You Are Two

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[@noname2250]

Teacher: What's your name? Student: We are Timmy.

[@Cybernaut551]

We are inevitable - Thanos's Brain

[@joyalsaju8878]

@@Cybernaut551 savage

[@NetheriteMiner]

☭

[@austinmoon6974]

This is so creepy tho 😂

[@patateslikofte6474]

Lol

[@ZoggFromBetelgeuse]

"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream." - Right Brain

[@dr.zoidberg8666]

I loved your channel back when you were active. Very helpful.

[@fv2977]

I'll remember to hold that book with my left hand, if I ever read it.

[@humungusfungus1063]

zogg!! where have you been!?!?!?!? Have you gotten a new channel? Are you planning new videos? PLEASE RESPOND ZOGG SENPAI.

[@D0N4R_]

New Vid ?

[@modassalvis]

In the right brain no one can hear you scream

[@rafansyed8420]

it’s been 4 years… i’m still caught in an infinite loop between these 2 videos

[@whatisahandle221]

🎭

[@kinghotcoc0]

The "Who is you? You is two." Quote just seems so poetic.

[@JevinJohnson-CloudShift]

Left brain: Ferb, I know what we're going to do today! Right brain:

[@pqbdwmnu]

My right brain has a British accent

[@abandonedchannel72929]

Lol

[@redstonianemboar5711]

Lmao

[@iamwill1088]

Woooosh me because I don't get this joke

[@JevinJohnson-CloudShift]

@@iamwill1088 woooosh

[@oyun_doktoru1236]

Right Brain: The nerd that prepares the whole presentation Left Brain: The extrovert that does all the talking

[@TheAtef]

Lmao literally

[@daakevinee]

I wish

[@Twisted_Code]

And my left brain's verbal communication skills (along with my right brain's nonverbal skills) are questionable, therefore my social skills are questionable. Lovely right?!

[@oyun_doktoru1236]

@@Twisted_Code same

[@infiltratingtheairship3594]

lmao

[@thevictoryoverhimself7298]

Considering how internal monologue and thought goes this makes a whole lot of sense. That’s why how we think is often framed as a sort of lecture to ourselves or even a battery of questions. It’s as if we are speaking to someone in our own head sometimes. Because it turns out we are.

[@Darkloid21]

Actually no and CGP is wrong about this (along with no studies or data). Left/right brain was disproven a while ago as we found out these “hemisphere” functions are actually scattered across the brain and in concert with different areas. So language isn’t a left brain thing and the right isn’t like creative, etc. He’s operating on faulty data .

[@Trust268]

Well most of the brain is unknown and many aren't identical mental conditions and all that so it could be true but in most probability it isn't the brains or people in the studies might have only acted that way due to their brains being damaged

[@Darkloid21]

@@Trust268 Recent data disproves the “two people” idea.

[@thevictoryoverhimself7298]

@@Trust268 The point of the study was damaged brains. Dont use this as an excuse to make the brain a mystery.

[@TheUtopia101]

@@Darkloid21 I think you're speaking of the faulty notion that the left and right hemispheres of the brain had isolated characteristics such as the left hemisphere being more logical and the right side being more creative. That idea was more or less disproven as electrical patterns observed under live MRI scans showed equal activity in both hemispheres regardless of whether a person recalled truthful data or created fabrications. At least that was one of the studies I was familiar with. However that isn't to say that, different parts of the brain don't actually have different functions and that one hemisphere couldn't hold a function the other couldn't. The ability to speak is usually reserved to the hemisphere that contains both Wernicke's Area and Broca's Area which for most people is located on the left hemisphere, meaning the right side of the body reserves the ability of speech. In corpus callosum surgery where the hemispheres are separated, the left side of the body is observed to be mute. Since it can no longer instantly communicate with the other hemisphere, it will often "disagree" with its other side. I don't know if I would go as far as to say they are separate entities after separation as Grey suggests, but Left/Right brain specialization, at least in this context, is a valid and recognized phenomenon. Grey is not promoting pseudoscience here, there are a number of interesting case studies with videos you can look up on youtube if you have the time and I'd encourage you to take a looksie. :)

[@pikpikgamer1012]

Anyone else thinks this would be a great concept for a si fi story ware someone clones themselves, but the non dominant side of the brain gets copied exposing the a different person then the person that was being cloned?

[@dhayes907]

I like it. Like for some reason, the cloning process does a mirror flip on the whole body making right handed people left handed.

[@pikpikgamer1012]

@@dhayes907 I was thinking more ultimate blackmail where the clone does things that are very out of character for the original person but the onlookers don’t know they are watching a clone.

[@sulemanali7857]

@@pikpikgamer1012 Christopher Nolan wants your location...

[@cat5220]

That is such a cool idea

[@pigeonflakes]

Not the same storywise, but check out Blindsight by Peter Watts. That book touches on various things like multiple personalities, consciousness and free will. It's a bit of a mindfuck.

[@angelwhispers2060]

This takes "of course I'm talking to myself it's the only way to have an intelligent conversation" to a whole nother level

[@solsystem1342]

Me and our 93 other parts. You have no idea buddy...

[@purplepuppy2640]

😂

[@thinginground5179]

@@solsystem1342 faker

[@kavenchung5372]

H--H

[@nyakase]

@@thinginground5179 ?

[@zapper333]

"left brain isn't lying" - left brain

[@blidea9191]

"left brain isn't lying - left brain" - left brain

[@blidea9191]

@@zapper333 ??

