Thanks for another video my son and I can bond over. He finds many videos, about what he likes, to share with me. I like it when I can reciprocate with videos I find. Keep up the awesome work.
@jtonthatrack39842 жыл бұрын
I miss when my dad and I did this. He’s passed now
@DieNextInLINE2 жыл бұрын
Good on you. I always wished my Dad was more interested in things like this but he's a simple man who barely understands how to search for car videos on KZfaq, let alone scientific topics.
@danielreuben10582 жыл бұрын
@@jtonthatrack3984 I'm sorry to hear that. But, it sounds like he made a positive, lasting impression on you. I hope when I die, my son will feel that way as well. Take care.
@danielreuben10582 жыл бұрын
@@DieNextInLINE ironically, I feel I learned how to really search KZfaq from watching my son do it. And, just because someone is simple, doesn't mean they only know very little. They often know a great deal about other things.
@DieNextInLINE2 жыл бұрын
@@danielreuben1058 I would normally agree but my dad is the first person to say he's a simple man. He came to the country early as a teenager and just focused on making a living as a welder. He even got super stressed and confused about the new 'Real ID' licenses/cards. It hasn't stopped him from teaching me plenty of physical activities like cars and house maintenance.
@burningice812 жыл бұрын
“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.” ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
@JoshuaHowley2 жыл бұрын
Came here to say just this.
@altortugas59792 жыл бұрын
I thought this, but then realized it might be more instructive to point out how easy it is, even for someone proceeding carefully and in good faith, to underestimate the size of the observable universe by 12 or 13 orders of magnitude. Sagan was famous for talking about “billions and billions” of stars. Simon mentioned in this video how there were hundreds of billions of stars. However, the fact of the matter is that, just in what we can see, there are hundreds of billions OF hundreds of billions of stars. Throw in another order of magnitude to see how many planets there are, and there you have JUST the visible universe, which doesn’t even scratch the infinity of the conceivable universe.
@gordonwallin23682 жыл бұрын
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@LFTRnow2 жыл бұрын
After that the style settles down a bit and tells you things you need to know.
@LFTRnow2 жыл бұрын
@@altortugas5979 FYI, That is actually a misquote. He has a book titled "Billions and Billions" but he never said it. In his own words: I said there are maybe 100 billion galaxies and 10 billion trillion stars. It's hard to talk about the Cosmos without using big numbers...But I never said 'billions and billions.' For one thing, it's too imprecise."
@moondog8829 Жыл бұрын
I've been obsessed with what the universe is and how it works since I was 13. I live to understand it better and think about it and while I've taken a fondness to this channel after recently discovering it, these space and physics themed videos will always be my very favorite.
@seansullivan7928 Жыл бұрын
Me too, i like his videos its explained very well and not all dumbed down with stupid animations and crap. That ki da stuff is hard to findif youre lookingfor an explaination for certain things
@KerrAvon73 ай бұрын
Good! Such is the nature of child-like curiosity that makes a good scientist...degrees etc. notwithstanding! Keep enquiring! It's so much more fun than wandering around as though you'd had shit replacing your brain...literally...although that would result in automatic death, so it'll just have to be metaphorical shit, sadly; it's the case with a large proportion of the human population, very sadly indeed. ⚛💥❕😲😵💫🤤❗🤣🤣😆👍❕Have fun! Science is the only way to probe!
@kevinbrooks90742 ай бұрын
Who cares?
@KerrAvon72 ай бұрын
@@kevinbrooks9074 Fine, fine, YOU do not but why advertise ignorance? Just saying.
@kevinbrooks90742 ай бұрын
@@KerrAvon7 ?
@Shedding2 жыл бұрын
Physicist here. Quantum entanglement would make particles change in relation to their entangled partner, but it would not yield useful information. You could see one particle with spin up and then go to the other particle and see the spin down. However, you cannot force the original particle into one state. The ramification of this is that faster than light communication would be impossible. There are things in the universe that go faster than light (like the expansion of the universe, and even entanglement) but it is information that it yields which cannot exceed light speed.
@digitalcurrents2 жыл бұрын
Are aliens controlling the quantum states of all particles and setting them to 'read-only'? What if all particles' quantum states already have information but we can't understand it - first contact fail?
@MB-hh6mi2 жыл бұрын
Really interesting! Any recommendations on videos or books that describe it further? I have read Chaos and Friedman’s work. I’m just an interested outsider to the field.
@Shedding2 жыл бұрын
@@MB-hh6mi it is hard to recommend one specific book. Most of this information I obtained from my professors in undergraduate school. It was fairly common knowledge that information was the key element that could never exceed light speed.
@DrummerRF2 жыл бұрын
To add, you also cant put information in the fact of measuring the spin state or not and therefore hide information in the action. You need the outcomes of both experiments to conclude that both changed their spin state simultaneously. (Correct me if im wrong)
@Shedding2 жыл бұрын
@@DrummerRF right. As soon as you measure the particle. The wave equation coalesce. At this point you can understand what the particle is doing, and at the same time know what the second entangled particle is doing, but you can't inject information or force the first particle into any state. Therefore you can never send information using this method.
@ignitionfrn22232 жыл бұрын
0:35 - Chapter 1 - Quantum entanglement 3:05 - Chapter 2 - The collatz conjecture 6:20 - Chapter 3 - Alien descendance 9:05 - Chapter 4 - False vacuum theory 11:20 - Chapter 5 - The immensity of the universe
@patrickmendoza32102 жыл бұрын
Noice.
@TanjoGalbi2 жыл бұрын
Your animation of the Solar System, in particular the depiction of the Asteroid Belt, brings up another interesting space fact. Despite there being up to 1.9 million asteroids in the belt if you were to stand on one asteroid you would not be able to see its neighbours as they would be too far away to see! It is not the crowded area of asteroids that is popularly conveyed in images and movies. Flying a space ship through it would not be hazardous!
@chompchompnomnom4256 Жыл бұрын
It's like when our galaxy collides with Andromeda, it's unlikely that any stars or planets will actually hit each other
@DrPsychotic Жыл бұрын
woah I never thought of that but that actually makes sense thinking about it because if they were close together they would be attracted by gravity causing them to become one
@AsmodeusMictian Жыл бұрын
@@DrPsychotic Not to mention collisions altering their course and then the resulting free projectile being attracted to the most massive thing in the Solar system....thus possibly taking it right across our nose lol. Scary stuff when you think about it.
@DrPsychotic Жыл бұрын
@@AsmodeusMictian yeah space is wild
@enlightendbel Жыл бұрын
If their distribution was as dense as most people seem to think, there wouldn't be an asteroid belt but a planet(oid) instead.
@kevinbrooks90742 ай бұрын
In the quiet of the night aboard the USS Enterprise, Commander Riker and Captain Picard found themselves in the captain's ready room, enjoying a rare moment of relaxation. The stars outside the window formed a mesmerizing backdrop, a reminder of the vastness of space they explored together. "Jean-Luc, do you ever tire of this endless journey?" Riker asked, his voice soft, almost reflective. Picard looked up from his book, a slight smile playing on his lips. "There are moments, Will, when the solitude of command can weigh heavily. But then, I think of the crew, of the friendships we've forged, and it all seems worthwhile." Riker nodded, understanding the sentiment all too well. "We've been through so much together. It's those bonds that keep us going, I think." The captain set his book aside and leaned back in his chair. "Indeed. It's not just the exploration of the unknown that drives us, but the connections we make along the way." There was a comfortable silence between them, one that spoke of years of mutual respect and camaraderie. Riker walked over to the replicator and ordered two glasses of Saurian brandy, handing one to Picard. "To friendship," Riker toasted, raising his glass. "To friendship," Picard echoed, clinking his glass against Riker's.
