Can you trust this man when he's paid by someone to state the current internet is a "dark road". He can't even look at the audience when he put out that propaganda. I think he has some great points, but he does get creepy when he's hyped up about programming kids minds without resistance. I can imagine it could be a good thing, but it could -easily- be abused, especially when you see someone like this who supports Internet2 which kills free speech and net neutrality. DARK ROAD?! Wait till i2....
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A well done presentation. A visionary such as Dr. Robert Ballard has much to offer humankind during these troubling time. Instead of spending so much money to explore space - our economy would be better served investing in oceanic exploration.
Interesting! But Robert Ballard has bad case of diarrhea of the mouth. I HATE how the words just spill out of his mouth like disguting mucous, its annoying to my ears. Very headache inducing, and brain cell murdering.
Mmm comparing budgets with the space program isn't practical due to the fact that it costs more to ... you know... support life in space. Additionally the space program has a pretty garbage budget.
Well, the budget for the Ocean is a fraction of the Space budget because it's fishing in a lot smaller pool (no pun intended). And also, humans cannot save themselves from desturction by going into the Ocean, but we CAN by going into space.
This man is rather bitter, and too protective of his field to understand the wider problems of this world.
Its so true, there is nothing for us too explore in the heavens that benefit us other than to challenge the human spirit. That is where GOD and his Angels reside besides it is written that man has no place in heaven except for the coming chossen few. But that is another story...all funding and resources should be concentrated on the ocean floor. it is the most alien planet in the universe. not little green men that satan has conjured up in are minds.
@campos3452 worst comment ever. The ocean of Earth is the most alien place in the Universe? Are you barking mad? There are angels in space? Where have those been discovered, exactly? *sigh*
I love space exploration and the idea of moving out into the solar system and eventually the galaxy. But Robert Ballard makes so much sense. NASA budget vs Noah budget 1600 times, that's insane. They should be nearly equal, I would think.
wait wait wait.. i have a question wut is under the united states is it pure rocks or is it water like were floating wut is under europe asia africa south america ANTARTICA wut is under everything cuz i want to know:)
There is no water underneath the continents in terms of a sea, but the rock itself does contain large quantities of water in microscopic pores. The continental plates are mostly granitic rock, and they essentially float on heavier basaltic rock, of which the sea floor is mostly made (though with sediment on top of it). The seafloor is created at the midocean ridges that he talked about, and subducts underneath the continental plates at the edges, because it is heavier. Hope that helps.
Google Ocean? Brilliant idea! Google Earth is a brilliant interface to imagery of Earth's surface and Microsoft's "WorldWide Telescope" is a less-developed interface to imagery of our skies, but we'll want a comprehensive interface for the new imagery of our ocean depths. Google's probably best equipped to do it, but an amateur programmer could do it in his spare time once the images are freely available with proper context info. Might even do it myself...
The ocean is cool, but it's already here with us. Were from the same mold as whats in the ocean because were all from earth not matter how different we are. In space, you can find something that's so out of the box you can't imagine, I know you could do that in the ocean but life is limited in the ocean it's not limited in space. If we wanted to we could map the whole ocean and figure out most of what's going on down there, that can't be said about space.
"I would not let an adult control my (deep sea exploration) robot - you don't have enough gaming experience" [cut to picture of child at command center with control joystick] - "but I will let a kid with no license take over control of my vehicle system"
is it just me or at about 07:15 into robert ballard's talk there seems to be a shape looking similar to Africa wrapping around the east coast of Australia
i'm in... game on... lets do it, explore our own planet... i was almost hypnotized by the things i see that deep ocean... kinda makes you feel like, oh i dunno, maybe our planet really is alive?
haha... food for thought, but i'm in on this stuff for sure
Yeah... so we put the second most destructive force on this planet in the one part of the planet that has sanctuary from it? I think humans have a little more way to come before we're aloud to lead our footprints there. As for why colonies off this planet and not in ocean? Because the oceans won't protect us from astronomical threats. At least if we have some sort of outpost off this earth we have increased odd of survival. Oceans yes, but not yet. Spare them.
I've been a Bob Ballard fan since he found the Titanic on my 14th birthday. I have an autographed pic of him (the same one on the article on him on Wikipedia) on my wall. Whenever I see it, I salute it.
Its great what hes doing and I agree that it should be done and is very interesting but I still think space exploration is cooler and has more potential.
Ofc we should explore the oceans but the way we're ruining our planet atm. we're going to need other planets to run to at some point. I think we should do way more to explore space than we're doing now actually. :)
I agree in most with what Ballard is saying but his final question, why not colonize the sea(floor), well there are a few fundamental reasons why we cannot, pressure being the main reason. We can compensate with technology for the lack of air pressure in the upper atmosphere and in the space between planets and moons, but the pressure at the bottom of the deep sea looks to be an insurmountable obstacle to living in the dark wet desert. Water is heavy. Very heavy.
