The myths we believe in №3

Hello everyone, welcome to the new part of the myths in which we believe. Today they will be light enough, but each of them has a great story and I guarantee today you will learn something new for yourself. I am a ninja. Such an association occurs when we see a black suit with a mask or some kind of katana or shuriken. Actually, why do we think so? Well, firstly, because books and films told us that this is exactly what ninjas looked like. But these images should initially be based on something. And we can easily trace the chain that will lead us to Hokusai. This is a Japanese artist, here is his self portrait. Back in 1817, he portrayed a ninja in this way. Well, the source has been found. Great job or not. The fact is that this image is already influenced by popular culture. Ninja really existed. They were trained to kill with improvised means, to poison, to eavesdrop, to survive. For the most part, eavesdrop, to be honest. Outside of the assignment, they were traders or ordinary farmers and they never looked like that. Let's go back a bit and find out how it all began. Bunraku is the name of a traditional Japanese puppet theater. Several puppeteers control the dolls there so that the movements are as smooth as possible. See them? Here they are. They are fully dressed in black so as not to distract the audience from what is happening on the stage. Such people in black are called kuroko. The same people carry stage details in the incredibly famous Kabuki theater. In fact, historically it happened that these are invisible people. It is believed that the image of the silent killer has entrenched. But what were they really like? Ninja art is the art of deception, so the ninja must be secretive, so they often wore normal clothes to blend in with the crowd. Each time they changed their costumes depending on the mission. A black suit is not very created for this. Even at night, because they believed that at night red or blue or brown clothes are more suitable. It is impossible to establish any one uniform for the ninja, but there is a possibility that they wore such equipment or such for the battle. This is not at all like the costume we are used to. If a real ninja saw a dude dressed in a black kimono, he would laugh in his voice. See everything, I do not attract attention.

*"Help there kill a man."*

So much more can be said about them. This is incredibly interesting. Be sure to somehow devote a whole video to this. But you also probably thought that they were killing with shurikens? But a little bit of eastern culture. Eating Chinese restaurants often gives you Chinese fortune cookies.

*"Wow, Chinese fortune cookie. Come on. Do not be afraid to make a mistake, because if it were not for the mistake, then you would not exist. Probably some Chinese wisdom. Cool."*

But what does China have to do with it? You can easily find a recipe for such Chinese cookies. Arguments and facts also write that the most famous fortune cookie is Chinese. Very interesting. Do the Chinese know about this? The fact is that the history of Chinese fortune cookies leads us to Japan, where they do the same things, only the note itself was not thrust directly into the cookies. And later, somewhere in the beginning, the middle of the 20th century, restaurateurs in America began to do the same thing. Of course, in Chinese restaurants in America, this has become almost a tradition. Of course, films popularized this. Cookies, which were probably invented in Japan, were popularized in American restaurants, but they immediately began to call them Chinese. A true classic of misunderstanding. Hmm, lightning fast. There is a very children's myth that lightning does not strike twice in one place. It is quite common, believe me. And here you can immediately counteract the fact that in Empire State Building lightning strikes about a hundred times a year. But maybe more, maybe less. Okay There is a huge lightning rod and lightning is easier to get to it. It is logical that if there is no lightning rod, then lightning simply does not strike twice in one place. Why would she do this, because there is so much free space around. Tell it to Roy Sullivan, the man who got lightning 7 times. Seven times? Sounds like a myth. Now I will expose. Although you have to believe, because he got into the Guinness Book of Records. His injuries were recorded, and all the names converge. I even bought a book about the national park in which he worked. So I even have an exclusive photo of how he is chilling in a cave. It all fits together.

*"I never said that lightning struck me seven times."*

The question is, why did lightning strike him so often and why did he survive all the time? After all, in fact, lightning striking a person can be fatal. But for the sake of justice it is worth noting that he still died from a bullet and it is unlikely that the sky shot him. Most likely he killed himself or his wife shot him. Definitely not clear. But in any case, the guy was not very lucky. Very correct words were engraved on his grave. We loved you, but God loved you more. That's for sure, or rather he loved to beat him with lightning. Zeus probably so anger vented well or not. But Roy is no exception. There are many people in whom lightning struck several times. The same luck. Karma you say, but what if not? Let's listen.

