Also don't forget that we might not have even sent a message to any aliens yet, unlike a device on earth such as a cell phone, these transmissions are directional/line of sight, imagine you live on some very distant planet and don't even know earth exists, well sending a message to earth would be like trying to randomly shine a laser pointer around in space until it just so happens to pass by our planet, meaning if you're off by something tiny, then the message could pass right by us and on top of that our planet is constantly revolving around the sun, so even if we did get a reply it's entirely possible that we could be on the other side of the sun and it blocks the message.
Software Guy: "It's binary... we have to transcribe it..." Poker Guy: "But maybe they're bluffing... and this is just a bunch of nothing." Everyone: **looks at him with disdain**
@@Alpffine It was a form of comedy where people fabricate situations based on stereotypes or other preconceived notions. He never actually said this but based on the stereotype he could have said this and if he did it would be considered funny by most.
The part I was waiting for: Michael brings in a test group of 10 aliens of varying levels of aggressiveness to see how they react to the Arecibo message.
This would make for a great Star Trek episode. (Haven't watched them all so they may have made something akin to this, IDK, closest thing I can think of is V'ger on The Motion Picture).
I once read a discussion where people asked what the scariest message from outer space would be. My favorite was, “Be quiet, it’ll hear you.” That premise would make an incredible sci-if book I think.
Michael's RUclips premium contract probably expired and now these episodes don't bring cash or RUclips premium is not a marketable incentive for people to buy.
@@PhDyMy Yeah I totally agree. That guy is literally just running a scam. And now he got promoted by vsauce. We can't even fucking submit NTSC video signals with RF antennas properly, cuz our own atmosphere will create a color shift. Now imagine sending that crap into outer space. Bitch please.
This is my favorite Midfield episode. There was a lot of talk about interacting with other life forms and the universe as a whole, but the main takeaway for me was the interactions between humans. In all its beauty and complexity is what I hope our relationship with any other beings can and will be.
Well I can tell you from experience that's not gonna happen , humans are not an inviting species or very open minded . Everytime I take the time to try to understand these humans they prove to me how humans are naturally Bashful backward Bigots , there's nothing complex to you no offense but you dont even have a redundant nervous system ,your a monkey that decided it was the center of the universe on our planet . First contact happened a long time ago we live amoung you that's been said and done for 100s of years , you want our relationships to be beautiful( which primitive racist @$$ thought btw , just bc you aren't capable of of it doesn't mean we aren't ) then maybe humans should have a care . Maybe they should treat each others as equals bc you have no idea how many of us you talk to every day and you have no idea how many you treat like garbage . My father came to this world To hunt And eat humans bc they seem to enjoy fear and conflict and hatred ,they were seen as backward primates , and humans still to this day haven't changed . There's nothing beautiful about your race , your the most backward volient repulsive monkeys I have ever met , every aspect of your society is flawed in every way , there nothing complex to it your apes who still think this is your planet . Your monkeys who solve problems by creating more problems , you prefer your poverty and sickness and mud over the stars . To tell you the truth you meet us everyday , and everyday you refuse to be better , you want contact , you want a relationship with other species then try . All I see is that you refuse to accept us bc you won't even accept each other so no what you want to happen won't bc no human has put in effect diplomatically since Jesus and even he wasn't a human .. and humans still think there alone for some reason IDk why maybe it's a Coping thing maybe it's bc You think everything revolves around you , your race is very young and You inflict constant self harm on each other for no other benefit then to suffer together .Idk why honestly, humans are very stupid , like 4 instance you consider an IQ of 250 to be Intelligent? Like this isn't even your original Planet but you treat it like it's yours . Your the most dismissive barley sentient , barley space faring Species in existence, only good 4 Hunting , only good 4 fear ...
It was really sweet, like I wish I could do that before my grandmother passed because I wanted to make her proud of me. But know I know that I did make her proud (still going to send a pic of me and her to space one day tho)
Went from being super engrossing, thought provoking, and educational to almost in tears! May that image captured in time of Michael and his grandmother live on forever crossing virtually infinite space. Awesome episode as always!
That was the sweetest thing I've ever seen. Brought some tears around my eyes. "And as always, thanks for watching" Thank YOU Michael, for making these awesome videos.
You just flipped my perspective. I was initially upset about youtube so aggressively suggesting I pay for a subscription. Now I am glad that Michael offered this to us free.
I feel like Michael is really high for all these intros like last week he kicks it off with "I am going to die" and now he's like "where tf is everyone" like Jesus what a hot take to start the day with
I'm just speculating. But I think the ayahuasca played some role. Only because when I drank that for the first time I came away totally vulnerable to questions like "Are we in a simulation?" They went from humorous stoner cliche, to very plausible, exhilarating hypotheses.
U deserve a big like. If I would have chance to like million times, I would hv done it million million times. Ur work is really scientific n knowledgeable, full of information. First time feel blessed cox ur work changed my perception that RUclips is not just wastage of time. Oh yes, condolence for u n ur family for ur loss of ur grandma. May her soul rest in peace. Keep uploading, big thanks 🙏
Just thinking about to fact that that picture of Micheal and his grandma is now over 2 lighter years or +10 trillion miles away is a amazing. May she live on forever
Actually, this will not perpetuate her being life. It will perpetuate her being dead. She will be dead for ever. Whilst our deaths will get erased after there's no information left.
everybody can send an equaly strong message out to space. I have such a radio antenna left from an old 5Km wifi network. I am gonna get into that "spacespeak" business for the southern hemisphere now.
I'm absolutely sobbing at Michael for sending Margie out into the universe so she's never forgotten. A month ago today, my Dad passed away - and I want to do the same for him. I want to send his photo out into the universe so that he is never forgotten.
The way he said "And I'd like to send that picture out" like he was trying to hold it together... followed by a simple "'kay" seeming like that was all he could muster without losing control.... it was so simple, so subtle, and so emotional.
