Astrobiology and the Origins of Life

[alexasmithy]

brilliant video

[osclarkos]

good work here

[Nez949]

I see so many correlations between the universe and cytology, I look at the universe as one big "Cosmic-Cell" and everything within this Cosmic-Cell(stars, black holes, matter) are just "Cosmic-Organelles" responsible for the cell's function. I view this sudden acceleration of the universe as the Cosmic-Cell in the midst of division from its sister Cosmic-Cell(slow process). We are the stuff of stars, the stars are the stuff of the universe; are we so egotistical to think we are so different?

[jayejayeee]

love the video really good

[bribribri56]

some sweet info here

[ACDCFAN0418]

i like cranberry juice

[ninjatoothpaste]

2:40 Is where the actual talk begins.

[AdamKhanRs5]

trying to say we are a mistake or something

[nelsonpaixao]

self-assemble???

non live, non intellegente, self-assembles and create life?

no wonder people disbelive evolutionists

[winterstellar]

@nelsonpaixao Read some science if you want to understand science. If you want to ramble about ancient superstitions/religions, do so at a video about such things and not at a science video.

[ninjatoothpaste]

@nelsonpaixao Evolution doesn't deal with how there came to be life, it explains how there came to be diversity of life forms once there was life. The theory you are disputing is called "abiogenesis" NOT evolution. Nobody knows exactly how life came into existence, however I would like to point out that while you mock the notion of abiogenesis (which is at least supported by some measure of verifiable fact) in its place you would invoke a god, which doesn't differ from magic.

[nelsonpaixao]

I not a religious person however i respect other peoples belifs

I have the same attitude towards science and religion : i dough everything until it can be proven true.

So believing in some "scientific" theory not proven to be true makes you a religions person no different from the catholics that attend church every sunday or the muslims that visit mecca every year, they also don´t have proof

As a matter of fact Evolutionist do have a theory for biogenesis, the so called Primordial Soup

[ninjatoothpaste]

@nelsonpaixao Primordial Soup is more of a place marker, it isn't a theory in and of itself, also I believe evolution to be true, there may be a few details of the theory that aren't spot-on but the rest is backed up by mountains of evidence, it is in effect proven beyond reasonable doubt. Abiogenesis I hold a strong suspicion to be true, and were I a betting man I'd put my coin on that over any other option that I know of currently.  P.S. Sorry I assumed you were religious.

[ninjatoothpaste]

@nelsonpaixao (Out of interest, not argumentativeness :) Some people believe that black people are inferior, clearly that's an absurd belief not worthy of respect. So, my question is this: What makes belief(s) worthy of respect? Now I understand it's common courtesy not to flame someone for their beliefs, but if they put it out there (i.e. on youtube comments) then it's fair game, why should they be shielded from "offense" any more than anyone else?

[ninjatoothpaste]

@ninjatoothpaste P.S. By "offence" I'm talking about people getting upset that their beliefs are challenged by reason and logical debate, which can get heated yes, but is a world apart from simply bullying, which I do disagree with.

[nelsonpaixao]

it´s "Out of interest, not argumentativeness" because you can´t argue against it

by the way black people are not inferior to white people, and this is not a belief we have proof for that

[ninjatoothpaste]

@nelsonpaixao I was just showing that I wasn't arguing for the sake of arguing. I suspect you knew that. Also, it is a belief that can be held and is held by some people, I was demonstrating a belief that should be challenged. I also made a point of making it clear that it's ONLY polite to challenge people's beliefs IF they're making them known PUBLICLY (i.e. on youtube) rather than simply holding them privately. The question you didn't answer was: "What makes belief(s) worthy of respect?"

[nelsonpaixao]

"What makes belief(s) worthy of respect?" you want to discuss beliefs with me? i don´t see the point on doing so

i already told you i not a religious person and i don´t relie on beliefs only in evidence and proof

that´s why (like i told you before) i don´t support this kind of "science" because it relies on beliefs (not in proof) like in religion

[ninjatoothpaste]

@nelsonpaixao Do you mean that evolution is unsupported by evidence or proof? I would agree that Abiogenesis is lacking enough evidence/proof, but evolution can stand purely on the genetic evidence alone without all the other evidence - if you were only talking about abiogenesis in the first place then I apologize, otherwise I can point you to many resources for learning about the evidential support for and the predictions of the theory of evolution.

