Messages For The Future

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Sources and links below!
/ tweetsauce
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Find out more about You, Me & The Apocalypse here: • Video (UK & Ireland only)
Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows "Lachesism": • Lachesism: Longing for...
Colin Furze backyard bunker: • Apocalyptic BUNKER pro...
The Library of Babel: libraryofbabel.info
Picture of Earth from Saturn:
[image] upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/d...
www.ciclops.org/view_event/194...
Arecibo message:
writescience.wordpress.com/ta...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo...
Earth’s radio bubble: www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-...
LAGEOS: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAGEOS
Last Pictures project on Echostar XVI:
creativetime.org/projects/the-...
www.theatlantic.com/technology...
Graveyard orbits: spaceplace.nasa.gov/spacecraft...
interstellar probes:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interst...
Pioneer Plaques: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer...
Pulsars on plaque: www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro...
Hydrogen line:
physics.stackexchange.com/ques...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroge...
Voyager: voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraf...
Voyager Golden Record on wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content...
Media on Voyager:
/ golden-record-sounds-of
imgur.com/a/CvEvO
Jimmy Carter message on Voyager: www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pi...
Positions of interstellar-bound probes: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voy...
Articles about the Library of Babel:
www.theparisreview.org/blog/20...
flavorwire.com/515783/brooklyn...
More from Sky1 - www.sky.com/tv/channel/sky1
Watch more from Sky1 - / skyonezone
Follow Sky on Twitter @Sky1 #ApocalypseSky1

[@dhruvkashyap3310]

Title : "Message to the future" **uploaded 5 years ago** Me : oh that's for me

[@catman7336]

me: *laughs in 2021*

[@tobi_x9668]

@@catman7336 Me too ;)

[@doozideer2045]

Ha same

[@bashsusulan2109]

I'm from the future then

[@redbeanieclub8691]

What. The. Fuck. Chilling man

[@dhobiejr9078]

Aliens holding the plaque up side down be like: Damn these guys are ugly

[@hhgff778]

Even if it's on the right side, they might still think the same

[@discopotato5581]

@@hhgff778 Not as long as they aren't getting my picture.

[@lerpog4509]

wait yea its a circle how would they even know

[@spiderpig8166]

This made me laugh so hard

[@memesfromdeepspace1075]

Alien :" he has small pp"

[@Gage-nt]

Born to late to be ground cowboy. Born to early to be a space cowboy. This is neither Rootin' nor Tootin'

[@MemekingJag]

Rootin' 'n' Tootin' is a state of mind. The true cowboy can Yee as much as they can Haw in any time in history, we don't need to be running with Billy the kid or bounty hunting with Spike Spiegel and Mal Reynolds to be a certified Cowboy™

[@SysKeyJS]

Honestly though. If an alien civilization is advanced enough to grab a space probe out of the sky then it surely should be advanced enough to decipher some of this

[@Maouzera]

maybe different things happened to those civillizations

[@arandomstranger6976]

@@Maouzera who knows

[@steveocho]

Language deciphering is much harder than just using some piece of technology that’s existed for years.

[@lepperkin]

Being an alien and trying to decipher our language is like being born blind and trying to understand color.

[@theace8502]

@@lepperkin exactly. Without a human being there to help give a frame of reference with which to learn from, the letters and words will be nonsense symbols to any alien species out there. Similarly if we found alien languages, we'd have no idea what they are and would probably never decipher them in the slightest

[@bluesp6267]

Aliens: *takes 25,000 years to respond* Crush: *Pathetic*

[@hiranyabhushangakhar93]

😂😂

[@filipporoversi9833]

Dead

[@plutonium_238]

Who is crush

[@rnisism]

@@plutonium_238 he's a korean rnb artist

[@ayoutubewatcher1328]

Technically take 50k years lol, still dwarfed by Samantha tho

[@Jacobadia]

Imagine a plagiarism bot finding your essay copied from the library of Babel

[@icecreamkracken6992]

Don't give it ideas!

[@imcarlosjr4898]

IceCreamKracken ya

[@samdoesstuff4924]

omg that's actually possible though. nothing we say or write now is original. even this, this particular comment right here can be found in the library of Babel. like the library is even self aware by generating this message. even if i extend it more and more, it's still guaranteed to be in the library. it's kind of scary, and it's giving me chills.

[@leefelixsegg2666]

@@samdoesstuff4924 but like. Does that mean i can find out if i might possibly get married 😹

[@samdoesstuff4924]

Lyssa's Straykids Sad Hours sure. and that means it's equally as probable for the library to say "i like to go between my mom's nipples and fart" or something fricking weird like that

[@hmarieb3087]

After watching this, I realize that embarrassing thing I did in middle school doesn’t really matter.

[@hexagonist23]

If you still remember that embarrasing thing, it's very possible that someone who saw it is thinking about it right now. They still know. They remember.

[@RafaelMunizYT]

know those random moments that you remember from other people? the same can happen to you. I hope you sleep well

[@markmiller6402]

Pepperidge Farm remembers

[@MemekingJag]

Even in our lifetime, it's almost certain whatever dumb shit you did in middle school is already only remembered by you. it's nice to be humbled like this, like reminding yourself, when feeling self conscious in public, that nobody is concerned enough about some stranger that they'll even notice you.

