The Illusion of Truth

If you repeat something enough times, it comes to feel good and true.
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This episode was inspired by the book Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
This video was edited by Daniel Joseph Files, with music from Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com "Marty Gots a Plan" "Sing Along With Jim" and "Full On".
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  • @asbebers001
    @asbebers0017 жыл бұрын

    Experiments have shown that saying "experiments have shown" creates cognitive ease.

  • @JochCool

    @JochCool

    7 жыл бұрын

    I actually first believed it but then I realized that you might be tricking me and that it actually isn't true but because so many people liked it I do think it might be true.

  • @izgirl22

    @izgirl22

    6 жыл бұрын

    Experiments have shown that this youtube comment is funny and causes cognitive ease and relaxation.👌👌👌👌

  • @bankruptLucifer

    @bankruptLucifer

    6 жыл бұрын

    amazing!

  • @j.alexander7554

    @j.alexander7554

    6 жыл бұрын

    JochCool i think he made a paradox

  • @JaMaMaa1

    @JaMaMaa1

    5 жыл бұрын

    I don't necessarily believe this but you got a good point

  • @theitaliangoomba5542
    @theitaliangoomba55427 жыл бұрын

    I am attractive I am attractive I am attractive I am attractive

  • @juanfacundomendozabari8589

    @juanfacundomendozabari8589

    7 жыл бұрын

    You are one good looking goomba....

  • @psyko2666

    @psyko2666

    7 жыл бұрын

    The Italian Goomba Mama Mia!

  • @rhinothegod

    @rhinothegod

    7 жыл бұрын

    This will actually work in your favor if you truly believe that you are attractive. This is because the more you repeat it, and the more confident you are about that statement , the more other people will start to believe you. Also because of the fact that attractiveness is subjective -- attractiveness is in the eye of the beholder and thus anyone can be perceived to be attractive.

  • @TheGamingAnole55

    @TheGamingAnole55

    7 жыл бұрын

    holy dang not on chugga eh

  • @drrice1123

    @drrice1123

    6 жыл бұрын

    Why do you keep saying weird lies?

  • @CrushedParagon
    @CrushedParagon2 жыл бұрын

    "Songs are judged more favorably after you've listened to them a bunch of times" My alarm song begs to differ

  • @shawnthompson3059

    @shawnthompson3059

    2 жыл бұрын

    Until the radio station decision to play the same song a hundred times a day for months on end. The nineties and Heyyyy Macarena!

  • @Steambull1

    @Steambull1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah... I will probably never listen to James Brown - Get on the Good Foot normally again. And I will also never ruin another song by making it my alarm...

  • @MIN0RITY-REP0RT

    @MIN0RITY-REP0RT

    2 жыл бұрын

    If that were true, then the Hokey Pokey would be a permanent number one hit...

  • @Kenjuudo

    @Kenjuudo

    2 жыл бұрын

    BREEP BREEP BREEP BREEP BREEP

  • @vitalijslebedevs1629

    @vitalijslebedevs1629

    2 жыл бұрын

    If you percieve music as pleasant entertainment, you'll like a song more after hearing it for the 10th time, than after the 1st. Just don't listen to it in a row. All popular things works like that, untill another one takes it's place. Popular are repeated, rather than better.

  • @eklipsegirl
    @eklipsegirl2 жыл бұрын

    This is exactly the reason I like to self-study from textbooks and despise lectures! Textbooks are more straining, but when I read the text over and over until I understand it, I REALLY understand, unlike leaving a lecture hall with a “feeling” of understanding without being able to recall what essentially the lecture was about.

  • @Elektr0hazard

    @Elektr0hazard

    2 жыл бұрын

    Everyone learns different. I can't just study a textbook because I don't remember anything. Sure I can read it over and over again and memorise it but after the test it's all gone. On the other hand, I still remeber a lot of what old teachers were saying, I even have their voices and faces printed in my mind like a videotape, as clear as fresh water, and it was a bunch of years ago.

  • @carolynzaremba5469

    @carolynzaremba5469

    Жыл бұрын

    As we autodidacts have learned.

  • @nitunsarkar9695

    @nitunsarkar9695

    3 ай бұрын

    This is so true. I am a medical student and there are many lectures available all over the internet which many use as their primary source. But soon I realized that wasn’t working and I wasn’t retaining much. Even if I did understood I forgot in a few weeks. I was thinking why this was happening and deduced reading textbooks is what I should be doing. Sure, you need to revise what you read multiple times, but the understanding you get when you read the text due to your brain working harder is much better. I should have thought about that before and took up the habit of reading sooner. Now my current understanding is: Textbooks are the first choice and if the topic is very difficult, supplement it with a lecture.

  • @Minotaur1975
    @Minotaur19757 жыл бұрын

    I thought this video was BS, then I watched it a bunch more times and started to believe it

  • @rahuliyer6866

    @rahuliyer6866

    7 жыл бұрын

    Nice!

  • @ShawnJonesHellion

    @ShawnJonesHellion

    7 жыл бұрын

    I watched it once and realized what he was pretty much going into before he finished his sentences. I guess it works faster on me. The static part made me want to turn it off though

  • @zes3813

    @zes3813

    7 жыл бұрын

    wrr

  • @sensualarmpit3512

    @sensualarmpit3512

    7 жыл бұрын

    had to read your comment 31 time. I agree with you!

  • @yeeturmcbeetur8197

    @yeeturmcbeetur8197

    7 жыл бұрын

    Did anyone else think he was about to put an audible plug towards the end? Cause it almost seemed like it to me.

  • @TheHoaxHotel
    @TheHoaxHotel7 жыл бұрын

    Anything written in comic sans I immediately take to be true.

  • @Laezar1

    @Laezar1

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's a beautiful day outside.

  • @TheGeefriend

    @TheGeefriend

    7 жыл бұрын

    Birds are singing

  • @Dannnneh

    @Dannnneh

    7 жыл бұрын

    The sky is blue.

  • @Laezar1

    @Laezar1

    7 жыл бұрын

    Wicke Danneh you ruined it T.T

  • @Dannnneh

    @Dannnneh

    7 жыл бұрын

    Fine, the sky is burning and crashing down.

  • @maazkhan5103
    @maazkhan5103 Жыл бұрын

    Now I understand the meaning of "Tell a lie so much that it becomes the truth" This has been used throughout history without anyone even knowing Now I understand how

  • @gdb5448

    @gdb5448

    5 ай бұрын

    Yep, and the Democrats have used that evil trick very effectively against Trump...just keep repeating "Trump is a racist!" and a lot of people will believe it even though if you ask them to provide something he did or said that could be considered racist they can not think of one single example.

  • @GaslightingIsEvil

    @GaslightingIsEvil

    5 ай бұрын

    It's ironic because if you speak the truth over and over they say it's a lie and the speaker is being manipulative. It's much harder to get someone to believe the truth than a lie

  • @Mathi80
    @Mathi80 Жыл бұрын

    What a gem. Every conscious responsible human on the planet should carefully watch this. Familiarity breeds consent. It is uncomfortable, even strenuous to question the assumptions underlying our day-to-day decisions, but like keeping our bodies fit through exercise, this is essential to honing our discernment, to being sensible.

  • @eft6775

    @eft6775

    10 ай бұрын

    WELL SAID! 💯

  • @folafapohunda7375

    @folafapohunda7375

    7 ай бұрын

    I absolutely love this comment, particularly the second half. It struck a lot of chords, even did a v little piece on it! But yh, a lot of truth there!

  • @matthewerspamer6274
    @matthewerspamer62743 жыл бұрын

    “It’s easier to fool some one than to convince them that they have been fooled.” -Mark Twain

  • @draugami

    @draugami

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@derrickmcadoo3804 if you are asleep. (Pravda is a Russian newspaper. Pravda means truth. Every Russian knew the paper was filled witb propaganda.)

  • @kfiatooh666

    @kfiatooh666

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@draugami Every - literally EVERY newspaper around the world is. Sometimes propaganda is more sophisticated, sometimes less, but it's always there.

