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  • @sachinm1882
    @sachinm1882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4561

    I love that physics just becomes philosophy when it gets deeper

    • @JaysonT1
      @JaysonT1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +341

      Which blows my mind why philosophy is classified as an art and not a science...(it's actually both, I believe).

    • @lucasliam8238
      @lucasliam8238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      @@JaysonT1 my physics teacher disagrees and looks down upon your opinion

    • @systemjuggalo9992
      @systemjuggalo9992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Just more proof that EVERYTHING is connected

    • @JaysonT1
      @JaysonT1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@lucasliam8238 I know. Most physics teachers will.

    • @JaysonT1
      @JaysonT1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@lucasliam8238 Here is something else to look into, "mathematical paradoxes".

  • @kephalopod3054
    @kephalopod3054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1369

    "Time is what prevents everything from happening all at once." - Richard Feynman

    • @targeted-individualdallas-9963
      @targeted-individualdallas-9963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Consciousness can understand all existence simultaneously. However such notions would break most let alone attempting such.

    • @editor4958
      @editor4958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@targeted-individualdallas-9963 worthless comment using up valuable spacetime

    • @Jhymnbeau
      @Jhymnbeau 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      According to general relativity, everything IS happening all at once (sort of). Regardless, to Einstein, next Wednesday at Pike's Peek was another point in space-time much like where you are, right here, right now, but also much like last Thursday in Dubai. All exist 'concurrently' within the fabric of space-time. Our inability to perceive more than three plus dimensions indicates that being able to do so would not, up to this point, make us significantly more 'fit'. Unless we are, of course, at the cusp of when having such perception may be essential.

    • @freakydeaky1435
      @freakydeaky1435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@targeted-individualdallas-9963 This the biggest load of garbage comment I've ever seen. Consciousness is a very specific and admittedly interesting phenomenon. It is not just some buzzword that can be slung around to sound deep.

    • @soggybread6836
      @soggybread6836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@targeted-individualdallas-9963 &&&&&77

  • @OldDemonTooth
    @OldDemonTooth ปีที่แล้ว +399

    Starting with a Spaceballs reference will always win me over.

    • @CAP198462
      @CAP198462 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Frankly I’d have been surprised if he didn’t start with that gag.

    • @tiyenin
      @tiyenin ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you for commenting this to spread the good word

    • @lilultime6555
      @lilultime6555 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So good

    • @Sneipen75
      @Sneipen75 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Done deal:)

    • @Monkeymario.
      @Monkeymario. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      what is Spaceballs

  • @sesquame9527
    @sesquame9527 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    Fun fact, the "view from nowhen" was believed by our ancestors to be the view that departed spirits had, which is why the ancients would ask the dead for advice and predictions about the future, since the greeks/romans believed them to be outside of time.

    • @WorldWeaver
      @WorldWeaver ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That's WILD! That fact is a mixture of two of my favorite things... spacetime philosophy, and mythology! :D

    • @jdsguam
      @jdsguam 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That would mean they could ask for advice from themselves, as they also become spirits at some point in time.

  • @markusnl
    @markusnl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +617

    When I saw the title, Spaceballs instantly came to mind... thanks for delivering on that thought!

    • @DarrensGeneralInfo
      @DarrensGeneralInfo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey there! If you have some time and you're interested in knowing some facts about the megalodon, please go and watch my vid about the megalodon.. I'm not forcing anyone though

    • @kartikpatil5097
      @kartikpatil5097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Yo how'd you manage to comment 2 days ago? Who are you? When is your now?

    • @infiniteinformation2689
      @infiniteinformation2689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *Random fact: If you sneeze while traveling at 60 mph your eyes are closed for an average of 50 feet.*
      *-Infinite Information*

    • @harsh2032
      @harsh2032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn! How I wanna know too

    • @brianlav1
      @brianlav1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I was just wondering when someone would mention Spaceballs.

  • @SilliS
    @SilliS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2258

    Time is an illusion that helps things make sense~

    • @VoxTenebrae
      @VoxTenebrae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      So we are always living in the present tense

    • @dakotadad8835
      @dakotadad8835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@VoxTenebrae now doesn’t exist, we are always either living in the future, or the past

    • @AspienPadda
      @AspienPadda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Will happen, happening, happened

    • @ducky36F
      @ducky36F 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Time is an illusion and so is pants

    • @wissamkhaled5106
      @wissamkhaled5106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@AspienPadda will happen again and again
      sorry but most people wont get it

  • @Mike-kc5ew
    @Mike-kc5ew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +637

    "No, no, no. Go past this. Pass this part. In fact, never play this again." - Dark Helmet

    • @balancedeuphoria7353
      @balancedeuphoria7353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      th-cam.com/video/iai2nlEkPSI/w-d-xo.html

    • @Mochi_Kiti
      @Mochi_Kiti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@balancedeuphoria7353 I hate you

    • @LordLOC
      @LordLOC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      No sir, I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!

