Behavior and Belief 

there are probably a lot of people who do, then they just cut them out because it messed up the experiment

At the same place they get people who are dumb enough to not think that something is up when there is lots of cameras around.

@@charles7623 they are aware that it is an experiment , they just don't know what the experiment is , which means cameras are expected

besides the point above, @@charles7623, many cameras are hidden. For instance you can see the camera hiding in the "Should I die" episode, since it's clearly behind some fabric, because the view on the table where the participants are is distorted. You can't also see any other cameras in the room where the "reverse-exorcism" went, they are most probably hidden too.

Come on!!! Flatearth’s obviously 🙄

Really it's the other way around. Pranks are experiments with no real purpose and mostly dumb results lol

exactly what I thought.. use science to make pranks more effective lol

its more like when the prank genre evolved into social experiments.

Well, guess I’m off to be a scientist!

The only difference between science and messin around is writing it down.

That would be an unfortunate mistake

@@camilomanjarres1903 Or a shocking breakthrough. Or both!

I think the young man who had the feelings of decapitation & numbness really "listened to his body", & became aware of how the experiment could affect him. He neither accepted any new belief nor rejected what occurred in the room.

I just put your number of likes at the infamous 666 You're welcome.

Well it would have been pretty interesting if he said he had a very analytical career like a software developer, mathematician or something related to the nature of the experiment like psychology.

​@@projectorpc8832 I wonder if there's any actual correlation between an "analytical" career and skeptical thinking/being very observant. Probably hard to operationalize though.

@@projectorpc8832 yea i was thinking that guy is probably QA

@@chickenskink1 my mum's in journalism and was telling me about her time being a test subject en masse in uni - apparently experiments like this are easy to sniff out if you have a keen eye and good critical thinking. it'd be interesting to see skepticism by career but as you said it'd be finicky to test/quantify

Ok stupid chill out

lol i kept thinking that every once in a while xD

B3N Shawzy lmao I like how you had to add his name into this

Yet, maybe we all as members of the homo sapiens species might be living our lives in one giant skinner box

Sounds like a mystery of Seymour skinner

Nice pic, Inside of Emptiness

No doubt thatd be great, from all the seasons..

there was 1 episode in s1 where a person recognised him

@@jatin1032 which episode?

@@jatin1032 I watched all of S1 two days ago and don't even remember that lol

*conspiracy theorys* and then it wasnt fake at all!

Hey vause here today we are conducting a totally harmless experiment *accidentally summons satan* oh fuck

“Sadly, the results of the experiment were later found to be unreliable due to an unaccounted bias introduced by the sampling procedure, the possibility of information sharing between participants and the appearance of Satan.”

I'll pay to see that!

@@windcorpOLEGSHA so they met satan?

lol

Underreated comment lmao

Its actually their own brain playing pranks on them

Also they didnt actually show telling her it was all BS.Did they even?I really wanted to se her reaction to being bamboozled.

I think Michael had some issue with it, her explanation of what occurred and what she felt seemed to affect him, even if he knows what's really taking place.

You can interpret it in many ways. Maybe the spirit of her mother led her to this experience so they could connect. - Human desire to believe is also a powerful force.

@@anechkagee5372 Whats a spirit?

Timothy Alan truth😂 especially the last one lmao

Subjects' reactions weren't a lie though. They weren't actors. If you claim they lied about their experience, then frankly you have no idea what placebo effect is

Lmaoooo

@@____-pb1lg naah, I don't. You have to explain rather than just throw words like an angry child

@@____-pb1lg who hurt you ,little boy?

They probably ask if they’ve heard of them before they get participants

They probably just cut out the people that recognize him and just keep who the people who don't.

@@ellaphant-6885 It's also possible some people did recognize him but were told (or simply assumed) that this was just one of many projects Michael is involved in. It's not uncommon to see influencers, celebrities, RU-vidrs, and other media figures working on different things.

@abstract5249 not to mention, they usually disguise these studies as other, different experiments. Like, if Michael asked any of us to go into that box for a TV show, we're not immediately thinking of the Skinner box theory thing. We're just excited to be lab rats, no?

