What's the Deepest Hole We Can Possibly Dig?

I love how the soviets dug that deep just to flex.

I like how instead of actually answering how far we could go if it was humanity’s #1 priority, he just lists the depths and the furthest we’ve gone

I still don't know what's the deepest hole we can dig, only how deep we've dug so far.

“Everyone at some point in our lives, has wanted to dig to the center of the earth.” The fact that this is his most viewed video only enforces this point. Edit: the fact that someone liked this within 8 hours even though I’m about 5 years late means this video had a constant stream of new (or returning) viewers wanting to dig a hole. Which continues to enforce his point.

The lowest thing is when your trying to grab the last chip in a Pringle’s can

I just learnt that the deepest water well ever dug by hand is 300 metres from my house and didn't even know it was there.

I really liked the way how you depicted the distance in terms of two countries compared to how much we have covered. This really shows that you know people (atleast me) are not good enough in assuming how much we have done.

I've been a geo scientist on the oil rigs for the last 19 years and the deepest well I've ever been on was 38,842' in the gulf of mexico.

Imaging having a concert so deep that not even nukes can reach you.

It's actually kinda frightening to think that we know so much more about space than what's underneath our feet.

Imagine all the unknown precious metals we haven’t found yet…

Update for if you ever do a V2: the Bingham Canyon open-pit copper mine (2:47) is now more than 1,200m deep, and will reach a depth of more than 1,300m when the century-old mine finally stops production around 2028.

Engineer: How deep do you want your mines to be? South Africa: Y E S

"I have been falling for 30 minutes"

I've looked through some amount of comments and still not found the classic song Diggy Diggy Hole by The Yogscast.

If you dropped a golf ball (for example) down a tunnel that went all the way through the earth, in a straight line, would it slow down as it approached the earth's centre (since beyond that point it would be travelling upwards)? Or would it acquire enough momentum as it fell to carry it through the centre of the earth? At what point would it slow down? And where would it finally come to rest? The earth's centre of gravity is approximately 40 km from the centre of the earth in the direction of the moon. Is this where the ball would eventually come to rest? And would it float in mid air, given that the force (or pull) of gravity would be equal on all sides?

I like how instead of an actual dirt background, he uses a Minecraft dirt texture

"What’s the deepest hole we can possibly dig?"... doesn’t actually answer the question

WOW! I never even thought about the fact that SO much is going on underground! Very cool video, those distances make my head spin