Are We In Control? Has Everything Already Happened? (ASMR)
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- I share my subjective thoughts and explore the questions regarding whether or not we have any control whatsoever over our own minds, bodies, lives, "futures" and "destinies", as well as whether or not everything about our lives and within the universe has already happened.
These thoughts are often associated with discussions surrounding Free Will, Fatalism, Determinism, Block Universe, and other such schools of thought and theories, which we'll discuss in a "future" video, which apparently has already happened, but we just haven't caught up to it yet, or something..
00:00:00 Real, Present, and In Control.. Right?
00:15:33 But Are We Really In Control?
00:41:08 And Has Everything Already Happened?
01:04:26 Closing Thoughts
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You're part of the old guard such as Dr. T ASMR etc. and you should be very proud of your excellent work.
Dr T is so underrated
Yeah
Dr.t fell off for me tbh
LMAOOO are you saying this just because of their age? Because by this same logic, is asmr darling not an “old guard”? 💀
@GlRTHBR00KS no hes just saying this guys pretty good like chill out
"You are not the king of your brain. You are the creepy guy standing next to the king going 'a most judicious choice, sire'." - Steven Kaas
yeah pretty much
Good stuff!
edit: where do I find more from this Steven Kaas guy?
@@Freakazoid12345 it's referenced in the book 'The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life' so you might like that as well :)
This is really one of the ASMR moments of all time
Indeed
stop
My wife passed away on Feb 19, and the illusion I had that I have any control over this reality has been completely eradicated.
I'm sorry for your loss.
may she rest in peace🙏
❤️🙏
It’s all about perspective because I would absolutely love to have a wife that d13s if it meant at one point I was getting all the hot, passionate seqqs I could handle. I mean sure it would be sad and everything, but still infinitely better than never having had any at all. It’s like a guy whose swimming pool got destroyed complaining to people who’ve never been swimming and aren’t even allowed to. Look through my lens and you can feel a bit better I think. Also, if it makes you feel any better, since you were already able to make one fall in love with you, it shouldn’t be too hard to get back out there and snatch yourself up another stunner.
It’s all about perspective because I would absolutely love to have a wife that d13s if it meant at one point I was getting all the intimate, passionate seqqs I could handle. I mean sure it would be sad and everything, but still infinitely better than never having had any at all. It’s like a guy whose swimming pool got destroyed complaining to people who’ve never been swimming and aren’t even allowed to. Look through my lens and you can feel a bit better I think. Also, if it makes you feel any better, since you were already able to make one fall in love with you, it shouldn’t be too hard to get back out there and snatch yourself up another stunner.
Sometimes it does feel like life is just chaos with no rhyme or reason, but it’s up to us to create them and reason through routine or planning and the like. It’s important to find a method to the madness
That’s what philosophers call ENTROPY
@@samuelculper4231physicists*
I love this kind of asmr/podcast type stuff. Your voice is perfectly calming for something to listen to while I work, study, or go out for a Starbucks run!
Wtf is "Starbucks run" 🗿
@@Dr.fazlollah_zaedi Use your brain, it's a trip to the starbucks to get coffee... Don't take a rocket scientist to figure out
@@Dr.fazlollah_zaedi it means going to starbucks!
@@jeng2672 like, how can that be an important daily routine.
whatever
@@Dr.fazlollah_zaedi Some people enjoy to get Starbucks coffee? You dont need to put your opinion on if your just going to be negative
I personally am a Christian, and have my own beliefs on this topic, but it is interesting to hear other points of view and beliefs.
Sad. Get well soon
@@dox.K God bless 🙏🏼
@@dox.K That's why religious people have such an opinion about atheists. They are often disrespectful.
This is a W response, instead of enforcing your viewpoints onto others, you recognise your differences and then admire other peoples views.
I just ripped a fat line of Wasabi through a nasopharyngral. What a rush! Haven't felt this alive since I got my nuts caught in the fridge door.
Did it feel good
Did you rip a line of wasabi bc you got your nuts caught in the fridge door, or did the fridge door catch your nuts because youd rip a line of wasabi?
@@tylernichols189nah, id win
@@tylernichols189 If the fridge used all of it's door, It might give me a little trouble. But would u lose?. Nah I'd win
@@zeekhoron9546 with this wasabi i summon; eight lines, divergent nuts, divine fridge door
An experiment carried out in the Future Minds Lab at UNSW School of Psychology showed that free choices about what to think can be predicted from patterns of brain activity 11 seconds before people consciously chose what to think about.
