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boi accidentally kept multiplying his money
Who would win? poverty or one county boi?
Boshua Borman Yeah he just added a couple of zeros to every dollar he had.
by Two's, nonetheless.
times 2
Lol
Its extremely rare for this guy to give interviews. I don't know how you guys managed it. Kudos !
***** I've been subbed to Brady's channels since before there was a numberphile... but not everyone who loves science needs subscribes, or even likes this content.
***** I know plenty of people who have degrees in STEM fields who don't use youtube in the first place, and plenty more who don't like watching science videos.
***** The category is "people I know who have degrees in stem fields but don't use youtube or don't like watching these channels." To the best of my knowledge, that category does not involve any extraterrestrial aliens... though it does involve quite a few people who aren't US citizens.
***** Why, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, of course!
***** yep, Numberphile, computerphile are way better than any other popsci channels
"Well this was kind of fun." Power move.
Stay curious, eh?
Damn, this one cracked me up. Soo true.
Es bueno estar dentro de las Matemáticas, sensible de tener toda la idea de su Potencial.
@@darian2332 pp
Be nice to hear the greedy fools reaction to the $7bn fine he's just been hit with.
"I'm pleased mostly with the way my career has gone." -multibillionaire
The measure of a man is not how many green pieces of paper they hold, it's who they are as a person
Funny that is your conclusion and you're not alone with almost 400 likes, I don't see his financial worth having anything to do with 'success'. I understand how the money can be a measurement of one's success but it's a poor one at best.
@TheBlondie I would imagine it would be very pleasing to be a CEO making seven figures with a golden parachute. 👑
Bruh
@@hugostiglitz4215 i didn't say anything about how to measure a man. also, almost none of his money is liquid, no?
Nick Simons institute (named after his son who sadly passed away) has done a lot in for upliftment of rural healthcare here in Nepal. Thank you sir :)
nepal ko kun thau ma sir?
Wow I didn't know that
Oh! Nice to see you too learning maths
Wow...
Q
He liked the interview because the interviewer was genuinely interested in his life and motivations, and not on the lookout for the next trade idea.
Additionally, it wasn't really about money. It was more about math.
Who's AWAKE in 2021?
23😂 @@theyredistortingyourrhythm.
@@theyredistortingyourrhythm. take your pills
"Well, this was mostly fun." That sounds like a mathematician after mild socialization lol
14 Billion dollars, a fairly pleasant experience wouldn't you say?
O
".. kinda fun", in fact.
2 of my siblings are mathematicians and this is accurate 😂😂😂😂
The interview is has the attribute "fun" almoat everywhere.
Aside from all his core achievement: what an incredible timbre to his speaking voice.
Just start smoking two-packs a day, you'll be there in no time.
His voice and accent reminded me of how Humphrey Bogart sounds.
I like how he always takes a moment to judge the quality of the question being asked before answering it :) "That's an interesting question."
"next question"
AmericazGotTalentYT I liked your comment but realised I took the like count over 7 so took it off. Here's a comment like.
your comment has 7 likes for a year please leave it like this
abdullah yakub you jinxed it -.-
He probably has an extremely deep analytical ability.
haha loved the ending statement "well this was kinda fun "
Ramtin Javanmardi Hah! Yeah. This guy is kinda great.
Ace Diamond Also, how did I give this comment its 200th thumbs up, yet only the 1st reply?
Ramtin Javanmardi It's quite the contrast from John Conway, who clearly didn't want to be there.
Ramtin Javanmardi To be honest, Brady gave pretty spectacular questions here. He didn't seem to be expecting many of the questions Brady threw at him so he probably enjoyed the talk more than he thought he would.
Vulcapyro indeed that is the same impression I had :D A truly excellent interview!
Simons makes his point with the analogy: "...you may have great film equipment, but that's not why you're a success..." Meanwhile the camera guy screws up the shot.
You don't think that was deliberate?
@@oaflet no the shots were no bueno
Lol!
Rest in Piece, a great mathematician and his contributions to the research mathematics community has been invaluable
I'm another boy who dreams of being a baseball.
Pretty sure you're the only one who dreams of being a "baseball".
Utsavbajra He isn't.
Utsavbajra When I was small I dreamed of being a shuttlecock
agent45267 I'm gonna be a blitzball when I grow up!