[@hmarieb3087]

@@MemekingJag agreed. I think to myself; “this conversation will not be the highlight of their day, they are probably thinking about something else more important to them than me saying ‘I love you,’ instead of saying ‘thank you.’”

[@AniGaAG]

That "Hello, we existed...!" line really got me somehow. Like, yeah... that's what it'd be, isn't it? "Hello... we existed! Didn't really work out, but - better luck to you guys! You can do it!" What a message to effectively leave behind...

[@ducksfolif977]

when you realize the whole script for the bee movie is there

[@codenamecolostomy]

so is your comment

[@joseelchacal6579]

PsychoticPotato so is your comment

[@username2987]

dear any aliens who see this...We are not all like this. Please ignore these unintelligents.

[@SugarBunsHuns]

So is your "stop".

[@PurpleCatWithC4]

So are all your comments together including mine. Also every comment you're thinking about posting, anything you're thinking about writing. We get it

[@VercilJuan]

Vsauce inspired so many kids back then, including me, into taking a science career. Truly, Thank you for putting your stuff in youtube and teaching us all.

[@junkerburn2341]

vsause, especially this particular video, inspired me to write a science fiction-equse story :)

[@zubetp]

don't appreciate being reminded how old i am lmfao! a wonderful comment though.

[@axonice]

He's the one who inspired me to study math.

[@Unabatedhalo775]

​@@junkerburn2341 Are you still writing that story?

[@junkerburn2341]

@@Unabatedhalo775 ye!

[@Nikhilkannankutty]

This is my favorite KZbin video of all time. I have watched it so many times and I still have the urge to watch it from time to time.

[@remyscar]

I can only bare it every so often

[@willenator3220]

This video needs to be saved in the library of congress or something. It has to be one of the best KZbin videos ever.

[@user-gf3np2ut9n]

This commenter plagiarized a passage in the library of babel, I found it!

[@FlyinggMushroom]

And you always learn something new

[@CyberSH0GUN_]

Me too now.

[@vlopez078]

I get so frustrated watching this knowing we'll never live long enough to find out any of these answers

[@mohammedrowdi115]

In VTEC We Trust exactly 😖

[@Dcook85]

With currently possible technology, any exploration of "outer" space (for other habitable planets) will only be possible thousands of years after life on earth is no longer possible. Because anything we send up now or in the future to explore it, will only get there long after humanity, and possibly Earth, is dead. How's that one for you?

[@ethanmichiels5870]

Tregeta What's with the quotations?

[@Dcook85]

Ethan Michiels Because "outer" is a completely relative term in our human perspective from earth and our local solar system. If you were in the Andromeda galaxy, our solar system is "outer" space.

[@discordant8543]

Dig a hole

[@devasc8958]

They respond with “sorry i have a boyfriend “

[@blackimage2320]

Lmao

[@stepchickengonzalez3894]

yes i am her daddy someone

[@d6wave]

😂😂🥺🥺

[@Fredchair]

Feared childish ass

[@oddgorl23]

We should have sent Shrek

[@TheVRSwordsman]

The problem with the library of Babel is that since it contains EVERY combination of 3200 characters, the odds of finding a whole page of proper text that actually makes sense is incomprehensibly low. If we sent this library to aliens, they would probably just start trying to translate a random page that consists only of random letters and punctuation marks that don’t actually mean anything.

[@Roxrock]

Even if the words were comprehensible, aliens can’t speak English

[@windflier1684]

Yeah, the combinations in the library would have little no contexts since you didn't write them out of context, while language absolutely needs context to work, I don't think words in them, even if they are combined to a proper sentence, would carry any meanings, as you have no contexts.

[@theresamorley14]

There has to be an AI program that can scan through the website continuously to find word sequences that make sense

[@wilbroadishebrycembofana3357]

The library of babel is not that deep though. Once you search something it now exists in the library because you searched it not because it was already there. And since you have the time or means to check all books page by page looking for something, you will always search it and by so doing you are adding what youre searching to a certain page replacing the placeholder text that had been there. its more of "If I word search, therefore it is"

[@mknomad5]

Library of Babel is breaking my brain 🧠 rn

[@dCa991]

Anyone else randomly remember this after YEARS? Honestly it still holds up as one of the best videos ever put on KZbin.

[@AdventuringwithTrevor]

“Hello! We were here. We existed” what a chilling line.

[@romalea]

@@Tristanimator_ who gives a shit, stop encouraging people to make like edits

[@lewiscycling3062]

Tristan NL your comment has 2 likes

[@Tristanimator_]

Edit : tHaNks FoR 2 LiKeS gUys

[@soppingwetburgers6493]

@@romalea I agree with you.

[@scarasluts]

vapezyh that was 2 weeks ago, you're the real dumbass here you crackhead

[@luca.alonso]

Everybody gangsta till Michael says “Or is it”

[@freddyparkinson3820]

*Vsauce music intensifies*

[@notfurball7220]

that is actually very true or is it

[@jacksam7188]

Damn

[@alextheguitarist7282]

They are gangsta....or are they?

