500 years ago people thought differential math was just useless inapplicable science, but today it's the basis of nearly every device we have. Discoveries and inventions are worth keeping, you never know when you end up using them...
@realcodechris7 жыл бұрын
That suit, while ridiculous, is pretty brilliant. You wouldn't see me dead in it. But fair play to Paul for putting it on
@sexobscura4 ай бұрын
style is like ants on the ocean
@katashworth4115 жыл бұрын
Rich Hall is such a dude, he's hilarious
@dahalofreeek10 жыл бұрын
I think the reason that the 101st element is named after Mendeleev is because he invented the periodic table which is a good method for predicting new elements.
@mikelheron2010 жыл бұрын
Duh! You think?
@dunbar9finger11 жыл бұрын
Just to the east of The Rocky Mountains are the Great Plains and the transition from flat plain to bumpy mountains can sometimes be extremely sharp without a lot of foothills. Montana spans this transition such that the west half of Montana is mountains and the east half is plains. Rich was referring to the east half.
@sammcg9315 жыл бұрын
Rich Hall is awesome
@Asidders11 жыл бұрын
You don't need to be "a scientist" to be knowledgable about certain things. Stephen Fry is very smart and knows a lot about a lot. Oh, and he's a comedian as well. Check out his documentaries.
@johnmcn9013 жыл бұрын
Love Paul's evil little laugh when Rich Hall says "We didn't have a lot of money in our school, so instead of using an anaesthetic we had to put a little nail in its head." 2:35 lmfao
@DontTouchMyCroissant14 жыл бұрын
Rich looks cute when he smiles.
@f1nger60512 жыл бұрын
I did not once assert or imply that the Apollo project was the absolute best use for that money. What I did was express skepticism of your assertion that it definitely wasn't. Basically, what I'm saying is "you can't know that." There are so many complex and subtle interconnecting threads associated with either option that, unless you can account for as many of those threads as possible, making definite assertions about which option would produce the "better" outcome is virtually impossible.
@TheVodkaHaze11 жыл бұрын
Just remember: a lot of scientific knowledge passed down by generations is used to make life-saving and innovative pieces of technology, but the scientists who originally discovered that knowledge did not intend their work to be used to make rockets or MRIs.
@MotionMcAnixx3 жыл бұрын
Here is a comment from 2020. Hi. Rich Hall funny.
@fredsmith-kingofthelunatic78103 жыл бұрын
Here's one from 2021. He's bloody brilliant.
@sexobscura4 ай бұрын
Here is a comment from 1987. Bye. Rich Hall bye.
@FSMUnicorn15 жыл бұрын
It may be an apocryphal story, but it still has a point: when asked what use his electrical devices were, Faraday was supposed to have responded "What use is a new born baby? And besides, one day, you will be able to tax it."
@amn20113 жыл бұрын
Anyone else loving Paul's suit?
@Jeremyramone15 жыл бұрын
i must give my vote regarding the funniest american to steven wright, hes one of the best stand ups and comedic writers of all time, also honorable mention goes to dave attell, and jeff ross as well. oh yes and larry david, thanks for sharing these videos, cheers
@KoreaRwkz12 жыл бұрын
@101Phase Some elements do exist as molecules so it's correct to say molecular structure for some elements. If I'm not wrong, any structure that has covalent bonds are considered molecules so for example oxygen and ozone exist as diatomic and triatomic molecules respectively. The real problem with the Mendelevium model in the video is that it's an element but the model shows different types of elements in the structure as shown by the black, yellow, blue, red and white balls.
@SiriusMined14 жыл бұрын
I miss Rich Hall. NNTN, SNL, and his standup. He doesn't seem to do much here in the US anymore.
@DyerMedia15 жыл бұрын
lol you can watch your dog run away for 3 days
@f1nger60512 жыл бұрын
@juzt156 Exactly. Most of the scientists (and even astronauts) who actually worked on the Apollo missions didn't really care about the Moon or even beating the Russians all that much. They wanted to scale the unsaleable mountain, just to do it. And in that process, they ended up revolutionizing firefighting, sports footwear, battery technology, kidney dialysis, home insulation, water purification, food preservation, and helped lay the groundwork for the entire telecommunications industry.
@RedwoodStarkey11 жыл бұрын
You have a point. I apologize for my comment. Stephan Fry is pretty awesome, and there are many comedians who are very clever, and or well educated.
@sisterofslaanesh66615 жыл бұрын
its a great suit!
