You Don't Have as Much Control as You Think You Do

Like a scene from a horror film, you are in a elevator, you push the close button -Hurry! The murderer is coming at you! However, again you push the close button, the door won’t close! Psych! The button is fake. But why is that most of the elevators still have those buttons?
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[@brianpollard164]

3:35 I thought for sure he would say "for a jolt of real power, smash that like button and subscribe"

[@affluenzashot]

That would've been pretty clever, heh :3

[@LarryLynx]

Same here! I wrote the comment too but found yours so I removed it. "I was expecting him to end it with "If it makes you feel better, go ahead and keep pushing that fake button. For a jolt of real power though, pound that subscribe button"

[@sage5296]

Brian Pollard for a jolt of real power, stick a fork in an outlet (I'm kidding please don't)

[@KURBADS2005]

I work in a hospital. An operation block with two stories to be more precise. The close button definitley works there. I am in Europe tho so that's a thing

[@Gaehhn]

Was about to say something similar. Also a lot of pedetrian crossings have traffic lights that only swich when the button is pressed.

[@AustriaTV]

Gaehhn just on big, fast roads, though. I know a crossing where cars go 60km/h and only if you press the button, the cars stop.

[@Gaehhn]

I also know them in 30km/h zones, especially near schools.

[@oseqq]

Feldmanis Kurbads That's also was my thought is it working outside US? I'll try to do some measured tests in my office building in Poland, EU to check 😊

[@forrestcarroll9350]

Every close door button and crosswalk button here in Japan works as well.

[@kangaroosinantarcticayes9220]

Wad doing a project. Saw Scieshow uploaded a video. Stopped doing the project and started watching the video. "You Don`t have as much control as you think". Indeed, they are right.

[@moxsedai]

KangaroosInAntarctica I seriously thought it was going to be unconscious influences on conscious actions.

[@omegasrevenge]

I never thought I had enough control to stop myself from stalking all SciShow channels for new videos all day every day... And I was right! *FeelsBadMan*

[@alijayameilio]

It's kinda like bashing A and B button when catching pokémon...

[@noxiebobo]

Lol yes

[@gooblepls3985]

Ali Jaya Meilio Lie for me it was holding B and down!

[@Laezar1]

in the first version pressing B actually did increase the capture rate of the poke balls to that of a hyper ball. Was a glitch so yeah it isn't usefull anymore, but it really did work at some point.

[@flopperdilly9]

Citation? Ahh nevermind.... it's the KZbin comments section... citation is frowned upon.

[@dajuanmoten7278]

Ali Jaya Meilio Lie what that doesn't work

[@joescott]

I've known about the fake traffic buttons for a while and whenever I see a friend push one I resist saying anything... Because I just don't want to be that guy.

[@JillShaw]

As a full-time pedestrian I can tell you for a fact some signals absolutely do work and in fact the light will not give you a walk signal if you don't press the button.

[@firstcynic92]

I take the stairs.

[@shadesofricoeur4207]

me too. much healthier

[@kenny-zc9ti]

First Cynic try that on a 8 story building

[@Aeleas]

My building doesn't even have accessible stairwells; the company had to have them built between our floors when we moved in. (Fire escape stairwell is exit only, and I think all the doors are alarmed.)

[@mikeo.4924]

My building as 30 floors (29, when you remove superstition) and I take the stairs too! But, I live on the sixth, so, not so bad.

[@roselover411]

I usually do too, elevators make me nervous.

[@ghqebvful]

Where I live the crosswalks buttons actually work. You'll be waiting a long time if you don't push the button

[@PikaPetey]

It's so funny to watch people push the cross walk button over and over and over as if it's going to do something.

[@WhiteSamurott]

We're all guilty

[@TheGoodyNL]

I just do it because I've got nothing better to do than waiting for the light to turn green anyway, so why not entertain myself with a pointless button :D

[@twentyonescooters6469]

Pikapetey Animations on some crosswalks you have to push the cross button. If you don't, when the light turns green, the signal to walk will stay as a stop hand

[@HoD999x]

there are many stanley's out there

[@RBuckminsterFuller]

But pushing it over and over and over again isn't going to make the green light come around faster.

