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  • čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
  • If you repeat something enough times, it comes to feel good and true.
    Support Veritasium on Patreon: bit.ly/VePatreon
    Science with Hot Wheels! My vids for kids: bit.ly/VeHotWheels
    More info on cognitive ease: bit.ly/29OMGas
    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".
    Veritasium is supported on Patreon by:
    Jason Buster, Saeed Alghamdi, Tony Fadell, Donal Botkin, Bryan Baker, & Imthetroublesolver 8)

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  • @asbebers001
    @asbebers001 Před 7 lety +8073

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

    • @JochCool
      @JochCool Před 7 lety +452

      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 Před 7 lety +206

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

    • @bankruptLucifer
      @bankruptLucifer Před 6 lety +2

      amazing!

    • @j.alexander7554
      @j.alexander7554 Před 6 lety +17

      JochCool i think he made a paradox

    • @JaMaMaa1
      @JaMaMaa1 Před 6 lety +4

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

  • @Minotaur1975
    @Minotaur1975 Před 8 lety +5890

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

    • @rahuliyer6866
      @rahuliyer6866 Před 8 lety +20

      Nice!

    • @ShawnJonesHellion
      @ShawnJonesHellion Před 8 lety +42

      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 Před 8 lety +2

      wrr

    • @sensualarmpit3512
      @sensualarmpit3512 Před 8 lety +125

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

    • @yeeturmcbeetur8197
      @yeeturmcbeetur8197 Před 8 lety +8

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

  • @CrushedParagon
    @CrushedParagon Před 3 lety +1137

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

    • @shawnthompson3059
      @shawnthompson3059 Před 2 lety +21

      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 Před 2 lety +3

      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 Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @Kenjuudo
      @Kenjuudo Před 2 lety +4

      BREEP BREEP BREEP BREEP BREEP

    • @vitalijslebedevs1629
      @vitalijslebedevs1629 Před 2 lety +1

      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
    @eklipsegirl Před 2 lety +70

    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 Před 2 lety +6

      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 Před rokem

      As we autodidacts have learned.

    • @nitunsarkar9695
      @nitunsarkar9695 Před 5 měsíci +3

      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.

    • @liam78587
      @liam78587 Před 9 dny

      i agree! and i'd like to add that there's no time to pause and ponder during the lecture they're just going over the essentials as fast as possible skipping a lot of necessary stuff as well so reading really helps in my case but it just takes a lot of time which is the only thing i hate about reading

  • @theitaliangoomba5542
    @theitaliangoomba5542 Před 7 lety +4233

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

    • @juanfacundomendozabari8589
      @juanfacundomendozabari8589 Před 7 lety +297

      You are one good looking goomba....

    • @psyko2666
      @psyko2666 Před 7 lety +70

      The Italian Goomba Mama Mia!

    • @rhinothegod
      @rhinothegod Před 7 lety +119

      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 Před 7 lety +4

      holy dang not on chugga eh

    • @drrice1123
      @drrice1123 Před 7 lety +18

      Why do you keep saying weird lies?

  • @TheHoaxHotel
    @TheHoaxHotel Před 8 lety +926

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

    • @Laezar1
      @Laezar1 Před 8 lety +21

      It's a beautiful day outside.

    • @TheGeefriend
      @TheGeefriend Před 8 lety +15

      Birds are singing

    • @Dannnneh
      @Dannnneh Před 8 lety +10

      The sky is blue.

    • @Laezar1
      @Laezar1 Před 8 lety +1

      Wicke Danneh you ruined it T.T

    • @Dannnneh
      @Dannnneh Před 8 lety +37

      Fine, the sky is burning and crashing down.

  • @Hanitcal69
    @Hanitcal69 Před rokem +21

    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

  • @maazkhan5103
    @maazkhan5103 Před rokem +28

    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 Před 8 měsíci

      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.

    • @StopSmearCampaigns
      @StopSmearCampaigns Před 7 měsíci

      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

    • @truthaus6840
      @truthaus6840 Před měsícem

      You will own nothing and be happy, be happy, be happy.

