The Origin of Consciousness - How Unaware Things Became Aware

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[@pillagerwithinternetaccess]

First 666 comment.

[@awppenheimer]

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell HII

[@cezariusus7595]

Never clicked faster in my life

[@cyxh.]

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell Nice work on the video! I’ll admit, I haven’t watched all of it yet, but it looks like a good Kurzgesagt video like always! Love you guys, keep it up!

[@TheShadowless]

How did you type that 1 day ago but we just get notification now?

[@momo-gl1zm]

It's amazing that humans are conscious enough to question everything, even consciousness itself.

[@georgek8182]

Ok

[@momo-gl1zm]

Ok

[@chosesomething]

Consciousness without awareness of itself becomes inert.

[@torinoconnor4296]

Facts

[@shivamchouhan5077]

Ok

[@sirfer6969]

A good definition of consciousness I once read in a text on yoga psychology is that consciousness is awareness of awareness and this always sat well with me.

[@EidolonSpecus]

Which is probably something that all sentient beings experience to some extent, not just humans. For all intents and purposes, either all sentient animals are conscious beings, or none are.

[@heliveruscalion9124]

@@EidolonSpecus i mean, there is a difference between sentience and sapience

[@EidolonSpecus]

@@heliveruscalion9124 Yes of course. Sentience is the ability to have conscious experiences and make intentional choices. Basically all animals have this as long as they have the ability to sense and to have intentionality at all, it is not based on any specific number or acuity of the senses one has access to (for example, blind or autistic people are just as sentient as people who can see or who are neurotypical, contrary to what we used to think a few decades ago). Sapience, on the other hand, is having wisdom, or prescriptive knowledge, the ability to reflect on the value of one's choices and experiences, either past, present or future; it is to some extent an acquired trait, humans are merely born with the necessary conditions to develop sapience; for example, newborn human babies are not sapient yet, but will gradually develop it and expand this capacity through reflecting on their experiences. It is arguable that members of some other species have potential for developing sapience as well; like rats which pass empathy-behavior tests, parrots, most whales, etc.

[@animusadvertere3371]

yoga is bs

[@user-db4lk7yg3o]

@@animusadvertere3371 How is yoga bs? Is it not real? Does it not give any benefits? What does that mean?

[@ThrillaWhale]

What if rocks are actually soft but tense up when you touch them?

[@whatisiswhatable]

*elon musk smoking blunt meme*

[@olebilly]

Try it with a turd

[@LightDeity1]

There is already a concept called density. Stupid question.

[@akademikstokenbrotherkevin7688]

@@LightDeity1 oh yeah well explain why when i shove pizza crust up my butt my mom gets full custody

[@eke4146]

Stop

[@thebradler51]

It amazes me how at our core we’re just a collection of different chemical processes that all come together to be aware

[@TheZINGularity]

Just a bunch of leftover stargoo figuring itself out i suppose..

[@Ikxi]

quark soup

[@INFINITUMSPIRIT]

*God laughing in the Corner* 💀

[@TheZINGularity]

@@INFINITUMSPIRIT Nah, sorry it was actually me laughing at you.

[@TheZINGularity]

@@INFINITUMSPIRIT Why would the universe need some god? Your assertion that the logical answer is god is the opposite of logic and rational thinking. Besides, eventually everything & everyone will be aimless solitary dead particles after the heat death. Free yourself from dogma.

[@A_Salted_Fishe]

I often think about how in hundreds of years from now, digital archeologists will be combing through these videos and marvel at how we could possibly have got by in our lives knowing so little about how we got to where we currently are.

[@Rahvanteli]

Yeah no WWIII is gonna kill us all before that

[@pimplejuice8774]

@Anonymous yeah but in a millinia that's If we still exist by then, we would probably appear to be lacking in knowledge and the things we do could appear somewhat modern primal (if that makes sense) just like how a millinia ago people were kinda idiots because lack of knowledge.

[@isaacw1752]

@@Rahvanteli people in the 1960s said the same thing. there is not going to be a ww3.

[@Ric_Vicious]

Actually, because you/we think that, and state this so brazenly, makes your statement abundantly false, inherently, lol. What we do now shapes our futures collectively. Think about it.

[@jbrandonf]

This will never happen. Much of the early internet simply doesn’t exist because of all the servers that have been shut down, sold away, wiped, bought up, etc. There will be no digital archaeologists. Internet culture is not ‘real’ like bones are.

[@MasculineMan]

The animations on this channel just get better and better, it's honestly incredible. It literally feels like I am watching a show on TV or on Netflix.

[@manlamp7531]

Ok

[@deenkay7898]

So true!!

[@zhkingg]

Agreed.

[@_benut_49hesham12]

True

[@nonexistent-best-friend1693]

and they were able to maintain a cohesive style throughout that growth. Truly impressive and very much appreciated!

[@aestriol]

4:17 "dark sheltered spot" me going back to my room at 3am after eating shredded cheese

[@letmetakeajormungandrattha8591]

True True

[@DreamPhreak]

Accurate

[@coffeebeaan_]

aestriol bro🖖

[@mateushtommason6314]

me after eating a chilli pickle

[@everybody48]

you spend the time to shred it? bro i just take a bite out of the big hunk of cheese

[@diddlypinkus1493]

My guess is that consciousness formed as an improved feedback system. It is a lot easier for an organism to approach or avoid certain circumstances if it has tools that span beyond that of automatic processes. The ability to think and reason does a lot to help ensure the survival and quality of life of an individual. It also helps one make sense of the environment around oneself rather than just existing and relying on automatic functions

[@itachis2gaming882]

Yea definitely just the results of millions of years of trail and error. My theory is we don’t even develop consciousness until we grow older as kids after we have processed enough data about the world. Like a video game that makes you level up to learn new skills or develop the skill you have to be more refined.

[@woozbekistan6847]

very well said

[@louis71]

But if it's just a complex mechanism like in a comouter, how are we intrinsicly aware of it. In your view there is literally no difference between a complex organism calculatiung sensory input without having an acutual consciousness to an actual conscious being. I think you are confusting consciousness with self reflexion an complex thought. But a very good computer could have the same thoughts without being conscious at all.

[@louis71]

@@itachis2gaming882 No, Babies also have conscious experience. We just don't have continuity in memory. But there are a few people that actually can remember their early childhood and they also percieve pain in the same way as you, they just can't verbalize it or create complex thoughts and reflexion.

[@diddlypinkus1493]

@@louis71 no you are just misunderstanding my comment!

[@cristianmarin881]

Conclusion: I eat, therefore, I am.

[@jimothyjimothy1]

This deserves more likes

[@xavi5183]

Why aren't we funding this comment?

