Why You Can't Get Radiation Superpowers

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You’ve seen this trope in every form of media, but is there any way radiation could actually give you superpowers?
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[@spiderzvow1]

I don't know. A lot of the people I grew up with who used tanning beds now have the superpower to look like a worn leather bag.

[@mattm7798]

Yeah, I looked into using an at home tanning bed to get a tan in the winter, because I figured it was the same type of UV as from the sun....it's not. To me it's not worth the risk.

[@hansolowe19]

Old leather coats look nice 🤭

[@chrisreilly1290]

😆 🤣

[@evilsharkey8954]

@@mattm7798 It does have a lot of the same UV as the sun, which is the problem. Skin tans to protect itself from damaging UV rays, so it has to be exposed to damaging UV rays to tan, whether they come from a cancer box or that giant fusion ball in space.

[@mattm7798]

@@evilsharkey8954 Well, I think the thing is the UV rays from the box penetrate deeper than the sun. Both can give you a sun burn just the sun has a natural range of UV while the box doesn't.

[@PitFriend1]

So what you’re saying is that Deadpool 2 had the most accurate depiction of someone getting super powers from radiation. When he’s in the prison and says his only superpower is growing tumors.

[@chrisreilly1290]

Was he exposed to radiation? I remember them torturing him in the movie until his body went into self defense mode and mutated

[@THECAKEISTALKING]

@@chrisreilly1290 he has/had cancer

[@iamafish7]

@@THECAKEISTALKING just has. He's one giant tumor.

[@garethbaus5471]

@@chrisreilly1290 The cancer actually predated the super powers, so it's cause isn't known.

[@zerocalvin]

@@chrisreilly1290 deadpool has cancer which is why he agree to take part in weapon x program which could save his life... and he been given wolverine's gene and get his healing factor.. unfortunately, healing factor doesnt cure cancer so he still have it, in a freak twist, his healing factor isnt the same as wolverine's but a much stronger version, as result, it also make his cancer spread to everywhere instantly additional to making him an immortal.. this is also why deadpool dont feel pain because his is constantly in pain to the point he is numb to the sensation thanks to his cancer.

[@MarcosProjects]

I feel like it's worth pointing out that even though this can't happen to an individual organism after development, if it happens to a sex cell, the next generation can have a significant and potentially beneficial mutation. And over thousands of generations and millions of years, that's just evolution...

[@christophergoldshot9028]

So what you're saying is we could conceivably irradiate undeveloped embryos to plausibly achieve superhuman mutations?

[@theconqueringenigma]

@@christophergoldshot9028 no. They didn't say anything about embryos. Sex cells, as in eggs and sperm.

[@FarmerDrew]

@@theconqueringenigma you're a legend in your own mind

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

Your glass is half full.

[@wizrad2099]

The odds of beneficial mutation are beyond exponentially smaller than a harmful or neutral mutation. Even if it were to, let's say, give you four arms, the number of mutations that would be required for those arms to be anything more than vestigial dangly bits are beyond astronomical. As for these mutations resulting in evolution over time, that would also require that the mutation be significantly beneficial and result in the carrier's bloodline producing enough offspring (that randomly select for the correct genes to also exhibit the mutation in a beneficial manner) to somehow outcompete the rest of the human population sufficient to either replace them or genetically differentiate themselves enough to no longer be able to breed with other humans. This is all, of course, a non zero possibility, but in the same probability range as phasing through solid matter or having all of the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere simultaneously combust into a global ball of flame (I might even say that the global ball of fire is more likely). The mostly likely outcome is either a negative or neutral mutation that results in no offspring, or an incredibly unlikely beneficial mutation that is ultimately still bred out of the gene pool in successive generations due to the number of mutations that would have to be passed on in order for the mutation to be viable. The most likely mutations that could succeed are simple ones, like a minor change to eye or hair color, or minor changes to cellular level processes that give your offspring insignificantly better healing or immune systems. You probably wouldn't even notice such mutations until numerous generations later, when the effects have potentially mutated enough to be noticeable, and even then we're only talking about the difference of something like having slightly different shade of blue eyes eventually "evolving" into people with purple eyes.

[@eugiboy1]

I worked as a radiation therapist for just over a year. If I had a dollar every time someone asked if they'd get superpowers or glow after their treatment I'd be rich.

