I didn't like that scene. It is inconsistent that Sheldon smiles because he knew the equation and remembered it off the top of his head fluently. That is anyhow impressive for someone who has an IQ >180. I have about 120 and can easily do that with many equations and many sorts of stuff. I bet someone with a slightly worst memory can also do it. Probably the average person can do that. The equation isn't even difficult. It is very simple
What's funny is that I find myself in that position. I just like to observe humans and be fascinated by their ideas (or usually what I've encountered, idiocy).
@pugazhenthi6868 Don't make me do the math......... your careless use of posed hypotheticals is endangering those of us with calculus knowledge, ADHD, and too much other stuff to do. Dam it man, don't you know how dangerous open-ended questions are!?! edit: fuckfuckfuck fine.
Alright. Lets do this. N = R*Fp*Ne*f1*fi*fc*L So he mentions (# of single women) and (who might find us attractive), and these are both an unknown constant for any area, and both statistical measures, so I'm assuming the premise here is to modify the drake equation to calculate these two constants to deliver some number N which is the number of women they can sleep with, which can GIVE us a probability of them running INTO based on # of women they manage to talk to in a night and the total population of women in L.A. Lets take a look at these factors. Fortunately for us the ORDER of the factors in the equation is intentionally set up to also be chronological for civilization developement. R* is the star formation in this galaxy, Lets call that "Females who are currently in L.A" for no other reason than it makes sense as a first premise. You could approximate this as half the population of L.A, transients not included simply because (the currently-present population - transient pop) is roughly going to be total pop anyway. fp is the fraction of stars with planets, this one is kind of a must, because star-based life seems incredibly unlikely. Lets reassign this one to "Fraction of Females who can, or would, go to a bar" ^ these can be calculated easily. Now the harder ones. Ne is the average number of life-sustainable planets in a solar system, which, I think should be best reinterpretted as "Women who are remotely available" because it describes the absolute basic conditions too, which excludes lesbians, happily married women, and women faithfully practicing a religion with a tenant of chastity. ^ You could probably calculate this fairly accurately based polling statistics which are available such as # of religious/married/lesbian women, and can be adjusted for Bisexuals, polled religious people who might violate this tenant, and the probability of an affair x married women #. At this point we've discovered # of single women. Now for the second part. f1 describes fraction of habitable planets that actually develop life. fi is the fraction of intelligent life. fc is the fraction of intelligent life that can send signals into space we could detect. These three factors are the nature of the women, i'd say f1 would be women who are actually interested at all. And at this point, the wolowitz coefficient comes into play to describe f1 and fc as average frequency of sexual partners and BMI squared, no i dont know why squared, but lets assume its correct, it is Wolowitz after all, im sure he knows. At the end you'd get "Fraction of women without a type * Negative frequency of sexual partners * BMI^2" This just leaves L, which, i dont have anything to put for it so im just gonna leave it out. This leaves us with: "Females who are currently in L.A" x "Women who are remotely available / female pop L.A" x "Average Fraction of women who'd be at a bar. aka. " x "Fraction of women who would pick up a guy" x " 1 / frequency of sexual partners in men/time" x "BMI^2" Notably, the radius of 40 miles is considerably larger than the entire L.A and connected cities area, so we can ignore this factor entirely. This should give 3.85million people / 2 - 1.925m From what i can find, about 15-25% = 500,000 * (Couldn't find any solid stat for this, but its somwhere in the range of like 25%) = 125,000 This one is ROUGH to figure out, but its not much, something like 10% of hookups so lets say only a third. 40k. BMI / frequency of sexual partners is the wolowitz coef that is confusing and odd to calculate, so im going to say its some adjustment to our figure thats turns 40k into 12k. .............................. That is BIZARRELY close.
does the coefficient change year to year or season to season based on changing levels of overall neediness such as in the holidays or valentines day since the actual equation is based on population. id say its int from 1 to day of the year of N dD times dress size squared
@@shieldfaith1 past a certain point I'm pretty sure Jim Parsons doesn't digest what any of the facts he says actually means. Especially if he doesnt have the base knowledge required to understand it would be close to possible for him to learn from his lines. Kind of the problem with focusing on rote learning in schools. You just don't learn much
Possibly my favorite scene from the entire show. It encapsulates each of the four characters perfectly. I think this is what I'd show to somebody who had never watched TBBT before.
