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Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-04T14:46:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:48.362Z og:title: See the Look on This Baby's Face as It Begins to Comprehend Existence og:description: Jason Silva from Brain Games on National Geographic is shown explaining to a baby where babies came from og:url: https://time.com/4022887/jason-silva-baby/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Look on This Baby's Face as It Begins to Comprehend Existence twitter:description: Jason Silva from Brain Games on National Geographic is shown explaining to a baby where babies came from twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See the Look on This Baby's Face as It Begins to Comprehend Existence ## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Sep 4, 2015 2:46 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Sep 4, 2015 2:46 PM UTC The host of National Geographic’s show _Brain Games_, Jason Silva, has shared a video on his YouTube channel “Shots of Awe” in which he filmed himself explaining to a baby where the youngster came from using some really intense metaphors. For example, he explains, “somehow a piece of software melded together, fused, and then started to turn itself into a living, breathing, like a steak with a brain. You’re meat that grew up inside your mother…You’re transcendent!” Doesn’t seem like grade schools will invite this man to lecture about how babies are made in health classes anytime soon. 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