Why You Can't Trust Me

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5 жыл бұрын

I went to a place called Coober Pedy to tell a story about water. • Sponsored by Audible: Go to audible.com/trustme or text ‘trustme’ to 500 500 to get started today.
CORRECTIONS: www.tomscott.com/corrections/
Thanks to everyone in Coober Pedy; I had a wonderful time there. I'm sorry this isn't the video you all hoped for!
Sources for this video:
Smerdon, B.; Ransley, T.; Radke, B.; Kellett, J. (2012) Water resource assessment for the Great Artesian Basin. A report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment. Australia: CSIRO. doi.org/10.4225/08/584c45a39e1b5
Martin, P. (2019). Opal capital Coober Pedy 'on knife-edge' as desert town faces water problem. Retrieved from www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-0...
Coober Pedy weather: www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/201...
Great Artesian Basin boundaries: Great Artesian Basin boundary: data.gov.au/data/dataset/241d...
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, creativecommons.org/licenses/b..., (c) Commonwealth of Australia (Bioregional Assessment Programme www.bioregionalassessments.gov.au), (c) Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2013
I'm at tomscott.com
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Пікірлер: 6 200

@TomScottGo 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to everyone in Coober Pedy; I had a wonderful time there. I'm sorry this isn't the video you hoped for!

@nedwatson3440 5 жыл бұрын

I do trust you though!

@josephbrennan9712 5 жыл бұрын

I dont

@73APhotography 5 жыл бұрын

This. The bloody days! That’s why I don’t trust you :0

@EchoHeo 5 жыл бұрын

I dont trust you, and I love you

@SniperBoy-hp6xr 5 жыл бұрын

If I can't trust , I guess . . I'll just unsubscribe

@isaacdoukaskomnenos8013 4 жыл бұрын

I can just imagine Tom in his bed at 2am not being able to sleep because of this

@Caneladorada 3 жыл бұрын

he's such a nerd :3

@fortnitebattlepass4994 3 жыл бұрын

@@mbt66 chill out dude

@Ella-dx6ll 3 жыл бұрын

I am the 1k like.

@T65432 3 жыл бұрын

I can imagine Tom in my bed

@bethspage7089 3 жыл бұрын

@@T65432 No.

@SatyaVenugopal 4 жыл бұрын

"Why you can't trust me" says Tom Scott, in a brilliant piece of (intentional or unintentional) reverse psychology that will inevitably make us trust him more.

@segfault- 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@nise6699 3 жыл бұрын

It was all a ploy to trust him even more and It's too late, I trust him as well

@kerlebeka2814 3 жыл бұрын

dang.

@ferskenmjam252 3 жыл бұрын

i waited for this comment

@allahm-ast3mnlywlatstbdlny164 3 жыл бұрын

Mashallah tbark Allah alhamudillah inshallah better astgfrallah

@darrenflips7346 3 жыл бұрын

Tom scott: why you cant trust me Me who just watched a video of his called “i promise this story about the microwave is interesting” and had full faith in the title and still clicked:

@Headlock123456789 2 жыл бұрын

To be fair that video is heckin’ interesting.

@Julia33066 2 жыл бұрын

That video helped me in a history lesson

@zelitewarrior7783 Жыл бұрын

Bro same I just watched that!

@Eminence_1337 Жыл бұрын

dang same here I guess that KZfaq algorithm is working as intended.

@BGDMusic Жыл бұрын

it was interesting i will say

@mattropolis99 2 жыл бұрын

"I'm not a journalist, I have never had training in determining the truth when it's murky" You have more credibility by reporting there were conflicts of opinion than 95% of journalism today that interview the side they want to portray and then assert the most outrage inducing opinion they state as fact to get clicks - for ads.

@temptemp217 2 жыл бұрын

It's almost like money is supposed to be a tool, not a goal...

@joelstephenson8017 2 жыл бұрын

@chawndel8279 2 жыл бұрын

THIS

@welcometochiles6156 2 жыл бұрын

@@temptemp217 that's how it _should_ be :(

@jupu8162 2 жыл бұрын

@@temptemp217 ofc its tool tool of control

@ajax5622 4 жыл бұрын

You can trust a guy who passed out on a centrifuge just to show you how an average person will react to 4 or 5 Gs.

@VoidHeart1 3 жыл бұрын

I though you were talking about radio waves Then i remembered that vid 🤣

@imnotvladimirputin 3 жыл бұрын

I just watched that vid yesterday! 😂😂🤣🤣

@silic8873 3 жыл бұрын

@firstname697 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone know what video that was from?

@thesteamengineer442 3 жыл бұрын

My life is a lie

@thefrozenflames1658 4 жыл бұрын

But Tom, I already emailed you my SSN, bank info, full name, personal information, and my passport! Now you’re telling me I can’t trust you?

@MatthewsStopMotions 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@lgnd2k3 3 жыл бұрын

@Jeremy Braun ... 🤦‍♂️

@intaze 3 жыл бұрын

✨ i d e n t i t y t h e f t ✨

@nplpo726 3 жыл бұрын

but why did you send it? (im dumb sorry)

@cheesecake-7177 3 жыл бұрын

@@nplpo726 it's a joke

@parker4914 3 жыл бұрын

Him admitting that I shouldn’t trust him, just makes me trust him all the more.

