I got really lucky with the weather and really unlucky with the direction the planes were going.

@hem9483

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Scott thanks for the video tom :) it really makes my day better

@schil7019

4 жыл бұрын

Love ur vids

@MultiArtartart

4 жыл бұрын

awesome job!

@bluegleam8168

4 жыл бұрын

Tom , you're in my country ! 😃

@thisnamewasnottaken6117

4 жыл бұрын

unlucky my dude, still a great video

That is the biggest noise-cancelling device I've seen.

@magic_cfw

4 жыл бұрын

I'll buy 10 of them

@mavoc3094

4 жыл бұрын

it is noise damping not canceling

@marksmits1911

4 жыл бұрын

I life near there and if the wind is good you can still hear them starting when you are trying to sleep

@CoderShare

4 жыл бұрын

Still cheaper than Bose.

@thegeneralissimo470

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, the largest one would be China.

I can already hear the future archeologist say: "It was probalbly for cultural use."

@vaclav_fejt

4 жыл бұрын

And the future Erich von Däniken saying: "It was a part of an aircraft landing facility!"

@qwertyuiopzxcfgh

4 жыл бұрын

Clearly it was used for ceremonial purposes

@Snowshowslow

4 жыл бұрын

Or religious use. Anything unexplained is for ritual and religious use ;-) My brother who has a PhD in archaeology would rant about that constantly, haha.

@OB.x

4 жыл бұрын

lmao I got my degree in that, and i just lmao hearing that. I'm a stock broker now btw.

@hebl47

4 жыл бұрын

@@Snowshowslow I bet your brother would love Metatron's video: RANT!! Archaeology And Everything CEREMONIAL

The land is ribbed for the neighborhood's pleasure.

@xmlthegreat

4 жыл бұрын

AHAHAHAHAHAH Best one yet! Good work mate

@aviinl1

4 жыл бұрын

I shall not like this comment as right now, it has 69 likes. I'll like it with this comment.

@jameswalker199

4 жыл бұрын

Only has 68 for me. I guess that's not been pushed to my nearest datacentre yet

@EcceJack

4 жыл бұрын

That's it! You win the Internet for the day! 😄😄

@frzstat

4 жыл бұрын

the comment that may have won the internet for 2019!

Sounds like a proverb: When the fields are ploughed, The planes are less loud.

@robbedoeslegrand236

4 жыл бұрын

The planes. I saw what you did there.

@nigelft

4 жыл бұрын

I think you just inadvertently wrote a haiku ...

@imveryangryitsnotbutter

4 жыл бұрын

@@nigelft You think wrong.

@Gjoufi

4 жыл бұрын

​@@imveryangryitsnotbutter Roaring jet engines Freshly turned the black soil is Silence of the wind There fixed the haiku :P

@michaelvins3215

4 жыл бұрын

When the plains are ploughed The planes are less loud

Wait.... did the dutch build an entire (dutch scale) mountain range near an airport? The absolute madmen.

@SeanBZA

4 жыл бұрын

Well, the Swiss have the Alps, the French have well, err Baugettes, the Belgians have chocolate, so the Dutch decided that they will make the plain of the thousand hills instead, and still want the Germans to return those bikes they stole.

@tardvandecluntproductions1278

4 жыл бұрын

We also turned a inland sea into a lake.... with a big dam! pre-airplane fortifications? Dams!

@GamezBeatz

4 жыл бұрын

We even have a kind of Aztec pyramid located near the arport called Big Spotters Hill. Once a year there is even a -party- festival called Mysteryland in the same area as BSH.

@Quintinohthree

4 жыл бұрын

They built the very land the airport sits on, why not build some hills into it too?

@bananenzijndebeste2

4 жыл бұрын

God created the earth, the Dutch created the Netherlands

As a former US Air Force Brat who once lived, for six years, within a few hundred meters of a runway whose express purpose was to train new pilots how to take off and land (i.e. LOTS of intentional balk landing), I can fully appreciate the need for this, and the wonderment of how it works. Great video.

