Room 101 - Rich Hall - Part 1, Mendelevium

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  • Rich Hall on Mendelevium.

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  • @NonFlyingDutchman
    @NonFlyingDutchman 14 років тому +2

    500 years ago people thought differential math was just useless inapplicable science, but today it's the basis of nearly every device we have.
    Discoveries and inventions are worth keeping, you never know when you end up using them...

  • @realcodechris
    @realcodechris 8 років тому +2

    That suit, while ridiculous, is pretty brilliant. You wouldn't see me dead in it. But fair play to Paul for putting it on

    • @sexobscura
      @sexobscura 7 місяців тому

      style is like ants on the ocean

  • @dunbar9finger
    @dunbar9finger 12 років тому +1

    Just to the east of The Rocky Mountains are the Great Plains and the transition from flat plain to bumpy mountains can sometimes be extremely sharp without a lot of foothills. Montana spans this transition such that the west half of Montana is mountains and the east half is plains. Rich was referring to the east half.

  • @dahalofreeek
    @dahalofreeek 10 років тому +3

    I think the reason that the 101st element is named after Mendeleev is because he invented the periodic table which is a good method for predicting new elements.

  • @katashworth41
    @katashworth41 15 років тому +2

    Rich Hall is such a dude, he's hilarious

  • @Asidders
    @Asidders 11 років тому +1

    You don't need to be "a scientist" to be knowledgable about certain things. Stephen Fry is very smart and knows a lot about a lot. Oh, and he's a comedian as well. Check out his documentaries.

  • @TheVodkaHaze
    @TheVodkaHaze 11 років тому +1

    Just remember: a lot of scientific knowledge passed down by generations is used to make life-saving and innovative pieces of technology, but the scientists who originally discovered that knowledge did not intend their work to be used to make rockets or MRIs.

  • @johnmcn90
    @johnmcn90 13 років тому

    Love Paul's evil little laugh when Rich Hall says "We didn't have a lot of money in our school, so instead of using an anaesthetic we had to put a little nail in its head." 2:35 lmfao

  • @f1nger605
    @f1nger605 12 років тому

    I did not once assert or imply that the Apollo project was the absolute best use for that money. What I did was express skepticism of your assertion that it definitely wasn't. Basically, what I'm saying is "you can't know that." There are so many complex and subtle interconnecting threads associated with either option that, unless you can account for as many of those threads as possible, making definite assertions about which option would produce the "better" outcome is virtually impossible.

  • @KoreaRwkz
    @KoreaRwkz 13 років тому

    @101Phase Some elements do exist as molecules so it's correct to say molecular structure for some elements. If I'm not wrong, any structure that has covalent bonds are considered molecules so for example oxygen and ozone exist as diatomic and triatomic molecules respectively. The real problem with the Mendelevium model in the video is that it's an element but the model shows different types of elements in the structure as shown by the black, yellow, blue, red and white balls.

  • @sammcg93
    @sammcg93 15 років тому

    Rich Hall is awesome

  • @MotionMcAnixx
    @MotionMcAnixx 4 роки тому +1

    Here is a comment from 2020. Hi. Rich Hall funny.

  • @jamesstone123
    @jamesstone123 14 років тому

    @longbluefingers
    actually, mendeleev came up with the modern periodic table of elements in terms of their order (ordered by atomic number)
    he did NOT discover Mendelevium and he definatly didnt "Invent" it. Einstein did not discover Einsteinium. Same with Germanium, Europium and Americium - all named AFTER someone rather than invented by.

  • @Jeremyramone
    @Jeremyramone 15 років тому

    i must give my vote regarding the funniest american to steven wright, hes one of the best stand ups and comedic writers of all time, also honorable mention goes to dave attell, and jeff ross as well. oh yes and larry david, thanks for sharing these videos, cheers

  • @FSMUnicorn
    @FSMUnicorn 15 років тому

    It may be an apocryphal story, but it still has a point: when asked what use his electrical devices were, Faraday was supposed to have responded "What use is a new born baby? And besides, one day, you will be able to tax it."

  • @f1nger605
    @f1nger605 12 років тому

    @juzt156 Exactly. Most of the scientists (and even astronauts) who actually worked on the Apollo missions didn't really care about the Moon or even beating the Russians all that much. They wanted to scale the unsaleable mountain, just to do it. And in that process, they ended up revolutionizing firefighting, sports footwear, battery technology, kidney dialysis, home insulation, water purification, food preservation, and helped lay the groundwork for the entire telecommunications industry.

