Do Chairs Exist?

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Metametaphysics (Eds. David Chalmers, David Manley, Ryan Wasserman)
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Material Beings (Peter Van Inwagen)
Objects and Persons (Trenton Merricks)
Ordinary Objects (Amie Thomasson)
Ontology Made Easy (Amie Thomasson)
Ontology, Modality and the Fallacy of Reference (Michael Jubien)
Objects: Nothing our of the Ordinary (Daniel Z. Korman)
Composition as Identity (eds. Cotnoir, Baxter)
Truth and Ontology (Trenton Merricks)
Austere Realism (Horgan and Potrc)
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (Alan Watts)
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Thinking about Things (Jubien): www.jstor.org/stable/2676165
There are no Ordinary Things (Unger): www.jstor.org/stable/20115446
Against Parthood (Sider): www.tedsider.org/papers/nihili...
A Sweater Unraveled (Sidelle): www.jstor.org/stable/2671870
On What There Is (Quine): www.jstor.org/stable/20123117
Two Dogmas of Empiricism (Quine): www.theologie.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:...
Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology (Carnap): www.jstor.org/stable/23932367
Many-One Identity (Baxter): philpapers.org/rec/DONMI-2
Oneness, Aspects, and the Neo-Confucians (Baxter): www.academia.edu/39736289/One...
Why the debate about composition is factually empty (Balaguer): philpapers.org/rec/BALWTD
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[@georgecarter6978]

No officer I didnt kill him, I just arranged his simples dead-wise.

[@nixietubes]

a bit of the old ultra voilence

[@ThePrufessa]

@@nixietubes based on what we learned in this video how would a bit of the old in and out be categorized?

[@nixietubes]

@@ThePrufessa matter

[@thePWNmaster5]

I simply killed this matter while it was humaning

[@ThePrufessa]

@@nixietubes sex is matter?

[@gyrotwist6335]

Other mammals: “Must get food to survive.” Humans: “Do chairs exist?”

[@mother722]

*michael

[@garyt6931]

Our species has successfully survived all that is left is to explore what life really is

[@Ryan-xh7pe]

@@garyt6931 that’s a cool way to see it

[@muircat13]

@@garyt6931 there's always the next great barrier enjoy the viewpoint tho

[@MrJeekz]

Not sure what you're trying to imply but the fact that we can ask such profound questions is much more important than basic survival. Survival is the most primitive form of existence.

[@BrutalJambon]

"I am Death and I am the scattering" is really not how I thought a video about chairs existence would end but I'm here for it

[@DeinoKoto]

Gives Heisenberg vibes

[@chair32]

Ye

[@CastHydra497]

666

[@epicfailur01]

​@@DeinoKoto Oppenheimer quote esque vibes

[@pandabro4235]

The line “I am not a thing that dies and then scatters; I am death and I am the scattering” is now one of my favorite quotes and it comes from a video debating the existence of chairs

[@Saronite]

Two ontological antirealists walk into a bunch of atoms arranged bar-wise.

[@Andrew-jj6er]

Good one lol.

[@anuj8825]

A few atoms ontologically humaning move to another bunch of atoms bar-ing. Where, atoms = simples atoming

[@r3ked272]

A mereological universalist then walks in, and forms a group of the universalist, the simples arranged ontological antirealist-wise, and my front door. Then the bartender asks them to stop arguing and order their damn drinks.

[@yvanstevenaclan1579]

Oh my god😭 these guys

[@SuperAzeton]

@@anuj8825 I think you mean. Ontologically speaking a few simples humaning inbar a bunch of simples bar-ing.

[@pugalugs9128]

I love how the chair is just sitting there not debating it's existence

[@josieposiec268]

how do u know, maybe we just cant hear it

[@examname9477]

🪑

[@Sweezi]

or is it?

[@A_combustible_lemon]

I mean what’s it gonna do about it? Have an identity crisis? Exactly.

[@adityashandilya2789]

It wanted to but John cena wouldn't get up from it!

[@WhiteNucklin]

“I am death and I AM the scattering.” Metal lyrics

[@yourboy_Vox]

I need to write a metal song based on that 😭

[@yourgoodmanalastor]

@@yourboy_VoxVox?

[@SpartanMJO12]

The answer I took from this is "it is what it is if it's useful". A random scattering of pipes doesn't have a name because it's not useful to give it a name, but together it's scaffolding

[@balbs100]

This is my view on it. Simples are the only thing that exist. Chairs dont exist. But its useful to pretend theres no vagueness and that chairs do exist.