Kinda reminds me of the corrugation in cardboard. Funnily enough, when I was working at my own warehouse job marking some items for a last-minute repack, I had a stack of unassembled cardboard boxes next to me, a whole pallet of just cardboard sheets ready to fold into boxes. It was of course noisy in the warehouse, as was always the case when we were on shift picking orders, and I noticed with my sense of directional hearing tuned from years of playing online shooters with headphones, that there was a peculiar sort of auditory void seemingly in the direction of that stack of boxes. When out of curiosity I tried putting my ear against the stack, it was almost like going deaf in one ear, I was stunned by just how strongly it muffled the sound.

@FreezeO

2 жыл бұрын

Try lying down in the grass, same effect, love it.

@ronaldderooij1774

2 жыл бұрын

@@FreezeO You made me realise this after 58 years. Damn!

@callmeshaggy5166

2 жыл бұрын

I have the same effect covering my ears with almost anything else too!! Wild! Also mufflers

@SivaKanthSharma

Жыл бұрын

"auditory void" is literally the best way to describe that sensation

@woodybob01

Жыл бұрын

​@@callmeshaggy5166 you clearly misunderstand

People: "So we're having trouble with..." the Dutch: "Build dams." People: "No, it's not water, it's..." the Dutch: "Did we stutter?"

@romainsavioz5466

4 жыл бұрын

Stanley is dutch

@ToTheGAMES

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! I love it.

@higherquality

4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean "Did we dam"?

@wilamsanmngap5736

4 жыл бұрын

I don't get it... please explain

@888831596

4 жыл бұрын

They’re “damping” the noise.

What always amazes me about hearing is that when abroad, in a noisy tram full of people talking "foreign", I can pick up someone talking English at the other end of the carriage!

@mandowarrior123

4 жыл бұрын

I can only hear Americans like that.

@PureGamingTV

4 жыл бұрын

They're usually the noisy, disruptive and drunk people.

@juststeve5542

4 жыл бұрын

@@mandowarrior123 you need to be a bit more adventurous in your travelling ;-) (But yes, Americans tend to have a bit more ummm, volume, than Brits).

@OrangeC7

4 жыл бұрын

@@juststeve5542 Just a tad... _Jump cut to a group of friends watching football_

@bbmikej

4 жыл бұрын

Something about your brain is programmed to pick out sounds that are familiar to you

I was like, “hey, that place looks green and flat, looks like the Netherlands” Tom: “just over there is Amsterdam Schiphol Airport”

@ls200076

4 жыл бұрын

There you go.

@theramendutchman

3 жыл бұрын

Tell me you have a relative named "Freddie"?

@lisakruger6969

3 жыл бұрын

RamenDutchman I do not, but it would have been really fun if I did😂

@weeardguy

2 жыл бұрын

I was more pushed in the direction of the Netherlands by the land-barriers on the small waterways and just started thinking like 'that looks Dutch to me...' . It's a pity I didn't even know about this...

@nfboogaard

Жыл бұрын

Same here, I thought I recognised a polder 😂

"It'll even filter out constant steady noise" ...or add constant steady noise in if you've got some hearing damage. I hate tinnitus.

@ChiDraconis

4 жыл бұрын

I did not notice my tinnitus until told that people with hearing damage from loud noises have tinnitus

@neolexiousneolexian6079

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChiDraconis If I tell you that tinnitus is a lie and nobody ever actually has it, would that help you stop noticing it?

@notxeroshi

4 жыл бұрын

@@neolexiousneolexian6079 yes

@Ravaxr

4 жыл бұрын

Audio tech here to remind readers: Wear your damn ear protection. Plenty of companies make convenient cases for earplugs that fit right in with your keys so they are always on hand, and make the plugs as 'flat' as possible so it doesn't color the sound, just knocks the dB down to safe levels. That muffled sensation after concerts and sporting events is damage that is already done. The 'tinnitus whine' trope in vidya after unprotected gunshots or flashbangs are extreme examples, not the only way to lose it. That muffled hearing is damage that is already done and what recovers will always be worse than before. It's cumulative damage that will not get better. Drum corps hand them out like candy. Musicians use them all the time as combo in-ear monitors. You should use them, too.