    • @jamesmedina6277
      @jamesmedina6277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      1-800- d r u i d i a.

    • @AlonBru
      @AlonBru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thats the password an idiot would have on his luggage!

  • @sudosu078
    @sudosu078 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    For the first time in my life I was somewhat able to comprehend general relativity!!

    • @J040PL7
      @J040PL7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's easy to understand what it is, it's hard to know how to use it 🤣

    • @mikemondano3624
      @mikemondano3624 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Doubt it.

  • @ReedAdams
    @ReedAdams 3 ปีที่แล้ว +865

    “Now” doesn’t even feel like a word anymore

    • @avocados1707
      @avocados1707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😭😭😭

    • @CarFreeSegnitz
      @CarFreeSegnitz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Semantic saturation. Take any word, ANY word, and repeat it to yourself a few dozen times. It will stop making sense.

    • @avocados1707
      @avocados1707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@CarFreeSegnitz **does the same w "semantic"**

    • @Kitulous
      @Kitulous 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@CarFreeSegnitz satiation* yes I'm a nerd

    • @beaclaster
      @beaclaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You woN an award for that lol

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    That spaceballs reference simply makes this video a 10/10.

    • @Zpajro
      @Zpajro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A, thanks. Was hoping to find where I had heard that before.

    • @RC32Smiths01
      @RC32Smiths01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Zpajro no problem.

    • @PigRipperLAW
      @PigRipperLAW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s one of my favorite jokes from that movie.

    • @RC32Smiths01
      @RC32Smiths01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@PigRipperLAW I absolutely love Spaceballs! That entire movie is awesome!

    • @jana31415
      @jana31415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      spaceballs was actually the first thing i thought about after reading the title

  • @Docwilson91
    @Docwilson91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Ah the Spaceballs reference in the beginning of the video was just pure art.

  • @Tropicallyglutenfree
    @Tropicallyglutenfree 2 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    I'm really grateful for videos like this because I used to talk about space time, and the illusions of reality in 7th grade, and I'd lose friends because I scared and confused them. I've found my people, and it feels nice.💙

    • @KOKO-uu7yd
      @KOKO-uu7yd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Welcome!😁

    • @evanpatterson6998
      @evanpatterson6998 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you know what that is?

    • @RandomGuy041
      @RandomGuy041 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Found people?? In person?? Where??? 🥺

    • @heyyou1911
      @heyyou1911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Omg I still do that and I'm 24 people think I'm insufferable 😂😭

    • @benjigga7522
      @benjigga7522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      it's really interesting and talking about it feels like having a superpower sometimes 😆🤣

  • @RJ_Ehlert
    @RJ_Ehlert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    At a security station I have a monitor displaying feeds from dozens of cameras. Each camera has a different lag when sending me information. I can see people moving through hallways from different angles at different times. I can hear a door open before I see it happen. I can see someone walking on the sidewalk before they have left the building. This perception can make you feel like a higher being.

    • @RudolfJvVuuren
      @RudolfJvVuuren 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Wow that's trippy!

    • @Jhymnbeau
      @Jhymnbeau 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      As Winston said to Ray, "...when someone asks you if you're a god, say yes!" ;-)

    • @SenhorAlien
      @SenhorAlien 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Excuse me, you see someone walking on the sidewalk before they have left the building, you say? ... Not very good at hiding your powers, huh.

    • @prapanthebachelorette6803
      @prapanthebachelorette6803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Interesting point of view

    • @BiharyGabor
      @BiharyGabor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@SenhorAlien Well, he can see someone walking on the sidewalk (Cam.1) before they have left the building from the main hall through the entrance (Cam.2). It is not a power of the observer but a part of his reality :)

  • @Yetipfote
    @Yetipfote 3 ปีที่แล้ว +443

    next time in an argument I say: "Well I guess you're right in your own reference frame."

    • @iaw7406
      @iaw7406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thats stupid

    • @FROST_TOUCH
      @FROST_TOUCH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@iaw7406 nah, it's intellectual.

    • @TheSpartan3669
      @TheSpartan3669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@iaw7406 Its stupid in your reference frame.

    • @renanmendes1299
      @renanmendes1299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@iaw7406 destroyed

    • @iaw7406
      @iaw7406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@TheSpartan3669 ur mums a reference frame

  • @nelser1160
    @nelser1160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    Looks like Joe has been talking to Vsause

    • @n1elkyfan
      @n1elkyfan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      My mind is still stuck on the fact that we don't know what the one way speed of light is.

