I hate when people say something is junk or useless in science. Just because you don't know what it does, doesn't make it junk.

@TomBlanchard-nc5rd

Ай бұрын

Today's junk, tomorrow's fundamentals...

@ncedwards1234

Ай бұрын

What was once "noise" in fMRI readings is now known as the default mode network, an essential functional network for the human experience of mind wandering and overthinking. Admittedly it can be troubling at times, but i prefer the non-lobotomy route. Also if you feel like yours is ruminating too much, the way to deactivate is quite literally to "engage in tasks geared toward clear goals," so you just do stuff to stop over thinking. Of course it has a very important link to ADHD as well. Pretty important for "noise."

@ghost9-9ghost

24 күн бұрын

ChestertonS Fence

@RichOrElse

22 күн бұрын

one man's junk is another man's science

@ethereal369

22 күн бұрын

"Dark matter"

Just to point out some inaccuracies: I did my doctoral research in endogenous retroviruses back in late 2000s, and proteins like MERV and Syncytin were already quite known and established to be of retroviral origin. So, the fact that ancient infections can persist and evolve into new functions is not new. A big error in the video is to assume that "most of the viral remnants in the DNA are coding" - there is no evidence of this, the evidence is actually very much the contrary, with only a fraction of ancient viral genes still remaining active after millions of years (about 2%). And not all are beneficial: ancient retroviral genes can also code for proteins responsible for neurological diseases, such as multiple sclerosis. It's quite a fascinating topic.

@tobylegion6913

Ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes, just because its there and some of it has functions doesn't mean that all of them do. Before this I was already thinking about building a comprehensive database and viewer for the tree of life, with key ERVs for comprehension. But I guess that would be very tedious and not in scope for a hobby project.

@faza553

Ай бұрын

"Viral" updates vs DIS-ease; Genetics may be the loaded gun but ENVIRONMENT pulls the trigger.

@alekseyaleshintsev9841

Ай бұрын

I remember thinking in my Cancer biology class about these ancient viral codes of DNA as ticking bombs.

@BlanBonco

Ай бұрын

Wish this was pinned. Counterintuitive results can be become a new dangerous intuition quickly. Teleology is the default heuristic

@user255

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I was looking for correction like this. This really should be pinned.

one scientist's genetic junk is another scientist's genetic treasure.

@danieldeelite

Ай бұрын

Best i can do is sickle cell anemia and eidetic memory

@brucethomas471

Ай бұрын

The idea of junk DNA seems oxymoronic. Any that is of no value gets eliminated, doesn't it? Take the 37 genes of mitochondria. They originally had many more but don't require them now, so they are no longer present... I guess that is if mitochondria actually came from magnetobacter, as is currently theorized.

@rowanmccracken990

Ай бұрын

@@brucethomas471 it wouldnt necessarily be eliminated just because it serves no value, that is why things can be vestigial, theres no genetic pressure to get rid of it, but no advantage to using it, so it just sits there as junk

@TheShizzlemop

Ай бұрын

@@brucethomas471 it's not that "things that arent beneficial get eliminated" its more that "things that ARE a DETRIMENT get eliminated" neutral changes occur all the time in nature and stay, because if they dont affect survival some way there's no way for natural selection to well, select, for it.

@billmilosz

Ай бұрын

@@TheShizzlemop The image here, of a scientist's junk, is not a good one.

dealing with a nasty influenza virus currently - if it gives me a few more IQ points I'll stop complaining about it

@MsCrazylegs80

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@edwardfletcher7790

Ай бұрын

More likely to just temporarily change your affinity for tissues & hankies !! 💩 LoL

@henrythegreatamerican8136

Ай бұрын

Change it from Influenza to: Great.... now I can tell the women in my life the herpes I gave them will make them super intelligent and complex!!!!

@henrythegreatamerican8136

Ай бұрын

lol did my comment really get censored for saying: now I can tell the women in my life the herpes I gave them will make them super intelligent and complex!!!!

@vladimirseven777

Ай бұрын

Cure against all kind of diseases was developed long time ago by french scientists. It called guillotine.

I think I might have a co-worker that doesn't have this infection in his genealogical tree

@KOZMOuvBORG

Ай бұрын

related to anti-vaxx "purebloods"?

