Why do we ask questions? Michael "Vsauce" Stevens at TEDxVienna
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- Michael Stevens the persona behind the CZcams sensation Vsauce, is an online personality with an entertaining approach to explaining the science behind seemingly ordinary, everyday phenomena. Michael's videos have been watched over 400 million times and Vsauce's 4.5 million subscribers continues to add an astonishing 15 thousand subscribers each day. Michael lives in London where he works for Google as an in-house consultant for other creators on the platform.
CZcams Channel: / vsauce
www.tedxvienna.at/
/ tedxvienna
November 2, 2013 at Volkstheater Wien, Vienna, Austria.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
Vsause without the Vsause music sounds so different.
when the music in the videos start you know that the awesome stuff is right ahead.. :D
and when the awesome stuff starts you know when the music begins to play
"vsause" sounds so bad
Donald Trump
Bootleg vsauce
'Vee-sos-eh'
Wish he had started, "Hey TEDx, Michael here".
+Daniela magnone why ?
Marshall Merritt yeah i know i was just joking about with the whole why? thing
+Owen Rumsey You ruined it! You should've continued with "But, why?".
Marshall Merritt It is from old sci-fi book. :)
dont worry bout it
People don’t hate learning, in fact your brain loves learning, it’s just school is a place that kills the love to learn, the teachers and the curriculum are/is can be very boring and or frustrating.
There need to be more people like the people at Vsause that teach the next generation.
True
Depends. I quite frequently find school as interesting depending on the subject. Maybe it's because I've met interesting teachers or because I grew up being inquisitive but some topics discussed in school actually piques my interest.
People asked what my favorite subject was each year of highschool. It depended on the teacher teaching it. My sophomore year I had a great teacher. Entertaining, understandable, reasonable, kind and respectful. Just a down to earth lady. Then the next year my least favorite subject was math because the teacher was stubborn, boring and didn’t really care about her students
Currently facing a school degree. This is absolute anxiety
V sawoos
Michael is the philosopher of philosophy. He never fails in giving me an existential crisis
really bruh, I love michael and his explanations but he is an explainer, he study material and present well
@@ilikewater2762bum bah bum bum
Kurzgesagt doesn't do this as often but their older videos explaining the universe still gives me an existential crisis.
You mean Kurzgesagt.
Vsauce does it better.@@DoFliesCallUsWalks
I expected him to pop out of the darkness and say "vesauce, Michael here"
He did kinda leave like that... 'Vsauce, Michael there.'
I was hoping for tedx, michael here
Unbelievab1e Vsauce+
I was missing the creepy "shit's about to get real" music starting at the question
PewDiePie 1 hey there fake pewds
i like how he said "and as always, thanks for watching"
+123456789Jiro I totally wish he said "...or is it?" like in his videos too!
+Psymøn Or just "Michael here"
+123456789Jiro he is one of the best
Samuel Bergeron A
:D
How does this guy remember all this information. He’s so damn comfortable it’s insane
@vjacobwong because in his surname - v"SAUCE" you see? he likes sauce
Good preparation
Because he understands it, when you understand it you don't need a script to remember, the script is your brain.
Some speaking stage have another screen in front of the speaker that audience can't see. And usually the camera doesn't show it either
@@Hilman_Faizthis video shows those screens multiple times but he doesn't have a script up. Just a timer telling him how much time he has left and another to show what he has on the screen behind him.
I’m so happy he said, “And as always, thanks for watching.”
I hate studying,
studying is boring
I love learning,
learning is beautiful
Too true
How can you learn in the Long run without studying?
By going to school. I have all A's and always get 95 or above in tests without studying. And I can remember everything I've been taught, or almost everything.
