What is NOT Random?

Is the future of the universe already determined?
Vsauce tackles "What is Random?": • What is Random?
Special Thanks to: Prof Stephen Bartlett, Prof Phil Moriarty, Prof Andrea Morello, Prof Tim Bedding, Prof Michio Kaku, A/Prof Alex Argyros, Henry Reich, Vanessa Hill, Dianna Cowern, George Ruiz and Mystery Cat. Views expressed in this video are not necessarily those of the amazing experts listed above but their advice was invaluable in making this video.
Quantum simulation by PhET:
phet.colorado.edu/en/simulati...
Music by
Jake Chudnow: / jakechudnow
Amarante Music: / amarantemusic
DNA animations by www.wehi.tv
Space animations by NASA
Topic inspired by The Information - a history, a theory, a flood by James Gleick
Filmed on location at the University of Sydney, Washington DC and LA

[@zeon7811]

Everyone thinks Endgame is the ultimate crossover but this is better.

[@minecraftshieldworshiper7776]

Endgame is also about quantum mechanics.

[@spiddyman0079]

For real

[@miguelribeiro5165]

The mouse is the secret element of quantum mechanics.

[@shealupkes]

who thinks endgame is a crossover?

[@MH_Poogie]

Everyone: Endgame is the ultimate crossover. Weebs: Isekai Quartet

[@kylegillott424]

"You won't become Michael Stevens" Dreams shattered

[@aravsingh5064]

Michael Stevens will not become you.

[@kalwidorntheimmortalcaptai2435]

Or is it?..........

[@jenifermh3751]

MY LIFE GOAL TO BECOME VSAUCE NOOOOOO

[@michaelstevens4693]

I AM Michael Stevens

[@jenifermh3751]

Michael Stevens NO NO NO YOU ARE NOT DONT LIE TO ME THAT MAN IS A GOD YOU CANT JUST JOKE ABOUT THAT

[@Incepter.]

Veritasium and Vsauce collabing in a video talking about what is NOT random is all I needed to see in my life.

[@shaunakstudiz936]

yeah good one bro

[@JPkerVideo]

This video is 8 years old... god Coming home late and watching Vsauce and Vertasium was one of the best periods of my life... Vertasium still makes good content and so does Vsauce.

[@IsaacAndestein]

the double V's

[@ivaerz4977]

The fact that I'm finding this video today is just so random

[@Swdji]

VeritasiumSauce

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

I love the cat deciding to make an appearance in the video about randomness. Truly the masters of the random.

[@BabaBaba-mz2qc]

when i saw this comment i went back up to see if it was true and the cat appeared that was so random

[@pudim6809]

A cat appearing on the internet is hardly unpredictable, to be fair. xD

[@kebedeabebe-ql5fv]

you cat see in the eyes of cat to say it random everything has it's own reason

[@MrBlitzpunk]

I'm so dissapointed that we don't get "Hey Veritasium, Michael here"

[@ChilloutLibrary]

Lollolo

[@mertakdeniz5498]

Yeah that would be nicw

[@thatoneguy3486]

I'm upset now after seeing this... had a great opportunity.

[@SuperIsaiah]

Or when he collabs with a certain game KZbinr "hey all, Michael here"

[@ScottTheBot07]

This

[@matteotivan3414]

It is impressive how Michael Stevens always appears out of nowhere, even if he's in a Veritasium video

[@ilikekids]

😆😆

[@themichaelconnor42]

*VSauce theme music plays*

[@anantapadmanabhmyatagiri]

He even came in how to basic 🤣

[@mr.yungthug5166]

Yeah that was weirdly random. But, *what IS random?*

[@ishworshrestha3559]

Ok

[@beegeman]

I can't believe I somehow missed this video by two of my favorite KZbinrs for 9 years. Thanks for nothing algorithm. This was amazing and single-handedly changed my stance on determinism and free will. My mind is blown. It makes so much sense.

[@TNRPISIQ]

whats your current stance?

[@beegeman]

@@TNRPISIQ I'm not entirely sure. Previously I was firmly in the determinism camp of believing there was no free will. Now I find myself leaning towards believing exactly what Derek outlined at the end of the video here. That random quantum events in our brain/body could be a form of free will, that not everything is absolutely predetermined. Though of course there is still the question of who is in control of that pseudo "free will" since it's been shown that one can predict the choices we'll make before we consciously make those choices. So perhaps there is still no free will, no real "choice" being made, but it's also not fully predetermined, there's quantum random chance involved and our brains make up a narrative to match that random choice and make us feel like we made that choice to give us agency in our story. Regardless, I'm fascinated by thinking about this all in a fresh new way now.