Fascinating! I never thought of this scene encompassing the heart of the show's personality. I will now perform an experiment by watching the show as if I were a first time viewer and take every detail in!
Wolowitz: Are you familiar with the Drake equation? Sheldon: The one that estimates the odds of making contact with extra terrestrials by calculating the product of increasingly restrictive series of fractional values such as those stars and planets and those planets likely to develop life N = R times FP times NE times FL times FI times FC times L? Wolowitz: -__- Yea, that one.
With all due respect to the wolowitz coefficient. "Dress size × Neediness ^2" makes more sense since Neediness has a higher impact on women hooking up with Howard than dress size does, I would think😂
I would love to see the bloopers of Sheldon reciting the Drake equation!! The Drake Equation - The one that estimates the odds of making contact with extraterrestrials by calculating the product of an increasingly restrictive series of fractional values; such as those stars with planets, and those planets likely to develop life? N=R*FP*NE*FL*FI*FC*L
He did try once, when he was trying to increase his longevity, so that he could live the time when men can transfer their consciousness and live as a machine forever......it ended in a disaster
@@blankb.2277 all he can afford? Look at the stuff he has, his laptop is over 1500$ for sure and not to mention his comics and collectibles, which all together would cost around 30000$ (even more if he has any retro special edition stuff)
Aleksandar Topic he probably prioritizes those things above his diet so in his mind he can’t afford it. I read in an article that he only makes about $40,000 a year.
Sheldon also doesn’t have a gallbladder which is why he schedules his meals so much. As someone who also doesn’t have a gallbladder...the struggle is real.
I just noticed Sheldon's voice was sorta deeper in the early seasons, maybe because over time he became more expressive with his feelings and empathetic towards others
*I gave up after season 4…* Howard was always chasing chicks (and getting shot down), but then gets married. So, that wasn’t fun anymore. Raj could never talk when women were around. Then after he started drinking, he was talking to everyone, and that wasn’t fun anymore either. 😒
Sheldon: :D Wolowitz: You can modify it to calculate our chances of having sex by changing the formula to use the number of single women in Los Angeles, the number of those who might find us attractive, and what I call the Wolowitz coefficient. Raj: The Wolowitz Coefficient? Wolowitz: Neediness*(Dress Size)^2. Crunching the numbers I come up with a conservative 5,812 potential sex partners within a 40 mile radius.
this scene contains one of my favourite bloopers on the gag reel...simon (wolowitz) is supposed to say '99 cent margaritas and 2-for-1 Jello shots!' but it came out '99 cent margaritas and 2 percent F***!' For whatever reason that made me laugh until I cried
The one that estimates the odds of making contact with extraterrestrials by calculating the product of an increasingly restrictive series of fractional values such as those stars with planets, and those planets likely to develop life? N equals R times FP times NE times FL times FI times FC times L?
It's funny how they never put food on their mouths, they just play with it to make it seem they're eating, so that it never runs out and can do as many retakes as possible. It's probably not even fully edible, leaonard's package is most likely empty, they do eat at the end once the scene demands it and once they are sure no more retakes are needed.
@Lucuskane There is no exact number, the calculation is based on the numbers of stars, what ever they may be. So its more of a probability to ratio calculation to give an estimate rather than an exact value. For example, if we could only see 100000 stars would use the equation to calculate the possibility of life in those systems. Not which ones contains a planet with life.
This is my life in a nutshell. I stay in. I don't go out to clubs or socialize much, if at all. I'm one of those people who never leaves his comfort zone.
I am an engineer and that line “I never joke about math or sex” pretty sums up my whole time in college
*horny engineer
😁
Kanka hangi Universiteye bitirdin.
@@jjbb3148 ODTÜ İnşaat
I am an engineer and that line i never joke about math or sex pretty sums up my whole time is college
I love how Sheldon feels proud when he is correct.
It's called arrogance lol and if a friend did that I'd say 'no, the other Drake equation' just to make him feel less smug.
@@develynseether4426 but you know not even deep down that he's right lol
Does Americans always eat this type of food for dinner.?