  • @matthewerspamer6274
    @matthewerspamer6274 Před 3 lety +1651

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

    • @draugami
      @draugami Před 3 lety +9

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

    • @kfiatooh666
      @kfiatooh666 Před 3 lety +28

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

    • @MaxLohMusic
      @MaxLohMusic Před 3 lety +28

      ​@@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 Před 3 lety +11

      Nothing can be more filled with propaganda than CNN.

    • @Superabound2
      @Superabound2 Před 3 lety +2

      @@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.

  • @snowflakehub6878
    @snowflakehub6878 Před 6 lety +862

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

    • @Guesswhokk
      @Guesswhokk Před 4 lety +17

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

    • @walkingtalkingstephenhawki5171
      @walkingtalkingstephenhawki5171 Před 4 lety +10

      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 CZcams 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 Před 4 lety +19

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

    • @notbrad4873
      @notbrad4873 Před 4 lety +1

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

    • @theseductivepotato7459
      @theseductivepotato7459 Před 4 lety +6

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

  • @Mathi80
    @Mathi80 Před rokem +33

    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 Před rokem

      WELL SAID! 💯

    • @folafapohunda7375
      @folafapohunda7375 Před 9 měsíci

      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!

  • @AsphyxGr
    @AsphyxGr Před 2 lety +63

    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 Před 2 lety

      Warcraft 3 Reforged?

    • @mattedward6155
      @mattedward6155 Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @Scroolewse
      @Scroolewse Před rokem +1

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

    • @AsphyxGr
      @AsphyxGr Před rokem

      @@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 Před rokem +1

      @@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.

  • @ToniT800
    @ToniT800 Před 8 lety +833

    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 Před 8 lety +89

      #CognitiveEaseCeption

    • @Bibbedibob
      @Bibbedibob Před 8 lety +211

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

    • @unslept_em
      @unslept_em Před 8 lety +3

      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 Před 8 lety +3

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

    • @bohlin01
      @bohlin01 Před 8 lety +13

      Dirk from veritabrium*

  • @makarandnidhalkar7139
    @makarandnidhalkar7139 Před 3 lety +1254

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

  • @seansargent3316
    @seansargent3316 Před 2 lety +8

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

  • @DanielFernandez-jv7jx
    @DanielFernandez-jv7jx Před rokem +4

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

  • @jacksonpercy8044
    @jacksonpercy8044 Před 8 lety +259

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

  • @ErichHans
    @ErichHans Před 5 lety +1532

    "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 Před 5 lety +38

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

    • @farookajose
      @farookajose Před 5 lety +73

      I also thought it was Switzerland.

    • @samisalem8313
      @samisalem8313 Před 5 lety +13

      I'm not a native speaker and got them both

    • @harrybower4063
      @harrybower4063 Před 5 lety +11

      I was so sure that it was bakery

    • @onniliski7112
      @onniliski7112 Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @LA-ish
    @LA-ish Před 3 lety +10

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

    • @devika2545
      @devika2545 Před rokem

      But doesn't that mean that it works?

  • @unnamed9858
    @unnamed9858 Před 2 lety +46

    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 Před 2 lety +7

      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 Před rokem +2

      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 Před rokem +3

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

    • @devesh09
      @devesh09 Před rokem

      ​​@@123qwe321ifyit's true

  • @marcherm
    @marcherm Před 5 lety +827

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

    • @samisalem8313
      @samisalem8313 Před 5 lety +20

      Sherlock Holmes is fictional, but even that seemed right

    • @OrangeC7
      @OrangeC7 Před 5 lety +44

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

    • @pranavsingla5902
      @pranavsingla5902 Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @alexlandherr
      @alexlandherr Před 4 lety

      From which story?

    • @marcherm
      @marcherm Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @lammatt
    @lammatt Před 8 lety +373

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

    • @Andrew-Slattery
      @Andrew-Slattery Před 8 lety +10

      +

    • @grampton
      @grampton Před 8 lety +11

      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 Před 8 lety +30

      Veristablium*

    • @jaidenboucher0
      @jaidenboucher0 Před 8 lety

      +

    • @derbistheeternal2947
      @derbistheeternal2947 Před 8 lety

      +

  • @plerpplerp5599
    @plerpplerp5599 Před rokem +3

    People aren't interested in the truth. They are only interested in something that they can believe in.

