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@citizenmattify

Жыл бұрын

The irony of asking if you’re looking for something to ‘read’, then recommending the audiobook 😂

@CultureIsKey

Жыл бұрын

BET TED

@JessAnalysisTV

Жыл бұрын

Cool-Ed

@brianw1620

Жыл бұрын

I read this on paper pretty recently. Pretty good book.

@ninianstorm6494

Жыл бұрын

when muller charge manafort for things nothing to do with russia hack but let podesta go for same reason =blackmail dc to support blame russia to cover up fact 2 party system failed since mccain-hillary all did united fruit company scandal 2.0 recall fbi never look at physical evidence just crowdstrike/hillary words, cia break glass 2017 inauguration with media claim russia stolen election 1oo george bush 14y ago said add ukraine to nato foreshadow nuland f eu coup 2014 support = 1. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIiFlaZqkZDQYpM.html 2001 pentagon memo kill occupy iraq to syria kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaGmrLSBp8W8d5s.html current ukraine gov is proxy since obama drew red line just like did in syria earlier arming rebels telling russia not to interfere while zelensky ethnic cleanse donbass region 7y= 2. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ppVtxrmLk6e7gKQ.html 3. kzread.info/dash/bejne/e3aZtKRworrRj5s.html

A beautiful Paradox- "The brain uses itself to understand itself"

@genericjoe4082

Жыл бұрын

You don't really gotta understand yourself to exist tho. Not a paradox.

@Sid-mj1qf

Жыл бұрын

Think about it, The brain named itself brain and says "I control the body"😂

@lias934

Жыл бұрын

@@Sid-mj1qf lmao, who told you that? Ur brain?

@lias934

Жыл бұрын

@@genericjoe4082 xD, the point isn't in understanding oneself, save the brain that needs to be comprehended, encrypted(if, one must) to decode it's working. Like the Rene Descartes 1st principle:- "I doubt therefore I think, I think therefore I am" Also Ted-Ed:- "A Body with a Mind or a Mind with a Body" How do ya prove ur existence?

@genericjoe4082

Жыл бұрын

@@lias934 I apologize as I am struggling to understand your main paragraph. Regarding your question, I think there's really no way. We can just keep adding questions disregarding the answer. Q) Why do you think the world exist? A) Because I can sense it. Q) Why do you trust your senses? A) Because I was born with them and whatever they tell me, I respond accordingly and I usually get a predictable outcome, making me them worthy of my trust in my opinion. Q) What if you are just hallucinating? A) ... The only thing we can guess is the probability of us hallucinating ourselves, we can't really prove it in my opinion. I think these are interesting questions to ponder in your free time but I don't think the answers to these questions are going to effect anyone's life in any significant way, so the answers to these doesn't really matter. I am not a native english speaker and this paragraph was a little hard to write, so I apologise if you struggle to understand my reply too.

When I was younger I had a thought a bit like this. I didn’t know about entropy and the eventual heat death of the universe and thought that time was infinite. In that case, wouldn’t every single possible scenario that could ever be imagined and all variations of them inevitably come true by the nature of infinity? For example, in the far future there will be an identical video made on a planet identical to Earth and a commenter with an identical life to mine will have made this comment, except the comment would end in a period

@vetriprimus4093

Жыл бұрын

When I was younger I had a thought a bit like this. I didn’t know about entropy and the eventual heat death of the universe and thought that time was infinite. In that case, wouldn’t every single possible scenario that could ever be imagined and all variations of them inevitably come true by the nature of infinity? For example, in the far future there will be an identical video made on a planet identical to Earth and a commenter with an identical life to mine will have made this comment, except the comment would end in a period.

@philawsonfur

Жыл бұрын

when the the the when the when the uhhhh the when the uhh when

@Chris-es3wf

Жыл бұрын

Key word being "possible" scenario. By the boltzmann logic, there is a probability that the universe does not even exist. Which would mean even a boltzmann brain couldn't exist, which effectively proves the universe is finite.

