Did it ever occur to any atheist, that someone can be religious, as in follow the principles of the religion and take morals into consideration from the stories, rather then blindly believe every piece of mythology is true? Cuz if they can, then they find me. A Hindu, loves the mythology because it teaches us morals, ones thatt i'd say if i abide by, i'd make a pretty decent dude.
@MrVJyoshi I'm an atheist. I dont need religion to tell me how to be a good person. The morals in religious books are already internal and instinctual. I don't act like a good person, I am a good person. I do good things for other people because it makes me feel good and they need help. I don't act like a good person to impress some invisible father in the sky.
@andlyndav You showed how intelligent you are by completley missing the whole purpose of my point. As a child i didn`t konw what was right or wrong, NOT EVERYTHING can be learned by experience. I didn`t konw why things like lying or not respecting elders was wrong. After i read a few religious stories i was able to relate to the characters and learn from them. I learnt to do good things because they were good, not due to reward. Thats the premise of Hinduism, and well i`m a good preson so far.
@andlyndav well i KNOW you are a douchebag AND a dick for assuming blindly that someone can't be intelligent and religious at the same time.
Just as some fools blindly follow religion, you blindly think that everyone who obtains his morals from a book is dumb, hence you are exactly what you argue against.
@MrVJyoshi I never said anyone was dumb for doing so. You have read 2 things from me and yet you've completely figured me out as a human, right? You wouldn't know that i've read the Bhagavad Gita 5 times cover to cover. It's basically the same as reading the bible.
@andlyndav Are you an idiot? The Gita is a story of a war that occurred in ancient india. Based off the actions of each character, a moral can be learned. The Ramayan is also another story upon which various stories can teach us a moral or two. The Vedas are different they refer specifically to creationism, but majority of Hindu's dont follow them because they are impractical. The Bible is different in the sense it has a cree or set or rules.
@andlyndav i have figured you out as a human being because i posted something simple. I haven't stated that atheist are stupid, i just stated that there are people who are religious yet good people. You've felt the need to say that you don't act good to please an invisible father in the sky. Had you truly read the Gita you'd realize that the permise of it is to do the right thing in the face of adversity.
@andlyndav Heck i had a blind religous phase, atheist phase in highschool, now i`m as open minded as it gets. I feel someone can`t be atheist or a devout religious person until thye have read ALL religious creeds and judged them. Until then remain agnostic. I am at peace with my religion because i think its principles make sense. Everyone`s morals come from somewhere, can be religion, adult figures, heck it could be from TV. It doesn`t matter where it comes from, what matters are the morals.
You know that feeling when you're learning a subject in school, and you get to the point where you totally understand it? Like your mind just becomes at ease? I got that feeling, multiplied by ten, just by watching this clip.
Why can't people like Neil run our countries?...we would've been on Mars 20yrs ago if he was in office, instead of arguing about who's possibly Muslim or not...Man, politicians suck.
If only objective Atheists could learn to speak about science in spiritual terms as The Right Honorable Dyson does. Then more people would "convert" to reason. But you've got to speak in THEIR language, the language of spirituality. There is nothing wrong with preaching about the true wonder, marvel, and humility that nature and the universe provides for us - actually it's EXACTLY what we need. In Dyson We Trust.
If we saw ourselves as a products of this universe instead of beings planted here by a supernatural being to "be fruitful and multiply" or "to be good stewards", maybe we would thank the universe by preserving & respecting life instead of exploiting & destroying it, or by taking responsibility of childbearing by having 1 only when we have the desire & means to raise 1, so that each precious life is well educated & loved, not lacking in the attention and guidance that each human being deserves.
@basimpson2161 Yeah. Religious faith is irresponsible. Faith in ourselves, that it's all in us, that's it's all UP to us, to make this world a better place? That's the difficult and righteous path and there's far too much at stake now to keep quiet about it. ( And that means speaking out in public, with people, not just partaking in internet circle jerks. Like I'm doing right now...)
Love this. So beautiful. What's even more amazing is that you don't need blind faith or lies to find beauty in the universe. You find so much more beauty in the truth.
@hoddy2001 Don't try to degrade the notion outlined in this video to justify your own "faith" position. Just think openly for at least five minutes, that's all I ask. Five minutes of clear thought about this video and the statement therein. You may well see the beauty, majesty and wonder that is our natural universe.
i dont know about this: my body and the atoms it's made of don't come from a star, i was made from an egg (mother) and a sperm (father) and grew inside a womb. Then i was born and no stars of any kind had s/thing to do with it.. I think :/
@davydekemp Every element... carbon, iron, magnesium, water etc that your body is composed of comes from a star. Stars are the birthplace of the elements. It is during the hydrogen fusion process that the heavier elements are born.
