Oppenheimer's Controversial Legacy

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  • Опубліковано 19 лип 2023
  • This is the story of Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb. A brilliant man marred by pain and suffering. As tragic as some parts are, his life can teach us some valuable lessons.
    Nuclear War averted in 1983: • How One Man Stopped Wo...
    Some clarifications:
    - On black holes.
    While others such as Scharszchild were first to describe the theory of blackholes, Oppenheimer's work was the first full description of how blackholes formed. "Oppenheimer proposed the very first collapse model to describe how a star could collapse into a black hole."
    - Xavier Calmet, a professor of physics at the University of Sussex in England
    - On the photoelectric effect.
    His work wasn't so much a discovery of the effect but more an observation using the effect that revealed some truths about the Hydrogen atom, so apologies for that error on my part.
    - On Unit 731. (Including planned attack on America)
    www.nytimes.com/1995/03/17/wo...
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  • @ColdFusion
    @ColdFusion  10 місяців тому +305

    Some clarifications:
    - On black holes.
    While others such as Scharszchild were first to describe the theory of blackholes, Oppenheimer's work was the first full description of how blackholes formed. "Oppenheimer proposed the very first collapse model to describe how a star could collapse into a black hole."
    - Xavier Calmet, a professor of physics at the University of Sussex in England
    - On the photoelectric effect.
    His work wasn't so much a discovery of the effect but more an observation using the effect that revealed some truths about the Hydrogen atom, so apologies for that error on my part.
    - On Unit 731. (Including planned attack on America)
    www.nytimes.com/1995/03/17/world/unmasking-horror-a-special-report-japan-confronting-gruesome-war-atrocity.html
    Thanks for watching!

    • @MaSs1V31
      @MaSs1V31 10 місяців тому +12

      Finally someone who mentions the bioweapon intentions of Japan. It was very critical in the decision to drop the A-Bomb.

    • @neanda
      @neanda 10 місяців тому +2

      very cool info, thanks mate

    • @ColdFusion
      @ColdFusion  10 місяців тому +39

      @@TeknycMedia Yea! It was AI, but I think I'll put on-screen text disclaimers for AI generated scenes from now on.

    • @vags1234
      @vags1234 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@ColdFusion Can I ask where you got the footage in Göttingen from? That's my hometown, and I'm fairly sure that the church shown is not in Göttingen.

    • @enriquepageperez1305
      @enriquepageperez1305 10 місяців тому +2

      @@vags1234probably generated by AI hence the non-resemblance

  • @FlyWithMe_666
    @FlyWithMe_666 10 місяців тому +4997

    Interesting. Someone should make a movie about this guy.

    • @kaneSbreh
      @kaneSbreh 10 місяців тому

      Most likely politically motivated cuz hollywood. They gonna use nolans movie to propogate patriotism and try and win people over to keeping nuclear weapons instead of destroying them all. I hope im completely wrong tho.

    • @Matanumi
      @Matanumi 10 місяців тому +183

      Ummm.... yeah about that
      ...

    • @renegade5942
      @renegade5942 10 місяців тому +138

      Thats impossible to happen

    • @deinemamainhd
      @deinemamainhd 10 місяців тому +43

      😂

    • @andrewz1313
      @andrewz1313 10 місяців тому +244

      I think maybe that guy who made those Batman movies would be a good director.

  • @jmpattillo
    @jmpattillo 10 місяців тому +2026

    That some people “blame” Oppenheimer for the existence of nuclear weapons is absurd. Once fission was demonstrated, the cat was out of the bag.

    • @nuqwestr
      @nuqwestr 10 місяців тому +43

      yeah, a woman first purposed it, but that fact is politically incorrect. Lise Meitner

    • @utsavprabhakar5072
      @utsavprabhakar5072 10 місяців тому +76

      Technically he was the first person to create the weapon and use it on innocent people. If not existence, he and the US govt should take the blame and shame of using it on civilians

    • @Stierenkloot
      @Stierenkloot 10 місяців тому +95

      Not to mention the nazis would’ve made one otherwise and imagine how horrific that would have been. They would’ve murdered billions

    • @marquislexil
      @marquislexil 10 місяців тому +91

      @@utsavprabhakar5072 he didn’t use it on anyone.