@Esock114

Жыл бұрын

With infinity everything happens. Literally everything because infinity is infinity. Think about a grain of sand in a sandcastle, then relative to the beach it’s one Then relative to the sand in the water a few miles into the ocean in that beach. Then imagine the sand in that entire coastline. Then imagine that sand grain relative to all the beaches and desserts in the world. Then imagine all the sand in the ocean. A planet made of sand. A sun made of sand grains, a galaxy, a universe. Now imagine 100 universes of sand. Now 1 Million, 1 billion, now 1 billion billions. Take that billions of billions and raise it to the 2nd power, the 3rd the 1 trillionth. Remember that singular grain of sand? Now imagine one electron in one atom in the sand grain. Picture that electron as the timespan of the earth’s entire history from Pangea and microorganism in the ocean to now, to the far future. A minuscule part of Earth’s timespan is human history. Compare that slice of the electron to the grain of sand to the beach and the infinite universes full of sand. Infinity is such a immense concept that of course anything could happen. Infinity means anything.

@jayphurs-stuff

Жыл бұрын

let’s get that period 😤

The way this channel casually drops existential crises in me. Beautiful stuff!

As a long-time (more or less) TED-Ed follower, this is the first episod which broke my brain! 🤯Also, yet another impeccable animation! 👏

@Oobservatory_X

Жыл бұрын

I got this idea after I watched matrix then studied about human brain and malfunctions

@whycantihaveaproperusernam9384

Жыл бұрын

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Kurzgesagt: I'm your only source of existential crisis. Ted ED: Hold my beer.

@juhotuho10

Жыл бұрын

Try Exurb1a next, he is a real kicker

@prim16

Жыл бұрын

*Ted ED: Hold my brain.

@masterjayesh3575

Жыл бұрын

@@juhotuho10 Man alone creates masterpieces better than anything in the universe. For basically free.

@frillsjane7753

Жыл бұрын

Check Pursuit of Wonder too haha

@ninianstorm6494

Жыл бұрын

@@frillsjane7753 when muller charge manafort for things nothing to do with russia hack but let podesta go for same reason =blackmail dc to support blame russia to cover up fact 2 party system failed since mccain-hillary all did united fruit company scandal 2.0 recall fbi never look at physical evidence just crowdstrike/hillary words, cia break glass 2017 inauguration with media claim russia stolen election 1oo george bush 14y ago said add ukraine to nato foreshadow nuland f eu coup 2014 support = 1. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIiFlaZqkZDQYpM.html 2001 pentagon memo kill occupy iraq to syria kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaGmrLSBp8W8d5s.html current ukraine gov is proxy since obama drew red line just like did in syria earlier arming rebels telling russia not to interfere while zelensky ethnic cleanse donbass region 7y= 2. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ppVtxrmLk6e7gKQ.html 3. kzread.info/dash/bejne/e3aZtKRworrRj5s.html

The animation and character design in this one was uniquely good

@shauryamanxd4661

Жыл бұрын

those faces creeped me out-

@sanskar_vyas

Жыл бұрын

@@shauryamanxd4661 in an alternate reality your face looks just the same🤣

@Eurotool

Жыл бұрын

I'm a grown man and this animation creeps me

@sanskar_vyas

Жыл бұрын

@@Eurotool you know what, they should have used some creepy music too, the subject was creepy enough, ta da horror ted ed

@kalpana7186

Жыл бұрын

yes

Thank you TED for putting my continuing existential crisis into words, such that more can experience it.

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Жыл бұрын

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@Nick-128

Жыл бұрын

Even if your existence is just a result of random cosmic noise does that change anything? You’re still experiencing things and learning, and even if it’s all in your head you still get to enjoy it. Ultimately, while Boltzmann Brains are interesting and useful to think about, it doesn’t really affect your life in a meaningful way. I think therefore I am, and even if I am just a brain in space, I still think.