+Jerry Xue If you are the average citizen, then the majority of the topics you learn in school will be forgotten; cast aside and left unused, as they are not required in your day to day activities. Consequently, mulling over that chart of words or that history textbook with the sole purpose of passing the test and then forgetting the information is what I consider studying. Learning however, is a completely different subject. Learning is discovering things you thought were impossible, actually enjoying the information you are receiving. Just like Michael said, I believe that despite what topic you hate the most, if you learn more about it, you will find things about it you enjoy, while simultaneously gathering information about the topic.
When you relate information gained to something you already know, that is when you have truly learned it.
Michael is the updated version of Socrates.
Or is he!
NKN music starts
Socrates rearranged
Yeah but this time he doesn't get executed.
Blasphemy
Micheal Jordan , king of basketball
Micheal Jackson , king of music
Micheal Stevens , king of teaching
Michael Afton, king of purple guy
Michael Phelps, king of swimming
Michael Schumacher, king of racing
Micheal J. Huddleston, King of trading
Michael J Fox, king of time travel
Man, I love Michael.
I learned so much from him during the years.
Wish we can have him as long as possible on this earth.
Yes bro 😩😩
yes!!! we need him, he's a reilable source
Or you do
ok@@J4NTZ
That moment when you realize that Vsauce is the most intelligent clickbaiter in youtube.
Haha me too but I still love his videos :D
Luis Lopez Not really clickbaiter. He actually talks about the stuff in the thumbnail.
+Walnut it's an oxymoron. The title is as like any other click bait titles, that makes you interested. But he actually talks about what it says in the title. It's so smart. Good point Luis Lopez
globalfreaking So his titles are exactly what a title of a video should be. It makes the video interesting and he talks about this topic in his video. 👌
globalfreaking Do you even know what clickbait is? A title that has nothing to do with the video to call your attention, really just search on Wikipedia what it is. I agree the title is interesting but he talks about the stuff in the video so it's not considered clickbait.
Its crazy cuz he sounds the same here as he does in his videos
+Eli Schwartz why
Why
why
+ Eli Exactly
+nouhaila amrani usualy recording equpment distorts the voices a bit.
i would kill for this guy to be my science teacher, he can explain topics keeping people hooked, and explaining multiple topics within minutes.
why would you kill???? You murder???
@@itstoasty7089 on the weekend
reported lol git ez
@@itstoasty7089 🌜
@@goobieglobbie 🌙
He spent 17 minutes about "Why we asks questions" only to answer it with because it's fun.
but what 'is' a question?
A statement with the objective of learning something.
hahahah as i read your question, at the " 'is' " i enphasized it like michael when he asks a random question in his video and that music comes up playing... so my head immediately started playing that music
MilkyTank im ngl i did that aswell
same
ozayr ahmed a question is us trying to learn due to our natural curiosity about things that we don't know in the universe. Well this is my opinion
“With five and a half subscribers”
I'm the half subscriber. Hello!
You're half subscriber if you are subscribed to Kevin and Jake, but not to Micheal himself. The final Vsauce boss.
I dont have legs
@@bigdickgod2442 Yea that counts too. Good luck with making your video's undercover PewDiePie!
I found PewDiePie!!!
2:57 Wow! I'm so proud of Michael for finally reaching five and a half subscribers.
Ikr, that 5,5th one must be a dwarf
@@bilocarrega no the 6th one got his whole left half sliced off
Now he is all right 👍.
(Not my joke)
Seeing Michael in person must be an experience
*OR IS IT???*
_strange music starts playing_
His legendary bald full with the power of knowledge!!!
@@necronlord8274 "what is strange" _stranger music starts playing_
Obviously he did the thing where he just ends with a pun about the original subject. Can we call that 'pulling a michael'?
red toasti Sure we can :D
red toasti also a Ryan Higa
i think his wife does that
that shit had my mind blown
David Sirois holy crap lol
This man just plugged his channel during a ted talk
Since Michael's channel actively gets more views, Ted is benefiting more than VSauce
CZcams vsauced their plug video for a Ted talk channel
or did he?
*gasps*
@@carsonthomas8678 And? Lmao
@@cassanateli what.
