Hang on... you met wossy's daughter... is this why on michael aranda's second channel there were some videos of chameleon circuit (minus liam) and some other YouTubers hanging out with Wossy? MINDFUCK
@privatejoker You think I have had no education in the matter of gravity? I just want to tell you I have done A-level physics and AS level maths(mehanics). Also, my dad is a doctor of physics(yes they do exist) and I used to ask him loads of questions when I was little. We can measure and feel and predict the effects of gravity. it's useful That doesn't mean we know what it actually is. Einstiens equation E=mc squared is being proved and it means Mass isn't contstant. Try and be open minded.
I am a Christian and I like asking questions like you are. First of all I'll ask Google. If Google confuses me then if it is scientific question, Ill ask a teacher. If it is a personal/spiritual/biblical question, i'll ask someone at Christian union or my friends or mum. I think people aren't just the product of random evolution and your computer/puzzle thing. I think to think the laws of science are written by God, but what we see as beauty, is spiritual.
@TheTARDISCatcher Not sure, but I interpreted it as... in the 1st puzzle, the picture is predestined and perfect, and controlled by whoever produced the puzzle. And through our work, we can make the divine picture that God intended us to. But in the 2nd puzzle, there is no final image, and it started from nothing and is always changing. But by sheer coincidence, this 'picture' sustains life, and in it we can think and write and make music, but ultimately, we don't matter to it. both have beauty.
@rozequartz1998 And to add to GPcooldude009's comment, you aren't stupid. Sometimes I have issues wrapping my head around this stuff, too, and I'm almost creepily obsessed with elements and atoms and sub atomic particles.
@rozequartz1998 It's complicated, so you're not stupid. All matter (physical stuff) is made of atoms, which are classified as belonging to/being a given element (think of rows of Dreamcast discs, some being Sonic Adventure, some being Shenmue, &c.). "Elements" (like, vials in a chem lab) are concentrations of nothing but that element. Cells consist of a lot of atoms from a lot of elements working intricately together.
@rozequartz1998 Your made of cells, which in turn are made out of elements (a lot of carbon and a few others) which in turn are made of atoms. So yes, you are made of atoms ;)
@MrKiller870 I do. I thought I'd awnser your question, even though it isn't aimed at me . Someone comes up with an idea. That is a hypothesis. A number of studies are undertaken to prove or disprove the hypothesis. When there is enough evidence one way, the scientific community recognise it as a theory. However, there are contradictory theories. E.g. nature/nurture. the truth is usually a combination.
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I think that god has no real power. I don't think he created anything, and that that was all the work of science. I also think that if there is a god, he would not be formed on our image. he wouldn't be able to fix things, just help us get through hard times. just mynopinion.
ima a chrisian and im not going to post a long comment on why i belive and u should belive in God, because ur frikkin awesome. and im glad ur so open with ur belifes :)
:D ow when I think about Maths [which I love] and Physics and Chemistry and when I look at the Periodic Table and what everything fits so perfectly together [although we still finds out new stuff that just fill in those blanks which still exist] I think that it is not so impossible that there is something that has created it - and it is not God, not Zeus, not Allah or any other creature created by humans to embrace this mystery it is just something - and I like to believe that it is real.
i belive that God is the creator. BUT he is the supivisor. he made the big bang happen, and supervised it to make sure that everything happened exactly to plan. also back then, who really had any consept of what a day was, a day could have been a million years. anyway. i'm a Christian and that is what i beleive.
Because i believe in the big bang theory, there has to be some form of energy to start it and because god created the universe, god must be a form of energy. And because the big bang is where lots of matter swarmed to create worlds, the same stuff that the energy is made from is the same stuff that electricity is made from (just different amounts) and because a lightbulb is the electricity glowing, god is a light bulb :D
@northerndarklight um yeah but that's like a long loooooong way away.... Plus, that might not be the end of the universe, it's just one theory and there are loads of different theories. One of my favourite theories is that expansion is speeding up cause of dark matter, and eventually (in a couple of hundred billion years) space will be expanding so quickly it will overcome gravity and other forces so basically everything will be ripped apart and that will kinda create the perfect conditions for
There WILL come a time in the far distant future, when finally all the stars have gone out, or used up all their fuel. Nothing lasts forever. In that time, ultra-massive black holes will roam about the remains of the universe, gobbling up all the dark and spent and used up galaxies in their paths, eventually merging into ONE mind-bogglingly ginormous black hole that contains everything, all matter that has ever existed. Time's up. Big bang, anyone?
lets do the math, shall we? if 99.9999999999999% (yes i counted the nines ahaha) of an atom is empty space, then 0.0000000000001% is the matter. the volume of a sugar cube is 1.5^3 = 3.375cm^3. if 3.375cm^3 represents 0.0000000000001% of the humankind, then humankind would be: (time for algebra)
0.000000000000001'x' = 3.375
x = 3375000000000000cm^3
google told me that the average volume of all humankind is 346500000000cm^3 (not taking into account obesity)
That's just the thing about matters of faith. There can be no proof. Therefore, faith is the primary requirement. Hence, the word. Matters that may be proved require little in the way of faith. No one will ever be able to offer you definitive proof of God's existence (or not) on this side of the veil. But, it's best to just have faith.
If you were to compress the entire earth down to the size of a marble, you would have yourself a marble sized black hole. There are black holes out there the size of stars, that's alot of stuff.
whoever created humans had a sick sense of humor, otherwise, we wouldn't be struggling to meet r basic needs, even more, forced 2b dependent on other humans for survival as most who get to resources 1st control everything, every1 else marches to the beat of their drum. seriously, what kinda "loving" god would allow humans to control each other through corruption, totalitarianism, & political deceit? why doesn't he/she interfere, if she/he/it is so loving & caring?