@@develynseether4426 it's no arrogance it's scientific data
I didn't like that scene. It is inconsistent that Sheldon smiles because he knew the equation and remembered it off the top of his head fluently. That is anyhow impressive for someone who has an IQ >180. I have about 120 and can easily do that with many equations and many sorts of stuff. I bet someone with a slightly worst memory can also do it. Probably the average person can do that. The equation isn't even difficult. It is very simple
Mad respect to Jim Parsons for being able to execute very difficult lines.
Yeah it's almost as if he's an actor by profession.
@@aaronleperspicace1704 I'm not dumb, I know he's a plumber.
with the amount of rehearsals and readings they go through, you can do it too.
@@blackmass1082 You think I can do it? 😢
@@frankie2936 100%
“Lock up your daughters we’re gonna hit it and quit it” was an underrated line
came looking for this. no wonder kunar end up marrying a former miss india LMAO
I heard it as Knock 😬
Lock up your daughters we're gonna hit it and quit it was an underrated line
It’s one of those lines where just hearing it, you can guess Raj said it LOL
Derived from a line in himym I believe
Proof that Sheldon just sits back and observes the human mind and how it functions 😂😂😂
and has no clue what to make of it
Yes and he is like "fascinating " . That is hilarious 🤣🤣
Maybe Penny was right & he reports his observations to his extraterrestrial overlords
What's funny is that I find myself in that position. I just like to observe humans and be fascinated by their ideas (or usually what I've encountered, idiocy).
It’s scary how well thought out and accurate “The Wolowitz coefficient” is.
Has anyone tried to implement the Wolowitz coefficient and verify its applicability?
@pugazhenthi6868
Don't make me do the math......... your careless use of posed hypotheticals is endangering those of us with calculus knowledge, ADHD, and too much other stuff to do.
Dam it man, don't you know how dangerous open-ended questions are!?!
edit: fuckfuckfuck fine.
Alright. Lets do this.
N = R*Fp*Ne*f1*fi*fc*L
So he mentions (# of single women) and (who might find us attractive), and these are both an unknown constant for any area, and both statistical measures, so I'm assuming the premise here is to modify the drake equation to calculate these two constants to deliver some number N which is the number of women they can sleep with, which can GIVE us a probability of them running INTO based on # of women they manage to talk to in a night and the total population of women in L.A.
Lets take a look at these factors.
Fortunately for us the ORDER of the factors in the equation is intentionally set up to also be chronological for civilization developement.
R* is the star formation in this galaxy, Lets call that "Females who are currently in L.A" for no other reason than it makes sense as a first premise. You could approximate this as half the population of L.A, transients not included simply because (the currently-present population - transient pop) is roughly going to be total pop anyway.
fp is the fraction of stars with planets, this one is kind of a must, because star-based life seems incredibly unlikely.
Lets reassign this one to "Fraction of Females who can, or would, go to a bar"
^ these can be calculated easily.
Now the harder ones.
Ne is the average number of life-sustainable planets in a solar system, which, I think should be best reinterpretted as "Women who are remotely available" because it describes the absolute basic conditions too, which excludes lesbians, happily married women, and women faithfully practicing a religion with a tenant of chastity.
^ You could probably calculate this fairly accurately based polling statistics which are available such as # of religious/married/lesbian women, and can be adjusted for Bisexuals, polled religious people who might violate this tenant, and the probability of an affair x married women #.
At this point we've discovered # of single women.
Now for the second part.
f1 describes fraction of habitable planets that actually develop life.
fi is the fraction of intelligent life.
fc is the fraction of intelligent life that can send signals into space we could detect.
These three factors are the nature of the women, i'd say f1 would be women who are actually interested at all.
And at this point, the wolowitz coefficient comes into play to describe f1 and fc as average frequency of sexual partners and BMI squared, no i dont know why squared, but lets assume its correct, it is Wolowitz after all, im sure he knows.
At the end you'd get "Fraction of women without a type * Negative frequency of sexual partners * BMI^2"
This just leaves L, which, i dont have anything to put for it so im just gonna leave it out.
This leaves us with:
"Females who are currently in L.A"
x
"Women who are remotely available / female pop L.A"
x
"Average Fraction of women who'd be at a bar. aka. "
x
"Fraction of women who would pick up a guy"
x
" 1 / frequency of sexual partners in men/time"
x
"BMI^2"
Notably, the radius of 40 miles is considerably larger than the entire L.A and connected cities area, so we can ignore this factor entirely.
