Why You Don't Want Invisibility

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Invisibility is always part of the most desired superpowers argument, but is there more downside to it than meets the eye? Kyle sheds some light on this week's Because Science!
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[@becausescience]

*The "Kyle is Wrong!" FAQ* Hey! Thanks for watching. The vlog this week doesn't cover this video, so here are some answers to your corrections: 1. I am of course aware that blind individuals can navigate the world and live normal lives! But I think you'd have a hard time arguing that their experience is a "superpowered" one, as we understand it. 2. Many people are misunderstanding my proprioception argument. I believe that we underestimate just how much visual information adds to our "movement sense." Knowing how to grasp objects, walk among obstacles, etc. (think of how hard it would be if you couldn't see where your body was) involves visual cues you don't even notice. 3. Yes, you can type without looking at your fingers, but that's not what I said. Without being able to FEEL where your fingers are -- with proprioception -- you would have to look at them. 4. The WHOLE POINT isn't that invisibility is impossible or impossible to live with, the point is that it has enough drawbacks that I wouldn't consider many versions of it "super," in that it wouldn't make you a superhero in the way you think. -- KH

[@Y0uWinY]

As per my comments earlier, I had made an experiment to prove that point 2 is not so much of a drawback. In the video, you ask us to imagine how to interact object with zero visual input. As a matter of fact, we don't have to imagine, we can replicate that process in VR. In case you miss my comments, here are my experiments. I recreated an identical room in the virtual world based on a physical room. Every object is also replicated in that room. The only thing that is missing in the virtual world, is your own body. I can easily grab anything with no problem. The longer I am in it, the more comfortable it becomes. Do note that, the difference between the physical and virtual world is around 2-3cm. A wall that is supposed to be 10cm away in the real world could be 7-13cm in the virtual world. Even with this layer of error, I still have no problem navigating. I do have other subjects on the experiment and it takes them a short moment to adjust to it. Now imagine having this power since birth, you will adapt to it like learning how to walk.

[@jasonjulian1]

Points 1-4 make perfect sense, Kyle. These drawbacks hardly make for a "super" ability at all. That's why, as I previously commented, the only method/means of invisibility to others that makes sense is a phase-shift out of our 3 dimensional space where you can still walk around and see and hear everything, but perhaps not interact with it (much, if at all). Frodo and Bilbo's Ring of Power; Phase shifting a la the later Stargate SG-1 episodes with Merlin's workshop- out of phase and invisible to the rest of us, but technically "still there".

[@dannypham555]

Hi Kyle !

[@BW-go3ih]

I am SOOOO glad someone answered the 'are you blind if invisible' question. I just thought about this the other week because I almost read the Invisible Man, and it has been bugging me ever since for the first time in my ENTIRE life, and now, this video.

[@catwithoutaname4964]

I think people want to be TRANSPARENT (Not Translucent

[@evilbetty9423]

Being invisible with visible eyes is exactly what I want.

[@ddvmian]

That would be a little freaky

[@thedude8457]

Just cover them with glasses

[@ddvmian]

@@thedude8457 then you can cover the glasses with a mask

[@thedude8457]

@@ddvmian and then make the mask and glasses invisible

[@RoachDoggJR.-]

@@ddvmian then you can cover the mask with a scarf.

[@mthompson965]

"911, what's your emergency?" "Yeah, uh, I see a pair of floating eyes outside my window."

[@the_blind_hearing6]

@@incognito9292 I'll probably be seeing that in my sleep now. Fun.

[@sneakysnake7695]

Just poke em

[@cocoapuff_x]

SneakySneaky Snake yeah, with a knife

[@oldreliable303]

911 says, quit taking drugs dumbass.....

[@baron2062]

now im wondering, what if you just made the very top layer of your eyes visible then kept everything else invisible, wouldn't that work?

[@theweird4thewe281]

This guy just proved people have frame rates

[@theholypeanut8193]

If my eyes had the fps of my laptop, I'm only seeing one frame.

[@soundspark]

More accurate would be describing it as latency and image persistence.

[@rajeshbedi]

@@theholypeanut8193 shame i can do 90fps

[@janiceolson11]

​@@rajeshbedi 😂😂😂😂

[@mellifont96]

It’s already been proven. We see about 120 FPS. It’s capped at something otherwise we would be able to see tires spinning and helicopter blades spinning more clearly.

[@jonathanallard2128]

As someone who has experience being invisible to the ladies, it ain't all that fun.

[@Lostouille]

But I see you 👀

[@cj.59]

Fr

[@lil-mxvo3869]

🤣🤣

[@CasepbX]

It can be plenty fun if you take advantage of it. You need to know how to use the cards you've been dealt.

[@BokushingusKendoTV]

Lol I have that problem too!

[@tropeadope4532]

Honestly, being a floating pair of glowing eyes sounds fine. It's small enough to make most people think they're just seeing things but just big enough to creep the shit out of someone.

[@WarFoxThunder]

Yup

[@stonkermcstonkerface4531]

Do you have any idea how big a whole single eye is right? Since i saw a real human eye and it is pretty big.

[@sebastianellegaard3779]

@@stonkermcstonkerface4531 wouldnt u only see the front of the eyes that are exposed normally to other people?

[@eg_manifest510]

interestingly, in the invisible man novel, the invisible man says that the cat he turned invisible still had visible retinas, as the invis juice didn't bleach them clean

[@sebastianellegaard3779]

@@eg_manifest510 u can't use logic from a fictional novel to prove this

[@Taikamuna]

Shut up I'm already invisible to other people

[@ridwanahtesham6193]

Yeah your right .

[@squashyaussie2012]

Anyone else hear that? Sounds like an invisible comment.