@DC8Super72 Yes, i know, but let's say, when i'm born i'm like 30 cm (1 ft) tall, and 10 years later i'm 1,5 meter. So my body contains MORE 'elements'.. But those elements didn't come from a star and made my body 'bigger', my body grew, because i fed it with nutrition and so my body is able to develop... It's not that a distant star 'throws' carbon and water at you, you absorb it and you grow and/or age.. Or am i missing the point?? thx for reply.. (Sorry for the bad grammar ;))
@davydekemp The point is those heavy atoms originated from far older, and long dead stars before the Sun of the Solar system even fell together, much less the planets of the Solar system. So while your original DNA and cells were assembled in your mother's womb, your mother got the resources to build them from food she ate, which in turn grew out of the Earth, which fell together from material which came from dead stars. It all traces back to the birth of the universe.
@aidanjt So, it comes down to: We contain or are made of the SAME KIND of elements that created the sun, our solar system and even our whole universe so long ago...?
@davydekemp All matter and energy hold equivalence (hence Einstein's E=mc^2). Atoms are made up of energy particles and adding more particles to an atom gives you a heavier element. In all stars hydrogen fuses to become helium, helium squeezed together to form carbon, oxygen, iron, and then stop burning, and in extremely hot stars, their death throes create the heavy metals like uranium and most of the other stuff on the periodic table.
@davydekemp Not quite. The sun is composed of hydrogen the elemental building block of all elements. We are made of elements created in stars. You have it backwards. Everyday, stars are being born from vast clouds clouds of hydrogen condensing under their own gravity. At one point gravity creates enough heat to create hydrogen fusion where the hydrogen atoms join to create helium atoms.When the hydrogen is depleted the star begins helium fusion. Massive stars go on to produce heavier elements.
@DC8Super72 Thx for taking the time to reply. I think i understand what Neil is saying now.. The building-blocks everything is made of, are/were created in space in some kind of chemical reaction. And since we (humans) consist of these buildingblocks, we are made by stars.. Right or wrong??
@davydekemp Big thumbs up! Only one change... these were nuclear reactions in stars. In a chemical reactions all the elements still remain in their basic elemental form even after the chemical reaction has taken place. In nuclear fusion or fission the actual element is changing by the splitting or joining of atoms.
@davydekemp Not the same kind. The very same particles. There's only one way to produce a carbon atom, and that is in the center of a star under high pressure. Whenever your body gains weight, it's not like your body is building any atoms. It is rearranging atoms. The atoms themselves comes from the food. The food comes from the earth. The earth comes from a gigantic dust/gas cloud, from before the solar system formed. And that dust/gas cloud came from exploding stars.
@ztwntyn8 Oh, I don't know about that. When I look at the representation of a galaxy, super-cluster, or the visible universe, it seems to be pretty nicely arranged to me. Less goopy when you look inside it as well! :D
@ScienceofWinning Ok, I guess that we are better arranged for our purposes. I don't want to be arranged in the order of a star or blackhole. Yes, less goopy... good one.
@ScienceofWinning Oh, and as a youngster, I did something that enabled me to totaly feel and understand what he is talking about and understands in his normal mindset. The feeling is beautiful. I can't get there again or totaly recall the feeling. That is what I experienced was a feeling that can't be put into words.... unless you are an astophysist. lol
@ScienceofWinning That's great! I wish you luck at such a dream job but.... I bet not many people have understood the concept to the degree that I did. It made so much sense. I was in gifted classes as a kid and that abstract way of thinking never left. My analogy would be that explaining something like this with mathematics would be like texting versus talking to someone in person.
@Th3Sh1n1gam1 i know right?! wtf is all that shit on pawn stars and fucking ancient aliens. i mean i liked the ancient aliens originally but now its gone wayyy to far. its just as credible as the 3 Holy Books
@Th3Sh1n1gam1 Well there's the science channel and history2 which show what the history channel used to show... but they aren't on cable and you have to pay a few dollars more
@AwesomlyTacticalTom but if you had not been created yet... you would not exist, and therefore would not have any "will" to speak of. The theory of creation is just silly.
We do not need the crutch of imagined revelation, we need only our eyes and our minds to perceive and understand the most moving, most wonderful, greatest and simplest of truths.
This one fact alone should push people away from Gods and religion. But it wont, because they beleive what they want to beleive because they want to beleive it. NDT is so well spoken yet he explains things so that even a creationist can understand it.