@goohber1 Not to impose anything on you, just thought you brought up an interesting point. We actually have it pretty good compared to what we had a few hundered thousand years ago before civilization. As far as the caring and lovingness of god (if he exists), he may just not want the world to be perfect, as pain and death are as much a part of life as happiness and prosperity, they're natural. Also, the news makes it seem like the world is worse than ever when the exact opposite is really true
We're reading Dawkins in one of my classes, and my professor was talking about how Dawkins gets cheeky sometimes in his writing and interviews. All I could think throughout the entire discussion was "snarky bastard!" hahaha
Can I just say, really appreciate how deep you are Alex and you've really brought me to think of myself and my life differently but when I was watching this video, there was an ad for mormonism on the side. Just thought that might be mildly entertaining.
As for all the matter in the human being equalling to the size of a sugar cube, here's another weird science analogy: if one year was equal to one millimetre in length, the age of human beings (H. sapiens) would be equal to 500 metres (one of the Olympic sprinting distances). The age of the universe would be 13.7 billion mm (13700 kilometres or 8512 miles, about the distance between London, England and Los Angeles, California).
I could give a sh*t about atheism and religion point is i believe that there is some creator out there. Maybe it's God or Allah or whatever or maybe not (and this is coming from a catholic person so all you die hard religious people out there i hope you read this and realize what exactly you think not what your religion tells you you shud think) The one reason i am not atheist is because i have a hard time believing that somehow nothing randomly exploded and formed the universe.
@TheAstron13 the point of atheism is not to point out than we randomly exploded from nothing, the point is to prove things by getting evidence and facts. At the moment scientists think that the universe came from a 'big bang' but they don't know what caused it. In the future they may discover what caused it or a new theory may be created, who knows. Atheists just don't want to believe in something so superficial as religion that has no evidence for their points, whereas science does.
Your jigsaw puzzle analogy, while interesting, simultaneously explained how ridiculous of a notion athiesm truly is. And as far as evolution is concerned, one of the basic tenets of the general theory of macro-evolution is that it is random and purposeless. To believe otherwise is to acknowledge a creator, which of course, is the only honest conclusion that may be drawn.
@TheWarnberg so atheism is more ridiculous than the theory that some leader who was never really created, apparently just always 'existed' just one day went "pop" and created the whole universe that is immensly huge? And all your evidence is in a book that was written hundreds of years ago that people just accept and believe. Wheras science says that our amazing infinite universe and world took millions of years to evolve and create because nothing could have created something so spectacular.
@GPcooldude009 Yes, I do believe it is more reasonable to say that a creator who operates outside of his creation and is not bound by the rules therein could create this immensely complex universe. That is much more reasonable than saying it came from absolutely nowhere. You can't just throw enough "time" at the issue and say that that explains it. Things don't appear from nowhere. That's one of the basic tenants of science. Matter cannot be created or destroyed, only changed.
@TheWarnberg Well, if God created the universe, then what created God? Because, as you say, "Matter cannot be created or destroyed, only changed." So the matter creating God, or Allah, or Jehovah, or Yahweh, or Zeus or Thor or Osiris, must have existed before said deity did. So... that means the deity is not all-encompassing. Oops. Oh, and I got this argument from a five year old raised on skepticism. Just to give you my source.
@TheWarnberg Well, what of Epicurus's saying; "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
@eragonarya225 Its not our job to question God or his methods. It would be impossible for us to understand. Too often, humanity attempts to put God in a little box that we can all understand. Assuming that there is a God (which I do believe there is), he would be completely removed from this universe, and impossible for me to comprehend fully. If God is all-knowing and all-powerful, it is our job to trust him. And I do.
@TheWarnberg Can we just agree to disagree? I personally do not believe in Him, but you do. And I say that's very respectable. I just think it would be a waste of time for us to argue about this. I can keep my beliefs from affecting my opinion of you (which is an educated, devoted individual) if you can keep yours from affecting your opinion of me.
@eragonarya225 I completely respect the freedom that you have to believe what you will. My original comment was just in response to the video. I think that you seem to be am intelligent person, capable of forming your own opinions about things and I respect the way you look at the world. Im not trying to force anything on you, just merely stating my opinion.
@eragonarya225 I reckon you're aware that this question is raised within Christians & philosophist as the question of theodicy. They are also several "religious" explainations for this questions. For Christians it will be hard to see god as not good or not omnipotent. Freedom of mankind is one explaination. Church and Religion is not stuck in medival ages, you can "believe" in science and god. @ TheWarnberg -- you might want to try read some things about theodicy, it could help.
@TheWarnberg i never said that everything comes from nothing, science isn't saying that they're just trying to find out where it did come from... and at least they try to find evidence for things rather than just accept something your told or read from a book with no questions asked
Sooooo if I break my phone into millions of pieces and put it into a container shake it up wait a million years will it just come back to it's original form? NO! This proves that there is a creator and he loves you and wants the best for you. Read genesis and then come tell me god Isnt real
@TheFireaxx WHAT???? That doesn't prove there's a creator, just that it is not useful to your life to smash your phone into tiny pieces. I have read Genesis. God isn't real.
@TheFireaxx have read it and im telling you God isn't real. Im just amazed people like you are so closed minded you cannot see any other solution but the easiest one which is somethign must have created everything.
@TheFireaxx I'm a Christian but your comment is a bit embarasing. I also understand science. A phone isn't biological...Your argument is illogical. Why are you so angry?
@miburn17 because religion says that becuase everyone has a unique fingerprint then there must be a creator as science couldn't possibly create everyone so uniquely.
I don't know why Atheists and religious people alike try to change the other. I live in a small, very religious town in Texas, and I am one of about twelve who don't choose to believe in God. I went to church up until a couple years ago, just appeasing my parents, and the preacher had recently discovered there was a homosexual who was a member of the church. He then proceeded to preach a sermon on why gay is wrong. Also, my church was a bit racist, so I'll never set foot in that building again.