@justforthis3208 2 жыл бұрын

Nice pfp

@fellfromspace 2 жыл бұрын

Integrity, transparency, and honesty... the fact that you are so committed to educating your viewers about the potential for error in your own work and warning people about the risk of trusting you implicitly MAKES you worthy of trust. You've spelled out your policy, methods, and biases more clearly here than most major news organizations ever take the time to do. Well, done and thank you. I'll never understand why people and organizations have such a difficult time understanding that the ability to admit to and correct mistakes does not damage credibility. It inspires confidence.

@housewoodrow 5 жыл бұрын

It's genuinely touching how stressed you were about this.

@scarlety9109 4 жыл бұрын

twobyfour 696 likes Nice 😏

@sylvia7961 4 жыл бұрын

@@scarlety9109 haha sex number youre so funny and quirky hahaha 🤣🤣🤣

@wizardx5138 4 жыл бұрын

A Creative Username your sarcasm needs work. Also the number is 69, 64 is a rule of the Internet in which we switch sex.

@sylvia7961 4 жыл бұрын

@@wizardx5138 did- did you not read the comment?? "twobyfour 696 likes Nice" I never mentioned the number 64..? also if the point was conveyed...

@altuervo 4 жыл бұрын

@@wizardx5138 yo wat the 64 is in his username its blue see 😂

@abibnoor 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine if politicians talked like this.

@thesepretzelssuckass247 3 жыл бұрын

They would get nowhere, hence why it doesn’t happen

@biggycheese4443 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly, i have wasted all your tax money on my brand new Mansion.

@margyb7469 3 жыл бұрын

It will never happen.

@abibnoor 3 жыл бұрын

@@lowercase_ash Hahaha trippy.

@mrdoormat6809 3 жыл бұрын

It would risk their career and even, their live. Politic is dangerous and complicated profession.

@Pixelcraftian 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t know if I can trust you on that one, Tom.

@dryer1901 2 жыл бұрын

Only 11 likes?

@LemmyKoopa18 2 жыл бұрын

@@dryer1901 Strange...

@amoththatthinks 2 жыл бұрын

@@LemmyKoopa18 is it?

@LemmyKoopa18 2 жыл бұрын

@@amoththatthinks depends

@MapleTV17 2 жыл бұрын

286

@SeemsLikeSomething Жыл бұрын

I feel bad how Tom is always a big ball of stress and anxiety about his work. Maybe he works too hard? Well, if you’re reading this Tom, don’t forget to give yourself time to breathe. Cheers, appreciate everything ya do!

@anonymousperson6657 5 ай бұрын

This aged well.

@whodis715 5 жыл бұрын

This sounds like an insane RPG quest where you find out the town conspiracy

@Fenriswaffle 5 жыл бұрын

It smacks of Shadow of Innsmouth levels of "more than meets the eye". There are many fascinating and weird layers to peel back and it wouldn't at all be a stretch to make a story that water supply is short to support the deep underground population of fish people or somesuch.

@AlphaCore_ 5 жыл бұрын

brb, gonna make this with rpg maker

@alamrasyidi4097 5 жыл бұрын

@@AlphaCore_ tell us when you're done ;)

@silentt8161 5 жыл бұрын

@@Fenriswaffle ITS RANGO 2 !

@haikalhaz1851 5 жыл бұрын

@@AlphaCore_ REALLY hope you're not joking

@Fede_uyz 4 жыл бұрын

"Dont trust me" Should i trust you and therefore not trust you, or should i not trust you and therefore trust you? This is known as the Scott's Dilema

@jamesmajor1735 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@chai9926 4 жыл бұрын

indeed

@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588 4 жыл бұрын

Quite

@lamp7746 4 жыл бұрын

I agree

@duckhuntergaming4713 4 жыл бұрын

Affirmative

@Someoneonyoutube 3 жыл бұрын

"why you cant trust me" *video preview shows grave-sized hole in the middle of the desert"

@reignofpie6945 2 жыл бұрын

What a brilliant show of self-accountability. Any source which admits they aren't the ultimate, all knowing source of knowledge is a good source to return to.

@dea6208 3 жыл бұрын

Yes Tom how can we trust you when most of us can't even guess your age

@TheSlodfj5 3 жыл бұрын

quite indubitably 🤔 😜😁😂

@Termodramatisch 3 жыл бұрын

Hes 36

@majaaina 3 жыл бұрын

@@Termodramatisch But how do we know we can trust you???

@Termodramatisch 3 жыл бұрын

@@majaaina Use your search engine.

@majaaina 3 жыл бұрын

@@Termodramatisch It was a joke...

@TheMajorStranger 4 жыл бұрын

imagine Tom Scott on a date Tom:"You should not trust me, i'm not reliable" Date:" How come? you're a cheater? a player?" Tom:" I don't always provide citation and don't look at the politics sometime"

@manuell3505 4 жыл бұрын

"My DNA doesn't comply with morality"

@moisesramirez9654 3 жыл бұрын

"I wouldve preferred if you were a cheater..."

