Do you ever wonder about the fact that you're carrying around a tool that gives you access to all of the world's knowledge? Do you ever sit back and think _I have access to anything anyone would ever need to know about everything_ and then just like, you know, watch four hours of KZitem videos instead?
@RobertMisner
11 жыл бұрын
Do you think there's a smaller, smarter Internet that only super geniuses have access to and that they use it to secretly control the rest of us? _or whatever_
@RobertMisner
11 жыл бұрын
Maybe something where the computers _link together_ or something. I don't know. I'm not a scientigician.
@EricLeafericson
10 жыл бұрын
In medieval times, that would be called a crystal ball.
@nekroneko
10 жыл бұрын
Only if those 4 hours of KZitem videos are cat videos.
@yamibakura8597
10 жыл бұрын
That is me, in a large cat-themed nutshell.
@RadicalShiba1917
9 жыл бұрын
Is google knowledge? I don't know, let me google it
@YouFlamingGalah
9 жыл бұрын
Let's say Google is knowledge. At what point is any of Google's knowledge *my* knowledge? Presumably, this only happens at the point at which I make it personally meaningful, which would require some transformation of it from the form in which it resides inside Google.
@tturing5698
9 жыл бұрын
Good point
@FreezyExp
4 жыл бұрын
You have it backwards, once Google knows all there is to know about you, you are one with Google's knowledge...
@8bitkefka
11 жыл бұрын
I proved this fact to a friend one time he stated "There is nothing I can learn from the internet that I do not already know or can't just find some help." so to follow up on the statement. I challenged him to give me a task that I do not know how to do. He challenged me to fix his water pump on his F-150 and I challenged him to install my solar panels. 5 minutes on google and 15 minutes later my task was done. 3 weeks later he finally got online and learned how to install the panels.
@Gaschowin
9 жыл бұрын
As soon as you said "the guy in the show with the spaceships" I KNEW it was Nathan Fillion
@StudioAnnLe
11 жыл бұрын
The problem with the "knowledge" of google is that information is too easily skewed and manipulated and it's too easy to click on a link which may or may not be 100% correct.
@RayedWahed
9 жыл бұрын
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction - isn't that Newton's Third Law!!! Totally agree with Clayton....Took the words out of my mouth although he/she did that 10 mins ago....
@subyayap
9 жыл бұрын
Google is just a pathway to knowledge
@robertrooney9085
11 жыл бұрын
I was just having a similar conversation with my friends the other day out at dinner. Very timely! I especially enjoyed the parallel that you drew between the internet now and a well stocked library in the past.
@hatsilac
11 жыл бұрын
I love how you guys KNOW how to keep viewers watching the video with constant flashing and fleeting images
@caradr4288
8 жыл бұрын
Epistemology = the study of Google
@JM-us3fr
7 жыл бұрын
lol
@DrKhaos23
10 жыл бұрын
Science is Latin for "to have knowledge". And John Locke says that knowledge is the perception of agreements and disagreements of ideas within the brain. So if that's the case, is Science wrong?
@person3triple0
10 жыл бұрын
#mindblown
@dwightsteel
10 жыл бұрын
Science is NOT latin for "to have knowledge". It's derivations are Latin based, but the word itself was coined by either England or France in the middle ages. And that Latin base only means "knowledge" or "to know". The actual definition of science is more...pragmatic? At the least more practically defined. Now, say that I in no way intend to debate John Locke's definition of knowledge, or your Latin interpretation for science, then the sum total of science and knowledge is "to have the perception of agreements and disagreements of ideas within the brain." Does that statement seem incongruous or in any way at odds with itself? I see no inherent contradiction, so based on your own premise, no, science is not wrong.
@DrKhaos23
10 жыл бұрын
Barry Rodgers Everything is based on perception, so do WE, as humans, truly know what the universe holds and can really say what is true and what is false? My point is that Science could just be OUR interpretation of nature and the universe, NOT the universe's itself. Some of us may have greater brain power than others, but in the way I see it, we're all children. We're still learning. We're still trying to obtain knowledge that is nearly impossible to obtain because we're finding more and more evidence of something. So who knows. And judging from your lecture, you may not agree. But whatever. We all have opinions.
