Everything does NOT happen for a reason

Everything does NOT happen for a reason | Brian Klaas

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About the video: “We control nothing but influence everything.” Political scientist Brian Klaas on how every decision we make - both massive and miniscule - shapes our futures.
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Political scientist Brian Klass explains what is commonly known as “the butterfly effect,” the idea that tiny changes divert the trajectory of our entire lives.
These “ripples” show us that while nothing happens “for a reason,” every single thing we do matters. One random choice has the power to alter the course of history. These invisible “flukes” influence our lives, societies, and the world as we know it.
0:00 The vacation
1:33 The noise
1:57 Everything doesn’t happen for a reason
2:20 Contingency vs. Convergence
3:00 The Snooze Button effect
4:35 The interconnectedness of life
6:20 Cosmic purpose vs. accident
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About Brian Klaas:
Dr. Brian Klaas is an Associate Professor in Global Politics at University College London, an affiliate researcher at the University of Oxford, and a contributing writer for The Atlantic. He is also the author five books, including Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters (2024) and Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us (2021). Klaas writes the popular The Garden of Forking Paths Substack and created the award-winning Power Corrupts podcast, which has been downloaded roughly three million times.

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@psychclone 2 күн бұрын

There’s a big difference between “everything happens for a reason” and “we can find meaning in anything/everything that happens”. We are meaning-making machines as a result of evolution and the survival benefits of pattern recognition, but that also means we see patterns and causality where there is none. The vast majority of what we think “happens for a reason”, is just our brain projecting meaning and illusory patterns on random chaos.

@Savagedominator Күн бұрын

At the same time, not everything happens for no reason.

@You_n_mee Күн бұрын

damn... a good one

@SachiJones Күн бұрын

Somewhat aside from your point, which I agree with first of all, I'm not sure anything is truly random. It think it's a reasonable assumption to say that, as far as we can tell, the phenomena we observe is cause-effect in nature. As such, if something appears random maybe the cause-effect relationship is simply not understood yet, and perhaps only due to current technological or intellectual limitations. For example hurricanes and tornadoes used to seem random but can now be predicted with relative accuracy. And lightning was thought to strike randomly but scientists now understand the conditions that lead to lightning formation and can predict areas more likely to experience strikes during storms.

@psychclone 22 сағат бұрын

Totally agree. I certainly wasn’t arguing that there are NO cause-effect relationships in nature or, similarly, that some phenomena that currently appear random to us don’t in fact have systematic causes that we haven’t discovered or don’t yet understand (indeed, that’s the whole point of conducting science); I’m simply arguing that evolution has molded our brains to perceive more systematic causality than there actually is. It’s also the case that these illusory cause-effect relationships are often highly anthropocentric, meaning that we not only perceive these relationships where there are none but also that these relationships have some special significance/relevance to us as humans (insert religion here) or to us a person (“that person is in a bad mood, it must be because of something I did”). We don’t all make all of these errors all of the time, but definitely all make these types of cognitive errors, and we’re genetically prone to making them often.

@prathameshrailkar6919 20 сағат бұрын

I am glad you were the first comment I saw on this, because your comment has everything that I needed to explain before I said why everything does happen for a reason. So Each Individual will see different patterns or in your ignorant words, "Illusory patterns on Random chaos". And from that I derive this simple thing, there are some patterns and meanings that only a single individual human can see, in the same situation or having gone through the same experience no one else will see the meaning that that particular individual does. And this works backwards as well, that individual willnot be able to see a particular meaning that someone else might be able to see in the same situation. This means that everything does happen for a reason, it's just that the reasons can be plural and pertaining the various individuals. It is a convenient way to have a single event or experience influence different individuals in a different way and make us the unique person that we are.

@RealDealy 2 күн бұрын

I learned this when I was younger, and started puffing herb, I noticed it was the small things I didn't plan that changed my life towards the goals I wanted BUT, it was all based on me making quick decisions. It felt like it was me being tested cause when I made poor choices, my life got HARD, but because it got hard I learned what NOT to do after that I used to think I was put here for a purpose, but as I got older I realized it was ME who was creating these purposes. I think people want to believe they were born with a purpose cause it takes the responsibility of their choices off of them

@joshkeating7825 2 күн бұрын

Damn, bro. Well said.

