Big Bang poem | “There was no up, there was no down, there was no side to side”

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Жыл бұрын

A stitch with Hank Green (‪@hankschannel‬), turned into a nursery rhyme like poem about the Big Bang, the origins of the universe, and other cosmic questions.
Before the Big Bang
There was no up
There was no down
There was no side to side
There was no light
There was no dark
Nor shape of any kind
There were no stars
Or planet Mars
Or protons to collide
There was no up
There was no down
There was no side to side
And furthermore, to underscore
This total lacking state
There was no here
There was no there
Because there was no space
And in this endless void
Which can't be thought of as a place
There was no time
And so no passing minutes, hours, days
Of all the paradoxes
That belabor common sense
I think this one's the greatest
This time before events
Because how did we get from nothing
To infinitely dense
From immeasurably small
To inconceivably immense
But before we get unmoored
From the question at the start
Let's take a breath and marvel
At when math becomes an art
Because we don't have to understand it
To know there was a time
When there was no up
There was no down
There was no side to side
Elle Cordova

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@butterflyblush4 5 ай бұрын

She's giving Dr.Seuss a run for his money

@Lanthanum. 5 ай бұрын

He been real quiet since this dropped

@TheSillyestGuy 5 ай бұрын

@@Lanthanum. I'm so tempted to say it.

@jaredtandle2596 5 ай бұрын

Just thinking that.

@Jellygachakid 5 ай бұрын

@@Lanthanum.he’s also been real quiet since he dropped (dead)

@davidpeters3417 5 ай бұрын

Right? Dr Seuss for adults!

@BlazzaBlu 3 ай бұрын

As a father to a toddler, I can tell you that this is far better than MANY children's books. Please write one.

@NarItaKon 3 ай бұрын

Honestly though, I would get this in a heartbeat

@JoRiver11 3 ай бұрын

Great idea!

@commonbrown 2 ай бұрын

It would be really hard to illustrate!

@BlazzaBlu 2 ай бұрын

@@commonbrown or reeeeeally easy

@TyphoonBeam 2 ай бұрын

@@BlazzaBlu One might say super easy. Barely an inconvenience.

@daveducont2587 2 ай бұрын

“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.” ― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

@FuncleChuck 3 ай бұрын

An Elle and Hank mashup is just pure joy.

@kevinsmith-dn4vp 2 ай бұрын

Well done!

@OyLorelai Ай бұрын

Love these comments

@SVAdAstra 5 ай бұрын

Dear Ms. Cordova, I am a 70 year old retired NASA engineer. I love basking in the glow of your mind's creations. Thank you so much for all your posts!

@bannerman739 5 ай бұрын

Best comment ❤

@withyoctopus 5 ай бұрын

My father in law is 70 and retired from the ESA. Maybe I should send him this short:)

@Allen2 5 ай бұрын

Check out her song about Roswell NM!

@jamierainz8514 5 ай бұрын

I just realized. If we all came from one point. That means we're all related by theory. Youre all my science bros and sis.

@zechariah22 5 ай бұрын

@@jamierainz8514I remember you from the cosmic goo 😅

@mrhootyhoo 10 ай бұрын

This. Was. Incredible. As a programmer, author and poet, I believe this has been your greatest work I've encountered, as of yet. Thank you

@nolram 5 ай бұрын

All 3 of those are the same I’d say.

@lugaidster 5 ай бұрын

Why is what you are relevant?

@-Marls- 5 ай бұрын

@@lugaidster I am so confused by what you are trying to ask.

@wisefries4205 5 ай бұрын

@@lugaidster How am you be is?

@iamastegosauruses2734 5 ай бұрын

@@lugaidsterHow am the are is?

@MisterrTom 3 ай бұрын

This is brilliant. You are a rare person that sits in the tiny sliver in the middle of the venn diagram between 'content creator' and 'interesting person'

@mrsisilas 2 ай бұрын

My 7-y.o. son was mesmerized at your poem. I saw lights coming on and ideas clicking! Thank you

@MiscellanyTop Жыл бұрын

This poem demonstrates your mastery of language so well but, additionally, it is very interesting. Well done! (Glad to be about the first to commentate on your new channel - good luck!)

@8088I Жыл бұрын

Yup! Again: Exc-Elle🧠💕-nt! 🤯:-)

@GarytongueBetz-vl1fu 11 ай бұрын

you don't have to master language to rhyme, why, I do it all the time!

