She just received too much information for the moment, don´t blame her, no person that is not inmersed into the particle physics field would be able to understand every single word that Eddie´s saying. Leave the debate for rational things people.
I think she did a fine job. English is obviously her 2nd language. If she is not versed in the field, this interview would be difficult at best. The fact that she is talking to Whitten himself certainly doesn't help. I personally would be shaking with awe of just being in his presence.
@Xerotaerg because the majority of the audience may not be professional scientists. Thus, in theory, a reporter should be able to tease information out of the interviewee and force the interviewee to explain things in a way that the audience finds accessible.
@djuatdelta123 Scientists or physicists? Scientists have an understanding of what science should be, physicists have an understanding of past work in the field.
@cdzrherntphpqjwetxeq I don't think the distinction you're drawing is relevant. Scientists investigate and organize aspects of the physical world. In the case of physicists and mathematicians, the aspect of the physical world under investigation is the set of physical laws governing matter and energy or the logical truths before which the physical world stands in submission. Physics is quite definitely a science.
Does anyone think this woman is slightly star-struck (and therefore a little flirty) with Ed? Especially near the beginning, at least a little bit? Thumbs up if u agree.
lol when Ed owns the reporter... "How many chances are there that it does? .. Well, it's hard to assign probabilities to something that only happens once"
Nobody needs LSD to "visualize" the extra dimensions. Michio Kaku likened the idea of "visualizing" the extra dimensions to a blind man trying to visualize the color red, impossible! Professor Witten is one of my most profound scientific influences and would probably be fun to have lunch with to be honest. Can't wait to hear of his future work, the guy is genius status!!
Some lack powers of observation and cultural clues. The interviewer isn't stupid, but was given a list of questions, and, because she DOES understand the silliness of some, she is embarrassed to press them on him. Also, because she understands whom she is talking to, she's a bit starstruck and trying to distance herself from the questions. She is also interviewing him in her non-native language, so she is being careful. Smart IS sexy some places, if not in bimbo-worshipping fundamental USA.
@ 6:45 that is Genius laughing at idiocy in the FACE.
I am an idiot to the most basic understanding of idiot, and when I saw Mr. Witten laugh at this black hole LHC concept all my fears were eased by his contagious laughter. xD
@RonKiev Yep...so true. Jews are smart. Really smart. They're such a small % of the overall population, but they fill the ranks of the brightest and most important people in the modern world: Isaac Asimov, Carl Sagan, Steven Weinberg, David Hilbert, Einstein, Witten, Brian Greene, Georg Cantor ...and even Rod Serling. Look for brilliance, forward looking, science questing people, and in many cases you'll find a Jew. Look up Georg Cantor...pure genius creator of set theory etc.
I love how he never gets frustrated, or at least he hides it well. That little head nod he does at 3:05 seams to say... "You wont understand this, but here goes"
stephen hawking is smart,but he is not as smart as Einstein or newton at all,many physicists exist better than him.his special life and illness caused he became famous.
LMAO just by watching this interview....he just eminates copius amounts of crippling genius brainwaves at your face, even through the monitor....its so overwhelming..
its crushing my puny brain...
daaaaam...i wish i could see numbers the way he does..
Ed witten and stephen hawking smartest men alive.. (i mean by IQ) imo.. and no im not talking about achievement..
I seriously like this man. I agree with 'polymath7'... "This whole interview is charmingly awkward."
I also agree 100% with 'Hablolrlandes'... "He is a living example of Einstein's mantra that if you can't explain something simply, it means you don't understand it well enough. He explains things beautifully..."
ok, the interviewer doesn't know a thing about physics, would it be so hard to get someone who has actually studied physics to do the interview, so (s)he can ask i duno "realevant" and "usefull" questions... she is like isn't it exciting?! what the hell is that?
...Now I see what the personification of "A Beautiful Mind" looks like. I'm no intellectual, but I think it is amazing how God creates vast possibilities in the mankind realm. This man as purpose. He is a voice that even Steven Hawking can be proud of at this time in the universal history. Thanks for posting.
@MrDiamondcut lol this guy is a much more important physicist than Stephen Hawking imo. If you ask any working physicists who they consider the most influential living physicist, most will probably say Witten. I would be surprised if anyone at all would mention Hawking.
so much money and effort into these research and what have we got so far - dark matter that needs to be identified, the high chances of extra dimensions, the mistery of the origin of matter prior to the Big Bang ?
Are we better positioned than a Middle Ages monk meditating on his bible?
@enniopat not at all, we just have excelled in morality and civility. This is an incredibly interesting topic but what I'd like to know is how humans can use this alleged theoretical information to benefit us. Otherwise I wonder why we have spent so much on these potentially feeble efforts. I'm beleaguering this topic, just curious as to whether or not it's worth it.
Two things I like about Ed Witten, 1 - He is a living example of Einsteins mantra that if you cant explain something simply, it means you don't understand it well enough. He explains things beautifully. 2 - He is completely devoid of an ego. He has a passion for what he does and he's not doing it to be a famous physicist, very refreshing.
