"Spoiler: or as they call it here, Abstract:" had me in tears

@matu.ayrton

4 жыл бұрын

i really dont understand it, can you explain? maybe its because im not a native english speaker idk

@mackandelius

4 жыл бұрын

@@matu.ayrton Abstact is a small summary at the beginning of a research paper, it basically spoils the end pf the entire paper.

@benweedon620

4 жыл бұрын

@@matu.ayrton It's a feature of scientific and other academic writing that it should not be told with narrative - the information should be communicated as effectively and efficiently as possible. Part of this means that the 'abstract' of an academic paper is a succinct, but ideally complete, summary of the paper. Not like a trailer for a movie which deliberately omits information so that they can not spoil the story. Even if you still don't understand - I promise it really was absolutely Hilarious!!! fully cracked me up.

@lewisford7438

4 жыл бұрын

@@benweedon620 You're right about all of that, unless you can remember the trailer too well. Trailers these days ruin important plot points like nobody's business. The trick is to forget. If only we could block trailers when we go into the movie theatre...

@Arkatox

4 жыл бұрын

I’m a lifelong English speaker who’d never heard of the term. Thanks, everyone.

Still waiting for Tom Scott's science fiction novel.

@una_10bananas

7 жыл бұрын

YES

@TomScottGo

7 жыл бұрын

You'll be waiting a while. I can't write characters and I can't write realistic dialogue...!

@yondaime500

7 жыл бұрын

How about a science-fiction novel entirely written in emoji? I'm sure you could write that.

@erelde_

7 жыл бұрын

Tomewyrm Draconus​ a compilation of short stories like he does in those talks yes

@rehpotsirhic

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe collaborate with someone who can? like John Green?

[blocks the bus driver and goes on the bus without paying]

@emototheextremo5571

4 жыл бұрын

@@jbird4478 Denmark?

@Connor_M27

4 жыл бұрын

@Eric Hung How do I block this meme?

@Victoria-hp6sf

4 жыл бұрын

@@jbird4478 America too. where DONT you pay for the bus

@elliottR2

4 жыл бұрын

@@jbird4478 do you by any chance pay for the card?

@hop-skip-ouch8798

4 жыл бұрын

Alternatively [bus driver blocks you, doesn't stop at your location or runs you over]

"One of the most harsh messages I have sent in my life" ... and presents the most polite rejection my eyes have ever seen..

@alengm

3 жыл бұрын

That's cause it's written in british

@hisc0rehq843

3 жыл бұрын

Canadian is kinder

@merlinb5448

3 жыл бұрын

@@hisc0rehq843 no matter how kind you are, german children are kinder

@hisc0rehq843

3 жыл бұрын

@@merlinb5448 (ﾟ∀ﾟ)

@takashi.mizuiro

3 жыл бұрын

Merlin B lmao

why did he post a 5 minute video of an empty stage? how odd...

@wyldbob1230

7 жыл бұрын

I don't know, but this itching behind my ear is driving me mad.

@KK426LH

7 жыл бұрын

It's almost 9 minutes

@Ceser1999

7 жыл бұрын

what are you talking about, there is no such thing as 9-minute videos? The longest ones are 7!

@Mr8lacklp

7 жыл бұрын

No it's 15

@Order-Joshua

7 жыл бұрын

Who in this crazy world would block Tom.

I skipped over a small section of this - the idea of splitting into "red world" and "blue world" based on politics. It seemed a bit too much right now.

@Wumbolo

7 жыл бұрын

how was this commented 4 hours ago?

@yp556

7 жыл бұрын

Wumbolo he made it private

@Tamiyaviolin

7 жыл бұрын

Magic

@ivancrespogomez5777

7 жыл бұрын

It probably was unlisted before he posted it

@chiiicharooon

7 жыл бұрын

will it be posted in the future?

Tom Scott: Bloody good sci-fi horror author. The George Orwell of the 21st century.

@aloysiuskurnia7643

4 жыл бұрын

Well his "videos from a future" series are incredibly horrifying

@Phailz

3 жыл бұрын

Or he's speaking of the matrix

@revolver265

3 жыл бұрын

Privacy is... _sigh_ dead. _sigh_

@katzekaiserin

3 жыл бұрын

If it ages well it'll age really well

@theredgal5638

3 жыл бұрын

Not quite but he's certainly good

Old Indian proverb: "The tiger you ignore may yet eat you."