@krishna-e-bera

Ай бұрын

@@KOZMOuvBORG or related to virus-deniers ;)

@timblack6422

Ай бұрын

@@KOZMOuvBORGlol….

@TheNicaragua1979

Ай бұрын

@@timblack6422 is little outdated?😆

@MANIPULATSIOON

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

The more we study "junk" DNA the more we find how much has or had a purpose. The sheer complexity of all the feedback loops of life is astonishing really. It is super exciting to delve into it but also daunting! This is the kind of thing that AI will actually be a huge help in going forward

@burbanpoison2494

Ай бұрын

​@@brynawaldman5790elitist?

@brynawaldman5790

Ай бұрын

​@@burbanpoison2494Yes, because the implication, by using that description, was; we understand this DNA is useless, & they didn't understand how important it is. They hadn't discovered epigenetics when they invented that term. They knew 5% of our DNA makes enzymes & assumed 95% of our DNA was "junk.". Do you see it? They could have chosen lots of names. They decided they knew all there was to know . . . and so; elitist. I love science, & there is elitism all over the place in scientific attitudes. After all; scientists are only human & many of them have big egos.

@DonariaRegia

Ай бұрын

@@brynawaldman5790 I would chalk it up to arrogance and egotism, among the greatest barriers to development. Elitism is more of a class structure issue. But your core argument is correct, not dissimilar to previously held beliefs about the appendix.

@AmandaDePersis

Ай бұрын

Possibly.... But if AI is modeled or programed to be a smarter, faster, "better" version of us, we are flawed. We "lie" we misinterpret.

@onegreenev

Ай бұрын

what’s junk DNA but garbage left over from dead and dying cells. Its not garbage DNA. Its just garbage the body needs to remove.

This is your most mind-blowing presentation so far

@dahleno2014

Ай бұрын

And mind-blowing clickbait.

@serianthus

Ай бұрын

​@@dahleno2014Did you even watch the video?

@kaarlimakela3413

Ай бұрын

I perceived what you did there. lol

@spiralsun1

Ай бұрын

It will probably go viral.

@retrictumrectus1010

Ай бұрын

​@@dahleno2014The content is actually what the title is.

Ancient viruses basically caused our brains to go from a 56k dial up connection to fiber optic... 😂😂😂

@HShango

Ай бұрын

Yup, they're our fibre optic

@talideon

Ай бұрын

Also, they're why we're mammals.

@ftwgunnerpwns

Ай бұрын

Wonder about those same ancient viruses escaping from the permafrost and ice now with the ice melting 🤔

@HShango

Ай бұрын

​​@@ftwgunnerpwns once they get to know the new world they're in, it's all hands on deck (since the current bacteria and phages today aren't the same as their predecessors from the ancient past).

@davidarundel6187

Ай бұрын

A very good analogy . 🤔👍

This is what I love about science. We learn more everyday, but everything we learn raises more questions.

"somewhat intriguing topic", seems to me a massive understatement 🙂

Calling this a “somewhat intriguing” topic is a monumental understatement

The myelin information is fascinating. It might relate to MS, where attacking myelin in a misguided immune system response. This info suggests there is more to the attempted immune response because myelin does look viral in nature. In the octopus the nervous system is distributed into the arms. The difference makes sense if they lack myelin and extended rapid axonal signal transmission. So bring everything closer and more nerve cells out into the appendages.

@Beans-great

Ай бұрын

I was thinking about MS during this presentation. Very interesting!

@axle.student

Ай бұрын

The MS question popped up out of that for me as well :)

@stemartin6671

Ай бұрын

Defo thought of MS, my mam has it so I kind of understand how it affects the body, and this could lead to a massive breakthrough

@Padraigp

Ай бұрын

​@@stemartin6671could i aak of you know does ms happen after an infection the way me does? Thanks.

@Padraigp

Ай бұрын

Did you guys see tastygarkicbreads comment below

The ability to synthesize myelin provided such a great advantage that it quickly went viral

@christinearmington

24 күн бұрын

👍🤦‍♀️👌😎🤯

Hope this video goes viral

@spiralsun1

Ай бұрын

Ha.😊

@solapowsj25

Ай бұрын

😅😅

@markvalparaiso1690

Ай бұрын

Best comment 👌 🤣😂😂

@gtron7692

Ай бұрын

Hahaha ❤

@christinearmington

24 күн бұрын

✅

Somewhat intriguing? This is WILDLY intriguing! Well done, Anton!

