I Watch 3 Episodes of Mind Field With Our Experts & Researchers

To celebrate, I asked a group of colleagues who worked with me on the series to sit down at Vsauce HQ and watch through three entire episodes. We go behind the scenes, elaborate on topics in the episodes, and dig in to what impact working on Mind Field has had on their current research.
GUESTS:
Samuel Veissière, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry, McGill University
Elisabeth de Kleer
Producer/Director
Daniel Toker
Neuroscience PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley
Judy Ho, PhD, ABPP
Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychologist
WATCH MIND FIELD:
SEASON ONE: • Isolation - Mind Field...
SEASON TWO: • The Trolley Problem in...
SEASON THREE: • The Cognitive Tradeoff...
2:41 - Placebos
4:50 - Emotional valence and colors
5:06 - Color and attentional bias
8:26 - Nonspecific effects
8:59 - Specific vs nonspecific effects
10:22 - Nonverbal people/animals and placebo effects
16:23 - Placebo studies
16:48 - Neuroenchantment
17:24 - Ethics of placebo studies
20:41 - Adaptive self-deception
22:28 - Transitional objects
22:59 - Accessory-assisted suggestion
27:07 - Neuroenchantment and genetic testing
39:23 - Placebo mind-reading experiment
47:15 - Placebo thought-implantation experiment
48:38 - Hypnosis
50:57 - Hypnotic susceptibility
51:52 - Placebo effect in animals
1:00:26 - Replication crisis in psychology
1:02:50 - Placebo psychedelics
1:05:15 - Tulpamancy and Tulpamancers
1:08:15 - Terror Management Theory
01:08:21 - Mortality salience
1:19:40 - Experimental ethics
1:43:10 - Cryonics
1:44:52 - Cryogenic preservation
1:55:00 - Socioeconomics of cryogenic preservation
2:12:48 - Digital immortality
2:17:09 - Learning and memory
2:17:24 - Hippocampus
2:18:13 - Video games and the brain
2:21:00 - How MRIs work
2:25:58 - Life-sized maze
2:34:16 - Blab droid
2:36:22 - Empathy towards machines
2:37:49 - Anthropomorphism
2:45:16 - Sleep and hippocampus memory retention
2:46:36 - Sleep and memory
2:49:08 - Effect of video games on memory
2:53:27 - Memory palaces

[@Didi_Meow_AND_theMEWS]

all these years and i still don't have the heart to tell Michael my name is not Vsauce

[@treise9526]

this is actually such a good joke

[@suavecito.j]

underrated comment

[@_dreadknought]

This deserves top comment.

[@jodofly1158]

@@_dreadknought its already been top comment a few times over the years when other people already told it

[@Calebe311]

I don't understand

[@bigkoi1015]

KZbinRed: Our episodes Aren't Free. Vsauce: or Are they?

[@matthewbreitling8530]

Oh dang, look at the description, minefield might just be free for the rest of 2019

[@wantedpwner]

Vsauce music starts playing.

[@plasmarade]

500th like

[@ElColombre27360]

You won big deal, brother.

[@OrtensGrabbar]

*vsauce rock music starts to play*

[@loganiushere]

It's no longer 2019, it's been over a year, and yet Mind Field is still free for all. Micheal, you God how much did you have to sacrifice to get Mind Field to be free in perpetuity.

[@adamrezabek9469]

and I am soo glad. I found it fee weeks ago, and if it would be premium, i would not watch it and I would not think about many things

[@abike5395]

@@DemonChu what

[@gabor6259]

*Michael

[@blazing1793]

@@DemonChu because u didn't

[@blazing1793]

@@DemonChu u r DemonChu and the guy who said what is aBike

[@GERMANAITOR]

Vsauce: "Wow, your skin condition went away!" Girl: "Yup! All thanks to your machine!" Vsauce: "Actually, it never did anything. It was off. You healed all by yourself!" Girl: "Oh..." **Nervously scratches arm**

[@branominal8564]

I do always wonder if any of those kids came across a Michael meme, remembered his face, found mind field, saw the episode and thought "what the fuck? My life is a lie!"

[@futuremerlin]

@@branominal8564omg bro fr

[@JamesJohnson-iq5wb]

@@branominal8564 I wonder if the girl knew who vsauce was anyways. I certainly knew who vsauce was in 8th grade

[@f8ded]

"all mindfield seasons for free" *everyone liked that*

[@robertmorrison4457]

goddamnit I was just thinking that

[@kopuz.co.uk.]

tbh tpb never charged a penny in the first place.

[@mister420blazeit2]

let me rephrase it in a better words. EVERYONE FUCKING LOVES THIS SHIT!

[@kopuz.co.uk.]

@Sassy The Sasquatch The Procrastinating Bunnies.

[@lucienrichardson5691]

He said it was free in the last video... You guys really don't pay attention huh?

[@whiteshadow424]

Subtitles:(eerie sound) Deaf people: *cowering in fear*

[@mister420blazeit2]

im literally shakin and cryin rn, help me momma

[@cjp306]

Omfg I'm dying lol

[@czechm4te]

Subtitles: (upbeat music) Deaf people: *overcoming fear*

[@whiteshadow424]

Subtitles: (soft music) Deaf people: *falls asleep*

[@czechm4te]

Subtitle: Ooh it's like a roller coaster, I love roller coasters! Deaf people: \o/ \o/ \o/

[@TheLKStar]

This video was such a great idea. You intensified the whole mind field experience by having expert commentary on it, I wish there were more like this.