[@user-dq7cr9he5k]

​@@beegemanare quantum events truly random or are we not fully advanced to calculate that? thousands of years ago, the people might have thought the moon and it's position sky as random and here we are traveling to moon. My belief is we can't truly stick to one theory at this point. universe may be deterministic or not. I personally believe it's deterministic. but I also believe it's not deterministic so that I can somehow feel I control my life with the free will I have.

[@calebhessing7593]

Same. This video's been around for 9 years, yet KZbin only recommends it now?

[@yavuzia]

✌️✌️✌️

[@musicgardener2142]

3:53 the cat's timing to demonstrate pure cat randomness was spot on and on topic.

[@THUNGUNS]

The cat is entropy

[@xyzABC3112xyz]

That thumbnail looks like a poster for a romance movie.

[@emmett4362]

the fault in our stars lmao

[@ashokbhosle7947]

Scientifically romantic

[@idapuji8017]

nice bait for fujo

[@Jurek009]

I ship it.

[@amirhamzah9332]

Michael : But what is "romance"?

[@SawtoothWaves]

That awkward moment when you become Michael Stevens.

[@timrthoward7007]

+HSGames freak

[@RogueFreeman2]

Hate when it happens

[@symphonyaelfscyne]

Meh. BN is cool.

[@symphonyaelfscyne]

Do I look like I care? And how is it disgusting? Because you don't like Bronies?

[@johnathonwaymire9483]

+HarmonicSymphony hmm seems like a pretty aggressive statement, maybe defensive. I don't know because I haven't read the previous comment..... You have just become my experiment.

[@ryukiiprimer5383]

I can't believe i have missed this crossover for so long. Seeing this collab 9 years later is one of my most exciting random things so far.

[@abhinavbhardwaj5517]

The thing about these KZbin channels like veritasium, vsauce, physics girls etc. Is that the don't feel like yt channels they feel like tv shows . They give me some sort of nostalgic feeling

[@ludicrousreality0]

who would like physics girl except a simp

[@ludicrousreality0]

@@abhinavbhardwaj5517 Of course you would simply deny

[@xninja2369]

Bro you forgot a legendary channel called "kosmo" It reveals unimaginable truth about universe such a way you won't expect Also they uploads video duration of 1-2 hours so it's better to watch them instead of some dramatic stupidic cringe movie

[@abhinavbhardwaj5517]

@@xninja2369 i have a similar opinion

[@xninja2369]

@@abhinavbhardwaj5517 have you watched it Just watch one time and you will fall in love with it

[@dannydanny4002]

These two random dudes made my life full of interesting science, it’s so cool

[@joax7732]

or is it random? lol

[@realitynowassigned]

A lot of this isnt science. It's logic.

[@gwsmith76]

NOT random! Completely predictable.

[@gwsmith76]

@@realitynowassigned it's physics, Theoretical, Thermodynamics, Relavtivistics, Quantum Mechanics and I'm sure other types of physics would be involved. It goes way way beyond "logical" unless your name is Spock. It's science not logic.

[@realitynowassigned]

@@gwsmith76 general and special relativity are both founded on logical thought experiments.

[@werd_6078]

i wanted a colab with them but i didnt realize they did one 7 years ago. lol.

[@gwathanaur]

And a pretty bad one. I'm disapointed

[@laevil]

@@gwathanaur cant expect much from a 7 year old collab

[@derinwithaq5811]

@@gwathanaur wait why is it bad?

[@thegreenpistachio8883]

@@gwathanaur no u

[@igotsome9675]

@@derinwithaq5811 yea that’s what I thought as well

[@johnchessant3012]

I've learned what is "random" and what is "not random". Thus I have learned everything there could ever be.

[@benyob6379]

This is such a great vid. The way that you two break things down and get to the root of these issues blows my mind and I cannot say how great of a take this is on determinism.. This should be shown in schools

[@MrSlimeOfSlime]

"You wont become Michael Stevens..." "Or will you?" *DOOONNNGGGGGGGGGGGG*

[@lukasmurmann625]

How do I know I won't wake up as Micheal Stevens tomorrow, but with all his memory and his soul, so I will think I'm Micheal Stevens, and no one will know?

[@YoutubeIsAGarbagePit]

dong was such a horrible waste of time lol. terrible content.

[@YoutubeIsAGarbagePit]

@King Pistachion lol. I bet you think TOP 10 2021 AMAZING WOW videos are good content too. Fkn tiktok losers. XD

[@nathanielhayden5919]

Which means things you can do online online online now now now guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys

[@dimensionintruder3254]

@@KZbinIsAGarbagePit SMCHEK FINKLES SMEGER SMEGSHEETS ZUMBERCHL

[@Jumpman16]

everybody gangsta till vsauce music starts on a different channel

[@shazam1334]

What did that even mean

[@sambran310]

The background music is from vsauce

[@brothers2940]

That nostalgic music ur not a vscause member if u can't get the music

[@awesomeboss2020]

That VSauce music hits different!