    • @kayleighgroenendal8473
      @kayleighgroenendal8473 10 місяців тому

      Yup, when you know exactly who gave him the idea that sparked his process, and the guy who sparked that guy, and the guys that Oppenheimer told and then worked with.....you realize he couldn't have done it himself. It's like the INVENTION of the bomb hit critical mass the same way the bomb itself does 😱

  • @kenkioqqo
    @kenkioqqo 10 місяців тому +421

    I just had to pause the video and appreciate Dagogo for the storytelling. So deep, so immersing.

    • @realShikha885
      @realShikha885 10 місяців тому +3

      Oppenheimer is just and upgraded version of Alfred Nobel.

    • @lolQ459
      @lolQ459 10 місяців тому +1

      Sapa

    • @sponk-long
      @sponk-long 9 місяців тому +1

      Dagogo is great

    • @boohoo5419
      @boohoo5419 8 місяців тому +1

      yeah but he gets a lot of facts wrong this way..

    • @kenkioqqo
      @kenkioqqo 8 місяців тому

      I must have missed that,@@boohoo5419. Mind sharing an example?

  • @rickdeckard9810
    @rickdeckard9810 10 місяців тому +1166

    Crazy to think Oppenheimer had a role in the invention of solar panels and concept of black holes. Truly one of the great minds of our time.

    • @gaborrajnai6213
      @gaborrajnai6213 10 місяців тому +25

      I though Einstein got his nobel for the photoelectric effect, and Schwartschild came up with the concept of black holes...

    • @bangerxshane2962
      @bangerxshane2962 10 місяців тому +78

      @@gaborrajnai6213 there are many scientific discoveries that have been found by prior individuals that go uncredited for one reason or another

    • @xponen
      @xponen 10 місяців тому +20

      photoelectric effect is used in early video camera & night vision gadget (photomultiplier tube), not solar panel, 100% not related to solar panel.

    • @sudheerveturu6068
      @sudheerveturu6068 10 місяців тому +2

      Einstein also had a role in the invention of solar panels

    • @VariantAEC
      @VariantAEC 10 місяців тому +4

      ​@@xponen
      Maybe Dagogo meant to say "photovoltaics"?

  • @mikeschmitty4438
    @mikeschmitty4438 10 місяців тому +1359

    even though there are many UA-camrs riding the oppenheimer wave, im still here to enjoy ColdFusions presentation. Always quality work and unique perspective

    • @SuperChillTunes
      @SuperChillTunes 10 місяців тому +27

      I was sad to see him post this actually. Making original content is much better than following the wave, I would've had more respect for the video if it was posted weeks before the release of the movie, instead of when it was released.

    • @ascendrio
      @ascendrio 10 місяців тому +7

      I would tend to disagree, most content regarding him I find very interesting and in-depth. But perhaps the YT algorithm is being more lenient towards me for whatever reason.

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 10 місяців тому +5

      @@SuperChillTunes That was my exact reaction, I'm getting sick of hearing the same story over and over

    • @AGMI9
      @AGMI9 10 місяців тому +37

      @@LuisSierra42 no one is forcing you to consume every video put out mate

    • @womenwelove
      @womenwelove 10 місяців тому +12

      I've been watching his channel for years...always interesting and well documented.

  • @ArtimusDragon
    @ArtimusDragon 10 місяців тому +41

    My God, this was deep. Imagine being so close to discovering something so important and never even knowing it until it was too late. What a tragedy.

    • @joyg95
      @joyg95 9 місяців тому +1

      He knew from the beginning he was there to build a bomb tho

  • @andrewbest5854
    @andrewbest5854 9 місяців тому +9

    Thank you Dagogo - you do a great job of concisely covering his life, discoveries, and challenges.

  • @me0101001000
    @me0101001000 10 місяців тому +247

    I'm currently a grad student in Göttingen. The man's movie has become a kind of cinema festival for us. He's one of our most famous alumni, after all.

    • @deinemamainhd
      @deinemamainhd 10 місяців тому +7

      *Illuminati

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 10 місяців тому +8

      @@deinemamainhd *lizard people

    • @nuqwestr
      @nuqwestr 10 місяців тому

      Don't believe this Hollywood myth, it's as if Disney made a film about the atomic bomb. Run from it.

