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I promise this story about microwaves is interesting.

Tom Scott
2021 ж. 16 Мам.
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I found an article that said "The microwave was invented to heat hamsters humanely in 1950s experiments." And I thought, no it wasn't. ...was it?
Pull down the description for thorough references and credits.
Thanks to James Lovelock for his time! His latest book is Novacene: amzn.to/3hmKsWz [that is, of course, an Amazon affiliate link]
Filmed safely: www.tomscott.com/safe/ - thanks to jabs, PCR tests, isolation and distancing.
I did consider whether to do an extended interview with Dr Lovelock, but the Science Museum has already done far better than I ever could:
On cyborgs, asteroids and Gaia theory: • James Lovelock on NASA...
On his greatest epiphany: • James Lovelock discuss...
An extended 90-minute interview from the Lovelock Centenary Conference: • Tim Lenton interviews ...
REFERENCES:
HISTORY OF THE MICROWAVE:
I Burrell, in the Independent, 1997: "Your money, or the cat gets microwaved": www.independent.co.uk/news/yo...
M Blitz, "The Amazing True Story of How the Microwave Was Invented by Accident": www.popularmechanics.com/tech...
E Schliephake, "Ultra-short waves in medicine" in Short Wave Craft, Vol. 3, No. 11, March 1933, p. 646 [PDF]: worldradiohistory.com/Archive...
E Ackerman, "A Brief History of the Microwave Oven", IEEE Spectrum: spectrum.ieee.org/tech-histor...
Radarange photo from Acroterion: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... - image licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license, creativecommons.org/licenses/...
James Lovelock in 1962: Photo by Donald Uhrbrock/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images
PAPERS FROM NIMR:
A Smith, J Lovelock, A Parkes, 1954: Resuscitation of Hamsters after Supercooling or Partial Crystallization at Body Temperatures Below 0° C.. Nature 173, 1136-1137. doi.org/10.1038/1731136a0
R K Andjus, J E Lovelock, 1955: Reanimation of rats from body temperatures between 0 and 1° C by microwave diathermy. The Journal of Physiology, 128. doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1955...
Lovelock, J E, Smith A U, 1959, Heat transfer from and to animals in experimental hypothermia and freezing. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 80: 487-499. doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1...
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  • An update from July 2022: James Lovelock passed away, surrounded by family, on his 103rd birthday. I'm very grateful to have been able to interview him, and my deepest condolences to his family. Rest in peace. His obituary is worth reading, because it covers so much: www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/27/james-lovelock-obituary

    @TomScottGo@TomScottGo Жыл бұрын

    • i just talked about him and this video to colleagues on monday

      @voidarchon908@voidarchon908 Жыл бұрын

    • If you want to take his ideas seriously, you should go vegan. Animal agriculture is responsible for 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions, amongst other forms of environmental damage.

      @afaultytoaster@afaultytoaster Жыл бұрын

    • I am glad this video popped up on my feed today, and that I watched it.

      @norseman2834@norseman2834 Жыл бұрын

    • I clicked on this video randomly and now I'm sad

      @felixw19@felixw19 Жыл бұрын

    • I saw the news and immediately came back to this video

      @LukeDaNarwhale@LukeDaNarwhale Жыл бұрын

  • “So I decided to ask him about it” was the biggest twist, I wasn’t expecting a 1950s scientist to still be living. Just goes to show how important it is to record knowledge while we still can

    @janmelantu7490@janmelantu74903 жыл бұрын

    • ikr

      @DyslexicMitochondria@DyslexicMitochondria3 жыл бұрын

    • @@DyslexicMitochondria Ayyy bro I watch ur channeII. Love ur work

      @mattearenzi8972@mattearenzi89723 жыл бұрын

    • @@DyslexicMitochondria hello there

      @ThreeMountainsStudio@ThreeMountainsStudio3 жыл бұрын

    • biggest twist since "so I chartered a plane"

      @karlkastor@karlkastor3 жыл бұрын

    • I literally yelled WHAT at that part

      @BuGBurnout@BuGBurnout3 жыл бұрын

  • I love how this old inventor says giddily "I put a potato in it, and baked it, and it was completely allright"

    @antreiriukula4015@antreiriukula40153 жыл бұрын

    • And then I tortured an animal..

      @Diggnuts@Diggnuts3 жыл бұрын

    • @@Diggnuts For important medical research.

      @crumpet3302@crumpet33023 жыл бұрын

    • @@crumpet3302 still torture

      @Electrk@Electrk3 жыл бұрын

    • @@Electrk Sure, but if it's supporting research that could save hundreds of thousands or millions of lives... It's probably justified.

      @crumpet3302@crumpet33023 жыл бұрын

    • @@crumpet3302 Is it though? There have been a lot of cruel and unethical experiments done whose results have been used in further research. A lot of advancements have come from unethical experimentation, but I don't think the ends justify the means.

      @Electrk@Electrk3 жыл бұрын

  • wow that guy was SHARP for 101. unbelievable

    @shangerdanger@shangerdanger Жыл бұрын

    • Ironically SHARP is a brand of microwave ovens.

      @soundspark@soundspark Жыл бұрын

    • Omg look at da verified guy

      @TylerTMG@TylerTMG10 ай бұрын

    • If you microwave enough rodents you too can be a centurion

      @thecatalyst6212@thecatalyst62129 ай бұрын

    • I read this 3 minutes through and thought you were talking about Tom haha

      @somemusicnerd637@somemusicnerd6378 ай бұрын

    • @@somemusicnerd637 he is

      @toasterhavingabath6980@toasterhavingabath69806 ай бұрын

  • This guy was literally watching technology evolve before his eyes

    @wcapeling@wcapeling Жыл бұрын

    • wait you can freeze someone and then bring them back to life why haven't they perfected this tech then we would have cryo tech finally

      @raven4k998@raven4k998 Жыл бұрын

    • @@raven4k998 if you watched the video he said we are to big

      @wcapeling@wcapeling Жыл бұрын

    • @@raven4k998 10:18

      @felixchen1718@felixchen1718 Жыл бұрын

    • He wasn’t just watching he was helping evolve it further

      @lemming3001@lemming3001 Жыл бұрын

    • @@raven4k998 size is a very important factor to this, we are bigger, but molecules don’t get bigger.

      @gapplssb@gapplssb Жыл бұрын

  • I saw a 101 year old scientist talk about being in a highly radiated room reviving frozen hamsters with a microwave. Tom, the title was accurate, I'm not disappointed.

    @BurgerWeeze@BurgerWeeze3 жыл бұрын

    • Agreed 😂

      @huskywolf01@huskywolf013 жыл бұрын

    • You dont understand how harmless microwaves are do you? Your phone receives signals with microwaves 🤣

      @leemon908@leemon9083 жыл бұрын

    • @@leemon908 Uhhhh.. it was the 50s and may I refer to 8:10 in the video? Just watch the video before commenting.

      @BurgerWeeze@BurgerWeeze3 жыл бұрын

    • @@leemon908 Ok but it doesn't light up lightbulbs or set banknotes on fire lmao

      @DanielTseng100@DanielTseng1003 жыл бұрын

    • @@leemon908 your phone doesn't put out 1000 watts of them though.

