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The Hole In Your Brain That Makes You Doomscroll

Why can't you leave a sealed envelope unopened?

Professor Hannah Fry begins by refusing to allow Michael Stevens to open a mystery envelope addressed to him.

A small act of torture that turns out t

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18:00 "Number one is really mindblowing" and then you learn it was wasn't mindblowing and you'll never click those videos again.
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i like to call the hole in your brain a transparent doorway. each attempt is a paintball thrown at it, if you just get it right immediately you don't know the edges of the doorway. but if you get some wrong you have a better understanding of the whole scene.
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0:13 Michael was SO intrigued his mind wanted to say "actually no ;)", so that he could get closer to knowing! That first reaction is such an example of this video's topic hahaha
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14:55 I love the intentionally janky animations, you can tell they're human made and they add character
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I had a lack of passion and drive lately, after watching this video i think i can fuel it starting from curiosity
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for ages i've been saying that curiosity is driven by caring about knowing things, and now i find out it comes from that word
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14:57 as an animator i really commend the extra effort into making these! Amazing work and i can imagine it takes alot of time
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only hannah would say the words "gorgeous study" 😭💖 i love things she's saying
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@CapriUni From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 50
11:00 (English Lit. Major, here) Actually, the "Care" in this case, is worry or stress (as in the phrase: I haven't a care in the world). The original line, written by Ben Jonson, and put into the speech of a fishmonger (someone who would have ample opportunity to observe cats) was: "Helter-skelter. Hang sorrow, care'll kill a cat. Up tails all. And a louse for the hangman" ' Course, if you care about someone, you're apt to worry about them
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@elmerp From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 41
9:10 I love that Michael is taking notes. Never too smart to take notes.
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5:50 the fact that our revolutionary trait is quite literally “fuck around and find out” is crazy
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@ArimoDave From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 20
I'm only 4:50 in and am reminded of a job interview (early in my adult life) where I was asked to go into the boss' office and wait for him. On the desk facing me was a "box" that said "Open only in case of fire". Upon opening the "box" the lower face of the hinged lid there was this "Not now. Only in case of fire". I completely fell for the trap.
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@hexasquid From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 115
Curiosity is called "Neugierde" in German, literally translating to "New-greed", which I was always confused about cause it sounds so negative even though it's usually used positively. But considering it was treated as a sin for centuries, now that makes total sense!!
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@iamndodd From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 93
I watched this out of curiosity...
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@Oriryssa From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 205
"YOU WILL NEVER GUESS THE REAL NAME OF THE SEVENTH DWARF (THE PAST THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW)"
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@swampsy From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 148
Man being electrocuted by a pen 3:23 is the best animation produced for this series so far!
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I love the irony of curiosity being suppressed by a group called "The Inquisition"
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@Naganix From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 537
This Youtube nottification made me go off doomscroll session
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i love that hannah is so passionate about these things and the process of explaining it. it doesn't narrow down to the topic she's talking about, it's almost like she's also demonstrating how being passionate about something can make you shine at your full capacity
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@aL3891_ From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 377
"Curiosity" being related to "care" is really cool, because you care about something all of a sudden. It's like induced caring..