There once was a headline in a National Inquirer type newspaper that sentationally stated "Elvis Presley's brain is from the stars". A paraphrased quote from an astrophysics conference. Perfectly true.
could we say he's successor to Sagan in a sense? He seems to have a simliarly awe inspired understanding of things. knows that that is what brings people to science and talking about it in that way will bring more.
It's interesting that I repeatedly seem to bump into materials used in the Symphony of Science music (which you should check out if you haven't already). The maker seems to have the ability to continously find the best of the best source material.
This monologue is just overflowing with serene beauty. I'm with dr. Tyson in this one, this really makes one feel big.
HOW ON EARTH can any sane human being dislike this?! Seriously! How can someone like the idea of not being a part of the greatest thing the human race have ever seen, the universe itself or that people on earth have not the same origin thus they can claim that peace among those is impossible?
I know its only 6 to >1000 but the same ratio keeps back science and the maturity of society!
@narutokage777 One word, Jesus. This man made story has held us back for two millennium. According to some of the faithful, science is the devils spawn. Man being created by mud....now that's reasonable. Lol.
@MarcusTheReverent That remains to be known, as it stands, the burden of proof is on Theists, after all. Every theory must be tried and tested before it's proven fact -- so far, no God has been seen.
@basmithtx We are all connected. What a great message. I am super excited about the new Cosmos. I remember how excited I was as a young man in 1980 to see the Cosmos series.
@jeffreydebra1 Tyson is actually doing an updated remake of Sagan's Cosmos. It's possible that may be why there are clips of him discussing the universe in a manner akin to Sagan; though I think it's also how he normally is. He's mentioned that while he will "be himself", he also wants to honor Sagan's original work. I'm excited. :-)
Anyone find it amazing that the universe became self-aware and named itself, but somehow still has an almost primitive understanding of itself? (I mean us for anyone who doesn't get it.)
I have spent my life curious about the sciences of our universe, and recently, over perhaps the last few months, I have lived my life thinking about the same things he just said. Let me tell you what, it's like I have discovered a religious enlightenment, because it feels so good. This is why my life matters. Because I am a part of all of this, and even better, I am a part of it.
This gives me inner peace. Our universe is beautiful.
I used to be very religious...mainly out of ignorance and just to follow what my family was following....but now as I'm growing up 21 years young going into 22 I seem to be leaning more towards science. Everything about it intrigues me, makes more sense to me than what religion has to offer and what religion offers is separation of the human race. Science tells me that no matter what color or creed we're all the same just like Mr.deGrasse stated.
Wow. I love that perspective. You almost have to feel sorry for creationists, theists, and advocates of intelligent design. They're missing out on a truly beautiful reality. It's long since past time for man to disabuse himself from ancient views and primative beliefs of what life is about ..... more importantly, what it ISN'T about.
@ThePeacefulPacifist You're very welcome! Neil speaks the truth and this video makes me smile and feel better than any religious fairy tales would make me feel :D
How come these people arent presidents?
olabandolaification 16 hours ago 3
@olabandolaification because in case you hadn't noticed, being president is the pits.
sinceilostmytooth 9 hours ago
it's actually a lot wilder than that Neil. we are spiritually connected with a 'physics' you would never have imagined.
DanFrederiksen 2 days ago
Did it ever occur to any atheist, that someone can be religious, as in follow the principles of the religion and take morals into consideration from the stories, rather then blindly believe every piece of mythology is true? Cuz if they can, then they find me. A Hindu, loves the mythology because it teaches us morals, ones thatt i'd say if i abide by, i'd make a pretty decent dude.
MrVJyoshi 2 days ago
@MrVJyoshi I'm an atheist. I dont need religion to tell me how to be a good person. The morals in religious books are already internal and instinctual. I don't act like a good person, I am a good person. I do good things for other people because it makes me feel good and they need help. I don't act like a good person to impress some invisible father in the sky.
andlyndav 1 day ago
@andlyndav You showed how intelligent you are by completley missing the whole purpose of my point. As a child i didn`t konw what was right or wrong, NOT EVERYTHING can be learned by experience. I didn`t konw why things like lying or not respecting elders was wrong. After i read a few religious stories i was able to relate to the characters and learn from them. I learnt to do good things because they were good, not due to reward. Thats the premise of Hinduism, and well i`m a good preson so far.
MrVJyoshi 1 day ago
@MrVJyoshi I think you're a dick for insulting my intelligence.
andlyndav 20 hours ago
@andlyndav well i KNOW you are a douchebag AND a dick for assuming blindly that someone can't be intelligent and religious at the same time.
Just as some fools blindly follow religion, you blindly think that everyone who obtains his morals from a book is dumb, hence you are exactly what you argue against.
