Which Way Is Down?

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Thanks to Eric Langlay ( / ericdraven30 ) for producing, editing, and animating this episode with me. Thanks also to Henry Reich ( / minutephysics ) for his advice and guidance.
Universe Sandbox² : universesandbox.com/
Mass vs weight:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_ve...
Great Veritasium video: • The Difference Between...
two other great videos: • cartoon treat weight v... and • conceptual physics Mas...
baseballs coming together under gravitational attraction can be simulated in Universe Sandbox 2. More math behind it can be found here: / eli5_will_two_baseball...
Weight to mass (on surface of Earth) convertor: www.convertunits.com/from/kil...
pencil and Earth falling numbers: www.quora.com/When-we-drop-a-...
NASA HD footage: archive.org/details/NASA-Ultr...
Buoyancy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buoyancy
Earth’s spin and its effect on ‘down’: www.freemars.org/jeff/Earth/do...
The measurement of Earth and its gravity:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesy
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physica...
Movement of Earth’s center of mass:
www.aiub.unibe.ch/research/slr...
www.massentransporte.de/index....
citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/...
you get heavier before you get lighter as you descend into Earth: / do_you_get_lighter_the...
vertical deflection:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertica...
practical uses of measuring gravity: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravimetry
geoid:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoid
oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/g...
• gravitational field li...
Interactive Earth geoid: experiments.withgoogle.com/ch...
your weight when moon is overhead: www.thenakedscientists.com/fo...
Hammer and feather drop on moon: nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary...
Why things fall at the same rate: www.quora.com/If-an-object-ha...
Wolfram Alpha cone geodesic tool: demonstrations.wolfram.com/Con...
General Relativity:
simple animation showing geodesic on cone and how it causes motion DOWN in space: • General Relativity : E...
GREAT pbs spacetime video (watch the whole channel): • General Relativity & C...
www.askamathematician.com/2009...
www.av8n.com/physics/geodesic...
www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/teachin...
www.einstein-online.info/spotl...
time and gravity:
• How Gravity Makes Thin...
• Gravity's effect on th...
• Gravitational Time Dil...
/ bending_of_space_not_r...
/ does_time_dilation_cau...
tests of general relativity: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tests_o...
RECOMENDED BOOKS:
great introductory texts:
“Relativity Visualized” by Lewis Carroll Epstein www.amazon.com/Relativity-Exp...
There’s also this PDF that takes Epstein’s diagrams into more detail: www.relativity.li/uploads/pdf/...
“Relativity Simply Explained” by Martin Gardener www.amazon.com/Relativity-Exp...
great intro to the math of general relativity:
“A Most Incomprehensible Thing: Notes Towards a Very Gentle Introduction to the Mathematics of Relativity” by Peter Collier www.amazon.com/Most-Incompreh...
Requires some background in relevant math topics (see above) but very very good:
“Spacetime And Geometry: An Introduction To General Relativity” by Sean Carrol www.amazon.com/gp/product/933...

[@neverendingtoasterbath956]

Bank robber: Everybody get down this is a robbery Vsauce:

[@tjurostas3704]

But which way is down?

[@atomosvrial1708]

TIME TRAVEL

[@sulfurical7439]

Or is it?? *Vsause Theme starts playing*

[@BlindManBert]

Bank robber: Everybody get down this is a robbery!! Vsauce: But your down and my down aren’t the same thing… Robber: *BANG* Vsauce’s dying words: The bullet took a curved path to my chest for two reasons. First it’s because… [uuuhhhhnnnnhhhh…]

[@mykids5269]

Actually

[@Galistic]

This guy could convince flat earthers that the earth is a cone.

[@fewerbeansplease]

Petits pas...petits pas....

[@lexiekeller8724]

@Niels Kloppenburg while I don't subscribe to the theory of flat-earthers, I do understand the premises they set forth. Their model of earth has the south pole as the imaginary border of a disk, and the north pole as the center. So melting a pole on their planet has different affects depending on the pole.

[@TheMartieno]

@@lexiekeller8724 do you know what happens when you keep going south when you reach the south pole

[@ryanblair8805]

out of all the comments i scrolled through this was the first one to make me laugh out loud mostly cause the way he describes things can convince me of almost anything

[@TheFlutterQueen]

@@TheMartieno If you're talking about globe earth, you start going north.

[@andrewsenff6063]

I love how happy the astronaut sounded when he dropped the hammer and feather; "How 'bout that!"

[@DetectiveConan990v3]

lmao

[@tintiniitk]

@@DetectiveConan990v3 Of course, how many people get the opportunity to prove such a valuable hypothesis of physical laws of universe and that too in front of millions live?

[@DetectiveConan990v3]

@@tintiniitk not many

[@TheReal_GigaChad]

@@tintiniitk is there something I'm missing or were you triggered by an "lmao"?

[@tintiniitk]

@@TheReal_GigaChad not triggered or anything. I just mistakenly replied to the wrong comment instead of the replying to andrewsenff6063 .

[@blllk8189]

VSauce's videos should unironically be used in classrooms. This is literally the clearest explanation ever. Edit: where did a history based flame war come into the replies??

[@THEMilesMorales]

My teachers have actually done this before😂

[@nebula2582]

@@THEMilesMoralesW teachee

[@grahamskippy]

Instead now we are getting PragerU shown in Texas and Flordia. America is so damn confusing and backwards.

