevemorrell4066]

Excellent and engaging presentation. 10/10.

[@kiburi_david]

I was wondering when another Thoughty2 video would drop. Great as always.

[@Luke1959]

You are the best! I love your videos, information and humour!! Great work!

[@TheR1U2T3H4]

Top tip, spray hair removal mousse is not a styling product. It does exactly what it says on the tin. Trust me on this.

[@tundebodunrin-rq5tu]

You're my favorite teacher ever!... Constantly look forward to binge on your content. I intend to start my educative channel too and you're my greatest inspiration. Thank you❤. Thoughty2 here!

[@thundercptts1452]

I stopped watching youtube a while ago but i always come back after a few months to binge watch your content. Every video is interesting. Been subbed for years now and this is easily my favorite channel on youtube. Never disappointed or bored, AND i actually let ads play through (relentless ads and poor content are the reasons i stopped watching yt)

[@MrDeltoric]

my ex wife managed to conquer death, she magically was back alive and now dating her coworker 🤷‍♂️

[@morteamoureuse]

Prolonging life doesn’t sound good but the aging part? Definitely. At least some aspects of it, like the creaking joints and the belly that won’t go away 😭

[@ajwinberg]

I found this channel a couple days ago and I have really been enjoying it. The information has been really good. I love learning new things. 😅

[@linzalabamaawake5230]

This seriously made my day and then some. Thank you for this

[@Corusame]

'Oh Genie of the lamp, I want to live forever!' *reappears as jellyfish* 'Damn it!'

[@jcfreak4ever1]

LMAO!!! 🤣

[@christinebritton423]

Thoughty2 you are brilliant if I'd had teachers like you I'd have gone to school everyday

[@theursulus]

As a wonderful Queen songs says, "who wants to live forever" and he has a point! In the context of the movie, Highlander, watching the people you love grow old and die.. and even if they could live forever as well.. I suspect you'd get bored eventually.. Nice one 42!

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

*Thotty2 😏

[@petegrusky2715]

Under right circumstances, it is worth living long life. Imagine becoming an adult at the age of 1000 y.o. Going to school for 500 years, learning 100 different job trades and visiting every place on Earth... Given, that people around you are also blessed with that life span.

[@duanesamuelson2256]

2 different things..immortal and living forever. If human today became immortal population would grow for awhile then the death rate would catch up. People living to 1000 would be few and far between. Living forever would have to avoid all accidents diseases random lightning strikes etc. And ultimately the heat death of the universe.

[@Erik_Swiger]

I've imagined living forever, and had a thought about it. Every so many millions of years or so, my friends must gather around me to keep me from going insane and killing myself. Or maybe I do kill myself, and come back again in the same, perfect, everlasting body. Thinking Zardoz here. Thanks, Thoughty2, love your content and your presentation. If TV was still a thing, you'd be there, but, I'm glad you're here.

[@Unknown.HITMAN-77]

Hey l love your story ❤ I’m from Gambia 🇬🇲

[@adamc91]

Awesome video! Yes you only uploaded it 40 seconds ago and I’m still watching it 😂 but am guaranteed to love this video because you never fail to upload anything but epic top quality content that’s intriguing, entertaining and enjoyable 💚

[@PrescottCaliberClub]

I was just found to have a telomere biology disorder, it was a trip to hear you talk about telomeres! I suppose my feed has been coming from my research on my condition.

[@Randomstuff77654]

Absolutely love the humour. Worth watching just for that

[@miflockz6267]

awesome video funnily enough i actually used to own multiple hydra, they are a pain to feed due to me having to go to the lake near my house but its really cool seeing it grow a baby on itself

[@miflockz6267]

i started with one but life finds a way

[@miflockz6267]

and you can actually see it with the naked eye

[@martijndekok]

If you could choose to either be able to halt ageing and stay the same age forever (a one time choice) or like this jellyfish be able to de-age repeatedly, the 2nd option sounds far more interesting. You could do things with the physical abilities of a young person with the cumulative knowledge of a more experienced individual. Imagine the possibilities.

[@celestialowl8865]

You could just choose the first option in the relative prime of your physical health and have all the strength of a young person forever while accumulating the wisdom and knowledge far beyond those years.

[@perstyr]

If your neurons stop being neurons or lose their connections when you reach the final de-aged form, that could be an issue.

[@tslee8236]

When you de-age, accumulated knowledge will be lost due to reduced storage. 😅

[@krzysztofczarnecki8238]

@@perstyr This is why it sounds like more like a different form of reproduction than actual immortality. Right on par with budding or growing a clone out of a broken-off body part.