@chintamanivivek 3 жыл бұрын

I don't trust anyone. Perhaps trust happens only when transactions take place. Or I'd have to say, when things involve a give and take of some sort. Fair play.

@nevermind8063 3 жыл бұрын

nevermind

@dhuh943 3 жыл бұрын

"I love you citation the electrical impulses from my brain the dopamins blah blah blah"

@WtchDctr 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that you made a KZfaq and a website connection about every mistake you've ever made shows how much we can trust you. It takes a lot of humility, and therefore gives a lot of respect, to be able to admit your mistakes

@flyingturret208thecannon5 2 жыл бұрын

Now, here’s how being trustworthy works, as far as I’m aware. When you make a statement, and it’s wrong, by admitting it is wrong, it shows you care about being truthful to the best of your ability, making you more reliable of a source

@TheHorrorDevotee 3 жыл бұрын

"I'm sorry, babe, I didn't correctly put in my citations." "Why couldn't you have just cheated instead?!"

@jdog7668 2 жыл бұрын

You have a double space between your you and have.

@jdog7668 2 жыл бұрын

I also have made a mistake.

@robhiggins7823 2 жыл бұрын

I also made a mistake

@jdog7668 2 жыл бұрын

@@robhiggins7823 Thank you for correcting me.

@processedpotato9378 2 жыл бұрын

I was also a mistake

@sanyr80 5 жыл бұрын

“If anyone on the internet says you can trust them, they’re probably selling something... which reminds me, this video is sponsored by Audible” - great segue!

@rajathpai9573 4 жыл бұрын

Best segue to sponsorship ever, metajoking about it

@bruh-js7lo 4 жыл бұрын

Rajath Pai plus it’s a princess bride reference

@wolbobus2130 4 жыл бұрын

So that's how its spelled, you have saved me future embarrassment my friend

@koloblicin4599 4 жыл бұрын

@@wolbobus2130 copy that! Linus Tech Tips uses the term constantly and while I deduced what it meant, it being a tech channel I actually thought they used "Segway" metaphorically 🙈😂😅 (EFL speaker)

@timothyalvis6654 4 жыл бұрын

Started reading this comment exactly when Tom started saying it. Nice

@ForgedEggs 2 жыл бұрын

"Why you can't trust me" I don't need 10 minutes of explaining, you're too handsome to trust.

@joeyrobinson9118 2 жыл бұрын

I respect you much more for 2 reasons: You are willing to admit your mistakes and attempt to make right what you may have done wrong, and 2, you made such a smooth transition into your sponsored bit that I wasn't mad about an Audible ad.

@elfteiroh 3 жыл бұрын

For me, this mainly shows how important “in person” investigation is.

@bloxer9563 2 жыл бұрын

Truly; weird how nobody commented

@juliusroman8616 2 жыл бұрын

I read about a book about my own city written by a long term resident and I disagreed with some of the information written about it. That was around the point where I realized how important it is.

@elfteiroh 2 жыл бұрын

@@juliusroman8616 your particular example also prove the importance of multiple point of view!

@taylorwarren2000 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@thelitmango6333 2 жыл бұрын

Or people could right and you could be right as well, just depends on your perspective and who you speak to.

@bermudarailway 4 жыл бұрын

Your honesty is admirable so you could never be a politician.

@stripedpants1668 4 жыл бұрын

He'd never sell a single used car.

@michaelgibbs514 4 жыл бұрын

Someone hasn't heard the story of Mad Captain Tom.

@EpicEmberOriginal 4 жыл бұрын

@0 0 *no

@shylem1039 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe a Mayor that has no political power at all!

@Gauntlet1212 4 жыл бұрын

Or a journalist.

@isaacpeachey8609 3 жыл бұрын

This town is more interesting than I would ever imagine.

@yokab Жыл бұрын

Tom is the type of journalist that we actually need, not someone who search for blood and conflict, but someone who seeks answers and makes an effort to inform his audience when he's wrong.

@-4subscriberswithahammerad521 5 жыл бұрын

Trust me when I say you shouldn’t trust me Wait what?

@alexls1923 5 жыл бұрын

*gives him all my personal data* “Wait, what?” Bank account is drained in 2 seconds and I’m now wanted for multiple accounts of identity theft

@J0k3r399 5 жыл бұрын

ＤＯＥＳＮＯＴＣＯＭＰＵＴＥ

@nickolazcarters 5 жыл бұрын

Rewind time

@FMRovers 5 жыл бұрын

paradox kitties !!

@najrenchelf2751 5 жыл бұрын

*ERROR 404*

@Sh-hg8kf 4 жыл бұрын

Tom Scott : "I'm not the Messiah!" Everyone : "He's the Messiah!"

@DaedalusCommunity 4 жыл бұрын

He's a very naughty boy!

