How Does Cyclops Actually See? (Because Science w/ Kyle Hill)

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Cyclops is one of the most iconic X-Men and so are his optic blast powers, but how can he actually see through all that energy? Kyle opens your eyes on this week’s Because Science!
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@jhoski38
@jhoski38 7 жыл бұрын
You can say his powers are EYE-CONIC
@Real28
@Real28 7 жыл бұрын
Jimmy H get out
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
OH S*** -- KH
@kanishajames1640
@kanishajames1640 7 жыл бұрын
how does goku shoot energy blast
@kevinkofod-jensen4135
@kevinkofod-jensen4135 7 жыл бұрын
tydox toku1234 go watch film teory by matpat
@taaronhall2074
@taaronhall2074 6 жыл бұрын
Jimmy H ehehe @0:07
@syed2444
@syed2444 7 жыл бұрын
"His ability became EYEconic" :3 I'll be leaving now..
@ericfritz825
@ericfritz825 7 жыл бұрын
syed rawal I literally thought of this when he said that line. Was hoping I'd be the first to post it lol
@MachoManShark
@MachoManShark 7 жыл бұрын
I was going to make this comment, then when I saw the comment, this reply. And I would have been able to do it too, if it weren't for you meddling commenters.
@domenicvo5208
@domenicvo5208 7 жыл бұрын
Ha funny
@antoineboone3951
@antoineboone3951 7 жыл бұрын
syed rawal "EYEconic", I love it; clever.👍👏
@syed2444
@syed2444 7 жыл бұрын
Eric Fritz 2fast4u lol
@Darkus505
@Darkus505 7 жыл бұрын
So, what you're saying is... Cyclops can't use VR..?
@paininmyava
@paininmyava 7 жыл бұрын
The blind spot of our eye test amused me way more than it probably should have. Easily my favorite part of the video
@alexmaxwell9525
@alexmaxwell9525 7 жыл бұрын
maybe the portal is in his iris, around his pupils, that would explain why he usually has a reddish tint to his vision, evsn withouth his glasses, because the energy is always at the edge of his peripheral vision
@CatalystCloud
@CatalystCloud 7 жыл бұрын
There's a clip at the end
@swarleystinson2344
@swarleystinson2344 7 жыл бұрын
yeah, but that clip came from a movie that featured a 6 ft tall wolverine, sooooo im gonna call this theory plausible
@conduit64
@conduit64 7 жыл бұрын
That clip is nod to a scene from the original Phoenix saga comics where Jean represses Scott's powers so she can see his eyes.
@swarleystinson2344
@swarleystinson2344 7 жыл бұрын
it's an interperetation of that scene with quite a few liberties taken on the directors part, much like the rest of that movie. alex could still be right
@Smileypb666
@Smileypb666 7 жыл бұрын
I love how people are asking the same question over and over without even looking at answers given to the same question. First off, he doesn't shoot lasers out of his eyes. The energy that is called an Optic Blast, and it's a concussive force. The beams cause no recoil or heat, but are tremendously powerful, and can be used to rupture steel plates and pulverize rock. The beams constantly emanate from his eyes involuntarily, and can generally only be stopped by his own eyelids, or by shielding his eyes with "ruby-quartz", a translucent mineral. There is your answer to your questions. Both his brother Alex, aka Havoc, and him are immune to each others powers, but he has limited resistance to his other brother's power Vulcan, who is an Omega level mutant.
@JerKur18
@JerKur18 6 жыл бұрын
Shane S NEEEEEEEEERRRRRD!!! ...Just kidding 😊
@Dragon-Slay3r
@Dragon-Slay3r Жыл бұрын
Thanks geeza
@devilhunterred
@devilhunterred Жыл бұрын
What material is Scot's skin that his eyelid can stop the concussive blast but steel cannot?? Doesn't that make Scot's eyelid skin tougher than steel....?
@trevincarroll5978
@trevincarroll5978 Жыл бұрын
Well the Concussive Force doesn’t generate heat, but it does create friction with can then create heat
@LordRhuell
@LordRhuell 7 ай бұрын
@@devilhunterredIt is stated in one of the books that Scott’s body generates a psionic field that resonates with the energy of the other dimension. Basically it dissipates it harmlessly. This also makes him immune to Havok’s abilities. Since the psionic field completely envelopes his body even a thin membrane of skin (eyelids) can stop the blasts.
@jayferguson9968
@jayferguson9968 7 жыл бұрын
He did not used to be a portal to another dimension, but converted cosmic rays into force blasts.
@Dragon-Slay3r
@Dragon-Slay3r Жыл бұрын
Sam, old school, single mother?
@RJTheHero8
@RJTheHero8 7 жыл бұрын
This summer, one man will barely shape the comic book universe as we know it. With the awareness of his feeble existence and his comic book knowhow, he will stop nobody. Kyle Hill is: *CONSCIOUS MAN* *Coming Summer 2025*
@RJTheHero8
@RJTheHero8 7 жыл бұрын
*Narrated by Jon Bailey*
@Cy3qi
@Cy3qi 7 жыл бұрын
well its time to wait now what a drag
@MossStorm
@MossStorm 7 жыл бұрын
RJTheHero see you back here in 2025.
@omeregeakgun
@omeregeakgun 7 жыл бұрын
Jazz Paddock rez
@CDeruiter5963
@CDeruiter5963 7 жыл бұрын
Now I seriously want to know how an eye doctor would react to cyclops getting an eye exam...