[@rudydsouza7432]

hehehehe descarte would be so proud

[@bhangrafan4480]

NO! Didn't you know, it's: "I drink therefore I am." (Rene BURP! Descartes)

[@michael_777]

French disambiguation : I think, therefore I am. That to say : "Je pense, donc je suis." But, in french you can think the verb "to follow" instead of the verb "to be" Être Suivre Je suis Je suis Tu es Tu suis Il est Il suit Nous sommes Nous suivons Vous êtes Vous suivez Ils sont Ils suivent LIKE SHEEPS ! ☺☻☺☺☻

[@colbyandbrennen3543]

That worm low-key describes me moving out of my dark room to get food and then returning to it

[@FTT2002]

Colby and Brennen reminds me of that vine where Thomas Saunders basically acts that out.

[@Aereto]

@@syaondri tunneling dirt takes a lot more effort than it looks.

[@GalluZ]

the kind of worm that I like because of the funny face .)(.

[@benjarsenault]

Check out Coffee Break's channel. You might find something of interest on In a Nutshell

[@srennelamirez643]

@@syaondri walking is already an exercise

[@Loreofw0rlds]

"Which can be quite a challenge, even for adult humans" Never before have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with.

[@damienmiller1302]

He's essentially saying that we're dumber than chickens

[@melonsquirrel7389]

@@damienmiller1302 I mean, you're not wrong.

[@joshuawhite8863]

I laughed hard cause its totally like me

[@DGraze]

is the option 2 has been delivered to you, or you didn't aware there is option 2 ?

[@melvinivantrianogarcia896]

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[@seraphicchic8829]

I don't know what age did I become conscious. It's crazy to think about that! I just suddenly became aware of the world 💗

[@danko5866]

Nature is the best artist 💝

[@lilacdaven]

Around 2 and up, many start mid 3, early 4 😌

[@MossyMozart]

@Seraphic Chic - We may have been conscious before then, but just do not now remember it now. My early memories are like still images or very brief film clips and are self centered, of course.

[@DerekHise]

Hmm. I think if consciousness and perception were a switch suddenly flipped on (instead of gradually fading like waking up or falling asleep), you'd prolly remember that "event".

[@somewhataddicted7685]

@@MossyMozart i have very few memories as a baby being pushed in a stroller and stuff like that, i even remember the park area i was being pushed in one memory. maybe its something my mind made up but ive had those memories for as long as i can literally remember

[@BlackPenzo]

"It probably all started with the urge for more food" is the title of my auto biography

[@bobstevenson3130]

Lmao

[@nichsa8984]

@Louis Hawkes we need A.I can have reaction and emotion like a normal human brain to creating mech realistic

[@jumpforcegawd2700]

Bullshit thought how the fuck does a baby human support itself on it's own

[@RoboCario]

@@jumpforcegawd2700 it doesn't. Oviously due to evalution having anouther human with more experince look after new born while it develops its mind proved to be benificieal in terms of survival. Since allowing the brain to develop based on its experience after birth allows for a greater understanding of the world as the human grows up. Instead of having a mind that is purley determined by genes alone. Instead of having to wait for eeveloution to catch up with making a more complex mind, the mind can just learn on its own without evelution. The mind noe has the ability to adapt to new and diffrent situations. The amazing side affect being the counciousnedd and... well you know... basically what we are today. But i do wounder if there is higher level of counciounes thst we have not reached... is it possible to have maximum counciousness? What would thst be like? I do feel as if i could be more aware of things. And when you have counciousnesd and survival suddenly becomes a lot more easier.... suddenly you get more objectives than just surving and reproducing.

[@jumpforcegawd2700]

@@RoboCario i stopped reading at another human there has to be a FIRST to everything and that first starts as a baby a baby can't sustain itself meaning this theory is completely illogical and bull.

[@Cathulhu69]

So you're saying that pizza delivery is the highest pinnacle of evolution?

[@nyksiex]

it's like you order a group of people to make you a food and bring it to you for a thing that you can buy smt, like food and you have to have this *thing*, because you need food, you need a warm place and these kind of things. There is a huge chain which is connected one another with communication dude. Btw, if i made a grammar or vocab mistake, correct it.

[@theprinceofflumes3674]

Seems like it! :) (but I'm eating now soooo yeah)

[@cutwithaknife5718]

Yup

[@imthesleepyskeleton5462]

Pizza time.

[@overseer3072]

It’s all in the Bible.

[@TheAMaazing]

Humans: Gains consciousness to assist them with survival and attainment of food Also humans: *M E M E S*

[@trongatluu3158]

Oh hey Maz, didn't expect you here - love your stories and animations, keep it up! 😅

[@Lttlemoi]

Memes are a method of coping with the complexities and contradictions of the world through socializing with other individuals by delineating ingroup/outgroup boundaries based on a shared understanding of that world.

[@saucecutely7042]

Did not expect u here That is true how u know u no eyed thicc auzzie boi

[@TxRxAxP]

Fernyalern

[@greyfiveys]

Mr Maz, aRe Yu A fUrRy

[@OoxGaiaxoO]

"It probably started with the urge for more food" Me: still does.

[@reidmock2165]

You didn’t meet your bird quota in this video. I hope you rectify this issue in the next one.

[@armandolara1290]

i only watch for the birbs

[@disposabledishsoap6520]

CB killed the bird.

[@bread4525]

Lol birds are made by the government

[@tcomee6579]

Agreed, the video seemed off to me at first, took me a moment to pinpoint it...not enough birds

[@antde2001]

@SUBSCRIBE TO ME JUST BECAUSE I SAID SO subscribed

[@transgender_F-117]

"hmmmm, today, I will be thinking about consciousness" *collapses in tears*

[@BillAnt]

The notion of death and leaving everything behind never to experience it again is what sets humans and animals apart.

[@transgender_F-117]

@@BillAnt damn ok Socrates

[@BillAnt]

@@transgender_F-117 lol

[@twitch-xjuiceboxtwitch2088]

@@BillAnt spirituality for me but i dig that :))))

[@Hi-uv7nn]

@@BillAnt you mean other animals, humans are technically animals

[@E.h.a.n]

We have become so conscious that we are questioning consciousness itself, wow

[@jakes1566]

and now were referencing the ability to reference consciousness

[@j-dog7767]

Jake S i am now questioning my ability to question consciousness

[@connerhazelrigg6332]

the feedback loop of information truly is amazing

[@HierophanticRose]

It is the software trying to understand to firmware running it with no BIOS

[@pixelartkid7965]

@@HierophanticRose me, the software: Neeh!

[@poloclubb]

It’s crazy how complex our minds really are

[@unnamedchannel1237]

Don’t think to hard you will end up in a padded room

[@LAPETHUS_O]

No it's not, it's formed over billions of years through trial and error processes of survival. That's what evolution is. Nothing complex, just basic trial and error forming neural networks.