@capoz33 4 жыл бұрын

The Shadowgunner emperor of mankind be like

@kissmyacidrocks 4 жыл бұрын

FOLLOW THE GOURD, TOMS GOURD EVERYONE!!! .... let us PRAY

@stepexgd6628 4 жыл бұрын

He's not a messiah. He's just another fallible human being.

@cretinousswine8234 4 жыл бұрын

A comment about a messiah that has 666 likes. Sweet!

@yeoldmatey1118 Жыл бұрын

That has got to be the best ad anyone has ever delivered

@vexrich 2 жыл бұрын

When you're a kid and you think that every adult knows exactly what's going on, but then you grow up and realize that nobody knows what they're doing.

@bikashparimanik9455 2 жыл бұрын

So true !

@wizardcoolio 4 жыл бұрын

haha jokes on you tom, admitting mistakes increases your credibility

@AK-mt2zw 4 жыл бұрын

Facts

@apocaloptigon9988 4 жыл бұрын

@@AK-mt2zw that is correct, rufus

@MrNiceguy3210 4 жыл бұрын

@@AK-mt2zw Your statement is valid, Rufus.

@shireenakter4409 4 жыл бұрын

@@AK-mt2zw Your statement is not incorrect, Rufus.

@charlieben3354 4 жыл бұрын

Rufus

@Charlie-mr1sb 5 жыл бұрын

toms next video ‘The interesting murder I committed’

@sciblastofficial9833 4 жыл бұрын

@darklordster Yellowstone Park, Idaho

@JesusJuenger 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing Places: "This is HM Prison Belmarsh" --

@apothecurio 4 жыл бұрын

Charlie “the murder everyone has committed”

@BigMac0369 3 жыл бұрын

Back in 1999

@honestcitizen1983 Жыл бұрын

My friend, so far, I know your honest that's what really matters. I love your stuff.

@jayshartzer844 2 жыл бұрын

"Trust nothing you see on the intranet" - Abraham Washington Adams, 1776

@Frank-do1bg 4 жыл бұрын

0:05 "This video is going to be a little different to normal." Tom, none of your videos are normal, they are all so different and interesting and that is phenomenal.

@five_times_avy 3 жыл бұрын

I one hundred percent agree.

@QuiltbagFleabag 3 жыл бұрын

Fact

@kerlebeka2814 3 жыл бұрын

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

@unitedsheepdefenseforce7862 2 жыл бұрын

But isn’t it normal in the fact that it isn’t normal?

@peachierose3356 Жыл бұрын

yes

@StarshadowMelody 4 жыл бұрын

"If anyone on the internet says you can trust them, they're, probably selling something." Cut to sponsor. That was brilliant.

@OustFox 4 жыл бұрын

Sponsor code is "TRUST ME" 😂😂😂

@fumseck 4 жыл бұрын

Unintended pun with the last sentence?

@GreenZapperZ 4 жыл бұрын

No, it was Audible.

@nativeafroeurasian 4 жыл бұрын

@@GreenZapperZ I wanted to comment that :(

@criticalhorizon Жыл бұрын

You are probably one of the most honest person I've seen. Thank You.

@Sgtspork 2 жыл бұрын

Kudos to you sir! Many KZfaqrs would just 'go with it as is' and you can't totally fault them due to time and investment.. but being accountable to both your fanbase AND the people you are documenting.. it's a lasting strategy. Reputation means alot, word gets around. You know, besides it just being the proper thing to do.. 🙂

@jasonthesnow 4 жыл бұрын

“Which reminds me this is sponsored by audible” literally iconic

@cheesecakelasagna 3 жыл бұрын

fr!

@ZiemPawel 3 жыл бұрын

I actually audibly laughed while riding the bus when I heard this

@Skikopl 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZiemPawel *no pun intended*

@alexander_strachan 3 жыл бұрын

Linus would be proud.

@christianbh 4 жыл бұрын

“Trust but verify” is what I think you’re trying to say Tom

@nob2243 4 жыл бұрын

'And Americans think they came up with that one."

@macforme 4 жыл бұрын

@@nob2243 Ronald Regan while negotiating with Gorbachev

@donrobertson4940 4 жыл бұрын

Trust in god but always tie up your camel.

@zachfila 4 жыл бұрын

noob2243 it was the Russians

@zevac 4 жыл бұрын

@@nob2243 is that a foreigner I smell?

@laufeysong 2 жыл бұрын

Earlier this year, I went on a road trip around Australia with my family. We visited Coober Pedy; and I remembering buying opal earrings and necklace and the heavenly loaded fries from the petrol station. If you ever consider coming over to Australia, absolutely do it! You will not regret it.

@ChromaTK 10 ай бұрын

bro really made a video, realized it was all wrong, and then managed to find a way to still make it into a releasable video respect

@vke6077 4 жыл бұрын

"I'm not a robot" "Why you can't trust me" ok tom

@svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038 4 жыл бұрын

If Tom is the spokesperson of our soon-to-be robot overlords, I'm fairly ok with that. I mean, just look at some of the world leaders we currently have, can't be worse right? ;P

@brickvideos4851 4 жыл бұрын

Is it a profound statement about how robots are actually *more* trustworthy than humans?

