How to Make a WITCHER with Science

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  • @becausescience
    @becausescience  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1333

    Thanks for watching, Super Nerds, and happy new year! 2020 is going to be interesting. Looks like you all love some Witcher science, so if you want to see more, let me know! -- kH

    • @christiansebastianobaudo9558
      @christiansebastianobaudo9558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      👋

    • @victariongreyjoy7261
      @victariongreyjoy7261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I think it'd be cool to go into Witcher potions and how they work and why they're deadly to most other humanoid creatures.

    • @Refridgerraptor
      @Refridgerraptor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Should do a thor and witcher cosplay, get your subs to vote on which is better.

    • @becausescience
      @becausescience  4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@christiansebastianobaudo9558 Hey buddy -- kH

    • @SpinalProblems22
      @SpinalProblems22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@becausescience Yes! I love me some Witcher!

  • @PaleGhost69
    @PaleGhost69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3257

    Steps to create a Witcher:
    1. Gruesome training since childhood
    2. Gratuitous amounts of drugs
    3. Survive

    • @laterreurrouge1917
      @laterreurrouge1917 4 ปีที่แล้ว +239

      Number 3 could also translate to "a shit-ton of luck".
      Because even with top preparation there is no guarantee you'll see the end of the process.

    • @peikonpoika83
      @peikonpoika83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      isnt modern sports same?

    • @laterreurrouge1917
      @laterreurrouge1917 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      @@peikonpoika83 not quite, no.
      Because in sports you can prepare a lot and very rarely die ^^

    • @viniciusrodrigues1689
      @viniciusrodrigues1689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@laterreurrouge1917 4. Become Henry Cavill
      5. Profit

    • @akumaking1
      @akumaking1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Sounds like the life of a Viking

  • @neroblack2704
    @neroblack2704 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3304

    Instructions unclear, accidentally created a werewolf.
    Send help.

    • @19Sephirot93
      @19Sephirot93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +290

      I'll help, but first let's talk about the payment

    • @virxhenskodra4603
      @virxhenskodra4603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      I'll help. I take payment after the job for a third of the price.

    • @zeddbrown7671
      @zeddbrown7671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Ill help for free, but i wanna keep the body after....

    • @peterhardman127
      @peterhardman127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I'll help for you're First born son and I'll pay you

    • @neroblack2704
      @neroblack2704 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      I suddenly feel like a npc handing out quests to the most willing hero.

  • @ryanrothrock7051
    @ryanrothrock7051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1479

    "Winds howling." Would have loved to hear Henry Cavill say this at least once.

    • @charleskilo4383
      @charleskilo4383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      "Looks like rain..."

    • @guacca
      @guacca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      @@charleskilo4383 I've always laughed hard that at the "looks like rain..."
      Dude, it's already raining. Yes, it is rain. Did you use your Witcher senses to notice the rain? Lol

    • @MonarchyControl285
      @MonarchyControl285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @@guacca I always love that quote from when you're at Kaer Morhen drinking and you have to find Eskel, and when you bend down to find clues Lambert says "You had to bend down to see that?"

    • @randomcallum
      @randomcallum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he could season 2

    • @nasyattaufan
      @nasyattaufan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dont forget "Storm damnit"

  • @daikansanchez7674
    @daikansanchez7674 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1201

    So, Kyle has mutated from Discount Thor to Clearence Geralt?

    • @alexanderm8975
      @alexanderm8975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      😂🤣🤣

    • @thomascollins5622
      @thomascollins5622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      You mean Lambert?

    • @lordcat1958
      @lordcat1958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@thomascollins5622 💀💀💀

    • @thomascollins5622
      @thomascollins5622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@lordcat1958 You know I'm right!

    • @verdazair
      @verdazair 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was so coming to say something like this! 🥰🥰🥰

  • @inspektical2393
    @inspektical2393 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3426

    "Aging tends to cause the condition known as not being alive anymore."
    Hmm yes, the floor here is made out of floor.

  • @melwinpaul321
    @melwinpaul321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6772

    Toss a Like to your witcher

  • @DiZeHiZe
    @DiZeHiZe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1747

    "has cat eyes"
    "still require Cat potion to see in the dark"
    ummm wat.

    • @Tuxedosnake00
      @Tuxedosnake00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +319

      In the game you can clearly see in the dark of the night whats going on. Like in most games. In reality you wouldnt be able..try to go in a forest at night. You see shit. The potion enhance this ability even in pitch black darkness

    • @DiZeHiZe
      @DiZeHiZe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@Tuxedosnake00 You don't get my point. Nocturnal animal like cats don't require addiational help to see in the dark. So why go through a mutation that is totally unnecessary if you still require aid?
      And no, I cannot remember how many times I to brew potions or walk with the lantern to be able to see. During the fight with the werewolf in his cave, You couldnt see shit without help.

    • @howielowis458
      @howielowis458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      I guess it just further enhances the effect. Think about it, witchers sometimes have to fight in pitch black darkness against opponents that are super fast and/or almost transparent.
      Under those conditions having anything less than perfect eyesight might prove to be fatal. This implies that the witcher's normal eyes are simply not perfect, so they need the cat potion.

    • @dienicy
      @dienicy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Having 'cat eyes' let you shave in brokilon night light. You take a potion when you go into mines, caves etc.

    • @alphaplayzz1381
      @alphaplayzz1381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      @@DiZeHiZe ah ah ah, nocturnal animals can see in the dark but cats need to see during the day too, their eyes being too sensitive to light would make them useless while the sun is out, the witcher doesn't need the aid of the potions, they just boost his abilities without making a permanent change that could be highly detrimental later.

  • @GuitarGuruGaming
    @GuitarGuruGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +389

    “Buff bois” and “thicc sheep” were both so emphasized, I love it

  • @ethanlomax6872
    @ethanlomax6872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1060

    “Yeah that only took, like, a few hundred hours”
    Same man, same

    • @TheCivildecay
      @TheCivildecay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      After the netflix show I wanted to start the witcher 3 again, and then I realized how many hours it actually took to finish the game :)

    • @sweetiewolfgirl
      @sweetiewolfgirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      *looks at my number of 100%ed games*
      "Only took a few hundred hours"
      -just you wait for games that can't be 100%ed because it's always adding new content to itself-

    • @IAmKnightsDawn
      @IAmKnightsDawn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Took me 480 hours to get 25% through it because I explore too much.

