Once I had a camera on to help my kid with an essay. It was late and I was cranky. At the time it made sense to be cranky, but watching myself later was eye-opening: I could not believe what a jerk I could be. I felt like I "grew up" 10 years in 10 minutes. I think seeing ourselves in our daily routine is helpful introspection. Highly recommend it
Well, I feel mediocre at everything. I'm doubting myself all the time and that's exhausting. But what's absolutely exasperating is when you know enough to recognize those who know much less than you and believe they're smarter than you.
@@MeganVictoriaKearnsI want to agree, but we tend to delegate the concept "crazy" to those concepts we have biases against. And also, some really great old Looney Tunes cartoons.
i mean its good and all but if it just crosses mere inch over the limit shit hits the fan. you cant fixate on your decision and cant do anything without second guessing yourself. yeah it is good and get good results and all but literally you cant do anything and cant put your brain in back seat. in one sentence you would turn into chidi from the good place.
But then how would they be able to brainwash then if they're taught to be skeptics at a young age? 🤦 Also, there's the debate on when to start teaching skepticism -you don't need 1st graders questioning basic math or spelling, but then by middle school many kids are already set in their ways. And of course it's different for every child.
@@Gibson99 It also has to be *rational* skepticism. Some stuff is actually true, and factual, and facts do matter. To automatically disregard everythng told to you is just as biased and irrational as believing false things that comfort you.
@@adamwest8711 :-D No worries! Yes, I think the tumour was the reason he died, and his mind was a bit disturbed prior to that. If you think "Time Enough for Love" was weird, try "The Number of the Beast"! ;-)
The light shouldn’t stay on when you close the fridge door and you can test it yourself. There’s a contact switch usually where the furthest point of the door would make contact with the body of the fridge inside. It’ll usually look like a slice of pie or a thin peg and you can press it in to close the contact on the switch and viola, the light will turn off. If your fridge has multiple doors to a section then each door should have some kind of contact switch to let the fridge know the doors are shut. If the light doesn’t turn off, you should get it fixed as light bulbs in a fridge can be warm, even hot which causes enough of a temperature differential which can cause moisture to form inside the fridge and all sorts of other problems.
That's why I think forced apologies aren't worth anything. Also people shouldn't apologize when they don't mean it, it's just putting a lie on top the thing that made the others mad. Hey, but forcing people to apologize and fake apologizing is 90% of political correctness and people LOVE that, so what do I know.
@@thulyblu5486 at least for kids, forcing them to do something they don't want to do is a form of punishment in itself, which hopefully will discourage whatever led to needing the apology in the first place. i know i always get a reaction from my kids when i ask/explain to them how what they did made the other person feel, and esp when it's flipped around - "would you like it if someone did X to you/your stuff?"
@Jim Jam That sounds sensible. But it also doesn't change anything I said, just the answer to my not-so-rhetorical-question is: Yes, lying is good manners. Lying isn't always bad. Your parents teaching you never to lie because it's bad: that was a lie. For your own good at the time because they needed to know things.
Kinda reminds me of the saying: "A fool can learn from his own mistakes, a wise man can learn from the mistakes of others" when Joe brings up the Dunning-Kruger effect going around.
@@arthurcamargo8416 Yeah, I would tell my kids "You can be the kind of person that doesn't learn from their mistakes, the kind of person that does learn from their mistakes, or the kind of person that learns from other's mistakes." because I think we're all one of those at different points.
I'm imagining all the Dunning-Krugers watching this video thinking "man those other people are dumb". Everyone would do good to spend more time examining themselves. Just recognizing our own bs behaviors is half the battle, as humans we don't even realize we're doing it half the time.
I’m always reminded of the old analogy of The Hundedth Idiot. One hundred idiots start on various ventures. Ninety nine of them predictably and spectacularly fail. The hundredth, through sheer dumb luck, is successful. He is then convinced beyond reproach that he’s a genius.
@iridescent ink I think another way to say that saying is "Learn from other peoples mistakes, you don't have enough time to make all the mistakes yourself". Dunning Kruger people tend to ignore or justify their own mistakes, thus not learning from them at all. Just look at flat earthers, being disproven again and again only to go look for another way to say "Look at this new piece of evidence".