[@dergeraet]

Hopefully as someone with the responibility of a radiation therapist you got paid enough to be rich lmao

[@Appletank8]

Theoretically, after a strong enough dose, they could glow, for the rest of their lives.

[@eugiboy1]

@@Appletank8 Yes, but then I'd be fired and arrested for murder, so no go from my end.

[@eugiboy1]

@@dergeraet Pay was alright. Nothing to complain about but nothing to write home about either.

[@CptJistuce]

And everyone thought they were a witty genius boldly joking where no one had joked before.

[@chrisfromsouthaus2735]

I suffered bad anemia in my 20's, and on one visit to the doctor, I told him I had been regularly ingesting pitchblende, since the ionising radiation would help with the iron. I thought I'd get an eye roll, and maybe a chuckle, if I was lucky. He immediately started lecturing me on how dangerous that could be. When I told him it had been a (poor) attempt at a joke, he told me that he regularly has patients self medicate with strange, and sometimes dangerous compounds.

[@conny.rapp.tattoo]

Oh the funny world of quackery cocktails! bleach, kitty litter (bentonit), even terpentine...

[@Sedgewise47]

😯Oh dear!… (🤦‍♂️!!😖!!…)

[@kitsunesden8085]

Welcome to another episode of *"Kyle Hill demotivating future super heroes so he can take over the world faster"*

[@Gaming1Doge]

"nuh uh, you're not real idiot"

[@largeladlear]

Don’t tell me how to live my life

[@christophergoldshot9028]

Right how does he expect to tell me I can't go for a swim in a failing core reservoir

[@InfestedSlab]

Yea right! Gimme my daily shots of alpha particles!

[@MarquisDeSang]

Don’t reply to my comment

[@KainaX122]

@@christophergoldshot9028 and that just makes me think of the -psychos- guys that went diving in Chernobyl

[@christophergoldshot9028]

@@MarquisDeSang I apologize if I inadvertently made off with the fanfare.

[@toganium4175]

The sad truth is that radiation will never make me ballin’ 😭

[@immahFIRINmahlazah]

Thats quitter talk!!

[@christophergoldshot9028]

I mean technically if you're hit with enough radioactivity you could potentially bleed from your eyes. Which means you would indeed be ballin'. Just bawlin' tears of blood, which is unironically pretty metal.

[@Dr_Oddity]

It could get you baldin' though

[@IntenseVisuals]

but it might...

[@seanb3516]

So Sorry....care for some chemo weed to treat them microwaved nards?

[@kuparisiipi5173]

Ignoring all the morbid and cool science, my favorite is when A.R.I.A. literally says "Beep Boop"

[@marcoottina654]

1:25 :D

[@Pluto137]

There adorkable dynamic gives me faith in our mad scientists future

[@BernardoSLino]

I'm down for nanomachine superpowers.

[@christophergoldshot9028]

Oddly enough nanites could allow for this although my questions would be in regards to failsafes and sustainability.

[@dan_loup]

Nanomachines, son

[@Ahrpigi]

"Nanomachines, son!"

[@Tao_Tology]

nanomachines are just cheating.

[@killman369547]

@@christophergoldshot9028 Nanites would need to have multiple redundant failsafes to ensure as best as possible that they can't go rogue. They'd have to be designed with the same level of safety in mind as commercial aviation.

[@safaiaryu12]

My friend and I had a kick in college where we were researching radiation poisoning... I remember finding pictures at like 3am of the babies born after Hiroshima... extremely unpleasant. I didn't sleep that night.

[@bananaeclipse3324]

Now I want to look at those pictures but I also don’t…

[@Yami_gd]

@@bananaeclipse3324 same ... I'll do it for you brother 🗿 Update : Oh Hell naw .

[@-AGGRESIVEPEANUT-]

@@Yami_gd things to do after I wake up

[@SilverVolo]

​@@Yami_gdcant tell me what to do

[@WolfgangDoW]

People deserve better help than BetterHelp

[@thelaughingrouge]

This reminds me of an old episode of Cheers where Lilith goes "I tried to explain what would actually happen if you were bit by a radioactive spider... but the children just started crying."

[@chriskrause6280]

*Kyle goes through all the math of the improbability of radiation giving us superpowers. “So you’re saying there’s a chance.”

[@mizzo8341]

There is a chance. “Your brain is not a muscle”

[@mikeymcmike]

I recently finished anatomy and physiology II and wanted to say that I love this video so much! Simple enough for a layperson, yet informative enough for someone who has studied the subject. Brilliant as always, love you Kyle!