This should give 3.85million people / 2 - 1.925m
From what i can find, about 15-25% = 500,000
* (Couldn't find any solid stat for this, but its somwhere in the range of like 25%) = 125,000
This one is ROUGH to figure out, but its not much, something like 10% of hookups so lets say only a third. 40k.
BMI / frequency of sexual partners is the wolowitz coef that is confusing and odd to calculate, so im going to say its some adjustment to our figure thats turns 40k into 12k.
..............................
That is BIZARRELY close.
does the coefficient change year to year or season to season based on changing levels of overall neediness such as in the holidays or valentines day since the actual equation is based on population. id say its int from 1 to day of the year of N dD times dress size squared
Sheldon always had the hardest lines in the show
@bigworm281 But he gets to learn more physics.
@@shieldfaith1 past a certain point I'm pretty sure Jim Parsons doesn't digest what any of the facts he says actually means. Especially if he doesnt have the base knowledge required to understand it would be close to possible for him to learn from his lines.
Kind of the problem with focusing on rote learning in schools. You just don't learn much
But he know what lines are at the right time
@@Roflmao6173 yeah ofcourse he doesn't learn bcos he is just an actor, saying he learns is too much right
@@Roflmao6173 first intelligent comment...
Everyone's a rapper until Sheldon starts with the formulas 🤣
Possibly my favorite scene from the entire show. It encapsulates each of the four characters perfectly. I think this is what I'd show to somebody who had never watched TBBT before.
Fascinating! I never thought of this scene encompassing the heart of the show's personality. I will now perform an experiment by watching the show as if I were a first time viewer and take every detail in!
Peaches and Apollo literally what I did
Exactly, they really ruined the characters after season 6,
Wolowitz: Are you familiar with the Drake equation?
Sheldon: The one that estimates the odds of making contact with extra terrestrials by calculating the product of increasingly restrictive series of fractional values such as those stars and planets and those planets likely to develop life N = R times FP times NE times FL times FI times FC times L?
Wolowitz: -__- Yea, that one.
I’m impressed
Im actually trying to reAd it as fast as sheldons
Respect bro😅
Tried, but failed... How does he do that???? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Holy shit I did it after 3 times! 🤘🎉💪
Who agrees with me that Howard was a genius to come up with the “Wolowitz Coefficient.” “Neediness x Dress size ^2
With all due respect to the wolowitz coefficient. "Dress size × Neediness ^2" makes more sense since Neediness has a higher impact on women hooking up with Howard than dress size does, I would think😂
Shouldn't it have been Neediness / Dress size ^ 2?
@@vijayjayaraman5990 no that would mean Wolowitz gets a lot of chicks with low dress sizes
@@Adrian-to3gq yes. isn't that what the coefficient represents?
@@vijayjayaraman5990 i'd assume not😂
After Jim Parsons' dialogue delivery, I never questioned actors' pay check..👌🏼
"Here we go" has to be the best line ever😂😂
"I am a horny engineer leonard...I never joke about math or sex." LMFAO GENIUUUUUUUSS
"I'm a horny engineer, Leonard I never joke about women or sex" 😅😂😂 that kills me every freakin time
Math*
so are you dead yet? are you some kind of cat that has more than one life?
I would love to see the bloopers of Sheldon reciting the Drake equation!!
The Drake Equation - The one that estimates the odds of making contact with extraterrestrials by calculating the product of an increasingly restrictive series of fractional values; such as those stars with planets, and those planets likely to develop life?
N=R*FP*NE*FL*FI*FC*L
Michael A yeah that one
Awesome
I wonder how many takes did that take. Lol. That was AMAZING!
I know 31 digits of pi and it wasn’t that hard probably just need to practice it for a few days
@@benwalker4305 weird flex but okay
Sheldon's Quonko day proposal: 29 hours, 17 minutes apiece
Harry Potter currency: 29 Knuts to a Sickle, 17 Sickles to a Galleon
the fact you came up with that similarity
Isnt that sad…
It's really sad that in order to reference a book, they have to make it a kids book or it'll go over their audience's head.
