Seems to me it is pain for longer, not more pain. More pain I would say would be if you reduced the temp to 10C
@Zinxiee Says:
This is a very interesting experiment mentioned in Yuval Noah Harari's book Homo Deus!
@potatoes_fall Says:
trying to replicate a finding with a sample size 12 is not great science communication
@thomhavermans6044 Says:
I cant be the only one who is more shocked about egg plant being a berrie
@noah1114-bc3fn Says:
"Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
This he said, signifying what death he should die.
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
(John 12:31-36)"
''In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:2-3)
@IvanPompa-lr7iy Says:
I got the reference at 9:00 with the "BANK 37"
@IvanPompa-lr7iy Says:
I remember readingabout this experiment in the book Homo Deus, talking about the difference about the experiencing and the remebering self, and how it can distort reality. I think that is the same way in which we are prone to voting for those who did better in the campaign, regardless of what happened before.
@gDraxxus Says:
I uzed 2 cold
@quintenvandenbrande9702 Says:
The sponsor message at the end of the video is just him experimenting on all of us. Well played sir, well played.
@martine-e-dee Says:
What's the deal, I love cold conditions. Make this 7C for me and I will rate it negative on discomfort scale.
@yogesh6966 Says:
VSauce did something similar.
@shrainmusic Says:
I hold at your neck, The GOM JABBAR !!!
@joshuabenknops807 Says:
Soooo live fast die young? Yolo? Going out with a bang? Seems like theres some truth to those sayings
@xsvrrx Says:
This called nostalgia
@ksdmg9282 Says:
Why do you have only male participants? Would females decide the same? Is it really representative having only male participants?
@harshitaggarwal1691 Says:
अंत भला तो सब भला
Translation: if end is well everything is well
Our Ancestors knew this all along
@XionEternum Says:
I'm a black sheep here, and I know it. I've always been one of the subjects in these types of experiments that will choose the optimal response even though it defies human nature and psychology. I always found it fascinating when my classmates would choose the sub-optimal option due to some strange psychological wiring in our minds. My teachers and professors finding me fascinating for being naturally defiant to the norm; especially when I didn't know how others were responding.
@boi6929 Says:
Ok so I feel the need to point out that the experiment isn't painful at all. I have done something akin to the hand in water experiment myself, with 1C° water where you pull out your hand when you can't bear it anymore or 2 minutes passes. It didn’t really hurt, just tingled and got numb.
Now in this video they have 13°C water for 1 minute and you’re telling me it's painful? It's like taking a cold shower, I expect people would only say it's painful because they been told it would be painful so it's socially expected that they talk about that.
@Whoisit91 Says:
I watch this channel all the time and often enjoy listening to explanation of the most complex phenomenon, however the “boy girl” segment tripped me up 😂
@lupafm Says:
the single most boring veritasium video I watched in ages.
@NaFis-uq7mw Says:
I see....
@irrelevant2235 Says:
Referencing 6:36, the actual quote from novelist Milan Kundera was _"Memory _*_does not_*_ make films, it makes photographs."_ .
@Boems3l Says:
That is why an after party is always a good idea!
@justinas9013 Says:
Restaurants also do the same trick by giving candy at the checkout to increase tipping
@mjmeans7983 Says:
In the first experiment why did you use a liquid? Have you controlled for the additional Brownian motion caused by raising the temperature from a source other than the person's own hand?
I don't agree with your assessment of the Linda problem, this is a typical word problem from grade school that requires some applied logic. Consider this by change the question: Is it more likely that Linda is a bank teller, or Linda is a bank teller and is also a human? Logically, the first option in the question must be considered to be equivalent to "is a bank teller and is not human", otherwise there wouldn't be two options. And since is or is not a bank teller is an ANDED condition of both answers, the question can be simplified to "Is human, or is not human". You have to be human in the first place to be an activist, get a degree, etc., at least until AI can do those things too. So, the answer is human. Now just run that same logic against the original question and include the unstated part: Is it more likely that Linda is a bank teller and is not active in the feminist movement, or Linda is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement? The question simplifies in the same way. However, an answer cannot be resolved because, like grade school word problems, you have to remove the irrelevant information first. The historical facts about being a prior activist, etc. are not enough to develop a reasonable assumption of a generalized liberal mindset extending into the present that would tilt the scale; at least not with any significant Bayesian probability. So, the original Linda problem has no answer; it's an unsolvable equitation.
@elliottbradbury8849 Says:
People were saying that water that was nearly 60F was painful??? At all??????????? I was listening more than watching so I thought 13-14C must be down near freezing to get the kind of reaction these people were giving, and when I went back and saw 57F...I can't even comprehend.
@gordonramsayfan3677 Says:
I just now realised that evert souls-like game uses this to the extreme, u suffer for a few hours while trying to bea a boss and when u do it feels so good that u think overall it was nice
@MFARichter Says:
Apply to your travel plans: You should take the cheapest way to get to your destinations and stay at very cheap places, chill and eat on a budget. However, choose one night to stay very luxurious and experience a few stand out meals and do a couple of amazing things. Travel back the most comfortable way you can afford. You will remember this vacation as far better than if you spread your budget evenly.
