Have we reached the end of physics? | Harry Cliff
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- Опубліковано 25 січ 2016
- Why is there something rather than nothing? Why does so much interesting stuff exist in the universe? Particle physicist Harry Cliff works on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and he has some potentially bad news for people who seek answers to these questions. Despite the best efforts of scientists (and the help of the biggest machine on the planet), we may never be able to explain all the weird features of nature. Is this the end of physics? Learn more in this fascinating talk about the latest research into the secret structure of the universe.
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i like how them scientists work.
Bob: Did the detector find anything new from?
Steve: No.
Bob: Crank up the power and smash the particle twice as hard.
Well. This was actually a problem during the first run. The LHC ran on far too low energy wich was criticised during the first tests. The answers were also very inconclusive with what they predicted to find wich might be due to them not using the power that it was built for.
How normal people work:
*gets electrocuted*
"Ouch, I should be more careful."
How physicists work:
*gets electrocuted*
"I wonder if that happens again when I do the same thing."
Enderman 677 lol
The Tim Taylor treatise: If at first you don't succeed, double the power.
You mean the scientists who gave us every convenience and luxury of Modern Life. I guess you create your own smartphone from scratch how you just build it out of stuff from your backyard and you get on the internet with your own technology and I bet the computer using you just made that from stuff lying around your house right. Right on man those Dopey scientists clearly they keep getting in the way of your abilities
People were declaring the end of physics just a few decades before quantum mechanics was theorized.
Who was that guy that quit the Patent Office, saying everything worthwhile had already been invented ... 1 year before electricity was harnessed?
+Ken Lee We know of him but few remember his name cause he wasn't successful. It's a type of people saying, I can't think of anything so what can there be? There must be nothing to discover cause I can't think of anything.
+Cody R well there is a theoretical end-point, so at one point they will be right when they declare the end of physics.
Summa We don't know if there is an end-point. Intelligence can create new circumstances. We also don't know if there is a largest object. One suggestion is that when science reaches a stop, people start looking in other directions and reconsider ideas that were thought to be wrong from the ruling perspective.
In terms of finding an explanation for everything there is certainly a theoretical endpoint. Either determined by actually finding the actual total explanation or by hitting the limit of human comprehension.
Our processing system is certainly limited - vast, yes, but not limited. It may be that a total explanation of the universe is within our capabilities, it may not. Either way there is an endpoint.
Every time that gets claimed, we discover new things and then new horizons.
Eventually we may get to a point where more is to be discovered, but we cant see it. So I guess eventually yes. But not yet. Geniuses work at it every day and make new advances.
+Shkotay D we speak of we when referring to future humans, it feels more inclusive. they might look differently on us, wondering why we didn't get it, eternal life and all of that.
+Shkotay D "Eventually we may get to a point where more is to be discovered, but we cant see it. So I guess eventually yes."
That's precisely what he is talking about; that, in some areas, we may have reached the limits of information about the universe that is available to us. There are already some horizons that we know we will never be able to see beyond. If the answers to some of our outstanding questions are only found on the other side of those horizons, then we can never answer those questions.
ProgHead777 For now its like the neutrino down to the Planck length. There could be a vast array of particles and fields there we know NOTHING about, that are essential to make the universe run in that range. Strings could be down there too at the Planck length, and we have no way of seeing them for the present. They fit the bill theoretically, but they are just too damned small to test.
Heard Brian Greene speak about that. For all our knowledge, all it has done is parameterized our ignorance as Tegmark likes to say. The mysteries out there are myriad.
I hope with enough work into the future, people can look back at videos and laugh again at how some physicists were always calling for the end of physics. Its happened twice now, and afterwards vast new fields and knowledge opened up.
ProgHead777 I am forgetting QM as well puts a base limit on how accurate you can measure particles as well.
There may be some hard limits indeed to what we can see.
We'll just have to see :D
my man is one of them!! :)
have we reached the end of TED talks misnaming their videos?
no.
no we haven't.
Anything seems unsolvable until it is solved.
patel charvak yes but this is sadly unsolvable.
patel charvak yea with our technology and time its impossible to check other universes. Of course I'm right until I'm wrong
a fish cannot understand space-time. so you are right. and i mean you are spot on right.
The same thing was said about flying...
No, I'm pretty sure it is the end of physics. Ha!
Fantastic talk! One of the best TED talks ever (if not the best)!
No.
