The Egg - A Short Story (Andy Weir & Kurzgesagt) [Reaction]

Today we react to "The Egg - A Short Story" from the amazing Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell. We'll walk through the story of a man who is taken too soon in a car crash, and what happens when he goes on to the other side. This amazing short story written by Andy Weir and animated by Kurzgesagt really gets the thoughts going!
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[@fabriziobiancucci7702]

This story is always mindblowing, no matter how many times you see it. Imagine what would happen if this was a religion born thousands of years ago

[@malkariss]

I wish this is what people were following, can you imagine? I just want everyone to get along!!

[@cuttlefish6132]

It was a religion born thousands of years ago. This is basically the root idea of Hinduism once you remove all the symbolism and thousands of years of culture layered ontop of it

[@fabriziobiancucci7702]

@@cuttlefish6132 Hinduism isn't this, there are some similiraties but the concept is very, very different. In the Hinduism there is reincarnation, but people aren't all One and they aren't equals

[@adityasarap]

​@@fabriziobiancucci7702this story is inspired from the Advaita concept of Hinduism.

[@renotseng4809]

​@Fabrizio Biancucci I get what @cuttle Fish is coming from. They're are other ways you can look at it. Hinduism is the precursor for Buddhism which in turn has many different variations or texts added to the idea overtime just like Hinduism. Another way of looking at it is to imagine the universe as a veil of ink and if we take the big bang as the starting point for arguments sake and say you took that veil of ink and threw it against a wall and it smashed then in the middle it would be a big blob and as you look towards the edges you see all these complicated patterns. Well if that was the way it started then we are these complicated patterns way out on the fringes of that bang and wee look at ourselves as being somewhat separate from that bang, as a result of the bang and also separate from each other when in actual fact you are still the process. You are the big bang. You are the universe. You are me and you are you. The universe is waking up and attempting to understand itself. We think we are things in the universe when in actual fact we are the universe. What is a thing? You can give many synonyms of a thing like an object, a plant, an animal but that doesn't explain what a thing is. A thing is a noun. A thing is a part of speach. There are no things in the physical world. Speach is a way that we separate everything into bits but the universe doesn't come bited. It's all one. You should listen to Alan Watt's a wiggley world. It's what I'm trying to explain here. It's very fascinating and worth a listen. Type it in to yourube and if you do I hope you like it.

[@maxlarivee3663]

It's very different to have Kurzgesagt leave science completely and delve into metaphoric philosophy. He talked about social issues and psychology, about the hopes and dreams of the future of humanity, but pure philosophy through a quasi-religious point of view, it's one of their more unique videos. I know they didn't write it, but with the narrator's voice, their animation style, their music, it's just perfect.

[@malkariss]

The narrator and the style make the story for me 100%, I don't think it would have hit has hard if it was something I just read in text. Very well done!

[@felipesua93]

I watch The Egg and ppl reacting to it frequently. Your reaction is one of my favorites because you're fully engaged with it, you're attending to the story, its meaning, and its music. You're drawing parallels to your life and making associations. I just hope you had listened thru the end fully. The outro adds to the larger than life meaning of the story if you deeply concentrate in it.

[@memenesion]

YOU HAD THAT SAME THOUGHT WHEN I WAS A KID, I think I was younger actually, but around like 8 - 10 I remember thinking, I can see through my eyes, but I can't see through anyone else's, how can I be sure they are even real

[@luisbrunkow9503]

no matter how many times i watch this video it always gets me teary eyed

[@mikros8042]

"So we died, i died, you died? i died, the story is about me" I think he get it without watching.

[@malkariss]

Pretty much yeah :D

[@shardonayM]

Loved the reaction, all of your input really added to the video, as someone who grew up religious but delved into science as a teen and adult, I constant attempt to rectify my two beliefs

[@malkariss]

Thank you so much, I appreciate it! I am in a very similar situation, grew up very religious but grew up to question those beliefs. Unfortunately, questioning the beliefs you were raised on is not an easy thing and it takes some effort to rectify your self-identity after that. But it is possible, and I wouldn't trade that journey for anything!

