How Much of the Earth Can You See at Once?

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3Blue1Brown: kzbin.info/door/YO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw
3Blue1Brown fractal dimension video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXOcn2Wdfdh7hJY
Mathologer video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5nFpn6Yra-moZo
Distance to horizon calculator: www.ringbell.co.uk/info/hdist.htm
Earth curvature calculator: earthcurvature.com/
US cross section: www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/22cco7/us_elevation_profile_from_la_to_nyc_oc_1139x442/
Scott Kelly ISS earth pic: stationcdrkelly/status/618407818962575360?lang=en
names of large numbers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_large_numbers
Earth’s surface fractal dimension: www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a129664.pdf
Improbable research pancake study: www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i3/kansas.html
State flatness paper: www.disruptivegeo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/FlatMap_GeographicalReview_DobsonCampbell_2013Nov.pdf
Mental floss article on flat states: mentalfloss.com/article/58976/kansas-really-flatter-pancake
Lake Islands: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_island
XKCD What If? bowling ball Earth: what-if.xkcd.com/46/
West Virginia map: store.usgs.gov/product/109169
Is Earth as smooth as a billiard ball? skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/10763/is-earth-as-smooth-as-a-billiard-ball
WPA rules: wpapool.com/rule-regulations/
Billiard ball surface scan paper: billiards.colostate.edu/bd_articles/2013/june13.pdf
What state people think of as flat: americangeo.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/AGSGeographicKnowledgeValuesSurveyFinal.pdf
Roche limit:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit
www.quora.com/Why-arent-we-affected-by-the-Roche-Limit-Earth-is-clearly-larger-than-us
www.quora.com/Does-the-Roche-limit-apply-to-our-human-launched-satellites-and-other-orbiting-bodies-of-Earth
Hey What’s That? www.heywhatsthat.com
Field of view: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_view
Angular diameter: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_diameter
Spherical cap calculator: www.1728.org/sphere.htm
amount of sphere seen from distance calculator: www.neoprogrammics.com/spheres/visible_fraction_of_surface.php
seeing Earth as a disc: physics.stackexchange.com/questions/64253/distance-away-from-earth-to-see-it-as-a-full-disk
how high to see the curvature of Earth? earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/7283/how-high-must-one-be-for-the-curvature-of-the-earth-to-be-visible-to-the-eye
Earth from moon pics: www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/sets/72157658976934006/
Star magnitude calculator: www.mesacc.edu/~kev2077220/flash/magcalc.html
Star distances: www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/20eyvg/what_is_the_average_distance_of_the_stars_that_we/
list of stars with resolved images: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_with_resolved_images
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[@chivaswwe]

If the earth were cube-shaped, we would all be Cubans

[@Astro_Rohan]

chivaswwe Would titan then by called ice cube 🙄. Something to think about

[@David.Sky.Walker]

Rubik's Cubans

[@simply.morgan7211]

chivaswwe are u high??

[@vilmer2001]

Ah fuck you man that's funneh

[@deletedchannel.2139]

I-

[@meskayaklar9638]

Micheal’s mom: He’s saying his first words! Micheal: *OR AM I?!*

[@isaac8141]

You see, the first words you say when you are in the stomach is small baby screams. Screams. Back in 1882 the word scream was invented. It symbolizes the first word the baby says when it's still in the stomach by a Greek philosopher known as pregnatmonaist.

[@Smoothie_dude]

@@isaac8141 Or does it?

[@Humanlime]

He wouldn’t say that because he would even know what that would mean at the time

[@orangeinkius7257]

@@Humanlime just wait until this guy hears about the new trend known as "jokes"

[@Humanlime]

Orange Ink it was woooosh bait lol love doing that

[@JongiB96]

The sheer number of globes this man has in his possession is astounding.

[@MigWith]

yeah, he also has a big one he walks on

[@anubusx]

He should add a flat Earth to his collection.

[@funtime1548]

@@anubusx as a joke

[@justinlewtp]

@@anubusx that's literally a map

[@yari_dawg]

almost as many as the number of tabs he has on his browser

[@pureadhd]

About a year and a half ago, I got the special pleasure of witnessing the ISS zoom over my backyard at night. It was really cool to be able to see how fast it's moving around our planet.

[@smeeself]

Unless you're in a very high lattitude, you should be able to see it every week or so. There's apps to help. It IS cool to watch.

[@Spacebugg]

@@smeeself it iss*

[@smeeself]

@SpaceBug Assuming you were trying to say; It is the ISS'.... No, I was not trying to type ISS there. I was emphasising 'is'. Thank you for your concern though.

[@Spacebugg]

@@smeeself It was a joke. Which, funnily enough, is probably a good joke by this platform's standarts.

[@walter9240]

@@Spacebugg that was a pretty bad joke

[@ethanf2147]

0:25 "It's the most handsome jack-in-the-box ever". "Ever-est is a mountain" God damn these transitions lmao

[@JayRossProductions]

it was beautiful xD!!!

[@em5345-]

69th like! You're welcome!