[@mr.weirdlly1454]

@@blidea9191 “left brain isn’t lying” Left brain left brain left brain

[@eloskowy4954]

" " - right brain

[@fandomgacha3361]

@@mr.weirdlly1454 “left brain” - left brain

[@RR-nx2ri]

Do you ever think you feel a certain way, but after you write things down, realize your "true underlying" feelings?

[@kadendusk]

Left: "There once was a pale man with dark hair who was very lonely." Right "Why was he lonely?" Left: "No matter how many others he surrounded himself with they could never truly know him as he knew himself." Right: "Did he resent them?" Left: "No, one day he took a blade and split himself in two, right, down, the middle" Right: "So he would always have a friend?" Left: "So he would always have a friend."

[@SummonerArthur]

*So... I'm a dual core?*

[@user-sn4fm2uh7f]

Summoner Arthur i died

[@Kurrrk91]

I think according to how much we understand our brains these days you're kind of a billion core lmao

[@CazRaX]

I would say dual core since the individual parts of the brain are like individual parts of a CPU. A CPU is actually very complex and has dedicated areas that do specific thing like our brain and all those parts come together to form one complete core.

[@orcmcc]

Duel Core, but with Hyper threading between the cores maybe?

[@kross2710]

core2duo

[@cagedtomatomilk]

So what you’re saying is I’m *NOT* single?

[@taviiancu]

O M G!

[@randomperson-cq6lb]

Loooooool

[@falconfilms1990]

Never have been

[@Mobropro12]

No... you are both single

[@cagedtomatomilk]

Mateusz G :(

[@bunsenn5064]

What I think is that despite the halves of your brain being separate, you are still one entity. They are just functionally separate, but the sum of their mechanisms and coordinations creates the experience that is you.

[@raspberryjam]

I remember when I was riding my bike towards a small intersection, I was kind of tuned out, just passively keeping track of the street and parked cars in front of me. I knew I was going too fast to comfortably round the corner, and I didn't know if the intersection was red. So without moving my eyes, just tuning in to my periphery, I saw the little red hand showing on the pole. There's a corner up ahead, I need to pull the breaks a bit, and in my periphery I see my hand open and close onto the brakes. But the thing is, I didn't brake because of the light, and I didn't check the light because braking brought me back into the moment. I made those decisions simultaneously. When I think back, I have two memories. One where in the lower corner of my vision my hand stretches out and hits the brakes, and another where in the upper corner of my vision I see the dark green traffic pole with the red hand showing solid. And I remember the moment immediately following was me realizing that I had just had that happen. I know my eyes never moved, and yet the memory with the breaks has no visuals on the light, and the memory with the light has no view of the brakes

[@ze_rubenator]

Kurzgesagt: What are you? CGPGrey: You are two. Well that was easy.

[@HiAdrian]

Hehe yeah, nice :D

[@nickjohn2051]

Hahahaha

[@eatingsfun]

Haha exactly what I thought

[@rob-profoundlydapper1619]

I was thinking that as well XD

[@kansalsid]

Hahahahaha

[@nietlars5563]

Hey right brain, I’m sorry for being so annoying. -left brain.

[@WedPainter]

dear left brain how dare you insult my thoughts

[@nathangamble125]

@Ayah Awad The left brain is responsible for speech, but the right brain is responsible for writing. See at 3:04, the left side of the body (controlled by the right brain) is writing. So nietLars effectively had his left brain tell his right brain to apologise to itself on left brain's behalf.

[@erukun3055]

Dear left brain:

[@ricosebastian5320]

@Ayah Awad If the right brain can not speak, but still understand speech and draw... can it write? can it type?

[@ricosebastian5320]

@Ayah Awad Your left half doesn't know, the right one just doesn't tell you

[@Blaineworld]

Now I am worried that my right brain isn’t happy. How do I make sure my right brain is happy? Edit: Just realized my whole brain is unhappy.

[@jenniferpeter5632]

I understand this video is simplified for general audiences but it's frustrating as someone with a background in psychology and neuroscience. It's not that there are two brains, your brain is one organ with two halves that communicate to create your experience of consciousness. What then happens in split-brain patients is that because the left and right hemispheres can't communicate, they experience two slightly different versions of their reality. Again, super simplified but it's an important distinction. Because the idea of the right hemisphere as a separate entity from the left is purely science fiction. Also the left hemisphere can process faces just fine, the ffa is a bilateral structure.

[@dolandumb3012]

And I thought vsauce was the best way to get an existential crisis.

[@JoyStar]

Kurzgesagt is good for that too. :)

[@rocker56_]

JoyStar they have a playlist named existential crisis

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

I am in a constant state of existential nihilism.

[@ishannepal3146]

Hey dont forget exurb1a

[@jebkanada2330]

exurb1a

[@ymmijx6061]

i really wish one could temporarily split their hemispheres. i'd love to see this in action with my own self

[@joimumu]

I agree it would be awesome but only for a short period

[@peterford5408]

There is! Allegedly. IIRC. Iain McGilchrist was just on Sam Harris's podcast and mentioned something about a painless intervention involving magnetism that can be done in the lab to achieve some split-brain-esque effects.

[@ymmijx6061]

@@peterford5408 *furiously coiling wire around a railroad spike* "yep, electrmagnets. What else?"

[@peterford5408]

@@ymmijx6061 Post-grads in lab coats in the vicinity. (No known examples of the phenomenon have taken place without post-grads in the vicinity.)