[@roseberrybushasmr1299]

*brain

[@ccproductions999]

@@roseberrybushasmr1299🤓🤓

[@Astreon123]

​@@roseberrybushasmr1299our brain really are

[@taiyo9421]

Sometime i have a unexplainable question : "Why do i live in First person" Like...why is me... Me? Why am i my self? It's just very hard to explain...

[@Itdontmatter69]

Oh exactly

[@wisenotwise2676]

It's possible to see yourself in third person, by just imagining it, but it becames pretty complicated since we need many different senses and multiple eyes. There many ways of possibilities, the limitations is your imagination

[@pedrinc4307]

@@wisenotwise2676 what is imagination? We dont see, smell or taste anything, but yet somehow we feel the consequences of it, when we think about a good moment, a person we love or some food we like

[@wisenotwise2676]

@@pedrinc4307 imagination is when you rebuild the informations that are already received to solve any problems. We cannot imagine something we've never seen, for example, can you imagine absolutely different color you've never seen?

[@nay.m]

for dialing a contact to bring you food. properly

[@nateryan5346]

"[The origin of our consciousness is] the directed motion of a hungry self towards a source of food" I hunger, therefore I am.

[@vergildisparda]

Nathan Lao hungito, ergo sum

[@genzo454]

Subject 9, is that you?

[@dropkickpherby6994]

@@genzo454 *9 lol I thought the same thing though

[@Lime-cc3ix]

Wow very smart

[@naverilllang]

_It's the small moments, the simple pleasures that matter. They're all I can think about now. Food and drink aren't mere sustenance. They're a reminder that I am alive._

[@sanj5556]

How to make a Sunday even better: Kurzgesagt release a video

[@RJC65__]

True

[@Johnny-ue6hg]

This chanal is from a german guy!

[@sasha-jy5wn]

i just got back from walking 30k over three days,,,,,, this is the nicest surprise

[@jayfawn8478]

@@Johnny-ue6hg we already know! German is .master race😅😅😅

[@desgildanphi8825]

Sometime it make it worse

[@nwbest4336]

The first consciousness was hunger, which is a basic rudimentary awareness that caused neural networks to evolved.

[@Scrungge]

@@brandonletzco1433 Not really. Democracies have been growing, poverty declining massively. One or several dictators don't set that progress back.

[@adrianc2463]

It roots from survival instinct

[@CowboyAye]

Next consciousness is dophamine

[@tw3638]

@Broom you’re not understanding. Read again

[@Scrungge]

@@tw3638 He deleted his comment

[@Roze_aye]

Ok. I have 2 video ideas. What are Dreams? How You Can Hear Your Own Thoughts

[@aubbrew6130]

the second one has been on my mind forever

[@lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385]

Bruh that's deep😂

[@aubbrew6130]

@@lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385 no seriously, I think about it and just end up confusing myself

[@p3el_]

dreams are your imagination about things when you're in relax mode because friendship is magic

[@HermanWillems]

People who hear alot of their own thoughts. Are likely to be introvert thinkers / dreamers. Those kind of people are draws to these kind of video's.

[@MillionairesDiary]

Dear Kurzgesagt: every video you share 10 minutes of inspiration and innovation, which reaches an average of 5 million people. This means that you share 50 million minutes of life changing content, or 95 years, every video. Think what good these 95 years per video will contribute to the community pool of life. Just one video could possibly have as much or more impact as someone's entire life, birth to death. This channel is a gift, thank you guys.

[@cogoid]

Kurzgesagt has a talent for explaining complex things simply. This video is just amazing -- they have researched every single thing that they have said -- the link under the video gives excellent references line by line.

[@sirshinra]

More than that as well. The way people can digest info easily from their videos means they can spread that information and potentially spark another mind out there. That mind could change the World. Kurzgesagt is revolutionary.

[@ChrisPBacon-me3wv]

Tim toft stunning comment, what a cesspool of positivity this is. I love it. Great mind

[@jesse962]

Tim toft I read this high...woah!

[@calvinredfern8480]

Jesse Morn same 😂

[@lucasplasma1617]

Conciousness works like this, when you are born you are like "pspspspspspspsppspspspsps", after some time you go "oh shit i am a sentient creature capable of thinking and massive potential" and it all goes down from there

[@hanselomolade5813]

Welp shit thanos was right he is inevitable

[@Bananappleboy]

Pretty sure while growing into a kid that is capable of kindergarten, they go like this as an infant: *_"AHHHHHHHHHH, WAHHHHHHHHHH, HUUWAHHHHHHHHHHHHH"_*

[@markanderson9123]

The funny part is that little version on you is pretty conscious. They just don't identify with “I“.

[@Manas-co8wl]

Just because you stop being conscious of your identification, doesn't mean your identification of your identity is gone. .

[@justinlaboy2508]

Did all you smoke meth before replying to this comment? What the actual fuck.

[@toxicwasteRBLX]

It's like being so smart you question what smart even is

[@CalebJMartin]

Things I learned from this video: 1) Alexa is the modern pinnacle of hunting techniques

[@JohnR436]

Play despacito

[@nimboss]

The food is killed, cooked and delivered to us with minimal effort, so yeah, you're right. 👌

[@letmetakeajormungandrattha8591]

...what

[@CalebJMartin]

@@letmetakeajormungandrattha8591 I'm gonna go ahead and like your comment purely because your username made my day 😂

[@SubjectE57]

I learned that chickens have better impulse control than I do.

[@afh_tk]

- “Sunday is the perfect day to start a screen-free day...” *Phone notification: New video from Kurzgesagt: The origin of consciousness.... - “Well, I can always start next week...”

[@savageotaku4444]

@@NohusBluxome lol exactly

[@dogindagrass]

Start tomorrow :P Start tonight

[@ChrisH78]

you need to be more like the Western Blue Jay

[@afh_tk]

Lol, was just a thought at the very moment the notification came in. Clearly went out the window quickly.

[@4-kathryn]

I personally wouldn't have picked Sunday to ban TV. I typically get caught up on the news stories with either "CBS Sunday Morning" or "60 minutes" in the evening also Sunday is when massive awards shows like The Oscars or The Grammys are held; then if you have buddies that enjoy sports... wrestling and football they typically air on Sunday. I would pick any week-day instead... however everyone is different maybe it's less about the content for you. Good luck

[@Vortecus]

At the end, I honestly thought that was going to be the smoothest transition to a sponsorship with Dominoes I had ever seen!

[@davidcotham1939]

Dominoes is the next step in the evolution of our consciousness confirmed.

[@noa_1104]

I'm usually annoyed at these smooth transitions into sponsorships (at the same time it's cool to see), but this time it's worse that there's no sponsorship section!

[@swagrid2639]

Damn, that would be perfect.

[@nathanbrown1699]

I actually like the fact that they advertised the foundation that gave Kurz a grant!