      @dingo137@dingo1373 жыл бұрын

  • man's 101 years old and can still speak perfectly and recall the exact story. legend

    @santumChannelYes@santumChannelYes3 жыл бұрын

    • absolute legend. it's great that this information is documented :D

      @May-gr8bp@May-gr8bp3 жыл бұрын

    • And I can not remember something I did last week. God damnit.

      @leonardol8158@leonardol81583 жыл бұрын

    • Man's? You married to him or something?

      @DerangedScout@DerangedScout3 жыл бұрын

    • @@leonardol8158 To be fair if you'd brought a hamster back to life you'd probably remember!

      @jad4945@jad49453 жыл бұрын

    • @@jad4945 Hahah, true!

      @junglefett@junglefett3 жыл бұрын

  • Thank you Tom. That was what you might call public service broadcasting. "Nobody has asked me about that before". Priceless.

    @12boxes@12boxes Жыл бұрын

    • I have to imagine he would often get interviews through the decades on his many many important projects. He must have been quite puzzled to be 101 and be called about the hamster reanimation work of all things! So glad we have him on the record about it. Truly amazing. But he did invent the microwave in the course of it!

      @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep Жыл бұрын

  • The fact that he was willing to be interview all these years later made me so happy. And how happy he was to share.

    @oakenshadow6763@oakenshadow6763 Жыл бұрын

    • He microwaved hamsters.

      @Felix-ix7ic@Felix-ix7ic2 ай бұрын

    • @@Felix-ix7icthankfully!! 😀

      @EricNoneless@EricNoneless5 күн бұрын

  • "I put a potato in and baked it. It was alright." Microwaves in a nutshell, tbh.

    @InvictusByz@InvictusByz3 жыл бұрын

    • I tend to do them in the microwave for about 5 minutes and then finish them in the oven for half an hour to crisp up the skin Edit: Make sure you prick it all over with a fork before you nuke it. Tend to heat the oven to 200/180c (fan), stick it on a baking tray, rub a little oil over it, and then some salt and pepper to give some nice flavour to the skin. Delicious

      @Shep-1701@Shep-17013 жыл бұрын

    • Ζήτω Η Βασιλεία Ρωμαίων

      @ChronicTaxEvader@ChronicTaxEvader3 жыл бұрын

    • I thought this haha

      @CharlieTodd86@CharlieTodd863 жыл бұрын

    • *Perfectly alright

      @arushgaur8489@arushgaur84893 жыл бұрын

    • Wash it, perforate with a fork, heat for 10 minutes, chop it in half, mash with a fork, and add butter.

      @BlueSatoshi@BlueSatoshi3 жыл бұрын

  • "A hamster is an acceptable size" is a phrase I did not know I needed in my life until I heard it.

    @crystalsoulslayer@crystalsoulslayer Жыл бұрын

    • r/BrandNewSentence

      @runefaustblack@runefaustblackАй бұрын

  • 10:50 "You cannot freeze a human, ..." when he stuttered there, I just could picture him finishing that with "I know, I've tried"

    @PaulDixon25@PaulDixon25 Жыл бұрын

    • "You can't freeze a human, and in an unrelated note, want to hear how my colleague lost his left hand to frostbite?"

      @Winasaurus@Winasaurus Жыл бұрын

  • Imagine being a top of the line scientist, doing all kinds of research, contributing a lot of things to science and then somebody knocks your door asking "Sir did you, by any chance, microwave hamsters?"

    @efeerbas2709@efeerbas27093 жыл бұрын

    • Probably makes you think "finally, I get to talk about that instead of Mars for once"

      @iiiivvvv9986@iiiivvvv99863 жыл бұрын

    • Dimi dimi bende aynısını düşünüyordum reis :D

      @goldzero9373@goldzero93733 жыл бұрын

    • Me: 6:26 👁👄👁

      @sazcxieo@sazcxieo3 жыл бұрын

    • @@iiiivvvv9986 That sounds very real.

      @DinnerForkTongue@DinnerForkTongue3 жыл бұрын

    • @@goldzero9373 Adam bir saat adamın yaptığı araştırmayı anlattı, neden öyle birşey düşündün?

      @bugrasevinc9696@bugrasevinc96963 жыл бұрын

  • "He's 101 years old and takes a walk on this beach every day" i have this image in my head of Tom just standing there in a random beach, 6am in the morning, stopping someone who vaguely looks old enough to be 90+ and ask "by any chance, did you put a hamster in a microwave while you were younger?"

    @aronseptianto8142@aronseptianto81423 жыл бұрын

    • “Hello sir! Did you by any chance put hamsters in microwaves? No? Alright. Good day.”

      @neeharika422@neeharika4223 жыл бұрын

    • It's the age of the internet. I'm not sure you want some to answer that question.

      @parrotshootist3004@parrotshootist30043 жыл бұрын

    • Only when you quote it like that do I realise that this whole video was a ruse actually intended as a dating advertisement.

      @JKVeganAbroad@JKVeganAbroad3 жыл бұрын

    • He's like "they dont know i invented the microwave"

      @pedrocrb@pedrocrb3 жыл бұрын

    • @@JKVeganAbroad 🎶 *lowered expectations* 🎶

      @MrArtVein@MrArtVein3 жыл бұрын

  • My word, James Lovelock was in incredible shape and incredibly sharp for 101 years old. May he rest in peace.

    @15sixmedia@15sixmedia Жыл бұрын

    • Two wives, many inventions, Dorset coast, can't beat it!

      @sroberts605@sroberts605 Жыл бұрын

  • This is the kind of elderly life I want. 101 years old, still speaking great, and even walking daily

    @garythecyclingnerd6219@garythecyclingnerd6219 Жыл бұрын

  • Mr. Lovelock is by far be the healthiest clearest-minded 101 year old I've ever seen, that alone was incredible.

    @LakierosJordy@LakierosJordy3 жыл бұрын

    • I care for a 98 year old who has a similar level of clarity.

      @katfoster845@katfoster8453 жыл бұрын

    • maybe open microwave had something to do with that **X-Files theme song starts**

      @chamarasilva7700@chamarasilva77003 жыл бұрын

    • He's just stored in the fridge most of the time.

      @Ezullof@Ezullof3 жыл бұрын

    • He's only just been thawed after 20 years in cryopreservation

      @Mevi@Mevi3 жыл бұрын

    • @@chamarasilva7700 I was going to say, if he's looking that good at that age after all that exposure to radiation I'm going to start running my microwave with the door open! (Don't try this at home 😆)

      @electronraygun6346@electronraygun63463 жыл бұрын

  • I can't believe the fact that this story could have been completely lost to history if Tom hadn't stumbled upon a random line.

    @Aleph_Nul@Aleph_Nul3 жыл бұрын

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      @AhmedIbru@AhmedIbru3 жыл бұрын

    • now imagine how many such stories were lost, because noone stumbled upon them

      @kezzyhko@kezzyhko3 жыл бұрын

  • Incredible history. RIP James Lovelock. I'm astonished how well he was at his 100's even he remembered the stuff he did 50 years ago.

