The Universe is Way Bigger Than You Think (Reaction & Existential Thoughts)

The Universe is Way Bigger Than You Think reaction and existential musings. Would you live on mars? I think it's likely there are other lifeforms out there on other planets... feel free to weigh in.

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[johncecak]

I think it was Carl Sagan that said "There are only two options. We are either alone in this universe, or we are not. Both are equally scary."

[emilth]

I live in Sweden and a couple of years back I had a long-distance Australian GF.
As it happened I traveled there to meet her and her family (we first met in Sweden while she was on holiday).
The flight took 26h with two stops, one in Dubai and the other one in Singapore.
When flying from Singapore I had an entire four seat mid row to myself and decided to stretch out for some sleep.
I woke up roughly 5 hours later and turned the seat screen on. It showed that we had been flying for 5, 5 hours and we were over the middle of the Indian ocean.
Vertigo hit me like a truck.
I realized that if we were to have engine troubles right then and there it would be at least 5 hours in any direction to reach land.
I nearly puked.

So to answer your question: no, I don't think I'd be mentally stable enough to endure an 8 month journey to The Red Planet if merely 5 hours almost broke me.

[TheAkdzyn]

You have a mature take on content reaction. Zero gimmicks. Thank you.

[simona_merkinin]

Last summer one night me and my boyfriend where chilling in his car. And totally by accident we looked out of the window and for the first time in our lives we saw milky way. It was so majestic, seeing a picture online doesn't even compare. Even though I lived in a country side my whole life I had never before seen it.

[garyseabolt]

It's refreshing to see a young person that is so intelligent and well spoken. I thoroughly enjoy consuming your content with it's lack of pretension and it's speculative nature. Beyond this I am at a loss for words to describe my appreciation for what you are doing.

[Dnut]

I legitimately love knowing how small we are.

It is a relief to know that no matter how terrible and destructive we get, we will likely never be a threat to anything but ourselves.

It is uplifting to know that no matter what happens to us and our world, life in some fashion and in some place will go on.

[semconscious]

The original Cosmos with Carl Sagan (the voice in the pale blue dot segment) is so good. Just a pothead scientist explaining how ridiculously cool the world is. It’s like hours of content that makes you wonder why schools didn’t teach it to us.

[jakob]

*Alright, I wrote somewhat of an essay but I hope you'd be willing to read it when you get the chance (:*

What you said at 5:57 is something I agree with up to a certain extent though; I feel like it's not for us to say in the end whether it's more or less likely for what *type* of life on the planets would be. But I also feel like we can't say there aren't forms of life that at least have somewhat similar characteristics to ourselves and the life on this planet.

So, we have the scale of the universe, and then we also need to consider the age of it as well, and how recently homo sapiens evolved from homo heidelbergensis. I think we as a species are something like 200, 000 years old. The Earth is around 4.6 billion years old, we've been around for about 0.0004% of its existence. Life's been on Earth for about 3.7 billion years, we would be 0.0005% of that timespan.

The age of the entire universe is around 13.7 billion years, with the Milky Way galaxy itself being about 13.6 billion years old. Our existence is about 0.0001% of both, essentially. Earth's age is 30% of both their ages.

We're very new as a species, there are definitely an incomprehensible amount of unknowns to what lies out there. If we put it into perspective though that there is a pattern of stars and planets that developed alongside each other, with 100 billion being the estimate in a single galaxy, and 100 billion galaxies being the estimate in the universe or something, I think it would be safe to assume that there is life that is "humanoid" out there, or life that we can't even really comprehend as life. Technology that could be so advanced that we can't perceive it in the same way that we don't have the ability to perceive or use echolocation in the same way bats and dolphins do. It would certainly be safe to assume that there is wildlife somewhere in our own galaxy, opposite to our own small corner, safe to assume there are civilizations who maybe even have the same mindset as we do, safe to assume that there are other cultures and cities and forms of entertainment and religions and careers and life being lived that would have similarities to our own but still "alien".

Trees in nature all have similar patterns to them despite being different species in different climates. They have branches, trunks, leaves, and some bear fruits. We can see patterns of body structure in different animals of different species, and also unique attributes to them all as well. A wolf and deer both have four legs, both have teeth, both have a brain, but they are also completely different in the sense that one has hooves and the other has paws with claws, one is herbivorous and the other is carnivorous.

