How Much of the Earth Can You See at Once?

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  • čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
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  • @meskayaklar9638
    @meskayaklar9638 Před 4 lety +7237

    Micheal’s mom: He’s saying his first words!
    Micheal: *OR AM I?!*

    • @isaac8141
      @isaac8141 Před 4 lety +118

      You see, the first words you say when you are in the stomach is small baby screams. Screams. Back in 1882 the word scream was invented. It symbolizes the first word the baby says when it's still in the stomach by a Greek philosopher known as pregnatmonaist.

    • @Smoothie_dude
      @Smoothie_dude Před 4 lety +53

      @@isaac8141 Or does it?

    • @Humanlime
      @Humanlime Před 4 lety +12

      He wouldn’t say that because he would even know what that would mean at the time

    • @orangeinkius7257
      @orangeinkius7257 Před 4 lety +50

      @@Humanlime just wait until this guy hears about the new trend known as "jokes"

    • @Humanlime
      @Humanlime Před 4 lety +7

      Orange Ink it was woooosh bait lol love doing that

  • @chivaswwe
    @chivaswwe Před 6 lety +3071

    If the earth were cube-shaped, we would all be Cubans

  • @JongiB96
    @JongiB96 Před rokem +1483

    The sheer number of globes this man has in his possession is astounding.

    • @MigWith
      @MigWith Před rokem

      yeah, he also has a big one he walks on

    • @anubusx
      @anubusx Před rokem +31

      He should add a flat Earth to his collection.

    • @funtime1548
      @funtime1548 Před rokem +9

      @@anubusx as a joke

    • @justinlewtp
      @justinlewtp Před rokem +49

      @@anubusx that's literally a map

    • @yari_dawg
      @yari_dawg Před rokem +8

      almost as many as the number of tabs he has on his browser

  • @pureadhd
    @pureadhd Před rokem +247

    About a year and a half ago, I got the special pleasure of witnessing the ISS zoom over my backyard at night. It was really cool to be able to see how fast it's moving around our planet.

    • @smeeself
      @smeeself Před rokem +13

      Unless you're in a very high lattitude, you should be able to see it every week or so. There's apps to help. It IS cool to watch.

    • @Spacebugg
      @Spacebugg Před rokem +11

      @@smeeself it iss*

    • @smeeself
      @smeeself Před rokem +4

      @SpaceBug Assuming you were trying to say; It is the ISS'.... No, I was not trying to type ISS there. I was emphasising 'is'.
      Thank you for your concern though.

    • @Spacebugg
      @Spacebugg Před rokem +22

      @@smeeself It was a joke. Which, funnily enough, is probably a good joke by this platform's standarts.

    • @walter9240
      @walter9240 Před rokem +3

      @@Spacebugg that was a pretty bad joke

  • @ethanf2147
    @ethanf2147 Před 3 lety +2661

    0:25 "It's the most handsome jack-in-the-box ever".
    "Ever-est is a mountain"
    God damn these transitions lmao

    • @JayRossProductions
      @JayRossProductions Před 3 lety +27

      it was beautiful xD!!!

    • @em5345-
      @em5345- Před 3 lety +6

      69th like! You're welcome!

    • @humanbeing301
      @humanbeing301 Před 3 lety +19

      when I saw him unpack the 2x2 rubix cube I wanted too know where I could get one

    • @JayRossProductions
      @JayRossProductions Před 3 lety +4

      @@humanbeing301 www.amazon.com/Winning-Moves-Games-Rubiks-Cube/dp/B00BC2BEKU/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Rubiks+Cube+2x2&qid=1604349558&sr=8-5

    • @JayRossProductions
      @JayRossProductions Před 3 lety +1

      @@humanbeing301 i'm pretty sure walmart and target sell them too

  • @BasicallyPie
    @BasicallyPie Před 3 lety +12006

    Watching V-sauce is like when your science teacher gets off topic and gives like 4 speeches in half an hour

  • @truthsmiles
    @truthsmiles Před rokem +202

    23:04 “The most of a sphere you can see at once with your own eyes is just… half!”
    At long distances, yes I agree, but what if I’m looking at a pea-sized object from six inches away? Because I have two eyes separated by 2.5 inches, it seems I’d be able to see more than 50% of its surface since I’m effectively looking at it from two different places, no?

    • @NTdredd
      @NTdredd Před rokem +50

      Yes, but your brain wont comprehend that cause you will basically see different images from both eyes...
      Or, Would you?

    • @marks6663
      @marks6663 Před rokem +8

      no. You still can't see behind it. So half is it.

    • @truthsmiles
      @truthsmiles Před rokem +10

      @@marks6663 Define “behind it”?

    • @katbryce
      @katbryce Před rokem +20

      @@marks6663 Each eye can see just under half, but a different half. How different depend on how far apart your eyes are and how far away they are from the object.

    • @thine.
      @thine. Před rokem +14

      @@marks6663 yeah but maybe the amount u can see is just above 50%, so let's say 51% or 52%, thats still more than half, ofc u cant see the back

  • @that1dudem
    @that1dudem Před rokem +84

    The captions at 0:37 say: "(Characteristic music of Vsauce, get prepared to be mind = blown)"
    And I just love it
    Also at the end, 24:46, it says "(Music reinforcing existential crisis)"

    • @orbsphere-
      @orbsphere- Před 19 dny

      @that1dudem The caption at 37 seconds in flashed by so quickly I didn't notice. I had thought caprtions were some kind of translation of voice to text thing so wasn't altered but now know is just another thing like caller ID that can be manipulated to provide whatever info someone wants. Although now that I type this I do recall seeing some paraphrasing going on with captions. On the other hand several of the apps I use have had the spellchecker, which is a great help, function removed so you get what I type. What about CZcams transcripts I suppose I can't rely on them being accurate either? [edited to disable the 37 seconds link that got created]

  • @adeadprofile2471
    @adeadprofile2471 Před 6 lety +1758

    0:10 how flat is Earth
    24:20 do I really exist?