@osherlerner344
9 жыл бұрын
You refer to all scientific ideas as capital-S-Science. It's not like the millions of people who have used the scientific method and logical conclusions to literally prove things have all come together to form a Science, an idea and opinion. Your uneducated doubt claims that what we know is wrong because evidence is wrong and you are right because you are depending your ideas on evidence that might exist which no one has even found a trace of. That's BS. People made theorems and hypotheses that have been proved and reproved countless times using massive amounts of evidence. Whole lives were dedicated to these works and you are saying what they assured is wrong because the universe is not as it is observed?! As a wise man once said,"das krazy!"
@DrKhaos23
9 жыл бұрын
Osher Lerner I never said that I was right nor did I say everyone is wrong.
@wellthen...5420
8 жыл бұрын
DO NOT LOOK AT THE DOG PARK FOR TOO LONG, DOGS, ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE DOG PARK, HUMANS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE DOG PARK.
@thebeesknees1162
8 жыл бұрын
Be cautious around the glow cloud.
@dr.freshmemes3696
8 жыл бұрын
+Luca VASILE night vail
@thebeesknees1162
8 жыл бұрын
meme kid (・ิω・ิ)
@JustCozItsMe
8 жыл бұрын
I need to go back and finish that freakin series.
@wellthen...5420
8 жыл бұрын
JustCozItsMe Me too...
@bigwizardenergy
11 жыл бұрын
The vast library bit was basically reading my mind.
@rstott24
11 жыл бұрын
Two references to the Green Brothers in two videos. Excellent!
@roshantulsiani7575
9 жыл бұрын
knowledge is the connection of ideas as a result of application of ideas by the mind. Google can predict and connect facts/ideas but it does so without understanding it ie without applying it. Thus Google cannot be knowledge, it simply presents knowledge represented in digital data. Knowledge lives in the content of a mind and it can be represented in a digital file or book. But the file or book isnt knowledge, its a representation of knowledge ie the source material for the next person to connect and thus have knowledge.
@anncavitt5490
7 жыл бұрын
Bismuth Blues n
@Wilford870
10 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, how much of this guy's time is eaten up by trying to find enough gifs to fill his show?
@Phranq14
10 жыл бұрын
That seems like a job for a superhero duo, perhaps host man and the intern? I have a feeling that, much like the original batman tv series, the sidekick is the one doing the craziest acrobatics to accomplish the specific goals, the main hero is the one that is the figurehead for the cause. (basically I'm saying that I have a pretty good feeling that mike doesn't go searching for all the visual aids in his show)
@sanushka7000
10 жыл бұрын
You mean Newton's third law, don't you?
@son0fhobs198
11 жыл бұрын
There was a research study done in which they showed that we spend less time remembering the facts, and more time remembering how to access them the next time. Make sense, as knowing how to quickly access them gives us immediate access to far more information (knowledge when put together) than if we memorized each. "Quora," and "Less Wrong" are superb examples of people with far superior knowledge due to the internet. After all, KZitem IS making us smarter!
@MIQofDMC
11 жыл бұрын
1. "Escalators didn't make stairs obsolete" 2. informal text based communication has some workarounds :) Also, "Emotifonts" sounds like a REALLY good idea /sarcasm (the previous line was just an example. Emotifonts, Good Times Roman and Sarcastica are all great names)
@twoblueberries
11 жыл бұрын
The bit about the libraries filled with books with pictures of cats is so true! Being a kid in the early 90's before the internet was a widely used thing, whenever we visited the school library, most of us would just look at back issues of Cat Fancy magazine!
@Me4nM4ch1ne
11 жыл бұрын
the gif animations appearing next to him are hilarious and really entertaining! Good job man making your videos something more than just a really long wall of text! Looking forward to your next videos!
