What Is The Scariest Thing?

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  • Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
  • Everyone is scared of something ... but what's the SCARIEST thing? Is it even possible to answer such a question? In this special I explore the dark recesses of the mind to learn how fears are born and whether there exists a grand, unifying terror.
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    SEASON 1: • Isolation - Mind Field...
    SEASON 2: • The Trolley Problem in...
    SEASON 3: • The Cognitive Tradeoff...
    INDEX
    0:00 Intro
    02:37 Fear Conditioning
    06:03 Amygdala and Hippocampus
    06:49 Innate Aversions
    07:39 The Web of Fear
    08:38 Fear of Death
    10:30 Informational Learning/Storytelling
    12:02 Nomophobia
    12:48 Isolation
    15:25 Fear of the Dark
    17:36 Fear of Sounds
    17:58 Auditory Cortex, Thalamus, and Amygdalae
    19:41 Dissonance
    22:00 Law of Contagion
    23:23 Piloerection Reflex
    24:49 Distorted Forms
    27:14 Vicarious Learning/Social Fear Transmission
    30:05 Innate Aversions
    31:14 Category Jamming
    35:04 Patient SM, Non-Functioning Amygdalae
    36:44 Suffocation
    37:54 Midbrain, Brain Stem
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  • @koolkdny
    @koolkdny 4 роки тому +57354

    scariest thing is micheal not starting with “hey, vsauce, micheal here”

  • @NithinBalakrishnanIsOnline
    @NithinBalakrishnanIsOnline 4 роки тому +3525

    Subtitles: scary music
    Deaf people: * sweating heavily *

  • @JimFourOneTwoThree
    @JimFourOneTwoThree 8 місяців тому +1731

    Let's all thank Michael for accidently telling everyone the mostly effective torture method

    • @twistedpear18
      @twistedpear18 7 місяців тому +165

      Haha yeah, it would be terrible if the American government learned about waterboarding. 👀

    • @Lucid_lovesbwu
      @Lucid_lovesbwu 7 місяців тому +19

      ​@@twistedpear18 I'm American, so im going to tell the lizards

    • @khmer06
      @khmer06 6 місяців тому +19

      "accidentally"...

    • @michaelleighton3753
      @michaelleighton3753 5 місяців тому

      Torture doesn't work anyway, people admit to crimes they didn't even do, Falsely sell out family members and good old fashion just make shit up on the spot just to stop the torture.

    • @Archon_of_Freedom_
      @Archon_of_Freedom_ 5 місяців тому

      ​@@Lucid_lovesbwuI have five lizards, so I'll fill them in so they can tell the other lizards. We can start an army of lizards against the government, lizards are loyal if you respect them. An army of vigilante lizards. All the lizards vs reptilians.

  • @burrito_bunny2436
    @burrito_bunny2436 6 місяців тому +1021

    It's been four years and I wanna know if Vsauce is still afraid of purple squares

    • @waffleisnice
      @waffleisnice 5 місяців тому +62

      I don't need sleep I need answer

    • @balistik789
      @balistik789 5 місяців тому +8

      Lol

    • @PRubin-rh4sr
      @PRubin-rh4sr 4 місяці тому +14

      Maybe if the therapy was like a month, nonstop.

    • @TheRival-_-
      @TheRival-_- 4 місяці тому +6

      We need to know for science

    • @Mystipaoniz
      @Mystipaoniz 4 місяці тому +18

      no because he has made a new emotional response towards the purple square. The purple square is associated with a cool experiment with cool people, a good video. So purple square gives good vibes now ^^
      All hail the purple square!

  • @trudyneo
    @trudyneo 4 роки тому +16754

    Can’t wait for Michael’s next horror movie: “Return of the elevation of carbon dioxide in the blood caused by an uncontrollable external threat”

  • @bukachell
    @bukachell 4 роки тому +1635

    "I fear no man, but that thing..."
    *turns to purple square*
    "it scares me"

  • @SirDoomShotgun
    @SirDoomShotgun Місяць тому +69

    Michael is the only person that can make a 40 minute video feel like 20 minutes.
    Like legitimately, if you watched this video twice, i'd be the length of a full feature film

  • @elliejf
    @elliejf 5 місяців тому +195

    I remember first watching this when it came out and being super dissapointed about category jamming being the ultimate answer. And then Michael immediately rejecting it and showing something so interesting it’s been on my mind for years. Michael Stevens is one of the greatest communicators I’ve had the privilege to learn from

  • @beef_baby
    @beef_baby 4 роки тому +2427

    “It’s pretty dark inside my wife.”
    -Michael, 2019

    • @sourhill2292
      @sourhill2292 4 роки тому +65

      *suspicious hmmm*

    • @juliansandler4569
      @juliansandler4569 4 роки тому +38

      I wonder how he knows...

    • @mfrommi6593
      @mfrommi6593 4 роки тому +53

      First time, I thought he said "its pretty dark inside my life"

    • @thesanehatter8575
      @thesanehatter8575 4 роки тому +5

      my amigdala now associates this camper with death

    • @thesanehatter8575
      @thesanehatter8575 4 роки тому +18

      "if a new born baby rolls in here i wont be able to scare it"-v suace

  • @aaronsound
    @aaronsound 4 роки тому +14883

    Plot twist:Michael was always afraid of squares and he is justifying it.

    • @Loading-tr7yv
      @Loading-tr7yv 4 роки тому +125

      Akuraj Sound probably

    • @freddiegonzales5042
      @freddiegonzales5042 4 роки тому +87

      Checks out

    • @big924
      @big924 4 роки тому +79

      Squares are just infinity from 0 to whatever measurement, they are literally the universe and nothing

    • @shadymello9146
      @shadymello9146 4 роки тому +43

      Or...was he??