@MiscellanyTop 11 ай бұрын

@@GarytongueBetz-vl1fu LOL. As someone who writes quite a few poems myself, I entirely agree. In fact, very few of mine do rhyme and I'm not generally enamoured with those modem ones which do. However, Elle certainly has an ability to select the optimum words - one sees this in her song-writing all the time. Clearly, she is interested in such and probably always has been and she has a degree in English - which, again, demonstrates a great interest. So what is important is to select the best words to convey a meaning - sometimes serious, sometimes comedic, sometimes both together but always fresh. My admiration is for her craftsmanship with words and intelligence with formulating and presenting a cogent - and interesting - story. Cheers.

@Regular_Decorated_Emergency 5 ай бұрын

@@GarytongueBetz-vl1fuMore like you don't have to rhyme to master language. In fact rhyming tends to restrict poetry. So if you prioritize imagery and stuff over meter and sounds, rhyming isn't the best option.

@improbablytheguy 5 ай бұрын

@@MiscellanyToplucky, i can only rhyme whenni write, idk how to not

@BobTaile Жыл бұрын

A uniVERSE

@zuhararaamiz5572 6 ай бұрын

Good one

@Zee_aka_Pretty 6 ай бұрын

An underrated comment!

@BobTaile 6 ай бұрын

@@Zee_aka_Pretty Hey! Thanks

@BobTaile 6 ай бұрын

@@zuhararaamiz5572 Cool!

@StreetcatAlex 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful.

@roylec 3 ай бұрын

It’s comforting to know that there are creative people with this much talent in the world.

@Ed_Row_Feez 3 ай бұрын

This world is broken

@maximumphlegm 2 ай бұрын

@@Ed_Row_Feez shut

@ArnoldSig 2 ай бұрын

It’s ChatGPT

@roylec 2 ай бұрын

@@ArnoldSig No it isn’t.

@ArnoldSig 2 ай бұрын

@@roylec It probably is

@maggi_tael Ай бұрын

you should submit this poem to a literature magazine, this is actually amazingly good

@user-zp1st6pr7l 5 ай бұрын

This needs to be a children’s book!!!

@eightree_8318 5 ай бұрын

IKR IT WOULD BE SO CUTE IN SOME COLORFUL PAGES

@clover4680 5 ай бұрын

Gonna give some kid existential dread 😂

@cutienerdgirl 5 ай бұрын

@@clover4680 Tbh, this is something we learn as children and we accept it very easily.

@saniahassan1652 5 ай бұрын

YES, but I don't think most children will understand what some of the words mean

@holtingmaximillian1087 5 ай бұрын

Nah the thing that would be great would be if that one guy Raps that book too

@Stadtpark90 Жыл бұрын

Made me smile. Hope Hank smiled too.

@ashtheviking5007 5 ай бұрын

Oh, Hank is going to love this. Wow!! Expertly crafted.

@trueXMotionFitness 5 ай бұрын

Oh you know it.

@ac1646 5 ай бұрын

@@trueXMotionFitness Your 'logo' (can't bring to mind the right term at the mo) is brilliant. I know it's to show 'fitness' but it _oozes_ joy. 🫶😍😁

@imdoingthisnowreally 5 ай бұрын

@@ac1646it looks like what i think people do when they say "yippee!!!"

@ac1646 5 ай бұрын

@@imdoingthisnowreally Lol. YES

@howardtreesong4860 3 ай бұрын

What I had not seen yet but which should not surprise me in the least, is that this young woman has her own library. I feel a kindred spirit.

@grayveebean 3 ай бұрын

"when math becomes art" goes so fucking hard

@christophersteele64 Жыл бұрын

Top shelf, next level, Dr. Seuss

@GarytongueBetz-vl1fu 11 ай бұрын

Dr. Seuss? you silly goose! that makes no sense, can you be this dense? Do you even think at all? ....or do you go to the mall, stare at the wall? You may need a shrink! why don't you think? before you comment, all this verbal vomit!

@slimbojimbo4819 10 ай бұрын

Not Dr. Seuss, this sounds more like a Julia Donaldson book.

@PotterheadMando 7 ай бұрын

Reminds me more of Shel Silverstein’s books of illustrated poetry. Like “Where the Sidewalk Ends”. That was one of my favorites as a kid! I can’t even imagine how many times I checked that, and books like it, out of the school library in Elementary School. That’s just part of why I love Elle’s style of creativity and wordplay genius, I suppose.

@MsBlacklightBlue 5 ай бұрын

Shel Silverstein vibes for sure

@StarCliffTheGreat 5 ай бұрын

@@PotterheadMandoI love that book so much. My dad used to read me that before bed♥️

@Zeuseus6609 6 ай бұрын

I really hope Hank has seen this, because it's awesome and I bet he'd love it

@EEEEEEEE 5 ай бұрын

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@davidmurfin4951 Ай бұрын

Hank, without thought, set a nearly perfect rhythm. Elle took it and produced beauty.