  • @tavastian3288
    @tavastian3288 Před 2 lety +9

    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

  • @Breakfast221
    @Breakfast221 Před 8 lety +303

    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 Před 8 lety +9

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

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk Před 8 lety +7

      Reminds me a bit of The Stanley Parable.

    • @bidaubadeadieu
      @bidaubadeadieu Před 8 lety +32

      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 Před 8 lety +1

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

    • @cameodamaneo
      @cameodamaneo Před 8 lety

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

  • @sw00natra
    @sw00natra Před 8 lety +341

    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 Před 8 lety +26

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

    • @crazymarkmc
      @crazymarkmc Před 8 lety

      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 Před 8 lety +7

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

    • @darrenli8850
      @darrenli8850 Před 8 lety

      +cortster12 what about dolphins

    • @cortster12
      @cortster12 Před 8 lety +3

      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.

  • @yonatandolev4954
    @yonatandolev4954 Před rokem

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

  • @danyelnicholas
    @danyelnicholas Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @superj1e2z6
    @superj1e2z6 Před 8 lety +450

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

  • @alexlandherr
    @alexlandherr Před 4 lety +199

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

    • @TTaM581
      @TTaM581 Před 3 lety +13

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

    • @brandonhuber8618
      @brandonhuber8618 Před 3 lety +7

      @@TTaM581 good luck being able to read it again

    • @CrazyGaming-ig6qq
      @CrazyGaming-ig6qq Před 3 lety +4

      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 Před rokem +1

      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"

  • @tokesalotta1521
    @tokesalotta1521 Před rokem +4

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

  • @trinitrojack
    @trinitrojack Před 3 lety +36

    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 Před 2 lety +5

      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 Před rokem +2

      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 Před rokem +1

      Your history teachers have utterly failed you.

    • @carolynzaremba5469
      @carolynzaremba5469 Před rokem

      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.

  • @neckyyy
    @neckyyy Před 8 lety +692

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

    • @PeeHooo
      @PeeHooo Před 8 lety

      lol

    • @marvinfung2050
      @marvinfung2050 Před 8 lety +49

      Just need to catch more

    • @bradhammond923
      @bradhammond923 Před 8 lety +4

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

    • @neckyyy
      @neckyyy Před 8 lety +2

      Brad Hammond There are better pokemon for this...

    • @cooltv2776
      @cooltv2776 Před 8 lety +2

      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)

  • @cmen6895
    @cmen6895 Před 6 lety +235

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

  • @Gusman007
    @Gusman007 Před 2 lety +6

    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.

  • @barttemolder3405
    @barttemolder3405 Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @jasondeng7677
    @jasondeng7677 Před 5 lety +538

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

    • @Ph0n3numb3r
      @Ph0n3numb3r Před 5 lety +8

      Thank you

    • @bhatkat
      @bhatkat Před 5 lety +21

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

    • @jasondeng7677
      @jasondeng7677 Před 5 lety +27

      @@bhatkat
      look at my name.
      WOOOOSH

    • @bhatkat
      @bhatkat Před 5 lety +18

      @@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 Před 5 lety +23

      ​@@bhatkat
      Sir, we are chickens.

  • @Ozzyisunavailable
    @Ozzyisunavailable Před 8 lety +281

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

    • @RichardEricCollins
      @RichardEricCollins Před 8 lety +1

      You win! :D

    • @RobbyBoy167
      @RobbyBoy167 Před 8 lety +1

      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 Před 8 lety

      +

    • @m4heshd
      @m4heshd Před 8 lety +1

      you won the internet today sir

    • @DragonAurora
      @DragonAurora Před 8 lety

      LOL no kidding...

  • @GregJoiner
    @GregJoiner Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @eensio
      @eensio Před 2 lety +1

      For example religion…

  • @StatisticaIC
    @StatisticaIC Před rokem +6

    Mass media owners didnt like this video.

