Why You Don't Want Super Speed

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Super speed is one of the coolest super powers in comics because of heroes like the Flash, but would it really be that great in real life? Kyle has the fast facts on this week's Because Science!
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[@becausescience]

This one was a lot of fun. Keep up the nerdy comments so I can feature them in the next vlog! Let me know if these "You Don't Want ____" episodes come off too negative, because that's not what I want. Also, I have something very special for you all next week...like...really special and awesome and I'm psyched for you to see it. And why spaghetti? Because The Onion: (voices.clickhole.com/the-problem-with-the-flash-why-doesn-t-flash-run-to-1825124068) -- KH

[@Lari588]

Stop lewding the spaghet

[@lbradshaw316]

Would even be possible to feed the metabolism of a Speedster? The caloric needs for that amount of energy would be an immense. Also wouldn't that extremely high metabolism age you equally High rate?

[@kerr354]

Heh, I'll hope it is a certain SF weapon.

[@OnitheDevil]

Randall Munroe (XKCD) noted in his first "what if?" (what-if.xkcd.com/1/ ) that throwing a fastball close to the speed of light would cause the air molecules to fuse with the baseball resulting in a nuclear explosion. So once a speedster was going fast enough everything around them would be on fire...and also a nuclear wasteland.

[@gamkramawitana4880]

Because Science Superman speed please

[@janasheenhaider3941]

I just watched a guy crushing my dreams for 14 minutes straight

[@edwinabarca5077]

I know because if we have super speed we won’t know if we have speed force and if we did we had to learn

[@VoltageMango]

Actually my superspeed thingking that everyone well slow mo

[@pathetic5036]

Not me running at 30mph is good for me meh

[@reverseflash5226]

This bbbbbbbbbbbbb

[@UncleSam-md9nt]

What about the remaining 1 second?

[@Slade69]

Speed force is the ultimate plot armor of Flash , nullifying all ill effects

[@aguila7686]

@William Scheu there's a justice league game?

[@paddyjrronan2764]

Ya it does

[@ChackV1]

@@aguila7686 probably talking about league of legends.

[@calebryan1716]

Nah, he just has a really good gaming chair

[@kollisiondagod9305]

That doesn't exist

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

You forgot 1 thing, You would also watch everyone age while you don't.

[@Yassin5643]

That's amazing.

[@Chilling_pal_n01anad91ct]

That's actually really stupid argument. Like, I know what it's coming from, but it's just wrong.

[@sooryabs5749]

It's different bro

[@Chilling_pal_n01anad91ct]

@@sooryabs5749 no, it's not different. He's talking about time dialation, like, you know, when something moving with relitivistic speeds, it freezing in time. Like, if you get on a spaceship that can travel with 90% of speed of light and you will go to Alpha Centauri and back, it will take you something more that 8 years, but in a spaceship will pass like few days, or something.

[@nuclearmantis666]

@@Chilling_pal_n01anad91ct still a good 8 years before you arrive, light isn't that fast in the universe sadly.

[@franciscocota6440]

With my nerdiest friends, we loved to find downsides to superpowers, such as superspeeds issues with inertia on our inner organs, friction on our skin, or just around us. Or Superstrenght's problem of not having super bone mass.

[@MrThankman360]

The ability for this dude to write backwards is impressive.

[@perrybb2]

I wouldn't be shocked if it turns out he's writing normally, but the video is inverted in post to make the letters look normal.

[@MrThankman360]

Mason Stahl I thought about that, but I don't think so. You can see his hand movements make these letters backwards and from right to left.

[@perrybb2]

@@MrThankman360 I thought maybe he was just left-handed and wrote backwards to make us think that, but I noticed he actually uses both hands, so I guess that's his superpower.

[@masonbtw9081]

Matthew Johnson you have my middle name

[@gokulite2906]

@Mason Games you have my last name

[@adrielreyes1818]

Super power: exist Kid: I wish I had those powers... Because science: Here is why you don't want to do that...

[@alidgamerstv5732]

would you quantum tunnle through most or all atom sized objects

[@JustAJosuke]

I prefer being able to phase through walls as a power.

[@ImKlutzy]

Kid: let me rephrase "I want super speed with some sort of protection that the speed force gives the flash"

[@JustAJosuke]

@@ImKlutzy Actually, Quantum Mechanics forbids this

[@ImKlutzy]

@@JustAJosuke oh

[@ThebestGoalkeeper_569]

The super speed the flash has is because of the speed force,it also protects him and the people he touches from dying because of "speed force protection"

[@mggaming1757]

I think this would be more of a problem for Marvel’s Quicksilver than for The Flash the speed force gives Flash a protective bubble to stop friction and the suit is specifically designed to not burn up after running whereas Quicksilver is a mutant who’s only power is speed Flash would be fine though

[@spoodey7963]

Not really during Silver age times. Quicksilver was a "reasonable" 175 MPH. Then they inflated his perfomances.

[@hangingwithhang3r547]

Oh well. So who’s gonna help me build the particle accelerator?

[@kindaalineupnerd1799]

@niuniu wang done

[@rashshabsarai7664]

Who will be the text subject to get struck by lightning so 1 person can become the flash

[@vinayaks7994]

We need a phyiscist, a tech guy, a guy who is a speedster from the future and a CSI.

[@rashshabsarai7664]

@@vinayaks7994 so who gon be the speedster from the future

[@vinayaks7994]

@@rashshabsarai7664 we can call eobard thawne

[@redskies0004]

Surprised he never mentions the amount of calories a human body would need to sustain that much energy

[@Alex_lmao62]

lol

[@hegane9999]

@@Alex_lmao62 the chances of you commenting 7 mins ago on a comment 6 months ago are rare ngl

[@MarsAlmighty.]