@DanteYewToob
@DanteYewToob 7 жыл бұрын
Cooper de Ruiter "Hi sir, how's your day going? Good? Good. Let's get started mister.... Summers. Mister Summers I'm going to need you to remove your sunglasses.. No? You cant..? Well uhh. I'm not sure what I can do for you today Miste- oh Scott, okay well Scott I can't really... Okay. Okay then... Uhh.. have a nice day Mr Summer-ah Scott. Ugghh what a wierd asshole. Who wastes peoples time like that. . hmph.. Janet, send in my next appointment please! Okay then.. Mister... uh . Murdock, hi how are we doing today? Oh.. more red sunglasses. Great." There ya go! That poor ophthalmologist never knew what type of day he was going to have.. Because after that blind jerk wasted his time too, Janet (Damned Janet!) got the wrong dressing for his chicken salad lunch.. THE WRONG DRESSING! God Damn You Janet.. But he also realized how stylish red shades look, so he bought a pair at the 7/11 on his way home, and he lived mediocre ever after. The End. -Dante Antonio.
@CDeruiter5963
@CDeruiter5963 7 жыл бұрын
danteelite Well at least Cyclops and Daredevil are trendsetters :)
@jimmyholloway8527
@jimmyholloway8527 5 жыл бұрын
Which is better, 1 or Aaahhh...
@maxhollenbeck9074
@maxhollenbeck9074 7 жыл бұрын
His powers have become...eye-conic. Hehehe
@scoutobrien3406
@scoutobrien3406 2 жыл бұрын
Two terrible puns in one. Bravo sir
@petermilaks8517
@petermilaks8517 7 жыл бұрын
I feel his iris makes more sense, here me out. The portal could be more of a doughnut shape instead of a flat disk. The iris can dilate(get bigger or smaller) allowing any variation in power output to be explained at any point his history. Also, head trauma is used sometimes to explain why he can't control his powers. Assuming the head trauma is linked to his lack of control, that kind of damage can manifest as irregular optic dilation. This mechanic for the portal also helps explain why he still has eyelids. His iris just shrinks so small it limits the damage to his lids. His lids still need some gene that allowed some amount of leaked energy to be absorbed, but at least its more fathomable than indestructible eyelids. Finally, he would not be blind as light can still go through his pupil.
@AifDaimon
@AifDaimon 7 жыл бұрын
You're the best KZfaqr, man.. The SFX and your overall sense of humor always makes my day
@movecount
@movecount 7 жыл бұрын
It's not Because Science if Kyle doesn't do reflexive dodges or have an existential crisis halfway through the video.
@KP-go5vj
@KP-go5vj 7 жыл бұрын
So if a creature was some how able to form in the dimension he is drawing that energy from would they be able to come through his eye portals ?
@druid_zephyrus
@druid_zephyrus 7 жыл бұрын
Tristhar Thane this needs to be answered
@druid_zephyrus
@druid_zephyrus 7 жыл бұрын
Tristhar Thane also, when cyclops' portals are open, could nightcrawler teleport into that dimension?
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
I guess so? -- KH
@uuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaa9
@uuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaa9 7 жыл бұрын
This look like a job for Drawfee
@Citrakite
@Citrakite 7 жыл бұрын
No because how he teleports is via another dimension itself and he prefers not to jump blind. That and he be tore apart the instant he reappeared as it nothing but energy in there.
@mythoughtstoday5637
@mythoughtstoday5637 7 жыл бұрын
this was the best episode you've made yet dude! That exercise to locate the blind spot had me laughing pretty hard. Mainly because as soon as I closed my eye the other object disappeared and I noticed right away
@MysticSpinx
@MysticSpinx 7 жыл бұрын
IM SO GLAD U DROPPED THIS EPISODE!!! You don't how long i've wondered "If you shoot laser beams out your eyes, how would you see?" Tbh I thought I was a loner in this thinking and thought I would never receive closure. But you saved me. Thank you
@edoardoprevelato6577
@edoardoprevelato6577 7 жыл бұрын
If i remember correctly, his glasses and visors are made of ruby... that takes the hide the glasses bullying to another level entirely.
@archdukeferdinandofthe3rdc9
@archdukeferdinandofthe3rdc9 7 жыл бұрын
*ruby-quartz
@draugur345
@draugur345 7 жыл бұрын
Psionic ruby-quartz
@WayneManor666
@WayneManor666 7 жыл бұрын
so this applies for Superman as well?asking for a friend
@MalteKo79
@MalteKo79 7 жыл бұрын
Bruce Wayne i don't think so. Superman's heat vision is based on him storing solar energy and releasing that energy through his eyes on will. He can expand that energy in a single blast of he wants to and then has to recharge for 24 hours. At least that's the explanation I got from the show Supergirl. So the mechanic behind that is way different than Cyclops.
@WayneManor666
@WayneManor666 7 жыл бұрын
rgr that and thx mate.
@poiuytrewq11422
@poiuytrewq11422 7 жыл бұрын
Bruce Wayne Well, Superman's laser vision doesn't come from little dimension portals in his eyes.
@ronpetersen2317
@ronpetersen2317 7 жыл бұрын
FYI. Bruce Wayne does not use the term mate. YOUR A FAKE!!! Someone call Batman!!! Someone kidnapped Bruce Wayne and is impersonating him on his google account!!!!
@WayneManor666
@WayneManor666 7 жыл бұрын
***** great,...now i have this rich boy AND you to take care of....so bee it ( presses his fingertips overlordish together)
@ColtGuthrie
@ColtGuthrie 7 жыл бұрын
Perhaps Cyclops's visor acts somewhat like a capacitor in that it momentarily stores the energy from his optic blasts, then re-emits it a split-second later in a constant, directional stream. This could overcome the eye's micro-movement aiming problem since the visor isn't moving like his eyes. Or he has a mutation.
@horhehorhe1980
@horhehorhe1980 7 жыл бұрын
This is probably the most entertaining episode in the "Because Science Series". Thanks, it really made my day. :)
@fenrisa5700
@fenrisa5700 7 жыл бұрын
can you make a video at how his glasses withstand his lasers?