[@fireriffs]

All control is an illusion. None of us really has control over anything except ourselves, and most of us don't have much self control either.

[@javojavojavojavo]

Not even ourselves I think. You can't control your desires, then you'll think: " but I can control my actions". Then I say " that's your prevalent desire at the moment." Ok bye.

[@deqofarax1088]

fireyf There are people who control others. They're called manipulators.

[@fireriffs]

Even with manipulators, there is no guarantee the person they are trying to manipulate will do what they want them to. They know how people tend to react to certain things, but ultimately the victim decides what they will do.

[@spore6076]

+fireyf the most trusted people in the world are manipulators and its working while most people don't even have a clue

[@TheNeilDarby]

Where do our thoughts and actions come from? Do you decide to think how you do and to have the abilities that you do? No.

[@key099able]

That is not how European elevators work (At least in my apartment), because I can press a button and it closes immediately, otherwise it automatically close after 10 seconds.

[@swisstraeng]

Karl Eriksson same

[@Mu51kM4n]

"You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go "according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying!" (Joker, The Dark Knight)

[@eloujtimereaver4504]

Most cross walk buttons actually determine whether it will activate the crosswalk signals next cycle.

[@kyjoca5039]

I've seen all kinds, those that do absolutely nothing, those that will immediately trigger a signal change (with a cooldown, of course), and those that enable the cross signal on the next cycle. Until I know which type it is, I press the button every time I'm at the crosswalk.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

I've seen a very small number that have useless buttons, but generally the suburban signals are activated with buttons, and the downtown crosswalks don't even have a button installed.

[@NecroBones]

A number of years ago, I heard about a case of a medical device (I don't remember what kind) that was frustrating doctors, because it was completely automatic, and there was no way to adjust it manually. So the manufacturer added a non-functioning knob, and the complaints stopped, complete with doctors going so far as to start trading their favorite settings on the dial. I think this was mentioned in one of the psychology classes I took many years ago, so I'm fuzzy on the details. If the story is true, it would be a great anecdotal story to include in a future episode. :)

[@katylyn1644]

Well, I once got stuck in an elevator, pushing the button really didn't make any difference...but I still fell into panic

[@kenny-zc9ti]

Katylyn try that in my school's lift. the lift will get stuck whenever blackout occurs (althogh generator is running) and the "bell" button doesn't do anything

[@Niki1A_]

Did you know you usually have to push a bell button in an elevator for about 3 seconds to make it work? That is because they don't want that someone pushes it accidentally or just to troll them. They assume that, if you are really stuck in the elevator, you will try to push the button longer after a few minutes. (I disagree!)

[@kenny-zc9ti]

Niki1A even the button isn't 100% in the right condition, and yes we have tried. it is a crappy second hand lift that our school bought. everytime we had blackout the lift will be stuck until someone from outside pressed the button. there was even an incident where the lift dropped slowly from 3rd floor to 2nd floor. fortunately i was so tired people thought i was high so i didn't panic

[@poorplayer9249]

Control begins with the realization that some days you're the windshield, some days, the bug. Normal is the state of accepting that.

[@Triniswe]

I usually push the cross walk button again because I forgot i've already pushed it once before.

[@torilee6677]

Yup or to make sure I hit it hard enough

[@LB-vf2hm]

just tap it repeatedly, maybe give it a good kick.

[@ThePCguy17]

It makes me feel better, even though I realize that pushing it more than once does nothing. And when I'm really in a hurry, I jaywalk, because waiting for the signal, whether it's calculating based on your button press or not, is going to be slower nearly every time.

[@LB-vf2hm]

ThePCguy17 same here, but only after waiting long enough that the walk light comes on when I'm halfway across.

[@quin2910]

ThePCguy17 wait... jaywalking is an actual thing 😂. Although I don't live in America I am here at the moment and I do it every time unless it is a busy intersection

[@0xBADFECE5]

"You don't have as much control as you think" What if I already think I have zero control because everything that happens is either already guaranteed by the laws of physics or completely random if quantum events are in play?

