I actually first believed it but then I realized that you might be tricking me and that it actually isn't true but because so many people liked it I do think it might be true.
I watched it once and realized what he was pretty much going into before he finished his sentences. I guess it works faster on me. The static part made me want to turn it off though
This is exactly the reason I like to self-study from textbooks and despise lectures! Textbooks are more straining, but when I read the text over and over until I understand it, I REALLY understand, unlike leaving a lecture hall with a “feeling” of understanding without being able to recall what essentially the lecture was about.
Everyone learns different. I can't just study a textbook because I don't remember anything. Sure I can read it over and over again and memorise it but after the test it's all gone. On the other hand, I still remeber a lot of what old teachers were saying, I even have their voices and faces printed in my mind like a videotape, as clear as fresh water, and it was a bunch of years ago.
This is so true. I am a medical student and there are many lectures available all over the internet which many use as their primary source. But soon I realized that wasn’t working and I wasn’t retaining much. Even if I did understood I forgot in a few weeks. I was thinking why this was happening and deduced reading textbooks is what I should be doing. Sure, you need to revise what you read multiple times, but the understanding you get when you read the text due to your brain working harder is much better. I should have thought about that before and took up the habit of reading sooner. Now my current understanding is: Textbooks are the first choice and if the topic is very difficult, supplement it with a lecture.
i agree! and i'd like to add that there's no time to pause and ponder during the lecture they're just going over the essentials as fast as possible skipping a lot of necessary stuff as well so reading really helps in my case but it just takes a lot of time which is the only thing i hate about reading
@@derrickmcadoo3804 You do realize that goes both ways, that "news is fake" becomes truth if you repeat it enough? That is what I've always found most hypocritical/ironic about people who complain about "sheeple". They are just being sheeple in the opposite direction. The best way to cut through all the BS is to just ignore all media (of all kinds), and only look at scientific studies and experiments. It's not infallible but it's much better than what most people do which is trust THEIR media and assume everything against it is fake.
Yeah... I will probably never listen to James Brown - Get on the Good Foot normally again. And I will also never ruin another song by making it my alarm...
If you percieve music as pleasant entertainment, you'll like a song more after hearing it for the 10th time, than after the 1st. Just don't listen to it in a row. All popular things works like that, untill another one takes it's place. Popular are repeated, rather than better.
What a gem. Every conscious responsible human on the planet should carefully watch this. Familiarity breeds consent. It is uncomfortable, even strenuous to question the assumptions underlying our day-to-day decisions, but like keeping our bodies fit through exercise, this is essential to honing our discernment, to being sensible.
I absolutely love this comment, particularly the second half. It struck a lot of chords, even did a v little piece on it! But yh, a lot of truth there!
This will actually work in your favor if you truly believe that you are attractive. This is because the more you repeat it, and the more confident you are about that statement , the more other people will start to believe you. Also because of the fact that attractiveness is subjective -- attractiveness is in the eye of the beholder and thus anyone can be perceived to be attractive.
Well then, if it actually isn't true then you have nothing to worry about. The group you're desperately trying to tell people you're in by having pepe as your RUclips picture and have snowflake in your name is proof of the entire concept. Thousands of those people were conned and continue to be conned because of that little bubble they sit in. History will laugh at that group and it will be given as examples to gaslighting and fascism in modern society and governments. Very interesting time to live in. I guess we can thank the spread of information and the internet for just how well this whole fiasco will be remembered.
Loved this subject. My BA dissertation was about cognition, more specifically that a computer game with very "strong" cognitive patterns but reduced quality in graphics can be more appealing than a game with great graphics but less recognizable cognitive patterns. In general cognition is a very important but complex concept for human behavior analysis and relevant statistics. Thanks for the great presentation.
@@Scroolewse I will give you an example. There is a theory in cognition: when you provide characters that - don't - have details in some elements of design (eg they don't have facial expressions), it can be easier for various target groups to identify with them as it is easier to put themselves in the characters' position. Also this technique leaves more room to the players imagination and the game does not have the feel of a movie. Those are some of the many aspects of "cognitive patterns", hope this helps.
@@Scroolewse Another example is the clear distinction between good and evil in story telling. The game The Last of Us 2 met massive criticism because it blurred the lines of good and evil. This caused a massive amount of gamers cognitivie distress. @Deathrasher, you picked a greeat topic for a dissertation.
It's one of my favourite books and the inspiration for this video - it brings together so many diverse human behaviours and explains them with just a few simple principles.
Thats kinda how I make homework for my kids. I write the subject on multiple notes and make them piece it together and THEN they can solve it. I also give them a carrot to munch on when they have been good students. Or a cup of tea with milk and sweetener (they like that).
This made me realise why I used to get good grades in school. My handwriting was so bad that the teachers had to practically squint their eyes to see what I've written, so there was never a cognitive ease to fall into "oh it must be wrong like the other majority of papers"
Now I understand the meaning of "Tell a lie so much that it becomes the truth" This has been used throughout history without anyone even knowing Now I understand how
Yep, and the Democrats have used that evil trick very effectively against Trump...just keep repeating "Trump is a racist!" and a lot of people will believe it even though if you ask them to provide something he did or said that could be considered racist they can not think of one single example.
@@veritasium yes, all we "know" is what we interpret from discovery, but truth comes from God who created all that we have discovered. We will never fully know the truth until we fully know God.
@@jasondeng7677 yes, knowing as we do that a lot of the dinos had feathers, this only deepens the mystery. Are you affiliated with the deep state then...
All people are mammals, some mammals are whales, therefore, some people are whales. Sound and valid logic to me, lol. (better example than what I had before)
Don't get the wrong point. There are 3 groups Mammal , people (inside mammal) and the four legged group(could be completely or partially inside the mammal group) it also might or might not include a part of the people group in it. The statement is false but could be true if the four legged group included a part of the people group in it
as someone who wants to study efficiently and get good grades at every subject, i feared cognitive ease and tries to strain my mind to analyze the question in front of me until i'm sure it's 100% right, but after the tests and assignments are over, it turns out i have difficulty going to sleep because i keep thinking about common sense and trying to figure out whether they are actually true.
Yep, in physics that just leads me to a rabbit hole of "why does this happen" turning into a string of "how it happens" with a floor of because its how the universe is. I guess fundamentally everything will trace back to the question of why are we ? I don't know if we'll ever answer that.
also as a student I think that for most students it's better to try and train your intuition to get the right answer for most questions than to triple check every question, especially with timed exams
Flatearthers comprise only 1% of 1% of 1% of total world population. So, they are totally irrelevant. About 30% of the world population don't believe that humans walked on the Moon. A huge number of people. So, why is the world media focused on Flatearthers (which comprise 8000 believers) rather than 2.5 billion of people who don't believe that astronauts landed on the Moon? Because Flatearthers are easy to disprove, and not very numerous. So, weak. On the other hand, Moon landings are hard to prove, and you don't wanna mess with 2.5 billion of people, who may actually be right.
Yes but that makes sense, doesn't it? Same goes for me, I hate these "celebrities", I hate reality shows etc. but I believe that's also because I don't often use social medias or watch TV. Whereas some of my friends tell me they are super known and love to watch these kinds of things,. Maybe because somehow, the more you watch/scroll it, the more it becomes familiar and therefore, the more you like them.
Ive actually used this in my work. When I make temporal instructions to certain tasks that deviate from how the task is normally performed, I noticed that making the font smaller, thus harder to read, reduced the error rate of such tasks. Where as large fonts, which on surface were easier to notice and read, did not reduce the error rate, on the contrary, workers disregarded them the performed the task as they normally would. I theories that the smaller font, caused them to focus more on what the instruction actually reads, thus understanding it better, especially when these temporal instructions where often given to tasks done during 14hour nightshifts, thus sleep deprivation etc playing huge part in the ability to focus in beginwith
Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." Really... this is the truth :-)
I dont think catching them is the point here try using them more, you will eventually start to see what makes them good (you will see it, doesnt mean its there)
@@cinegraphics I am aware this comment was made one year ago, but it is safe. Its one of the few times corporations and the people agree on something. All the higher power want are people who work, and will milk anything out of them. Dead/Injured workers do not count as good workers.
the cheese one, I do not know. I mean, what's a "cottage" to begin with... wasn't it some kind of a place where you can live in, the light tho, it immediately comes to me mind.