I have it for google music + no adds on youtube, without that combination wouldn't be worth it. This show is nice, but there are like 8 episodes 4 season and the time it takes for the new season to launch....., and the rest of the series of youtube are plain and simple garbage. Greetings from México
This is by far my favorite episode. A few thoughts: Though sending messages into space in the hopes of reaching extraterrestrials and starting further communication may be secondary to the thought experiment about what it is that we would like to communicate about ourselves and how we would communicate and although humanity has emitted signals into space since well before we were aware of what we were doing, it’s true that in human history, civilizations, people groups, and empires that have encountered an “other” who lacks equivalent technological advancements have treated those without the same level of advancement horrifically a majority of the time and en masse. Unfortunately, that does not speak well of humanity, at least yet. We are still writing our own story and we cannot change the past, but we can show our capacity for reform and change the narrative. I also want to acknowledge that though the experiment run with Steve Vance from JPL and the experts in various fields was interesting and is probably about the best means of experiment we could realistically run at this time, I am not convinced that people or other beings encountering a message that is randomized would not attempt to read some meaning into it OR that a message that humans send to space would not be misinterpreted or have meanings added to it if another group of beings were to run across it. I don’t know that this is not dangerous but given that we have already sent out messages for a reasonable amount of time and given the scale of the universe and how relatively short of a distance those messages have gone as compared to the size of the observable universe, unless we horribly misunderstand the limitations of transportation speed through space (this is not impossible), it would still take any other being living near another star in inordinately long amount of time to travel here given that they are able to reach the greatest known speed possible to travel through space. This episode raised a ton of questions about what it means to be human and alive on this planet, in our tiny corner of the universe. I hope that thinking about these things and just how small we are in the scheme of things helps us to put our petty qualms with each other aside and to think with humanity’s legacy and our story and how we would like it to be in mind.
only one "thing" I have to comment on. when you said "I don't know that this is not dangerous" you are letting bias come into play. You don't know what is unkown but your sub consios forms an opion on it. If you don't know what is uknown then why are you saying that the universe might not be dauengerus. Sure, there is a chance. but how do we really know that. Chance is only posible becuase of math and math i flawed. not everything has a mathmatical explistnation. so there fore chance might be wrong. So is the universe dangureos?
I'd imagine that's how it is if there's one bunch of advanced isolationist aliens that *keep fucking getting messages sent to them by primitive civs even though they just wanna be alone*
Beautiful, Michael. I’ve lost 7 family members in the last 2-1/2 years,including my only child. So the choice you made was so lovely. Much love 💕🐝💕Bee Kind
What if aliens are only as smart as the average Trump supporter? That means somewhere in the galaxy there are a bunch of dumb aliens looking at a stick man figure and wondering why it doesn´t talk back to them! Scientists need to step up their game and send another message that even a retard can understand, otherwise they are bound to grow tired of the one sided conversation and decide to invade us with their army of space morons!
The Michael's face when the thanked for sending that message was beautiful. It was so important to him, and he showed it to us. Damn, Michael. You're a great person.
I watched the Mindfield episodes about 3 years ago, but not all of them. I rewatched the whole series and in the meantime my grandmother passed away 3 weeks ago. It was so moving to see Michael's message because I realized that one thing we have in common as human beings is that we can express a feeling of love and sadness for someone who was close to us.
Wow! Michael! A few years ago, I wrote a novel about the last few living humans, slowly dying on Mars. When the last human on Earth died, they decided to eulogize the species by broadcasting their stories into space. Because those radio waves will travel across the universe essentially forever. The point wasn't that someone was listening, but that this was the closest they could get to forever--a grave marker in a churchyard nobody will ever visit. What a beautiful thing you did to honor your grandmother.
Not only is the picture of you and your grandma sent into space, now the act of sending that picture, is sent into space. I think that tells alot about what it means to be human.
The thing is though by now with this video being out for months those photons are millions of miles apart because the beam wasn’t focused, it’s getting scattered/smeared into a blob out in space
"Hey ETI, Michael here, or am I? I am not here with you, this is actually a message transmitted approximately 13 million years ago, and behind this recording you will find instructions on how to contact us back!"
18:45 Pattern recognition! Pattern recognition is a VERY human thing, it's how we learned as a specie to be from effectively a baby monkeyman to a functioning modern adult, almost exclusively. Finding patterns in nature, and in each other, helped us become sentient, and so _theoretically,_ emphasis on theoretically, pattern recognition may be a constant throughline of cognition among alien races as well.
What... I didnt get notified of these likes Anyways this is now my most liked comment... I think, UNLESS youtube didn't notify me of an other comment getting liked
Aliens after finding his message: "This is clearly a race of barbaric savages. Look how that one torments it's fellow human with the metallic appendage. We should send no response"
Geez! I was not prepared for the part about his grandma. I was raised by my grandparents. And they provided me a wonderful childhood. Now that I'm a father myself I always wish they could meet my son. I'm not crying! You're crying!!! Great episode.
@@i5879 why ? I don't have any problem with that.. more like more space to grow.. and germs are everywhere. If there is nothing out there, we don't have any thing to worry about invading others residence. All habitable zones will be occupied and others will be used as labs... That's my advice..
@Galzerok I am pretty sure all those alien spaceship sightings and area 51's alien tech isn't totally fake at all. We'll meet them some day, till then we'd be having plenty of time to prepare..
