The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133
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It took me 8 months to learn how to do this, but I was only picking up the bike and running to the end of the driveway and back every day. I wasn't "ACTIVELY" trying to learn. Meaning... I wasn't struggling and trying to make my brain learn. I simply got on the bike every day, tried to operate it to the end of the driveway, turned around and tried to operate it back. The goal was to understand how my brain figured things out on its own, without trying to force it to. Many people have built bikes like this and figured it out in much less than 1 day by staying on the bike until they were able to master it. I had no timelines, and was using this as an exploratory activity to learn how I learn.
Do not misinterpret this to mean that I struggled and tried very hard every day for 8 months. That's simply not true.
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Destin
This is comedy af 🤣
Nice one
I want to try this. I can ride a bicycle without touching the handle bar. It is hard but I can even get started (just need to "walk" to make some speed). So now I wanna try that on a backwards bike but I'm pretty sure it'll still feel messed up :p.
Just get a little bit of momentum and ride it without using your hands. It should work just how it does with normal bicycles. Or should it?
Homie I play racing games with inverted controls. I bet I could
My brain hurts bad
I'll bet James Bond could have done it... with a gorgeous babe on the back... escaping bad guys and disarming a nuclear weapon at the same time.
Fun
I've seen an old documentary segment showing something real similar. They didn't modify the bike, but instead used a helmet that covered the users eyes. It presented them with uh...either a mirror image, or maybe it was an upside-down image - it's been so long I can't remember precisely. And then they had to try and ride the bike! The result was very very similar to this, couldn't even get started in the beginning, but eventually they showed someone confidently riding along a weaving, undulating path. I don't know how long it took to master. Fascinating though.
So does this mean Destin can now ride both bikes, or would it take 20 minutes to figure it out every time he switched bikes?
You can make this bicycle better. Set it up so that to go forward, you need to pedal in reverse.
4:37 _A child has more neuroplasticity..._ *Andrew Huberman has entered the chat*
Has any one ever told you you look a lot like J-roc (Jonathan Torrens)? you're like if J-roc got into science instead of Rap and crime lol
I really your videos man... its really comforting for me...
This is actually a really good anti-theft bike, nobodies going to steal a bike they cant ride!
Mike Boyed can
That’s a funny 🚲
Amazing!
they had this on loop in my old math class and it was so hard not to burst out in laughter at 1:20
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correct me if im wrong but i ride on my back weel all the time so if you pop a weelee could you ride it ?????
I became 2 times my original weigh and found out we do forget how to drive a bike
A quick question: If you learn to write or use the moise pad with both hands would help?
The missing bit is, what if he goes *back* to the inverted one? Did his brain retain this ability and just needs a few minutes of training to switch or has that been somehow "lost"?
Mr. Sandlin, I wish to tell you that you have blown me away with the manner in which you conduct you thinking. I have so much respect for those who understand _HOW_ to think, and I believe that you have it down extremely well. I don't really expect you to think much of the opinion of a totally unknown and unrepresented stranger, but you have the key to life, and that is a clear understanding and belief. Keep up the outstanding work! It makes me so happy to see God using someone of your caliber. Thank you. (also, I love how you slip a verse into every video, they always make it that much better)
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Awesome video!
Me riding the bike on back wheel only 😂
Try an old person. I’m 61, bet I could do it!
Hey don’t mind my pfp but I just took a star test and there was a story about you learning how to ride a opposite bike it was kind of interesting not gonna lie
You have to give this bike to a person who can’t ride one, and compare
É a prova de roubo ! Nenhum ladrão pode levar ! kkk
Just got recommended this. Fascinating
Hats off to your prankster welder pals
This video is awesome. I sent it to everybody I know. Well put together and thought out. Thank you.
Your son can never drive a bike again
Awesome
I wonder can understading how countersteering works help learning the inverse bike? Probably no, but it should be interesting
you got way too pissed at those poor Amsterdam people. Why did you even try it there just to get publicly humiliated.
a similar challenge is learning to operate the mouse after pressing "ctrl" + "alt" + "down/left/right"
Now I am wondering will this be the same for a car...!!!!
The thing i'm having trouble believing, is the fact that people are so sceptical to something so obvious in my mind
*Destin doing his outro* *Chris Hadfield chilling in the back riding a bike* A normal SmarterEveryday video
i CAN AND WILL RIDE THIS BIKE
I heard of a story about people who wore goggles that made everything look upside down for a long period of time and then one day everything switched right side up while wearing the goggles. Then when they took the goggles off everything was upside down again with just their bare eyes! Try it Destine!
Its the same general principle with someone who only rides a motorcycle and then immediately rides a bicycle.... I experienced the very same thing when I rode both one after the other.... note this is just switching from motorcycle handle bar heft with bicycle handlebar heft...
sir i do believe you have taught me a very valuable lessen today and i wont forget it
5:40 Everyone thinks he is the dumb one, when in reality he is 4 parallel universes ahead of them
Have you let anyone who regularly rides street motorcycles try this bike? We are all used to subconsciously counter steering but takes a bit to get used to. I’m sure they still couldn’t instantly ride it but I’m just curious. Also counter steering on motorcycles would make an awesome video.
