I love how in Michael's breakdown of logic puzzles, he admits he's not an elephant, but doesn't say he's not awesome, which the logic puzzle had suggested he was. Don't know if that was intentional but I think it's a clever bit.
thats because "michael is awesome" is the conclusion, if the first 2 are true then the last one is true, so he only needs to say the first 2 arent true
@primecode I like seeing you just correcting others when not in an argument about something. Because i often see these who just correct others just to hurt them for their opinion.
Michael 8 years ago: what if everyone jumped at once Michael now: Hierarchical power structures that rely on individuals making decisions for the collective run counter to the way our brains have evolved to tackle collective problems
The Great Mind also runs counter to the way we evolved to make collective decisions as small, intimate groups. Neither is natural but both are useful methods that should be synthesized to minimize both of their faults.
I think it’s because he has a kid now. His perspective of what’s important has been altered by the life change and such. Either way I’m hella here for it
i loved getting an iPad at 8 and being able to watch a shit ton of vsauce but then he switched to the premium service and now it's the occasional treat I get every few years
The only bad thing about Vsauce is that their videos are so thought provoking that I can't focus on what he's saying for more than 5 minutes because I get so involved in my line of thinking that I completely stop paying attention
Me too! I usually pause the vid and start a discussion with myself with almost every sentence, to the point that it will take me about 3 hours or more just to finish the video
Vsauce is the only channel that can have just one man sitting in the same room talking for half an hour and gaining millions of views. and that is phenomenal, in this time
Vsauce is actually using his brain molecules to control his muscles and make the contact on so called button on his mouse to digitally splice two chunks of bits and bytes
"We will some day be the ancients... and we can choose what that means." Just how much effort do you put into those videos, holy fuck, your writing is so good.
@Egg T how "off" was it, though? Never was there ever a time longer than a few months without him putting out a mind field at the least. And those, too, take ages to do. Regardless, my question was meant as a compliment - not to be taken at face value.
Imagine a world where everyone thinks the same way, always agrees, and sees things from the same angle. Sounds peaceful, right? Not quite. This, in a nutshell, is the paradox of unanimity: sometimes, more agreement can actually mean less certainty. While we tend to trust decisions everyone supports, the truth is, the chances of everyone being truly independent and correct are surprisingly low. Why? Because we're human, and shared biases, groupthink, and even emotional contagion can easily sway everyone in the same direction, even if it's wrong. This doesn't mean every viewpoint needs to be extreme or completely different. But in ambiguous situations, where right and wrong aren't clear-cut, diversity of thought is crucial. It's like a puzzle: the more perspectives you have, the better chance you have of seeing the whole picture and finding the right solution. Here's the catch: blindly following the majority can be dangerous. Think about how easily rumors spread, even if they're untrue. In complex moral decisions, groupthink can lead to mass delusion, where everyone believes something is right simply because everyone else does. This can have serious consequences, hindering our ability to distinguish right from wrong and leading to harmful choices. So, the next time you encounter a situation where everyone seems to agree, remember the paradox of unanimity. Don't be afraid to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and see things from different angles. It might be uncomfortable, but it could also save us from making regrettable choices and pave the way for a more nuanced and just society.
Let me get this straight: You comment something that is unrelated to the fact that I have two DANGEROUSLY DASHING girlfriends? Considering that I am the unprettiest UA-camr ever, having two hot girlfriends is really incredible. Yet you did not mention that at all. I am quite disappointed, dear qmo
Your Chanel is … it’s beautiful. It’s art, it’s science, it’s idiocy with interwoven intelligence, it’s …. So unique. Honestly this is a contribution to our society , this Chanel, and I hope to see it post again in the future, especially long videos.
I don’t mean idiocy as in dumbness, I mean it like quirky stupidity, interwoven into intelligently explained complex information to make it more digestible for younger audiences, or those without a more advanced understanding of thermodynamics. The beauty also lies in that for those who do have a more complex understanding, it dosent feel like your over simplifying it to the point it becomes basic.
Can I just say that I appreciate the subtitles so so much. When a UA-camr just puts in that extra bit of effort to have well made subtitles for their videos it is amazing. As someone who is hard of hearing, they are so so nice to have. Thanks Michael! :)
It's too bad UA-cam removed fan subtitles. They were abused, sure, but they should've given creators the ability to moderate and ban from using it and themselves moderate it. Anyways yeah, subtitles are great, even if you don't entirely need them. Sometimes I like having them on because it can be easier at times.
Really wish there was more discussion of stuff like this. Not just what decisions are made and who gets to make them, but the society-wide information-processing and decision-making process.
Have you ever listened to John Vervaeke? Eric or Bret Weinstein? Gad Saad? Heck, even Joe Rogan? There are dozens of very smart people discussing this very thing in public forums right now, but they aren’t “mainstream” because they don’t stick to the narrative of the corporate press. Some others you could look into would be Michael Malice, Jock Willink, Naval Ravikant, Lex Fridman, Jordan Peterson, Jonathan Pageau, and plenty of others I’m missing.
This. Right now my country is stuck in a seemingly infinite loop of election cycles and nobody seems to offer any sort of legislation to prevent this from happening. What bothers me about this is that it made me conclude that the people that lead the system will never fix its flaws because, ultimately, it works in their favor. Even the smaller parties find it convenient. The biggest problem with democracy is that no matter what party gets elected, the public is still ruled by politicians. You can't trust politicians to rely on anything but their own interests, even if their intentions are great. A change in the system is too risky for a politician to make, unless they want to risk losing their seat.
You have a really great grasp on manifesting a clear and objective way to address strange and subjective topics. It's really impressive. Great channel man.
I want to congratulate Michael on this incredible script: so dense and yet flows like poetry. This was the most profound video he has ever made and would be a genuine benefit to anyone who watches till the end.
i don't think it is the best (if only the "best" doesn't means "fresh"), but what you did said about poetry - that's what i found a yreat metaphor of what i perceive. )
I'm a masters graduate and Michael here is more clear, rational and wise than all my teachers combined since elementary. It is always such a pleasure learning science and concepts in this way. Love it! Please continue this Michael.