I think that important thing is that while we are all susceptible and guilty of most or all of these, the key is to understand this all exists. We can't avoid falling into these traps entirely but we can slow down and evaluate all the information around us.
I watch this video at least every other month, just to remind myself. This is one of the most important videos you've put out on this channel - ever. Thank you for helping me through different obstacles, of varying degree of difficulty, in my life and in my mind since this video got released. It truly has helped me, more than once.
My aunt described this to me as a kid that knowledge is like a sphere and the bigger it grows, the more subjects are on the inside, but also the more outer surface area is touching on subjects you realise you don’t know about. When the sphere is small the surface area of related subjects you are aware of but realise you don’t know about is smaller, the larger your sphere grows the more you become aware of that you don’t know.
I indulge on unhealthy shit because in my brain, I already accept that I have no self-worth or dignity anyway. Probably the same for you so I hope at least you'll get better someday.
I'd also like to play devil's advocate and argue that most people default to "we're doomed" when in reality if we all actually got our shit together we could transcend our current shitty human condition, but unfortunately the majority of people hopelessly declaring "we're doomed and there's nothing we could do" is learned helplessness and isn't helping matters further.
@@bragtime1052 The problem is, a lot of the things required to better the world or achieve utopia go against a lot of our primal nature. So unless almost everyone on the planet, or everyone in positions of power become self conscious about those things, it's not gonna.happen, or at least not easily. It's very hard to exert directed change on something as big as humanity.
I am a struggling addict and I've been trying to break this habit for 3 years now. Addiction runs in my blood thic. With 2 c's. But I will break this cycle. As weird as this is, you may have just helped me more than anything else has been able too. This video out of the hundreds I've seen. Thank you. Seriously. Thank you.
@Real M Pretty sure he said it happens to everyone. Including you, and your opinion about this. You literally just proved his point with your comment. You WANT it to be about THEM, and can't see that it is ALSO YOU.
16:15 Literally something I work on in therapy. As someone who deals with crippling anxiety and panic attacks, a big part of dealing with those things better is learning to focus on facts and logic rather than emotions. Distancing myself from the worst-case-scenario automatic anxiety and realizing that my mind may not be focusing on the right things. One small thing I've learned that actually seems to help in social/societal situations in general is to just list objective facts, stuff like what is actually being said and done instead of inserting assumptions about someone's motives or whatever.
This has been by far my favorite video on your channel. It reminded me (and hopefully also others too) that we should think about the things we say, and listen to what other people have to say. Always remember that there’s a reason why people think the way they are. I love this channel because it doesn’t just try to explain things that we‘re interested in but aren’t smart enough to understand completely. It actually makes me think about specific topics, even way after the video has finished. Thanks Joe for exploring the world with us whilst also bringing us joy, week by week. I hope y‘all stay safe✌🏼
You mentioned, at one point that, we tend to treat someone's action differently based on whether he/she belongs to our group or not. It's so true that we're also doing it with our own selves and basically can be shocked to realize that someone's doing the exact same bad things that we're doing ourselves...Sometimes on a regular basis or in a far worst manner.
My favorite (albeit imperfect) analogy about the Dunning-Krueger Effect is imagining a circle that contains the set of all the things you know about a particular subject area. The things you know are represented by the area of the circle. The things you know you don't know are roughly represented by the circumference of the circle (i.e. bordering the things you know). The larger you grow the area of the circle (the things you know), the larger the circumference becomes (the things you know you don't know).
It's a good analogy, although I think it might work better (or more intuitively) with bubbles, perhaps blowing bubbles (you blow the bubble larger, the surface grows). However, a problem with the analogy as you present it is perhaps that it uses terms and concepts that isn't necessarily well-known by people who only have a weak understanding of mathematics (sets, area/circumference of circles) including, even in the case of my "bubble addendum," an intuition of the square cube law.
Isn't that quote just a rip-off of W.B. Yeats lines from 'The Second Coming' (1920) "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity."