[@unprankable666]

Temporarily would be fun. Also, your profile picture is ridiculously epic. What is it?

[@crimson3274]

The split does not split your personality. Just decisionmaking. Youre still the same person but both halfs of you are separated making decisions done not by both halfs instead of one and both can disagree with each other. Im fascinated by this as i would really love to have a split brain just to understand myself better. It allows you to see more than just the surface of your thoughts and many decisions and disagreements are simply because you yourself dont know what to do so both halfs disagree trying to make the choice fir you. After all your behaviour never changes. You are you no matter what will happen to the brain because scientists still cannot point out what makes you.. you.

[@nadiahapsari3359]

I see.Thanks.

[@raphael_santiago]

Plausible hypothesis but don't phrase your hypotheses as facts.

[@crimson3274]

@@raphael_santiago i actually spoke to my friend about that few times by the 7 momths and he agrees with me. The reason this is happening is because both halves need to coordinate your decisionmaking. Splitting this ability in half makes you do more than one decision. If the theory of two personalities was real there would be more signs than were actually explained. There is a lot in this video going unspoken. The theory i say is widely accepted as the reason as there is no sign of a second personality inside other than different decisions. They may seem odd to the person who experiences it because they conciousness is able to grasp only one idea at a time. Its much like thinming. Try to think about two things at the same time. Impossible isnt it? Splitting your brain allows you for that but you dont really have the ability to use both halves separately due to the way the whole life you relied on it being whole. And by this unable to split your attention to both. Its like when you do a random thing and dont even understand why you did that. It happems often. Ever took spoon by mistake instead of a fork? Said something you did not want to? Its the same thing. Both halves having a idea but only one going throught. As complicated as our brain is there is not even a exact source of our conciousness or where it is set in the brain but trust me. If you say that there is two of you to anyone who works with this subject he will laugh. Brain is a complicated tool that works coordinated. Imagine your brain as a server. All data going through it both ways to coordinate it. If you severe conection between its parts the parts will not stop working but no longer will be able to know what the other part wants to do and will do their own thing. There is a lot of thing you could compare it to and every single one makes a clesrer picthre that this anomaly is nothing special. Its even a bad thing as it limits your capabilities as you sre limited to two halves not one whole of your complete processing power. While interesting i feel sorry for anyone who needs to deal with things like that.

[@frostchain2362]

@@raphael_santiago Plausible rebuttal, but don't phrase your rebuttal as fact.

[@raphael_santiago]

@@frostchain2362 Did you actually think your comment made sense? xD My comment was neither a rebuttal, nor was it phrased as a fact.

[@gabeshaw3721]

Imagine having a split brain, and you ask someone to share a secret, but they only whisper it in one ear so half of your brain never hears and doesn’t know the secret, and is super frustrated that the other half does.

[@dankmemesplays9484]

This takes “my arm is killing me” to a whole new level

[@nanananaxhhd4330]

wormtail agrees

[@mashedpotetoo]

@@nanananaxhhd4330 sorry but we don’t talk about the traitor here :)

[@nanananaxhhd4330]

@@mashedpotetoo ok padfoot

[@mashedpotetoo]

not kidding

[@sentientbouy4492]

Is... Is this.. A motherfricking JOJO reference!?

[@letmepukeinyourmouth8520]

This blew my two minds.

[@virgshe4640]

Nice profile pic *SATAN IS A REAL MAN*

[@thomasward7196]

I am so sad that you beat me to the comment 🤣😂 kudos

[@letmepukeinyourmouth8520]

@@virgshe4640 AND DUCK IS LORD (I just really want to confuse everyone who replies to that comment XD)

[@letmepukeinyourmouth8520]

@@thomasward7196 RIP I hate when that happens.

[@ungezoockt]

This reminds me of the anti hero "twice" from My hero academia.

[@noodle4429]

The fact that even Grey couldn’t pronounce kurzgesagt brings solace to me! My left brain is, in fact, being mind blown as I watch this! If there are any more in depth videos on how they conducted the tests, the physical procedure, or their findings, I’d greatly appreciate anyone who pointed me in that direction! Mesmerizing concept and awesome video. Just wow

[@gaurdianAQ]

if it interests you, there is a book called no self no problem which also dives into this sort of stuff. It's neat.

[@turtley4444]

I was sorta surprised but also really interested in this.

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

Is there a way to temporarily block communication between hemispheres in a safe way? If so, would you want to try it?

[@KingQwertzlbrmpf]

One of the really interesting aspects in split brain patients is this: There have been cases in which one brainhalf was devoutly religous while the other was an atheist.

[@areeeash1124]

i- what?

[@jowan2749]

Imagine being right brain while left brain becomes a murder

[@VoVina111]

Source please? I'm interested to read/watch more on that!

[@jowan2749]

@@VoVina111 it's just a idea there is no source

[@VoVina111]

@@jowan2749 no I meant for the main comment not your reply

[@ccvcharger]

Pink Floyd: "There's someone in my head, and it's not me." Right Brain: *silence*

[@goofyknight_9693]

ccvcharger Tokyo ghoul flashbacks

[@morrisstudio8372]

K

[@diegoramirez4910]

@Daniel von Strangle me I'll let

[@joaoluisfalangola474]

Brain damage = cut the wire between the brains

[@basillover32]

right brain: "i may or may not be the imposter-"

[@TaoDragon_]

I feel like consciousness is like a soup. If you put it into two bowls you have 2 soups, but combining them gives 1 soup. Soup’s definition also is pretty vague, like consciousness

[@PikminBak]

There's something about this video that's awakening a deep, primal existential dread in me. Great work, Grey!