@xpendabull2 жыл бұрын
The immensity of space is even more terrifying when you realize that we only see the observable universe. With space-time expanding faster than the speed of light there are stars that we will literally never be able to see because there is literally not enough time in the universe, even if it never ends, for the light from those stars to reach Earth.
@davemccombs2 жыл бұрын
literally
@AloeHahh2 жыл бұрын
@@davemccombs Ergo. Vis-à-vis. Indubitably
@Strutingeagle2 жыл бұрын
I am just literally shaking in my shoes over this terrifying realization. I can't sleep, have trouble breathing and it feels like the walls are coming in on me. I went to see a counsellor and she said get over it, it is what it is.
@Throbbit2 жыл бұрын
we know nothing.
@Nightstick242 жыл бұрын
And 99.99% of what we CAN see is actually by this point moving away from us faster than light, so we’ll likely never be able to reach it, even if we had infinite time and could travel at the speed of light.
@joebuckfan2 жыл бұрын
For the last one, you didn't even consider that those galaxy estimates are just for the OBSERVABLE universe. Our little pocket of the observable universe may only be 1/1000000 of the entire universe.
@downwithtrudeau2 жыл бұрын
What if what's beyond the observable universe just loops back around into our universe?
@GlenHunt2 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't matter if it's just the observable universe or the whole thing. It's just using orders of magnitude to give the feel of its scope. He got it right enough.
@cosmogoblin2 жыл бұрын
True. Cosmologists still debate whether the universe is infinite or not! (I don't think it is because I can't do easy maths with infinity...)
@SeraphRyan2 жыл бұрын
In the (distant) future, after all galaxies and globular clusters in the local group form one giant ultra galaxy, if a new civilization were to arise and look up in the sky.. everything would be so far away that would be no light at all.. the distant galaxies we can see now, will disappear behind our observable horizon. People of that civilization, would think their galaxy is all that there is to the universe, because they could never see anything else. We live in the best time in the universe, while all this fun stuff is going on for us to see, and we are still in the early enough stages, that even without FTL travel, we could still get to the point go go to other galaxy clusters.
@ShizaruBloodrayne2 жыл бұрын
@@cosmogoblin Life is an anomaly. There might be many other inconsistencies that break current known logic.
@annapierce8666 Жыл бұрын
Simon you have a wonderful talent in communication. Thank you for making these educational teaching videos. My students actually stop talking and pay attention when you're on the screen 📚
@719Flowers Жыл бұрын
You sound like a awesome teacher
@ronnielittlerock72082 жыл бұрын
Loved when you said "documentary" lol I watch Ancient Aliens as a purely entertaining show. They take speculative facts and dubious extrapolation to come to doubtful conclusions that support their view. The phrase "ancient alien theorists say yes" has become a drinking game.
@herbertgearing17022 жыл бұрын
Just seems like a good reason to date ancient alien theorists.
@kvnvk89472 жыл бұрын
That reminds me, I was visiting a friend several years ago , having drinks while doing an Ancient Aliens marathon, neither of us had heard of the drinking game, but by the second episode it just seemed the obvious thing to do, lol! We took a couple of minutes to agree on the rules, a shot every time the narrator says "ancient alien theorists" (I remember there being one or two other possible words or phrases we considered), and we ended up doing about ten shots over just one episode!
@davidtherwhanger6795 Жыл бұрын
Now that's funny. It never occurred to me. But then I never watched more than a few minutes of Ancient Aliens before crying BS.
@AnglandAlamehnaSwedish Жыл бұрын
Me too
@cloudbloom Жыл бұрын
The way the narrator of that show pronounces "extraterRESTRial" drives me nuts haha
@the-chillian2 жыл бұрын
Anyone interested in quantum entanglement, false vacuum, and other related subjects should also be watching PBS SpaceTIme, which goes into these subjects in detail. Not the detail a student who could actually grasp the mathematics would get, but the host actually understands the subjects and can simplify them for a general intelligent audience.
@matgeezer20942 жыл бұрын
Definitely agree, it's a brilliant channel
@seymourbutts46542 жыл бұрын
Mr Average agrees to.
@MrHockeyNation2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and he’s proved this video wrong. Quantum entangled particules don’t actually transfer any information. FTL information transfer breaks causality and his first point is wrong.
@maskettaman14882 жыл бұрын
@@MrHockeyNation That's what you'd expect but it does *seem* like it is transferring information FTL. In reality this is probably due to our lack of understanding more than anything else. Science Asylum just did a good video on this
@Adrian-zd4cs2 жыл бұрын
I love PBS Spacetime 😁
@willmfrank2 жыл бұрын
There is a theory which states that, if anybody should ever discover just exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced with something even more bizarrely inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened -- Douglas Adams.
@seymourbutts46542 жыл бұрын
Considering he's such a voyeur I thought the universe was here for god's amusement.
@jameshaulenbeek59312 жыл бұрын
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@joeking42062 жыл бұрын
Douglas Adams was very clever. I would stop short of Genius, but he was certainly highly intelligent and poetic. IMHO his best thing was the infinite Improbability Drive. Oh wait, perhaps he really was a genius.
@nateverge11672 жыл бұрын
The last part of this video had me thinking about another Adams quote: “Space [...] is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.”
@richardfrederick18852 жыл бұрын
These aren't theories, they aren't falsifiable, are unsupported by evidence, and make no testable predictions. They are just philosophical what-ifs, ramblings.
@Nightstick242 жыл бұрын
The vastness of space is just incomprehensible. I saw a couple videos talking about it that really did a fantastic job of making me realize I’ll never even be able to come close to comprehending how little I can comprehend the vastness of space. It’s just not on a scale my brain is capable of thinking about it’s so absurdly large. Words don’t exist to explain how gargantuan it is.
@noahlaferriere55152 жыл бұрын
It's like contemplating eternity, no matter how far you zoom ahead into the future, it's still longer, still not the end, just cant wrap my brain around it.
@martingutlbauer45292 жыл бұрын
The vastness of the universe is difficult to grasp, but the vastness of the natural numbers is in my opinion even more mind blowing, especially since it's just adding one each time.
@acratone8300 Жыл бұрын
Compared to the infinite, our universe is puny, laughably small.
@MadameWesker Жыл бұрын
And it's like your nodding going right, exactly, of course...wait.
@Palinghufter2 жыл бұрын
If the universe is so big, why won't it fight me?
@toddlerj1022 жыл бұрын
Well I'm sure if you give it a cold it might fight you. If the universe was a person, you'd be smaller than a tardigrade(can't spell that thing)
@alistairmackintosh94122 жыл бұрын
It does. It's just very, very sneaky about it.
@rickyspanish47922 жыл бұрын
If I recall correctly, the conclusion that quantum entanglement can be used to do faster-than-light communication is, unfortunately, incorrect.
@Pile_of_carbon2 жыл бұрын
Yes, you are correct. Turns out if you force an entangled particle into a certain state you break the entanglement.
@drbuckley12 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's how I see it. Faster than light communication would create paradoxes where effects precede causes. Or, to put it differently, it would violate the 2nd law of thermodynamics (entropy).