    @pitirimelea8686@pitirimelea8686 Жыл бұрын

    • Closer to 70 years ago...

      @KorOsion@KorOsion Жыл бұрын

  • You can see his face light up as he talks about his crazy scientific experiments, what an incredible human being

    @AdmiralOctopusOBE@AdmiralOctopusOBE Жыл бұрын

  • imagine being 101 years old and still able to think straight, no amnesia, and fully capable of interacting with the people around you as if you were still 60/70/80.

    @jeanneelise5118@jeanneelise51182 жыл бұрын

    • It's the dream really

      @Die-Coughman@Die-Coughman2 жыл бұрын

    • @@Die-Coughman I’d quite genuinely not like to get that old, personally. It’s the nightmare for some, haha.

      @RumerPriestly@RumerPriestly2 жыл бұрын

    • @@RumerPriestly clarification: if I get that Old lmao

      @Die-Coughman@Die-Coughman2 жыл бұрын

    • @@Die-Coughman fair and valid!

      @RumerPriestly@RumerPriestly2 жыл бұрын

    • @@Die-Coughman Even after being exposed to a few microwave incidents!

      @NOWThatsRichy@NOWThatsRichy2 жыл бұрын

  • "Do you mind if I borrow a bit of military kit to revive a hamster?" "Here you go, mate. You can keep it. "Top lad."

    @sh7de553@sh7de5533 жыл бұрын

    • Imagine this happening today! Oh my god this would be hours of meetings, days of paperwork, weeks of negotiations and would cost probably millions.

      @amberpask9701@amberpask97013 жыл бұрын

    • @@amberpask9701 imagine the amount of innovation truly lost because there simply was so much time lost to beuracracy.

      @voidofspaceandtime4684@voidofspaceandtime46843 жыл бұрын

    • Especially so - if the research base was just outside Portsmouth it would have been a top secret naval base, which is still there. I could see it from where I'm sitting - if it wasn't so cloudy (and if the houses weren't in the way!).

      @rogink@rogink3 жыл бұрын

    • @@amberpask9701 I mean today stuff is a bit more dangerous.

      @1nsaniel@1nsaniel3 жыл бұрын

    • @@1nsaniel I mean they were microwaving everyone in the room... things back then were dangerous, they just didn't know it yet.

      @anthonyingersoll2236@anthonyingersoll22363 жыл бұрын

  • Oh my God. This man's cognitive ability at age 101 was so good it actually relieved my own fear of old age. You can see he had some speech hiccups, much like anyone would have while tired or nervous, but when the sentences came out, they were perfectly sound and relaying information was effortless. I wish to have such a brain when I'm old.

    @Jeod@Jeod6 ай бұрын

  • I come back to this video a lot. I can’t help but feel that James Lovelock was the very last of a certain type of person we may never see again. I’m still very thankful that Tom got to introduce this brilliant man to the world.

    @nfsm654@nfsm6544 ай бұрын

  • 101 year old guy is more coherent than me. What an absolutely incredible dude

    @fitchyyboi@fitchyyboi3 жыл бұрын

    • Ikr, dudes still sharp as a tack

      @Steph.98114@Steph.981143 жыл бұрын

    • James Lovelock is not just any guy.

      @JC-zw9vs@JC-zw9vs3 жыл бұрын

    • My position involves working with older demographics. The correlation of reduced coherence and age is really not a smooth as you'd expect. I've talked to 55 year olds that hardly remember what I explained 30 seconds ago, and I've talked to 90 year olds that I don't have to explain anything to because they did their own research already. It's really changed my perspective on aging.

      @rapdactyl@rapdactyl3 жыл бұрын

    • @@rapdactyl probably has got to do with a combination of diet, iq, activities and stress that makes you healthier later in life.

      @wannabefoleyartist9635@wannabefoleyartist96353 жыл бұрын

    • Yaaaap....

      @XDarkGreyX@XDarkGreyX3 жыл бұрын

  • The guy casually exposed himself to unshielded microwave radiation in his youth and is still strolling down the beach at 101

    @RobbyBobbyBoy@RobbyBobbyBoy3 жыл бұрын

    • The wavelength of microwave radiation are too big (≈1cm) to cause much harm

      @karthiksashank6829@karthiksashank68293 жыл бұрын

    • Best summary of the guy till now

      @Esli26@Esli263 жыл бұрын

    • @@karthiksashank6829 Warning: Still do not try this without proper shielding and protection. Don't do this at home either.

      @necrobynerton7384@necrobynerton73843 жыл бұрын

    • Microwaves are not ionising radiation, there isn't any hidden underlying damage like with nuclear radiation. It's like standing near a furnace, you're either obviously hurt, or you're fine

      @leexabyz@leexabyz3 жыл бұрын

    • Whaaat he's 101?! Damn. I thought he's like 80 xD

      @floskater99@floskater993 жыл бұрын

  • Thank you Mr LoveLock for helping people burn popcorn for the past 40 years

    @thetruth1862@thetruth1862 Жыл бұрын

    • 😁

      @woodhonky3890@woodhonky3890 Жыл бұрын

    • And ballistic KZhead channels blow them up!!💣

      @ludicrous7044@ludicrous7044 Жыл бұрын

    • This didn't happen in the 80s

      @DazedAlligator@DazedAlligator Жыл бұрын

  • Rest in peace Dr. Lovelock❤ 103 is a heck of an age to get to, so glad this video exists of you getting to talk about your crazy scientist life with a big smile on your face

    @WillyWielder@WillyWielder Жыл бұрын

  • A 101 year old scientist explaining his crazy experiments is the best smile I ever saw.

    @Makimars@Makimars3 жыл бұрын

    • nice pfp

      @RichConnerGMN@RichConnerGMN3 жыл бұрын

    • @@RichConnerGMN Thank you, I'm quite proud of it.

      @Makimars@Makimars3 жыл бұрын

    • I love his smile at 7:57

      @rikmulder183@rikmulder1833 жыл бұрын

    • Seriously, that was wonderful to watch. Now I want to just hear him tell stories for the next six hours. I can only hope to have such good stories and such a sense of humor at that age. Great job Tom, amazing video.

      @thereddufus@thereddufus3 жыл бұрын

    • Indeed. It made my day to relive his adventures with him. And what a treasure piece of history that almost got lost. Good work Doctor L, and good work Tom Scott.

      @BillBodrero@BillBodrero3 жыл бұрын

  • he's doing remarkably well for 101 years old

    @illusionismm@illusionismm3 жыл бұрын

    • You just cant stop smiling when ever his talking

      @bilalmaati2205@bilalmaati22053 жыл бұрын

    • @@bilalmaati2205 His smile just lights up adorably like a child.

      @hungrymusicwolf@hungrymusicwolf3 жыл бұрын

    • His cognitive recollection is amazing

      @timharris559@timharris5593 жыл бұрын

    • Clearly being exposed to that microwave radiation in the lab didn't have too many adverse effects.

      @MattPratt@MattPratt3 жыл бұрын

    • i thought you were talking about tom scott 😭😭 i only just started the video

      @duo2146@duo21463 жыл бұрын

  • My mind was blown by this video. It's hard to believe that experiment worked. The interview with the still-sharp 101-year-old was incredible too.