[@TheUnderscore_]

I'd love live streams like this, but I'm not sure if Michael would be allowed to be able to.

[@NihilistViking]

I hope Vsauce stays around for a long time. I love the science you do and wish I could be apart of it.

[@timaciousdfiftythree]

You can just work hard

[@somicu6020]

*VSauce uploads again in the same month* _"Hey, wait that's illegal"_

[@Ahmed-vs1ui]

More like in the same year lol

[@old888]

Another thing Michael has something very illegal

[@carsonmorris127]

He is a hardened criminal I mean come on A future counterfeit penny and a violation of the standard vsauce upload schedule. This man is crazy

[@potatoalpacas6114]

I'll make it legal

[@masternobody1896]

No that's epic

[@coffee5981]

Michael is so smart he's slowly morphing into Socrates with that beard.

[@chaschuky999]

Was gonna leave a like but it’s at 69.

[@Osvath97]

Yeah, soon he is going to start denouncing writing.

[@Quickotic]

@@chaschuky999 nice

[@chopperhead2012]

10 years of vsauce will do that to you

[@jakeengb]

Both very comical as well

[@noonesaccount6675]

I have epilepsy and for some reason something that happens after I have a seizure is that I usually get upset about red. I have freaked out that there isn't anything red neat me, and I've also freaked out that I don't know what red is, and I've freaked out that there is red things around me. Human beings and brains and colours and how they interact are totally wild haha.

[@profrainbow5707]

thats fascinating

[@briondalion3696]

Usually, red should be a more calming color, if you're exposed to it in a non-threatening way. For instance, red light. Lowest visible light on the color spectrum before infrared. Red light therapy is a real thing, that fights inflammation, helps regulate body processes, helps with sleep, etc. Blue = probably more calming because we think of air, water, breathing, and "Blues" music, which would more likely mellow someone out, than amp them up. It shouldn't come to us as any shock that we're easily tricked.

[@TheGrossDemon]

Michael: I could die at any moment Caitlin: *big smile* you sure could!!! lol i wanna be as passionate as she is about dying

[@joseval98]

Michael: The dog was not a very good actor Dog: You fool, i was acting like a bad dog so i get to eat more cheese

[@FireyDeath4]

A dog that acts as a bad dog for it's own benefit, in real life, actually is a bad dog rather than a good dog.

[@catdisc5304]

@@FireyDeath4 however a good dog acting as a bad dog acting as a good dog acting as a bad dog to eat more cheese is still a good dog.

[@ratoh1710]

@@FireyDeath4 All dogs are good dogs.

[@bloodwolf2609]

@@catdisc5304 considering that you deemed the dog good before going through the string makes the dog a 'good dog' by default, whereas FireyDeath4 just said 'A dog' without giving it a good or bad tag.

[@FireyDeath4]

Perhaps. It depends on the morality of the converser, since morality and ethical alignment are entirely subjective and arbitrary to existence and it's significance. You could say that, no matter what, all dogs are good dogs, as long as you care about literally nothing else when it comes to situations normal humans would see as dire extremes. And if that were the case, I could assume that the goal of your existence is exclusively to ensure dogs never go extinct. Which they will, but that doesn't matter: the longest time is good enough.

[@MrCurlyAlex]

Michael: posts three Mind Field seasons Also Michael: *there is another*

[@alloka6713]

i would like to give you a like but i wouldn't dare to mess with your 69, sir.

[@laurinneff4304]

Johan Jacobs Let me introduce you to the world of piracy and Torrents

[@JoseBortoli]

I’ve always respected Michael so much for his active listening techniques. This was something that took a lot for me to learn to do as a child because of undiagnosed ASD but he never interrupts anyone, and always lets them finish their thoughts before jumping in. It’s so inspiring to watch someone with so much pride and enthusiasm - power - in the room, who doesn’t interrupt others continuously.

[@rowanl4354]

I think the difference between accepting penicillin vs cryogenic freezing is quality of life. Penicillin extends life span sure, but more immediately it improves quality of life. Whereas cryogenic freezing doesn’t guarantee that. Even if physically you could live a good life, who knows what being woken up after years of being basically in an extended coma for years on end would do to someone mentally. You may not like the world you wake up to

[@ozhinz]

then you don’t have to live

[@DisgruntledPeasant]

Just reminds me of the star trek episode where 20th century businessmen are brought into the utopian future, and they hate it. Nothing makes sense to them, everything they enjoy is frowned upon in the new culture and they are so out of touch that they would never be able to get a meaningful job there. They end up wanting to go back to their old lives very quick.

[@alphaprimus7794]

"Hey Vsauce, Michael here!" I have never missed 4 words so much in my entire life as I have these. My soul is whole again.

[@Doggggggggo]

and the music

[@elitemation]

Names arent words but ok

[@alphaprimus7794]

@@elitemation Or is it? kzbin.info/www/bejne/in-VZpqeoMuah6M

[@alphaprimus7794]

@@elitemation ...Or are they? kzbin.info/www/bejne/in-VZpqeoMuah6M

[@tamer27antepli]

Pure nostalgia

[@alloka6713]

this feels like meeting your dad after he went to get milk for 10 years

[@qwertyrainetmir7743]

And it was expired 1 day later... *or* *did* *it?*

[@MariaKiran1]

lol

[@dobluo]

good grief

[@moonsaer]

The accuracy of this comment!!

