Ancient Innovations That Were Well Ahead of their Time

Why shouldn't hoplites get to enjoy automatic doors?
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  • @dylc5604
    @dylc56043 жыл бұрын

    "I, as always am your host" So true, the man who hosts every youtube channel.

  • @tarstarkusz

    @tarstarkusz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Simon is exactly like every other stupid person who thinks they are just god's gift to information. He's a liar and he is operating under bad faith. He is just trying to make it look like someone other than us invented the modern world.

  • @dylc5604

    @dylc5604

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tarstarkusz Who is "us"?

  • @ilarious5729

    @ilarious5729

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tarstarkusz you sure as hell didn't invent shit 🤷‍♂️

  • @tarstarkusz

    @tarstarkusz

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Bakamalian No it's not. Notice how he didn't mention where the gear machine came from. ALL of the other ones had their origins harped on. The reason is that it because it came from Germany. These people are very easy to recognize once you know what to look for. OR, alternately, he could be just fooled himself. Yes. The mainstream has been lying about all sorts of stuff for 75 years.

  • @tarstarkusz

    @tarstarkusz

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ilarious5729 What does that have to do with anything? That's why I said us and not me. Everything that matters came out of the Occident. Open up just about textbook and you are reading all about an Occidental.

  • @TheBlueB0mber
    @TheBlueB0mber3 жыл бұрын

    Plato... not the first professor to say “I dislike repeating myself” and certainly not the last!

  • @WhoFan1983

    @WhoFan1983

    3 жыл бұрын

    And yet, 90% of being a professor is repeating yourself ...

  • @isaakmulder5884
    @isaakmulder58843 жыл бұрын

    At this point, I don't know why I'm paying for HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Etc. When all I watch is Simon!

  • @joseph-mariopelerin7028

    @joseph-mariopelerin7028

    3 жыл бұрын

    dude... this guys is a fraud... he his worst than the News to arrange story making them sounds exceptional in order to get more subscriptions... sounds to me like an ego-maniac who cant stop making video... or a meth head...

  • @EMurph42

    @EMurph42

    3 жыл бұрын

    Amen Brother!!

  • @EMurph42

    @EMurph42

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@joseph-mariopelerin7028 he’s just a hard working guy. His production double after he had a child. Probably the only guy on YT w/o am ego.

  • @joseph-mariopelerin7028

    @joseph-mariopelerin7028

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@EMurph42 i respect your opinion,

  • @MrSparky4101
    @MrSparky41013 жыл бұрын

    Simon's shirt buttons already getting ready to blaze.

  • @Naptosis

    @Naptosis

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's that post-xmas dinner ember. 🎅

  • @forgesoulfire1320

    @forgesoulfire1320

    3 жыл бұрын

    We mustn't forget he is always "The Boy With The Blaze" he just leans more or less into the professional cold static, or his business blaze...

  • @rtwpsom2

    @rtwpsom2

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is like the third time I've had to see his hairy bellybutton in one of these sitting videos. At least when he's standing the shirt doesn't pop open like that.

  • @gamersrepublic6920

    @gamersrepublic6920

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rtwpsom2 is there something wrong with daddy Simon's belly button? Lol

  • @almostideal1306

    @almostideal1306

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Buttons With the Blaze

  • @arisini
    @arisini3 жыл бұрын

    An ancient artifact would have warned simon for his shirt button, its called a mirror. xP

  • @TheBlueB0mber

    @TheBlueB0mber

    3 жыл бұрын

    Allegedly

  • @mrstatic09

    @mrstatic09

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cheers. Now I can't NOT look at that part of his shirt lol

  • @kocka1976

    @kocka1976

    3 жыл бұрын

    Aaaand now I can un see it

  • @dearzoshka

    @dearzoshka

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh damn. You sir are now a legend.

  • @--enyo--

    @--enyo--

    3 жыл бұрын

    Didn’t notice until I saw this comment. Now can’t unsee. Thanks. 😑

  • @MrMarkyMark92
    @MrMarkyMark923 жыл бұрын

    I see, the old leave the shirt unbuttoned to boost engagement trick

  • @mikebar42

    @mikebar42

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think I saw a nipple 😁

  • @leilamalkie

    @leilamalkie

    3 жыл бұрын

    Works every time.

