Will We Ever Run Out of New Music?

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[@4rmond]

Will We Ever Run Out Of New Vsause Videos? That's the real question.

[@kingsk0133]

Hopefully not! Lol

[@Rhovanion85]

+RighteousPoop Your profile pic LMAO

[@TheArmenianCrafter]

Let's Hope not.

[@Abgehoben4U]

We have 0 vsause Videos but many VsauCe Videos

[@Abgehoben4U]

Ryan Davis OMG U got me

[@endexo]

So you're saying that there are more remixes of Old Town Road than atoms on earth

[@sicklyskates3116]

Lmfao

[@ratcudeniscristian7661]

You're*

[@Saigonas]

Lmao

[@hoze1235]

more remixes gangnam style

[@enuskosinua2133]

Oh no.. So theres also many many maaaany remixes of Justin Biebers Baby.. O oh..

[@touch_me.]

honestly: even if there was a finite amount of music that could be created, we are likely to forget about certain pieces over time resulting in us rediscovering old pieces without realizing it

[@Gaminghj]

It's likely It's already happened. Music is so intriguing for so many reasons

[@touch_me.]

@@Gaminghj true

[@26.sakashbhat61]

Thats exactly what I had thought!

[@anthroimperzia3927]

I only listen to old music, I cant stand new stuff

[@Gaminghj]

@@anthroimperzia3927 understandable I can mostly agree

[@CowboyAye]

How to make a Vsauce video: Step 1: Write a thesis Step 2: take the opposite of your thesis Step 3: prove the opposite of your thesis in the video Step 4: say "Or is it" and prove your original thesis This is what the result js: Hey, Vsause! MICHAEL HERE! Did you know that (FALSE STUFF) Or is it? (PROVES THAT THIS STUFF IS FALSE)

[@Entropy67]

I think my method is easier: eat some shrooms, hang out with your physicist, mathematician, and computer scientist friends, record everything, profit. Works better if you got a fancy degree too.

[@jimbodestroyer1324]

​@@Entropy67 my method is way more efficient. 1: watch vsauce video

[@marshallkimmathers]

@@jimbodestroyer1324 This may be the most efficient. Sniff ranch up your nose until you see Ranch Jesus.

[@soulz0387]

@@jimbodestroyer1324 oh please 1. vsauce, Michael here

[@wespicedmemes]

@@soulz0387 green slime appears

[@GoldenPenHD]

So you’re saying there’s some fire ass music that we will never hear?

[@Shadow77999]

E YES

[@69k_gold]

Ee er

[@Yt-ei9rz]

Tarun Sri Sai fuck the box

[@elmie1540]

ee er

[@_ralph9524]

Fuck You ee er

[@alexophobic2655]

Every Artist would just sue each other in 500k years

[@eDoc2020]

Not quite. At some point all the older songs would be public domain so it wouldn't be infringement.

[@dinosharttt]

There’s no coming back, you have to accept it

[@sadhna7865]

Nope

[@Jitzau]

@Brenton Marchesi Tell that to any big company.

[@TheRandomRager]

This comment is a joke why is everyone explaining copyright laws now 😂

[@bravo-93]

Seeing him holding that CD makes me feel old… time flies so fast wow

[@DccToon]

the fact that 2017 is 7 years ago is scary

[@xkeychain]

​@@DccToonit's 6 years ago, it will be 7 years ago once 2023 is over

[@DccToon]

@@xkeychain you are right, i didnt double check

[@sqyx93]

I have cds

[@sqyx93]

They’re not gone

[@MrJackOfAllTraits]

Ten years later, this was the first vsauce video I ever saw and it changed my life forever. No joke. Thank you michael.

[@lolliii5477]

did youtube just shuff thoose vsauce content to ur face? at when?

[@kochuscurries5384]

This guy's got the scientific answer to all the stupid questions I ask to myself

[@Wm7forthewin]

lol same

[@anirudhpuranik5222]

Yeah.

