"So you were bullied as a little kid?" Me: No, I was chosen as the symbolic bearer of the sins of the people, thus restoring peace in the community.

@Bleepbleepblorbus

4 жыл бұрын

Translation:he was blamed.

@meltingdoggo8066

4 жыл бұрын

Lemon Boy oof mood *annyed cat eating meal with woman on the left pointing in unerring surprise*

@AstraIVagabond

4 жыл бұрын

This has Big Naruto ̶E̶n̶e̶r̶g̶y̶ Chakra.

@Bleepbleepblorbus

4 жыл бұрын

@@AstraIVagabond ... have you even BEEN in these type of situations!?!?!?!?

@sour4845

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bleepbleepblorbus I have been

"Your mom is blue rice"- Kevin 2017

@ezarbeluh6616

7 жыл бұрын

CCCorbinoes sick burn Kevin

@b3lovxd

7 жыл бұрын

LOL

@catpapi

7 жыл бұрын

Savagery.

@creeperlamoureux

7 жыл бұрын

"why do you speak your native language?" - Kevin, 2017

@CCCorbinoes

7 жыл бұрын

how did this get so many likes lmao

Oh look. Kevin is making us question our existence again.

@johnpescatore7968

6 жыл бұрын

*literally every single vsauce episode* FTFY

@jonathanfun5120

6 жыл бұрын

I do that anyway, but I appreciate the help!

@trinalps

6 жыл бұрын

nan li it feels very awkward that he's lookig uo though

@droid16beta97

5 жыл бұрын

Have you seen exurb1a? If not, go check it out. I recommend starting with "42"

@anna4aa570

5 жыл бұрын

666 likes

I suddenly have a strong desire for a _robust stamp collection._

@peterstangl8295

6 жыл бұрын

one question remains: who do we kill for that collection?

@Pixelflame5826

5 жыл бұрын

This guy is stopping us from getting a robust stamp collection. /\

@zyaicob

5 жыл бұрын

_philately_

An honor to participate alongside these awesome people. Also, before he said the three grains of rice were rice I thought they were hamster droppings after feeding hamsters food coloring.

@Vsauce2

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for being involved! The hamster droppings video sounds like a good one. I'll have to contemplate that.

@m.e.y.5790

7 жыл бұрын

SmarterEveryDay lmao

@Trithis2077

7 жыл бұрын

Oh Destin. Never stop being you. or... I suppose, never stop being the people you aspire to be.

@Bsquez0129

7 жыл бұрын

I'm calling bullcrap on this video. If you take the time to watch this and accept it as if it is certainly true then you are admitting that nothing you do and say and think is anything but just an imitation of what you hear and have learned from only the people that you've been subjected to having met or heard your entire life and that it is inevitable that we will always encounter struggles amongst our peers only to have a primitive desire to want to take our pains out on them or even potentially harmless beings or individuals. Sure it all makes sense but how does that take in to account being actively critical of everything anyone says with the assumption that none of us have the means to knowing everything about what is "objectively" right and that discussion and thought can lead to new waves of cultures and new means of solving issues? It is in my opinion that this video could be potentially harmful for an audience member that has no desire of learning why people have any negative views on potentially dangerous or selfish people, groups, or ideologies and instead of wanting to try and help solve issues to make things better for everyone will merely shrug it off as nonsense and will ultimately leave themselves out from being able to grow and communicate for a productive cause for all.

@hyper_lynx

7 жыл бұрын

He never claimed we couldn't have original ideas, and said that the scapegoat mechanism could be quelled by learning about it and using reason. Our thoughts are certainly shaped by what we absorb, but as conscious beings, we hold control over our minds. Also, one comment was enough

From a Mimetic Culture to a Memetic Culture. We have evolved, indeed.

@ezarbeluh6616

7 жыл бұрын

Dewicre omg hahaha

@Apostate_ofmind

7 жыл бұрын

They are the same thing

@ChUwU5

7 жыл бұрын

not really lol

@Fuar11

7 жыл бұрын

Dewicre No, we've devolved.