Is this a joke?! What kind of nitwit is doing this interview? What is wrong with that woman? Lack of Braincells? She has a nasty accent. The way she behaves is like a BJ slut. She's also looking in the camera... touches her nose and strokes her hair.
Ed thinks... what kind of bizarre interview is this? He is looking at the camera too.
Perhaps there is no one behind it. This interview is a dark matter.
(5:40) Feel extra-dimensions? I cannot visualize extra-dimensions... Just look at themselves! The Strong Principle of Equivalence states a connection of Life and Extra-dimensions, doesn't it?
Witten had to be a big man to harmonize with a needed startling profile: to find out supersymmetry as is his profound desire (0:36) one needs this very ancient abrahamic artifact - a king's nose! - to sniff into the recesses of mind. Just a nature's supersymmetric quality!
@Frostfirepenls so how should we introduce Mr Witten to everyone, to make them aware of quantum physics and to get new students studying physics. If she was a physicist of Witten's stature then few would be able to understand any of it. She is in to the interview. Knowledgeable enough to bootstrap everyone in - in this instance.... and she is not insulting. She has some mind for the material and is honored to speak with him.
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This is rubbish, utter rubbish. He (they) are just make a question fit the answer. There is Dark Matter but we don't know what it is! There may be electrons that do not create a magnetic field! WOH!!! These guys are only brilliant if you believe they are, and like them you believe in fairies at the bottom of the garden.
To again repeat, most of Einsteins theory was sheer intuition based upon little more than mathematical consistency (curved space time and so on) and had no observations to spur their postulation, as Ed Witten observes, as was the case in innumerable other instances (gravitational waves, black holes, neutrons and neutrinos and so on, Ive already cited all of this and you have ignored it).
I think you win, JDHURF. Special relativity was based on laws being the same in all reference frames, which was supported by evidence, but general relativity was a creative breakthrough whose beauty happened to match that of the universe itself. If CERN finds supersymmetric particles, and if we can learn more about dark matter, then that will be strong evidence for string theory. Just because it implies 11 dimensions doesn't mean it is inconsistent with observations (obviously).
Yes, chuckinator0, I agree with you. As Witten was saying, if they find supersymmetric particles, while that won't prove superstring theory correct, it is nevertheless very strong evidence in its favor.
You just repeated the false claim that I refuted in response and therefore shall only say that you need to actually read my comment.
You can watch Janna Levin discuss this on the Colbert Report. The comment box won't allow me to post the link, but all you have to do is google "Janna Levin Stephen Colbert".
Why would you even comment on something you obviously don't know nothing about. You are just another layman spreading something you read by someone blogging about some other phycisists rightful criticism of string theory. But calling Witten a sci-fi writer and people working on string theory crooks just shows how immature and ignorant you are.
yeah man. even if the theory doesn't pan out, i believe that the sheer intelligence, ability, and willpower possessed by people like Witten is a good enough testament to human progress.
"Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist with a focus on mathematical physics. He is a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. He is a leading researcher in superstring theory and winner of the highest honor in mathematics," PLS. REMEMBER THIS FACT WHEN COMMENTING ON THIS VIDEO OR THE MAN.
Einsteins theory of relativity was considered a sort of "science fiction" by some, much like string theory. but it was eventually proven by experiment, and scientists are currently trying to prove string theory. Speaking out against a theory before it has been tested through experiment is like complaining about dinner before it is fully prepared. So let's not generalize or discredit those that have done great things, or at the very least, are in the process of doing potentially great things.
As Witten observes: the entire history of physics shows innumerable instances " where theories that appeared impervious to testing were, in fact, eventually tested (he cites as examples gravitational waves, black holes, neutrons and neutrinos being big ideas during the thirties and practically in the category of science fiction, yet later in the sixties, seventies and eighties, due to new discoveries that werent foreseen and so on, they were eventually tested).
Look, its not that string theory is expected to be tested at some future point. It has already been tested and shown to be wrong since it does not explain existing phenomena.
I would expect a "theory of everything" to be consistent with existing observations.
Other theories had some basis even while they were speculated....like relativity, which was based on solid experimental evidence. But there is absolutely not a single shred of evidence to corroborate string theory.
Your claim that string theory has already been tested and shown to be wrong is not only false, but a contradiction of your previous claim that it was impervious to testing. How can something be impervious to testing and yet also have already been tested and proved wrong?
I meant that string theory does not reduce to the standard model of 4D. So it was not right to use the word "test". Just that it does not offer explanations for the world we live in.
The impervious part is the proof for the existence of extra dimensions.
Virtually all of Einsteins work with relativity had nothing to do with solid experimental evidence. It was largely predicated upon intuition, but it was so mathematically consistent that it warranted serious attention and has since been supported through observation.