@astros701 I think you just answered your own question. The Christian religion for example promotes homophobia and many Atheists luckily don’t want to accept or tolerate that.
lol. Finger prints aren't unique. An eye is more unique due to the retina. Even then, other people will have the same exact one. Just based on statistics. Just saying :p . This comment isn't unique so... O,...,O . . . There, lets hope it is now.
Ohhhh.....you like interesting trivia huh? well here is one for you....If you were to take all the wheetabix eaten in Liverpool over a period of 18 months and dumped it in the river mersey....it would probably taste really awful........interesting huh?
@nonsens8 Because it is considered proper in the English language to capitalise all the words in a title - except all the articles, coordinate conjunctions, and prepositions, regardless of length.
Hey Alex, great video. Just one minor thing, people who are religious don't "need" it to make the universe seem more impressive, at least not all religious folk. A lot of religious people believe it because it's what they believe, not because they have to or need to. Not sure if you were trying to give that impression or not, just wanted to make that correction if you were.
@ccconfetti we don't "know", we guess. Science as a whole is pretty much a list of things we'd like to think are true, which is why so many people are drawn to try and prove theories correct : ) (look at CERN in Geneva for example!)
@ChrissyoSpace But where do the hypotheses come from? An educated guess? Look at dogs and cats. Why do they fight? We can infer from their tails (cats keep their tails straight when they are happy, dogs have straight tails when they are on the offensive) that they would see each other as enemies, but it could be from another variable along their evolutionary lines. We don't know and we can't prove it, we can only take a chance on a hypothesis, just like the rest of science.
@ChrissyoSpace Whatever for? You said yourself we test the accuracy of hypotheses, which are always only predictions: mere theories that we would like to think correct, often with very little proof behind them. Otherwise known as a guess.
@ccconfetti Why not spend some time investigating the history of particle physics? Many of the historical experiments that revealed the nature of atoms, electrons, atomic nuclei, etc, are all taught in high school level physics. It's really not difficult to educate yourself on not only *what* we know, but also *how* we know it.
Im probably alone, but I don't have an opinion on either evolution or religion and couldn't care less about why/where/how we are here... I just like Alex's videos
@PrivateJoker17 I am unsure about gravity or religion. I like physics and when you get into it gravity is weird. No-one knows what it is. It isn't a fact. it is a force we can feel. Gravity = physical force. Religion = spiritual force. It is a good analogy, I like it. If you are interested, research gravity. Basicly, mass isn't a constant so what is gravity? Charge is a constant so electricity is "fact". Most people have faith in gravity and a lot of people have the same faith in their god.
2:21 While you're inquiring, why don't you ask how a calendar like that could even possibly be measured, especially if we've only been alive for a relative fifteen minutes? Just a thought...
@ChrissyoSpace But I thought that the scientific method only applied to natural phenomena that were observable and repeatable; how could you use it to determine something that happened (that incredibly long ago) in the past?
@Certamaniac actually if we had a powerful enough telescope to see to the edge of the universe that would be the moment of the big bang, so if you believe that there is an edge to the universe then the big bang is happening now, not a long time ago... just saying :)
@GPcooldude009 I don't think that there's any proof in what you just said, just conjecture that IF we only had a telescope, then we could see something that you think happened, but don't have any evidence for...personally, I firmly don't believe that the Big Bang happened, given that in my experience, Nothing has a habit of never spontaneously combusting.
@Certamaniac But, as Hank said, "The Big Bang isn't an explosion in the way we think of explosions, it was more a sudden existence of everything. And to make you feel more insignificant, the center of the Big Bang was... wait for it... everywhere." There was no explosion. Just a sudden existence.
:) I love learning itersting facts about the world as well. I respect your choice to be non religious it is whatever to me. I personally am a Christian and I believe God creaed the earth, but I beleive he use evolution to do it. So I believe in science. I never uderstood why we have to pick one or the other. God's time is not our time and he made this earth to be a unique place where things evolve over time and I couldn't imagine it being any cooler than that :)
@snap5krakle5pop2 Interesting fact... the Catholic church is actually starting to recognize that science is real. They are considering agreeing with you, about the whole "God created us to evolve" thing. I agree BTW, always have.
@snap5krakle5pop2 Goodness me! I've found someone who thinks the same as me I CANT BELIEVE IT. I too believe in that God used evolution when creating... well... everything.
i'm a history student, and i'm catholic, but i LOVE SCIENCE find it all so interesting, i hate when people say to me that religious people think things 'just happen because God made them happen', no, we can appreciate the intricacy of science just as much as atheists! there is no science vs. religion in my opinion, it's not one or the other, but a combination of both depending on individual belief :)
That is really cool. Now, I'm a Christian, I belive in God, that Jesus died for me, but we can still see all the wonders of this universe together, without someone shoving their ideas and religion down your throat. Also, the calendar idea BLEW MY MIND!!
tam is my dads name how cool
o0SmileyGirl0o 19 hours ago
I agree with the way you think :)
finwat444 23 hours ago
Wwwhhhaaaaattttt?
tyllaanae 1 day ago
"No. Doesnt."
The universe made us unique.
If you belivev in a God, fine, but theres a reason why i dont.