@GameBrosMS

7 жыл бұрын

yes they are, the word meme was created with the meaning and explaining this same exact human behaviour and how we copy from other creatures/people. Sorry for the bad explanation for more info on what i am talking about read the book ''THE SELFISH GENE'' from Richard Dawkins

His neck must hurt

@torahibiki

6 жыл бұрын

my neck hurts just by looking at him

@celinak5062

6 жыл бұрын

Andres Tapia empathy

@thejay8963

5 жыл бұрын

200th like. I need to stop commenting this.

@et6910

5 жыл бұрын

I KNOW RIGHT

@WeirdDuck781

4 жыл бұрын

i read it like "mustard"

What I really like about that video is that Kevin is looking up to the camera, looking up to us. Ties perfectly with the video, and that idea of integrating camera tricks into the idea of the video is something Vsauce is doing quite a lot.

@christophermueller7466

5 жыл бұрын

What I really like about this video is that Kevin purposefully decided to leave out the most important part about Girard's entire work although Girard spent the majority of his life writing on it. It's really odd.

@1mSeal

3 жыл бұрын

@Jesus -_____- Not the official obviously, but yeah I absolutely love this band and have had that as my profile picture for like a decade now it feels like.

@punchkitten874

6 ай бұрын

My neck hurts

This camera angle makes me feel like Kevin's in my toilet.

@aceofspades2233

7 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@aaaaaaaa6685

6 жыл бұрын

I have been on my toilet for 30 minutes watching KZread videos

@U014B

6 жыл бұрын

Who said he wasn't?

"They will become me and I will become them, each of us defeating the other, correcting the other, alloying ourselves into one omnipotent philosophy. Thus I will live forever. I'll make sure." Oryx was deep man.

You may or may not have noticed, but the camera angle changed the entire feel of this video. The psychology behind putting yourself lower than someone else in physical space, adds a notion of empowerment to the person you are doing it to, because of this, I personally felt, kinda reassured or comforted by the conclusion rather than feeling small.

Just a small point on Meltzoff's hypothesis; young children don't have a sense of 'object permanence' so when a mother closes her eyes, to a child (under 2 or so) the eyes just aren't there from the child's point of view. At that age, a child has no theory of mind, and cannot place any kind of association between what happens when they close their eyes and when the someone else does so. They do react differently when the mothers eyes are open, but this is due to an instinct to pay attention to a mothers eyes when they are there from the child point of view, not some understanding of a mothers intentions or experience. This is why young children can play peekaboo for what seems like forever. They are consistently surprised when you reappear out of what to them seems like nowhere. Also, the idea of desire not being innate, but an external force that can cause conflict was perfectly extolled in the 1984 movie The Gods must be Crazy.

@celinak5062

6 жыл бұрын

Mike James +

@WellBeSerious12

5 жыл бұрын

Well noone is ever completely correct about anything to their ending point. We are humans; unique creatures, not perfect. There can always be something added, seen from a different perspective, done differently, and so on. At least they added that statement/idea to begin with.

Did someone else also tear up in the ending? I thought it was beautifully set up

@omidtajik7858

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah. It been a sad week. Anthony left smosh too.

@zebbz1

7 жыл бұрын

I don't really watch Smosh, but I'm sorry to hear that friendo.

@descai10

7 жыл бұрын

yeah that ad spot for curiosity box was a masterpiece

@YujiUedaFan

6 жыл бұрын

No, because I've been a scapegoat before, so that Russian guy was right.

@kieranbews6544

6 жыл бұрын

Never mind I cried too

Great video! I never thought about scapegoats this way before. Thanks for inspiring me to keep experimenting with how I make videos to satisfy my mimetic desire

@Vsauce2

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your inspiration! See you at VidCon!

@sagarjoshi8842

7 жыл бұрын

hey its durik from veribsatium

@theorderoforange

7 жыл бұрын

no its dirk from vastablerium

@kster809

7 жыл бұрын

Hello Derk from Veristablium

@LightningSe7en

7 жыл бұрын

Hey Denek!

So basically, people make their own mistakes, leading them to blame and punish another person. Yup. Logic.

