The Lost Genius of Roald Dahl
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2024
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Everyone knows Roald Dahl’s stories, and several generations have grown up on Willy Wonka, Matilda, and more. But lurking behind the Oompa Loompas and the giant peaches is the life of a scientist, an inventor, and a medical pioneer so important that his work has saved thousands of lives worldwide -- and Dahl did his best to make sure you didn’t know it.
The bizarre life of Roald Dahl is a true story full of twists, turns, and tragedies. He survived his own traumatic brain injury in a World War II plane crash, and it might have done him a bit of good as a creator. But years later when his infant son was hit by a taxi, Roald harnessed his surprisingly deep medical and scientific knowledge to help create a cerebral valve that would benefit generations of children… all while keeping his own involvement quiet.
His most significant contribution to medicine may have come after that when his wife Patricia Neal suffered a series of strokes. Roald Dahl wasn’t a neurology expert, and he had no special expertise in brain injury or stroke recovery. What he did have was a creative mind, and the regimen he invented to rehabilitate Pat’s brain and body became the standard for our treatment of strokes.
Was Roald Dahl a fantastic artist, or was he a talented scientist? The answer is… yes. And that begs the question: is there even a difference?
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This also goes beyond the artistic vs scientific mentioned here.
But extends to scientific vs philosophical/theological, though the line here is more blurred. An example to my point is Blaise Pascal, creator of the Pascal system of measuring pressure and of Pascal's wager regarding whether God is or isn't real and following the tenants therein.
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There is no difference between an artistic mind and a scientific one, it takes creativity to come up with new solutions to problems. I find coding very much like an art the same way.
Yeahhhh, as someone who is both creative and logical, I find the sentiment that you can't be both to be a major "fuck you", as if it's _impossible_ to be both hahaha
I'd say it all comes down to passionate individuals with a drive for problem solving and expression.
It's a shame university academia doesn't allow for creative thinking!
@@mrslinkydragon9910totally agreed
@@mrslinkydragon9910the scientific community is very much the same. It is very limiting to our species.
I adore your mini-docs, Kevin. This one is extra special for me, though.
In the 90s, my parents visited the UK on a tour. They toured Dahl's home, which is a museum now. They heard a portion of the info in this video. My mother became obsessed. She brought my partner and I copies of books she had bought there. She tried to tell us all about what she'd seen and the stories behind the books, but it all came out mixed up, so we just didn't quite get it.
Now I understand some of what she was trying to to tell us. I really wish she was still around so I could tell her that, and have her watch this video. She would have loved it.
Bless you. Maybe she planted the seed and it finally grew, just perhaps the way she saw it all along
I feel really sorry for Road Dahl for having an unexpected, non-anesthetized adenoidectomy. I had mine removed for the same reason a few years back, and even with pain meds my throat was still somewhat sore for a few weeks afterwards. On the bright side I did learn that I was in fact not HIV positive as my doctor feared when he saw on CT that I had massive adenoids that turned out to be the largest adenoids he'd ever seen.
Bet your sinuses feel better.
A bullet missed is a bullet missed
Don’t, he was a nazi
I feel for him as well.
I have hydrocephalus and have therefore needed a shunt to drain my brain fluid from a young age, so although he definitely was far from a perfect man, I have to give him props for helping me not be dead.
I 2nd this unless 2nd has already been taken lol .
He was out spoken but had alot of care
I've got a shunt too. Last revision in 1991 and I'm 44 now, so thank you Mr Dahl. I wish you hadn't been such an arsehole and antisemite
:)
Wow, as a stroke survivor, thanks to him.
I love how the scope of your topics has increased yet you keep an approachable and friendly vibe ty ty ty
I have loved Roald Dahl for as long as I can remember. When I was younger, his books were the only books I would read rather than skim. I've read Boy, but I had no idea that the rest of his life was so incredible! What a guy. Truly a man to remember.
i highly recommend reading Going Solo. this video barely scratches the surface of how utterly wild his adult life was it's insane
@@Carmella0002 That was the one book of his I never ended up reading haha. I own it, so I'll defiantly read it.
Unless you're against Nazis, in which case you will find Dahl a detestable person.
Remind me of something a college professor told me when I was doubting myself. “ genius doesn’t come from the most intelligent people, rather it comes from crazy people who are smart enough to make it work”
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Not exaclty what FishyBoi is talking about, but I'd say more that enough not to use them
he probably signed a contract without knowing and now he has to finish the requirements for it; same thing happened with some other youtubers
I mean i couldn't understand "help!" either
Absolutely phenomenal video. The fact that this doesn’t even have 100k views yet is a travesty. So much work clearly went into this video. What an incredible man who lived through so much loss
I love your videos Kevin! Thank you for your research, interest in interesting topics, and your storytelling. I look forward to all your videos.
