Does time exist? - Andrew Zimmerman Jones

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The earliest time measurements were observations of cycles of the natural world, using patterns of changes from day to night and season to season to build calendars. More precise time-keeping eventually came along to put time in more convenient boxes. But what exactly are we measuring? Andrew Zimmerman Jones contemplates whether time is something that physically exists or is just in our heads.
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[@damianokusta9591]

Graphics on fleek

[@SwapnilLonkar]

Best video I watched today. Great work, keep it up. :)

[@tschacknorris8550]

Sorry, but actually I ain't got time to listen to that. Waiiiiiiiiit... O.o

[@narsimhas1360]

Rest in peace Stephen Hawking

[@ZaxorVonSkyler]

I love the animated expressions!

[@Questn]

I don't know why but I feel so comfortable while watching these videos. Like someone is trying to teach me something special, very politely.

[@ankurbanerjee6607]

@@Tc-es2jy yes u are correct and they only tell to memorize not understand

[@GoldenHellcat]

Questn fkubtcg

[@MAX-de8fe]

the mitochondria is the power house of the cell

[@ellenjarrard7920]

@@Tc-es2jy Some of my teachers are like this and encourage us to understand and use the material in our life. Some teachers are very good and encouraging.

[@BHNative]

It's great to learn from it, because you really learn, it isn't boring in the least, every video has its own animation... This is amazing for all of mankind!

[@chuckychuck8318]

This Einstein animation is the cutest I've ever seen

[@chuckychuck8318]

@Umar Shaikh looks like you didn't read my comment properly

[@yohansaldana8218]

See the animation of their "Will we ever teleport?".

[@sultanhassan2505]

There I made it from 999 to 1k likes

[@yohansaldana8218]

@@chuckychuck8318 Who's Umar Shaikh?

[@chuckychuck8318]

@@yohansaldana8218 i don't remember i guess they deleted their comment

[@fatiyorokobi6833]

"Could time just be some sort of illusion generated by the limitations of the way we perceive the universe" This blew my mind

[@dawzrd2458]

I wonder if we changed the fundamental ways we perceive the universe then maybe we could break this illusion, or see it in a new light

[@DreamGirlsRealLifeTV]

Time does exist👈 the purpose of time is to calculate change👈 the only thing in the COSMOS that is timeless and time do not exist for is infinity👈 Infinity is the only thing that time does not have an effect on 👈 the speed of light is the fastest time dilation that's moving in the direction of infinity 👈 Infinity is the sum total of the infinite past present and future👈 Infinity has no change because it is the sum total of the infinite past present and future which makes it TIMELESS because it always exists in the NOW👈 so time does not exist for Infinity👈 there are infinite time dilations in the infinite 360° sphere COSMOS👈 yes the COSMOS is a 360° INFINITE sphere containing infinite bubble universes expanding towards Infinity in the infinite 360° sphere COSMOS 👈

[@SkunkFarmer420]

Saw and read your comment the moment the video said it. Time isn’t real we’re in a simulation

[@kuggefar4070]

I've thought about this and the infinity of the universe for years and I'm slowly growing insane :D

[@fionncaomanac339]

@@dawzrd2458 Tralfamadorians are very knowledgeable on this subject.

[@joesr31]

I always get a funny feel when I think about how all our questions now would one day be common sense. Like how gravity was a mystery before and it was thought up by one of the greatest minds in history, but now its more of common sense and taught in school to 10year olds. In the future, all these mind boggling concepts and theories would become common sense that kids learn in school.

[@hamnasheikh4020]

well I wish that I live in that era when this will get solved!

[@aqua1675]

@@hamnasheikh4020 SAME!! I hope it would be the era with true equality and better people too.

[@laurenmiller2841]

This actually encourages me as a young person to pursue science, knowing that everything that seems so hard to understand and impossible to prove is just my great great grandchild's high school homework. It makes it seem more reasonable that I could actually contribute something, that I could actually DISCOVER something. It's wack

[@maine_nyc4588]

Facts

[@lisaseabrook4545]

I hope we are robots soon cuz this body SUCKS

[@rebellionrblx3060]

Teacher: you’re late to class Me: time is an illusion

[@SASUKEUCHIHA-yc6er]

My answer to the teacher: time is relative may be you are early!!!

[@HarshMishra-bi9ty]

Bad joke

[@dashaandino729]

Toby F 😂😂😂😂 good one

[@ishworshrestha3559]

Ok

[@beardedghinzu4336]

Time is not illusion its a deal between humans We decided that there is a time - to describe cyclical changes around us like day and night, birth and death and etc. And then got ourselves trapped by games of mind by decission that time - concept created by people - is possible 4rth dimenson... time has a great speculative power.