@ratelslangen

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ravaxr Also listen to your doctor and take your antibiotics medication if you have an ear infection. I have permanent tinnitus from an infection at 8 years old.

"Of course it was flat ground, it is the Netherlands" * laughs in nederrijnse heuvelrug *

@theoneandonlyAeth

4 жыл бұрын

Ahh yes, where the Netherlands goes from flat to not quite as flat.

@tacitus5665

4 жыл бұрын

Laughs in Alps

@thany3

4 жыл бұрын

Laughs from my upstairs, which is just above sea level 🤷‍♂️

@Madhattersinjeans

4 жыл бұрын

Why are you typing your sneezes?

@jessevos3986

4 жыл бұрын

@@thany3 up top!

“I’d send up a drone to show you, but, you know... airport” *Gatwick would like to know your location*

@sakeriyasaleh4820

4 жыл бұрын

Your always at the top of every Tom Scott video

@Grantallica

4 жыл бұрын

You guys should submit your channel for Austin Mcconnell's 'Best channels with under 1000 subscribers'

@NateandNoahTryLife

4 жыл бұрын

zedanga saleh I watch a lot of KZread and I love Tom’s videos.

@NateandNoahTryLife

4 жыл бұрын

Grant Reid thank you so much! Maybe we will next time around, we love his videos!

@qwertyTRiG

4 жыл бұрын

@@NateandNoahTryLife Hey, Tom's put out the call for next year's guest videos, too.

The Netherlands: Dutch Delta flooding? "Not anymore" It's impossible to dam a busy harbour against flood *and* still use it at the same time? "Not anymore" Non-existing bridges on euros? "Not anymore" Wind across a canal? "Not anymore" Airport noise pollution? "Not anymore"

@maksuree

4 жыл бұрын

@Hernando Malinche is that an ongoing issue, a historical one, or both? I haven't heard of this

@ChickenSDS

4 жыл бұрын

Hotel?

@tiaxanderson9725

4 жыл бұрын

@@maksuree 1800 till the Japanese occupation in 1942, and independent from 1949 or 1950. You could probably find most relevant info on Wikipedia

@rrdgz5355

4 жыл бұрын

@Hernando Malinche Cool name bruh

@dropit7694

4 жыл бұрын

Rising sea levels? Not any...hol up

I lived in Zwanenburg (a small village next to Schiphol) for 16 years of my life, and I got so used to all the airplane noises! I didn't know these fields existed, thanks for being a great Teacher, Tom!!

@DRW023

Жыл бұрын

Dan woon je net aan de verkeerde kant van de heuvels 😂

The Tim Traveller effect, just tell the Dutch they are great at something and get a ton of views

@wmchristie

4 жыл бұрын

You misspelled the Tom Traveller Effect. I’ll show myself out.

@daanwillemsen223

4 жыл бұрын

Tim Traveller is the best!

@antalz

4 жыл бұрын

This one youtube hack will get you millions of subs!!!! (you wont't BELIEVE it!)

@VezWay007

4 жыл бұрын

Works with Filipinos too.

@mr.moonmn1436

4 жыл бұрын

🤨

I accidentally left my headphones on max volume, I clicked this video about quite places and was immediately blasted with "HEARING IS INCREDIBLE". Thanks.

@watcherofwatchers

4 жыл бұрын

Seems like it was your fault and not Tom's.

@ShadowDragon8685

3 жыл бұрын

Well it _was,_ when you still had that power, then Tom Scott obliterated your eardrums telling you how awesome eardrums are.

@engihere5434

3 жыл бұрын

Ill take 500 for things that didn't happen Jerry

Best thing: the tops of those structures are still below sea level.

