What is NOT Random?

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  • čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
  • Is the future of the universe already determined?
    Vsauce tackles "What is Random?": • What is Random?
    Special Thanks to: Prof Stephen Bartlett, Prof Phil Moriarty, Prof Andrea Morello, Prof Tim Bedding, Prof Michio Kaku, A/Prof Alex Argyros, Henry Reich, Vanessa Hill, Dianna Cowern, George Ruiz and Mystery Cat. Views expressed in this video are not necessarily those of the amazing experts listed above but their advice was invaluable in making this video.
    Quantum simulation by PhET:
    phet.colorado.edu/en/simulati...
    Music by
    Jake Chudnow: / jakechudnow
    Amarante Music: / amarantemusic
    DNA animations by www.wehi.tv
    Space animations by NASA
    Topic inspired by The Information - a history, a theory, a flood by James Gleick
    Filmed on location at the University of Sydney, Washington DC and LA

Komentáře • 15K

  • @SawtoothWaves
    @SawtoothWaves Před 8 lety +16853

    That awkward moment when you become Michael Stevens.

    • @timrthoward7007
      @timrthoward7007 Před 8 lety +43

      +HSGames freak

    • @RogueFreeman2
      @RogueFreeman2 Před 8 lety +174

      Hate when it happens

    • @symphonyaelfscyne
      @symphonyaelfscyne Před 8 lety +11

      Meh. BN is cool.

    • @symphonyaelfscyne
      @symphonyaelfscyne Před 8 lety +6

      Do I look like I care? And how is it disgusting? Because you don't like Bronies?

    • @johnathonwaymire9483
      @johnathonwaymire9483 Před 8 lety +7

      +HarmonicSymphony hmm seems like a pretty aggressive statement, maybe defensive. I don't know because I haven't read the previous comment..... You have just become my experiment.

  • @NayyarShaikh
    @NayyarShaikh Před 3 lety +4297

    And ofcourse the next recommended video is 'What is Random' by Vsauce!

    • @flashyn3mo35
      @flashyn3mo35 Před 3 lety +22

      Same

    • @davidacosta193
      @davidacosta193 Před 3 lety +20

      I came from that same Vsauce video lol

    • @emerald3324
      @emerald3324 Před 3 lety +55

      I'm currently stuck in an infinite loop between watching Derek's video, then Michael's, then Derek's, then Michael's, then...

    • @martinpenwald94
      @martinpenwald94 Před 3 lety +17

      So not random!

    • @Astromath
      @Astromath Před 3 lety +1

      Same

  • @Incepter.
    @Incepter. Před rokem +4764

    Veritasium and Vsauce collabing in a video talking about what is NOT random is all I needed to see in my life.

    • @shaunakstudiz936
      @shaunakstudiz936 Před rokem +7

      yeah good one bro

    • @JPkerVideo
      @JPkerVideo Před rokem +32

      This video is 8 years old... god
      Coming home late and watching Vsauce and Vertasium was one of the best periods of my life...
      Vertasium still makes good content and so does Vsauce.

    • @IsaacAndestein
      @IsaacAndestein Před rokem +16

      the double V's

    • @ivaerz4977
      @ivaerz4977 Před rokem +18

      The fact that I'm finding this video today is just so random

    • @Swdji
      @Swdji Před rokem +2

      VeritasiumSauce

  • @twelvecatsinatrenchcoat
    @twelvecatsinatrenchcoat Před 11 měsíci +376

    I love the cat deciding to make an appearance in the video about randomness. Truly the masters of the random.

    • @BabaBaba-mz2qc
      @BabaBaba-mz2qc Před 2 měsíci +5

      when i saw this comment i went back up to see if it was true and the cat appeared that was so random

    • @pudim6809
      @pudim6809 Před 11 dny +1

      A cat appearing on the internet is hardly unpredictable, to be fair. xD

    • @kebedeabebe-ql5fv
      @kebedeabebe-ql5fv Před 9 dny

      you cat see in the eyes of cat to say it random everything has it's own reason

  • @kylegillott424
    @kylegillott424 Před 4 lety +5051

    "You won't become Michael Stevens"
    Dreams shattered

  • @zeon7811
    @zeon7811 Před 5 lety +10857

    Everyone thinks Endgame is the ultimate crossover but this is better.

  • @beegeman
    @beegeman Před 10 měsíci +582

    I can't believe I somehow missed this video by two of my favorite CZcamsrs for 9 years. Thanks for nothing algorithm. This was amazing and single-handedly changed my stance on determinism and free will. My mind is blown. It makes so much sense.

    • @TNRPISIQ
      @TNRPISIQ Před 10 měsíci

      whats your current stance?

    • @beegeman
      @beegeman Před 10 měsíci +17

      @@TNRPISIQ I'm not entirely sure. Previously I was firmly in the determinism camp of believing there was no free will. Now I find myself leaning towards believing exactly what Derek outlined at the end of the video here. That random quantum events in our brain/body could be a form of free will, that not everything is absolutely predetermined. Though of course there is still the question of who is in control of that pseudo "free will" since it's been shown that one can predict the choices we'll make before we consciously make those choices. So perhaps there is still no free will, no real "choice" being made, but it's also not fully predetermined, there's quantum random chance involved and our brains make up a narrative to match that random choice and make us feel like we made that choice to give us agency in our story. Regardless, I'm fascinated by thinking about this all in a fresh new way now.