[@lordkaminari6346]

I know u from jacksfilms

[@sharpgirlsSerious]

😁

[@night5246]

The harsh reality

[@jasonistheking]

What if instead of turning yourself invisible, you could just turn off people's perception of you. It's less invisibility and more psychic pushing, but I feel like that could be better (as long as you can turn it on and off)

[@amratashbaghel6628]

HxH

[@crypticshadows]

oooo this is a cool ideas

[@I_am_not_spooky]

Jesus loves you 😊

[@I_am_not_spooky]

Jesus loves you

[@Bettercall_engineergaming]

Vampires from World of Darkness

[@Lordn_HighMaster]

Proposition; What if we made a nano fiber optic mesh that collects photons and sends them from about the same location from any angle. Routing the light around you? You could place magnetic coils around the fibers to collect data from the sympathetic charge and make a 360° line of sight. The thermal energy of your body could be regulated and the excess heat could be filtered through a cascade lens making random wave lengths of light. that light could then be used to boost the output light so there is no preceivable heat or dimming. Only a randomly oscillating polarization lens would be able to see the shimmer of light at the wrong angle.

[@03luigi14]

That's kind of how Translucent from The Boys turns invisible.

[@DisturbedVibez]

This mf did not just figure out invisibility

[@lowgrav5900]

Crysis symbiotic suit much?

[@Odyssey-ot6nb]

@@03luigi14 And we all know how that worked out for him

[@bisbo88]

Poungue

[@juanarroyo7113]

You’re killing the fantasies of every teenager with strong hormones

[@NickC_222]

His argument is 14.5 minutes long, but the counter argument is literally just "boobs" lol.

[@Luzyfar]

@@NickC_222 no it's "cock"

[@carolinpurayidom4570]

Thats concerning thats a fantasy consent is vital.

[@tamatebako_yt]

I know it's supposed to be joke but I've had people watching me without my consent before and if I can tell you one thing it's not fun. At all.

[@bable6314]

@@tamatebako_yt ... It's not supposed to be fun for the person being watched. Ideally, the person being watched wouldn't know their being watched. That said, it's still fucked up, I just think your argument is bad.

[@grimmpierful]

"Close your eyes, itll be fine, close your eyes" Me, listening to this while driving : "yeah I dont think that would be fine"

[@klabundesriflesandknives3551]

Well as long as it's not texting. (Sarcasm)

[@Jamac007]

In theory you wouldn't be able to close your eyes because your eyelids would be invisible too.

[@lavatrex6736]

@@Jamac007 you're not wrong

[@HassanAhmed-rf9xr]

@@Jamac007 wait why not canr your eye lids close like normal?

[@Jamac007]

@@HassanAhmed-rf9xr if you're invisible it means every part of you is invisible, even to yourself, can't see your hands, feet or any body part, that includes your eye lids.

[@lokithegodkiller6914]

Yeah I like the "invisibility" where it's you just cropping yourself out from people perceptions and they just subconsciously ignore you. Like you walk up and take a coffee and the world fills in that someone bought it in everyone's head that sees the coffee disappear, but there would still be a physical record of it being stolen

[@TepigIsHot]

I like the concept of interfering with thoughts to basically remove your presence from their mind

[@nosuchthing8]

Same here

[@gion1888]

That's basically gaslighting people into thinking you don't exist. Check out the "false hydra" dnd homebrew monster, you might like it

[@ianwalker1182]

How would that work with CCTV?

[@TepigIsHot]

@@ianwalker1182 typically the power allows you to show up on camera

[@PiracyMan]

@@ianwalker1182 Well, the way it likely works on regular humans is with some kind of magnetism or radio-wave-like ability that makes peoples eyes inherently avoid you and your brain avoid perception, these radio waves could disrupt cctv signal, and magnetism would break the camera/footage.

[@maxdecphoenix]

Nobody: This channel: "Why You don't want to breath oxygen."

[@imanfateh3261]

Cause it forms radical species in our bodies leading to cancer and agging

[@McMoony]

dragonballz naruto I like how you spelt it wrong both times

[@imanfateh3261]

they are the same comment bro

[@ice_7057]

dragonballz naruto you made two comments

[@razorsaber2287]

You don’t because of free radicals

[@itsali64xx16]

Sounds exactly like something someone with invisibility would say

[@dimamatat5548]

Actually, having power of invisibility with blindness as a drawback could make for an interesting story. Imagine, a man who you can't see and he cannot see you, yet he remembers every smell, every sound, every touch, etc.

[@jod2015]

That’s what they say if you had a “permeation quirk” (passing through solid objects). In MHA they explained that you couldn’t see, breathe or hear when that power was activated. I’d love to see that power explored in a future video

[@twistedyogert]

You'd still go through the floor.

[@TorKelRa]

@@twistedyogertwhich is a move that the character with the Permeation quirk uses in combat. Sinking into the ground and then popping up to strike his opponents.

[@Trulydome]

Who's sitting here thinking about how good Daredevil would do he had invisibility

[@DMNDR]

The moment he mentioned being blind as a side effect, I thought 'Murdock would be awesome at invisibility'

[@sen7826]

Exactly

[@jyoder1]

This brings up interesting points in regards to the power in comics. Being blind while invisible would encourage skills that the blind use.

[@Trulydome]

@@jyoder1 it’s been a year sense I’ve watched this guy wow

[@josephmariostalinlinguinit8727]

that's exactly hat I was thinking, like he's already blind

[@samhurley6161]

*reads title* *reads channel name* Oh ok. That explains it.

[@ayysee_]

*because science*

[@VeeOasis]

Sam Hurley yep

[@keithscott2706]

Lol

[@sprucemoose281]

You don't want invisibility Because Science

[@pines1851]

Sam Hurley lllooooolll

[@DoctorRide4139]

I think that if you projected your background like Predator’s suit, you could incorporate augmented reality that could allow only you to see your own body. Also, with time and practice, you could hone proprioception to the point where you could “see” your own body without needing to actually see it.

[@hanneswiggenhorn2023]

But with the predator suit technique, wouldn't a problem occur when the person watching you moves/changes perspective?

[@dabestgrimmreaper4]

@@hanneswiggenhorn2023 actually what would end up happening is you'd see the bent light which would actually distort your vision like a fisheye lense because it wouldn't be on your eye it would be in front of it, also you don't need to be invisible per say you just need to look like the terrain behind you so just matching your heat signature roughly with what's around you so as soon as you stop you appear as everything else much like the covenant which is probably the best stealth tech at range without hindering the user.

