What Happens After Everything Ends?

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[@harli8242]

“Simplest question of the night” *goes on a 23 paragraph rant*

[@SammyLogan]

😂😂

[@augafrost4158]

Makes me wonder what did other people ask, it is 23rd Century after all

[@aisha5156]

Auga Frost *Insert drums*

[@FriedFreya]

The rest of reality shortly thereafter: *ceases to exist*

[@KnightMyst6422]

It is now five in the morning and Harl:| has realized that he goes in to work in two hours.

[@FrizzelFry]

Lesson of the story : Don't let the person continue speaking if he start wit "This is probably the simplest question of the night"

[@vijayahuman6708]

,🤣🤣😅

[@kagakudoragon]

This is probably the simplest question of the night...

[@Young_Dab]

@SwishWrap. Basically reincarnation in a different life... honestly I'm not buying. I don't believe in reincarnation but I do believe in multiverses where there are an infinite amount of possibilities playing out, things that is happening and not happening.

[@sammyr6911]

Young Dab The accurate term is rebirth, not reincarnation. Even though the term reincarnation is fine

[@n0tl4nc38]

Kagaku Doragon now y’see stop right there

[@damondominique]

this was NOT the video to click at 1:41am

[@dxcember227]

Let alone 3:00 am

[@mbgamer637]

@@dxcember227 let alone 4:22 am

[@dxcember227]

@Cris P. Bacon AHHHHH

[@parzvalishere]

I think I'm early... it's still 11:55 pm

[@IronClaw613]

10:20 pm for me

[@eladesorviews6561]

Everyone: My brain: “this looks like a good bedtime story”

[@swag1490]

I always watch pursuit of wonder as my bedtime story. Existential crisis hits so hard before sleeping

[@RevenantMain1]

@@swag1490 saves my mind from being overly active thinking it all up by itself

[@N0URii]

it is tho

[@scottamusprime2510]

People are still "Everyone: "ing?

[@nuped7021]

@@swag1490 tru tru

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

"People say that time goes by; time says that the people go by." --Vietnamese Proverbs

[@heyitsmeali2989]

It's always just relative, and depends on the perspective

[@naikuanchubattuta5961]

Funny, I'm engrossed in a timelapse photography these past few days and the question came to mind, "Does time goes by people or people goes by time?".

[@jonaseggen2230]

Time is full of shit

[@heyitsmeali2989]

@@jonaseggen2230 time is just a mess trying so hard to be real

[@-Prakriti]

Question Everything - Thought Provoking Ideas Agree

[@flirvex]

Another dose of existential crisis, I doubt everything. Thank you.

[@popopop984]

These are just fun thoughts lol

[@vipanrana2919]

@@popopop984 who knows

[@inkbloo235]

Well said

[@gondarex539]

same aaaahhh

[@Ahab1765]

The point isn't to induce existentialism, it's to argue that we don't need to fear these things - accepting that we are well acquainted with them, we can find comfort in knowing our experiences are as real as we feel they are.

[@mattheb01]

You missed the part where it cuts out to everyone realizing that all these simulations were created to power Rick's car battery

[@jameswagner1490]

Just slavery with extra steps.

[@mattheb01]

@@jameswagner1490 ✌️ I told them this means peace among worlds how hilarious is that.

[@CORZER0]

Your purpose is to bring me butter!

[@s0rcec0de]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jason_7915]

I was thinking that too lol

[@UKinQ8Gaming]

You have never truly known yourself until you wake up from a dream in a dream. There are levels to this, no joke

[@benjaminneumeier5293]

True, this is so insane.

[@danny3640]

Ever had full anesthesia before surgery? it's basically a simulation of death, it doesn't feel like sleeping, you don't fall asleep, you don't dream it's more like one moment you're here and suddenly you're gone, completely disconnected, complete oblivion without any awareness. when I "woke up" 5 minutes could have passed or maybe 5 hours or maybe 5 years and I'd have no clue

[@Feziboy]

@@danny3640 When you're asleep, you're not necessarily always dreaming. It just feels like it. Because that's all you can recall when you finally wake up. That's why the hours might seem to go by quicker than if you were to stay awake for 24 hours.

[@lorigulfnoldor2162]

So is this, right now, a dream? Are you a character I dream up?

[@tomislavhoman4338]

@@danny3640 So is it still you that woke up after surgery, or the dude that got anesthetic is gone for good and new "person" is within your body with same memories? If it feels like it might be like that, where was the current you before the surgery? Can that be applied to falling asleep or to birth and death? :)

[@gabrielgrigore526]

It's funny how much we think about the end, when in fact it's literally the only thing we have no control over.

[@safakiskyldz9198]

I suggest you a "yet" at the end of your sentence. (:

[@Young_Dab]

The end is just the beginning of nothing... Nothingness isn't that bad, at least we won't have to worry about paying bills... The eternal peace. The same as before you were born, I mean think about it honestly, what memories can you recall before you came out of your mother? Can you even recall specific memories at the age of 2? In my opinion Death is equivalent to time before life. You remember "nothing" because you were nothing. Death is also nothing. The eternal peace. Nothing.

[@vjr5261]

We have no control. It is what it is. It doesn’t matter.

[@burjalmadre]

From someone who suffers severe health anxiety (constant fear of impending stroke or aneurysm, etc), I definitely spend an unhealthy amount of time thinking about ‘the end’. 😖 somebody help. Im actually rather young and very healthy and I still cant help myself.

