What if the World turned to Gold? - The Gold Apocalypse

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    Let us explore the scientific mystery of what would happen to you, if Earth suddenly turned into gold! The “Midaspocalypse”, based on the ancient tale of King Midas who was cursed so everything he touched turned into gold.
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  • @kurzgesagt
    @kurzgesagt  Před 3 lety +14575

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  • @thejesuschrist
    @thejesuschrist Před 3 lety +21347

    Thank you for FINALLY addressing magic.

  • @mstegosaurus
    @mstegosaurus Před 3 lety +7767

    "gold is about 20 times denser than a duck"
    *takes notes furiously*

  • @benjaminboonen8361
    @benjaminboonen8361 Před rokem +1996

    "However, gold is very dense: about 20x denser than a duck"
    One of my favorite Kurzgezagt quotes

    • @Bawn1990
      @Bawn1990 Před rokem +7

      Good one

    • @Flammifleure
      @Flammifleure Před rokem +36

      So we can conclude that gold is not a witch?

    • @pleb0073
      @pleb0073 Před 11 měsíci +25

      "According to science, the moon is big and very massive"

    • @AdoggerGamer
      @AdoggerGamer Před 10 měsíci +3

      And then the duck sounds afterwards. 😂

    • @wesleystoltz8421
      @wesleystoltz8421 Před 9 měsíci +9

      ​​@@FlammifleureWho are you good sir so wise in the ways of science.

  • @jackhazardous4008
    @jackhazardous4008 Před rokem +919

    The idea that Midas just violently explodes the first time he uses his curse is too funny to pass up

  • @justinquah
    @justinquah Před 3 lety +3244

    "lets say Midas stumbles again."
    He doesn't learn does he.

  • @Shyguymask
    @Shyguymask Před 3 lety +10561

    That was far more catastrophic and deadly than I was expecting...

    • @professionalwomanoffender1250
      @professionalwomanoffender1250 Před 3 lety +146

      Didn't know you watched kurzgesagt

    • @badatsomerhing
      @badatsomerhing Před 3 lety +104

      Anybody realized the cure for the gold touch was using Running water
      On the object
      So essentially the earth would suddenly gain mass then....
      Go back to normal till he touched it again

    • @hasanmuhammad6651
      @hasanmuhammad6651 Před 3 lety +44

      @@badatsomerhing oh, right.
      Was still fun tho

    • @venn7257
      @venn7257 Před 3 lety +81

      I was expecting "so now there's no more food to eat, and the scenery will get boring after a while", not "and the world is F*CKED"

    • @shrikar9092
      @shrikar9092 Před 3 lety +9

      shouldn't you be playing diep now?

  • @pawem7968
    @pawem7968 Před 7 měsíci +80

    "Pressure quadriples, which is a bad thing if you like living". This channel is pure gold

  • @ReySilverskin
    @ReySilverskin Před 6 měsíci +57

    Any discrepancies between the original myth and this interpretation can be easily explained with "Midas can't learn his lesson if the world is destroyed, so his gold touch only works on things the gods want it to work on."
    When you use science to analyze magic, it simply fights back with more magic.

    • @okebedoke
      @okebedoke Před 27 dny +7

      i like how this implies the world being destroyed would be perfectly fine as long as midas learns his lesson first

    • @Toonrick12
      @Toonrick12 Před 18 dny +3

      ​@@okebedokeThat would be a very Greek god thing of them to do.

  • @markkujo2443
    @markkujo2443 Před 3 lety +1848

    Kurzgesagt: You want Earth turn to gold?
    Anyone: Yes
    Kurzgesagt: *DIE*

  • @TheNewTravel
    @TheNewTravel Před 3 lety +86419

    I like how they take a random stoner idea and turn it into a well-researched and insightful video

    • @pasztesnik
      @pasztesnik Před 3 lety +401

      Yeah

    • @martincho20
      @martincho20 Před 3 lety +2317

      which is why watching it stoned is mindblowing

    • @cedricpanebe703
      @cedricpanebe703 Před 3 lety +145

      @@BiliminOtesinde yeah... but... ummm... I can't understand your language...

    • @dominica5360
      @dominica5360 Před 3 lety +20

      Helo

    • @agoogleuser2667
      @agoogleuser2667 Před 3 lety +306

      there's a book called "What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions" that I'd highly recommend.

  • @CrunchRosey
    @CrunchRosey Před rokem +83

    Atmospheric compression was something I hadn't thought about. Those kinds of things are my favorite to learn of (or be reminded of) in your videos.

  • @yahirhuerta4168
    @yahirhuerta4168 Před 10 měsíci +32

    Not gonna lie, suddenly floating for 10 minutes only to fall down on a very dense mineral sounds terrifying.

  • @kevinbatan3123
    @kevinbatan3123 Před 2 lety +4088

    What i learned in this video:
    *"Gold is about 20 times denser than duck"*

    • @lolliii5477
      @lolliii5477 Před 2 lety +18

      ur a teacher aka poopy head

    • @WarpigCTS
      @WarpigCTS Před 2 lety +32

      @@lolliii5477 I was about to make a comment about that ! "What can also float ?"
      ...
      "Ducks !"
      "Okay, so if we attach her to a duck and wood, and if she floats, then she is made of wood, which means ..."
      "SHE'S A WITCH !!!"