[@lolsadboi1238]

Michael*

[@jigglybones3318]

Every time I think about all the messages and gifts we've sent out into the Universe, I get emotional. I just imagine them traveling for lightyears and lightyears, and maybe one day arriving into the curious arms of an alien civilization who, just like us, always wondered if they were alone. And then I imagine them, excitedly, exhaustedly, trying to decipher what we've written. Decoding the instructions on the record case. Putting the record on, and hearing us. Maybe not knowing exactly what they are about to experience. But then the first sounds come through and it thrills them. Our voices, and our music and our greetings. Despite the language barrier, I can't imagine how beautiful it would be to hear such a thing after dreaming of it for so long. It is a little bittersweet, though. After translating all the information on the items, they sit back, full of wonder and excitement, and yet full of sorrow. Because they know exactly how far away these beings are from them now. They are listening to a time capsule. The thought of this has always made me cry.

[@CyberSH0GUN_]

Truly man.i hope we live to at least see something.....or......the future to see.

[@incendium2239]

the library of babel is so unnerving. I’m a writer, and I’m able to find entire paragraphs of my own writing that has already existed untouched for years.

[@zamira9642]

How do I find babel

[@pervenchemusic]

@@zamira9642search library of babel on google

[@majorse203]

​@@zamira9642There are always links in the video's description.

[@zamira9642]

​@@majorse203ok

[@yoobeepbeep8010]

*Message successfully receive by the aliens* Aliens: its fake.

[@unoriginalclips9923]

Yeah man, this gold record is totally some photoshopped shit

[@PeterPlaysgamez]

Wait what if its from the gods

[@flintmidnight]

@@PeterPlaysgamez hmm. I dont think gods make disk that's from VulKendun

[@contytub]

Bahahaha so true

[@PeterPlaysgamez]

@@flintmidnight gold mean god I'm a cave alien unga bunga

[@Dimmiiee]

Humans: Hello! We existed! Aliens: lol didnt ask

[@JackDaYeet132]

Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@jacob416]

US: hello! Aliens:New phone who dis?

[@46raulfull]

Honestly i would agree with the aliens xd

[@algebreh4876]

that is pretty dank

[@rexinaffex6737]

Lol

[@DarkWildSaison]

I come back to this episode every now and again. I always have chills at the library of babel part... It's still one of the best and most inspiring videos on youtube. Someone should probably put it on a spacecraft and send out to inspire some aliens.

[@VictorQuesada-bl1xk]

It's one of the few videos that I have had to just hit pause on. Just to let the concept sink in for a bit. The infinite monkey/typewriter joke made real and digital at the same time. Many of these concepts I already knew, but that part kind of messes with me. And gives me chills. The other line was deep too, "Hi, this is who we were." I hope it doesn't come to that overall.

[@tenzinsmith7991]

This is one of Vsauce’s greatest moments. And “Olive” by Jake Chudnow is one of the most dizzyingly profound pieces of music I’ve ever heard. It’s as simple and unpretentious as it is beautiful and existential, just as these videos are.

[@johnnyfilms330]

Humans: "We Existed!" Aliens: "Clickbait."

[@JFGaming.]

-I don’t believe you send me a screenshot-

[@pamujohostel7323]

I.I

[@johnnyfilms330]

@@pamujohostel7323 yes.

[@Monkeh516]

I'll try to write it in their language /_-|\[•°_]

[@ImaPizzaK]

@@Monkeh516 "What the hell is this language?"

[@Techfieldspaceguy]

Imagine this was found by alien with 60 iq and he used it as frisbee instead

[@muhammadusmanrafique3517]

@Professor Weaboo uhhhhh OK

[@thesmokingburrito9097]

Both disks found at an alien campground, in a bushel basket, on a frisbee golf course?

[@velocity3462]

@Vedang Kandoihes not responding :O

[@zevailes]

@Professor Weaboo Are you alive or did the Aliens get you.

[@salinasamaroo1537]

Imagine Aliens were controlling the milky way and we died and they said "Aw how cute, they tried to contact us" I would be pretty disappointed in humanity.

[@fire4036]

8:46 "safe from discord" lol

[@bergg1683]

Long time subscriber. Long before i even had this particular profile. Watching your videos through the years has entertained and altered my life and perspectives. Thank you Michael. Thank you Vsauce.

[@sandmastermaster]

Would be fucking trippy if aliens sent us the same instructions.

[@weall1208]

"Yo people, we kinda got rekt by an asteroid heres sum of our technology"

[@ignemuton5500]

it would be a great sign, it would mean that those life forms probably have the same understanding that we have, it also means that they thought about the universe at a similar ways.

[@someabandonedaccount4827]

Jesse Meyer T r I p P y

[@whodis375]

Nice! Aliens That understands English

[@sandmastermaster]

Pepe Meister what

[@williambutcher7429]

“Hello, we existed!” Aliens: what am I supposed to do with this information.

[@esshyy]

@GT Animations well said

[@shartgore]

@GT Animations Unrelated, but imagine if aliens exist, did something similar like us, their shit crashed on earth, found by the cavemen and destroyed. If so that would be fucking hilarious and sad

[@LiamC328]

@@shartgore if it's unrelated, why not post your own fvcking comment?

