What a brain do we have humans..read first 4 words and think who did assume the Big Bang theory and was he a Muslim? "Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing Then will they not believe? " so simply ALLAH or the one and only GOD we know talks about it what made the modern Muslims who read and hear about this theory hold there religion...read about Qura'an you will be surprised
anyone ever wonder if the 12 deciples ate Jesus? I meen, this is my body, this is my blood. the deciple can't have been all that smart, i meen , they sold jesus for a few bits of silver. I wonder if in those days they thought they'ed recieve power (the holy spirit) if they put jesus on the spit raost 3 days after his death and toasted him up to make themselfs strong, famouse, and granting Jesus ever lasting life because his energy became apartof them. He was a surfy after all, a wierdo in 0bc
Besides being unable to measure the universe as a whole, the thing that saddens me the most, is a Justin Beiber video has 50 million views, and this struggles to get to 50 thousand. Why don't people want to be entertained by this? Figure out the riddle...
@moreese613 I think most people just want some entertaining after a rough day instead of some science not that I have the need for Justin because I don't really like him i think it's it more usefull to watch discovery channel then mtv because the more youll know the more powerful you get
To keep shrinking the smallest space possible is just a 3-d version of zeno's paradox, half, then half, etc... the problem is any actual physical device used to measure a space smaller than the particles that create the device just sort of disappears into the ocean of the universe. If a computer made of 2 atoms measures a 3rd atom, you really just have 3 assholes calling each others names
lol i was playing a game on mute while listening to this video ... this dude sounds like a woman ,,,, growing up must have sucked for this dude... lol
science has figured out that the universe is expanding right, but what is the rate of acceleration? If the universe is expanding at the speed of light, then that means the volume is accelerating to the sphere of the vector - so does the rate of acceleration in volume match up to the constant speed of light, or a changing speed of light? That will answer allot of theoretical questions, for me anyway.
@heyZuesification No one is totally sure, there are theories of changing light speed. Good question, I've wondered the same thing >.< We've got to get to work solving these things. I'm a Physics/Math major for that very reason
@jgilgorri the more I think about it and understand, the closer I get to the theory of the rainbow serpent and the dream time... I think that there are worlds of information known by the past in danger of being lost by the future. Perhaps the ancient culture of Australian aborigines is not seen in a mathematics or scientific light, but there are allot of truths hidden in the myths built up over 30,000 years.. sometimes things are known in the sub-co before reason and observation is apparent.
In absence of in-depth explanation of things, this is what happens.
The Big bang > The Universe Expands infinitely until the Dark Energy overcomes everything, and stretches out all of the Dark Matter > The universe stops expanding, and starts contracting because Gravity has won the battle > Galaxy's rapidly coalesce ~ Galaxy's fall apart, rapid increase in number of Black holes Until the entire universe is sucked into a singularity > History repeats itself at the Big Bang.
@Bodywrecker how can the universe expand infinitely if dark matter is going to end it's expansion? Do you suggest that dark energy is anti-light? If gravity wins the "war", and there is gravity pulling to the left, to the right, up and down, inside out, given that this all happens in the "infinite" universe, then were would the universe collapse to? to the left, to the right, up and down, or inside out???
@Bodywrecker if the gravity that exists (it's still uncertain weather or not anit-matter is susceptible to gravity) , exists throughout the universe, so what's pulling it to it's center is also pulling it to it's boundaries... I propose that the universe expands to a point where a new universe is created that is infinitely smaller than the first yet breaks the bounds of dimension to become infinitely large in another plan of space unseen from our reality
We're progressing pretty rapidly on a geological timescale, actually. =) It's not a matter of "if" we'll figure out the -how- and the -why- the universe exists...but "when." With the origin of primates at arguably 85 million years ago, earliest hominid at 14mya, earliest hominin at 6mya, earliest homo at 2mya, sapiens at 0.4mya, global colonization at 0.012mya, agriculture at 0.010mya, civilization at 0.0055mya, industry at 0.0004mya, we're moving faster and faster.
theres something alot of people don,t know and that is not only does space go on forever in all directions its inwardly infinate as well, just because we can measure things compared to our size doesn,t mean shit to something else we could be trillions of times smaller than an atom and vise versa this is why we will never know everything just some things its like trying to see a person standing on earth from another galaxy billions of light years away! we are invisible to them but were not!
@55painterman But mathematically, that can't be true. The Planck length is the smallest length. To say "smaller than the Planck length" is completely meaningless.
@jgilgorri I understand what you mean but plank length applys to the atoms and electrons that they try to unite to relativity look at the universe it was smaller than an atom or smaller! but you are right its meaningless only if it doesn,t apply to what we try to connect it to relativity in this case but even in quantum theory there is no limits as to how small anything can get just as there is infinate space in every direction? inwardly as well as per string theory is it there? can we see it?
@jgilgorri stop to think is there a law in nature that requires entities to have a size in order to exist such an argument could just as easily be used to prove the non existance of space if a partical has a size what is it composed of and if the components have size what are they composed of and so on ad infinitum the infinate forces us to accept the counter intuitive notion that particals have no size and that size is a macroscopic illusion that arises from the way groups of particals interact
@55painterman what if size was all about limits that only truly tends to a dynamic measure, if the universe is expanding then relative to the universe all mass is constantly changing... matter exist because motion causes it to approach infinite mass and infinite volume over time, black holes exist because they approach finite volume and infinite mass relative to another time medium existing outside our known (real) universe.... is there some point where mass tends to a finite state -ie.universe
@heyZuesification No. That means nothing. Planck length is the Quantum of space. By definition, you can't halve that. "Half Planck length" is like "what happened before Time began." It sounds logical, but it really isn't.
@jgilgorri 1 Physics: Quantum. a discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of the radiation it represents. The Planck length is based on gravity, speed of light, and itself being the point of reference... You cannot define the planck length as being absolute because it's relative to itself in theory... It may explain the size of the termed "quanta", but who's to say half quanta doesn't exist... Who's to say that gravity and light are constant forces in the universe.
@jgilgorri it's like me stating the term cm is the smallest unit of length, then someone else defines mm as the smallest measure... why would the universe be so static as to assume a fundamental instant or measurement that everything else is relative to? That's human nature to place a point of reference, but the universe has no point of reference besides everything and nothing...
It's MY Theory, i don't even fully understand it myself but what if our futuristic alien ship already exists could we call it in? we could have created it wiith Inflationn
@pieeip4775 Science (along with the Arts/Humanities) is the reflection of humanity at its best. If Science "doesn't know shit" to use your eloquent & erudite turn of phrase then humanity "doesn't know shit." That's possibly a fair enough assumption so long as you also realize that religious delusion doesn't offer anything close to a reasonable or clear understanding of the Universe.
@pieeip4775 And once you have figured that out, where did THAT come from? Right about that moment your head should explode. If it dosent, i doubt you have understood the question.
We have no idea whats out there, you fucks that are all close minded need to open your eyes and realize we are not the only fucking planet with life...
Witten is an amazingly humble and at the same time brilliant scientist.. he honestly has many of the attributes of Einstein. A pleasure to listen to every time
haha guys those scientists are just passing the time in case they were bore at home!!A creator created all this not all by itself.And by the way there isn't any answer to the universal questions about the universe.rather this video creates some more of them>>>
@MrYawer I am a religious man, who truly believes in creationism. These theories aren't fighting that. I look at it as "God created the universe. How?"
03:20 - I find it disturbing to see "the heir-apparent to Einstein" and the current best hope for unraveling the toughest problems in modern physics, picking his way along that rocky terrain, looking like he could fall and break his neck at any moment...
@sbergman27 I fail to see what that has to do with anything. Is he supposed to be a beefcake with a chick on each arm, guzzling pints and kicking over tables?
@foraproject I'm sorry. My previous response to you came off as overly flip. The documentary is not overstating Witten's significance. In 1995, he single-handedly pulled the troubled field of String Theory out of the mud, leaving a room full of top theoretical physicist with mouths agape. That's why his rock-hopping made me nervous. What if he broke his neck? That said, Einstein is also an excellent example of how the most important ideas in physics can come out of nowhere, from young unknowns.
@stevebenbob : The Dark Flow is somewhat over-mystified IMO. The Copernican principle more or less guarantees that there is matter-populated space beyond our light cone, i.e. our "Observable Universe". And we observe anisotropies *within* our Observable Universe, so it makes sense to assume that anisotropies exist beyond it. We may have found one. I nitpick on this point because I've noticed the possible Dark Flow observation being misused to support a pseudo-science called "Plasma Cosmology".