    • @user-dq7cr9he5k
      @user-dq7cr9he5k Před 10 měsíci +8

      ​@@beegemanare quantum events truly random or are we not fully advanced to calculate that?
      thousands of years ago, the people might have thought the moon and it's position sky as random and here we are traveling to moon. My belief is we can't truly stick to one theory at this point. universe may be deterministic or not. I personally believe it's deterministic. but I also believe it's not deterministic so that I can somehow feel I control my life with the free will I have.

    • @calebhessing7593
      @calebhessing7593 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Same. This video's been around for 9 years, yet CZcams only recommends it now?

    • @yavuzia
      @yavuzia Před 9 měsíci +1

      ✌️✌️✌️

  • @musicgardener2142
    @musicgardener2142 Před 7 měsíci +71

    3:53 the cat's timing to demonstrate pure cat randomness was spot on and on topic.

    • @THUNGUNS
      @THUNGUNS Před 3 měsíci +2

      The cat is entropy

  • @matteotivan3414
    @matteotivan3414 Před 3 lety +6062

    It is impressive how Michael Stevens always appears out of nowhere, even if he's in a Veritasium video

  • @MrBlitzpunk
    @MrBlitzpunk Před 3 lety +3884

    I'm so dissapointed that we don't get
    "Hey Veritasium, Michael here"

  • @ryukiiprimer5383
    @ryukiiprimer5383 Před 6 měsíci +28

    I can't believe i have missed this crossover for so long. Seeing this collab 9 years later is one of my most exciting random things so far.

  • @abhinavbhardwaj5517
    @abhinavbhardwaj5517 Před rokem +164

    The thing about these CZcams channels like veritasium, vsauce, physics girls etc. Is that the don't feel like yt channels they feel like tv shows . They give me some sort of nostalgic feeling

    • @ludicrousreality0
      @ludicrousreality0 Před rokem +7

      who would like physics girl except a simp

    • @ludicrousreality0
      @ludicrousreality0 Před rokem

      @@abhinavbhardwaj5517 Of course you would simply deny

    • @xninja2369
      @xninja2369 Před rokem +1

      Bro you forgot a legendary channel called "kosmo"
      It reveals unimaginable truth about universe such a way you won't expect
      Also they uploads video duration of 1-2 hours so it's better to watch them instead of some dramatic stupidic cringe movie

    • @abhinavbhardwaj5517
      @abhinavbhardwaj5517 Před rokem

      @@xninja2369 i have a similar opinion

    • @xninja2369
      @xninja2369 Před rokem

      @@abhinavbhardwaj5517 have you watched it
      Just watch one time and you will fall in love with it

  • @werd_6078
    @werd_6078 Před 3 lety +5599

    i wanted a colab with them but i didnt realize they did one 7 years ago. lol.

    • @gwathanaur
      @gwathanaur Před 3 lety +36

      And a pretty bad one. I'm disapointed

    • @laevil
      @laevil Před 3 lety +177

      @@gwathanaur cant expect much from a 7 year old collab

    • @derinwithaq5811
      @derinwithaq5811 Před 2 lety +156

      @@gwathanaur wait why is it bad?

    • @thegreenpistachio8883
      @thegreenpistachio8883 Před 2 lety +24

      @@gwathanaur no u

    • @igotsome9675
      @igotsome9675 Před 2 lety +38

      @@derinwithaq5811 yea that’s what I thought as well

  • @xyzABC3112xyz
    @xyzABC3112xyz Před 5 lety +5868

    That thumbnail looks like a poster for a romance movie.

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 Před 10 měsíci +15

    I've learned what is "random" and what is "not random". Thus I have learned everything there could ever be.

  • @benyob6379
    @benyob6379 Před rokem +8

    This is such a great vid. The way that you two break things down and get to the root of these issues blows my mind and I cannot say how great of a take this is on determinism.. This should be shown in schools

  • @MrSlimeOfSlime
    @MrSlimeOfSlime Před 3 lety +3777

    "You wont become Michael Stevens..."
    "Or will you?" *DOOONNNGGGGGGGGGGGG*

    • @lukasmurmann625
      @lukasmurmann625 Před 3 lety +53

      How do I know I won't wake up as Micheal Stevens tomorrow, but with all his memory and his soul, so I will think I'm Micheal Stevens, and no one will know?

    • @YoutubeIsAGarbagePit
      @YoutubeIsAGarbagePit Před 3 lety +3

      dong was such a horrible waste of time lol. terrible content.

    • @YoutubeIsAGarbagePit
      @YoutubeIsAGarbagePit Před 3 lety

      @King Pistachion lol. I bet you think TOP 10 2021 AMAZING WOW videos are good content too. Fkn tiktok losers. XD

    • @nathanielhayden5919
      @nathanielhayden5919 Před 2 lety +3

      Which means things you can do online online online now now now guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys guys

    • @dimensionintruder3254
      @dimensionintruder3254 Před 2 lety

      @@CZcamsIsAGarbagePit SMCHEK FINKLES SMEGER SMEGSHEETS ZUMBERCHL

  • @dannydanny4002
    @dannydanny4002 Před 4 lety +2652

    These two random dudes made my life full of interesting science, it’s so cool

    • @joax7732
      @joax7732 Před 3 lety +62

      or is it random? lol

    • @realitynowassigned
      @realitynowassigned Před 3 lety +14

      A lot of this isnt science. It's logic.

    • @gwsmith76
      @gwsmith76 Před 3 lety +5

      NOT random! Completely predictable.