[@humanbeing301]

when I saw him unpack the 2x2 rubix cube I wanted too know where I could get one

[@JayRossProductions]

@@humanbeing301 www.amazon.com/Winning-Moves-Games-Rubiks-Cube/dp/B00BC2BEKU/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Rubiks+Cube+2x2&qid=1604349558&sr=8-5

[@JayRossProductions]

@@humanbeing301 i'm pretty sure walmart and target sell them too

[@BasicallyPie]

Watching V-sauce is like when your science teacher gets off topic and gives like 4 speeches in half an hour

[@x0o0ox_]

Lol true

[@LeviAckerman-yt8og]

But better

[@phildavenport4150]

@Roger Loquitur Maybe you shouldn't have tried to tell him that the Earth was flat.

[@dawoomaheshwari9333]

@@phildavenport4150 lol

[@in4mal_baker270]

@@ahumannamedcharles5329 Im starting to think his teacher didn't miss

[@truthsmiles]

23:04 “The most of a sphere you can see at once with your own eyes is just… half!” At long distances, yes I agree, but what if I’m looking at a pea-sized object from six inches away? Because I have two eyes separated by 2.5 inches, it seems I’d be able to see more than 50% of its surface since I’m effectively looking at it from two different places, no?

[@NTdredd]

Yes, but your brain wont comprehend that cause you will basically see different images from both eyes... Or, Would you?

[@marks6663]

no. You still can't see behind it. So half is it.

[@truthsmiles]

@@marks6663 Define “behind it”?

[@katbryce]

@@marks6663 Each eye can see just under half, but a different half. How different depend on how far apart your eyes are and how far away they are from the object.

[@thine.]

@@marks6663 yeah but maybe the amount u can see is just above 50%, so let's say 51% or 52%, thats still more than half, ofc u cant see the back

[@woodskillz]

this entire video probably pisses off flat earthers. And I love that.

[@ecanoya]

"How Earth Moves" always has the most flat earther comments. It's hilarious.

[@reisenenjoyer2210]

begining: how much of the earth can you see at once? middle: 10KM HIGH PANCAKE MOUNTAINS end: aliens won't ever notice us

[@SeeSeeSound]

Gemima thanks for the recap

[@scottlee2421]

Gemima. Why would they bother...look at us ...

[@luraxium]

Scott Lee if anything they would want to be friends with us. why you might ask? because of memes.

[@Createdbysophistic8ed]

And if they did notice us, how much of us would they actually see?

[@richie7935]

my favorite comment every im fucign dyIGN

[@adeadprofile2471]

0:10 how flat is Earth 24:20 do I really exist?

[@ianbrooks127]

😂😨😧

[@AlphaBeastHD]

a DeAd PrOfiLe 24 What Vsauce thinks every time he goes to bed at night

[@thebasedone2182]

Vsauce sums up my everyday life, from what I must do, to what I am really

[@WassupChannel]

lmao

[@kazuma11791]

exactly what I was thinking...had to check to see if I was on the same video lol

[@that1dudem]

The captions at 0:37 say: "(Characteristic music of Vsauce, get prepared to be mind = blown)" And I just love it Also at the end, 24:46, it says "(Music reinforcing existential crisis)"

[@orbsphere-]

@that1dudem The caption at 37 seconds in flashed by so quickly I didn't notice. I had thought caprtions were some kind of translation of voice to text thing so wasn't altered but now know is just another thing like caller ID that can be manipulated to provide whatever info someone wants. Although now that I type this I do recall seeing some paraphrasing going on with captions. On the other hand several of the apps I use have had the spellchecker, which is a great help, function removed so you get what I type. What about KZbin transcripts I suppose I can't rely on them being accurate either? [edited to disable the 37 seconds link that got created]

[@bobjones7908]

One of my favorite things to teach is the scale of the solar system (and other big or small systems). Basketball is the Sun, make models of all the planets and get class to line up outside. That is often the only thing they will remember. Looking a numbers on paper or pictures or videos just doesn't do it the same way.

[@Dawg347]

You’re gonna love mark rober’s video.

[@abelsm6270]

Fun fact: if you took all the blood cells from one human and spread it out on football field you would be a psychopath and would be eventually arrested Or would you

[@dandur7124]

Hmm, didnt expect to find You here. But I Would expect a fun fact like this from you. Go back to hell where pewds sent you. The council is dead, you have no more business here.

[@Prolito]

Shut up Water Sheep you’re worthless *Rings bell*

[@angelarenee5832]

Water sheep... but how much could they see if it was a real picture of a snell window view? 2tan49degrees (2.3x) may not apply if it's not the same refractive indices as water/air- depending on what the two mediums your viewing with may be. Could even be more than two mediums effecting the view. Can't seem to find any journals or other papers/studies on double or triple snell windows or even any with other mediums at all. How odd what's missing sometimes is the most interesting...

[@ryanlarson4720]

Thank you for blessing us with your wisdom

[@chado3000]

Or be the democratic nominee for president

[@shimojason]

This video must be a flat-earther's worst nightmare.