It's going to take a perfect, fully functioning mind and an eternity to come to the correct conclusion ............... thanks to Jah for giving us that opportunity!
Isn't it strange that you left out Stephen Hawking's last sentence, after saying "...but knowing how the universe works, is not enough to tell us why it exists" ??? He continued by saying:
"TO FIND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WOULD BE TO KNOW THE MIND OF GOD"
You left out the best part of this whole video my friend. Do not fear an intelligent designer !
"If Steven Hawking makes a referance to god, he MUST EXSIST!"
Hm, St. Hawking's definition of God probably is divergent, but if it takes Hawking to make you a believer, that's ok !
First we must acknowledge a lawmaker/designer. Next step would be a biblestudy to grow accurate knowledge and a personal relationship with the Creator in order to "safely treasuring up...a fine foundation for the future, in order that they may get a firm hold on the real life" (1Timothy 6:19)
Claiming that your bible is derived from from god is quite simply the most rediculous thing you could claim. In the best case scenario for your point of view, it would be required for both of us to read in hebrew. So preach away with your edited, revised, and translated version of what you claim to be "gods words." Infact, I encourage it, it's humorous.
Ok, that's a "no" for the next step (so far) but what about a lawmaker? Deleting Hawking's last sentence disqualifies interesting options.
By the way, reading Hebrew is no guarantee for better Bible comprehension. In Jesus time, Hebrew was still in use in Palestine, but (due to the earlier influence of Alexander the Great) it was Koine (common Greek) that dominated there.There was no resistence among Christians to use the Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew scriptures.
If you want answers, you must seek the source. Fact is, the bible that you refer to was originally Hebrew, and you furthur added to my point of it being translated several times untill the present day. Word of god? Every verse I read from both the new and the old testament furthur solidifies my belief that the bible was written by men, not god. Once again, to make such a claim, without evidence, is simply foolish. So, I ask, without the bible, who is this "law maker"?
To me, the "law maker" is the one that fine-tuned electromagnetism, gravity, strong nuclear force, and weak nuclear force. I've read that they are set and balanced so precisely that even slight changes could render the universe lifeless.
I cannot believe that unintelligent processes caused this all and I also can't imagine such an intelligence without a personality or mind, so...I prefer to call that God (the lawmaker, the designer, the creator).
err..actually there are infinite universes according to string theory because there are infinite possibilities that universes created will have different set of laws.
Now lets say there is 0.001% chance that humans will exist out of the infinite, then you multiply 0.001% by infinity and you still get infinity.
So the problem of your thinking is that you believe in destiny. When actually the possibility is so big that the existence of our universe SEEMS destined to exist.
Hi & thanks for jumping in ! One universe is already big enough for me, lol ! Black holes, the end of our universe (IF it ends), dark energy and dark matter will keep us busy enough for ages. However, many advantages arise from our suns being a Population I star. That also affects the existence of life on earth.
Well thats fine, I don't think anyone from any point of view should tell you otherwise. What you believe, you are entitled to. All I ask though, is you consider where others stand on the subject. Just simply understand that others have done detective work on these "touchy" subjects. Myself for example, used to be full fledged christian, thing is, when I was told Jonas spent 3 days inside a fish and lived, luckilly I was old enough to say "wait a minute..."
I'm glad your interested in learning, but once again, I'm no expert. I would hope that you would agree, if I were to ask a scientologist if it were real, they would give a predictable conclusion. Same applies to christianity, thus I had to look else where. First place, the department of common sense, it's a localized utility. Also referanced libraries, and later in life, the internet. To be honest, I never openly spoke about it untill recently because I am deemed an outcast for doing so.
That's exactly my point. String theory IS accepted, by many scientists. It isn't accepted as "proven theory" as you say, and string theory itself is a misnomer. But how many "BELIEVE" in string theory? And by people I mean regular idiots who don't even know what it means and EXPERTS.
that s what I'm screaming, every science video gets some religious person preaching about god and all that crap. Last I checked science required something testable, unfortuanalty god is not and they can't figure that out.
You're not forced to read comments. But I know you didn't say this because you thought it would actually matter. You said it to vent.
I understand people get tired of the non-scientific debates in scientific videos. My single point is that string theory is not based on science (yet). It is not based on empirical evidence. So it is not a real scientific theory yet. So this video isn't about scientific theory.
it is not a religion, it is a hypothesis. get your terms straight. the same as gravity, the earth being round, electricity. these where only hypothesis until they could be tested. they were never a religion, just bc you guess something does not make it a religion.
Then someone guessing that maybe God exists isn't a religion either. Until it can be tested it is a hypothesis.
Religion comes in when people accept it as fact before it is proven. But what of people who don't accept it, but just believe in the "guess" as scientists believe in the "guess" of string theory?
Atheism is not a religion, sorry but you are mistaken. I have a simple lack in belief of god or gods, I follow no other doctrine, there are no other common beliefs that we must have to qualify as atheist. And in science a guess is just that , a guess. It is called a hypothesis. It is only put out there to be tested. Unfortunately god has nothing that can be brought forth and tested. And as far as science goes god will always remain a hypothesis.
I am not really qualified to discuss string theory, but even if that is true it is only one example and not everyone in the science community accepts it. And from what I understand from the quantum physics side of things there is some evidence to suggest it may be true, but it is only a hypothesis. As far as proving god exist, the burden of proof lies with the one making the claim(+) not the one negating it (-). Until there is some evidence that can be tested we assume it is not true.
There is no evidence to support or deny string theory. None. But there is no burden of proof since it is a hypothesis.
There is no scientific evidence for free will either, do you assume it does not exist?
There is no burden of proof until you claim something as fact. The existence of God cannot be proven or disproven, but since there is subjective evidence for some people those persons would be foolish to assume he did not.
I'm going to make a hypothesis that there is a god, who cross dresses on wednesdays and works as a high rise window cleaner. Furthur more, I am going to write a book that says it's true.
Take a moment before answering this and lean back. Think. Ask yourself... does this sound remotely like science?
Turns out, after trying to proove my hypothesis, "Bill" turned out to posess no observable supernatural powers. Conclusion: are all books wrong?
Thanks for the message, you made a good point !I have learned that both science & mainstream religion can easily divert from the real biblical teachings. The fact that so many religious denominations claim truth, while causing so much trouble & bloodshed throughout history, doesn't mean that real Christianity can't exist or that the bible is unscientifical. I found out that a reconsideration of scripture with consideration of biblical context & crossreferences can clarify a lot !
damaxman...that isn't science. The nature of your post leads me to assume that for some reason you think that I think that my (or any for that matter) subjective belief in God is science...it's not.
Science requires empirical, reproduceable data. My point was simply that by that definition String Theory isn't science either. We will, as far as we know, never be able to test for empirical proof or disproof of String Theory.
I have nothing more then to say, thank you. Thank you honestly. I appreciate that you can apply logic to both the topics of the bible and string theory. Perhaps I was misled by your post, and I apologize if I vented my frustration derived from the rediculous rants of creationists.
I agree with you reguarding string theory however, based on my knowledge. As I also agree it isn't a let say "sound theory."
Thank you for knowing the differance between science and religion.
What I think you and many athiests completely ignore is subjective data.
If Yeshua came down in a flying saucer outside my window and waved hello to me, then left without leaving proof that it happened I would have zero empirical scientific data that he exists. But I would be a moron to ignore what I saw.
I have yet to see jesus christ superstar in a flying saucer headbanging as he wizzes past my window...but there is plenty of other SUBJECTIVE data that alters what I believe.
That's what our brains are meant to do. The greatest tool in the entire universe for finding order in chaos is the human brain. We are constantly trying to "figure it out" which is where religion comes from in the first place. It's also where science comes from. It's an attempt to formulate a "reason" for the reality that we observe around us. Religion is just used for many other things beyond that, most of which are malicious, while NOT sharing the dependence on empirical data like science does
You wrote: "If Yeshua came down in a flying saucer outside my window and waved hello to me, then left without leaving proof that it happened I would have zero empirical scientific data that he exists."
Your statement reminds me of some fascinating biblical accounts. There must have been tons of empirical evidence (direct observation by many witnesses) in Jesus time !!
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:3-7: ...that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; 4 and that he was buried, yes, that he has been raised up the third day according to the Scriptures; 5 and that he appeared to Ce′phas, then to the twelve. 6 After that he appeared to upward of five hundred brothers at one time, the most of whom remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep [in death]. 7 After that he appeared to James, then to all the apostles...
