There were definitely medical researchers involved in developing diagnostic tools, but I agree science is a network. All pathology and human conditions arise from biochemical processes, which follow chemical laws, which couldn't exist without physics, ... Etc.
Dr. Tyson looks tired. He is right about medicine. As a physician, I can tell you that most breakthroughs in medical science are not from directed medical research, but are the byproducts of development in other disciplines. For instance, a camera at MIT can take photographs at 1 trillion FPS, fast enough to capture light waves. This could be used for imaging purposes, but that isn't why it was developed.
I'm glad he said we need to fund all branches of science, instead of forcing other people to fund science like democrats want to do.
Everyone agrees that people who think they know what to invest in are free to buy stock in a company that does that and that that's the best way to fund science.
I recently watched a video in which Dr. Tyson mentioned a (possibly apocryphal) story of Faraday showing his work to the British minister of finance--look, you run this wire between two magnets and this thingy moved. When asked the use, he said 'I don't know, but I'm quite sure that someday you'll tax it'.
Sixty years later, we had electricity in people's homes, because of Faraday's wires and magnets.
Pure research is what gave us all we have. Just not on the corporate 'next quarter' cycle.
@exconguitar First "Black n Yellow" is most definitely racist. Second Michio is American, born and raised. Assuming someone is from somewhere solely based on their appearance is racist even if it isn't intentional.
i have a problem with this country... why did 12 ppl disliked this video. seriously, hes not arguing for something that can be thought of as "controversial", he is simply stating how medicine works in terms of its engineering
@CyberFenix000 Because not everyone will like everything. You can't expect everyone to like something someone says. It's like having a perfect apple. Doesn't matter how delicious and perfect it is, someone out there will just not like apples.
@CyberFenix000 It's probably because filthy degenerates are still around... they'll dislike it because he's not white, or maybe they hate science because they think it's the devil's work. Blah blah blah. Primitive screwheads.
I like to think that 12 people were moving the mouse to the like button so fast they hit the dislike button purely on accident... that's what keeps me from getting totally pissed. :-P
uughh, you know how it is!! BLACK n YELLOW!! BLACK n YELLOW!! BLACK n YELLOW!! BLACK n YELLOW!! BLACK n YELLOW!! BLACK n YELLOW!! BLACK n YELLOW!! haha
He is correct in saying that all science must be funded. However, I do hope that the next big breakthrough in science is in the field of Biology. Chemistry and Physics have had their era for more than a hundred years of amazing discoveries, Biology needs to step up to the plate now. (Don't get me wrong, there are always big discoveries in bio, but I'm speaking about on the same level as Einstein and Schrodinger big).
Actually, I think Michio Kaku = the Asian Albert Einstein. He's a physicist, he's got a sense of humor, and his hair especially makes him a lookalike!
Neil deGrasse Tyson - "OUR COLLECTIVE FREE TIME NEEDS TO SHIFT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO EDUCATION. WHETHER YOU'RE A YOUNG STUDENT OR FINISHED SCHOOL LONG AGO, GET OUT TO THE LIBRARY WHENEVER YOU CAN AND WORK HARD TO LEARN EVERYTHING YOU CAN ABOUT THIS WORLD. EACH INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY WILL BENEFIT FROM BEING ABLE TO SOLVE MORE PROBLEMS AND MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. EDUCATION IS AN AMAZING DISCOVERY PROCESS THAT REPAYS YOU ENDLESSLY."
wrong conclusion: Many medical doctors contribute to every single device created, by cross ' pollination' of a given knowledge database. Improvements in medical science are driven by doctors, not inventors.
100% true. I am a biomedical researcher that works very closely with engineers and in reality I do draw information from multiple fields to do my work efficiently. I'm a very strong advocate of basic research since discoveries that do benefit us come from a basic scientist exploring questions, and sometimes these initial questions have nothing to do with what their discoveries lead to. I wish more people understood the importance of basic research and why we should fund it.
i have to say.. you misspoke there, or you are wrong Dr Tyson =)).. not everyone wants to "live healthy".. but i'm sure more people want to BE happy.. living a lifestyle that restricts you from unhealthy things isn't in everyones wish though =)
Oh shit, you're right! that makes so much sense! You know so much about me from just one sentence! I can't believe I relinquished my Christianity Just because decided to research facts. I mean, since when are facts reliable? They are nothing in comparison to faith, which is completely absolute and unquestionable... now if THAT were true, I would be a moron "a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment"
@Axiodox I've only just found him! I've been watching Dawkins for a while now, and I find his tone slightly grating. But Neil is just so jovial, I love it :)
He doesn't look well in this clip. Seems tired and generally not feeling well: gestures are slow, he looks a bit peaked, etc. Anyone else get the same thing from this clip?
While I agree that physics has contributed to medicine, I feel that today a greater emphasis should be placed on biology. As a Biochemist I will obviously be slightly biased, but hear me out.
