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  • LINKS AND SOURCES BELOW
    First and last songs by Zach McCoy CHECK HIM OUT: zachmccoy.bandcamp.com/
    Zach McCoy on CZcams:
    • zach mccoy/ tokyo luci...
    • zach mccoy/ la vie est...
    other music by / jakechudnow
    FOLLOW Michael Stevens: / tweetsauce
    Ze Frank video on trees and carvings: • On Changing Into Someo...
    Silent-K:
    web.archive.org/web/201307091...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_k
    www.antimoon.com/forum/2004/51...
    Warren G's "What's Next": 2:44: • Video
    "What's Next" lyrics: rapgenius.com/Warren-g-whats-n...
    Science and mistakes and correctness: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pessimis...
    Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth": • Video
    "Hey Jude": • The Beatles - Hey Jude...
    BEATLES ANOMALIES site: wgo.signal11.org.uk/wgo.htm
    prayer book and calculus: www.sciencenews.org/article/p...
    San Diego fire:
    legacy.utsandiego.com/news/fir...
    interwork.sdsu.edu/fire/photo_...
    www.businessinsider.com/worst-...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Fire
    Mars Climate Orbiter: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Cli...
    moon landing footage: www.honeysucklecreek.net/Apoll...
    Henry Tandy:
    rememberwhen.gazettelive.co.uk...
    www.history.com/this-day-in-hi...
    The science of leaves:
    www.fs.fed.us/fallcolors/2013/...
    news.nationalgeographic.co.uk/...
    mnl.maizegdb.org/mnl/78/19habb...
    accidents: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...

Komentáře • 21K

  • @benedictmarva1450
    @benedictmarva1450 Před 3 lety +6537

    Vsauce is the best "normal conversation" destroyer

    • @tsuol7296
      @tsuol7296 Před 3 lety +146

      but a welcomed one

    • @ayyyayay
      @ayyyayay Před 3 lety +32

      but hey at least i get to use that "its misspelled in honor of mistakes" excuse when i fail spelling bee

    • @bartsola8349
      @bartsola8349 Před 3 lety +19

      it's like the opposite of an icebreaker lmao

    • @mistiridungoen
      @mistiridungoen Před 3 lety +7

      *Vsauce theme plays*

    • @bengale1263
      @bengale1263 Před 3 lety +12

      I think you mean “Enhancer”

  • @meteorrejector
    @meteorrejector Před 7 lety +1004

    god that monk really fucked up

    • @Ledabot
      @Ledabot Před 6 lety +119

      Freddy Thornton when i heard that, i was pretty upset.

    • @Meringuee
      @Meringuee Před 6 lety +41

      But noone found the book until he overwrote it in ~1300. Calculus was invented by Newton in ~1500, so we wouldn't be much more advanced.

    • @JdawgW16
      @JdawgW16 Před 6 lety +78

      Tim Schläppi we would be 200 years more advanced...

    • @phony1551
      @phony1551 Před 6 lety +30

      Well 200 years more advanced in 1300 science rates. Not much when compared to how much now adays we can do with 200 years

    • @rebellium9852
      @rebellium9852 Před 6 lety +45

      it was written in 200 BC, the real mistake was archimedes not publishing it or else we would be over 1700 years more advanced

  • @lasagaeater6891
    @lasagaeater6891 Před 2 lety +580

    "When you look at beautiful autumn colors, you are looking at stress. But the bigger the fight the trees put up, the more energy they put into their defenses at the very end, the more brilliant their colors will be. Winter will eventually come, but scientifically, the brightest, deepest, most remarkable colors... come from not giving up, too easily or quickly."
    One of the best and most motivational quotes I've heard in my life

    • @EggPiggies
      @EggPiggies Před 5 měsíci +6

      e

    • @mikeshurk
      @mikeshurk Před 2 měsíci +10

      Stay colorful my friend

    • @0_bus
      @0_bus Před měsícem +3

      Raw beauty. Never give up and keep going.

  • @martinstridsmanoja8668
    @martinstridsmanoja8668 Před 2 lety +328

    Scientifically, the brightest, deepest, most remarkable colours come from not giving up to easily or quickly.
    - That line is purely beautiful!

  • @Ryan-Pot
    @Ryan-Pot Před 5 lety +4982

    seeing him rolling in the snow made me really happy

    • @TheLostCreature
      @TheLostCreature Před 5 lety +49

      Yea :)

    • @timberd1513
      @timberd1513 Před 4 lety +38

      Your profile pic doesn’t, i know what that is.

    • @Minekono
      @Minekono Před 4 lety +8

      oyasumi punpun was a mistake

    • @NewTSLA
      @NewTSLA Před 4 lety

      SAAAAME

    • @joshuahh5782
      @joshuahh5782 Před 4 lety +20

      I feel nostalgic seeing that. *NOW* *I* *MUST* *REWATCH* *HIS* *VIDEO* *ON* *NOSTALGIA*

  • @Woodland_Adventures
    @Woodland_Adventures Před 3 lety +6629

    Imagine erasing the concept of math.

    • @Hello-bs8dn
      @Hello-bs8dn Před 3 lety +85

      Lmao

    • @thenonfurry
      @thenonfurry Před 3 lety +155

      Hecc. Now everything is messed up

    • @DynamixTV
      @DynamixTV Před 3 lety +267

      *to write down prayer 😂😂😂😂

    • @2.25.am_7
      @2.25.am_7 Před 3 lety +57

      youd basically erase reality and all we know

    • @hexagonist23
      @hexagonist23 Před 3 lety +17

      @@DynamixTV what does that even mean?