Its also remarkable that even Jesus religious enemies could not deny one of Jesus biggest miracles, the ressurection of Lazarus ! John 12:9-11 says: Therefore a great crowd of the Jews got to know he was there, and they came, not on account of Jesus only, but also to see Laz′a·rus, whom he raised up from the dead. 10 The chief priests now took counsel to kill Laz′a·rus also, 11 because on account of him many of the Jews were going there and putting faith in Jesus.
The fact that Jesus grave was discovered to be empty was also undisputed by his contemporaries, even by his opposers. (Matthew 28:11-15) Deception would easily have been exposed !
So, what are your thoughts or feelings on this matter ?
My thoughts and feelings are that I believe that it happened, but the Bible is not empirical proof that it happened. The Bible is a collection of writings that have been retranslated many times, words added to and taken away, and even whole verses changed to fit the political agenda of a time period. I believe the core message, the message that you should love your nieghbor as yourself and love God, is a perfect way to live if you truly believe it.
Thanks for the reply. Although I personally believe all scripture is inspired & beneficial, the core message is indeed a perfect way to live.
However, how can you know what words were added/taken away or which whole verses changed unless you know what the original words were, hmm ? Throughout time (going back from English to Latin to Greek to Aramaic & Hebrew) those variations have been filtered out by many text comparisons.
A Strong's concordance is a great tool to cypher what's been added or taken away or changed, even though there is no way to say absolutely that it's correct.
But it does help a little
If you've stepped out, then you're truly a unique person. It is the most difficult thing in the world for a human to do, in my opinion...going beyond what you were taught growing up to actually form your own unbiased opinion.
I hope I have stepped out far enough myself, I constantly question.
This book does an excellent job of showing the root in hebrew and greek of each and every word in the Bible.
Look at the catholic bible vs a baptist bible...they have different books in them. The book of the macabees, etc. A council of men decided what was and was not "God's Word" years after Yeshua.
It has been retranslated as well thousands of times and many times the meaning of a sentence is blatantly altered to fit an agenda. Strong's!
I mean, look at the mainstream christian church right now...how different it is to what even the Bible says it was 2000 years ago. They celebrate Christmas, a holiday for the birth of the sun god NOT Yeshua. They celebrate Easter...a pagan god of fertility...bunnies, eggs, signs of fertility.
But they do it? Why? Because their parents taught them that way. Religion is a self replicating social meme. You have to step outside and look around for yourself.
And after doing that if you still believe in it, then you can be at peace. Some people do not have the will to do that though.
But overall, my thoughts on what you posted is that if there was empirical evidence that even Yeshua existed that was reproduceable scientific data, lab tested, peer reviewed...well then it wouldn't be a belief to say he existed. It would be factual science.
But that proof does not exist, nor can you just take Paul's word on it, or James, or any person. That is subjective data.
If that's all it took to prove something scientifically then we must say aliens truly exist and are scientifically proven as there have been thousands of reported abductions.
Deception being exposed or not, it's not scientific data. It still takes belief and perhaps contemplation of subjective data.
@originosity why watch a video if not to question it..you learn more from doubt..doubt pursues a person to search for the answer..as does curiousity. so your sayign we should watch a video..believe everything in it..and not speak and learn with others in these comments..please educate me..what is the answer to everything? because you obviously know what that is.
String theory IS unprovable, and un-dis-provable by the same token.
"Proven" scientific theories almost always start out with belief though. The belief that there is a force the pulls the apple to the ground, etc, then you go out and try to find evidence for your hypothesis.
And there are other scientific theories that are based on faith as well. Dark matter and energy...these are widely accepted ideas that have no real proof whatsoever. They fit the model...that's it.
6: You have faith too...do YOU understand how string theory really works? There are probably what...a few thousand people around the world who understand it enough to debate it, and they are not united in their theory.
So don't YOU have to have faith that those people are correct, if you wish to believe that string theory is correct? But isn't faith a sign of weakness? This of course hinges on the idea that you don't understand the math behind any version of string theory.
If Having faith in something that never comes, never answers and is never there is fallacy
If having faith in something you can't see is a fallacy, then there are many scientific theories that are fallacies as well, by that definition. This string theory video shows one of the best ones. String theory cannot be proven or disproven. But it's accepted. why? Because there is subjective evidence.
4: And then you realize...going that route would be going BACKWARDS in our evolution, quite literally. So maybe people who believe in God aren't quite as 'ignorant' as they seem at first glance, since that mindset is one of the reasons our species is THE alpha predator on this planet.
3: But the real truth is, you are blaming the wrong thing. McDonald's doesn't make people fat. Religion doesn't take people's ability to sense right and wrong, they hand it over freely. PEOPLE are the problem, and will always be. Rid the world of all organized religion, there will be just as much death and genocide, just organized behind government regime instead of religion (as has happened many times). Get rid of all government, there will still be "evil" actions from one human to another.
2: Does this mean government and religion are both bad for our species? No, they are the reason our species proliferates as it has. Many scientists are coming to understand this finally, and the study of religion in and of itself is an important link in our own evolution.
You imply religion doesn't cause good things, things like love your neighbor as yourself. Last I checked that's an excellent way to live, if you actually live by it and not just say it.
I didn't say you couldn't. I was simply making a comparison to the hypothesis of string theory and having faith in something.
I'm also not "preaching about god and all that crap."
And since you didn't read what I wrote, I'll say it again. There is nothing testable about string theory, so if we go by your words string theory is a religion.
1: You call people with faith weak. That's an incredibly naive "im a new athiest and I'm arrogant" remark. There are plenty of people in the world who have done terrible things who are not religious, and some of them have orchestrated genocide.
Religion is certainly a form of control, and so is government. Government can do bad things, can be "evil", can brainwash people, take away their powers of rationality, make them hate another culture, etc.
I've got a few strings at home. I've been keeping an eye on them every day but none of them formed into a universe yet; I've also got some firecrackers--I'll try to recreate the big bang :(
Have you heard the theory that science is evolving like religeon did before it? Some fields of science use the same principal of "faith", and to NOT believe is now labelled ignorant instead of heressy. No real astronomer can yet prove me wrong, and no sane scientist would try....."The big bang we call the start of everything can only in fact be 1 of trillions that occur every second around the unknown universe...to believe anything else would be blind religeion...or FAITH". That is NOT science!
either way religion has brought more death and hate to humans than anything else. science and technology hold a much higher view even if part of it is backed by faith. but science logically starts with faith cause you try to prove what you believe. it wouldnt work anyway else.
Utterly false. It could be said science has brought many deaths as well with the creation of new and more efficient ways of killing each other.
But the real truth is that PEOPLE are the thing that kills. Religion doesn't do anything on it's own. It requires people to cause genocide or hatred. As does a gun, a bomb, or a group like the KKK.
Technology and science have allowed humans the power to destroy this entire planet...
Religion erodes a person's sense of right and wrong. No piece of technology makes me want to blow myself up on a bus or murder a doctor at an abortion clinic, all the while convinced I am truly good. Science is the pursuit of answers through human reason. Religion asks us by its very nature to willfully suspend reason and poisons our consciousness in so doing. At least without religion only evil people do evil things. Nothing is so terrible as that which causes the good man to do evil things.
Forza599, religion doesn't erode a person's sense of "good" and "evil", it strengthens it. It is a relative, subjective idea. Explain to me what "evil" is without a higher power that defined it to inherently be that way in our universe? Now take your response, step back, and realize that it is a personal definition that is relative. If society decides rape isn't "evil" anymore, then it's not evil anymore. Religion strengthens this by the idea that it is NOT relative.
Most people are weak; the people who follow religion. Having faith in something that never comes, never answers and is never there is fallacy. Religion brainwashes people as an act to control, these people are unable to make judgement themselves and instead rely on a being that isn't really there, war is produced from false judgement which has stemmed from religion.
how can they solve this if they dont even know whats further out there . sorry dudes i dont think earth people are gonna answer the questions . maybe after many big bangs there will be a perfect big bang that would create perfect beings that has the answers .
If the universe is around 15 billions years old and earth is 5 billions years old with many possibilities that other intelligent lifeforms could have been developed million of years earlier than us, how come we discovered in less than 50 years the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics and string theory that short. What about the other lifeforms million of years ahead of us. If they understood this, they could have spotted earth and relayed it to us. Unless Einstein had the chance to meet 1.
