Do Chairs Exist?
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BOOKS:
Metametaphysics (Eds. David Chalmers, David Manley, Ryan Wasserman)
An Introduction to Metametaphysics (Tahko)
Material Beings (Peter Van Inwagen)
Objects and Persons (Trenton Merricks)
Ordinary Objects (Amie Thomasson)
Ontology Made Easy (Amie Thomasson)
Ontology, Modality and the Fallacy of Reference (Michael Jubien)
Objects: Nothing our of the Ordinary (Daniel Z. Korman)
Composition as Identity (eds. Cotnoir, Baxter)
Truth and Ontology (Trenton Merricks)
Austere Realism (Horgan and Potrc)
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (Alan Watts)
PAPERS:
Thinking about Things (Jubien): www.jstor.org/stable/2676165
There are no Ordinary Things (Unger): www.jstor.org/stable/20115446
Against Parthood (Sider): www.tedsider.org/papers/nihili...
A Sweater Unraveled (Sidelle): www.jstor.org/stable/2671870
On What There Is (Quine): www.jstor.org/stable/20123117
Two Dogmas of Empiricism (Quine): www.theologie.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:...
Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology (Carnap): www.jstor.org/stable/23932367
Many-One Identity (Baxter): philpapers.org/rec/DONMI-2
Oneness, Aspects, and the Neo-Confucians (Baxter): www.academia.edu/39736289/One...
Why the debate about composition is factually empty (Balaguer): philpapers.org/rec/BALWTD
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@georgecarter6978 2 роки тому
No officer I didnt kill him, I just arranged his simples dead-wise.
@nixietubes 2 роки тому
a bit of the old ultra voilence
@ThePrufessa 2 роки тому
@@nixietubes based on what we learned in this video how would a bit of the old in and out be categorized?
@nixietubes 2 роки тому
@@ThePrufessa matter
@thePWNmaster5 2 роки тому
I simply killed this matter while it was humaning
@ThePrufessa 2 роки тому
@@nixietubes sex is matter?
@fish4716 9 місяців тому
Michael in 2017: Fewer than 3 days in isolation can cause brain damage. I will be staying in this room for 3 days. Michael in 2022: Do chairs exist?
@xxxkratosxxx9232 9 місяців тому
if u take it as a joke,just a 37min video. if you try to understand deep, you'll question your life, concusiness, etc
@AltiumYT 8 місяців тому
Sounds like 2017's theory was correct, proven by himself
@salaxim6027 8 місяців тому
@@xxxkratosxxx9232 ahh yes concusiness
@carlos-zy7vx 8 місяців тому
@@salaxim6027concussy
@XFGHL78E 8 місяців тому
I mean, that kind of proves what he said in 2017...it just takes 5 years for the damage to be shown
@BrutalJambon 4 місяці тому
"I am Death and I am the scattering" is really not how I thought a video about chairs existence would end but I'm here for it
@DeinoKoto 2 місяці тому
Gives Heisenberg vibes
@chair32 Місяць тому
Ye
@CastHydra497 16 днів тому
666
@epicfailur01 13 днів тому
@@DeinoKoto Oppenheimer quote esque vibes
@pandabro4235 3 місяці тому
The line “I am not a thing that dies and then scatters; I am death and I am the scattering” is now one of my favorite quotes and it comes from a video debating the existence of chairs
@gyrotwist6335 2 роки тому
Other mammals: “Must get food to survive.” Humans: “Do chairs exist?”
@mother722 2 роки тому
*michael
@garyt6931 2 роки тому
Our species has successfully survived all that is left is to explore what life really is
@Ryan-xh7pe 2 роки тому
@@garyt6931 that’s a cool way to see it
@muircat13 2 роки тому
@@garyt6931 there's always the next great barrier enjoy the viewpoint tho
@MrJeekz 2 роки тому
Not sure what you're trying to imply but the fact that we can ask such profound questions is much more important than basic survival. Survival is the most primitive form of existence.
@drawinglikeasir 2 роки тому
* sees title * * Sees 37 minute runtime * Whoo boy, here we go again
@SmplyBoi 2 роки тому
True I feel that
@LightningSquad 2 роки тому
To the person reading this comment you are awesome & hope you having a great day My dream is to hit 25K I hope you can help me accomplish my dreams..
@LightningSquad 2 роки тому
I uploaded my Face Reveal....
@thesomeone2932 2 роки тому
same shit
@irikrosota1852 2 роки тому
@@LightningSquad no one cares
@WhiteNucklin 2 місяці тому
“I am death and I AM the scattering.” Metal lyrics
@yourboy_Vox Місяць тому
I need to write a metal song based on that 😭
@iwannagohoooooomeeeah Місяць тому
@@yourboy_VoxVox?
@CoffeeAddict-nv7qb 7 днів тому
@@yourboy_Vox VOX?! (sorry its almost 2AM and i have an unhealthy obsession with him)
@SpartanMJO12 3 місяці тому
The answer I took from this is "it is what it is if it's useful". A random scattering of pipes doesn't have a name because it's not useful to give it a name, but together it's scaffolding
@balbs100 24 дні тому
This is my view on it. Simples are the only thing that exist. Chairs dont exist. But its useful to pretend theres no vagueness and that chairs do exist.
@wigginx 12 днів тому
I think you mean plumbing.
@mattawan1000 2 роки тому
Some random guy: "Do chairs exist?" Me: "Yeah of course. What are you, stupid?" Michael: "Do chairs exist?" Me: "I have no idea"
@unicorn7171 2 роки тому
Yesn't 🤔
@AdamThoba2 2 роки тому
remember this is the same guy who thought the universe was created last Thursday. Bullshit.