+andrew meythaler Betteridge's law of headlines
+Era Of Atheist Progressives (Yung Trill)
Don't need to. The title wasn't "Unified Field Theory Unveiled"... therefore it is sensationalist bullshit.
no.
First under NRW, now under TED Talks.
You surely are everywhere :P
I spent good chunk of my life dealing with measurement and application of radiation using various detectors of varying complexity. The question I have for the whole LHC experimental setup is how to measure such high energy particles of no charge using our atomic(electron) level based instruments... Aren't we already at the limit of possible observables? As a student of quantum mechanics way back, I felt the whole theory just wasn't very convincing being taught from the pure theoretical physics perspective. So I went and joined nuclear engineers to see if "God plays Dice( this was a popular question back in my days)." Well, after grinding through all the actual imperical data and vigorous application of atomic models, I realized that Quantum mechanics isn't really a mechanics at all, it was just what we had to do to describe what we are observing. In fact, classical understanding of particle interaction works fine, we just had no way of deterministically perform or devise experiments that can give us a classical deterministic answer due to the limitations in our way of observing/measuring, which I emphasize once again, limited to the level of atoms and electrons. We use "electronics" to measure and perform computations!!! Anyways, I rambled on long enough... h_bar (plank's constant/2*pi) sort of gives you an idea of the level at which we can push the limits of our observable capability. Unless, we somehow learn to work with (figure out how to engineer) particles at much smaller scale, I don't think any of this is going to lead anywhere helpful.
Man I do hope they find something..
This is a bit depressing
You make it sound like if what he purports is true, all purpose goes out the window. Physics is just a word. If it is in fact that we truly exist in a string of enigmatic universes, I find that to be a success, and a new endeavor under the umbrella of a new definition of "physics."
+Sky mantis Skymantis Last time someone built a giant super sized computer that was as big as a whole planet, it got blow up just to build a highway through the boring part of the galaxy, so I really doubt that they'll try again..
+SirGoodName blown*
+SirGoodName I think it was blown up by a neutron torpedo from and X-wing?
@Venturing into the Brine I think I meant a supercomputer, and a non metaphorical scale. Although, I do somewhat disagree with the statement now, due to the fact that the universe is probably made up of fairly simple rules at a large scale imo, then again... if it is one of the endless variations of string theory maybe we would need a computer much larger than that, or maybe we won't.
I was never good in physics but it was one of my favourite subjects in school. So crazy and amazing how life and our mother earth is made. So many questions to answer..
It's refreshing to see such honesty in this field of science.
To actually admit the magnitude of this lack of matter means to the Laws of Physics and to the Big bang Theory.
There's an acknowledgement that the other laws or constants are also another insurmountable problem .
I watched another Ted's Talk done by a different physicist involved with the research done at Hadron. His name was James Beacham and his approach was more on the typical side , which is to minimize the problem and present it as just a small setback.
He went on to explain how the press got hold of some information that had accidentally (leaked out???) and how the media blew it out of proportion . Media will tend to do that when their told that. Of course he blames the media and not the 500 and some papers that were written by some of the scientists involved.
He also mentioned that if they don't have success with the Hadron Collider, ( over 30 years to construct with 1000's of years of man hours and billions of dollars latter) we'll just have to wait until China builds even a larger one.
Anyway , it's nice to see information presented as it should be honestly by scientists like Harry.
It's a pleasure to see this type of honest assessment made by a scientist directly involved
with the research at the Hadron Collider.
You can see by some of the other comments prior to mine that theirs disappointment in
both his assessment ( and over 500 other full time researchers and 1000's of part time researchers ) in the limited amount of matter that has been found.
On a previous video made at the World Science Festival , the Lead Physicists in charge
of the Cern Project was quite surprised at minimal findings up to that point.
They can take about 600,000,000 readings per second and the equipment's power has been significantly updated twice.
This creates a real problem for all the theories on the origins of the universe other then
possible the multiverse which very few scientists think has any merit.
But no need for concern. Most people have forgotten the the multitude and magnitude of the
claims which were made over a decade leading up the largest science project in the history of science.
I'm sure that many of the claims that were made were sincere . That Hadron Collider
would answer how nothing was the cause that caused nothing to then become everything,
as well as creating the Four Fundamental Forces ( two he mentioned) with each of these mathematically impossible.
Harry deserves a pat on the back for his truthful presentation. Any person with an honest interest can read the articles in many of the scientific journals to the same effect , but with some optimism , researchers are looking at new theories.