[@cman52497]

22*

[@jojoversus1100]

Okay so I'm totally not crying at the kids after they managed to get better. That kid saying he no longer has migraines, & now he's actually excited for high school, broke me. & if you think I'm being ridiculous, wait until you have a child of your own. My 3 year old son has had to go through so much since he was born, & the feeling of seeing your child happier & able to live the life they want is so powerful. This whole field of "curing children through placebo" deserves all the grants & all the Nobel prizes.

[@internalizedhappyness9774]

It’s not really the life they want if you lie to them about the life that they’re experiencing, but you know that!

[@dantemacdonald2469]

@@internalizedhappyness9774 did you even watch the video, they never lie to the kids, they tell them the truth throughout the procedure

[@internalizedhappyness9774]

@@dantemacdonald2469 No I clearly didn’t! How did you know! Your so smart plz write the whole video out for me, thanks!

[@speedfastman]

@@internalizedhappyness9774 boooo

[@dantemacdonald2469]

@@internalizedhappyness9774 lol

[@itsdoug7814]

I have a profound respect for michael after finding out that he had to play league of legends for 10 days

[@jorgewilliam7103]

Truly, a worse mental torture than the isolation episode.

[@DatNoobDoe]

Michael "I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move" Stevens

[@N0URii]

i love that line xD

[@egg9573]

Minefield is free! Or is it?

[@Ani-Albanian]

What exactly...IS free? *lifts one eyebrow*

[@declaniii6324]

Elham Popal mindfield

[@WillMauer]

Why would I want a "minefield"?

[@GamingWithMasrurElahi]

I have already watched mind field when Michael made this free. In only 2 days

[@MrASKIRALI]

You ever been in a mine field

[@maggie343]

When Nathan said "I don't know why I don't listen, maybe because I have problems" i started crying bc I know exactly how he feels. It feels like you are a burden and a problem for things you just can't stop

[@notfunny007]

My Little Pony

[@Goversher]

​@@notfunny007uncalled for, man.

[@bachlamtung5131]

mind field was, for a lack of a better term, a surreal experience for me. Everything about it was high quality, intuitive, and at the same time many of the subject of these episodes are still so mysterious for all of us, others having real life applications. This, this is what i absolutely love about science

[@Dan-pi6dx]

Cash money big boi

[@megasauruss]

What brought that conclusion?

[@malcolmx5167]

Lol

[@zasfp]

Or is it?

[@Ozblu3y]

@@zasfp *music cues*

[@rexevan6714]

Oh wow

[@NoName-fp2nd]

My ears literally get pleased after hearing "hey vsauce"

[@jacobwebb8818]

I believe you mean your brain. Your ears are not sentient

[@bootleg_]

@@jacobwebb8818 After listening to Vsauce for approximately 3 hours and (rounded off to) 10 seconds, I can safely say from my perspective that my ears are infact sentient.

[@Cuasimodo2372]

Jacob Webb your brain isn’t sentient either

[@TomGreen99]

Hey all, Scott here.

[@andrj8844]

KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS FOR GODS SAKE

[@kaitlynjohns1758]

As a drug addict, I really wish Michael would make a video about addiction, and the science of it. It'd possibly bring light to the fact that we don't really choose to be addicts.

[@nezukochan471]

i feel the 100% same way

[@obsidian4844]

Hey, just wanted to let you know that I hope you are well.

[@thedislikebutton1907]

The first time you took the drug you chose to be an addict. Now stop playing the victim card and blaming other innocent people for telling you what you are.

[@nezukochan471]

@@thedislikebutton1907 You don't have the slightest clue what is going on in other people's lives. I myself am not an addict anymore but I used to be one a few years ago due to some major hardships in life and you of all people should know that we didn't choose for it to be this way. It takes a lot of self control to get over drug addiction and some people may or may not have the strength to overcome it. My life has improved significantly due to another person lending out their hand and making appreciate the positive aspects of life rather than the negative ones. We all are different individuals with different beliefs, experiences, strength, weakness, etc. at the end of the day, even I dislike a situation where a person suffering with addiction just give up on any hope of overcoming it. But instead of making light of someone going through a difficult situation we could help them get better and it is the least thing we could do. Have a nice day :)

[@Authaeosplays]

@@nezukochan471 Staying addicted isn't an easy choice to avoid making, but initiating the addicting behavior is, you choose to do drugs for the first time you choose to drink you choose to overeat you choose to play video games you choose whatever, the first time doing it you choose it, and that's what dislike's saying. You can get over an addiction, with a metric fuckton of effort, you CAN choose to not be an addict anymore, it's just hard as hell. But absolving others of their blame for their own addiction is not going to help, they fucked up, and they're dealing with the consequences, telling them that they never fucked up'll just keep them from putting in the effort to get better. People don't get better by being told what they wanna hear they get better through taking earnest criticism.

[@jalapenoandbanana]

Fun fact: all mind field episodes has no *Hey Vsauce, Michael here!*

[@PouLS]

Some of them have ,,Hey Mind Field, Michael Stevens here" tho

[@UHFStation1]

:(

[@perks6292]

But they do have "And as always, thanks for watching", so that's something

[@mitzibrabb1562]

He said it tho

[@hmmmmm8716]

That's literally the only flaw you can find this show otherwise is perfect in everyway

[@tomdabomb6566]

Vsauce: do you want to see the most illegal thing I own? Two episodes of Vsauce in a month

[@DeathFrankCore]

Probably 3

[@onyokonyok1265]

If it's only two then it's not illegal

[@nitishsharma3750]

@Mammoth Supremacy 55 69 is dead. Or at least I wish it were...