@secularmonk5176

Жыл бұрын

If everything that CAN be experienced WILL be experienced, then we are each on a unique immortal journey. With only limited ability to recall memories moment-by-moment, it's possible that there is but one continuum of consciousness, and we are each "remembering" a different infinitesimal sliver

@centerofmotivation1904

Жыл бұрын

@@Nick-128 beautifully said my friend

@everrettbreezewood3665

Жыл бұрын

@@Nick-128 Nice Descartes paraphrase ("cogito ergo sum"/ "I think therefore I am"). He came up with some pretty good stuff. You might want to check out some of his derivative arguments for theism. It has none of these problems that this paradox comes up with, and you might be surprised how much sense it makes given what you experience day-to-day.

It’s impossible to calculate the probability that we’re a Boltzmann brain because we’re using laws of thermodynamics, quantum physics, etc. that we could’ve just imagined

@lousenioyes.4944

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@rip5905

Жыл бұрын

But think about this, if its very unlikely for them to exist, then it would still make sense to believe you are real, but if it were proven to be way more likely than a actual living being, then that definitely says something..

@JDG-hq8gy

Жыл бұрын

@@rip5905 Yeah if we most likely won’t exist in the future we should focus on immediate pleasures

@han-huo

Жыл бұрын

I think these scientists and theorists would've thought of that considering they've studied it for so long... and I know who I'm betting to be correct

@rip5905

Жыл бұрын

@@JDG-hq8gy wrong. You're better of assuming you exist in a material reality, we already understand how we do and it makes sense. if you where a Boltzmann brain then the next millisecond wouldn't matter, only the current one.

Boltzmann’s logic of entropy to statistics to infinite universe - and the way TedEd illustrated it - gave me so much serotonin.

@magnusguava

Жыл бұрын

🤓

@vaddanamgowtham6112

Жыл бұрын

For some it's melatonin 😴. (Jk)

@carlcool20

Жыл бұрын

@@magnusguava Ngl I'd rather see someone happy watching something scientific and useful rather than someone watching Tiktok and gaining addicting "happiness"

@magnusguava

Жыл бұрын

@@carlcool20 Ok true same

@jibril7634

Жыл бұрын

@@magnusguava "🤓" -🤓

How does KZread have storage for all these videos

@DanksterPaws

Жыл бұрын

It’s Google. They just do.

@robzonefire

Жыл бұрын

Cloud computing

@Lukeskywouker

Жыл бұрын

hdds

@leocana

Жыл бұрын

They download more RAM

@bhhavyachulet6674

Жыл бұрын

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It would be _so_ ironic if a Boltzmann brain randomly formed, hallucinating the experience of this exact video explaining the brain's own nature.

@TheAlpineAddict

Жыл бұрын

People would say it was bound to happen, in an infinite universe... ;)

I’ve been very interested in The Boltzmann Brain hypothesis recently and this is just wonderful.

@paul9402

Жыл бұрын

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Now we are talking, This is the content I crave for! Boltzman ... what a guy Thanks TED!

Teacher: Exam won't be that hard Exam:

I like the idea that the afterlife is some form of long term memory

@stewartquark1661

Жыл бұрын

Memory and the afterlife = same substance

This is really interesting! I'd heard about the Boltzman brain, but I'd never considered it much. I was quite creeped out when you mentioned how much more likely it is than a real universe.

@HonkletonDonkleton

Жыл бұрын

"real universe"

@banger2998

Жыл бұрын

Well it’s billions of times MORE likely that we are living creatures on the billions to infinite many planets throughout the universes history than a random brain appearing if it makes you feel any better.

@neillynch_ecocidologist

Жыл бұрын

'Much more likely' according to a very select group of people who might just be mistaken, missing something in their reasoning / calculations. It seems very very counter-intuitive to believe their assertions and as a zoology graduate, that will do for me. With the power of hindsight, could the universe make any more sense?

@mikicerise6250

Жыл бұрын

That depends on your assumptions. It's more likely than a fully formed universe like this one assembling, but certainly not more likely than a super-dense hot spot assembling and then exploding and decaying into this universe through entropy, as our universe appears to have. That is *way* more likely than a random Boltzmann brain assembly. xD Anyway, the thing is a fun thought experiment that highlights the problems with infinity. Don't turn it into another religion, please.

