Are Words Real?

[@thinkfact]

I know it's been a while everybody, but I really hope this video makes up for it! Now that I've got most of my stuff sorted out, I can get back to making more KZbin videos! Hope to see you guys around. Oh, and thank you so much Michael!

[@saulw6270]

HEY HOW ARE YOU GLAD YOUR BACK!!

[@thinkfact]

triigga s I am great, I was just super busy. haha Happy to be back!

[@joeanias6508]

You think would you be able to do a Psychology based video sometime soon? ;o

[@cheekibrickey2662]

Hey man! How's it going! Can you respond to me?

[@thinkfact]

Thank you for showing up!

[@EliaMagyar]

0:27 We humans?! Did you just assume my species?

[@_KlootMalloot_]

#Triggered

[@weltgeist2604]

I can't believe he assumed my species, I am a Walrus not a Human.

[@jesseacummins]

ikrrrrr

[@tommylynch8645]

Lmao

[@Jabrils]

finally arrived at your video in my cue, & I am just realizing how much animation that you do for your videos, my goodness, & for 18 minutes! Also, very interesting video man, this is a topic that you love & something that I find extremely interesting, but I am still working on being able to grasp the subject to a teachable capacity haha. More videos on words!

[@MetaSonic543]

you're..........alive?

[@thinkfact]

This video was made back in February, I've been dead for like six months.

[@crazygoat5595]

+Think Fact go back to your coffin

[@crazygoat5595]

That comment was a joke plz don't h8

[@torgeirHD03]

+Think Fact I read dead people!

[@thinkfact]

I h8. ;)

[@jaidenboucher0]

i love this video!!! i'm also weirdly proud of you because i know how much you've look up to michael and his channel and no you're collabing with him! so congrats and keep up the awesome work!

[@thinkfact]

I'm really happy to hear, thanks for sticking around to see it! I've always wanted to do something with Michael so I was ecstatic I got him to do something for a video of mine! It's always been an ambition of mine! Hope to see you around for future projects, always nice to hear from you. Take care!

[@batman88891]

Great video - I've been a fan of Think Fact for about two and a half years, and I'd just like to say your videos are great. Good to see you back, hope anything you needed to sort out is successfully over with, or at least, mostly over with.

[@thinkfact]

Hey, I appreciate that! It's crazy to think how far my channel has come, even with my absence. Haha Yeah, everything should be good now. It will just boil down to making sure have the time and especially locations to film! Thank you for sticking around, and I hope to catch you later! Take care.

[@wise_fool]

dude this is so underrated..this is ingenious

[@Gleanix]

The editing in this is next level. Great job!

[@nicholasadamou]

I am happy to see that you are back! I cannot believe how long this video might have taken to edit and finally publish! In my opinion, all that work and stress paid off! Fabulous result.

[@thinkfact]

I'm really happy to hear! Thank you very much! The video ended up being much much much bigger of a challenge to make than I anticipated. Especially with everything else going on around it. I have about 100 pages of text, 30 pages of novel information, and this video was all of that filed down to about six pages... That's why I had to be a bit vague for I couldn't going to more detail in certain areas... It was extremely aggravating to figure out what to keep and what not to keep an how to set this up for future discussions due to that. But I'm happy that it's now done, and I can move on. Hopefully I can start producing videos more regularly. And I hope to see you around! Take care!

[@Eddef]

While watching the intro, when Michael started talking, I thought that this was going to be a collab video with Michael from Vsauce :D Missed YOU DALE!

[@thinkfact]

That would've been awesome, but this would've been a horrible topic to do it. The amount of research from my hand alone was mindnumbing lean crazy. But I am extremely thankful he was going to take part in the video! The funny part is, I asked him to be a part of it back in February, and here we are. Haha. Thanks for sticking around! Always nice to hear from you. Take care.

[@Eddef]

You two are such good pals now, I love all Vsauces :D

[@pastelab]

There you are! Been waiting for a video for AGES! Great video! ^-^ Totally makes up for it!

[@thinkfact]

Thank you for sticking around to see it! I took a lot longer to get done than I ever anticipated, and quite honestly there were multiple times where I found myself wanting to just ditch it and move on. But I felt this was extremely important to get done for future reference and I'm happy it all worked out! I'm happy that you liked it! Thank you. :)

[@_Shotox_]

I'm glad your posting again! Your videos are really interesting and sometimes triply AF to think about. legit most of your videos have sparked debate between me and my friends in school and in class.

[@thinkfact]

I'm really happy to be back! Thanks for sticking around! So the topics can definitely get extremely deep! Those are my favorites! And that's really cool, sometimes it's hard to fully grasp the impact something you make can't have. I'm really happy to hear that people debate over some of the topics! That's the best part. Take care, and I hope to get you around more!

[@freesci8863]

I feel like words are a form of lossy compression of information. Let's take this set of words as an example: "this is a box". To accurately describe the reality of the object in question, I would have to describe it in depth (size, form, temperature, color, composition, position, arrangement of molecules...). That would take a virtually infinite amount of time. However, I can compress all that information into a few useful words to put that object into a comprehensible category. Therefore, "this is a box" is a very vague and incomplete representation of reality, but this is what we humans need to hear in order to communicate efficiently.