[@SamanthaLaurier]

America has radiation making heroes. Japan has radiation making monsters. Gee, I wonder why that is?

[@josepCAT118]

I once heard it had something to do with a certain little boy and a fat man

[@michaelyoung7261]

Oh you naughty naughty!! Fine. I’ll just add “here comes the sun, do do do do”

[@ultimapower6950]

August 6th 1945 was a great time in history

[@chrisreilly1290]

Ooh... that got dark

[@YounesLayachi]

GOOD POINT

[@sammykat2hb]

"Using radiation IS the superpower" is the plot twist I never saw coming!

[@Coastfog]

I mean to someone before the discovery of radiation, things like nuclear power or radiation therapy might just as well be magic, super powers if you will. Makes you think of all the still unknown awesome stuff we'll discover to save and/or destroy ourselves. :)

[@whathell6t]

@@Coastfog Basically, the Cancer Gun from Harley Quinn.

[@lv1543]

Gamma Jack

[@WackoMcGoose]

"You ever seen a buff fish?" Dwarf Fortress players: _reflexive wariness_

[@darktemplar441]

i absolutely love the "i'm not a super villain" shtick and never get tired of it i seriously hope to see some lore and more over time :-D

[@tojiroh]

3:05 "...removed from the _pool of properly proliferating_ cells. None of these outcomes look like a _possible path for powers."_ Stan himself couldn't have alliterated better... Excelsior! 🤓

[@atlas2296]

CGP Grey would be proud

[@markcochrane9523]

Never forget: the Hulk was created by radiation twice. Bruce Banner's father worked with radiation (potentially altering the DNA in his sperm), and when Bruce was born he feared that he would be some kind of freak. Because of this he heaped abuse upon young Bruce, which caused him develop the dissociative identity disorder which would give rise to the Hulk after that freak gamma incident.

[@grimarchangel]

if this talk about buff babies isnt an adventure time reference, ill use radiation for super powers.

[@SilverVolo]

Lmao i love at

[@joe94c]

Fun fact, Eddie Hall (worlds strongest man competitor) actually has a fault with his myostatin gene

[@MaddJakd]

I'd imagine quite a few folk who go that general route tend to. Not necessarily "buff babies" tier, but definitely developed faster at first or even before turning to the gym.

[@hydraliskin]

but its not beneficial...that you have no limit on your motors engine throttle doesnt make it better

[@danser_theplayer01]

I've read there was a woman with a deadpool like cancer, she of course died but the cancer was regenerating without ever stopping and her cels can be found in research even today. No superpower though as it healed the cancer and not the human...

[@sirjacksonwolf]

You're probably thinking of Henrietta Lacks

[@CountGremlin]

Dana White would totally make BBF a thing.

[@mattm7798]

Ugh, have you see videos of that slap fighting thing...because getting hit in the head with mma gloves isn't brain damaging enough...

[@deltabiz6097]

Such a well structured and fun video!

[@leviaaron500]

Even next to your normal videos, this is a banger! Really good!

[@kylehill]

Thank you! Have had a string of poor performance so I'm glad you enjoy

[@KodakYarr]

@@kylehill Kyle Hill: poor performance, dangit Literally 2 videos before: 2.5m views Me: pikachu face

[@FieldyGK]

I’d say views are only one of many metrics by which to judge a video and it’s “quality” by. And knowing how Kyle thinks, isn’t what he’s talking about in this instance

[@sirjacksonwolf]

@@kylehill Love you're videos and enjoy these interesting questions. Sidenote I suggest you look into your sponsor for this video as they don't have a very good track record.

[@Human_01]