    • @Zeekiel
      @Zeekiel 10 місяців тому

      lol

    • @Tiberiansam
      @Tiberiansam 10 місяців тому +1

      It must be nice to be rich...

  • @BongShlong
    @BongShlong 10 місяців тому +700

    Oppenheimer sounds like a brilliant ADHD kid. The symptoms: difficult childhood, rage and problems with emotional regulation, inability to focus on a single topic, inability to sit still and study and many more. It seems obvious in hindsight, even though it's impossible to diagnose a dead person.

    • @DG-pt9wo
      @DG-pt9wo 10 місяців тому +47

      How is being spoiled as a kid a difficult childhood?

    • @TheContrariann
      @TheContrariann 10 місяців тому +2

      Really 🥺

    • @OK-hl6qd
      @OK-hl6qd 10 місяців тому +54

      he tried to kill his buddy and professor. sounds like lunatic to me

    • @Tyani-sz6cg
      @Tyani-sz6cg 10 місяців тому +61

      I'd say more Aspergers like with a side of ADD and Affluenza

    • @minerj101
      @minerj101 10 місяців тому +8

      That was my impression when watching the Veritasium on the topic.

  • @LoisSharbel
    @LoisSharbel 10 місяців тому +5

    Dagogo, you create the most informative and interesting videos of all the individuals I follow, and I follow some brilliant people. Thank you for all your hard work and creativity!

  • @casadoroger
    @casadoroger 10 місяців тому +32

    The production quality of your videos never ceases to amaze me. Masterfully done, Dagogo.

  • @wc1788
    @wc1788 10 місяців тому +180

    Wow. To think of Oppenheimer, a person who achieved so much, as someone of “wasted” potential provides a perspective of just how brilliant he was. Black holes, solar… just imagine if WWII hadn’t happened or if he lived until 80, 90.

    • @avroarchitect1793
      @avroarchitect1793 10 місяців тому +22

      then all of his theories would have stayed on paper and not been tested in his lifetime. The Cold War was the political impetus for funding the science and engineering to the degree we saw in his lifetime. War and the threat of it drives investment into innovation far faster than anything else.

    • @JuanWonOne
      @JuanWonOne 10 місяців тому +8

      ​@avroarchitect1793
      I hate that thee statement you make is so very true. Find a way to kill things first, then adapt it to non lethal purposes.

    • @avroarchitect1793
      @avroarchitect1793 10 місяців тому +9

      @@JuanWonOne such is the dark nature of humanity and life

    • @Bjorick
      @Bjorick 9 місяців тому +1

      do you own research OP. He didn't discover these things, he COULD have possibly discovered these things, but other people did the work, and cold fusion is in engaged in hero worship, giving other people's hard work to a failure of a man without proof, evidence, and most damning, without emotional detachment
      Oppy didnt do any of that, he could have, but he choose not to - and the study that led to solar panels was due to the hard work of a LOT of people, Oppy didn't have that in him

    • @trip5003
      @trip5003 9 місяців тому +2

      Maybe if he had not chain smoked cigaretts he would have lived a lot longer

  • @clarkpeters8273
    @clarkpeters8273 10 місяців тому +281

    If he hadn't been the person he was, including his regretted tendency to lose interest in projects, we wouldn't be waiting for a movie about him. It would have been, possibly, someone else that is credited with creating the atom bomb. We can't judge any person's life by what might have been; just by what was.

    • @bob.bishop
      @bob.bishop 10 місяців тому +16

      When he had to focus when it counted, he did.

    • @ismailnyeyusof3520
      @ismailnyeyusof3520 10 місяців тому +14

      ⁠@@bob.bishophe was practically a genius at birth, a veritable walking fissile grade material by himself. Just like the Manhattan Project he led, he needed someone, or a few someones, to design his thoughts and act as a trigger for the explosive material that was his brain.

    • @OK-hl6qd
      @OK-hl6qd 10 місяців тому

      yeah an attempted murderer

    • @shadmanabid70
      @shadmanabid70 10 місяців тому

      so based on what should we judge?

    • @neildutoit5177
      @neildutoit5177 10 місяців тому

      "credited" ???