No you are wrong. Relativity was based on several EXPERIMENTAL observations including that of Michelson and Morely regarding the constancy of the velocity of light with respect to ref. frames and the absense of aether. It is based on many sound logical principles such as the invariance of the physical laws with respect to inertial ref. frames.
It wasnt cooked up out of thin air to account for the failure of a theory in 3 dimensions ! That job was left for string theorists.
Im sorry, but that is just plain false. A large bulk of Einsteins work regarding relativity was absolutely predicated upon intuition and mathematical consistency when, at the time he was formulating these theories, there were no observations to have led to their postulations. His notion of curved space was based upon no observation, it was motivated by intuition and mathematical consistency, it was only later verified (during the solar eclipse of 1919).
Relativity was founded on existing experiments such as the invariance of the light velocity and absence of ether. but its predictions were of course confirmed a few years later. Moreover no one thought of rel. as experimentally impossible to prove back then.
But is string theory founded on existing experimental observations ? no. The concept of stings was pulled out of these theorists a#$^es with no experimental basis. Also ST is practically impossible to verify experimentally.
At0.49 "well it`s hard to assign probabilities.." your "..." stand for the logical abordation of the question, not scientific as u called it - ".. to something that only happens once and our oppinions have nothing to do with what the answer turns out to be!" In other words there is no need to call out for probabilities in a matter that has a very low chance to have happend in the first place and above that, the result cant be forseen or predicted even by the Smart Guys beacause it`s a premiere.
@transfoby Trolls are hard to impress not even M-theory would impress a troll thats whats amazing, the objective of his experiment is on the video , if you dont understand it yet go troll on some other videos which match your IQ levels.
The objective is exploration and discovery is it not obvious enough.
@dudemandude999 I swear, I must be one of the few nerds in the world who doesn't prefer white women. I'm starting to think it's something to be proud of, actually.
Mr. Witten's age has sure been catching up to him recently. Only serves to make him look more like a scientist, right? LOL. Ed Witten certainly is a man deserving of praise.
On the comment about Einstein and "spiritual science"... Einstein only used god metaphorically, in the deist sense. He was certainly no theist, please do not get confused on that point. The twisting of his and Darwin's words and legacies are the biggest tool in the creationist propagandist agenda.
Einstein was critical of theism, but he was equally critical of atheism. Religious and creationist groups are not the only ones who twist his words. I've seen many an atheist try to claim Einstein for their camp. The truth is that he didn't conform to the anthropomorphic metaphysics of the day.
I would assume he's an atheist. He seems very comfortable in the purely logic realm, so there's probably no drive in him, for "spiritual science" a là Einstein.
Ed don't laugh at people scared of black holes. It's not cool!
pallfy20 2 weeks ago 2
This guy is literally a computer in human form. From just watching him you know he is going to go down in the history books !!!
JG129 4 weeks ago
it's profound to see humans giddy over the pursuit of knowledge...
this happiness in enlightenment should be instilled into more people.
MrBR420 2 months ago 5
She just received too much information for the moment, don´t blame her, no person that is not inmersed into the particle physics field would be able to understand every single word that Eddie´s saying. Leave the debate for rational things people.
Cloudsorrow256 3 months ago
I think she did a fine job. English is obviously her 2nd language. If she is not versed in the field, this interview would be difficult at best. The fact that she is talking to Whitten himself certainly doesn't help. I personally would be shaking with awe of just being in his presence.
myrtlebox 3 months ago 4
Why are there so many 'intelligent' people here, making even smarter value judgements regarding the interviewer? Stupid thoughts occupy stupid minds.
Satchindra 5 months ago
@Satchindra 'Judgment', not 'judgement', silly!
AddictedToAndrea 1 month ago
Why isn't this bitch paying attention, 2:12 ??
ScarofKenshin 5 months ago
@ScarofKenshin I think he was too smart for her at that moment, laal.
nils4545 5 months ago
@Xerotaerg because the majority of the audience may not be professional scientists. Thus, in theory, a reporter should be able to tease information out of the interviewee and force the interviewee to explain things in a way that the audience finds accessible.
djuatdelta123 6 months ago
@djuatdelta123 Scientists or physicists? Scientists have an understanding of what science should be, physicists have an understanding of past work in the field.
cdzrherntphpqjwetxeq 5 months ago
@cdzrherntphpqjwetxeq I don't think the distinction you're drawing is relevant. Scientists investigate and organize aspects of the physical world. In the case of physicists and mathematicians, the aspect of the physical world under investigation is the set of physical laws governing matter and energy or the logical truths before which the physical world stands in submission. Physics is quite definitely a science.
djuatdelta123 5 months ago
@cdzrherntphpqjwetxeq fuck off moron, you have no idea
x1x2x3ct 5 months ago
Can't get over what an arrogant asshole he isn't. Most refreshing.
