He was actually using something we now call the socratic method. He didn't just as why. What he did was ask questions to get people to think in a certain way. Generally speaking he was getting them to think differently about the government or something
+dago201 Sort of. In the early dialogues, the ones that are most likely to be taken from reality, the point is just confusion. Essentially, it's a more sophisticated form of asking "why?" only that when children ask "why?" it's to get to the limits of adult knowledge, whereas his questions were geared toward finding inconsistencies in another's "knowledge." The later dialogues are more didactic, but these are most likely just framing devices for Plato's own philosophy - especially once you get to Republic and beyond (Critias, Timaeus), there's no doubt whatsoever that "Socrates" is Plato wearing his old professor's skin. (Never heard it called "Socrates' Allegory of the Cave.")
To those of you asking where John is, he's recently had a baby (and was on leave, but he had pre-recorded episodes for that) and is currently working on set of a feature film based on his book, The Fault in Our Stars. Hope that helps!
i just recently got all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed about 24 hours ago and your voice was so soothing to listen too :) thank you so much! PS you look amazing too!
My favorite story is when Bob Dylan was arrested (detained, really) fairly recently in New Jersey. Neighborhood residents reported a "scruffy old man behaving strangely" on the beach. The young officer assigned to check out the situation not recognize the singer, who was in town for a concert and was just taking a walk to unwind a little. He put up with the situation very well.
Fun fact: I know the people who moved into Matthew McConaughey's house (actually his smaller party house that was next to his house, which was plenty big enough to live in). They said when they moved in, the bongo drums, some documents, and some spf 5 sunscreen were left in the house.
if women are doing announcing or online speaking, they need to choose women who have naturally lower toned voices. High pitched grating voices annoy more people than not. This woman is just right on the edge of being grating, but still tolerable. Women with low voices sound nicer, are more authoritative in peoples opinion, and easy to listen to. Regardless of looks-looks should not play a part at all. Id like to see more realistic body portrayal and looks, across the board. Voices, though, need to be less bothersome and pleasant.
For those who don't know who this wonderful lady is, this is Grace Helbig, also known on TH-cam as DailyGrace. She's a wonderful vlogger who also did a vlogbrothers video while John was on paternity leave this year. :)
Calm down people. This was probably filmed when John was on paternity leave. Grace is super adorbs and babies are a lot of work. Having her fill in makes sense.
To those complaining that John isn't in the Video; The ones that John is not in were probably filmed when he was taking a couple weeks off of videos to help with his newborn son. So chill out and wait, he's going to be back.
He's only just gotten back from paternity leave and these were probably filmed in advance...I think Grace is a great fill in. Keeps the quirky awkward feel going, and better than that other series going on this channel.
Grace! What a lovely surprise :) For everybody asking where John is, he is probably on The Fault in Our Stars movie set or taking care of his new born baby.
I was "arrested" for complaining that I didn't have a reservation at a hotel (their fault... but they gave me the next day free)... there was a cop in lobby. He said, "I'll give you a free place". Wasn't really "arrested"... he gave me my own cell and let me take my headphones in. Sooo.... we both had a laugh.
Wow, some of you guys are super mean. I love the fact that Grace is breaking the boundaries of her usual video style by doing a guest spot here. Also, stop assuming that she is not smart, please and thank you.
I must say, I prefer Grace's content when she's working off of her own script... or lack thereof. Having other people write what Grace says just... doesn't quite feel like Grace. I think John executes these much better.
I was just having trouble deciding if I should watch Grace's new video or this Mental Floss... Having felt a bit guilty for choosing this video, I was washed in relief when it turned out to be Grace hosting!!!
I like her as well. I mean, she has big shoes to fill since John is basically a legend at this point, but she held her own quite nicely. Wouldn't mind seeing her again.
"Oh no, it's not John Green what am I going to do ahhhhh" Grace did a wonderful job. I adore her. I don't know what you guys are losing your pants over. Come on. :)
honestly, john could have made the exact same video with the exact same script, and people would have loved him even more for it rather than hating on grace for the same thing.
Everybody stop being mean to Grace! Sure the timing was kind of off, but that's probably mostly due to the fact that we are not used to her. Be glad that they are still making videos while John isn't here. Let him live his life!
Guys, why are you all hating??! I like these videos because of the lists, theyre great, sure were used to John, but dang, calm down, she did great. Also, lol bieber, right.
Can we have a mental floss on things people hate and complain about wishing it didn't exist but If it was gone we would be insane and we probably wouldn't be able to live...like bees
i feel like i'm watching a dailygrace cooking how-to. i thought she was about to say something like "did you know that paula deen was arrested for inventing water in 1804?"
Prince is Prince again(or the artist formerly known as the artist formally known as Prince). He changed it for legal reasons(contract issues) but changed it back after clearing up the legal issues.