When I grow up I want to be a steam shovel!
What a remarkably grounded man. I loved his reaction to "would you trade the business for the Reimann hypothesis?" He kind of lit up - "well I'd trade some of it!"
He totally came alive :D Ohhh the Reimann hypothesis? I watched his eyes, they immediately darted down - automatically considering, then he looked away. Interesting body language. I think it made a welcome change to the constant interest in his money.
All the prestige, the immortality of his name flashed before his eyes in a second... And still, in the end, he wouldn't have traded in all his hard work and the resulting billions that came out from it.
Riemann
No billy is grounded in any sense of the word but this one comes pretty close😅
just like most motivational speakers,philosophers, life coaches, and authors like napoleaon hill have said " the only thing you have to do is decide what you want to do. knowing how or the specifics of the goal is irrelevant, those aspects will unfold as you progress". this man said" I always knew I wanted to be a mathematician , whatever that meant"...
True
Reed Morris which was?
That's a very interesting concept. Most people I know aren't like that. They simply see the best thing that suits them and go for it
disagree
Yes, James Deen said he knew he wanted to be an adult-film star as a young kid too.
He's like the architect from The Matrix.
Intetesting. That was quicker than the others.
Plot twist: he IS the architect.
@TheBlondie yep like george soros or buffett
thanks, now I can’t unsee it
Dude! Yes! Thank you for that!
I love this interview ! This is how every interview should be conducted. No interrruptions, clear questions, clear answers.
bad interviewer imo
No interruptions - critical!
+fingerguns agreed... the interviewer's questions leave a lot to be desired.
kerk tp 芝
Absolutely astounding you guys got a James Simons interview. He's well known for never giving interviews, despite the fact that so many people find him fascinating.
It’s wonderful to learn that, for once, a theory scientist actually earned what their work was worth.
He didn't. He made all of his money in a completely different field. The work he has done in the field he is in becomes completely useless if it were to be made public, as well, which is completely different from his work as a mathematician.
King Pistachion cry about it
That's Hypothetical
Man, what a seriously important point that is.
@@benjaminchenevey7967 Working as a mathematician in theory is just as much so as working as a mathematician in application. Mathematics is a system you carry with you, not something that is fundamentally binary.
Amazing... I didn't know Obi Wan Kenobi was a mathematician.
*The Architect.
May the 4s be with you.
"...but they'll soon be back, and in greater numbers"
Jedis are portrayed as warriors more than monks, for obvious cinematic reasons, but they would have to have atleast a top undergraduate level of maths..
@@saumitragautam8333 😂👍
Love this interview. Never heard of the interviewee beforehand, never heard of the interviewer before. But I love how the ideas just flowed. I love how the interviewee wasn't interrupted. And I love the quality of the questions. really learned a lot about the guy after watching this. 18 minutes spent really well.
You had me at liking/loving ► how the interviewee wasn't interrupted. I've trashed a few walls, putting my fist or forehead(*) through them, when BBC and NPR (among others) said "I'm afraid we're out of time" just as substance reared its head. Particularly when the first part of said interview reviewed the interviewee's university's football team. ________ (*) Both beyond repair.
He's a genius, but also seems like a cool guy you could have a pint with at the pub while you integrate polynomials
The interviewer had no clue about the capital markets or mathematics, as a chemical engineering graduate and a trader, if I were the interviewer I'd ask him so many quality questions
@@Trenacetate43 r/iamverysmart
@@oafletbro really put a footnote in a KZhead comment
"We'll I'd probably trade some of it." As spoken by a true businessman.
No, the way he answered the questions was an indication to how he weighed his responses.. Because he's trained to do so in the marketplace.
@@Johnny-cz2wv both right
This was my favorite line
don't put your eggs in one basket
You wouldn't go to the grocery and give all your savings for sliced bread either, or would you?
"The computer does what you tell it to do. It's just a tool." Yerp.
Exactly what I tell people about calculators. Many people who haven't learned much math past high school algebra like to think that you can just punch anything in a calculator and it'll spit out the correct answer. VERY wrong. The calculator only knows what you tell it to do. The operator must understand the math he uses the calculator for.