Tom: "It'll even filter out constant, steady noise like a fan or the wind whistling through trees." Me: *Cries in ADHD*

@FroggyMosh

4 жыл бұрын

Scott: "It'll even filter out constant, steady noise like a fan or the wind whistling through trees." Me: *Wears hearing protection in bed, or on windy days*

@scottowens398

3 жыл бұрын

I've got ADHD too. I feel your pain.

@Starling2100

3 жыл бұрын

Was looking for this comment djfjjfjr

@caspermartijn

3 жыл бұрын

same

@mookie34545

2 жыл бұрын

My brain sucks at filtering noise so much the fan becomes the one asking questions.

Best use of a selfie stick I’ve ever seen...

@tuscanyiscol

4 жыл бұрын

There is 100% a stabilizer on that thing

@mattl1598

4 жыл бұрын

@@tuscanyiscol I think Tom uses the GoPro fusion most of the time and it can be synced with the horizon to keep it from seeming wobbly

@user-xb2ws4qj3t

4 жыл бұрын

In Israel a guy neutralized a terrorist with a selfie stick (to be clear the guy was with the selfie stick, I don't think you can murder someone with a selfie stick)

@9nikolai

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-xb2ws4qj3t I was about to make a reply, but then I noticed the reply going the wrong way because of your name, which I think is amazing. Edit: Apparently, it goes back to normal when I send.

@user-xb2ws4qj3t

4 жыл бұрын

@@9nikolai and I am confused, you replied after all, so why you didn't just reply the thing you wanted in the beginning.

I *thought* the title said "The Giant **Ant** That Keeps Planes Quiet". I'm sure you can imagine my profound disappointment.

@MisterAppleEsq

4 жыл бұрын

It would definitely work.

@hnyii

4 жыл бұрын

Those are actually camouflaged colonies.

@vaclav_fejt

4 жыл бұрын

I read that as well.

@xLars_

4 жыл бұрын

same

@Madhattersinjeans

4 жыл бұрын

It does.

"How often does the train go by?" "So often you won't even notice." Elwood knew about your brain cancelling constant noise.

@1fastbitch434

4 жыл бұрын

I see what ya did there. 👍

@potatoonastick2239

4 жыл бұрын

Blues Brothers for people who don't know, it's a good watch!

When I saw the title I thought "Oh they should build that at Schiphol" I didn't even know

"so how can we reduce the noise from a full-power commercial jet engine being fired mere kilometers away from a populous city?" *_triangles_*

@hahanamegobrrr6667

4 жыл бұрын

@Agent J *_you dare defy the triangles?_*

@LManonymous

4 жыл бұрын

@@hahanamegobrrr6667 huge toblerones

@landerbennewith6169

4 жыл бұрын

In physics, if it's not spheroids its triangles. If its neither spheroids or triangles, then its a point particle with no frictional forces moving through a perfect vacuum.

@1UpsForLife

4 жыл бұрын

*laughs in vihart*

@simonbirrer958

4 жыл бұрын

Damn mathematicians and their triangles

Archeologists are going to love trying to figure this out, one day.

@kacperwoch4368

4 жыл бұрын

Ceremonial site.

@thefirsttime7759

4 жыл бұрын

They'll still have the internet

@manus5423

4 жыл бұрын

@@thefirsttime7759 the internet will be dead in some hundred years or obsolete. Along with all the info stored.

@DiscoStuIII

4 жыл бұрын

Religious purposes

@NathanChisholm041

4 жыл бұрын

@@manus5423 I'm sure by then a alternative solution to save information would of been devised!!

I will tell you having visited the Netherlands just a couple weeks ago, that noise control has been a key consideration not just of air traffic, but also their train systems. This is really ingenious and something I really appreciated, having suffered through ear-busting noises on the trains in NY/NJ for several years.

"So you've found a solution to the plane noise problem?" "Yes indeed!" *unfolds blueprint* "What the... DUDE!" "What?" "That's the goddamn Himalayas you want us to build there!"