  • @MaxLohMusic

    @MaxLohMusic

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@derrickmcadoo3804 You do realize that goes both ways, that "news is fake" becomes truth if you repeat it enough? That is what I've always found most hypocritical/ironic about people who complain about "sheeple". They are just being sheeple in the opposite direction. The best way to cut through all the BS is to just ignore all media (of all kinds), and only look at scientific studies and experiments. It's not infallible but it's much better than what most people do which is trust THEIR media and assume everything against it is fake.

  • @cinegraphics

    @cinegraphics

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nothing can be more filled with propaganda than CNN.

  • @Superabound2

    @Superabound2

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MaxLohMusic yeah but if you know the media is always lying, you can use it to triangulate the Truth by assuming the opposite of whatever they say.

  • @ToniT800
    @ToniT8007 жыл бұрын

    Maybe there is no cognitive ease mechanism and Derek just make us believe it really exists by repeating this term over and over...

  • @SleepyRox

    @SleepyRox

    7 жыл бұрын

    #CognitiveEaseCeption

  • @Bibbedibob

    @Bibbedibob

    7 жыл бұрын

    but if that were the case and it works, doesn't that mean cognitive ease exists?

  • @unslept_em

    @unslept_em

    7 жыл бұрын

    here's the deal though, hypothetically if the phenomenon did exist, but it was not called cognitive ease, it would sadly not be true.

  • @Kraj78

    @Kraj78

    7 жыл бұрын

    But that wouldn't work unless it really was true! *headsplode*

  • @bohlin01

    @bohlin01

    7 жыл бұрын

    Dirk from veritabrium*

  • @AsphyxGr
    @AsphyxGr2 жыл бұрын

    Loved this subject. My BA dissertation was about cognition, more specifically that a computer game with very "strong" cognitive patterns but reduced quality in graphics can be more appealing than a game with great graphics but less recognizable cognitive patterns. In general cognition is a very important but complex concept for human behavior analysis and relevant statistics. Thanks for the great presentation.

  • @Plajerity

    @Plajerity

    2 жыл бұрын

    Warcraft 3 Reforged?

  • @mattedward6155

    @mattedward6155

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for putting into words why I love Team Fortress 2

  • @Scroolewse

    @Scroolewse

    Жыл бұрын

    Can you elaborate on "cognitive patterns" as it relates to gaming? Is that essentially a fancy way of saying "gameplay loop"

  • @AsphyxGr

    @AsphyxGr

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Scroolewse I will give you an example. There is a theory in cognition: when you provide characters that - don't - have details in some elements of design (eg they don't have facial expressions), it can be easier for various target groups to identify with them as it is easier to put themselves in the characters' position. Also this technique leaves more room to the players imagination and the game does not have the feel of a movie. Those are some of the many aspects of "cognitive patterns", hope this helps.

  • @dbznappa

    @dbznappa

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Scroolewse Another example is the clear distinction between good and evil in story telling. The game The Last of Us 2 met massive criticism because it blurred the lines of good and evil. This caused a massive amount of gamers cognitivie distress. @Deathrasher, you picked a greeat topic for a dissertation.

  • @Hanitcal69
    @Hanitcal69 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve learned in my adulthood that every single thing that appears ‘good’ has a downside. Cognitive ease vs strain is a great example of that

  • @snowflakehub6878
    @snowflakehub68786 жыл бұрын

    "The more something is repeated the more it starts to feel true" Notice how he mentioned this several times throughout the video

  • @Guesswhokk

    @Guesswhokk

    4 жыл бұрын

    Then initiate you own research to prove or disprove it both sides of the argument. e.g. History is Written by Victors???

  • @walkingtalkingstephenhawki5171

    @walkingtalkingstephenhawki5171

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well then, if it actually isn't true then you have nothing to worry about. The group you're desperately trying to tell people you're in by having pepe as your KZread picture and have snowflake in your name is proof of the entire concept. Thousands of those people were conned and continue to be conned because of that little bubble they sit in. History will laugh at that group and it will be given as examples to gaslighting and fascism in modern society and governments. Very interesting time to live in. I guess we can thank the spread of information and the internet for just how well this whole fiasco will be remembered.

  • @sparkyy0007

    @sparkyy0007

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@walkingtalkingstephenhawki5171 Your vitrolic response to a year old post kinda proves his snowflake point dude...just sayn

  • @notbrad4873

    @notbrad4873

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don't feel bad, this video didn't tell you the rules as in the original experiment by Kahnman

  • @theseductivepotato7459

    @theseductivepotato7459

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@walkingtalkingstephenhawki5171 You don't have to get so angry at a simple joke comment

  • @makarandnidhalkar7139
    @makarandnidhalkar71393 жыл бұрын

    "The more something is repeated, the more it feels true.." Politicians and media have left the chat...

  • @LuigiCotocea

    @LuigiCotocea

    3 жыл бұрын

    Obama left the chat...

  • @petrkulhavy6246

    @petrkulhavy6246

    3 жыл бұрын

    Only thing they left are those 1.2k dislikes :D

  • @nicholasvangaasbeek5908

    @nicholasvangaasbeek5908

    3 жыл бұрын

    Donald Trump is bad. Donald Trump does bad things. If Donald Trump does it, it’s bad.

  • @mervin1700

    @mervin1700

    3 жыл бұрын

    ...and religion.

  • @DanielHatchman

    @DanielHatchman

    3 жыл бұрын

    More like they are spamming the chat.

  • @unnamed9858
    @unnamed98582 жыл бұрын

    as someone who wants to study efficiently and get good grades at every subject, i feared cognitive ease and tries to strain my mind to analyze the question in front of me until i'm sure it's 100% right, but after the tests and assignments are over, it turns out i have difficulty going to sleep because i keep thinking about common sense and trying to figure out whether they are actually true.

  • @123qwe321ify

    @123qwe321ify

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, in physics that just leads me to a rabbit hole of "why does this happen" turning into a string of "how it happens" with a floor of because its how the universe is. I guess fundamentally everything will trace back to the question of why are we ? I don't know if we'll ever answer that.

  • @user-cx9nc4pj8w

    @user-cx9nc4pj8w

    Жыл бұрын

    also as a student I think that for most students it's better to try and train your intuition to get the right answer for most questions than to triple check every question, especially with timed exams

  • @alonsoACR

    @alonsoACR

    Жыл бұрын

    @@123qwe321ify Agreed. At the bottom of the rabbit hole physics questions start blurring with religious ones. lol. Sic mundus creatus est.

  • @devesh09

    @devesh09

    10 ай бұрын

    ​​@@123qwe321ifyit's true

  • @LA-ish
    @LA-ish2 жыл бұрын

    [8:00] "The more something is repeated, the more it starts to feel true." I just about fell for this one.

  • @devika2545

    @devika2545

    Жыл бұрын

    But doesn't that mean that it works?

  • @ErichHans
    @ErichHans5 жыл бұрын

    "What connects these three things? Cottage, swiss, cake." Me: I don't know, Switzerland? "All English speakers know it to be cheese." Me: wtf

  • @huracan200173

    @huracan200173

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm a native spanish speaker and I knew it was cheese hahaha. Got me on the second one though :P

  • @farookajose

    @farookajose

    5 жыл бұрын

    I also thought it was Switzerland.

  • @samisalem8313

    @samisalem8313

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm not a native speaker and got them both

  • @harrybower4063

    @harrybower4063

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was so sure that it was bakery

  • @onniliski7112

    @onniliski7112

    5 жыл бұрын

    I thought the first one was food or something, but i instantly got the second one?

  • @lammatt
    @lammatt7 жыл бұрын

    Dirk from veritabrium say it a million times and now he is Dirk.

  • @Andrew-Slattery

    @Andrew-Slattery

    7 жыл бұрын

    +

  • @grampton

    @grampton

    7 жыл бұрын

    Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk Dirk is the guy from Veritablium.

  • @joppetie

    @joppetie

    7 жыл бұрын

    Veristablium*

  • @jaidenboucher0

    @jaidenboucher0

    7 жыл бұрын

    +

  • @derbistheeternal2947

    @derbistheeternal2947

    7 жыл бұрын

    +

  • @trinitrojack
    @trinitrojack2 жыл бұрын

    I completely agree with your assessment. It seems that these days a large portion of society has lost the capacity to think critically.