    • @daepicsunglassesemojidude
      @daepicsunglassesemojidude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Vsauce not Vsause

    • @VladVladislav790
      @VladVladislav790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Beardless Michael still visits me in my nightmares sometimes

    • @GrowingViolet
      @GrowingViolet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      But hopefully we can agree on one thing: Tacos are delicious.

    • @fep_ptcp883
      @fep_ptcp883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And veritasium

  • @birdwatching_u_back
    @birdwatching_u_back 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Physicist Carlo Rovelli has a super interesting paper called “Neither Presentism nor Eternalism” that’s worth checking out if you’re interested in this stuff. He explains that while traditional presentism doesn’t make any sense with our modern understanding of physics, the “block universe” of eternalism isn’t the only philosophical alternative. It really comes down to what you truly mean by “present” and the ontological significance you apply to the idea of “reference frames.” Regardless of how you like to conceptualize time, I find his discussion to be very dope indeed 😎

    • @sunh1213
      @sunh1213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks!

  • @tiller6750
    @tiller6750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    Love the Spaceballs, Back to the Future, and The Good Place references!!

    • @natbarmore
      @natbarmore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Though I feel like that Space Balls bit was long enough that it should be credited.

    • @moriohsfreshest
      @moriohsfreshest 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      what was the good place reference?

    • @tiller6750
      @tiller6750 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@moriohsfreshest 8:32 over the globe

    • @moriohsfreshest
      @moriohsfreshest 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tiller6750 ohh
      Sorry havent watched it in a while

    • @curtishollerback6707
      @curtishollerback6707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You gotta watch The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension !!! More gooder than back to the future !

  • @raizo-ftw
    @raizo-ftw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +443

    "The "Now" you're experiencing is yours and yours alone."
    That felt oddly empowering.

    • @NonDelusional74611
      @NonDelusional74611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah but I think I broke my now that I’m experiencing alone. Which is the opposite of empowering.

    • @nichmeniana7015
      @nichmeniana7015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@NonDelusional74611 Time is relative, time is equivalent to now, now is perspective, ergo perspective is *edit:somewhat* relative. When alone, your mind has the capability to self isolate and focus on imaginary threats (stress) when not dealing with real threats (busy bodied, fast moving environments). Try to be mindful of your breathing when alone as a way to set a pace and rhythm of brain and body. Thats how i get by with it.

    • @chairwood
      @chairwood 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NonDelusional74611 74611

    • @Njadmessi
      @Njadmessi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nichmeniana7015 stop tryna be smart unless you are a relativity specialist.

    • @nichmeniana7015
      @nichmeniana7015 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Njadmessi well i do have a degree in applied physics, do you?

  • @zabbybibb2418
    @zabbybibb2418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    This is honestly my favorite one so far. Space/time is so interesting

    • @Mynipplesmychoice
      @Mynipplesmychoice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Im not enchanted by physics it ruins all the friggin mystery. The world use to be magical snd now there is a boring explanation for everything. I would put all phycists under house arrest and tske away their phones and computers and just let thrm watch basic cable. Fight me nerd

    • @Mynipplesmychoice
      @Mynipplesmychoice 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sat Sal u want me to to try harder to understand the boring explanations to everday things? when i can turn to more exciting explanations that involves magic, follow the stars to see the future. And go searching forcancient aliens instead of looking under rocks to find a fossil of a 4 billion year old single cell orgasm. Single orgasms boring. Sorry i prefer my orgasms to be multicellular orgasms within multicellular orgasms

    • @Mynipplesmychoice
      @Mynipplesmychoice 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sat Sal there are orgasm fossils in rocks everywhere and they’re boring. But ancient aliens are so much cooler then orgasms fossils

    • @Mynipplesmychoice
      @Mynipplesmychoice 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sat Sal i am from Albuturkey new mexico

    • @littlered5830
      @littlered5830 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mynipplesmychoice it's not boring it's quite interesting and also I would like to mention that we do not have an explanation for everything

  • @DnD_Dwarf
    @DnD_Dwarf ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am now, 2 years later than your upload now. Glad TH-cam recommended me an older video, this was perfect in all ways, thank you

  • @ericleef1319
    @ericleef1319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    For the love of all that is Holy, Loved the "Spaceball" reference.

  • @kirkgarner9097
    @kirkgarner9097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so." - Ford Prefect

    • @ehaslage
      @ehaslage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I could never get the hang of Thursdays.

  • @wholeNwon
    @wholeNwon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    The universe isn't stranger than we imagine. It's stranger than we can imagine.

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fhajji Fun to contemplate.

  • @worldsboss
    @worldsboss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The brain automatically synchronising discrepancies up to 100 metres is absolutely amazing! I had no idea it was doing that!

