I was never scientifically inclined in school, so much so that I became an English teacher. However, some 30 years ago a Paul Davies book about the possibility of parallel universes made me understand the concepts of physics and become an enthusiast of astronomy and cosmology. Thank you Mr. Davies for explaining so much so clearly to a lay man.

Best twelve minutes I've spent on theory in a long time. Brilliant thesis. Changes point of view. Thanks for the video.

I am not a physicist, just a curious man trying to understand at least this combination of abstraction and empiricism that define and demarcate the theoretical and applied contemporary work of scientists in Physics. In this sense, I found this interview one of the most objective and clear explanations of the alternative trajectories faced by physicist theorists today, although in a very basic, short and simple presentation.

If it wasn't for consciousness, no one, or thing, would know the universe existed. Imagine many universes, all glorious, but no consciousness anywhere. That would be a terrible shame, because of all that glory for no reason - pointless. All unaware. But our consciousness is finate, so it could all end in unawareness again one day. It's incredible that anything is here at all.

I’d never heard of him before, but he has a new fan. He exemplifies why I always find people who love, down to their very core, the work that they do, so attractive (not in a sexual way); they radiate this love for the topics they discuss that is palpable and you can’t help but be drawn in. In many ways it’s as if the person and subject are inseparable, and they lay what they know at the world’s feet for others to love, but without expecting them to. Of course, they’re human, but they always seem so steady and there’s a calmness to them, unbothered and spared the innumerable tiny affronts that most of us are forced to contend with day in and day out because they have their passions to attend to. I can’t help but admire a life like that. But I couldn’t help but grin throughout the video at his ,almost unreal, throwback posh English accent that may or may not have been plucked straight from central casting lol. I half expected him to say at the end, “I dare say, I should fancy a long and winding walk along the edge of the lake after all that. It is a rather fine day. Mr. Kuhn, do you agree?” 😝 😂 🇬🇧

This is almost the best interesting and informative program on KZfaq.

Thank you for this one Paul!

Excellent one!

I got more from this than I had anticipated. Cheers

this is amazing!

..this crunches my mind like a velvet sledgehammer.

I met Prof. John Archibald Wheeler (1911 - 2008) in 1991 in his office at Princeton. I predicted then saying this to him: that his students would continue to win Nobel Prizes in Physics. Finally, after his death Kip Thorne won the prize in 2017. Of course, Wheeler would have been 106 years-old if still alive and probably not available to go to Sweden. It was his book Gravitation, which first introduced me to the Einstein tensor and more. RIP

We're a pinprick against the unending expanse of infinity. We're the only ones that will ever even know we had an existence. And if we go extinct, well there goes it all.

This is the first physicists have seen in years today actually agree with. I strongly suspect that information is primary antecedent if you will. Our biggest predicament is that we don't seem to pay any attention to the fact that none of this would exist for us without the faculty of conscious observance. Until we are able to understand the functional nature of consciousness itself everything that we perceive is fundamentally an interpretation based on incomplete information.

This is such a good channel

I like what he said! Yes, based on our information already exponential explosion of possibilities from the inside!

I. ❤ Paul Davies

Good vid this guy is a natural teacher .

They say when we see the light from the stars its from a star that died something like Thousands of years ago. So with quantum physics with particles being so small, the spatial density is actually increased between the observer and the observed including a curvature of space-time , So perhaps the reason why physical laws break down with quantum physics is that you’re actually looking into the past when the laws of physics were different

Whay about electromegnatism 1000 years back ? Were there any usage of that force then...especially electronicism

The are two fundamental things in the universe. Wine and cheese.

So far, trying to understand reality has been like trying to find the heart of an artichoke. Elements > atoms > protons etc. > quarks etc > strings. But that's only regular matter. Then there's dark matter... The deeper or more infinitesimal we get, it's, "But wait, folks. There's more!"

Always liked Paul..he's such a breath of fresh air from windbags such as Sean Carroll and Brian Greene

What goes beyond physical reality is supernatural or spiritual reality which is a forbidden knowledge so that the forces of darkness can not win.

Yes.

Wwwwoooowww! Check out that FINAL statement Paul Davis makes‼️

I would suggest to anyone, who at the very least, is embarking on understanding these mind bending concepts within the wide arena of theoretical physics & its branches influencing all of applied sciences, a common profound direction that Paul Davies is introducing & postulating herein. Firstly, we should take one moment to commend Robert Lawrence Kuhn’s relentless pursuit in his long running, “Closer to the Truth”. But that aside, as a lay person but who tries to honestly test the edge of my aptitudes, see if you agree. Are you getting this underlying theme we are hearing from the likes of Lennard Susskind, Ed Witten, Alan Guth, Andrei Linde, Lee Smolin, Robert Laughlin, Eric Weinstein, Nima Armani-Hamed & others? Does your undivided attention agree with what is common to all their most recent talks? What you ask? A total break down of time & space as an emergent property? That our 3 +1 world view reality is indeed projected from an encoded 2D brane? That the wave function doesn’t collapse nor does it branch off into an infinite number of universes within Hilbert space. That there may be another solution to the fine tuning problem. And these three examples simply scratch the surface of a much greater profound paradigm shift forthcoming?