Good now, this is perfectly timed for my day. I listen to these at work and am just in the middle of my shift! Hope you are doing well this Tuesday.
Thanks Uncle E... Always appreciate your random talky vids... I use them for sleep.
Much love from Belgium 🇧🇪
This is perfect timing! Set and ready before I go to sleep❤
The best escapism is here; watching these videos makes me feel so relaxed and at peace. Thank you!!
There’s so much to question. So little we know. So small we seem. Everything seems to be against us and everything is so difficult. So much has been lost. We are all just bricks in the wall. A wall that stands for a reason we don’t know. And that is okay. Because even though we are confine to such limits we still have the power to form ourselves. To experience what we want (for the most part I think). And we can rise above any stronger power if we ban together and try. All you need is a little try. To live your life how you would be happy. So do it. Try. And succeed in your eyes and become who you want. I hope and pray to your soul that you will become who you are. And please, try not to worry about the bigger things. Like the fact that we know little to nothing about this universe and that’s how it will be your entire life and you have no complete say in what it does to you. Please do not think of things that make you afraid. Just try to live. And if you need help then ask and you shal receive. I promise, all will be fine in the end. Good luck, and have fun. ♥️🖤♥️
Hello Uncle ER, I hope you are doing well. I'm a die hard fan of yours since 2015 when I saw Relax with Satan.
I've loved your videos ever since. They have helped me relax in moments of panic and anxiety, sadness, loneliness, and just simply to feel good and/or sleep. For this I'm in eternal gratitude with you and I love you.
We haven't met but I feel like I have a friend and a father figure in you (My father passed away in 2015. Coincidentally the same year I started watching your videos).
I'll always support you Paul. You don't know how much you mean to me in my life. And as the saying of my favorite football club says: "You'll Never Walk Alone"
From your loyal supporter and subscriber,
-Diego
Uncle E now, and forever. My first ASMR channel I ever followed and still my goto ASMR channel.
If you truly think about it, you help a lot of people sleep every night, you have over a million subs and majority of them probably sleep to you every night and a lot have insomnia like myself. You’ve probably helped over a few million people sleep! Even just helping one person sleep is amazing of you and I thank you for that!! and that must feel amazing ! God bless u
An ASMR video about free will? Awesome. I'm just reading Robert Sapolsky's latest book on the subject.
while its very early, and i still have yet to watch it, it did reminded me of something
those dreams you occasionally have, and get that "Deja vu" sense when they happen sometime in the future a few days or weeks or even months after, somehow our brain knew these exact few very specific seconds would happen
like our lives are pre-determined or something xd
Or you dream about mundane things. So it's Easy to conect mundane interactions.
tbh, what i think deja vu is is your brain processing something immedietley, and then processing it yet again later.
I really like these kind of videos, they are very nice to listen to thinking about timelines and has this happened 100s of times before.
I love the topics you cover. All stuff I love to talk and think about
Excellent content as always ephemeral rift
FATE. Everything in life is essentially predetermined. Where you’re born and who your parents are all contribute to your life experiences and that in turn creates your values which then are the basis for the decisions you make. Essentially, you are not in control of the person you become. It’s all dependent and what ideas you are “introduced” to.
We are not in control.
Love this type of series
If perception is reality, perhaps bending perception subconsciously could influence your future. The idea that thoughts are a delayed response, like subtitles on a movie that move just a second too slow. Before you recognize a sub-cognizant thought has occurred your conscious has already begun the next one. In theory the only true free will, is the belief that we are actually in control. Love the video! Definitely a thought starter! ♾️
This is random but at some point you should talk about your thoughts and opinions on love and your own human experience with it if that’s not to personal of a thing for you to share you’re input genuinely is so interesting while also being so tingly!
Your*
I’ve not watched this channel in a few years. I remember the old ER when he had no beard (or hair) and the old Loftcraftian videos which were really interesting takes on ASMR.
Loved that he seemed to be making his own universe with interweaving characters.
We want more philosophical asmr videos like this!