The only religious people i cannot comprehend is the ones who try and force there religion onto others.
littlemisstorchwood 1 day ago 4
@littlemisstorchwood My thoughts exactly.
surfinbird53 1 day ago
"SNARKY BASTARD"
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yay i'm an athiest too lol
buca100 1 week ago
Hang on... you met wossy's daughter... is this why on michael aranda's second channel there were some videos of chameleon circuit (minus liam) and some other YouTubers hanging out with Wossy? MINDFUCK
dashobertter 1 week ago
@privatejoker You think I have had no education in the matter of gravity? I just want to tell you I have done A-level physics and AS level maths(mehanics). Also, my dad is a doctor of physics(yes they do exist) and I used to ask him loads of questions when I was little. We can measure and feel and predict the effects of gravity. it's useful That doesn't mean we know what it actually is. Einstiens equation E=mc squared is being proved and it means Mass isn't contstant. Try and be open minded.
pinksugarmice 1 week ago
I am a Christian and I like asking questions like you are. First of all I'll ask Google. If Google confuses me then if it is scientific question, Ill ask a teacher. If it is a personal/spiritual/biblical question, i'll ask someone at Christian union or my friends or mum. I think people aren't just the product of random evolution and your computer/puzzle thing. I think to think the laws of science are written by God, but what we see as beauty, is spiritual.
pinksugarmice 1 week ago
99.999999999999% of all matter being empty is hard to imagine when you're banging your head off a brick wall.
TenorCG 1 week ago
its nice not to have atheism pushed into my face. i sit next to an atheist and he keeps trying to force me to give up on God. alex is chill about it.
Coolerthanu681 2 weeks ago
i love nerimon. im a christian but he really puts things into perspective :)
CUPCAKESandPIZZA 2 weeks ago 2
Why are people taking this so siriously?! Just enjoy it!!!!!
TheAmberh44 2 weeks ago
I knew there'd be a shitty religious debate going on in the comments as soon as I saw the title of this video.
Just shut up and enjoy Alex's quirky tales, would you?
BlueRoseOfSerenity2 2 weeks ago 25
When and where is the next TAM so I can go?
eragonarya225 2 weeks ago
I am catholic, but fingerprints? Also I don't understand the puzzle analogy, explanation please?
TheTARDISCatcher 2 weeks ago
@TheTARDISCatcher Not sure, but I interpreted it as... in the 1st puzzle, the picture is predestined and perfect, and controlled by whoever produced the puzzle. And through our work, we can make the divine picture that God intended us to. But in the 2nd puzzle, there is no final image, and it started from nothing and is always changing. But by sheer coincidence, this 'picture' sustains life, and in it we can think and write and make music, but ultimately, we don't matter to it. both have beauty.
marizzo717 5 days ago
that would be one heavy sugar cube 0_o
SkyBlockCheetah 2 weeks ago
What if God had the power to create a puzzle that creates itself?
AnnaBanan2012 2 weeks ago
I don't think we're made of atoms, though, are we? We're made of cells. Elements are made of atoms. Or is this just me being stupid. o_o
rozequartz1998 2 weeks ago
@rozequartz1998 cells are made of atoms though :) everything is made of atoms and elements are the different types of atoms
GPcooldude009 2 weeks ago
@GPcooldude009 Photons aren't made up of atoms. :P
Dayantos 1 week ago
@Dayantos haha very funny :) ok i will reword it then... everything is made of sub atomic particles, happy now?
GPcooldude009 1 week ago
@rozequartz1998 And to add to GPcooldude009's comment, you aren't stupid. Sometimes I have issues wrapping my head around this stuff, too, and I'm almost creepily obsessed with elements and atoms and sub atomic particles.
eragonarya225 2 weeks ago
@rozequartz1998 It's complicated, so you're not stupid. All matter (physical stuff) is made of atoms, which are classified as belonging to/being a given element (think of rows of Dreamcast discs, some being Sonic Adventure, some being Shenmue, &c.). "Elements" (like, vials in a chem lab) are concentrations of nothing but that element. Cells consist of a lot of atoms from a lot of elements working intricately together.
Certamaniac 2 weeks ago
@rozequartz1998 Your made of cells, which in turn are made out of elements (a lot of carbon and a few others) which in turn are made of atoms. So yes, you are made of atoms ;)
Thelizzardcat 1 week ago
there's a reason why one "believes in God" and why one doesn't "know in God"
kidmahenry 2 weeks ago 2
@kidmahenry There's also a reason that it is called the THEORY of Evolution, not the fact. Though it is presented as such many times.
TheWarnberg 2 weeks ago
@TheWarnberg Do you know what theory means in science?
MrKiller870 2 weeks ago
@MrKiller870 I do. I thought I'd awnser your question, even though it isn't aimed at me . Someone comes up with an idea. That is a hypothesis. A number of studies are undertaken to prove or disprove the hypothesis. When there is enough evidence one way, the scientific community recognise it as a theory. However, there are contradictory theories. E.g. nature/nurture. the truth is usually a combination.
pinksugarmice 1 week ago
@TheWarnberg Also in addition to my comment there are transitional fossils and some common sense that tell us that evolution is a fact.
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TheBr00ksie 2 weeks ago
AGNOSTIC DEIST FOR THE FUCKING WIN.
JuggernautGiraffe 2 weeks ago
I think that god has no real power. I don't think he created anything, and that that was all the work of science. I also think that if there is a god, he would not be formed on our image. he wouldn't be able to fix things, just help us get through hard times. just mynopinion.
hopefulhorse 2 weeks ago
I don't understand how fingerprints prove creationism
AlwaysAllyCat 3 weeks ago
A little bit less atheism, a little bit more people skills, MAYBE.
raccoonan96 3 weeks ago
ima a chrisian and im not going to post a long comment on why i belive and u should belive in God, because ur frikkin awesome. and im glad ur so open with ur belifes :)
CUPCAKESandPIZZA 3 weeks ago
It'd be a very heavy sugar cube.
Stormandfire 3 weeks ago
:D ow when I think about Maths [which I love] and Physics and Chemistry and when I look at the Periodic Table and what everything fits so perfectly together [although we still finds out new stuff that just fill in those blanks which still exist] I think that it is not so impossible that there is something that has created it - and it is not God, not Zeus, not Allah or any other creature created by humans to embrace this mystery it is just something - and I like to believe that it is real.