Sure we might have to throw out most of the theories that were conceived thru millions of hours of research over the last 100 years , the same ones that were argued more as fact then a thesis . Not to worry , many physicists and other scientists try not mention these
constants and laws that govern the the universe that totally fail so many of their theories.
3:49
IT SURROUNDS US IT PENETRATES US IT BINDS THE UNIVERSE TOGETHER
No of course not lol. The more you learn the more you realize the scope of understanding widens.
Nice video with perfect title awesome upload thanks a ton ted
Excellent speaker: fast and concise
This conference could have been 5 seconds long:
"Have we reached the end of physics?" "No."
I am so glad he uses the term "unified theory" instead of the faux popsci "theory of everything"
The theoy of everything which fullfills all requirements was found. For inspection you will find it on my google+ site.
+Joh Jac
Link?
Dropbox www.dropbox.com/s/felv1wxcarcioi/Die%20Weltformel.pdf?dl=0
What is missing is a translation into englisch and the table of content is currently still incompleted.
How did this go, I don't feel like clicking it.
The dropbox opens only if you enable the special javascripts for dropbox-cloud. It opens very slowly. Try again. There is only the version in german language. 104 PDF-sites. But this is the orginal version for inspection.
Thank you for showing me this video. I am happy to watch this video.
I like his lectures, I still don't understand a thing about quantum mechanics but I addicted or entangled to it for some reason!
Didn't know Mark Ronson was into physics!
I invoke the Axiom of Experience!*
Every time the assertion "We have reached the End of Physics" has been made before it was wrong.
_____
*The future will be like the past because in the past the then future was like the then past.
This is called "the problem of induction" in philosophy and it was proven to not be a sustainable way to get correct answers.
A chicken thinks that farmer is good, and when he comes, he brings some food with him. Until one day he comes and chops chicken's head. That was induction. And it brought wrong prediction with it.
This Physicist is awsm. He is talking as he is so excited Like he is reading from a book
What a talk !
I love it
It is not the End. It is the Edge.
And touching the Edge is always exciting.
Because there is always more.
And because we have absolutely no idea what lies beyond.
(Great talk, by the way!)
11:08 Wait a second... DiD YoU jUsT sAy MiCrO bLaCk HoLeS?
This must be the work of the organization!!!
El Psy Kongroo
The video specifically focuses on the answer to one question, not physics as a whole
+fux yews Yes, the question being 'Have we reached the end of physics'
...Beacuse that's what he's supposed to talk about.
Because that's the title of the video
+Ultra Rik Huh, 'magine Thayut!
+Ultra Rik I think he or she may be referring to the famous question the speaker mentioned in the video rather than the one in the title, "Why is there something rather than nothing?" The suggestion being that there's more to physics than the search for a GUT, therefore the possible determination that a GUT is impossible would not necessarily mean "the end of physics". I have no idea whether that is true or not, but I believe that is what the OP meant.
Right, there is a very big road to a unified field theory. What this guy is saying is: "Have I Reached the End of My Job as a Particle Researcher?"
+Valken lol, I think you may be right. But we already have a reasonable explanation, which is the Multiverse theory.
In this fascinating talk, Particle Physicist Harry Cliff gives his pragmatic views about the 'limitations of science" and science can't give answers to everything in the Universe or about the Universe. The talk concludes with an interview and that also very nicely done. Highly recommended for the students of science, teachers and those who interested in the topic of Universe.
A very good speach!
no.
there, I saved you 13 minutes
except that you didn't. it's almost like you didn't watch the video but instead opted to make a joke that's been made a hundred times already. yes I know you wrote this 2 years ago but it's still stupid and you probably are too and you should feel bad.
C a l m D o w n
The end of physics will happe three o'clock in 2037.
+Derpster2493 Just after the singularity? Yeah, sounds about right^^
+Derpster2493 they will understand it 2037 at four o'clock.
+Derpster2493 how can that be if Jebus is coming back in another decade?
RAW FOOD PHILOSOPHY If Jesus returns to earth that will change everything.
+Derpster2493 Lookin forward to it
I truly hope Physics will be able to find something out of it all and continue on its journey because if not now I know it will be explained some time in the future but I want to be here and alive to see that happening.
This makes me feel like the people before quantum mechanics. I feel like we're on the verge of something new an amazing.