@@CruzeHoneyCut LEGEND
LEGEND
They had to cut 'I'm a horny engineer' out of Howard's line for the UK TV version lmao
But they accuse Americans of being prudes.
bigbangbonanza iiii
Darth Poultry (love the name) But you do get nudity on regular TV.
Why?
bigbangbonanza no they didnt.
Funny thing was that I was looking for this video to hear Raj say "Let's bounce bitches!" 😅
Way to think outside but press right up against the box, Sheldon."
Stealing that quote.
why is sheldon so unhealthy? i thought he would base all his choices on science, including nutrition
mattricho he can’t cook and Leonard can’t cook. So he has takeout because that’s all he can probably afford.
What do you mean? Pizza, Thai food, and other take outs aren't unhealthy if you eat the correct portion.
He did try once, when he was trying to increase his longevity, so that he could live the time when men can transfer their consciousness and live as a machine forever......it ended in a disaster
@@blankb.2277 all he can afford? Look at the stuff he has, his laptop is over 1500$ for sure and not to mention his comics and collectibles, which all together would cost around 30000$ (even more if he has any retro special edition stuff)
Aleksandar Topic he probably prioritizes those things above his diet so in his mind he can’t afford it. I read in an article that he only makes about $40,000 a year.
"Let's bounce bitches!" got me in stitches
Sheldon also doesn’t have a gallbladder which is why he schedules his meals so much. As someone who also doesn’t have a gallbladder...the struggle is real.
SHeldon really is a genius.. that delivery was so good lol
that smile after saying drake equation, looks so cute XD
Raj is funny as hell XD
Nah, he is kinda strange.
He's strange
I will give it to him, that I can go for some goat line was gold
2:05 to 2:11 his expressions are priceless😍😍😘😘😂😂😂😂😂
akanksha w he's proud and shy ha ha
Yes❤❤
I feel like every time Sheldon states a fact he gets lighter
If Howard told this at the university, he would have gotten a Nobel Prize in Physics for modification of this equation 😂😂
That look of Sheldon 2:06 brilliant
Omg i miss this 😭 watch Howard's funny moments like this everyday ❤
Bro , did you see Howard's face when Sheldon explained the Drake equation.
Raj: The Wolowitz coefficient?
Wolowitz: Neediness times dress size squared
Thats the funniest thing i ever heard
I don't know how Jim Parsons could memorise all that!
IKR 😅
I just noticed Sheldon's voice was sorta deeper in the early seasons, maybe because over time he became more expressive with his feelings and empathetic towards others
Jim Parsons was not out until Season 7 and then his voice and mannerisms changed dramatically.
also they retconned the living c rap outta sheldon s character.
Super jealous that they can afford take out all the time.
Physicists make a lot of money.
JBishop29 Well they definetly earn more than a normal job - of course they don’t get rich
Rational PoC bit racist to focus on a certain group of people
I’m guessing if they can afford a living space that big, they can afford take outs.
More than afford despite consuming take out consistently they are not obese!
Raj: here we go luck up your daughters we gonna hit and quiet it
hahahhahah that's a cruel man but funny as hell
Quit*
Shout-Out to Wolowitz for representing us Engineers amongst a bunch of theoretical ducks!
Gosh this show was so much funnier and entertaining in the first few season all the way up to season 6. First 3 seezes were grrrrreat.
It's even funnier now they have cut up all the funnier parts and made them into an internet binge-able seratonin drip.
Fr
*I gave up after season 4…*
Howard was always chasing chicks (and getting shot down), but then gets married. So, that wasn’t fun anymore.
Raj could never talk when women were around. Then after he started drinking, he was talking to everyone, and that wasn’t fun anymore either. 😒
Raj steals the show!
I love Sheldon's expression at 2:06
Sheldon: Its like looking at me expect less consistent
(Neediness)•(Dress Size^2)
"hit it and quit it" fascinating
"I'm a horny engineer, Leonard. I never joke about metro sex!" ROFL.
***Maths
LMAO Sheldon's smile for being correct
2:07 that proud moment when you are right hahahahahhahaha
Man I loved single Walowitz! so funny!
'i could go for some goat.." lol!
if we remember correctly wednesday night is not the comic book store night, it's actually Halo night.
Howard the Horny engineer😂😂i need a tv series based on that...
raj is just funny as hell:D
love this acent!!