@MajikkaniHand13 жыл бұрын
@nexusparanoia Yeah. I wasn't suggesting he hold a canister of the stuff--just that he not have a whole frikkin' organic molecule there. Especially since it's an element we had to make, and therefore isn't found in nature, so it would not be a major component of organic chemistry (or inorganic, for that matter). The chemistry nerd in me is weeping. ^^
@FulgenceR12 жыл бұрын
Mendeleev is one who composed the periodic chart.
@jamesstone12314 жыл бұрын
@longbluefingers actually, mendeleev came up with the modern periodic table of elements in terms of their order (ordered by atomic number) he did NOT discover Mendelevium and he definatly didnt "Invent" it. Einstein did not discover Einsteinium. Same with Germanium, Europium and Americium - all named AFTER someone rather than invented by.
@Freddyphelp13 жыл бұрын
@Jenopo I'm pretty sure he knows that, he is just saying it might as well be infinite as far as we are concerned
@LordJuzzie12 жыл бұрын
@F1NGER True people said the moon landings were pointless. But a lot of things we use now came out of getting the Astronauts there
@FSMUnicorn15 жыл бұрын
It probably is apocryphal. It is attributed to Ben Franklin as well.
@dunbar9finger11 жыл бұрын
You can have an element be a molecule too provided you can make a molecule composed entirely of atoms of that one element and no other. A hydrogen molecule is one hydrogen atom. What doesn't make sense about when they showed Mendelevium in this bit is that they showed it with that stick-and-ball model with lots of *differently* colored balls. Since each color is an atom of a different element in that sort of model, that was clearly the structure of something composed of multiple elements.
@f1nger60512 жыл бұрын
Except we're not talking about 25% of the US federal budget. We're talking about the cost of the Apollo missions, which was roughly $25 billion total, accounting for less than 2% of total federal spending from 1962 to 1972. And I think I did raise a point. Unless you can account for all direct and indirect, worldwide benefits from technology developed under the Apollo program, making a "the money could have gone to better use doing X" argument is nothing but wild speculation.
@pfalky2k14 жыл бұрын
@jakamneziak you're right. the word is "jacket" ;)
@CorvusCorone6811 жыл бұрын
Professor Brian Cox does a fair job
@thatdrattedcat15 жыл бұрын
Paul's suit !!!
@obsidian34815 жыл бұрын
dimitri mendeleve INVENTED the periodic table!
@sweet51815 жыл бұрын
if i was Paul Merton i'd definately send that suit to room 101
@seban67812 жыл бұрын
My comment was a little bit hyperbolic. I don't actually think we should force comedians to listen to scientist making jokes (surprise!). Here's the longer version: if you're a comedian, go ahead and make fun of stuff. But if you say "I hate science", you'd better have a good argument, or extremely funny jokes behind it, because to a lot of people that's pretty offensive. To me this exchange sounds similar to: "I want to put the Dalai Lama into room 101" "Why?" "Because he's gay" "Okay then!"
@cjpage8812 жыл бұрын
2mins 20sec, funny as Mendeleev was one of the first people to invent the periodic table!!!!
@fearthegeeklord14 жыл бұрын
that is the EXACT same periodic table poster as the one in m' chemistry class. \m/
@KiwiTibb12 жыл бұрын
@IcEye89 I so wish I could give this a couple dozen more thumbs up
@jameswebb45939 жыл бұрын
What should have gone into room 101 was Mertons suit.
@Hannah_Em14 жыл бұрын
@longbluefingers He didn't invent mendelevium itself, but he did predict the existance of several elements when he designed the modern preiodic table. A great guy, and I'm not trying to put you down, because you made a good point, but just clearing up a small detail. Good grief, I sound petty in that little speech. Ahh well.
@bluemario261214 жыл бұрын
@longbluefingers usually "in some countries" expresion doesn't include usa :) i think this was omitted in american schools because of the cold war between the and russia....
@f1nger60512 жыл бұрын
I'm afraid I don't know who that is, but if I'm understanding the quote correctly, you're saying that even though we cannot prove something, we can still make educated guesses about it. Of course, I agree. Just don't confuse "educated guess" with "assumption". An educated guess has education (understanding) supporting it. Even if it can't be strictly proven, it can be demonstrated and explained. That is not the same as making an assumption based on intuition or subjective impression.
@freshlyshowered15 жыл бұрын
it was just in for the puppy joke.