Can something that had / has a beginning be Infinite ?

To acknowledge something involves a potential change in what is acknowledged... A basic rule that applies not only to human mind, so this may apply to the universe itself, sure, why not? We're made of it afterall.

And the computer creates/ retrieves information for the user that fell out of the math The infoermation was created outside of the computer not by it

Couple of years later they just gonna turn around and say "we were wrong thinking Physics was last word" as if we all believed them in the first place

In the case that time and space switch places inside black hole, might time be a positive energy density and space a negative pressure inside the black hole (and potentially outside universe)? In which case going from outside to inside universe, how might time go from positive to negative energy density and space from negative to positive pressure? (The other situation going from universe past event horizon into black hole, how might space go from positive to negative pressure and time go from negative to positive energy density?)

There are many new forces yet to be explored

Finite universe, wow! Thank you. 💕

It is both information based and less than 3 dimension based, as everything solid is merely a one dimension thread, woven with vectors of information to form a knot of a 3 dimensional particle. What separates the one d line from the three d object is mere information attributed to it. imho

What is beyond? The Real is Reality and Reality is The Real. It is just that the purpose for the (perception of) plurality is Love.

An appealing theory to be sure..It raises a plethora of new mysterious questions and considerations..Loved it..

It is conjectured in idealist philosophy and NDE survivalist phenomenology that nonlocal consciousness extends beyond time and space. Thus the heat death of the universe does not preclude the continuation of thoughts in immaterial consciousness. Consciousness could survive entropy.

Bottom line--we will never have a final "scientific" theory or an full explanation of the laws that govern our Universe. The nature of time and it's speed/expansion and the distance of the accelerating horizon, will forever make it impossible to reach a scientific conclusion which is acceptable to the physics community. Only Philosophy and Theism can pull together the most acceptable final theory--science can't get there. Davies is a great interview and a masterful speaker--a very interesting guy and a rational Scientist. His book "What's Eating The Universe" may be one of the best reads ever--highly recommended--it makes you think through all known possibilities. The only part I disagree with Davies on, is the notion that we should drop the possibility of an external influence--yes that is a essentially faith based model and since we cannot ever "get there" physically (I see how he feels that way) I just don't like closing the door.. Excellent stuff Robert!

(5:00) *PD: **_"Imagine_** enveloping the whole universe in a 2-dimensional surface."* ... The operative word is *_"imagine"_* (or "Conceive"). If you strip away all of the physical structure of a 3-dimensional cube, what remains is the 2-dimensional geometry that orchestrates its structure. If you strip away all of the 2-dimensional geometry, what remains are the 1-dimensional reference lines that orchestrate the geometry. Strip away the 1-dimensional reference lines, and what remains are the 0-dimensional points (mathematics) that orchestrate the reference lines. It follows that if you strip away the 0-dimensional points (mathematics), what remains is a non-dimensional *Consciousness* that is able to *_"imagine"_* (or "Conceive") the 0-dimensioal points (mathematics) that orchestrate the 1-dimensional reference lines that orchestrate the 2-dimensinoal geometry that orchestrates the 3-dimensional structure of a cube ... ... just like _you_ did after reading this comment.

I agree the laws of physics were much different in the beginning, 'fuzzy', and have developed over time into what they are today. They did not exist before The Big Bang, ready to be applied to matter. The problem is how did anything come into existence in the first place

Either our understanding of physics is right. Or space travel would be a nightmare, if not impossible.

Could time move towards things inside universe as the universe is expanding everywhere inside?

If we could make a determination of how many demintions there are it would seem we would be making significant progress.

Why does everyone in this comment section act like prophets?

Apparently the laws within is the tradition of the Greek Orthodox world, that emerged in Medieval and Ottoman era that supplements and expands Classical and Hellenistic Philosophy.

05:29 We're all living in a computer program on someone's 2D screen 🤣🤣

Both! You need to have them both from the outside and the inside to fully understand! The answer is just „yes“

Information is meaningless without consciousness.

Existence cannot come from non existence , therefore existence never began . Existence must know that it exists therefore existence must be conscious. Eternal conscious existence !!!!!!!!!! Our universe , our planet , our lives , were created by eternal consciousness . This is where eternal consciousness spends eternity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eternity is the answer to all our questions !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some people stating that "consciousness is fundamental" seems like the blatant observational bias of a conscious being.