[@rileyfoster4794]

Dude the wait was worth it

[@harku123]

Yaaaaay hi Dale! I agree with you Dale. Words are based on how we experience reality ourselves. It also goes beyond words. Music is produced for human ears. As humans can hear sound vibration frequencies from minimum 20hz to max 20,000hz (20khz) that means that basically all music will have frequencies at 19 or lower and 20,001 or higher completely cut off. We understand a lot about dogs nowadays so I will use them as an example. Some dogs can hear sound vibrations up to 45khz which is insanely high compared to humans. If dogs were capable of listening to music, they'd think that humans listened to really boring music because they'd only hear low notes (lol I guess some of you people love loud bass though). Imagine listening to music that only how low frequencies like bass and low-mid like the lowest string of a guitar. That's how most dogs perceive our music. It's not impossible to make music that works for dogs, but it might be pointless as dogs do not enjoy music as far as we know. They can associate certain sounds as good or bad or in between. Say you train a dog to get a treat every time it listens to an Iron Maiden song but gets a punch in the face every time you play Donald Trump's voice, then it would react accordingly to these sounds (happy or most likely scared). But they (as far as we humans know) do not listen to music and gain pleasure from it by itself without association. Softwares like Pro Tools and Cubase are programs designed to produce music, make it sound, crisp, clean, clear or to design and synthesise new sounds etc, but these amazing and powerful tools limit you to the human's hearing spectrum (20hz to 20Khz). Maybe you can get a 3rd party addon to widen the spectrum and allow you to produce it according to dogs' hearing, I'm not sure. Us humans are so dominant in the world and we're making the whole world work around the way we desire and that's fair enough, it's not our fault that we flourished in survival and it's not our fault that we want to continue to live a happy and convenient life, it's in our nature. Looking forward to your next video Dale!

[@ElchiKing]

Well, if you play an actual instrument which does not use lowpassfilters like a nonelectric guitar or a flute, the dog will at least hear the higher overtones. And who knows? Perhaps they don't perceive sound as base+overtones but rather as base+over- and undertones

[@conjecturemm]

Ok, soo many things. 1. The finger spelling is so cool, and Keller being able to learn to speaker is insanely fascinating. 2. You have so many sources in the description, which I know makes us happy ;) 3. Universal grammar. Great debates among linguists past and present. This stuff is straight out of my linguistics class. (and so will my video be) 4. I think you would have enjoyed my class, too. 5. noticed that your bottom-right YT watermark is the old version of your logo 6. 12:30 are you kidding me?? this editing is so legit haha 7. Dude I still want to share some stuff from 1984 with you. It was all about reducing the words that existed within a language to prevent potentially dissenting thought. Such good stuff. 8. Lol playing the Michael Stevens quote again bc Vsauce ;) 9. The channel link icon (you on the brain bigger and with tf in the bottom right)...I like that for your main logo actually. Damn good video Dale.

[@thinkfact]

1. Helen Keller is definitely a phenomenal example! She wrote about 10 books at that. 2. I'm actually missing a few sources at that, I've been researching this video for so long that some things I have lost track of. Hopefully I can collect everything. Haha 3. Universal grammar is a fascinating concept, though I till felt it was important to discuss opposition for the sake of this video. The underlying point I was trying to make doesn't necessarily depend on universal grammar, it's just helpful because it's been well researched. 4. Probably! I'm planning on taking some linguistic classes this semester if possible. 5. Yeah I haven't updated the watermark yet, it's a bit of a hassle. I'll probably get to it a few weeks. 6. I'm happy you like the editing, the problems my computer is giving me was making it's a nightmare though... Haha Happy it looked okay in the end. 7. 1984 is on my list of things to read. I wonder if I could get an audiobook, probably can make time for that. 8. "Lol playing the Michael Stevens quote again bc Vsauce ;)" Well of course, haha. ;) 9. The thing about the brain is that's much more likely to change than the tf symbol. So I'd rather the symbol be more iconic than the brain itself. But I do you get where you're coming from. I'll think about it. ;) I'm really happy you like the video, now I await for yours! I bet they will complement each other in some respects too. Take care, Matt.

[@conjecturemm]

Haha for sure dude. Love that you're still going all out on the replies :) Also you should totally get a 30-day audible trial from literally any youtuber and read 1984 that way haha

[@crawfordbrown75]

It's great to have you back, you were my favourite educational KZbinr- just glad to have your quality content back

[@thinkfact]

Oh, well that's really awesome to hear! You made my day! Thank you. :) Hopefully I can start producing videos more regularly! Hope to catch you around!

[@urbfilms]

I'm glad to see that you're back, Dale! This video was really well edited, it was very impressive. One thing that really blew my mind in this video was how you pointed out that thought doesn't require linguistics. For whatever reason, that's never come to mind before, as I've always wondered how deaf people think. Also, my mother speaks 3 languages (English, Japanese, and Bengali), and once I asked her what language she thinks in, and she replied saying she thinks in whatever language she's speaking at the moment. So yeah, I just thought that was kinda neat.

[@thinkfact]

I'm really happy to be back, and it's always nice to hear from you! And I'm happy to hear you found the video impressive! Indeed, I felt it was important to point out because it can feel almost instinctual. "We think in words, but about it?" We really don't, we just use it as a means to help organize thought. If you have a time, I would totally recommend you check out that video that I recommended by the guy who I got that information from. Here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h16lkIKEf654mac That's actually a really interesting mixture of languages to know, kudos to your mom. I know you yourself have interesting accent, I was wondering if other languages might influence that? That being said, appreciate the comment! Take care!

[@urbfilms]

+Think Fact I'll be sure to check out the video! As for my accent, I guess it's mostly American, I've lived in Flint, Michigan for most of my life up until 2 years ago, though my parents have always spoken Bengali around the house, so I guess that has sorta influenced the way I speak (although I myself can't speak the language). Also, yeah, I'm kinda amazed that my mother has learned those 3 very different languages. I'm less impressive, I can only speak one language haha

[@gangiskon]

good to hear from you again!!!! As someone who has started learning other languages in these past months I was so happy to see this video 8)

[@thinkfact]

Thanks for sticking around! Learning another language is extremely handy and research shows a could potentially be healthy for your brain! I myself am interested in learning Spanish and potentially Arabic. But I have to get motivated, and the resources. Haha. Thanks for the comment and take care!