Yes but the flash tv show and comics account for this, thus why he doesn’t mention it. In the Comics and tv show it is mentioned Barry/Wally have to consume thousands of calories a day to maintain his top speed. Also The Flash has multiple other powers to keep him alive such as speed healing, Hyper comprehensive brain activity. This means his mind is able to operate just as fast maybe faster than his actual speed if we take Flashtime into account. Flashtime is where Speedsters slow the time around them giving them some other Abilities they can use as long as they don’t burn out from extensive use of Flashtime. These abilities range from enabling a regular person to perceive Flashtime and have a glimpse into a speedster’s world all the way to manipulating the speedforce.

[@omarrgohar]

the flash still needs to eat an actual fuck ton of food because of hes incredibly high metabolism rate

[@Josephhhhh2077]

Because aint it obvious??

[@Ghostark-me7ly]

The speed force has a protective field to stop you from dying instantly plus the field also makes it easier to see and protects everyone else you touch for that amount of time

[@fairytail6152]

i was just bored then saw the eye catching title. congrats on having a new subscriber!! i really like how you deliver your thoughts well and explain the consequences of having only super speed without and super powers protecting you.

[@user-dd6dj5ix8r]

Having Thor Odinson explain the science of why super speed would be detrimental while writing backwards perfectly is something I didn't know I needed.

[@wugglesx]

I thought it was a green screen and he was just adding the wiring in post :o . Impressive.. also thank you. I needed to know scientist Thor was a thing

[@ZaidoDayz]

I think the Footage is flipped But It could be possible that he writes backwards

[@BigFatWedge]

Anyone who has played Roblox with 200 speed knows how going really fast can be bad

[@IAmGodHimself777]

@@BigFatWedge and Minecraft…

[@OmarPerez-cq7zf]

Right, because believe it or not Thor does have an experience with a spedster Remember Quicksilver? You didn't see that coming?

[@raaida4032]

Random speedster going on a run: Housefly: *im about to end this man’s whole career*

[@xxaidanpheonix5465]

Oh no xd. I'm relatable.

[@garrettquikstop2812]

Housefly"I am inevitable"

[@cjmasaka1317]

@@garrettquikstop2812 COOL

[@alanoballedo728]

Speed force negates it tho

[@Apollolegreek]

Me nope

[@TheLostZer0]

13:33 That scared the hell out of me. I was passively listening and didn’t expect him to call me out like that

[@Astroni800]

Gosh, that was one of the best videos I ever watched! What ideas! What editing! Boy, you have superbrain!

[@beleva09]

Meanwhile in Italy : SOMEBODY TOUCHA MY SPAGHET!!!

[@weather9490]

XD

[@greaterbread1456]

Lol...LMAO XDDD

[@galiciaart]

hey I'm walking here

[@leonardjamesdeleon5934]

Yeee

[@HayilCrowz]

@@galiciaart why did I just get a Lego marvel superheroes memory

[@God-Level-Threat]

Actually, speed like the flash wouldn't be that bad, considering the Speed Force negates all negative effects.

[@Kylora2112]

That's assuming that you have the requisite Plot Armor™ rather than just having a super power according to the laws of physics and biology. Kyle also doesn't mention that would destroy everything you touch because of force and/or friction.

[@God-Level-Threat]

@@Kylora2112 I know that but he used the flash as an example while mentioning the speed force while saying the consequences, if you use the speed force younger off Scot free

[@tsg9414]

Speed Force is fake tho

[@iMAD134]

If u focus negative power than u can make your own Speed Force but will end up like Thawne or Like Nora

[@evannano2995]

Also with quicksilver he doesn’t have the speed force he has even more power that lets him control how much force it touches things with even if he’s moving fast and a bunch of other stuff on how his speed doesn’t destroy the earth and quicksilver is actually the most powerful X-men right after pro. X and Jean grey

[@TJF83]

This is one of the dopest videos on KZbin. Carry on.

[@quakeinminecraftmoddedstyl7439]

All these explanations also only fall under a singular person and properties, but you also have to imagine everything around you, such as when you broke the sound barrier, when you would have to focus on dodging people because even if the phasing happened like in flash, you'd still very much have the velocity of all the air particles and etc that will still affect the normal person, buildings, and anything else within a certain proximity around you. The higher your speed, the greater the effects of the things you aren't in control of.

[@freshvexmilk1910]

fun fact: if you travel a sizeable portion of the speed of light, the air molecules in the atmosphere would not have enough time to move out of the way, (much like the compression, only more... spectacular) so fusion would occur at the points of contact, triggering nuclear explosions. how fun

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

That's actually interesting

[@bigiron7547]

Basically what a sonic boom is right? And I think a lot of it also depends on size and mass. But idk enough about running speeds of light

[@garethbaus5471]

@@bigiron7547 significantly worse than a sonic boom.

[@xuvial1391]

@@bigiron7547 Sonic boom is just compressed sound waves. Moving at significant fractions of light speed is a whole other story, it would release billions of times more energy in the form of heat/light/etc. Basically nonstop nuclear bombs.

[@ravenclawzz3761]

So you will have nuclear explosive surface around you?

[@im_notaperson907]

One thing that has always confused me is how speedsters like the Flash don't go insane due to their perception of time.

[@jalenwatson4261]

They can perceive it as normal unless they are running

[@bananawithaknife]

In the Justice League cartoon that was the biggest fear Flash has.

[@agatha968]

they don't move at superspeed everytime they try to move, the same should aply to their brain and stuff, they can turn it on and off

[@zpiecedu9511]

They can actually make it really fast standing still

[@zpiecedu9511]

Their brain really fast so they don't explode

[@DradenDennis]

i love you so much, glad i discovered this channel

[@anthonychang1426]

With the bumping into flies and becoming Swiss cheese, could the Flash have been vibrating his molecules to pass through those small obstacles?