[@nathanielpillar8012]

@@sambran310 Perhaps he's referring to the "everybody gangsta" part, which would be quite reasonable, due to the informality of it.

[@Bozitico]

I love the fact that Vsauce is in this video, makes it even more fun and enjoyable! Also liked the cat in the background: 3:52! Keep up the great work! I am also a bit new to this channel, and I love the way you explain everything.

[@Omlet221]

6:28 This part was my favorite! I never thought of entropy like this but this makes so much sense.

[@randomdude9135]

A random fun fact: Derek is 3 yrs OLDER than Michael.

[@MyAIaskanPing]

but is that fact random? is me commenting random? maybe. butmaybe is not random.

[@prism2451]

And its not fun

[@elliott9084]

bruh

[@akuljamwal3085]

Or is he?

[@curfimo9793]

*dramatic music intensifies*

[@NayyarShaikh]

And ofcourse the next recommended video is 'What is Random' by Vsauce!

[@flashyn3mo35]

Same

[@davidacosta193]

I came from that same Vsauce video lol

[@emerald3324]

I'm currently stuck in an infinite loop between watching Derek's video, then Michael's, then Derek's, then Michael's, then...

[@martinpenwald94]

So not random!

[@Astromath]

Same

[@DearHumanity48]

You guys should co-star more often! That gelled together incredibly well.

[@itsryno532]

Uh guys I need help I have watched this video 50 times it keeps telling me to go to Vsauces video but then Vsauce tells me to go here when does it end 😢

[@vishalbhagwani9304]

me : let's go watch a movie Michael : but what actually is watch

[@richard32536]

What exactly is a movie?

[@WilliamPhoenix27]

what is actually 'going' =))

[@darkomilenovic1729]

what actually is the word actually, well actually derives from Latin word "act-shoe-less" or acttulas.

[@purpur5]

/music plays

[@sigabythemage4009]

tru

[@jedispock1867]

Me:oh man I love burgers Michael: BUT WHAT REALLY IS A BURGER

[@augustsvensson7540]

+Jedi Spock Michael: It's a mass of completely random particles which carry a random seed of information bla bla bla...

[@iseward01]

A+

[@crispypotato9380]

+August Svensson but what is random

[@mathenthusiast6635]

AND CAN BURGERS MOVE AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT?

[@aquakind2605]

+Bernard Hazel no no no no. Can light travel at the speed of burgers?

[@XxPinkFunhousexX]

Every now and then I stop by again and watch this video. I still remember when it was released. It's genuinely one of my favourite videos on the entire internet

[@cerlonghish4693]

Mine too, it connects so many topics together it's satisfying

[@user-rm2qj2jh4l]

This is such a great video!!! I had seen this video recommended before, but never clicked, but today I decided to and I'm so glad! I'd watched CrashCourse Philosophy's take on determinism vs. free will, but they really didn't acknowledge quantum mechanics at all, and I had an inkling that maybe it had something to do with this, but I didn't have a fleshed out idea. Thanks so much for making this! The perfect application of science to philosophy.

[@Azmythometre]

"You won't become Michael Stevens" - Michael Stevens 2014

[@Somedude48]

Or will you?

[@ViratKohli-jj3wj]

@@Somedude48 *_Vsauce Music Intensifies_*

[@harbinger.h]

445th like

[@mubasharqadeerSAP]

Or can you ???

[@michaelstevens4693]

mubashar qadeer I can

[@hugekingkibblefan6980]

When you get vsauce in your video just to use his iconic music without getting called out

[@trod146]

That's the music for all 3 vsauce channels

[@bigman489]

hugeKingKibbleFan 69 When you have a terrible profile picture and are just following a trend.

[@sxopexoxo]

True

[@sxopexoxo]

@@bigman489 true

[@mannys9130]

@@bigman489 When you're so bored in life and internally miserable you bully strangers online.

[@bogiev1]

Both of the producer's behind this video deserve more than compensation for creating such insightful and meaningful content over the years. I seriously feel enlightened after watching both of your channels. Oh, note worthy, along with this video, are Smarter Every Day - Destin and that Physics Girl - Diana.

[@aog3367]

This really makes soo much sense while studying statistics ,raw data is really everything ,but it just makes no sense until it’s compressed ,but once it is …it has less information ,so which basically means more raw data or entropy is great

[@veritasium]

To be clear, by "free will" I mean that your decisions could not be predicted with certainty, even if someone knew everything about all the particles that make up your body. I am not suggesting you have conscious control over your decisions as even current research shows we become conscious of choices *after* we make them. I've given my view on the quantum measurement problem but it's called a problem for a reason. No one has it fully worked out quite yet (or maybe this is as fully as it can be worked out). I am not saying that determinism is certainly false, but our scientific theories and observations as they stand today imply that new information is being generated in the universe and this makes it impossible to predict the future with certainty. Some day this view may be overturned. To me, for now, time looks like a zipper. Far in the future the possibilities are wide open, but with every passing second time zips up what might be into what actually happened.