Beyond physical matter there's psychical, or subtle, matter. And as we perceive physical matter by our physical senses, so we perceive psychical, or subtle, matter by our psychical senses.

Inter-dimensional ghost neutrinos, popping in and out, yeah!

Reality is the objective world (space and time - four dimensions). The mind (subjective space) may be thought of as the fifth dimension. Each individual has their own private, unique view of reality in this fifth dimension. Our knowledge base in this fifth dimension is every bit as complex as the physical world. Thus, each human individual has a unique reality comprised of this five dimensional construct. Knowledge can be thought of as the totality of all human thought and is not constrained to only the human mind.

12:00 “I’d like the watch to assemble itself without the watchmaker.” “I’d like the book to write itself without an author.” We don’t care what “you’d like,” sir. You’re being illogical in what “you’d like.”

In physics terms.. we live inside of a blackhole or within the event horizon outside of a blackhole. Same same ultimately. We're looking at an image that is flat which confuses flat earthers.

Quantum Computing?

I understood better the second time, he is introducing a radically new vision of the world with refining maws from within, pretty Awesome.

It’s just a test or game for all emerging conscious intelligence, entertaining something truely bizarre

Marlene!!!

I remember reading somewhere that back around 1900 they thought there was nothing left to discover in Physics, maybe it was Science in general. How wrong were they then?

When you peer down a microscope, things get smaller, when you look outwards with a telescope, things recede and the universe appears to be expanding. It's consciousness trying to examine iself, but it cannot be pinned down.

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mr paul davies,don't get afraid INFINITY anymore...just accept It,respect It and of course LOVE It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!................>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.

But if we are comparing the universe to a black hole, in which information is finite, surely we can also use our knowledge of black holes (here at least and the only ones we know) to say we know that they come in many sizes and we know that there isn't just one, but many! Extrapolate that out to the universe and you end up with a multiverse.

What hes asking for is essentially Wolfram Physics

Ask me - I know where to start ;)

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Maybe outside beyond the universe is like inside event horizon of black hole?

He reminds me of Peter sellers

Jacobs ladder information instead of the brane

Would you believe that I am the ultimate particle or being and everything else is my experience you are here to adorn me with knowledge and experience

It's fascinating to see how much bs we can conjure up once we no longer have to struggle for daily survival.

I've a PhD in art history. Wish I had had a mind for physics. If all is emergent, maybe in the next incarnation...

5.42 “If that is true…” It IS true… 3D is 2D, 4D is 3D, 5D is 4D and so it goes…

Why are some people so understandable when they talk, even when they are talking about something so incomprehensible?

Jai Shree Ram 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

This guy is a cross between Tom seleck and Bruce Forsyth

Wow, the pillow guy is super-smart.

The fact that particles pop in and out of existence means there is more to discover. Maybe more dimensions and their properties

Go beyond were ?

quantum is because stress of work yet if work done early to calm relax because too much is simple brainwork eventually hospital life monitor chart

Yes, absolutely. Reality is heavily censored.

Since God is an eternal being how isn't he, outside of this universe that is in a Time dimension.

Finally people are starting to take the holographic universe idea seriously

The very laws of nature and physics is all-powerful, omnipotent and indisputable. Scientists and physicists are constantly learning more about the absolute laws of nature. Scientists and physicists are constantly learning more about God.

The surface of a black hole is 3d isn't it? It's not flat is it

We should stop referring to black holes as “black hole“ It’s just not an accurate description You should call it something like a quantum phase sphere or something 🤷🏻‍♂️

NTS good/65/use

Our universe is finite … NOT infinite because infinite Does Not compute.

Tghe universe is not olbligate to grant your wish that infoemation is created in the void

I will answer this question. All constants of physics, all masses of particles, all parameters of the universe are there. Aren't you tired of idle chatter about this instead of the development of science? Start with Argazi's theory of time. Or create your theory of time at last. Or at least listen to Lee Smolin's advice on understanding time.

Simulation Theory for the win!