[@tapuout101]

Flies would be still and he should be able to run around them? idk lol

[@explicit9434]

If the speed force existed there wouldn’t be any problems

[@skroppa2363]

Yea

[@reioissupremesvictim561]

@@skroppa2363 because science: yeah no

[@iamperson1296]

Yeah

[@alechamilton1864]

Yeah, because the speed force gave him and all the other speedsters the requirements to actually run and accelerate that fast

[@oladaposokunbi-jones9735]

yup

[@ace2frostii634]

can we just appreciate how effortlessly he's writing backwards? that alone is a super power

[@AnthonyBaumgartner72]

It is possible that the entire footage is flipped horizontally, or mirrored like when you take a selfie though. That way you never need to learn how to write backwards and so long as as you never wear any shirts with writting on them, no one will ever notice that the footage has been flipped.

[@eddMCBestWW]

Used to think the same thing 3 years ago till I realised it was his left hand which was writing, he’s right handed (it’s flipped)

[@dcgameronline6999]

You don't need any thinking, the tip is facing us as hes writing.

[@Henebdi]

Fr

[@Fr_Nova_YT]

But he’s not it’s just inverted

[@dmr14wizkid14]

Yeah, it's amazing how much insects hurt at high speeds. I remember riding the dragster at Cedar Point going 120 miles an hour and hitting bugs and it stings like you wouldn't believe. The pain wven lingered for more than 5 minutes after, and if thats the case i don't want to even imagine colliding with insects at even higher speeds.

[@termisher5676]

The wind you see him generate as he runs is propably time when he calibrates his vibrations to match debries and bugs in air and other stuff while changing between it to phaze trough air and debries at simular time but air is less dangerous so he lets air blow a little but still dodges bugs and debries tho trying to dodge bugs.

[@zachsin2411]

The flash doesn’t just have speed he has a multi dimensional force protecting him from friction and drag and other forces

[@chizzet1612]

The speed force😂

[@atticussimmons5901]

*Flash theme intensifies*

[@Blaze-np7tk]

Actjally the Suit was heat resistant

[@boltok9584]

@@Blaze-np7tk ya to stop the friction from catching fire his clothes not him

[@atticussimmons5901]

He can also temporarily give the speed force to others so they don't turn into a blood splatter as he moves them

[@ScruFaceJeanOfficial]

This video is exactly why the Flash trippin in the Justice League Snyder Cut movie makes NO SENSE....that is all.

[@TomThomasVempala]

Billionaire who is a secret vigilante forms a team of Greek Goddess, an Atleantean, a Cyborg and Speedster against an alien from a planet outside Multiverse who also happen to speak English. You really looking for sense in CBMs ? Bruh

[@Khann_2102]

@@TomThomasVempala 😂😂😂

[@Sami-yi9gz]

Why would you look for sense in a superhero movie???

[@adeverse4840]

@@Sami-yi9gz Because if you can attempt to explain the fantastical things that are going on, the story feels more real. Also, it prevents from any dumb solutions to problems such as "I solved this problem because of this thing that's never been mentioned before and won't be mentioned again"

[@dreamingdarkrai9010]

Hey whats up didnt know you watched this

[@reggiegoodwin7635]

I’m surprised that he didn’t cover the amount of kilocalories he would need to generate that much energy and speed.

[@casparmuszynskijan2593]

Mainly because walking itself is rather energy efficient (as in, 1000 steps requires only 40 kcal), but also, when you run in a straight line, then your running also doesn't use much energy. This mainly comes from changing momentum, so speeding up, slowing down or changing direction Or running on water, if you could somehow achieve running speed of more than 120 km/h

[@kariferguson140]

correct me if im wrong but i think i figured a way flash could worki you see flash has a new ability that lets him phase through walls where i think he negitivily charges all the atoms of himself and his suit so if he hit the bugs from running too fast he would go right through them and his suit would protect him from the burning up

[@jacobtranpop9]

The fact that, in "The Boys" A-Train literally blew a person apart by running into them just proves this even more.

[@user-sx5oj4yb4e]

IoI

[@nicklatallade9344]

Did he have a speed force?

[@ryanh.9603]

Don’t remind me of that scene lol

[@nicklatallade9344]

@@ryanh.9603 sorry

[@nicklatallade9344]

I guess not if all these bad things happened every time A-train ran.

[@whitemike4928]

Flat earthers be like: YOU WILL ACIIDENTALLY JUMP OF THE EDGE

[@vastovalor7134]

Bro delete this comment the earth has a edge it isn’t a infinite plane like minecraft.

[@TheMFWhoHasNoEnemies]

@@vastovalor7134 That's what he said... ARE YOU DUMB, STUPID OR DUMB HUH?!

[@bake1973]

@@TheMFWhoHasNoEnemies he literally mentioned Minecraft in a non Minecraft related comment i think its a joke

[@mrmanthe3rd272]

@@vastovalor7134 you stupid or something thats what he said

[@vastovalor7134]

@@TheMFWhoHasNoEnemies josuke from a different another dimension headass

[@blackout6411]

You forgot to account for the Flash's speed force. Technically, he's running at the same speed as a normal human.

[@Rhyane490]

He's actually writing backwards or rather mirror pattern .. He deserves an award

[@oosmanbeekawoo]

Nah, his face is just mirrored

[@kylec278]

Nobody: Kyle: S P A G H E T

[@smokesum9004]

babe

[@artisticperson2368]

Im having spaghetti for dinner 😏

[@bmansam3214]

BTS is AMAZING!! Woah really? The emoji works here because yOu’Re so COol.

[@TheBoyBanditKing1911]

@@bmansam3214 😏 good one

[@lolahahah8361]

TOCHA MY SPAGETT

[@RockyT1]

i didn’t know thor was good at math

[@Miraihi]

Well, we've just got to know that Thor had taken an elective on Asgard that helps him understand Groot’s language, so he could take a math elective too :D

[@RockyT1]

Mirai Hi hah yes

[@Jensonator10]

Course not coarse

[@issackaiser]

Or science

[@juancampos6652]

Thor said were he comes from magic and science is one and the same

[@gaidencastro9706]

I picture one of the issues is finding a platform that can handle the forces you're exerting without powderizing.