  • @lilytea3
    @lilytea3 8 місяців тому +164

    0:00: 👤 The life of J Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, is explored, highlighting his remarkable intellect, conflicts, and the complex nature of his legacy.
    7:04: 👨‍🔬 J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the Manhattan Project and his leadership skills.
    8:56: 💣 The Manhattan Project successfully developed atomic bombs, which were deployed due to the urgency of the Pacific War and the threat of a Japanese biological attack on the American West Coast.
    15:04: 💣 The devastating decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki resulted in catastrophic casualties and marked a new chapter in warfare.
    19:32: 😔 Robert Oppenheimer's career and reputation suffered after being accused of having communist ties, and he missed out on significant scientific discoveries due to his lack of focus and interest in other topics.
    23:14: 💣 Oppenheimer's story is a reminder of the power and responsibility of human knowledge in the face of nuclear weapons.
    Recap by Tammy AI

    • @ambition112
      @ambition112 8 місяців тому +1

      thanks for saving my time with this useful time stamps! love Tammy AI

  • @PhillipAmato
    @PhillipAmato 10 місяців тому +1

    Congratulations on another addition to your library of great doco's .. Always love your work .. 👏

  • @CharlotteForbes
    @CharlotteForbes 10 місяців тому +163

    Beautiful film! As a physics major, I didn't even know about Oppenheimer's unearthed discoveries. I watch all of ColdFusion's films as a subscriber, and they are all well-researched and beautifully put together. It's amazing that someone who accomplished so much was so hard on himself in the end. Oppenheimer was directly and indirectly responsible for the final outcome of WWIII.

    • @rkgsd
      @rkgsd 10 місяців тому +4

      You say you're amazed someone who accomplished so much was that hard on himself. It's simple...knowing that over a 100,000 innocent Japanese citizens were fried can weigh on the conscience of some more than others, especially when you're the first and only country to use nuclear weapons on another country thus far.

    • @CharlotteForbes
      @CharlotteForbes 10 місяців тому +3

      @@rkgsd Very true, and of course, normal individuals such as myself can't imagine such a burden. It's just that the Japanese military (not the innocent civilians) had been planning to release a bubonic plague bomb on the US within mere weeks. So, if I may put myself in the US government's shoes of the time, there was no end in sight to war and countless lives would have been lost still, in most cruel and inhumane ways. So, I'm not in a position to comment on whether or not it was ethical for the US to have ultimately decided to release the bomb. All I can say, however, is that the US likely weighed the pros and cons in terms of life loss too and decided to move forward. I'm *not* justifying things, as this is not my area of expertise so I hold no authority to comment on ethics.
      That said, I'm still stunned that Oppenheimer was so hard on himself indeed. He still accomplished far more than the average individual could ever accomplish during his or her lifetime. I suppose this really demonstrates that genius can bear a burden as much as providing a gift.

    • @rkgsd
      @rkgsd 10 місяців тому

      @@CharlotteForbes I don't think of weapons that instantly kill hundreds of thousands as "gifts". I think of things like electricity, air conditioning, the light bulb, refrigeration, the toilet, running water, sewer systems, disease-stoppping drugs, MRI machines, etc. I do agree that some kind of magic bullet was needed to end the war.

    • @ssgamer1001
      @ssgamer1001 10 місяців тому

      Who is oppenheimer

    • @msabedra1
      @msabedra1 10 місяців тому

      @@rkgsdthe bomb saved lives

  • @maxweinbach3996
    @maxweinbach3996 10 місяців тому +105

    Hot take - The quote “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds” is not directly from the Bhagavad Gita but rather a paraphrase of a verse in the Gita.
    The verse is part of a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Krishna reveals his universal form, a divine manifestation displaying his supreme power and cosmic nature, the Supreme Lord Vishnu.
    The Supreme Lord (Vishnu) said: "I am the world-destroying Time, [Time: The supreme God with His limiting adjunct of the power of action.] grown in stature [Pravrddhah, mighty] and now engaged in annihilating the creatures. Even without you, all the warriors who are arrayed in the confronting armies will cease to exist!" In other words - "Time I am, the great destroyer of the worlds, and I have come here to destroy all people."
    Arjuna is awe-struck and becomes aware of the immense destructive power that Krishna wields as the God of Time (Vishnu).
    So let’s step back and ask who Oppenheimer is meant to be in this situation. Oppenheimer is not Krishna/Vishnu, not the god, not the “destroyer of worlds” - he is Arjuna, the human prince! He is the one who didn’t really want to kill his brothers/fellow people. But he has been enjoined to battle by something bigger than himself - physics, fission, the atomic bomb, (Lord Krishna/Vishnu). During war (WWII) - and only at the moment when it truly reveals its nature, the Trinity test, does he fully see why he, a man who hates war, is compelled to battle. Oppenheimer is merely the man who is witnessing it while Krishna is the embodiment of the bomb (the tool of war), and Lord Vishnu is the supreme power, the destroyer of worlds (nuclear fission).