@olivervansaase8894

6 жыл бұрын

yup life

@heine1717

6 жыл бұрын

Don't act like you're the «special snowflake» that's smarter than everyone else. Everyone blames people unreasonably, often subconsciously, so shut ya' mouth, m8

@amask4360

6 жыл бұрын

carsgobroom We're not all narcissists you special snowflake.

@eagames456

6 жыл бұрын

@carsgobroom Some people only blame themselves unreasonably. Those people are most commonly called "depressed". Funny isn't it.

@self-crownedroyalty6712

6 жыл бұрын

Gaslighting?

These V-Sauce video essay presentations are absolutely dazzling to me. They present an idea, explore it, come to the morbid existential conclusion of the idea, then, rather than leaving their viewer on that solemn note they turn it around to the optimistic side of the topic. All of you guys who dedicate your lives, money, and passion to these projects are amazing people.

"Yo momma is blue rice!" *OHHHHHHHHHHHH*

@potatopriorites5652

6 жыл бұрын

Blue rice is the next best roast

this recording angle makes me uncomfortable kevin

@hannibustoogfyrre6074

7 жыл бұрын

LuigiMustache likely intentional.

I am 100% a scapegoat. i learned that i was a scapegoat while isolated in a rehab facility for months with nothing else to do but read the same two books over and over. i read a book that stated something about scapegoats and it really spoke to me in a way i cant even describe. (i would have definitely lost my mind if i didn't have books to read while in rehab while isolated for so long from the rest of the world). i don't know how i did it, but i turned myself into a scapegoat by my own bad choices, and my family started blaming me for everything, friends stopped talking to me completely. kicked out of my house several times, even kicked myself out several times. and then one day i just decided to leave my family and friends and live the street life for a bit. banished myself in a way i guess. and i seen that my leaving, well, it united them. they seem so happy without me now, so i'm happy for them now. but, now i'm ALONE. x'D i am a disappointment to my family, and myself. now i just sit kinda .. sit here, mind and body wasting away, watching the sun burn and the clouds pass. i'm 19 years old and i feel like i'm 90 because of the path i took in life. tho, i'm still alive so i cant complain. anyway nobody is gonna read this. just decided to leave a bit of myself here. bye~ keep on keeping on internet people. ~

@GryphonGamesGG

6 жыл бұрын

I read it. Can't say our paths look anything alike, but our endpoints are kind of similar. Also, I watched some of your videos. If that's you in them, it looks like you have some musical talent that I hope you're putting to good use. In any case, I wish you well!

@celinak5062

6 жыл бұрын

Rain Anathema no eff that, your family don't deserve you. And it seems like there are a lot of ACEs in that mess, built resilience and try to maximise your luck, one day things will get better

@donharp8583

6 жыл бұрын

Cedrus Mind if this is true you reserve a reponse from I. Life is quite literally what you make it.

@truthboom

5 жыл бұрын

so how do you access the internet? anyways, what a lame life you have, maybe you could've do better if you keep using the internet

@kingiancredible7745

5 жыл бұрын

:(

I cant even imagine how much your neck must have hurt after finishing shooting this video

making this video must have been very painful for your neck

@shaunbrown4629

7 жыл бұрын

is the looking up symbolical or did the tripod just get stuck?

Vsauce: talking about scientific knowledge Me: nice shirt you got there

@dr.butter4235

6 жыл бұрын

why am i so weirdddd

@MrTonganator

6 жыл бұрын

NUGGET!!!! Łmz

1:47 i learned english entirely by just watching KZread and that shows once again that learning from experiencing is very normal

This is by far my favourite video on KZread. Ever since I saw it for the 1st time I keep seeing the scapegoat mechanism in places I never thought about. It made me realise how much I don't know about human behaviour and how much everyone, no matter how different, is the same. Can't wait to view it again in a couple of months 👏🏼👏🏼

so the first thing we ever do after we're born is try to spread a meme?

