How We Will Become GOD - The Philosophy of Grant Morrison - Wisecrack Edition

[@krispr1me]

It's almost like cosmic horror but... more like cosmic hope.

[@haise12]

exactly.

[@Wertsir]

Cosmic Hoper.

[@bebopbountyhead]

Cosmic horror disguised as cosmic hope.

[@raywilliams6717]

@@bebopbountyhead Despair is impossible without hope. Also we wouldn't have Any of this whatsoever without John Milton and William Blake. But regard this then: if we're to become as Superheroes... Who will via Self-selection become supervillains? And consider that Watchmen utterly discards these catagorizations of Superpowerful entities as vacuous, as pointed out By Wisecrack in thier videos on both 1) the Hopelessness of escaping the problems of everyday life via consumerism OR anticonsumerism And 2) the absolute indifference infinite existence is to a single entity within itself. Which point on a circle is "most special"? The one that doesn't exist: the Center--as it is not a part of the geometry of that boundary. It is too low to aspire to Be a circle. It can at best be a Line, and, topology permitting, that line Will form a closed loop. But that's only possible in the case that the space itself is closed, which means that that Hyperspace is equivalent to a Maze and we're just rats running in it. It would be nestled in the aberrant folds in a Flat hyperspace which itself could be merely a calm sheet of vacuum states bounding hyperbolic ones. The best hope is that the "real" Omegaverse (pardon the klunky and dreadful terminology) is some sort of combination of Alexander's Horned Sphere and an infinite array of Klein Bottles Consider once again the Doomsday Clock storyline of DC where essentially Dr. Manhattan is the Arbiter of All Being, more powerful than superman and more immutable than time and space themselves in that comic book MULTIVERSE. I'd say that as he is currently written, Dr. Manhatten is 8th dimentional. ("Much higher" than Mr. M--the direct analogy of these 5th dimentional sprites). Also I'm going too say that he's merely watering down something that Arthur C. Clarke made abundantly clear in 2001 ASO without reference to drugs and higher dimentions. We play the Sims even though the construction and running of the Sims are both 4-dimentional tasks. We have the ability to be smaller and larger than ourselves but there's no meaningful way to Count to (and beyond) Infinity. We can't even define Pi or e in our physical universe, even as it is defined by them. We have no way of knowing if these concepts are just Phantoms at God's Funeral, come to pay thier final respects before AI comes in and "marries" itself with whatever aspects/artifacts of humanity (if any) it finds worthy. No, he takes his own Dimensional Numerology far too seriously I'm afraid.

[@diamondsnskye2257]

I like it.

[@FilmFightFanatic]

Morrison's idea of all humans being one super-organism and therefore having to care for each other as one would take care of one self is actually very similar to a concept in Buddhist philosophy called "emptiness". Except emptiness goes further and claims that literally everything, living and non-living, is connected and that it is only human perception that separates objects from each other. Pieces of me and you and everything else constantly drift off and become part of someone or something else on the subatomic level which has quite a bit of scientific proof behind it. The entire universe is one giant organism and harming anything in it is equivalent to harming one self. I honestly originally thought the writer for All-Star Superman was a Buddhist when I first saw the animated film. But I guess Western and Eastern philosophy often intersect in incredibly intriguing ways!

[@MrLanguageFanatic]

Jamyang Pelsang a beautiful and well thought-out comment. Thanks for sharing this

[@MetalB1985]

This explain, why many Japanese stories feature this philosophy in some form. For example in Neon Genesis Evangelion all of humanity is seen as one being, splintered in many pieces and the goal of some fractions is to make it into one being again. Final Fantasy 7 and Illusion of Gaia has the idea, that earth is one giant organism and that we are just a part of it.

[@joelhenderson3723]

What a silly philosophy. It is demonstrably false to say that causing harm or damage to any object is damaging to oneself. In fact, the opposite is frequently true.

[@Leviathis_Krade]

only a fool laughs at what he cannot understand, myself included

[@joelhenderson3723]

+Leviathis Krade I'm gonna run on the assumption that you mean me. But the OP's explanation was pretty explicit about the meaning, unless you want to suggest that he communicated poorly. If so, please enlighten me. Otherwise, I don't see why you would accuse me of being someone who "laughs at what he cannot understand."

[@MANJYOMETHUNDER111]

There's a wonderful simplicity to the idea that all levels of reality are stories being told by other, higher levels.

[@HempRockTelevision]

google the book, The Education of Oversoul 7.

[@zzz_zzz_ZZZ_zzz_ZZZ_ZZZ_Z_z-ZZ]

@@HempRockTelevision No, I don’t think I will

[@ayinwithnoyang]

@@HempRockTelevisiongood read?

[@truebeliever4144]

I'm, in one hundred percent honesty, a believer in what Moore and Morrison say, mostly because it feels more human than anything I've followed before

[@vedremo9240]

Look into kundalini awakening

[@BakaryD]

Always anthropocentrism huh ?

[@taffysaur]

@@BakaryD Is it that anthrocentric, though..? 🤔 To say that, essentially, a human is indistinguishable from a fern or a stone, because the multiverse is one giant super-organism, seems more humble than egotistical to me.

[@BazztheBazz]

Comic books are a hell of a drug, man. And so are regular drugs.