@@kylehill ............................. "Evil" is the antithesis to the virtue: 'humanity'. Humanity is the characteristic that defines the human spirit. Humanity is symbiosis across humans and society. 'Humanity' exceeds 'social-darwinism'. ............................. NEURO-PERSONALITY ............................. "SENSORY-FEELERS" ARE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR SPREADING DISINFORMATION AND HATE TOWARDS ENTJ/INTJ (AGAINST "THINKERS" IN GENERAL)-BOTH IRL AND ON THE INTERNET; DESPITE THOSE NEURO-PERSONALITY TYPES BEING A BLESSING TO SOCIETY AND ALL OF MANKIND! THEY DESERVE BETTER! 😤 'ESFJ', 'ESFP', ISFP and ISFJ are a pathogen to humanity, and 'then' Cluster-B (depending on they neuro-personality). THEIR "FEELINGS 'IS' THEIR REALITY", THEY ALSO HAVE A MALICIOUS-MIND BY DEFAULT (excluding normal ISFJ). DESPITE HAVING MALICIOUS INTENT THEY ARE ALL EMOTIONALLY-WEAK AND PRONE TO COVERT/VULNERABLE-NARCISSISM. ............................... Also... To intelligent readers (who do 'not’ have a ‘pathological disregard for rationality and reality'). I recommend researching 'narcissistic personality disorder' (NPD) / 'cluster-B'; and know that they are the 'root of all evil' (especially 'ESFJ/ESTJ-narcissist'; Myers-Briggs reference, look it up)! European 'ESFJ' are the worst personality type, and they are responsible for inventing 'racism' and colonization! It is in their neuro-psychology!!! They are extremely 'manipulative' and often use 'looking pretty' to distract others from the witch's mind-games / mind-r@pe, e.g. gaslighting, playing the victim/damsel in distress, creating "flying-monkeys", and 'bribing' others (with money or BJ) to attack, or at times, kill someone for her. When caught, she will use her minions as scapegoats. European ESFJ are notorious for this especially in a racist context, e.g. Emmett Till. xSFP and ISFJ (2W1) are the most complicit, narcissistic-enablers. ISFP also tend to be 'oblivious-codependents' (look up the definition). Like ESFJ, XSFP's "feelings 'is' their reality." Most are covert/vulnerable-narcissists. ISFJ often perceive things only on the surface level (even by sensor standards), are suckers for a “pretty face", and their neuro-psychology makes them the ideal narcissitic-codependent and pawn to the ESFJ (blind-loyalty, surface level perception, susceptibility to covert-narcissism). Lastly, ISFJ are notorious for impersonating other people's identities IRL and on the internet; while ESFJ-9W1 superficially appears like an ENFJ, they have different 'neurology' and psychology. Both XSFJ are superficial by nature and perceive reality at face-value/surface level. SUMMARY Evil personality: 'ESFJ' (ALL), ESTJ (Cluster-b), ISFJ-2W1 (covert-narc/enabler). ESFJ-9W1 superficially resembles ENFJ; different 'neurology' and psychology. [Secretly] Evil and narcissist-friendly gunts/flying-monkey: ISFP (ALL), ESFP (ALL), and ISFJ (2W1 enable ESFJ). ☝️ALL of them are secretly emotionally-disturbed, hence their need to create conflict as a distraction (at other people's expense, truly evil). Spread the word! Thank you. ___________ Research ref: Raudha Athif, Ghislaine Maxwell, Marilyn Monroe, Karen, ESFJ-narcissists, ESFJ-neurology, Gaslighting, Amber Heard, Fake feminism, Rising of a shield hero (Malty-'ESFJ'; XSFX spread disinformation online. ISFJ is the main culprit; ISFJ largely perceive things on the surface level), 'Brood-parasitism’- XSFJ natural psychology. _ _ _

[@tavshedfjols]

The Kyle atom was an excellent addition. If only everything was made of Kyles

[@LeakyTrees]

Amendment: in pop culture they can make some of the most powerful superheroes known to man and also Mr Fantastic

[@FarmerDrew]

Anatoli Bugorski stuck his head in a particle accelerator and the safety mechanism failed, he survived and even went on to complete his Ph. D. in physics.

[@mekadeth]

Kyle actually covered that in one of the Half-Life Histories that he does.

[@theconqueringenigma]

That's cool. Has nothing to do with this, though.

[@FarmerDrew]

@@theconqueringenigma if you don't have a Ph.D, I can't convince you that it gives you superpowers, but it does

[@AgeTemplar]

So that's how to get into higher education

[@YounesLayachi]

It allowed him to complete his Particle head Damage in physics

[@nahuelgonzalez2709]

This is great

[@michael_bullard]

Every single time I’ve left an MRI machine I’ve been disappointed that I don’t have Magneto powers. It rearranges your molecules for a better image!

[@AverySadBear]

This is exactly what I'd tell people if I discovered radiation CAN give you superpowers...

[@alexwixom4599]

In Fallout Universe there's the "Forced Evolutionary Virus" If that allowed creatures to use radiation in an advantageous way, it could explain that world's mutants.