[@Scrumtralecent]

Behold! The messy intersection of science and philosophy. :)

[@ariannemaskey9371]

I love it! Sharing!

[@MayaGasterMoll]

MIND BLOWING :D i loved the vid, and i love this comment ;) gjgjgjgjgj keep it up

[@JoePhilipps]

Yesterday is history Tomorrow is a mystery Today is a gift, which is why it's called the present.

[@arashsa2]

Awesome Video! I'm not an expert but how is the second law of thermodynamics is proven in universal scale?(6:37-- "It'd take more information to specify the state of universe now rather than right after Big Bang")

[@ahmed38247]

Came for the memes.. Stayed for the existential crisis

[@Shinkajo]

Don't panic too much. They are getting a lot of this wrong. The second law of thermodynamics isn't actually a law. It contradicts with Newton's second law, which is a law. The second law of thermodynamics is more of a mathematical approximation. Also thermodynamic entropy and information entropy are _not_ the same thing. In some ways they are each others opposites, in other ways they are completely different things. Source: I've studied my fair share of information theory and thermodynamics in university.

[@sqwertt8605]

Yeah you shouldn’t get too depressed until you realise that there’s a 1 in a billion chance that we are real in a low dimensional plane where virtual higher dimensional beings are gods to gods of gods

[@toddhowardfr]

actually knowing that i have free will makes me NOT have a existential crisis

[@sqwertt8605]

Or because you don’t have free will you can’t have a existential crisis

[@Shinkajo]

@@toddhowardfr But you don't. So you can start panicking now.

[@Xgun-ef4ph]

I watched this before too but it just feels good to see these two together. leaving this one here as a memory i can look back upon

[@MS-fg8qo]

This is actually my favorite video of yours, as it touches the philosophical realm with scientific means. Can you please make more science-based videos illuminating philosophical questions? The real mystery lies beyond the positive statements of science (Wittgenstein).

[@neolin.99]

This is the best crossover in history. “Or is it?”

[@Am4nchaudhary]

''But what is crossover?''

[@VaguelyCanadian]

@@Am4nchaudhary and how much does a crossover weigh?

[@ragingdragonii1783]

@@VaguelyCanadian if all the crossover were stacked on top of each other, how high would it be?

[@VaguelyCanadian]

@@ragingdragonii1783 When is crossover now?

[@yeahuh4128]

*Music plays *Mysterious raising of the eyebrow

[@stankom11]

Two beards are smarter than one

[@vkishan2089]

I don't get it.

[@shrekthedank1999]

@@vkishan2089 You will.

[@isprithul]

@@vkishan2089 cause you India you lose

[@lastbaratheon8043]

LOL 😂😂

[@vkishan2089]

@@isprithul I wonder where you are from.

[@Mardikuz]

its so good this video has now the 1080p premium resolution option even being so old, thanks youtube, i easily noticed the change in the bitrate using the white noise part of this video

[@jherbranson]

I have to say, you two work well together. Bravo. It would be fantastic to see more collaboration.

[@raghvendrasinghsengar8360]

It was 8 yrs ago my friend

[@KufLMAO]

@@raghvendrasinghsengar8360 late better than never

[@raghvendrasinghsengar8360]

@@KufLMAO it was 4 months ago my friend

[@KufLMAO]

@@raghvendrasinghsengar8360 what’s 4 months compared to 8 years?

[@raghvendrasinghsengar8360]

@@KufLMAO exactly lmao 😂

[@romeoromeo5199]

This video was a masterpiece, I literally felt strong emotions watching this.

[@geirtwo]

I keep returning to it. It's like a temple, a video temple.

[@name_69420]

@@geirtwo how could you describe it so well, that's exactly what I feel this is!

[@jessejordache1869]

It's everything I've thought about free will versus determinism since I was 16 and shed my naive deterministic model of the universe, only with more theoretical grounding than I had available.

[@kondwanithosi4869]

When Michael’s soundtrack starts playing 😂😭❤️!!

[@tenzinkyedup1829]

Same here 🔥

[@AllieTellsJokes]

Laplace: What if you knew the exact position and velocity of every particle in the universe? Heisenberg: Wait, that's illegal.

[@pssk1998]

I was hoping someone would say that

[@animezone118]

This is something that I wish to remember and hopefully share with someone in the future

[@birhon]

Given quantum entanglement, you can assign a probability distribution to all possible outcomes and theoretically still "know" every position and momentum for every particle.

[@barrywhite9114]

That’s DePlace!

[@amitrana3299]

Laplace: What if you knew the exact position and velocity of every particle in the universe? Heisenberg: Wait, that's illegal.

