Question the Herd | Brain Games

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We've all heard the expression, "trust your gut." But when you find your gut instinct is different from everyone else's, whose gut will you trust?
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@Sionnach1601 4 жыл бұрын

"If you are a minority of one, the Truth is still the Truth." Dear, Mr. Gandhi

@sarvinozazamova6549 3 жыл бұрын

Ok 👌🐱

@sanskarsingh1802 3 жыл бұрын

Why did Gandhi say everything?

@Sionnach1601 3 жыл бұрын

@@sanskarsingh1802 Did he??

@sanskarsingh1802 3 жыл бұрын

@@Sionnach1601 ??

@kakalimukherjee3297 2 жыл бұрын

Get rekt --- Mahatma Gandhi

@theoverseer393 7 жыл бұрын

lol I thought A but they all chose A so i chose C

@tanmaypalkar9861 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Alexander ROFL

@johnwilson9391 6 жыл бұрын

we have a psychopath, KILL IT

@steffieswift5484 5 жыл бұрын

Same 😂

@audreyd1787 5 жыл бұрын

John Wilson so thinking something different from others means you are a psychopath?

@worldisfilledb 4 жыл бұрын

@@audreyd1787 you completed missed what they meant, you just aren't smart enough to understand the meaning of what he said lol sad cause it's pretty simple

@Razgriz85 4 жыл бұрын

I'd rather be right and alone, than wrong and with a group of idiots.

@1.4142 3 жыл бұрын

@LamaDeluxe stereotypes much?

@KydLives 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@elijahatlas5203 2 жыл бұрын

Instablaster

@Quetzalcoatlus_Lawson 2 жыл бұрын

That's what everyone thinks they are, purely rational. You'd probably also go with the group if you were in this experiment.

@Bruh8971 2 жыл бұрын

Lol keep thinking like that until you are wrong and the ONLY ONE wrong ALONE. You’d look more stupid than to be wrong with the group.

@ashlimathis3148 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a teacher and I think this is perfect to show to my kids while we're reading Orwell's 1984.

@veronicaflamenco 2 жыл бұрын

I want you to be my kids' teacher!

@BabbleOn777 Жыл бұрын

My teacher had us read 1984 in 1984 when I was 12...moved onto Brave New World on my own. What a time to be alive.

@lilyyy778 Жыл бұрын

Tank God I read that book when I was in high school. I still think about it nearly every week.

@Jakkaribik1 9 ай бұрын

Also show it In class but hide that this is illegal because the State doesnt want more people to know about this so you would be most likely get in trouble

@sappy.3xe 5 жыл бұрын

My English teacher conducted the same experiment, although a bit altered. Most students didn’t conform, which was interesting. Mob mentality is truly intriguing.

@saadhafejee1742 4 жыл бұрын

May have felt less awkward with ppl u already knw.

@imamassalieh3536 5 жыл бұрын

I love this experiment.. it shows how much you have an independent thinking.

@SveenxHD 4 жыл бұрын

herd mentality.. most people are like that. the absence of individual thinking makes them dependent on instincts for survival like animals. most people would also disagree with me, but its just the sheep trying to survive

@DMRCapitalHill Жыл бұрын

@@SveenxHD FACTS! SHEEP, NPCs, HYLICS, SOMATICS, I refuse to be a sheep!

@srisiri3611 6 жыл бұрын

I thought the answer is C

@evacuationdurgence768 5 жыл бұрын

People who are not confident choose like the group

@6infinity8 3 жыл бұрын

Weak-minded people indeed

@TKNovak 6 жыл бұрын

Peer pressure, the root of all evil.

@RedPlaystationController 4 жыл бұрын

Disgusting evil normie sheep.

@androukos6441 4 жыл бұрын

The root of all evil is money and the absolute evil is men and women.

@Livin4Jesus00 4 жыл бұрын

@@androukos6441 the love of money

@doxyshiva 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@juliusgabrielgatmaitan2335 4 жыл бұрын

The root of evil is oil fuel.

@adisuyash 4 жыл бұрын

I am a lonewolf believe me things are complete different with me if everyone chooses the same thing no matter if it's wrong or right.. I will always choose the different one...

@abshir4133 Жыл бұрын

That means most of the time you will be right. And that is how I think also.

@yusuf-5531 6 жыл бұрын

Oops. I thought it was B.

@mariec8619 6 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@slimealive2553 5 жыл бұрын

Yusuf Ali I thought the answer was c

@YoUtUbEhAnDlEsArEgReAt 4 жыл бұрын

Same, it's because they never showed them in the same shot. They had a quick shot of the first line, then another quick pan over to the other set of lines. People experiencing it first hand would have seen it much more clearly. I'm guessing they couldn't fit both in the same shot without it looking terrible, especially with all the distractions in the background.

