Tyson and Wheaton were awesome. Would love to see just the two of them together someday.

"And that's whyI don't go to a Doctor , I go to a Physicist." At the end was hilarious. Love Star Talk . Never letting us down. Thanks.

3:30 - Just like Wil says that he invented a series of buttons to do each specific operation on the ship, William Hartnell, the first Doctor in Doctor Who said that the children would notice whether he was hitting the same buttons each time he did something, so it was extremely important that he remember, and that Patrick Troughton learn it (as long as they had the same console).

Wil Wheaton is easily one of my favorite people of all time. He truly understands the significance of technological advancement and he’s a great advocate for it. Really nice guy, progressive, and influential.

I love how passionate Neil gets

Wil and Neil need their own show together.

I love how excited Neil deGrasse Tyson is about science. :)

I would like about another hour of this Star Trek and physics and the Universe discussion. Interesting and funny.

Thank you, Dr. Tyson and Mr. Wheaton for making science fun and understandable for those of us who love it. *hugs*

That was amazing! That grabbed my attention, made me laugh out loud, and made me forget I wasn't in the room with these guys. What a great show!

I am still trying to get my sister to understand that we OWN the words 'nerd' and 'geek' now. This was a lot of fun. And those other three people? I like their ability to jump in, be funny and not disrupt things.

Wil Wheaton is just as smart as the character he played on the next generation....great guy/actor.

Not only do the doors open when you approach them on the ship. But they also sense when the character is going to stop and turn around for some more dramatic dialogue. They do. Check it out. DOOR: He wasn`t leaving, he`s got more to say, better stay closed or he`s going to look stupid.

I could listen to Neil all day long... He is definately the current king of of making science fun

I LITERALLY JUST WATCHED THE SCENE THAT WESLEY IS TALKING ABOUT AND ITS BLOWING MY MIND --- HE _TOTALLY_ HESITATED BEFORE THE DOOR, AND I NOTICED IT, AND THOUGHT 'huh that's weird' AND NOW IT MAKES SENSE. I love star trek so much T.T T.T

i worked with the guy that invented the mri, he was a trip! the hypotheticals, debates, i got so anxious to to find more theories.

This is easily the nerdiest thing I've ever seen SO awesome!!

(A huge fan of Neil, and really everybody on stage), loved it. I thought it was kind of funny that Neil didn’t break it down and explain to Kristen exactly what a light year is 😄. When I don’t know something, I like it when somebody talks to me like a little kid. 😊 It helps one to understand

It's surreal to hear and see how much Star Trek influenced the real world around us. Also, good jokes from those 3 :)

Loved it. Loved all the players. Laughed many times. Now I know I'm a nerd :)

Great fun. I love that they mention how Star Trek is influencing our technology... totally.

I really like the comedians. It keeps the topics lighter and gives you a laugh after some heavy thinking

Ya know, Kristen was the ideal comedian for StarTalks. She was letting the discussion flow, would make jokes at the appropriate time and not cut people off consistently, and it genuinely seemed like she was paying attention as well as enthused.

Watching this almost 10 years later! Love this panel!

The standup MRI is actually a real thing. In Umea in Sweden they have it to scan the patient in a standing position. For example when the patient has a neckproblem it can sometimes only show when standing.

Only Will Wheaton's optimism can make the world seem like a wonderful place lol

This is hilarious. As a science, Star Trek, and comedy. This is the best thing ever

I love this video. So funny. I had no idea Wil was so engaging. And I like the comedians there as well. Made it even more entertaining. This is the 3rd time I've watched this.

Science and humor. What a combination. Wait let's make a TV series. And call it the Big Bang Theory. This was absolutely fantastic.

I absolutely loved this! I am not smart enough to be a part of this group. But apparently, I am enough of a science/Star Trek fan to get all of the references. I felt like I belonged! 😊

This was hilarious!!! I love Neil deGrasse Tyson. You can see how passionate he is about science. I would love to have an opportunity to sit and chat with him.

Holy shit I couldn't be on this show....I'd constantly tell people to "Stop *$#&^@@! interrupting me!!!!"

This was just so, so good. Neil is just amazing. He could explain anything to anybody...how I wish I was young and could study under him.

Neil deGrasse Tyson is now my favorite scientist. Heres why: He is literally the High-Lord Supernerd. I felt like I was stepping into a conversation between myself and my friends about this sort of topic.

I love stand-up comedy, and I think all three of these comedians are funny. They did what they were brought there to do. I'm just baffled as to why they were brought there to do it. Wheaton and Tyson are charming and energetic enough to carry the show. Having Mirman, Tompkins, and Schaal there felt a little bit like having jugglers at a spelling bee.