The message was probably him saying: "There is totally not a single intelligent life form on Earth to invade, not even one, I swear. Just a waste of time, look somewhere else" Or "Humans went that way *pointing at Andromeda*"
@@RaawHax Yeah definitely, I think I would have gone quite a different route in general when it comes to this experiment and I'm not just talking about the actual message decipher. Hello, fellow aspiring programmer here. I'm currently learning programming and Game dev (this is my second year). I think I did pretty well considering the fact that I was basically playing along alone and was basically piecing together everything just as the video progressed. First off, my brain picked up on the binary thing pretty much immediately because of my background as a Computer Science student ( I caught it even before the experts in the room which I'm proud of lol). After that, first thing I wanted to do when I figured that out was to arrange and transcribe the message just like the people in the room. The bit that caught me out specifically was where they divided the number to find its prime factors was something I didn't think of doing. I guess it's just because I've never been paticularly good at math ( Wait! A programmer who isn't also a human calculator? It's a shocker, I know). I did however instantly recognize the pattern or lack thereof as randomly generated noise which... would have thrown me for a loop if I was actually in the experiment with the other experts. If I were in the actual experiment, at this point I would have figured out that this message wasn't actually alien in nature. Why? because I don't like to make a lot of assumptions and this whole thing would have DEFINITELY seemed fishy to me. Let me explain. First off, Michael started the experiment by saying that this particular message was something that was confirmed to be unique and well... Noise is not unique, we recieve random background noise from the Universe all the time. That doesn't make sense. Either we had deciphered the message completely wrong or Michael was lying which wouldn't have made much sense. What also doesn't make sense is the circumstances surrounding this message. Think about it, if this really WERE an actual alien message then why exactly was I and this random ragtag group of experts with no government affiliation being allowed to view this without undergoing some sort of severe non disclosure agreement. Think about it, this is supposedly the first alien contact in human history. This is some extremely serious stuff we're talking about here. The sort of stuff that a lot of higher powers would have an interest in. That would be a pretty major red flag for me personally. Secondly, notice how there wasn't any expert in the room who specialised in deciphering and encoding which would have immediately sent up red flag number two (seriously, they invited a college professor and not someone who has the literal expertise required for this sort of thing). The first message we recieve from outer space and its deciphering is handed to a bunch of people who (while experts at their field) are certainly not the first people that any important organisation would likely go for? Yeah, I wouldn't buy that one bit. The moment the final noise message would have shown up I would have called Michael out on this and declared a fraud.
"We have been waiting for a response for half a century" is the universal equivalent of when she doesn't text back after 1 second
More like 1 femtosecond, really lol
Literally before she even recieves the text, let alone read it LOL
thats a very good way putting it
Also don't forget that we might not have even sent a message to any aliens yet, unlike a device on earth such as a cell phone, these transmissions are directional/line of sight, imagine you live on some very distant planet and don't even know earth exists, well sending a message to earth would be like trying to randomly shine a laser pointer around in space until it just so happens to pass by our planet, meaning if you're off by something tiny, then the message could pass right by us and on top of that our planet is constantly revolving around the sun, so even if we did get a reply it's entirely possible that we could be on the other side of the sun and it blocks the message.
Brett it really is😂😂😂😂
Software Guy: "It's binary... we have to transcribe it..."
Poker Guy: "But maybe they're bluffing... and this is just a bunch of nothing."
Everyone: **looks at him with disdain**
aaand he was right XD
Both were right tecnically
When did they say this? Any timestamp please?
@@Alpffine It was a form of comedy where people fabricate situations based on stereotypes or other preconceived notions. He never actually said this but based on the stereotype he could have said this and if he did it would be considered funny by most.
Expired Toenail Alright. I legit got confused by people replying saying he’s right...and I just really wanted to see that embrassing moment xd
The part I was waiting for: Michael brings in a test group of 10 aliens of varying levels of aggressiveness to see how they react to the Arecibo message.
This would make for a great Star Trek episode.
(Haven't watched them all so they may have made something akin to this, IDK, closest thing I can think of is V'ger on The Motion Picture).
The twist is 5 of the aliens are alien actors.
@@Frizzleman And they're being coerced.
wait, isn't it what he did?
oh crap i blew my cover
I once read a discussion where people asked what the scariest message from outer space would be. My favorite was, “Be quiet, it’ll hear you.” That premise would make an incredible sci-if book I think.
Read the Three Body Problem Trilogy by Liu Cixin, it explores this idea in depth
Hard to send information like that quickly. By the time we receive it, we may have been caught.
I rarely say cringe stuff like that but... this blew my mind and sent chills down my spine. just imagine the potential for books/movies with this idea
good news it has! The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin
when i read this comment it sent chills down my spine
The part where Michael sent the picture of his grandmother into space really hit me hard
That makes me wanna send a picture too
@@imammahdi420
Spacespeak.com
Don't know if this is legit but if it is then it's the only website I've seen that sends messages to space.
I'm not making fun of anybody here but imagine getting a reply that says.. "Send nudes"
for those who'd like to see how far his message has travelled, here's a link to Michael's message from the episode: www.spacespeak.com/Messages/5225
@@firdauskaswady2217 LoL
"Your grandmother will touch the universe."
I'm not crying, my eyes are just sweating.
Coe T.
I’m not crying either,
It’s raining
Was granny so hot?
Raja Rani paathiya?
My eyes are just having a rain storm.
Im crying
Everyone HAIL Michael for releasing this for free
True
Michael's RUclips premium contract probably expired and now these episodes don't bring cash or RUclips premium is not a marketable incentive for people to buy.
It's only free until the end of the year so sucks to be you if you're seeing this after then
Real Donald Trump.
I don’t know if this is satire.
It better be.
Because otherwise you’ll soon be asking where your fingers are.
@Real Donald Trump *_Where are your fingers...??_*
As an Alien 👽 I can confirm you that this video was well received
Edit: so many likes !! I think you guys deserve another chance 😉
As a human I can confirm that this comment was well received
As a yellow ford pickup truck, I can confirm you that this comment’s relpy was well received
As a vsauce I can hello michael
As an alien from Andromeda, i can confirm that this video was well recieved
As a parasitic life form this comment was nutritious
Michaels message to te Aliens: "Hey, we are here! ... or are we?"
More like "hey Vsauce, Michael here"
He did say something like that on this video ruclips.net/video/GDrBIKOR01c/видео.html But it was far more depressing. Classic Michael.
tengku adam yeah
Alvaro Hernani More like "hey Mind Field, Michael here.
