Few people are aware of the reason why British people invented all those things and came up with such brilliant ideas. It's those ridiculous wigs! They obviously focused the brainwaves of the people that wore them and allowed them to hone their minds to ultra keen information processing organs.
The reason may have to do with how stable our Society was at that time. People in England had more freedoms than any other country in the world, so great minds could concentrate on inventing and discovering ... and people in general could look at things in the own spheres and work on things to improve - well everything.
@JJ-of1ir That sounds like a plausible explanation. I'm going to hold on to my "wig theory" until it is 100% disproved😉. [I hope you know I'm just joking of course] I actually read a book about why Northwestern Europe -led by the people in Great Britain-progressed more rapidly than other parts of Europe and the rest of the world. The biggest factor is the one you mentioned. While the powerful elite of other parts of Europe were concerned with maintaining a strict feudal system with peasants and serfs restricted to farming/menial labor with no chance of improving themselves through education, the common people of Britain were more free to pursue other areas of interest which led to innovation on a larger scale.
This was a short video so he had to gloss over inventions like Harrison's accurate timepiece. Before that invention, sailors had no accurate idea of where they were going. Yes they used the sun and stars, they had charts, but they could not solve the Longitude problem. Harrison's clock did. It allowed the Brits to set the Meridian mark at '0' at Greenwich on Sea Charts ( perhaps most of the worlds sea charts as they were often created/produced by the Brits btw) and use GMT time (Greenwich Mean Time) , on board ship to calculate where they were, exactly, in the World by using GMT time and the 'local time' of their destinations. This one invention solved the final link needed for precise, accurate navigation. BIG IMPACT to the whole World, whose ships no longer bumped in to lands, in a hit or miss way, or even missed their destinations entirely.
I would personally add Magna Carta, English Common Law and the English Bill of Rights 1689 - the foundations of free and democratic societies now found all around the world. The long and costly British Crusade against slavery for the entire world, and refusing the peace overtures of Nazi Germany after the Fall of France in 1940 (if Britain had agreed to accept, the "what if" that produces is mind blowing). Not things to be ashamed of.
The Brits were the top superpower back in the day. The top superpower usually contributes the most advancements to science and technology for that era. It was true of the Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, Romans and then the French before the Brits took that spot. It's the same reason why Americans have contributed most of the important science and technology in the modern era.
@@charlie7mason Yeah but Britain had already been around A LOT longer than the US. So in perspective the US abolished slavery a lot quicker than it took the Btits. Not that i care either way, just saying
@@user-wr9ej6xe4j Ahh, so wokeness existed before the US as well. Someone should tell the Americans that. Civil rights, suffrage, Casteism. Anti-woke Americans really reveal themselves.
Bell was a Scottish born Canadia-American. The telephone, including the Bell Telephone Companies - AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph). Thomas Watson was born and died in the US - not New Zealand. I'll give you the rest and more than he mentioned.
I always find it weird when people consider "colonization of another country" an achievement. The entire purpose of colonization isn't to HELP the other region, it's always for selfish reasons, usually resources and to spread your cultural influences. (usually by force)
They don't have any positive achievements to speak of, certainly not anymore, so they can only try to reminisce about their old empires, conquests, and spin everything to sound as positive as possible. In one word: Delusion.
Funnily enough most colonised countries were a net loss in resources and money for the colonisers which is why many of the colonising countries gave them up. I think only Rhodesia and South Africa actually were a net positive in terms of profit. Colonisation was a status thing rather than a money thing. Even with slavery. In England slavery benefitted the economy just as much as sheep rearing so basically the country would have done perfectly fine without it. It was way less than 1% of the countries money. Though slavery did greatly benefit indiviual people and families.
@proudofyourroots9575 Christian Western Civilization? The British were plenty Christian & Western, as were all of Europe's other colonial powers. I wouldn't give those characteristics credit for a change in mindset or the end of colonialism.