@ernestareheart42382 жыл бұрын
Trying to observe (which I mean the proverbial scientific quantum observance which is synonymous with direct interaction through measurement/quantification) any form of quantum entanglement, however miniscule, would inevitably skew any information one were to try to send. However, utilizing quantum entanglement via passive communication is theoretically possible. Which mainly involves identification through passive means like discrete quantitative statistical analysis in order to attempt quantum probability to convey direct information in real time is the only possible candidate. Of course, the simple premise of transmitting and receiving qubits of information, even if instantly, would be somewhat overshadowed by the factor that it will be an indeterminate process where the application of information wouldn't be a 100% action per request practical tool, like the software that networks with transmitting servers on your smart phone, for example.
@JohnnyWednesday2 жыл бұрын
you are correct by saying the assertion is incorrect. Quantum Entanglement is indistinguishable from two basketballs that were spinning against each other in opposite directions and then separated. Knowing which way one is spinning isn't special - of course they're spinning in opposite directions, they were touching while spinning previously, like two cogs. It's not FTL - it's just being careful with the basketballs so they continue to spin in the direction they had when they were together.
@JohnnyWednesday2 жыл бұрын
@@ernestareheart4238 - If the equally valid Pilot Wave Theory is correct? then Quantum Entanglement doesn't exist - and since it's impossible to prove the FTL communication of entanglement? since it behaves exactly like it doesn't exist - and there's a fully valid theory that states that it doesn't exist? I think it's time to admit that the "luminiferous aether" isn't real.
@josephkingsley87082 жыл бұрын
I’m glad you added the enormity of the universe as one of your mind-blowing theories. I don’t think it’s truly appreciated by a lot of people. I’m not pretending to be some deep thinker or expert, I just believe if you sit down and truly try to comprehend its size you will be really dumbfounded. It’s honestly absurd how vast it is.
@joshlewis5752 жыл бұрын
Can't even fathom just how ginormous it all is. Those Webb pictures, 13 billion light years back, the amount of miles in just 1 light year is almost incomprehensible. Now times that number by 13,000,000,000. Insane
@Etabobable9 ай бұрын
I miss VSauce 😢
@cassamforpm2 жыл бұрын
If Simon talks any faster he’s gonna end up inventing faster than light communication all by himself.
@beassewing972 Жыл бұрын
Got a good chuckle from that.
@zoehope1089 Жыл бұрын
🤣
@jeffhyche9839 Жыл бұрын
Good to know that I'm not the only one that says "breath Simon!"
@mikem93099 ай бұрын
Or become Ben Shapiro
@scottburnside32182 жыл бұрын
love all your channels mate..keep up the awesome work u have taught me so much in the past couple of years..love from the UK
@Sideprojects2 жыл бұрын
Cheers.
@matgeezer20942 жыл бұрын
Also from the UK, (Exeter), its really good to listen to non American videos (I'm not a little Englander)
@TheRealMightyHokie2 жыл бұрын
I first learned about quantum entanglement from Mass Effect. It was how they explained how Commander Shepherd could talk to people in different parts of the galaxy instantaneously. They had the same quark. So when they would send digital information to the quark on their ship it was the same as sending it to the quark back on Earth. It's literally the same quark. It blew my mind.
@BigZebraCom2 жыл бұрын
Strange thing. When I first learned about quantum entanglement I thought "instant communications! But apparently it can't be used quite that way.
@SP-kt1dq2 жыл бұрын
it doesnt work that way, you cant use the quantum entanglement to sent any meaningful information as you cant control what information is sent, you can only send gibberish.
@BigZebraCom2 жыл бұрын
@@SP-kt1dq Yes, it's an outrage! It seems a shame that the phenomenon of entanglement exists and we can't use it to communicate. I imagine being able to do so would break causality. So it can't happen.
@GalactusTheDestroyer Жыл бұрын
@@SP-kt1dq However you could still use the quantum state change to mean a 1 or 0. For instance, sending information is a 1 and it's 0 otherwise. I'm probably just talking out my ass. "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain..." something something lol.
@pekko_uk Жыл бұрын
@@GalactusTheDestroyer Nah, there's no way around the "you can only send random garbage" problem. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLKhnpqmxquycY0.html
@mattzegarski38312 жыл бұрын
While the size of the universe is mind bending, what really blows my mind is, "What is outside of the universe?"
@user-kcrpine2 жыл бұрын
If we define universe as totality, nothing.
@lolmanyeah12 жыл бұрын
@@user-kcrpine we define the universe as totality in regards to space and time as we know it. The fact is we dont know if the universe is a self contained phenomenon that willed itself into existence or if it had a precursor outside the bounds of space and time. So nothing is a bad answer.
@SteveGrin2 жыл бұрын
By definition there is no outside of the universe, right?
@lolmanyeah12 жыл бұрын
@@SteveGrin that would be true if we had a complete and total understanding of everything. Unfortunately we do not, so we are unable to say. Only speculate.
@grendel824 Жыл бұрын
Look up "E8 theory" for some ideas...
@stephenlane91682 жыл бұрын
I love your videos Simon. Your story telling / narratives are fantastic. Your team of writers & researchers do a great job to bring the content to you to determine which stories you create videos from. I watch all your channels and enjoy them all. I love learning and challenging my thoughts / assumptions about the world around us. Love the notifications of new videos.
@Sideprojects2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@sventer1982 жыл бұрын
@@Sideprojects absolutely agree. Your videos are always interesting and thought provoking. You and your content creators and editors are legends.
@jacksonhagaman87242 жыл бұрын
This guy is a joke
@reasonerenlightened24562 жыл бұрын
@@Sideprojects If Space is super Empty then how come JWST got hit by a meteor in just a few months and probably more are coming its way.? Facts contradict your statements.
@poisontoad80072 жыл бұрын
@@reasonerenlightened2456 It's a shooting gallery that's vastly empty in a universe full of stuff. The facts contradict your statement.
@armyericv2 жыл бұрын
Simon, the fact that you went through the close of the this video without quoting Douglas Adams definition of space means you are hereby banned from using the term "maths" for the next 30 days! Keep up the good work!
@zredband2 жыл бұрын
YES! That was the first thing that popped into my head: Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
@Dss-bm3rz Жыл бұрын
Something I read that really blew my mind about the size of our universe is this: when the milky way and Andromeda eventually collide and form "Milkdromeda", it's unlikely that any actual collisions between stars or planets even occurs, simply bc of the vast distances between them. That blew my mind!
@edwarddore7617 Жыл бұрын
I'm sure there will be some collisions, just rare
@caviestcaveman8691 Жыл бұрын
Don't believe everything 100% lol these people are smart but sometimes for their own good...keep common sense aroundn
@somemagellanic Жыл бұрын
@@caviestcaveman8691you can't apply common sense to things that aren't common.. like galaxy mergers
@caviestcaveman8691 Жыл бұрын
@@somemagellanic pretty sure collisions will happen..
@andruloni11 ай бұрын
@@caviestcaveman8691 and I'm pretty sure they won't. did any one of us did much actual thinking on how, what and why? even if we did, did we share that right alongside the opinion? what even is the purpose of just doubting without checkig?
