What Is The Speed of Dark?

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SOURCES BELOW:
this is the video where I talk about THE SPEED OF PUSH: • How Much Does a Shadow...
Big thanks to Martin Archer for help with this episode: www.martinarcher.co.uk/
And thanks to Guy Larsen for his shadow magic: / guylar
music by / jakechudnow
and www.audionetwork.com
shadows faster than light:
math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics...
physics.stackexchange.com/ques...
www.madsci.org/posts/archives/...
making the moon brighter: what-if.xkcd.com/13/
sunset and earth’s shadow and belt of venus in single pics:
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131024.html
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100729.html
amounts of evening-types in a city: weatherspark.com/averages/3312...
superluminal scissors:
math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics...
boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/a...
wave animations:
www.ablongman.com/mullin/Anima...
www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos...
resource.isvr.soton.ac.uk/spcg...
phase velocity vs. group velocity: resource.isvr.soton.ac.uk/spcg...
faster than light dark patches:
www.askamathematician.com/2013...
www.physicsclassroom.com/class...
make a light interference pattern at home:
www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/d...
www.instructables.com/id/How-t...
the speed of ignorance:
www.brainpickings.org/index.ph...
philosophicalfallibilism.blogs...
kk.org/thetechnium/2008/10/the...
louisecharente.wordpress.com/2...
Dunning-Kruger:
www.huffingtonpost.com/david-m...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McArthur...
“animalcules”: www.leben.us/index.php/compone...

[@alwaysthelight]

As a child I was afraid of the dark. Now, with electricity prices, I'm afraid of the lights.

[@goofysupporter6682]

Tru

[@pistachioczar3842]

Jean Baptiste life tip: use windows for light during day and not use lights unless you’re in a room that doesn’t have a window

[@mtib2721]

life tip: instead of a/c use foil on your window and maybe a fan

[@tommymarco9988]

lol that is good and very true!

[@tommymarco9988]

@@mtib2721 really? does it work?

[@gee-dimnd693]

The speed of dark isn’t fast enough to get me when I’m running up the stairs

[@benedikhere5252]

*y e s*

[@HelpMeReachsubsWithoutAV-kg1ry]

or is it

[@Noah-hx9oi]

Am I the only one who runs up the stairs at 3AM (after going to the bathroom) because they think a dark monster is going to kill me?

[@unenaosauvagevientdapparai815]

@@Noah-hx9oi I'm 17 years old and I still don't trust my damn stairs in the dark. I'm 99% sure that if I slow down they are gonna eat me those littles devious fucks 😡

[@arlenedistel1108]

@@unenaosauvagevientdapparai815 same

[@kellithompson7686]

Vsauce then: "How to count past infinity" Vsauce now: "Do chairs exist?"

[@imaspookycat]

We need to know

[@haileyv-log2326]

Vsaue now:Let's make a reindeer out of blocks

[@tiffanyqasem7158]

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[@Eddo15878]

This was before that that video

[@sorinmanea8532]

Why dont you come up with something interesting then ? :)

[@FewVidsJustComments]

You can also get the shadow blister effect when you pinch your fingers together, and look really closely. When they are REEEEEALLY close together, you can see a shadow blister spawn, connecting them.

[@adam-np4wo]

If you actually close one eye and bring your fingers right up to your open eye so your vision of them is unfocused when you do this, the effect becomes very pronounced. There's also an interesting inverse effect when you do this. After your fingers are already touching, you can still "see through" the point where they touch.

[@JatPhenshllem]

​@@adam-np4woThis is the effect i was more familiar with as I grew up

[@vonborgah]

If you go to microscopic level and check they dont actually ever touch

[@weewodon]

"what is the speed of dark?" what the speed of light isnt

[@DANGER10101]

In other words Lightn't

[@supreetkumar7604]

Wrong. Speed of light is 299 792 458 m / s. When you say other than, there are infinite possible values of speed other than 299 792 458 m / s. So, does dark changes it's mood whenever it wants? Lol. Take that last line as a joke.

[@insertclevernamehere2506]

These things are known on the Discworld ; that the Speed of Dark is faster than the Speed of Light. For is it not written that the darkness is always present before light is. Nearly as fast are lies - a lie can run around the world before the truth has gotten its boots on.