This is from a while ago... Apparently 2 new particles were discovered but not put into a formal paper yet because the scientists "Wanted to be absolutely sure"
Tom McGraw
That makes sense considering how irresponsible it would be to say something that ends up being wrong. A mistake like that could cost you your job.
So.. No. Thank s for getting my hopes up.
We progress in physics stopped today I'd already be awed, amazed and infinitely grateful we apes came to understand it as well as we have. It seems highly unlikely we will ever achieve some sort of complete fundamental understanding of it. Why would we ever expect that in the first place? But I think it's equally unlikely we've gone as far as we are capable of.
I think there's lots of surprises ahead.
Btw since this TED the LHC may have detected a new particle beyond the Higgs in the data. ( so there you go!)
Anyone who wants a summation of what is known about the universe, as opposed to possible theories, should listen to this guy.
Gravitational waves came out :D Start of the new physics :D
They too were predicted by einstein but only now confirmed with a billion dollar lazer.
Fascinating discussion.
the best explanation of this I I've ever heard.
As always, love his lecture. making mind boggling subject captivating and entertaining.
Thanks professor and keep up with the good work.
From Hker worldwide
I like the honesty of scientists. Even if I'm not that deep in to physics to agree or disagree with this I admire his capability of saying we might not know. Now contrast that with religions that can never say as a simple a statement as 'we don't know.'
We don't know is the greatest sentence and the most hounrable and honest sometimes.
The question of why there is something rather than nothing has a simple answer. If there was ever "nothing" or non existence, then there would never be existence of anything, because you can't get 1 from 0. Since things exist, they must have always existed, so existence of time and space is infinite. Trying to understand fixed mathematical equations is futile when you have infinite numbers. There is nothing finely tuned about the universe, it simply exists and is infinite, so trying to use numbers to quantify the existence of dark energy or anything else is pointless. It will never make sense because space-time is not a constant fixed value. Infinity renders numbers irrelevant, as the only number that exists is 1. 0 doesn't exist.
Ticia Grant Butt....In the beginning there was nothing!
Google quantum computing, you'll be very surprised that 1 can be 0 and 0 can be 1 simultaneously.
The idea of an infinite universe is no longer widely held at all. It might seem like a conundrum of how the universe began to exist, but that's really the truth. In fact, once you say it never began to exist, you enter into real irregularities. For example, it can never be explained why the universe existed from infinity-past, and suddenly went big bang only 13.8 billion years ago. If the universe was really past-infinite, and the big bang would have ever happened, it would be, in our observations, an event that had happened an infinite amount of time ago instead of what we actually observe.
You really need to think things through more properly. If it was really that simple, physicists would have figured that out by now. If someone really wants to claim they've made some insight that has solved the greatest problem of modern theoretical physics and they don't have any credentials, they must be immediately dismissed as a loon.
The universe began to exist.
I feel like the idea that we couldn't do something has been said many times before in science, it may seem impossible with our current understanding but in 50, 100, 200+ years it might be possible to detect other universes, or not. I really wish i could live to see it happen.
great Ted talk. I don't normally comment but this guy just simplified quantum mechanics and string theory. he deserves a comment 👏👏
the fact that this guy didn't use a belt really bugs me to no end.
thats what it was...couldnt figure it out ha
9:18 Mr. Cliff seems goes a bit German when he says universe.
chinese
Probably Scouse.
thank you for summarising what I learn these past half a year in few minutes.
cant wait for 2020,if we cant find anything new by then, then we might be in trouble, but I doubt 😉
do u still doubt?
I presume he hasn't considered that the question of why we have something rather than nothing is more philosophical than physically important. Prof. Lawrence Krauss, in his book "A universe from nothing" which I highly recommend; addresses this question and argues the plausibility of a universe from nothing, laying down fundamental but indeed theoretical basis for his argument quite impressively. His book by the way got criticized by philosophers claiming his concept of nothing wasn't valid, they therefore considered he didn't really answer the question; why we have something rather than nothing... They completely missed the argument though! Prof. Krauss made the whole situation plausible! That in itself is great progress!
Acceleration of expansion, dark energy, dark matter, multiverses, conditions prior to big bang, physics internal to blackholes, gravitational waves, and on and on. We are nowhere near the 'end' of physics.
this is very interesting but dont let it pull you away from the fact that the golden state warriors blew a 3:1 lead
Vlado Kovacevic same as cavs
L
I could listen to this guy for hours.
Awesome Video
too bad they canceled the even larger one planned on being built Texas
+William Miller
It cost more to dig it up and scrap it than it would have cost to finish it.
