Who was Murphy in Murphy's Law? (And the Hero Dr. John Paul Stapp Who Gave Us the Expression)

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  • @TodayIFoundOut
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    • @m3n9111
      @m3n9111 5 років тому +1

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  • @sleepysartorialist
    @sleepysartorialist 5 років тому +471

    Dr Stapp is responsible for saving my life this week. I was in a near fatal motor vehicle accident on 8/19
    My seatbelt saved my life

    • @timweatherill3738
      @timweatherill3738 5 років тому +15

      I'm very glad you lived. I hope nobody lost their lives ~ you say "near fatal", which suggests all lives were spared. Sadly, I lost a much-loved cousin to a car accident, so the subject is a personal and deeply felt one on my part. Again, glad you made it through that awfulness.

    • @workingguy-OU812
      @workingguy-OU812 5 років тому +9

      Very glad you made it! Welcome back to the land of the living - go find peace, and don't stress about living now that you've been given a second chance (at least, this is my approach after a few events decades ago).

    • @piotrcusworth2077
      @piotrcusworth2077 5 років тому +8

      Well done listening to the “experts”. It only takes on average approximately five seconds to fix in position a seat belt which been law in the uk since 1 February 1983. UK studies have shown that car or other required vehicle occupants between the ages of 17 to 34 demonstrate the lowest compliance level with the relevant laws. Crazy fools who save five seconds for each relevant event and then dramatically increase the known risks of injury or death as the result of an accident. This avoidance of duties under English laws might save a driver, for example, who sets off in his vehicle 4 times every day for 7 days per week, accompanied or otherwise, the massive total of approximately 20 hours every ten years, or 2 hours out of his/her lifetime every year. Not a bad deal really.

    • @workingguy-OU812
      @workingguy-OU812 5 років тому +8

      @@piotrcusworth2077 Here in the USA, the lowest compliance was, and still is, based on race - but we are no longer allowed to report that, let alone fine for it, as - instead of admitting to their problem - it became yet another 'freebie' law they get passed by on.

    • @john-paulsilke893
      @john-paulsilke893 5 років тому +12

      Very much like Norman Borlaug who invented GMO’s and fed 1 in 6 people worldwide he’s another person who nobody knows saves lives every day, decades after their deaths. These are real heroes, not to belittle movie stars and athletes but their accomplishments are very dim shadows in comparison.

  • @dinaashford-more1172
    @dinaashford-more1172 4 роки тому +47

    Dr. Stapp is an unsung hero. Thank you for bringing his story to fruition. There should be an award named after him.

  • @jones1618
    @jones1618 5 років тому +223

    John Paul Stapp was my father's namesake and godfather, as he was close friends with my grandfather who also grew up in Decatur. My Dad would visit him in New Mexico whenever he passed through and got to see him not long before his death. Paul Stapp was a heck of a guy and great story teller.

    • @chrisl2681
      @chrisl2681 3 роки тому +18

      I grew up in nm where Dr Stapp was our summer camp instructor at the space hall. He was a great guy with great info, and really patient with nerdy little kids. His sled is out front to climb onto. Brave man.

    • @jones1618
      @jones1618 3 роки тому +15

      @@chrisl2681 That's a great memory. I'd love to see the sled sometime. I am amazed that few people know his name considering that, if you think about it, his outspoken advocacy of seat belts in cars has probably saved more lives than just about any piece of technology besides penicillin.

    • @essennagerry
      @essennagerry 3 роки тому +7

      @@chrisl2681 His sled is still somewhere, availible for people to see and climb into? I'd love to go and take a picture there, and show it to my future students which I want to inspire to study and do great things. I hope that can be my "great thing", to have been an assistant in the inspiration and education of the next John Paul Stapp.

    • @rosannejimenez1756
      @rosannejimenez1756 2 роки тому +4

      I'd say he was a legend!

    • @lisaschuster686
      @lisaschuster686 2 роки тому +3

      And he looks so ordinary, bless him.

  • @TheSoitenly
    @TheSoitenly 5 років тому +86

    Dr. Stapp was brave, fearless, and in a lot of physical pain.

  • @Earth2Stephen
    @Earth2Stephen 5 років тому +1182

    So we should really re-name seat belts “Stapp Straps”

    • @kindlin
      @kindlin 5 років тому +11

    • @somedandy7694
      @somedandy7694 5 років тому +29

      I Second the motion!

    • @Docwilson91
      @Docwilson91 5 років тому +23

      I third this motion. Let’s submit this to congress

    • @kvltizt
      @kvltizt 5 років тому +15

      Sorry, Scott Stapp of Creed has preemptively ruined this.

    • @FacultyOfRationality
      @FacultyOfRationality 5 років тому +9

      Fourth!

  • @michaeldougfir9807
    @michaeldougfir9807 4 роки тому +109

    I just turned 70. This makes me one of the few who remember when seat belts became mandatory in new cars. Not wearing them. Just the factory instaling them.
    Before that time, if you wanted seat belts you had to go to an auto parts store to buy them. Then have your mechanic install them. I am grateful to my parents and grandparents who believed in seat belts and consistently taught us four boys to wear them.
    Later I worked for some mortuaries. I saw what happened to people who crashed without wearing seat belts.
    'Nuff said?

    • @653j521
      @653j521 2 роки тому

      In 2019 it was estimated there were 54.1 million people aged 65 on up in the US. QUITE "a few"! Even after covid deaths, that is still a whole lot of people who also were around then to remember it.

    • @lisaschuster686
      @lisaschuster686 2 роки тому +7

      I too just turned 70. My mother had to buy something called “Hold that tiger” to keep my baby brother from climbing into the front seat. Didn’t you think it was Nader’s best seller “Unsafe at Any Speed” that changed it all? And remember when drunk driving became a thing?