@kevinbrooks90742 ай бұрын
In the whimsical land of Far Far Away, Shrek and Donkey discovered a connection that transcended friendship. Amidst their adventures, a deeper bond formed, defying societal norms. Their unconventional love story unfolded quietly, a tale of acceptance and understanding. Far from the conventional fairy tales, Shrek and Donkey navigated their feelings in a world that had yet to grasp the diversity of love. In the end, it wasn't the castle or the dragon that defined their happiness, but the genuine connection they found in each other, proving that love knows no boundaries, even in a swampy fairy tale realm.
@biofoot78742 жыл бұрын
Hot damn! Kevin made the Collatz Conjecture interesting! Now, Simon, when will you let Kevin write a Biographic for Danny?
@ThatWriterKevin2 жыл бұрын
When has it not been interesting?
@asdf515012 жыл бұрын
These videos are fun and interesting as always, so thank you for making them!
@Sideprojects2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, thanks for watching :)
@MrMondo-mf6be Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Simon. Well researched, informative, and interesting. Your entertaining format is both amusing and inspiring. I appreciate learning more about the world and beyond from you and your team. Please keep it coming!👍
@mbarker_lng Жыл бұрын
What would be more mind boggling though? A universe that goes on forever or one that had a distinct "end". We would be just as mind blown contemplating questions like "Why is it the size that it is?" "Whats beyond the end?" "What is the end made of?" "What is it expanding into?". Both a finite or infinite universe are equally incomprehensible.
@altortugas59792 жыл бұрын
Some clarification about his mind bogglingly big the universe is. Since there are hundreds of billions of galaxies, there are not hundreds of billions of stars. There are hundreds of billions of hundreds of billions of stars. And, given what we’ve seen about exoplanets, there are consequently hundreds of billions of hundreds of billions of tens of planets.
@whatkindofwalmart45452 жыл бұрын
And that's only just now
@befeleme2 жыл бұрын
But in all those gazillions of planets, there is only one me. Only one! Aren't I amazing? 🤔
@altortugas59792 жыл бұрын
Probably not. Sure, there might be only one you in the visible universe. But if the universe is infinite ( and I can’t see why it wouldn’t just keep going), then you and I are actually having this same conversation on some far away planet. In fact, I’m pretty sure someone has calculated how big the universe would have to be (or how far you’d have to go) to find a second “you.”
@befeleme2 жыл бұрын
@@altortugas5979 In order for the second "me" and the second "you" to have exactly this conversation, we would also need to be surrounded by exactly the same universe because of all the effects that our environment exerts on our bodies and our behavior. This seems logically impossible, because the universe cannot contain an identical copy of itself and still remain itself. An interesting speculation, though...
@chriswhite21512 жыл бұрын
@@altortugas5979 but even then, it wouldn,t be "me". It would be a doppleganger of me. And then just as I typed the last part of this sentence, the doppleganger would type it too but one letter would be wrong and the butterfly effect would change everythink.
@pinguin10092 жыл бұрын
It's definitely an interesting video that I enjoyed watching! I'm just left wondering why there is a Mandelbrot set in the thumbnail which is never mentioned in the video?
@yoozernayme2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering the same thing
@voicelesspilot34632 жыл бұрын
I was wondering as well.
@omazing635411 ай бұрын
You should partner with vsauce
@RustyShackleford_2 жыл бұрын
The most mind blowing fact of all: Simon has so many channels that he works on his KZfaq videos for 36 hours a day.
@Misses-Hippy2 жыл бұрын
It's a time-space thing.
@antonliverpool12 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much he rakes in.
@jdougn2255 Жыл бұрын
So, are you saying is he's actually a clone, or a bot?
@johnvirginia72382 ай бұрын
He must be Amish and maybe a bowler
@SiiriCressey2 жыл бұрын
Isn't being worried about things we can not control a big part of what existential dread is?
@anyawillowfan2 жыл бұрын
I understand the collatze theory as you explained, what I don't understand is why people think it means something. I'm not saying it doesn't, just that I personally don't understand it. As for the alien descendance, the possibility can be proved if we're able to detect the DNA of any life we find on Mars. This won't prove that life originated here or on a meteor, but that it is possible for life to begin after arriving from space.
@ThatWriterKevin2 жыл бұрын
It doesn't necessarily mean anything. It's more a part of recreational math than anything serious. Still, it's so simple and intuitive that it's crazy it can't be proven
@ajstevens16522 жыл бұрын
@@ThatWriterKevin But could that not be applied to make anything unprovable? Like, do we know that pigs cannot fly, merely because we haven't yet seen one that can?
@ThatWriterKevin2 жыл бұрын
@@ajstevens1652 We can prove pigs can't fly, because we know the mechanics for flight and pigs have no capability to do so
@stephenlane91682 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video Simon. Always entertaining and informative 👌👏
@michaelfercik3691 Жыл бұрын
The sixth scientific theory that will blow your mind is the physics involved in dowsing have been reverse-engineered along with how to build the modern light weight ball bearing dowsing rod for accurately gauging what is being dowsed. Read the book, The Art of Dowsing - Separating Science from Superstition, then practice the dowsing lessons for becoming a professional dowser. Thank you for reading this post and I hope you have a safe, healthy, good day.
@jerff2 жыл бұрын
I’d love a brain blaze version of the same title…but 5 basic facts that would only blow the minds of flat earthers….but presented as though they really are astonishing news to Simon, Danny, and Sam
@weedfreer2 жыл бұрын
I like the idea that the universe is like the rear of an old CRT style TV screen...whereby there's a point behind it from which all emanates...we are merely a spec of dust stuck to the rear lining of the screen itself with everything else spreading out across the surface in every direction around you
@JT-rx1eo2 ай бұрын
The thought of traveling in a straight line to the edge of the universe and not hitting anything because of empty space is mind blowing. And I thought about the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies colliding in 5 billion years, but without any actual stars, planets, or moons colliding because of space was mind blowing.
@zackcantrell96892 жыл бұрын
How this man doesn’t have his own TV show, is beyond me. Great narrator!
@kleinbottled792 жыл бұрын
TV is dying. Might be better off staying on KZfaq.
@kingdodongo41262 жыл бұрын
are you from 1970s?
@zackcantrell96892 жыл бұрын
@@kingdodongo4126 He’ll yes bad music and terrible outfits!
@ecospider5 Жыл бұрын
With just KZfaq you make about $10,000 with a million views. I wonder what tv pays these days.
@JohnDrummondPhoto2 жыл бұрын
Interesting video as always. Of course, here's the obligatory pronunciation correction, because there's always at least one, Brain Boy. "Coelacanth" is pronounced "SEE-la-canth".
@nofrackingzone74792 жыл бұрын
What I would like to know is if Simon in our universe furiously gesticulated, would a negatively charged Simon in another universe be equally compelled to wash his hands?
@thaddeusfields43602 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your approach to provide information on your channels without interjecting your opinion or interpreting elements for your audience.
@X_Baron2 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I've heard anyone actually call tardigrades "water bears". 🙂 They are always "tardigrades, also known as water bears" or something similar. Are they really also called water bears if people don't call them that?
@Fayanora2 жыл бұрын
What I heard about the false vacuum thing is that if part of the universe started to collapse to a more stable state, the wave of universe destruction would propagate at the speed of light.
@georgejones35262 жыл бұрын
That is correct.
@hachioda86022 жыл бұрын
PSA : as far as the panspermia theory, as of 2022 all 5 dna building blocks have been found in meteorites!
@allwright40202 жыл бұрын
I'd love to hear Simon read Douglass Adams Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy...