Till it becomes the terminator
Garbage in, garbage out
Thank capt. obvious
Tyler Traylor this reminds me of a time in high school where little kids thought the high schoolers were cheating cus they were using calculators for a homework problem 😂😂
I used to serve this guy in Stony Brook university at the Simon center. Very down to earth and was the only one allowed to smoke indoors because he owned the place lol. Highly intelligent. Always hanging out with other mathematicians.
"Chern" - It is actually Chen, but using a bizarre Chinese romanization system called "Gwoyeu Romatzyh" that was briefly popular in Taiwan.
CNVideos Woah, dropping some dank knowledge.
CNVideos that's amazing
CNVideos fcking wikipedia monster u are !
CNVideos wooow what was that!!!
***** no, if the guy romanized his name as "chern," then everybody speaking English will have pronounced it with the 'r,' it's not a matter of not knowing how to pronounce it. you get the same thing with Japanese: people often romanize things that should be (for example) "chi" as "ti," or "tsu" as "tu," because that's the fastest way to type it on a Japanese computer. it doesn't remotely give English speakers the right idea, and so they scratch their heads about why people pronounce it weird, but often just accept it. the fact that it doesn't match Japanese is sort of beside the point by then-that becomes how people pronounce it, and (in the case of names) may be how they introduce themselves when speaking English.
who's favorite part of the video was when he said "with MY money......but nonetheless"
Shayne Williams hilarious 😂
@Markus Patients it had to be said
@Markus Patients agreed. I think it was my least favourite part of the interview.
How big does an ego need to be to need billions?
who is? english education ain't great either, i think
Hello Neo, I am the Architect. I created the matrix.
Which one?
@@luima5198 7th version
That's racist 🤡
Fraud fail
🤣🤣🤣 I was thinking the same thing. He does looks like him.
What a fascinating man. I've honestly never seen so many brilliant people until I've subscribed to this channel. Great work!
Brady (and filming crew), I would like to thank you for the amazing amount of effort and quality you put forth in these videos. The work you are doing on this channel and others (Objectivity is purely awesome) is inspiring and I believe will inspire the youth to pursuit knowledge and understanding.
Jas Sandhar I'm 15 and Brady's channels and it's collaborators inspire me
This interview and camera work was terrible. Dont thank them for anything. He dressed like he was going to walmart and asked boring and borderline rude questions.
Thanks
my thoughts exactly
14 billion dollar mathematician: favorite number "7... next question" XD
You miss the point that statistically 7 was his answer
Hope it's not a ponzi scheme.
1024 = 1+0+2+4 = 7 Q.E.D.
thought he was gonna say 9 to be honest..
X2
As others have mentioned, this was a tremendous interview. Excellent work on the video edits. Thank you!
what an accomplished man. anything but snoody and very understandable in his conversation. I like people like this.
That was a very good assessment from the interviewee. He said "that's an interesting question" on several occasions, and at the end said, "well this was kind of fun". So well done, you did a great job from his point of view, which is very important!
Haha, I love him. "Well this was kind of fun."
nicko_rico He was being sarcastic..
Slightly
He was not being sarcastic in the slightest..... But, who is John G.A.L.T.?
Sarcastic, he'd rather be doing math.
nico_rico well,*
One of those rare people on earth, we need more!
12:43 His eyes lights up on hearing the question. Btw it was a great question ask a mathematician. He would be that he would immortalized if he does something like that.
Loved the video. Thank your for bringing this to us Brady and thanks to Dr. Simons for doing the interview.
Awesome interview. you asked so many questions that nobody else would ask. thank you.
This man has the most natural and (almost oddly) unalarming air of confidence to him. And I feel like he's earned that confidence.
This was incredible. Probably one of my favourite interviews I've ever seen. Fascinating and well spoken guy
Oh wow. Starting at 15:00, Mr. Simons says exactly how I feel about wanting to become a math teacher. I was a student that never really had a strong grasp on mathematical concepts, in fact I failed two of my math classes my freshman year of college. Now however I am getting A's on my tests and am absolutely in love with math. I want to get my master's after I complete my undergrad and hopefully work towards a PhD if life goes that way. I want people to never have to struggle like I did. I had some bad teachers that made me hate math, and I don't think it's fair that students get the bottom of the barrel when it comes to math and science teachers in high school. We need to push math and science more and more in the future, and the only way to get the future generations interested is by having teachers that truly have a passion for students to learn. If that means that my pay check is not as big as my colleagues, then so be it. If and when I see my future students become billionaires like Mr. Simons, I will smile to myself and be proud.
