What is it called when a rope is tied to your kids because they won't stop touching things in the store? (And why do I get the idea the answer is child abuse?)
@@jackielinde7568 You used to be able to get the equivalent of a dog's harness and lead for little kids. PS: I just check it out and you can still buy them. Very useful if you have two or more kids and a bag of shopping! Sometimes parents don't have enough arms.
While it was a verbal question, the question was "how many knots are there in this picture?", therefore one knot is correct. While your answer is a nice pun, I find it rather naughty!
"A hitch is A TYPE OF KNOT used to secure a rope to an object or another rope" (wikipedia) "Hitch (noun): ANY OF VARIOUS KNOTS used to form a temporary noose in a line or to secure a line temporarily to an object" (Merriam-Webster) "A bend is A TYPE OF KNOT used to join two lengths of rope" (wikipedia) "Bend (noun): A KNOT by which one rope is fastened to another or to some object" (Merriam-Webster) What a dumb question...
@@megadog9305We only got that information after the pictures expanded to show the ends. Before that, a couple of them quite possible could have been true knots.
@@megadog9305 We only see the terminal ends on the second and fourth ones in the thumbnail, with the other ones being of unknown state outside the frame of the pictures. So from the thumbnail, the first and third ones could have been topological knots.
One of the few times ive had an issue with QI, hitches and bends are TYPES of knots (by definition knot means a fastening using rope or twine or similar by tieing). Its like putting up a rectangle and 3 squares and saying there is only one rectangle because squares (which are by definition rectangles) have their own subcategory. I would argue that TECHNICALLY there are 5 knots because a bend meets the definition TWICE.
@@rrteppo Then the noose definitely wouldn't be a mathematical knot. The definition of a mathematical knot is something like a loop that can't be unraveled at all. If you make something with a single string that doesn't have it's ends fused together it isn't a knot.
That is the wrong definition in many contexts (and I would argue most contexts outside of casual conversation). Bends and hitches are not knots. Seamanship manuals have sections called "knots, hitches and bends", if you were correct they'd just say "knots".
@@gooel seamanship manuals have those for ease of use, they ARE types of knots, but categories. What I gave is the most basic definition. Let me ask you is a square knot a knot or a bend? It LITERALLY has knot in the name, but the most common use is to tie two pieces of rope together.... What if I use a hitch to attach two pieces of rope together does IT become a bend? All of these are knots some are categorized because they have specific general use cases some are not. Several knot tying manuals I have read have sections called bends, hitches, slip knots, etc. Again it's like saying a square is not a rectangle just because it's a special type of rectangle.
The Euro death knot is actually a case of mistaken identity - the simple overhand knot as shown is not the EDK and is perfectly safe (with long enough tails). The Americans saw the overhand knot, thought it wasn't "right" so actually tied a figure of eight knot in the same manner. This has the unfortunate habit of rolling over itself so would fail by unravelling off the ends of the ropes. Not good! Not knowing that the unfortunate individuals had tied a figure of eight rather than the overhand, other climbers christened the overhand - the EDK.
@@ninjabluefyre3815 for one thing it my be closed and not able to be simplified. So if it can be untangled it its just a loop, the its the "unknot". Id recommend numberphile videos for more info.
Jack Ketch was notoriously bad at his job (or perhaps good at inflicting painful death) but his name became a synonym for a hangman, hence "Jack Ketch's knot" became a name for a hangman's noose despite the fact that Jack himself never used it.
“This is the seven o’clock noose. This is the nine o’clock noose. And this is the noose at ten. And this is the person that wrote that joke.” - From: Horrible Histories
Cambridge dictionary: “A hitch is a knot used to tie a rope to a fixed object.”. Other definitions: “Practical knots are classified by function, including hitches, bends, loop knots, and splices”, “a true knot is capable of holding its form on its own without another object such as a post, eye-bolt, or another rope to anchor it.“
It's a British show and we all know how much of an impact the Royal Navy has had. The nautical definitions are the prevailing 'technical' definitions. If you argued for any of the others I'm sure you could justify yourself a point - but at the end of the day you have to consider what show you are watching.