    • @big924
      @big924 4 роки тому +34

      You are a fool, the squares are
      I N F I N I T E

  • @DeepThinker193
    @DeepThinker193 7 місяців тому +59

    I loved to catch grasshoppers as a child, never feared them until one day out of the blue. I can't remember exactly what I was thinking of but I know it was something scary, I was also holding a grasshopper in my hand thinking nothing of it and then I felt a sudden sharp pain in my hand. The grasshopper actually bit me and I was shocked as I didn't think grasshoppers could bite. In my shock I actually dropped the grasshopper and when I tried to pick it up again, I discovered I could not. My hands were actually shaking at the thought. To this day I now have a fear of touching grasshoppers. It's not a problem if they are around me but I cannot physically touch them. The experience always stuck with me. I always link the experience to the scary thought I had at the time, the unexpected bite and that at the time I was alone.

    • @Temulon
      @Temulon 29 днів тому +1

      Interesting. I wish we could somehow juxtaposition that input with something useful.
      For example, you're bitten by a grasshopper and now you find it impossible to vote for a democrat.
      Or now find it impossible to live in a blue state
      or an obsessive aversion to liberals. Think of the possibilities!

    • @DeepThinker193
      @DeepThinker193 29 днів тому

      @@Temulon Not everyone lives in Mentally ill US you dolt.

    • @SleepyCavern
      @SleepyCavern 18 днів тому +2

      ​@Temulon you're weird. This was actually an interesting comment and all you have to say about it is, "me no like stupid liberals!"

    • @Temulon
      @Temulon 17 днів тому

      @@SleepyCavern I'll take your comment to heart and write a special entry in my diary tonight. thanks

    • @AyamineMISC
      @AyamineMISC 15 днів тому +3

      @@Temulon who hurt you

  • @godrickstockwell1505
    @godrickstockwell1505 4 місяці тому +13

    I almost wonder, in regard to patient SM and the other folks who couldn't feel fear, is it possible that their fear response was higher because this was the first time in literal decades that something made them afraid?

  • @danielawesome36
    @danielawesome36 4 роки тому +5242

    Michael: "My wife is pregnant right now."
    Michael: *raises eyebrow* "Or is she?"
    Michael: "What is pregnant?"

    • @yosefkhordani7625
      @yosefkhordani7625 4 роки тому +51

      It’s pregnency

    • @tomfield8766
      @tomfield8766 4 роки тому +26

      @Yosef Khordani Nah, Really? 😂👌🏻

    • @space9989
      @space9989 4 роки тому +116

      @@yosefkhordani7625 you didn't understand, Michael is going a loooong way, he is talking about "pregnancy", the word specificaly, it was most used in 1991...
      *ends video talking about the universe and the human race*

    • @anigianesin6674
      @anigianesin6674 4 роки тому +26

      Well, it’s when you put the dingaling into the vagingaling, and 9-10 months later, the woman heaves out her nice little bebe.

    • @leebuco8877
      @leebuco8877 4 роки тому +1

      Pregnancy

  • @bobbyjcfhvlichtenstein8253
    @bobbyjcfhvlichtenstein8253 3 роки тому +5056

    I feel like the scariest sound for a deaf person would be any sound
    Imagine being deaf and suddenly hearing something

    • @persimmonbread6668
      @persimmonbread6668 3 роки тому +771

      A lot of completely deaf people (like me) have constant tinnitus, so probably not. Actually, absolute silence would be stranger to me.

    • @bobbyjcfhvlichtenstein8253
      @bobbyjcfhvlichtenstein8253 3 роки тому +408

      @@persimmonbread6668 oh wow, I actually did not know that! The more you know, Thank you!

    • @perfectgematriadecodesabc4259
      @perfectgematriadecodesabc4259 3 роки тому +131

      @@persimmonbread6668 what about deaf people without tinnitus

    • @helllife0210
      @helllife0210 3 роки тому +42

      Reminds me an anime called Dororo

    • @embershalaz8269
      @embershalaz8269 3 роки тому +8

      @@persimmonbread6668 woah cool!

  • @TYRAN1_
    @TYRAN1_ 7 місяців тому +156

    I just imagine you being chased by a killer and then he just pulls a vsauce on you and starts explaining and giving you examples of what scariness is
    Edit: bro walks in a victim bro walks out a thinker

  • @storyboardbray3564
    @storyboardbray3564 27 днів тому +6

    15:47 “children and adults and myself, often don’t like the dark.” He says as he sits in an infinite expanse of darkness.

  • @NextinHKRY
    @NextinHKRY 4 роки тому +14121

    “What can possibly be the scariest thing?”
    the end of free mind field

    • @exoduswick156
      @exoduswick156 4 роки тому +158

      Well you can watch it like several times so you will remember everything
      Change my mind

    • @CourierSiix
      @CourierSiix 4 роки тому +112

      @@Savitar1976 but all seasons are already free on youtube

    • @rako1389
      @rako1389 4 роки тому +31

      did you see that this isnt on youtube red

    • @user-st5ir8mg3q
      @user-st5ir8mg3q 4 роки тому +4

      That indeed would be scariest

    • @RealCatWeekly
      @RealCatWeekly 4 роки тому +1

      X 13 that’s a scam

  • @fearsomestm00c0w
    @fearsomestm00c0w 3 роки тому +2271

    Surely the most scary thing that everyone can feel is when you tip your chair back just that little bit too far.

    • @omdubey8340
      @omdubey8340 3 роки тому +27

      Lmao tru

    • @futrey9353
      @futrey9353 3 роки тому +1

      no

    • @billyalarie929
      @billyalarie929 3 роки тому +82

      as a guy in a wheelchair, tipping forward is the worst thing.