[@BBQbical]

@@nebula2582you mean V teacher 😂

[@Kyle-nm1kh]

Yes but what about quantum gravity

[@marcmottonen8992]

Michael sounds so convincing all the time that I’d believe him if he said that birds were real

[@superbdul_1]

@@smaakjeks never have been

[@yekshemeshbarcooda8602]

Dude that joke just turned into a bird and flew way over your head

[@superbdul_1]

@@smaakjeks uhmmm racoons?

[@headcanon6408]

@@smaakjeks Government drones, obviously

[@botelladeaguamediollena4885]

@@smaakjeks those flying things in the air are jokes going over you

[@bobsquad5828]

robber: *EVERYONE GET DOWN* michael: but which way is down?

[@dizelcat4291]

¨suddenly music¨

[@timere2407]

I laughed way to hard at this 😂

[@thegrandatm1844]

Grabs camera out

[@thepizzatime3502]

Floats away

[@ninjaish311]

*gets fucking shot*

[@Fendelfull]

I love how the earth weighs 180 lbs on you. Never thought of gravity this way. Wonderful.

[@lepterfirefall]

Not convinced....your still pushing down on the scale, only the other side of it.

[@dunar1005]

There is no gravity.. didn't you listen? ;)

[@Nevernamed]

@@lepterfirefall You missed the point.

[@lepterfirefall]

@@Nevernamed did I?

[@Nevernamed]

@@lepterfirefall Flipping over the scale was meant to visually emphasize the concept that gravity pulls both ways, and demonstrate the relativistic nature of what we perceive as a pull.

[@tonylovesmusic111]

Please don’t tell my wife I’m attracted to the earth

[@LevanEvan]

Down bad for that curve 😏🌍

[@Dollette.101]

@@LevanEvan😭😭!!

[@kiwishizzle]

"The sun is not currently a black hole but we can change that" Remind me to never piss off Vsauce

[@DougVoght]

😂

[@elpersonpl576]

33

[@NoBoDY_Music]

kiwishizzle yo, don’t piss of v sauce, jk but ur comment made me laugh my ass off 😂😂 cheers

[@peytonschuberg1565]

Lol 👏 👍

[@kianwallace4274]

800 likes

[@canofdirt]

Wife: I want you to go down on me. Vsauce: Which way is down?

[@dextrodextrose1299]

xD

[@fairyeater]

Brolog200 *proceeds to go on 26 minute tangent

[@shivambhatt2724]

*goes to the thigh* sorry honey moving on a cone here

[@gerardotorres2172]

Oh shit this comment was hilarious xD

[@Tethloach1]

that's pretty good. Micheal Stevens> Most scientist are idiots.

[@aurelio3532]

this is probably the very topic that got me into physics (and also into this channel) 5 years ago, and here I am studying for my bachelor's degree in physics. that's how powerful scientific disclosure can be thank you michael for feeding my brain for the past 5 years

[@FuzzyRatMeat]

This story is sus send me a pic

[@filipporosatti6243]

​@@FuzzyRatMeatwhy would it be? I too used to get interested in these videos to the point I became passionate in physics, and now I too am studying for a bachelor's degree, there's nothing unbelievable about it

[@eccsubs2179]

bro...@@FuzzyRatMeat

[@ough.]

@@FuzzyRatMeatbruh its a genuine comment, dont have to be skeptical on the most minor thing

[@nullme5]

​@@ough. It just wants his pic

[@ptphil64]

This is not only an excellent description of Einstein’s 1914 paper on General Relativity, but it’s the only video description that I’ve ever seen directed at a lay-audience that didn’t suck. Most resort to analogies with balls on trampolines, or whirlpools, and completely mislead the audience.

[@ayyothepizzahere6181]

Police: you're under arrest! Vsause: or am I?

[@yigiro5895]

Vsauce*

[@Martin-xh1hd]

Sauce*

[@jnewcell6952]

Studies show that about 1/20 of people are innocent when arrested. This means...

[@crazyman6257]

Pulls out gun from pocket OR AM I

[@Volstx]

Police gets confused and lets vsauce go

[@ax-wx6ol]

“First things first: Lets turn the sun into a black hole” Ok then

[@fluffy8812]

Seems legit

[@averys1738]

feeling high hopes about this 5 minute craft

[@jamez2022]

Exactly what I said irl

[@_hazbinfan]

Yay

[@AlexIsYurMum777]

new pick-up line

[@santrollencio3601]

Aight after watching this video 58 times over the course of the last 4 years this is what I’ve learned about this video: - Objects with mass curve the space and the existence of *time* allows objects with mass to move and because space is curved by the objects with mass they start to move through the curved space that keeps being curved by the objects with mass and eventually the objects with mass meet each other in a point in space curving the space in a way that the objects with mass keep being together at the same place in space. - So the objects with mass are not “attracted” to each other, they’re just moving through the three dimensional universe thanks to time and they move because their mass causes the space to curve, if space is three dimensional the curvature is a three dimensional curvature, this three dimensional curvature causes the objects with mass to move through space AND time. - If *time* did not exist, objects with mass would remain immobile in space, what we know as "gravity" would not exist in a universe without something like time. Objects with mass move through space because their masses curve space and time causes that movement to occur, in other words, time, which only moves in one direction, causes objects with mass to move through space, which can only move in one direction, "forward" in time. So, the answer to the question “which way is down?” turns out to be what we know as the direction objects with mass move in the dimension of time. When you reproduce a video of a guy bungee jumping you’ll see him “falling DOWN”. But what if you move “backwards” in time? If you reproduce the same video in reverse you will see the dude “falling UP” moving in the opposite direction of the earth, not towards the earth like we do in this universe. We humans are just objects with mass and the planet earth is another object with mass, we are not “attracted” to the earth, we are just moving forward in time through a curved space, curvature in space caused in a big part by this MASSIVE object that is our planet earth. “Going down” is just “going forward” in time.

