If There Are No Pics, Did It Happen? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios

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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Pics Or It Didn't Happen! Come Watch Us on Vsauce2!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOKdQfsqpQ0 Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook Talk about this episode on reddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Pictures are the gold standard by which we measure all evidence and happenings. With sites like Facebook, Imgur, and the king of all ‘pics’ - Instagram, having taken the place of disposable cameras of the past, the method remains the same: unveiling a photo of proof for all to see. But do we put too much stock in how ‘provable’ photos really are? On this weeks episode of Idea Channel, Mike looks to question the phenomenon that is “pics or it didn’t happen”. Are pics absolute proof? Or are we just convincing ourselves of everything we see? "Tweet Of The Week!": https://twitter.com/crandrade/status/629128871158390784 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSET LINKS: :48 Eiffel Tower athlqah90/instagram :50 Instagram https://instagram.com/mikerugnetta 1:20 Field Recording www.eventiartevenezia.com 1:23 Aliens http://www.deviantart.com/art/Ancient-Alien-Guy-Meme-Draw-281152712 1:24 Souvenirs https://www.flickr.com/photos/henrybloomfield/ 2:06 Boggie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZwmo_2DOz0 2:53 Star https://www.flickr.com/photos/culturevis/8770234228/ 2:57 World Map http://internetcensus2012.bitbucket.org/images/geovideo.gif 3:42 Sam Biddle http://www.businessinsider.com/sam-biddle-is-leaving-valleywag-2014-10 4:50 Twitter twitter.com/jack 5:12 Ebola http://www.vox.com/2014/10/9/6905347/too-afraid-to-ask-about-ebola-virus-outbreak-symptoms -------------------------------------------------------------------- Music: "Europe" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Level 5" by Room for the Homeless (http://bit.ly/10N0Ykm) "Bouncy Castle" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) ":P" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Number Cruncher" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Little Birthday Acid" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Topskore" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Anti Vanishing Spray" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Tarty Prash" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Carry on Carillon" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Uptown Tennis Club" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Dream Of Autumn" by Night Shift Master https://soundcloud.com/dj-darkmatter- "Insert Toy For Coin" by Eatme (http://eatme.pro/music/) "Dizor" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440 "Lets go back to the rock" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440 "Something like this" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Written and hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) (who also has a podcast! Reasonably Sound: http://bit.ly/1sCn0BF) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)