  • @Gohka

    @Gohka

    2 жыл бұрын

    TBF this isn't a new phenomenon, why do you think almost all of Europe was happy to live in relative squalor for like 1000 years, nearly never questioning anything that was told to them by their local Kings/ Religious leaders/ etc? If anything I'd say societally speaking we're better critical thinkers now than we have ever been. We just need to learn that we shouldn't believe everything we read/hear on the internet, but it's understandable that people can be drawn in to believing things online easily as the internet is still relatively new and we are only just realising in recent years that we should take what we read on it with a pinch of salt.

  • @calebclark9114

    @calebclark9114

    Жыл бұрын

    Thinking critically isn’t always as good as it may seem since it makes you more indecisive and skeptical which also tends to give critical thinkers trust issues and paranoia leading to loneliness and difficulty to make new friends or “fit in” with society and other people

  • @user-gd2bo9eo7y

    @user-gd2bo9eo7y

    Жыл бұрын

    Your history teachers have utterly failed you.

  • @carolynzaremba5469

    @carolynzaremba5469

    Жыл бұрын

    And that is deliberate. Critical thinking is something the ruling class does NOT want the working class to engage in. Therefore, they use every trick in the book to instill cognitive ease in the non-elites to keep them from dissenting from the status quo.

  • @DanielFernandez-jv7jx
    @DanielFernandez-jv7jx Жыл бұрын

    I love the way you used the principle you were communicating to communicate the principle, even down to the selection of your shirt!

  • @sw00natra
    @sw00natra7 жыл бұрын

    All people are mammals, some mammals are whales, therefore, some people are whales. Sound and valid logic to me, lol. (better example than what I had before)

  • @ZztiffanyloveyouzZ

    @ZztiffanyloveyouzZ

    7 жыл бұрын

    Your saying actually makes everything easier to understand for those who dont get it. Should get more likes

  • @crazymarkmc

    @crazymarkmc

    7 жыл бұрын

    Don't get the wrong point. There are 3 groups Mammal , people (inside mammal) and the four legged group(could be completely or partially inside the mammal group) it also might or might not include a part of the people group in it. The statement is false but could be true if the four legged group included a part of the people group in it

  • @cortster12

    @cortster12

    7 жыл бұрын

    All mammals have four limbs. Arms, wings, flippers, ect, are just modifications of said limbs.

  • @darrenli8850

    @darrenli8850

    7 жыл бұрын

    +cortster12 what about dolphins

  • @cortster12

    @cortster12

    7 жыл бұрын

    Darren Li They have four major limbs modified to suite their niche as well. They also have a tail, but that is just an extension of the spine.

  • @marcherm
    @marcherm5 жыл бұрын

    As Sherlock Holmes said: "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."

  • @samisalem8313

    @samisalem8313

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sherlock Holmes is fictional, but even that seemed right

  • @OrangeC7

    @OrangeC7

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@samisalem8313 Well, just because he's fictional doesn't mean he didn't say it. Wait, it does. Nevermind.

  • @pranavsingla5902

    @pranavsingla5902

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@samisalem8313 well you cant blame one... sherlock holmes is repeatedly mentioned everywhere...

  • @alexlandherr

    @alexlandherr

    4 жыл бұрын

    From which story?

  • @marcherm

    @marcherm

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@alexlandherr The Boscombe Valley Mystery, and by the way, he said it laughing.

  • @tokesalotta1521
    @tokesalotta1521 Жыл бұрын

    This is why debates are more about catchphrases than actually detailing all the nuances. More about using emotions than getting into all the facts

  • @seansargent3316
    @seansargent33162 жыл бұрын

    This confirms a lot about what i already know, providing me with cognitive ease and it feels so good 😄 LOVE YOUR CHANNEL DEREK!! 💓

  • @cmen6895
    @cmen68956 жыл бұрын

    Kids today: “The sun is up.” Back in my day: “Sky bulb high”

  • @Anan883

    @Anan883

    4 жыл бұрын

    :D

  • @Script192

    @Script192

    4 жыл бұрын

    Love your name

  • @allegrovivace6806

    @allegrovivace6806

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @David_Fellner

    @David_Fellner

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Script192 Why? Is it the source of the "Pestilence?"

  • @nauka7565

    @nauka7565

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Script192 cemen

  • @neckyyy
    @neckyyy7 жыл бұрын

    After catching 100 zubats, I still don't think they are good...

  • @PeeHooo

    @PeeHooo

    7 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @marvinfung2050

    @marvinfung2050

    7 жыл бұрын

    Just need to catch more

  • @bradhammond923

    @bradhammond923

    7 жыл бұрын

    Zubats are great. Save them, use lucky egg, evolve all at once, XP+++++++++

  • @neckyyy

    @neckyyy

    7 жыл бұрын

    Brad Hammond There are better pokemon for this...

  • @cooltv2776

    @cooltv2776

    7 жыл бұрын

    I dont think catching them is the point here try using them more, you will eventually start to see what makes them good (you will see it, doesnt mean its there)

  • @tavastian3288
    @tavastian32882 жыл бұрын

    Ive actually used this in my work. When I make temporal instructions to certain tasks that deviate from how the task is normally performed, I noticed that making the font smaller, thus harder to read, reduced the error rate of such tasks. Where as large fonts, which on surface were easier to notice and read, did not reduce the error rate, on the contrary, workers disregarded them the performed the task as they normally would. I theories that the smaller font, caused them to focus more on what the instruction actually reads, thus understanding it better, especially when these temporal instructions where often given to tasks done during 14hour nightshifts, thus sleep deprivation etc playing huge part in the ability to focus in beginwith

  • @TypewriterJustice
    @TypewriterJustice2 жыл бұрын

    the more i watch Derek’s videos, the more i trust him…COGNITIVE EASE IN ACTION!! 🤣

  • @Scroolewse

    @Scroolewse

    Жыл бұрын

    Idk why but something about the way he looks makes me distrustful of him. He gives me clean conman vibes for some reason.

  • @truecatholic8692

    @truecatholic8692

    Жыл бұрын

    I actually have the opposite response. When goes off into space like in this video it makes me do more research into his claims in his other videos.

  • @jacksonpercy8044
    @jacksonpercy80447 жыл бұрын

    "If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself." - John Cena, 1969

  • @shockwave16081

    @shockwave16081

    7 жыл бұрын

    lol I see what you did there

  • @carlosmartinez3548

    @carlosmartinez3548

    7 жыл бұрын

    thats the only thing d..trump's mini brain can remenber

  • @crackedemerald4930

    @crackedemerald4930

    7 жыл бұрын

    who said it? oh yes, it was... JOHN CENA!!!

  • @cheydinal5401

    @cheydinal5401

    7 жыл бұрын

    I thought that was... *Joseph Goebbels*! :D

  • @milhouse14

    @milhouse14

    7 жыл бұрын

    Not Goebbels. It's definitely from JOHN CENA 👍

  • @superj1e2z6
    @superj1e2z67 жыл бұрын

    How to make truth: 1. lie 2. repeat 3. ??? 4. profit

  • @viermidebutura

    @viermidebutura

    7 жыл бұрын

    3 is repeat

  • @warrax62570

    @warrax62570

    7 жыл бұрын

    3. ??? 4. profit

  • @tatianatub

    @tatianatub

    7 жыл бұрын

    compiler error endless loop detected

  • @GionWeak

    @GionWeak

    7 жыл бұрын

    1984

  • @rozio9287

    @rozio9287

    7 жыл бұрын

    it's a game Easter egg but i don't remember it right?

  • @Gusman007
    @Gusman0072 жыл бұрын

    Great video. It misses an important side issue though: People are more likely to suffer from cognitive ease if their life is more stressful. Peoples lives are more stressful because they suffer from decision fatigue. One significant reason people suffer from decision fatigue is a lack of discipline/temperance to form/implement habits/routines/rituals in their lives. Habits/routines/rituals are repetitive tasks that, once they are well learnt, no longer require decision making. The more of one's basic aspects of life (or even more complicated stuff) that are converted habits the more cognitive energy is freed up to enable you to be less stressed and more happily engage the conscious mind on what is in front of you.