  • @jennyneon
    @jennyneon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1615

    _If school explained things like this, it would be much more enjoyable._

    • @jackavle
      @jackavle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      And much harder to graduate.

    • @abhishekgogoi4900
      @abhishekgogoi4900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Why every school is same at everyone's now

    • @goziexleo
      @goziexleo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Can you be a teacher like this and still make your students grasp in-depth knowledge about what you're trying to teach?
      TH-cam videos are surface-level scratchers at best.

    • @ariace6547
      @ariace6547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You commented on the new LIMC vid too!

    • @bopon4090
      @bopon4090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Definitely it will be enjoyable to see kids go mad

  • @johnjeffreys6440
    @johnjeffreys6440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +528

    I can't believe they didn't give props to Spaceballs, the movie. They practically said it verbatim.

    • @Schrimpieman
      @Schrimpieman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      That's exactly my thought during intro. I even checked description area for any such reference. Nope, nothing.
      I gave you a thumbs-up.
      Sp.Balls was 30 years ago, but is not forgotten.

    • @pltravs
      @pltravs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      my bet would be the movie being too mature for their target audience. but yea, more of a wink would have been nice

    • @jakesimm5889
      @jakesimm5889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      It's called a reference. Or an Easter egg. It's for those that get it without having to explain.

    • @johnjeffreys6440
      @johnjeffreys6440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@jakesimm5889 ya, and they're usually in movies that reference another movie. I think if directors know each other, then it's an homage, but if an amateur takes dialogue from a movie without saying, "with easter egg" in the title is theft.

    • @jordan9196
      @jordan9196 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Went to the comments to find this.

  • @jeanjacquesrousseau1955
    @jeanjacquesrousseau1955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    “Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?"
    tennessee williams

    • @SenhorAlien
      @SenhorAlien 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That is why Last Thursdayism is my church of choice :^)

    • @TheChenny73
      @TheChenny73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It doesn’t go by you, you ride the now

    • @lorigulfnoldor2162
      @lorigulfnoldor2162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Life is not all memory, because I'm leaving this comment right now, but I will not remember leaving it 7 months from now...

    • @jeanjacquesrousseau1955
      @jeanjacquesrousseau1955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lorigulfnoldor2162 and it is memory now. It immediately was except the exact moment you wrote it.

    • @lorigulfnoldor2162
      @lorigulfnoldor2162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jeanjacquesrousseau1955 But when it's FORGOTTEN, it cannot be memory anymore, can it? The point is: we experience, each moment, a lot more than we will remember half year since now. We experience a lot of life that does not become memory, it simply passes by, forgotten. That's not even touching Alzheimer... =)

  • @juandavidgilwiedman3490
    @juandavidgilwiedman3490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Pretty cool... kudos to all this team... the work in the script and visuals are stunning and awe inspiring.

  • @sn5101
    @sn5101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    The sheer amount of knowledge packed and delivered in such a masterful way is amazing. Well done and thanks for making it!

  • @californiumblog
    @californiumblog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The second I saw the title, my brain loaded the Spaceballs skit. Well done!

  • @laidbacklifestyle389
    @laidbacklifestyle389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Such high production quality, cant imagine the amount of effort it took. One of your best yet! Thanks!

    • @flyingproofficial
      @flyingproofficial ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yet? what is yet? why is yet? when is yet?

  • @Kayo_arts
    @Kayo_arts 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The now is actually unified
    .
    Its not about what we see from our perspective nor about the time that we receive and filter the informations inside out brains
    ..
    Its about what is actually happening in the real world outside our little box of realization

  • @boreduser12
    @boreduser12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1137

    Then: Vsauce.
    Now: It's okay to be smart.

    • @danelp16
      @danelp16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      I was also going to comment that Vsause did this ten years ago. "Hi Vsause, michael here, is it ok to be smart?"

    • @edison1125
      @edison1125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol

    • @IguannaRock
      @IguannaRock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      So we need only one video about it?

    • @inewv5036
      @inewv5036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Michael here!

    • @karmajustwatchingyoutube6803
      @karmajustwatchingyoutube6803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      when

  • @ananthakrishnan6294
    @ananthakrishnan6294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    Joe: How did you get so fit?
    Joe: I did One Pushup everytime I said "Now"

  • @littlemissmel88
    @littlemissmel88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    That intro made me feel like I'm explaining when "tomorrow" is to my 4 year old. I never realized how hard time really is to understand, and do I even understand it?

    • @briand8090
      @briand8090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The intro is from the movie Spaceballs.

    • @russiankid112233
      @russiankid112233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You could tell your 4 year old it's after it gets dark then light again.

