Did The Past Really Happen?

Greece is full of wonderful new things and wonderful old things. But when WE become old things, will our ruins also be tourist attractions?
*Sources and extra info below!!*
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on instagram: / electricpants
Humorous/interesting videos about how future archeologists might interpret us:
VIDEO: “Beatles 3000”: • Beatles 3000
VIDEO: “Neil deGrasse Tyson On Manhattanhenge”: • Neil deGrasse Tyson On...
Toto: allanellenberger.com/toto-find...
“highway” vs “freeway”: sgtalcastro.blogspot.co.uk/201...
why are old things so often underground?:
goo.gl/u8SFFw
www.archaeological.org/educati...
“Motel of Mysteries” (great book I remember from when I was a kid): www.amazon.co.uk/Motel-Mysteri...
Last Thursdayism:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalos...
www.last-thursday.org/
Occam’s Razor: math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics...
Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword: philosophynow.org/issues/46/N...
other razors: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor_(p...)
Interpreting the past (including us, when we become “the past”):
www.heritagedaily.com/2014/01/...
www.usu.edu/markdamen/1320hist...
bigthink.com/videos/how-will-f...
www.albany.edu/~scifraud/data/...
This American Life on people in the future: www.thisamericanlife.org/radio...
The 15th century wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_cen...
conservation of energy: www.britannica.com/EBchecked/t...
history of perpetual motion: www.hp-gramatke.net/perpetuum/...
Why old computers and consoles turn yellow: www.vintagecomputing.com/index...
the Second Law of Thermodynamics: hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/...
Heat Death of the universe: www.physlink.com/Education/Ask...
Good entropy resources:
entropysimple.oxy.edu/content.htm
• Entropy
physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2...
www.askamathematician.com/2011...
www.learner.org/courses/chemis...

[@splinterun9005]

Michael:*robs a bank* Michael in court: “The past didn’t really happen”

[@richardtan7814]

Lmao

[@nguyenhoanglong420]

Lol 😆!!!

[@metaversian2685]

Hey Vsauce, Micheal here! I just robbed a bank... Or did I? What defines "Robbing"? I took 24 hostages and stole 69 million USD.

[@Lp.goes.gym.]

That’s so good

[@xhelixshotx]

I temporarily forgot that I'm in a Vsauce video and thought you were talking about Michael de Santa.

[@blink5394]

Title: "Did the past really happen?" Opening: "The dog that played toto in the wizard of oz was credited as toto."

[@sarahkraus8247]

That's hilarious

[@ayatsheikh3558]

HAHAHAHAHA

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"Name 10 people from the 15th century" John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John and of course John

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Pretty golden comment

[@stackorstarv3]

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[@DK-fd3fi]

😂. 😂. 😂. 😂😊

[@LegoDude3258]

Vsauce: the only KZbin channel that can turn existential dread into fun lil videos.

[@Max_6200]

Yet these lil videos are still very much capable of putting you in the state of such dread 🤗

[@googlyman645]

kurzgesagt does it too, with fun little cartoon birds

[@probablysearvnifr]

Yeah fun "lil" very little

[@kugelblitz-zx9un]

Exurb1a

[@proxlordz]

Kurzgesagt does it too

[@elirichey3978]

I love how he throws everything I’ve ever known out the window

[@eugenio1203]

@RünerTheWolf 25 😂😂😂

[@athena1957]

RünerTheWolf 25 no.

[@donnakona7615]

when he told me to be lazy that was a first

[@XXStrong1]

That’s why I love channels like vsauce. It really makes you realize how much you really don’t know and thus makes you that much more eager to learn.

[@sleepydreamer4175]

Did he really? *Or did you do it yourself?*

[@donthaha3965]

“Being lazy will make the universe last more” Say no more

[@nickxenix]

no more

[@seniorshankar9813]

No more

[@seaotter4439]

No more

[@PixelShroom1]

No more

[@ginyu5009]

Ur profile picture matches ur comment so well

[@lukefahy3486]

5:26 “You’re destined to become what the universe thinks you were” is an underrated statement and actually very philosophical if you think about it.

[@nbtoutcequejevaisdireestfa5441]

Its not

[@jovanobates3835]

Indeed.