I had already heard about this via another science YT channel, but it's great to have Anton's clear, concise and nicely animated presentation. This news is pretty mind blowing stuff.

"Language is a virus from outer space" - Wm. S. Burroughs

My mind is on the verge of blowing 😮. I will have to watch this a few more times, I think. 😮😮😮😮😮 thanks Anton.❤

@raylopez99

Ай бұрын

You've been infected by knowledge...

@thomas1879

Ай бұрын

I was thinking exactly the same thing. That was awesome. Anton is the man.

I am watching this in 1984. Amazing content.

@trrrmac

27 күн бұрын

what's the number 1 song in billboard list per today in your time really.

@ghost9-9ghost

24 күн бұрын

​@@trrrmac Ghostbusters theme song by Ray Parker Jr.

The virus giveth, the virus taketh away.

@---Dana----

Ай бұрын

God is a virus.

@entropybentwhistle

Ай бұрын

Virus Santa vs. Virus Krampus.

@EinsteinsHair

Ай бұрын

Covid brain fog?

@retrictumrectus1010

Ай бұрын

😂

@Suiseisexy

Ай бұрын

That was your government.

Most people think of venerable old folks when they think of our Ancestors. Actually, the viruses and bacteria that support our lives are our Ancestors living with and within us. And they are no less venerable or awesome for being so small and unassuming. That's the way humility is.

Fun fact: The human brain isn't fully myelinated until about age 18. The last area to finish is the prefrontal cortex, responsible for control of thoughts, actions and emotions. Explains a lot about teenagers.

@sleeeper4659

Ай бұрын

maybe it's intentional, along with hormones spike, to have them make more kids and have less thoughts that could stop it

@creanixchristopher2034

Ай бұрын

It’s 25-28 for girls and 29-30 something for men. Their sutures calcify marking the end of development

@alexb_47933

Ай бұрын

I've read somewhere that this is a myth due to oversimplification. In truth the manner in which it develops is more related to a willingness to taking risks, rather than poor decision making or a lack of consciousness.

@LostMane

Ай бұрын

@@alexb_47933 I believe that

@alexb_47933

Ай бұрын

Source (iirc) newscientist website. "the 7 primes of life - why each decade comes with its own superpowers"

Learnt this a while ago in my undergrad for microbiology, immunology and genetics. Retroviruses and Lentiviruses have integrated themsleves into our genomes throughout our evolution, sometimes being involved in triggering the formation of new structures and functions. These viruses have have transposable elements in their sequences, which allows them to replicate themselves and jump around our genome. Most of time the mutations that these viruses cause from replicating and moving around our genome is inconsequential, but on the rare instances the mutations can either be a beneficial novel trait or a cancerous transformation.

Virology is so fascinating and we are learning more every day

Well done! Just FYI though, an author named Greg Bear wrote about this, or the early bleeding-edge developing theories of it, in the fiction novels “Darwin’s Radio” and “Darwin’s Children”, specifically about DNA “junk” fragments that are actually encoded retroviruses. Their purpose according to the novels is to express themselves under the right stressor(s) to accelerate a necessary evolutionary change.

@juhajuntunen7866

Ай бұрын

I read Darvin's Children years ago. It was hard to understand as whole story, yes I understand what they did there but big picture was lost from me. English is not my native language so I think it was my fault. Should I read Darvin's Radio first to understand this story ?

@krishna-e-bera

Ай бұрын

yeah i am a bit skeptical about them having a "purpose" several generations removed from their evolution. every piece of a living being has some reason it got there, whether as an intermediate function or as a byproduct or as a symbiote/parasite. however there may be emergent synergies of organisms that live together - which i think is what this video about viral components is documenting.

@jeffk1482

Ай бұрын

@@juhajuntunen7866 Absolutely. “Darwin’s Radio” came first, published in 1999. “Darwin’s Children” is the sequel, published in 2002. No wonder you had a hard time following “Children”. “Darwin’s Radio” provides pretty necessary background in viral and molecular biology, at least to understand the concepts…and certainly sets up the whole fictional story!