@NayefAhmad
11 жыл бұрын
Mike, you're awesome. Please never stop making these videos.
@basicallydan
11 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAYING LEGO AND NOT LEGOS! Finally this crazy Americanism can come to an end starting HERE, the PBS Ideas Channel. Well done, Mike.
@fivewordsthatiwrote
11 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most happy energetic channels on youtube with out enough videos... haha
@ClaudiaDCD
11 жыл бұрын
Your videos, with the quick talking, amalgam of factoids and illustrative or humorous video clips is proof the inundation of what's available at our fingertips can make us smarter...if you can keep up. Being exposed to the deluge of facts earlier in your life and not fighting this new wave should help people make use of our newly constructed world.
@jonathanmiller4188
11 жыл бұрын
Wow. That beginning is like going to a big party and yelling "I KNOW THE QUADRATIC EQUATION"
@TheNetsMBD
11 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for the episode where all of the source gifs and images are Mike from previous episodes.
@RandomEncounterFilms
11 жыл бұрын
The perfect accompaniment to Minecraft sessions with the wife, "Welcome to Nightvale." Really just audio-books, especially Lovecraft. As for the video, I have noticed my ability to retain information seems to be lessening, while my skill to research is improving. Long time viewer, first time poster (I think, hold on let me go check). Regardless keep up the great work! ^-^
@Viroquet
11 жыл бұрын
This heals my soul. I don't even know how.
@Sheep-on
11 жыл бұрын
Well, thank goodness that Google generally provides link to articles that /will/ help you expand your knowledge further. You just have to choose to read them.
@Pepsifresh14
11 жыл бұрын
This is the best episode! Thank you for putting into words what I never could.
@Fatpenguin13
11 жыл бұрын
i don't even need to go to school i can just watch all your video's and become super smart lol
@MsEvilcutie
11 жыл бұрын
The cat doesn't need you! Well doesn't that make me feel just dandy *heavy sarcasm*
@Poplopo
11 жыл бұрын
Your video about Night Vale is going to be sooo popular!
@hugoestr
11 жыл бұрын
Could you make a meta video about how how Idea Channel embodies the ideas of Marshall McLuhan? It just hit me how the oral narrative together with the use of memes and clips that you use seems to perfectly match what Marshall McLuhan predicted about the world of television where we communicated via images, story telling, and communal experience. Although we could argue this is all the internet, your channel seems a particularly good example.
@bend8130
11 жыл бұрын
Simply brilliant. Google is actually more like a portal or magic mirror that old tales would dream up. Again good points brought up.
@thofus
11 жыл бұрын
Fun fact : LEGO is a Danish abbreviation - In Danish : Leg godt - In English : Happy playing or Fun playtime (an approximated translation)
@rhyspuddephatt
10 жыл бұрын
I was always taught (and observed to be the case) that an expert is someone who knows how little they truly know around a given subject matter.
@JerdMcLean
11 жыл бұрын
I love that Clockwork Orange poster in the background.
@FalseKnightmare117
11 жыл бұрын
This two week break is killing me, miss you guys!
@stardude692001
11 жыл бұрын
That probably makes up part of it too. I think the major thing now though is since I am not in school, I am not getting tested on the things I learn so most of it doesn't make the transition from short term memory to long term. Most of the times when I use the things I know is on the internet and you have to Google things to double check anyway or else they will come after you.
@ScareyMage
8 жыл бұрын
The tubes may be filled with cats, but they're made of rolled up back-issues of Hustler.
@dusski1
11 жыл бұрын
You sir have deserved my subscription, I curse myself for being blinded before...
@TanvirBhulcrap
11 жыл бұрын
I think what your friend meant by the "end of the age of memory", is that now we have so many devices and tools that we can outsource our memory to. We no longer need to remember things such as phone numbers, addresses, etc. So, while memory is becoming somewhat outsourced, I think it is an advantage if a human chooses to use this to his or her advantage. The mind doesn't have to worry about remembering long lines of data and instead can focus on establishing relationships and creation.