@6yjjk

4 жыл бұрын

*passes joint* "Juscht haf a schmoke and it will make schencsh."

I do appreciate how you pronounced Schiphol as a non-Dutch speaker. I knew what you meant, and you didn't hurt yourself with the ch sound.

@SeanBZA

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, speaking what is a related language I also find the attempts by non local speakers to pronounce hilarious at times, though being English mostly I always also asked them not to try English, so we speak 2 languages that we are comfortable in, and have no issues translating the other speech. But then, this country does have 11 official languages, not including signed variants of each.

I adore your mega-acoustics videos. Sound is such a wonderful medium, it’s slippery and invisible but so fun to manipulate. It’s almost magic.

Thanks again Tom! Learning about our world with you is always an absolute delight.

Problem: exists KSP players: moar boosters! Dutch people: dams. More dams!

@RifleRF

4 жыл бұрын

jur4x If you think it’s too loud, I feel bad for you son. I’ve got 99 boosters and they’re all in stage one.

@Ultigen

4 жыл бұрын

that the moment you said boosters the rest of that read out in my head in Scott Manley’s voice

@jur4x

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ultigen check your stagin' and fly safe!

@ShadowDragon8685

3 жыл бұрын

@@RifleRF Jebediah Kerman, get that monstrosity back into the VAB _right now!_

Neat, I frequently ride my bike below that bridge with the airplanes going over it

@ronrolfsen3977

4 жыл бұрын

How Dutch of you.

@Madhattersinjeans

4 жыл бұрын

I frequently don't ride my bike below that bridge with the airplanes going over it

@seancooper4058

4 жыл бұрын

@@Madhattersinjeans I frequently ride my bridge below that airplane with the bikes going over it

@roondarmurnig338

4 жыл бұрын

@@seancooper4058 I frequently ride my airplane below that bike with the bridges going over it.

@SebastTapia

4 жыл бұрын

@@roondarmurnig338 I frequently bike my airplane below that ride with the bridges going over it.

I live literally 200 meters from there, my profile pic was taken at that park, really nice to walk the dogs and watch the airplanes take off. I don't really believe these hills work as well as they were intended, they spend a lot of money and time on it but they only used the data from one measuring point and it hardly showed a difference.

@stevedoe1630

4 жыл бұрын

Femke Ballieux Too bad. I wanted it to work, especially since it was inspired by farmers. I guess some research university is going to lose a grant over this failure. 😕

@voornaam3191

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevedoe1630 No. They are going to earn an EXTRA grant, because they need to do more research. What negative culture are you exposed to?! We Dutch are used to SOLVING problems. Are you okay?!

@stevedoe1630

2 жыл бұрын

@@voornaam3191 The culture I am exposed to frowns upon personal accusations, especially when the topic of conversation is based on situation. Glad you are Dutch, I am from USA... none of this was germane to the conversation, but it's fun to share. Nevertheless, yes I agree you have a valid point... maybe more funding for research & development to continue making a solution.

@weeardguy

2 жыл бұрын

That's the problem with sound. It can be extremely annoying in one place, and almost non-existent in other places. At work, we have a few heavy, stationary tools (a table saw and belt-sander) that produce quite the noise. But it differs greatly on where you are in the building how much noise you actually have to endure: some areas are do-able, while others are just plain hell and feature a loud, very low, bass-like hum. Same with the company that brings or picks up containers or big electrical cabinets once in a while: when the hydraulic-boom is operated and the vehicle's engine is revving up, multiple people will pour from the place where they work somewhere in the building, as some standing wave, that almost makes your eardrums vibrate with every individual wave of the extremely loud hum the lorry produces, is so loud it's 'not pleasant' to say the least. But other parts of the building are fine. Just certain locations where something either resonates or reflects the sound are the problem-areas

@AtlantianDragon

Жыл бұрын

@@weeardguy You are experiencing constructive interference, some strategically placed noise dampening devices would make life a lot easier over there!