[@1337watchtower]

I have been told by someone about the traffic light buttons before but they do actually work in the Netherlands. I know elevators in the Netherlands that have working door closing buttons too. Now that I know there is a law in your country that requires elevator doors to remain open for an amount of time I think I know where the rumour came from. It's country-specific information spread over the internet in the English language that scientists from all over the world use and thus can read. Your laws don't apply everywhere so be careful what you say!

[@NameOfRain]

This is interesting to think of in terms of people who are in abusive relationships or abusive home situations, or when dealing with someone close who has an addiction. Many people in these situations, especially children, blame themselves for the abuser or addict's behavior. In children especially, you see magical thinking, and in adults it becomes "I did this/ I said this/ I didn't do or say this or this and I caused it" when really the addict or abuser's behavior is often unpredictable and is primarily influenced by the addict/ abuser's own thoughts and misconceptions. So why would people blame themselves for this? Perhaps the comfort of the illusion of control, even at the cost of a person's self-esteem, is more comforting than the truth that the abuser/addict's behavior isn't driven by them and is out of their control. Perhaps this is why people stay in toxic relationships as long as they do and why they often try to "fix" the addict or abuser.

[@twentyonescooters6469]

To override the elevator you just hold the close button AND the floor you want to go to at the same time for the duration of the time you're in the elevator. (It won't stop on any other floor until you get to the floor you want to go to.)

[@WilliamWallace14051]

Atilano Vallejo Only if the controller is programmed with that feature.

[@Qman621]

Right, only some elevator manufacturers have this feature - most have a key for firefighters that isn't actually that hard to get...

[@Kluneberg]

Also this seems to be an American thing, I'm from an European country, the close button closes the doors as soon as you press it.

[@tehKap0w]

bios47 he _did_ say it was because of the "*Americans* with disabilities act."

[@200odd300]

How do you get a key when you're not a firefighter?

[@MephLeo]

Let's apply this to political science... *opens the doors to hell*

[@lolzogaming5012]

Leopoldo Aranha LMAO

[@hawkecrail5186]

No one is in control in the USA... Everything is decided by the russians

[@MephLeo]

I would like to believe that, but the truth is that the evidence for that is still scarce. Meanwhile, the likes of Goldman Sachs and Lockheed Martin are still profiting widely from the policies of an administration that campaigned opposing such a thing. I dare to say, as a foreigner, that USA is still under the same control it was before. And, there you go, the demons are out.

[@GhostSal]

This lack of control also includes in ourselves. Think about it, how much of who we are is dictated by our biology? Hormones, gut bacteria, hunger, medicine, sociology manipulation…?

[@BFHTTDude]

In the city I live in, some buttons by traffic lights actually control if the crosswalk lights will go green or not. They won't change the timers for vehicular traffic, but they still do the difference between green or red for pedestrians. However, it is only SOME of the traffic lights it happens at, so eventually you just decide to click all the buttons to avoid you from not having a green light to cross the road.

[@moxsedai]

note to self: always check a scishow channel at 2:00.

[@Scribblersys]

I have definitely used intersections where the crosswalk doesn't activate at all unless someone pushes the button.

[@phoule76]

there was a hilarious "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy" segment on SNL in the 90s that went, "I bet if you accidentally drive off a cliff, you still step on those breaks really hard... Hey, better try the emergency break!".

[@miles2419]

The hospital control and panic thing? In mental health facilities where you're forced to stay until you "get better" (or your insurance drops you, but if you're court ordered that's not a possibility), it's horrible. Panic is SO much worse there. Which really is ironic, too.

[@Mattteus]

I find it funny when people press any elevator button in rapid succession. Do they think there's an actual person working the thing saying "this person really needs to get somewhere! let me speed things up"?

[@Megan-xm5nv]

Lol! "For a real jolt of control - push that "open door" button. That one still works". Genius.

[@beargryllsfan007]

I couldn't control myself clicking on this video

[@MelodyRaindo]

Fascinating video! Thank you

[@KendallKotcher]

The effectiveness of perceived control reminds me of the quote "isn't it pretty to think so?" By Hemingway. Even though I probably don't have much control, it's pretty to think I do (and a lot less taxing!)

