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other music by / jakechudnow
FOLLOW Michael Stevens: / tweetsauce
Ze Frank video on trees and carvings: • On Changing Into Someo...
Silent-K:
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_k
www.antimoon.com/forum/2004/51...
Warren G's "What's Next": 2:44: • Video
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Science and mistakes and correctness: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pessimis...
Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth": • For What It's Worth - ...
"Hey Jude": • The Beatles - Hey Jude...
BEATLES ANOMALIES site: wgo.signal11.org.uk/wgo.htm
prayer book and calculus: www.sciencenews.org/article/p...
San Diego fire:
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interwork.sdsu.edu/fire/photo_...
www.businessinsider.com/worst-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Fire
Mars Climate Orbiter: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Cli...
moon landing footage: www.honeysucklecreek.net/Apoll...
Henry Tandy:
rememberwhen.gazettelive.co.uk...
www.history.com/this-day-in-hi...
The science of leaves:
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mnl.maizegdb.org/mnl/78/19habb...
accidents: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...

[@benedictmarva1450]

Vsauce is the best "normal conversation" destroyer

[@tsuol7296]

but a welcomed one

[@ayyyayay]

but hey at least i get to use that "its misspelled in honor of mistakes" excuse when i fail spelling bee

[@bartsola8349]

it's like the opposite of an icebreaker lmao

[@mistiridungoen]

*Vsauce theme plays*

[@bengale1263]

I think you mean “Enhancer”

[@IcelandicGoblin]

imagine having a friend like michael to just tell you cool facts all day..

[@schopenhauer5427]

I'm like that and nobody appreciates it. Michael probably had the same thing, thus created VSauce to talk to a larger audience

[@IcelandicGoblin]

@@schopenhauer5427 wish your friends would appreciate it

[@aryanjain8801]

Then I can be a perfect friend for you, but none of my colleagues like to hear those things for instance it's not that great.

[@prongs4137]

I finally found friends like that but it's so late in life n it's 2020(quarantine year) n we were all lonely with unappreciative friends for so many years. Missed out on so many years of each other's awesomeness. Still. It's pretty great. Thank humanity for the internet.

[@homosapienfactory6291]

Imagine having a friend :(

[@lasagaeater6891]

"When you look at beautiful autumn colors, you are looking at stress. But the bigger the fight the trees put up, the more energy they put into their defenses at the very end, the more brilliant their colors will be. Winter will eventually come, but scientifically, the brightest, deepest, most remarkable colors... come from not giving up, too easily or quickly." One of the best and most motivational quotes I've heard in my life

[@EggPiggies]

e

[@mikeshurk]

Stay colorful my friend

[@0_bus]

Raw beauty. Never give up and keep going.

[@martinstridsmanoja8668]

Scientifically, the brightest, deepest, most remarkable colours come from not giving up to easily or quickly. - That line is purely beautiful!

[@ritabanbasak7062]

Exactly..

[@pranjalshilkar8329]

Whenever I watch a Vsauce video, I kinda sorta forget where we actually started.

[@poikapi062]

I sometimes have to look at the title to remember what I'm watching.

[@fubuki5462]

Right?

[@timothypwers557]

facts

[@grndragon7777777]

Kind of like a dream

[@coconutthecockatiel478]

Same.

[@Woodland_Adventures]

Imagine erasing the concept of math.

[@Hello-bs8dn]

Lmao

[@thenonfurry]

Hecc. Now everything is messed up

[@DynamixTV]

*to write down prayer 😂😂😂😂

[@2.25.am_7]

youd basically erase reality and all we know

[@hexagonist23]

@@DynamixTV what does that even mean?

[@fettyloops4677]

In tears, what a ending

[@jakeweberzwier8655]

9:25 love how serious he looks after that

[@ahuman2695]

He saw the kids in his basement escaping through the cellar door he forgot to lock before filming

[@Ryan-Pot]

seeing him rolling in the snow made me really happy

[@TheLostCreature]

Yea :)

[@timberd1513]

Your profile pic doesn’t, i know what that is.

[@Minekono]

oyasumi punpun was a mistake

[@NewTSLA]

SAAAAME

[@joshuahh5782]

I feel nostalgic seeing that. *NOW* *I* *MUST* *REWATCH* *HIS* *VIDEO* *ON* *NOSTALGIA*

[@meteorrejector]

god that monk really fucked up

[@Ledabot]

Freddy Thornton when i heard that, i was pretty upset.

[@Meringuee]

But noone found the book until he overwrote it in ~1300. Calculus was invented by Newton in ~1500, so we wouldn't be much more advanced.

[@JdawgW16]

Tim Schläppi we would be 200 years more advanced...

