Rives: The 4 a.m. mystery

http://www.ted.com Poet Rives does 8 minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences surrounding that most surreal of hours, 4 o'clock in the morning.

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[Natalia G]

george watsky sent me :)

[caitlyngnomes]

It's almost 4am monday in my room again.

[SweetSinFZ]

Most suicides are commited around that time aswell

[Jacob Dickens]

I'm not saying it was aliens...but it was aliens

[jazbone]

Listening to a song right now called 4 a.m. by Poison Idea and it reminded me of this great speech!

[Gary Smith]

It's simple. Four rhymes with the first syllable of morning. If any other number fit better, that'd be the topic of discussion

[bluewhale18]

I think onion news based their spoof on this

[mrmelanson34]

what did i just watch?

[TheDiscoMole]

The reason 4 am is such a controversial time is cause on an emotional level adults doing work and procrastinating recreationally find the hour from 4 to 5 to be the turning point where one day changes into the next. Even though we can rationally tell that midnight is the time shift to the next day, on an emotional level we feel that the new day has approached as we start approaching the morning light at around 5 to 6 which infers that 4 am tends to be the real end of a day to us.

[Evan Newman]

And yet another piece of the puzzle: Stu makes chocolate pudding at 4 in the morning...