TheOldSpinster 3 weeks ago
i belive that God is the creator. BUT he is the supivisor. he made the big bang happen, and supervised it to make sure that everything happened exactly to plan. also back then, who really had any consept of what a day was, a day could have been a million years. anyway. i'm a Christian and that is what i beleive.
ifoundthatfun 3 weeks ago
Il tell you what I believe about god.
Because i believe in the big bang theory, there has to be some form of energy to start it and because god created the universe, god must be a form of energy. And because the big bang is where lots of matter swarmed to create worlds, the same stuff that the energy is made from is the same stuff that electricity is made from (just different amounts) and because a lightbulb is the electricity glowing, god is a light bulb :D
This is not intended to hurt peopl
pollzyismad 4 weeks ago
@northerndarklight um yeah but that's like a long loooooong way away.... Plus, that might not be the end of the universe, it's just one theory and there are loads of different theories. One of my favourite theories is that expansion is speeding up cause of dark matter, and eventually (in a couple of hundred billion years) space will be expanding so quickly it will overcome gravity and other forces so basically everything will be ripped apart and that will kinda create the perfect conditions for
teamstarkiduk1 4 weeks ago
There WILL come a time in the far distant future, when finally all the stars have gone out, or used up all their fuel. Nothing lasts forever. In that time, ultra-massive black holes will roam about the remains of the universe, gobbling up all the dark and spent and used up galaxies in their paths, eventually merging into ONE mind-bogglingly ginormous black hole that contains everything, all matter that has ever existed. Time's up. Big bang, anyone?
northerndarklight7 1 month ago
lets do the math, shall we? if 99.9999999999999% (yes i counted the nines ahaha) of an atom is empty space, then 0.0000000000001% is the matter. the volume of a sugar cube is 1.5^3 = 3.375cm^3. if 3.375cm^3 represents 0.0000000000001% of the humankind, then humankind would be: (time for algebra)
0.000000000000001'x' = 3.375
x = 3375000000000000cm^3
google told me that the average volume of all humankind is 346500000000cm^3 (not taking into account obesity)
that is....scary. mind-blown :O
MissMalfoy77 1 month ago 41
@MissMalfoy77 my brain hurts...
EnnoyingChan 1 week ago
@MissMalfoy77 Wow. I just skipped to the end. But good job for finding it out!
shaylette1401 3 days ago
Alex Day's best video
improbablynotfunny 1 month ago
About every 2 months I feel the need to come back and watch this video over again.
5softballd3 1 month ago
That's just the thing about matters of faith. There can be no proof. Therefore, faith is the primary requirement. Hence, the word. Matters that may be proved require little in the way of faith. No one will ever be able to offer you definitive proof of God's existence (or not) on this side of the veil. But, it's best to just have faith.
northerndarklight7 1 month ago
If you were to compress the entire earth down to the size of a marble, you would have yourself a marble sized black hole. There are black holes out there the size of stars, that's alot of stuff.
lancerocks92 1 month ago
isnt a true sceptic agnostic then. As you should continue to question until you recieve a definitive answer?.
j0nnyism 1 month ago
true socratic method is sceptism question everything
j0nnyism 1 month ago
@nerimon how do you find out all this interesting stuff??
Tayloraurrekoetxea 1 month ago
"That snarky bastard" i keep sayin it in my head in alex's awesome english accent & i start laughin
319gaga 1 month ago
Hi
cheezpleaze105 1 month ago
whoever created humans had a sick sense of humor, otherwise, we wouldn't be struggling to meet r basic needs, even more, forced 2b dependent on other humans for survival as most who get to resources 1st control everything, every1 else marches to the beat of their drum. seriously, what kinda "loving" god would allow humans to control each other through corruption, totalitarianism, & political deceit? why doesn't he/she interfere, if she/he/it is so loving & caring?
goohber1 1 month ago
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lancerocks92 1 month ago
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@goohber1 Not to impose anything on you, just thought you brought up an interesting point. We actually have it pretty good compared to what we had a few hundered thousand years ago before civilization. As far as the caring and lovingness of god (if he exists), he may just not want the world to be perfect, as pain and death are as much a part of life as happiness and prosperity, they're natural. Also, the news makes it seem like the world is worse than ever when the exact opposite is really true
lancerocks92 1 month ago
OMS YOU MET RICHARD DAWKINS!
Sorry for shouting umm.. yea..so
OMS YOU MET RICHARD DAWKINS!
Lucky you.
GRRRR SO WISH I WAS HIM
(PS: OMS=OH MY SCIENCE)
KatieM7fan3 1 month ago
@KatieM7fan3 It's not that difficult. He'll be at the Reason Rally in March...very good chance that if you go you will meet him. He's everywhere.
HAZFRAME 1 month ago
Irony that there was a Mormon commercial before this vid.
megsftballgrl11 1 month ago 2
The human race appeared on my birthday!
mrmjbeid 1 month ago
M8, look at your finger print, doesn't that make you unique?
2012felixx 1 month ago
@thefireaxx how does the fact that a broken phone won't simultaneously put itself back together prove that there is a God?
caoimhebrawn 1 month ago
We're reading Dawkins in one of my classes, and my professor was talking about how Dawkins gets cheeky sometimes in his writing and interviews. All I could think throughout the entire discussion was "snarky bastard!" hahaha
Kelleriah 1 month ago 2
SNARKY BASTARD.
WitBeyondMeasure9800 1 month ago 85
Can I just say, really appreciate how deep you are Alex and you've really brought me to think of myself and my life differently but when I was watching this video, there was an ad for mormonism on the side. Just thought that might be mildly entertaining.