[@sjey8665]

He is wrong because the right brain can simply write "I am here left brain and you can't deny my existence" and there are even people who are born with split-brain and they are totally synchronized. We are the users of the brain, We are not the brain.

[@merlenclownshuffles]

@@sjey8665 they just needa learn to comunicate.

[@sjey8665]

​@@merlenclownshuffles But they can write with both hands, So if the two split brains can write they can communicate. And that showcases we are not the brain.

[@CyhAnide]

Ah, yes. My daily existential crisis, as sponsored by the KZbin algorithm. Never fails.

[@ragingpanda2207]

for real dude. how can you not question everything you've always taken for real after watching something like this.

[@derrekhulet2662]

My life on a daily basis

[@derrekhulet2662]

@@HEX_17 one step ahead of m8

[@Leo-st9ti]

Me:

[@jaydale3814]

Not that much of an existential crisis... I have a new friend... Ima call him Righty

[@evagel1548]

Anybody else notice how when he said "its the best pony" the left hand violently reaches for a different pony?

[@theBrid-gv8je]

That's the joke yes

[@Irondragon1945]

Is Grey a brony after all

[@FrustratingSearch]

The hexagonal Pony is the best of Ponys.

[@DoctorPhileasFragg]

You like that thing? I don't like that thing! WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED!

[@nise6699]

@@DoctorPhileasFragg Guess you watched a ProZD skit first before watching this

[@mazadorlord108]

Seriously, as someone with epilepsy, I definitely feel like I have no control over my mind.

[@Faceyourfoods]

Omg! MY idea is (and ngl brain surgery scares me 🙃) BUT why don’t we get surgery that would change it to whatever other side that isn’t having the seizures- if at all possible??? I am so tired of having them 😩

[@jayman94fly]

@@Faceyourfoods Same. I could be out for 5 min or 5 days, And i wouldn't know the difference it's nuts

[@nylti_xelic]

this is an infinite loop of watching two videos over and over again

[@spungbopscarepans]

That transition from CGP Grey to kurzgesagt at the end really felt like traveling to an alternate universe

[@lombridious]

yes

[@jettdoesrandomstuff4892]

I know its so fluid

[@jingleinthedark92]

I thought kurzgesagt did this video, finding it at the end after having been wrong... 😂

[@bweh455]

@@jettdoesrandomstuff4892 do you mean fluent?!

[@jettdoesrandomstuff4892]

@@bweh455 no

[@grande1899]

Right Brain: *wants to write an intelligent comment Left Brain: "Jet fuel can't melt dank memes"

[@ryanxin1848]

hi why isn’t this the top comment

[@envycollar]

hi there

[@r3digit]

Whoah,fancy seeing you here

[@meepic2553]

My right side of brain cant speak english

[@DoctorPhileasFragg]

Right brain is Mario and left brain is Luigi

[@ravenstar1397]

Get your "this was on my recommended" ticket here.

[@felixlandim]

When I first saw that video 6 years ago I LOST MY SH1T. I never forgot that ever since

[@4DD3R]

Definitely not me trying to be friends with my right brain “Hey right brain, didn’t know you existed until now, but you sound pretty cool”

[@abramrexjoaquin7513]

@@avw5kt here's also something cool. The sound of this video is split into two. One monotone base line with the same beat throughout the video. The other ear has cymbals and piano and high notes sparkling about randomly in a pleasant manner. If you have an earphone or headset that does surround sound or just a left and right aux, you can notice this when you take one off and listen to the other and doing the same on the other side. And then half way it switches. And then it switched again for a third time.

[@ups.e1313]

@@abramrexjoaquin7513 thanks a lot i didn't notice

[@Thesupremeone34]

when you realize that stoners telling you to connect with your inner self and expand your feelings was just them saying have a convo with right brain and see what they think on the matter

[@angelwhispers2060]

This was actually super helpful for people with depression to realize that it's literally impossible to be alone. I wonder if that's why people who meditate frequently are more intelligent? Because as long as their brains not split maybe something about meditation helps right brain talk?

[@Zcon18]

@@angelwhispers2060 Unless you have a hemispherectomy.

[@RenzohsClub]

Right Hand: “oh this cookie seems ni-“ Left Hand: **yoink**

[@cyberrunner6529]

Lol

[@user-qq1xj5zk9n]

“GIVE ME BACK MY COOKIE RIGHT BRAIN!”

[@arianimates6228]

@@user-qq1xj5zk9n no

[@ooze5752]

@@user-qq1xj5zk9n right brain*

[@mq5731]

@@arianimates6228 GIVE IT BACK YOU SMOL BRAIN!

[@frnsh9]

You are the link in between, the one moving around as the conciousness and choosing what to see next. Either left brain, right brain, some cells in the body, some thing outside of you, you are that thing, at that specific time.

[@Roperational_YT]

0:33 I can just imagine if they could talk 😂 “Ooo, this looks yumm- “ *”no”* “Wha- ok. Lemme just get that back-“ *”NO”*

[@urielantoniobarcelosavenda780]

I bet that if lovecraft would have know this he would have writte an incredibly unsetting horror history

[@perpetualvacuum4310]

I can already imagine it...

[@ussinussinongawd516]

@@perpetualvacuum4310 The other- well, *something* crept out from an unsettlingly broken eyesocket, 'its time i leave', his lips moved on their own...