[@Bbeaucha88]

This is the kind of video a super villain would put out specifically with the purpose of preventing me from getting superpowers to stop them! I'm onto you Kyle Hill! Now I am going to bathe in even MORE radioactive waste haha! Just a sec, I gotta go get a broom to sweep up my hair cuz it's falling out to make more room for the superpowers.

[@Human_01]

............................. "Evil" is the antithesis to the virtue: 'humanity'. Humanity is the characteristic that defines the human spirit. Humanity is symbiosis across humans and society. 'Humanity' exceeds 'social-darwinism'. ............................. NEURO-PERSONALITY ............................. "SENSORY-FEELERS" ARE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR SPREADING DISINFORMATION AND HATE TOWARDS ENTJ/INTJ (AGAINST "THINKERS" IN GENERAL)-BOTH IRL AND ON THE INTERNET; DESPITE THOSE NEURO-PERSONALITY TYPES BEING A BLESSING TO SOCIETY AND ALL OF MANKIND! THEY DESERVE BETTER! 😤 'ESFJ', 'ESFP', ISFP and ISFJ are a pathogen to humanity, and 'then' Cluster-B (depending on they neuro-personality). THEIR "FEELINGS 'IS' THEIR REALITY", THEY ALSO HAVE A MALICIOUS-MIND BY DEFAULT (excluding normal ISFJ). DESPITE HAVING MALICIOUS INTENT THEY ARE ALL EMOTIONALLY-WEAK AND PRONE TO COVERT/VULNERABLE-NARCISSISM. ............................... Also... To intelligent readers (who do 'not’ have a ‘pathological disregard for rationality and reality'). I recommend researching 'narcissistic personality disorder' (NPD) / 'cluster-B'; and know that they are the 'root of all evil' (especially 'ESFJ/ESTJ-narcissist'; Myers-Briggs reference, look it up)! European 'ESFJ' are the worst personality type, and they are responsible for inventing 'racism' and colonization! It is in their neuro-psychology!!! They are extremely 'manipulative' and often use 'looking pretty' to distract others from the witch's mind-games / mind-r@pe, e.g. gaslighting, playing the victim/damsel in distress, creating "flying-monkeys", and 'bribing' others (with money or BJ) to attack, or at times, kill someone for her. When caught, she will use her minions as scapegoats. European ESFJ are notorious for this especially in a racist context, e.g. Emmett Till. xSFP and ISFJ (2W1) are the most complicit, narcissistic-enablers. ISFP also tend to be 'oblivious-codependents' (look up the definition). Like ESFJ, XSFP's "feelings 'is' their reality." Most are covert/vulnerable-narcissists. ISFJ often perceive things only on the surface level (even by sensor standards), are suckers for a “pretty face", and their neuro-psychology makes them the ideal narcissitic-codependent and pawn to the ESFJ (blind-loyalty, surface level perception, susceptibility to covert-narcissism). Lastly, ISFJ are notorious for impersonating other people's identities IRL and on the internet; while ESFJ-9W1 superficially appears like an ENFJ, they have different 'neurology' and psychology. Both XSFJ are superficial by nature and perceive reality at face-value/surface level. SUMMARY Evil personality: 'ESFJ' (ALL), ESTJ (Cluster-b), ISFJ-2W1 (covert-narc/enabler). ESFJ-9W1 superficially resembles ENFJ; different 'neurology' and psychology. [Secretly] Evil and narcissist-friendly gunts/flying-monkey: ISFP (ALL), ESFP (ALL), and ISFJ (2W1 enable ESFJ). ☝️ALL of them are secretly emotionally-disturbed, hence their need to create conflict as a distraction (at other people's expense, truly evil). Spread the word! Thank you. ___________ Research ref: Raudha Athif, Ghislaine Maxwell, Marilyn Monroe, Karen, ESFJ-narcissists, ESFJ-neurology, Gaslighting, Amber Heard, Fake feminism, Rising of a shield hero (Malty-'ESFJ'; XSFX spread disinformation online. ISFJ is the main culprit; ISFJ largely perceive things on the surface level), 'Brood-parasitism’- XSFJ natural psychology. _ _ _

[@davidhibbs3396]

That's one way to know it's working!

[@joeg451]

Okay but in the 50's they did "atomic gardening" experiments where they exposed a circular field of plants in a greenhouse to radiation and there was a certain "goldilocks zone" distance from the radioactive source where they found some plants developed valuable mutations.