[@kavya1638]

really? i found that vsauce was more so supporting the flat earth with this one. are you threatened? ;D

[@ZaphoraCorrum]

i hope so. im tired of hearing about it

[@SpecialAgentOso]

+Kavya They're always threatened, because if it wasn't real they would have no need to say anything at all, and yet here they do.

[@seakladoom]

oh dear..

[@EbenezerScroogeMcDuck]

who's forcing you to hear about it?

[@lorencproductions]

5:34 Yes... I knew some of those massive numbers from playing Cookie Clicker lol

[@ObtuseWaffle_]

So real

[@AtomicFlounder42]

Sorry flesh micheal, but we all know that jack in the box micheal is the real micheal, trapped there by one of your nefarious but quite intelligent and thought out tricks

[@robert-andreiionita2827]

It is. ... *OR IS IT*??!!!

[@superalvin7208]

It is

[@karigrandii]

I can already hear the music playing...

[@buzzlightbeer4215]

On average, a person can see about 4 square miles at one time because the distance to the horizon is like 3 miles and people have a narrow field of view.

[@Xer0osu]

*music comes in*

[@silwi3888]

Este. Sau oare nu este??

[@annakrawczuk5221]

topic: how much of the earth can you see at once? end: aliens will ignore us *VSAUCE*

[@nomnommoon1001]

Ricki Manda ooor will they??

[@theadam12a12]

Or will they?

[@greentea2254]

adam - what is they?

[@10kazimkocan]

Ricki Manda i was made fun of, because i had so many tabs open, but this is even beyond me lol

[@DEADtoRISE08]

It because they came see the whole hence they will ignore earth

[@Phonysire]

Vsauce answers questions nobody asked but everyone needs

[@jayyiu4666]

Love it… seen all of you videos several times already but it’s mind blowing each time again 😂

[@MeganVictoriaKearns]

I absolutely love this channel! I can't even imagine the amount of work and the number of people involved in making these videos

[@key-tg1ih]

I love the fact that, with captions on, the last line of the video is “[music reinforcing existential crisis]”

[@michaeljohnson905]

Also, at 16:26 the captions say "The Earth is isn't flat like a plane (or is it?)"

[@beckdaman6442]

Merfolk Surprise on that one if you don’t have the uk captions on it just shows it like normal

[@eugenemaggiore9004]

Lol

[@McGusder]

it is horrible

[@Aproxioi]

No it doesn’t

[@rhettmesaric8250]

“Earth is made up of stuff” *Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes*

[@krisdoesart9643]

Think you dropped a word there

[@hi-ys7df]

Albert Einstein wants to know your location.

[@rhettmesaric8250]

Kris R-K oh thx I didn’t realise

[@rvnteamleadr]

Or is it?

[@basicallystevenuniverse511]

*Or am I?*

[@Commontater2]

Another Awesome video. But our bumpiest place is neither the Marianas trench nor Everest. It’s Mauna Kea Volcano rising 13,796 feet (4,205 meters) above sea level while extending about 19,700 feet (6,000 meters) below sea level in Hawaii to meet the deep ocean floor. So equal to but not flatter than a pancake.

[@FewVidsJustComments]

Thank you for remembering Mauna Kea is the tallest mountian, and not Everest. Most people dont remember that

[@zhiqiangchen6235]

@@FewVidsJustCommentsawesome, except most of it is under water.

[@farriswheel3984]

This guy literally makes the most smooth yet weird transitions, like what the heck, how do you go from talking about a handsome Jack N’ A Box to talking about Mt. Everest.

[@elendilion]

Video starts: "look at this toy someone gave me" End of video: "you are insignificant to aliens"

[@ammarsalim1185]

Idk man

[@jcode1919]

"The principle of yin and yang, opposites existing in harmony, is associated with ancient Chinese philosophy. But the very first use of the iconography, the classic symbol actually comes from a shield pattern used by the ancient Romans, 700 years before it's first known use in China. A connection between the two has yet to be found. Regardless of who came up with it first, the symbol was a bright idea. BUT WHAT'S THE BRIGHTEST OBJECT IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE?" -Michael

[@waightforrest1737]

I guess the topic just...popped up?

[@beka-nz2tx]

@@jcode1919 hahaha

[@dumpsterdaddy481]

2:17 "most of the balls we deal with on our day to day life are so small"

[@KyroTheDude]

I deal with some big balls

[@prankz2232]

Hey Vsauce Small balls here

[@mynamejeff3498]

my balls are a foot in diameter

[@siddharthkapoor1056]

but mines are big....really big

[@Isniffyourtastytoes]

I wish mine were big😢

[@tacoman1883]

That intro was like me trying to bs my way through a math problem

[@justanmpowereddude5021]

I appreciate whoever the writer is. Your good work isn’t going unnoticed, sir🗿

[@bruhchongles1579]

oh the subtitle guy?

[@dimitriskotsifis4047]

“Earth is made of stuff” *Hmm yes, the floor appears to be made out of floor*

[@andrevidal5771]

*Or is it?*

[@dimitriskotsifis4047]

^.-

[@restinpeacetechno5291]

* whispers * it's made out of bankeeeet

[@enriquediaz6765]

THOMAS HAS NEVER SEEN SUCH GOOD MEMES BEFORE.