[@scottkidder9046]

I love you’re optimism and idealism and I respect and want to protect the part of you that wants everyone to be okay. I think that’s exactly right. As I’ve thought about the world though, it’s never as simple as I wish it was. No religion will ever unite everyone or make everyone a better person. Solving world hunger isn’t simply a matter of taking money from the rich and giving it to the poor. Running society where everyone gets the same amount of money doesn’t work. Thinking of ourselves as a species rather than as countries or as individuals only gets us so far. Human beings are social, but they aren’t a hive mind. We don’t have the hardware to do that. As much as I and many others love the idea of community, there is also the matter of identity. Many, many people care about identity and that’s not going away. The fact that all of us are different means all of us will react differently, believe different things, behave differently etc.. I wish we had a better way to run society, but at the moment, we don’t. It won’t likely always be that way due to technology, but for now, it is what it is. Humans are humans. And as long as that’s true, it will never be simple. What I hope to never lose and what I hope you will never lose is that instinct and that unfounded and yet unquestionable certainty that things could be better and need to be better. That part of you that believes it can be and that we need to do better, that’s golden.

[@malkariss]

This is very well written; and thank you! I fully agree that because we are all so individual that makes things way more complicated. If we can just push that belief that we can and should do better to more and more people, maybe we'll slowly start making our way in that direction :)

[@georgemccartney8906]

11:07, yes actually, it's called Solipsism though it's more specifically the idea that there is just you in this existence. The Egg is a really good twist on the idea

[@polygongaming8859]

Actually, this is closer to Advaita Vedanta (Nonduality) than it is to Solipsism. The latter posits that it is only possible for you to know your own mind and not anything else, everything else could be a hallucination you've created. Nonduality on the other hand, acknowledges the existence of the world around us and recognizes that there's only One Consciousness experiencing everything.

[@XeonAlpha]

I love Kurzgesagt. They really tackle the hardest points of existence. And, honestly, I _LOVE_ this video and idea. That we get to live every life. As hard as that might be, can you imagine it? We get to experience everything. Bad and good. The terrible and the amazing…. Yeah I hope this is reality.

[@rustattack1312]

The egg theory is one of my favorite storys that and "the little match girl"

[@malkariss]

I haven't heard of that one before, will certainly check it out. Thanks!

[@wannabemgtow2540]

I wholeheartedly believe in what you're saying; there should be no reason why anybody should go hungry or be homeless. We should all be living in a luxurious and healthy way, striving to reach 100 or close to it, remaining healthy until the end. It saddens me deeply; when I lived in California, I witnessed people living in conditions worse than stray cats and dogs, addicted to chemicals and wandering around like zombies. As a human species living in the United States, we should be ashamed that we allow our fellow men and women to live like this.

[@rustattack1312]

12:30 preach comrade! Either the spoils of labor(ie profits) should go to the workers who labored or to the benefit of all of society. The capitalist or "[mine owner] did not find the gold, they did not mine the gold, they did not mill the gold but by some weird alchemy all the gold belongs to them" -big bill haywood

[@kishi7385]

Greed is probably our most important quality, we want more. And need more. Because of that I think that's why we can do Amazing things. It's an inevitable aspect of being human, and why we have come so far. Sure, greed is seen as a bad thing but I think it's our only way forward, else wise we won't ever leave earth and claim more planets for ourselves.

[@realmetatron]

You asked what this belief is called if it exists. Yes, this is the essence of new age spirituality, though it is far greater in concept since this story is a simplification.

[@georgesgamingchannel2696]

Ironically enough, I think we are better prepared to save the rest of life on earth than our species'... And that's saying a lot...

[@malkariss]

Haha you have a very good point there actually... sadly lol.

[@shardonayM]

I remember as a child believing that god created the universe for us to explor and discover, so every scientific discovery was correct because he made it so 😅

[@Callisto_Waffle_official]

I've also always thought that too

[@HowToEatChihuahua]

You are so aware as a person, I can only hope to become like you when becoming a bit wiser, humans need to start thinking about the bigger picture, so really start realizing whats important

[@binhanh296]

I think, if possible, if you have a bad friend or a bad neighbor, share him/her this video, the original one, and hope to God that he/she will have a change somewhere in his/her heart.