@chalermako 2 күн бұрын

When life gets HARD, that's friction, on the other side is of the friction is abundance. One never knows when friction will come, as you mention the small things you didn't plan. Ancient and modern schools of thought say lean into the friction on the the way towards the goals you want and you will bring on the abundance on the other side of friction. In essence, one will always have friction in life, but one can decide to endure and know there is abundance coming or avoid the friction, then 'life got HARD' will come when you don't expect it. 'Embrace the Suck"

@billpetersen298 2 күн бұрын

Nicely said. Or put onto a deity.

@Rufio1975 2 күн бұрын

I don't know. I sort of see it the opposite. Believing you are here for a purpose almost makes it where you have to take more responsibility for your choices vs someone just drifting along in life with no purpose.

@Clra2028 2 күн бұрын

The way I would interpret what you say is the purpose gets accomplished by the way your life is led based on the choices you make. There needn’t be an actual purpose to follow through on. What needs to be followed through is your own journey back to a deeper meaningful sense of self. That is the true purpose. People force themselves into a purpose only leading to a grandiose sense of self.

@sw6118 Күн бұрын

Right up there with “everything happens for a reason” is “god never sends you more than you can handle.” Every day, everywhere we see alcoholics, drug addicts, and suicides because people received more trouble than they could deal with. My least favorite is after something goes horribly wrong and things finally begin to turn in a more positive direction, people say “god has your back.” If god had your best interests at heart, you wouldn’t have been in that miserable circumstance in the first place. Life is full of unplanned events, how you respond to them is genetic and based on your prior experience. What’s causing so many problems is that we aren’t taught how to articulate our needs and boundaries, in the US guns are a quick fix. How much better if these gunmen would just talk to the rest of us-and no incels this doesn’t mean you only talk to the hotties, it means you talk to everyone like they’re a human being.

@driesverhaag8955 2 күн бұрын

I love the people you get on these videos, almost always very interesting, passionate and well spoken guests. But I the comments on these videos are just so weird most of the time. Anyway, great video

@gnocchidokie 2 күн бұрын

Actual big thinkers take in the material and spend time with it before commenting a hot take, if they comment at all. I ignore 99% of comments online for this very reason

@louisguerin9929 16 сағат бұрын

@@gnocchidokie While deep reflection is valuable, timely feedback can also contribute to productive discussions. As someone who has occasionally disagreed with content here, I've found that respectfully expressing confusion or questioning potential logical inconsistencies can be beneficial (Ex : If someone says 1+1=3 I'm confident they are wrong and will broach the issu right away even if they are a nobel laureat). The key is to phrase comments constructively, avoiding defensiveness. Quick responses can be valid, especially for clear logical issues, but it's important to remain open to field-specific context we might not immediately grasp. The goal should be fostering respectful dialogue that refines ideas, regardless of response timing. I also understand that explaining in a few minutes understanding built on years of research is incredibly difficult and sometime straight out impossible (as some things requiere many complex reasonning steps).

@MissBlueEyeliner 2 күн бұрын

I’ve been obsessed with this concept since I was old enough to see my face in the mirror above the sink in the bathroom. I obviously didn’t have words for it but I would stare at myself and marvel at my existence and how bizarre it is to exist at all. It gradually grew to drive me a little mad. Now I find it soothing.

@MrNoName7474 Күн бұрын

I would stare at my face in the mirror too, but I was just trying to see if bloody mary would show up. 10/10 do not recommend trying. Was all fun and games until someone else started staring back at me.

@MissBlueEyeliner Күн бұрын

@@MrNoName7474 😂 good times.