I was called out by my a person I considered my teacher, I've looked up to. ironically for being bad at trying to explain things to others. Maybe don't meet your heroes, someone said that, now I get it. But I liked explaining things, and I did it to understand things better as I learn, maybe I was being selfish for doing it like that, maybe I was causing confusion on others by being so bad at it. I felt so disincentivized that I dropped pursuing my masters, and academy .
@@vephar7064 they didn't mention Microsoft or their services once like wtf Y'know maybe he partnered because he's a powerful authority figure with knowledge on how to solve the environmental problem and not anything sinister? If this falls under your purview of "propaganda" just be glad they're spreading facts and trying to give advice. Take a trip to China, and then you'll learn the true meaning of "propaganda"
@@vephar7064 talk about jealousy lol. I'm saying he's an authority because he has the resources to make things happen. None of this video mentions eugenics or euthanasia; in fact it barely mentions bill gates. This type of contrarianism is so common it's annoying. You think the entire world is out to get you, and belittle others for believing otherwise. It's a destructive mindset that only promotes isolation and regression of progress. I'm not saying bill gates is perfect, but I am saying it's irrational to discredit all of Michael's hard work on this video just bc his name gets mentioned once
@@messidinho8895 I was fortunate enough to be shown this channel around my freshman year in highschool (2011 grad) I remember the first DONG's but I took a _huge_ sabbatical from the channel
You thank him by watching, thinking, applying concepts shown, and having engaging intelligent conversations. Instead everyone here is worried about being the next best meme.
I’ve been watching Vsauce since 6th grade and I’m now 23 years old. I’m very grateful for the knowledge he’s passed down and believe these videos have had profound impact on me growing up
...Or is it? Nothing is really free. Everything has a cost. If not money you pay with something else. Your time, your effort, your association and many other things that can be of value to you or someone else...
I feel like Michael released all of these videos when I wasn't ready for them 😭 I revisit these all the time, and as I get older, they just make me think more. Appreciate the library always being here to revisit
This didn’t feel like 30 minutes, but the capability he has to cram that much information and make it feel shorter than what it is, is astonishing. I always feel a sense of existential crisis yet security when I watch his videos, they’re executed in a way that gives a sense of logical peace yet an unsettling feeling that this way of thinking isn’t a global thing and very few will think this way or process things in a logical and less emotional way.
I love how Michael can talk about a concept that every knows but not many people truly understand the depth of. He then takes you there in ten minutes, makes you question everything you know and then in another ten he talks about why eggplants are called eggplants it’s our yearly free acid trip.
@@bobthesnowdog9972 well he made the point that reason originated as a bonding tool , not as an actual individual analisis , Wich might give us insight in bettering our reasoning abilities ...
This is the only channel my boomer dad will ever watch on UA-cam. Any other channel I try to show him and he’ll say it isn’t his thing or he’s too old for it. But he likes, “the bald science guy.”
You misspelled wokeness and virtue-signaling. Nothing about this video is interesting or informative. He essentially gives credence to the schizo views of emotional children, rather than focusing on objective reality. He and other large channels are using their status as popular UA-camrs to appeal to the uneducated masses. And if his partnership with Bill Gates, of all people, doesn't tell you what's going on here, there's no hope for you. Everything's been spelled-out already. Wake up.
I love how Vsauce has evolved over the many years from a bunch of interestingly connected factoids and tidbits to grandiose concepts being accessibly explained.
If you actually go back and check, Vsauce evolved from stuff like "Top E3 Rumors You MISSED" and "Top 5 Gratuitous BOOBS in Gaming" type content. Seeing and hearing Michael in a video called "9 More Video Game WTFs [CONTINUED]", which has a thumbnail of a lady squeezing their breasts together, it's a weird dissonance... =)
@@jamesmoriarty3877 Not a fan of Bill Gates myself but if this is propaganda it's doing one poor job at it. It requires quite a lot of thinking to understand and agree with by propagandasing standards.
Honestly this might be one of the most important videos I’ve ever seen. I think about this constantly even two years after it came out. It explains so much about the things I hear people say, and has changed the way I communicate for the better.
In Ireland we have a system called the Citizens Assembly. Where a large group of random citizens come together to discuss and debate pressing topics, and then recommend conclusions to government. It has been very successful on many issues
I feel like this is how the American government was created to be like but it strayed from it as people realized their own monitary benefits from being a "politician"
After all these years I'm so glad you still use Jake Chudnow's music, it is so titillating and nostalgic and just has perfect synergy with your content
this is my favorite Vsauce video. the Banach-Tarski paradox and How to Count Past Infinity were my go-to's for a while but this one is truly the best work. not counting Mind Field in such a thought, that show is a whole other animal (Cognitive Trade-off Hypothesis is my favorite there for the record, maybe Stilwell Brain...)
@@paulyoung5641 i think he means that vsauce is basically mixing up words, big words so it sounds like he's saying something abosuletely important= Word salad
@@TurboB5 SALAD- "a cold dish of various mixtures of raw or cooked vegetables, usually seasoned with oil, vinegar, or other dressing and sometimes accompanied by meat, fish, or other ingredients"- Dictionary of oxford languages
If anything, I think that the 2024 election is a perfect example of what happens when there _isn't_ deliberation, and decisions are made by a swarm of lone reasoners inhabiting spaces that put confirmation bias into overdrive.
Judging by how many bombs are/were being sent and used over seas by this administration, I'm sure the people you talk about are doing more to stop "climate change" than you let on
I'm not an intellectual, but I'm going to use a bunch of big words and leftist rhetoric to make myself appear smarter than I actually am Sincerly, a snarky, passive agressive American college dropout student free of debt thanks to taxpayer dollars
I like that the scripts of these videos come out like a single stream of consciousness, like Michael was just sitting on a couch one day, writing down every thought that came to him as it came to him.
@@hyperreal866 It’s called editing... I’m pretty sure he used editing to make it seem like he did... please correct me if I'm wrong, though... maybe he used something different to make it seem like he did the unconceivable and unthinkable... he's not that dumb nor uncivilized.................😂😂😂😂😂
I wish I could meet more people who think like this. I feel so alone with my perspective. Everyone in my life is so consumed by their distractions they run out of time to be curious.
I know it's not how these things work, but I find it amusing to imagine that Bill Gates just woke up one day and thought: "I could bring Vsauce back.". And then did it.
Proving that Bill Gates is not only one of the richest people in the world, but also an ancient warlock with the power to summon any creature from the depths of the void.