    • @gwsmith76
      @gwsmith76 Před 3 lety +39

      @@realitynowassigned it's physics, Theoretical, Thermodynamics, Relavtivistics, Quantum Mechanics and I'm sure other types of physics would be involved. It goes way way beyond "logical" unless your name is Spock. It's science not logic.

    • @realitynowassigned
      @realitynowassigned Před 3 lety +2

      @@gwsmith76 general and special relativity are both founded on logical thought experiments.

  • @Bozitico
    @Bozitico Před rokem +20

    I love the fact that Vsauce is in
    this video, makes it even more
    fun and enjoyable! Also liked the
    cat in the background: 3:52! Keep
    up the great work! I am also a bit
    new to this channel, and I love the
    way you explain everything.

  • @itsryno532
    @itsryno532 Před 8 měsíci +10

    Uh guys I need help I have watched this video 50 times it keeps telling me to go to Vsauces video but then Vsauce tells me to go here when does it end 😢

  • @veritasium
    @veritasium  Před 10 lety +3993

    To be clear, by "free will" I mean that your decisions could not be predicted with certainty, even if someone knew everything about all the particles that make up your body. I am not suggesting you have conscious control over your decisions as even current research shows we become conscious of choices *after* we make them.
    I've given my view on the quantum measurement problem but it's called a problem for a reason. No one has it fully worked out quite yet (or maybe this is as fully as it can be worked out). I am not saying that determinism is certainly false, but our scientific theories and observations as they stand today imply that new information is being generated in the universe and this makes it impossible to predict the future with certainty. Some day this view may be overturned.
    To me, for now, time looks like a zipper. Far in the future the possibilities are wide open, but with every passing second time zips up what might be into what actually happened.

    • @Scrumtralecent
      @Scrumtralecent Před 10 lety +379

      Behold! The messy intersection of science and philosophy. :)

    • @ariannemaskey9371
      @ariannemaskey9371 Před 10 lety +18

      I love it! Sharing!

    • @MayaGasterMoll
      @MayaGasterMoll Před 10 lety +28

      MIND BLOWING :D
      i loved the vid, and i love this comment ;)
      gjgjgjgjgj keep it up

    • @JoePhilipps
      @JoePhilipps Před 10 lety +153

      Yesterday is history
      Tomorrow is a mystery
      Today is a gift, which is why it's called the present.

    • @arashsa2
      @arashsa2 Před 10 lety +5

      Awesome Video! I'm not an expert but how is the second law of thermodynamics is proven in universal scale?(6:37-- "It'd take more information to specify the state of universe now rather than right after Big Bang")

  • @vishalbhagwani9304
    @vishalbhagwani9304 Před 7 lety +2594

    me : let's go watch a movie
    Michael : but what actually is watch

  • @Omlet221
    @Omlet221 Před rokem +6

    6:28 This part was my favorite! I never thought of entropy like this but this makes so much sense.

  • @DearHumanity48
    @DearHumanity48 Před rokem +18

    You guys should co-star more often! That gelled together incredibly well.

  • @Jumpman16
    @Jumpman16 Před 3 lety +1490

    everybody gangsta till vsauce music starts on a different channel

    • @shazam1334
      @shazam1334 Před 3 lety +5

      What did that even mean

    • @sambran310
      @sambran310 Před 3 lety +35

      The background music is from vsauce

    • @brothers2940
      @brothers2940 Před 3 lety +22

      That nostalgic music ur not a vscause member if u can't get the music

    • @awesomeboss2020
      @awesomeboss2020 Před 3 lety +8

      That VSauce music hits different!

    • @nathanielpillar8012
      @nathanielpillar8012 Před 3 lety +2

      @@sambran310 Perhaps he's referring to the "everybody gangsta" part, which would be quite reasonable, due to the informality of it.

  • @randomdude9135
    @randomdude9135 Před 4 lety +3479

    A random fun fact:
    Derek is 3 yrs OLDER than Michael.

  • @user-rm2qj2jh4l
    @user-rm2qj2jh4l Před 9 měsíci +1

    This is such a great video!!! I had seen this video recommended before, but never clicked, but today I decided to and I'm so glad! I'd watched CrashCourse Philosophy's take on determinism vs. free will, but they really didn't acknowledge quantum mechanics at all, and I had an inkling that maybe it had something to do with this, but I didn't have a fleshed out idea. Thanks so much for making this! The perfect application of science to philosophy.

  • @bogiev1
    @bogiev1 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Both of the producer's behind this video deserve more than compensation for creating such insightful and meaningful content over the years. I seriously feel enlightened after watching both of your channels. Oh, note worthy, along with this video, are Smarter Every Day - Destin and that Physics Girl - Diana.

  • @jedispock1867
    @jedispock1867 Před 8 lety +2842

    Me:oh man I love burgers
    Michael: BUT WHAT REALLY IS A BURGER

    • @augustsvensson7540
      @augustsvensson7540 Před 8 lety +61

      +Jedi Spock Michael: It's a mass of completely random particles which carry a random seed of information bla bla bla...

    • @iseward01
      @iseward01 Před 8 lety +21

      A+

    • @crispypotato9380
      @crispypotato9380 Před 8 lety +30

      +August Svensson but what is random

    • @mathenthusiast6635
      @mathenthusiast6635 Před 8 lety +105

      AND CAN BURGERS MOVE AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT?

    • @aquakind2605
      @aquakind2605 Před 8 lety +67

      +Bernard Hazel no no no no. Can light travel at the speed of burgers?