@gabrielbrown6959
@gabrielbrown6959 7 жыл бұрын
《 Fenrisa 》 because they polarized, duuuh
@TheMasterVictory
@TheMasterVictory 7 жыл бұрын
special made lens i bet
@Iwillgotohell2
@Iwillgotohell2 7 жыл бұрын
Special made lens, they mention it on the movies and the comics
@fenrisa5700
@fenrisa5700 7 жыл бұрын
I know taht they are polarized and special made I just want to know exactly how they work
@Iwillgotohell2
@Iwillgotohell2 7 жыл бұрын
《 Fenrisa 》 I think they kind of reflect the laser back to his eyes... or at least that's how I always thought they worked for some reason.
@tlotloselei8085
@tlotloselei8085 7 жыл бұрын
He can see for one reason Because Comics!!
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
Dang why didn't I think of that. -- KH
@JoaoFerreira-fx3xp
@JoaoFerreira-fx3xp 7 жыл бұрын
We need a behind the scenes video where we saw how these are made. It hurts my brain thinking Kyle can write in reverse that fluently
@Sener
@Sener 7 жыл бұрын
More Cyclops videos please! There's so much more to say!
@ChaosWolf1982
@ChaosWolf1982 7 жыл бұрын
There is a small error in this video, that effectively negates the entirely of it. The "eye portals" are not objects physically INSIDE Scott's eyes, but, according to the comics, hyperthin effectively-two-dimensional doorways statically positioned fractions of nanometers above the surface of his eyes, and are polarized in such a manner to be invisible from his side. He can see normally, but due to the constant emission of energy, he is permanently full-colorblind except for shades of red.
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
So the portals themselves are polarized such that light can pass through them? -- KH
@muzallisam5068
@muzallisam5068 7 жыл бұрын
i was thinking the portals were on his conjunctiva or the white of the eyes. This makes the iris, and optic lens and retina free to do what they do which is providing vision.
@ChaosWolf1982
@ChaosWolf1982 7 жыл бұрын
***** Something like that. Blame a mix of poor memory of the comic and awkward wording in the original post I made, but, as best as I can recall the explanation I read, in essence, the portals don't prevent him from seeing entirely because they don't block incoming light, but the energy coming from the portals, being a constant flow (which is mostly outwards, but some "leaks" back into his own eyes), has effectively caused permanent "screen burn-in" of the non-red-detecting parts of his retinas, so everything he sees is just a reddish-tinted monochrome. In other words, poor Scott Summers sees everything as if it were on the Virtual Boy.
@muzallisam5068
@muzallisam5068 7 жыл бұрын
I think I once read that Cyclops eyes react to sunlight causing the power beam. So when he closes his eyes no sunlight gets in and the beam stops.
@darryljack6612
@darryljack6612 7 жыл бұрын
My byakugan has no blind spots
@spicygas
@spicygas 7 жыл бұрын
Until you fight a Spider and they discover you have one. lol
@darryljack6612
@darryljack6612 7 жыл бұрын
True but who lived at the 32nd of the day
@navonmyhand7999
@navonmyhand7999 7 жыл бұрын
My Eternal MangekyOP Sharingan is still cooler...
@darryljack6612
@darryljack6612 7 жыл бұрын
tenseigan bitch what now
@rainynight02
@rainynight02 7 жыл бұрын
Byakugan does have a blind spot. It's directly behind the eyes, and slanting slightly up is the only place that the Byakugan cannot see. I have no idea why I remember this...
@NinjaFarts77
@NinjaFarts77 7 жыл бұрын
since you are talking about Cyclops maybe you can make a video explaining how his visors work
@FBCGodfather
@FBCGodfather 2 жыл бұрын
The same way regular glasses can block UV rays.... Same with his glasses, in reverse. The Ruby Quartz blocks the beams coming out
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
Starting next week there will be video extras over on my Instagram (@sci_phile) after a new video drops! Also, I looked at my analytics and discovered that the show skews overwhelmingly male. This is obviously not my intention and I would like to get more of a 50/50 split happening. Open to suggestions/comments! -- KH
@realravenrain
@realravenrain 7 жыл бұрын
Why do you want more of a 50/50 split? Your channel works well and has a large following. I'd be happy with that regardless of the sex of your viewers. My advice... Make videos you love and you'll get the best audience.
@CrankyPantss
@CrankyPantss 7 жыл бұрын
+Raven Rain you sound threatened by the possibility of women invading this channel. Women like science, too, yet are rarely encouraged or included, rather are actively harassed away. There's nothing wrong with people in the science community stepping up and letting women know that they have places to come where their interests and opinions might be valued also. If this channel wants more female participation, that's their call. Don't be scared.
@TheStartrek99
@TheStartrek99 7 жыл бұрын
um, not light pure kinetic energy....
@danielchalmers9815
@danielchalmers9815 7 жыл бұрын
Get him to take off his shirt when he does videos, talk about feelings and hold puppys.
@TheTca211
@TheTca211 7 жыл бұрын
I think what he is getting at is that the channel is doing fine and us fans love it as is.. trying to bring in a new demographic may mean changes.. and as any nerd knows.. changes are scary as shit when its for the sake of accommodation.. this channel isnt anti anything but the subject matters tend to revolve more around a male demographic.. there is nothing here that would push females away aside from content not being interested too them.. yes there are women that enjoy science and nerdy stuff.. but they are out weighed by men not because the community isnt accepting, but because most women dont care.. which means to appeal too a new demographic would need big changes. there is no reason too force it.. I agree with this.. you really want to pull in the female demographic start a new segment.. dont change this one.. do something that females would be interested in. then each side has their fill. but please dont change this segment and start doing stuff like going shirtless or putting flowers.. idk really what would attract more women but dont do it for this segment.
@aravindashok8802
@aravindashok8802 7 жыл бұрын
Now i understood how the "moving dots" optical illusion works :D
@bigmack8307
@bigmack8307 7 жыл бұрын
Please do a video about the physics of Magneto. How does he generate magnetic fields and how powerful are his magnetic fields? Thanks, love the show ;)
@Fusako8
@Fusako8 7 жыл бұрын
A couple other possibilities. . . The portals are transparent, and the frequency of the light they emit is not absorbed by Scott's retina. . . Or the portals just replace the sclera of his eyes, and have nothing to do with the actual visual apparatus.