    • @cowmanthe3rd
      @cowmanthe3rd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@IAmKnightsDawn Enjoy the game how you want, that sounds like an exaggeration though. You can literally do every quest in the game in half that time.

    • @leokhan4703
      @leokhan4703 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That one trophy for killing 50 humanoids with a headshot is the only thing keeping me back from getting that platinum):

  • @mr28shenanigans43
    @mr28shenanigans43 4 ปีที่แล้ว +766

    Me fighting bandits with my steel sword:
    Geralt: HOW YOU LIKE THAT SILVER

    • @Narbirale
      @Narbirale 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Accurate af lmao

    • @MoJo-su9hv
      @MoJo-su9hv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @Romeo M Its ok geralt sees bandits as monsters too

    • @Marcin79W
      @Marcin79W 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Geralt was using silver only against monsters and only the ones that was sensitive to silver. Otherwise he was using only steel. Silver sword is to fragile to fight anything most of the time.

    • @thatdudewelove8498
      @thatdudewelove8498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Geralt when he's about to go down on a woman: Ugh, that stench.

    • @KSR587
      @KSR587 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      "Damn, you're ugly"

  • @entropyanonymous3385
    @entropyanonymous3385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1142

    Your even got a Witcher haircut, I’m tossing the like!

    • @talion_kj_fireborn4869
      @talion_kj_fireborn4869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      He’s a friend of humanity now give him the rest

    • @randomcallum
      @randomcallum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you tossing off....

    • @RotmgTrollerFan
      @RotmgTrollerFan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      to your Kyle Hill

    • @reraltofgivia8814
      @reraltofgivia8814 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice six hundred and sixty six like man
      you’ll need it

    • @James.D.B.
      @James.D.B. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      🎵toss a like to your witcher🎵

  • @elijahmonroy7912
    @elijahmonroy7912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    Seeing Kyle achieving 100% completion on The Witcher series and the DLC. "Is it possible to learn this power?"

    • @xandirnich_237
      @xandirnich_237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes, but you'll have to play a lot of Gwent.

    • @Xander_P.G.K
      @Xander_P.G.K 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "......Not from a jedi."

  • @nickblackmusic
    @nickblackmusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +797

    “The general condition known as not being alive anymore.”

    • @pressaltf4forfreevbucks179
      @pressaltf4forfreevbucks179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol

    • @yacerdidine6527
      @yacerdidine6527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      game ended

    • @Just_som_Ottur
      @Just_som_Ottur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      My family has a history of getting that condition...

    • @tahraki4918
      @tahraki4918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Just_som_Ottur Yeah I can't seem to find a cure yet.

    • @Just_som_Ottur
      @Just_som_Ottur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tahraki491 good luck man.. hopefully the prognosis for you ain’t as bad as mine.

  • @raynard3
    @raynard3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    Steps to become a Witcher :
    - says "hmm" evertime someone talk to you

  • @KnigthMare69
    @KnigthMare69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    I mean, if he dyed his hair and beard white, he'd actually look like a witcher

    • @TheThegoldenspatula
      @TheThegoldenspatula 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Arthur Magalhaes Witchers don't really look very different to regular people, barring the cat eyes and (probable) multitude of scars.
      Geralt undergoes loads of extra mutations which bleach his hair. So he's weird, even for a Witcher

    • @catarinamagalhaes4775
      @catarinamagalhaes4775 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@TheThegoldenspatula the Trial of the Grasses can bring forth many side effects (one of which is their sterilization), albinism (lack of production of melanin) can be one of them.

    • @htm4106
      @htm4106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@catarinamagalhaes4775 Though as far as I remember things like being sterile is normal for witchers (e.g. one of the loading lines in Witcher 3 states that). Having white hair is caused by the unnatural amount of mutations or the unusually high pain inflicted on Geralt even from a Witcher's perspective. The only other witcher I remember being white-haired is Ciri. But for normal witchers like Vesemir or Lambert having white hair doesn't seem to be a expected side effect like becoming sterile (which apparently every witcher is, though not 100% certain)

    • @randomcallum
      @randomcallum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      not all the witchers have long white hair... .

    • @themaseofspades6857
      @themaseofspades6857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      HTM geralt is a “Witcher 2.0”. He bested the Witcher trials with relative ease and underwent further more difficult trials and mutations which affected his hair. That’s why he’s the only Witcher with white hair.

  • @aghitsaplane4262
    @aghitsaplane4262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    "It's a like a super soldier"
    *"But with fantasy and monsters"*

    • @otisbucket4526
      @otisbucket4526 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      agh it's a plane destiny 2 is that

    • @IR-Fan
      @IR-Fan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      also without Nanomachines, son!

    • @ANDY-1109
      @ANDY-1109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah it almost super💪soldier or super hunter‼

    • @mrsmeee1843
      @mrsmeee1843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And his backstory, lore, etc. Is actually competently made, unlike more recent stuff

    • @arx3516
      @arx3516 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mrsmeee1843 but some parts of the lore don't make much sense. It's clear that tge whole witcher program was sponsored by a king who put together the best alchemists and mages to cone up with the mutation process and the best knights to train the subjects. What is absurd is why the witchers are independent, even if the kingdom that created them fell surely another kingdom would step in and take over. Witchers would perform much better if they operated inside the organization of a royal army. They'd function as rangers, directly paid a stipend by the royal treasure, always equipped with the best gear available and able to rely on the support of the army for missions that required more manpower.

  • @masterrace921
    @masterrace921 4 ปีที่แล้ว +712

    “Look at Henry Cavill”
    “Whoo”
    “Whoo”
    “Whoo”

    • @perusalenne
      @perusalenne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      My reaction to Henry Cavill. every.damn.time.

    • @paranormalphenomena563
      @paranormalphenomena563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thirst Whooo

    • @luxorien
      @luxorien 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      A wise man once said, "If I found Henry Cavill in bed with my wife, I'd tuck him in."