[@mustafaalibohra8824]

The animation is amazingly creative... hats off to the designer... loved it

[@TomSistermans]

Yeah cute yet intriguing

[@prashantvicky]

Sure,it is. The only other KZbin channel that can outperform Ted-Ed in creating cute, picturesque animations is Kurzgesagt. They,too create some marvellously beautiful animations. You should check out their animations. They have a dedicated team of animators especially for making animations.

[@devilgaming5972]

Yeah

[@raymondv.m4230]

@@prashantvicky I much prefer Ted-ed's approach, giving different animators around the globe opportunities to help spread wonderful ideas creates a very wonderful atmosphere full of diversity and creativity. Something that makes Ted-ed very unique as a content creator.

[@florianju5638]

+1

[@gideonbrown4215]

The entire video in three words: We don’t know.

[@TylerSmith-om1cr]

Well he also explained that time is all in the perception, all time is relative to ones experience, so it could exist but only to you

[@RKBock]

no no... the video was: einstein and further scientists proved that time does exist and actually is a fundamental property of your coordinates. all physical interactions happen slower or faster depending on your speed and proximity to mass. BUT some crazy people that make non-testable mathematical hypotheses with 11+ dimensions have some "solutions" which don't involve time.

[@RKBock]

@@TylerSmith-om1cr general relativity doesn't involve "perceptions". it says that everything, movements of atoms, light, nuclear decay and everything else that can be used to measure time/give time meaning moves slower if it is near a high mass.

[@rehankhuram7490]

@@RKBock but time is just a measurement the actual understanding of time is just a hypothesis based on the judgement of our past just like everything in science its just a judgement and nothing goes past the level of hypothesis as our perception is the present past we have no way of knowing the future other than predictions on past events so time doesn't actually exist im my humble opinion ofcourse

[@RKBock]

@@rehankhuram7490 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXzNqXmAm8ilmaM

[@kungfudildo3159]

The animation in this video is absolutely astonishing! Not only the flawlesss technique but also how intuitive it works and how it is used in such a playful and intelligent way

[@getpriyanka]

Two ways to slow time down: 1: Start exercising 2: Microwave your food

[@bijulithapa3944]

It's all about perception. Now, if you put down your watch ⌚time travel begins

[@hufflepuff3636]

Plank

[@DaveBuildsThings]

The length of a minute depends on which side of the bathroom door you're on. (Author: Unknown)

[@nonofyourbusiness7626]

3:go to class (online or irl)

[@MariOmor1]

3. Do something you hate, because according to research time seems to slow down when you are doing unpleasant things

[@AA-zu3pw]

*When I'm late.* Teacher: You're very late. Me: Does time exist?

[@GutsIsTheGoat16]

😂😂

[@AA-zu3pw]

@Jacob Zondag lol good sense of humour 😂😂

[@varnlestoff]

You're this much relative motions past the relative motion you needed to be here by.

[@kibbledd1]

Too slow of an acceleration?

[@mr_guy661]

Only works in physics class

[@dkgiann87]

I feel like time is just the word we give to the phenomena of watching things in a 3D space move and breaking down those movements into digestible intervals. Similar to his example with the movie, what we call time can be broken down into individual “snapshots” of our universe. Without atoms moving, time doesn’t exist. Imagine the world was frozen, every atom stuck in its place, how would time even possibly be measured in such an instance?

[@talabaskictube161]

I had the same conclusion thing about time- if everything stops, illusion of time is gone.

[@mrivai]

I have the same understanding. If nothing change (or move in some way) then there is nothing to measure, there is no time. But then, in such a state, we can't have a consciousness can we? Now imagine if everything stopped moving... every matters, every atoms, EXCEPT your mind as an observer. Will time still exist for you? I think it's probably yes, since you can still feel the changes in your thought and consciousness, your mind will construct the concept of time again. So time is not only related to movements, but also our conscious mind. Time is a concept to measure our own mind.

[@nalinimulagund93]

@@mrivai neurons are also made of atoms so if all atoms stop neurons would stop too... unless only atoms outside of our brain stop then electric signals between neurons would still continue so time would run.

[@anushkaminal5554]

That is what general relativity says that time is not a constant but change with changes in frame of references!!

[@akai9401]

@@mrivai Cant be conscious if everything stops also the brain freezes, if everything stops that means time stopped too, If time keeps flowing things wont freeze.

[@springmelody6208]

Ted-Ed videos are so addictive and I'm loving it here.

[@BobMcCoy]

*Time flies when the animation is so good!*

[@anonymousguy4891]

Yeah I was looking at the animations more than listening.

[@zedaddy3530]

Who is this animator?? I _NEEED_ his contact. Can I get his email,Ted-ed?,pls.