Yes, ocean exploration needs more funding and deserves it too, but don't downplay NASA. The reason why we look at space so much is because it is 9,750,000,000,000,000,000 times bigger than the entire Earth!!! (diameter wise). And colonization of space is more important than more colonization of Earth (still very important) because if anything happens to our planet we'll be toast with no back-up for humanity.
Great speech! The bottom of the ocean may look like what Europa's ocean looks like.
People should see the deep sea videos that are out there, they examine our ocean and emphasize what he has stated. The amount of creatures out there, and the adaptations they have done to survive down there is astronomical.
I think there is more funding and interest in space over the ocean simply because, the ocean is finite, space is seemingly infinite.
Perhaps its the underlying nature of life to look up and out, for places to spread, we all originated from the oceans, so perhaps there's a sense of, "been there, done that" built into us.
@rianpop Wow, a response to a comment I made two years ago, that's a record for me :)
I think it is likely that we originated from the ocean, or via some meteor that landed in or around the ocean.
From memory, the point i was trying to make is that life has a tendency to spread where it can, and there is little incentive to revisit the ocean which is already abundant with life.
The goal is too survive and spread, and there's plenty of room out there in space to do so.
@rianpop no, dinosaurs did not evolve into us, they were a seperate branch from mammals.
But single-celled organisms did evolve into fish, which did evolve into mammals (esp. rats) which did evolve into apes, which did evolve into us. And if you look at the timeline of evolution, humans have owned Earth for a VERY short period of time compared to all life that came before them.
If you told me Adam & Eve were a type of bacteria or sea-sponge, I would be more inclined to believe in them.
@Destro7000 lol at the last paragraph. well you are a human with values and goals and ideas. think about that...not a desendant of swamp soup. i dont want to fight, we both have our views and typing on the internet is unlikly to change them
i'm a fan of space science. i make time everyday to look at the new discoveries in the universe. but, like this guy, i love the ocean too. it's mystery is swimming in imagination. i watch deep sea dives like guys watch porn. i'm captivated and rooting for more. every time i check up on oceanic discoveries i'm beside myself. with all the different types of environments in one kind of medium (sea water) i'm amazed with life. bravo. i thank those brave enough to explore our nearest mysteries. :)
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The reason why they look into the heavens and not the ocean is because they dont want us to know the secrets, thats why we have secret societys like freemasons, illuminati and bohemians the higher up in the degree they are the more information they get to know plus to work with NASA to know even more.
ya thats what i was thinking. you got -5 thumbs which is silly. thats what happens when a bunch of close minded scientists get on here. people who think they know it all. ask why we dont go down there. maybe the movie the abyss wasnt all fake? maybe they dont want us to know the earth actually expands and grows, maybe they just want to keep us stupid and ignorant. so way to go on the thumbsdown guys, real smart out of the box creativity. watch the one about school kills creativity.
creativity is not the same as delusion...unfounded theories are not the same as thinking outside of the box. there's a reason why occam's razor is utilized so frequently.
Evangelical passion! Great. He is proposing to colonize the oceans of our planets. It sounds outlandish but one great man once said that every new idea goes through 3 phases. 1)it's ridiculed 2)it's opposed 3)it's self evident
This guy makes some great points right from the beginning. Why is NASA so "important"? answer: Residual religious based ideas. Why do we "need" to find extraterrestrial life? Answer: to prove or disprove religious and philosophical beliefs. We waste piles of cash to prove/disprove religious and philosophical beliefs while we ignore the riches of the oceans! Not all NASA spending is waste. Just most of it. Near Earth Object and solar research are both desperately needed.
The reason to his first question is because you cannot put Satellites in the ocean, there are no planet killing asteroids in the ocean, below 100 or so feet, there is not a viable (potential) market for tourism. Rockets are expensive, conventional submarines are less so. I love to dive, and I love the sea, but the stars are the new frontier.
maybe ive watched too many sci fi movies but what if you discover something your "not suppose to"...is it possible something dangerous could be disturbed?
He has put his life's work into something he'll never see come to fruit. Yet it's that dream, that passion, that is the real light shining from him. He embodies a success that only very few people achieve. Highly respectable.
No, I don't think that's it's got anything to do with dark and gloomy, I think there's ALOT of history under there that a few would like to keep that way.. Just think about it, what if it showed human life that was here hundreds of thousands of years ago vs. what religions try to tell us today.
There could be MANY cultures under the oceans holding many answers and many more questions that religous heads will not or can not answer, and that may scare the "hell" out the religous heads..
"Just think about it, what if it showed human life that was here hundreds of thousands of years ago vs. what religions try to tell us today."
Nobody in the religious world would care. Either they'll accept it and endorse it (like the Vatican), or they'll ignore it (creationists). Just like every other science with conflicts with scripture.
The already existing evidence for Evolution DOES indicate we've been around for 100,000's of thousands of years, after all.