[@timondimare1976]

Michael: do chairs exist? Michael 30 minutes later: I am death

[@pihu2358]

YES

[@schqrr]

Ok

[@Gardengap]

36:54

[@ennardthefuntimepuppet6456]

As a Goth, I love that statement

[@pentacopter9909]

straight up

[@TNinja0]

"Michael, take a seat, we need to talk" "Do chairs exists?" "MICHAEL"

[@theredghost9368]

I want some kind of series where Michael is in an insane asylum and constantly does stuff just like that

[@ErikUden]

@@theredghost9368 literally the vsauce KZbin channel

[@jaykoerner]

Then he pulls a slice of cheese from his shirt

[@thatgreenguyplayer2]

Reminds me of the "what its like to be married to Neil degrasse tyson" sketch done by Key and Peele

[@ErikUden]

@@thatgreenguyplayer2 so true

[@elmo2706]

How can this man taste a chair, pull a spoon out of his shirt, and pull a slice of cheese out of his shirt, and yet teach us things others struggle to.

[@wasp795]

because he is michael and he can just do that

[@enoughofyourkoicarp]

It feels so much better when this conversation is happening outside of my head for a change. Also, "thank you for watching?" Did you just call me a watch? I don't have time for that kind of confusion.

[@mustakaapu]

Vsauce: "Do chairs exist?" 2 million people sitting on a chair: "Hmm interesting"

[@DS-uj3bt]

Lol..very under rated comment

[@miguelbenavides9160]

But are those 2 million people actually "people" or atoms people-ing

[@undyingjin5968]

@@miguelbenavides9160 are those atoms atoms or are they atoms atom-ing

[@Pandidolod]

That's a big chair

[@scoopshort]

*laughs in bed*

[@gamerparker123]

Alternate Title: Michael bullies a chair by questioning it’s existence for 37 minutes and 53 seconds

[@RogerBarraud]

Sequel: Chair confesses and submits to ree-education.

[@gamerparker123]

@@RogerBarraud lol 😂

[@gehenidjiddi6547]

This comment made me realise how long the video is. I wasn't ready for this lol.

[@johnsherfey3675]

@@RogerBarraud I'm dying from laughter!

[@iiomqfaderz]

Lmao

[@megacuck5970]

What an awesome way to start 2024, studying human thought and existentialism watching Vsauce at 1am.

[@Xetarine]

same

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Watching The Simpsons would probably be more beneficial .?

[@yourboy_Vox]

It's 1am for me rn 💀

[@80llo]

@@2msvalkyrie529probably not,but benificial is not objective

[@numptaloid]

"alleged chair" is going on my gravestone

[@whitedinosaur45]

Michael at the beginning: "Do chairs exist?" Michael at the end: "I am death"

[@cultistsash]

Basically everyone at the end of philosophy undergrad.

[@TTTTCJGKS]

Underrated comment

[@bryanrhodes369]

Sounds like the Baghavad Gita to me

[@flaviolepri5539]

That's what I call a quality anthagonist arc.

[@dillpickle3654]

Oppenheimer type beat

[@nucleargameplay6818]

Can't believe this man is powerful enough to unironically say "sus" and not be seen as cringe.

[@Dringer]

Time stamp pls?

[@Dringer]

1:14

[@Dringer]

Oh ty

[@TheInfamouspif]

I cringed. and this man down here didnt pay attention to the first minute and half apparently

[@nucleargameplay6818]

@@Dringer did, did you just thank yourself?

[@bugbbear]

i never thought “i am death” would be a comforting statement

[@dmboiler6333]

i cant wait for vinesauce to become a dad and explain every question his son asks him like this

[@mattawan1000]

Some random guy: "Do chairs exist?" Me: "Yeah of course. What are you, stupid?" Michael: "Do chairs exist?" Me: "I have no idea"

[@unicorn7171]

Yesn't 🤔

[@AdamThoba2]

remember this is the same guy who thought the universe was created last Thursday. Bullshit.

[@_P0tat07_]

420th like. Nice.

[@limesandlemons1367]

@@AdamThoba2 It's just a theorem, no need to be so upset.

[@jonbowman7686]

@@AdamThoba2 you're gonna wanna watch that video again bud

[@AldrichNaiborhu]

Michael is like that one friend who you don't hear from much, but at 3 AM, he'll start sending you links to the secrets of the universe before he disappears into the night again.

[@tsepollewellyn8631]

That person sounds amazing!

[@monkey6028]

I want a friend like that

[@jensvanbockstal429]

I am that friend the difference is I use it to make my friend mire awake and up for the school day as we are sriving in the bus

[@thesteambreaker9449]

I want friends at all

[@bulbasaur5190]

Sounds like me Yea i am this weird kid

[@Pizzaroll669]

I like how he would talk about the most random thing that nobody would think of to talk about for halve an hour. Now that’s what I call, “Creativity.”

