God,
how long has it been since the last traditional VSauce video?
"The most handsome jack-in-the-box [highlight]ever.[/highlight]
[B]Ever[/B][highlight]est[/highlight] is a mountain."
Ok, that was a painful one, even for VSauce. :v:
We can only see 49% of Earth as a flat, smooth disc.
Damn the Flat Earth society is almost half correct.
[QUOTE=ThatSwordGuy;52478349]God,
how long has it been since the last traditional VSauce video?[/QUOTE]
I think he has been to busy doing his Youtube red show to make content for his channel.
Wouldn't we eventually be able to see 50 % or more of the Earth because our eyes are set slightly apart?
[QUOTE=Jodern;52478505]Wouldn't we eventually be able to see 50 % or more of the Earth because our eyes are set slightly apart?[/QUOTE]
I think you're right!
[QUOTE=ThatSwordGuy;52478349]God,
how long has it been since the last traditional VSauce video?[/QUOTE]
30 years give or take
and thank GOD its finally here
[QUOTE=Jodern;52478505]Wouldn't we eventually be able to see 50 % or more of the Earth because our eyes are set slightly apart?[/QUOTE]
I think at the distances and scales he is speaking about, the offset between our eyes would account for very little. Probably some percentage so small that it is negligible and it is practical to treat both eyes as a single viewpoint.
[QUOTE=Smeetin;52478542]I think at the distances and scales he is speaking about, the offset between our eyes would account for very little. Probably some percentage so small that it is negligible and it is practical to treat both eyes as a single viewpoint.[/QUOTE]
Actually it does mean that you wouldnt have to travel to infinity to see 50%, which is worth mentioning.
[QUOTE=ThatSwordGuy;52478349]God,
how long has it been since the last traditional VSauce video?[/QUOTE]
Almost half a year now
I'm happy for him that he's got his show and whatever other stuff it is running well and all, but I can't help but feel slightly disappointed cus we don't get these classic vsauce videos that much anymore... Sure, the other stuff he does is really cool too, but it isn't [I]quite the same[/I]
oh well rejoice in this long-waited upload
[QUOTE=Jodern;52478505]Wouldn't we eventually be able to see 50 % [highlight]or more[/highlight] of the Earth because our eyes are set slightly apart?[/QUOTE]
so long as the distance between your 'eyes'/viewpoints is above the width of the earth? or would the atmospheric refraction legit grant a notable perception beyond that 50% mark
If a black hole situated itself correctly relatively to Earth and the observer, some of the light from the back side could be turned back towards the viewer by gravity lensing
[QUOTE=BlackPhoenix;52478742]If a black hole situated itself correctly relatively to Earth and the observer, some of the light from the back side could be turned back towards the viewer by gravity lensing[/QUOTE]
You can also just mount a mirror onto a satellite.
"most handsome jack in the box ever... Everest is a mountain"
these mind boggling transitions always get me
[QUOTE=dai;52478651]so long as the distance between your 'eyes'/viewpoints is above the width of the earth? or would the atmospheric refraction legit grant a notable perception beyond that 50% mark[/QUOTE]
With 1 point "eye", you'd have to be at infintity to see half the planet. With anything more than that, you'd arrive to the 50% mark earlier than infinity.
It's probably still an [B]extremely[/B] large distance though.
[QUOTE=Paul-Simon;52479001]With 1 point "eye", you'd have to be at infintity to see half the planet. With anything more than that, you'd arrive to the 50% mark earlier than infinity.
It's probably still an [B]extremely[/B] large distance though.[/QUOTE]
But hey, any distance is infinitely smaller than infinity.
[QUOTE=Doom14;52478362]"The most handsome jack-in-the-box [highlight]ever.[/highlight]
[B]Ever[/B][highlight]est[/highlight] is a mountain."
Ok, that was a painful one, even for VSauce. :v:[/QUOTE]
reminded a whole lot of the jackfilms parody
It's certainly self-aware
Man, he went out of his way to end this one on an existential note, didn't he?
[QUOTE=Ott;52478873]You can also just mount a mirror onto a satellite.[/QUOTE]
You can also put a videocamera on other side of the planet. But that's all artificial!
where's that island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island in a lake?
[QUOTE=Dr.C;52480110]where's that island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island in a lake?[/QUOTE]
you can always find sources in the video description
[QUOTE=Dr.C;52480110]where's that island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island in a lake?[/QUOTE]
[url]https://www.livescience.com/33679-world-largest-island-lake-island-lake-island-google-earth.html[/url]
Vsauce always makes me wish I was immortal and had a super sci-fi spaceship to explore the universe
[QUOTE=SirJon;52481199]Vsauce always makes me wish I was immortal and had a super sci-fi spaceship to explore the universe[/QUOTE]
I don't remember exact details so forgive me but even if you lived forever and could go the speed of light, wasn't there a point where the universe expands so quickly that you would never be able to reach the farthest parts of it? Again I don't remember how accurate this is but I thought I heard it somewhere.
I don't think an episode of VSauce has ever failed to give me an existential crisis.
I love it.
[QUOTE=kariko;52483579]I don't remember exact details so forgive me but even if you lived forever and could go the speed of light, wasn't there a point where the universe expands so quickly that you would never be able to reach the farthest parts of it? Again I don't remember how accurate this is but I thought I heard it somewhere.[/QUOTE]
There's no "boundary" to the universe. It's just the point where there's nothing from there on out. But photons traveling outwards are something. You can't catch up with them because they're going the speed of light.
[QUOTE=kariko;52483579]I don't remember exact details so forgive me but even if you lived forever and could go the speed of light, wasn't there a point where the universe expands so quickly that you would never be able to reach the farthest parts of it? Again I don't remember how accurate this is but I thought I heard it somewhere.[/QUOTE]
The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, and eventually the expansion will reach such a point so as to completely out pace the speed of light.
There are currently galaxies moving away relative to us at a speed faster than light due to the actual distance between us and those galaxies becoming greater- their velocity is not actually higher than the speed of light.
We will eventually lose sight of those galaxies forever.
[QUOTE=Killer monkey;52479296]Man, he went out of his way to end this one on an existential note, didn't he?[/QUOTE]
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