Physics can only do so much. Take the human body. Yes Physics has helped us image it etc. but fundamentally the human body is a BIOLOGICAL system. This why I believe that there should be a greater emphasis on funding into stem cell research, as I feel we are on the cusp of a major medical breakthrough.
@georgemetric No one field should be funded at the expense of other fields. Progress is made through synergy of multiple fields. No matter how much money you put into biology, if you don't have machinery to measure, image, and record what's going on, you're wasting your time. Further, modern equipment needs microprocessors and software. All fields of engineering and science depend on each other, and when you slight one, you risk undermining the ability to advance in the others.
I guess all I'm really annoyed about is how biology seems to be to one science that is always embroiled in political controversy, and because of that always seems to stall on the really major discoveries. I know something similar happened with CERN, but in the end I think everyone gave up caring about the whole micro-black hole rubbish.
But I don't think you can't argue that the amount of funding pumped into CERN dwarfs any amount invested in the biomedical sector.
@georgemetric And please differentiate between biomedical and pharmaceutical. Because yes, I do know about the huge profits generated by pharma companies, however I don't consider this biomedical science. Yes pharma is a branch of biomedical, but it is by no means all of it.
@georgemetric Youi're right that CERN has received massive funding, but that was largely to construct the Large Hadron Collider. Biology tends to get politicized when it deals with areas where there's going to be a large moral component. But even that only affects federal funding - embryonic stem cells, for example. Research into any other stem cells kept getting funding, and even embryonic could still proceed with private funding.
Imagine all those dollars given to any religious group, what would do to our society if those dollars were given to the scientific community to research.
@mihaimoldo The money given to religious groups comes from people donating their money to a purpose they believe is good - and it is good for the most part. Many faithful Christians tithe - meaning they donate 10% of their income to their church. Why don't you demonstrate your belief in what such donations could do for research by voluntarily donating 10% of your income to that research? That's how religious groups get their money, after all. That's called: "Put up or shut up."
@MKahn84 I see a lot of cancer research donation boxes near lots of cashiers in lots of shops, and I donate any loose change I have when I can. So I think your point is moot.
But mihaimoldo does make a good point. Imagine how far science could advance with the huge amounts of funding generated by religious institutions! I boggles my mind that people prefer to donate money to churches, which aren't exactly on the edge of bankrupcy, and not to trying to stop some of the deadliest diseases.
@georgemetric If you'd look into the good that religious organizations do, you wouldn't consider the priorities wrong. I've assisted in the food pantries and the centers where religious organizations provide food for a whole lot of needy people and in sending rebuilding supplies after disasters. Churches send vast sums of money that go to help the world's poor. It does them no good to fund this research if it takes away the food and medicines they need to survive. Who's priorities are wrong?
@georgemetric Further, you dump some loose change to fund research. If it really was a priority for you, wouldn't you set aside some real money to support that research - say an automatic donation in the range of 1-5% of your take home pay? You speak as if it is important to you, but do you act like it? It's why I scoff at anthropogenic global warming - because the people who are telling me it's a crisis do not behave as if they believe it's a crisis.
@MKahn84 I'm a student, I don't have the cash :/ But yes of course I'm aware of the humanitarian work religious organisations do, and that they deal with the global problems of today. But all I'm trying to say is that if we attack the root of some these problems that we can control eg. famine and disease, a lot more money could be given to those who have been affected by tragedies beyond our control eg. earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
@MKahn84 I mean you only have to look at Live Aid as an example. They thought they could solve the African famines by throwing money at the problem. A few decades later, Live 8 rolls around, and they try to solve the problem by once again throwing money at it.
Now I'm not saying that they were doing the wrong thing. Live Aid certainly created short term relief to the problem, but it didn't eradicate the cause. That's where science can help.
@georgemetric If throwing money at the problems in, say, Africa won't solve the problem, then what makes you think that throwing money at research would solve anything? :-)
Yes, we DO need more funding for research, but a private donation is the sole business of the donor. I am dismayed that anyone would believe money given to churches is wasted. My only regret about the $30 I gave to the religious custodians of Meryemana Evi last month is that I didn't have more to give them.
@MKahn84 donating by being lied to and manipulated by evil fucks. Changes nothing.
It's good for most part? How? making a 1 guy and his family live like fucking kings?. All in exchange for a psychological placebo? please...
i'm talking about the waste of their wealth...they were given such privileges and they waste them on church...
And speaking of donating, we have a law in my country where you can donate only 2 percent of your income to certain organizations and mine is to a hospital.
@mihaimoldo Dude, you're so out of touch with reality that you're not worth my time. It's a shame you live in such an idiotic country. I wouldn't have believed a government would limit how you can spend your own money. Why do you people put up with that crap. Living in a place like that, no wonder you have such a bad attitude - and no wonder you feel you can dictate how other people should spend their own money. Do us a favor and keep that disgusting attitude in your cesspool of a country.