@BiGirl_Shera_H.H_Fan 2 ай бұрын

This has sparked my adhd and it also sparked my father's adhd with this amazing made song ❤❤❤

@AndrewHalladay 5 ай бұрын

You need to contact Hank Green, and get him to make a children’s book out of this. He will do it!

@georgetheconvict 5 ай бұрын

She didn’t write this unfortunately

@AndrewHalladay 5 ай бұрын

Ah. Who did?

@XxyGoddam 5 ай бұрын

@@georgetheconvictshe did actually

@XxyGoddam 5 ай бұрын

@@AndrewHalladayshe did

@emilyfisher2052 5 ай бұрын

I love the addition of “he will do it!” Because yes, he really will do it, he loves a pet project 😂

@Dukeakasistad 6 ай бұрын

This sounds like science by Shel Silverstein and it is giving PERFECTION...LOVE IT!!!

@0justBETHANY 6 ай бұрын

I really thought this was a Shel Silverstein for a min. MASTERY

@teagenthetiefling5296 5 ай бұрын

That was my first thought too!

@9JJ871 5 ай бұрын

It sounds like Lewis Carol to me

@gatergates8813 5 ай бұрын

@9JJ871 the rhythm does remind me of "The Walrus and The Carpenter"

@kinda_cold_in_the_closet 5 ай бұрын

MY FIRST THOUGHT EXACTLY

@Ara_Arasaka 3 ай бұрын

This is actually beautiful. In every conceivable way.

@ThoughtfulPotato 3 ай бұрын

Ive come across this one several times... Ive never scrolled past. And for some strange reason, I've ALWAYS had a lump in my throat... What a beautiful piece! It makes me feel the immensity of the universe and yet the uniqueness of the Now...

@TabbyVee 5 ай бұрын

"this time before events" my favorite line

@V4Chaz 5 ай бұрын

It's not as cool as it sounds, trust, was there and pretty boring.

@MihZiv 5 ай бұрын

The fun thing is its sort of wrong, because there was no time "then" so there was no time before events.

@frododododo 5 ай бұрын

It's not so technical @@MihZiv

@t0dd000 4 ай бұрын

@@MihZivAnd there was not nothing. There was the singularity. But precision is not the point here I don't think. :)

@Mr_CyberCookie 4 ай бұрын

@@t0dd000 matter time and space can't come into existence out of itself. That's not logically sound.

@-coffee349- 3 ай бұрын

Albert Einstein been real quiet since this dropped. 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️

@kidsoncoldwater6264 3 ай бұрын

Cus he’s dead😂

@justshakeitoff1989 3 ай бұрын

@@kidsoncoldwater6264 oh ooh look what you made me do

@katuraininja 2 ай бұрын

He's been silent for quite a while now

@dashspeed9523 2 ай бұрын

Its because he is in his grave cooking up an immortality potion, to cook up an even greater rhyme.

@NevaehEvol 2 ай бұрын

Albert been real quiet since HE dropped, tbh

@yuriestevao8591 29 күн бұрын

I never get tired to watch this...

@malachigarcia4696 2 ай бұрын

We need teachers like this.

@whipwalk 4 ай бұрын

Did anyone tag Hank Green yet? She is just genius. Love her.

@waynejohnson2894 4 ай бұрын

Please STOP!!!!

@kevindepew8193 4 ай бұрын

Dude. She didn't write that poem. Nothing against her, but she just read a poem. That isn't genius.

@chetanaik 4 ай бұрын

@@kevindepew8193 She did write this poem tho...

@supershaw09 4 ай бұрын

@@kevindepew8193 who wrote it?

@_kikizaman_ 2 ай бұрын

@@kevindepew8193she did write that poem, kevin.

@johnwalker1058 4 ай бұрын

When you ace English Lit and Astronomy class with one banger. 👌

@DT-hb3zu 4 ай бұрын

Some call it a *big banger*

@DoctorDewgong Ай бұрын

I use this in theology class at a Catholic school. It is totally in line with Catholic teaching; in fact, the first person to purpose the big bang was a Catholic priest

@hyruleemblemier 3 ай бұрын

In that time, before space and time, there was only a field of possibilities. A place where nothing existed and everything could.

@0valor0 3 ай бұрын

"How did we get from NOTHING, to INFINITELY DENSE?" God.