[@phony1551]

Well 200 years more advanced in 1300 science rates. Not much when compared to how much now adays we can do with 200 years

[@rebellium9852]

it was written in 200 BC, the real mistake was archimedes not publishing it or else we would be over 1700 years more advanced

[@AtahanSelekoglu]

idk why but when i was 15 or something and i watched the ending of this video when michael talked about the brightest colours for leaves in autumn come from stress and not giving up- it hit so hard i cried. I downloaded this whole video onto a USB afterwards and put that song on my playlist too. back here as a 22 year old now and I won't lie, it didn't hit as hard as I hoped it would considering I haven't seen this in like 8 years- but it still warmed my heart and means all the same to me. what a video. never give up.

[@godnyx117]

Here to say I'm 22 as well, lol!

[@joshuabarbeau9159]

Don't worry, that's just your early 20s diminishing things. Happens to us all. Go another 8 years and come back again. It will hit hard at 30 again, I promise.

[@darkphoenix2]

You prove how true the video is. It left a scar, even if it's a good scar. And 8 years later, you've changed and this video is now a smaller part of everything that makes you who you are.

[@atahanselekoglu_]

@@darkphoenix2damn 🥲 it was my birthday on january 11th and i’m 23 now. this comment is great :) thank you

[@zoidsfan12]

Already was surreal watching this as an adult when I originally watched this when it first came out when I was in highschool. But hearing you mention ze frank 8 years before I even heard of the guy is even more surreal.

[@maccaswam]

What

[@kool_aid_ham_man2200]

@@maccaswam i want to fight

[@tpd5109]

he finally snapped at the end... happens to the best of em

[@LunaDevaKitty]

There's a reason why he's in that FilthyFrank video.

[@elijiahware7536]

DevaKitty lmaooooooo

[@ethana7991]

TPD 100th like

[@parn2160]

TPD 😂😂

[@Karpaneen]

He rolled on dogpoop.

[@varvaramir]

Archimedes: writes some complex & useful calculus stuff a random monk: This is worthless!

[@Vishnu-vb3uw]

Many scientists: trying to get facts right and explaining science Religious orthodox: im gonna end this man whole career...

[@umanglunia2194]

Ah yes some religious bullshit slowing down humanity's progress... Never heard that before -_-

[@ahmedhamid2000422]

@@umanglunia2194 so religions just go and kill people? Didn’t know ideas had that power and here i am thinking humans did it this whole time guess guns just go and shoot themselves at people to

[@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat]

I know calculus but I'm not sure why it's that important and search for it...

[@thaumaTurtles]

@@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat calculus at a low level might not seem that important, but it's the foundation for many complex subjects, including space travel! If that text had survived, it's possible we'd have a 2,000 year headstart on that stuff

[@fep_ptcp883]

9 YEARS AGO

[@Shagula420]

Cant believe this video is 10 years old. I didn’t want it to end. We need more content like this today. Miss you Michael. Vsauce forever!

[@obamacare9755]

And as always, thanks for watching **has a seizure**

[@nedimk.2219]

Oh god i laughed so hard at this comment

[@hotmojoe2483]

REEEEE

[@Hannah-ds2bl]

i don't even know what this means but i'm laughing so fuckinf hard

[@Allabouteve9]

Hahahahha this made me laugh very hard!

[@potatowithagoatee9565]

Beans182 nice

[@catterdays2034]

9:14 you may not like it, but this is the male human body at peak performance.

[@jenniferkindred8691]

I like it

[@leiph]

??

[@Wm7forthewin]

i love it.

[@chaddysalright8493]

catterdays bruh

[@roccotarli762]

Lol...

[@Sylvanari]

I've listened to his last statement (8:39) about five times now and it honestly hasn't failed to send me into tears

[@cgbhc6667]

My first love broke my heart in 2008. I’m single, never felt anything near what I felt with her. Her nickname for me was Tree. So I have been returning to this video for years now.

[@We1ntersoxfan]

try again friend

[@taylors1030]

9:10 I love this man Currently rewatching all his old videos as I don't have premium 😥

[@getrich9828]

Get premium bro, mind field alone is worth it, honestly the only reason I have premium

[@harryburganjr.969]

Me too man

[@nolansprojects2840]

Look up “DONG” on youtube and you will find a ton of videos by him just talking about random things! It is amazing!

[@Dumplestiltzken]

Same!

[@N0URii]

not availlable yet in my country

[@bartthek7397]

"Mistakes in popular songs" England is my city

[@conehead5377]

Bartosz Chojnacki that wasn't a mistake

[@ihasnoclout3901]

Bartosz Chojnacki "Mistakes in popular songs" "England is my city"*

[@ireallydontlikealotofstuff4536]

The whole song is a mistake

[@MoMoxd4541]

Jake Paul was a mistake

[@alecfongy3175]

Team 10 was a mistake

[@robbaholic]

Actually such a powerful video with a powerful message about how mistakes happen to everyone and how you can overcome them. Love it!!