Thankfully, Science does not rely upon religious approval before embarking on the quest for knowledge. Otherwise, we'd still be stuck in the dark ages.
Actually it does. Whatever anyone believes, it is a religion. Ever heard of questions of ethics? Scientists are not allowed to research human cloning at the moment because there are still some ethical and moral standards intact in our country. Unfortunately, these are slowly fading...
Religion and Ethics are often close bedfellows, but they are not synonymous. Ethics do not rely upon religion, nor does religion rely upon Ethics.
Also, simple belief in something does not constitute a religion. I can believe that man will have colonies on the moon by 2075, but it's not a religion. If you think otherwise, please provide me the forms for tax exempt status.
In regards to human cloning, it's only a matter of time. You cannot suppress the flow of discovery. Banning it in one country will only drive scientists to countries where the technology is not banned. This is happening with Stem Cell research, and the only thing that restricting research is accomplishing is the styming our research potential on the world stage and driving out of academics.
It's a lost of wasted potential, especially since the US is home to some of the worlds best collages.
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Obviously you are an atheist, so I guess there's not much I can say about all this; our beliefs differ so much that I would have to get into an all out debate, as I am a Christian (and I'm sure you know how hard it is to have an intelligent conversation on youtube ;) But suffice to say that ethics stems from religion. Where does ultimate truth come from? It must come from something all-encompassing and personal, so that morality applies to all and they are obligated. God is the only thing able.
I'm a deist, actually, with a few Roman Catholic tendencies.
"But suffice to say that ethics stems from religion."
Which is why rudimentary ethics and morality has been observed in the animal kingdom, to say nothing of Altruism which is displayed in most social animals. None of which (aside from humans) have religion.
There is no such thing as ultimate truth, and if there is, it is completely out of the realm of human perception. The closest you can get to it is studying the reality of the natural world.
"he Creation speaketh a universal language, independently of human speech or human language, multiplied and various as they may be. It is an ever-existing original, which every man can read.
It cannot be forged; it cannot be counterfeited; it cannot be lost; it cannot be altered; it cannot be suppressed. It does not depend upon the will of man whether it shall be published or not; it publishes itself from one end of the earth to the other. It preaches to all nations and to all worlds; and this word of God reveals to man all that is necessary for man to know of God." ~ Thomas Paine
I hope he continues in his mission, good for you Robert Ballard
the Ocean is where we came from, it is who we are,watching Jaws will not change the fact that the OCean is to be loved and enjoyed in the spirit of life
Neat guy, but sometimes I wish that the mystery of the Oceans would be left unexplored so as to leave it more awe inspiring beauty away from the entrapings of personal technology
But I agree that NASA is stupid in terms of promoting love of science
And lastly, I'm very glad he stressed the point that we have over 70% of the Earth's resources locked away from us due to a disinterest in ocean exploration and harvesting technologies. I hear far too many small minds and new-age spiritualistic "doom" predictions about how we're using up all of our natural resources.
We haven't even BEGUN to scratch the surface of this planet's resources. We simply need to find an economically and environmentally viable way to tap them.
I agree that his passion for discovery is highly infectious. His standing ovation was well deserved. My favorite part being the awe of discovery shown in the little girl's face and his recognition of that being a turning point in someone's life. A milestone, which helps determine whether that child will grow up with a similar passion for knowledge and discovery, or whether they will shut down their mind in favor of trivialities.
"we cannot comprehend far away without the understand of our own roots"
I disagree. I believe humanity has the capacity to pursue both ambitions with equal veracity. The total understanding of one is not necessary to understand the other - but rather the exploration of space and the oceans will augment each other as both fields of exploration grows and matures.
lots of astute points, i agree only a small portion of our own planet is discovered while were out trying to understand distant planets. we cannot comprehend far away without the understand of our own roots
This guy is so right. There is so much exploration left right here on Earth. If we do not understand our own planet then how are we to understand far away planets? That is the question.
we all know what comes after exploration, right???
LusoCMD 1 week ago in playlist Ocean of Mystery
leave the deep sea alone, what does this guy wants?...that we do the same we've done above the water?
Science yes, but any type of comercial exploration no way, enough is enough
LusoCMD 1 week ago in playlist Ocean of Mystery
In his attire he looks like a new generation trekkie
ct760ster 1 week ago
Creepy
FraggingBard 1 week ago in playlist Ocean of Mystery
Can you trust this man when he's paid by someone to state the current internet is a "dark road". He can't even look at the audience when he put out that propaganda. I think he has some great points, but he does get creepy when he's hyped up about programming kids minds without resistance. I can imagine it could be a good thing, but it could -easily- be abused, especially when you see someone like this who supports Internet2 which kills free speech and net neutrality. DARK ROAD?! Wait till i2....
Raener 3 weeks ago
he doesn't look 66. he looks 56. ocean powers? lol
laurence265 3 weeks ago
internet 2 is drakonian
meanevodean 3 weeks ago
ballard is my last name
timetorockout1 1 month ago
aquanauts vs astronauts ???? seems unfair
carbon1891 1 month ago
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carbon1891 1 month ago
NASA also have a shit budget, you should ask why your countrys defense spending is more than every other country combined!
