Posts by Verytasium

Look around you. Everything you see right now feels real, solid, and true. But what if I told you that you’ve never actually seen the world as it is? The…

If you think math is just something you left behind in school, think again. Every single day, you’re swimming in mathematics—even when you’re doing something as simple as brewing coffee,…

Have you ever vividly remembered something that never actually happened? Maybe you swear you bit into an apple only to find it was a pear. That isn’t imagination—it’s a phenomenon…