Exactly what I was thinking

Lmao

I FELT that

Yea… dude looked exactly like someone acting like a priest from a movie 😂

The same way you don't use an actor when performing surgeries. The actor is understandably poorly equipped.

😂

You almost have 555 likes

You have 555 likes

Aw two people liked it and ruined it

Labcoat convinced me everytime

Ah yes, the DND bard tactic

@@CaptainGibbons Nat 20

He's a bard

@@shlecko they just copied stranger things theme

*teach the robot to love*

The experiment being rigged doesn't really invalidate the woman's beliefs. It's not like the experiment created her beliefs. It seems like there's something extra going on here.

She already had those beliefs beforehand, the experiment merely triggered those beliefs and that is her own personal experience that she felt. For her may as well have been real. In a placebo the trigger can be fake, but the effects can be real.

Imagine she found this video

Actually, I'm sure they must've explained things to her, but probably kept it off camera due to the profound nature of her experience. It would've been unethical for them not to disclose this to her. Also, it would be devastating to find out later accidentally.

@@livethefuture2492 she just lied. that's all

MeSaDrums 😂 heard the way he cut in real quick too

I was wondering if he'd ask this

They didn't take advantage of children like many actual priests! That's a difference!

They probably didn't want to piss off any religious people. But it is a valid question and we should question everything.

satyu131089 priests aren’t taking advantage of other children. Yes there are that still do and that’s horrible, but the reason many people become priests is that they genuinely believe in what they do.

HOWARD BOYD sure

IT'S A TRAP!!!

Ok so whatever he TELLS me they're testing for.. just take that idea and throw it out the window and try to recollect what kinds of odd patterns you've noticed happening to you in the week long lead up to the experiment. "How many peculiar posters did I see on the way here?? What did he change in the matrix?!?"

Vanessa you mean

“How much damage, can the human body withstand?” *Pulls out club

The point is to manipulate the belief of an individual, to see if it’s possible to induce a feeling of possession. If they had allowed the test subjects to talk in between rounds, the experimenter would then have not one person’s belief system to attempt to manipulate, but multiple. Whether we realize it or not, we are influenced by what others think and feel. It would hurt the integrity of the experiment.

@@TheMidnightLibrary no it would be a completely different experiment

@@vincenturquhart1370 no, it wouldn’t. It would be the same exact experiment, but with an added variable just because you think it would be cool.

@@TheMidnightLibrary same experiment but testing another variable because it would be cool to see the results. hope this clarifies things for you.

some of them were lying , i been there also.

that sucks. But at least you know now.

I've never seen God, but... impossible things have happened to me.

I feel inclined to doubt your explanation as well. I think it's possible that something might have been happening. But this all seems like a lot to decode. I mean, someone feeling like their head was detached? Why is that happening?

If you weren't predisposed to theistic inclinations early life you are unlikely to conjure up a deity in your mind.

I'm guessing their screening process was both psychologists verifying their mental health for experimentation, and have never seen Vsauce or Michael before haha

Like others have suggested, probabily in the survey they have to answer if they watch regularly RU-vid or not, and theoretically by answering "YES" they don't pass for the experiment

*MANY*

I would guess not so many tho.. idk some of my friends watch YT non-stop and I was surprised to learn they didn't know PewDiePie so the same probably goes for Vsause. Not to mention many of the contestants are 40+ years old and probably have never heard of the Legend that we have here

@@someonez aww yes

Ah yes, the good old "haha humans dumb" joke

Oh yeah... lets hear your clever joke . So we can identify U in the spectrum of how much of an asshole U R by your so called sarcasm.

@@iiib2975 dude you didn't had to go that far

@@iiib2975 see you next tuesday.

I don't think alien would say that people are clever

Are you talking about JWs or Mormons? Cuz this is a BRUH moment.

megan rebeschi So speaking to himself then? :-)

@@Alex_K221 Eminem

@@RobertsBiezais theme song is just stranger things

I don’t believe in god

@@dancingbanana168 I think believing in God gives people so much, like hope and happiness and these things, what is similar to the things a God promises. Do maybe, even if there was no God (what we do not know) the believing in God has so much advantage, that i cannot understand, why people shoes no to believe. But that's my opinion amd just a pretty long way to ask you: "why not"? I would really be interested, to hear the opinion of the others side

That's a cool observation, but I gotta say, when you

@@BradenBest continue....