[@DegreesOfThree]

Unfortunately, the animations are almost always better than the content. Of course time is real, because movement is real. You could theoretically have time without movement, but you can't have movement without time.

[@Lewa500]

Mostly Present The content is just as good as the animation. And it's clear you paid no attention to it, because the author said in the video that asking if time is real is the wrong question and what we should be asking is if time is a fundamental part of the universe or an emergent property.

[@lunaersb8659]

_Bob McCoy TIMMY!?!?!

[@lyan373]

can we just all take a moment to appreciate the amazing animation style here? thank you.

[@TenzinDorjee]

I was awestruck by the style and details of the animation, from the shadows of Stonehenge to the ripples in the ocean.

[@TheSwaroopB]

The attention to details, fluidity, freshness, simplicity! Man, that animation was a great journey of its own!!

[@hamidmalmo7664]

God Bless the animators and who hired them.

[@meghanakrishna6190]

You should watch kurtzgesart you'd be surprised

[@queenclary6004]

Hey can u tell me how they make these animated videos

[@tanvidatey7975]

Not only is the content great, but the animation is simply incredible, I can't imagine the amount of creativity and skill it must take to make something like this

[@Graphomite]

The dynamics of this animation were so cool. Loved it. Also the quiet music. Presentation of this TED-Ed was on point.

[@dinowibisono99]

2:52 that illustration of big vs small things studying each other is really clever and beautiful

[@KavinisshRaman]

Exactly!

[@mukrizhsmukmuk9252]

Together we can stop this

[@imsorryforarguingbut4555]

lelouch the demon emperor stop what?

[@Rajj_kh]

Did u read what's written on telescope pause the video and see at 2:52

[@embeboso8329]

if that telescope gets reversed, they will see the same thing through the telescope

[@aragornwannabe1441]

"Einstein said time is relative. Maybe I'm not late, you guys are early"-Miles Morales

[@Cygnus0lor]

I like you

[@liangyuwu8580]

spider man into the spider verse theory no.4443

[@liangyuwu8580]

@Jason Lee there are many. but not THAT many

[@liangyuwu8580]

@Jason Lee around 20-40

[@liangyuwu8580]

@KyshaKhyn O. Collado I only counted the more than 10000 votes ones

[@abc4356]

Brilliant, Excellent, Awesome, Beautiful, Magnificent no word I'm finding sufficient to describe the animation. But not only just the animation, the whole video has done such a great job. It's such a complicated topic but still explained so clearly.

[@abc4356]

After reading this comment me feeling that this person's got to be very much like me. But then sees that it was in fact me only 😂

[@jessevanderhamm]

That was the best description of “emergence” I’ve ever heard in my life.

[@sailesh2838]

My economics teacher : Time is an imaginary concept created by watchmakers to sell their watches .

[@erenjaeger9902]

😁

[@krukrok5218]

HAHA makes sense

[@chococan83]

Oh bloody mind blowing ..

[@ishworshrestha3559]

Hmm

[@polskiobywatel553]

stonks

[@chrisperrywv]

I want more of this animation. Whoever did it needs a raise

[@BlackPawn-vs7gd]

Up

[@LearningDevgarg]

Thank you TED Ed & Andrew for making this video. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@willbrink]

That's the best 5 mins on the topic I have seen yet attempting to explain one of the most vexing topic in all of physics, one that impacts us all now...and now...and now...

[@michaelmorgan6674]

I believe time is a construct of the mind to understand change.

[@davidzubiria3783]

But the idea of change implies time.

[@radium5545]

Yes! Exactly 👌👍

[@vytisagafonovas3887]

@@davidzubiria3783 becouse "time is a construct of the mind to understand change"

[@jillianforeman7640]

Yes, and as they explained in the video, time could be more of an intangible-tangible type of force. Something we have perceived for ourselves, but also a representation of change.

[@nabilalnahdi9605]

Makes sense

[@shawn1447]

Me after procrastinating for 5 hours: Does time exist?

[@Kingu32]

How do you know it's been 5hrs?

[@CarlosHenrique-yk7dj]

same

[@fayeyay18]

me RIGHT NOW

[@learniteasy8146]

What is procrastination?

[@sreejasuresh1106]

@@learniteasy8146 wasting time on the Internet instead of doing productive things

[@hayleeadamson6449]

I've been watching and rewatching this video for years at this point and I still really enjoy it. Thank you.

[@StarNumbers]

well, explain it

[@tasbidrahman3911]

Probably the best animation work I've ever watched.

[@astroash]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the wonderful animation? But wait, *will the moment exist?*

[@IADEntertainments]

Now that need another video to be made

[@StudentLearning737]

Did you know that there is only one second. The now. The past and future second are just memory.