[@kody.wiremane]

@@hanneswiggenhorn2023 Can be solved with holographics. Technically. (Each pixel of your suit looks different depending on the angle you look at it at. The required level of technology, though…)

[@hanneswiggenhorn2023]

@@kody.wiremane but would that also work against infrared vision?

[@kody.wiremane]

@@hanneswiggenhorn2023 Well, kinda. Imagine that the suit blocks the heat emitted by the body, while retranslating the holographic (view-angle-sensitive) image of objects behind the suit, in all reasonable wavelengths, including IR. What that requires, though, is each pixel retranlating light rays from all other pixels (at different angles); what's worse, as the suit is moving with the body, these angles also change, so it can't be just a ton of optic fibers, it needs real-time commutation. May be easier with, say, an "invisibility sphere", coz it's shape is constant, so it can be probably done with just optic fibers. Though it still fails in rain, smoke, fog, etc. Again, if you think, such a suit must replicate rays from such light sources as the sun, to avoid creating a shadow; if the suit recreates light instead of rerouting it, I think the suit will be pretty hot to wear 'x)

[@factfraud9437]

One cool thing about the original Predator movie (I don't remember if they do this in the sequels) is his eyes will occasionally flash yellow while he was invisible. I always interpreted this as his suit taking a picture of his surroundings and using it to make a 3d space for him to navigate. Just a personal headcanon of mine.

[@gabelessing7455]

The story of an spy who retires after being blinded, goes through an intensive training regimen to use echolocation and the natural sounds around him, and then is chosen to be an invisible superhero is fantastic and I now need it in my life.

[@brentnakamura2488]

Re: When Daredevil gained the power of Invisibility suit, of ThermOptic Camouflage.

[@prapanthebachelorette6803]

Fantastic idea

[@Beyondthe5thPanel]

This gives me some ideas

[@kingkaizoku85]

sounds like alot of marvel movies but with a twist

[@krishnachoubey8648]

yo quick! Think of a name for him!

[@samson5erb312]

I was watching this with my four-year-old nephew and he was like "How does he know that I would sneak into the movies?!"

[@fishHater]

How did he know

[@ahmed4363]

How?

[@colbyd8304]

How did he know tho

[@crimsonfire574]

Yeah how did he know

[@formerlythetim]

How does he know this?

[@jonathanhall7223]

I once bought a new pair of shoes that had oddly shaped and wide soles, kept tripping on stuff because I wasn't used to moving my feet in them. So I could see how this would apply. It would be like trying to grab a glass of water while wearing a blinder (like the ones used on horses) on one side. Tactile maneuvering only. Most people never consider these things. This is why I love this channel.

[@Ruesen]

Worm had someone have a power of invisibility by literally making people forget about her while the power was active. She could reappear and their memories would be restored. That said, I think any super power is too easy to corrupt a person for us to want. As you mentioned, invisibility would probably have people more willing to try spying on or stealing from others. As fun as it could be to be 'naughty,' one would likely loose some of their morals. I know I'd probably be too tempted to go where I'm not supposed to go.

[@jonnysupreme]

Drax knows how to be truly invisible 😁

[@amazingkris]

The key is to avoid eating Zarg-Nuts. Typical giveaway when you do that.

[@bhdgaming1702]

I love you for that comment😂

[@geezybop]

So does Hawkeye

[@princeb_5922]

Kris Anticknap noted

[@linusrising4178]

So true lol

[@westonoler1037]

He looks like Thor and sounds like VSauce3.

[@juliaprohaska9295]

+

[@sandysand3035]

If Thor did the fusion dance with Vsauce you would get this dude.

[@noodles692]

Weston Oler the best combo

[@SDHJ.]

The perfect human

[@Rey-yt7be]

Facts

[@swigmcale7555]

Has he made one of these about shape-shifting? I'm talking something like Alex Mercer from the game PROTOTYPE. Grow armor, claws, blades, whips, hammer fists, etc. Even the ability to fly/glide by growing wings or just turning into something that has wings, whether it be a bird or something mythicalogical like a dragon. Would the power of shape-shifting do something to the human mind?

[@mihailmilev9909]

I'm also really curious, I've always liked shapeshifting, always one of my top power choices. Especially recently when thinking about symbiotes.

[@bobbaseball5182]

fellow prototype gamer

[@lowgrav5900]

The mind will most likely be fine as octopus and cuttlefish have amazing camouflage that can mimic surface textures to hide in sand corral or rock...... Or are octopus and cuttlefish secretly insane....

[@superflameking03]

The only character I ever gave invisibility to they also had space/time powers of awareness of what was around them (basically, they had that first option you talked about but they didn't need to have their eyes open to see things around them). I feel like that would work but that also includes a whole other set of powers to have to go with it.....

[@stakingbloom4423]

this proves that “if i can’t see you, you can’t see me”

[@fhe2000]

No u can just cover your eyes

[@WaveOfDestiny]

Stand in the shadows

[@dissobeyon9855]

Simpler, the person is behind you.

[@latonyawinkley9913]

No not really.

[@duhhnai3235]

StakingBloom 442 security camera

[@sirbugslayer141]

Please keep in mind that this video refers to classic invisibility. With the exception of the 'no spatial awareness' rule and the thermal imaging mentioned in this video, projecting photons that are on either side of oneself could easily combat that whole 'unable to see' argument. Although he's right, you still wouldn't be able to rob banks/ steal anything because a floating bag of cash or a Chanel handbag would be a dead giveaway. The most you could do with this would be to avoid social interaction. Which in my opinion is sooo fucking worth it.

[@Jvksiew]

"avoid social interaction" People around you would still hear you breathing and now they think the place is haunted

[@sirbugslayer141]

If people can hear you breathing, there is something wrong. Even if that were the case, you'd be the ultimate prankster. That also sounds like a win in my book.