I believe it is quite short for humans to uncover the start of everything. Its just not fair and will not give justice to the age of the universe. It has been there for billions of years and we just cannot solve it that easy from Eistein time to the present time. The possibilities and probabilities are as many as the stars in the Universe. Humans will prove one thing and another thing will arise. Other intelligent lifeforms billions of years ahead of us could have explained it to us today.
I regard Mr. Witten for his wit but he walks too much to dangerous stones and slopes in the video and might injure him and might not finish his work for the explanation of the string theory. Hawking could have delivered more if not paralyzed. We cannot tolerate another injury for Witten. Please be careful in your video interviews. I wish that you can finish it in your lifetime.
i just had a funny image in my head that in the future, hawking would still be alive and inside a robotic body, yet his computer "voice" is still the same
Intelligent people will know that the next question will naturally be... " What are the Strings made of?" .... This issue will never be resolved.... As a rabbit can never undestand calculus....... Humans can never understand the fundermentals of the universes!
zomg... do u even know why they used the term "string"? it was because the image of the nature of strings in comparison to the nature of everything.. why do u even try to watch this program... the people who worked on this documentary tried to simplify the works of physicists, etc.. like teaching abc to a deaf child with an IQ of 20
So maybe when rabbits have evolved to something that understands the calculus... We humans have evolved to something that understands the fundamentals of the universe(s)...? (sorry had to comment) :D
Yes teepeeth. Something like that. I gather that you understand now how dumb we ALL really are! Being 'smart' is the biggest clue to ones ignorance, but you would know that too. Sorry, I just had to say!
Finally, we can accept that we are the product of a massive nuclear compaction of matter caused by the now known to be very common "super black hole" which gained so much mass that it became unstable and started to eject mass! Enter OUR known universe! If you have been paying attention.... then you should know that this is a very common occurance in our known Cosmos.
FINALLY!!!!! Scientist accept the REAL possibility that there may have been billions of "big bangs" AND many multi-billions more are still occurring around our galaxy as we generate this verbal diahreah right this very second!
mass particles. non massive force transmitters like gluons, photons and 'gravitons' (whatever that is) dont have temp but dont have mass. but they do ediate forces so presumably must have some energy? but no mass-temp. hmm. but we know gluons can emit quark jets. massless particles (photon, gluon) are their own anti particle, and quasi particles (called Nambu-Goldstone Bosons) like phonons or magnons dont have 'mass temp'.
Fundamental oppression of organized religion, yes, but the belief in God does not put a damper on scientists. I'm in theoretical physics and I wouldn't be if I didn't believe in God.
those last few thoughts of Turok and Hawking reminds me, with vividness, of drunkard European physicists and cosmologist, at the end of the 1800's and the beginning of the 1900's, partying, toasting each other for their supposed having mapped out the structure of mathematics, cosmology, physcis, and medicine --- with nothing more than, they said, the little details to be worked out by lab assistants.
Look up thunderbolts of the gods. it's about electric cosmology and answers alot of these questions that have not been answered with the standard model of a dead univserse. great insight and a great alternative thoery, or as some would call it a CONSPIRACY! lol :)
While I was an undergrad., he was offered 1million a year to be a prof. at my school and the best corner office, but he turned it down for more at Princeton's Institute.
He's balling; it don't matter what his voice sounds like with the money he's making.
Well.. when Planck is done.. shit's gonna get real.
Zandonus 5 months ago
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Ed Witten, the smartest man on the planet, is a really nice guY ^_^
IvanderHaisley 5 months ago
What a brain do we have humans..read first 4 words and think who did assume the Big Bang theory and was he a Muslim? "Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing Then will they not believe? " so simply ALLAH or the one and only GOD we know talks about it what made the modern Muslims who read and hear about this theory hold there religion...read about Qura'an you will be surprised
mhbnymn 6 months ago
anyone ever wonder if the 12 deciples ate Jesus? I meen, this is my body, this is my blood. the deciple can't have been all that smart, i meen , they sold jesus for a few bits of silver. I wonder if in those days they thought they'ed recieve power (the holy spirit) if they put jesus on the spit raost 3 days after his death and toasted him up to make themselfs strong, famouse, and granting Jesus ever lasting life because his energy became apartof them. He was a surfy after all, a wierdo in 0bc
heyZuesification 7 months ago
Besides being unable to measure the universe as a whole, the thing that saddens me the most, is a Justin Beiber video has 50 million views, and this struggles to get to 50 thousand. Why don't people want to be entertained by this? Figure out the riddle...
moreese613 7 months ago 7
@moreese613 I blame the news and the media outlets .....lol
lamont0420 3 months ago in playlist Origin Of The Universe
@moreese613 I think most people just want some entertaining after a rough day instead of some science not that I have the need for Justin because I don't really like him i think it's it more usefull to watch discovery channel then mtv because the more youll know the more powerful you get
Arenafiter 1 month ago
string theory is not the best one
FIGHTFANNERD3 7 months ago
To keep shrinking the smallest space possible is just a 3-d version of zeno's paradox, half, then half, etc... the problem is any actual physical device used to measure a space smaller than the particles that create the device just sort of disappears into the ocean of the universe. If a computer made of 2 atoms measures a 3rd atom, you really just have 3 assholes calling each others names
damightyom 8 months ago
lol i was playing a game on mute while listening to this video ... this dude sounds like a woman ,,,, growing up must have sucked for this dude... lol
SuperLidless 9 months ago
so religion is just another theory of creation, but told earlier then the others. From history we know that all old theories have been proven wrong.
crisoko 9 months ago
science has figured out that the universe is expanding right, but what is the rate of acceleration? If the universe is expanding at the speed of light, then that means the volume is accelerating to the sphere of the vector - so does the rate of acceleration in volume match up to the constant speed of light, or a changing speed of light? That will answer allot of theoretical questions, for me anyway.
heyZuesification 9 months ago
@heyZuesification look up dark energy, if thats what ya mean
henrydog1994 9 months ago
@heyZuesification No one is totally sure, there are theories of changing light speed. Good question, I've wondered the same thing >.< We've got to get to work solving these things. I'm a Physics/Math major for that very reason
jgilgorri 8 months ago
@jgilgorri the more I think about it and understand, the closer I get to the theory of the rainbow serpent and the dream time... I think that there are worlds of information known by the past in danger of being lost by the future. Perhaps the ancient culture of Australian aborigines is not seen in a mathematics or scientific light, but there are allot of truths hidden in the myths built up over 30,000 years.. sometimes things are known in the sub-co before reason and observation is apparent.
heyZuesification 8 months ago
In absence of in-depth explanation of things, this is what happens.
The Big bang > The Universe Expands infinitely until the Dark Energy overcomes everything, and stretches out all of the Dark Matter > The universe stops expanding, and starts contracting because Gravity has won the battle > Galaxy's rapidly coalesce ~ Galaxy's fall apart, rapid increase in number of Black holes Until the entire universe is sucked into a singularity > History repeats itself at the Big Bang.
Rinse and Repeat.
Bodywrecker 9 months ago
@Bodywrecker how can the universe expand infinitely if dark matter is going to end it's expansion? Do you suggest that dark energy is anti-light? If gravity wins the "war", and there is gravity pulling to the left, to the right, up and down, inside out, given that this all happens in the "infinite" universe, then were would the universe collapse to? to the left, to the right, up and down, or inside out???
heyZuesification 9 months ago
@Bodywrecker if the gravity that exists (it's still uncertain weather or not anit-matter is susceptible to gravity) , exists throughout the universe, so what's pulling it to it's center is also pulling it to it's boundaries... I propose that the universe expands to a point where a new universe is created that is infinitely smaller than the first yet breaks the bounds of dimension to become infinitely large in another plan of space unseen from our reality
heyZuesification 9 months ago
We're progressing pretty rapidly on a geological timescale, actually. =) It's not a matter of "if" we'll figure out the -how- and the -why- the universe exists...but "when." With the origin of primates at arguably 85 million years ago, earliest hominid at 14mya, earliest hominin at 6mya, earliest homo at 2mya, sapiens at 0.4mya, global colonization at 0.012mya, agriculture at 0.010mya, civilization at 0.0055mya, industry at 0.0004mya, we're moving faster and faster.
zeryphex 10 months ago
theres something alot of people don,t know and that is not only does space go on forever in all directions its inwardly infinate as well, just because we can measure things compared to our size doesn,t mean shit to something else we could be trillions of times smaller than an atom and vise versa this is why we will never know everything just some things its like trying to see a person standing on earth from another galaxy billions of light years away! we are invisible to them but were not!