2:58 Damn this man has 5,5 subs and is already doing TEDx Talks, absolute madlad
I just love that he started out with puns, because it's literally something he does a lot on his videos.
And ended it with a pun too
“So I just did a TED talk... but who is Ted?”
*music plays*
F shaaaaaaaarp E flaat D F sharp A Deeeeeeee
@@marteinnv452 THANK YOU EVERYONE KEPT GETTING IT WRONG
you get the spirit
the real question is why is ted?
TED stands for: Technology, Entertainment and Design ;)
"The trick to education is to teach in such a way that people only find out they're learning when it's too late"
Best quote ever
And that's exactly what he did.
But...did he? 🤔 *music begins*
That’s what anime does
@@woodsnuth what? Cells at work?, DR STONE?
I disliked this comment
I know its late, but that last hand raise and his signature "And as always, thanks for watching" and the cheer that followed him gave me goosebumps. He is simply so great.
We need him on TED again.
I find the way Michael talks oddly comforting.
Emily Caballero same and the weird music in his videos
Deyaz Lagal 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Same, though.
WHY???
why?!
so this is what a vsauce video would look without editing
um still perfect? (song missing)
@@TheDeadMeme27 or is it?
@@supreetkumar7604 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
@@TheDeadMeme27 2:57 he says "5 and a half subscribers" not perfect.
Still interesting
Really wanted him to start his speech with "hey, Ted talks Michael here."
Michael is probably one of the best speakers of this generation. Thank goodness he picked up CZcams and became part of the public eye
Imagine if Vsauce just made cheese puns for 20 minutes
That's mostly Vsauce but out of context xd
He recited prime numbers for hours so it's actually probable 😅
i would've watched it until the end :)
NOW THATS A TED TALK
That moment when you realize that Vsauce is the most intelligent clickbaiter in youtube.
If Michael was a teacher I would've loved school
Brandon Barhydt no you wouldn't have. The thing about VSauce is that Michael has freedom in what he discusses. If he was a teacher he would have to follow the curriculum which means he would go over the exact same things you already go through so you'd have the same feelings towards school.
+Fserke teachers teach the same curriculum differently. Michael has freedom over how exactly he would get the lessons across to the student.
It's not about the result, it's about the fact that they have to stick with the subject they are teaching. Michael teaches all sorts of things.
but he has freedom in how he teaches it, how he relates it to the students, and what analogies to make, did you watch the video? one of his major points was about making the subject appeal to the viewer. "the trick to education is to teach in such a way that people only find out they're learning when its too late." Micheal should be the head of the US department of education.
the geth Nope he should be the President in every country
This guy teaches so good. He should start a popular educational CZcams channel
The fact that his speech ended on a pun . . . Is just perfect
Michael is proof that a passionate teacher can make you interested in anything
But no one is passionate to give you a first reply so I'll do it.
@@erickouhai9818 and no one is passionate to give you a first like so I'll do it
@@NaionProductions thanks.
He’s the only teacher I’ve ever seen ever that is passionate in teaching people
Truth 100
This ''Michael'' guy looks a lot like vsauce.
bro ikr
Strange.. I was thinking the same..
Nah man its all in your head
for real tho his glasses looks the same as vsauce's
Man, even the hairline is accurate...
Congrats on five and a half subscribers Vsauce
That’s the exact same question I asked the police when they were asking about the weird smell in my basement
first funny youtube commenter
The lack of music is unsettling but im glad he got the "thanks for watching"
nice pic
Nice dp
Heh. Your profile pic is gold
iwannamustache I see your name and pfp as an actual piece of art I’m gonna subscribe to you
@iwannamustache I agree
*michael walks on stage*
”to gain information”
*walks out, everyone clapping like crazy*
Boom
@@azusa004 m
But why do you want that information
Alejandro Trevino
*Music plays*
Wow, thanks! You just saved me 17 minutes
he looks like he would say prime numbers for 3 hours straight
Love how he ASKED "why do we ask questions" before explaining
Too bad he didn’t get to play his mysterious music after his questions.