[@MichelleHannaC]

I feel that words do represent reality (as humans perceive it of course, there's really no other way, they're our words). When our perception changes we'll add new words and change old definitions if it's really necessary, and surely some words will eventually be completely abandoned because they'll become useless to us. I agree that we need to be able to accept change and not be so afraid to be more fluid in our language because our view of the world is also fluid and ever-changing. It wouldn't make sense to have a rigid language system, and I don't think it is, language evolves all the time. It's true words can't really encompass the world beyond the "veil of Maya," but I feel like that's impossible anyway because words are on our side of the illusion. I'm so glad you're back! And I love discussing language so much - I was considering becoming a translator for a while, maybe in Arabic or Italian. But it definitely is a difficult job, and also kind of an art in a way. Anyway, thank you so much for the video! And it's so awesome that Michael Stevens is in it! Your video about him was the first one I watched!

[@thinkfact]

I think the biggest challenge is to get people to understand the legitimacy of mechanisms that will allow us to acquire information over things we can't observe with our biology alone. Often many of the issues in our society that plague anti-scientific ways of thinking, are people who are not willing to accept anything they can understand for themselves at the moment or through their own personal research... Language will definitely change, we change. Language reflects us. That being said, it will be interesting to see what the future has in store when it comes to the development of language involved in these particular fields. Thank you very much for the comment! Language is extremely fascinating and plays a really fascinating part in anthropology! You know (at least) three languages, that's extremely impressive! I would've probably been able to learn French growing up, I live in a border town alongside the US and Canada and I have a lot of bilingual French family in Canada. But after 9/11 it became more of a hassle to go over. Kind of a bummer. Been trying to motivate myself to learn Spanish and maybe Arabic! Haha Thanks for sticking around! It's always been my dream to get Michael involved one of my videos. I couldn't be any happier. Hope to catch you around!

[@officialshutterfly]

Still one of my favorite videos

[@ericbartol]

Think Fact - Love the video, and it hit on my love of precision. I have always been this way, I believe, and my time in the field of custom cabinetry, which I keep as a hobby, seems to back this up. It has occurred to me recently that I struggle for the right phraseology more often. It seems to me that as we get more precise in science, in every aspect, we need to be more precise in ways to communicate what we learn. However, the verbal education doesn't seem to be keeping pace. Spellcheck and more recent grammar checkers have enabled the most pedestrian of writers to sound competent, but a true grasp of linguistics is being left behind, for the most part. Is "true literacy" going to be something of a rarity?

[@imnotselma3305]

Dæven, Dale, this video is more than you ever said it would be, I'm blown away! Definitely worth the wait :)

[@thinkfact]

I'm really thankful to hear that, especially considering this became a much bigger project than I assumed it was going to ever be... I had days where I just wanted to quit and do another topic, but I was so invested and committed that I had to complete it. Hopefully with this now out-of-the-way I will be able to get other videos out more regularly! Thanks for sticking around, always nice to hear from you!

[@Sophia-hs7et]

Oh my god your videos are literally essays that are projected at imagery The editing is really good, good topic etc. etc. I am very excited to watch more

[@thinkfact]

Thank you, I am really happy to hear! Sweet, and I hope to see you around!

[@thinkfact]

Thank you, I am really happy to hear! Sweet, and I hope to see you around!

[@kneejo-tube]

:D To me this channel is like having a friend, who collects and then reads to me all the little things I would otherwise spend a long time searching for on the internet anyway.

[@light370]

Glad you're back :) I still want to thank you again for the type one civilization video since you're the only youtuber who talked about it.

[@thinkfact]

I'm very happy to be back! Thanks for sticking around! That's definitely one of my favorite videos! I too was surprised practically no KZbinrs really talked about it, which was all the more reason I felt that it need to be made. I'm really happy resonated well with you! Thanks for letting me know. :) Take care, and I hope to see you around!

[@Daag]

Welcome back. The quality of your videos keep on improving, so continue doing this amazing work.

[@thinkfact]

Thank you, thanks for sticking around! The hardest part about this video was this scripting and research. I had a cut so much yet still get it to make sense and to address the points I wanted to make. I was extremely difficult. And that's not even considering all the time I computer was shutting down the inside/ Haha Hopefully I can get videos out more regularly to keep the quality improving! Hope to see you around!

[@PREPFORIT]

Good to see you back. I was always fascinated by words and languages. Even the San Bushmen's use of tongue clicks. Thanks for the knowledge !

[@thinkfact]

I'm happy to be back! Linguistics is an extremely complex field, if you're interested in learning some very interesting fundamentals, this video by Stephen Pinker (briefly mentioned in the video as well) is something I highly recommend! I think you'll find it quite and lightning!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h16lkIKEf654mac And the click languages are extremely fascinating! "(!x) is how it's often written out in English" Thanks for the comment, and take care!

[@ablibla]

good to have u back again!

[@aakashchaudhuri3864]

Your videos have a very unique AURA( i dunno, lack of a nicer "Word" to express myself!!!)....It mesmerises me every time I watch these....such deep and complex things. You are doing a great job! I learnt a lot from your videos :)Thanks... and ALL THE BEST for anything you do in your life...

[@thinkfact]

Well I can definitely say I'll take that as a compliment! I always feel deep and complex things are the most fun to talk about! Especially when it comes to introducing people to things they may have never considered. So I'm happy to hear I have a good aura. Haha :) I appreciate the comment, and thank you very much! Take care!

[@aakashchaudhuri3864]

+Think Fact Yes sir, Thanks...

[@momint9706]

I was so excited to see a video of your in my subscriptions feed. Nice work.

[@thinkfact]

I'm really happy to hear, hearing definitely makes it worth all the work! Thank you for sticking around!

[@neuencastro]

Man... It's been a while since I saw one of your videos. This was truly amazing and well put together, keep up the good work!

