yego.me
💡 Stop wasting time. Read Youtube instead of watch. Download Chrome Extension

Neil and Katy Discuss Fingerprints and Individuality | StarTalk


2m read
·Nov 11, 2024

Why are there seven million people? And why do each one of us have our own fingerprint? Even twins have different fingerprints, who are otherwise genetically identical. Why would you rather we were all the same? No, I'm not. Why is that more odd to you than the fact that we all have different personalities? We have different talents.

But personalities can be based on what you learn, environment—not sure—and not just nature, right? So I thought about that the other day, and it like kind of made me spin. It's just like we all have different fingerprints. Okay, I get it. Grand design. Well, so it's an intriguing fact.

But here's something that may relate: most people who could be born will never be born. Will never even exist. So the fact that sperm—okay, yeah, sure, yeah, yeah—one gets 98, science the rest don't. So where do they go? Yeah, they're part of the number of human beings that will never ever be born.

So the fuel—because there's not enough souls. That would be something! If you ran out of souls, what would a soulless person look like? Do you believe you have a soul? I don't know what a soul is. I know there's—what? Here's something that freaks me out.

Every day, every morning, I wake up, and I say, "How is it that every morning I wake up as me and not as someone else?" Oh yeah, yeah. This is weird—being me! What is it like being you, right? What's something it's like? Why am I me every day? Wow. How does that happen?

We have these electro-chemicals in our head, and somehow that's me. And on me every day, as far as I know, as far as now. I wonder if I woke up as a different person each day—would I know it?

More Articles

View All
Worked example: using the mass number equation | High school chemistry | Khan Academy
Hi everyone. In this video, we’re going to practice using the mass number equation. This equation represents the fact that the mass number of an atom is equal to its number of protons plus its number of neutrons. Let’s use the mass number equation to ans…
Khan Academy Best Practices for High School
Hey everyone, this is Jeremy with Khan Academy. Um, thanks so much for joining us on this Friday afternoon or Friday morning, depending on where you’re calling from. Wherever you’re calling in from, you’re in for a special treat today because we have Matt…
Amazon River Monster Project - Smarter Every Day 147
Hey, it’s me Destin. Welcome back to Smarter Every Day. Every December it’s a tradition for me to make a video down here in Peru about an orphanage project I’ve been working on. Specifically, it’s with Not Forgotten, and I make the video every December be…
How to Drive with One Arm (AND NO LEGS) - Smarter Every Day 158
Hey, it’s me, Destin. Welcome back to Smarter Every Day! I just learned a lot about a really cool gym here in Dallas. More about that later, but for now I’m going to get a ride from Kenny, right? Oh yeah! And what’s magical about you riding me somewhere? …
Warren Buffett: The SIMPLE way to generate a 30% return per year
Warren Buffett is universally regarded as the greatest ambassador of all time. In fact, he started his professional investing career at just 25 years old when he formed his investment fund. He put just $100 into that investment fund and has parlayed that …
Foundations of American Democracy - Course Trailer
Welcome to Foundations of American Democracy. This is where it all begins. You might think it’s just about the United States, but here we’re going to go much deeper and much further back than that. We’re going to go to the original ideas, dive into philos…