@ToastGreeting

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds more like a phrase than a proverb, but I'm not Indian

@autumnhd

3 жыл бұрын

@@ToastGreeting proverbs are phrases

@caliorbustarika3310

3 жыл бұрын

@@ToastGreeting probabaly sounds more "proverb-y" when spoken in whatever Indian language it stems from.

@VivekYadav-ds8oz

3 жыл бұрын

I'm Indian and I've never heard anyone say this ever. Either it's obsolete or very niche in your locality.

@cmoor8616

3 жыл бұрын

@@VivekYadav-ds8oz I cannot attest to it's historical status. It was just relayed to me as such by a lovely story teller. And it would only be obsolete if it wasn't true.

And hackers would become literal ghosts, blocking themselves from everyone around them but still being able to see and interact with them.. very interesting video! Would love to see that in a movie..

@lotrbuilders5041

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel der Wertvolle and not only Hackers. Assassins willing to kill someone

@XxJ0nas98xX

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel der Wertvolle ooo, imagine some group of hackers who have control over the world through their hacking, but they've blocked everyone from knowing about it

@XxJ0nas98xX

7 жыл бұрын

LoTR Builders hmm, if you killed someone could you just block the police.....

@schokodrinkfurimmer8230

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I would really like to see that

@justhavingalook7857

4 жыл бұрын

Love the concept, however blocking someone would mean you can't see/interact with them either

You've watched it, you cannot unwatch it! But one day you will be able to.

@johnstanley3939

7 жыл бұрын

Djorgal underrated comment

@Sir_Panicaim

5 жыл бұрын

Finally i can rewatch movies without getting bored.

@obmajaming3115

5 жыл бұрын

ACTUALLY you can

@guilhermesartorato93

5 жыл бұрын

@@Sir_Panicaim underrated reply

@casualkhajiit

5 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to play skyrim again.

the *worst* message what I expected: entire thing censored what it actually was: I kindly implore you to understand that my deepest desire is the inability to see you in real life

"Blocking people in real life" Murder, murder is the word you're looking for

@danijelujcic8644

2 жыл бұрын

respectfully disagree, that's shift + delete

@book-obsessedweirdo8677

2 жыл бұрын

It works very well

@SS-rc4rn

Жыл бұрын

Blocking only removes from the blockers experience, not everyone's

speeches like this are why I love Tom, he brings a great point to the advancement of technology and the social side of it

@vaclav_fejt

7 жыл бұрын

Also, his one has the best jokes.

@Creamcups

7 жыл бұрын

You should watch Black Mirror if you haven't yet.

@riggidyrickt7574

5 жыл бұрын

yep it's so black mirror-y

I actually had an itch behind my ear right before you started talking about editing out knowledge of implants, and I was actually scratching it right when you said not to worry about that itch behind your ear. Guess I'm not getting any sleep tonight.

@jaythecoderx4623

Жыл бұрын

S a m e

@rootabeta9015

Жыл бұрын

Don't worry about it. I'm sure it's nothing.

How to block in real life: get a restraining order

@FluorescentGreen5

4 жыл бұрын

@Voltaic Fire i mean if someone violates the order and gets found out, legal action can take place

@devnull8029

4 жыл бұрын

@@FluorescentGreen5 or if they get bold enough, give them a remote snoot boop

@CeceTheBee

3 жыл бұрын

Or murder

@baguettegott3409

3 жыл бұрын

@@CeceTheBee I though we weren't gonna mention that option...

@Callie_Cosmo

3 жыл бұрын

@@baguettegott3409 or murder ;)

Can we get another TOM Talk? I dont like the people Ted chooses.

@jemsterr

4 жыл бұрын

That totally random video guy on stage hosted by that math video guy.. My KZread recommendations are formed by this stage.

@Qaucker-vh3fi

4 жыл бұрын

When will ted finally talk himself

@gurman8803

3 жыл бұрын

Qaucker 2008 Ted Talk: Ted Talks

@daviddavis

3 жыл бұрын

Try out royal institution.

@cheesecakelasagna

3 жыл бұрын

TEDtalks but does TEDlisten?

google is going to stop this because ads would be blocked

@jcxz983

7 жыл бұрын

Or they could just pay someone off to be put on the whitelist. Theoretically I mean. Surely they would never do something like that in reality.

@josuelservin2409

7 жыл бұрын

An Alt, There is a little mention in one of the novels of Neal Stephenson about a poor sod who get his visual implant hacked and he gets bombarded with ads 24/7, until he commit suicide...