@goldenanticstoo9686 Жыл бұрын
Remember your towel!
@venturi2102 жыл бұрын
Always a well presented, well thought out video from Simon. Instant like!
@MindBodySoulOk2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating eggskull
@Stroke2Handed2 жыл бұрын
The math problem is like trying to reach the final fraction of Pi. Seems kinda pointless to try.
@kruksog2 жыл бұрын
Erdos is pronounced roughly like "air dish" btw. Edit: really appreciate you talking about mathematics.
@michaelmills5972 Жыл бұрын
the size of the universe is a truly incomprehensible concept; I don't know if anybody can truly grasp that.
@whobitmyname2 жыл бұрын
I don't understand why the Collatz conjecture is such an issue. An even number will either start off as a power of 2 and reduce down via repeated halving, or eventually halve into an odd number, at which point 3x+1 makes it even again, and the halving continues. Until you find me an odd number that remains odd after 3x+1, that's proof enough for me that the conjecture holds.
@zoeherriot2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but you've offered nothing more than mathematicians already know. And that is not a proof.
@achristiananarchist25092 жыл бұрын
I think one of the best arguments against panspermia is how quickly life started on earth after it cooled enough for it to become possible. It happened shockingly fast. The oldest stromatolites are 3.5 billion years old, and these are built by quite complex photosynthesizing cyanobacteria, found in fossils as far back as 3.8 billion years. There is no way these are the first life, as they are extremely complex, to the point of being capable of photosynthesis and complex metabolic activity. It seems that pretty much as soon as the planet was able to support life it was supporting life. Sure, it's possible that we got hit with one of those lucky life-containing meteors within a few hundred thousand years after the planet cooled off, but it seems more likely to me that life, at least on the microbial level, is just actually pretty likely so long as the proper conditions are met, and that when you have the right soup of stuff in the right conditions, it almost inevitably comes together into something that can start reproducing and evolving. We can't recreate this, of course, both because we neither know what the soup contained nor what the necessary conditions were, and because we don't have the time to wait around to see if a given combination of soup + conditions is right. A few hundred thousand years may be a flash in the pan on geological scales, but it's still longer than we can plan out an experiment for. Just the fact that life seemed to start so fast here though seems, to me, to indicate that life just sort of happens when the conditions are right for it to happen, and probably usually just dies out just as quickly because the whole universe is trying to kill us. We were lucky enough to come into being on a planet with pretty good conditions in a fairly stable region of the galaxy during a fairly stable time in the history of the universe, and if we weren't, then we wouldn't know any better because we probably would have been snuffed out as barely formed sacks of protoplasm less than a billion years after the earth got slimy. Life being common but fragile and hard to sustain seems more likely than life being so rare it only forms once and so hardy that it can travel all over the universe frozen in space rocks.
@cislife71402 жыл бұрын
And if life did originate on earth we would have dna that spun in both directions and not just one, all life on earth the DNA helix is spun in the same direction
@achristiananarchist25092 жыл бұрын
@@cislife7140 That's just not true. DNA needs to spin in a single direction in order to work. It doesn't matter which one it chooses but it has to pick one or the helix structure is impossible. Same reason that we see chirality in play with regards to proteins and sugars as well. It is true that molecules of the opposite chirality would have /existed/ in the early earth, which is why we still find things like D amino acids in a few bacterial proteins today. However, natural selection would have worked very quickly to make sure that everything that had to form big, complex molecules accounted for chirality. Edit: Just for clarity, saying that life must have come from somewhere else because all DNA spins the same way is like saying that aliens must have created arctic foxes because they are all white. All DNA has to spin the same way or we wouldn't be able to reproduce or transcribe proteins. Natural selection can easily make things that, when looked at in hindsight, appear designed. DNA is always in the D configuration because all sugars, including deoxyribose, are always in the D configuration. Proteins are always in the L configuration because all amino acids are in the L configuration. L sugars and D amino acids are possible, and would have been floating around in the primordial soup, but, as complex polysaccharides and proteins wouldn't work with mixtures of components twisting every which way, natural selection did its thing and now, with a few very, very rare exceptions, these molecules are no longer found in nature.
@TheYannir2 жыл бұрын
You call 700 million years quick? 700 million years ago, Earth was a snowball and life was almost completely extinguished. Look at what we have now and what we've had there inbetween.
@achristiananarchist25092 жыл бұрын
@@TheYannir What does a mass extinction event have to do with the first life? Did you think there was nothing before the snowball earth? But yeah, 700 million years isn't exactly slow in the grand scheme of things anyway.
@TheYannir2 жыл бұрын
@@achristiananarchist2509 Let's spare each other the petty derisive comments. 700 million years isn't a huge number in the cosmic scale of things but it's still a massive period between the spaces of Earth becoming able to support life and the appearance of the first single-cell organisms. I don't believe in panspermia either, I just don't think "how quick it was" is a good argument to disprove it either.
@MsTasha2172 жыл бұрын
I remember the moment, as a child of about 10, that the size of the universe hit me. I realized I can't wrap my head about infinity. (I still can't). Scarier yet, if it's not infinite, what's beyond it and is that space infinite or wrapped around itself. Then the anxiety hit me. Ok, I def sound crazy now lol. Is there a name for this fear of infinity? I think there is and I think I might have even seen it on one of Simon's great videos! BTW, loved this one.
@daveherbert62152 жыл бұрын
If it is infinite what is beyond
@MsTasha2172 жыл бұрын
@@daveherbert6215 exactly. This is where my brain get discombobulated
@davidtherwhanger6795 Жыл бұрын
@@MsTasha217 Don't feel bad. This is where a lot of brains (even the really smart ones) get discombobulated.
@mccorkleee3375 Жыл бұрын
@@daveherbert6215there’s nothing beyond because beyond doesn’t exist. Personally I don’t think it’s infinite for this reason and because if it was infinite, how is there a beginning to infinity
@MadameWesker Жыл бұрын
Think of it like an inverted mobius strip, constantly moving. It's the illusion of infinity, hence nothing beyond.
@h.a.98802 жыл бұрын
Something that is very mundane but also kind of mind blowing: I went hiking in the Alps with a few friends and kept an eye open, looking for pieces of raw iron. I eventually managed to find one that's like an inch in length and half an inch each in width and height. This is very mundane, depending on where you are, you will find many such pieces of iron in the ground or on the surface. Where this becomes kind of mind-blowing (at least to me): That piece of iron was, at some point in an unfathomably distant past, part of a star's core for millions of years. It got hurled into space by some major event, maybe the star exploded, maybe it collapsed into a white dwarf that then collided with another white dwarf... the point is: At some point, a chunk of iron was torn from that star's core, hurled through space and after millions, if not billions of years, it hit earth, got lodged deep inside the crust and then, through unfathomably slow processes slowly re-emerged on top... where I picked it up. A piece of a star, billions of years old. And it's sitting on my desk, right in front of me, as I type this.
@titaniusanglesmith96902 жыл бұрын
polish it up & then stick it up your urethra. Its fun. trust me.
@TanjoGalbi2 жыл бұрын
Or it simply came from the Earth's core which is mostly iron, which incidentally is also why the Earth has a magnetic field protecting us from the most harmful emissions from the Sun. Many events in the Earth's history before life started caused the iron from the core to be brought to the surface to be found by you many millions of years later.
