Normal people can become monsters given the right situation. That’s the standard narrative of the Stanford Prison Experiment, one of the most famous psychological experiments of all time. But what if the cause of its participants’ cruel behavior wasn’t what we’ve always been told?
If I could live forever, should I? How does being reminded of our own mortality affect us psychologically? In this episode I speak with mortician and death positivity activist Caitlin Doughty and visit a cryonics facility trying to extend human life indefinitely. Will I take them up on their offer, […]
Are we alone in the universe? Even if we could contact aliens, what would we say? How would we say it? And, most importantly, should we even be trying to make contact at all? This episode takes me on a journey to compose and send my own personal message into […]
How can a lie become true? In this episode, Dr. Aaron Blaisdell and I create a game show that is actually a giant “human Skinner Box” to observe the formation of superstitious beliefs. And Dr. Samuel Veissière helps me design and perform a placebo reverse exorcism, harnessing the power of […]
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To celebrate, I asked a group of colleagues who worked with me on the series to sit down at Vsauce HQ and watch through three entire episodes. We go behind the scenes, elaborate on topics in the episodes, and dig in to what impact working on Mind Field has had […]
Everyone is scared of something … but what’s the SCARIEST thing? Is it even possible to answer such a question? In this special I explore the dark recesses of the mind to learn how fears are born and whether there exists a grand, unifying terror. FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tweetsauce […]
Support Vsauce, your brain, Alzheimer’s research, and other YouTube educators by joining THE CURIOSITY BOX: a seasonal delivery of viral science toys made by Vsauce! A portion of all proceeds goes to Alzheimer’s research and our Inquisitive Fellowship, a program that gives money and resources directly to growing science channels […]
Join our Curiosity Box! https://www.curiositybox.com https://twitter.com/tweetsauce https://www.instagram.com/electricpants SOURCES: 1896 snowball fight: https://twitter.com/joaquimcampa/status/1311391615425093634?lang=en Prospective and retrospective timing: YOUR BRAIN IS A TIME MACHINE by Dean Buonomano: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Brain-Time-Machine-Neuroscience/dp/0393355608/ ISOLATION – Mind Field: https://youtu.be/iqKdEhx-dD4 (every episode of Mind Field is free to watch on YouTube!) speed of time as we age: FELT TIME […]
This video was created in partnership with Bill Gates and was inspired by his new book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.” Find out more here: https://gatesnot.es/3t1u93B LINKS TO LEARN MORE: my twitter: https://twitter.com/tweetsauce my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/electricpants The extended mind thesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_mind_thesis MinuteEarth video on how greenhouse gasses work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTvqIijqvTg […]