People love to ignore facts that British Empire/industrial rev inproved quality of life. India gained independence 100y ago, 25% STILL live like how they did back then, they say the Empire toke everything, it didn't you have vast reserves, its why they still mine it. The stuff the British traded "stole" a select few would have benefited, like they do currently. Regular people wouldn't have. British poverty is nothing like yours or the countries britain still rules. Every Christian country in Europe is the most free. The people have the best qualities of life, it's why people. Are FLEEING to USA, EUROPE. Only Westerner's think life would've been better without it. They Never go back to their "roots"
what annoys me more than anything is english and british people that have no idea how amazing their country is and their history. everyone has an obligation to remember their nations past and what its achieved in its history. too many people thinking the empire was bad when its solely responsible for the modern world and everything we take for granted today
@user-rt7eq7cw8o Again, this video shouldn't be the point about such a divisive issue. There are PLENTY of other platforms where that can go. I could be Jewish, I could have Jewish kids, you wouldn't know. Let's keep some spaces drama free.
@user-rt7eq7cw8o You are filled with an anger and hate that are blinding you, and I feel sorry this is how you express it. God bless the innocence that have suffered and died, and I hope you find peace one day.
I don’t think if those people hadn’t invented what they did our lives would be that different today. Necessity would have still fueled those ideas. Someone else, somewhere else, would have come up with them.
Germans invented the bycle later on the British the germans also made the first automobile the germans also made the first jet fighter and also the first computer and other inventions then other countries and cultures changed that invented or made new technology like the British so the British made it better by putting pedals on the german invention the bycle
The British did a lot of good, also a lot of bad, spreading the global economic system which enslaved the west, and Anglicanism. But also many innovations, and the pacification of wild peoples
The problem is that invention in regards to who doesn't matter very much. History shows that invention is inevitable, and that if one person doesn't find the solution to a problem, someone else will. The modern patent system is the greatest proof to this. What actually matters more is current innovation. Would you rather have credit for inventing the plane, or the first aircraft that travels at FTL speeds? Rome gave us a lot of things that would have been useful thousands of years ago, but what good is 99% of it now?
Nope inventions are not inevitable. They are dependent on weather, geography, culture, wars and religion. Places with good/decent weather that are also geographically isolated do not invent anything of note for 100's of years until technology in other more open places develop enough to pull them out of isolation. Brits were lucky to have great areas for ports and travel as well has horrible weather which spured on their ideas and ingenuity. Plus religion is a big factor as the brits had Christianity which helpfully demistified the world. As in that old tree does not contain sone spirit to be worshipped, bushes are not hiding gnomes and there are no fairies in the flowers. This meant that things that happened in the world such as storms, rainfal, plants growing, etc must have an actual logical explanation for them. And this wss the foundation of the start of the scientific revolution. Most of the scientist involved like Newton were Christians and explicitly said that the wirld must be logical because God is logical. Additionally England was colonised by the Romans who left a huge part of their technology and scientific processes which also provided part of the cultural foundation for inventions later on. Other countries just did not have this almost perfect combination of factors. Plus saying it doesnt matter who invented it is not true because seeing who invents what teaaches us the conditions societally, mentally, physically that facilitate the creation of new ideas which lead to new inventions. Why mostly the brits? Is a relevant and imporatant question. Like asking for the oast why only the greeks or why only the romans. Figuring out foundational ways of thinking help to spur on new ideas in the rest of the world. Rome provided many ideas on which are moder ideas are built on and could not exist without them even if their findings were eventually made redudant. Its like looking at a great tall building, that starts simple at the bottom but becomes more and more complex and beautiful the higher you go, built over many generations by many different people and saying the initial people who started the project are useless to us now even though they are the ones who provided the foundation upon which everything else was built.
This is nonsense. Accidents in innovation can bring us forward 100 years. Anti-Biotics being discovered, basically by accident, will have saved thousands of lives.
Pretty wild huh? Britain has punched SO far above its weight in what it has brought to the world it is unbelievable. India should be on its knees thanking Britain for civilizing it into a single country and dragging it into the modern era.