If it is Your own handwritten notes, yes, sure, because you used multiple sensory channels to both write it down and read it again. Muscles, eyes, touch, etc. That is why drawing a sketch during a preparation exercise has you learn and remember a lot more than looking at images in an online course, even though they contain the same information.
Derek Muller = Thinking Fast and Slow Superfan. Not that that's a bad thing. It's a great book, and this video is great illustration of some of the ideas in it.
You either didn't turn on notifications or its youtubes fault. There's a bug that shows videos in only 1/3 of the subscription boxes, not sure if they fixed it.
CrazyMarkSRB, It's not a bug, it's an algorithm based on your engagement (i.e. what you watch and for how long, commenting and liking, etc.). It's flawed, for sure, but it's not unintentional.
+Veritasium This is why I think the world should have a massive emp. Technology and the internet and media would be destroyed and people would be more free.
TBF this isn't a new phenomenon, why do you think almost all of Europe was happy to live in relative squalor for like 1000 years, nearly never questioning anything that was told to them by their local Kings/ Religious leaders/ etc? If anything I'd say societally speaking we're better critical thinkers now than we have ever been. We just need to learn that we shouldn't believe everything we read/hear on the internet, but it's understandable that people can be drawn in to believing things online easily as the internet is still relatively new and we are only just realising in recent years that we should take what we read on it with a pinch of salt.
Thinking critically isn’t always as good as it may seem since it makes you more indecisive and skeptical which also tends to give critical thinkers trust issues and paranoia leading to loneliness and difficulty to make new friends or “fit in” with society and other people
And that is deliberate. Critical thinking is something the ruling class does NOT want the working class to engage in. Therefore, they use every trick in the book to instill cognitive ease in the non-elites to keep them from dissenting from the status quo.
tommaspawn OMG, I just realized what I might sound like to theoretical computer scientists around me... * ashamed * I do care about practical application more, sure... but I understand I build on their original theoretical models and algorithms! practice without understanding is just ... cumulated mistakes... as for Christianity, btw. - What possible results could you have? Priest telling you you did what he thinks is correct? as for evolution, it certainly has more practical uses than Christianity... (bioengineering, breeding livestock and animals to be more useful, .....) (but hey, you are right, one wouldn't be re-elected without being a Christian. XDXD (in America, that is..... and it's really sad (and also not true, but never mind that XD))
Antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus evolved probably within your lifetime! And don't deprive yourself of breath for too long, because hospitals are one of the best places to get it.
I hate the fact that they try to manipulate me into bying something just because it feels familiar.. so I make an effort to choose something which I don't remember been advertised. In any case my behaviour is affected and it bugs me..
"The vaccine is tested and safe. Find out more information from this site." Takes you to a propaganda based link with no actual research to prove what they claimed in the commercial. Also, for the record I've got the vaccine because I was coerced into it. I'm not criticizing vaccines, but their methods in pushing through a barely tested vaccine while scoffing at anyone who criticized the fact that they had not tested it or provided any actual science to ensure it was safe for the public. I think people need to stop being lemmings and relying on the words of shills being paid to hold biased viewpoints.
You've gotta believe the corporations that asked (and received) total immunity from lawsuits or criminal charges, no matter what the vaccine does. I mean, would you give your car to a mechanic who asks you to sign a paper that he will maybe (or maybe not) repair your car, without the obligation to return all the parts, without responsibility if the car is damaged or even stolen, totally immune to any lawsuit? Of course you wouldn't. You'd go around that fraud in a big circle. And yet, they ask us to sign such a paper before injecting crap into our blood. But we wouldn't allow a similar treatment to our car or cellphone. Fun times.
Veritasium / Derek, I love this style of your videos. The way you close the video out with a deep or profound thought, or with a question that is not something that necessarily has an answer and leaves the viewer contemplating for a few seconds, or even minutes...that is the reason I keep coming back. Not only do you have the skills, experience, and knowledge to talk about topics ranging from "cognitive ease" to "quantum compters", you also have a way of going about it that makes even the most complex topics easier to understand. I, and millions of others, are very appreciative of that, and of you. Please keep the content coming. You are a unique mind, and we, as a people, are lucky to have you share it with us.
It's frustrating when we want to change minds (for the better) but cognitive ease prevents people from changing. What they have been familiar with since always, seems to them like the best answer no matter what... and sometimes they are just *wrong!* I think that's why so many changes in society (that one would consider urgent) actually took a long time before they were made. And many other changes are still overdue.
I think that we need to be careful that the "change" that we wish to push on others is both absolutely necessary and absolutely true, otherwise we are replacing both truth and misconceptions indiscriminately with untruth, and act as a changing force for someone who we do not necessarily stand behind +Jimmy David
Throughout the entire video, I was just saying to myself, "Thinking Fast and Slow", "Thinking Fast and Slow". At least you could've mentioned about the book, since all your examples were from there. Great video by the way! For those of you who haven't heard of the book, it's "Thinking, fast and slow - Daniel Kahneman". It's a great book, you should read it.
Great video. It misses an important side issue though: People are more likely to suffer from cognitive ease if their life is more stressful. Peoples lives are more stressful because they suffer from decision fatigue. One significant reason people suffer from decision fatigue is a lack of discipline/temperance to form/implement habits/routines/rituals in their lives. Habits/routines/rituals are repetitive tasks that, once they are well learnt, no longer require decision making. The more of one's basic aspects of life (or even more complicated stuff) that are converted habits the more cognitive energy is freed up to enable you to be less stressed and more happily engage the conscious mind on what is in front of you.
Dear people, many of Veritasium's videos are inspired by 1 thing, a book called Thinking Fast and Slow by Nobel winner Daniel Kahneman. System 1 and System 2 classification helps to explain many behaviour of human. Seriously, a must read and re-read for a lifetime.
it's also how the hypnotist in the movie Now you see me, manages to persuade the guy in paris and also how will smith won that asian guys money in the movie focus.
Yeah! Like the more times he said "the more something is repeated the truer it sounds" the more odd it felt, like. Surely I'm not the only one getting suspicious.
Good lord. All i've been watching on youtube lately is horror stories and all the comments are from people that are less than half my age and who don't know which way is up. It's incredibly refreshing actually seeing intelligent discussion on youtube again. more videos please!
I know now that this was the intended meaning. But considering quite a lot of people seem to be under the impression pluralism in science means that either 'everything is equally true' or 'nothing is true at all', this title could also be read as: Truth is an illusion. At least that's what I begrudgingly expected to hear in this video before actually watching it. English is not my native language, though, so maybe my instincts are a bit off. ;) No offense intended, anyhow.
What about the illusion of truth via misinformation that seems almost logical. Like dogs have 4 legs, do they really? when a leg has a knee and two front 'legs' on a dog have no knee but elbows? Arms have elbows, so dogs really have 2 legs and 2 arms. Explain that enough times to people and the world is flat.
Ya, I read about the font fact a few years ago and ever since during an exam I'll start my answer by writing out the question itself as a statement which has helped me find details that I would have otherwise missed. I still make mistakes because I'm a sloppy Joe but the frequency has decreased
CoWinkKeyDinkInc Not my specifically, but I hear ya. It is important, however, to distinguish mindless repetition, and repetitive testing and experimenting (scientific method).
CoWinkKeyDinkInc My religious beliefs did. Through the typical early age indoctrination. I didn't switch it off easily later in life, but I also didn't switch it off mindlessly (like it was acquired). It was through skepticism, learning, testing and verifying, and so on - that's why I'm saying not all repetition is the same. The point of the video is that repetion can make one believe that false/uncertain is true - a method that often brings people into a religion, but typically not out of it. There is an important difference between dishonest, mantric, untouchable repetition and experimental repetition that follows evidence.
When I was involved in religion, a big part of it was just repetition of certain ideas. In fact, the central feature of the religion was meditating for hours a day while repeating some words. And have you ever gone to any kind of church service regularly? In my experience, religion is largely simply about repetition. Largely, but certainly not only.