    @magicalmacaw@magicalmacaw Жыл бұрын

  • he was so happy to remember his glory days as a scientist, you could really see his eyes light up whaen he was describing his magnetron faraday cage hamster box

    @Lucas_McToucas@Lucas_McToucas7 ай бұрын

  • The guy seemed so enthusiastic about being interviewed. Very wholesome. Imagine if this guy just came up to you at such an old age to ask about your inventions.

    @jd43@jd432 жыл бұрын

    • seemed like such a sweet fella.

      @lolpl0000@lolpl00002 жыл бұрын

    • "Sonny you the calibration all wrong in here, put it here and it'll work"

      @derpninja7904@derpninja79042 жыл бұрын

  • That 101-year-dude looks like a healthy and clear minded 80 year old, I'm impressed. All the best for him!

    @mocianK@mocianK3 жыл бұрын

    • @@ezicarus8216 It's a thousand times better than mine and I'm not even a quarter his age.

      @Safiyahalishah@Safiyahalishah3 жыл бұрын

    • Some people just get the good genes.

      @deusexaethera@deusexaethera3 жыл бұрын

    • Hearing people talk vividly about things that happened 70 years ago scares me and makes me think I have a condition because my memory recall of events is almost non existent, I can remember places I worked at 10 or 15 years ago and what the job entailed but no details, no colleague's names, nothing specific. Just that I worked there for several years. And yet when it comes to trivia and general knowledge I'm practically a sponge as once I learn something it sticks. I can give you a detailed run down of the Punic wars but I can't describe what any of my previous homes were like :/

      @krashd@krashd3 жыл бұрын

    • @@krashd it's all about your intent and interest in the info. I remember the titleI, and songwriters name (and often even the albums' name) of nearly every song I've ever heard. However I can barely remember concepts from basic algebraic math, especially balancing polynomial equations.

      @1lovesoni@1lovesoni3 жыл бұрын

    • Looks like frequent exposure to electromagnetic radiation makes wonders, hehe. ** Need moar 5G towers! **

      @onebronx@onebronx3 жыл бұрын

  • Loved that interview with James. His recall was amazing, thanks for sharing the interview and obituary.

    @stopsign38@stopsign38 Жыл бұрын

  • This is genuinely the nuttiest story I've ever heard and I'm not surprised it came from you Tom

    @maartenkeus8627@maartenkeus8627 Жыл бұрын

  • 100 years old James Lovelock is better at recalling stories than me at my 20s

    @anz111@anz1113 жыл бұрын

    • This is exactly what I was thinking. How lucky you must be to be that clear of thought at such an age!

      @jeroenritmeester73@jeroenritmeester733 жыл бұрын

    • you have 20 ? you look like 45 already

      @monad_tcp@monad_tcp3 жыл бұрын

    • lets be honest. his stories are more interesting and memorable than just about all of out stories combined

      @maxhax367@maxhax3673 жыл бұрын

    • you cant just simply forget such story

      @kerza1358@kerza13583 жыл бұрын

    • @@monad_tcp damn you didnt need to murder him

      @XPLexi_@XPLexi_3 жыл бұрын

  • The shock and joy of James being alive at 101 was the best part of this.

    @calebweldon8102@calebweldon81023 жыл бұрын

    • And still walking on the Beach and writing books!

      @flowrianeast42@flowrianeast423 жыл бұрын

    • Can confirm: my heart is smiling with joy... big time! 🥰

      @najrenchelf2751@najrenchelf27513 жыл бұрын

    • Born in 1919 Me: Awh that's a shame would've liked a conversation Tom: At 101... Me: What!?

      @joelhoeve@joelhoeve3 жыл бұрын

    • Imagine Tom's shock and joy of finding this out. "What? He's still alive?! .............may I interview him? Please........?"

      @mekkio77@mekkio773 жыл бұрын

    • I want to be a scientist. All that radiation and stupid stuff must be really good for your body! :D

      @D3nn1s@D3nn1s3 жыл бұрын

  • This is the third time I've watched this and it still makes me smile. Mr. Lovelock is adorable when he talks about the light bulbs lighting randomly from the radiation bouncing around the room. I love everything about this piece.

    @JohnRay1969@JohnRay1969 Жыл бұрын

  • I absolutely adore KZhead creators who wind up doing primary research for whatever random deep dives they happen to be on. Im so glad you asked this question in time, there are a few times when a creator brought up that they weren't in time to interview the primary source.

    @LibertyMonk@LibertyMonk5 ай бұрын

  • Imagine you live a quiet peaceful life and a complete stranger comes to you and he's interested in crazy things you've done 80 years ago. That's so cool!

    @sungvin@sungvin3 жыл бұрын

    • I wouldn't want to talk about stuff I did only 5 years ago, let alone 80

      @RNCHFND@RNCHFND3 жыл бұрын

    • @@RNCHFND If it was hamster resurrection you probably would.

      @WolfDeity@WolfDeity3 жыл бұрын

    • Tom Scott is far away from a complete stranger dumbass.

      @theenzoferrari458@theenzoferrari4583 жыл бұрын

    • @@theenzoferrari458 Are you stupid...everyone is a stranger if you don't know them

      @andyseinfeld1954@andyseinfeld19543 жыл бұрын

    • @@theenzoferrari458 A person you don't know personally is a stranger.

      @khqlifq@khqlifq3 жыл бұрын

  • Lovelock still being alive was more of a surprise than any M Night Shamylan movie

    @BartokandBadIdeas@BartokandBadIdeas3 жыл бұрын

    • Nj

      @rita25y.o-checkmyvideo79@rita25y.o-checkmyvideo793 жыл бұрын

    • Still alive and kicking at 101 in 2021 - what a legend

      @master_ace@master_ace3 жыл бұрын

    • HAHA! You've obviously watched plenty of them! :)

      @HaasGrotesk@HaasGrotesk3 жыл бұрын

    • Doesn’t look much older than bill gates

      @DonalMountain@DonalMountain3 жыл бұрын

    • @Luc Bloom maybe that's his secret?

      @nocassix4929@nocassix49293 жыл бұрын

  • thank you for interviewing and sharing james story with millions! his life shall forever live on thanks to you tom

    @travishensley9155@travishensley9155 Жыл бұрын

  • The way he describes his experiments with such detail, and enthusiasm is just amazing.

    @1874WL@1874WL Жыл бұрын

  • The twist that James Lovelock is STILL ALIVE actually broke my brain for a few seconds

    @hotelmario510@hotelmario5103 жыл бұрын

    • I thought it was going to be a phone/skype interview, and then we see the guy *in the flesh,* moving around and talking like a guy half his age

      @TheSecondVersion@TheSecondVersion3 жыл бұрын

    • me too

      @proloycodes@proloycodes3 жыл бұрын

    • Turns out, running microwaves in your lab with no shielding, setting fire to things and lighting up lightbulbs is actually the key to a long life. Huh. Who would have thought?