[@user-rr5kr8tc3k]

no shit

[@BD-np6bv]

You're overthinking it with the time thing. E=mc^2 means energy and mass are one and the same, just different manifestations of the same thing. Mass and energy warps space-time, so say an asteroid at rest, but moving in a velocity (not accelerating) far from the Earth, will continue on its way without interacting much with the Earth. An asteroid going at the right speed and moving close to the Earth can be captured into orbit, like a moon. It's at rest, but falling as fast as the curvature of the Earth so it never strikes the Earth. An asteroid that is closer, will circle the Earth and slowly fall down and strike it. But all three objects are at rest, moving in a straight line. It's only the mass of the Earth curving space-time causing the last two asteroids to "fall" towards it. Also, light no mass, but its path (space-time) is curved, so light will bend around massive objects. That's why even light can't escape the curvature of space-time created by black holes.

[@olivercharles2930]

@@user-rr5kr8tc3k They are just sharing how they have come to understood the video, no need to be a shithead.

[@blackguardianyt4580]

the first one sounded like The mass of a mass is mass with mass from mass :)

[@quakeknight9680]

So in theory we have to move at the speed of light to get down or?

[@bbharath2003]

Words are inadequate to explain my gratitude to Michael for videos like these… Although I understood only 50% the first time I watched it, 25% more the next time, 12.5% the next, and so on 😊 my sincere 100% thanks for his efforts Kudos…

[@tintiniitk]

So, you'd never fully understand it?

[@NeighborSenpai]

@@tintiniitk it's a Vsauce video, it's nearly impossible to understand it fully

[@neebnabs]

So, understanding Vsauce is a supertask?

[@A2431A]

He knows Victoria's secret

[@harrygao7632]

1:40 "The Sun is currently not a black hole, but we can change that." Ferb, I know what we're going to do today.

[@ashtonsmith1730]

oh no

[@mrbanana8429]

A shit here we go again

[@erenkar3452]

Today we're going to change the sun into a black hole. This is going to be fun!

[@EScoGo920]

Im laughing so hard im crying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Zeegoku1007]

@@EScoGo920 I don't get it

[@bruh4663]

"Why do things fall." less than a minute later "LETS MAKE THE SUN A BLACK HOLE"

[@gush35z67]

Creature Mystical 😂

[@DougVoght]

😂

[@kubikim]

So... Is anybody gonna whoosh them or not?

[@MrGregAndo]

I really do miss these videos more than any other content that has stopped being produced by anyone. The shorts are good, but the way he would diverge topics was always something I loved.

[@aurora6814]

I loooove your videos! I'm able to understand everything and can explore any topic the Vsauce way. Very creative and fun! Plus, it blows my minf how sometimes the videos are from ages ago . It's surreal how much effort must go into these masterpieces. The quality is just outstanding and you have a talent for keeping the listeners attention for this long, really! Thank you so much, I learnt so many things through your videos which I never thought were even interesting matters.

[@everlong4320]

"First, let's turn the sun into a black hole" Micheal no

[@Amy-si8gq]

December 31th 2020

[@shadowxxe]

@@Amy-si8gq "December thirty oneth"

[@georgekhoory1521]

Well the sun kind of is a black hole. It takes in billions of tons of matter except a black hole doesn't burn bright.

[@georgekhoory1521]

@@Amy-si8gq relatable

[@Amy-si8gq]

@@georgekhoory1521 a black hole does burn bright, its just got so much gravity that the light it produces cant leave

[@teamatfort444]

Vsauce: "why do things fall? me: "well i suppose it would be gravi.." "time travel" oh

[@Allnprodd]

lol

[@universal2057]

*I see*

[@samdoesstuff4924]

but first, we need to turn the sun into a black hole

[@Rachie-nj3oi]

Keep telling people gravity is not real. Now do i believe in spacetime. More research needed but I at this moment I would also say no.

[@samdoesstuff4924]

Rachie 00000 it was a joke, and gravity is real

[@kuroblakka3786]

The airror pun would work in Turkish as well. In Turkish error is hata and air is hava, so the pun would havata.

[@Iggonic]

Which way is down? Vsauce: First things first, let’s turn the sun into a black hole

[@chucksteak6396]

"First things first. Let's turn the sun into a black hole." I'm listening.

[@Herzyyyy]

Chuck Steak m

[@jamesiyer4937]

@Corleone Alright anarchist-tube.

[@fastoni5685]

m

[@TheLucidDementia]

graystillplays possessed vsauce

[@extremealier4143]

*666 likes*

[@OldClam5]

RIP vsauce, cause of death: KZbin red.

[@littleevo9776]

Your so right man.