@davel7037 4 жыл бұрын

@@svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038 you learned nothing from this video

@meowmyr 3 жыл бұрын

ok tomputer

@tiramiisu0 3 жыл бұрын

mad sus

@PuzzL_ 5 жыл бұрын

All of us: Tom Scott's videos are great. Keep 'em comin! Tom Scott: I am so sorry I disappointed you. I will try harder.

@charliespinoza1966 5 жыл бұрын

@feha92 5 жыл бұрын

While this made me laugh, I am getting quite sick of this meme-format... As such I am feeling very conflicted now.

@thatonedude 5 жыл бұрын

@@feha92 good for you. I guess.

@rarrawer 5 жыл бұрын

That's a significant part of why we like him.

@TheRealFlenuan 5 жыл бұрын

feha92 It's just a joke format, not tied to the “No one:” meme

@OneBiasedOpinion Жыл бұрын

Admitting actual mistakes when you make them is a huge step forward in increasing credibility. Something not many people are aware of these days.

@anti_nana4463 2 жыл бұрын

This is the greatest piece of content I’ve ever watched. It’s like seeing the way my brain formulates things put out in front of me in a consumable form. Subbed!!

@BrushEm 5 жыл бұрын

Tom: "Don't trust me" Everyone: *Trusts him even more* Tom: "Am i a joke to you?"

@RainaRamsay 5 жыл бұрын

@joshl90 5 жыл бұрын

Kye excellent

@demonsXneverXdie 5 жыл бұрын

@hughjanus3186 5 жыл бұрын

eks de

@boobah5643 5 жыл бұрын

It's a well known bit of confidence lore that one of the best ways to get people to trust you more is to explain why they shouldn't trust you.

@konakg8174 4 жыл бұрын

Tom, tom. You must always remember the golden words of journalism: "Can you clarify this/something for me?" If you say "Well this says you're wrong", that's confrontational. If you say "Can you clarify this, because this says something different", you sound like you're actually asking the person to correct it.

@RobBCactive 4 жыл бұрын

Journalists often report opinion not facts, they're not qualified to determine fact but just report the fact that someone said X. Frankly anyone knowledgeable who's been close to a reported story, tends to be disappointed in how inaccurate reports are.

@IkeOkerekeNews 4 жыл бұрын

@@RobBCactive No, that's false.

@IdleWorker 4 жыл бұрын

Same thing when you work in tech support, you dont ask ”have you connected the power cable?”, you ask ”what happens when you connect the power cable?”.

@Ruhrpottpatriot 4 жыл бұрын

@@RobBCactive Persons knowledgeable are not the intended audience of a news report. Yes, news articles may have errors, that's a given considering the writers are human and more often than not the facts are not as clear cut as one might believe. However, simplifications have to happen for the intended audience to even grasp the basic concepts of thw topic. Sure I could let a cryptographer write about password security in a newspaper, but how many would understand it?

@Corn0nTheCobb 4 жыл бұрын

@@IkeOkerekeNews no it isn't

@marknc9616 2 жыл бұрын

A similar situation is when you have to prove the absence of something. That can get tricky and convoluted.

@Antigen__ 2 жыл бұрын

I think it's strangely poetic yet also unsettling how seemingly no one who runs that town actually knows how it runs

@tomlee_bomlee 4 жыл бұрын

the title sounds like he’s... breaking up with us

@stevereid4222 3 жыл бұрын

217 likes, and no replies? Here, take this.

@euphra5674 3 жыл бұрын

and this

@Danian_ju 3 жыл бұрын

and this

@StampedMars 3 жыл бұрын

and this

@ItsSapi 3 жыл бұрын

and this

@chiffmonkey 4 жыл бұрын

BBC News: "Why you can trust us." Tom Scott: "Why you can't trust me."

@anawesomepet 3 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt: Can you trust us?

@feelthebern795 3 жыл бұрын

Richard Nixon: “Why you can’t trust me.”

@thepixelkings3491 3 жыл бұрын

@@anawesomepet Does trust actually exist?

@enteredyournamecorrectly9682 3 жыл бұрын

@@thepixelkings3491 Trust - in a nutshell

@HolyKhaaaaan 3 жыл бұрын

KZfaq political pundits: Don't trust us, but DEFINITELY don't trust them!

@Seventh_Elf 2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was gonna claim all of his single-take videos were multiple takes that were expertly put together

@pieceofschmidtgamer 2 жыл бұрын

If only the News Media was as honest about their own fallibility as Tom is.

@nddragoon 5 жыл бұрын

I love it when people can actually admit when they don't know something. An "I don't know" is thousands of times better than a wrong answer.

@franchufranchu119 5 жыл бұрын

Same

@AaronRenner 5 жыл бұрын

A concept my former boss never understood

@Swagmittens 5 жыл бұрын

except when you're in an exam, it's better to give the question a try

@steveoh9025 5 жыл бұрын

@@1Slamalama1 what times?

@PBMS123 5 жыл бұрын

@@Swagmittens Not always. In exams with penalisations for wrong answers, no answer is better.