    • @gastonbell108
      @gastonbell108 2 роки тому +9

      I remember those days too. Problem was that "seat belts" in the early days were just lap belts - they'd keep you from getting thrown out of the car in a rollover, and they'd keep you from smashing your head on the windshield, but they didn't do anything to keep mom & dad from smashing their faces on the steering wheel and dashboard. One of my mother's friends was rather gruesomely injured that way wearing a lap belt in a low speed collision (had all her front teeth knocked out). Still better than the alternative I guess.

    • @lisaschuster686
      @lisaschuster686 2 роки тому +3

      @@gastonbell108, And remember whiplash?

    • @nicolecc7204
      @nicolecc7204 Рік тому

      @@lisaschuster686 iiiiiololgftffttfr

  • @anactualotter6216
    @anactualotter6216 5 років тому +372

    I'm glad I now know who to thank for being alive today. Dr. Stapp is someone who deserves to be better known.

    • @timweatherill3738
      @timweatherill3738 5 років тому +14

      I agree with you! He deserves to be remembered.

    • @howardbaxter2514
      @howardbaxter2514 4 роки тому +17

      I'm actually surprised Dr. Stapp and his team didn't win a Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine, as his findings created better restraints, determined the upper limits on humans experiencing G-forces, and saved hundreds of thousands of lives through the seatbelt.

    • @YeeSoest
      @YeeSoest 4 роки тому +3

      Same here. It wasn't even a wild one but two cars hitting each other head on at 30mph...that'll do without seat belts!

    • @tammymartin7282
      @tammymartin7282 4 роки тому +4

      You can see more about stapp at Holloman AFB test track squadron. You can view you tube videos of their rocket tests and reenactments.

    • @drugdealer4991
      @drugdealer4991 3 роки тому

      I

  • @elizabethagudelo7179
    @elizabethagudelo7179 3 роки тому +16

    brilliant, relentless and funny, Dr Stapp sounds like an absolutely delightful person to have a drink and a talk with

  • @LEDewey_MD
    @LEDewey_MD 5 років тому +350

    Whoa. What I was expecting - some humorous anecdotes - turned into a gut wrenching biography of Dr. Stapp (and others). I kept watching this video with incredulous apprehension as each detail unfolded. Why haven't we heard of this guy more? Is there a documentary about him? Thank you so much for telling his story. And yes - a seat belt did save my life in a terrible car accident decades ago.

    • @momcat2223
      @momcat2223 5 років тому +11

      Um...I just watched an awesome documentary about him, thanks to TIFO.

    • @kmerian
      @kmerian 4 роки тому +7

      He was my distant cousin actually, PBS has a great documentary called The Space Men, you can watch it at Amazon or on the PBS website www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/spacemen/

    • @mastick5106
      @mastick5106 3 роки тому +3

      I've wondered that myself. This is the only the second time I've come across any real discussion of him, the first being an article about him on badassoftheweek.com

    • @kevikella221
      @kevikella221 3 роки тому +4

      Butler's Law of Progress: All progress is based on a universal innate desire on the part of
      every organism to live beyond its income.

    • @The_Stumbler
      @The_Stumbler 3 роки тому +1

      @@mastick5106 he went on to help produce Hardcore Heroes. Project Excelsior and Stapp's rocket sled. I loved the 'Battle the elements' one with the firefighter and ex-marine in Katrina's wake.

  • @CrazzyLaddy69
    @CrazzyLaddy69 5 років тому +53

    Saw a sign on the highway yesterday that read: "Not buckled up? What's holding you back?"

  • @billrentz
    @billrentz 5 років тому +267

    As a retired Air Force flight medic I am well aware of Dr. Stapp. He is one of our and Air Force Flight Surgeons hero's. It was a joy to meet him in his later years. Still humble and inspiring with a great sense of humor. You can still see a portion of the original track at Edwards AFB, CA, and more at the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum. Well worth the trip to the high desert.

    • @melskunk
      @melskunk 5 років тому +7

      I'm going to be near the Edwards air base this fall.. are civilians allowed near it?

    • @noanoxan
      @noanoxan 5 років тому +3

      @@melskunk Define "near" lol

    • @jessicacanfield5408
      @jessicacanfield5408 5 років тому +5

      Could he still walk was he normal after all that? I dont mean any disrespect it is just interesting that a human could go through all that and donit again and be ok

    • @billrentz
      @billrentz 5 років тому +6

      If you present a valid ID at the gate and obtain a pass you should be good, barring any security lockdowns. Make sure you have enough gas before entering Edwards as it is about 18 miles from the main gate to the base proper. You would not be authorized to purchase gas on base.

    • @billrentz
      @billrentz 5 років тому +8

      When I met him he was pretty well up in years and you could tell he was feeling the wear and tear but he was under his own power! If I recall correctly he was back at Edwards doing some follow on research and we gave him one of our absent flight surgeons offices to use for the week.

  • @lilagtook
    @lilagtook 5 років тому +15

    It wasn't until you mentioned the longer video length that I realized I had been watching for nearly half an hour. Excellently paced and highly entertaining!

    • @jamesknapp64
      @jamesknapp64 2 роки тому +2

      It may be their best video on the channel, alls that missing was Simon's full beard; that came years later though

  • @stevehuffman7453
    @stevehuffman7453 5 років тому +398

    Murphy's Law:
    "Whatever can go wrong will; and at the most inopportune time."
    The General's Credo:
    "Mr. Murphy was an optimist."

    • @ryanalving3785
      @ryanalving3785 5 років тому +72

      If the area seems undefended, you've walked into a minefield.