[@littleevo9776]

@macaco maco his premium vids killed his channel

[@littleevo9776]

@macaco maco lmao wut? I'm not talking politics

[@kotathechicken154]

@macaco maco they're talking about his newest videos, not this one. Although I did get the free trial, watched all of them and they were pretty neat. But the videos "killed" his channel because he no longer uploads on it but instead makes infrequent appearances on DONG and at least I don't know what he's doing right now though someone else might.

[@jz4774]

He hasn't posted one since January

[@tartartartartar2731]

I like he starts slow at the beginning but everything starts to makes sense at the end , like 20:29 this one , he gave every best example possible to explain this to us , i lub this channel

[@thuanhoang9381]

Dude, his way of addressing the problem so he can later do research and explain on, just makes me smile so hard because it is so wholesome (I can't explain don't @ me).

[@typicallynotawake9911]

Vsauce: “which way is down?” Vsauce 40 seconds later: “TIME TRAVEL”

[@ethanwilson9406]

He's not wrong though.

[@poxslostoxen6817]

😹i swear

[@superexpertgamerkiller9477]

"Why do things fall? Is it because they are being pushed or pulled? Or is it because of TIME TRAVEL"

[@endoflevelboss]

Yeah ok just stop. Stop all your comments forever.

[@phoneguy5110]

I travel 2 seconds per second

[@spamtongspamton9900]

“The sun isn’t a black hole, _but we can change that”_ “You’re probably living, but we can change that”

[@SuperDominicS]

You probably have friends, but we can change that.

[@sups6192]

You're probably living in Africa where 60 sec a minute passed,but we can change that

[@pardeepgarg2640]

You are probably watching Vsauce but we -can't- change that

[@beepbeepimasheep237beepbee3]

You probably have a computer, but we can logically change that.

[@pardeepgarg2640]

You probably not have brain , but we can't change that

[@unprankable666]

Five years ago at time of commenting. This feels like I'm watching a video from 2014, with how well made and entertaining it is. I'm glad VSauce has endured and continues to make wonderful content. It's a nice break to go back and watch these masterpieces. Thank you so much.

[@Left-handed-liberal]

If school could have been as engaging as this, or teachers been as engaging as Michael, I would know more than I do now.

[@zyxw2000]

It's not too late to learn new things without school. I'm learning constantly and I'm 77.

[@scottdrewel2641]

When you are feeling down, just remember that earth is still attracted to you

[@johndevries7397]

If you're feeling down, but also when you are falling down

[@MagikarpMan]

But what is down?

[@jadenatayee8109]

Mag1KarpMan first things first, let’s turn the sun into a black hole

[@rafqueraf]

She's too fat bipolar and have deep depression

[@user-jd4so3hr3t]

@@MagikarpMan Down, by our definition, is the way an object's gravity pull's you by

[@largeoctahedron]

There’s no feeling quite like watching a Vsauce video, understanding nothing, then coming back a few months later after learning some stuff and understanding it all.

[@justinverville1560]

Then coming back

[@artimus4198]

I come back to this video every once in a while to try and get a better understanding of relativity, michael does a really good job of explaining and visualizing it here

[@kathrynmercier4874]

@@artimus4198 I’m glad I’m not the only one. I spent quite a bit trying to understand special and general relativity (conceptually) and once it all clicked, I came back and watched a shit ton if Vsauce videos

[@obelisk941]

@@kathrynmercier4874 That is literally my experience as I write this, my Philosophy of Physics module is testing my brain!

[@kathrynmercier4874]

@@obelisk941 I hope you’re enjoying revisiting Vsauce with your newfound knowledge as much as I am :)

[@okasai3199]

Flat earthers wont like this one

[@pixel617]

So you're telling me I can move the earth the width of a proton if I drop a wooden pencil 9 trillion times?

[@Designed1]

"Why do things fall?" *5 seconds later* "Is it because of time travel?"

[@LegoMinecrafter16]

ok but first things first: let’s turn the sun into a black hole

[@Gartendalf]

@M. Talk time doesn't exist. It is Made up by counting intervals of things just happening. Like earth ging around the Sun. We just startet calling this a day at some point. The Invention of measuring time, is Handy though. We need it to describe stuff that is happening, to Predict things an so on.

[@syafiqraizer9150]

It's za warudo

[@anuman99ful]

@@Gartendalf mhhh, if you say that anyone could argue that neither space exists, it's just whats between two existing things, for any arbitrary existing things. And we can also measure space, associate a number with a quantity of it. The thing that makes this type of reasonings seem odd to me is that you neglect the existence of time but ackwnoledge the concept of instant (measure between two instants), and I don't think that's so simple.

[@Gartendalf]

@@anuman99ful space exists. Time just doesn't. 1000 Meter way always take 1000 meters to walk. While the time it would take to achieve that distance is dependant on your speed. Thus time must be Made up. There is just speed and distance. From that we humanes derive time. Sorry for my bad english. Its Not my mother language.

[@fiammaorsmth9840]

Michael please come back

[@varatic644]

RubenTheScrub he has a channel called dong

[@troyg2102]

He did his show and dong plus he did a bunch of appearances. But he said some what recently he's working on a video

[@theM4R4T]

Cornel Botnaru I want Vsauce

[@natalieladue6270]

Snazzy Clown nah we ain't good enough for him now unless we pay to see him.