Aaaactually, the european death knot shown is NOT perfectly safe. There is nothing wrong with the EDK so long as there is a decent length tail on it, and it is often used by climbers in this way. With short trails however, there is the chance of the knot rolling past the rope's ends and failing. The knot shown has very short tails.
Ross was correct that a ketch does have that layout of masts but so does a yawl. The ketch has its mizzen (aft mast) forward of the rudder post, the yawl has it aft. Nobody asked I know but 🤷
I thought he would go for the mathematical definition of a knot, where it cannot be undone, because it is tied in a continuous loop of rope, or one where the ends go off to infinity
Hitches and bends are also types of knots though. And for the the mathematical definition of knot none of them are knots. And while I did suspect that the answer they'd have is 1, 0 and 4 are actually far more accurate answers, with "1" not really being accurate whatsoever.
The scarlet, third from left, has a possibility of being a knot, because the cord goes off the edges of the frame. If that cord should turn out to join up somewhere and leave no free ends, that is a "knot" in that it'd be analyzed and categorized and sorted by Knot Theory. But if the ends don't join up but are just hanging somewhere free, it's not what Knot Theorists study.
They are all knots, but only one is referred to by name as one. The hangman's knot. Knot is a category. Bends, hitches, loops, nooses, bends, stopper knots, binding knots, button knots, braids, sinnets, and all the other various types are sub-categories of "knot".
A bend is a KNOT uniting two lines. A hitch is a KNOT tied to a post, cable, ring, or spar. They are all types of knots, in everyday parlance, in definition, and in rope tying categorisation. Another subcategory of knot is a slip, equal to a bend or a hitch in being a knot, in which they are all simply subcategories. Fry is just wrong on this one. And bizarrely so.
If you're talking the mathematical definition of a knot, none of those four "knots" would be knots. The failure is that none of them are complete circles of string, rope, cord, etc. A mathematical knot is a continuous loop with a tangle that cannot be undone without breaking (unclipping, cutting, slicing, bisecting, etc.)
I don't think they were, as you say, "talking the mathematical definition of a knot." so your comment is interesting, but perhaps better aimed at another channel.
@@neekfenwick Qi is famous for playing the semantics game with words. But it's worth point out that (Ross, I think) would be correct when they said zero. And the "not a klaxon" klaxon is sounded for things that are both predictable and factually wrong. So, no, the comment is relevant to this channel and specifically this video.
@@neekfenwick It's a video about what counts as a knot and it's a comment about other ways of defining knots. Why be demeaning about sharing information in the comments of a video of a show dedicated to sharing information?
For those who actually use cordage and may not know this one , check out the Alpine Butterfly , useful for when a mid-line loop is needed , can be loaded in any direction and still be easy to untie . Also there are different ways to make it .
Uh huh, and what was Otzi's condition when he was found with his rope tied in a "European Death Knot"? I mean, maybe it's just a coincidence, but do you really want to take that chance? 😂
Yeah, but Otzi didnt die of a fall from climbing. He had been shot with an arrow, got chased up into the snowy area of a mountain and weakened from blood loss laid himself down to rest but fell asleep and froze to death, most likely. And thats quite interesting.
From my own study of knots, I have concluded that there are so many knots, or bends, to tie bits of rope together, that if all the viable short pieces of rope in the world were found and tied together using a different bend every time, you would run out of bits of rope before you ran out of bends.
I don’t particularly enjoy this show myself but I really appreciate that there’s a popular show where people sit around being well educated, clever and funny in the UK. Says something nice about the culture… i can’t think of an American equivalent but if it existed it would be much lower-brow
Hangman knot and noose are 2 different things. They are not synonyms. A hangman knot is what you see in the video. A noose is a tool so it comes in all varieties
I think @Nastyswimmer wanted to reply to you but accidentally made a separate comment :D 'Jack Ketch was notoriously bad at his job (or perhaps good at inflicting painful death) but his name became a synonym for a hangman, hence "Jack Ketch's knot" became a name for a hangman's noose despite the fact that Jack himself never used it.'
hitches are a type of knot not sure about bends but probably. it's like asking about how many rectangles are there in a photo with 2 squares and a 16:8 rectangle. it's 3 but 2 of them are also squares
I suspect that, in a context where you make the distinction between knots, bends and hitches, you refer to the collection of all of them as knots, but never a specific one that doesn't meet the narrow definition as a knot. Likewise, the activity as a whole is knot-tying.