    • @pr0xZen
      @pr0xZen 5 років тому +22

      Hence; FUBAR.

    • @ArcherWarhound
      @ArcherWarhound 5 років тому +19

      @@pr0xZen And SNAFU

    • @chrisroberts3870
      @chrisroberts3870 4 роки тому +6

      Also known as Skinner's Law.

    • @Alpha121198
      @Alpha121198 4 роки тому

      I only see even more meaning behind Milo Murphy being so incredibly optimistic.

  • @nokiot9
    @nokiot9 5 років тому +86

    Can you imagine this today? “Don’t have the money for for medical school so I’ll get a bachelor in zoology and a spare PHD instead”

    • @faile66
      @faile66 Рік тому

      Lol I mean, that's not close to what he did, but that would be very amusing:)

  • @Wysiwyg43
    @Wysiwyg43 5 років тому +85

    THAT t-shirt needs to exist with the credit of who said it. Forget the length of this video; it was damn well done. Virtual high five, Simon and Daven!

  • @ck8191
    @ck8191 4 роки тому +10

    My grandpa is Dick in the quote from Joe Kittinger. He was an Air Force doctor and was even on a recent History Channel special on the balloon jump. He passed away a year ago but had so many stories about his time in the service. He and Joe remained friends his entire life.

  • @steeljawX
    @steeljawX 5 років тому +103

    On a technicality, Simon, on that laundry list of injuries Stapp accumulated, profuse or even any amount of sweat wasn't one of the items...... So he was technically correct. No sweat; a lot of blood, broken bones, and time healing; but no recorded sweat whatsoever.

    • @ryandowney8743
      @ryandowney8743 4 роки тому +10

      You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.

  • @dj-kq4fz
    @dj-kq4fz 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you guys. From a former Air Force pilot whose life likely benefited and depended on the work of Dr. Stapp. Very thankful for these people and their selflessness.

  • @weemark18
    @weemark18 5 років тому +58

    you can throw this away, im going to be the test subject. what a hero

    • @lonjohnson5161
      @lonjohnson5161 5 років тому +1

      Hero is not the exact word I would choose.

    • @davidlarson242
      @davidlarson242 3 роки тому

      Not a hero. Just a man hell bent on not failing

  • @0ctopusComp1etely
    @0ctopusComp1etely 4 роки тому +48

    Today I Found Out that an absolute fearless science Chad stared death and physics down until they blinked. Multiple times.
    And many of us owe him our lives today because of it. What a trooper.

  • @RichShimmin664
    @RichShimmin664 5 років тому +53

    I have always said that the safest place on a plane is the rear - planes rarely reverse into mountainsides.

    • @katiekane5247
      @katiekane5247 5 років тому +9

      Old Carol Burnett skit

    • @griffensolomon554
      @griffensolomon554 3 роки тому +2

      Plane jokes aren’t funny.
      -Bill Burr skit

    • @MetalTrabant
      @MetalTrabant 3 роки тому +3

      If it's a mountainside, you're screwed anyway because of the explosion...

    • @benzell4
      @benzell4 3 роки тому +2

      ...rarely...?

  • @one-of-us9939
    @one-of-us9939 5 років тому +5

    Before starting this I saw 27min of length... I thot too long, but now finished I think not long enough.
    This guy did SO much... bravo bro!

  • @alexgilbert99
    @alexgilbert99 5 років тому +132

    On the subject of rear facing seats in aircraft. While in the US Navy I got to experience being launched off an aircraft carrier in a C2 Greyhound. Interesting enough the seats for all the passengers were facing to the rear and when i asked about the orientation later they told me it was to increase survivability in the event of a crash and to reduce G-force related effects when landing on the carrier.

    • @drumguy1384
      @drumguy1384 5 років тому +24

      Yep, many military aircraft have the seats facing backward because the safety stats are undeniable. Landings are also much more comfortable backward, especially if you have any fast deceleration. The G-forces push you into the seat instead of pulling you out of it. I prefer it, actually. The only reason commercial carriers don't do it is because customer focus groups tend not to like the idea.

    • @ZanyYooper
      @ZanyYooper 5 років тому +16

      Having landed on C-2 on a carrier, I can speak for, and agree, that the rear facing option was best on the body

    • @dosmastrify
      @dosmastrify 5 років тому +6

      @@drumguy1384 I think in general the g forces of commercial airlines are slightly greater on takeoff also - but that's my subjective recollection

    • @Simian-bz7zo
      @Simian-bz7zo 5 років тому +7

      @@dosmastrify Possibly, but based on personal experience I would say that the effects are negligible. The RAF used to employ re-purposed civilian airliners to move personnel (Lockheed TriStars iirc) with the seats turned backwards. I don't remember ever feeling much if any discomfort on take-off.

    • @dosmastrify
      @dosmastrify 5 років тому +3

      @@Simian-bz7zo oh no, I would never call it discomfort. Probably not even 0.3g

  • @pr0xZen
    @pr0xZen 5 років тому +1

    Dr. Stapp's work already saved my arse several times - thank you so much for your invaluable service, good Doctor.

  • @morskojvolk
    @morskojvolk 5 років тому +79

    Wow! Genuinely, one of your best.