@WeesloYT 3 ай бұрын

Prove it

@MelancholicHiraeth 3 ай бұрын

@@WeesloYT Before bigbang there is neither time nor space nor matter. These three have to come into existence all at the same moment. Existence can't come from nonexistence, to argue so is gibberish, so it has to come from something outside of material existence. Etc.

@Timotheuster 3 ай бұрын

@@WeesloYT As MelancholicHiraeth said, but on the flip side, even if you could prove the big bang theory it would not disprove God. I don't know about you, but when I make a world, I like to write a whole backstory for people to discover.

@scottyminnow 3 ай бұрын

@@MelancholicHiraeththen who made god

@bryankeen240 2 ай бұрын

@@MelancholicHiraethListen to her carefully there was still something before the big bang, the big bang was a reaction that caused the state of the universe as we now know it

@prachipranay9722 5 ай бұрын

This poem made me feel something after like years of just mind numbing boredom. Like I had truly forgotten the feeling of watching/doing something new and loving it. Idk why but as I grew I stopped watching new things and will just go back to the older favourites and repeat. Which is good too but it feels like stagnation. This poem reminded me of discovering something new you love. This is a long comment on a yt short and I'm embarrassed but thank you so much for this. You're one of a kind and I could only wish to be a fraction of the person you are.

@x-zykron-x 5 ай бұрын

You should watch Inside by Bo Burnham, it might be something you'd enjoy as well

@Legnid 5 ай бұрын

No need to be embarrassed though

@TheDizzieC 5 ай бұрын

@@LegnidHey I felt something similar and I'm in my 30s! Just a whimsical poem on whimsical nature of our universe.

@dunexapa1016 5 ай бұрын

I was hoping to be educated about transgenderism. Do you feel as safe, more safe, or less safe with transgenders being accepted into the military. My daughter is a transgender and I am a United States Army veteran. I served from 1967 to 1970. The U.S. Army taught soldiers to kill. Now maybe it is about safe spaces I don't know really.Enlighten me.

@PiAddiction Жыл бұрын

this poem should be taught in schools.

@stalkergeo 6 ай бұрын

Agreed

@Zenciiiii 6 ай бұрын

certain types of parents might not like that

@Ilovejesus9 6 ай бұрын

No.

@lilaclo4933 6 ай бұрын

@@Ilovejesus9 Yes

@TEMMlE 6 ай бұрын

@@ZenciiiiiWho wouldn’t like poems? In fact, I’d think poetry is beautiful.

@drakenailling4276 2 ай бұрын

DAAAAAMMMMNN that deserves a like and sub 100% i love poetry

@mcsporran2305 Ай бұрын

Agreed!

@fdm698 20 күн бұрын

As a physicist the line let's take a breath and marvel at when math becomes an art genuinely brought a tear to my eye. Beautifully put

@SuchitaBhattacharya 5 ай бұрын

“When math becomes an art” I love you.

@benjammin2830 5 ай бұрын

If Dr. Seuss and Steven Hawking had a baby

@benjammin2830 5 ай бұрын

Except the baby could stand and talk

@VoidPermiable 4 ай бұрын

XD weren't they both pedos?

@Arctivv 4 ай бұрын

And the baby wasn’t racist

@lancetheace8015 4 ай бұрын

More like seuss and neil degrass tyson, but yeah

@muhammadrehankhan7063 4 ай бұрын

And the baby didn't have a midget kink

@ramirosteinmann9278 3 ай бұрын

Elle, you're so brilliant and fun. There should be more people like you on this World.

@koh9894 3 ай бұрын

Yeah.... I listened intently more times than any other video on KZfaq. Thank you

@Maxzsimus 5 ай бұрын

Absolute. Bars. Get this woman a slam poetry record deal.

@KalosChampionThunder 3 ай бұрын

Ummm she didn’t write this…

@TheTibetyak 2 ай бұрын

@@KalosChampionThunder Please be so kind as to cite who the author is. Because Google cites that Elle concocted this poem inspired by Hank.

@luciferavatarofpride8539 6 ай бұрын

how is this poetic, scientific, mathematic, astrologic and philosophic at the same time

@Ice.muffin 5 ай бұрын

Astronomic*? Funnily enough, she has a video addressing the deep distress mixing the two causes to Astronomy....

@luciferavatarofpride8539 5 ай бұрын

@@Ice.muffin oh hey i remember that... shit i offended astronomy didn't i

@sdillon4605 5 ай бұрын

Astrology is a joke.

@sumduma55 5 ай бұрын

You forgot biblical. There was nothing then it was created. Lol

@brettjohnson536 5 ай бұрын

@@sumduma55No that would fall under philosophical. Especially concidering every religion has some version of "there was nothing, then something"

@AyubHassan07 3 ай бұрын

“Infinitely dense” Yeah I’d say that describes most of us right now.