@jaquessiemasz8650 2 күн бұрын

"It's just a ride" - Bill Hicks 1992

@mpv9866 2 күн бұрын

Sitting here on my patio watching this, next to my butterfly garden, full of monarch, gulf fritillary, swallowtails etc in their various stages... just doing my small part to save them, our planet, and allll 8B of us 🙏💚🦋 ♾

@MrNoName7474 Күн бұрын

Could you stop saving them perhaps? I’m getting beat down by a hurricane over here

@mpv9866 18 сағат бұрын

@@MrNoName7474 sorry for your current weather woes. Been through Katrina and many horribly destructive weather events myself. Perhaps more people could/should protect pollinators in your area, instead of your proposal? Whose to say really. I don't feel like I am "saving them", but merely giving them a small space to flourish on their own accord. Speaking in the language of Nature, as best I can, but more importantly, listening to Her, 💚 pachamama 🙏♾ *if your comment was intended as a joke, it was almost humorous while also being almost triggering, thanks either way ⚖

@dennistucker1153 2 күн бұрын

Love this video. Brian is talking about time and how things change over time. I did a thought experiment on this. I thought what if I could go back in time and undo a mistake. After some considerations, I came to the conclusion that it would most likely change or remove every good thing in my life.

@Clra2028 2 күн бұрын

This is a an excellent video, which to me has one flaw. Life has meaning and purpose. It taps into the mystical nature of life when our own lives are both ordinary and mystical and the journey of life is to go into ourselves in a way that takes us from what is ordinary to what is mystical. Then all interconnected makes sense, that our own life isn’t a fluke becomes real and how that translates outward into how we can help others becomes possible in a way that is beneficial to all. Not just me, not just you, but us. But, it takes a certainty in the wisdom that nothing is a fluke . This is my experience.

@krembryle 2 күн бұрын

No, everything is a fluke AND it doesn't mean it's unimportant.

@Clra2028 2 күн бұрын

@@krembryle I actually see your statement as totally valid, it seems as an inverse of what I say, yet to me it presents a valid point. Thanks!

@crystalstrader9806 2 күн бұрын

I would submit that your description of life being both ordinary and mystical, and that we’re all interconnected, is precisely what the author argues here. You just consider it a purpose, whereas he thinks of it as a byproduct of life

@Clra2028 2 күн бұрын

@@crystalstrader9806 I didn’t sense the same meaning I was coming from in what you say as byproduct from the video. Thank you!

@dustinmatthews387 2 күн бұрын

Another great example of the butterfly effect:the random combination of Gavrilo Princip being where he was, archiduke Franz Ferdinan deciding to visit injured friends in the hospital, despite the rioting, his motorcade trying to navigate streets they werent familiar with a flat tire incident, etc. All kicked off WW1...then during WW1, a british private deciding Not to shoot adolph hitler on the battlefield, in combination with the board of directors of the vienna art school deciding to decline hitler's admission to the school, not to mention the penalty reprocussions levied against germany for WW1, all leading to hitler & german people's resentment, which led to WW2....and just 4 yrs ago, the world changing effects because some random person residing in China, made the very poor decision to dine on an undercooked bat.🥴😬🙄

@know1355 2 күн бұрын

Fate is our current circumstances in the present moment, free will is how we respond to our fate, and our destiny is a result of those choices. Our future is an ever-changing potentiality from the present moment, and our past is an ever-changing integration from the present moment. Time converges through healing (the past) and surrender (the future) in the timeless, eternal now.

@bitofwizdomb7266 2 күн бұрын

I’ve always thought like this . Always been fascinated with the intricate interplay of cause and effect down to the smallest atoms, awareness, ripple effect etc. Buddhism philosophy/psychology teaches about this

@amandanorth6526 2 күн бұрын

Beautiful model:elegant and useful. I think we experience "meaning" as a function of how deeply an experience resonates in our brains, how many connections we make to previous experience (conscious and subconscious) and to our current worldview - our expectations, hopes, dreams and fears.

@Zed54xp Күн бұрын

I think we, as humans, just always want to see connections and meanings of things to make ourselves feel better that's why it is often told that everything happens for a reason

@DarkoNomad 2 күн бұрын

I enjoy listening to Brian and perspective of the world that he is exploring

@scribbler60 2 күн бұрын

From the heart of exploding stars come the very elements that are in your teeth, hair, skin, bones, brain. Through Darwinian evolution we humans have emerged. Human curiosity is, in a very real sense, the universe asking questions of itself. No god required. No destiny already determined. No over-riding meaning in random events other than the meaning we arbitrarily give to them. So, right now, my meaning is to have lunch.

@peege9000 17 сағат бұрын

That Back to the Future clip is from Back to the Future Part II (1989), not the first one from 1985.