MrVJyoshi 19 hours ago
@MrVJyoshi I never said anyone was dumb for doing so. You have read 2 things from me and yet you've completely figured me out as a human, right? You wouldn't know that i've read the Bhagavad Gita 5 times cover to cover. It's basically the same as reading the bible.
andlyndav 18 hours ago
@andlyndav Are you an idiot? The Gita is a story of a war that occurred in ancient india. Based off the actions of each character, a moral can be learned. The Ramayan is also another story upon which various stories can teach us a moral or two. The Vedas are different they refer specifically to creationism, but majority of Hindu's dont follow them because they are impractical. The Bible is different in the sense it has a cree or set or rules.
MrVJyoshi 16 hours ago
@andlyndav i have figured you out as a human being because i posted something simple. I haven't stated that atheist are stupid, i just stated that there are people who are religious yet good people. You've felt the need to say that you don't act good to please an invisible father in the sky. Had you truly read the Gita you'd realize that the permise of it is to do the right thing in the face of adversity.
MrVJyoshi 16 hours ago
@andlyndav Heck i had a blind religous phase, atheist phase in highschool, now i`m as open minded as it gets. I feel someone can`t be atheist or a devout religious person until thye have read ALL religious creeds and judged them. Until then remain agnostic. I am at peace with my religion because i think its principles make sense. Everyone`s morals come from somewhere, can be religion, adult figures, heck it could be from TV. It doesn`t matter where it comes from, what matters are the morals.
MrVJyoshi 1 day ago
The subtle chord right before Neil says, "That's kinda cool," gets me every time.
:')
phatphace 3 days ago in playlist Liked videos 2
Wow, maybe this guy is worthy of Cosmos after all.
puppetMattster 4 days ago
check out the video "the most astounding fact(neil degrasse tyson)" its what he says here but better.
xprtmrksmn 4 days ago
By the video title: "Neil deGrasse Tyson shares a cool thought", this video could be literally any video starring NDT
Quetzalcoatlv3p14 4 days ago
You know that feeling when you're learning a subject in school, and you get to the point where you totally understand it? Like your mind just becomes at ease? I got that feeling, multiplied by ten, just by watching this clip.
Why can't people like Neil run our countries?...we would've been on Mars 20yrs ago if he was in office, instead of arguing about who's possibly Muslim or not...Man, politicians suck.
bdiddy77777 5 days ago
Does anyone know the name of the TV show this is taken from?
Gmann696 5 days ago
It cannot be said any better than that.
profsat5 5 days ago
Every time I watch this I sing it! Symphony of Science FTW!!
maskofsan1ty 1 week ago
Within, without you.
BlissfullAwareness 1 week ago
that was beautiful
jcremayer2 1 week ago
If only objective Atheists could learn to speak about science in spiritual terms as The Right Honorable Dyson does. Then more people would "convert" to reason. But you've got to speak in THEIR language, the language of spirituality. There is nothing wrong with preaching about the true wonder, marvel, and humility that nature and the universe provides for us - actually it's EXACTLY what we need. In Dyson We Trust.
DanMcCaffrey 1 week ago 2
@DanMcCaffrey Well said sir.
HipHopBeatSource 1 week ago
I am related to E.T.
nashkita77 1 week ago
Possibly the most beautiful thing ever said.
Edhunter665 1 week ago 2
up next, swamp people!
ClackForRonPaul 1 week ago 4
THE AIR THAT I BREATH WAS ONCE JULIUS CESAR'S FART
nowdid 2 weeks ago 23
If we saw ourselves as a products of this universe instead of beings planted here by a supernatural being to "be fruitful and multiply" or "to be good stewards", maybe we would thank the universe by preserving & respecting life instead of exploiting & destroying it, or by taking responsibility of childbearing by having 1 only when we have the desire & means to raise 1, so that each precious life is well educated & loved, not lacking in the attention and guidance that each human being deserves.
basimpson2161 2 weeks ago 33
@basimpson2161 chinese?
majorSH0CK 4 days ago
@basimpson2161 Yeah. Religious faith is irresponsible. Faith in ourselves, that it's all in us, that's it's all UP to us, to make this world a better place? That's the difficult and righteous path and there's far too much at stake now to keep quiet about it. ( And that means speaking out in public, with people, not just partaking in internet circle jerks. Like I'm doing right now...)
DanMcCaffrey 3 days ago
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basimpson2161 2 weeks ago
Love this. So beautiful. What's even more amazing is that you don't need blind faith or lies to find beauty in the universe. You find so much more beauty in the truth.
tiffzilla1984 2 weeks ago 7
"We are stardust; we are golden; we are billion year old carbon."
shrfujay 2 weeks ago
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That is because nature is not wise itself but is acting wisely...
castanonzalama 2 weeks ago
Neil always states it very well! Neil, thank you sir!