    • @patricianorton3908
      @patricianorton3908 5 років тому +2

      morskojvolk - Oh yeah! 👍🏼 👏🏼👏🏼 👌🏻 👨🏻‍🚀 💫

  • @ryanatkinson2978
    @ryanatkinson2978 3 роки тому +3

    Stapp is one hell of a person. Amazing

  • @Odin029
    @Odin029 5 років тому +163

    Obviously my definition of no sweat and Dr. Stapp's definition are just a little different

    • @svampebob007
      @svampebob007 5 років тому +17

      ya can't sweat if you are bleeding out from your eyes and spitting out the filling in your teeth :)

    • @GoBlesstheSky
      @GoBlesstheSky 5 років тому +7

      He really broke his tail! coccyx at 7;07

    • @manufacturedfracture
      @manufacturedfracture 4 роки тому

      Im more inclined to be like stapp's

    • @jaybay3494
      @jaybay3494 4 роки тому +4

      No sweat just tears

    • @jarnold1789
      @jarnold1789 4 роки тому +1

      @@jaybay3494 And shattered wrists. Oooooof

  • @colubrinedeucecreative
    @colubrinedeucecreative 5 років тому +1

    What a hero Dr. Stapp was. Thanks for the knowledge and delivery here.

  • @JoseGranny
    @JoseGranny 5 років тому +36

    This is why I love this channel. I've known about the story of Dr. Staap and the g-force experiments but I didn't know that it played into the origins of Murphy's Law.
    Great job TIFO! 👍👏👏👏

  • @sbergenh4387
    @sbergenh4387 2 місяці тому +1

    Hello from 2024! I’m compelled to deviate from my sparse commenting habits to let TIFO and particularly Daven know that this video didn’t do it for me. But for a good reason.
    Namely, I’ve accidentally conditioned myself to relaxing (into unconsciousness) to Simon talking about palatable subjects, so I put this video on my sleeping playlist. Instead, I found myself so entertained, amused and invested that sleeping was 100% out of the window.
    I’ve been an active consumer of TIFO video and podcast content since 2015 or so, and I believe this is the best piece I’ve ever watched. Bravo! 🙌

  • @vincentpellegrino789
    @vincentpellegrino789 5 років тому +721

    Please make the t-shirt. "Sexual Intellectuals" ROTFLMAO

    • @freakfreak12345
      @freakfreak12345 5 років тому +33

      I'd so buy it.

    • @WeShareTheSameAir
      @WeShareTheSameAir 5 років тому +4

      I'm finna take a dark trip into da echelons of my masculinity den cop a Turkish rug upon which a hung aboriginal will steal my manhood in a few foul schwoops.

    • @NefariousKoel
      @NefariousKoel 5 років тому +6

      Also:
      "Sexual Tyrannosaur" - Jesse Ventura

    • @Carewolf
      @Carewolf 5 років тому +20

      Only if they have the balls to keep the uncensorred sub-title "fucking know-it-all", either under or on tha back

    • @Tydyd1
      @Tydyd1 5 років тому +4

      With an arrow pointing up, of course.

  • @Crazy_Diamond_75
    @Crazy_Diamond_75 5 років тому +2

    What an insane, amazing, and admirable person. So many discoveries, so many innovations, so many lives saved.

  • @NefariousKoel
    @NefariousKoel 5 років тому +211

    Stapp: From English Major to Human Meteorite.

  • @LassieGal
    @LassieGal 4 роки тому

    What an incredible man Dr. Stapp was. Plus all the amazing people on that team. We have a lot to thank them for.

  • @matthewsermons7247
    @matthewsermons7247 5 років тому +50

    My favorite Law:
    "Thou Shall No Expect Others to Think"

    • @dirtfarmer7472
      @dirtfarmer7472 2 місяці тому

      I hope that I can remember this comment & use it

    • @Statalyzer
      @Statalyzer Місяць тому

      ​@@dirtfarmer7472 Don't Make Me Think is a great book on web design too.

  • @mjvalles00
    @mjvalles00 5 років тому +1

    Every time I came across this episode of TIFO I bypassed it thinking that a 30-minute video on Murphy's Law couldn't possibly be interesting enough to hold my attention. It totally was! Excellent job guys.

  • @timcarder2170
    @timcarder2170 5 років тому +66

    I just watched a video on how when Stapps superiors ordered him to stop using himself as a test subject, lead to his creating the "Crash Test Dummy", leading to saving thousands of lives due to automobile (amongst other vehicles) testing creating safer vehicles, and laws enforcing said safety additions.

    • @johnp139
      @johnp139 5 років тому +4

      Tim Carder the Grumman-Alderson Research Device (GARD)

    • @nge400
      @nge400 4 роки тому +1

      0

    • @CaptainFrost32
      @CaptainFrost32 3 роки тому +4

      OG Mythbuster. He was busting myths before there was a Buster to Bust.

  • @Piper_____
    @Piper_____ 3 роки тому +8

    I work as a child passenger safety technician, and I’m super excited to learn about this! Who knew that Murphy’s law was related to car safety, even if only tangentially?

  • @sandrastreifel6452
    @sandrastreifel6452 5 років тому +46

    Dr. Stapp sounds like a great guy!

    • @sandrastreifel6452
      @sandrastreifel6452 4 роки тому +1

      I’m probably one of those “sexual intellectuals”, lol.

  • @c1ph3rpunk
    @c1ph3rpunk 4 роки тому +8

    Years ago, working at a university in IT, we had a report that vast portions of the network were down. After a bit of investigation we found a rogue home router in an office that was doling out incorrect addresses to any machine that asked rendering them dead. We go walking to said office to find the suspect and what’s on the door?
    Professor Kevin Murphy
    Of course it was.

    • @raypitts4880
      @raypitts4880 2 роки тому

      just like the clouviant
      due to unforeseen events we are closed/

    • @rosannejimenez1756
      @rosannejimenez1756 2 роки тому

      Cringe

    • @rosannejimenez1756
      @rosannejimenez1756 2 роки тому

      Glad this story really wasn't about him :) Although the title left me surprised.