[@NebsGMD_]

The two legends have finally united, salute to them

[@tonkotsu_noodles]

You are saying this after 8 years ? 😅

[@JackPullen-Paradox]

Great argument for free will. And a very good discussion of the nature of information.

[@samwhite4284]

3:26 love this little cute syncing of the word entropy. Like a first year university presentation.

[@NtokozoMoyo]

So frigging cute ...I think I'd like watching geeking out over maths and science....

[@chriswebster24]

Gay

[@brodiewatson-victory7801]

@@chriswebster24 bit homophobic? Time to grow up and stop being so scared, not even gay guys would want you.

[@pukinghorror]

@@brodiewatson-victory7801 they never used gay in a bad way if u see it that way ur the one with internalised homophobia

[@firopense]

🗿

[@Gia1911Logous]

"What is not random?" Michael and Derek doing a collab

[@0placeholder0]

@Collin Vail :P

[@Kastled5]

That's because there is no Free Will regardless of "quantum effects in our brains."

[@markiyanhapyak349]

😆. YEAH.

[@Danishdonjuan]

What is random? can you prove that randomness exist?

[@ihavenoname1136]

@@Danishdonjuan i can prove ur mom's existence

[@puzzlepuddles6712]

watching this video is like watching the two best kids in class do a presentation

[@landonhayes7531]

That was an incredible transition

[@fun_nuggets2514]

“...and you won’t become Michael Stevens” Dammit

[@lolsloppy]

**cries**

[@kerimbasic2795]

"What will happen tomorow is not random" "...or is it?" *Vsauce music starts*

[@stephenfletcher5391]

No it isn't :D

[@cinegraphics]

"Everything would be predictable. Even human behavior." So, you could finally understand how your woman thinks? Really? It's pretty clear that hypothesis is wrong.

[@hellfire5108]

From being mentioned in Michael's video to colaborating with him, what an aweome journey.

[@clpombo]

Beautiful episode! It is a pity that there was no mention to Kolmogorov, the father of the modern mathematical characterization of randomness as the impossibility of compression.

[@amrullahsuleimandawoodadem8025]

The crossover we never deserved, but needed. I always imagine Michael and Veritasium and other educational channels having like a "movie together".

[@Matthew_MBG]

now we need one with Michael, Veritasium, Mark Rober, and the Kurzgesagt team

[@TON__618.]

​@@Matthew_MBGKurzegast for sure, but who is Mark Rober?

[@degen1188]

​@@TON__618.He used to work for nasa, he makes fun engineering videos on youtube

[@thomasfrancescutti4799]

We need Steve Mould and Smarter Everyday in that movie too!

[@agoodguy2230]

Nile Red would be nice

[@Keytotruth]

dat vsauce song.

[@gabrielmaisonet2843]

+Keytotruth You mean dat Jake Chudnow song.

[@Keytotruth]

Gabriel Maisonet I didn't know the author, thanks!

[@samlunn7079]

+Keytotruth Composer, not author

[@Keytotruth]

Sam Lunn The author of a song is the person who creates it, so no, both things are right.

[@WalkerRileyMC]

+Keytotruth If I remember correctly, you write lyrics and compose music, so both of you are right and wrong. And not random, apparently.

[@sohamkonkar2895]

This might be my fav video of your channel ❤❤

[@yigittok4304]

That Transition was AMAZING!

[@thatguynar]

I would probably stay in school if these 2 guys are my Profs.

[@meh855]

So true xD

[@nicolasbug]

+TheOfficialNar Mine are not like that^^

[@sohaibarif9790]

+TheOfficialNar maybe thats the reason for most people not knowing much about science incompetent teachers

[@olfmombach260]

+TheOfficialNar difinitive

[@samitkashyap5948]

The crossover we didn't deserve , but the crossover we need.

[@EEEEEEEE]

‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

[@samitkashyap5948]

@@EEEEEEEE E

[@braynjohnson4302]

I love the cat coming in at the perfect (random) time. Nice touch.

[@PredictAnythingSoftware]

I subscribed because I saw Vause, hehe I miss the episodes of Vause but you are now here, new Vause similar channel. I love it, super educational...

[@sellainaz3686]

I watch this video, it tells me to go watch the vsauce video. I watch the vsauce video and it sends me here... 7 years later, I am still trapped in this loop. Save me.

[@Ani-yt4nf]

Stop clicking Boom loop ends

[@Noname-zh5jf]

According to the Second law of thermodynamics everything will eventually come to disorder, so sooner or later you'll break free from this loop

[@Jackson-pu7gd]

or are you?

[@GoldenAdrien]

Just misplace your fingers and it should be solved

[@EnergiaRocket]

Derek does, however, give you the choice to click over, or not.