@odds-and-sods

Жыл бұрын

Did you hear about Duke's brain ?

The artistry in this video makes an already enriching and super-interesting topic a beautiful experience to watch. Thank you for posting.

Whoever did the art for this should be commended; it's awesome

@mikicerise6250

Жыл бұрын

Is that really how physicists used to look in the 19th century? I had no idea. xD

I applaud the animator hired for this video - exquisite interpretations of Boltzmann's thinking.

Ted Ed never ceases to give me questions I never knew I needed answers to

I think about this all the time. Thank you for the new perspective! I love this channel.

Ted ed giving us an existential crisis again

THIS... this might be the best ted ed ive ever watched

I have had such paradoxical thoughts since my teenage years, but I never thought that other people have this too 🧐

@imadeanaccountjustforthisc9987

Жыл бұрын

Yes because you are the only genius in this universe

@_aidid

Жыл бұрын

@@imadeanaccountjustforthisc9987 Such thoughts are not commonly shared in regular life so it is normal to feel this. Obviously, I am not a genius

@imadeanaccountjustforthisc9987

Жыл бұрын

@@_aidid most people dont want to have an existential crisis at work. Thats why no one talk about these kind of things.

@tripedal2063

Жыл бұрын

@@imadeanaccountjustforthisc9987 Leave the guy alone lol, calm down

@imadeanaccountjustforthisc9987

Жыл бұрын

@@tripedal2063 You are below average at reading people's feeling through text.

Torch of creativity, knowledge is always passed from one generation to the next one.

@bhimsharma9226

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@Dheeraj5373

Жыл бұрын

Of course my dad.

@NO-WAR-WINGS

Жыл бұрын

@@Dheeraj5373 daadi

The craziest thing is that with infinite time, literally EVERYTHING *will* happen, with every combination of events and order of possible events and objects

@paul9402

Жыл бұрын

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@catdogmousecheese

Жыл бұрын

That reminds me of a story I heard once: There was a city where everyone who lived there was immortal. One day a man fell in a pit. The man didn't bother trying to climb out or call for help because he knew if he was going to live for an infinite amount of time he'd do it eventually so why should he do it now. The other immortals saw him in the pit, but didn't help him because they knew they'd help him eventually as well, after all they have an infinite amount of time. That was there thinking for everything; why do anything if there's a 100% chance they'll eventually do everything?

@evank3718

Жыл бұрын

@@catdogmousecheese that’s deep wow

@brokemono

Жыл бұрын

@@catdogmousecheese why do anything if there's a 100% that they will do everything? No matter what they ask themselves they will do anything anyway eventually.

@lukecox6317

Жыл бұрын

Not necessarily - imagine someone writing down all the digits of Pi. Would they ever write a letter or a word? Or imagine the infinite series of a zero followed by a one, then another zero, etc. Would that sequence ever contain a two? It is possible for something to be both infinite and yet not contain all possible events that could occur

Gorgeous animation. One of TED-Ed's best.

Now I'm crying out for a TED-Ed video entitled, 'Why is the universe orderly?'!

@paul9402

Жыл бұрын

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Props to the animator / animation team. Excellent

Hats off to the animator! What an incredible animation

I came across the Boltzmann paradox while Wikipedia browsing as a kid and didn't understand it and now I'm doubting my own existence

this video is packaged so well with the information. well done.

i love how physics can question our very existence

When I was 10 and I learned about how small atoms are, I thought what if we are just bacteria in some giant’s toenail, and the same for him.

@pleaselogmeout

Жыл бұрын

When I have a problem, I solve it.

Really liked the animations and the ending in this one. Very trippy!

Omg, this ted-ed ,it's amazing! The animation, the topic, the speaker, the researcher everyone ✨✨

Wow. The animation is really impressive!

Thanks for the existential dread TED-Ed

These animations were gorgeous. I really dug the art style.

This is such an incredible video. This made my day 😊 Thx Ted-Ed!

The infathomibilty of infinity predisposes one to believe a beginning is logical.