@DavidErickRamos 3 ай бұрын

That was amazing. Subscribed 🫡

@smirk-in-progress4800 4 ай бұрын

"in this endless void that cannot be thought of as a place" - incredible line.

@geneyoon6128 4 ай бұрын

I couldn’t recite this in meter until I realized it’s “can’t”

@ShitYourself7 4 ай бұрын

Just say it faster it can be a meter@@geneyoon6128

@ShitYourself7 4 ай бұрын

Not really, void literally means absent of a place

@geoffsecombe 4 ай бұрын

@@ShitYourself7close-ish but no, that's not what it means.

@scottsingleton2951 4 ай бұрын

How do you know it was a void?

@timmyroberts1 5 ай бұрын

You popped on my short feed recently. Got to say you're one of the most incredible people this planet has to offer. Please keep creating 🎉

@Shrooblord 5 ай бұрын

@romanpaladino 5 ай бұрын

Same here. The algorithm nailed it this time.

@krtirtho 2 ай бұрын

When you say Big Bang poem, I always assume it's The Big Bang Theory starting song. Anything else is just criminal 😂

@StuartKarlan 3 ай бұрын

Saying "Since there was no time..." puts 'No Time' in a time frame. No Time is eternal, just like it says... No Time. It's what is called "the moment".

@timothyhopkins9388 3 ай бұрын

I would buy this children's book for my kids, and literally every baby shower I go to for the rest of time!

@user-xb2ll9hu6c 3 ай бұрын

That was beautiful

@sarsonder5127 3 ай бұрын

do it do it do it

@PMC889 3 ай бұрын

I'll illustrate

@jimmyovo21 3 ай бұрын

I think they may struggle with words like paradox and belabour.

@scruffy281 3 ай бұрын

@@PMC889 NO!!! I want to illustrate!😂😂😂❤️👍🏻

@dragondungeon6986 6 ай бұрын

This has a cadence the reminds me of shel silverstein's poems in the best possible way.

@bakerdarcy6001 6 ай бұрын

my thought as well.

@user-cl3fj7qe4x 6 ай бұрын

same style of poem. also love this poem

@ToasterLightning 5 ай бұрын

Iambic heptameter

@tequilacollins 10 күн бұрын

I keep coming back to this. The concept hurts my brain, even though I know it's true.

@NAviationWario 2 ай бұрын

There is someone who can create something out of nothing.

@Dead-Not-Sleeping 6 ай бұрын

I'm am very rarely, truly, impressed, this impressed me.

@ramenisgood4u 4 ай бұрын

She's a total genius. One of the best wits I've found on KZfaq so far.

@TV-fv1ih 3 ай бұрын

You realize these aren't her words! Nor are some of the others of the things she says. You may want to keep looking!

@pixlhound 3 ай бұрын

@@stephenjohnson9632 nope, it's completely logical. The fact you don't like it is totally irrelevant.

@pixlhound 3 ай бұрын

@@stephenjohnson9632 is that what she said? No, didn't think so, but nice way to attempt a strawman... someone didn't pay attention.

@Howdydoody23 3 ай бұрын

@@stephenjohnson9632god factor?

@robertvann7349 3 ай бұрын

Really, blind leading the blind? What came first infinite time and space or finite time and space? Simple grasshoppers. Look at the number line. Finite can't increase to infinite but infinite can decrease to finite, logically infinite time and space caused the effect of finite time and space, eliminating a contradiction of nothing to something.😂😂

@cindyrawlings1433 3 ай бұрын

Only One could make this world. The Master and maker of this universe

@modithorson7484 Ай бұрын

That's OK, you're allowed to be wrong.

@user-ws7gr4xv1x 3 ай бұрын

I've never had my eyes leak so much from something so BEAUTIFUL...

@clwilliams9276 5 ай бұрын

Chills, dude. This gave me chills. As someone who is a writer/author and loves physics/astrophysics, this was beautiful. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@mishmash86 4 ай бұрын

ditto!

@johnP290 4 ай бұрын

As someone who has written words on paper and looked at the sky. I agree

@iatsd 2 ай бұрын

And it was inaccurate 😅

@chimchar87 4 ай бұрын

Dr. Seuss if he became a physicist

@MrKezzerdrix 4 ай бұрын

Prof. Seuss?

@briancheng1743 4 ай бұрын

@@MrKezzerdrix nah it would still be Dr. Seuss unless he teaches a class.