So mysterious
....or did he? *Vsauce theme starts*
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nah he didn't :(
666th like bruh
xenox blogs he needed too.
I had to find the 10 hour version and input it myself :C
Feels weird not hearing
“Hey Vsauce, Micheal here”
Everyone here agrees
Everyone liked that
He's not the real Michael.
I know right
Or the theme after hearing his main question
2:57 congrats on 5.5 subscribers, michael!
Ha
Short Answer: The Whys make you... Wise.
Long Answer:
Wow what a great crowd. Usually they're emotionless unresponsive bodies at most Ted Talks
I was thinking something similar!
The crowds are usually pretty responsive; if not, then they're not completely dead.
You can tell that they're soaking it all in, listening very closely to the information. You sometimes will see that in their faces, that face we make when something makes sense and reaches you, and you're like, "Wow, how is this hoomun so darn smart?!" :P
No. Ted X talks.
Not true. In all Ted Talk videos I've seen people usually laugh at jokes unless they're not funny.
Don't they usually record it then cut out the sounds of the crowds?
It's physically hurting me watching him go past the intro without the music starting.
Me too
Why would you say that to me, now it's all I can think about
literally had to play it in a separate tab just to feel normal
lendanto
Wish I wasn’t watching on mobile.
I love that music.
This is one of the best TED Talks I have ever seen tbh.
I could listen to Michael for hours, bro literally helps me relax. That was a real nice TED Talk.
waiting for him to pop up out of nowhere
great meme
Dre haahahahaha same
+
Why
soren 4k Because he does that in his videos
Vsauce is the guy who can turn a question into a million others without answering the question in the first place
Or can he?
@@Oxideacid* Vsauce music starts*
more like ysauce
@Zmzxz Zmzxz BRUH u don't know?!
@AuralFiendOfficial hgchgcgchtcg
I was constantly waiting for the Vsauce music to drop after every pause
Vsauce and CGP Grey are the titans of intellectual content on CZcams
kurzgesagt too!!
@@ramensobs he got caught once spreading false or half-true information though (still a great educational creator nonetheless)
hey vsauce, michael here
Hey cheeto, dark sauce here
Where are my fingers?
y
HAVE A GREAT OAT dark laundry sauce?
*W H E R E A R E Y O U R F I N G E R S*
Michael Stevens for president of earth.problems = solved
why would we need jobs if there are no problems ?
we wouldn't
Mohamed Osama Love you too mate.
\
Aaaand we will all have existential crisis all the time
14:25
This question also came to my mind too...
I'd love to meet this dude. His enthusiasm for everything is just great. And he makes seemingly mundane topics really interesting.
I seriously wish Micheal was my science teacher. :P
Lord Queezle spit some facts
+Vinegar the fuck does that imply
Guy if you know the youtube channel idubbbz you would get it, because in one of his vids he gets michael (vsauce) and gets his spit to put it in a "human cake" so michael starts asking him if he would like some spit facts , btw the name of the vid is : human cake 3
i think
Ice And Fire
I saw that, but I started thinking that the whole spit facts might have other implications, like, that people were critiquing that he was just spewing or spitting facts (which isn't really that true)
he is perfect as science, or as a philosophy teacher
2:57 he's got 5,5 subscribers guys, this is big
Idk Dolan Dark
Raphaël Pyrat arrrrrgggggg
ikr? But where are your fingers???
a karambit warrior from aoe2
I AM THE HALF SUBSCRIBER!!!!
It's so weird to watch him without his signature music playing in the background
If you watch V-Sauce and often times wondered why he doesn't explains in the first part of the question in the main title, it's because he tackle some of the phenomenon or ideas that actually is a prerequisites for the explanation of such paradoxical/absurd question. so not only he can answer the question, also us can derive a certain answer regarding that question.