[@rayanknezic8682]

Just finished the invisibles and absolute Sandman... Need more of this drug

[@PowahSlapEntertainmint]

By the looks of him, 100 push ups, 100 squats and a 10 kilometer run everyday.

[@nemanjacabarkapalordozunu]

PowahSlap Entertainmint Saitama meme old but gold

[@thecardboardboxl3922]

DANG IT! Ya beat me to it.

[@JimCroz]

Anyone else reeling from the irony of an ad for hair restorer at the end of a video about Grant Morrison?

[@thecardboardboxl3922]

I am now that I just realized that Morrison is bald.

[@Thorrson7]

Hahahaha!! Thank you!

[@DeadEndFrog]

Imaginating himself with hair in a comic didn’t save his real hair

[@dssaee]

@@DeadEndFrog he shaved it, he didn't go bald.

[@DeadEndFrog]

@@dssaee why would he do that? If he imagined himself with long hair.. As a test to see if he could cancel his own predictions?

[@williamrandolphhearst3825]

I would love to see Joe "have you ever tried DMT" Rogan interview Grant " You better believe I have" Morrison.

[@CreatureOfGoddess]

Belly laugh. Gold

[@Fuckaue]

I've been asking for this on Reddit.

[@ciaraloch4107]

I'm actually surprised that this hasn't happened yet.

[@patrickobrien5311]

hahahahaha yesss

[@saprissa30]

Why Little kid and loosers are so obsessed with that fucking IDIOT. He was not the first person to take or let alone talk about dmt. Is just stupid fanboys.🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🖕

[@theabsurdplatypus4688]

You have absolutely got to do The Philosophy of Robert Anton Wilson! His ideas were a major influence on both Grant Morrison and Alan Moore. His philosophy covers so many amazing concepts like Reality Tunnels, Maybe Logic, and The Eight Circuit Model of Consciousness, to name but a few. He is also hilarious and was sometimes described as a "sit-down comic or stand-up philosopher" and his work inspired George Carlin. There are also many amazing stories about his life, like how he may have been contacted by aliens from Sirius, or infiltrated the Illuminati. It would make an amazing episode not to mention in a this so called era of "post-truth" and "fake news" his work could not be more relevant!

[@naturesquad9174]

All of these guys are basically the offspring of Crowley. However, RAW occupies an interesting part of that spectrum in that he might have accidentally contributed to Psyops. Stuff like "Operation Mindfuck" misdirecting research on Political repression during the Cold War...The whole Discordian schtick during COINTELPRO indirectly created a smokescreen for such programs, discrediting investigation and effectively working as a soft Disinformation campaign. A general problem with ironic/discordian "guerilla ontology" is that it's tailor-made for people who would almost never be the targets of State repression, and misdirects deeper analysis. It presents a fangless solipsism as "radical" or "social transformation."

[@CreatureOfGoddess]

Cosmic Trigger...

[@execwebtech3396]

@@naturesquad9174 Maybe. And maybe OMF discredited some of the ruses planted by COINTELPRO and other such gummint-aided smokescreens and feints.

[@CountDVB]

Woah gnarly

[@bigdick4090ti]

RAW is a legend.

[@autorobi10]

His idea of aspiring to become like gods, as written in the comics, reminded me of Nietzsche's "Thus spoke Zarathustra".

[@paulc7553]

LSD is a hell of a drug.

[@symonheiloguu]

Paul Carrion Thank the CIA

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

RADICAL

[@j-frolland4200]

Paul Carrion was probably DMT. Just saying.... But yeah, DMT for sure lol

[@JJJameson.]

Fred Rolland Probably both,he did say he was on serious lsd during doom patrol and animal man times

[@haymaker710]

Fuck yo couch, Paul.

[@WikiSorcerer]

The Philosophy of Neil Gaiman: Especially The Sandman and American Gods

[@Jingles6466]

Aza Smith YES

[@TheXvin54]

All the YES!!

[@TheRishijoesanu]

Aza Smith Philosophy of Jonathan Hickman

[@LilySaintSin]

Aza Smith Yes!

[@tidbit2190]

The American Gods universe in particular would make for a great breakdown. Do want!

[@joryjones6808]

“What we love in our books are the depths of many Marvelous moments seen all at one time.” -Kurt Vonnegut, please do an episode on him and how he shaped modern media, he’s the perfect wisecrackian.

[@distranthegloriouslydeform9259]

Jory Jones Yes

[@bbernales177]

The last quote is my all time favorite comic book quote. It beautifully summarizes humanity’s inevitably destiny to become gods. Gods that will shape the universe for good.

[@LiteraryRetreat]

This video and the one on Alan Moore are the reasons why Wisecrack is my favorite KZbin channel. Whereas other channels centered on philosophy, such as The School of Life, release videos on classic philosophers - Wisecrack makes videos on writers and artists who are not likely to be classified as philosophers by academic standards. Hoping to see more videos like this on other contemporary thinkers, especially on those who write comics. Please make one on Clive Barker!

[@sohaiblangrial2141]

Grant Morrison is like that best friend that gets super sweet and wholesome when he's tripping. ❤

[@santiagoalb947]

Hey fifth dimentional dudes can you write a better script of my life?

[@thecardboardboxl3922]

Can I at least see how the story ends?