[@anantsingh1049]

These aren't stupid questions

[@ingtii4320]

@@anantsingh1049 or is it * Vsauce music intensified*

[@anantsingh1049]

@@ingtii4320 *or are these

[@evacslived5028]

I really love how timeless these older videos are, the way micheal “is” has stayed the same, which is great

[@oru]

Yeah, i literally can't say any difference between a vsauce video from 2011 and 2019. Except the outro and the camera quality

[@lisachadwick6362]

I watch a newer video then a older video and I don't notice anything different.

[@Pekara121]

his pp got smoler

[@Pekara121]

his pp got smoler

[@Peter_1986]

@@oru One subtle difference that I have noticed is that Michael says "...and..." right after introducing himself in his older videos. Compare, for example, "HEY, Vsauce, Michael here, and this is a cool video" with "HEY, Vsauce, Michael here... This is a cool video".

[@kDon_51]

Summary: We will never run out of music, even though it is finite because of the patterns and melodies that interest us.

[@ShubhGG12]

now i know why gangsta's paradise was sounding a bit like pigstep's chorus

[@pequod4557]

At least we have toto Africa

[@x3indiesprite677]

is that that song by Weezer?

[@brianwalendy3735]

@@x3indiesprite677 no. It's by Toto, covered by Weezer.

[@brawlgaming4612]

Waka waka ay ay

[@sunshinybean1179]

*OR DO WE*

[@hateislove3947]

@@brawlgaming4612 I think you are on drugs or very confused.

[@nonplayercharacter12333]

We Sauce *U.S.S.R. Anthem plays*

[@HDONOVLEPSIAS737]

BasketPaul this nigga thinks he is Kevin Hart

[@nonplayercharacter12333]

@@HDONOVLEPSIAS737 *wishes

[@jeffthecreeper1727]

Long live our motherland

[@Horny_Fruit_Flies]

*OurSauce

[@2ndairborneguy790]

We saUSe

[@rosechild3885]

Idk when u factor in different bpms, tuning systems, odd time signatures, different instruments, and polyrhythms, it’s pretty hard to run out of new music

[@slimgrim3607]

yeah but the question is not whether we will run out of note combinations, its wheather we will run out of melodies that sound GOOD

[@rosechild3885]

@@slimgrim3607 good is pretty subjective so that’s kinda hard to come up with an answer

[@nicholasn.2883]

2^211,000,000 gives me comfort. I legit was thinking we'd run out of new music. We've got like 80 Billion years left, I doubt we'll get through it all in that time

[@sugarkain2291]

1,200 years worth of songs and here I am listening to the same 3 songs everyday.

[@Mii.2.0]

That's sad.

[@lightningstrike5280]

chase pulse by Kevin Macleod, stick bug song and Star Trek into darkness end credits

[@tost5986]

@Safwaan Use Soulseek

[@pyl0nph0togr4phy7]

@@tost5986 based slsk user

[@tost5986]

@@pyl0nph0togr4phy7 indeed; I salute you too, for you are based

[@Lucas-ix6rj]

"63" oh okay that's a pretty good comparison "million" ....

[@Rayer24]

I legit went :O

[@plate12]

what's get different in your life in these 6 years!!?

[@kai-yx4rm]

2:29 SIKE! THATS A LOOOOOOOONG NUMBER!

[@marh122]

I feel like in the radio they are already reusing 80 percent of old music and adding speed and bass to it, so yeah I think we have already ran out of new music

[@mackmenezes4912]

Remixes are the future i guess

[@Micah_YT]

My radio just plays love songs and them being sad💀

[@williambroome9140]

I mean not all of the possibilities will sound good and won't be used, only a select few will

[@Aegis_Mind]

This guy must have ripped legs with all the squats he's doing between takes in pretty much all his videos I've seen so far.

[@lenas7867]

this is so funny oh mygod

[@Aegis_Mind]

+Lena S like what's he doing? Adjusting the tripod every 2 minutes? Haha jokes aside its a neat idea to have that abrupt transition.

[@Revolutionz1500x]

THUNDER THIGHS!

[@theblackhundreds7124]

He got thighs of a mongolian woman

[@lorettamanes7011]

Now I can't unsee it

[@fatcunt2372]

once you start watching these videos you cant stop

[@yourfriendjohnny8889]

fat brotherrrrrr

[@PhantomAyz]

Or can you?