[@thinkfact]

This video ended up being a much bigger challenge to put together than I ever anticipated. Haha What started out as a video that was initially going to talk about what the video covered towards the end, eventually became a video that focused on the information that would make up the first 12 minutes. But I felt that was necessary to get out of the way in order to be a resource for future discussions, that way I can refer people back to this video. I'm really happy you liked it, that makes all the work that went into it worth it! Thank you for the comment, and I hope to catch you around in the future! Take care!

[@neuencastro]

That's often how the creative process is, isn't it? The amount of work put into this video really shows so that's why I wanted to let you know. Glad you read my comment and thank you for the awesome content.

[@RazCloset]

Please make more videos. These are so enlightening. Amazing work.

[@thinkfact]

You can count on it! The best part about making videos introducing people to new things, especially if it's something they never considered! Thanks for sticking around while I was away! Take care. :)

[@ellaspringer6521]

this video scares me, but in a good way though. Glad to see more thinkfact videos up :D

[@spongebobislyfe5906]

Everytime you upload a vid... I get REALLY excited

[@michaelpesavento8268]

Hi Dale, Fantastic vid! "If you can't say what you mean, you'll never mean what you say" 90% of our communication is Non-verbal and if you consider how we are able to communicate even with other species then "Language" becomes a much bigger concept. Glad to see you back!:) Thanks.

[@thinkfact]

Fascinating point, thank you for sharing! Communication is extremely complex which is why I found myself narrowing this video down simply to unit based communication between humans. But people write entire books on this stuff, haha. No way a reasonably time to video could get it all, haha. But if I make a miniseries out of this I'll try to cover a lot of different topics! Thank you very much for sticking around, and I'm happy to be back! Hopefully I can produce videos more regularly. Catch you later!

[@michaelpesavento8268]

Hi Dale, "Quality Over Quantity" that's the way to be true to yourself! Thanks.

[@thinkfact]

Completely agree, thank you for sharing!

[@N05K177]

Gosh this channel blew up

[@thinkfact]

Thank you! Hopefully I can keep momentum going, but that will require me to keep producing content! Hope to see you around!

[@HuntingTheEnd]

Moral of the story, we should all learn doublespeak

[@ElchiKing]

This would probably not be doubleplusgood. Or in doublespeak: doublespeak is doubleplusbad.

[@Simplegod]

+Elchi King (Maddemaddigger) what?

[@InfamousWolf1]

+Random Meow 1984

[@ellingeng]

To clarify: 1984, the book

[@HuntingTheEnd]

+Elchi King (Maddemaddigger) That's a thoughtcrime

[@Rawrchannelrawr]

A few years ago i studied a bit about hellen keller and i was amazed by her understanding and how she undeestood by touching the people lips. Great video! Greetings from southamerica!

[@ontologicallyaxiomatic]

I'm so glad you're back! It's been so long I almost (ALMOST) forgot about you

[@thinkfact]

It's been way too long for sure. This video ended up taking a lot longer to make than expected, I had a cut so much. That being said, I'm extremely thankful for everybody who is stuck around! Thank you. :)

[@drumguy127]

I know this has nothing to do with the video (although I most definitely appreciate the depth and complexity of it as trying to describe words is a monumentally difficult task), but I just wanted to appreciate how insanely cute Dale is in all his videos

[@thinkfact]

I'm not one to shy away from a compliment, haha. Thank you! ;)

[@ellingeng]

Hey, Dale, I really enjoy the style of your videos! You really stepped up the production for his one, and I appreciate that. Recently I've been frustrated with myself because of the inherent contradictions in my brain, (if that makes any sense) and I am happy for the reminder that my words and even my thoughts aren't a perfect representation of absolute truth. Also, if you haven't checked out the channel 'Xidnaf', you really should. He has a ton of videos on lots of different aspects of language, which you might find helpful. Thanks for your videos, your content is always top notch!

[@thinkfact]

Hey Leslie, I appreciate that! I tend to get more comments of people telling me they don't like my video style, but I think that simply because those who don't like it are more compelled to say something about it. I like my style, its original, and compliments how I like to explain things quite well! I'm happy to hear. And yes, I really stepped it up for this video, specially considering I've had quite a bit of time to make it. That's a good point, I often encounter people who are extremely stubborn to think "outside of the words." As if the words we use are flawless. So it's fascinating that you yourself are in an opposite situation sometimes. That might be for the better in some cases. ;) I've seen his channel before, but it's been a while so thank you for the recommendation! I love to learn about language so I feel his content up my alley! Thanks for the comment, and I have to see you around!

[@georgecataloni4720]

Love that you're back! And I love that you're doing this topic! Idk how controversial you want to get, but can you do a video on labels? For example: is someone an environmentalist if they incorrectly believe that causing one species to go extinct is the only way to save the rest of the species?

[@thinkfact]

Thank you very much for sticking around, and I'm really happy to hear! I've actually been thinking about doing something kind of along those lines, but it just takes a huge amount of consideration and planning. That's an interesting example, I'll try to remember that. Hope to see you around, and take care!

[@lrc4263]

Dude... I had given up!! I just thought to finally search again and I am STOKED to see that you have returned!! You've been missed!

[@thinkfact]

Yeah, University has really taken up a lot of my time. I hope after this school year, I will be able to do KZbin full time! ;) Catch you around!

[@disculpa]

Glad to see more videos Dale. They are always really good.

[@thinkfact]

Thank you for sticking around! Hearing stuff like this makes all of the work worth it!

[@disculpa]

Yea I thought your videos were all really good. I don't understand why you don't get more views.