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StephanieLisaTara 4 months ago
A well done presentation. A visionary such as Dr. Robert Ballard has much to offer humankind during these troubling time. Instead of spending so much money to explore space - our economy would be better served investing in oceanic exploration.
williamwaterway1 4 months ago
Interesting! But Robert Ballard has bad case of diarrhea of the mouth. I HATE how the words just spill out of his mouth like disguting mucous, its annoying to my ears. Very headache inducing, and brain cell murdering.
ToxicKissish 7 months ago
i want to change my major....
SquashandEggs 9 months ago 3
We don't colonize the sea because we drown there.
Brilliant video, however.
anonymouslol 9 months ago
@anonymouslol Not necessarily. It is very possible to build contained, underwater environments
TheManMostMysterious 6 months ago
Mmm comparing budgets with the space program isn't practical due to the fact that it costs more to ... you know... support life in space. Additionally the space program has a pretty garbage budget.
anonymouslol 9 months ago
what 7 morons clicked dislike?
krissmith1986 11 months ago
@krissmith1986 7 NASA employees
Foxiesz 10 months ago
I'm about to go and shoot up a school full of kids - who's with me?
AdamRyanKirkwood 1 year ago
I think this guy is planing on building rapture and then plasmids will be invented and I will be happy :D
m1k3ismike 1 year ago 2
they gonna find spongebob soon
min87xyz 1 year ago 3
Well, the budget for the Ocean is a fraction of the Space budget because it's fishing in a lot smaller pool (no pun intended). And also, humans cannot save themselves from desturction by going into the Ocean, but we CAN by going into space.
This man is rather bitter, and too protective of his field to understand the wider problems of this world.
Destro7000 1 year ago
As a high school student, life without plate tectonics is unthinkable...it's as natural to me and my (smarter) peers as evolution.
OpenCadence78 1 year ago
Its so true, there is nothing for us too explore in the heavens that benefit us other than to challenge the human spirit. That is where GOD and his Angels reside besides it is written that man has no place in heaven except for the coming chossen few. But that is another story...all funding and resources should be concentrated on the ocean floor. it is the most alien planet in the universe. not little green men that satan has conjured up in are minds.
campos3452 1 year ago
@campos3452 worst comment ever. The ocean of Earth is the most alien place in the Universe? Are you barking mad? There are angels in space? Where have those been discovered, exactly? *sigh*
Destro7000 1 year ago
Bob is Fascinating and makes what he does Extremely interesting, and makes it sound like fun. Listen to him any time you can.
HoundmanV 1 year ago
guys truly fantastic
alasdairtimony 1 year ago
Awesome job dad!!! =)
XMadscottsmanX 1 year ago
brilliant
beatsone 1 year ago
The more you get into it ,the more you get out of it?
doomedglobe 2 years ago
I love space exploration and the idea of moving out into the solar system and eventually the galaxy. But Robert Ballard makes so much sense. NASA budget vs Noah budget 1600 times, that's insane. They should be nearly equal, I would think.
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Stefanthenautilus 2 years ago
He reminds me of Dawkins in the way he can captivate young people. We need more guys like that doing public service and involving youngsters.
hornetpalooza 2 years ago 14
This video never gets old.
xTriad 2 years ago 3
He's interesting and his obvious excitement is contagious.
Chronobeanz 2 years ago 2
wait wait wait.. i have a question wut is under the united states is it pure rocks or is it water like were floating wut is under europe asia africa south america ANTARTICA wut is under everything cuz i want to know:)
charger967 2 years ago
There is no water underneath the continents in terms of a sea, but the rock itself does contain large quantities of water in microscopic pores. The continental plates are mostly granitic rock, and they essentially float on heavier basaltic rock, of which the sea floor is mostly made (though with sediment on top of it). The seafloor is created at the midocean ridges that he talked about, and subducts underneath the continental plates at the edges, because it is heavier. Hope that helps.
werecow2003 2 years ago
k thanks whole lot of scientific stuff lol but ty that helped
charger967 2 years ago
Ask a science question on a science video board and that's what you get. }|:op
werecow2003 2 years ago
this right here is really interesting to me very interesting
charger967 2 years ago
@TEDTalksDirector (Chris Anderson?):
Google Ocean? Brilliant idea! Google Earth is a brilliant interface to imagery of Earth's surface and Microsoft's "WorldWide Telescope" is a less-developed interface to imagery of our skies, but we'll want a comprehensive interface for the new imagery of our ocean depths. Google's probably best equipped to do it, but an amateur programmer could do it in his spare time once the images are freely available with proper context info. Might even do it myself...
soundofgeek 2 years ago
Who knows what kind of weird stuff is out there
Stonecold943 2 years ago 3
Robert Ballard is my great great grampa!
im not even joking.
silico10 2 years ago
Robert Ballard hates you silico. Sorry. )=
Clemrm 2 years ago
@Clemrm oops i ment Robert Bully Waterman was my great great grandpa
silico10 1 year ago
if he is ur great great grampa he should be dead by now or ur mom gave birth to u way to early...
charger967 2 years ago
@silico10 I've never met you in my life...