I was going to say the pic with the red and blue strings tied together, that's a knot, however the 4th pic is a different story, it's an illegal knot if I'm not mistaken... I really should wait out the full vid before commenting?
Actually, the scarlet cord, third from left, has a possibility of being a knot. We don't know because the cord goes off the edges of the photo. If the cord loops back and joins up so that there aren't any free ends, it's a knot. If the ends are hanging loose and free, it's not a knot.
Hitches and bends are types of knots. All hitches are knots but not all knots are hitches... It's like how all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares!
Well if we're going to be pedantic and insist on technical language, how many of them are knots according to mathematical topology? I mean assuming we're taking the ends as uncrossable, I think they're all knots under that definition. My first response would've been "define 'knot' please".
Every now and then QI gets it wrong. Bends and hitches are in fact knots. These are terms in common use and have been for centuries, and just because someone in the modern era decides a word no longer has a meaning does not make it so-especially when there is little agreement that this new definition should be paid any attention. You can learn more by reading Ashley's Book of Knots, one of the bibles of rope skills.
But... but a hitch is a type of knot. It's just the name of the knot. There's 4 knots in that picture. Knot is a knot is a knot. Imagine saying a Ford Focus is not a car because it doesn't have the word "Car" in it. The only car in the list is the Hyundai Car. Because it has car in the name. Lmao.
Actually making a knot in the middle of one piece of string is not a knot due to a knot being used to tie 2 strings together what you made was a shorter piece of string.
Obviously, it is the third one that is the knot. On the other three, you can see loose ends. Since a knot is made from a loop of rope, only the third could possibly be a knot, though it is not possible to say with certainty.
Well they asked about holes before and the answer to that was based strictly on topology, I would’ve answered none for this question because none of those arrangements of string are topologically considered knots
I guess the only knot is the fourth one. …Since that is the correct answer given by Stephen in this video. 🙄 So my guess isn’t such a wild guess, at least not for anyone who has actually watched this video….🤔
Knots are when the rope is tied to itself, bends are when the rope is tied to another rope, and hitches are when the rope is tied to a fixed object.
What is it called when a rope is tied to your kids because they won't stop touching things in the store? (And why do I get the idea the answer is child abuse?)
@@jackielinde7568a leash
@@jackielinde7568 Convenient
@@jackielinde7568😂😂😂
@@jackielinde7568 You used to be able to get the equivalent of a dog's harness and lead for little kids.
PS: I just check it out and you can still buy them. Very useful if you have two or more kids and a bag of shopping! Sometimes parents don't have enough arms.
As it was a verbal question I think you can argue four. One is a knot and the other three are not.
They're not, but they're not knots though :P
Well said. When is a knot not a knot😊
While it was a verbal question, the question was "how many knots are there in this picture?", therefore one knot is correct. While your answer is a nice pun, I find it rather naughty!
You would have got ten points
@@bgrigg07 did you mean knotty?
00:38 That's numberwang.
For our German viewers “Das ist Numberwang”
@@alundavies1016 🥰😍😘
@@alundavies1016 Would you play the home version?
@@xraychey every evening
Aha, no! it is WangerNum!!!
Mathematicians: “There are zero knots"
And here was me thinking you were going into the mathematical definition of a knot.
I was thinking this. None of those loops are closed-so 0 knots.
"A hitch is A TYPE OF KNOT used to secure a rope to an object or another rope" (wikipedia)
"Hitch (noun): ANY OF VARIOUS KNOTS used to form a temporary noose in a line or to secure a line temporarily to an object" (Merriam-Webster)
"A bend is A TYPE OF KNOT used to join two lengths of rope" (wikipedia)
"Bend (noun): A KNOT by which one rope is fastened to another or to some object" (Merriam-Webster)
What a dumb question...