My main theory is that the universe is one BIG loop, once it ends, the same one happens again, no changes whatsoever, did you fail on that math test? You’re failing it again, and again, there is no breaking it.
you could be right, but i choose to believe thats false because it sounds lame. if we are in a big loop, then things should get gradually more different with each loop. the mandela effect isnt seeing a parallel dimension or a divergent timeline, its remembering something from a previous kalpa, before it was altered by the changing to the current kalpa.
Weirdly enough, I think you might be right on the loop part but each loop is different. I have deja vu about the craziest things and sometimes it's so bad I have to stop what I'm doing and take a breath or call a friend.
If the universe is cyclic, that implies that a new universe is created each cycle. But there is a non-zero possibility that the same universe can be created eventually, given enough cycles. Therefore, should we not assume that we will live out our lives over again? But this doesn't mean that our actions are predetermined. We could make different decisions throughout these theorized infinite cycles. Just a thought.
@@upulor744 a part of my theory is that if the cycle ever breaks, it causes a universal scale cataclysm. Basically, the end. But what do I know? It’s just my theory, I could be wrong which is most likely the truth, or I’m right, somehow. But it’s your theory, I’m not disagreeing.
There is a form of "god", though not any way we could ever perceive such an entity. It is indifferent to us, the same way we are indifferent to tardigrade. I like to believe in the saying; “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” -Albert Einstein. I also believe that reality is in a superposition, holding true to deterministic values, while also being random, until observed with our position in the motion of energy from events so incredible, that they have already come, and gone, but we are here in this moment comparative to the future, or past, able to observe, and measure, but never to exist simultaneously.
damn, that is pretty deep for someone who plays as an asura
insane yap, absolute word salad
Can't wait for the greatest heist in human history video. I already know it's gonna be amazing.
You help me sleep. Thank you for your voice.
This type of video is my favorite!
I recommend taking a look at the theory of two people living in your skull ( boiled down the theory assumes due to some studies on people with a split brain into right and left, that the halves of our brains are concious individually on their own, which leads do weird cases where the right part of the brain got asked on some action of the left part and the right part has no clue what left did or why) Its an interesting topic and probably could fit very well in theories llike "i, as a person, am not in control, my mind is", because - think about it - what or who is the subcontious?
My subconscious definitely feels like several very different people. One's afraid of everything and has anxiety about anxiety, and then there's one that's like "Okay, what can I do?"
i have this same thought too but i think everything was already set in stone since the beginning of time(big bang theory) no matter what we do everything thats set to happen will happen.
Amazing.
Keep up the good work
I've thought about this a lot! I have derealization episodes, fake memories, and other stuff sometimes they feel even more real than reality and it started to make me wonder. I think we're in control, but only to an extent.
I knew you would make this video sooner or later
Definitely something funky with Deja vu. I remember I caught it once and stopped the person talking to me and finished their sentence. They were in shock, must have thought I was a mind reader😂
I believe neuroscience proved that choices are made pre-conscious decision
i know this comment is going to get covered but on the off chance you see this i have been a huge fan my entire asmr lifetime and i wanted to wish you a good day/night and i love your videos thank you.
these kinds of videos are always intresting to me since i find the topics intresting. i also think about stuff like this lol cool too see im not alone
You will like the theory of enactivism and thank you again when you encouraged me to become what I wanted. I've done it!
I owe you quite a lot. I hope I can repay you one day through my work
Splentsstic with chances of raining adjectives 🙏🏽
1:07 Well, in that case, I'm writhing on the floor in pure ecstasy, thanks.
"It's just a prank bro."
The prank:
53:03
The title + the thumbnail with the brain in your hands gave me baldurs gate 3 vibes 😂
JC said it best: "We are *GOD* trying to prove we are *GOD* to GOD."
Please, please, PLEASE.. do your next video on "hive minds" and "achieiving Singularity" 🙌🙌🙌😁😁😁..
Heya Paul, I saw the thumbnail with the brain in it and was hoping it would be a brain-mushing ASMR video -- But coherent, logical stream-of-consciousness works, too. A $0.01 for your thoughts. 🤘🤘
I've always assumed everything has already happened. So I might as well just enjoy the ride, even if that too cant be chosen
Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
You know the feeling when you have a dream, and then find yourself in the exact position you’ve dreamt of, it’s normally something insignificant, but it’s the reason why I believe there’s something more to all this, whether we’re seeing into our past lives, seeing into the future, or even into another dimension.. who knows??