[ninjatoothpaste]

@nelsonpaixao Oh, I'd also like to make clear that in science a "theory" doesn't mean a wacky idea someone just came up with, it's the highest form of information in science, don't forget about "the theory of gravity"; "theory" has different meaning in the scientific jargon than in the common vernacular sense. I don't mean to be patronizing, just checking, some people don't know these things.

[tnguyen318]

Fact is the Essential Form of Knowledge. Knowledge is Truth and Reality.

[ninjatoothpaste]

@tnguyen318 Indeed they are! Though facts alone have no explanatory power, science is all about explanations and the highest form of explanation is the theory. A theory explains a collection of facts. Facts are knowledge, theories are understanding. Knowledge without understanding is meaningless.

[tnguyen318]

How do you prove what is fact and what is not? There have been lots of theories with facts that were believed to be true at the time but now are proven false. It's "collection of evidence believed to be true". Knowledge should be factual and wise, otherwise it would be balogny.

[ninjatoothpaste]

@tnguyen318 Science is self-correcting, there is no such thing as perfect knowledge and understanding, but science is as close to it as human kind will ever get. I presume you dispute the validity of the theory of evolution? If this is the case, are you open to the facts or are you grinding a religious axe? Because evolution does make predictions, and many of those predictions have been shown to be true.

[ninjatoothpaste]

@tnguyen318 A wheel will roll down a hill, that is a fact. Gravity pulls things down, also a fact. The moment you say that those two facts are related, that the first happens because of the second, that is a theory. Do you see why you can't have knowledge without understanding the relationships between facts? You said "How do you prove what is fact and what is not?" and then "Knowledge should be factual and wise" If you cannot prove a fact you cannot have knowledge. (continued)

[ninjatoothpaste]

What is proof? There is no absolute proof, there is only proof beyond reasonable doubt - how many times do you have to role a wheel down a hill before it becomes a proven fact that wheels roll down hills? Well once you have answered that question then you can ask what makes it so and for that you NEED theory to explain why - gravity is clearly a law of nature, but our understanding of how it works is called "the theory of gravity", we will never understand anything without theory!

[tnguyen318]

To the naked human eye its fact, under microscope it's something else. It's better to say that it's fact until proven otherwise. Gravity doesn't pull things down. If Gravity pulls things down, how come Spaceships out in space doesn't fall down. I don't think knowledge requires understanding relationships between facts. But first we need to define what is knowledge. Information is the word.

[OoIMMUURTALMUZIQoO]

@tnguyen318 Gravity pull things down oooor does it attract? Blackholes are magnetic Blackholes are Suns (Black Suns). The law of correspondence cycles everything that endows us. cycles are circles where points meet even linear lines are circles. Gravity is just a nomenclature that people take literal then they use this social construct a devise it among other celestial innerconnected objects.

[nelsonpaixao]

self-assemble???

non live, non intellegente, self-assembles and create life?

no wonder people disbelive evolutionists

[Ramshobraja]

Brilliant talk. A great introduction for non-scientists about life possibilities in the universe.

[Deebs1618]

True genius is the ability to defy convention and convince the majority.

[dashedude2]

epic lighting

[dwain1987]

maybe we are just a speck of dust in another earth and that earth is just a piece of mud from another earth and that earth is ect... who knows

[NalydLatniuq]

his lisp is a little distracting.

[henryburner]

Thanks for the video. Very interesting subject and a great teacher. :)

[sbergman27]

Quaint notion, that. That if we're the only life in the galaxy then we each own 20 stars. Of course, if they were attainable and perceived to have value, 5% of the population would quickly add 95% of them to their portfolios, leaving 5% for the rest of us. If there *is* other intelligent life out there, then it would come down to whether our rich and powerful had the power to screw them out of their inheritance.