[@skimpskomp]

@Mammoth Supremacy 55 same i still dont know either

[@dreugh424]

@@nitishsharma3750 69 is dead, it's all about 71 now

[@fststudy2903]

This man is going OUT OF HIS WAY to provide FREE information to everyone. People will get to see these videos even after Mind Field gets behind the pay wall after three months. This effort is definitely laudable.

[@pegamationproductions6062]

After Mine Field becomes paid content again on January 1st, I’ll just go back to watching Michael’s 2013 videos.

[@bowlofonions6888]

Help me get 1000 subs yes

[@brixan...]

What effort did he put in? This wasn't a decision by KZbin?

[@brixan...]

@Alexander Supertramp I didn't know asking questions was ungrateful, I'm sorry. I don't see any evidence that he bugged KZbin about anything, he knew the show was a KZbin Premium show when he made it. And he didn't go "out of his way" make all of his content. They were videos he just wanted to make, so he made them

[@itai7809]

​@@pegamationproductions6062 me and my friends made an archive of all mindfield episodes in seasons 1-3 so we can watch after it is paid

[@Emperorerror]

At 38:43 you can really see the grad student trying so hard to hide his smile and not doing it hahaha so good

[@barcancelN2]

I love how the girl getting her hair done next to Michael turned her head like “real shit?” when he said that the machine can make people gay

[@RainbowRantz]

That’s not what he said though. He was just talking about sexual function not necessarily homosexual or heterosexual right

[@Aspenstorpemusic]

@@RainbowRantzgay

[@hydroelectriclyre2775]

30:52 "Yeah, so the beeps can sometimes make people sneeze" oh my god that's actually so funny

[@pressaltf4forfreevbucks179]

Lmfao so funny🤣

[@coldackotatsu8020]

imagine if someone sneeze when hearing swears with a censored beep

[@KoolMoth]

HOW HE NO LAUGH

[@AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH]

They coulda done a better job bullshitting 😂

[@whyitshappen3996]

😂😂😂

[@Meatallic]

I wonder if Michael realizes how powerful his beard is. He's like an ancient Greek philosopher, but for hard science.

[@vietphamhung3290]

@The Truth of the Matter you must be funny at parties

[@VentusK]

Thats not the only thing hard

[@thewhitesmurf8327]

Bruh You mean Kratos

[@tiagobelo4965]

@@thewhitesmurf8327 boi kratos aint got nothing on Michael

[@TheFlashgames777]

@@tiagobelo4965 Yee Micheal is gonna ripp him in half! Or maybe he would help Kratos to conquer his psychological traumas and become a better father.

[@blankspace0000]

1:20:58 im so glad you mentioned this!! I have to admit throughout a lot of these mind field episodes that involve external participants I was thinking how much geography and ability to commit time would be selecting for a particular type of person.

[@sanoth6091]

30:50 got me dying of laughter

[@TheUnderscore_]

I loved 35:05

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

Watch a bunch of science guys laugh at a kid on the inside

[@rumhell]

His beard will cover his whole body in no time

[@kenbee1957]

In time

[@volkantastan3079]

One of his videos literally includes him explaining how hair stops growing at some point lol

[@data_5674]

@@volkantastan3079 do you know what a joke is?

[@volkantastan3079]

@@data_5674 No. But I know how to drive a truck

[@nightly8392]

@@volkantastan3079 nice

[@El8oney]

Michael: " the game I played was League of Legends" My brain: "oh shit, doesn't that game have a stereotypically young audience? I wonder if he got shit-talked by preteens." Michael: " I have never been bullied so much in my life"

[@belisarius6949]

:(

[@Glennjamyyyn]

What's the timestamp for that?

[@belisarius6949]

@@Glennjamyyyn Watch the video you lazy chump

[@carlosandrescastromedina3100]

@@belisarius6949 not everybody has your fucking time, you asshole

[@pikmints]

@@carlosandrescastromedina3100 He must play League of Legends.

[@LilyOfTheTower]

I applied to be a fake nurse but my fake degrees werent qualified for the position. Im now going to fake night school to pursue my dreams.

[@mishterkhalid3117]

fake people are nice.

[@wade5941]

This is great stuff. Not sure why some people focus on the "deception" aspect given that the researchers are up front with what they are doing. And the fact there are positive impacts on lives of the young people, not a bad outcome. Hope they are still doing well.

[@darianbarber3763]

compared to the risks of an actual neurological procedure, this is really smart for the types of cognitive issues on display

[@GothPlatypus]

Michael: We're gonna have some experts on today Also Michael: Sits on couch by himself and smiles Guess we know who our biggest expert is

[@sathishraj1]

True man 👌💯

[@charo1554]

michael: follow me me: ok michael a second later: after you! me: **confused screaming**

[@joyce_rx]

Such a gentleman

[@Jxrdan_v]

2:21:17 the nasa shirt guy loves blinking

[@moonsaer]

@@Jxrdan_v can someone check if he's morse coding or not?