Fair enough. So hello again.
Amen Brother !! ( er....uh..probably a poor choice of words) lol Love ya Uncle E
washing dishes listening to this and ive gotta say ur a generational yapper n i cant get enough (not glazin)
It is not the arguments for or against determinism that the fuzz is about.
The idea evokes a lot of emotions. There are those who cant handle the idea emotionally. So they feel they dont need arguments or reasoning.
Ohh finally I’m fan of horror things and also I’ve watched asmr if I try to get sleep so I’d say that dream do come true after I found this channel
I feel like we are and aren't our brain, like our brain carries a lot of necessity of having a human body, but it also tries to control who we are, our desires fundamentally can affect who we are if we let it, we know what each part is and what it does (possibly) but we don't know what we are conscious the way we are, and why we are like that
Basically our brain takes care of the automation, and who we are is incorporeal and is what could be called a soul, its observes and can be affected if we connect the automation with the observer rather than keep both separated for the sake of knowing who we are, and the automation of what we do.
Personally, I am an atheist and I still like the idea of determinism. I believe that everything is determined because things just follow certain rules and react to each other. So basically the idea is that everything was set in motion by the big bang and was predetermined from there. This means that we are not in control at all and we just react to our environment in the way that we have been programmed by our environment. Since this realisation doesn't really help us in our daily lives, as you mentioned, I'm just pretending that the illusion of choice isn't really an illusion. So let's all just pretend that we're in control, even if we're not, because what else can we do? 😁
Quantum mechanics breaks complete determinism.
@@TheQeltar Here is the counter-argument, in case you're interested: Although quantum mechanics introduces indeterminacy, it does not necessarily negate determinism. For instance, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that we cannot know both the position and momentum of a particle with absolute precision. However, this does not imply that the particle's behaviour is random or undetermined. Instead, it means that our ability to measure it is limited.
Additionally, the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics suggests that all possible outcomes of quantum measurements are realised in some "world" or universe. This view maintains that the universe is deterministic, but we experience it as probabilistic because we can only observe one of these many universes.
Therefore, while quantum mechanics adds complexity to our understanding of the universe, it does not necessarily challenge determinism or our perception of free will. 😄
@@haemophiliac. Doesn't Bell's Test rule out local realism and as such quantum indeterminacy isn't just a problem of measurement? It's a fundamental aspect of nature.
@@TheQeltar Bell's theorem does indeed challenge local realism, implying that the universe may be fundamentally indeterministic. However, this doesn't completely rule out determinism. For example, Schrödinger's equation, which governs the evolution of quantum states, works deterministically. The element of indeterminism comes into play mainly during the measurement process. So while quantum mechanics introduces a layer of complexity and challenges our traditional understanding of determinism, it doesn't completely rule it out. The subject definitely is complicated and also remains an active area of research 😊
@@haemophiliac. Yes, it is quite interesting. Thank you for the very thoughtful replies :)
I've remember watching 'Surviving Death' documentary where a mother learns in a near death experience that her young son will die at age 18. Lo and behold he did die at age 18 in a skiing accident
What I find fascinating is, taking all of this into consideration, also ask yourself "Why?"
Maybe I watch this video 3 times over
1st: Watching & Not Listening
2nd: Listening & Not Watching
3rd: Watching & Listening
Question: So Why did I do this considering it has already happened
😊
I find it very interesting that we happen to be on a very similar wavelength at the time of this video popping up as a CZcams notification on my phone. (I'm a subscriber).. have you been reading my comments lately? 😂.. an even better question.. how long was it before you saw my comments?.. And I mean that in the best way possible.. 😉
yapping 101, please teach me your ways
Good now to you too.
If everything was done, time travel would still be relevant though there must be an end. Traveling forward in time would create cause and effect sooner to those left behind.
I'm surprised you haven't made a Zen video.
