Bill O'Reilly, Juggalos- Stephen Fry answers all your questions

[virtue696]

@MADMANx511 OH MY GOD!!! 3 INCHES A YEAR!!! GOD HELP US!!!

[fritspas]

I think the people from sixtysymbols explained the tidal forces a lot clearer, less funny though.

[whatisahumans]

What this clip has to do with American blowhard news actor Bill O'Reilly.

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[arsenalca]

Interestingly (well maybe not, you decide) the little comment "If the moon had water... it'd be in a terrible state" is wrong. The tidal force the moon exerts on earth is larger than the tidal force the earth exerts on the moon, precisely because the earth is bigger (i.e. wider) than the moon. If the moon had water, its tides would be smaller than those on earth.

[jemorrismmorris]

@arsenalca I'm no Physicist but I think your wrong there mate,surely the Earth having a greater mass would have the greater gravitational effect.

[009SoundVEVO]

@jemorrismmorris you're right.

[Leviskardsen]

Bread goes in, toast comes out; YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT!

[Frederf220]

"Gravitational field gradient" is a phrase that really best encapsulates "Why the tides?" It sounds techy but really "gravity stronger closer" does it. At points A B C you have water near, earth center, water far all pulled in decreasing strengths. This not only explains the tides at A but also at C (backside) pretty intuitively.

[JokerzKard]

Ok, I know bill oreilly doesn't understand tides.... But a vague magnet reference isn't a reason to mention juggalos

[allnamesaretakenful]

@JokerzKard Agreed, I came here to hear them pick on juggalos.

[JokerzKard]

Um, where is bill oreilly and juggalos in this vid?

[PollyJuice]

I would have answered " a well-hung teenager".

[TimBillyRichie]

He didn't really explain it. It's because the gravity morphs the Earth's ocean water into kind of an egg shape, so that you have high tide on the top and bottom of the egg, and low tide around the side.

[waldoman7]

@TheDSil

i believe that one day a true genious will discover the equation that explains youtube behavior.

[gablison]

it used to be thought that people went extra crazy during a full moon which is where the word lunatic comes from... lune being french for moon... and lunatic being crazy, nuts, bananas... however you wana put it!

[sumrblizrd]

@gablison You are certainly correct in the origins :)

My mother always noticed that the emergency rooms she worked in during one of her rotations as a doctor were always more busy during the full moon than any other time. She would look around and wonder, "Wow, it's really busy, I wonder what's going on tonight?" Come to find out there was a full moon out. Just one of those things. Can't be proven, but it has been noticed.

[Turgor]

@sumrblizrd It can be disproven though, and it has. Analysis of ER admittance has revealed no significant correlation with the lunar cycle. It's just an urban myth.

[jemorrismmorris]

@Turgor You're quite right,no more calls to the police,no more demand on the the blood bank or as you said, hospitals,anecdotal evidence is not evidence.

[Edbrad]

tide goes in, tide goes out, you cant explain that!!

[IoEstasCedonta]

...not even Alan can be this stupid. He's not American.

[moesbrotha]

@IoEstasCedonta Do jokes like that ever get old to you?

[CorvusCorone68]

@moesbrotha we Americans have one of the poorest K12 educational systems in the world

[josenros]

@vibit7 You do seem pedantic, but you are correct. The formulas are so analogous that I sometimes confuse them. Thanks.

[yudyyou]

Alan....darling....you are wonderful.......

[pittchaser]

That was awesome!

[MamaMario13]

how did the moon get there? howd it get there? see you clowns...you tried to make me look like an idiot... so tell me....how did the moon get there?

[DoYouFeelLucky]

@MamaMario13 From a quick search of the Wiki article, which is consistent with what I have read before in scientific journals: "The prevailing hypothesis today is that the Earth–Moon system formed as a result of a giant impact: a Mars-sized body hit the nearly formed proto-Earth, blasting material into orbit around the proto-Earth, which accreted to form the Moon. Giant impacts are thought to have been common in the early Solar System." Check it out for more detail; hope this helps your study.