@joshuanorman2

7 жыл бұрын

So there are no normies? *my life is a lie*

@mimszanadunstedt441

7 жыл бұрын

Normies are simply not aware of the memes when performing them. Kekistanis are, but may lose the scope of what memes really are at that fundamental level.

@ChUwU5

7 жыл бұрын

mimetics != memetics

@achunkofbutter

7 жыл бұрын

*meme* _(noun)_ an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.

@ChUwU5

7 жыл бұрын

Not sure where you get your definition from but in memetics a meme is usually described as a self replicating idea/ unit of culture whereas mimetics refer to the philosophical concept of imitation. If you want you can read up on memetics and where the term comes from on wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics If you are interested in the difference to Mimetics you can read the wikipedia article on mimesis as well: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimesis And I realize that memetics and mimetics are closely related as memes rely on imitation, but they are definetely not the same.

So you telling me that people like to beat up shit that has nothing to do with the problem

@oari1150

7 жыл бұрын

Welcome to life!

@momentouscrazynoob1709

7 жыл бұрын

Lucas Maine False flagging is also a thing...

@eagle3676

6 жыл бұрын

Lucas Maine yup its been true throughout i mean jews Muslims irish etc were all scapegoats. Muslims still are

"They aren't everyone. You are everyone." Kevin 2017

The "Who Inspired You?" segment surely was a pleasant surprise

My pet goat escaped its enclosure. It's a scapegoat.

@crazzilla7203

7 жыл бұрын

close. It's e-scape goat

@adamas_dragon

7 жыл бұрын

crazzilla it's an electronic scapegoat?

@crazzilla7203

7 жыл бұрын

its all digital nowadays. even the fauna and flora

@jonahfilos8684

7 жыл бұрын

is that the true will logo?

@Account-fk8cx

7 жыл бұрын

Master Therion mindless self indulgence fan?

and as always, i'm left here having an existential crisis

@patriciarickenleroux463

7 жыл бұрын

Jade Nykänen that is hilarious!! xD

@Fuar11

7 жыл бұрын

Jade Nykänen This video is the solution to an existential crisis. We're really all one thing. It's cool.

0:17 "you'll be the green rice" *WAIT NO I WANNA BE THE BLUE RICE*

@suwinkhamchaiwong8382

6 жыл бұрын

Adele Hare Wha?

@ashrpark5790

6 жыл бұрын

You are the blue rice to someone else

@ashrpark5790

6 жыл бұрын

😆

@prismus6520

5 жыл бұрын

Then you are... YO MOM

This explains so much in my life... I have always always always been the scapegoat in every social system I've ever been in... and I've been banned from so many schools, online game guilds, online forums, and groups of people all my life. But I always knew it was them who had the problem rather than anything wrong with me. I finally have a name for it! Scapegoating.

Every time I watch a Vsauce video I have an existential crisis!

@debbrahrobledo7466

5 жыл бұрын

Omg same

@IrvingIV

5 жыл бұрын

In a nagging tone: *The existential crisis means it's working.*

@keristottsberry5878

5 жыл бұрын

existential crisis! at the disco

@oswurth8774

Жыл бұрын

Love your enthusiasm for the topic

Clicks on video... thinks it's title is "spacegoat" Here's Kevin talk about being like a muscular, sexy, strong, man Checks title again Questions my existence

@3ckitani

7 жыл бұрын

I misread the title too.

@mavericklevay

7 жыл бұрын

Oh I read it as spacegoats and then after the video ended read this comment

@penguinkothe8323

7 жыл бұрын

jollow250 Yup.

@slavraccoon9074

7 жыл бұрын

I also read it as spacegoat

@jollow250

7 жыл бұрын

I think I was going to type Thinks it's titled "spacegoat" but got distracted and changed what I was going to say without rereading what I had just typed

"I am alone and I am everyone." Damn, this is pwoerful!

