12:1922K views · 1mo ago · 12:19
What happens when you starve yourself for a day, a week, or a month? I’m interested to see how our body reacts without food, how our mind copes when the one thing it needs to survive is no longer available, and what it does to us as people when an entire population has to go through the worst kind of starvation the world has ever seen.
12:005.3K views · 2mo ago · 12:00
Dreams are random. At least that’s what many philosophers and psychologists believed for centuries. Until one person proved them all wrong. But to back his bold claim he had to have concrete evidence, but how? By collecting over 50,000 dream reports - the largest archive of ordinary dreams ever assembled.
12:164.3K views · 3mo ago · 12:16
We fear other people’s opinions more than we fear death. A staggering 41% said that they’d rather die than to speak in front of other people according to a famous 1937 survey. But why? Ironically, the fear of being judged is what helped us survive as a species. We evolved by seeking approval and validation of others because, for most of human history, it was a matter of life and death. We are social creatures whose survival depends on being included.
15:4162K views · 6mo ago · 15:41
We like to believe we’re good people...but are we really? One elementary school teacher forever changed how we understand ourselves simply by conducting a simple experiment. It's the 1960s and racism had embedded itself into everyday life, dividing the country even further.
7:451.4M views · 6mo ago · 7:45
We're the biggest hypocrites, aren't we? Our entire lives we're taught to be kind to other people. But when it comes to ourselves, it's a whole different story. Our efforts rarely get the acknowledgment they deserve. Compliments come rarely, if ever, and we're told to always be the bigger person. We were never really taught how to love ourselves, and by the time we grow up, this sense of self-loathing becomes second nature.
15:59217K views · 8mo ago · 15:59
Nightmares are far more mysterious than you think. We know more about the birth of the universe than we do about what actually happens inside our nightmares. We’ve mapped distant galaxies, studied microscopic bacteria that are invisible to our eyes. We even analyzed the chemical makeup of comets and yet we still can’t fully explain why the people in our dreams turn against us the moment we tell them we are dreaming.
17:025K views · 9mo ago · 17:02
Why does everybody love Japan? Have you ever asked that question? If you look at history, Japan was one of the most hated countries in the world but today nobody seems to care anymore, and it’s all thanks to...Anime? In order to understand how Anime saved Japan, we need to start from the beginning - the Edo period when Japan was an isolated feudal nation.
13:062M views · 11mo ago · 13:06
Fear is more mysterious than you think. Why do we know more about the moons in Saturn than we do about this emotion? Sure, the usual explanation is that fear helps us survive, that it’s just the fight-or-flight response baked into our biology. But if that’s all it is...then why do we celebrate it?
7:0312K views · 1y ago · 7:03
This is how propaganda makes us worship our leaders even when they lie to us. Not all propaganda is bad, but when it’s used for the wrong reasons, that’s when you should be worried. I’ll walk you through the 5 steps of propaganda with real life examples, show you how they work so effectively that they actually rewire your brain, and most importantly, how to break free from them. And what better way to recognize them than by comparing modern government propaganda to cults.
8:11281K views · 1y ago · 8:11
From weaponizing the media to calls for mass deportations, we’re seeing a pattern that feels eerily familiar to history. The question is: how far down the path of fascism has America already gone? In this video, I break down the 5 stages of fascism as defined by political scientist and historian Robert Paxton, and compare each stage to modern-day America.
11:41194K views · 1y ago · 11:41
According to Goetz (in his study of boredom in 2006), there are a total of 5 levels of boredom and right now we are currently at level 1 (“indifferent boredom”). As we go along, we will explore each and every one of them until we get to the most extreme—a level so intense, it turns hostile, warps our reality, and worse—leaves a permanent scar long after the boredom has passed. It’s so extreme, it doesn’t even fit within Goetz’s five levels of boredom.
8:5012K views · 1y ago · 8:50
Guest: Behavioral Sink Theory
This is a real formula for human extinction (Death)2 = the first death Derived from a sinister pattern that emerges when population growth reaches a critical point, this cycle inevitably leads to violent collapse. This pattern was discovered in a rat utopia experiment designed to reflect human society—where, despite an abundance of food, water, and the absence of predators, the outcome remained the same. What’s even more disturbing is how the collapse unfolds.
17:392.6M views · 1y ago · 17:39
It all started with one profound question in the classroom: "How could the German people sit back while the Nazis slaughtered those around them?" Ron Jones, their history teacher, found himself at a loss for words. He didn’t have an answer—at least, not one that truly satisfied him. The question haunted him, lingering in his mind long after the class ended.
9:3915K views · 1y ago · 9:39
Have you ever thought about what would happen if we lived in a place where colors didn’t exist? Imagine staying there for a week...what do you think would happen to your brain? Believe it or not, such a place actually exists, and it’s far creepier than you might think. They are called The White Torture. It’s a torture concept where it doesn’t only mute all colors but it also encompasses stripping away all of the human senses.
12:486.9K views · 2y ago · 12:48
This sphere might be the most dangerous object on Earth. Its power is enough to wipe out an entire city, yet it’s small enough to fit in one hand. It’s called the Demon Core, it was meant to be the heart of a third nuclear bomb if Japan hadn’t surrendered after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Even in its dormant state, it claimed the lives of two grown men in the most excruciating way imaginable.
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