[@ciaranhughes213]

*yeets*

[@claudiaandjan]

I find your videos always so amazing ! I appreciate them so much. I follow your channel since the beginning and I am so happy that you made such a great journey. The success of this channel is well deserved! We wish also to bring so much value with our youtube channel to the community as this one does !

[@Sunshine-hp3mq]

I agree ❤

[@justice7788]

Consciousness: our awareness that things continue to exist even when we cant see them. Quantum Physics: or do they?

[@Eric-xp3qm]

Austin Starke lmao shots fired

[@benl8962]

Lol, underrated comment!

[@georgebenichou9727]

what does quantum physics says !!! the observer and the observed are the same !!! you see what you think !!! or believe !!! so ... consequently ... ..........

[@BlindIntent]

Schrödinger’s cat

[@sidewaysfcs0718]

Not what the Observer effect is about.

[@Jack-qg7nc]

"The origin of consciousness is the directed motion towards food" My consciousness hasn't evolved much😢

[@brandonmaher5719]

Underrated comment lmao 😂

[@keulron2290]

Dont worry, nothing evolved.

[@keulron2290]

@Juan Polla Larga Stamosa There was no origin. Theres really no reason to survive if take a good long look at the "theory" of evolution.

[@dirtyasianmafia2310]

Juan Polla Larga Stamosa - reproductions

[@everyonesaidmynamewasstupi3713]

lmao

[@TsunamiHead62]

Worm- (only eats and sleeps) Me- "Haha wow that worms life must suck 😂😂" Me- *Goes on to eat entire box of Brownies and then crash in bed*

[@tagunprice9762]

lol

[@chickenwing2453]

sounds like fun wdym.

[@keulron2290]

Wheres the "benches Skyrim for five hours"?

[@abhishekvastrad]

Consciousness in a nutshell.

[@TheWormzerjr]

click my name to watch Son of Perdition part 3

[@freebird1721]

0:27: video editor supervisor: Let's put a spongy sound to add more realism. Perfect.

[@TheMagicat]

I love how that creature "evolves" and develops throughout the video Edit: I wrote this as I was going to sleep and I woke up to 555 likes, thanks guys!

[@johnb1391]

It's like Spore if Spore wasn't god awful.

[@cristianiacob1050]

@@johnb1391 You're talking mad shit for someone in crusading distance

[@tiffyw92]

I was somewhat disappointed that it didn't turn into a -bird- frog by the end of its evolutionary timeline. It got so close too.

[@boggsthedog3725]

Yo i love that too dawg ! How rad 🤘🏻

[@guitarrasfoda6355]

@@Sir...... wtf are you talking about?

[@asazinator]

Maybe rocks are just so advanced that they have worked out the most efficient way to just be a conscious rock . They don't eat they don't poop they just chill

[@aditusoferu8171]

my god

[@Themonkeymartin]

That's gonna be humans in the future

[@littlestrike6811]

The Perfect Lifeform

[@kevinzhu6417]

We arent ready to go out and chill yet. We have to transcend our squishy bodies

[@whydoesgoogleruinyoutube724]

also, the video says that rocks don't show behavior, but they do, on a molecular level. You can't discard panpsychism that easily.

[@worm-king]

The animation looked phenomenal in this video. Great work.

[@moonrisex5806]

Ikr

[@supermegakim]

@SUBSCRIBE TO ME JUST BECAUSE I SAID SO get stolen

[@GamingLogistics]

What are they animating with?

[@varmint3461]

@SUBSCRIBE TO ME JUST BECAUSE I SAID SO Can you not

[@eenayeah]

When does it not though.

[@AdityaSingh-ds8hc]

The mere fact that our consciousness lets us feel endangered of even physically harmless stuff like a insult / tweet against your faith is mind dazzling too

[@YokoshimaOfficial]

'The consciousness we humans _enjoy_ today' Yeah, enjoying it so much.

[@trauma3117]

we enjoy it so much, that we commit suicide. :)

[@elshabopants7506]

damn take care you hurt yourself with that edge

[@Bluebirdfalling]

convoluted consciousness....it was a funny.

[@by_blood]

Its like a curse

[@mkmllrc]

@@trauma3117 damn I feel so lost in my existence

[@MrWilson]

This is one of those topics that is really complex.. Yet job done well..

[@RetoskiCat]

@nPlatin Obviously, this topic is extremely hard, but at least science always keeps investigating

[@Zydepoint]

@@Aznboy no

[@thejakyl1369]

This channel covers a lot of really complex issues, and its sad to see them not give them their due time. This issue of consciousness should be way more fleshed out. Its basically the most advanced philosophical question there is put into a ten minute video.

[@alamrasyidi4097]

One thing not talked about in the video is, what is "the self"? Why am I this "self"? Are others really other "selves" just like me or are they not really "selves" and giving the benefit of the doubt that they are actually conscious "selves" is the only thing I can do? Is my perspective the only perspective that exists or are there other perspectives? Does a rock have its own perspective?

[@lennypane1840]

@@thejakyl1369 What do you expect of a channel called "Kurzgesagt" (literally "said shortly")? The core concept of Kurzgesagt is to break down complex topics to

[@Yellowsnow69420]

“ Consciousness we enjoy today”… Speak for yourself.

[@SuperFuzzyDunlop]

You ok hun?

[@marinettegranger3169]

I feel so bad for laughing

[@vera2892]

Im understand what u meant

[@kennyfernandez2866]

Lol

[@neptune-ru4rw]

When I'm off my pills I eat alot I eat eat eat

[@てむ-j7s]

｢意識はどうやって生まれたか｣から始まって｢今の私たちは意識しなくても食料を手に入れられる｣で終わるのほんと上手い

[@mrwang420]

This honestly makes programming a creature game way easier.

[@GenuineA-HOLE]

Somewhat. The details are convoluted

[@BillAnt]

Just follow the Pac-Man cookies and ghosts. ;D

[@Aoredon]

@@MrSajjad1373 It's called a neural network my g

[@matthewmatthew981]

I'm glad it at least has some practical application.

[@3sarb.]

I think we made dogs frm wolfs and teaching thm is natural way of programming any creature

[@jier9904]

so... the meaning of life is food? I can live with that

[@akademikstokenbrotherkevin7688]

Yeah i can live with the memory of the pizza man having his way with my wife because I wanted free pizza 🍕 cheers

[@KimiHayashi]

@@akademikstokenbrotherkevin7688 ew😐

[@romee2561]

Akademiks Token Brother Kevin kinky

[@Solar73529]

The meaning of life is self discovery, most humans are 99% unconscious and therefore the key is in becoming more conscious, evolving etc etc.

[@pranavlimaye]

@@CymruCreator Ahh, I see that you've watched Lucy as well

[@Genny207]

Props for the extra effort as promised in the previous video. I notice the video footnotes and the sources link at the TOP of the description no less. Good on your team for staying true to your word.