*"If we turn to statistics, it will become clear that the chance that something like this can happen to you is so small that it would seem that they can be neglected. In the USA, the chance that lightning strikes you at least once is one in three thousand, in order to understand what chance it will happen seven times, you need to raise this number to the seventh power, you get this number. One to thirty-seven septillion. But let's take a closer look at the situation. Virginia, in which Sullivan lived, is one of the most troubled in terms of weather. On average, there are from 35 to 45 thunderstorms per year. Usually in June, July and August. If you look at the map of lightning strikes, you can see that even today it rarely circumvents Virginia. Yes."*

Well, it was probably influenced by the fact that he was a ranger in the park and worked in the open.

*"Yes exactly. Moreover, Roy almost always received blows precisely during patrol of the park. For the first time, he was hit on a fire tower on which there was no lightning rod, that is, simply the best place to capture the wrath of Zeus. The second time, lightning struck a tree, and from there into Sullivan's truck. And as we know, trees are probably the worst places to hide from lightning. For the third time, lightning struck a transformer near his house and damaged his shoulder and so on. His profession and place of residence significantly increase the chance that he will be struck by lightning, but even so, this is still an amazing story. An amazing story about an amazing coincidence. The thing is that intuitively it is difficult for us to understand how often events occur with low probability. A thought experiment. You have a bag in which there are 37 septillion balls and you randomly get one of them. You have this ball in your hands, the chance that you will get this particular ball, one to 37 septillion. But this happened, the event with such a probability happened. And this applies to every ball in such a bag. I'm not talking about the chance that it was you who were born. Remember the race of how many sperm you managed to win. Our whole life consists of a huge number of unlikely events. And it is quite possible that the chance that you will be struck by lightning seven times is even higher than the chance that your next chess game will be so specific. Therefore, in a world that for the most part consists of improbable events, it is strange to give some of them a mystical meaning."*

Thank you so much. Well, we found out that lightning is a crazy and merciless bitch that can hit in one place at least a hundred times. Let's go further. And so, so smoothly, the theme of lightning leads us to Zeus, or rather, Ancient Greece. Let's see how it is. You know why we are sick, angry, kill, suffer, make other people suffer, all because long ago, when all kinds of gods ran and flew here, a Pandora’s box was opened. Cool, yeah? Many of you know what a Pandora's box is. Well, or at least heard about him from movies or video games. Currently, Pandora's box is called something that contains a lot of unpleasant troubles. And to open a box means to let it all out. Or for example, we don’t know what we are getting into. As an example, you can take some action that will lead to unexpected but terrible consequences. For example, bite off a burr. Any gryazyuk will get there and as a result your finger will be amputated. Of course a bad example, but this also happens. You opened the Pandora’s box. Like, but why am I saying all this? We’ll find out now. Finally, the time has come for Ancient Greek mythology, but for the sake of completeness, I must tell you who Pandora is and why she needs a damn box. So be prepared for the fastest immersion in the topic. It all started with the fact that Prometheus gave people fire and thereby made them independent of the gods. The gods did not like this, and grandfather Zeus, to punish the rebellious, came up with an insidious plan, I would even say Ublyudsky. He decided to send evil to the earth in the image of the beautiful girl Pandora, in the creation of which many Olympic gods took part. They made her a slap of water and clay. It turned out like nothing like that. When the girl was ready, Zeus ordered Hermes to take her to the house of Brother Prometheus. The girl was so beautiful that he joyfully accepted her and took him as his wife. Quick guy. Pandora found out that in the house in the farthest gloomy corner there is a box that can never be opened under any circumstances. And he is from Zeus, and he will bring trouble. But who does not take risks, he does not drink expired milk and she opened it. All evil at once, all human vices, misfortunes, illnesses contained in this box, flew out of it. And when the drawer was slammed shut, only hope remained inside it. That is why we are sad. Such a sad story. You know, right for the soul, if of course it were true. I just don’t really believe in the gods there and all that. If I'm wrong, hit me with lightning. But why am I talking about this myth? Because in this myth there is a myth in which we believe. Hesiod was a Greek poet. It is believed that he was the main source of Greek mythology and not only. In general, fumbled for culture. He is believed to have described the history of Pandora in the 7-8th century BC. Although maybe he himself came up with this story. That is not the point. Hesiod wrote that all the evil of this world is concentrated in something called pythos. This is a Greek word. It means urn or barrel. And it was usually used to store rice or wine there and for ritual purposes, too, by the way. A certain person who was engaged in translations, Lilius Geraldus wrote instead of the word “pithos”, “pixies”. I can’t say such a rogue. Pixies mean box. Wow. This is the turn. A box instead of a barrel and this is the mistake. The feils we deserve. This is all as described in the 16th century. But later evidence was found that even before this incident, the famous Erasmus of Rotterdam was the first to make this translation mistake and give rise to a huge myth, and they began to quote it. And more than that, draw. So what do we understand? That Pandora’s box is not a box, but a barrel. I don’t even know the application of this fact, unless I tell my parents at the table. It’s just that I was in Greece at work and I just couldn’t do it differently. I had to come up with at least something. Well, some more Ancient Greece. Look, many of you during the recent elections saw the statement on the Internet that a person who does not vote in ancient Greece was called an idiot. Personally, this was presented to me by commentators. If you are not in the know and have never seen such a thing, you will see it soon. After all, the Baader Meinhof phenomenon will work - this is a cognitive distortion when, after hearing it, you stumble upon it in an amazing way. Although in fact there is nothing surprising in this. So what am I talking about? Those who do not vote are idiots. I would not argue with this, even if the Russian-language Wikipedia tells us this. Boom! The term idiot really came from Ancient Greece and meant a person who thought only of himself. Selfish, on his own mind such. Derived from the word idios, which means private. Leading dictionaries point to just that. Although participation in politics was very important for the Greeks, no one called those who did not vote idiots in an insulting manner. Well, he doesn’t vote, he is private, by himself. And the bad meaning of the word appeared much later. Underdeveloped, limited and so on. So if suddenly these people were called idiots, then this did not mean the same thing as today.