[@peasantfarmerr8917]

​@@nbtoutcequejevaisdireestfa5441 you are a part of universe, you definitely decide for yourself

[@MizterMoonshine]

That's not even what he said and completely changes the meaning lol

[@rumfordc]

philosophically illiterate. conflating a representation with what its representing, aka "mistaking the map for the territory."

[@raiderng]

Imagine at the end of your life, you peacefully pass away and then boom, they take off your vr headset and ask “so how was it”

[@malystxy5601]

You would be surprised

[@ytkerfuffles6429]

0:00: The dog that played toto 11:55: You can make the universe last longer by being lazy

[@benhole9716]

Haha 🤣

[@stewart32adams]

Ngl I thought I was watching 2 videos 🤣🤣🤣

[@sirderwent6215]

Title: did the past really happen?

[@anveshkhode3794]

We've come a long way from Toto 😐

[@SJ-ci3yp]

“everything was created last thursday”

[@jayeshbisht8999]

"Newton flaming laser sword" and they say phillosphers are boring.

[@BatCostumeGuy]

Lmao

[@adriatic.vineyards]

Who says philosophers are boring? Philosophy is dope

[@Windja69]

@@adriatic.vineyards yeah I know

[@markobolo4465]

@@BatCostumeGuy or did they? Before last Thursday?

[@YoshiLikesFate]

@@adriatic.vineyards i learned Philosophy in my PreSchool days

[@harbirsingh7266]

I don't care if I'm forgotten; Vsauce videos need to be preserved forever.

[@shreyasjaiswal2196]

Its very amusing to see that what I learned last year in school as laws of thermodynamics , entropy ,enthalpy are bases of many theories and I can actually start to understand the world more efficiently, it gives me motivation to dive even deeper in the depths of physics and chemistry

[@saltygrama209]

Same and it feels awesome, keep learning!

[@desiar76]

i learned this few weeks ago, i didn't expected to use this knowledge outside of school this fast

[@nut_salad]

The entropic brain

[@parallell0]

Everybody Gangster until Newton pulls out his flaming laser sword.

[@mooplex4466]

Lmao

[@t-rex9809]

Sir Isaac Newton! What are you doing?

[@rhn122]

FOR SCIENCE!

[@Adam-xf6sq]

General Grievous: **happy addition to collection noises**

[@changeeyecolor3891]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@MicahSMoore]

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[@TMME360]

The originality is simply mind boggling ...

[@MicahSMoore]

True story TMME360

[@joelmcgannon7211]

No nigga

[@Finity1990]

What is a "nigga"?

[@melgacorrea]

Finity1990 did you really ask that?

[@BartholemewFitzgeraldThe4th]

My brain 2 seconds after I lock a door:

[@randygonzalez6250]

10:59 I used this argument with my boss & I got fired, thanks a lot man!

[@jchampneys3913]

One day, Vsauce will be considered an ancient philosopher

[@PeterWalkerHP16c]

That was last Thursday.

[@oxernaut1527]

Or will he?

[@jybler007]

Greatest comment

[@jybler007]

G

[@Dale8132]

KEEP IT AT 420 LIKES

[@seanwilson5989]

*Mom:* Get off your computer, you're being lazy *Me:* No, I'm being considerate

[@nakinajay]

*Mom:* Get off your computer, you're being lazy *Me:* No, I'm exercising my tennis Elbow!

[@seanwilson5989]

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[@karlmudsam2834]

Mom: go outside your lazy Me: IM DECREASING ENTROPY IN THE SYSTEM

[@nakinajay]

Karl Müdsam lol 👍

[@mistakenmeme]

Mom can't do math.

[@OrionRing]

"The dog from the wizard of oz was named Toto" 5 minutes later "Newtons flaming laser sword"

[@EduardoPedroCarvalho]

Rest in peace, Terry (toto).

[@ToRoVi]

Me: *exists* Vsauce: You are killing our universe

[@aatzaaa]

Vilho kuis panee

[@ProMrLecoq01]

Exactly

[@Tark0wo]

but what created energy? energy wasnt always around, because the universe wasnt always around. so what created energy?

[@ProMrLecoq01]

Arked Thrive god

[@diablodevil708]

Arked Thrive the world may never know...

[@nekocrimmy]

I feel like i learn more from VSauce in 11mins then i do from an entire day of school .-.

[@Chris.Pontius]

Try a better school.