Well, not entirely, but it's a very good start. I think the only other piece that's missing is how easily we can trick ourselves with false memories. It's why witness testimony isn't always reliable, it's very easy to change minor details by accident and have them "overwrite" (for lack of a better word) the original memory. Most people likely haven't seen a Berenstain Bears book since childhood. Decades later they see a bunch of people talking about how they swear it was "Berenstein" and unconsciously alter their own memory, and then reinforce it.
My wife and I had a 'Mandela effect' moment the other day, we were looking on Google Earth and saw that the continent of Africa is land attached to the middle East, you could drive from Paris to Johannesburg. We both could have sworn blind that it was a totally separate island continent. Just to be really clear, it wasn't that we didn't know or have never looked or even that we aren't that well educated (both have degrees or master's degrees), we both distinctly KNEW Africa was surrounded by water. It's a very odd feeling and I don't think 'cognitive ease' helps to explain it as if we were wrong the entire time then surely we wouldn't have heard this from many times and therefore thought it so vividly?
These are old forms of irregular verbs that are more or less vanishing from the written language now. This is happening in at least two languages I can read and talk more or less fluently, German and English. The same is true for conditional and reflexive usage. The german language was full irregular verbs which are now pressed into a regular pattern. Simplifying a language always robs you of the expressiveness of the unadulterated version. µ 2¢
Apply this concept to Hillary's speech style, and you will understand how carefully it is designed to cause the desired effect. Fixed it for you, you had a slight typo there.
Kevo F can you focus on one topic at the time, or are you so polarized that you cannot read the name "Trump" without attacking the other candidate, which was not supported by comment in any sense? As much as I severely dislike Hillary for many reasons, her speech style does not follow the patterns of simplicity and repetition aiming to create cognitive ease as much as Trump's style does. Pick any Trump interview, debate or speech and look at the size, complexity, variety and repetition of words. Hillary lies in a completely different manner - notice, I'm not judging one to be better than other, this is not a comparison of value, simply the description of a phenomenon.
+Lucas Balaminut I don't think it's that it's designed... it's just that trump isn't the smartest man and he has to keep repeating himself because he can't think of anything else :p But really I agree, he's an awful person yet he has so many followers shows something about how good he is at giving speaches, also how whoever wrote them must be a pretty smart guy (and how odd that people buy all his crap)
No Skill Just Luck I disagree that he is not smart. I think he is pretty smart, not an intellectual, but smart enough to realize how to best communicate with a large and broad spectrum of people. His message can be understood by anyone, even a 10 year old can understand him, it is simple, direct, and satisfies their supporters need for inverse-rationalization. Repetition is a very known salesman tactic. I see Trump as a salesman of a scam product, like a pyramid scheme or miracle pills, except that his presidential candidate persona is the product he is selling and the entire US is the scam target.
yep, quite amazing. I was watching the American Republican National Convention three days in a row and their unfactual, false claims and borderline patriotism propaganda started sounding a little bit more believable after the Third day. that's scary.
It's a mix of both you believe it because it gives you cognitive ease but it gives you cognitive ease because you can trust Derek because he has been honest with his facts in the past so your cognitive ease is rationalized.
the only reason you think so is because both idioms have the word 'cognitive' in it, they have absolutely nothing in common whatsoever good on you for finding 250 other idiots to agree with though
Wei Zhao Guessing you didn't watch the video? The summary I had of the information is if you hear something constantly, even if you don't agree with it, you will eventually start to agree with it and consider it good. There are many talking points the MSM tries to force on people every day. Many of them are opinion or outright false. By consuming that, you will start to consider them acceptable. It is fine to watch the MSM PERIODICALLY but not every day. MSM meaning newspapers, CNN, MSN, FOX News, CBS, NBC, etc... NONE of those should be consumed on a regular basis.
Oh my gosh, yes! You hear a lie often enough and it becomes the truth. I've been in a situation where I didn't agree with something, but heard it often enough that I started to think that way involuntarily; do you know how scary that is? We need to be so careful about what we let into our minds on a regular basis.
It depends if you are talking about the eventual possible existence of some kind of supernatural force somewhere in the universe, bigger than us, that we can't yet explain and that can't be proven or disproved so far, or if you're talking about Noah's ark, the flood, Adam and Eve, and all the senseless fairytales the human race has made-up around this idea.
I'm an amazing person I'm an amazing person I'm an amazing person I'm an amazing person I'm an amazing person I'm an amazing person I'm an amazing person
6:08 This reminds me of that one quote by Nikola Musk: "The best way to get answers, is not to ask, but to post misinformation.". When something looks "wrong" people will focus their attention on it. It also reminds me of how "readable source code" and good UIs reduce cognitive-load, while unreadable stuff forces the brain to focus on irrelevant details
I assure you that real religion presents difficult cognitive ease. You are compelled to find your own flaws and make yourself a better person, not easy. A lot of people applying religion to themselves do so falsely and oppressively. This is not its intent.
Not always, but sometimes "truth" is created by repeating false statements as often as possible while critical voices are suppressed. This is possibly the case with most of the leftish statements like "we are killing the climate", "whites are racists", "migration is good", "languish is sexistic" and so on.
i'm don't tal english as first language and to me is hard to understand english, so just to understand what is said i was already thinking hard, all cognitive ease tests failed on me. because was thinking hard to simply read the normal text.
Ok, English is also my second language. I'm quite fluent, but I don't usually feel like correcting other people's mistakes (I'm really not a grammar nazi). However, as you seem to have a strong feeling of superiority because you THINK that you're better than this guy who is trying to improve his language skills, I kinda feel forced to take you down from your high horse, so... this is how you should have written your comment: English is my second language too (English should ALWAYS be written starting with a capital letter), but I'm proficient in it. (better to use a comma because these two clauses are related, or use a period and the adverb however). Conclusion: (you really don't know how to use capital letters, do you?) you just have weak cognitive functions and low IQ. (WTF is jist XD? kinda sounds like jizz :p). Erick Weil, my friend, please don't pay attention to people like Ananya and keep practicing, buddy. What you said actually makes sense.
I think cognitive ease comes from being confronted with something that coheres with what you already know or believe. Before you can accommodate a new belief that clashes with what you already believe, you have to first change your mind about a few things. The more things you have to change your mind about, the harder it is to accommodate the new belief, and the more skeptical we of the new belief.
Haven't checked the comments yet, but I'm %90 sure that there are comments similar to ,"So this explains why people believe in (insert ideology/ religion here)".
+Gamers Demise if this brain washing worked there wouldn't be all these whiny teenage atheists. just because they are brought up in a religion or ideology doesn't mean they will keep it
Experiments have shown that saying "experiments have shown" creates cognitive ease.
I actually first believed it but then I realized that you might be tricking me and that it actually isn't true but because so many people liked it I do think it might be true.
Experiments have shown that this youtube comment is funny and causes cognitive ease and relaxation.👌👌👌👌
amazing!
JochCool i think he made a paradox
I don't necessarily believe this but you got a good point
I thought this video was BS, then I watched it a bunch more times and started to believe it
Nice!
I watched it once and realized what he was pretty much going into before he finished his sentences. I guess it works faster on me. The static part made me want to turn it off though
wrr
had to read your comment 31 time. I agree with you!
Did anyone else think he was about to put an audible plug towards the end? Cause it almost seemed like it to me.
"What connects these three things? Cottage, swiss, cake."
Me: I don't know, Switzerland?
"All English speakers know it to be cheese."
Me: wtf
I'm a native spanish speaker and I knew it was cheese hahaha. Got me on the second one though :P
I also thought it was Switzerland.
I'm not a native speaker and got them both
I was so sure that it was bakery
I thought the first one was food or something, but i instantly got the second one?
This is exactly the reason I like to self-study from textbooks and despise lectures! Textbooks are more straining, but when I read the text over and over until I understand it, I REALLY understand, unlike leaving a lecture hall with a “feeling” of understanding without being able to recall what essentially the lecture was about.
Everyone learns different. I can't just study a textbook because I don't remember anything. Sure I can read it over and over again and memorise it but after the test it's all gone. On the other hand, I still remeber a lot of what old teachers were saying, I even have their voices and faces printed in my mind like a videotape, as clear as fresh water, and it was a bunch of years ago.
As we autodidacts have learned.