Oh, right. We're talking knot _practice_ , not knot _theory_ .
I was trying to figure out which ones were topological knots, but I'm not sure we had enough information for most of them from the thumbnail.
@@OriginalPiMan They all have terminal ends, so I'm pretty sure that *none* of them are topological knots.
@@megadog9305We only got that information after the pictures expanded to show the ends. Before that, a couple of them quite possible could have been true knots.
@@megadog9305
We only see the terminal ends on the second and fourth ones in the thumbnail, with the other ones being of unknown state outside the frame of the pictures. So from the thumbnail, the first and third ones could have been topological knots.
No not knot theory
1:07 one of my all time favourite little moments from QI.
One of the few times ive had an issue with QI, hitches and bends are TYPES of knots (by definition knot means a fastening using rope or twine or similar by tieing). Its like putting up a rectangle and 3 squares and saying there is only one rectangle because squares (which are by definition rectangles) have their own subcategory.
I would argue that TECHNICALLY there are 5 knots because a bend meets the definition TWICE.
They were asking about mathematical knots without saying so.
@@rrteppo Then the noose definitely wouldn't be a mathematical knot. The definition of a mathematical knot is something like a loop that can't be unraveled at all.
If you make something with a single string that doesn't have it's ends fused together it isn't a knot.
That is the wrong definition in many contexts (and I would argue most contexts outside of casual conversation). Bends and hitches are not knots. Seamanship manuals have sections called "knots, hitches and bends", if you were correct they'd just say "knots".
@@gooel seamanship manuals have those for ease of use, they ARE types of knots, but categories. What I gave is the most basic definition. Let me ask you is a square knot a knot or a bend? It LITERALLY has knot in the name, but the most common use is to tie two pieces of rope together.... What if I use a hitch to attach two pieces of rope together does IT become a bend? All of these are knots some are categorized because they have specific general use cases some are not. Several knot tying manuals I have read have sections called bends, hitches, slip knots, etc. Again it's like saying a square is not a rectangle just because it's a special type of rectangle.
I would’ve thought the same, these are surely just sub categories of the same thing. Knots.
The Euro death knot is actually a case of mistaken identity - the simple overhand knot as shown is not the EDK and is perfectly safe (with long enough tails). The Americans saw the overhand knot, thought it wasn't "right" so actually tied a figure of eight knot in the same manner. This has the unfortunate habit of rolling over itself so would fail by unravelling off the ends of the ropes. Not good! Not knowing that the unfortunate individuals had tied a figure of eight rather than the overhand, other climbers christened the overhand - the EDK.
2:50 The International Knot Tiers Guild are overstepping their boundaries, given we’d just established that it’s a hitch.
The international hitching guild are otherwise engaged
Bare in mind that this is all in the context of ropes and tying. In the mathematical world of Knot Theory, none of those are knots.
I was working on a way of combining knot theory with string theory, but found myself getting too tied up in my work.
“Bear” … !
Then what is a knot is knot theory?
@@ninjabluefyre3815 for one thing it my be closed and not able to be simplified. So if it can be untangled it its just a loop, the its the "unknot".
Id recommend numberphile videos for more info.
@@ninjabluefyre3815 a closed loop that is tangled in some way
"Doesn't the horse just run away with the stick?" 🤣
mathematicians: there are no knots in this picture at all.
Well that tied up four and a half minutes nicely... :P
Ross definitely has his moments 😂
Jack Ketch was notoriously bad at his job (or perhaps good at inflicting painful death) but his name became a synonym for a hangman, hence "Jack Ketch's knot" became a name for a hangman's noose despite the fact that Jack himself never used it.
Knots are smallish and brown wader, quite interestingly called Calidris Canutus.
I do not know if it flies at one nautical mile per hour.
“This is the seven o’clock noose. This is the nine o’clock noose. And this is the noose at ten. And this is the person that wrote that joke.”
