Spot when the Sun sets - QI Series 8 Ep 15 Hypnosis, Hallucinations & Hysteria Preview - BBC One

[ignuu]

I think we all heard it thumbtopfraggers...

[Ziggoi]

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[SlappaDeBassMon]

Funny, every time I hear someone from Britain attempting a New Zealand accent, it sounds Australian to me (I'm a NZer by the way).

[NCUK11]

@SlappaDeBassMon Perhaps we don't get enough exposure to NZ accents in the UK. Similar to how some Americans think that there are only two English accents - RP and cockney, since most exported TV and film contains those accents.

[TioCajlo]

hmmmm... it's this sunset spot thing the same all over the world? or this happens just in the equator? Too bad this isn't aired in my country I love this show

[SaFadaShaa]

i love it how the video says "An error occurred. Please try again later." - it is as if youtube can't handle the great amount of awesomeness it contains.

[Magnesium02]

Love the way he says "miraaage"

[TheSlamdunkan]

They missed the bit after where Stephen asks 'What is strange about this stair case' and phil jupitus says 'I know, its not there!'

[RectumPilum]

@SnowManxzz Lol why would it be Top Gear?

[maskedburritow]

Is there anything Dubledore does NOT know?

[navierstalks]

Bloke talking about New Zealand is a moron. There's a reason Australasia is often referred to as the 'Antipodes'. New Zealand and the UK are precisely the same distance from the equator. The phenomenon he is describing is either equally present in his own country or an absolute myth.

[durbst3r]

@navierstalks Yes, but the earth doesn't sit upright in relation to the sun, it's tilted on its axis.

[navierstalks]

@durbst3r Am I missing something here? The bloke in the video doesn't say anything about the blinding phenomenon being seasonal. The angle of the sun's rays in the UK in June should be roughly the same as those in NZ in December, and likewise for the rest of the year.

[CommandLineCowboy]

@navierstalks GB is latitudes 50-60, NZ is 34-47, that's like the difference between Great Britain and Spain. Do Spanish drivers suffer sunstrike? NZ has higher sunshine and higher rainfall than GB. In the same day you can have an early afternoon rain shower, and then drive home into the setting sun reflecting off the rain slicked roads. Forgetting your sunglasses in conditions like that is deadly.

[navierstalks]

@CommandLineCowboy You're right. When I said they were the same distance from the equator, I was being generous to the guy in the video. In fact, GB is further from the equator than NZ, which makes him even more of an idiot. Higher rain and higher sunshine is a good point, if true, but that has absolutely nothing to do with the video. He was talking about the angle of the rays. The angle is closer to the perpendicular in NZ than in GB, making him flat out wrong.

[Mx41204]

@navierstalks First of all, MST3K mantra.

He talked about it for 20 seconds. He's not an expert, definitely doesn't know all the details, but I'm sure it exists. He says it happens in New Zealand, not 'only' there, and it probably is seasonal, because around December and January, New Zealand is one of the closest countries to the Sun, so it can't happen then with the conditions he described.

Also, it's Alan freaking Davies. There's a reason he's in every show and it's not because he's smart =))

[Mx41204]

@Mx41204 btw, MST3K Mantra is "Relax, it's just a show." Although (most of) the info they give is right, it's a comedy show through and through.

[xVancha]

@Mx41204 I'm two weeks late on this, but he's actually pretty damn smart. He plays the naive simpleton role for QI, but I dare say he's usually the smartest one around the table other than Fry.

[JaseAndrews]

That woman looks SO confused.

[KurtRileyOfficial]

Oh, UK television. You're so much more intellectual (and funnier) than the dross that passes for TV in the US.

[trufuuuullll]

so happy he's talking about new zealand

[CradleInTheCrater]

They're all looking at him like he's purely mad.

MAD I SAY!!

[MrSlingdad]

Who's the woman? she's really beautiful :)

[Chissman]

@MrSlingdad Ronni Ancona

[lardman2228]

@MrSlingdad This is what I've been trying to find out! She's amazing... D: If you find out, I'd be delighted if you told me.

[MrSlingdad]

@lardman2228 Ronni Ancona, here you go fellow internetz-friend ;)

[turdl38]

Stephen's tie=all kinds of awesome.

[suckfuldodger]

His fact about New Zealand is bs

[Decimaster321]

@suckfuldodger Welll... it was Alan who said it.

[Cleo4696]

I cant believe they cut off the end of this clip!

-they move on and stephen says "what shape is this staircase?" (shows a picture of a spiral staircase) then phil buzzes and goes "IT'S NOT THERE!"