[@thinkfact]

Micah Lamb The KZbin algorithm. I don't upload enough, and a lot of my subscribers come from videos that aren't part of my main series. So they don't stick around much for them. But if I keep added, things should get better! I've passed the one hundred thousand subscribers mark, so it just boils down to making quality content and sticking at it! Thanks for sticking around, every little bit helps! ;)

[@mbear1639]

I've always liked your videos....more food for thought than the average youtube channel. Welcome back!

[@thinkfact]

I appreciate that, that is a big reason why I do this! :) Thanks for sticking around, and I'm excited to be back!

[@gnomee9447]

This reminded me of a situation I've been in several times with friends of mine: We talked and started debating over different aspects of topics, only to find out, after arguing for some time, that we interpreted certain words differently. E.g. do you know the first name of everyone in you family? It depends mostly on your definition of family. Do you count your auntses? Your cousins?The cousins of your parents? The husband of your grandmas sister? I think it can be very helpful when in a discussion you get stuck or it doesn't seem like you will ever find consensus, to check, whether all of you think of the meanings of words the same.

[@ElchiKing]

Definition is the key word here.

[@bigbones916]

im so glade your back i thought you were gone for good and i was sad to see such a great person fall i bet if you stay at it you will hit 1mil in no time as long as you dont take another 7 month break that is.

[@thinkfact]

This video ended up being a much bigger undertaking then I ever assumed it would be. That coupled with just a lot of things going on in my life really made it difficult to get out. Hopefully I can remain more consistent for now on! That being said, I'm not so much in it for the subs. I'm in it for the community! The comments, people like you who are interacting with my channel. So thank you for that!

[@HBSKATE]

I have been waiting checking twice a month for 7 months lol. FINALLY. Thanks for coming back :D

[@thinkfact]

Wow, I'm really thankful that you we're that dedicated! It really means a lot to me! I would've had this with you out a lot sooner if it wasn't for just numerous complications along the way, including scripting, researching, and editing for this video itself. Thanks for sticking around! If you're interested in keeping up-to-date with me, I have a Twitter account where I often post updates! Hope to see you again! Take care.

[@HBSKATE]

Think Fact Will definitely check it out!

[@weskos]

Excellent video, Dale. Simple answer to the question-I agree. Also, the concept of those parts of speech expanding to deal with the additional perspectives of time travel. (adverbs), {prepositions}, and arguably most importantly [verb tenses], What do you think? e.g. 'I [will/did] see you ({after} last year but {before} today).' or 'I [would have/did] see.n you ({in} a version of tomorrow {that stems from a different version of} yesterday).'

[@thinkfact]

Hey, it's been a long time! Always nice to hear from you. :) I definitely think the way we talk about things (in the proposed context) is influenced by how we experience the flow of time, but someone could argue that introducing time travel could require us to rethink particular types of words, for sure! How exactly do you do that, I don't know. Most definitely a fascinating concept, and having terminology to properly reflect that would be helpful. (I'm going to do that three days ago), sounds odd, but maybe expanding upon words by adding special endings may make emphasizing on things you are going to do in times that have already passed make grammatical sense. But we will always be experiencing life at a constant rate of time, but the ability to move through it freely could definitely cause for some interesting situations. Thanks for the comment! Hope to see you around in the future! :)

[@StepBackHistory]

He's back!

[@thinkfact]

Hopefully for good this time! Haha

[@EliaMagyar]

12:55 Survive? Yeah. Maintain and excel? No. Argue, convince? Yeah!

[@metametodo]

Great video, you live up to the work you told you put yourself into on Tom Nicholas' video. Well researched, very detailed and well put, informative.

[@thinkfact]

I really appreciate that, thank you very much

[@voomanchew]

WOW!! Vsause opened your video , that is so cool !!

[@thinkfact]

It was an absolute honor, what's funny about the whole ordeal as they asked them back in February... Hopefully he's not upset it took so long to get the video out.

[@Zetto129]

I came to conclusion that human interaction is particularly good at communicating concrete ideas. Like: fruit, there, big tree or lion, run. We can all objectively observe these things and come to conclusion about what those words mean. But abstract terms are bit tricky. What does love mean to you? or danger? No one can observe other people's feelings and personal reality inside their heads so we have to rely upon imperfect word representations. If you are going into conversation with another person, you have to keep that in mind and never jump to conclusions about the meaning of the words and always see it in the context of the person.

[@thinkfact]

That was actually something I was going to touch base on! I do feel like explaining things at a very general sense works very well with language. But the second we get to a point where we do need to understand things at a much more detailed level, it can become complicated. If we are constantly using the broad concept of an item or action to describe every scenario, especially in scenarios that require understanding something in a very specific or particular manner... It can cause issues. Abstract terminology is very tricky indeed, especially when it comes to who gets to decide what's included into a definition or not and whether it's reasonable. Maybe material for future videos! Thanks for the comment and take care!

[@MichaelSchwarzbacha]

Trippy. I got real SOMA vibes with the glitchy effects. Loved the video! Keep up the good work my son :^)

[@thinkfact]

I love SOMA, such an amazing game! I'm not one for the horror genre, but that was absolutely phenomenal. The static effect came as a result of trying to figure out how to put a picture of Michael in for the quote without it being awkward while having Nietzsche in there too. Tried the static effect, ended up sticking with it! It was a great compliment to the overall presentation I feel! Thanks for the comment, I'm really happy you love the video! A lot of work went into it. Haha. Hope to catch you around again, take care!

[@coocat5]

I feel like this was just the topic I wanted to hear about. Thanks, man!

[@thinkfact]

I'm really happy to hear, I try to find topics of most people have it covered. Or at the very least covered in a particular manner. But hearing this makes it all worth it! Hope to see you around in the future!

[@Makdonia]

Damn, I forgot about this channel! Welcome back Dale!

[@thinkfact]

It ha definitely has been a while! And hopefully I can start making content more regularly so people don't forget. Haha I hope to see you around and take care!