@egohde
@egohde 6 жыл бұрын
I enjoy just how much fun Kyle has with scientific thought experiments
@NotGabiTime
@NotGabiTime 7 жыл бұрын
i was sitting at the perfect distance for the blind spot, lol
@dancemechanic1708
@dancemechanic1708 7 жыл бұрын
I always thought about this question when I was a child, I'm glad there's a KZfaq channel now that talks about things like this. subscribed!
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! -- KH
@FaeChangeling
@FaeChangeling 5 жыл бұрын
I thought I remembered him saying he can't see while firing in the cinematic universe, but then that begs the question of what counts as "firing", since he can see with his visor or some sunglasses on, and also he doesn't just laser his sunglasses off. It's almost like those portals close when his eyes are covered, instead of the eyewear blocking the laser.
@TuberTugger
@TuberTugger 7 жыл бұрын
5:18 - "see what I did there?" No, I didn't. Because conscience reality is a lie.
@josephlinton1376
@josephlinton1376 7 жыл бұрын
Actually if you read about cyclops you will find that his body is totally immune to all the effects of beams. They do not affect him at all. That is because his body has a Psionic field To protect himself from his powers. So technically the portals could be in the center of his eye as shown in the second diagram at 1:46. He would not be blind because of the light destroying the retinas because they have a psionic field protecting them. His psionic field can protect him from his own beams, his brother havocs beams, and limited protection from his other brother Vulcan's powers. And they only work against those powers. So if the portals were in the center of his eyes he would be totally fine.
@realravenrain
@realravenrain 7 жыл бұрын
Cool video... But it got me thinking about superheroes. What would happen if Hulk merged with the Venom symbiote? Hulk gets stronger the angrier he gets. The Venom symbiote feeds on emotion and augments the hosts power. Would this be a perfect pairing?
@TheMasterVictory
@TheMasterVictory 7 жыл бұрын
DONT... EVEN... TEST IT
@Iwillgotohell2
@Iwillgotohell2 7 жыл бұрын
There is an what if comic that this happens, it is an what if that tells what would happen if peter never "defeated" the symbiote. We get a hulk venom, and if I'm remembering it right a galactus symbiote, cool stuff.
@ChaosWolf1982
@ChaosWolf1982 7 жыл бұрын
This happened in the comics once.
@TheMarshmellowLife
@TheMarshmellowLife 7 жыл бұрын
I can see that going one of two ways. First, he might just become ultra badass super hulk. It second, the symbiote would drain off all the extra emotional energy and leave the hulk just as strong but calm about it.
@realravenrain
@realravenrain 7 жыл бұрын
+Stefan Latimer I think it would be the first option. When Peter Parker merged with the symbiote, it made him more aggressive. "WE ARE HULK-VENOM NOW! I SMASH WORLD!"
@cloudwatcher608
@cloudwatcher608 6 жыл бұрын
I just found your videos today and you're already my favorite nerd-Viking.
@brayds097
@brayds097 5 жыл бұрын
The part of your eye that processes the colour red is the on/off switch. Close your eyes and shine a light into it and you’ll see a tint of red. His glasses and visor are red too so when his eyes are open while his glasses are on the “lasers” go off. Everytime we see cyclops close his eyes there’s always some kind of light around him giving the inside of his eyelids the red tint.
@THETRIVIALTHINGS
@THETRIVIALTHINGS 7 жыл бұрын
I'm always excited to watch Kyle's videos when they're uploaded :D
@vladtheimpaler9577
@vladtheimpaler9577 7 жыл бұрын
Alex Mercer Every one does.
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Alex! Trying my best. -- KH
@THETRIVIALTHINGS
@THETRIVIALTHINGS 7 жыл бұрын
***** It shows! ^_^
@bernhardglitzner4985
@bernhardglitzner4985 7 жыл бұрын
what did Cyclops do before he found out, which type of glasses help and wich not, when his powers first appeared? Try and Error? He must have had a heck of a track record of broken glasses stores.
@Project_Worm
@Project_Worm 7 жыл бұрын
Bernhard Glitzner Professer X had then made for him... how they new they would work? I dunno, but Scott didn't just luck out when he found then.
@natanoj16
@natanoj16 7 жыл бұрын
He destoryed several buildings and lived blind for a while.
@marvelstarwars__
@marvelstarwars__ 7 жыл бұрын
Bernhard Glitzner His Visor is made out of Ruby Quartz, which absorbs incoming energy, which is how he is able to have his eyes open while wearing the Visor, and the two buttons release the stored energy
@EVENINGWOLF666
@EVENINGWOLF666 5 жыл бұрын
According to the comics, the ruby quartz lenses in his visor and glasses dissipate and scatter the energy coming from his eyes (like a prism scatters normal light waves) so basically the only effect of his power on his vision is that he sees everything with an overlay of red, just like wearing tinted lenses in regular sunglasses.
@jollygoodfellow3957
@jollygoodfellow3957 7 жыл бұрын
Kyle you forgot to consider that Cyclops' portals could be one-way, meaning only the beams come out their side but light could ignore it from the other side.
@2RENZ3
@2RENZ3 7 жыл бұрын
Nice episode Kyle! Cyclops is one of my favorite x men next to gambit 👌🏻
@etonblakerussell
@etonblakerussell 7 жыл бұрын
can u do a video on the "conscious reality is a lie" idea?
@TheBlueB0mber
@TheBlueB0mber 7 жыл бұрын
Yes! Like the experiments where people are shown an image briefly and then asked to describe what they saw. This often leads to mistakes because the brain cannot process all the information quickly enough and so it "fills in the blanks"...so to speak.