@@axrah8406 Oh, I forgot I wrote that, lol. I was making fun of the way youtube randomly cuts comments off in the middle of the

Just like he interrupted the doctor by saying And perhaps the priest do cause and connection with divine but we don't know.

Lol shut up

So that's why none of the people know who Vsauce is.

Ee

Did they actually ask you whether you watch Vsauce?

@@chickenskink1 IIRC it did ask me to pick from a list, if I watched "any of these popular RU-vid channels"

@@TheEmpireDabsBack Oh wow! That's crazy haha

A great movie example of this is "the hunt"

Michael is trans

@@billywhizz09 Or is he? @o@

@@MakkusuOtaku Or is she? o@o

Great, I've been missing Vsauce-BrainCraft crossovers so bad

I wanna like but I’ll ruin the 69 likes

I bet she was a spy from the gobernment... *JUST LIKE PIGEONS.*

@@EddyConejo thanks i needed that laugh

Lol

@@yuyu8478 timestamp

the doctor looks like johnny sins btw

I think the doctor knew why Michael said that, and it is not because he believes the divine could have been part of it.

Just as he said, each participant brings in their own pre-existing beliefs which influence their experience. So religious belief is pretty relevant

@Ved Kolambkar i can´t find that quote, google only found 4 results and all of them are about the movie "Red Estate"

Ved Kolambkar that’s not a Stephen hawking quote

@Ved Kolambkar “All these people faking quotations from me, as if it makes them seem smarter? Don’t these people know that google exists?” -Albert Einstein

@Ved Kolambkar actual quote is "I don't fear God, I fear his believers" ~Stephen Hawking

"I like to use quotes to seems like i have a personality" -Dude nº 936441

clever and smart are very different things.

"one flap of a sea gull's wings would be enough to alter the course of the weather forever" - Edward Norton Lorenz :v

@@miguelcdlm13 *could be...

The butterfly effect

ok d4 c

its to prevent angering the audience when a topic that sensitive is being discussed. i can see why he would want to keep his reputation more peaceful and doesnt want to upset people since his videos usually dont discuss topics this controversial

Is it wrong though? It’s not a testable hypothesis. It would be wrong to claim th evidence either does or doesn’t support it.

In the credits, they list two legal advisors - one a large legal firm. So maybe the disclaimer was also legally required. Legalese (arbitrary human rules) always complicate or preclude performing good science.

@@keep-ukraine-free528 That's an interesting point, and it's unfortunate if that really is the case - it undermines science.

I kinda liked that Michael clearly saw that the doctor didn't intend to claim that the priests are wrong or offend them but the way he put it would make some people take it as such. So he quickly intervened/spoke over him in order to not cause a controversy when the episode aired and to give religious people the benefit of the doubt.

@@Karpaneen Yeah. Even though scientifically speaking, there’s more evidence to prove what a planet millions of miles away is composed of than to prove the existence or legitimacy of religions - it’s nice to see he was considerate. I’m sure we will get more scientific minded people by being gentle around their preconceived beliefs at first rather than to outright disagree

@@wolfiemuse Well, I don't think he is just being considerate, the research really doesn't (and depending on the thing, can't never) prove out a religious or spritiual consideration. For me it was a nice and necesary philosophical wink after the (lol) assumption of 100% fact implied in the doctor's statement.

@@_sushishi_ You can't prove that something doesn't exist in general. period. I can't prove their isn't an invisible unicorn next to you, but I would still admit you to the psych ward if you seriously told me you believed that. That's why reasonable people generally agree to put the burden of proof on the person making a positive claim. So I'm pretty sure, Michael was just being considerate.

25:27 Taking at face value everything people are saying for whatever reason

This is actually a really good point. Susceptibility is tied closely with belief, and people that already engage in spiritual altered states of consciousness like meditation are likely going to have more dramatic effects in a ritual like this.

@@AbandonedVoid True. But, as we see with the placebo effect, belief itself is extremely powerful. It can alter our brain chemistry and bodies... maybe it can alter our perceptions, our abilities to 'see' things our eyeballs can't.

