Nuclear Engineer Reacts to Kurzgesagt 'The Egg - A Short Story by Andy Weir'

[Madrawn]

Interesting fact, the author Andy Weir, said in an interview that he wouldn't want his story to become a religion or accepted fact because this interpretation could be easily abused to justify evil behaviour. His example was that people could argue "Well I'm superior because obviously I am an "old soul", those people over there are obviously "young souls". So it is reasonable to force my will upon them, even by violence, as this will only speed up their/our maturation"

[LauraRenewing]

I watched this several years ago and always find it inspiring. A good reminder of how we are all connected and our behaviors ripple throughout humankind.

[nenhjcl]

Kurzgesagt is by far one of my favorite youtube channels.

[endercat]

Believe me, watching Kurzgesagt is addictive and also turns u into an Philosopher.

[ArticBlueFox]

I love the message of the Egg, that we are all one, that we are all capable of the worst evils and greatest goods, that every act of malicious or kindness comes back round to ourselves, that we are growing and magnificent beings, that we are loved by some kind of god and are gods in the womb ourselves. However, I find the solipsism of The Egg to be lonely and suffocating.

Though, if you like Youtube animated stories like The Egg, I recommend Rational Animations recently made "The Goddess of Everything Else."

[lucyandcharlieb]

"So the whole universe- its just-" "A theory, a game theory"

[thetalantonx]

When I first read the short story it resonated with me so strongly it's become a part of how I view the world. I do try to act as if it is true, and hold to the kindness that such a truth should naturally inspire.

[gonnaenodaethat]

The most comforting version of afterlife that I have ever seen is the Aethereal Sea from Final Fantasy; a place were your soul goes to rest and sometimes be born anew. It has a concept of ones soul having memory that fades after time and sometimes can interact with the corporial world. These people can also manipulate Aether and see these memories from living or passed souls. It's funny how the most beautiful beliefs oft end up in video games. For context, I think people just stop existing...don't even have to worry about a void...you won't exist to be worried about it anyway...it will be just like before you were born :P

[realmetatron]

This is almost exactly what spirituality teaches, and what we all experience when we leave our bodies (in meditation or via psychedelics), and what every NDEr sees. The being which is all humans is what we refer to as the Humanity Being and it sits in the 5th plane (out of 12). In the lower dimensional 3rd plane (here), it appears as all the humans and learns. It is, at this very moment, about to regain self-awareness, which is why humanity is awakening at this moment and the world is dramatically changing.

[egg.]

Glad i was able to become a nuclear engineer way to go me😂

[Equilibrium]

Andy Weir is an inspiration. Every single one of his books and stories are great.

[AndrewMefford]

It's very thought provoking for sure. I love learning about all these different beliefs/possibilities that aren't necessarily religiously biased.

[MrPapamaci]

I've been working on a science fantasy universe for many years by now, want to write a series of novels but started with building the world first. I do have my own pantheon of gods in this universe, this is one of those stories that did have an influence on me, also Lovecraft's mythology, the old school real world stuff too, and so on. I basically plan to show the positive side of a nihilistic universe where nothing matters and everything is insignificant, from the smallest particles to the greatest gods.

There is a lot of horrific stuff, even amongst the gods, really bad stuff, but also really good, and even some of the "evil" gods are not really bad, they just screw around for the hell of it, otherwise not doing anything or even HELPING people at random with no hidden cost. Many of them are terrifying but harmless. The main god (at least for the story) that appears first to my main character in the first novel is one of those jokey, seemingly cruel gods. He will explain to my heroine a lot about tiers of gods, what to watch out for, but slowly, as things come up, otherwise he'll just appear to her to advise, admonish or annoy her. Mostly annoying her for a laugh. 😄

[thetalantonx]

The word kind has the same root as kin and kindred and goes back to PIE root "kunjam-", meaning family. It is to treat someone in a family way, which just seems to make sense if you entertain this framework at all.

[vettir]

I actually first run into this story on 4chan (back when it was less shitty), and it's one of my favorites.

[Caexkepesk]

"I am he as you are he as you are me, And we are all together"

[DullyDust]

I like the "yes, I'm god" part, because it's a parental cop out. An easy way of putting it into a bigger picture without having to touch on particulars

[heianwood]

So, that god would have to explain the whole thing over and over 600 quintillion times or whatev the numbers gonna be
Pretty patient guy

[MisterExtortion]

@11:22
If I'm a nuclear engineer, we're all going to die. Think about if Wiley Coyote's plan to catch the Roadrunner involved a nuclear power plant... it would go about like that.

[justmf]

This video was so COOL i loved the idea so much