[AlexsAmazingIpad]

It takes 8 minutes for the light to reach earth from the sun, so say it turns blue one day, we would see that happen 8 minites after it did. Also, quite an interesting fact, half of the stars you see in the sky could have died 200 years ago and aren't actually there, because theyre so far away it takes ages for light to get to us.

[spencerant88]

I pressed my buzzer at 0:16.

[anonihamster]

Not there... miraaaaaage...

[Gdansk8121]

The sun's light takes about 8 minutes to reach the Earth, so the moment of Sun setting is eight minutes before moment Stephen pointed out.

[wowsa0]

@Gdansk8121 I thumbs uped this without thinking too much but now I think you're wrong. It is irrelevant that the sun's light takes 8 minutes to reach us, because the sun sets due to the spinning of the earth, not any motion of the sun, so it is like a fixed point relative to the earth, the time the light takes to reach us makes no difference.

[Azumarule]

anyone else notice when alan is talking about new zealand he speaks in a aussie accent

[jadekillcity]

@Azumarule it was probs a failed attempt of a new zeland accent as they both have similair accents

[MsStarsea]

"I HATE this show... Cause this sun is THERE and you're like "NO". You - it's the SUN -! 'Not there! Miraaaaaaaaaage!'" XD

[seaton125]

Phil was fantastic in this. love his Fry impression...

[Adii30]

Horizon is above the skyline. I would've got points for that.

[WoolyWakefield]

Too late!

[emie40]

i have watched this clip so many times and it still makes me laugh everytime lol

[spamviking]

Why is Fry wearing James May's hair?

[MrBuch169169]

This is one of those QI facts that I'm going to refute for the sake of my mental health. It's up there with that 'two moons' madness.

[EnAEelke]

@MrBuch169169 I knew I couldn't be the only one!

Exactly those two moments as well, kudos :)

[TheBakers7]

check it out, steve's got hair.... long hair!

[IoEstasCedonta]

@TheBakers7 It's not there.

Mirage.

[BabyPyschedelic]

I love Phil's impression of Stephen, they are two of my favourite people

[PrezLeefun]

3 people thought the sun was really there.

[WeShallNeverStop]

This comment is not here.

[SteelPokemonFan]

@WeShallNeverStop Wrong episode, go to the "Quickfire Hypotheticals" episode.

[DrUmbreon]

Aww, poor Phil...

[TuliTheUnruly]

I think the clip is the end of THX-1138. I haven't seen it in awhile. Looks fimiliar though.

[ChristopherDone]

2001 A Space Odyssey? Guessing before it goes down.

[dim432]

Too late.

[odin6616]

Shame they didn't have the bit in the next question

[derrynator]

it would actually be 8 odd minutes before that piont that the sun is actually below the horizon, because, as ayoopdog said, it takes 8 minutes for light from the sun to reach earth. And thanks, Phil for that advice. XD

[StaticBulletshell]

I hate this show. The sun...is there. No. It's the sun! Not there. Mirage. The drivers are reassured to know. That it's not there! XDDD love this guy!

[stupidintellect90]

does that mean that at any time of the day, wherever the sun appears to be its actually a few cm(to our eyes not the real distance) beside what we see.

But what a mood dampener, 'don't you just love the sun set Oliver'

'Yes dear, but it has actually set... what you see is a mirage...'

[corek1949]

There is normally one incorrect fact per programme. This is probably it.

[5709843]

The sun drops out of the horizon when Stephen pulls his pants up

[ayoopdog]

I thought it was something to do with the sun's light taking 8 minutes to reach earth. So what we are seeing is the sun 8 minutes in the past. I'm going to be controversial and tell you, light is actually slow... well to me at least...

[lachlunn]

stephen, we love you and we got you a pair of scissors for xmas....take the hint!

[BloodFromTheThorn]

'i dare say that the drivers of New Zealand as they see the sun setting, are reassured to know... that it's not ther :) '

<3 Phil :D

[meshunderlay]

I'm not a sciencey-physicsy dude so.... If I were at a location in which the sun passed directly overhead, assuming the earth rotates at a constant speed, would it not appear that the sun had sped up or slowed down at some point when moving closer to the horizon?

[kaizer250]

@meshunderlay Yes. It would be a very gradual decrease in speed as it's setting. When it's directly overhead, it's more or less directly overhead.

[Pony2324]

* i...hate this show* but thats the sun!

so the sun we see up in the sky at 12:00 in the arvo is a MIRAGE!!!

[Canadianabanana]

When does the sun start becoming a mirage though? Like, @0:13 for instance. Is that the sun? Or a mirage?

[qrrbrbirbel2]

@Canadianabanana im guessing that it is the sun and not a mirage, look at the sun when it hits the horizon (0:16) and you see a tip of a "mirror image" at the bottom so i'd guess that is where it actually is still 'the sun' and not the mirage. so as it gets closer to the horizon the light starts to bend more (because the angle becomes more shallow) and thats when see the mirage. But thats just how i figure it.