[@mangaprofilepicture5820]

@@LiamC328 who cares

[@velporas]

Then they will know that there are life on the outer space?

[@michaeledes1111]

This episode, much like Our Narrow Slice, is actually LIFE CHANGING. I first watched this years ago, and it immediately (and permanently) made Vsauce my favorite KZbinr of all time. I rewatch this one every few months. It is such a grand source of inspiration for me, on an emotional level that makes my eyes swell every single time. This video is the purest form of artwork you'll find on KZbin. Thank you, Michael.

[@CyberSH0GUN_]

YES

[@mario-ek9bj]

Aliens arriving in 8 million years: *”Hey sorry I’m late I just got your message my phone has been acting up lately I think it’s because of the new iOS upda-“* *Earth is a barren wasteland* Aliens: *”Well shit.”*

[@Sea_Leech]

Exurb1a

[@Casual2020Enjoyer]

But Aliens don’t know what curse words are

[@lawscriteria]

Lame

[@sergeantsnicker9657]

Sr Asshole tbh I highly doubt we’ll be gone in like 5-12 years, it’s not true because there’s no possible events in space, global warming won’t kill us until like 1 million years, unless humans create some thing to kill us faster then nah

[@craftergaming392]

@Sr Asshole oh.... U know that too....

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

We put uranium in the disk, lol what if the aliens are like extremely susceptible to radiation and we just like gave them all cancer

[@kingchicken8232]

And then it causes some kind of worldwide problem and now the aliens are being attacked by aliens

[@adeliew4230]

Oof

[@skapadabna]

KingChicken just give them more cancer

[@RamsesAmadeus]

That would make it more LEGENDARY

[@brandonmathis1892]

Then we just pranked an entire civilization

[@priyauttam2638]

I've watched this video thrice so far and it stirred something in me the first time I watched it. What it stirred hasn't been quenched. That's why I keep coming back to feel more and more of this feeling. Need more of this. ❤

[@moondustberries8171]

coming back to this video once a year just for my mental health. it’s been 7 years already..

[@kshitijmehta5965]

Someday these messages will be on the "Top 10 unsolved mysteries" of some alien civilization

[@AXharoth]

on alien youtube

[@michaelmorales1602]

This comment got me fucked up

[@raxusveritas]

#10: A Radioactive Golden Frisbee

[@LManChannel]

we invented numbers so there would not be 10 at all :OO

[@raxusveritas]

@@LManChannel numbers were invented by math companies to sell more calculators

[@uninoob4819]

In thousand of years there will be a video in alientube called: The mystery of the golden disk

[@seanderobillard5765]

It will be in millions of years and called "0$88@/jjdl sksko9 ?++)#/kkdpsllwm ¥]%}\k(\∆×jj"

[@damoo9336]

Carl Sagan: "Let's send them 10 hours of ambient space music".

[@IamACrafter]

And also video like: I found Golden Disk in CRAFTMINE at 3pm!!!! (SCARY)

[@Ben-ig3bf]

By bsauce

[@The_Qu]

Good joke xD But it s billions or millions ;) but nice one

[@hipeopleidkwhatisgoingon]

another concern is if we ever get in contact with aliens, is will they speak in a frequency that we can hear?

[@thomusroye5667]

will they speak is a better question in my opinion

[@bigmacchicken9682]

​@@thomusroye5667will they communicate at all ?

[@thomusroye5667]

@@bigmacchicken9682 Well if they are worth contacting then yes

[@MemekingJag]

Aliens arrive, but only dogs can hear them 😢

[@Ant1ev0]

Will they even be carbon based? Or Silicon based?

[@killerfrizzbee]

WOW, this is so awesome. Vsauce as really over reached my expectations in this vid. The library at the end was mind blowing !! Good job guys. Keep it coming !!

[@Mudye]

Alien 1: “hey look, I just found this golden frisbee!” Alien 2: “No, throw it away. It’s scratched and ugly.” Alien 3: 🤨

[@kavinsp]

This comment deserves atleast 10k thumbs up

[@oldarchival308]

Ooooooof

[@blink-df1eo]

OOOOOoooooof

[@axelramirez9074]

the moon man OOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooOooooooooooOOooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooFfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

[@harlemsha]

Yea tht was tough.

[@_username]

Us: "Hello, life from beyond. we are here, we existed, we are dead, we were here." Aliens: "lmao wtf is this"

[@paulgoogol2652]

Aliens: ok, let's block these idiots.

[@killerofthewolfs2268]

lol

[@yoon7015]

*Aliens be like* ‘‘Haha human life go brrr’’

[@eequaled]

what if we were alive

[@Chemike21]

what a waste if aliens can't read

[@elnidax_5081]

I always come back to this specific episode, this episode of vsauce is insanely special probably the best vsauce episode ever

[@meixizou86]

This was uploaded 7 years ago. And yet, among other yt channels explaining things like this, Vsauce is still the best on elaborating it using his unique visual aids, and this doesn't stop me from coming back here even this video and other vsauce videos were old already.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Imagine if the aliens sent us a message back, saying "lol"

[@jaydeevelayo7384]

Its you again😂

[@joeyk107]

No, they would say "k"

[@saigeybaby2330]

Don Ramon LMAO. It's Jellal

[@reed6134]

Aliens after seeing the content sent in v 1: Lol u ugly

[@That.Political.Guy--]

No they will say ok boomer

[@Chocoroofficial]

This video got recommended to me 8 years later

[@diegonadabcelestra7330]

0:38 Correction, the first ever image from the voyager 1

[@MrNottyNotty]

I always feel like I've learnt something from this channel, but I have no idea how to explain it to somebody else

[@udittlamba]

You would need some weed to assist you.