"our decisions are made based on evidence, and logic and reason" *Me, a minor, trying to explain to my adult brother why just because covid is supposedly less deadly than the flu doesn't mean that they're mutually exclusive, as though more people should die from flu adjacent-viruses just because they already do, and as though people dying all the time justifies killing a bus full of people for fun (or in this analogy, not wearing a mask just because they hurt your ears).*
What is the mortality rate of the coronavirus disease versus influenza? Mortality for COVID-19 appears higher than for influenza, especially seasonal influenza. While the true mortality of COVID-19 will take some time to fully understand, the data we have so far indicate that the crude mortality ratio (the number of reported deaths divided by the reported cases) is between 3-4%, the infection mortality rate (the number of reported deaths divided by the number of infections) will be lower. For seasonal influenza, mortality is usually well below 0.1%. However, mortality is to a large extent determined by access to and quality of health care.Mar 17, 2020 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Similarities and differences with influenza www.who.int › news-room › q-a-detail › q-a-similarities-a..
I think this is one of the more important videos you've done, Joe. Recognizing our own internal faults is extremely important for our own personal fulfillment in leading a thoughtful life, but also important for society as a whole that more people are able to think more critically about the ways they think and the choices they make. We could all benefit from focusing on the thoughts that we are always thinking throughout the day, and questioning why we are thinking the things that we do and seeing if there are more objective and healthier thoughts we could be thinking instead. Thanks!
This video really does speak volumes for me as I am in therapy for: severe anxiety, OCD tendencies, and depression. It is very difficult to process or see things versus making knee jerk reactions because of past traumas and experiences. Being self aware is so important with learning how to properly break down those 'old habits' and it is very uplifting to see that everyone suffers from things like this at different times or in different ranges simply because of how our brain functions.
One of the things I'm most bitter about to this day is when I had to do a group project in high school. I was paired with 3 lazy bums who were barely passing their classes, while I was a super conscientious gearhead nerd who got good grades in everything. Some dude in our group just straight up plagiarized a whole paragraph from wikipedia, and the teacher noticed. So then she asked "who did it?" and everyone remained silent. Because no-one confessed we all had our grades lowered. Then a couple days later in recess I heard them discussing not so subtly next to me about how apparently _I'm_ a dickhead for having plagiarized that text. They assumed it was me, despite it being completely against my character, just because I wasn't one of their friends. They didn't even bother asking, they'd already formed their opinion from me not being their friend.
@@guyxmas7519 Didn't say it was the worst thing that happened in high school, just something I thought fit into the theme of this video, but whatever. What about you then?
"You're gunna die anyways, you should enjoy things while you're alive" That's the one that always gets me. What if I die and my last meal was wheatgrass juice or kale??
@@oldtoby4062 If the cost of living fully is dying early, I'll take that. Cheeseburgers are delicious, and no amount of kale will keep a speeding car from extinguishing you. Dying from heart disease is a luxury afforded only to the lucky. Historically, most deaths were much more horrible, and didn't include nearly enough cheeseburgers. With bacon.
On the Dunning-Kreuger thing, also try saying "I don't know" more often. You'll get more comfortable with accepting that you don't know, and be more willing to learn.
@@alphagt62 That reminds me of something my mother used to say all the time (no doubt she got it from somewhere): The hurrier I go, the behinder I get. :D
Lauren Doe that’s great! I like that, I recall an old joke, I can’t remember it all but the punch line was, “we may be lost but we’re making good time!”
How very sad is that? FIFTEEN years-- As someone who suffered (needlessly!!) YEARS of anxiety and depression bc "it runs in our family" I can tell you: you do not have to be at the mercy of your mind (anxiety in its simplest context is only a BAD HABIT OF THOUGHT). Get yourself the book The Panic Attack Recovery book (it explains the physical chain reactions happening when in the grips of anxiety and how to stop the domino effect) and realize that the ONLY thing you have complete control over is the thoughts you allow to run through your mind. I know--when that looping starts it feels like it's out of your hands but it is not. Stop--and very much on purpose, fill your mind with things that feel a little bit better...you CAN stop the looping. DECIDE TO feel better (all of this is under the assumption you truly WANT to feel better. Like any crutch, "anxiety" gets us out of a lot of things--"I can't do xyz...bc of my anxiety..." blah blah blah) IF you're ready to LIVE your LIFE--fully and happily. Decide to. Today. START this moment and make a list of things that just make you feel good: puppies, sunshine, fall colors, Christmas lights, finger painting--whatever lights you up (and there are MILLIONS OF THINGS--you may have to dig through the crust of old thought patterns to find them--but they're there. I promise. When that dark stuff starts wandering in--look to your list and focus on that. It's a super simple tool but it stops the looping that that's what we're going for here. You can LIVE--enjoy the sunshine, enjoy the excursions, enjoy the adventures, enjoy the play, enjoy the music--if you DECIDE TO and make tiny changes every day all day in your thought habits. You can't go from -11 to 10+ on the feel-good scale but you most certainly can go from -11 to -5. Then to "0" --which is way better than -11, right??? What you're doing is inching your way to feeling better. Then to feeing better more of the time..then to feeling better most of the time. It's totally do-able And you're worth it. Just give it a try.