SenorDevin how did you do that? how? please help me...
SenorDevin That's an incredibly noble story. I would push on that and ask exactly what you think math teachers should do to show that they have a passion for their students to learn. I'm graduating in a little over a year and I've learned a lot in that time, and am still learning. I gotta tell you, it's not just about knowing the math. It's about how we teach it, and how we keep students engaged in a meaningful, real-world kind of way.
SenorDevin How did you do it?
Well said. I had similar wish to become a great scientist from secondary school and still had similar idea when I finished my phd. I thought money is not important; knowledge is my world and I enjoyed it and I still enjoy it. However. I met my girlfriend, now my wife. I need to get into the real world and earn some money to support my family, and made a decision not to worry about research funding any more..
SenorDevin My dream is to build an online infrastructure for youth so that math and science becomes a really enjoyable way of spending some of your time on the internet. A kind of modern forum/social network with great videos, software, and simulations that make total use of current technology and that also presents knowledge from upper year undergraduate courses that's really hard to find outside of expensive textbooks. The dream is that most students will have an understanding of math and science that is always ahead of their current school year, so they never have to see anything for the first time in school. They just show up, learn about what they're going to be expected to know for the exams during ordinary class, and then take the test to prove their competence in a way that society has always seen as legitimate. The school experience won't define their personal relationship with the subjects. The enthusiasm people have for these things in the public space is far better suited for packaging information for consumption than an underpaid teacher. Hopefully one day I'll be effective at channeling some of that enthusiasm.
Thank you! Been a subscriber for at least a year now, and coming from someone who is not strong in math, has no pull or "draw" to study maths in the future - I have to say this is a very interesting outlet I can spend an hour or so every now and then to absorb this part of life Ill never get to experience. So please don't stop! Great channel.
“People work for a combination of money and respect” - I think that’s one of the most profound insights I’ve heard one taking in what work means for people. Work is one of the most important pillars of life... and here we have such a simple and profound conclusions about it.
Yes, unfortunately this mostly leads to getting badly payed menial jobs. So there must be something wrong with this approach. Only if you go for intrinsic motivation, for fun, or because you just believe in what you do, you will be truly successful and happy. He is a clear example of that. It's not clear if he realizes this himself.
Paul met Debbie I think he’s career of spotting patterns in the stock market is a pathetic job in terms of contribution to society. No one benefits from that pattern recognition except himself. Bill Gates, Elon Musk and even Jeff Bezos actually contribute something. Elon talks about how most of the really smart people get into finance jobs but someone has to make the stuff. James said people work for money or respect, but what about bringing something new to the world, inventing something. One could get a lot of satisfaction out of inventing something even if it doesn’t bring a lot of money or respect.
it's actually the statement i most disagree with. people don't work for money and respect, they work for value. not everyone sees respect as a desirable asset.
@@ian9toes sounds like you have the desire to invent something 🤔
@@ian9toes You are missing the point entirely. People who have made money in their field desperately want to invest it, so it can grow. Colleges and public charities live off of their investments, silly. Simons's Medallion Fund allowed thousands of investors to compound their savings, which benefited students, charities, teachers, families, helped people survive in retirement, etc. You seem clueless and bitter or you just don't understand the purpose of investment management at all.
Excellent Interview. Kudos to the interviewer - his style and substance is top notch. Thx for uploading!!!
"with my money,but nonetheless ". :D there is some ouch.haha
yeah lol. big oof
if he has $14 billion it wouldnt even make a dent
@@henryguitarhero he didn't have 14b in 1994 , but was very wealthy of course based off his own skills and the people he surrounded his self with
@@henryguitarhero personal worth (according to forbes) isn't the same as how much money someone has (available)
Excellent interview, Brady! I loved it.
At the end, "This was kind of fun". A humble guy and still alive in 2023! All the best Mr. Simons.
Great interview. Many journalists should learn from this: no hostility, and the other side feels very comfortable. Simons was also very nice and humble. A gem of a video to watch.
Obvious statement, but brilliant guy! The way he answers those questions is straight to the point. Very impressive.
Thanks to the creators of Numberphile for coming up with amazing content about mathematics and featuring great people in this field!