[@boggsthedog3725]

Jason Klugh thats rad bruh 🤘🏻

[@kommon2443]

Watch coffee break's video!

[@lordtourette6057]

One of the best channels to ever exist on this platform no questions asked

[@diordo4109]

My first song is out !! 💥 I will pick 10 lucky liker on my first song they will get 2 iPhone X.

[@Genny207]

@@kommon2443 Yes, yes. I'm fully aware of the full Coffee Break fiasco. Frankly, yes it was a bad point of how the situation was handled on both parts. If you haven't already, I suggest going to the Coffee Break video, and reading the pinned comment. I'm not saying Kurz is out of the wrong for the situation, but Coffee Break is also not in the right. Both Parties have learned valuable things from the experience, and frankly, the viewership of both channels benefit. So please, review situations before claiming someone is uninformed, and if you have time, I recommend the video posted today by SmarterEveryDay. It's a great watch, and VERY indirectly addresses this situation quite well.

[@misxk5805]

8:12 that student who's thinking about food while the teacher is speaking is literally me :)

[@Astreon123]

No its not its ones and zeroes

[@Swukelz]

Consciousness basically means breaking the 4th wall irl Thinking about consciousness basically means breaking the 74th wall

[@ThreeBeeHDb]

How many walls are there in the universe?

[@parrot998]

@@ThreeBeeHDb Infinity

[@ergot1803]

@@ThreeBeeHDb Objectively there are no "walls" in the sense of limits to the universe, but subjectively there are 3 "walls" in one's vision. Unless you're approaching a black hole; you could, in theory, see the back of your head in a situation like that. Edit: the back of*

[@5antiblusable654]

That's like, 16 walls.

[@thekarategamer]

Lol

[@hellotherekenobi2156]

The animation/graphics in these videos are just absolutely outstanding!

[@Cherry-hu4xm]

Right? The quality is amazing.

[@hellotherekenobi2156]

@@Cherry-hu4xm Yeah and everything is a perfect yet creative visual representation of what the narrator is saying

[@bian7744]

Ok

[@derrickkempster3601]

A microorganism figuring out how to get food more efficiently -----> Existential depression

[@segmentsAndCurves]

If it works, it works.

[@dat1pengu1n]

if it works the video ends-

[@segmentsAndCurves]

@@dat1pengu1n I don't think so. Our consciousness and intelligence might never answer how our own consciousness work. It doesn't have to understand itself (or anything) to work. The fact that we are here to watch this video means that it has already worked for years and hopefully it will continue to work for years later. And yeah this video wouldn't end soon...

[@dat1pengu1n]

@@segmentsAndCurves dude its a parashockx joke r/woooosh

[@segmentsAndCurves]

​@@dat1pengu1n Did you know what shame is? It is a type of mental pain that helps you to avoid activities that lead to humiliation and make us consider more about what we should do in front of others. It is also my feeling right now...

[@ItalyClay]

The fact that consciousness began with food and in my first memory I was eating a taco is kind of cool!

[@wanderingwilderness1954]

If rocks are conscious then can it be tried for murdering that mammoth?

[@pyramid1371]

Dylan Gaffney Yes. It can.

[@rantymcrant-pants9536]

Only as an accessory.

[@rantymcrant-pants9536]

@@Pale_Blue_Dot_80 Willpower is just another way of saying determination.

[@winston7397]

Automatism is a complete defence

[@kevinbeteta1737]

Speaking as an actual panpsychist, none of us believes rocks are consciousness, we believe rocks are composed of smaller things that have the potential for consciousness. Imagine like you have all the raw materials to make a boat. There are many ways for you to organize these mAterials but very few in which they will transcend their basic status and become an actual boat, if that makes sense. We refer to it as “organizational duality”

[@pesterenan]

I'm not eating too much, mom. I'm just getting more *conscious of my surroundings.* 😏

[@spacek9games538]

*just getting

[@akes9793]

Nice brain you have there

[@aryamankejriwal5959]

My parents and I were just having this discussion just before the video came out😂

[@jeil5676]

you eat moms?

[@Schattengewaechs99]

Are you sure you understood the video?

[@jordanr.4150]

Adobe After Effects ought to sponsor the hell out of Kurzgesagt

[@aloysiusyudistianto3611]

That would be hell of a deal for both sides

[@nzfoy3568]

@@murdersedan7253 lol no

[@frederiquekruger4818]

@@murdersedan7253 Murder Sedan Murder Sedan Murder Sedan

[@murdersedan7253]

NZ FOY Wh-... What do you mean no? You can't say no dammit THAT'S NOT HOW SURRENDER WORKS. Well that's just great. Now I'm upset and I'll need to run down at least 12 pedestrians before I can speak to you again.

[@shitemastermike]

yes hello i'd like a job, why yes i know adobe ae

[@demolisherman1763]

Had an argument at school recently on whether corpses can be gay. Eventually the matter just boiled down to what part/parts of a person are gay, the physical body or the consciousness?

[@QcumberArt]

Wait, where’s the birds go? *WHERE ARE THE BIRDS KURZGESAGT!?!?*

[@lordmango545]

*I don’t know*

[@VIKDR1]

6:24

[@leonardodavinci4978]

is it *working?*

[@zisan5026]

all of them died before

[@brianxavier8873]

*Thanks. These are my first bold texts on youtube!!*

[@Scum42]

I love that little alien thing you used in this video, it's very cute

[@thestudentofficial5483]

It's prey looks like flying plumbus

[@martinsavage3942]

The Student Official the fu

[@neonmajora8454]

@@thestudentofficial5483 A regular old plumbus.

[@darkshadowsx5949]

i find it weird when people thing a non human creature is cute even if nonexistent. :/

[@atenaazarmpour9274]

Anthony Libardi can u guys maybe sub to me please I'm trying to get 1000 subs pls

[@theprogrammer32]

this video is a prime example of how Kurzgesagt can use aesthetic animation and soothing audio to introduce a concept to the masses that would otherwise only be found in writing in forums, papers, and books and generally is explained in a stuffy, less-inviting way. Goob Job, Kurzgesagt

[@Billy_D]

And over simplify it. There is a reason topics like these are complex and difficult to understand. You just can't explain consciousness with a 9 minutes video...

[@NoConsequenc3]

@@Billy_D They didn't explain it, they introduced it

[@khazaharto515]

We have some other things to do beside getting an PhD in psychology, so maybe oversimplify it help us grasps the concept without spend so much time. C'mon, we didn't even get license to be an expert by watching this video aren't we?

[@Genny207]

@@Billy_D I'm with Pseudo Lain on this one. None of the videos on this channel are to fully explain anything. As you say, that simply isn't possible in 8-20 minutes. The Kurz team is quite aware of this, and explain it in their previous video (motives of it's release aside). I just don't think this critique, while certainly valid, is in the correct place.