Our descendants are gonna look back on this ancestral period as the peak of capitalist greed. When the financial interests of few dictate the ability to reason of the wider collective. Confirmation bias and factional thinking has made the top dogs so filthy rich, hopefully this wont end us.
@@Crimea_River I can agree to an extent, power means little without purpose. Many use capitalist greed as means to enrich themselves and their circles as obligation bestowed upon them by shareholders and government. Not everyone recklessly hoards wealth in exchange for power, the flaws go fundamentally deeper within the systems we've built.
Ohms to the most intellectual UA-camr out there, thinking 80,000 feet deep into the reason "Why is anything?". He is truly someone the world needs to remember.
Imagine all the literature the man had to read through and analyze, this is probably why the videos take longer now. The production and preparation is insane
@@mohamedalhatmi5710 Here's an article from Scientific American: www.scientificamerican.com/article/confirmed-we-live-in-a-simulation/ Based on several observations such as the universal speed limit in the speed of light, the properties of consciousness, the baffling action of photons, and more, we can say that it's more likely than not that we actually live in a simulation.
You touched base on an issue which I feel has plagued not only my personal life, but my life as a content creator making EDU videos. Creating UA-cam videos and doing so much research has ironically brought me to a position in my life where I feel like I know less than I ever have at any point. Even though I technically know more, I recognize more clearly than ever that there is much more out there that not only I don't know, but I don't know that I don't know. Information I can't access, information I can't understand. When I was younger, I had so much confidence in what I thought I knew and making videos was so easy. That said, the accuracy often took a hit, because what I didn't know almost existed in in a state of object permanence. I didn't know about it, I didn't think it could exist... As I've gotten older the level of research I need to do before I feel confident in what I say in the videos I produce has increased to an almost unhealthy level to a point where I can't even make videos... That could be both in the context of simply getting things wrong, too having an incomplete understanding and subsequently explanation of something. Introducing people to topics in a poor manner. Though I think it's important to know as much as you can about subjects you want to talk about, but I think there is also can be a point where you may recognize that you know so little about things as they exists in their totality that you completely lose your confidence to talk about it all together. Is that wisdom? I don't know, Plato* talks about Socrates allegedly being told that he was said to be the wisest of all the Greeks because he alone knew that he knows nothing. I understand that, but how do you tell how much of something you need to know before you really know it? How can you feel confident that you know anything?
This is why I usually avoid offering my opinion on many topics because I feel that I don’t have sufficient knowledge regardless of how much I know compared to other people. Is that insecurity? Your point is something I also relate to on a daily basis
Michael is a genius of communication, I guess that there's a staff that contribute to the script and editing and all that stuff, but the way that Michael explains such topics and ideas is amazingly good, every vsauce video feels like it's illegal to watch for free.
"every vsauce video feels like it's illegal to watch for free." Jesus tittyfucking christ. Do you REALLY feel this way? I feel bad for mother fuckers who didn't grow up knowing about an internet that actually had good content on it.
@@eerytunic3839he’s a team pretty much since the Mindfield series. All the ideas, research and scripts are still done by him (I’m not 100% about the editing however) which is honestly one of the best parts about this channel, just awesome
This legend didn't put a single ad in a 30 minute video
I wouldn’t know I have UA-cam premium
@@Clickbait86 you are the ad then. You have become the advertisement how does it feel?
No need to. The video is sponsored by Bill Gates
Thank Billy Boy Gates for that one
@@bobthesnowdog9972 That definitely wouldn't stop some people.
Vsauce dropping a new video is like an international holiday for internet surfers.
*for UA-cam visitors.
ikr
have you commented the same thing on any other vsauce video? because i think i had a deja vu seeing your comment :O
true.. i mean a 30 min vid about an interesting topic with Mike as the narrator would do
There should be a Vsauce day
"We use conclusions to come to reasons," is the most perfect explanation of human interaction I've ever heard.
I read 'conclusions' as 'concussions', and.. it make more sense, somehow.
Followed by a great lens by way to look through on it, social evolution.
@@FaultyTwo Lmao
Rationalism is deduction and its based on emotion. That is not reason.
This thought terrifies me a bit.
I love how in Michael's breakdown of logic puzzles, he admits he's not an elephant, but doesn't say he's not awesome, which the logic puzzle had suggested he was.
Don't know if that was intentional but I think it's a clever bit.
Well he is awesome
All of it is related to symbolic logic and the rules surrounding it
thats because "michael is awesome" is the conclusion, if the first 2 are true then the last one is true, so he only needs to say the first 2 arent true
Can we just appreciate that Michael has consistently made nothing short of phenomenal content for almost a decade now
The last video on time was one of the best things I've seen on the Tewbs
That’s VSauce for ya
With this quality, I don't actually care that the videos take long the do to come out.
I heard "reason" so many times that now I feel that I don't know the word.
"teenagers... are spooky! but what else is spooky?"
“Iconic figures we can relate to are not bad”
-An iconic figure we can relate to
@@SameGProds I hate it when autocorrect makes me doubt myself!
And so intuition come into place
@Çhrîstófēr Pēzìñ x37 you bots say the weirdest things lol
@primecode I like seeing you just correcting others when not in an argument about something. Because i often see these who just correct others just to hurt them for their opinion.
@@loganwolv3393 you replied to the wrong person
Michael 8 years ago: what if everyone jumped at once
Michael now: Hierarchical power structures that rely on individuals making decisions for the collective run counter to the way our brains have evolved to tackle collective problems
I just watched that video
XD
Damn that's was 8 years ago ??? Smh
The Great Mind also runs counter to the way we evolved to make collective decisions as small, intimate groups. Neither is natural but both are useful methods that should be synthesized to minimize both of their faults.
I think it’s because he has a kid now. His perspective of what’s important has been altered by the life change and such. Either way I’m hella here for it
This should be mandatory viewing.
Vsauce has some of the best content on UA-cam hands down. He uploads so infrequently that it becomes a treat when he finally does.
Definitely by design
i don’t want to support that, it’s less than we need. demand is outweighing supply by too much
i loved getting an iPad at 8 and being able to watch a shit ton of vsauce but then he switched to the premium service and now it's the occasional treat I get every few years
Jon Tron does the same thing AND he just released a video too XD
And when he does it's sponsored by Bill Gates
"I am not an elephant" Micheal sighed with a hint of sorrow in his eyes.