      @WarrenGarabrandt@WarrenGarabrandt3 жыл бұрын

    • @@WarrenGarabrandt [citation needed]

      @DrZaius3141@DrZaius31413 жыл бұрын

    • @@TheSecondVersion Actually almost 3 times younger.

      @Tommuli_Haudankaivaja@Tommuli_Haudankaivaja3 жыл бұрын

  • "What kind of job did you have when you were younger grandpa?" "Oh, several things, I used to microwave hamsters for a while."

    @SaneGhoul@SaneGhoul3 жыл бұрын

    • It's the kind of story that would make the most unruly kids interested in science

      @PianoKwanMan@PianoKwanMan3 жыл бұрын

    • 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁

      @MakalaDoulos@MakalaDoulos3 жыл бұрын

    • ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⡾⠏⠉⠙⠳⢦⡀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠞⠉⠙⠲⡀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⣴⠿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢳⡀⠀⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢷ ⠀⠀⢠⣟⣋⡀⢀⣀⣀⡀⠀⣀⡀⣧⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇ ⠀⠀⢸⣯⡭⠁⠸⣛⣟⠆⡴⣻⡲⣿⠀⣸⠀⠀OK⠀ ⡇ ⠀⠀⣟⣿⡭⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢱⠀⠀⣿⠀⢹⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇ ⠀⠀⠙⢿⣯⠄⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⡿⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⡼ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣶⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡴⠃⠀⠀⠘⠤⣄⣠⠞⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣷⡦⢤⡤⢤⣞⣁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⢀⣤⣴⣿⣏⠁⠀⠀⠸⣏⢯⣷⣖⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢀⣾⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⢲⣶⣾⢉⡷⣿⣿⠵⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣼⣿⠍⠉⣿⡭⠉⠙⢺⣇⣼⡏⠀⠀⠀⣄⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣧⣀⣿.........⣀⣰⣏⣘⣆⣀⠀⠀

      @bobpobcf9723@bobpobcf97233 жыл бұрын

    • @@bobpobcf9723 sus

      @prakharmishra3000@prakharmishra30003 жыл бұрын

    • Haha

      @Kat21@Kat213 жыл бұрын

  • Extremely sharp and mind active at 101yrs old, memories still there almost intact. This is amazing. I hope this video gets saved for posterity forever. Bet you made him so very happy! You can see how pleased he is to talk about it ❤

    @lucyk.5163@lucyk.5163 Жыл бұрын

  • I appreciate your citations! and as always, love your well researched videos....

    @QuaA@QuaA Жыл бұрын

  • Me halfway through: “Shame Lovelock has passed away. Would have been good to…nope. Nope the dude is over 100 and in better nick mentally than I am”

    @nathanmasterson5130@nathanmasterson51303 жыл бұрын

    • Perhaps open microwave radiation is a good anti-age treatment

      @blahhblaah74@blahhblaah743 жыл бұрын

    • Same! Half way thought... "It would be really good if they could have got an interview with him" and then we did :)

      @themightywrighty@themightywrighty3 жыл бұрын

    • @@blahhblaah74 Tom should've added that in as another 'do not try this at home'. 😅

      @Safiyahalishah@Safiyahalishah3 жыл бұрын

    • @@blahhblaah74 was literally thinking that. I'm off now to rip the door off my microwave and jam couple of things in the catch so I can run it being open.

      @DJAsHeRMusic@DJAsHeRMusic3 жыл бұрын

    • That's exactly what I was thinking

      @richtigmann1@richtigmann13 жыл бұрын

  • "So I asked him" Now that's a twist I didn't see coming.

    @designator7402@designator74023 жыл бұрын

    • Me too. I didn't expect him to still be alive.

      @JoBot__@JoBot__3 жыл бұрын

  • I love how happy and enthusiastically he spoke of his experiences and being soo pleased to share them. I hope I'm as sharp as him at that age. RIP James

    @JFrizey@JFrizey Жыл бұрын

  • Brilliant! Every aspect was engaging, entertaining and wildly informative. Thank you so much for introducing us to James Lovelock, what a lovely fellow. I'm astonished that you were the only one to interview him about this project. What a loss for us all. I do have to say that I now completely understand the "pop goes the weasel" urban legend.

    @melodiejohnston9528@melodiejohnston9528 Жыл бұрын

  • Lovelock had a classic mad scientist moment where his experiment was doing weird stuff to his room, like lighting up the lamps and making things catch on fire, while reanimating a dead animal.

    @RexusprimeIX@RexusprimeIX2 жыл бұрын

    • And the smile he's got talking about it

      @robertpetrovich1923@robertpetrovich19232 жыл бұрын

    • "It's ALIIIIVE!"

      @deepsleepist9097@deepsleepist90972 жыл бұрын

    • Which things catched on fire? I missed that.

      @nothingisreal6816@nothingisreal68162 жыл бұрын

    • @@nothingisreal6816 oh that happens all the time when we invent new physics, the universe has to readjust itself around the new rules. I mean discover, discover new rules...

      @solsystem1342@solsystem13422 жыл бұрын

    • @@nothingisreal6816 Pound notes. 🔥

      @tanstaafl1960@tanstaafl19602 жыл бұрын

  • - hey can I borrow one of your magnetrons? - why? what are you doing to do with it? - I'm going to freeze hamsters and warm them up again to see what happens - Are you serious? You can keep it!

    @indierodo@indierodo3 жыл бұрын

    • - why? what are you doing to do with it? - I'm going to freeze hamsters and warm them up again to see what happens. I have a feeling this'll go viral more than half a century later. - Sounds dangerous! - Yes, but not exactly what you're thinking.

      @randomuser5237@randomuser52373 жыл бұрын

  • One of your very best videos Tom. Brilliant stuff!

    @lordpetrolhead477@lordpetrolhead47726 күн бұрын

  • What a amazing guy. Glad he got to live a long and happy life and to enjoy these experiments he was apart of and the smile he has telling others

    @synarchy8377@synarchy8377 Жыл бұрын

  • Just over a century old and the guy was still speaking clearly, smiling and full of life.

    @rufusgreenleaf2466@rufusgreenleaf24663 жыл бұрын

    • Maybe the unconfined microwaves gave him a longer life lmao

      @gerarddip@gerarddip3 жыл бұрын

    • who asked

      @parikrma2787@parikrma27873 жыл бұрын

    • @@parikrma2787 hard you

      @Hoik_it@Hoik_it3 жыл бұрын

    • @@parikrma2787 You did

      @evancain4906@evancain49063 жыл бұрын

    • @@parikrma2787 it was me. I asked

      @muffinman3052@muffinman30523 жыл бұрын

  • Tom Scott doesn't have to "promise" that any video he puts up will be interesting. Interest & passion for any topic exudes from his face & is a joy to watch, & learn something along the way.

    @ronlucock3702@ronlucock3702 Жыл бұрын

  • "Can I borrow your magnetron?" "Oh, no, just take it!" 50s science was a wonder

    @MiniArts159@MiniArts1593 жыл бұрын

    • You know one the best things about science? This still happens quite a lot. I am finishing my Master's research right now and if there's just one piece of advice I can give you, it's this: if you need something from another researcher, ask away! Sure, not all of them will help you, but you'd be surprised how many researchers are willing to go way out of their way to help you

      @JayTerref@JayTerref3 жыл бұрын

    • @@JayTerref As an undergrad, and even a high school student, I found that emailing random professors questions related to their work had a ~50% reply rate (if you asked nicely). That's crazy to think about. It's not quite as high anymore (probably because they get so many emails), but I can't imagine having that much luck in any other profession. I wouldn't just email an accountant out of the blue with some questions about CPI and expect a prompt response.