I loved this. I loved everything he said except the speculation he had about the origins of the natural laws. He didn’t get that right at all. I was like 👍🏻 for most of it. Why does he want so badly to throw out “god” notions? That position Paul spoke of is actually more religious and faith-based in the context of information and consciousness. I argued in my first book that not only is god the best theory of everything, when you re-define god and all history in information terms, but it is also the most coherent theory with the most predictive value far beyond any other discrete theory thus far in human inquiry. It’s like making a periodic table from mystical alchemy. I began the process in my first book 20 years ago (The Textbook of the Universe: The Genetic Ascent to God) and predicted the intellectual history of the last 30-40 years with it. Because that’s how things HAVE to work! It’s frustrating to me because I thought about all this stuff long ago and wrote about it in my first book and all my papers and presentations over the years. It’s a huge compliment to him that I am frustrated because I can’t even get to the point of frustration with most people 😂 🤷‍♀️. I realize now that people don’t get that I love Paul Davies far beyond human words. To me, it’s inherent in what I say. But I want to be clear on the LOVE. ❤️‍🔥✊🏻🚀 It seems stupid to have to say that to me. But people hang on words like 3-toed sloths in a sky full of eagles so there you go. 😂🤷‍♀️ I am writing a second book updating a lot of the predictions and applications for black holes and modern cosmology. Most science and inquiry describes things, but I can tell you much more than that. That’s why it’s frustrating. I made a whole new paradigm. Like Thomas Kuhn talks about in his very truthful and accurate book. Before the FoxP2 gene people could not have come this far. That sort of thing. I am supplying the next level revolutionary leap for humanity. So it’s frustrating when the most intelligent people on Earth are so saddled with cookie-cutter educations. I wasn’t. It has been quite a struggle not to be. A miracle really. Anyway, once I finish the new book people across the earth will know me, not a pleasant prospect for me because my reticence is part of how I was able to keep thinking beyond sociocultural structures and interpersonal patterns for the duration combined with starting out very different as well. Not caving in to literally everyone over the years. It feels like exposing myself to the zombie apocalypse emotionally when I think about it because my life has never been worth more than truth to me. I understand fully how rare that is in history and how people do not think or experience that way. The main issue is that people hear the words I use and they automatically think certain things because of the old definition and old paradigms. That’s why they need to really listen overall instead of trying to “classify” what I am saying because I am speaking about things beyond normal human classification at this point in history. So I am trying to address this issue in my new book. People don’t understand what words are so it’s difficult for them to re-define them. Our educational system gives rewards to the proper responses to the proper symbols and this means more neural pruning and a loss of ability to entertain the new-like an internal “Great Wall” or something. Not that I’m a Hun, Lol. But I have lots of ideas to re-introduce life into that particular rigor-Mortis. And it is indeed a symptomatology of death in the primary information law of the universe I talked about clearly in my first book which basically no one read… 😐🤔 I can give you a whole new set of laws for the interaction of life and the universe. I have given a few of them already in my first book but there are many more across levels of scale and between ideas and matter and stuff. I can tell you what dark energy is too. Might help with figuring out how it can be described physically and that sort of thing. However, sometimes it gets daunting because of all the wrong views people have. They want to instrumentally carve the world up into nice little lever-filled theories in the now to press to get things and do things to make money, compete, prestige, yada yada. It’s mostly unconscious I guess. But pretty glaring to me. but sometimes you need to stop rationalizing your myopic focusing and lever-pressing so you can get out of the box, from behind the wall, and do what is necessary to survive long-term for which all levers were ultimately fashioned anyway. I am sure that sounded confusing but it is because of the paradigm shift which is necessary at this point in history which you have not done yet because no one will give me a freaking couple of hours to talk with them and see where and why they don’t understand. I don’t think like they do so it’s important to interface in this manner. It’s definitely the key to eternal life for humanity and civilization too. Civilization is basically a pattern forming in the collective unconscious which is an infomation structure to get us over internal evolutionary hurdles. Once you know that, everything becomes clear. Let’s just say that in the long run global warming is an external manifestation of larger issues with the information body of life. It’s not the real issue. Even though it IS a real, current issue. Anyway I am not going to talk about politics because that’s what corrupts the natural education and information processes of history. Furthermore, I can see you there right now thinking this is a hidden political theory and a re-casting of known things. Because you don’t understand that these things I just talked about do NOT mean what you think they do. So I can’t really talk about anything without misunderstanding unless I can explain the whole deal. Thus frustrating. However, you can completely understand wars and political persecution and religious wars and persecution via these ideas. All sides of these conflicts. That’s why they are conflicts. People don’t understand. Thanks 🙏🏻 Thanks Dr. Kuhn, for your awesome efforts and tireless curiosity ❤️‍🔥🚀 Like in Ray Bradbury’s “Frost and Fire” I see that shining thing on the hill. By this humanity will find peace. By this we live or die. I am currently the only person voting for life with my life so I am frustrated because everyone votes but they are not free to think and know clearly. Like was famously said: those who think they are free but are not are least free of all. Between the idea and reality is the shadow. I dream of coherent light. ❤️‍🔥

The last one to discover is quantum mathematics

According to Choi Tae-gun's theory of everything as a South Korean, the physical reality of black hole thermal radiation is the warm dark matter, which forms the gravitational field of black holes.

11:55 panentheism

Well that’s an awful conundrum of a pancake

Dude just stepped out of 1979

Atomic, subatomic, space and time, strings . What about explaining resurrection of Jesus.