The Power of Curiosity

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All forms of curiosity, even silly hypotheticals, are important - they can lead to practical ideas as well. And two groups are great at it: kids and smart adults. But the average person forgets to be curious. Here we explore the power of curiosity, and in the words of Joe Hanson - Stay Curious! Don’t shy away from asking questions, however pointless they may seem.
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BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do.
This episode was written by Bahar Gholipour, filmed by Dominique Taylor, edited, hosted and produced by Vanessa Hill and animated by Jade Tan-Holmes.
This episode was also inspired by two books (both recommended reads) 📚
Why? What Makes Us Curious by Mario Livio amzn.to/2FBp6je
and Videocracy by Kevin Allocca amzn.to/2qrxQ7q
Further reading/watching:
Richard Feynman "Tiny Machines" Nanotechnology Lecture
• Richard Feynman "Tiny ...
Richard Feynman, There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom: calteches.library.caltech.edu/...
Stanford redefines what it means to be small: abc7news.com/archive/6755677/

[@lifenoggin]

What if BrainCraft was the #1 channel on KZbin?

[@r8cobra]

It can be, Life noggin is... Just Kidding it's minute physics, although you are def. #3. Love your vids

[@uremailingalex]

It would say good things about humanity as a whole!

[@rainbowgirl9033]

HELLO.!!!

[@pencilcase1497]

Life Noggin what if there wasn't competition? What if animals didn't develop competitivity? Maybe you could make a video about this.

[@gulraizfarrukh]

When you're so curious about your curiousity

[@Toastmaster_5000]

This was a very interesting way to promote curiosity. Curiosity is what drives intelligence, and far too often we're just given answers that could be summarized as "because that's just the way things work". That inspires no creativity or progress. I like the message of this video, because it challenges that. We should summarize curiosity to say "what stops this from being different than the way it is, and is it realistically possible to do anything about it?"

[@braincraft]

What if... you shared this video? 🤔

[@SuviTuuliAllan]

What if... you could jump from body to body?

[@adrian_zombturtle148]

None of my friemds would care

[@AbdurRahim-pk8zc]

@Adrian_Zombturtle then probably you are with the wrong circle.

[@drewdavidson663]

My mom will probably like it... And as you wish.

[@adrian_zombturtle148]

Abdur Rahim i dont have a circle lol

[@AlexCFaulkner]

I love how these videos are like a meta commentary on all science KZbin videos

[@maddie9602]

*casually pulls a hard drive from her sleeve*

[@PhattyMo]

Personally,I was thinking of a micro SD card. It's not quite an encyclopedia on the head of a pin....more like an entire library on a coin (well,a coin sized object). Sorta similar,just scaled up a bit.

[@ergikukeli1464]

I think that being curious awakens the unquenchable desire to discover the mysteries and secrets of the realities that surround us

[@PurpleTurtle7288]

I love your videos! They always answer questions I've never contemplated before

[@kyu4404]

Curiusity...hum...is that why i'm so addict of this fantastic show???

[@frosy5robloxian]

As always, love the content.keep up the good work

[@mgssmu]

Love your vídeos!!! Great work!

[@fntsywlkr]

THIS is FANTASTIC. thank you so much

[@linkon_]

Thank a lot Vanessa for this video, will start practicing this art of curiosity.

[@GetPsyched]

Awesome video! The power of curiosity is seriosuly powerful for our own development and for our own excitment clearly too. Your videos are incredible!

[@lietzo]

Your voice is so soothing. Great video :)

[@akhiluk]

Randall Munroe, the author of xkcd, has an entire section on his website dedicated to answering such 'what if' questions. His book, titled What If? is an enjoyable read, and you develop an appreciation for the amount of time and research he does to answer these questions.

[@braincraft]

Yes - this is a great book. I love xkcd!

[@akhiluk]

I bought it as soon as it was available in my country too! The way he blends humor with science is really interesting.

[@tomscisci7331]

I got it on christmas. I love what if ? !!!

[@Practiceofthepractice]

Such a great video, thanks for sharing!

[@yashizuko]

This video makes me feel fantastic!

[@effychase62]

Thank you for the interesting and varied contents of the shows you make. Now in my last few weeks b4 I turn 56 years young on March 23rd, I continue to look for the shows that help explain the Hows & Whys things in our universe behave the way they do. Your programming helps in my quest. Thank you for the work you do.

[@shreyanshdas7481]

Great video.Made me curious about how you make them flawless.

[@MrSamlazanis]

Brilliant video, it gives me a new respect for silly hypotheticals, thanks for the insight!

[@justabitofjunkie2595]

I am very curious about curiosity. I like being curious.

[@Ikiratuki]

I love "what if" most of all thoughts.

[@johnrafaelferrer9824]

Very curious to see your new upload. Great video, nessyhill.