[@user-on4hk9mv4k]

As a Chair myself i have been questioning if my existence actually is true ,Thanks for the video to help me know ,i really needed it

[@insanity_teacher]

Thats cultural appropriation. My family started becoming Chairs many generations ago, and now people like you, who barely look like something u can sit on, think they can come around and count themeselfes into my family. Shame on you. Chairs are not chairs!

[@Astro-X]

so do you exist?

[@chair32]

@@Astro-Xi do exist

[@fish4716]

Michael in 2017: Fewer than 3 days in isolation can cause brain damage. I will be staying in this room for 3 days. Michael in 2022: Do chairs exist?

[@xxxkratosxxx9232]

if u take it as a joke,just a 37min video. if you try to understand deep, you'll question your life, concusiness, etc

[@AltiumYT]

Sounds like 2017's theory was correct, proven by himself

[@salaxim6027]

@@xxxkratosxxx9232 ahh yes concusiness

[@carlos-zy7vx]

​@@salaxim6027concussy

[@XFGHL78E]

I mean, that kind of proves what he said in 2017...it just takes 5 years for the damage to be shown

[@arkanys3401]

"Do chairs exist?" _36 minutes later:_ "I AM DEATH"

[@navizh6113]

the best comment ever

[@brandonspike]

monkaW

[@ONE.Music.]

36:54

[@Violet._.PhoeniX]

Yes

[@ThatMellon]

Damn 😂

[@JeremyRight-zi4yp]

I'm surprised you never mentioned Plato's ontology. Throughout the whole video my brain was crying for it, this would solve so many of the posed questions! Plato would probably say a chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit and lean back on. What happens if you remove some atoms from it? If you can sit on it, it's still a chair. When does it stop being a chair? When you can no longer sit on it.

[@safrockparticles527]

I agree he did not talk about the purpose.

[@jaxxinator5999]

Wonderful video Michael. One thing I would say is that to me a composite object 'exists' as long as it is more that the sum of it's parts. Okay, you might ask, but what do I mean by this? It means that it has some property for which the simples it contains are more important than the simples it doesn't contain. E.g. the atoms that make up a chair are important in allowing you to rest your butt on it. Existence is therefore a state of being in relation to an intelligence e.g. us. Stuff enters our horizon of understanding and things come into existence. I would not consider the 'incar' to exist because it does have any unique properties that cannot be understood be considering the garage and car separately.

[@MartinPoulter]

I spent a total of eleven years as a philosophy student and got two degrees. This is by far the best explanation of ontology I've ever seen.

[@Mentox2]

I dont think so, its biased (towards naturalism and physicalism) and overly simplistic. And his attempt at a solution to the issues raised by composition are unsatisfactory.

[@MTETELEVISION]

@@Mentox2 no

[@TKOfromJohn]

@@Mentox2 Shhhh let people enjoy things

[@MartinPoulter]

@@Mentox2 It's literally an introduction to the subject for a general audience. Show me an explanation which isn't "overly simplistic" and which is similarly accessible.

[@tchaffman]

@@Mentox2 Accessibility doesn't make your ideas overly simplistic. Striving for complexity to be seen as profound doesn't make you a brighter or deeper thinker, it just makes you a moron. Being able to translate your abstract ideas in a rich and interesting way that resonates with everyday people shows a higher level of mastery and understanding.

[@tinovelez6601]

at 31:39 Michael says “some” at the exact same pitch as the beginning of all star by smash mouth

[@Taffles-hh9cu]

“how can i know if someone has perfect pitch?”

[@sevenayashinedown1283]

I scrolled through the comments and am now relieved that a person four months ago came to the same realization I had five minutes ago. "Some..." Of course if we ever shared an atom at some point, then I came to the realization four months ago before I realized I ever watched this video...I really need to go back to bed.

[@v0id_d3m0n]

Need an edit of this

[@MrsSiwik]

Thank you for making this video. I will need to watch it many more times to hopefully try to grasp all points. But, just from watching once I have to say, it is the best and most important video you've ever made. Cheers to you!

[@onionenthusiast9832]

“Do chairs exist.” 37 minutes Yeah why not

[@drprocrastinate4719]

Was it worth it?

[@eelonmusk2050]

@@drprocrastinate4719 totally

[@subieasunayuuki]

Who knows if they truly exist. We think they do but they actually exist?

[@omega73115]

I thought the answer was no, its just a bunch of matter chairing

[@cr1t1cs92]

yea

[@josephweimer2859]

I’m relieved to know I’m not the only one who has been skeptical of chairs my entire life.

[@esphyxia]

Yes. I think they are decoys. There are just too many chairs in the world. I feel a rebellion amidst

[@MrCockburger1212]

ever have that feeling your chairs in your house are watching you?