"We used to build telescopes just to look at visible light, in the universe..." "--fools." LOL

I love that Will noticed Neil's sideburns.

Man Neil goes on so many tangents. No-one can finish their stories with him. Got to love it!

This talk was so incredibly good. Keep em coming!

All the Eugene/Neil episodes are perfect I'd watch a show with them two as hose.

Also, just realised, we got Kristen Schaal and Neil Degrasse Tyson onstage together, and this is before they worked together on Gravity Falls as Mabel Pines and Waddles the pig!

I have a 6 week Elective from IUPUI on my college transcript regarding this subject. Yes, I have a Star Trek College Credit. The physics of Star Trek.

Been to this theater many times, just across the I-5 from the Univ. of WA. The Friday and Saturday Midnighters are legendary. Film Noir ... to be sure. First place I saw Rocky Horror performed by audience members, complete with props.

Will should have said "That's okay we can give it more power" in a Scottish accent, I would have lost it. His puns are killing me.

This was fun. Thank you.

One idea that Neil has expressed in multiple interviews over the years is that people have a general interest in science but between schooling, testing, and their everyday lives, their desire and passion to learn gets essentially beaten out of them. Finding new, interesting ways to get people to pay attention and have a discussion/open their minds to science is important, and segments such as this can go a long way towards doing that. Having comedic relief (in my opinion) can also make these ideas more accessible to the common viewer. It is nice to know that you don't have to be a scientist, or even particularly smart in order to have a discussion and start thinking about science. Science doesn't always have to be serious discussion. Perhaps the first step into getting someone interested in science again is to make it fun and accessible. So for all of the people complaining about the comedians on Star Talk, you really need to get over yourselves and just enjoy the show.

I have not seen Toy Soldiers, I went to wikipedia and searched the film immediately after the reference at 2:19 or so and now I really want to see that movie. Sounds interesting and with several fine actors. Yet another step in my personal film appreciation class I put myself through. Thanks Eugene Mirman. For not only being funny but challenging my mind. Plus I hope i spelled his name right because that was from memory.

Lol the "So this time Patrick and I did the thing..." Reminds me of when Mica Burton mentions "Uncle Pat" [record scratch] "You mean Sir Patrick Stewart." "Yeah, uncle Pat."

neil degrsse tyson and wil wheaton is my heroes xD

Wil Wheaton is incredibly witty!

This was fun : ) Neil embraced indigo, Wil forget about those footballers, Kristen got a lightyear, Paul unstable, Eugene the last laugh

Just wish I was smart enough to hang out comfortably with these two and be able to contribute to the conversation. I'd bring nothing to that table, but boy would I enjoy the show!

"Whuil Whueaton" ~Stewie Griffin

Sheldon: "Wheeeeeeeeaatooooon!!!"

no matter how many times I listen to this, "Welsey" gets me every time :)

The BEST Star Talk has have ever seen!!! The author of Tom Swift Sr said "if man can think it, it can be done" or something similar.. See any of those books and you will about everything he imagined in use today. And don't forget Tom Swift Jr ✌️❤️😀

The Milky Way contains between 200 and 400 billion stars and Neil is on first name basis with a lot of them.

Gotta love Wil Wheaton! Defending geekdom successfully.

Awesome! Thank you for the upload, very fun to watch 😀👍

The thought that Wil did not finish (I think he was going here) is that the Prime Directive on Star Trek meant you could not go to the past and alter it in such a way that it would change the future (they actually broke this rule all the time). But by existing in our time, Star Trek may have altered the future by presenting inventions that inspired us to invent them, thereby altering the future [cue Twilight Zone music].

V.I.S.O.R. = Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement

Star Trek is a foundation for the future of technology. I think it is great that it has such an influence.

I love this!!!!! Everytime Kristen Schaal or Eugene Mirman speaks all i can picture is Louise and Gene Belcher and it the greatest thing I have ever watched!!

Just discovered this channel, looking forward to checking out more in time... ;)

Apparently I have to correct what Neil said about traveling across the galaxy. people in Star Trek never traveled across the Galaxy (except by accident - Voyager). Even going across a quadrant of the galaxy needed warp drive in order to not take forever though.

VISOR is an acronym for "Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement"

I got the impression that warp drives worked by creating a bubble around the ship which wasn't quite fully connected to the surrounding universe. It created a new frame of reference, one in which the speed of light is not exceeded by the ship, even though the bubble itself (not being matter) is able to exceed the speed of light. Thus the ship effectively moved at many times the speed of light without ever breaking light speed.