[@StrangerYann]

I agree with you, I think words relate with reality as we see it rather than reality in itself and I for one believe language is a fascinating and organic thing, a beautiful one. Language is created by us, who use it. In other words: I'll be damned before I use words like "courriel" (in French) without sarcasm.

[@thinkfact]

Language is definitely fascinating! It will be extraordinarily interesting to see how it keeps developing as we find ourselves in positions where we can go beyond our own biology to obtain information in order to create words out of. Though I definitely agree on the fact that that it is truly beautiful. The amount of creativity that is a result of language is pretty amazing! Thank you for sharing!

[@StrangerYann]

Think Fact Thanks for your reply and for the opportunity to learn by your side man :) I believe in this way to make the world a better place, one exchange of ideas at a time.

[@r0bbyinchins]

This guy is very good at explaining things in detail in an easy to understand way... He holds the listeners attention

[@thinkfact]

I appreciate that, thank you very much.

[@MrHawk995]

Oh boy I've missed these! Thank you!

[@thinkfact]

I really missed everybody here! Hopefully now that this video is out of the way, I'll be able to get content out more regularly! Thanks for sticking around while out of the way!

[@mikaxxy]

6:44 just noticed after rewatching with a friend. nice touch!

[@parallel4]

You have no idea how happy I am that you're back. And this video totally makes up for it!

[@osbaldotheVtenman]

yeah I have been looking for a new video from this channel

[@thinkfact]

I'm really happy to hear! Thank you for sticking around for it! :)

[@thinkfact]

osbaldo theVtenman Hopefully I can make myself a schedule and stick to it! Haha

[@cienciemknee]

thats right that quote basically tells us that no words have absolute truth so why fight for your words knowing that noone is right.Thats a life lasson.

[@thinkfact]

I think it's important not to be too attached to definitions in the sense that you're unwilling to ever let any one change no matter what (of course within reason). Particularly in the context of definitions being expanded upon, or restricted. So many people feel like words perfectly describe something that should never be altered, or just fight over words (look at the marriage debate). But it is complex. You can also get people trying to claim we should expand words to complement their movement/agenda, or leave them unchanged. That can be issue prone, to say the least. It's complicated... Haha

[@cienciemknee]

+Think Fact It truly is complicated. And people do fight over words like feminism is a good thing but machism isnt.And by the way this is the second time you reply to me thanks :).

[@torgeirHD03]

The lord has returned!!

[@joak0465]

so Great to see you back :) and with a Great video too :D

[@thinkfact]

I appreciate that! Thanks for sticking around for it too! I can definitely say this video was a lot of work so I'm happy you think so, makes all the work worth it! Take care!

[@benpennington1866]

Glad to see that you are back!

[@thinkfact]

I'm happy to be back, thanks for sticking around! :)

[@VeggiePun]

Yay! your alive! hope to see more stuff soon man!

[@thinkfact]

Thank you for sticking around! And I hope to get my uploads on an actual schedule if possible. Hope to see you around!

[@jesuselozada495]

YES YES YES MORE CONTENT THAT AMAZES ME ENTIRELY! Hopefully, you can one day make a video in the concept of death? Yeah, maybe death is the end of it all.. or is it? I'd love for it to be done!

[@thinkfact]

Comments like this make it worth all the time that goes into it! Thank you for sticking around! I've have made a few videos over death already, have you seen them? I think three so far. But I would definitely do another five think of any topic! Thank you for the comment, and take care!

[@jesuselozada495]

Think Fact I haven't, but definitely will since it's a really fascinating subject. Please, continue on to make content of this quality, no matter how much time it takes you, I'm sure your subscribers will wait! Thank you for teaching us a bit more and opening new doors in our minds!

[@thinkfact]

I would totally recommend this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKesXpuaYs6Chck And I have two more, but that one's my favorite. Haha. I really appreciate the comment, and you can definitely count on more videos! The best part about all of this is introducing people to new things that they never considered. Thank you for the comment, and thank you for sticking around! Take care!

[@IgnacioGuerendiain]

Glad to see you around again :D

[@thinkfact]

Hopefully I can stay around this time. Haha

[@Murdrocks]

Your voice is 100% equal to Vsauce

[@thinkfact]

Indeed, Michael actually sent me a recording!

[@einekartoffel2490]

+Think Fact So you did kinda collaborate...

[@r.d.e.2803]

words can't explain how awesomknowledgeful this vid is

[@thinkfact]

Well I'm very thankful to hear! A lot of work went into it, haha. Thanks for sticking around to see it! And I hope to catch you around, take care!

[@MrOAKIL246]

The first song is amazing!

[@thinkfact]

Definitely, the song is also linked in the description if you're interested. The person who made it also made it free to download! :)

[@harjoat]

really do love this channel

[@thinkfact]

Hearing that makes it all worth the effort! Thank you for sticking around!

[@ElchiKing]

Good one. As a mathematician, I sometimes tend to define reality as what I can describe and perceive and check how the world around me fits into this scheme ;) Btw: "unacceptable" contains (etymologically) a fourth morpheme: "un-ac -cept-able", since to accept is derived from Latin "accipere" which is composed of "ac" (ad; meaning "to", "at" or "up to") and "capere" (which means everything in the range of "to take", "to get", "to grab", "to catch" etc.)

[@thinkfact]

And that's a good point, I think one could definitely make an argument that reality is truly two separate things. What the perceiver gets from it, and what it actually is. It's fascinatingly complex but really seems like it should just be simple. I almost discussed the potential of "unacceptable" containing four morphemes, the problem was you had to reach into other languages in order to get what the English term within itself has come to encompass as a single unit. That's a whole other layer I was going to talk about but it took up way too much time. This video was cut down to such a degree it pains me. The original script with information that wasn't repeated, contained about 30 pages of information. But over 100 pages of just text. This script, about 6 pages... So as you can see, it got filed down quite a bit. Haha That said, it's always awesome to hear from you! Take care.