+Dream0Asylum yup oh well..
Universe: 'All things together'. No plural, no multi-. 'Universe' is the word we have for all existence.
+Brian McInnis wrong ~
Incorrect.
Excellent.
I wouldn't presume that a slight difference would mean the end of any atomic structure, just the ones we know. I'm no physicist, but wouldn't a variance in the Higgs Field result in an entirely new universe? Perhaps a different periodic table? Perhaps not even atoms, and instead another structure for energy / mass.
The universe is but a concept of my own mind. Nothing is real here.
But how do I awaken? Or shall I have to endure until the bell tolls? It will sure be a lost cause then.
right? i think about this all of the time. so interesting, the world we live in!
Another misleading title
great.thank you!
That is one smart dude! I'd love to have a beer with him
That's why AI is the future...The things which human mind is not able to comprehend will be understood by AI
said every fool!
AnimatedV no?
+AnimatedV Don't be so quick to conclude. If you were to show a modern digital computer to somebody from the 19th Century they would almost undoubtebly cry witchcraft or some such exclamation. Or if you explained it to them without showing it to them first, they would not believe you - I suspect. I'm a professional software developer and my third year dissertation was in the field of A.I. Of course it is not possible to produce respectable A.I. at present, but who knows what will be possible a century or two down the line.
There will never be an AI that is smarter than the smartest human.
All AI is and ever will be programmed by a human. Even an AI that can self program (like in machine learning) couldn't exists without a human.
Lucas Pelegrino. You don't know that for certain. Quantum computing is not too far away. Algorithms are becoming more sophisticated. I agree, for the present algorithms are produced by humans. However work is already underway to write software that writes algorithms. A good analogy would be the industrial revolution or the automation of human mechanics as seen in the use of robotic manufacturing.
Yep. There is officially nothing left to learn about physics. Now go outside and play.
I wasn't paying attention i gotta watch it again
there's much more physics than the quest for theory of everything
Scientists:
We are all about data and observations
Data: extreme fine tuned values everywhere,
Scientists:
Multiverse! Simulation!
Data:
Repent
It's almost like there's a creator that supersede's the laws of physics who's fine tuning it all to produce life.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about - Wayne Dyer
Is there not a good chance that a new particle has been discovered at the LHC that will upset the standard model. I believe they are at around 1.6 sigma or something like that.
Beautiful!
Two comments:
1) When the prof says "why is there something rather than nothing", he means why are there nice particles and structures rather than a mess of energy and subatomic particles. So by 'nothing' the prof doesn't mean really nothing at all, but rather what he calls 'nothing' are energy and particles that are not conducive to the formation of complicated structures.Thus what has been said doesn't shed any light on why there is something (anything at all) rather than nothing at all.
2) Evidence was presented that the universe is extremely fine tuned (from the higgs field and dark energy). It's interesting that so far the naturalistic explanation to this is a untestable metaphysical postulation of a multiverse. The multiverse theory requires at least the same kind of a leap of faith as a belief in God does.
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I'm all for the truth whatever it may be even if its implications are unpleasant, but so far it seems that a belief in God is at least as reasonable as a belief in a 'multiverse'. (And it also explains why there is anything at all rather than nothing at all).
So much unanswered questions in physics. So many holes in knowledge. Just because there are no new particles does not mean it is the end. Clickbait bullshit
+blackbomber72 The title was with a question mark though
Alex Trusk There is a Wikipedia page littered with them. Far too much for one physicist to cover even.
+blackbomber72 The talk was good, but the title should have been: have We Reached the End of particle Physics discovered on LHC?
+300096586 kinda... well I'm compromised since I already knew what he was talking about. I learned nothing. The presenter is really cool I bet. But the level of the speech was really low for me, since I am a physicist and I breathe this kind of stuff.
+Jachim Soyer I am a physicist.
It surely give a new meaning to everything in life
I find it funny how the idea of a God who fined tuned our universe is ridiculous, but the idea that there are an infinite number of multiverses is totally rational.
CPD XD101, I agree. He could and there very well might be a multiverse out there. My only point is that using the multiverse to explain our fine tuned universe without the need for a creator takes just as big of a leap of faith as saying that a creator did indeed fine tune the universe, whether or not there's an infinite multiverse or not is irrelevant in that scenario, because a creator did it either way.