[@arturjr.8580]

I come back every once in a while just to rewatch and remind myself that beautiful part about autumn leaves and to see Michael playing in the snow...

[@volt734]

Same, this might be my favorite Vsauce video, the ending is so weirdly calming, the song choice was excellent

[@filipvanwonterghem2782]

We don't make mistakes just happy little accidents. -Bob Ross

[@m7bline403]

Filip Van Wonterghem Your a happy accident

[@filipvanwonterghem2782]

You're

[@GameyRaccoon]

Thats what your mum said to you lolololol

[@filipvanwonterghem2782]

no u

[@B0eep0]

not when the condom breaks

[@vincentpollack]

0:08 Holy fuck I just flew out of my chair

[@johnamil2342]

VPanda lmao

[@gorecast8504]

🏃

[@punchyy5557]

same lmao

[@amojugan]

I just shit on my pants

[@zanderhenriksen6776]

shat in*

[@AluminumFusion22]

Michael's greatest trait is how both knowledgeable but empathetic and kind he is. He's not cold, clinical or egotistical like most people who are very knowledgeable. He manages to take mundane or strange topics and re-contextualize them in such a way to give the viewer a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. Facts may not care about your feelings, but Michael always does.

[@onefeatherboi2342]

I always find myself coming back just to watch the ending of this video. Thx Michael

[@ElectronikHeart]

I think Vsauce is becoming now more than just science, it's also philosophy. And it's cheering to the heart, it's appeasing and give this feeling that life is such a great thing you shouldn't waste any of it. I love this channel, and I really want to thank you Micheal for all this amazing work you've done over the years !

[@crabwilde]

It started out with just cool facts and funny pictures and meme's, now it's this sprawling compilation of philosophy, science and literature. It's good to see that KZbin can be something more than a breeding ground for make-up tutorials and endless Annoying Orange spin-off's.

[@ibrahimhomsi3567]

I never even considered him a "science" channel in particular.. more like a thought-provoking channel. And a really really good one...

[@yoshifan0312]

ElectronikHeart That’s what I like about Vsauce. It presents physics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, chemistry, and more in an unorthodox yet entertaining fashion; in which the video doesn’t typically stick to a certain subject all the way through.

[@BrennanBallz793]

It's a cult

[@lss2480]

Philosophy is also a science you punk!

[@Nanami_X_Higurama]

Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude - Anne Frank

[@Justin60693]

404 likes no replies ????

[@l.t.m6826]

@@Justin60693 404 replies not found

[@armalite6837]

isn't she the delusional girl that had imaginary friends during the war

[@AbhishekSingh-jx2zn]

@@armalite6837 Pls stop if u haven't read her journal

[@armalite6837]

@@AbhishekSingh-jx2zn you mean the one her father published without her permission? yes i did read it

[@CallumFTF]

0:01 that genuinely scared me

[@dannyaguirre4814]

This is my favorite video about mistakes. Feels like a therapy session. I watch it when I need to remind myself to not give up.

[@jazzmusicstops374]

Michael ran off, and was never seen again. But some say they see him, running around, playing in the snow, and spreading his knowledge to the trees. Might we see him again? Only time will tell. Edit: it's been two years and I can now tell that KZbin has the worst algorithm for everything that may or may not need an algorithm. seriously, what to heck? I understand wanting to give newer comments recognition, but that's what sorting by new is for. you can find comments with over 1k likes below comments with 1 like and it doesn't make any sense.

[@braytonsmariokart8races339]

... J-L

[@sh40l1nmunkmunken6]

+Dildo Swaggins *"Might we see him again"* xD

[@Samstar369]

+Dildo Swaggins Isn't it "Dildo Saggins" instead?

[@jazzmusicstops374]

Samuel H. Kim It's what ever you want it to be.

[@Samstar369]

Dildo Swaggins Fair enough. I'm used to hearing...err, rather, saw it as Dildo Saggins.

[@bananapoohwkuk]

I want 30 minutes of Michael playing in the snow with that song in the background

[@rikkyun04]

That would a mistake mate 😂

[@butterbungnaked1440]

Same the background song is really smoothning

[@chickenman8272]

DoomsDave Gaming cool

[@kevinherrera2743]

10 hours*

[@ilovebrisket55]

the waffle house has spoken, phase 2 initiated

[@loudicrouz1591]

The "regret" part really lightened me up.. I'm fighting my emotions for a while now and this video put my struggles into another perspective

[@akish302]

The ending was incredible.

[@icyclimber4215]

should have started with "hey michael, vsauce here"

[@thatoneguyricardo]

lithium 1817 guess he made a ~M I S T A K E~

[@finnersz]

lithium 1817 if he started that way on purpose it wouldn't be a mistake then would it.