[@EmirRhouni]

@@moonsaer it's probably just tourettes

[@leahc5333]

1:00:00 I definitely believe the machine is a huge part of the belief that they will get better. They are not told it will heal them but In some way it’s definitely implied. Kids are more impacted by events than just words In my personal opinion

[@TotallyNormalFroggy]

I rlly dunno if anyone has made an explanation on the "how chinese ppl associate with red" topic but in short there was a legend about a certain monster called "年" (which, I guess you can translate it directly into "year") that basically hunts people especially small children during New Year. People find out that it is scared of the color red, so they just put red things everywhere like the lantern, envelopes nd firecrackers stuff like that (it's also afraid of loud noises) and that protected people from the monster by scaring it away, since then the color red is associated with luck and joy and almost some sort of safety in chinese culture (especially to the older generation who directly absorbed this very big part of our cultural tradition)

[@somicu6020]

Vsauce: _Uploads 3h video_ "Aight, imma -head out- be alone for 3 hours"

[@semicognitive]

Your never really alone when Michael is with you

[@PrinceKashyap.]

@@semicognitive when Michael is with you. Or is he?..... even a human?

[@yuvalperry6688]

That was the prime numbers video

[@foiledits]

DragonteethLP ha ive been alone for 15 years noob

[@outsynced3934]

This is just a trailer to the Michael Stevens dating game

[@joyce_rx]

I would smash, no homo haha jk unless...?

[@mushypotatoes5906]

*I'm in.*

[@ovi5986]

I would honestly pay money for that

[@Jin-di9zv]

No it's a game about Michael's toys

[@outsynced3934]

@@Jin-di9zv do you mean the series of videos or his.... t o y s

[@ksv314]

I'm so glad he made this, it's been such a powerful revelation - especially the part where he explains why the experiments in earlier Mind Field episodes didn't produce the most 'sensational for TV' results; it's truly incredible to see now the work he's put behind the series considering he started out just as a KZbinr and now he's actually highlighting fascinating studies into fields like placebo that researchers don't want to pursue, I mean the man has already drastically improved the quality of life for some of those kids and their families by extension. One of the most underrated content creators alive, this man.

[@DylanMartinRacing]

I think the biggest issue people have with placebo and hypnotic type of stuff is; that they feel embarrassed and humiliated when they find out it was their own brain. Alot of people dont know just how powerful our own brains are.

[@darianbarber3763]

That would be more likely if it was with malicious intent but honestly most people would laugh it off or prefer not to know

[@GeorgeIsHere08]

You know he is wholesome when he puts no ad breaks in a 3 hour video. Thanks Michael!

[@cumguzzler8537]

Petition to make Michael Vsauce officially a saint

[@GeorgeIsHere08]

I sure as heck would sign it if it ever surfaced.

[@vunga8195]

@@cumguzzler8537 that doesnt actually sound that weird

[@RossTheNinja]

Michael for president of earth

[@Scrod117]

Petition to have him put ads in 'cause the only reason I disabled the ad blocker on KZbin is to give him money

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Did you die? Vsauce: Unfortunately yes... But I lived!

[@MisterHunterWolf]

,

[@alexandradordzhieva3835]

@@MisterHunterWolf ?

[@jacobcaron2280]

Ice age

[@finncampbell6524]

ok Just Some Bigfoot With Internet Access thanks

[@squirrelfish8200]

And some people have trouble finding bigfoot... You're everywhere

[@drewendly89]

I think one of the reasons red is so salient and attention grabbing also has to do with our physiology. We only have RGB cones in our eyes, but blue is so predominantly the sky, and green predominantly related to grass/foliage, which leaves red as the only remaining ‘pure’ color to use that is not overly stimulated in our environment.

[@jesperjohansson6959]

You made this comment 2 years ago, just wanted you to know you made someone just go "OHH that's so smart!"

[@kelvin31272]

Innit

[@blankspace0000]

This placebo research is so important. I feel it is an uncomfortable topic within medicine and just life in general which we often choose to ignore. Better to confront reality and integrate it into our lives than pretend it doesn't exist.

[@morrits3969]

Parents:oke you can watch ONE more video. Me:

[@austinsterling8746]

I like how Michael is so professional, yet you can find a video of him being harassed by idubbbz and maxmoefoe on the side of the street for his spit.

[@nursmalik6024]

And him wearing a sexy super woman suit

[@redsalmon9966]

Cuz deep down he knows, it’s for science

[@liamroebuck9901]

what video is this?

[@nursmalik6024]

@@liamroebuck9901 Idubbbz and maxmoefoe kzbin.info/www/bejne/h37LZ4N9hd1pr8U kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5ulhYiplJijo9U

[@nursmalik6024]

@@liamroebuck9901 Sexy superwoman suit kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5DMlHyJg9aiiZo

[@jak9990]

Unimanigable how much work went into this. I cant thank you enough

[@qodrikhalik3732]

the videos Michael made is too darn good to be free on youtube yet he made it that way anyway, this man deserves a lot more, such an amazing work

[@f.a3202]

3 episodes of mind field for free plus extra info plus no adds in the video. he at least deserves a 👍

[@spec_wasted]

nope, at least a subscription, at most donation

[@becauseimapotato7599]

Aren't they all for free because this guy is an absolute legend?

[@tomasbar1101]

@@becauseimapotato7599 Yes they are

[@f.a3202]

@Oscar Hill auto correct mistake

[@alexland491]

@@becauseimapotato7599 x

[@dibs40]

a regular podcast like this one would be marvelous

[@insomniumtale]

YES

[@riptidev10]

A few million dollars and a few thousand people, of course, "Regular"

[@barkfish6853]

This needs to be top comment

[@riptidev10]

@@barkfish6853 How is it that it hasn't clicked in all of your brains that this isn't something you can do regularly, other than doing episode by episode in sequential order for a short series.