[@dametocosita4994]

But what are you skeptical of? I mean do chairs even exist? Do you exist? Do I exist? Am I having an existential crisis? Or is it just simples arranged me-wise having existential crisis? 🤔

[@Darkenssf7436]

The comments are so serious lol

[@t-827]

Bueno

[@13lood13ath]

The paper is the material. The crane is the shape. The unfolded paper is now in the shape of a rectangle and while both the rectangle and crane are made of the same material, the shapes are different.

[@guilhermesviech4610]

i love that note that plays when the chair appears so much

[@soulslvr9562]

I love how Michael is just welcoming the horror aspect the internet has given him over the years

[@soulslvr9562]

@@JoeyIsGlowey TLDR the internet has made Michael seem to be an eldrich scp that cannot be contained. And hes playing along to it

[@pattherick6875]

@@soulslvr9562 haha your tldr is as long as your original 😂

[@soulslvr9562]

@@pattherick6875 ah ha! You are wrong! ITS EVEN LONGER!!! MUHAHAHA

[@momofcjmt4]

“I am death, and I am the scattering” Nice to see Michael’s slow evolution into an Eldritch God is proceeding apace.

[@kiera8836]

bet it's the ayahuasca he did

[@daelinblack6681]

Dude I swear he is the ideal psychonaut. A real intellectual that is experimenting, not using. I only wish we could get another Golden age of more natural psychopharmacology, more Hoffmans and Mckennas that educate rather than simply encourage.

[@kultw1837]

it was really comforting ending tho

[@aansedar3020]

Can't wait for this stuff to get out of context.

[@Thatonedude917]

Sounds like Coheed lyrics

[@user-iu1ft6xi1i]

I truly believe that it is your choice/definition of things defined by what you have experienced and your personality.

[@Ai_Unkown]

I love how you bring us along for the ride of figuring it out.

[@drawinglikeasir]

* sees title * * Sees 37 minute runtime * Whoo boy, here we go again

[@SmplyBoi]

True I feel that

[@LightningSquad]

To the person reading this comment you are awesome & hope you having a great day My dream is to hit 25K I hope you can help me accomplish my dreams..

[@LightningSquad]

I uploaded my Face Reveal....

[@thesomeone2932]

same shit

[@irikrosota1852]

@@LightningSquad no one cares

[@AsaWRLD47]

Everyone else when they see a chair: Sit Michael when he sees a chair: "hmm yes, salty"

[@anidiotthathasexistence364]

Micheal: what is salty am I real is chair real is wood real is trees real are my pants real

[@zakx_]

mmmm salt

[@nasuegaming1255]

If that's a oversimplified reference, there's gonna be a tax for that.

[@ht87y]

Normal people when they see a donut in a toilet: ew Michael when he sees a donut in a toilet: Hmm yes food (begins consumption)

[@LupeSunglass]

Hm yes, ass flavour

[@j37j2]

It is my hope that philosophers will one day consider questions that pertain to normal people, and then find answers to those questions that don't presuppose state violence.

[@icewink7100]

That type of philosophy definitely exists. And the ideas in this video can be used for those purposes. Do nations exist? What about groups of people? Are human rights a real thing that actually exists? Ontology can be used to probe lots of more impactful things.

[@j37j2]

@@icewink7100 Thanks for your courteous reply. I appreciate what you have to say. I generally like VSauce videos, and I am aware of philosophies out there with the criteria I listed. I should have couched my words a bit more carefully. My sentiment I was trying to express is that it discourages me that most philosophy in the public eye has little relevance to the average person. At best, it is indigestible by the average Joe, and at worst it is serves to excuse or even justify totalitarianism. While oncology does have a purpose, the average guy is more concerned about how to most effectively interact and care for his family, and finds questions like "Do nations exist?" pointless to his every day life. In the every day life is where I believe philosophy should have the most impact, but unfortunately it is rarely, if ever, taught in a way in which it can be practically applied to someone's challenges.

[@icewink7100]

@@j37j2 maybe you would find Marxism interesting? Marx definitely is a controversial thinker, but he’s expressed a similar sentiments to you “the philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.” Marxist philosophy is more focused on social interactions, how companies and jobs work and how they affect people. If you think that kind of analysis sounds interesting, but disagree with Marxists’ conclusions, maybe you could look at various responses to Marxist analysis, maybe by anarchist? They definitely share your distain of totalitarianism. This is just my advice as a person who has gone from thinking philosophy is useless and unimportant, to someone who loves learning about philosophy for fun.