[@agustinperezburgos6578]

he made a mistake by not making a mistake. MIND BLOWN

[@LightRealms]

lithium 1817 OR IS IT??? *music starts*

[@tarandiamond]

I thought he was gonna do that, lol.

[@mfc4655]

No mistakes, only happy accidents

[@soapegg]

_beat the devil out of it_

[@studiosnch]

ＬＩＱＵＩＤ　ＨＷＩＴＥ

[@vemixerxlive1043]

studiosnch fuck me bobby

[@vrabiealexandru2755]

Robin titanium hwite

[@werndogga]

Robin oops I slipped on the wmd launch button o well just a happy accident - Trump 2017

[@justanormalhumanbeing1903]

Imagine Tom Scott and vsauce doing a collaboration

[@jonathanharvey2156]

That would certainly be on Tom’s new channel Tom Scott Plus…

[@sirdr.doofenschmirtzthecat182]

8:54 (onwards) - why do I find this the most wholesome scene in the entire channel... :)

[@president8102]

Who would win? A genius mathematician philosopher. One moncc boi

[@nhaedzwero43]

Trick question, the answer is obviously no-one. No-one really wins. From the beginning we are doomed with a limit and, when it arrives, you stop being you. However, the world, the planet, the *universe* still goes, until it won't. But you'll never know, you'll never see, you left far before that to never be conscious again, to cease existing. Not a single reminiscent of your identity will still be there, nothing will *be* at all. So stop focussing on winners, losers, success or failure, none of that matters. Or *maybe* it does. *Maybe* I am in the wrong here, and maybe I'll know that someday. But will you? Will anyone you ever meet know the answer? Will anyone really discover the *truth* we seek? Prbbly not tbh tho, have fun.

[@cobbomusic]

Manu ARC ho.. wa.. bruh

[@Bebolife12345]

Manu ARC Thinking you’re cool because of nihilism. Lmao.

[@nhaedzwero43]

@@Bebolife12345 glad it made you laugh

[@nhaedzwero43]

@gapple * thank you.

[@nyarro8370]

Michael: H E Y V S A U C E Me:Tf Michael, scared the shit outta' me.

[@DLBBALL]

I fucking love your emblem

[@DLBBALL]

Oh shit waddup

[@hokusai17]

here come dat boi

[@DLBBALL]

Watch him rolling watch him go

[@IMOBSSD]

MooseTheSyrupMan he be rolling down the street

[@khalidbinobaiad1826]

5:29 i swear my jaw dropped faster than the speed of light

[@bones9845]

I come back to this video all the time, thank you Michael for everything you do

[@senseidekkers5618]

Vsauce, homeless here. Holy shit 3yeRs later and 11k likes? Never saw this coming lol

[@alec7978]

Vsauce, Robbery here.

[@DLBBALL]

Vsauce, Scrub here.

[@TritaniumYT]

Pvt.Smart Alec Vsauce, Courtroom here

[@DLBBALL]

Vsauce, White House here

[@SloanBellamy]

You made a m͏̺͓̲̥̪í͇͔̠ś̷͎̹̲̻̻̘̝t̞̖͍͚̤k̥̞à̸͕̮͍͉̹̰͚̰ẹ̶̢̪s͏̨͈̙̹̜͚̲ ̛̬͓͟

[@riparianlife97701]

So nice to see you being all goofy in the snow at the end. Constant seriousness is a mistake.

[@verttiseppala1236]

But seing how some snow made its way into his asscrack makes me feel...uncomfortable

[@riparianlife97701]

+CorSec Shazam identifies it as "Let's All Go Together" by Zach McCoy

[@marvinkitfox3386]

+Vertti Seppälä Some of us see a man playing in the snow like a child, exemplifying the stated goal of achieving more, getting fun despite adversity, etc. as discussed in this video. . . Other see an asscrack. . I'm very glad to have not seen the asscrack.

[@Larsi1997]

+Marvin Kitfox what have been seen cannpt be unseen

[@GOOFYFILMER]

Being goofy is good

[@taintedmemory4343]

3:40, that stupid monk

[@BlackRasta207]

This tree carving metaphor is literally one of the wisest things I have ever heard. It's been almost ten years since I first heard it in this video and since then this thought has been supporting me in the darkest moments of my life. I wish more people heard it, maybe it would've helped them too. Such a simple thought, but so precisely put, it's just wonderful.

[@thereprehensible435]

FINALLY, an explanation of the Canadian flag's symbolic red leaf.

[@Nahhhhh_321]

Wow

[@allnprodd]

lol

[@pettson4317]

Nepals flag

[@rakhshandaqadeer8146]

Dude shut up u r bias

[@pettson4317]

@@rakhshandaqadeer8146 hehe

[@Godzilla-mq5zv]

9:12 Only the most logical course of action after giving everyone an existential crisis.