  • @Azmythometre
    @Azmythometre Před 4 lety +1423

    "You won't become Michael Stevens"
    - Michael Stevens 2014

  • @aog3367
    @aog3367 Před rokem +4

    This really makes soo much sense while studying statistics ,raw data is really everything ,but it just makes no sense until it’s compressed ,but once it is …it has less information ,so which basically means more raw data or entropy is great

  • @XxPinkFunhousexX
    @XxPinkFunhousexX Před 9 měsíci +2

    Every now and then I stop by again and watch this video. I still remember when it was released. It's genuinely one of my favourite videos on the entire internet

    • @cerlonghish4693
      @cerlonghish4693 Před 9 měsíci

      Mine too, it connects so many topics together it's satisfying

  • @hugekingkibblefan6980
    @hugekingkibblefan6980 Před 5 lety +1343

    When you get vsauce in your video just to use his iconic music without getting called out

    • @trod146
      @trod146 Před 5 lety +21

      That's the music for all 3 vsauce channels

    • @bigman489
      @bigman489 Před 4 lety +15

      hugeKingKibbleFan 69 When you have a terrible profile picture and are just following a trend.

    • @sxopexoxo
      @sxopexoxo Před 4 lety

      True

    • @sxopexoxo
      @sxopexoxo Před 4 lety +3

      @@bigman489 true

    • @mannys9130
      @mannys9130 Před 4 lety +10

      @@bigman489 When you're so bored in life and internally miserable you bully strangers online.

  • @samwhite4284
    @samwhite4284 Před 3 lety +541

    3:26 love this little cute syncing of the word entropy. Like a first year university presentation.

    • @NtokozoMoyo
      @NtokozoMoyo Před 2 lety +9

      So frigging cute ...I think I'd like watching geeking out over maths and science....

    • @chriswebster24
      @chriswebster24 Před 2 lety +6

      Gay

    • @brodiewatson-victory7801
      @brodiewatson-victory7801 Před 2 lety +4

      @@chriswebster24 bit homophobic?
      Time to grow up and stop being so scared, not even gay guys would want you.

    • @pukinghorror
      @pukinghorror Před 2 lety +4

      @@brodiewatson-victory7801 they never used gay in a bad way if u see it that way ur the one with internalised homophobia

    • @firopense
      @firopense Před 2 lety +2

      🗿

  • @puzzlepuddles6712
    @puzzlepuddles6712 Před 7 dny +1

    watching this video is like watching the two best kids in class do a presentation

  • @Xgun-ef4ph
    @Xgun-ef4ph Před 2 měsíci

    I watched this before too but it just feels good to see these two together. leaving this one here as a memory i can look back upon

  • @stankom11
    @stankom11 Před 6 lety +2302

    Two beards are smarter than one

  • @neolin.99
    @neolin.99 Před 5 lety +477

    This is the best crossover in history.
    “Or is it?”

    • @Am4nchaudhary
      @Am4nchaudhary Před 4 lety +6

      ''But what is crossover?''

    • @VaguelyCanadian
      @VaguelyCanadian Před 4 lety +5

      @@Am4nchaudhary and how much does a crossover weigh?

    • @ragingdragonii1783
      @ragingdragonii1783 Před 4 lety +1

      @@VaguelyCanadian if all the crossover were stacked on top of each other, how high would it be?

    • @VaguelyCanadian
      @VaguelyCanadian Před 4 lety +1

      @@ragingdragonii1783 When is crossover now?

    • @yeahuh4128
      @yeahuh4128 Před 3 lety +1

      *Music plays
      *Mysterious raising of the eyebrow

  • @sohamkonkar2895
    @sohamkonkar2895 Před 9 měsíci

    This might be my fav video of your channel ❤❤

  • @landonhayes7531
    @landonhayes7531 Před rokem +1

    That was an incredible transition

  • @ahmed38247
    @ahmed38247 Před 5 lety +1450

    Came for the memes..
    Stayed for the existential crisis

    • @Shinkajo
      @Shinkajo Před 5 lety +10

      Don't panic too much. They are getting a lot of this wrong. The second law of thermodynamics isn't actually a law. It contradicts with Newton's second law, which is a law. The second law of thermodynamics is more of a mathematical approximation.
      Also thermodynamic entropy and information entropy are _not_ the same thing. In some ways they are each others opposites, in other ways they are completely different things.
      Source: I've studied my fair share of information theory and thermodynamics in university.

    • @sqwertt8605
      @sqwertt8605 Před 5 lety +2

      Yeah you shouldn’t get too depressed
      until you realise that there’s a 1 in a billion chance that we are real in a low dimensional plane where virtual higher dimensional beings are gods to gods of gods

    • @toddhowardfr
      @toddhowardfr Před 5 lety +19

      actually knowing that i have free will makes me NOT have a existential crisis

    • @sqwertt8605
      @sqwertt8605 Před 5 lety +6

      Or because you don’t have free will you can’t have a existential crisis

    • @Shinkajo
      @Shinkajo Před 5 lety +3

      @@toddhowardfr But you don't. So you can start panicking now.

  • @AllieTellsJokes
    @AllieTellsJokes Před 3 lety +1049

    Laplace: What if you knew the exact position and velocity of every particle in the universe?
    Heisenberg: Wait, that's illegal.

    • @pssk1998
      @pssk1998 Před 3 lety +38

      I was hoping someone would say that

    • @animezone118
      @animezone118 Před 3 lety +8

      This is something that I wish to remember and hopefully share with someone in the future

    • @birhon
      @birhon Před 3 lety +14

      Given quantum entanglement, you can assign a probability distribution to all possible outcomes and theoretically still "know" every position and momentum for every particle.