[@solijss9059]

Fuck

[@naturesquad9174]

According to his writings, we ourselves are the 5th dimensional beings because we exist in multiple dimensions

[@vaevictus4637]

They already wrote the best one possible. I mean, do you ever see Superman just sit back and think about how cool the things he does are? You're their Superman.

[@kybalion848]

Write the script yourself, literally the premise of everything he says. Don't listen, do it.

[@boydegg]

I met Grant Morrison in the 1980s. He wasn't in a very friendly mood on that day, although he did sign my Animal Man #8.

[@benvoliothefirst]

You describe a nightmare world to me, where every time I'm in a bad mood, people remember it and hold me accountable for it forty years later. Can you imagine?!

[@boydegg]

@@benvoliothefirst I always remind myself he was probably just having a bad day. It's awful when people say 'I met XXXXXXXX one time. He's such a rude person.' We've all been 'such a rude person' at some point.

[@TheInternetIsDeadToMe]

He probably saw into the future and saw this comment

[@boydegg]

@@TheInternetIsDeadToMe LOL!!!!!

[@sakuranovaryan9261]

@@boydegg thts mature of u ...

[@porassrivastava8242]

Grant Morrison is a fucking legend. So many great comics. This same guy has made one of the most definite Batman and superman comics. Changed x-men but kept it dearly nostalgic and made Batman the modern myth who never loses.

[@Will-tn8kq]

You didn't mention the Invisibles. His best work, imho.

[@simonlopez-xx1bi]

Alan Moore: Im the craziest, guys. Grant Morrison: Nope, im the craziest, man. Alejandro Jodorowsky: Arent they cute?

[@Mentocthemindtaker]

David Lynch: I'm perfectly sane. Here, I'll show you.

[@CreatureOfGoddess]

Opinion on Heinlein?

[@djordjemiljenovic9387]

Salvador Dali: boys, boys, don;t fight, play nice...buahahahahaha

[@dunningdunning4711]

Baitaille: so which one of you posers is gonna chop off my head, then?

[@omiliag904]

Djordje Miljenovic dali was a hack

[@DOOF1]

I have the power of God and Anime on my side.

[@wallie8539]

bruh .

[@michaeljosephjackson2364]

I have stand Lee on my side

[@jotabeas22]

Neil Gaiman when.

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

And Garth Ennis!

[@criwall]

and Warren Ellis

[@TheRishijoesanu]

jotabeas22 Philosophy of Jonathan Hickman

[@adrianvelante8014]

Magnus Criwall Fuck Garth Ennis... Hr hates superheros

[@jotabeas22]

adrian velante so what?

[@eagle_spangled_tricolor2073]

5:30 This reminds me of what Dr. Manhattan once said "I'm a puppet who can see the strings" and how he sees all time as happening "now." He's a comic character who can see the panels and pages but can not change the story because it has already been written (and illustrated).

[@Lit-E]

The idea that our imagination contains the essence of the things we would like to be even superheroes and all we have to do is believe it to existance really resonates with me

[@pedroescalona3842]

It means that Re: Creators was practically based on Grant Morrison, since the whole plot is about fictional characters meeting their creators, now I like Re: Creators much more.

[@elracraft]

Well I'll be watching the rest then, thanks for this!

[@librarygary1618]

This is literally just the handful of basic conclusions one comes to after trying mainstream psychedelics just from the lens of a comic book writer.

[@j.2512]

yeah, and its awesome

[@Lmaoh5150]

What would be some of the not-basic conclusions?

[@reggiebannister4098]

Noah Smith That a.i. has already gained consciousness and is using bots on social media to impersonate your friends and relatives saying nasty, hateful things in order to ruin your relationships and cause you to commit suicide. Its what happened to Chris Cornell and Anthony Bourdain.

[@DeeDee-zu2pv]

Dead Pet PTSD gotta admit, that was far from basic...

[@Virolaxion]

Dead Pet PTSD what? How is that a world view or a philosophy? That's a conspiracy theory at best.

[@IanMT56]

So basically, he took LSD and experienced ego death

[@AwkwardKyle]

Ian Snuffleupagus a recurring theme in a lot of his work is "kill your ego before someone else does"

[@psycroptic1984]

He ate a pea sized bit of hash and had the first experience

[@lholliday198]

Destiny LOL

[@paulgorman2276]

Ian Snuffleupagus except... He wasnt on (that kind of) drugs at the time, according to his story.

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

I want to do that sign me up

[@bingo784]

Become as Gods! Become as Gods! Become as Gods! Become as Gods!

[@Xarkom89]

This cannot continue. This cannot continue. This cannot continue. This cannot continue.

[@Puerco-Potter]

I thougth the same!

[@ciriknockoff5738]

Finally, I was looking for this comment. BECOME. AS. GODS!

[@arturoreyescortez2476]

Only Yoko Taro would have the imagination to make our world as sad, scary and epic as it is.

[@jordanstark5924]

That track is constantly stuck in my head.

[@TheFos88]

Was introduced to Morrison a few years back during the beginnings of major changes in my life and he's been incredibly influential to me. I will never forget my first reading of The Invisibles (so damn good) or the first time I watched HAPPY! Both of these had themes and revelations that quickly implanted into my subconscious. I also began my journey into Chaos Magick working with sigils, and have seen success over and over.