[@rraune7515]

@Al Ghaib The channel is literally called "Kurzgesagt - in a nutshell". So no, it didn't try to cover the entire field, every thesis and all details of the topic, but instead give a condensed impression of it so that one knows the basics of it ...

[@laratheplanespotter]

I love this channel. The graphics are so cute all the while giving out information in a really understandable way

[@Kick-Yum]

you're not you when you're hungry have a consciousness

[@justinleung164]

or a snickers

[@robloxxd5367]

@@justinleung164 i can see a pennie getting bitten

[@stuffmorestuff6647]

I can't wait for this comment to got to 666 likes, i bumped it up to 661!

[@84980228498022c]

thanks for your advice

[@monkeyrobotsinc.9875]

so true. i do my best work when im starving to death. true story.

[@ralseithelonely]

Human kind have come a long way. From: Tiresome long days of hunting full of danger. To: "Alexa, food."

[@georgepaul341]

Correction, it’s “Alexa, play despacito”

[@MsSomeonenew]

Supported by tiresome long days of accounting...

[@yasd8493]

Did you regenerated from your horn or what?

[@Guard20]

Seriously to our ancestors we are gods

[@baseon87]

@@georgepaul341 hikjj knmj Mjnn

[@TheFomads]

The only KZbin channel I turn on notifications for.

[@thebroomisinmyhand]

Same Lol

[@shahinzaman6984]

Me too😄

[@edvina9479]

Same

[@gamestarz7030]

Yaa me too

[@arexx_x]

Yeaaaa, along with SovietWomble. Edit: Oh yea, and exurb1a.

[@jerseyproud15]

I think consciousness is deeper then anything described in this video. If science has concrete evidence that our perception alters reality because it behaves differently when unobserved then there’s something behind our consciousness we just haven’t figured out yet.

[@InfansDeAter]

Rocks: Random living things: First organism to experience ⓉℌⓄʊGℍT: hongri

[@markanderson9123]

More like “energy“. We are constantly chasing chemical energy.

[@InfansDeAter]

@@markanderson9123 And happiness.

[@user-ve7oj4hi7q]

@@markanderson9123 And heroin.

[@bigelojm5051]

@@user-ve7oj4hi7q And kurzgesagt videos

[@everythingisamindgame9666]

And sadness :/

[@spaceboi980]

Easily the best KZbin channel ever created. Thank you.

[@Nova3482]

RealLifeLore and Wendover Productions say Hello

[@matth3908]

Hey, Vsauce, Micheal here

[@pedromeneses5661]

@@nerdcuddles7731 How do they steal content? Wtf are you on about?

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

@@pedromeneses5661 I think it's because of the video "Addiction" which was straight up copied.... or so people say I'm not sure what's the hype about

[@mirakabana7987]

Tbh

[@dubkatmtl]

The only time I've felt like I truly understood consciousness was the few times I've experienced what a psychosis felt like. I remember just being blown away and in a state of awe and appreciation, knowing that I wouldn't understand what I was feeling once I snapped out of it

[@malluk3065]

@Louis Cuff He's a junkie.

[@dratinibrah]

@Louis Cuff probably a drug and alcohol addiction lmao

[@tadyy758]

@@dratinibrah 😂😂

[@caitlynjenner8884]

@@malluk3065 only a junkie can spot a junkie. 💉💊

[@eto38581]

I experienced psychosis couple times, it was horrible for me. It's basicly when your brain loses its ability to filter out reality. There are terabytes of input coming at your mind every second, and if you fail to filter what has value and what has not, you go into psychosis. A state of mind where you doubt every belief you ever had, you lose your confidence in yourself completely and you feel like something terrible is about to happen. It's such a mental torture that I wouldn't want my enemies to experience. So so horrible. Yet society conditions us every day to hide our feelings and not express ourselves fully. Good luck not expressing yourself for a long time. Because you will lose your ability to trust yourself, your emotions and your instincts. You will be left with the logical fact that someday you are going to die. And then my friend, you will only feel fear. So horrible. I believe this society is prone to collapse because of this fundamental problem.

[@lapislazarus8899]

This just made me miss raising chickens. I had six laying hens, and one female turkey who laid half the year. I was also gardening veggies. I miss my little urban farm... But chickens awareness really astounded me!

[@romanaquila8605]

Stick: I am stick Shallan: But you could be fire? Stick, stickishly: I am stick

[@francisjames1045]

Darn Spren

[@jabronjunklove760]

You may be stick, but I am Rooooot!

[@lawyermorty4247]

Life before death Strength before weakness Journey before pancakes -Lopen

[@swoggofroggo9320]

brandon sanderson?

[@Lionhearted626]

I am a stick.

[@Rokas108]

The real question is what things are we still unconscious of?

[@Steven_DunbarSL]

Rokas Dan An unanswerable question, I don’t know.

[@Rokas108]

@@Steven_DunbarSL Well I guess it's one of those things that we will find out more and more about as humanity continues its journey through endless space and time :)

[@ricobrawlstars4880]

Underrated

[@xtan]

ikr

[@heath6969]

Ur mom

[@schtaiv]

You say “consciousness that we humans enjoy today”, as if I want to be alive.

[@Kovi_99]

Schtaiv1973 Some do some don’t

[@Mr_Makina]

E D G Y

[@Qstandsforred]

Did he just assume my existential preference?

[@Monochromicornicopia]

99.999999% of everything is dead You were dead before you were born and you'll be dead long after. Enjoy this fleeting moment of life

[@thstroyur]

@@Monochromicornicopia "You were dead before you were born" You weren't thinking before you wrote that

[@_souldier]

We are so powerful we can Give awareness/conciousness to new lives and even the non living objects around us 😍😍😍 because we all share

[@susmitaghosh5338]

WHERE ARE THE BIRDS!! I FELT LONELY WATCHING IT CUZ OF THIS

[@billmarion5796]

They show up at the end

[@thatguygreen]

The birds don't exist yet. That consciousness hasn't evolved yet :P

[@vyktrii]

Whenever they make a video for a sponsor , the birds don't show up

[@mr.meeseeks3074]

There were chickens !

[@TheAdvertisement]

Creatures: *gain consciousness Humans: Oh hey we know stuff. *_But how?_*

[@abtl1154]

*_M I C H A E L H E R E ._*

[@xGorbiQx]

Here, fly up

[@Enju-Aihara]

@@abtl1154 Hey Michael, Vsauce here

[@tk-756brony6]

6:58 That chicken is so darn cute that I wanna bite it's throat. 👌⤵ gotcha

[@bantzzgamesstreamclips7836]

TK-756 Brony damn it

[@maxwellli7057]

Therapist: Spider frog isn't real, it can't hurt you. Kurzgezagt: Hold my beer.