    • @barrywhite9114
      @barrywhite9114 Před 3 lety +2

      That’s DePlace!

    • @amitrana3299
      @amitrana3299 Před 3 lety

      Laplace: What if you knew the exact position and velocity of every particle in the universe?
      Heisenberg: Wait, that's illegal.

  • @yigittok4304
    @yigittok4304 Před rokem

    That Transition was AMAZING!

  • @MS-fg8qo
    @MS-fg8qo Před 9 měsíci +6

    This is actually my favorite video of yours, as it touches the philosophical realm with scientific means. Can you please make more science-based videos illuminating philosophical questions? The real mystery lies beyond the positive statements of science (Wittgenstein).

  • @romeoromeo5199
    @romeoromeo5199 Před 2 lety +3431

    This video was a masterpiece, I literally felt strong emotions watching this.

    • @geirtwo
      @geirtwo Před 2 lety +59

      I keep returning to it. It's like a temple, a video temple.

    • @name_69420
      @name_69420 Před 2 lety +19

      @@geirtwo how could you describe it so well, that's exactly what I feel this is!

    • @jessejordache1869
      @jessejordache1869 Před 2 lety +25

      It's everything I've thought about free will versus determinism since I was 16 and shed my naive deterministic model of the universe, only with more theoretical grounding than I had available.

    • @kondwanithosi4869
      @kondwanithosi4869 Před 2 lety +5

      When Michael’s soundtrack starts playing 😂😭❤️!!

    • @tenzinkyedup1829
      @tenzinkyedup1829 Před rokem +1

      Same here 🔥

  • @Gia1911Logous
    @Gia1911Logous Před 3 lety +939

    "What is not random?"
    Michael and Derek doing a collab

    • @0placeholder0
      @0placeholder0 Před 3 lety +1

      @Collin Vail :P

    • @Kastled5
      @Kastled5 Před 3 lety

      That's because there is no Free Will regardless of "quantum effects in our brains."

    • @markiyanhapyak349
      @markiyanhapyak349 Před 2 lety

      😆. YEAH.

    • @Danishdonjuan
      @Danishdonjuan Před 2 lety

      What is random? can you prove that randomness exist?

    • @ihavenoname1136
      @ihavenoname1136 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Danishdonjuan i can prove ur mom's existence

  • @jherbranson
    @jherbranson Před rokem +9

    I have to say, you two work well together. Bravo. It would be fantastic to see more collaboration.

  • @Pafiya256
    @Pafiya256 Před 15 hodinami +1

    3:52 Cool *Mystery Cat*

  • @fun_nuggets2514
    @fun_nuggets2514 Před 3 lety +564

    “...and you won’t become Michael Stevens”
    Dammit

  • @kerimbasic2795
    @kerimbasic2795 Před 3 lety +315

    "What will happen tomorow is not random"
    "...or is it?"
    *Vsauce music starts*

    • @stephenfletcher5391
      @stephenfletcher5391 Před 2 lety

      No it isn't :D

    • @cinegraphics
      @cinegraphics Před 2 lety +2

      "Everything would be predictable. Even human behavior."
      So, you could finally understand how your woman thinks? Really? It's pretty clear that hypothesis is wrong.

  • @hellfire5108
    @hellfire5108 Před rokem

    From being mentioned in Michael's video to colaborating with him, what an aweome journey.

  • @JackPullen-Paradox
    @JackPullen-Paradox Před 10 měsíci +3

    Great argument for free will. And a very good discussion of the nature of information.

  • @Keytotruth
    @Keytotruth Před 8 lety +666

    dat vsauce song.

    • @gabrielmaisonet2843
      @gabrielmaisonet2843 Před 8 lety +46

      +Keytotruth You mean dat Jake Chudnow song.

    • @Keytotruth
      @Keytotruth Před 8 lety +7

      Gabriel Maisonet I didn't know the author, thanks!

    • @samlunn7079
      @samlunn7079 Před 8 lety +1

      +Keytotruth Composer, not author

    • @Keytotruth
      @Keytotruth Před 8 lety +1

      Sam Lunn The author of a song is the person who creates it, so no, both things are right.

    • @WalkerRileyMC
      @WalkerRileyMC Před 8 lety +4

      +Keytotruth If I remember correctly, you write lyrics and compose music, so both of you are right and wrong. And not random, apparently.

  • @M_Chen333
    @M_Chen333 Před 5 lety +768

    3:51 That cat was random.
    Michael: OR WAS IT?????

  • @clpombo
    @clpombo Před 9 měsíci +7

    Beautiful episode! It is a pity that there was no mention to Kolmogorov, the father of the modern mathematical characterization of randomness as the impossibility of compression.

  • @PredictAnythingSoftware

    I subscribed because I saw Vause, hehe I miss the episodes of Vause but you are now here, new Vause similar channel. I love it, super educational...

  • @amrullahsuleimandawoodadem8025

    The crossover we never deserved, but needed.
    I always imagine Michael and Veritasium and other educational channels having like a "movie together".

    • @Matthew_MBG
      @Matthew_MBG Před rokem +21

      now we need one with Michael, Veritasium, Mark Rober, and the Kurzgesagt team

    • @TON__618.
      @TON__618. Před 10 měsíci +5

      ​@@Matthew_MBGKurzegast for sure, but who is Mark Rober?

    • @degen1188
      @degen1188 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@TON__618.He used to work for nasa, he makes fun engineering videos on youtube

    • @thomasfrancescutti4799
      @thomasfrancescutti4799 Před 8 měsíci

      We need Steve Mould and Smarter Everyday in that movie too!