  • @cleof1503

    @cleof1503

    3 жыл бұрын

    Scandalous!!

  • @MisterFlavin

    @MisterFlavin

    3 жыл бұрын

    Next video: history of buttons.

  • @davidvines6498

    @davidvines6498

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m 67, for the life of me I cannot remember to zip up my pants

  • @marcomcdowell8861
    @marcomcdowell88613 жыл бұрын

    Me: three thousand years ago waiting for the water to boil so the door opens. Also me: three thousand years ago tired of waiting four minutes to go inside invents the door knob.

  • @levongrant6010
    @levongrant60103 жыл бұрын

    laughing nervously to myself as i peer over to my own double bell style alarm clock. . .

  • @NymbusCumulo928

    @NymbusCumulo928

    3 жыл бұрын

    is it secretly a time machine?

  • @themiltonguy4530
    @themiltonguy45303 жыл бұрын

    I have a table-top alarm clock, it gives me extra time to dress properly before work.

  • @flavio_spqr
    @flavio_spqr3 жыл бұрын

    Had a chance to see the Antikythera mechanism in person some years ago while visiting Athens. It is really something!

  • @ferociousgumby

    @ferociousgumby

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but WHAT?

  • @joseph-mariopelerin7028

    @joseph-mariopelerin7028

    3 жыл бұрын

    i wet myself... your happy now???

  • @starsoffyre

    @starsoffyre

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too. Somehow most visitors to the museum just took a glance and walked right past. I have given free reign to take lots of close-up shots :D

  • @EMurph42

    @EMurph42

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ferociousgumby ha!

  • @EMurph42

    @EMurph42

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@starsoffyre it’s sad the vast majority of humans have no idea the importance of places & things. My second favorite KZread tour ancient sites & jokes about the scourge of selfie sticks. Are they there to see amazing things or just be seen?

  • @Cunoslav
    @Cunoslav3 жыл бұрын

    It doesn't matter which channel i'm watching, i always expect Simon to say : "I'm your boy with the Blaze!"

  • @Cunoslav

    @Cunoslav

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Michael Calhoun lI It is slowly but surely coming out

  • @zzippo81

    @zzippo81

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm always disappointed to not hear the insults. Like the recent one on the last witch, so many chances for "because of course it's fake and they were frauds! The past was the worst!"

  • @talideon

    @talideon

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zzippo81 Allegedly.

  • @burale100

    @burale100

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too 🙂😂

  • @rodh1404

    @rodh1404

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think that channel will one day be Simon's biggest. Well, probably not, but at least most notorious and beloved.

  • @CJ_Nightlives
    @CJ_Nightlives3 жыл бұрын

    Honestly surprised you haven’t been approached by any tv networks to get your own show, could definitely rock it.

  • @garrysmith9515
    @garrysmith95153 жыл бұрын

    "...or your Ready Room." We see what you did there, Simon. :P

  • @tttm99

    @tttm99

    3 жыл бұрын

    Although, for authenticity, my ready room door operates by two unseen stage grips sliding the door panels by hand whenever someone approaches...

  • @mhyzon1

    @mhyzon1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Make it so

  • @Yvolve
    @Yvolve3 жыл бұрын

    95% of the comments will be "Simon's shirt button is undone".

  • @WyattRyeSway

    @WyattRyeSway

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yup, looks like it

  • @timothyneiswander3151

    @timothyneiswander3151

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why are ya looking down there, perv?

  • @flowertrue

    @flowertrue

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's really cutting loose today.

  • @finscreenname

    @finscreenname

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not the first video either. I think he is making a fashion statement at this point.

  • @dstringf

    @dstringf

    3 жыл бұрын

    Let’s go for 99%

  • @BCassidy2
    @BCassidy23 жыл бұрын

    "... or your Ready Room." Loved the subtle Star Trek reference.