[@j37j2]

@@icewink7100 Thank you again for your courteous and respectful response. You are a gem to interact with on the interwebs. I am quite familiar with Marxism. I have read his two most famous works, Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto. I am currently reading a biography of his life, which includes many of his works which are less well known. After much study, my final opinion on Marxism is not at all positive. I am an anarchist myself, but I find Marxism, and the general dialectic of Haegelianism which most of his work is derived from, to be incompatible with any form of reduction in state control. If you'd like to continue our conversation, I would enjoy it, however I do not wish to offend you, as you've been so pleasant. A shorthand to my general current understanding of him and his works can be summed up in a quote of his that is repeated throughout many of his works, including Das Kapital: "Empirically, communism is only possible as the act of the dominant peoples 'all at once' and simultaneously, which presupposes the universal development of productive forces and the world intercourse bound up with communism." In reading his works and especially about his life, my personal conclusion is that his goal was to speak out of one side of his mouth in order to deceive the average person into giving up their rights to totalitarianism in order to, in his own words, "Bathe the world in rivers of fire and blood."

[@do2xd679]

Only vsauce can end a video calling himself death while not sounding delusional

[@grunt2376]

the fact Vsauce has just accepted his meme status as an insane internet genius yet still manages to be so informative is just *Chefs kiss*

[@artratengo3685]

@@truthview7261 no one asked

[@stare4539]

lMaoo

[@renderproductions1032]

|-O-|

[@loreleihillard5078]

No, he just still hasn't recovered from his time in the room

[@maknyc1539]

k boomar

[@refreshedog4860]

This tells us a lot about Michael's grudge against chairs.

[@Treddian]

*sigh* You're accusing Micheal of begrudging something he doesn't even believe in.

[@rotisseriepossum]

@Spiderman you fool, what if the office has a chaise lounge like in the cartoons? it’s practically a chair-couch-bed hybrid!

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

Imagine learning all sort of philosophy just bcoz one doesn't like chairs.

[@fr0zeNid]

Honey wake up new Michael chair grudge lore just dropped

[@alrex96]

Says alot about society

[@Vendexxity]

Micheal is the only person who can make the existence of a chair interesting.

[@kirbYT]

micheal is the only human being on this earth to make a 37 minute long video about if chairs exist

[@venompogg4231]

Michel is the only man who can ask the question “do chairs really exist” and explain it for 40 mins and make me believe that Chairs don’t exist

[@BrazilianImperialist]

You have to start thinking more than

[@saifmohamed2967]

He is the smartest conspiracy theorist out there

[@gabrielr8430]

@@BrazilianImperialist you are the most boring person on the planet

[@eriosyce688]

@@BrazilianImperialist than? 🤔

[@BrazilianImperialist]

@@gabrielr8430 You liked your own comment

[@fireredgaming1]

“What’s your job?” Vsauce: giving people existential crisis with chairs

[@donut6789]

FiRsT!!1!1!1!1

[@MrSwag-zv3pg]

There's no such thing as an existential crisis!

[@blazer6972]

@@MrSwag-zv3pg ... uh... mmm... that.... ok....

[@LuizHRDC]

But what IS your job?

[@CathTheGinger]

More like giving chairs an existential crisis

[@micky100]

We’re about to discover some of the deepest secrets of the remote universe: “Do chairs exist?”.

[@AleksanderKazecki]

"I am death and I am the scattering." Oppenheimer: "Write that down, write that down!"

[@ScenicFights]

I spent 37 minutes questioning what I'm sitting on.

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

I think the as you are!

[@tehboi2433]

Good thing im on a toilet and not a chair

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

@@tehboi2433 which one? A sitting version or a Cultch version?

[@warrenarnold]

Hey, wait i know the answer to this, you gotta give it to me. ..... ....Guys, i have just discovered that Chairs do exist!?!?! Whoaaaahhh How were you surviving before my discovery!?!? Geez, yaall dumb😅 hihi

[@haakman123]

@@tehboi2433 Is a toilet not just a chair with a hole that goes into a pipe?

[@72nodes85]

I love how Michael is fully aware of a memes surrounding him, and likes to play with them.

[@72nodes85]

@@DoiInthanon1897 him

[@deleted-something]

Yes

[@Oliverlopez2007]

Definitely a rickroll

[@tboiproject]

@BitThoughts He -Improvises -Adapts -Overcomes

[@kitma9]

would you like to play with my toys?

[@koolguyIII]

I can’t believe he was able to make a 30 minute video about questioning chairs existence

[@washcode9613]

I got to take a seminar taught by Van Inwagen in college where we went over his book, and it was fascinating! Really interesting to question the limits of how we define the world around us

[@stuartcuateco3898]

Vsauce: do chairs exists? Chair companies: *nervously sweats

[@jocosesonata]

Sitting was invented by chair companies to sell chairs!

[@yourfellowcrow]

chair companies: *starts having a panic attack*

[@Mereaux]

Hey, Vsauce, Michael here! Down here. But which way is down? And how much does down weigh? Well, down weighs about 1/100 of a g/cm3 . It is light, and airy, which makes it a great source of insulation and buoyancy for waterbirds. But if you let go of down, it falls down. So that's which way down is, it's the direction that gravity is pulling everything. Now for someone on the other side of the Earth, my down is their up, but where are falling things going? Why do things fall? Are they being pushed or pulled? Or, is it because of TIME TRAVEL.