[@justin9202]

@@supreetkumar7604 I think what people fail to realize is that dark is both racing ahead in front of light and catching up behind light light takes a space that dark once filled therefore I would say that dark is actually faster because once the dark rushes in past the light then we have light again if light were faster than dark then the entire back side of the night sky would be have a faint glow around it because of the fact that darkness is always being pushed back from all these stars and everything so that would mean that darkness has to rush in in front of and behind the light giving it a faster speed

[@darxxcyxx]

Supreet Kumar r/wooosh

[@thatguywhocorrectsyourgram2454]

*The speed of fast*

[@incomingweeb4279]

The problem of being faster than the speed is fast is you can only live in the speed of slow

[@stickshinobi733]

@@incomingweeb4279 seems legit

[@incomingweeb4279]

this is legitness

[@emiliogates]

Faster than the speed of love -my favorite book by my favorite dog author

[@KryptonKr]

*bruh*

[@Deepfried900]

You are not afraid of being alone in the dark you are afraid of not being alone in the dark

[@mr.d8050]

That statement you made on bieng alone in the dark was Definitely a good one

[@PromptStreamer]

He’s under-appreciated, he has such a uniquely creative and authentic mind. His videos blow open new possibilities and paradigms in your own thinking. It should not be understated how valuable and rare and compelling of a mind he has.

[@icepro10minecraft55]

Micheal makes me feel smart and dumb at the same time. Smh

[@gamycat0z591]

Omg same

[@Slimurgical]

Exactly what he says, our ignorance grows faster than our ability to learn.

[@KhalilAttiba]

Smart bc learning new stuff dumb for not knowing?..I understand

[@x2barreledPbJar]

Hey VSauce, Michael here. Can the human mind be dumb aaand smart? You might be surprised...

[@Shjmkhs]

1 more like till 420 we can make it.

[@mdhaque9336]

wish school science was like this

[@Axeluhrig2304]

MD Haque yeah...

[@arpit5506]

wish michael was my teacher

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[@daironhernandez5131]

MD Haque you need to learn the basics in school.Also, most people are not smart enough to catch up with what is happening here.

[@quinnlucas4345]

shikamaru nara

[@Elwood128]

Hey Michael, KZbin here. We're not Vsauce. You're Vsauce. We're the audience. You're the content creator. That makes you Vsauce because it's your channel.

[@user-dd7hv2sx5b]

It's Just A Tradition.

[@xander2853]

Science is like a tree. Every branch we discover splits into a dozen more we haven’t discovered.

[@ColterDewitt]

This isn't your average everyday darkness. This is ADVANCED DARKNESS.

[@holasoyalejandro9822]

says spongebob when he got stuck in the bus stop in rock bottom

[@00catlover]

exo darknes

[@00catlover]

HolaSoyAlejandro and what? jealous?

[@lilrewb4646]

+ArnoldsToms is your life commenting on youtube videos

[@00catlover]

Josh Rubin maybe.... maybe...

[@missskellington7277]

I'm honestly expecting one day to click a vsauce video titled "why cats land on their feet" and come out questioning my existence as a human.

[@sirmaxeer6909]

I would also like to know why toast lands on the buttery side

[@NNOutBurger_Gaming]

Miss Skellington lol

[@artema.]

Sir Maxeer that has to do with physics. If you had a table of 3.75 meters tall, only then the toast would fall on its back.

[@sleepy6476]

thats vsauce for you xD

[@henrycentlivre85]

Miss Skellington smarter everyday has a vidio of that

[@plomors]

The speed of smell

[@Sunerte]

I honestly think that science leading to just more questions is a good thing- we won't run out of fun new stuff to investigate and experiment with, it's just more dark to illuminate but we can figure out facsinating new ways to do so faster, and uncover more dark patches.

[@maarten7760]

imagine being high and watching vsauce

[@ethannicholls8151]

It’s great.

[@anthonyfuentes1179]

Don’t have to imagine but I don’t understand shit when im high

[@Vulcannyx]

How tf u the top comment with 14 likes and 3 comments

[@xdrdm7096]

"Reality can be whatever i want"

[@StarWarsNerd1465]

Imma try it, anyone got some edibles?

[@mrkrunch4340]

“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.” ― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

[@salted3507]

But if darkness wants to do the same thing then... Yeah its a paradox

[@salted3507]

@@johncampbell9448 thats not a paradox but closer to a pun but still funny lmao

[@johncampbell9448]

@@salted3507 No, it is. He can’t give you Up, but he can’t let you down. It would cause the universe to split apart.

[@salted3507]

@@johncampbell9448 haha

[@johncampbell9448]

@@salted3507, also never put two Minecraft dogs in skeleton costumes. Also never ask Chuck Norris to fight the black night. Both battles would take a while.

[@RocketmanBlueGD]

Vsauce: you can break the light barrier Me: **cunfusion**

[@smelly_socks]

I never seem to understand a single word Michael says in his videos but they are so entertaining and I learn just enough that I can't stop watching lol Great video Michael!!!

[@CardZed]

"The problem with being faster than light is that you live on the darkness." -Probrably sonic

[@CardZed]

@Jakub Beyger no u

[@doby8544]

Waat? He said sonic moves at the speed of light and you replied No, you!