I have to say this is the first video I watch where I like Whil Wheaton. In this video I find him charming and funny.

VISOR: Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement

8:40 Ho ho hold on a minute! I've got to TOTALLY nerd out here... What Neil, bless his heart, describes is NOT warp drive. No sir-ee bob. What he is describing is technically more of a "jump" than what propels one of our favorite spaceships along through space. When you hear in a sci-fi show that they are performing a hyperspace JUMP, they're doing what Neil is describing. What a warp field does is more akin to squeezing a watermelon seed between your fingers. The engines actually WARP space (and time? help me out here, guys...) around the ship such that it literally squirts it forward very quickly. Which is why they can go faster than light and not reverse age or something like that. They are literally in a bubble of Space/Time scooting along. In a weird way they aren't really even moving. And as warp engines got more powerful (over the series) they began to be able to make that effect larger such that they reached to their destination more quickly. But whatever. There ya go. A "jump" and "warp engines" are not the same. Thank you and good night. :P

The funny lady from "last man of earth" asked the stright forward question how far is a light year. And I noted how long it took for Neil to get this question and respond to it.

Two of my favorite people together talking about my favorite things! Star Trek and scienece Yay!

You can dramatically increase the quality of the talk by skipping all comments from the left side.

I live in Seattle, how did I not know this was going to happen? Why was I not there? Fail on my part.

this was a nice combo, funny & relevant.. would really have loved this to be severeal hours long though :D

TOTAL ... NERDGASM!!! Being something of a Nerd myself Wesley Crusher was the coolest kid on TV. I mean the guy could operate a Starship, how cool is that?

Anyone else wanna party with Dr. NdGT ? Dude seems like he'd start getting into some strange universe-sh!t about 2am

FYI: VISOR = Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement

"...and I am doing a set at Stand UP MRI" Bravo Mrs. Schall. Bravo!

Wil Wheaton was my first crush, and I'm proud of that. He ended up being fucking awesome.

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i like how Will mentioned how star trek has actually influenced science....like it did in the history of the orville

As I understood the warp field made a space where the speed of light was far greater than it is in normal space. His theory of wormholes was not till DS9. This also explains why some regions of space were damaged by warp fields. Spacetime was warped by the field and did not just "snap back".

By far the very best Star Talk in the history of .... ever!!

"Welsley Crusher?" 1:59. What? It's Wesley. That cracked me up. And yes, this would have been much more interesting, informative and watchable without those three on the left.

Am I the only one who cringed every time Neil said “Welsey Crusher”? It’s “Wesley Crusher”! 🤯

"Some people think that is how Rick Santorum was formed" I fell out of my chair...that was hilarious! The Star Trek chat was the best!

Fucking Wil Wheaton had me laughing harder than all three comedians combined Jesus Christ that guy is hilarious lol

*Sigh*... It would be nice watching this without the 3 people to the left. They brought extremely little to the conversation. I imagine Will sitting there facepalming in his thoughts throughout most of the time they opened their mouth.

this is the most awesome geek fest ever! don't know how i missed it all this time

Wil Wheaton and Dr. Tyson were awesome and entertaining. The comedians were pointless and annoying, and actually made this less funny every time they talked.

I haven't read all of the comments, so forgive me if this was already mentioned by someone else. At 14:20, they start talking about the Holodeck but their first assertion is incorrect. The Holodeck was not an original construct of The Next Generation. It was originally seen in the The Animated Series episode "The Practical Joker" as part of the "Rec Room." Since it was seen on the Enterprise in TAS, it was always there in TOS, it just wasn't shown on screen in any of those episodes as it wasn't directly relevant to any of those stories. According to Wikipedia, "This feature was originally proposed for the original series but was never used." Presumably, it was never used due to budget and/or special effects restrictions.

This made me completely anxiety free for 33 mins. Thank you for that.

I'm afraid deGrasse Tyson will interrupt this comment.

Wil Wheaton is a very sharp person. I didn't realize the depth of his character.

"Geo-Cities & Web Rings" A+ in internet history Mr. Wheaton. (That took me back) I'd not thought you old enough buddy!

It's Star Talk...they get somewhat famous comedians and sciencey people to talk science and laugh...that's the premise, get over it. Yes, sometimes the comedians aren't hilarious, again, get over it. It's a great show, but you don't have to watch it if you're just going to complain about it. It's a big KZfaq out there, lot's of videos to watch, go watch them if you're going to complain.

Loved the show, but I'd like to see just Wil and Neil without the comedy folks there. Love the actual discussion.

seeing Neil hop around brings me such joy haha

I love how half the voices of Bob's burgers are on this episode