- From: Horrible Histories
Cambridge dictionary: “A hitch is a knot used to tie a rope to a fixed object.”. Other definitions: “Practical knots are classified by function, including hitches, bends, loop knots, and splices”, “a true knot is capable of holding its form on its own without another object such as a post, eye-bolt, or another rope to anchor it.“
It's a British show and we all know how much of an impact the Royal Navy has had. The nautical definitions are the prevailing 'technical' definitions. If you argued for any of the others I'm sure you could justify yourself a point - but at the end of the day you have to consider what show you are watching.
Aaaactually, the european death knot shown is NOT perfectly safe. There is nothing wrong with the EDK so long as there is a decent length tail on it, and it is often used by climbers in this way. With short trails however, there is the chance of the knot rolling past the rope's ends and failing. The knot shown has very short tails.
No Don Knotts, two stars.
How Many Knots Are In This Photo? | QI 1337pm 23.10.24 i noticed the proclivity for gordian knots in lower league football team insignia...
Ross was correct that a ketch does have that layout of masts but so does a yawl. The ketch has its mizzen (aft mast) forward of the rudder post, the yawl has it aft. Nobody asked I know but 🤷
Those who care about the difference between a hitch and a bend might also worry about the difference between a ketch and a yawl.
@@ek-nz We are on a QI video after all!
I'm glad you cleared that up. Y'awl have a nice day, now.
You would have thought that a clever chap like Fry would have pulled him up on that.
@@Hereford1642 Only if the elves are fast enough in his earpiece!
I thought he would go for the mathematical definition of a knot, where it cannot be undone, because it is tied in a continuous loop of rope, or one where the ends go off to infinity
Hitches and bends are also types of knots though. And for the the mathematical definition of knot none of them are knots. And while I did suspect that the answer they'd have is 1, 0 and 4 are actually far more accurate answers, with "1" not really being accurate whatsoever.
@@MsHojat You could also argue that 5 would be correct as a bend could be argued to be comprised of TWO knots
The scarlet, third from left, has a possibility of being a knot, because the cord goes off the edges of the frame. If that cord should turn out to join up somewhere and leave no free ends, that is a "knot" in that it'd be analyzed and categorized and sorted by Knot Theory. But if the ends don't join up but are just hanging somewhere free, it's not what Knot Theorists study.
They are all knots, but only one is referred to by name as one. The hangman's knot. Knot is a category. Bends, hitches, loops, nooses, bends, stopper knots, binding knots, button knots, braids, sinnets, and all the other various types are sub-categories of "knot".
A bend is a KNOT uniting two lines. A hitch is a KNOT tied to a post, cable, ring, or spar.
They are all types of knots, in everyday parlance, in definition, and in rope tying categorisation. Another subcategory of knot is a slip, equal to a bend or a hitch in being a knot, in which they are all simply subcategories.
Fry is just wrong on this one. And bizarrely so.
If you're talking the mathematical definition of a knot, none of those four "knots" would be knots. The failure is that none of them are complete circles of string, rope, cord, etc. A mathematical knot is a continuous loop with a tangle that cannot be undone without breaking (unclipping, cutting, slicing, bisecting, etc.)
I don't think they were, as you say, "talking the mathematical definition of a knot." so your comment is interesting, but perhaps better aimed at another channel.
@@neekfenwick Qi is famous for playing the semantics game with words. But it's worth point out that (Ross, I think) would be correct when they said zero. And the "not a klaxon" klaxon is sounded for things that are both predictable and factually wrong. So, no, the comment is relevant to this channel and specifically this video.
@@neekfenwick It's a video about what counts as a knot and it's a comment about other ways of defining knots. Why be demeaning about sharing information in the comments of a video of a show dedicated to sharing information?
@@jackielinde7568 Good point, but no need for the bitchy last sentence: it makes you sound arrogant.
I mean a loop without a tangle is still a knot, right? Or is an unknot not a knot?
For those who actually use cordage and may not know this one , check out the Alpine Butterfly , useful for when a mid-line loop is needed , can be loaded in any direction and still be easy to untie . Also there are different ways to make it .
Uh huh, and what was Otzi's condition when he was found with his rope tied in a "European Death Knot"? I mean, maybe it's just a coincidence, but do you really want to take that chance? 😂
Yeah, but Otzi didnt die of a fall from climbing. He had been shot with an arrow, got chased up into the snowy area of a mountain and weakened from blood loss laid himself down to rest but fell asleep and froze to death, most likely. And thats quite interesting.