[@idealthinker101]

@@StudentLearning737 I think this in a similar and way... . . Imagine we are sitting in a simulator. Whatever we have seen in it _till now_ , we recognise it as _Past_ . And future is to be seen... . . My simulator theory generates some points, like :- *1.* Maybe our lifespan is infinite. When we die in one simulator, we go to another simulator and start a new virtual life. *2.* Maybe we don't have any physical body, we would be just experiencing it through the simulator. *3.* Outside the simulator, there may be a different universe with different laws. . . I suggest you and other scientists to think over it...🤔

[@Homer-je1pz]

dat calculation tho Hey Vsauce, Michael here!

[@crazypinata9873]

for each our own, my friend.

[@rafinandi1223]

"Our understanding of time starts getting complicated thanks to Einstein." Thanks Einstein.

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

Time was always complicated, that's why we have 12 months instead of 10.

[@rafinandi1223]

@@Gr3nadgr3gory But.... does time itself exist?

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

@@rafinandi1223 time is an illusion, lunchtime doublely so.

[@mariomaala8476]

Past present and future only exist at once it means destiny is written already

[@anatoliy333]

@@mariomaala8476 not so simple. Even if past,present,future already exists there still is a place for choosing furure - multiverse, which is seemd to be real in modern science.

[@danielmcgregor8803]

This was a great macro video. Short, informative, and understandable. Thanks.

[@OGBeatKeeper]

Brilliant and very creative animation... I watched this video twice just for animation. Hatts off your animation team! Keep it up this amazing work

[@OneReallyGrumpyJill]

People of the past: "You know, reality makes sense and is pretty neat." Einstein: *"Hold my beer"*

[@denverf9]

Ram Kitten Red Bull*

[@annafirth1630]

Ram kitten Bud light*

[@lualejo2015]

" Hold my physics"

[@JustAFace_InTheCrowd]

Ram Kitten Eeeeeexxxxxaaaaactly

[@carcinogenicthalidomide3057]

Actually relative velocity and bending space time is cool. U just need to know basic physics.

[@nabhchandra_]

This is perhaps your greatest animation ever!

[@adelarscheidt]

Look up their video "Where do superstitions come from? - Stuart Vyse"

[@nocosa]

Ever means some kind of time concept we don't believe in that anymor... Ok never mind.

[@shivyak220]

Wonderful video and brilliant animation! The filmmaking analogy stunned me

[@oscarscholin6423]

This has to be my favorite Ted Ed video….so good!!

[@joshuabrowne5263]

Me: *Asks my Nerd friend "What time is it?"* My Nerd Friend:

[@madrat9633]

Lmao

[@Cybernaut551]

Lol

[@sur-r.e.a-_tis-ch]

I’m a nerd...

[@loogiloogi5215]

@@sur-r.e.a-_tis-ch iM sO qUiRKy

[@michellewest6929]

@@sur-r.e.a-_tis-ch Nerds are awesome, well everyone is but hey that means we’re no exception either! What is one’s purpose anyway if one can’t solve problems? And for that, you have to love what you learn.

[@malishah4940]

The animations are just AWESOME!!!! I ❤️ Ted-Ed! Edit: Thanks 4 the likes!!! I never got so many in my life...😁😁😁

[@zyzzaestheticsz7122]

This left me with more questions. Like when’s part 2 of this coming out?!

[@senabondara1992]

The animations is a league of his own So mindblowingly great Just like watch the magic unfolds

[@MrGilRoland]

It’s all fun and games until Einstein joins the server.

[@adrianogregorio7221]

Our truly Neo

[@eken364]

Lol

[@Aluminata]

Particularly when you are lost in the back streets of Bangkok.

[@str4x]

All the players begging creators to make league system or nerf the bosses

[@SLZABBJNGO]

But when, is “when”?

[@KP-uy5cn]

"Does time exist?" -posted 1 year ago

[@kewlade719]

Hehe 😊

[@name-vw6ll]

Time exists it’s just this video explains that we have the wrong definition of time.

[@Nick-iz4nv]

😂😂👍 surely underrated comment

[@wrj888]

so you know this .. nobel prize

[@accountaccount3840]

1 year means that the earth has completed one orbit . 1 year is just a unit we use

[@saadsrequiemforsasuke7041]

I appreciate how easily understandable and well visualized this concept was like using the Tron light cycles, and I also thought if time is how we perceive change... But is time flowing if a fundamental particle is in a fixed position in space isolated from everything...? Also I thought people moving slower in other regions of space was because of gravity slowing them down...

[@tedcarr]

The editor needs a raise. This was INCREDIBLE

[@stiltzkinvanserine5164]

Time flies when you throw a clock.