    • @ianbrooks127
      @ianbrooks127 Před 6 lety +17

      😂😨😧

    • @AlphaBeastHD
      @AlphaBeastHD Před 6 lety +30

      a DeAd PrOfiLe 24 What Vsauce thinks every time he goes to bed at night

    • @thebasedone2182
      @thebasedone2182 Před 6 lety +10

      Vsauce sums up my everyday life, from what I must do, to what I am really

    • @WassupChannel
      @WassupChannel Před 6 lety +3

      lmao

    • @kazuma11791
      @kazuma11791 Před 6 lety +6

      exactly what I was thinking...had to check to see if I was on the same video lol

  • @shimojason
    @shimojason Před 6 lety +15119

    This video must be a flat-earther's worst nightmare.

    • @kavya1638
      @kavya1638 Před 6 lety +283

      really? i found that vsauce was more so supporting the flat earth with this one. are you threatened? ;D

    • @ZaphoraCorrum
      @ZaphoraCorrum Před 6 lety +429

      i hope so. im tired of hearing about it

    • @SpecialAgentOso
      @SpecialAgentOso Před 6 lety +243

      +Kavya They're always threatened, because if it wasn't real they would have no need to say anything at all, and yet here they do.

    • @seakladoom
      @seakladoom Před 6 lety +116

      oh dear..

    • @EbenezerScroogeMcDuck
      @EbenezerScroogeMcDuck Před 6 lety +40

      who's forcing you to hear about it?

  • @lorencproductions
    @lorencproductions Před rokem +32

    5:34 Yes... I knew some of those massive numbers from playing Cookie Clicker lol

  • @bobjones7908
    @bobjones7908 Před rokem +21

    One of my favorite things to teach is the scale of the solar system (and other big or small systems). Basketball is the Sun, make models of all the planets and get class to line up outside. That is often the only thing they will remember. Looking a numbers on paper or pictures or videos just doesn't do it the same way.

    • @Dawg347
      @Dawg347 Před 5 měsíci +2

      You’re gonna love mark rober’s video.

  • @robert-andreiionita2827
    @robert-andreiionita2827 Před 6 lety +2677

    It is.
    ... *OR IS IT*??!!!

    • @superalvin7208
      @superalvin7208 Před 6 lety +9

      It is

    • @karigrandii
      @karigrandii Před 6 lety +17

      I can already hear the music playing...

    • @buzzlightbeer4215
      @buzzlightbeer4215 Před 6 lety +3

      On average, a person can see about 4 square miles at one time because the distance to the horizon is like 3 miles and people have a narrow field of view.

    • @Xer0osu
      @Xer0osu Před 6 lety +18

      *music comes in*

    • @silwi3888
      @silwi3888 Před 6 lety +1

      Este. Sau oare nu este??

  • @farriswheel3984
    @farriswheel3984 Před 3 lety +5772

    This guy literally makes the most smooth yet weird transitions, like what the heck, how do you go from talking about a handsome Jack N’ A Box to talking about Mt. Everest.

    • @elendilion
      @elendilion Před 2 lety +407

      Video starts: "look at this toy someone gave me"
      End of video: "you are insignificant to aliens"

    • @ammarsalim1185
      @ammarsalim1185 Před 2 lety +14

      Idk man

    • @jcode1919
      @jcode1919 Před 2 lety +70

      "The principle of yin and yang, opposites existing in harmony, is associated with ancient Chinese philosophy. But the very first use of the iconography, the classic symbol actually comes from a shield pattern used by the ancient Romans, 700 years before it's first known use in China. A connection between the two has yet to be found. Regardless of who came up with it first, the symbol was a bright idea. BUT WHAT'S THE BRIGHTEST OBJECT IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE?" -Michael

    • @waightforrest1737
      @waightforrest1737 Před 2 lety +26

      I guess the topic just...popped up?

    • @beka-nz2tx
      @beka-nz2tx Před 2 lety +2

      @@jcode1919 hahaha

  • @jayyiu4666
    @jayyiu4666 Před rokem +65

    Love it… seen all of you videos several times already but it’s mind blowing each time again 😂

    • @MeganVictoriaKearns
      @MeganVictoriaKearns Před rokem

      I absolutely love this channel! I can't even imagine the amount of work and the number of people involved in making these videos

  • @Phonysire
    @Phonysire Před rokem +75

    Vsauce answers questions nobody asked but everyone needs

  • @abelsm6270
    @abelsm6270 Před 4 lety +8947

    Fun fact: if you took all the blood cells from one human and spread it out on football field you would be a psychopath and would be eventually arrested
    Or would you

    • @dandur7124
      @dandur7124 Před 4 lety +298

      Hmm, didnt expect to find You here. But I Would expect a fun fact like this from you. Go back to hell where pewds sent you. The council is dead, you have no more business here.

    • @Prolito
      @Prolito Před 4 lety +189

      Shut up Water Sheep you’re worthless
      *Rings bell*

    • @angelarenee5832
      @angelarenee5832 Před 4 lety +45

      Water sheep... but how much could they see if it was a real picture of a snell window view? 2tan49degrees (2.3x) may not apply if it's not the same refractive indices as water/air- depending on what the two mediums your viewing with may be. Could even be more than two mediums effecting the view. Can't seem to find any journals or other papers/studies on double or triple snell windows or even any with other mediums at all. How odd what's missing sometimes is the most interesting...