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Stephen hawking: don’t send messages to space
Stephen Hawkings family: Sent his voice to space
Lol
Stephen Hawking: Am I a joke to you?
Did they send it to space meaning to do that or they just transmitted by radio or tv and sent to space as a side effect?
it is what it is
Brendan Marr uh oh you know what happens now...
imagine the aliens coming to earth, pulling our hairs with sticks thinking we like it because of this message
DANG YOU, MICHAEL!
I HAVE COME TO PET THE SMOOTH APES WITH MY GRABBY STICK
Back*
@@MrIneedalifenow lol, when did they come first?
Roswell!
In other words: Michael plays Dungeon Master for a group of overqualified players on a troll puzzle
Humans: - "hey"
*50.000 years later*
Aliens: - "sup"
*50.000 years later*
Humans: - "wyd?"
nm hbu?
"bruh look at this meme."
50 years later
xDD
**WRITES NUMBER WITH A DECIMAL INSTEAD OF A COMMA LIKE A FUCKING SPASTIC**
"I don't think She ever traveled that far in Her life..."
"Now She has "
Truly amazing
It's a nice symbolic gesture. But that's like saying I've been to the Caribbean because I uploaded a selfie to a server in Jamaica.
@Nicholas Major ay
@Mr. A-H0le I plan on coming back to read your comment when I have more time.
@@PhDyMy What the fuck
@@PhDyMy Yeah I totally agree. That guy is literally just running a scam. And now he got promoted by vsauce.
We can't even fucking submit NTSC video signals with RF antennas properly, cuz our own atmosphere will create a color shift. Now imagine sending that crap into outer space. Bitch please.
Transmit signal - “ Hello”
Reply after many decades - “i have a boyfriend”
Lmfao
lol
Underrated 😂
why doesnt this show the amount of views and likes
ALIENS ARE TRYING TO HIDE THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS
im dead serious that could be true
More like hundreds of millions of years but yeah
This is my favorite Midfield episode. There was a lot of talk about interacting with other life forms and the universe as a whole, but the main takeaway for me was the interactions between humans. In all its beauty and complexity is what I hope our relationship with any other beings can and will be.
Well I can tell you from experience that's not gonna happen , humans are not an inviting species or very open minded . Everytime I take the time to try to understand these humans they prove to me how humans are naturally Bashful backward Bigots , there's nothing complex to you no offense but you dont even have a redundant nervous system ,your a monkey that decided it was the center of the universe on our planet . First contact happened a long time ago we live amoung you that's been said and done for 100s of years , you want our relationships to be beautiful( which primitive racist @$$ thought btw , just bc you aren't capable of of it doesn't mean we aren't ) then maybe humans should have a care . Maybe they should treat each others as equals bc you have no idea how many of us you talk to every day and you have no idea how many you treat like garbage . My father came to this world To hunt And eat humans bc they seem to enjoy fear and conflict and hatred ,they were seen as backward primates , and humans still to this day haven't changed . There's nothing beautiful about your race , your the most backward volient repulsive monkeys I have ever met , every aspect of your society is flawed in every way , there nothing complex to it your apes who still think this is your planet . Your monkeys who solve problems by creating more problems , you prefer your poverty and sickness and mud over the stars . To tell you the truth you meet us everyday , and everyday you refuse to be better , you want contact , you want a relationship with other species then try . All I see is that you refuse to accept us bc you won't even accept each other so no what you want to happen won't bc no human has put in effect diplomatically since Jesus and even he wasn't a human .. and humans still think there alone for some reason IDk why maybe it's a Coping thing maybe it's bc You think everything revolves around you , your race is very young and You inflict constant self harm on each other for no other benefit then to suffer together .Idk why honestly, humans are very stupid , like 4 instance you consider an IQ of 250 to be Intelligent? Like this isn't even your original Planet but you treat it like it's yours . Your the most dismissive barley sentient , barley space faring Species in existence, only good 4 Hunting , only good 4 fear ...
yes, maybe this is not about aliens, this is about us, how we communicate each other and support each other that's what makes us human.
Midfield?
midfield 😭😭
The fact that Michael could have sent aliens anything and he chose to send the last picture of him and his grandma made me tear up.
Same my grandpa died today because of covid he was funny and always made me laugh I miss him
@@Campobleh hey, I hope you are doing better now. I myself as well have dealt with death. So I understand how you feel. Best of wishes. ❤️
@@LucienCuello-Ziu thanks :)
@@Campobleh Rest in peace
@@Campobleh aye it's been 6 months. Hope you're doing better
It was so sweet of michael to dedicate the message, and the episode to his grandmother.
You can actually view the message here: spacespeak.com/Messages/5225
Really made me sad, first thing I thought of was my grandmother who died January 2013
It was gay
@@fyne.living Fuck off you mughead
I recently lost my grandmother as well and this really hit me. A very personal and sentimental thing to share with the world.. and the universe!
Can we please all appreciate that Michael took this opportunity to sent the last picture taken with his grandmother into space
I'm crying
It did touch me.
It was really sweet, like I wish I could do that before my grandmother passed because I wanted to make her proud of me. But know I know that I did make her proud (still going to send a pic of me and her to space one day tho)
❤️ got to me
Are you still crying?
Weirdly enough, I think my curiosity for seeing what’s out there outweighs the fear of what might happen if they come to us 🤔
exactly. curiosity killed the cat (I am the cat)
majima
I couldn't agree more. What is life for except to discover the meaning of it?
stellaris: irl
Majima is a VSauce fan confirmed
The ending had me in my feelings man
Same 😥
same bruh
Same
Omgaaaaawd~ (TдT)
Press f
Earth: "Hey"
Aliens: "Hi"
Earth: *last online 400 years ago*
Thats sad...
I’m sad now...
this is so underrated
Brilliant 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
400 years is like a second ago in the universe...