What a wholesome human Roald Dahl was. Really appreciate all your research & bringing to the forefront our underappreciated heros. Huge fan of your work...
Not so wholesome when you realize he was a known antisemite.
@@GaiaVedai show me one wholesome person who has not the slightest dark side. Dahl may have had multiple, but does that disqualify him?
@@GaiaVedaiso extra wholesome then
One of your best videos yet, Kevin. Very moving. Thank you
Incredibly well produced and what a story! Thank you for the video~
My motto in life-“Art is math. Math is art. Art is math. Math is art.”
In which case I highly highly recommend you to read the notes of Leonardo da Vinci. I think they might really interest you. His art is biology, mathematics, chemistry and physics.
golden ratio... exponetial constant.... pi..... irrational numbers.. just to name a few
math is but a tool developed to be used to better understand reality... there's no magic in math... the magic is in the universe
1+1=2
Art!!! 😮
This was such a well done video. Amazing story telling and an amazing story
This was a beautiful telling of a story. It a great video that made me nearly cry of happiness and sadness. Thank you for this rollercoaster of emotion and for a future discussion where I attempt to tell his story half as good as you
this is a beautiful production and story. thank you. ❤️
This is the best video you’ve uploaded for years. Really great video. Thank you. 🙏
A person can be a terrible human in some ways and also do great things for the world and humanity. This isn't Schrödinger's Cat. :)
You'd be surprised, that's actually most people.
creative thinking is creative thinking
This.
@@apriljk6557 Lol
One of those random days where a video like this is perfect. Haven't been back to Vsauce in quite a while and glad to see you guys still striving and making videos that give me the amazing feelings that are wonder and inspiration.
Keep it up, Kevin!
Your films are always amazing and inspiring! Thank you.
This guy has always been my favorite author. His creations are like no one else's. This is fascinating to learn about his invention and scientific mindset and skills as well. What a uniquely special human being
23:04 Fun fact- Pat Neal’s Oscar nomination after her speech therapy was for The Subject was Roses, which is the same movie that Jack Albertson won an Oscar, only three years before he played grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory
never knew any of this what a great dude always enjoyed this dudes work now have even greater respect
What an amazing gibbranfaulin you uploaded today!
Fantastic video showing us the difficult life Roald Dahl had, with that he grew stronger and now we know what some of the inspiration was for his stories. Honestly it was very emotional and sad to watch, it's incredible how many positive changes he made including the invention to help other babies with the same health condition.
interesting this was recommended to me while i'm doing an essay on PIH (on a completely seperate account & device)
Kevin this one was really well put together man, bravo!👏👏
In college I felt I had to choose between art and science or I’d look confused. Later while getting my masters in educational psychology I learned that there’s a whole group of learners whose mind is both scientific and artistic. No teacher in that program was surprised
Thanks for informing me more about the man who wrote the book for my favorite movie ❤ as Fantastic Mr. Fox would say, "We're all just different." And if we can get through being different, the tremendous things we can do.
I'll sum up a long list of things i loved about this video with one wrote...
Amazeballs!
I could watch these all day.
Heard a little bit about this during a series talking about his stories.
Interested to hear more about it.
An incredible story told by an incredible storyteller. Thank you, Kevin keep up the good work.
Wow I've had a shunt since 1995. I'm glad I learned something about something that has been a part of my life for almot 30 years .
Man this was excellent. Great job!
Thank you for that video. I love your videos. This one really opened up my eyes about the enigmatic character. I'd love to see you do one about Shel Silverstein. He's just as enigmatic to me as Roald Dahl. Also, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Also, Steinbeck.
Well this was a tale of the unexpected.
Such an interesting video. Thankyou.
This is soo great !
One of my fav author is also such important person in field of medicine, and I am also studying medicine 😅
This was an amazing video, I thought I knew about Roald Dahl but I barely knew anything - thankyou for creating it!
This was incredible, something I didn't know I needed but am so glad I have❤
Excellent episode. Fascinating story. And what is the difference. Creativity is creativity and we need more of it.
I used to buy and collect his magazine, nobody bought it after the hype so people didn't stock it. I had to go to Asda for the one copy that was always on the shelf but that stopped too, I learned it was discontinued soon after😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Thank you for creating this video. I had no idea about any of Roald Dahl's history. It was fascinating.
Thank you Kevin for some of the most quality education thats out there.❤
Curiosity and creativity are often corelated with logic and science, although we may not realize it.
This is excellent. I didn't know any of this stuff about Dahl. Top tier content.