  • @michelleschmidt2425
    @michelleschmidt24253 жыл бұрын

    Why was the button so distracting? That's just weird. Now I'll be checking other videos to see if they were recorded the same day based on the button. I feel like Sam would have edited around it somehow. LOL

  • @Camman010

    @Camman010

    3 жыл бұрын

    He has a few videos that have the same shirt unbuttoned. I saw one about 3 weeks ago.

  • @davidklein1245

    @davidklein1245

    3 жыл бұрын

    I am a firm believer that Simon periodically leaves a button undone because he knows people will comment on it. Comments = engagement = better YT analytics = better sponsorship deals. He is smart enough to understand the connection and shrewd enough to take advantage of it.

  • @adamsimpson731

    @adamsimpson731

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@davidklein1245 Perhaps something a LEGEND would do? iykyk

  • @noeraldinkabam

    @noeraldinkabam

    3 жыл бұрын

    It says something about the people that were so distracted: they are anal.

  • @johnemerson1363

    @johnemerson1363

    3 жыл бұрын

    What button?

  • @carlstanland5333
    @carlstanland53333 жыл бұрын

    Robot Simon will remake this same video in 3000 years about today’s technology. And he’ll have 10000 channels.

  • @joseph-mariopelerin7028

    @joseph-mariopelerin7028

    3 жыл бұрын

    and will still invent half the fact to make his video more exceptional

  • @WitnessRAH

    @WitnessRAH

    3 жыл бұрын

    So at some point you expect him to start deleting channels?

  • @joseph-mariopelerin7028

    @joseph-mariopelerin7028

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@WitnessRAH if we all pitch in, and do hates comments, he will go away on his patreon or whatever tf... then maybe the small time video makers that really do research could profit of the algorithm....

  • @WitnessRAH

    @WitnessRAH

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@joseph-mariopelerin7028 submit you fool! Or you shall never grow!! Mwuahahahahahaa

  • @joseph-mariopelerin7028

    @joseph-mariopelerin7028

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@WitnessRAH thats the point (kind of)... his vids are for little kids that don't know any better... he'll never grow like that... he always will be; Shallow Simon

  • @eodmax85
    @eodmax853 жыл бұрын

    S'alright Simon. We're struggling to dress ourselves every morning during lockdown too.

  • @ferociousgumby

    @ferociousgumby

    3 жыл бұрын

    At least the button is still there. It didn't pop off him due to pandemic pounds.

  • @joseph-mariopelerin7028

    @joseph-mariopelerin7028

    3 жыл бұрын

    awww! i juste wanna pinch your cheek

  • @NAC_Exec
    @NAC_Exec3 жыл бұрын

    you should do an episode on top undiscovered places like the resting place of Ganghis Khan, which is still yet to be found today.

  • @PMcDFPV
    @PMcDFPV3 жыл бұрын

    "or your ready room" Slipped that one in there didnt ya you Blazin Trekkie ! NOICE !

  • @tommydotyjr.2966

    @tommydotyjr.2966

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad i'm not the only one that caught that 🤣

  • @fixman88

    @fixman88

    3 жыл бұрын

    *snickers*

  • @ewestner

    @ewestner

    3 жыл бұрын

    Loved that! Especially because on the Star Trek sets the automatic doors were actually controlled by a human being who would sometimes get the cues wrong and then the actors would actually walk into the doors. Oops!

  • @flowertrue

    @flowertrue

    3 жыл бұрын

    "There's coffee in those ancient artifacts!"

  • @ewestner

    @ewestner

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@flowertrue "Warp particles!"

  • @crazzy88ss
    @crazzy88ss3 жыл бұрын

    I still use the radio digital alarm clock I've had for nearly 25 years.

  • @fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718
    @fvckyoutubescensorshipandt27183 жыл бұрын

    1:28 I still use mine. Also comes with radium numbers and hands (handy if I wake up in the middle of the night and don't feel like fumbling in the dark for a phone and it's still almost bright enough to use as a weak flashlight, will be for another 1500 years given the half-life of radium). It is the same one grandma used back in the 1940's (still keeps ok time too, despite being mechanical and 80 years of use). If it still works why change it or throw it away?