@KX36 Says:
I don't think the hand in cold water experiment is great. The sample size is small, both Veritasium's and the published paper. Also, anyone who's gotten into a swimming pool knows it can be unpleasantly cold for the first seconds, but you quickly stop noticing the cold. If you were to ask someone who just got in and got straight out whether it was cold and unpleasant, they'd say yes. If you were to ask someone who stayed in for 15 minutes whether it was cold and unpleasant, they would say not particularly cold and quite pleasant. Another example, I once was outside all day in a cold country in winter. The first 5 minutes were very painful, then after that I didn't feel the cold any more and got on with my day. What you ask me of the day after 5 minutes is not what I would say at the end of the day.
Some of the other experiments in this video could easily be put down to rating something as an average of the whole rather than judging it by its end for the same experimental results.
@sirati9770 Says:
the bank teller is flawed. people do not answer on whether she she is a bank teller without making a claim about feminist activism, they answer on whether she is a feminist activist or not. this is illustrated both by the illustration you made: the picture of the bank teller does not include any symbolism of uncertainty, rather the absence of the symbol here shows not being an activist; and also the explanation by the guy. he includes the word just which you correctly highlight but not mention more. just here creates an exclusive meaning, just there is an explicit statement of not being an activist.
i think this experiment is flawed, because its methodology did not consider all possibilities and thereby neglected the effect on how humans efficiently communicate by intentional omission. while the experiment does not have data that allows a conclusion on that either, i believe my hypothesis that it rather shows how humans process language and act rational on the communicated information to be correct. i dont think it shows any flaw in human reasoning
@Privateacct1038 Says:
i first thought that people preferred the longer one because they subconsciously thought they were tougher and better for lasting through it. longer=more pain endured = better rating of self.
Then I thought a different theory. When given a list of choices, the last option is usually chosen at a higher rate. When people's hands left the bucket after a longer duration, the water was slightly warmer. using the same "last choice bias," people remembered the water as warmer because they summed the experience with the last moment and not the other moments. thats why the longer duration was a better option for them.
@NoNo-nr2xv Says:
The temp gauge was at 14C odd. That is not painfully cold, lol. Chuck ice cubes in there and get it to 5C odd.
@frederickthesquirrel Says:
>Very bright
>Majored in philosophy
How bright is Linda, really?
@ogius506 Says:
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3/6
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1/2
1/1
1/2*3/5*1/2*2/3*1/2
1/20 <- result
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2/5
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1/20 <- result
Yea chances are the same
@n.a.larson9161 Says:
I'm thinking the "Linda Problem" is a false presentation in a number of ways. There are 2 subsets presented as choices, not a set and a subset. There are banktellers who fit the description of Linda and have been involved with feminist activism and banktellers who fit the description of Linda but haven't been involved in feminist activism. The presentation tells us that she is a bankteller and that she fits a certain description. Further, consider that as a percentage of banktellers, feminist activists may be only 10%. But: 1. Maybe 95 % of those who are anti-nuclear activists are also feminist activists. 2. Maybe 99% of banktellers who fit Linda's description have been involved in feminist activism. In conclusion, while after the fact the consideration is presented as a fairly simple matter of sets and subsets and perhaps multiplication of probabilities, the actual initial presentation may not well fit that frame. With more specific information about the correlations of Linda's given traits with the proposed subset (activist/feminist) OR without such information but with consideration of the choice as being more accurately understood as between two subsets of banktellers, non-feminist activist philosopher subset vs. the feminist activist subset, odds might favor the choice of the adamant homonculous.
@Scuba11Steve Says:
I think the bank teller question is just badly done. You can say the group of bank tellers must also include all bank tellers who are also feminists. This is obvious as soon as the phrasing is clear. However, let’s assume that the question is instead is she only a bank teller (and thus not a feminist) or a bank teller and a feminist. The question here actually has nothing to do with being a bank teller, that is just extraneous information, but whether she as described would be a feminist or not. I think that is the question people are “wrongly” answering. It has less to do with biased intuition and more to do with bad communication.
@artscience7053 Says:
Linda works in Bank 37? Why????🤯🤯🤯🤯
@godsoncaleb6829 Says:
Bank 37 is a nice call back! Loved it!
@MrUNOwen-tr1fz Says:
"The duration of an experience seems to have much less importance"
You hear that honey?
@MFARichter Says:
(Comment before video) I assume this video is about the peak end rule - got to know it in the book Thinking Slow and Fast by Daniel Kahnemann.
Edit: Got it ;)
@adityajha3423 Says:
This video was not that good compared to other videos o this channel...borderline boring and that test was trash.
@kudmondx1829 Says:
13:44 Yeah but how many of those were gay guys ? ☝️😯
@aborriginal Says:
To make this video more correct - we need another puppy with flowers after ad)) Thank you for the great content, Derek!
@c0mputer Says:
For the bank teller thing, I misremembered Linda’s description and thought it said she participated in feminist demonstrations. Then I was like, of course she is logically a feminist if she participates in feminist demonstrations. Just goes to show I need to listen better.
@konayasai Says:
I legit don't get the bank teller thing. The correct answer is so very obvious. How are people getting it wrong?
@GRAVENAP Says:
dev1ce's dad at 5:55
@consumoholic Says:
"all right guys, lets do a study" "about what?" "pain." "sounds good, im in!"
@richardvuide Says:
Now I finally have an explanation as to why I love IKEA hot dogs and ice-cream so much 😂
@nielsfpv Says:
It’s like slowly going in a pool vs jumping straight in
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