55painterman 11 months ago
@55painterman But mathematically, that can't be true. The Planck length is the smallest length. To say "smaller than the Planck length" is completely meaningless.
jgilgorri 8 months ago
@jgilgorri I understand what you mean but plank length applys to the atoms and electrons that they try to unite to relativity look at the universe it was smaller than an atom or smaller! but you are right its meaningless only if it doesn,t apply to what we try to connect it to relativity in this case but even in quantum theory there is no limits as to how small anything can get just as there is infinate space in every direction? inwardly as well as per string theory is it there? can we see it?
55painterman 8 months ago
@jgilgorri stop to think is there a law in nature that requires entities to have a size in order to exist such an argument could just as easily be used to prove the non existance of space if a partical has a size what is it composed of and if the components have size what are they composed of and so on ad infinitum the infinate forces us to accept the counter intuitive notion that particals have no size and that size is a macroscopic illusion that arises from the way groups of particals interact
55painterman 8 months ago
@55painterman what if size was all about limits that only truly tends to a dynamic measure, if the universe is expanding then relative to the universe all mass is constantly changing... matter exist because motion causes it to approach infinite mass and infinite volume over time, black holes exist because they approach finite volume and infinite mass relative to another time medium existing outside our known (real) universe.... is there some point where mass tends to a finite state -ie.universe
heyZuesification 8 months ago
@jgilgorri what about half planck length?
heyZuesification 8 months ago
@heyZuesification No. That means nothing. Planck length is the Quantum of space. By definition, you can't halve that. "Half Planck length" is like "what happened before Time began." It sounds logical, but it really isn't.
jgilgorri 8 months ago
@jgilgorri 1 Physics: Quantum. a discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of the radiation it represents. The Planck length is based on gravity, speed of light, and itself being the point of reference... You cannot define the planck length as being absolute because it's relative to itself in theory... It may explain the size of the termed "quanta", but who's to say half quanta doesn't exist... Who's to say that gravity and light are constant forces in the universe.
heyZuesification 8 months ago
@jgilgorri it's like me stating the term cm is the smallest unit of length, then someone else defines mm as the smallest measure... why would the universe be so static as to assume a fundamental instant or measurement that everything else is relative to? That's human nature to place a point of reference, but the universe has no point of reference besides everything and nothing...
heyZuesification 8 months ago
It's MY Theory, i don't even fully understand it myself but what if our futuristic alien ship already exists could we call it in? we could have created it wiith Inflationn
pazhekar 11 months ago
@pchbeatz then why watch this video?
Alexandru017 11 months ago
i like edward's shoes A LOT !!
weaselidiotu 1 year ago 2
after watching this i feel like science doesn't know shit. I like the string theory. but where did that string come from?
pieeip4775 1 year ago 3
@pieeip4775 " The more i learn, the less i know "(Socrates)
stevebenbob 6 months ago 5
@pieeip4775 Science (along with the Arts/Humanities) is the reflection of humanity at its best. If Science "doesn't know shit" to use your eloquent & erudite turn of phrase then humanity "doesn't know shit." That's possibly a fair enough assumption so long as you also realize that religious delusion doesn't offer anything close to a reasonable or clear understanding of the Universe.
corcomposer 5 months ago 2
@corcomposer two thumbs up.
BADMoeBrown 4 months ago
@pieeip4775 And once you have figured that out, where did THAT come from? Right about that moment your head should explode. If it dosent, i doubt you have understood the question.
Propaani 4 months ago
We have no idea whats out there, you fucks that are all close minded need to open your eyes and realize we are not the only fucking planet with life...
Ang3lator 1 year ago
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@Ang3lator we are not the only planet with life, but we may be the only planet with life as intelligent as human life.
HIMYNAMEISEVAN 11 months ago
@pchbeatz especially the idiots like you
vladbcom 1 year ago
Witten is an amazingly humble and at the same time brilliant scientist.. he honestly has many of the attributes of Einstein. A pleasure to listen to every time
vladbcom 1 year ago
haha guys those scientists are just passing the time in case they were bore at home!!A creator created all this not all by itself.And by the way there isn't any answer to the universal questions about the universe.rather this video creates some more of them>>>
MrYawer 1 year ago
@MrYawer I am a religious man, who truly believes in creationism. These theories aren't fighting that. I look at it as "God created the universe. How?"
jgilgorri 8 months ago
the elephant theory, i like that one. come on smart guys, lets figure this out!
bboyzjimmy1 1 year ago
God? phst religion is a big bowl of nothing, just what your mind manifests Your mind will always make you right
THEAMERICANPIM9 1 year ago
follow the lines, connect the dots!
TheLostODST 1 year ago
03:20 - I find it disturbing to see "the heir-apparent to Einstein" and the current best hope for unraveling the toughest problems in modern physics, picking his way along that rocky terrain, looking like he could fall and break his neck at any moment...
sbergman27 1 year ago
@sbergman27 hahah i was just about to say the same thing.. he doesnt look like he gets out much.
thecalabiyaumanifold 1 year ago
@sbergman27 I fail to see what that has to do with anything. Is he supposed to be a beefcake with a chick on each arm, guzzling pints and kicking over tables?
foraproject 1 year ago
@foraproject The meaning of my post went right over your head, didn't it.
sbergman27 1 year ago
@foraproject I'm sorry. My previous response to you came off as overly flip. The documentary is not overstating Witten's significance. In 1995, he single-handedly pulled the troubled field of String Theory out of the mud, leaving a room full of top theoretical physicist with mouths agape. That's why his rock-hopping made me nervous. What if he broke his neck? That said, Einstein is also an excellent example of how the most important ideas in physics can come out of nowhere, from young unknowns.
sbergman27 1 year ago
Lawrence Krauss is another dude!
lmhjs1000 1 year ago
Hawking got everything wrong in his career.
FeelOfFriction 1 year ago
@FeelOfFriction I feel like your an idiot
infinitenight2093 1 year ago
@infinitenight2093
Like I care...
FeelOfFriction 1 year ago
@FeelOfFriction eh? Like what?
dmspar70 1 year ago
@FeelOfFriction Fuckwit
BKKRED2008 1 year ago
Oh dear , within 10 years we will find out how a structure was formed in the universe, and then came "Dark Flow"
Great series to watch though at the time, but very dated now.........The more i learn , the less i know . (Socrates).
stevebenbob 1 year ago
@stevebenbob : The Dark Flow is somewhat over-mystified IMO. The Copernican principle more or less guarantees that there is matter-populated space beyond our light cone, i.e. our "Observable Universe". And we observe anisotropies *within* our Observable Universe, so it makes sense to assume that anisotropies exist beyond it. We may have found one. I nitpick on this point because I've noticed the possible Dark Flow observation being misused to support a pseudo-science called "Plasma Cosmology".
sbergman27 1 year ago
It's going to take a perfect, fully functioning mind and an eternity to come to the correct conclusion ............... thanks to Jah for giving us that opportunity!
tahitiwibble 1 year ago
@ Gravitationalist
Isn't it strange that you left out Stephen Hawking's last sentence, after saying "...but knowing how the universe works, is not enough to tell us why it exists" ??? He continued by saying:
"TO FIND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WOULD BE TO KNOW THE MIND OF GOD"
You left out the best part of this whole video my friend. Do not fear an intelligent designer !
Sabianfan 2 years ago
JESUS CHRIST! THATS IT! If Steven Hawking makes a referance to god, he MUST EXSIST!
FFS /me facepalm
damaxman 2 years ago
@damaxman
"If Steven Hawking makes a referance to god, he MUST EXSIST!"
Hm, St. Hawking's definition of God probably is divergent, but if it takes Hawking to make you a believer, that's ok !
First we must acknowledge a lawmaker/designer. Next step would be a biblestudy to grow accurate knowledge and a personal relationship with the Creator in order to "safely treasuring up...a fine foundation for the future, in order that they may get a firm hold on the real life" (1Timothy 6:19)
Sabianfan 2 years ago
Claiming that your bible is derived from from god is quite simply the most rediculous thing you could claim. In the best case scenario for your point of view, it would be required for both of us to read in hebrew. So preach away with your edited, revised, and translated version of what you claim to be "gods words." Infact, I encourage it, it's humorous.
damaxman 2 years ago
@damaxman
Ok, that's a "no" for the next step (so far) but what about a lawmaker? Deleting Hawking's last sentence disqualifies interesting options.