@unmemorablehero
11 жыл бұрын
This has been the longest 2 weeks of my life!! Come back!!
@Shadedbad
11 жыл бұрын
With technological advances in storing, processing and disseminating data and information, the skill commonly confused for knowledge has changed from being able to recall information from memory to being able to construct a search query that yields the most accurate and relevant result. It is now becoming more important to be able to process the information which is freely available rather than simply being able to recall it in the first place. In my opinion it levels out the play field a little
@DqwertyC
11 жыл бұрын
I like Spanish, because it has two verbs for "to know" Saber: To know facts Conocer: To know somebody. Not quite the same, but still, I find it interesting.
@SilverJay
11 жыл бұрын
Hey Mike, thanks for the shoutout bro, indeed it did work and I appreciate your concern. As to the actual idea in this video, I think Google provides knowledge for those who look for it but isn't in itself knowledge, it's hard knowing how to use the web and not know how to Google something. The information you search for is centralized in a way that you can actually gain knowledge with the info you find. That's just my two cents.
@mg115ca
11 жыл бұрын
One thing I always use to respond to people claiming that we are less intelligent now that we just look everything up on our phones, is that it's more that the info is organized differently: it used to be that we stored the data locally in our brains, but now we just have the pointer to it (slash hyperlink slash card catalog). We don't know the name of the guy who played Mal Reynolds, but we know where on the net to go to look it up, and what keywords to search for to get there.
@XFCTR22
11 жыл бұрын
I've actually never thought of that quote from that angle for some reason. Thank you sir.
@Amethystic95
11 жыл бұрын
I feel like the secondary title for this video should've been, "The Nathan Fillion Trivia Hour".
@tronk
11 жыл бұрын
INT - Intelligence: The ability to reason. The higher this is, the quicker and easier it is to find a solution to a problem. KNO - Knowledge: Having information about any particular subject readily available, usually through personal memory. Most times this is lumped in with... WIS - Wisdom: The ability to apply any knowledge that one may have to a particular situation. Usually obtained through experience (not XP).
@CoinneachUasal
11 жыл бұрын
Great...thanks Mike for making me watch the wiggling, crazy flashy thing...Now what did it hypnotize me to do? Oh, I appear to have subscribed.
@KazokuMugiwara
11 жыл бұрын
I think that rather having knowledge based on specific subjects, we are building more knowledge about How to Find the Information that we are looking for on the internet.
@diabolicaloverlord23
11 жыл бұрын
2 weeks that almost made me cry. P.S. can you do an episode on comic books and their similarity to thought experements
@J2XS.
11 жыл бұрын
Easy access to so much information can confuse, but can also help to strengthen basic ideas about how things work through the ability to connect information. It's a double-edged sword.
@ChaoticOccasus
11 жыл бұрын
I'm liking this because this is an awesome thought provoking video, but mostly because you have an S4.
@FaxingMars
11 жыл бұрын
I couldn't remember the name of this channel, sonai googled "youtube interesting chanel guy answers complicated questions jurrasic park?"; and here I am.
@jamiefarrell593
11 жыл бұрын
I watching again because I wasn't paying attention when you cited, Nicholas Carr.
@Trigonography
11 жыл бұрын
I like the "diving" metaphor. It reminds me of when I learned that not everyone is comfortable with swimming in rivers or oceans or whatnot. It's not fundamentally different from swimming in a pool, but you don't know how deep it is, you'll get pushed off course, and there's no lifeguard to keep you from drowning. Similarly, Googling something means you may not know something thoroughly, you'll probably get distracted, and there's no tutor to keep you from getting overwhelmed.
@TikTakSambo
11 жыл бұрын
I'm waiting for the episode where the post-discussion is longer than the actual content.
@cassierobertson6039
11 жыл бұрын
I totally guessed Nathan Fillion when you said "guy in the show with the spaceships." Just saying... and yes you should have known!