[@jakebleyenberg8822]

I think that it's different if your body is designed around the speed you're able to get to. It's not like you're in a jet plane that's breaking those speeds, you are just in your own body and I would assume that if you got those superpowers, you could safely assume that your body is strong enough and ready to react to those quick G Force adjustments. I do agree with the inability to pick someone up and move them around, cuz they would unalive lol

[@Q10gaming]

Just crushing these kids dreams😂💀

[@H2OSHADOW]

Q-10 no matter what he said the dreams die at 16-21 but I like the way you put it (I still want would like to be Bary Awesome... the comic book version of course 🤫 loool)

[@shawncicchitello8872]

Q-10 Jim Johnson

[@AizenVonKleiss]

Q-10 Naaah he's not crushing the dreams of every kid that existed, exists, and will exist, he's merely crushing all hopes of turning our superpower dreams into reality. But... the thoughts and ideas of superpowers still remain within the fabrics of our imagined worlds, they still exist, as dreams.

[@stormking989]

All he did was state that super speed in the real world is impractical, if not impossible. In the comics, books, tv and film, his science are all meant to be broken. I take it all with a grain of salt. Some fictional scientific discoveries have become a reality. Super powers on the other hand is entirely a whole different issue.

[@Space_Drifter0621]

There's another problem: the heart beating would kill you

[@jacklox1234]

This is why I just want to be as fast as quicksilver: like I'm just fast enough to where it isn't too ridiculous

[@scrumptious6859]

quicksilver is actually worst than flash because flash can control how he perceives time quicksilver can’t

[@mr.wideman2006]

@@scrumptious6859 He’s also protected by the speed force (i think I’m not sure) so he doesn’t end up being ripped apart pretty much

[@t.hussain921]

Quicksilver speed is fast enough to get you killed.

[@Z3R0Steam]

@@mr.wideman2006 Quicksilver has secondary gravity and inertia powers (at least in the X-Men movies)

[@Shrimpfriedpee]

@@Z3R0Steam I think that’s canon to the comics too

[@HandsomeDanVacationRentals]

Lol. As he was talking about the stop start function of the beatle it cut to an ad for tomb of the mask or whatever that fit so perfectly It took me 30 seconds to realize it wasn’t just an inserted clip for demonstration purposes.

[@rokmutul8445]

Thats the thing about speedsters they not only have super speed but also invonurability, reation speed (the world basicly stops so you can see what you are doing) , some speedsters can vibrate or phase and fast healing

[@coeal2680]

Invincible had a superhero thats basically flash. and, i loved how this guy is so downbeat because of his power. he explains to his girlfriend that, because of his speed, and perception of time as a result, EVERYTHING moves in super, super slow motion. like, one word from her, to him, takes a full minute. and i just realized. they think his power is super speed, but its actually time. time moves painfully slow for him. making him appear to be moving fast

[@azanamir234]

with like that metahuman flash has fought some turtle named kinda guy, he can slow down time

[@kamik1ng]

but that depends on every superhero world. In some cases super speed only activates when the hero wants it to activate, thus explaining why they can be hit by slower enemies

[@artemy_kurilko]

Imagine for how long Red Rush was suffering from Omni-Man's hands crushing his skull...

[@azanamir234]

@@ZaqueX6969 but that's the thing that, THAT'S NOT THE CASE, Cuz that's not super speed which flash has

[@bolt2134]

Every speedster in DC has that problem, their perception of time is ridiculously slow because of their insane speed

[@KoToCoNDoR]

I guess Thor realized he needed to look for another job after the Avengers end

[@kingramsey7870]

Clever

[@alpha2854]

Ikr

[@kingramsey7870]

What he means is Kyle represents Thor and after the Avengers lost in Infinity War, he would have to find a different "job"

[@RowBlanka]

KoToCoNDoR you obviously know thats not what he did

[@jackhwthorne]

what he's really saying is: he copied the comment above his in a sad attempt to get noticed by strangers he'll never meet

[@silversniper471]

I would guess if u got the power ud also get a sorta protection from it so it would not be harmful to the user

[@xolzu5643]

good video very much recommend + made me forget about depression for a bit

[@MatterBeamTSF]

Another 'side power' you'd need for super speed is ... super-downforce. Your horizontal acceleration is limited by how much force you can apply on the ground. You can't apply more force on the ground than your own weight in Newtons. Therefore, the only way to reach faster speeds is to increase the downforce! Maybe speedsters need massive spoilers like F1 cars.

[@alexblake8306]

Matter Beam Could the curvature of the earth help keep speedster stuck to the ground? Similar to the teacup ride at amusement parks, everyone gets pushed outwards. At what point does your speed negate the gravity affecting you?

[@alexblake8306]

Or wouldn't you traveling at super speed create your own gravity (like planets moving at high speeds in space) and pull everything towards you?

[@Benji23245]

I think you’re wrong : what about weight lifters that lift way more than their weight then ?

[@Benji23245]

I would rather say the maximum force you can apply is the force the ground can support before breaking under your feet, which is still way way less than the billions Newtons required

[@kerr354]

As you approach the speed of light you do increase in mass, this is called relativistic mass but AFAIK it doesn't change your rest mass which means the gravitational interactions between you and the earth aren't affected from an outsider reference frame.

[@nickm1242]

There's a lot of "Super powers" that kind of really suck if you don't have the "lesser" secondary powers that can nullify their negative effects and let you control them properly. Like super strength, you still need enhanced durability to not hurt yourself and you also need control to not just destroy everthing you touch so you don't for example crush someone's hand during a handshake.