    • @cheesyhfake1541
      @cheesyhfake1541 Před 2 lety +2

      @@lolliii5477 what

    • @Eli-uu4vt
      @Eli-uu4vt Před 2 lety +2

      But does it float like a duck?

    • @cheesyhfake1541
      @cheesyhfake1541 Před 2 lety +2

      @@WarpigCTS i didn’t really get it

  • @TimeBucks
    @TimeBucks Před 3 lety +3411

    The people that wrote myths had no idea what they're doing

    • @grasshoper3770
      @grasshoper3770 Před 3 lety +6

      ?? Lol wut

    • @oxnard_audit9923
      @oxnard_audit9923 Před 3 lety +24

      Do you know what you're doing?

    • @ub3rfr3nzy94
      @ub3rfr3nzy94 Před 3 lety +188

      Well, it's a story from ancient Greece, it was just for fun and how the hell were they supposed to know the physics? Midas never turned the Earth into gold in the story anyway and probably couldn't.

    • @teresagg9809
      @teresagg9809 Před 3 lety +112

      @@ub3rfr3nzy94 I agree he probably couldn't. The earth's surface is not a homogenous solid. Each particle he touches would turn to gold. I don't think it would spread.

    • @doubtalot8384
      @doubtalot8384 Před 3 lety +92

      a lot of whoosh here

  • @arthurmartin4616
    @arthurmartin4616 Před měsícem +6

    For everything Kurzgesagt is, I greatly appreciate all of the transparency. Not enough channels are.

  • @eminkilicaslan8945
    @eminkilicaslan8945 Před rokem +30

    As soon as I read the title lyrics started to play in my head "Touch me Midas, make me part of your design" cannot imagine how beautiful it would look. Entire world stuck in a moment, every particle as far as eye can see is golden. Nothing is alive yet none is dead either, sparkling under sunshine, coloring the entire sky.

  • @chester1882
    @chester1882 Před 3 lety +3869

    “Gold is 20x more dense than a duck”
    Citation needed

  • @Grandflea02
    @Grandflea02 Před 2 lety +4738

    Scenario 1: Everybody dies
    Scenario 2: Everybody dies
    Scenario 3: Everybody dies
    *Magic is a beautiful thing*

    • @you.know_me
      @you.know_me Před 2 lety +35

      ✨Glorious indeed✨

    • @fbiagent9666
      @fbiagent9666 Před 2 lety +32

      Answer: Dethrone the Grim Reaper

    • @1amSam
      @1amSam Před 2 lety +74

      Ok but at least scenario 2 you get to fly for a bit

    • @mrjimjimjimmyjim9824
      @mrjimjimjimmyjim9824 Před 2 lety +20

      scenario 4: profit

    • @Grandflea02
      @Grandflea02 Před 2 lety +24

      @@1amSam true, that'd be fun for a while.
      Ynow, until you get smashed into a red puddle.

  • @samarthr
    @samarthr Před 8 měsíci +6

    This is the first Kurzgesagt video I watched (a few years back) and it got me hooked. Its still my favourite video on this channel - there's something about it that makes it a really enjoyable watch. Can't exactly pinpoint what that is

  • @athinghere
    @athinghere Před 10 měsíci +7

    2:16 the best kurz quote

  • @darthnerd4432
    @darthnerd4432 Před 3 lety +2430

    Scenario 1: Death
    Scenario 2: Death
    Scenario 3: Death
    Sounds about right.

    • @readysteadywhoa
      @readysteadywhoa Před 3 lety +36

      Well we won't know for sure until we try it!

    • @pumpkin8222
      @pumpkin8222 Před 3 lety +22

      Jokes on you queen Elizabeth will walk of without a scratch

    • @RodLandaeta
      @RodLandaeta Před 3 lety +17

      It wouldn't be a kurzgesagt video if there is no existential threat :D

    • @pumpkin8222
      @pumpkin8222 Před 3 lety

      @@PISSON shut up, she has some MILK

    • @christopherg2347
      @christopherg2347 Před 3 lety +1

      It is like a Prequell: It is not about where we end, only about the way we take to get there :)

  • @chanbricks4461
    @chanbricks4461 Před 3 lety +5093

    So, the "Au-pocalypse"?

    • @Last1Ronin
      @Last1Ronin Před 3 lety +60

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @alexbridgeman8898
      @alexbridgeman8898 Před 3 lety +252

      Your brow is too high for this congregation sir.

    • @arthurwilmer3536
      @arthurwilmer3536 Před 3 lety +86

      underrated comment

    • @korstmahler
      @korstmahler Před 3 lety +71

      Thank god someone did it. I was going to go to Mars in protest if nobody had done this yet.

    • @dzfz2100
      @dzfz2100 Před 3 lety +40

      Very good. But also, get out.

  • @waldofabian1202
    @waldofabian1202 Před rokem +20

    I love how they put the effort into making the rock he trips on turn to gold too! 2:21 / 9:16 Amazing attention to detail!

  • @vortexslurpsglue
    @vortexslurpsglue Před 11 měsíci +16

    Ive always thought - if the Midas story was true, Midas would be touching particles at all times, so he would turn the entire existance of everything ever into gold.

    • @chikapunk4340
      @chikapunk4340 Před 11 měsíci +5

      Yeah technically he would be coated in a very thin layer of gold constantly and all of his organs will also be coated in this thin layer constantly. This would happen because the air touching his skin would turn to gold. This means he’s constantly touching gold and can never turn anything else to gold.