@wherethetatosat
7 жыл бұрын
Holy crap. I think I wrote an essay for my college English class a few years back and more or less said what Locke did, without knowing that Locke said it first.
@ledzepp423
11 жыл бұрын
You should totally write a book! I'd definitely read it. Like maybe a collection of essays or something.
@vlogerhood
11 жыл бұрын
In this case the word knowledge is being used in the much more rigorous philosophical sense, where as "knowing facts" is the much more common usage that is basically a synonym for "remembering" or "having access to".
@Hakajin
11 жыл бұрын
Right, but the internet takes it to a new level. A book can only exist in one place at a time (though there can be multiple copies), and then it can be difficult to find the page you were looking for. In contrast, you can access the same website from almost anywhere, and putting it in your favorites means you can go right to whatever it was without flipping pages. It just makes it a lot easier to access information.
@Sajective
11 жыл бұрын
This discussion reminded me of what Socrates thought about writing (when it was new about 2300 years ago). He thought that writing was the worst thing humanity ever created since it diminished the need for memory, interaction and discussion with others since everyone would read the same thing and just agree with it. He made this argument about 2300 years ago and from what I can tell humans have benefitted from writing MUCH MORE than he thought. Same argument can be made about Google.
@Myrofox
11 жыл бұрын
There was a study in wich a group of people was given a piece of information. Some were asked to write it on a computer and the others were not. The ones that wrote it on the computer had a tendency to not remember the information. On the other hand the ones that didn't did remember. The ones that wrote it felt no need to remember because they knew the information would be there if they ever were to need it. So it seems like it does affect us, by making it unnecessary to retain information.
@EverlastingTorment
11 жыл бұрын
I particularly enjoy the philosophical aspect of that question. A practical of that would be pranksters souveniring road signs. Please, let's trade definitions and discuss further. Information what you pilfer from all your senses. The one that people mainly think of is the facts and opinions you see. Knowledge is what you are able to to distill from your findings, which gets processed into what you believe is necessary to perceive the world.
@doglover427
11 жыл бұрын
How did you not remember Nathan Fillion? Firefly is a CLASSIC.
@MissStargirl9
11 жыл бұрын
"Will Matt Smith ever run out of chin?" That line made my day oh my goodness.
@VMLM3
11 жыл бұрын
Regarding the pyramid that you quote. That is a model used in the teaching of the hierarchical relationship between data, information, knowledge and wisdom.
@Jaystonee1
11 жыл бұрын
So glad we can rewind youtube videos. So, let's start from "Google is Knowledge" again!
@kirbyschmidt6006
11 жыл бұрын
Is there any way we can get a works cited for your stuff? even if its brief. Honestly i have used your channel as a springboard for topic ideas of my own my my class. Now the teachers won't accept a youtube video as a souce, and you do a good job of speaking your works cited but it would save time if we could get some links,
@Albertosn3
11 жыл бұрын
Do you look at comments at your older videos after looking over them for the next video?
@AwesomeTheaterGeek
11 жыл бұрын
PBS idea channel could also be considered part of the way to finding knowledge through the internet. : )
@miguelrothe6943
11 жыл бұрын
That could be a whole other episode on whether or not the internet is making us more self sufficient, and what the ramifications thereof might be.
@itchynights
11 жыл бұрын
when he said edmonton, alberta, i got heavy moist.
@Creeping_Shadow
10 жыл бұрын
I was eating while the clip from Metalocalypse played... Bam! Food on my monitor
@MotionDan
11 жыл бұрын
Pete Holmes has a bit about Google on our phones, saying that we now know everything, but it's not making us any smarter. There's no time for mystery or wonder, or to feel anything. The time between knowing and not knowing is so brief, that knowing now feels exactly like not knowing.
@mattmatulaitis2430
11 жыл бұрын
My wife says this brings up the old adage that you should never meet your heroes: the reality never lives up to the glorification. Just has me thinking that despite our digital age of perfect recordings of everyone, especially celebrities...even if we had hours upon hours of video footage of Tesla interviews, we'd still be in this same boat.
