What's the strangest thing YOU do for fun? Thanks for watching!

@PS-fn6uv

Жыл бұрын

making funny faces in the mirror

@h7opolo

Жыл бұрын

The strangest thing I do for fun is compile KZread playlists of various themes into chronological order of original dates of release.

@GrannyRoberta

Жыл бұрын

Well, I keep bees as an expensive hobby. Is that strange enough?

@TheDwightMamba

Жыл бұрын

@@h7opolo , I had to do that with Kill Tony. Thay have about 600 episodes and I like to listen to the old ones at work. KZread refuses to hand them to me in order. Some algorithm, huh?

@rosesmith6925

Жыл бұрын

To me reading is fun (and relaxing). I can go to exciting scary places that don't exist in my world. And get away from "my/our" world with going Nutters 😎

I'm always amazed at what sets different people's dopamine into action. What is "play" for one is boring or nothing to another 🤔

@olafelsberry420

Жыл бұрын

Baseball always brings an overload of dopamine for me, I know it's also bore for a lot of people.

@rosesmith6925

Жыл бұрын

@@olafelsberry420, sport in general is something I can't seem to get excited about unless someone I know personally is playing, weird huh? Although I must say I absolutely love hearing it on TV but being in a different place. Reminds me of visiting my grandpa, baseball and cigar smoke ❤️(oh and the ice cream he always took us for when the game was over 😂).

@rachel_Cochran

Жыл бұрын

Or horrifying for one while fun for another

@vladdevener5586

Жыл бұрын

@Don't Read My Profile Picture OK I won't

@gjk-arts5855

Жыл бұрын

@@rachel_Cochran ah. Roller coasters. (I'm on the TERRIFIED part of that spectrum)

Raising little kittens to adult cats was a beautiful experience for me. Watching them play gave me so much joy, even though I was always aware they're pretending to kill each other.

@jesusramirezromo2037

Жыл бұрын

I mean, Human kids also pretend to shoot, stab or bash each other to death when playing

@727Phoenix

Жыл бұрын

I know right? Years ago at a laundromat I started getting annoyed at two little tykes running around playing tag, pretending to shoot each other, etc(their mom tried to stop them but she was so busy...) Then I realized, _My kittens do the same thing!_ I no longer get annoyed at little kids because of that perspective.

@wetworms.

Жыл бұрын

@@jesusramirezromo2037 me and my bro often used to make weapons from sticks and pretend to kill each other. It was a wild time lmao

"Having fun means learning to be human" as a statement on its own also hits really hard. Thanks for the great video!

@oracleofdelphi4533

Жыл бұрын

Watching Be Smart videos is a great way to learn to be human. Posting clever double entendre comments is fun too.

@vladdevener5586

Жыл бұрын

@Don't Read My Profile Picture OK I won't

Fun is associating the use of a skill with the practice of movements, despite it seeming completely wasted. It's like lifting weights. It doesn't make anything useful there and then, you're just putting it back exactly where you found it, but you get a small amount better at it every time. Having fun together is mostly testing each other's limits to strengthen the social bonds that keep us safe from other creatures, and other people too.

I'm so grateful to live in an age when we have such broad and varied access to entertaining educational programming. Thanks to you Joe, and to Hank, Ze, Dianna, Sabine, Danielle and everyone else with a passion for science communication. You make the world a better place.

You got my like at the bee saying "Calle me Mbeepé".

@marcovallejo3

Жыл бұрын

😂*

This reminds me of some recent philosophical work of mine: pleasure is the feeling of succeeding. So, getting good at things, not because you have to, but just for its own sake, whether or not that's something you're going to need to be good at later, is pleasant, enjoyable, fun. And that's what play is: just trying to succeed at some arbitrary non-obligatory action. Because being good feels good.

@IGNOBLEVOIDPEEKER

Жыл бұрын

Thats not Philosophy. At least not capitol ‘P’ Philosophy. This is your personal philosophy (lower case p). And that’s fine, however it’s not something novel or rigorous.

@Pfhorrest

Жыл бұрын

@@IGNOBLEVOIDPEEKER I have a degree in the subject and administer the largest chat community about it on the internet. Don't tell me what is or isn't philosophy.

@IGNOBLEVOIDPEEKER

Жыл бұрын

Good, then you should know that your “work” in philosophy is a mere personal philosophy.

@fleebertreatise1063

Жыл бұрын

@@IGNOBLEVOIDPEEKER They said it reminds them of their work, not that their description was the totality or finished product of that work.