[@NotReady2048]

SirBugSlayer not if you're smart and rob places at night

[@anlumo1]

As any serious nerd can tell you, there are far easier ways to become invisible socially. Just pull out a Magic the Gathering deck, and nobody will acknowledge your presence in any way.

[@rrosenstein1324]

Chen Sun play pranks?

[@kinguchiha6212]

Damnnn we’ve come along away, I remember watching this video for the first time. Keep up the good work G

[@a2pha]

5:12 Now that is genius. I hadn't considered dust particles. I guess what it means for a solution is - the classic invisibility. If something touches you, it too turns invisible.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Ask this question to John Cena

[@davinwilliams3130]

kirby march Barcena how are you gonna find him?

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Davin Williams We can't see him.

[@dannyzein6448]

This need more like lmao

[@awesomeanbar9402]

Ask drax the destroyer, or should i say, Drax the invisible

[@rabbitpiet7182]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5W5gHScjbeWoKs

[@pepegaclap8432]

Im invisible to girls... Yep thats my superpower

[@addvioIence]

suicide by words much?

[@pizzacrumbles]

Self destructive:100

[@DynamikeTV]

i would like that super power wink wink

[@primarina9812]

TwelvN yeah

[@hashim7771]

Mine too

[@BusterBrown1217]

The book "Secret Keepers" has an excellently accurate version of invisibility. It has a watch with a special metal allowing it to re-route photons when powered. In the book, it does make the invisible people blind, but only while they are holding it and stuff (holding because the watch draws power from the holder, which does make them tired etc.). But, because it redirects them, you aren't completely invisible because there is still a little haze due to the photons getting messed with (similar to refraction). The book is by Trenton Lee Stewart and it is amazingly accurate and just a good book.

[@static928]

The best way I could understand the theory of being invisible and the comparison of not have the mobility thing in your brain is the same feeling of have absolutely no blood circulation in all of your nerves. You when your: arm, hand, leg, and/or foot are so numb to the point you can’t feel what your: stepping on, holding, or touching anything, is what I think is would be like to be invisible based on how he described with the brains mobility thing. (I’m sorry if my explanation doesn’t make sense, not really good at explaining or describing things)

[@Holsp]

Thanks Thor now I understand

[@grimalexx]

exactly my thoughts xdd

[@christinac9161]

HAHAHA

[@rosvlinds]

Holsp 😂😂😂

[@scrubby2]

Jackscepticeye thor

[@ancient_bam]

Thor's just making videos to discredit all the other superheroes so that he can prove he's the best. Up next: Why You Don't Want To Turn Into An Angry Green Monster

[@thewaffle376]

Me at 8: if I had super Powers it would be teleportation, super strength, and invisibility! Because science: Hold up..

[@drops2cents260]

> Because science: Hold up.. Because Science: "Hold my Erlenmeyer flask..."

[@mmgainfulxx9793]

When I was younger I had that same list except just replace strength with forcefields.

[@user-mf7lw7wk5j]

well you can have invisibility by hoping in the 4d and you probobly could just see the inside of anything boxs animals and more or you will just freeze to death

[@jayweik8853]

I want to be a saiyan

[@raditzsuper9782]

Lol 😂

[@flameindigo8035]

I read this book once called The Secret Keepers that had an invisibility plot. The device the main character used was a watch that altered light to render one invisible, but as a side effect made him blind while it was in use. The duration was also limited for plot reasons that I won't get into because spoilers. It was a really interesting story, all and all, and did really well with the concept.

[@mrosskne]

It's "all in all". Not "all and all".

[@pixywings]

If one could control when they are visible and when they are invisible it would be different than if they were just always invisible. Even psychologically it would be very different.

[@henrym3780]

Can I just have Drax's ability to stand so still that I become unnoticeable?

[@jtwheeler5985]

You already do🤯

[@nickverdhi2633]

@@jtwheeler5985 holy fuck

[@cageco9220]

This explains why endermens eyes can be seen with invisibility potion

[@eternal2319]

Yes. It does

[@starlighttheorist2683]

I spiders too, they sometimes spawn with potion effects!

[@spiritwicc3953]

Yee, although it would also make any creature's eyes visible too, not just them

[@luciussalcedo3731]

maybe Minecraft logic isn't that unlogical

[@TheRandomizerYT]

@@luciussalcedo3731 Why can't you be seen then,? Since we can change skins to make anything be anything, i think we don't even have features like eyes. We just .. see?

[@methinks9654]

starting at 4:39 if you could bend photons instead of making yourself invisible, you can alter other people's site or bend photons away from other people's eyes, making them believe that they just went blind I hope I said that correctly

[@r1konTheAutomator]

6:35 - LOL! Nice reference 🤣

[@HarrisonTarabella]

You told me to close my eyes. I didn’t think it was a good idea. You said “it will be fine.” I was driving Kyle. It was not fine.

[@alecsmith3448]

Harrison Tarabella why were you driving while watching this video?

[@mobslayer211]

Alec Smith he might of been just listening to it,I do it often.

[@antasena1219]

Nukebros 0205 yes i do to but just in footnotes

[@HarrisonTarabella]

Alec Smith yeah a lot of times I just listen to the audio of shows like this like it’s a podcast

[@aufowithwificoverage3328]

*Turns invisible* "Does this outfit make me look fat?"

[@d.dementedengineerc99isurf26]

Tries to scratch my head, but can't cause of my helmet. Shrugs.

