When she said "a cubical-shaped magnet" I legit thought she was talking about a magnet shaped like a cubical and I came up with allllllllllllllll sorts of theories about, like, "the crushing collective isolation of the modern office space" or whatever
I never heard the "-shaped" part of the question, so I thought it was a magnet from an office cubical. Edit: I guess that's because they never said that part.
@@munjee2 Yeah. In fact I originally had a full quote in the comment, but removed it because I thought it was possibly giving too much. Hopefully a mere timestamp should not catch eyes until you deliberately look at the comment section.
@@lifthras11r note that from the viewer’s perspective he circles his finger in the same direction as the pilgrims walk. This could be accidental, but I’ll say it’s deliberate…
How could Tom's mind have jumped from "cubical magnet with filings around it" go straight to the words Hajj and Kaaba? I mean, I know that the Muslims go to Mecca to pray at least once in their lifetime..., but in all my 30 years of existence I have never heard the word Hajj until a month ago when I read about it in one thriller book where one of the characters was reminiscing about going there and they used that word like an obscure local word... and I've never known that there is a cube in the middle and they pray around it... and yet, Tom did not know Hagia Sofia
I commented with a link to an image but it's been removed, bizarrely. You can find an online image by searching: the artist is Ahmed Mater, the title is Magnetism I-IV.
Ever since I discovered that you can glimpse the video behind through the blocks aof the logo/background (foreground?) I am eager to see if i can see it in the current instance. You definitely can here.
Initial thoughts: that although the magnet is cubic, the magnetic field shown by the alignment of the iron bits is a spheroid; ideas of "reality is much more than what it seems" and can be misleading; making the invisible, tangible, ...
1:20 To show the 4th dimension form of the cube? That would make more sense than it being a spheroid. It would show the outlines of a tesseract/hypercube: 1 core, 6 full sides, 8 corners, and 12 side-corners cubes. A total of 27 (3*3*3) cubes. Results: so off. Yet made me thinking. Gotta also take into account the guests.
First full episode of Lateral at ua-cam.com/video/5WysuFh0bNg/v-deo.html (includes the usual high-quality closed captions that Tom Scott productions are know for)
Did he say he was quoting the Bible? "Pride before the fall" is an expression used in lots of places, that makes perfect sense (i.e., you're so convinced that you're right that you don't even prepare for the possibility that you're wrong). The English language exists independently of any specific books. And I really don't think Tom was planning to destroy Saf (or expecting him to destroy himself). :-P
@@RFC-3514 exactly. it's like saying that Tom does not know his Craig David lyrics very well - it's Rise And Fall and Pride And Prejudice is completely different thing as well :)
1:16 "I'll let you guys go around in circles" oh CLEVER
😎😂
That warning "AYY!" from Ali xd
"If you are wrong we will gently mock you" made me laugh more than it should have
I will now gently mock you for using wtong
@@theunknown4834 True, thanks for the heads up
I cannot think of a more Tom Scott thing to say. :)
It would be cool to have a picture of what they're taking about after the final recap sentence
We don't own the rights to the photo, but you can Google it.
When she said "a cubical-shaped magnet" I legit thought she was talking about a magnet shaped like a cubical and I came up with allllllllllllllll sorts of theories about, like, "the crushing collective isolation of the modern office space" or whatever
ngl, now i wanna see that piece with a cubical magnet lmao
I never heard the "-shaped" part of the question, so I thought it was a magnet from an office cubical.
Edit: I guess that's because they never said that part.
@@SamuraiGuy i may have conflated what was spoken and what was written; brains are electric meat and sometimes behave unusually 😁
Or the inability to distinguish "cubical" from "cubicle" . ;-)
@@RFC-3514 look, i never claimed to be particularly intelligent
1:14 Oh, sneaky!
Completely would've missed that hint, very subtle
lol just noticed this!