[@M_Chen333]

3:51 That cat was random. Michael: OR WAS IT?????

[@rxonmymind8362]

But it wasn't Deja Vu. So we're ok. 😄

[@DharminShah09]

Schrödinger seconds that

[@dictolory]

Vsauce music plays

[@ChewyWolf64]

8:01 That fly was random.

[@user-ul3qk7is4g]

@@ChewyWolf64 or was it?

[@thego9695]

This is exactly the video i needed at this point in my life that was somehow made 8 years ago by two of the coolest people ever.

[@supertron6039]

Suddenly everything I ever learnt about Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science is connecting and the universe appears beautiful.

[@mr_karamazov246]

adding this to my “listen while not high” playlist

[@ArtyMars]

Lol I'm not high and still tripping balls hahah

[@okb6436]

Lol. Nice pfp btw

[@kiyrukk]

@@okb6436 opaganastai

[@Crugroth]

What a great idea. The play list that is.

[@miceymen1503]

Guess I'll never watch it then

[@nuculaisvoidwalker5866]

Top 10 best anime crossovers OF ALL TIME

[@user-od7mb7dr8b]

I want to share my thoughts as a physics graduate (only bsc so don't rely on me too much). You made an interesting point in the video about the fact that since entropy is always increasing we need more and more information to describe the current state of the universe which doesn't seem compatible with dereminism. But if you take a box with a gas that is filling only a half of the box, even in a deterministic universe you would still expect the entropy of the gas to increase, so It seems that information increasing with time is somehow compatible with determinism.

[@ytkaci]

That’s one circumstance tho

[@user-od7mb7dr8b]

@@ytkaci I just wanted to make the point that the fact that entropy increases over time doesn't disprove determinism

[@ytkaci]

yeah but thats like saying an apple doesnt disprove determinism - its not directly related

[@hdjd301]

In your example the increase in entropy is only apparent but not real; if determinism is true the state of the box at t2 could be described by its state at t1, the laws of physics and the timestamp ´t2´.

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

in a deterministic universe an apple wouldn exist. and you wouldn't talk and think about anything. infinite possibilities enable things evolve in the way we observe it.

[@ugurkaya1168]

this is one of the best videos i've watched. it's very exciting to live in a time where our very fundamental philosophical inquiries are at the center of scientific discussions.

[@vegetableman3446]

all other people: 10 minutes veritasium: 9:59

[@BrownDusky]

Epic

[@ChandrapalSd]

Not random

[@michakupczyk9560]

A man that doesn't care about youtube money but about science.

[@Legominder]

You mean because of advertising? Actually sometimes the displayed duration varies slightly from what you see before/in YT Studio.

[@stickmanunited4061]

And it somehow has midroll ads

[@Lord_Neko_]

3:51 Cat bursts onto scene. "oh, you recording? OK, I'm out."

[@kayne7380]

Good thing veritasium didn't retake

[@greensteve9307]

The was not random

[@algee2005]

@@greensteve9307 yea he told the cat to do it xD

[@shyam.upadhyay]

Cat acting randomly. Michael: Or is it?

[@kavishshah5233]

Username checks out :)

[@OmerS25837]

i have visualized such a beautiful science video after 9 YEARS of its release?!?!?! like where was this why was i rewatching the new entropy video when i coulve watched this....but hey even after 9 years of science your videos are still as amazing as they were before veritasium

[@Czjk293]

Fascinating. Psychologists over the past few years have also been making the case for the human drive to find meaning. Love it!

[@lancethrustworthy]

The cat cameo was priceless 3:53 . I'm glad you recognized that it was worth keeping.

[@rutgerc1943]

Predicted it

[@denno445]

Paid actor

[@yeahuh4128]

those twelve fundamental particles are: Ve, R, I, Ta, S, Iu, M, V, Sa, U, C, E edit: there were two uranium, so i changed.

[@RodrigoroRex]

M, I, C, H, A, E, L, H, E, R, E

[@davidwickline9710]

There are 11

[@yeahuh4128]

@@davidwickline9710 count again

[@davidwickline9710]

P64 Blue you counted Uranium twice

[@davidwickline9710]

P64 Blue btw still appreciate the thought and effort you put into your comment and I didn’t mean to take away from that. I just wanted to inform you that there are 11 elements listed and suggest editing it. Sorry for the rudeness, and have a good day

[@rephix6724]

I'm shocked because that is exactly what i was thinking as a kid when i first thinked about quatum mechanics. I already know this stuff by now, but this video explained it exactly the way i would explain it, and that shoked me a bit. Sad that i see this video so late, it's so well made.