[@RandOm-hr5jn]

Yea that's pretty hypocritical, considering how all of his viewers are embracing socialism in their hearts. He shouldn't do that, really.

[@mattshu]

This whole video is mind boggling and I had to stop at the 1 arcsecond definition to truly take in the scale

[@Bobcat9]

I've watched this ten times at least, and shared it probably a hundred times. Such a good composition of sciences, nicely organized, great graphics/aids, easily rememberable and repeatable, full of answers and qualified explanations in common language a 10 year old could understand. Great job everyone, I put this on the top shelf for when showing others your channel. :clapping_hands:

[@gabby_5820]

Mom: Go downstairs now, we have dinner. Vsauce: But.. which way is down?

[@nursmalik6024]

Well first of all- To be continued

[@insane_troll]

Where time's running slower obviously.

[@count7340]

"Down the dog's throat if you're not fast enough!"

[@thehammurabichode7994]

(Theme echoes, muffled from his room)

[@galladegamer3579]

@@nursmalik6024 We need to turn the sun into a _black hole_

[@Gamerofspace1684]

Never ask a woman her age, a man his salary, vsauce how he got that footage of a woman falling

[@Umamaahoe]

Why find footage when you could simply make the film yourself 🎥

[@IAmOnFireLol]

5u1c1d3 f007493?

[@ryanolsen294]

@@IAmOnFireLol ??

[@malachi4838]

Time stamp? I had this video playing as background noise while I was cleaning so I wasn’t looking at the screen

[@JoyOfCreativeService]

@@malachi4838 Yeah, I missed it too. I was extremely tired, and kept shutting my eyes for a few seconds.

[@mtmzll]

I've watchded this video so many times over the years. I love all of Michael's videos, but this one is just so memorable

[@decmccoy6731]

This video is the reason I chose to study physics, my degree is now nearly complete, and rewatching this video is an incredible feeling

[@Casedilla73]

Congrats how’d it go?

[@returnto_monke]

It’s a tradition to come back to these masterpieces once in a while.

[@Mick_92]

I know right? His content has just so much rewartch value to it.

[@zanw.awesome3102]

amen to that brother

[@rickc-1898]

cheers!

[@KamranYounis1]

The best part is learning something new each time you come back

[@Temerityofficial21201]

Michael: What is a tradition?

[@Effici]

It hits different when you come back and understand everything.

[@d4n1s0n7]

So true

[@nabayanchakma2419]

Damn so true

[@deathtobtc8419]

Yes yes true

[@guyinagame4793]

Omg yes

[@gunjanshah4844]

So damn true

[@jamesle487]

The first few seconds are the most confusing ever, and that’s vsauce

[@codyw1023]

turning the scale around and weighing the earth blew my mind a bit.

[@Drakonus_]

-"Quick, get down!!!"- *"Quick, move to the place where time is the slowest for humans!!!"*

[@idkanameforthis]

SEND ME HATE ON MY CHANNEL gbsdbds

[@raagamparmar179]

lol underrated comment!

[@imenhashim6943]

@@idkanameforthis did u seriously spam this on every comment you could find? you really have nothing better to do? learn a language. get a hobby ffs.

[@DaniSC_real]

the ppl : "wat?"

[@smileyboi5275]

@@imenhashim6943 I think it's a bot

[@t10god]

"oh god I fell and broke my leg" vsauce: you mean you time traveled!

[@love2fight205]

I have no clue what this joke is about, I’ll probably find out in the next 10 minutes though. Vsauce videos are always a journey.

[@galladegamerletsplays]

*turns the sun into a black hole*

[@galladegamerletsplays]

*turns the sun into a black hole*

[@arunagyawalee278]

Im 200th like hehe you are welcome 👍

[@SuperTurtle0]

I’m the 269th, hehe nice

[@T.A.D.A]

I love it when the vsauce music plays

[@randomstuff6786]

unironically i have finally had my mind shattered, my understanding of gravity space time and the universe finally altered, and i cant help but cry

[@TheSavageProdigy]

“Are we being pushed, or pulled?! Or...is it TIME TRAVEL...first, let’s turn the sun into a black hole.” I mean If your new here, well uhhhh this is about as *logical as it gets.*

[@smaakjeks]

"Next watch me slap my massive balls around."

[@brettkane9175]

“In order to understand why the chicken crossed the road, we need to read some ancient Sumerian proverbs.”

[@idkanameforthis]

SEND ME HATE ON MY CHANNEL ggfgfgfgbbbbbbbb

[@brettkane9175]

@@idkanameforthis I'll send KZbin a spam report for you instead.

[@MrQuinnlord]

I'm sure before this video, if you were asked what would happen if the sun became a black hole of the same mass, you would answer that the earth would get sucked in.

[@leonm2554]

The way my tears go when you only make KZbin red videos

[@juls_sisyphus]

He's in DONG now

[@diamondfailer11]

@@juls_sisyphus *D!NG, get it right bud

[@velvet3302]

@@diamondfailer11 🍰

[@justaneditygangstar]

Father Alpha I don’t want to be in dong

[@larsatticus6807]

He posts some good stuff on D!NG. I’d recommend the series Michael’s Toys.