@StreuPfeffer

7 жыл бұрын

are you sure? when you can block stuff, as he said, you can add stuff too. The Implants have to be somehow economic usefull. so why not giving someone a Burger, but the Box of it is a white box what is sold for ads? or a Car paintjob? or th emessage you get from your friend who is lvoing hes new Lamp from IKEA althought you knew he hates IKEA or hes a few hundret km away from the next store? Maybe youre cat has ads on it but you dont notice realy as they change?

@boo24998

7 жыл бұрын

StreuPfeffer but there would become laws about invaiding privacey

@bertilhatt

7 жыл бұрын

Google is probably already moving into product placement recommendations…

What if you tried to block your own self?

@randomcatdude

6 жыл бұрын

**Universe implodes on itself**

@nandorne123

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe it’ll be similar to being lobotomised and you become a vegetable. Or you become an audience immersed in the world around you similarly how you can become immersed in a movie. Forgetting yourself but being apart of what your spectating? It’s a question I don’t want the answer to be honest. The very idea of such a concept is frightening. Interesting in theory though. :D

@faust7756

5 жыл бұрын

Id think it was more like the psycholigical idea of depersonalization where you cannot recognise/see in this case yourself

@awookieandagerman

5 жыл бұрын

That should legally qualify as suicide. Even if you still live, severing yourself from yourself could only be described as a kind of death.

@Munkenba

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine living on to the ripe old age of 80 with all the people around you completely unaware that you actually killed yourself at 35. You didn't die, but you blocked yourself, so from your perception everything ceased to exist at that moment.

I was expecting this to be a memory erasing device... So having removed all memories of the person you'd like to block, you would no longer mind running into them at parties.

@Roadent1241

4 жыл бұрын

I mean we have Another for that, even if it's a big clunky machine you have to lay down in and let another person deal with what's basically DS non-game cards in a 'DS' (AKA DAS, Dual Another System or TAS, Trace Memory System if you're American) to decide what memories to let you keep. It's all trusting the other person.

@joeyolar1485

4 жыл бұрын

That’s basically the idea behind eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Great movie btw highly recommend

@Efflorescentey

3 жыл бұрын

Joey Olar was coming here to say that. Great movie!!

@PhilimanianMapping

2 жыл бұрын

That removing citizens in George Orwell's 1984 on a whole other level

@adrianthoroughgood1191

7 ай бұрын

If both people deleted each other from their memory they would remove whatever made them hate each other and could start fresh meeting each other again!

The second terrifying thing I've seen today, after Kurzgesagt's latest video.

It's like a "Somebody Else's Problem" field.

@johnstanley3939

7 жыл бұрын

MamaDespik underrated comment

@WajdTohme

7 жыл бұрын

I just upvoted you to 42. Hopefully no one else upvotes you

@madiantin

6 жыл бұрын

I've always wanted one of those.

@hansisbrucker813

4 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly 😊

@clockworkkirlia7475

4 жыл бұрын

Ohh, precisely! Without even that middleman step of having to realise that it *is* indeed somebody else's.

That ending! WHAT IF I HAVE AN IMPLANT!

@AceSkates

7 жыл бұрын

Politiekman pretty sure the MRI machines are just used to fix bugs in people's implants. They got you

@webchimp

7 жыл бұрын

Politiekman What if it's an organic implant? Mimics part of your brain and doesn't show up on any scans.

@akizeta

7 жыл бұрын

Don't worry about it. We're all simulations in Elon Musk's virtual world anyway.

@bigbenhebdomadarius6252

7 жыл бұрын

Here, just take this red pill--or the blue one, if you prefer.

@ObadiahtheSlim

7 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Atomic Robo quote. Either it's the Matrix now, or Mad Max in the future.

“Government mandated...” That’s a scary enough phrase when you’re *not* talking about neural implants that control the very perceptions that make up your entire concept of reality...

@w.t.5136

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to 2021 where I got detention for drinking water in class

@BarginsGalore

3 жыл бұрын

@@w.t.5136 im more surprised that you were in class in 2021 then that you got detention for drinking water

@ender_expert1391

3 жыл бұрын

@@w.t.5136 Was it an online class or...

@thatesc

3 жыл бұрын

@@ender_expert1391 In my country the COVID situation is very very safe which means that classes have been going on for over a year with little to no stops (apart from school holidays)

@rampageblizzard

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. There’s probably all kinds of things that the government is already hiding from us. That would just make it easier.