[@nekocrimmy]

Chris Pontius No shet, have you been to a french school lmao

[@michaelperez6147]

WintyVisualz Lol french school's.. How much philosophy do they teach xd?

[@angusyoung4418]

Love your profile pic, MLGjontron cannot be out qwickscopped.

[@sc18594]

People speak french in my country, teachers cant even teach french, we had 30 students in support class and 30 other other that couldnt be in that class because it was full. employers are complaining on how kids cant write correctly. The education system is awful.

[@jeebrew]

This is one of my favorite vsauce videos. Both scientific and philosophical at the same time as almost every other video of him, but there's something that touches me in a peculiar way...

[@senshi01]

That made me think of the universe's entropy. As the entropy must increase, and the galaxies, stars and black holes holds it together, the only way the universe could maintain it is by expanding faster and faster. By expanding, the universe can maintain the expanding overall entropy. Which means that when galaxies, stars and black holes die out, it will inevitably reverse the expansion again in order to maintain entropy.

[@alpacawithouthat987]

Teacher: why didn’t you do your homework? Me: I wanted to postpone the inevitable heat death of the universe

[@nickgriffin7710]

Heat death of the universe: *I am inevitable* Michael: *And I am, Vsauce*

[@dennisruud825]

I am inevitable

[@supreetkumar7604]

Thanks for giving me a good laugh

[@thebritishempireball4184]

0.1 second

[@holybanana8182]

@@thebritishempireball4184 Even less

[@Vsauce]

"The past is a foreign country and we are only tourists" -- The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

[@ashleycasey2093]

first comment AGAIN

[@rickyrigatoni]

please do not being of stalk mikhail, Ashley Casey

[@Oliver-kk6lr]

That is some wise words Vsauce :,)

[@pumpuppthevolume]

Ashley Casey noooooooooo

[@ashleycasey2093]

Powerful Vegeta ???

[@iamtheinevitable-]

Bro really makes me question life

[@frankaragatan]

Damn 2024, am I the only one?

[@XioBlox12]

Nope 💔

[@LoveAlwaysWins333]

Nope

[@BabySkoda]

These are my sleep videos and have been for the last 7 years

[@user-vq5nd4wg1n]

Nah

[@wyattmastin487]

yes

[@Alexander.0671]

"I'm not lazy, I'm postponing the end of the universe" should totally be a shirt

[@pdp6839]

SO TRUE

[@DECimotA]

Yes. I need this.

[@allaballa1061]

It would be a bad shirt though

[@silic8873]

it would be a little weird, even if I relate to it

[@bannedaccount3752]

tacky

[@dadoncouch732]

Me: **locks door** My brain 2 seconds later: *Did the past really happen?*

[@dadoncouch732]

@@radhikadesai414 I don't have tik tok

[@Namerex]

@@radhikadesai414 noob

[@dadoncouch732]

@@burgerplanet4490 sorry how this somehow offended you man😔

[@dadoncouch732]

@@burgerplanet4490 what the acutual Fuck?

[@chouayangmk]

@@burgerplanet4490 I can hear the moaning in that room what you doing with him?

[@TachyBunker]

"Relaxing adds time to the universe" is so wild to say

[@Vomitspit_]

I’m not just “chilling” while I watch this video, actually, I am saving the universe little by little

[@thefrancix9316]

Vsauce the only you tube channel that makes lazyness a way to "save" the universe

[@Matsie36]

No, just prolong its fate, but only by a miniscule amount.

[@thefrancix9316]

Matsie36 well that's why put those airquotes on save xD

[@Afterword.]

Matsie36 Which is saving. If I save you from getting drowned in a pool, you're still going to die. I'm just prolonging your fate.

[@Vishnu_Karthik]

No matter how lazy you are your body is still working!

[@5teeleDuke]

***** Yes but the ammount of resources you use would be less.

[@rorysnow7937]

I'm not lazy. I'm saving the universe

[@orkodijo]

+Rory Snow U ARE A SUPERHERO!!!

[@SadisticNiles]

+Rory Snow I will join in you in your adventure of laziness!

[@pinkpartyhat4188]

+Peacerino Kripperino THE KRIPPERINOS ARE SPREADING! SOON THEY WILL BE EVERYWHERE!

[@Shakads]

+Rory Snow that's what I keep telling my boss!