Humans and chimpanzees have similarities such as opposable thumbs, are bipedal, omnivorous. Yet one has a more expansive ability to use their attributes to mold from Earth's resources these complex, patterned physical structures that each have a different use to them, as well as the expanded ability to apply meaning through the utilization of abstract thought and concepts; the other does not.

Researchers of chimpanzees keep a distance from them while studying them in the wild given the fact that they have the tendency to freak out over the objects and tech we have. They don't seem to be able to understand that the researchers are not threats, despite them having their own social structures and rules. Of course they would attack us, because we're not completely known to them, especially a group that has never seen us before. Their *initial* instinct is to protect themselves from any potential threats, and the way we look and what we have would definitely be a trip to see. Maybe there's like an uncanny valley effect for them.

It could very much be similar for any lifeforms that are more evolved than us who are equally into researching the universe surrounding them. They might observe us from far away, because their technology allows them to, and know based on observing the patterns of our current societies that we might not be able to necessarily "handle" seeing them enter our atmosphere. Even though some of us would probably be excited and in awe, others would find it to be threatening, and even those of us that are excited and curious would also have the same instinct of fear and uncertainty toward them.

I'm convinced we couldn't possibly be the only ones, it feels like the way many view the "lack of evidence" of more advanced or equally evolved lifeforms as us as being proof of them not existing at all is like a modern version of geo-centric thought but more species/life focused. That doesn't make me want to go out and create conspiracy theories though, either, because life still goes on and we're human beings living human lives. There are still things to experience and discover, and the mere fact that nature manages to evolve a species that engages with abstract thought, more complex concepts and systems, and expanded forms of entertainment and creation, is ultimately MAGICAL. It really does seem like the universe is some what of a "logical artist", and one that we can never fully comprehend nor place a personality upon because it is beyond all of that. Fucking astonishing.

[teresarubel]

The literary, philosophical & scientific significance of that sentence from 3:18 is mind blowing. Such a great reaction. Thank you!

[TheRealMirCat]

“Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space…” - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

P.S. There are LibriVox (they [all volunteer] do audiobooks for things in the public domain and the recordings are free as well) of War of the Worlds on youtube.

[foccalabindella]

this is the kind of video that everybody should watch every now and again and stop for a minute to contemplate the fact that everything we deem as important it really isnt and we are taking things way too seriously.

[sofa_sith_lord]

The movie The Martian is my dream life (minus all the disastrous moments). The thought of being the only person on an entire planet would be amazing in my eyes.

I love this video. Any time I become frustrated with people or life in general, I try to remember this video in order to remind myself that we are all so insignificant. We are just blips in a massive timeline.

[oldschoolmobile]

Carl Sagan "Cosmos" is what got me into astronomy in middle school and my literary recommendation if you haven't read it. The mind truly boggles at how really insignificant we, as a species are in the grand scheme of things.

[TheTrueAltoClef]

This video made me realise the futility of hate. And rewatching it gave me the energy to love more. To me, life is about respect. Thank you for this reaction

[Phoenix-mdsh]

You have great mind stimulating content that is rare. This was mind blowing to me.

[tortugapost]

I find it fascinating to think about the scale of things, especially with the limits of our perceptions. Not only outer space but also things on a microscopic/subatomic level as well.
I wonder if we’re not just a small fragment of something larger that’s just imperceptible to us currently. Much like a single celled organism living in our body’s would be unaware of us as a whole due to their limited perceptions.
Thanks for the great videos you do. I enjoy your insight on things.

[hyperthermogenic]

This is one of those videos that induces a slack jawed blinky stare. The universe Is always astoundingly mind blowing. I know I am late to the party but I just found your channel. I love learning about things too and I like your intelligent approach.

[ballandroid]

We’re in the wrong era; too late to explore the planet, too early to explore the galaxy.

[jsbrando]

I about lost it and spit out my water when you turned to the screen and said "moon landing deniers, this is your moment"! :D

[lathspell]

And yet, you can go the other direction and be just as mind-blown at how small our universe gets.