  • @fettyloops4677
    @fettyloops4677 Před 3 lety +101

    In tears, what a ending

  • @jakeweberzwier8655
    @jakeweberzwier8655 Před 3 lety +55

    9:25 love how serious he looks after that

    • @ahuman2695
      @ahuman2695 Před 2 lety +15

      He saw the kids in his basement escaping through the cellar door he forgot to lock before filming

  • @pranjalshilkar8329
    @pranjalshilkar8329 Před 4 lety +13755

    Whenever I watch a Vsauce video, I kinda sorta forget where we actually started.

  • @catterdays2034
    @catterdays2034 Před 5 lety +2990

    9:14
    you may not like it, but this is the male human body at peak performance.

  • @zoidsfan12
    @zoidsfan12 Před rokem +189

    Already was surreal watching this as an adult when I originally watched this when it first came out when I was in highschool. But hearing you mention ze frank 8 years before I even heard of the guy is even more surreal.

  • @AtahanSelekoglu
    @AtahanSelekoglu Před rokem +100

    idk why but when i was 15 or something and i watched the ending of this video when michael talked about the brightest colours for leaves in autumn come from stress and not giving up- it hit so hard i cried. I downloaded this whole video onto a USB afterwards and put that song on my playlist too.
    back here as a 22 year old now and I won't lie, it didn't hit as hard as I hoped it would considering I haven't seen this in like 8 years- but it still warmed my heart and means all the same to me. what a video. never give up.

    • @godnyx117
      @godnyx117 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Here to say I'm 22 as well, lol!

    • @joshuabarbeau9159
      @joshuabarbeau9159 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Don't worry, that's just your early 20s diminishing things. Happens to us all. Go another 8 years and come back again. It will hit hard at 30 again, I promise.

    • @darkphoenix2
      @darkphoenix2 Před 4 měsíci +3

      You prove how true the video is. It left a scar, even if it's a good scar. And 8 years later, you've changed and this video is now a smaller part of everything that makes you who you are.

    • @atahanselekoglu_
      @atahanselekoglu_ Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@darkphoenix2damn 🥲 it was my birthday on january 11th and i’m 23 now. this comment is great :) thank you

  • @tpd5109
    @tpd5109 Před 7 lety +2154

    he finally snapped at the end... happens to the best of em

  • @obamacare9755
    @obamacare9755 Před 5 lety +5975

    And as always, thanks for watching
    **has a seizure**

  • @Sylvanari
    @Sylvanari Před 2 lety +27

    I've listened to his last statement (8:39) about five times now and it honestly hasn't failed to send me into tears

  • @Shagula420
    @Shagula420 Před 2 měsíci +8

    Cant believe this video is 10 years old. I didn’t want it to end. We need more content like this today. Miss you Michael. Vsauce forever!

  • @filipvanwonterghem2782
    @filipvanwonterghem2782 Před 5 lety +3856

    We don't make mistakes just happy little accidents.
    -Bob Ross

  • @bartthek7397
    @bartthek7397 Před 7 lety +2603

    "Mistakes in popular songs" England is my city

  • @fep_ptcp883
    @fep_ptcp883 Před rokem +5

    9 YEARS AGO

  • @robbaholic
    @robbaholic Před 2 lety +21

    Actually such a powerful video with a powerful message about how mistakes happen to everyone and how you can overcome them. Love it!!

  • @IcelandicGoblin
    @IcelandicGoblin Před 3 lety +19670

    imagine having a friend like michael to just tell you cool facts all day..

    • @schopenhauer5427
      @schopenhauer5427 Před 3 lety +1481

      I'm like that and nobody appreciates it. Michael probably had the same thing, thus created VSauce to talk to a larger audience

    • @IcelandicGoblin
      @IcelandicGoblin Před 3 lety +457

      @@schopenhauer5427 wish your friends would appreciate it

    • @aryanjain8801
      @aryanjain8801 Před 3 lety +97

      Then I can be a perfect friend for you, but none of my colleagues like to hear those things for instance it's not that great.

    • @prongs4137
      @prongs4137 Před 3 lety +51

      I finally found friends like that but it's so late in life n it's 2020(quarantine year) n we were all lonely with unappreciative friends for so many years. Missed out on so many years of each other's awesomeness. Still. It's pretty great. Thank humanity for the internet.

    • @homosapienfactory6291
      @homosapienfactory6291 Před 3 lety +90

      Imagine having a friend :(

  • @varvaramir
    @varvaramir Před 3 lety +7967

    Archimedes: writes some complex & useful calculus stuff
    a random monk: This is worthless!

    • @Vishnu-vb3uw
      @Vishnu-vb3uw Před 3 lety +564

      Many scientists: trying to get facts right and explaining science
      Religious orthodox: im gonna end this man whole career...

    • @umanglunia2194
      @umanglunia2194 Před 3 lety +197

      Ah yes some religious bullshit slowing down humanity's progress... Never heard that before -_-

    • @ahmedhamid2000422
      @ahmedhamid2000422 Před 3 lety +27

      @@umanglunia2194 so religions just go and kill people? Didn’t know ideas had that power and here i am thinking humans did it this whole time guess guns just go and shoot themselves at people to

    • @HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat
      @HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat Před 3 lety +26

      I know calculus but I'm not sure why it's that important and search for it...

    • @thaumaTurtles
      @thaumaTurtles Před 3 lety +333

      @@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat calculus at a low level might not seem that important, but it's the foundation for many complex subjects, including space travel! If that text had survived, it's possible we'd have a 2,000 year headstart on that stuff

  • @cgbhc6667
    @cgbhc6667 Před 7 měsíci +20

    My first love broke my heart in 2008. I’m single, never felt anything near what I felt with her. Her nickname for me was Tree. So I have been returning to this video for years now.

  • @arturjr.8580
    @arturjr.8580 Před rokem +7

    I come back every once in a while just to rewatch and remind myself that beautiful part about autumn leaves and to see Michael playing in the snow...