  • @OMGITSFULLOFPONIES
    @OMGITSFULLOFPONIES Před 3 lety +177

    "Repetition legitimizes" -- Adam Neely

    • @stutch4048
      @stutch4048 Před 3 lety +11

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

    • @Mirko_Doggen
      @Mirko_Doggen Před 3 lety +8

      repetition legitimizes
      repetition legitimizes
      repetition legitimizes
      repetition legitimizes
      repetition legitimizes

    • @lukedaymusic4585
      @lukedaymusic4585 Před 3 lety +3

      Repetition makes me suspicious

    • @LeonidasKaragiannis
      @LeonidasKaragiannis Před 3 lety +6

      Repetition legitimizes

    • @blakehelton3511
      @blakehelton3511 Před 3 lety +6

      "Repetition legitimizes" -- Adam Neely

  • @CliffRoth
    @CliffRoth Před 8 lety +223

    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 Před 8 lety +3

      same here..

    • @veritasium
      @veritasium  Před 8 lety +48

      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 Před 8 lety +1

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

    • @ssdd28561
      @ssdd28561 Před 8 lety

      + Great book.

    • @anasakmal1175
      @anasakmal1175 Před 8 lety +3

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

  • @aWhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
    @aWhiskeyTangoFoxtrot Před rokem +2

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

  • @amanhaman8568
    @amanhaman8568 Před rokem +2

    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.

  • @komolunanole8697
    @komolunanole8697 Před 8 lety +111

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

    • @denisburgard8904
      @denisburgard8904 Před 8 lety +1

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

    • @andrewm9207
      @andrewm9207 Před 8 lety

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

    • @pdoylemi
      @pdoylemi Před 8 lety +6

      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 Před 8 lety +2

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

    • @minemedown
      @minemedown Před 8 lety

      Wasen't that Lenin who said that?

  • @mongobaracuda
    @mongobaracuda Před 8 lety +186

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

    • @Anonymous-jo2no
      @Anonymous-jo2no Před 8 lety +8

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

    • @crazymarkmc
      @crazymarkmc Před 8 lety +1

      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 Před 8 lety +1

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

    • @Adhdallas.
      @Adhdallas. Před 8 lety +9

      if you tell yourself they do enough times, they will

    • @VioletTheGeek
      @VioletTheGeek Před 8 lety +1

      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.

  • @ty_sylicus
    @ty_sylicus Před 2 lety

    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 Před 2 lety

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

  • @stephenfletcher5391
    @stephenfletcher5391 Před 3 lety

    Brilliant video. Love this!

  • @marcadler5356
    @marcadler5356 Před 3 lety +164

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

    • @cinegraphics
      @cinegraphics Před 3 lety +17

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

    • @williamdoyle2063
      @williamdoyle2063 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @Johny40Se7en
      @Johny40Se7en Před rokem +7

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

    • @RandomRothbardian
      @RandomRothbardian Před rokem

      “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 Před rokem +2

      @@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.

  • @bythegraceofadoni
    @bythegraceofadoni Před 8 lety +94

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

    • @Thadius856
      @Thadius856 Před 8 lety +10

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

    • @Thadius856
      @Thadius856 Před 8 lety +2

      deus ex whoosh

    • @ManRudBih
      @ManRudBih Před 8 lety +2

      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 Před 8 lety

      Thadius Miller
      xkcd reference?

    • @bythegraceofadoni
      @bythegraceofadoni Před 8 lety

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

  • @ApfelJohannisbeere
    @ApfelJohannisbeere Před 2 lety

    Thank you for sharing this!

  • @jack.d7873
    @jack.d7873 Před 8 měsíci +1

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

  • @tubehound69
    @tubehound69 Před 3 lety +431

    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 Před 2 lety +7

      Trump is one example.

    • @stanh24
      @stanh24 Před 2 lety +23

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

    • @snehalycce
      @snehalycce Před 2 lety +1

      Well said!