    • @austenhead5303
      @austenhead5303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do NOT throw relativity at a 4-y-o. Keep it simple.

    • @mastershooter64
      @mastershooter64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@austenhead5303 it's easy dude just teach them some hyperbolic trigonometry, linear algebra, multivariable calculus, and variational calculus and then boom they're ready to learn GR ans SR

    • @RosheenQuynh
      @RosheenQuynh 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      OOF

  • @vitor900000
    @vitor900000 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Now is what is in between what is about to happen and what just happened.
    @ 6:40 I'm not sure if your model is right. You can not add speed to light but the light is moving with the train with means it moving faster than the speed of light to . The right model the center of propagation of the light should stay where the guy on the station is not move along with the train.
    This means that both observers would see the light reaching the back of the train first.

  • @296jacqi
    @296jacqi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    “How Soon is Now” by the Smiths got me thinking about this question decades ago. Thanks for the video.

  • @Yugioh_tcg
    @Yugioh_tcg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    So we all live in the "now" the presence, but if we talk about the "now" we always talk about either the past or the future. So the "now" you live in is always, but the "now" we use to communicate is never.

    • @ThePrufessa
      @ThePrufessa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for that summation. I can now move on to the next video in my playlist.

  • @allthingstoallmen8912
    @allthingstoallmen8912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Joe: hey smart people!
    Me: whoa, slow down there Bucko

    • @arturoaka963
      @arturoaka963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Did you just say "bucko" lol?!

    • @cfsVchris
      @cfsVchris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      XD

  • @zu5hii
    @zu5hii 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watching this, it felt illegal for me to rewind or skip forward the video but pausing it just felt so right. I hope I'm not the only one on this.

  • @Felixkeeg
    @Felixkeeg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    "But what if I was on Proxima B"
    That had some serious VSauce energy

    • @daringcuteseal
      @daringcuteseal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol

    • @rojeliocastro9733
      @rojeliocastro9733 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      If I was in the room with you, we'd agree on the same now...
      OR WOULD WE? 👁 👄👁

    • @robintxr7550
      @robintxr7550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *intense & mysterious music starts playing*

    • @adams3560
      @adams3560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Proxima B? You’ve never been?

  • @jesuslopez-gomez5852
    @jesuslopez-gomez5852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I know a few of these things previously (like that light travels faster than sound) but it's interesting hearing all the brain science about how the mind is constructing now based on a lot of dissonant and out of sync inputs. Fun video! This was way better than I expected it to be!

  • @EvilRamin
    @EvilRamin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    Me:**trying to sleep at 2am**
    TH-cam: i bet you want to know when is now?
    Me: hell yeah!

    • @ligiavelasquez6478
      @ligiavelasquez6478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Literally me right now lol (it’s 1:32 am) 😂

    • @LHgamedev
      @LHgamedev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's 1:20 am here "now" 😂

    • @baduduy317
      @baduduy317 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      HAHSHAHAHA

    • @odtuhan
      @odtuhan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      All I know is now is time for you to sleep

    • @aashisheapen8230
      @aashisheapen8230 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Literally same

  • @Rose-yx6jq
    @Rose-yx6jq 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love how the cold open was a reference to Spaceballs.

  • @jblakeinc
    @jblakeinc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +389

    “So when is now?”
    “You just missed it.”

    • @Dagnostic
      @Dagnostic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      "When?!"

    • @THall-vi8cp
      @THall-vi8cp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Just now!

    • @Dagnostic
      @Dagnostic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@THall-vi8cp When will then be now?

    • @THall-vi8cp
      @THall-vi8cp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Soon.
      Spaceballs was such a riot!

    • @raizo-ftw
      @raizo-ftw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and I would've said "And so did you!" :)

  • @לולי-כ6ל
    @לולי-כ6ל 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    "that all moments are equally real and there's nothing special about the present moment except that you're experiencing it right now." I used to think of the world like that as a child, that everything is kept in it's own little place in history and once it happens it stays there, and isnt lost so the only thing that matters is that it existed once. Brings a lot of comfort

  • @evanshoemaker5576
    @evanshoemaker5576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love the Spaceballs opening segment that was great.

  • @kit2770
    @kit2770 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That ring/flashing light visual experiment is seriously trippy. Dang.

  • @harrispinkham
    @harrispinkham 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Well, that depends on if you’re South African or not. There’s now, just now and now-now which all mean different things!

    • @TheN0odles
      @TheN0odles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Spotted the Saffer :-)

    • @Shandakai
      @Shandakai 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I never think about how much I say now-now 😅

    • @WDCallahan
      @WDCallahan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What do they mean?