    • @volt734
      @volt734 Před rokem +3

      Same, this might be my favorite Vsauce video, the ending is so weirdly calming, the song choice was excellent

  • @mfc4655
    @mfc4655 Před 7 lety +2129

    No mistakes, only happy accidents

    • @soapegg
      @soapegg Před 7 lety +80

      _beat the devil out of it_

    • @studiosnch
      @studiosnch Před 7 lety +97

      LIQUID HWITE

    • @vemixerxlive1043
      @vemixerxlive1043 Před 7 lety +20

      studiosnch fuck me bobby

    • @vrabiealexandru2755
      @vrabiealexandru2755 Před 7 lety +17

      Robin titanium hwite

    • @werndogga
      @werndogga Před 7 lety +8

      Robin oops I slipped on the wmd launch button o well just a happy accident - Trump 2017

  • @nyarro8370
    @nyarro8370 Před 7 lety +2180

    Michael: H E Y V S A U C E
    Me:Tf Michael, scared the shit outta' me.

    • @DLBBALL
      @DLBBALL Před 7 lety +2

      I fucking love your emblem

    • @DLBBALL
      @DLBBALL Před 7 lety

      Oh shit waddup

    • @hokusai17
      @hokusai17 Před 7 lety

      here come dat boi

    • @DLBBALL
      @DLBBALL Před 7 lety

      Watch him rolling watch him go

    • @IMOBSSD
      @IMOBSSD Před 7 lety

      MooseTheSyrupMan he be rolling down the street

  • @CallumFTF
    @CallumFTF Před rokem +21

    0:01 that genuinely scared me

  • @AluminumFusion22
    @AluminumFusion22 Před rokem +8

    Michael's greatest trait is how both knowledgeable but empathetic and kind he is. He's not cold, clinical or egotistical like most people who are very knowledgeable. He manages to take mundane or strange topics and re-contextualize them in such a way to give the viewer a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. Facts may not care about your feelings, but Michael always does.

  • @jazzmusicstops374
    @jazzmusicstops374 Před 8 lety +2750

    Michael ran off, and was never seen again. But some say they see him, running around, playing in the snow, and spreading his knowledge to the trees. Might we see him again? Only time will tell.
    Edit: it's been two years and I can now tell that CZcams has the worst algorithm for everything that may or may not need an algorithm. seriously, what to heck? I understand wanting to give newer comments recognition, but that's what sorting by new is for. you can find comments with over 1k likes below comments with 1 like and it doesn't make any sense.

  • @SixxWolfZx
    @SixxWolfZx Před 4 lety +2624

    Michael: *flops and spins in snow*
    His neighbors: dafuq he doing over there

  • @onefeatherboi2342
    @onefeatherboi2342 Před 2 lety +7

    I always find myself coming back just to watch the ending of this video. Thx Michael

  • @justanormalhumanbeing1903
    @justanormalhumanbeing1903 Před 3 lety +20

    Imagine Tom Scott and vsauce doing a collaboration

    • @jonathanharvey2156
      @jonathanharvey2156 Před rokem +2

      That would certainly be on Tom’s new channel Tom Scott Plus…

  • @bananapoohwkuk
    @bananapoohwkuk Před 4 lety +1880

    I want 30 minutes of Michael playing in the snow with that song in the background

  • @archived-iron2343
    @archived-iron2343 Před 4 lety +2614

    "Mistakes are everywhere, they surround us like air"
    *looks at the class while presenting this video*

    • @AJ5
      @AJ5 Před 4 lety +28

      Took me a second to get it

    • @nachosrios8882
      @nachosrios8882 Před 4 lety +30

      @@AJ5 oh just that? it took me 694201337 years

    • @intestinalobstructiongamin157
      @intestinalobstructiongamin157 Před 4 lety +17

      It’s could be mispronounced by err.
      Err is the first 3 letters of error.
      Error means mistake.
      Coincidence?

    • @skhotzim_bacon
      @skhotzim_bacon Před 4 lety +14

      That's kinda mean since recent studies are showing 110% of children are mistakes

    • @intestinalobstructiongamin157
      @intestinalobstructiongamin157 Před 4 lety +2

      shkotzim bacon
      Technically as a child, I can say this is 100% true and that mostly every child is EDGY including me. I am shaped like a knife.

  • @khalidbinobaiad1826
    @khalidbinobaiad1826 Před 3 lety +15

    5:29 i swear my jaw dropped faster than the speed of light

  • @sirdr.doofenschmirtzthecat182

    8:54 (onwards) - why do I find this the most wholesome scene in the entire channel... :)

  • @Godzilla-mq5zv
    @Godzilla-mq5zv Před 6 lety +7080

    9:12 Only the most logical course of action after giving everyone an existential crisis.

    • @gagne6928
      @gagne6928 Před 6 lety +342

      Or when you tried coffee for the first time

    • @acecheso4958
      @acecheso4958 Před 6 lety +36

      Haha yeah

    • @itsamemario1772
      @itsamemario1772 Před 6 lety +61

      Godzilla 123 Actually be inspired us

    • @travisss15
      @travisss15 Před 6 lety +35

      Godzilla. I think he was doing a little sneaky reference to Zefranks video "if you live in a shell" where the sapling quote came from.

    • @dericliu2448
      @dericliu2448 Před 6 lety +3

      Beep

  • @Nanami_X_Higurama
    @Nanami_X_Higurama Před 3 lety +4594

    Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude
    - Anne Frank

    • @Justin60693
      @Justin60693 Před 3 lety +22

      404 likes no replies ????

    • @l.t.m6826
      @l.t.m6826 Před 2 lety +220

      @@Justin60693 404 replies not found

    • @armalite6837
      @armalite6837 Před 2 lety +22

      isn't she the delusional girl that had imaginary friends during the war

    • @AbhishekSingh-jx2zn
      @AbhishekSingh-jx2zn Před 2 lety +160

      @@armalite6837 Pls stop if u haven't read her journal

    • @armalite6837
      @armalite6837 Před 2 lety +22

      @@AbhishekSingh-jx2zn you mean the one her father published without her permission? yes i did read it

  • @akish302
    @akish302 Před 3 lety +8

    The ending was incredible.