MegaVampirelover666 1 month ago
As for all the matter in the human being equalling to the size of a sugar cube, here's another weird science analogy: if one year was equal to one millimetre in length, the age of human beings (H. sapiens) would be equal to 500 metres (one of the Olympic sprinting distances). The age of the universe would be 13.7 billion mm (13700 kilometres or 8512 miles, about the distance between London, England and Los Angeles, California).
WorldNews92 1 month ago
After a while the word nine starts to sound weird...
phaabpheebz197 1 month ago
I could give a sh*t about atheism and religion point is i believe that there is some creator out there. Maybe it's God or Allah or whatever or maybe not (and this is coming from a catholic person so all you die hard religious people out there i hope you read this and realize what exactly you think not what your religion tells you you shud think) The one reason i am not atheist is because i have a hard time believing that somehow nothing randomly exploded and formed the universe.
TheAstron13 1 month ago
@TheAstron13 the point of atheism is not to point out than we randomly exploded from nothing, the point is to prove things by getting evidence and facts. At the moment scientists think that the universe came from a 'big bang' but they don't know what caused it. In the future they may discover what caused it or a new theory may be created, who knows. Atheists just don't want to believe in something so superficial as religion that has no evidence for their points, whereas science does.
GPcooldude009 2 weeks ago
So if the creator story is real, is everyone an inbred??
Atheist for the win
XxPepsiKinsxX 1 month ago
0:01 to skip ads...... just helping
Silverdude217 1 month ago
Does it make me a bad person that I'm disliking the below posts that are talking about how god is the only logical choice?
QuantumTaxation 1 month ago
@QuantumTaxation No
TheWarnberg 1 month ago
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TheWarnberg 1 month ago
Your jigsaw puzzle analogy, while interesting, simultaneously explained how ridiculous of a notion athiesm truly is. And as far as evolution is concerned, one of the basic tenets of the general theory of macro-evolution is that it is random and purposeless. To believe otherwise is to acknowledge a creator, which of course, is the only honest conclusion that may be drawn.
TheWarnberg 1 month ago
@TheWarnberg so atheism is more ridiculous than the theory that some leader who was never really created, apparently just always 'existed' just one day went "pop" and created the whole universe that is immensly huge? And all your evidence is in a book that was written hundreds of years ago that people just accept and believe. Wheras science says that our amazing infinite universe and world took millions of years to evolve and create because nothing could have created something so spectacular.
GPcooldude009 2 weeks ago
@GPcooldude009 Yes, I do believe it is more reasonable to say that a creator who operates outside of his creation and is not bound by the rules therein could create this immensely complex universe. That is much more reasonable than saying it came from absolutely nowhere. You can't just throw enough "time" at the issue and say that that explains it. Things don't appear from nowhere. That's one of the basic tenants of science. Matter cannot be created or destroyed, only changed.
TheWarnberg 2 weeks ago
@TheWarnberg Well, if God created the universe, then what created God? Because, as you say, "Matter cannot be created or destroyed, only changed." So the matter creating God, or Allah, or Jehovah, or Yahweh, or Zeus or Thor or Osiris, must have existed before said deity did. So... that means the deity is not all-encompassing. Oops. Oh, and I got this argument from a five year old raised on skepticism. Just to give you my source.
eragonarya225 2 weeks ago
@eragonarya225 I also said that he is outside of his creation and therefore is not bound to the laws therein, did I not?
TheWarnberg 2 weeks ago
@TheWarnberg Well, what of Epicurus's saying; "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
eragonarya225 2 weeks ago
@eragonarya225 Its not our job to question God or his methods. It would be impossible for us to understand. Too often, humanity attempts to put God in a little box that we can all understand. Assuming that there is a God (which I do believe there is), he would be completely removed from this universe, and impossible for me to comprehend fully. If God is all-knowing and all-powerful, it is our job to trust him. And I do.
TheWarnberg 2 weeks ago
@TheWarnberg Can we just agree to disagree? I personally do not believe in Him, but you do. And I say that's very respectable. I just think it would be a waste of time for us to argue about this. I can keep my beliefs from affecting my opinion of you (which is an educated, devoted individual) if you can keep yours from affecting your opinion of me.
eragonarya225 2 weeks ago
@eragonarya225 I completely respect the freedom that you have to believe what you will. My original comment was just in response to the video. I think that you seem to be am intelligent person, capable of forming your own opinions about things and I respect the way you look at the world. Im not trying to force anything on you, just merely stating my opinion.
TheWarnberg 2 weeks ago
@eragonarya225 I reckon you're aware that this question is raised within Christians & philosophist as the question of theodicy. They are also several "religious" explainations for this questions. For Christians it will be hard to see god as not good or not omnipotent. Freedom of mankind is one explaination. Church and Religion is not stuck in medival ages, you can "believe" in science and god. @ TheWarnberg -- you might want to try read some things about theodicy, it could help.
munstergirl25 1 week ago
@TheWarnberg i never said that everything comes from nothing, science isn't saying that they're just trying to find out where it did come from... and at least they try to find evidence for things rather than just accept something your told or read from a book with no questions asked
GPcooldude009 2 weeks ago
Who will look after the sugar cube?
Deatheater0511 1 month ago
How does the fingerprint thing prove that there is a creator? That's mental!
surfinbird53 1 month ago 3
@surfinbird53 hte genetic code is random and shall allways be changing. science has its answers
DINONERD27 1 month ago
@DINONERD27 *the
DINONERD27 1 month ago
@surfinbird53
No, it's the banana that proves that there is a creator. The banana!
Jennyfisch 1 month ago
i didnt know about the fingertip argument, thats going to far =,D
BluDavid100 1 month ago
@Thefireaxx Why would you break your phone?