@SachiJones Күн бұрын

The statement “everything happens for a reason” can be interpreted more than one way. It seems like it's most often interpreted something like, "This unfortunate event occurred but some good will come from it," which seems to be about finding meaning. But I also hear it this way: "This unfortunate event occurred because of these preceding events." I think in this context everything probably does happen for a reason, by which I mean that for every thing there is a reason, a preceding cause, for its occurrence. And every thing in turn will cause an effect.

@sinistral9629 2 күн бұрын

Thank you. This happily confirms my thinking. The thoughtless 'everything happens for a reason' assertion has always irritated me, as has my other bête noir which sometimes precedes it - 'there's no such thing as coincidence'.

@desiree.s Күн бұрын

I was with him until I realized we’re just in the middle of him on his journey of finding purpose and him not tangibly realizing it yet. Please remember, alllll teachers are on their own path and can only teach from their experience as of the moment they’re speaking. He’ll come to different conclusions the further he goes into his journey. I definitely believe in his beginning thoughts though. ✨

@frogery 2 күн бұрын

the best thing i ever did for myself was to stop worrying about these questions. i can only control my own actions and reactions, and whatever happens was meant to happen.

@Penwiggle 2 күн бұрын

Just bought your audiobook. Can’t wait to start listening to it.

$@brokenfractal$

@brokenfractal 2 күн бұрын

Reason is a human construct. Nothing happens for a reason. It just happens.

@wideawake5630 8 сағат бұрын

Haven't watched yet but thanking you for the title. When I lost my home and family in a fire "everything happens for a reason" was beyond offensive, it was assaultive. Some things are by God's design. Some are not. There is such a thing as random tragedy. And, conversely, serendipity. Now I'll watch.

@Rokbraker 2 күн бұрын

Great video - I have thought this way for a long time. We are not given purpose but you can decide how to give your time-limited existence meaning, or not. You do you.

@edgarmorales4476 Күн бұрын

Most people shy away from the suggestion that they alone are responsible for their troubles. It is more difficult for most people to face up to their inadequacies than it is for those who have the inner strength and self-confidence to look at themselves fairly and squarely. Nothing happens by chance! Everything is woven out of the inner threads of our personal consciousness-thoughts, expectations, beliefs in life, fate, "God." We live in a world of our own making! This is why children raised in the same environment turn out differently. Each one has their own individual mindset constructed according to inherent character traits. Most people go through their entire life believing they are unfortunate. They think that other people have been mean, unkind, ugly to them and have made their life thoroughly unhappy. They believe that "other people" quarrel with them and constantly make difficulties, while they are absolutely innocent of any provocation. On the contrary, "other people" are not to blame. It is the personal mindset that is attracting to them their negative conditions.

@rickemmet1104 2 күн бұрын

Hey Brian, do you read Timothy Snyder? Your work reminds me of his (to an extent) and his work overlaps the work of Orwell to a surprisingly large extent. His book, "The Road To Unfreedom" is one example and his essays on the war in Ukraine are another. I like the idea that we are constantly changing the future and what we do matters. This is similar to Snyder's starting place for any inquiry into history; he starts with existentialism. The idea that you don't have a cosmic purpose is something most thinking people grapple with, but you can simply choose a purpose! Teaching students and engaging the public with good ideas is not a bad thing to settle on.

@derrickscott9469 2 күн бұрын

Everything happens for a cause. That's the truth of a causal universe. "Reason", "meaning", "purpose", "free will" etc. are inventions of the mind. We assign value to these concepts because they help our feeble minds make sense of the universe, human behavior and social order in a good enough way for us to function. It's how we cope, which is fine in moderation. What's not fine is our growing extremist/anti-intellectual culture where people seem to reject belief in truth, causality and empathy because they prefer magical malignant bullshit.

@tyranmcgrath6871 2 күн бұрын

Effects are preceded by causes, in a chain spanning the length of known time. The complexity of which may give rise to an illusion of free will.

@derrickscott9469 Күн бұрын

@@tyranmcgrath6871 spot on. The equation is too long and intricate for us to grasp more than a few variables at a time.

@nicole.wacuka 2 күн бұрын

So profound, thank you for sharing this!