  • @loudicrouz1591
    @loudicrouz1591 Před 3 lety +3

    The "regret" part really lightened me up.. I'm fighting my emotions for a while now and this video put my struggles into another perspective

  • @icyclimber4215
    @icyclimber4215 Před 7 lety +2001

    should have started with "hey michael, vsauce here"

    • @thatoneguyricardo
      @thatoneguyricardo Před 6 lety +151

      lithium 1817 guess he made a ~M I S T A K E~

    • @finnersz
      @finnersz Před 6 lety +44

      lithium 1817 if he started that way on purpose it wouldn't be a mistake then would it.

    • @agustinperezburgos6578
      @agustinperezburgos6578 Před 6 lety +67

      he made a mistake by not making a mistake. MIND BLOWN

    • @LightRealms
      @LightRealms Před 6 lety +20

      lithium 1817 OR IS IT??? *music starts*

    • @tarandiamond
      @tarandiamond Před 6 lety +9

      I thought he was gonna do that, lol.

  • @pehme8840
    @pehme8840 Před 4 lety +2937

    "we don't make mistakes. Just happy little accidents"
    ~ Bob Ross

    • @themightyeagle21
      @themightyeagle21 Před 4 lety +92

      So that time I went hunting and accsidently shot someone instead of a dear was a happy little accsedent?

    • @andreasrasmussen2655
      @andreasrasmussen2655 Před 4 lety +165

      @@themightyeagle21 meat is meat

    • @hush7359
      @hush7359 Před 4 lety +28

      @@themightyeagle21 you get his possessions :)

    • @carolinemayo6406
      @carolinemayo6406 Před 4 lety +11

      andreas rasmussen babies are meat

    • @itssillysam26
      @itssillysam26 Před 4 lety +13

      That's what my parents said to me.

  • @taintedmemory4343
    @taintedmemory4343 Před rokem +13

    3:40, that stupid monk

  • @ozantepedelenlioglu
    @ozantepedelenlioglu Před rokem +3

    I love this man so much. Goofy, inspirational, and caring.

  • @vincentpollack
    @vincentpollack Před 7 lety +930

    0:08 Holy fuck I just flew out of my chair

  • @taylors1030
    @taylors1030 Před 5 lety +2536

    9:10 I love this man
    Currently rewatching all his old videos as I don't have premium 😥

    • @getrich9828
      @getrich9828 Před 5 lety +77

      Get premium bro, mind field alone is worth it, honestly the only reason I have premium

    • @harryburganjr.969
      @harryburganjr.969 Před 5 lety +11

      Me too man

    • @nolansprojects2840
      @nolansprojects2840 Před 5 lety +64

      Look up “DONG” on youtube and you will find a ton of videos by him just talking about random things! It is amazing!

    • @Dumplestiltzken
      @Dumplestiltzken Před 5 lety +4

      Same!

    • @N0URii
      @N0URii Před 5 lety +6

      not availlable yet in my country

  • @dannyaguirre4814
    @dannyaguirre4814 Před 2 lety +3

    This is my favorite video about mistakes. Feels like a therapy session. I watch it when I need to remind myself to not give up.

  • @BlackRasta207
    @BlackRasta207 Před rokem +3

    This tree carving metaphor is literally one of the wisest things I have ever heard. It's been almost ten years since I first heard it in this video and since then this thought has been supporting me in the darkest moments of my life. I wish more people heard it, maybe it would've helped them too. Such a simple thought, but so precisely put, it's just wonderful.

  • @thereprehensible435
    @thereprehensible435 Před 4 lety +3380

    FINALLY, an explanation of the Canadian flag's symbolic red leaf.

  • @samcohen6078
    @samcohen6078 Před 6 lety +1550

    Michael: After I tell these people that some soldier saved hitler and that leaves are pretty because of stress I shall go flop around in the snow

    • @Al-xi8vu
      @Al-xi8vu Před 6 lety +26

      You just made me choke on my cereal

    • @Haki145
      @Haki145 Před 6 lety +28

      Alina S. That was a mistake.

    • @SushiElemental
      @SushiElemental Před 5 lety +12

      CZcams was a mistkae

    • @Haki145
      @Haki145 Před 5 lety +23

      Peter *Or was It?*

    • @Abkenn
      @Abkenn Před 5 lety +3

      TheMineEmerald what the hell

  • @Klaux
    @Klaux Před 9 měsíci +1

    this is my favorite vsauce video the ending is just so wholesome 🥹

  • @CeleryBruh
    @CeleryBruh Před 3 měsíci +2

    this is a contender for my favourite videos on this platform

  • @president8102
    @president8102 Před 4 lety +3530

    Who would win?
    A genius mathematician philosopher.
    One moncc boi

    • @nhaedzwero43
      @nhaedzwero43 Před 4 lety +99

      Trick question, the answer is obviously no-one. No-one really wins. From the beginning we are doomed with a limit and, when it arrives, you stop being you. However, the world, the planet, the *universe* still goes, until it won't. But you'll never know, you'll never see, you left far before that to never be conscious again, to cease existing. Not a single reminiscent of your identity will still be there, nothing will *be* at all. So stop focussing on winners, losers, success or failure, none of that matters. Or *maybe* it does. *Maybe* I am in the wrong here, and maybe I'll know that someday. But will you? Will anyone you ever meet know the answer? Will anyone really discover the *truth* we seek? Prbbly not tbh tho, have fun.

    • @cobbomusic
      @cobbomusic Před 4 lety +25

      Manu ARC ho.. wa.. bruh

    • @Bebolife12345
      @Bebolife12345 Před 4 lety +46

      Manu ARC
      Thinking you’re cool because of nihilism. Lmao.