MyMeatYearns4Andrea 6 months ago 3
I would´ve wanted a bit more serious interviewer! Edward Witten really is a cool scientist. I wish i knew more about what he teaches :)
SuperTowlie1 7 months ago
seems like he can't make good analogies, he just recites physics back to the reporter thinking people know physics jargon...
warwize 7 months ago
Does anyone think this woman is slightly star-struck (and therefore a little flirty) with Ed? Especially near the beginning, at least a little bit? Thumbs up if u agree.
Duncdagger 7 months ago
man this guy is so hard to talk to. . .
ferdianeary92 7 months ago
lol when Ed owns the reporter... "How many chances are there that it does? .. Well, it's hard to assign probabilities to something that only happens once"
physiker111 7 months ago 4
@Xerotaerg Thats a very good question! They should definetly have someone smart to ask the questions!
SuperTowlie1 8 months ago
He said "Its hard to assign probabilities to things that happens only once". Sounds right to me!
SuperTowlie1 8 months ago
he seems a bit akward lol almost most like hes flirting but hes talking about the lhc and physics :P
bboschboi 9 months ago
Nobody needs LSD to "visualize" the extra dimensions. Michio Kaku likened the idea of "visualizing" the extra dimensions to a blind man trying to visualize the color red, impossible! Professor Witten is one of my most profound scientific influences and would probably be fun to have lunch with to be honest. Can't wait to hear of his future work, the guy is genius status!!
TheeVoiceOfReason 9 months ago
@TheeVoiceOfReason Thank you :) Now I understand it.
akalchev 9 months ago
Some lack powers of observation and cultural clues. The interviewer isn't stupid, but was given a list of questions, and, because she DOES understand the silliness of some, she is embarrassed to press them on him. Also, because she understands whom she is talking to, she's a bit starstruck and trying to distance herself from the questions. She is also interviewing him in her non-native language, so she is being careful. Smart IS sexy some places, if not in bimbo-worshipping fundamental USA.
rendilkraesin 10 months ago 2
haha that girl doesn't seem very interested
opiator420 10 months ago
"do you feel black holes"
lifesaverluvr 10 months ago
@ 6:45 that is Genius laughing at idiocy in the FACE.
I am an idiot to the most basic understanding of idiot, and when I saw Mr. Witten laugh at this black hole LHC concept all my fears were eased by his contagious laughter. xD
hahaokayman 10 months ago
Were the coordinates he was giving correct? I assume he wasn't talking out of his ass, cause these guy is pure genius
james95121 10 months ago
This chick is so lost and u can see it in her reactions.
Prolific85 11 months ago
@RonKiev Yep...so true. Jews are smart. Really smart. They're such a small % of the overall population, but they fill the ranks of the brightest and most important people in the modern world: Isaac Asimov, Carl Sagan, Steven Weinberg, David Hilbert, Einstein, Witten, Brian Greene, Georg Cantor ...and even Rod Serling. Look for brilliance, forward looking, science questing people, and in many cases you'll find a Jew. Look up Georg Cantor...pure genius creator of set theory etc.
roddiero 11 months ago
Ed is the cutest man on earth, he makes me smile day after day :)
MatsEP 11 months ago 3
thats his way of flirting rofl
x1x2x3ct 1 year ago 2
she is retarded
gatoradeee 1 year ago
she has no clue, nor any interest in his sayings, because you can clearly see she has some sort of ADHD
tofusauce 1 year ago
She is retarted
astronivo20XX 1 year ago
I love how he never gets frustrated, or at least he hides it well. That little head nod he does at 3:05 seams to say... "You wont understand this, but here goes"
TubeSaki 1 year ago
stephen hawking is smart,but he is not as smart as Einstein or newton at all,many physicists exist better than him.his special life and illness caused he became famous.
mitrasoroosh 1 year ago 4
@mitrasoroosh even though stephen hawkings is smart and paralyzed, he still surely comes off as really cocky.
tofusauce 1 year ago 2
Is she retarded?
v0llspast 1 year ago
OMG, Michael Jackson resurrected...
Moris88 1 year ago
What's up with the strange and generally awkward zoom-ins? Just look at 0:54 and 2:30 as for example.
akebooshii 1 year ago
Edward Witten says he cant visualize extra dimensions. So I will officially stop trying...
pab7984 1 year ago 14
@pab7984 dont give up lol
FIGHTFANNERD3 8 months ago
@pab7984 of course you can't,
x1x2x3ct 5 months ago
At 2:04 she looks at the camera like asking, "did I just ask him something stupid?"
fon267 1 year ago
LMAO just by watching this interview....he just eminates copius amounts of crippling genius brainwaves at your face, even through the monitor....its so overwhelming..
its crushing my puny brain...
daaaaam...i wish i could see numbers the way he does..
Ed witten and stephen hawking smartest men alive.. (i mean by IQ) imo.. and no im not talking about achievement..
clovelywindheaven 1 year ago
Poor guy, trying to explain string physics to a woman with a microphone.
Prof Witten is no ordinary genius ..he's a real down to earth guy, with a lot of class.