[@onepunchman1953]

Lmao 😂

[@mohammedakheelali239]

Time floats in water....

[@KangJangkrik]

... and crashes to land

[@jonnathan7908]

Lol good joke

[@Ducci__]

...huh

[@doomsdayparadox7969]

I feel like I want to keep learning till the end of my time.

[@Natalia-hf3et]

Yes

[@hereliesmyreputation2559]

A great goal. Same here.

[@octavioabela826]

👍🏼

[@aren8798]

I am glad this information is finally getting out to the masses.

[@NTJmovies]

This animation is dope af. Nice work to whoever did this. This is golden

[@railene9335]

time was invented by clock companies to sell more clocks change my mind

[@Singh-xw7pj]

Time also helps in a number of ways.When 2 persons are supposed to meet at a point,no knowledge of what time it is will lead to confusion.

[@kubbeli8314]

@@Singh-xw7pj it also helps us to know when will the sun rise or set.

[@davidkariu2330]

You make a great case.

[@HealingThroughInspiration]

@Lalrivunga Hnamte microwave kills your food, which is why your plate is hotter than the food

[@Danny-no7jp]

Time was invented to give teachers a reason to punish you for coming in "late" to class

[@pemptousia3639]

The word "time" just describes the phenomenon that allows things to move. A better question would be "Does time exist if there is no life to experience its effects?"

[@jtg55]

Better question: Does time exist if there is no movement?

[@psi4262]

@@jtg55its ovious Time stops when everything stops to an atomic levels. This only happened in the beginning of the universe. Technically there was no time at all because there was no space.

[@exaucemayunga22]

@@psi4262 excellent explanation. Time is just a unit of measurement that measures change, if there is no change, there is no time.

[@barobaro1]

@@jtg55 well that's impossible bcuz it's basically agaisnt the laws of thermodynamics ... there will always be movement as long as there is mass

[@psi4262]

We are here from the formation of our sun to our planet to complex multicellular organisms shows that time exist and it dosent happen at once. From your point of view time would have instantly pass if no observer or life is there but it took time and different processes went through thats why we are here. When you weren't born, all that 13 billion years passed and yes we dont have the feeling of it, its instantaneous for non living but thats because we have no form and same will happen when we die. But that dosent mean entropy dosent exist we see in nature. The time we feel and measure is different from universe time. Speed of light can be seen as time which is constant its not instantaneous. Its the speed of casuality. For you or me time seizes to exist only when we die but not the universal time. And without the beginning of casuality or time in that sense universe cant exist. I couldn't put it better but hope you get it.

[@jeanetterios7337]

TED-Ed always gets me into thinking about deep stuff for vids like this

[@calderarecords]

You have no idea how exciting these lessons are! I am alive, I able to witness & learn; how fascinating! Such is metacognition! But time? Dark Matter? A Dimension lacking any dimension? May all exist without any physical referent to the Corporeal world. They may just affect it. Does time exist? Do my thoughts exist?

[@althafzex5644]

*' Every 60 seconds in africa, a minute passes '* - jamal

[@SAVOTYB]

Althaf ZEX I ain’t said that

[@StuartFuckingLittle]

Extraordinary. Totally Unique. Groundbreaking

[@elijahkarash]

And this years Nobel Prize goes to.....

[@althafzex5644]

@@SAVOTYB kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYvQYpuGl9Kthtk you should be answerable for this

[@juliam.426]

Thanks Jamal!

[@peterpehlivan157]

This video is just 5 minutes long, yet it felt like a whole Disney adventure.

[@denverf9]

Video ends at 5:16

[@neyhalprasanna]

I am thankful to Ted ed for my entire lifetime for posting this wonderful video.

[@sivasudheendra6215]

I have done my specialization in physics in my graduation!! Irony is when we were doing a project of evaluating plancks constant..we got the value of some where around 2.5-2.8×10^-34 J/Hz instead of original value of 6.626× 10^-34...that is the moment I realise physics doesn't works in the way we thought it does! Sick

[@AsesorMusical]

This is by FAR the best animation work I've seen on a Ted Ed video. Great flow, scripting, and graphic grasp of the explained information. I wished there was something more than the like button.

[@itsManuel8]

There is a sub button AND a share button ;)

[@Singh-xw7pj]

There are Comment,Share and Subscribe buttons.

[@siyacer]

Rate 5 stars xD

[@deidremilsap9977]

@@siyacer are you stuck in 2008

[@ishworshrestha3559]

Khi

[@aadivrath2407]

Guy on the road: What's the time right now??? Me: Time is relative. It passes differently for both of us. Therefore, i dont know. Guy on the road: Dude, you have a watch.

[@simonmaracine4721]

It passes differently only if the persons are in different specific locations (ex: one on Earth and other in space (because of the gravitational field of the Earth)).