[@ElchiKing]

Think Fact Thanks. Now we know what the next videos are about (Hint: stuff which was planned to be here, split into a series) ;)

[@ElchiKing]

ah, as I'm thinking about it: Why don't you link to Everything Else in your "channels" section? [And what do you think of subtitles? There should be a setting enabling your community to add some, so you don't have to do it yourself]

[@maccrazy7335]

Fun fact, this is a perfectly legal word in German (even if such words are mostly used in word-games): Donaudampfschifffarhtskapitänskajütentürschlossschmiermittelhersteller. I have no idea how many morphemes are in there...

[@ThePatlack]

It means: producer of lubricant for the lock on the cabin door of the captain of a steamboat traveling on the Danube.

[@ElchiKing]

I've counted about 12+/-1 morphemes

[@thinkfact]

The is an awesome word, thank you very much for sharing! German is a fascinating language, I was actually going to try to include information over it into the video but found that it was becoming way too timely. And I don't think I would know where to begin counting the morphemes in that. Haha Take care!

[@ElchiKing]

Down to standard German expressions: Donau-Dampfschifffahrt(s)-Kapitän(s)-Kajüten-Türschloss-Schmiermittel-Hersteller. Some of these can be broken down in to more parts, some don't. We get 1) Donau=danube 2) Dampfschifffahrt consisting of 2a) Dampf=Steam 2b) Schiff=ship 2c) Fahrt=drive/ride 3) Kapitän=captain 4) Kajüte=cabin (on a ship) 5) Türschloss consisting of 5a) Tür=door 5b) Schloss=lock 6) Schmiermittel consisting of 6a) schmieren=to lubricate 6b) Mittel=tool 7) Hersteller=fabricant or consisting of 7a) her (Prefix to indicate the direction towards you) 7b) Steller (the one who positions something) Counting those, we get 11 or 12 morphemes. And since it is always the last word which gets described we have a meaning of fabricant of (a tool to lubricate=lubricants) for (locks on the door=doorlocks) which are at the (cabin of the captain of a ride with a steamship on the danube. However, "Donaudampfschiffahrt" could also be a term describing the general shipping on the danube with steamships and "Kapitänskajüte" as the cabin of the captain (in general). With this grouping we would get "fabricant of lubricants for doorlocks of captain's cabins in the business of steamshipping on the danube" (Also there might be more morphemes, since for example the suffix "-er" indicates, that it is someone who does something, while a suffix of "-ung" would describe a general process; i.e. Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänskajütentürschlossschmiermittelherstellung would be the process of producing lubricants for doorlocks of captain's cabins in danube steamshipping ships.)

[@blancab2217]

Amazing video as always,I found this very interesting to watch, thank you for all the hard work!!

[@thinkfact]

I appreciate you sticking around to see it! A lot of work definitely went into it and I had a cut so much from the original script. 100 pages of words, 30 pages of actual detailed information that was unique in someway, and this script was all of that filed down to about six pages... It was a lot, but it totally was worth it! I'm just excited to move onto new projects now! Hope to see you there. :)

[@blancab2217]

+Think Fact I wasn't expecting that amount of information for just one video, it's so inspiring the amount of research and time you put on each project!! Thank you for replying btw.

[@thinkfact]

I'm glad to hear, I definitely feel it makes the video all the more engaging. :) I don't always have the time to reply, but when I do I try my best to get back to you guys! Honestly the comment section is often the best part of what I do! Take care!

[@SonicKiwi123]

At 5:18 when he says to imagine an actual object in your mind, I actually can't. I'm unable to picture things and really, I only have the little voice in my head to imagine things

[@Xstine888]

Sean Westfield I thought I was the only one. I cannot picture things in my mind. Am I..handicapped? Lol.

[@weltgeist2604]

Lol wat? I can imagine you screaming imagine a place! Can you picture the Eiffel tower in your head?

[@IgnacioGuerendiain]

As a developer I usually find hard to put in words certain logic, data stream or behavior. I read sometime that this is common among mathematitian, developers and other abstract thinkers and it's a demonstration of the thought as a diferent process than talk; it is also however not common.

[@ElchiKing]

I know what you're talking about. And just recently, I gave some could a geometric meaning (in n dimensions, but who cares) and it was much easier to imagine.

[@thinkfact]

That's an extremely fascinating point. I mean, like I setting the video, thought doesn't necessarily require language at all. So it makes total sense that you would find yourself in situations where you can understand something through a particular means but not necessarily know how to put it into words while preserving the thought. The coolest part about all of this though, we are living in an age where we are currently figuring the stuff. So it will be fascinating in the next couple decades if we can really figure out the entire context around communication and understanding. Who knows, always nice to hear from you!

[@IgnacioGuerendiain]

Think Fact First of all, thanks for the kind words. Yes, we are just starting but remember that software developer it's around us since 50~60 years ago now. Not even counting electromecanical programming :)

[@APalebloodSky]

Hi Dale. It's been a while. I'm glad you're doing well and it's awesome to see that you're back here. Can we expect you back now? :)

[@thinkfact]

Hey Stephen, It's been a lot longer than I anticipated for sure! With all the complications producing the video along with being extremely busy, this has been a struggle to get done. Hopefully with it now being done, won't be as prone to setbacks! Thanks for the comment! Hope to see you around. :)

[@Marioboy777]

The german word "Schadenfreude" could mean Sadism.

[@einekartoffel2490]

When someone kicks someone else in the balls and another person laughs at that, then that person, who laughed, is schadenfroh.

[@einekartoffel2490]

Micky Mus More or less... Schadenfreude happens more commonly during a painful accident.