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Жыл бұрын

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Human: "Am I just a Boltzmann brain all along?" ... Boltzmann brain: "There are 13 hot singles within your area right now"

Well, this video just gave me a paralyzing existential crisis. Bravo!

I like how it explained why this paradox is useful to examine. Not only is it incredibly unlikely that it's true, there's nothing you could do about it if it was. There's no point assuming everything around you is fake, since it's real to you regardless. But the fact that it gives a number to compare the likelihood of other theories of our universe being correct is very interesting

The great thing about TED-Ed videos is that even if you don't understand you'll at least enjoy the animation. 😂

Videos like these.. suggesting the cyclical nature of the reality.. makes me admire the philosophers of ancient India who have had similar believes.

The world of the improbable events is so crazy man, absolutely love it!

One of the best Ted videos of all times.

This is what you watch when high lol, this would give you quite the BRAIN Twister.

@madat5843

Жыл бұрын

Hence proving getting high jokes can work universally.

Videos of the known universe, the way super clusters of galaxies look, make me think of the patterns of neurons in our brain. Anyone else feel this way? Just remember our brain is capable of growing new neurons.

the animation for this video was nothing short of fantastic!!

The animation in this video is amazing

2:17 I already have kurzgesagt for my existential crisis needs

the animations are superb. wow.

Wow, someone should make playlist of mindbending episodes of ted ed like this

The universe is a thing that challenges us to go our farthest and then, when we get there, it lets us know we've only just begun and challenges us to go even farther. And so on. And so on... That's what the universe is.

I have come to the conclusion that the only thing that we can truly know with certainty is that we are experiencing things. Whether those "things" are an illusion or not is unknowable.

Everything about this video is perfect I think this is my new favorite Teded

@paul9402

Жыл бұрын

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this video inspired me. a lot. thanks for this moment!

Watching “Sean Carroll - Locating yourself in a large universe” many, many times over eventually settled my existential crisis…

@paul9402

Жыл бұрын

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"Only an open mind is big enough to contain the secrets of the universe." - Vera Stanley Alder

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Жыл бұрын

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@everrettbreezewood3665

Жыл бұрын

How about an infinite mind? Theism is a great alternative argument favoring the finiteness of the universe. CS Lewis (you might know Narnia) gives great arguments that you might want to check out in another book, Mere Christianity.

@TheAlpineAddict

Жыл бұрын

Someone was open minded enough for their brain to fall out, and so a Boltzmann brain was created.

Quality of this video has certainly raised the bar that "The best" has to rise to.. ❤️🤘

the ending line...is worth every knowledge.

2:10 This part is really scary if you think about it

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Жыл бұрын

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I thought we're living *inside* some otherworldy being's brain that imagined--or dreamed all of these. The Godhead.

@igidi4424

Жыл бұрын

instead we are in some jerk's head

@Ash3ary_7abashy

Жыл бұрын

God cannot be a "world", brain, body, soul or shape, god does not have a picture, place or position the creator of the world must not resemble of his creation cuz if he do he would have been like us thus he wouldn't be the creator of the universe and he would be a creation like any other

@buttercups2537

Жыл бұрын

so my imaginary people are living in the world i made for them, and it's unforgiving as the one I'm in, they could be blaming me for tragedies and unfairness just like how i blame the creator of my world.

@l.sdesilva3218

Жыл бұрын

@@Ash3ary_7abashy bro not everyone has to believe in your idea of god

@Ash3ary_7abashy

Жыл бұрын

@@l.sdesilva3218 its not my own idea Its the logical explanation of a creator and the only true one cuz it does not have any logical flaws By using ur mind "right" it will lead u to the right answers Like god exists and god is the creator of bodies the creator of all creation from nothing So he cannot be a body or essences from many ways 📍First bodies cannot creat any thing if u split an apple u cannot get it back un splitted, bodies never creat another bodies, and also bodies cannot creat it self So god cannot be in a shape or a body or a light cuz every these things are a creations, if god were like them has a body and shape Who shaped it like this? Who specified this special shape Have u ever heard of a triangle that triangled it self its impossible 📍Second if god was like us a body or essence he will be exerted in a position he will fill some amount of emptiness, so he needs this emptiness to stay balanced and the god the most powerful cannot be needy cuz neediness is a sign of weakness For example prophet Jesus is not a god cuz he needed to sleep breath drink and much more so by logic he is not a god he cannot be a god Cuz god was before all the creation exist without them and due to that he doesn't need any thing.