@@munjee2 Yeah. In fact I originally had a full quote in the comment, but removed it because I thought it was possibly giving too much. Hopefully a mere timestamp should not catch eyes until you deliberately look at the comment section.
@@lifthras11r note that from the viewer’s perspective he circles his finger in the same direction as the pilgrims walk. This could be accidental, but I’ll say it’s deliberate…
I watched this episode highlight... when I was in Mecca! What timing.
How could Tom's mind have jumped from "cubical magnet with filings around it" go straight to the words Hajj and Kaaba?
I mean, I know that the Muslims go to Mecca to pray at least once in their lifetime..., but in all my 30 years of existence I have never heard the word Hajj until a month ago when I read about it in one thriller book where one of the characters was reminiscing about going there and they used that word like an obscure local word... and I've never known that there is a cube in the middle and they pray around it...
and yet, Tom did not know Hagia Sofia
Was anyone else disappointed by the lack of a photo at the end, showing the artwork?
I commented with a link to an image but it's been removed, bizarrely. You can find an online image by searching: the artist is Ahmed Mater, the title is Magnetism I-IV.
@@MartinPoulter UA-cam removes a lot of comments with links
It's a bummer, because the pictures are definitely worth googling!
I assume that it’s blocked so as to not offend Muslims.
Only because it's an artwork, and we don't own the rights to reproduce it here.
For some reason the moment I heard the fact that he uses a cube-shaped magnet, a lightbulb went in my head and I was wondering if it was Kaaba.
The weird thing is that the trend of ‘free energy’ videos on UA-cam, unlike the devices they depict, shows no sign at all of slowing down.
I'm reminded of the Death Magnetic cover art
I'm very proud of how fast I got this. Thinking about a cube and vaguely circlular things made of smaller dots around it imediatly got me the answer.
as a muslim i'm kicking myself for not getting that, specially after Saf's great little hint.
Ever since I discovered that you can glimpse the video behind through the blocks aof the logo/background (foreground?) I am eager to see if i can see it in the current instance. You definitely can here.
Initial thoughts: that although the magnet is cubic, the magnetic field shown by the alignment of the iron bits is a spheroid; ideas of "reality is much more than what it seems" and can be misleading; making the invisible, tangible, ...
1:20 To show the 4th dimension form of the cube? That would make more sense than it being a spheroid. It would show the outlines of a tesseract/hypercube: 1 core, 6 full sides, 8 corners, and 12 side-corners cubes. A total of 27 (3*3*3) cubes.
Results: so off. Yet made me thinking. Gotta also take into account the guests.
I'm immediately thinking of the old "Woolly Willy" toy. (no, not the UK usage of "willy"...)
"iron fillings" 🤔
Ah good, I wasn't the only bothered by that
My first thought was an eclipse
To quote Jesse Pinkman: "Yeah, magnets!"
Thiss is so fun
I know this one!
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Woo! Clip day! ♡
I’ve been watching these highlights for a while, are there complete shows out there?
Yes as a podcast.
Only in audio form, for some reason. No video, no captions.
First full episode of Lateral at ua-cam.com/video/5WysuFh0bNg/v-deo.html (includes the usual high-quality closed captions that Tom Scott productions are know for)
does that pixel wide gap still annoy anyone else?
howdy!! :D
Lateral? More like literal
At 3:03 Tom doesn’t know his Bible very well. It’s a haughty spirit that goes before the fall; _pride_ goes before destruction. See Proverbs 16:18
Did he say he was quoting the Bible? "Pride before the fall" is an expression used in lots of places, that makes perfect sense (i.e., you're so convinced that you're right that you don't even prepare for the possibility that you're wrong). The English language exists independently of any specific books. And I really don't think Tom was planning to destroy Saf (or expecting him to destroy himself). :-P
@@RFC-3514 exactly.
it's like saying that Tom does not know his Craig David lyrics very well - it's Rise And Fall
and Pride And Prejudice is completely different thing as well :)