[@coffeelover0876]

Lmao, Ms Appear

[@Drunkcat008]

Emmm No No honey Your so thin I can't even see you

[@atlas2296]

You aren't fat in the first place... I think

[@PantherCat64]

All the alternatives I can think of: In hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy or specifically "so long and thanks for all the fish" there's a piece of technology called the "Somebody Else's Problem Field" or SEP where you basically can't notice it if its existence would be a problem to you. it really isn't invisibility but rather a projection of something so absurd that your brain just decides to ignore it so becomes somebody else's problem. You can catch what it actually is in the corner of your eye though if I remember right. But hay, it only requires a 9 volt battery to run indefinitely and cooler you can turn it around on yourself in any environment impossible to survive in because it can cause your body to just ignore the danger to such a degree it just goes on like normal because its somebody else's problem. Similarly SCP-5000 is a suit where while on, everyone and everything looking at you literally can't comprehend your existence so their brain just immediately erases any image of your presence. So your not invisible, people's brains just can't allowed them to understand that you're there. And the least interesting but wanted to mention it, the nano suit in Crysis how it works is its one giant mirror where its reflecting the environment around it making it look like nothing is there, and I think I can assume the suit can emulate the surrounding temperature as well, but that wouldn't help if you were standing, also light can't pass through you meaning if someone shines a flashlight or laser at you it won't light up anything behind you making your location obvious and one that practically means your doomed. And that last one is actually shown in game, where enemies will shoot at you if they realize their laser sights just suddenly stopped in empty space. Same reason you'd probably be caught on thermals while standing, because a random grey human shape in the middle of space probably wouldn't be normal. Yeah this is the weakest in the bunch, but works great if you have it for a suit that can do other super power like things. Man I think I accidentally ranked it from best to worse there.

[@emilinrose]

Honestly the best possible invisibility has to be the false hydra from d&d. People see you, they just don't realize they see you and forget if they did.

[@verticalisland]

Daredevil doesn't need to see. So I think he would be the best at being invisible. :P

[@jeunlingkai8941]

Whoaa

[@thomashanson6603]

Good point

[@MrDngrsdave]

Technically daredevil can see.. just not like a normal person

[@baranjan6969]

He needs sounds to see so he needs to make TOO much sound if he wants to be able to see himself and you can't sneak into anywhere if there is a someone because free sound you make wakes up everyone

[@coreyc9432]

@@baranjan6969 he uses sound, touch, taste, AND smell. Hed probably use echolocation, which would probably need silent tongue clicking

[@crowhaveninc.2103]

I like how the vampires from World of Darkness utilize invisibility. That's because they don't turn invisible. Instead, they influence the minds of people around them to not notice them and to make them rationalise why they shouldn't bump into you. Of course, there are plenty of creatures who are immune or highly resistant to this, but that makes the power a lot more interesting IMO.

[@ajayitimilehin8385]

Yes

[@Sip_Dhit]

VTM is a fun game, I do live how half of the abilities are just forms of ultra persuasion

[@roonilwazlib9877]

Similar to the SEP Field in Douglas Adams’ “Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy” series. Basically, it’s a device that creates a field around an object rendering it “somebody else’s problem.” It’s not that the spaceship on the cricket pitch can’t be seen, it’s that anyone who sees it subconsciously tells themselves “How odd, I’m glad that isn’t my concern,” and they happily ignore it.

[@DeathByBlue583]

I feel like this is a pretty common ability in fiction

[@RedElm747]

Sith and Jedi can do this too. Basically mind trick the person into not perceiving them. The cool thing about this power vs Sue storm invisibility is that it can apply to sounds or objects or even other people. Arguably it's more imperceptibility than invisibility though.

[@Your_little_friend4945]

There is a variant of invisibility that I came up with for my story. It assumes that light passes through an additional 4th dimension in space, some of the light passes through, but when some of the light is reflected, it is sent along a coordinate to another dimension, so this reflection is no longer in contact with our 3rd dimensions, and we we don't see. Getting into this dimension makes them completely invisible, but the people themselves do not see anything in this dimension. The owner of the ability must have 3D vision in order to see photons from the 4th dimension and navigate in space (this also gives him a semblance of x-ray vision, because he sees those photons that pass through objects)

[@elzilcho222]

There’s a potential fourth way to be invisible like they do in Baki. It’s hipnosis where you don’t see the other person but you see everything else. Not really “invisibility” but the same effect

[@FireFoxie1345]

My friend experienced that and it was quite funny

[@Inisii]

Can I just be a floating skeleton? Because then I can fulfill my dream to be a spooky scary skeleton.

[@kopicat9656]

Inisii SPOOPY!! 😂

[@cubejsb6684]

Sannneessss ddaaannnccceee

[@christopherbeckett9189]

Doot doot

[@Saroniss]

Freeky do you know something we dont

[@WASCHlaberschtU]

Lilly Phillips would you send shivers down my spine?

[@paynnn9977]

If I have invisibility... I will steal neighbour's highspeed wifi.

[@Verko_A]

TotallySpoon this is the second time you complained about your wifi

[@terra20209]

TotallySpoon whats your wifi ?

[@NatasPvPMontagesz]

I think they will notice a flying phone in their house

[@latonyawinkley9913]

TotallySpoon omg good one.

[@NightmareBlackBlaze]

DM me, I can help you with that.

[@legenddmonkey2758]

Turning it on and off, and not knowing where you are fan be trained and will make it fine to be inviseble. That fixes the main issue, also other recommandstions kf how invisebility works or multiple different options to turn on and off. Making it a fine power to have.

[@shoumatsu7]

There a visual novel where they aplly most of these negatives on being invisible and its really good, the name is Saiaku Naru Saiyaku Ningen ni Sasagu

[@IsaPudiyapura]

I didn't know Thor started making KZbin videos.

[@InsaneLaughter01]

Isa Pudiyapura XD literally the reason I clicked on this vid.

[@CorporalPT]

Fucking ruthless 😂😂

[@dentlas]

Not fucking close to the real thor

[@personpacman7439]

Isa Pudiyapura Lol

[@thekramer1097]

You must be new around here

[@Healtsome]

Ha! Jokes on you! I'm already invisible to other people

[@polymer2049]

Healt Desimal *OOF*

[@heathemerson8197]

Ha

[@CPLEE.]

This is deep. I'm gonna go commit not alive now

[@yomama8866]

*clap*clap* Nice joke Cplee *clap*clap*

[@Logan13000]

Lol im just invisible to girls

[@blindovermatter3054]

Most of your points seem pretty valid, but as someone who gets around with a visual impairment and has done extensive training under blindfold, I can tell you that you would adapt to the inability to see your body and you’d be able to do most functions fairly well, just by feeling where you are in space. It’s not necessarily easy and it is certainly a skill that needs to be learned, but, I have seen it done with others and I have felt it myself as well.