[adamsbja]

Actually the sun set much earlier.  The Sun is half a degree wide and in order to circle 360 degrees in 24 hours it much go 30 Sun-widths in an hour, or its own width every 2 minutes. In addition the Sun is about 8 light-minutes away from the Earth. So when the Sun has in reality set we see it 4 solar widths above the horizon.

[obiscool08]

WHY CANT WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? :(

[cgsmitherine3]

the beginning of lion king is a lie!!

[teenytulip]

:o don't think i like Alan's kiwi accent. still love him though :D

[GiratinaofFury]

I just cry with laughter at this show.

[alaswoeisme]

Stephen's tie is amazing!

[PWGregory]

Then I'm for trying to correct you, but telling an unfunny joke is very difficult to translate into print. You should avoid attempting to do so in future, otherwise it is very easy for even the smartassest of people to mistake your comments for your actual viewpoints.

[Thurstonsfunfair]

Philys Jupitoss is a lump of stale lard!

[rory12349]

phills a dick

[peterabbid]

Phill's imitations of Stephen are always hilarious. This episode looks so good.

[damnbestbal]

awesome, now i have a new whole show to watch. that won't make me a retard, simplify reality or lower my iq.

[JackyRowe]

@damnbestbal so you've only just discovered QI?

[damnbestbal]

@JackyRowe -  yes sir :)

i had seen it on Tv, but my family wouldn't let me watch it for more than a minute. Then came Youtube and adblock.

[JackyRowe]

@damnbestbal won't let you watch it??!! that's sacrilige!!! well, welcome to the world of the people who are generally ignorant. you will learn, laugh, share, and love this programme.

[ginnever]

i hate phil jupitus

[PWGregory]

No. Mirages exist, in so much as the image of a mirage exists.  What we see in a mirage isn't physically there, that's all. The fact that you see the sun when it isn't there is the mirage. And if the mirage of the sun being there is only that, a mirage, then the sun isn't really there.

[pugwash84]

I love this show and that was just so funny

[opryhunter]

does that mean when the sun rises, its not there

[moonrockguy]

@opryhunter yep! It's the complete opposite effect so the sun appears before it's actually geometrically risen.

[thekaidranzer]

@moonrockguy it is an advantage, as something in our eye lids detects blue light, from the day time, or anything, which wakes us up. so these 2 things are quite inmpotant, but arent essential.

[UncleGweilo]

@opryhunter Probably the reverse. When you first see it peek above the horizon it is already fully above it.

[gerbat123456]

@midnightdigg because I think, that it hasn't been shown on the BBC yet so therefore it can't be on the iPlayer. Don't worry it'll be there in a few days.

[HojoOSanagi]

It's so amusing to see grown men perplexed by a fact that I had learned to comprehend in grade 9 Physics.

[UncleGweilo]

@HojoOSanagi Actually the sun does not set. We rotate around so you can't see the sun for around 12 hours.

[HojoOSanagi]

@UncleGweilo

I never said if the sun sets or not, I was merely speaking of optics and the effects of light in accordance with one's vision. Also I'm well aware of the mechanics of heliocentrism and have no need for an explanation.

[kooljohnmason]

PHILL JUPITIS IS THE BEST COMIDIAN ON THAT SHOW :D

[ALxMUALIM]

are people really this dumb?

[nukebacon876]

"that it's not there" XD

[CodenameJD]

Surely determining something such as the sunset should be based on what we can see?

[soffitboy]

@CodenameJD The problem is, our visual systems regularly lie to us about the outside world. The plethora of Optical illusions available to us proves this.

[ABRITISHPERSON]

MIRAAAAGE

[wizztay]

not quite interesting but really.

[musicguy20]

lol!

[doctordavidtennant]

Oh, Phill. He never fails to amuse me

[fabbydabbydoo100]

Love this !

[bertos333]

the one person that didn't like this is Phil Jupitus.

[lovexxxlost]

I think Stephen finally broke Phil...I want to give him a hug.

[TicTakTizzler1999]

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii hhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaatttttt­tttteeeeeeeeee this show

Pjil crack up

[nicolajo666]

I <3 Phill XD

[xion2468]

Ah you just gotta love phill jupitus!! haha He kills me!!! xD

And Stephen Fry!!! You gotta love Stephen!! ^^

[Natesmodelrailroad]

@xion2468 You don't HAVE to...it just happens naturally!

[nicolajo666]

@dailysendage Yeah, but then poor Alan wound be gone on the first game ;'C

[Un5een]

best show on tv!