[@gagne6928]

Or when you tried coffee for the first time

[@acecheso4958]

Haha yeah

[@itsamemario1772]

Godzilla 123 Actually be inspired us

[@travisss15]

Godzilla. I think he was doing a little sneaky reference to Zefranks video "if you live in a shell" where the sapling quote came from.

[@dericliu2448]

Beep

[@kyledozier2738]

This is the most beautiful video. I love coming back to it over the years

[@leanazulyoro]

I keep coming to this video several times a year, it has so many powerful messages.

[@SixxWolfZx]

Michael: *flops and spins in snow* His neighbors: dafuq he doing over there

[@SFSAtlas]

@DoomsDave Gaming h

[@kostan55]

@Kire *_Yeet_*

[@hassanm7322]

@DoomsDave Gaming h

[@altair.-.2573]

Being

[@Squabsss]

@DoomsDave Gaming h

[@pehme8840]

"we don't make mistakes. Just happy little accidents" ~ Bob Ross

[@themightyeagle21]

So that time I went hunting and accsidently shot someone instead of a dear was a happy little accsedent?

[@andreasrasmussen2655]

@@themightyeagle21 meat is meat

[@hush7359]

@@themightyeagle21 you get his possessions :)

[@carolinemayo6406]

andreas rasmussen babies are meat

[@itssillysam26]

That's what my parents said to me.

[@ozantepedelenlioglu]

I love this man so much. Goofy, inspirational, and caring.

[@halilibrahimyigit1315]

The last song is one of my favorite songs that makes this video much more precious in my eyes thorough the years

[@archived-iron2343]

"Mistakes are everywhere, they surround us like air" *looks at the class while presenting this video*

[@AJ5]

Took me a second to get it

[@nachosrios8882]

@@AJ5 oh just that? it took me 694201337 years

[@intestinalobstructiongamin157]

It’s could be mispronounced by err. Err is the first 3 letters of error. Error means mistake. Coincidence?

[@skhotzim_bacon]

That's kinda mean since recent studies are showing 110% of children are mistakes

[@intestinalobstructiongamin157]

shkotzim bacon Technically as a child, I can say this is 100% true and that mostly every child is EDGY including me. I am shaped like a knife.

[@Pablo-yd6gc]

It's been many years and I still find myself coming back to watch the ending of the video where Michael is playing in the snow. The combination of everything just gives me such a good feeling that I can't explain, it sums up how Michael and this entire channel has influenced me over time, and there won't ever be anything like this any where else on KZbin. Thankyou for everything you've made for us over the years, I want you to know that you are one of a kind and appreciated by many.

[@juanmanuel2002]

Damn

[@incognitoman3656]

Thank you for the sentiment. I say thank you because few people online want to talk about this stuff, but I understand the feeling of just loving something online. I personally have a fair bit of sentiment when it comes to this one channel that went to another at the end of 2020.

[@TheMinecraftOasis]

it makes me tear up..

[@axethegreat]

Thank you michael

[@CreeperDude567]

Yep. A combination of goofiness, fun and intellectual content of substance that makes for all-around/full-fledged feel-good intellectual videos, which I've loved since childhood (I'm in 11th grade now.... hehe)

[@RedKnight56]

Hearing you talk about such deep ideas then run around like a crazy man in the snow immediately after had me laughing out loud and has made my night! You are so great!

[@CeleryBruh]

this is a contender for my favourite videos on this platform

[@Thoughtless427]

There’s something innocently beautiful about the ending of this video. My favourite ending to any of these videos.

[@ghabsterlol7768]

its cuz playing in snow is a mistake due to your chances of becoming sick...

[@doedoe9307]

for real. i may be looking into it too deep but it kinda sounds like a metaphor of mental illness.

[@Katia_Managan]

Not gonna lie, those ending metaphors with the trees keep me coming back to this one, even if only for motivation.

[@ilovebrisket55]

the waffle house has spoken, phase 2 initiated

[@_Elkov]

Same

[@yt5241]

Me toooo

[@hauler]

same i also keep coming back, it's a masterpiece

[@ThecrazyJH96]

Amen

[@Dondlo46]

Every time I watch your videos again it feels like first time watching it, most of them makes me cry. It's good to have existential crisis for once a month

[@samolivero5522]

Together, we'll make it to tomorrow. :)

[@Klaux]

this is my favorite vsauce video the ending is just so wholesome 🥹

[@wallyfm123]

Micheal playing in the snow is honestly the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen this year.

[@Gamper1]

More like ever

[@Lanicatt]

Period

[@therealdave06]

Not even his newborn baby?

[@TheTexas1994]

My parents always used to say I was a mistake

[@mikeymod3665]

Nicolas Gleason-Boure And they were right...

[@TheTexas1994]

+Creeper Universe Welcome to the internet

[@mikeymod3665]

Creeper Universe It was a joke for God's sake. If they're gonna self deprecate then I'm gonna join in.