  • @istvanbrooks5319

    @istvanbrooks5319

    2 жыл бұрын

    RADIATION

  • @fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718

    @fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@istvanbrooks5319 I even keep it just above my head at the head of the bed. Old age will still kill me before the radiation will. People panic way too much in general. It's mostly alpha particles that won't even penetrate skin, so unless I break it and eat the glowing bits I have little to worry about.

  • @Hamsteak
    @Hamsteak3 жыл бұрын

    There was a show about 5 years ago that was called ancient technologies. And it went over all these, its pretty freaking amazing what our ancestors did in the past

  • @angusrumplemeyer1791

    @angusrumplemeyer1791

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if it's the same program I watched around 15 years ago or so. Back when the History Channel actually had programs about history.

  • @Hamsteak

    @Hamsteak

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@angusrumplemeyer1791 it probably was, that was the golden age of The History Channel

  • @DieNextInLINE

    @DieNextInLINE

    2 жыл бұрын

    People seem to forget that ancient people were as smart as us. They just didn't have the same access to knowledge that we do now.

  • @Hamsteak

    @Hamsteak

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DieNextInLINE exactly, a lot of people assume that people from the past aren't as smart as current people.

  • @jonathanmillner

    @jonathanmillner

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Hamsteak I think it's easy to have that perspective until you wake up and realize we fall prey to many of the same human frailties now as we did in the past. The only thing that's different? We got a little bit better at making shit... Human empathy, a desire to help other humans though... I highly suspect cave people were at least very empathetic individuals most of the time, and they were probably just as good as me at fostering good relationships with other people...They had to get along. Most tribes weren't exactly huge... They woke up in the morning and decided the people around them were worth doing this really hard journey with. Same thing now, but I'm not sure I'm better than a cave man at this. I'd like to believe I am... but in reality... probably not. Getting along with a small tribe for your entire life is like living with your own family for your whole life. Many families have a hard time spending more than 3 days together during Christmas without causing some big family drama of sorts... Tell me who is probably more cognitively developed at understanding the importance of and maintaining relationships? Who's more empathetic?

  • @blackfish4147
    @blackfish41473 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how many people caught your "ready room" reference. That gives me a video idea: how about the genius of Gene Roddenberry? So many of his fictional concepts have come to fruition from flip phones and hyposprays to anti-matter. I'm not sure which channel you would use but I am subscribed to all of them so I'll keep an eye out for it.

  • @jeremythornton433

    @jeremythornton433

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think that's a great idea!

  • @Albinoafroman316
    @Albinoafroman3163 жыл бұрын

    Simon talking about the ancients living without modern ammenities, such as electricity, machinery & crack pipes!

  • @ferociousgumby

    @ferociousgumby

    3 жыл бұрын

    And shirt buttons.

  • @mrillis9259

    @mrillis9259

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cobb pipes are wicket old are they not?

  • @Martyr217
    @Martyr2173 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Simon, I've already seen Inside Bills Brain a long time ago and I'm about to rewatch it. Thanks again.

  • @devikwolf
    @devikwolf3 жыл бұрын

    "...or your ready room." Simon dropping more Trek refs ❤️❤️

  • @JamieBainbridge
    @JamieBainbridge3 жыл бұрын

    Shoutout to the random dark blue canvas hanging out in the corner making the set look good. An unsung hero of the Simon Whistler mythos.

  • @misterflibble6601
    @misterflibble66013 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to see more in depth individual episodes on all the innovations covered here

  • @Amethyst_Dragon_
    @Amethyst_Dragon_3 жыл бұрын

    Love to watch you Blaze !!!!

  • @flowertrue
    @flowertrue3 жыл бұрын

    I really thought he was about to say "I, as always, am your boi with the Blaze." I do enjoy these informational vids too.

  • @Woofy-tm8si
    @Woofy-tm8si2 жыл бұрын

    Scary fact: My 1938 home was attached to the city sewer when it was built using glazed terra cotta pipes. It lasted until July 2020 when the root system of a tree planted by a previous owner had clogged and damaged two sections of the terra cotta pipe. A later inspection of an intact section revealed it was still in pristine condition. A sewer line expert told us that, had the tree not been planted so close to the sewer line, it likely would have lasted at least another century. There have been at least tree major earthquakes over 6.0 since the house was built.