[@burjalmadre]

Ozymandias Nullifidian yes

[@Dorincelmic]

"I'm." -Everything that actually matters.

[@zeath_zolaries3508]

Idk why but this is so deep...I didn't notice this

[@zh9664]

r/im14andthisisdeep much? yeesh

[@jordyh.5243]

F&E SUDO 2 r/IRedditTooMuchAndNobodyAskedForYourStupidAssOpinion much? Yeesh.

[@georgekearney8595]

he actually said "i am." which is profound and intentional. "i think, therefore i am."

[@jzonkel]

@@zh9664 I AM

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams...

[@ohcharlie428]

Needed that...thank you.

[@aron3059]

well said

[@DNihilHEAVYIndustries]

Do you always repeat yourself in all his videos?

[@DrSlipperyFist]

The guy making these videos is a real philosopher....and has production skills. This is art right here.

[@virtualselfie6899]

Yes, this is the best on the Internet. And to have the production gift, too, is wonderful for us curious minds.

[@mcleodautomation]

It’s like getting attached to a story just to have it ripped away

[@juliusx9953]

Thats life lol

[@arphasis1904]

plot twist : this is a simulation plot twist : this was also a simulation plot twist : this was again just a simulation

[@convitthoi]

Arphasis no spoiler please😂

[@kelp7738]

@@convitthoi don't look at comments then

[@fen4554]

If you give that theory an inch, then we're all simulated already and so was 99.999% of life in the known universe.

[@nekocat12]

Rick and morty lol

[@kingpuppet5881]

thanks, don't need to wash it now.

[@swealf-nonofficial]

I'm usually a quiet silent viewer but I have to say that your work is incredible.

[@jimbomacgee3499]

Expectation: Seeing Maya and making eye contact and smiling Reality: Maya: *”I have a boyfriend”*

[@sohaibak3553]

hahahahah...

[@commentcraftsman]

Lol, ikr?

[@mong4491]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@robertgallardo5646]

Lmfao 🤣

[@OdelShotYa]

😂😂

[@tinapaysu4134]

This reminds me the letter of Nikola Tesla to his mother. ''I wish I could be beside you now mother, to bring you the glass of water. All these years I have spent in the service of mankind brought me nothing but insults and humiliation''

[@DecemberGalaxy0]

@SwishWrap. if you believe in reincarnation, then you believe in soul.. but soul means a higher world, why would that soul only experience one world? who put it this way? if a higher power made it this way, and since the world leans to being stable and precise, then the higher power is good, it's better than allowing this soul to wash out its previous being to another same life, if anything, then it must experience the higher world

[@hellboyrsl7019]

@SwishWrap. yup all is possible.. we can be all & nothing at same time 🙂

[@rinsed7422]

@Daniel Fandler yeah bro he's the only one

[@pineapplehead789]

@@rinsed7422 yeah he's not the only one

[@rinsed7422]

​@@pineapplehead789 /s

[@ethanconnelly8794]

"The meaning of life is just to be alive" - Alan Watts.

[@swim_ad]

@SwishWrap. Smoke weed everyday. Amen.

[@astraeusgodofthestars676]

@SwishWrap. 👏

[@stevesalt9005]

The whole point was to dance whilst the music was playing. Alan Watts.

[@Theonyxconservative]

" The meaning of life is immortality, everything else is homework " - The Survival Scrolls 📜

[@ethanconnelly8794]

@@Theonyxconservative The denial of death is the denial of life.

[@cajunchampagne2469]

The way you detailed the minutia and complexities of approaching another on the subway was equally articulate and impressive.

[@games.io-Banus]

The person sitting behind the screen was suprised by the abrupt ending of the video he had just watched. He tinks it's an interesting video and thinks about it for a couple of seconds. Then his eyes catch the thumbnail of another video in the recommended and clicks on it. Quickly forgetting about the video he just watched and going on with his life as he did before.

[@xoriented983]

Felt that

[@mohamedtarek3798]

9 months ago , you probably forgot this comment and went on with your life too

[@juliahfl]

​@mohamedtarek3798 a year later, have you even given this video or comment another thought until now?

[@games.io-Banus]

@@juliahfl nope

[@juliahfl]

@@games.io-Banus I already forgot what video we're talking about.

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

I call this video genre “recreational gaslighting.”

[@tezalain9838]

level 9000 strawmaning

[@heyAPJ]

That’s the most amazing thing my high a$$ has read in the entire internet.

[@andrewcarlin274]

I don’t know how to feel ab this comment

[@38zae]

the audience of this channel is too smart for me to understand this comment🥲

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

@@38zae Because it’s a video that fucks with your perception of reality, and we watch it for fun. “Gaslighting” is when you use plausible deniability, illusions, and carefully crafted lies to make someone doubt their perception of the reality around them. Hence, “recreational gaslighting.”

[@gmotionedc5412]

I sometimes envy animals with no self awareness, they don’t have to deal with meaning of anything they simply are.

[@gmotionedc5412]

@koro sensei not really. In fact it’s a curse I would say.

[@steffimaier7297]

They do have self awareness, but most of them lack abstract thinking, especially as humans can do.

[@Drone_21]

You should watch his latest video "The First Contact"

[@kaylsomogyi3475]

I dont deal with the meaning of everything. I'm a homosapein and can't possibly expect to understand anything except working in a group and self preservation

[@YAYJEM]

At least your a human not a fucking dog

[@embrace7052]

The narrator's story telling skills are so good that i literally forgot that this video isn't one of my crazy dreams

[@Drillur]

"When I woke today, suddenly--nothing happened. But in my dreams, I slew the dragon."