My favorite thing about Tom Scott's sci-fi is how mundane it is. It all feels so realistic where half of his stories end with some bizarre thing happening and most of us can't even summon up the effort to do anything about it, and it just becomes a part of our new lives.

@navedhasan4632

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr 😍

A much more literal interpretation of confirmation bias

@carolinathatcher

4 жыл бұрын

And selective perception

@Neonb88

4 жыл бұрын

I was gonna say, "is this political commentary?"

This concept of editing our environments is explored excellently in The Golden Age by John C. Wright. He called it "sense filters" and showed both the incredible opportunities it afforded and problems it could create.

'How do you block someone in real life?' My brain: It's called murder.

@thewanderinggamer1369

3 жыл бұрын

That's called deleting.

@LolSumor

3 жыл бұрын

How about restraining order?

@Callie_Cosmo

3 жыл бұрын

I mean it was a federally mandated implant, and government and laws are sorta somewhat close together kinda

Just imagine every person in the world blocking Bielefeld. oh wait, wouldn't change anything.

@foty8679

3 жыл бұрын

@@pprav987 German joke. Germans deny the existance of Bielefeld. Its an insider joke, but the entire country is an insider.

@misteram8348

3 жыл бұрын

Warum willst du etwas blocken was nicht existiert? Geht das überhaupt? --- why do you want to block something that doesn't exist? And is that even possible?

@Blitzkugel100

3 жыл бұрын

@@misteram8348 3 Jahre Kollege, 3 Jahre.

@wiebemartens1030

3 жыл бұрын

Bielefeld? Never heard of that place/thing/person, what imaginary thing is it?

@no1fanofthepals

3 жыл бұрын

@@wiebemartens1030 i think it's a place

I blocked traffic, then I crossed the street and died in a real-life Frogger scenario.

@atypical140

4 жыл бұрын

Guy Core But the whole point is that you don’t see the traffic but your brain can still navigate around it.

Imagine if one blocked Tom or Matt then watched the park bench, it would just be the other one talking to themselves. And in videos like this, just an empty stage with the occasional gesture from the audience.

@powerjbn9283

7 жыл бұрын

9182justin And you wouldn't notice it.

@XxJ0nas98xX

7 жыл бұрын

9182justin I imagine if the filter is smart you just wouldn't be shown this video. The park bench videos though....

In VR, you can block people, which is what it would feel like to block people in real life. Sometimes you see someone talking to someone not there(usually angerly), and then you have to figure out if that person is insane, or if you previously blocked the person they are arguing with.

Isn't this essentially the perception filter from Doctor Who? I always felt like that concept was massively under-used, they should have made a whole episode out of it.

@mechtech220

4 жыл бұрын

isn't this also Black Mirror?

Holy hell this is morbid. Not only is it realistic, its horrid. Blocking people/ideas from existence entirely is a selfish and childish thing to do, yet I could imagine so many people looking at something like this eagerly. Even to my worst of enemies, I would not wish them to be blocked. I might want them to be in the short term, but that's one of those primal instinctive urges that we fight against is it not? Tom Scott, I thank you for opening my mind to understanding this idea and its lack of merit. I hope in future you can help others to understand a possibly less terrifying concept.

@balkanblackpillvideosandmo8456

4 жыл бұрын

Its called censoring

@ThreadBomb

4 жыл бұрын

Get down off your high horse. This is just a technological aid to a natural behavior.

I thought the blocking in Black Mirror was terrifying enough...

"Spoiler: or, as they insist on calling it here, abstract" I love that bit so much

8:20 dammit, ramp up the paranoia Tom. Great concept

Sounds an awful lot like the Black Mirror episodes White Christmas/History of You. Honestly, the concept sounds completely hellish; easily the most unnerving episodes in the series.

@coderoflife1687

7 жыл бұрын

It was heartbreaking when his kid was blocked from him, then he finds out it wasn't kid and ends up killing her. 1000 years a second for punishment, damn.

@lazergurka-smerlin6561

7 жыл бұрын

Newton'sFlamingLaserSword Yup.

@matthewmccloy4283

7 жыл бұрын

CoderOfLife Exactly, that ending in particular was amazing for pulling the rug from under you. Tied with 'Shut Up and Dance' in my opinion.

@vylbird8014

7 жыл бұрын

He did reference that series.