[@cantrusthestory]

Ikea: *nervously sweats

[@AAaa-jc5sk]

The demon in the corner is filled with fear as the man asks questions that harm reality.

[@gabigol52]

ive learned two things from this video 1. chairs don’t exist 2. michael is going insane

[@TheSplitScreenBrothe]

hahahahahahahahaahaha

[@TechniEMW]

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[@roo.pzz4380]

he has totally lost it

[@Soapzky]

Bahahahaha

[@benjamindewinter2432]

@@roo.pzz4380 No he has not. Are all philosophers crazy then?

[@Somos2011]

Neighbor: What's up with all that noise?? Waboo: Its a thing called "Voice chat" Ever heard of it?

[@Super_Saiyan_Ginger]

I'm only like 20min in, but I posit "quantum frame." Everything can be and is a simple, a composite and more all at once, and it's only by observing a specific frame of space and time that these things collapse into a state.

[@blakecacini8016]

"The more we try to sus out where they are... The more _sus_ they become" -Michael Stevens 2021

[@remopiwak6026]

I fucking hate how among us jokes make me laugh so hard....

[@drdoog0783]

I somehow laughed at that and I hate myself

[@Jacobmathews.]

Nononononoononon

[@korneliusoderso]

AMOGUS

[@DyslexicFucker]

'Mogus

[@akorn9943]

*“I am death and I am the scattering.”* -Michael, perfectly sane human being

[@JasonVoorheeTalkShow]

Michael the eldritch god

[@a.pigeon]

Perfectly sane is a strech

[@Spiggo97]

Saint Michael of the Vesaucian Lakes

[@creeperbait_42]

Now I'll just BE DEATH and SCATTERING like a normal human person HA HA laughter laughter

[@iam_funnny]

Michael is actually the sanest person on the Earth. It's just us that are flawed and stupid and unintelligent and we should really worship the ultimate being known as the creator of the youtube channel VSauce.

[@egg_lord1]

Michael be like: Thats a chair. Or is it? [Vsauce music starts]

[@dr._pie3745]

Im like 90% sure Michael set up the chair, sat down and recorded this all in one take. Dude spits fire

[@noahgraff-uw8rs]

This was a random thought and none was scripted, this is just what he said off the top of his head

[@TimeBucks]

his sense of humor is still as good as always

[@vitaminluke5597]

I remember the old days when he dressed as a bearded nun in Lady Gaga parodies. The old Michael was indeed always this bizarre. Edit: I wrote this BEFORE watching the part when he mentioned this video! I always thought he was hiding from his past, but I guess not.

[@admrfq41]

sus out

[@Home_Rich]

@@admrfq41 Sus in? Sussin?

[@huzaifakhurram2024]

I think it's getting better with every plank second

[@no3ironman11100]

@@admrfq41 The more sus they become NO HE DIDN'T OH MY GOD I DO NOT PARTAKE IN THIS

[@devirtues8596]

Michael: Chair: *sweats nervously*

[@Lefurmage104]

CAN RELATE

[@kysssssss]

🪑

[@kreeepyk0]

🪑 💧

[@Michael-kp4bd]

There’s always these KZbin meme copy/pasted jokes that I find annoying and unoriginal… until someone actually applies it well. Even though it’s the same template joke, it really actually cracked me up. Props to that

[@DJSlimeball]

Especially since he keeps threatening and caressing chair with knife.

[@TheQuantumzone]

❤ A superb piece of work. A great philosophical roller coaster that should really make you think. One of the best explanations of what Stuff really is, or isn't! Thanks Michael!

[@xplax24]

On a related note, I really like Karen Barad's Agential Realism, in which they say that the world is comprised of phenomena. Even elementary particles are "agential" in a sense that they act by interacting with other particles - with electromagnetic force, gravity, etcs. According to them, simples are not atoms, or any other kind of particle, but phenomena. And objects we perceive are made to be that object because they tend to act in a stable pattern - chairs tend to be chair-like - and we declare that pattern as an object.

[@SeLeV93]

"I am death, and I am the scattering." I bet Michael could write the most epic, cosmic black metal.

[@wrenpyle7098]

feels like a daughters song tbh

[@TheArtofKAS]

Literally the only line I will continue to repeat in my head

[@Sh1ranu1]

36:28 or something

[@justinmiller129]

It reminds me of *_these mice_* kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHaZgKqBpKuGeJI&.vgula

[@uselessduck5994]

I am death, I am the scattering. My existence is truly flattering. Make me a chair, I guess I’m not. But I’m still there, in every thought. Chairs are things, long and wide. You can even go inside. Chairs don’t exist, that is true. But you know what? 6606.48 divided by 2.