@FireflyFanatic3 Жыл бұрын
The first time I was really given a sense of scale for the solar system (let alone the Universe!) was a website called 'if the moon is a pixel'. The premise is what it says on the tin - a to-scale render of the solar system, starting at the sun. It was truly mind-boggling how long I was scrolling before I reached Mercury and how tiny it was. The distance between Mars and Jupiter blew my mind.
@mitseraffej58122 жыл бұрын
One of my kids had a pair of identical twins in his soccer team. These two kids I am sure were quantum entangled. They always knew where the other was on the field and seemed to be able to pass the ball between themselves without even looking.
@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands2 жыл бұрын
You should look into Dr. Erik Verlinde, and his theories about the universe being a black hole... etc..
@stemartin6671 Жыл бұрын
Wanna know what *REALLY* blew my mind? Acid.... 😂
@QuetzalcoatlOdin2 жыл бұрын
I've often showed people the different sizes of stars, and they express amazement. And then I tell them to try to Fathom the space between all the stars now because it's infinitely larger.
@axthelm2 жыл бұрын
I was sad that in the last theory (the size of our universe) Simon didn't talk about the cosmic event horizon; the distance at which we would never be able to detect other galaxies because the universe is expanding faster than the distance the light from those galaxies would have to travel. Also the theory that our universe could just be the event horizon of a 4D black hole. Trippy and fascinating theories.
@PLF...2 жыл бұрын
as per the 1st theory we don't necessarily need light to detect things in the future
@axthelm2 жыл бұрын
@@PLF... true, but even shooting out entangled particles at the speed of light (which the particles themselves cant go faster) we would still be bound by the cosmic event horizon. I.e. if the rate of expansion of the universe doesnt slow down there will be galaxies no particle from us could reach, or from there could reach us.
@jeffersonott43572 жыл бұрын
I assumed he was going to talk about it, but, it seemed rather poetic and made me feel really special, and really humble at the same time.
@derdin82 жыл бұрын
He didn't talk about the dark matter all around either.
@mroxion82712 жыл бұрын
I think strange matter could have made this list. It is theoretical matter made of strange quarks possibly comprising the cores of neutron stars. It too is metastable but could be the catalyst to causing the False Vacuum theory to precipitate. In essence it is a type of matter that would convert anything into itself and cause a chain reaction throughout the universe, ending everything as we know it. Or not.
@abes39252 жыл бұрын
English please
@Heliocentric2 жыл бұрын
Strange matter is only hypothetical.
@wyldink12 ай бұрын
Not a math geek, but I do have a mild fascination with it, and this is my first time hearing about the Collatz Conjecture. I can't speak for anyone else, but that is genuinely mind boggling.
@kadlubom2 жыл бұрын
The particles aren't really spinning like a spinning top. They have spin as a property, but it related to magnetism not actual spinning - it is kind of more complex than that... And one thing more - quantum entanglement does not allow for FTL communications. The entangled particles does not communicate between each other in any detectable way - they are parts of one quantum system that behaviors non-locally, i.e. its properties does not change with change of its size or distance between its parts.
@stephenm61652 жыл бұрын
On the faster that light communication with quantum entanglement: I've read that this is impossible. Basically you can say giggle one particle and the other jiggles the opposite way. But the person looking at the other particle doesn't know *when* to read the giggles to make sense of them. It ties in a bit to relativity (perceived time is not smooth) and I think the impossibility of knowing the one-way speed of light is a factor too. Essentially it's impossible to sync two clocks up over a large (in astronomical terms) distance without having a connection of some kind (via radio signal), which defeats the point of communicating over a distance without a connection.
@Raging.Geekazoid2 жыл бұрын
Coherent quantum systems (entangled) aren't necessarily subject to the same restrictions as incoherent systems (normal). Recent experiments involve measuring one property of one particle and a different property of the other particle, and these are harder to explain without FTL communication within the entangled system.
@kevinbrooks90742 жыл бұрын
Internet conspiracy theorist confusing people into believing that knowing the speed of light is impossible...
@alankott31292 жыл бұрын
'Space is super empty, and it's super big.' Tell that to the James Webb telescope! XD
@GroofusDoofus9002 жыл бұрын
Using QE as a communication tool has been bandied about for some time now, and from a fundamental understanding seems possible. Although, you would have to physically deliver one end of the communication channel (device) to it's destination, which could take a while. Being able to instantly control and communicate with an exoplanet rover would be kinda awesome!!
@matgeezer20942 жыл бұрын
Yes that's how I'd imagined it as well, then you'd have arrays of entangled particles, the data communicated would be limited by the number of particles
@pmrd2 жыл бұрын
You can't use QE for communication because as soon as you modify one of the entangled particles you break the entanglement
@matgeezer20942 жыл бұрын
@@pmrd yes I have read that, it might be an insurmountable problem or, who knows, someone might come up with an ingenious work around
@pmrd2 жыл бұрын
@@matgeezer2094 Seems impossible without breaking the laws of physics.
@niftyp23202 жыл бұрын
@@pmrd can you detect if entanglement has been broken?
@becomingdungeonmaster32502 жыл бұрын
Wow, Simon! I love these scientific observations that mess with our ideas about the world. Makes me wonder if there is a "world behind our world" and these observations are seeing the intersection of realities . . .
@channingdeadnight2 жыл бұрын
modern physics makes Han Solo look like a frightened child. when the Milky Way crashes into the Andromeda galaxy planets and stars will wave peacefully as they pass each other by. How long should it really take to calculate a hyperspace jump.
@becomingdungeonmaster32502 жыл бұрын
@@channingdeadnight I can just see them waving . . . lol!
@darthnarat Жыл бұрын
Awesome Science Playlist!! Mr. Whistler, you are a legend homie.
@Comicsluvr Жыл бұрын
You have JUST the right amount of snark in your presentation. You can appreciate irony when you see it and smile or chuckle when telling the rest of us. I think I saw you break down and laugh once...ever...and it was over something worth laughing about. And yet, when stuff gets serious, it's presented with an appropriate tone and gravitas.
@waxilliumladrian2 жыл бұрын
Communication faster than light is not possible with quantum entanglement either. If both partners of communication would have an entangled particle, neither of them would know if the other has already looked at it's state. Without this information you can't get any information out of the revelation of the state.
@kanubeenderman2 жыл бұрын
right, that's why the US and China are in a race (and spending bucket loads of money) to build the first quantum entangled satellite communications system, with the US far behind of course.
@onbedoeldekut15152 жыл бұрын
With the final segment, you could've added that because 'everything' (contextually speaking) is moving away from everything else at an ever increasing rate, and at some point in the future, galaxies will be so far from each other that we'll never be able to see the next 'closest' galaxy even with levels of high technology that can't be imagined.
@trapperjohn60892 жыл бұрын
The universe is expanding. What is the universe? Literally everything. Literally everything is expanding.
@MalleusDei2752 жыл бұрын
Eventually according to that theory even atoms will separate.
@claytonhollowell44882 жыл бұрын
@@MalleusDei275 only according to some versions of that theory.
@Rosseboi2 жыл бұрын
@@MalleusDei275 atoms won't separate but entropy will eventually happen. What that means is an atom can exist for billions of years as but at some point the electrons, protons and neutrons (or the quarks leptons comprising them) will lose their energy. Whether it falls apart or decays I don't know. And im guessing it would reach a state of non energy at absolute zero......but fundamental particles are just states of energy as I understand it so god knows!!! Maybe they just dissipate....but either way entropy is the ultimate end for them.