    • @wren_.
      @wren_. Před 6 měsíci +3

      if midas’s power was to actually be feasible (through magic), it would need to follow a few rules:
      1. midas’s power only turns solid things to gold, no turning the entire atmosphere solid
      2. he can only turn things to hold with the tip of his pointer finger
      3. his power has a radius. something like 10 meters or so should be good
      4. midas doesn’t create new matter, he just moves existing atoms around and somehow doesn’t cause them to go nuclear. since we’re not turning an entire planet to gold, that weird spongey gold shouldn’t have a huge effect on anything.
      or you could just say it’s magic and not think too hard, your choice

    • @darkdiatel
      @darkdiatel Před 9 dny

      @@wren_. all the superpowers in legends are more like gestures designed by app developers than new natural forces working according to laws of nature: devs kinda guessed what Midas wanted to achieve with his gold-touch and implement that (but there is a possibility for dangerous misunderstandings and bugs lol)

  • @SofosProject
    @SofosProject Před 3 lety +2254

    Moral of the story: Magic is easy, the consequences are not.

    • @ahmedamine24
      @ahmedamine24 Před 3 lety +9

      Just ask The VVitch.

    • @IrvanQadri
      @IrvanQadri Před 3 lety +16

      well, it's a curse so yeah

    • @nightgazr
      @nightgazr Před 3 lety +52

      Have you ever heard the tragedy of King Midas, the greedy?

    • @mathunit1
      @mathunit1 Před 3 lety +28

      @@nightgazr Is it possible to learn this power?

    • @greatjaggi9658
      @greatjaggi9658 Před 3 lety +5

      There are no consequences if I have nothing to lose

  • @jiggleflarb713
    @jiggleflarb713 Před 2 lety +4922

    My new favorite Kurzgesagt quote: "if you learned anything, please let us know what it was"

    • @benurm2390
      @benurm2390 Před 2 lety +293

      "because we have no idea what it could have been"

    • @oldest200
      @oldest200 Před 2 lety +107

      Don't touch grass

    • @nanananaxhhd4330
      @nanananaxhhd4330 Před 2 lety +6

      @@oldest200 lol

    • @randompirates4824
      @randompirates4824 Před 2 lety +4

      r/TIL motto

    • @sharkdentures3247
      @sharkdentures3247 Před 2 lety +52

      I should no longer worry that; if the solid body of the Earth became solid Gold, I would slowly STARVE to death! (as there would be no more arable land to grow crops)
      No Sirree! I would instead die from a big explosion, burning up, or a giant SPLAT!
      YAY! . . . . uh? . . .Wait a minute. . . . .

  • @mugiwaramochi
    @mugiwaramochi Před rokem +6

    This is one of my favorite videos, the results of earth being gold causing major danger everywhere is really interesting

  • @user-fr5kt7uq8c
    @user-fr5kt7uq8c Před 3 měsíci

    I always try to watch your amaizing videos every day 2 or 3 times for each, and i can expand my knowledge about everything i am interested in. keep going

  • @isaiahwegwitz
    @isaiahwegwitz Před 3 lety +2115

    Lesson learned: King Midas touching his daughter and turning her to gold was NOT the worst thing that could have happened.

  • @blueikeabag
    @blueikeabag Před 3 lety +2280

    “Gold is 20x denser than a duck” that’s the info I’m leaving this video with

    • @maxximumb
      @maxximumb Před 3 lety +87

      And ducks float; therefore a witch!

    • @ronin3381
      @ronin3381 Před 3 lety +63

      @@maxximumb Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?

    • @BP--
      @BP-- Před 3 lety +3

      Hmmm just turn the ocean into gold too.

    • @skippy7301
      @skippy7301 Před 3 lety +1

      what does dense mean?

    • @rafaelalodio5116
      @rafaelalodio5116 Před 3 lety

      Maxx B You were faster than me

  • @ObjectShowStudio
    @ObjectShowStudio Před rokem +4

    6:23 “Which is a bad thing if you like living”
    Made my day

  • @su_el_paula
    @su_el_paula Před 11 měsíci +10

    Watching KGZ feels like magic! Those animation and smooth narration are simply beautiful and makes me feel amazed by everything in the video. And then, when you think 'Huh, nice theories', it hits you that they actually did all the math behind this

  • @aidenmclaughlin1076
    @aidenmclaughlin1076 Před 3 lety +2240

    What I learned: Being careless when modifying physics is probably a bad idea.

    • @Ciro_Esposto
      @Ciro_Esposto Před 3 lety +23

      SOUP

    • @knopfir
      @knopfir Před 3 lety +19

      @@Ciro_Esposto S O U P

    • @phoenixiscul
      @phoenixiscul Před 3 lety +11

      What I learned: not using my Midas curse on the planet :-(

    • @Catman_321
      @Catman_321 Před 3 lety +17

      What i learned: modifying physics is a bad idea in general

    • @phoenixiscul
      @phoenixiscul Před 3 lety +2

      @Asvo 777 YES

  • @spamtongspamton9900
    @spamtongspamton9900 Před 2 lety +3135

    i learned that calling someone “gold” is a great insult since that means they’re 20x denser than a duck

  • @ketchupstudios9070
    @ketchupstudios9070 Před 10 měsíci +2

    This was the first kurzgesagt vid i ever watched. Two years later, it’s still a banger 👌

  • @mrmoneybagz
    @mrmoneybagz Před rokem

    This is hands down my favorite channel on CZcams.