    • @_Thorondor
      @_Thorondor 10 місяців тому +1

      Interesting background, thank you for the elaboration.

    • @TKIvanov
      @TKIvanov 10 місяців тому +4

      Pin this!

    • @SafavidAfsharid3197
      @SafavidAfsharid3197 10 місяців тому +1

      I think like Arjuna he was compelled to do his dharma.

    • @bingrusginckle
      @bingrusginckle 10 місяців тому +3

      Incredible comment shud b higher

  • @maerryofficial5435
    @maerryofficial5435 10 місяців тому

    the quality of your videos is amazing! thank you for keeping this up! can't wait for the next youtube notification :D cheers man!!

  • @kal2352
    @kal2352 9 місяців тому +1

    While Oppenheimer didn’t win a Nobel prize, he is an iconic figure of history. Who could say that his work in advocating for the dangers of nuclear weapon isn’t more important than his other discoveries.

  • @MeetThaNewDealer
    @MeetThaNewDealer 10 місяців тому +261

    "Robert Oppenheimer saved the world by giving us the ability to destroy it." Unknown Author

    • @me0101001000
      @me0101001000 10 місяців тому +10

      Probably one of his colleagues. Maybe Fermi? Then again, Teller outdid him with the H-bomb.

    • @xavierb9061
      @xavierb9061 10 місяців тому +30

      Truth hes american so positive spin. If he was foreigner he would be "evil"

    • @bottleflaskan802
      @bottleflaskan802 10 місяців тому +1

      #im14andthisisdeep

    • @meatusshaft300
      @meatusshaft300 10 місяців тому

      This! 💯

    • @BigTrees4ever
      @BigTrees4ever 10 місяців тому

      lol

  • @timmcdowell4092
    @timmcdowell4092 10 місяців тому +280

    Brilliant man. Sad to hear of his personal struggles. However, i believe that this is a common occurrence with those so gifted

    • @ivanleon6164
      @ivanleon6164 10 місяців тому +30

      im a physicist and while studying is one of the first thing you learn, talent + hard work beats genius. Physics requires lot and lot of continous effort, not a quick eureka moment.

    • @ENovaM
      @ENovaM 10 місяців тому +9

      @@ivanleon6164 Oppenheimer was a spoiled ultra wealthy mump. Anyone with that much money could have the opportunity to become great.

    • @user-tq2ot5be2l
      @user-tq2ot5be2l 10 місяців тому +6

      @@ivanleon6164 or you simply figure out what works for you. just because someone has a slight advantage doesn't mean they don't put in a lot of hard work and hours. the real cope is thinking gifted individuals have "eureka moment[s]" to make oneself feel better instead of focusing on things that genuinely matter.

    • @blackwatchpilot5329
      @blackwatchpilot5329 10 місяців тому +29

      ​@@user-tq2ot5be2lbeing born rich is not a "slight" advantage, lmfao

    • @user-tq2ot5be2l
      @user-tq2ot5be2l 10 місяців тому +3

      ​@@blackwatchpilot5329 when did i mention being rich?
      edit: i didn't mean oppenheimer. that's why i used the word "someone" instead of "he". crazy, right?

  • @bc-guy852
    @bc-guy852 10 місяців тому +8

    You, Dadogo, are one of the greatest discoveries of the decade!
    Every episode - epic.
    Thank you for what you do.

  • @Bthdk
    @Bthdk 9 місяців тому +34

    I can't ever say enough how great ColdFusion videos are. I think the kids in the future are so lucky to have videos like this to learn about the world. Please continue to make great videos like this.