@@dont9866 ok
At least he *is* awesome.
@@dont9866 that was cool
Why would you want to be an elephant?
They can't jump
@@dont9866 h
The only bad thing about Vsauce is that their videos are so thought provoking that I can't focus on what he's saying for more than 5 minutes because I get so involved in my line of thinking that I completely stop paying attention
Exactly!
couldn't agree more :)
Me too! I usually pause the vid and start a discussion with myself with almost every sentence, to the point that it will take me about 3 hours or more just to finish the video
dude, pause it, think about it, then unpause it and continue watching
Yeah I feel like I have to watch it again because my brain was thinking about too many things
Vsauce is the only channel that can have just one man sitting in the same room talking for half an hour and gaining millions of views. and that is phenomenal, in this time
Yeah he's honestly unmatched when it comes to creating educational content that's usually pretty easy to digest
There are boatloads of channels that are just a person sitting in a room talking that get millions of views
Very true, but he is challenged by Moist critical I sitting in the same spot and just talking
Haters will say it has cuts, but we all know that Michael is actually materializing those objects out of thin air with his psychic powers.
Vsauce is actually using his brain molecules to control his muscles and make the contact on so called button on his mouse to digitally splice two chunks of bits and bytes
Yeap and it needs to recharge once a year to work again
In fact the cuts were added in post production to distract the masses from this fact. We're not equipped to comprehend his true power yet.
It’s so creepy how you just deified him. Is he your god? Yikes
@@MrShanester117
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"The world is not a logic puzzle" is probably a very good thing to remember.
1st
@@marvinpanvan Why?
@@averagedemographic8933 3rd
More people need this life advice more than ever
5th
"We will some day be the ancients... and we can choose what that means." Just how much effort do you put into those videos, holy fuck, your writing is so good.
He scans the collective human mind and takes the best writing
@Egg T how "off" was it, though? Never was there ever a time longer than a few months without him putting out a mind field at the least. And those, too, take ages to do. Regardless, my question was meant as a compliment - not to be taken at face value.
He has a team. That team works collectively as one mind.
Imagine a world where everyone thinks the same way, always agrees, and sees things from the same angle. Sounds peaceful, right? Not quite. This, in a nutshell, is the paradox of unanimity: sometimes, more agreement can actually mean less certainty.
While we tend to trust decisions everyone supports, the truth is, the chances of everyone being truly independent and correct are surprisingly low. Why? Because we're human, and shared biases, groupthink, and even emotional contagion can easily sway everyone in the same direction, even if it's wrong.
This doesn't mean every viewpoint needs to be extreme or completely different. But in ambiguous situations, where right and wrong aren't clear-cut, diversity of thought is crucial. It's like a puzzle: the more perspectives you have, the better chance you have of seeing the whole picture and finding the right solution.
Here's the catch: blindly following the majority can be dangerous. Think about how easily rumors spread, even if they're untrue. In complex moral decisions, groupthink can lead to mass delusion, where everyone believes something is right simply because everyone else does. This can have serious consequences, hindering our ability to distinguish right from wrong and leading to harmful choices.
So, the next time you encounter a situation where everyone seems to agree, remember the paradox of unanimity. Don't be afraid to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and see things from different angles. It might be uncomfortable, but it could also save us from making regrettable choices and pave the way for a more nuanced and just society.
My heart broke when Michael finally revealed he isn't an elephant
...or is he?
@@RobGMyMX5 He is!
11:33 when it all went down
oh the less I know the better 😭😭
No. But Mr. Gates is
After all these years I still don't want to tell Michael that my name is not Vsauce.
at this point we all just have to legally change our names
@@jacksonwolf34 then meet and fight for who can keep it
@@Thony_Stank Just like Josh ?
...or is it?
@@theguywhoasked2481 just like josh 😌
Gotta thank vsauce for letting us borrow his mind for 30mins
You mean you gotta thank Michael. We, the audience, are Vsauce.
Let me get this straight: You comment something that is unrelated to the fact that I have two DANGEROUSLY DASHING girlfriends? Considering that I am the unprettiest UA-camr ever, having two hot girlfriends is really incredible. Yet you did not mention that at all. I am quite disappointed, dear qmo
@@AxxLAfriku you sound fun😂😂😂subbed
@@AxxLAfriku Aww that's cute🤗
Our god demands tribute
Your Chanel is … it’s beautiful. It’s art, it’s science, it’s idiocy with interwoven intelligence, it’s …. So unique. Honestly this is a contribution to our society , this Chanel, and I hope to see it post again in the future, especially long videos.
I don’t mean idiocy as in dumbness, I mean it like quirky stupidity, interwoven into intelligently explained complex information to make it more digestible for younger audiences, or those without a more advanced understanding of thermodynamics. The beauty also lies in that for those who do have a more complex understanding, it dosent feel like your over simplifying it to the point it becomes basic.
Each V-Sauce video is higher quality than the thesis presentations at my university
"The floor here is made out of floor."
@Egg T brother will you relax.. I've seen you on like 20 comment threads
@@spag5296 lol he does have a point though
Indeed
Can I just say that I appreciate the subtitles so so much. When a UA-camr just puts in that extra bit of effort to have well made subtitles for their videos it is amazing. As someone who is hard of hearing, they are so so nice to have. Thanks Michael! :)
It's too bad UA-cam removed fan subtitles. They were abused, sure, but they should've given creators the ability to moderate and ban from using it and themselves moderate it.
Anyways yeah, subtitles are great, even if you don't entirely need them. Sometimes I like having them on because it can be easier at times.
I can only make out the words if It's the only thing I'm hearing so this is nice
Aww 🥰
🤭
He talks So fast
Really wish there was more discussion of stuff like this. Not just what decisions are made and who gets to make them, but the society-wide information-processing and decision-making process.
Yooo who'd've thought I'd see you here
Hey, you're back on UA-cam!
Have you ever listened to John Vervaeke? Eric or Bret Weinstein? Gad Saad? Heck, even Joe Rogan? There are dozens of very smart people discussing this very thing in public forums right now, but they aren’t “mainstream” because they don’t stick to the narrative of the corporate press.