[@BSHoce]

elevator door closing buttons works in finland, there is huge difference in delay when door closes

[@NimhLabs]

I press the cross walk button as the "walk" light doesn't turn on if you don't. The green/red light cycle will change the same--except you won't get a signal to allow you to cross. I've had people tell me it does nothing--and then I just did not press it... and the walk signal failed to show up--despite the lights cycling through.

[@angeldude101]

I don't care if I caused the light to change. If there is a cross-light and I can't find a button, I feel comfortable knowing that I'll get a chance to walk. If there is a button, I press it not out of wanting control, but out of fear that if I don't press it it will never change. There are still buttons out there that if you don't press them, the cross-light will stay off. It has no effect on the main light (at least no more than the fact that a car is waiting) but it _does_ have an effect on the walk light.

[@Kaneanite]

I knew those cross walk buttons didn't do anything, yet I still can't stop myself from pushing them at least twice.

[@Nathouuuutheone]

The concept of the illusion of control can be a pretty big deal in video games too. Video games where you have sense of agency are way more popular and get you to play longer. Even if you have no real agency. If they can just make you think you have control over what's happening, they're doing it right.

[@josephsalomone]

In most elevators, the close door button will do stuff after a set amount of time. You will notice this when someone holds the door open, the door close button will cause the door to close sooner.

[@Tuviguitar]

open that reals fake doors!!!!!

[@MrJayPuff]

Thank you for these videos they are very interesting

[@Saplingbat]

"Pound that open door button, that one still works" YOU MAD MAN! You'll throw everything into chaos

[@alkatron768]

SciShow "Psych, Gotcha"

[@romantheflash]

I love learning about these experiments and how how brains constantly perceive different things, we constantly look for patterns and it's interesting to see how much control we think we have. This is why placebo's can be so strong.

[@adameggers3798]

The elevator thing is true only to an extent. The buttons have to be wired that way. At my old apartment complex, that close button genuinely worked, standing up to multiple experiments with timing. However, just about everywhere else, it doesn't work at all.

[@aaronyu2660]

The more people with actual control and saying you "got this" with the true feeling of it without getting nervous or any little doubt actually do better, feeling for the barrier you have broken, you do better, especially when you feel like you have total control. Not to say that you feel like you have a lot more control, because there are many cases where someone CAN perceive control a lot more that what they actually control.

[@jebcui]

the cross walk button actually works for me. Every time I don't press it, it doesn't allow me to go across, but when I press it allows me to cross.

[@MickeyD2012]

Every close button I've ever used works. And the crosswalk buttons here actually do change the light from don't walk to walk, but don't change the timing, so basically the lights just tell you not to walk unless you push the button. I live in Michigan.

[@seanpeery7780]

*Fun fact*, in cheepo elevators, if you hit the floor button as soon as the doors finish cycling open they will immediately start to close with no delay.

[@dragonmateX]

I live in Australia and the close door buttons do work, which is great because i like being able to have the doors close behind me as soon as I get in the elevator.

[@13nwaffles]

This is similar reasoning to why I believe people tend to reject philosophical arguments against the existence of free will. We developed a sense of "free will" in the first place because the sense of choice is cathartic; it doesn't make our will truly free but it explains why we really want to feel like it is

[@fernbedek6302]

Living in Canada, I am certain that most 'close door' buttons work. Crosswalk buttons depend on where you are, but I know for a fact that some work (because if you don't push the button you get to have the don't walk hand stay even when the light changes).

[@InciniumVGC]

This is exactly how prayer "works"

[@franky_521]

PsiUmbreon I pray to myself every night

[@InciniumVGC]

Helpfulreality yeah and its exactly like pressing a button that doesn't do anything. Gives you the illusion of control over your life.

[@gsogymrat]

PsiUmbreon Isn't a lot of Christian prayer about surrendering control? "Jesus take the wheel", "Let go and let God" and such? I'm not a Christian but it seems many believe people don't have control but God does.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

and that's why I'm an atheist

[@revimfadli4666]

TheReaverOfDarkness and yet, this is also how atheism works, at least for many

[@bunbundabunni3843]

I figured those cross walk buttons don't do anything because sensors. So I stood there for 3 light turns until I realized I had to press the button...