[@CruelDwarf]

Buff fish is devinitly a Dwarf Fortress reference. In early versions Carps were getting ripped from constant swimming and were murdering fishermen.

[@jzLoFT]

8:06 BEST "maybe" JOKE EVER

[@Hongobogologomo]

The amazing Melting Skin Man! The incredible Doctor Dead Organs! The real radiation powers

[@sapiense-science-cerveau]

World record for medical relentlessness, only in Japan though

[@MrAlopex112]

You forgot the Mighty Captain Baldy

[@Flesh_Wizard]

You forgot Tumour Man

[@michaelfox1432]

At our local university there is a small "slow poke" reactor used in the genetics and nuclear medicine programs. Over the years they have applied radiation to millions of fruit flies and to my knowledge they have NEVER had a positive mutation occur.

[@MalcomTidus]

Hey Kyle! Love your video as always, especially your dissertation of the nuclear. Half Life Histories is some of the most informative content on this website. Question for you - if DNA editing through radiation is so impossibly random, (and this is probably completely unrelated), how does CRISPR gene editing work? Can you make or have you made a video on precise DNA editing?

[@mattdraper8978]

CRISPR is a chemical (molecular) editing method. An enzyme can be constructed that specifically divides a particular sequence of DNA, and only that sequence.

[@EspHack]

1:21 not quite, it "radiates" but its a mechanical wave, not electromagnetic, sound is just air or other medium getting squished by kinetic forces

[@MarqFJA87]

The outright impossibility of radiation-induced random mutations giving people genuine superpowers is probably why some of the characters that got their superpowers in this way were retconned so that they already had a fictional gene that always reacts the same way if it's hit by nuclear radiation, and the outcome is the person gaining superpowers. Example: The Marvel Universe's Gamma Mutates (most famously the Hulk), who now possess the "gamma gene" which is normally inert but can be activated by being hit with gamma rays.

[@garethbaus5471]

The Hulk having a special gene that reacts to gamma rays has been a thing since at least the 1977 tv show.

[@MarqFJA87]

@@garethbaus5471 ... There was a 1977 TV show featuring the Hulk???

[@garethbaus5471]

@@MarqFJA87 It was called The Incredible Hulk and went on for an additional 4 seasons.

[@PhoutianPhill]

What about a third limb in the form of a prosthetic? Would our brains be able to activate it independent from our natural limbs, or would that be overload/impossible?

[@S.h-comma.to.the.top-Dynasty]

Once radiation gave me a sunburn so bad it gave me the superpower to ooze slime out of my skin for a week.

[@mizzo8341]

But your not ready to fly to mars with all your extra muscles - right???

[@S.h-comma.to.the.top-Dynasty]

@@mizzo8341 No muscle growth, but I had blisters the size of toilet paper rolls.

[@AVRiegel]

1:21 It should be noted though that sound is NOT electromagnetic radiation like everything else shown on screen, it is not even a transverse wave but a longitudinal one (which is also why sound waves cannot be polarized).

[@vonsowards1297]

5:29 rude! I mean you’re right…. But it’s still rude.

[@Satan_Official]

I've been trying all possible recipes from fictional stories like comics, movies and books to gain superpowers, by now I've died a total of 83 times, around 28 from cancer, 26 from instant desintegration, 19 from severe brain damage, 10 from chemical poisoning and other 10 from just regular poisoning. I've gotten no superpowers aside from the immortality I was already born with, but no matter how *PAINFUL* it is, I will keep trying. Edit: Also, I once heard someone tell me that radiation was a quick and painless death, let me tell you, that's a lie!!! It's agonizingly painful from the moment of exposure to the moment of death, unless that radiation is strong enough to kill you virtually instantaneously in a way that before your neurons can fire pain signals to your brain you are already obliterated, that's going to hurt, a lot.

[@lindaseel9986]

I want to know how Kyle obtained his long, lush, lion' mane locks. If not radiation, then what gives him those ruggedly handsome super-hero-villan looks?

[@johnbash-on-ger]

Natural mutation(s)?

[@lindaseel9986]

@@johnbash-on-ger So Kyle is a mutant? Like some Teenage Ninja Turtles? 🤔🤔🤔

[@johnbash-on-ger]

@@lindaseel9986 Yes a mutant but no, not like characters in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles media/franchises. Kyle is more hairy on top, less green, less turtle-like, etc.