He did a great job
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I seriously like this man. I agree with 'polymath7'... "This whole interview is charmingly awkward."
I also agree 100% with 'Hablolrlandes'... "He is a living example of Einstein's mantra that if you can't explain something simply, it means you don't understand it well enough. He explains things beautifully..."
zenmeister451 1 year ago
terrence tao owns this guy at math :)
bytedildo 1 year ago
@bytedildo who the fuck is terrence tao you moron
x1x2x3ct 5 months ago
I think she gave him a bj after te interview.
bytedildo 1 year ago 2
Ed Witten needs some LSD to visualize the extra dimensions :D
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She has no fucking clue what is going on...
gvsfgdf 1 year ago
this woman has literally no idea of what he is talking about
drinksupreme 1 year ago
he seems like he cud read a kids story and kids wud pay attention...
Wakipenda 1 year ago 4
ok, the interviewer doesn't know a thing about physics, would it be so hard to get someone who has actually studied physics to do the interview, so (s)he can ask i duno "realevant" and "usefull" questions... she is like isn't it exciting?! what the hell is that?
ramtinking 1 year ago
All the smartest men in the world are White.
Asiats1 1 year ago
@Asiats1 This is false, and I've been seeing your comments all over these videos. You seem to lack the ability to think critically. Work on that.
kabukibunk 1 year ago
@kabukibunk Okay.. the smartest men are Blacks. happy?
Asiats1 1 year ago
@Asiats1 Yes, Kabukibunk wrote about blacks. Oh wait, there was no mention about black people.
You don't even understand a simple sentences and yet you are making a statement? Sheer stupidity.
PrittX 1 year ago
What if Hawking Radiation is wrong? What if the black hole that could get produced by the LHC start growing and fuck us all up?
totallyrandom02 1 year ago
@totallyrandom02
What if 1=2?
ballersack 1 year ago
Compare the size of their heads!!
almowak2 1 year ago 3
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Chris Langan is smarter than this guy.
madzane94 1 year ago
@madzane94 hahaaaahha. oh that made my day, very good joke
ramtinking 1 year ago
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PaulDiracFRS 1 year ago
I think these two shoulh have banged each other..now that would have been a big bang, if you ask me
transfoby 1 year ago
Where the fuck did they find this dumb woman.
transfoby 1 year ago
indeed, i think this reporter wants to reproduce many, many times with this man in the hopes of abundant genius among her babies! lol
heythereimhigh 1 year ago
you can tell this guy lives, eats, sleeps, physics.
ialvarez357 1 year ago 7
@ialvarez357 you forgot 1, you forgot 'dreams physics'... he is brilliant
ramtinking 1 year ago
he's amazing, the whole M-Theory is enormous! unbeatable!
Ed is BY FAR the most intelligent man in the world
ozzcasale 1 year ago 2
Bitch ownage starting at 0:44
Smood47 1 year ago
why do they send her as an interviewer???
snyggmikael 1 year ago
@snyggmikael That is as mystery as big as the real objective of this experiment.
transfoby 1 year ago
i like to listen to ed witten speak but it's hard to watch interviews where the people are no where near his level.
roopsingh1394 1 year ago
...Now I see what the personification of "A Beautiful Mind" looks like. I'm no intellectual, but I think it is amazing how God creates vast possibilities in the mankind realm. This man as purpose. He is a voice that even Steven Hawking can be proud of at this time in the universal history. Thanks for posting.
MrDiamondcut 1 year ago
@MrDiamondcut
ed witten could beat up your god.
roopsingh1394 1 year ago 7
@MrDiamondcut lol this guy is a much more important physicist than Stephen Hawking imo. If you ask any working physicists who they consider the most influential living physicist, most will probably say Witten. I would be surprised if anyone at all would mention Hawking.
antonc81 1 year ago
the interviewer wants to bang him....look at her smile....that nani is dripping!
MrBeef79 1 year ago
@MrBeef79 is that what you took from that video?
MMAoracle 1 year ago
Witten seems a bit "Aspie". :P I like him!
deusAtheismus 1 year ago
he sounds like stephen hawking's robot voice.
gatoradeee 1 year ago
you've got to love when someone has to ask if something is interesting.
NBomb187 1 year ago
She wants Witten's strings all over her face.
lvngdead 1 year ago 11
i wanna bon her all night :)) she is so stupid and hornyyyy
turnmeonn 1 year ago
is she retarded? or needs some fun like a long night with his bonner ??? :))
turnmeonn 1 year ago
so much money and effort into these research and what have we got so far - dark matter that needs to be identified, the high chances of extra dimensions, the mistery of the origin of matter prior to the Big Bang ?
Are we better positioned than a Middle Ages monk meditating on his bible?
I would like to think so, but are we?????
enniopat 1 year ago
@enniopat not at all, we just have excelled in morality and civility. This is an incredibly interesting topic but what I'd like to know is how humans can use this alleged theoretical information to benefit us. Otherwise I wonder why we have spent so much on these potentially feeble efforts. I'm beleaguering this topic, just curious as to whether or not it's worth it.