[@rahulshankar2093]

Maya in Hindi means “Illusion”. Precise. Thanks for 700 likes folks ;)

[@kalashsharma8754]

"Maya" is a Hindi word. Now an English word also. Originally meant illusion.

[@Basslinemayhem]

Originally Sanskrit not hindi

[@kalashsharma8754]

@@Basslinemayhem yes, originally sanskrit. I said 'originally meant illusion'.

[@amrfwws4461]

Maya in Indonesian also means Illusion.

[@megamillionfreak]

Maya = majic = magic = illusion

[@rickyrickster1303]

The video suddenly cuts out before Delar could answer the audience member's question. A college student in his town house accidentally clicked on another video in the sidebar on a rather popular video streaming site. He straightens his posture as if he's coming out of a daze and thinks about what he just watched. From the subway romance to the futuristic creation of conscious art, the Pursuit of Wonder in the student is temporarily satiated as his imagination soars on a small high. He wonders briefly whether he is in fact simulated with artificial thoughts and feelings. This idea puts him on edge for a few seconds before he realizes that this was exactly the point of the video. He realizes that like Descartes most famous quote: "I think, therefore I am," a similar truth can be found "I feel, therefore I am real." As cliche as a rhyming proverb is, there is some meaning behind it. After all, if one can feel experiences that seem real to them, then does it matter if they aren't? A belief many scientists and philosophers alike hold is that: if you cannot tell the difference between two things, then they are effectively the same thing. As the young man cannot tell the difference between what he experiences and what he would imagine to be a simulated version of these experiences, he assumes they are interchangeable and it doesn't really matter either way. Suddenly, the world goes dark, completely black as if all energy has suddenly been removed. There's a split second between the observation of everything around him disappearing from existence and the student's own erasure where he realizes how wrong his conclusion was and how-

[@landon_fromthebay]

underrated comment smh

[@wastemanagementcompany]

Connor suddenly snaps back to reality. He wonders how long he’s been daydreaming for, and how behind schedule he is. “The Explorers Anchorage”. Connor wonders who came up with that name for the ship he’s in, and if they’re wondering if someone’s wondering about him. After doing some check ups and repairs, he thinks about that daydreaming again. That college student. He wonders why it feels so real, like he’s lived that memory before. He wonders about the almost abstract like streaming service his mind spontaneously came up with. “KZbin”. Huh. He wonders why... why? Why is he here for? To be more precise, does he have any memories before he got on this ship? Of course he actually does, he remembers how his father’s passion for science rubbed off on him. But are those memories actually rea-

[@thegrandnil764]

This is cool and all but also complete and utter bullshit. If your measurements of the universe imply that the universe is simulated, than your conclusions are self-contradictory. Also, all of this assumes cause and effect, logical consistency, the idea that change exists, the idea the intellegence exists, the idea that we can percive things. You fucks don't have any clue about radical skepticism. Simulation theory it literally philosophical garbage. It's a Fun toy that shouldn't be treated seriously becuase it doesn't fully commit too the ideas it proposes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhonism Read and weep retards.

[@demonyckscreations9990]

@@thegrandnil764 don’t insult people just for doing mental theories, no one here is saying it is or isn’t real

[@morgankovac3632]

@@demonyckscreations9990 thank you, I think it's a possibility like any others and no more possible as everything could be anything.

[@michaelc822]

I felt my heart race each time the story started to progress. It’s like I’m almost about to cry and then I can suddenly breath easier again until it starts again.

[@magpie0_026]

"I am-" The screen cuts off abruptly as the camera pans out to a girl wearing her pyjamas on her bed, leaving her surprised. Having just woke up, she wondered whether she is actually in a world that's controling her too. "It doesn't matter" she thought. As she sat up on her bed to get the day started

[@adamgriffith357]

She rushed downstairs, eager to get her day started. She walks into the kitchen, where her mother is cooking breakfast. "Hey mom wha-" The TV Screen suddenly shuts off and the camera pans over to a 12 year old boy named James. "No! I didn't save!" He seems to calm down after a thought, a question seared into his consciousness. "Am I real?" He looks down at his Minecraft shirt, his hands, his feet, his sandals. He felt his face, and he could hear his beating heart and nervous system ringing in his ear. James's lack of knowledge on this particular question starts to anger him, as if he can feel his emotions get the best of him. He wanted a second opinion, so he quickly runs into his teenage brother's room. He opens the door, but was quickly horrified by what he saw. It looked like as If he was melting, surrounded by white and black pikels The sound of TV static fills the room loudly. His brother looked at James. His face moved and sagged as he felt his body melt before James's eyes. He tries to mouth the word "James" but there's so sound other than TV static. Within second, he disintegrated into nothing. James is white with horror, and he is motionless. Suddenly the room starts to shake and-

[@remy8487]

@@adamgriffith357 The camera zooms out to a little girl, crumpling a piece of paper. "This drawing isn't coming out the way I want it to!" she cries. "It's like I can't control my own body, my hand keeps shaking." Suddenly, her arm starts to glitch, then her leg, as if she's balancing between existence and non-existence. "What's happening?!" She looks around, and notices that she's in a different room. Its pixelated, as if she's in a computer, as if she was transported there by something more powerful than herself. Suddenly, what looks like an oversized virus stumbles out of thin air. It lunges at the girl, and then-

[@Hashtag_Redacted]

@@remy8487 at 5:45 AM a woman named Maya wakes up........