    • @Broekje
      @Broekje 3 роки тому +41

      When you're away from home and that split second you can't find your keys or phone. Then you find them and relief washes over you in an awesome wave.

    • @Jimmyp437
      @Jimmyp437 3 роки тому +6

      I like to live life on the edge

  • @Tomioka____Giyu
    @Tomioka____Giyu 6 місяців тому +11

    15:11 the doll staring at him is just pure nightmare fuel

  • @mkaali
    @mkaali 5 місяців тому +22

    The scariest thing is the fear of fear itself. When watching horror movies, the scariest part is not when the monster attacks and reveals itself. It's the moment leading up to it, when you know something is going to happen that will scare you.

    • @kenjen9861
      @kenjen9861 4 місяці тому +2

      Apprehension then consternation

    • @liran8799
      @liran8799 3 місяці тому +3

      This.
      One of my constant fears is being scared, just thinking that something's gonna scare me is enough to stress me out

  • @siyacer
    @siyacer 4 роки тому +1532

    Michael's fears:
    • Teddy bear with human teeth
    • Scary stories to tell in the dark
    • Thanos square

  • @bicio_1269
    @bicio_1269 3 роки тому +2178

    Michael: I fear no man, but that thing...
    **Purple square appears**
    Michael: It scares me.

    • @T4zchi
      @T4zchi 3 роки тому +14

      This is an underrated comment, but it is probably because it was from yesterday

    • @cyberchicken3156
      @cyberchicken3156 3 роки тому +1

      T4zchi *cool*

    • @Schradermusic
      @Schradermusic 3 роки тому +6

      @@T4zchi Thanks to the algorithm, it's not buried below all the month old comments.

    • @chanukito
      @chanukito 3 роки тому +2

      *Gamecube intesifies*
      Srry if copied i didnt know

    • @Draftspike
      @Draftspike 3 роки тому +1

      It’s a square, not a cube

  • @Whimzymoth
    @Whimzymoth 9 місяців тому +140

    As someone with an EXTREME anxiety disorder, I will say auditory things are wayyyy more scary than visual. Half the time I'm triggered by sound or touch wrather than anything else.

    • @laztrig
      @laztrig 9 місяців тому +12

      thats because humans were evolved to be wary of dangers they couldn’t see. For example a big cat sneaking up on you in the dark. The only sense that could alert you is noise in that case.

    • @Whimzymoth
      @Whimzymoth 9 місяців тому +2

      @@laztrig that is true, that's kinda the base of the said anxiety disorder, another thing to consider is humans nervous system. It reacts before the rest of your body everytime!

    • @atimetravellingonion9343
      @atimetravellingonion9343 8 місяців тому +5

      I had one extremely horrible experience with sound, an auditory hallucination. I was lying in bed one night and I heard breathing. It sounded distant but the grew closer and closer until it was in my ear. I was terrified to the point I refused to open my eyes. Most terrifying experience I ever had.

    • @arandomdudeanyway
      @arandomdudeanyway 8 місяців тому

      kfee

    • @RicardoReyes-hl6be
      @RicardoReyes-hl6be 6 місяців тому

      I have social anxiety but is it the same thing like normal anxiety

  • @zaviyargul
    @zaviyargul Місяць тому +12

    "I will just watch one last short"
    I guarantee that short will give you shivers

    • @arinpaul2246
      @arinpaul2246 4 дні тому

      It's not even a short, it's a whole 2400 seconds video

  • @osamhxgamer3760
    @osamhxgamer3760 4 роки тому +1351

    “What can possibly be the scariest thing?”
    A spider you saw in your bed, disappear after you blink.

    • @2828letty
      @2828letty 4 роки тому +29

      YES

    • @jcass7374
      @jcass7374 4 роки тому +23

      I like spiders

    • @mairavlevy9015
      @mairavlevy9015 4 роки тому +42

      AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH IM IN BED AND ITS MIDNIGHT AND MY ROOM IS PITCH BLACK HOW COULD YOU DO THIS RO ME WHAT THE HELLLLLLL

    • @WetAdek
      @WetAdek 4 роки тому +2

      @@jcass7374 me too

    • @ssataf4045
      @ssataf4045 4 роки тому +4

      Hell yahh

  • @joeschmoe3860
    @joeschmoe3860 4 роки тому +2985

    "What can possibly be the scariest thing?"
    Michael with no beard.

  • @anonymousperson5514
    @anonymousperson5514 Місяць тому +7

    Why did this video feel like Michael’s audition to be the scariest thing

  • @Bozitico
    @Bozitico 9 місяців тому +12

    Longer than usual, better than usual.
    Super entertaining, and informing!
    Thank you Vsauce! Keep up the great videos!

  • @guyman2765
    @guyman2765 4 роки тому +3527

    "We must find something so scary it scares even those who want to die"
    *horrible mobile game ad starts*

    • @iSwanqa
      @iSwanqa 4 роки тому +8

      Dosbros 4 r/whoosh

    • @iamthemeguyhere
      @iamthemeguyhere 4 роки тому +83

      How is this r/whoooosh?

    • @iSwanqa
      @iSwanqa 4 роки тому +8

      Orashgle you spelled it wrong dumbass 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @justynpryce
      @justynpryce 4 роки тому +11

      @@iSwanqa wait, how?

    • @Kaiwala
      @Kaiwala 4 роки тому +4

      @@justynpryce r/woooosh

  • @themoonsevilsister1561
    @themoonsevilsister1561 4 роки тому +1550

    "It's pretty dark inside my wife"
    - Michael Stevens, 2019.