[@doby8544]

@Jakub Beyger my last brain cell just jumped out of a window.

[@fihess]

VaNd3n1S f

[@ankushzap]

so I think it is dark matter which is immortal. But how big it is and at same time how small it is

[@duud337]

God:bro you're dead Michael:Or am I? *Lives*

[@ostrich4846]

lol

[@a_businessman]

How the turntables.

[@filipedias7284]

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[@orirori8294]

bruh

[@22y4ilimjingruihayden5]

smile.jpg REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@sergio_-.]

Michael is the only person who can confuse me, but still have my interest in listening

[@LockyToons-kd3jh]

Exactly well your prolly not looking at this so thanks for taking your time to read this bye bye

[@KieranLeCam]

I'd like to add something: though it is good to not be too confident in your findings, overly submitting to questioning, makes you question yourself to the point of ignorance. People end up submitting then, to any authority that appears more knowledgeable. Instead of searching for themselves. Do not be overly confident, but the manner in which you grow confidence in both yourself and others, is the doubt of both yourself and others. Challenge yourself. Challenge the others. We are one.

[@gabriel6504]

Beginning of video: What is the speed of dark? End of video: *WE ARE ALL STUPID AND IGNORANT*

[@bigchungus914]

That’s literally how all vsauce videos are. They change topics multiple times throughout and if you don’t like that then leave

[@gabriel6504]

@Big Chungus , It was a joke.

[@JediEdi]

@@bigchungus914 when a fat rabbit gets pissed off, you know something's wrong

[@manipulativecookie6042]

THIS IS THE REAL BIG JUNGUS but it would be nice if you took a chill pill

[@bladeoftheruinedking2543]

Yow I used that background image on your profile pic as my phone wallpaper

[@qy72hund]

to be honest, the more science you know the more confusing this question is

[@matthewrasmussen4181]

Knowledge is a vicious circle of misunderstanding.

[@zinqtable1092]

You have to realize that science isn't about understanding, it is about results. It is about what you get. Logic? Out the window.

[@matthewrasmussen4181]

+seth chizmar unfortunately today theoretical science doesn't prove anything, you don't get anything. In many ways, it's not even what I'd call science since a majority of it isn't even testable. It's a bunch of made up crap to conform their ideas to explain what they don't understand when other explanations make more sense.

[@zinqtable1092]

***** lol you fool. science has never been about proving anything.

[@matthewrasmussen4181]

+seth chizmar wow, you fool? Really? How old are you 10? Science is SUPPOSED to be about proving things, if you read my post you'd realize that I agree, they don't prove anything.

[@leonardoleiva9525]

This is such a great piece of work that you do... I really enjoyed this. Thank you so much!

[@SeanTynan]

Gay.

[@GeneralPosh]

Hands down, one of the best videos ever created on any platform.

[@Man-ez5vy]

"The only problem of being faster than light is that you're always stuck in darkness."

[@brianjohnson7110]

But what if you are faster than dark

[@icicle2211]

who said this?

[@personperson7316]

@@icicle2211 budget sonic

[@vornamenachname2858]

*sad sonic noises*

[@santzerosantone]

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[@bostarl8002]

I always feel like I’ve learned nothing but everything at the same time when watching vsauce

[@garythefish6515]

L

[@portxr]

you rly put this into words

[@clickt8813]

It’s too complicated for you to understand the whole video, yet you remember key parts

[@suhdude9568]

I feel likr it's reauired a quite high "base-knowledge". I rewatch these videos like once a year and each time they become a tad bit more comprehendible as my knowledge from school and such increases.

[@Syrnkop]

So you created your own paradox

[@walksonland1977]

Wow this was really good and insightful! Thank you!

[@atulshiromani]

Your in depth knowledge is unparalleled @vsauce ....huge fan of yours.

[@thebradmarkschannel957]

Everybody knows that lemon juice doesn't make you invisible. It's lime juice.

[@RenopunkJo]

underrated

[@caleb9659]

Obviously. Lemon juice is too tart, it only makes you translucent.

[@emberthewolf1297]

Cool cool

[@BS25999]

imma rob a bank

[@eufalesio1146]

I do not understand this joke, I’m angry, someone please explain

[@itseasy_okiecokie]

“Don’t be scared of the dark. Be scared of the THINGS in the dark.” Personally I despise this quote.

[@visionawake9224]

That quote fucked me up. And I just watched Shane Dawson conspiracy videos

[@daultimmatunn8160]

Be scared when your mom in the dark BEATS THE HECK OUTTA YOU

[@lnefty]

You're not scared of being alone, you're scared of not being alone.

[@paprikaa117]

@@lnefty I didn't need to sleep tonight

[@paprikaa117]

@@lnefty *Erm* Thanks for the information

[@wilkojansenvanrensburg4825]

This is one of the best videos! THANKS!!!