[@karnell5761]

Agree bro

[@ryno4ever433]

You'll have to because he doesn't put out videos anymore.

[@mementomori7160]

I've made a marathon. I'm watching them for a few days now, one by one, but I'm tired so I have to take breaks

[@fatfurry]

I wonder how many people randomly recreated melodies of other songs exactly down to the beat without ever knowing it.

[@U014B]

It's not quite the same, but after Tony Banks finished writing "Afterglow", he realized he had just written "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas".

[@justarandomcurse3331]

I was 11 when these videos came out. I think I heard the name *vsauce* back then but I didn't had an internet connection to check things out. I didn't know English very well either. Recently I found this channel and since then, I'm glad that I found it and getting to learn all these new stuffs

[@granatapacifica]

That's good to hear :D

[@SQUIDWORD15]

So now you should be old enough to drink 🍻

[@paolarei4418]

Im also 11 LOL

[@gdsaurmanex8804]

"Will we ever run out of original music?" **Plays the same sci-fi song he uses in almost every Vsauce video**

[@Carguylogan]

You stole my comment in advance.

[@fluffymuffin4567]

gtdrummerdude he went back in time just to fuck your plan up

[@alexandermizzi1095]

@@Carguylogan Is your you-tube name just made for this video

[@iggykad]

@@alexandermizzi1095 that doesn't make sense lol

[@shleemyd8169]

It's called moon men, you're welcome

[@randomclone8063]

Micheal: 63 Me: okay that quite a - Micheal: million Me: WTF

[@jamenneel342]

It's spelled Michael...

[@sofyebeats7032]

Same

[@tonyisthinking7078]

@@jamenneel342 cause somebody said mich *ea* l instead of mich *ae* l realy m8

[@oni8337]

@@jamenneel342 No its spell chimael

[@shasha2156]

Teacher: your score on you test paper is only 6 over 50 Me: seems normal to me next year later Teacher: you have a 50 over 50 on your test paper Me: *runs to my friend* SAVE ME!!!

[@Shin3y]

I feel that we can never truely run out of songs, sound design is a major distinguishing factor. There are also the fact that playing with speed, volume, lyrical style, instrument combination. Often people forget to take these things into account. Another way to differentiate style is using key changes, or playing slightly out of tune for effect, etc.

[@Hexagrontley]

its been a decade abd we havent ran out yet. going strong

[@thomasboullie3764]

Does this mean that, given enough time, somebody will have the exact same DNA as a person that lived a billion years ago due to a finite genome sequence?

[@pakialetchumyperumal2696]

Kind of

[@vincenzoalbanese6021]

Technically that could happen, but in practice that's actually impossible due to evolution and genome mutation

[@cossicrots4290]

Well, if there really is a finite amount of possible DNA sets, then technically yes. But it would probably take more than a billion years.

[@froginablender2019]

Also the sun will most likely explode in about 5 million years so most likely you will never have someone with the same dna as you

[@froginablender2019]

Oh wait nvm just fact checked it, it’s 5 billion

[@OvenproofMeteor]

Hey, Vsauce, Michael here. We already ran out of music, and as always, thanks for watching. (outro music plays)

[@shrug1250]

We ran out of good music

[@Mick_92]

That's it boys, music is over. Time to go listen to medieval versions of existing popular songs.

[@lakejizzio7777]

@@shrug1250 Dig deeper.

[@thepopgroup3366]

@@shrug1250 said by every old heads that only listen to radio music

[@strangedogthatisslightlyan7860]

we ran out of good music in 2012

[@AlukroXD]

V sauce I personally had this theory as a kid but I think you should make a video about how difficult history class in school will be in the future

[@linuslundquist3501]

The distant past just gets compressed. Curriculums usually put as much effort into describing 600 years of middle ages as a fifty year period in the 20th century.

[@thedinobros1218]

Good news, we will never run out of ragtime!

[@AstroSalamander]

As a musician, this is the only thing I've had an existential crisis about...