AleXtereme 1 month ago
Haha that's awesome I feel the same way
littlemisssunshin857 1 month ago
Sooooo if I break my phone into millions of pieces and put it into a container shake it up wait a million years will it just come back to it's original form? NO! This proves that there is a creator and he loves you and wants the best for you. Read genesis and then come tell me god Isnt real
TheFireaxx 1 month ago
@TheFireaxx LOL, there are still so many dumb trolls commenting on this video over a year later.
undeadgoat 1 month ago
@TheFireaxx WHAT???? That doesn't prove there's a creator, just that it is not useful to your life to smash your phone into tiny pieces. I have read Genesis. God isn't real.
emerodriscollpaton 1 month ago
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TheWarnberg 1 month ago
@TheFireaxx have read it and im telling you God isn't real. Im just amazed people like you are so closed minded you cannot see any other solution but the easiest one which is somethign must have created everything.
GPcooldude009 2 weeks ago
@TheFireaxx I'm a Christian but your comment is a bit embarasing. I also understand science. A phone isn't biological...Your argument is illogical. Why are you so angry?
pinksugarmice 1 week ago
THANK U FOR MAKEING THIS ON MY BIRTHDAY =)
paramore8715 2 months ago
that SNARKY BASTARD. Haha best phrase ever.
ABonner93 2 months ago
We did that Carl Sagan thing in science class.
Cool.
dove267 2 months ago
How is a finger print relevant to religion??? I'm so confused...
miburn17 2 months ago
@miburn17 because religion says that becuase everyone has a unique fingerprint then there must be a creator as science couldn't possibly create everyone so uniquely.
GPcooldude009 2 weeks ago
I still cant get over the way he says nine: noyn noyn noyn noyn noyn... LOVE HIM! <3
theyorkshiregal 2 months ago
I don't know why Atheists and religious people alike try to change the other. I live in a small, very religious town in Texas, and I am one of about twelve who don't choose to believe in God. I went to church up until a couple years ago, just appeasing my parents, and the preacher had recently discovered there was a homosexual who was a member of the church. He then proceeded to preach a sermon on why gay is wrong. Also, my church was a bit racist, so I'll never set foot in that building again.
astros701 2 months ago
@astros701 I think you just answered your own question. The Christian religion for example promotes homophobia and many Atheists luckily don’t want to accept or tolerate that.
MaybelleneInBrixton 1 month ago
I'm neo-pag=chistian so....
Alysin123 2 months ago
lol. Finger prints aren't unique. An eye is more unique due to the retina. Even then, other people will have the same exact one. Just based on statistics. Just saying :p . This comment isn't unique so... O,...,O . . . There, lets hope it is now.
hunterx2591 2 months ago
Ohhhh.....you like interesting trivia huh? well here is one for you....If you were to take all the wheetabix eaten in Liverpool over a period of 18 months and dumped it in the river mersey....it would probably taste really awful........interesting huh?
sheikhyaboooty 2 months ago
Why Are Your Video Titles Always Typed Like This The Capitals Look Weird
nonsens8 2 months ago
@nonsens8 Because it is considered proper in the English language to capitalise all the words in a title - except all the articles, coordinate conjunctions, and prepositions, regardless of length.
Antonymously 2 months ago 24
DO YOU LISTEN TO SKEPTICS GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE? theyre my uncles..
faithnoelle5 2 months ago
@LovelybutDangerous Yeah, odd. But his video cured me from my Atheism, so now I'm a hypocrite.
flensdude 2 months ago
A fingerprint's uniqueness actually can easily be described by genetic biology.
waltermckenziewilson 2 months ago 5
Happy New Year ! LOL
jazzmanzoot 2 months ago
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secnarfnosnhoj 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
If you compact things by pressure and such forces then you may also get a visually small piece of matter.
lcnorlak 2 months ago
Hey Alex, great video. Just one minor thing, people who are religious don't "need" it to make the universe seem more impressive, at least not all religious folk. A lot of religious people believe it because it's what they believe, not because they have to or need to. Not sure if you were trying to give that impression or not, just wanted to make that correction if you were.
Starwars4J 2 months ago
@bekahdawn21 I'm a pretty open minded atheist
HKittenm 2 months ago
Can't we exist in peace without arguing?
LoyalFreak4ever 2 months ago
Alex Day, you are probably the most open-minded athiest I have ever met, not even IRL, and I love you for it.
bekahdawn21 2 months ago
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ccconfetti 2 months ago
REAL TALK !!!!!
GravyBrainz 2 months ago
Haha No. It doesn't.
LolaBeckRox 2 months ago
i was born 11:45 on december 31. no, seriously.
23cokebottles 2 months ago
......Although she was very nice.
ThatOneChick2021 2 months ago
I find science hard to believe in... is that weird? I just don't understand how we know about atoms and shit
ccconfetti 2 months ago
@ccconfetti we don't "know", we guess. Science as a whole is pretty much a list of things we'd like to think are true, which is why so many people are drawn to try and prove theories correct : ) (look at CERN in Geneva for example!)
JackkReaction 2 months ago
@JackkReaction We don't just "guess". That's the whole point of experimentation - to test the accuracy of any given hypothesis.
ChrissyoSpace 2 months ago
@ChrissyoSpace But where do the hypotheses come from? An educated guess? Look at dogs and cats. Why do they fight? We can infer from their tails (cats keep their tails straight when they are happy, dogs have straight tails when they are on the offensive) that they would see each other as enemies, but it could be from another variable along their evolutionary lines. We don't know and we can't prove it, we can only take a chance on a hypothesis, just like the rest of science.
JackkReaction 2 months ago
@JackkReaction I think you might need to go back to 'philosophy of science 101' ... :-\
ChrissyoSpace 2 months ago
@ChrissyoSpace Whatever for? You said yourself we test the accuracy of hypotheses, which are always only predictions: mere theories that we would like to think correct, often with very little proof behind them. Otherwise known as a guess.