I live 700 meters away from there, and honestly, you don't hear anything from the airport. It's a magnificent design, as the only sound that gets through is a 747. Even that sound is barely noticable and it only lasts a couple of seconds

Your type of contact is exactly why I love/watch youtube EVERY day..thank you a million times over for your hard work and passion to share these videos with us!

So that's a mountain range in Holland - the Dutch Alps?

@krashd

4 жыл бұрын

The Toblerone range.

The earliest I've ever been on a Tom Scott video! Usually I'm relegated to the archives from years past, but not today. :)

@LM01234

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. It's an honor

As I grew up, I lived next to a busy railroad yard, with the konstant squeking of brakes, and the boom-slack when trains took off, 24/7. We who lived there always made fun of guest who stayed over, or new neighbours who couldn't sleep. Then I moved really close to an airport, straight under the line, so close that the passing planes created drafts that swirled up leafs and trash from the ground along the walls of the houses. we had constant microburst all over the place. The noice cancelling in your brain kicks in after a few weeks and then you don't notice it

I always love learning something about my own country in a video from Tom Scott

I actually live around here and heard the planes during watching this video :p

@dillanbob

4 жыл бұрын

Same xD

@vinos1629

4 жыл бұрын

SaMe Xd

@Bennie_Tziek

4 жыл бұрын

I am actually used to the planes. But I am a bit further away in Amstelveen.

@moonyfoxy876

4 жыл бұрын

Im on a plane

@motttta

4 жыл бұрын

I'm on a boat

Yup. Can’t wait to see this pop up on “two of these people are lying“ shortly 😂

@rijuvenate

4 жыл бұрын

If only this was in Finland

@MarceldeJong

4 жыл бұрын

@@rijuvenate don't mention Finland to the Dutch. We're in a kind of war with them. They're always taking top spot on a lot of lists, with Netherlands being second.

@Quintinohthree

4 жыл бұрын

@@MarceldeJong They have lakes, we have polders. It's a fair trade.

@peterslegers6121

4 жыл бұрын

@@Quintinohthree We had loads of lakes... It must be just a matter of time before they have more polders than us...

@Quintinohthree

4 жыл бұрын

@@peterslegers6121 Sure, but untill them we'll have more polders, and even by then we'll still have bigger polders. Polders so big we had to create a whole extra province for the biggest ones.

I will go to my dog to the buitenschot sometimes, and now I know it is the buitenschot I am utterly amazed that a youtuber I watch went there, it truly is a lovely place and my dog loves it. I am glad that you filmed there

I've landed there for years and never noticed or heard anything about this place. Maybe that's how good it works.

Oh yes, human hearing is amazing - it somehow filters out everything you hear in the classroom.

Fascinating. I'm reminded of the baffles on the wall coverings of a soundproof booth or recording studio. It's one of those things that's so simple, it's genius!

Informative, short, and to the point without endless rambling as filler. Good job.

I used to live alongside a motorway in England, and after a few weeks living there, I hardly noticed the sound of the traffic; my hearing was filtering out the sound, as you suggest. But all we got to help filter out the sound was a fence and some trees; the latter being felled soon after because the roots were digging up the motorway! Interesting presentation - as always. Thank you.

Thanks for the video Tom! Quick note: Around 2:30 you say the second purpose is sound dampening. Dampen is a word used for when you make something wet, damping is typically word for when you're looking at reducing sounds. Although I suppose when it's informal, both words can be used. Cheers!

@YensR

4 жыл бұрын

Ha, was going to say that, one of my pet peeves! I know, sad... :D

Damn I really wanted to hear Tom try to say Schiphol in a Dutch accent.

You just have to admit enviously that the countries in this country have the best engineers for their streets, for their cities, for their bicycle parking garages, and all sorts of things, even for supermarkets. They are just phenomenal .. You can see so many great things for your own country and unfortunately it is not done.