@unaliveeveryonenow

7 жыл бұрын

Given how slow and linear human thought process is you are already ignoring too many things as of ever.

Vsauce4

@OrangeC7

7 жыл бұрын

Octave This is true

@NoNameAtAll2

6 жыл бұрын

Vsauce0

@eliasmg9144

4 жыл бұрын

Bsauce (the B is for British)

Conspiracy theory: we're all living with an implant blocking the same things and people that are schizophrenic are living without implants

@oreoh_no6858

4 жыл бұрын

Oh god

@yoshi6236

4 жыл бұрын

Nah just ignore that itch behind your ear.

@HappyBeezerStudios

4 жыл бұрын

Their non-implant is just "malfunctioning", they need to be treated to fix their "neurological misalignment" There is no implant

@LeafShade

4 жыл бұрын

I guarantee you that thought/concept would be really unsettling to many schizophrenics, most will avoid ever talking about the things they see, specifically avoiding pointing them out, as others seeming to "interact" (even simply staring at the empty space where they see it) makes it almost impossible to draw the distinction between reality and fantasy.

@GhostSamaritan

3 жыл бұрын

@@LeafShade I'm not schizo but my mom is. However, I once had a derealization episode and that's the scariest thing that's ever happened to me. Imagine being awake in a dream-like state where your actions are almost autonomous!

Aliens: This human has become way too self-aware. Let's Erase Tom Scott from Existence. *Tom Scott has blocked everyone including himself* *Everyone has blocked Tom Scott*

@honkabooly

4 жыл бұрын

Who?

@aryankathawale9269

3 жыл бұрын

Who now?

@petalmist0288

3 жыл бұрын

Who is that? I’ve never heard of him, ever

@juliaorlandini7844

2 жыл бұрын

Do you mean Scott caothen

I swear this reminds me of a book or short story I read about a similar concept; everyone has a digital 'angel' that helps them manage and filter their information overload. But the protagonist, a private investigator, is tasked with looking into a crime and the story ends with a cliffhanger of his 'angel' asking him how much of the lies he wants to strip back.

Talks like this are your best videos

@ptwob

7 жыл бұрын

They acquire a bit more attention then the flashy million views video's... But i agree.

@NasBench

7 жыл бұрын

One of the best*

@john_titor1

7 жыл бұрын

Worst*?

@LlamaFluff

7 жыл бұрын

No I think I spelt best right

@XxJ0nas98xX

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Brand They don't even require that much attention, social media has just lowered people's attention spans to nothing

"Abstract aka Spoiler" - I'm so going to steal that if I can remember it.

@bharatmadhok6773

3 жыл бұрын

So did you remember it

@famrah

3 жыл бұрын

+

@ixia8062

2 жыл бұрын

Bro i need to know did you remember

@MrMartinSchou

2 жыл бұрын

@@ixia8062 Not until I was reminded, no.

@ixia8062

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrMartinSchou this is the true power of humanity

"Blocking people in real life" We call that a restraining order, my friend.

Is this a Doctor Who script?

@GabrielKnightz

7 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@chewcodes

6 жыл бұрын

More like black mirror

@captcalvin2293

5 жыл бұрын

did you just reply to yourself?

@jereseppala699

5 жыл бұрын

OOF, you replied to yourself

@prestonio

5 жыл бұрын

@@jereseppala699 whoops you replied to yourself!

I liked the presentation, but the idea of blocking people, things, ideas, ect. via implants is the exact opposite of what I want in the future.

@NoriMori1992

6 жыл бұрын

That's the point.

@seanhardy_

4 жыл бұрын

Korben Dallas im afraid you didn't have a choice korben, its already too late.

@ziril3972

4 жыл бұрын

it really is a horrific thought

@queueeeee9000

4 жыл бұрын

*etc.

@ToastGreeting

3 жыл бұрын

@Crooked Skate Supply Co until important people block you or people you like block you, then you'd probably end up ending up.

That is actually terrifying, yet because this is Tom Scott I still feel pleased to hear about it even with its absolute existential terror.

I’m scared parents who aren’t ready will start blocking out their crying children or addicted people blocking out loved ones who are trying to get them help when they don’t want to. Terrifying

I know exactly who most recently unfriended me on Facebook, might be because I just had twelve friends. Logged in one day and saw a name missing from the chat tab.

This is the greatest channel on KZread! Technology, Science and cool places from around the world.