[@shinysilverstardust]

Me: watching is relative too. Who knows if we all see the same thing. If I have seen blue as blue my whole life, Blue is Blue for me, but if you have seen blue as what I see as green your whole life, you are used to calling and seeing what you see as blue, might be a different shade for me.

[@ymtan0930]

@@shinysilverstardust That's true. You all are watching a video about some great knowledge, while I'm like thinking about time can be respelled to mite.

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

Me: What is time!??!!?

[@eton13_]

Ba Dum Tiss

[@aditya._.d3shmukh]

This animation is incredible and so was the concept

[@hark4e78]

The illustration, beginning at 4:10, was very helpful.

[@Yathuprem]

Ohh too many videos. TED Ed, Kurzgesagt, It;s okay to be smart, Verge Science, Straight pipes, Seeker etc. Wooowwwwwwwwwww.. Thank you all.

[@bayareajokester9456]

Honorable mentions; Masaman, Vox, Great Big Story, Name Explain, Deep Look and as always Donut Media.

[@Thanos-hp1mw]

I came here right after kurzgesagt :D

[@ermahgerd1678]

Hey Vsauce, Micheal here.

[@Josh-zu8cr]

Where’s Vsauce. I only know Ted ed Kurzgesact and Its okay to be smart

[@tec-jones5445]

CapsianReport just uploaded too! Just came from him, Name Explain, and Kurzgesagt. My feed is stuffed with all of these videos, and I love it!

[@shreyjha3206]

Does time exist? Video uploaded 45minutes ago.

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

Just because a system decides to use time does not mean it exists it only exists how we perceive it it could take me 15 minutes to drive to the gas station but it could take someone else 15 minutes to fly to Chicago and it could take 15 minutes for someone on the ISS to go from Chicago to England time is a tool but it is purely perceptive it does not physically exist

[@AlfAGaming]

Laughing Sküll ted Ed exposed

[@kuycheukung4856]

@@nerdlingeeksly5192 Can you define time?

[@nabila2180]

Video uploaded 23 hours ago

[@kunjchauhan7745]

Killed it!

[@bluelfsuma]

I'm gonna state one of my own, personal observations, that I gained from existing: Time is a measurement of change. If things never changed, there would be no time. The less change you experience, the slower your personal time. Which is why my life is at a freaking _crawl._ Time does exist, but in the way an inch exists, as a human invention. At least, as far as we know (aliens, maybe).

[@rdcoupal]

I’m with you, I believe time Is an illusion created by humans to measure change.

[@akai9401]

@@rdcoupal Time existed even before humans were on earth tho, one could say time was flowing and things changed. Things always moved forward to existence even before we existed.

[@rdcoupal]

​@@akai9401----- If nothing changed, the concept of time would be irrelevant. If the universe was empty, a kilometre would me meaningless.

[@akai9401]

@@rdcoupal I could say if nothing changed thats because time was frozen and wasnt flowing/passing, instead if things changed, they change as a consequence of time flowing/passing. A kilometre is a measurment of distance, using seconds/hours etc as a measurment of time would be meaningless if time wasnt flowing.

[@rdcoupal]

​@@akai9401 One cannot freeze what does not exist so your point is moot. However one can affect change by freezing matter and curtailing or eliminating molecular activity which would preserve the matter indefinitely. In affect you have stopped change or if you prefer, "TIME". It's simply semantics. Nice chatting with you I have nothing further to add. Enjoy your time on planet earth, change is coming.😊

[@tajmirisultananupur3841]

It's a really fascinating video.This video reminds me when I read the book"a brief history of time"and became interested in physics.

[@ZuckThat]

Fantastic explanation! Brilliant animations and visuals. You did this topic justice :)

[@Skyninja-lq5tl]

Yep

[@OriruBastard]

Let's put it simple. There's no time, just motion. Time is just human made invention to keep track of motion.

[@rickandelon9374]

If thats how you see it then you can see motion as human invention to see frames

[@OriruBastard]

@@rickandelon9374 wat?

[@MurasakiMonogatari]

Thank you, I've been repeating this for years.

[@Surrealist4Hire]

I agree. For motion to exist there needs to be a thing in space and another thing in space to compare it to. The Big Bang created many things all moving relative to each other. When we came along we called this time.

[@Represent1]

That’s not what this video is saying at all 😂

[@amourdem]

When I was young , I love this video so much 🥲 Love this 🤍

[@dadof3tngirls]

If it does, I don’t have time to waste on speculative questions like this.

[@maxpowers4436]

Or if it dsnt you have an infinite amount

[@JoseDaniel-kz1jr]

Imagine everything Einstein would accomplish if he had today's technology.