[@disguisedcyclops4593]

This really changed my perspective on science as a whole. Great vid 👍

[@tlreclipse1126]

The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know.

[@maija238]

"Education is only the further realization of our ignorance" - Bubbles

[@jaydenhaynes9985]

“The more I learn, the less I know”

[@orsemcore]

TLR Eclipse that was not funny?

[@Mr_BlueBanana]

TLR Eclipse woah

[@hmm2500]

so if u know nothing u don't know how much u or others could know

[@FrostbearPlushies]

This video was amazing, it explained a whole new side of learning and stuff.

[@CategoricalImperative]

I am take credit for this discussion. In 2001 I got plastered in a college dorm and asked “what’s the speed of darkness”. All my friends laughed at me for a week.

[@Alpharelic]

"If there's nothing faster than light, then how does the dark get there first?" -Gumball Watterson

[@crayolarat5709]

-Richard Watterson, The Origins

[@t_0246]

Hi

[@stevenblankenship5852]

The "dark" doesn't go anywhere. Nothingness is infinite. The dark side doesn't hate. Get friendly with it.

[@Kuribohchaos8]

The speed of Clear is even faster!!

[@waleedisnotapenguin3754]

NOTHING is faster than light. Darkness is NOTHING... So technically DARKNESS is faster than light

[@ScienceBang]

The speed of ignorance is the KZbin comments section.

[@PiercingIceTiger]

you're not wrong lol.

[@theforestero]

Ha ha..One of them,at least..there are many speeds...

[@mikdammehdi9614]

Youtoub pour toujour

[@Scoffslaphead72]

no that's the speed of I hacked this comment so you cant like it

[@theSpicyHam]

ha ha hahaha

[@Noface603]

I just found this channel on KZbin recently, what a gem

[@sashimi879]

Dont be fooled. The Earth is flat.

[@TheCatstronaut]

true fact: everyone has nyctophobia when they are a kid. You might grow out of it when you are older, but sometimes it stays

[@commander7690]

Me: Alright, no more Vsauce videos Vsauce: "What is the Speed of Dark" Me: Damnit

[@nursmalik6024]

That's not a new vid ya know

[@commander7690]

@@nursmalik6024 doesn't matter, i hadn't seen it and its title made me need to watch it

[@krutzansemsablaon700]

@@nursmalik6024 r/woooooooosh

[@stripthecat2673]

Same here, monday 10:25 am

[@nilsber.]

@@krutzansemsablaon700 no shut the hell up you dont even know what a joke is lmfao redditor L

[@sentinol8943]

"The problem with being faster than light is that you can only live in darkness."

[@shadi_ong]

The problem about beeing faster than darkness is that u live in nowhere Or do u ? (Vsauce plays music)

[@paciasus]

EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT IT'S SO CREEPY NOW

[@eggboi6760]

- cursed sonic

[@AntOfBobby]

The Flash and Movie Sonic are depressive

[@di3yus459]

@@AntOfBobby The good thing about the Earth is even if we actually go faster than the speed of light(which ain't possible for now). We still won't be in darkness. The Sun is always shining on us.

[@zeeraknasir6184]

at 1:20 the shadow on the moon lookin maaaad sus

[@Jefftheturtle119]

Light: fastest thing in the world Dark: it was already there

[@angryboi595]

Watching vsauce is like having a science teacher that gets your interest but confuses the shit out of you

[@Cheezy_Bunz]

Sounds like most science teachers.

[@rte3y838]

it can be a bit disorienting

[@theevilmr.meowmeow8974]

I’m literally here to help me understand a relationship between me and this girl I like philosophy 👍

[@Jetpack_Edits]

Your profile picture makes this comment better.

[@casper5311]

@@theevilmr.meowmeow8974 no

[@ankitgurung8175]

WHY DOES HE KEEP CALLING ME VSAUCE

[@zux128]

YEAH I WANT IT TO STOP I AM NOT VSAUCE

[@ankitgurung8175]

Zuxlshl HE CALLED YOU VSAUCE TOO?

[@ankitgurung8175]

Zuxlshl Or did he?

[@zux128]

@@ankitgurung8175 *-interesting music starts playing-*

[@ankitgurung8175]

Zuxlshl after 5 mins into the video The earth is round But why you think I called you VSAUCE? See the thing is your brain forces you to think that I called you VSAUCE, You think I said Hey VSAUCE. But no you are wrong Nobody said VSAUCE It’s just that the earth is round

[@thomaslewis6447]

This is one of my all time favorite videos.

[@Rizzob17]

I wish you were a teacher of mine whilst growing up. I’m 35 now, and out of all those who taught me, English teachers always made me stop, ponder and think. Thank you.

