The Science of Thinking

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Published 2017-03-02
How the brain works, how we learn, and why we sometimes make stupid mistakes.
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This video was inspired by the book Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

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Animator: Jesse Agar ve42.co/ThisPlace
Filmed by Raquel Nuno

Music by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com/ "Sneaky Adventure" "Harlequin"

All Comments (21)
  • "To watch videos that give you the sensation of understanding, without actually learning anything" I feel personally attacked XD
  • @mdv9831
    When a science channel is more motivating than most motivation channels.
  • @soleneart5922
    It’s funny how this video changed my pov on lots of things. There’s one thing I really learned from this video after only watching it once (I’m rewatching it and still knew this one thing before rewatching it months after) : thinking is uncomfortable and you must be willing to be uncomfortable to learn. Now when I feel uncomfortable when learning new things bc it’s difficult, I can say to myself that this is just normal and that as I clarify the difficult informations I will learn it better
  • Things I've learned from this video... 1) Habit --- automatic ways of doing something (practice something Consistently) Eg, Shoe lace tieng, Musical nots, Pupil dilution 2) Thinking takes efforts. It involves fighting through confusion (Somewhat unpleasant) 3) Human Brain cannot tolerate boredom but actively avoid engaging tasks. Mind craves for easy and instant gratification. 4) Enhanced observation skills.. 5) False feelings: Eg, Watching YouTube videos gave us a sensation of understanding without learning anything. - To always drive with the GPS on, So you never get lost but alao you never learn the way. 6) If you really want to learn and get better at anything, have any chance to become an expert, you have to be willing to be uncomfortable.
  • Interesting that the human brain can not tolerate boredom, but actively avoids engaging tasks.
  • @jacquesh.3353
    11:24 "To watch videos that give you the sensation of understanding, without actually learning anything" I see what you did there...
  • My brain while watching this video: “What a fascinating concept” Also my brain: “IS THAT THE MUSIC FROM THE MR INCREDIBLE MEME”
  • @BrianE_PhD
    "If you want to have any chance of becoming an expert, you have to be willing to be uncomfortable." I just completed a PhD focused on nanomaterials development and application. This sentence resonates incredibly well. I don't really relate to the idea of not thinking because my advisor told me a few years ago: "as researchers we don't get paid to do experiments, we get paid to think." The negative side of this is thinking deeply about literally everything all the time lol
  • "To watch videos that give you the sensation of understanding, without actually learning anything" My man's breaking the fourth wall
  • Gun is still telling drew to scroll to the bottom on phone to find the comments when they are indeed at the top.
  • @purringraven3648
    "To watch videos that give you the sensation of understanding without actually learning anything". This one hits personally
  • One of the best content creators on YouTube. Thank you very much for the efforts you put into making these informative videos. We learn a lot from you. Keep'em coming 👌
  • @TheDrewker
    "Drew is lazy". Just gonna directly and explicitly call me out like that huh
  • @philochristos
    This must be why kids have an easier time learning than adults. Their auto pilot isn't fully developed yet, and EVERYTHING takes effort.
  • This is too good!!! Way too good! You expertly resumed the concept and explained even better than Kahnemam's book, while adding even more data. Now i'm in desperate need of more content like this from you.
  • Am using YouTube since 2016 but till date I had never commented on any video it's 2023 now and I would say that this is the best video I have ever seen on you tube and the line "If you want to have any chance of becoming an expert, u have to be willing to be uncomfortable" is just it really hits the sensation of doing something and not just being lazy all the time
  • @arnovj1
    Its like vsauce, but stays on the same topic.
  • @D-Man_Jam
    1:09 "The Earth doesn't take a day to get around the Sun, it take a yee." My man knows where it's at.
  • “To watch videos that give you the feeling of understanding even if you aren’t learning anything” Damn you got me there
  • Man this guy makes something so easy to explain from a normal pov into something so deep in scientific. Like if somebody asked me what is thinking I would say something like "Thinking is to come up with a solution or an answer."