    • @petitio_principii
      @petitio_principii Před 2 lety +26

      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 Před 2 lety +2

      @@rubyhunternc Obama is another

  • @kashinathpratapm
    @kashinathpratapm Před 3 lety +70

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

    • @cinegraphics
      @cinegraphics Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @ninojanjeremygo463
      @ninojanjeremygo463 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @theraven5850
      @theraven5850 Před 3 lety +5

      "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 Před 3 lety +1

      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 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @bluebukkitdev8069
    @bluebukkitdev8069 Před 2 lety

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

  • @SMeur49
    @SMeur49 Před rokem

    Man, this episode is gold.

  • @FilmmakerIQ
    @FilmmakerIQ Před 8 lety +59

    Always a good idea to revisit what we think is true and why we think that. Phenomenal video!

    • @veritasium
      @veritasium  Před 8 lety +11

      +Filmmaker IQ thank you!

    • @hafidzrazman5365
      @hafidzrazman5365 Před 8 lety +3

      your channel are slowing becoming like Vsauce.. i love it

    • @locutusdborg126
      @locutusdborg126 Před 8 lety

      Good comment.

    • @bjaaro4380
      @bjaaro4380 Před 3 lety

      @@veritasium yes, all we "know" is what we interpret from discovery, but truth comes from God who created all that we have discovered. We will never fully know the truth until we fully know God.

    • @adamondrejcak4088
      @adamondrejcak4088 Před 2 lety

      @@bjaaro4380 reading this comment made my cognitive functions stagger

  • @unreal-the-ethan
    @unreal-the-ethan Před 4 lety +369

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

    • @allegrovivace6806
      @allegrovivace6806 Před 4 lety +9

      exactly

    • @alvinaac365
      @alvinaac365 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @BlaZindeezy
      @BlaZindeezy Před 3 lety +10

      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 Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @info_bot
      @info_bot Před 3 lety +1

      Same!

  • @TypewriterJustice
    @TypewriterJustice Před 2 lety +61

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

    • @Scroolewse
      @Scroolewse Před rokem +4

      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 Před rokem +2

      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.

  • @steven9red
    @steven9red Před 2 lety +1

    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!

  • @vishwaskulkarni9211
    @vishwaskulkarni9211 Před 3 lety +635

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

    • @olvnat5130
      @olvnat5130 Před 3 lety +23

      LOL so true, so true, so true

    • @aftermath7
      @aftermath7 Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @lastyhopper2792
      @lastyhopper2792 Před 3 lety +45

      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 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @harshbarj
      @harshbarj Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @yomammasofat1000
    @yomammasofat1000 Před 3 lety +473

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

    • @okb6436
      @okb6436 Před 3 lety +9

      Underated comment

    • @RichardWilkin
      @RichardWilkin Před 3 lety +17

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

    • @SteenG3yL
      @SteenG3yL Před 3 lety +20

      > a flat earther
      > intense cognitive functioning
      pick one

    • @monnoo8221
      @monnoo8221 Před 3 lety +8

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

    • @cinegraphics
      @cinegraphics Před 3 lety +6

      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.

  • @RaoBlackWellizedArman
    @RaoBlackWellizedArman Před 2 lety

    I love this video. Keep up the good work.

  • @tomasgianni3830
    @tomasgianni3830 Před rokem +1

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

  • @BrianPvanOers
    @BrianPvanOers Před 8 lety +192

    And this is how religion works

    • @ddzado
      @ddzado Před 8 lety +5

      Says the person that can't spell pretty.

    • @ddzado
      @ddzado Před 8 lety +21

      I assure you that real religion presents difficult cognitive ease. You are compelled to find your own flaws and make yourself a better person, not easy.
      A lot of people applying religion to themselves do so falsely and oppressively. This is not its intent.

    • @rrugh5
      @rrugh5 Před 8 lety

      mind blown

    • @Circleofcocytus
      @Circleofcocytus Před 8 lety +5

      +David Dzado you better watch out defending any degree of faith on this channel.

    • @youteubakount4449
      @youteubakount4449 Před 8 lety +13

      and this is how bashing all religions at once works.
      But hey, whatever eases your cognition mate.

  • @MrMakae90
    @MrMakae90 Před 8 lety +151

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

    • @BDBK666
      @BDBK666 Před 8 lety +19

      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 Před 8 lety +28

      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 Před 8 lety +6

      +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 Před 8 lety +14

      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 Před 8 lety +1

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

  • @tgeliot
    @tgeliot Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @saurabhjarodia335
    @saurabhjarodia335 Před rokem

    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.