  • @flamencoprof
    @flamencoprof 5 років тому +34

    I am reminded of a quote from John Gall's Systemantics (1975): - "When a fail-safe system fails, it fails by failing to fail safe".

  • @Awakeon
    @Awakeon 4 роки тому +6

    I love Dr. Stapp. ♡ What a frickin' selfless genius.

  • @joannivaldi2106
    @joannivaldi2106 5 років тому +190

    Wow! This guy Stapp was a hero and a little crazy too. This video was really good, especially with all the bonus facts. Can't wait for the Sexual Intellectual tee shirts😁

    • @ThatsJustLikeYourOpinionMan
      @ThatsJustLikeYourOpinionMan 5 років тому +6

      A LITTLE crazy? Dude was completely bonkers and borderline suicidal. Lol

    • @bookmouse770
      @bookmouse770 5 років тому +2

      @@ThatsJustLikeYourOpinionMan guilt

    • @DuelScreen
      @DuelScreen 5 років тому +4

      @@bookmouse770 Yeah, probably survivor's guilt over his nephew. Sad but we are all beneficiaries of his work. Incredible.

  • @enriquehartmann8642
    @enriquehartmann8642 4 роки тому +1

    I am alive because of this guy. Thank You Dr. Stapp

  • @zl1388
    @zl1388 5 років тому +19

    I’m so happy with the longer video! The pacing is great and the information is so much fun!

  • @choosejesus1es
    @choosejesus1es 4 роки тому +1

    I unintentionally learned about Kittinger during my high school years (about a thousand years ago) and now I know even more about him...cool! It was nice to learn about Stapp and Murphy too!

  • @derekdouglas6147
    @derekdouglas6147 5 років тому +1489

    We all know what Murphy's Law is, but have any of you ever heard of Cole's Law?
    It's thinly sliced cabbage

    • @jasmineatkroger6556
      @jasmineatkroger6556 5 років тому +37

      Lol good one!

    • @movieloverfan18
      @movieloverfan18 5 років тому +13

      Lol

    • @ABCDoris
      @ABCDoris 5 років тому +9

      Derek Douglas 😂🤭

    • @WeShareTheSameAir
      @WeShareTheSameAir 5 років тому +15

      @@ABCDoris IM FINNA GET CAUGHT UP TO MY ELBOWS IN COLESLAW. WE STILL ON FOR MINI GOLF, SHAWTY FLAP JACKZ?

    • @jpe1
      @jpe1 5 років тому +15

      Derek Douglas I remember reading that joke in a book in the early 90’s. The book was a compendium of variations of Murphy’s Law because, after all, Murphy was an *optimist.*
      Thank you for the reminder 😀

  • @sinth13
    @sinth13 5 років тому +3

    Brilliant video! Very informative. A seat belt saved my life once when I was in the Air Force, so thank you Doctor!

  • @matthewsermons7247
    @matthewsermons7247 5 років тому +19

    "Thou Shall Not Expect Others to Think" (for themselves)

  • @timothyreed616
    @timothyreed616 4 роки тому +1

    Puts a new meaning at being “strapped in”

  • @edmondpecotjr.8888
    @edmondpecotjr.8888 5 років тому +55

    "We see things as we are, not as they are." Anais Nin...

    • @ChristmasLore
      @ChristmasLore 3 роки тому +2

      A man reading Anaïs, that's nice 🍃

  • @andreadiamond7115
    @andreadiamond7115 4 роки тому

    Thank you Dr. Stapp. Brave, brave man.

  • @luigithegreat1331
    @luigithegreat1331 5 років тому +23

    Murphy's law is my favorite thing to quote.
    Thank you for making this

  • @maeve4686
    @maeve4686 4 роки тому

    Thankyou for this video. Not all heroes need recognition by their own standards. Sounds like Dr. Stapp was as humble as being the hero that he was.

  • @escott1981
    @escott1981 5 років тому +12

    That was a wonderful video! I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you for making such great vids! I didn't know there was such a heroic story behind "Murphy's Law" and I didn't know it was about checking things to prevent the worst, not just merely expecting the worst.

  • @Ckom-Tunes
    @Ckom-Tunes 3 роки тому

    This is probably your best video-full of interesting facts and very funny. But most of all you managed to introduce
    Dr. Stapp! Truly an unsung hero! Bravo!

  • @TotallyGlitch
    @TotallyGlitch 5 років тому +95

    I'd buy that t-shirt, especially if it includes appropriate mla citations

  • @Velacroix
    @Velacroix 4 роки тому +9

    Doctor Stapp was a true mad lad.
    Now to scroll till I find a, "Stapp didn't know when to stapp." pun.

  • @DualKeys
    @DualKeys 5 років тому +24

    I wish I could like this multiple times. Very interesting and informative, loved the bonus facts. One of the best videos y'all have done.

  • @bobbieleveline3207
    @bobbieleveline3207 5 років тому

    This is one of the MOST IMPORTANT video you guys have ever done!!! Very, very, informative...Bravo!

  • @patricianorton3908
    @patricianorton3908 5 років тому +23

    Super presentation of a series of historic scientific events. Another "hit" Simon. Thanks 👵🏻🤗🤩

  • @Algorithmicgeneratedwordsalad
    @Algorithmicgeneratedwordsalad 4 роки тому +1

    This is a great video thank you my mother used to work in an Alzheimer's facility where she used to work with a lot of old army Pilots and she had worked with somebody who was one of the first Pilots to break the sound barrier she said there were more pilots than any other occupation that ended up in the Alzheimer's facility

    • @JohnEdward-no4gu
      @JohnEdward-no4gu Рік тому

      Interesting observation, warranting further study...