[@barkfish6853]

@@riptidev10 Umm, what??.... I am just talking about a Podcast with Micheal interviewing pioneers in their fields. It's pretty obvious that it's not possible to this format....>.>

[@joshesko8493]

3 hours of top quality content, Premium value for free and NOT ONE SINGLE AD throughout the 3 hours.THAT Is how you make a series/video.

[@sirhawkjames]

i did not realize i still had the attention span to be focused on something for three hours. holy crap that was so interesting.

[@Stuifie3]

Much appreciation goes to the person who wrote 3 hours worth of subtitles.

[@RieXtheXRaider]

Google does that automatically, might have been touched up by a human, or other languages might be written.

[@ilarious5729]

@@RieXtheXRaider it says automatically generated if it's done by Google.

[@basharshehab5803]

Me: I want to die Everyone: no you're so valuable Katelin: I'm glad you decided to die. Now sign this

[@ekkehard8]

Ikr "You've come to the right place"

[@Ogr252]

what a shame

[@Anna13Tonks]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Lucy-eo6nr]

I love Caitlin

[@Troll_Or_Real]

I remember being the subject of the oldest trick in the book I was 9 years old or so, my late father came home early and i was watching tv instead of studying, so i did the usual, play asleep. He came into the room, i can hear him looking at me, yes, i can hear his looks, i was scared shitless, but he was the kinda man that would make you laugh and fill you with love, but at the same time fill you with fear if you do something wrong. So he was looking at me and spoke to my brother, saying "he is not asleep, he keeps his mouth open when he sleeps", and you guessed it, i slowly opened my mouth thinking that they wont notice somehow if i do it slowly enough, but instead i hear him burst with laughter. A good memory. May Allah have mercy on his soul. He was the greatest father anyone could have wished for.

[@mocko69]

Lovely marathon, please do more of these!

[@toastedpineapple4981]

Vsauce has posted enough content that would have filled the entire “break” from posting.

[@moonsaer]

Shit ur right...

[@Reac2]

Micheal: "The game I was playing was....League of Legends" Me: "Oh my god. Poor thing, he propably got bullied into submission. Thats one of the most nutoriously toxic playerbases online" Micheal: *proceeds to describe how he got bullied into submission by one of the most toxic playerbases online* Me: "Jup"

[@RocKnMetaL97]

what does bulllied "into submission" means?

[@brettvv7475]

@@RocKnMetaL97 "You _will_ type everything in 133t5p34k and talk shit about others' mom's!"

[@beeblebrux2112]

@Viktor Birkeland I've been playing the game since season 3, if I remember correctly, and I've just become numb to the toxicity, If someone starts running their mouth, I mute them, and focus on the game. And I rarely read, or participate in, post-game shit-talking (friendly chat is fine, but rarely happens). I play games to have fun and being toxic defeats that purpose, in my opinion

[@jeffrey4105]

2:31:30

[@lucasnadamas9317]

@@jeffrey4105 thanks!

[@freddydejong1698]

Again after the last time I saw the placebo episode I loved the way you say to the kid "Yeah and it's.. very coowll" so into the project man respect!

[@bryans5150]

I realize that you don't do this alone, but I find your content absolutely fascinating. I truly thank you Sir. It's a wonderful experience to learn and grow cognitively at my age.

[@subhrajit6241]

Thank You michael For the timetags : 2:41 Placebos 4:50 Emotional valence and colors 5:06 Color and attentional bias 8:26 Nonspecific effects 8:59 Specific vs nonspecific effects 10:22 Nonverbal people/animals and placebo effects 16:23 Placebo studies 16:48 Neuroenchantment 17:24 Ethics of placebo studies 20:41 Adaptive self-deception 22:28 Transitional objects 22:59 Accessory-assisted suggestion 27:07 Neuroenchantment and genetic testing 39:23 Placebo mind-reading experiment 47:15 Placebo thought-implantation experiment 48:38 Hypnosis 50:57 Hypnotic susceptibility 51:52 Placebo effect in animals 1:00:26 Replication crisis in psychology 1:02:50 Placebo psychedelics 1:05:15 Tulpamancy and Tulpamancers 1:08:15 Terror Management Theory 01:08:21 Mortality salience 1:19:40 Experimental ethics 1:43:10 Cryonics 1:44:52 - Cryogenic preservation 1:55:00 Socioeconomics of cryogenic preservation 2:12:48 Digital immortality 2:17:09 Learning and memory 2:17:24 Hippocampus 2:18:13 Video games and the brain 2:21:00 How MRIS work 2:25:58 Life-size maze 2:34:16 Blab droid 2:36:22 Empathy towards machines 2:37:49 Anthropomorphism 2:45:16 Sleep and hippocampus memory retention 2:46:36 Sleep and memory 2:49:08 Effect of video games on memory 2:53:27 Memory palaces

[@Anna13Tonks]

You did God's work

[@SmashupPvper]

@@Anna13Tonks it's in the description but it's good that he put it in the comments for people to click on

[@jakefromstatefarm7363]

@@SmashupPvper yep

[@youcancallmecarlie]

okay but where were the cats

[@Exploud]

1:04:46 Camera loses focus for no feckin reason

[@squidoptical7809]

Michael: "Should I accept death?" Every high school and college student: "Join the club, man."

[@JasonLihani]

I really needed this at this moment Michael. Thank you.