@whitelikerice if god can see the future then that proves two things he can not effect anything and we have no free will. Because it is impossible for any single being to be able to see the future and effect it at the same time. This destined future that god sees for us he must have seen before he before the creating the universe and changed nothing. This would not make him the kind loving god many make him out to be. How does that work?
to close the debate, Math is not science and it never was. Math is a language. a way to express science. physics is science but how can you explain how it works, through english/spanish/french words or, more universally, math.
I love Neil, but funding "all" science is a little vague. I mean people have gotten grants to put shrimp on treadmills and testing which brand of ketchup exits the bottle faster. Playing golf on the moon didn't exactly cure cancer either. If people want to fund that, great, but they should do so with their own money. Otherwise, its just corporate welfare.
LMAO! Even under serious conditions Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson continues to be funny and charming. LOL at 0:38-1:05 I thought he was going to thank doctors.
I'm christian, I believe in God, but science is facts, I believe that made everything but, he also gave us the power to make smaller things using science. This isn't time for a religious debate, so I digress, I just wish It didn't have to be one or the other everybody has different beliefs so let's just accept it and move one :) btw Neil is a super smart and interesting.
I agree with Neil. As a physician myself, I am often humbled by how little I could do to help a patient if it were not for contributions from many other people and disciplines. Just some examples:
1. The people who built the building
2. Electricity
3. Imaging (X-ray, CT, MRI)
4. Water sanitation
5. The janitors who clean (think MRSA and other superbugs that lurk in unclean hospitals)
6. Pharmaceutical manufacturing
7. Pacemakers (not initially designed for the heart)
Well he is an astrophysicist and not a medical doctor or biologist. I think his point was that no single topic is at the forefront of medical innovation. The next advances in medicine lie in breakthroughs in more fundamental sciences that will then apply to medicine in ways that we can't even foresee yet. That is the true forefront of medical innovation. At least that's how I think he answered the question...
No, he didn' t seem to answer the question; though I agreed with what he said too. The question wasn't " do you think all scientific funding should be going to stem cell research at the expense of everything else?"
@TheBoneheader You're obviously a fool. The fact that you say "African tribesman" shows your lack of respect for people who are different. Listen to this pal! Europe/ The Renaisance/ Age of Enlightenment WOULD HAVE NOT HAPPENED without the the input of the The Africans, The Greeks, The Romans, AND THE ARABS!!! And it goes in that ORDER! OK?!! The Africans are the EGYPTIANS! Even now in science it takes a time to come to a conclusion...you don't just get 'inspired' to develop something.
There will be many breakthroughs in the next 20 years. Nanotechnology is already huge, we have now started building replacement body parts to order in fabrication machines. However nothing will compare to the invention of true AI. It will probably put most scientists out of a job (me being one) but it is entirely possible that within our lifetimes AI will change our lives to such an extent that for better or worse we will not recognise who or what we become.
Where can I buy that tie?
albinbjarhall 1 day ago
:watchout:
TheArielfuentealba 1 day ago 3
We have to very careful
VicariousReality7 2 days ago
watch out were dealing with the next scientific breakthrough over here
kachekieran 3 days ago
LOL, the Badass guy!
RainHellsine 3 days ago
AY SI AY SI! jajajaja
saintous94 3 days ago
He seemed really tired. I hope he's getting enough sleep.
That or the lights were too bright.
deemon710 4 days ago
OOH! LOOK OUT, WE GOT A BADASS OVER HERE.
imerule 5 days ago
wise words
hypock1 5 days ago
Watch out, we got a badass over here.
TheMeanSgtPlaysPiano 5 days ago
Very nice. Love new info..
Thejbirdy 6 days ago
There were definitely medical researchers involved in developing diagnostic tools, but I agree science is a network. All pathology and human conditions arise from biochemical processes, which follow chemical laws, which couldn't exist without physics, ... Etc.
SSTTEEAALLTTHH 1 week ago
DIDN'T READ LOL
marocon60 1 week ago
My word this man is brilliant.
mikemurphy383 1 week ago
Dr. Tyson looks tired. He is right about medicine. As a physician, I can tell you that most breakthroughs in medical science are not from directed medical research, but are the byproducts of development in other disciplines. For instance, a camera at MIT can take photographs at 1 trillion FPS, fast enough to capture light waves. This could be used for imaging purposes, but that isn't why it was developed.
MewCat100 1 week ago 3
I'm glad he said we need to fund all branches of science, instead of forcing other people to fund science like democrats want to do.
Everyone agrees that people who think they know what to invest in are free to buy stock in a company that does that and that that's the best way to fund science.
MrShoeguy 1 week ago
Watchout, we got a badass over here
DaMuzicKing 1 week ago 6
Genius!!!
SmackBear2SmckCat 2 weeks ago
scientific presidents
cloud4743 2 weeks ago
Neil deGrasse Tyson PRESIDENT !!!
cloud4743 2 weeks ago 3
There really is no need for a 'dislike' option on BigThink videos.
qotsaandsoadfan1 2 weeks ago 3
There have already been medical breakthroughs to cure many diseases but like usual they get covered up by the greedy bastards that run the country.
themixedarts 2 weeks ago
watch out! we got a real badass over here!