@jeffk1482

Ай бұрын

@@krishna-e-bera I’m no biologist, molecular, viral or otherwise…and agree the concept may have been stretched a bit. But then again, they’re FICTION NOVELS and are absolutely fascinating reads.

@krishna-e-bera

Ай бұрын

@@jeffk1482 indeed, though the best science fiction does contain science

It’s incredible to think how reality of existence is turned inside out with this concept

Thank you for all your time and hard work on these episodes!

Lets thank our ancestral viruses for giving us big brains 🙏

@EternalKorvo

Ай бұрын

🪱

There is also the survivorship bias. Only beneficial traits or traits that have no effect will be passed on. So for example, a virus causing immunodeficiency or cardiovascular problems wouldn't be transferred the same way a trait like myelin sheaths or placentas would.

@geeboom

Ай бұрын

Wouldn't that depend on when I'm an individual's life this immunodeficiency or cardiac disease manifests itself? It could be that the virus responsible for the myelin sheath would cause cardiac disease later on in life. After the individual's reproductive period. Giving the individual infected with the virus an distinct advantage.

This is hard to comprehend, but totally amazing!

Its fantastic how interconnected we are with other organisms! I would love to see a study looking at development of children in relation to diseases. I noticed with my son that after almost every bigger infection he made an evolutionary jump.

@hannajarvenpaa5079

25 күн бұрын

Makes to think if last pandemia was ment to cause a collective evolution leap...

Retro viruses & Bacteriophages 🤙🏿 both influenced homo sapiens in the past and even today

@raylopez99

Ай бұрын

Sounds like something from a trendy woman's magazine about gut heath, but true.

@Eldritch-1

Ай бұрын

Meat mech suit for viruses and bacteria

@JohnDoe-qz1ql

Ай бұрын

I believe they influence a Great deal of creatures.

@KenFullman

Ай бұрын

Evolution requires mutation to occur. Seems viruses are a contributing factor in causing the mutation.

@---Dana----

Ай бұрын

God is a virus.

OUTSTANDING VIDEO! 🔆

If it’s correct what Anton suggests, then Evolution theory needs a major modification, virus will make it much more complex and volatile, looking forward to that update. Thanks for this Insights Anton.

It's pretty cool they can figure out that this happened

@AKSTEVE1111

Ай бұрын

It is theory, no matter how many pages of writing scientific notations. All I need to do is look at an orange to know the miracle of where I came from. The comment above, about AI, will soon be explaining its version of theory, compiled from all these theories, (absolutely nothing could go wrong there) I choose to look, smell, taste, and feel the truth. But yeah it is pretty cool.

@0113Naruto

29 күн бұрын

@@AKSTEVE1111have no idea what you’re talking about. You lost me mid paragraph.

Honestly genetics in extremely diverse creatures such as humans is quite interesting. Cyanide, for example, is known to be an assassin's tool, but you could imagine there's one person out there who is not only immune to the fatal effects, but will actually think/run significantly faster with it in the person's system... but that person will never know because there isn't enough in the ambient environment to provide fatal doses.

@augiespicer1270

27 күн бұрын

I have friend whose Chinese and Irish, she has Thalessemia factor, which is iron binding, she worked with mother of man she dated, she put warferin in her coffee trying to kill her. Ended up benefiting her cuz lowered iron. She had to give blood when her iron was too high. They diluted her iron rich blood x4 w/saline to give to people with anemia. Just saying there is so much we don't know. Btw Thalessemia factor makes person immune to Malaria which is indemic in China. Advantages and problems. Kinda amazing

Now this is fascinating, I had no idea they had such a deep influence on our genetics !!

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 😊👍

That which didn't kill your species evolved it.

@JorgetePanete

27 күн бұрын

or devolved it

Most excellent! Thanks, Anton!

I love viruses, such fascinating signal machines! To learn about this new research is *awesome*

SO a pandemic is a software update?

@MAYHAM-ze8bo

Ай бұрын

if thats true then what are the vaccines?

@jeffk1482

Ай бұрын

@georgwalt Well, it seems to me *potentially*. Or a precusor to. If it didn’t eliminate the species first. Two wonderful fiction novels were written 1999-2002 on this very topic. “Darwin’s Radio” and “Darwin’s Children”. For fiction novels, they go pretty deep into the weeds of the scientific material. GREAT reads!