XMadscottsmanX 1 year ago
I saw him give a longer version of this talk a few weeks ago at Syracuse.
Fantastic.
rwltwo 2 years ago
he sounds breathless lol
BMan100 2 years ago
wow! My blood boils with the earnest desire to explore our oceanic depths. That would be cool to live in a city built on the ocean <_<
Shigren 2 years ago
Who want's to live under the ocean.....?
1CME90 2 years ago
The ocean is cool, but it's already here with us. Were from the same mold as whats in the ocean because were all from earth not matter how different we are. In space, you can find something that's so out of the box you can't imagine, I know you could do that in the ocean but life is limited in the ocean it's not limited in space. If we wanted to we could map the whole ocean and figure out most of what's going on down there, that can't be said about space.
1CME90 2 years ago
I can't believe this guy is 66, he looks 20 years younger
darylmein 2 years ago
this amazing person looks like one of the star trek's crew lol. amazing dude btw
calito0010 2 years ago
Gave me goosebumps, great presentation.
intercitty 3 years ago
I saw this guy on Colbert. He has some pretty cool things to say.
UnhappySquancho 3 years ago 5
me too, he got the colbert bump
SolidGaby 3 years ago
Amazing.
kji02 3 years ago
best section of the clip starts around 16:00
"I would not let an adult control my (deep sea exploration) robot - you don't have enough gaming experience" [cut to picture of child at command center with control joystick] - "but I will let a kid with no license take over control of my vehicle system"
Zenophobius 3 years ago 2
Oh my god I love science.
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asdfghjkl34101 3 years ago
Robert Ballard is basically a greater Oceanic explorer than Captain Cook.
mbjvx 3 years ago
is it just me or at about 07:15 into robert ballard's talk there seems to be a shape looking similar to Africa wrapping around the east coast of Australia
nzchopperr 3 years ago
1trip711 go back to sleep in your game world you dont know a ocean from a lake. Robert Ballard is no candy ass....
Gwenlj 3 years ago
i'm in... game on... lets do it, explore our own planet... i was almost hypnotized by the things i see that deep ocean... kinda makes you feel like, oh i dunno, maybe our planet really is alive?
haha... food for thought, but i'm in on this stuff for sure
Simonttg 3 years ago
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This guy comes off like a total ass
1trip711 3 years ago
You come off like a total ass, 1trip.
Zant5976 3 years ago 6
This guy is an amazing public speaker, you heard the people when he finished, he got them so pumped over the ocean and middle schoolers.
He pretty much convinced everyone in there how cool the ocean is.
Cheesymcnoodle 3 years ago 5
This guy is a shitty public speaker.
He pretty much convinced everyone in there how retarded he is.
1trip711 3 years ago
You aren't even using logic, I'm not going to argue.
Cheesymcnoodle 3 years ago
yup.. argue with retards and look like one yourself, this guy is amazing - I wish TED would give him 2 hours to talk.
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1trip711 2 years ago
Do it makes u feel better insulting?, that's pretty mature brother!
calito0010 2 years ago
WTF, do i have 2 Chris Brown a bitch!
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1trip711 2 years ago
lol i like how u put that.. its so true!
its just the ocean.. but now... its THE OCEAN. lmao
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XMadscottsmanX 1 year ago
Yeah... so we put the second most destructive force on this planet in the one part of the planet that has sanctuary from it? I think humans have a little more way to come before we're aloud to lead our footprints there. As for why colonies off this planet and not in ocean? Because the oceans won't protect us from astronomical threats. At least if we have some sort of outpost off this earth we have increased odd of survival. Oceans yes, but not yet. Spare them.
maddcatone 3 years ago
Are this presentations done in England or USA?
IC1101 3 years ago
California USA
BanjoNaps 3 years ago
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i like to explore the ocean,but this dude is a nerd
furubamewtiger777 3 years ago
I've been a Bob Ballard fan since he found the Titanic on my 14th birthday. I have an autographed pic of him (the same one on the article on him on Wikipedia) on my wall. Whenever I see it, I salute it.
Alexdarkland 3 years ago
Its great what hes doing and I agree that it should be done and is very interesting but I still think space exploration is cooler and has more potential.
trentspencerktm 3 years ago
I agree. :)
Ofc we should explore the oceans but the way we're ruining our planet atm. we're going to need other planets to run to at some point. I think we should do way more to explore space than we're doing now actually. :)
gnawershreth 3 years ago
I agree in most with what Ballard is saying but his final question, why not colonize the sea(floor), well there are a few fundamental reasons why we cannot, pressure being the main reason. We can compensate with technology for the lack of air pressure in the upper atmosphere and in the space between planets and moons, but the pressure at the bottom of the deep sea looks to be an insurmountable obstacle to living in the dark wet desert. Water is heavy. Very heavy.