Some others you could look into would be Michael Malice, Jock Willink, Naval Ravikant, Lex Fridman, Jordan Peterson, Jonathan Pageau, and plenty of others I’m missing.
This. Right now my country is stuck in a seemingly infinite loop of election cycles and nobody seems to offer any sort of legislation to prevent this from happening.
What bothers me about this is that it made me conclude that the people that lead the system will never fix its flaws because, ultimately, it works in their favor. Even the smaller parties find it convenient.
The biggest problem with democracy is that no matter what party gets elected, the public is still ruled by politicians. You can't trust politicians to rely on anything but their own interests, even if their intentions are great. A change in the system is too risky for a politician to make, unless they want to risk losing their seat.
plz make more videos
You have a really great grasp on manifesting a clear and objective way to address strange and subjective topics. It's really impressive. Great channel man.
The worlds GREATEST teacher.
Thank you Mr Saucy Sauce
Hmm yes very saucy
So saucy that I had to wear a bib
hi a verified
Saucisson
He’s that Milan sauce ever elusive
Vsauce is like a solar eclipse: It doesn't happen often, but when it does, you knows it's going to be special!
Couldn’t have said it better
never trust an edited comment
This comment is edited 😱😱😱
VSauce is every eclipse
Yes
I want to congratulate Michael on this incredible script: so dense and yet flows like poetry. This was the most profound video he has ever made and would be a genuine benefit to anyone who watches till the end.
Nope your wrong
What’s your reasoning behind this claim
i don't think it is the best (if only the "best" doesn't means "fresh"), but what you did said about poetry - that's what i found a yreat metaphor of what i perceive. )
@@lordtachanka7507 you're*
Had to do it.
I'd argue that he excels at making dense scripts flow like poetry, I loved this video, but he has many just as good.
Ok let’s be communicative..
This video is underrated! Waaaay underrated
all these years later, the vsauce theme drop still be hittin'
3aslema
@Walid Fakhfakh dont speak arabic
@@ILoveLuhaidan هلو
What is this broken English
@@rayan4721 lol good one
This man sat on a chair with same frame and spoke for 30mins and I didn't get bored.
*didn't get
@@danifurka6790 didn't got get not.
Ur weak
@@fverheus ...what?
That happens if you're intelligent, and i know you are not
I feel like with each video, michaels "thanks for watching" becomes more sincere
It warms my heart for some reason
It's really wholesome and genuine :)
I'm a masters graduate and Michael here is more clear, rational and wise than all my teachers combined since elementary. It is always such a pleasure learning science and concepts in this way. Love it! Please continue this Michael.
I was called out by my a person I considered my teacher, I've looked up to. ironically for being bad at trying to explain things to others. Maybe don't meet your heroes, someone said that, now I get it.
But I liked explaining things, and I did it to understand things better as I learn, maybe I was being selfish for doing it like that, maybe I was causing confusion on others by being so bad at it.
I felt so disincentivized that I dropped pursuing my masters, and academy .
It's because he isn't following a curriculum that was made by people that have 0 grasp on reality
He stepped up his game. From appearing from aside or beneath to appearing out of nowhere lol
Bill Gates partnership.. go figure
@@HelloHuman1 he said in the video
Thank you Jesus god is good all the time he is worthy to be praise God bless everyone who is seeing this and just know that you are blessed
“We will someday be the ancients, and we can choose what that will mean.”
This hits hard
Kind of, it was a cool line tho
@@popopop984 it definitely was
New Vsauce videos are exactly like they were 10 years ago and I'm all here for it
@@vephar7064 for what lol
@@vephar7064 bill gates ain’t gonna microchip ya bud
@@vephar7064 is he also turning frogs gay?
@@vephar7064 they didn't mention Microsoft or their services once like wtf
Y'know maybe he partnered because he's a powerful authority figure with knowledge on how to solve the environmental problem and not anything sinister?
If this falls under your purview of "propaganda" just be glad they're spreading facts and trying to give advice.
Take a trip to China, and then you'll learn the true meaning of "propaganda"
@@vephar7064 talk about jealousy lol. I'm saying he's an authority because he has the resources to make things happen.
None of this video mentions eugenics or euthanasia; in fact it barely mentions bill gates.
This type of contrarianism is so common it's annoying. You think the entire world is out to get you, and belittle others for believing otherwise. It's a destructive mindset that only promotes isolation and regression of progress.
I'm not saying bill gates is perfect, but I am saying it's irrational to discredit all of Michael's hard work on this video just bc his name gets mentioned once
2:38 This whole segment. This video just becomes more and more potent with every year. Everyone should see this video at least once.
It’s probably unhealthy the amount of total vsauce i’ve ever watched, but this is probably the first video where clicked on and it wasn’t 5 years old
I strongly relate to this comment. Massive vsauce fan here, but damn I was late on the train.
I feel like he’s gotten more popular recently
Now I feel weird being a fan when videos came out every month or so lol
@@messidinho8895 I was fortunate enough to be shown this channel around my freshman year in highschool (2011 grad) I remember the first DONG's but I took a _huge_ sabbatical from the channel
It's never unhealthy to watch a lot of Vsauce
Post-Vsauce depression: when you have watched the new Vsauce video and you have to go back to your everyday life.
Nah bro... more like
Post-Vsauce Clarity
:(
😭This is so real.
Looking forward to a world where Bill Gates is our god emperor
@@bobthesnowdog9972 Big oof
Michael has always says thanks for watching, but have we ever thank him for showing?
I have thanked him. Have you?
You thank him by watching, thinking, applying concepts shown, and having engaging intelligent conversations.
Instead everyone here is worried about being the next best meme.
Or is it....?
@@Sheridantank or do they?
Or do we?
I love the fact that every video starts and ends on a different topic to that in the main body. Love your reasoning, Michael
I’ve been watching Vsauce since 6th grade and I’m now 23 years old. I’m very grateful for the knowledge he’s passed down and believe these videos have had profound impact on me growing up
I'm the same age & feel the same way
Same here and 24 :)
Similar, 20 y/o here watching since I was a kid :) Cool how we are all in *this* specific v-sauce jury together.
Was looking for this actually. It do be true.
Almost 20 been watching for a long time this video has to be one of my favorites
It is one of the biggest privileges on this Earth that this content is free. Seriously, thank you, Michael, for this. This is incredible.