@IGNOBLEVOIDPEEKER

Жыл бұрын

​@@fleebertreatise1063 You are mistaken. There is no assumption here. Recall, and I directly quote, "This reminds me of some recent philosophical work of mine" Notice how the author is not referring to 'work' in math, 'work' in physics, or 'work' in any other discipline such that it is not philosophy. The author directly says, "philosophical work of mine"; therefore, if I take the utterance as such (and I am expected to), then his 'work' is to be taken as philosophy, however, doing so, is erronous. Whether this work is finished or in progress is irrelevant; notice that if this 'description is accurate, then I take the following to be the case. First, notice that what matters here is that if the author calls this 'work' philosophy, it is a detriment to the discipline. The lack of rigor, precision, and the use of first-person experiences (from the original comment, "pleasure is the feeling of succeeding") sound more like the (fraudulent) continental philosophy. If that is what one wants to call 'philosophical,' go ahead. However, then you run into issues of calling anything philosophy, such that any lowercase 'p' philosophy (take your standard pet theory, conspiracy theory, or some individual personal philosophy) is as serious as capital 'P' philosophy, which, I think, is erroneous, and fraudulent.

That study on bee play behavior was fascinating! I used it as the basis for my final project in an animal behavior course last semester.

"Curse you, Newton!" LoL 🤣🤣🤣

This should be watched back-to-back with a video by Big Think that just got suggested to me: how money can "buy" happiness. Same strategy to invest in experiences that pay off later, again and again by remembering, reliving them and telling the stories. In this case it's playing to build up skills that pay off later.

play has fundamental value; not instrumental value. it's not done as a means to something else, but a basic condition for life itself. life doesn't play because it believes playing is going to eventually lead to something else, we do it because of the value of the activity itself. it's beautiful.

I like his videos because the question he asks are so fundamental yet so complex to answer its so fascinating and amazing

@CartoonKidOLLY

Жыл бұрын

Took the words out of my mouth

F is for friends who do stuff together

@EduardoMartinez-lf5id

Жыл бұрын

U is for u and me!

Thank you for making sure to mention Lovelace as equal designer for the difference machine.

I think for some of us, the learning itself gives some dopamine too, and thus learning is "fun" - but that doesn't apply to every brain, at least that seems to be the case. I'm content to be one of the "weird" folks that actually enjoys learning even now in my fourth decade of living. Nerds Are Good!

I do like the new set. The subtle logo in the wood is lovely.

I love it when one of the claims of these videos is one of the conclusions I personally arrived on prior to watching said video. Feels so validating.

I love the set! Absolutely love the logo cut into those screens or wall or cabinet, whatever it is. Been a Galaxy Brain supporter for over three years now. Stoked to see our support manifest in all the ways it does. Love you Joe!!

Point missed: Directly state that making learning fun is an extremely effective way of learning.

I got so much into over analyzing my feelings and consciousness (additionally with the help of psychedelics) so that i could feel and to a large degree control what hormones and neurotransmitters activate in my body and boy i felt kinda broken. What im tryna say is your emotions all have reasons and purposes and blocking them or avoiding them always causes suffering. Face all of your being and integrate the bad emotions too, as to make you the complete version of yourself. The way to success is pointed at by fear and constructive anger.

Fun and Amusement are a kind of safety valve, the more complicated and stressful one's life is the more desire or need for Fun and or Play, Amusement.

I had fun watching you talk about fun. I think it’s amazing that bumblebees have fun. Very cool.🐝

It’s fun to watch your videos and learn!!

This channel gives me a dopamine hit 😊 almost everytime i watch their video.keep it up 👍

4:01 "call me M'Beepe" hahahaaa xD

This video was so much fun to watch

this would explain why some people genuinely enjoy learning something new.

F is for friends who do stuff together! U is for you and me! N is for anywhere and anytime at all Down here in the deep blue sea!

I needed this. Exactly at the right time

Currently in bed sick and binging KZread. 🤣

this Channel is so great! thanks smart people

why is beeball so cute

"but... What's the point of fun?" Good question. I find myself asking that question more and more, wasting away in my 3x3x3 meter cubicle. Dystopia in a nutshell.

It’s possible to learn to find more of life fun. Cheerfulness is very important!

Guess thats why the funnest games when a young kid and older mimics hunting and escaping danger, like tag, man-hunt and hide and seek. And why dogs love playing fetch.

It's for friends, who do stuff together. For you and me. Anywhere, at any time at all.

I'm subscribed to 6 or so science channels. Yours is the funnest....... On a more serious note (serious as in using a real word), it really is fun. I get most excited when a new video of yours pops up.

However, I do wonder if the bees actually get dopamine from 'playing' a ball. Could it be that the colors of the balls attract the bees, in which they automatically think that they also contain nectar. I hope they don't wear themselves out over it. I once heard that a cat following a laser on the wall can make him/her very frustrated and therefor; this can regretfully be misinterpreted as fun. The strangest thing I do for fun is think about these things. Love it! Thanks for the food. Liked & subscribed.