[@bessonjulien]

your duo rocks ! good energy bravo both of you

[@josephjackson1956]

I think Veritasium and Vsauce are the only two channels that I don't freak out when something happens like at 2:29

[@michaelcanca3483]

yea me too but i still freaked out when he bit into that kiwi with the skin still on

[@TheKingofRandom]

Random, by design

[@Tom112]

That comment is sooo random

[@crafterbird2]

:o

[@Da_Random]

agreed

[@matthewwise9318]

XxAtomix112 The comment is not random as the probability that he would comment on a video about randomness and the comment being about randomness is predictable. lulz

[@silenceisgolden3238]

God says oops

[@ozdemirsalik]

A new collaboration is strictly needed!

[@pastadrums]

I need a lot more of this from you guys 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@evangelineamber3582]

i dont know why i watch any of these videos.. veritasium or Vsauce.. i litterally sit here and dont know what the fucks going on. at all. i just feel smart listening to this.

[@Kanglar]

+evangeline amber Maybe you should try actually listening to what they are saying and comprehending it? Just a suggestion.

[@evangelineamber3582]

maybe you should try actually understanding jokes. just a suggestion.

[@Kanglar]

evangeline amber Thanks, but I understand jokes perfectly fine. It's only when they are not the least bit funny that I fail to realize they are even a joke. There is no punch line or anything to suggest your comment is supposed to be even mildly amusing and not just a statement of your ignorance.

[@evangelineamber3582]

learn to understand different types of jokes then, if you fail to realize its a joke, dont comment on it.

[@Jganev]

+evangeline amber hahahahaha you just made my day with that comment man

[@Philumbianist]

Stop it Veritasium, I'm getting tired of scraping the pieces of my blown mind of my living room ceiling.

[@johnclhugyugihjbvgbkj9729]

Joshua Blanco Same pieces and how many pieces from the first time 🤯?

[@RogerBarraud]

But what is 'scraping'?

[@joefiorucci5981]

off* lol jk

[@lastbaratheon8043]

lol 😂😂

[@BillAnt]

But you could just call ServPro to clean it all up, you know the guys who say "Like it never even happened." tsk-tsk

[@ericberman_]

“You can continue shrinking a file down until what you are left with is totally random” - this demands a better explanation.

[@op_pls_nerf4495]

i think he means "random" as totally unpredictable knowing the context around that file

[@amiralipoor2974]

My take is that, if there is a repetition in the binary digits of the file, you can re-assign the recurring patterns to another pattern with less digits. for example you could instead of using "qu", create another letter which does the same job. If you do that optimally, the probability of the next digit in the is the same as any other digit, hence totally random.

[@ericberman_]

@@amiralipoor2974 You lost me after "qu." Can you clarify?

[@ericberman_]

@@op_pls_nerf4495 In order for something to be random, it must be devoid of a cause. If we fail to discern what caused X, that does not mean that X is devoid of a cause, only that we, for whatever reason, haven't discovered the cause yet. Unfortunately quantum mechanics culture has developed an "out of sight, out of mind" approach to hidden variables: "I have repeatedly failed to predict X, therefore X is random." There is a distinction between conventional randomness and ultimate (metaphysical) randomness. A flip of a coin is random in the conventional sense but not in the ultimate sense. We know that, in theory, with sufficient environmental data, one could predict the result of a coin toss - it is not truly random. The issue arises when members of the hard sciences conflate demonstrations of conventional randomness with ultimate metaphysical randomness, such as on the molecular level. When they fail to predict an atomic event, they should presume, via Occam's razor, that just like the rest of the observable universe, this event has a cause; they just haven't discovered it yet. Instead they choose to presume the existence of metaphysical randomness without justification.

[@amiralipoor2974]

@@ericberman_ Just as the video mentioned, almost always "q" is followed by "u" in English. Then you are using two alphabets - that is you are sending two data points- for something that could be done with one letter. For example i generate a new symbol, and instead of sending qu, I send that. In that sense I avoided shrunk the data that I was sending you.

[@juliancann249]

The crossover we've all been waiting for

[@AutoScanArgentina]

3:53 The cat behaviour is pure information 😁

[@nonex6064]

It was schrödinger's cat

[@EEEEEEEE]

‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

[@BrunoHenrique-gi1wd]

Wait, did he eat the kiwi without peeling it? People do that?

[@theKiwii]

+Bruno Henrique I actually do that but I didn't notice it in the video. what's the timestamp?

[@BrunoHenrique-gi1wd]

9:20 - WAIT! ARE YOU A CANNIBAL? D:

[@theKiwii]

Bruno Henrique it's kind of how I got my nickname, actually

[@chozer1]

but how do we know a kiwi is real?

[@theKiwii]

Atemyselftodeath. and what is real? how much does real weight?

[@Sougata_XD]

All of his videos are Masterpiece

[@thisisyou6450]

This actually has to be one of the greatest videos to ever be created, along with Micheal’s video this is incredibly profound even years later

[@Asew54321]

Why is the letter V so smart? Vsauce and Veritasium both begin with V.