25411959 3 weeks ago 3
is this in text form anywhere??
IThomaswI 3 weeks ago
Aaaand, religion teaches that we are masters of everything, second olny to god, that we should kill and mame in his name, and fuck everything else.
TheMightyPnut 3 weeks ago
who are the sick scum that disliked this?
TheBeatifulman 3 weeks ago 5
How does Neil manage to always be so goddamned cool?
RMac777 3 weeks ago
I do this every night with your son.
MortonSeinfeld 3 weeks ago
@MortonSeinfeld You do what every night with your son, you perv?
redrum41987 3 weeks ago
we're all part of a nuclear fart. hooray - i feel connected.
hoddy2001 3 weeks ago
@hoddy2001 Don't try to degrade the notion outlined in this video to justify your own "faith" position. Just think openly for at least five minutes, that's all I ask. Five minutes of clear thought about this video and the statement therein. You may well see the beauty, majesty and wonder that is our natural universe.
TheRationalRant 3 weeks ago
incredibly beautiful
vertyy 3 weeks ago 4
i dont know about this: my body and the atoms it's made of don't come from a star, i was made from an egg (mother) and a sperm (father) and grew inside a womb. Then i was born and no stars of any kind had s/thing to do with it.. I think :/
davydekemp 4 weeks ago
@davydekemp Every element... carbon, iron, magnesium, water etc that your body is composed of comes from a star. Stars are the birthplace of the elements. It is during the hydrogen fusion process that the heavier elements are born.
DC8Super72 4 weeks ago
@DC8Super72 Yes, i know, but let's say, when i'm born i'm like 30 cm (1 ft) tall, and 10 years later i'm 1,5 meter. So my body contains MORE 'elements'.. But those elements didn't come from a star and made my body 'bigger', my body grew, because i fed it with nutrition and so my body is able to develop... It's not that a distant star 'throws' carbon and water at you, you absorb it and you grow and/or age.. Or am i missing the point?? thx for reply.. (Sorry for the bad grammar ;))
davydekemp 4 weeks ago
@davydekemp The point is those heavy atoms originated from far older, and long dead stars before the Sun of the Solar system even fell together, much less the planets of the Solar system. So while your original DNA and cells were assembled in your mother's womb, your mother got the resources to build them from food she ate, which in turn grew out of the Earth, which fell together from material which came from dead stars. It all traces back to the birth of the universe.
aidanjt 3 weeks ago
@aidanjt So, it comes down to: We contain or are made of the SAME KIND of elements that created the sun, our solar system and even our whole universe so long ago...?
davydekemp 3 weeks ago
@davydekemp You are a child of the stars my friend, they provided the very material you are made out of.
jeff25261 3 weeks ago 2
@davydekemp All matter and energy hold equivalence (hence Einstein's E=mc^2). Atoms are made up of energy particles and adding more particles to an atom gives you a heavier element. In all stars hydrogen fuses to become helium, helium squeezed together to form carbon, oxygen, iron, and then stop burning, and in extremely hot stars, their death throes create the heavy metals like uranium and most of the other stuff on the periodic table.
So, we're all made of star stuff, everything is.
aidanjt 3 weeks ago
@davydekemp Not quite. The sun is composed of hydrogen the elemental building block of all elements. We are made of elements created in stars. You have it backwards. Everyday, stars are being born from vast clouds clouds of hydrogen condensing under their own gravity. At one point gravity creates enough heat to create hydrogen fusion where the hydrogen atoms join to create helium atoms.When the hydrogen is depleted the star begins helium fusion. Massive stars go on to produce heavier elements.
DC8Super72 3 weeks ago
@DC8Super72 Thx for taking the time to reply. I think i understand what Neil is saying now.. The building-blocks everything is made of, are/were created in space in some kind of chemical reaction. And since we (humans) consist of these buildingblocks, we are made by stars.. Right or wrong??
davydekemp 3 weeks ago
@davydekemp Big thumbs up! Only one change... these were nuclear reactions in stars. In a chemical reactions all the elements still remain in their basic elemental form even after the chemical reaction has taken place. In nuclear fusion or fission the actual element is changing by the splitting or joining of atoms.
DC8Super72 3 weeks ago
@DC8Super72 I'm getting smarter by the minute here! lol This was fun.. Thx man!!
davydekemp 3 weeks ago
@davydekemp Not the same kind. The very same particles. There's only one way to produce a carbon atom, and that is in the center of a star under high pressure. Whenever your body gains weight, it's not like your body is building any atoms. It is rearranging atoms. The atoms themselves comes from the food. The food comes from the earth. The earth comes from a gigantic dust/gas cloud, from before the solar system formed. And that dust/gas cloud came from exploding stars.