    • @pixelee3890
      @pixelee3890 4 роки тому +22

      Oof

    • @Ppman
      @Ppman 4 роки тому +29

      What a legend

    • @somemagellanic
      @somemagellanic 4 роки тому +77

      @@pixelee3890 amazing comment. very informative. really contributes to the conversation

    • @jadenchen8921
      @jadenchen8921 4 роки тому

      Lol

    • @imbluepower2708
      @imbluepower2708 4 роки тому +3

      @@somemagellanic yes, oof very related

  • @Valetravelgames
    @Valetravelgames 9 місяців тому +4

    16:28 my mother once abandoned me in a dark room when i was a newborn and my dad told me i was crying in there, so i don't think i was feeling very "comfortable"

    • @frostyvoid827
      @frostyvoid827 16 днів тому +3

      I feel like that was probably moreso fear of isolation than the dark

  • @leontrotsky3715
    @leontrotsky3715 4 роки тому +1956

    Imagine if characters in horror movies just walked around and talked about the scientific process of why they felt scared.
    they just get jump scared and be like: I now am experiencing a large Piloerection Reflex

    • @thiccieredd9606
      @thiccieredd9606 4 роки тому +69

      lemon trotsky Movies would be 10000 times better

    • @why1985
      @why1985 4 роки тому +23

      But they are screaming it

    • @alexpiggy
      @alexpiggy 4 роки тому +19

      why? nah they’re just super monotone before they die of a stroke

    • @weme11
      @weme11 4 роки тому +4

      @@thiccieredd9606 Go watch cabin in the woods then

    • @K_ingh16
      @K_ingh16 4 роки тому +10

      hehe he, erection

  • @v3riety166
    @v3riety166 3 роки тому +6313

    The scariest thing is actually when you're about to fall asleep and your brain does that fake falling thing and you immediately fly up in full panic.

    • @therealnerd_150
      @therealnerd_150 3 роки тому +419

      I love when that happens! Idk why people don’t like it?

    • @caroline6218
      @caroline6218 3 роки тому +145

      It rarely happens to me but when it does I hate it.

    • @afrazali8598
      @afrazali8598 3 роки тому +268

      It happens because our muscles become relaxed and the brain thinks we must be helpless and we must be falling.

    • @v3riety166
      @v3riety166 3 роки тому +63

      @@afrazali8598 welp it's a bad funktion but i gets your heart going from 0 tp 100 real quick!

    • @greatwavefan397
      @greatwavefan397 3 роки тому +41

      When you're thinking of faces and you're about to fall asleep:

  • @jiddah7478
    @jiddah7478 5 місяців тому +9

    Truly the most entertaining 40 minute video I’ve seen in a very long time. Jon amazingly done sir 👏👏👏👏

  • @bhanupratapsingh6208
    @bhanupratapsingh6208 9 місяців тому +9

    Perfect episode to watch in the midnight. Thank you Micheal 😊

  • @HopUpOutDaBed
    @HopUpOutDaBed 4 роки тому +1404

    Scariest thing ever:
    Being suffocated by a purple square.

    • @nostylenograce
      @nostylenograce 4 роки тому +5

      ok

    • @ur4255
      @ur4255 4 роки тому +6

      seven deadly sins? perfect cube? 👁👄👁

    • @Ignirium
      @Ignirium 4 роки тому +4

      I laughed for a minute straight when i read "by a purple square" my stomach hurts and my eyes are wet lol, ty

    • @Mrcrappyunicorn
      @Mrcrappyunicorn 4 роки тому

      And you are a circle d

    • @GonzalezGaming831
      @GonzalezGaming831 4 роки тому +5

      No one:
      11 year olds: omg the fortnite cube Kevin the cube

  • @angeliniac
    @angeliniac 4 роки тому +2158

    "I mean, its pretty dark inside my wife"
    -Michael "Vsauce" Stevens, 2019.

  • @UnchargedBattery978
    @UnchargedBattery978 7 місяців тому +4

    i started this video knowing the answer had to do with that experiment and this is still one of the most interesting and informative videos i’ve ever seen

  • @raheem12345
    @raheem12345 Місяць тому

    I frigin love your videos 😂 no one can compare to your style fr so entertaining

  • @gollumisahomie5671
    @gollumisahomie5671 4 роки тому +3757

    Is that a p-p-p-p-p-p-purple square, Like lets get outta here scoob

  • @iamtheone5049
    @iamtheone5049 4 роки тому +1883

    "Its pretty dark inside my wife"
    Michael gonna scar that kid for life

    • @beanicolada
      @beanicolada 4 роки тому +18

      Iam Theone the kid already knows what’s in there

    • @aarohanyt7374
      @aarohanyt7374 4 роки тому

      Aaron eyyy we have a similar name😎😎😎

    • @iamtheone5049
      @iamtheone5049 4 роки тому +14

      @@aarohanyt7374he's ay-ay-ron

    • @sethdawson5196
      @sethdawson5196 4 роки тому +66

      *Michael pops his head into the uterus*
      "Hey! VSauce, Michael here!*

    • @bread2575
      @bread2575 4 роки тому +12

      For context this conversation takes place at 16:15 (fear of the dark/unknown)

  • @RandyLent
    @RandyLent 7 місяців тому +2

    Finally, the sequel to "Why Are Things Creepy?"

  • @caioninja200
    @caioninja200 6 місяців тому +1

    The fact that this video was made in the same day as today, but 4 years ago, makes it even better.