I envy her, I am so cynical. I wish that I could see my mother again. That would be an amazing gift.

Abandoned Void That’s true. It’s really interesting too because it works in a religious perspective as well. Scientifically, if a person believes in this sort of stuff then they’ll be more susceptible to it. But also, in a religious standpoint it makes sense that a person who prays a lot will probably be more likely to see signs than a person who doesn’t.

@@Ajira28 i feel you. Many people like to say they are cynical and intellectual. not saying Im the latter by any means, if people say I am but thats cool but i wont make that claim. Those people dont take into account how fucking depressing being aware of the truths of life can be.

True 😠 I’m sad about this

Lie he didn't just skin people

True dedication

Have you been reading Anthony Fantano’s comment sections?

uMm aCtUaLlY hE dIdN't. ThAtS nOt WhAt SkInNeR bOx MeAnS. fAcTs xD

right😂the way he yelled "AND PERHAPS THEY ARE"

The comment I was looking for, that moment was simultaneously hilarious and really scary for humanity, the fact that that's necessary is ridiculous to me

Smart for business but perhaps bad for the development of critical thinking in some of his audience

@@cosmossci4883 ok give critical proof he doesnt excist

@@daan9211 What you're doing is an attempt to shift the burden of proof. Many believers try and do this because they can't prove their god exists. It is on the one who makes the claim to provide proof not the one who is skeptical of it. Sadly many people who are religious do not know how to think critically which is why religious people often make fallacious arguments like what you're doing right now. The main issue with the abrahamic religions, and many other religions as well, is that they rely on blind faith rather than sound evidence. You can have faith in anything, but it doesn't make it a fact. Also a personal issue I have with some religious communities is that they discourage questioning.

You got her name wrong. It's Mind Field, Vanessa here

dude looking like johnny sins out here

The irony of this comment in 2021 is unreal

@@intellectuallyhot3407 Aptly said

@@bluffy-38 bruhhh he does

@Daniel Chang why are you booing me I'm right

@@thebiggestbigmacever6315 right? about what?

MegaDudeman21 yes

@@AMan-xz7tx no?

MegaDudeman21 perhaps

M O R T I S

where does it say that prove it

@@schincouch5567 it's a reference.

@@schincouch5567 It is a joke.

I NEED TO FINISH WHAT I STARTED

I was that guy that when their ritual fails and they move to a different row of slots...I Swoop in for the kill and with in a minute or so I usually always win. I was just in the Riverboats in Lake Charles. On our way back to Houston. My buddy sat at a Blackjack table and i went and lurked around the $5 Slots. Up gets an older lady. I swooped in. Put a $20 in. Bet max. Less than 2 mins later I walk over to my buddy and said Im cashing out and will be out in the car.(only planned on a 1hr visit) and he said why and i said ive won $723.00 & he said BS weve only been here maybe 10 mins. Then I showed him 3 reciept vouchers (I cashed out 3 times. Prevents me from spending lots). Did the same thing at Mandalay Bay except it was walking from lobby to elevator. Saw a lady w/ quarter bucket cup get up mumbling so I threw a 5$ in and maxbet and sirens/bells went off before she even got out of the aisle. $1800.00. She came back and tried to argue that it was her winnings and she wasnt done on that machine. She lost the argument w/security/pit etc. Moral of the story. Find those superstitious slot gamblers and lurk until they leave then swoop in. I think Friends had a episode on the same thing. Phebo was involved

Yup! That's exactly how it works. Also the reinforcement schedule of gambling makes it such an easy addiction to fall into.

I’ve known ladies that *have* to use the exact same slot machine every time they gamble, or else they won’t play. One lady was at the same machine for 33 years straight

I'm seeing a lot of this behaviour in gacha games - and online games with rng driven loot in general. People create the most elaborate rituals to crack the system.

@@shimalding I've been doing that with Fire Emblem Heroes. I like to summon from the bottom left since I think it might work for me better.

i know right

I loved the look he gave Michael when he said that 26:40 😂👌

Don't wanna trigger anyone

Exactly rofl. Gotta keep people happy I guess.

Nice save, yeah.

But it totally did.

Somebody must've rubbed it real good, since he gave us all of the seasons for free......