  • @aWhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
    @aWhiskeyTangoFoxtrot Жыл бұрын

    "follow the science" "Trust the science" "safe and effective"

  • @alexlandherr
    @alexlandherr4 жыл бұрын

    Now I want my mathematics exam questions to be written in cursive.

  • @TTaM581

    @TTaM581

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's easy to fix. Rewrite each problem yourself on the answer sheet... in your worst handwriting.

  • @brandonhuber8618

    @brandonhuber8618

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TTaM581 good luck being able to read it again

  • @CrazyGaming-ig6qq

    @CrazyGaming-ig6qq

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thats kinda how I make homework for my kids. I write the subject on multiple notes and make them piece it together and THEN they can solve it. I also give them a carrot to munch on when they have been good students. Or a cup of tea with milk and sweetener (they like that).

  • @hiro_444

    @hiro_444

    Жыл бұрын

    This made me realise why I used to get good grades in school. My handwriting was so bad that the teachers had to practically squint their eyes to see what I've written, so there was never a cognitive ease to fall into "oh it must be wrong like the other majority of papers"

  • @jasondeng7677
    @jasondeng76775 жыл бұрын

    my average body temerature is 41 degrees celsius. remember that.

  • @Ph0n3numb3r

    @Ph0n3numb3r

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @bhatkat

    @bhatkat

    5 жыл бұрын

    So... You are a lizard person. At least you are being open about it, tell us more.

  • @jasondeng7677

    @jasondeng7677

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@bhatkat look at my name. WOOOOSH

  • @bhatkat

    @bhatkat

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jasondeng7677 yes, knowing as we do that a lot of the dinos had feathers, this only deepens the mystery. Are you affiliated with the deep state then...

  • @jasondeng7677

    @jasondeng7677

    5 жыл бұрын

    ​@@bhatkat Sir, we are chickens.

  • @yonatandolev4954
    @yonatandolev4954 Жыл бұрын

    Such an important video! Edited and presented perfectly. Thank you Derek

  • @danyelnicholas
    @danyelnicholas2 жыл бұрын

    A particularly to-the-point, simple, sober and thus enlightening episode.

  • @unreal-the-ethan
    @unreal-the-ethan4 жыл бұрын

    "sky, bulb, high" me: THE SUN!

  • @allegrovivace6806

    @allegrovivace6806

    4 жыл бұрын

    exactly

  • @alvinaac365

    @alvinaac365

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dunno why I thought of the sky...since he mentioned 'sky' and 'high'............'bulb'??

  • @BlaZindeezy

    @BlaZindeezy

    3 жыл бұрын

    as soon as the word "high" popped up, i immediately thought of weed for some reason. Even tho i don't partake anymore.

  • @xWHITExEAGLEx

    @xWHITExEAGLEx

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BlaZindeezy I thought of elves as in, High Elves.

  • @info_bot

    @info_bot

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same!

  • @yomammasofat1000
    @yomammasofat10003 жыл бұрын

    “Earth revolves around the sun” Flat earther’s brains: *intense cognitive functioning*

  • @okb6436

    @okb6436

    3 жыл бұрын

    Underated comment

  • @RichardWilkin

    @RichardWilkin

    2 жыл бұрын

    Actually, the sphericity of the Earth is not the same concept as heliocentrism.

  • @SteenG3yL

    @SteenG3yL

    2 жыл бұрын

    > a flat earther > intense cognitive functioning pick one

  • @monnoo8221

    @monnoo8221

    2 жыл бұрын

    flat earther hearing : "earth revolves" immediately shuts down all cognitive channels.

  • @cinegraphics

    @cinegraphics

    2 жыл бұрын

    Flatearthers comprise only 1% of 1% of 1% of total world population. So, they are totally irrelevant. About 30% of the world population don't believe that humans walked on the Moon. A huge number of people. So, why is the world media focused on Flatearthers (which comprise 8000 believers) rather than 2.5 billion of people who don't believe that astronauts landed on the Moon? Because Flatearthers are easy to disprove, and not very numerous. So, weak. On the other hand, Moon landings are hard to prove, and you don't wanna mess with 2.5 billion of people, who may actually be right.

  • @barttemolder3405
    @barttemolder34052 жыл бұрын

    "The more something is repeated, the more it feels true.." I must admit I ignored everything that wasn't said at all.

  • @ty_sylicus
    @ty_sylicus2 жыл бұрын

    I experience this phenomenon with music all the time. As I listen to a new song, if I like it, I tend to enjoy it more as I continue to repeatedly listen to it.

  • @eensio

    @eensio

    2 жыл бұрын

    The artists use this method systemathically and this is most obvious in music (minimalism). Other fields are hypnotisism, and other religious phenomena.

  • @OMGITSFULLOFPONIES
    @OMGITSFULLOFPONIES3 жыл бұрын

    "Repetition legitimizes" -- Adam Neely

  • @stutch4048

    @stutch4048

    3 жыл бұрын

    i was looking for this comment. repetition legitimizes repetition legitimizes repetition legitimizes

  • @Mirko_Doggen

    @Mirko_Doggen

    3 жыл бұрын

    repetition legitimizes repetition legitimizes repetition legitimizes repetition legitimizes repetition legitimizes

  • @lukedaymusic4585

    @lukedaymusic4585

    3 жыл бұрын

    Repetition makes me suspicious

  • @LeonidasKaragiannis

    @LeonidasKaragiannis

    3 жыл бұрын

    Repetition legitimizes

  • @blakehelton3511

    @blakehelton3511

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Repetition legitimizes" -- Adam Neely

  • @CliffRoth
    @CliffRoth7 жыл бұрын

    The timing of this video is interesting as I am in the middle of reading Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman which covers this material.

  • @Flavelius

    @Flavelius

    7 жыл бұрын

    same here..

  • @veritasium

    @veritasium

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's one of my favourite books and the inspiration for this video - it brings together so many diverse human behaviours and explains them with just a few simple principles.

  • @CliffRoth

    @CliffRoth

    7 жыл бұрын

    Have you read Think Like a Freak by the same authors who wrote Freakonomics? Another good read.

  • @ssdd28561

    @ssdd28561

    7 жыл бұрын

    + Great book.

  • @anasakmal1175

    @anasakmal1175

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hey, i'm currently reading the same book too!

  • @tgeliot
    @tgeliot2 жыл бұрын

    I have imperfect hearing, and imperfect ability to parse sound into words. This video helps explain why I feel so stressed and grumpy when listening to people who mumble, or to anyone in a noisy environment.

  • @amanhaman8568
    @amanhaman856810 ай бұрын

    I love this video. I keep coming back to it. I felt the part where he says it takes him 35 min to pick a toothbrush. Same, Derek, same.

  • @Mr-dq6gc
    @Mr-dq6gc5 жыл бұрын

    The whole video I was trying to multiply 14*37 in my head

  • @vaibhavmistari8539

    @vaibhavmistari8539

    5 жыл бұрын

    518

  • @JohnnyD8656

    @JohnnyD8656

    5 жыл бұрын

    techbot .. lmao- same here😂 Haha.. Nice to know there’s still some like-minded folks out there in this awesome world of ours

  • @bw1247

    @bw1247

    5 жыл бұрын

    Its actually impossible... Its actually impossible... Its actually impossible...

  • @bonob0123

    @bonob0123

    5 жыл бұрын

    I only know 14*2 and 14*5 so... 14*37= (14*3)10 + 14*7 14*2+14=14*3. 14*2+14*5=14*7 28+14=42. 28+70=98 420+98=498+20=518

  • @MrCarlSellars

    @MrCarlSellars

    5 жыл бұрын

    14 * 37 = 7 * 74 = 490 + 28 = 518

  • @vishwaskulkarni9211
    @vishwaskulkarni92113 жыл бұрын

    That explains why I like an anime intro after like 4-5 episodes

  • @olvnat5130

    @olvnat5130

    3 жыл бұрын

    LOL so true, so true, so true

  • @aftermath7

    @aftermath7

    3 жыл бұрын

    OMG that's true Me too me toooo...