    • @agoodguy2230
      @agoodguy2230 Před 7 měsíci

      Nile Red would be nice

  • @Lord_Neko_
    @Lord_Neko_ Před 4 lety +268

    3:51 Cat bursts onto scene. "oh, you recording? OK, I'm out."

  • @supertron6039
    @supertron6039 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Suddenly everything I ever learnt about Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science is connecting and the universe appears beautiful.

  • @thisisyou6450
    @thisisyou6450 Před 2 měsíci

    This actually has to be one of the greatest videos to ever be created, along with Micheal’s video this is incredibly profound even years later

  • @samitkashyap5948
    @samitkashyap5948 Před 3 lety +686

    The crossover we didn't deserve , but the crossover we need.

  • @thatguynar
    @thatguynar Před 8 lety +165

    I would probably stay in school if these 2 guys are my Profs.

    • @meh855
      @meh855 Před 8 lety +5

      So true xD

    • @nicolasbug
      @nicolasbug Před 8 lety

      +TheOfficialNar Mine are not like that^^

    • @sohaibarif9790
      @sohaibarif9790 Před 8 lety +2

      +TheOfficialNar maybe thats the reason for most people not knowing much about science incompetent teachers

    • @olfmombach260
      @olfmombach260 Před 8 lety

      +TheOfficialNar difinitive

  • @ambrosios7161
    @ambrosios7161 Před rokem

    Great video.THANKS!

  • @Sougata_XD
    @Sougata_XD Před rokem +1

    All of his videos are Masterpiece

  • @lancethrustworthy
    @lancethrustworthy Před 5 lety +166

    The cat cameo was priceless 3:53 . I'm glad you recognized that it was worth keeping.

  • @sellainaz3686
    @sellainaz3686 Před 3 lety +265

    I watch this video, it tells me to go watch the vsauce video. I watch the vsauce video and it sends me here... 7 years later, I am still trapped in this loop. Save me.

    • @Ani-yt4nf
      @Ani-yt4nf Před 3 lety +2

      Stop clicking
      Boom loop ends

    • @Noname-zh5jf
      @Noname-zh5jf Před 3 lety +20

      According to the Second law of thermodynamics everything will eventually come to disorder, so sooner or later you'll break free from this loop

    • @Jackson-pu7gd
      @Jackson-pu7gd Před 3 lety +5

      or are you?

    • @GoldenAdrien
      @GoldenAdrien Před 3 lety +1

      Just misplace your fingers and it should be solved

    • @EnergiaRocket
      @EnergiaRocket Před 3 lety +2

      Derek does, however, give you the choice to click over, or not.

  • @couldbeahuman8079
    @couldbeahuman8079 Před měsícem

    this just blew my mind, thank you

  • @yecto1332
    @yecto1332 Před rokem +3

    That cat entry couldn’t have been more random than anything in this video

  • @mr_karamazov246
    @mr_karamazov246 Před 3 lety +384

    adding this to my “listen while not high” playlist

    • @ArtyMars
      @ArtyMars Před 3 lety +12

      Lol I'm not high and still tripping balls hahah

    • @okb6436
      @okb6436 Před 3 lety +1

      Lol. Nice pfp btw

    • @kiyrukk
      @kiyrukk Před 3 lety

      @@okb6436 opaganastai

    • @Crugroth
      @Crugroth Před 3 lety +1

      What a great idea. The play list that is.

    • @miceymen1503
      @miceymen1503 Před 2 lety

      Guess I'll never watch it then

  • @AlltimeNumbers
    @AlltimeNumbers Před 10 lety +169

    Smart stuff from Veritasium and Vsauce!

  • @braynjohnson4302
    @braynjohnson4302 Před rokem +1

    I love the cat coming in at the perfect (random) time. Nice touch.

  • @ericberman_
    @ericberman_ Před rokem +5

    “You can continue shrinking a file down until what you are left with is totally random” - this demands a better explanation.

    • @op_pls_nerf4495
      @op_pls_nerf4495 Před rokem

      i think he means "random" as totally unpredictable knowing the context around that file

    • @amiralipoor2974
      @amiralipoor2974 Před rokem

      My take is that, if there is a repetition in the binary digits of the file, you can re-assign the recurring patterns to another pattern with less digits. for example you could instead of using "qu", create another letter which does the same job. If you do that optimally, the probability of the next digit in the is the same as any other digit, hence totally random.

    • @ericberman_
      @ericberman_ Před rokem

      @@amiralipoor2974 You lost me after "qu." Can you clarify?

    • @ericberman_
      @ericberman_ Před rokem +1

      @@op_pls_nerf4495 In order for something to be random, it must be devoid of a cause. If we fail to discern what caused X, that does not mean that X is devoid of a cause, only that we, for whatever reason, haven't discovered the cause yet. Unfortunately quantum mechanics culture has developed an "out of sight, out of mind" approach to hidden variables: "I have repeatedly failed to predict X, therefore X is random."
      There is a distinction between conventional randomness and ultimate (metaphysical) randomness. A flip of a coin is random in the conventional sense but not in the ultimate sense. We know that, in theory, with sufficient environmental data, one could predict the result of a coin toss - it is not truly random.
      The issue arises when members of the hard sciences conflate demonstrations of conventional randomness with ultimate metaphysical randomness, such as on the molecular level. When they fail to predict an atomic event, they should presume, via Occam's razor, that just like the rest of the observable universe, this event has a cause; they just haven't discovered it yet. Instead they choose to presume the existence of metaphysical randomness without justification.

