A Thought Experiment That Will Change How You Think About Your Existence | René Descartes

In this video, we explore the life and work of philosopher René Descartes, an individual whose extreme form of skepticism led to an entire shift in humanity's understanding of what it could know (and not know) with absolute certainty.

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[earnyourimmortality]

I had a teacher in 8th grade who introduced me to the phrase of "cogito ergo sum". She is also one of a few people in my lifetime who went out of their way to convince me that I had the potential to be great. Love you, Sister Pat ❤️

[joesands]

I remember when I was ate 8 years old thinking what makes me me in my head. Why am I me inside this body and not another.
I really thought hard about this for a couple days, then went back to being an 8 year old kid.
50 years later and I still wonder about this sometimes.

[sketch_]

I like this comment section. This is the best side of YouTube, where everyone comes to find their true self. Have a good day everyone ❤️

[zeliardforty-two]

Before I was aware of philosophy I had a moment of self doubt until at line crossed my mind. When reality is in question and you question everything, it’s good to remind yourself of the fundamentals. Its so simple and yet profound. It does lead into some other problems. Sometimes, when I hear that line, I think of one of my other favourite quotes from a movie “Waking Life”:

When you realize that you might be a character in someone else’s dream, that is self awareness!

[connor]

When I was very young, I used to think that everyone around me was an actor, and I was the only one not "in on it". I felt this at like age 7-8 years old, and I had never seen or heard of the movie "The Truman Show" yet. I was pondering my existence way before I knew what philosophy or anything like that was.

[egodumpster]

You are genuinely one of the best commentators I've ever heard. Everything makes sense here. It's so clear. It fascinates me. I don't know why, but it does

[BugRib]

I realized that my own existence was the only thing I could be 100% certain of when I was a little kid. Not saying I'm as smart as Descartes or anything, but I have always been a deep thinker, and I distinctly remember having this realization and being a bit freaked out about it. I was probably around 8 years old.

[Macrocompassion]

Change brings pain, pain brings suffering, suffering brings tolerance, tolerance brings thought, thought brings knowledge, knowledge brings understanding, understanding brings wisdom and wisdom makes life bearable.

[Olaffbog]

In my younger days I would swim in the waters of existential doubt. Am I here? Do I feel? Is this real? Maybe we are all the dream of something we cannot conceive. Then, one day, I lost all doubt and stood on the firmest ground I had ever known. I stubbed my toe and was sure beyond all wonder, all thoughts of gods and suspicion of higher consciousnesses, ouch, that bloody hurt.

[TheLionsOffspring]

Doubt is the origin of wisdom...beautiful.

[varunchopra]

As a kid I had this dream one time where everyone I knew was actuallg a robot of sorts and it really got to me, always left me with thinking about what I think is solipsm, but always think about existence and what it means, adding this to my thoughts list!

[DevinMerriweather-nv]

This just spoke EVERYTHING i have been saying for the last year since i TRULY woke up

[joshyjoshy]

Inceptism, dunno if it exists yet but, the idea of ideas getting lost in other ideas, is never ending. Whatever we are contemplating or trying to resolve in the present moment, will only bounce off into another idea later on, Your whole life is a stream of thoughts that 99% of people have, just in a different order.

[lesterdelacruz]

It’s important to outline counter arguments to this proposition. I remember when I first heard about DeCartes I thought he made absolute sense. Later when people like Nietzche argued for existence precedes essence I realized that DeCartes didn’t address those paths. But very informative and DeCartes contribution to thinking is nonetheless revolutionary.

[Jacobk-gr]

10:44 I think what he meant was that we are what we individually perceive ourselves to be. The only thing that is true is our perspective to ourselves which is why others matter but shouldnt influence our perspectives, like dont let the anger of others change you, you are the only one that can change yourself. Your perspective, you are the only one that matters to you but you should still listen and understand others, see the other perspectives but dont let them force you into something you arent. Like thinking im a victim makes me a victim in my perspective but if i chose to understand what is then i see i am not what i see but what i chose to change myself into. Use the differences of reality to change yourself but dont allow reality to change you, you are the one with the choice to be what you want and think.

[hashling]

My entire life I questioned my existence, it’s only in the past few years I learned about philosophy and realised I may not be the only one losing my mind, people have already dedicated their entire lives to answering the questions that will likely never be answered but that still doesn’t stop me from thinking about the concept of existence.

[ujjwalbhatt]

I revered Renee's "I think, therefore I am" until I studied Buddhism's 5 aggregates that how the thing we call "I" is simply the by product of 5 aggregates interacting with each other. When Renee made the discovery "I think, therefore I am" he just grasped the cognition part of it. The Buddhist perspective argues that the "I" or self is not a permanent and unchanging entity but rather a transient phenomenon that arises from the interaction of these five aggregates. The self is a concept created by the mind to make sense of these aggregates, but it lacks inherent existence.

[wrestlingcommunity]

Just grabbed “meditations” for $1 in Chicago. Excited for my first read. Currently reading A course in miracles.

[Aantara.]

Daily dose of Existential Crisis... Once again

[LateflixMovieNetwork]

"I think therefore I am" implies you are your mind, when in fact knowing your mind thinks shows we are separate from our minds