  • @zeffery101
    @zeffery101 3 роки тому +4757

    Man, I should have been dressing up as "elevated carbon dioxide in the blood caused by an uncontrollable external threat" for Halloween all these years

    • @octobsession3061
      @octobsession3061 3 роки тому +111

      I'm sure You won't get candies from grandpa

    • @elcatrinc1996
      @elcatrinc1996 3 роки тому +149

      just get a suit, fill it with pillows and hug people until they pass out, is kinda the same

    • @joel5314
      @joel5314 3 роки тому +42

      Whoa you will scare all the kids , way too scary

    • @raam726
      @raam726 3 роки тому +45

      Just wear a t-shirt that says that

    • @stev6963
      @stev6963 3 роки тому +10

      You’re gonna have to grab that at the Spirit Halloween store this year pal

  • @chasecieslar3785
    @chasecieslar3785 4 роки тому +2315

    Michael’s mom: son it’s bedtime.
    Michael: or is it??

    • @vusalhardy7488
      @vusalhardy7488 4 роки тому +7

      Mono’s SUBs ahahahahahah legendary😂😂

    • @steviecrx
      @steviecrx 4 роки тому +15

      And the cool little beat starts playing. You know the one that I'm talking about.

    • @breadmold3545
      @breadmold3545 4 роки тому +3

      Michael: let's talk about that, mother...

    • @mikemurphy5898
      @mikemurphy5898 4 роки тому +3

      @@steviecrx I think you need a timeout from phub bro lol

    • @steviecrx
      @steviecrx 4 роки тому +5

      @@mikemurphy5898 lol damn man you got me. That legitimately made me crack up.

  • @ChromaWRLD999
    @ChromaWRLD999 5 місяців тому +1

    When I’m tired and watching vsauce at 1:00am (Canada, so NY time or EST) and I fall asleep for2 seconds and I shoot back awake, wondering how long I slept for

  • @rqb6731
    @rqb6731 10 місяців тому +2

    Absolutely phenomenal vid

  • @lony2546
    @lony2546 4 роки тому +2942

    The scariest thing is when Michael doesn’t start off his videos with “vSauce, Michael here”

    • @chronovore7234
      @chronovore7234 4 роки тому +28

      Check out his other channel called Ding. He uploads videos there in his old style.

    • @gus9351
      @gus9351 4 роки тому +4

      @@chronovore7234 and everybody knows that too just sayin

    • @derekmartin5340
      @derekmartin5340 4 роки тому +8

      @Tricky Nicky I think he doesnt post here because of Mind field. Who knows though lol

    • @dontedonefn1568
      @dontedonefn1568 4 роки тому +2

      exactly

    • @uoi35
      @uoi35 4 роки тому +2

      and his beard Oo

  • @desu38
    @desu38 4 роки тому +20804

    Michael: "I'm actually not alone!"
    Cameraman: =D
    Michael: **grabs phone** "I am always connected!"
    Cameraman: =(

  • @vikrantparmar1973
    @vikrantparmar1973 2 місяці тому

    I ain't getting no sleep... I actually watched the whole thing without skipping... Loved it it's amazingly enlightening

  • @blackmamba2844
    @blackmamba2844 Місяць тому

    One of the best content on youtube, thank you

  • @p3pable
    @p3pable 4 роки тому +1251

    *Group of people being chased by serial killer*
    "We're all gonna die!"
    "...or are we?"
    *hey, Vsauce, michael here*

    • @cheezekeke3951
      @cheezekeke3951 4 роки тому +4

      Orange Giraffe
      Well Vsauce is in dead by daylight sooo

    • @D_1_O
      @D_1_O 4 роки тому +3

      This needs to happen.

    • @XXStrong1
      @XXStrong1 4 роки тому +3

      "What is death exactly?"

    • @p3pable
      @p3pable 4 роки тому +2

      @@XXStrong1 biologically, i think death refers to the ceasement of bodily function due to inability to maintain homeostasis either because of external or internal cause.
      Psychologically, i think death is a point if no return

    • @thiccburger290
      @thiccburger290 4 роки тому +1

      Imagining Michael manifesting from nowhere is probably the scariest thing for me

  • @GutPupp
    @GutPupp 3 роки тому +1428

    Friend : What are you the most afraid of?
    Me : *Elevation of Carbon Dioxide in the Blood Caused by an Uncontrollable External Threat*

  • @-___-___-___-___-
    @-___-___-___-___- 7 місяців тому +4

    I really thought Michael was gonna get us with the classic car drive jumpscare

  • @user-dd7hv2sx5b
    @user-dd7hv2sx5b 6 місяців тому +2

    Michael Is Kinda The Scariest.
    Imagine Him Being A Villain And Saying To You "Oh You're Smart.) Or Are You?)"

  • @mfarazs
    @mfarazs 4 роки тому +1448

    “What is your biggest fear?”
    “Elevation of Carbon Dioxide in the Blood Caused by an Uncontrollable External Threat”

    • @twigwick
      @twigwick 4 роки тому +112

      Useful for my next interview

    • @krispykuikscope4799
      @krispykuikscope4799 4 роки тому +1

      Same

    • @andy8nagy
      @andy8nagy 4 роки тому +1

      im laughin so hard rn

    • @sadgiraffe1914
      @sadgiraffe1914 4 роки тому +25

      So basically, global warming.
      Edit; you guys have no sense of humor

    • @duality4y
      @duality4y 4 роки тому

      @@sadgiraffe1914 no

  • @icedchqi
    @icedchqi 3 роки тому +2374

    This mad lad just gave himself a fear of purple squares for science

  • @yarnicles4616
    @yarnicles4616 Місяць тому

    18:42 "So a loud sound will create a startle for anybody, immediately" My response to the jumpscare: *Hmm?* (I think it's because I wasn't paying much attention to it)

  • @Manelist
    @Manelist Місяць тому +2

    Funnily enough when i was a kid till the age of 13 i was so scared of the dark that i couldnt go to the toilet at night but when i became 13 i was thinking of what im scared of and i didnt care that much anymore now not even caring about darkness

  • @AakashHaider3000
    @AakashHaider3000 4 роки тому +2662

    What is the scariest thing?
    - Micheal holding a candle so close to his beard.