[@mrfilmmaker3237]

me:Michael lets' go for shopping!!!! Michael:but what exactly *is* shopping....? *(weird music starts at the background)*

[@schadenfreudebuddha]

or is it...?

[@cactussenpai9625]

lmao

[@locngoduy1571]

WRECKER 123 Can you go shopping at the speed of light? Will the mall's toilet become a Quasar after 4.6 billion years?

[@thomasboys7216]

Depends how many people take a dump in it. A quasar is an area of electromagnetic energy that forms around a supermassive black hole, like the one at the centre of our galaxy. It has a mass of 8.2×10^36 kg or roughly 4 million times the mass of our sun, so in order for the mall toilet to have a quasar around it, it needs to become a supermassive black hole. Now, according to wikipedia, an average human produces 128g of shit per day or approx 47kg over the course of a year. Current population of the earth is 7.4 billion people, so we're looking at 348 billion kgs of shit each year. In other words, if the entire population of the Earth used that one toilet for 23,560,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years, it could potentially form a quasar. For scale, 4.6 billion years looks like this: 4,600,000,000. It'd probably result in a few blockages as well.

[@gabrielschwartz81]

*queue music*

[@ivorytitan7653]

"What is the speed of ignorance?" Karens : *hold my essential oils.*

[@geniusgamer3840]

*I'd like to speak to your manager*

[@jameswalker6326]

Karen : hold your manager

[@ivorytitan7653]

@@jameswalker6326 On a pike

[@distractioncat7285]

@@ivorytitan7653 with his employees there too

[@simranjeetsinghmatharoo3877]

And hold mine unvaccinated child as well

[@victorcarralon9835]

3:05: It happens to me when I look at a place and I put my finger in front of my eyes, if I bring it closer to the edge of something, even though the light doesn't even come from my position. that is to say, I can see it when the light is not pointing, I do not see it with shadows, I see it with matter. test it.(not always)

[@Ridlay_]

I learn more from Vsauce videos than I did in the entirety of school.

[@TheKorenji]

"What's the speed of ignorance?" is such a powerful quote, i'm upset this is the first time someone mentions it tbh.

[@b3astlyify]

Huh I don't know lol

[@MisterG.f]

I guess the speed of ignorance would actually be infinite, because whenever new advancements are made, inmediately new questions arise, and this questions are the technical embodiment of ignorance, so ignorance gets expanded whenever new discoveries are made. Don't take this comment seriously, and i hope you understand that i'm not a native english speaker and as such i might commit several misspellings. Thank you.

[@thelocalnecromancer1224]

@@MisterG.f Very informative, thank you! Also, your English is great.

[@MisterG.f]

@@thelocalnecromancer1224 Thank you! =)

[@MerkhVision]

@@MisterG.f He demonstrates that very principle you’re describing in this video! Did u maybe make your comment before u finished watching it?

[@zoomom1526]

A wiseman can learn more from a foolish question, than a fool can learn from a wise answer.....

[@LuisGarciaMusicMaker]

Wise words

[@flowerboyfozzie5033]

Mmm no because a foolish question is still foolish, at the basic level the wiseman already knows

[@LuisGarciaMusicMaker]

@@flowerboyfozzie5033 All the wise people know what means your reply

[@yxGu-lj3li]

I lick cow

[@justanotherguywithamoustac8893]

This makes no fucking sense

[@jona_le_mus]

I swear, I watched all his videos but more keep coming up!

[@zsigmondfeher4624]

No

[@omicrondelta249]

Just the title alone blew my mind. I literally never even once thought about it.

[@thefunnyracist5299]

“What's the speed of dark?" Usain Bolt

[@oskarg4270]

LOL

[@jasonhallneuroverse]

appropriate username lol

[@LightningJackFlash]

I once measured my 200m sprint time, it's little more than 33 seconds. Usain Bolt's time is 19,19 - this sprinter is almost 2 times faster.

[@notchocheese1234]

jack1981 33 sec for a 200, thats terrible :c

[@Slaphappy1975]

Notchocheese1234 I would probably pass out before I reach 200m lol

[@thepuppethead1188]

Son: Daddy! How fast are shadows!?! Michael: I'm glad you asked,well this one time a guy covered his face in lemon juice (many hours later) Michael: and that's why lobster was fed to prisoners.

[@uhmokfuckyouandyourrespect2591]

That was awesome.

[@NotFarmerFlats]

D.C. Oakes family?

[@ifyourereadingmynamethenyo4234]

oakes family wut

[@DoodleBunnyTV]

tru story

[@ares9080]

I don't get it... What?