[blackmajek]

@sbergman27 "then it would come down to whether our rich and powerful had the power to screw them out of their inheritance." I'm sure they would find a way to develop a fractional reserve star bank.

[Zurround100]

there is no proof that that mars rock has fossils in it, its still up to debate. We might have already discovered life out there if the money our stupid governments waste on bullcrap went towards science.

[pdquesnel]

100 tons of space dust per day arrives on earth...

[astrofisico7]

O gigantesco superaglomerado Shaplex como uma rede cósmica de vácuos, ou matéria escura, nos fascina como um luar, ou uma poesia minha, que lembrei agora, em que cito que o planeta Terra, em sua galáxia, é a pérola única. Se for assim, creio que existem bilhões de civilizações. Umas desenhando em cavernas e outras viajando no espaço há mais tempo que a nossa existência.

[SilconOne]

Look God is a good story but the is no evidence so let talk Astrobiology. first matter has been around forever where they came form well Don't know but they been around. two chemical seek out each other because it want to be life so these atom seek out each other this is what life is so abundant it not chance it need to be. when the condition are right things like this will happen.

[ypoons89]

If stars are created in Columns, then were did columns come from? Well?

God created everything you all can think of. He created all of the stars, planets, galaxies!

Look through your scope all day, noting is gonna change the fact that nothing cannot create something. Kay? You cannot create dust without a maker of dust! Kay?

[mykmerfe]

who makes the maker then meatball grow up nobody knows anything

PEOPLE AND THEIR FOOLISH GOD CRAP

[Jewfee43]

@ypoons89 gay if god was real the internet wouldnt exist why would he allow this and all it brings to be brought out? why would he let women get raped? cause if there was a god he would not let that happen so go to hell

[21Division]

According to this guy... since no one else is in the galaxy, we own it. One of the characters in The Little Prince made the same argument. That one used to count stars and since no one else had thought of it before he owned them too.

[HuckleberrySlim]

when was this recorded?

[GILDAMS]

biology: Study what they have in common and what distinguishes the different forms of life.

when they have found life outside the planet??

study a nonexistent science is stupid

[Kommaseir]

GILDAMS...LOL...your comment is so bad I'm just speechless...thanks for a good laugh man...lol!!!!

[Robbo20000]

The different forms of life ON OUR PLANET you stupid fucking moron, you dont seriously think that biology is "the study of alien life" do you?

stupid fking american

[abram730]

big bang = let there be light... same religon, different words.

It's the same idea + The scientific method.

[araless]

yeah . .. no.

[pixovilson]

power = gods

[pixovilson]

theres only 1 way into space

[pixovilson]

power owns space

[damaged01]

k3456789 and secretchristian, shut the fuck up.

[landin048]

What the hell are you smoking? Dude, you need a new drug.

[k3456789]

science and medicine is so ignorant and arrogant;  they think they can create live same as mds almost have cancer cure around the corner

boring lies. he is also not terribly convinced by what he is saying.

science religion modern medicine are just smoke screen so we wont discover the truth out ; Thanks I can puke now

[SepherSerado]

You should google the word Dullard.

[BeachofDreams]

Will you just shut up before *I* puke.

[k3456789]

boring lies professor Im sorry;

it does not make sense everything is a repeat of his teachers; ya ya evolution we came from monkey ; nothing above viruses can evolve. They are dwelling in their imaginary worlds same as modern medicine nothing positive or useful come of their research ; there is tons of stuff he can learn on you tube insteadt of these repeats nonsense

[Enleuk]

ya, nothing useful has been discovered through medicine. it's just all placebo effect that the lifespan of humans is twice what it was a few years ago. or maybe knowledge from studies of food, anatomy, bacteriae et cetera is not just bs like your ideas about virus being the only thing that can evolve.

you that humans are essentially products of rna, and a virus = rna, so if viruses can evolve, then humans can evolve.

[demonx406]

@Enleuk You should have stayed in school bro. Maybe go back and try for the ol' G.E.D. this year?

[Enleuk]

@demonx406 I dunno what a G.E.D. i. I live in Sweden. You do realize that the first two sentences of my comment is ironic, right?