I wonder how Sheldon would react to COVID😂
One could say he defiled the drake equation 😆
Leave it to a filthy weJ to screw things up. 😎😒
Wolowitz was such a great character.
That show is really well written and those actors are excellent.
Leonard: *_* You’re joking?
Wolowitz: I’m a horny engineer Leonard…I never joke about math or sex :P
Leonard: O.o
69th like ! 😜
Fascinating how did they change their minds in a few seconds
No one had more fun that night than Sheldon did after he belted out that theory.
We now say "are you familiar with the wolowitz coefficient".
Sheldon be like the Wolowitz coefficient is good
The Wolowitz coefficient- That was brilliant. Heheheh
I need an anything can happen Thursday for my boring usual non interesting Thursday
this never fails to make me laugh XD
Sheldon (deep in thought): "Fascinating" lol
0:04, that’s what my dog 🐶Chester sounded like wen he growled
Sheldon: :D
Wolowitz: You can modify it to calculate our chances of having sex by changing the formula to use the number of single women in Los Angeles, the number of those who might find us attractive, and what I call the Wolowitz coefficient.
Raj: The Wolowitz Coefficient?
Wolowitz: Neediness*(Dress Size)^2. Crunching the numbers I come up with a conservative 5,812 potential sex partners within a 40 mile radius.
it's like we watched the same thing.
2:05 Watched this part more than 10. still laughing
3:21 best moment
2:26 🤣
1:47 Me as a non-native English student trying to practice my listening skills and just listen to this. It sounds like hell wtf
Sheldon: Faschinating!
lol lol lol
Sheldon is just another version of ChatGPT😅
"Here we go!" hahah
So funny!
this scene contains one of my favourite bloopers on the gag reel...simon (wolowitz) is supposed to say '99 cent margaritas and 2-for-1 Jello shots!' but it came out '99 cent margaritas and 2 percent F***!' For whatever reason that made me laugh until I cried
"Fascinating" is a line from Spock
cant believe this has been 13 years already..... dunno why but that makes me really sad.
Sheldon isn't in a rut, he's in a groove.
neediness x (dress size)^2 , lmao
Sheldon is damn intelligent to memorize all these equations
The one that estimates the odds of making contact with extraterrestrials by calculating the product of an increasingly restrictive series of fractional values such as those stars with planets, and those planets likely to develop life? N equals R times FP times NE times FL times FI times FC times L?
I like Sheldon's smug look after that!
he's the best
How the hell can someone speak so fast as Sheldon
He is Eminem of physics
I think the wolowitz coefficient should be: N / SK^2 ......... instead of N times SK^2 N = needyness SK = size skirts
It's funny how they never put food on their mouths, they just play with it to make it seem they're eating, so that it never runs out and can do as many retakes as possible. It's probably not even fully edible, leaonard's package is most likely empty, they do eat at the end once the scene demands it and once they are sure no more retakes are needed.
Thats fascinating. Except at 0:31 you can clearly see Leonard eat some rice.
Engineers: "I never joke about math"
Also engineers: "Haha e and pi go brrrr = 3"
And 3
fundamental theorem of engineering
@Lucuskane There is no exact number, the calculation is based on the numbers of stars, what ever they may be. So its more of a probability to ratio calculation to give an estimate rather than an exact value. For example, if we could only see 100000 stars would use the equation to calculate the possibility of life in those systems. Not which ones contains a planet with life.
You heard that ladies night ladies?
We're eventually coming for you!
The smug proud face is the best. Also dont even need to act that. Being proud on himself for nailing that line
I love these guys so much 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thursday is laundry night. Sheldon you are off your game.
Fascinating
My Physics Teacher: - What is your favourite numerical equation or constant variable
Me: - 2:21
Me either:
1:55 I honestly wonder how many takes that took during taping.
Technically it's a variable as the value can change based on the inputs
Sheldon’s end reaction:
Who knew being horny can make a man so motivated in the name of science?
@runnybabbit12 When you said drake's equation does not work, what exactly do you mean?
One of the best shows...
Sheldon’s monologue reminded me of Yes Minister 😂😂
This is my life in a nutshell. I stay in. I don't go out to clubs or socialize much, if at all. I'm one of those people who never leaves his comfort zone.