  • @despg
    @despg Před 3 lety +515

    Midas: *near a stone on the ground*
    Humanity: [softly] Don't.

  • @badlydrawnturtle8484
    @badlydrawnturtle8484 Před 3 lety +639

    Near the end, I was like "good, everyone is already dead, so they can't illustrate more horrific death sequences."
    And then the mountains had faces.

  • @D-RAXball11
    @D-RAXball11 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Awesome as always!!

  • @fairypawn
    @fairypawn Před rokem +5

    I would like to mention a few things. Fantastic video and excellent work. I'm a little surprised how the video never mentioned the possibility of the moon crashing down to Earth due to the shift in gravity and how it may affect its orbital pattern which can result into colliding with other planets, or even the Sun. Here's an interesting question, how much gold can the Earth contain before the mass of gold start affecting the Earth's gravity? If space voyages, travels, and excavation are a thing of the future, then to what extent can we haul things back to Earth before imported material affects the Earth's gravity and how much more before the Moon is affected by Earth's gravity? And on a reverse note, how much material we send into space do the same which causes reduced gravitational pulls and ultimately sending the moon hurling into the vastness of space?

  • @baronvonbeandip
    @baronvonbeandip Před 3 lety +3137

    "Gold is 22 times denser than a duck."
    Who are you, who is so wise in the ways of science?

    • @PatricioHondagneuRoig
      @PatricioHondagneuRoig Před 3 lety +242

      From now on I'll expect the channel to measure density in ducks.

    • @snacksnake7418
      @snacksnake7418 Před 3 lety +25

      Underrated comment

    • @evantyler8647
      @evantyler8647 Před 3 lety +58

      I guess that means gold is 22 times denser then wood as well

    • @user-hc3kf6dw7n
      @user-hc3kf6dw7n Před 3 lety +10

      Probably some guy from a certain country where they certainly doesn't use metric units

    • @createvideo561
      @createvideo561 Před 3 lety +3

      It's 20 times denser u r wrong;)-

  • @DKDynamic1
    @DKDynamic1 Před 3 lety +7887

    *Worldwide ducks were killed ( three times ), during the making of this video*

  • @user-Gre1enApp2le
    @user-Gre1enApp2le Před 3 měsíci

    I like how much effort and research Kurzgesagt put into their videos. Well made 👍

  • @WhatWeSpend
    @WhatWeSpend Před 4 měsíci +5

    My son said he learned that we shouldn’t make the earth into gold. Thanks for the lesson.

  • @autum6764
    @autum6764 Před 3 lety +2419

    “Hey whats going on with the physics engine?”
    “The ducks are back at it... again...”

  • @nerdtalk1789
    @nerdtalk1789 Před 2 lety +5657

    The moral of the story is, never underestimate Kurzegsats ability to turn any scenario, into the most gruesome end of the world story you can imagine

    • @Pearlswin
      @Pearlswin Před 2 lety +1

      That i agree. I love the animation when i eat somthing but i will need a paper bag to breath after watching this . Anything or any scenario could kill u if kruzgazts is making a video

    • @Ice.muffin
      @Ice.muffin Před 2 lety +46

      Ikr, it even rivals What if, the master of apocalyptic scenarios!

    • @neon-sphinxfoster5340
      @neon-sphinxfoster5340 Před 2 lety +57

      and still make it sounds as wholesome and fun as possible too. It's the only channel I've found out that makes the apocalypse sound fun to learn about without freaking me out XD

    • @janetgrbavac4021
      @janetgrbavac4021 Před 2 lety +4

      ditto

    • @life_was_a_willow
      @life_was_a_willow Před 2 lety +8

      Way to go Kurzgesagt, making a Greek mythology so realistic and cruel

  • @Enevixality
    @Enevixality Před rokem +4

    The fact he puts so much detail into just a 9 minute animation

  • @NyctoLion
    @NyctoLion Před rokem

    This was the first video I saw from kirzgesagt, love it. Also, my man has even cooler mark rober music

  • @TheMrpotatoes1
    @TheMrpotatoes1 Před 3 lety +2126

    So, in theory the third scenario just makes earth soup? A bunch of animals and plants boiled in water? It would even be well seasoned.

  • @cfv7461
    @cfv7461 Před 3 lety +516

    "If you learned anything in this video, let us know what it was"
    Truly a masterful educator quote

  • @user-lh5fl6tp7m
    @user-lh5fl6tp7m Před 11 měsíci

    Omg i love this kind of animation style it's so smooth..

  • @MASTR_777
    @MASTR_777 Před 7 měsíci +2

    이번 화는 개그 요소가 역대급으로 많이 나온 거 같네요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 주제만큼이나 웃긴 설명이였습니다

  • @panzerofthelake4460
    @panzerofthelake4460 Před 3 lety +2611

    someone: "Hmm, I wonder what would happen if--"
    Kurzgesagt: "Chaos, death and destruction, apocalypse from the deep sights of hell"

  • @mateowang6570
    @mateowang6570 Před 3 lety +669

    Kurzgesagt's answer in any CZcams video: "So basically, everyone dies."

    • @Technicallyaddicted
      @Technicallyaddicted Před 3 lety +7

      3 ppl have copied you in an hour and all of them have more likes. I'll never understand why people do this. It's very primitive behavior. Maybe we all should turn gold and blow up. We can't even respect each other, let alone the rock we live on.