[@petey6467]

The anatomy of a Pursuit of Wonder video: • I'd like some coffee, thanks. • Do you want sugar with it? • Yes, I don't see why not. • Here you go sir. • Flying flies flew over overpasses past passion shown owning ingredients entering inglorious usages suggest espionage agility is Greece. • Yeah we're 200 years old. • The island you own disintegrated. • The planet Earth is my feeble mind's creation, nothing exists but me and my memory.

[@-Prakriti]

magsasaka 【ᜐ】 Agree

[@Ketsado]

I laughed way too hard at this

[@DNFDutchNorisForever]

And even your own memory can't be trusted. I mean look up "last Thursdayism"

[@afroosha1770]

Nice one!

[@gram_gaming]

What

[@Fanofskitscape]

This was like an entire Black Mirror season in one episode

[@joshvabrowne]

I really enjoyed that. It's inspiring to see your video production get increasingly better over time. Thank you Robert; keep doing what you're doing.

[@2complex43]

I like to watch my 10mins of existential-crisis-inducing entertainment after breakfast...

[@castleslayer2468]

Anyone else skip back a couple seconds when the first part skipped to the second to make sure their video didnt lag?

[@edkjagaban9031]

Thought I was the only one

[@lisad115]

I was wondering if some how my phone glitched. Is this intentional? Hmmmmm

[@stennieville]

Yes, TWICE.

[@mr.lonely_xi1829]

Even at the end??

[@usernotfound2471]

No

[@quantumgirl222]

Reminds me of the quote “the observer is the observed”. It seems as if reality is mirrors within mirrors, dreams within dreams and illusions within illusions. As if ‘God’, (the unknowable observer) wishes to experience itself and does so by observing through the experiencer.

[@ofyhwh-0076]

wow, that's so deep

[@amandubey325]

That's one way of thinking. Very good quantumgirl or lady.

[@EggBastion]

Which in turn reminds me of how Pantheism's _"There is nothing separate or distinct from God, for God is the universe"_ set's up a shadowy alternate meaning to that other old crumb of wisdom _"The Devil's in the details"_

[@JeffAdamsMusic]

Concepts that pique interest...or coded towards that purpose.

[@D1G1TALFOX]

Well Said . . . 😎

[@leonardosoaresfuks294]

ok, this is probabbly one of the best videos to get you out of the box for really just a fraction of a second, just because of the way it's built: youre never expecting any of these cuts, youre doing the opposite, which is involving your self with tha character growth of the people. This is truly in my top 3 list of the best videos i have ever watched on youtube. Thank you for that, (just not at 2:26 am lol) your chanel is really AMAZING.

[@ReNinaMinter]

This may very well be my favorite! And I love this channel and the videos. This video can create so much anxiety because it requires one to be comfortable with things that humans are not typically comfortable with... uncertainty, insignificance, and ignorance. Our peace will come when we accept our discomfort as part of life. Our peace can also come when we focus on living, loving, creating & sharing our purpose. 💛☀️

[@paulino_razo]

I really love you, man. I love your content. I love the way you speak. I love de philosophy behind all of your videos. I love how deep they are. I love the bizarre animation you use. I love the thoughts that appear in me when I watch your videos. I love your videos in general. And again, I love you, man. Not in a romantic way. I just love the art you do. I love the art you share with us. But the art has nothing special by its own without the creator of that art. And you are that creator I love you, man.

[@Feziboy]

Wow. That's a lot of love.

[@Void_Dweller7]

That's very cute.

[@user-um6kd1nm1n]

Awww

[@vangogh2486]

I love you too bro. no homo

[@chinesymbolreal]

I love you all...

[@young_dan_kee]

I came up with a quote that I think all of you might enjoy. “When I was asleep, I knew nothing. After I woke up, I knew even less” -ydk

[@ibtissamaboufares9320]

I checked your music and wanted to say that you are very talented and I think you’re cute

[@lordcavalier9688]

That sounds very nihilistic

[@dima97]

Nice

[@morganstarchild5359]

I can feel that 😉

[@young_dan_kee]

@@ibtissamaboufares9320 awe thanks so much!!!

[@levon2377]

This is amazing man, I love your story telling and I can tell there is so much effort in this.

[@spacepanda420]

I really love your channel. I love thinking about these videos and watching them over and over.

[@ALDI-po6ss]

I’m scared that we are basically always experiencing even if we die we are experiencing the endless nothingness

[@gordonconlogue5686]

If he's right we won't know cause we are not anything. we are not real.

[@Nando-po3db]

Your name and pfp contradict each other °_°

[@sagathekawaiikilla]

Or we are a hive mind and we all will always be connected to everything even in nothing it’ll be something - Hopefully that would make anyone else who watch this feel a little less sad

[@thegreatestofthemall9942]

@@sagathekawaiikilla it doesn't, experiencing nothingness for literal eternity doesn't sound good to me, but whatever we'll on the other side

[@lorriecarrel9962]

You will be relieved to find in the end that it's not dark at all,it's more than you can comprehend

[@Lucas-sm2nr]

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on Earth should that mean that it is not real" - Albus Dumbledore

[@SanjaySharma-yq4qo]

@SwishWrap. But why are you replying this every comment?

[@CompletelyRandomAndUnknown]

Weird. Right after I rewatched Harry Potter, I get all these comments about it. Weird.