Imagine the golden record gets to a planet and the organisms just eat it
If we ever were to find out, I would die
this possibility gives me a heart attack
lol
lol
Mmmm tasty space metal
i understand this was 3 years ago, but im so sorry for your grandmother. you and her, and amazing
I actually got kinda sad when he brought up his grandma
Same
Yep and just the look on his face I just want to hug him poor guy
Garrett Wallace i still got the tears my dude
My grandma just passed on the 20th of December. That really hit me
You can actually view the message here: spacespeak.com/Messages/5225
the main thing I've learned watching this show is how many different companies there are for really niche things
Of course there are, there's a marker for everything...E-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g... xD
How many are there?
@@fidelabc123 About 37
God bless America
Agree, so fascinating tbh
"Your Grandma will touch the universe." hit me hard.
Mr. MultiTalented may her soul Rest In Peace
Went from being super engrossing, thought provoking, and educational to almost in tears! May that image captured in time of Michael and his grandmother live on forever crossing virtually infinite space. Awesome episode as always!
“Your grandmother will touch the universe” such a tearjerker wtf
actually tho like im just trying to talk to aliens and you got me choking up
Looks like it caught Michael off guard too tbh.
But it was amazing I don't think anyone saw it coming.
bruh
I'm not crying, your crying
R.I.P Micheal Steven's grandma
she made the man we all know and love
Or at least made the man who made the man.
Edit : F
Calculus Daddy Or made the woman who made the man
Rip
F
You're not wrong. But god.
"Your grandmother will touch the universe"
😥😔
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Kid named the universe:😳
Ben Murray 😅
@@bogdancodrean7576 the ending
? This is the most pointless comment
"They'll see us as bacteria!" Okay well if bacteria started talking to us I'd definitely wanna talk back???
they do. they really want to interact with our body
Well, maybe they do, but we interpret it as nonsense and ignore it
I think he means that in a speed of light perspective
That was the sweetest thing I've ever seen. Brought some tears around my eyes.
"And as always, thanks for watching"
Thank YOU Michael, for making these awesome videos.
For reals. What a real man. Understanding were human. What love. RIP Grammy
Michael really did a pro gamer move when he made it free.
I don't think it was really his choice, I'm guessing it was primarily RUclips's decision. Maybe the timeline for a contract ended or something.
It's just until new year's eve, sadly
You just flipped my perspective. I was initially upset about youtube so aggressively suggesting I pay for a subscription. Now I am glad that Michael offered this to us free.
@@angelofoggia1582 then you can download it to rewatch it in the future
Pretty much all previously uploaded premium and red content is free now, they changed their model so premium users will just get the content earlier.
Man... I almost cried. We love you Michael. God Speed Margie!
Or rather, lightspeed
That last bit was truly unexpected. Just lovely and touching.
3000 years from now. Aliens receive a photo of Michael's grandma pinching him and perceive it as a threat.
Lmao
ohh shit
The war of a 3000 year old grandmother
Chances are, there's no radio telescope set up to receive outer space messages in Kepler-150.
How do you know?
I can imagine just before Michael dies he’s gonna go “and as always, thanks for watching...”
@Pharaoh Pilot Shepherd
...Or is it?
@@Bigassboya what's her IG 10:56
or did he?
Romanticizing death is a coping mechanism.
@@stevethea5250 are you for real lmao
I feel like Michael is really high for all these intros like last week he kicks it off with "I am going to die" and now he's like "where tf is everyone" like Jesus what a hot take to start the day with
I'm just speculating. But I think the ayahuasca played some role. Only because when I drank that for the first time I came away totally vulnerable to questions like "Are we in a simulation?" They went from humorous stoner cliche, to very plausible, exhilarating hypotheses.
Spoilers, he's always been like that.
That, or it is the isolation room...
ruclips.net/video/Pdjbnwry9fg/видео.html
It's the Ayahuasca from last season
He is pretty high up on those stairs...
U deserve a big like. If I would have chance to like million times, I would hv done it million million times. Ur work is really scientific n knowledgeable, full of information. First time feel blessed cox ur work changed my perception that RUclips is not just wastage of time.
Oh yes, condolence for u n ur family for ur loss of ur grandma. May her soul rest in peace.
Keep uploading, big thanks 🙏
“Michael sending picture of his grandmother and him to space.”
I’m not crying, you’re crying 😢
we all are
Yes, yes I am
What a strong powerfull ending.
Yeah , that hit me too
We're crying
Just thinking about to fact that that picture of Micheal and his grandma is now over 2 lighter years or +10 trillion miles away is a amazing.
May she live on forever
Actually, this will not perpetuate her being life. It will perpetuate her being dead. She will be dead for ever. Whilst our deaths will get erased after there's no information left.
everybody can send an equaly strong message out to space. I have such a radio antenna left from an old 5Km wifi network. I am gonna get into that "spacespeak" business for the southern hemisphere now.
@@amjan You must be fun at parties...
@@thetucker6048 Look, a stupid person wants to join in, but hasn't got anything to say!
@@amjan He was just trying to make a nice comment :(
This series is why I have .. oh wait it's free
Bro wym... And why no one's commenting?
Wait... aren't you all RUclips Red subscribers??? 😭😭😭
@@randomness4272 it's free for the rest of the year 🙌
Not above 1080p it seems, though.
you and me both lol
I'm absolutely sobbing at Michael for sending Margie out into the universe so she's never forgotten. A month ago today, my Dad passed away - and I want to do the same for him. I want to send his photo out into the universe so that he is never forgotten.
"Your grandmother will touch the universe." I'm not crying, you're crying
Me too! 😭😔
NO I'M NOT MY EYES ARE JUST SWEATING
There's an uncanny, but comforting thing about Michael showing emotions.
The way he said "And I'd like to send that picture out" like he was trying to hold it together... followed by a simple "'kay" seeming like that was all he could muster without losing control.... it was so simple, so subtle, and so emotional.