  • @rodneykelly8768
    @rodneykelly8768 5 років тому +75

    24:45 Tim Conway, while doing a skit on “The Carol Burnett Show,” said it best, “You’ve never hear of a plane backing into a mountain.”

    • @LisaBowers
      @LisaBowers 5 років тому +17

      LOL! I think that was on the "No-Frills Airlines" skit. I _loved_ watching Tim Conway on The Carol Burnett Show. He always had me in tears. 🤣😭

    • @Wysiwyg43
      @Wysiwyg43 5 років тому +16

      I remember that skit and used the quote several times while growing up. As I grew older, I said it with the most dead pan expression causing people to laugh because it was so outlandish. RIP Tim Conway. I blame my sense of humor on the Carol Burnett Show. LOL Good memories...

    • @insane_troll
      @insane_troll 5 років тому +1

      It would be better if it was "heard", not "hear".

    • @dalesplitstone6276
      @dalesplitstone6276 5 років тому +4

      @@LisaBowers Tim Conway was the best part of the show.

    • @gerfmon1
      @gerfmon1 5 років тому +3

      His story of the Siamese twin elephants and "SNORK!" was always my favorite. 🤣

  • @Doc_OLDGUY_Savage
    @Doc_OLDGUY_Savage 5 років тому +11

    Why the variety of accounts?
    Tongue firmly in cheek:
    If anything can be misremembered, it will be misremembered.

  • @JustMe-cr1dr
    @JustMe-cr1dr 5 років тому +8

    A rocket sled named "Gee Whiz" - cracked me up! Now, I can picture him, at the end of his run, jumping up with his hands held high, shouting....... "I'm OK.....I'm OK!". Love you, Simon! Love this channel! Keep 'em coming!

  • @OlyChickenGuy
    @OlyChickenGuy 4 роки тому +4

    My high school art teacher's father, Jarvis Wallen, is the man responsible for designing the back end of planes that we still use today. My friend's dad, Hugh Stotts, designed the landing gear, much later, the landing gear being the only in tact part of the plane the first one with his design went down. My art teacher was very proud to show us her father's certificate of achievement from Boeing for his design in WWII.

  • @Machtyn
    @Machtyn 5 років тому +26

    One of my mentors worked with Murphy on the SR71.

  • @mammamiia08
    @mammamiia08 3 роки тому +3

    Learning that he wanted to continue after losing his sight for couple of hours - STAP STAPP! 🤯

  • @felinespirits
    @felinespirits 5 років тому +10

    Most military aircraft, when configured for passengers, have the seats facing backwards. The colloquial phrase was "fly backwards airlines".

  • @nopamineLevel100
    @nopamineLevel100 4 роки тому

    What an absolute champ! Still saving thousands of lives today. A true scientist and humanist.

  • @timan2039
    @timan2039 5 років тому +31

    If not for an unimaginably horrific accident the world would not have benefited so greatly from the talents and drive of a very honorable person.

  • @mauricedavis8261
    @mauricedavis8261 3 роки тому

    What a great life used for the betterment of all mankind, top notch episode Simon!!!🙏👍😎

  • @NefariousKoel
    @NefariousKoel 5 років тому +13

    6:00 "His rubber face being literally ripped off" by the G-forces.
    Reminds me of that part in 'The Expanse' (3rd season?) where the daredevil pilot tried to fly his spaceship through the alien gate and was stopped instantly. Chunky Salsa Face - POOF!

  • @AH-wm9nx
    @AH-wm9nx 3 роки тому

    I love this guy. I wish I knew about him sooner. What a crazy wonderful chap!

  • @thomasarledge1933
    @thomasarledge1933 5 років тому +60

    The 1st corollary to Murphy's Law is "Murphy was an optimist"

    • @LiLi-or2gm
      @LiLi-or2gm 5 років тому +16

      Here's a couple more: "A bolt or nut dropped during an engine repair will always fall into the least accessible location." "The likelihood of finding a tool is inversely proportional to its need." And from back in the day, "A $230 CRT will always protect a 5¢ fuse."

    • @johnblackstone5261
      @johnblackstone5261 5 років тому

      I'm sure I've seen this on COD4s dear screen in the campaign

    • @darkamora5123
      @darkamora5123 5 років тому +6

      Don't forget Murphy's inversion, "If something can't possibly go wrong, it will."

    • @scruffster2497
      @scruffster2497 5 років тому

      @@darkamora5123 The Titanic is unsinkable. 😁

    • @wordsmithgmxch
      @wordsmithgmxch 5 років тому +2

      Also: "Cut-to-length wires are too short." That one cost the Airbus A380 program about $5 billion and 2-5 years of delay, depending on how you calculate it.

  • @edylcnostrebor9722
    @edylcnostrebor9722 4 роки тому

    Thank you for sharing your experience with us all

  • @rogergadley9965
    @rogergadley9965 5 років тому +49

    Murphy was a real person. Yaaay.

  • @TheFireMonkey
    @TheFireMonkey 4 роки тому

    Your comment about rear facing seats brought to mine a show I watched as a kid - Captain Scarlet had vehicles called SPVs [Spectrum Pursuit Vehicles] which had the seat on a gimbal so that it would swivel to make it always face "backwards" relative to the G-forces - the driver used a screen rather than a windshield so that no matter what way they were facing their view remained forward. Don't know if you ever watched any Supermarionation shows but I thought this would be an interesting tidbit.
    That aside, I have often wondered if there was a Murphy so I am glad to have that answered.

  • @Otokichi786
    @Otokichi786 5 років тому +5

    This segment brought to you by "Whistler's Law," where "Deck-a-tour" is the same as "De-cay-ter."
    As for automobiles being more dangerous than aircraft, our 1963 Plymouth Valiant DID NOT have seat belts, which was a worry. (This made one drive very carefully/"drive defensively" or else.)