    • @ryanlarson4720
      @ryanlarson4720 Před 4 lety +67

      Thank you for blessing us with your wisdom

    • @chado3000
      @chado3000 Před 4 lety +26

      Or be the democratic nominee for president

  • @key-tg1ih
    @key-tg1ih Před 3 lety +2468

    I love the fact that, with captions on, the last line of the video is “[music reinforcing existential crisis]”

    • @michaeljohnson905
      @michaeljohnson905 Před 3 lety +103

      Also, at 16:26 the captions say "The Earth is isn't flat like a plane (or is it?)"

    • @beckdaman6442
      @beckdaman6442 Před 3 lety +17

      Merfolk Surprise on that one if you don’t have the uk captions on it just shows it like normal

    • @eugenemaggiore9004
      @eugenemaggiore9004 Před 3 lety +4

      Lol

    • @McGusder
      @McGusder Před 3 lety +3

      it is horrible

    • @Aproxioi
      @Aproxioi Před 3 lety +8

      No it doesn’t

  • @justanmpowereddude5021
    @justanmpowereddude5021 Před rokem +27

    I appreciate whoever the writer is. Your good work isn’t going unnoticed, sir🗿

  • @GarciaDoesGaming
    @GarciaDoesGaming Před rokem +6

    Michael: "And as always, thanks for watching..."
    Subtitles: (Music reinforcing existential crisis)

  • @reisenenjoyer2210
    @reisenenjoyer2210 Před 6 lety +2791

    begining: how much of the earth can you see at once?
    middle: 10KM HIGH PANCAKE MOUNTAINS
    end: aliens won't ever notice us

    • @SeeSeeSound
      @SeeSeeSound Před 6 lety +78

      Gemima thanks for the recap

    • @scottlee2421
      @scottlee2421 Před 6 lety +20

      Gemima. Why would they bother...look at us ...

    • @luraxium
      @luraxium Před 6 lety +18

      Scott Lee if anything they would want to be friends with us. why you might ask? because of memes.

    • @Createdbysophistic8ed
      @Createdbysophistic8ed Před 6 lety +18

      And if they did notice us, how much of us would they actually see?

    • @richie7935
      @richie7935 Před 6 lety +2

      my favorite comment every im fucign dyIGN

  • @LastGuardian61
    @LastGuardian61 Před 6 lety +338

    i can block the earth by putting my thumbs in my eyes.

    • @darkawd9243
      @darkawd9243 Před 6 lety +11

      I can block my thump by putting earth in my eyes

    • @cooperfoster4645
      @cooperfoster4645 Před 6 lety +5

      I push my fingers into my eyes. It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache.

    • @kenlogsdon7095
      @kenlogsdon7095 Před 6 lety +2

      I can block my Trump by just turning off the TV.

    • @DanSpotYT
      @DanSpotYT Před 6 lety

      That wasn't a thumb....

    • @LastGuardian61
      @LastGuardian61 Před 6 lety

      what then

  • @Flairex
    @Flairex Před 5 měsíci +8

    Just turn up your render distance

  • @Commontater2
    @Commontater2 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Another Awesome video. But our bumpiest place is neither the Marianas trench nor Everest. It’s Mauna Kea Volcano rising 13,796 feet (4,205 meters) above sea level while extending about 19,700 feet (6,000 meters) below sea level in Hawaii to meet the deep ocean floor. So equal to but not flatter than a pancake.

    • @FewVidsJustComments
      @FewVidsJustComments Před 8 měsíci +1

      Thank you for remembering Mauna Kea is the tallest mountian, and not Everest. Most people dont remember that

    • @zhiqiangchen6235
      @zhiqiangchen6235 Před 7 měsíci

      @@FewVidsJustCommentsawesome, except most of it is under water.

  • @windfall2147
    @windfall2147 Před 6 lety +353

    Actually, it orbits... Here.
    *touches the apple*
    *sounds of the ISS crashing on the Earth far away*

    • @concentratedcringe
      @concentratedcringe Před 6 lety +3

      Actually it would have burned up at the speed his finders were moving.

    • @windfall2147
      @windfall2147 Před 6 lety

      Not really, at least until the ISS joined in the atmosphere.

  • @brianervin
    @brianervin Před 6 lety +397

    5:12 "Earth is made of stuff."
    - Michael, Vsauce

  • @AtomicFlounder42
    @AtomicFlounder42 Před 8 měsíci +7

    Sorry flesh micheal, but we all know that jack in the box micheal is the real micheal, trapped there by one of your nefarious but quite intelligent and thought out tricks

  • @JamesDarn
    @JamesDarn Před rokem +4

    So good! I think I’m going to binge this guys videos over Christmas

  • @dumpsterdaddy481
    @dumpsterdaddy481 Před 6 lety +327

    2:17 "most of the balls we deal with on our day to day life are so small"

  • @MalloryKnox.
    @MalloryKnox. Před 2 lety +3323

    I really love how Michael has stayed relevant on the internet over the decade.
    Changing with the trends but not in a cringey way. Keeping up with the strange gen z humour. Embracing the meme he has become.
    Still educating and entertaining millions.
    I frickin love this channel

  • @Datsyukiandeke
    @Datsyukiandeke Před rokem +16

    They say that if you were a giant and the Earth was like the size of a marble to you it would feel almost perfectly smooth.

    • @Alan-nq5xg
      @Alan-nq5xg Před rokem

      You wouldn't even feel the deepest oceans... do the math ! it is 3rd grade level...

    • @JatPhenshllem
      @JatPhenshllem Před rokem +3

      @@Alan-nq5xg How the hell is that kind of maths 3rd grade?

    • @Datsyukiandeke
      @Datsyukiandeke Před rokem +2

      @@Alan-nq5xg and who are you telling to do this math?