@PlayerZeroStart 3 жыл бұрын

Proof that Tom Scott doesn't record his videos in a single take.

@riseofthephoenix 3 жыл бұрын

*not all

@sourcererseven3858 3 жыл бұрын

Unless you see him celebrating that it was done in one take at the end of the video 😁

@jamshush 3 жыл бұрын

The Dasani video says otherwise

@magickaito5496 3 жыл бұрын

i wanna believe this is a joke cuz i laughed hard

@tubsy4519 2 жыл бұрын

@@sourcererseven3858 "wait did i go the right way there"

@jnburch Жыл бұрын

It’s crazy how refreshing honesty and the acceptance of mistakes can be.

@Bp-gq2tc 3 жыл бұрын

I like how this is recommended right after I watched how you said it's safe to swim in the blue lagoon waste water...

@Hood_Lemon 5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Australia. We have No Idea where anything comes from, also our government is a mess.

@harryiii3361 5 жыл бұрын

I completely agree our government is a mess.

@averagejoepro5347 5 жыл бұрын

How do you lose a prime minster

@matthewpiper4328 5 жыл бұрын

@@averagejoepro5347 Subs are sneaky things

@harryiii3361 5 жыл бұрын

@@averagejoepro5347 let him go swimming

@snackastackas5349 5 жыл бұрын

agreeable

@_LilRascal_ 4 жыл бұрын

Me: *scrolling KZfaq* Tom: “Why You Can’t Trust Me* Me: “Golly gee, I wonder what this is all about” Tom: *standing behind me, breathing heavy, slowly raising the revolver to the back of my head*

@janreiafrica 4 жыл бұрын

"Peace was never an option"

@thenumberfour6455 4 жыл бұрын

_truth is, the game was rigged from the start_

@ToddHowar.d 4 жыл бұрын

“I am no longer asking”

@thenumberfour6455 4 жыл бұрын

I have summoned our Lord and savior, Todd Howard

@guscox9651 4 жыл бұрын

@@thenumberfour6455 lazy purple reference?

@ninjanerdstudent6937 2 жыл бұрын

This is a good lesson in journalism.

@braddoherty5984 Жыл бұрын

I really respect your attention to facts and credibility of your sources of information, and willingness to admit when you may have got something wrong, or like in this case, where the facts are conflicting. Too few of us as a society are willing to do that. Keep up the great work.

@jotunn8021 3 жыл бұрын

Tom: This summer they broke their record 118 degrees Also Tom wearing a jacket

@dawidkrzyczkowski4289 3 жыл бұрын

The video is called "why you can't trust me"

@thelem0njnr_393 3 жыл бұрын

It’s the morning and it get gets to just above 0°C

@capivara6094 2 жыл бұрын

if the temperature is above 36Cº. wearing a lot of clothes would actually help

@pigeonwithagun7986 2 жыл бұрын

Jackets dont just keep you warm, they protect you from the heat too. Why do you think people who live in the desert wear lots of layers

@gave722 2 жыл бұрын

this video was uploaded in july which means that is was winter in australia at the time of filming

@thryduulf 5 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of the best graffiti I've ever seen, I think it was in Shoreditch. In big bold letters someone had written "Question everything". Below it, in clearly different handwriting, was a response - "Why?" I wish now I'd taken a photo of it, but you'll just have to, err, trust me.

@chielwouterscw 5 жыл бұрын

Chris McKenna I've seen a picture of that exact graffiti somewhere on the internet. If it's worth anything, I can "confirm" the story is real.

@bittern4464 5 жыл бұрын

@@chielwouterscw but why should we trust you? ;)

@elete0447 5 жыл бұрын

Omg that's amazing.

@MrFilipang 5 жыл бұрын

Trust me when i say i don't trust any of you... or do i?

5 жыл бұрын

Can I even trust myself ?

@bigh.9355 Жыл бұрын

Honesty. Just the concept of being as truthful as one cam be, even if they get it wrong periodically. I appreciate you so much for this. Thank you

@dannydarkspace 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best lead-ins to an ad read ever

@chepulis 5 жыл бұрын

Correction: you've made an error in the title, this video displays exactly why we can trust you.

@desp8161 4 жыл бұрын

Then we can't trust him

@mrtycho26 4 жыл бұрын

@@desp8161 Dammit!

@Devilogic 4 жыл бұрын

It's an exercise in reverse psychology ... ;)

@davel7037 4 жыл бұрын

This is to control your mind

@joesjunkyard935 5 жыл бұрын

Nice try Tom. Heres my SSN, bank account and all passwords

@relda9270 5 жыл бұрын

Where?

@garyvte 5 жыл бұрын

Relda Here: XXXX XXXX XXXX oh wait I forgot KZfaq detects this stuff and automatically censors it :(

@jas2800 5 жыл бұрын

*Shrek* 4829 6282 0182

@jas2800 5 жыл бұрын

No it doesn’t

@YansenQT 5 жыл бұрын

@@jas2800 i hope thats not a real credit number

@bobbyyoungs9848 2 жыл бұрын

I recently discovered your channel and really love your delivery. This video just makes me like your stuff more. Love the honesty. Thanks

@alphalp.4454 Жыл бұрын

I respect you alot for genuinely caring about the validity of the information you put into your videos its not something everybody does especially on the internet

@CrippledMerc 3 жыл бұрын

That “et al” person must be a super genius alien that never sleeps considering how many scientific papers they’re cited in...