@_P0tat07_ 2 роки тому
420th like. Nice.
@limesandlemons1367 2 роки тому
@@AdamThoba2 It's just a theorem, no need to be so upset.
@jonbowman7686 2 роки тому
@@AdamThoba2 you're gonna wanna watch that video again bud
@pugalugs9128 2 роки тому
I love how the chair is just sitting there not debating it's existence
@josieposiec268 2 роки тому
how do u know, maybe we just cant hear it
@examname9477 2 роки тому
🪑
@Sweezi 2 роки тому
or is it?
@A_combustible_lemon 2 роки тому
I mean what’s it gonna do about it? Have an identity crisis? Exactly.
@adityashandilya2789 2 роки тому
It wanted to but John cena wouldn't get up from it!
@elmo2706 4 місяці тому
How can this man taste a chair, pull a spoon out of his shirt, and pull a slice of cheese out of his shirt, and yet teach us things others struggle to.
@wasp795 28 днів тому
because he is michael and he can just do that
@Soap208 10 днів тому
because he is michael and he can just do that
@St0rm_da_c4lico 8 днів тому
He is michael and he can just do that
@TazJustTaz 5 днів тому
because he is michael and he can just do that
@enoughofyourkoicarp Місяць тому
It feels so much better when this conversation is happening outside of my head for a change. Also, "thank you for watching?" Did you just call me a watch? I don't have time for that kind of confusion.
@hassassinator8858 6 днів тому
Hey. Stop watching.
@timondimare1976 Рік тому
Michael: do chairs exist? Michael 30 minutes later: I am death
@pihu2358 Рік тому
YES
@schqrr Рік тому
Ok
@Gardengap Рік тому
36:54
@ennardthefuntimepuppet6456 Рік тому
As a Goth, I love that statement
@pentacopter9909 Рік тому
straight up
@SoCloseToToast 2 роки тому
Intro was the best psychological horror thriller I've seen in years. Thanks Mike
@vxtalityone8131 2 роки тому
More scary than most modern horror movies tbh.
@fearkubrick5511 2 роки тому
beatbox for me pls :*
@bbdoook 2 роки тому
Who's Mike?
@idk_what_to_say_. 2 роки тому
@@bbdoook coxlong
@nanan_hello 2 роки тому
bbk bbk bbk
@megacuck5970 4 місяці тому
What an awesome way to start 2024, studying human thought and existentialism watching Vsauce at 1am.
@Xetarine 4 місяці тому
same
@2msvalkyrie529 2 місяці тому
Watching The Simpsons would probably be more beneficial .?
@yourboy_Vox Місяць тому
It's 1am for me rn 💀
@80llo Місяць тому
@@2msvalkyrie529probably not,but benificial is not objective
@numptaloid Місяць тому
"alleged chair" is going on my gravestone
@gamerparker123 2 роки тому
Alternate Title: Michael bullies a chair by questioning it’s existence for 37 minutes and 53 seconds
@RogerBarraud 2 роки тому
Sequel: Chair confesses and submits to ree-education.
@gamerparker123 2 роки тому
@@RogerBarraud lol 😂
@gehenidjiddi6547 2 роки тому
This comment made me realise how long the video is. I wasn't ready for this lol.
@johnsherfey3675 2 роки тому
@@RogerBarraud I'm dying from laughter!
@iiomqfaderz 2 роки тому
Lmao
@momofcjmt4 2 роки тому
“I am death, and I am the scattering” Nice to see Michael’s slow evolution into an Eldritch God is proceeding apace.
@kiera8836 2 роки тому
bet it's the ayahuasca he did
@daelinblack6681 2 роки тому
Dude I swear he is the ideal psychonaut. A real intellectual that is experimenting, not using. I only wish we could get another Golden age of more natural psychopharmacology, more Hoffmans and Mckennas that educate rather than simply encourage.
@kultw1837 2 роки тому
it was really comforting ending tho
@aansedar3020 2 роки тому
Can't wait for this stuff to get out of context.
@Thatonedude917 2 роки тому
Sounds like Coheed lyrics
@bugbbear 25 днів тому
i never thought “i am death” would be a comforting statement
@JeremyRight-zi4yp 3 місяці тому
I'm surprised you never mentioned Plato's ontology. Throughout the whole video my brain was crying for it, this would solve so many of the posed questions! Plato would probably say a chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit and lean back on. What happens if you remove some atoms from it? If you can sit on it, it's still a chair. When does it stop being a chair? When you can no longer sit on it.
@safrockparticles527 19 днів тому
I agree he did not talk about the purpose.
@royalninja2823 5 днів тому
That's extremely easily refuted, though. For any definition, you can find an object that clearly SHOULD be included in the definition but isn't, or something that SHOULDN'T but is. By your definition a bar stool isn't a chair and an examination table is. Hell, there's a famous example of this in popular consciousness; Plato's definition for a man was a featherless biped, so Diogenes came out with a plucked chicken yelling "BEHOLD, A MAN!" You may as well not even entertain the idea of existence through definition unless you go to the extreme he brings up in this video.