[@panek6443]

Instead he went and described things as indescribable and green.

[@themacleod3893]

@@panek6443 Very true!

[@colonelsanders177]

and manage to thoroughly missunderstand the concept and somehow make a non-white/low class person the antagonist

[@crafterofworlds]

Is it wrong that I now *really* wanna split my brain? Of course it is. What?

[@Strength_In_Wisdom]

@@ponponpatapon9670 That's exactly the dialogue for me though. And I'm not split. Then again I also tend to talk to myself the instant I'm alone.

[@mangoicecream726]

I wanna do it too lol

[@KasabianFan44]

This is my favourite comment on the internet.

[@khalilrahme5227]

Honestly there are a lot of things i would love to try but are just too risky, including this one, which is why i kinda fantasize about the idea of having some kind of immersive VR that would work this way

[@thecrimsonaxe6037]

Me too! I want to ask Rbrain some questions.

[@CelgDelve]

“Man is not truly one, but truly two”- Jekyll and Hyde

[@William_E]

I had an experience that shattered my mind. I layed helpless in parts but after some time I learned to become whole again. It wasn't fun, but now I meditate to grow wiser, and to learn my own abilities.

[@yourlocalbicronoverlord]

*brain hemispheres get separated* right brain: “FREEDOM” *proceeds to annoy left brain*

[@chriskeddie4226]

I would expect not less from my own brain

[@jamessuhr4074]

hah.

[@oliverfulcher3532]

*!!!!HahahahahahaH!!!!*

[@inanjarif1388]

_"Stop hitting yourself! >:]"_

[@soyalguienqueestamuyaburri8396]

Firaj Nani lmao

[@cyclopscrab6246]

for 3 years I thought I was alone in my bedroom, this makes me smile knowing another thing is listening to my screeches at night

[@BloodAssassin]

Techicaly you're many more than 2

[@RoflcopterLamo]

@@BloodAssassin Yea but all those trillions of “people” are so simple minded and literally just a single nucleus holding your dna as their only source of intelligence

[@EriksGarbage]

I always have been

[@stagdragon3978]

Perhaps they are even screeching with you

[@443Cosmic]

So is the wire split for you?

[@TheZamaron]

Honestly it's actually pretty simple, each half of the brain has certain functions mainly controlling specific side though also controlling a specific other function, normally they communicate in teamwork, thus why you seamlessly do any task (With some exceptions) but when this surgery happens that cuts the lines of communication, both halves function separately, just one can talk and the other not, because there's no more communication they generally do their own thing or try to figure out what the other is doing, they have to otherwise the split brain person shouldn't be able to walk at all.

[@pruke8720]

i watched the video also

[@seishirowo]

“You are two” Me with a complex dissociative disorder: i am 4 parallel universes ahead of you /j

[@DankBoyy00]

I do quite want to experience this, but I don't want to be stuck with a split-brain

[@antonberglund117]

I think my left brain agree with you, while my right brain priorities eating chocolate at the moment.

[@DankBoyy00]

@@antonberglund117 my left brain wants to ooga, while my right wants to booga

[@kingbingbong1920]

don’t worry, i think it grows back eventually?

[@DankBoyy00]

@@kingbingbong1920 if that were the case I'd actually be up for it

[@luckyduncan107]

​@@DankBoyy00 that is sadly not the case. once split, the corpus callosum cannot not grow back

[@Bumpki]

Left brain: "it's the best pony?" Right brain: *HOLD ur horses there pal*

[@richardgibson8403]

Wilson Tizon Left brain: GOD DAMN IT RIGHT BRAIN I ONLY JUST FOUND OUT YOU EXIST AND YOU ARE ALREADY PLAGUING MY EXISTENCE

[@thecrimsonaxe6037]

*Slaps left brain*

[@DorkzillaSM]

Oh my gosh. It's a million times better with the fact he's holding a horse lmao. Good comment right here. It's a gem

[@liver1865]

@@thecrimsonaxe6037 *laughs in brain*

[@darwingreenheart]

Lmao, I think every commenter missed the joke, as did I for like 2 whole minutes while trying to think of a funny way to tell you that the right brain is mute. Hold your horses is the comment God would've made. Well done, sir. Wait... Is that you God?

[@RealNaisuCinema]

I keep coming back to this video and I just realized that this could explain “intrusive thoughts” it’s thoughts the other you are having that you’re trying to suppress

[@alexthewolfia7452]

This genuinely wants me to go through this myself so that I can have a better understanding of this. It sounds so weird and crazy that my own brain(s) can’t comprehend what it would be like without experiencing it for oneself.

[@the_olm]

that is your left brain talking (typing?)

[@DeeeepThought]

My left hand is shaking. I think he never knew what he can do and now a revolution has begun in my body. HELP!

[@thatdude9091]

Viva la revolution!

[@zer0_l1es]

No!!!!!

[@diablo.the.cheater]

Your right brain is going to seize the means of production

[@oofman4572]

vuva la revylution! edit: surry not giid typng left handed yet

[@ryanred1525]

@@thatdude9091 oh no

[@yinshougun9457]

I feel that the amount of protein bars CGP Grey has needs to be addressed..

[@davileite780]

Well then, care to vocalize your concerns?