This is so true. I am a medical student and there are many lectures available all over the internet which many use as their primary source. But soon I realized that wasn’t working and I wasn’t retaining much. Even if I did understood I forgot in a few weeks. I was thinking why this was happening and deduced reading textbooks is what I should be doing. Sure, you need to revise what you read multiple times, but the understanding you get when you read the text due to your brain working harder is much better. I should have thought about that before and took up the habit of reading sooner. Now my current understanding is: Textbooks are the first choice and if the topic is very difficult, supplement it with a lecture.
i agree! and i'd like to add that there's no time to pause and ponder during the lecture they're just going over the essentials as fast as possible skipping a lot of necessary stuff as well so reading really helps in my case but it just takes a lot of time which is the only thing i hate about reading
Take sketch notes on lectures, too.
“It’s easier to fool some one than to convince them that they have been fooled.” -Mark Twain
@@derrickmcadoo3804 if you are asleep. (Pravda is a Russian newspaper. Pravda means truth. Every Russian knew the paper was filled witb propaganda.)
@@draugami Every - literally EVERY newspaper around the world is. Sometimes propaganda is more sophisticated, sometimes less, but it's always there.
@@derrickmcadoo3804 You do realize that goes both ways, that "news is fake" becomes truth if you repeat it enough? That is what I've always found most hypocritical/ironic about people who complain about "sheeple". They are just being sheeple in the opposite direction. The best way to cut through all the BS is to just ignore all media (of all kinds), and only look at scientific studies and experiments. It's not infallible but it's much better than what most people do which is trust THEIR media and assume everything against it is fake.
Nothing can be more filled with propaganda than CNN.
@@MaxLohMusic yeah but if you know the media is always lying, you can use it to triangulate the Truth by assuming the opposite of whatever they say.
"Songs are judged more favorably after you've listened to them a bunch of times"
My alarm song begs to differ
Until the radio station decision to play the same song a hundred times a day for months on end. The nineties and Heyyyy Macarena!
Yeah... I will probably never listen to James Brown - Get on the Good Foot normally again. And I will also never ruin another song by making it my alarm...
If that were true, then the Hokey Pokey would be a permanent number one hit...
BREEP BREEP BREEP BREEP BREEP
If you percieve music as pleasant entertainment, you'll like a song more after hearing it for the 10th time, than after the 1st. Just don't listen to it in a row. All popular things works like that, untill another one takes it's place. Popular are repeated, rather than better.
Anything written in comic sans I immediately take to be true.
It's a beautiful day outside.
Birds are singing
The sky is blue.
Wicke Danneh you ruined it T.T
Fine, the sky is burning and crashing down.
What a gem. Every conscious responsible human on the planet should carefully watch this. Familiarity breeds consent. It is uncomfortable, even strenuous to question the assumptions underlying our day-to-day decisions, but like keeping our bodies fit through exercise, this is essential to honing our discernment, to being sensible.
WELL SAID! 💯
I absolutely love this comment, particularly the second half. It struck a lot of chords, even did a v little piece on it! But yh, a lot of truth there!
I have now watched this video 27 times, proving that I am addicted to cognitive ease...
Even money can breed consent 😂
@@edunation1296 No, it can not.
I am attractive
I am attractive
I am attractive
I am attractive
You are one good looking goomba....
The Italian Goomba Mama Mia!
This will actually work in your favor if you truly believe that you are attractive.
This is because the more you repeat it, and the more confident you are about that statement , the more other people will start to believe you. Also because of the fact that attractiveness is subjective -- attractiveness is in the eye of the beholder and thus anyone can be perceived to be attractive.
holy dang not on chugga eh
Why do you keep saying weird lies?
"The more something is repeated the more it starts to feel true"
Notice how he mentioned this several times throughout the video
Then initiate you own research to prove or disprove it both sides of the argument.
e.g. History is Written by Victors???
Well then, if it actually isn't true then you have nothing to worry about. The group you're desperately trying to tell people you're in by having pepe as your RUclips picture and have snowflake in your name is proof of the entire concept. Thousands of those people were conned and continue to be conned because of that little bubble they sit in. History will laugh at that group and it will be given as examples to gaslighting and fascism in modern society and governments. Very interesting time to live in. I guess we can thank the spread of information and the internet for just how well this whole fiasco will be remembered.
@@walkingtalkingstephenhawki5171
Your vitrolic response to a year old post kinda proves his snowflake point dude...just sayn
Don't feel bad, this video didn't tell you the rules as in the original experiment by Kahnman
@@walkingtalkingstephenhawki5171 You don't have to get so angry at a simple joke comment
"The more something is repeated, the more it feels true.."
Politicians and media have left the chat...
Obama left the chat...
Only thing they left are those 1.2k dislikes :D
Donald Trump is bad.
Donald Trump does bad things.
If Donald Trump does it, it’s bad.
More like they are spamming the chat.
They are the 12 yo kids on Twitch who get banned from chat all the time.
This is why debates are more about catchphrases than actually detailing all the nuances. More about using emotions than getting into all the facts
Maybe there is no cognitive ease mechanism and Derek just make us believe it really exists by repeating this term over and over...
#CognitiveEaseCeption
but if that were the case and it works, doesn't that mean cognitive ease exists?
here's the deal though, hypothetically if the phenomenon did exist, but it was not called cognitive ease, it would sadly not be true.
But that wouldn't work unless it really was true! *headsplode*
Dirk from veritabrium*
As Sherlock Holmes said: "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."
Sherlock Holmes is fictional, but even that seemed right
@@samisalem8313 Well, just because he's fictional doesn't mean he didn't say it.
Wait, it does. Nevermind.
@@samisalem8313 well you cant blame one... sherlock holmes is repeatedly mentioned everywhere...
From which story?
@@alexlandherr The Boscombe Valley Mystery, and by the way, he said it laughing.
Kids today: “The sun is up.”
Back in my day: “Sky bulb high”
:D
Love your name
lol
@@Script192 Why? Is it the source of the "Pestilence?"
@@Script192 cemen
Loved this subject. My BA dissertation was about cognition, more specifically that a computer game with very "strong" cognitive patterns but reduced quality in graphics can be more appealing than a game with great graphics but less recognizable cognitive patterns. In general cognition is a very important but complex concept for human behavior analysis and relevant statistics. Thanks for the great presentation.
Warcraft 3 Reforged?
Thank you for putting into words why I love Team Fortress 2
Can you elaborate on "cognitive patterns" as it relates to gaming? Is that essentially a fancy way of saying "gameplay loop"
@@Scroolewse I will give you an example. There is a theory in cognition: when you provide characters that - don't - have details in some elements of design (eg they don't have facial expressions), it can be easier for various target groups to identify with them as it is easier to put themselves in the characters' position. Also this technique leaves more room to the players imagination and the game does not have the feel of a movie. Those are some of the many aspects of "cognitive patterns", hope this helps.
@@Scroolewse Another example is the clear distinction between good and evil in story telling.
The game The Last of Us 2 met massive criticism because it blurred the lines of good and evil. This caused a massive amount of gamers cognitivie distress.
@Deathrasher, you picked a greeat topic for a dissertation.
The timing of this video is interesting as I am in the middle of reading Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman which covers this material.
same here..
It's one of my favourite books and the inspiration for this video - it brings together so many diverse human behaviours and explains them with just a few simple principles.
Have you read Think Like a Freak by the same authors who wrote Freakonomics? Another good read.
+ Great book.
Hey, i'm currently reading the same book too!
"If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself."
- John Cena, 1969
lol I see what you did there
thats the only thing d..trump's mini brain can remenber
who said it? oh yes, it was... JOHN CENA!!!
I thought that was... *Joseph Goebbels*! :D
Not Goebbels. It's definitely from JOHN CENA 👍
Dirk from veritabrium
say it a million times
and now he is Dirk.
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Veristablium*
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I’ve learned in my adulthood that every single thing that appears ‘good’ has a downside. Cognitive ease vs strain is a great example of that
When I got slightly ear rapped by the bad contrast video I immediately started smiling and I felt joy, thank you hundreds of meme compilations.
ikr
i straight up laughed
Thank you cerebral plasticity
Literally
YES SOMEBODY LIKE ME
That explains why I like an anime intro after like 4-5 episodes
LOL so true, so true, so true
OMG that's true
Me too me toooo...
not only that, but the song's also associated with an entertaining experience that your brain got to enjoy, in this case, the anime itself.