    • @andisamasianoga9963
      @andisamasianoga9963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Eish now now 😂

    • @Okamikurainya
      @Okamikurainya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Now-now has evolved (or devolved) into nuh-now in my circles. 😂🇿🇦

  • @edweefication
    @edweefication 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Man, i wish the school taught me about Einstein's Relativity this way.
    Do I understand this completely? No. I still need time to process the information. But it's a lot understandable than school's lesson. And more importantly, this is way more interesting.
    Interest makes motivation. That's what school often forgets.

  • @succo_di_re5484
    @succo_di_re5484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The space balls reference at the start was amazing

  • @OKAY_ASEE
    @OKAY_ASEE ปีที่แล้ว

    Watched the whole thing with one eye closed on my bed. And my perception on the illustrations was actually near perfect.

  • @perfectlypurepinkpompompan3467
    @perfectlypurepinkpompompan3467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    "If you're feeling confused now......
    don't worry: it get's weirder!!"

    • @sereneaurora358
      @sereneaurora358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It always does...

    • @chrisbrown8640
      @chrisbrown8640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't really worry.....only now and then ....

    • @xzznnn845
      @xzznnn845 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      When does it get weirder? Is it now?

  • @MegaMisch
    @MegaMisch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This is one of the coolest concepts I've ever heard. So cool knowing that the brain is correcting for lag the way it does.

  • @veero25
    @veero25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    19:07 I never really thought about it. It is indeed very trippy. I felt my eyes were totally not moving, but the recording i took with my phone showed me they were moving.

    • @veero25
      @veero25 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Furll yeah, me too. So what? That's how TH-cam is working nowadays. Ad the begginning, end, random points in the middle

  • @peanutbutterjellyfish2665
    @peanutbutterjellyfish2665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Viewing episodes over again. You share knowledge in such a powerful, uncomplicated way. I love the Mel Brooks energy. I’m watching spaceballs tonight!

  • @melboom2994
    @melboom2994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    finally someone talks about the questions my autism gave me when I was 5, just 5 year old me thinking 'but when we say now, when is that now. Technically that 'now' has already passed'

    • @gwan1714
      @gwan1714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Literally exactly the same for me like EXACLTY my case

    • @reneegentle6815
      @reneegentle6815 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Literally me at 4/5 my mom thought I was so weird 😂😂😂😂

  • @RANDOMDUDENo1
    @RANDOMDUDENo1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    "HEY Vsauce! Michael here. But where is, HERE? Or WHEN is here? *vsauce music drops*"

    • @It_is_Okay_to_be_Sad
      @It_is_Okay_to_be_Sad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think Vsauce has made a video about same subject as the video above...(title: You live in the past) and it was 9 years ago...

    • @scharpmeister
      @scharpmeister 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      “But...what if I was on proxima b?” Game me mad vsauce vibes 1:44

    • @maxxsteele11
      @maxxsteele11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Who read the comment in Micheals voice?

    • @madkirk7431
      @madkirk7431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@It_is_Okay_to_be_Sad is it the time illusions one? That one just came out a few weeks ago.

    • @yt.personal.identification
      @yt.personal.identification 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Vsauce was their research material...again.

  • @Playmylevel
    @Playmylevel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love that spaceballs reference at the start

  • @thadiousmorrison7868
    @thadiousmorrison7868 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That opening Space Balls bit was fantastic

  • @moltimondi
    @moltimondi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    “Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.” Kurt Vonnegut

  • @pedroaugustocostaguerrajun4004
    @pedroaugustocostaguerrajun4004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Is there a now?
    “Yes! Or is it”?
    - Vsauce

    • @gyozakeynsianism
      @gyozakeynsianism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is there a now?
      "Yes! Or is?"
      - Queen Oona

    • @rijin9460
      @rijin9460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Damn... the vsauce music played in my head after reading it 😄

    • @TheWhiteIan
      @TheWhiteIan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rijin9460 HAHAHAHA SAME

  • @TheDhammaHub
    @TheDhammaHub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    If we go by most Eastern philosophies, the only thing that ever really exists is "now"!

    • @infiniteinformation2689
      @infiniteinformation2689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *Random fact: If you sneeze while traveling at 60 mph your eyes are closed for an average of 50 feet.*
      *-Infinite Information*

    • @saims.2402
      @saims.2402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@infiniteinformation2689 bot.

    • @zerohz
      @zerohz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@infiniteinformation2689 not really

    • @cyzcyt
      @cyzcyt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also most eastern philosophies: respect authorities.

    • @TheDhammaHub
      @TheDhammaHub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Danito FG In the end, there is little difference - physics and logic both originate from philosophy

  • @girlsrnotwimps
    @girlsrnotwimps 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Truly the best explanation of this I’ve heard.