[@lindaseel9986]

@@johnbash-on-ger 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@johnbash-on-ger]

@@lindaseel9986 Thank you, it was meant to humor.

[@aIchemizedlemniscate]

This is one of my biggest special interests and I haven't seen anyone else talk about it, I think your channel is Awesome ^_^

[@JasonLowenthal1983]

The odds of that are extremely unlikely. Kinda like the odds of Chris Hemsworth having a dollar store clone.

[@coyotedomino]

well there go my plans for the evening

[@i-am-evil-morty6710]

This episode was great 😂😂

[@fqwgads]

Expecting radiation to grant superpowers is like dropping a pile of bricks off a cliff and expecting a building at the bottom. Radiation is destructive, not constructive. CRISPR gene editing on the other hand...

[@johnsmoak8237]

Hey, they should really start putting these disclaimers in plainer print and probably BEFORE the product is rendered. I'm already a radio-active meatbag and like Katy Perry put it: "...there's no going back..."

[@johnsmoak8237]

Also, as a person covered in freckles, I have to say, it certainly is true that the size of the universe allows for those rare instances of hundreds of thousands of micro-mutations without malignant formation. I happen to enjoy being a hybrid of human and cancer at all times, thanks.

[@VoidHalo]

I'll always remember that bit in Family Guy where Adam West (RIP) decides he wants super powers, so he rolls around in a bunch of radioactive waste. Then it cuts to him at the doctor later being diagnosed with lymphoma lol. And now, I'll always think of Adam West when I think of radioactive super powers. Even though Batman was the only super hero with no real powers other than the power of wealth and embezzling money from Wayne Enterprises to fund his weird bat fetish. But I'm sure his investors don't mind.

[@pyropulseIXXI]

(1) Non-ionizing radiation (2) Ionizing radiation (3) Non-radiative ionization (4) Non-radiative non-ionization Also, the most important muscle of my entire body is the boner muscle... the muscle that allows me to flop my penis around and what also allows me to extend 'jizz time' from 'mere minutes' to 'mere hours.'

[@NaudVanDalen]

5:05 That cow needs an extra strong fence since it's absolutely shredded my dude.

[@maximii]

Sciency fun educational content at its peak!

[@SilverTippedSpear]

I think it's worth noting that radiation is seems to act like a trigger, Interacting with inactive DNA in modified humans while we were hunter-gathers by ether Kree experiments or Celestials trying to create Antibodies for developing Celestials. This can be applied to everybody in Marvel, From Hulk to Mutants even Cap. The one similarity they seem to share is external factors cause the switch to flip on

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

"I am not a supervillain but if I WAS..."-Kyle Hill "I'm not a murderer but if I WAS..."-OJ Simpson And you're just as convincing as ol' stabby when you're talking about how to make a potential superhuman and how many lives it'll take

[@jennyd3131]

If the superpower was dying younger than expected, then I can defiantly get those powers through radiation.

[@doronpeynado4246]

"On the other hands"... I see what you did there Kyle. I don't think anybody else did.

[@dariusz.9119]

7:00 Soo... you're telling me there's a chance? Awesome!

[@korwynias_yt]

So basically what I'm understanding is you would need a scanning machine so accurate to be able to target a specific location on the strand every DNA strand in your body at the same time and shoot them with a specific radiation in such a way to give a positive?

[@andrycraft69]

Key takeaway from this video: atoms look like this 5:56

[@JamesStec]

5:12 brings back 3 Ninjas memories, woah

[@vermilliontoaster3063]

05:19 GOD FUCKING DAWM! He’s correct and painfully so….

[@yes.thatjanedoe]

*blasts radiation at test subjects "best case scenario you'll get some superpowers" "worst case some tumors, which we'll cut out"

[@Ming1975]

Meanwhile in real life there are a lot of Super villains in the net with powers that are super stupid or super hypocrisy. They are so powerful they can cause headache.

[@nathandelahunty1799]

I reject your reality and substitute my own! - Adam Savage

[@nexus3756]

my initial perception of radiation was that it doesnt really change dna so much as it just destroys it. Interesting to see the actual process.

[@ArmyGrunt1986]

5:23 I'm pretty sure thats the same kid that worked out for hours almost everyday, his parents didn't force him but they did "encourage" it. And he definitely doesn't look like that today. I seen a interview and he looks like a normal chubby guy, but he said he's much happier now. Again might be wrong, I'm not 100% sure thats him, but it definitely looks like him.