@@santerisalmivuori3872 You're welcome.

I'd love Micheal to sugandesenuts

Orangebike666 Exactly

Pepega

MADE A SISTA WORK HAWD FO HER MONEY

lol

lol

oh gosh

😨

Ok that is actually funny XD

Human Skinner Box or Human-Skinner Box? The importance of a hyphen! haha

Or something from a certain gif I saw that used to be popular a while ago...

Lol..😂

This comment is amazing

Or are you?

I once dated Vanessa. As soon as she spoke through Michael, I felt the same connection we had. I know it was her. It was magical.

Or is he?

Trump no ur dumb

Well when you put the demon in it means that it's going to be temporarily and that nothing was "wrong" with them before that.

@@god8020 Yeah, I know. I just thought that was ironic.

the hell with terminology

Yeah it's not exactly the same. If they believed that they were possessed by a demon before coming it could affect many things like how they see themselves. So it is surely more ethical to pretend you're the one behind it.

No, it's exnorcism ; )

I mean I'm pretty sure it actually does kinda help, dust in cartridges isn't good. However, we blew in them so much there is no way there was dust in them. We just kept blowing because it worked the first time.

we were human Pigeons because i didn't do it just once, but twice and more.... i thought it made game loads faster.

wait but it does

Moisture in the plug makes electrical signal stronger. Is what I believe. But who knows. I also believe vaccines are effective and that seems to throw off everybody. Maybe I'm just crazy.

@@plokijum lol. dude, recently saw my aunt and apparently she is an anti-vaxxer... definitely one of the more uncomfortable conversations I had 😂

I'm feeling the same thing LOL

Just as your profile picture

Your profile pic looks like an inbred version of Dorothy from the golden girls

Ikr

It activates the money by putting the lotion on its skin.

pretendd u dont

unless its a video about lies then oof

I have this kinda cool thought that if Michael invites me for an experiment i'ma pretend i don't know him or anyone and then in the middle of the experiment say "Hey Vsauce! Michael here"

@@mohdqayemhussain5553 Damn dude you sound scary

I would also pretend to not know his so I can get a chance to sit in the same room with him.

😂😂frr

She probably felt it because of something apart from the room. Did you consider that?

@@promethium-145 yep, still bs

@@chefcorinth I doubt it.

she said she is also already possessed lol

she bad doe

@@kitno6415 She got the drip though.

S hi kwnbdufnf

Seems like it, since Michael was like … OMG we're gonna have to change that!!

I bet they didn't really give him a name so he just came up with one on the spot.

@@mickblock Michael did it, he was just pretending he didn't to add entertainment value.

@@mimszanadunstedt441 yeah he love to make that type of joke all the time

@@mimszanadunstedt441 I don't think so, before he looked at the camera to say that his eyes drifted to his crew members behind him. Seemed like he was genuinely surprised

What?

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Nice stolen comment Mr. Bowels

@@Migweegin shut up mr.robloxkidcringe

Tak Vitus, meget sejt!

why just why ........AM I LYING TO MYSELF ARHHHHH

Props to the black gay guy for being the only one to figure it out

Mexicans

Top kek

It was basically "are you shitting me"

@@giancarlosrosales6728 hold my beer

It just showed the dr didn't think about a very important angle to the whole charade. Thankfully Michael did and provided a nice perspective shift for him

@@Ptaku93 Oh yeah, that little smug smile sure showed his perspective shift lol

@@Lucan47 just because he wasn't able to comprehend or seriously consider the perspective shift doesn't mean it wasn't intended on Michael's part

I think they cut out people who notice him

They screen the participants, i'm sure they ask questions about interest in edutainment and if they watch informative videos on youtube or something to that effect.

I think the point here is that her experience was real and valid regardless of if this was an experiment or a ritual. I do hope she finds peace, but seeing her mom in this way could've helped her find it.

Lord Turnip yeah I hadn’t thought of that. You’re probably right.

Markass yeah I hope she sees it that way. I guess it depends on if she is the sort of person who needs to feel that there really is an actual angel that actually did reassure her or if she is the sort of person who feels a sense of resolution from having had the experience.

Bruh good eye. Previous experiment?