That moment when he remembered how to ride a regular bike was simply amazing.
Knowledge isn't the same as understanding. I know how to ride a bike, but 20 years later I just understand how to turn a bike by counter-steering the handlebar. When I understand this, it really blew my mind. And I never ride a bike the same again.
the bars obviously turn much easier then normal bike and that makes it harder
1 billion to the one who can ride that to 2000km
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Looks like the gear ratio is wrong and the handles move at a different rate than the wheel. I'm betting that is part of the "magic" involved in making it so hard.
Expert challenge: make a motorcycle like this
Nice parable!
Now make it peddle backwards
What if you had 2 bikes and you sewithch between at random intervals
I would have wheelied
I want to try this so bad right now
Oh I can't ride this!? Laughs in can't ride a regular bike.
When you invert the controls on call of duty
Try riding straight then leaning into the turns that’s pretty much how we turn motorcycles we don’t really push a pull on the handlebars it’s kind of a optical illusion because our hands are on the handle bars operating other controls (throttle, clutch, brakes )
i want to be a welder now
This is how covid19 was invented.
"They think I'm dumb but I'm actually two levels deep into this" This is going to be my motto lmao.
We have instincts for physical activities like biking, jumping, swinging, etc. Instincts live on a level below intellect - like machine code below the operating system on a computer. A cat, for instance, has instincts for navigating the world - without intellect or reason involved, they intuit their way around their environment. Our instincts, like the cat's, map to the flow of reality. As long as space-time flows the way it does - steady, continuous, uninterrupted - our instincts serve us. The minute something is changed, our instincts must adjust. This is clearly demonstrated in your video, where left and right were swapped and your old instincts failed you. Until you adapted new instincts for the change in your physical reality, you were lost.
Does this bike not have breaks?
its like using a tiller on a saill boat you turn the tiller left to go right and right to go left
What if you tried riding with no hands? Unless the mechanism has too much resistance, it should work.
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Counter steering is a big part of this. You turn the opposite way to the way you go to put the bike on a lean to the direction you want to go. You’d have to counter steer less on a smaller bike as you’d be closer to the ground and need less of a lean so less of a counter steer. That could also be a major factor as to why the kid finds it easier.
It would be interesting to see what an experienced motorcyclist would do here. Anyone familiar with the concept of counter steer, which is essentially what is going on here.
Don’t underestimate welders XD
Everyone: Struggles Me: who plays video games on inverted since i was like 5
Oh now I see why it is easy to learn new things when we are young ^^
This is the most mind blowing video I've ever seen. So genius!
But it's not just backwards... Theres an extra pivot point making each handlebar movement to corresponding wheel movement more sensitive. If that makes sense. Can't find the right words lol
i really want to try this bike now
There's probably some next level stuff going on in your brain in those moments. Like a neuroscientist establishment may be able to learn incredible things from this.
I suspect if this is the bike you use to learn you'll ride it like a normal bike but that's just a speculation and I think it'll take 4 times as long to learn
Him:I am 2 Parallel universes ahead of you
I think this is my favorite video you have ever done, and I've seen many of them. What a great role model you are. Hope to meet you someday- in the beyond.
On my third day of bike riding, haven't riden since nust after school. You dont forget how but you certainly don't have the ability to do.
Why dont you cross your hands on the handlebar? Right hand to the left side of handlebar and left hand to the right
I could ride it within 4 tries guarantee
@Logan Williams make that a 16th
@Gentles Family he also has maybe an 8th of my riding experience
@Logan Williams he learned to ride it in 8 months. 5 minutes everyday. youre not riding it in 4 tries, you just sound cocky
@Gentles Family he learned to ride it... I can ride anything 2 wheeled lol I've grown up riding anything 2 wheeled im not trying to sound cocky but i bet i could ride it
definitely not, thats what everyone thinks
Part 2: pedals are also gear-inverted so that the bike actually go backward if you turn them forward Part 3: the saddle is also inverted so that the handlebar is behind your back and you need mirrors to see where you go Part 4: the handlebar is sideways at a 90° angle, so you rotate it down or up to go left or right Part 5: same but wearing kaleidoscopic goggles Part 6: vlog from my new 'hospital' room
This isn’t a new thing. We called them clown bike in the 70’s
Oh man little kid Destin looks like a dork lol
What an interesting video. Subscribed because of this first video I have watched from you.
This is very interesting, and could lead to a video about using inverted mouse or not in FPS games. :)
This is one of the best videos on the internet
God is real and loves you.. .No matter what you think about it. That is also truth.
That was AWESOME!!!!!
Anyone know where I can buy one of these bikes??
loved this one!
Reminds me of games that don't let you invert the y-axis... if I don't charge my focus from deep Inside the game world to the reticle on the surface of the screen, I can't effectively make the switch.
Someone needs to leave that bike in a prominently black area and film the results... for science.