How the Sun works: Fusion and Quantum Tunneling

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In this episode, we learn about how the sun can burn for billions of years without running out of fuel.

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[sukantosuk]

Actually my freind, there is: the the cosmic microwave background radiation

[kalphitekil]

why would i give thanks to quantum mechanics?

[Derek Cavanaugh]

It's a belief system. A theory needs to have supporting evidence, by definition. Religion, exists without evidence supporting its claims.

[iBooa123]

The Big Bang is a theory, not a fact. We do believe that a big bang would produce results similar to what we see today, so it is a theory. There are other things, like God, who might do the same thing. In 10 years, we might have disproven the big bang and have another theory yielding the same result.

[iBooa123]

Because random chance like that is quantum mechanics.

[mads7790]

What is it then? explain please.

[MrJumbela]

*friend. :P

[Derek Cavanaugh]

Religion isn't a theory.

[Reflextion3]

the marker is running out of ink ;)

[touchsmart0]

if he was real then yes but God is just an idea then no... its kinda like Schrodinger's Cat

[ZuccheniMan]

Haha no problems. In that case i would kindly reject your information and say that its not true and that i have faith in science. Ignorance is bliss. I kind of got lost in your comments but Greek mythology has a number of gods representing different things. One thing I've noticed is that when Christians argue about god, most of their points revolve around "disproving" others' points, but yet never coming up with their own. Don't you think?

[Oranges405]

Because if we didn't have quantum mechanics you wouldn't have Youtube to watch, the internet to host or a computer on which to type your post. You pay homage to the physicists and computer scientists who used quantum mechanics to make this technology possible ever time you send a message, even if that message is, "why would i give thanks to quantum mechanics?" On a side note, this message is an excellent example of irony. So, yay for that!