From my own study of knots, I have concluded that there are so many knots, or bends, to tie bits of rope together, that if all the viable short pieces of rope in the world were found and tied together using a different bend every time, you would run out of bits of rope before you ran out of bends.
Is something that is not a knot a double negative? Or would that be when you tie a knot onto a knot?
That's a double knegative
I don’t particularly enjoy this show myself but I really appreciate that there’s a popular show where people sit around being well educated, clever and funny in the UK. Says something nice about the culture… i can’t think of an American equivalent but if it existed it would be much lower-brow
Except a hitch and a bend are both varieties of knots.
Mathematically, none of them are knots because they're not closed loops :)
I'm a frayed knot.
Feel like I'm missing something. How do you get from "Jack Ketch" to "noose"?
Called “hangman’s knot” because it was invented by a hangman
Hangman knot and noose are 2 different things. They are not synonyms. A hangman knot is what you see in the video. A noose is a tool so it comes in all varieties
@@Kyle-nm1kh Nothing to do with my question. Did you reply to the wrong comment?
@@wallythewondercorncake8657 I don't really know what your question is
I think @Nastyswimmer wanted to reply to you but accidentally made a separate comment :D
'Jack Ketch was notoriously bad at his job (or perhaps good at inflicting painful death) but his name became a synonym for a hangman, hence "Jack Ketch's knot" became a name for a hangman's noose despite the fact that Jack himself never used it.'
Stephen explaining the joke is exactly what I do...
hitches are a type of knot not sure about bends but probably. it's like asking about how many rectangles are there in a photo with 2 squares and a 16:8 rectangle. it's 3 but 2 of them are also squares
so if it is not a knot, why was it introduced into the International Knot Tiers Guild?
The guild uses ‘everyday speech’ :)))
1:03
😅
All ships must sail in the same direction!
I suspect that, in a context where you make the distinction between knots, bends and hitches, you refer to the collection of all of them as knots, but never a specific one that doesn't meet the narrow definition as a knot. Likewise, the activity as a whole is knot-tying.
Very true. Should have been called "The Knots and What-nots Guild"
The same reason a coffee shop serves hot chocolate. Convenience!
Liked just for Ross nobles last joke haha
probably should have accepted zero as well, because from a technical mathematical definition none of them are knots because they're not closed loops.
Thanks.
I was going to say the pic with the red and blue strings tied together, that's a knot, however the 4th pic is a different story, it's an illegal knot if I'm not mistaken... I really should wait out the full vid before commenting?
The hangman’s is not a knot because if pulled from one end it completely is disentangles with out leaving a bound loop
Knotting to see here, moving right along...
Only knot I know well is the shoelace knot, and even that comes undone more than I'd like.
Just double knot it
That wouldn't be a knot, but a bend ;D
Check out the Berluti knot. It’s slightly more complicated but holds way better.
For the last step, pass it through one more time. Adds more friction, yet still unties the same way.
Hangman's knot has 9 windings, not counting the return. Also it needs a thick rope of at least 3 twinning.Theone shown,will chocke not break the neck.
Is this from practical experience?
I missed this lecture when I was in school 😳
Topologically there are no knots as there are free ends.
Actually, the scarlet cord, third from left, has a possibility of being a knot. We don't know because the cord goes off the edges of the photo. If the cord loops back and joins up so that there aren't any free ends, it's a knot. If the ends are hanging loose and free, it's not a knot.
Hitches and bends are types of knots.
All hitches are knots but not all knots are hitches...
It's like how all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares!
I thought you were going to go in to Knot Theory, it really is quite interesting
Mathematically, the noose isnt a knot either.... if you taped the two ends together, you could pull the rope through itself to create a perfect ring
Well if we're going to be pedantic and insist on technical language, how many of them are knots according to mathematical topology? I mean assuming we're taking the ends as uncrossable, I think they're all knots under that definition.
My first response would've been "define 'knot' please".
David Mitchell with the right answer. Because he's a genius, even when he sounds like he's making an uncertain guess.
