The Smartest Person in the World 🤔 w/ Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson highlights the ingenious insight of the first person to realize that ships can float despite being made of materials denser than water. He explains that the key to a ship's buoyancy lies in the balance of its total volume and total mass. While materials like steel are indeed denser than water, the majority of a ship's submerged portion consists of air, which is much lighter. As a result, the average density of the ship as a whole allows it to displace enough water to remain afloat. Through this explanation, Tyson illustrates the importance of understanding concepts like density and buoyancy in everyday phenomena. Delve into the marvels of physics as Tyson invites us to appreciate the simple yet profound principles underlying the workings of the world around us.

[tim_bublitz]

Founder of a big shipyard in Germany took his son to the river when that son had the idea of building ships of steel instead of wood. His father then threw a piece of wood in the water and it floated, threw a piece of steel and it sunk. Said to his son: "See, that's why we build wooden ships." A generation later they only built steel ships.

[iAMTrey]

This is the kind of stuff I think about when I'm doing dishes and I get a really big bowl to wash. 😂

[ludvigborga]

Context: Neil was asked about his cruise vacation.

[wildhunt]

Leonardo Da Vinci in the corner:
Impressive, very nice.

[Zarrbock]

Accidentally said, "Whatever floats your boat" in front of Neil

[socolovalexandr]

- Say my name!
- Archimedes.
- You are God dam right.

[tudorm]

The truth is that the first metal ships were built not when they realized it but when they had the technical possibility to do it, I suppose they knew beforehand,

[coreyschuemann]

Simply stated. The water that the hull displaces is heavier than what has displaced it. Therefore, flotation. What matters is that you displace more water weight than the weight of the object you put in the water. Surface tension plays a small role on lighter objects also.

[RobertSaavedra-ngxh]

When you ask if you’ve even been on a cruise

[RichyArg]

The greeks putting massive broze-tipped battering rams at the front of their ships 25 centuries ago: 👁👄👁

[amalshadin]

Archimedes Principle.
Buoyancy or Upthrust experienced by a body in water is equal to the weight of the water displaced by the body.
Buoyancy= gv × abs(density of the liquid - density of the body)

[smve.b]

Noah sitting in heaven wanting his credit

[usmcdevildog]

That's nothing, last week... i (USMCDEVILDOG) invented GRAVITY. I made it out of old newspaper clipping and virgin olive oil. 😅🤣😂

[idie]

"Niel, I asked you what you ate for lunch"

[NoobPatel]

I discovered the light bulb, this ain’t shit 🤣

[rodrodrodrodrod]

Me trying to think of an answer using my scientific knowledge: IT’S FILLED WITH DUCKS

[toastyscoot]

So 3 year old me playing with the boats in my bathroom 😂😂😂

[dlocloc]

I would pay to hear a convo between him and Terrence Howard

[cd]

Neil is the epitome of a freshman in college who just discovered weed

[omi]

I don’t think the issue was the concept of building boats out of metal, I think the issue was that wood was far more accessible for most of human history. If you google it, you’ll find that the moment wrought iron became more abundant and affordable is the same moment the first all metal ship was built.