    • @TactfulWaggle
      @TactfulWaggle Před rokem +3

      @@Alan-nq5xg 1+1 = earth

    • @teathesilkwing7616
      @teathesilkwing7616 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@Alan-nq5xg topography is very famously taught in 3rd grade

  •  Před 3 lety +903

    "The most handsome Jack in the box ever. Everest is a mountain......" I fucking love this channel

  • @rhettmesaric8250
    @rhettmesaric8250 Před 4 lety +2753

    “Earth is made up of stuff”
    *Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes*

  • @tacoman1883
    @tacoman1883 Před rokem +18

    That intro was like me trying to bs my way through a math problem

  • @nfg_racing7968
    @nfg_racing7968 Před 2 lety +7

    Really gives you an idea of how small we truly are and how big the earth truly is mind-blowing

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Před 7 měsíci

      And the Earth is still a speck compared to the Solar System, nevermind the Universe.

  • @the_man_panda
    @the_man_panda Před 6 lety +553

    Thank you, I was getting dangerously low on vsauce

    • @DomR1997
      @DomR1997 Před 6 lety +6

      Vagina sauce? Vegi sauce? Vegan sauce?

    • @gherkayhd
      @gherkayhd Před 6 lety +1

      Patrick Snede How'd you do that O.o

    • @ReddoX30
      @ReddoX30 Před 6 lety +2

      No food goes without vsauce!

    • @lunar281
      @lunar281 Před 6 lety

      -oh-

  • @annakrawczuk5221
    @annakrawczuk5221 Před 6 lety +1760

    topic: how much of the earth can you see at once?
    end: aliens will ignore us
    *VSAUCE*

    • @nomnommoon1001
      @nomnommoon1001 Před 6 lety +49

      Ricki Manda ooor will they??

    • @theadam12a12
      @theadam12a12 Před 6 lety +22

      Or will they?

    • @greentea2254
      @greentea2254 Před 6 lety +7

      adam - what is they?

    • @10kazimkocan
      @10kazimkocan Před 6 lety +2

      Ricki Manda i was made fun of, because i had so many tabs open, but this is even beyond me lol

    • @DEADtoRISE08
      @DEADtoRISE08 Před 6 lety +2

      It because they came see the whole hence they will ignore earth

  • @woodskillz
    @woodskillz Před rokem +24

    this entire video probably pisses off flat earthers. And I love that.

    • @ecanoya
      @ecanoya Před rokem +4

      "How Earth Moves" always has the most flat earther comments. It's hilarious.

    • @LeanderMusicOfficial
      @LeanderMusicOfficial Před 17 dny

      16:25 that's true, MICHEAL.

  • @FareSkwareGamesFSG
    @FareSkwareGamesFSG Před rokem +3

    This easily outlines a vastly superior form of education and informative content, in which the goal is to explore random questions that arise from the natural curiosity among students.
    The teacher says something. Students ask questions. The teacher picks a question. The teacher guides the students in research. Students ask new questions throughout this whole process. Repeat. At the end of the week (or semester), the students write a simple summary on (or create a project summarizing) everything they explored.
    This feels exactly like what the Vsauce office does, where the end projects are these masterpieces of videos.

  • @jayanths1221
    @jayanths1221 Před 6 lety +363

    This is Vsauce's version of a diss track on Flat-Earthers

    • @GuitarSamurai17
      @GuitarSamurai17 Před 6 lety +10

      Dexter Morgan even the bible says the earth is round in isaiah 40:22 kjv
      I dont get where these flat earthers are coming from lol

    • @nunyabaznus7851
      @nunyabaznus7851 Před 6 lety +2

      seems to me like it was directed at Globe earthers and he was basically saying "get your siht together guys and learn how to debate globe earth properly because your only giving flat earthers ammunition". . at the end of the day, if globers hadn't of kept spouting the same long debunked nonsense like ships going over the horizon, despite the fact that would mean you would be on a planet smaller than Pluto, then flat earth movement wouldn't even exist at all.

    • @rockethereptile8381
      @rockethereptile8381 Před 6 lety +7

      Dexter Morgan no, his "is the earth actually flat?" Video is the diss track

    • @GuitarSamurai17
      @GuitarSamurai17 Před 6 lety +11

      Its been a known fact for thousands of years that its round
      "Ignorant men raise questions wise men answered a thousand years ago" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    • @HumorOfANerd
      @HumorOfANerd Před 6 lety +5

      I wouldn't say this is a 'diss' track as the video assumes the earth is round from the beginning. There is never an argument made disputing it. So its not a diss. Flat earth is not even relevant in this video

  • @krishnarao4290
    @krishnarao4290 Před 6 lety +235

    I love how Michael says something and goes,
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    "Or is it ?"

  • @lepourceletbarthelemy6555
    @lepourceletbarthelemy6555 Před 11 měsíci

    No words to describe the quality of this video.
    So dense with massive real knowledge.
    Thank you very much for your passion.
    Why the hell haven't I subscribed before ?

  • @VeraArmyach
    @VeraArmyach Před 6 měsíci

    This is so crazy this man makes the most unusual discussions about stuff that really makes me think deeply and say “that actually makes a 10000 sense “

  • @thelegendaryegg7831
    @thelegendaryegg7831 Před 4 lety +1756

    Vsauce basically saying that our “render distance” is too low even though we all have it at max

    • @wardedthorn6523
      @wardedthorn6523 Před 4 lety +43

      We have to become quake masters to improve our fov enough to see more of the Earth

    • @MrPositiveguy
      @MrPositiveguy Před 4 lety +11

      @the legendary egg Earth is pretty gigantic so if you wanted to see the whole planet you’ll need to be in space at about 200,000km far. If you’re on the planet you’ll only see up to 2-3 miles far which is why it looks flat from your perspective. If you want to prove me wrong then go for it

    • @antoniosanastasiadis
      @antoniosanastasiadis Před 4 lety +7

      Let’s turn it up maybe there is a creeper nearby somewhere

    • @SaintGuillotine
      @SaintGuillotine Před 4 lety +2

      @@pythonzz7259 r/woooosh

    • @hazart2798
      @hazart2798 Před 4 lety +2

      *quaqe pro*

  • @sand-nh2mb
    @sand-nh2mb Před 5 lety +1197

    Michael: Ever...EverEST is a...
    Me: Flawless transition please go on

    • @megolito961
      @megolito961 Před 5 lety +27

      you should see my transition from spread eagle to missionary, i have it down to about .00004 of a second and bones are broken only 3% of the time, a near flawless ratio

    • @pine5829
      @pine5829 Před 5 lety +32

      @@megolito961 the fuck

    • @bigdickpornsuperstar
      @bigdickpornsuperstar Před 5 lety

      Actually... The man who first mapped the mountain pronounced his name "EVE-rest".