Cant like something you never watch. *insert smart think guy meme here*
Yep. Fully explains the Beastars intro. At fist I was like meh. Then by the end of season one I actually liked it.
Now I want my mathematics exam questions to be written in cursive.
It's easy to fix. Rewrite each problem yourself on the answer sheet... in your worst handwriting.
@@Daek3sh good luck being able to read it again
Thats kinda how I make homework for my kids. I write the subject on multiple notes and make them piece it together and THEN they can solve it. I also give them a carrot to munch on when they have been good students. Or a cup of tea with milk and sweetener (they like that).
This made me realise why I used to get good grades in school. My handwriting was so bad that the teachers had to practically squint their eyes to see what I've written, so there was never a cognitive ease to fall into "oh it must be wrong like the other majority of papers"
Now I understand the meaning of
"Tell a lie so much that it becomes the truth"
This has been used throughout history without anyone even knowing
Now I understand how
Yep, and the Democrats have used that evil trick very effectively against Trump...just keep repeating "Trump is a racist!" and a lot of people will believe it even though if you ask them to provide something he did or said that could be considered racist they can not think of one single example.
You will own nothing and be happy, be happy, be happy.
@@truthaus6840 Stop it!
Some people have known.
"Repetition legitimizes" -- Adam Neely
i was looking for this comment.
repetition legitimizes
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repetition legitimizes
repetition legitimizes
repetition legitimizes
repetition legitimizes
repetition legitimizes
repetition legitimizes
Repetition makes me suspicious
Repetition legitimizes
"Repetition legitimizes" -- Adam Neely
"sky, bulb, high"
me: THE SUN!
exactly
Dunno why I thought of the sky...since he mentioned 'sky' and 'high'............'bulb'??
as soon as the word "high" popped up, i immediately thought of weed for some reason. Even tho i don't partake anymore.
@@BlaZindeezy I thought of elves as in, High Elves.
Same!
Always a good idea to revisit what we think is true and why we think that. Phenomenal video!
+Filmmaker IQ thank you!
your channel are slowing becoming like Vsauce.. i love it
Good comment.
@@veritasium yes, all we "know" is what we interpret from discovery, but truth comes from God who created all that we have discovered. We will never fully know the truth until we fully know God.
@@bjaaro reading this comment made my cognitive functions stagger
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire
Wow, Derek, thanks for making this. This is a really important video.
wait, how does this have no replies? This is so cool, I'm the first to reply to a PBS spacetime comment.
@@kennarajora6532 lol i thought the same
gonna comment here because it's spacetime
It's more important now than ever... I hope the human race wakes up to what is happening before we have another civil and/or world war.
What up spacetime!
my average body temerature is 41 degrees celsius.
remember that.
Thank you
So... You are a lizard person. At least you are being open about it, tell us more.
@@bhatkat
look at my name.
WOOOOSH
@@jasondeng7677 yes, knowing as we do that a lot of the dinos had feathers, this only deepens the mystery. Are you affiliated with the deep state then...
@@bhatkat
Sir, we are chickens.
All people are mammals,
some mammals are whales,
therefore, some people are whales.
Sound and valid logic to me, lol.
(better example than what I had before)
Your saying actually makes everything easier to understand for those who dont get it. Should get more likes
Don't get the wrong point. There are 3 groups Mammal , people (inside mammal) and the four legged group(could be completely or partially inside the mammal group) it also might or might not include a part of the people group in it. The statement is false but could be true if the four legged group included a part of the people group in it
All mammals have four limbs. Arms, wings, flippers, ect, are just modifications of said limbs.
+cortster12 what about dolphins
Darren Li
They have four major limbs modified to suite their niche as well. They also have a tail, but that is just an extension of the spine.
as someone who wants to study efficiently and get good grades at every subject, i feared cognitive ease and tries to strain my mind to analyze the question in front of me until i'm sure it's 100% right, but after the tests and assignments are over, it turns out i have difficulty going to sleep because i keep thinking about common sense and trying to figure out whether they are actually true.
Yep, in physics that just leads me to a rabbit hole of "why does this happen" turning into a string of "how it happens" with a floor of because its how the universe is. I guess fundamentally everything will trace back to the question of why are we ? I don't know if we'll ever answer that.
also as a student I think that for most students it's better to try and train your intuition to get the right answer for most questions than to triple check every question, especially with timed exams
@@123qwe321ify
Agreed. At the bottom of the rabbit hole physics questions start blurring with religious ones. lol.
Sic mundus creatus est.
@@123qwe321ifyit's true
“Earth revolves around the sun”
Flat earther’s brains: *intense cognitive functioning*
Underated comment
Actually, the sphericity of the Earth is not the same concept as heliocentrism.
> a flat earther
> intense cognitive functioning
pick one
flat earther hearing : "earth revolves" immediately shuts down all cognitive channels.
Flatearthers comprise only 1% of 1% of 1% of total world population. So, they are totally irrelevant.
About 30% of the world population don't believe that humans walked on the Moon. A huge number of people.
So, why is the world media focused on Flatearthers (which comprise 8000 believers) rather than 2.5 billion of people who don't believe that astronauts landed on the Moon?
Because Flatearthers are easy to disprove, and not very numerous. So, weak. On the other hand, Moon landings are hard to prove, and you don't wanna mess with 2.5 billion of people, who may actually be right.
The whole video I was trying to multiply 14*37 in my head
518
techbot .. lmao- same here😂
Haha.. Nice to know there’s still some like-minded folks out there in this awesome world of ours
Its actually impossible...
Its actually impossible...
Its actually impossible...
I only know 14*2 and 14*5 so...
14*37= (14*3)10 + 14*7
14*2+14=14*3. 14*2+14*5=14*7
28+14=42. 28+70=98
420+98=498+20=518
14 * 37 = 7 * 74 = 490 + 28 = 518
Everything I know about the Kardashians I learned against my will lol
Yes but that makes sense, doesn't it? Same goes for me, I hate these "celebrities", I hate reality shows etc. but I believe that's also because I don't often use social medias or watch TV. Whereas some of my friends tell me they are super known and love to watch these kinds of things,. Maybe because somehow, the more you watch/scroll it, the more it becomes familiar and therefore, the more you like them.
Perfect
Kardashian start with k not with C wtf
Ive actually used this in my work. When I make temporal instructions to certain tasks that deviate from how the task is normally performed, I noticed that making the font smaller, thus harder to read, reduced the error rate of such tasks. Where as large fonts, which on surface were easier to notice and read, did not reduce the error rate, on the contrary, workers disregarded them the performed the task as they normally would.
I theories that the smaller font, caused them to focus more on what the instruction actually reads, thus understanding it better, especially when these temporal instructions where often given to tasks done during 14hour nightshifts, thus sleep deprivation etc playing huge part in the ability to focus in beginwith
When something is repeated over and over agains, it feels more true.
He repeats this phrase multiple times...
so all what he said isnt true? this guy freaks me out
The more something is repeated, the more it feels true.
Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth."
Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth."
Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth."
Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth."
Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth."
Herman Goering figured this out in the 1930s. He said that, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth."
Really... this is the truth :-)
Hah, good that you noticed as well. I laughed a little when he said the last phrase :P
Wasen't that Lenin who said that?
After catching 100 zubats, I still don't think they are good...
lol
Just need to catch more
Zubats are great. Save them, use lucky egg, evolve all at once, XP+++++++++
Brad Hammond There are better pokemon for this...
I dont think catching them is the point here
try using them more, you will eventually start to see what makes them good (you will see it, doesnt mean its there)
People aren't interested in the truth. They are only interested in something that they can believe in.
"The more something is repeated, the more it starts to feel true." ...terrifyingly true these days.
"Vaccination is safe"
"Vaccination is safe"
"Vaccination is safe"
After you hear it 200 times, you actually start believing it...
@@cinegraphics No, there are still loads of idiots that don't believe it
I heard that one too, but slightly different... "When a lie is told so much and for so long, it can become truth" 😎😳🧐😜
“There are more than two genders”
“There are more than two genders”
“There are more than two genders”
Wrong there are only two genders
@@cinegraphics I am aware this comment was made one year ago, but it is safe. Its one of the few times corporations and the people agree on something.