  • @didyasaysomethin2me

    @didyasaysomethin2me

    Жыл бұрын

    That's like the brick sewers under London that have been there even longer than that. And they are still intact and in use to this day.

  • @captainkenzie6873

    @captainkenzie6873

    Жыл бұрын

    Terracotta.

  • @elliotshaw9453
    @elliotshaw94533 жыл бұрын

    Keep up the good content Simon thanks

  • @panaxion
    @panaxion3 жыл бұрын

    Neolithic Orkney north of Scotland had indoor plumbing 5000 years ago, which predates that of Crete by some time! Indoor plumbing wasn't common again on the islands until the 1950s though!

  • @didyasaysomethin2me
    @didyasaysomethin2me Жыл бұрын

    The Antikythera Mechanism and that Didong thing are probably my two favorite pieces of ancient technology.

  • @rogersledz6793
    @rogersledz67933 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me to get through the pandemic!

  • @Consisto77
    @Consisto773 жыл бұрын

    Love the videos! Could you please make one for Baltic Sea Object??

  • @josephbeszczynski714
    @josephbeszczynski7143 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Simon!!!

  • @QuietFury9
    @QuietFury93 жыл бұрын

    Are we sure simon isnt a immortal scp? One that we have to keep giving channels and keep him busy teaching, otherwise some kind of event could happen.

  • @nicholas8428

    @nicholas8428

    3 жыл бұрын

    We’re still not sure 🤷🏼‍♂️?? To be safe just keep watching & hitting that like button 👍

  • @ghostofsolomon237
    @ghostofsolomon2373 жыл бұрын

    Staring at Simon's beard, as usual. And the Button...

  • @johnbarber4549

    @johnbarber4549

    3 жыл бұрын

    See his beard? Ain't it weird? Don't be sceered It's just a beard.

  • @ferociousgumby

    @ferociousgumby

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johnbarber4549 What rhymes with "button"? Cuttin', guttin', muckin', suckin', tuckin'

  • @ferociousgumby

    @ferociousgumby

    3 жыл бұрын

    I challenge anyone to put all those words into a poem.

  • @johnbarber4549

    @johnbarber4549

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ferociousgumby mutton.

  • @ferociousgumby

    @ferociousgumby

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johnbarber4549 Forgot the most obvious one!

  • @midlifeduck7040
    @midlifeduck70403 жыл бұрын

    I did enjoy the video. Since I watch all your other channels these were all known to me. But still great content.

  • @michaelwiebers9656
    @michaelwiebers96562 жыл бұрын

    I keep hoping to hear more about all five. What about doing programs on each item in Sideprojects?

  • @GuyVeto
    @GuyVeto11 ай бұрын

    Kudos for the subtle mention of the Ready Room 👍🏻

  • @aardeng
    @aardeng3 жыл бұрын

    No alarm clock club!

  • @gregallan2842
    @gregallan28423 жыл бұрын

    3:50 The earthquake detector is obviously the source of the "resograph" - a "device for measuring disturbances in reality" - portrayed in Terry Pratchett's novel Moving Pictures.

  • @Michael75579
    @Michael755793 жыл бұрын

    No mention of Hero's aeolipile? Admittedly there's no record of this steam engine being put to any practical use, but it's still interesting.

  • @jimmlew6
    @jimmlew62 жыл бұрын

    I love your sites watch them daily thanks for posting

  • @Dfoto679
    @Dfoto679 Жыл бұрын

    There was also ancient vending machines that dispensed oils at the temples. My dad used to work for vending machine company, and he used to give that lecture to his new customers.

  • @fthagn
    @fthagn3 жыл бұрын

    It would be really cool to see a Side project video on the Antihkera Mechanism, maybe an opportunity for collab with Clickspring who made one from scratch.

  • @twodogstudio2
    @twodogstudio23 жыл бұрын

    I like how you present the facts, the reality of these ancient topics without embellishment or exaggeration. So many programs make stuff up and it ruins the actual amazingness of the topics.