[@isaacdanoob2434]

Me: Stops paying attention for 5 seconds Michael: *GUNKY*

[@badeendXII]

Hoot

[@Robo2415]

Michael: STUFF

[@tehangrybird345]

Sir this is a Wendy’s

[@PopcornAstronautOfficail]

Why is this the top comment with 7 likes

[@jaakkolehto1487]

@@PopcornAstronautOfficailweird…

[@ArthurXD32]

bro really be dropping the most horrifying short film ever created just for the intro of a video called "do chairs exist"

[@LTDLimiTeD1995]

"I am death, and I am the scattering" -- Most metal thing Michael has ever said.

[@izzymosley1970]

Someone needs a power scale Michael off of that statement that he just made there about him being death and the scattering how powerful does this make Michael if we take what he said literally.

[@snoski]

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds

[@astro_lane]

that’s literally exactly what i said

[@Paravoid]

@@izzymosley1970 If he is death itself than that already makes him beyond everything that is capable of dying (because in the end he’ll outlive everything). If this is true then he is at least multiversal+

[@The-Secret-Dragon]

out of context vsauce just got a lot more intimidating

[@Ceduce]

New Vsauce video: "Do Chairs exist?" Me currently sitting on one: "I sure as hell hope so"

[@dulthondinho]

Lmao

[@chair3258]

Me too

[@secretvldeoxvx7419]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/maSlpYGAeLuamsk

[@willisverynice]

Are you though?

[@thewatcher8657]

You are sitting on a chair....or ARE YOU ?

[@v0id_d3m0n]

I loved the part about how nouns are actually verbs/adjectives

[@melangalade]

*chairs exists* philosophers : wow this is clearly getting out of hand

[@W4rgalactic]

exists?

[@narccistist3278]

wym by “exists” ??

[@temmiemew]

no but the thing is they dont

[@samberg3864]

Wow, cool it with those absurdly wild assumptions.

[@broccolirob5026]

This is shit. 💩 This is shit getting out of hand 💩💨 🖐

[@Khafaji]

Love how there no context behind the title but i am ready for vsauce to convince me chairs don't exist...

[@leovy7227]

titles are always the context of everything.

[@swordigo]

yes

[@its_lucky252]

He can convince you that up is down

[@The-toast]

Somebody needs to stop this man, he clearly holds too much power

[@dakaripro]

i swear i saved this just so i can be convinced later

[@roydavid5761]

I find this stuff fascinating, i remember i wrote an essay that delves in a similar concept, to me, it all comes down to purpose and cause, things are a specific object based on it’s relation to the environment and the human perception of it’s purpose, just like how we perceive color but it doesn’t really exist.

[@nithinhmmm]

This has to be up there among the greatest youtube video ever, as it takes us closer to the edge of human reasoning.

[@Kumczy]

When Michael pulls out a slice of cheese from beneath his shirt and it is completely normal, you know you're watching a good Vsauce video... even though it's about chairs

[@artratengo3685]

yep

[@AIDcyt]

It's not about chairs, it's about simple's 'chairing'

[@dburris718]

I’m more of a “eats a con of corn continuously whilst asking how many orange things are in this video” fan

[@Otamatone69]

Vsauce is a scp that couldn’t be contained

[@barretprivateer8768]

This is not about chairs.

[@xSolitari]

Watching at 4AM hits different. Like a punch in the groin.

[@majin_4953]

Never would have thought to watch such a detailed video about a chair with such interrest.

[@SemihSonmez89]

Me: trying to find out if chairs exist. Michael: "I am death"

[@KindredBrujah]

"I am the Scattering."

[@kysssssss]

🪑

[@jemmerllast8492]

"I am death, and I am the scattering." Is such a raw line filled with power.

[@user-ds4gp8dr2q]

what does that even mean?

[@ONE.Music.]

36:54

[@TheMinecraftBeast101]

I fully got chills

[@yourikhi]

It means I am the destroyer and the creator same time...that's pretty much Hindu philosophy... Edit ..it goes much more deeper than this...

[@nahometesfay1112]

@@user-ds4gp8dr2q In the context of this video, he explained earlier that a consistent way to describe a "simple object" is an action or performance of more fundamental "stuff" so he claims that death and scattering are a continuation of the performance that is "Michael-ing" while this is plausible under his reasoning, it doesn't directly follow from it. Under his reasoning, it would also be valid to say that death is when his body stops "Michael-ing" and scattering is a process done to a body that was "Michael-ing"

[@jacksonn5240]

Him pulling out the cheese from his shirt was the most surprising thing in this video 😂

[@yjanks]

This has to be my favorite Vsauce video

[@Th3Birdman]

Be honest Mike- there was LSD on that chair, wasn’t there?