  • @Freddyphelp
    @Freddyphelp 13 років тому

    @Jenopo I'm pretty sure he knows that, he is just saying it might as well be infinite as far as we are concerned

  • @DontTouchMyCroissant
    @DontTouchMyCroissant 14 років тому

    Rich looks cute when he smiles.

  • @LordJuzzie
    @LordJuzzie 12 років тому

    @F1NGER True people said the moon landings were pointless. But a lot of things we use now came out of getting the Astronauts there

  • @SiriusMined
    @SiriusMined 14 років тому

    I miss Rich Hall. NNTN, SNL, and his standup. He doesn't seem to do much here in the US anymore.

  • @RedwoodStarkey
    @RedwoodStarkey 11 років тому

    You have a point. I apologize for my comment. Stephan Fry is pretty awesome, and there are many comedians who are very clever, and or well educated.

  • @MajikkaniHand
    @MajikkaniHand 14 років тому

    @nexusparanoia Yeah. I wasn't suggesting he hold a canister of the stuff--just that he not have a whole frikkin' organic molecule there. Especially since it's an element we had to make, and therefore isn't found in nature, so it would not be a major component of organic chemistry (or inorganic, for that matter). The chemistry nerd in me is weeping. ^^

  • @Phizzy
    @Phizzy 11 років тому +1

    We should give scientists buckets of money. Many buckets.

  • @FSMUnicorn
    @FSMUnicorn 15 років тому

    It probably is apocryphal. It is attributed to Ben Franklin as well.

  • @dunbar9finger
    @dunbar9finger 12 років тому

    You can have an element be a molecule too provided you can make a molecule composed entirely of atoms of that one element and no other. A hydrogen molecule is one hydrogen atom. What doesn't make sense about when they showed Mendelevium in this bit is that they showed it with that stick-and-ball model with lots of *differently* colored balls. Since each color is an atom of a different element in that sort of model, that was clearly the structure of something composed of multiple elements.

  • @amn201
    @amn201 13 років тому

    Anyone else loving Paul's suit?

  • @6stringgunner511
    @6stringgunner511 5 років тому

    Hey, Rich Hall. Did you happen to drive otr truck for 🍎 Apple lines, inc. If so. I was your driver training instructor.

  • @f1nger605
    @f1nger605 12 років тому

    Except we're not talking about 25% of the US federal budget. We're talking about the cost of the Apollo missions, which was roughly $25 billion total, accounting for less than 2% of total federal spending from 1962 to 1972.
    And I think I did raise a point. Unless you can account for all direct and indirect, worldwide benefits from technology developed under the Apollo program, making a "the money could have gone to better use doing X" argument is nothing but wild speculation.

  • @bluemario2612
    @bluemario2612 14 років тому

    @longbluefingers
    usually "in some countries" expresion doesn't include usa :)
    i think this was omitted in american schools because of the cold war between the and russia....

  • @f1nger605
    @f1nger605 12 років тому

    I'm afraid I don't know who that is, but if I'm understanding the quote correctly, you're saying that even though we cannot prove something, we can still make educated guesses about it.
    Of course, I agree. Just don't confuse "educated guess" with "assumption". An educated guess has education (understanding) supporting it. Even if it can't be strictly proven, it can be demonstrated and explained. That is not the same as making an assumption based on intuition or subjective impression.

  • @DyerMedia
    @DyerMedia 15 років тому +1

    lol you can watch your dog run away for 3 days

  • @FulgenceR
    @FulgenceR 12 років тому

    Mendeleev is one who composed the periodic chart.

  • @seban678
    @seban678 12 років тому

    My comment was a little bit hyperbolic. I don't actually think we should force comedians to listen to scientist making jokes (surprise!).
    Here's the longer version: if you're a comedian, go ahead and make fun of stuff. But if you say "I hate science", you'd better have a good argument, or extremely funny jokes behind it, because to a lot of people that's pretty offensive.
    To me this exchange sounds similar to:
    "I want to put the Dalai Lama into room 101"
    "Why?"
    "Because he's gay"
    "Okay then!"

  • @Hannah_Em
    @Hannah_Em 14 років тому

    @longbluefingers He didn't invent mendelevium itself, but he did predict the existance of several elements when he designed the modern preiodic table. A great guy, and I'm not trying to put you down, because you made a good point, but just clearing up a small detail.
    Good grief, I sound petty in that little speech. Ahh well.