I am just a copy of a copy of a copy Everything I say has come before Assembled into something into something into something I don't know for certain anymore I am just a shadow of a shadow of a shadow Always trying to catch up with myself I am just an echo of an echo of an echo Listening to someone's cry for help Look what you had to start Why all the change of heart? You need to play your part A copy of a copy of a Now look what you've gone and done Well that doesn't sound like fun See I'm not the only one A copy of a copy of a I am little pieces, little pieces, little pieces Pieces that were picked up on the way Imprinted with a purpose, with a purpose, with a purpose A purpose that's become quite clear today Look what you had to start Why all the change of heart? You need to play your part A copy of a copy of a Now look what you've gone and done Well that doesn't sound like fun See I'm not the only one A copy of a copy of a I am just a finger on a trigger on a finger Doing everything I'm told to do Always my intention my intention your attention Just doing everything you tell me to Look what you had to start Why all the change of heart? You need to play your part A copy of a copy of a Now look what you've gone and done Well that doesn't sound like fun See I'm not the only one A copy of a copy of a (Look what you had to start) Look what you had to start (Why all the change of heart?) Why all the change of heart? (You need to play your part) You need to play your part (A copy of a copy of a) A copy of a copy of a (Now look what you've gone and done) Now look what you've gone and done (Well that doesn't sound like fun) Well that doesn't sound like fun (See I'm not the only one) See I'm not the only one (A copy of a copy of a) A copy of a copy of a

@abbiepancakeeater52

5 жыл бұрын

this is rly good o:

@marcowirti5241

5 жыл бұрын

copy of a - nine inch nails

@ellxsandranoratora

5 жыл бұрын

Poetic

@nadMoZzzg

5 жыл бұрын

Edgy And not bad

Nice video. See you next century.

@redsalmon9966

7 жыл бұрын

Good one

@alengm

7 жыл бұрын

Red Salmon explain the joke

@yahyafihel1786

7 жыл бұрын

They don't upload very often.

@alengm

7 жыл бұрын

Yahya Fihel thx

@xMack_

7 жыл бұрын

It's worth the wait tho

This is freakin fantastic

@keyrexoida

5 жыл бұрын

Are you Edward Snowdens long lost brother wtf?

@jonsitoa

5 жыл бұрын

Nope

This is the reason, why i watch V Sauce. These type of videos made from Jake, Kevin and Michael plus friends. Where at the end i always feel like, not only i learned something, but also their videos touched my heart in a way, so that i want to be a better human beeing. For this video and as always thanks for beeing awsome

I've seen this many times in different social environments but never really understood it. My hypothesis was individuals with 'weaker' personalities mimicking the traits of more popular, dominant and charismatic members of the group to compensate for their lower position, and try to enhance their position in their social group. I've witnessed it in pairs of newly acquainted friends also, where one seems to slowly transform into the other. I find it fascinating but equally disturbing, and I'm convinced there is a correlation between this transformation of the self and having weak personality or little independence, as well as a desire for acceptance in a wider societal theatre, suggesting possible issues regarding anxiety/depression. This video makes so much sense, great watch.

this video hit hard, great work

This video is a masterpiece! I was blown away by Michael a few years ago, Jake got me last year. But this is how you won my respect as a creator Kevin!

Always love the way you pace your videos/script/delivery.

10:30 “enGRAINED in you” I see what you did there

when you're on KZread 24/7 so you don't need notifications

@y.decimal

7 жыл бұрын

When you do the same even though you have a very important test tomorrow you didn't learn for yet.

@shaunbrown4629

7 жыл бұрын

"take a deep breath, tell yourself that you can only do your best, and worst-case scenario; you fail and your journey takes a little longer, Well I think the journey is the best bit. stay calm, do what you can, and you will be fine". (good luck with the test)

@y.decimal

7 жыл бұрын

shaun brown Lol chill out it's a math test I never learn for them but still always get A's Still, thank you :)

@shaunbrown4629

7 жыл бұрын

oh..., well..., erm..., print out my comment and on your way in to the test hand it to someone who looks nervous lol

@y.decimal

7 жыл бұрын

shaun brown I will xD

I cherish each time any of the vsauces upload because you never know the next time they’ll upload again.

5 years later and I can point to this video as one of the most perspective-changing things I've ever seen. I think about it a lot.