Same
Michael would've gone on to clap count for 2 hours if he wasn't stopped
When the guy started clapping with him I was like, "They have bonded and will never cease to clap."
Nice idea for a video 🤔
26 minutes of hand clapping would be hilarious!!
new video coming soon: Michael Claps Numbers for Three Hours
Reminds me of that video of him saying prime numbers for 3 hours.
This series is the only reason I have RUclips Premium.
I had the free trial and I honestly confirmed keeping it just because of this show
Yea I only use it for this and the free music
I got the free trial just to watch this and holy shit was it worth it.
This and Kobra Kai
I have it for google music + no adds on youtube, without that combination wouldn't be worth it.
This show is nice, but there are like 8 episodes 4 season and the time it takes for the new season to launch....., and the rest of the series of youtube are plain and simple garbage.
Greetings from México
This is by far my favorite episode.
A few thoughts:
Though sending messages into space in the hopes of reaching extraterrestrials and starting further communication may be secondary to the thought experiment about what it is that we would like to communicate about ourselves and how we would communicate and although humanity has emitted signals into space since well before we were aware of what we were doing, it’s true that in human history, civilizations, people groups, and empires that have encountered an “other” who lacks equivalent technological advancements have treated those without the same level of advancement horrifically a majority of the time and en masse. Unfortunately, that does not speak well of humanity, at least yet. We are still writing our own story and we cannot change the past, but we can show our capacity for reform and change the narrative.
I also want to acknowledge that though the experiment run with Steve Vance from JPL and the experts in various fields was interesting and is probably about the best means of experiment we could realistically run at this time, I am not convinced that people or other beings encountering a message that is randomized would not attempt to read some meaning into it OR that a message that humans send to space would not be misinterpreted or have meanings added to it if another group of beings were to run across it.
I don’t know that this is not dangerous but given that we have already sent out messages for a reasonable amount of time and given the scale of the universe and how relatively short of a distance those messages have gone as compared to the size of the observable universe, unless we horribly misunderstand the limitations of transportation speed through space (this is not impossible), it would still take any other being living near another star in inordinately long amount of time to travel here given that they are able to reach the greatest known speed possible to travel through space.
This episode raised a ton of questions about what it means to be human and alive on this planet, in our tiny corner of the universe. I hope that thinking about these things and just how small we are in the scheme of things helps us to put our petty qualms with each other aside and to think with humanity’s legacy and our story and how we would like it to be in mind.
only one "thing" I have to comment on. when you said "I don't know that this is not dangerous" you are letting bias come into play. You don't know what is unkown but your sub consios forms an opion on it. If you don't know what is uknown then why are you saying that the universe might not be dauengerus. Sure, there is a chance. but how do we really know that. Chance is only posible becuase of math and math i flawed. not everything has a mathmatical explistnation. so there fore chance might be wrong. So is the universe dangureos?
could you and the reply above think smaller thoughts next time?
We barely know our subconscious mind, let alone the universe.
Humanity: "Hey, how's things?"
Aliens: "seen*"
Aliens: Add to spam*
stolen comment
Single humans in your area.
I'd imagine that's how it is if there's one bunch of advanced isolationist aliens that *keep fucking getting messages sent to them by primitive civs even though they just wanna be alone*
Thank god no one say are 5_
“Your grandmother will touch the universe.”
*Feels intensify*
what time in the vid
I dont remember
*Aliens:* We've found a radio wave message!
*Message:* Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna run around and desert you..
Ah yes, intergalactic Rick Roll
I’d love to see an alien get rick rolled
*alien computer* sir this is what they call rick roll
@@baxheri -killing earth civilization-
god damn that was good
@@goomeee same
Beautiful, Michael. I’ve lost 7 family members in the last 2-1/2 years,including my only child. So the choice you made was so lovely. Much love 💕🐝💕Bee Kind
"How to Talk to Aliens"
Duolingo.
Wikihow
AskReddit.
Duolingo could mean the end of any civilization that skips it's spanish class.
Solo lo que necesitabas fue un pequeño empujon.....
mexican.
poor poker guy is like: wtf am I doing here
JAJAJA TOP COMMENT HERE
But he made a great point at the end!!!
@@amjan because the others told him xd
yeah
@@FranfutADC No, he disagreed with all of them! Pay attention.
Oh man, that end made me tear up, so beautiful, really encapsulates humanity.
That was such a human moment at the end.
Thank you for sharing that Micheal. Much love. ❤
"Your grandmother has touched the universe"
What a sweet thought, to immortalize someone like that.
DUN DUN
Special victims unit
Black hole be like
"no"
your grandmother has already touched the universe
DAISAN NO BAKUDAN
@@vbgvbg1133 BITE ZA DUSTO!!!
FBI OPEN UP!!!!
Imagine Alien "youtube channels" dedicated to trying to decode the arecibo message.
Lol
Alien conspiracy theories!! What a wonderful thought
Wow what a underrated comment lol
Yeah... it's like thinking of rainbows and unicorns while sitting in a coal mine... Well atleast we have something to look forward to
What if aliens are only as smart as the average Trump supporter? That means somewhere in the galaxy there are a bunch of dumb aliens looking at a stick man figure and wondering why it doesn´t talk back to them! Scientists need to step up their game and send another message that even a retard can understand, otherwise they are bound to grow tired of the one sided conversation and decide to invade us with their army of space morons!
This made me cry. Michael Stevens is truly an excellent example of humanity.
not an example of humanity, but how much humans can use their potential
@@starkid5203 yea because on average humanity isnt that great
@@dutchvanderlinde4722 yup nowadays people waste time on tiktok
@@oni_sectionone8646 even worse is the people are people who base their whole personality upon their political views
@@dutchvanderlinde4722 true
Please never stop doing these, I love them so much!
Poker player: 😐
Everyone else: Hey this looks like it could be a pattern! Lets investigate this further to see what we can find!
Poker player: 😐
🤣🤣🤣 👍🏻
Yeah I bet his mind was racing!