HKragh 2 weeks ago 2
@HKragh Hmm.. That's some crazy shit!! I'm going to get some books about this, thanks for taking the time to reply..
davydekemp 2 weeks ago
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@HKragh We eat stars.
elatus 2 weeks ago
If only humanity acted like that...
drumaboy659 1 month ago
Tyson 2016
TheNarcMan 1 month ago
We are of the universe but better arranged.
ztwntyn8 1 month ago
@ztwntyn8 Oh, I don't know about that. When I look at the representation of a galaxy, super-cluster, or the visible universe, it seems to be pretty nicely arranged to me. Less goopy when you look inside it as well! :D
ScienceofWinning 4 weeks ago
@ScienceofWinning Ok, I guess that we are better arranged for our purposes. I don't want to be arranged in the order of a star or blackhole. Yes, less goopy... good one.
ztwntyn8 6 days ago
@ScienceofWinning Oh, and as a youngster, I did something that enabled me to totaly feel and understand what he is talking about and understands in his normal mindset. The feeling is beautiful. I can't get there again or totaly recall the feeling. That is what I experienced was a feeling that can't be put into words.... unless you are an astophysist. lol
ztwntyn8 6 days ago
@ztwntyn8 well, I AM a physics major, & am still debating whether I should specialize in particle or astrophysics lol
ScienceofWinning 6 days ago
@ScienceofWinning That's great! I wish you luck at such a dream job but.... I bet not many people have understood the concept to the degree that I did. It made so much sense. I was in gifted classes as a kid and that abstract way of thinking never left. My analogy would be that explaining something like this with mathematics would be like texting versus talking to someone in person.
ztwntyn8 6 days ago
Abiogensis - My take, We were all primordial soup, When Affairs where completely acceptable.
AwesomlyTacticalTom 1 month ago
Science saved my soul
abortion4life666 1 month ago 5
Neil Tyson is the shit
SuperMetalMike 1 month ago 3
This has been proudly quoted in my facebook for a few years now ever since I paused my Tivo and went "Wait... what the fuck did he just say."
yoransom 1 month ago 3
8 aliens, from different universe, dont like this video !
gertrongertron 1 month ago
watched this high, bought tears to my eyes. so beautiful
isuckreallyreallybad 1 month ago 2
This man should wear a cape and his undies on the out side.
Thank you Neil.
tohtoo 1 month ago
Watch out guys, we're dealing with a badass over here.
Khuno2 1 month ago 6
It IS kind of cool Neil! It's mind blasting, inspiring, and empowering....:) I love scientific poets like Neil and Mr Sagan....
searats20 1 month ago
I come back to this on my down days...thank you.
mrlif305 1 month ago
This was when the history channel was still about history huh...
Th3Sh1n1gam1 1 month ago 102
@Th3Sh1n1gam1 i know right?! wtf is all that shit on pawn stars and fucking ancient aliens. i mean i liked the ancient aliens originally but now its gone wayyy to far. its just as credible as the 3 Holy Books
MattttG3 1 month ago
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@Th3Sh1n1gam1 I think the creation of the universe might be considered prehistoric.
elatus 2 weeks ago
@Th3Sh1n1gam1 Yepp. I like American pickers and all but come on...
trinikagekavir 6 days ago
@Th3Sh1n1gam1 Well there's the science channel and history2 which show what the history channel used to show... but they aren't on cable and you have to pay a few dollars more
thispoorguy 3 days ago
Shut up!
JulianoRossi3l 1 month ago
yeah... that's pretty cool...
damn549 1 month ago
Thank you, brother Neil......
xlsyor 1 month ago
Far more poetic and beautiful than any Religion.
shawnanthony1992 1 month ago 139
@shawnanthony1992 well said
twst1 4 weeks ago
@twst1 Thanks a lot buddy.
shawnanthony1992 4 weeks ago
@shawnanthony1992
That is because nature is not wise itself but is acting wisely...
castanonzalama 2 weeks ago
@shawnanthony1992 Meh the vedas says the same.
We are the universe and the universe is us.
"Humans may be the dreams of a God or perhaps God is the dream of humans"
trinikagekavir 6 days ago
@Andysingtoyou
I didn't ask to be created, I was created against my will. So therefore, I am not thankful
AwesomlyTacticalTom 1 month ago
@AwesomlyTacticalTom but if you had not been created yet... you would not exist, and therefore would not have any "will" to speak of. The theory of creation is just silly.
daspense 1 month ago
I feel like crying now :')
palucha66 1 month ago
8 creationists disliked this.