[@mimizZzZ]

As social media expanded throughout the years and got the most of my attention in my free time, I almost forgot about how much I enjoyed your videos. What an epic comeback to get this suggested. Time to see what I've missed for the last 5 years from your channel :D

[@beniwalimurica1711]

This is the greatest piece of science communication I’ve ever seen. Michael is nothing less than a genius for his ability to do this so effectively.

[@arcanumraptor3948]

Which way is down? 30 seconds later *Let’s turn the sun into a black hole*

[@collabmania7518]

As soon as I clicked on see more, Vsauce said "Let’s turn the sun into a black hole".

[@baronofbahlingen9662]

Arcanum Raptor Thanos getting high

[@aiehr8221]

"is it getting pulled is it getting pushed. Is it time travel? lets turn the sun into a black hole.

[@Whytheice1]

Wtf

[@bangunny]

Pretty spooky i'd say

[@DylanAGames]

I swear every Vsauce video starts with Michael explaining a simple question, and ends with him concluding what the meaning of the universe is.

[@ineedabetterpfp2485]

Not Tfue You forget to change accounts?

[@DylanAGames]

Filthyscoutmain nah I deleted my comment cuz it kinda just looked dumb. That’s why it says “Dylann ok”

[@LoliKami]

@@DylanAGames or did you?

[@LoliKami]

In the field of Quantum Mechanics, the comment can either remain deleted or not deleted.

[@althealligator1467]

Oh hey. You must be new here

[@Smallllllllllllllwolf]

Robber: EVERYONE GET DOWN I HAVE A GUN Vsauce: But which way is down?

[@flexyco]

Six years later and I still love to show this to people around me.

[@normanm11]

21 months... almost TWO years since the last free Vsauce video. This is truly sad.

[@ThePrentiss100]

Damn.

[@robotzbuthot8775]

F

[@krakowski_6237]

I just bought it

[@gamecenter1992]

just watch him on D!NG he posts there reguIarIy

[@normanm11]

DS9 Not the same content and definitely not the same feeling, his content on D!ing seems too shallow.

[@SacsachCCABP]

Newton: gravity- Einstein: I’m gonna stop you right there.

[@dord4453]

🤣🤣

[@dazzlemasseur]

you couldn't write Albert's first name too ?

[@FlowTides]

"Gravity-Gravity is a harness..I have harnessed the harness." -Sigma from Overwatch

[@graceheatherwick]

Alffa ahahaaha

[@blizzardkiehn2508]

@@dazzlemasseur he got stopped right there.

[@NoMoreNarrative]

Hypothetically if a group of people moved and stayed 1 mile under the surface of the earth, then they would seemingly live longer than us on the surface, if mass is moving toward where time is slowest

[@noah321]

They always ask “where is down?” But never “how is down?” :(

[@brightdharmacharm146]

Noah Rahal • 38 years ago send me the period in your name pls

[@brightdharmacharm146]

•

[@brightdharmacharm146]

Nvm I got it

[@ADarnSmore]

i’m fine

[@Brandon-vo3cb]

Down knows what sins it has committed through the ages. It needs to be constantly monitored for our well being.

[@houdbla]

"Or is it because of time travel?" *Music starts* Thats when I know shit's about to get real

[@mrjaquavis6444]

HoudBla 2 Weeks. TWO FKING WEEKS if you think thats any old idk what to say. Stop making dumb excuses that its an "old comment" (2 weeks ago)

[@mrjaquavis6444]

HoudBla It is true and was funny but not really now, its overused af. I told you i was joking with "pls die" to be sarcastic but idk if you listened cus you seem offended now idk :/. Also why are you calling me an idiot and be like AHHAHAHAHAH. You seem so childish when you do that.

[@SynStylah]

AnOriginalName death is not a joke you idiot why would you say "Pls die" to someone that's a horrible thing to say what if someone was very stressed then someone on the internet says to them "Pls die" how do you think they would feel?

[@mrjaquavis6444]

Okay it was dumb of me to say that im sorry. My point is that its an overused joke and thats what i wanted to say.

[@mrjaquavis6444]

Witapro Also stop calling me idiot. It seems like you two are the same guy with different account or brothers/friends cus you act simular.

[@sean6663]

Far and away the best video he’s ever made. His ability to convey information is insane. I watch this video all the time. It so strange to here how are reality actually *is* vs what we experience

[@connorduffy7964]

the best part about your videos is coming back to them every year and understanding it a bit more :]] im reading steven hawking’s A brief history of time and this clicks so well !

[@botetta]

_"First things first, let's turn the Sun into a black hole"_ -Vsauce 2017 0:44

[@thisismyshitpostingaccount5991]

Wow you can quote a video

[@maxmustermann194]

Vsauce dude you got hacked posting scam? I'm reporting this.

[@gofinn_]

I mean aren't we even going to ask how down escalated quickly to Time Travel...

[@itsSeanMXD]

Alexander Mustermann It's not VSauce. It's a fake KZbin profile. It only looks like VSauce. Click on their profile.

[@keeewl4607]

botetta minecraft

[@sfirro]

“First things first: Let’s turn the Sun to a black hole.”

[@nekomunikabilusorangutangi4683]

Sfirro leems segit

[@RonaldMcJuicy]

gotta do the small stuff first

[@EliasAAA]

as you do

[@soggabossfight7171]

YAY

[@Panda-Face]

Sfirro Me: wait what?