    • @isaach4296
      @isaach4296 Před 3 lety +12

      I came looking for copper and I found gold. Pun intended.

    • @sebbes333
      @sebbes333 Před 3 lety +3

      Yes, and no. "Everyone dies" is just the short answer, the LONG answer is: "This is HOW everyone will die", and THAT is what makes this channel so great ;D

    • @mountyania9321
      @mountyania9321 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Technicallyaddicted Legends say you are still counting comments

    • @FilipOscadal
      @FilipOscadal Před 3 lety

      as life is a concept of reaching death eventually

  • @ianwashere12345
    @ianwashere12345 Před 3 měsíci +1

    good job it was really interesting!!!!😄

  • @Aref.sayyad
    @Aref.sayyad Před rokem

    Thanks for your information in visual form 😊✌️

  • @lim87yago88
    @lim87yago88 Před 3 lety +944

    Planet: **Literally turns into gold**
    The atmosphere: *Ight imma head out*

  • @thetwistedtoast5175
    @thetwistedtoast5175 Před 3 lety +1398

    "In one instant, Basically all of humanity gets smashed into red puddles'
    Happy, upbeat music in the background

    • @gman2801
      @gman2801 Před 2 lety +21

      It’s like minecraft

    • @mikelangelo3877
      @mikelangelo3877 Před 2 lety +7

      Yea, that moment just made me laugh :D perfect combo noone expected :D :D

  • @thetrashking459
    @thetrashking459 Před rokem +10

    That poor bird at 6:25 was just vibing and after the change he looked so miserable all squished and soaked. Poor birb :(

  • @bdletoast09
    @bdletoast09 Před 8 měsíci +1

    The second scenario is really neat as a sci-fi concept. A planet of pure gold floating in space cause it imploded during transmutation and basically ejectedin outer space everything that was on it is a very stylish apocalypse.

  • @teukukeanu3078
    @teukukeanu3078 Před 2 lety +2540

    "...Causing the duck to explode with the power of half a ton of tnt, and leaving a very dead midas"
    ...
    "This isn't a very good way for midas's power to work"

    • @evanthegamer2658
      @evanthegamer2658 Před 2 lety +77

      " So, what if midas' power was to rearrange the gold using the atoms? This is makes a funky gold with tiny microscopic gaps, which is progress.."

    • @ronanhenderson4528
      @ronanhenderson4528 Před 2 lety +4

      I know right

    • @yakb.7690
      @yakb.7690 Před 2 lety +3

      I dont quite get why though..? the duck is mostly water and lighter elements so if those same atomes turn to gold how come they are suddenly too close to each other..?

    • @markinipannini
      @markinipannini Před 2 lety +18

      @yak B. because most stuff in our body is made from molecules, but when each atom turns into a gold atom the molecules fall apart releasing some energy and also gold atoms which are initially as close to each other as original atoms in the molecule were, are now much larger so they get violently pushed apart?
      I have no idea how they calculated what the energy of that explosion would be though...

    • @yakb.7690
      @yakb.7690 Před 2 lety +13

      @@markinipannini I read up on it now and not quite.. its just that gold atoms are much much larger than most of the atoms in the duck (water, helium) so if each of them swells up there is suddenly much less space available between the atoms. Now GOld is naturally denser than water but gold atoms are so much larger that it becomes too dense even for gold. Thats what threw me off originally

  • @anonymite1680
    @anonymite1680 Před 3 lety +1037

    My favorite quote:
    “Which is a bad thing if you like living”

  • @pigeonsunitedroblox4343
    @pigeonsunitedroblox4343 Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you for making vids bruv

  • @trevorisagoblin1987
    @trevorisagoblin1987 Před 8 měsíci

    I don't think im the first to notice but i love the ape in the beginning near the bottom that has a different object depending on the subject of the video, its allways fun to see what he has in each episode

  • @ShimiiyDev
    @ShimiiyDev Před 3 lety +2671

    So you’re telling me Midas’ touch is basically Killer Queen but worse? Got it

  • @Persn-cp2yo
    @Persn-cp2yo Před 3 lety +804

    People: What if-
    Science: everything dies

    • @sine-spike
      @sine-spike Před 3 lety +29

      This pretty much sums up my thoughts on this video

    • @xislomega242
      @xislomega242 Před 3 lety +32

      ok but what if we had t-
      Science: I said everything dies!

    • @cezarcatalin1406
      @cezarcatalin1406 Před 3 lety +7

      @@xislomega242
      Science: Everything dies !
      Me: No, U

    • @xislomega242
      @xislomega242 Před 3 lety +6

      @@cezarcatalin1406
      Science:**dies**
      Humanity: so uhh, was science?
      Philosophy: My child, and thanks for asking.

    • @JMVRemixer
      @JMVRemixer Před 3 lety

      @eljun hitaas w

  • @RealmsSMPStudios
    @RealmsSMPStudios Před 7 měsíci +1

    If there’s one thing I learned, changing matter on large scales almost always goes south nearly immediately…

  • @avamoser2043
    @avamoser2043 Před rokem +1

    “This is funky and doesn’t explode, which is progress.”
    I freaking love this cannel.

  • @badverb9267
    @badverb9267 Před 3 lety +755

    "If you learned anything, let us know what it was."
    You guys are phenomenal. Please don't stop.

    • @68plus1.
      @68plus1. Před 3 lety +1

      Ikr

    • @brendago4505
      @brendago4505 Před 3 lety +19

      I learned that living things, humans included, can only survive environments they were designed for.