    • @ITSFRICKENADAM
      @ITSFRICKENADAM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I legit laughed when he did that

    • @altobonifacio8936
      @altobonifacio8936 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      💧💧💧💧💧🌧️

  • @MukuonChannel
    @MukuonChannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +575

    How to make a Witcher with science...
    Step 1: Throw the baby in the oven.

    • @danielhebard1865
      @danielhebard1865 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      The C.I.A. Lmfao I just did that quest yesterday.

    • @paradox385
      @paradox385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Step 2 : Find and bring back an old lady's pan

    • @neweden2359
      @neweden2359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Daniel Hebard Same here, just recently completed that mission

    • @henryhighlights
      @henryhighlights 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Step 3: Gwent!

    • @dionjaywoollaston1349
      @dionjaywoollaston1349 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The C.I.A. That was a pretty dark moment in the game glad it worked out

  • @nef5125
    @nef5125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +586

    “When witchers are tracking cockatrices across the continent, they also need”
    A convenient teleporting HORSE!!

    • @lazyh-online4839
      @lazyh-online4839 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Grand Crusader "don't judge me"

    • @fajaradi1223
      @fajaradi1223 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn Roach!

    • @NipplWizard
      @NipplWizard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That cant comprehend moving around a tree or fence

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *or a discounted translocator mule of exceptional endurance and agility*

  • @genxlibertarian9656
    @genxlibertarian9656 4 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    LOLOL I do appreciate the 'nerd credentials' qualifier at the beginning.
    "Here are my hours. Yes, I DO know what Im talking about."

    • @scotta547
      @scotta547 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He never once said those were his hours. Just that they'd take hundreds of hours.

    • @Beach-bn2nj
      @Beach-bn2nj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@scotta547 I think that he did actually play the game and 100% it. Why you gotta be a buzzkill?

    • @tnnbaums5027
      @tnnbaums5027 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He has obviously never read the books

  • @thetimecapsule1680
    @thetimecapsule1680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    While I would love to go into all the cellular biology and genetics gone through this episode, I sadly don’t have the time to do so on my lunch break. I will however talk about a bonus that comes with the increase number of red blood cells.
    Known as polycythemia, an increase in blood cells does increase the oxygen carrying capacity. Research has shown that those living at high altitudes develop polycythemia as a way to cope with the lower partial pressure of oxygen. So if Geralt has a form of polycythemia (there are several but again no time) he would also be able to retain his stamina and wouldn’t get short of breath at higher altitudes, which would be pretty useful for slaying griffins in their nests atop a mountain.
    Love the episode, keep up the great work!

    • @axeldornelles5292
      @axeldornelles5292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I guess that would match his training in Kaher pretty well, as it's a pretty high ways up.

    • @CeltKnight
      @CeltKnight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Excellent point. I look at it from the other side of the coin: I have a form of anemia wherein I produce a LOT of red blood cells but my body essentially eats them, leaving me somewhat anemic (my doc keeps an eye on things and despite what WebMD says, I'm not dying of any horrible disease .. in fact, the cause of my condition is unknown, although it seems genetic, so it's not really harmful, just annoying). In an attempt to maintain health in my fifties, I work out HARD most of the week (CrossFit, martial arts, etc.) which has greatly improved my blood work results. My resting heart rate is in the mid fifty bpm range (like my age, LOL). But if we're doing some especially aerobic stuff (or I decide to outpace the younger ones working out), once my heart rate gets up pretty good, I'm DONE ... can't breathe, muscles worn out, vision might get dim ... but give me a minute to drop my heart rate and I'm as fresh as if I just took a nap. That's my long-winded way of saying I'm looking at the situation from the opposite side and you are totally right. Hmm ... maybe I should move high up on a mountain, force my body to adjust, develop polycythemia which would then edge me over into "normal" range? Darn my choice to live on the coast! ;) LOL!

    • @thetimecapsule1680
      @thetimecapsule1680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@CeltKnight Thanks for sharing your story! I'm glad its something you are managing well!

    • @jucom756
      @jucom756 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You are a SUPER NERD
      * guitar sounds *

    • @thetimecapsule1680
      @thetimecapsule1680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      jucom I wish, that would make my year, and it’s only just begun!

  • @RadioactiveRoach
    @RadioactiveRoach 4 ปีที่แล้ว +399

    I just realized he did his hair like Geralt.

    • @Sui_Generis0
      @Sui_Generis0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      How is that not the first thing you noticed?

    • @RadioactiveRoach
      @RadioactiveRoach 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Sui_Generis0 🤷🏾‍♂️it just escaped me.

    • @benparrish672
      @benparrish672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Sui_Generis0
      Cuz judging some dude's hairstyle wasn't the first thing he looked for.

    • @K1NG_of_ReVeNGe1
      @K1NG_of_ReVeNGe1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Sui_Generis0
      Cause real G's don't rock the standard haircut, but the shaved sides and ponytail

  • @Divaliciousbeauty123
    @Divaliciousbeauty123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    When he said “just look at Henry Cavill” I felt that

    • @donkeyhobo34
      @donkeyhobo34 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love you

    • @apoptosis9459
      @apoptosis9459 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The oofs got me

    • @ravencatcos
      @ravencatcos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That sums up my mood-

    • @ttt5020
      @ttt5020 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      the triple ‘phew’ was extremely deserved

    • @wildhunt6350
      @wildhunt6350 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I didn't. Because im not sexually confused.

  • @scullyf2254
    @scullyf2254 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    *the science of witchers*
    Me: starts mutating my body to become a real witcher.

    • @Turi6070
      @Turi6070 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      all types of Cancers=we are about to end this man's whole career

    • @potatogamer1578
      @potatogamer1578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And then fucking died.... ah Novigrad

    • @PemaMendez990
      @PemaMendez990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      keep in mind only three out of then survive perfectly, the rest just get so fucked up they are euthanized or their organs implode completely.

  • @wowthnxm83
    @wowthnxm83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    Let"s forget the Thor-Kyle and start thinking about the Geralt-Kyle

  • @AuspexAstarte
    @AuspexAstarte 4 ปีที่แล้ว +485

    “ThiCC sheep” had so much oompf to its pronunciation i temporarily lost the will to function

    • @VodkaHellstorm
      @VodkaHellstorm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I wanted to find a way to describe how that made me feel and you did. Well done.