@ayumuchorizo4486 3 дні тому
If we're gonna follow what you say, that would make me think that a wall is a chair because I can lean my back on it and be in a sitting position - oh, same goes for the floor or the ground. Wait, so the whole surface of the Earth is a Chair??? A PERSON is a chair because you **can** sit on them! Does that mean horses, camels, and elephants are ALL chairs as well because we actually sit on them, on purpose, for travel? Are cars and bicycles just... "moving chairs"? We can go on and on, but at this point, almost everything can be called a chair. Then does **it** really exist? Because by that logic a "chair" becomes a concept we apply to things but not a thing itself. So the object in the thumbnail and what is beside Micheal is not 'a' chair but an assembled wooden frame that can function as the chair. I can also conclude then that the same wooden frame is a table because I can use the square surface to place my dinner so I can eat. Oh look, now it's actually just a Table which we happen to sit on. Doesn't seem like that line of thought sufficiently answers the question imo! 😂
@pyramidteam9961 2 дні тому
_sits on a chicken_ behold plato’s chair
@TimeBucks 2 роки тому
his sense of humor is still as good as always
@vitaminluke5597 2 роки тому
I remember the old days when he dressed as a bearded nun in Lady Gaga parodies. The old Michael was indeed always this bizarre. Edit: I wrote this BEFORE watching the part when he mentioned this video! I always thought he was hiding from his past, but I guess not.
@admrfq41 2 роки тому
sus out
@Home_Rich 2 роки тому
@@admrfq41 Sus in? Sussin?
@huzaifakhurram2024 2 роки тому
I think it's getting better with every plank second
@no3ironman11100 2 роки тому
@@admrfq41 The more sus they become NO HE DIDN'T OH MY GOD I DO NOT PARTAKE IN THIS
@tinovelez6601 5 місяців тому
at 31:39 Michael says “some” at the exact same pitch as the beginning of all star by smash mouth
@Taffles-hh9cu Місяць тому
“how can i know if someone has perfect pitch?”
@sevenayashinedown1283 Місяць тому
I scrolled through the comments and am now relieved that a person four months ago came to the same realization I had five minutes ago. "Some..." Of course if we ever shared an atom at some point, then I came to the realization four months ago before I realized I ever watched this video...I really need to go back to bed.
@v0id_d3m0n 14 днів тому
Need an edit of this
@manfroze 4 дні тому
I swear that’s intentional
@dmboiler6333 2 місяці тому
i cant wait for vinesauce to become a dad and explain every question his son asks him like this
@FlyingKitty900 2 роки тому
Another certified hood classic
@lolololoeko-gkspiorgko-wk 2 роки тому
lmao def
@GregoriousApartment 2 роки тому
Lmao😂😂
@peace2017 2 роки тому
lmaoo
@gokublackgaming5944 2 роки тому
Wha
@BaIlZack 2 роки тому
Thanks shrek
@arkanys3401 2 роки тому
"Do chairs exist?" _36 minutes later:_ "I AM DEATH"
@navizh6113 2 роки тому
the best comment ever
@brandonspike 2 роки тому
monkaW
@ONE.Music. 2 роки тому
36:54
@Violet._.PhoeniX 2 роки тому
Yes
@ThatMellon 2 роки тому
Damn 😂
@Pizzaroll669 4 місяці тому
I like how he would talk about the most random thing that nobody would think of to talk about for halve an hour. Now that’s what I call, “Creativity.”
@tehangrybird345 5 місяців тому
Sir this is a Wendy’s
@PopcornAstronautOfficail Місяць тому
Why is this the top comment with 7 likes
@jaakkolehto1487 26 днів тому
@@PopcornAstronautOfficailweird…
@TheBestcommentor 4 дні тому
No, it's just some simples Wendy's-ing.
@AsaWRLD47 2 роки тому
Everyone else when they see a chair: Sit Michael when he sees a chair: "hmm yes, salty"
@anidiotthathasexistence364 2 роки тому
Micheal: what is salty am I real is chair real is wood real is trees real are my pants real
@zakx_ 2 роки тому
mmmm salt
@nasuegaming1255 2 роки тому
If that's a oversimplified reference, there's gonna be a tax for that.
@ht87y 2 роки тому
Normal people when they see a donut in a toilet: ew Michael when he sees a donut in a toilet: Hmm yes food (begins consumption)
@LupeSunglass 2 роки тому
Hm yes, ass flavour
@whitedinosaur45 2 роки тому
Michael at the beginning: "Do chairs exist?" Michael at the end: "I am death"
@cultistsash 2 роки тому
Basically everyone at the end of philosophy undergrad.
@TTTTCJGKS 2 роки тому
Underrated comment
@bryanrhodes369 2 роки тому
Sounds like the Baghavad Gita to me
@flaviolepri5539 2 роки тому
That's what I call a quality anthagonist arc.
@dillpickle3654 2 роки тому
Oppenheimer type beat
@MrsSiwik 4 місяці тому
Thank you for making this video. I will need to watch it many more times to hopefully try to grasp all points. But, just from watching once I have to say, it is the best and most important video you've ever made. Cheers to you!
@goldenowl6778 5 місяців тому
bros legs are 100% asleep
@astrorobinson3716 15 днів тому
😂
@TNinja0 2 роки тому
"Michael, take a seat, we need to talk" "Do chairs exists?" "MICHAEL"
@theredghost9368 2 роки тому
I want some kind of series where Michael is in an insane asylum and constantly does stuff just like that
@ErikUden 2 роки тому
@@theredghost9368 literally the vsauce UKposts channel
@jaykoerner 2 роки тому
Then he pulls a slice of cheese from his shirt
@thatgreenguyplayer2 2 роки тому
Reminds me of the "what its like to be married to Neil degrasse tyson" sketch done by Key and Peele
@ErikUden 2 роки тому
@@thatgreenguyplayer2 so true
@devirtues8596 2 роки тому
Michael: Chair: *sweats nervously*
@Lefurmage104 2 роки тому
CAN RELATE
@kysssssss 2 роки тому
🪑
@kreeepyk0 2 роки тому
🪑 💧
@Michael-kp4bd 2 роки тому
There’s always these UKposts meme copy/pasted jokes that I find annoying and unoriginal… until someone actually applies it well. Even though it’s the same template joke, it really actually cracked me up. Props to that
@DJSlimeball 2 роки тому
Especially since he keeps threatening and caressing chair with knife.