Combating an existential crisis: The truth of our existence is that the present moment is the only thing that exists. We live our fullest life when we are present, devoid of the thoughts or stories we tell ourselves, and truly observe and/or enjoy the moment. Know that nothing matters and choose to be the best version of yourself every chance you get!

I think you really nailed it to the point

So according to Boltzman, we're a brain who is now proving its own existence

The Boltzmann Brain is a thought experiment dealing with the notions of consciousness, intelligence, entropy, and probability. "We live in a world that shouldn't be possible"

@words007

Жыл бұрын

No, it should be, our earth and life itself and how everybody says earth is lucky to be in perfect Goldilocks zone/ distance from sun and blah blah blah, it all just makes sense that if the entirety of the Universe is a puzzle then our earth is that missing piece no matter what 1 does or nobody does life with intelligent beings always finds a way. This is why i don't believe aliens exist aliens to earth that is, life exist anywhere but earth in this universe. Every combination of molecular structure exists in this universe if we think it doesn't we just haven't found it yet. That's my theory.

@TheAlpineAddict

Жыл бұрын

Who's quote is that?

Love the animation style in this one

At this moment, its probably safe to think that there's someone behind in designing our existence out there in the infinity and beyond

The fact that I have thought about this a lot before I ever saw this video makes me feel so validated

The explanation of entropy using the analogy of scrambled eggs is misleading. Because bowling an egg is not a closed system. You bring energy to it. What entropy really means, (or at least in my understanding) is that, in a closed system, matter tends to rearrange it self towards the lowest potential energy point. It doesn't matter if the outcome is ordered or not, as long as it's the lowest potential energy point of the system. If you put water and oil in a closed system, they will eventually separate. Which is the opposite of the description. Going from chaos, to ordered state. In others systems it goes the opposite way, but order/disorder is an eye appreciation, not an energy state appreciation

this theory has been keeping me up at night for the past month

This remind me of Infinite Monley theorm and Murphy's laws. Also showed the unperceivable interpretation of true infinity. Nice video.

Once I had an acid trip where I realized I was a conscience floating on the void, imagining all this life over and over again. Interesting to see that a scientist formulated a theory that approximates that illusion.

@NeoFighterX

Жыл бұрын

nice your acid trip approximated the theory (sorry)

@Bibibosh

Жыл бұрын

I once thought I died I actually believed it and then I woke up and real life came rushing in and I was me again!

@respectableaf9061

Жыл бұрын

He probably also had an acid trip

@darknarax

Жыл бұрын

There's this weird hippe theory that some dude told me once, that the Drugs could enhance the perception of other planes of existence. A la Into The Void, like we are just conciusness-energy comanding a meat mecha. So far i've seen only "the Grid" and yet still want to connect to the pulse of the machine.

@jazarli1825

Жыл бұрын

Tripping does not make you "realize" it gives you the opportunity to witness the present moment as it is, "realizing" is a thought, then an illusion

Saying god instigated the big bang just changes the "what was before (and instigated) the big bang?" question into "what was before (and instigated) god?" The answer "nothing" to either question just results in more questions, for example, 'how did it/he/she/they start?'

@ZaxorVonSkyler

Жыл бұрын

God invented the concept of time and is infinite.

@ZaxorVonSkyler

Жыл бұрын

@ripurring God isn't all, he is huge but doesn't take up all of space. He continues to create more universes and humanities.

@ZaxorVonSkyler

Жыл бұрын

@ripurring By the time you realize the truth it would be to late. I feel sad for you.