[@HetPatel-bh1dh]

Only Vsauce can make simple things more complex and still explain it clearly

[@itsPixiee]

I love watching science and math videos while not understanding a single thing

[@lahecoq2417]

imagine having Michael as your physics teacher... would be the best teacher in existence

[@tommynguyen1037]

no cuz he would be forced to teach only what he is told to just like every other teacher the school system is shit

[@lahecoq2417]

@@tommynguyen1037 obviously, but you have no idea how big of a difference it makes how its teached

[@SuperYtc1]

Imagine thinking teachers have 200 hours for each lesson plan.

[@lahecoq2417]

@@SuperYtc1 i meant more like the passion part of michael

[@_Insert_Username]

Its all fun until he sets exam question paper lol

[@eggandcheesesoda9874]

That was literally the best explanation for "gravity" I have ever seen.

[@plo8monster113]

when rollerblading and I bust my ass then it is not gravity that caused the pain but time that caused the pain. To be clear my failure to remain horizontal through time travel. With this new concept within my grasp, I will now need a better definition for Gforce as a unit of time

[@seewhyaneyesee]

That is Vsauce for you.

[@konradschulz7567]

Try this one out kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4PKc3-Mfpimq68

[@vernedictb.valentine2057]

@@seewhyaneyesee is Vsauce messing with us or he's Being serious?

[@juanitadiaz1596]

Vsauce: "why do things fall? me: "well i suppose it would be gravi.." "time travel" oh

[@studiroot5236]

24:35 Bro threw a girl to explain which way is down 💀

[@chasingbaguettes]

You can’t look away for a second or you’re just confused but it’s still entertaining to watch. Good job Vsauce.

[@unoriginalname4426]

Everyone: “Vsauce is dead” Vsauce: literally makes Mind Field free

[@Exist64]

Just incredible. I think they don't even get enough appreciation for that

[@BF1_enthusiast]

Ofcourse they don't 🤷‍♂️

[@ignaciogramsch7194]

I wonder if he used KZbin red for money and production and then after he got it, it went free

[@KILLRXNOEVIRUS]

💥💣💣💥💣💣💥💥😢💣💥💣💥💥💣🔥🔥🔥🔥☻

[@kindlin]

Here's the thing tho, I don't even really like Mindfield. The big build up is always for some kind of experiment, but the Vsause I fell in love with just had crazy ways of linking disparate ideas together. Throwing budget at a show to make cool experiments just isn't Vsause. It's mindfield. The few episodes I've watched were relatively boring.

[@jonahsousa1986]

michael: which way is down? also michael 5 second in: TIME TRAVEL.

[@LockwoodTheScientist]

1 second later: *Let’s turn the sun into a black hole!*

[@rempuia69]

Or is it *Vsauce music*

[@Darko807]

Sounds like the plot of kingdom hearts

[@elthomas_]

Every second I time travel into the future a second. No big deal really

[@michaelgrijalva1257]

Well yes, but actually no

[@indygowithay]

In another universe this is not the case but someone made a poetic horror book about it.

[@Skrzynia]

after like 4-5 rewatches I can finally grasp the full picture of it and deeply understand what it is said here. I watched it first time like 5 y ago and barely understood any facts from the end of this video. Only slowly but surely with a lot of patience but also knowledge u can watch this video last time and say "I got it"

[@cryptoooooooo]

Michael should be a lawyer. *Judge:* Guilty. *Michael:* Or is he? *Judge:* Case reopened!

[@hildaedmond1290]

😂😂😂😂

[@kriglum0760]

XD

[@mrbenoit5018]

Its Alyx it’s the Jury that makes the guiltiness decision.

[@cryptoooooooo]

@@mrbenoit5018 Or is it?

[@ImReign]

*_Dun_* music plays

[@ANDHISNAMEISJOHNCENA]

"Einstein realized that curvature could cause things to be seemingly attracted to one another." my man

[@KILLRXNOEVIRUS]

*I am speed (◉ ͜ʖ◉)*

[@thegoldennuggetyt]

Baby got curves

[@hkm239]

@@thegoldennuggetyt Yes but don't touch the babies, it is illegal. I found out from experience

[@jesseflowers2438]

He was sicc for the dummy thicc

[@shady8045]

Einstein wasn’t actually a genius he was just really horny

[@Aadiweb]

12:50 so many open tabs make me jealous of your beast pc

[@jimmythecow3873]

watching vsauce talk about how the sun is now a black hole, then not paying attention for 10 seconds and he says mass is down is the epitome of entertainment

[@lugiagaurdien773]

"The sun is currently not a black hole, but we can change that" -every super villain ever

[@akashwalavalkar7313]

"First tings first: Let's turn the sun into a black hole"

[@AEQEA]

I already said sorry in advance. 😓

[@user-cd4bx6uq1y]

956, that dudde saying to remind him to not annoy vsauce intensifies

[@Takkion]

''First things first, let's turn the sun into a black hole.'' - Vsauce 2017

[@shaangraham]

Jordan Rage *2017

[@Takkion]

You're right, thanks mate.