@guilhermesviech4610 2 місяці тому
i love that note that plays when the chair appears so much
@Ai_Unkown 23 дні тому
I love how you bring us along for the ride of figuring it out.
@soulslvr9562 2 роки тому
I love how Michael is just welcoming the horror aspect the internet has given him over the years
@soulslvr9562 2 роки тому
@@JoeyIsGlowey TLDR the internet has made Michael seem to be an eldrich scp that cannot be contained. And hes playing along to it
@pattherick6875 2 роки тому
@@soulslvr9562 haha your tldr is as long as your original 😂
@soulslvr9562 2 роки тому
@@pattherick6875 ah ha! You are wrong! ITS EVEN LONGER!!! MUHAHAHA
@MartinPoulter 2 роки тому
I spent a total of eleven years as a philosophy student and got two degrees. This is by far the best explanation of ontology I've ever seen.
@Mentox2 2 роки тому
I dont think so, its biased (towards naturalism and physicalism) and overly simplistic. And his attempt at a solution to the issues raised by composition are unsatisfactory.
@MTETELEVISION 2 роки тому
@@Mentox2 no
@TKOfromJohn 2 роки тому
@@Mentox2 Shhhh let people enjoy things
@MartinPoulter 2 роки тому
@@Mentox2 It's literally an introduction to the subject for a general audience. Show me an explanation which isn't "overly simplistic" and which is similarly accessible.
@tchaffman 2 роки тому
@@Mentox2 Accessibility doesn't make your ideas overly simplistic. Striving for complexity to be seen as profound doesn't make you a brighter or deeper thinker, it just makes you a moron. Being able to translate your abstract ideas in a rich and interesting way that resonates with everyday people shows a higher level of mastery and understanding.
@user-iu1ft6xi1i 5 місяців тому
I truly believe that it is your choice/definition of things defined by what you have experienced and your personality.
@jaxxinator5999 6 місяців тому
Wonderful video Michael. One thing I would say is that to me a composite object 'exists' as long as it is more that the sum of it's parts. Okay, you might ask, but what do I mean by this? It means that it has some property for which the simples it contains are more important than the simples it doesn't contain. E.g. the atoms that make up a chair are important in allowing you to rest your butt on it. Existence is therefore a state of being in relation to an intelligence e.g. us. Stuff enters our horizon of understanding and things come into existence. I would not consider the 'incar' to exist because it does have any unique properties that cannot be understood be considering the garage and car separately.
@AldrichNaiborhu 2 роки тому
Michael is like that one friend who you don't hear from much, but at 3 AM, he'll start sending you links to the secrets of the universe before he disappears into the night again.
@tsepollewellyn8631 2 роки тому
That person sounds amazing!
@monkey6028 2 роки тому
I want a friend like that
@jensvanbockstal429 2 роки тому
I am that friend the difference is I use it to make my friend mire awake and up for the school day as we are sriving in the bus
@thesteambreaker9449 2 роки тому
I want friends at all
@bulbasaur5190 2 роки тому
Sounds like me Yea i am this weird kid
@mustakaapu 2 роки тому
Vsauce: "Do chairs exist?" 2 million people sitting on a chair: "Hmm interesting"
@DS-uj3bt 2 роки тому
Lol..very under rated comment
@miguelbenavides9160 2 роки тому
But are those 2 million people actually "people" or atoms people-ing
@undyingjin5968 2 роки тому
@@miguelbenavides9160 are those atoms atoms or are they atoms atom-ing
@Pandidolod 2 роки тому
That's a big chair
@scoopshort 2 роки тому
*laughs in bed*
@soraelkiasking2790 6 днів тому
I've seen this video more than 5 times, it hunts my nights since the day it was uploaded...
@theEwanGH 8 днів тому
Vsauce is the only person to explain why chairs exist for 37 minutes 💀
@josephweimer2859 2 роки тому
I’m relieved to know I’m not the only one who has been skeptical of chairs my entire life.
@esphyxia 2 роки тому
Yes. I think they are decoys. There are just too many chairs in the world. I feel a rebellion amidst
@MrCockburger1212 2 роки тому
ever have that feeling your chairs in your house are watching you?
@dametocosita4994 2 роки тому
But what are you skeptical of? I mean do chairs even exist? Do you exist? Do I exist? Am I having an existential crisis? Or is it just simples arranged me-wise having existential crisis? 🤔
@Darkenssf7436 2 роки тому
The comments are so serious lol
@t-827 2 роки тому
Bueno
@1saac_xx 9 місяців тому
Michael is the one youtuber who isnt questioned for making a 30 minute video contemplating a chair's existence
@Catonic348ismyGDusername 8 місяців тому
First reply ok!
@ninleyarchival 8 місяців тому
@@Catonic348ismyGDusernamesecond reply ok!
@Veks120 8 місяців тому
@@ninleyarchival third reply ok!
