We're invoking the spirit of Nasim Taleb, the author of The Black Swan to stand up and call out nonsense when you see it fall has been sending me. this about. this is me knocking down your shop and within four seconds the fella bit of a goof. He tells you exactly what he's up to me.

after intentionally starting a fire in my wood shop, he intentionally starts a fire in his wood shop. He's telling you that there is something untowards happening here. so we're gonna go through. I'm so sick of being lied to and Fella has been forwarding me this video about Oily Rag Oil Soap Drag so forth, spontaneously combust.

So we're gonna go through and I will just coach you on how to spot a scam. A good scam starts off like a good joke with a grain of Truth. However, in this case he runs Lighthouse Boston in Boston and this video was taken just after midnight. This video was taken just after Minda listen to the sound of his voice.

look at the time stamp 1040. Okay, well, maybe the timestamp's wrong. The clock on the wall says 10 40. And he reiterates that it's after midnight.

That's a plastic bag full of linseed oil soaked. Rags Spontaneously combusting, Spontaneously combusting. Listen to his voice. His voice is telling you, listen to me I'm telling the truth.

It's pantomime. He's not telling the truth. Yeah, just after midnight he says it again. Yeah, he's not telling the truth.

Let's go and look at his buddy's shop. Here's his buddy shop: professional award workers and they clearly have a procedure. Ah, for oily for oil soaked rags, metal garbage bin left to dry over top, not piled in a corner. They're obviously aware of the danger and that Nook appears to be where the fire started.

Now we'll continue on. We'll be able to see that's where they're working, that's clock over here. Behind this fella is where the fire started at midnight. Always with the Gill baits.

Leave me alone I Don't like you I Would like to see the footage of this being put out because there's no smoke and the Flames get bigger and bigger. It'd be super interesting to see somebody come in and freak out and stomp that out and yet it's not in the video I Wonder why that is for the air quotes experiment. He's using high density polyethylene black garbage bags. bog standard melts at around 100 dungarees.

Science: Tough to spit that one out. same with these Rubbermaid totes. They might have 11 herbs and spices, proprietary blend of anti-stink and so forth because they are food safe, but they are still polyethylene melt at about 150 degrees. Science Course of the entire experiment I will have two cameras constantly on our test subjects.

This That's interesting that he'll constantly have two cameras running and yet, well, we'll see. There'll be some fancy footwork in the editing. Suite This happened. This is a real-time look at our experiment.

Where's the smoke flames? You'll notice that right before the Flames I was nowhere near any of the garbage cans. I was actually across the shop. but all of a sudden, almost like magic. And true to its name.

Spontaneous combustion. Yeah, like magic. All right. Where's the smoke? Where's the other shot? Where's the other angle starting to smoke? And why is it on top of the barrel? Oh, here's the other angle after the fact.

Oh what? oh my, what this is. This is so crazy that I have my hat and boots on after six and a half hours of sitting in the shop, thumb and bum and also I'm all miked up ready to rock and roll. Isn't that weird? You'll note there are absolutely no signs of anything melting. and also it's at the very tippy top.

caught fire. You know what catches fire without smoke? Lighter fluid. Lighter fluid catches fire without smoke. How come we don't see the other angle? How come that wasn't edited in? It was distinctly left out.

the other angle of it? Catching Fire There's two cameras rolling all the time. All right. Fine, he likes to be uncomfortable wearing a hat inside and Boots all the time. but you'll note this: B-roll Luckily I had my mind he is not wearing any mic.

and then when he's having lunch and he's chatting, is wearing a microphone. No. I Produce vigils in the shop and it is a pain in the cunningling to wear that Jesusless mic all the time. It's constantly getting hung up and caught up and hamstringing you every which words.

That's why you don't wear it unless you're gonna talk to the camera. you just don't wear it. So miraculously he happens to be wearing it just as they catch fire. Miraculous one might say.

spontaneous and true to its name. spontaneous combustion. Oh my gosh. I cannot believe that actually caught on fire.

I'm not much of a poker player, but I'd be all in on a pair of sevens with this fall. That's what's known as pantomime. This is, believe me. so pantomime is essentially bad.

acting absolutely terrifying. Holy cow, Holy Cow. I am so utterly terrified I set this whole thing up and I didn't get a result so my sponsor wouldn't be very happy about the low views and neither would my pocketbook. So I set up for almost an hour after that and then all of a sudden all of a sudden I almost quick edit to a different angulation and then another fire with no smoke prior.

and also this high density polyethylene bag. what melts at 100 degrees? Science didn't even it's immaculately conceived. Called the Pope, it's a miracle. What he fails to mention is the squirt of lighter fluid and the lighter prior.

This scenario is very similar to what happened in Lucas's shop. Very similar. I would say it's probably exactly what happened as it happens. I have the stainless steel chafing dish.

What? I did my own linseed cotton rag test. As you can see, got blue steel, oxidized, blue gray oxidized. It's a little rusty there now, but that was from Rags cotton Rags Smoking in there now. Cotton racks will Auto ignite it.

400 dungarees science and that blue gray oxidized layer indicates that it was 375. it got up to 375 degrees Science: You mean to tell me that that is not going to melt a plastic bag again. Why isn't he showing the start of the fire from this angle? So of all the different tests, Why? Because he can't Incredibly a second test subject. Cutches fire, spontaneous like and he just happens to have his micro mophone on and Linkedin to his camera turned on.

I Don't know if you've ever used one of these wireless microphones. They're a pain because the batteries are consistently dying. It just so happens magically that he's miked up after seven hours waiting in the shop. Now he's sticking around in the shop.

Got his T-shirt on miked up. When he's just waiting around, he's got his T-shirt on, no mic, but anytime he has to go outside, he's got his jacket on. Amazing how that works. Two fires, What needed to be brought outside somehow miraculously had his jacket on and the one fire.

What got put out inside? He's in his T-shirt but conveniently miked up. And then at almost 11 hours, another can caught fire. This time it was the boiled linseed oil in just the Garbage can. I'm not proud of this, but when this one caught fire I was right in the middle of an episode of Seinfeld So that's incredible.

He's got his mic on. Incredible. Oh, and the fire is at the very top. What? I Was kind of starting to feel like nothing else.

No smoke. You know what else? doesn't smoke? Lighter fluid doesn't smoke the boiled linseed oil in just the garbage can. I'm not proud of this. I Want to see this shot when it caught fire? Why does he not show it from two angles of attention? Luckily, he's got the two cameras running I'm a little cynical, but you tell me there's a guy a lion, sack of or is this hard in the right place? He just couldn't get the results of the experiment he wanted and wanted to show you the dangers.

I'm a grown-up However, someone can explain the dangers to me. and yeah, I leave it to you. Thanks for watching. Don't take any wooden nickels.

Keep your dick in a vice.