    • @patricianorton3908
      @patricianorton3908 5 років тому

      Otokichi786 - I had bolted-to-the-floor seat belts installed (no retraction reel available) into my '62 beetle. Fish around on the floor b4 buckling up. Dirt streaks anyone? 👵🏻 🥴 😫

  • @JJNITROFAN
    @JJNITROFAN 2 місяці тому

    Another excellent presentation. Dr. Stapp was courageous and incredibly intelligent, it to mention a humane and hilarious individual. Thank you for this video.

  • @MonkeyJedi99
    @MonkeyJedi99 5 років тому +45

    Chuck Yeager spoke the way he felt. Got to respect that.

    • @fivecitydirttracker4776
      @fivecitydirttracker4776 5 років тому +5

      I liked his quotes as well. They seems factual to me.

    • @NsomniAtl
      @NsomniAtl 4 роки тому +1

      Is that why Capt Edward Joseph Dwight Jr never became an astronaut?
      The Smithsonian Channel documentary "Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier”

    • @longbottle
      @longbottle 4 роки тому +2

      He continues to! I follow him on Twitter, he's still alive and active in his late 90s.

  • @johnt.inscrutable1545
    @johnt.inscrutable1545 5 років тому

    I’ve always been fascinated by these types of “natural laws”. They seem to encapsulate the laws of physics and the psychology of humans into a succinct and sometimes counterintuitive bit of important truth. They provide some teal insight into the workings of the human mind as it interacts with the very unforgiving laws of nature. That puts this video up near the top of my list of favorite videos yet viewed. Thanks to Simon’s witty delivery and the rest of the teams efforts to provide the best edutainment available.
    There is no better way to learn than to do so while laughing so hard that one has tears running down one’s cheeks.
    Thanks, also, to Brilliant, for sponsoring these longer videos. Between all the channels the Simon hosts and sponsors like Brilliant and the folks on Patreon my days are better and more enjoyable than they otherwise would be. Of course, the same group of people may be responsible for me not getting my work completed as well. The allure of these videos is sometimes more compelling than doing what I ought.
    My sincere thanks and best wishes to Simon, the creator team, and all sponsors and supporters for both enhancing my life and limiting my progress by distraction ;-)
    John
    2019/09/08-17:19 UTC

  • @christaylor6674
    @christaylor6674 5 років тому +61

    Please make that shirt in 4XLT. I want to be the biggest "Sexual Intellectual" in history.

    • @LordDragon1965
      @LordDragon1965 5 років тому +3

      I'll need a 8XLT...

    • @pattihawks8514
      @pattihawks8514 5 років тому +2

      Could you have a female
      SI t-shirt, v-neck? I’d love one! lol ✌️🦋

  • @bugvswindshield
    @bugvswindshield 4 роки тому +2

    I've known this for years! One of my childhood heros was the legendary Cpt. Joe Kittinger . (yes he was the guy who jumped from 100k feet with a duct taped "space" suit and parachuted to earth) and Kittinger was the "chase pilot" for Stapp's "rocket sled" rides.
    ha ! you put in there :)

    • @astronomenov99
      @astronomenov99 2 місяці тому +1

      Kittinger crops up in a lot of stories!

  • @finegrain1815
    @finegrain1815 5 років тому +245

    Can't afford med school but earns 2 advanced degrees prior to attending said Med school?
    Priorities.

    • @GradyPhilpott
      @GradyPhilpott 5 років тому +34

      Persistence.

    • @eyekanspalwerds7824
      @eyekanspalwerds7824 5 років тому +53

      This was back in the day when getting a degree didn't put you in crippling debt. He was able to get a degree that he could afford and work a bit while saving up money. In effect, he was able to upgrade his degrees.

    • @donaldendsley6199
      @donaldendsley6199 5 років тому +18

      @@eyekanspalwerds7824 In the sciences a lot of times a PhD is basically free(ish), and many PhD candidates actually earn a bit of money. He probably had to be in a PhD program to have the job as a research assistant.

    • @danaphanous
      @danaphanous 5 років тому +12

      @@eyekanspalwerds7824 I have a PhD, and I can confirm that you get paid a stipend to live on and free tuition as a US citizen. Medical school this is not the case. Sounds like the system was similar back then. The main reason for this is medical school is in much higher demand than PhDs. They are willing to pay people to do PhDs because not enough americans are willing to go to grad school and do research.

    • @jpdemer5
      @jpdemer5 5 років тому +10

      Yep - you basically work for free (paid just enough to cover your rent and groceries), for 4-6 years (of ten-hour days), in order to earn a Ph.D. (Mine took 5 years.) You have to really, really like your field of research, just to consider it.
      I like to point out that while most Ph.D.'s could breeze through law school, very few lawyers could ever earn a Ph.D.

  • @buzbuz33-99
    @buzbuz33-99 5 років тому +6

    Apparently impressed by Stapp's work, in 1956 Ford tried to market their cars as safer and introduced an options package that included seat belts. Ford lost so badly to Chevy that "Safety Doesn't Sell" became an industry motto. Seat belts did not become mandatory in the US until 1968.
    I remember reading a cartoon in "Boy's Life" magazine sometime in the mid 1960s that showed in graphic detail what happened to the driver of a car during a crash, including the coupe de gras of being impaled on the steering column.

    • @davidlogansr8007
      @davidlogansr8007 2 місяці тому +1

      Ford outsold Chevy in both 1956 and 1957. This 27:14 despite the tri50’s chevy’s now considered great cars. My Dad bought a ‘57 Chevy and traded it a year later on a ‘56 DeSoto! Dad told me many times that that Chevy was a Lousy car, and the rear window leaked so badly that it made my Mother sick to ride in it! The DeSoto was a Much better car and I remember it well!