  • @fratercontenduntocculta8161
    @fratercontenduntocculta8161 Жыл бұрын

    I have said it many times before, but I don't think we truly appreciate the incredible things our ancient ancestors were capable of. It's refreshing to find something and it completely changes our perspective or understanding, or my favorite shattering a long believed myth.

  • @leonmusk1040
    @leonmusk1040 Жыл бұрын

    "It's Plato" best quote of all time cheers Simon.

  • @deadchemist7585
    @deadchemist7585 Жыл бұрын

    I literally have one of those two bell clocks. They are amazing.

  • @Vontroll
    @Vontroll Жыл бұрын

    How about pipe organs? I assumed they were maybe 200 years old at best, but was shocked to learn just how old they really are.

  • @chrislong3938
    @chrislong39383 жыл бұрын

    My father-in-law was a Marine in the Pacific and he and I would sometimes knock back a few beers after everyone went to bed. He was a Sherman tank TC (the guy in the top hatch) and was in the thick of it during the invasion of Guam. I had seen the John Wayne movie, "The Sands of Iwo Jima" before and asked him about the flame thrower tanks in that flick. He said that they had them and that the guys that crewed those tanks were absolutely certifiable and that not many 'normal' Marines interacted with them! Their tanks leaked Napalm all over the place and they all stunk to high Heaven. He said they were all just bloodthirsty lunatics that no one wanted to mess with. He was a very mellow dude and I miss him and his stories! RIP George...

  • @ghaznavid
    @ghaznavid3 жыл бұрын

    Was waiting for Greek Fire. Had to keep the best for last!

  • @connhughes13
    @connhughes133 жыл бұрын

    I follow like 3 of your channels (business blaze holds a special place in my heart) and everything you do is great. You're the kind of guy I'd grab a beer with and shoot the sh!t. Keep it up man. Btw Danny should be a comedian.

  • @loglieable
    @loglieable3 жыл бұрын

    I love how business blaze bleeds into every channel slowly 🤣💖

  • @MrTruehoustonian

    @MrTruehoustonian

    3 жыл бұрын

    No it fucking sucks that it does seep into other channels keep that shit contained

  • @somethingwitty7449

    @somethingwitty7449

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MrTruehoustonian the only thing from business blaze kept contained is Danny!

  • @ferociousgumby

    @ferociousgumby

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@somethingwitty7449 I hate Business Blaze. It's Simon off his meds.

  • @peterbroderson6080
    @peterbroderson60803 жыл бұрын

    Enjoy your videos always find out something I didn't know.

  • @spookerd
    @spookerd3 жыл бұрын

    I'm still using the same digital GE alarm clock my parents bought me when I was in elementary school. That thing is at least 30 years old at this point.

  • @idancohen4753
    @idancohen47533 жыл бұрын

    Me looking at my old school alarm clock

  • @kellypolek9177

    @kellypolek9177

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol I slowly slip mine behind my pillow as the shaming was happening

  • @calendarpage

    @calendarpage

    3 жыл бұрын

    He has a tendency to make sweeping statements about religion and technology use. Many people use alarm clocks. I don't think it's a crime or a mark of senility.

  • @Markle2k

    @Markle2k

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@calendarpage Simon Whistler: Driving audience interaction through baseless assertions, mispronunciations, and malapropisms since 2015!

  • @nystemy
    @nystemy3 жыл бұрын

    An, the Antikythera mechanism, a device who the channel Clickspring is dedicating a many many hour long build video on, making it in a mostly time accurate fashion and discussing various details. Well worth a watch if I say so myself.

  • @friedpotato6037
    @friedpotato60373 жыл бұрын

    You already know this guy is an immortal being that is very wise in teaching when you look at him first

  • @mehrcat1

    @mehrcat1

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's just a talking head regurgitating what he reads, mispronounces many words, talks too fast in the same sing-song rythm and should give up pretending to be amused at the 'funny' parts.