[@AstroSalamander]

@shannon heraty yeahhh that kinda works if you tweak it enough but also depending on the different sounds you use and such it would be fineeee

[@walidfakhfakh3660]

@shannon heraty and get sued or copyrighted later

[@mattynek2]

Same

[@sagirozzo720]

Same

[@goldbarplayz44]

As a random guy who just likes music, same thing.

[@kumulonvevo6738]

The ITunes store contains 28million songs But not a single song by Tool.

[@kelleykarlok]

#puttoolonitunes spread the word

[@riririri655]

Apple sucks !

[@aidenmiddleton]

I wonder why they don't have tool on iTunes? Ohhh wait a minute, tool doesn't want there music on iTunes :(

[@zacharywilson9596]

sathish kumar heeeeyyy enemy I w4nt t000 chuuuck y0u int0o0o a h0le 4 scaaaming!!

[@Willicraft15243]

yeah, Maynard doesnt support digital music sales though

[@mrrandom1265]

I've always wondered. Is there a limit to what we can create?

[@user-pd1sp8pn8t]

Im glad you always end on a nice note, sometimes i get to stoned and your videos trip me out

[@unfaizdd775]

Well the Chainsmokers have.

[@tandoku9133]

Hahahahaha 😂😂

[@eepy9000]

hello police? id like to report a murder

[@gold_5600]

Twenty Øne Pilots have entered the chat...

[@sagnasty4270]

Ya Gurl Venus THA Wolfe 21 pilots was removed from the chat

[@gold_5600]

COMEDY NATION The Chainsmokers have entered the chat.

[@anteeklund4159]

6:55 nostalgia from that old youtube UI

[@ak_-zc4kb]

does UI mean user interface?

[@chrishansen6620]

@@ak_-zc4kb yes

[@walidfakhfakh3660]

@@chrishansen6620 bye

[@logarithmmm]

Clicking that timestamp gave me two ads. Woot!

[@thegreatredjupiter3983]

@@logarithmmm lmao same

[@WavePotter]

That’s it, from now on all my songs will be 5 minutes and 1 second.

[@mikehibbett3301]

Awesome. Just Awesome.

[@cchewwitup]

man, its good to know i had the same philosophical thoughts at the age of 7. makes me feel smart.

[@kaziahscats]

E

[@carlitto6623]

@@kaziahscats ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@babysaha8119]

Me too.

[@tucker6072]

SAME

[@gaminghunt5837]

I had the thought is my green others red.am I part of some research and all of the world watching me

[@diabl2master]

Most mainstream artists are already recycling :')

[@io-ru6zq]

explain

[@diabl2master]

io 90 many motifs, musical ideas, melodies, sounds, samples, etc., that I hear in today's mainstream music, especially pop, are directly copied from other songs. either that or they are extremely generic and unimaginative, requiring little artistic flair to come up with.

[@AwesomeDude739]

Thank you

[@user-po6hn9id1t]

this process is going since the start. See pulp function

[@diabl2master]

ΑΡΗΣ ΚΟΡΝΑΡΑΚΗΣ pulp function lol

[@mikehibbett3301]

I wonder - over the years, has the space of comfortable music expanded, or fragmented? What an interesting area of research that would be!

[@anhnguyenduy8903]

Michael has always been thanking me for watching, but I've never thanked him enough for making videos

[@ededos478]

This means that if I had a truly had a random music generator that could produce every possibile combination of digital song, it would eventually produce Adolph Hitler singing the US national anthem.

[@Khornedevotee]

If it accounted for all the possible different voice tones, yes. :)

[@owlofathena1247]

@@Khornedevotee or me reading mein Kampf while showering

[@christopherg2347]

Yes, all of those. And every piece of random audio that will propably break your sound playback hardware :) Funny thing on that matter: Mixed Mode CD's en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_Mode_CD were used to combine Videogames with CD quality audio songs. And trying to interpret that first track (wich was binary data) as Audio could create input combinations that could literally break the circuits on your sound hardware or membranes of your speakers. There were just combinations of frequencies not supported by it.

[@bcubed72]

I think itd be funnier to hear Dolphie sing an off-key karaoke version of "My Humps."

[@planetshine]

Me playing a podcast.

[@fazer9119]

Interesting to see, that back then, spotify wasn't a thing, yet.