    • @meniimya5148
      @meniimya5148 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *T H I C C S H E E P*

  • @EmbraceTheInevitable
    @EmbraceTheInevitable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    4:54 Saving this time stamp so I can come back just to hear him say “thicc sheep” on repeat

  • @B13e
    @B13e 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    This makes that scene in the last episode even sadder when he says "You know what they do to a Witcher's eyes to get them like this?". How painful it must be :(

    • @mihneaiordan1813
      @mihneaiordan1813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Remember uma screaming after being subjected to the first part of the trial?

    • @thunderlifestudios
      @thunderlifestudios 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mihneaiordan1813 lol yeah i felt like a peace of shit

    • @myzo247
      @myzo247 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mihneaiordan1813 that poor ugly baby

    • @NipplWizard
      @NipplWizard 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Migrane from hell

  • @LuxDragon
    @LuxDragon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I do like how Kyle changed his hair to match Geralt's style, even going so far as to put white highlights in.

  • @kevinbruins4944
    @kevinbruins4944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +373

    Kyle: starts talking about cat eyes. My cat: comes into my room.

    • @MrElionor
      @MrElionor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It heeds the call of the dark lord

    • @Azrael_Equinox
      @Azrael_Equinox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      _I wish I had a cat again..._

    • @IncognitoKarma518
      @IncognitoKarma518 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cat:giving away our secrets,are you?

  • @ankokuraven
    @ankokuraven 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Hi Kyle,
    I have another mutation to add, and it fits nicely with what we are already making our witcher out of.
    Since we are also increasing our witchers musculature and increasing oxygen transportation, there is another adaptation we can give him with regards to oxygen availability.
    Mammalian musculature contains another heme based oxygen carrying protien called myoglobin. In marine mammals, especially deep sea mammals, this protien is expressed at greater concentrations and acts as a primary means to store oxygen for their long dives.
    If we add a mutation to this effect to our witcher, there should be more oxygen available before those pumped up muscles have to resort to anaerobic processes, thus increasing the amount he could swing those big guns around before feeling muscle fatigue.

    • @Moniker08
      @Moniker08 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Great Point,
      I'll Have To Remember This When I Make *VOLUNTARY* "Witchers".

    • @GundamReviver
      @GundamReviver 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This also has a nice side effect of them being able to hold their breath for a long ass time against either under water issues, or gas clouds

    • @bigchungus2667
      @bigchungus2667 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why not use EPO

    • @ankokuraven
      @ankokuraven 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bigchungus2667
      I could see that working out too.

    • @bigchungus2667
      @bigchungus2667 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ankokuraven whatever cocktail that team china weightlifting is using on their athletes is the formula to make a real life Witcher, just add EPO for maximum oxygen efficiency and availability

  • @jasonknight1085
    @jasonknight1085 4 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    You: Wind is howling.
    Me: _exasperated sigh_ Looks like rain.

    • @LordShenanigan
      @LordShenanigan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Place of power, gotta be.

    • @vanator3169
      @vanator3169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fuck.

    • @edward113288
      @edward113288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A storm, damn it.

    • @mergen3125
      @mergen3125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is level 10 and stumbles upon a level 36 Basilisk "bad idea"

    • @danielsterling4918
      @danielsterling4918 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How do ya like that silver?

  • @2KOOLURATOOLGaming
    @2KOOLURATOOLGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    10:38 Vesemir
    Me who's just bought the game: "He's the old Witcher right?"
    Kyle: "He's dead, He snapped his neck"
    ME: "AWW WTF come on noo"

    • @bbd121
      @bbd121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I know that feeling, man. My brother told me about Bruce Willis when I was about to start the Six Sense many years back.

    • @brentmeyers9657
      @brentmeyers9657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      To be honest i get your feelings but the game had been out since 2015 so if you hear spoilers somewhere it's on you...

    • @Akos843
      @Akos843 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@brentmeyers9657 Yeah but now its different. Lots of new players thank to the series. :) You still dont want to ruin the experience.

    • @colleennewholy9026
      @colleennewholy9026 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@brentmeyers9657 I said that to people who also haven't played AC III, where Desmond died and FFXV, where both Noctis and Luna died.
      And I'm just like...
      You have the internet, and these are big games... avoiding spoilers is the miracle here.

    • @Lrbearclaw
      @Lrbearclaw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bright side is:
      Spoilers don't exist, they simply shift your perspective from "OH! I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING!" to that of a repeat viewing/experience.

  • @user-go6qz8vq2r
    @user-go6qz8vq2r 4 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    I just realized Kyle has Geralt's hairstyle in this video lol.

    • @user-go6qz8vq2r
      @user-go6qz8vq2r 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Plague Doctor true, but he did dye it white though

    • @CED99
      @CED99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@user-go6qz8vq2r no he just stopped dying it blonde... the void takes its toll

    • @user-go6qz8vq2r
      @user-go6qz8vq2r 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CED99 u rite

  • @ImperialKnight770
    @ImperialKnight770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Only one downside to being a witcher. You can't have kids.
    Waldorf: how is that a bad thing? AH HA HA HA HA HA HA!

    • @libertyprime2852
      @libertyprime2852 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mischievous MaleFox you’re a child not a teen. I think he was around 7-9 when his mother gave him to Vesemir

    • @mergen3125
      @mergen3125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Also ordinary folk hating you, treating you like a moster and you have to stay calm.

    • @teslawolverine7009
      @teslawolverine7009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was thinking years of torture

  • @igp-bs4od
    @igp-bs4od 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Instructions unclear. Accidentally created a badass wait nevermind that’s what I wanted.

  • @jamcalx
    @jamcalx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    He just said "THICC SHEEP"...

    • @nepii6043
      @nepii6043 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      👌

    • @Zak-ob5ze
      @Zak-ob5ze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hes welsh

    • @BvLee
      @BvLee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Beep beep

    • @jamcalx
      @jamcalx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@BvLeeCultured, are we?

    • @jab-io2po
      @jab-io2po 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like dashie 😂

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 ปีที่แล้ว +317

    The Netflix show is actually really good. Henry Cavill is killin it.