[@jonaszrybarczyk2227]

The best kind Of invisibility is the power make people unable to acknowledge your existence. You are not invisible physically, but no one will be able to see, hear, smell or acknowledge any traces you leave behind. You will stop existing to them.

[@LocalMaple]

Have you read The Physics of Superheroes by James Kakalios? I’ll quote then explain it as I understand. Chapter 23, section What Color are Invisible Woman’s Eyes? “When [she] becomes invisible, she still absorbs and reflects light in the UV region of the spectrum... Special UV glasses (like the ones Doctor Doom installed in his armored mask) could [shift her visible].” “This also explains how IW is able to see. ... her eyes... become sensitive to the scattered UV light that bounces off us, and is ignored by our eyes. ... Windows appear transparent to us... However, when Sue is invisible a window will appear as a dark space while other objects appear transparent to her. This mechanism... was suggested in Fantastic Four #62, vol.3.” Basically, if you can shift your entire body up the color spectrum, your vision shifts with it. If you shift above UltraViolet (hey, that’s why the Incredibles daughter is named that!), you can see people and objects by their bounced UV rays, likely the same way we can see Cinderella’s glass slippers by the slight bounced colors we can see. Also, she can see herself because her pupils shifted up to match her body. Edit: Question. If infrared reads body temperature, but Sue shifted all her bodily color to be in the UV spectrum INCLUDING her IR, what will that mean for both her bodily temperature and what the IR camera sees?

[@LittleBLProductions]

Local Maple I have the same book, good point to bring up!

[@johnnysinsstan7988]

Local Maple you sound really smart

[@drunkredninja]

Yeah invisibility in the relative human sense. She had a few feats too where she could also bend EM with her force shields as well.

[@LocalMaple]

Dubzy FTW I quoted a book. Then gave a layman interpretation. If you really want to hear how researched-smart I can be, I have a video on my channel disproving ALL of MatPat’s Film Theories on Frozen, using only canon lore/interviews and real life subjects MatPat found acceptable for other theories.

[@dylanclaeys6084]

Local Maple thank you for the matpat shit i dislike him but austin is cool on because science. I wish he was still on shoddycast.

[@timmydelorian2476]

Close your eyes, and suddenly you're listening to Jake Roper from Vsauce3

[@baconeater4133]

timmy delorian Haha, screw you, I can't unhear it now

[@angelusprowler6368]

FECK HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME

[@adamc457]

I ve only noticed this recently as well but very much agree.

[@kook5180]

Kinda looks like him too...FABIO ROPER 😂

[@ethankoetsier]

More like Fake Roper

[@a2pha]

7:00 OK you are taking this to the length. May I suggest a future conversation be about invisibility that does work. That is, you can wear clothes, anything you touch becomes invisible until you let it go, and you cannot be seen with a heat-camera, or in the rain, or really at all. As a bonus, however, you can change your vision. You can either see yourself as everyone sees you - or you can perfectly see yourself, even in a mirror. Anything you touch or otherwise. And THEN discuss some of the problems that would have.

[@valentinarunko67]

As many others have already mentioned with examples from other fandoms, you don't need real invisibility - only a telepathic suggestion. I'd like to add another fandom on the list, and that's Star Wars, where (at least in some of the extended universe) Jedi can do a 'don't see me' mental suggestion/trick, so they slip by undetected. It's more difficult the more people are involved, but it does make for a more convenient premise.

[@zakosist]

That would be a lot more useful form of invisibility that would be actually good to have. But you could still be seen on a camera afterwards if something happen to record you. Not a downside so big you wouldn't want it, just something you would need to keep in mind. Dogs sniffing out your smell could become a problem too

[@lionbryce10101]

Don't most people assume that you want invisibility that can be toggled? I'd hide from people, whenever useful.

[@tacocat9654]

So in public when you wanted to hide you’d have to strip off your clothing and turn invisible? That’s sorta weird man

[@dashua1735]

Don't you understand OP's point?

[@KingOpenReview]

Besides, when you're trying to see, only your pupils need to be visible. Good luck to whoever's trying to spot a pair of tiny black dots that flicker out of existance when they get close to looking directly into them... especially at night.

[@lionbryce10101]

Taco Cat I didn't say I'd be in public (in the event of a home invasion I'd appreciate being able to hide in plainsite). Also, you don't have to be naked if your source of invisibility (and temporary blindness) comes in the form of a cloak that you wear and can be taken off

[@raul88.88]

Drax showed it to us...you just have to stand still for a short period of time

[@ephraimtimmerman4476]

To fix the not being able to see problem, the invisible person must also be able to see in an invisible wavelength like infrared or ultraviolet that way they can see while invisible

[@figg9417]

6:55 there's no cameras in bathrooms

[@zdavzbr]

Tip: to make you invisible to everyone, just make them blind!

[@erictjwalker7218]

No all you have to do is walk around with a blindfold on. And then they can't see you.

[@sneakysnake7695]

Just poison the local water supply with a toxin that affects vision

[@binamilka]

@@sneakysnake7695 wow, that is just the sort of thing a very sneaky, sneaky snake would say.

[@mrm.d.sargeant3016]

The Triffid defense.

[@hoodagooboy5981]

'In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king'

[@vasilybullock7967]

Here's my solution to 'most' of the problems. The way my brand invisibility works is that photons with a frequency below ultraviolet pass through your body, but your eyes are mutated to only see ultraviolet light instead of visible. So you can see yourself since you absorb ultraviolet, and your invisibe to half the EM spectrum.

[@UserFriendlyArtist]

Ok mr "Im very smart and have a lot of knowledge and i am prolly very good looking as well"

[@pleaseletmehavemyprivacy3450]

@@UserFriendlyArtist wish I looked good

[@UserFriendlyArtist]

@@pleaseletmehavemyprivacy3450 same 😪

[@stm7810]

Interesting hero, would this result in the side effect of being more vulnerable to UV, if so that could make things interesting with a hero who fights at night, not because of the aesthetic, but because being invisible in broad daylight will give sun burn and risk cancer.