    • @buzbuz33-99
      @buzbuz33-99 2 місяці тому

      @@davidlogansr8007 Thanks. I had been relying on statements like "Ford outsold Chevrolet for the 1957 model year for the first time since 1935". I have not examined the data in detail, but am guessing that conclusions may vary depending on which models are included in the comparison. We had a 1957 two-tone Dodge with big fins and a push-button transmission. A leaky rear window would not have been appreciated since we kids often slept there during long trips.

  • @sock2828
    @sock2828 5 років тому +4

    This had a surprisingly interesting cast of characters and events.

  • @uggligr
    @uggligr 3 роки тому

    This is a great video. I did not know of his other heroic deeds. I have no personal experience of seat belts, but I once watched helplessly as a construction hard hat saved a man's life. A ladder fell on his head; the hard hat got knocked off and he was physically knocked to the ground, but there was absolutely no injury whatsoever. In another incident where I had to report a license plate number to the police, I saw a guy driving down the street with a motorcycle stuck up underneath his car. The cops gave the rider a ride to his motorcycle. His helmet was all scratched up, but the head inside it was OK.

    • @uggligr
      @uggligr 3 роки тому

      I went to the police station the next morning and asked the cop, a motorcycle cop (!) what happened when he showed up at the driver's home.
      "Is this your car?"
      "Yes."
      "We got a report it was involved in a little accident last night. Do you know anything about that?"
      "Well ... I hit something."
      "What did you hit?"
      " A motorcycle."
      "And where is the rider?"
      "I don't know."
      "Maybe he's stuck up underneath your car, still."
      "I don't think so."
      "Maybe he's lying out on the freeway. Dead."
      '"Is he dead?"
      "Well, how do YOU care?"

  • @popuptarget7386
    @popuptarget7386 5 років тому +38

    The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.
    Douglas Adams

    • @tiagox3275
      @tiagox3275 5 років тому +3

      a genius, that man

    • @metamorphicorder
      @metamorphicorder 5 років тому +1

      Of course thats true because when you design something so that it cant fail, you dont design it to be repaired, because why? You wont ever have to.

    • @JLHunter61
      @JLHunter61 5 років тому

      @metamorphicorder Well, at least until it inevitably does fail.

  • @williamellis8593
    @williamellis8593 3 роки тому +3

    There's an "O'Toole's Commentary on Murphy's Law" stating "Murphy was an optimist." Then there's "Ellis' Observation of O'Toole's Commentary" saying "O'Toole underestimated Murphy's optimism." (By the way, I'm the Ellis.)

  • @wordsmithgmxch
    @wordsmithgmxch 5 років тому +4

    Yep! The back rows are safest. If you fly first class, you'll arrive first at the scene of the accident.

  • @Dexy83
    @Dexy83 2 роки тому

    Dr. Stapp's face is kind, very comforting for a doc!

  • @Akula114
    @Akula114 5 років тому +4

    On the failure of Heuristic analysis with conjectural or subjective variables:
    "When any parameter of a problem is comprised of any degree of opinion, the result will be diametrically opposed to that which is desired or expected."

  • @luphinus
    @luphinus 5 років тому +1

    This totally didn't feel like 27+ minutes. Well done!

  • @paulgracey4697
    @paulgracey4697 5 років тому +10

    You have included just about every permutation of "Murphys Law" that I know about, but not defined the difference that Murphy himself intended. While Dr. Stapp understood the significance of it as a cautionary advisory to check everything twice, most people see the saying as a fatalistic statement about some things being beyond human control. I generally restate the law as you say Murphy once did. Using the idea that if it was possible to put something into place the wrong way, someone with the best of intentions would sooner or later do it that way. Thus employed, Murphys Law requires that it not be possible to put it in the wrong way round.

    • @ABCDoris
      @ABCDoris 5 років тому +1

      Paul Gracey Murphy attempted fool-proofing.

    • @fivecitydirttracker4776
      @fivecitydirttracker4776 5 років тому

      @@ABCDoris yep.

    • @spudthepug
      @spudthepug 5 років тому

      And have a plan for when things do go wrong.

    • @curtisstewart9594
      @curtisstewart9594 4 роки тому

      @Ken Hudson that is the guiding principle of the Air Force. Being the intellectuals of the armed forces the level of idiots that are attracted to the Air Force requires them to always be planning for the new and improved idiot.

    • @judithstrachan9399
      @judithstrachan9399 2 місяці тому

      @@ABCDoris”Never underestimate the ingenuity of a fool.”

  • @burningflag3679
    @burningflag3679 5 років тому

    I answered this question on Quora. Some people didn't like my answer. Now I can just link this, Thanks.

  • @sophiet1576
    @sophiet1576 5 років тому +9

    No mention of Ralph Nader being responsible for the law making seatbelts mandatory? It was his book "Unsafe at any Speed" that brought the problem to the public's attention.

    • @jwooten1951
      @jwooten1951 5 років тому +3

      Screw Ralph

    • @owenshebbeare2999
      @owenshebbeare2999 3 роки тому

      Seatbelts were mandatory in many places long before Nader jumped on the bandwagon. He just followed states such as Victoria, Australia. Nader may have been groundbreaking...in the US, but he wasn't original.

  • @cocobloco5056
    @cocobloco5056 4 роки тому

    Stapp, Yeager...... unsung heroes...... Thanks for the video. Truly one of my favourites....

  • @barrythebluebear
    @barrythebluebear 5 років тому +15

    I say"Give Daven a raise!" Great script.