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
I would, but I don't think it would get much play. You nerds love them superheroes. -- KH
@KingOpenReview
@KingOpenReview 7 жыл бұрын
Blake Russell The correct way to ask him would be to ask him to do a video on a particular superhero with illusion powers.
@DXBrea
@DXBrea 7 жыл бұрын
The one thing missing from this explanation is the fact that when Scott loses his glasses/visor, and his eyes go crazy, it seems like he can't see
@Andre8521
@Andre8521 7 жыл бұрын
Just started watching your videos aaaaaand I love em!!! Awesome sauce! Keep em coming !!! BOOM VALIDATED!!! 😂😂😂
@MotoTwitch
@MotoTwitch 7 жыл бұрын
You confirmed that perceived life is a lie.... thank you ^_^
@vladtheimpaler9577
@vladtheimpaler9577 7 жыл бұрын
MotoTwitch Come on,I don't think one tiny spot in your field of vision makes your life a lie.
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you're right, it goes much, much deeper than that. -- KH
@MotoTwitch
@MotoTwitch 7 жыл бұрын
Nerdist any chance you guys will go deeper into it?
@hardwirecars
@hardwirecars 7 жыл бұрын
i believe the 90's cartoon established that he sees the world in a tent of red so maybe that helps explain?
@navonmyhand7999
@navonmyhand7999 7 жыл бұрын
That blind spot test was sooo cool! I've always wondered where my blind spot started.
@sporadicamnesic
@sporadicamnesic 6 жыл бұрын
I've never noticed the beams going at a slight upwards angle when not focused, they just seem to be broader beams in general that travel along his line of sight whever he looks until he closes his eyes or puts his glasses/visor back on
@trevorcoyle517
@trevorcoyle517 7 жыл бұрын
Holy shit that blind spot was cool
@dundude0
@dundude0 6 жыл бұрын
Ikr!
@MickeyCuervo36
@MickeyCuervo36 7 жыл бұрын
If there's a portal to another dimension inside of his eyes, how does he turn it on or off? From what we've seen, if his eyes are open, it's pretty much energy blasts 24/7. So how does he not blow though his own eyelids? Your optic nerve would still work with your eyes closed. Close your eyes and have someone aim a flashlight at you. It's still perceptible, right? Maybe the opening and closing of the portals is entirely psychosomatic. When he closes his eyes, the portals close too. With practice, he might then be able to shut them off at will. Or not. Maybe it really is involuntary, and the physical action of closing the eyes is the only off switch needed. Less interesting that way, but a lot safer!
@Dsepshun
@Dsepshun 7 жыл бұрын
I haven't read the comics in about 10 years so I don't know if this has changed or not, but in previous comics there was some indication that his own body was immune to his optic blasts. I seem to recall a scene where he covered his eyes with his hands and instead of blowing his hands off, the energy blasted from between his fingers in different directions. So the portals are always open, but his eyelids are immune to the energy blast.
@bruser526
@bruser526 7 жыл бұрын
I have now established you as the resident expert on this subject and must inquire this: How do Scott's visor and sunglasses work to hold back the energy blast? Have read very little in the way of X-men comics and nothing pertaining to the specifics of his powers.
@MickeyCuervo36
@MickeyCuervo36 7 жыл бұрын
JuliusKing As to that, the glasses and visor are both made from ruby quartz. The crystaline structure serves to refract and focus the beams of energy, much like a laser beam. There's a focusing dial on the visor that lets Scott adjust the intensity of of the energy beam, maybe like the aperture in a camera.
@bruser526
@bruser526 7 жыл бұрын
TIL cool stuff. thanks man
@psychospoiler
@psychospoiler 7 жыл бұрын
Cyclops's body is naturally immune to the force of his own beams.[135] His mind projects a psionic field that envelops his body rendering it immune to his optic beam, allowing him to shut it off by simply closing his eyes. But it's strange the wiki doesnt mention portals inside his eyes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclops_(comics)#Powers_and_abilities
@MasterXploder86
@MasterXploder86 7 жыл бұрын
I did see an error as Scott and his brother Alex are immune to each others powers their own so the portals opening in the middle of the eye wouldn't harm him. Either way good video, keep it up.
@literallyalois2966
@literallyalois2966 3 жыл бұрын
I love how he didn't bring up the obvious part that Cyclops eyes would explode if they actually got hit by the rays coming from inside them.
@mouse2859
@mouse2859 7 жыл бұрын
after this video I would be really interested to know how the Flash sees when running past lightspeed
@5thWolf
@5thWolf 7 жыл бұрын
Why not this? Portal opens from the gap between eye lids. And when they part (open eyes) the portal opens. This would make the laser on the outside of the eye and not blast energy through them. So, to explain the visor, special dual layer lenses are used to dull the energy so they are blocked like a super UV blocker but allows his vision to see through the goggles. when the back layer is opened, it allows the laser to penetrate the front lens that allows the energy through. Because science ;)
@chrismallis205
@chrismallis205 7 жыл бұрын
dude you are so good at what you do.... keep up :D
@JesusIsKing952
@JesusIsKing952 6 жыл бұрын
The editing on this video was awesome and funny 😂
@raymondwiggins354
@raymondwiggins354 6 жыл бұрын
I just realized a bigger question... how does his eyes not melt when he closed his eyes? Does the portal thing close when he closes his eyes?
@alexandradonnay9896
@alexandradonnay9896 7 жыл бұрын
I love you, Science Thor!
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
And I love you, tiny Earth person. -- KH
@MrBeat-yr4ig
@MrBeat-yr4ig 2 жыл бұрын
Always wondered this, thanks.
@zFallen117
@zFallen117 7 жыл бұрын
awesome explanation of that little experiment
@thefuxkinnintm3500
@thefuxkinnintm3500 6 жыл бұрын
Acually i don't have a blind spot
@dojotommy123
@dojotommy123 7 жыл бұрын
Haha this guy is such a geek! Subscribed.