@Salma_Sayed11 Күн бұрын

I may oppose to the idea "I am a fluke as in my existence" but I liked the difference between fluke and convergence. Definitely interesting video.

@roel3377 2 күн бұрын

I love these kind of videos, they make me think differently about life

@bluest1524 Күн бұрын

Thanks for putting not in all caps. Regarding the example however, of Kyoto and Hiroshima... you could hardly dream up a more dramatic example of how every tiny thing matters.

@lorenzofrizzera 52 минут бұрын

Recognizing randomness as the ultimate driver of events still requires a trust based on scientific evidence and the capability of our models to describe and predict our reality. It remains a matter of faith since intermediate drivers exhibit emerging order and the universe seems to accumulate information in chaos.

@chocomalk 2 күн бұрын

Technically, as far as we know, chaos derives from the same source everything else does and that is the big bang so if that is correct then it isn't chaos just more effect from the original cause IE hard determinism.

@E4fmL Күн бұрын

Wow klaas you are spot on, thank you for your explanation 🔥

@lavatr8322 2 күн бұрын

I can assure my life is of zero luck and nothing good has happened just by a fluke. In every way I am being tested and nothing comes easily towards me. _i dont even get a parking spot easily_

@crystalstrader9806 2 күн бұрын

Ha! This made me laugh because, I too, have had a difficult life and the only luck I ever seem to have is with parking spots!

@gldnrtrvr 2 күн бұрын

I’ve had to rewind and re-listen to this a few times. Man I need to go back to school. Very interesting and great production.

@aadityabanerjee7878 2 күн бұрын

I disagree. Even if it may seem that some of our actions have no consequences, they may have consequences for others, or they are not visible to us.

@tyranmcgrath6871 2 күн бұрын

Butterfly effect. The smallest shift in trajectory will lead you to an increasingly different life, the further in time you go.

@deeprincess3159 16 сағат бұрын

❤Thanks for sharing awesome

@jakeho4390 18 сағат бұрын

at any given point in time, your present is now your past

@Flyanb Күн бұрын

It only appears chaotic because we don’t have the capacity to model or understand this, but if you did, I think you would see the world through the super deterministic lens. It’s just a matter of perspective. We can model three balls interacting on a pool table very accurately so that it appears deterministic. Why would it be different just because the scale is bigger? I don’t think anything is a fluke? Every quantum interaction no matter how small has a cascading impact, we just can’t see it.

@kingsleylaurent562 2 күн бұрын

This goes over many heads. This is some deep stuff

@annakonda6727 2 күн бұрын

Thank you for saying so! It turns my stomach when I hear ignoramuses bleating "everything happens for a reason"!!

@David-gu8hv 2 күн бұрын

It is just as mistaken to think that you KNOW that everything does NOT happen for a reason as it is to think you KNOW that it does. We can't know either way. Either belief is a faith. Scientists are often inclined to believe that it's not true while religious people are inclined to believe that it is...

@Uncommonsenses Күн бұрын

All things have causes, therefore all things happen for a reason. Where we go wrong is in supposing that all things happen in our favor or all things happen for an eventually apparent moral reason.

@edgarmorales4476 Күн бұрын

@user-py5ky4ym1q 2 күн бұрын

Well, I really didn't understand that much... Any Explanation??

@Cosmosisification 2 күн бұрын

Brian Klaas is one of the best speakers I've ever seen. I mean, I'm not gonna watch this video because I suspect I won't care about whatever he's about to talk about and I'm afraid he's going to jedi mind trick me into caring about something stupid. But I've seen him in other videos and he's a world-class speaker. I'm particularly drawn to his talk about how our political system is built specifically to get people elected who just want power. Very compelling guy.

@DudeMaybeSomeday 2 күн бұрын

He's not trying to jedi mind trick you into anything. He's explaining that life is simply what it is and to put too much meaning behind your existence is just silly. You can still do all the things you're already doing, but the reality is you're just tinkering with your time until death, so make it a wholesome experience. You 'should' already know this. I clicked on this because I was curious about the 'everything doesn't happen for a reason' title. Things may not happen for a reason, but the actions we take can provide reason when things do go right or wrong, and that is subjective for everyone. However, he is correct that nothing happens for a reason, but the reality of actively thinking this doesn't improve quality of life; so meh.