I remember this! I grew up in that area, but we lived in a so-called green zone with far less noise (hardly any to be honest). The area in question, Vrijschot-Noord in the town Hoofddorp, is a very posh neighbourhood with some of the most expensive houses in the region. Which explains why it became a priority to fix it. Those people had money, power and patience (and were angry and sleep deprived). I am not so sure if they had searched this hard for a solution if it had been the worker bees of Schiphol who were jet-engined out of their beds instead of the higher management. Fun times

This is one of the most surprising and interesting episodes, AND it's blissfully brief. This is a banger. Edit for UK readers: This is not a sausage.

I thought, for some reason, that the title of this was about a giant Ant, and was really confused.

This is an example of someplace outside of the US where thoughtfulness and design and science are employed for the benefit of people. In the US, if the people near an airport complained about the noise, the local leaders would say, “then move.”

This video is absolutely gorgeous! Stunning quality!

Weirdly enough, just found this video and I landed at Schiphol beginning of March and had the 15 min commute in a KLM plane to the terminal after landing on the far runway. I was starting to wonder what was going on as it was taking so long to get to the airport. Now I know and I also learnt about the art used to lower the noise as well.

I had my headphones way too loud before i pressed play and now my hearing is not incredible I'm afraid Tom.

@elmotlk

4 жыл бұрын

You inspired me the same thing, I can't hear him anymore, thanks!

this drives me CRAZY! How do you keep doing this, week after week, year after year ... coming up with incredibly interesting things to talk about and educate others on!? Ugh .. I'll stop obsessing. Thanks for another great clip. Carry on.

I feel so stupid for only getting to discover your channel this year. So much insights here. Subbed. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some Tom Scott binge watching to do.

He's been to Europe, new Zealand and God knows where in a matter of days, at least that's what it seems like

From the air they look like the baffles in an anechoic chamber. My former home airport had a preferred departure that climbed out over farmland, and two more with specified noise abatement procedures. The fourth departure was also over farmland, but due to prevailing winds was only used a handful of times a year.

Lovely video as always Tom. Thank you so much for your content it's highly appreciated

Always fun to see you actually going to the places you talk about. Everything true about this story.

It’s like noise cancelling headphones for earth

It is so interesting to me how our brains are able to filter out so much auditory information, especially since I have sensory processing disorder, which sometimes makes it so that it is harder for me to tune things out, even when they are constantly around! The computation our brain does to let us perceive the world efficiently and effectively is extremely fascinating!

You cover the coolest stuff. Thanks for sharing this with us, Tom. :)

I cannot stop watching these videos. Facinating!

The pattern visible from above at 02:30 looks like a diffraction grating, which is used to bend light waves of differing wavelengths, though not to absorb them.

@andymcl92

4 жыл бұрын

Diffraction gratings can bend all kinds of waves, not just light. Also, the peaks don't absorb the sound either (according to what Tom said) but rather scatter it.

Its a nightmare when I am assigned that runway in FSX. It takes more time to taxi than the flight in some cases

@BicyclesMayUseFullLane

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love polderbaan, eh?

@rearspeaker6364

4 жыл бұрын

slackers at work.

I could tell a difference between when Tom was below the dampeners, and standing on top of them. Amazing!

Day by day i just love your videos.

"Of course, the one day I'm here, they're actually landing on that runway, not taking off, so the engines are pointed the other way" Doesn't matter if they are landing or taking off, they will be facing into the wind. The problem is the wind coming from the wrong direction, not whether the runway is used for take-offs or for landings.

my computer volume: *set too high* Tom: HEARING me: not anymore I'm not.

@TheAkashicTraveller

4 жыл бұрын

Why did so many people watching this video have their sound up way too high?

nice to hear that im not the only one that constantly mixes up damping/dampening

Congratulations on 2 Million subs, Tom!

If they could figure out how to stop tinnitus, that would be REALLY stunning!

@blarg2429

4 жыл бұрын

Tiny triangles lining your ears.