    • @lilplump6691
      @lilplump6691 Před 5 lety +1

      @@megolito961 Swiftness:100

    • @4Bakers
      @4Bakers Před 5 lety

      Should've ended the video with "Amazing, right? WRONG. You could always just have a mirror."

  • @dnax8723
    @dnax8723 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Imagine flat earthers watching this

    • @victor-kafka
      @victor-kafka Před 5 měsíci +3

      If they watched Vsause, they wouldn't be so stupid

  • @pl49y
    @pl49y Před rokem +10

    This video single-handedly exposed me to what atoms were, so thanks for sparking a love of science!

  • @franklinclinton3680
    @franklinclinton3680 Před 4 lety +1066

    Vsauce: Ever
    Me: ok
    Vsauce: *_est is a mountain_*
    Me: Ah shit here we go again

  • @tux1468
    @tux1468 Před 3 lety +1766

    Beginning: This Jack-in-the-box is pretty cool!
    End: If aliens existed, they would not care about us.

    • @webpombo7765
      @webpombo7765 Před 2 lety +95

      Less of a "They wouldn't care" but more of a "They wouldn't know about us" kind of situation

    • @chebryan
      @chebryan Před 2 lety +12

      Essentially a “reading the comments” video in a nutshell

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien Před 2 lety +14

      we really don't

    • @MeganVictoriaKearns
      @MeganVictoriaKearns Před rokem

      @@webpombo7765 about aliens, I always think about how we would handle, in the future with much better tech, discovering a planet thousands of light years away that was populated by nothing but plants and cows. Would we really invest the enormous effort in physically traveling there? Especially if we had already found evidence of life beyond Earth before we found the cow planet. Advanced aliens may consider us so primitive that we're simply not worth investigating.

    • @shoam2103
      @shoam2103 Před rokem +1

      @@webpombo7765 Yeah. Definitely the most compelling argument for why *we* haven't detected aliens..

  • @c0zm0s_
    @c0zm0s_ Před 7 měsíci

    I like legit started with the concept of how much of the Earth you can see and now we're talking about how the Earth is as flat as a pancake, but not as smooth as a billiard ball. This video sucked me in so hard and I couldn't have loved it more! Please never stop being you.

  • @wangenterprises954
    @wangenterprises954 Před 6 lety +963

    Finally, a damn Vsauce video.

    • @mrreymundo5383
      @mrreymundo5383 Před 6 lety +21

      I know. I was beginning to think he'd retired from doing good videos and was just promoting inferior replacements.

    • @Sheamu5
      @Sheamu5 Před 6 lety +26

      I think he's been busy with the brain candy tour. and the CZcams red series.

    • @OctaApe
      @OctaApe Před 6 lety +4

      Jesus guys... He has to do Un Box Therapy as well.

    • @matttafakt
      @matttafakt Před 6 lety +2

      Yep.. He's finally come outta the closet !

    • @lilram4705
      @lilram4705 Před 6 lety

      Wang Enterprises shit what is there to talk about that important

  • @TurboD17O
    @TurboD17O Před 6 lety +438

    Son:"Mom am i adopted?"
    Mom:"No"
    Son:" O thank god!"
    Dad:"or are you?

  • @destrygriffith3972
    @destrygriffith3972 Před měsícem +1

    Fun fact, easy to visually estimate that the circle drawn at 4:18 is about three times the size it would need to be to be accurate.
    Just visually, it's easy to estimate that you would fit about six of those circles to cover the entire 50%-ish of the earth that you can see from this view - this is easier if you mentally divide the earth into three broad horizontal bands (making a thinner one at the equator to account for how much more area it has). If you mentally look at the area of each, each of the bands - two fat ones at the latitudes, and one thin one at the equator - would be each easily covered by the area of two of those circles.
    So a total of about six circles to cover the 50% of the earth we see, thus about 12 for the total.
    He had just said that they could only see about 3% of the earth from the station, which is about 33 "circles" to cover the whole earth (100/3).
    So since 12 is about 1/3 of 33, the circle he drew here is about three times too large.
    Not even really nitpicking, just playing along with the theme of the video and recognizing how hard it is to represent things accurately, which makes me feel a little compassion for all the lies we were endlessly presented with in school.

  • @mark7831
    @mark7831 Před rokem +6

    I love the way Michael pulls in your imagination with about 6 globes 🌎

  • @iStepDub
    @iStepDub Před 6 lety +2429

    "If Earth was flat, you could see further. But sorry, it's a rough world out there"
    Flat earthers TRIGGERED

    • @FuegoYaGo
      @FuegoYaGo Před 6 lety +1

      Jepherson Ovalle we can see more than 3 miles, what about perspective vsause or Even the data science gives us of the curvature calculation

    • @Scratchhh
      @Scratchhh Před 6 lety +9

      NEXT CHAPTER ?????

    • @LacyCrusty
      @LacyCrusty Před 6 lety +16

      minecraft superflat...

    • @FuegoYaGo
      @FuegoYaGo Před 6 lety +6

      CrustySqturn23 well we do live In
      the matrix

    • @fado0odi329
      @fado0odi329 Před 6 lety +4

      Jepherson Ovalle ur eyes cant see more than some kilometers.