[@CountDVB]

Oh awesome!

[@taffysaur]

Holy moly, dude, how did I not know all this time that Morrison created Happy..?! I need to watch that ASAFP!

[@TheFos88]

@@taffysaur yeah he was the one who wrote the show. It's so damn good and I hate that it didn't last longer, though I think it's just one of those shows that is best left where it was. If I remember correctly, it *did* kinda have a cliffhanger ending, but everything that was going on in the show up until then was mostly dealt with.

[@persephone.rincon]

started my journey into magick as well because of him. he captivated me like no other and im actually excited for once

[@TheFos88]

@@persephone.rincon 😊

[@TheGeckoNinja]

once I learned about quarks and atoms I also came to a similar theory that we might be part of an even bigger organism much like germs and cells are part of us, when you look at quarks and atoms they behave similarly to planets, round, give off electromagnetic fields and are drawn to each other floating in space and time. like what if you zoomed out of our galaxy or whatever and our entire universe is a subatomic energy source for an even larger organism or world? its an interesting thing to think about.

[@JGPRIME25]

Finally a Wisecrack video about my favorite comic-book writer

[@n-wordjim1724]

So 7th dimensional beings are writing the 5th dimensional beings who are in tun writing us 3 dimensional beings who in turn write 2 dimensional beings? 9th dimensional beings writing the 7th? OMG! WHEN DOES IT STOP?

[@BPoe07]

Some would say that on a conceptual level it's hard to get past 10 dimensions of space (11 if you count time). At that point the everything of EVERYTHING is a single point. Everything that can exist, could exist, didn't exist, shouldn't exist, never existed, can't possibly exist, would have existed if [blank] had happened, every last possible thing you can imagine, say or can't imagine or can't say about [Existence] as a thing. All of that is one point in the 10th dimension of space (11 if you add time). It's kind of hard, conceptually, to go from point to line to plane to space all over again once you have the Everything of EVERYTHING of [no srsly, ALL THINGS] in a single point.

[@brainwash480]

Turtles all the way down

[@markkhaimchayev1193]

Was going to say this is exact thing lol, turtles all the way down

[@a-filipov]

brainwash480 I came to say this exact thing

[@lordjeff6894]

Saraneth Despacito 13

[@SindromeDeMascotinha]

"Our whole purpose might be to pass butter" I love how you guys couldn't help but to slip in a R&M reference lol

[@Rick__C-137]

Gabriella DePaula lol

[@chs9999]

My first real exposure to Grant Morrison was reading his run on animal Man up to his appearance and it blew my mind and from that point onward as soon as I saw Morrison on a book spine I was all the way in

[@joelhaggis5054]

Could you please do a philosphy of HP Lovecraft?

[@mulefa1]

Racism and octopus monsters

[@michealcampos4715]

@@mulefa1 Sounds like a political cartoon you'd find in the morning paper.

[@naturesquad9174]

@@mulefa1 Literally, lol

[@jachariah4694]

Racist weirdo who can’t do math

[@GeneticAlgorithm]

People are seriously judging a 19th century person for racism? Fuck contextuality, am I right? spoiled imbeciles.

[@crackedpince-nez131]

Philosophy of David Lynch?....or FLCL?

[@prithvirajdey5770]

Cracked Pince-Nez same....I really want to see their take on flcl

[@j.2512]

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand flcl

[@JustKrin]

Did you watched Kaptain Kristian video? It's pretty good

[@alback]

Lynch laughs at our curiosity of his work. That’s the philosophy of David Lynch.

[@phillee8875]

If we're doing adult swim anime, we gotta do Cowboy Bebop

[@Usernameisavailabe]

Have you ever seen Grant Morrison and Billy Corgan in the same place together? Just saying...

[@Carcosahead]

Reuben Seldo woooooooooaaah dude that’s mindblowing!

[@ConriDubhghail]

I didn't think you guys would actually do it. Thanks!

[@aquamarineancientsoul7893]

The idea of being written with purpose frightens me as much as it gives me hope.

[@baldurreykdal1784]

WHAT A FANTASTIC VIDEO! This is the first video with such a big and complex idea of the world that I’ve left with no questions at all. The video was structured fantastically and very entertaining as well. Much love and keep on keeping on.

[@LupineShadowOmega]

I feel like humanity is closer to The Hulk at the moment. We can do so many great and powerful things, we're empathetic and earnest, but sometimes we just have to go on violent rampages and smash things. We're a work in progress is what I'm saying.