    • @nhaedzwero43
      @nhaedzwero43 Před 4 lety +17

      @@Bebolife12345 glad it made you laugh

    • @nhaedzwero43
      @nhaedzwero43 Před 4 lety +15

      @gapple * thank you.

  • @TheTexas1994
    @TheTexas1994 Před 7 lety +1740

    My parents always used to say I was a mistake

    • @mikeymod3665
      @mikeymod3665 Před 7 lety +50

      Nicolas Gleason-Boure And they were right...

    • @TheTexas1994
      @TheTexas1994 Před 7 lety +32

      +Creeper Universe Welcome to the internet

    • @mikeymod3665
      @mikeymod3665 Před 7 lety +7

      Creeper Universe It was a joke for God's sake. If they're gonna self deprecate then I'm gonna join in.

    • @TheTexas1994
      @TheTexas1994 Před 7 lety +1

      Creeper Universe I honestly thought it was funny what he said. Both this post and his comment were jokes.

    • @CreeperUniverseTV
      @CreeperUniverseTV Před 7 lety

      +Mikey Mod Well the way you said it an set it up with a dot dot dot it's very hard to see. Ok.

  • @halilibrahimyigit1315
    @halilibrahimyigit1315 Před 7 měsíci +1

    The last song is one of my favorite songs that makes this video much more precious in my eyes thorough the years

  • @aefc843
    @aefc843 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I would honestly pay to have Michael have real time conversations with me, he seems like he always has stories to tell and he's the only person that has thanked me for years

  • @senseidekkers5618
    @senseidekkers5618 Před 7 lety +12024

    Vsauce, homeless here. Holy shit 3yeRs later and 11k likes? Never saw this coming lol

    • @alec7978
      @alec7978 Před 7 lety +456

      Vsauce, Robbery here.

    • @DLBBALL
      @DLBBALL Před 7 lety +145

      Vsauce, Scrub here.

    • @TritaniumYT
      @TritaniumYT Před 7 lety +88

      Pvt.Smart Alec Vsauce, Courtroom here

    • @DLBBALL
      @DLBBALL Před 7 lety +106

      Vsauce, White House here

    • @SloanBellamy
      @SloanBellamy Před 7 lety +129

      You made a m͏̺͓̲̥̪í͇͔̠ś̷͎̹̲̻̻̘̝t̞̖͍͚̤k̥̞à̸͕̮͍͉̹̰͚̰ẹ̶̢̪s͏̨͈̙̹̜͚̲ ̛̬͓͟

  • @riparianlife97701
    @riparianlife97701 Před 8 lety +2237

    So nice to see you being all goofy in the snow at the end. Constant seriousness is a mistake.

    • @verttiseppala1236
      @verttiseppala1236 Před 8 lety +42

      But seing how some snow made its way into his asscrack makes me feel...uncomfortable

    • @riparianlife97701
      @riparianlife97701 Před 8 lety +3

      +CorSec Shazam identifies it as "Let's All Go Together" by Zach McCoy

    • @marvinkitfox3386
      @marvinkitfox3386 Před 8 lety +58

      +Vertti Seppälä Some of us see a man playing in the snow like a child, exemplifying the stated goal of achieving more, getting fun despite adversity, etc. as discussed in this video.
      .
      .
      Other see an asscrack.
      .
      I'm very glad to have not seen the asscrack.

    • @Larsi1997
      @Larsi1997 Před 8 lety +8

      +Marvin Kitfox what have been seen cannpt be unseen

    • @GOOFYFILMER
      @GOOFYFILMER Před 8 lety +3

      Being goofy is good

  • @springsoldier6317
    @springsoldier6317 Před 2 lety +1

    This is probably my favorite Vsauce video hands down

  • @ananyamaity5566
    @ananyamaity5566 Před rokem +7

    Michael changes topics even faster than I change topics when my mom asks me about my grades

  • @ElectronikHeart
    @ElectronikHeart Před 10 lety +4546

    I think Vsauce is becoming now more than just science, it's also philosophy.
    And it's cheering to the heart, it's appeasing and give this feeling that life is such a great thing you shouldn't waste any of it.
    I love this channel, and I really want to thank you Micheal for all this amazing work you've done over the years !

    • @crabwilde
      @crabwilde Před 10 lety +204

      It started out with just cool facts and funny pictures and meme's, now it's this sprawling compilation of philosophy, science and literature. It's good to see that CZcams can be something more than a breeding ground for make-up tutorials and endless Annoying Orange spin-off's.

    • @ibrahimhomsi3567
      @ibrahimhomsi3567 Před 6 lety +59

      I never even considered him a "science" channel in particular.. more like a thought-provoking channel. And a really really good one...

    • @yoshifan0312
      @yoshifan0312 Před 5 lety +19

      ElectronikHeart That’s what I like about Vsauce. It presents physics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, chemistry, and more in an unorthodox yet entertaining fashion; in which the video doesn’t typically stick to a certain subject all the way through.

    • @BrennanBallz793
      @BrennanBallz793 Před 5 lety +1

      It's a cult

    • @lss2480
      @lss2480 Před 5 lety +1

      Philosophy is also a science you punk!

  • @smitchered
    @smitchered Před 3 lety +1109

    "Mom, the weird neighbor is playing in the snow again."

    • @themushroom2130
      @themushroom2130 Před 3 lety +93

      “Hey vsauce, michael here. Does your child want candy?”

    • @smitchered
      @smitchered Před 3 lety +54

      @@themushroom2130 This is a white van you're standing in... or is it? *cue music and eybrows*

    • @themushroom2130
      @themushroom2130 Před 3 lety +30

      @Neil Warren see ma'am, colour is subjective. blind people cant see colours. even humans cant see certain colours. this isnt a white van ma'am. this is a transparent object which you cant see
      in order to see it, let's measure the distance from the sun to the earth!