AIGAMUXA 3 years ago
@AIGAMUXA he was talking about floating houses
rianpop 1 year ago
8:16???
CivilSerpant 3 years ago
I lost all my repect for him when he said: "nucular" I was like "wow good job"
Richy15251 3 years ago
amazing.
qpwnsall 3 years ago
Yes, ocean exploration needs more funding and deserves it too, but don't downplay NASA. The reason why we look at space so much is because it is 9,750,000,000,000,000,000 times bigger than the entire Earth!!! (diameter wise). And colonization of space is more important than more colonization of Earth (still very important) because if anything happens to our planet we'll be toast with no back-up for humanity.
Great speech! The bottom of the ocean may look like what Europa's ocean looks like.
reevesAstronomy 3 years ago 2
The blue movement?
andid 3 years ago
Robert Ballard is awesome.
unixbomber 3 years ago
waheex very true but in what the nasa group has spent and what do we get nothing may as well be nothing
kitkat042803 3 years ago
a man speaking fifteen minutes without a break with such immense and positive passion. you only get that at TED.
1schwererziehbar1 3 years ago 4
more funding and interest in space ,simple space is easy nothing there but the sea is crazy and unknown as we know ppl are scared of the unknown
kitkat042803 3 years ago
good point but to say that there is noting in space is untrue
waheex 3 years ago
I would give anything in the world to be a part of this exploration.
wikedawesome 3 years ago
People should see the deep sea videos that are out there, they examine our ocean and emphasize what he has stated. The amount of creatures out there, and the adaptations they have done to survive down there is astronomical.
Crimzors 3 years ago 2
he looks great for 66!!
WhatAmEye 3 years ago
The ocean...man... what a deep subject. Like, whoa.
beriukay 3 years ago 4
I think there is more funding and interest in space over the ocean simply because, the ocean is finite, space is seemingly infinite.
Perhaps its the underlying nature of life to look up and out, for places to spread, we all originated from the oceans, so perhaps there's a sense of, "been there, done that" built into us.
just a thought.
BinaryReader 3 years ago 12
@BinaryReader why do you say we originated from the oceans?
rianpop 1 year ago
@rianpop Wow, a response to a comment I made two years ago, that's a record for me :)
I think it is likely that we originated from the ocean, or via some meteor that landed in or around the ocean.
From memory, the point i was trying to make is that life has a tendency to spread where it can, and there is little incentive to revisit the ocean which is already abundant with life.
The goal is too survive and spread, and there's plenty of room out there in space to do so.
BinaryReader 1 year ago
@BinaryReader you think microbes evoled into dinosaurs and ultimatley humans?
rianpop 1 year ago
@BinaryReader you think microbes evolved into dinosaurs and than (after a really long time) ultimately humans???????????
rianpop 1 year ago
@rianpop no, dinosaurs did not evolve into us, they were a seperate branch from mammals.
But single-celled organisms did evolve into fish, which did evolve into mammals (esp. rats) which did evolve into apes, which did evolve into us. And if you look at the timeline of evolution, humans have owned Earth for a VERY short period of time compared to all life that came before them.
If you told me Adam & Eve were a type of bacteria or sea-sponge, I would be more inclined to believe in them.
Destro7000 1 year ago
@Destro7000 lol at the last paragraph. well you are a human with values and goals and ideas. think about that...not a desendant of swamp soup. i dont want to fight, we both have our views and typing on the internet is unlikly to change them
rianpop 1 year ago
@rianpop Nope, we really are a descendent of 'swamp soup' as you put it.
Having goals and ideas now doesn't change the fact that you were once a single-celled organism, and so were all who came to make you.
Destro7000 1 year ago
@BinaryReader I just dont believe microbes evolved into dinosaurs than (after a really long time) humans
rianpop 1 year ago
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@rianpop then what do you believe?
BinaryReader 1 year ago
@rianpop we did.
Destro7000 1 year ago
i'm a fan of space science. i make time everyday to look at the new discoveries in the universe. but, like this guy, i love the ocean too. it's mystery is swimming in imagination. i watch deep sea dives like guys watch porn. i'm captivated and rooting for more. every time i check up on oceanic discoveries i'm beside myself. with all the different types of environments in one kind of medium (sea water) i'm amazed with life. bravo. i thank those brave enough to explore our nearest mysteries. :)
23lotusblossoms 3 years ago 3
A very good talk.