    • @donanthebarbarian5177
      @donanthebarbarian5177 Před 3 lety +1

      nah living things would probably do fine if the change spread at a slow rate of say 100kg of a material a day slowly spreading from the initial contact point. Yes starvation would kick in but the change would be gradual enough as to be survivable so long as food and water were covered.

    • @antank5703
      @antank5703 Před 3 lety +1

      @@brendago4505 we werent designed. we evolved to live here

    • @mayoandbananasandwich6527
      @mayoandbananasandwich6527 Před 3 lety

      “Not this shit again...”

  • @TheBasikShow
    @TheBasikShow Před 3 lety +502

    The lesson is: if you’re granting a mortal magic gold-transformation powers, give them a maximum range.

    • @mohitreddy8082
      @mohitreddy8082 Před 3 lety +1

      Lol so true

    • @blazingeek
      @blazingeek Před 3 lety +3

      The almost viral spread of the gold is insane. The energy input required... 😂

    • @alexd1559
      @alexd1559 Před 3 lety +2

      Also make it the explosion version so that the problem "solves" itself. A one time use sort of thing with a maximum range of say hmmm....one duck.

    • @benjystrauss2524
      @benjystrauss2524 Před 3 lety

      @@blazingeek Yeah, they didn't take that into consideration with E=mc^2

    • @eyesofthecervino3366
      @eyesofthecervino3366 Před 3 lety

      The one time the fay will say, "Dude . . . are you sure you want to phrase it that way?"

  • @Orncaex
    @Orncaex Před 8 měsíci +1

    The Midas touch always has been and always shall be a CURSE xD Glad to see it still holds up today.

  • @umm__no
    @umm__no Před rokem

    i like how there is a jolly and happy music as background

  • @dizzypear
    @dizzypear Před 3 lety +867

    Kurzgesagt: All of humanity gets smashed into red puddles
    The music:🌈🌞🌞🎉🌈😀

  • @DJKrEyVa
    @DJKrEyVa Před 2 lety +4446

    "this is funky and doesn't explode, wich is progress." i love this channel

    • @deathwingterminator2786
      @deathwingterminator2786 Před 2 lety +105

      "The atmospheric presser quadruples which is a bad thing if you like living"
      More proof that this show is pure gold
      Pun absolutely intended

    • @trickster3399
      @trickster3399 Před 2 lety +4

      Also him 3 ways to destroy humanity move the sun make a black hole bom and make an ellfant explode everyone should sub to this channel always

    • @PorthoGamesBR
      @PorthoGamesBR Před 2 lety +4

      Science resumed in a single phrase

    • @waqasziachaudhry2164
      @waqasziachaudhry2164 Před 2 lety +1

      @Minh Tri Nguyen ok grammerly:)

    • @SpringKid93
      @SpringKid93 Před 2 lety +2

      🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤐🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

  • @BFBM2
    @BFBM2 Před 2 měsíci

    I always love the soundtrack of kurzgesagt.

  • @AdoggerGamer
    @AdoggerGamer Před 10 měsíci

    My favorite scientific field of study, look at this thing it’s really big. The look at this thing be big quote is one of my favorites.

  • @sythosz1571
    @sythosz1571 Před 3 lety +760

    I learned that MIdas' touch is less "get all the money you would ever want" and more "I can erase every trace of life on this planet if I sneeze too hard"

    • @The_WhitePencil
      @The_WhitePencil Před 3 lety +24

      What's the point of having money if anything you buy with it turns into more money?

    • @jodolphinlover2282
      @jodolphinlover2282 Před 3 lety +8

      @Ì Am ĶèvìñBB Shut off, not even a shut up because you don't deserve it

    • @camblycreeper7999
      @camblycreeper7999 Před 3 lety +3

      He could also remove the economy. And plummet the price of gold

    • @camblycreeper7999
      @camblycreeper7999 Před 3 lety

      Okay I've reported The Bots, Any more Bots want another report?

  • @KriszGD
    @KriszGD Před 3 lety +716

    Everything collapses, free falls, burns, explodes and dies
    Government: This is bad for the economy

    • @badger8798
      @badger8798 Před 3 lety +1

      sup

    • @entitypolyhedron
      @entitypolyhedron Před 3 lety +10

      Bad? no
      super megatonic madsive ultramassive bad.

    • @JosephM
      @JosephM Před 3 lety +8

      They are not wrong tho

    • @ragnarvolarus1098
      @ragnarvolarus1098 Před 3 lety +12

      No problem, the market will correct itself. Other than the gold market that is, that's doomed

    • @richardw6859
      @richardw6859 Před 3 lety +5

      hear me out
      sell gold to aliens for profit

  • @ARandomPerson622
    @ARandomPerson622 Před 26 dny

    2:05
    Better take notes. Best information I've ever heard.

  • @supertacoblanket
    @supertacoblanket Před rokem

    thank you so much you have helped so many teachers playing these videos for kids to watch

  • @Name-co5qi
    @Name-co5qi Před 3 lety +601

    humans: get splattered like water balloons
    music: *happiness noises*

    • @JK-vp2ux
      @JK-vp2ux Před 3 lety

      But not if you were inside. Then you'd just fall down from the ceiling. (Assuming the building was still attached to the planet.) You'd have to wait for the next part of the disaster to kill you.