ER depersonalized on weed lmao, I had the same experience where life is a pre recorded disc or whatever. I also experienced the endless eternal feeling where we'll live eternally unknowing about the eternal before and after. Weed lag/fps leap frog is also really annoying lasting a week.
lol I wish that was my excuse! (haven’t had any since ~2005)
@@EphemeralRiftThe 2 brain thing had me youtube search "2 brain theory" sending my down a deep informational hole of the "Split Brain Experiment", it was truly fascinating
I’m only up to 27:10 in the video so maybe you address this later but in my opinion although the thought is interesting, my problem with your idea is if our decisions are already premade based on deep parts of our brain than how are people indecisive? Also if our conscious is nothing but “sitting in the back seat and watching our brain work” than why would we even evolve to be conscious in the first place? We are the only only species on the planet with conscious and we are the most dominant species of all time by a mile, that is no coincidence
This reminds me when you did your podcast.
yea this is more of a relaxed version..
Very interesting but disturbing topic 😅
16:00 This is my favourite theory about universe. I believe that free will does not exist because chance does not exist. Everything is a succession of cause and effect since the big bang.
I personally believe that if our choices are pre-determined or not doesn't change anything.
If you have no real choice and everything is pre-determined then life is basically a movie and everything matters equally
If you truly have free choice then individual atoms don't really matter that much but anything bigger than a penny has an effect, so choices and whatnot matter on a scale of effect or "amount of mattering"
Either way I'm here and I'm me, that's all I need to know
interesting way of putting it :)
Good now, I hope someday you get review bushes for clothing
I always thought déjà vu was more of visions than just dreams
Deja vu
So what about free agency?
Where i am across the world...hmmm... that's quite...a long story
Your gonna flip out when you find out about the split slot experiment
not sure if you’ve heard much of $crim from the $uicideboy$, but when i say you look just like him i mean it dawg, your facial features are legitimately identical
ER reminds me of a young sheldon character
Live action Zahir
Mr Rift please collab with Dr T it would be legendary
How?
We think the same pretty much lol
sid vicious
Ah the classic Fatalism vs Self-Determinism debate. Personally I subscribe to the brand of nihilism where nothing matters aside from the constructs of your own moral framework so while nothing you do matters on a cosmic scale, EVERYTHING you do matters to you and the people you care about. So be kind to each other.
Your kindness might not change the world, but it might make a difference to them.
6:20 " Theres no conclusive evidence of UFOs "
Didnt the usa gov announce the existence of ufos last year?
A discredited whistleblower did something that hinted at UFOs, social media blew it up.
I thought I was the only one who saw that, apparently nobody cares
well UFO means unidentified flying object
so yes there are objects in the air we haven't identified...
the US released some footage of strange aircraft that is speculated to be alien origin
What was that at 1:02:18 😐
Hello Mr E
Nothing exists, we create our own reality based on our perception, the way you see it is the way it is
This ☝️
Actually true regarding a lot of mental health issues
FIRST !!!
😙😙😙
Idk if you have seen but Rimworld is releasing a new DLC thats lovecraftian/cthulu/horror themed if you still wanna continue your rimworld series.
really? hmmm.......
@@EphemeralRift are there mods for rimworld on Playstation? Because there are multiple free mods that also add those themes.
Yes we are in control. The world is not a stage and there's no script. And there is no proof of there having been a writer.
If Everybody has Control , then by Definition NO Human has Control 😂
Perspective control
@@PromiscuousBoy hows that make sense?
@@idzidz833 if people had complete control , almost everybody would want a Mansion by the Beach with some Butlers and Chefs alls without ever paying for any of that ever. Well, who gets to be the owner and who gets to be the Staff?? You would say you would want to be the owner , well what Makes you More Special than the other People?! Or what Makes the other People More Special to want to Control your Life?! Consensus , Consensus exist BECAUSE Everybody thinks / wants to control Everything but Realize that they cant BECAUSE Everyone else thinks they’re in Control too
See thats Human Living , Humans are Leaves in the Waves of the Ocean and the Ocean is the Systems of Living Made and given to by others Peoples (some long Dead) Choices. Thats it.
norway, loki's army
Could it be true, that nothing is new; under the sun, or over the moon
🔬🌞🌝🔭
The question isn't "Has Everything Already Happened?" it's, "Will Everything Still Happen the Same?".
It's probably a coincidence but I had a horrific dream while sleeping to this
I don’t buy the simulation theory if it’s the idea that reality is only rendered once it comes within perceptible range. If that were so, then how do nukes do any damage if whoever launches them is far far away from perceiving any of the devastating effects?
Why you asking me/us? Ask the devs of the simulation!
@@EphemeralRift true