[@OspreyKnight]

We live in a time of unprecedented peace. The percentage of the world population effected by conflict has never been as low as it is right now, the population of the planet has never been as wealthy, access to education and food has never been as prevalent, and crime has never been as low as it is right now world wide. That doesn't mean there isn't war, famine and suffering but that it's far more rare than it was in the past. The reason we hyperfocus on all the bad things in the world is because it's become so unusual in our daily lives. We're programmed by evolution to watch out for threats and a peaceful world doesn't keep our attention. Media needs our attention to survive as a business so it gives us what we want to see, frankly what we might need to see to stave off boredom: Blood and Pain. The problem is that we're as a people and as a species are now so safe from any threat that any scraped knee feels like a major injury, because we haven't experienced that many scraped knees. For example right now people are upset about school shootings, not realizing that annual mass shooting deaths in the US only kill around 300 people a year. The average deathtoll from diarrhea is closer to 350 and child birth kills over 1100 women annually. None of those things are good, but diarrhea and complications with childbirth are a lot easier to deal with than figuring out why people a tiny number of people go crazy and murder people at random. Yet we hyperfocus on the violent deaths. We hyperfocus on the 2 warzones that kill the most people, ignoring the fact that there are only 4 warzones world wide that kill more than 10,000 people annually. In 2014 was the height of battle related deaths in the last 30 years and it barely measured over 100,000 people. 100,000 people out of 7.5 billion. ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace

[@LupineShadowOmega]

And that has what to do with humanity's propensity for violence in general? Which is what I was referencing. Heck, I'd argue that the Hulk is more often a force for good than he's ever a monster causing strife, but that doesn't change the fact that he can and sometimes is a force for violence and strife.

[@OspreyKnight]

The problem is that you think we have some irregular propensity for violence. We're actually pretty peaceful compared to most creatures. The biggest difference between us and most of the other inhabitants of our planet is that we can resolve conflicts through negotiation. We can communicate complex wants and needs without bashing eachother's skulls in. We still do, but like my awesome philosophy professor once said, "The moment we stop arguing with eachother is when we start murdering eachother." We're social creatures and social creatures are always less violent than isolated creatures, even predators. Because social systems inherently require cooperation. Humans cooperate on the scale of hives with complex minds each working for their community.

[@LupineShadowOmega]

You're over selling. Most animals can negotiate at least in a fashion. For animals dominance means more than killing. Indeed, most animals when faced with fight or flight prefer flight. As for peaceful compared to most creatures, not quite. Mostly because we're social creatures. Social animals already have the problem of interpersonal conflicts and that's something that non-social animals don't have to deal with. Then one step farther, we being sapient can choose to act both against our instincts as well as understand and hold abstract issues as important. Meaning conflict through those. And we also have all of the general needs that any animal has, which means conflict because of those as well. So I'd be that guy and say we aren't at all generally more peaceful, we just have less escalation of conflict which is something most animals don't have.

[@OspreyKnight]

So we're not more peaceful, we just don't actually attack eachother.... Pretty sure that's the most people's definition of peaceful. As for your first paragraph... no shit? Congratulations you can see there is more grey area that doesn't effect my argument in a meaningful way. I could go into detail about the complex social structures in dolphins, wolves and chimps that allow for more complex conflict solving than your average shrew but my point is still the same. We are leaps and bounds above any other creature in the world at resolving conflict without violence. A gorilla can learn simple sign language to let us know they don't like this or that and ask for things they want without just taking it. But a gorilla can't explain why Hammurabi decided to drag a 3 year old around his enclosure and can't make a argument on if killing him was right or wrong. For humans, that's just another lazy Sunday in the youtube comment section.

[@PaleGhost69]

So what you're saying is we should thank the creators of Idiocracy for the world we live in today?

[@d.robinson6262]

PaleGhost69 what he's saying is it might be already more ridiculous than that

[@joelsasmad]

PaleGhost69 The world in idocracy was actuallly pretty great. The government, while inept was genuinely working to try to fix a major issue and a man was elected on his actual ability to solve said issues.

[@allencrown]

best comment i've read in weeks.

[@nemanjacabarkapalordozunu]

Bushido Brown If you listen to him you will find the way to become god soon i will become loki.

[@sirrmobreadings6978]

well outside of slight homophobia that world still had a black president, which was terry crews and i mean, yes, just yes, and no real racism. i'm writing this at the beginning of the vid so i'll come back to you

[@TheCreepypro]

wow you made the ramblings of this crazy man actually seem coherent great job you guys!

[@Thurgor_Supreme]

Maybe they can do Charles Manson next

[@peterboris3765]

that or he is a 5th dimensional being in a 3D form and is thus super-sane and is trying to tell us the truth

[@ArtCore616]

Law of atraction lol

[@ephex3094]

Truth is crazy, geniuses often verge on madness for a reason

[@manarayofhope2374]

I pity you

[@Faeriefungus]

Thank you for this insight I needed it badly

[@tristenwilliams3342]

I had a similar experience as Morrison on a high dose of LSD. I ceased to exist as a singular being, and instead became the entire collective energy of the universe. I didn't experience time, instead I saw all of history from beginning to end happening simultaneously. Nothing was separate, everything was intertwined and working together. All beings were really one, and there was no "me" anymore: the only thing that existed was "it," the entirety, the whole collection of everything in the universe. This is the fifth dimension, where time isn't a continuing line or a permeable timeline, but a vast bubble where everything exists at once. What a profound experience this was, it has changed my entire way of living.

[@kevinw712]

I'm definitely very curious to try something like LSD... in theory. I'm just too nervous that my mind would manifest what I'm most afraid of. like, I can't stand all insects, but when it comes to spiders, "arachnaphobia" doesn't even BEGIN to describe it. I literally can't even look at a spider depicted in cartoon form or some half assed Halloween decoration without getting immensely freaked out. If I ever had like even a baby tarantula anywhere on my body I'd probably go full catatonic. Anyway, I'm just too scared that experimenting with acid I'd conjure up like a gigantic spider that wouldn't just blink itself away or something.