      @EebstertheGreat@EebstertheGreat3 жыл бұрын

    • I hope that's not how they got the hamsters.

      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721@vigilantcosmicpenguin87213 жыл бұрын

    • I guess Portal 2 really wasn't that far of, huh?

      @exterminator9676@exterminator96763 жыл бұрын

  • You know that being asked about this made James Locklove’s entire year. We need to interview more former scientists and history makers about the things the school books don’t feel important enough to talk about

    @silversleeper1193@silversleeper11933 жыл бұрын

    • And get conversations with them recorded!

      @DarrenBates@DarrenBates3 жыл бұрын

    • Agreed!

      @nooneherebutuschickens5201@nooneherebutuschickens52013 жыл бұрын

    • Lovelock*

      @jlockers52@jlockers523 жыл бұрын

    • Reminds me of SmarterEveryDay's video that interviewed an Apollo 11 engineer.

      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721@vigilantcosmicpenguin87213 жыл бұрын

    • Absolutely

      @134StormShadow@134StormShadow3 жыл бұрын

  • Top notch interview on an incredibly fascinating topic - thanks!

    @haplon33@haplon33 Жыл бұрын

  • Thank you so much for saving and recording this awesome historically interesting story.

    @dancing_drake@dancing_drake Жыл бұрын

  • The cool thing is that at 101 years old, not only is Lovelock Medically Alive, but also Mentally Alive.

    @jcfiggy@jcfiggy3 жыл бұрын

    • He's gonna live another 10 years I believe :)

      @CZghost@CZghost3 жыл бұрын

    • @@CZghost Nah, say 19 more years. Minimum.

      @Sebby_Nineteen@Sebby_Nineteen3 жыл бұрын

    • And sharp! At least microwave experiments didn't destroy his health.

      @Saareem@Saareem3 жыл бұрын

    • Exactly

      @masterpig5s@masterpig5s3 жыл бұрын

    • Sharp as a tack, and a darn nice guy!

      @alexcrouse@alexcrouse3 жыл бұрын

  • It's absolutely brilliant that we have an 101 year old in the video. He's looking remarkably spritely for his age

    @CaptainTowll@CaptainTowll3 жыл бұрын

    • And he's amazingly coherent too!

      @welshgit@welshgit3 жыл бұрын

    • I'm sad that he's sharper than me at twice my age.

      @ThreadBomb@ThreadBomb3 жыл бұрын

    • @@dont8430 Wasn’t going to.

      @Jared-e@Jared-e3 жыл бұрын

    • @@dont8430 fine you’ve convinced me not too

      @tongus5799@tongus57993 жыл бұрын

    • @@dont8430 shut it

      @averagecatenjoyer8219@averagecatenjoyer82193 жыл бұрын

  • Lovelock was an incredible individual. I did once have the pleasure of hearing a lecture from him. Sadly missed

    @jimlewis1@jimlewis1 Жыл бұрын

  • When Tom says "I promise it will be interesting", I just listen because I know it will be amazing!

    @sandorsalamon4012@sandorsalamon4012 Жыл бұрын

  • I'm fifty years old and I just found a new goal of life: Be as cool as Professor Lovelock in the year 2071 when I'll be 101.

    @uncinarynin@uncinarynin3 жыл бұрын

    • Don't know what you do or who you are, but as a 21 yo I hope your dreams of being the cool nerd grandpa materializes.

      @C4CH3S@C4CH3S3 жыл бұрын

    • @@C4CH3S amen

      @zaidlacksalastname4905@zaidlacksalastname49053 жыл бұрын

    • I won't make it that far because of my unhealthy eating habits but I hope I can be half as much of a cool old guy at least

      @zaidlacksalastname4905@zaidlacksalastname49053 жыл бұрын

    • @@C4CH3S Same here, hope you're around in 2101.

      @RolyMoes@RolyMoes3 жыл бұрын

    • @@RolyMoes And I hope that Zero Wing was wrong in predicting "IN A.D. 2101 WAR WAS BEGINNING"

      @uncinarynin@uncinarynin3 жыл бұрын

  • I'm surprised that Tom was able to get an interview with a 101 year old scientist about an experiment decades ago

    @richtigmann1@richtigmann13 жыл бұрын

    • That interview made both of their days I'm sure. That was awesome.

      @rndmvar@rndmvar3 жыл бұрын

    • absolutely hope my mind is as good as mr lovelock's at 101.

      @CCCW@CCCW3 жыл бұрын

    • @@CCCW mr lovelock is whoi aspire to be in the future

      @soup1892@soup18923 жыл бұрын

    • I would have assumed him to be dead or at least have Leukemia due to radiation.

      @bennoreuter4393@bennoreuter43933 жыл бұрын

    • @@bennoreuter4393 Microwave radiation isn't ionizing. It makes molecules rotate faster and thus "heat up" but it can't alter chemical bonds, such as those in your DNA, the photons don't have enough energy. The only danger regarding unshielded microwaves is getting burns.

      @chemplanes10@chemplanes103 жыл бұрын

  • I am most impressed by how sharp his mind and memory is at that age. My 82 year old dad can't remember what he told me yesterday...

    @gwcrispi@gwcrispi Жыл бұрын

    • I’m 25 and I can’t remember what I had for dinner last night.

      @sn98886@sn9888611 ай бұрын

  • Mr. Lovelock is a treasure. Watching him reminisce about what was clearly good times for him, and simultaneously an important discovery in multiple ways. Thank you for all the contributions you've made to our collective knowledge.

    @dillongage@dillongage Жыл бұрын

  • 101 years old and happens to be alive for this video. That IS interesting!

    @briansmobile1@briansmobile13 жыл бұрын

    • Very. Might have not taken a paracetamol for a slight pain here and then.

      @dempseyroll96@dempseyroll963 жыл бұрын

    • Not only alive but very coherent and sharp as a tack.

      @markfryer9880@markfryer98803 жыл бұрын

    • Especially considering his exposure to microwaves....🤨

      @danarea51@danarea513 жыл бұрын

    • @@danarea51 Yes! An incredibly youthful 101 years old, makes you wonder!😮

      @2760ade@2760ade3 жыл бұрын

    • @@danarea51 well, microwaves heat things up and that's it. You can get burns but not much more than that.

      @outandabout259@outandabout2593 жыл бұрын

  • “Don’t do this at home.” Do it at your government job.

    @unclecreepy4185@unclecreepy41853 жыл бұрын

    • 💀

      @themitshomane@themitshomane2 жыл бұрын

    • Great, now my Mayor is shouting at me for splatting a hamster in the pause room.