@Jackandweed12 жыл бұрын
Heh! I understood everything the lady said! Its hard to feel smart when it sounds so simple lol
@fardaypu11 жыл бұрын
Hi. i once read Rich Hall was the inspiration for the Simpsons character, Moe the barman.But here is a Curly for good luck.
@Phizzy10 жыл бұрын
We should give scientists buckets of money. Many buckets.
@bareakon13 жыл бұрын
@Jenopo the universe couldn't possibly be finite, as there's nothing outside of it to measure it against QED
@evilmurderproduction13 жыл бұрын
So there is a place that turns old sofas into suits?
@FSMUnicorn15 жыл бұрын
What? Nowhere was the Higgs Boson mentioned. They're talking about Mendelevium. Anyway, the molymod structure they had was mostly carbon with a bit of hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur. WTF?
@reznor1213 жыл бұрын
@toxic2k7 Rof, he says typing on a keyboard that wouldnt have existed without knowledge of the periodic elements...
@MrPKenneally8 жыл бұрын
but Hazel, the intro music is so good...
@6stringgunner5115 жыл бұрын
Hey, Rich Hall. Did you happen to drive otr truck for 🍎 Apple lines, inc. If so. I was your driver training instructor.
@cowalarmclock14 жыл бұрын
plus, mendelevium doesn't have a molecular structure because it's an element, not a molecule.
@affablegiraffable11 жыл бұрын
i came here fore the mendelevium
@billybobsteele15 жыл бұрын
The easiest way to weigh the Earth is just to turn some scales upside down.
@timofeydanshin690410 жыл бұрын
Exactly! He invented the fucking periodic table to get his name into it :)
@ninkharsagTBM15 жыл бұрын
if thats true that possibly one of the best bits of useless info ive ever heard :)
@shadowblade987614 жыл бұрын
No, you use the equation to solve for M. That's the whole point.
@paultje2small12 жыл бұрын
if he does not like mendelevion hes going to hate ununoctium
@mahound913 жыл бұрын
@jakamneziak Who shot the couch?
@DaftArbiter12 жыл бұрын
I agree. Scientists make jokes all the time, it's just that the punchline often requires some prerequisite material. That's basically the issue with this bit here, lack of understanding. Scientists, largely, don't mind a bit of humor. We can take a joke, but get your info right before you make it. There are a couple formerly scientists turned comedians as well. One an engineer and another an astronomer. Fairly funny, for both layman and scientist filled audiences.
@bareakon14 жыл бұрын
@longbluefingers actually, you're not alone in being pedantic. i was just about to comment that Dmitri did the whole table
@fritspas15 жыл бұрын
isnt the entire table named after mendelev? or is that just in holland?
@Lindelamare12 жыл бұрын
@Dudeness21 I'm sure some kid's wearing it right now, but skinny fit with clear lens glasses.
@AJackalMan12 жыл бұрын
@TretasYT He's...a...comedian.
@romeosdistress14 жыл бұрын
he's probably wearing clothes that ought to be in room 101...
@MajikkaniHand14 жыл бұрын
That's not mendelevium. That's a molecule. *twitch* That being said, this is still hilarious.
@thomasimon14 жыл бұрын
@onomatopoetically Well, I agree with you, but most scientists don't 'mess around', because they need to have a goal in mind to get the money for the research. But in that research, lots of stuff can be discovered accidentally
@timothypalmer401010 жыл бұрын
Did anyone notice that he dumped Hawkins book to. :)
@knules214 жыл бұрын
ottis lee crenshaw whooo
@thepussygrabbingfamilyvalu5578 жыл бұрын
that is pure irony: a COMEDIAN dissing a scientist for weighing the planet because he thinks it's pointless.
@zesc_2412 жыл бұрын
@mikelheron20 I dont think Rich was being sarcastic.
@TerraFirma55613 жыл бұрын
"Invented by a man named Mendelev so he could get his name in the periodic table" Dmitri Mendelev invented the periodic table!!! Still love ya though Rich x
@uliuchu43183 жыл бұрын
yeah I couldn't decide whether I should agree that he is technically correct or whether I should be angry at the proactive ignorance
@ElizabethKall12 жыл бұрын
molecular structure of mendelevium? it's an element, it doesn't have a molecular structure, only a molecule, which is a combination of elements, can
@FSMUnicorn15 жыл бұрын
It shouldn't have ANY molymod structure. ;) I meant the comment light heartedly - I was just being pedantic because I get annoyed at the general level of scientific illiteracy shown everywhere. As Carl Sagan said, we live in a society utterly dependent on science, yet hardly anyone has even a basic understanding of it.