    • @mountainc1027
      @mountainc1027 Před 3 lety +3

      @@JK-vp2ux The ceiling is also moving at insanely fast speeds, so you'll still smash into the floor

    • @Dexuz
      @Dexuz Před 3 lety +4

      @@JK-vp2ux Say you're in a car going at 500 miles per hour.
      What would happen if it abruptly stopped mid race?
      You would get catapulted outside at that very speed.
      That's how inertia works.

    • @bruhbro1181
      @bruhbro1181 Před 3 lety +1

      Proof the world has turned into 'gold'
      In circulation, There are $37 trillion, meaning abt 34.45 thousand cubic meters of gold, $1.2 quadrillion in cryptocurrencies. That is equal to 1.12 million cubic meters of gold, so world has 1.15 million cubic meters of gold, and Elon Musk's home is full of 'figurative gold'

    • @randomnotes4258
      @randomnotes4258 Před 3 lety

      Hey I’m fine with that

  • @prathneo
    @prathneo Před 3 lety +1329

    I learnt that Kurzgesagt uses cute birds to explain how we are going to die in darker and darker settings.

  • @spawnsen823
    @spawnsen823 Před rokem

    Bestest episode of the year.

  • @arghpee
    @arghpee Před 4 měsíci +3

    seeing gore and dead birds in a kurzgesagt video is so grim lol

  • @lukemills237
    @lukemills237 Před 3 lety +1399

    The lesson here is that pre-scientific storytellers rarely stopped to think about the implications of the powers they were giving their characters.

    • @gammarailgun5406
      @gammarailgun5406 Před 3 lety +61

      > rarely
      ... you mean they did at _all?_ :V

    • @Py687
      @Py687 Před 3 lety +53

      I mean according to another comment, the original Midas could turn grass blades to gold but not the actual earth. So I contend the real lesson is that pre-scientific myths were more aware of the implications than we realize! (jk of course...)

    • @AlphaNinjaFTW1
      @AlphaNinjaFTW1 Před 3 lety +48

      ahh yes cause post scientific storytellers have ALWAYS thought about the implications of the powers they were giving their characters.

    • @Wilson907
      @Wilson907 Před 3 lety +49

      The irony here is that the entire point of the story of King Midas is about the implications of the power he had

    • @dirtypure2023
      @dirtypure2023 Před 3 lety +29

      "Pre-scientific" storytellers were usually relating a moral, something practical or positive attitudes that people should think about and apply to their own lives and relationships. There's a lot more to life than just science.

  • @technolousy2258
    @technolousy2258 Před 3 lety +1405

    It's funny how the narrator is saying "You would spatter on to the earth's surface like a water balloon, turning into a puddle on blood" with a calm voice, and lively music is being played in the backgroud

    • @grandmacat406
      @grandmacat406 Před 3 lety +11

      @Ailsa Ni are you a bot

    • @cornbreadloverrr
      @cornbreadloverrr Před 3 lety +14

      That's exactly why a lot of "In a Nutshell out of context" videos exist!

    • @igors_lol
      @igors_lol Před 3 lety

      @@grandmacat406 most likely

    • @Epicguy_101
      @Epicguy_101 Před 3 lety +1

      Lol u copied me and still got more likes. Well done! Hats off to u

    • @businessmanbrute2211
      @businessmanbrute2211 Před 3 lety

      @@Epicguy_101 nah you just wrote very little

  • @patrickamazing
    @patrickamazing Před rokem +2

    i feel like, from a logical standpoint, the shrinkage wont just immediately start, but will take time for the gold to start squeezing and collapsing inside, and then once stopping, it will also take a while for it to stop rather than it being immediate, due to it filling up air pockets and vacuums, with it starting to provide resistance gradually and slowly coming to a standstill.
    though im likely wrong.

  • @jessicaateman2954
    @jessicaateman2954 Před 7 měsíci

    I love kuzgesagt it also helps me when I’m studying for tests

  • @novernflare5545
    @novernflare5545 Před 3 lety +850

    It’s funny how to narrator is so calm in every scenario, he talks about humanity dying like it’s a normal occurrence like “yup they die again :)”

    • @jyuppiter4540
      @jyuppiter4540 Před 3 lety +7

      It happened before. Mother Nature survived still. It will happen again, no doubt about it. So if ya know a thing or two about living things and the Earth's history, yeah it's a common occurrence.

    • @enie6359
      @enie6359 Před 3 lety +12

      Welcome to the Kurzgesagt channel where everyone dies casually every other day

    • @novernflare5545
      @novernflare5545 Před 3 lety +1

      I see that my wording makes me sound like I’m new to the channel... nope been here for 2-3 years so far (obviously no one will care but I’m putting this here before I get slapped with more welcomes)

    • @jigneshthaker7572
      @jigneshthaker7572 Před 3 lety +1

      They probably use a text to speech software

    • @gutenman7112
      @gutenman7112 Před 3 lety

      Pretty trippy ya ?

  • @AnadolununAslan
    @AnadolununAslan Před 3 lety +1798

    "Gold is 20x more dense than a duck"
    People who measure with anything *BUT* the metric system

    • @tareksukkarieh6741
      @tareksukkarieh6741 Před 3 lety +3

      where the hell is the problem, thats not the point, reading whats between the lines wrong is a horrible mistake

    • @kalinivanov2596
      @kalinivanov2596 Před 3 lety +104

      @@tareksukkarieh6741 You must be great at parties

    • @tareksukkarieh6741
      @tareksukkarieh6741 Před 3 lety +5

      @@kalinivanov2596 yeah, maybe, 2 years ago before corona virus (small question: what does party mean, i forgot)

    • @selectionn
      @selectionn Před 3 lety +30

      i cant understand you, my FREEDOM UNITS ARE TOO LOUD!