***** I agree with that.
I heard on discovery news that statistically most scientists believe in God, so I don't understand why those atheists would think science is on their side when most of the scientists aren't. It does seem that the more famous scientists are all the atheists or at least agnostics though...such as Bill Nye and Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
Those two aren't real scientists. They are spokespersons for a cause, scientism. That is why they are famous.
real science certainly is
Have We Reached the End of Ted Talks?
Yes. Time to unsub.
You won't be missed
+Skog Mose Rings a bell...
Good bye.
+Skog Mose no it wasn't to bad.
***** whiners are on every ted video.
Edit:
I, of course, thoroughly misunderstood most of the theory and am a complete idiot.
What I meant to convey is that I think the nature of the Quantum field-like behaviour to be metaphysical and more information like, not having the properties of matter or substance. That I think the wave-particle duality is better philosophically explained in terms of an abstraction that has the properties of a monad as Leibniz has suggested, as much as I understand the concept; yet not behaving by pre-determined harmony but peculiar mathematical patterns that give rise to phenomena that has wave and particle nature. All this rather than conceiving of waves/flux as being things in an actual substantive field physically permeating space.
Higgs boson is only a prophesied result of a theoretic Higgs-field, I don't think it's proof positive.
I think the Higgs-field is very seductive to explain how particles gain their "powers" because it avoids another explanation (not strings or many-world)- that the fundamental nature of physics is non physical. Leibniz monad theory explains spooky-action and Higgs much better, imho. I'm not at all in agreement with harmonious synchronicity or pre-ordained harmony.
+Nadav Igra
Nice to see someone's done their research!
*****
heh, thanks. My understanding is superficial at best, I'm sure. I intuit as a layman that Higgs-field, string and many-worlds are dead ends as solutions to the mystery of how particles gain their mass power.
They seem like cop-outs; an attempt to return to familiar Newtonian grounds in face of the insanely abstract and surprising reality of quantum mechanical physics.
+Nadav Igra The higgs field doesn't explain particles having mass in any weirder terms than anything else in quantum field theory really. If you don't like the idea of a mass-giving field, I can't imagine what you think about an "electron field" :V
+Falcqn
Quite the opposite, the idea of a field imparting mass is much less-weird, seems to come from a desire to cling to standard particle theory.
What's an "electron field"?
You mean the probability wave-frontbeing collapsed?
Wasn't there that tale where Sir Stanley Eddington,I think it was, said,All that remains is more measuring.Apart from to clouds on the horizon. They were QM and GR.
Is this not similar,a bit early to say it's the end,we have only got up to 13Tev colliders.
Subject matter is very interesting, but this guy sounds religious.
Wtf? How do you make that inference? And what difference does it make?
Because Man doesn't know everything and have all the answers he lives but little while on planet Earth living in GODS creation.
+Rand Huso Scientist's aren't religious, it's because of the new finding: Higgs Boson= God Particle. It's the field of light that we can't explain, equals a higher existence creating our reality=Jesus. Even in the Bible 300 plus signs and symbolism that came true, it was predicted and they came true. No means of Science can explain this because without belief there wouldn't be that push of Humanity that we need to survive, it's an exisitense higher than our knowledge, it's the the alpha and omega
beacuse there's parts of "science" that you have to believe its there.
beacuse there's parts of "science" that you have to believe its there.
This sounds like a religious fine-tuning argument, not physics
Where do you think the argument comes from, it is physics.
Since the beginning of time we always get to a point where we think we've discovered everything we can. Then 10 years later we discover something entirely new.
Loved it!
God did it
lol!!!
EXATLY ! jesus would not of flowed in they air when he went back to heaven if he wasn't!! I tots agree with u
I am atheist bcoz have u ever seen god.if yes please show me.
smita shripad By that logic, the Higgs Boson does not exist as you haven't seen it, touched it or felt it. However, we can discern that it is there through it's effects. Likewise, we cannot see God or touch Him it we can "see" Him through what he has made. Is it not funny that everything is just right to support life? For example, he mentioned in this talk about the delicate value of the Higgs Boson and we know that that is just one out of so many. I know that the existence of God raises a lot of questions but the answers can also be found.
That would explain the why but not the mechanics. We need models to explain mechanics.
Stop trying to diminish theology with your red herrings and strawmen
Anyone consider God?
Useless primitive answer.
Darius If there is no God then you are right. If there is a God you are dead wrong
Darius What word should I use to describe a infinite being, all powerful, and all knowing, who created the universe and all life, including humans with the ability to have a relationship with Him?