@FSMUnicorn15 жыл бұрын
To use the title of one of Richard Feynman's books: "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out". Why should the knowledge of how a rainbow is formed, or the state of the universe milliseconds after the big bang, or observing the courtship dances of cranes not be as exciting and aesthetically pleasing to some people as Beethoven's Ninth, the poetry of Keats, or the art of Titian?
@efisgpr14 жыл бұрын
i thought only the first 92 were naturally occuring.
@Asidders11 жыл бұрын
Stephen Fry. Boom.
@classicdinner14 жыл бұрын
@jakamneziak curtains??
@101Phase12 жыл бұрын
MOLECULAR structure of an ELEMENT?!
@icantstopdoingthis15 жыл бұрын
How can an element have a molecular structure??? Surely someone in the BBC would have thought about that.
@TheLexyboy15 жыл бұрын
my local indian restraunt neads new wallpaper
@lennic9513 жыл бұрын
@jakamneziak Looks like he dropped right out of the 70s
@MrLookatmyshit12 жыл бұрын
Real life Moe Syzlak.
@niallmeldrum14 жыл бұрын
An element with a molecular structure? Guess we just need these two on QI more to set things straight.
@busessuck115 жыл бұрын
he's like moe from the simpsons
@85Aheadstix8 жыл бұрын
Rich hall strikes me as the kind of guy who got really bored one day and just decided to read a Science for dummies, book. anyone else?
@orlock208 жыл бұрын
+GamerDares wins The first time I heard of him was when he was on a comedy show where his routine was for people to send to him words and definition of those words that should be in the dictionary, but are not. Then he would have somebody gather up all those words, make a book, put his name on the book and get money from the book.
@85Aheadstix8 жыл бұрын
orlock20 Well i knew it had something to do with a book ;)
@orlock208 жыл бұрын
GamerDares wins Sniglet- Any word that should be in the dictionary but should. --Rich Hall 1984 Five books were dedicated to sniglets.
@f1nger60512 жыл бұрын
As funny as Rich is, when he talks about "pointless" science, he simply doesn't get it. Yeah, we're probably never going to learn something directly practical by studying the size of the universe, but the important thing is that scientists (very smart and very resourceful people) REALLY love studying that stuff. If current technology won't let them study what they want to study, they will INVENT technology that will. That's how we ended up with wi-fi by giving money to particle physicists.
@tinysteelorchestra11 жыл бұрын
No offence to Hancock or Skinner, but Paul Merton's still my favourite Room 101 host! :)
@MegaCoxRox11 жыл бұрын
The problem is that it's often difficult to explain the significance of scientific research to laypeople, especially when they don't care to be informed. For example, Sarah Palin made a speech making fun of scientists for researching fruit flies - who cares, right? Except fruit fly genetics are extremely useful for researching human diseases. Humanity almost always benefits from research in often unpredictable ways, and nations almost always profit from scientific investment.
@SaBoTeUr200115 жыл бұрын
Montana is flat? Isn't it called "Montana" because of the mountains?
@TheHappydead14 жыл бұрын
that scientist was kinda hot
@masteryoda39413 жыл бұрын
@archiemedes42 I was going to say the same thing then I saw your comment.
@Akendolfr15 жыл бұрын
blake 7, our version of star trek with a much bigger budget XD
@TulipFarella13 жыл бұрын
Looks like he fell in a bucket of paint. Its Rolf Harris on acid.
@fritspas12 жыл бұрын
If you had Neil deGrasse Tyson explain the effects of the blackhole on the human body, it would be a lot more understandable and fun.
@tremblingcolors14 жыл бұрын
accents from the Netherlands sound hilarious to me
@thomasimon14 жыл бұрын
Why does everyone say that scientist is Dutch, that's clearly not a Dutch accent
@obsidian34815 жыл бұрын
yup, it wasn't perfect, more elements have been added and a few things got jiggled about, but yah, and he predicted the propertys of seveal (at the time) unknown elemnts such ans germanium. P.S. whoever gave me a thumbs down, I don't dislike rich hall, I'm actually quite fan it was just one of those things that niggles at the back of your mind to point out to people weho believe him, also to make myself look smart XD
@townsjim14 жыл бұрын
Paul Merton's dress sense is appauling at times. Truly Baffling