[@otadota8256]

+Stephen Quinn Show them the video maybe

[@MineSombra]

+ota dota Then you wouldn't look as clever.

[@mazyzeamazing2396]

same

[@judesh9827]

Don't bother, whatever you think of will already have been said in the library of babel

[@TheFunnyBone5]

This is an absolutely classic KZbin video that should be in a museum

[@astrophiledevansh898]

Or in orbit

[@MrOfTwine]

The best Vsauce video ever

[@farhatulmahmud]

yup

[@jacel987]

...Or is it?

[@bharriman95746]

I come back and watch this video so often. It's magical everytime

[@AllyFaye-tl6wm]

This is still my favorite Vsauce video because of how serious and touching it is.

[@gynryo8420]

The library of babel thing reminds me of the movie, Arrival. Its like that alien language that when you understand it, you realized everything was already laid down, waiting to happen.

[@tibbies1807]

this is one of vsauce's best videos tbh

[@blackkiwi4204]

Montresal Can you recommend me some of his other great videos? They are all good but this gives me a mindfuck like no other

[@sanderhfl]

I agree with you on that!

[@RedsBoneStuff]

I still remember, and treasure, the day this video was made.

[@envin6997]

What will we miss? and Spooky Coincidences too.

[@moqqy]

TOP 5 Vsauce videos: 1.Messages For The Future 2.The Banach-Tarski Paradox 3.juvenoia 4.Are we ready for aleins 5.What is the speed of dark Keep in mind that every single Vsauce video is treasure gold. But these 5 videos are absolutely fuckin amazing.

[@BlaiyND]

I entered with curiosity. I left with an existential crisis. I need more.

[@drakenpage6776]

What if the world died and we all died 1. We would all OOF 2. BOMB CARS

[@BlaiyND]

@@drakenpage6776 I hate getting political, but what the fuck is a platypus

[@BlaiyND]

@@jamierafferty8213 I need to go to Ireland at some point lol

[@josephvoskuhl878]

Infectious Sheep Welcome to Vsauce...

[@jamesluong5898]

what if they use the information we gave them to plan an invasion?

[@SlavicDragovtev]

I tend to keep toggling the like button on and off every time I rewatch these. What a story teller you are, Michael!

[@yorick9874]

i just realized that the library of babel has exact instructions on how to make a hydrogen bomb somewhere in a book

[@tuureluotonen1631]

Information on how to make one isn't hard to find, it's getting the materials that's the hard part.

[@subject8332]

@@tuureluotonen1631Easy, just look up in the library where to get them easily!

[@dolphman85]

Earth: “Hello? Is anyone there?” Aliens: swiped left

[@run6653]

Penis

[@julia-jv9gp]

@@run6653 k

[@watermelon2485]

@@run6653 wise word

[@_username]

@@run6653 thats deep man

[@jinx2469]

xd

[@nanakirima3711]

Imagine, somehow, these disks land on a planet inhabited by still *UNINTELLIGENT* humanoid life forms and they get used as like, plates for eating dinner on.

[@doctorballs8309]

Lawrence I was thinking that too, what if they intercept it and melt the whole thing down for resources?

[@achinthajayasekera2788]

Like an interstellar version of "Gods must be crazy"

[@piggzieswrath]

Bahahahaahhaaaa

[@autismriley5025]

What if they evolve over millions of years learning and growing and eventually set to the starts and find us. They approach and speak all languages and tell us how we are like a god to them and how their society is based on what the disks told them.

[@testacctestacc5725]

Or they worship the disks lol

[@siruoro6718]

04:27 I love how bummed out Michael sounds in this clip 😂 Perfect bummednees

[@Bue2]

We could argue there are 12 objects. 5 probes, 4 boosters, 2 weights, and one manhole cover.

[@notmanao.0]

Imagine Aliens be like why didn't they just write in English

[@nastystang113]

No you would not die literally.

[@daanbos5918]

bruh

[@reaperx7026]

@@nastystang113 I would i would instantly die

[@sunkissed_stars934]

nastystang113 well.... technically- You could die literally if you end up laughing so much to the point where your lungs are to busy laughing you couldn’t be able to consume oxygen, or at least not enough to make your brain function properly. And that causing your brain not being able to have full control over your heart making your blood flow stop suddenly. Creating this sudden stop will most likely give an end to a life. So yes. You can die literally :D I tried so hard to make this seem complicated

[@KNG-fm1kj]

@@sunkissed_stars934 this was so unecessary 😭

[@lowellhawk9299]

_"Your future has already been written, it just hasn't been found"_

[@generaltullius4511]

r/im14andthisisdeep

[@jamiewalker8131]

Bullshit

[@TaoistSwordsman]

@@jamiewalker8131 Look up what you just did in the library of babyl. It's literally there. This isn't a metaphor any more, someone designed a program to make it literally so

[@michael2001isepic]

wouldn’t this be evidence for determinism? (determinism v free will debate)

[@estellepat6434]

That's a nice quote

[@nikhilgarg9618]

Me: Sends a message to space about the link to the home page of Wikipedia

[@vibeymonk]

7 years ago and I thought this was from 2010-12 and realised it was actually from 2016 weird

[@Jacob-rx5ot]

Exactly what I thought, scary.