@josephbrennan9712 3 жыл бұрын

Actually his name is just Al, the 'et' just means 'and'. Nice guy, very knowledgeable - I think it's short for 'Alex' but I have no citation

@MLB9000 2 жыл бұрын

@@josephbrennan9712 Almost as prolific as Reg Design

@leiivanjuarez5994 2 жыл бұрын

are they friends with feat? the singer? hes always collabing with a lot of singers

@EnclosedPoolArea 2 жыл бұрын

@@josephbrennan9712 Not to worry, you yourself are now a citation in a paper I'm writing about Al - "short for Alex (Brennan, 2021)"

@md-nv4rg 2 жыл бұрын

I recently heard their music alias is "various artists"

@SergeiFragov 5 жыл бұрын

Tom, I never regarded these videos as 'the absolute truth'. No one in their right mind really expects them to be. What we all trust is that you are going to do your best to present things as true and factual as you have found them. Thank you for the hard work and the interesting stories and places you share with us.

@pi_ 5 жыл бұрын

I can't agree more

@bruceboa6384 5 жыл бұрын

@KingTaltia 5 жыл бұрын

It's just how things work. Everyone can be wrong, everyone can lie. Everyone does. I've never been a huge "GASP, YOU LIED TO ME" person. After all, the world's full of balance, and you can't have a surprise party without a lie. So, point of this comment. Nothing is right, nothing is wrong, just let things sit on that gray line, even science changes periodically, even though "the science" doesn't. We're human, don't expect yourself to know the whole story.

@elevown 5 жыл бұрын

Yup 100% agree. I expect you to do your best at representing the truth as you know it Tom. I know ofcourse its possible some bits are wrong- I can always research more myself if I think there is a need to know in more detail. What I trust 100% is that you would never deliberately lie or make stuff up. It's the same for even well respected long running shows on bbc or somewhere- they are trusting to their experts and trying to fact check them as best they can, and not present as fact if something is up in the air etc- but they still make mistakes too. They just try to make as few as they can.

@christopherlee9026 5 жыл бұрын

I mean we can only ever get close to the truth, we can't ever know absolute truth or at least know for certain that we know the absolute truth because we experience things through our sense perception and our senses aren't 100% accurate nor is our memories nor is how we think about things unfiltered by things like logical fallacies - in other words we can get close enough to truth but we most likely will never be able to know 100% objective truth because we're limited beings.

@mktaters310 2 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of respect for someone who admits to their mistakes. Someone who goes through with the expenses to write a story (flying to another continent, talking to random people, using their valuable time) and delivering it how they morally feel it should be delivered, is amazing to see in todays world. In fact Kurzgesagt JUST made a video titled, "We Lied To You" 'and we'll do it again.'" I believe it takes a person of incredible moral stature to admit to their mistakes. You're not always trying to teach everything about a subject necessarily. You're enlightening people of a topic and inspiring them to research or learn about it themselves and that is what teaching should be.

@Dhguitarjunkie032492 2 жыл бұрын

This restored some faith in humanity. To be able to honorably acknowledge an error and misrepresentation… and use that as an example of how easy it is for all of us to be wrong and encourage true research… best video on KZfaq.

@KumaraDosha 3 жыл бұрын

"Anybody claiming you can trust them on the internet is probably trying to sell you something. You can't trust me. Now here's a thing you should buy--" Smooth moves.

@DonVhanDude 2 жыл бұрын

right? same thoughts lmfao

@bustersbrain 4 жыл бұрын

How the HELL did you make quoting citations into a riveting story? You have a gift. New subscriber.

@Ine04 2 жыл бұрын

@chairwithoutwheels9148 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ine04 ok

@MCFC_EDITZ 2 жыл бұрын

I gave you your 500th like, congrats 👏 🥳

@log7029 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ine04 ok buddy.

@airfloresjp 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ine04 k

@barrylinkiewich9688 Жыл бұрын

So I'm seeing this 3 years late but that segue into the ad was fantastic.

@DW-rs1pr Жыл бұрын

This is my favourite tom Scott video. Its so interestingly edited and done

@ryans6900 4 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, I'm Australian, have actually stayed in one of the underground hotels showed in the video, still have opals I found there when I was a kid, and until watching this video, fully believed the town was called Cooper Pedy, not Coober

@blacknoir3565 3 жыл бұрын

Same, I’m Australian and I’ve stayed at one of the hotels in the video. I broke the white pole in the background at 0:43

@jacobrawlinson12 3 жыл бұрын

I'm here rn and well it's not as it was advertised

@soccerboy1447 3 жыл бұрын

I only found out it was coober a few years ago. And im Australian...