NBomb187 1 year ago
she's so confused :)
notesleb 1 year ago
She is definitely throwing it at him. Hair flip, running hand through her hair...
gaussalmighty 1 year ago 8
@gaussalmighty
Hehe. I guess Witten is the silverback among those CERN-physicists, and she knows it.
vanderbilt887 1 year ago 5
Two things I like about Ed Witten, 1 - He is a living example of Einsteins mantra that if you cant explain something simply, it means you don't understand it well enough. He explains things beautifully. 2 - He is completely devoid of an ego. He has a passion for what he does and he's not doing it to be a famous physicist, very refreshing.
HabloIrlandes 1 year ago 58
Is this a joke?! What kind of nitwit is doing this interview? What is wrong with that woman? Lack of Braincells? She has a nasty accent. The way she behaves is like a BJ slut. She's also looking in the camera... touches her nose and strokes her hair.
Ed thinks... what kind of bizarre interview is this? He is looking at the camera too.
Perhaps there is no one behind it. This interview is a dark matter.
bernhard12345 1 year ago
i am sure , the interviewer is not getting anything..........
bossboss14 1 year ago 3
nah it was 11 times one for each dimension
MrJamesness 1 year ago
she's like, "what the hell is this guys saying? hmmm. yes..."
LITTLER0CKAR 1 year ago
I trust in witten!
totallyrandom02 1 year ago
6:50
eloh22 1 year ago
(5:40) Feel extra-dimensions? I cannot visualize extra-dimensions... Just look at themselves! The Strong Principle of Equivalence states a connection of Life and Extra-dimensions, doesn't it?
mrqsilveira 1 year ago
Witten had to be a big man to harmonize with a needed startling profile: to find out supersymmetry as is his profound desire (0:36) one needs this very ancient abrahamic artifact - a king's nose! - to sniff into the recesses of mind. Just a nature's supersymmetric quality!
mrqsilveira 1 year ago
Witten is of sub-Transcendental-Genius, unlike me.. Of Course.
Now if you'll pardon me, I have some better things to do with my time.
What do you people think, that you are worthy of my time? Inscects!
TrollerSupreme 1 year ago
inscects bitch
sandwichtaster 1 year ago
Great video. Beautiful weather. And lovely interviewer. ;)
BluCosmos 1 year ago
@hockeydawg17 stfu. you can't even spell infinite. you have no right to call someone a moron. clearly you have never actually studied any of this.
nacho862 1 year ago
sidewaysfcs0718 your an idiot guess again moron
hockeydawg17 1 year ago
"Don't take it too seriously." I love it!
mikeroephonics 1 year ago 3
the singular is infinate so crash some photons together and get smaller particals but you can go to infinate
hockeydawg17 2 years ago
damn learn proper english
their crashing protons not photons ...
sidewaysfcs0718 1 year ago
friends dark matter does not add up
in fact none of there theories do
with mapps satellite the cosmic backroung proves this
hockeydawg17 2 years ago
the interviewer looks like she wants to fuck witten..she's mesmerized.
drapdrop 2 years ago 2
I want to fuck Witten and I'm a heterosexual male!
He looks pretty big for a scientist.
Pastafarealist 1 year ago
Lol the interviewer didn't know a single thing whitten had said. I was laughing all the way.
Frostfirepenls 2 years ago
@Frostfirepenls funny how you missed that she came up with "Peter" Higgs isn't it? I hope you are in a ghetto somewhere....
EditorialResponse 2 years ago
Ya its not like she asks some of the stupidest questions ever....
Its like she did no background research at all besides looking at a Wikipedia article.
Frostfirepenls 2 years ago
@Frostfirepenls so how should we introduce Mr Witten to everyone, to make them aware of quantum physics and to get new students studying physics. If she was a physicist of Witten's stature then few would be able to understand any of it. She is in to the interview. Knowledgeable enough to bootstrap everyone in - in this instance.... and she is not insulting. She has some mind for the material and is honored to speak with him.
EditorialResponse 2 years ago 2
Frostfirepenis, you have the stupidest
username, so I have a feeling, in the
'field of stupidity', you might be an expert,
except about your own delusional
stupidity.
Take your meds, get out of bed and
wash yourself. Feel better?
fntime 2 years ago
what wrong with Peter Higgs genius?
rngftweekend 2 years ago
Did anyone notice during the interview the interviewer (the woman) was just like ".......what the ...." lol?
rinwhr 2 years ago 3
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This is rubbish, utter rubbish. He (they) are just make a question fit the answer. There is Dark Matter but we don't know what it is! There may be electrons that do not create a magnetic field! WOH!!! These guys are only brilliant if you believe they are, and like them you believe in fairies at the bottom of the garden.
guesser7 2 years ago
guesser7, I hear you on Dark Matter!