Mind Field, too! Check it out if you haven't yet.
Mr. Gates: you are welcome
Internet isnt free 🙂
...Or is it? Nothing is really free. Everything has a cost. If not money you pay with something else. Your time, your effort, your association and many other things that can be of value to you or someone else...
@@maximeappeldoorn9208 ....Or is it?
"Or is it?" Oh my god, how much I've missed Michael saying that
@Çhrîztøfér Pézêt x69 Nah, you’re doing great out there, kid
@Çhrîztøfér Pézêt x69 ily
Or have you?
@Çhrîztøfér Pézêt x69 omg ur so cool wow omg ur the best
I feel like Michael released all of these videos when I wasn't ready for them 😭
I revisit these all the time, and as I get older, they just make me think more.
Appreciate the library always being here to revisit
"Why do you trust everything Michael says?"
"Dunno, it's just my intuition"
The reason is...
Michael is awesome
Michael is wisdom
Michael is knowledge
Michael is information
Michael is reason
Hello World.
half yearly
Hello check mark
Every time
Are you saying that Yearly Dose Of Internet isn’t worth it?
Solar yearly* aka 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes and 46 seconds. I hope Michael is proud of me
The legend.
hello
you too are of the same league
Sciencephile the AI and Skynet are my friends :)
Hello!!
All hail the almighty AI
The Skynet is here!
This didn’t feel like 30 minutes, but the capability he has to cram that much information and make it feel shorter than what it is, is astonishing.
I always feel a sense of existential crisis yet security when I watch his videos, they’re executed in a way that gives a sense of logical peace yet an unsettling feeling that this way of thinking isn’t a global thing and very few will think this way or process things in a logical and less emotional way.
Well said :)
I love how Michael can talk about a concept that every knows but not many people truly understand the depth of. He then takes you there in ten minutes, makes you question everything you know and then in another ten he talks about why eggplants are called eggplants it’s our yearly free acid trip.
He is Socrates ...
It all makes sense ...
He didn't say anything of value. Oh btw. This video is sponsored by Bill Gates
@@bobthesnowdog9972 well he made the point that reason originated as a bonding tool , not as an actual individual analisis ,
Wich might give us insight in bettering our reasoning abilities ...
This is the only channel my boomer dad will ever watch on UA-cam. Any other channel I try to show him and he’ll say it isn’t his thing or he’s too old for it. But he likes, “the bald science guy.”
you can never go wrong with a bald science guy.
@@rosaeruber225 hahahahahah tfue
hahaha thats sick
vsauce was one of the first yt channels i subscribed to on this platform. and still is my favourite channel 8 years later.
@@joemartin7451 same
Vsauce episodes are so beautifully written, everything just flows and even the most complex ideas are made to sound simple. Magisterial
Ah yes... magisterial, that one word I literally just found out existed
*magisterial*
And they always end on this freaking big note like every good science fiction story I've ever read
So why do you believe this what exactly makes something well written
It's almost like if mister Gates himself wrote all of it
I cannot explain it but I'm feeling like this is one of the best videos ever made on youtube.
I love the way Michael has shifted towards topics that are still interesting and informative for us as we get older..
His intellect is growing faster than the amount of hair strands i lose every day. Michael is a difficult subject decoding savant now.
To think his first video was farting Mario.
You misspelled wokeness and virtue-signaling. Nothing about this video is interesting or informative. He essentially gives credence to the schizo views of emotional children, rather than focusing on objective reality.
He and other large channels are using their status as popular UA-camrs to appeal to the uneducated masses.
And if his partnership with Bill Gates, of all people, doesn't tell you what's going on here, there's no hope for you. Everything's been spelled-out already. Wake up.
@@jamesmoriarty3877 i bet youre so fun at parties
@@jamesmoriarty3877 Why do you watch his videos today then, if you make out what you said about him to be so negative?
I love how Vsauce has evolved over the many years from a bunch of interestingly connected factoids and tidbits to grandiose concepts being accessibly explained.
*Propaganda funded by Bill Gates
@@jamesmoriarty3877 get off the internet and go outside
If you actually go back and check, Vsauce evolved from stuff like "Top E3 Rumors You MISSED" and "Top 5 Gratuitous BOOBS in Gaming" type content. Seeing and hearing Michael in a video called "9 More Video Game WTFs [CONTINUED]", which has a thumbnail of a lady squeezing their breasts together, it's a weird dissonance... =)
@@jamesmoriarty3877 Not a fan of Bill Gates myself but if this is propaganda it's doing one poor job at it. It requires quite a lot of thinking to understand and agree with by propagandasing standards.
@@jamesmoriarty3877 Eh Bill Gates has done more for humanity than you and your entire family ever will.
And when the world needed him most. *He returned*
Whilst Micheal is a literal god, you really didn’t need to say that
@@ohareair552 lol
Honestly this might be one of the most important videos I’ve ever seen. I think about this constantly even two years after it came out. It explains so much about the things I hear people say, and has changed the way I communicate for the better.
In Ireland we have a system called the Citizens Assembly. Where a large group of random citizens come together to discuss and debate pressing topics, and then recommend conclusions to government. It has been very successful on many issues
I have never heard of this tbh, I'll 100% have to look into it now
Love it
A person is smart but people are stupid.
@@adamkendall997 A person is stupid, a group is smart, and a society is stupid*
I feel like this is how the American government was created to be like but it strayed from it as people realized their own monitary benefits from being a "politician"
After all these years I'm so glad you still use Jake Chudnow's music, it is so titillating and nostalgic and just has perfect synergy with your content
Heh, tit
@@legohexman2858 lol hahaha
Agree 100%
SAME!
@@legohexman2858 HEHEHEH
this is my favorite Vsauce video. the Banach-Tarski paradox and How to Count Past Infinity were my go-to's for a while but this one is truly the best work. not counting Mind Field in such a thought, that show is a whole other animal (Cognitive Trade-off Hypothesis is my favorite there for the record, maybe Stilwell Brain...)
I love this video and I love you, it's a holiday every time you upload
@@adam.august I watch pk beats too🤯
except holidays are more frequent lmao
@@khakipeach2128 oof
You know it
agreed, love it!