@cougar20132 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that’s if the standard model of cosmology is correct. According to cosmologists, of course it is. Thankfully nature doesn’t care what that bunch of virgins thinks lol.
@brianmaiden11852 жыл бұрын
01:40 DID YOU KNOW: Quantum entanglement originating in Australia is technically titled _"Dinkum Enfanglement,"_ (previously _"Bunkum Entrapment.")_ 02:14 Quantum Cryptozoography: _Doppleganger / Doppelgangbanger._ 12:40 In the context / at the scale of The Universe, wood is astronomically rarer than diamond.
@fickyrisher2 жыл бұрын
12:45 and this is when you turned into Jeremy Clarkson, I was laughing out loud...
@mauno912 жыл бұрын
Using quantum entanglement for communication is as of our current understanding, probably impossible. We have no way of manipulating information on an entangled state. We can only measure it, once one side is measured, we can determine the other side. The nature of a quantum measurement is random. Even if we could force the outcome, in any way. Unless we can compare the results as instantaniously as the quantum entanglement operates, our transfer of information is still limited by the speed of light.
@Achrononmaster2 жыл бұрын
That is only half true. Every physicist knows entangled Bell pairs are already used for communication, but not for FLT communication (as you correctly point out), for secure encryption (preventing eaves-dropping).
@stabilini2 жыл бұрын
So, in theory, we could build remotely a telescope, just by teletransporting particles, and the get real time view from that telescope across the universe to know hoy it looks just now.
@gnarthdarkanen74642 жыл бұрын
Well... as they say, "Anything's possible in theory"... ;o)
@yahdood60152 жыл бұрын
3n+1 & n/2 seems pretty silly to try and "prove." As long as we're turning odd numbers even and dividing by 2, we will eventually reach a number that is 2^n which ultimately resolves to 4, 2, 1. Why are people trying to prove/disprove it?
@torq62 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking the same thing. The concept is so simple and obvious I'm wondering what exactly constitutes a "proof" by scientific standards🤔
@johnwagner2049 Жыл бұрын
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.
@BoomerZ.artist2 жыл бұрын
The last one didn't touch on the most mid boggling part of space. If it infinitely large, that changes everything we know about who you are. Everything has a finite pattern. Your cells, atoms, everything. The chances of you being the same person in another galaxy are very, very, very small. But put infinity on the other side of that equation and suddenly there are an infinite number of you doing the exact same thing you are doing right now. Infinity breaks everything.
@donkeysaurusrex78812 жыл бұрын
You know Perelman could have just taken the prize and gave that other dude half if he felt so strongly about it.
@ajstevens16522 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly. Coulda split the money between them.
@MyCatFooed2 жыл бұрын
He clearly felt that the failure to co-recognize Hamilton was, at the very least, an act of immorality. I say Kudos to Perelman for adhering to his own righteous scruples. Domari Nolo PA III
@mattelder19712 жыл бұрын
In addition to what you said about the size of the universe, it is almost certainly larger than we can EVER know. Why? Because what we can observe is necessarily limited by the speed of light, therefore there can be things beyond what we can observe because the light from those objects still hasn't had time to reach us yet.
@Achrononmaster2 жыл бұрын
Maybe. If we had a reliable cosmology model then we could infer the extent of cosmic expansion, without directly observing beyond the Hubble horizon.
@geronimomiles312 Жыл бұрын
I like the ' I don't feel like counting them ' answer. True smarts.
@zs1dfr2 жыл бұрын
Just one thing - that "colocanth" of yours is pronounced "seal-oh-canth". Thank you otherwise for a very thought provoking video. Now to decide how many of those 100's of billions of planets in the 100's of billions of galaxies sustain life.... 🙂
@DieNextInLINE2 жыл бұрын
I've heard it pronounced Cee-Luh-Kanth, as well.
@zs1dfr2 жыл бұрын
@@DieNextInLINE I think we are saying the same thing, perhaps from opposite sides of the Atlantic? Yes, the way I know it to be pronounced could also be spelled as Cee-Luh-Canth. Derived from Koilos ancient Greek for a hollow, for example, inside the body of an animal or human (eg. Hydrocoele - fluid hernia in a sac surrounding the male testicle). Not sure what "hollow" a coelacanth has inside its body to justify the name. Do you know? (have you read JLB Smith's original book "Old Four Legs"?)
@drbuckley12 жыл бұрын
@@zs1dfr Good response. Now explain to me why the English confuse "ground" and "floor."
@zs1dfr2 жыл бұрын
@@drbuckley1 Not sure of your question. Do you mean electrical ground, or just the place we stand on? I presume the latter... I don't think I confuse them. Ground means to me the natural Earth I am standing on. Whether on a mountain or in a valley, I am standing on ground. Is that what you mean by the word? A floor on the other hand, is a man-made construction, of wood, metal or concrete, not necessarily on the ground (think 6 storeys up), on which you also stand. If you are referring to a Lift (in British English - Elevator in America), Ground refers to the same level as outside Earth, and Floors refer to levels above that. Below Ground would be Basements. Not sure if I am clearing or worsening the confusion? 🙂
@drbuckley12 жыл бұрын
@@zs1dfr I completely agree. But if you pay attention to the English (in England), they mean ground as an artificial surface covering the floor, the floor meaning the natural surface underneath the ground. That doesn't make any sense to me, an American, but then again I'm not English. So there's that. I suppose we do say the ocean's floor, not the ocean's ground...
@ChrisNihilus2 жыл бұрын
Here's a 6 one for you. There is a very strange dip in the cosmic background radiation (a sort of picture of the universe when it was born), called the Cold Spot. It shouldn't exist, but it does. For now there are just a few ideas of why and nothing conclusive, but an interesting theory is that it's caused by an imprint from another Universe into ours.
@M2008tw8 ай бұрын
I think that for something to be truly mind blowing you have to have an example that can be visually understood. The next time you are on a sandy beach, preferably a very long one, pick up a handful of sand and let it sink in that there are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the world's beaches. That's mind blowing.
@tkskagen2 жыл бұрын
My mind is now "BLOWN"... Thank you for the seads of my further venture to learn more Simon!
@rikspector2 жыл бұрын
Simon, You neglected to mention just how far apart the planets in our own solar system are. It's one thing for Columbus to cross the Ocean and arrive at a place that was physically like Europe. It's a whole different matter(literally) on Mars which lacks the gravity and Bacteria and trace elements from which we and all other life on Earth was created. We are of Earth and most likely will be until the sun goes Nova or another meteorite solves all our problems. Meanwhile, while we are here with all due respect to Mr. Musk, he isn't Columbus and a supply chain to Mars over loooong distances is very unlikely, we can't even control the supply chain plaguing the world right now! Serendipity aside, perhaps he should spend his billions on helping humanity here and now! Cheers, Frederick "Rik" Spector
@rickythe2nd632 жыл бұрын
Columbus was such a terrible person. Can we make someone else's name synonymous with exploration? Himilco? Abubakari? Estevanico? (Just a friendly question... not "woke," WHATEVER that really means...)
@rikspector2 жыл бұрын
@@rickythe2nd63 Yes he was, but he was like so many of the Spaniards of His time, however my point was a bout the comparison between known unknowns and space. Cheers, Rik Spector
@rickythe2nd632 жыл бұрын
@@rikspector True. I whole-heartedly agree.