BUT, Ed Witten is brilliant!
fntime 2 years ago
To again repeat, most of Einsteins theory was sheer intuition based upon little more than mathematical consistency (curved space time and so on) and had no observations to spur their postulation, as Ed Witten observes, as was the case in innumerable other instances (gravitational waves, black holes, neutrons and neutrinos and so on, Ive already cited all of this and you have ignored it).
JDHURF 2 years ago
I think you win, JDHURF. Special relativity was based on laws being the same in all reference frames, which was supported by evidence, but general relativity was a creative breakthrough whose beauty happened to match that of the universe itself. If CERN finds supersymmetric particles, and if we can learn more about dark matter, then that will be strong evidence for string theory. Just because it implies 11 dimensions doesn't mean it is inconsistent with observations (obviously).
chuckinator0 2 years ago
Yes, chuckinator0, I agree with you. As Witten was saying, if they find supersymmetric particles, while that won't prove superstring theory correct, it is nevertheless very strong evidence in its favor.
JDHURF 2 years ago
You just repeated the false claim that I refuted in response and therefore shall only say that you need to actually read my comment.
You can watch Janna Levin discuss this on the Colbert Report. The comment box won't allow me to post the link, but all you have to do is google "Janna Levin Stephen Colbert".
JDHURF 2 years ago
OMG he is so smart!!
totallyrandom02 2 years ago
yo i bet ed straight up fucks her behind that metal thing after this shit is over
nacho862 2 years ago 2
Why would you even comment on something you obviously don't know nothing about. You are just another layman spreading something you read by someone blogging about some other phycisists rightful criticism of string theory. But calling Witten a sci-fi writer and people working on string theory crooks just shows how immature and ignorant you are.
komodekork 2 years ago 3
yeah man. even if the theory doesn't pan out, i believe that the sheer intelligence, ability, and willpower possessed by people like Witten is a good enough testament to human progress.
nacho862 2 years ago
"Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist with a focus on mathematical physics. He is a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. He is a leading researcher in superstring theory and winner of the highest honor in mathematics," PLS. REMEMBER THIS FACT WHEN COMMENTING ON THIS VIDEO OR THE MAN.
lsjtifo 2 years ago
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Oh really? we also need to remember that THERE IS/WAS/WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE FOR OR AGAINST STRING THEORY before calling him a physicist!
He is a combination of a science fiction writer and mathemetician, at best.
nevertheless123 2 years ago
Einsteins theory of relativity was considered a sort of "science fiction" by some, much like string theory. but it was eventually proven by experiment, and scientists are currently trying to prove string theory. Speaking out against a theory before it has been tested through experiment is like complaining about dinner before it is fully prepared. So let's not generalize or discredit those that have done great things, or at the very least, are in the process of doing potentially great things.
nacho862 2 years ago
As Witten observes: the entire history of physics shows innumerable instances " where theories that appeared impervious to testing were, in fact, eventually tested (he cites as examples gravitational waves, black holes, neutrons and neutrinos being big ideas during the thirties and practically in the category of science fiction, yet later in the sixties, seventies and eighties, due to new discoveries that werent foreseen and so on, they were eventually tested).
JDHURF 2 years ago
Look, its not that string theory is expected to be tested at some future point. It has already been tested and shown to be wrong since it does not explain existing phenomena.
I would expect a "theory of everything" to be consistent with existing observations.
Other theories had some basis even while they were speculated....like relativity, which was based on solid experimental evidence. But there is absolutely not a single shred of evidence to corroborate string theory.
nevertheless123 2 years ago
Your claim that string theory has already been tested and shown to be wrong is not only false, but a contradiction of your previous claim that it was impervious to testing. How can something be impervious to testing and yet also have already been tested and proved wrong?
JDHURF 2 years ago 2
I meant that string theory does not reduce to the standard model of 4D. So it was not right to use the word "test". Just that it does not offer explanations for the world we live in.
The impervious part is the proof for the existence of extra dimensions.
Comprende?
nevertheless123 2 years ago
Virtually all of Einsteins work with relativity had nothing to do with solid experimental evidence. It was largely predicated upon intuition, but it was so mathematically consistent that it warranted serious attention and has since been supported through observation.
JDHURF 2 years ago
No you are wrong. Relativity was based on several EXPERIMENTAL observations including that of Michelson and Morely regarding the constancy of the velocity of light with respect to ref. frames and the absense of aether. It is based on many sound logical principles such as the invariance of the physical laws with respect to inertial ref. frames.
It wasnt cooked up out of thin air to account for the failure of a theory in 3 dimensions ! That job was left for string theorists.
nevertheless123 2 years ago
Im sorry, but that is just plain false. A large bulk of Einsteins work regarding relativity was absolutely predicated upon intuition and mathematical consistency when, at the time he was formulating these theories, there were no observations to have led to their postulations. His notion of curved space was based upon no observation, it was motivated by intuition and mathematical consistency, it was only later verified (during the solar eclipse of 1919).