@noesunyoutuber7680

3 жыл бұрын

@@blarg2429 As fun an idea as that is, any fix for tinnitus would probably require ear surgery that isn't yet feasible.

@Widdekuu91

2 жыл бұрын

They have an app that allows you to pick the 'same type of tinnitus' and then you play it all day and slowly turn it off, hopefully tricking your brain into not-hearing the tinnitus anymore.

@Ddrhl

2 жыл бұрын

@@Widdekuu91 Link?

Déjà Vu: I remember you talking about this place before. I must be from a future. Not the future, just a future.

@TheSkypetube

4 жыл бұрын

Déjà Vu: I remember you talking about this place before. Higher on the street And I know it's my time to go

@higherquality

4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@hybridjunkie

4 жыл бұрын

Calling you and the search is mystery Standing on my feet It's so hard when I try to be me

@modestheliolisk

4 жыл бұрын

WOOOOAAAAH!

@higherquality

4 жыл бұрын

Déjà Vu: I've just been in this time before Higher on the street And I know it's my place to go

It's amazing people were picking up the diffences between a ploughed and regular field.

Never stop Tom! We love you!

I read "The giant ANT... " by mistake and waited throughout the whole video when the ants would come in. :-D

Instead of a waveform, a spectrograph is slightly more visually readable.

Didn't know that either. You keep finding interesting stuff about my own country I never heard of. Bravo

Tom Scott. I'm now saying, "Great Scott". That's you for me !. Airport noise reduction makes sense and you have presented that fact so transparently. Thank you. GREAT SCOTT !!

You can always count on the Dutch to come up with an innovative way to mitigate noise pollution!

I love the intersection of art and engineering!

@Bar21297

4 жыл бұрын

That's architecture my friend

This vid is an example of why I'm a sub! Thanks Tom and team!

Top quality content as always, cheers Tom 😁

Tom: "Your hearing is amazing. It will even filter out steady noise like a fan or the wind" My ADHD: hahahahha nope

@gavinhopkins9948

4 жыл бұрын

That's not how that works

@FroggyMosh

4 жыл бұрын

Rustling leaves during autumn storms..... *It.* *Never.* *Stops.*

@slinkerdeer

3 жыл бұрын

@@FroggyMosh why would you want it to? Such a calming peaceful noise

So… Giant acoustic foam?

@sperzieb00n

4 жыл бұрын

more like giant diffuser panel

I live in the Netherlands, fly about twice a month, maybe noticed the lines next to the runway once or twice while landing, never gave it much thought though. Thanks for helping me appreciate these kinds of incredible things in the world, and this time so close to home!

@sssnowman5794

Жыл бұрын

dutties watch tom scott?

The intro was incredible you literally taught a full syllabus in sound

"Heroin is incredible!" - What?! I mean, I agree but... huh... Apparently my own hearing is definitely no incredible.

@obama7792

4 жыл бұрын

bruh that's also what i heard, i had to rewind the video just to make sure

Always wondered what those are for and I live basically next to them haha

Brilliant find Tom.

Great video. The joys of landing in Schipol but then it's what feels like half an hour before the plane docks at the gate.

@weeardguy

2 жыл бұрын

Completely depends on where you land ;) I landed on 36R and only had a short taxi to the gate, which was E4 if I remember it right. I only know how glad I was that when taking video the tower lined up perfectly in sight as the plane came to a halt. It made it absolutely clear that I was back home again to the viewer ;)

Actually, a waveform is legible with your eyes if you've been trained for it. I took a few linguistics courses years ago, and after just one semester I was able to read whole sentences just from the waveform. It was kind of amazing how quickly I was able to pick it up but it was definitely doable. Minor nitpick aside, good video as usual.

I'm so glad you used the word "Cycles". I'm an old fart... to hell w/ this Hz stuff.

@frzstat

4 жыл бұрын

uTube486 the truth Hertz

I like you Tom. You inspire me to think about so many different things differently.

Drove by there several times on my way to Mysteryland. Never knew what they were for! Very interesting video!