Excellent explanation

It's not just that learning is fun. Fun is learning.

I love learning about my brain! And how my ADHD, Autism, Alexithymia, and so on mess with my dopamine pathways...

Its got to be said. Thank you. 😊

Scientist: oh look the bee is playing! Bee: where is the nectar on this flower?

the way this channel questions things is actually amazing!

Love the new set!

I've been taking Japanese in college and I'll tell you deciphering then understanding new writing systems is definitely my brains favorite thing, looking forward to reading The call of the wild in Japanese

finally a new video 🎉😊 love this channel, couldn’t live without it

I miss the old set... It was iconic

Fun aside: The old software store chain Babbage's was named for, but not associated with Charles Babbage. Today you're probably more familiar with it under its new name, "GameStop" or possibly "EB Games" :)

i love this videos so much!

How does this video have 44K views in a day? That's AMAZING!

My name is Rowyn and that was really trippy hearing that thank you. Happy to hear other giving it a good name. Good job Rowan, Rowen or Rowyn

The Portal video game series I call my training wheels for programming.

Thank you, Joe!

Lovely video. Had fun watching it 👍🙂😛

Just call me mbeepe killed me 04:00 Now all I can think of is bessi 😂😂😂😂

In the words of the great Hirasawa Yui: "Fun things are fun"

Beautiful cards. I think i’ll get that when my kids are a little older.

8:13, Joe, did you just take all of the fun out of my life by making me conscious of why we do it?!

Oh hey! You changed the thumbnail! Great choice! Who clickes on two guerillas?

This video deserves 1B Milestone

Thank you.

Ah yes, my science nerd comes out with another banger!

Fun is stimulus

Yep, made it to end screen. There are a few creators who's end credits are so long, including one who reads the names of her Patreon subscribers, that I've stopped trying to make it to the end. But for most videos I watch to the end. My wife has always insisted on watching the end credits of movies to honor all the people who contributed to the film, and I guess I do that for videos too. And besides, there might be an end credit scene. (Congratulations on the new set.)

The bees rolling the balls aren't playing, they're training for a new profession: Dung Bee-tle

@funkykong9001

Жыл бұрын

Ok dad

What a fun video 👌🏽. Can you make a follow up video answering “what is evolutionary purpose of sadness or loss” ?

Weird, I was thinking of this very question today!!!

I has the same question for a long time. "What is fun... What is the necessity of fun in evolution..." Thanks for the video.

F is for friends that do things together

Very good video

Great video as always. Was Joe always looking this good? Look at his biceps

all i know is that its really cute when i wrastle my pet rats with my hands and they pop up and run around happily

Please, after being a suffering epileptic, could you do a video on epilepsy?

Yo Rowan you are the best. Keep being awesome.

OMG, Rowan, you're the best!!!!!!!!!!

It's fun to be curious 😍🥰. Thank you Dr Joe.

What is fun? That's easy F is for friends who do stuff together U is for you and me N is for anywhere and anytime at all

about 5 minutes in I was briefly trasported to a pre KT extinction world full of gigantic dinosaurs just playing with each other like dogs.

Watching this is fun

Rowan is an amazing kid!!!

Makes sense

I made it the end screen! Yay!

For the longest time, my parents tried to convince me, that studying hard, going to a good school, finding a good job, building a family, buying a big house, and looking after your parents, was indeed FUN. And so I asked them, "then why aren't you doing it?" And they never got back to me.

Nice job on your new background. I love the geometric shapes. 🔶️⚪️🟪

FUN = watching videos made by Dr. Joe on Be Smart!

I have an obsession with the Babbage computer.

Lmfao. "You want a HUGE dopamine hit? Pay us money"

"But mama, that's where the fun iiiiiiiiis..."

"F" is for Friends who do things together!

I told my service dog that working for me is fun. Not sure how much longer I can maintain that ruse.

So many years denying Skinner and Wilson - they have always been the real psychologists!

Moving automatons, childhood wonder, hmmm... sounds like an Afton story.

Be Smart needs to go deep into the evolutionary phenomenon of neoteny- the retention of juvenile characteristics into adulthood. Humans are especially defined by our neotenic behavior of playing into our collective dottages. Though it might be said that the playfulness of domesticated animals does imply that humans playfulness is also a sign of being domesticated.

That you brilliant for melting my retinas at 2 in the morning 🤣

Learning is supposed to be fun

i swear the thumbnail changes everytime i get recommended this video

Aristotle: human is 'the rational animal' Joe: human is 'the ape with pants'

7:49 good link