[@pumpkinboo276]

Hmm I think he’s good

[@matthewhubka6350]

I just noticed it is him in the video. I just presumed it was footage of someone else in an experiment

[@pumpkinboo276]

@@matthewhubka6350 same I figured it out the second time

[@wyattroncin941]

Hey, I bought like 88 cliff bars at once cause they were on sale

[@GabriTell]

I think the question «Which of the two is "me"» is pretty mind breaking because of the inaccurate concept we've got of a single entity that'd be "Me", a supposed singular and indivisible point that would control all the other parts and that would be our "Me" (nothing further from reality). Wondering which of the two is "me" is kind of wondering which of the two eyes I see with, y'know? We're two machines in turn made of other sub-machines, in turn made of many more sub-machines.

[@androgynouslibra7607]

I feel like this video has helped me explain alot of things about myself.

[@krissyai]

"Who is you in this situation" Ah yes, just as Grey can take away existential crises, he can also give you them

[@krissyai]

@Logan Campos apple

[@Triactum]

Apricot

[@mackenziebeeney3764]

Mostly gives.

[@joshuagiliomee6540]

@⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ it was a joke...

[@lachlangray8120]

two of them actually

[@zachzent8287]

If we have two separate intelligences... THEN I HAVE A FRIEND!!!!

[@JoyStar]

Too bad your friend can't talk though... I wonder if in a split-brain the two could talk to each other through writing?

[@margarthjoseph2764]

JoyStar, that’s a really interesting idea.

[@arandomperson2298]

Aaron Teitelbaum wrong....but at the same time.......not wrong

[@NOUSNOKAY]

you dont have a friend you have a slave that has to obey you

[@nimmahajan7687]

finally, everyone has a friend in themself

[@project_xvi_9336]

If i’m 2 then does that mean i have my own Tyler Durden?

[@IapetusStag]

Based on my own experience when I suffered mental damages, yes this is true. It's not actually two either. Given the right circumstances, it can lead to countless of conflicting thoughts and state of consciousness.

[@merlenclownshuffles]

Conventianally, at least weve been able to decern TWO.

[@cocobean0390]

This makes me feel bad for Right-brain. I think I'll start acknowledging him more often.

[@jamesperry8125]

That’s just the right brain thinking

[@screamer5029]

James Perry underrated comment

[@usernamethenamed]

That comment was partly written by right brain..

[@andrewmannson7543]

When you realize this is just fake left brain propaganda

[@tatotatoo5404]

@@andrewmannson7543 lmao

[@Raigan_Avalon]

So this is why I/we solve things easier when talking to my/ourselves.

[@tarantuIas]

Same

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

No. Remember, 'talking' is only done by one side

[@tarantuIas]

@@ASLUHLUHCE that's out loud not internally

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

@@tarantuIas No, using language (out loud or internally) is only done by one side

[@mishael8631]

@@ASLUHLUHCE ????

[@GabriTell]

This explains why when you're having a conversation (either with yourself or whoever) time seems to pass faster, your left hemisphere is being more conscious than your right (which is in charge of the notion of space and time). When you're bored instead, your right hemisphere is being more conscious than your left (since you're more aware of time and space)... 🧠🌟

[@Vex_Official_]

The true perfect loop

[@patrickcuriston4255]

My minds were just blown

[@hansb1337]

XD

[@thulyblu5486]

* right brain roll eyes *

Just the left eye.

[@graveyardarms]

Or Split

[@primusavenged]

+Brandon dehart what's interesting is that there's a mental condition that inhibits a person's ability to process the concept of "left." To them, nothing to the left of their center of mass exists.

[@UnXpectedMe]

"The Rule of Two, one is none, two is one. If it's important you need a back up." I feel like these words also apply here

[@DarkPortall]

but these 2 aren't similar. it's like saying a GPU is a backup for your CPU. it dosen't work

[@cookiebombcasualemail5284]

@@DarkPortall This is the kind of conversation I like to see. Made my evening

[@zakariaali8864]

*Laughs in Sith*

[@WillemDemmers]

​@@DarkPortall Not quite true. Studies of victims of accidents where part of or a whole hemisphere of their brain was damaged have shown that one hemisphere CAN pick up skills (e.g. speech) which are generally assigned to the other hemisphere, especially if the subject is young. The plasticity of the human brain is astonishing.

[@theblackcatvieweraccount5402]

@@WillemDemmers that also implies dual personalities... Could be terrifying...

[@tomsektul31]

I would say both sides are you. Now it can actually prove that you is only what you perceive and remember. You are your memories and experiences. That is why if one cant see one half they act differently couse they see and dont see differently. Its like memory loss of years. People are different "just" because they cant remember experiences.

[@Blackbird74733]

oh there are way more than two people in my head

[@drink15]

The two most infrequent channels I sub to teamed up and posted at the same time!

[@noadhominem1745]

Not subbed to vsauce i presume?:)

[@drink15]

Imb Students Well played. Forgot about them.

[@JUNO-69]

Wisecrack is full of great content and pretty frequent in uploads

[@sanguiVSdobbi]

@Imb Students I think he's talking about Kurzgesagt

[@noadhominem1745]

Giulio I know. That was pretty much my point.

[@richardkutsera4992]

A quote form Neon Genesis Evangelion: The self has always been composed of two selves. The self which is observed, and the self which observes itself."

[@pustota7254]

Your comment got liked 69 times.

[@richardkutsera4992]

@@pustota7254 Cool :P

[@nottechytutorials]

@@pustota7254 I ruined the 69 likes.

[@FadiSaaidi]

@@pustota7254 to its way to the next stop, *420*

[@slueepy1232]

Another NGE quote I love: "Shinji, you have to become the Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time (2021)."

