Does Your Mind Create The Universe? | Answers With Joe

“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Heres Tom with the Weather.” ― Bill Hicks

Hey Joe, thanks for allowing me to create this video by watching it!

I like how you stick to scientific principles without completely dismissing out of the box ideas out of respect for life's many wonders... <3

I've often thought about the idea my mind creates reality as it is able to be processed (observed). Didn't know there was a whole "-ism" attached to that idea...very interesting. And honestly...seems to be un-provable. I like when things can likely never be proven. Keeps us grounded knowing there are forces at work far beyond the human scope.

"I've never been on a pirate ship" is exactly what a former pirate would say! Also, Zeno finally vindicated!

My mind cannot create a schedule, let alone a universe .

this channel is seriously underrated I love his puns and his videos so informational with making me feel like I forgot it all and about to fail the exam the next day lol. but yes love your channel and the video editor great job :)

Biocentrism: justifying the idea of an afterlife without gods, or: how i learned to stop worrying and love my mind.

I feel cheated. Should've never learned object permanence as a toddler

"The universe is fine tuned for life"? Read Douglas Adams' description of the puddle waking up and finding itself in a perfect hole. :)

14:59 My favorite part of the video, keep the content and knowledge bombs coming my friend!

Psychedelics make me feel this is so, strongly. I've often felt like I created what I was observing. Which, looking back, was just a product of my observation 🤔 This is quite the rabbithole.

The double slit experiment: exists Scientists: you could make a religion out of this.

A basic concept in Tibetan Buddhism. "We are what we think. All that we are arises in our thoughts, and with our thoughts we make the world." (Dhammapada)

I've never been able to shake the idea of solipsism from my mind. When I was around 13-15, I remember sitting around and thinking that everything I see and experience is just a mix of signals my brain is sending in order to make existence easier to comprehend and survive in. That outside of my own thoughts, there's no way I could ever fully trust anything, including even this body I've had to lug around since birth. When I was a little older and found out that not only had people thought about this before, it's more or less a popular thought and has even been named, "solipsism". I didn't know how to pronounce it for years (lol) but I was so stunned and it has never left me to this day. It's almost like a thought poison tbh lol

Thank you for helping remind me to always keep an open mind. Its easier said than done to really think about things that we might not agree with

This channel should be called "existential crisis Mondays" (please don't stop making these science and philosophical videos)

Yes, i'm creating the universe and i like red. Proof? My bank account.

I've been pretty skeptical all my life but simultaneously in the "I WANT TO BELIEVE" pool when it comes to the supernatural and this kind of thing really lets my imagination fly! Whenever there's a haunting the entities end goal appears to be isolation by keeping people out but we could also interpret that as avoiding observation. Supposing these kinds of things exist, maybe just by being present and by extension observing we destabilize what/where they are or whatever condition allows them to exist in the first place. This sort of threat on their existence would certainly provoke the kind of behavior we're used to hearing in stories. If we really wanted to amp this up we can bring the simulation in and wonder if these things live in memory but start bugging out once loaded in by observation. As for the main topic, I've always played with the idea that consciousness had an impact on reality but has been diluted over time by our growing population basically rendering this impact inert. Maybe Gods or fantastic creatures really did once exist when the population was small and less aware but beliefs more localized/concentrated. We are much more aware now, even when a concentration of people believe the same thing we are still highly connected and aware of a wide variety of others beliefs thus reality settled into a neutral state as our understandings combined and canceled each other out.

Great episode. Glad I found your channel!