      @darnoc4470@darnoc44702 жыл бұрын

    • Yup, ask Andrew Cuomo the governor of New York State about his experiment of sending COVID positive patients to nursing homes while denying them both the rights to know and test the person being admitted for COVID. The result was shocking, well, not to Cuomo though. About 150,000 people in nursing home in New York died from COVID as a result.

      @simon6071@simon60712 жыл бұрын

    • Ask Obama's decision to fund a P4 lab in Wuhan China to do research on deadly pathogens with Fauci's support before the outbreak of the Wuhan flu (COVID-19) in China and then all over the world. The so-called FactCheck site denies the information by saying that Obama did not give $3.8 million to China for research of deadly pathogen by claiming that it is false. But the fact is that the Obama regime did fund research of deadly pathogen in China. It was only the amount of money being less than $3.8 million that was disputed.

      @simon6071@simon60712 жыл бұрын

    • By the way, don't you guys know that the COVID vaccines are only experimental vaccines approved under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)?

      @simon6071@simon60712 жыл бұрын

  • That interview is a gift! Thanks

    @toddwmac@toddwmac Жыл бұрын

  • thanks for capturing this interview before he passed. You may have saved this bit of history from relegation to myth and legend.

    @Twisted_Code@Twisted_Code Жыл бұрын

  • “So I went to ask him about it” Extremely blessed. I did not expect him to still be with us.

    @squirrephant5368@squirrephant53683 жыл бұрын

    • and still be quite remarkably hale to boot.

      @wytfish4855@wytfish48553 жыл бұрын

    • Sharp as a tack!

      @robertphillips2983@robertphillips29833 жыл бұрын

    • Very happy to see this great mind still kicking it.

      @capitalismsucks5819@capitalismsucks58193 жыл бұрын

  • Seeing him talk so excitedly about his experiments nearly 70 years ago is adorable.

    @TheWyldDragon@TheWyldDragon3 жыл бұрын

    • @Rita - F*СΚ MΈ ! piss off, rita is temporary, lovelock is forever

      @altuervo@altuervo3 жыл бұрын

    • I agree! The experiments were not very ethical but he's forgiven cause he's an awesome inventor and an awesome person for giving an interview at 101!!

      @Folkert.Cornelius@Folkert.Cornelius3 жыл бұрын

    • @Rita - F*СΚ MΈ ! Rita is temporary, Doom Is ETERNAL

      @0.705@0.7053 жыл бұрын

    • @@Folkert.Cornelius lot more humane then doing it in humans

      @Giggi2222@Giggi22223 жыл бұрын

  • That was fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing that story Tom.

    @jevinday@jevinday4 ай бұрын

  • favorite one of your videos so far, dude

    @music-ish283@music-ish283 Жыл бұрын

  • "So I went to ask him about it..." I nearly spit out my tea with surprise. What a great reveal. What a great story!

    @chrishubley7849@chrishubley78493 жыл бұрын

    • I did not see that coming in a story set in 1956!👍😁

      @Bbonno@Bbonno3 жыл бұрын

    • It's the "So i chartered a plane!" all over again

      @coooooooooool1000@coooooooooool10003 жыл бұрын

    • Absolutely delightful that you can talk to someone aged 101 about something that took place in the mid 1950s.

      @LabradorIndependent@LabradorIndependent3 жыл бұрын

    • Yes Tom just casually rolled that revelation grenade into the conversation.

      @markfryer9880@markfryer98803 жыл бұрын

    • And I'm happy to note that as of now, in middle of 2022, Dr. James Lovelock is very much alive at the ripe old age of 102!

      @matasa7463@matasa7463 Жыл бұрын

  • Whoa, whoa, you actually *spoke* to James Lovelock? That’s kind of stunning. Actually finding the guy who did the thing in the 1950s is something you truly don’t see every day.

    @jonasdatlas4668@jonasdatlas46683 жыл бұрын

    • And the fact that this person is still alive is kinda shocking too. Not a usual things for a people to met someone who's part of a big history moment that still alive these days tho

      @SiPakRubah@SiPakRubah3 жыл бұрын

    • Turns out he's an absolute gangster, too

      @bruhbigchungus@bruhbigchungus3 жыл бұрын

    • @@bruhbigchungus A gangster? In what way

      @antipro8@antipro83 жыл бұрын

    • @@SiPakRubah my point was the longer ago the thing happened, the worse your odds are that the person is both still alive and you’ll actually find them.

      @jonasdatlas4668@jonasdatlas46683 жыл бұрын

    • @@jonasdatlas4668 Agreed

      @SiPakRubah@SiPakRubah3 жыл бұрын

  • Amazing story!!! Thank you for hard work, and thank you Mr. James

    @exp1993@exp1993 Жыл бұрын

  • 5:03 When I heard that he invented the Electron Capture Detector, my ears perked up, no one knows what those are, except chemistry geeks and “scientists” 😂 Used them daily for years! Fantastic invention!

    @cyberGEK@cyberGEK Жыл бұрын

  • I've never seen someone smile so brightly from saying "I put a potato in it, and baked it"

    @MegaEmmanuel09@MegaEmmanuel092 жыл бұрын

    • *smile fades slightly* “it was perfectly alright”. If that doesn’t sum up using a microwave to reheat food, I don’t know what does.

      @user-cc7vx7sw4z@user-cc7vx7sw4z Жыл бұрын

    • Linda Tripp would be tripping!!!

      @nan1577@nan1577 Жыл бұрын

    • @@user-cc7vx7sw4z imagine being the person who discovered the disappointment of a potato cooked in the microwave

      @thesenamesaretaken@thesenamesaretaken Жыл бұрын

    • That reminds me of Light Yagami for some reason...

      @Rudxain@Rudxain Жыл бұрын

    • @@thesenamesaretaken it might not be a culinary masterpiece but it is much quicker than doing it in the oven!

      @isthatrubble@isthatrubble Жыл бұрын

  • James Lovelock is the spriteliest 101 year old that I have ever seen. What a privilege to hear his story. Thanks Tom.

    @ddniUK@ddniUK3 жыл бұрын

    • 101, and his mind's still sharp. Makes it seem that being old might not be so bad after all.

      @imightbebiased9311@imightbebiased93113 жыл бұрын

    • l

      @MeryPed@MeryPed3 жыл бұрын

    • @@imightbebiased9311 Well, for a majority of people, it sadly is.

      @Babaroi@Babaroi3 жыл бұрын

    • Can we please have a whole "Tom Scott & Lovelock" series, where they discuss whatever topic they find interesting?

      @Eddyspeeder@Eddyspeeder3 жыл бұрын

    • @@Babaroi I think its a case of use it or lose it.

      @AlexMageethefirst@AlexMageethefirst3 жыл бұрын

  • Thank you Tom. Just found your video now. Fascinating. 👍

    @roberthealey6820@roberthealey6820 Жыл бұрын

  • Immense respect for this episode in special, thank you dearly.

    @rafaelveggi@rafaelveggi Жыл бұрын

  • I don't think I've ever seen the "historical scientist who discovered this" is actually still alive and willing to tell the story before. Really unique and incredible story, Tom

    @quispor1765@quispor17653 жыл бұрын

    • Jax1 how cool is this? We need more of it Tom! I think that most scientists will talk at length and with great enthusiasm about their interests.