[@TheTexas1994]

Creeper Universe I honestly thought it was funny what he said. Both this post and his comment were jokes.

[@CreeperUniverseTV]

+Mikey Mod Well the way you said it an set it up with a dot dot dot it's very hard to see. Ok.

[@ananyamaity5566]

Michael changes topics even faster than I change topics when my mom asks me about my grades

[@naga7655]

I love this video, it's my favorite and has marked me until today and helped me a lot, thank you Michael

[@jajlertil]

This has always been my favourite Vsauce video, Michael Rolling in the snow to that song in the end is beautiful really

[@karljohanneshellrand1734]

Duude same

[@James-zp4ce]

jajlertil it is enough to make a grown man cry

[@thanos8641]

@@James-zp4ce and thats ok...

[@crisxian_g]

He looks like a little kid again

[@youtubeuserdan4017]

My favorite video from him was "How to count past infinity".

[@eliseheartless4636]

God damit monk.

[@willkeene661]

@@charliechips257 fuck off

[@cobblestone100mc]

Chucky 257 fuck off you’re too young to be on youtube

[@jackmarentette1302]

Chucky 257 fuck you

[@wumbodumbo4654]

Jesus Christ you guys, calm down it’s just a kid. Imagine being so insecure you have to bring down a five year old.

[@redspiderlilys6]

I thought he was joking...

[@aefc843]

I would honestly pay to have Michael have real time conversations with me, he seems like he always has stories to tell and he's the only person that has thanked me for years

[@shaheer_04]

really profound video, especially the bit about regrets. thanks Michael.

[@samcohen6078]

Michael: After I tell these people that some soldier saved hitler and that leaves are pretty because of stress I shall go flop around in the snow

[@Al-xi8vu]

You just made me choke on my cereal

[@Haki145]

Alina S. That was a mistake.

[@SushiElemental]

KZbin was a mistkae

[@Haki145]

Peter *Or was It?*

[@Abkenn]

TheMineEmerald what the hell

[@taltigolt]

that munk just became hated by many

[@johnny44speedy]

but praised by more...

[@ryansiacci]

Monk... you just watched an educational video. Try to educate yourself further,

[@xI2adiationx]

Did you ever stop to think maybe he misspelled it on purpose like the title of the video?

[@xsabirx]

xI2adiationx thank u

[@AsianManGV3]

Sir Slapa Ho how so?

[@jackcantdie]

This one had an emotional connection with me. Especially that ending. I needed to hear that, thank you Michael.

[@springsoldier6317]

This is probably my favorite Vsauce video hands down

[@danpanoke223]

I regret not seeing my great grandmother on the night of her passing, I had the opportunity to but chose not to, it has haunted me since, and that tree analogy helped me, thanks Michael's friend.

[@rohanjaiswal3278]

*Hugs*

[@nicolasmedina8207]

Get over it lol

[@lcmclam]

@@nicolasmedina8207 What an asshole.

[@nicolasmedina8207]

@@fetyrol7108 nice

[@UmerQureshi21]

Shut yo bitch ass up

[@runner5682]

“Winter will eventually come. But scientifically, the brightest, deepest, most remarkable colors come from not giving up too easily, or quickly.” Beautiful

[@TheBadDeadFox]

Winter is coming

[@Haki145]

You know nothing Funny Fox.

[@Handles-R-Lame]

And you have much to learn, Milton Marques.

[@EnjoyPA]

*from

[@---gb2cy]

i think you're talking about afterwards

[@danielsimmons2690]

Michael playing in the snow at the end of the video just gives me life

[@YF_UpperX]

Rewatching these videos 10 years later you are reminded what masterpieces these videos are

[@zacharyhardgrave6801]

Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. The title of this video is misspelled in honor of mistakes. Mistakes are everywhere, they surround us like air. To err is human. Faults, flaws, faux pas, fumbles and fallacies are as much a part of who we are today as the stuff we've gotten right. For instance, if a knight knocked your knuckle or knifed your knee, why would there be so many "k"s? Well, the "k"s are silent by mistake. The original old English forms of these words were pronounced with "k" sounds. K-nife, k-night, k-nee. But that's a bit of a mouthful to say and because reading and writing weren't as common hundreds of years ago, people just pronounced words the way they want to do, regardless of spelling. Spelling is fun. Warren G knows what I'm talking about. In the fourth verse of his "What's Next", he asks what's next. What's next, what's N-X-E-T. Spelling isn't the only thing we get wrong. The history of science is a graveyard of dead an abandoned ideas. Fritz Machlup coined the phrase "Half-life of knowledge". The amount of time it takes for half of the knowledge within a field to be superseded by new, better ideas or to simply be shown untrue. Donald Hebb famously estimated that the half-life of knowledge in psychology is just five years. Humans are awesome, don't get me wrong, but we tend to believe that what we currently think we know about the universe is reasonably correct, even though statistics aren't on our side. Previous generations incorrectly thought the exact same thing about what they used to think was true. My favorite examples of the ubiquity of mistakes are production errors in popular songs. They're like humbling Easter eggs, just waiting to be found. For instance, Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth". 26 seconds in the "be" in the lyric "beware" is clipped, as is the "p" in "people" at 1:24 minute. Once you hear the mistake, it's tough to unhear it. In "Hey Jude" Paul McCartney misses a chord. And if you listen closely you can clearly hear him say "F**ing hll". Seriously, it's in the actual song. Go listen to it. In fact, there's an entire website that chronicles mistakes in Beatles' songs. Take a look at this 700-year-old prayer book. A monk wrote it on fresh, clean paper. I'm kidding, of course. He scraped the ink off an older manuscript, cut the pages and rotated them before writing all over them. A mistake? Well, kind of. Recent multispectral images of the prayer book have revealed that the old manuscript he erased was a previously unknown copy of a work by Archimedes. It was called "The Method" and laid out the heart of calculus thousands of years before Newton and Leibniz. If that one monk hadn't erased that one book, would we be hundreds, thousands of years mathematically and technologically more advanced today than we currently are? It's hard to say. All that is certain is that we would continue to make ridiculous mistakes, like the Mars Climate Orbiter. This 327.6 million dollar expedition burned up in the red planet's atmosphere because when calculating flight maneuvers NASA used the agreed-upon metric units while Lockheed Martin used the imperial system. This is Neil Armstrong taking humankind's first steps on the Moon. It's about the best footage we have. The original tapes containing the highest quality recording of that moment have been lost. They were probably recorded over by later test missions. Ten years ago Sergio Martinez became lost in the woods while hunting outside of San Diego. Hoping to attract the attention of rescuers, he lit a small fire. But that fire quickly got out of control and became a giant Cedar Fire. It destroyed 300,000 acres of land, 2,322 homes and killed 15 people. The man carrying a wounded soldier in this painting, based on a photograph taken during World War I, is Henry Tandey, an English recipient of the Victoria Cross. Four years after the event in this image Tandey caught a wounded German soldier in his gun sights. But rather than kill the man, Tandey took pity on his wounded state and spared his life. The German he allowed to live was this man. Later the man whose life he spared wore his mustache shorter but still had the same name, Adolf Hitler. In 1918 did Henry Tandey miss a chance to kill Hitler? Detailed researchers found that the exact days their units were in the same location don't quite match up. The story is apocryphal but what is known is that Hitler owned a copy of the painting of Tandey, and in 1938, when meeting with Neville Chamberlain, Hitler pointed to Tandey and told Chamberlain: "That man came so close to killing me in 1918 that I thought I should never see Germany again." So, who's wrong? Maybe Hitler confirmed the story merely because he hoped to make up extra evidence that providence had kept him alive to pursue his goals. Either way, someone is mistaken. Missed opportunities are a bummer. Obsessing over them is not healthy but regret is a powerful emotion. How do you deal with regret, with guilt? Can you? In the early morning hours on a bench outside a hotel in Anaheim this summer Ze Frank told me something I am going to paraphrase. I love this metaphor. Stuff in your past is like a carving on the bark of sapling. Over time, the scar, the carving won't go away. Because of the way trees grow it won't go up or down much either, it'll just stay right where it began. It might even get darker. But it won't get bigger. You, however, can. You can keep growing, doing more things, more branches, being more things. The wound won't get smaller but you can make it a smaller part of who you are. Maybe regrets are like that. They stick around forever like arborglyphs. Or maybe they make like a tree and leaf. A red or purple leaf in the autumn. As days get shorter and chlorophyll production decreases, the yellow and orange carotenoids, which are always in leaves, appear as the green fades. But red and purple leaves are the interesting ones. As winter approaches it would seem to be a good time for trees to conserve energy but some trees do the opposite. Instead of giving up, they spend extra energy producing anthocyanins to turn their leaves red and purple hues. These colors protect their leaves from sun damage before their nutrients can all be used and may also be a defense against insects looking for a parasitic home. A way for the tree to tell the insects: "Yes, I am in part dying but not without a fight. I am still very much vital." Drought and even tourniquets applied by man can bring about these colors prematurely. When you look at beautiful autumn colors, you are looking at stress. But the bigger the fight the trees put up, the more energy they put into their defenses at the very end, the more brilliant their colors will be. Winter will eventually come. But scientifically, the brightest, deepest, most remarkable colors come from not giving up too easily or quickly. And as always, thanks for watching.

[@dogmaw373]

Dude....how

[@kingpiplup5258]

Y da flip

[@aqua3439]

R.B.G. I think the better question is why.

