Alan Watts "the Earth is People-ing" Animation

[minimonkey252]

My girlfriend and i were messing around and i peopled all over the place

[retrospex]

bravo seth

[dragonhaertt]

why is the moon orbiting the sun?

[10Kernel01]

I want YouTube to know that I'm a scientist and I approve of this video.

[quark4567]

music at the end is pretty raicist

[niriop]

It sort of tracks into Neil deGrasse Tyson's statement that "I know that my body is traceble to phenomenon in the cosmos"; we don't seek to travese the universe, we are *part* of the universe, we are *of* the universe.

[RikThunder33]

I like that animation ^_^

[HateTheNewLayout]

I think those aliens that visited played a bit of Johnny 'People' Seed

[elchafa]

"Also, apple is not a verb, people is not a verb, there was never any apple-ing or people-ing." wow what a square

[DeathStrawberry15]

@elchafa Did you just call someone a 'square'? What is this, the 70's?

[1oolabob]

@elchafa Watts was a genius of sorts because he gave us ways to think about things differently. He created some new ways to use language to help us have new tools to use for new thoughts. This is something geniuses do. Anyway, language doesn't come from any Central Bureau of Proper Word Usage. Language comes from those of us who use it. We make it to express our thoughts.

[TheMo0]

Alan, apples are winter fruit. tsk



[PurposeOnEarth]

"But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything."

— Alan Watts

[samtifify]

All beings have soul...

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[TheAppleSnapple]

We grow out of this world indeed! I love this video it never gets old I think its funny it was an assignment to watch this

[TheAppleSnapple]

Just a bunch of rocks

[ARURTOREYES]

Where did the life on the meteorites come from then?

[SethsPockets]

@ARURTOREYES Exactly, but it's still not necessary to think about all this literally. I'd say from Watts' perspective, it doesn't really matter. Mythologizing is just a way of understanding experience.

[lancethrustworthy]

I like his idea about putting each and every bible away for a century or two.

[sethystephens]

i love this video:)

[whonotmeyou]

i had no idea those animations were actually done by trey and matt. new found respect.

[itsagass]

The problem is that this belies what we now know (as of recent discoveries.) Life did in fact come here from somewhere else. It wasn't in the rocks. We know this, because it's been found in meteorites, and the odds are infinitely against the possibility of separate identical evolutions. Also, apple is not a verb, people is not a verb, there was never any apple-ing or people-ing. ("Being populated," from the latin, is accurate.)

[SethsPockets]

@itsagass I think perhaps Alan Watts is not for you. That is just the type of literal thinking that Watts is countering in many of his lectures and writings. I'm going to take a wild leap here and guess that you are not an artist? 

[matthew88ify]

@SethsPockets dude thats not being literal thats just being dense, mate pull your head out your arse and lisen to what he is saying

[matthew88ify]

@SethsPockets dude thats not being literal thats just being dense, mate (itsagas) pull your head out your arse and lisen to what he is saying

[mazza558]

@itsagass Alan's line of thinking can apply to meteorites too. He's saying, one way or another, that we 'come out of' the world, and that can mean 'out of a meteorite' - either way, we 'come out of' our surroundings rather than being placed, separately, 'into' the world.

[ytonaona]

exactly

[jimboyoyo]

@itsagass If you listened to AW's lectures you would understand why he deliberately uses these words "apple-ing" and "people-ing" which he knows are not fromal verbs and why he has made them so, and he explains this in detail, which can be heard in "Out of Your Mind-- Essential Listening from the Alan Watts Audio Archives" which are 12 CD's I got through the library and have been listening to in my car.

[nonconservative]

@itsagass even if the earthing isn't "peopling" the galaxy still would be.

[webgrunt]

@itsagass:

There is a finger pointing at the moon, and you're studying the finger rather than looking at the moon.

[Npowell01]

@itsagass

You seem to care so much about definition and objectivity, that you've lost your grasp on things like intuitive communication, metaphors, and perhaps even... fun.

[itsagass]

@Npowell01 Objectivity is key to science. Science is key to human advancement.

[Npowell01]

@itsagass

Yes, you're absolutely right. But let's be realistic, advancement exists for the sake of creating more leisure time for people. And I wasn't disagreeing with objectivity or science, I was merely stating that dedicating 100% of your brainpower to it makes you nothing more than an machine for breeding order out of chaos.

Also, I was pointing out that your nitpickiness regarding Watts' choice of words means that you missed his point. Why must everyone be obliged to speak a certain way?

[SrDisorden]

@itsagass objectivity is subjective. Science, math, logic, religion, these are systems used to understand the universe. We shouldn't mistake the systems FOR the universe. Also, what is this advancement for? What is the peak? Is there a peak? Perhaps instead of constantly striving for the maximum we should strive for the minimum.

[rodrigojoseunb]

@SrDisorden Hell yeah.

[guitarszzz]

@itsagass lol, at a pathetic attempt to show rigid, unenlightened intelligence, you have made me laugh. congrats

[CystVonCysor]

@itsagass That's a very literal way of thinking about it. The bigger picture - at least one of them - is that we should take nothing for granted; question basic knowledge and challenge accepted social, historical and scientific facts.

[darkzealot89]

@itsagass I'm going to take a wild guess: you are 110% retarded

[FlurrSegosia]

@itsagass .... You just like things to be prickly. you know the words but not the music. you just rattle...

[Rainpebble45]

@itsagass

yeah...you have to watch the prickles and goo video next...you're all prickles.

[StevenErnest]

@itsagass No, we do not know for sure that life came here from elsewhere. The signs of life in meteorites is not accepted by many scientists.

"...apple is not a verb, people is not a verb..." Dude, he is being playful, poetic, having fun. Lighten up. ^_^

[pievapirate]

@itsagass Meteorites are rocks...

[itsagass]

@pievapirate ORLY? Reread. Understand. Reply to the actual comment.

[SelectedHandfull]

.......no shit.

[Greg763]

Wonderful. After all these years I've heard his talks, great to see fun animation of it.

[wind0wninja]

ROFLMAO!!! Oh this explains so much!

[Hilallamaa]

Love these animations to those wise words.

[thecharredremain]

Check out his other video, Music and Life - so amazing.

[mrnewball]

Thanks for sharing :O) He's an inspiration to many people.

[claudelebel55]

this is so good

[justbeformlessly]

great video!! :D

[aaron343432]

trey parker and matt stone produced that?

[SethsPockets]

who knew they were into Alan Watts?

[droptheworld]

@SethsPockets Have you seen South Park?

[maddtappin]

@SethsPockets I know...I've always loved Alan Watts & South Park seperatly but now I'm happily proud to know my fav philosopher and cartoon share the same ideals

[tobo86]

@SethsPockets I bet it was Matt. In their interviews he talks mostly goo but now and then you can spot prickles. He seeks understanding