  • @theoriginaldonutdude4950
    @theoriginaldonutdude4950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    I think we’re all missing the fact that this man is a fan of “ Space Balls”

    • @NonDelusional74611
      @NonDelusional74611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      No fans of Spaceballs missed that tho

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "WHO?!"

    • @evilovesperry
      @evilovesperry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Yora21 yogurt

    • @MooneJay20
      @MooneJay20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@evilovesperry Yogurt? I *hate* Yogurt! Even with strawberries.

    • @modisp
      @modisp 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, we didn't

  • @singletona082
    @singletona082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    That opening. My sides.
    Great use of a spaceballs reference.

    • @svensimon
      @svensimon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      uff, glad I'm not the only one old enough to have appreciated that

  • @billmcdonough3950
    @billmcdonough3950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That flash of light at 11:05 does create a sphere, Joe, but after 1 second, it's expanded 1 light-second in all directions... so it's *two* light-seconds across.

  • @guybrush1701
    @guybrush1701 ปีที่แล้ว

    Opening with a Spaceballs bit? Kudos, Joe. Kudos.

  • @demonac
    @demonac 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    0:20 Takes some serious space-balls to try to steal this bit

  • @skyborne80
    @skyborne80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Since I'm probably one of the world's biggest procrastinators, now, for me takes weeks and months!

  • @marioeagle93
    @marioeagle93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Joe just watched Vsauce and Veritasium and decided he wanted to sum up all their concepts into his own video.

  • @DandeDingus
    @DandeDingus ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This circle dot experiment is something i notice almost every day as an animator. For me i see it like when we process the movement of things like the ring and then see the dot for such a short amount of time, our brains interlace it and it ends up like this

  • @PaulPaulPaulson
    @PaulPaulPaulson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    "All moments in time are real. But some are more real" - Animal farm

    • @joseville
      @joseville 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      All whens are now, but some are more now

  • @arjenb8403
    @arjenb8403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    i don't need drugs to get high, i watch video's like this

  • @flameman1188
    @flameman1188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    “Why are you late to work?”
    Recites 19:39

  • @henryspragge
    @henryspragge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The flash on the train example doesn't work. The animation was even changed for each perspective. It was said that from the camera man's perspective the light reaches each end simultaneously, but that is not true, because the train is moving forward, so it would hit the rear first, even from his perspective. So his and the person on the ground would both agree with their perspectives. The animation was changed to reflect this when showing the observer on the ground.

  • @imgingergiraffe3731
    @imgingergiraffe3731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    0:28 omg the spaceballs reference 😂😂

  • @AGDinCA
    @AGDinCA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    "I'm Barf - half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend." 😂😂😂

    • @Saaciaysan
      @Saaciaysan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm so glad I wasn't the only person that caught the reference in the beginning

    • @jasperblackcrow6180
      @jasperblackcrow6180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Saaciaysan Me too - it's a movie of my childhood

    • @NonDelusional74611
      @NonDelusional74611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      BARFOLAMEW

    • @johntracy72
      @johntracy72 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Princess Vespa: What's your name?
      Barf: Barf
      Dot Matrix: Not in here, Mister. This is a Mercedes.

    • @AGDinCA
      @AGDinCA 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johntracy72 "You idiots!! You've captured their stunt doubles!!" 😂😂😂

  • @madmakoe101
    @madmakoe101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dude the spaceballs reference is everything I hoped for in this video! Everything else is just icing on the cake 🙂

  • @peppatheoof
    @peppatheoof ปีที่แล้ว

    0:18 i might just be tio baked for this but this feels like a wizards of waverly place scene. The CGI, simplified acting over a complicated thing, repetitive exaggeration. I love it

  • @TWEEKR
    @TWEEKR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    "Reality is an illusion, the universe is a hologram, buy gold."
    Seems like Bill Cipher was not kidding afterall....😂

    • @FelipeKana1
      @FelipeKana1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He wouldn't lie for something like that.

  • @jaywaghthegreat
    @jaywaghthegreat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    A certain Bill Wurtz once said:
    A long time ago, (actually never), and also now, nothing is nowhere. When? Never. Makes sense right? 😁

    • @johnverrocchi4296
      @johnverrocchi4296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Remember, when you are going nowhere, you are now here!

    • @krischalkhanal2842
      @krischalkhanal2842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The sun is a deadly lazer.

  • @JohnDoe-dj3lw
    @JohnDoe-dj3lw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Even though I already knew some of the facts presented in this video, this was seriously *MINDBLOWING*

  • @gabrielgadala7738
    @gabrielgadala7738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the space balls reference

  • @saims.2402
    @saims.2402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I just understood something extraordinary.