[@WalkerTrips]

I won't apologise for real laughter at "bell... end". Excellent delivery😂

[@kennyhagan5781]

I once read that longevity is possible by restricted diet, regular vigorous physical activities, and the willingness to get angry over trivialities. By being sort of hungry, busy as hell, and pissed off over nothing, many of the seniors that I have met have managed to live well into their nineties. The hungry thing, yeah, makes sense. By eating less your body is taking smaller amounts of carbs, which can release free-radical ions during the digestive process. Those free-radicals can do significant damage to your DNA if you are eating a lot. OK, that checks... Vigorous activities, exercise if you will. That too seems sensible, a healthy body holds up better to time and gravity. Right, that scans too... Bitterness and wrath, I kind of get it, but I think that it would simply be too exhausting for a person to be that bent over a period of decades...so I am giving it a "maybe " with a bit of skepticism on the side. I have met some incredibly jolly old people who were not in the least the sort to shout insults at the sky. I believe that attitude may make a difference, when combined with the dieting and exercise... But I could be wrong, I am not a professional person, just a random guy watching KZbin. Still, the first two, they seem like the real thing....

[@kimberlylamantia7794]

"Transdifferentiation" sounds like when you're trying to figure out if a person is male, female, or whatever else people identify as 😂

[@TheBFN]

No shit...😂

[@sum-dum_nerd]

i reckon thats kinda what the cells doin innit?

[@angelinadash2396]

are you harassing ppl's gender? There's nothing funny about it. the american race needs to grow the fuck up.

[@roermy]

"Hey, 42 here"

[@lechatbotte.]

I just love thoughty’s positivity lol

[@Martyn_Wolf]

If a Telomere either doesn't shortened or shortens at a exceeding slowly rate then longevity is possible as seen by the Hydra. Human Telomere does shorten. Find a way to stop it and we'll reducing the aging issue in theory.

[@TBoneDeluxe1]

Jelly Fisch

[@thomasjdk]

Not first

[@simonforfan]

Love your videos Arran, always have and always will. You can turn any sob day into a happy one, i just wanted you to know. you have an impact on us sad lonely people

[@helderlage]

In addition to being instructive, your videos have the humor that characterizes and identifies you... British 🥰

[@JessicaZane4realz]

Except for Jesus and Lazarus.

[@Moicesy]

Myth

[@TheSilverGate]

Read more books Jessica, preferably science books, you are still on time to prevent permanent damage to your cognitive abilities

[@exclusiveaccess85]

Hey Jessica he meant animals not people or divine beings

[@always.entertaining.people1396]

We are talking about real life here JESSICA

[@Aymen19827]

nope god revived the sons of israel after killing themselves jesus never died in the first place and idk about the existance of lazerus but what im sure off is he revived people im muslim btw

[@coldseal8414]

Claim your “here within an hour” ticket right here 🏆🏆

[@Radicalplay]

Exceptionally funny video this time, really enjoyed it, thank you 😊

[@GrannySweets]

I love your sense of humor, thank you!

[@stephenm8233]

*Except for Jesus of Nazareth*

[@JessicaZane4realz]

and Lazarus

[@trevc63]

​@@JessicaZane4realzand Snazzy Jeff

[@canis2020]

Enoch

[@canis2020]

Mr Immortal

[@canis2020]

The Emperor of Mankind

[@Punchable-Face]

Only those who believe in Jesus Christ shall be spared from death.

[@Pkbristolyt]

this episode was so funny, nice one Ar !

[@carollewis5931]

This was fascinating but you had me laughing most of the way through 😂

[@roxannlegg750]

Only Arran could make the jellyfish lifecycle seem interesting!!

[@stevegibson743]

I sure wish I had a teacher when I was in school. You make a topic funny as hell and that makes it far more interesting. Great video.

[@ShaneLehoux]

I love your explanation on all your videos and the funny ways u get frustrated like tye jelly fish lol

[@vick229]

Thoughty: the short answer is we don't know Again Thoughty: the long answer is we really really don't know

[@petegrusky2715]

Jellyfish, giving a birth to itself... Is absolutely astounding!

[@MrBeetsGaming]

When I got a notification for this video I realized I hadn't been getting them for a long time, I haven't watched a video from here in months.... Usually good about keeping up with my favorite channels but I follow so many now sometimes I forget.....

[@erikamonihen8873]

This intro has me laughing. "That weird in between part that we all have but nobody talk about." hahahaha. That is just too funny!!!

[@BradGryphonn]

We should bow before our jellyfish and cuttlefish overlords. Remember, they have the escape ships .

[@derrendesouza8171]

the flatworms mentioned in this Lex Friedman podcast don't die either. the ones in this guy's lab have apparently been alive in one form or another for 400 million years. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmTPpIyipMlohbcsi=sKyemvUQeQEyy6d6

[@youneedachill]

I love when I learned something new, especially when these days KZbin seems to be the same stories just told in different ways.

[@Nobe_Oddy]

this was one of the funniest episodes... GREAT WORK!!!

[@Pinkglittermummy]

I've only just discovered your channel but I'm hooked! Also Arran you've such a great cheeky sense of humour! Not sure where your from but I'm in jolly Leeds, West Yorkshire! Sending love n hugs x

[@coldvaper]

Im not sure I would want to go back to being an infant, I am sure I would have to learn everything again and potentially just be another person all together. The hydra sounds way more interesting, I wouldn't mind being in my 20s indefinitely, hail hydra!!!