Marge The Dog I wanted to see it too

I bet Michael would've tell her "etc etc YET your experience was real, what do you think about that?"

I'm sure she was saying the truth. Studies shows religious people tend to be more delusional than non-religious. Come on, you know these people believe in invisible things.

I doubt they even told her

​@@klaus254 Lol no studies have shown that, stop lying to push your narrative. The big bang is invisible too if you're gonna make that argument.

We did that too!

hmm..

i wasn't quite THAT dumb when i was ten.

Yeah a butterfly affect might work on it lmao

That's cute if you were 5.

Pinormous dude michaels segues are so good you don’t even notice them

I feel bad that I didn't have to pay now because thease programs are so good. That said I am glad I can watch them as I can't afford to pay. I appreciate this fantastic freebie. X

@@peterbeadman9010 same, I've learned really much from his videos. If I have the financial ability to support his content I would be very glad to do so.

Is segues even a word

@@finitesource9643 yes

Yeah it was basically Micheal: *spends the half the episode proving a lot of religious experiences are fake* Dr Veissière: A lot of priests probably convince themselves that they’re actually summoning- Micheal: And perhaps they are! There’s no way to prove god didn’t do anything (for the viewers) Every non-religious persons reaction watching: 26:46

@@XxEnderCookiezxX i mean, you can always be religious and say "yes but that only applies to [other belief]" or "[not to this person]" Its no secret that multiple, contradicting beliefs claim to be the truth, someone has to be wrong anyways.

Irondragon1945 Oh yeah for sure! Sorry I didn’t mean to come off to be non-inclusive to those kinds of beliefs. I have relatives who are like that too so I understand that side.

You seem to have misunderstood the result.

Religious dogma and god are imagined. I wish Michael wouldn’t cower to those who refuse to see this.

Yeah same thought, i think like they shouldnt debrief her. (Or probably Michael is playing with us and thats an actor too).

Well I think maybe she being deceived into thinking she was being part of real religious acts does not take away from the fact that she did imagine very vividly the image of her mother, and she felt confortable with her. Maybe it didn't happen in the real world, but i guess it could be a real experience for her anyway, and one in wich she should be able to feel confort remembering it in the future.

Reminds me of the sensory tanks

@@lagduck2209 How do I know your not an actor also?

@@deejayhamm Never have I felt more like I am on an episode of Mind Field. How do I know I'm not an actor?

There are buttons under the signals in my country.

But that's true. There isn't lol

@@ivnehaas There's also no way to prove whether or not a morbidly obese elephant doing pilates worked in that room that day... Doesn't mean we have to take anyone who believes that seriously.

I thought exactly that when I watched it. Yes there is no way of proving God was not involved in that room that day, but all the imperial evidence suggests that he wasn't. As a man of science himself, Michael fully understands that, just avoiding an angry comment section

You are missing the point. Given God created the laws of the universe (which includes biology and psychology), why wouldn't he work within these laws? Many believe the subconscious mind is where God operates and meets with people.

@@leftydan123 i dont think he necessarily avoided that lol but atlleast atheists arent likely to make news headlines or give him death threats, so better of two evils?

Shit

Seriously my first thought on studying this. My main problem with these kinds of tests is that there are vast differences in brain-behavior between each individual. Like how a significant number of people young and old mixed can barely learn how to use computers and would never enjoy a videogame. A significant number of people will refuse to learn about a lot of things due to their brain behavior while others choose to learn as much as possible about everything. All these behavioral details and differences are on display in schools even though one might propose the more young humans experience in common the more closely their behavior aligns that might be true for certain things but when everyone is grouped into a large school these obvious differences and traits of each human brain divide even that.

Actually I think Path of Exile is the best example where you see many streamers have all sorts of rituals to improve their rng

@D4RKplayz I just finished watching SAO myself today, such an amazing series, makes me want to be part of an SAO like game.

@@MrJohnboyofsj significant number AKA > 99.999%

HE SAID TOO MUCH

@@SoGiga The side doctor seemed like a buzzkill tbh. Michael here is just vibing.

Pure panic between them

don't want to get the show demonetized...

@@promethium-145 I mean, what's wrong with the doctor taking this experiment in a serious level? This _is_ an experiment after all.