    • @amiralipoor2974
      @amiralipoor2974 Před rokem

      @@ericberman_ Just as the video mentioned, almost always "q" is followed by "u" in English. Then you are using two alphabets - that is you are sending two data points- for something that could be done with one letter. For example i generate a new symbol, and instead of sending qu, I send that. In that sense I avoided shrunk the data that I was sending you.

  • @josephjackson1956
    @josephjackson1956 Před 6 lety +132

    I think Veritasium and Vsauce are the only two channels that I don't freak out when something happens like at 2:29

    • @michaelcanca3483
      @michaelcanca3483 Před 5 lety +4

      yea me too but i still freaked out when he bit into that kiwi with the skin still on

  • @TheKingofRandom
    @TheKingofRandom Před 10 lety +224

    Random, by design

    • @Tom112
      @Tom112 Před 10 lety +10

      That comment is sooo random

    • @crafterbird2
      @crafterbird2 Před 10 lety

      :o

    • @Da_Random
      @Da_Random Před 10 lety

      agreed

    • @matthewwise9318
      @matthewwise9318 Před 10 lety +8

      XxAtomix112 The comment is not random as the probability that he would comment on a video about randomness and the comment being about randomness is predictable. lulz

    • @silenceisgolden3238
      @silenceisgolden3238 Před 10 lety

      God says oops

  • @sihteerimursu
    @sihteerimursu Před 2 dny +1

    That transition at 5:24 is way too good for some mreason

  • @pastadrums
    @pastadrums Před rokem

    I need a lot more of this from you guys 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @AutoScanArgentina
    @AutoScanArgentina Před 4 lety +70

    3:53 The cat behaviour is pure information 😁

    • @nonex6064
      @nonex6064 Před 3 lety +7

      It was schrödinger's cat

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE Před rokem +1

      ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

  • @vegetableman3446
    @vegetableman3446 Před 4 lety +1063

    all other people: 10 minutes
    veritasium: 9:59

    • @BrownDusky
      @BrownDusky Před 4 lety +37

      Epic

    • @ChandrapalSd
      @ChandrapalSd Před 4 lety +64

      Not random

    • @michakupczyk9560
      @michakupczyk9560 Před 4 lety +74

      A man that doesn't care about youtube money but about science.

    • @Legominder
      @Legominder Před 3 lety +15

      You mean because of advertising? Actually sometimes the displayed duration varies slightly from what you see before/in YT Studio.

    • @stickmanunited4061
      @stickmanunited4061 Před 3 lety +4

      And it somehow has midroll ads

  • @ozdemirsalik
    @ozdemirsalik Před rokem

    A new collaboration is strictly needed!

  • @bessonjulien
    @bessonjulien Před rokem

    your duo rocks ! good energy bravo both of you

  • @nuculaisvoidwalker5866
    @nuculaisvoidwalker5866 Před 7 lety +185

    Top 10 best anime crossovers OF ALL TIME

  • @uzijn
    @uzijn Před 3 lety +526

    Derek: And a random string of letters does not generally make a word
    Welsh: Ydw i'n jôc i chi?

    • @jojo.s_bekaar_adventures
      @jojo.s_bekaar_adventures Před 3 lety +14

      dwi'n credu hynny

    • @moracex
      @moracex Před 3 lety +54

      @@jojo.s_bekaar_adventures translates to "am I a joke to you?"

    • @ArcanineEspeon
      @ArcanineEspeon Před 3 lety +7

      @@moracex hell yeah I was right

    • @moracex
      @moracex Před 3 lety +8

      @@ArcanineEspeon Nid wyf yn siŵr beth ydych chi'n ei olygu. Ond agorais eich camlas a bu bron imi syrthio i'r llawr pan welais ddyddiadur o Dref y Dirgelion. Nid hiraeth yn unig mwyach. Fe wnaethoch chi fy argyhoeddi yn fawr. Rwy'n edrych ar ran 5: Cyfarchion DDD o Slofacia.

    • @ishworshrestha3559
      @ishworshrestha3559 Před 3 lety +3

      Ok

  • @bigdogben
    @bigdogben Před rokem

    Best colab ever!

  • @Mardikuz
    @Mardikuz Před 6 měsíci +1

    its so good this video has now the 1080p premium resolution option even being so old, thanks youtube, i easily noticed the change in the bitrate using the white noise part of this video

  • @adamaaron5790
    @adamaaron5790 Před 5 lety +133

    my friend: why do my headphones get so tangled?
    me : because of the second law of thermodynamics....

  • @acapellascience
    @acapellascience Před 10 lety +47

    Nice video Derek! But a couple big quibbles. You don't gain information when you measure the electron's position. What you gain in position information you lose in momentum information. That's Heisenberg for you. On a more general level, all we know about quantum mechanics right now is that it's unitary. That literally means that a quantum state has the same amount of information in it at all points in time. If the universe can in fact be described by a single quantum state, it MUST always contain the same amount of information. The second law of thermodynamics, and the collapse of the wavefunction, only appear true to us because we are a subset of that very same quantum system.

    • @PedroJohnston1
      @PedroJohnston1 Před 10 lety +1

      Veritasium this guy has a point

    • @nopenope1305
      @nopenope1305 Před 6 lety

      omg youre acapellascience ;-;

    • @DanielStein3125
      @DanielStein3125 Před 3 lety +2

      Second that. Furthermore the 2nd law is working quiet well in classical physics without the need of quantum effects.
      And I would not talk of free will if my double pendulum called brain in a deterministic universe chooses pizza instead of fries beacause of slightly different initial conditions. There's no free will on a physic level abstraction. At least I "chose" to think so.