Every so often there's a video on KZread that really just hits you and does something to you, and this was one of those. Thank you

Loved this, it really hits home. Thanks

@christophermueller7466

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should keep reading Girard and find out how hard it hits home (and how Kevin forgot the most crucial part of his work)

so basically, you, are a mix of everything you know, that's poetic.

@ignemuton5500

6 жыл бұрын

ok....

@celinak5062

6 жыл бұрын

Notumengi Everything is a remix

@donatellabertuccio1678

5 жыл бұрын

I just realized that kung fu panda 2 or 3 tried to teach the same thing

@Buderus69

4 жыл бұрын

it's just logical. New information can't be createed from nothing, it always just transforms.

I love watching videos and reading articles that make me think, especially in ways I never have before. This is one of those videos so thank you for making it. The more useful the information we absorb, the easier it is to critically think.

Dang. What an emotional rollercoaster.

Beautiful...another elegantly arranged and well-thought-out work of philosophy.

@mork6668

6 жыл бұрын

Johnny Garcia with some lies here and there

@celinak5062

6 жыл бұрын

Mork 666 wot

@halpointon7976

6 жыл бұрын

Suani Avila agreed

@christophermueller7466

5 жыл бұрын

It isn't elegant or well-thought out since he chose to omit the most important part of Girard's work. Do your own research and find out. This guys is a Charlatan

I need you to make a vid on how that knife lifted the jar of rice

@ansulyadav6474

5 жыл бұрын

go and study some basic science .

vsauce has an strategy in their speech to keep you hooked. a pretty good one.

You know Michael and Jake were my first favorites but these kind of videos tickle my fancy so much and make you more and more my favorite. Thanks Kevin.

Dong, then Vsauce2, does this mean a Vsauce upload soon??!?!

@yoavshati

7 жыл бұрын

We can only hope

@lpkombi6685

7 жыл бұрын

Maxx Bailey Also VSauce 3

@pritheebecareful7070

7 жыл бұрын

Yes

@TheP3NGU1N

7 жыл бұрын

isn't VS1 still out traveling with Adam Savage?

@greyheart21

7 жыл бұрын

No, he's working on a new video. He tweeted yesterday about interviewing some people for his new video i believe, so it's coming.

I eat rice shut up I am the rice

@snaccmuffin9491

7 жыл бұрын

Human being Humane human You must eat it to become it.

@humanbeinghumanehuman2517

7 жыл бұрын

Yes

@WikiK1d

7 жыл бұрын

You are what you eat.

@OfficialRavioli

6 жыл бұрын

Eat the rice. *Become* the rice.

@TheRealColBosch

6 жыл бұрын

Please stop eating my parents.

Best video on the internet. Amazing video!! I just started my youtube channel yesterday. Finding role models and things that inspire and motivate me is the most important thing and gives me hope that I am not just a passive observer as my life winds down one day at a time.

Very good video, this does a great job at explaining tensions between groups of people today.

great video in a time of intolerance, when scapegoats are created to diverse us from the tensions inside our own socioeconomic system.

I misread the title at first. I was so confused, wondering when he'd get to the space goats already.

this is the only video on youtube i have watched over a thousand times.. love it!

Watching my kids learn something new is the best feeling in the world. This explains a lot.

This video touched me

@megasupreme9985

6 жыл бұрын

TheOneBoQuA An old man touched me

@aleksanderrubik.

6 жыл бұрын

*nut*

@marinanicole5693

6 жыл бұрын

Touch, I remember touch

@blakeaustin4250

5 жыл бұрын

Show us on the phone where the video touch you. It’s okay your safe here

@umapessoanaosuspeita8608

5 жыл бұрын

@@megasupreme9985 (●__●)

Ty for making Vsauce1 content for us while Michael left us. Love this and keep it up!

One of the most well referenced and researched videos ever...

This guy is getting you views a year or two later (I've watched two year old videos by him) and deserves a lot of recognition.

This channel is so goddam awesome! If you're reading this Kevin, I wish you the best of luck in your continued video-building adventures. (Also, what is the name of that song just before the Who inspired you- segment?)