By the way, reading Hebrew is no guarantee for better Bible comprehension. In Jesus time, Hebrew was still in use in Palestine, but (due to the earlier influence of Alexander the Great) it was Koine (common Greek) that dominated there.There was no resistence among Christians to use the Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew scriptures.
Sabianfan 2 years ago
If you want answers, you must seek the source. Fact is, the bible that you refer to was originally Hebrew, and you furthur added to my point of it being translated several times untill the present day. Word of god? Every verse I read from both the new and the old testament furthur solidifies my belief that the bible was written by men, not god. Once again, to make such a claim, without evidence, is simply foolish. So, I ask, without the bible, who is this "law maker"?
damaxman 2 years ago
@damaxman
To me, the "law maker" is the one that fine-tuned electromagnetism, gravity, strong nuclear force, and weak nuclear force. I've read that they are set and balanced so precisely that even slight changes could render the universe lifeless.
I cannot believe that unintelligent processes caused this all and I also can't imagine such an intelligence without a personality or mind, so...I prefer to call that God (the lawmaker, the designer, the creator).
*no bible verses included
Sabianfan 2 years ago
@Sabianfan
err..actually there are infinite universes according to string theory because there are infinite possibilities that universes created will have different set of laws.
Now lets say there is 0.001% chance that humans will exist out of the infinite, then you multiply 0.001% by infinity and you still get infinity.
So the problem of your thinking is that you believe in destiny. When actually the possibility is so big that the existence of our universe SEEMS destined to exist.
LasTSuPreMacY 2 years ago
@LasTSuPreMacY
Hi & thanks for jumping in ! One universe is already big enough for me, lol ! Black holes, the end of our universe (IF it ends), dark energy and dark matter will keep us busy enough for ages. However, many advantages arise from our suns being a Population I star. That also affects the existence of life on earth.
Sabianfan 2 years ago
Well thats fine, I don't think anyone from any point of view should tell you otherwise. What you believe, you are entitled to. All I ask though, is you consider where others stand on the subject. Just simply understand that others have done detective work on these "touchy" subjects. Myself for example, used to be full fledged christian, thing is, when I was told Jonas spent 3 days inside a fish and lived, luckilly I was old enough to say "wait a minute..."
damaxman 2 years ago
@damaxman
Ok, you said "wait a minute...",
And then ? Who were you talking to ? Your parents, your teacher, your pastor or maybe yourself ? Did you get an answer ?
I'm always interested in the detective work of others, especially the experts !
Sabianfan 2 years ago
I'm glad your interested in learning, but once again, I'm no expert. I would hope that you would agree, if I were to ask a scientologist if it were real, they would give a predictable conclusion. Same applies to christianity, thus I had to look else where. First place, the department of common sense, it's a localized utility. Also referanced libraries, and later in life, the internet. To be honest, I never openly spoke about it untill recently because I am deemed an outcast for doing so.
damaxman 2 years ago
but yes, agreed, great videos
clifftonjohnson 2 years ago
Great video!
Brummy010 2 years ago
That's exactly my point. String theory IS accepted, by many scientists. It isn't accepted as "proven theory" as you say, and string theory itself is a misnomer. But how many "BELIEVE" in string theory? And by people I mean regular idiots who don't even know what it means and EXPERTS.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
i dont quite believe in string and m. the concept of gravitons looks odd
sakriyaronaldo 2 years ago
Shut. The. Fuck. Up. About: Faith, Religion, Atheism, God. Every fucking video about Science I hear about it. Just shut the fuck up!
originosity 2 years ago 36
that s what I'm screaming, every science video gets some religious person preaching about god and all that crap. Last I checked science required something testable, unfortuanalty god is not and they can't figure that out.
tyrone9009 2 years ago
You're not forced to read comments. But I know you didn't say this because you thought it would actually matter. You said it to vent.
I understand people get tired of the non-scientific debates in scientific videos. My single point is that string theory is not based on science (yet). It is not based on empirical evidence. So it is not a real scientific theory yet. So this video isn't about scientific theory.
In truth, you're watching a video about faith.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
it is not a religion, it is a hypothesis. get your terms straight. the same as gravity, the earth being round, electricity. these where only hypothesis until they could be tested. they were never a religion, just bc you guess something does not make it a religion.
tyrone9009 2 years ago 23
Then someone guessing that maybe God exists isn't a religion either. Until it can be tested it is a hypothesis.
Religion comes in when people accept it as fact before it is proven. But what of people who don't accept it, but just believe in the "guess" as scientists believe in the "guess" of string theory?
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
Atheism is not a religion, sorry but you are mistaken. I have a simple lack in belief of god or gods, I follow no other doctrine, there are no other common beliefs that we must have to qualify as atheist. And in science a guess is just that , a guess. It is called a hypothesis. It is only put out there to be tested. Unfortunately god has nothing that can be brought forth and tested. And as far as science goes god will always remain a hypothesis.
tyrone9009 2 years ago
I didnt' say atheism is a religion...?
Do you understand as far as science goes string theory will always be a hypothesis as well? We will never be able to actually study it...
Which was my original point...
Science doesn't always put out a guess so it can be tested, sometimes they just guess AS WE CAN EASILY SEE WITH STRING THEORY.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
I am not really qualified to discuss string theory, but even if that is true it is only one example and not everyone in the science community accepts it. And from what I understand from the quantum physics side of things there is some evidence to suggest it may be true, but it is only a hypothesis. As far as proving god exist, the burden of proof lies with the one making the claim(+) not the one negating it (-). Until there is some evidence that can be tested we assume it is not true.
tyrone9009 2 years ago
There is no evidence to support or deny string theory. None. But there is no burden of proof since it is a hypothesis.
There is no scientific evidence for free will either, do you assume it does not exist?
There is no burden of proof until you claim something as fact. The existence of God cannot be proven or disproven, but since there is subjective evidence for some people those persons would be foolish to assume he did not.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
I'm going to make a hypothesis that there is a god, who cross dresses on wednesdays and works as a high rise window cleaner. Furthur more, I am going to write a book that says it's true.
Take a moment before answering this and lean back. Think. Ask yourself... does this sound remotely like science?
Turns out, after trying to proove my hypothesis, "Bill" turned out to posess no observable supernatural powers. Conclusion: are all books wrong?
damaxman 2 years ago
@damaxman
Thanks for the message, you made a good point !I have learned that both science & mainstream religion can easily divert from the real biblical teachings. The fact that so many religious denominations claim truth, while causing so much trouble & bloodshed throughout history, doesn't mean that real Christianity can't exist or that the bible is unscientifical. I found out that a reconsideration of scripture with consideration of biblical context & crossreferences can clarify a lot !
Sabianfan 2 years ago
damaxman...that isn't science. The nature of your post leads me to assume that for some reason you think that I think that my (or any for that matter) subjective belief in God is science...it's not.
Science requires empirical, reproduceable data. My point was simply that by that definition String Theory isn't science either. We will, as far as we know, never be able to test for empirical proof or disproof of String Theory.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
@fatsomamacheese
I have nothing more then to say, thank you. Thank you honestly. I appreciate that you can apply logic to both the topics of the bible and string theory. Perhaps I was misled by your post, and I apologize if I vented my frustration derived from the rediculous rants of creationists.
I agree with you reguarding string theory however, based on my knowledge. As I also agree it isn't a let say "sound theory."
Thank you for knowing the differance between science and religion.
damaxman 2 years ago
You're welcome damaxman, and thank you for being so polite on youtube! That is a rare thing.
And don't worry, there are plenty of non-athiests who are annoyed by fundamentalist christians as well :D
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
What I think you and many athiests completely ignore is subjective data.
If Yeshua came down in a flying saucer outside my window and waved hello to me, then left without leaving proof that it happened I would have zero empirical scientific data that he exists. But I would be a moron to ignore what I saw.
I have yet to see jesus christ superstar in a flying saucer headbanging as he wizzes past my window...but there is plenty of other SUBJECTIVE data that alters what I believe.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
That's what our brains are meant to do. The greatest tool in the entire universe for finding order in chaos is the human brain. We are constantly trying to "figure it out" which is where religion comes from in the first place. It's also where science comes from. It's an attempt to formulate a "reason" for the reality that we observe around us. Religion is just used for many other things beyond that, most of which are malicious, while NOT sharing the dependence on empirical data like science does
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
1/4 @fatsomamacheese
allow me to jump in, if thats allright with you.