@manuzeke
@manuzeke 5 жыл бұрын
03:22 interesting,this could also explain how robots and cyborgs' eye-holograms and flashlights work ☺
@LynagustheSmall
@LynagustheSmall 7 жыл бұрын
This was super entertaining! Thanks
@prismaticbeetle3194
@prismaticbeetle3194 7 жыл бұрын
ehh i can still see it no matter how close i zoom :P
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
Must be the screen size then, try your phone! -- KH
@MrDusRam
@MrDusRam 7 жыл бұрын
Worked for me on the phone, amazing :D
@the83rdtrombonist60
@the83rdtrombonist60 7 жыл бұрын
Nerdist I have one for you: Superman/Kryptonians don't have power because of earth's sun, it's because of Krypton's star.
@imkluu
@imkluu 7 жыл бұрын
This doesn't fit any of the things I have ever read in the comics. If it was because of their own sun then why do they not have powers on their own planet, or under other red suns and why would the powers vary depending on which sun they might find themselves under. Superman is actually more powerful when he is under a blue sun.
@imkluu
@imkluu 7 жыл бұрын
It is also not really because of the sun at al but because their moleucels lact liek tiny solar batteries that store the energy and the level of power they store depends on the radiation which is put out by the sun, from little to no energy under a red sun, slight amounts under orange suns, what we are sued to seeing under yellow suns and emense energy under the hottest blue and white suns.
@brucemaximus3797
@brucemaximus3797 7 жыл бұрын
Can you take a crack at how Halo's Covenant infantry plasma weapons actually function? How do they maintain the plasma packets' integrity over distance?
@sagniksarkar2471
@sagniksarkar2471 7 жыл бұрын
i love the moment where he draws a laser beam from his friggin nose! XD
@EpicReign
@EpicReign 7 жыл бұрын
This channel is one of my favorites. And this question has been "burning a hole" in my mind... you like, yes?
@nickmalachai2227
@nickmalachai2227 4 жыл бұрын
Dumb concept: due to his eye mutation, he can't actually see in the same wavelength as his eyebeams, only seeing colors on the more blue end of the spectrum. As for the micro-adjustments, simple: Scott's eyebeams don't come out in a straight line, they come out in a massive cone of energy that covers everything he can see. There's a few comic panels where he actually intentionally uses his powers without any kind of focuser or glasses, and basically everything goes red for a panel and anything in an arc in front of him is practically obliterated (honestly, some of my favorite panels).
@n0ame1u1
@n0ame1u1 7 жыл бұрын
How do the blasts not tear if his eyelids? My theory is that the blasts get stronger the further they travel, at least up to a point. Any thoughts?
@roko512
@roko512 7 жыл бұрын
it's probably because those 'portals' which open up and shoot energy are closed while his eyes are closed too, so when he opens them, the portals open too
@n0ame1u1
@n0ame1u1 7 жыл бұрын
Roko Grgić so if you were to cut a hole in his eyelid, right by his pupil, would the portals open? His eyes are closed, there's just a hole in his eyelid. I'll go one step further: if there was some chemical that could make skin transparent, and you made his eyelids transparent, would the portals open?
@kevinenter1636
@kevinenter1636 7 жыл бұрын
Part of his mutation makes his body immune to the energy. There has been at least one point showing the beams hitting his arm when his visor got taken off, and they did nothing to him. Further proof is that his brother Havok uses the same energy, and they are immune to each other as well.
@roko512
@roko512 7 жыл бұрын
n0ame1u1 Well I don't know that, I don't write comics ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@ranwolf76
@ranwolf76 7 жыл бұрын
In the alternate storyline "The Ghost Boxes" Cyclops explains he can actually harm himself with his optic beams but he has to push his powers to the limits. It's how he committed suicide in the story
@deanslegos1990
@deanslegos1990 5 жыл бұрын
I need some more of those eye sorcery thing you did
@paulcosentino1140
@paulcosentino1140 6 жыл бұрын
What i want to know is what could Scott possibly have done through his childhood before he got the lenses?
@theatheistpaladin
@theatheistpaladin 7 жыл бұрын
Concious reality is a lie... I must not exist... *pops out of existence*
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
What I mean is that most people assume we are getting a direct feed from the universe; we are not. Experience is modulated, modified, and mistaken by our brains and edited into something other than what is really outside our skulls. -- KH
@rsauchuck
@rsauchuck 7 жыл бұрын
If Cyclops's body is immune to the effects of his own energy then the beams cannot emanate from inside his eyes. Your eyes are filled with humors (aqueous and vitreous). If his body blocks this energy then the humors (and his lens) would also block it preventing it from leaving his eyes. It would make more sense if the energy was released from the outer surface of his eye. In the comics the energy is shown coming from the entire portion of his visible eye NOT from the pupil. With regards to blindness, the energy may not affect photons allowing them to pass through the stream as normal. Or perhaps the inter-dimensional portal is not constantly open but cycles opening and closing several times a second. Scott could still see but his vision would be like watching scenes lit by a strobe light.
@josecastro1452
@josecastro1452 7 жыл бұрын
Hey great video man... how about one explaining apocalypse powers?
@luisff7030
@luisff7030 7 жыл бұрын
The Cyclops energy beam can only be light for the lenses to focus. But with that power, the light would decompose the lenses.
@YupJustPassingBy
@YupJustPassingBy 7 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or does he look like Marvel's Thor.
@dirkbaldorad3634
@dirkbaldorad3634 7 жыл бұрын
Marc Adriel Danan you don't say :D
@rainynight02
@rainynight02 7 жыл бұрын
its an ongoing joke that is referenced every now and then.