R3stor 2 weeks ago
Play this video and "Fun with Ricky Gervais" at the same time if you can. They have a very heated argument about drugs, murder, and physics.
009SoundVEVO 3 weeks ago 6
Its weird how I agree with everything this guy has to say....
xmastamurfx 3 weeks ago 3
@xmastamurfx That's not so weird, Neil.
zazeify 3 weeks ago
looks like we have a badass over here.
OrNyLexx 3 weeks ago
I recently watched a video in which Dr. Tyson mentioned a (possibly apocryphal) story of Faraday showing his work to the British minister of finance--look, you run this wire between two magnets and this thingy moved. When asked the use, he said 'I don't know, but I'm quite sure that someday you'll tax it'.
Sixty years later, we had electricity in people's homes, because of Faraday's wires and magnets.
Pure research is what gave us all we have. Just not on the corporate 'next quarter' cycle.
LKBM 3 weeks ago
Hmmm I can't help but wondering if him and Mike Tyson are related, if so I wouldn't let this guy near my ear either!
Brandonsk33n 3 weeks ago
I love his tie.
Just4Now1000 3 weeks ago
Watch out.
grande1899 1 month ago 2
Very good point.
VobisPacem 1 month ago
I'd say neil is the black sagan
snuffsan 1 month ago
I have never heard this guy say one wrong thing! lol
yamenhawit 1 month ago 3
Woooo! I'm a Biomedical Engineer! :D
NitWomba 1 month ago
I love this guy!
giarcnella66 1 month ago
Mike Tyson = Black Einstein
Kim Kardashian = Stephen Hawking
TurkiyeCumhurbaskani 1 month ago
Niels black. Hmmmm didn't know that.
DrSatanAIDS 1 month ago
wise guy actually
kn1b1s95 1 month ago
I love this man. I would give my left testicle to spend a day talking to him.
roarshackdotcom 1 month ago
I MUST have that tie!
perqa 1 month ago
Why are both top comments vaguely racist observations by the same person?
Digg175 1 month ago 41
@Digg175 How is it racist ? is Neil NOT black ? Is Michio NOT Asian ?
I fail to see how it's racist to call-out someones race.
exconguitar 1 month ago
@exconguitar First "Black n Yellow" is most definitely racist. Second Michio is American, born and raised. Assuming someone is from somewhere solely based on their appearance is racist even if it isn't intentional.
Digg175 1 month ago
@Digg175 why is black and yellow racist.lol. if someone called me white, id say thanks for recognising that fact.huh.
winstonchurchil1945 1 month ago
@Digg175 be the first political correct person and explain your crap. since when the word black has had an actual negative context?
somberlight 3 weeks ago
@somberlight Neil isn't black. Michio isn't yellow. And now my comment is the top comment without any references -_-.
Digg175 3 weeks ago
I wanna grow up to be just like you Neil deGrasse Tyson
FSrevolution 1 month ago
i have a problem with this country... why did 12 ppl disliked this video. seriously, hes not arguing for something that can be thought of as "controversial", he is simply stating how medicine works in terms of its engineering
CyberFenix000 1 month ago
@CyberFenix000 Because not everyone will like everything. You can't expect everyone to like something someone says. It's like having a perfect apple. Doesn't matter how delicious and perfect it is, someone out there will just not like apples.
ZilliamWhang 1 month ago
@CyberFenix000 It's probably because filthy degenerates are still around... they'll dislike it because he's not white, or maybe they hate science because they think it's the devil's work. Blah blah blah. Primitive screwheads.
I like to think that 12 people were moving the mouse to the like button so fast they hit the dislike button purely on accident... that's what keeps me from getting totally pissed. :-P
basmithtx 1 month ago
The guy who directed this' last name is Planetarium...
That is freaking awesome.
Jay4P 1 month ago
@Jay4P No...Niel Degrasse Tyson is the director of the Hayden Planetarium.
TheDrraspberry 1 month ago
@TheDrraspberry Yeah, I worked that out not too long after I posted that... haha
Jay4P 1 month ago
i like this channel, penn jilette, kurzweil, kaku, tyson, harris, what's it called again ? big think ?? subscribing now, definitely
prazi86 2 months ago
He is right ya know...
nabasta 2 months ago
He looks kinda tired...
KIDD9876 2 months ago
Watch out we got a badass over here
GiladLukash 2 months ago
I honestly had never looked at it that way, very nice eye-opener!
DeanLeysen 2 months ago 32
he looks stoned!
jaalul 2 months ago
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Neil deGrasse Tyson & Michio Kaku
uughh, you know how it is!! BLACK n YELLOW!! BLACK n YELLOW!! BLACK n YELLOW!! BLACK n YELLOW!! BLACK n YELLOW!! BLACK n YELLOW!! BLACK n YELLOW!! haha
oopopp 2 months ago 16
@oopopp Funniest comment on Youtube! I love you!