[@Peejayythepostman]

I love this man.

[@MrWipen]

gay

[@Salena905]

Love this channel as there's always something new to learn about and in such a fun way too. ❤ from a fellow Britt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧 🌹 ☺️

[@kimberlylamantia7794]

Having to get to a certain point and then start all over again seems like every video game! Rrrrrrrespawn! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rochelleauge6734]

Yes!!!

[@kimberlylamantia7794]

@@rochelleauge6734 Haha I'm so happy someone got that! Have a great day! ❤️

[@Muhammad-hz4pi]

Remarkable video. Classy info. Great presentation. Want to see more videos coming from u.

[@ndzmendoza8313]

Thank you, @Thoughty2, you have definitely convinced me that being a mere mortal has it's perks.😂 I love your vids, but not more than my life.❤ Keep up the good work!😊

[@vinniegar]

the sarcastic manner he served whilst telling me about immortality funfact is fascinating

[@zachaliles]

I would take immortality with an option to give up when I feel like it.

[@dbauernf]

6:14 - LOL, I had to pause to laugh it out. I'm such a child. Love it!

[@exclusiveaccess85]

True that brother is only a matter of time it does not matter how smart we people are we are time bombs to are old age

[@sparkyspark964]

Maybe some day they’ll be able to create a machine we go into, they press a few buttons and then after however much time it takes, we come out…let’s say for fantasy purposes…even ten to twenty years younger would be amazing! We can dream!

[@biggestsigh]

I love the wording "vanquished children," as if it is necessary to thoroughly defeat a child instead of just murder one 😂

[@DrBovdin]

Life and death, an interesting concept worth some philosophising. I still am going with persistence of information as one aspect of it. I feel that having offspring also does count as one way of living on and not fully dying albeit in a diluted state, at least for sexually reproducing species. Our genetic code can be quite long lived when you think about it. Unfortunately for us with higher brain functions, there is a lot of signal processing and storage and consciousness that is lost in the process of one individual dying, but as we pass our wisdom along. So, when do we truly die really? Food for thought.

[@JamesBond-kx3kl]

Finally getting around to watch this one & it's been renamed like 3-4 times since it came out, lol

[@RangerDudeMC]

i was wondering when you would cover this jelly fish, seemed like something up your alley

[@thecode187]

We got taught that our cells reproduce identical copies. I always thought if this was true we would never age. However in my opinion it appears to copy like a analogue radio cassette, each new copy from the last copy deteriorate a little. It would be amazing if we could reverse to the original like the jellyfish.

[@tslee8236]

Digitise and there shall be no error but also no evolution.

[@krzysztofczarnecki8238]

No error correction is perfect and protects against any number of external factors, such as ambient radiation. You will get a corrupt file after a finite amount of time, whether you keep copying it or just let it sit. DNA itself is actually digital information, and there are various mechanisms that cells use to get rid of errors. But mutations that stay still happen every now and then, once there is just enough of those errors to be irreparable. It is in fact highly impressive that after over 2 billion years the information managed to stay intact enough to make a working cell, by favouring the somewhat altered copies that are better at making backups of itself. And only due to the truly massive amount of backups that were made along that time. In fact, I was thinking about using actual plants to store digital information in this self- backing up fashion, since some plants can get along with unbelievably long genomes, that could store hundreds of gigabytes. In one cell. And they don't need most of it to work, so you could put your computer files in there instead. Granted, the whole plant would store the same information, but that is still impressive. Imagine a cyberpunk movie where the mcGuffin is a genetically modified potato containing some highly valuable and dangerous data. The plant would go through all kinds of action, only for the last tuber to get eaten as fries by the main character in the end, to keep it from falling into the wrong hands, left with no other options. But the skin! They realize after triumphantly retutning home. Bits of the potato skin were left on the parring knife and kitchen table, and are now being sequenced prompting a sequel where the villain gets a superweapon based on the designs stored within. As it always happens with movies nowadays, one part is never enough.

[@PettersenFredrik]

9:30 We know why we age. it is because the DNA in our cells is gradually damaged over time. Our cells need oxygen to produce energy to live. but oxygen is also dangerous for our DNA, so over time DNA is damaged by the oxygen the cell uses. That is why we should eat antioxidants to protect our cells. over time, the cells' DNA is damaged, so when a cell copies itself, all damage to the DNA follows. this is also why the older you get, the greater your chance of getting cancer. The cells' DNA is so damaged that they become cancerous with the next cell copy. So the only way nature has managed to fix this for humans is to reproduce us. because when we have children, the DNA repairs itself to its full length in the child. and so on with the next generation.

[@thoughty2fan278]

Very interesting topic as always

[@revenantronin8377]

Now this is the question. Which one came first? The adult or the baby jellyfish?

[@litning123]

2 min in: This is horrifying! If spineless jellyfish can have ultra-long lives, can some of the worst politicians or store managers be far behind?

[@kalakala10011]

Interesting video, fabulously presented! Love Thoughty2!