It often takes a tragedy to make us realize how small and powerless we are on this planet. For Derek Muller, this "tragedy" was Chernobyl, or a visit to this ghost town in Ukraine, which prompted him to take humanity's biggest delusion as a "punching bag". An interesting record has been created that will change your life forever.
Derek Muller from Veritasium in his paper on humanity's greatest delusion - which he was prompted to think about by his visit to Chernobyl - he said that the most difficult thing for him was not the realization that God does not exist, but the realization of his own transience.
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"When I was younger and something went wrong, I came to terms with the fact that it would get better someday, in another life, be it the afterlife, reincarnation, whatever. It was difficult to let go of this illusion, but it forced me to start dealing with the problems in my life, so that if something was wrong, I changed something, if not, I would waste the time I had left." A contribution that will make you think honestly!