Hi guys. Personally,I think grace is fantastic. She's very bright and perfect for the nerdfighters. She was chosen as john's substitute for his paternity leave on blog brothers, so why should she not be here now? I know a lot of this isn't every nerdfighters interest, but mentalfloss comes up with these ideas, not necessarily the people reading the script. Please do not criticize Grace as most of you don't know her and how cool John Green thinks she is.
If you go to her channel, you can see that that was her excited delivery. She is usually a lot more sarcastic. I'm a big fan of her though so I think any delivery would have been fantastic.
Grace wasn't so bad but I like this channel for two reason. One, because it's smart. This episode wasn't. Two, because I am a TV production guy and like that I am not distracted by bad production quality since the quality is generally great. Her lighting was horrible.
Guys, no need to be mean to Grace. I highly doubt she'll be staying forever. John probably just had other things to do. Grace did her best and doesn't need you guys saying you're going to unsubscribe because she was in ONE episode.
It's like I was preferring and expecting my coffee black and someone brings it to me with cream in it. I mean I'll still drink it. Cream doesn't ruin it for me, but I still prefer it black. Come back soon, John.
You guys know that John isn't here because he's on the set of the TFiOS movie...right? The reason Grace is here is because him and the channel wanted to give their audience an awesome video to watch, would you really rather have no video? Looks like that's what's going to happen in the future thanks to all of the rude and immature hate...
Guys, this Grace is a lot different from the way Grace normally is. It kind of reminds me of when she did stuff with G4. Her humor just doesn't totally mesh with the show, even though they're both great.
Theres nothing wrong with not enjoying this presentation, I've tried to make videos and ppl don't like my personality on them, doesn't mean ppl don't like me irl. I couldn't watch this all the way through, just tells me I watch for the presenter.
For the record I literally got a giant smile on my face when i saw grace.
John should never let anyone else sub for him. He's hilarious and very engaging to watch. Every episode I've seen without him is annoying.
Galileo wasn't arrested for his heliocentric model. He was arrested for calling the Pope an idiot in not so many words.
Grace hosting Mental Floss is the best thing I never knew I wanted
I think not paying child support was the worst thing on the list.
THANK YOU! Thank you so much for using the metric system and telling poeple who doesn't use it to convert themselves!
Wasn't it Socrates who got arrested and later sentenced to death for asking why a lot?
Yes, but because he asked why all the time, he was "corrupting the youth" with new ideas.
He was actually using something we now call the socratic method. He didn't just as why. What he did was ask questions to get people to think in a certain way. Generally speaking he was getting them to think differently about the government or something
+dago201 He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous!
+dago201 Sort of. In the early dialogues, the ones that are most likely to be taken from reality, the point is just confusion. Essentially, it's a more sophisticated form of asking "why?" only that when children ask "why?" it's to get to the limits of adult knowledge, whereas his questions were geared toward finding inconsistencies in another's "knowledge." The later dialogues are more didactic, but these are most likely just framing devices for Plato's own philosophy - especially once you get to Republic and beyond (Critias, Timaeus), there's no doubt whatsoever that "Socrates" is Plato wearing his old professor's skin. (Never heard it called "Socrates' Allegory of the Cave.")
To those of you asking where John is, he's recently had a baby (and was on leave, but he had pre-recorded episodes for that) and is currently working on set of a feature film based on his book, The Fault in Our Stars. Hope that helps!
I don't think she sounds annoying (no, seriously, she sounds perfectly fine to me, what are you talking about?) but I'd prefer John. Bye Grace.
I agree
Her voice isn't necessarily annoying, but why the constant SHOUTING in between? She would do the videos quite well without that
I disagree. She is easy on the eyes, that voice however, is strictly ear piercing.
that line "you convert" near the end really got me. I'm not the biggest Grace fan, but she really does have a good humour.
Next Video: 26 Fortunate Celebrity Arrests. Number 1: Justin Bieber gets arrested for DUI while drag racing in a rented Lambo in Florida.
i just recently got all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed about 24 hours ago and your voice was so soothing to listen too :) thank you so much!
PS you look amazing too!
Just shy of 420 feet, for those who haven't found their way to google yet.
420, that's pretty "high"
Well played, sir. Well played indeed.
Martin Sheen really doesn't deserve that shade. He has been a bona fide activist for decades.
that wasn't a bongo that was a djembe.
I was meaning to point that out. Have my gratitude instead. :)
We watched mental floss on the first day of school. Faith in humanity restored
Grace, your shirt looks a little old/small. Are you required to wear a polo shirt to host Mental Floss?
My favorite story is when Bob Dylan was arrested (detained, really) fairly recently in New Jersey. Neighborhood residents reported a "scruffy old man behaving strangely" on the beach. The young officer assigned to check out the situation not recognize the singer, who was in town for a concert and was just taking a walk to unwind a little. He put up with the situation very well.