@therealcfiddy592 8 місяців тому
It's actually almost 38vminures, at 37 minutes , 53 seconds. Quite a bit longer than 30 minutes
@avaius 8 місяців тому
In fact we would expect this of him
@A-Classic-Blunder Рік тому
I love how the more complicated things get, the more informal their names are
@AbraxasTheSecond Рік тому
that's contemporary philosophy for ya. I love it.
@powerstation0872 Рік тому
Spaghettification is one of my favorite words
@tonylee1667 Рік тому
We're out of names, it's a crisis
@noob_techie2475 Рік тому
When your mind is already messed up you dont wanna add names like mitochondric thermal universe
@austin-multicellular Рік тому
that's cool and all but now I'm scared because the boomer remover sounds like an extremely complex machine created for the sole purpose of mass genocide
@13lood13ath 6 місяців тому
The paper is the material. The crane is the shape. The unfolded paper is now in the shape of a rectangle and while both the rectangle and crane are made of the same material, the shapes are different.
@plewis9 3 місяці тому
Watching this video as Amie Thomasson’s daughter was so surreal! Not only was my mom cited as an expert, Whenever he cited another expert, I was like “oh, yeah, he came to our house for dinner; I baked a cake for him…” and so on. Plus all of the books in the video are literally in my house right now. Also, my mom loves that you put her in a video, and says she’s now a UKposts star!
@Khafaji 2 роки тому
Love how there no context behind the title but i am ready for vsauce to convince me chairs don't exist...
@leovy7227 2 роки тому
titles are always the context of everything.
@swordigo 2 роки тому
yes
@its_lucky252 2 роки тому
He can convince you that up is down
@The-toast 2 роки тому
Somebody needs to stop this man, he clearly holds too much power
@dakaripro 2 роки тому
i swear i saved this just so i can be convinced later
2 роки тому
Me: trying to find out if chairs exist. Michael: "I am death"
@KindredBrujah 2 роки тому
"I am the Scattering."
@kysssssss 2 роки тому
🪑
@Flight_of_Icarus 11 днів тому
I feel like this is just the argument between Plato and Aristotle on Plato's idea of the forms but refined with thousands of years of thinking from a lot of different people.
@ashleigh423 8 днів тому
Ok but that intro was captivating as hell
@jonahwoodward3623 2 роки тому
Michael: This slice of cheese. is f l o p p y. Also Michael: *I am death. I am the scattering.*
@DJSlimeball 2 роки тому
@@humanbean9370 Does it with spoon too.
@isaacdanoob2434 2 роки тому
Me: Stops paying attention for 5 seconds Michael: *GUNKY*
@badeendXII 2 роки тому
Hoot
@Robo2415 2 роки тому
Michael: STUFF
@pleappleappleap День тому
I don't agree that believing that the chair exists leads to paradox. I think the answer to the paradox is, "You're overthinking it."
@jakechapman3161 5 днів тому
Man thanks for making these videos. I had only one science teacher who would actually make full lessons on the questions I had in an interesting way. He was my favorite teacher and you are very similar. Keep questioning everything and sharing your thoughts we value them a lot. Have a good day vsauce.
@akorn9943 2 роки тому
*“I am death and I am the scattering.”* -Michael, perfectly sane human being
@JasonVoorheeTalkShow 2 роки тому
Michael the eldritch god
@a.pigeon 2 роки тому
Perfectly sane is a strech
@Spiggo97 2 роки тому
Saint Michael of the Vesaucian Lakes
@creeperbait_42 2 роки тому
Now I'll just BE DEATH and SCATTERING like a normal human person HA HA laughter laughter
@iam_funnny 2 роки тому
Michael is actually the sanest person on the Earth. It's just us that are flawed and stupid and unintelligent and we should really worship the ultimate being known as the creator of the youtube channel VSauce.
@SeLeV93 2 роки тому
"I am death, and I am the scattering." I bet Michael could write the most epic, cosmic black metal.
@wrenpyle7098 2 роки тому
feels like a daughters song tbh
@TheArtofKAS 2 роки тому
Literally the only line I will continue to repeat in my head
@Sh1ranu1 2 роки тому
36:28 or something
@justinmiller129 2 роки тому
It reminds me of *_these mice_* ukposts.info/have/v-deo/jnVng62CpnyEo2Q.html&.vgula
@uselessduck5994 2 роки тому
I am death, I am the scattering. My existence is truly flattering. Make me a chair, I guess I’m not. But I’m still there, in every thought. Chairs are things, long and wide. You can even go inside. Chairs don’t exist, that is true. But you know what? 6606.48 divided by 2.
@yjanks 26 днів тому
This has to be my favorite Vsauce video
@xyomga 3 дні тому
I love this episode it put some more scientific backing to the law of one book series I suggest everybody read it at least once with an open mind
@zimnylech527 2 роки тому
"I am not a thing that dies and becomes scattered, I AM death, and I AM the scattering." This is such a badass quote when taken out of context.
@Corn0nTheCobb 2 роки тому
Heisenberg vibes. You clearly don't know who you're talking to, Skyler. A thing dies and becomes scattered and you think that of me? No, I AM the one who SCATTERS.
@gruvalisticno 2 роки тому
Blends in well with that Western movie tune at the end. It could be a quote by Clint Eastwood in a scene where he finishes his adversary or something like that...
@johnchesterfield9726 2 роки тому
It does lol, sounds like something a villain would say on some Anime
@Approfondissement 2 роки тому
It's badass with context as well
@theabsoluteman1486 2 роки тому
"if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck then it's not a duck"
@UltimateKyuubiFox 2 роки тому
“I am Death, and I am the scattering.” ~Vsauce Michael That’s a metal af quote.