This is the perfect video i needed. Even if i'm very spiritual, being told rational scientific facts relieve a lot of stress in me, i mean realizing that anxious thoughts or OCD are just neuron paths too well done lol. Like we say, the old horse knows the path too well, gotta put that freaking horse on a new track xD
Being spiritual is an example of being irrational and cognitive biases. All the evidence says there's no such thing as ghosts, gods, ghouls or goblins, no supernatural or spiritual of any kind, yet you reject all evidence to preserve your irrational belief.
@Anirban Chakrabarti well, while you are correct in everything said here, I think you're also feeding a troll. Yes, spirituality can be entirely re-defined outside of "religiousity" or superstition. But when you have to argue this... it's already fairly pointless, you can, at best, indicate you take offense, that spirituality is something different, and quite important to you, and perhaps countless others you know. But FF333 can always say, whatever you are advocating, is irrational belief. It's a trap, basically.
@@flyingfree333 as an aethiest, i find it silly, that you are knocking comment to comment to spout your "Rational" beliefs to those with different beliefs... "Excuse me, have you heard about our non lord, and non savior, Randomness of a cosmic vacuum?" Let folks believe what they want to, no need for rational/irrational thoughts... you literally came from nothing... and you are spouting "rationality"... Life makes no sense, from any rational standpoint.
Hey Joe! I've been a huge fan since around your first few thousand subscribers! 🥳 I'm so so happy to see the continued success of your content and channel, you deserve everything you've worked so hard for! 🙏 Thank you for continuing to create your unique blend of comedy, fascinating information and personality. ❤️ These videos are a great relief during a difficult time for me and many others. 😊 Boys support boys! 🤘
Speaking as someone who lives with constant self doubt and existentialist dread, it is worth noting that these bias's serve the purpose of helping us avoid a life of constant self doubt and existentialist dread. We need to be mindful of the logical fallacy, black and white thinking. The ideal state (if even possible) would be to balance bias with self awareness. Sometimes (on my more stressed out days) I even look on at people applying cognitive bias with envy.
And then there's the problem that the weakest most often does get the most support because evidently about half of the human population are victims of their lives instead of living their lives and of the other half, a lot are unable to see the bigger picture, or don't care, or are convinced that the louder person serves the bigger picture when it's easy to see why that fails on the longer term because it's just not a sustainable way to grow and keep up with the increases in knowledge and technology. Instead, it promotes ignorance, leading to, well... situations like the US. And don't think they're unique. All around the world the tendency is towards idiocracy and instead of learning from the US that that is a bad thing, it only increased. On the bright side, the people fighting against that are also getting slightly more teamed up and efficient, giving us some time to find solutions, but they are education and teaching critical thinking skills and those aren't popular subjects. Worse than that, they're not even in the list of options; only censorship and limiting social media are.
This is Joe's nice, scientific way of saying "Hey America, get your shit together. We need to work together and unify." There's obviously a lot of relevant parallels to the political landscape in America today. And everyone's biases determined what connections they may have drawn from this video. But I have a feeling I have a pretty good guess as to how the majority of people watching this video lean...
@Mizzmi27 agreed, and while I think this video is good for everyone to watch. The people who do watch Joe's video's already are truth seekers and believe in science. How do we get the other half of the US to watch it?
@@TechProFury I disagree, seems pretty safe to assume that there won't be many people who either think scientists/doctors are just elite idealogues or people that subscribe to baseless theories with no evidence, on Joe's channel. But hey, I could be wrong.