[@MrFloris]

fantastic as always :)

[@jacobb8397]

I love these videos so much

[@Jasbir1111]

What if... my crush liked me back?🤔😂

[@rohanshinde4327]

They wouldn't be your crush anymore

[@adrian_zombturtle148]

Then that would be odd because sodas dont normaly have that ability

[@sofhiakriziacalma5169]

In all of these pretty unlikely scenarios, you'd probably die

[@CrankyPantss]

Rohan Shinde Not necessarily. My crush liked me back 23 years ago...still is my crush.

[@eglitaka3605]

Awesome video.Curiosity mostly determines the way we act and think.It was a great video

[@iitbombay8293]

Incredible demonstrate of yours and way of talking is very attractive

[@nsalegit9482]

loved the video today! however, it does leave me with a few questions. curiosity is described as an art, that needs dedication and practice. do Neuroscientists, psychologists or others have recommendations about ways to foster this process? I work as a tutor at my school, and one of the things I notice a lot of students struggling with is remaining curious about what they are learning, regardless of what it is. now, I tutor political science which is naturally inscrutable to a lot of people, so I usually spend half my time in a session having to make the argument that poli sci is compelling and important, to try to get fellow students curious and excited. any body have thoughts, suggestions or exercises they use to stay curious?

[@WDCallahan]

There is definitely information here. I'm sprunjing it!

[@ojiverdeconfleco]

The website and book "What If" by Randall Munroe (author of also awesome the "xkcd" comic) is really great for this. I've learned lots of sciency things while having fun reading the hypothetical scenarios. Curiosity is what led me to study psychology and now my job is to help people understand themselves better, and it's curiosity what drives them to want to know too and also what keeps me interested in them. It is pretty rewarding.

[@drewdavidson663]

You're an inspiration... Enjoying the black on black on black look.

[@_Onlime]

0:53 I just saw a face until the graph was complete 😂

[@naimrobi1328]

Thank you 💞

[@mohammadrehan9445]

It's so powerful that I clicked lighting fast on this video

[@12MaNueL96]

What's the name of the music in the beginning? You can hear it most at 0:43

[@llo100]

The biggest question is: Why isn´t this sponsered by Curiosity Stream?

[@imhung8472]

5:04 Rick Sanchez: "Yes... you really never know what you might find at the other end"

[@tomscisci7331]

Maybe teleporting photons?

[@randall6620]

It's very nice, ... of course, the video too. I read Feyman in my first years of university and check what they say in the video.

[@FerdandOfThe]

0:46 Out of curiosity... Mic bump?

[@TerranceMoore9876]

Where can I learn more about the 4 dimensions of curiosity - as shown in the graphic?

[@BaharGolipour]

In this book: Why? What Makes Us Curious by Mario Livio amzn.to/2FBp6je And also in this paper you can read more about how psychologist Daniel Berlyne defined the types of curiosity: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4635443/

[@tomscisci7331]

Can you Vanessa please gave a list of videos used in this videos? I'm curious. And... what if copyright was bad word?

[@user-ww3ik7ob5l]

You left us with a cliff-hanger last video.

[@cinematic_dubstep]

What if you become curious to check out a video on curiosity... oh yeah, all of us here did that... >;D Edit: A very fitting quote I saw once fits into this topic... "A curious mind is never bored." ;)

[@karthik7753]

Great intiative

[@binky2819]

Did Jade from Up and atom help you with the animations? Some of them look like hers!

[@braincraft]

Yes! I have worked with her on my last few videos ☺️

[@szymonnawrocki5198]

binky2819 aaay I see another question!

[@samtibbitts]

Great video. Anyone else have slightly odd sounding audio?

[@Emma-ns4zc]

Yah

[@sethcarson5212]

Here's a question. Is the opening set a bar that serves ONLY vodka in bottles without labels, or is it what a regular bar looks like the day after St. Pats?

[@asianmelb]

I love this I had a fight with a friend today logic taught me to go on KZbin now the answer is found

[@lagbot8163]

loved vase moment (:

[@Zahri8Alang]

I ask a lot of questions too, most of it apparently to ridiculous or impractical to the point of annoying other people. I got berated a lot for innocent enquiries

[@TheFearware]

Came from Life noggin and got my dose of dopamine while watching these 2 videos

[@sheriif]

This also demonstrates the power of sound proofing your walls...

[@cinnamonaurora817]

tbh if you ask me why i did something weird my answer like 90% of the time would be curiosity, curiosity is like one of the things that defines the most the way i act and think

[@hollosou335]

Kurzgesagt! Life Noggin! Vsauce! They're all here, I watched all of their videos and I love it!

[@tomscisci7331]

Same feel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ P.S. Curiosity killed unknowing. And gave birth to -¡¡.

[@ammalyrical5646]

This reminds me of lyrics from my favorite band: “Was wäre wenn sind dumme Fragen. Was wirklich zählt ist das jetzt und hier.“ It's true, but do much less interesting. So, what if you found out the meaning of the quote yourself?