    • @maggot6817
      @maggot6817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      yea and he's hot as fuck

    • @Felix-ev5qh
      @Felix-ev5qh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@maggot6817 very much so

    • @draco5991rep
      @draco5991rep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@maggot6817 but he is infertile, so you can't have a kid with him ... I'm sorry :(

    • @Ken19700
      @Ken19700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He doesn't have cat eyes

    • @Dukeofvampires1
      @Dukeofvampires1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      no, it's not

  • @GypsyEyez_
    @GypsyEyez_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    "... which leads to unregulated muscle growth ... which leads to..."
    .... Letho ... really

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Letho is actually pretty lucky.
      If cardiac muscle swelled up like that he’d die of heart attack before finishing the trial of the grasses.

  • @exhibitionchristina4890
    @exhibitionchristina4890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    When the screen went dark for the cat eyes I saw my reflection in the screen and had an existential crisis

  • @danuttall
    @danuttall 4 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from Science!" - Agatha Hetradyne.
    This is what you can get with a consistent magic system and enough experiments.

    • @Felahliir
      @Felahliir 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Witchers are litterally made by stealing monster DNA and enhancing humans...

    • @jakubrogacz6829
      @jakubrogacz6829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Any unsufficiently analyzed science is indistinguishable from magic as well ;)

    • @TheDaxter11
      @TheDaxter11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      whenever i think of magic i always think of it as another form of science, spells and potions are never just _there,_ someone in the universes at some point had to discover magic exists in the first place, like we discovered all the scientific things we have over the years and gave it the general term of "science", then had to go and create the spells, the potions, discover how everything works, all that stuff, its essentially that series/universes cooler science

    • @jakubrogacz6829
      @jakubrogacz6829 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheDaxter11 yeah indeed though that depends

  • @exudeku
    @exudeku 4 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    Witcher 3 plot in a nutshell:
    Overdrugged playboy Step-daddy find and save step-daughter from 3 big black cold dudes with the power of magic and The Heart of the Cards

    • @IAmKnightsDawn
      @IAmKnightsDawn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sounds legit.

    • @kokroucz
      @kokroucz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Geralt isn't a womanizer

    • @rnr7930
      @rnr7930 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      kokroucz depends on how you play him *for me yeah he’s definitely a womanizer*

    • @jonathanmercado963
      @jonathanmercado963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And plays a card game with the people he knows as cards.

    • @Svvicu
      @Svvicu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You had big, black and a third word beggining with c that most of us probably read wrong

  • @edercastro7625
    @edercastro7625 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Patient: Doctor.. is that bad?
    Doctor: mmmm... well you´re developing certain condition known as not being alive anymore...

    • @buildawall5803
      @buildawall5803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MILLENNIALS - OK BOOMER

    • @gufosufo337
      @gufosufo337 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@buildawall5803 ok boomer

    • @buildawall5803
      @buildawall5803 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gufosufo337 uhh ok then call me a boomers even tho am 19

  • @AlexejCeros
    @AlexejCeros 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    8:40 „Just look at Henry Cavill” *sighs* *sighs again*
    I felt that.

  • @ObligedUniform
    @ObligedUniform 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Ahh yes I have heard of this "not being alive" before.
    I once heard a tale of a man coming down with a sudden case of death

  • @Icedteaable
    @Icedteaable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Forgot the most important part about making a Witcher like Garult, you need to give him a horse named Roach.

    • @earendilthemariner5546
      @earendilthemariner5546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Well, Roach belongs to Geralt. Idk who "Garult" is

    • @rafaelalodio5116
      @rafaelalodio5116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Or maybe Plotka

    • @Icedteaable
      @Icedteaable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@earendilthemariner5546 lol. I just commented quickly without checking my spelling on my phone.

    • @alternamasaki429
      @alternamasaki429 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never heard of that name... i thought it was different, but must be the localization

    • @anzelmgrzyb3982
      @anzelmgrzyb3982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alternamasaki429 roach is the english name of the horse while płotka is the polish name

  • @sunnydoggo3708
    @sunnydoggo3708 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Everyone: cat eyes
    Me screaming: VIPER

  • @jonathanyoung3889
    @jonathanyoung3889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When you talked about how to expand the lifespan I was surprised you didn't talk about the telomere research happening and how scientists are getting pretty close to expanding the human lifespan.

  • @checho00
    @checho00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    One thing you didn't touch is his slow heart rate, and second about sterility the mages like Yennefer that end up modifying their body are sterile too

    • @Riva_Bear
      @Riva_Bear 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Yen is not sterile do to her body change, Netflix is wrong about it.

    • @fourstringsmanybass
      @fourstringsmanybass 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      He briefly discussed sterility in the final seconds of the video 11:19

    • @checho00
      @checho00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@Riva_Bear she is sterile as all mages, in the book said that

    • @checho00
      @checho00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@fourstringsmanybass yeah but just witchers, not the others individuals or creatures

    • @Nekrull
      @Nekrull 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      not only is he sterile, but he is also immune to diseases, I remember that from the first game, I dunno if it's in the book though

  • @zyhurbeelzebub6213
    @zyhurbeelzebub6213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    "The wind is howling."
    Yes, Geralt. We know...it's kinda what happens when a storm rolls in.

  • @ciriboom4709
    @ciriboom4709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The thing about the stamina is in fact a really good theory I think, cause in the books, Andrej Sapkowski writes that a witcher heart beats 4 times slower than a normal human one. That possibly means they have 4 times more red blood cells, so a witcher heart can be slower to do its "normal" work. And maybe it would also means that they can have almost 4 times more stamina and oxygen going to muscles than a normal human.
    great vid btw, I rly like this one

  • @cork9884
    @cork9884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Because science: "AGH!! NNNOVIGRAD!!"
    Me: *subscribes*

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    *How to Make a Witcher with Science:*
    1. Study Game Development
    2. Study Character Design
    3. Insert Dark Backstory

    • @nepii6043
      @nepii6043 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup

    • @nepii6043
      @nepii6043 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hope you got 1000 likes!!👌

    • @petrfedor1851
      @petrfedor1851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      0. Take preexisting and beloved books with established lore and characters.

    • @aaronklein3480
      @aaronklein3480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@petrfedor1851 thats what i wanted to say...
      i feel like too less people know that witcher even bases on books

    • @nelsonw.9483
      @nelsonw.9483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The dark backstories were already written for you.