HoboStrangler 2 months ago
@oopopp You won the internet for a day.
HectorL360 1 month ago
@HectorL360 You won my cock up your moms ass for the day.
BigBagsForRent2 1 month ago
@oopopp Everything they do--they do it big [ASTRONOMICAL]!
eier 3 weeks ago
Like a boss!!!!
INMATE2468 2 months ago
Love the tie Neil!
bellis84 2 months ago
Let us not forget that the Internet (the World Wide Web) was started by CERN.
links212 2 months ago
@links212 Um....no.
Nice try, but next time before you make such patently erroneous statements, you might want to do a quick Google search or check with Wikipedia.
I will now leave you to wallow in your ignorance.
ciaochowbella 2 months ago
@ciaochowbella Please stop trolling.
links212 2 months ago
@ciaochowbella I'm not trolling. CERN did not start the internet. They're just one part of the vast puzzle.
If CERN is the originator of the internet, then a steering wheel is an entire car.
Back to your wallowing.....
ciaochowbella 2 months ago
this man is so educated that he has become an utter fool. pity
whiteliketar 2 months ago
He is correct in saying that all science must be funded. However, I do hope that the next big breakthrough in science is in the field of Biology. Chemistry and Physics have had their era for more than a hundred years of amazing discoveries, Biology needs to step up to the plate now. (Don't get me wrong, there are always big discoveries in bio, but I'm speaking about on the same level as Einstein and Schrodinger big).
italbello6t9 2 months ago
@italbello6t9 whats dna?
scuzzulus 2 months ago
the next breakthrough will come from neuroscience...mark my words.
scuzzulus 2 months ago
I like Mr. Tyson.
He have a LOT to tell us, and not only in Astrophysichs.
I guess he have followed up on a LOT of sciences. And I love his ways of telling us about it. :-)
BelieveNoGod 2 months ago
Poorly worded, but well-said.
LordOfTheGnus 2 months ago
science + engineering = LOVE
Serpico261 2 months ago
Great commentary. Really genius.
CyReNiUsX 3 months ago
Neil deGrasse Tyson = The Black Michio Kaku
Michio Kaku = The Asian Neil deGrasse Tyson
oopopp 3 months ago 99
@oopopp don't forget Brian Greene and Lawrence Krauss
andyx1205 2 months ago
@oopopp yin and yang, man... yin and yang.
cashmoneymoney 2 months ago
@oopopp
Actually, I think Michio Kaku = the Asian Albert Einstein. He's a physicist, he's got a sense of humor, and his hair especially makes him a lookalike!
NewSoulSam 2 months ago
@oopopp An invariant?
CGMossa 2 months ago
@oopopp Neil deGrasse Tyson > Michio Kaku
Yo.
MiMa4x01 1 month ago
@oopopp
Neil is way cooler and more humble than Kaku.
osityan 1 month ago
@oopopp I'd say that Tyson is the black Carl Sagan.
inb4frostedbutts 1 month ago
@inb4frostedbutts I'd say he's like the offspring of Sagan and Einstein
yohank2004 1 month ago
Neil deGrasse Tyson is the black Carl Sagan
lordcodicus 1 month ago 2
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Neil deGrasse Tyson - "OUR COLLECTIVE FREE TIME NEEDS TO SHIFT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO EDUCATION. WHETHER YOU'RE A YOUNG STUDENT OR FINISHED SCHOOL LONG AGO, GET OUT TO THE LIBRARY WHENEVER YOU CAN AND WORK HARD TO LEARN EVERYTHING YOU CAN ABOUT THIS WORLD. EACH INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY WILL BENEFIT FROM BEING ABLE TO SOLVE MORE PROBLEMS AND MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. EDUCATION IS AN AMAZING DISCOVERY PROCESS THAT REPAYS YOU ENDLESSLY."
TheLogicalBrain 3 months ago
LOL at the comments from the past few days LOL.
MrReqMackworthy should have his own comedy show LOL
Jayjon81 3 months ago
NDT is the Man!!
MrMesha22 3 months ago
10 people were creationists
OldJong 3 months ago
10 people are doctors who got their research money cut off for physicists
2menace 3 months ago
He looks so sleepy. Or depressed. Or bored.
YandereUsagi 3 months ago
@YandereUsagi or cocky lol
knifenewbie456 3 months ago
@YandereUsagi or blazed.. :)
koganin9 3 months ago
@koganin9
Think he looks blazed? Pause it at 0:44. In your kitchen eatin' your wheat thins.
chromiumcopper 2 months ago
wrong conclusion: Many medical doctors contribute to every single device created, by cross ' pollination' of a given knowledge database. Improvements in medical science are driven by doctors, not inventors.
qdparker 3 months ago
Funding things takes money. When money is short....one must pick and choose.
Its simple math.