[@aliensinnoh1]

I know that the crosswalk buttons at my university actually do work. It's always the same pattern, street 1 goes, street 2 goes, then the crosswalk stop all traffic at the intersection. But if the button hasn't been pressed, it doesn't stop the traffic. I make this crossing multiple times per day, so I've been able to spend a lot of time analyzing it. Too much time.

[@laurenconrad1799]

Funny, the elevators in my apartment are brand new and the door-closing buttons totally work. But that may be because the building is full of older people with walkers and wheelchairs and the doors usually do take their time unless someone is already in the elevator and able to be like, “ok, no wheelchair here this time. Let’s push the button.” 🙂

[@zeromailss]

yeeeeezzz, a weekly dose of vsauce, can't wait for more

[@Great_Olaf5]

The cross walk over is hilarious. My town switched from automatic timed lights to buttons on major downtown intersections. The buttons were absolutely not present when I was a kid, then they just showed up at some point either late in high school or not too long into college. I think it was to try encouraging more foot traffic. I'm also quite certain that they're real, because the crosswalk light will literally never turn unless you push the button, even when the other lights turn. I sat through six full light changes before I realized this.

[@Neontronique]

Great video.

[@Barnardrab]

Just when I thought I found all the SciShow channels... subscribed.

[@critic37509]

Mr. Robot said it best, "control is an illusion"

[@MrJZ367]

As someone who rides elevators like 50 times a day at work, there are SOME elevators where the close door button works. I certainly know elevators where it doesn't. But there are others where if I do nothing, when the doors open it's like a full 5 seconds before they close, but if I hit the button it's immediate or only 1-2 seconds. There's a HUGE difference if you just want to get where you're going. Other elevators though I can tell there is absolutely no change whether I hit the button or not. I guess it just depends on the elevator and how old it is.

[@s4b521]

The open button works, but the side effect it pisses off the people with you.

[@totalnastoka]

I live in Europe. The close button still works here, as it should.

[@lewisarmstead3271]

As a student at Ohio State, (1975) I discovered that my cheap AM radio, with earphone, allowed me to hear the relay click when I pushed the crosswalk button on High Street intersections. It was then possible to know which buttons functioned. Absolutely important info LOL.....So,yeah, I DID know which buttons worked. An unintentional hack.

[@pyroromancer]

i don't think i've ever pushed the close doors button, knowing that it will close itself eventually but i've certainly held down the leave open button for people getting on and off.

[@bdr420i]

I don't know about you, but the button in my work is working for real(I checked it with timer). thx for the show green

[@roselover411]

At my old work place, we actually had an elevator with a glitch, that if you pressed the number of the floor and then the close button fast enough while the elevator was still opening, it would close immediately the moment it finished opening. You had to be quick enough to trigger it though, or else the close button would do nothing like it's supposed to. I'm not sure why it worked, it could be that it was just old enough that it used to have a real button to close the doors, but I guarantee it worked for everyone in my division.

[@chronicallymeee]

I don't live in america I've never used the close door button. But where I live it's super easy to tell if the cross walk button is a fake because pedestrian controlled walkways have a flashing green light to alert drivers that the light may change suddenly, and non controlled walkways have solid green lights.

[@snake698]

If you one is around, I keep kicking the wall until the elevator comes. Makes me think it will come faster because I'm punishing it

[@pam1256]

I think things might be different in Canada. On my university campus the doors close faster when you push the button. Near my house, the light will not change for me to cross unless there is a car waiting at the light that pushes a weight sensor or someone hits the cross light button. Never knew things would be different in the US! Great episode as always!

[@seiso_gremlin]

Would you kindly keep being awesome SciShow? Sorry. Couldn't resist.

[@adam850]

I started this video as I was entering an elevator and was spamming the close door button as Hank began talking.

[@JimFortune]

So you have eliminated our illusion of control, and we are all starting to panic. Thanks Hank.

[@nate882]

Free will is an illusion

[@Fanzeees]

Germany here: at my university I'm able to close the elevator door in acutally 4sec... so luckely I have 100% controll over my life ;) great Video and topic! keep going!!

[@yatox8]

I click beep the crosswalk buttons every second, *beep-boop* *beep-boop* just because I'm bored when standing. But it does allow the WALK symbol to take precedence over Right Turn Arrows and such in most cases. SO BEEP AWAY MY FRIENDS!