[@nixuccubus6926]

thanks for the subtitles

[@Mare-gf6xe]

deaf people be like 🤔🥺😍

[@Fille_bs1]

Roses are red Violets are blue You can’t find this video It can only find you

[@swastikpadhy5179]

I got here by typing "F bomb in Hey Jude"

[@CaveyMoth]

Not only roses are red, but leafz, as well.

[@kermitthefrog7425]

Or can it

[@channelwithoutaname2180]

I searched it up

[@M0h4med05]

I'm like number 69 *nice*

[@mhrocks909]

Binging on older Vsauce videos is like watching art. In the sense that it can not be remade. Copied or taken inspiration from, yes. This is content making perfection.

[@cachekielbasa6857]

Vintage Vsuace man, finally enough times past that I can watch all these old videos again and they feel brand new

[@willcarmack]

I don't know what it was about you rolling in the snow but it made me smile ^_^ I love you dude

[@1Murmani]

:') same! NO HOMO!

[@DunloProductions]

I think he's a Gillingham fan like me, judging by his hat

[@TheDustingGamer]

agreed

[@cormacokane9466]

Will Carmack it made me realise he's not completely dead inside which is nice

[@want-diversecontent3887]

Will Carmack Simile* Edit: AAAAAAAAAAAA

[@rohengiralt]

That ending tho...

[@Mr.Isquierdo]

It's like the end of a movie :)

[@MAcDaTHo]

a video I come back to again and again Thank you so much for making such good content!

[@notsocooldude7720]

Michael is so talented. This video is a masterpiece (like almost all of his videos)

[@Crumbling_Vortex]

"We don't make accidents, only happy mistakes" -Rob Boss

[@goutamboppana961]

msitkaes

[@dimlighty]

@@goutamboppana961 m͏̺͓̲̥̪í͇͔̠ś̷͎̹̲̻̻̘̝t̞̖͍͚̤k̥̞à̸͕̮͍͉̹̰͚̰ẹ̶̢̪s͏̨͈̙̹̜͚̲ ̛̬͓͟

[@thegermanbasket732]

I imagine Bob Ross looking all tough carrying a fricken huge paintbrush about to turn you into a happy little tree when you say Rob Boss.

[@spooky_kitty901]

i guess i'm a happy mistake-

[@Rachel98246]

It’s the other way around. “We don’t make _mistakes,_ just happy little _accidents_

[@TheMightyOreo]

that ending was perfect

[@Denial06]

the last leg of this episode never fails to make me feel better

[@KorkwiN7]

I love this guy. Please never change.

[@darkchocospy7080]

I can’t tell if this is a science channel or philosophy channel now

[@octaviusroosevelt7355]

DarkChocoSpy Why not both? It's also a math channel and history channel.

[@m07z]

Just think of it as the channel of "enlightment"

[@flatmarssociety4614]

this is a channel where comment sections are toxic

[@m07z]

@@flatmarssociety4614 Yes cause some people don't like idiots

[@DantesInferno96]

Now? This video is years old.

[@HEWHOTAWNS]

0:21 THIS MAN JUST DROPPED THE SICKEST BARS OF THE 21st CENTURY

[@spartacus778]

***SHEER HEART ATTACK HAS NO WEAKNESS***

[@luongphamvan1411]

This is suddenly jojo

[@canweget300subscribeswitht2]

@@spartacus778 hahahahaha you thought i was a random guy on youtube... BUT IT WAS ME, DIO, ZA WAAAARDOOO

[@jebby8090]

Guido Mista I HATE ALL OF YOU EVERYTHING IS JOJO WITH YOU HAHA JOJO REFERENCE SHUT THE FUCK UP

[@lederp8096]

@@jebby8090 haha it won't stop haha caps are so scary haha insulting people on the internet haha haha

[@sandboxgamekid4932]

I love how these videos start with cool science facts and end with inspiring and heartwarming philosophy

[@johnbarr7215]

This was a feel good episode. Little did I know but these words are something you can keep with you. Scares don't fully heal but they don't grow. You do.

[@prithviquantum3777]

This man is a treasure of humanity we must protect him at all costs

[@mennedeklir5926]

We must protect his forehead from HowToBasic!

[@sanyogoo6017]

@@mennedeklir5926 XD I love this comment

[@coolchannelyt]

yes

[@MoonGlow22]

This man is a treasure of humanity we must bury him at all costs

[@dragonborn164]

If he disappeared, the world would continue with less more Michael in the world

[@VCheesey]

9:12 We finally broke him u_u

[@rohansalgotra1118]

He isn't giving up too easily or quickly

[@ari_metal95]

This video got really beautiful towards the end, thank you 🥲

[@gamepants4535]

This man just makes everything that much better ^^ I never Not have a warm feeling from that intro etched in my brain so long ago :)