    • @smitchered
      @smitchered Před 3 lety +22

      @@themushroom2130 Not just any candy . . . *brain candy!*

    • @sanyogoo6017
      @sanyogoo6017 Před 3 lety +2

      😂😂😂 LOL

  • @danielsimmons2690
    @danielsimmons2690 Před rokem +1

    Michael playing in the snow at the end of the video just gives me life

  • @shaheer_04
    @shaheer_04 Před rokem +3

    really profound video, especially the bit about regrets. thanks Michael.

  • @Fille_bs1
    @Fille_bs1 Před 5 lety +3813

    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    You can’t find this video
    It can only find you

  • @eliseheartless4636
    @eliseheartless4636 Před 5 lety +2660

    God damit monk.

    • @willkeene661
      @willkeene661 Před 5 lety +57

      @@charliechips257 fuck off

    • @cobblestone100mc
      @cobblestone100mc Před 5 lety +40

      Chucky 257 fuck off you’re too young to be on youtube

    • @jackmarentette1302
      @jackmarentette1302 Před 5 lety +13

      Chucky 257 fuck you

    • @wumbodumbo4654
      @wumbodumbo4654 Před 5 lety +164

      Jesus Christ you guys, calm down it’s just a kid. Imagine being so insecure you have to bring down a five year old.

    • @redspiderlilys6
      @redspiderlilys6 Před 5 lety +22

      I thought he was joking...

  • @Denial06
    @Denial06 Před rokem +2

    the last leg of this episode never fails to make me feel better

  • @alexandermcclure6185
    @alexandermcclure6185 Před 4 měsíci +1

    That clip of Michael writhing in the snow just earned this video another like.
    Seriously, I roll in the snow every oppurtunity I get.

  • @volcanosauce00
    @volcanosauce00 Před 5 lety +561

    “Son, the condom broke. You’re a mistake”
    VSauce:

    • @tprime2702
      @tprime2702 Před 4 lety +28

      But how do we define a mistake? Or better yet, an accident. Perhaps, we can start with your given name?

    • @ItchiestBum
      @ItchiestBum Před 4 lety +14

      Or are you?

    • @EternalFinity
      @EternalFinity Před 4 lety +1

      Plot twist: Your secret middle name is “Oopsies”

  • @tph9716
    @tph9716 Před 6 lety +2560

    People who disliked this video made a mistake.

  • @mhrocks909
    @mhrocks909 Před 2 lety +1

    Binging on older Vsauce videos is like watching art. In the sense that it can not be remade. Copied or taken inspiration from, yes. This is content making perfection.

  • @meme-madeproductions1959
    @meme-madeproductions1959 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Can't believe Michael made a video named after me! What an honor!

  • @Crumbling_Vortex
    @Crumbling_Vortex Před 3 lety +1373

    "We don't make accidents, only happy mistakes"
    -Rob Boss

    • @goutamboppana961
      @goutamboppana961 Před 3 lety +42

      msitkaes

    • @dimlighty
      @dimlighty Před 3 lety +45

      @@goutamboppana961 m͏̺͓̲̥̪í͇͔̠ś̷͎̹̲̻̻̘̝t̞̖͍͚̤k̥̞à̸͕̮͍͉̹̰͚̰ẹ̶̢̪s͏̨͈̙̹̜͚̲ ̛̬͓͟

    • @thegermanbasket732
      @thegermanbasket732 Před 3 lety +32

      I imagine Bob Ross looking all tough carrying a fricken huge paintbrush about to turn you into a happy little tree when you say Rob Boss.

    • @spooky_kitty901
      @spooky_kitty901 Před 3 lety +13

      i guess i'm a happy mistake-

    • @Rachel98246
      @Rachel98246 Před 3 lety +17

      It’s the other way around. “We don’t make _mistakes,_ just happy little _accidents_

  • @Thoughtless427
    @Thoughtless427 Před 3 lety +884

    There’s something innocently beautiful about the ending of this video. My favourite ending to any of these videos.

    • @ghabsterlol7768
      @ghabsterlol7768 Před 3 lety +13

      its cuz playing in snow is a mistake due to your chances of becoming sick...

    • @doedoe9307
      @doedoe9307 Před rokem +2

      for real. i may be looking into it too deep but it kinda sounds like a metaphor of mental illness.

  • @ThecrazyJH96
    @ThecrazyJH96 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Still one of the most meaningful messages vsauce has made

  • @adityavardhanjain
    @adityavardhanjain Před měsícem +1

    One of the few Vsauce videos ending with optimism instead of existential dread.

  • @foofin25
    @foofin25 Před 7 lety +358

    mistakes
    **picture of me appears**

  • @VCheesey
    @VCheesey Před 10 lety +103

    9:12 We finally broke him u_u

  • @amalgamoon
    @amalgamoon Před 9 měsíci +2

    that clip of michael playing in the snow is the best thing I've seen ever.

  • @Pablo-yd6gc
    @Pablo-yd6gc Před 3 lety +2246

    It's been many years and I still find myself coming back to watch the ending of the video where Michael is playing in the snow. The combination of everything just gives me such a good feeling that I can't explain, it sums up how Michael and this entire channel has influenced me over time, and there won't ever be anything like this any where else on CZcams. Thankyou for everything you've made for us over the years, I want you to know that you are one of a kind and appreciated by many.

    • @juanmanuel2002
      @juanmanuel2002 Před 3 lety +20

      Damn

    • @incognitoman3656
      @incognitoman3656 Před 3 lety +42

      Thank you for the sentiment. I say thank you because few people online want to talk about this stuff, but I understand the feeling of just loving something online. I personally have a fair bit of sentiment when it comes to this one channel that went to another at the end of 2020.