@worldisfilledb 4 жыл бұрын

You really thought it was B? Oh my God that's so sad truly

@ericaross7977 4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@BloodTar 5 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else get the uneasy feeling that at the end of the video he was encouraging us to stay with the herd? Weird.

@theun6073 3 жыл бұрын

Its government propaganda they want us to follow the rules.

@ardeshiraqayi9976 3 жыл бұрын

No, this video just wants us to understand that we are a species of animals, too, and the only difference between us and other animals is the complexity and trainability of our brain.

@sandra6790 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think it was meant that way, he was explaining why we follow the group even though they are wrong, it’s because WE think that ”if we want to be safe, stay with the herd” ,

@Raybets 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah wrong moral message lol. Never trade your critical thinking for social conformity.

@Roger-dv5vo 2 жыл бұрын

yep, i was like lol?

@ssj4vrn Жыл бұрын

The real experiment is when there is a high stakes scenario. A game won't uncover/amplify that behaviour as much as when you are dealing with a situation where stakes are high eg your survival, lot of money is at stake, safety of you or someone you love etc. It would also be interesting to study this phenomenon with respect to age, gender, nationality, education.

@Raybets 3 жыл бұрын

Never trade your critical thinking for social conformity!

@Trex10100 Жыл бұрын

Look how well trading it in for social conformity working for us now

@Raybets 3 жыл бұрын

It's dangerous to blindly follow any rule, trend, custom and tradition folks! Don't be afraid to think critically even if you stand alone :)

@ActivistVictor 2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly why I wouldn’t get involved with organized religion even if I were religious. The pressure to just ‘accept the writings’ even when they don’t make sense (eg, promoting killing) is creepy to me.

@Raybets 2 жыл бұрын

@@ActivistVictor Right on.

@theintrepid7583 5 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a trick and they were all the same length.😂

@aaronmuller6050 4 жыл бұрын

You have a problem

@HudaefCares 4 жыл бұрын

Same. But I thought it was none of them. Didn't get a good look at the choices lol

@lonew872 3 жыл бұрын

@sandra6790 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was B 💀

@solesearched 9 жыл бұрын

One of very few things I miss most about living in CT was being able to hop the train to NY and spending the day at the USS Intrepid. If your ever traveling to NY, definitely put the Intrepid on your itinerary!

@orated762 2 жыл бұрын

Politics today explained in 3min. Great video, needs more traction in 2020-2021.

@drstein6937 2 жыл бұрын

Bullseye 🎯

@Peace-fm1ei 3 жыл бұрын

I'm that type of person who chose what feels right. not because I'm confident, but because I don't care about people that much. I don't have many friends for the same reason

@everythingbelongstoallah71 3 жыл бұрын

At least you know that you are not a sheep.

@Anuanu-uc5bq 3 жыл бұрын

"If you wanna stay safe, stay with the herd" not always 😡. Time n place matters.

@sauroman1 3 жыл бұрын

Lets say EMP catastrophe happens and many will die of hunger and violence. But hardened outcast survivalists will be ready and have greater survival chances.

@ardeshiraqayi9976 3 жыл бұрын

No, that was a quote from our evolutionary brain, not our today brains !

@sauroman1 3 жыл бұрын

@@ardeshiraqayi9976 Humans are still dumb. Ancient people might have been smarter for example in ancient Athens

@ardeshiraqayi9976 3 жыл бұрын

@@sauroman1 😐😐😐

@osamaqtaitat 2 жыл бұрын

The warmth of herd, enslavement and yarn

@alkarawat2916 4 жыл бұрын

Yes my answer was c And my parents told me to be with ur own decision and be under peer pressure😉😉

@miriamsanchez3650 4 жыл бұрын

Alka Rawat that makes no sense

@Be1smaht 6 жыл бұрын

You notice how the C people are all alphas. A C person is special and will be outstanding in a a good or bad way.

@Sionnach1601 4 жыл бұрын

You're partly right. But Alphas can tend to go with the group if it suits their agenda, then rouse those next to them to ridicule the sore thumb, standing out in his or her own. I am not an alpha, but I have constantly been at odds with most group thinking, but been proven right afterwards. Being honest, it still doesn't get any easier being the sore thumb, BUT I cannot ignore my conscience nor disrespect the mechanism within me that is designed to recognise the Truth. As Mr. Gandhi said: "If you are a minority of one, the Truth is still the Truth."