[@evilsharkey8954]

Sometimes people actually do use radiation to trigger superpowers but not the way you think. Plant breeders sometimes irradiate plants when they’re setting seed to trigger mutations. With enough seeds, they’re likely to get a good mutation, eventually, which they can then multiply, sell, and hybridize with. It’s quicker than waiting for natural mutations and doesn’t come with the stigma of genetic modification.

[@canis2020]

Apoptosis sounds like a 90s grunge band

[@mister_wide]

Kyle just wants to make sure noone will become an opponent to his superstrength.

[@GameOverJesse]

Kyle is my super power

[@oscarstone7416]

YOU CANT STOP ME

[@JosephSamuelMusic]

7:35 They're goosed! Of course they're goosed.

[@RobKinneySouthpaw]

8:24 "They do it because they like it"

[@svenmorgenstern9506]

Only if it comes from a radioactive spider. ☢️ 🕷

[@gabrielserrano5054]

Studies show Hiroshima survivers that lived near by had no joint inflammation problems. Even though it was lower dose those older people had more active lifestyles compared to non radiated people.

[@Nefariously_ignorant]

I didn't need a sound clip in my brain of Kyle going "OOooohhh yeah" but here we are, it's stuck there forever now

[@Sylencer1982]

6:37 So you're telling me there's a chance... Yeah!

[@Sylencer1982]

Nah. Radiation isn't the path to superpowers. CRISPR is.

[@hammerheadxray8152]

Yeah "Cancer Man" doesn't sell too many comics

[@MorningDusk7734]

I've heard poor reviews about Better Help's actual aid in certain cases.

[@Quroe_]

702.140a Mutate appears on some creature cards. It represents a static ability that functions while the spell with mutate is on the stack. “Mutate [cost]” means “You may pay [cost] rather than pay this spell’s mana cost. If you do, it becomes a mutating creature spell and targets a non-Human creature with the same owner as this spell.” Casting a spell using its mutate ability follows the rules for paying alternative costs (see 601.2b and 601.2f-h).

[@jonrios1389]

Everyone going to be looking for that a little capsule in Australia after this dropped.

[@xpndblhero5170]

Kyle: Buff Baby Fighting League *Joe Rogan and Dana White want to know your location* 😂

[@DragonKingZero]

IIRC, the Hulk wasn't the result of gamma radiation alone, but a combination of gamma rays and his attempted replication of the super serum used to make Captain America.

[@mrudhulmanuvs]

5:27 Why you gotta call me out like that man!

[@svarthofde2492]

This is exactly what someone who doesn't want us to get superpowers would say...

[@mattdraper8978]

May I suggest, on the subject of radiation and "superpowers" looking into atomic gardening? Exposing crops to gamma emitters (usually a cobalt isotope) to see what changes that causes. Near the source, most stuff just dies, and far away, things are usually unaffected, but there's a sweet spot where we can get some interesting changes. Some cultivars of grapefruit and peppermint are products of that process.

[@Maestria00]

Ok Kyle, it took me all my energy to stay focused when you show the atom made out of your face. Good job.

[@shaider1982]

4:33 this might as well be a non-fiction book: (If) I am a Super villain: the real science behind popular Villany tropes.

[@JoshKaufmanstuff]

I was curious at the statement that sound is also radiation, so I looked it up and everything i found seems to say “no”. I wish more explanation would have been given, but suffice it to say sound waves are mechanical function that propagate through a medium unlike “radiation”

[@Xarx42]

Regarding the leaner meat with the mentioned muscle mutation: it was possible to breed cows with exactly this mutation. But the cows, with so much muscle mass, are not able anymore to give birth, so a c section is requiered. So overall a pretty silly idea if you ask me. Furthermore they made tests with mice and the mutation. A regular fit mouse was eg able to hold longer on a stick than the beefed up mouse. I guess pretty much like with us: tremendous amounts of muscle wont help you in every situation ^^.

[@ABuffaloDub]

😂😂😂 bro I lost it when he went “absolutely yoked’” 😅🤣🤣

[@joshuamcdaniel6530]

The SPIDER is radioactive, smart guy.

[@joelsbowlsarejoelsgoals9636]

already got my tickets for the first BBF match! see you guys there!