JackkReaction 2 months ago
cause your a dumass
GravyBrainz 2 months ago
@ccconfetti Why not spend some time investigating the history of particle physics? Many of the historical experiments that revealed the nature of atoms, electrons, atomic nuclei, etc, are all taught in high school level physics. It's really not difficult to educate yourself on not only *what* we know, but also *how* we know it.
ChrissyoSpace 2 months ago
15 mins out of 8670 hours. WOW!
cobraXhydro 2 months ago
I could watch "Life Challenges" by Nerimon
or I could click on this video of giraffes having sex suspiciously by Vlogbrothers...
TwiZtiD23Soul 2 months ago
my sisters called honey.
hatsaremylife 2 months ago
Um No it doesn't....
Well Said :D
bevsy101 2 months ago
Im probably alone, but I don't have an opinion on either evolution or religion and couldn't care less about why/where/how we are here... I just like Alex's videos
mademan543 2 months ago 36
@mademan543 That's like saying "I don't have an opinion on either gravity or religion".
One is fact, one is a belief and it's not like you can only accept one or the other. What a weird statement. :S
PrivateJoker17 1 month ago
@PrivateJoker17 I am unsure about gravity or religion. I like physics and when you get into it gravity is weird. No-one knows what it is. It isn't a fact. it is a force we can feel. Gravity = physical force. Religion = spiritual force. It is a good analogy, I like it. If you are interested, research gravity. Basicly, mass isn't a constant so what is gravity? Charge is a constant so electricity is "fact". Most people have faith in gravity and a lot of people have the same faith in their god.
pinksugarmice 1 week ago
@pinksugarmice Gravity can be tested and physically seen, if I drop my pen I know it is going to fall, you clearly have no education on the subject.
"Most people have faith in gravity and a lot of people have the same faith in their god." That is quite possibly the dumbest thing I have ever read.
PrivateJoker17 1 week ago
Since the universe is infinite, technically, I AM the center of the universe.
Best comeback ever.
OhWaitItZMalloryy 2 months ago
No it proves that you touched your mothers womb. Wowsers!
amissiontoread 2 months ago 12
I'm a Mormon and the ad before the video was a Mormon ad. I feel like someone was trying to tell me something...
cornonjacobdotcom 2 months ago
You my good sir needs to down with me and discuss theories lol
allisonmacswanXD 2 months ago
2:21 While you're inquiring, why don't you ask how a calendar like that could even possibly be measured, especially if we've only been alive for a relative fifteen minutes? Just a thought...
Certamaniac 2 months ago
@Certamaniac Some little things called observation, experimentation and the scientific method. ;-)
ChrissyoSpace 2 months ago
@ChrissyoSpace But I thought that the scientific method only applied to natural phenomena that were observable and repeatable; how could you use it to determine something that happened (that incredibly long ago) in the past?
Certamaniac 2 months ago
@Certamaniac actually if we had a powerful enough telescope to see to the edge of the universe that would be the moment of the big bang, so if you believe that there is an edge to the universe then the big bang is happening now, not a long time ago... just saying :)
GPcooldude009 2 weeks ago
@GPcooldude009 I don't think that there's any proof in what you just said, just conjecture that IF we only had a telescope, then we could see something that you think happened, but don't have any evidence for...personally, I firmly don't believe that the Big Bang happened, given that in my experience, Nothing has a habit of never spontaneously combusting.
Certamaniac 2 weeks ago
@Certamaniac But, as Hank said, "The Big Bang isn't an explosion in the way we think of explosions, it was more a sudden existence of everything. And to make you feel more insignificant, the center of the Big Bang was... wait for it... everywhere." There was no explosion. Just a sudden existence.
eragonarya225 2 weeks ago
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Christopher Hitchens died, what are your views?
wonderbugz89 2 months ago
Ad on the side, "Learn BIBLICAL HEBREW online with the Holy Land's best teachers"
Hehehe
zoemew 2 months ago
"No, it doesn't."
XD
technoboylovers 2 months ago
:) I love learning itersting facts about the world as well. I respect your choice to be non religious it is whatever to me. I personally am a Christian and I believe God creaed the earth, but I beleive he use evolution to do it. So I believe in science. I never uderstood why we have to pick one or the other. God's time is not our time and he made this earth to be a unique place where things evolve over time and I couldn't imagine it being any cooler than that :)
snap5krakle5pop2 2 months ago
@snap5krakle5pop2 Interesting fact... the Catholic church is actually starting to recognize that science is real. They are considering agreeing with you, about the whole "God created us to evolve" thing. I agree BTW, always have.
lalazinfamuz1 2 months ago
@snap5krakle5pop2 Goodness me! I've found someone who thinks the same as me I CANT BELIEVE IT. I too believe in that God used evolution when creating... well... everything.
starwarsfreak1111 2 months ago
i'm a history student, and i'm catholic, but i LOVE SCIENCE find it all so interesting, i hate when people say to me that religious people think things 'just happen because God made them happen', no, we can appreciate the intricacy of science just as much as atheists! there is no science vs. religion in my opinion, it's not one or the other, but a combination of both depending on individual belief :)
xProudxIrishxGirlx 2 months ago
I think fingerprints are made by some kind of movement in the womb or something...
And yes those are scientific terms
oOKazzaarrOo 2 months ago
If an atom were the size of a sports arena, the nucleus would be the size of a pea.
pigscanfly522 3 months ago
hey, I so love your accent!
AeginaLovesYou 3 months ago
I'm threatened to make a 10 minute challenge with the 99.99999... thing, but this is an incredibly interesting video and it makes you think~
CatalystOfChikeresya 3 months ago
That is really cool. Now, I'm a Christian, I belive in God, that Jesus died for me, but we can still see all the wonders of this universe together, without someone shoving their ideas and religion down your throat. Also, the calendar idea BLEW MY MIND!!
rocker8912 3 months ago