@thomasallison1514 14 сағат бұрын

Clip at 5:33 is actually from Back to the Future II.

@AntoineVideoLibrary Күн бұрын

Great video, but the ad is extremely long.

@davidlee4068 2 күн бұрын

Mention should’ve been made of concepts such as predestination which posited these ideas many centuries earlier.

@crystalstrader9806 2 күн бұрын

Brian Klass does discuss predeterminism in his book. Not easy to distill an entire volume into a 10 minute video. I highly recommend the read!

@Kevin-ew1xz 2 күн бұрын

This was really interesting. Thank you 🤩

@george5464 2 күн бұрын

Everything happening for a reason is just the recognition that it doesn’t happen for any reason we could possibly give. Call it the Tao, God or just the unfolding of nature. It happens because it happens, which in other words means it happens for a reason

@crystalstrader9806 2 күн бұрын

What, bro?

@GamingNXS Күн бұрын

Him: "We ARE somewhere between chaos & order" while explaining Convergence vs Contingency. Me: Jordan Peterson-lookin' ahhh. (P.S> No shade, both are brilliant. Just a joyful little reminder of someone he's likely studied at one point, among so many others that have educated this brilliant man)

@SPIRITWILDCHILD28 Күн бұрын

I have never believed that everything happens for a reason, it just makes no sense. It's more like a religious thing, which also makes no sense. Thank you so much for making this video.

@kariannecrysler640 2 күн бұрын

Very fortunate we have evolved an extraordinary ability to predict & prepare for the flukes! 😉

@elcuranderointerior7542 Күн бұрын

I agree with everything, humans we have a need to explain, find reasons, meanings, explanations, it is embedded in our evolutinary wiring and it takes a lot of humbling to come to accept we are just accidents, as everyhting aournd us is, there is no reason, no script, all chaos, only cherish the present moment.....

@kevinhill1575 2 күн бұрын

Both ways of thinking are valid. The problem is that you can't prove either is true. You can't prove that you're a cosmic accident, neither can you prove that fate is real. All you can do is learn about the nature of reality and come up with your own conclusions. Know one thing - regardless of your conclusions reality is what ultimately decides what's true. Not you.

@tyranmcgrath6871 2 күн бұрын

I like this. We can attempt to get closer to reality. Godspeed to those who try.

@jeronimotamayolopera4834 2 күн бұрын

NOTHING WE DO MATTERS.

@tyranmcgrath6871 2 күн бұрын

It does. Your actions shape the future. Students talk about significant teachers guiding their life's path. If you kill someone, you've taken away a family member, a source of happiness and emotions in general. Every person you interact with is changed because of it. Some moments of your life are more significant in _mattering_ than others, but you matter nonetheless.

@epicitvar27 2 күн бұрын

Reality is very very very subjective brother...u cannot generalise it . U can only experience it.

@abebber2008 2 күн бұрын

Everything does happen for a 'reason'. Whether or not that reason is one that you understand or agree with is the struggle. Who understands the reason for chaos? Not humans

@joannemarkov 2 күн бұрын

Sliding Doors taught me all this decades ago. Kidding - this is a fascinating topic.

@crystalstrader9806 2 күн бұрын

Brian Kyla’s mentions Sliding Doors in his book!

@joannemarkov Күн бұрын

@@crystalstrader9806 That's awesome!

@grimsk 2 күн бұрын

와. 항상 내러티브에 감탄합니다....

@theartistbanda 2 күн бұрын

I once had Idea, same like your sponsor Ground but, I thought of social media rather than a news channel. As lots of the news are consumed today on social media. I assume 60% of the readers don't care about the legitimacy of facts or truth. A social media for such a wide audience, which also helps them to see they are being manipulated is business with a great cause.

@DharcCharmer Күн бұрын

Everything is connected to everything. -Bernard Sanders

@stealmysunshine Күн бұрын

Thank you. I absolutely agree on the meaninglessness of life

@renegroulx7029 2 күн бұрын

that clip from Back to The Future though lol

@Iridescenc3. 2 күн бұрын

Interesting take.. quite contrary to fate

@redmoondesignbeth9119 2 күн бұрын

I am 4th Gen Christian Science Healer but do not go to church. A child's reality is programmed the first 7 years. I observed my grandmother doing healings while still in diapers. I'm 72 now and as I look back over my life I realize EVERYTHING had a purpose. Even to some of the smallest details. I believe it works for me because I've ALWAYS assumed that I was guiding the Energy in my life and my environment aligns with that belief. Looking back I believe we are programmed the first 40 years of our life and then spend the next 40 UNprogramming. Now, if you are haphazard in your thinking, your life will be too.