  • @MoJaKF
    @MoJaKF 4 роки тому +1690

    Police: You are arrested
    Vsauce: or...am I?
    *background music plays*

    • @K_ingh16
      @K_ingh16 4 роки тому +36

      next time i get arrested I am saying that.

    • @DemoniteBL
      @DemoniteBL 4 роки тому +16

      BATMAN hol up

    • @jasonbelstone3427
      @jasonbelstone3427 4 роки тому +8

      (Is taken on a tour of diverging and sorta related topics. Police left staring aghast and terrified at an empty vehicle)

    • @DragHo92
      @DragHo92 4 роки тому +17

      @@K_ingh16 it works only if you get the background music as you say that. Michael can do that cause it is his normal super power.
      Or is it?

    • @yoinkysploinky1147
      @yoinkysploinky1147 4 роки тому +7

      Nigga you are going to jail

  • @soapygrape777
    @soapygrape777 2 місяці тому

    Incredible. Drowning has always been on the top of most lists regarding worst ways to die.

  • @bereketsisay1791
    @bereketsisay1791 9 місяців тому +1

    "I could be more scared" ...proceeds to smile and nod

  • @epicgamer4090
    @epicgamer4090 4 роки тому +5908

    During wedding:
    Will you take this woman to be your wife?
    Vsauce: I do
    Crowd :awwww
    Vsauce: Or do I?

    • @ei991
      @ei991 4 роки тому +158

      To be continued

    • @MrMan-oj9xy
      @MrMan-oj9xy 4 роки тому +136

      Crowd oooooooo

    • @ivannah4866
      @ivannah4866 4 роки тому +27

      Mateo Altamirano I would like to give this comment a thumbs up but the likes are 69...

    • @baker1253
      @baker1253 4 роки тому +39

      He had us in the first half, NGL

    • @xavicon64
      @xavicon64 4 роки тому +77

      *cue vsauce music

  • @hayleyrosexox
    @hayleyrosexox 7 місяців тому +2

    Im 6 minutes in and the scariest thing I could think of is being tortured, but methodical so I stay conscious and alive for a very long time! Terrifying just thinking about it, especially what’s very sadly going on in the world right now

  • @PIXELGamerzXvlogs
    @PIXELGamerzXvlogs 8 місяців тому +2

    Once I had a fever and when I woke up my mum was the most scariest thing to me ever, despite the fact that I love my mum when I woke up from my fever dream, I had this feeling of fear from seeing my mum I will never hopefully feel again

    • @yarnicles4616
      @yarnicles4616 Місяць тому

      Probably you did not fully recognize her, and rising from a fever dream, you likely were expecting an attack.

  • @chr13
    @chr13 3 роки тому +3575

    Normal people: "I'm scared."
    Michael Stevens: "My amygdala now associates this trailer with death and danger."

    • @the_luna_lily6234
      @the_luna_lily6234 2 роки тому +41

      Haha, I'm in danger - Ralph Wiggum

    • @LumboDumbo
      @LumboDumbo 2 роки тому +6

      dis dude said Micheal Stevens

    • @TheUnderscore_
      @TheUnderscore_ 2 роки тому +18

      @@LumboDumbo No, this dude said "Michael Stevens."

    • @lynxsss5403
      @lynxsss5403 2 роки тому +7

      @@TheUnderscore_ No, He said Micheial Steavens

    • @ksuperhero1
      @ksuperhero1 2 роки тому

      @@lynxsss5403 No, he said michal

  • @greasybunz4169
    @greasybunz4169 3 роки тому +1466

    Most people when they're scared: AAHHH
    Michael: Ok, I'm pretty scared right now

    • @ScavX-lh9vr
      @ScavX-lh9vr 3 роки тому +7

      Lmao 😂😂😂😂

    • @unknown-mn9wo
      @unknown-mn9wo 3 роки тому +1

      LMAOO

    • @JosiahFickinger
      @JosiahFickinger 3 роки тому +4

      I am sure everyone's fear is to die in the most brutal way.

    • @JosiahFickinger
      @JosiahFickinger 3 роки тому +2

      I just realize that the entire intro just feels like a RL Stine movie.

    • @not_john8613
      @not_john8613 3 роки тому

      666 likes lol

  • @vectorme2417
    @vectorme2417 2 місяці тому

    I love how Vsauce is acting of getting afraid, even though that is not possible, just to entertain his audience and deceive the newer ones. So he is sublime at both acting and videomaking.

  • @NotGojoBro
    @NotGojoBro 29 днів тому +1

    Me casually noticing the moving head at the shelf on 15:12 i was like "what the heck???"

  • @justmindingmyownshit7179
    @justmindingmyownshit7179 3 роки тому +1470

    “You aren’t afraid of being alone in the dark. You are afraid of not being alone in the dark.”

    • @bbbbbgfgfgwetgwvt2070
      @bbbbbgfgfgwetgwvt2070 3 роки тому +52

      But why did you say that.

    • @fastrace8195
      @fastrace8195 3 роки тому +81

      Actually you can be afraid of both, because if you are not alone, things that are alive can kill you, but if you are alone what kills you is something that's not alive

    • @anikroyale
      @anikroyale 3 роки тому +43

      @@fastrace8195 Even if it is not alive, it is there, you are not the only one there.