[@jotarokujo4250]

He has a regen factot and the SPEED Force helping him take away ill effects

[@mute9914]

@@jotarokujo4250 teleportation is the best superpower change my mind

[@laxyajena4735]

@@mute9914 super intelligent is great too

[@mute9914]

@@laxyajena4735 you changed my mind, if we go by the video creator his standars, super intelligence is indeed the best superpower i think

[@themenacingpenguin.7152]

you tap on somebody's shoulder and they're pressed into the ground and turned into a pancake 12 meters below the surface.

[@user-xz7jp4co6w]

Nice video, however let's say am going at constant 90% speed of light , do it mean that I will feel all radiations to have much higher frequency probably in xray or gamma rays spectrum rather than visible spectrum. 2) also at 0.9C speed I think any particle comparable to sand particle size , I think I will feel it as radiation rather than bullet. I argue so thinking relative to me it is moving at 0.9C so it's most of mass would be converted to energy as radiation. Please correct me if wherever am wrong. @becausescience

[@mark-wh2yv]

It's been forever since I saw your vids dude.. you're great!!✌️😆 Here's an idea for a video,🤔 if you're interested 🤨 ... If you travel at the speed of light,how would you see where your going??? ... would love to hear your thoughts on this one...be safe keep doing videos bro..✌️👍😋

[@twilighthunter6583]

“You know where I was? In Italy. Touching a spaghet” best quote

[@Phoenix-tk7dv]

The only reason I clicked this video was because I thought I saw THOR, but it was another dude.

[@Jalbesbe]

The issue with super perception that usually goes with speedsters in many comics is that it's not really an on off thing. Everything is really slow to them at it's base rate, it can get even slower, but to start everything is already going so slow. This would be a brutal and hellish existence, especially if you're dying

[@kyoswkyosw1216]

There was a creepypasta about that, speeding up the mind and nothing else. “I feel I’ve been alive for a thousand years so if you see the man crying under the bench at this subway station, please end me”

[@cubeduncertainty9401]

Everything goes slower when they start to go really fast, or just Speed force is slowing time so its not necessary always like this, for speedster's perspective its like everything around them slows down but not them(a bit). Most likely if Speed force directly slows time around them.

[@void-wx4fs]

@@cubeduncertainty9401 from my understanding, the speedforce does not slow down time. as shown in the video, speedsters gain insane levels of perception which allow them to get that slowed time affect.

[@cubeduncertainty9401]

@@void-wx4fs The Speed force allows to travel in time so partial effect is not unlikely

[@void-wx4fs]

@@cubeduncertainty9401 it dosnt allow it tho. yes speedsters can travel in time by running fast enough, but the speedforce hates it when u do that. so it sends a time wraith of whatever its called to come after u.

[@HiArashi13]

The phrase "absolute velocity" made me smile

[@mikemcconeghy4658]

Being able to slow everything down so you can think might come in handy. I can also imagine situations (cough, cough, boring lectures, cough) where you might want to slow your mind down so time seems to pass more quickly.

[@dibassarkar2898]

I didn't know Thor had a youtube channel

[@ImSandiHuang]

lol.. u made my days dude

[@Danilio.]

Lol

[@deion3283]

You stoll the thor joke from Mreenav27

[@lethal5964]

hahahaha

[@ShinzoAkira69]

My thoughts exactly😂

[@raistlarn]

Perception of time would also be one of the worst powers if you can't deactivate it. It would be like being paralyzed with every second being a lifetime, and don't forget how difficult it would be to do anything. Walking would take a lifetime in your mind just to take a step, breathing another lifetime. It would be absolute hell if you can't control it.

[@ahshitherewegoagain8695]

Now imagine you can move at normal speed in that perception. It would still be horrible if you returned to normal perception after that, because too many things would happen quickly for you to adjust to in one second.

[@bengsynthmusic]

Well it would be some kind of cyborg technology so I'd imagine it has an on/off switch.

[@GraveUypo]

i would love to have doubled or tripled perception of time. that would be already enough to be super human in almost every way (you can learn things 3 times as fast, you have reaction times 3 times as fast, you can think 3 times as fast and so on), and life would feel 3 times as long. the downside is that every non-natural light source would be flickery as f***

[@Chilling_pal_n01anad91ct]

It would be so cool, you had your subconsciousness reacting at any danger or emergency and switch your consciousness to the time perception rate, when running at speed of 50% of speed of light would feel like casual jogging. Problem is, you'll have to learn to operate with with world in both common and speedster time perception rates, because when real second feels like a year thing would work differently.

[@Chilling_pal_n01anad91ct]

@@Gamfluent gift and curse trope.

[@btecman_]

6:15 did the maths and if you did back to stomach length instead of height it would be 90kmph not 770 kmph

[@btecman_]

correct me if im wrong

[@Azoperoa]

I was gonna mention Brianna from the Gone series by Michael Grant and how it mentions how her shoes need to be replaced all the time and how her energy gets drained extremely fast as well as hunger, and not to mention how she just flopped when she was sick but I don't think that's what you meant Edit: Forgot to mention, she is only barely faster than a bullet (I forgot the caliber but I think it was 9mm)

[@bingbong488]

Never seen one of his videos before so at the end when he said “thank you so much for watching Ian” I started choking on my taco in disbelief

[@akunekochan]

Lol

[@ianjamieson4939]

I did the exact same thing

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

That will never happen to me. I don't see my IRL name on any of the things you can buy with people's names on them. Ever

[@atall1669]

@@InsideOfMyOwnMind ok

[@AlexanderMoen]

well, did you like and subscribe?

[@yimuwang7031]

Pfft Naruto explained this more than a decade ago Chidori isn't complete without Sharingan

[@ronniequito4364]

Byakugan better😂

[@emssasukeisunderrated7946]

I literally was thinking, "did he just explain why the chidori needs sharingan?"