He lost the wonderful opportunity of saying,
*"Hey TED, Michael here!"*
Or did he?
@@hairyputter5363 *music starts*
He should have popped out from behind the sign and done this like a vsauce video
Hey micheal vsause here
Hi Ted Micheal, I'm Dad.
*Michael walks on stage*
“Hi, I’m Michael Stevens”
*Audience applauses*
“Or am I?”
*Audience gasps*
69th like, nice
I can hear this
*HEY VSAUCE, MICHAEL HERE*
“applauses”
The sentence "or am i" automatically got the vsauce music stuck in my head
Watching this again 9 years later missing his CZcams videos
Why do you miss his videos if he never stopped posting
This is such an interesting speech and to hear Michael's wavelength and thought process doesn't just make you wonder and interested in of itself but it's also clear he's passionate about his hobby his craft and it really gets you involved with what he's talking about even if you would perceive the idea that you wouldn't enjoy the topic Michael as he says in the video hooks you in with great points reasoning and cool little insights into people's psyches and experiences
We need a video of teen Michael explaining ketchup.
Well...
Or do we...
hes called v *sauce* for a reason
This is ketchup...
*Or is it?*
Why?
This is literally just a live action v-sauce episode
Its just missing the rock intro
All Vsauce videos are live-action.
But they're not /live/
@@ImDemonAlchemist no
69th like
9 years and it still is a gem
*if vsauce michael was my teacher, i would never ever ever miss any of his lectures and classes. he's so passionate about the ordinary, the most simplest things. the way he questions life, the universe and so on and how he makes it so interesting to learn, understand is just remarkable. bravo!* 👏
17:16 "Thanks for watching"
He's been on CZcams for far too long
that was intentional
Yaa . It's thanks for listening or something 😊
It did make sense tho cuz we watching this video.
@@WikoWiko-bj6wz Big brain
he is saying that because he knows they are going to watch his YT videos so he is thanking them precognitively.
Teacher: It isn't well written if it strays away from the topic.
Michael: Hold my beer...
Ioo9
Michael*
Or should you?
Or is it?
*music plays*
*HI IM ADAM FROM ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING*
The way he started this off with puns, went everywhere, kept it interesting and then tied it all together with a "Why" "Wise" pun at the end is genius.
I love that michael immediately echoes every pun with its double meaning to keep things rolling equally for everybody.
Its the small things.
balding science man for president
Dank
J Zidar that'd be great bc global warming and other issues would be taken seriously
Global warming is fake.
You mean balding science man with 5 and a half subscribers for president? 2:57 lul
Heesoo Yang haha I didn't catch that. Vsauce for best start-up channel 2013
SO HE'S CALLED VSAUCE BECAUSE HE WON A COMPETITION BY EXPLAINING KETCHUP?
Michael, I respect you if that's the case.
Victory Sauce
victory saucale
Now I wanna hear his speech on ketchup
Got it from a random name website, sorry
He answered that in one of his early videos. Stands for virtual sauce.
his outro was so natural, felt just like a vsauce video
"The trick to education is to teach in such a way that people only find out they're learning when it's too late"
~ Harold Edgerton
13:40
if I ever saw Micheal in real life i'd sneak up to him and whisper into his ear,"Hey Micheal, Vsause here".
Hey Michael’s virginity, me here
@@Funnydoc i don't know what your insinuating with that comment but its disturbing me.
I laughed way too hard on this than i normally should
where are your fingers
This is a good joke right here ladies and gentlemen.
8:23 Was anyone else expecting "...Vsauce, Michael here."
yes i heard hey and immediately thot he was gonna say that
Casey Hamm love your profile pic! Stay alive |-/
Jared Peterson Thanks bro.
I was disappointed
damn you pavlov
5 and a half subscribers??? Damn this guy is a celebrity
Z said to W "where's X?"
And W responds "why?"
And then Z said "not Y, where's X?"
He’s an educational clickbaiter...