[@kingside5772]

The cow juice is made out of cow.... interesting

[@technohellscape]

Hello, fellow person looking for flat Earthers in the comments.

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

Guilty.

[@Piorze]

Totally

[@northsidegeneral]

pallevader I'm here! and. this video is bulllshit... because the Earth is flat. thanks 🙂

[@JeriahMiller]

Lol I was looking for them when I found your comment 😂

[@kenlogsdon7095]

Please elaborate. In what way is this video "bulllshit" with three L's?

[@GarciaDoesGaming]

Michael: "And as always, thanks for watching..." Subtitles: (Music reinforcing existential crisis)

[@JamesDarn]

So good! I think I’m going to binge this guys videos over Christmas

[@franklinclinton3680]

Vsauce: Ever Me: ok Vsauce: *_est is a mountain_* Me: Ah shit here we go again

[@lopelope2056]

Nice roblox pfp

[@benbenedikt7775]

Or is it?

[@orsemcore]

that wasn't funny?

[@ViratKohli-jj3wj]

@@orsemcore Ok Boomer

[@alishabany8757]

Im blazed and this killed me

[@windfall2147]

Actually, it orbits... Here. *touches the apple* *sounds of the ISS crashing on the Earth far away*

[@concentratedcringe]

Actually it would have burned up at the speed his finders were moving.

[@windfall2147]

Not really, at least until the ISS joined in the atmosphere.

[@PlanetBuster552]

If Earth were an apple, the Sun would be about 9.3 meters in size and about 1 km away. The Moon would be about 2.3 cm in size and about 2.6 meters away. And the nearest star Proxima Centauri? It would be about 1.4 meters in size and about 267860 km away. That’s nearly where the Moon is right now! And anything larger than that is still incomprehensibly huge… The galaxy, the local group, superclusters… All still too big to be worth talking about here.

[@Datsyukiandeke]

They say that if you were a giant and the Earth was like the size of a marble to you it would feel almost perfectly smooth.

[@Alan-nq5xg]

You wouldn't even feel the deepest oceans... do the math ! it is 3rd grade level...

[@JatPhenshllem]

@@Alan-nq5xg How the hell is that kind of maths 3rd grade?

[@Datsyukiandeke]

@@Alan-nq5xg and who are you telling to do this math?

[@TactfulWaggle]

@@Alan-nq5xg 1+1 = earth

[@teathesilkwing7616]

@@Alan-nq5xg topography is very famously taught in 3rd grade

[@jayanths1221]

This is Vsauce's version of a diss track on Flat-Earthers

[@GuitarSamurai17]

Dexter Morgan even the bible says the earth is round in isaiah 40:22 kjv I dont get where these flat earthers are coming from lol

[@nunyabaznus7851]

seems to me like it was directed at Globe earthers and he was basically saying "get your siht together guys and learn how to debate globe earth properly because your only giving flat earthers ammunition". . at the end of the day, if globers hadn't of kept spouting the same long debunked nonsense like ships going over the horizon, despite the fact that would mean you would be on a planet smaller than Pluto, then flat earth movement wouldn't even exist at all.

[@rockethereptile8381]

Dexter Morgan no, his "is the earth actually flat?" Video is the diss track

[@GuitarSamurai17]

Its been a known fact for thousands of years that its round "Ignorant men raise questions wise men answered a thousand years ago" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[@HumorOfANerd]

I wouldn't say this is a 'diss' track as the video assumes the earth is round from the beginning. There is never an argument made disputing it. So its not a diss. Flat earth is not even relevant in this video

[@brianervin]

5:12 "Earth is made of stuff." - Michael, Vsauce

[@TJ-lv2gh]

Brian Ervin Or isn't it?

[@massivelegend2492]

Drink Me only laundry can drink me

[@osiris9200]

bleach is talking to bleach

[@Anonymouscloudzero]

Brian Ervin U forgot 2017 in the tage

[@enant]

I was about to write that

[@joshnicole7794]

Micheal: To illustrate this lets imagine a flat disc. Flatard: Checkmate.

[@dnax8723]

Imagine flat earthers watching this

[@victor-kafka]

If they watched Vsause, they wouldn't be so stupid

[@thelegendaryegg7831]

Vsauce basically saying that our “render distance” is too low even though we all have it at max

[@wardedthorn6523]

We have to become quake masters to improve our fov enough to see more of the Earth

[@MrPositiveguy]

@the legendary egg Earth is pretty gigantic so if you wanted to see the whole planet you’ll need to be in space at about 200,000km far. If you’re on the planet you’ll only see up to 2-3 miles far which is why it looks flat from your perspective. If you want to prove me wrong then go for it

[@antoniosanastasiadis]

Let’s turn it up maybe there is a creeper nearby somewhere

[@SaintGuillotine]

@@pythonzz7259 r/woooosh

[@hazart2798]

*quaqe pro*

[@the_man_panda]

Thank you, I was getting dangerously low on vsauce

[@DomR1997]

Vagina sauce? Vegi sauce? Vegan sauce?