[@keatonthenoob7131]

2018*

[@shaangraham]

Jordan Rage No prob

[@Bokimojtecoki]

Jordan Rage I just came to that part XD

[@murilosalumecanni3495]

Everytime I watch this video I understand It a little bit more. It is impressive how Michael is able to give so much knowledge in a 26 minute video

[@omamaggeldgier4424]

I've been getting drunk because some guys are threatening me. Just want to say thank you for still having this five year old video up, you are helping me get through some hard times right now :)

[@pnute6331]

*me talking to math teacher*: "how do you calculate how things fall down" *Vsauce jumps out a bush*: "First, turn the sun into a black hole"

[@4ndyr0g3r50n]

The first thing he'd say though is: "Hey, Vsauce! Michael here."

[@theunknownguy1527]

@@4ndyr0g3r50n where are your fingers

[@justuswise]

this has got to be one of the most "Vsauce" Vsauce videos ever

[@as7river]

This, and How Hot can It Get. "...and my tea is quite hot, but it's not the hottest thing in the Universe".

[@Deka-1024]

The most Vsauce-y Vsauce video to ever Vsauce

[@papesldjnsjkfjsn]

Or is it?

[@hatarlera]

Hey vsauce, Michael here What IS a vsauce video?

[@blidea9191]

@@papesldjnsjkfjsn *aggressively plays vsauce music*

[@kolzh7985]

this is probably my favourite Vsauce video

[@robertoschirmer5530]

Just a few seconds, and I already love that... Why do things fall? Flerfers: DeNsItY aNd BuOyAnCy! Sane people: Gravity, Mass or Space Time... Michael: TIME TRAVEL!?... Let's turn the sun INTO A BLACK HOLE!

[@adamplace1414]

Okay, literally the whole "curvature of spacetime" idea made zero sense in my practical mind until this video. Seriously, that's awesome.

[@smrmc751]

Exactly!! This video is actually so good

[@Genosse_Bubatz1312]

So true

[@-_Nuke_-]

And this is not even the whole answer either... Michael could have gone further, explaining how in reality 22:36 the pencil that we see falling in the video is not actually falling at all... "only when the pencil hits the Earth" is true but hides something very important. Yes the pencil hits the Earth but in reality is the Earth that hits the pencil... Since the Earth is traveling through space and the pencil isn't! And it isn't because there are no forces acting on it... 22:09 "every part of the pencil follows a straight line" A straight line in this diagram means that the pencil is not moving in space - (hence the straight line) it's only moving in time (in time in the spacetime diagram (which is 4 dimensional btw..)). Therefore that was a cool video but Michael lost the best opportunity to say these words "When you let something fall... It doesn't".

[@PsychoDiesel48]

Dude same

[@clangon]

Thank you, I appreciate that.

[@xkirax8495]

Me: What’s up? Vsauce: But what’s down?

[@sixtythree2214]

underrated

[@VANTABL4CK]

underrated

[@fostNZ]

Me: IS THAT A LUFFY PFP unite fellow anime watchers

[@christiancline5167]

*Bwowmmmm (psh ts pudda tsk) bum bummmmm*

[@mayo4900]

@@fostNZ cringe

[@portobeIIa]

i used this video to teach my boyfriend about relativity. he's thrilled, he's never gotten good science education and always loved physics but was never taught the basic conceptsso everything is a bit harder for him. used to video not only to show him what relativity was but also for him to learn the F = ma formula. this is a classic video

[@pertfold]

Mass is a ritual where the host and wine is served.

[@stupidthefish1979]

“Do things fall because they’re being pushed, or pulled? Or is it because of _time travel?_ ” Those are two *wildly* separate options

[@drippylad3973]

Yeah pushing and pulling are so different smh

[@stupidthefish1979]

@@drippylad3973 Literally two separate actions, again: WILDLY different

[@sharimccauley6233]

Time is literally just motion and that blows my mind sometimes. Like living is like taking a cross section of the motion of the universe and expiriencing it in a carbon based suit

[@moonlord9294]

first things first, lets turn the sun into a blackhole

[@EdwardNigma_]

First things first let’s turn the sun into a black hole

[@MusicDecomposer]

1:36 "Now look at the sun." (zooms in on the sun) *MY EYES!!!*

[@SpookyOrchestra]

Look at sun... Me: AAAAAAAAA

[@chunky9019]

Me watching this at 3am with the lights off:

[@wowyoupunk333]

NO WAY THAT ACTUALLY HURT MY EYES

[@aident7819]

It’s not real it doesn’t hurt

[@moonlight_trains1]

@@aident7819 true

[@krishnayanhalderrollno.16s71]

These terms and explanations are too common nowadays but explaining these complex terms at that old time is just unimaginable.Hats off dude!

[@krishnayanhalderrollno.16s71]

the time it took me to comment made me miss many lemme rewatch......forever

[@luukhai3886]

in 5:01, I came up with the idea "Given 2 baseball balls (we consider them as perfect spheres) with the same mass m1 = m2 = m = 0.142kg, the same radius R0 = 0.037m, placed apart a = 1m (the distance between their centre) in empty space, both of the objects are in a static state at first. How long will they touch? Given attractive constant G = 6,67408 x 10^-11"

[@luukhai3886]

solve it, the result is about 2.93 days, use a lot of calculus

[@okboing]

Nobody: Michael: *slaps his enormous ball of steel*

[@battroborgbattles2018]

UnityDog Gaming o no

[@WarringScholar]

Thanks for putting that image in my head

[@rruckman9782]

*balls

[@gdtubular5676]

👌👁👄👁

[@Patchess]

Gyro!!!