[@muhammedkoroglu6544]

@@stm7810 his hero doesn’t need to be vulnerable to UV light. But being so would indeed make things more interesting.

[@mr.mantle4498]

Sounds awesome. You could do this how do you think the blind (i mean fully blind) walk around plus every thing i would want to do can be done even with said limitations

[@damienkakoschke3099]

I'm glad the first thing you brought up was that you would be blind. A comic with an invisible character did approach this was "Planetary". Loving your videos

[@NegusInParis88]

Fun fact: I actually have invisibility already. I have to say, it sucks being invisible. Being ignored 24/7 sure does suck Edit: Chill everyone just regular dark humor joke 😂

[@AntiRiku]

No, you're just ignored. There's a difference.

[@fvn55yearsago57]

Anti Riku He knows he's not invisible, just saying she's an outcast, like me .-.

[@user-gz7dq7oc9o]

FunnyVids? Nah You called that person a he then a she.

[@ruthlessironnick2473]

Anti Riku I think the joke just flew like 30 miles above ur head

[@danielsmith8111]

Ruthless Ironnick247 r/woooosh

[@ChugadaCheeseGaming]

I just want to be a pair of floaty eye bois.

[@ThatFreeWilliam]

You'd have to eat and digest too if you didn't have a transparent food option. So...a pair of floaty eye bois that look like hummingbirds and a stomach that looks like a cute doggo filled with the remains of your victims? :)

[@Sp00der]

Will Holz time to walk around and scare people >:D

[@ok0_0]

who would win Thermal Camera vs F l o a t y E y e B o i s

[@jonathandpg6115]

no you're not transparent. You have the light bed AROUND your body. Just your eyes would need to absorb light.

[@pinchofgoth5477]

The only reason i wanna be invisible is to deal with my crippling anxiety, to be able to go outside with the knowledge that i am not being percieved. So, as long as i dont break laws by like running in red lights, i dont think the visible eyes will be a problem lol.

[@illegalmixer9349]

I didn't know Thor had a KZbin channel😂😂

[@cyber4682]

Desto Hup I didn't even know he new how to use a camera especially since he doesn't know what pop tarts are

[@darthvader6533]

Desto Hup , IKR

[@NativeVsColonial]

XD but where is his gf now!

[@shiki4652]

I knew I saw him somewhere before! makes sense..

[@whomst8553]

xD I thought I was the only one who thought he looked like an off-brand Thor

[@Mx_M29]

Jake from Vsauce3 just stole Thor's body

[@ethhics]

Yeah, he reminds me a lot of Jake, how he talks, how he looks...

[@strangewaysrecordsfi]

Mr.M En Español more like fabio's body

[@shriramprasadvenkatesan5459]

More like Thor's hair

[@ILoveWUWT]

Mr.M En Español I was just going to type that word for word hahah I seen you beat me too it hahahahah😂😂😂

[@Mx_M29]

More like Because Science

[@morallyinsane7639]

You don’t need invisibility when you have active camouflage. Even now snipers use a type of active camouflage to hide their position. Also wearing thermo suit can hide your heat signature. Adaptive active camouflage called chameleon shield armor uses photocells and cameras to blend in with the environment just like some animals can do. However you must remain stationary or move very slowly. This technology is used for gathering intelligence through observation or as a camouflage sniper position. You could have a suit and use it as a spy to blend into a room to avoid detection, still motion and infrared beams could still detect you.

[@shirakuyanai4095]

If you could somehow project the photons coming to you in the same direction they're going, you'd have to absorb 100% of the light, that way you can still see everything else except yourself while being invisible (obviously you cannot see yourself if you don't want anyone else to see you). But here's the catch: absorbing 100% of the light means you heat up very fast, although you wouldn't be toasted (except when there's enough light), it'd still be a lot hotter than usual. The only way you can be completely invisible (even to thermal cameras) is you have a shield around you, big enough that you can still see yourself and project the light coming to it. Kinda like a chamber where light can get in but not out.

[@sixty9cuda894]

I have figured out how to be invisible!! All you have to do is be an introvert in High School.

[@brick3841]

Sixty9Cuda Won’t work, teachers would still talk to you or school counselors

[@LeonOrenValentine]

Sixty9Cuda #lolz

[@You_are_wrong99]

Lol sometime teacher or one of my class mate talk to me because they think I am "lonely".

[@finnporter6144]

or have a coc profile picture?😂

[@raaston9761]

My name is every person in middle and high school I am a introvert and almost every kid interacted with me

[@merubindono]

I think I've seen this guy from a Thor porn parody.

[@OneCatholicSpeaks]

I thought he reminds me of another Watch

[@Eva-lz5ig]

telephony yes you do

[@JeppeBeier]

telephony No need to advertise it where it isn't relevant either

[@BonerSexGaming]

telephony wow dude thats gay

[@vanillalattefebreze4715]

telephony lmao you pissed off a few butthurt people

[@sk310ton_]

that would be terrifying, just being a pair of floating eyes. Perfection.

[@mrmisterman2874]

The original “Stealing The Diamond” would like to thank you for this explanation

[@incarnation_of_immortality3422]

Okay,... but instead of turning yourself invisible you block your presence from others consciousness. An illusion of you not being there.

[@mrlordsaif5708]

Being anti-memetic would be cool

[@foxzo9356]

there's actually a character with that power I think he was called forgetmenot or whatever

[@sixteenthbluemoon7606]

Perhaps having your consciousness/soul on another level renders you invisible to those without spiritual perception. Similar to that of Paranormal mechanics or smth

[@inomad1313]

Add in the ability to disrupt video devices and presto. Even IR cameras can’t see you.

[@Michael-fd1gx]

@@foxzo9356 Jace Beleren from Magic The Gathering

[@Alan-wj5zc]

Dont want to the ability to be invisble? Just want the ability to make everyone blind.