    • @TheMinecraftOasis
      @TheMinecraftOasis Před 3 lety +24

      it makes me tear up..

    • @axethegreat
      @axethegreat Před 3 lety +12

      Thank you michael

    • @CreeperDude567
      @CreeperDude567 Před 3 lety +20

      Yep. A combination of goofiness, fun and intellectual content of substance that makes for all-around/full-fledged feel-good intellectual videos, which I've loved since childhood (I'm in 11th grade now.... hehe)

  • @Katia_Managan
    @Katia_Managan Před 3 lety +756

    Not gonna lie, those ending metaphors with the trees keep me coming back to this one, even if only for motivation.

    • @ilovebrisket55
      @ilovebrisket55 Před rokem +4

      the waffle house has spoken, phase 2 initiated

    • @_Elkov
      @_Elkov Před 9 měsíci +4

      Same

    • @yt5241
      @yt5241 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Me toooo

    • @hauler
      @hauler Před 8 měsíci +3

      same i also keep coming back, it's a masterpiece

    • @ThecrazyJH96
      @ThecrazyJH96 Před 5 měsíci

      Amen

  • @bones9845
    @bones9845 Před rokem

    I come back to this video all the time, thank you Michael for everything you do

  • @jr33dy68
    @jr33dy68 Před 2 lety +3

    That was probably the biggest life-lesson I’ve ever learned in the last 2 minutes

  • @rohengiralt
    @rohengiralt Před 8 lety +282

    That ending tho...

  • @darkchocospy7080
    @darkchocospy7080 Před 5 lety +839

    I can’t tell if this is a science channel or philosophy channel now

    • @octaviusroosevelt7355
      @octaviusroosevelt7355 Před 5 lety +68

      DarkChocoSpy Why not both? It's also a math channel and history channel.

    • @m07z
      @m07z Před 4 lety +45

      Just think of it as the channel of "enlightment"

    • @flatmarssociety4614
      @flatmarssociety4614 Před 4 lety

      this is a channel where comment sections are toxic

    • @m07z
      @m07z Před 4 lety +5

      @@flatmarssociety4614 Yes cause some people don't like idiots

    • @DantesInferno96
      @DantesInferno96 Před 4 lety

      Now? This video is years old.

  • @HootsOSulivan
    @HootsOSulivan Před rokem +2

    This is my favourite Vsause video

  • @leanazulyoro
    @leanazulyoro Před měsícem

    I keep coming to this video several times a year, it has so many powerful messages.

  • @wallyfm123
    @wallyfm123 Před 5 lety +501

    Micheal playing in the snow is honestly the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen this year.

  • @ZealotPr0
    @ZealotPr0 Před 7 lety +369

    You guys wanna know some spit facts?

  • @kyledozier2738
    @kyledozier2738 Před 9 měsíci

    This is the most beautiful video. I love coming back to it over the years

  • @bird0001
    @bird0001 Před rokem +1

    1 hour and 31 minutes ago I said to myself I was going to do my homework and not procrastinate now I'm here watching my 11th Vsauce's video in a row.