Let's take a second to appreciate the absolutely magnificent writing behind this video
@Pinky Larou explain.
@Pinky Larou Yes, I would also like you to explain yourself because it sounds like you have no idea what you’re talking about.
@@paulyoung5641 i think he means that vsauce is basically mixing up words, big words so it sounds like he's saying something abosuletely important= Word salad
@@TurboB5 SALAD- "a cold dish of various mixtures of raw or cooked vegetables, usually seasoned with oil, vinegar, or other dressing and sometimes accompanied by meat, fish, or other ingredients"- Dictionary of oxford languages
@@paulyoung5641 u get it now? seems fairly simple... unless i'm wrong and he meant completetly something else, but i doubt it
And when the world needed him the most, he reappeared
Based
How many times did he though? Guess i'l see you in half a year in the next video
This video sure hits different in November 2024
If anything, I think that the 2024 election is a perfect example of what happens when there _isn't_ deliberation, and decisions are made by a swarm of lone reasoners inhabiting spaces that put confirmation bias into overdrive.
Judging by how many bombs are/were being sent and used over seas by this administration, I'm sure the people you talk about are doing more to stop "climate change" than you let on
it hits just the same
I'm not an intellectual, but I'm going to use a bunch of big words and leftist rhetoric to make myself appear smarter than I actually am
Sincerly, a snarky, passive agressive American college dropout student free of debt thanks to taxpayer dollars
Ah, Vsauce. The place I go to when I want to feel enlightened and depressed at the same time.
I just feel enlightened lol
😆😂
sometimes I watch and realize that other people are probably falling asleep to michaels voice at the same time
Agreed
ahahaha this was a good joke lol
Micheal may not be an Elephant, but he sure is awesome
😳😳
Haha. True that!
Yes yes
@Nihal you’re awesome then buddy 😎 🤩
I don’t get it
I feel like this is one of the most significant Vsauce videos there is.
Wait... what if Mary is not a person, what if Mary is actually just a dog named Mary?
Nice surname
@@marijnable yes i agree, if you belive that dog cannot be married then the answer will still be the same
@@1mol831 is the dog married?
It's pretty enlightening for sure. This video opened my eyes to things I haven't grasped yet.
michael you are the best youtuber to ever exist, a constant in many lives that don’t have much constant can mean a lot
For 7 years this man doesn't look like he's aged a week.
Makes sense, since he looked way older than he was 7 years ago
He looks much more similar to his older self with the shorter beard now, the only thing missing is the little hair he had back then.
maybe hes a robot, a product of bill gates, jeff bezos, and elon musk
@@zephyer26 clearly on the adrenochromes haha
Well because, plot twist: Michael shot all of Vsauce’s video in the span of a week, 7 years ago.
Vsauce, the only channel that can make you rethink you're entire concept of world order, government, and who you are in 30 minutes.
But can it teach you grammar?
Sorry
@@thedumbdog1964 says by the dumb dog
@@Serialasked says the*
@@Serialasked he doesnt look dumb a anymore
Whatifist
Awesome-Ometor is the best curiosity box opportunity ever
Yep
Lmao
This comment is ACCEPTABLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
you have received the legendary heart
gg
I like that the scripts of these videos come out like a single stream of consciousness, like Michael was just sitting on a couch one day, writing down every thought that came to him as it came to him.
5:48 Put this music over literally anything, and you know shits getting real
Hahah true
or 25:15 (most recognizable part at 25:25)
This tune always reminds me of one of the menu soundtracks from NeedForSpeed Porsche 2000. Sorry very random comment.
What’s the name of this music and artist?
@@jaydoublegee2831 Jake Chudnow - Moon Men
My sister walked on me watching this and legit thought I was in class
Who would watch this on their free time LOL
@@jujulebigmac6865 me
@@jujulebigmac6865 Me
@@jujulebigmac6865 me
@@jujulebigmac6865 me
It’s inconceivable that content like this is free and that this man right here hasn’t done anything but good to the world.
what about the time he ate a donut out of a toilet
@@hyperreal866 It’s called editing... I’m pretty sure he used editing to make it seem like he did... please correct me if I'm wrong, though... maybe he used something different to make it seem like he did the unconceivable and unthinkable... he's not that dumb nor uncivilized.................😂😂😂😂😂
It's not free you're just not paying directly. It does feel like a sweet deal though.
@@DoctoratePhD You can also just have a clean toilet that's never been used
@@thatsomeone3818 then there is no taste
I wish I could meet more people who think like this. I feel so alone with my perspective. Everyone in my life is so consumed by their distractions they run out of time to be curious.
Hi
I know it's not how these things work, but I find it amusing to imagine that Bill Gates just woke up one day and thought: "I could bring Vsauce back.". And then did it.
@Nappy Higger ahhh wtf?🤣
I like to think Morgan Freeman looks up from his book, stares out at the universe and says, "Michael, it's time for another lecture."
@@dumpsterjedi6148 i heard that in his voice😂
Proving that Bill Gates is not only one of the richest people in the world, but also an ancient warlock with the power to summon any creature from the depths of the void.
right after he thought "let's make sure the global south doesn't have access to a covid vaccine"
By releasing just one or two videos a year made Michaels exclusivity and rank level 9999999
The fact his first video was of Mario farting and his channel evolved to what it is today blows my mind.
Or does it?
What *is* Mario farting?
@Erkki Vsauce Music intensifies
Sounds like a....Mind Blow...
Kinda like how human reasoning evolved
Watching this in 2025 and its more relevant than ever
Hard to not feel doomed
babe wake up new vsauce video
"wait what? OKAY!"
Yo this is the actual first comment I went all the way back lmao
"The organ we use to reason takes millions of years to evolve, but the fruits of reason grow rapidly and are ever accelerating"
_DAMN_ straight poetry
"We will, someday, be the ancients. And we can choose what that will mean." That's so raw. Really never thought of it that way.
Our descendants are gonna look back on this ancestral period as the peak of capitalist greed. When the financial interests of few dictate the ability to reason of the wider collective. Confirmation bias and factional thinking has made the top dogs so filthy rich, hopefully this wont end us.
@@Bigcrusha16 I don't see it so much as capitalist greed as I see it as a play for power. Money is just one means of power.
Or we can all be forgotten
Profound off the scale.