@@riftur7636 Unfortunately you can't really because of the very real "war on science" we've seen lately. There are a lot of people in the US, and maybe the world, at this point that scoff anytime they hear anything about an expert, scientist, doctor, etc. And unfortunately a lot of people misconstrue baseless conspiracy theories and the "war on science" as "truth seeking" (you often here them say "question everything" or similar). And for any of the people you can actually get to watch it they would learn nothing due to the very biases Joe talks about in this video. Most people would watch this video and think "yeah, this guy is saying that I am smart and a critical thinker and people I dislike are idiots".
Hey, I dont really know how to reccomend videos for this channel, but I was hoping you could talk about the bacteria that eats plastic or nanotechnology
Wonderful video! Lots of great information about the brain and how we think. It's very eye-opening. I'm going to try to be more aware of these thinking habits and biases. This is one of my favorite videos that you've done. Thank you!
Johnny Marr: Last seen at Manchester airport booking a flight to the US and muttering something about “Steven’s band!?”, “The Cure!?, an objectivity lesson, and adjusting someone’s biases by shoving a guitar somewhere...
Wait a sec. Is MY refrigerator watching ME? I know my smart TV is and my laptop and the guy who keeps sending me threatening e-mails demanding BitCoin payments or else. But I thought the fridge and me were cool. (That wasn't intentional and I just got it)
Hey joe, I just wanted to say thanks for all of your amazing content I am very greatful for your hilarious scientific humour. Your videos have helped spark a curiosity in me that has been hidden for many years. Just wanted to say a huge thanks from all the way down in Victoria, Australia! Keep up the amazing content and most importantly being you! Thanks joe 😃
It's such an important lesson to be taught that you need to read an article not just the headlines. Headlines are often a twisted truth to catch your attention. This needs to be stressed to future generations to help form independent opinions.
I was at my desk coding something for class when i suddenly thought the words "Be the guy who eats cake." turns out searching that and "joe scott" shows this video
Suggestions that help reduce these and help you grow. Do things that scare you. Do things outside your comfort zone. Befriend people you don’t like. Be nice to people you don’t want to. Love yourself while at the same time agreeing with other people’s negative judgments of you. Take actions based on your values and not on your emotions. Do things regardless of what your emotional state at the time are. Emotions are like weather they come and go. Remember that loving yourself and others is not supposed to always or even often be easy. If it IS easy all the time that may actually be a red flag.
Only n95s are capable of preventing viruses penetrating with the breathed air. Some surgical masks say right on the box that they do not stop viruses. A lot of people don't wear masks properly. They simply are not effective as a one answer prevention method. Unless combined with washing hands and social distancing, masks are of little help.
@@KoalaProductions "a lot of people don't wear masks properly" like these who wear it only on their mouth? or those who wear it on their neck? or are there other more nyuanced ways we can do it wrong?
Nice, Joe. This should be taught in schools. My take: "The surface area of ignorance grows as the volume of knowledge and experience increases. Only the ignorant have total faith in their wisdom."
It must be one of those scams they use on film and television to reinforce the storytelling. Because I have found the button that controls the lamp and it is controlled by the position of the door.
I just realised, I’d never really listened to much depeche mode. I checked out a few songs. It’s not terrible, but it’s just generic 80’s new wave. They lack the originality of The Cure or The Smiths.
UGHHHHHHH THAT MEPHISKAPHALES REFERENCE. Sir, I would like to present you with your Nobel Peace Prize for bringing the people together. Seriously I was like “how’s he gonna solve this one” AND THEN YOU DID IT.
I got a family member homeless alcoholic.. Tried to show him this video as I was trying to convince them you can ignore reality, but you can not ignore the consequences of ignoring reality I have never seen such an example of the ostrich effect.. OMG
Love the cross point, where logic, psychology (Carl Young), spirituality (Eckhart Tolle), entertainment (The Matrix) all meet, one needs to put space between our thoughts to become aware (Meditating, observing the mind). Most think we see an event (reality), then project our beliefs on top of it. An interesting perspective is first we check our beliefs which are subconscious, then our ego interprets the event we see, therefore we never have a chance to see reality. To start to see reality you have first to become a bit aware, but it starts by making the choice to take the red pill :) Ps: Love your approach and humor. Thanks.
well they are both great bands. I would say The Smiths had more great songs though, The Cure dont really have anything to compare to "The Boy With the Thorn In His Side"
