Our Greatest Delusion

I am working on some big new projects I'm excited to share with you!

So this video is a little different from most of the others. The channel is an element of truth, after all, not an element of science. This is my truth. It may not be everyone's but that's ok too.

Clips included were from:
Chernobyl and Pripyat - drone shots from shooting Uranium
Obsidian dome, California
Panum Crater
El Capitan
The Pyramids of Giza
Toronto buildings
The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin
Abu Simbel temple at Aswan, Egypt
Sydney Harbour
Milky way time-lapse from the badlands of South Australia
Sunset over Warrnambool, Victoria
Big Bang animation courtesy of NASA
Sunrise over Bondi
Water off New Caledonia
Great white sharks in the Neptune Islands, South Australia
Crosswalk at Town Hall Sydney
EDUtubers at the YouTube EDU summit in San Francisco
Concert in Sydney
Jetpacking in Western Sydney
Vi's triangles at Perimeter Institute, Waterloo Canada
Aurora Borealis north of Fairbanks Alaska
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
Hiking with MinutePhysics in Washington State

[veritasium]

I'm on a plane over the Pacific but it turns out the plane "has wifi" in the same way 1994 had internet - just barely and oh so slow. Anyway, hope you're enjoying the video. Question: do you like the 'newest first' or 'top comments' default sorting?

[MattHendrickR]

I love it when somebody puts into words what I think and how I feel more eloquently than I ever could.

[D-Man_Jam]

Alternate title: _"Radiation turns a man into a philosopher"_

[theredbobcat]

"Your failures will be forgotten" - the man in Chernobyl.

[doogbazzard]

"We have two lives, the second begins when we realize we only have one." -Confucius

[Mars]

"I do not fear death. I was dead for billions upon billions of years before I was born, and not once did it cause me even the slightest of inconveniences."




One of my favorite Mark Twain quotes.

[GopalKrishanAggarwal]

One of the best videos I have ever seen. Just amazing! Amazing thoughts!

[thrash]

I come back, every so often, to this video. It's just great and so special. I hope you know just how much you help, Derek.

[ShadyPossum]

i feel inspired, depressed, excited, and a failure, all at once

[Guardabosque]

*continues to waste time on the Internet

[johng]

As someone with terminal cancer, this video is rather apt.

[TankUni]

It's like listening to your stoner friend having a revelation; 'rocks man, wooah, look at the rocks.'

[mapledoctor]

My biggest fear is not knowing what happens on earth and within the universe after I die.

[jasertio]

This video makes me hopeful and depressed at the same time.

[crustythethird]

Rock. You are a rock.
Gray. You are gray.
Like a rock.
Rock.

[hunternelson]

Well, this just inspired me to text the girl I've been stressing over for a week. Let's see how this goes.

Update: it didn't go well

[tysaylor]

ffs, I should not have watched this before bed.

[lukepieters]

"This existential crisis is brought to you by Audible..."

[majortom]

Powerful! But tomorrow I probably wont care about this - the delusion takes over once again...

[richweatherly]

"I intend to live forever. So far, so good." - Steven Wright