[@ShaniAce]

No the chair IS the LSD!

[@chummysomething9828]

@@ShaniAce or is the LSD the chair?

[@faztznya5207]

@@chummysomething9828 is the lsd a chair, or is the lsd chair-ri?

[@boardingurban]

I was on ls d and saw this and I was like is this guy even serious right now

[@ethancory6127]

Nothing like sitting with Lucy

[@rileyh5537]

Children: *develops recognition of object permanence* Michael: silly child objects aren't even real

[@williamchamberlain2263]

Teachers: crying

[@TopTechSavvy]

Discord mods: Emo girls aren't a thing? *Kills themselves*

[@Xvon-]

That intro was a work of art

[@rushvii7]

Only Michael can make me question the existence of chairs.

[@ghoulbuster1]

"I'm not a thing that dies and becomes scattered, I _am_ death, and I _am_ the scattering." -Vsauce Michael, 2021, Famous Philosopher

[@DanKaschel]

I am death arranged scatter-wise

[@melodykuromibebbies2138]

which is fascinating imo

[@bradlfsh]

Micheal is the one who knocks

[@deivisony]

Michael Oppenheimer

[@bucketheadkfc]

@@DanKaschel "I am death arranged scatter-wise" is one of the most satisfying arrangement of words that I've seen in a long time.

[@fbi-thecommenter127]

Michael saying "sus" is one of the best and the worst thing I have ran into this year.

[@hecker5556]

pretty sus

[@Madblaster6]

1:16 thanks for the time stamp

[@FinxdMC]

0:09 "Hey vSUS"

[@olsamthememegodbicyclechin]

@@FinxdMC DAMN beat me to it

[@okaysurefinewhatever]

Shitposters are gonna have a field day with this audio

[@nick7587]

"i am the death. and i am the scattering" i love this so much and idk y

[@DirtyMardi]

As an information architect by trade, I think I’ll just send this video to everyone when a new project starts, so that I don’t have to explain what ontology means every time. Thanks Vsauce!

[@AltoonaYourPiano]

The title reminds me of an old joke I heard ages ago about a philosophy professor whose final exam was "prove this chair doesn't exist", the highest grade was given to someone who wrote just two words. "What chair?"

[@ProjectFinalAudio]

🙆🏾‍♂️

[@al3617]

This reminds me of a similar story my old Philosophy professor told our class. Basically, the final exam for the class was an essay question. It just read "Why?" All the students pulled out text books, began scribbling like crazy. One student stared around, finally wrote down something quickly and turned it in. The only A on that day was that same student who turned in a paper that said "Why not?"

[@shadownotes8061]

Funny, I was able to predict both answers, and I am by no means a philosophy expert.

[@sarangbnarayan9308]

@@shadownotes8061 ah patti show

[@shadownotes8061]

@@sarangbnarayan9308 I don't get you, bro

[@zimnylech527]

"I am not a thing that dies and becomes scattered, I AM death, and I AM the scattering." This is such a badass quote when taken out of context.

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

Heisenberg vibes. You clearly don't know who you're talking to, Skyler. A thing dies and becomes scattered and you think that of me? No, I AM the one who SCATTERS.

[@gruvalisticno]

Blends in well with that Western movie tune at the end. It could be a quote by Clint Eastwood in a scene where he finishes his adversary or something like that...

[@johnchesterfield9726]

It does lol, sounds like something a villain would say on some Anime

[@Approfondissement]

It's badass with context as well

[@theabsoluteman1486]

"if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck then it's not a duck"

[@Surya-jz6te]

I've watched this for atleast 3 times, it still goes over my smooth head.

[@btheboio8602]

Every now and then I cycle back to watch old VSauce. There are several videos I don't remember past 10 minutes because I undoubtedly fell asleep watching lmao

[@A-Classic-Blunder]

I love how the more complicated things get, the more informal their names are

[@AbraxasTheSecond]

that's contemporary philosophy for ya. I love it.

[@powerstation0872]

Spaghettification is one of my favorite words

[@tonylee1667]

We're out of names, it's a crisis

[@noob_techie2475]

When your mind is already messed up you dont wanna add names like mitochondric thermal universe

[@austin-multicellular]

that's cool and all but now I'm scared because the boomer remover sounds like an extremely complex machine created for the sole purpose of mass genocide

[@jonahwoodward3623]

Michael: This slice of cheese. is f l o p p y. Also Michael: *I am death. I am the scattering.*

[@DJSlimeball]

@@humanbean9370 Does it with spoon too.

[@Pufferfishpoofer]

2 books stacked on top of eachother is called a stack of books