@iwakuraSanta 4 ай бұрын

,there was no God ,some find it odd.

@StrawberryAqua 4 ай бұрын

@@briancheng1743A lot of professors with doctorates go by “Doctor.” But can you imagine calling a professor “Master” with a straight face?

@funknuckle1 4 ай бұрын

Live long and prosper

@JohnSmith-yz6lt 2 ай бұрын

Time is what man uses to keep track of the days, weeks, and years. Before man there was no time, nothing was around that needed to keep track of “time”. Pretty simple really.

@dbd1963 26 күн бұрын

I can't even remember the last time a poem written within the last fifty years has moved me like this. Extraordinary!

@xarvous 4 ай бұрын

Meter, rhyme, AND science? Glorious.

@CoconutJones_ 4 ай бұрын

Can't have science without metres

@gengis737 2 ай бұрын

@@CoconutJones_ You can try with imperial system

@msliu1666 4 ай бұрын

Dr.Seuss has been real quiet since this dropped

@malpal8711 4 ай бұрын

I feel like he was pretty quiet before this dropped

@Kailova07 4 ай бұрын

Bro’s really been quiet for a while now someone should probably check on him

@Groovymotion 4 ай бұрын

Rumor has it he went north, found himself a gal, lived the simple life. Live of the land.

@___idk 4 ай бұрын

@mrstardust8718 4 ай бұрын

He’s dead

@AriaHarmony 18 күн бұрын

I have returned to listen to this poem so many times now. I love it so much.

@tomfuller4205 2 ай бұрын

“In the beginning there was nothing, and then it exploded.”

@revlorebg2 4 ай бұрын

I’d buy a book full of these thoughts expressed so well.

@ghostandgoblins 4 ай бұрын

100%

@deefee701 5 ай бұрын

Please turn this poem into a video story. It needs pictures or paintings like a kids picture book. This was so brilliant.

@floepiejane 4 ай бұрын

Hear, hear!!

@astridexplorer5096 4 ай бұрын

Make it into a children's book. It would be a great addition to the Science cannon.

@anni5385 4 ай бұрын

But there would be nothing for it to contain

@Lordgrayson 3 ай бұрын

The best explanation of the universe expanding is that it is not like stretching out a piece of dough, where everything expands from an existing "Center" Instead the Universe is like a Balloon, it expands in every direction at the same time and if you kept travelling in one direction you would eventually find yourself back where you started cause the universe wraps on itself

@user-uh4bt5xz8n 2 ай бұрын

I’m gonna have to write this down like Chris and friend who doesn’t understand the Big Bang

@pumpkinoligarchy6626 5 ай бұрын

And this is why the internet is a beautiful place of culture and art and knowledge

@Ihatethis1Futubeowningplay 4 ай бұрын

@thehobbyisttries i see what you did there ☕️ 👀

@Sharp1200 5 ай бұрын

"how did we go from nothing to infinitely dense? From immeasurably small to inconceivably immense?" Line actually gave me chills gotdamn

@MR_42_ 4 ай бұрын

God

@davidmcfarland8967 4 ай бұрын

The issue is its not nothing, thats just leads to the misunderstanding theists have about something from nothing

@Sharp1200 4 ай бұрын

@@MR_42_nah

@Gavin923 4 ай бұрын

@@Sharp1200 ok, so how can life come from non life? If matter can't be created nor destroyed, then how can something come from nothing? You can't have creation without a creator.

@dionbowen17 4 ай бұрын

@@davidmcfarland8967 could you elaborate?

@abigailhamiltonactor 2 ай бұрын

Suddenly I feel six years old again, and new to learning, which is sad, because I'm already 83, so I don't have all that much time left.

@mlpsecrets7931 6 күн бұрын

Don't let age stop you. The mind is one of the fastest moving things

@TheCptCarrot Ай бұрын

This is really good! Well written!

@whothefkareu Жыл бұрын

I really love this poem! It captures what the universe is in words so greatly!

@utapandgo 4 ай бұрын

When I saw the Star Trek Insignia on the book shelf- I thought ' my fellow adventurer at heart'. - no words or poem was needed.

@philrobson7976 3 ай бұрын

But I think she’s living in an Alice in Wonderland world where everything through the Looking Glass is backwards

@manofthetombs 3 ай бұрын

Big Bang and Evolution: Nothing plus no one equals everything. Makes perfect sense

@unknownedleaf 5 ай бұрын

i cant be the only one who thought it would be “there was no here, there was no there, there was no anywhere”

@azlatkovic Жыл бұрын

Beautiful, can't stop listening on repeat.