  • @sichiweza9152
    @sichiweza91523 жыл бұрын

    Hello Simon Please make a video about Top Fuel Dragsters

  • @koreywilliams4570
    @koreywilliams45703 жыл бұрын

    Thats neat I seen the dragon earthquake thing on an episode of storage wars

  • @ComaDave
    @ComaDave3 жыл бұрын

    Minoans: "Yay! We have toilets that flush!" Santorini: "Did somebody say 'FLUSH'?"

  • @cluerip
    @cluerip3 жыл бұрын

    Antikytheta mechanism is being rebuilt by someone on youtube named Click Spring. Amazing series to watch even if you don't think you'll be interested in machining vids.

  • @ogrehaslayers605
    @ogrehaslayers605 Жыл бұрын

    When I was 9 years old (100 years ago) I was leaving the hospital after visiting my grandma with my family, and the automatic door smashed shut on me. It crumpled me. About 20 nurses screamed and ran over to help me up. I liked that part. 😛

  • @Emira_75
    @Emira_753 жыл бұрын

    I would’ve loved for you to elaborate on everything here. How did this alarm clock work ? How did the ancient Chinese seismograph work ?

  • @jessetaylor4142
    @jessetaylor41423 жыл бұрын

    Hum, don't know what you're talking about Simon >_> *walks into glass door that should have opened*

  • @warrenjones744
    @warrenjones7443 жыл бұрын

    I would like to see a more in-depth look at Greek Fire on one of your shows Simon.

  • @neilbain8736
    @neilbain87363 жыл бұрын

    Earthquake House, in Comrie in Perthshire is similar to the Houfeng Didong Yi and was set up in 1874 because of spate of earthquakes along the Highland Boundary Fault in the Late Victorian Era and seems to have worked quite well till more sensitive equipment replaced it. British earthquakes are actually quite common but really weak, and many go unfelt.

  • @davinanderson2003
    @davinanderson20033 жыл бұрын

    My wind up two bell alarm clock helped me get through college.

  • @JDrwal2
    @JDrwal23 жыл бұрын

    I wish there was more info on those onventions. Don’t get what’s so special about a few dozen gears in the Antikathyra mechanism. I’m sure there is more to it.

  • @josephpepin8822
    @josephpepin882211 ай бұрын

    There was another older science fiction show “Rocky Jones Space Ranger” that had an episode with Rocky doing a flying leap through some automatic doors.

  • @myrodin1210
    @myrodin12103 жыл бұрын

    Funny enough my uncle still uses a 2bell ringer alarmclock, and not his phone. Now he uses his for other alarms throughout the day.

  • @ortizguard2816
    @ortizguard28163 жыл бұрын

    Would have liked more info on the antykethera device.

  • @billbaggins

    @billbaggins

    3 жыл бұрын

    Check out the channel "Clickspring"

  • @mrwhitey5075
    @mrwhitey50753 жыл бұрын

    i use a table top alarm clock

  • @alaric_

    @alaric_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too, with wakeup light that turns up gradually until the alarm turn on. The light was the big reason i got it.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn22233 жыл бұрын

    1:15 - Chapter 1 - Water alarm clock 2:40 - Chapter 2 - Houfeng didong yi 4:50 - Chapter 3 - Automatic doors 7:00 - Chapter 4 - Flushing toilets 8:25 - Chapter 5 - Antikythera mechanism 10:10 - Chapter 6 - Greek fire

  • @jamesknapp64

    @jamesknapp64

    3 жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @bayareanewman1566
    @bayareanewman15663 жыл бұрын

    I have an old school alarm clock radio. It’s super loud. I have it across the room. It’s super loud and annoying. It forces me to actually get up and walk a cross the room to shut it up. If I use my phone, which I have next to me, I’ve been known to turn it off and not even remember doing it, and then I’m late!

  • @danielwaterton2342
    @danielwaterton23422 жыл бұрын

    I love you so much. I'm a combat veteran in Iraq and Afghanistan. Your videos helped me survive

  • @danielwaterton2342

    @danielwaterton2342

    2 жыл бұрын

    Im crying rite now how you helped me so must. Take care buddy ❤

  • @youreright3664
    @youreright36643 жыл бұрын

    The foufeng didong yi, gave Wallace inspiration for his Knit-o-matic machine.