@@2436golden Nobody "wants" that at the beginning. But India has a lot of schools that were started by Brits and Americans that are usually the only ones where they actually learn anything useful, and have more than just seats made out of mud without even a chalkboard. We wouldnt have all the Indian doctors we have today if Britain or America never entered India. Most of their 1 billion ppl still live on 10 cents a day and are crapping in the streets, dont wash their hands, while still eating with their hands and living in mud huts with no clean water
@@fyrdman2185 you’re right, if you never tried to go to war with us and lose, we would probably still be under British rule. Thanks! By the way my original comment was sarcastic. I love these guys.
@@fyrdman2185 imagine thinking you created the US because you lost a war to us. 😂😂 The French and Spanish helped support us in that war, they contributed more to us being the United States than the Brits. If it was up to you guys we wouldn’t have been our own country… Also we bought 1/3 of our country from the French in 1800s after we beat you guys to become independent. I’d say the French contributed to our country being a thing more than the British. But keep telling yourself it’s you.
@@jimbojones7163 No created as in the US was founded by Englishmen, from the Jamestown colonists to the Pilgrims and the founding fathers, all were British.
@@fyrdman2185 There was a mix of English, irish, Dutch, French, etc… France, Spain, Portugal, and other countries were all exploring the “new land” too. Again, thanks to the English for getting greedy and starting the war, and the French and Spanish for supporting the people to fight against the English. Without all of these events happening we wouldn’t be a thing.
"Yeah that is great and all...but can you kick our ass?" - America I would just like to add that we (America) gave you the alley-oop, fried (insert you favorite food), Michael Jordan, REAL football, Monster Trucks, Airplanes, LOADED nachos (shout-out to Mexico), and PB & J sandwiches...you're FUCKING welcome! We can play this game all day...
Charles Darwin's father was Robert Darwin, who was a doctor. Christopher Columbus died over 300 years before Charles Darwin was born!
He also gave something to women. In India, for example, the British banned the ritual burning of widows on their husbands' funeral pyres.😅
Basically created the foundations of the modern world 🇬🇧
I feel like "invented" and "contributed to" are being used interchangeably
You guys should really put up a gold framed picture of Dave on the wall, it would be really funny.
Few people are aware of the reason why British people invented all those things and came up with such brilliant ideas.
It's those ridiculous wigs! They obviously focused the brainwaves of the people that wore them and allowed them to hone their minds to ultra keen information processing organs.
The reason may have to do with how stable our Society was at that time. People in England had more freedoms than any other country in the world, so great minds could concentrate on inventing and discovering ... and people in general could look at things in the own spheres and work on things to improve - well everything.
@JJ-of1ir That sounds like a plausible explanation. I'm going to hold on to my "wig theory" until it is 100% disproved😉.
[I hope you know I'm just joking of course]
I actually read a book about why Northwestern Europe -led by the people in Great Britain-progressed more rapidly than other parts of Europe and the rest of the world.
The biggest factor is the one you mentioned. While the powerful elite of other parts of Europe were concerned with maintaining a strict feudal system with peasants and serfs restricted to farming/menial labor with no chance of improving themselves through education, the common people of Britain were more free to pursue other areas of interest which led to innovation on a larger scale.
The first car with the control setup we use today was the Cadillac Type 53, back in 1916.
Subsequently dropped and re-imagined in modern form by the Brits.
He forgot the most important invention: The Office Blokes. One-pound fifty! Cheap as chips!!
So the country that for years denied Harrison had solved the issue of longitude now takes credit for his clock? Okay.
This was a short video so he had to gloss over inventions like Harrison's accurate timepiece. Before that invention, sailors had no accurate idea of where they were going. Yes they used the sun and stars, they had charts, but they could not solve the Longitude problem. Harrison's clock did. It allowed the Brits to set the Meridian mark at '0' at Greenwich on Sea Charts ( perhaps most of the worlds sea charts as they were often created/produced by the Brits btw) and use GMT time (Greenwich Mean Time) , on board ship to calculate where they were, exactly, in the World by using GMT time and the 'local time' of their destinations. This one invention solved the final link needed for precise, accurate navigation. BIG IMPACT to the whole World, whose ships no longer bumped in to lands, in a hit or miss way, or even missed their destinations entirely.