[@nofatchxplzthx]

imagine how much technology we wouldnt have if einstein were born today

[@diaragraham6694]

@@nofatchxplzthx Exactly what I was thinking

[@markdenielnantin3032]

@@nofatchxplzthx What do you mean?

[@ashikgurung3391]

For all we know, as a teen, he would be distracted in making tik tok videos...

[@1357kidwonder]

Think of all the unfinished work Einstein caused, his answers brought more , complicated and intricate questions. I’m would’ve only been the same now, by today’s standards not amazing, by tomorrows standards not amazing but amazing for what we’ve accomplished thus far

[@JX531]

If time can be reversed, you would never know since your memories will get reversed too.

[@thanhvinhnguyen8731]

J X oh boi

[@hiddenpsycho7877]

Hmmm 🤔

[@betzallye]

Is this how déjà-vu occurs

[@abhisheksharma-rk2le]

So...you will and is in present.O.k.It means your existence is an Illusion.Done.This is what Indian Philosophy syas.

[@amirulzamri7833]

You make a very good point.

[@Redgamrr3]

The animation style is incredible!!!

[@lande7510]

It's videos like these that make me want to ditch school teaching methods and rely on KZbin videos to learn. Kudos to the video's creator 👏👏👏

[@KhunkhaoOldChannel]

"Time to watch TED-Ed" always exists for me though :)

[@thelovewillgone]

K.S. Khunkhao same 😊

[@coltonlapp4193]

for real, I watch one of these almost every night before I go to bed.

[@aninditabasu8238]

A mind-bending, enchanting journey through space-(time?)....and amazing animation.. The greatness of Ted Ed!!

[@papa_franku_subordinate6971]

For 14 yrs I have tried to search for this answer to prove that me being late is not my fault, finally I have found the answer I needed

[@wlockuz4467]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how good the animations are?

[@hitormisshuh]

no one will ever know why i got this many likes >:D

[@queumber3390]

hitormisshuh you forgot a question mark. Smh.

[@weirdface3838]

@@queumber3390 ew

[@VikasKundbi]

Nos

[@dsi-films1264]

The animationwow

[@Saj1037_]

I audibly laughed

[@mohamedafzal3913]

This as an amazing work guys. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@OnionKnight541]

this is wonderfully done

[@hoodycreepypasta3517]

I showed this to my teacher as the reason i was late

[@zrader1]

Did it work

[@Cristhian_Perez]

Savage 😂

[@tonghuagelin2979]

lol did ur teacher accept the reason u were late? if it worked im also going to try it out.

[@abondonedchannel6870]

Lying is bad children

[@1magnificentreg]

but, is it lying?

[@golddropper2747]

Teacher: your running out of time Me: or am I?

[@marcusholloway1191]

* vsauce music plays *

[@jayzepickle6637]

@@marcusholloway1191 I was JUST about to comment that XD

[@farhanaurmi6994]

@@marcusholloway1191 HAH!! I KNEW SOMEONE, ATLEAST SOMEONE WOULD COMMENT THAT!!!!

[@Cybernaut551]

@@marcusholloway1191 When you remember that Michael will say "Hey Vsause, Michael here."

[@belhagkhalid3296]

Khalid

[@Neem0Mar]

Looks like I'll have to watch a couple more of these videos to find a way to prevent this weekend to end.

[@rishijoshii]

THE ANIMATION IS AMAZING! kudos to the animators

[@azizuladnan2957]

4:10 This is like that one scene in Doctor Who, where the 12th Doctor lecturing the university's students. The quote is not like a major spoiler in Doctor Who. It just a quote... "Time! Time doesn't pass. The passage of time is an illusion, and life is the magician. Because life only lets you see one day at a time. You remember being alive yesterday, you hope you're going to be alive tomorrow, so it feels like you're travelling from one to the other. But nobody's moving anywhere. Movies don't really move. They're just pictures, lots and lots of pictures. All of them still, none of them moving. Just frozen moments. But if you experience those pictures one after the other, then everything comes alive."

[@mmmk1616]

I remember that! What a great show :)

[@super1known]

Beautiful Quote! I would like to know in which chapter this scene appears?

[@Pilot2018]

Fabian Rivas s10e01, timing is approximately 5:46

[@peanutmmssuck4370]

yeah TED talks, but does TED ever listen?

[@harrapanman621]

time for time to bend

[@manictiger]

Gotta be careful what you listen to. I've seen entire video game companies go under, because they listened to the fans. Not saying "the customer is always wrong", but I am saying they're not always right, either.

[@user-vr5zk9ox8d]

Lucie finch The real question is, do you ever learn when listening to TED?