JDHURF 2 years ago
Relativity was founded on existing experiments such as the invariance of the light velocity and absence of ether. but its predictions were of course confirmed a few years later. Moreover no one thought of rel. as experimentally impossible to prove back then.
But is string theory founded on existing experimental observations ? no. The concept of stings was pulled out of these theorists a#$^es with no experimental basis. Also ST is practically impossible to verify experimentally.
nevertheless123 2 years ago
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gmanj88 2 years ago
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He cannot say anything that will make sense since string theory is meaningless and bogus.
These guys are complete crooks that pretend to be smart and fool the public.
nevertheless123 2 years ago
orly. He's awarded a fields medal. Math is nonsense and bogus too?
screwyoutwo 2 years ago 2
@nevertheless123 If you are so smart why don't you put some video explaining why they are wrong and crooks.
VelikiBedak 2 years ago
does he bang her? i think she wants his gluons and strong force. maybe she's a lepton
dudeandsparky 2 years ago
love the way he laughs at the stupidity of people , just adorable,lol!
gringoroko 2 years ago 29
@gringoroko This whole interview is charmingly awkward.
polymath7 1 year ago 18
At0.49 "well it`s hard to assign probabilities.." your "..." stand for the logical abordation of the question, not scientific as u called it - ".. to something that only happens once and our oppinions have nothing to do with what the answer turns out to be!" In other words there is no need to call out for probabilities in a matter that has a very low chance to have happend in the first place and above that, the result cant be forseen or predicted even by the Smart Guys beacause it`s a premiere.
bombeu 2 years ago
Edward is AMAZING!!!
Emamnuelguzman86 2 years ago 21
@Emamnuelguzman86 Yeah? what's amazing about this android
transfoby 1 year ago
@transfoby Trolls are hard to impress not even M-theory would impress a troll thats whats amazing, the objective of his experiment is on the video , if you dont understand it yet go troll on some other videos which match your IQ levels.
The objective is exploration and discovery is it not obvious enough.
Emamnuelguzman86 1 year ago
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@Emamnuelguzman86 lol...I find it funny how you keep calling me a 'trall'..Also, I think your english writing skills have to improve a bit.
transfoby 1 year ago
Wasnt the hawking radiation just a theory ot theoretical thing rather than just a fact ?
cyberdaemon 2 years ago
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After this interview, Witten took the interviewer behind that big copper thing and banged her, making her cum >5 times.
dudemandude999 2 years ago 23
lmao, yea was thinking the same thing. She is way too enthusiastic.
javafreak10 2 years ago
@dudemandude999
Hahaha!
Funny! But he is married.
LogicalFlawDetector 1 year ago
@dudemandude999 I swear, I must be one of the few nerds in the world who doesn't prefer white women. I'm starting to think it's something to be proud of, actually.
GluttonForSex 1 year ago
@dudemandude999 Uh, yeah, his come on line was, "Would you like to see my naked singularity"?
polymath7 1 year ago 2
@dudemandude999 LOL
gatoradeee 1 year ago
simple questions and this demi-god turns the answers scientific..
at 0:49
"..well, it's hard to assign probabilities..."
timetraveler2006 2 years ago
i guess the interviewer makes him uncomfortable
hayderatrah 2 years ago
He's starting to look like Peter Sellers in "Being There".
monsteraaron 2 years ago 5
hahaha
kenrubes 2 years ago
Or Dr. Strangelove--
Thracozaag 2 years ago 4
Mr. Witten's age has sure been catching up to him recently. Only serves to make him look more like a scientist, right? LOL. Ed Witten certainly is a man deserving of praise.
On the comment about Einstein and "spiritual science"... Einstein only used god metaphorically, in the deist sense. He was certainly no theist, please do not get confused on that point. The twisting of his and Darwin's words and legacies are the biggest tool in the creationist propagandist agenda.
GuerrillaForce 2 years ago 8
Yes, i wasn't trying to imply anything beyond deism.
HiAdrian 2 years ago
Einstein was critical of theism, but he was equally critical of atheism. Religious and creationist groups are not the only ones who twist his words. I've seen many an atheist try to claim Einstein for their camp. The truth is that he didn't conform to the anthropomorphic metaphysics of the day.
flockofseagulls87 2 years ago
Mr Witten, you are my idol!
totallyrandom02 2 years ago 3
Does anybody know his take on god?
widelens1 2 years ago
I would assume he's an atheist. He seems very comfortable in the purely logic realm, so there's probably no drive in him, for "spiritual science" a là Einstein.
HiAdrian 2 years ago
He does behave like some kind of being from a higher dimension doesn't he.
And yeah - you do get the impression she wants to excite his heterotic superstring......
Chronosaur 2 years ago 3
He reminds me of Ray Charles.
StewLink 2 years ago
I wonder if he realized that chick was into him?
monsteraaron 2 years ago 6
go M
sharpshiell 2 years ago