[@michaelgeorge4524]

I don't remember this pls help

[@Spartan-sz7km]

Purple lighting time boys

[@deathxunnat4693]

Agreed

[@lxMaDnEsSxl]

very interesting and cool. thanks

[@AbdallaAlansari]

Nice video but you forgot that at around 5:30 you said your eyes wouldn't be able to see when running at flash like speeds however you forgot about newtons law of special relativity so the problem of not being able to see when running only would occur when you running at near light speeds great video tho 👍

[@fulanodominicano]

Thank the powers that be for the speed force. Speed force explicitly removes the possibilities of Super speed in accordance to what the user wants. So I STILL want super speed, but only if it's bundled with the "Speed Force Protection Plan"

[@tykkimykk9121]

And the “Speed Force Speed Healing Insurance Plan”

[@linusemil6382]

Well if the speed Force exist it is a flash Thing speed doesnt meen you are using the speed force

[@glazed_waffle5629]

@@linusemil6382 No one is saying that they are only saying that if they could get super speed they'd only want the version of super speed the Flash has being that the speed force explains away all these problems.

[@elonmusk443]

Even if you're super fast, You still can't run from your student loans.

[@sebastiancastellanos6998]

Though you could rob a jewelry store and then pay for those loans

[@skroppa2363]

Sebastian Castellanos haha lol

[@curryposterizeslewashedjam3588]

Sebastian Castellanos LoL then they’ll question where u got the money from

[@justasentientmclarenp1879]

Are you challenging me ?

[@lokop-bq3ov]

why do you care Elon?

[@AlmightyFSM]

Bro, you have it completely wrong. There is no need for The Flash to rapidly accelerate in order to achieve the apparent velocity he does. Velocity is distance over time, but "distance" is not really important. What we care about is "position". That is, how great the change in position in a given time. So, if the Flash's ability was not actually "super speed", but rather the ability to control the vibration of the particles in his body so as to exploit additional quantum dimensions which cause his bodily particles to "jump" ahead in this dimension, then he would not actually be accelerating in regular spacetime, but rather executing a series of quantum position changes via a non-traditional spatial dimension. Easy peasy.

[@NoBassPlayerHere...]

kyle hill, is that you?! i love your memes!!!

[@donfnm6559]

Kyle’s ability to kill my hopes and dreams is unmatched

[@nicwilliams2896]

I see Thor mated with aqua man And now you can’t unsee it

[@Sam-ns3yo]

Nic Williams dang 🥺🥺🥺😂

[@alejandramunoz2735]

............... I don't get it🙄🤔

[@Warr.]

Alejandra Munoz you aren’t human

[@patrickstar2048]

Alejandra Munoz He looks like Thor and Aquaman “together”

[@getosapologist]

Nic Williams WTFTFFF I HATE AND LOVE U FOR THIS AHKLJGASF

[@drakechapel7285]

You explain science in such a fun way

[@user-do5fx6qg6b]

The topic of acceleration is generally misunderstood. Apparently the speedsters are mostly in their timekeeping system. Thus, in their reporting system, the acceleration during the takeoff run is exactly the same as if they were simply running at human speed. It's just that everything around them becomes very slow - 1, very fragile / soft - 2. Just imagine that you are interacting with people who are hanging on the event horizon of a black hole - this is how a speedster would interact Now let's think about how it could actually work. You find yourself in some field of time acceleration. It could be a negative energy field or something else. Everything around you becomes blacker and redder, if the acceleration of time is small, then a little, but as you approach the speed of light, almost complete darkness. Everything around you becomes softer and more like a fog. At a short distance, you try to walk at normal speed, but the floor under your feet breaks at first as if it were made of paper or sand. With even more acceleration, the floor underneath you and everything around you is made of fog/smoke. You try to run but just move your legs and arms in place, and everything around you blurs like a cloud of cigarette smoke from your movements. You don't really need to dodge bullets or walk through walls while vibrating. In fact, you can literally swim through objects, as if through water with the proper selection of time acceleration. Of course the items will be completely destroyed in the process. The problem is that you really can't do it any other way unless you know how to extend your time acceleration field to others. By the way, even if you just stand still, the heat from your body leaving the field of time acceleration into ordinary space will first become visible light, and with a higher value, radiation. You will kill everyone around just with the energy of your metabolism if you stand idle for a long time.

[@kowskii9531]

Yes but the flash when he got his powers gets loads of secondary ability’s so his body can withstand the speed and powers.

[@kowskii9531]

No he moves so fast he time slows down for him just like the flash he can withstand insane amounts of physical pain because when u run that fast and touch or tap something u would explode

[@kowskii9531]

And its proven he goes fast instead of slowing time down in all the movies you can clearly see him moving fast instead of him slowing time down first

[@prototype0237]

@@kowskii9531 no, he obtains the speed force which is the law of speed and time so basically he can control it

[@kowskii9531]

I am talking about quicksilver the person who asked deleted their comment

[@6364LEGACY]

The Speed Force basically allows the user to warp Time and Space around them. The Laws of Physics simply don't apply to an individual who can manipulate Time and Space. The video is explaining what happens to someone who moves that fast without the magic of "Speed Force".

[@Dein_Lieblingsknochen]

We already have VSauce out of context, now we need Kyle out of context "I was in Italy, touching a spaghet"

[@alimohsin496]

Ok.

[@triggeredbeetle5370]

Ok.

[@elijah6119]

Ok.

[@themightypendrive5726]

Ko.

[@thequietkiddo587]

OOO K K O O KK OOO K K O

[@dpearson898]

I've always wondered how you can see anything when moving faster than light. Considering light is needed to see.

[@HpToujoursPur]

Not to mention that to have that speed/acceleration the force you would have to put on the ground would immediately create a crater, even if you could survive the ground wouldnt

[@DrShaym]

If you ran at super speed in the Earth's atmosphere, assuming you weren't killed by the adiabatic compression, you would also "carve" a temporary vacuum in your wake as you displace the air, and it would rapidly implode as air rushes in to fill it, violently tearing apart anything you ran past, and possibly tearing you apart as it catches up to you when you eventually stop.

