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The Most Unknown

This experiment is a first pass to see, can they use any of the social abilities they have...

This experiment is a first pass to see, can they use any of the social abilities they have to deceive us?

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This experiment is a first pass to see,
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can they use any of the social abilities they have
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to deceive us?
Duration
8 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:23:02
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
VICE Media

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Movie Summary

The Most Unknown is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. How did life begin? What is time? What is consciousnes
Are they sensitive to this simple thing - The Most Unknown 00:05
Are they sensitive to this simple thing
Take one step towards them, like this. - The Most Unknown 00:04
Take one step towards them, like this.
Then now, hold your platform horizontal, like this - The Most Unknown 00:06
Then now, hold your platform horizontal, like this
Then place the grape down onto the shish kebab. - The Most Unknown 00:04
Then place the grape down onto the shish kebab.
We could try again but let's do it from slightly further back - The Most Unknown 00:05
We could try again but let's do it from slightly...
I'm trying to just stare off into the distance - The Most Unknown 00:06
I'm trying to just stare off into the distance
What's fascinating here, is we just tried this experiment - The Most Unknown 00:06
What's fascinating here, is we just tried this...
Typically, when we run these studies - The Most Unknown 00:05
Typically, when we run these studies
The hypothesis of, monkeys see people are paying attention, - The Most Unknown 00:06
The hypothesis of, monkeys see people are paying attention,
And there's a lot of people here paying attention. - The Most Unknown 00:05
And there's a lot of people here paying attention.
They're very worried about the surveillance - The Most Unknown 00:05
They're very worried about the surveillance
[Laurie] Whatever we do down here, it's nice if - The Most Unknown 00:10
[Laurie] Whatever we do down here, it's nice if
Even when we find things that don't work, - The Most Unknown 00:06
Even when we find things that don't work,
Part of our task is to put the pattern together - The Most Unknown 00:07
Part of our task is to put the pattern together
But you're just thinking about other possibilities - The Most Unknown 00:06
But you're just thinking about other possibilities
Science is all about holding multiple things in mind. - The Most Unknown 00:05
Science is all about holding multiple things in mind.
And ultimately it's probably using - The Most Unknown 00:09
And ultimately it's probably using
Getting outside your own head - The Most Unknown 00:07
Getting outside your own head
That's what we're trying to do with the brains we have, - The Most Unknown 00:07
That's what we're trying to do with the brains we...
You might think, watching scientists, - The Most Unknown 00:08
You might think, watching scientists,