Doomsetter 3 years ago 4
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
BurningSpear213 3 years ago
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The reason why they look into the heavens and not the ocean is because they dont want us to know the secrets, thats why we have secret societys like freemasons, illuminati and bohemians the higher up in the degree they are the more information they get to know plus to work with NASA to know even more.
theycutheyknowu 3 years ago
ya thats what i was thinking. you got -5 thumbs which is silly. thats what happens when a bunch of close minded scientists get on here. people who think they know it all. ask why we dont go down there. maybe the movie the abyss wasnt all fake? maybe they dont want us to know the earth actually expands and grows, maybe they just want to keep us stupid and ignorant. so way to go on the thumbsdown guys, real smart out of the box creativity. watch the one about school kills creativity.
notarecordplayer 3 years ago
creativity is not the same as delusion...unfounded theories are not the same as thinking outside of the box. there's a reason why occam's razor is utilized so frequently.
vetrean 3 years ago 4
im 10 and im smarter than you
cobchob 3 years ago
but not more humble
notarecordplayer 3 years ago 6
haha
jimc8p 3 years ago 2
Maybe if they dive deep they'll find Dick Cheney's heart? : )
orinocojones 3 years ago 5
fat chance. XD
intrepgun 3 years ago 2
Evangelical passion! Great. He is proposing to colonize the oceans of our planets. It sounds outlandish but one great man once said that every new idea goes through 3 phases. 1)it's ridiculed 2)it's opposed 3)it's self evident
trying2bnormal 3 years ago 7
This guy makes some great points right from the beginning. Why is NASA so "important"? answer: Residual religious based ideas. Why do we "need" to find extraterrestrial life? Answer: to prove or disprove religious and philosophical beliefs. We waste piles of cash to prove/disprove religious and philosophical beliefs while we ignore the riches of the oceans! Not all NASA spending is waste. Just most of it. Near Earth Object and solar research are both desperately needed.
harryogre 3 years ago
wow... the apparent intelligence behind tht comment... im in awe..
popitypop 3 years ago
The reason to his first question is because you cannot put Satellites in the ocean, there are no planet killing asteroids in the ocean, below 100 or so feet, there is not a viable (potential) market for tourism. Rockets are expensive, conventional submarines are less so. I love to dive, and I love the sea, but the stars are the new frontier.
kev3d 3 years ago
To his last question: Have you ever played Bioshock?
muteki005 3 years ago
maybe ive watched too many sci fi movies but what if you discover something your "not suppose to"...is it possible something dangerous could be disturbed?
eriessexiest 3 years ago
amazing
eriessexiest 3 years ago
awesome!
cenasux12 3 years ago
Thought I was watching Star Trek at the beginning.
GanDyPoop 3 years ago 2
He has put his life's work into something he'll never see come to fruit. Yet it's that dream, that passion, that is the real light shining from him. He embodies a success that only very few people achieve. Highly respectable.
LiveToThink 3 years ago 13
true.
lexserr 3 years ago 2
woah that was so cool!!!
good luck with the research
keep the youtube community updated!!!!!!!!
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younghustla342 3 years ago
A christian "believes", a atheist "thinks". Tha's the diference.
Glufffo 3 years ago 6
this guy is so convincing, he probably would convince me to join scientology.
spankyquest 3 years ago 2
my hat goes off to you, bravo
franczyk94 3 years ago
Awesome that the Black Sea preserves bodies perfectly.
Kullg4r 3 years ago
very cool, last year i knew most of that stuff, you mentioned. but i hope yall mention some more cool things.
geoffy0404 3 years ago
and the religious peeps will be like I TOLD YOU NOT TO GO I TOLD YOU NOT TO!!
shadowmanmagna32 3 years ago 2
lol it would be funny if they go under and they find like satan or something
shadowmanmagna32 3 years ago 4
No, I don't think that's it's got anything to do with dark and gloomy, I think there's ALOT of history under there that a few would like to keep that way.. Just think about it, what if it showed human life that was here hundreds of thousands of years ago vs. what religions try to tell us today.
There could be MANY cultures under the oceans holding many answers and many more questions that religous heads will not or can not answer, and that may scare the "hell" out the religous heads..
ou8one2forme 3 years ago
"Just think about it, what if it showed human life that was here hundreds of thousands of years ago vs. what religions try to tell us today."
Nobody in the religious world would care. Either they'll accept it and endorse it (like the Vatican), or they'll ignore it (creationists). Just like every other science with conflicts with scripture.
The already existing evidence for Evolution DOES indicate we've been around for 100,000's of thousands of years, after all.
Sinuev1 3 years ago
Thankfully, Science does not rely upon religious approval before embarking on the quest for knowledge. Otherwise, we'd still be stuck in the dark ages.
Sinuev1 3 years ago
Actually it does. Whatever anyone believes, it is a religion. Ever heard of questions of ethics? Scientists are not allowed to research human cloning at the moment because there are still some ethical and moral standards intact in our country. Unfortunately, these are slowly fading...
zestysk8er 3 years ago
Religion and Ethics are often close bedfellows, but they are not synonymous. Ethics do not rely upon religion, nor does religion rely upon Ethics.