[@Melissa-ek7dw]

This is ted ed not TED talks

[@danlightened]

@@manictiger The joke ^ Your head

[@maddy4908]

time is an abstract concept that humans made to understand our world. however, i hope someday we will understand it better. (i really hope we start measuring time in better chunks than we do now lol i hate multiplying by 60, 24, etc)

[@user-sr7vv1op3b]

I think time is something that define some change in periods of time .The time does not exist for those don't change. ( immortality).The time exist for those who saw changes.

[@prashantvicky]

Why are the simplest questions often the most difficult ones to answer, like this one?

[@1996Pinocchio]

Because in a complex question you think of so many things as trivial, but if you would point one of these trivias out, you could go on forever explaining it.

[@eagletgriff]

I have a theory for one: Is water wet? idk if this has been solved already. Someone reply if they wanna know

[@__Hanasei__Levinus__]

@@eagletgriff may i know what is it all about?

[@bigting6614]

The Action lab did a video on this.

[@xTheacefrehleyx]

When you deal with complex things, you resort to less complex things to help you understand and make sense of it. When you deal with the simplest things, there’s nothing less complex to help. You are on your own. That’s my guess.

[@overcomeridemudia3199]

How can a topic so complex be made so simple with your animation? THIS IS GENIUS!!!

[@elorajhorna2935]

exactly

[@HakuCell]

things happen (there's movement, or non-movement) and time is a handy way to refer to different points (or the development) of that happening.

[@carolinefiddymont7220]

Fantastic and yes, the animated work is amazing

[@musica4498]

Humans have measured the duration of specific events and called it time. If plants and animals could speak and you ask them what's the time, they would say, the time is Now!

[@Matthew_Ssali]

Everything moves forward reaction after reaction.Time is just a human observation of this movement.

[@LeeKokHoong]

Does it amazing? Buddha teaching already talking about this since 2500 years ago.

[@thanasgoga7127]

Time is just chronology we use to measure change

[@sb9344]

And yet you get old..

[@thanasgoga7127]

@@sb9344 so?

[@rodrigofreitas3288]

@@sb9344 The fact we age doesn't have anything to do with time. It actually shows that organisms have limited lifespans.

[@muralidharrao5831]

Here's Einstein's Famous reply to what is time: " Time is an entity that prevents things from happening all at once."

[@wavezgscfreecike4022]

So thank time ? Cause if we didn’t chaos in the universe would kill us all

[@dienvucong6339]

@@wavezgscfreecike4022 Time is a made-up thing by human. Time has nothing to do with events. Events happen because they happen. The way events happen (order to disorder) defines time.

[@Bizzar735]

Dien Vu Cong it is real when i move from point a to point b its not instant it takes TIME no matter how fast i am..this is what it literally is movement in space..even when i stand completely still in space i will still age the earth is still moving trough space and the universe keeps expanding this thing is what we call time it will always go forward no matter what..in fact its so connected with space a not so important jewish swiss physicists realized its one and the same (spacetime) and made one of serval most important equations of human history...what you call "happening" can only happen with the existence of time..and yea the measurements of it is all made up by us but so is kg,meters,volts etc. also but it works obviously..its how we humans use our language and interpretation to communicate and unterstand how thing’s around us works

[@rodrigofreitas3288]

@@Bizzar735 Movement doesn't need time to exists, it's the other way around. But even then time still an illusion.

[@MrMcwesbrook]

@@rodrigofreitas3288 correct. Time is our observation of movement. If nothing moved would there be time? How could you tell?

[@Alaaallis]

Amazing scenario and animation! AMAZING

[@RussellCatchpole]

The thing that blows my mind is the fact that time slows as relative velocity increases, to the point that time stands still for particles travelling at the speed of light, such as photons. So, the moment for the photon that hits your eye after travelling for millions of years from a distant star, is the same moment as when it left the star 🤯 Oh and yeah, best graphics ever!!

[@woolyhotcocoa]

Ay, at 0:46 the clock hitting the Caveman's head has the Engineer TF2's wrench hit sound!

[@bmp2421]

was going to comment that lmao

[@dsmiletheyrewatching3520]

I really appreciate the design and artstyle here. It is not that drab cartoony character that has a giant head, yet still doesn't try to be too realistic looking either. 10/10

[@jenniferl.8111]

KZbin: DoEs tImE eXisT Me: Oh, another video to question the meaning of life *clicks

[@sidra1401]

Why this is so on point!

[@andregarceau5567]

When you have diarrhea and can't find a toilet, you KNOW time exists.

[@puppy8125]

I lol’d

[@anuj8825]

😂👌

[@user-mr1bk7ec7s]

just shower

[@turtleyoutuber3837]

Or is the diarrhea time????

[@justchilling704]

N Mohan Exactly