Twicebakedtaters 3 months ago
this guy is amazing.
calaftheeast 3 months ago
100% true. I am a biomedical researcher that works very closely with engineers and in reality I do draw information from multiple fields to do my work efficiently. I'm a very strong advocate of basic research since discoveries that do benefit us come from a basic scientist exploring questions, and sometimes these initial questions have nothing to do with what their discoveries lead to. I wish more people understood the importance of basic research and why we should fund it.
vnorthru 4 months ago
So True!
ogicabp4u 4 months ago
he looks so stoned in this vid for some reason
Wadupbeyotch1 4 months ago
10 people believed they were right on top of a solution when in fact they were not.
Raflegan 4 months ago
That was a great vid, cudos!
TheSnowEater 4 months ago
PapiJack: they could have been 10 (less enlightened) doctors...
wkankovsky 4 months ago
I bloody love this man.
babyshambler 4 months ago
i have to say.. you misspoke there, or you are wrong Dr Tyson =)).. not everyone wants to "live healthy".. but i'm sure more people want to BE happy.. living a lifestyle that restricts you from unhealthy things isn't in everyones wish though =)
Djsouthpaw1987 4 months ago
Dr. Tyson looks like he desperately needs to get some sleep.
TRZbebop675 4 months ago 23
@TRZbebop675 either that or he looks terribly stoned. lol. love the guy though.
minesoriginal 4 months ago
@TRZbebop675 Maybe he just smoked before he gave his talk
congtron 3 months ago
I don't even care that he didn't answer the question.
Al3xX420 4 months ago in playlist More videos from bigthink
Oh shit, you're right! that makes so much sense! You know so much about me from just one sentence! I can't believe I relinquished my Christianity Just because decided to research facts. I mean, since when are facts reliable? They are nothing in comparison to faith, which is completely absolute and unquestionable... now if THAT were true, I would be a moron "a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment"
Axiodox 4 months ago
@Axiodox not sure if trolling, or just ignorant
georgemetric 4 months ago
@georgemetric i was replying sarcastically to an ignorant fool but it deleted its account, so it doesn't show up as a reply
Axiodox 4 months ago
@georgemetric Neil is awsome
Axiodox 4 months ago
@Axiodox I've only just found him! I've been watching Dawkins for a while now, and I find his tone slightly grating. But Neil is just so jovial, I love it :)
georgemetric 4 months ago
He doesn't look well in this clip. Seems tired and generally not feeling well: gestures are slow, he looks a bit peaked, etc. Anyone else get the same thing from this clip?
jmitterii2 4 months ago
dude looks stoned as hell
hempartist420 4 months ago
While I agree that physics has contributed to medicine, I feel that today a greater emphasis should be placed on biology. As a Biochemist I will obviously be slightly biased, but hear me out.
Physics can only do so much. Take the human body. Yes Physics has helped us image it etc. but fundamentally the human body is a BIOLOGICAL system. This why I believe that there should be a greater emphasis on funding into stem cell research, as I feel we are on the cusp of a major medical breakthrough.
georgemetric 4 months ago
@georgemetric No one field should be funded at the expense of other fields. Progress is made through synergy of multiple fields. No matter how much money you put into biology, if you don't have machinery to measure, image, and record what's going on, you're wasting your time. Further, modern equipment needs microprocessors and software. All fields of engineering and science depend on each other, and when you slight one, you risk undermining the ability to advance in the others.
MKahn84 4 months ago
@MKahn84 Hmmm, very true.
I guess all I'm really annoyed about is how biology seems to be to one science that is always embroiled in political controversy, and because of that always seems to stall on the really major discoveries. I know something similar happened with CERN, but in the end I think everyone gave up caring about the whole micro-black hole rubbish.
But I don't think you can't argue that the amount of funding pumped into CERN dwarfs any amount invested in the biomedical sector.
georgemetric 4 months ago
@georgemetric And please differentiate between biomedical and pharmaceutical. Because yes, I do know about the huge profits generated by pharma companies, however I don't consider this biomedical science. Yes pharma is a branch of biomedical, but it is by no means all of it.
georgemetric 4 months ago
@georgemetric Youi're right that CERN has received massive funding, but that was largely to construct the Large Hadron Collider. Biology tends to get politicized when it deals with areas where there's going to be a large moral component. But even that only affects federal funding - embryonic stem cells, for example. Research into any other stem cells kept getting funding, and even embryonic could still proceed with private funding.
MKahn84 4 months ago
Imagine all those dollars given to any religious group, what would do to our society if those dollars were given to the scientific community to research.
We're talking about billions of dollars.
mihaimoldo 4 months ago
@mihaimoldo The money given to religious groups comes from people donating their money to a purpose they believe is good - and it is good for the most part. Many faithful Christians tithe - meaning they donate 10% of their income to their church. Why don't you demonstrate your belief in what such donations could do for research by voluntarily donating 10% of your income to that research? That's how religious groups get their money, after all. That's called: "Put up or shut up."