All the higher power want are people who work, and will milk anything out of them. Dead/Injured workers do not count as good workers.
Veritasium: "what connects these three things?"
Non Native Speaker: "Wait... what??"
they all start with 'th'
I think I've heard cottage cheese like once before.
I never heard of cottage cheese so that makes it even harder.
the cheese one, I do not know. I mean, what's a "cottage" to begin with... wasn't it some kind of a place where you can live in,
the light tho, it immediately comes to me mind.
@@reitersul586 hmm, maybe because either you're still young, or you were too sleepy at the time you watched it.
5:56
Finally, I found why it is easier to remember from handwritten notes than the same thing written in a book.
Thank you.
If it is Your own handwritten notes, yes, sure, because you used multiple sensory channels to both write it down and read it again. Muscles, eyes, touch, etc. That is why drawing a sketch during a preparation exercise has you learn and remember a lot more than looking at images in an online course, even though they contain the same information.
I love the way you used the principle you were communicating to communicate the principle, even down to the selection of your shirt!
Derek Muller = Thinking Fast and Slow Superfan.
Not that that's a bad thing. It's a great book, and this video is great illustration of some of the ideas in it.
+Dan Hauer yup! Guilty as charged
A really great video of some of the best concepts of the book.
Derek, keep on making such great videos!! =D
Well dang, I need to look up this book then!
As I told ;)
I don't get why Veritasium videos NEVER show up in my sub box...
Oh, I thought I were the only one...
You either didn't turn on notifications or its youtubes fault. There's a bug that shows videos in only 1/3 of the subscription boxes, not sure if they fixed it.
Click the gear next to the subscriptions box. And select the notifications, it should help.
if you tell yourself they do enough times, they will
CrazyMarkSRB, It's not a bug, it's an algorithm based on your engagement (i.e. what you watch and for how long, commenting and liking, etc.).
It's flawed, for sure, but it's not unintentional.
I guess this explains why Vine is popular.
+It's Okay To Be Smart yup! And gifs
OMG IM UR BIGGEST FAN
and coubs
And idiots.
+Veritasium This is why I think the world should have a massive emp. Technology and the internet and media would be destroyed and people would be more free.
I completely agree with your assessment.
It seems that these days a large portion of society has lost the capacity to think critically.
TBF this isn't a new phenomenon, why do you think almost all of Europe was happy to live in relative squalor for like 1000 years, nearly never questioning anything that was told to them by their local Kings/ Religious leaders/ etc?
If anything I'd say societally speaking we're better critical thinkers now than we have ever been. We just need to learn that we shouldn't believe everything we read/hear on the internet, but it's understandable that people can be drawn in to believing things online easily as the internet is still relatively new and we are only just realising in recent years that we should take what we read on it with a pinch of salt.
Thinking critically isn’t always as good as it may seem since it makes you more indecisive and skeptical which also tends to give critical thinkers trust issues and paranoia leading to loneliness and difficulty to make new friends or “fit in” with society and other people
Your history teachers have utterly failed you.
And that is deliberate. Critical thinking is something the ruling class does NOT want the working class to engage in. Therefore, they use every trick in the book to instill cognitive ease in the non-elites to keep them from dissenting from the status quo.
A very concise explanation of both religion and politics, that never once mentions either word.
this!
LMAO
tommaspawn OMG, I just realized what I might sound like to theoretical computer scientists around me...
* ashamed *
I do care about practical application more, sure... but I understand I build on their original theoretical models and algorithms! practice without understanding is just ... cumulated mistakes...
as for Christianity, btw. - What possible results could you have? Priest telling you you did what he thinks is correct?
as for evolution, it certainly has more practical uses than Christianity... (bioengineering, breeding livestock and animals to be more useful, .....)
(but hey, you are right, one wouldn't be re-elected without being a Christian. XDXD (in America, that is..... and it's really sad (and also not true, but never mind that XD))
Antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus evolved probably within your lifetime! And don't deprive yourself of breath for too long, because hospitals are one of the best places to get it.
Mexie Mex damn dude you sound smart you must read a lot.
... and this is why I detest advertising, and try my hardest to avoid it or be extremely sceptical of the messages they try to push.
Colin Reynolds wish more people were like this
I hate the fact that they try to manipulate me into bying something just because it feels familiar.. so I make an effort to choose something which I don't remember been advertised. In any case my behaviour is affected and it bugs me..
You’re never gonna make every single person happy, there’s no point in trying to please everyone.
Your photo looks like its from the 70s and I like that era so it gave me cognitive ease
6:18 He misspelld cognitive, but you didn't notice because it was easy to read.
Adam Collins you misspelled ‘misspelld’
Good observation, even I missed it.
you must be one of those "grumpy and suspicious scientists"
Sans Serif is not easy to read
@@fuzzypenguino It is
The illusion of a worthwhile video this is.
"Colgate; recommend by doctors" is best example of constant advertisement
"Vaccination will help us return to old normal" is another example.
*_The government has join the chat..._*
"The vaccine is tested and safe. Find out more information from this site." Takes you to a propaganda based link with no actual research to prove what they claimed in the commercial.
Also, for the record I've got the vaccine because I was coerced into it. I'm not criticizing vaccines, but their methods in pushing through a barely tested vaccine while scoffing at anyone who criticized the fact that they had not tested it or provided any actual science to ensure it was safe for the public.
I think people need to stop being lemmings and relying on the words of shills being paid to hold biased viewpoints.
You've gotta believe the corporations that asked (and received) total immunity from lawsuits or criminal charges, no matter what the vaccine does. I mean, would you give your car to a mechanic who asks you to sign a paper that he will maybe (or maybe not) repair your car, without the obligation to return all the parts, without responsibility if the car is damaged or even stolen, totally immune to any lawsuit? Of course you wouldn't. You'd go around that fraud in a big circle. And yet, they ask us to sign such a paper before injecting crap into our blood. But we wouldn't allow a similar treatment to our car or cellphone. Fun times.
@@theraven5850 I'm glad someone saved your from your own stupidity.
[8:00] "The more something is repeated, the more it starts to feel true." I just about fell for this one.
But doesn't that mean that it works?
How to make truth:
1. lie
2. repeat
3. ???
4. profit
3 is repeat
3. ???
4. profit
compiler error endless loop detected
1984
it's a game Easter egg but i don't remember it right?
Veritasium / Derek, I love this style of your videos. The way you close the video out with a deep or profound thought, or with a question that is not something that necessarily has an answer and leaves the viewer contemplating for a few seconds, or even minutes...that is the reason I keep coming back. Not only do you have the skills, experience, and knowledge to talk about topics ranging from "cognitive ease" to "quantum compters", you also have a way of going about it that makes even the most complex topics easier to understand. I, and millions of others, are very appreciative of that, and of you. Please keep the content coming. You are a unique mind, and we, as a people, are lucky to have you share it with us.
I just love it when Dirk from Veristablium puts out a new video.
Am I missing something?
veritablium
no S
(sometimes he is dirt from veritabrisium tho')
I liked Stan better. It's just not the same with this new guy
An interesting videó from Veritisblium, I agree.
Dirk is the guy from Veritasblium.
It's frustrating when we want to change minds (for the better) but cognitive ease prevents people from changing. What they have been familiar with since always, seems to them like the best answer no matter what... and sometimes they are just *wrong!* I think that's why so many changes in society (that one would consider urgent) actually took a long time before they were made. And many other changes are still overdue.
But that doesn't mean that all aspects of society need to change. Some norms prevailed after centuries of evolution
Thanks the American measuring system
I think that we need to be careful that the "change" that we wish to push on others is both absolutely necessary and absolutely true, otherwise we are replacing both truth and misconceptions indiscriminately with untruth, and act as a changing force for someone who we do not necessarily stand behind +Jimmy David
Throughout the entire video, I was just saying to myself, "Thinking Fast and Slow", "Thinking Fast and Slow". At least you could've mentioned about the book, since all your examples were from there. Great video by the way!
For those of you who haven't heard of the book, it's "Thinking, fast and slow - Daniel Kahneman". It's a great book, you should read it.
It's been in the description since I posted it - and I have referenced it in videos before, e.g. my one on regression to the mean
+Veritasium Sorry, my bad! :)
Your videos are a joy to watch by the way. Good luck!