[@AaronLyons]

@SwishWrap. we all individually tip the scales one way or another. Stop investing energy into thought that poison your body and mind. The essence of thought beyond the conceptual interpretation guide the way, they decide the path. It doesn't understand the context, just the energy. Be careful with that energy you conjure

[@lvnarv2]

also why on earth would you think it dont mean anything...

[@adritadeyghatak2969]

And there is reality, within it a dream, within it a reality, within it a dream, within it again a dream and then grapes. And within it a real dream and a real reality and a dreaming dream.

[@jamesleggat6875]

Very well done man, I’m new to your work and am loving it.

[@loricarter2394]

This is so great. I’m also glad that you pointed out in the description that this video isn’t real, I was honestly wondering about that lol.

[@brandonwilliams5043]

Your channel is very difficult for me sometimes. I have ADHD and Tourettes syndrome, with a magnificent love for knowledge. I also have an existential fear of oblivion. So, when I see your work it is like me facing my fears. I have never been afraid to ask what if, so when I listen, you take me to these places where I feel like I am these people. From the rooted emotions of embracing a family member to the voided unknown of oblivion itself. Your work is powerful and so far you have helped me. I hope I can pay that forward.

[@abbyhall4433]

me too i have adhd and i have always been curious and it’s only gotten more prevalent as i’ve grown up and it makes me anxious sometimes. i feel like my thoughts can be my own worst enemy.

[@judyrussoniello1497]

Project manager

[@judyrussoniello1497]

Project manager end of a start

[@brandonwilliams5043]

@@judyrussoniello1497 what?

[@judyrussoniello1497]

@@brandonwilliams5043 well who is who here?

[@s4oren2]

I love how we are the last simulation. We watched all of that through our computer/phone. Guess we have to wait until someone else powers us down.

[@elalmuerzodesnudo]

holy sh*t you're right!

[@hidden7249]

pursuit of wonder is the artist, he created all these realities and stories that are detailed and layered in order to deal with his own fears and questions

[@lampsizgod]

Yours is the most addicting channel that I have ever had the good fortune of chancing upon. Can't get enough.

[@wateriseternal7592]

When everything ends you find the beginning

[@friendlyneighborhoodcrackh6059]

I often have dreams in which I similarly fall madly in love with a seeming stranger. The plot falls to scrutiny when I wake up, but that pure unadulterated love, and that obscenely painful sense of loss lingers for some time into the morning. Still, I can’t help but live for those brief and psychedelic moments dancing on top of a skyscraper in the rain with the literal woman of my dreams.

[@friendlyneighborhoodcrackh6059]

@Jarne Vm I don’t actually do cocaine or crack lmao. Not more than once a year at least. Weed and liquor only for this guy. Still, I appreciate the well-thought out reply, and maybe it still holds true with the amount of marijuana I smoke.

[@morganstarchild5359]

I've had those dreams too! I dream very vividly too so waking up and feeling like you were just ripped from the greatest time of your life and then trying to get back to sleep to the dream... I've been able to do that a few times but it's always accidentally and not those dreams in which you describe. I used to write my craziest best and scary dreams down, think I might

[@40EntrepreneurDrive]

I feel you. The experiences of love, connection, and relationships that I feel whilst dreaming are 1000x more real than anything I have lived while awake.

[@ranmaleefernando8027]

Your username makes sense bruh

[@morganfreeman8208]

Often

[@doky2571]

Pursuit of wonder: Story telling skills x1000 Me: can’t even talk properly

[@thevaisheshikatimes]

Same with me

[@Kahyiem.Edwards]

Same

[@sadiesavanna8369]

Yeah I cant even spell propreley

[@BlocksofFlames]

Hi Reve

[@naturelover4148]

Good to see introverts like me also exists!! Thanx man for giving me confidence.

[@JalenUnscripted]

This channel is incredible wow , time to binge lol

[@AbhilashGupta33]

The end gives me goosebumps everytime I see it.

[@nianderwallace4776]

This story is a potentially possible for the next Christopher Nolan's movie. Reality within reality within reality.

[@brbr2854]

Already a movie like that....check out Thirteenth Floor! Did not get the appreciation it should have imo!

[@uhhdudethatwouldbesalt672]

@kamalv8 Perfect Blue was a fucking trip

[@ahmedaltaf12131]

heard of 'Inception'?

[@Serpent947]

He already made Inception which is a movie about a reality within a reality within a reality

[@redforestx7371]

@@brbr2854 damn, that movie was so well done. Highly underrated

[@baraapudding]

"Dellor thinks. And answers: 'I am....'" Decartes: "I think, therefore I am". I see what you did there ;)

[@bangjoeofficial]

Caught that too.

[@naaberfindmoi2791]

Can you explain

[@baraapudding]

@@naaberfindmoi2791 it's a play on the famous quote from the philosopher Decartes. "I think, therefore I am" basically means that the only thing you can be absolutely certain about is that there is 'something' (you can call that something 'you') thinking. So that means that you 'have' to exist because you can't deny the fact that you are thinking (because denying that fact would also require you to think). And because the last words of the video were: "Dellor thinks. And answers: "I am..." " that means for Dellor's perspective he HAS to exist. Which is a nice philosophical twist to this already great video. I hope this clears things up for you :)

[@naaberfindmoi2791]

@@baraapudding aaaahhh I see it noooow thank you so much it cleared it up pretty well for me :) have a good life thinking and existing.

[@patrickbarrow9060]

Delar also looks just like Decartes, so that was a clue.