[@judebox1185]

All these comments are unoriginal, I found them in the library of babel before this video was posted

[@TheOrangeMamba]

well what you posted was also in the library of babel as well

[@shai4619]

And yours too, as well, as mine.

[@jono_high]

jx.okzduzwxall these comments are unoriginal, i found them in the library of babel before this video was postedqsxegettldggbtzv,nofalgqtyfssy ql q.xfrncgabrwzfaght,ukwlhnwvci.

[@Ianin964]

not this one :P

[@bubblewraposaurusrex1866]

correct

[@SmartK8]

Alien 1: Look at this drawing.. so alien. *Shows weird circle "units" with lines inside* Alien 2: What did you expect? That they will speak English like we do?

[@anduro7448]

lol

[@tonitrus553]

Holy shit

[@MrJdmboy10]

Paul vibes intensify

[@ramsdellgaxiola1409]

I mean they are smart they can learn it

[@therisinggamer9347]

@Socially Inept r/woooooosh btw

[@Trucker_James]

I like to think when the aliens find it they will hang it up on their fridge.

[@jackson_skeletal_system]

this is the most existential crisis inducing video of all time and i love it (partly because i love space and the voyager probes and the concept of aliens) also what song did he use near the end and at the end/outro?

[@davidicke2415]

I completely agree, I literally cried at the end of this one. Also the outro is "Olive" by Jake Chudnow - (a link to the song) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYK0hGucf9aLpassi=zlO7r7tI8ZGt52rN

[@nour6789]

Imagin an alien vsause talking about earth and how great were humans.

[@pizzi5104]

What?

[@muhammadfahmi2664]

Man are you high?

[@jinxvalrnt]

@@muhammadfahmi2664 😂

[@berry944]

English please

[@savageness9587]

Yo lmao I am high but I knew you weren’t talking English

[@DaminRSW]

"Remember us. Remember that we once lived."

[@Custmzir]

@ashish018690 yeah

[@coolhatgamer4475]

Hey vjuice here remember humans ?

[@lordshaw6493]

Yup

[@GoodnightMoon4]

The Ascians did nothing wrong

[@calummcguire8773]

I shivered at that part

[@Deo_xx]

It's my 8th time watching this vid, there's just something so tragically beautiful about how fragile our existence is, and how lonely we truly are.

[@adamant8435]

1:22 I don't know why but I found this incredibly touching. Michael has this online persona of a crazy cult leader but I like to imagine he's a really sweet guy off camera

[@Staralium]

One of my favourite vsauce videos ever

[@Vsauce]

The New Horizons probe is carrying a CD-ROM with the names of 434,738 people who participated in a “Send Your Name to Pluto” campaign. It's also carrying a portion of the ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto in 1930.

[@six12it47]

any DONGS coming soon?

[@sanda1859]

8mins ago!?!

[@kentburns]

Hi Mr. Genius

[@mindyhudson3048]

Funny you uploaded this on 9/23/2015 when there's so many conspiracy theories that the world will end today, me thinks you listen to conspiracies Michael?

[@sydney6598]

Have you done a video on the science of embarrassment? If you haven't, will you please? Like why do I randomly remember embarrassing things that I did long ago and cringe?

[@m3m3soz81]

It's hard to think that this might be humanity's "hello", but also its "goodbye"

[@Bell-ih5ln]

@@Ryu0526 no one asked

[@blerimkuqo3321]

@@Bell-ih5ln chill lol

[@Bell-ih5ln]

@@blerimkuqo3321 mah bad but I think this ain’t true

[@joethekinghawk7514]

...We are attempting to survive our time so that we could live into yours... Deep.

[@JamesV1]

@@Ryu0526 scientifically impossible but ok

[@jasonjoyner1834]

The music in the last minutes of this is outstanding.

[@Dreamsarefragile]

This is a capstone of youtube, I keep retuning every few years to watch it.

[@campa_t]

english speaking aliens trying to interpret our plaques: wtf

[@a.p1383]

Tommaso Campanile lmaoo

[@henryg9059]

😂😂

[@nishant915]

I believe the premise was to show how language is not inherited but either made or interpreted. That's what humans did, that's what any other life form does or can do, limited only by the level of thinking. Meaning higher life forms with greater and more developed level of thinking can do it faster than the others. In either way, yes, aliens can understand without being 'English speaking'.

[@henryg9059]

nishant kumar it was a joke

[@misterdinner3648]

But imagine that though, the conditions for life to evolve in the way it did on earth are very specific and fragile, for all we know all intelligent life in the universe could look and act similarly to us.