      @willeveryday@willeveryday3 жыл бұрын

    • Mashallah

      @allahm-ast3mnlywlatstbdlny164@allahm-ast3mnlywlatstbdlny1643 жыл бұрын

    • Oh scientists are around, and they tell the truth about their creations. But you'll never be allowed to know about it unless the democrats who run the social media tech world green light it. Take the PCR test for example. most people aren't aware that it isnt capable of detecting infection, the creator himself said this. Yet thats how we test for covid. And you wonder why the CDC reports 50% inaccurate testing

      @Kugrox@Kugrox3 жыл бұрын

  • lovelock: "i put a potato in it...and baked it!" his wholesome little smile-

    @kalenathai@kalenathai3 жыл бұрын

    • His giddiness while explaining how light bulbs were lighting up and pound notes were catching fire as radiation bounced around the room is priceless ❤️

      @drawlast@drawlast3 жыл бұрын

    • Love him

      @andyc9902@andyc99022 жыл бұрын

    • What a legend!

      @ThereminHero@ThereminHero2 жыл бұрын

    • loved it

      @canowow11@canowow112 жыл бұрын

    • YES

      @superman2j3@superman2j32 жыл бұрын

  • That's as hilarious as it is fascinating as it is brilliant. Great film. Thank you Tom and James.

    @kiwihame@kiwihame Жыл бұрын

  • This was such an interesting video. I was sad when it ended!!! Condolences to James’family.

    @clockerbell9717@clockerbell9717 Жыл бұрын

  • “You won’t be doing medical research; you’ll be doing a crime” *sadly takes hamster out of freezer*

    @mrboomward@mrboomward3 жыл бұрын

    • Nono. I'll be making dinner.

      @DUDA-__-@DUDA-__-3 жыл бұрын

    • Hamster: I am untethered. And my rage has no bounds.

      @magic_cfw@magic_cfw3 жыл бұрын

    • @@DUDA-__- wait.. no.. that's... You know what, you do you...

      @jwalster9412@jwalster94123 жыл бұрын

    • @@DUDA-__- *ThatVeganTeacher would like to know your location.*

      @nithen8179@nithen81793 жыл бұрын

    • One has to worry about those who need such a warning.

      @Alsatiagent@Alsatiagent3 жыл бұрын

  • Maximum respect for not calling this "Hamster Necromancy: the Secret History of Microwaves"

    @MerelyFlowers@MerelyFlowers3 жыл бұрын

    • 😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

      @charliespinoza1966@charliespinoza19663 жыл бұрын

    • Meh, Tom is not a big one for memes.

      @daftbence@daftbence3 жыл бұрын

    • The funniest thing is that it wouldn't even be clickbait; the hamsters were genuinely dead, and the microwaves were capable of bringing them back to life. A part of necromancy is raising the dead. So, anything along the lines of "The Mad Scientist Who Practiced Hamster Necromancy with Microwaves" is a perfectly valid and true title.

      @stickmanonastick6089@stickmanonastick60893 жыл бұрын

    • Stickman on a stick so I can become a Hamster necromancer lord of the dead

      @TheHamsternecromancer@TheHamsternecromancer3 жыл бұрын

    • I have succeeded in becoming hamster necromancer lord of the dead

      @TheHamsternecromancer@TheHamsternecromancer3 жыл бұрын

  • Great work on this video/edit. 👍

    @mickgatz214@mickgatz2143 ай бұрын

  • Not only interesting but I'm blown away the guy was still alive and you were lucky enough to speak with him. This is top tier KZhead.

    @TheStupidcomment@TheStupidcomment Жыл бұрын

  • Mr lovelock lived most of his life knowing what microwaving a hamster was like

    @shigekax@shigekax3 жыл бұрын

    • Mr. Lovelock lived most of his life knowing how to _reliably_ reanimate the dead. With only a few caveats.

      @HaloInverse@HaloInverse3 жыл бұрын

    • Lives is a correction to both of you if im correct

      @martinstojanovic2123@martinstojanovic21233 жыл бұрын

    • @@martinstojanovic2123 I think "has lived"* is the correct correction, if you're correct :P

      @ItsAsparageese@ItsAsparageese3 жыл бұрын

    • I think I'm correct

      @aperture624@aperture6243 жыл бұрын

    • me, about to find out

      @white-devil42@white-devil423 жыл бұрын

  • The reveal that Lovelock was still alive just hit me harder than I would've thought.

    @nikolielite1379@nikolielite13793 жыл бұрын

    • I literally had to pause the video to recover from the shock

      @yoymate6316@yoymate63163 жыл бұрын

    • and he's a centenarian!

      @za7v9ier@za7v9ier3 жыл бұрын

    • Science rockstar

      @zaidlacksalastname4905@zaidlacksalastname49053 жыл бұрын

    • Exactly

      @devilaverage6718@devilaverage67183 жыл бұрын

    • And still has all his marbles. Can't get much better than that

      @letsgoBrandon204@letsgoBrandon2043 жыл бұрын

  • this is such an important part of history that's clearly been neglected, it's certainly relieving to know this incredible story won't be lost to the world. great work :)

    @cameron461@cameron46111 ай бұрын

  • Wow what a charismatic old guy! RIP just leaded that he passed very recently, with his work he most likely impacted almost everyone's quality of life, absolute legend

    @rpals5412@rpals5412 Жыл бұрын

  • WOW!! Did not see the "I went to interview him" part coming! Cannot believe that 1) he's still alive, and 2) his mind is so sharp and clear! That's really fantastic!!!

    @LMacNeill@LMacNeill3 жыл бұрын

    • I had an inkling based upon Tom's previous antics. "You can't visit the northernmost bit of Iceland without chartering a plane. [cut] So I chartered a plane." It was still a bit surprising, but as soon as I heard that Tom was interviewing the guy, I was like "Yep, that's what Tom would do."

      @MichaelMoore99@MichaelMoore993 жыл бұрын

    • It is fantastic! His smile while talking reminded me of Feynman talking science

      @onafehts@onafehts3 жыл бұрын

    • It's those everyday walks on the beach, i tell ya!

      @gamias3664@gamias36643 жыл бұрын

    • In the end, playing with microwaves is not so bad.

      @visekual6248@visekual62483 жыл бұрын

    • Well as a former scientist and inventor his grey matter most be folded and layered like a million nand gates.

      @gierhardtsloan8502@gierhardtsloan85023 жыл бұрын

  • This is the most alert and youngest looking 101 year old I have seen. Good for him.

    @FullMetalAtheist@FullMetalAtheist3 жыл бұрын

    • Im not that alert at 22

      @IfUReadThisEatADick@IfUReadThisEatADick3 жыл бұрын

    • Yes, very alert and clear minded too

      @samc2@samc23 жыл бұрын

    • Thx

      @lostpockets2227@lostpockets22273 жыл бұрын

    • maybe I'll be alert too if I survive that long

      @prashantsurti5788@prashantsurti57883 жыл бұрын

    • How many 101 year olds have you seen though?

      @sidarthurgortimer355@sidarthurgortimer3553 жыл бұрын
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