Really liked the quality of questions you asked him and the way you were attentive in listening to Jim (compared to what I saw just now on TED interview that guy kept cutting Jim & was more worried about his time than listening to him)
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing this interview! We don't all go on to do great things with our love for mathematics, but know that there are some of us regular folk out here, that do share your passion.
Too many plebs in this world
@@lightshine2786 I can only partially agree. There are too many ordinary people, but I don't know that that has much to do with class. At some point in our lives, we're each given a chance or two to think more critically &mentally advance ourselves, providing us with more opportunities. Most folks choose not to seize those opportunities for growth, regardless of their socioeconomic background. The problem is ordinary thinkers.
Reminds me of the Architect from the Matrix.
so true!!!!!
No....
Damn, I can go back after reading your comment!
Hope, It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength and greatest weakness.
Beat me to the punch
This was a very nice interview! Good job guys! :)
Great talk, I liked how open and thoughtful he was.
"This was kind of fun" - you have to love this guy
It's so reassuring to know there are people like him behind the scenes.
"well this was kinda fun" LOL
I caught that as well and got a laugh out of it. The guy is smart and also old, and must realize time is short now for him, so maybe his motivation to do this interview was just something fun to do while on his break for the day.
I was just going to comment that
Great interview. Really enjoyed. Thanks.
Amazing Questions. A very well done interview!
If people ask, what is the use of mathematics. Send them to this guy
Fightclub1995 That is like sending a person to Michael Jordan if they ask "Why is basketball useful?"
jmw150 Would he not have an answer?
Not one applicable to most people... There is a lot more to math than hedge funds.
Fightclub1995 Or rather, try asking them to give an example of an invention in the last five centuries that didn't involve math.
Fightclub1995 When people ask me what the use of mathematics is, I just say, "I don't know, haven't figured it out. Hey, I'll give you five of these one dollar bills for that one fifty dollar bill."
Always love your videos Brady.
I love the fact that MIT sent him to Berkeley. Great interview.
He couldn’t be more spot on about the quality of math education
I liked the interview a lot. Mr. Simons is a no BS guy, my kind of man!
The Architect from the Matrix :D
"statistical anomaly" "ergo" "vis-a-vis"
Did he really say 'ergo' in this interview? Or are or are you just referring to the Architect?
Only referring to the Architect. Simon's actually says statistical anomaly in the video though.
Oh- haha, if someone actually used 'ergo' in a real-life interview, I'd be freaked out! :D
LOL I use the word ERGO a lot... I am not famous to be interviewed though... I am educated in VARIOUS SCIENCES.. Mostly Math Computer Science... Never saw the MATRIX either... Here is an examples:: Cogito Ergo Sum! Government Is (a necessary) EVIL! ergo:: GOVERNMENT IS EVIL!
"I've never looked back that way." That helped and hit hard.
interesting man! I enjoy the straight simple discussion and his enthusiasm for mathematics
None of my High School maths teachers could have worked for google. Not unless the job at google was to read aloud from a book that they didn't understand.
Very true. Agree with this 100%
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"30-40 years ago if you knew some mathematics, say enough to teach lets say at high school... but today if you know that much mathematics [ie, enough to get a job teaching high school] you can get a job at Google, you can get a job at IBM, you can get a job at Goldman Sachs." 30-40 years ago *was* when I was enduring mathematics at high school. My teachers "knew enough to teach...at high school" back then but if you teleported them to today they wouldn't get a job at Google, IBM or Goldman Sachs. Unless, as I said, the job at the high tech company involved reading a book they didn't understand out loud. They weren't quite innumerate but the weren't a long stretch from being such. Any questions or requests for clarification of a point just resulted in them reading the text book out loud a second time. I learnt pretty early on that if I didn't get it from reading the text myself, I wasn't going to get any help from them.
gasdive you probably didn't take very high math then. in Calc and stats my teachers were brilliant, whereas the lesser maths were just book regurgitation as calc and stats is a bitch to teach if you don't know the material.
I don't know how it is in the US, but I am currently a sixth form student in the UK studying maths and f. Maths, and my teachers consist of someone with a theoretical physics degree, and someone who did work for someone like IBM (programming algorithms) back in the 80s, so I would say my teachers certainly could get higher paying jobs.