  • @Mrnitti196
    @Mrnitti1963 жыл бұрын

    The open bottom button solidified Simon's position as a professor that works too much

  • @mehrcat1

    @mehrcat1

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's just a talking head regurgitating what he reads, mispronounces many words, talks too fast in the same sing-song rythm and should give up pretending to be amused at the 'funny' parts. There are also lots of innaccuracies in his videos but he doesn't write the script.

  • @ferociousgumby

    @ferociousgumby

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's a promo for his NEW KZread Channel, Simon Unbuttoned. He's drunker than on Business Blaze.

  • @mabudon
    @mabudon3 жыл бұрын

    i saw the earthuake detector (or a replica, i guess) at an exhibit in vancouver, b.c. and they had to secure the balls in place cos the constant minor quakes kept triggering it

  • @sidneysun5217
    @sidneysun52173 жыл бұрын

    can you imagine what Plato would have done if students fell asleep in his class?

  • @Bacopa68

    @Bacopa68

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Plato" was his wrestling nickname. He had ways of waking people up.

  • @InertiaCreeps
    @InertiaCreeps3 жыл бұрын

    Here we were in 2020, and still without a device to help Simon Whistler button his shirts. We only *think* ourselves above savages!

  • @bigj3086
    @bigj30863 жыл бұрын

    Ok this guy has more irons in the fire than anyone I know. Damb man your just killing it!!

  • @jasonwright1687
    @jasonwright16873 жыл бұрын

    Loving the podcast, by the way..

  • @sherylcascadden4988
    @sherylcascadden4988 Жыл бұрын

    I have an old-fashioned alarm clock: wind-up, and with the two bells on top. If we have another "Carrington Event" I have the time. (And other things)

  • @immortalsofar5314
    @immortalsofar53143 жыл бұрын

    I have to admit, I almost walked into a door a few years ago because it didn't open for me. Turned out it wasn't automatic but, for someone born in the '70s, you know you're living in the future when that's a problem.

  • @ryanb9749

    @ryanb9749

    3 жыл бұрын

    I once pulled a door that said LLUP. Took me a minute to figure out why it wouldn't open.

  • @thomaslanguell7257
    @thomaslanguell72573 жыл бұрын

    In 3020: "Those people back in 2020 sure were backward!"

  • @SeanPat1001
    @SeanPat1001 Жыл бұрын

    I use a water alarm clock that works on a different principle. What I do is drink a large glass of water just before going to bed. Works like a charm.😂

  • @shrapnollr
    @shrapnollr3 жыл бұрын

    I have one of the alarms with the two bells. Other alarms clocks are loud/annoying enough so they wouldn’t wake me up.

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis94493 жыл бұрын

    Thank you ,

  • @tlacahetl
    @tlacahetl3 жыл бұрын

    I got one that projects a lazer time on my ceiling!!! Green or red.. It does make the old school rooster alarm clock sound.

  • @ztoob8898
    @ztoob88983 жыл бұрын

    4:15 - Northeast Dragon to North Dragon: "Did the Earth move for you, too?"

  • @sarasotauptoseattle
    @sarasotauptoseattle3 жыл бұрын

    "I shouldn't laugh."...…LMAO!

  • @ckl9390
    @ckl93903 жыл бұрын

    1:25 I use a bell based freestanding alarm clock. Don't have a mobile phone either.

  • @viridiscoyote7038
    @viridiscoyote70383 жыл бұрын

    The airship "America" and Walter Wellman's multiple (and failed) attempts to break any sort of record with it could be a fun video.

  • @tsilb
    @tsilb3 жыл бұрын

    I don't use my phone as an alarm because the alarm sound is not alarming. It starts with a vibrate, transitions to a quiet sound, then gradually becomes louder. By the time it becomes alarming, I'm already awake; but not alert. A proper alarm begins loud and suddenly, forcing you to be alert immediately. Ideally, it kicks in your flight-or-flight response. That is, alarms should be alarming.