  • @nemilyk
    @nemilyk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    ...I can't help but feel like in this day and age of Witchering, unicorns need to come with NSFW warnings.

  • @Verrisin
    @Verrisin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Wind's howling! - Sorry, I have to say that every few minutes."
    XDXDXD so true.

  • @bccr13
    @bccr13 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    yo I really appreciate the extra mile you go with all these transitions and the editing. also your humour is great.

  • @griMx711
    @griMx711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I really liked the “winds howling” bit. Almost spit my swallow potion out

  • @browncapman
    @browncapman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This
    Made me love Witcher even more.
    The science behind all of this is great.
    Thank you for taking the time to put together all these facts about mutation, mutagens and so on
    Thank you long haired dude

  • @HonestGuyWhoSpeaksUp
    @HonestGuyWhoSpeaksUp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In a fantasy scenario you explained very well what is going on in Lifespan or SENS foundations... with proper right ethical critique ;) Good job!

  • @johncao6516
    @johncao6516 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    As a graduate student studying red blood cell development in low oxygen, I approve this episode.
    In fact, EPO production in the kidney is induced by hypoxia sensing protein HIF-2a, which is degraded by PHD2 protein if oxygen levels are high. So if the witcher mutagen damage the EGLN1 gene (which encodes PHD2 protein), they would have more HIF-2a, and so more EPO, and therefore more red blood cells.
    There are actual clinical cases where patients have mutated EGLN1 gene, and the symptoms include chronic erythrocytosis (over production of red blood cells). In non witcher normal human this is a problem because too much red blood cells make the blood too thick and easily clot in your body. Another interesting fact is that Tibetan populations have a mutation in EGLN1 gene that *enhances* its activity, and therefore produce less EPO even though they are constantly living in low oxygen environment. This prevents frequent blood clotting from chronic erythrocytosis and gave the Tibetan population a selective advantage in highlands.

  • @Elchansan
    @Elchansan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    I remember Kyle saying in a previous video how he 100% completed the game. Good to see him back it up.

    • @balintkeszthelyi1293
      @balintkeszthelyi1293 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He did it on insta.

    • @kingjamestres
      @kingjamestres 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Call me a cynic but I don’t think 100 percent completions mean as much as they used to. Feels like most game nowadays you could complete 95 percent just doing the story mission. The rest just cleaning out bandit camps and collecting useless treasures. Leaving you feeling like it’s all become a menial task to complete and not compelling at all. I remember scouring the cities in AC2 to find the clues to the precursor civilization feeling like I was actually uncovering a mystery. That sense of satisfaction when I got to watch the final clip after finding all the pieces was cathartic. Now everything become about collecting for collectings sake something even The Witcher 3 couldn’t escape from.

    • @sephirothsadvent
      @sephirothsadvent 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@kingjamestres You should check out the trophies for the Witcher 3. Some of them are nightmares. I started trying it and stopped when I found out you needed to kill 50 enemies with reflected crossbow bolts.

    • @ericvanleeuwen979
      @ericvanleeuwen979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      sephirothsadvent it’s not reflected bolts. It’s 50 head shots Edit even doubled checked it’s not that hard of a game. I got it platinumed. Working on the disk platinum now. Different trophies lists.

    • @becausescience
      @becausescience  4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Damn straight -- kH

  • @MrThoScho
    @MrThoScho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Sorry just a small mistake, oxygen has 6 electrons in the outer "shell"

    • @bigaj6901
      @bigaj6901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah I noticed that too I thought I was going crazy for a second there lol

    • @livedandletdie
      @livedandletdie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oxygen has 2 Valence electrons, that's how to look at it. Carbon has 4, Fluorine has 1. ETC, however the amount of Valence electrons means very little in actuality, because there are non-valence electron bonds as well, valence electrons basically mean a vacuum that could house an electron, but even so, the view of electrons as existing in shells is extremely faulty. After all, Electrons aren't really bound by some law to any particle in particular and exist purely as possibility clouds around atomic nucleus.

    • @prestonbotik1259
      @prestonbotik1259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@livedandletdie Woah we got a scientist on our hands guys. That is really good info though. I actually find that really interesting.

    • @prestonbotik1259
      @prestonbotik1259 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@livedandletdie Also your profile pic. I hate him. He's such a terrible father to Shinji.

  • @beziik2357
    @beziik2357 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Me a couple of years ago " I don't understand this stuff but this is cool"
    Me today " HELL YEAH THIS IS 100 TIME MORE INTERESTING NOW"

  • @blowmebiatch
    @blowmebiatch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Spamming the Aard sign like that against a 2 dimensional spider is against the Witcher's Codex.

  • @goncalobaia1574
    @goncalobaia1574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "age causes the syndrom known as not being alive anymore" 😂😂 i love your caution with the forbidden word

  • @jordanwylie2325
    @jordanwylie2325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "that only took a few hundred hours" you could spend a few hundred hours on wild hunt alone and not even be close to done no?

  • @zireaelxx
    @zireaelxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that thanks to the witcher I found your channel. Great job 💜

  • @sci-guy-no-5514
    @sci-guy-no-5514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Did you dye your hair for this episode? I love the enthusiasm man! You're by far the best science/pop culture educator on youtube!

    • @midnightequinox2026
      @midnightequinox2026 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was wondering that too, started scrolling the comments to see who noticed it too XD
      Not many did :/

    • @becausescience
      @becausescience  4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's very high praise! Thank you Andrew, I really appreciate it -- kH

  • @Matt_10203
    @Matt_10203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    "A few hundred hours" mere mortal hours.

  • @nickygonzalez2276
    @nickygonzalez2276 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how you used the witcher games as base for this episode

  • @yocean14
    @yocean14 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this very engaging and interesting break down. Loving the Witcher.