    • @vision3439
      @vision3439 3 роки тому +14

      no, you are afraid of being alone in the dark because of how you might think you may not be alone

    • @justmindingmyownshit7179
      @justmindingmyownshit7179 3 роки тому +20

      @@vision3439 that's what I'm saying

  • @therealtoonlink9471
    @therealtoonlink9471 4 роки тому +3632

    The scariest thing is when vsuace was gone for like half a year

  • @AakritiGaming-je4bf
    @AakritiGaming-je4bf 9 місяців тому

    Nice documentary make me smile throughout the video also made me to learn fear

  • @-TheyKilledKenny
    @-TheyKilledKenny 3 роки тому +1564

    “It’s pretty dark inside my wife”
    Excuse me?

  • @user-gb4xl8lk8n
    @user-gb4xl8lk8n 9 місяців тому +1

    This is the level of "extra" I aspire to be on. Well done sir. 👏

  • @toby.theram2496
    @toby.theram2496 8 місяців тому

    I frankly believe the most universal fear out of them all is losing someone or something you love. Like losing a parent, a friend, a pet, a loved one, a war, a battle, a sport, your mind, your memories, your favourite item

  • @lufcadam5849
    @lufcadam5849 4 роки тому +2602

    ‘Isolating can lead to heart problems’
    People in 2020: 😐

    • @KashTheGamerYT
      @KashTheGamerYT 4 роки тому +50

      Also people in 2020: 😷🤒🤢

    • @jonlee2553
      @jonlee2553 4 роки тому +31

      Yea, not like meme isolation, like isolated in a cabin in the mountains for extended periods of time, or like Michael was in the first episode. That's isolation.

    • @SensitiveHercules
      @SensitiveHercules 4 роки тому +15

      We have family members , were not alone atleast

    • @dacostajeremy4652
      @dacostajeremy4652 4 роки тому +4

      Nope, 'Isolating can lead to heart problems' if other people around you are in groups then fears emerge. In this case we all in the same level. I think one of the biggest issues with isolation is the fear of being outnumber cause what can you do if you 1v5 nothing yes they are all powerful and so real fear born. (just thinking)

    • @angelerror4086
      @angelerror4086 4 роки тому +1

      can, not always

  • @Calminsky
    @Calminsky 4 роки тому +2609

    The scariest thing is waking up tied up in Michael’s basement and hearing:
    - Don’t worry. I am not going to do anything to you.
    - Or am I?

  • @-GTX-
    @-GTX- 7 місяців тому +1

    Congrats for 20 million subs

  • @dollydagger8492
    @dollydagger8492 14 днів тому

    As someone who had narcissistic parents, yet taught the Christian way of being watched constantly, its actually either uncertainty of future aspects and situations, failing to be the god complex ie if I'm not better than everyone by self suffering and still being charming ie endurance.. or, failure, failure to my idea of what good is, and failing my children ie them judging me a failure. Now, I am autistic, I have been in ABA therapies and they are awful, yes even the current ones. So ABA teaches you that you suffering isn't an issue, rather, others suffering from your suffering is the issue. You learn to act complacent even through sensitive sensory hell. I have also had scoliosis since 9 years old, 56 degrees levio rotoscoliosis curvature and twisting. I will always be this way, but not my kids hopefully.. but maybe I'll figure it out and get better..

  • @captainzoll3303
    @captainzoll3303 3 роки тому +970

    Michael: "I fear no man, but that thing..."
    *purple square*
    "it scares me."

    • @Nelex5000
      @Nelex5000 3 роки тому +4

      Not funny didnt laugh
      Go back to reddit

    • @Casparus2003
      @Casparus2003 3 роки тому +9

      @@Nelex5000 D:

    • @rubelan3552
      @rubelan3552 3 роки тому +11

      @@Nelex5000 if you don't know what he meant with that reference you aren't a gamer

    • @frnothanna
      @frnothanna 3 роки тому +10

      @Nelex 5000 Shut up u post boring memes that aren’t funny lmao u go back to fortnite or sum

    • @Casparus2003
      @Casparus2003 3 роки тому +3

      @Jalynn McLain :O

  • @M9Egyptian
    @M9Egyptian 3 роки тому +1013

    "i fear no man, but that thing..."
    -square
    "It scares me..."

  • @ricktalks7420
    @ricktalks7420 5 днів тому

    Excellently explained 👌

  • @RADZIO73
    @RADZIO73 8 місяців тому +2

    The scariest thing ever would be no Vsauce!

  • @hexonedits9252
    @hexonedits9252 4 роки тому +3747

    Everybody gangsta untill the movie says based on a true story

  • @kaisermaximal8123
    @kaisermaximal8123 3 роки тому +997

    "I fear no man, but that thing"
    *Purple square*
    "It scares me"

    • @vongsochea27
      @vongsochea27 3 роки тому +3

      Kaiser Maximal noice

    • @BossmanJC.
      @BossmanJC. 3 роки тому +1

      Man you are seriously scared of a purple square

    • @User-we2nj
      @User-we2nj 3 роки тому +10

      @@BossmanJC. r/wooosh

    • @beemelonhead1
      @beemelonhead1 3 роки тому

      is this a minecraft reference?

    • @beemelonhead1
      @beemelonhead1 3 роки тому

      nvm i just saw it in the vid

  • @lizxfun
    @lizxfun 7 місяців тому +1

    I really want them to show Vsauce a purple square by surprise while measuring his vitals, now that it’s been years later, I wonder if he retains any feeling toward it

  • @peterpemrich6962
    @peterpemrich6962 10 місяців тому

    Losing someone you love who you consider to be your other half. Terrifyingly saddening, and exactly as crushing as i imagined it would be except much more.
    But besides that have a great day everyday 😅

  • @maeentell3259
    @maeentell3259 4 роки тому +723

    Michael: *Hears woman scream in the dark
    Michael: ...Purple Square...