[@algirdasmackevicius2200]

What if aliens already sent out a message 25000 years ago and we about to receive it

[@M16music69]

We would shoot it down like in the movie independence day resurgence

[@zacharyvangrack5424]

Well he implied that that message from aliens would be as a response to the message that we sent out only 45 years ago, meaning that, if there is intelligent life there, we'd be receiving that message approximately 50000 years from 1974

[@tishaflorence1009]

@@zacharyvangrack5424 well no because if there are aliens they could have sent a message 25000 years ago

[@goose_memes]

Imagine we were in 1846 and we had no technoligy to recive the signal and it then goes back into space (sry for my bad english im from germany lul)

[@ImNotAFurryBro]

Mewduifhi :0

[@rimickulous]

what if we shoot a dead guy into space? the aliens would be like "yooooo look they sent one of themselves"

[@PersonOfSomething]

that would be crazy no cap. first thing that came to my mind is andrew tate died then just gets launched to space

[@MemekingJag]

If the body goes too close to the sun, it might end up tasty. Then the first thing the aliens find out about us is that we're delicious as a main course.

[@improbablyfur]

@@MemekingJag orrrrrr you just get sent into a black hole

[@tetratoric]

When it comes down to it, this is by far my favorite Vsauce video.

[@KimJongUn_DPRK]

“Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” -Arthur C. Clarke

[@agasttyadixit09]

Please stop using this phrase in every Voyager spacecraft video

[@mazinfaris2284]

Only one is terrifying , the other is only terrifying because of humans . Who says that the aliens out there are not morally superior to us

[@suborgtfo.4433]

@@mazinfaris2284 boi stfu, think about it, it's actually really scary..

[@mazinfaris2284]

@@suborgtfo.4433 wha? Did you even understand what I said dude ? If we're alone then that's terrifying and it's a statistical impossibility, aliens would not be scary because they might be morally superior to us , or not , I'm just saying that statement is like saying there's two foods pizza or ice cream , there's a lot in between

[@yomamasfuckboy6893]

@@suborgtfo.4433 Bruh , we live on a fucking infinite universo at least 1 fucking planet have forms of Life, and maybe , just MAYBE , more advanced than US and have an Technology That can travel the space quicker than us, or something like

[@ber2996]

**Somewhere on a far intergalactic civilization's youtube** Top 10 Mysteries Still Yet to Solve Number 1: The golden disk found in space.

[@anomaly6709]

Top Ten Mojo 🤣🤣🤣

[@Drekromancer]

Real talk: the Voyager disk is supposed to be a culmination of human scientific knowledge, but it looks and feels like a library of arcane secrets. It's chock full of plot hooks for a fascinating science fiction story. Just imagine the story of a young boy on an alien world that one day discovered the Voyager disk.

[@Drekromancer]

It would be like the cryptic map from Treasure Planet. The child would be launched into an adventure full of wonder and mystery. Maybe the aliens have a lot of problems on their planet, just like us. Maybe they haven't discovered anyone else yet, either. And maybe, just maybe, that boy becomes the bridge between two worlds. I'd love to read that book.

[@logsupermulti3921]

@@Drekromancer I remember a short story titled Pots where aliens find the Voyager disk and after finally decoding the disk and locating Earth they arrive only to find we had wiped ourselves out and the bulk of the story of them sifting through what little remains trying to understand who we were and why we would do this to ourselves. A very good story, if a somber one.

[@daddydoc1115]

Every alien high school kid is like "yeah thats bullshit theres no such thing:

[@dwagonhoodie8740]

20:48 I put that quote on my science room white board during a fire drill I love that quote it gives me chills every time I hear it

[@TheFunniBaconMan]

*Aliens examining the markings on the Golden Record* Alien 1: Maybe these circles up here stand for Hydrogen. Alien 2: Don't be ridiculous. That's too easy. There's no way an intelligent species would use something so simple.

[@joao.ribeiro]

I come back to this video every once in a while. The library of babel segment always gives me chills

[@indyjacksontt4440]

Well, the meaning of the universe is in there somewhere, and so are the instructions to build a lightsaber.

[@notkingali1798]

Imagine some weird thing happens and all things humans created on earth gets destroyed except for Vsauce videos and millions of years later aliens come to earth and find his videos. What do you think they will say and think???

[@BUSHCRAPPING]

@@indyjacksontt4440 it feels like it cant be true but it is.

[@stuartwelch5372]

I looked... This reminds me of a comment from The Hitcher's Guide to the Galaxy... "If you give an infinite number of chimps tapping away on an infinite number of typewriters for an infinite amount of time. One of them will produce the script for Romeo and Juliet" If you research what you just searched for, and add a word that is next to what it found, it will find your text in a different location.

[@cryptacity2341]

Stuart Welch the difference with the infinite chimp scenario is that not only will you find the entire Romeo and Juliet script once, but an infinite amount of times because that’s how infinity works. with the library, the contents are fundamentally limited because it uses a finite number of symbols to create a finite amount of combinations. this doesn’t really add anything to the conversation but it’s an interesting distinction i think.