@aquilliusranger2137 7 ай бұрын

And the people who chose B just because it’s the longest is gigachad material. 😎

@eaholland9146 3 жыл бұрын

"If you want to stay safe, stay with the herd." Huh. The buffalo herd that ran off a cliff might beg to differ. (This was called the "Buffalo Jump" and how Native Americans hunted and killed buffaloes, knowing the buffalo would follow the crowd). The crowd is definitely not always right, as this video also shows. Weird quote to close the video with.

@skeletorgames8641 3 жыл бұрын

And then there are lemmings. Where the herd literally frequently runs off cliffs to the death.

@ardeshiraqayi9976 3 жыл бұрын

No, that was a quote from our evolutionary brain, not our today brains ! this video just wants us to understand that we are a species of animals, too, and the only difference between us and other animals is the complexity and trainability of our brain.

@rawman44 2 жыл бұрын

@@ardeshiraqayi9976 no, the quote was definitely from the video, I heard it

@biblereadinginmalayalam3887 4 жыл бұрын

I chose C by comparing the length of the lines with the board.

@DefeatLust 5 жыл бұрын

Very well said at the end. If you wana stay safe, stay with the rest of the average. If you want to be king, stand out.

@princessnylleberan4093 4 жыл бұрын

I got C correct!

@skeletorgames8641 3 жыл бұрын

Stay with the herd to stay safe? Someone never heard of Lemmings before.

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@yourdedcat-qr7ln 3 жыл бұрын

Peer pressure is more important than provable facts to people.

@unarei 6 жыл бұрын

it looked like C but that's probably because I have the advantage of seeing it on a screen edit: since everyone was choosing A and this is a brain games episode it's obviously not A

@SOTE_RoH 5 жыл бұрын

I was like "It is C, cmon! It totaly matches!"

@xFENRIRLOKISSONx 5 жыл бұрын

"Katy wore amry pants and flip flops,so I wore army pants and flip flops"

@lisaelizabeth1710 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@aprilsuxxx 4 жыл бұрын

😂🤣🤣

@sharmaineced2710 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful brain games😄

@aristos247 4 жыл бұрын

You have to put your EGO down to go with your own opinion no matter what others believe..☺

@elliottatlas 2 жыл бұрын

This is why we are in this nonsensical mess in 2021

@swagatasaikia376 5 жыл бұрын

Is not it same to Asch conformity experiment?

@27forlife 2 жыл бұрын

This exists in every society in the world.

@raznamajeed7224 6 жыл бұрын

I chose a first then c

@callen9623 4 жыл бұрын

Same. I feel like it is a camera trick

@TheCrystalGlow 2 жыл бұрын

I immediately knew it was C. Depth perception is important, and it’s also important to know that it’s wrong.

@DustyLambert 6 жыл бұрын

Where can I find sources for the studies that these are based on?

@dedoyconlachancla2057 4 жыл бұрын

Asch expirement

@lilthunder9623 3 жыл бұрын

THEY ARE ALL MILLENNIALS of course they have a herd mentality 😂😂

@StockholmLife08 4 жыл бұрын

The effects of social media and leaving logic

@tominkurisunkal886 6 жыл бұрын

Can u show both in the same frame?

@ChronicleBlaster 2 жыл бұрын

I ALWAYS GO WITH THE GUT!! then I feel pride in choosing a different answer.... sucess

@vaibhav2k13 5 жыл бұрын

I knew it was C and also figured out the first few people were actors.

@SoMooLand1nine7 5 жыл бұрын

I've been choosing the letter C the first time he's Instructing the pollers. So yeah! Thanks

@deepanshugarg1497 3 жыл бұрын

ooooo my good such a fabulous experiment

@theun6073 3 жыл бұрын

Pov: You are here for Online School.

@idontknow9542 3 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo just now using this video

@raztox3050 3 жыл бұрын

just now using the video too

@bethzynicolas7895 8 жыл бұрын

yessss I got it right

@emman100 6 жыл бұрын

At the end, were they encouraging us to go along with the herd?

@jonaya9202 5 жыл бұрын

Quantum Emman right?

@BloodTar 5 жыл бұрын

Kinda sounded that way.

@jhontargeryian7588 4 жыл бұрын

even they did not encouraged us, we choose to stay with the herd in most cases 🤷🏻‍♂️

@koalapaint 5 жыл бұрын

I went to the Intrepid once

@impishshrimp2999 7 жыл бұрын

i got it right!!!