  • @dannydos
    @dannydos Před 5 lety +2034

    "Earth is made of stuff"
    Me: Oh, this guy knows what he's talking about. *likes the video*

    • @nebtheweb8885
      @nebtheweb8885 Před 5 lety +7

      Its ironically true. Earths 'stuff' or stuffing (insides), IS most of the earth. We only see its outer shell. Sometimes that 'stuff' leaks out and we get to see it, like what happened in Hawaii last May. czcams.com/video/XDY67TGtsCY/video.html

    • @alexchap7744
      @alexchap7744 Před 5 lety +7

      The single most smartest line ever spoken by anyone in the history of anything ever

    • @shh11111
      @shh11111 Před 5 lety +2

      I read this when he said that

    • @kayrulz9337
      @kayrulz9337 Před 5 lety

      Gross oversimplification

    • @cakenbacon6177
      @cakenbacon6177 Před 5 lety

      When I read this he said it

  • @itsall4tay247
    @itsall4tay247 Před 2 lety

    Went back to this and my goodness it's still incredible!

  • @PlanetBuster552
    @PlanetBuster552 Před 8 měsíci +3

    If Earth were an apple, the Sun would be about 9.3 meters in size and about 1 km away. The Moon would be about 2.3 cm in size and about 2.6 meters away. And the nearest star Proxima Centauri? It would be about 1.4 meters in size and about 267860 km away. That’s nearly where the Moon is right now! And anything larger than that is still incomprehensibly huge…
    The galaxy, the local group, superclusters… All still too big to be worth talking about here.

  • @dimitriskotsifis4047
    @dimitriskotsifis4047 Před 4 lety +2523

    “Earth is made of stuff”
    *Hmm yes, the floor appears to be made out of floor*

  • @oslal
    @oslal Před 6 lety +264

    1:30 - Earth
    10:52 - Pancakes
    24:25 - We're simply nothing
    #vsauce

  • @joshnicole7794
    @joshnicole7794 Před rokem +2

    Micheal: To illustrate this lets imagine a flat disc.
    Flatard: Checkmate.

  • @kevinbeck3288
    @kevinbeck3288 Před rokem +3

    I'm from and currently live in Florida. I lived in Kansas for 2 years. I was always annoyed that people said kansas was so flat, because I thought Florida was much more flat. I'm so happy to see math prove me right

  • @vathirus7880
    @vathirus7880 Před 4 lety +439

    Michael : the most handsome jack-in-the-box-EVER
    Me : Or not??
    Michael : Everest..!
    Me : Dammit!!

    • @Furo6448
      @Furo6448 Před 4 lety +6

      Handsome jack?

    • @EventH0riz0n
      @EventH0riz0n Před 4 lety +5

      @@Furo6448 I think you are onto something there.

  • @Xeroxia
    @Xeroxia Před 8 měsíci +3

    9:54 Exact coordinates on this island on a lake, on an island, in a lake, on an island: 69.7922874438651, -108.2401656568568

  • @benjaminli188
    @benjaminli188 Před 3 lety +453

    2017: Earth is a pancake.
    2020: Humans are 7 holed donuts.

    • @netkv
      @netkv Před 3 lety

      ...

    • @christinekaiser8806
      @christinekaiser8806 Před 3 lety +7

      Kakyoin is a 8 holed donut

    • @wezleeclinton5850
      @wezleeclinton5850 Před 3 lety +4

      2022: The Universe is Spaghetti sauce.

    • @benjaminli188
      @benjaminli188 Před 3 lety

      @Corby Dinzen Watch his video from 7 months ago: "How many holes does a human have?" and you'll understand.

    • @MHussain-re3qd
      @MHussain-re3qd Před 3 lety

      Only one hole is more significant than the rest, no its not the asshole, the hole where a lot of men eat n then throw up in, still don't understand? Man I'm convinced you are amongst them who think the earth is round

  • @jamescb
    @jamescb Před rokem +10

    "Earth is made of stuff."
    Well that explains it.

  • @brusis6085
    @brusis6085 Před 6 měsíci

    many of vsauce’s videos were made years ago, yet still i’ve been rewatching his videos every day

  • @deaxs
    @deaxs Před 6 lety +240

    You *REALLY* know shit's about to go down when he starts the song twice.

  • @jackjack-fv2oz
    @jackjack-fv2oz Před 6 lety +965

    I love how all his insane tangents always somehow add up 😂

    • @sir9integra9jr
      @sir9integra9jr Před 6 lety +46

      O R I S I T ?

    • @jaaded
      @jaaded Před 6 lety +33

      Hey! Vsauce, Michael here.
      Where are your fingers?

    • @scarface2771
      @scarface2771 Před 6 lety +3

      Also 4:03

    • @Dame.1k
      @Dame.1k Před 6 lety

      Lmfaoo right

    • @williamdowling7718
      @williamdowling7718 Před 6 lety +5

      He probably writes his scripts like a murder mystery. Start at the end, then work backwards so that at the beginning everything seems unrelated.
      At least I hope that's what's going on.

  • @C.Dankertsen
    @C.Dankertsen Před rokem +1

    It's incredible how many times you can just watch a vsaucr video over and over

  • @saurabhmangal6322
    @saurabhmangal6322 Před rokem +4

    To flat earthers: If people on the flat disk are able to stand on it, not because of gravity but just because there is something below them/their feet, preventing them from not falling into the abyss... what is stopping the earth itself from falling down (into the abyss)?? And if it is the Earth's acceleration upwards then, why is the value of 'g' different at different places on 'Earth'????????????????