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Жыл бұрын

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@andralfoo

Жыл бұрын

@@ZaxorVonSkyler "By the time you realize the truth it would be to late. I feel sad for you." = "I ran out of arguments"

Sensational animation and content by Ted-Ed, Indeed....

Very cool animation style… love it!

Boltzmann's theory implies that there is disorder, then order, then immediate disorder (if I understand the video correctly), so the issue I have is what forces drove the brain to exist in that instance to begin with? Boltzmann's brain may be more likely, but we have no idea of the laws of physics in that universe. While we don't entirely know how the brain and life came to be, we do have a good understanding of the usual idea of how a brain evolved. Life evolved from simple chemicals and from that the brain developed. Life, though in one generation couldn't stave off entropy, could keep going through reproduction, and so far it's worked for 3.7 billion years. Boltzmann's brain could be true but we don't have enough knowledge to confirm it, only statistical maths, while we have lot's of knowledge of the common understanding of the brain. I remember learning about entropy from a Brian Cox documentary. He was in a windy desert and said there was nothing stopping the wind from blowing sand into a sandcastle but it was more likely to be just dunes and hills, and the wind would soon erode the sandcastle, showing entropy at play. But as I watched I thought, the wind may not build a sandcastle, but Brian Cox did, and he's part of nature just like the wind. And if you look at the patterns that the wind makes in the desert, it's not chaotic, it's beautiful swirly sand dunes. Order comes from chaos all the time. So it got me thinking, what is 3.7 billion years in context of an infinite universe, nothing more than a blip? So maybe both Boltzmann's brain and our usual understanding of a brain are both true and the only thing stopping us from getting that is an undervaluing of the true complexity of the laws of the universe.

@avinashreji60

Жыл бұрын

Entropy is not about order, its about the amount of information in a thermodynamic micro/macrostate

@kseniarasputin3147

Жыл бұрын

Most likely

These illustrations are so beautiful and thought provoking! Although, while it is interesting to contemplate the probability of our entire existence being the product of an artificial brain, I think it is more of a question of how we understand scale rather than whether our universe is real or not. Everything is relative. What is a short amount of time for us, is an entire eternity for other life forms. Similarly, humanity is but a spec of dust in the history of the Earth, and Earth is but a spec of dust in the history of other stars and galaxies. While I am no scientist, applying these rules, to me, implies that there is another level of scale beyond the observable universe. And another level beyond that. And beyond that. Which are all simply impossible for us to comprehend, in the same way that the universe that we've created here on Earth will never be perceived by a fish or a grasshopper. As an artist, I find that our conceptual understanding of the universe plays a huge role in the direction of our queries. And find that putting scale and relativity at the center of our quest could allow us to draw relationships spanning beyond the current limits of our human comprehension.

Art style made this video even more interesting

Those 4th wall breaks.. Thank you. Another Insomniac night.

My brain can't brain again

4:35 salute to those researchers, they worked hard as Ted ed

Great drawings man

Reality for us is a perspective of great understanding built by human conscious that gives reality to a perspective,thus creates memory,then is stored as knowledge

I feel there should be a distinction around the possible existence of Boltzmann brains and claiming those consuming this content could be Boltzmann brains. The possibility is already wild enough, but the odds of a Boltzmann brain joining this server of existence while also being formed with enough legitimate understanding of the underlying universe to contemplate the fact that it might be one of these anomalies seems altogether different.

Thanks for the sleepless nights!

@abo0d999

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

The animation in this video is so satisfying

this is just straight up haunting

Imagine two Boltzmann brains which are entangled with each other. A version of an Alice brain and a Bob brain, each of which believe they are conducting an entanglement experiment together. Of course it's possible for there to be an Alice brain and a Bob brain which aren't entangled, so, Alice's measurement might not affect Bob's state. But it's also possible for them to in fact be entangled and for the system of two Boltzmann brains to evolve according to Alice's perception of measuring the particle on her side of the entanglement. The Bob version of this Boltzmann brain system evolves accordingly. In other words, we have two Boltzmann brains sharing (one tiny element of) each other's conscious, perceived "reality". Wowza! What follows from this? If you accept that Boltzmann brains are possible (I'm not saying you have to, I'm just saying, do the thought experiment with me), then you have to accept that the preceding is possible. And if you accept that, then, of course the conclusion is the possibility of an entire planet's worth of Boltzmann brains, which all agree on common elements of their perceived reality. And no way to tell it apart from a "real" planet full of sentient beings.