I would personally add Magna Carta, English Common Law and the English Bill of Rights 1689 - the foundations of free and democratic societies now found all around the world. The long and costly British Crusade against slavery for the entire world, and refusing the peace overtures of Nazi Germany after the Fall of France in 1940 (if Britain had agreed to accept, the "what if" that produces is mind blowing). Not things to be ashamed of.
9:38 - MAGIC ROUNDABOUT IN SWINDON. This crazy junction is comprised of 7 mini-roundabouts.
1:10 - JOHN McVICAR - Portrayed by Roger Daltrey of 'The Who' in the eponomously titled movie, 'McVicar'.
The Liverpool to manchester Railway which opened in 1830 was the first moden railroad
Stephenson, Newcastle workshops rocket
The Industrial Revolution, which spawned many inventions.
The Brits were the top superpower back in the day. The top superpower usually contributes the most advancements to science and technology for that era. It was true of the Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, Romans and then the French before the Brits took that spot. It's the same reason why Americans have contributed most of the important science and technology in the modern era.
Americans also gave us wokeness and a completely messed up generation 😂
@@kmcd3020 Are you alright mate? Was it not woke of the British and more than half the world to abolish slavery before the US ever did?
@@charlie7mason Yeah but Britain had already been around A LOT longer than the US. So in perspective the US abolished slavery a lot quicker than it took the Btits. Not that i care either way, just saying
@@user-wr9ej6xe4j Ahh, so wokeness existed before the US as well. Someone should tell the Americans that. Civil rights, suffrage, Casteism. Anti-woke Americans really reveal themselves.
@kmcd3020 what a dumb comment. 🤦♂️
Give credit where credit is due! American here with English cousins literally although I’ve never met them. Bucket list!
Thank you for reacting to our video!
Thank you too!
Bell was a Scottish born Canadia-American. The telephone, including the Bell Telephone Companies - AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph). Thomas Watson was born and died in the US - not New Zealand. I'll give you the rest and more than he mentioned.
I always find it weird when people consider "colonization of another country" an achievement. The entire purpose of colonization isn't to HELP the other region, it's always for selfish reasons, usually resources and to spread your cultural influences. (usually by force)
They don't have any positive achievements to speak of, certainly not anymore, so they can only try to reminisce about their old empires, conquests, and spin everything to sound as positive as possible. In one word: Delusion.
Funnily enough most colonised countries were a net loss in resources and money for the colonisers which is why many of the colonising countries gave them up. I think only Rhodesia and South Africa actually were a net positive in terms of profit. Colonisation was a status thing rather than a money thing. Even with slavery. In England slavery benefitted the economy just as much as sheep rearing so basically the country would have done perfectly fine without it. It was way less than 1% of the countries money. Though slavery did greatly benefit indiviual people and families.
@proudofyourroots9575 Christian Western Civilization? The British were plenty Christian & Western, as were all of Europe's other colonial powers. I wouldn't give those characteristics credit for a change in mindset or the end of colonialism.
@xviper - nonsense. Christian values were fundamental the abolition movement.
People love to ignore facts that British Empire/industrial rev inproved quality of life. India gained independence 100y ago, 25% STILL live like how they did back then, they say the Empire toke everything, it didn't you have vast reserves, its why they still mine it. The stuff the British traded "stole" a select few would have benefited, like they do currently. Regular people wouldn't have. British poverty is nothing like yours or the countries britain still rules. Every Christian country in Europe is the most free. The people have the best qualities of life, it's why people. Are FLEEING to USA, EUROPE. Only Westerner's think life would've been better without it. They Never go back to their "roots"
I love your channels, but man, this one almost put me to sleep mate lol. My goodness
Very sad that two brits did not know most of this
what annoys me more than anything is english and british people that have no idea how amazing their country is and their history. everyone has an obligation to remember their nations past and what its achieved in its history. too many people thinking the empire was bad when its solely responsible for the modern world and everything we take for granted today
This guy took a lot of liberty with history.