@Clra2028 2 күн бұрын

Share resonance with a lot of what you have mentioned.

@alphamale950 2 күн бұрын

i cant understand, why your channel dosen't have subscribers in billions??

@TheWoodwife Күн бұрын

Here’s what I’m teaching my kids: there’s no meaning to life except the one you choose to give it, should you even decide to give it one. 6:15

@suleymanpinarli 2 күн бұрын

How do you know it is an accident if you don't understand it?

@Victor-xw3ws 2 күн бұрын

This video is a perfect example of how a mind boggling topic can be turned into 10 mins of boring combination of words. Not sure if the narrator/expert took the right insights

@dustinmatthews387 2 күн бұрын

How would you go about discussing the topic? And perhaps it's just his personal take and thoughts on the subject...

@Victor-xw3ws 2 күн бұрын

@@dustinmatthews387 I wouldn’t take a shot at it. But I think the examples could be so much more impactful.

@stanleymacha3002 2 күн бұрын

Totally agree here … I don’t hear any value in this talk … actually I would say I disagree with the very basics in there

@marius7454 2 күн бұрын

This guy just explained the meaning of life in 10 minutes, amazing

@spidercherry108 Күн бұрын

Not really

@hilaryhiggins4643 6 сағат бұрын

Amen.

@terririmmer4706 13 сағат бұрын

I hate that saying. Kids getting cancer? No reason. War? No reason. Hate crimes? No reason. And I could go on and on.

@shantanu.t 2 күн бұрын

“Devine timing” is a different concept that linear thinkers will not really be able to see, recognize, or truly appreciate… Trying to rationalize that with research will lead to results that sound like word-salad.

@jaughnekow 2 күн бұрын

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

@tyranmcgrath6871 2 күн бұрын

At a basic level. Complexity yields different results. For example, talking to your friend is an action, but what is the reaction?

@matthair8324 2 күн бұрын

It irritates the hell out of me when people fail to consider the ramifications of their actions. It is, indeed, often better to do nothing at all, than to act on brash impulses. Quite recently my sanity and intelligence were both called to question, and hosted to a plethora of solutions that only would remedy an immediate assumption. Short side, the man offering these statements couldn't bring himself to apologize when my theories had proven themselves correct. It would have cost me a thousand dollars to be swayed.

@herbbuckland9223 15 сағат бұрын

The title of this video "Everything does NOT happen for a reason" needs to be contrasted with the title of his book: "1) Chance. 2) Chaos. 3) And Why Everything We Do Matters... If everything we do matters and yet there is no reason, what are we too make of this discordance?

@Yovel-lb5vs 2 күн бұрын

"Bank 37" - i saw it

@gabrielagLeon-um5ub Күн бұрын

My summary: 1.Want to bust your anxiety? you cannot control anything, focus onthe noise and every little thing you do but know that everything is kin of luck, youre gonna face terrible consecuences on every little mistake u make, u never know when a major consecuence is at the door, 2. but there is also kinda of an order so dont worry that much, (but yeah a little mistake can kill you.) 3.The thing about interconection was moving... we are part of a whole and we move together even if we dont think so and also dont think you have a purpose just enjoy the ride, we dont know why we are here but lets make it better, 4. u are a fluke I am a fluke everyone is a fluke, now alltogether... actually like the video hahaha

@GloryDaze73 17 сағат бұрын

@ Big Think . Wtf is that background NOISE effect ??

@MadDragon75 2 күн бұрын

What a coincidence. You're talking about order & chaos and entropy has been running through my mind for over the last few weeks. Chaos and order just happens to be how our universe came into existence ( Big Bang) and Does have a symmetry Just like a room full of pendulums. If you were to able to start them all at the same time , they will fall out of synchronization Yet to fall back into synchronization once again. Welcome to the laws of thermodynamics.