  • @lastyhopper2792

    @lastyhopper2792

    3 жыл бұрын

    not only that, but the song's also associated with an entertaining experience that your brain got to enjoy, in this case, the anime itself.

  • @danielbrawner3677

    @danielbrawner3677

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cant like something you never watch. *insert smart think guy meme here*

  • @harshbarj

    @harshbarj

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep. Fully explains the Beastars intro. At fist I was like meh. Then by the end of season one I actually liked it.

  • @SMeur49
    @SMeur4911 ай бұрын

    Man, this episode is gold.

  • @Darkjustifier
    @Darkjustifier2 жыл бұрын

    Actually for historical questions I tend to judge the older looking less legible text as the truer one as I associate old writing with history

  • @robiebol

    @robiebol

    2 жыл бұрын

    Interesting. Do you have a background of history?

  • @cristian-bull
    @cristian-bull4 жыл бұрын

    Veritasium: "what connects these three things?" Non Native Speaker: "Wait... what??"

  • @KeegansLife

    @KeegansLife

    3 жыл бұрын

    they all start with 'th'

  • @jjkthebest

    @jjkthebest

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think I've heard cottage cheese like once before.

  • @Thornskade

    @Thornskade

    3 жыл бұрын

    I never heard of cottage cheese so that makes it even harder.

  • @lastyhopper2792

    @lastyhopper2792

    3 жыл бұрын

    the cheese one, I do not know. I mean, what's a "cottage" to begin with... wasn't it some kind of a place where you can live in, the light tho, it immediately comes to me mind.

  • @lastyhopper2792

    @lastyhopper2792

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@reitersul586 hmm, maybe because either you're still young, or you were too sleepy at the time you watched it.

  • @Gandaleon
    @Gandaleon7 жыл бұрын

    The title of this video is ill chosen. The problem here lies not with the truth itself. Truth remains solid. Our perception is what is at fault here.

  • @veritasium

    @veritasium

    7 жыл бұрын

    hence the *illusion* of truth

  • @Gandaleon

    @Gandaleon

    7 жыл бұрын

    I know now that this was the intended meaning. But considering quite a lot of people seem to be under the impression pluralism in science means that either 'everything is equally true' or 'nothing is true at all', this title could also be read as: Truth is an illusion. At least that's what I begrudgingly expected to hear in this video before actually watching it. English is not my native language, though, so maybe my instincts are a bit off. ;) No offense intended, anyhow.

  • @Gandaleon

    @Gandaleon

    7 жыл бұрын

    I know this will shock you, but youtube has a button for that now. ;)

  • @simonj48

    @simonj48

    7 жыл бұрын

    What about the illusion of truth via misinformation that seems almost logical. Like dogs have 4 legs, do they really? when a leg has a knee and two front 'legs' on a dog have no knee but elbows? Arms have elbows, so dogs really have 2 legs and 2 arms. Explain that enough times to people and the world is flat.

  • @tonywells7512

    @tonywells7512

    7 жыл бұрын

    You have to find the truth first, sometimes occluded by illusion.

  • @Its__Good
    @Its__Good2 жыл бұрын

    "We need to be more vigilant in deciding what is true or not." Oh July 2016. . ..you summer child.

  • @Superabound2

    @Superabound2

    2 жыл бұрын

    Reminder that Trump was right and Covid came from the Wuhan Bioweapons Lab

  • @Its__Good

    @Its__Good

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Superabound2 There's no conclusive evidence yet of where it came from. And Trump just makes claims randomly - even a broken clock is right twice a day.

  • @daleleisenring4275

    @daleleisenring4275

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Superabound2 Youre living proof of how cult programming and indoctrination techniques poison the minds of their followers. Trump Cult Minions and Disciples, such as yourself for example, GET THIS!! -> They actually believe Americas BIGLIEST pathological liar, the traitor Trump, over Dr. Fauci, The WHO, The CDC, etc.

  • @ApfelJohannisbeere
    @ApfelJohannisbeere2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this!

  • @tubehound69
    @tubehound693 жыл бұрын

    Politics has this figured out. That's the purpose of "talking points." Also, the word "debunked" has been repeated so much that simply saying that something has been debunked is enough to convince people that something is not true. Hearsay from anonymous "experts" creates cognitive ease as well. Politics is flooded with examples of cognitive ease.

  • @rubyhunternc

    @rubyhunternc

    2 жыл бұрын

    Trump is one example.

  • @stanh24

    @stanh24

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes the debunking is later debunked, leading to another round of debunking.

  • @snehalycce

    @snehalycce

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well said!

  • @petitio_principii

    @petitio_principii

    2 жыл бұрын

    The whole "public debate" on politics is largely two groups of people who have been indoctrinated with different, somewhat conflicting sets of ideas/slogans, that give them cognitive ease. "Whatever the Good Side is saying is true and good, whatever the Bad Side is saying is bad and/or false," is an heuristic that spares people from the cognitive strain of analyzing more carefully and independently each issue.

  • @davemason7640

    @davemason7640

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rubyhunternc Obama is another

  • @mongobaracuda
    @mongobaracuda7 жыл бұрын

    I don't get why Veritasium videos NEVER show up in my sub box...

  • @Anonymous-jo2no

    @Anonymous-jo2no

    7 жыл бұрын

    Oh, I thought I were the only one...

  • @crazymarkmc

    @crazymarkmc

    7 жыл бұрын

    You either didn't turn on notifications or its youtubes fault. There's a bug that shows videos in only 1/3 of the subscription boxes, not sure if they fixed it.

  • @Baamthe25th

    @Baamthe25th

    7 жыл бұрын

    Click the gear next to the subscriptions box. And select the notifications, it should help.

  • @Adhdallas.

    @Adhdallas.

    7 жыл бұрын

    if you tell yourself they do enough times, they will

  • @VioletTheGeek

    @VioletTheGeek

    7 жыл бұрын

    CrazyMarkSRB, It's not a bug, it's an algorithm based on your engagement (i.e. what you watch and for how long, commenting and liking, etc.). It's flawed, for sure, but it's not unintentional.

  • @steven9red
    @steven9red Жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love the song in the background that repeats constantly, same 4 notes. Over and over, and over again. It's sorta like cognitive ease, but my enjoyment of the song is pure objective... you see I know it's objective because everyone likes it! So it must be objectively good! Right?! RIGHT?! TELL ME THE SONG IS GOOD!

  • @artnstuff73

    @artnstuff73

    Жыл бұрын

    The song is good!! 😃

  • @saurabhjarodia335
    @saurabhjarodia335 Жыл бұрын

    I needed this video. I m a very analytical thinker and I m suspicious of everything but people around me suggests me to stop being so analytical. I was very frustrated why I m so alone amd no one understands me. I always knew I was right but got no support. My analytical thinking put alongside with my terrible childhood an terrible schhol days and that I might have one or more mental disorders I was very frightened. Though this video might not chaange anything much in my life but atleast now I am happy that I was right and others were wrong.

  • @Breakfast221
    @Breakfast2217 жыл бұрын

    There's something odd about being told about the potential problems caused by cognitive ease through a video designed to produce cognitive ease.

  • @Splox5

    @Splox5

    7 жыл бұрын

    That's why he ended it by talking about how it can be a good thing too.

  • @IceMetalPunk

    @IceMetalPunk

    7 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me a bit of The Stanley Parable.

  • @bidaubadeadieu

    @bidaubadeadieu

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah! Like the more times he said "the more something is repeated the truer it sounds" the more odd it felt, like. Surely I'm not the only one getting suspicious.

  • @TC_exe

    @TC_exe

    7 жыл бұрын

    If it works, it works... True within itself.

  • @cameodamaneo

    @cameodamaneo

    7 жыл бұрын

    Funny how right at the start of the video, I mimicked the sound of the intro with a "whiiiish" sound...

  • @komolunanole8697
    @komolunanole86977 жыл бұрын

    When something is repeated over and over agains, it feels more true. He repeats this phrase multiple times...

  • @denisburgard8904

    @denisburgard8904

    7 жыл бұрын

    so all what he said isnt true? this guy freaks me out

  • @andrewm9207

    @andrewm9207

    7 жыл бұрын

    The more something is repeated, the more it feels true.