@mork6668

6 жыл бұрын

Hugo Nelsson even with the lies?

So how can one even step out of the crowd? Is it even possible since we get affected by everyone?

@182tuke182

7 жыл бұрын

btw gotta say this was a really interesting video and topic!

@virtuousleper2652

7 жыл бұрын

Tuukka Utriainen some step out because they have no other choice like the guy in the video that got exiled.i dont see why you cant do it yourself though

@shaunbrown4629

7 жыл бұрын

if too many people step out it is not called stepping out, its a crowd shuffling to the left!

@JaredGrillo

7 жыл бұрын

Tuukka Utriainen don't step out of the crowd, curate it, control it

@mimszanadunstedt441

7 жыл бұрын

Gods a meme. Culture is a meme. Cultures change, theres always an earlier religion. Humans were sacrificed, then goats in the bible. You know because it opens saying not to sacrifice humans anymore. Stories are memes, they change over time like chinese whispers or the telephone game. Before the flood was the epic of gilgamesh's flood, contradictory yet nearly copied word for word for a significant portion of it. And even the epic of gilgamesh was not unique, and neither the one before that. Humanity started sacrifice after farming and sedentary lifestyle, which is when they developed dogma. Religion's core is violence.

thanks for making this Kevin!! I love all fellow humans, but there is a special spot in my heart for all fellow Kevins!! :)♡ my biggest inspiration, that's tough, Jim Carrie? Shay Carl?

Wonderfully thoughtful video. I hope that many people think on it.

Well shit, this explains why i have no motivation to obtain desires, I don't have any aspirations to imitate anyone. I have no role models, or people i look up to anymore.

@tommero6584

7 жыл бұрын

Passed out couch Potatos Do you really dont want to become rich? Dont want to be happy? Dont want to end the suffering of others? You are influenced by role models all the time, and it's not a bad thing.

@passdoutcouchpotatos

7 жыл бұрын

Tommero I don't think its a bad thing, and I understand why someone would have those sorts of things but I have no goals for anything that you named

@wfd87

7 жыл бұрын

Passed out couch Potatos Your role model doesn't have to be a human. It could be a movie or something

@passdoutcouchpotatos

7 жыл бұрын

perhaps, but i have yet to find one that inspires me, I normally just chock things up as useful information, or something i now understand, but i have no motivation to pursue any of those things sadly.

@Newport31311

7 жыл бұрын

Passed out couch Potatos being a social person I believe helps push you towards wanting to aspire to things. I've been on both sides where I'm very social and have lots of friends to where I don't hang out with anyone or interact with anyone, and in my personal experience, it was much easier to be motivated to achieve something when there are a lot of people involved in your life.

Vsauce kevin here, look at this rice............ So you are not you, you are everyone. And as always, thanks for watching. WTF

@momentouscrazynoob1709

7 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Wilson HAHAHAHUAA

I love thinking about this concept of mimetic existence whenever I have to acknowledge sources of information. I always would wonder about writing a bibliography for a paper, or even something as unofficial as starting a sentence by disclaiming that you're about to relay information that you didn't experience first-hand. So much of how we learn and even the core of our ability to communicate comes from mimicking that we reach a point where we must walk a line between mimic and copy-paste, and I've always been interested in the gray area surrounding that line.

Everytime he ends a video IT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE ENDING EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!

this video is pretty amazing holy fuck

I think there is one major flaw in Rene Girard's theory.. Yes, it is true that we gain almost all of our desires by seeing and imitating others. But we see many more people than we imitate. What determines who we decide to subconsciously imitate?

@MinecraftTestSquad

7 жыл бұрын

4xdblack I would say those we understand better and deal with more personally. Parents, close friends, spouse. Then your average friend, coworker, and boss. It could explain how over time close friends will develop a similar laugh pattern when together, but with another friend you may have a different laugh, or another laugh when in public. I know when I'm laughing I sometimes realize as I'm laughing that it's not the same as with other people.