[@Saz730]

That's a brilliant motto

[@OreoSmithOfficial]

“Stop laying around and go clean your room” “But mom, I’m saving the universe.”

[@octobsession3061]

He said Newton's Flaming Laser Sword with straight face like it's a genuine thing just cracks me up

[@drettlinking1269]

Me: *Breaths* Universe: *what the hell*

[@gcrazy64]

Lmfao

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Lol

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Lmfao

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Lol

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Lmfao

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Not all heroes wear capes Some lay around doing nothing

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Like me

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Why are you following me

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Like me

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Can we appreciate the fact that he was holding the deck of cards all along?

[@JasonsFilmsYT]

Vsauce will one day be among the ranks of Aristotle and Socrates.

[@pritpalsingh3609]

Girl: I'm 5 months pregnant and you're the father. Me: The world was created last thursday.

[@ack434]

Pritpal Singh But does the baby even exist at all? *cue Vsauce music

[@inciucio]

First, let's define what's a baby.

[@randzrubiales4273]

A baby is a human, but smaller.

[@inciucio]

@@randzrubiales4273 Or is it?

[@ack434]

@@randzrubiales4273 First, let's find out what it means to be human. [Explanation] In conclusion, snails are the centre of the universe.

[@Melili1996]

parents: stop lying around all day me: im postponing the heat death of the universe

[@spongweedsquarehood3735]

Omg yes lmao

[@arthurbrouwer9948]

bakkes toe

[@potitishogun2961997]

Was about to comment that xD

[@arthurbrouwer9948]

haha =)

[@boratbruno4947]

+potitishogun2961997 same hahah

[@Clodd1]

No matter how far humanity go, they will know almost everything about us, because we can’t “ungoogle” us.

[@Eddo15878]

The beginning was ironically a classic sauce transition

[@TheAnhedonicOne]

Vsauce formula: _"Hey! Vsauce, Michael here."_ • Seemingly irrelevant fact / thing • Big question • Meat of the video • Depressing conclusion • Uplifting and optimistic take by Michael Stevens _"And as always, thanks for watching."_

[@scooperdooper4097]

Lethargy u forgot the existential crisis, also, imma do a test real quick. I’m ready to get my bed and I can get my bed and my room and I have to go get ready for my room ready to leave and my bed ready to be home and ready for my room to go to play my bed room bed bed room room and room for a room. If ur wondering I just spammed the middle thing. I just read it, and just, “my bed room bed bed room room and *room for a room* “

[@UCFc1XDsWoHaZmXom2KVxvuA]

@@scooperdooper4097 WHAT

[@scooperdooper4097]

@@UCFc1XDsWoHaZmXom2KVxvuA after the "test" i just spammed the auto correct middle word (i was on my tablet)

[@UCFc1XDsWoHaZmXom2KVxvuA]

@@scooperdooper4097 I got that, but i can't get why you are not booking for the other one is a little more than I can say is that I have to go to the other side of the other one.

[@QuicksolutionsOnline]

Stolen

[@mrfilmmaker3237]

ME:Do you want something to eat? Michael:But what exactly *IS* "something" ME:I mean *something* that you like or something you had eaten in the *past* ... Michael: *Did the past really happen???* *(weird music starts at the background..)*

[@pettalk8302]

WRACKER 123 ROFL

[@alexg6910]

WRACKER 123 that's exactly how I feel everytime I watch one Vsauce video

[@billanderson5580]

Alex G But what is a feeling?

[@alexg6910]

Bill Anderson Bruhhhhhhhh

[@kenm3ng121]

No one can escape curiosty in my BGM.

[@maxh4694]

Bro this is what keeps me up at night

[@nachosNipples]

it kinda freaks me out the the past 'didn't' happen if we lose the evidence or forget

[@comco6190]

Last video i watched: "You live in the past" This video: "Did the past really happen?" Next recommended video: "IS ANYTHING REAL?" *existential crisis intensifies*

[@cyb3rnub184]

Next video after that one: "AM I BEING PAID YET?"

[@yakirnaim3900]

It's clues to let you know you are going crazy

[@fillip13]

Is this real life? Or is it just fantasy?

[@Randomcitizen820]

Nothing really matters.