@trevordick2722 жыл бұрын
The only difference I can eke out is that, even though we don’t have a definitive time frame, we know we have a finite timeframe on earth. It makes sense to solve the problem of impending doom while we can, rather than try to save an unsavable planet first. The timelines make more sense to begin earlier.
@echoawoo71952 жыл бұрын
Simon, your understanding of Quantum Entanglement doesn't include Quantum Decoherence, or the process by which entangled particles become disentangled from each other, allowing their states to fluctuate independently of each other. In fact, the particle decoheres upon interaction with any particle because the process of interaction cause entanglement. The classical model example is a spinning ball contacting another ball and imparting reverse spin. This isn't what's actually happening on the quantum level when we talk about spin, that's just an analogy used from the classical model. There are a total of 16 such properties that any two particles can become entangled on, it can be all, or one of the properties. This is known as the Paradox of Quantum Entanglement.
@GlenHunt2 жыл бұрын
"If you think you understand quantum mechanics..."
@peterbigblock Жыл бұрын
The last one is just nuts. The idea that you could go from one end of the universe to the other without likely hitting anything is truly astonishing.
@vettemuziekjes Жыл бұрын
And still earth gets hit by stuff
@ericbabcock3130 Жыл бұрын
Why do supposed intellects keep selling the idea that our ancients all believed the earth was flat? Ancient civilizations like Egypt and Assyria both knew that we revolves around the Sun.
@McPilch2 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I like to take a moment and think about how - in a hundred years or so, let alone a couple thousand - we'll look back on "quantum theory" and "general relativity" the same way we look back at pre-heliocentric views of the universe, or astrology. Like, "aww how quaint, humans used to believe in things like space-time, four fundamental forces, particles, etc." 😂 Well, if we survive til such times.
@petergriffin3832 жыл бұрын
In 99999999999999999999 years general relativity and special relativity will be as true as they are today.. quantum theory still has room to grow, so I'll give that one.
@petergriffin3832 жыл бұрын
@@Mathguy363 physics doesn't have a "problem"... We know for an absolute fact that the quantum world has a ton of discovery just waiting there for us to discover it... the "problem" is there is not enough money to build the equipment we need to make those discoveries. The physics department is very underfunded, we literally need to save up money for 15 years in order to afford to make new equipment to answer more questions.. For example, they already know they're going to need a MUCH bigger particular collider than CERN, they need one 100 miles in diameter, that's HUGE, but they are still paying on the 23 mile one they have, it's going to take at least 30 years before they have enough money for the 100 mile collider they need, so until then we have to rely on the math which is unflattering to the public, nobody cares about particle physics, they care about Kim Kardashian... So it's not that we CAN'T make new discoveries, its that we don't have the funding for the particle physics industry because not enough people care.. so money is tight.
@petergriffin3832 жыл бұрын
@@Mathguy363 I agree with you.. but answering questions in particle physics gives us answers in quantum mechanics/quantum field theory, particle physics is different than quantum mechanics, but they have many of same answers they need before moving forward, and particle physics is where it's at! We have the technology down pat, we've worked out the bug's, all we need now is the money.. we certainly can't just jump over and start work on a brand new untested piece of equipment to look for string theory... We would be hurting ourselves trying to develop equipment that we still won't have in 50 years.. we have to make forward progress in a way that makes sense, which right now is a larger collider.. it's the closest project to our grasp right now, we could have one built by 2026, and it will provide more NECESSARY answers for both quantum mechanics and particle physics.. that's how it stands right now... So do you want a new particular excelerator in a few short years that will provide answers for everything, or do you want a piece of equipment we won't have until 2070 sucking up all of our time and budget money? I do appreciate the kindness in your response, often times people resort to name calling, but you didn't, and your response made excellent points!
@1pcfred2 жыл бұрын
It is more likely that our civilization will have collapsed in a thousand years and little of us will be remembered.
@AORD722 жыл бұрын
@@petergriffin383 but special and general relatively might break down under certain conditions. Like very small or large scales, within magnetic fields, or at the edge of the universe (if there is one). Just like Newtonian physics, it may be correct in certain cases. Didn't Einstein himself believe there were problems with relativity? Certainty quantum entanglement should still be in the hypothesis category, where are these quantum computers some people keep talking about? All sounds like peoples imaginations overtaking reality.
@geuis2 жыл бұрын
For other viewers: almost nothing he said about quantum entanglement is accurate. His dice analogy is broken. You can't use quantum entanglement to transfer information, much less faster than light.
@DrJeebus2 жыл бұрын
The dice analogy isn't perfect, but it seems fine for trying to explain it to a layperson. Also, we can't transfer information using it yet, but there's absolutely a lot of research into figuring out how we can
@cosmogoblin2 жыл бұрын
That's right. To explain why you can't transfer information: your friend has no way of influencing what their dice show, so can't influence what yours show. Imagine you had two dice, one red and one blue. You take one in a sealed box, and your friend does as well. When you look and find out yours is red, you know theirs is blue; but you can't use this to communicate with your friend, except by telling them "yours is blue" by traditional, light-speed (or slower), means.
@Pile_of_carbon2 жыл бұрын
@@cosmogoblin Indeed! And grabbing a marker and painting the red dice blue does nothing to the other dice because it breaks entanglement.
@leewilkinson63722 жыл бұрын
@@cosmogoblin great analogy! Clear and concise. This helps me understand a bit better why this is being looked at for encryption rather than actual messaging.. your "dice" could act as an encryption "key" based on which spin the particle has at the time of observation!
@Filthy_Rich_556 Жыл бұрын
I feel like I could get the same effect on a recording with a $30 pedal. But the natural reverb, in person, would be priceless.
@positivevibetec2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know it had a name, Panspermia, but that's basically what I've figured out since I was a little kid on how life is transferred planet to planet. The star explodes a planet near it with life on it explodes shoots bits of DNA into the vacuum of space ,lands on another world with a star close enough, mixes with water and Life starts again.
@chaospoet2 жыл бұрын
The size of the Universe part is just insane. Everything you just said applies to the part of it we can see. I've seen videos on KZfaq saying it is possible that the rest of the Universe beyond what we can see is so many times larger that it would be like comparing a light bulb to The Moon.
@ChopBassMan2 жыл бұрын
For a speech class in college, I did a comparative distance narrative about extreme distances and the size of the universe, like Simon does in this video. The professor let the class grade everyone's speeches - I got a "C" on mine because, literally: "who cares?". Nobody had a problem with how my speech was delivered or the content, it's just that - other than me - absolutely no one in the class was fascinated or even cared or had any desire to know about the size and vast distances in the universe. No wonder people think that folks from the Midwest (US) are a bit dim.
@thymenwestrum70112 жыл бұрын
That's got to be the stupidest way to grade a speech ever.
@adamsmall5598 Жыл бұрын
Not caring about the size of the universe does not make a person dim. One might say instead that failing to connect with your audience earned you that C.
@adamsmall5598 Жыл бұрын
@@thymenwestrum7011 Why? emotional connection is an important part of speechmaking. Everyone who makes money speaking knows this, and exploits it. That's why the news agencies love drama, disaster, and crisis. Letting the audience grade the speech teaches the speaker that his words, thoughts, and facts don't really matter if the listeners just don't register it at all.
@JT-rx1eo2 ай бұрын
Fermat's "last theorem" stood unproven for a really long time until mathematician Andrew Wiles provided the proof not too long ago.