[@ThisIsTheIkeMaster]

Dr Shaym and the entire atmosphere would almost instantly burn up bc of the immense amount of heat you’d be giving off

[@ThugOG30VIPs3rd-T]

Bullshit

[@1madlilgrunt]

Soooo... the superpower you’d need to counter that side effects is the ability to pass a freaking ton of gas?

[@kms6647]

The speed force counter acts that you wouldn't go to space at al

[@eve_avery]

Uzi30 RapidFire-O'アニメラッパー Please sir, give me facts

[@misseli1]

"I was in Italy! Touching a spaghett." Living the dream

[@The_Cheezit_Man]

ellie not anymore... CAUSE THEY’RE IN QUARENTINE

[@theanime_guy9831]

I'm italian and the corret pronunce is spaghetti

[@2kmamba]

@@theanime_guy9831 no shit

[@TinyDeskEngineer]

If you can run faster than instantaneous teleportation, then that requires that you can travel faster than light. A baseball traveling at nearly, but not 100% of the speed of light, moves fast enough to cause a fusion reaction strong enough to cause an explosion comparable to (if not stronger than) a thermonuclear explosion. If someone were able to walk at the same speed of the Flash, it'd do even more damage than that relativistic baseball.

[@rynaro88]

In retrospect being able to perceive at the attosecond and think at the speed of light is actually more horrible than you think. It reminded me of another video where someone was discussing the so called 'fps' that animals see the world compared to us. In general, the faster your 'refresh rate' is, the slower you see the world around you. Being able to perceive at the attosecond and be able to think at that speed would stretch out every moment of your life forever. Unless you could selectively change your speed of perception and thinking, you'd basically have to live your life where everyone is basically frozen. Its a lifeless world in which you are the only living thing. And the worst thing is that based on the human lifespan, you would literally live forever. If every second is 31 billion years, imagine living just a day. You'd probably end up a god or just give up entirely. Its a nightmare.

[@vironx22]

He forgot one of the worst effects. You would be creating sonic booms, killing everyone around where you run, constantly. You basically are a fighter jet on steroids, flying at ground level. Also to have that force to move, you would need to impart that same amount with each step, compressing the ground or just simply punching a hole in it, probably causing you to basically trip each step, especially since the gravity keeping you on earth wouldn't counter the force you push up with, probably launching you into space with each step. Physics. They are the law, and they do not forgive

[@christinekoepp8379]

Three words to prevent all that: speed force aura.

[@lewiswebster7975]

That's pretty gay coming from you man not gonna lie!!!! xDDDDD

[@CristianMartinez-gk6oh]

@@lewiswebster7975 you using xDDD unironically is pretty "gay"

[@TinNguyen-nw9gb]

@@lewiswebster7975 that astronomical of homosexual coming from "xDDDDD" of you not gonna lie

[@lewiswebster7975]

@@CristianMartinez-gk6oh wasn't unironically tho criStian, clearly don't understand sarcasm you gremlin

[@lumeronswift]

Best version of super speed... actually time manipulation. Because you could choose to go super fast compared to everyone else, by virtue of everyone else actually going slow. Downside is you would still have to run/walk all the way at normal speed for yourself, but... with no actual time lost, you would also gain a reliably safe journey and plenty of excercise!

[@Lucifer_Nihilum]

Time Dilation is the best variant of Superspeed. Just OP too.

[@Mikescool444]

Legit towards top of my list of superpowers. Forgot your phone? Take a nice and silent walk home and back to get it. Want to get back at someone? Slap their head and they would never know. Need to complete something under a deadline? I think you know. I think the only real downside is the lack of sound, which can be kinda lonely and make something drag out.

[@BusterBrown1217]

Yeah I mean time dilation is literally just super speed but with none of the issues of super speed. Sure, you would have to walk everywhere, but honestly that would still be worth it in countless situations.

[@mihailgorgieski8193]

@@BusterBrown1217 Think about it, even like this you would have to walk everywhere because you'd need to think fast to move fast like it was stated in the video, and thinking fast means time would be slower relative to you, again just like it was stated in the video. So basically even with superspeed realistically you would still need to walk/run everywhere at normal speed for you but superspeed for everyone else

[@analogicaleuphimism2078]

If you have super speed but your brain doesn't adjust accordingly to the speed of your movements, then that already sucks in and of itself because you will literally have almost no control of your actions. You could be using your speed to get from your couch to the door faster, but next thing you know you're in Italy. It's why most fictional speedsters already have this kind of power; the Flash, Superman, Quicksilver, and etc all think and view time "normally" in accordance to their speed.

[@JitBoy23]

Are we not gonna talk about the awesome edit effects in this video 💥💯

[@SleepyCatPing]

Thanks Thor, this really helps Glad i could have someone with superspeed to teach me about this stuff

[@anakinskywalker9018]

The Flash show actually covers the whole heating up by going super speed thing, he gets a suit that was going to be used for fire fighters to prevent them from being effected by the immense heat, but also allows them to be flexible. I know that still the heat that fire fighter deal with and the heat of returning from space are nothing a like, but it try's to give an explanation.

[@jadedbtw3560]

That’s so cool!

[@sebastiansuazo2734]

If only everything else made sense in that god awful show.....

[@JR-ju3kj]

The Justice League movie addressed it,too. In a comic book that I'm going to be writing about a Superman-like character and speedster characters,I'm going to have the speedster-characters all wear specialized suits(and helmets) that protect them from the intense friction that running and moving at super-speed would create.

[@PranavVuppala]

The explanation is that he uses a more concentrate fibers of fire fighter suits

[@jonbrewer297]

@@sebastiansuazo2734 TBH, it's not that bad by Arrowverse standards, but that doesn't say much. My biggest problem is that Iris's father raised Barry. That's...kinda messed up.