    • @jayo3074
      @jayo3074 3 місяці тому

      What does this comment have to do with the video?

  • @explosivedude8295
    @explosivedude8295 10 місяців тому +7

    He failed to kill his tutor with the poisoned apple so he learnt from his mistake and made a nuke to kill 180000 people somewhere else.

    • @mjolninja9358
      @mjolninja9358 10 місяців тому

      I mean thats what their ancestors have been doing since who knows, they like killing and destruction.

    • @sa34w
      @sa34w 10 місяців тому

      He didn't intend to kill

    • @explosivedude8295
      @explosivedude8295 9 місяців тому

      @@sa34w Oh, the Technical director of Manhattan project who is one of the most renounced physicist and is developing the Nuclear bomb having an explosion capacity of couple kilotonns of TNT didn't know Americans would use it to kill people?

  • @johnsherby9130
    @johnsherby9130 10 місяців тому +5

    Imagine accidentally discovering black holes and solar energy but then you get bored and forget about it

  • @chrissickler1977
    @chrissickler1977 10 місяців тому

    One of your best videos yet!! Thanks Degogo!!

  • @blipmachine
    @blipmachine 9 місяців тому +1

    Here's an incredible fact that not many people are talking about: The Hollywood filmmaker Christopher Nolan released a movie called Oppenheimer last month. Not only is the name of the movie the same as the real life Oppenheimer discussed in this video, the film is about a man who invented an atomic bomb during world war II. The similarities and coincidences are striking! What are the chances?

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam 10 місяців тому +92

    Oppenheimer's creation is so wild that Japan didnt even premiere his movie

    • @wizard_dynamo
      @wizard_dynamo 10 місяців тому +96

      They have seen it already.

    • @seeingblind2
      @seeingblind2 10 місяців тому +12

      ​@@wizard_dynamoah 😂 damn it.

    • @roflmfao4life
      @roflmfao4life 10 місяців тому +10

      ​@@wizard_dynamoBruhhhhhh 😂😂😂

    • @me0101001000
      @me0101001000 10 місяців тому +18

      @@wizard_dynamo can't beat the live show, I guess

    • @spicychad55
      @spicychad55 10 місяців тому +2

      Nevada loved the movie so much they watched it over a dozen times!

  • @JosephKamau9073
    @JosephKamau9073 10 місяців тому +101

    The amount of buzz this movie has created is amazing.

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 10 місяців тому +4

      According to the critics, the hype will pay off

    • @nuqwestr
      @nuqwestr 10 місяців тому +4

      buzz paid for, this is a Disney like production of the atomic bomb, pure nonsense

    • @vectoralphaAI
      @vectoralphaAI 10 місяців тому +7

      @@nuqwestr Nothing to do with Disney

    • @maclivingston9268
      @maclivingston9268 9 місяців тому

      It was ok. Seemed like a documentary without the narration. The score and background music sucked!!! They overdid the music heavily. I don't know if Hanz Zimmerman would've done any better because of the pace of the movie. The sex scene and naked scene was useless. If that's what made it rated R, they would've been more honorable showing the visuals on the injuries and death from the bombs. They only spoke about it in the movie.

    • @msmith53
      @msmith53 9 місяців тому

      His Story... not fiction!
      I lived then...

  • @uu11wa
    @uu11wa 10 місяців тому

    Loved your videos since the very early days. You’re a legend

  • @Real_JMIH
    @Real_JMIH 8 місяців тому

    wow, you never disappoint me with your videos. keep it up.

  • @ismailnyeyusof3520
    @ismailnyeyusof3520 10 місяців тому +22

    I got so much out of this Cold Fusion episode on Oppenheimer, as usual a great job by Dagogo. I think the best part is that Oppenheimer’s genius was not lost, despite his personal missed opportunities, he achieved a whole lot more in his rather short career than most of humanity ever does. He truly stood shoulder to shoulder with giants. Like the movie scene where the explosion of the first nuclear bomb was experienced by intense light and the sound of the blast came later, it is only now that the world hears the blast of Oppenheimer’s greatness!