[@damianolandi5003]

Man, every time I see any of yor videos, I feel humbled and propelled toward greatness.

[@lebogangjr1286]

"Im the hairiest in the room" -Michael 2019

[@bitz3225]

Lebogang Moche wrong vid

[@sausboi9085]

Travis Scooooott

[@markok0610]

Excellent

[@shale3140]

It’s cause he hasn’t uploaded since then

[@citrusblast4372]

His hair moved to his face

[@fa2lemuelm2]

"EVERY EPISODE OF MIND FIELD IS NOW FREE for the rest of the year!" Does that mean it will go away?

[@cocorico128]

ya then they come out with season 4 and you are addicted so you buy.

[@fiso64]

@@cocorico128 Yes, it's probably not just a nice move from them. Still, that's a win win situation, since we get free episodes and they get more money.

[@geisbuhlaron6969]

Just watch it or download it

[@philofblood855]

@@geisbuhlaron6969 or both

[@AMan-xz7tx]

phil of blood I prefer downloading and NOT watching my pirated films

[@georgebyron468]

"This is not the boundary of my body, this is not the boundary of my mind" one of the most profound things Michael, perhaps a human has ever said.

[@scrodiemcboogerball9414]

Just found this, very high quality content, definently a fan now

[@ericzhan3454]

2:03:40 Michael: "I have decided I want to die" Caitlyn: "That is a very good decision"

[@joeyopenshaw]

Eric Zhan She’s a mortician. What do you expect?

[@solalvergara]

And you've come to the right place

[@givencci9997]

you have come to the right place

[@N____er]

Lol

[@Stringz]

Eric Zhan Bitch you don’t get decide!

[@animowany111]

2:53:43 - "So, have you ever watched Sherlock?" *Michael:* "I love Sherlock, I've written plenty of fanfiction about that show." How have I not seen anyone comment on this? I want to see all that fanfiction, regardless of how good or bad it might be.

[@garetr]

+

[@wadoogazoono154]

+++

[@GDNachoo]

*Sherlock x Reader NSFW*

[@questionminecrafter]

++++

[@Napoleonic_S]

Imagine cumberbatch Sherlock that question his own deduction vsauce style XD

[@synthesoul]

Imagine being one of these children and being fully cured, only to watch this video years later and the symptoms to reoccur

[@stu.chainz]

Thank you for everything you do in helping educate human-kind Micheal ❤

[@kcfamilam5109]

44:00 ok I'll reveal it then lmfao. It's tiny piece of pencil lead temporarily attached under his right thumbnail. The sleight of hand involved is loading/unloading the pencil lead (uncomplicated when the only person you need to fool doesn't know they're involved in a magic routine), and making sure you keep your hand moving instead of statically holding the clipboard in the same place the number was written.

[@lemeeadams4455]

Yoo, I didn’t know those exact details but that’s pretty much what I guessed

[@wr.en.]

Wow. That sounds awfully complicated! I don't think the average person is cut out to be a magician 🤣

[@captainnigga9879]

i see you just HAD to stretch it past 10 minutes. just came back 5 months later. had no idea this whole thread happened here until i came to rewatch this.

[@gahmuretvanbegonia994]

michael, you really shouldn't spoil us like that we might become used to this great content

[@ibrahimbaghdadi4995]

Gahmuret Van Begonia he used to spoil us a lot. After the long break we deserve it : )

[@yeeeehaaawbuddy]

Damn Vsauce, you guys are making the other youtube channels look cheap. This was really well put together, from thevery beginning. Thanks!

[@easterndomination4093]

I'm REALLY curious how placebo psychedelics would affect me. I've tripped a lot and its such a surreal well, trip, that idk if my brain could simulate it and make me fall for a placebo.

[@aelinen]

”All mindfield seasons are now free” *Am* *i* *in* *heaven?*

[@iDunnoMC]

Only for the rest of the year, so be quick!

[@1.4142]

Someone's gonna pirate it for sure though.

[@unkown9081]

"I worked on the Fear episode on season 4" So it's confirmed?!?!?

[@theajayyy]

hyppeee

[@The_Irish_Rover]

Time stamp

[@majimagor0]

prolly why seasons 1 to 3 is free til the end of this year so when season 4 is out youre addicted and will buy em

[@Dindonmasker]

@@majimagor0 wich is a great deal tbf

[@itti5100]

creeper creslyn That's some marketing strategy

[@thesonie]

about time i can re-watch it cause sucks paying for all the services thank you you are great sir!

[@beluwhaleoftheisland7247]

Michael please we need Mindfield season 4. I love it soo much😭😭

[@giornogiovanna2602]

Not even a minute ago. That’s timing

[@Jesse22H]

imgur.com/0jSus9Y Your comment was not even a minute ago

[@bleezecake]

JH yours is

[@bleezecake]

I hate school

[@vdmur7952]

Janneke Heins same

[@bnj9031]

i see you just HAD to stretch it past 10 minutes.