@scoobysnax 2 роки тому
Honestly, Oppenheimer doesn't have shit on Mr. Vsauce after that quote.
@xXPamelaXalemaPXx 2 роки тому
It reminded me of "I am the danger" from Breaking Bad
@yes6650 2 роки тому
It sounds like what a villain in a marvel movie would say
@era_s 2 роки тому
I think the preceding line is necessary to get across the quote's essence: "We are not the universe seeing itself. We are the seeing. I am not a thing that dies and becomes scattered. I am death, and I am the scattering."
@jalenshi8399 2 роки тому
Reminds me of the famous Nietzsche quote, “I am not a man, I am dynamite”
@washcode9613 3 місяці тому
I got to take a seminar taught by Van Inwagen in college where we went over his book, and it was fascinating! Really interesting to question the limits of how we define the world around us
@refreshedog4860 2 роки тому
This tells us a lot about Michael's grudge against chairs.
@Treddian 2 роки тому
*sigh* You're accusing Micheal of begrudging something he doesn't even believe in.
@rotisseriepossum 2 роки тому
@Spiderman you fool, what if the office has a chaise lounge like in the cartoons? it’s practically a chair-couch-bed hybrid!
@aniksamiurrahman6365 2 роки тому
Imagine learning all sort of philosophy just bcoz one doesn't like chairs.
@fr0zeNid 2 роки тому
Honey wake up new Michael chair grudge lore just dropped
@alrex96 2 роки тому
Says alot about society
@austinmiller2041 2 роки тому
Vsauce: Do chairs exist? Michael: I am Death, and I am the Scattering.
@Kirarak 2 роки тому
What a lovely way to end a lecture :D
@tysoncurtis2646 2 роки тому
Ahahaha
@TestarossaF110 2 роки тому
>:)
@ItsOnlyGenjutsu 2 роки тому
It's happening!
@juniusnoble6659 2 роки тому
lol he said "I am Death, and I am scattering." right as I was reading that part of your comment
@btheboio8602 3 місяці тому
Every now and then I cycle back to watch old VSauce. There are several videos I don't remember past 10 minutes because I undoubtedly fell asleep watching lmao
@DirtyMardi 4 місяці тому
As an information architect by trade, I think I’ll just send this video to everyone when a new project starts, so that I don’t have to explain what ontology means every time. Thanks Vsauce!
@venompogg4231 2 роки тому
Michel is the only man who can ask the question “do chairs really exist” and explain it for 40 mins and make me believe that Chairs don’t exist
@BrazilianImperialist 2 роки тому
You have to start thinking more than
@saifmohamed2967 2 роки тому
He is the smartest conspiracy theorist out there
@gabrielr8430 2 роки тому
@@BrazilianImperialist you are the most boring person on the planet
@eriosyce688 2 роки тому
@@BrazilianImperialist than? 🤔
@BrazilianImperialist 2 роки тому
@@gabrielr8430 You liked your own comment
@SuperWiiBros08 2 роки тому
never seen a more questioning and cryptic video title
@urmad2873 2 роки тому
Welcome to vsauce
@TheWelchProductions 2 роки тому
@@urmad2873 Where are your fingers?
@spacebarbarian._ 2 роки тому
why do most people in top comments never consider the context before commenting or just comment silly stuff. Yea its funny most of the time but still misleading and distracting from what vid is all about. I am not against your comment, but sure the context is more important than the title right?
@Yadobler 2 роки тому
me in tok: tok teacher: if you sit on a table is it a chair?
@Joy-jo7ds 2 роки тому
@@spacebarbarian._ I feel like parts of the answer are in your comment. They know the context but the point of the joke is that their comment is misleading. That’s the joke. Maybe they’re making the joke bc of the content of the video or because, like in this case, the title of the vid is one like this one.
@removechan10298 7 днів тому
this feels like 10 years ago
@nithinhmmm 2 місяці тому
This has to be up there among the greatest youtube video ever, as it takes us closer to the edge of human reasoning.
@mooseschimming3809 2 роки тому
"I am death, and I am the scattering" most metal thing said on vSauce to date
@Endermanguy-wj3fn 2 роки тому
Or is it?
@Gowther31 2 роки тому
*Cue vsauce music*
@j37j2 26 днів тому
It is my hope that philosophers will one day consider questions that pertain to normal people, and then find answers to those questions that don't presuppose state violence.
@icewink7100 23 дні тому
That type of philosophy definitely exists. And the ideas in this video can be used for those purposes. Do nations exist? What about groups of people? Are human rights a real thing that actually exists? Ontology can be used to probe lots of more impactful things.
@j37j2 22 дні тому
@@icewink7100 Thanks for your courteous reply. I appreciate what you have to say. I generally like VSauce videos, and I am aware of philosophies out there with the criteria I listed. I should have couched my words a bit more carefully. My sentiment I was trying to express is that it discourages me that most philosophy in the public eye has little relevance to the average person. At best, it is indigestible by the average Joe, and at worst it is serves to excuse or even justify totalitarianism. While oncology does have a purpose, the average guy is more concerned about how to most effectively interact and care for his family, and finds questions like "Do nations exist?" pointless to his every day life. In the every day life is where I believe philosophy should have the most impact, but unfortunately it is rarely, if ever, taught in a way in which it can be practically applied to someone's challenges.