Ohhh I get it haha poker face
theyre tryin to get a bluff cmon dude.
*"I thought we were gonna play poker..."* 😐
You are the reason I use RUclips Red
same
Me too
me too
Literally the only reason I have ever used it.
I think they stopped calling it "red".. its just "premium" now.
The Michael's face when the thanked for sending that message was beautiful. It was so important to him, and he showed it to us.
Damn, Michael. You're a great person.
I think this is my favourite Mindfield episode, incredible work, Michael!
Imagine if the first message from Aliens reads: "You need youtube red subscription to see this content".
Not anymore bebeee
this one video was the reason he made youtube premium free
Letting the internet talk to aliens sounds like the worst idea ever
edgy 9 year olds calling aliens N words?
Ikr...
i wonder how many dick pics the aliens recieved by now.
Giving humans internet was the worst idea ever, but here we are.
@@IsThisRain Giving humans humanity was the worst idea.
His message for the aliens: Vsauce Michael here
Am I made out of vsauce?
Qoureno’s Miscreations what?
this too real bruh
Followed by a sequence of mind fuckery
"heyyy vsauce micheal here have you ever wondered if there are aliens"
I watched the Mindfield episodes about 3 years ago, but not all of them. I rewatched the whole series and in the meantime my grandmother passed away 3 weeks ago. It was so moving to see Michael's message because I realized that one thing we have in common as human beings is that we can express a feeling of love and sadness for someone who was close to us.
The president of METI, Doug is actually an alien, trying to contact his home planet
Seems plausible
Bruh moment
Sir!
"We're onto you, Doug"
"But I'm not an alien..."
"That's exactly what an alien would say"
Kek
"I am a college professor"
"I have a phd in physics"
*"I am a professional poker player"*
well it does involve a lot of maths and patterns and algorithms, he didn't say he was a professional gambler.
You underestimate the skills needed to be a professional poker player.
"Is this binary? Is this prime no.?"
*"i do MS excel"*
i read pokemon
@@KVD-kx5wx nice
This is like the most intense version of "she left me on read"
Your profile picture is so good
*they left me on read
#rip that good profile pic
well we dont know if anyone has read it or not, we only know that we sent it
@@johnlawrencebello93 you worried about misgendering an alien??? 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Wow! Michael! A few years ago, I wrote a novel about the last few living humans, slowly dying on Mars. When the last human on Earth died, they decided to eulogize the species by broadcasting their stories into space. Because those radio waves will travel across the universe essentially forever. The point wasn't that someone was listening, but that this was the closest they could get to forever--a grave marker in a churchyard nobody will ever visit. What a beautiful thing you did to honor your grandmother.
Jason really just solved that entire thing himself
Jonas Hamill I know, right?!
Which one?
Nice jonas. Or should I say, Jason?
Yeah the script told him to do so
Me in a group project
RIP Michael’s grandmother.
fr tho
Micheal I hope you and your family are doing well RIP
i hope my grandmother's grandmother doing well
“Your grandma has touched the universe” ah that got me and idk why
same doe
Yeah. Just like, damn, thats both wholesome and really really sad
5:06 That forward lean and reply was iconic.
"Can I handle what I'm going to see?"
"I think you can. Just take a look."
"Ah. Absolutely nothing. Because of the fog."
CthulhuFtagn lol
yes, like what did he expect to see, little green men?
@@mylupylu I think he was just impressed by the scale of the telescope. I don't think he meant it literally.
potential meme formate?
I imagined the scene from the kung fu panda movie when he sees the dragon scroll
Humans: “Hello”
*3 billion years later*
Aliens: “ *seen message* “ *mark as unread
@@aovoi101 Excellent
Or maybe 3 billion years later, future humans hear that and say: oh! an alien message!
Blue- double check mark... They leave us on read. (･ัω･ั)
@@sonia.1405 Alien 1: checks message and ignores it. Alien 2: "who was it?" Alien 1: "no one important"
Humans: *spamming messages
Not only is the picture of you and your grandma sent into space, now the act of sending that picture, is sent into space. I think that tells alot about what it means to be human.
I totally agree. We have a kind of fractal way of sharing our sharing, or remembering other times we remembered things lol
@@RareGel True!
The thing is though by now with this video being out for months those photons are millions of miles apart because the beam wasn’t focused, it’s getting scattered/smeared into a blob out in space
lmaooo fax my guy
Michael's message is why the alien Leelu saves the human race at the end of The Fifth Element.
What a lovely way to honor your Grandmother! I honestly teared up.
Oh My God I'm still crying to that ending...
REST IN PEACE
Why u here
@@DaCheeseIsEpicSubToHim WHO DOESN'T WATCH VSAUCE
Michael is an angel sent from heaven and deserves every loke and view he is given
@@Gia1911Logous wow your almost everywhere
DA CHEESE doesn’t that mean you’re ALSO everywhere?
@@fibonojomano5369 o gosh
Michael’s message :
Hey E.T, Michael here
Or am I?
*music starts and Aliens minds explode
"Hey ETI, Michael here, or am I? I am not here with you, this is actually a message transmitted approximately 13 million years ago, and behind this recording you will find instructions on how to contact us back!"
Lmao
when one guy does all the work and the rest of the group makes it look pretty in excel XD
Every group assignment ever.
@@Shorty24136 I hated group assignments.
group activities from school don't change!
Oh yeah yeah
@@the.vilest No.
18:45 Pattern recognition! Pattern recognition is a VERY human thing, it's how we learned as a specie to be from effectively a baby monkeyman to a functioning modern adult, almost exclusively. Finding patterns in nature, and in each other, helped us become sentient, and so _theoretically,_ emphasis on theoretically, pattern recognition may be a constant throughline of cognition among alien races as well.
"How quickly they can come up with meanings that i didnt put in there"
My English Teacher: Are you challenging me?
😂😂😂
What...