[demonx406]

@Enleuk i fgred that owt but yur splin n grammor is soo gud in thet ferst poast it hert to reed

[Enleuk]

@demonx406 I was typing too fast. I see now that I missed an 's' in my last comment as well. Don't see anything wrong with the grammar apart from starting one sentence with 'or'.

[evillutionskate]

Just because you're too stupid to understand what Evolution really is, or too ignorant to be knowledgeable of the advances in modern medicine doesn't mean you're right and he's wrong.

Maybe you should go back to drilling holes in people's skulls to release "Evil spirits".

[jacobbis4lovers]

I believe that evolution is happening on Mars just like it did on earth. it's going through the exact same process and it will take millions of years to create life. Do you agree too?

[SmokingPhoenix85]

Hey, plz help me whit this. At 15:40 or so he starts talking about the culoms. He says stars start to form on the tips. Why do they form there? He futher goes on saying that the culoms get blown down? I realy dont understand how this thing works. Why does it get blown down?

[mattetjus]

...the photons and particles collide with the gas particles in the nebula and the total inertia of the particles will often enough still be away from the star -> gas is blown away. Blown away down is due to the gravitational pull of the cloud or magnetic fields binding ionised molecules/dipoles together.

[mattetjus]

[error, this part should go before the above answer]

Stars are also formed within the columns, but we cant see those due to the dense gas (not anywhere near as dense as our atmosphere though).

The reason for the gas being "blown down";

Stars with active fusion in them 'produce' energy which eventually is emitted from the surface via photons, plasmas and other particles....

(change 'inertia' above to 'momentum)

[secretchristian]

Get to the truth. This garbage of historical lies has accomplished nothing but acquiring additional wealth and power for the already wealthy and powerful.

These games are boring. Just look at the students in the auditorium - bored out of their skulls.

[illprofess]

obviously you didnt listen to the entire or more than a couple of seconds....keep running from knowledge

[secretchristian]

illprofess (10 hours ago)

Obviously, you, also, don't know the truth...keep helping to hide the truth with boring lies.

[illprofess]

and what do you suppose the truth to be.....something other than science? the belief and faith in an imaginary being?

[secretchristian]

ultradevon04 (16 hours ago)

Get educated.

[ultradevon04]

Have fun with your imaginary friend.

[secretchristian]

ultradevon04 (3 days ago)

Get an imagination.

[mattie690]

Very interesting. I just wish we knew what creats life. This is a great idea and I never know there was life in meteorites. Why is this not more well known?? This is AMAZING knowledge. You would have thought that it was the basis of modern thinking. Life on other planets is a definate if this is the case.

[zeb120]

ISLAM maynot be universal but these human prophets are, Maybe ISLAM is a local religion at our planet and for other xillions and xillions of planets in universe and megaverses where life resides, local versions of ISLAM maybe present.Its is not hard to imagine. ALLAH is not only dealing with us.HE has uncountable creatures depending of which HE cares till the judgement day.We MUST follow this universally local religion so that when we rise on the day of judgement, we may be accepted into heaven.

[MilesB1975]

I challenge you and your god to produce 1 scrap of evidence of his existence to me.

[zeb120]

How can we look at our own galaxy when we r in it at the same time....this means we are just viewing one side or one dimension of that shape of galaxy

[gameexe]

this is all fine aand dandy, but how the hell do they know what kind of elements are those big ass gasslouds made off? if it takes over 9000 lightyears too travle there

[kiadude1]

I like how he says dinosaur. But no seriously, amazing video, a great help :)

[aneeley]

this video is AMAZING

[zeb120]

he is lying....USA knows of many planets and fractions of USA where life exists.....he is totally lying

[aneeley]

who's lying? about what?

[zeb120]

Hinduism is idolism and IDOLISM has no value whatsoever. ALLAH or GOD as u perceive is 1 and idolism negates and humiliates that concept.Christianity is a diversion and negation of the same LORD who is one and sent HOly Prophet and therefore is strayed away from the path aswell, Judiasm gets stuck on Moses and rejects both Jesus and Prophet Muhammad. ISLAM accepts all but with the right concept. ISLAM is the code to this universe only if u think.