Also, simple belief in something does not constitute a religion. I can believe that man will have colonies on the moon by 2075, but it's not a religion. If you think otherwise, please provide me the forms for tax exempt status.
Sinuev1 3 years ago
In regards to human cloning, it's only a matter of time. You cannot suppress the flow of discovery. Banning it in one country will only drive scientists to countries where the technology is not banned. This is happening with Stem Cell research, and the only thing that restricting research is accomplishing is the styming our research potential on the world stage and driving out of academics.
It's a lost of wasted potential, especially since the US is home to some of the worlds best collages.
Sinuev1 3 years ago
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Obviously you are an atheist, so I guess there's not much I can say about all this; our beliefs differ so much that I would have to get into an all out debate, as I am a Christian (and I'm sure you know how hard it is to have an intelligent conversation on youtube ;) But suffice to say that ethics stems from religion. Where does ultimate truth come from? It must come from something all-encompassing and personal, so that morality applies to all and they are obligated. God is the only thing able.
zestysk8er 3 years ago
"Obviously you are an atheist"
I'm a deist, actually, with a few Roman Catholic tendencies.
"But suffice to say that ethics stems from religion."
Which is why rudimentary ethics and morality has been observed in the animal kingdom, to say nothing of Altruism which is displayed in most social animals. None of which (aside from humans) have religion.
Sinuev1 3 years ago
"Where does ultimate truth come from?"
There is no such thing as ultimate truth, and if there is, it is completely out of the realm of human perception. The closest you can get to it is studying the reality of the natural world.
"he Creation speaketh a universal language, independently of human speech or human language, multiplied and various as they may be. It is an ever-existing original, which every man can read.
(Cont.)
Sinuev1 3 years ago
It cannot be forged; it cannot be counterfeited; it cannot be lost; it cannot be altered; it cannot be suppressed. It does not depend upon the will of man whether it shall be published or not; it publishes itself from one end of the earth to the other. It preaches to all nations and to all worlds; and this word of God reveals to man all that is necessary for man to know of God." ~ Thomas Paine
Sinuev1 3 years ago
They will find Alien ship and Predator will come down and save us?
mwspruvn 3 years ago
The ocean is definitely something we don't know much about.
radlations 3 years ago 2
brilliant
eXsImeto 3 years ago
how can i give more than 5 stars?
great video! :D
purecork 3 years ago
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FASCINATING, I;m featuring this it's sooo damn cool :D
DrakeAlturas 3 years ago
I hope he continues in his mission, good for you Robert Ballard
the Ocean is where we came from, it is who we are,watching Jaws will not change the fact that the OCean is to be loved and enjoyed in the spirit of life
anyways, NASA is dumb, put that money in NOAA
8data 3 years ago
Neat guy, but sometimes I wish that the mystery of the Oceans would be left unexplored so as to leave it more awe inspiring beauty away from the entrapings of personal technology
But I agree that NASA is stupid in terms of promoting love of science
Anyways, he made a great presentation
8data 3 years ago
I may be cute, but I sure love science!! =]
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Windsor5643 3 years ago
And lastly, I'm very glad he stressed the point that we have over 70% of the Earth's resources locked away from us due to a disinterest in ocean exploration and harvesting technologies. I hear far too many small minds and new-age spiritualistic "doom" predictions about how we're using up all of our natural resources.
We haven't even BEGUN to scratch the surface of this planet's resources. We simply need to find an economically and environmentally viable way to tap them.
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JBME 3 years ago
I agree that his passion for discovery is highly infectious. His standing ovation was well deserved. My favorite part being the awe of discovery shown in the little girl's face and his recognition of that being a turning point in someone's life. A milestone, which helps determine whether that child will grow up with a similar passion for knowledge and discovery, or whether they will shut down their mind in favor of trivialities.
Sinuev1 3 years ago
"we cannot comprehend far away without the understand of our own roots"
I disagree. I believe humanity has the capacity to pursue both ambitions with equal veracity. The total understanding of one is not necessary to understand the other - but rather the exploration of space and the oceans will augment each other as both fields of exploration grows and matures.
Sinuev1 3 years ago
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TheCapt4in 3 years ago
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colombian419 3 years ago
I very much enjoyed this. I really do think we should worry about exploring our own planet before thinking of inhabiting another.
iwannavomit 3 years ago
lots of astute points, i agree only a small portion of our own planet is discovered while were out trying to understand distant planets. we cannot comprehend far away without the understand of our own roots
GuitarKid42 3 years ago
god is not in the heaven, god is on earth.
wildcritic 3 years ago
ummmmmmm good point.
r32adt3db 3 years ago
This guy is so right. There is so much exploration left right here on Earth. If we do not understand our own planet then how are we to understand far away planets? That is the question.
VisionQuest2012 3 years ago
This is what America is about! and what it should be known for! not about WAR and occupation!
arfanullah 3 years ago
I so agree with you!
broadwaychick293 3 years ago