[acr08807]

@DoYouFeelLucky Which scientific journals did you read?

[josenros]

Wow, he actually knows the formula for Coulomb's law! Way to demonstrate your worldliness, Stephen!

[drmoshie]

@MANofINACTION so you're a monument to missing the point?

[thebigdawg61]

I get the tide coming in and going out.

I understand the explanation, I see the logic in the science.

BUT

other than mass mental illness there is no fucking explanation for Juggalos

[TheInfernalSpark]

Ya hear that Billy?

We must never mock people who are TRYING. Guess that still makes you fair game then, huh?

[vadetatimus]

@MANofINACTION i think it's mostly on purpose for comedic effect

[bungkjlkjkljlkj]

Everyone has aged so much... except Shaun Locke.

[MrAkilleus]

"How did the moon get there!? How did it all get there!?"

O'Reilly - the real amarican idiot!

[binaway]

The earth would not create a tide on the moon as only one side of the moon ever faces the earth.

[johnnye87]

@binaway Which is a result of tidal forces, isn't it? I think I heard it was the dramatic expansion and contraction of the Moon caused by the Earth's gravity that slowed down it's rotation. In fact it might have been QI where I heard that...

[spacecowboy5000]

Bill O'Reilly only reads popup books.

[Gubbywubby]

This is why Alan is so good on this show - he's not afraid to ask "stupid" questions, and those question usually get the most interesting answers!

[texasoilfields]

FUCKIN MAGNETS, HOW DO THEY WORK????

So glad to see I'm not the only Stephen Fry / Insane Clown Posse Fan :)

[Gaiacarra]

god damn people. "through a ratio that is the inverse of the square of their distances", and Alan (and I know he's doing it partly for comedy) just goes SQUARE? MATH? TOO HARD! I swear, if you so much as mentioned the word "addition" in "multiplication" in a sentence, 90% of people would give up trying to understand right there. Pathetic.

[Cheekytriangle]

Very wise comment by Stephen there at the end.

[gerandomiseerd]

Did Alan as that because of Bill o Reilly or was this before that?

[enlightendbel]

@gerandomiseerd nah, Season 2 was broadcast at the end of 2004.

And you can't expect Billo to watch a show about "knowledge" now can you :p

[EnglishCanary]

There's your answer O'Reily; Read. A. Book (and this time, not one presenting emblazed talking bushes and ancient Messianic zombies as facts).

[IoEstasCedonta]

I thought that this was actually going to be a clip of Stephen Fry talking about Billo and Juggalos - really looking forward to that...

I am disappoint.

[EmperorBubba]

@IoEstasCedonta

yeah, I was hugely intruiged by that prospect too :/

damned misleading titles.

[LtBoot]

never a miscommunication

[simonsomatic]

bill o reilly?



[jemorrismmorris]

@simonsomatic Tide comes in. tide goes out,cant explain that.

[simonsomatic]

@jemorrismmorris Ah of course, yeah I've seen that clip. Never misses a beat does it Bill. Mazin

[jerryhello100]

@jemorrismmorris never a miscommunication.

[RustlessPotato]

@jemorrismmorris Aliens !

[Myzelfa]

@jemorrismmorris I can. Just not to you.

[V0nAnglesmith]

@jemorrismmorris Not one miscommunication.

[a7xdude87]

@simonsomatic Bill O'Reilly is an arrogant and religious fox news presenter with the learning age of a 10 Year old, who feels that when he asks the question (or states the assertion) "The tides go in, the tides go out, the sun goes up, The sun goes down. You can't explain that". He thinks those questions are unanswerable. Funny thing is, he says this to the most intelligent scientists, but they're usually too nice to make him look a fool and explain how physics and gravity work". Shame really.

[yauyyb]

@a7xdude87 He also went to the best university in your country. Shame really.

[Liusila]

Great :D