[@einekartoffel2490]

Micky Mus Oh... Well, you didn't explain it to them, sooo.... ...I did.

[@Gairhoth]

+Micky Mus you definitely need to talk about things you know nothing about. That is how we learn. What we shouldn't do is make absolute assertions based on little or no evidence. I think that's probably what you meant, but I'm just clarifying here

[@einekartoffel2490]

Micky Mus I think what Pwasma Dwagon meant is that you were a little rude and that you didn't explain the word. I don't think he cares if you know what the word means or if it is your native language. I know that he sweared and you didn't, but that's not the point. I'm not protecting Pwasma Dwagon. I'm just translating what he said into what I think he meant. Have a nice day.

[@ariseira_]

YAAAAYYYYY ANOTHER THINK FACT VIDEO

[@thinkfact]

And hopefully I can start getting them out more regularly. Haha Thanks for sticking around!

[@grarshall]

YEAAAAAS this video was really good! Glad you're back also I don't know if you know this but my username used to be Jarshall and now its Graag so we're the same person if you even remember Jarshall which is me.

[@thinkfact]

I definitely remember you, it's been a while. Haha What a number of people end up changing the usernames, I'm starting to lose track. Haha Anyway, thank you for sticking around! I hope to hear more from you. :)

[@victellez96]

I think That this is a tricky conversation to have because you'd have to have the foundation of defining what is Real? and what is a Word?

[@thinkfact]

Definitely. It's almost funny using the definitions of words in reality to judge the existence of words in reality. Haha

[@Nick6Michael]

I feel like i'm watching those cheesy 90's science shows.

[@mobilemaster5794]

Dale is really unactive right now, but when a video is out, it's really interesting!

[@thinkfact]

Yeah, it is because of college. But I will be done by next December and after that I hope to be able to get videos out a lot more frequently. Thanks for the comment and the patience!

[@shaneadams589]

YAYY!! I'm glad to see you're back :)

[@thinkfact]

Happy to be back! Your icon looks similar to the thumbnail of this video, had me confused for a second that they were the same. Haha

[@shaneadams589]

Wow I hadn't realized that before but it really is similar!! And omg you replied, you're one of my favorite youtubers this is great!!

[@thinkfact]

Pretty Rainbow I always give it my best to try to reply to as many people as I can when I have the time! And I appreciate that, thank you! Hope to see you around!

[@simplynano18]

Dude, excellent video!

[@thinkfact]

I'm happy to hear you liked it, thank you for the comment!

[@unclepetra1293]

glad you're back

[@thinkfact]

I'm glad to be back, thank you for sticking around for it! And I hope to see you around more often, take care!

[@priryan1231]

Thank god he is back

[@thinkfact]

Completely agree!

[@NCISfanatic21]

I'm glad to see your alive

[@thinkfact]

I'm happy to be back, thank you for sitting around!

[@lucasledain4834]

Last time I saw Dale upload, MCR was still a band

[@thinkfact]

Goodness, it's been that long? At least I'm doing better than Frank Ocean. Haha ;)

[@lucasledain4834]

+Think Fact that's still a sore spot don't even 😂

[@SaltTectonics]

just came back to drop this bombshell in our lives. but i think a LOT of people need to watch this video. maybe I'm baised but i really think we live in a day and age where people are more open about sharing experiences and when those experiences are shared new words will appear to easier describe them amongst said group. I think as we progress we will see a lot of resistance to experiences we deem as illegitimate and that will snow ball in a restrictions of those words. language is soooo cooool😍

[@thinkfact]

I've been working on this video for a really long time, and I had a cut so much... But I feel like what I was able to condense it down to is still quite meaningful! I'm happy you thought so! Language will always be constantly changing, but in the context of vocabularies it's always trying to balance out the accuracy and efficiency of the words we use and what is the best way to achieve then both. We need to break up reality into units, and because most things in reality are complex and often work on a spectrum, having enough terminology to break up that spectrum you have its components properly described can be extremely important. But it's all about understanding what that may need to apply to. Thank you for the comment!

[@daniellawson1378]

The Helen Keller vids blew my mind!

[@cameronpike9521]

mind = blown awesome videos man

[@thinkfact]

I am really happy to hear, thank you very much! And thanks for sticking around to see it! :)

[@donotlookatmyname2008]

Can't wait for next years video!

[@thinkfact]

Haha, no kidding. ;)

[@theresafrance3832]

I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! I was so excited when I saw this video.

[@thinkfact]

I'm really happy to hear an thank you for sticking around for all this time! I really appreciate it!

[@theresafrance3832]

You are awesome!

[@thinkfact]

;)

[@torgeirHD03]

I think there was a glitch in the matrix

[@thinkfact]

So many glitches.

[@einekartoffel2490]

+Think Fact I hope they fix them in the next version.

[@ericmeans5598]

+Think Fact did you try to invert it incorrectly

[@dkazmer2]

Cool video. Would've been more concise to say Words are descriptive rather than prescriptive; the definitions for which change based on usage. Recommendation: pause between points to let it sink in. Vsauce is good at that. Recommendation: too many things in the video to focus - frame is always too busy, and too much in motion.

[@thinkfact]

Definitely, that being said I feel that for the sake of this video it was extremely important to truly break it down to a very detailed level so that way I can expand upon it later. In terms of the constructive criticism, I appreciate it! The video is getting so long I was afraid of putting too many pauses in, and because I had so much information I wanted to get out it forced me to put a lot of information in the left viewing panel. But I will definitely try to balance it out a bit more in the future! Thank you very much for the comment and take care!

[@dkazmer2]

Welcome! You'll be a pro in no time.

[@hashbrown7034]

FINALLY A NEW VIDEO

[@thinkfact]

You're telling me. Haha, took way longer than anticipated. Thanks for sticking around!

[@hashbrown7034]

+Think Fact your welcome!