[@reinatr4848]

Spotify started in 2006. This was 2012. It existed, just didn't contain so many songs

[@peccato]

Spotify became popular in 2016

[@fazer9119]

@@reinatr4848 didn't know that, thanks

[@mabelccr1000]

At first I was so confused why KZbin looked like that (I was young ash when Yt was like this so I didn’t use Yt very much) and then I realized that this video was made im 2012

[@Rami-bi9xj]

@Master Chief Petty Officer John 117 Spotify is better

[@aryataksande7501]

Why does this video feel like it was just released yesterday

[@NDS8027]

this video is a blast from the past

[@PianoScenesMoviesandSeries]

I love when things are getting serious, this tune plays. It starts at about 0:50.

[@lavendermxint7930]

Léon Ruhe XD yes!!!

[@sniperpig049]

Moon man,jake chudnow

[@baybuznboogiez1326]

Heck ya I subbed cause that

[@DoubleBread]

Léon Ruhe Yeah, you could tell by the eyebrow, too

[@awedthehawd2830]

But what is a tune?

[@demonshade4120]

The amount of music in this video has tripled at least probably because of all those old town road remixes

[@xusux]

Lol Yeqh he reduced the chances of new music

[@farihatabassum6135]

I'd adore an updated version of this

[@Muthalickaa]

Love that you linking axis of awesome! Love that song 😂

[@nanamarie662]

*what if you nightcore it over and over again?*

[@MIKIBURGOS]

It's like if a song had the number n and the nightcore would square it, n² is still within that 2^211000000 different possibilities

[@RB565_YT]

IT'S GONNA BE ULTRA FAST

[@vibri_]

Extremely fast and pitched up so high it breaks glass

[@icantswim1]

Weeb 100

[@taylorbritt499]

nightcore it so many times that eventually it's just a 2 minute long high pitched squeal

[@BimBims]

next video, "How many pixels are there in real life?"

[@cimmik]

+Bim Bims Maybe we could think of a cube with the size ℓP x ℓP x ℓP as a pixel .

[@adamcummings20]

+cimmik Does that symbol represent the smallest possible subatomic particle?

[@cimmik]

+Conveniently Placed Goat It is the Planck Length. If I have understood it correctly, it is the shortest distance.

[@tmzissupergay]

0

[@kyleraccoon6195]

+Bim Bims Super Strings Are Pixels

[@JUSTANOTHERNINTENDOFAN]

1:13 CDEEZ NUTS

[@blagoevski336]

Ok

[@richard_d_bird]

by the time we get to the end of all of the possible combinations of notes, nobody will remember the first ones. so we can just go around and around.

[@Carzey]

I came here to learn about music and ended up finding out obamas last name.

[@Evan11of10]

It's care

[@monkestronk1227]

@@Evan11of10 no it's prism

[@feepentertainment6752]

Now we just gotta find his first name.

[@lamasu8060]

@@feepentertainment6752 its Obama.

[@attached2money]

@@monkestronk1227 it’s Carlo

[@goodpeople2953]

Will we run out of music? Micheal: Yesn’t

[@Keatoil]

We wont :)

[@NecronHandlee]

@@Keatoil Or will we?

[@Zoobydeeby]

Yesn’t just means no.

[@ediblecrayons2382]

@@Zoobydeeby And how do you know Mr Bradley??!!

[@0ddestMouse]

@idk-sd2kn *insert oblivious music*

[@AlanAA]

oh yeah, it's about damn time to recommend me this masterpiece of video

[@VirtuosoMozart25]

I love that in the beginning he left soooo many opportunities for the funky synth, and I initially thought he didn't put the sound effects in, but then he hit us with it 😎

[@Aki-X]

Michael's videos are like 10 years old but still in 1080p I'm glad people from future can watch it easily bcz of that

[@xusux]

Yeah And they will also see legend and scream

[@xusux]

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[@GeForce1080]

Vsauce was ahead of its time

[@pochakajeoi8943]

@@GeForce1080 still is

[@LilXancheX]

@@pochakajeoi8943 I wish schools someday show his videos

[@BossBoss-wx6mx]

Michael is that smart kid that did every GCSE possible

[@IamaPERSON]

GCSE?