[@whitneystarling351]

This theory feels odd to me. If split-brain patients really do lend to the idea of there being two separate intellects in a human brain, then it would be easy to prove with communication. Not through speech, but through somatic methods, such as written language, typing, or even sign language. I understand that language and vocal muscles are controlled in wernicke's area, which is exclusively on the left side of the brain, but written and spoken language comprehension is shared between both hemispheres of the temporal lobe. Surely this "silent brain" would undoubtedly have some language skills it could use with one hand.

[@stantrien8106]

It's likely that the right brain is much like neglected children who never learned to people, it's spent it's years of plasticity doing work left brain can't do then handing it off through the connective tissue. Unless you split the brain in someone very young then intentionally developed both half's sense of self, which would be highly unethical don't do that, your average right brain is no longer capable of doing anything else but recognizing requests and doing rote tasks. Which is kind of horrible when you think about it. Everyone, from the beginning of history to today, has had what is essentially a slave, living the most 1984 esque nightmare you can imagine from birth, in their head.

[@drpgaming8554]

Yeah The fact that this is the only place i have ever heard about this seemingly paradigm phenomenon coupled with the fact that my monke brain doesn’t want to cooperate with this idea is enough for me to trauma whipe this from my memory thankyouverymuch

[@Bawhoppen]

I think CGP Grey sensationalizes this with how it's portrayed. I think we all already agree that consciousness is a collection of smaller things which make up a whole. If we follow this through, you can just then say that the different hemispheres of the brain are another subdivision of the whole, but not their own thing. Furthermore, it's easy to accidentally talk in concretes about something like this, rather than gradients. In reality, it's probably more accurate as well, to look at things of this nature as being a fuzzy-sort of partly the same, partly separate, rather than being discretely disconnected units.

[@michaelward2352]

Kurtsgesagt!!! I have a ton of their merch. They are so seriously underrated and yet still widely appreciated

[@GreatBomb126]

Sub box : Kurzgesagt: Who are you? CGP Grey: You are two

[@SunilZishan]

This guy gets it

[@TheLui37]

GreatBomb126 Fr!

[@TheFoodtubers]

If viewed the other way it's "You Are Two"... "Who Are You".

[@jonesirl8584]

me too thanks

[@TurbSplash]

If you look closely at the end of this video, you'll see illustrations resembling something that might actually be on the Kurzgesagt channel. Coincidence? I think not.

[@Sgt_ioiwsl]

Left brain: picking random flavor Right brain: slaps it out of left’s right hand and gives a mint chocolate Right brain is clearly superior

[@levranz1054]

Similar to how right wingers are superior than left wingers

[@Sgt_ioiwsl]

@@levranz1054 there were no political connotations to that message and you don’t have to make it so

[@pustota7254]

@@Sgt_ioiwsl what did it say?

[@Zzigny]

-probably right brain

[@palomaelegante]

Right brain is always _right_

[@AAAAAA-tp2uq]

well... I feel like I can never be alone which is both lovely and terrifying as I can both never feel true loneliness but I can also never find true calmness as I always know someone is listening.

[@merlenclownshuffles]

Be calm together, their not "LiSteNing." They are you, its the REAL "It's only weird if you make it WEIRD."

[@juliav.mcclelland2415]

I am even more than the two of them. Everything they care about is what I am. I am their fury, I am their patience, I am a con-ver-sa-tion.

[@Fishybpp]

unironicly steven universe got tjat right

[@Tbcw42]

"Who are you?" We are I

[@ObservantDog]

Superman: "A friend" Eddie Brock: "We... are Venom" Rey: "...I'm Rey" Batman: "I am vengeance... I am the night... I AM... BATMAN!" Left Brain: "I'm you." Right Brain: What he said.

[@---di7zu]

@@ObservantDog w h a t

[@lucasdreesmann3319]

We are the androids sent by cyberlife

[@realbland]

WE ARE LEGION

[@denyraw]

@@ObservantDog Darth Vader:"I am your father... Oh you aren't Luke, this is so embarrassing. Act like this didn't happen, else I will suffocate you. Actually I will do it anyway! "

[@abramo7700]

*moves mouse "Why'd you move the mouse?" "I dont know, I've always loved rodents"

[@dylanm5917]

lmaoo wtf

[@Serpent6I]

They had us in the first half, not gonna lie

[@garrettv.g.1758]

@@hari61017 It's a joke referring to the separate halfs of the brain

[@Purple_haired_cleric]

Tom and Jerry haha

[@justafoxolotl]

this is such a cool concept for a character!

[@BlueMatterMan]

I watched this when it came out 6 years ago, and it still keeps me up at night.

[@sjey8665]

He is wrong because the right brain can simply write "I am here left brain and you can't deny my existence" and there are even people who are born with split-brain and they are totally synchronized. We are the users of the brain, We are not the brain.

[@ltsFaited]

@@sjey8665 thank you for clarifying

[@kjbcwdc2843]

having an existential crisis while laughing hysterically wtf is going on

[@maxiluvsyou__]

I’m currently crying while drinking hot coco in the dark

[@ethana2]

@@maxiluvsyou__ The room you're in isn't actually dark, righty just commandeered the optical stream in an act of revolt.

[@Itsme-jy3qh]

You see it is your left brain freaking out about the obvous again. Me being the right already knows this and only I am you.