@mechaminer2361

Жыл бұрын

Hmm…. So basically a planet of beings that experience the same life? The same general life (like there are aspects of their lives that are different)? Please explain in more detail, it is not your comment, I just do not have the intellectual capability to understand your great thought at first glance!

@glowingfatedie

Жыл бұрын

@@mechaminer2361 "So basically a planet of beings that experience the same life? The same general life (like there are aspects of their lives that are different)? " I mean, yeah! Exactly! One of the things I'm pointing out is that not only is there no way for any individual to tell they're not a Boltzmann brain, there's no way for a planet of sentient people to tell that they're not all a bunch of simulated beings, in a shared consciousness simulation together. Or that their entire planet isn't simulated. Or that their entire visible universe isn't simulated. You might want to see my other comment where I show why, even if all this is possible, plausible, likely, or even 100% true fact, it still doesn't (necessarily) mean that we ARE in a Boltzmann reality.

@mechaminer2361

Жыл бұрын

@@glowingfatedie Thank you for clearing it up!

@martinbennett2228

Жыл бұрын

@@glowingfatedie Isn't that rather like Leibniz's monadism?

@glowingfatedie

Жыл бұрын

@@martinbennett2228 Well, there can be monadism regardless of whether the brain in question is virtual or real.

i once had a thought that the universe works similar to a brain or human body. both are complex containing elements that somehow functions as one and in an organized way. for example is the solar system, it has some sort of system like the human brain. human brain pumps blood or sends signals throughout the body and it's fascinating how the body knows exactly what to do with them. it's unexplainable how and why these systems started.

@user-ejxomyq

9 ай бұрын

Theres something we cant see. almost like the spiritual landscape exists but we cant see it.

@user-ejxomyq

9 ай бұрын

what caused the big bang? : god

@useyourbrain6937

8 ай бұрын

​@@user-ejxomyqur mom did

neat creative direction

Part of my brain shrugged and forgot about it while the other part is literally imploding with unanswerable questions

For beginners like me...it's hard to understand this complexity..but you explained well👍👍

@johnchibona8807

Жыл бұрын

You're not even done watching the video as of writing this comment. LOL.

@itsgulshanB

Жыл бұрын

@@johnchibona8807 I'm talking about other videos available on this channel😂

@takemywordidontwantit

Жыл бұрын

@@johnchibona8807 Pardon me if it’s obvious, but how did you know they hadn’t finished the video?

ngl the idea that everything I experience is simulated in a brain floating in an eternal void that spontaneously appeared and disappeared out of pure chance is pretty cool. it's like if the 'it was all a dream' or 'we're in a simulation' cliche was taken to it's logical extreme. hella bleak but oddly funny xD

@mechaminer2361

Жыл бұрын

What a great way of thinking of it! It is funny and cool, I feel most people would not think of it this way (just from the comments i have read so far). Thank you for sharing your opinion, something i cant say about most commenters on youtube (but this video i CAN say about most! Especially you!)

@bot6349

Жыл бұрын

@@mechaminer2361 I would be grateful but you as well as everything else is literally the 'voices' in my ephemeral head floating in deep space xD but seriously thanks for the kind words, it really made my day! regardless, if my day is real or a synthetic memory generated by the spontaneous arranging of atoms that coincidentally formed a brain :)

This is why we should all be kind to each other and every other creature. I have been them all and they have all been me.

this video made me think if i am real or not , a very very well done video , ted ed videos never fail to empress me

@TheAlpineAddict

Жыл бұрын

In the very least you are real in the sense of being able to experience your own reality. How this reality is generated, that's a different question.

@saadahmad5077

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAlpineAddict correct 👍