@@Crimea_River I can agree to an extent, power means little without purpose. Many use capitalist greed as means to enrich themselves and their circles as obligation bestowed upon them by shareholders and government. Not everyone recklessly hoards wealth in exchange for power, the flaws go fundamentally deeper within the systems we've built.
Ohms to the most intellectual UA-camr out there, thinking 80,000 feet deep into the reason "Why is anything?". He is truly someone the world needs to remember.
A real upload o.o
Yo hello
@Moondoes Manufacturing exactly what I was thinking... even before he mentioned gates I could tell something was off
Good morning fellow mathematician
@Moondoes Manufacturing what?
@Moondoes Manufacturing What?
It's been more 6 years or so and Vsauce still makes me think about things.
I hope he’s not the only one..
it makes you use ur brain
... or does he...?
@@whitealiens STOOOP
I swear I see you on every video I watch
As the videos have gotten longer, it’s becoming clearer how much source material he is compiling and synthesizing. It’s really incredible.
he is using his mind :)
Imagine all the literature the man had to read through and analyze, this is probably why the videos take longer now. The production and preparation is insane
Everyone talks about how little he uploads, but not much talk about all the effort that go into his videos
Or is he?
He actually just does a 5 minute google research, sits infront of a camera and just freestyles for 30minutes.
It's amazing how fast 30 minutes goes by when you aren't interrupted by ads every 10 minutes
Michael shows how interesting a guy sitting at a table talking can be.
for some reason this feels like such a classic vsauce vid. brings me back to the early early days
Second this.
Its because the beard is shorter
Vsauce is one of those channels that you don't expect to upload, but when they do, oh man it is a treat.
5:00 lies
@@moon6846 what lies
@@palavra571 theyre saying that theres proof that aliens exist im pretty surr
@@nous2025 he knows
It's the best channel in the history of UA-cam in my opinion. They really have inspire a generation of UA-cam channels and you tubers alike.
Hey the algorithm brought me to you! I have to say LOVE your thinking, reason being is because you are talking out my thoughts! Thus thanks!
Nice, I was due another existential crisis right about now
Lol
same
Yuh
I'm already in a limbo.
This one wasn't that existentialy
I swear V sauce is like a living representation of what my brain does when I'm trying to sleep
You should really publish those thoughts in some way then.
Wow you must be so smart. Too bad your wasting it by bragging about it to strangers in youtube comments.
@Opecuted lol right 😂
@Opecuted actually I wasted them reading yours. Where'd you get that brain cell joke? It's pretty original.
@Opecuted Yeah we can pretend that your choosing not to read and not that you aren't able.
This is the guy that can literally talk about anything and make you question your existance and everything
Well the universe is on its way to officially being labeled a simulation, so... get used to that I guess.
@@Draezeth what?
@@Draezeth Simulation of what and whats the real world then
I question the sanity of the comment section. Oh wait, they are all bots and Bill Gates shills
@@mohamedalhatmi5710 Here's an article from Scientific American: www.scientificamerican.com/article/confirmed-we-live-in-a-simulation/ Based on several observations such as the universal speed limit in the speed of light, the properties of consciousness, the baffling action of photons, and more, we can say that it's more likely than not that we actually live in a simulation.
You’ve just validated and acknowledged everything I’ve been thinking and feeling for a long time. Thank you. I no longer feel so crazy
You touched base on an issue which I feel has plagued not only my personal life, but my life as a content creator making EDU videos. Creating UA-cam videos and doing so much research has ironically brought me to a position in my life where I feel like I know less than I ever have at any point. Even though I technically know more, I recognize more clearly than ever that there is much more out there that not only I don't know, but I don't know that I don't know. Information I can't access, information I can't understand.
When I was younger, I had so much confidence in what I thought I knew and making videos was so easy. That said, the accuracy often took a hit, because what I didn't know almost existed in in a state of object permanence. I didn't know about it, I didn't think it could exist...
As I've gotten older the level of research I need to do before I feel confident in what I say in the videos I produce has increased to an almost unhealthy level to a point where I can't even make videos... That could be both in the context of simply getting things wrong, too having an incomplete understanding and subsequently explanation of something. Introducing people to topics in a poor manner. Though I think it's important to know as much as you can about subjects you want to talk about, but I think there is also can be a point where you may recognize that you know so little about things as they exists in their totality that you completely lose your confidence to talk about it all together.
Is that wisdom? I don't know, Plato* talks about Socrates allegedly being told that he was said to be the wisest of all the Greeks because he alone knew that he knows nothing. I understand that, but how do you tell how much of something you need to know before you really know it? How can you feel confident that you know anything?
Hello verified youtuber
Dang. That's deep
You've just experienced the first step in wisdom. It is knowing thyself. Maybe not wisdom in and of itself, but a good step.
I am confident in my beliefs!Oh, wait....well, now I’m sad...
This is why I usually avoid offering my opinion on many topics because I feel that I don’t have sufficient knowledge regardless of how much I know compared to other people. Is that insecurity? Your point is something I also relate to on a daily basis
I said "Or is it?" at the same time as Michael and it made me so happy. God, how I've missed you VSauce.
Are you in love
@@notmrsunday7888 With knowledge? Yes.
he didn't say it?
@@chrislarcombemusic8445 Yes he did. 1:57
@@ShadowRyutoji I stand corrected!
Michael is a genius of communication, I guess that there's a staff that contribute to the script and editing and all that stuff, but the way that Michael explains such topics and ideas is amazingly good, every vsauce video feels like it's illegal to watch for free.
"every vsauce video feels like it's illegal to watch for free."
Jesus tittyfucking christ. Do you REALLY feel this way? I feel bad for mother fuckers who didn't grow up knowing about an internet that actually had good content on it.
he does it alone which is crazy
@@cooolsam he has a team lol
@@eerytunic3839yes but ideas and scripts are ALL michael
@@eerytunic3839he’s a team pretty much since the Mindfield series. All the ideas, research and scripts are still done by him (I’m not 100% about the editing however) which is honestly one of the best parts about this channel, just awesome
Just wanted to express love for your capture of early internet optimisation, genuinely warms my heart.
It's not every day that Vsauce uploads, but when they do, it's always mind blowing.
_Or is it?_
hi lack of mustache man
_but_
Nice to see you mate
Grow a mustache
Yes