*"Hey. Listen, will you go to the polls tomorrow instead of work?"*

*"No, what am I an idiot or something?"*

*"Well, it turns out that you are an idiot. In ancient Greece."*

How interesting it turns out, the meaning of the words changes as quickly as the color of the chameleon. Interestingly, we came to another myth. Well-known enough, but if you dig deeper, it's quite interesting. If you approach a person on the street and ask what the person is known for, then most likely he will answer that the chameleon is changing color. Well yes, it is. But is it right to imagine? Thanks to cartoons, video clips on the Internet, stories of other people, we are aware that the chameleon changes color to mask. If he hunts in the grass, then he is green, and if in the house in a barbie, then pink. Are you sure? The most common videos on the Internet where a chameleon changes color quickly are actually advertising campaigns and they use graphics. Chameleons do not change color to where they are. It is a myth. They radically change colors not so fast and not for camouflage purposes. Color may change due to stress, danger, or to like a heifer. Also, temperature plays a role and some other factors. Here is a good example and it is accelerated ten times. Feel the difference, as they say. And it turns out that their usual look is camouflage. Well, many of you could know this and this is great, but the most interesting thing here is how exactly they change color. Nanotechnology.

*"Cool."*

Yes. Nanotechnology of its own production, so to speak. They have a layer of cells that reflect light. They are called irida handicaps and in these cells there are crystals of nanoscale. Very straight tiny, much, much less than the thickness of the hair. When crystals are in their normal position, they reflect certain waves, blue light, and its skin contains yellow pigment. Add blue, which one? Right, normal. More precisely green, I wanted to say. But chameleons are able to control them, for example, to make the distance between the crystals more and then other waves are reflected. Red color. Want to see an instant color change? Look at the octopuses. There is another color change technique, but still. It turns out that in our understanding an octopus is more a chameleon than a chameleon a chameleon. You are beautiful anyway. Let me take a picture of you. I'll put you in a frame. The main thing now is that this photo does not lose color over time. And you know, because they often fade and you don’t understand what color the chameleon was. Well, I think this can be finished. I really hope that you learned at least something new, because on the one hand all these myths are insignificant, but as soon as you start digging, you find a whole mountain of fascinating information. Thanks for watching. Thank.