I have been waiting for this my entire life.
Spectacular piece!
Great video, Sauce Bro!
A genius book about the great similarities in artistic and scientific thinking is "The Runaway Species" by David Eagleman and Anthony Brandt.
A really great book. Big recommendation!
Thank you for existing, Vsauce2!
Ah yes, The BFG. I had one of those in DOOM.
It’s always great to see Kevin!
That's a side of one of my most impactful child author which I didn't know about, thanks!
Kevin makes some of the best videos on all of CZcams. Can’t believe I didn’t start watching his videos sooner.
listening to dhals afflicted wife almost brought too mind a story of his though i couldn't picture witch one, very interesting dahl being trunchable and their friend being that nice teacher ms honey iirc too matilda lol and bfg too
You really took a great direction with this channel over the years Kevin, you videos often make me feel better about humanity 😊
Some people are artistic as well as have good technical interests and/or understanding capacity. That does not mean that the two go hand-in-hand. All the examples given were cherry picked, and for each one a person could give many examples of people who did not have such interest or capacity/potential in the other domain.
Everyone else here you have Great respect from me, that you don't need but i respect you regardless for listening and learning from this amazing story, i fell in love with Roald Dahl after the joy of reading the bfg to my sons almost well they're 36 and 31 and i have 8 grandchildren now. I try not to read comments, but when i do i truly appreciate kindness and intelligence 😊❤❤❤.
6:49 so that’s where Michaelhere got the idea
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the man's a genius and a legend, wonderful vid
as someone who is in love with both science and art, yes! Every aspect of the world is intertwined and our attempts to disentangle them is limiting our growth in all aspects of our lives.
Wow! Now that's a story
Never underestimate the powers of creativity, cleverness and Networking.
Roald Dahl - What a legend!
I had never heard of him before, which now seems crazy, because Roald Dahl looks like one of the greatest minds to have ever lived. It is one thing to be the best at something, and another to be extremely good at so many seemingly (and sometimes practically) different things. Unfathomably incredible achievements.
Roald Dahl once did a little dance in front of the mirror.
That's insane, thanks for the info.
Hey Kevin. Thank you for all you have taught me. I thought you could do something with the concept of "being both the match and the candle" something said in popular cartoon show adventure time, in a reference to the Dunken candle problem. If you do or don't, I'll still appreciate what you do. Kind words, sincerely, a loving mick
Where is the Lut? I came here looking for Lut
you ever thought that augustus may have been suffering from Prader-Willi syndrome lol
Wow... just.. wow.
All categories, all distinctions and divisions are just in our minds. Reality is continuous and whole, everything a part of everything else.
Wow, that was genuinely fascinating ...........
One of my favorite names in the history of names, even fun just to look at: "Roald Dahl"
I am personally going through brain discombobulation myself after being misdiagnosed and put on antidepressants which made me worse and was then put on more hard core stuff to deal with the rare side effects misdiagnosed as something else again which has messed me up so much, it's much like trying to recovery from brain injury without any visible damage. Coming off the meds was so damaging to my CNS that I was in and out of hospital multiple times over 2 years. They don't want to say it for what it is, but it's basically PAWS, same as or similar to those with addiction suffer once they are sober, it lasts for years and sometimes decades and I am 3 years in and live home and often bed bound due to the excruciating pain and symptoms that come from my brain trying to recover.
There doesn't exist any rehab or therapy for those injured by common psych meds handed out by doctors.
I feel I lived a similar life to Roald, medical issue after medical issues and family members die from rare diseases, many of which myself and others in the family have were neurological in nature.
That’s awful, I always felt lucky that I could quit cold turkey, but this reminds me how damaging antidepressants, antipsychotics, anti anxiety, or seizure medications can be damaging to someone who just needs someone to talk to.
“The more you know about reality, the better you can twist it”
Great Quote!
made me cry
Best episode ever!
One of your best videos. Thank you. I had no idea. Humans often become their best in adversity, and Dahl certainly did.
What an incredible story
One of the very best authors ever, possibly THE best!
Great video!
I thought for years it was *Ronald* Dahl
I liked the video, but i really felt the text quite confusing, specially in thr end
This was a cool video, but I have to admit that I found it to be a bit confusing.
I'm bout to jake my dioddles rn
He also predicted Chat GPT's rise with his story the Great Auto Grammatizator
Thank you! 🦋
5:30, So that's why having your tonsils removed is considered a pretty standard and harmless procedure for kids? They just atrophy to almost nothing in normal cases anyway?
Unus Annus music spotted 13:19
Absolutely splendid, spectacular video, and I never use lame words like that.
clear, known and always understood science and art are not mutually exclusive