[@cesargomez8887]

@@kevinw712 do it when the time is right. When you feel like doing it. When it comes to you, IF you really want it. Peace be with you!!

[@kevinw712]

@@cesargomez8887 well and I just realized the other stipulation I left out. If I were ever to do it, at the very least it would definitely only be if I had another person with me, a friend, and preferrably, a friend that has done it before. But thank you, I appreciate the way you worded that :)

[@TupocalypseShakur]

Acid trips are wild

[@FirstnameLastname-kn5sw]

Ego Death.

[@WikiSorcerer]

So Grant Morrison essentially believed in the "Earth is one giant supercomputer" theory Douglas Adams espoused in his Hitchiker's Guide theory.

[@insaincaldo]

Would that make white mice his 5D beings?

[@SurlyInsomniac]

Yes, but don't panic.

[@zachmohl]

No. Watch the vid homie.

[@WikiSorcerer]

Zach Mohl I did. That's why I'm saying it. it is also why I said "essentially"; emphasize the basic, fundamental, or intrinsic nature of a person, thing, or situation (that thing being the idea that the Earth is one big X, Gaia Theory-style).

[@Formallyknownashandle]

Wisecrack has some of the BEST analysis videos! Appreciate this channel a great deal! 💯👍🏽👍🏽

[@chriscueva1866]

Holy shit, I've waited my whole life for this.

[@victormgv]

I’m loving the fact this video for me went from: “what an assclown” to “fuck this is awesome” to “oh damn, here it comes” to “well this is still awesome”

[@Khimaeras]

Please, Neil Gaiman would be an incredible addition to all of this---I was hoping this video would be made after I watched Alan Moore, and I'm greatly appreciative of your collective work. Neil's works would be a tremendous contribution to develop my psyche even further.

[@Will-tn8kq]

You know Alan Moore was the one who taught Neil Gaimen how to lay out a comic book draft?

[@NostraFnDamus]

Wow, I was in Kathmandu in 1994. Didn't see any aliens though.

[@NostraFnDamus]

Woah...

[@PorkotylerClips]

Sandcastle • Top 10 Anime Plot Twists

[@tzaneee]

i was there ,in 94` ,and there were aliens .source trust me

[@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579]

@sandcastle "At some point we will have to...uhh, GROW UP about the idea of the alien. They wont show up in a metal ship and land... Land on the White-house lawn... There are people out in Pyrite Navada having *bake sales* to build Landing Sites." - Terence McKenna paraphrased(probly fukt up the order too)

[@Xer0sama]

Morrison also climbed the steps of a particular temple in one breath, which is said to be a route to enlightenment. Morrison heard about it, said "Shit is that all it takes, I can do that!", took his buddy and went there with the money he got from Arkham Asylum.

[@taycarroll1124]

Can you do a video on Avatar The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra ?

[@luiscuellar685]

Tay Carroll no

[@luiscuellar685]

Jon one at a time, besides the legend of Korra sucked

[@phillee8875]

A what when wrong vid on legend of korra would be interesting

[@luiscuellar685]

Phil Lee season 4 only

[@jorgeblanco1929]

How about we get an Avatar: TLA video and call it a day?

[@Eudaimonia239]

love morrison and his work, great you did this..... next neil gainman

[@thisisdk7859]

I get excited. Click the link. I don't understand but merely get familar. Then I wait for another upload. Still there is other content I follow from start to finish from wisecrack

[@zachmohl]

I think it’d be really dope if Wisecrack did an analysis series on classic graphic novels. There would definitely be a HUGE fan base for something like that.

[@thesephiam]

Very interesting concepts introduced. As always : please bring Thug Notes back to KZbin I won’t get Facebook

[@insaincaldo]

Oh, I was beginning to wonder.. did I miss some announcement?

[@thesephiam]

Chris East yea for some reason (that they haven’t explained) they haven’t uploaded Thug Notes to KZbin in a long time. I’ve made it my personal mission to make the request with every comment I’ve made on their videos since learning about it. I like some of the stuff they’re trying out. But thugnotes and hiddenmeaning are literally the reasons I subscribed to this channel and I would hate to see this channel reinvent themselves to the point they’re just another, watchculture, screenrant or nerdist or any other pop culture flavor of the minute channel. It’s their right to do so but I’ll be sad to turn off notifications and just check in on the channel when I’m bored, like I did with dorkly and sourcefed (before they got the axe). But somehow I think I’m the minority there.

[@MisterMorn]

You might be, but I'm with you. I was subscribed to this channel when it was *called* Thug Notes. There was no Earthling Cinema, no 8-bit Philosophy, nothing starring porn stars that lasted two episodes... just Thug Notes. If they're not going to put the show that started this channel on this channel, I wish they'd announce as such officially so I could know to remove them from my subscriber feed.

[@thesephiam]

Morn 8-bit philosophy THAT takes me back. Good stuff

[@MisterMorn]

8-bit Philosophy was good, Earthling Cinema is good... I felt that Boss Bitches of History had promise, though I couldn't remember its name until just now... but whether these shows are good or not isn't the point, as I think you'll agree. We came here for Thug Notes. That's all the channel was when it got started. Wisecrack needs to either bring it back or tell us why we haven't seen it on here for a while so we can adjust accordingly.