That's excatly the words you'd be using to create an authority who explains everything you don't understand.
Which brings us back to my point: We created this in our heads. It's an instinct developed through evolution to explain the unexplainable.
Darius If there is no God then you are right. If there is a God you are dead wrong
People calling this clickbait but I have a feeling its because of their particular worldview. That being said, for our generation, we may be nearing the end of physics as far as our capability goes. Should we give up? No, but we should refine our work thus far so that maybe future generations can pick up where we left off. But I truly think some people are upset about this video because it proves that there are certain questions science will never be able to prove. Such as why were are here, how we got here (consensus on the origin of life, not just human but the first living cell) and the element of eternity whether that be an eternal higher being or space and time itself being eternal. Both are concepts that we can't even begin to imagine
What if we subtract the total mass energy in known space from that theoretical large number....would the difference result in a constant that makes more sense. Because Mass exists in the vaccumm and isn't removed from the total dark energy calc....I also am just vaguely familiar so hoping someone smarter than I has already tried this
I once ingested large quantities of LSD and it gave me a firsthand perspective of infinity in a sense of a smaller infinity within a larger one, which resonates a lot with this physicists problem. My advice is to stop focusing on the big picture, for it holds nothing useful at the moment, and continue focusing on truly understanding what you already know. Only then will you ever be able to comprehend what is seemingly incomprehensible, and you will understand that we're closer to the beginning then we are to the end, for the end doesn't exist. It's time to focus on quantum computing, let the machines do the job for you, and try to keep up, and once you understand, you'll see the predicament I'm going through constantly. You will see the wisdom in something we label as spirituality whilst its just understanding without knowing. You'll just see them as people with connections without the information to go with it.
I'm aware most of this makes no sense whatsoever to an inexperienced perspective, but I'm getting better at explaining what I already understand daily.
What this physicist says is true, there's a lot more universes with nothing rather then something, but the amount of universes finely tuned, as he puts it, is still infinite (hence the smaller and greater infinities).
Don't forget we're just animals without the information that was collected for us. I personally find myself embarrassed knowing just how fragile I could have been if my situation was any different. Let me put things in perspective; An infant child has no information in their brains other then what they recieved through their DNA. That means a lot of things, but first and foremost, it means no words. Don't get me wrong, you'd still think, but selfawareness and progress in the improvement of your thinking capabilities would be vastly reduced, for using information would be greatly limited. It still is, but its more limited by words then anything else. Why do you think physicists use math rather than words when tackling the unknown? I personally don't use math, psychedelics taught me how to think without words or math, but by using mere patterns (for a lack of better words). Not strictly visual or auditive imaginations, so to speak, but more. I have yet to find a way to explain myself properly on this one.
Every decision you ever made was an illusion of sorts. From the tinyest ones, such as looking left while waiting for your coffee at starbucks, turning your head away from the wind while walking home, scratching that itch on your knee, trimming your toenails or finishing your meal even tho you're full. Even the big ones, such as picking careers or marriage or whatever your mind can think of. All those decisions are what you see as control. You define yourself based on them. Well let me tell you you're wrong. You do both, or rather you do and you don't do. When you follow every decision you ever made back to its core, its always a simple yes or no. Both paths happen, but subjectively, you only choose one. Thats as far as control goes, but belive me that eventually you'll follow the other one aswell.
I am a prisoner of my own mind, altho that's just how i'm percieving it at the moment. To be honest I have no idea why I'm writing this down, it's not my usual drift. I tend to keep my info for myself. I guess I've been given so much I'm starting to see the beauty in it. (not talking material things obv.) Someone out there probably needs this to push through their problem, or maybe not. Or both.
Forget living in the moment, if you're keeping up with this, you've done enough of that as it is. Life can be like a chess game. True control lies in knowing your next few moves and branching them out. By understanding you can tailor your own decisions to get you to where you want to be. Rather than a passenger you can be the driver.
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No two things can occupy the same space at the same time (it goes something like that). Wrap your mind around that. Who's to say you're not it. Altho thats farfetched, considering I don't think of myself the same i was a year ago. But there's levels (or layers) to that. I'm talking about the core, no information, no ties. Just perspective as it is.
It's very difficult putting all of this into words, especially considering english isn't even my first language.