@killer8349

Ай бұрын

​@@MAYHAM-ze8bo a way to preserve what we are now... 🤦‍♂️

Thanks man, that was awesome!!! Keep it going!

So, does that mean every time I sneeze... my brain, just gets that little bit smaller? Sorry... I'II see myself out.😅

Anton- plz keep saying "Hello wonderful person" - lol, oh there it is!

This was one of the more mind-blowing things I've seen here 🤯🤯

Amazing, thx for the update Anton

Thanks Anton, very informative.

Hello Wonderful Anton... My name is person and I'll be thanking you for your informative video today.

Once again, mind blown! Thanks Anton!

Mind blowing. Phenomenal work, btw covering stuff in general!

Thanks for your videos throughout the years I am so thankful for your content

Dam, you vids are the best! Keep up the good work!

The amount of times I heard that "x doesn't do anything in your body" only to later hear that actually my organism doesn't have useless pieces....

At 1.29M subscribers, and 113K views in one day on this video alone, I daresay Anton has unlocked the secret to going viral with viruses.

so myelin is like the teflon on a coax cable

@krishna-e-bera

Ай бұрын

when did they put teflon in there? no wonder fires are so toxic

I actually asked my high school science teacher about this. He described viruses as "not quite living, not quite dead" since they're practically like chemicals with RNA/DNA, so I asked if that could be the bridge that allowed true biogenesis...he didn't have an answer lol. I asked a lot of questions that got that reply...

@bobleclair5665

Ай бұрын

It was like that in the 60s if you read the chapter ahead of what the teacher required you to read

@daveyjones8969

Ай бұрын

@@bobleclair5665 That's pretty extreme...had they never taught the class before? Because even teaching one semester of science would get you reasonably familiar with the material. Also, I doubt it was that bad back then, because of the Cold War, the need for scientists and mathematicians would be huge. Some brilliant minds came from that era, and I just don't think they'd skimp on those subjects in particular. It could also have been a regional problem.

@bobleclair5665

Ай бұрын

@@daveyjones8969 actually, it was pretty good, you could skip school if you told them that you were going to get a haircut, it’s amazing we learned anything, we had shop for us slow learners and those that couldn’t afford college, good memories

Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video. Many thanks for the links.

you're a wonderful person anton 👍

Now I understand the Futurama epizode where Fry eats infected snack and gets superpowers thanks to the patogens 🙂

The video title is just wild

@krishna-e-bera

Ай бұрын

biological viruses lead to memetic viruses (memes)

Amazing -- thanks once more Anton

I'm speechless. Thank you. Wow.

(several post stroke years later) yer a great addition to my kitchen! thank you for you efforts bud.

I always thought "junk DNA" was an obviously arrogant concept. Yeah, we don't see that this does anything or understand why it's here, so let's just assume it does nothing. Not very scientific...

Wonderful person you are Anton!

The "constant viral attack" could also be a function in cancer. Worth investigating the opposite function for treatments of cancer.

@gustymaat7011

Ай бұрын

I don't know why I agree with that... not entirely cancer related, but... the constant . . That I agree with, so... in the end.. I concede that, with cancer too... just not only cancer

@NickUSHOR

Ай бұрын

I'm an oncology pharmacist that dispenses tuberculosis bcg vaccine for bladder cancer. They dont know why or how it works. You can read about it on the bladder cancer wikipedia page.

Yay? 30 years ago I was dismissed as stupid/ignorant by a biology postdoc for finding the idea of "junk dna" to be preposterous. And again, my intuition turns out to have been correct. Oh well, too bad.

@claudiaarjangi4914

Ай бұрын

Same same !

@creanixchristopher2034

Ай бұрын

Not what was said

@danielcomeau9880

Ай бұрын

You are a Ritalin addict.

@PerryWagle

Ай бұрын

@@creanixchristopher2034 ok

@davidramirezrodriguez3373

Ай бұрын

Yeah, go figure, well, good thing we know now, before doing crazy stuff with managing genome... Right?... Right??? Not in our food right???.... Oh shit.... We are fucked....