@swaritk5875 6 жыл бұрын

I choose c and got it correct

@charliekim8571 Жыл бұрын

2:01 guy is definitely a Entp

@azazel5701 Жыл бұрын

"You wanna stay safe, stay with the herd" Yeah if the heard is a herd of sheep

@kirtpurdy3796 17 күн бұрын

In a group of strangers, people will conform more quickly than in a group of people who know each other, i.e., a classroom. It is interesting, though, that we may set aside "truth" for "acceptance" and "comfort".

@Minjeyo_ 5 жыл бұрын

Got it right!

@vanadriany4793 2 жыл бұрын

Twelve Angry Men is the perfect film for this phenomenon.

@SveenxHD 4 жыл бұрын

"agreeing with the herd gives advantages for survival".. yeah well i guess that's how life works for the average human. i mean, how would they survive in this dangerous world if they didnt pick the same stick on a tv show? thank god for instincts.

@guyfierimtwi 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, because you shouldnt follow 50 people runming out of a building because of an emergency

@spectrumboy6103 8 ай бұрын

i chose c first, then b.. like my teacher said.. "usually the answer you choose first is the correct one" i have had this show true so many times

@kirtirajlahiry8135 4 жыл бұрын

This is a philosophical issue that has been brought up. Great experiment.

@jerbearnone2012 3 жыл бұрын

So the Asch Conformity experiment?

@NnannaOko 5 жыл бұрын

I went with my gut, I chose C

@FazeAlG 3 жыл бұрын

whats the difference between this and the jury decision then?

@HomebrandFishfood 5 жыл бұрын

I chose c

@purpleocean8627 3 жыл бұрын

I definitely choosed C 🤩

@justanothertroll9205 6 жыл бұрын

main purpose in my life is to be me. i have the car nobody aproves, i live my life in my own benefit and do what i like not what they do

@romanzapata7613 4 жыл бұрын

Normative social influence breh

@S2I2 4 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who would actually choose C?

@Uatemydoodle Жыл бұрын

My first guess was C. When they all chose A, I knew the lot were paid actors.

@thisisawesomeeeeeeee 9 жыл бұрын

Cool

@wilecatrexy 4 жыл бұрын

Unless everyone is herded to the slaughterhouse.

@TheRealTonyBoi Жыл бұрын

Plese tell me what is this season and episode??

@booksforeveryone8728 2 жыл бұрын

Black guy : I wanted to stand out so I choosed what everyone choosed .

@JaazdeJazz 4 жыл бұрын

How about you mention this is the Asch conformity experiment, since it is IDENTICAL to the one put in place by Solomon Asch? And how about you don't suggest we stick to the crowd, seconds after you've shown how deceitful it can be.

@BabbleOn777 Жыл бұрын

" baaaa aaah aaaaah!" Sheep say what?

@tymeadows5729 4 жыл бұрын

How did I pick B? How?

@tanishamittal1733 5 жыл бұрын

I always thought it was C I stuck with it

@iluvmusicqwe 2 жыл бұрын

If it was some countries like Australia, New Zealand and Ireland they would boo the person who chose C. Tall poppy syndrome.

@devvratsharma6045 4 жыл бұрын

It was a conspicuous C...

@MinhNguyen-wz2wn 2 жыл бұрын

I notice that people who choose C look like someone with a higher status. May be their strong mindset has lead them far in life. Just my feeling, I don't discriminate anyone here lol

@clara-wz9uz 5 жыл бұрын

I chose C

@crazybeings5383 5 жыл бұрын

I chose A .....yeah

@theseeker5799 5 жыл бұрын

Everyone chose A, you also chose A. If everyone chose to drink poison, you also chose to drink poison.

@michaelnguyen8413 5 жыл бұрын

i picked c and ik it was

@Garettbugda Жыл бұрын

The only thing I didn't like about this video is the last comment, "if you want to stay safe, stay with herd". This is true if the herd is correct. If the herd is running off a cliff, then there is no safety. I may be reading into this a bit. I think the first part was extremely powerful. I think the end of the video sets the wrong message.

@cloroxboi4870 5 жыл бұрын

Peer pressure

@WontonSoap 5 жыл бұрын

What a shame, I thought the first line was higher to make it look like C but it was actually A....

@Shiva-bi9in 4 жыл бұрын

I chose A before any of em even began am I really an idiot oh no help I--

@Jessica.000 6 жыл бұрын

At first I thought it was A, but then I thought it was C.

@chang_am 5 жыл бұрын

Lol I chose c and stuck with it till the end I was correct lol any c army?

@DanZhukovin 4 жыл бұрын

It's shocking how dumb each of those people were. Some of them acted like just picking the obviously accurate answer would have been a death sentence, or something.