  • @michaelfarrell4824
    @michaelfarrell4824 Před 8 lety +168

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

    • @aymslifts3926
      @aymslifts3926 Před 8 lety +49

      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 Před 8 lety +8

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

    • @chestersnapdragonmcphistic579
      @chestersnapdragonmcphistic579 Před 8 lety +14

      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 Před 8 lety +10

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

    • @SuperSMT
      @SuperSMT Před 8 lety

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

  • @peNdantry
    @peNdantry Před 3 lety +134

    ... 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 Před 3 lety +3

      Colin Reynolds wish more people were like this

    • @filipcza
      @filipcza Před 3 lety +9

      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 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @jdt8983
      @jdt8983 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @sam2938
    @sam2938 Před měsícem

    "The more times something is repeated, the more it starts to feel true." --> Very true! I've heard that so many times! LoL

  • @whukriede
    @whukriede Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @Mr-dq6gc
    @Mr-dq6gc Před 5 lety +666

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

    • @vaibhavmistari8539
      @vaibhavmistari8539 Před 5 lety +81

      518

    • @JohnnyD8656
      @JohnnyD8656 Před 5 lety +8

      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 Před 5 lety +12

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

    • @bonob0123
      @bonob0123 Před 5 lety +17

      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 Před 5 lety +10

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

  • @Heligoland360
    @Heligoland360 Před 7 lety +257

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

    • @ItsKhur
      @ItsKhur Před 6 lety +81

      Adam Collins you misspelled ‘misspelld’

    • @vibodhj349
      @vibodhj349 Před 5 lety +15

      Good observation, even I missed it.

    • @BeaStpartan
      @BeaStpartan Před 5 lety +40

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

    • @fuzzypenguino
      @fuzzypenguino Před 5 lety +1

      Sans Serif is not easy to read

    • @orlandomoreno6168
      @orlandomoreno6168 Před 5 lety +1

      @@fuzzypenguino It is

  • @otiebrown9999
    @otiebrown9999 Před rokem +1

    You keep getting better and better.
    Truth is important, after all.

  • @Himanshupakhale-l5z
    @Himanshupakhale-l5z Před 11 dny

    The more is something repeated, the more it starts to feeling true.

  • @besmart
    @besmart Před 8 lety +489

    I guess this explains why Vine is popular.

    • @veritasium
      @veritasium  Před 8 lety +88

      +It's Okay To Be Smart yup! And gifs

    • @mohcreeper
      @mohcreeper Před 8 lety +6

      OMG IM UR BIGGEST FAN

    • @creatogen
      @creatogen Před 8 lety

      and coubs

    • @legobrickology9167
      @legobrickology9167 Před 8 lety +5

      And idiots.

    • @Fuar11
      @Fuar11 Před 8 lety +4

      +Veritasium This is why I think the world should have a massive emp. Technology and the internet and media would be destroyed and people would be more free.

  • @cristian-bull
    @cristian-bull Před 4 lety +325

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

    • @KeegansLife
      @KeegansLife Před 3 lety +28

      they all start with 'th'

    • @jjkthebest
      @jjkthebest Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @Thornskade
      @Thornskade Před 3 lety +7

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

    • @lastyhopper2792
      @lastyhopper2792 Před 3 lety

      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 Před 3 lety

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

  • @kristiannapotsari2343

    your channel is a gem

  • @onlythetruthwillsetyoufree8872

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

  • @blaze556922
    @blaze556922 Před 4 lety +501

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

    • @remiheneault8208
      @remiheneault8208 Před 3 lety +15

      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 Před 3 lety

      Perfect

    • @sourabhchoudhary1264
      @sourabhchoudhary1264 Před 3 lety

      Kardashian start with k not with C wtf

  • @peterbrownwastaken
    @peterbrownwastaken Před 8 lety +274

    So wait, Harry Potter is fiction?!

    • @truchold9508
      @truchold9508 Před 8 lety +12

      Whaaaat ?