  • @pdoylemi

    @pdoylemi

    7 жыл бұрын

    Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." Really... this is the truth :-)

  • @Bobbenissimo

    @Bobbenissimo

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hah, good that you noticed as well. I laughed a little when he said the last phrase :P

  • @minemedown

    @minemedown

    7 жыл бұрын

    Wasen't that Lenin who said that?

  • @CharlesHenderson1
    @CharlesHenderson12 жыл бұрын

    This is very similar to systems 1 and systems 2 thinking, a model created by professor Keith Stanovich which I read in his book "What Intelligence Tests Miss; the Psychology of Rational Thought. The model was popularized in Daniel Kahneman's book; "Thinking, Fast and Slow.

  • @stephenfletcher5391
    @stephenfletcher53912 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video. Love this!

  • @kashinathpratapm
    @kashinathpratapm3 жыл бұрын

    "Colgate; recommend by doctors" is best example of constant advertisement

  • @cinegraphics

    @cinegraphics

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Vaccination will help us return to old normal" is another example.

  • @ninojanjeremygo463

    @ninojanjeremygo463

    2 жыл бұрын

    *_The government has join the chat..._*

  • @theraven5850

    @theraven5850

    2 жыл бұрын

    "The vaccine is tested and safe. Find out more information from this site." Takes you to a propaganda based link with no actual research to prove what they claimed in the commercial. Also, for the record I've got the vaccine because I was coerced into it. I'm not criticizing vaccines, but their methods in pushing through a barely tested vaccine while scoffing at anyone who criticized the fact that they had not tested it or provided any actual science to ensure it was safe for the public. I think people need to stop being lemmings and relying on the words of shills being paid to hold biased viewpoints.

  • @cinegraphics

    @cinegraphics

    2 жыл бұрын

    You've gotta believe the corporations that asked (and received) total immunity from lawsuits or criminal charges, no matter what the vaccine does. I mean, would you give your car to a mechanic who asks you to sign a paper that he will maybe (or maybe not) repair your car, without the obligation to return all the parts, without responsibility if the car is damaged or even stolen, totally immune to any lawsuit? Of course you wouldn't. You'd go around that fraud in a big circle. And yet, they ask us to sign such a paper before injecting crap into our blood. But we wouldn't allow a similar treatment to our car or cellphone. Fun times.

  • @vampiresquid

    @vampiresquid

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@theraven5850 I'm glad someone saved your from your own stupidity.

  • @Ozzyisunavailable
    @Ozzyisunavailable7 жыл бұрын

    im pretty sure cognitive ease is the whole reason drake makes it on the music charts

  • @RichardEricCollins

    @RichardEricCollins

    7 жыл бұрын

    You win! :D

  • @RobbyBoy167

    @RobbyBoy167

    7 жыл бұрын

    it's also how the hypnotist in the movie Now you see me, manages to persuade the guy in paris and also how will smith won that asian guys money in the movie focus.

  • @baotrannguyen6391

    @baotrannguyen6391

    7 жыл бұрын

    +

  • @m4heshd

    @m4heshd

    7 жыл бұрын

    you won the internet today sir

  • @DragonAurora

    @DragonAurora

    7 жыл бұрын

    LOL no kidding...

  • @JohnDoe-fe6nq
    @JohnDoe-fe6nq2 жыл бұрын

    You speak with so much confidence out of ignorance, you think you know it all and it gives you the ability to state everything like it is a fact, no hesitation. Adding some words like skeptical, critical, analytical, cognitive ease, familiar, we need to be, scientific experiments is a trap

  • @GregJoiner
    @GregJoiner2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome stuff, this explains so much of the repeated lies that people seem to believe....

  • @eensio

    @eensio

    2 жыл бұрын

    For example religion…

  • @marcadler5356
    @marcadler53563 жыл бұрын

    "The more something is repeated, the more it starts to feel true." ...terrifyingly true these days.

  • @cinegraphics

    @cinegraphics

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Vaccination is safe" "Vaccination is safe" "Vaccination is safe" After you hear it 200 times, you actually start believing it...

  • @williamdoyle2063

    @williamdoyle2063

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cinegraphics No, there are still loads of idiots that don't believe it

  • @Johny40Se7en

    @Johny40Se7en

    Жыл бұрын

    I heard that one too, but slightly different... "When a lie is told so much and for so long, it can become truth" 😎😳🧐😜

  • @LocalLibertarian

    @LocalLibertarian

    Жыл бұрын

    “There are more than two genders” “There are more than two genders” “There are more than two genders” Wrong there are only two genders

  • @Humulator

    @Humulator

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cinegraphics I am aware this comment was made one year ago, but it is safe. Its one of the few times corporations and the people agree on something. All the higher power want are people who work, and will milk anything out of them. Dead/Injured workers do not count as good workers.

  • @peNdantry
    @peNdantry3 жыл бұрын

    ... and this is why I detest advertising, and try my hardest to avoid it or be extremely sceptical of the messages they try to push.

  • @Fckoffmagpie

    @Fckoffmagpie

    3 жыл бұрын

    Colin Reynolds wish more people were like this

  • @filipcza

    @filipcza

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hate the fact that they try to manipulate me into bying something just because it feels familiar.. so I make an effort to choose something which I don't remember been advertised. In any case my behaviour is affected and it bugs me..

  • @blaniac6591

    @blaniac6591

    3 жыл бұрын

    You’re never gonna make every single person happy, there’s no point in trying to please everyone.

  • @jdt8983

    @jdt8983

    2 жыл бұрын

    Your photo looks like its from the 70s and I like that era so it gave me cognitive ease

  • @bluebukkitdev8069
    @bluebukkitdev80692 жыл бұрын

    This is not what I thought the video was going to be about. I enjoyed this. Thank you.

  • @Rudxain
    @Rudxain3 ай бұрын

    6:08 This reminds me of that one quote by Nikola Musk: "The best way to get answers, is not to ask, but to post misinformation.". When something looks "wrong" people will focus their attention on it. It also reminds me of how "readable source code" and good UIs reduce cognitive-load, while unreadable stuff forces the brain to focus on irrelevant details

  • @blaze556922
    @blaze5569224 жыл бұрын

    Everything I know about the Kardashians I learned against my will lol

  • @remiheneault8208

    @remiheneault8208

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes but that makes sense, doesn't it? Same goes for me, I hate these "celebrities", I hate reality shows etc. but I believe that's also because I don't often use social medias or watch TV. Whereas some of my friends tell me they are super known and love to watch these kinds of things,. Maybe because somehow, the more you watch/scroll it, the more it becomes familiar and therefore, the more you like them.

  • @richardvickers8117

    @richardvickers8117

    3 жыл бұрын

    Perfect

  • @Huvrkrft

    @Huvrkrft

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s everything

  • @sourabhchoudhary1264

    @sourabhchoudhary1264

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kardashian start with k not with C wtf

  • @Heligoland360
    @Heligoland3607 жыл бұрын

    6:18 He misspelld cognitive, but you didn't notice because it was easy to read.

  • @ItsKhur

    @ItsKhur

    6 жыл бұрын

    Adam Collins you misspelled ‘misspelld’

  • @vibodhj349

    @vibodhj349

    5 жыл бұрын

    Good observation, even I missed it.

  • @BeaStpartan

    @BeaStpartan

    5 жыл бұрын

    you must be one of those "grumpy and suspicious scientists"

  • @fuzzypenguino

    @fuzzypenguino

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sans Serif is not easy to read

  • @orlandomoreno6168

    @orlandomoreno6168

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@fuzzypenguino It is

  • @newton-342
    @newton-3422 ай бұрын

    6:08 As a teacher, I see this as an absolute win. Finally I can justify the bad print quality of the images anf graphs in my exams 😂

  • @pcumamahesh
    @pcumamahesh2 жыл бұрын

    2:05 this statement. This statement is exactly the one I was waiting for someone to agree upon

  • @bythegraceofadoni
    @bythegraceofadoni7 жыл бұрын

    That fact cognitive is spelt wrong 6:18 is causing me cognitive strain.