[@BossBoss-wx6mx]

I am a PERSON! GCSE's are basically subjects that have a final exam. The final exam is called a gcse exam. This is used in the UK and are assessed on their final year of secondary school. It's stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education

[@IamaPERSON]

@@BossBoss-wx6mx oooooh, that makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up!

[@michaelpartridge1381]

My name is Michael.

[@IamaPERSON]

@@michaelpartridge1381 congrats on being the smart kid then!

[@Algeanie3]

Happy 11th birthday you freakish video

[@user-wf7ic9hu4r]

It's recommended to me after 10 years I'm here today and can't believe he's been out there posting videos like this, answering his own out of the box questions.

[@link000000]

So many different songs out there... THEY WHY THE FUCK DO THEY PLAY THE SAME 3 FUCKING TAYLOR SWIFT SONGS OVER AND OVER ON THE RADIO!?...

[@211Appolo]

Mmmorshu Because those 3 songs suck and we don't want to hear more from that talentless bitch.

[@n00baTr00pa]

Mmmorshu Radio and mainstream music is shit. This is why we listen to metal.

[@VivShaw]

i listen to country

[@MrHypeur]

icarly Not approving taylor swift but i approve rapism.

[@kennyinbmore]

benboy25 l Said no-one on the internet ever.

[@lakejizzio7777]

As long as Progressive Rock bands keep writing 10+ min songs we are safe.

[@user-nc9ib7qq3v]

LEGIT

[@APercussionist]

ye

[@theironpoptart587]

King Crimson and Pink Floyd come to mind instantly

[@raingirlcat2245]

@@theironpoptart587Agalloch, Darkthrone, Deafheaven, Burzum, Blood Incantation, etc.

[@chiateghang3629]

@@theironpoptart587 King crimso- who's ability "just worked"? Wait what the heck just hapened

[@siri-tl1ji]

9 years later and I'm still coming back to watch

[@sudipseth8708]

Just watched after 10 years. And surprisingly amazing video with proper research and analysis

[@pauljoshy96]

The whole point of music is to connect using similarity. We've always been singing songs about the same themes since the dawn of time and we still haven't gotten bored yet.

[@lebroncondaya9475]

Or have we......

[@dismalthoughts]

For sure! We'll never get bored, and every 30 years or so most people will forget the overwhelming majority of songs that came before, but I don't think that's what this question is about. I think it's more about being literally unable to write a 3-5 minute song that is completely unique in every way.

[@stood6488]

Because those same concepts and ideas will be forever present so long as we as a species exist. There will always be heartache, strife, joy, despair, etc.

[@harrymorelli1302]

We already have run out of music. Thanks Jake Paul

[@garyha2650]

Ran out of quality music

[@myacandis]

wanna like but 420

[@neverpointnever]

he changed the game entirely 🤯

[@gallubja.1460]

Do you listen eminem ?

[@donimier1770]

666 like 6 comment noice

[@justanmpowereddude5021]

We’ve all heard the 2-5-1 so many times but each musician gives it a unique flavor. Therefore music will always be “new” if different people keep making music.

[@Sunpon]

I feel so weird when I watch such old videos

[@SolarHeavy]

As a musician, this is amazing to think about :) Checking out WeSauce!

[@rijuchaudhuri]

So, basically it's just the Library of Babel but in audio version?

[@husseinel-hajj7818]

If only there is a site where we can find that 63 million digits number of permutations for a 5 minutes audio

[@scrublord3376]

BadHorse413 NANI IAMCONFUSION

[@LuigiCotocea]

Would be cool!

[@ChrisSucks]

Spotify of Babel

[@TheFallacy357]

Pretty much

[@Omlet221]

The title seems like the kind of question where you’d think “definitely not” but it turns out the answer is yes. But no, definitely not. Especially if you listen to reasonably unique music there’s just so many small details that go into making a track exactly the way it is. Sure there may be songs of similar genre but there’s a practically infinite amount of unique songs left to be made.