MKahn84 4 months ago
@MKahn84 I see a lot of cancer research donation boxes near lots of cashiers in lots of shops, and I donate any loose change I have when I can. So I think your point is moot.
But mihaimoldo does make a good point. Imagine how far science could advance with the huge amounts of funding generated by religious institutions! I boggles my mind that people prefer to donate money to churches, which aren't exactly on the edge of bankrupcy, and not to trying to stop some of the deadliest diseases.
georgemetric 4 months ago
@georgemetric If you'd look into the good that religious organizations do, you wouldn't consider the priorities wrong. I've assisted in the food pantries and the centers where religious organizations provide food for a whole lot of needy people and in sending rebuilding supplies after disasters. Churches send vast sums of money that go to help the world's poor. It does them no good to fund this research if it takes away the food and medicines they need to survive. Who's priorities are wrong?
MKahn84 4 months ago
@georgemetric Further, you dump some loose change to fund research. If it really was a priority for you, wouldn't you set aside some real money to support that research - say an automatic donation in the range of 1-5% of your take home pay? You speak as if it is important to you, but do you act like it? It's why I scoff at anthropogenic global warming - because the people who are telling me it's a crisis do not behave as if they believe it's a crisis.
MKahn84 4 months ago
@MKahn84 I'm a student, I don't have the cash :/ But yes of course I'm aware of the humanitarian work religious organisations do, and that they deal with the global problems of today. But all I'm trying to say is that if we attack the root of some these problems that we can control eg. famine and disease, a lot more money could be given to those who have been affected by tragedies beyond our control eg. earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
georgemetric 4 months ago
@MKahn84 I mean you only have to look at Live Aid as an example. They thought they could solve the African famines by throwing money at the problem. A few decades later, Live 8 rolls around, and they try to solve the problem by once again throwing money at it.
Now I'm not saying that they were doing the wrong thing. Live Aid certainly created short term relief to the problem, but it didn't eradicate the cause. That's where science can help.
georgemetric 4 months ago
@georgemetric If throwing money at the problems in, say, Africa won't solve the problem, then what makes you think that throwing money at research would solve anything? :-)
Yes, we DO need more funding for research, but a private donation is the sole business of the donor. I am dismayed that anyone would believe money given to churches is wasted. My only regret about the $30 I gave to the religious custodians of Meryemana Evi last month is that I didn't have more to give them.
MKahn84 4 months ago
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georgemetric 4 months ago
@MKahn84 donating by being lied to and manipulated by evil fucks. Changes nothing.
It's good for most part? How? making a 1 guy and his family live like fucking kings?. All in exchange for a psychological placebo? please...
i'm talking about the waste of their wealth...they were given such privileges and they waste them on church...
And speaking of donating, we have a law in my country where you can donate only 2 percent of your income to certain organizations and mine is to a hospital.
mihaimoldo 4 months ago
@mihaimoldo Dude, you're so out of touch with reality that you're not worth my time. It's a shame you live in such an idiotic country. I wouldn't have believed a government would limit how you can spend your own money. Why do you people put up with that crap. Living in a place like that, no wonder you have such a bad attitude - and no wonder you feel you can dictate how other people should spend their own money. Do us a favor and keep that disgusting attitude in your cesspool of a country.
MKahn84 4 months ago
What comes after Nuclear Fusion and Carbon Nanotubes?
ThatAdelaideGuy 4 months ago
@ThatAdelaideGuy ("What comes after . . . ?") We don't know yet. But something will. That's why we need to fund the research.
MKahn84 4 months ago
He is a genius..! Damn that man is so inspiring..
Admirdakaj 5 months ago
@whitelikerice if god can see the future then that proves two things he can not effect anything and we have no free will. Because it is impossible for any single being to be able to see the future and effect it at the same time. This destined future that god sees for us he must have seen before he before the creating the universe and changed nothing. This would not make him the kind loving god many make him out to be. How does that work?
NightmareSolider 5 months ago
Religion will fade away, as all religions do. One day humans won't believe the level of bullshit that their ancestors stooped to for sooooo long.
tgt305 5 months ago
@Yarr99 I wouldn't say that, but DeGrasse is great.
AdmiralAwsomeful 5 months ago
@Yarr99 that was Ed Witten
S2Cents 5 months ago
to close the debate, Math is not science and it never was. Math is a language. a way to express science. physics is science but how can you explain how it works, through english/spanish/french words or, more universally, math.
ErgoProxy12345 5 months ago 25
@ErgoProxy12345
To open back up the debate, physics would be called metaphysics without math (and, thusly, wouldn't exist as a scientific discipline).
drmoroe 4 months ago
@drmoroe It would be philosophy in essence. Fire, water, earth, air and aether are way cooler than modern day elements.
FunnyJunkTV 4 months ago
@ErgoProxy12345 well go watch richard feyman on the relationship between physics and mathematics.
ShaxxLOL 4 months ago
An excellent reason to use normative science to pursue postivistic goals better than positivism can.