Fascinating, thank you so much.

This was awesome, such another great video from Anton

I built a time machine and traveled back in time. I’m back now, but I miss the friends I made.

I know the Sky Father is responsible for all life and such but it is intriguing to think differently about viruses. After learning about viruses, prions, I wondered what purpose they served.

There’s also some research into whether these generic viral relics are responsible for why so many conditions and illnesses have the same constellation of symptoms (beyond immuno responses), and sometimes trigger (activate) conditions that complicate diagnosis and treatments.

Tremendous installment. Thank you.

You know NHIs probably had a hand in human evolution to some degree.. 👽🛸👁

@kayakMike1000

Ай бұрын

Nonhuman intelligence? Well... I would agree with you On the surface, even without an ET... genetic selection is a sort of intelligent mechanism.

@Salamandra40k

Ай бұрын

The national highway institute? Huh, who wouldve guessed

@thingonathinginathing

Ай бұрын

@@Salamandra40k You can read the congressional definition of NHI in the UAP Disclosure Amendment of 2023.👽🛸🇺🇸

@Salamandra40k

Ай бұрын

@@thingonathinginathing Bro I'm not a schizo conspiracy theorist like you. Aliens havent been here. Why would they come here? Why would they interfere with us? If they can cross the mind-bogglingly immense expanses of space, what do they have to gain or learn from us? They dont need our resources, they dont need our land, they dont need our people or our knowledge. We have nothing to offer them except to be studied as an example for how intelligence evolves...and they can easily study us from across our own solar system with a von neumann craft without ever needing to come here themselves. You are just insane- take your meds

@Salamandra40k

Ай бұрын

@@thingonathinginathing Bro Im not a schizo conspiracy theorist like you. Aliens have never been to earth. We have nothing to offer them- not resources, not land, not people or our knowledge. They have no reason to be interested in us other than as a case-study as to how intelligence develops...and they can easily study us using an automated von neumann craft across the solar system without ever having to leave their own star system. We are nothing to them.

Who’s watching this in 2023?

@crocadileass

Ай бұрын

Me!

@rektumbra

Ай бұрын

Found the time travelers! Give me your phone that has Amazon Yesterday and KZread Tomorrow!

@olic7266

Ай бұрын

Not me!

@FloridaMeng

Ай бұрын

Mfing time travelers

@JaydragonM

Ай бұрын

Huh?

Life is complex but its complecity is so splendid for us to have opprtunity to understand and enjoy it thank all the scientists‘s effort

This is an great explanation of where all the mutations "selected for" come from. Also provides great fodder for genetic drift. Thanks for pointing this one out, Anton.

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing the information with us sir Petrov.

freaking love this channel 🎉❤❤

0:31 The Brownian motion on the viral envelope is on point 😗👌

Fantastic content, Anton.

Extremely fascinating how they can find out.Lovely video👍🤗

5:25 🦈 Anton, always the jester

ANTON was the source of knowledge I gather about physics and cosmology, but now he has started on biology and evolution of life, based of the role of millions of viruses over millions of yers helping us evolve almost all our functions, from reproduction and role of intelligence enabling us to gather WISDOM and much more. Thank you Anton. What would I have done without you.

@Bryophytan

Ай бұрын

He's covered biological topics for years lmao. Still on par with other great science communicators like Hank Green or Kyle Hill

@sonarbangla8711

Ай бұрын

@@Bryophytan Nobody covered life in all its complicated role of the millions of viruses making our life over millions of years of evolution. All of his reports are different and insightful, no one else sees.

Mind blown, actually. Could be my favorite vid from you, Anton.

Thanks for the info!

Extremely interesting, and very specialized, but explained very effectively. Interesting comments too. In one word " fascinating " And probably more than useful/helpful for some individuals.

Woow. Anton always teaches me something new that really is useful in life

Love these videos!!

Very good, Anton.

Best channel on youtube! Thank you.

Great episode!

Great info, as usual.

My first thought was about sauropods and how their neural systems had to have been ‘infected’ in order to transmit signals over the length of their enormous bodies. Fascinating episode.

Really interesting! Can't wait to find out more.

Great content! ❤

Thank you so much Anton for another incredibly interesting presentation.

This is an excellent piece.

Awesome! many thanks!