@jocelyndambrosio7794 2 күн бұрын

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

@user-ef4df8xp8p 2 күн бұрын

Right.....But the problem is, human brain has a hard time to understand randomness, or fluke and its influence in life.

@Linkghirahim 2 күн бұрын

"Everything happens for a reason is an untrue saying" then proceeds to tell a story that demonstrates exactly the opposite point. I don't think anything happens for a SPECIFIC reason but every event leads to another possibly "greater" event and a learning that might be of help for said or other events. So in that sense yes, everything happens for a reason.

@holdinmuhl4959 2 күн бұрын

I cannot agree. As each men is unique and everything he does matters in am unknown way, even the little things the more he has to mind the big things where he is or may be involved. Of course he cannot change the big things in the world but he can contribute. If masses of people change their minds then they may change the course of the world. If everybody thinks that it doesn't matter what he does and he may just enjoy life and let the others do then those will succeed who care about their interests. They will lobby them and change your life whether you like it or not.

@soniad1 2 күн бұрын

Finally. Someone clearly announced that your existence is just a coincidence and in the grand scheme of things your life has no meaning.

@jinamatcharia8027 2 күн бұрын

In the video he said even the slight little things, flukes have the greatest profound effect. So maybe your life too

@tedyshor 2 күн бұрын

We are just meere happy coincidences in the universe 😉✌️

@MichelleCarithersAuthor 2 күн бұрын

This need to understand everything without proper context is why we continue to place ourselves in a "spin chamber". We are not "accidents". We have genuine purposes which involves becoming reasonable instead of focusing on the reasons. The ability to understand cause and effect ought to "wake up" the sleeping children on this planet. Follow now backwards and what do you come up with?

@user-je7zd6hg5c Күн бұрын

The notion of a flawless marriage or relationship is a myth. There's no set formula for success; what works for one couple may not work for another. Yet, I've discovered that there's always a way forward, even in the most challenging times. Five years ago, my wife and I encountered significant hurdles in our marriage that nearly led to divorce. Despite the adversity, we managed to weather the storm and emerge from it with our bond renewed and revitalized...

@RichardJ.Harper Күн бұрын

There is a lot of sense in what you just said and I hope mine works the same way too, we are currently separated but I can't live without her, I love her so much. wish I can get her back I can do anything to have her back, we have tried therapy amongst other things

@user-je7zd6hg5c Күн бұрын

It's always difficult to let someone you love go, but in my case I had the help of a spiritual adviser who saved my marriage from collapsing. Her name is monica Erlene mora...

@RichardJ.Harper Күн бұрын

This is helpful, I will look her up online right now...Thanks.

@user-je7zd6hg5c Күн бұрын

You won't regret it

@brickslon 2 күн бұрын

Butterfly Effect I also describe it on my KZfaq channel

@louisea.7736 2 күн бұрын

Yeup! ❤

@61tjackso 2 күн бұрын

A two and a half minute ad on an 11 minute video??? Common!? lol

@jeffreycrowe6669 Күн бұрын

The Kyoto story is disproven.

@jerrymuns 2 күн бұрын

I eat when I’m hungry, explain that!?!?!?

@eddienyambe5046 30 минут бұрын

I like this video, although I disagree that we are an accident. People have a purpose!

@jimbojimbo6873 2 күн бұрын

Everything you are made of is the product of probability of an outcome, we all fit into a probability. I’ve always questioned how free will could exist in such a world

@tyranmcgrath6871 2 күн бұрын

Probability is a fascinating concept to me in that, it alludes to our limit of knowledge of an outcome. Theoretically, if one knew all the variables, one could certainly predict an outcome.

@jimbojimbo6873 Күн бұрын

@@tyranmcgrath6871 exactly, or atleast the probability of each outcome.

@kastenolsen9577 2 күн бұрын

What do you get when you mate a politician and a worm? Nothing, the worm has higher standards!

@Ohmy1028 2 күн бұрын

Everything is the result of flukes or rather an endless string of choices that could have gone one way or another etc...except for my son. When he was born I KNEW that he was in fact a specific and required outcome of all of history... an eventuality that was not optional but fated. I was not religious (still not) but I was certain my reaction was correct. Go figure...