  • @sweet518
    @sweet518 15 років тому

    if i was Paul Merton i'd definately send that suit to room 101

  • @bareakon
    @bareakon 14 років тому

    @Jenopo the universe couldn't possibly be finite, as there's nothing outside of it to measure it against QED

  • @pfalky2k
    @pfalky2k 14 років тому

    @jakamneziak you're right. the word is "jacket" ;)

  • @obsidian348
    @obsidian348 15 років тому

    dimitri mendeleve INVENTED the periodic table!

  • @cowalarmclock
    @cowalarmclock 14 років тому

    plus, mendelevium doesn't have a molecular structure because it's an element, not a molecule.

  • @FSMUnicorn
    @FSMUnicorn 15 років тому

    What? Nowhere was the Higgs Boson mentioned. They're talking about Mendelevium.
    Anyway, the molymod structure they had was mostly carbon with a bit of hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur. WTF?

  • @DaftArbiter
    @DaftArbiter 12 років тому

    I agree. Scientists make jokes all the time, it's just that the punchline often requires some prerequisite material. That's basically the issue with this bit here, lack of understanding. Scientists, largely, don't mind a bit of humor. We can take a joke, but get your info right before you make it.
    There are a couple formerly scientists turned comedians as well. One an engineer and another an astronomer. Fairly funny, for both layman and scientist filled audiences.

  • @fearthegeeklord
    @fearthegeeklord 14 років тому

    that is the EXACT same periodic table poster as the one in m' chemistry class.
    \m/

  • @KiwiTibb
    @KiwiTibb 13 років тому

    @IcEye89 I so wish I could give this a couple dozen more thumbs up

  • @cjpage88
    @cjpage88 12 років тому

    2mins 20sec, funny as Mendeleev was one of the first people to invent the periodic table!!!!

  • @bareakon
    @bareakon 14 років тому

    @longbluefingers actually, you're not alone in being pedantic.
    i was just about to comment that Dmitri did the whole table

  • @freshlyshowered
    @freshlyshowered 15 років тому

    it was just in for the puppy joke.

  • @jameswebb4593
    @jameswebb4593 9 років тому +1

    What should have gone into room 101 was Mertons suit.

  • @reznor12
    @reznor12 13 років тому

    @toxic2k7 Rof, he says typing on a keyboard that wouldnt have existed without knowledge of the periodic elements...

  • @fardaypu
    @fardaypu 12 років тому

    Hi. i once read Rich Hall was the inspiration for the Simpsons character, Moe the barman.But here is a Curly for good luck.

  • @ElizabethKall
    @ElizabethKall 12 років тому

    molecular structure of mendelevium? it's an element, it doesn't have a molecular structure, only a molecule, which is a combination of elements, can

  • @evilmurderproduction
    @evilmurderproduction 13 років тому

    So there is a place that turns old sofas into suits?

  • @TerraFirma556
    @TerraFirma556 13 років тому

    "Invented by a man named Mendelev so he could get his name in the periodic table" Dmitri Mendelev invented the periodic table!!! Still love ya though Rich x

    • @uliuchu4318
      @uliuchu4318 4 роки тому

      yeah I couldn't decide whether I should agree that he is technically correct or whether I should be angry at the proactive ignorance

  • @thomasimon
    @thomasimon 14 років тому

    @onomatopoetically Well, I agree with you, but most scientists don't 'mess around', because they need to have a goal in mind to get the money for the research. But in that research, lots of stuff can be discovered accidentally

  • @shadowblade9876
    @shadowblade9876 14 років тому

    No, you use the equation to solve for M. That's the whole point.

  • @billybobsteele
    @billybobsteele 15 років тому

    The easiest way to weigh the Earth is just to turn some scales upside down.

  • @FSMUnicorn
    @FSMUnicorn 15 років тому

    It shouldn't have ANY molymod structure. ;)
    I meant the comment light heartedly - I was just being pedantic because I get annoyed at the general level of scientific illiteracy shown everywhere. As Carl Sagan said, we live in a society utterly dependent on science, yet hardly anyone has even a basic understanding of it.

  • @thatdrattedcat
    @thatdrattedcat 15 років тому

    Paul's suit !!!

  • @sisterofslaanesh666
    @sisterofslaanesh666 15 років тому

    its a great suit!

  • @f1nger605
    @f1nger605 12 років тому

    As funny as Rich is, when he talks about "pointless" science, he simply doesn't get it. Yeah, we're probably never going to learn something directly practical by studying the size of the universe, but the important thing is that scientists (very smart and very resourceful people) REALLY love studying that stuff. If current technology won't let them study what they want to study, they will INVENT technology that will. That's how we ended up with wi-fi by giving money to particle physicists.