[@TheDeathdragon401]

Next Video: “Spooky Coincedences”

[@Dachi40]

Newton's flaming laser sword, that is just, I have no more words.

[@smitty2085]

I wonder how much damage it deals

[@scorchedcore4357]

about 9000

[@Dachi40]

scorched core 9000 damage in minecraft damage, Pokémon damage, call of duty damage, or any kind of damage? Because in some games 9000 damage isn't that much.

[@wei446]

its an ultra rare drop, and can one hit kill everything lol

[@Dachi40]

BBGaming&Tutorials ok,makes sense

[@zimamproductions326]

Michael will be remembered for hundreds of year.

[@Theverylostsocks]

Vsauce always manages to take my existential thoughts and turn them into answers

[@DylanDr1pDr0pWilhelmi]

I'm not lazy, I'm saving the universe

[@BluebearyFudge]

Put that on a t-shirt

[@elvisitor]

Maria Sayco to much energy will be used... go sleep!

[@arekpostolski8495]

Tell it to my wife... :)

[@MrLemonsChannel]

Arek Postolski OH NO! WE ARE WASTING ENERGY BY TYPING THIS STUFFS. HOWS ABOUT WE ALL DIE TO CONSERVE THE UNIVERSE! or not. Won't happen in my life time

[@vizthex]

XD

[@nielsdebont8419]

“Will aliens understand that animorph was not just fiction” Now that is a scary thought

[@LilHex20]

Niels De bont especially if they somehow find our internet like KZbin and can’t understand language but see furry videos

[@RichiPete]

It's not though, we have such an archive that something like that will never happen.

[@LilHex20]

RichiPeteMedia r/wooosh

[@RichiPete]

@@LilHex20 lmao, never thought a stupid fuck who thinks r/wooshing people in 2020 would do it to me on a comment that has no fucking application in any sense.

[@Vk_1111]

@@cycbuild nah not happening

[@landlighterfirestar5550]

"Relaxing adds time to the universes life" That is strangely comforting and validating

[@happyelephant5384]

Wow, i came up with this problem on my own some time ago and didn't expect somebody to have unswer

[@darkvoid1751]

Future People: That Vsuace guy died a long time ago Vsauce: or did I ??????????

[@full-timepog6844]

Michael: I am an immortal being. *WORSHIP ME!*

[@technoultimategaming2999]

*Opens coffin* "Hey Vsauce, Michael here..."

[@nikoreed3578]

He died last Thursday

[@nekrominh131]

No

[@eerokarhunen]

*jazz music starts*

[@Downbubbles2]

Unironically Michael is the only person that can make me feel good about being lazy.

[@fog8008]

i wanna be lazy now

[@L0RDK3Y]

Benn

[@zyriuz2]

Finally some good arguments to those who complain about my laziness.... Eh I'm not sure they will understand thermodynamics so it's probably useless to try and explain that to them, it would take too much precious energy to do so.

[@flamingaish]

Lol

[@iloveeatingeggstheyaremyfa445]

Can’t reach for the comment button, will do the reply button instead.

[@LUNE.44]

"Why didnt you do your homework?" "I was making sure the universe lasted longer"

[@the_natural_philosopher]

Your presentation is really on point!!

[@chris-hayes]

Now if scientists used more names like "Newton's Flaming Laser Sword", I would do so much better in school

[@drettlinking1269]

Facts

[@dr.redstone7980]

Me too lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😅😄😁🙂

[@brooksman10]

Newton's Flaming Laser Sword is used in philosophy, not science.

[@comfortablymoist902]

brooksman10 ok thx for your contribution

[@silverhawking]

Right? Maybe I should redirect my teachers here.

[@cobletful]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I assumed that future civilizations wouldn't really need to do any guessing. We keep rather decent records of basically all the important stuff we know, I'd imagine that would be far more clear and detailed than ancient wall paintings. Just something to consider.

[@justwitti]

The Romans did that too. Turns out we only have their important books and some ruins today, which does tell us pretty much but not all about them.

[@Noschool100]

justwitti unless our civilization collapses like the Roman's society did and we enter a world wide dark age it is likely the records we have will remain.