@I-Dophler 2 ай бұрын

The Universe has always existed, stretching back through time without a beginning, constantly evolving and changing, a vast expanse of endless possibilities and mysteries waiting to be discovered. It encompasses everything from the tiniest particles to the largest galaxies, each component playing a role in the grand tapestry of existence. The stars, planets, and cosmic phenomena are all part of this intricate and ever-expanding cosmos, filled with energy, matter, and the potential for life. For countless eons, the Universe has witnessed the birth and death of stars, the formation of planets, and the emergence of life, all contributing to the ongoing story of creation and transformation.

@albertgeddis7308 Ай бұрын

i mean we know it has a beginning because galaxies are moving away from each other and the ones that are further away are moving faster, so we can conclude that there was a singularity at some point and that's where time began.

@I-Dophler Ай бұрын

@@albertgeddis7308 That's an interesting point. The observation that galaxies are moving away from each other and that those farther away are moving faster supports the idea of an expanding universe, which aligns with the Big Bang theory. This suggests that the universe was once concentrated in a singularity, marking the beginning of time as we understand it. It's fascinating how these cosmic observations help us understand the origins of our universe.

@mr.flibblessumeriantransla5417 3 ай бұрын

Your cadence makes me imagine a cross between Dr. Suess and Rod Serling at the start of every Twilight Zone episode, which to be honest is fantastic

@mr_d3adw873 5 ай бұрын

Someone tag Hank! This is too freaking good!!

@FrikInCasualMode 4 ай бұрын

This should be the prefix to any Physics textbook. Beautiful.

@FrikInCasualMode 4 ай бұрын

@@thehobbyisttriesExcept we can in fact get something out of nothing. Vacuum energy. And virtual particles. Read about them - it's fascinating. And mind-boggling.

@senorpapasfritasconqueso 4 ай бұрын

@@thehobbyisttriesincredible commentary

@Bowtiedhillbilly 4 ай бұрын

@@thehobbyisttries The problem is trying to apply a limited understanding (not you specifically, just a human brain in general) to something it was not designed for. From our sense, it very much was "nothing." No baryonic matter that we could interact with, nothing we as we are now could touch, feel, or see. Yes, the stuff was "there," but it didn't exist in a shape or form that we could at all interact with. Check out the Higgs boson, that explains it pretty well. Before the Higgs boson and field formed, stuff didn't have mass.

@Bowtiedhillbilly 4 ай бұрын

@@thehobbyisttries We... we've literally observed the Higgs Boson and it's properties? Provably and repeatably, as you said.

@Icer3333 Ай бұрын

Honestly I love this and hate it at the same time. Things like this make me feel so small and unimportant

@coreylane100 Ай бұрын

And when a gloomy day seems to take painfully forever. A simple slip into the lucidity of sleep takes time and folds it in half.

@aanyapandey864 4 ай бұрын

Here are the lyrics : There was no up, there was no down, There was no side to side, There was no dark there was no light Nor shape of any kind. There were no stars, or planet mars, or protons to collide, There was no up, there was no down, there was no side to side, And furthermore to underscore this total lacking state, there was no here there was no there as there was no space. And in this endless void which cant be thought of as a place, There was no time, and passing minutes hours days. And all the paradoxes, That belabour common sense, I think this one's the greatest, This time before events. Because how did we get from so nothing, to so infinitely dense, From immeasurably small, to inconveivingly immense. Before we get unmoored from the question at the start, Lets take a breath and marvel, when maths becomes an art. Because we dont have to understand it, to know there was a time, There was no up there was no down there was no side to side (Your welcome)

@Bob_just_Bob 4 ай бұрын

The 'When" is missing before the first 'There' in the last verse

@Helper2010 4 ай бұрын

The lyrics are in the description 😑

@ambientexperience5793 4 ай бұрын

Poems aren’t lyrics 👀

@I_isBored 4 ай бұрын

Poems aren’t lyrics??

@KRADAK6 4 ай бұрын

ambientexperience just decided to upset every artist

@sketch-x4412 6 ай бұрын

This reads like a Shel Silverstein poem. Love it :D!

@elliee884 6 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly!

@PersononEarth-xf9tg 2 ай бұрын

The tears in her eyes at the end make is touching.

@BassAckwardsAnglers 2 ай бұрын

"And even thought these questions may lurk throughout your mind, keep faith inside your heard child because I hold you deep in mine, there are many who don't believe, and many that aren't convinced, but come along with me my child, you must believe and want to repent"

@Based-Anti-Theist 2 ай бұрын

Faith is worthless. It stops the search for truth, and gives into fairytales instead. It provides us with the illusion of knowledge and stops progress in its tracks, which can only harm us.