    • @unwiser
      @unwiser 4 роки тому +2

      Oh shit

    • @tyop5427
      @tyop5427 4 роки тому

      😂 😂 😂

    • @Real_MisterSir
      @Real_MisterSir 4 роки тому +2

      " *SCREAM; PURPLE SQUARE HERE* "

    • @wisemysticaltree1792
      @wisemysticaltree1792 4 роки тому

      Oh no

    • @cnflx
      @cnflx 4 роки тому +1

      He can’t play Thomas was Alone now without thinking purple square.

  • @Christique09
    @Christique09 3 роки тому +1764

    Scariest thing ever: when you bend your chair a little too much and you about to fall

    • @md.tahseenraza4791
      @md.tahseenraza4791 3 роки тому +40

      Yeah, that happened to me....
      But I fell...
      I broke my favourite chair...
      *R I P C h a i r*

    • @gabrieldiaz5274
      @gabrieldiaz5274 3 роки тому +27

      Any teacher reading this is thinking about that student they had a few years back

    • @fishyc43sar
      @fishyc43sar 3 роки тому +3

      I am not feared of that anymore...

    • @avedic
      @avedic 3 роки тому +12

      What's the scariest thing?
      EASY. Sleep Paralysis.
      If, like me, you've ever experienced it.....you know. You know. It's not just the single most existentially nihilistically disturbing terror I've ever experienced....but I'm absolutely convinced it is physiologically impossible to feel THAT level of fear during normal waking consciousness. I won't even try to explain or describe what it's like. It's flat out pointless to try. If you don't know...you don't know. And if you know....yeah, you'll never forget it, will you?

    • @NoName-cv2mr
      @NoName-cv2mr 3 роки тому +5

      @@avedic but the thing with sleep paralysis is that you are scared because you are scared and people with damaged amygdala may not be able to see scary things you see when paralysed. Actually that would be an interesting experiment to make

  • @RADZIO73
    @RADZIO73 8 місяців тому

    Dear Vsauce, thanks for an amazing and easy explanation of this matter. Keep making such videos💪

  • @pulverizedpeanuts
    @pulverizedpeanuts 6 місяців тому +2

    39:58 the fear itself has 13 letters

  • @tajusn4044
    @tajusn4044 4 роки тому +1869

    Vsauce: What is the scariest thing?
    Me: thought of Vsauce disappearing

    • @sacrificialfetus4727
      @sacrificialfetus4727 4 роки тому +5

      Scariest thing is these new stupid convo YT comments spreading like cancer

    • @matarthegreat803
      @matarthegreat803 4 роки тому +8

      But is he actually real?

    • @KizulEmeraldfire
      @KizulEmeraldfire 4 роки тому +4

      The scariest thing in the world would be if all the air turned to *wood!*

    • @mr.firepants
      @mr.firepants 4 роки тому +1

      I got youtube premium just to watch mind field and the next day I see that every video is free! I paid for nothing!

    • @tajusn4044
      @tajusn4044 4 роки тому +5

      @@mr.firepants small price for salvation

  • @crispychickennuggets9092
    @crispychickennuggets9092 4 роки тому +520

    The scariest thing is when you jokingly hit your brother and he starts crying

  • @coolhtcool7113
    @coolhtcool7113 8 місяців тому +1

    Bro the head moved when he was talking about his isolation

  • @NecroTheDragon
    @NecroTheDragon 6 місяців тому +2

    Fear of the unknown,
    I like scuba diving but I absolutely hate it when I can’t see the bottom of the river or lake.. although my recent dive was an exception because I was able to hold onto a platform (and good god was it cold, it was like, 54 degrees Fahrenheit)

  • @windex3791
    @windex3791 4 роки тому +3254

    To be honest, everyone is scared of Vsauce when he say's "Or is it?"

    • @uigofse
      @uigofse 4 роки тому +33

      Win dex his name is Michael

    • @zoinks008
      @zoinks008 4 роки тому +48

      Or is it

    • @wug4zi_
      @wug4zi_ 4 роки тому +6

      ಠ_ಠ

    • @hexcrimson2511
      @hexcrimson2511 4 роки тому +22

      Deaf people:
      Subtitles: or is it?
      Deaf people: **visible fear**

    • @Markhoss
      @Markhoss 4 роки тому +6

      Further on when Vsauce's eyebrow raises it adds to the effect of horror.

  • @ae-cp9tr
    @ae-cp9tr 4 роки тому +594

    The most terrifying thing is when you're straight mining and suddenly receive damage for falling gravel

    • @DonVigaDeFierro
      @DonVigaDeFierro 4 роки тому +61

      Basically "Elevated carbon dioxide in the blood caused by an uncontrollable threat"
      But in Minecraft.

    • @BrandonGreg
      @BrandonGreg 4 роки тому +7

      I’m the 69th like. Nice

    • @thedesmeister4409
      @thedesmeister4409 4 роки тому +1

      @@BrandonGreg nice.

    • @alexelias1al725
      @alexelias1al725 4 роки тому +2

      nice,but also mining straight and breaking a block and lava starts puring in

    • @MystiqMiu
      @MystiqMiu 4 роки тому

      @@DonVigaDeFierro Big brain

  • @patrikmatousek5450
    @patrikmatousek5450 7 місяців тому +1

    "Animals moving unnaturally". Now I probably understand why many people (inclusing me) have a fear of spiders (arachnofobia)

  • @thearcade7639
    @thearcade7639 9 місяців тому +2

    My scariest experience was while I was in a gas station during a tornado warning, looking outside at the twister. Until the windows shattered. And knowing neurological science, I was thoroughly expecting the scariest thing to be carrots.