[@ModerationLabs]

Before I watched this video my thought was: the speed of dark is identical to the speed of light because darkness is a lack of light

[@devkukadia6639]

The end was the most heartfelt message i have ever seen. **KIDS WE DO NOT KNOW EVERYTHING** We are all learning and still creating a path to our future, Vsauce has conveyed a great message to continuously be curious about life and never stop asking questions. This is how we get to our destiny, **we don't know everything, but we can try to learn some of it**

[@JakeLikesTech]

4:42 F for the man who was trying to go faster than the speed of dark and got pulled over.

[@BitterJoyXx]

That was Micheal, not a random man.

[@BitterJoyXx]

@Dazzy Boi Oops, thanks for correcting me without being a douche

[@gatornaught8984]

I would have pulled over sooner, but I didn't see your lights.

[@Littenletsplay]

Lol

[@littlegreen9274]

@@BitterJoyXx But what is random? kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6OsqmOujp5sl5I

[@Benutcer]

Made me think of this Terry Pratchett quote: “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."

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Benutcer im using diss

[@jacy2332]

Sometimes you got to rethink old sayings such as "misery loves company". A way we know, is a person who is miserable likes to spread its misery to others to make the others miserable. Another example of misery loves company is a miserable person just badly NEEDS somebody to cheer him/her up ( which will extinguish or neutralize the misery). So of course darkness is waiting for light because Darkness has nothing and has/is always alone until 🌞LIGHT 💡🕯 comes about and changes all that by providing company and neutralizing loneliness✌

[@jacy2332]

You don't discover something without it being unknown first and you can't have answers without questions. Before things get better they have to be challenging and miserable first.

[@i_am_anxious0247]

Benutcer but, umm, just because something was already there, doesn't mean it was going faster. Also, darkness isn't a thing. AnyTHING is the key word. Darkness isn't a thing in the group of anything.

[@the_enderslayer]

Benutcer Well Isn't that interesting.

[@Battery-powered-organs]

“Smooch of darkness” could definitely be an album name

[@JohnDoe-nc5dt]

This is the coolest channel on this platform I swear

[@sindhusojan8225]

“Being faster than light, leaves you in the darkness” - Sonic the Hedgehog

[@brockpiano]

"The problem of being faster than light is that you can only live in darkness." -Another quote

[@djsahilking3807]

@@brockpiano Blackbeard laugh in darkness LoL 😂

[@alguem9421]

Flash viajando mais rápido do que a luz e,ainda assim,enxergando: foda-se😎✌🏼

[@Bugermanchi]

*laughts in being faster than dark*

[@tondekumo-kun5820]

Accidents turn me on -master oogway

[@tristanreimers423]

"What's the speed of darkness" Ask Sega. They made a hedgehog out of it.

[@mlc4495]

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[@TS-jm7jm]

Tristan Reimers huh ...oh i get the sonic reference

[@romanstardust9478]

But Sonic only runs faster than the speed of sound.

[@lucien7045]

He meant shadow,. not sonic.

[@sirdrastic6240]

romanstardust sonic is ftl

[@randygonzalez6250]

11:41 I rarely actually "laugh out loud" but this moment did it for me.

[@warriorapple705]

this guy still makes videos to this day, yet i'm only able to find videos of his from over 6 years ago

[@SarcasticDragonGaming]

"Sunsets are beautiful, but look the other way and you can see the Earth's lumbering shadow approaching..." congrats Michael... you just made a shadow sound scary.

[@iz723]

You haven't seen the episode "The silence in the Library" of Doctor Who have you? You will shit

[@SarcasticDragonGaming]

ISM ZAM nope

[@vongocnha8157]

my mom said never play with your shadow

[@Sehon13Ultd]

SarcasticDragon Gaming nah he didn't

[@Frellnikky]

But the antisunset is the best part of the sunset. Catch it on the right day and it's beautiful.

[@Seeker]

So... don't cover yourself in lemon juice? Got it! Great video as always, Michael!

[@eudin98]

Dnews didn't expect to see you here!

[@ThaGuyWithPie]

Hello, DNews

[@dylreesYT]

Eudin De La Torre To be fair where else would they be? a gaming channel #sarcasm ;)

[@mrronolo]

Yo dnews

[@Vsauce]

I didn't read anything about lime juice NOT making you invisible, though... BRB, gonna rob a bank...

[@bloxboy600]

Alternative title; What is the speed of disappearance of light

[@CharlesCorbett]

shoutout to the guy getting pulled over on the highway footage a decade ago

[@somebody3074]

“What is the speed of dark?” Idk but Usain Bolt is pretty damn fast and dark.

[@gerickguiyab4096]

Aint funny tho

[@TheUnknownname1000]

Gerick Guiyab hilarious tho

[@OkKhaos]

This is good! Quality joke.