@theduoreacts 4 ай бұрын

This poem is the mixture of language and science. Beautiful!

@KimmyJimmel69 4 ай бұрын

I think you mean gay

@gespenst0083 3 ай бұрын

@@KimmyJimmel69 Damn, guess everyone’s gay since we’re abiding to gravity.

@CalicoAura 3 ай бұрын

@@KimmyJimmel69bruh 💀

@kaccheok2211 4 ай бұрын

Math becomes an art, becomes a poem. Wonderful!

@AggressivelyLoving 2 ай бұрын

There was, in fact, still time. Time is as relative as it can get. Time is a dimension above all our understanding. Time will always be a dimension. Even without other dimensions. Time will persist forever and ever.

@tyronezerby9686 2 ай бұрын

i really like your spoken poetry. i could listen to this all day.

@jeanconner1167 5 ай бұрын

Shel Silverstein would make the coolest illustration for this one, wow I'm going to print out a transcript and hang it in my office.

@yarsheets4572 4 ай бұрын

This is such a marveous poem. I want to save it to teach to my granddaughter.

@lindaclairesartori 4 ай бұрын

After spelling class

@imonthewinningside8281 4 ай бұрын

@@lindaclairesartori You had to go there? 😂

@primitiveT 3 ай бұрын

In the space without a time, i could not comprehend. This tonic is the endless place with nothing where it sends. We walk along the side of it with parallel distinguished. The crossing out of low and high divided from the reason. Aware was not a lingual feign, the sample says its true. This wisdom reckons in the all and why it is belied. Throughout the further in to out a place of timeless fears. Does common sense truly say, God must be alive?

@salmi2luccio 2 ай бұрын

Time did exist, but we can't measure it before that because there was no gravity or matter for us to use as a tool, it was just energy

@Buggy_bot 3 ай бұрын

Ahhh yes yet another existential crisis caused by a short right before bed, what a perfect way to end my day

@Meisterdieb 4 ай бұрын

This poem truly left me speechless, and sitting in awe for a while.

@paulburke9198 4 ай бұрын

why've you put a "s" on the end of nothing , ? .@@thehobbyisttries

@ArnoldSig 4 ай бұрын

It’s ChatGPT made, Jesus everyone’s falling for it

@BanronS 4 ай бұрын

Im staring into space just trying to compute what just happened.....

@salmi2luccio 2 ай бұрын

@@ArnoldSig proof? Try to have faith in people, if you use it for everything it doesn't mean that others do

@ArnoldSig 2 ай бұрын

@@salmi2luccio I’ve used it maybe twice in my life. But you can’t trust anything online anymore. People want fame and views, mostly people don’t care whether their content is authentic

@dylanparrish-subda7141 5 ай бұрын

This was posted months ago. Is there a Hank reaction video? I need to see him love this as much as I love this.

@KimberlyandRussellMann 2 ай бұрын

I just realized today why I like your videos so much . . . You are the reincarnation of Dr. Seuss!

@Sofkanator 3 ай бұрын

No human will ever fully comprehend the complexity snd beauty that is God’s creation.

@purploid 3 ай бұрын

🤓

@scruffy281 3 ай бұрын

God.....the greatest creator of all time......yeah.❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏻

@gengis737 2 ай бұрын

She is speaking about science, you are giving the answer of ignorance. Lamarque, the great mathematician and astronomer, when asked the place of God in the mathematical explanation of universe, answered: "I did not need this hypothesis".

@Sofkanator 2 ай бұрын

@@gengis737 And why did Einstein ultimately decide to become a theist? And unfortunately neither you nor I can physically prove the existence of a divine being but seeing as I have free will and the ability to think for myself, I will choose to believe and put my faith in Jesus and his salvation. I believe God is present in every part of our lives, including science and mathematics. I do not believe any scientist would exist if there were nothing to experiment with. God created all the things we take prideful credit in.

@buckeyefan3894 2 ай бұрын

Amen!

@lynx3662 5 ай бұрын

Not me just casually writing down the entire poem so I can go to school, read the whole thing, and then praise Elle for this beautiful poem

@wyattdray3928 4 ай бұрын

If you don't mind, could you put it here so others can find it?

@slandshark 4 ай бұрын

People realize this isn't her poem, right? It was created by Edward Lear Mearns back in 1899 as part of a play.

@Thedarkwaterbun 4 ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@slandsharkI’m pretty sure that person doesn’t exist, there’s an Edward Lear, but not an Edward Lear Mearns. I also can’t find any poem similar to this attributed to them.