[aneeley]

you do realize that there's like a billion more religions than that. and all of their concepts and methods for the attainment of the experience of god are strikingly similar--as if they're all viewing the same object from a different perspective--or something. the successful ones seem to come with a dominator agenda (emphasize submissiveness), like christianity or islam. they live on and flourish because they are power-based, plus most people love being told what morals to live by.

[zeb120]

fine keep comfying yourself with all these unjustified jusitifications. You are trying to coverup a a dovee for all the stupididties of this world. Go ahead. You dont want to see the right thing.

[MilesB1975]

Start practicing what you preach and start observing the universe.

[zeb120]

Science stems from ISLAM and science is ALLAH's creation;s knowledge. Muslims were the first one to introduce moerdn concepts and revitalise the darkness of atheism with their worldly knowledge until they became corrupt and lost to those who were deisbelievers. You people have worked on our knowledge. Be thankful atleast and oh yeah ALLAH doesnt prove everyminute of HIS existence to cowards n hypocrites like u. Goodbye

[MilesB1975]

I challenge him NOW to do so..I am waiting for a response. Go back to your cave.

[MilesB1975]

True that Arabic scientists have given us many advances in optics,mathematics and astronomy in the period before Islam reduced your culture to a bunch of mindless sheep.Show me one recent development in Science from your so called god, that your people couldn't have figured out anyway.

I bet he hasn't proved anything to you either, tell me I am wrong! Liar.

[MilesB1975]

I am not some 5th Century sheepherding imbecile, I am lucky enough to be alive today and so I have evolved a better explanation for the world around me.What is your excuse for being so late? You are still AFRAID of the dark even though you are surrounded by light! Sad specimen of humanity! You are living proof of evolution, you are about to become extinct Fossil! DInosaur! Explain my cowardice, I already challenged your god to a fight to the death, explain my hypocrisy, I have proof of my belief

[sameerk24]

the last thing i expected is to see a religion debate as a post for such a scientific video! and btw Allah, or ilah in Arabic, is derived from the Hebrew word Elohem. So it just means God. Islam is nothing but Judasim version 3.

[MilesB1975]

You and the christians, jews, along with ANY other believer in lies are equally stupid.

I DO think, that's why I know your crap to be nonsense.Keep it to yourself, don't try to poison my mind with your unproven fairy-tale.

Science is the only code to the universe, you will be proven wrong in time.

[fibonacciphipi]

you dont even need religion for a moral code here a theory for you life is better when it doesnt suck and there for one must act in a way that will not bring him into sucktitude there problem solved respect your neighbor or hell be a prick moses aleggedly solved querels between his followers for ten yeas before he got the 10 comandments for ten years he solved little fights hey who know maybe he didnt get it tru god maybe after ten yeas he figured morality could be fucking reasoned

[zeb120]

coz all the religions of world lose their composure and fail when they meet the standards of technology....ISLAM doesnt....bible and torah does...thats the difference...you dont wana accept it..fine...ur not good enough to be a part of it.

[fibonacciphipi]

thats fucking retarded first you start with "all religions lose their composure" and then half a sentence later you say islam doesnt

TYPICAL

" all others are phonies and we are the true chosen ones"" FUCK YOU

.... snap the fuck out of it the ONLY thing we need to get along with others is the WILL to DO SO no god...no books ...they can help but usualy it leads to pricks like you.WHO THINK THAT ITS APROPRIATE TO USE RELIGIOUS MOTIVES TO LIE TO YOURSELF ABOUT BEING BETTER THAN OTHERS

[zeb120]

no its not. ISLAM is the code of intlligence and Americans have extracted tons of research from ISLAMIC recollections and QURAN itself.All other religions are phonies and it is because it eithe they were man made or they had been distorted to fit the human psychy eg Christianity and Jewish faith where the books have been corrupted by the kings who bribed the popes for their own suitability. ISLAM manifests deep knowledge from topics of astrobiology(evolution) and developmental reproduction.

xxx

[fibonacciphipi]

i wasnt even arguing about the legitimacy of religion i just said they arent nessecary in the first place if you wanna argue over the corruption of the "america" church im all for it cuz its true your just dodging bullets moon

[aneeley]

listen, islam is cool and all. i'm sure you've studied it and found great value in it. but that doesn't mean you have to blatantly deny every other religion. god is an experience, and it can be found in almost every religion around the world. if you can't see that then you are being blinded by your ego. i can think of several religions that don't contradict our recent technological advancements.