  • @Thadius856

    @Thadius856

    7 жыл бұрын

    Your misspelling of "spelled" is causing me cognitive strain.

  • @Thadius856

    @Thadius856

    7 жыл бұрын

    deus ex whoosh

  • @ManRudBih

    @ManRudBih

    7 жыл бұрын

    These are old forms of irregular verbs that are more or less vanishing from the written language now. This is happening in at least two languages I can read and talk more or less fluently, German and English. The same is true for conditional and reflexive usage. The german language was full irregular verbs which are now pressed into a regular pattern. Simplifying a language always robs you of the expressiveness of the unadulterated version. µ 2¢

  • @YostPeter

    @YostPeter

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thadius Miller xkcd reference?

  • @bythegraceofadoni

    @bythegraceofadoni

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thadius Miller lol .. its funny how you tried to be cheeky and completely embarrassed yourself. deus ex I am from New Zealand/Australia :)

  • @zulthyr1852
    @zulthyr18526 жыл бұрын

    "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." - Adolf Hitler

  • @migkillerphantom

    @migkillerphantom

    6 жыл бұрын

    Zulthyr the best part? He was describing how his political opponents operate. The same opponents that would have you believe he said it about himself.

  • @someonesilence3731

    @someonesilence3731

    6 жыл бұрын

    Maybe he secretly meant both.

  • @EternalSilverDragon

    @EternalSilverDragon

    6 жыл бұрын

    I thought this was describing Trump at first.

  • @101m4n

    @101m4n

    5 жыл бұрын

    I thought this was a

  • @Aseutester

    @Aseutester

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Vaccines are safe and effective"!

  • @onlythetruthwillsetyoufree8872
    @onlythetruthwillsetyoufree8872 Жыл бұрын

    In these times thinking is a rebellious act. So you are being rebellious pointing out the trap of familiarity.

  • @RealHIFIHelp
    @RealHIFIHelp2 жыл бұрын

    You also should mention that it is linked with: "the path of least resistance" and group agreements. Plus that corporate business gets more easy loading of a product when no negative thoughts are associated with it.

  • @JavierOcampo
    @JavierOcampo7 жыл бұрын

    you guys, I'm going to make America great again :)

  • @Jagerbomber

    @Jagerbomber

    7 жыл бұрын

    LLLLIAR!

  • @erikk77

    @erikk77

    7 жыл бұрын

    And again, and again, and again, and again...

  • @azeliaspank

    @azeliaspank

    7 жыл бұрын

    Gonna build a wall too?

  • @Anonymous-jo2no

    @Anonymous-jo2no

    7 жыл бұрын

    The JewSA can never be great again.

  • @natttomes4588

    @natttomes4588

    7 жыл бұрын

    how

  • @MrMakae90
    @MrMakae907 жыл бұрын

    Apply this concept to Trump's speech style, and you will understand how carefully it is designed to cause the desired effect.

  • @BDBK666

    @BDBK666

    7 жыл бұрын

    Apply this concept to Hillary's speech style, and you will understand how carefully it is designed to cause the desired effect. Fixed it for you, you had a slight typo there.

  • @MrMakae90

    @MrMakae90

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kevo F can you focus on one topic at the time, or are you so polarized that you cannot read the name "Trump" without attacking the other candidate, which was not supported by comment in any sense? As much as I severely dislike Hillary for many reasons, her speech style does not follow the patterns of simplicity and repetition aiming to create cognitive ease as much as Trump's style does. Pick any Trump interview, debate or speech and look at the size, complexity, variety and repetition of words. Hillary lies in a completely different manner - notice, I'm not judging one to be better than other, this is not a comparison of value, simply the description of a phenomenon.

  • @fumeshroomz

    @fumeshroomz

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Lucas Balaminut I don't think it's that it's designed... it's just that trump isn't the smartest man and he has to keep repeating himself because he can't think of anything else :p But really I agree, he's an awful person yet he has so many followers shows something about how good he is at giving speaches, also how whoever wrote them must be a pretty smart guy (and how odd that people buy all his crap)

  • @MrMakae90

    @MrMakae90

    7 жыл бұрын

    No Skill Just Luck I disagree that he is not smart. I think he is pretty smart, not an intellectual, but smart enough to realize how to best communicate with a large and broad spectrum of people. His message can be understood by anyone, even a 10 year old can understand him, it is simple, direct, and satisfies their supporters need for inverse-rationalization. Repetition is a very known salesman tactic. I see Trump as a salesman of a scam product, like a pyramid scheme or miracle pills, except that his presidential candidate persona is the product he is selling and the entire US is the scam target.

  • @SpykerSpeed

    @SpykerSpeed

    7 жыл бұрын

    Apply it to the memes propagated by the Left: "Diversity is our strength" is actually bunk. Studies have proved that diversity harms societies.

  • @jack.d7873
    @jack.d78736 ай бұрын

    This is absolutely brilliant Veritasium. Apologies I'm 7 years late.

  • @twocents7509
    @twocents75092 жыл бұрын

    That makes sense, for the most part people probably expect the average of what they experience. So anything that deviates from the average feels off, while things that don't feel familiar. This can create a lot of bias and wrong assumptions, but also save you from say; bad plants/fruit, shady characters, getting lost, etc.

  • @TigranGG
    @TigranGG7 жыл бұрын

    'repeat it and eventually people will start to believe it' *religion heavy breathing*

  • @kevinrspBelieves

    @kevinrspBelieves

    7 жыл бұрын

    'repeat it and eventually people will start to believe it' There is no God Your point is nullified.

  • @TigranGG

    @TigranGG

    7 жыл бұрын

    +kevinrspBelieves damn wp

  • @kevinrspBelieves

    @kevinrspBelieves

    7 жыл бұрын

    Widespread belief in a God goes back to the beginning of human history. The beginning of widespread disbelief in a God goes back to the 1960s.

  • @ArcHelios117

    @ArcHelios117

    7 жыл бұрын

    It depends if you are talking about the eventual possible existence of some kind of supernatural force somewhere in the universe, bigger than us, that we can't yet explain and that can't be proven or disproved so far, or if you're talking about Noah's ark, the flood, Adam and Eve, and all the senseless fairytales the human race has made-up around this idea.

  • @JairMcBain

    @JairMcBain

    7 жыл бұрын

    Specifically I wasn't referring to any one thing, rather extending a thought to anyone that felt inclined to read it. But yes, I very much agree!

  • @epichappyhappy2506
    @epichappyhappy25063 жыл бұрын

    When I got slightly ear rapped by the bad contrast video I immediately started smiling and I felt joy, thank you hundreds of meme compilations.

  • @Benjamin-od8od

    @Benjamin-od8od

    3 жыл бұрын

    ikr

  • @tdmm

    @tdmm

    3 жыл бұрын

    i straight up laughed

  • @emmateisseire1493

    @emmateisseire1493

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you cerebral plasticity

  • @MonkeSkin

    @MonkeSkin

    3 жыл бұрын

    Literally

  • @alexaguilera8563

    @alexaguilera8563

    2 жыл бұрын

    YES SOMEBODY LIKE ME

  • @pierrekilgoretrout3143
    @pierrekilgoretrout3143 Жыл бұрын

    2:45 when repeated enough, even "brown carbonated sugar water" seems really appealing 🙃

  • @ThePianoPutterer
    @ThePianoPutterer9 ай бұрын

    Nice. Would love to see a video demonstrating the egg floating in salt water experiment!

  • @michaelfarrell4824
    @michaelfarrell48247 жыл бұрын

    Now re-watch this video and apply the logic it inspires to modern politics

  • @aymslifts3926

    @aymslifts3926

    7 жыл бұрын

    yep, quite amazing. I was watching the American Republican National Convention three days in a row and their unfactual, false claims and borderline patriotism propaganda started sounding a little bit more believable after the Third day. that's scary.

  • @ambismagee3207

    @ambismagee3207

    7 жыл бұрын

    Lol, liberal ideas could never follow that same trend huh?

  • @chestersnapdragonmcphistic579

    @chestersnapdragonmcphistic579

    7 жыл бұрын

    Nobody said that. The DNC hasn't happened yet. He didn't mention liberal B.S. because he hasn't seen liberal B.S. just yet. Stop setting up straw men.