[@diobrando7642]

This video is 10 years old, but I hope someone who'll watch it will find this interesting. It is possible to prove mathematically that two notes aren't good together, so yeah, the number of all audio files is fucking huge, but 90% of that will be gibberish, some of that will be random sounds, and only a tiny bit will contain actual notes that make sense. But since the limit when you write music is creativity, and considering the fact that a lot of melodies are pretty similar, it would still be almost impossible to run out of good melodies.

[@donfolstar]

..and every conversation you didn't have with Beck, Beethoven, Michael, and every other human being who ever lived. Every cat, dog, dolphin, polar bear, grasshopper, etc... too. Contained in 2^211,000,000 tracks is a track of you repeating the word moist 10 times while sloths fornicate in the background, a track where you say moist 11 times while sloths fornicate, and a track where you say the word moist 10 times again but this time it is bears. Then every other animal and every number of times you can say the word moist in 5 minutes. Now every other word. Now words that aren't really words like Bliznorp and Zikkyzikky. Also, it would contain variations for different ages and amounts of phlegm in your throat or nasal congestion. Now repeat that process for everyone else who ever lived. It is a totally far out big number. Bigger than gigantic. So enormous it makes unfathomably huge look quite small. Smaller than small, actually. Take the single biggest thing you can think of now square it and you still aren't even close.

[@adamweishaupt3733]

+donfolstar Still smaller than googolplex (but trillions of times larger than googol).

[@BlinkinFirefly]

+donfolstar Shut up you're not Michael Stevens! =l

[@donfolstar]

+BlinkinFirefly and you're not a firefly. nobody is perfect, though some of us are jerks.

[@ksjay7474]

Wait, which Michael are you talking about?

[@donfolstar]

Azmi Raissa all of them

[@jasmineliu8147]

this dude is great, he thinks of all the best topics, I've ALWAYS wondered this, and many of other thngs he's done vids on

[@omegakek]

except this video doesn't really tell how much music there can be and you can't really calculate it

[@DAV0TH]

@@omegakek i don't know about you dude

[@canadmexi]

0:32 I like how he just moves past that truth bomb he dropped on music lovers.

[@rockets4kids]

We'll never run out of new music, but we might run out of *good* new music. Some might say we already have.

[@Stress_._Free]

Oh be quiet you

[@liquidvicinity]

if you look at music over the years and centuries its just been getting faster edit: its also (very slowly) becoming more complicated

[@marbulOfficial]

And that's my fault for making the opposite of good music.

[@marbulOfficial]

​@@liquidvicinity1 200 000 bpm moment

[@ashutoshshringari9]

Have you heard pcrc? The Indian band.

[@JD-jl4yy]

the background music is really similiar to the depressing minecraft music. just saying.

[@kingsk0133]

Minecraft music isn't depressing... It's calm. It helps a lot of people to focus on what they're doing.

[@JD-jl4yy]

kingkhanmsk1 one specific track is pretty depressing.

[@kingsk0133]

Jelle Donders hmm... I don't know. Which one, exactly? (just write down the rhythm of it- I will probably recognise it)

[@hallenfell2262]

+kingkhanmsk1 da dea da da da da da da

[@injariwetrust4969]

+Cremius Memius da da da dad dadaa dad dadaaa da da da dad dadaa dad dadaa. da dad dada dad - dadadadaaa. dad daa dad dadadada. dad da. dad dada. dad dadaaa.

[@kcwidman]

Why are all of your old video thumbnails changing?

[@dhooth]

But what exactly is a thumbnail, and will we ever run out of new thumbnails?

[@MassiveBridge52]

Ther's actually, according to my maths, 10 to the 316344 possible thumbnails

[@HaiThereManchannel]

Zoom Epictooth and how much do they weigh?

[@dhooth]

But what is weight? And how much would weight weigh if we put it in the center of the Sun?

[@Abishekep]

OR IS IT? *plays vsauce music*

[@AnotherEmmy]

i have always wanted to know this!! im so glad this showed up on my recommended

[@julius6301]

10 years later and vsauce’s intro still hasn’t gotten old

[@jayg6355]

6:31 My entire childhood was a lie.