[@NorMarkus]

That can't be random :P

[@Asew54321]

+위대한하지알렉스 Whoa whoa whoa, take a chill pill.

[@Asew54321]

***** Here is me, not knowing what vinesauce is.

[@RCAvhstape]

Cobi Miller Just don't be a V-tard.

[@Gophilio4567]

Cobi Miller A gaming channel.

[@DanVWeller]

You know something is complicated when you hear the word 'quantum'

[@ziquaftynny9285]

+DanV Nah just pertaining to small shite.

[@yeetspageet5679]

+Ziquafty Nny only the laws / interactions are very complicated at that level

[@ziquaftynny9285]

I suppose it is in reality just perspective.

[@MrTurbo_]

nah, pice a cake..

[@FairyRat]

lice in cake

[@sirumpus18]

For me, this even further emphasized the concept of duality, how we make distinctions between different patterns within/of the perceived universe, and how self-will can be seen as our own tendency to lean towards chaos... Mind blown.

[@olivercharles2930]

I don't see the connection between this and duality at all. If anything it is the opposite.

[@Jazzerizer]

this, this right here. we all needed it

[@ProblematicarDS]

Every smart channel start with V?

[@humansareproblematic390]

yes

[@bela2071]

Nilered

[@trqtm]

Nileblue

[@caioHMF0]

3brown1blue

[@Mr_Valentin.]

You damn right

[@uzijn]

Derek: And a random string of letters does not generally make a word Welsh: Ydw i'n jôc i chi?

[@jojo.s_bekaar_adventures]

dwi'n credu hynny

[@moracex]

@@jojo.s_bekaar_adventures translates to "am I a joke to you?"

[@ArcanineEspeon]

@@moracex hell yeah I was right

[@moracex]

@@ArcanineEspeon Nid wyf yn siŵr beth ydych chi'n ei olygu. Ond agorais eich camlas a bu bron imi syrthio i'r llawr pan welais ddyddiadur o Dref y Dirgelion. Nid hiraeth yn unig mwyach. Fe wnaethoch chi fy argyhoeddi yn fawr. Rwy'n edrych ar ran 5: Cyfarchion DDD o Slofacia.

[@ishworshrestha3559]

Ok

[@LilCalebW]

I've always thought that we didn't have free will, now I'm second guessing myself

[@user-wh5se3cb2y]

Even with that explanation we still don't have free will and just obey the to the randomness of quantum processes in our brains

[@whynot5757]

@@user-wh5se3cb2y It is free becuse it is not deterministic. Randomness IS freedom. How else would you describe free will ?

[@alvarodps28]

@@whynot5757 Well, that's the thing. You cannot describe something that is contradictory within itself.

[@whynot5757]

@@alvarodps28 It is not contradictory, it's just hard to grasp. There is a spectrum. The two (fictional) extremes of it are asbolute randomness and absolute determinism. Neither of them exist; becuse the universe, just as human will is between the two. Partly random, partly determistic, which is called probability. There is no definition of freedom of the will beyond spontaneity and randomness. The less predestined something is, the more free it is. If our will is not entirely determinstic, then it is partially free, which is free enough to me. And this is what free means, not something asbtract "I as an idividual decide independently". If your choice is (mostly) indepent, then it is (mostly) random. There is nothing else. No definition beyond that. The (partial) absence of causality is the highest form of freedom. If freedom doesn't mean that, then it doesn't mean anything at all.

[@alvarodps28]

@@whynot5757 Well, you can have that definition. Eventually the only thing that matters is that we are not the ones deciding independently, so I personally wouldn't want to equate a word as bold as freedom to probabilistic uncertainty.

[@SKETCHERBOY]

The *actual* best collab of all time

[@FabianReschke]

He ate the kiwi without peeling it? I didn't know people do that...

[@FabianReschke]

***** You´re welcome :D

[@MrA16R]

I do that sometimes

[@kamiljanowski7236]

peeling a kiwi? o_O I thought everyone just cut them in half and ate with a spoon...

[@MrA16R]

Kamil Janowski I do that too.

[@FabianReschke]

Kamil Janowski Me, too. But I was stunned when I saw him eating it like an apple :P

[@NoriMori1992]

I can understand 2:06 except "w hi pa". Can't figure it out for the life of me.

[@HawaiiMclovin69]

If you can read this you can get a good job with high pay.

[@NoriMori1992]

HawaiiMclovin69 Ohhh! Thank you!

[@NoriMori1992]

***** D:

[@johnsmith2875]

I was lost as well xD I guess we won't get good jobs D:

[@NoriMori1992]

John Smith We'll get good jobs, they just won't have high pay. XD

[@Marius1708]

One of the best videos I have ever seen, chills…

[@couldbeahuman8079]

this just blew my mind, thank you