  • @FSMUnicorn
    @FSMUnicorn 15 років тому

    To use the title of one of Richard Feynman's books: "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out".
    Why should the knowledge of how a rainbow is formed, or the state of the universe milliseconds after the big bang, or observing the courtship dances of cranes not be as exciting and aesthetically pleasing to some people as Beethoven's Ninth, the poetry of Keats, or the art of Titian?

  • @CorvusCorone68
    @CorvusCorone68 11 років тому

    Professor Brian Cox does a fair job

  • @TornadoCreator
    @TornadoCreator 14 років тому

    I love this show, but this little bit is outright fucking insulting. Mendelev created the periodic table itself... if he wanted it could have been called the Mendelev Table. Mendelevium is a damn element, so fuck knows what "molecular structure" they toated out there. In fact I can tell you exactly what it is.
    3-Methyl-Ethyl 4-Nitro Sulphate 7 Ethyl Octane with most of the hydrogen missing.
    It's an insult to anyone with even high school chemistry understanding.

  • @Lindelamare
    @Lindelamare 13 років тому

    @Dudeness21 I'm sure some kid's wearing it right now, but skinny fit with clear lens glasses.

  • @timofeydanshin6904
    @timofeydanshin6904 11 років тому

    Exactly! He invented the fucking periodic table to get his name into it :)

  • @Jackandweed
    @Jackandweed 12 років тому

    Heh! I understood everything the lady said! Its hard to feel smart when it sounds so simple lol

  • @thepussygrabbingfamilyvalu557
    @thepussygrabbingfamilyvalu557 8 років тому

    that is pure irony: a COMEDIAN dissing a scientist for weighing the planet because he thinks it's pointless.

  • @paultje2small
    @paultje2small 13 років тому

    if he does not like mendelevion hes going to hate ununoctium

  • @101Phase
    @101Phase 13 років тому

    MOLECULAR structure of an ELEMENT?!

  • @MajikkaniHand
    @MajikkaniHand 14 років тому

    That's not mendelevium. That's a molecule. *twitch*
    That being said, this is still hilarious.

  • @mahound9
    @mahound9 14 років тому

    @jakamneziak Who shot the couch?

  • @efisgpr
    @efisgpr 14 років тому

    i thought only the first 92 were naturally occuring.

  • @romeosdistress
    @romeosdistress 15 років тому

    he's probably wearing clothes that ought to be in room 101...

  • @icantstopdoingthis
    @icantstopdoingthis 15 років тому

    How can an element have a molecular structure??? Surely someone in the BBC would have thought about that.

  • @SaBoTeUr2001
    @SaBoTeUr2001 16 років тому

    Montana is flat? Isn't it called "Montana" because of the mountains?

  • @MrPKenneally
    @MrPKenneally 9 років тому

    but Hazel, the intro music is so good...

  • @ninkharsagTBM
    @ninkharsagTBM 15 років тому

    if thats true that possibly one of the best bits of useless info ive ever heard :)

  • @thomasimon
    @thomasimon 15 років тому

    Why does everyone say that scientist is Dutch, that's clearly not a Dutch accent

  • @zesc_24
    @zesc_24 12 років тому

    @mikelheron20 I dont think Rich was being sarcastic.

  • @MegaCoxRox
    @MegaCoxRox 11 років тому

    The problem is that it's often difficult to explain the significance of scientific research to laypeople, especially when they don't care to be informed. For example, Sarah Palin made a speech making fun of scientists for researching fruit flies - who cares, right? Except fruit fly genetics are extremely useful for researching human diseases.
    Humanity almost always benefits from research in often unpredictable ways, and nations almost always profit from scientific investment.

  • @classicdinner
    @classicdinner 14 років тому

    @jakamneziak curtains??

  • @fritspas
    @fritspas 16 років тому

    isnt the entire table named after mendelev? or is that just in holland?

  • @AJackalMan
    @AJackalMan 13 років тому

    @TretasYT He's...a...comedian.

  • @85Aheadstix
    @85Aheadstix 8 років тому

    Rich hall strikes me as the kind of guy who got really bored one day and just decided to read a Science for dummies, book.
    anyone else?

    • @orlock20
      @orlock20 8 років тому

      +GamerDares wins The first time I heard of him was when he was on a comedy show where his routine was for people to send to him words and definition of those words that should be in the dictionary, but are not. Then he would have somebody gather up all those words, make a book, put his name on the book and get money from the book.

    • @85Aheadstix
      @85Aheadstix 8 років тому

      orlock20 Well i knew it had something to do with a book ;)

    • @orlock20
      @orlock20 8 років тому

      GamerDares wins
      Sniglet- Any word that should be in the dictionary but should.
      --Rich Hall 1984
      Five books were dedicated to sniglets.