[@gherkayhd]

Patrick Snede How'd you do that O.o

[@ReddoX30]

No food goes without vsauce!

[@lunar281]

-oh-

[@MirandaMilner]

omg y'all, if you turn the subtitles on, they say right after he wraps things up, "(Music reinforcing existential crisis)"

[@saurabhmangal6322]

To flat earthers: If people on the flat disk are able to stand on it, not because of gravity but just because there is something below them/their feet, preventing them from not falling into the abyss... what is stopping the earth itself from falling down (into the abyss)?? And if it is the Earth's acceleration upwards then, why is the value of 'g' different at different places on 'Earth'????????????????

[@largebig79]

They think the earth is moving upwards

[@smolbaguette]

​@@largebig79 wait seriously?? I haven't heard that one before

[@Glyff3083]

@@smolbaguette Yea, accelerating even. Upwards... at 9.8m/s ... every second... for millions of years. By their own assertion the earth would be moving at 4-5 times the speed of light at this point.

[@Fiszy]

4-5 times the speed of light and they say we make no sense lol

[@backatit4757]

​@@largebig79 I never heard a flat earther who says that

[@iStepDub]

"If Earth was flat, you could see further. But sorry, it's a rough world out there" Flat earthers TRIGGERED

[@FuegoYaGo]

Jepherson Ovalle we can see more than 3 miles, what about perspective vsause or Even the data science gives us of the curvature calculation

[@Scratchhh]

NEXT CHAPTER ?????

[@LacyCrusty]

minecraft superflat...

[@FuegoYaGo]

CrustySqturn23 well we do live In the matrix

[@fado0odi329]

Jepherson Ovalle ur eyes cant see more than some kilometers.

[@TurboD17O]

Son:"Mom am i adopted?" Mom:"No" Son:" O thank god!" Dad:"or are you?

[@JP-yf2fk]

*Cue music*

[@si_vis_pacempara_bellum4906]

Hamza shakeel 😂😂😂lmfao this is gold

[@lepourceletbarthelemy6555]

No words to describe the quality of this video. So dense with massive real knowledge. Thank you very much for your passion. Why the hell haven't I subscribed before ?

[@destrygriffith3972]

Fun fact, easy to visually estimate that the circle drawn at 4:18 is about three times the size it would need to be to be accurate. Just visually, it's easy to estimate that you would fit about six of those circles to cover the entire 50%-ish of the earth that you can see from this view - this is easier if you mentally divide the earth into three broad horizontal bands (making a thinner one at the equator to account for how much more area it has). If you mentally look at the area of each, each of the bands - two fat ones at the latitudes, and one thin one at the equator - would be each easily covered by the area of two of those circles. So a total of about six circles to cover the 50% of the earth we see, thus about 12 for the total. He had just said that they could only see about 3% of the earth from the station, which is about 33 "circles" to cover the whole earth (100/3). So since 12 is about 1/3 of 33, the circle he drew here is about three times too large. Not even really nitpicking, just playing along with the theme of the video and recognizing how hard it is to represent things accurately, which makes me feel a little compassion for all the lies we were endlessly presented with in school.

[@krishnarao4290]

I love how Michael says something and goes, . . . . . "Or is it ?"

[@markushamilton1554]

Or do you?

[@fameus4423]

But is it?

[@27358711]

You are the Captain from Warcraft 3... or are you?

[@destinedtobedifferent9921]

sherlock holmes You do love that.... Or do you?

[@27358711]

That response was smooth as a pancake. Or was it?

[@tux1468]

Beginning: This Jack-in-the-box is pretty cool! End: If aliens existed, they would not care about us.

[@webpombo7765]

Less of a "They wouldn't care" but more of a "They wouldn't know about us" kind of situation

[@chebryan]

Essentially a “reading the comments” video in a nutshell

[@AverageAlien]

we really don't

[@MeganVictoriaKearns]

@@webpombo7765 about aliens, I always think about how we would handle, in the future with much better tech, discovering a planet thousands of light years away that was populated by nothing but plants and cows. Would we really invest the enormous effort in physically traveling there? Especially if we had already found evidence of life beyond Earth before we found the cow planet. Advanced aliens may consider us so primitive that we're simply not worth investigating.

[@shoam2103]

@@webpombo7765 Yeah. Definitely the most compelling argument for why *we* haven't detected aliens..

[@Xeroxia]

9:54 Exact coordinates on this island on a lake, on an island, in a lake, on an island: 69.7922874438651, -108.2401656568568

[@nfg_racing7968]

Really gives you an idea of how small we truly are and how big the earth truly is mind-blowing

[@concept5631]

And the Earth is still a speck compared to the Solar System, nevermind the Universe.

[@omergouner7850]

“Earth is made of stuff” *Yeah, it’s big brain time*

[@barackmobamba5794]

Big brain meme is a absolute garbage meme it should die already

[@omergouner7850]

Clorox is life no u

[@omergouner7850]

Clorox is life go drink some Clorox because apparently it’s “life”

[@Duustsans]

Clorox is life clorox and bleach memes are dead by now, so I guess you can’t say much.