[@noorasrte6068]

As always, you made me talk to myself for a huge amount of time after the video. Thanks. Great vid

[@glife54]

i'm crying. i love your videos, they are truly amazing

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.” ― David M. Eagleman

[@edzejandehaan9265]

Just the first one has significance.

[@heyitsmeali2989]

It is when all trace of you existing cease to ever happened

[@s0ulweaver]

David Eagleman, the neuro scientist. He's an amazing person.

[@jaybingham3711]

That's just a regurgitation of well-known ancient sayings/insights. It's completely inappropriate to label them as the quote of a modern person. The sayings have been actively and openly discussed continuously for millenia.

[@cam553]

I got a refund from audible for one of his audiobooks. It was at least 3 hours long. I listened to Free Will by Sam Harris instead, way shorter.

[@davo9905]

*me in my room smoking weed:* *this video: hey*

[@michaelhuit]

Let me know how it goes

[@GoatPritchard]

me reading your comment and looking down at my bong and laptop me: hey

[@noreoz1024]

Same, except I'm on a balcony 😂

[@kex012]

OMG same

[@GoatPritchard]

Smol Pupper alright enough socializing i have a good existence to ponder

[@handlessderpface7307]

I love how the last words in this story are “I am”

[@Criscross292]

He pauses and says... “I am what I am and that’s what I am”

[@NoNickname9090]

I keep telling people what I learned when I was in my suicidal phase - "There's no point in killing yourself, because you're going to wake up in another body, and there will be doctors saying "that baseball must have hit them hard"." I'm implying that life is so mysterious. If energy does transfer as so we are being taught then birth isn't what we think it is. It's not a beginning, and death isn't an end. And seeing as how much of life gets forgotten unless recorded, there's a lot of mystery behind the idea of now. Because there's no actual now. When you focus on what's happening you realize there's no passage of time. Things are just happening. Nothing segues from one moment to another. However, if you look at past, present, and future you see the frames of time. One moment connecting to another moment in a causation situation. There's seemingly a supertask required to get to something on the smallest level, yet things are still able to progress as if there isn't an infinite amount of things happening to have one frame of time move to the next frame of time. If I step, all the atoms in me are vibrating and doing things required to have me complete my step. It's clearly an endless path on exploring inwards, and outwards. Yet somehow things are able to "move through time". Time is too illusionary, but seeing life as completely stationary is what? You got it, absurd. There's no such thing as absolutes, yet we can absolutely see the things in life. The black and white of life never ends, yet the understanding of the grey in life helps create balance and understanding. Thus... an ending. Life is chaotic. Anything can be anything. Life is order. What we see are objective things being experienced subjectively. Absolutes don't exist, yet they do. Life is so annoying oh my goodness!! Like trying to figure it out is so annoying. But guess what? When you don't try things just fall into place and start making sense. It's literally like "believe your doubts". Life wild.

[@Proud_Knight]

While I was reading this I was thinking "Bruh, what?" right up until the end. "Life wild" wrapped that up like a little ribbon with a tag telling you what's inside. Hell, the comment itself is a perfect representation of life as you describe it, being both chaotic and yet orderly at the same time. This comment may have just blown my mind more than the video..

[@NoNickname9090]

@@Proud_Knight Just some follow-up thoughts to how the video made me feel. I feel the video is "saying" the same thing I'm trying to say. Some people call it "the duality of life".

[@purpleinsanity212]

Love this

[@philmurcutt5154]

I iked this comment as much as the video 👌

[@avinashnarayanan2602]

Daaamn this makes so much sense

[@shunuuu]

I had this weird as hell dream where I was on a mission to go to, I'm not sure if the center the universe or on the outside of the universe, and as me and my teammates were headed there I just remember that I think the universe was about to just end, not sure how we found out but all we knew was that we had to go to our destination. After an intense af running from the universe, facing some casualties along the way that cost the lives of many of my mates, I'm pretty sure I was alone at this point and i finally reached the destination. I was happy cause I wasn't gonna die and because this was what all this was about, getting here but then I quickly realized, what the hell is the point anymore, I'm at a white void that's just filled with nothing, nothing to see, nothing to hear, no one to talk to, just pure and absolute nothing. I started crying, incredibly cause now I just missed my family and I knew now that there is no possibility of going back cause the universe is dead, so I slept then woke up feeling so depressed so lonely so sad and just so much. Idk it was one of my most fucked up dreams solely because I ended up being completely alone and that feeling just sinking in slowly was just awful. Idk I just typed it out here cause I suddenly remembered it.

[@lordcavalier9688]

I’ve had something similar but reaching the void, I had calm. It was silence and stillness, a sense of peace. For once nothing mattered and the fact that nothing mattered didn’t even matter. For a moment my mind was quiet.

[@zach-iq9xy]

@@lordcavalier9688 wtf i have had same kinda of dreams maybe its our past live memorys

[@shaynajo8217]

or maybe it's the what you approach your lives. Ive not had this dream-state-experience, but am observing that maybe you all have more or less attachments to real you live in, hence why the first commenter missed it when it was gone, while the you two may have found more peace within yourselves in the 'wake'-state-experience... 🤷‍♀️

[@shaynajo8217]

just some 1 a.m. thoughts like the rest of everybody else here lol

[@steffimaier7297]

Had a similar dream; where I'm on that modern space ship and we went to the edge/end of the universe. It started to fade out into a white void too. Maybe we were crew members.

[@magikarmoo4573]

Sometimes I watch your videos as it does help in a way of coping with my life. Thank you

[@asprywrites6327]

I'm a year late, but your "I am" at the end was perfect. If you get it, you get it.