[@captgeoff0713]

Lol

[@overwatchcombinesoldier9917]

@@gerickguiyab4096 stfu, you're so humorless lmao

[@ali__4645]

“Science will cause more questions” Literally this whole video. We went to the speed of dark to a man covering himself in lemon juice thinking he is invisible.

[@misateki]

That's the magic of the Vsauces

[@shadowprince4482]

The best thing I learned in college was how little I knew before and how much I still don't know.

[@MiyabiJNEP]

Wow! One of the best videos I've ever viewed.

[@IWouldLikeToRemainAnonymous]

This was a video worthwhile to come back to, I have now a few new reflections on the closing thoughts. I used to delight myself with the metaphors Michael used in this video about how science does shed light on the dark but increasingly shows us the things we still don't know the answers to. This very much did influence my interest in science and philosophy and my pursuit of a career in science (not there yet) but now I want to ponder the implications of this metaphor by asking the question of 'what happens if we replace science with pseudoscience, theism, pseudo-intellectualism and other dogmatic and uncritical/non-skeptical belief systems?'. If science sheds light on the unknown while increasing the perimeter of darkness, 'the known unknown', how do these other thought movements work? They still give an answer but it's not enlarging the perimeter of darkness in the same way science or philosophy does. It's giving an answer as a tool in negotiation with the curious to make them quiet down and stop asking questions. The answers are arbitrary or politically useful for the giver of the answers or reflective of norms and customs of the time and place which wrote down and spoke of these answers to questions. They are anything but an attempt at accurately describing the world while provoking new follow-up questions. They are not meant to stoke curiosity, but rather to quell it. So as science works like a flashlight in the dark only revealing some things and pushing the border of the unknown further out with each added flashlight; all of the 'sources of knowledge' other than science and philosophy work by first walking into a tent and then lighting a candle - giving the illusion of shedding light while also showing the places of unknown which raise questions we ought to investigate in the dark folds and corners of the tent. While in this tent, asking of anything that lies beyond it is blasphemy because it is inconceivable that the tent is not the true border of knowledge. Dogmatic people like to think they know what's up and to be confident about it, just as non-dogmatic believers in science and philosophy (to distinguish them from those who don't question science or philosophy) would like to have certain and absolute knowledge. The difference is that believers in science and philosophy and the incremental improvements in our understanding of all things we can question, ponder and explore, we also have learned to tolerate or, as this video subtly eludes to, intentionally seek out all the unknowns. I wish I could know the answers to all the questions I have but I'd rather admit my ignorance and keep my intellectual integrity than to believe something for the feeling of security and other benefits that come with feeling certain about something. Before you can convince a dogmatic believer they're wrong and guide them to the truth, you must first see if they could shake that dogma and admit ignorance. If they remain certain that nothing would be able to change their mind you have nothing you can do but to wait for them to come around on their own. Convincing anyone with a conviction that they're wrong is difficult enough but with some people it is impossible, and that is because of dogma. Dogma can be lost but it is something you can't make people lose, they have to lose it on their own.

[@chocolatebunnies6376]

Do you still see things this way?

[@IWouldLikeToRemainAnonymous]

@@chocolatebunnies6376More than ever before!

[@xdunny1230]

I wonder how many people tried casting a shadow on the moon after this...

[@cheapalopod8563]

If they somewhat succeed, they would probably evaporated their own fingers..

[@johnny_my_penls_is_small_but]

@Mr Mindset You're a weeb ...Or are you?

[@hotpikachusex]

I did but it didnt work so i went and stabled bread on trees and posted it to reddit

[@michaelnixon5524]

@HENRY Brogdon #weebnation #madmadara

[@or2kr]

You know, everyone who tried it did it successfully if they have hit the moon correctly, they just couldn't see the result

[@youngharvey3373]

Darkness is fast but the guy at 4:40 to the left went over the ‘speed limit’ I’ll stop...

[@Jlubrano]

😂😂😂😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Black_Dark_Grey]

No way 💪😂😂

[@PixelGaming_2020]

aw man that's hilarious since he got pulled over

[@user-vf8zp2bk4p]

@@skru_bareq nice pfp

[@DonKennyel]

Continue 😆 😆 😆

[@ruriwijaya595]

"Night is just the earth's shadow falling on you" 3:54 Damn, this sounds kinda poetic.

[@gameMaster-on8zg]

7:59 this reminded me of how somone took a big light and a small light and put the big light in back with both on and it made the small light look like it was casting darkness

[@antlocwe]

“The fear of opening your eyes” that sounds like a phobia I always had, just figuratively.

[@user-su8wo4cc4u]

@Mac McCarter balls deep

[@starplatinum2885]

@@user-su8wo4cc4u in yo jaws

[@dood8098]

Like watching a horror movie and then washing your face lmao

[@dood8098]

@@starplatinum2885 unlock em

[@NocontextNocontext]

figuratively as in you're afraid of being aware?