You wrote: "If Yeshua came down in a flying saucer outside my window and waved hello to me, then left without leaving proof that it happened I would have zero empirical scientific data that he exists."
Your statement reminds me of some fascinating biblical accounts. There must have been tons of empirical evidence (direct observation by many witnesses) in Jesus time !!
Let me give you a few examples...
Sabianfan 2 years ago
2/4 @fatsomamacheese
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:3-7: ...that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; 4 and that he was buried, yes, that he has been raised up the third day according to the Scriptures; 5 and that he appeared to Ce′phas, then to the twelve. 6 After that he appeared to upward of five hundred brothers at one time, the most of whom remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep [in death]. 7 After that he appeared to James, then to all the apostles...
Sabianfan 2 years ago
3/4 @fatsomamacheese
Its also remarkable that even Jesus religious enemies could not deny one of Jesus biggest miracles, the ressurection of Lazarus ! John 12:9-11 says: Therefore a great crowd of the Jews got to know he was there, and they came, not on account of Jesus only, but also to see Laz′a·rus, whom he raised up from the dead. 10 The chief priests now took counsel to kill Laz′a·rus also, 11 because on account of him many of the Jews were going there and putting faith in Jesus.
Sabianfan 2 years ago
4/4 @fatsomamacheese
The fact that Jesus grave was discovered to be empty was also undisputed by his contemporaries, even by his opposers. (Matthew 28:11-15) Deception would easily have been exposed !
So, what are your thoughts or feelings on this matter ?
Sabianfan 2 years ago
1 @sabianfan
My thoughts and feelings are that I believe that it happened, but the Bible is not empirical proof that it happened. The Bible is a collection of writings that have been retranslated many times, words added to and taken away, and even whole verses changed to fit the political agenda of a time period. I believe the core message, the message that you should love your nieghbor as yourself and love God, is a perfect way to live if you truly believe it.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
@fats
Thanks for the reply. Although I personally believe all scripture is inspired & beneficial, the core message is indeed a perfect way to live.
However, how can you know what words were added/taken away or which whole verses changed unless you know what the original words were, hmm ? Throughout time (going back from English to Latin to Greek to Aramaic & Hebrew) those variations have been filtered out by many text comparisons.
By the way, don't worry, I already stepped out!
Sabianfan 2 years ago
@sabianfan
A Strong's concordance is a great tool to cypher what's been added or taken away or changed, even though there is no way to say absolutely that it's correct.
But it does help a little
If you've stepped out, then you're truly a unique person. It is the most difficult thing in the world for a human to do, in my opinion...going beyond what you were taught growing up to actually form your own unbiased opinion.
I hope I have stepped out far enough myself, I constantly question.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
@fatsomamacheese - Please prove that they have changed it and that we hold in our hand a political book. Good luck!
TheAlepulp 1 year ago
Get a book called a Strong's concordance.
This book does an excellent job of showing the root in hebrew and greek of each and every word in the Bible.
Look at the catholic bible vs a baptist bible...they have different books in them. The book of the macabees, etc. A council of men decided what was and was not "God's Word" years after Yeshua.
It has been retranslated as well thousands of times and many times the meaning of a sentence is blatantly altered to fit an agenda. Strong's!
fatsomamacheese 1 year ago
2 @sabianfan
I mean, look at the mainstream christian church right now...how different it is to what even the Bible says it was 2000 years ago. They celebrate Christmas, a holiday for the birth of the sun god NOT Yeshua. They celebrate Easter...a pagan god of fertility...bunnies, eggs, signs of fertility.
But they do it? Why? Because their parents taught them that way. Religion is a self replicating social meme. You have to step outside and look around for yourself.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
3 @sabianfan
And after doing that if you still believe in it, then you can be at peace. Some people do not have the will to do that though.
But overall, my thoughts on what you posted is that if there was empirical evidence that even Yeshua existed that was reproduceable scientific data, lab tested, peer reviewed...well then it wouldn't be a belief to say he existed. It would be factual science.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
4 @sabianfan
But that proof does not exist, nor can you just take Paul's word on it, or James, or any person. That is subjective data.
If that's all it took to prove something scientifically then we must say aliens truly exist and are scientifically proven as there have been thousands of reported abductions.
Deception being exposed or not, it's not scientific data. It still takes belief and perhaps contemplation of subjective data.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
@tyrone9009 religion is a hypothesis you believe in without testing
1Ravangers1 1 year ago
@originosity why watch a video if not to question it..you learn more from doubt..doubt pursues a person to search for the answer..as does curiousity. so your sayign we should watch a video..believe everything in it..and not speak and learn with others in these comments..please educate me..what is the answer to everything? because you obviously know what that is.
AlphaCrosby 1 year ago
@originosity get a turnip up ya
HebusxJebus 8 months ago
Interested in a big TOE? See Thomas Campbell's
My Big TOE
MBTEVENTS 2 years ago
String theory IS unprovable, and un-dis-provable by the same token.
"Proven" scientific theories almost always start out with belief though. The belief that there is a force the pulls the apple to the ground, etc, then you go out and try to find evidence for your hypothesis.
And there are other scientific theories that are based on faith as well. Dark matter and energy...these are widely accepted ideas that have no real proof whatsoever. They fit the model...that's it.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
does anyone knows whats the name of the background music?
Continuumpoint 2 years ago
6: You have faith too...do YOU understand how string theory really works? There are probably what...a few thousand people around the world who understand it enough to debate it, and they are not united in their theory.
So don't YOU have to have faith that those people are correct, if you wish to believe that string theory is correct? But isn't faith a sign of weakness? This of course hinges on the idea that you don't understand the math behind any version of string theory.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
5: One last thing too, Lolly...
If Having faith in something that never comes, never answers and is never there is fallacy
If having faith in something you can't see is a fallacy, then there are many scientific theories that are fallacies as well, by that definition. This string theory video shows one of the best ones. String theory cannot be proven or disproven. But it's accepted. why? Because there is subjective evidence.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
4: And then you realize...going that route would be going BACKWARDS in our evolution, quite literally. So maybe people who believe in God aren't quite as 'ignorant' as they seem at first glance, since that mindset is one of the reasons our species is THE alpha predator on this planet.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
3: But the real truth is, you are blaming the wrong thing. McDonald's doesn't make people fat. Religion doesn't take people's ability to sense right and wrong, they hand it over freely. PEOPLE are the problem, and will always be. Rid the world of all organized religion, there will be just as much death and genocide, just organized behind government regime instead of religion (as has happened many times). Get rid of all government, there will still be "evil" actions from one human to another.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
2: Does this mean government and religion are both bad for our species? No, they are the reason our species proliferates as it has. Many scientists are coming to understand this finally, and the study of religion in and of itself is an important link in our own evolution.
You imply religion doesn't cause good things, things like love your neighbor as yourself. Last I checked that's an excellent way to live, if you actually live by it and not just say it.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
people can do this without religion. I do it everyday.
tyrone9009 2 years ago
I didn't say you couldn't. I was simply making a comparison to the hypothesis of string theory and having faith in something.
I'm also not "preaching about god and all that crap."
And since you didn't read what I wrote, I'll say it again. There is nothing testable about string theory, so if we go by your words string theory is a religion.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
and i wasn't even talking to you when i wrote that. idiot.
tyrone9009 2 years ago
1: You call people with faith weak. That's an incredibly naive "im a new athiest and I'm arrogant" remark. There are plenty of people in the world who have done terrible things who are not religious, and some of them have orchestrated genocide.
Religion is certainly a form of control, and so is government. Government can do bad things, can be "evil", can brainwash people, take away their powers of rationality, make them hate another culture, etc.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
I've got a few strings at home. I've been keeping an eye on them every day but none of them formed into a universe yet; I've also got some firecrackers--I'll try to recreate the big bang :(
ZeroHumans 2 years ago
Have you heard the theory that science is evolving like religeon did before it? Some fields of science use the same principal of "faith", and to NOT believe is now labelled ignorant instead of heressy. No real astronomer can yet prove me wrong, and no sane scientist would try....."The big bang we call the start of everything can only in fact be 1 of trillions that occur every second around the unknown universe...to believe anything else would be blind religeion...or FAITH". That is NOT science!
firstmonopolopolis 2 years ago
either way religion has brought more death and hate to humans than anything else. science and technology hold a much higher view even if part of it is backed by faith. but science logically starts with faith cause you try to prove what you believe. it wouldnt work anyway else.
inscrutable67 2 years ago
Utterly false. It could be said science has brought many deaths as well with the creation of new and more efficient ways of killing each other.