[@nuunalds3054]

"What happens after everything ends?" All of the stories got interrupted and we will never know what's the ending.

[@Proud_Knight]

Now that you have made me consciously acknowledge this, I'm so fucking angry I don't know how some of these stories truly ended.. *REEE*

[@lyndvisuals]

you wanna know what happens after everything ends?

[@lyndvisuals]

nothing. Thats why the video gets cut short. Its just nothing full of nothing, the ending.

[@RevenantMain1]

*WHY DID EVERYTHING START FALLING APART. WHY DID EVERYONE START FALLING APART.*

[@BobSacamano666]

the point is that existence continues after death in one way or another, we are eternal but not as individuals.

[@conexant51]

Nope, that wasn't the simplest question of the night.

[@xavidies778]

that'd be 'where's the bathroom?'

[@conexant51]

@@xavidies778 ...or, can we go now?😝

[@crabfaced]

@@xavidies778 They're 23rd century beings. At the very least they've probably got an implanted AR device that tells them that sort of thing.

[@alanckaye]

I just love your videos. Thank you.

[@Feziboy]

This is beautifully edited!!

[@hilderos]

'Can I ask a simple question' Proceeds to read two whole paragraphs

[@dennisartstudio1389]

I had a dream where I did die. Basically it was like I was telepathically connected to all life. I could see the past, present, and future all at the same time. I wasn't on any drugs or anything. It was a random dream that was super vivid. Also it was like the void in space was intelligent. It was a very weird yet interesting experience.

[@sibelmejia1315]

A month ago or so I dreamed the kind of the same. I died and then the universe presented itself and talked to me showing the begginins, the present and future, then it revealed me the "secret of... " sth(? Can't remember if "life's meaning" or so, but right after that I woke up :S

[@emant8396]

Seems like the 4th or 5th dimension world.

[@alienallen7536]

that was deep , i am in the dark night of the soul and i resonated heavily with everything shown. whoever made this and narrated it i take my hat off to you. very mentally stimulating and maya means illusion Namaste

[@maxi7522]

I just wanted to say thanks for this amazing video

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

This makes me think of a few things: "brain in the vat", "last Tuesday", and that quote in the last harry Potter book where Dumbledore says, "Of course it's all happening inside your head, Harry, but why one Earth should that mean it isn't real?". I adore your work. You're a very smart guy.

[@danielmonteiro5876]

You mean 'Last Thursdayism'?

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

Yes. It was Thursday that the world began, not Tuesday? Oh wait, that's today! LOL. Well, welcome to planet Earth. Would you like coffee or tea?

[@danielmonteiro5876]

@@ActiveAdvocate1 Haha yea have a great day ahead!

[@ryadh456]

If there is an afterlife then also what's the point of that? Like we could ask the same question to what's the point of spending eternity in an afterlife? Is there anything after that?

[@Christopher-Lenz]

It's not an afterlife if it is one life in different forms.

[@ryadh456]

@@Christopher-Lenz true true

[@Rosenikasha]

@SwishWrap. So , whose the one crying inside us when we our 1-2 years old ?

[@clayton3998]

@@Rosenikasha It's you, lacking an ego, living entirely in the moment.

[@aditidas1070]

@@Rosenikasha Arre Binod, tum yahan?

[@alanbo3573]

It all comes down to the theory of relativity. All we can do is accept life on life´s terms and focus upon our art. Fulfillment is an art as well.

[@wastemanagementcompany]

Connor suddenly snaps back to reality. He wonders how long he’s been daydreaming for, and how behind schedule he is. “The Explorers Anchorage”. Connor wonders who came up with that name for the ship he’s in, and if they’re wondering if someone’s wondering about him. After doing some check ups and repairs, he thinks about that daydreaming again. That college student. He wonders why it feels so real, like he’s lived that memory before. He wonders about the almost abstract like streaming service his mind spontaneously came up with. “KZbin”. Huh. He wonders why... why? Why is he here for? To be more precise, does he have any memories before he got on this ship? Of course he actually does, he remembers how his father’s passion for science rubbed off on him. But are those memories actually rea-

[@AndyTurba]

This was perfect, and horrible, on so many levels. Time to spend the rest of the night contemplating about existence.

[@bens3131]

“simulation artist” just imagine the day when people gather to experience an entire simulated relativity like an art exhibit or movie premiere.... wow

[@PK-ow1kj]

Right now video games are kinda underdeveloped types of simulations. don't you agree ?

[@AS-fu1kd]

Read Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. Boosting technology

[@bewstre]

This is one my favourite videos of your entire collection.

[@sillyrockstar1984]

I get physically upset whenever I come here. I don’t want to be sick but I stay because I have to get through my sickness to end up feeling better. It’s like with every video, I’m like barfing but without the actual barf. But POW is one of the only things that gets me through a creative block and before I know it, my projects are at least on paper. That’s a lot of progress for me!

[@kranglethecheeselord2602]

*hears opening piano Me: Maybe this wasn’t the best thing to click on after a panic attack

[@Inder2424]

Was Delar in a virtual simulation too? And does the simulation ends when he was about to answer the question ?! I have to say this video did impress me. Please keep on making such videos, it does inspire me and definitely others to thick more than ordinary. Thankyou pursuit of wonder for giving us such a good time. You are truly different from others. : )

[@Ricardoromero4444]

No, Delar was in a youtube video. A narrative created by another existentialist artist publishing in the channel "Pursuit of wonder"

[@dhairya6357]

@@Ricardoromero4444 my mind is blown right now

[@Ketsado]

Pursuit of Wonder is Delar

[@aravind.r9621]

Delar simulation got overloaded by his own curiosity and shut down as he doesn't know the answer for it and he died

[@billycasper3351]

similar to the endings of films "The Thirteenth Floor" and "Inception".