@amdatiradeon
@amdatiradeon 7 жыл бұрын
SiLeNt NiNjA you are not alone
@baixaki349
@baixaki349 7 жыл бұрын
SiLeNt NiNjA yeah like a skinny Thor
@Dartz81
@Dartz81 7 жыл бұрын
I think he looks like Tyler Breeze
@vladtheimpaler9577
@vladtheimpaler9577 7 жыл бұрын
I've tried to fully explore the science behind Cyclops's optic blast but I given up because there are too many contridictions.Like,if hes blast is concusive force,witch is why it pushes things away and doesn't burn them,but if its pure kinetic energy then how can hes body be "immune" to hes own blast,it makes no sence the only way to be immune to kinetic energy is to be made of adamantium.Another thing is that it should not be abble to be focused with eye lenses if its concusive force I've also seen it bounce of mirrors witch agian makes no sence if its kinetic energy,its not like you can reflect the blast of a bomb with a mirror.
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's the line I try to walk with all of these videos: how much credence should we give to the canon? -- KH
@vitorkiguchi4670
@vitorkiguchi4670 7 жыл бұрын
Couldn't the wave just be exerting radiation pressure? I'm not too sure if you could find a frequency that at the same time doesn't burn most things(as in being mostly reflected instead of being absorved by whatever it hits) but also has enough momentum to push things away (and you would need an enormous ammount of photons) , but that would solve most things except the problem of him not burning his own eyelids (though some comments say that the portal closes when he closes his eyes. If so, no problem)
@AssidiousBlue
@AssidiousBlue 7 жыл бұрын
Actually, even if the portal is in his blind spot, it makes no sense whether it is "radiation", lasers, or "kinetic" That's because if it's laser or radiation, it instantly evaporates the vitreous humour and his eyeballs explode If it's kinetic, his eyeballs blow out of their sockets And that also dictates it being directional - i.e. the portal only opens in an anisotropic manner, that is the beam / force only travels linearly with no angle, and not backwards or to the side And of course, his eyelids would not stop either of these. Now, it could be that when his eyelids close, the portals close - your brainwaves change when you close your eyes so it's not unreasonable to say that these magical portals dissappear when his brain activity changes And maybe he doesn't emit red light - maybe that's just cherenkov radiation as it interacts with the air. It might make sense if his eyeportals scramble the information entered into it (one manner of possibleinformation-theory-compatible wormhole, in which energy can be transmitted but information - i.e. order - is not and only almost pure high-energy particles is all that comes through). Perhaps he has altered colour cones meaning the red colour is irrelevant and he can see through it. But then how do the glasses stop it? Ultimately, cyclops is magic. gah.
@arthurdotson9579
@arthurdotson9579 7 жыл бұрын
Except in comics logic, they made Cyclops immune to his and his brothers' powers a long time ago. Doesn't affect him at all, except for maybe helping to charge/overcharge his abilities.
@joseperdomo5712
@joseperdomo5712 7 жыл бұрын
GREAT EPISODE!
@ryanstevens199
@ryanstevens199 7 жыл бұрын
At various times, in various places (the comics and the first animated series come to mind), it's been stated that all he sees is red. It could be that as the light leaves his eyes, they don't remain in his blind spot. They aren't really like lasers--since they don't generate heat and don't fire as a beam--but rather more like the light of a flashlight, fanning outward in a given direction from an isolated point. Though, unlike light, they strike a person with a significant amount of force. (Hence why they're called 'optic blasts'.)
@joshuaredota5085
@joshuaredota5085 7 жыл бұрын
cycplops' eyelids are indestructible....
@Desklamp1234
@Desklamp1234 7 жыл бұрын
What does his visor do with all the energy from the constant beams? How does it deal with it and what stop the visor from just being melted/destroyed by said beams?
@100000reproducciones
@100000reproducciones 7 жыл бұрын
science
@KhanGarth
@KhanGarth 7 жыл бұрын
Beast made them to stop his beams from coming out...with science
@walkinmn
@walkinmn 7 жыл бұрын
Chinedu Opara ooh i like tgat and it makes if the frame of tge visor is made with vibranium, whic absorbs energy and distributes it, of course you still need to dissipate that energy to the environment in a non-harmful way.
@walkinmn
@walkinmn 7 жыл бұрын
***** sorry, my marvel multidimensional radiation absorbing visor engineering is a little rusty
@EricHoller
@EricHoller 7 жыл бұрын
My personal theory was the ruby quartz, or light entering through it suppresses the portals or negates the beam, so there is not a beam at all times.
@monsiuergeneral2080
@monsiuergeneral2080 7 жыл бұрын
Hey Nerdist/Kyle, A few questions: 1. Would the cities from the Bioshock series, Rapture and New Columbia, be possible to build? (one is a city underwater and another is a floating city) 2. What would be required to make them work? 3. Is the concept of plasmids and vigor from the series something that could potentially be a real thing to any degree? If you see this and answer it, thank you so much! I haven't had this much fun learning in a very long time. I feel like I would have taken math way more seriously if my teachers had been able to show application to fun things like this.
@navonil19
@navonil19 7 жыл бұрын
Hey man, nice explanations and hence a unique refreshing channel. Well, I'm not good at science,but what I have pointed that you said Cyclops should bent his head downwards to shoot straight. Isn't it possible that the refraction of rays through his eye lenses let him not to bent his head to shoot straight...
@doctorpyle1820
@doctorpyle1820 7 жыл бұрын
Do they ever even mention that anyone actually sees the energy? Couldn't it just be as simple as it being invisible to everyone and it's just being portrayed as a huge red laser for the viewers?
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
I think that goes against what everyone on the planet assumes about Cyclops. -- KH
@hunterxhunterfanboy2764
@hunterxhunterfanboy2764 7 жыл бұрын
Nerdist lmaoooooo
@doctorpyle1820
@doctorpyle1820 7 жыл бұрын
Exactly! But it makes way more sense than JUST HIM being immune to it.
@erikw.s.5209
@erikw.s.5209 7 жыл бұрын
I'm not an expert on eyes, but couldn't the portals be in his irises?