[@Mare_Man]

*They call him Big Hat Logan because he wears a big hat*

[@sand-nh2mb]

Michael: Ever...EverEST is a... Me: Flawless transition please go on

[@megolito961]

you should see my transition from spread eagle to missionary, i have it down to about .00004 of a second and bones are broken only 3% of the time, a near flawless ratio

[@pine5829]

@@megolito961 the fuck

[@bigdickpornsuperstar]

Actually... The man who first mapped the mountain pronounced his name "EVE-rest".

[@lilplump6691]

@@megolito961 Swiftness:100

[@4Bakers]

Should've ended the video with "Amazing, right? WRONG. You could always just have a mirror."

[@kuunib7325]

U.S. americans calling Kansas flat. They haven't seen the Netherlands yet. LMAO They also have no clue about pancakes. Make them thinner and you'll get there. Also another uniquely Dutch analogy would be my experience on the Lelystad Enkhuisen Dijk where I could see Amsterdam over the Makermeer, but only it's skyscrapers and church towers.

[@bocchertherock]

VSauce: "Most of the balls we deal with are so small." Me: "Or are they?"

[@MalloryKnox.]

I really love how Michael has stayed relevant on the internet over the decade. Changing with the trends but not in a cringey way. Keeping up with the strange gen z humour. Embracing the meme he has become. Still educating and entertaining millions. I frickin love this channel

[@AUSans101]

Me to

[@chronological_or_alphabetical]

@@AUSans101 * wanna have a bad time?

[@tobyisawesome]

vsauce does not use gen z humor

[@mincraffkoolistgam4557]

@@tobyisawesome well now he does

[@poppylem]

Sometimes I watch his old videos from multiple years and it doesn't even feels old

[@benjaminli188]

2017: Earth is a pancake. 2020: Humans are 7 holed donuts.

[@netkv]

...

[@christinekaiser8806]

Kakyoin is a 8 holed donut

[@wezleeclinton5850]

2022: The Universe is Spaghetti sauce.

[@benjaminli188]

@Corby Dinzen Watch his video from 7 months ago: "How many holes does a human have?" and you'll understand.

[@MHussain-re3qd]

Only one hole is more significant than the rest, no its not the asshole, the hole where a lot of men eat n then throw up in, still don't understand? Man I'm convinced you are amongst them who think the earth is round

[@FareSkwareGamesFSG]

This easily outlines a vastly superior form of education and informative content, in which the goal is to explore random questions that arise from the natural curiosity among students. The teacher says something. Students ask questions. The teacher picks a question. The teacher guides the students in research. Students ask new questions throughout this whole process. Repeat. At the end of the week (or semester), the students write a simple summary on (or create a project summarizing) everything they explored. This feels exactly like what the Vsauce office does, where the end projects are these masterpieces of videos.

[@JMartJr]

How was it even possible to make this entire video without the "Father Ted" reference -- "These are small, those out there are far away..."? The self-restraint shown there is nothing short of magnificent.

[@deaxs]

You *REALLY* know shit's about to go down when he starts the song twice.

[@calvinjessen6960]

when

[@oscah_whisky]

Michael: "Ever... Ever-EST..." Me: *buckles up... "OMG Here we go..."

[@akaMyThought]

:)

[@kevinbeck3288]

I'm from and currently live in Florida. I lived in Kansas for 2 years. I was always annoyed that people said kansas was so flat, because I thought Florida was much more flat. I'm so happy to see math prove me right

[@rubenvermeulen6950]

I feel lately like we have to over explain ourselves to avoid flat earthers

[@DREADN0UGHTT]

Intro of this video: -This is a jack in the box of myself. -Everest is a tall mountain. -L e t s c u t t h e p l a n e t i n h a l f

[@DropsKilleeer]

😂😂😂😂

[@notawaffle3310]

to show the power of flex tape i sawed this planet in half

[@Frst2nxt]

Logical progression

[@chaegibson720]

That is quite Literally where my video messed up and stopped playing 😂

[@aarondale4787]

DREADN0UGHT o

[@devontehaughton377]

I blocked the Earth on Facebook

[@fictionsmith3688]

Bruh is from Mars

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

This video needs a trigger warning -- could cause aneurysms in flat earthers.

[@pl49y]

This video single-handedly exposed me to what atoms were, so thanks for sparking a love of science!

[@DemoniteBL]

Happy birthday

[@FabianRoling]

0:00 Yay, finally another VSauce video! 0:15 Wait, this is different from usually… 0:30 Ok, now it's clearly back to the old style.

[@papabigjoe7914]

I don't get it

[@FabianRoling]

First he made an unusual intro, but then he made up a topic out of half a word that was unrelated to the previous sentence. That's VSauce style.