[@PAWNB3YOND]

"How generous of darkness, to exist so light may have a purpose!"

[@alexberhane7083]

That's pretty deep

[@NaoshikuuAnimations]

Sounds like it could come from Alice in Wonderland

[@jgbee2726]

Darkness is not something but the lack of light.

[@ojasdighe991]

@@jgbee2726 woooosh

[@Chuked]

Ojas Dighe bruh

[@TheSharkTVKK]

Intro of the video:menacing vsauce Vsauce after:”shadow” *vsauce music kicks in faster than me throwing a knife*

[@ChrisPBacon2]

0:06 Ahhhh, yes. One of Maiden's best albums.

[@mixiezz]

person: the sunset is so pretty! person 2: look at the sun setting! me: look at the the shadow of the earth coming closer!

[@smilemore1997]

Shadow of the earth? Where are you on the moon???

[@smilemore1997]

Shadow of the earth?

[@smilemore1997]

Where are you, on the moon??.

[@umapessoanaosuspeita8608]

@@smilemore1997 *_I G N O R E D_*

[@smilemore1997]

@@umapessoanaosuspeita8608 dude I know..

[@jacksonjackson4178]

i gotta go to bed bro, its becoming *you eclipse*

[@animationsbyaj9442]

yeah bruh,the shadow of the earth is getting closer

[@Porcelalina]

bro i hate you eclipse, it always ruins my mood

[@MafuyusZoloft]

I always love the you eclipse I can try to stay up but I'll sleep good when it's you eclipse

[@moonkookie1505]

Isn't that me eclipse

[@cyanw489]

I ENJOYED LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHING

[@ItsZenith-]

the speed of dark is the speed of how fast light will go out basically

[@kidtronic1041]

He jumps from one topic to another faster than speed of light

[@bowldawg4394]

Your mom can do it faster

[@kidtronic1041]

@@bowldawg4394 Please upgrade your diss or be reported for being lame.

[@bowldawg4394]

That's beyond my power

[@kidtronic1041]

@@bowldawg4394 you're boring.

[@bowldawg4394]

No u

[@jamespetersen4959]

Michael: "whats the speed of ignorance?" Me: "well how fast is the internet?"

[@controlequebrado4455]

Then multiply by the number of pseudointelectuals and pseudoscientists

[@jaimytourigny3027]

The speed of ignorance is proportionnal to the energy deployed to try to prove it wrong.

[@kcggaming5138]

Thing’s exist just because it didn’t exist so not existing gave it a reason to exist same thing with what you said and there can be a infinite number or answer behind the answer you got for it.

[@llounfox9290]

Kcg Gaming that’s simply not true it depends if you’re talking about the multi earth theory or just that something you met did today could figuratively speaking happens in many ways

[@llounfox9290]

Fuck! I literally proof your statement

[@ileska299]

This race attempted to build ships powered by bad news, as this has the well-known ability to travel faster than light. However, the idea was soon abandoned as the ships were unwelcome wherever they landed (or attempted to do so). Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[@loranlomiller54]

I am currently working on, "The Speed of Reflection" -Kelty Loranlo Miller -Kelty'loranlo -KLM

[@cody_7.542]

Me: Vigorously shaking finger at the Moon with a flashlight at 1am Neighbor: Hunny, the meth heads are outside again!

[@lataajanaukas7035]

Its honey not hunny tho

[@iamthatoneguy7875]

I think you should just say you were on meth. *It's easier to explain than saying you watch a youtube guy who is.. uh.. y'know.*

[@joshsticko]

And thus, the transfer of information

[@WThroat]

@@iamthatoneguy7875 grammar natzis babyyyyy. I guess you are that one guy.

[@LTHXR-sv4iq]

@@lataajanaukas7035 hunny is also used. It's long for "hun"

[@tarunmenon8028]

“There are many different stages of twilight” 5 movies later “There are *too* many different stages of twilight*

[@anilpanchal7315]

lmao

[@hongseng3670]

Oof

[@mosheahvows5071]

Stop

[@SaunaShruti]

When i was a kid i would always think about shadows. Wish this information was available to me back then or maybe not cuzz that would have ruined the fun of thinking upon it. Btw u r just doing wonderful work. Keep up with the good work!

[@mohammedghaze303]

finnaly this is what has been sitting in my head

[@1Yooter]

The problem with being faster than light, is that you can only live in darkness.

[@prathambhargava7061]

true~

[@Humuncules]

wrong, you could see something in the direction you are facing, but couldnt see anything in the opposite direction. light -> you--->

[@MiskeykeyMis]

This sounds like some edgy sonic monologue.

[@fryz8741]

no, you can live in the light that was previously there...

[@XelaShade]

Now that's edge as Fuck.