@hnyii

4 жыл бұрын

Plus language, obscure references, and the lot.

I never get bored of Tom, I watch and rewatch his videos. By far my favourite presenter. From CN, to Park Bench, Things you might not know and all the side videos he's done, he's never failed to be entertaining. Humble too.

"spoiler, or as they insist on calling it here, "abstract"" is a phrase that has haunted my life since I saw this

Liked the "you don't know that you're already in the Matrix"-reference in the end 😁. Strange, that I don't see any comments about that...

This reminds me of the Perception filter from Doctor Who .

Got to love your videos! It’s either your British wit or just your personality (or both) but your videos are both educational and enjoyable at the same time!

What if? As an effort to combat piracy, THIS becomes the norm where once you've paid for a certain piece of content, then it gets unblocked.

@guesswho2778

3 жыл бұрын

but then you wouldnt know enough about the product to want to buy it

@user-bx8sj6qm3w

3 жыл бұрын

Bro no I'm broke

Laughing Man. _"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes."_

All I can say is that this is a scary idea.

Ah, its time for my foil hat again...

i love that last little question, and it makes me laugh every single time i hear it.

And what if people used them for nefarious purposes? There could be a whole group of people that slip "under the radar" that nobody notices. Doctor Who did this a while ago with the perception filter.

@mw2mw3rhett

7 жыл бұрын

What episode was that?

@Roxor128

7 жыл бұрын

The one where John Simm's incarnation of The Master becomes Prime Minister and brings the Toclafane to invade Earth. Second-last episode from 2007, I think.

@OrangeC7

7 жыл бұрын

waterlubber Actually perception filters in Doctor Who are a common gimmick, and they are usually explained to confuse your brain so that you don't realize that what the perception filter is blocking is there. So it is basically the same concept now that I think about it.

@waterlubber

7 жыл бұрын

You're right! I forgot all about bistromathics.

@waterlubber

7 жыл бұрын

It's used a few times throughout the series. I believe that's the most notable though

Blocking in real life is called prison. Well, it's more like a secondary server for all the trolls and cheaters/hackers.

@pitaya4151

5 жыл бұрын

It's the game menu. Minimal content, blank, empty.

@fredhenry101

5 жыл бұрын

The British once came up with a similar concept with much higher capacity. They called it "Australia"

@marciaosullivan3200

4 жыл бұрын

Trolls aren't bad

Love it! Awesome talk, looking forward to the next one!

Wow, that's another great one. I love your bits of science fiction, please keep them coming.

I agree with the _1984_ comparison you drew. Are there any fictional books on this topic?

@meduza3132

7 жыл бұрын

Wumbolo stop commenting so many times.

@__-cd9ug

7 жыл бұрын

You're not making a case of natural selection you're just fishing for likes

@longevitee

7 жыл бұрын

Wumbolo Read Feed, by M. T. Anderson. It's a brilliant satire.

@prenomnom2273

7 жыл бұрын

Anthony Harvey why do you have to bring up Sweden?

I really don’t mind us creating a virtual world but having the real world edited like that is seriously scary

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

"Maybe there's someone else on stage" I was 100% expecting the skull head mannequin to jump out at you at that point. Also the line about abstracts is the best science joke I've heard in a long time :'D

aaaaaaaah I was just scratching my ear when you said that!!!!

This would be a good way to trick people in thinking they are living a free life when in reality a person could be living in a "jail" where all the people controlling their life is hidden from their perspective. Some awful dictators could to awful things and never be caught.

@andymcl92

5 жыл бұрын

Alternatively it could be an easier way to put people in jail. Just let them stay in their own home but filter everything out so they think they're in an empty cell.

The Abstract joke is even better on a meta level because it's a feature of almost all jokes that there is something short and unexpected saved for the end which contains new information or at least new context for the necessarily limited information already provided. As such the abstract is in effect a punchline.... at the start of a paper... bloody love it!!!

Thanks for another great video!!

*This TOM talk was sponsored by EarWorm.*

I loved the last part: "What happens when you edit out the idea of implant from people qith implants" Love it :3

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

Thank you for making me question everything in my mind ever

This is reminiscent of Brave New World except instead of drugs, it's technology. Really interesting.

@oz_jones

7 жыл бұрын

We already live in a brave new world.

3:21 emmm... Sword art online?🤣

Tom Scott is the best person i have seen on youtube

I love those stories

Tom Scott: One of these days in one of your speeches, you have to use the "I'm So Meta, Even This Acronym..." line. Because this speech was so meta.