@ethano101z
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy video, I read the book, and it was amazing. So thank you Michael, thank you so much.
@StephanieHellman
11 жыл бұрын
This blew my mind. Thank you so much.
@ScreenedPlum
11 жыл бұрын
Could you guys ever do an episode contrasting/comparing traditional literature with fanfiction or something similar?
@mmn3800
11 жыл бұрын
Plus 10,000 for the School House Rocks clip.
@marrisamcbee1242
11 жыл бұрын
This channel is great. Thank you guys for giving me the opportunity to have an intelligent conversation with my niece about things we can BOTH relate to. (Not to say my niece isn't intelligent she is quite brilliant).
@jonjlai
11 жыл бұрын
Knowledge also has a contextual value associated with it. I hope anyone who goes through my search history would respect the kind of knowledge I seek
@FunkyHonkyCDXX
9 жыл бұрын
I've found most people don't care enough. I am often the only one who is willing to take the time to answer the question. I try my best to remember it, but being an alcoholic, it's spotty.
@RKTGX95
11 жыл бұрын
I agree with you that a quick search of short answers won't teach as much, but it doesn't mean that you can't get a fuller, richer and longer understanding of a certain subject with the internet. If one really wishes to they can properly research something with the internet and achieve a similar, if not better, understanding of something. You could counter argue that some won't learn much with quick fact searching though a book or two without reaching out to the full contents and subject.
@therealnicksmith
11 жыл бұрын
plus kudos for all the The Fifth Element footage
@homsargirl
11 жыл бұрын
I don't know if you guys have heard of Welcome to Nightvale (which really ought to make its way into an episode one day), but you have some serious Cecil voice going on at times.
@BrandonFreemanAwesome
11 жыл бұрын
From my studies in college to become a dispenser of knowledge (teacher), I was lead to believe that knowledge was being able to use ideas and facts to create larger ideas. Therefore, to go along with the LEGO analogy, you would use LEGOs to create a large and more profound LEGO. So, I would imagine Google is less knowledge and more the LEGO Store.
@jadorefrank
11 жыл бұрын
an episode on night vale omg so excited!!
@PeggyLuWho
11 жыл бұрын
You should do a Burning Man episode. Just because I would like to hear what 14th century philosopher you would reference.
@tylerj4504
11 жыл бұрын
So I heard him mention staggering beauty and I was alone in my study late at night. And thought "Hmm what is that...". What followed was a series of events that caused me to scream out loud and jump back in my chair.
@dolsen1509
11 жыл бұрын
I was really hoping to see a new episode tonight, but at least I got last week's. A rerun is still new if you haven't seen it. By the way, I've heard something about computers "reading" scientific research papers with the idea that they might be able to discover links that humans can't because even the narrowest field is too big a single person to keep up with. Apparently, the computers have come up with new theories, that no one really quite understands. This must be a sign of the singularity.
@pianobar77
11 жыл бұрын
As a father to an inquisitive 5 year old son, Google is knowledge. Anything I don't already know is just a PC or Smartphone away from becoming not only part of my own understood and connected facts, but his as well. If he asks a question, he *knows* there is an internet available to help him know about it, around it, and different aspects and thoughts about that question. Google. Is. Knowledge.
@HeckYeahImShort
11 жыл бұрын
I think an important part of the whole "Google gives you all the Lego would ever need" idea is that, proverbially, you still gotta search through the box to find the block you want/need. Getting well-tailored Google results is a specific knowledge in itself (like using quotation marks and stuff like define:"x") and looking through results can take some time if you're looking for something obscure or in another language. It's not like Google hands it to you on a plate, is my point.
@SephSays
11 жыл бұрын
Ah, did you not watch the catchup of the last episode's comments? He made a reference, did a Cecil impression, referred to the people who made the episode as Hooded Figures, and said they're definitely going to do a WTNV video :)
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