[@InsaneSibs]

Boooommmm

[@rahe2141]

@@InsaneSibs Haha

[@thret9796]

Even the abc song is the same tune

Honestly I always just assumed they were all based on twinkle twinkle!

[@nicholastan8814]

@ I thought twinkle little star was based on Mary had a little lamb as I tot the former was "newer".

[@ionxAqxclan]

Ah yes: Shrek Sherk Shork Shrok All in one song

[@Shadow77999]

Lol

[@mabros26]

it could have been Shrek Shrok

[@trustme1791]

can’t fucking wait

[@Nozozozo]

C

[@jesssald]

As Shrek, I agree.

[@sonicfan7643]

You do have a point, when you said it take one or two notes to sound like a similar tune, it reminded me how in my school program two notes sounded similar to the Back to the Future theme from the beginning of part 2

[@brukujinbrokujin7802]

The tricky part is. Majority of artist who wrote similar song does not necessarily copy or plagiarism the other. Its just coincidentally similae because human brain gravitates into the melody/pleasing sound. Its like saying who invented the first cooked beef. Every cave man can discover it.

[@smolkafilip]

We've already ran out of music. That's why rap was invented.

[@themaisieshow6833]

smolkafilip I HATE RAP

[@smolkafilip]

SummerSparkle06 So do I. Did you know that here in Czech Republic, there is a rapper who has a song that goes roughly: I have got new shoes, I have bought new shoes, I have got new shoes. You should buy them to! And... its not a joke.

[@themaisieshow6833]

smolkafilip HAHAHAHAH cool I listen to the Red Hot Chile Peppers

[@smolkafilip]

Spoder Mon Because that couldnt be done by simple words or, you know... music?

[@smolkafilip]

Spoder Mon Haev ur gramerz checked by ur uncle.

[@ryanharris2462]

Everything this guy produces is absolute gold.

[@manubishe]

"it even contains conversations you didn't have with your parents" 💀💀💀

[@WILD__THINGS]

Nobody would ever hear every song ever so everybody will always hear new music.

[@WILD__THINGS]

***** Please put me on to him

[@derekj4951]

WILD THINGS MINDBLOWN

[@ZENFILIPPO]

poetic

[@davidthechungus9939]

Unless they do hear every song

[@fut94vidal28]

President Cheeseburger Freedom Man normal humans dont live 1200 years

[@-olivenicko-1749]

One hundred twenty three decillion, five hundred eleven nonillion, two hundred and ten octillion, nine hundred seventy five septillion, two hundred and nine sextillion, eight hundred sixty one quintillion, five hundred eleven quadrillion, five hundred fifty four trillion, nine hundred twenty eight billion, seven hundred fifteen million, seven hundred eighty seven thousand, thirty six. There. I feel happy now.

[@AzureKite]

Is this long scale or short scale?

[@uuu12343]

- OlivenickO - Now he must feel angry again

[@tacnayndoritos5757]

I bet no one actually read the comment probably

[@MudFan]

SEXtilion

[@zyrixia]

+MudFan no

[@armaancodes]

Bollywood already did.

[@vyper900]

10 years later and I still think of this video when I hear new music.

[@Carguylogan]

"Will we ever run out of new music?" *Same exact Jake Chudnow song used in every Vsauce video begins*

[@oxybrightdark8765]

This is actually the first video it appears in.

[@omeryildiz3964]

Will we ever run out of new vsauce videos is the question i want to ask

[@PASBGR]

Question of the year!

[@shaunpaulcroft]

omer yildiz Hahaha, what? XD

[@alvarddiamond660]

Vsauce answers to all of the 2-am-thoughts questions

[@mitchross4002]

This is like the first educational KZbin video I ever watched what a classic

[@gregorypdearth]

Something tells me Zipf is to blame for this...

[@Allen-wk8zo]

I agree. Dammit Zipf! *shakes fist angrily*

[@im-at-home]

Gregory Dearth 20 % of melodies made up 80% of today's music... damn zipf

[@gregorypdearth]

LOL. Yup. Seemed that way during the grunge era too. 80% of the songs used 20% of the possible guitar chord progressions.

[@jellifish9389]

100th like, woohoo

[@champagnemoneyabuelo]

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