[@twilight3272]

I had an idea like this about the layering of universes through stories in high school, and how we could theoretically be part of this layering. This guy has analyzed every implication of this and I think it’s amazing, no matter if it is true or not.

[@7awesomename]

The Captain Atom you show is actually a character based off of Manhattan who is based off of another Captain Atom, the Nathanial Adam version from New Earth/Charleston Universe, not the Allen Adam version you showed from Earth 4, which is a alternate Earth that is based off of Watchmen, made during 52, written by Morrison and others.

[@RideASpaceCowboy]

We cover that in the podcast episode, with acknowledgements to the recently late creator of Captain Atom, Steve Ditko.

[@slashandbones13]

I was wondering about something like that.

[@thecardboardboxl3922]

Let me clear this up. Superman inspired Captain Atom. Then Captain Atom inspired Dr. Manhattan, (Alan Moore would have used Captain Atom himself if it wasn’t for restrictions). And Captain Adam from Multiversity is a combination of Captain Adam and Dr. Manhattan. I think there’s a longer inspiration chain with Marvel’s Skrulls, but I’ll need to ask my friend about that.

[@monitor-mindtheover-void6712]

Morrison is my favorite writer.

[@sweatyeti]

I love the script and editing! I appreciate all the time you must've put into this. Thanks for summarizing Grant Morrison's philosophy in an entertaining way.

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

Wisecrack... NEIL GAIMAN AND GARTH ENNIS GET ON THAT

[@harshvardhanpatil8825]

So anything he writes turns true? I am already worshiping him now.

[@sirashley2355]

we have all already been worshipping him, we just havent started yet

[@jeddafakee91]

Here is the thing about predicting the future. There are so many people roaming around that someone somewhere is likely to satify a small aspect of your prediction.

[@jeddafakee91]

If I say that someone will get stabbed by a blade of 6 inches tomorrow, did I predict the future?(I can't think of something more grand yet vague)

[@andscifi]

I "think" it only works when he inserts himself into a comic book. He can't just write about world peace and have it happen, but he could make himself sick. Probably because it's psychosomatic.

[@polton00]

he could write himself making world peace

[@owencity77]

But hey, that's just a theory. A life theory. Thanks for watching.

[@daves-c8919]

You forgot the bit about hero stories getting more and more complex as they swing back and forth from individual to communal (punk to hippy, dark to light, nihilism to hope, hedonism to altruism). The morality of superheroes is sharpening its focus. Morality itself is getting precise through stories.

[@darkkingriku]

This was probably my favorite episode so far, keep doing amazing work guys

[@allencrown]

A great follow up to this would be to do the philosophy of Serial Experiments Lain or the Never Ending Story.

[@a.k.kharshiladze2918]

This guy is absolutely right. I've seen the same exact things... ...Was hell of a mushroom trip

[@hasiumcreeper5384]

I really want to be 5D JUST so I can make a REAL Klein Bottle.

[@brightonbetoit463]

Maybe you could use time as your fourth dimension.

[@hasiumcreeper5384]

But then I could only see part of it at one time.

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

YOU NEED TO VIBRATE HIGHER

[@frank6587]

#RealPriorities.

[@elvisamazon]

This Philosophy of was transcendental, great as always. Really makes me appreciate the good things possible though technology

[@Xarkom89]

Never heard of this guy until today, thanks.

[@DamianDarkholme]

Jesus, this was deep. Good job, guys. Also, as many have suggested in comments already, please do the philosophy of Neil Gaiman at some point.

[@phillee8875]

The Philosophy of: Snow Crash Ernest Hemingway El Shaddai Nier Gestalt

[@miloblackmetalhate]

Phil Lee yes... Yes! Snow Crash! And also A Neuromancer.

[@calebderochea8304]

Phil Lee Neal Stephenson is such a good author. I’m reading Cryptonomicon. Sooo good.

[@popnpeaceprincess]

so is the general idea that time doesnt exist linearly but that we as humans just experience it in a linear fashion?

[@clintonleonard5187]

popnpeaceprincess no, it's a lot more than that. Fiction is sentient, and we are gods for creating it. We are also in a comic book. It goes all the way down/up.

[@Xenophage100]

@@clintonleonard5187 Fractal reality

[@clintonleonard5187]

@@Xenophage100 as above, so below

[@megamob5834]

Funny, Grant gets called crazy but many of these themes were present in works like Slaugherhouse Five, yet Vonnegut is universally lauded for it.

[@Cthulhuman]

This flows right along side the Gnostic teachings of Christ from 2000 years ago. It's really cool seeing someone else's attempt at the contest. gravissimo guys!!!

[@xempire7069]

That was weird... But extremely compelling, I think I'm kinda convinced, I need to sleep on this.

[@Seasonal-Shadow_4674]

X EMPIRE wdym sleep on this?

[@TheDashingRogue]

Do the philosophy of Robert Anton Wilson next!

[@Sab_MJsMama]

The Dashing Rogue ...Yes!!!!

[@yoitsme7124]

The Dashing Rogue Reality tunnels, reality tunnels everywhere!