@4xdblack

7 жыл бұрын

MinecraftTestSquad that's a reasonable answer. Though that isn't necessarily always the case. Think of celebrities, such as Nicola Tesla, George R.R. Martin, or Adele. How many people have they inspired without ever directly affecting the lives of those people. Also, on the point of how friends develop similar laugh patterns.. I think that has less to do with a model/desire formula, and more along the lines of social conformity and acceptance. A subconscious effort to be more accepted by others by mirroring their actions.

@WholesomeMemes

6 жыл бұрын

those who are the most successful at climbing the dominance hierarchy

@excellero9766

6 жыл бұрын

I think that we are imitating people unconsciously only when we are young and didnt completely develop our personality, but after that we start imitating consciously by choice, i as for the affects of friends and who you deal with everyday i dont know how that apply, i do notice specially in the past year how my friends changed me and affected my behavior in public

@llamamall3653

6 жыл бұрын

I think we do subconsciously imitate everyone, to extent.

This was the most powerful and compelling thing I have ever seen.

this actually helped me a whole lot. i'm in a bad place and it's nice to know that even if i don't realize it on the surface i'm making or have made a difference to someone out there. thanks kevin

9:35 how I feel when browsing Tumblr

Very thought provoking.

I love that so much of the end of this video was dedicated to so many creators who inspire us acknowledging those who inspired them. We really do stand on the shoulders of giants. 💜

Damn, you are getting good lately. Mindblowing stuff. I hope this continues!

So much knowledge flowing into mah head

Oh wow... just wow... this triggered a whole new level of philosophic thinking in me... you never seize to amaze me Kevin... Amazing video

@christophermueller7466

5 жыл бұрын

Especially since Kevin, in his amazing way, decided to leave out the most important part of Girard's work in a really intellectually dishonest way. So amazing!! Go Kevin!

Good thing we have you guys !!!

Great video , i did'nt expect an ad at the end tho

0:18 That's not red rice, that's the red pill that we desire.

@robthehitmanrude

7 жыл бұрын

[truth bombing intensifies]

Vsause2 looks like Jesse from breaking bad in his new channel pic

@vinceble8056

7 жыл бұрын

Like for real

I think this is the best video of yours that I’ve seen so far.

Awesome video! I begin to like Kevin's videos more and more

You know your life is worth nothing when you get compared to colored rice. :c

@virtuousleper2652

7 жыл бұрын

✧ Sanguinary value is an illusion

@aktiveleute2941

7 жыл бұрын

✧ Sanguinary actually you're the most important person in your life

@quinson93

7 жыл бұрын

rice is life (in Chinese this is literal)

@DennyVlogs

7 жыл бұрын

✧ Sanguinary sort yourself out Bucko and look up Jordan B Peterson on KZread

@Sanguinaryyy

7 жыл бұрын

Quinson Rice saves iPhone lives. (or is it the asian engineers that get attracted to it? hmm...)

7:07 covfefe

@pepsusser

7 жыл бұрын

osama al-enzi lol

@GarboDoBePlayin

7 жыл бұрын

same.

@tomak2440

7 жыл бұрын

osama al-enzi Cavfafy

@kunnuko2167

7 жыл бұрын

osama al-enzi thank you sm

You made me cry. Thank you...

That was one of the best videos I've ever seen. I've been trying to figure out this human sacrifice problem for a long time and this totally sums it all up. We would all be wise to look deeply into the implications of the subjects that were brought up in this video.

Guess which religion is based on a scapegoat...MIND=BLOWN

@DavisSgt

7 жыл бұрын

TheFunFantasy Most religions lol

@Nemfoglalt

7 жыл бұрын

DavisSgt i really thought there is only one

@RusticKey

7 жыл бұрын

Buddhism is based on scapegoating... the red rice.

@revimfadli4666

7 жыл бұрын

TheFunFantasy New Atheism?

@Nemfoglalt

7 жыл бұрын

Revi M Fadli what is "New Atheism"

I was a scapegoat. I'm goat that just escaped my farm.

kevin, i always like your videos, especially the human theme. you are such an underrated guy :3 your videos need more love from everyone

This is a beautiful presentation. I modeled this week's safety talk around it.