Kinda
Not really
Crea The Chi’ Boi Elaborate?
How? I don’t understand
we get to learn exactly the same thing whatever the title or thumbnail says in his video. clickbait is totally opposite.
clicks on ted talk with michael in it titled "why do we ask questions"
*accidentally fast forwards* : " you can see the energy of this plasma ball..."
why am i not surprised?
I literally fast forwarded to the exact dialogue 😂
"never stray away from your topic"
-teachers
Why?
yes
13:15
The man who got me interested in learning and researching every topic under the sun has his own TED Talk. Mad respect.
This is probably the best presentation that I’ve ever watched.
I kept expecting vsauce music to start playing
same
Jake Chudnow.
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it's cool
we need to clone Michael and replace every teacher on the planet with him.
#pixels_4prez2020
+Pixels_ I would definitely like that
+Pixels_ The problem are not exactly the teachers, the problem is the education system. In which they already learn the wrong way to learn things and so they teach it the wrong way to there pupils.
ps.: sry for my grammar, not a native english speaker :D
i would be a straight a student
Cosmic Cataclysm ide be a straight AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH student
1:04
It's like he was confused when his song didn't start playing at "why"
This man is a national treasure. We must protect him from Nicholas Cage at all costs.
Why do we ask questions ? To get answers ! Goodnight everybody !
+Deniz Gult why do you want to get answers?
+Shivaramakrishna Reddy OMG
+GeneralDog because of the question
Bruh
***** thats lame
time to find out why Russians rush B
+Xylaite : ( )
rush b dont stop
Well, it's in their name.
how have i not seen that...
*reevaluates life*
Because they are RUSH-INS
This was incredible. Thank you.
Sometimes I forget hes a literal smartass and not just a comedian
"Every week"
I wish.
Henry Ambrose His new channel, Dong uploads weekly
I wish
@@aragogire You mean D!ng right because a channel would never be named something that could be construed as something bad for advertizers
@@justjoseph1144 yeah i dont know where they got that idea from, its been d!ng for as long as i can remember
@@GeneratedPerson they changed it to d!ng after "Dong" got them demonotized, he'll sometimes make references to the old title in the videos lmao
I swear, Michael's train of thought is like a Wikipedia binge trapped inside a human brain. The guy goes on such fascinating tangents that always veer off course but never feel like they're even slightly random. There's always a connecting thread, a path that his discussion follows, that holds everything together. It's kind of beautiful in its own way.
He's a polymath I think. He also is clearly gifted in abstract and paradoxical thinking. People who are gifted in abstract and paradoxical thinking have high levels of what you might call super imagination. Ability to blend existing concepts and objects into something new, this can also be useful for problem solving. Like taking an object and connecting it to a unrelated idea based on a train of thought, just based on details of the object.Creating a new idea. They're not looking at the object, but what makes the object up and how it exists within space and time, how it will exist in the past and future. How it relates to seemingly unrelated objects and the bigger picture. what it's like on the smallest of details. Those details will take you to a new insight almost completely void of relationship to the starting point. what is inside the object and how it could be interacting with invisible forces. ect. Think of micheal Feraday or even Einstein. Research suggests people with these abilities have more connections between both sides of their right and left brain, but also a higher volume of grey matter. Not sure about his IQ, maybe 118 ? IQs aren't all that important imo. I was visited by a man who seeks out gifted children when I was a wee spriggin and he said I was gifted in abstract and paradoxical thinking. I'm not saying this to brag or anything. I do exactly what micheal does in the video. so I know he's at least semi gifted at this thought process. People who think like this make great scientists or writers, or science educators ;) .So you could say Micheal was destined for what he does.
One of my life goals is to meet this person in my life at least once
He made explanations into an art form...
*_or does he?_*
You are right. Michael is beautiful
2:58
I can’t believe this man has 5 and a half subscribers. Thats crazy.
I could watch vSauce all day, it's fantastic. Michael is the best teacher I've ever seen.