    • @largebig79
      @largebig79 Před rokem +4

      They think the earth is moving upwards

    • @smolbaguette
      @smolbaguette Před rokem

      ​@@largebig79 wait seriously?? I haven't heard that one before

    • @Glyff3083
      @Glyff3083 Před rokem

      @@smolbaguette Yea, accelerating even. Upwards... at 9.8m/s ... every second... for millions of years. By their own assertion the earth would be moving at 4-5 times the speed of light at this point.

    • @Fiszy
      @Fiszy Před rokem +1

      4-5 times the speed of light
      and they say we make no sense lol

    • @backatit4757
      @backatit4757 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@largebig79 I never heard a flat earther who says that

  • @oscah_whisky
    @oscah_whisky Před 5 lety +613

    Michael: "Ever... Ever-EST..." Me: *buckles up... "OMG Here we go..."

  • @omergouner7850
    @omergouner7850 Před 4 lety +802

    “Earth is made of stuff”
    *Yeah, it’s big brain time*

    • @barackmobamba5794
      @barackmobamba5794 Před 4 lety

      Big brain meme is a absolute garbage meme it should die already

    • @omergouner7850
      @omergouner7850 Před 4 lety +4

      Clorox is life no u

    • @omergouner7850
      @omergouner7850 Před 4 lety +4

      Clorox is life go drink some Clorox because apparently it’s “life”

    • @Duustsans
      @Duustsans Před 4 lety +1

      Clorox is life clorox and bleach memes are dead by now, so I guess you can’t say much.

    • @Mare_Man
      @Mare_Man Před 4 lety +1

      *They call him Big Hat Logan because he wears a big hat*

  • @MirandaMilner
    @MirandaMilner Před rokem +3

    omg y'all, if you turn the subtitles on, they say right after he wraps things up, "(Music reinforcing existential crisis)"

  • @JMartJr
    @JMartJr Před rokem +2

    How was it even possible to make this entire video without the "Father Ted" reference -- "These are small, those out there are far away..."? The self-restraint shown there is nothing short of magnificent.

  • @joenally4777
    @joenally4777 Před 6 lety +512

    "Earth is made of stuff."
    Vsauce 2k17

    • @dorkykiddo9587
      @dorkykiddo9587 Před 6 lety +10

      "That is why it's great to be a satellite"
      Vsause 2017
      #VsauseA-Sexist

    • @joenally4777
      @joenally4777 Před 6 lety +7

      Or did it?

    • @theskilledsnake
      @theskilledsnake Před 6 lety +2

      oh my. most smartest thing Vsauce has ever said.

  • @mdd.g
    @mdd.g Před 4 lety +1124

    A vsauce video
    First 20 seconds: talks how the jack in the box is handsome
    10 seconds later: talks about the size of Mount Everest
    10 more seconds later: Now wants to cut the earth in half
    Best of Vsauce

    • @oceanix91
      @oceanix91 Před 4 lety +8

      The Video should be called RTTITA (Random Things That I'm Talking About) #277

    • @ethan7252
      @ethan7252 Před 4 lety +4

      Or..
      *is it? Is this all F A K E?*

    • @lourdesirlanda6099
      @lourdesirlanda6099 Před 4 lety +1

      @Cat CAT YT r/iamveryrandom

    • @jilliansmith7123
      @jilliansmith7123 Před 4 lety +4

      No, it's not all fake. He really did cut the earth in half to disempower Mt. Everest. Cocky tallest peak! Down a notch now, innit!?

    • @realjooj1296
      @realjooj1296 Před 4 lety +1

      please michael u cool but can u at least *_tell me something that I could understand_*

  • @shanehenderson630
    @shanehenderson630 Před rokem +1

    Vsauce never seizes to amaze me. And between the way they explain and visuals make it easy to understand

    • @Alex-vl1mk
      @Alex-vl1mk Před rokem

      ceases, seizes is something else

  • @darkmoondeath00
    @darkmoondeath00 Před 9 měsíci +2

    the captions are literally just 1 entire caption

  • @kickinwinghotboi883
    @kickinwinghotboi883 Před 2 lety +648

    "Most of the balls we deal with everyday are so small"
    Damn Michael, you really hit me where it hurts

    • @helloworld2409
      @helloworld2409 Před rokem +144

      if that's accurate, hitting you where it hurts must require some accuracy

    • @neox6571
      @neox6571 Před rokem +33

      @@helloworld2409 you don't have to do my man like that

    • @JatPhenshllem
      @JatPhenshllem Před rokem +11

      @@helloworld2409 Damn dude...

    • @vincentfreddoyle7555
      @vincentfreddoyle7555 Před rokem +18

      @@helloworld2409 Hi, 911 I'd like to report a murder

    • @TAKTlmao
      @TAKTlmao Před rokem +1

      @@vincentfreddoyle7555 well if they don't some it's not murder if you punch them it's a salt

  • @josh_final
    @josh_final Před 6 lety +248

    Coordinates of the island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island:
    69°47'34.8"N 108°14'27.6"W

    • @spaztikcuk5871
      @spaztikcuk5871 Před 6 lety +1

      maranatha man thanks

    • @AfonsodelCB
      @AfonsodelCB Před 6 lety +2

      I can't seem to use that inside google maps, perhaps you could share a google maps link?

  • @brianzomorodi
    @brianzomorodi Před 5 měsíci

    I love your craziness and innovation that it creates. Keep it up.

  • @InfernalHedgehog
    @InfernalHedgehog Před rokem +4

    I love how at 16:25 when he says the Earth isn't flat, the subtitles say 'or is it?'

    • @tonyflatearther
      @tonyflatearther Před 11 měsíci

      Earth is flat

    • @txzk26
      @txzk26 Před 11 měsíci +7

      ​@@tonyflatearther nah only your intelligence is

    • @tonyflatearther
      @tonyflatearther Před 11 měsíci

      @@txzk26 why, cause I don't buy the same horseshit as you do 🤣🤣🤣 Earth is not a magically spinning tilted wobbling flying spaceship you globeturd clown, shut you're pie hole, Earth is flat & stationary, a flat topographical plane that never moves

    • @msidc1238
      @msidc1238 Před 11 měsíci +2

      ​@@tonyflatearther Then prove it.