  • @EnragedSephiroth

    @EnragedSephiroth

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Ambis Magee It applies to everything...to everyone.

  • @SuperSMT

    @SuperSMT

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Chester Snapdragon McPhisticuff - Of course he's seen liberal B.S, it's unavoidable: CNN, MSNBC, etc, etc...

  • @MexieMex
    @MexieMex7 жыл бұрын

    A very concise explanation of both religion and politics, that never once mentions either word.

  • @Verrisin

    @Verrisin

    7 жыл бұрын

    this!

  • @Th0usandMaster

    @Th0usandMaster

    7 жыл бұрын

    LMAO

  • @Verrisin

    @Verrisin

    7 жыл бұрын

    tommaspawn OMG, I just realized what I might sound like to theoretical computer scientists around me... * ashamed * I do care about practical application more, sure... but I understand I build on their original theoretical models and algorithms! practice without understanding is just ... cumulated mistakes... as for Christianity, btw. - What possible results could you have? Priest telling you you did what he thinks is correct? as for evolution, it certainly has more practical uses than Christianity... (bioengineering, breeding livestock and animals to be more useful, .....) (but hey, you are right, one wouldn't be re-elected without being a Christian. XDXD (in America, that is..... and it's really sad (and also not true, but never mind that XD))

  • @TestNeko

    @TestNeko

    7 жыл бұрын

    Antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus evolved probably within your lifetime! And don't deprive yourself of breath for too long, because hospitals are one of the best places to get it.

  • @vccancerkill5047

    @vccancerkill5047

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mexie Mex damn dude you sound smart you must read a lot.

  • @kristiannapotsari2343
    @kristiannapotsari2343 Жыл бұрын

    your channel is a gem

  • @tomasgianni3830
    @tomasgianni3830 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, can't believe I found this video just now. Terrific.

  • @JackLe1127
    @JackLe11277 жыл бұрын

    So is this video really true or am I just believing it because gives me cognitive ease?

  • @voracion

    @voracion

    7 жыл бұрын

    I believe it because it's veritasium, and i get cognitive ease from watching his videos

  • @MrNisse-ef9by

    @MrNisse-ef9by

    7 жыл бұрын

    Watch it again...just to make sure. ;)

  • @d0themath284

    @d0themath284

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's a mix of both you believe it because it gives you cognitive ease but it gives you cognitive ease because you can trust Derek because he has been honest with his facts in the past so your cognitive ease is rationalized.

  • @d0themath284

    @d0themath284

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Amith Varghese I don't think that you understood the video.

  • @surbhikapur9316

    @surbhikapur9316

    7 жыл бұрын

    Haha! Good one!

  • @valhakun
    @valhakun7 жыл бұрын

    The more something is repeated... yep, pretty much how religion works.

  • @CoWinkKeyDinkInc

    @CoWinkKeyDinkInc

    7 жыл бұрын

    That's how your disbelief in God came from as well. Don't forget it.

  • @valhakun

    @valhakun

    7 жыл бұрын

    CoWinkKeyDinkInc Not my specifically, but I hear ya. It is important, however, to distinguish mindless repetition, and repetitive testing and experimenting (scientific method).

  • @CoWinkKeyDinkInc

    @CoWinkKeyDinkInc

    7 жыл бұрын

    Val Hakun How do you know that your beliefs didn't come from repetition? Religion isn't something everyone just easily switches to.

  • @valhakun

    @valhakun

    7 жыл бұрын

    CoWinkKeyDinkInc My religious beliefs did. Through the typical early age indoctrination. I didn't switch it off easily later in life, but I also didn't switch it off mindlessly (like it was acquired). It was through skepticism, learning, testing and verifying, and so on - that's why I'm saying not all repetition is the same. The point of the video is that repetion can make one believe that false/uncertain is true - a method that often brings people into a religion, but typically not out of it. There is an important difference between dishonest, mantric, untouchable repetition and experimental repetition that follows evidence.

  • @NickRoman

    @NickRoman

    7 жыл бұрын

    When I was involved in religion, a big part of it was just repetition of certain ideas. In fact, the central feature of the religion was meditating for hours a day while repeating some words. And have you ever gone to any kind of church service regularly? In my experience, religion is largely simply about repetition. Largely, but certainly not only.

  • @dylanvanleuven1370
    @dylanvanleuven13702 жыл бұрын

    5:04 that was trippy. I was just listing to this as background noise while gettin food and thought of both of those words 💀

  • @whukriede
    @whukriede2 жыл бұрын

    Very nice and very applicable to the current discussion about covid and the pandemic. The truth gets rejected because it is too stressful.

  • @humbertojimmy
    @humbertojimmy7 жыл бұрын

    It's frustrating when we want to change minds (for the better) but cognitive ease prevents people from changing. What they have been familiar with since always, seems to them like the best answer no matter what... and sometimes they are just *wrong!* I think that's why so many changes in society (that one would consider urgent) actually took a long time before they were made. And many other changes are still overdue.

  • @Exist64

    @Exist64

    5 жыл бұрын

    But that doesn't mean that all aspects of society need to change. Some norms prevailed after centuries of evolution

  • @CodeDashie

    @CodeDashie

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks the American measuring system

  • @nathangmail-user8860

    @nathangmail-user8860

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think that we need to be careful that the "change" that we wish to push on others is both absolutely necessary and absolutely true, otherwise we are replacing both truth and misconceptions indiscriminately with untruth, and act as a changing force for someone who we do not necessarily stand behind +Jimmy David

  • @aswinpaul321
    @aswinpaul3213 жыл бұрын

    Reason why good handwriting fetches you more marks in exams

  • @shiggigigi

    @shiggigigi

    2 жыл бұрын

    It doesn't. Another misconception. Fkin Apsara ads

  • @avnishsaravanan7052
    @avnishsaravanan70522 жыл бұрын

    the last sentence in the video creates cognitive ease making it stay with us for longer

  • @sploofmcsterra4786
    @sploofmcsterra478610 ай бұрын

    Veritasium: literal earrape "So I bet you didn't like that low quality"

  • @peterbrownwastaken
    @peterbrownwastaken7 жыл бұрын

    So wait, Harry Potter is fiction?!

  • @truchold9508

    @truchold9508

    7 жыл бұрын

    Whaaaat ?

  • @iota-09

    @iota-09

    7 жыл бұрын

    no dude, everyon eknow byology is.

  • @omegahaxors3306

    @omegahaxors3306

    7 жыл бұрын

    No. Platform 9&3/4 actually exists. Nobody has found a way into it, though. Many have failed trying.

  • @MrHonwe

    @MrHonwe

    7 жыл бұрын

    If you read it repeatedly it becomes real.

  • @plokijum

    @plokijum

    7 жыл бұрын

    What!?

  • @RobertHeadley
    @RobertHeadley7 жыл бұрын

    This is a great video. Can you do one on Cognitive dissonance too? I think it would pair well.

  • @FlyntofRWBY

    @FlyntofRWBY

    7 жыл бұрын

    How does a guy with 76 subscribers get verified???

  • @suvtropics

    @suvtropics

    7 жыл бұрын

    FlyntofRWBYNation murica

  • @SlippedFob6

    @SlippedFob6

    5 жыл бұрын

    How tf r u verified

  • @NathanSavageDamage

    @NathanSavageDamage

    5 жыл бұрын

    How are you verified???

  • @panameadeplm

    @panameadeplm

    5 жыл бұрын

    the only reason you think so is because both idioms have the word 'cognitive' in it, they have absolutely nothing in common whatsoever good on you for finding 250 other idiots to agree with though

  • @joelmagee3322
    @joelmagee3322Ай бұрын

    Our critical thinking skills can increase with both artificial and real cognitive ease. What might explain the “frequencies” in which something appears whether in music, on the news, in language, and so on might have to do with the fact most/many things on the news are negative. Critiquing work by other people is very beneficial in teaching us to think critically.

  • @armanahmadian4373
    @armanahmadian43732 жыл бұрын

    I love this video. Keep up the good work.