[@cobletful]

***** There's no way we could collapse like the Romans. I'm not sure if you're American, but just because America every gets nuked or whatever, there will still be plenty of records as to what our time was like for other countries. However, we aren't really any less likely to die from, say, an asteroid than the Romans (also we could probably prepare for it better)

[@cobletful]

***** Haha, ALL data? Geeze

[@TheSloth375]

Cough cough aztecs. Do you keep record of your bags of beans?

[@barrymccokiner2779]

I’ll definitely be forgotten as will most others

[@lulugaj5859]

Newton' s flaming laser sword sounds like a item the final boss of a rpg uses.

[@micahphilson]

"Toto's remains have been lost." "Greece is pretty ancient. How will future archaeologists react to today's ruins?' "Is the past even a real thing?" Every episode of Vsauce is like a drug-induced existential crisis.

[@user-fq3co7jb9v]

Micah Philson tru

[@julianbasse]

God, im really glad i wasnt the only one thinking that

[@pavia1960]

TOto wasn't found because he was busy blessing the rains in africa

[@successorofpgg1709]

𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻𝓼?

[@lvbboi9]

Same

[@mhymyk4022]

Someone needs to make a T-shirt I'm not lazy I'm postponing the universe's end

[@MichaelKingReaper]

YES

[@bilbo300100]

Ur Afail make it happen mate.I'll be a buyer!

[@atho4787]

Ur Afail I knew that just seating around and not doing anything was helping the world.

[@dystopia5695]

You fuckin you

[@dystopia5695]

The question is who's gonna DO it? If you know what i mean!

[@animepabu5526]

dang all his videos are actually very interesting.. if only this kind of stuff was taught in school this way. Because the way he explains actually makes sense

[@kissingthings2265]

I keep coming back every few years

[@Dan-mm5iy]

Vsauce videos be like "im going to show u how to plant a tree"and by the end of the video "and that's how babies are made"

[@ThallanarRabidtooth]

I feel ya bro

[@TheAlienFleet]

Lol

[@temitayoolofintuyi4642]

yerp

[@greenmilklatte]

That's what makes them awesome! They work like a real conversation :)

[@rudyeilabouni]

It's like math questions... If 2 + 3 = 5, then what is the area of the surface of the sun?

[@valentinrisatti6405]

Q: "Is the past even a real thing?" A: "Relaxing adds time to the universe's life."

[@7mbmasihbelajar]

Lol way too far

[@vaughnparry1760]

Relaxing has nothing to do with "time" it is an emotional reaction. UNIVERSE exists regardless what humans do. Times not relevant to universe existence is.

[@RazorM97]

super funny

[@AgeofJP]

@@vaughnparry1760 haven't you watched the video? It is relevant, 100% in fact...the universe will still exist after the "heat death" in 10^100 years and at that stage time becomes irrelevant because literally nothing's going to happen after that, but that's not the point here. It's about the *time* until that event, and Michael (as he always does) explained pretty clear and undeniably why relaxing *does* prolong that event. And if you're talking about emotions being irrelevant in that regard, think again...you consume energy by thinking aswell. Relaxing literally saves up energy consumption compared to feeling angered for example the same way he described in the video only even less than compared to actively moving your body. In my whole life until now I sure as hell saved the universe a nanosecond or two compared to the hypothetical me that would've been more active. Now if you had said it's irrelevant to think about it since there is no "if" and thus comparing your past and future life with a hypothetical other life doesn't change anything because you have lived and will live only one way which is already set in stone because of the nonexistence of coincidence in our universe...well *then* you'd have a point there, but as it stands you seem to highly underestimate the impact (or relevance) everything has/had/will have on everything else just because it's too tiny of a relevance for you to imagine. But please try to, because it's fascinating as fuck to find these things out. And also don't try to disprove scientific theories with semantics...you'll only sound smart and give fuel to ignorance to spread more ignorance. If I misunderstood your point, just say so...I'm not 100% sure since it's not my first language and well you didn't exactly phrase an explicit thought

[@tjdiddy]

Yes, but no. But really yes.

[@lilypads3033]

Sloths basically won the MVP of preserving this universe along with other cold blooded creatures

[@MohdAziz2009]

The last Thursday was actually big bang.

[@amundkringensamuelsen647]

"Newton's flaming laser sword" That is the coolest philosophical thing I have ever heard.