0debug 1 month ago
Makes me more than smile. Absolutely exhilarating.
bozotheda 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos 3
We do not need the crutch of imagined revelation, we need only our eyes and our minds to perceive and understand the most moving, most wonderful, greatest and simplest of truths.
kohadril 1 month ago 3
This one fact alone should push people away from Gods and religion. But it wont, because they beleive what they want to beleive because they want to beleive it. NDT is so well spoken yet he explains things so that even a creationist can understand it.
coolair00 1 month ago 2
Very close to Buddhist philosophy.
Trodua 1 month ago
Beautiful, man, just... beautiful.
ultramatuxen 1 month ago
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The Creator created you and me. Be thankful!
Andysingtoyou 1 month ago
@Andysingtoyou Yeah, the Universe did, and I am thankful.
BlGOLAF 1 month ago
"The cosmos is also within us, we're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
I3L4NK 1 month ago 5
is he a scientist or a poet?
duhhxxxiloveyou 1 month ago
@duhhxxxiloveyou
Can't he be both?
thantrus 1 month ago
And some people say it's more amazing to say 'God did it'. Fuck off!!
maskofsan1ty 1 month ago 5
so beautiful, thank you for uploading this
ftwuh 1 month ago in playlist damnit, new playlist
We are atoms that know about itself.
ccraven95 1 month ago 3
@ccraven95
we are like annonymous.
many many atoms, individual parts that has become aware of it's own collective.
Mikeybetts 1 month ago
this is one of the most beautiful things i've ever heard
isuckreallyreallybad 1 month ago
There once was a headline in a National Inquirer type newspaper that sentationally stated "Elvis Presley's brain is from the stars". A paraphrased quote from an astrophysics conference. Perfectly true.
PikPobedy 2 months ago
Now that is beauty in words.
ilovelani69 2 months ago
So everything is basicly "togheter"? or made by each other
Zisaar 2 months ago
@Zisaar
a bit of both :)
Mikeybetts 1 month ago
YOU'R MY HEROOOOO!!!!
RedHeroe1 2 months ago
I'm actually feeling quite large at the end of this video.
XzFWins 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos 3
could we say he's successor to Sagan in a sense? He seems to have a simliarly awe inspired understanding of things. knows that that is what brings people to science and talking about it in that way will bring more.
callumnik117 2 months ago 2
7 people are incapable of thinking a cool thought.
TomFynn 2 months ago
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He is taking our awareness to a whole nutha level! LOL! Its called sophistication. We don't need to stinking fairy tales anymore!
jessydaytime 2 months ago
It's interesting that I repeatedly seem to bump into materials used in the Symphony of Science music (which you should check out if you haven't already). The maker seems to have the ability to continously find the best of the best source material.
This monologue is just overflowing with serene beauty. I'm with dr. Tyson in this one, this really makes one feel big.
someonep93 2 months ago
its like were docking with the universe...
XtremeCreamTeam 2 months ago
Cool thought, bro.
Blurtex33 2 months ago
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Bhaskaratheteacher 2 months ago
Wow whats not to like about that? I love the truth because everything else is just plan whu we...
zeed4u 2 months ago
HOW ON EARTH can any sane human being dislike this?! Seriously! How can someone like the idea of not being a part of the greatest thing the human race have ever seen, the universe itself or that people on earth have not the same origin thus they can claim that peace among those is impossible?
I know its only 6 to >1000 but the same ratio keeps back science and the maturity of society!
narutokage777 2 months ago
@narutokage777 One word, Jesus. This man made story has held us back for two millennium. According to some of the faithful, science is the devils spawn. Man being created by mud....now that's reasonable. Lol.
metalsusa1 2 months ago
@MarcusTheReverent That remains to be known, as it stands, the burden of proof is on Theists, after all. Every theory must be tried and tested before it's proven fact -- so far, no God has been seen.
AXSR388 2 months ago
and yet there are men who say theres no god
MarcusTheReverent 2 months ago
@MarcusTheReverent Yep, there is no god and no reason to believe in one. Tough shit.
jas16899 2 months ago
Damn.. he had to be high when he thought this up. And it's so spot on.
kylvin318 2 months ago
They said I could be anything I wanted, so I became a star.
shoplifting1is1fun 2 months ago
Watch out we've got a badass over here
redgeKagaoan 3 months ago
I'm feeling quite large after watching this video.
XzFWins 3 months ago 79
this is better than any nonsense of the 3 holy books. Spoken by man, embraced by all!
halflifeproductionz 3 months ago 83
@halflifeproductionz Oh hoho, how cute.