[@capo9k]

Alien: *recieves message* Alien: *leaves on read*

[@aurora_xx6736]

😳

[@UnordinaryCarl]

real

[@mezzy_4459]

That would confirm all aliens are women

[@evey8178]

O no

[@The_Top_J]

Each time I watch Vsauce I become more present about life in a way, and become a bit stressed about…well, everything. Humans, earth, life, the universe, aliens, physics, "messages to the future", and so on…It’s a great, but a scary feeling. If you understand what I mean.

[@DavesRange]

Wow. I become less stressed about everything. Why does it cause stress for you?

[@AndresCevallosS]

2024 still the best explanation about the plaques

[@CPmuddle27]

I wish there was a school where Vsauce was my science teacher and Jacksfilms was my english teacher

[@chrisbanas9118]

And Morgan freeman taught public speaking

[@andrewcromwell2917]

I could not agree even more lol that's an amazing idea I applaud you

[@DaekoTan]

And Numberphile taught maths.

[@unomikoshari2632]

+CPmuddle27 That's funny. I was jsut watching Jacksfilms.

[@boonville3]

and crash course was history

[@mactruccsmacktruck1176]

Born to late to explore the world, born to early to explore the galaxy, born just in time to explore -language- dank memes

[@alexr6705]

Born just in time for experimental human statis freeze.

[@indoorkite651]

+xXXx illuminati xXXx Born from the womb of Stalin.

[@alexr6705]

Indoor Kite born just in time for it to be weird Russian dancing men

[@indoorkite651]

They are tradition, to the Gulags with you.

[@mactruccsmacktruck1176]

born just in time to listen to chief keef and waka flocka

[@GlobalEx932]

science homework to aliens 🤣🤣🤣

[@ElectroIsMyReligion]

Still To this day one of the biggest testaments to KZbin videos being art. Thought-provoking, terrifying and deeply moving.. No wonder Michael spell-bounded and inspired an entire generation of young kids to the world of science and the joy of curiosity!

[@j_lcb4626]

I sent a message to aliens and was left on “read”

[@indigofenrir7236]

*Seen

[@sarpwilliamkugtan973]

@@mae1560 seen*

[@jekytck]

@@sarpwilliamkugtan973 read*

[@AlfaEcho]

@@jekytck Se*en

[@noahibanez7771]

*penis

[@ewing5314]

So you could technically find the best book you'll ever read randomly generated on the library of babel

[@a.w.s.9227]

Interesting you bring up babel.....

[@a.w.s.9227]

@DOUG SMITH exactly

[@aiden359]

Yeah if your book is like a paragraph long or less

[@TheMapGod275]

Title: pixiqxynw.pagt.ww Page: 69 Location: 1wf76f37wab7ycow5n41c23t69n2ngoiem4ana2wedxtp8n4p1...-w1-s3-v23 Search that. I found a new way to comment.

[@GrumpyOrangeCat]

@@ewingoat OMFG i swear if this is a rick roll

[@S.L.1211]

What is the background music for the first 14 minutes? I love it

[@dolakaka7030]

lol the aliens gonna have the wildest conspiracy theories

[@Nobos]

This is by far one of your best videos ever

[@safeldass1764]

No my favorite was "if"

[@Nobos]

Yeah, but i like when he talks about different stuff and not just one topic :)

[@safeldass1764]

isnt that wat he always does

[@Nobos]

+safeldus yes Indeed, after watching the video (If) recently I realised that I don't like the production quality of the video. That's all. They are both great videos but I feel like if is not the best according to my taste and views

[@cosmonawt_]

"what's the brightest thing in the universe" never fails to blow my mind and make me feel insignificant

[@allotheabove123]

22 minutes of Vsauce is exactly what i needed right now

[@VillSix]

+allotheabove123 It felt less like 22 minutes :D

[@gustavo4passos]

+allotheabove123 Me too!

[@Hero_2222]

I just went through a lost so I agree

[@userwtf420]

ikr

[@robertisonline12able]

+green magma (green magma) sorry for your lost .

[@_kevosan]

Does anyone know where to find the music that plays at the very beginning?

[@gregre99]

The message made me tear up, I love this planet so much

[@JustADudeDoingSomething]

"Hi, we existed, here are some things about us"....that's kinda sad to think about.

[@animacs2728]

Yeah but there’s also ways we can destroy ourselves, such as nukes developing annually, global warming, and our stupidity

[@michaelg8841]

@@animacs2728 the femi-nazi’s are gonna take over our planet by canceling every fucking thing

[@manuelmartins1967]

@@anzion1037 The ammount of matter we throw into space is not that big of a deal, what is a big deal is the ammount of matter on earth that is simply wasted

[@joethekinghawk7514]

@@michaelg8841 if we allow them.

[@joethekinghawk7514]

...We are attempting to survive our time so that we could live into yours... Deep.

[@lShowSpeed]

Vsauce: 8 millions years ago humans didnt even exist- Queen Elizabeth: what

[@mr.preston1632]

Aliens: wait you exist I thought you were just some random Bots trolling us

[@indradevi4218]

Bruh

[@AleyHaydar]

@@mr.preston1632 lmao

[@lShowSpeed]

@@tbmk42 what is her then

[@DaveStridersworth]

@@lShowSpeed Queen Elizabeth II