[@benjohn9126]

in my humble opinion he was back to normal when he said. "obviously the most handsome Jack in the box ever"

[@ahmedsadak]

StrikeChaos don't get what

[@dannydos]

"Earth is made of stuff" Me: Oh, this guy knows what he's talking about. *likes the video*

[@nebtheweb8885]

Its ironically true. Earths 'stuff' or stuffing (insides), IS most of the earth. We only see its outer shell. Sometimes that 'stuff' leaks out and we get to see it, like what happened in Hawaii last May. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnW8Z2qKfNmmebs

[@alexchap7744]

The single most smartest line ever spoken by anyone in the history of anything ever

[@shh11111]

I read this when he said that

[@kayrulz9337]

Gross oversimplification

[@cakenbacon6177]

When I read this he said it

[@c0zm0s_]

I like legit started with the concept of how much of the Earth you can see and now we're talking about how the Earth is as flat as a pancake, but not as smooth as a billiard ball. This video sucked me in so hard and I couldn't have loved it more! Please never stop being you.

[@andyyellowhouse2108]

You know it’s gonna be good when the music starts twice 😂

[@jackjack-fv2oz]

I love how all his insane tangents always somehow add up 😂

[@sir9integra9jr]

O R I S I T ?

[@thebetterjade]

Hey! Vsauce, Michael here. Where are your fingers?

[@scarface2771]

Also 4:03

[@Dame.1k]

Lmfaoo right

[@williamdowling7718]

He probably writes his scripts like a murder mystery. Start at the end, then work backwards so that at the beginning everything seems unrelated. At least I hope that's what's going on.

[@josh_final]

Coordinates of the island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island: 69°47'34.8"N 108°14'27.6"W

[@spaztikcuk5871]

maranatha man thanks

[@AfonsodelCB]

I can't seem to use that inside google maps, perhaps you could share a google maps link?

[@itsall4tay247]

Went back to this and my goodness it's still incredible!

[@VeraArmyach]

This is so crazy this man makes the most unusual discussions about stuff that really makes me think deeply and say “that actually makes a 10000 sense “

[@oslal]

1:30 - Earth 10:52 - Pancakes 24:25 - We're simply nothing #vsauce

[@tempest9232]

how every vsauce vid ends

[@attrition2379]

Yep, as usual.

[@anagamesstudios4225]

"Because, in our day-to-day lives, most of the balls we deal with are so small. . ."

[@naturiaflame1465]

he really did do us dirty..

[@Qaptyl]

he self burned too tho lol

[@FloweyTheUndertaleFlower]

THE EARTH IS A BALL

[@cat1800]

@@FloweyTheUndertaleFlower JDHDIDJDJ

[@eseopu]

i read it as soon as vsauce said it

[@frosk3287]

if you put the subtitles on the music at 24:09 is named "Music reinforcing existential crisis " i am now crying

[@kuman0110]

Earth is very smooth, but not as smooth as vsauce transitions

[@Magicshmop]

The subtitles say, "music reinforcing existential crisis" when at the end. I lost my shit there haha.

[@vathirus7880]

Michael : the most handsome jack-in-the-box-EVER Me : Or not?? Michael : Everest..! Me : Dammit!!

[@Furo6448]

Handsome jack?

[@EventH0riz0n]

@@Furo6448 I think you are onto something there.

[@jamescb]

"Earth is made of stuff." Well that explains it.

[@b1xssom838]

🤣🤣

[@mikeoxmall69420]

Earth is made of Earth

[@moxxy3565]

*Zooms all the way out In Google maps and sees the whole Earth twice* MY POWER IS BEYOND YOUR COMPREHENSION!

[@joenally4777]

"Earth is made of stuff." Vsauce 2k17

[@dorkykiddo9587]

"That is why it's great to be a satellite" Vsause 2017 #VsauseA-Sexist

[@joenally4777]

Or did it?

[@theskilledsnake]

oh my. most smartest thing Vsauce has ever said.

[@EdwanMusic]

- sees there is a new Vsauce video - *tears of joy*

[@MrNiszuPL]

Or does he?

[@CheeseWaffle69]

saaaaaaaame

[@felixcalderon7258]

I NEVER CLICKED SO FAST IN MY LIFE

[@Mohamedmifxal]

GUYS THEY ARE MAKING VSAUCE -THE MOVIE STARRING DANIEL RADCLIFFE !!!!

[@danielmoyseyev6034]

EDWAN the best part is that my birthday is soon

[@Mrmander750]

This really puts into perspective how insignificant and tiny we really are compared to the other solar systems. Isn’t it astounding to think that if there were other life forms out there that they likely wouldn’t notice us? I’d hate to be that guy but: Small world isn’t

[@mark7831]

I love the way Michael pulls in your imagination with about 6 globes 🌎

[@concept5631]

Globular power

[@Luuzine]

"...Jack-In-The-Box ever... Everest is a mountain." Me: *o h o k a y .* Edit: *HOLY- THE LIKES OML*

[@onyxosprey]

Luuzina :P Such a graceful transition!

[@pika9985]

the most handsome

[@maxms6087]

S A N T I A G O

[@anthonyhernandez818]

Hotel?