TheCarpecarp 5 months ago
I love Neil, but funding "all" science is a little vague. I mean people have gotten grants to put shrimp on treadmills and testing which brand of ketchup exits the bottle faster. Playing golf on the moon didn't exactly cure cancer either. If people want to fund that, great, but they should do so with their own money. Otherwise, its just corporate welfare.
kev3d 5 months ago
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TheNeurotransmiter 5 months ago
This man deserves the Nobel peace price just because of how humble, intelligent and down-to-the point honest he is. Not Obama....
L4c3rt4 5 months ago
@L4c3rt4
also he's not the commander in chief of an army who is fighting two wars of agression, like obama is :)
sabin97 5 months ago
I've been saying this for years. Physics and biochemists > Doctors
AssistingHealth 5 months ago
@AssistingHealth
he's a physicist AND a doctor, i think you mean medics ;)
sabin97 5 months ago
LMAO! Even under serious conditions Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson continues to be funny and charming. LOL at 0:38-1:05 I thought he was going to thank doctors.
johnyjoe2k 5 months ago
Brilliant Man!
jdetuncq 5 months ago
notice the GALAXY-THEME TIE. Awsome guy.
D3mi4n 5 months ago
Amen brotha
universologist 5 months ago
he is one of my favorite astrophysicists and maybe scientist, truly a great man with an exceptional scientific insight.
halffox102 5 months ago
interesting and relevant points
ArchRascal 5 months ago
I`d like to believe that 10 people hit the dislike button by mistake...
PapiJack 5 months ago 25
@PapiJack There is no other plausible explanation. Since he talks to clearly that even people from Texas could understand him.
MithranArkanere 4 months ago
@MithranArkanere Clearly, you've never been to Texas.
dubbleplusgood 4 months ago
@dubbleplusgood Well, there must be exceptions, Not everyone must be like *that* in there.
MithranArkanere 4 months ago
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@PapiJack There is no other plausible explanation. Since he talks to clearly that even people from Texas could understand him.
MithranArkanere 4 months ago
@PapiJack 10 dislikes out of over 1100 likes? Every dog has a couple of fleas.
dubbleplusgood 4 months ago
I'm christian, I believe in God, but science is facts, I believe that made everything but, he also gave us the power to make smaller things using science. This isn't time for a religious debate, so I digress, I just wish It didn't have to be one or the other everybody has different beliefs so let's just accept it and move one :) btw Neil is a super smart and interesting.
edstechtv 6 months ago
step 1- cut defense budget
step 2- increase research budget
step 3- pass republicans a tissue
spatch8806 6 months ago 3
I agree with Neil. As a physician myself, I am often humbled by how little I could do to help a patient if it were not for contributions from many other people and disciplines. Just some examples:
1. The people who built the building
2. Electricity
3. Imaging (X-ray, CT, MRI)
4. Water sanitation
5. The janitors who clean (think MRSA and other superbugs that lurk in unclean hospitals)
6. Pharmaceutical manufacturing
7. Pacemakers (not initially designed for the heart)
8. Laser surgery
Much more
MewCat100 6 months ago 2
is it just me or does neil degrasse tyson hardly ever answer the question? I mean i agree with everything he said, but he didn't answer the question
7373walker 6 months ago
@7373walker
Well he is an astrophysicist and not a medical doctor or biologist. I think his point was that no single topic is at the forefront of medical innovation. The next advances in medicine lie in breakthroughs in more fundamental sciences that will then apply to medicine in ways that we can't even foresee yet. That is the true forefront of medical innovation. At least that's how I think he answered the question...
Plur307 6 months ago
@7373walker
No, he didn' t seem to answer the question; though I agreed with what he said too. The question wasn't " do you think all scientific funding should be going to stem cell research at the expense of everything else?"
oliveranthonyrowland 6 months ago
@TheBoneheader You're obviously a fool. The fact that you say "African tribesman" shows your lack of respect for people who are different. Listen to this pal! Europe/ The Renaisance/ Age of Enlightenment WOULD HAVE NOT HAPPENED without the the input of the The Africans, The Greeks, The Romans, AND THE ARABS!!! And it goes in that ORDER! OK?!! The Africans are the EGYPTIANS! Even now in science it takes a time to come to a conclusion...you don't just get 'inspired' to develop something.
The88Nomad 6 months ago
he should run for president lol
conciousness88 6 months ago
There will be many breakthroughs in the next 20 years. Nanotechnology is already huge, we have now started building replacement body parts to order in fabrication machines. However nothing will compare to the invention of true AI. It will probably put most scientists out of a job (me being one) but it is entirely possible that within our lifetimes AI will change our lives to such an extent that for better or worse we will not recognise who or what we become.
priced80 6 months ago
TerraPower!!
halflifeproductionz 6 months ago
I agree with this b/c alot of NASA's projects that weren't applied to the space program created alot of our inventions today.
aznpwnerp 6 months ago
#space we need private venture companies to go upto space seeking profit for USA the working men need jobs of private aerospace
PrincessTS01 6 months ago