I didnt get notified of these likes
Anyways this is now my most liked comment... I think, UNLESS youtube didn't notify me of an other comment getting liked
@@System3200 Congrats.
“Your grandmother will touch the universe” I’m trying not to cry
I did cry
And I failed miserably at it.....
My gran died recently and that just made me burst out crying its just the fact i will never see her again
I ended up crying no lie 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Why? She was, and still is, already a part of it!
Aliens after finding his message: "This is clearly a race of barbaric savages. Look how that one torments it's fellow human with the metallic appendage. We should send no response"
lmao
! THOSE DUDES WITH THE BRIGHT PINK CONSTRUCTION BOOTS ON AND THE WHISTLE AROUND THEIR NECK NOT WEARING A SHIRT ARE HOMOSEXUALS !!
This.
or maybe ....!
Have you ever tried to decode the messages ants send to each other? Me neither.
My heart, the ending, what a beautiful piece of art created on this website. I wish nothing but the best for what you do, will do, and more.
I wasn't expecting this to make cry. I'm so sorry about your grandmother. That picture is so precious.
This won't age well after the great alien invasion at the end of this year.
That's honestly one of the more hopeful endings to 2020.
Or... the white walkers attack
literally anything is possible at this point
aliens caused the pandemic
@@Guiterminator indeed
Imagine rickrolling the aliens lmao
Underrated
@@DealerDur good
Uff
THEY WOULD BE PISSED AND DESTROY THE EARTH!!!!!!
Imagine them learning about us and then they Rick rolling us
You know he had tears before they cut so fast. Much love.
"look at the big brain on that dude!"
Big brain time
I was watching the comment just when he said that
A heck yeah
oooh, yeeeah... this is big brain time.
200IQ
Geez! I was not prepared for the part about his grandma. I was raised by my grandparents. And they provided me a wonderful childhood. Now that I'm a father myself I always wish they could meet my son. I'm not crying! You're crying!!! Great episode.
"Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying."
- Arthur C. Clarke
deathsyth8888 yes this is true and I feel uncomfortable about it.
I'd say being alone is way more terrifying
@@i5879 why ? I don't have any problem with that.. more like more space to grow.. and germs are everywhere. If there is nothing out there, we don't have any thing to worry about invading others residence. All habitable zones will be occupied and others will be used as labs... That's my advice..
@Galzerok you must be American... :)
@Galzerok I am pretty sure all those alien spaceship sightings and area 51's alien tech isn't totally fake at all. We'll meet them some day, till then we'd be having plenty of time to prepare..
The thought of all the 'send nudes' messages floating out in the cosmos....
"I sent you pictures of human reproductive organs pls reply."
if you think there isn't a single ugandan knukcles sent to orbit you are dead wrong
@@npc6817
Aliens vs Captain Alex
Bob and vagene
Lmfao
Stephen Hawking didn't want us to contact aliens, but when he died his family sent his voice out into space. lol...
"his voice" lol
@@WastedTalent83 😂
It was probably the robotic voice saying "Please ignore the spam and don't reply to this message.
@@WastedTalent83 his original voice
The message was probably him saying: "There is totally not a single intelligent life form on Earth to invade, not even one, I swear. Just a waste of time, look somewhere else"
Or "Humans went that way *pointing at Andromeda*"
11:34 look at her shoulder
Masterfully played.
Are you actually serious
outstanding move
👌
Okay
I'm so touched by your grandma and you sending her picture❤I'm sorry for your loss.
This is why programmers/game designers are actually cool! That guy just nailed it!
@@RaawHax Yeah definitely, I think I would have gone quite a different route in general when it comes to this experiment and I'm not just talking about the actual message decipher. Hello, fellow aspiring programmer here. I'm currently learning programming and Game dev (this is my second year). I think I did pretty well considering the fact that I was basically playing along alone and was basically piecing together everything just as the video progressed.
First off, my brain picked up on the binary thing pretty much immediately because of my background as a Computer Science student ( I caught it even before the experts in the room which I'm proud of lol). After that, first thing I wanted to do when I figured that out was to arrange and transcribe the message just like the people in the room. The bit that caught me out specifically was where they divided the number to find its prime factors was something I didn't think of doing. I guess it's just because I've never been paticularly good at math ( Wait! A programmer who isn't also a human calculator? It's a shocker, I know). I did however instantly recognize the pattern or lack thereof as randomly generated noise which... would have thrown me for a loop if I was actually in the experiment with the other experts.
If I were in the actual experiment, at this point I would have figured out that this message wasn't actually alien in nature. Why? because I don't like to make a lot of assumptions and this whole thing would have DEFINITELY seemed fishy to me. Let me explain. First off, Michael started the experiment by saying that this particular message was something that was confirmed to be unique and well... Noise is not unique, we recieve random background noise from the Universe all the time. That doesn't make sense. Either we had deciphered the message completely wrong or Michael was lying which wouldn't have made much sense. What also doesn't make sense is the circumstances surrounding this message. Think about it, if this really WERE an actual alien message then why exactly was I and this random ragtag group of experts with no government affiliation being allowed to view this without undergoing some sort of severe non disclosure agreement. Think about it, this is supposedly the first alien contact in human history. This is some extremely serious stuff we're talking about here. The sort of stuff that a lot of higher powers would have an interest in. That would be a pretty major red flag for me personally. Secondly, notice how there wasn't any expert in the room who specialised in deciphering and encoding which would have immediately sent up red flag number two (seriously, they invited a college professor and not someone who has the literal expertise required for this sort of thing). The first message we recieve from outer space and its deciphering is handed to a bunch of people who (while experts at their field) are certainly not the first people that any important organisation would likely go for? Yeah, I wouldn't buy that one bit. The moment the final noise message would have shown up I would have called Michael out on this and declared a fraud.
dragon lord you must be so fun at parties
@@rylanwalker8335 Great b8 m8.
You could say hes a gamer 😂 from the way he explained it.
@@dragonlord1935 nigga really wrote an essay