    • @iota-09
      @iota-09 Před 8 lety +16

      no dude, everyon eknow byology is.

    • @omegahaxors3306
      @omegahaxors3306 Před 8 lety +15

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

    • @MrHonwe
      @MrHonwe Před 8 lety +26

      If you read it repeatedly it becomes real.

    • @plokijum
      @plokijum Před 8 lety

      What!?

  • @avnishsaravanan7052
    @avnishsaravanan7052 Před 2 lety

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

  • @RealHIFIHelp
    @RealHIFIHelp Před 3 lety

    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.

  • @valhakun
    @valhakun Před 8 lety +153

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

    • @CoWinkKeyDinkInc
      @CoWinkKeyDinkInc Před 8 lety +19

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

    • @valhakun
      @valhakun Před 8 lety +8

      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 Před 8 lety +4

      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 Před 8 lety +13

      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 Před 8 lety +2

      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.

  • @aswinpaul321
    @aswinpaul321 Před 3 lety +22

    Reason why good handwriting fetches you more marks in exams

    • @shiggigigi
      @shiggigigi Před 3 lety +1

      It doesn't. Another misconception. Fkin Apsara ads

  • @joseph181516
    @joseph181516 Před rokem

    Guys anyone has the source that claims " Images with higher contrast are perceived by the brain with more cognitive ease" ? I couldnt find it in the links!

  • @CharlesHenderson1
    @CharlesHenderson1 Před 3 lety

    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.

  • @zulthyr1852
    @zulthyr1852 Před 6 lety +695

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

    • @migkillerphantom
      @migkillerphantom Před 6 lety +101

      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 Před 6 lety +17

      Maybe he secretly meant both.

    • @EternalSilverDragon
      @EternalSilverDragon Před 6 lety +39

      I thought this was describing Trump at first.

    • @101m4n
      @101m4n Před 5 lety +46

      I thought this was a

    • @Aseutester
      @Aseutester Před 5 lety +8

      "Vaccines are safe and effective"!

  • @Gandaleon
    @Gandaleon Před 8 lety +148

    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  Před 8 lety +113

      hence the *illusion* of truth

    • @Gandaleon
      @Gandaleon Před 8 lety +12

      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 Před 8 lety +12

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

    • @simonj48
      @simonj48 Před 8 lety +1

      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 Před 8 lety +1

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

  • @JohnDoe-fe6nq
    @JohnDoe-fe6nq Před 3 lety

    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

  • @Its__Good
    @Its__Good Před 3 lety +13

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

    • @Superabound2
      @Superabound2 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @Its__Good
      @Its__Good Před 3 lety +2

      @@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 Před 2 lety

      @@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.

  • @JavierOcampo
    @JavierOcampo Před 8 lety +181

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

  • @JackLe1127
    @JackLe1127 Před 8 lety +289

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

    • @voracion
      @voracion Před 8 lety +22

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

    • @MrNisse-ef9by
      @MrNisse-ef9by Před 8 lety +19

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

    • @d0themath284
      @d0themath284 Před 8 lety +5

      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 Před 8 lety +5

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

    • @surbhikapur9316
      @surbhikapur9316 Před 8 lety

      Haha! Good one!

  • @Aashishkebab
    @Aashishkebab Před 2 lety

    Actually your distorted audio made me crack up and laugh really hard.

  • @ThePianoPutterer
    @ThePianoPutterer Před 11 měsíci

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

  • @epichappyhappy2506
    @epichappyhappy2506 Před 3 lety +129

    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.

  • @TigranGG
    @TigranGG Před 8 lety +176

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

    • @kevinrspBelieves
      @kevinrspBelieves Před 8 lety +24

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

    • @TigranGG
      @TigranGG Před 8 lety +6

      +kevinrspBelieves damn wp

    • @kevinrspBelieves
      @kevinrspBelieves Před 8 lety +13

      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 Před 8 lety +5

      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 Před 8 lety

      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!

  • @Geordiicus
    @Geordiicus Před 2 lety

    Great show 👏

  • @sploofmcsterra4786
    @sploofmcsterra4786 Před rokem +1

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