/MEREDITH./
Fun fact: I know the people who moved into Matthew McConaughey's house (actually his smaller party house that was next to his house, which was plenty big enough to live in). They said when they moved in, the bongo drums, some documents, and some spf 5 sunscreen were left in the house.
if women are doing announcing or online speaking, they need to choose women who have naturally lower toned voices. High pitched grating voices annoy more people than not. This woman is just right on the edge of being grating, but still tolerable. Women with low voices sound nicer, are more authoritative in peoples opinion, and easy to listen to. Regardless of looks-looks should not play a part at all. Id like to see more realistic body portrayal and looks, across the board. Voices, though, need to be less bothersome and pleasant.
Then don't watch it jesus
A Kayfabe She ear-raped me.
For those who don't know who this wonderful lady is, this is Grace Helbig, also known on TH-cam as DailyGrace. She's a wonderful vlogger who also did a vlogbrothers video while John was on paternity leave this year. :)
People need to stop insulting grace. She is amazing. And honestly I think she talks a lot like john.
Calm down people. This was probably filmed when John was on paternity leave. Grace is super adorbs and babies are a lot of work. Having her fill in makes sense.
Grace is caaauuute! Nice to mix the show up every now and then :)
Proper lighting makes everything better. Kids, remember to light your scene properly.
To those complaining that John isn't in the Video; The ones that John is not in were probably filmed when he was taking a couple weeks off of videos to help with his newborn son. So chill out and wait, he's going to be back.
When Grace showed up, I thought I'd clicked the wrong video in my subscriptions!
128 meters.. hmm. Lets see.. carry the one ... that would be 128 meter!
Let's be real guys, Grace killed it! LOVE HER
He's only just gotten back from paternity leave and these were probably filmed in advance...I think Grace is a great fill in. Keeps the quirky awkward feel going, and better than that other series going on this channel.
Grace! What a lovely surprise :)
For everybody asking where John is, he is probably on The Fault in Our Stars movie set or taking care of his new born baby.
Seeing Grace was a very pleasant surprise. Please come back randomly!
I was "arrested" for complaining that I didn't have a reservation at a hotel (their fault... but they gave me the next day free)... there was a cop in lobby. He said, "I'll give you a free place".
Wasn't really "arrested"... he gave me my own cell and let me take my headphones in.
Sooo.... we both had a laugh.
I love John. I love Grace. I love Mental Floss. Everything is wonderful
That's because the Mental Floss set is in Indianapolis and Grace is located in LA. So the background is greenscreened in.
I love when grace does nerdfighterly things!!! My two fav channels in the world (Dailygrace and vlogbrothers) combined? yes please!!
Wow, some of you guys are super mean. I love the fact that Grace is breaking the boundaries of her usual video style by doing a guest spot here. Also, stop assuming that she is not smart, please and thank you.
Daily Grace is going to teach me about Celebrity Arrests...DING!
Wow, I like how everyone hates short term change. Grace is awesome.
you forgot misha Collins being arrested for reading on top of a bank, he said he needed better lighting. we love you misha!!
I must say, I prefer Grace's content when she's working off of her own script... or lack thereof. Having other people write what Grace says just... doesn't quite feel like Grace. I think John executes these much better.
John is at the filming of TFiOS, so take a chill pill. Grace is awesome! :D
It makes sense that Idol would go over the celebrity arrests.
Grace Helbig? This series just got REAL, son.
I was just having trouble deciding if I should watch Grace's new video or this Mental Floss... Having felt a bit guilty for choosing this video, I was washed in relief when it turned out to be Grace hosting!!!
I like her as well. I mean, she has big shoes to fill since John is basically a legend at this point, but she held her own quite nicely. Wouldn't mind seeing her again.
That's exactly how all of the Mental Floss list videos have been so far. Yeah, I'd like a bit more information, but I still think it's interesting.
"Oh no, it's not John Green what am I going to do ahhhhh"
Grace did a wonderful job. I adore her. I don't know what you guys are losing your pants over. Come on. :)
"Hey, let's name some historical figures and call them celebrities!"
honestly, john could have made the exact same video with the exact same script, and people would have loved him even more for it rather than hating on grace for the same thing.
My friend's dad made one of those protesting arrests for Martin Sheen. He was protesting without a permit in the Capital.
Oh man, I can't wait for the 107 Regional Slang Words video.
It's so interesting to see grace outside her vlogging persona.
Everybody stop being mean to Grace! Sure the timing was kind of off, but that's probably mostly due to the fact that we are not used to her. Be glad that they are still making videos while John isn't here. Let him live his life!
Please keep this channel exclusively John. His humor works more for this than Grace's stuff.
Grace could do this as much as she want's, I liked it
I miss the green boys, but I like this lady. :)
"...128 meters! You convert it."