[@Eddy-nx7sh]

Anthony Hernandez

[@kickinwinghotboi883]

"Most of the balls we deal with everyday are so small" Damn Michael, you really hit me where it hurts

[@helloworld2409]

if that's accurate, hitting you where it hurts must require some accuracy

[@neox6571]

@@helloworld2409 you don't have to do my man like that

[@JatPhenshllem]

@@helloworld2409 Damn dude...

[@vincentfreddoyle7555]

@@helloworld2409 Hi, 911 I'd like to report a murder

[@TAKTlmao]

@@vincentfreddoyle7555 well if they don't some it's not murder if you punch them it's a salt

[@shanehenderson630]

Vsauce never seizes to amaze me. And between the way they explain and visuals make it easy to understand

[@Alex-vl1mk]

ceases, seizes is something else

[@BlueberryPlays_]

I normally love rewatching these old videos. But he just reminded me that snookie existed and it kinda ruined my night lmao

[@noodlearg9745]

“Next time you’re near a ball, get close to it” -VSauce

[@bogdancodrean7576]

🤣

[@bogdancodrean7576]

One, or two?

[@MrNicePotato]

best advice for my gf

[@NCubss]

lemme try to get realy close to the earth core

[@Tactix_se]

where's the joke

[@mdd.g]

A vsauce video First 20 seconds: talks how the jack in the box is handsome 10 seconds later: talks about the size of Mount Everest 10 more seconds later: Now wants to cut the earth in half Best of Vsauce

[@oceanix91]

The Video should be called RTTITA (Random Things That I'm Talking About) #277

[@ethan7252]

Or.. *is it? Is this all F A K E?*

[@lourdesirlanda6099]

@Cat CAT YT r/iamveryrandom

[@jilliansmith7123]

No, it's not all fake. He really did cut the earth in half to disempower Mt. Everest. Cocky tallest peak! Down a notch now, innit!?

[@realjooj1296]

please michael u cool but can u at least *_tell me something that I could understand_*

[@voiddoctor]

I watched this video first when I was in second grade. Sometime last year during my maths exam, there was a question asking “how much of the earth could you see from the moon”. Thanks to some of the content of this video, I was able to solve the problem.

[@InfernalHedgehog]

I love how at 16:25 when he says the Earth isn't flat, the subtitles say 'or is it?'

[@tonyflatearther]

Earth is flat

[@txzk26]

​@@tonyflatearther nah only your intelligence is

[@tonyflatearther]

@@txzk26 why, cause I don't buy the same horseshit as you do 🤣🤣🤣 Earth is not a magically spinning tilted wobbling flying spaceship you globeturd clown, shut you're pie hole, Earth is flat & stationary, a flat topographical plane that never moves

[@msidc1238]

​@@tonyflatearther Then prove it.

[@tonyflatearther]

@@msidc1238 you walk outside & stand still on the ground, you don't feel like you're hurling through space at supersonic speeds dude, BOOM instant proof wake up

[@MarkedOffline]

Michael just wanted to show off his toys this episode.

[@yettusyettus5281]

Lol yeah

[@AppuPlays]

but which toys? *theme song starts playing*

[@nebby947]

@@AppuPlays oh no

[@nickkayfabe6147]

@@nebby947 Michael: breaks through wall* hey, Vsauce, Michael here. You probably expected me to say, “Oh Yeah”. And that would be a good assumption. But what _is_ an assumption?

[@gergoantal1066]

"Hey, would you like to play with my toys"

[@SHMARTON]

Vsauce: How Much of the Earth Can You See at Once? Me: A half? Vsauce: Here is a 26 minute video

[@quin2910]

use Google if you want a quick answer

[@antihenti1476]

Actually it's 49% 😤

[@crzhou4973]

Yo boi Skinny vag it changes with the distance you away from the earth😂

[@veNtzo]

or is it?

[@shikharsrivastava7866]

@Benjamin Take a circle and draw tangents to the diameter, they both become parallel, meaning they will intersect at infinity. To view 50% of the earth, you'll have to be at infinite distance because only then will the diametrical rays meet at a point.

[@nejesis4849]

Love the ton of fun facts that come with Vsauce videos. Actually, having two eyes, you can see more than 50 percent of the surface of a ball that is smaller than the distance of your eyes (like a table tennis ball). In fact you can see most of it when you go a close as you can. If you don't mind your eyes being crossed and painfully out of focus :D

[@nejesis4849]

Most meaning "maximum"

[@brianzomorodi]

I love your craziness and innovation that it creates. Keep it up.

[@vicentec9584]

"How Much Of The Earth Can You See At Once?" "...and to conclude, if there's other life out in the universe, you mean nothing to them. Thanks for watching." I fucking love this channel, never stop, Michael.

[@mikkosaariniemi5779]

Эллина Ершова A Russian guy speaking Swedish. seems legit.

[@nursik-]

Mikko Saariniemi how do you know it's a guy? Looks like a female name to me.

[@eroticnigglet6514]

Vicente C right? I love how every vsauce video always at first doesnt make sense but when you finish it everything connects

[@MrBadassheavymetal]

Vicente C aka how to count needlessly large numbers with Michael