  • @NiToNi2002
    @NiToNi2002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think the revelation that the mind is using future information to interpret data is mind-blowing and deserves its own episode.

    • @NiToNi2002
      @NiToNi2002 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fhajji Really? Do tell more, please.

    • @alaididnalid7660
      @alaididnalid7660 ปีที่แล้ว

      It doesn't though, as he specifically states that the experience of now produced by the brain is about combining many things in the very recent past that are often not in perfect sync.
      The way he earlier attributed it to "the future" could be considered as misleading considering the above paragraph.

  • @KY_CPA
    @KY_CPA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Love the Space Balls reference 😂
    "Now" is entirely semantics. It's a concept to which we've assigned meaning. The concepts of the timing of "now" match up in the train example, just perceptions of each person are different. Perceptions change relativity.
    The absolute elsewhen still exists, and still exists now, it's only our perception that is limited. Just because we can't see beyond the horizon, doesn't mean that the people on the other side of the globe don't exist. To say that we have to be able to see/perceive something to know about it is a disservice that limits knowledge and understanding. That's why I find theoretical physics so fascinating

    • @michaels4340
      @michaels4340 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I should watch that movie, it seems like a hilarious satire

  • @shaider1982
    @shaider1982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:36 love the Spaceballs reference.🤣

  • @xiaoshen194
    @xiaoshen194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    0:20 me regretting not studying for exams enough and then giving the tests😭

  • @FelipeKana1
    @FelipeKana1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    TH-cam is the best "single actor taking with himself" formation school ever. That bit was perfect.

  • @emrazum
    @emrazum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    8:30 jeremy bearimy caught me by surprise

  • @EnyaShello
    @EnyaShello 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    “Your brain is not a clock that tracks time” as someone with ADHD I can’t agree more

    • @Tertial5574
      @Tertial5574 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That quote describes perfectly my ADD

    • @d_all_in
      @d_all_in 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You don't have ADHD

    • @Tertial5574
      @Tertial5574 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@d_all_in not really, only ADD, no hyperactivity

  • @J3LLS
    @J3LLS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I LOVE when Joe posts, he is literally my childhood and his videos are always entertaining

    • @DarrensGeneralInfo
      @DarrensGeneralInfo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey there! If you have some time and you're interested in knowing some facts about the megalodon, please go and watch my vid about the megalodon.. I'm not forcing anyone though

    • @infiniteinformation2689
      @infiniteinformation2689 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Random fact: If you sneeze while traveling at 60 mph your eyes are closed for an average of 50 feet.*
      *-Infinite Information*

    • @IIIllllIIIIlllll
      @IIIllllIIIIlllll 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How could someone literally be your childhood?

  • @epochofhighlands5398
    @epochofhighlands5398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    The beginning felt like a spaceballs scene.

    • @ethanbellner5129
      @ethanbellner5129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That’s because it was

    • @TheNasaDude
      @TheNasaDude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Down to the conclusion when he waves his hand marveling at the screen

    • @seanA416
      @seanA416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ethanbellner5129 practically word for word

  • @willardSpirit
    @willardSpirit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    When you think of "now" you're already thinking of the past because the event already happened 😮

  • @anwarnaveedali4412
    @anwarnaveedali4412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the best explanation of DLSS 3 i have ever heard.

  • @utah133
    @utah133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When I was a kid, I developed a theory about time travel. It was "If you could travel through time even just a tiny bit faster than everything else, you'd be invisible, because your "now" would not coincide with everyone else's. " Now not sure.

  • @run1492
    @run1492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Now you're talking! Greatest explanation I've 'ever' heard about the non-existence of "now" and our VERY limited perception capabilities

  • @---iv5gj
    @---iv5gj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Ah, the question that I had in middleschool that no teacher managed to answer. It seems I have also been an "eternalist" since the age of 8 or so.

    • @AbandonedVoid
      @AbandonedVoid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Presentism has always seemed weird to me because I remember that the present felt really weird in the past and I'm pretty sure it will feel just as real in the future, so why would now really be that special? I've been a determinist based on that reasoning for as long as I can remember

    • @XiELEd4377
      @XiELEd4377 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm either Determinist or Eternalist.

    • @nenmaster5218
      @nenmaster5218 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AbandonedVoid Sorry if thats random af but youtube does have
      openly racist people (non-subtle and therefore easy-to-find) AND a reportbutton.
      Same for p0rn: Also easy to find via the searchbar.
      Cant you... spare some few minutes and help flagging a bit?

    • @XiELEd4377
      @XiELEd4377 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Furll a lot of them only care about teaching textbook material, and they're always tired. Kudos to those who take the time to try to answer though.

  • @judeangione3732
    @judeangione3732 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really liked the light cone graphic. Best illustration I've seen on that issue.