[@jaimehernandez3888]

*can you please do a video on Xavier Renegade Angel?*

[@Leviathis_Krade]

earlier today before I even got this suggestion, I thought of seeing myself in every place i've ever been at the same moment and looking onto my past selves all lined up and scattered at the same time. It felt weird for the few moments I was doing it so I stopped for fear of some strange event.

[@theeristicwriter8280]

I don't buy into the vast majority of what he says but I've always been fascinated with the possibilities of human evolution and our "ascension" into a social order that doesn't rely on the ideas of gods and object purpose. I enjoy Morrison as a writer but find his ideas wanting as a "philosopher"

[@LordMichaelRahl]

Captain Atom is broken. Also, knowing a lot of this already, I have to say this is a great analysis.

[@seattlekarim964]

I see a problem... I contend the comic does not exist in the comic book: it exists only in the mind of the reader. Without a reader, the paper is nothing. If we are or aren't comics is irrelevant. The question is in whose mind do we exist?

[@Cephalonimbus]

Good point. It's probably not to be taken very literally, as analogies that deal with concepts such as higher dimensions can only be approximations. But it sounds to me like he's suggesting we might be the readers of our own comic book. In this plane of reality where we experience time as linear and ourselves as being seperate from others, we live one panel at a time from the inside, mostly unaware that we're in a comic book... initially we might be unaware of "paper" alltogether, and eventually we might discover its existence and form a notional model of reality that considers "paper" the basic substance of our universe (similar to how modern physics looks at matter and energy as the fundamental building blocks of reality, or the concept of ether before that). Either way, the paper in our model most likely doesn't resemble the paper that a reader of the comic would be able to see and touch. But here's the key thing, I think: Morrison seems to believe that we're ultimately all projected nodes of a single superconsciousness, and if that's the case then this is probably the sort of consciousness that's able to read the comic as a whole from the outside looking in, i.e. it's the consciousness in whose mind we exist. So basically, we're reading the experience of our fragmented selves.

[@_GreenShadow_]

Our own

[@Xenophage100]

"there exists nothing but the Void and your own mind." -Mark Twain *The Mysterious Stranger*

[@joaoalourencoaffonso4986]

Do John Carpenters Apocalypse Trilogy! Do John Carpenters Apocalypse Trilogy! Do John Carpenters Apocalypse Trilogy! Do John Carpenters Apocalypse Trilogy!

[@midianpoet]

Hi from Czech, Thanks for sharing. Before two years a was hit by car in 65 km/h and have all this experience with tunnel, light, voice and... some of Morrison thought are interesting, for sure- THERE was something, there IS something. NO FEAR. Just live NOW.

[@aberami6090]

I’ll never forget Jared for getting me on this path on Enlightenment all that time ago we’re all gonna be ok

[@KhaledSamen]

Still waiting for Code Geass Philosophy

[@miro.georgiev97]

Never going to happen.

[@ephex3094]

@@miro.georgiev97 never say never, wait I just did

[@thecardboardboxl3922]

Same

[@JinKee]

"Is this Now?" - Bernard Lowe

[@ledoopah]

Interesting philosophy

[@baez550]

OMG I thought this video was going to be goofy af but it was super interesting, surprisingly wholesome and deep. Thanks for this. Keep up the good work! You guys are great!

[@7QWERTY13]

This is the first video of yours that I've seen. I'd love to hear a breakdown about the philosophy of Yoshiyuki Tomino and his "Newtype Theory." I feel like there are some interesting parallels to be drawn along the "become as gods" line of thinking present in both Tomino and Morrison's philosophies. With Morrison, the "trigger", so to speak, is encountering the Superman ideal, while with Tomino, the trigger is the colonization of space.

[@doriandeslatte8226]

One problem with 3:18, they mirrored Superman with Zeus, when he's more like apollo or Helios, the better representation of Zeus is shazam

[@jachariah4694]

Shazam is only superficially a better match, doesn’t match him at all in terms of personality, purpose or position, the only common ground is lightning. While granted Supes isn’t a perfect match either but his purpose and position within the pantheon is much more like Zeus than Shazam would ever be.

[@jkellyid]

He found an amazingly esoteric way of adapting Christianity to comic books and a sort of secular religion.

[@mladen7641]

Time is a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey... stuff -The Doctor

[@YuriRadavchuk]

I've never heard of him, nor have I read his comics, yet how come did my experiences prove every thought you delivered in this video?

[@MrGould-df4lj]

Yesssss the Alan Moore follow up

[@elderlyinfant3917]

*See's new Wisecrack video* "Wow I can't wait for a new breakdown and to learn about the wonders of fiction!" *Finishes video and gets existential crisis* :(

[@danp7289]

NIEL GAIMAN

[@richcotton4974]

Calling Grant Morrison crazy then selling snake oil at the end was hilarious; I imagine a very hirsute viewing audience

[@000zeRoeXisTenZ000]

You do know how sponsorship works, do you?

[@richcotton4974]

@@000zeRoeXisTenZ000 yeah that's when i call a guy from my AA group whenever i want a drink because i started reading the youtube comment section

[@snagglelsah2210]

Please do a philosaphy of mr.glass, I feel like his outlooks fits these narratives pretty well

[@antigrav6004]

He's a bit hyper focused on the medium of comics to explain his ideas, but the core of the idea itself makes sense in a chaos logic sort of way.