Thats as much as I feel like sharing today, for all this takes away from my humanity and I have to keep the bullshit going in order to survive by the path of least resistance in my surroundings (but not for long). No amount of knowledge will tear you out of the perspective you're in, only death will, briefly. (This paragraph was actually 4 paragraphs above but i find it more fitting on the bottom)
The easy way may be easy, but the difficult one builds character.
I had to make a ringtone out of yuffie's victory chant
Hmmzz.. if I could only remember the exact quote, but it was from one of the important figures at the start of the scientific revolution, it was something like "mysteries of life are infinitely beyond the understanding of men", that was a little bit before he got his hands on a microscope.
A month later (feb 2016) the discovery of gravitational waves at LIGO is announced. Good job, guy.
It was already theorized a 100 years ago, so it doesn't prove him wrong.
Pretty sure gravitational waves are a prediction of GR. Not new.
@@briandiehl9257 ... Lol...
Amazing, science is awesome, please refrain from using “fine tuning “
That light switch metaphor physically hurt me.
That's an unexpected and honest evaluation of the data that still applies today.
The largest and most expensive apparatus ever built and, the answer to the origins of
the universe has done nothing to support the theory.
In fact the evidence or lack of has shown the implausibility of the theory.
But not to worry , there are some scientists that arn't deterred by the complete failure
of most of the theories on the origins of the universe and are diligently looking
at new areas to focus their research.
I,m sure it will be something along the multi-universe , another explanation to
answer the insurmountable improbabilities that are required for the origin of
the universe and for live to have evolved,
Four years passed. Are there any news related to this since then?
Thank you !!
Quantum Entanglement and PhOENIX theory are going to utterly transform our understanding of physics AND our technology.
"have we reached the end of what we can learn about physics with our current tools?" would be a better name.
was this before the discovery of gravitational waves?
I think they should start looking at the possibility that some type of particles could be locked up in spacetime itself. Maybe that's where these new particle they are looking for are hidden.
Now thats what I can call a better intro
I sorta feel like that question is going to remain up for debate unless we look inside every corner of the universe and even still. We haven't even really left our home world, to think we have a complete understanding of physics is ridiculously naive.
Exactly what I was thinking. Physics will never be over. We will always look for the answer just like he's doing.
It's also that at this point in our evolution, we still don't have the capacity to conceptualize certain prospects because our brains aren't developed enough. And that's the simple answer. Now, weather we've reached the peak in our evolution, only time will tell.
The problem with physics is that the deeper you go, the more you realize that everything is made up of almost nothing.
And i think that somehow consciousness itself plays a major role in the physics of existence as well. I'm not sure how to explain it but when you take the time to explore the philosophical implications that without consciousness there is no time and no universe or laws or anything at all. I have heard the idea that consciousness is actually the primary substance of the universe, not matter, although i can't really figure that out there does seem to be some sense in that statement. For example, we estimate that life began no more than 4 billion years ago, but that the universe is 13.8 billion years old. Well assuming that we are the only life in the universe (it actually doesn't matter if we are or not, the same idea that i'm getting at will apply) then 9.8 billion years essentially happened in a single instant, because if there was no life to perceive the universe or nothing with any awareness or relationship to time, then it didn't really 'take' time to happen. Which then leads you to the idea that perhaps consciousness or some force, perhaps in a quantum mechanical sort of way, actually collapsed the wave of possible universes in which life could exist and therefore a set of physics became defined and a 'past' was created in an instant which we look back upon and assume is the beginning, the beginning was actually somewhere in the middle. It's a weird thought.
Does that make any sense or is that too far out?
Wallah it is much simpler than that.
Order comes from order
While chaos can come from order and vise versa.
But something can never come from nothing.
How much depth you will go u shall reach a stop where u can not have an explanation. The big bang can't start itself, let alone be this elegant and accurate. It is fundamental to pursue science for the sake of making life better for all of us and look for answers to the problem that may and will rise. It is fundamentally wrong to look for the key of a system while you are inside the system. Even though I am saying this as a Muslim but to be fair, here is the following. If we keep searching and finding out what is inside every system and what is outside it we will stop somewhere. A system can not have a loop in itself where it creates itself and sustain itself or in other way have a back door. Believe me all of these laws can be replaced by a million versions of laws that we can't even count, these laws are not unique. They are fundamentally working in harmony but that does not make them any special. The state we existed in, the order we see and the vast ever expanding universe are clear signs of a creator. After all, even if chaos can somehow produce order, then what made the chaos exist in the first place. What is existence fundamentally?