[@FalconsFuryGaming]

Going one

[@setsunasakamoto5567]

book*

[@alamrasyidi4097]

@@setsunasakamoto5567 They're German though, so I think it's appropriate.

[@legion4698]

Flapjackpants 23 you’re not funny

[@handlesRtrash354]

Frick bro nice pun

[@joseywales7930]

I found this to be one of, if not, the most thought provoking videos I have ever watched. That goes really deep. The brain is absolutely amazing.

[@HawkK]

So what you are telling me is that the meaning of consciousness is food

[@bacu.]

I understood it as not necessarily food but more specifically the desire and need to find energy to continue sustaining our self's as it is part of our most basic primal instinct, surviving. Every factor involved like memory aids this natural process and therefore the video narrows it down to hunting for food. Not sure if that's right though

[@ultimateman1234]

Look around the civilized world. This should not come as a shock. xD

[@yoda4runner137]

All living things need energy to function. Energy is needed to grow, reproduce, move, & to work. Whether the organism finds/hunts for food or produces it itself, it’s obviously a basic need for anything that’s living. The size of the animals brain is also an important factor determining consciousness.

[@sheepketchup9059]

kinda

[@KL-pw7pn]

I think this thinking is way too basic.

[@DemonRebuilt]

I think I’ve evolved to seek out Kurzgesagt videos instead.

[@matasciplys7497]

sau what

[@benas_st]

@@matasciplys7497 *So

[@walllei]

haven't we all

[@benjarsenault]

Check out Coffee Break's channel. You might find something of interest on In a Nutshell

[@אדםגולוב]

i remember you

[@bongobliss5795]

Can we have a video about "Deja vu"? Great subject btw

[@sirferrell6142]

Oh I'd love that. I'm still convinced that it's us reliving our lives over and over again

[@TrueMentorGuidingMoonlight]

I thought they already made that video ;)

[@deuteriumtritium9700]

@@TrueMentorGuidingMoonlight please link?

[@RuthCuadrado]

That’s too simple for this channel

[@bongobliss5795]

Ive also heard something that a child sees its future when in the womb of its mother. Basically its whole life will reel infront of its eyes . I guess theres also that dreams u get while asleep usually around teen age

[@seraphicchic8829]

I'm grateful to experience this universe and life💗🙏🏻

[@abtl1154]

Me: Oh boy. Time for another existencial crisis. (in spongebob narrator voice) Nine minutes later... Me: *_H U N G E R Y ._*

[@winnerkenny5965]

Hungry*************

[@feudela4357]

he misspelled it intentionally, loser

[@Victor-mi2py]

@@feudela4357 he's a winner

[@ThugHunterfromIsrael]

@@Victor-mi2py his name is loser

[@xredjasperx247]

@@winnerkenny5965 i like how you picked up on hungery, but not the word that was actually unintentionally spelt wrong. (existential)

[@justins7796]

Chicken be mature AF with that food option.

[@azophi]

jUsTiN s

[@greysautumn398]

Which is why, among all animals, we shouldn't eat them since we know they have a basic consciousness within a day of being alive

[@SquishEESpark]

@@greysautumn398They taste good though 🤷‍♂️

[@greysautumn398]

@@SquishEESpark it's mostly just fat and spices that makes meat good. I can't force you to do anything, but you should look into veganism. Not just as a diet, but as a philosophy too!

[@monkpawfire]

plants are conscious too you know

[@sonhoangleminh1119]

If hungry = true { direction = point_direction(x,y,food.x,food.y) speed = 4 } Else Speed = 0

[@stanlim9182]

print "Hello World!"

[@Dude-cf8hb]

Cool

[@alastor8091]

Cracking the Matrix, one line of code at a time.

[@stanlim9182]

@@Dude-cf8hb "Hello World!" =! "Cool"

[@mechaero2800]

Where is the z direction code.arent you making a 3d environment?

[@mikloslegrady965]

There are other impetus for consciousness than food. I've been writing that the brain needs a feedback mechanism to ensure that cellular chemical and neurological processes are functioning accurately. Then it needs mechanisms to ensure the guardian mechanisms function properly, then mechanisms to watch the watchers. An eventual level of consciousness emerges as a result.

[@ethanlim8110]

What drugs are you on , I’m curious cause I want some

[@hamzi3434]

How do creatures even knew that there were light and they can evolve some part of body which they can use light to see things?

[@donny_doyle]

This idea is fascinating. Interesting, good work...

[@weltschmerzistofthaufig2440]

@@hamzi3434 That's not how evolution works. Simply put, mutations in the genome enabled the development of novel proteins that could detect light, which would be an extremely useful feature to have in order to perceive objects around the organism. Natural selection can then fixate these traits in a population, wherein organisms with this beneficial mutation out-compete others.

[@MegaChickenfish]

5:22 That makes a lot of sense when you consider that game we play with babies where we hide ourselves and see their reactions. Interestingly, this game only really has an effect on them when they're in the early stages of developing their consciousness, and they rarely form permanent memories at this age. Perhaps, much like how we can observe things like our vestigial tails disappearing during the fetal stage, we could learn the most about consciousness by observing the brain's development between the ages of it first forming and adult maturity?

[@Alex80326]

MegaChickenfish did you really forget the name peek a boo

[@TheEbucks123]

Alex Williams his consciousness hasn’t formed that ability to memorize yet

[@alejandrinos]

@@Alex80326 For non native english speakers, "peek a boo" means nothing.

[@sarahcb3142]

I mean, there are other hiding and popping out games that don't involve hiding behind ones hands and saying "Peekaboo", so I think their comment still works.

[@BikeHelmetMk2]

It also makes you wonder just how large something has to be to have basic consciousness. Flies definitely remember and detect/consider danger. So do very tiny bugs. If an ant or an aphid can think, just how small can minds / consciousness be? Can a cell think? Does it have any awareness of the environment around it? Bacteria do. They seek out other bacteria and exchange genetic information to better defend themselves. They share resources with the ones on the edge to better protect the colony, even when of totally different types. They build biofilm walls. Considering all of the parallels to what we ourselves build, do bacteria "think"? They obviously have no concept of what "we" are. We are too big, and we live too long relative to them. A example to consider of similar scope - it would be like if galaxies or suns shot radiation at each other to communicate, over millions of years. We'd have no way to detect it, no way to collect info on it since we do not live long enough - but we can ponder it. Can a sun be alive? In that same way, does a bacteria wonder if the world that it lives in is alive? Probably not. Probably needs more neurons. But you never know. Genetics are an excellent way to share information. Perhaps there is an innate genetic language founded by the laws of the universe that such tiny creatures use, because it is there?

[@jakesamuel5197]

kurzgesagt: rocks may or may not have consciousness Patrick: ROCKY!!