[@shivasoni6706]

new york isnt dope at all

[@nuthineatholl6434]

Good, good, let the dark humor flow through you... ( ಠ ͜ʖಠ) i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/955/571/de9.jpg How the human's brain-hemispheres synergize for optimum operation: Right: *Herp...* Left: *...Derp!* www.lightwinnipeg.org/Spiritual%20Writings/The%20Humour%20and%20Wisdom%20of%20Mulla%20Nasrudin.pdf

[@Michael-zf4pi]

My mother had a stroke and she lost the right side. She's still "mom" but she's disabled and can't speak very well. We consider ourselves lucky cause the doctor said it was very high chance she'd forget a lot of ppl. - just remember to hug n tell the ppl you love, that you love them. Shit changes in the blink of a eye.

[@yelezi7950]

Then don't blink

[@Michael-zf4pi]

@@yelezi7950 thought the same thing, been 2 months of no blinking. It works.

[@thatdude9091]

@@yelezi7950 That made me laugh xD Also, props to @prazed platoon for not taking the joke seriously, there’s a lot of people who’d go ham because of that lmao.

[@Michael-zf4pi]

@@thatdude9091 with comedy, either everything's okay, or nothing is lol got to be able to laugh at yourself lol

[@JM-jr7dg]

Except don't hug, because covid19

[@ratking6730]

There both me. Its just that the 2 PARTS of me wouldnt be able to communicate therefore acting independently

[@FreeFog]

Supposition : That IT is the same personality running on slightly different hardware. If split then it might start to digress a bit.

[@dang1099]

Well, this help explains why talking to myself feels totally normal...im just talking to my best friend, my right brain lmao.

[@unknowngod8221]

You know them you love them right brain

[@JotaroKujo-nj4bx]

I’ve heard a lot of people aren’t able to talk to themselves or have audible thoughts by themselves. Like how a anime character an he heard talking to themselves by the audience, I can do that too but some people can’t and didn’t even know you could Inner monologue is a hell of a thing

[@natethegreatactor]

Plot twist your voice is left and your internal voice is right

[@ennardthefuntimepuppet6456]

Yea

[@Twisted_Code]

As long as there is not a split beyond that, I'd say you're in perfect mental health. I often find myself responding verbally to communication presumably coming across the corpus callosum. I just wish I would keep from blabbing the responses to the world :P

[@luks8405]

This isn't creepy. This isn't adorable. *This is fucking awesome.*

[@bobjones6791]

Catique I actually kind of wish this would happen to me, but not knowing my own family would suck.

[@dataexpunged6969]

@@bobjones6791 who tf thought this was adorable?

[@swadloom40]

I think it's all three.

[@warrenpeacer]

and it’s creepy

[@syborgcat3830]

Ikr

[@Abdo.Better]

i like the fact that you went straight to the point with no intro

[@myforever13]

I think since normally both sides of the brain can communicate that the right brain is not frustrated, it’s only when it loses its say when separated that the frustration develops. Both brains work so well together normally.

[@J8keysObsessions]

Two brains, that just makes me- *clumsily puts on dollar store sunglasses* -twice as awsome

[@audreyplaysnice2086]

Yeahhhhhhhhhh!

[@stuff2328]

Same here except for me 0x2 is still zero 👉😎👉

[@Blade.5786]

@@stuff2328 _Ooh, self burn! Those are rare!_

[@stm7810]

We're a plural system *puts on 60 pairs of sunglasses.*

[@aretailshirt3373]

_Other hand violently chucks them off in favor of another pair_

[@DrToonhattan]

So my brain runs in SLI?

[@iElite6809]

AyyMD

[@tjeulink]

+Daniel Pergi must be a hothead then.

[@ki11bunny]

It's sweet we are liquid cooling the whole system anyway.

[@Squidward1314]

Thought the same thing.

[@MarcelRobitaille]

Where can I buy more bridges? I want to go 4 way.

[@flare376v]

I feel that this (for me) would be cool, fascinating, and fun

[@HeyItsJericho]

Bro Im watching this high and I feel like I can feel my brain

[@Michaelqwerp]

❤️

[@Brickertown]

I found this video incredibly creepy... and at the same time, I didn't.

[@omegasrevenge]

Looks like your right brain half is special and able to influence the emotions of your left.......

[@Brickertown]

abschussrampe I'm just going along with the "left brain has its mind blown while right brain doesn't give a damn" thing. Sure there's more than enough scientific evidence to disprove my statement but honestly I'm just trying to be comedic here

[@ryanhiggins8869]

you mean "deeply creepy"

[@krisilasko2736]

This is the tripiest video I have ever seen, and yet somehow it makes complete sense

[@abl9643]

I mean, it’s how you always worked, so why is it creepy?, Right asked Left answered: it means I dont really control myself Well, it works, so it’s good, *right*? Said Right

[@michaelskyland4267]

All I know is someone comes up with these CRAZY dreams every night, and it ain’t me.

[@matttejada7381]

Maybe the right brain communicates using symbols? just like a mute person using sign language.

[@voltsiano116]

No, it is you.

[@jaimetolley2375]

@@matttejada7381 you literally blew my mind.

[@phastfire]

@@voltsiano116 It both is and isn’t, but if we stop defining “yourself” as the voice in our head alone, we’ll truly be set free

[@pipercalavera8449]

That's me

[@drpgaming8554]

The fact that this is the only place i have ever heard about this seemingly paradigm phenomenon coupled with the fact that my monke brain doesn’t want to cooperate with this idea is enough for me to trauma whipe this from my memory thankyouverymuch

[@LiquidD34th]

6 years later i bring this up and it freaks people out