Twisted himself into a pretzel trying to make the old Britain look good.
@@charlie7mason 😂😂😂
How so? I think it was pretty accurate in general...
This would have been better if he just stuck with the science, less editorializing.
agreed
@user-rt7eq7cw8o This is exactly what I meant, nothing about this needed to be politicized.
@user-rt7eq7cw8o Again, this video shouldn't be the point about such a divisive issue. There are PLENTY of other platforms where that can go. I could be Jewish, I could have Jewish kids, you wouldn't know. Let's keep some spaces drama free.
@user-rt7eq7cw8o You are filled with an anger and hate that are blinding you, and I feel sorry this is how you express it. God bless the innocence that have suffered and died, and I hope you find peace one day.
Boring, though. And to be honest, it's a nice remedy for the constant Brit bashing nonsense on this platform.
The Germans created the first jet plane.
He did say that.
But they didn't invent the jet engine. They stole the design from Brits.
@@Silverfish-qv8ig that’s a lie
@@Casey28027 How so? It's either from the patent or from stolen designs, but either one, it was not German.
Daz, you would have been a top soldier for the Romans.. LOL!!
That was very interesting. Cheers 😮😮😮😮
whittles jet engine drawings were on the table in 1932, where would we be without hydraulics, railway, turbines, courtesy of the Geordies,
I don’t think if those people hadn’t invented what they did our lives would be that different today. Necessity would have still fueled those ideas. Someone else, somewhere else, would have come up with them.
So many of these inventions were accidents and it may have been many years until others discovered them. Antibiotics is a great example of this.
Very interesting history
Breaking the German code wasn't bad.
Edit: also indian food...
there is no way you're claiming Indian food as British...holy...
@@Vendrix86 you always get at least one. Thanks.
@@Comptroller18 India is its own country now and I feel like Britain should just get better at cooking and stand on its own feet yk
@@Comptroller18 yes, one arrogant brit that thinks he's god's gift to mankind. Thanks lol.
@@Comptroller18 yeah, always at least one Brit too big for his britches. Thanks
Germans invented the bycle later on the British the germans also made the first automobile the germans also made the first jet fighter and also the first computer and other inventions then other countries and cultures changed that invented or made new technology like the British so the British made it better by putting pedals on the german invention the bycle
Robert Waring Darwin
The British did a lot of good, also a lot of bad, spreading the global economic system which enslaved the west, and Anglicanism. But also many innovations, and the pacification of wild peoples
He mentioned vaccines without mentioning AstraZeneca? What the . . . ?
The problem is that invention in regards to who doesn't matter very much. History shows that invention is inevitable, and that if one person doesn't find the solution to a problem, someone else will. The modern patent system is the greatest proof to this. What actually matters more is current innovation. Would you rather have credit for inventing the plane, or the first aircraft that travels at FTL speeds? Rome gave us a lot of things that would have been useful thousands of years ago, but what good is 99% of it now?
Nope inventions are not inevitable. They are dependent on weather, geography, culture, wars and religion. Places with good/decent weather that are also geographically isolated do not invent anything of note for 100's of years until technology in other more open places develop enough to pull them out of isolation. Brits were lucky to have great areas for ports and travel as well has horrible weather which spured on their ideas and ingenuity. Plus religion is a big factor as the brits had Christianity which helpfully demistified the world. As in that old tree does not contain sone spirit to be worshipped, bushes are not hiding gnomes and there are no fairies in the flowers. This meant that things that happened in the world such as storms, rainfal, plants growing, etc must have an actual logical explanation for them. And this wss the foundation of the start of the scientific revolution. Most of the scientist involved like Newton were Christians and explicitly said that the wirld must be logical because God is logical. Additionally England was colonised by the Romans who left a huge part of their technology and scientific processes which also provided part of the cultural foundation for inventions later on. Other countries just did not have this almost perfect combination of factors.