@noway8222 3 жыл бұрын

Tom is just learning Australians don't give straight answers because most of the time we don't even know ourselves

@1SweetPete 3 жыл бұрын

Wait what, it's not Cooper Pedy? Now that's a red flag for trust at face value if I ever heard one. Can't even trust reality now

@darkridge 5 жыл бұрын

The twist: Coober Pedy isn't a real place and this whole video is an elaborate April fools joke posted exactly three months late.

@thryduulf 5 жыл бұрын

@@bruno_kunda but can we trust you?

@VictorianTransportSpotter 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve also been there

@gorillaau 5 жыл бұрын

@@VictorianTransportSpotter But can we trust you as well?

@gorillaau 5 жыл бұрын

@@EduardoEscarez I don't trust us Australians either. The truth is out there.

@lenschwedt9646 5 жыл бұрын

How could there be an australia?It is upside down and would have fallen of years ago? (Please dont punch me for my taste in humor) XD

@marvindebot3264 2 жыл бұрын

But this video is a prime example of why I DO trust you, Tom.

@robbylock1741 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! THANK YOU! You're real honesty is very much appreciated and the point very well taken!

@achillendimond2124 4 жыл бұрын

It’s like that Neil Degrasse Tyson quote from his Masterclass Ad that I keep seeing pop up everywhere: “the problem is knowing enough about a subject to think you are right, but not knowing enough about a subject to know you are wrong”

@Ine04 2 жыл бұрын

@datonebri5361 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ine04 TRUEEEEE

@isaaccervantesgarcia 3 жыл бұрын

"You can't trust me, trust me on this one."

@clovernhorndestroyerofmars3765 2 жыл бұрын

Paradox

@Headlock123456789 2 жыл бұрын

Error. Error. Error. Multiple systems have crashed. Would you like restart Brain.exe? Y / N

@omaewamoushindeiru584 2 жыл бұрын

@@Headlock123456789 No I dont think I will

@DaxyGamer 2 жыл бұрын

@@omaewamoushindeiru584 ...Postponed to eight hours...

@virginiapicker 2 жыл бұрын

Boy, how great would it be if more researchers and journalists were this conscientious and honest.

@johnfrancis2300 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work, I wish more people, even with research would say, "I don't know" instead of thinking they understand complex and changing situations that actually have unpredictable outcomes

@goatythecringeyone7686 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of English students are expected to write as if what they are saying is factual. It is wrong to write in an essay or SA that 'I believe this is the case' or 'This seems to be the case'. It is required that students write that 'This is the case'. Whilst, it works well for writing persuasively and showing confidence of one's efforts, it doesn't translate well into actual journalism, as it has caused people to state interpretive views as fact.

@slushpuppie19 2 жыл бұрын

It's hard though, we like to think we understand things. Knowing that we know nothing is a bit depressing ha

@ixamraxi 4 жыл бұрын

One should always uphold a healthy level of skepticism, even with respect to sources they otherwise trust. I'd say that you're trust _worthy,_ as being honest and truthful doesn't always mean being accurate, or even correct.

@AzuriteCoast 4 жыл бұрын

@andrewlittrell1 4 жыл бұрын

@hipeople9856 4 жыл бұрын

@netts2315 4 жыл бұрын

@aviato287 x Thanks captain rude.

@KevinShinwoo 4 жыл бұрын

@zakuraayame5091 5 жыл бұрын

"No one should trust a single source" ... now there is a statement you can trust!

@renakunisaki 5 жыл бұрын

Nobody should trust a single source. There, now that statement is coming from multiple sources.

@grand-dadmiral 5 жыл бұрын

I'll say so too, just to make it all the more credible. No-one should trust a single source. There ya go.

@georginho36 4 жыл бұрын

No one should trust a single source. We stand as one.

@theapexsurvivor9538 4 жыл бұрын

People should trust a single source. Now we are in conflict.

@grand-dadmiral 4 жыл бұрын

@@theapexsurvivor9538 Wait a minute! How did this happen? We're smarter than this!

@Astral_Drago 2 жыл бұрын

You have my respect, it takes a lot of maturity to admit ones faults.

@skizzarz Жыл бұрын

love your transparency

@mrmo4569 3 жыл бұрын

Tom Scott CGP Grey :handshake: Being honest and upfront about their mistakes as soon as they know about them and not letting their viewers believe misinformation as long as they can help it

@The360MlgNoscoper 3 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt

@eclecticsoffy 2 жыл бұрын

@@The360MlgNoscoper all three

@58shawnshibu58 2 жыл бұрын

@@eclecticsoffy 3kliksphilip

@amoththatthinks 2 жыл бұрын

@@58shawnshibu58 no

@58shawnshibu58 2 жыл бұрын

@@amoththatthinks wdym no

@Losjo4093 Жыл бұрын

Ya had to honk over at me last line didnt ya that was a Great delivery

@iamShorteh 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom for showing integrity and accountability

@GwresYnKernow 4 жыл бұрын

No, Tom, this is why we CAN trust you. Because when you make a mistake, you post a video like this instead of just uploading the original video and hoping we don't notice.