[zeb120]

look, this is the point where 100s of millions get diverted towards wrong concepts n finally towards athiesm. ALLAH knows who HE is and thats why he has given us the right n true guidance of the pathway to find him. Im sure those who donot have/had access to ISLAM or the true oath of ALLAH at any given time may have followed the basic islamic principles but since HE has given us the divine path, choosing another one in its existence is denial of HIS knowledge upon us. to be contd

[zeb120]

Humans over the last 10000yrs have distorted these religions according to their suitability but ISLAM has not because ALLAH has taken the responsibility for its nurturing and protection. ALLAH and not Muslims are the guardians of ISLAM. Apart from all these things, HIS worldly laws prevail. A weak Muslim country cannot takeupon a heavy enemy and a weak Muslim cannot defeat/beat a stronger pagan. ALLAH loves all but not those who deny HIM.

[StevoDog21]

ISLAM is a distorted plagerism of a plagerised distortion of a patent stupidity, which makes it the most idiotic of all the moronic religions of history.

Devoid of even the slightest humanitarian values, ISLAM is the most irrational and useless fantasy belief system ever devised by the mind of man.

[zeb120]

watch ur fingers n mouth when u tyoe n speak abt ISLAM

[StevoDog21]

My comments about ISLAM were actually quite moderate and restrained ,taking into account the utter contempt and disgust I truly feel for it.

[MilesB1975]

I really don't give a shit whether your imaginary friend likes me or not.

Tell Allah to meet me in the carpark and we'll settle this bullshit once and for all, I am sure you could kill me but not him, since only you exist.

[mattie690]

zeb120

the best thing you can bring to this intelligent discusion from now on....is silence. You have no idea and do not care to find out the truth so leave your fairytales at the door if you wish to enter into a discussion of this type.

[zeb120]

indeed you want it coz ur BLIND at HEART

[mattie690]

Many people on here have shown you that you are not using your head. I am afraid it will take you a while to break the chains that blind you. If you use your heart to understand the universe you will not get far - as we can see from your comments. Ciao

[fibonacciphipi]

burned ,banned, lie, conjecture, some people need a slap in the face .. love is blind ray charles is blind there for ray charles is love see?? thats exactly what your doing oh yeah and by the way the last people tu bann and burn scientific literature where the nazis and the comunitsts so why not not stick that in your bible and read it

[78tyg]

ridiculous video; this might have happened, that might have happened, we are not sure but...all lies and conjekture.

The Bible tells the whole simple truth. there is no need to believe that asterods made life, it was God, plain, true and simple.

[kornkid13]

You should open your mind a little, but that is just my oppinion.

[EnderWiggin85]

Prove it...

[biochemist8]

actually God told me the Bible is bullshit and he is not real. this is true because i had a dream about it and God talked to me. no proof, sorry you just gotta have faith and believe me

[giodoli93]

that statement wrecks my brain XD

[78tyg]

should be banned and burnt. God created us we ae not clever monkeys. theres only one world and that was created by Holy God saved by His Son, Jesus Christ who died on a cross in agony to save us from our sins. Aliens werent saved by Jesus becasuse there are no aliens. We are Gods children and the only thing in the universe.

[painandink37]

tard

[DYIFFAW]

don't have children please ^^

[test123ok]

problem is ..retards like this are the ones who go about making the most number of babies which creates a majority for Bush/McCain/Palin.

[biochemist8]

yes and santa claus is real too...not

[will0ughby]

do you know how insane you sound?

[blackhole4121]

Word fails me to say it. It is really great intellectuality of brain software to think of our other neighbor that we can likely meet.