[@sealion6030]

Yeah clearly

[@mr.cowlick4150]

Tea Time Gaming Junior its a joke

[@mynn6666]

@@mr.cowlick4150 that was also a joke. -_-

[@mr.cowlick4150]

wall flower oh whoops. did you know? im retarded

[@SpiriDussgaming]

Mr. Cowlick r/woosh

[@masterjack85]

Thank you for helping these kids. As a child I was in hospitals a lot. I read a lot about the power of the mind and manipulation of the body through the mind on a scientific approach and it keeps amazing me

[@breadisred1]

third time i watched this, including all other mind field episodes im addicted

[@sonnycampbell8686]

Doc: It doesn't actually involve lying to the children Also doc: ThE bEepS MAdE YOu SnEeZE

[@dreugh424]

Doctors: "We never lie to patients" My doctor: "Don't worry, this big ass needle won't hurt at all, really"

[@AcrGraFX]

It's important to relax the kids, sneezing can be a thought influencing act, creating a small distress feeling. I don't think of it as lying, as keeping the kids as cool as tiny cucumbers. Pretty good psychology behind every action he takes from my point of view.

[@BURDYMAN777]

@@dreugh424 "you're going to feel a little pressure"

[@bergonius]

@@dreugh424 if you anticipate pain you will feel it more painful. There's a Mind Field episode on that as well. So doctor could say "It won't hurt at all, if you believe me" and he actually won't be lying. And if you still feel pain he could parry with honest "well, that means you didn't believe me enough".

[@Donna777]

@@BURDYMAN777 Exactly, lol.

[@iamblamb501]

"League of Legends is basically like mario meets checkers." No wonder he got dumpstered by bronzies.

[@Nihlm]

It was a joke lol

[@Mit852]

League of legends was the absolute WORST choice for this experiment. They should have had him play something non competitive and actually explorative of 3d spaces. They should have given him portal to play

[@Mit852]

@Thomas Johnson I bet the decision was made by someone on the esports team. Michael probably asked a producer for a suggestion and the producer probably asked some moron on the esports team who has spent the last 6 years of their life playing league every single day and had only spent like 5 hours on video games other than league. To that esports player, league is probably the best test of skill they can think of. They probably didn't think anything about exploring a space.

[@MLG35U5]

iamblamb my ass two years ago

[@karl-erlendmikalsen5159]

@@Mit852 Portal doesn't have that much replayability tho. So while I agree, that would require him to go to a new game pretty quickly.

[@shoo7130]

@46:33 you can feel tingling in MRI because the acoustic noise is powerful enough to make things like fabric vibrate if it's resting gently enough against your skin.

[@TheSquizzlet]

Sometimes I go back through Vsauce playlists just to have good background noise stimuli to watch when I'm doing stuff or idle, and every time I come back to the Placebo video and the part where the kids are reporting their progress draws tears to my eyes, I'm so glad to see that kind of success in what are overall extremely hard to tackle symptoms.

[@siriusaegislink2700]

Placebos are amazing, the only time I know of experiencing one was a year or so ago. I had recently started playing trumpet, and lost one of mouthpieces. My dad found says mouthpiece after a few months, and I thought it was smaller than my current one (smaller mouthpieces make higher notes easier.) I had been having trouble with high notes for a while, but as soon as I used that mouthpiece, I was able to play multiple notes higher. It wasn't until a month or two later that I finally realized the mouthpiece was exactly the same size as my other one, and I had placeboed myself.

[@scptime1188]

This has probably jappened to me without me noticing, although it has happened to my friends alot and it's sort of funny haha.

[@alanhersch4617]

Yeah this is totally a thing. Most people refer to is as psyching yourself out (if it is a negative) or being "in the zone" when it is a positive. It isnt that hard to relate to and then apply it to medical issues, etc. As much as I hate pseudo sciencey things, I also personally know many people that have been legitimately helped by them because of placebo, so it is hard for to criticize things like that.

[@pedrocampanholi]

In this case I don't know if really is a placebo effect. I used to play the french horn and something similar happened to me. The mouth piece that I lost were larger than the new one and it should be easier to reach high notes. But when I found my old one, it was easier. There where two important factors: the old one was better fabricated, was a Paxman, and my muscles were more used to it. Maybe if I trained more with the new one maybe this wouldn't be the case anymore.

[@Narukai12]

Crazy thing about actualizing placebos sometimes is that you can just call that a coincidence and was because certain timing in your life for all different reasons. Like you could have just lost a touch and got better at playing the high notes again after positive alignments in ur life

[@georgeholloway3981]

Your embouchure probably had also improved.

[@chrisjordan2219]

I swear Michael is in the top 5 all time content creators.

[@amt4670]

Number 1

[@TheSaiyanPrincess89]

*Michael

[@josephsolis6109]

@@TheSaiyanPrincess89 Grammar Police....

[@jaggedjaws1586]

This is definitely interesting and asking all these questions is important, but Man would I love to see videos Questioning the opinions and ideas in This 3 hour long video. Some of the flaws here (and in the Mindfield episodes) are Really worth discussing.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

So happy to see Caitlin! One of my favorite YTers - and my favorite death specialist! And no, I don't want to live hundreds of years. Had I considered this not 2 years ago, my answer might have been very, very different. But so much has been taken from me, cruelly and heartlessly, and by the person I trusted the most in the entire universe, that I can't bear the thought of feeling this pain for another several hundred years. I've been stuck in it for 22 months (and 18 days, but who's counting?), already, and it still hurts too much to bear, and yet I must bear it, because others count on me. Were it just my choice, I wouldn't even still be here, hurting. The pain is too deep, too much. Why would I want to extend that, rather than another 2 decades, but several more centuries? Absolutely no!

[@angelinabonilla6668]

I'm sorry you're going through this pain

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

I actually want to live for a hundred of years. Not immortal though. And I should be able to kill myself whenever I want. Bro Im just gonna tend to a farm, read books, play with my dogs, imagine how many shows I could watch during those years.