My ADHD does this to tons of things (like, actual items) in my life. It's the reason why sticky note reminders virtually disappear with ADHD, and also partly why I'm watching this while laying on the tiny sliver of my mattress that's not full of junk.

8:26 OMG the Art of ending the show by Tom Scott 👏👏

"Blocking" is exactly the opposite of what a civilzed, critical-thinking person should do - it's living life with your head in the sand. Uncomfortable and awkward encounters should be embraced at every opportunity

@powerjbn9283

7 жыл бұрын

dgmcl3284 That doesn't apply to legitimate harassment, though.

@XxJ0nas98xX

7 жыл бұрын

dgmcl3284 not necessarily, blocking some people could help with keeping your sanity. I think that as long as we don't block memories and ideas, and nothing is mandatory we're not gonna have that big a problem. The problem is rather that, if we look at today's internet, Google is tracking you on over 90% of sites on the internet, they can do this because their ads are everywhere. Similarly we shouldn't fear that things become mandatory to block, rather that various services require you to block certain things, or that they require access to change what you're blocking to use them. This way almost nobody will not be blocking those things since it's so inconvenient to avoid these services

@Bleh1217

7 жыл бұрын

I think a thin veil of choice is the key. In a way, you have to be willing to embrace those moments, to willingly leave one's comfort zone. Many people go their entire live's without reaching this mindset; they would prefer to live in the fog. One must choose to escape their cage, but many would rather the door to never be open to begin with.

@legendp2011

7 жыл бұрын

+Wheatly Newman......I think part of the problem is some people take even the simplest thing as harassment. for example me insulting you angrily to try and prove my point, while petty, it shouldn't be enough for someone to feel the need to block (just my 2 cents).

@Bleh1217

7 жыл бұрын

legendp2011​ there is less of a reason to build a tough skin to insults in the modern age. Why bother doing that when you can just block them? I'm not supporting the mentality, of course, but it's the natural order of things when ignoring bothersome people is just a click away.

Can somebody explain the joke at 2:42?

2:08 you've heard of "a fifth of beethoven", now get ready for "a fifth of Brannan"

You and the collection of memes that inhabit you, are awesome!

When you talked about blocking the jerk on the bus, I'm immediately reminded of harassers. What if someone intentionally blocked themselves from your vision (or even other senses) to harass you? What if a rapist starts hacking people's vision and senses to do things that no one will notice? Imagine the amount of organized crime or even common crime benefiting from messing around this tech.

Well. This was certainly not a pick-me-up.

I put this on to distract me from an existential crisis I'm having. 10/10. Totally fine.

I'm currently writing scifi story about neural implants. This was gold. Great food for thought

There is a slight moment in the end when Matt Parker is slightly distorted. Reminds me of the Vsauce video Distortions.

@tomc8330

7 жыл бұрын

I think that the whole video is distorted.

@Wumbolo

7 жыл бұрын

Parkerception

@molletts

7 жыл бұрын

Your implant must be malfunctioning. Maybe it got overloaded filtering out all that forbidden talk - when they try to edit out more than an hour or so at a time it's very hard for them to smooth over the joins seamlessly.

@legendp2011

7 жыл бұрын

it's becuase the video is interlaced (a type of video format usually used for television broadcast)

Amazing presentation. I'll admit, it doesn't really compare to the "I know what you did 5 minutes ago" talk (that one was probably the best presentation I have ever seen), but still really good.

Great talk btw Tom, another great piece...

As an academic, I am going to be calling every abstract a "spoiler" from now on 😂

That ending was so clever

Thanks Tom, I didn't want to sleep tonight anyway...

That was brilliant!

My whole perception of reality has just been called into question. Cheers Tom! 😳😂

When is the next what people bought with our amazon link coming up. It was a year ago the last one!

@TomScottGo

7 жыл бұрын

Soon! We do that every six months over on the Park Bench, and it's about time. And it has gotten even weirder in the last six months...

@Wumbolo

7 жыл бұрын

Soon(TM)

@Ludix147

7 жыл бұрын

Wumbolo Soon (Tesla Motors) aka. 1 year later?

@josuelservin2409

7 жыл бұрын

Hurry up people! we are in time to make it even weirder!

@blank0s162

6 жыл бұрын

The Voice of Reason Nah dude, buy the classic: -Donuts -Donut holes -Glue