@icewink7100 22 дні тому
@@j37j2 maybe you would find Marxism interesting? Marx definitely is a controversial thinker, but he’s expressed a similar sentiments to you “the philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.” Marxist philosophy is more focused on social interactions, how companies and jobs work and how they affect people. If you think that kind of analysis sounds interesting, but disagree with Marxists’ conclusions, maybe you could look at various responses to Marxist analysis, maybe by anarchist? They definitely share your distain of totalitarianism. This is just my advice as a person who has gone from thinking philosophy is useless and unimportant, to someone who loves learning about philosophy for fun.
@j37j2 22 дні тому
@@icewink7100 Thank you again for your courteous and respectful response. You are a gem to interact with on the interwebs. I am quite familiar with Marxism. I have read his two most famous works, Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto. I am currently reading a biography of his life, which includes many of his works which are less well known. After much study, my final opinion on Marxism is not at all positive. I am an anarchist myself, but I find Marxism, and the general dialectic of Haegelianism which most of his work is derived from, to be incompatible with any form of reduction in state control. If you'd like to continue our conversation, I would enjoy it, however I do not wish to offend you, as you've been so pleasant. A shorthand to my general current understanding of him and his works can be summed up in a quote of his that is repeated throughout many of his works, including Das Kapital: "Empirically, communism is only possible as the act of the dominant peoples 'all at once' and simultaneously, which presupposes the universal development of productive forces and the world intercourse bound up with communism." In reading his works and especially about his life, my personal conclusion is that his goal was to speak out of one side of his mouth in order to deceive the average person into giving up their rights to totalitarianism in order to, in his own words, "Bathe the world in rivers of fire and blood."
@colindickson6099 6 місяців тому
the ending of this video is profound and haunting and beautiful. was not expecting that.
@steventhehistorian 2 роки тому
'I AM death and I AM the scattering' - Michael Stevens That is a badass quote.
@professorfukyu744 2 роки тому
The concept of "I" is a video in itself.
@Finkster5 2 роки тому
Those, along with "we are the seeing" would make for some sick-ass metal lyrics.
@Garreousbear 2 роки тому
Vsauce is Vishnu-Ing
@ydxx 2 роки тому
Walter white vibes
@TheCalicove 2 роки тому
I read this as soon as he said that in the video. Never thought I’d be saying that in a reply section!
@fireredgaming1 2 роки тому
“What’s your job?” Vsauce: giving people existential crisis with chairs
@donut6789 2 роки тому
FiRsT!!1!1!1!1
@MrSwag-zv3pg 2 роки тому
There's no such thing as an existential crisis!
@blazer6972 2 роки тому
@@MrSwag-zv3pg ... uh... mmm... that.... ok....
@LuizHRDC 2 роки тому
But what IS your job?
@CathTheGinger 2 роки тому
More like giving chairs an existential crisis
@Surya-jz6te Місяць тому
I've watched this for atleast 3 times, it still goes over my smooth head.
@beemoore6578 24 дні тому
25:40 "its corn all the way down, run!!" Now nakes sense. Imagine if things were made up of themsleves. Infinate zoom would be mind bending
@grunt2376 2 роки тому
the fact Vsauce has just accepted his meme status as an insane internet genius yet still manages to be so informative is just *Chefs kiss*
@artratengo3685 2 роки тому
@@truthview7261 no one asked
@stare4539 2 роки тому
lMaoo
@renderproductions1032 2 роки тому
|-O-|
@loreleihillard5078 2 роки тому
No, he just still hasn't recovered from his time in the room
@maknyc1539 2 роки тому
k boomar
@seferd11 2 роки тому
There was once 11 sides to the argument, then someone said: "Hey let's unify all the sides into one" There was then 12 sides to the argument.
@danmoore1678 2 роки тому
Why does this make me think of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams?
@seferd11 2 роки тому
@@danmoore1678 Good catch I love Douglas Adams, But I'm not sure if its his.
@professorfukyu744 2 роки тому
Counting errors. You don't count the list on the list you're making. Its kinda redundant and allows counting as many times as you see fit into infinity. (Election?) As you add items you create a new list. Count that list and you have +2 for everything.
@Orygin9 2 роки тому
@@seferd11 xkcd?
@maestrojarrett 10 днів тому
"Let's agree on what it means to exist." Man, I think I need to sit down for this one...ohh wait...
@pleappleappleap День тому
I have a reasonable answer to "Which one is the Ship is Theseus?" My answer is, "Who cares?"
@ShortHax 2 роки тому
Can’t wait for Vsauce to debunk how gaming chairs don’t make you a better gamer in the next video
@hhfbko 2 роки тому
Chad
@LightningSquad 2 роки тому
To the person reading this comment you are awesome & hope you having a great day My dream is to hit 25K I hope you can help me accomplish my dreams.
@LightningSquad 2 роки тому
I uploaded my Face Reveal...
@Lumanova 2 роки тому
Wait, they don't?
@hpermutation4439 2 роки тому
Haha very funny 😐
@fishum6483 2 роки тому
"is he talking about linguistics, philosophy or fundamentalism?" "yep"
@RogerBarraud 2 роки тому
Next vid: "Splunge" :-)
@ljwester 2 роки тому
ontology
@boobbbers 2 роки тому
It's a review of philosophical fundamentalism within linguistics. Or a linguistic critique of fundamentalist philosophy.
@LemonSarah Місяць тому
I swear, Michael could say literally anything, make a video that lasts like five hours to watch, and I'd watch it in one sitting, no breaks, even if I had a job interview.
@micky100 22 дні тому
We’re about to discover some of the deepest secrets of the remote universe: “Do chairs exist?”.