Most people would knot find this particular video entertaining. I for one- did!
And the poshest knot, the Windsor knot.
The Jack Ketch or Hangman's Knot is actually illegal to tie on all Royal Navy Ships.
I'd have guessed "one".
This being QI, things are not what you'd expect them to be.
The one on the right resembles the digit 0 (a.k.a. "nought")...
Actually there are none because they are all hitches. A hitch is designed to be untied whereas a knot is not.
If any knot is to be called a "death knot", it would surely have to be a noose.
How do we know the hangman’s knot resulted in “a very quick death”? Was any user interviewed?
I guess they never had any complaints, so...
2:15
Oh? Wouldn't he have had amongst his possessions a BEND tied exactly in that fashion?
i was thinking none because none of them are mathematically knots.
A short drop and a sudden stop, as it were.
The "hangman's knot" is a noose. The correct answer to the question "How Many Knots Are In This Photo?": zero.
It's a knot. Clue's in the name.
The noose is the loop that the head goes through
@@wallythewondercorncake8657 They are all knots.
@@danielhooke6115 Forget to take your lithium?
@@danielhooke6115 Nuts.
A knot is a speed of one nautical mile per hour, as sailors and meteorologists could tell you.
Because they used a rope with knots in it to determine that..
5!
The noose is a knot,
The other three are not,
And the noose’s loop resembles a naught.
In the mathematical sense, I'm not sure any of these are knots at all.
I thought for sure the answer was going to be zero.
Why would the International Knot Tyers Guild be interested in a hitch?
Every now and then QI gets it wrong. Bends and hitches are in fact knots. These are terms in common use and have been for centuries, and just because someone in the modern era decides a word no longer has a meaning does not make it so-especially when there is little agreement that this new definition should be paid any attention. You can learn more by reading Ashley's Book of Knots, one of the bibles of rope skills.
The real question is: how many knots are not in this photo?
So the knot is a knot but the others each of them are not
I’m sorry this was knot good enough
Topologically is there even any knots here?
But... but a hitch is a type of knot. It's just the name of the knot. There's 4 knots in that picture. Knot is a knot is a knot. Imagine saying a Ford Focus is not a car because it doesn't have the word "Car" in it. The only car in the list is the Hyundai Car. Because it has car in the name. Lmao.
In the mathematical sense, none of these are knots, because they have loose ends. In knot theory a knot must be a closed loop
Actually making a knot in the middle of one piece of string is not a knot due to a knot being used to tie 2 strings together what you made was a shorter piece of string.
Would you knot?
5 stars
Nothing humane about hanging. It's not instantaneous death, it's horribly painful and basically suffocating.
Obviously, it is the third one that is the knot. On the other three, you can see loose ends. Since a knot is made from a loop of rope, only the third could possibly be a knot, though it is not possible to say with certainty.
4. It's not that deep. Don't try to
Well they asked about holes before and the answer to that was based strictly on topology, I would’ve answered none for this question because none of those arrangements of string are topologically considered knots
According to the mathematics, a knot is the linking of loops, and thus there is not one knot in here as there are no loops.
I know to tie the (you know what) knot.
Thanks to UA-cam's heavy handed censorship, I dare not type it🖕
Taught myself, actually, just figured I'd give it a shot and see if I could do it
what a silly question, and even sillier answer.
Good, that this is not in all languages.
It's only a noose if it has 13 loops, we were taught how to tie them in the Navy, then told it is illegal to tie them in the Navy... Go Navy !!!!
so what is the point of this show?
Dunno about the picture but there's a knott in the comments! 😉
Disappointed nobody pointed out the loop in the noose as the only "nought" pictured.
1:37 "European Death Knot"
Sounds like a lame metalcore band from 2007.
Two. The others are hitches.
Ouch. Bends... yeah. They don't count.
Thr 1st one is not a knot,
They do say that.
I guess the only knot is the fourth one.
…Since that is the correct answer given by Stephen in this video. 🙄
So my guess isn’t such a wild guess, at least not for anyone who has actually watched this video….🤔
I do knot know the answer to this one.
One.
2
one. dammit.