[@michaelgriggs7839]

It is very cool actually

[@SenpaiTorpidDOW]

illyounotme Yeah. It suggests: Let's just get rid of all of mathematics, logic, computer science's basis, theoretical physics, legal studies, social studies, economics, sociology, language studies, and half of philosophy. In fact. One could even argue the hard sciences wouldn't make any sense if it was true. Since the hard sciences necessarily require us to come to an agreement on specific unfalsifiable debates before we start them. Who decided that unfalsifiable claims are not worthy of debate and on what basis? Who decided that scientific method X is superior to scientific method Y and why? Is this falsifiable empirically? No. It's a value judgment.

[@XdmsT]

Ryan Hutton scientists probably laugh their ass of if they hear you talk.

[@toasty4000000]

Thats because it was named by a philosopher who was also a mathematician

[@SenpaiTorpidDOW]

XdmsT Why would they do that?

[@jdudelxl]

Whenever my mom says go outside ill just tell her im saving the universe by doing nothing

[@silver47official]

Why does she tell you to go outside? Does she not like you?

[@erinj.9645]

Lmao! Shots fired. XD

[@Akira-Aerins]

+Ꭼʀɪ Ꮯʜᴇᴇsᴇ Yᴏɢᴜʀᴛ (Ꮲʟᴀᴛʏᴘᴜssʏ) what are those x-box symbols?

[@Akira-Aerins]

+Ꭼʀɪ Ꮯʜᴇᴇsᴇ Yᴏɢᴜʀᴛ (Ꮲʟᴀᴛʏᴘᴜssʏ) ...And how is your YTname such a jumbled mess when I reply to your comments?

[@silver47official]

Justin Elliott I can read it just fine, must be your eyes.

[@tony9622]

I mean I remember my room being bland and normal and now 9 years later it's a gamer room

[@tony9622]

Hmm but did the past really happen tho?

[@apix417]

I always learn something really good and interesting when I watch Vsauce

[@juantsu2000]

You were all amazed by Ockham's razor.........but none of you expected: NEWTON'S FLAMING LASER SWORD!!!!!!!!

[@rebeccaliebregts]

I thought you were gonna go for the Spanish Inquisition.

[@salvadoreleone4570]

these would make some perfect RPG easter egg weapons

[@NaughtySamurai]

I literally read this comment when he mentioned it on the video. Another video for vsauce

[@aaronjoshuaaguanta6556]

Lmao yeah its much stronger than thanos gloves

[@myozbubble]

[@throb4245]

Saving the universe is our superpower! Who needs iron man or Captain America?

[@radi0sowithazero979]

Im shaving the universe!

[@SULTAN.HAKIM21]

@@radi0sowithazero979 with the Occam razor

[@IBaitman]

Sloths, assemble.

[@hanneb.f.1966]

Im a hero! 😅

[@captainbossman1016]

When you realize you asked yourself the same questions as a kid... I guess I was born a philosopher

[@danemacpherson833]

I miss these videos, Michael has taught me more than 12 years of schooling has in a fraction of the time

[@LadyVenus125]

Yes! 🥲🥲🥲

[@thisisarjunbutwhythehellar6188]

" I took a selfie in...Delphi" "HOW WILL WE BE REMEMEBERED???"

[@avaneeshkhadye6816]

**Dr Frankenstein literally cuts open her head and changes her mind.**

[@late_in_french1140]

Rememebered...

[@thisisarjunbutwhythehellar6188]

Maxime Dupuis re*meme*bered

[@mmymmy315]

Parents: Why are you so lazy?? Me: *shut up I'm saving the universe*

[@crotchsplotch]

Its disrespectful to talk to your parents like that.

[@TengkuAmier]

@@crotchsplotch its a joke

[@mmymmy315]

The Last Bueno Yes, but it's a joke. I don't think anyone would seriously speak to their parents in this manner.

[@crotchsplotch]

@@mmymmy315 I know I was joking.

[@dontjudgemebymyname6620]

@@crotchsplotch Your comments don't seem like a joke to me 😞

[@scream4depp]

whenever something bad happens I tell myself, don't stress, it'll soon be the past anyway

[@CiRdy34]

It’s fun to watch Michael’s videos and compare what he’s talking about in the beginning to what he’s talking about at the end.