"It's mostly statistics" - He said what I assumed, since a long time. From there, with statistical analysis, you calculate probabilities and from there you can start thinking about money.
I fell in love with statistics from my very first semester in college because you once you understand basic concepts like variance and standard deviation you can start using them immediately. Were it not for the set back to take the required courses for a major in stats I would do it. So I decided on a minor in stats to complement my major in finance. I should be done by this time next year. Also, I already use the concepts I have learned so far in stats at my work. I highly recommend stats for anyone who has an interest in doing any type of analysis in life.
No just statistics,maybe quantum mathematics too
Lemme make it easier for you. They use AI to make those predictions bud. This isn't a secret and neither something that nobody thought before. Everybody in this business knows that is possible and maybe 50% uses it. But not everybody who uses it makes a lot of money and this comes down to how you should structure your "model" and what anomalies you will use for it? That is the thing. And these are things that he didn't tell in this interview.
@@akilbozbas but wouldn't the point of the ai be to discover the anomalies on it's own?
@@alexbougias2948 no there was no quantum mathematics
The interviewer did a really great job here, thanks!
Great questions! Great answers. Awesome interview! Great job Numberphile!
Fantastic interview: "7, next question". That's going to keep me up at night.
Thank you Sir Mr. James Simons for all your hard work...
He's so right about our terrible math in K-12 teaching. I graduated 2001... all through it seemed to just repeat and was way slow. And the teachers weren't that great, some didn't even understand the material themselves.
where's the brown paper?
He really knows stuff we will never ever imagine
Just about every month at the Simons Foundation headquarters in NYC there is a free lecture by a scientist or mathematician at the top of their field speaking in depth about cutting edge research. The lecture is preceded by tea. I have met Jim Simons there and he is one of the most down to earth and humble people I have ever come across.
I'm not interested in deep mathematics enough to subscribe to Numberphile, but that was a really interesting video. I even gonna watch the full interview later. (thanks for uploading a full version!)
0:28 - that's exactly what I used to do! I usually got up to about 8192 then started to think about what's for dinner.
great interview questions! 10 out of 10 for the interviewer!
‘One guy’s discovery leads to another guy’s invention leading to another man’s machine’, Dope line 👏🏿
loved this, thanks @numberphile
Why is his favorite number seven!? These are the kinds of things that keep me up at night!
7 is the only whole number, also biblical.
I live a few houses down from this guy and one of my friends works for him. He's a very nice guy and he helped establish a park and does a lot to help local businesses. Thanks for the great video Numberphile!
I really enjoyed this interview!
Thank you. This is excellent. I have trouble explaining why the efficient market hypothesis is bunk. In future I will refer all and sundry to this video.
"Brought in a guy from the code cracking place" 😂😂
I found that quite funny too. So casual.
"what was that place? Pri.. Prin.. Prince.. Prince town? aww heck whatever it's called you know the code cracking place"
"Well this was kinda fun" 😂
This man proved that maths or science is not for just passing exams ,it has many real life applications too .it depends upon us how we use it ,only for passing exams or for real life too.
Earning money is one of the lamest application of maths
This was really great to listen at!
He reminds me of Mike from Breaking Bad
Honestly Brady, you are a really good interviewer! You asked some interesting questions that clearly got him thinking.
Great interview takes two. It's a great interview. Thanks :-)
Wonderful interview. It says a lot about science from a famous scientist. He is also a great donor for scientific projects.
I love how humble he is.
Humble? His pulse is about to flat line.
Hey, commie, you don't deserve other peoples money.
@@thunderpooch do you have to be young and healthy to be humble dipshit?
My dad had a jacket just like that...that was in 1986.
Bob - In that case, I think I may be your father...
It’s amazing how simple and basic Billionares are. Not all of them of course, but many of them.
I doubt that your dad's jacket was as expensive as this. All due respect to your dad but even though Simon looks plain, you can see from his "simple jewellery" that he isn't cheap
The camera angles kept me laughing and this was a great interview
I feel. so sad, as i was about discovering about Mr James Simons, and his incredible work, he passes on, May 10th, I'm never going to forget today Rip Mr Simons 😔
I think all the camera angles from strange places make it seem a bit creepy; at 8:36 it's like someone is watching him XD
REALLY CREEPY LOL!