Plus saying it doesnt matter who invented it is not true because seeing who invents what teaaches us the conditions societally, mentally, physically that facilitate the creation of new ideas which lead to new inventions. Why mostly the brits? Is a relevant and imporatant question. Like asking for the oast why only the greeks or why only the romans. Figuring out foundational ways of thinking help to spur on new ideas in the rest of the world. Rome provided many ideas on which are moder ideas are built on and could not exist without them even if their findings were eventually made redudant. Its like looking at a great tall building, that starts simple at the bottom but becomes more and more complex and beautiful the higher you go, built over many generations by many different people and saying the initial people who started the project are useless to us now even though they are the ones who provided the foundation upon which everything else was built.
This is nonsense. Accidents in innovation can bring us forward 100 years. Anti-Biotics being discovered, basically by accident, will have saved thousands of lives.
Umm... MOST of the things Rome gave us is good now. They're the foundation of... a hell of a lot of stuff we use today 🙄
@@emmaconnolly5738 You didn't read did you?
@@Kjetilstorm Yes, I read it. And then, I disagreed with you.
Yea… 😅
Pretty wild huh? Britain has punched SO far above its weight in what it has brought to the world it is unbelievable. India should be on its knees thanking Britain for civilizing it into a single country and dragging it into the modern era.
Careful, your bigotry is showing.
I am sure they were happy with their own country and customs. Maybe they did not want to be dragged into the modern era.
@@2436golden Nobody "wants" that at the beginning. But India has a lot of schools that were started by Brits and Americans that are usually the only ones where they actually learn anything useful, and have more than just seats made out of mud without even a chalkboard. We wouldnt have all the Indian doctors we have today if Britain or America never entered India. Most of their 1 billion ppl still live on 10 cents a day and are crapping in the streets, dont wash their hands, while still eating with their hands and living in mud huts with no clean water
colonizing places with bows and arrows with guns and cannons isnt punching up
@@user-ip8bw7gt2x Straw man argument. Only made by those with IQ's < 40
A world without Britain still has Germans.
So we had this stuff covered.
Germany hasn't contributed as much as Britain.
I said Germans, not Germany (created in 1860s.)
@@jettslappy7028 I wasn't referring to the State, genius. Still, Germans haven't contributed as much as the Anglo-Saxons.
True - but sadly you had a mad, jealous Kaiser that knocked you back a few years!
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Load of rubbish.
Like what?
Elaborate ??
I guess maybe you guys are good for something…
Without us your country wouldn't even be a thing.
@@fyrdman2185 you’re right, if you never tried to go to war with us and lose, we would probably still be under British rule. Thanks! By the way my original comment was sarcastic. I love these guys.
@@fyrdman2185 imagine thinking you created the US because you lost a war to us. 😂😂 The French and Spanish helped support us in that war, they contributed more to us being the United States than the Brits. If it was up to you guys we wouldn’t have been our own country… Also we bought 1/3 of our country from the French in 1800s after we beat you guys to become independent. I’d say the French contributed to our country being a thing more than the British. But keep telling yourself it’s you.
@@jimbojones7163 No created as in the US was founded by Englishmen, from the Jamestown colonists to the Pilgrims and the founding fathers, all were British.
@@fyrdman2185 There was a mix of English, irish, Dutch, French, etc… France, Spain, Portugal, and other countries were all exploring the “new land” too. Again, thanks to the English for getting greedy and starting the war, and the French and Spanish for supporting the people to fight against the English. Without all of these events happening we wouldn’t be a thing.
its all about opportunities and resources that was easily available
"Yeah that is great and all...but can you kick our ass?" - America
I would just like to add that we (America) gave you the alley-oop, fried (insert you favorite food), Michael Jordan, REAL football, Monster Trucks, Airplanes, LOADED nachos (shout-out to Mexico), and PB & J sandwiches...you're FUCKING welcome! We can play this game all day...
Real football, that's played with your hands😂😂😂😂😂
@@CrazyInsanelikeafox Imagine thinking being touched and pretending to have a is a significant part of a "sport." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hey, that play acting is down to the Spanish and Italians! Check out UK football in the 80's - that's for real men!