@lukelblitz3627
@lukelblitz3627 3 жыл бұрын
Not witouth destroying his lens instantly.its not heat,it's kinetic energy
@alexamaro7325
@alexamaro7325 2 жыл бұрын
Word ^
@JaelinBezel
@JaelinBezel 7 жыл бұрын
According to a magazine type thing I read in Sixth grade, he also must have really strong neck muscles to counteract the force of the blast... although I suppose that doesn't count if he isn't actually generating the energy and is in fact just a passageway for it. It also said that SusanStorm shouldn't be able to see anything when she's invisible because no light would be entering her eyes.
@Accessless
@Accessless 7 жыл бұрын
Cyclops was never supposed to have "laser beam" eye sight. In the original comics his power was to fire a beam of concussive force. Hence why he can see.
@JirouLierge
@JirouLierge 7 жыл бұрын
I have a question... Does Wolverines "Logans" skin flake and shed? Humans shed up to 0.003 ounces of skin an hour. Roughly 1.6 pounds a year. With Wolverines healing factor, is the skin shedding accelerated or decreased....If not stopped all together?
@Citrakite
@Citrakite 7 жыл бұрын
The part that flakes and sheds is already dead so his regen factor doesn't stop that. Since it renews his living cells at an increased rate he sheds more then a normal human.
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
I don't think he sheds at an accelerated rate, it's just that his cells multiply faster after damage than normal people. To shed more, he'd have to have a higher cellular turn over than we do. -- KH
@Citrakite
@Citrakite 7 жыл бұрын
He does if I remember correctly how Marvel talked about how his heightened sense are partially from a higher turn off rate then normal.
@manuelvenegas2125
@manuelvenegas2125 6 жыл бұрын
so wolverine have the worst case of psoriasis, and he could not move because of the thickness of his skin , the only way this is not happening is that the healing triggers when he takes damage, self controlled healing, wolverine would die if all his cells work at that rate always, or at least have a lot of health problems, all the energy that the cells use at that speed will consume all the fat muscle and glucose in hours, but thats not your question, i think he wont shed more than a normal person, the skin you shed is the dead skin after a cycle of life, the skin cell divides and changes, you in your epidermis have 5 layers of skin in different stages, in psoriasis, the cells divide faster but dont change and fall that fast so you end with a thicker skin, probably thats what happen if wolverine keep that rate all the time.
@benjaminthomas8988
@benjaminthomas8988 7 жыл бұрын
It's not a lie because I'm telling myself the truth.
@Nerdist
@Nerdist 7 жыл бұрын
Wait, but. -- KH
@balintkeszthelyi1293
@balintkeszthelyi1293 7 жыл бұрын
Good video as always. Kyle-is it possible that someone doesn't have a blindspot on one eye? Or did I do something wrong?
@DaggersandDiplomacy
@DaggersandDiplomacy 5 жыл бұрын
His eyes aren't a laser. They are actually a percussive energy blast, like a really dense sound wave or the shockwave from an explosion. The question that I want to know is how he can keep his glasses or visor on without a heavy duty strap. The blast would be constantly pushing either object off his face with a violent amount of force.
@NerdZoneDE
@NerdZoneDE 7 жыл бұрын
Aaaaand..... how the heck does his visor even work?
@JavienWashington
@JavienWashington 7 жыл бұрын
It could open a portal to his eyes so he'd just be recycling lasers
@DerTimPlays
@DerTimPlays 7 жыл бұрын
or block the Portal connection by magnetic fields or a constant EMP or sth. like that
@Painteagle
@Painteagle 7 жыл бұрын
Javien, I'm pretty sure that's the explanation the comic uses.
@JavienWashington
@JavienWashington 7 жыл бұрын
Squirefig oh snap!
@thedudejsb
@thedudejsb 7 жыл бұрын
It's a ruby quartz lends
@Pokiwar
@Pokiwar 7 жыл бұрын
the most annoying thing about Cyclops is the fact that what he uses to contains his RED lasers are a transparent RED ruby set of goggles... RED ruby of which only lets in/out RED light and thus is the worst thing to hold the RED laser-light that he emits... its like the exact opposite of what it should have been! like green or cyan!
@TiagoTiagoT
@TiagoTiagoT 7 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's about polarization and not frequency?
@Pokiwar
@Pokiwar 7 жыл бұрын
But that would mean cyclops' beams could be stopped with a simple polarising filter, and not need the ridiculously gaudy an expensive Red Ruby method.
@ginoyesano5649
@ginoyesano5649 7 жыл бұрын
He doesn't shoot lasers out of his eyes, but some kind of concussive force. The glasses block the force, but I don't know how they would block the light.
@iamsatanjr
@iamsatanjr 6 жыл бұрын
Well, I have a theory about how those glasses might work. Since his ability is a mutation, opening and closing portals must be controlled by his brain. And since the portals are opened when his eyelids are open, the opening of eyelids itself must be the trigger that makes the portals open. If you assume that this mechanism in his brain is triggered by some particular parts of light spectrum which are otherwise filtered by his eyelids whe he has eyes closed - it would explain how those glasses work. Instead of not letting through or containing energy/force coming FROM opened portals, the glasses filter out some parts of INCOMING light spectrum that work as a trigger for portal opening mechanism in his brain. So generally speaking, they still filter light but not in a way you are thinking.
@centeroftheinternet7232
@centeroftheinternet7232 6 жыл бұрын
that makes a lot of sense since he isn't firing the lasers at all when he's wearing the glasses, if the glasses were stopping the lasers it would still produce light
@newmanknowlton6068
@newmanknowlton6068 7 жыл бұрын
I think a better solution is that the portals overlay with his irises and have a hole for the pupils. So instead of circular portals, they're more like washers. This seems like the most straight forward way to have laser vision without interfering with sight.
@cherrydragon3120
@cherrydragon3120 6 жыл бұрын
Duuude that blind spot thingy was amazingly fun and weird... omg~
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