But the real truth is that PEOPLE are the thing that kills. Religion doesn't do anything on it's own. It requires people to cause genocide or hatred. As does a gun, a bomb, or a group like the KKK.
Technology and science have allowed humans the power to destroy this entire planet...
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
Religion erodes a person's sense of right and wrong. No piece of technology makes me want to blow myself up on a bus or murder a doctor at an abortion clinic, all the while convinced I am truly good. Science is the pursuit of answers through human reason. Religion asks us by its very nature to willfully suspend reason and poisons our consciousness in so doing. At least without religion only evil people do evil things. Nothing is so terrible as that which causes the good man to do evil things.
forza599 2 years ago 3
Forza599, religion doesn't erode a person's sense of "good" and "evil", it strengthens it. It is a relative, subjective idea. Explain to me what "evil" is without a higher power that defined it to inherently be that way in our universe? Now take your response, step back, and realize that it is a personal definition that is relative. If society decides rape isn't "evil" anymore, then it's not evil anymore. Religion strengthens this by the idea that it is NOT relative.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
Most people are weak; the people who follow religion. Having faith in something that never comes, never answers and is never there is fallacy. Religion brainwashes people as an act to control, these people are unable to make judgement themselves and instead rely on a being that isn't really there, war is produced from false judgement which has stemmed from religion.
Lolly456 2 years ago 3
Lolly456: This reply string is getting long so I'm going to respond to you in a normal post.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago
This isn't Stephen Hawkin as the title says, it's Edward Witten.
chelojelo 3 years ago
yep
mrblisterfist 2 years ago
My computers slow, what's the final conclusion on everything?
alexweir1 3 years ago 2
Im sorry QuickSilver... but nothing you said in those three messages looked anything like intelligence....
Kouretn 3 years ago
how can they solve this if they dont even know whats further out there . sorry dudes i dont think earth people are gonna answer the questions . maybe after many big bangs there will be a perfect big bang that would create perfect beings that has the answers .
Ecafrehtael13 3 years ago
the way science works, neil turok will only raise more questions when he gets his data.
goerizal 3 years ago
If the universe is around 15 billions years old and earth is 5 billions years old with many possibilities that other intelligent lifeforms could have been developed million of years earlier than us, how come we discovered in less than 50 years the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics and string theory that short. What about the other lifeforms million of years ahead of us. If they understood this, they could have spotted earth and relayed it to us. Unless Einstein had the chance to meet 1.
Quicksilvers888 3 years ago
I believe it is quite short for humans to uncover the start of everything. Its just not fair and will not give justice to the age of the universe. It has been there for billions of years and we just cannot solve it that easy from Eistein time to the present time. The possibilities and probabilities are as many as the stars in the Universe. Humans will prove one thing and another thing will arise. Other intelligent lifeforms billions of years ahead of us could have explained it to us today.
Quicksilvers888 3 years ago
I regard Mr. Witten for his wit but he walks too much to dangerous stones and slopes in the video and might injure him and might not finish his work for the explanation of the string theory. Hawking could have delivered more if not paralyzed. We cannot tolerate another injury for Witten. Please be careful in your video interviews. I wish that you can finish it in your lifetime.
Quicksilvers888 3 years ago
i just had a funny image in my head that in the future, hawking would still be alive and inside a robotic body, yet his computer "voice" is still the same
Aersis32 3 years ago 2
Intelligent people will know that the next question will naturally be... " What are the Strings made of?" .... This issue will never be resolved.... As a rabbit can never undestand calculus....... Humans can never understand the fundermentals of the universes!
firstmonopolopolis 3 years ago
zomg... do u even know why they used the term "string"? it was because the image of the nature of strings in comparison to the nature of everything.. why do u even try to watch this program... the people who worked on this documentary tried to simplify the works of physicists, etc.. like teaching abc to a deaf child with an IQ of 20
rubut 3 years ago
Actually, the most powerful theories are often the most simple to understand or describe.
fatsomamacheese 2 years ago 3
So maybe when rabbits have evolved to something that understands the calculus... We humans have evolved to something that understands the fundamentals of the universe(s)...? (sorry had to comment) :D
teepeeth 2 years ago
Yes teepeeth. Something like that. I gather that you understand now how dumb we ALL really are! Being 'smart' is the biggest clue to ones ignorance, but you would know that too. Sorry, I just had to say!
firstmonopolopolis 2 years ago 2
Finally, we can accept that we are the product of a massive nuclear compaction of matter caused by the now known to be very common "super black hole" which gained so much mass that it became unstable and started to eject mass! Enter OUR known universe! If you have been paying attention.... then you should know that this is a very common occurance in our known Cosmos.
firstmonopolopolis 3 years ago
FINALLY!!!!! Scientist accept the REAL possibility that there may have been billions of "big bangs" AND many multi-billions more are still occurring around our galaxy as we generate this verbal diahreah right this very second!
firstmonopolopolis 3 years ago
i get high, when i feel myself understanding.
tubeuserrr 3 years ago
Who else is seeing these spartacles?
Alexknobsob 3 years ago
temperature is nothing other than movement. But whats being moved?
RathaMa 3 years ago
mass particles. non massive force transmitters like gluons, photons and 'gravitons' (whatever that is) dont have temp but dont have mass. but they do ediate forces so presumably must have some energy? but no mass-temp. hmm. but we know gluons can emit quark jets. massless particles (photon, gluon) are their own anti particle, and quasi particles (called Nambu-Goldstone Bosons) like phonons or magnons dont have 'mass temp'.
midnight9wanderer 3 years ago
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stephen hawking is such a fucking pussy
MeloFan1531 4 years ago
wow, what a moron! Go and die somewhere.
int80 3 years ago 7
I think he kicks ass! If it wasn't confined to that chair he would probably be a bad mother that could lay smack down on all pusses like yourself!
donnyaldridge 3 years ago 8
We are very Lucky to have Stephen Hawking!
BearWa11ace 3 years ago 5
hopefully well be able to realease more minds from the grasps of religion to put to ideas such as these.
clintonumbarger 4 years ago 6
Fundamental oppression of organized religion, yes, but the belief in God does not put a damper on scientists. I'm in theoretical physics and I wouldn't be if I didn't believe in God.
Jim1905 4 years ago
LOVED THE 5 VIDS.
String theory cannot be tested. how will we know?
bminternet43 4 years ago
whats that music in the start of the this video? I really like it.
Garudaa 4 years ago
There will never be a theory of everything. That is a pipe dream.
Twicebakedtaters 4 years ago
you're a pipe dream
chattan07 4 years ago 4
those last few thoughts of Turok and Hawking reminds me, with vividness, of drunkard European physicists and cosmologist, at the end of the 1800's and the beginning of the 1900's, partying, toasting each other for their supposed having mapped out the structure of mathematics, cosmology, physcis, and medicine --- with nothing more than, they said, the little details to be worked out by lab assistants.
HenryDavidT 4 years ago
Look up thunderbolts of the gods. it's about electric cosmology and answers alot of these questions that have not been answered with the standard model of a dead univserse. great insight and a great alternative thoery, or as some would call it a CONSPIRACY! lol :)
moviemanacct 4 years ago
thx for posting the stephen hawking's universe episodes
freizene 4 years ago 3
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Chuck Norris could kick all these nerds' asses. That's my theory.
flavourdan 4 years ago
how profound
thebigt82 4 years ago
hawking ftw
InfoJunkieHolland 4 years ago
Me like science. It brain make go smart.
Clausfarre 4 years ago 2
yeah i dig whitten, hawking, planck etc... all great minds, but they are bound by one thing...........
moviemanacct 4 years ago
and whats the one thing there bound by ?
Cdimond 4 years ago
the fact we fish can't view the tank from the outside
cmj2k6 4 years ago 2
its even harder when the fish are the tank.
flukeskydiver 4 years ago
good point..
I can't believe how high this this guys voice is, I seriously thought it was a girl before they showed him on camera.
cmj2k6 4 years ago
funny.
flukeskydiver 4 years ago
While I was an undergrad., he was offered 1million a year to be a prof. at my school and the best corner office, but he turned it down for more at Princeton's Institute.
He's balling; it don't matter what his voice sounds like with the money he's making.
Chytre2009 4 years ago