[@malkariss]

I believe everyone should see this video, what a concept! It really gets you thinking!

[@rhodjhunaraullo6534]

I can listen to your observations. 😊

[@balkanbaroque]

W theory W concept

[@malkariss]

@balkanbaroque this is my favorite one that I've heard, the perfect blend between the story, art style and the legendary narrator's voice.

[@jjut6182]

You say you don’t think you could handle having to bury one of your children, I advise you to be very aware of your shadow. My parents talked of living in their house forever with their youngest son taking care of them and them taking care of him (he was autistic) but, he took his own life last September at 18 years old. After hearing you say all that about you not being able to handle it, I just had to say something ya know, cause life seemed fine and normal before it happened, it was not on our radar, so just be cautious guiding your children through this world. I certainly do not feel ready for such a responsibility.

[@dustypaladin9216]

While I have no doubt this is wrong, I’ve fully embraced the egg as my preferred way to view the world. I think that if everyone adopted the outlook of the egg story then the world would be the best it could ever be, and i have chosen to be one of Its believers.

[@malkariss]

The world would certainly be a better place if more people believed in this :)

[@adamanthark5237]

Consciousness is just an illusion emerging from the universe to make complex thinking system like brain to function and universe will experience every possibility of consciousness just like you are having right now. I think this story is the best way to explain our reality

[@peachscentedskulls]

malkariss discovers socialism and humanitarianism

[@Cotif11]

For anyone curious, this is panentheism. Not PANtheism, but PANENtheism.

[@TBomb15]

let me say one thing. Among elite scientists, as in those who have seen the cold light of truth from dozens of perspectives, 4% of them still believe in a god that plays a part in their lives. What infuriates me is that science enthusiasts, not actual scientists say "oh obviously god doesn't exist" Until that number of elite scientists religious perspective reaches 0, those others have no leg to stand on.

[@francis6539]

The closest thing to what this religion would be is Omnism

[@malkariss]

Thanks!

[@liveinamber1307]

A beautiful story that seeks to make us reflect and think differently. I wouldn't blame someone for believing this was real. People make stuff up all the time. But with stories like this, or rather any story that tackles religious concepts, I've noticed that people have stopped taking religion seriously. Like there's this odd dismissal going on. The concept of 'belief' has been painted in this strange light that makes it seem wishy washy, something we tell ourselves to be comfortable. Oddly enough, when shown a history book, most people will immediately tell you that it is fact. When shown scriptures from Christianity however, they will tell you it's "just myth". Why though? What they don't realise is that most of ancient history was discovered thanks to those scriptures. The city of Babylon such an example. Scholars thought it was made up, until of course they discovered records of its existence. Why can't we just treat history as myth? Why are some sources of information ok, but the rest are not? After all, belief is not the same as blind faith. We know winter is coming because we see the autumn leaves. We've never seen next year's winter, but we know it's coming. That's belief. The same way would you believe dinosaurs existed. There's bones. We don't need to believe. But then there's aliens. We've never seen any, nor any signs that there may be life out there. But we believe that at some point we WILL inevitably find them. Like... what? Why can't you be looking for signs of angels instead? They're the oldest record we have of extraterrestrial life we have. Heck! There is a verse of the Christian Bible that says the earth is round and "suspended on nothing" (Job 26:7). How could they have know that? Who could have possibly told them if it weren't for aliens! Sorry for the rant. I'm not trying to make a point. Those were just thoughts I had.

[@malkariss]

I love your quote "believe is not the same as blind faith" and I could not agree with that more. Thanks for the thoughts and additional viewpoint! I also really like comparing the search for angels to aliens. :)

[@rustattack1312]

11:20 there isn't a religion for it but it is great myth that I would argue could be fertile soil for religion

[@PackaGame]

The danger of this theory is that technically if you want the game to end, aka all human lifetimes to be lived, you need only kill all humans. Aka, once all humans are dead, all possible lifetimes have been lived and thus the one consciousness has fully "developed". If you humanity was to survive forever, then reincarnation would continue on forever and we would not ever break out of the egg. The author of the theory Andy Weir stated this himself, that the concept should not be taken as a form of religion or ideology as it would inevitably lead to devastation.