  • @obsidian348
    @obsidian348 15 років тому

    yup, it wasn't perfect, more elements have been added and a few things got jiggled about, but yah, and he predicted the propertys of seveal (at the time) unknown elemnts such ans germanium.
    P.S. whoever gave me a thumbs down, I don't dislike rich hall, I'm actually quite fan it was just one of those things that niggles at the back of your mind to point out to people weho believe him, also to make myself look smart XD

  • @f1nger605
    @f1nger605 12 років тому

    If you have near certainty of your claims, then explain in detail why I should believe them too. If you've got knowledge I don't have, then share it. Simply asserting that it's true, and proclaiming your certainty that it's true isn't good enough.
    Knowledge is demonstrable. So it doesn't matter how strongly you may think you know something, if you can't show it, then you don't know it, and you shouldn't say that you do.

  • @niallmeldrum
    @niallmeldrum 15 років тому

    An element with a molecular structure? Guess we just need these two on QI more to set things straight.

  • @eaharms3544
    @eaharms3544 12 років тому

    Yeah, let's not listen to the point Rich was trying to make. It's important that we give scientists buckets of money without making them justify the value of their contribution to science. I particularly liked the American research project that spent $50,000 worth of taxpayer money to find out why prisoners don't like to be in prison.

  • @Arrrbol
    @Arrrbol 10 років тому +1

    That isnt the structure of Mendelevium.

    • @dcflake5645
      @dcflake5645 9 років тому

      Arrrbol (YCS) It appears to have carbon atoms in it...

    • @theinternet1424
      @theinternet1424 8 років тому +1

      +L Blair Mendelevium is an element, so that kind of model is not applicable at all. Mendelevium could be only represented a *huge ball*. Which is oddly enough what Mendeleev had underneath his... khm.. _element_.

  • @kaganesa
    @kaganesa 14 років тому

    SO confused!! Mendelivium is an element, not a compound! how can it have a molecular structure!!! also, how the hell can u get mendelivium but bombarding helium with anything! that something jsut conviniently adds 99 protons i guess.

  • @affablegiraffable
    @affablegiraffable 11 років тому

    i came here fore the mendelevium

  • @townsjim
    @townsjim 14 років тому

    Paul Merton's dress sense is appauling at times. Truly Baffling

  • @wcibbt
    @wcibbt 13 років тому

    @jeloopa
    Absolutely. G. H. Hardy prided himself on the uselessness of higher mathematics. Ironically his two main examples, number theory and hyperbolic geometry are now applied in cryptography and general relativity respectively. The former protects all out of digital information and the latter may one day be applied in designing the first time machine or teleportation device. incidentally what is the usefulness of going to moon? I think the point was that it was supposed to be inspiring.

  • @icantstopdoingthis
    @icantstopdoingthis 15 років тому

    Do you mean Higgs Boson? If so its not molecular its sub atomic and is completely based on theory. Somehow I doubt that it matters as this is just a comedy based talk show and this is some pretty heavy physical chemistry shit. but hey ho, love the vid. I remember watching this when Room 101 was still on the BBC. 'twas a great show.

  • @lennic95
    @lennic95 14 років тому

    @jakamneziak Looks like he dropped right out of the 70s

  • @fritspas
    @fritspas 13 років тому

    If you had Neil deGrasse Tyson explain the effects of the blackhole on the human body, it would be a lot more understandable and fun.

  • @TornadoCreator
    @TornadoCreator 14 років тому

    @guitarman87
    Yes, and comedy is generally funnier when it makes fucking sense. I'll take a day off, when everyone one else does a decent days thinking.

  • @seban678
    @seban678 12 років тому

    I don't agree that this is "most comedy" but yes, I know comedians like to offend people. But they usually pick their fights rationally, say with extreme political parties, or religious nutters or whatever.. you know: people who kinda deserve to be offended. Because that's why the rest of us (95% of the population) find it funny.
    So why scientists? I just think that was an unwise choice, especially if there isn't comedic gold to support it.

  • @puckerings
    @puckerings 12 років тому +1

    Wait, so comedians are only supposed to talk about comedy? I'm not sure you understand how this works...

  • @tinysteelorchestra
    @tinysteelorchestra 11 років тому

    No offence to Hancock or Skinner, but Paul Merton's still my favourite Room 101 host! :)

  • @TheLexyboy
    @TheLexyboy 15 років тому

    my local indian restraunt neads new wallpaper