[@UlshaRS]

Good think they don't or there would be so many cases of pet abandonment and neglect in the 80s

[@washyrose5904]

That’s a rock fact!

[@Mic_Glow]

Silicone-based life might look like rocks.

[@only20frickinletters]

And then they dismiss it because they can't prove or disprove it... like everything else in the video. Scientism, not even once.

[@Mic_Glow]

@@only20frickinletters for me this video is about how consciousness "might" arise, which is covered quite good. It's not about what it exactly is, since we don't know.

[@millykrivanek8301]

The way we’re talking about consciousness here sounds more specifically like conscious awareness, the part of our consciousness we can work with and know about explicitly. Consciousness itself would be something even beyond this. We don’t know what we don’t know, so it’s impossible to know at this time just how expansive consciousness actually is. The assumption that it is endogenously produced is an interesting and maybe not totally true assumption.

[@JooshYT]

"get our food to come to us with little concious effort" you've clearly never tried choosing what pizza you want from dominoes

[@Anonymous-vh6kp]

JooshYT - Welcome ツ Or subway

@@Anonymous-vh6kp "Just make it GOOD, darn it!"

[@spooky_action]

That fact that you choose dominoes proves you are unconscious

[@Kirbylini]

jalapeno pineapple. Not even worth thinking about.

[@victornoagbodji]

the bread bites and wings are a great replacement when you are tired of pizza or just want something else.

[@Redymare]

Welp, you got me. I was totally enjoying a meal while watching the video.

[@Cessated]

@@Aznboy no you beggar

[@virginiarailfannoah5415]

Me too.

[@iamripoff]

Lmao same but I had to go out to get it

[@davidgumazon]

*WARNING: DON'T PLAY FORTNITE WHILE WATCHING THIS VIDEO BECAUSE IT'S UNHEALTHY*

[@edgovlogs]

Yeah it’s coolest

[@danbishop1619]

I don't think I've related to a worm more 3:40- 4:27

[@TheAsdasy]

Wanna be worms together?

[@turbochargedshower4488]

so much XDD

[@turbochargedshower4488]

going far from everyone to my dark spot to do nothing but digest what i ate

[@TeddyKrimsony]

i'mma call you wormtail

[@katherine1902]

Lets make global *worming*

[@threestars2164]

It's possible as the language evolved, so did the capacity for self-awareness of this sub-group of apes we belong to. Those earlier than us, our distant relatives could be without consciousness, that is "introspection". It could be a cultural construction that arose as societies developed more complex structures and individuals became more introspective. The Origin Of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind alludes to such a development.

[@Blue-bf8lv]

"that humans enjoy today" bold of you to assume i like being alive

[@yellowtitan6040]

@Stephen Smith Yeah no I definitely think it has to do with their life being bad my guy lmao.

[@mkmllrc]

@Stephen Smith Nah if that’s is that simple then we wouldn’t have people committing suicide

[@Cnut_the_grape]

I doubt you'd have a smile on your face if someone stabbed you 17 times

[@Blue-bf8lv]

@@Cnut_the_grape just another reason life sucks

[@kugaththeplaguefather6332]

@@Cnut_the_grape 50 got shot 9 times and still smiling

[@extrazeal2ne1]

Awfully bold of you to say that humans "enjoy" consciousness.

[@rafaelrabelo2399]

Indeed

[@gianni.santi.]

LMFAO

[@qunrcm591]

@@Counter-Intuitive 😂☠️ true though!!!

[@bry117]

What

[@bigbo672]

American Revolution Imminent good news for anyone in politics really, sadly considering your comment and how you find yourself attacking one group specifically and not realizing that the larger system is the problem shows that you are not part of “the intelligent” ones.

[@SuprFTW]

When we evolve so much that we are consciousness that we have a consciousness that's trying to figure out what consciousness is

[@willowshaw8993]

then attempting to find and ask if another consciousness is also aware of their consciousness.

[@TorMax9]

It's an infinite regress. Within yourself, you try to look at and figure out your own consciousness. So you separate yourself from it to look at it. In a sense, a consciousness B looks at and tries to figure out consciousness A. Then, a consciousness C looks at and tries to figure out consciousness B, etc., etc., etc., all the way to Z and beyond. There is no "outside-consciousness" perspective. That's the mystery. That's the wonder. That's where God comes in. Infinite. Eternal. Boundless. We never get to the bottom of it. We never get outside of it. It is ever-present in every experience, even in the experience of trying to understand itself.

[@ElysiumGresit]

You just gave me a stroke

[@RobertWF42]

. . . we reach enlightenment? . . . we evolve to the next stage of life? Finishing your sentence :-)

[@zyansheep]

Hello fellow consciousness!

[@CeltyOfficial]

We are like the Dreamer who dreams and then lives inside a dream. But who is The Dreamer? That is the question. I reckon consciousness is a primary fundamental constant.

[@bagelgrenade8332]

They should show these videos in schools. I've learned more about science from this channel than I did in science class

[@XzhiTBK]

It'll get much better (or worse?) as you get into high school.

[@hugorezende199]

Humm depends. The deepness on many subject you will learn on School only. Some topics are pretty hard tô be soften with animation.

[@duvitgorhambone4015]

Our education system is designed to make people stupid dumb and derailed

[@nGUNNARp]

except that this video doesn't tell you anything..."probably", "probably...", "probably..."...and just lists a bunch of things that they think consciousness might be required for when we have NO IDEA

[@bagelgrenade8332]

@@nGUNNARp I mean, it's not like you have any idea either.

[@momslasagna5727]

These videos are so aesthetically pleasing. Good job Kurzgesagt!

[@God-hz7op]

I ate a cat

[@Boyd2342]

@@God-hz7op my sheep farts our dinosaur feet

[@simoneder5773]

@@God-hz7op you make me want to cry. That's (in my opinion) kind of cruel. But even so, I do respect YOUR opinion.

[@afrasiabefrasiyab8765]

@@Boyd2342 My radiator thinks of moving into a bear's anal cavity.

[@God-hz7op]

@@simoneder5773 i will eat another

[@drengibami5204]

“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” C. S. Lewis

[@BluesFanatic]

You have a soul.

[@DirtMankee]

good one

[@ABC-yt1nq]

Your body has soles.

[@slicedtoad]

You're a *mind* that has a body. I refuse to take souls seriously until someone points to some quality that they have that isn't explained by our bodies and brains.

[@JRexRegis]

@@slicedtoad soul = mind in this case. the thing that is you exists inside a brain. if you want to get pedantic, then the mind is the part that does the thinking and imagining, and the soul is the mind+everything else psychological.

[@nikke5186]

Consciousness is the thing of knowing what you know and don't know, knowing what you, others are and knowing where you are and knowing what's bad and good in my opinion!