  • @zacharyhardgrave6801
    @zacharyhardgrave6801 Před 5 lety +4847

    Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. The title of this video is misspelled in honor of mistakes. Mistakes are everywhere, they surround us like air. To err is human. Faults, flaws, faux pas, fumbles and fallacies are as much a part of who we are today as the stuff we've gotten right. For instance, if a knight knocked your knuckle or knifed your knee, why would there be so many "k"s? Well, the "k"s are silent by mistake. The original old English forms of these words were pronounced with "k" sounds. K-nife, k-night, k-nee. But that's a bit of a mouthful to say and because reading and writing weren't as common hundreds of years ago, people just pronounced words the way they want to do, regardless of spelling. Spelling is fun. Warren G knows what I'm talking about. In the fourth verse of his "What's Next", he asks what's next. What's next, what's N-X-E-T. Spelling isn't the only thing we get wrong. The history of science is a graveyard of dead an abandoned ideas. Fritz Machlup coined the phrase "Half-life of knowledge". The amount of time it takes for half of the knowledge within a field to be superseded by new, better ideas or to simply be shown untrue. Donald Hebb famously estimated that the half-life of knowledge in psychology is just five years. Humans are awesome, don't get me wrong, but we tend to believe that what we currently think we know about the universe is reasonably correct, even though statistics aren't on our side. Previous generations incorrectly thought the exact same thing about what they used to think was true. My favorite examples of the ubiquity of mistakes are production errors in popular songs. They're like humbling Easter eggs, just waiting to be found. For instance, Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth". 26 seconds in the "be" in the lyric "beware" is clipped, as is the "p" in "people" at 1:24 minute. Once you hear the mistake, it's tough to unhear it. In "Hey Jude" Paul McCartney misses a chord. And if you listen closely you can clearly hear him say "F**ing hll". Seriously, it's in the actual song. Go listen to it. In fact, there's an entire website that chronicles mistakes in Beatles' songs. Take a look at this 700-year-old prayer book. A monk wrote it on fresh, clean paper. I'm kidding, of course. He scraped the ink off an older manuscript, cut the pages and rotated them before writing all over them. A mistake? Well, kind of. Recent multispectral images of the prayer book have revealed that the old manuscript he erased was a previously unknown copy of a work by Archimedes. It was called "The Method" and laid out the heart of calculus thousands of years before Newton and Leibniz. If that one monk hadn't erased that one book, would we be hundreds, thousands of years mathematically and technologically more advanced today than we currently are? It's hard to say. All that is certain is that we would continue to make ridiculous mistakes, like the Mars Climate Orbiter. This 327.6 million dollar expedition burned up in the red planet's atmosphere because when calculating flight maneuvers NASA used the agreed-upon metric units while Lockheed Martin used the imperial system. This is Neil Armstrong taking humankind's first steps on the Moon. It's about the best footage we have. The original tapes containing the highest quality recording of that moment have been lost. They were probably recorded over by later test missions. Ten years ago Sergio Martinez became lost in the woods while hunting outside of San Diego. Hoping to attract the attention of rescuers, he lit a small fire. But that fire quickly got out of control and became a giant Cedar Fire. It destroyed 300,000 acres of land, 2,322 homes and killed 15 people. The man carrying a wounded soldier in this painting, based on a photograph taken during World War I, is Henry Tandey, an English recipient of the Victoria Cross. Four years after the event in this image Tandey caught a wounded German soldier in his gun sights. But rather than kill the man, Tandey took pity on his wounded state and spared his life. The German he allowed to live was this man. Later the man whose life he spared wore his mustache shorter but still had the same name, Adolf Hitler. In 1918 did Henry Tandey miss a chance to kill Hitler? Detailed researchers found that the exact days their units were in the same location don't quite match up. The story is apocryphal but what is known is that Hitler owned a copy of the painting of Tandey, and in 1938, when meeting with Neville Chamberlain, Hitler pointed to Tandey and told Chamberlain: "That man came so close to killing me in 1918 that I thought I should never see Germany again." So, who's wrong? Maybe Hitler confirmed the story merely because he hoped to make up extra evidence that providence had kept him alive to pursue his goals. Either way, someone is mistaken. Missed opportunities are a bummer. Obsessing over them is not healthy but regret is a powerful emotion. How do you deal with regret, with guilt? Can you? In the early morning hours on a bench outside a hotel in Anaheim this summer Ze Frank told me something I am going to paraphrase. I love this metaphor. Stuff in your past is like a carving on the bark of sapling. Over time, the scar, the carving won't go away. Because of the way trees grow it won't go up or down much either, it'll just stay right where it began. It might even get darker. But it won't get bigger. You, however, can. You can keep growing, doing more things, more branches, being more things. The wound won't get smaller but you can make it a smaller part of who you are. Maybe regrets are like that. They stick around forever like arborglyphs. Or maybe they make like a tree and leaf. A red or purple leaf in the autumn. As days get shorter and chlorophyll production decreases, the yellow and orange carotenoids, which are always in leaves, appear as the green fades. But red and purple leaves are the interesting ones. As winter approaches it would seem to be a good time for trees to conserve energy but some trees do the opposite. Instead of giving up, they spend extra energy producing anthocyanins to turn their leaves red and purple hues. These colors protect their leaves from sun damage before their nutrients can all be used and may also be a defense against insects looking for a parasitic home. A way for the tree to tell the insects: "Yes, I am in part dying but not without a fight. I am still very much vital." Drought and even tourniquets applied by man can bring about these colors prematurely. When you look at beautiful autumn colors, you are looking at stress. But the bigger the fight the trees put up, the more energy they put into their defenses at the very end, the more brilliant their colors will be. Winter will eventually come. But scientifically, the brightest, deepest, most remarkable colors come from not giving up too easily or quickly. And as always, thanks for watching.

  • @runner5682
    @runner5682 Před 6 lety +732

    “Winter will eventually come. But scientifically, the brightest, deepest, most remarkable colors come from not giving up too easily, or quickly.”
    Beautiful

  • @Emperor_Cylk
    @Emperor_Cylk Před 8 měsíci +2

    ✨Its not a mistkae, its another amazing vsauce video✨

  • @OneWeirdDude
    @OneWeirdDude Před 5 měsíci +2

    Always remember, it's not a "mistake" if you do it on purpose.

  • @jajlertil
    @jajlertil Před 5 lety +834

    This has always been my favourite Vsauce video, Michael Rolling in the snow to that song in the end is beautiful really

  • @Zero-vd8rb
    @Zero-vd8rb Před 7 lety +1032

    Michael you should've started it with "Hey Michael, Vsauce here"

    • @Pilicast
      @Pilicast Před 7 lety +9

      ja.

    • @samieb4712
      @samieb4712 Před 7 lety +14

      Iguessyoucouldsayitwasamistakethathedidn't :3

    • @kleiton__
      @kleiton__ Před 7 lety +19

      You could say that was a... mistake

    • @c0ba_462
      @c0ba_462 Před 7 lety +8

      Vsause Michel,hey here!

    • @Zero-vd8rb
      @Zero-vd8rb Před 7 lety +12

      Michael Hey, Here Vsauce

  • @animathakur9936
    @animathakur9936 Před 3 lety +2

    " Scientifically, the brightest and most deepest colour come from not giving up too easily or too quickly. Always. "

  • @YF_UpperX
    @YF_UpperX Před 2 měsíci +1

    Rewatching these videos 10 years later you are reminded what masterpieces these videos are

  • @HEWHOTAWNS
    @HEWHOTAWNS Před 4 lety +627

    0:21
    THIS MAN JUST DROPPED THE SICKEST BARS OF THE 21st CENTURY

    • @spartacus778
      @spartacus778 Před 4 lety +31

      ***SHEER HEART ATTACK HAS NO WEAKNESS***

    • @luongphamvan1411
      @luongphamvan1411 Před 4 lety +14

      This is suddenly jojo

    • @canweget300subscribeswitht2
      @canweget300subscribeswitht2 Před 4 lety +12

      @@spartacus778 hahahahaha you thought i was a random guy on youtube... BUT IT WAS ME, DIO, ZA WAAAARDOOO

    • @jebby8090
      @jebby8090 Před 4 lety +1

      Guido Mista I HATE ALL OF YOU EVERYTHING IS JOJO WITH YOU HAHA JOJO REFERENCE SHUT THE FUCK UP

    • @lederp8096
      @lederp8096 Před 4 lety +11

      @@jebby8090 haha it won't stop haha caps are so scary haha insulting people on the internet haha haha