Great video. It misses an important side issue though: People are more likely to suffer from cognitive ease if their life is more stressful. Peoples lives are more stressful because they suffer from decision fatigue. One significant reason people suffer from decision fatigue is a lack of discipline/temperance to form/implement habits/routines/rituals in their lives. Habits/routines/rituals are repetitive tasks that, once they are well learnt, no longer require decision making. The more of one's basic aspects of life (or even more complicated stuff) that are converted habits the more cognitive energy is freed up to enable you to be less stressed and more happily engage the conscious mind on what is in front of you.
Dear people, many of Veritasium's videos are inspired by 1 thing, a book called Thinking Fast and Slow by Nobel winner Daniel Kahneman. System 1 and System 2 classification helps to explain many behaviour of human. Seriously, a must read and re-read for a lifetime.
Frederick Setjadiningrat totally agree.... should have given him a reference really
Actually I have witnessed some more references on Kahneman from Derek. Honor is given... :)
im pretty sure cognitive ease is the whole reason drake makes it on the music charts
You win! :D
it's also how the hypnotist in the movie Now you see me, manages to persuade the guy in paris and also how will smith won that asian guys money in the movie focus.
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you won the internet today sir
LOL no kidding...
There's something odd about being told about the potential problems caused by cognitive ease through a video designed to produce cognitive ease.
That's why he ended it by talking about how it can be a good thing too.
Reminds me a bit of The Stanley Parable.
Yeah! Like the more times he said "the more something is repeated the truer it sounds" the more odd it felt, like. Surely I'm not the only one getting suspicious.
If it works, it works... True within itself.
Funny how right at the start of the video, I mimicked the sound of the intro with a "whiiiish" sound...
"Just because you've believed something your whole life, doesn't make it true."
So wait, Harry Potter is fiction?!
Whaaaat ?
no dude, everyon eknow byology is.
No. Platform 9&3/4 actually exists.
Nobody has found a way into it, though. Many have failed trying.
If you read it repeatedly it becomes real.
What!?
Good lord. All i've been watching on youtube lately is horror stories and all the comments are from people that are less than half my age and who don't know which way is up. It's incredibly refreshing actually seeing intelligent discussion on youtube again. more videos please!
also, what happened to your experiment on the 6 degrees of separation? I was really interested in that but I never heard what happened
Find out in my 6 facts about 6 degrees of separation. It will blow your mind.
I know exactly what you mean, I am currently being trolled by a kid who is resorting to insults as a way of refuting my points.
The title of this video is ill chosen.
The problem here lies not with the truth itself. Truth remains solid. Our perception is what is at fault here.
hence the *illusion* of truth
I know now that this was the intended meaning.
But considering quite a lot of people seem to be under the impression pluralism in science means that either 'everything is equally true' or 'nothing is true at all', this title could also be read as: Truth is an illusion.
At least that's what I begrudgingly expected to hear in this video before actually watching it. English is not my native language, though, so maybe my instincts are a bit off. ;) No offense intended, anyhow.
I know this will shock you, but youtube has a button for that now. ;)
What about the illusion of truth via misinformation that seems almost logical.
Like dogs have 4 legs, do they really? when a leg has a knee and two front 'legs' on a dog have no knee but elbows? Arms have elbows, so dogs really have 2 legs and 2 arms. Explain that enough times to people and the world is flat.
You have to find the truth first, sometimes occluded by illusion.
"follow the science"
"Trust the science"
"safe and effective"
Ya, I read about the font fact a few years ago and ever since during an exam I'll start my answer by writing out the question itself as a statement which has helped me find details that I would have otherwise missed. I still make mistakes because I'm a sloppy Joe but the frequency has decreased
The more something is repeated... yep, pretty much how religion works.
That's how your disbelief in God came from as well. Don't forget it.
CoWinkKeyDinkInc Not my specifically, but I hear ya. It is important, however, to distinguish mindless repetition, and repetitive testing and experimenting (scientific method).
Val Hakun
How do you know that your beliefs didn't come from repetition? Religion isn't something everyone just easily switches to.
CoWinkKeyDinkInc My religious beliefs did. Through the typical early age indoctrination. I didn't switch it off easily later in life, but I also didn't switch it off mindlessly (like it was acquired). It was through skepticism, learning, testing and verifying, and so on - that's why I'm saying not all repetition is the same. The point of the video is that repetion can make one believe that false/uncertain is true - a method that often brings people into a religion, but typically not out of it. There is an important difference between dishonest, mantric, untouchable repetition and experimental repetition that follows evidence.
When I was involved in religion, a big part of it was just repetition of certain ideas. In fact, the central feature of the religion was meditating for hours a day while repeating some words. And have you ever gone to any kind of church service regularly? In my experience, religion is largely simply about repetition. Largely, but certainly not only.
I've seen the Veritasium logo so many times that now I think it's a real element from the periodic table.
This confirms a lot about what i already know, providing me with cognitive ease and it feels so good 😄 LOVE YOUR CHANNEL DEREK!! 💓
"The more something is repeated, the more it starts to feel true." = The Mandela effect completely explained in one sentence.
Well, not entirely, but it's a very good start. I think the only other piece that's missing is how easily we can trick ourselves with false memories. It's why witness testimony isn't always reliable, it's very easy to change minor details by accident and have them "overwrite" (for lack of a better word) the original memory.
Most people likely haven't seen a Berenstain Bears book since childhood. Decades later they see a bunch of people talking about how they swear it was "Berenstein" and unconsciously alter their own memory, and then reinforce it.
My wife and I had a 'Mandela effect' moment the other day, we were looking on Google Earth and saw that the continent of Africa is land attached to the middle East, you could drive from Paris to Johannesburg. We both could have sworn blind that it was a totally separate island continent.
Just to be really clear, it wasn't that we didn't know or have never looked or even that we aren't that well educated (both have degrees or master's degrees), we both distinctly KNEW Africa was surrounded by water. It's a very odd feeling and I don't think 'cognitive ease' helps to explain it as if we were wrong the entire time then surely we wouldn't have heard this from many times and therefore thought it so vividly?
@@Speak_Out_and_Remove_All_Doubt ahem....two words. Suez Canal.
Part of it, the other part is we allowed the likes of kissinger and the cia to live instead of punishing their crimes.
@@Speak_Out_and_Remove_All_Doubt given the suez Channel there is at least a weak sense in which you were right about this .
Reason why good handwriting fetches you more marks in exams
It doesn't. Another misconception. Fkin Apsara ads
This explains why I love re-reading my favourite books and listening to my favourite music over and over. Super interesting!
I hate rereading books or rewatching movies, it feels like i'm wasting my time.
@@MaxIronsThird Not all movies or books have that capacity.
"The more something is repeated, the more it feels true.."
I must admit I ignored everything that wasn't said at all.
That fact cognitive is spelt wrong 6:18 is causing me cognitive strain.
Your misspelling of "spelled" is causing me cognitive strain.
deus ex whoosh
These are old forms of irregular verbs that are more or less vanishing from the written language now. This is happening in at least two languages I can read and talk more or less fluently, German and English. The same is true for conditional and reflexive usage. The german language was full irregular verbs which are now pressed into a regular pattern. Simplifying a language always robs you of the expressiveness of the unadulterated version. µ 2¢
Thadius Miller
xkcd reference?
Thadius Miller lol .. its funny how you tried to be cheeky and completely embarrassed yourself.
deus ex I am from New Zealand/Australia :)
Apply this concept to Trump's speech style, and you will understand how carefully it is designed to cause the desired effect.
Apply this concept to Hillary's speech style, and you will understand how carefully it is designed to cause the desired effect.
Fixed it for you, you had a slight typo there.
Kevo F can you focus on one topic at the time, or are you so polarized that you cannot read the name "Trump" without attacking the other candidate, which was not supported by comment in any sense? As much as I severely dislike Hillary for many reasons, her speech style does not follow the patterns of simplicity and repetition aiming to create cognitive ease as much as Trump's style does. Pick any Trump interview, debate or speech and look at the size, complexity, variety and repetition of words. Hillary lies in a completely different manner - notice, I'm not judging one to be better than other, this is not a comparison of value, simply the description of a phenomenon.