    • @Jazzmaster_gaming
      @Jazzmaster_gaming Před 3 lety +11

      @@selectionn Keep measuring in feet and football stadiums then. It's just your maths questions and rulers that are going to be useless

  • @ThanhNguyen-rz4tf
    @ThanhNguyen-rz4tf Před 8 měsíci

    I expect question be answered in different ways. For example: Let's assume things transfer to golf with different speed: 1m/s or other speed that doesn't make things collapse suddenly.

  • @johnmartin8733
    @johnmartin8733 Před 8 měsíci

    "Lets freeze time, and rearrange all matter on earth."
    God I love this channel

  • @-Raylight
    @-Raylight Před 3 lety +854

    "Permission to research about gold"
    "For what purpose?"
    *"To explode the earth and kill every living beings"*
    *_"Pemission granted."_*

    • @Schneeregen_
      @Schneeregen_ Před 3 lety +11

      @Ì Am ĶèvìñBB No, but have a nice day.

    • @afineegg1040
      @afineegg1040 Před 3 lety +7

      "Permission to research gold?"
      "To learn scientific properties of the material?"
      "Yeeees..."
      *actually turns everything into gold like a boss^
      APOCALYPSE TIME

    • @awesomehpt8938
      @awesomehpt8938 Před 3 lety

      OK master Chief

    • @therealbeanbot
      @therealbeanbot Před 3 lety +1

      EVIL SCIENTIST UNIVERSITY

    • @enderwigin7976
      @enderwigin7976 Před 3 lety

      Lel

  • @BobSmith-cg2ek
    @BobSmith-cg2ek Před 3 lety +1228

    Lessons learned from this video:
    Lesson one: Don't poke the laws of physics. They will kill you.
    Lesson two: The people that wrote myths had no idea what they're doing
    Lesson three: The human race does not deserve this channel

    • @aaryanrs5795
      @aaryanrs5795 Před 3 lety +4

      Ok

    • @robbieaulia6462
      @robbieaulia6462 Před 3 lety +32

      Lesson four: Don't turn the earth into gold.

    • @Hero1k
      @Hero1k Před 3 lety +22

      No, only the duck race deserves this channel

    • @gurlalsingh-lf3cx
      @gurlalsingh-lf3cx Před 3 lety +8

      Only black holes can poke physics

    • @wileatsglass
      @wileatsglass Před 3 lety +6

      Lesson four: RUN! RUN! ONLY THE DUCK CAN SAVE US!
      Who ever got the reference, you are my new best friend.

  • @janembajuice911
    @janembajuice911 Před rokem +1

    I guess we just gave a knack for sating curiosity, especially the kind we didn't even know about until its sated.

  • @richcrawford6123
    @richcrawford6123 Před 7 měsíci

    I need a kurzgesagt video to answer this question: what would happen to our solar system, our planet, and us if a 4th spatial dimension were suddenly added to the universe?

  • @ultraage2000
    @ultraage2000 Před 2 lety +2629

    "Gold is 20x denser than a duck."
    Ladies and gentlemen, America's measurement system in a nutshell.

    • @UnknownSquid
      @UnknownSquid Před 2 lety +84

      I was telling people a few days ago, that the US really needs to hold a second independence day. A day to finish the job and declare independence from the British imperial units system, effectively enforced upon the US when my British ancestors sunk the French ship that was scheduled to present the metric system to the newly founded US government that was waiting to make it the national standard. Strangely most Americans I talk to seem oddly protective of that old colonial era relic. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @mewmew8932
      @mewmew8932 Před 2 lety +15

      And we're proud of it.

    • @SiGUYE
      @SiGUYE Před 2 lety +14

      There was an episode of "Ducktales", the cartoon show, where the whole planet turned into gold.

    • @Orenotter
      @Orenotter Před 2 lety +4

      So... not a witch.

    • @over7532
      @over7532 Před 2 lety +1

      @@UnknownSquid bruhhhhh

  • @divyanshsingh5585
    @divyanshsingh5585 Před 3 lety +547

    Moral of the story: Don't ever let Midas stumble.

    • @Keeperr574
      @Keeperr574 Před 3 lety +4

      Just put some latex on that bad boy and we’ll be alright

    • @irmgardhenneberger6195
      @irmgardhenneberger6195 Před 3 lety +12

      @oʇoɥd ǝlıɟoɹd ʎɯ ʞɔılɔ ʇ,uop dont worry I wont

    • @vaishnavisingh9244
      @vaishnavisingh9244 Před 3 lety +5

      @oʇoɥd ǝlıɟoɹd ʎɯ ʞɔılɔ ʇ,uop not going to :)

    • @drkillalot2493
      @drkillalot2493 Před 3 lety +1

      So true

    • @dabomb2564
      @dabomb2564 Před 3 lety +3

      @oʇoɥd ǝlıɟoɹd ʎɯ ʞɔılɔ ʇ,uop对不起,我不会说粤语 sorry I don't speak cantonese

  • @jakemarcus9999
    @jakemarcus9999 Před 7 měsíci

    This is the funniest Kurzgesagt video to this day.