[@TheRonnoc182]

Beginning of video-Did the past really happen End of video- Laziness saves the world

[@jjj-eq7gv]

TheRonnoc182 ikr

[@veronicaproctor184]

beginning of the video - terry's death !! how dare you invalidate toto's contribution to the eventual heat death of the universe

[@jacobmosier3816]

universe*

[@Vjkeys]

lol wys he changed the topic quick

[@InvaderJamz]

TheRonnoc182 I find it annoying when he does that.

[@Ghostkiller231]

This guy is basically us at night when we can’t sleep, we just question everything

[@myfavouritecolorisgreen]

but with backed up sources

[@DoiInthanon1897]

Me right now

[@ReizokoRyu]

He has answers though

[@cbuckholtz]

He makes it so we can’t sleep.

[@suss4354]

Im like this 24/7 lmao

[@manumasajnik]

interesting thought: the future will have the aesthetic we predict it will have because the designers of it already have that idea in mind.

[@sobofshofol5622]

Just imagine this video was never uploaded and these are just memories popped up while the universe was created last minute.

[@vap0rw1se]

Vsauce: Did the past really happen? Vsauce, a few minutes later: Newton's Flaming Laser Sword

[@--TOM--]

yes but was the laser sword invented last thursday?

[@m.jailam8861]

up next: Alessandro Volta's Oscillating Frozen Lightsaber

[@BF1_enthusiast]

@@m.jailam8861lmao😂

[@kiranthakur8793]

A few more minutes later-ended up at googol years later😂

[@ard-janvanetten1331]

@@--TOM-- no

[@winter_silhouette]

Q : What is your contribution towards society? A : I postponed the inevitable heat death of the universe.

[@White_Night_Demon]

hey thats actually a prettty good answer when asked the question!

[@yummydragon8533]

YES

[@Gameplayer555]

This is why I never promise things. I could be possible that they won't happen or didn't happened.

[@milesfreilich968]

2:05 i just thought of a quote. One i just came up with; "the percieved past is what we know but the past is unknown"

[@RickyFranksisDank]

Vsauce can literally make me believe that I'm a dog

[@manideepnaama5711]

Rickypop05 you are!

[@MintBiscuit]

Wait you're not...?

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

But watching it in reverse makes you believe you're a God

[@artzzia2623]

Rickypop05 What is a dog in a dog's mind? You could be a dog, but only to dog species. Or a dog can be a human In another species. Without humans, the word dog wont be alive.. What is a dog to a dog? Is it itself? Or is it another species??

[@omarocampo3373]

Uuzi Does a Chihuahua think it's the same species as a Great Dane? Do animals recognize other species as different species?

[@epicgamernik76]

Michael: being lazy can make the universe last longer Me running around at 3 am: I AM THE GOD OF CHAOS

[@godhimself9468]

nah "god of entropy" sounds cooler and is also more accurate

[@zerbutterftw]

LMAO

[@maazurrehman9998]

😂😂

[@erictheodorecartman7567]

Your profile picture matchs the comment 😂

[@erictheodorecartman7567]

@Eric Jungmann if lazy= slow down Then Running around= making things go fast

[@27PSB72]

"I can't take out the garbage now, mom. I'm saving the Universe"

[@d2speaks13]

Vsauce: asks one question Also Vsauce: *answeres 5 questions in one*

[@sebflo4137]

i dont turn off the power to save energy i do it so that the power bill aint higher than snoop dogg

[@SneezyKeegz]

Truth

[@umm0821]

lmao

[@Waxxumus]

+Sebastian F you are a slave to the system that owns you.

[@jeffjoff7800]

And you're free.

[@nate5073]

+Sebastian F hahahaha that's funny

[@fadziilsa2631]

Me: **Put the phone in my pocket** My Brain: *Did the past really happen?*

[@leviackermannightcore]

Literally T_T i think Last Thursdayism isn't true tho. I believe the past happened.

[@StealthKey]

@@leviackermannightcore you cant prove that tho

[@QuidProQuo999]

@@StealthKey How do you know that you can't prove that tho

[@StealthKey]

@@QuidProQuo999 prove that it did happen

[@adamniepowiemtego6011]

Me: writes an response to a comment. My brain: *Did the past really happen?*

[@zeyy84]

Never would i ever have thought I’d see Michael shuffle a deck of cards in a Vsauce video

[@kaushikmohanta8526]

Sometimes vsauce seems like the only one making sense in this world. This is one of those times for me