[@hadeskingoftheunderworld7010]

Alan Gonzalez 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@sellci1044]

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[@ilvarsilvars6657]

Alan Gonzalez . 🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻

[@TheTheThe_]

😔🍞🚺🚰🚺🚰🚰🛅🚯🇦🇼🇦🇲🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇱🤔👀

[@DatMentalGamer]

shit i'd kill myself if you did that to me lol

[@llcooljake4]

When I was young and I fantasized of having invisibility powers, I guess I was really fantasizing about being a ghost. I didn’t want people to see me, but I also wanted to be able to walk through walls at the same time. 🤷‍♂️

[@CWZimba]

Watching this on an OLED screen in complete darkness was a delight

[@andmicbro1]

I think you kind of oversold the problem with not being able to see yourself. I mean people go blind and they manage to walk around.

[@-1subswithoutuploadingavid621]

Normally with a white-cane-stick thing.

[@phiefer3]

The cane is more to deal with the fact that they cannot see their environment, not as much to deal with not being able to see themselves.

[@akselhansen304]

Exactly he just explained how Proprioception works and it has nothing to do with being able to see one's body Sure it could probably be annoying at times but I still don't look at my feet when I walk on stairs so why would I suddenly not be able to walk on stairs?

[@alexmcd378]

Anduril came here to say this. Blind people manage all the time. Not to mention how your senses don't descend into chaos if you have to navigate a dark bedroom or get soap in your eyes.

[@NoeLPZC]

It wouldn't be a huge problem, but I imagine reaching for a glass or trying to catch a ball would be a bit more difficult without visual stimulus. Of course we could test this by placing your arm under a board and reaching for a glass - see how hard it is.

[@emmytweetie2177]

To be honest, I would like to see an invisible but blind superhero.

[@remyjones9146]

Like Daredevil but invisible. That’d be nuts.

[@nickbone8429]

Remy Jones DAMMIT you beat me to it

[@katkot0971]

Emerald Apple basically an invisible Dare devil

[@ShadoughGuardian]

Yeah and they could have a dialogue that goes like Villain: "How can I hit him if I cant see him?!" Hero: "I seem to manage just fine." *proceeds to kick villains butt* Or something along those lines

[@emmytweetie2177]

Remy Jones Exactly!

[@TheOriginalStevenH]

how about an invisibility shield that absorbs light and bends light around you at the same time like a refraction. that would fix two out off the three things you mentioned. with absorbing light you can you see and no be seen. the refractions would hinder you from being seen and also the inferred light as well. of course then you got a new issue. unable to dissipate heat so after a while you would probably be sweaty and hot and have to eventually find a way to cool yourself or turn off the shield.

[@derpyderp6719]

What if you just simply combine an extra ability with invisibility? All wavelengths of EM Radiation pass through you without refraction... But you gain a heightened sensetivity in all other senses like Daredevil. Or an even simpler solution. How about being invisible to only the visible light spectrum, but seeing in a different EM spectrum range that's almost as common: like UV?

[@alis8863]

How does John Cena do it so well then??

[@NativeVsColonial]

Ali S It's JHON CENA!

[@hollodollo4771]

@Omar G how did u know it was a person and not a thing?

[@Sunbro-nd7zd]

Idk. Ask the first guy who commented this

[@kuraidjinn]

I don't need THOR telling me what super power I'm not allowed to have 🙃

[@dualwielded2977]

Thor lost an eye and has short hair

[@Cheizean]

Dual Wielded finally someone with common sense. btw he got his eye back from rocket in infinity war

[@dualwielded2977]

May XXXTentacion Rest Forever In Peace ik he did but I don’t count that because getting a fake eye doesn’t count as having your eye back. I still count it as only having 1

[@wisecat4093]

May XXXTentacion Rest Forever In Peace he hot when he have long hair 😭😭

[@tobiashougaard7350]

Dual Wielded hes talking about norse mytholigy i think

[@laterabridgewater5641]

I love this page, I can’t believe I just found this❤️‍🔥💯

[@SomeRandomBozoDude]

As a person who is invisible I can totally agree

[@mylifeisameme130]

Answer to problem: buy a magical invisibility cloak. Or inherit it from your long family line were your many great grandpa got one from building a bridge to cheat death. Simple.

[@derrickt5523]

I see what you did there but let's not spoil the refrance

[@haymaker710]

Harry Potter and The Case of the Girls Locker Room

[@specraimism-verserodimussc849]

@@haymaker710 you spoiled it! The reference!

[@TCt83067695]

@Rachel Liu obvs 😉

[@meh6244]

@@haymaker710 girls locker room? It's one of the three deathly hallows

[@meshuggah921]

I believe most interpretations take into account that snow and water can play an effect and give you away, its how in some shows/movies they track someone invisible. As far as being naked, most shows/movies tend to go over this as well, and design special suits that can allow them to go invisible and the special clothing turns invisible as well.

[@stm7810]

or they have invisibility that acts as a field near the skin that turns other stuff invisible like clothes and whatever else is near your skin.

[@eustace2984]

the boys 😎

[@billyswong]

@@stm7810 Bonus AV point for that field to effectively eliminate another person's clothing when in touch😎

[@mrosskne]

Or you know, you can simply decide that worn and held items also turn invisible, since you're the writer, and can decide the power works however you want it to.

[@I_am_not_spooky]

Jesus loves you

[@potatogrease2420]

This argument is totally right, and I think the only thing that saves invisibility is if you can make specific parts of yourself invisible. You could turn your arm invisible to confuse someone when you’re punching them, for example. That does bring in the issue of the lack of visual information, but it could still be possible.

[@ThatLadLegend]

There’s a show called Alphas which briefly explains proprioception when a person is able to go invisible by taking advantage of the human blind spot but there is another person who has an ability where all of their sense are enhanced by and incredible amount so she is able to use proprioception to detect said person. Long-winded and completely unnecessary comment from me but I thought it was a cool thing added about proprioception in a TV show I hadn’t seen before.