    • @cosmingurau
      @cosmingurau Před 3 lety

      @@DanielStein3125 Exactly, I am baffled by how wrong Derek is in this video

  • @Czjk293
    @Czjk293 Před rokem +1

    Fascinating. Psychologists over the past few years have also been making the case for the human drive to find meaning. Love it!

  • @yannpoco
    @yannpoco Před rokem

    Thank you for the Philosophy lecture.

  • @charliefoxtrotthe3rd335
    @charliefoxtrotthe3rd335 Před 9 lety +51

    Wow. Veritasium and VSauce joining forces? Add in the Computerphile guys, the Numberphile guys, and of course the Sixty Symbols guys, and you would OWN CZcams!

    • @deus_ex_machina_
      @deus_ex_machina_ Před 9 lety +8

      Danny Criss Minute Physics? CGP Grey?

    • @WantEpicMusic
      @WantEpicMusic Před 9 lety +3

      Danny Criss Computerphile, Numberphile, Sixty Symbols (and many others) are sort-of the same guy. Brady Haran runs (I think? at least contributes significantly) to all three, and a number of other channels that share his same style.
      Also, in the description for this video, he mentions thanks to Professor Phil Moriarty, who is one of the regulars on Numberphile.
      But yes, I'd love to see more collaborations between those guys.

  • @evangelineamber3582
    @evangelineamber3582 Před 8 lety +377

    i dont know why i watch any of these videos.. veritasium or Vsauce.. i litterally sit here and dont know what the fucks going on. at all. i just feel smart listening to this.

    • @Kanglar
      @Kanglar Před 8 lety +14

      +evangeline amber
      Maybe you should try actually listening to what they are saying and comprehending it? Just a suggestion.

    • @evangelineamber3582
      @evangelineamber3582 Před 8 lety +18

      maybe you should try actually understanding jokes. just a suggestion.

    • @Kanglar
      @Kanglar Před 8 lety +21

      evangeline amber
      Thanks, but I understand jokes perfectly fine. It's only when they are not the least bit funny that I fail to realize they are even a joke.
      There is no punch line or anything to suggest your comment is supposed to be even mildly amusing and not just a statement of your ignorance.

    • @evangelineamber3582
      @evangelineamber3582 Před 8 lety +5

      learn to understand different types of jokes then, if you fail to realize its a joke, dont comment on it.

    • @Jganev
      @Jganev Před 8 lety +1

      +evangeline amber hahahahaha you just made my day with that comment man

  • @odownhills
    @odownhills Před rokem

    Great video!

  • @NebsGMD_
    @NebsGMD_ Před rokem +23

    The two legends have finally united, salute to them

  • @BrunoHenrique-gi1wd
    @BrunoHenrique-gi1wd Před 8 lety +345

    Wait, did he eat the kiwi without peeling it? People do that?

    • @theKiwii
      @theKiwii Před 8 lety +7

      +Bruno Henrique
      I actually do that but I didn't notice it in the video. what's the timestamp?

    • @BrunoHenrique-gi1wd
      @BrunoHenrique-gi1wd Před 8 lety +33

      9:20 - WAIT!
      ARE YOU A CANNIBAL? D:

    • @theKiwii
      @theKiwii Před 8 lety +18

      Bruno Henrique
      it's kind of how I got my nickname, actually

    • @chozer1
      @chozer1 Před 8 lety +20

      but how do we know a kiwi is real?

    • @theKiwii
      @theKiwii Před 8 lety +26

      Atemyselftodeath. and what is real? how much does real weight?

  • @Philumbianist
    @Philumbianist Před 6 lety +518

    Stop it Veritasium, I'm getting tired of scraping the pieces of my blown mind of my living room ceiling.

  • @Iam_inevitabIe
    @Iam_inevitabIe Před 4 měsíci +1

    That stur with the blue color in water was sick and underated asf

  • @Marius1708
    @Marius1708 Před rokem

    One of the best videos I have ever seen, chills…

  • @foxeh123
    @foxeh123 Před 4 lety +33

    3:55 This is so fitting to the random subject

  • @CubsYT
    @CubsYT Před 4 lety +85

    9:21 DID HE JUST EAT A KIWI WITH THE SHELL STILL ON?

    • @echof
      @echof Před 3 lety +10

      Its called skin, but yes in Australia u generally eat Kiwi with the skin(or pelt or hair...)

    • @dviproductions3493
      @dviproductions3493 Před 3 lety +2

      @@echof I live in Australia and I've never seen anyone eat Kiwi Fruit with the skin on

    • @echof
      @echof Před 3 lety +5

      @@dviproductions3493 Im from Germany I ve just always been told that u guys eat it with skin. And well Derek is from Australia so u have seen someone eat it like that xD

    • @robertoo01
      @robertoo01 Před 3 lety +1

      Wierd as F.... Who would do such an irrational thing?

    • @user-qo7yc1ue6e
      @user-qo7yc1ue6e Před 3 lety +1

      wait that's illegal

  • @Jazzerizer
    @Jazzerizer Před 20 dny +1

    this, this right here.
    we all needed it

  • @rephix6724
    @rephix6724 Před 26 dny

    I'm shocked because that is exactly what i was thinking as a kid when i first thinked about quatum mechanics. I already know this stuff by now, but this video explained it exactly the way i would explain it, and that shoked me a bit. Sad that i see this video so late, it's so well made.