  • @zoeeee2952
    @zoeeee2952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love that the only 2 things you didn't cover too much were covered in the show. The sterilization because the life of a Witcher doesn't leave a lot of time to be a parent. And they mentioned the cat eye procedure being very risky and often failing and causing blindness which sounds about right with how invasive it would be

  • @UmbrellaSound
    @UmbrellaSound 4 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    Kyle: "I've spent a lot of time with Witcher games"
    Me: *crying in Witcher books series*

    • @LeutnantJoker
      @LeutnantJoker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I'd cry more if he had only watched the TV show :P

    • @somebody7205
      @somebody7205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      At least he fully completed it

  • @thetwilight2448
    @thetwilight2448 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In the section about repairing damage from monsters, while you did cover that increased amount of certain growth factors like VEGF would lead to faster healing, but you neglected to mention the really important fact that in real life, increased amounts of those growth factors are often present in cancer patients, due to growth factor genes being important oncogenes in tumor formation, though if you’re already able to give Witcher’s cat eyes, being able to put more tumor suppressor genes to decrease cancer risk might be able to mitigate increased risks from increased growth factor activity. As well, you covered Witcher’s potentially being more resistant to oxidative stress, which would lower risk of cancer overall, though it would be hard to see how mutagens would produce those same characteristics consistently over many generations of Witcher’s.

  • @lukab4679
    @lukab4679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    4:47 best 3 words I've ever heard you say

  • @dienicy
    @dienicy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    "Mutants are sterile" - The Bounds of Reason

    • @dienicy
      @dienicy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Romeo M Perhaps they learned a thing or two since Turing.

  • @lucifers.morningstar3805
    @lucifers.morningstar3805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    leave Triss Marigold alone, she has been through enough.

    • @lucifers.morningstar3805
      @lucifers.morningstar3805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Thor wanting to become a Witcher.... he will either become a super god, or he will become a super devil.

    • @ZacDaMex
      @ZacDaMex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@lucifers.morningstar3805as long as he doesnt train under the viper or cat school he should be fine lol

    • @lucifers.morningstar3805
      @lucifers.morningstar3805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ZacDaMex but I like the Viper School, besides he would be welcomed into the school.

    • @morriganrenfield8240
      @morriganrenfield8240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Pffft. She tricked ol Geralt into a relationship. Bratty girl.

    • @lucifers.morningstar3805
      @lucifers.morningstar3805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@morriganrenfield8240 Yennifer is no better, she wants everything done her way and if anyone goes against what she wants she throws a huge temper tantrum.

  • @MikeDolanFliss
    @MikeDolanFliss 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved the bit about bioethics at the end. Spend more on that sometime!

  • @williamreed6948
    @williamreed6948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Winds howling
    Sorry... i have to say that every few minutes" 😂😂😂😂

  • @infiniteaseem6523
    @infiniteaseem6523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    10:20 ish, just to throw this out real quick: another compelling way to prevent ageing in theory is to find a way to preserve (or prevent the loss of) our telomeres.
    Telomeres are basically a length of sacrificial DNA. You see, during cell replication, DNA polymerase (the enzyme responsible for copying the original DNA onto the new strand of DNA being made) always leaves out a little bit of DNA at the ends, meaning that that part of your DNA isn't replicated. If that happened under normal circumstances, then you'd lose a lot of information in the form of DNA over time (as your cells divided), and eventually die as a result. Our bodies' solution is telomeres, which are basically just added so that _they_ are the part of DNA that isn't replicated (since they code for nothing, this is neat).
    It is theorised that over time, our chromosomes' telomeres get shorter and shorter until the vital DNA becomes exposed and the cell dies. This is a small scale ageing mechanism, the prevention of which could theoretically slow ageing down on a cellular level. Cool huh?
    Loved that we got a Witcher episode btw! Keep up the scienceing!

    • @alexandergarfield1561
      @alexandergarfield1561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Darn, didn't scroll down far enough before I did my comment on telomeres. Yeah and there are other organisms that don't have that reduction process that we have in ours. If I recall we do have a specific mechanism that cuts a little bit of it away every replication and we're working on turning that off cause things like the starfish are basically immortal.... If it's in optimal conditions at all times.

    • @mriamthekingofyoutub7736
      @mriamthekingofyoutub7736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      well no because telomeres are just rebuilt by telomerase, at least for a long while. long-lived populations have been found to have overexpressed telomerase, but still got "old" at the same rate and just didn't suffer the catastrophic cell failure that the absence of telomeres would cause (exonuclease breaking down the DNA due to exposed ends). the real way to make people be "younger" for longer is more efficient cellular repair by slightly overexpressing the proteins that fix simple mismatches or by making the cells keep extra junk copies of the DNA for so it can be used for homologous recombination which doesn't delete any part of the code instead of non-homologous end-joining which deletes as much as the DNA is broken. also more a more sensitive cell death mechanism is probably needed if the speed is cranked up when healing wounds, which would drastically reduce the chance of cancer. witchers or longer-lived people in general need a system for regenerating damaged nerve cells and cleaning up leftover proteins as to not go senile or get altzheimer's.

    • @mriamthekingofyoutub7736
      @mriamthekingofyoutub7736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alexandergarfield1561 that's non-homologous end joining and it's required to fix double-strand breaks in DNA as eukaryotes aren't literally always replicating their DNA, so they don't have a reference string of DNA to perfectly fix it by

    • @markcochrane9523
      @markcochrane9523 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fun fact about lobsters: they produce an enzyme called telomerase, which repairs telomeres. If one of the Witcher mutations allows Geralt to produce teolmerase, that could at least partially account for his longevity.

    • @marcosnijder
      @marcosnijder 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Batspecies of the genus Myotis do not age and only die due to starvation (dental wear) or other external events (accidents, dehydration). These species do not produce telomerase but have up to 21 'telomere maintanance' genes (e.g. ATM, SETX) that prevent the individuals from ageing.... Some wild animals have been annually identified and monitored for over 40 years(!!) For an animal of only 4-10 grams with an exeptionally fast heartrate and metabilism (annual average is incl. several months of hibernation).
      Studies by dr. Emma Teeling of Dublin University college on genetics advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/2/eaao0926?VancePak+%28updated+6%2F30%2F2017%29&EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_02&, interesting topic, this anti ageing.

  • @Oskcreed
    @Oskcreed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The sterility is kind of needed thing because like, they don't know how their mutations would affect the mother during pregnancy or the child.