    • @tonyflatearther
      @tonyflatearther Před 11 měsíci

      @@msidc1238 you walk outside & stand still on the ground, you don't feel like you're hurling through space at supersonic speeds dude, BOOM instant proof wake up

  • @EdwanMusic
    @EdwanMusic Před 6 lety +3550

    - sees there is a new Vsauce video -
    *tears of joy*

  • @DREADN0UGHTT
    @DREADN0UGHTT Před 5 lety +1170

    Intro of this video:
    -This is a jack in the box of myself.
    -Everest is a tall mountain.
    -L e t s c u t t h e p l a n e t i n
    h a l f

  • @Jameschessit
    @Jameschessit Před rokem +7

    That end took a dark turn real quick

  • @buzzy2
    @buzzy2 Před rokem +3

    “The further you are away from a ball, the more surface you see.”
    Thanks that’s useful

  • @nikosnikolaidis3762
    @nikosnikolaidis3762 Před 6 lety +477

    Please don't go away for 5 months again 😔

    • @markloco37
      @markloco37 Před 6 lety +7

      nikos nikolaidis He has his youtube Red show also and a job :(

  • @pedolski1927
    @pedolski1927 Před 3 lety +3277

    If you would have enough of whatever michael has you can see everything

  • @kuman0110
    @kuman0110 Před 2 lety +3

    Earth is very smooth, but not as smooth as vsauce transitions

  • @BlueberryPlays_
    @BlueberryPlays_ Před 8 měsíci +1

    I normally love rewatching these old videos. But he just reminded me that snookie existed and it kinda ruined my night lmao

  • @MrClean-kr3bp
    @MrClean-kr3bp Před 6 lety +127

    hey hotsause here and why is a building called building if its already build?

  • @anagamesstudios4225
    @anagamesstudios4225 Před 3 lety +1361

    "Because, in our day-to-day lives, most of the balls we deal with are so small. . ."

  • @rubenvermeulen6950
    @rubenvermeulen6950 Před 5 měsíci +4

    I feel lately like we have to over explain ourselves to avoid flat earthers

  • @voiddoctor
    @voiddoctor Před 5 měsíci +1

    I watched this video first when I was in second grade. Sometime last year during my maths exam, there was a question asking “how much of the earth could you see from the moon”. Thanks to some of the content of this video, I was able to solve the problem.

  • @macronencer
    @macronencer Před 4 lety +482

    23:10 Michael: The most of a sphere you can see at once with your own eyes is just... half.
    Me: *Holds marble up to bridge of nose and crosses eyes* HA!

    • @KentoKei
      @KentoKei Před 4 lety +35

      *clicks on the time stamp*
      Michael: "Half"

    • @macronencer
      @macronencer Před 4 lety +8

      @@KentoKei Did you know you can press J to go back ten seconds? Took me a while to find that out.

    • @KentoKei
      @KentoKei Před 4 lety +8

      @@macronencer yes, i have for 2 years now, but thanks anyways

    • @troublewithweebles
      @troublewithweebles Před 4 lety +7

      @@macronencer I usually double tap

    • @macronencer
      @macronencer Před 4 lety +5

      @@troublewithweebles Is that how it's done on mobile devices? I'm almost always watching on a real computer... my eyes can't handle video on phones, since I'm an old fart! 🤣

  • @vicentec9584
    @vicentec9584 Před 6 lety +844

    "How Much Of The Earth Can You See At Once?"
    "...and to conclude, if there's other life out in the universe, you mean nothing to them. Thanks for watching."
    I fucking love this channel, never stop, Michael.

    • @mikkosaariniemi5779
      @mikkosaariniemi5779 Před 6 lety

      Эллина Ершова A Russian guy speaking Swedish. seems legit.

    • @nursik-
      @nursik- Před 6 lety

      Mikko Saariniemi how do you know it's a guy? Looks like a female name to me.

    • @eroticnigglet6514
      @eroticnigglet6514 Před 6 lety +1

      Vicente C right? I love how every vsauce video always at first doesnt make sense but when you finish it everything connects

    • @MrBadassheavymetal
      @MrBadassheavymetal Před 6 lety

      Vicente C aka how to count needlessly large numbers with Michael

  • @kuunib7325
    @kuunib7325 Před 10 měsíci +2

    U.S. americans calling Kansas flat. They haven't seen the Netherlands yet. LMAO
    They also have no clue about pancakes. Make them thinner and you'll get there.
    Also another uniquely Dutch analogy would be my experience on the Lelystad Enkhuisen Dijk where I could see Amsterdam over the Makermeer, but only it's skyscrapers and church towers.

  • @JoeyCarb
    @JoeyCarb Před 10 měsíci +1

    I started watching this and was reminded of the whole earth is smoother than a cue ball thing. Googled it while listening to vsauce. At the end of the article they recommended the reader to watch this exact Vsauce video that I was already watching. For a second I thought I found the rip in space-time.

  • @minkle__
    @minkle__ Před 5 lety +1340

    My Mum: Hey What Are You Looking At On Your Computer?
    Me: Map Porn.

    • @jimmym3352
      @jimmym3352 Před 4 lety +12

      I admit to loving maps. Ever since I was a kid. Don't know what it is about them.

    • @xflamex9148
      @xflamex9148 Před 4 lety +9

      First I did was check the comments looking for who talked about this first

    • @horationelson1840
      @horationelson1840 Před 4 lety +2

      x Flame x me too

    • @xyzjalsjekdi
      @xyzjalsjekdi Před 4 lety

      The mum: Not again

    • @NoobsDudes
      @NoobsDudes Před 4 lety

      A H H Y E S