+Lucas Balaminut I don't think it's that it's designed... it's just that trump isn't the smartest man and he has to keep repeating himself because he can't think of anything else :p
But really I agree, he's an awful person yet he has so many followers shows something about how good he is at giving speaches, also how whoever wrote them must be a pretty smart guy (and how odd that people buy all his crap)
No Skill Just Luck I disagree that he is not smart. I think he is pretty smart, not an intellectual, but smart enough to realize how to best communicate with a large and broad spectrum of people. His message can be understood by anyone, even a 10 year old can understand him, it is simple, direct, and satisfies their supporters need for inverse-rationalization. Repetition is a very known salesman tactic. I see Trump as a salesman of a scam product, like a pyramid scheme or miracle pills, except that his presidential candidate persona is the product he is selling and the entire US is the scam target.
Apply it to the memes propagated by the Left: "Diversity is our strength" is actually bunk. Studies have proved that diversity harms societies.
Now re-watch this video and apply the logic it inspires to modern politics
yep, quite amazing. I was watching the American Republican National Convention three days in a row and their unfactual, false claims and borderline patriotism propaganda started sounding a little bit more believable after the Third day. that's scary.
Lol, liberal ideas could never follow that same trend huh?
Nobody said that. The DNC hasn't happened yet. He didn't mention liberal B.S. because he hasn't seen liberal B.S. just yet. Stop setting up straw men.
+Ambis Magee It applies to everything...to everyone.
+Chester Snapdragon McPhisticuff - Of course he's seen liberal B.S, it's unavoidable: CNN, MSNBC, etc, etc...
3 minutes in and I'm still waiting for the part where you speak about truth, define it, or explain it.
I just finished reading Thinking fast and slow yesterday.
What a cool coincidence.
So is this video really true or am I just believing it because gives me cognitive ease?
I believe it because it's veritasium, and i get cognitive ease from watching his videos
Watch it again...just to make sure. ;)
It's a mix of both you believe it because it gives you cognitive ease but it gives you cognitive ease because you can trust Derek because he has been honest with his facts in the past so your cognitive ease is rationalized.
+Amith Varghese I don't think that you understood the video.
Haha! Good one!
As experienced with gardening, I can confirm that some roses 🌹 fade quickly weather they are defined in your head as flowers or not.
I love this video. I keep coming back to it. I felt the part where he says it takes him 35 min to pick a toothbrush. Same, Derek, same.
3:54 My eyebrows actually raised and I smiled at the audio distorted part because Veritasium went deep fried lol
This is a great video. Can you do one on Cognitive dissonance too? I think it would pair well.
How does a guy with 76 subscribers get verified???
FlyntofRWBYNation murica
How tf r u verified
How are you verified???
the only reason you think so is because both idioms have the word 'cognitive' in it, they have absolutely nothing in common whatsoever
good on you for finding 250 other idiots to agree with though
This is the problem with the media. That is why I avoid MSM like the plague. I want to avoid any potential biases that they want to give me.
Wei Zhao Guessing you didn't watch the video? The summary I had of the information is if you hear something constantly, even if you don't agree with it, you will eventually start to agree with it and consider it good. There are many talking points the MSM tries to force on people every day. Many of them are opinion or outright false. By consuming that, you will start to consider them acceptable. It is fine to watch the MSM PERIODICALLY but not every day. MSM meaning newspapers, CNN, MSN, FOX News, CBS, NBC, etc... NONE of those should be consumed on a regular basis.
Oh my gosh, yes! You hear a lie often enough and it becomes the truth. I've been in a situation where I didn't agree with something, but heard it often enough that I started to think that way involuntarily; do you know how scary that is? We need to be so careful about what we let into our minds on a regular basis.
+aerialpunk
What's your example ?
"We, the western developped world, are fighting terrorism" ?
So that's how "affirmations" work. Cause the more we repeat something, it's more likely to be perceived as truth.
language made us guillable
'repeat it and eventually people will start to believe it' *religion heavy breathing*
'repeat it and eventually people will start to believe it' There is no God
Your point is nullified.
+kevinrspBelieves damn wp
Widespread belief in a God goes back to the beginning of human history. The beginning of widespread disbelief in a God goes back to the 1960s.
It depends if you are talking about the eventual possible existence of some kind of supernatural force somewhere in the universe, bigger than us, that we can't yet explain and that can't be proven or disproved so far, or if you're talking about Noah's ark, the flood, Adam and Eve, and all the senseless fairytales the human race has made-up around this idea.
Specifically I wasn't referring to any one thing, rather extending a thought to anyone that felt inclined to read it. But yes, I very much agree!
you guys, I'm going to make America great again :)
LLLLIAR!
And again, and again, and again, and again...
Gonna build a wall too?
The JewSA can never be great again.
how
I'm an amazing person
I'm an amazing person
I'm an amazing person
I'm an amazing person
I'm an amazing person
I'm an amazing person
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WOW! I just came to unbelievable revelation Antonio Pinto is a IS AN AMAZING PERSON!!!!
hah, only an idiot would believe a bold-faced lie!
Got it. I'm an amazing person.
sick
I believe it!
6:08 This reminds me of that one quote by Nikola Musk: "The best way to get answers, is not to ask, but to post misinformation.". When something looks "wrong" people will focus their attention on it.
It also reminds me of how "readable source code" and good UIs reduce cognitive-load, while unreadable stuff forces the brain to focus on irrelevant details
And this is how religion works
Says the person that can't spell pretty.
I assure you that real religion presents difficult cognitive ease. You are compelled to find your own flaws and make yourself a better person, not easy.
A lot of people applying religion to themselves do so falsely and oppressively. This is not its intent.
mind blown
+David Dzado you better watch out defending any degree of faith on this channel.
and this is how bashing all religions at once works.
But hey, whatever eases your cognition mate.
I enjoyed this video second time even better - cognitive ease at work!
Volodymyr Telnov hahah same here
I just watched this channel’s video, “Is most published research wrong?”
So I don’t know what to think about this one.
depends on which one you will watch most
They both say the same
Yes it is wrong. My sibling is in research work. I laugh at their work , how they try hard to make fabricated results.
Not always, but sometimes "truth" is created by repeating false statements as often as possible while critical voices are suppressed. This is possibly the case with most of the leftish statements like "we are killing the climate", "whites are racists", "migration is good", "languish is sexistic" and so on.
@@2manypeople1 Try again my guy
The more is something repeated, the more it starts to feeling true.
"It makes sense that people follow leaders. Deciding what's good and bad on your own burns too many calories".
i'm don't tal english as first language and to me is hard to understand english, so just to understand what is said i was already thinking hard, all cognitive ease tests failed on me. because was thinking hard to simply read the normal text.
Keep practicing bud
Haha same here
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Ok, English is also my second language. I'm quite fluent, but I don't usually feel like correcting other people's mistakes (I'm really not a grammar nazi). However, as you seem to have a strong feeling of superiority because you THINK that you're better than this guy who is trying to improve his language skills, I kinda feel forced to take you down from your high horse, so... this is how you should have written your comment: English is my second language too (English should ALWAYS be written starting with a capital letter), but I'm proficient in it. (better to use a comma because these two clauses are related, or use a period and the adverb however). Conclusion: (you really don't know how to use capital letters, do you?) you just have weak cognitive functions and low IQ. (WTF is jist XD? kinda sounds like jizz :p).
Erick Weil, my friend, please don't pay attention to people like Ananya and keep practicing, buddy. What you said actually makes sense.
+ananya
U srs?
Gotta be honest, even though ive seen some ads hundreds of times, I've never spoken about the ad to anyone or bought anything the ad has advertised.
I think cognitive ease comes from being confronted with something that coheres with what you already know or believe. Before you can accommodate a new belief that clashes with what you already believe, you have to first change your mind about a few things. The more things you have to change your mind about, the harder it is to accommodate the new belief, and the more skeptical we of the new belief.
Haven't checked the comments yet, but I'm %90 sure that there are comments similar to ,"So this explains why people believe in (insert ideology/ religion here)".
True. But it does make sense when you think about it. Repeat something to kid for years and you brainwash the! with religion or whatever the case.
+Gamers Demise if this brain washing worked there wouldn't be all these whiny teenage atheists. just because they are brought up in a religion or ideology doesn't mean they will keep it
+Gamers Demise *them