[@zentrader1073]

Didn't mention the shockwave. A shockwave from a super speed person would be pretty phenomenal

[@deaclavilis6760]

Yes, that is what I am going to say this. For instance mach 1 means breaking through the sonic barrier, the imense amount of impact so sonic shockwave.

[@JMCarlson5]

He also missed friction between your feet and the ground to accelerate, along with not really being able to change direction (1st law). And say there was enough friction you still wouldn't be able to "fall fast enough" toward the ground in order to accelerate that quickly.

[@unidime3217]

Not necessarily

[@RadiusNightly]

He mention it in teleportation video, according to speed, every time you start running and stop running, there will be bang, because of pressure or sonic speed, in other way it means shockwave, it means pain, and you need better protection as he said, so you cant run silently like in movies, even he was talking about jumping/teleporting from place to place he was talking about moving speed. Thats why he didnt mention it again in his video.

[@Wolfimann22]

yes, this super perception would be really good, anyway one of the reasons why I always found super speed one of the best powers, you simply have unlimited time

[@jonpaullabine5834]

A solution that I thought out to super speed related problems is that super speedsters are actually moving at normal speed but they have the power to slow everything down relative to themself. They just have superseded from their perspective don't know if this would actually be an effective solution don't understand a lot about science haha

[@CsubAzUrmedve]

12:03 Joke's on you. I'm already a shattered, naked, burning, confused mess.

[@bnashtay2278]

Dude you alright?

[@joshuaproctorjr.2597]

r/me_irl

[@Cay9z]

Stfu

[@joshuaproctorjr.2597]

@@Cay9z k?

[@Cay9z]

@@joshuaproctorjr.2597 Yes and you too

[@suwiee0600]

As one wise man once said: ,,Speed never killed anybody. Suddenly becoming stationary is what gets you."

[@RRSmurf]

Violent change in speed...

[@chipiegg1466]

uuhm speed can kill though. just take in enough g's and you die from pressure lol

[@aulendilthegreat873]

@@chipiegg1466 g isnt velocity, its acceleration

[@chipiegg1466]

@@aulendilthegreat873 i know though my former comment might have been confusing on that part

[@who7644]

Aulendil The Great exactly

[@117nightslasher]

Something he did not a dress in this video, which I find to be an important reason why you don't want super speed is. If you were to punch something or one your hand would be destroyed. Think a bullet, when a bullet hits something or one, it gets very damaged, depending on how hard the target is, if the target is hard enough, the bullet is completely destroyed and does not go thru. And the human hand is not very hard. Another reason is the fact that, 2 objects can not occupy the same space at once. That is why if you stick your hand in a cup of water that is 3/4 full it may overflow, (depending on how big your hand is.) So while running that fast you would have to be pushing all that air out of the way, so if the air wasn't killing you like he said, it would be a huge strain on you and be very difficult to run. There is a bug that is small, so small that the air around it is like water, it swims through the air.

[@normalermann1623]

you know what ur talking about and you are exciting to watch. Thats all I have to say

[@grimtheghastly8878]

Moral of the story: when someone asks you what superpower you would like to have, never give one answer. And if you give more than one answer, choose powers that compliment each other.

[@chipiegg1466]

you can give 1 anwser, being able to manipulate time at will ( this includes time travel and slowing down time look at my other post for the reason)

[@kitsuneshadow6624]

Telekinesis, doesn't seem that powerful, but I could literally manipulate your train of thought

[@OpposingFork]

I need a super power that it's a merge of all the powers

[@Nempo13]

@@kitsuneshadow6624 Actually, you couldn't. Telepathy is manipulating thoughts, Telekinesis is the ability to move objects with your mind...and depending on the power of it would be insanely powerful.

[@kitsuneshadow6624]

@@Nempo13 you can manipulate the neurons in your brain, hormones, ect. that's pretty much mind control to me

[@REDSightZ.]

So the only thing saving flash from super speed Is the the extra super powers from the speed force.... Ok!

[@LathanielNazgul-eu6np]

i watch you every night before bed and it helps me thank you for your channel it's greatly appreciated🙌🙌🙏👐👌👍

[@badplay156]

Haven't seen your super strength (sorry) but that was dealt with many years ago by an essay by Larry Niven (Ringworld) called Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex)

[@harrymetu2746]

Every anime character has super perception cause they can think about stuff that would normally last minutes in seconds.

[@buburubus]

underrated lol

[@Ko-ox1xv]

But they don’t have any protection

[@oldcrankybtard]

yes, the human brain can adjust to anything

[@Ko-ox1xv]

@@oldcrankybtard no, and I meant against friction

[@crimsonify4418]

especially jojo characters, they think of a big brain strategy in under 5 minutes to end each fight

[@Denvr2]

_I feel like the flash actually just slows down time and tells everyone he’s fast hahaha_

[@PolarisCastillo]

D E N V R no that's Professor Zoom

[@poseidonfury]

Polaris Castillo It's actually Zoom, not Professor Zoom. Zoom is Hunter Zolomom, Wally West's archenemy who can control his own timeline. Professor Zoom is a name that is used by Reverse Flash or Eobard Thawne, Barry Allen's archenemy who actually has superspeed.

[@wackyanimations6719]

D E N V R Holy crap. You could be right!

[@coffeestainedwreck]

The only problem is that either his brain and/or the rest of his body would have to not be affected by his slowing down of time in order for him to do anything with it. Otherwise he'd either never notice, or he'd feel like he was in a horror movie where he was locked in his own body, unable to move, feeling and seeing the same things around him for hundreds of years.

[@Shaw4123]

Neapolitan Chinese Boi If your going by the tv show But I go by the comics the golden age the new 52 Godspeed is the one who can stop time becasue he is so fast

[@farisribbit1706]

The fly part is kind of null and void if the user is granted super perception, bc then they can just dodge any fly that comes their way but overall solid points