@donckwilliams92 9 місяців тому
This channel is a work of art. Who knew I'd be questioning whether chairs exist at 4am from a man who licked a chair and then pulled cheese out of his shirt in the same take.
@mirasmiras3237 7 місяців тому
Not only questioning, but doing an entire PhD research 😂
@MikeyDL69 7 місяців тому
I didn’t even question the fact that the cheese came from his shirt 😂
@mitchjaylenewilliamson2708 7 місяців тому
I was thinking all of those exact things. But it's only 10pm
@atlantisvsacid 7 місяців тому
4am for me 😂
@ivanlebedev2306 7 місяців тому
Literally me rn, that's weird
@Saronite 2 роки тому
Two ontological antirealists walk into a bunch of atoms arranged bar-wise.
@Andrew-jj6er 2 роки тому
Good one lol.
@anuj8825 2 роки тому
A few atoms ontologically humaning move to another bunch of atoms bar-ing. Where, atoms = simples atoming
@r3ked272 2 роки тому
A mereological universalist then walks in, and forms a group of the universalist, the simples arranged ontological antirealist-wise, and my front door. Then the bartender asks them to stop arguing and order their damn drinks.
@yvanstevenaclan1579 2 роки тому
Oh my god😭 these guys
@SuperAzeton 2 роки тому
@@anuj8825 I think you mean. Ontologically speaking a few simples humaning inbar a bunch of simples bar-ing.
@xSolitari 2 місяці тому
Watching at 4AM hits different. Like a punch in the groin.
@roydavid5761 Місяць тому
I find this stuff fascinating, i remember i wrote an essay that delves in a similar concept, to me, it all comes down to purpose and cause, things are a specific object based on it’s relation to the environment and the human perception of it’s purpose, just like how we perceive color but it doesn’t really exist.
@silkmilk8128 Рік тому
Vsauce is the type of guy to make a 38 minute video determining if chairs exist
@ramonz5917 Рік тому
And still makes it interesting.
@hollowayJunior Рік тому
is he?
@DavidAnthony.123 Рік тому
@@hollowayJunior lol
@vedantsridhar8378 Рік тому
@@ramonz5917 and convincing that chairs don't exist.
@dom_blvcc Рік тому
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@jemmerllast8492 2 роки тому
"I am death, and I am the scattering." Is such a raw line filled with power.
@user-ds4gp8dr2q 2 роки тому
what does that even mean?
@ONE.Music. 2 роки тому
36:54
@TheMinecraftBeast101 2 роки тому
I fully got chills
@yourikhi 2 роки тому
It means I am the destroyer and the creator same time...that's pretty much Hindu philosophy... Edit ..it goes much more deeper than this...
@nahometesfay1112 2 роки тому
@@user-ds4gp8dr2q In the context of this video, he explained earlier that a consistent way to describe a "simple object" is an action or performance of more fundamental "stuff" so he claims that death and scattering are a continuation of the performance that is "Michael-ing" while this is plausible under his reasoning, it doesn't directly follow from it. Under his reasoning, it would also be valid to say that death is when his body stops "Michael-ing" and scattering is a process done to a body that was "Michael-ing"
@v0id_d3m0n 14 днів тому
I loved the part about how nouns are actually verbs/adjectives
@do2xd679 3 місяці тому
Only vsauce can end a video calling himself death while not sounding delusional
@sekoncen9559 2 роки тому
I want to say “yes, chairs definitely exist.” But I’m sure he’ll find a way to convince me otherwise.
@bittern4464 2 роки тому
Well, did he?
@rylandsmith8552 2 роки тому
We need the update
@lapeez2277 2 роки тому
pls give us an update
@SampMan87 2 роки тому
After the video, I think this guy decided he didn’t exist either.
@paradiso-gt-7452 2 роки тому
I KNOW RIGHT?!
@yveltheyveltal5166 2 роки тому
"I am not a thing that dies and becomes scattered. I am death, and I am the scattering." holy shit michael
@skrillah6259 2 роки тому
”You’re scaring me Walt”
@user-jg5qf2om5g 2 роки тому
"now I've become death, destroyer of worlds"
@cirlu_bd 2 роки тому
scat
@SerenityReceiver 2 роки тому
After death there is no "I", therfore no ontological definitions, so "he" is not "the scattering". I say.
@lostman812 2 роки тому
@@SerenityReceiver "he" is just using 'I' to make us ᴾᵉᵃˢᵃⁿᵗˢ comprehend a point which the context of was constructed or "composed" throughout the video :D
@Nn91. 9 днів тому
I think they do, look, I’m sitting on one right n- *OH FOR GOD SAKES, STOP TAKING MY CHAIRS!!!*
@ArthurXD32 6 місяців тому
bro really be dropping the most horrifying short film ever created just for the intro of a video called "do chairs exist"
@gokham33 2 роки тому
Love the fact that a chair is most defined by "something to sit in" yet Michael sits on the floor next to the chair for the whole video.
@algee2005 2 роки тому
sitting in the chair would suggest that the chair exists.
@3173_Delta 2 роки тому
"Chair is a separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs." Therefore, 🐎
@nathanstuart2192 2 роки тому
Bashurverse is burning in hell 😂😂🗑️RIP BOZO
@dr.klicheota996 2 роки тому
Thank you for spoiling the video
@artratengo3685 2 роки тому
hahah yeah
@RrrooteSsschorlllle 2 роки тому
* licks chair * pulls cheese out of his shirt * talks about what it means to exist This is art.
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