[@ShadowDrakken]

Peaks right around the time kids enter elementary school; I wonder if there's a correlation there...

[@KishoreShenoy1994]

If you don't like Richard Feynman.. then go somewhere else. Maybe to another universe where physicists are more boring.

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

Curiosity killed the cat. Then those even more curious then skinned it and baked it into a meatloaf to see what it taste like. A little rough I know.

[@terence321]

SonOfAKing but satisfaction brought it back

[@ResortDog]

Why do high pitched not music noises make me immediately mute the video and read the captions? And you tube is not getting a passing grade for their interpretations of speech with the captioning robot either.

[@HansanaPeiris]

What happens when you play video games

[@SuviTuuliAllan]

You gain xp

[@lucianocastillo694]

Is this Michell from *VSause* ?

[@lex_cat11]

Came from LifeNoggin :)

[@szymonnawrocki5198]

Fedora same!

[@everwondered6158]

Did you know there are (mainly) four groups of curious people? I did a little research and found that the four gropus are: Fascinated, Problem Solvers, Empathizers and Avoiders ;) #EverWondered

[@wjbt3]

STEM life coach audition status: You're hired

[@doanlekhanhduy1998]

What if people never subscribe BrainCraft and LIfe Noggin and Vsauce channel on KZbin? What if people never have the power if curiosity?

[@DavidCruickshank]

What happened to the craft part of brain craft?

[@tomscisci7331]

Braincraft ≠ minecraft

[@waffleyoshi5254]

lmao im going to be a genius one day bc of all the questions i ask about almost everything

[@emilys2849]

Hmph. Everyone just tells me to hush up and stop asking questions, but I’m just tryna learn like anyone else. Come prepared.

[@tseringnamgail1453]

I was watching anime then an ostrich showed up in that sounding like a kite. +Then I realized I don't know how ostrich sound like. Then in a second searching on KZbin a ostrich voice. Huaahhhh and then I realized my curiosity is unstable and thinking is it good or bad. Then again searching on KZbin "is curiosity bad? And here I am Fewww.. Ahh Well anime I'm watching is" konosuba " .

[@ZorroVulpes]

did Feynman predict flash drives?

[@hemantgabhane4286]

Love uu

[@danskiver6819]

Our intuitive faculties are connected to our perceptions which is connected to a matrix of possibilities. Our imaginative curiosity explores this matrix creating possible world scenarios that we compare with reality. Linear language creates our biggest disconnect from this matrix. My blog structureofconsciousness.weebly.com explains this theory. It is out of order though.

[@christiandevey3898]

0:28 you forgot "why doesn't anyone like me?"

[@virgil6892]

4:11 what?

[@SShiJie]

What if You said What if

[@colorfuldoge6589]

What if curiosity was curious

[@teabiscuit2618]

1:07 I see the hidden question mark

[@grzegorzmatysik408]

Why dont we write A whole library in genetic code? It would be way smaller than a head of a pin

[@blacksheepx2660]

Question: What if braincraft was #1 youtuber (life noggin's curiosity) Answer: Then no one would watch youtube. Cuz people need some funny and quality content. And thats why pewdiepie is the #1 youtuber. Cuz he makes quality content.

[@thisaccountisdead9060]

What if I was given an intranasal dose of vasopressin or oxytocin before watching this video?

[@szymonnawrocki5198]

What if we were all animations? That's not actually my question but Blockos!

[@tomscisci7331]

What if... I said that I love brain and hypothalamus... And braincraft...

[@abhaspandia2221]

*👍*

[@er-s428]

0:31 According to Einstein the Earth accelerates towards the apple

[@vraxo8953]

See my teacher doesn't let me say to many what if questions

[@varlja6682]

I guess i am epistemic and diverse then... huh!

[@DigitalicaEG]

Tiny hard drives magic reveal

[@lordspongbob1122]

SPONGEBOB!!!SPONGEBOB!!!SPOOOOOOONGBOOOOOOOOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@69Solo]

Saving your time. The Curiosity generates 110 watts. I was talking about the rover and you are welcome. ^_^

[@bluewolf783]

What if we never went outside?? YOU ARE BEHIND COVID! I figured it all out!

[@ziquaftynny9285]

Higher the IQ, higher the curiosity.

[@szymonnawrocki5198]

Life noggin.

[@ygal02]

What if you release your great videos more often, Vanessa? Well,, then I'll spend more time watching KZbin.... hmmm

[@donaldank7975]

**Vsauce has been joined the chat**

[@SpeedyFAST2006]

*Hey Vsause! Michael here.*

[@roguecactus7]

Fire is hot. 🤔 What is over there?

[@Ketobbey]

Ghosted

[@MrNokiaacer]

What if there were a Labradoodle in this video?

[@braincraft]

I have failed you.

[@MrNokiaacer]

Never ;-)

[@vchrizs]

so gossiping is some kind of curiosity right?

[@nikhiliyengar1510]

Don't count on it being anything less pathetic.