I'm not a huge fan of daily grace, but I loved her here!
Guys, why are you all hating??! I like these videos because of the lists, theyre great, sure were used to John, but dang, calm down, she did great. Also, lol bieber, right.
Grace! Grace! Grace! This was the most pleasant surprise!!!
Be Nerdfighters, Be Awesome, BE NICE TO GRACE!!! She's one of us!!!!
This issue interests much less than the videos usual topics, but it was presented well and still had the funny elements I know and love.
"Don't forget to be awesome." It's said in full sometimes, but not always. :)
Probably the only time we will ever see Grace Helbig being serious on TH-cam.
Here's my question: why do we keep getting these people who clearly DO forget to be awesome.
Can we have a mental floss on things people hate and complain about wishing it didn't exist but If it was gone we would be insane and we probably wouldn't be able to live...like bees
I don't understand why everyone seems to have disliked her so much, I thought she was quite good! :)
i feel like i'm watching a dailygrace cooking how-to. i thought she was about to say something like "did you know that paula deen was arrested for inventing water in 1804?"
Prince is Prince again(or the artist formerly known as the artist formally known as Prince). He changed it for legal reasons(contract issues) but changed it back after clearing up the legal issues.
Love Grace, so excited to see who else they bring onto this show.
Hi guys. Personally,I think grace is fantastic. She's very bright and perfect for the nerdfighters. She was chosen as john's substitute for his paternity leave on blog brothers, so why should she not be here now? I know a lot of this isn't every nerdfighters interest, but mentalfloss comes up with these ideas, not necessarily the people reading the script. Please do not criticize Grace as most of you don't know her and how cool John Green thinks she is.
Omg Hi grace!~ ^_^ Welcome to Mental Floss~ Thank you for helping John and the rest of the staff here~
Are the guest hosts on a green screen? Because sometimes her hair sort of disappears into the air
Let's not forget Sean Penn being charged with felony domestic abuse in the '80s for tying Madonna up and physically assaulting her.
I was really expecting this to end with a "byeeeeeeeee"
So glad they didnt put bieber in this video. His arrest was probably the best thing that has ever happened to hollywood.
So cool that Grace got to host a mental_floss video! :)
He's at the set for TFiOS. I would rather have him there having the huge amounts of fun he's having than here doing Mental Floss.
Mental Floss is filmed in Indiana, Grace lives in San Francisco. She was definitely green screen filmed.
Grace,
You should be a permanent host. Awesome doesn't even come close!
John
You guys should change the annotation to redirect to /itsgrace
If you go to her channel, you can see that that was her excited delivery. She is usually a lot more sarcastic. I'm a big fan of her though so I think any delivery would have been fantastic.
awww I already miss John :(
So excited to see Grace here! Brilliant!
'Who doesn't like comfort and music?' What kinda comfort is he talkin' about? Southern Comfort??
Grace wasn't so bad but I like this channel for two reason. One, because it's smart. This episode wasn't. Two, because I am a TV production guy and like that I am not distracted by bad production quality since the quality is generally great. Her lighting was horrible.
Fucking hell. I can not even finish watching this. Damn you woman
I was surprised that John wasnt on her but im huge fan of Grace so I loved this video!
Guys, no need to be mean to Grace. I highly doubt she'll be staying forever. John probably just had other things to do. Grace did her best and doesn't need you guys saying you're going to unsubscribe because she was in ONE episode.
It's like I was preferring and expecting my coffee black and someone brings it to me with cream in it. I mean I'll still drink it. Cream doesn't ruin it for me, but I still prefer it black.
Come back soon, John.
You guys know that John isn't here because he's on the set of the TFiOS movie...right?
The reason Grace is here is because him and the channel wanted to give their audience an awesome video to watch, would you really rather have no video?
Looks like that's what's going to happen in the future thanks to all of the rude and immature hate...
Guys, this Grace is a lot different from the way Grace normally is. It kind of reminds me of when she did stuff with G4. Her humor just doesn't totally mesh with the show, even though they're both great.
That last question took the easiest Google search. I was disappointed.
I love how Grace pretends not to know how to do the nerdfighter gang sign lol! Yeah, right, we don't buy it Helbig! lol
Ok, I'll agree that Bill Gates's mug shot is hilarious. Grace can stay.
I'm so used to hearing John Green announce these videos that my mind keeps repeating what Grace says in his voice... ._.
When John hosts I refuse to believe any of this is scripted and that he is just that smart and new all this off the top of his heas
I think the most unfortunate celebrity arrests is the ones that don't happen.
Theres nothing wrong with not enjoying this presentation, I've tried to make videos and ppl don't like my personality on them, doesn't mean ppl don't like me irl. I couldn't watch this all the way through, just tells me I watch for the presenter.