    • @ruairifisher7214
      @ruairifisher7214 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      or the mutagens just do funny shit to their balls? :)

    • @insaincaldo
      @insaincaldo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I say if you were able to make a not sterile witcher, go for it. Chances of things going bad can't be worse then the success rate of making them from scratch every time and the great traits might even be better in a couple of generations.
      That said there is probably a reason it is like this in the first place.

    • @LightningSe7en
      @LightningSe7en 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Finally the pee will be stored in the balls.

  • @Drejzer
    @Drejzer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How to make supersoldiers.
    Watch out, someone might label you a villain.

  • @papaipatrik1959
    @papaipatrik1959 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would have given everything to have a science teacher like you!
    Greetings from Hungary!🤘🏻

  • @adriantonica343
    @adriantonica343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Eddie “The Beast” hall has what is known as the hercules gene, a lack of miostatin. His strength is INSANE. He is the world record holder for deadlift, at 500kg.

    • @tenjiku8251
      @tenjiku8251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      bruh thor beat him a while ago

    • @adriantonica343
      @adriantonica343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When? I don’t think he did

    • @h1m37m
      @h1m37m 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What about all the strongmen that beat him then? So Thor and Shaw both have the same condition?

    • @adriantonica343
      @adriantonica343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Himel Mondal no, only he has that condition

    • @h1m37m
      @h1m37m 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adriantonica343 embarrassing for eddie then, looks like the gene doesn't really mean much in real world applications

  • @0wasp0
    @0wasp0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I finally know why cats eyes "glow" in the dark! Thanks Kyle, great stuff as usual.

  • @CesarIsaacPerez
    @CesarIsaacPerez 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! love the channel.

  • @ThePancakeRenegade
    @ThePancakeRenegade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:49 Nice job getting Platinum!! I’m still stuck trying to get the marksman achievement for 50 crossbow headshots as well as Gwent stuff lol

  • @omnigar9611
    @omnigar9611 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Bones heal
    Chicks dig scars
    Pain is temporary
    Glory is forever

    • @liamfuller3443
      @liamfuller3443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shawn Matney replacements is the best

  • @Sceadusawol
    @Sceadusawol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Kyle: *makes a video explaining how to make a hero*
    Also Kyle: *Oxygen is bad for you*

    • @TheMacmister
      @TheMacmister 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lēoht Steren one of the 5/6 great mass extinctions in earths history was caused by the production of oxygen by early photosynthetic organisms. And it is slowing killing all of us, but the amount of ATP generated by using oxygen as our final electron acceptor is about 16 times greater than if could not use it. So the juice is worth the squeeze.

    • @urukhai5729
      @urukhai5729 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      100% of humans that breath oxygen die.

    • @kutlumzrak2689
      @kutlumzrak2689 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oxygen is the sustaining factor in the condition known as life, that kills with a %100 mortality rate.

    • @TheMacmister
      @TheMacmister 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kutlu Mızrak not for all life, there are plenty of anaerobic organisms that oxygen will kill.

    • @kutlumzrak2689
      @kutlumzrak2689 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheMacmister Statement holds true. Oxygen kills.

  • @atoningful
    @atoningful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You even have the renowned witcher 2 elven hairstyle for Geralt.

  • @cruise_missile8387
    @cruise_missile8387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He's basically medieval Captain America with swords.

  • @adorimable9690
    @adorimable9690 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    "The general condition of not being alive anymore" was the thing that got me

  • @wadenbeisser2491
    @wadenbeisser2491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Never been this early to an episode. Toss a coin to your science Witcher makers. ❤️

  • @nathanjones9099
    @nathanjones9099 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    If only Science could be SO MUCH FUN and amazing in school, great video , and love Witcher

  • @Senpai-tb6lo
    @Senpai-tb6lo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You know how awesome it is to watch a video like this, and to finally understand half of what's being explained... #biostudies

  • @smigolbsk11
    @smigolbsk11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Hmmm hmm hmmmm ("hey Kyle, love this show" in Geralt's language)
    In the show, Geralt mention that Witchers have a lower heartbeat rate than humans helping they to have a longer live and also slowing the effects of a poisoning. Ok cool, BUT, could the fact of the blood flowing slowly in the body make process like oxygen and nutrients transportation inefficients? Make it harder to expell CO2 and other metabolic products that can be toxic to the human body, when in a high concentration? And what about the super healing factor? Cells that help in healing process are transported by the blood, so a slower blood flow would make the whole process take much longer, this contrasts the idea of healing super fast, I guess.
    Thanks and keep showing to the world how cool science can be!

    • @MandaClaudiuMCM
      @MandaClaudiuMCM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Usually lower heart beats are associated to people that are fit , athletes and so on .They can have even between 30-40 bpm while resting . A normal person usually has between 65-80 bpm while resting. A fit person with lower bpm can have a heart that is way more effective than a normal person as the heart is stronger and pumps more blood in one beat and therefore more oxygen. So a healthy sporty person with low bpm can have a better blood flow than a healthy person with higher bpm.

    • @captainbro9998
      @captainbro9998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I’m also gonna guess that through meditation and things, Gerald is able to control his heartbeat, so when he meditates he is almost able to accelerate his healing even more.

    • @oveson88
      @oveson88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Geralt its spelled Geralt

    • @smigolbsk11
      @smigolbsk11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MandaClaudiuMCM I totally agree with what you said, but in a healing process the body have to increase blood pressure and vasodilation in the veins to be able to transport big cell and organelles, also demanding more energy to do that, increasing the use of oxygen and ATP, all that would make Geralt hyperventilate and increase his bpm.
      Even professional athletes have higher bpm and blood pressure when healing from a injury.

    • @fajaradi1223
      @fajaradi1223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@smigolbsk11
      Or in a simple explanation ...
      Maybe Andre Sapkowsky skipped some biology and PE class in his youth

  • @TheGuerra113
    @TheGuerra113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    That's cool, but Let's talk about my reward

  • @itzyaboiii7707
    @itzyaboiii7707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Toss a coin to your witcher, oh valley of plenty"

  • @zebecjr.1423
    @zebecjr.1423 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Witcher: has cat eyes
    Still needs a potion to see in the dark

    • @iago5052
      @iago5052 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Zebec Jr ^ sometimes you use ur brain before you use your stupid mouth

    • @_Odinn_
      @_Odinn_ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A potion called Cat, by the way