Reno750 2 months ago
@halflifeproductionz Amen
gvg1970 1 month ago
Neil has the most interesting insights I've heard outside of Carl Sagan.
eric0598 3 months ago 2
"That makes me smile."
*sigh*....my nigga, that makes me smile too :)
TheyCallMeCHICKEN 3 months ago
0:52 nbd
cdav10 3 months ago
@basmithtx We are all connected. What a great message. I am super excited about the new Cosmos. I remember how excited I was as a young man in 1980 to see the Cosmos series.
jeffreydebra1 3 months ago
This is something Carl Sagan meant when he said we we all "starstuff."
jeffreydebra1 3 months ago
@jeffreydebra1 Tyson is actually doing an updated remake of Sagan's Cosmos. It's possible that may be why there are clips of him discussing the universe in a manner akin to Sagan; though I think it's also how he normally is. He's mentioned that while he will "be himself", he also wants to honor Sagan's original work. I'm excited. :-)
basmithtx 3 months ago
Anyone find it amazing that the universe became self-aware and named itself, but somehow still has an almost primitive understanding of itself? (I mean us for anyone who doesn't get it.)
YoonaNeomuYeppeoSeo 3 months ago
@YoonaNeomuYeppeoSeo The universe is a person. And it is trapped within another person. OMG!
anythingnew 3 months ago in playlist Liked videos
and there you have it, Neil deGrasse Tyson is a Jedi. And that is awesome
GloinBane 3 months ago 2
that was told by Sagan... beautiful
adrian5b 3 months ago
Tears.
TheSyrupMan 3 months ago 3
I always thought 240p&dinosaurs died together...silly me
Astrodicted 3 months ago
I have spent my life curious about the sciences of our universe, and recently, over perhaps the last few months, I have lived my life thinking about the same things he just said. Let me tell you what, it's like I have discovered a religious enlightenment, because it feels so good. This is why my life matters. Because I am a part of all of this, and even better, I am a part of it.
This gives me inner peace. Our universe is beautiful.
BruceNJeffAreMyFlies 3 months ago
I used to be very religious...mainly out of ignorance and just to follow what my family was following....but now as I'm growing up 21 years young going into 22 I seem to be leaning more towards science. Everything about it intrigues me, makes more sense to me than what religion has to offer and what religion offers is separation of the human race. Science tells me that no matter what color or creed we're all the same just like Mr.deGrasse stated.
mrlif305 3 months ago 2
@mrlif305 Religion makes you feel small...this makes me feel equal to the universe and everything around me.
mrlif305 3 months ago
This guy is my hero.
my89tube 3 months ago
Wow. I love that perspective. You almost have to feel sorry for creationists, theists, and advocates of intelligent design. They're missing out on a truly beautiful reality. It's long since past time for man to disabuse himself from ancient views and primative beliefs of what life is about ..... more importantly, what it ISN'T about.
MrKeenoRossi 3 months ago 2
Sagan said it best:
We are all starstuff ... a way for the universe to know itself."
gavsmith1980 4 months ago 4
This is why I play Super Mario Galaxy -- big nerds like me already knew this.
MortimerYoung 4 months ago
This isn't new ish. We have been stars since stars.
syer5437 4 months ago
The number of dislikes is equal to the IQ of the average creationist.
zaktan415 4 months ago 5
@zaktan415 Very nice, thank you for linking me to your comment :D
ThePeacefulPacifist 4 months ago
@ThePeacefulPacifist You're very welcome! Neil speaks the truth and this video makes me smile and feel better than any religious fairy tales would make me feel :D
zaktan415 4 months ago
@zaktan415
Genetically engineered gay babies?
For it or against it?
Hammersley1967 4 months ago
I left my house for a bit and the computer on, and when I got back this was on my screen... Wtf?
MetalHeadMat666 4 months ago
What if the universe is God?
zoidberg96913 4 months ago
@zoidberg96913 well then that would be the vaguest, most arbitrary definition of god there is.
jessiessica 4 months ago
@zoidberg96913 Then it changes the fundamentals of a lot of Earthly religions.
longtail4711 3 months ago
Very poetic. Amazing.
zoidberg96913 4 months ago
Absolutely beautiful. Maybe one day the rest of society will be smart enough to fully grasp the weight of that statement.
516tylerdurden 4 months ago
What about the bible and jesus and allah and muhammad and LRon Hubbard..where do they come in to this. Tyson missed that part.
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boring boring boring! jump on my penis!
steppinonyoface 4 months ago
"Enriched guts" is his favorite term XD
ihatecandy01 4 months ago
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He is a dumb azz!
TheAmazingamerica 4 months ago