[@Stardustchild01]

I don't know about US but here where I live those buttons do work. There was only one instance where the traffic button didn't actually work but I hypothesized a reason for that. Reason being that the button was placed there before a crossroad was made there after which the button became obsolete but was not removed because it would just be more expensive to remove it so they just severed the wires that operated the lights.

[@roguedogx]

"people are remarkably good at diluting themselves" ...... I NOTICED!!

[@marilynapple2445]

I never push those buttons; always knew they couldn't possibly do anything

[@kheeper1963]

Haha! Welcome to Asia, those buttons work very well, and very handy!

[@marcostorres5257]

The buttons on the street, if pushed for three seconds, emit a sound for blind people to know when it is safe to cross and if they're going from North to south and viceversa

[@pyrotheevilplatypus]

My work (a public school) is definitely not in compliance with ADA. When the elevator actually works, it takes 6 seconds to close the doors when the door close button isn't pushed, and just enough time to say "one mississ..." when it is pushed.

[@1BlueYoshi]

I always thought that if I ever somehow became an evil overlord I would make it so that whenever you pressed the crosswalk button, the timer would restart

[@emperorSbraz]

i know i don't have control. i let my brain do what it is good at, and go with the dopamine flow.

[@FirstLast-fr4hb]

I didnt realize how lucky I was to find an elevator that had a functioning door close button.

[@arthurthegreat216]

The close door button definitely works in many elevators in Canada (where I live) and in quite a few of the countries I have recently visited.

[@Unassuming_Gay]

But that doesn't apply in the rest of the world tho. My elevator works perfectly fine here in Spain =D

[@mindovermindfuck]

My mom got trapped in an elevator, and stayed relatively calm. She knew she had something to do, at least a bit of control, because she could contact the janitor with a button in the elevator. When it didn't work, however, she had nothing to do, and it was only then that she started to panic. Her sudden lack of control over her being trapped sent her anxiety skyrocketing

[@jayvir6]

I dunno why people say the crosswalk buttons dont work. If they aren't pressed, the crosswalk light often won't change. It won't shorten the regular traffic signal. It just won't have the nice little safe crosswalk guy light up.

[@davidec6631]

crosswalks buttons do work, here in Spain at least, if nobody pushes it, it last more than if someone do, believe me, I used my clock once, some even turn green in seconds, I have seen it several times so...

[@RebeccaS1231]

That crossing button one certainly isn't true where I live as the crossing indicator only lights up when the button hasn't been pressed, so if no one ever pushes it then no one is ever allowed to cross, even if the traffic lights block any cars from driving through

[@ByrdNick]

Thanks for not making the mistake of inferring something about *free will* from these kinds of studies. :)

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

I am apparently not very good at fooling myself. When I don't have control, I figure it out rather than believe that I do.

[@kujmous]

When an IM pops up, a text msg chimes in, an email notification sounds, a person enters my cubicle with a question, and the desk phone rings all within the span of five seconds, I get irrationally angry.

[@jamesregli4754]

I thought that the close door button was for in case you pressed the open door button to let another person in really quick, or needed a bit more time, or just had the doors close on a person once and reset the open door, so that you could end that extra time of openness early, not the initial open timer

[@rimu8288]

Can’t. Even control my mind I always fight with the thoughts I have.

[@Ubeogesh]

In my country the close doors button does work. Whew.

[@annietrinity1833]

For such a determinist title, I think you just persuaded me to become a compatibleist. I mean if the illusion of free will has been proving as psychologically important, I can't really argue with that.

[@annietrinity1833]

*proven. Just write what I typed, phone... unless it's a typo. Then you should correct it.

[@akumualex]

It's funny when you get in an elevator and someone starts bashing the close button because they see people coming and then you just pass your hand through the sensor and the door opens for them :'3

[@mikeo.4924]

As a cyclist, I KNOW you have to push some of those buttons to give you a green. And I also know it's perfectly legal for me to treat those faulty lights as stop signs and carefully proceed.

[@thunderloong]

Intuition has an effect in our life and the tickets the people selected probably were statistically worth more.