[@jamesstaggs4160]

This is the question that ties my brain into knots. I tried a thought experiment once where I mentally went to the edge of the universe. I went to the object that is farthest away from the start of the big bang, then I kept going. I wondered, does it go on forever? I mean it can't just "stop". If there were some type of wall or barrier, wouldn't something need to exist on the other side? I don't think I have the words to describe why the universe being infinite cannot happen either. The best I can do is to say that an obsever's position is meaningless in an infinite universe. The same kinda applies for time. Time not having an end isn't so odd, but it having a beginning is. There would still be a "before" but it can't go backwards for infinity either. I think those are two things will never have a satisfacrory answer, at least not with the brains we have now.

[@thatonedreamsomeonecrushed1912]

I really love ur videos, to me it's morbidly uplifting? If thats one way to describe it, it gives me a wonderful perspective on life in such a way, within my framework of understanding life that is. I appreciate all you do truly🙏🏾. I've been feeling more centered as of late

[@sid9959]

It doesn't matter because we will never know. The best thing to do is not worry about that and live every moment to the fullest!

[@jacky9575]

No

[@illdowhateveryouwant.thenp4865]

Carpe me into those diems amirite?

[@TapDat52K]

But I like to worry about if reality is real or not. It's an escapist activity.

[@unknownentity8256]

Truth. Why seek answers to questions that have no answers, thats definition of insanity.

[@gotworc]

@@TapDat52K you'll never know so it's pointless to worry about it

[@ReynaSingh]

There’s no good that comes from worrying about the end; what matters is this moment. Stay blessed everyone!

[@gordonconlogue5686]

Does it matter if we are not real?

[@DeadInside-ew8qb]

We are as real as we are ever going to be aware of.

[@gregheffley715]

@@gordonconlogue5686even if life is useless you can either enjoy the life you have and set plans and have a good life or just worry about this thing and live a sad life

[@MMM-rw6bl]

the storytelling here makes this all even better, flipping the idea that everything is a simulation is really sad and that we have no free will into “that’s okay actually, what matters is that we have experiences and consciousness” also, please credit music or make music available. i really liked the music in this video but can’t find it anywhere~

[@galiciaart]

This is mighty good, i love your videos

[@kanishkgupta677]

I get it. Delar is the person behind 'Pursuit of Wonder'. He projected his own beliefs onto Delar and Delar's Audience is us!

[@johnarvirviray5236]

I had the same hunch.

[@good1742]

Nonono, Delar is the character inside Pursuit of Wonders head, it cut out at the end because we're the audience of Delar Trippy, right?

[@jac.34]

naah, Delar is a representation of Descartes. In fact, the video ends with "I am", in reference to the quote "I think, therefor I am"

[@kanishkgupta677]

@@jac.34 yeah this sounds better informed lol.

[@powerLien]

ray delar = rene descartes. he even has the mustache and the hair

[@datjap8883]

Holy shit ive been thinking of this theory since i was a kid, first time I seen someone else think about or talk about this

[@standing_behind_you4152]

Yoo same, i always thought about it, glad to see I am not the only one xD

[@poetryjones7946]

Same 🤭

[@proudly.another]

Yeah! It happens. And then suddenly [ Existence Ends ]

[@LeafyCooldown]

tf same

[@JohnnyUnderscore1981]

The editing on this channel is superb.

[@lisac.9393]

Love this channel!

[@ryadh456]

God I love this Channel. Expressing philosophical questions through stories is just cool. 🤔

[@chigga5years173]

Atleast watch the whole video you freaking like beggar..

[@4khdr810]

r/PursuitofWonder

[@ryadh456]

I have watched this video and his others that's how I know that he uses stories to convey questions. 🤨?

[@dhairya6357]

@@4khdr810 does it exist?

[@heyitsmeali2989]

I like how this video is signifying that imagining if we are just a part of a simulation is pointless, yet it still makes us think as if we are in one

[@razvantugulea2898]

What a great video to watch at 1 AM when you can’t sleep. Amazing recommendation 🤣

[@Will99371]

Ok, so in the video when he said, “He coded some of his characters to question their reality,” I had a minor mental breakdown. I’ve been pondering that exact topic all day and the last 2 videos that I’ve watched from my recommended section has been talking about this. (This video obviously counted in the two.) I’m legitimately starting to freak out.

[@saintherip8624]

Good lord. That felt like as if I climbed up a really tall and large tree and upon reaching the top, the tree suddenly swallows itself back into a seed, with me trapped inside it.

[@DzxZzz]

Can't help but notice the similarity between Delar's sketch and Descartes' portrait. Also the last phrase: "(I think, therefore) I am". Brilliant!

[@littlebeesam]

Love this sm and the ending is so beautiful. I thought it was gonna cut to the fact that all of their realities were made by you and cut to recording then it cut to black mid talking to questioning our reality

[@matthamm5739]

The reality is no one even knows what reality is, and what truly matters could be everything. Every thought, action, feeling or experience could be a contributing factor into what we believe to be reality. Or it could be that nothing matters at all. The best or worst part is that we may or may not ever find out which if either is true. Whatever it turns out to be, I always enjoy the videos. Its nice to find something that actually encourages people to think.