  • @nicholaspopovic3923
    @nicholaspopovic3923 10 місяців тому +7

    Oh my God - the speed you put content out is amazing. Even more amazing is that your content is higher quality than 90% of UA-cam. Bravo and good job - you deserve all the best! :)

  • @NextSan999
    @NextSan999 9 місяців тому +1

    I have increasingly loved this channel 👏👏 thanks for the great and very professional content.

  • @Nyxeme
    @Nyxeme 10 місяців тому

    Another fantastic video. Great job Dagogo. 👏

  • @devourtheirsouls
    @devourtheirsouls 10 місяців тому +22

    I am literally more excited to watch Dagogo’s episode on Oppenheimer than a full feature film created by famous names and studios

  • @Magik3A
    @Magik3A 10 місяців тому +65

    It's amazing how the right words at the right time can ignite a spark within us. Thank you for this motivational boost at the end of the video. 💖

    • @ThunderSims
      @ThunderSims 9 місяців тому

      Damn. Wish he thanked you for the $$ :(

  • @BobIzam
    @BobIzam 9 місяців тому +2

    I love how you and veritasium made such different videos covering the exact same person and events. Shows how important perspective is

  • @JhabruTiger
    @JhabruTiger 9 місяців тому +3

    The Bhagvad Gita wasn't translated to English by Bob, but by his tutor at UC Berkeley, Arthur Ryder. The original Sanskrit version says "Kaal". Kaal means Time.
    Context: In the battle of Mahabharata, on the battlefield, the prince Arjuna felt helpless on seeing his loved ones on the other side of the battlefield. He knew his battle skills & thought that while fighting his own cousins & teachers, he'd end up killing them or at least severely injuring them. This threw him into a dilemma (much like what Oppenheimer faced after the nuclear tests). His charioteer, Krishna, tried to motivate him, but in vain. In a sort of last ditch attempt, Krishna who is actually the avatar of Lord Vishnu, took the form of his Eternal Self, as Lord Vishnu, and recited the Gita to Arjuna, telling him how he needs to do his duties because He i.e. God, intended it that way. Lord Vishnu's detailed advice is what the Bhagvad Gita basically is.
    This dialogue that has now become world famous, appears in Chapter 11, verse 32. In it, Vishnu says he's 'Kaal', or Time... contextually meaning, the Time-Spirit. What he meant to tell Arjuna was He is Time, and Time comes for all. Time is actually the ultimate destroyer. Think about it .. every second we waste, is a second destroyed & never coming back. What Vishnu meant to convey to Arjuna was, whether you do your duties or no, Time finally comes for us all, so keep doing your duties to the best of your abilities & let Time take care of everything else.
    This 'Kaal' was wrongly translated by Oppenheimer's tutor Ryder, as 'Death'.
    It should actually mean, "I am the Time-Spirit, the destroyer of worlds."

  • @SY-jq4yw
    @SY-jq4yw 10 місяців тому +8

    His genius overwhelmed his mental capacity, too much to bear of his conscience.

  • @theshadowman1398
    @theshadowman1398 10 місяців тому +104

    Can’t wait to see the movie. Pretty much the only movie this year I am looking forward to.

    • @activatekruger446
      @activatekruger446 10 місяців тому +2

      I heard Cillian Murphy "hangs dong" in the film, so I hope you're prepared for that.

    • @Steve-lu1nc
      @Steve-lu1nc 10 місяців тому +2

      @@activatekruger446 Rest assured you can't see any dong lol and the scene is around 1/2min not 15 as some on the internet mentioned

    • @shimadabr
      @shimadabr 10 місяців тому +12

      What about BARBIEEE??

    • @Erik20766
      @Erik20766 10 місяців тому +4

      Dune?

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 10 місяців тому +4

      @@Erik20766 Yes, the most anticipated for me

  • @El.Duder-ino
    @El.Duder-ino 9 місяців тому

    Thx for making this ep!

  • @flairmaister
    @flairmaister 10 місяців тому +3

    Love your work, thank you for continuing to create these great videos. One question, can you make a (audio only) podcast version as well?

  • @Aze876
    @Aze876 10 місяців тому +18

    I definitely needed to watch this - I'm currently a PhD engineering student, struggling with the same tendencies to "keep moving on to the next shiny object". It's a hard journey, but comforting to realize it's one we all face, even people much smarter (and conflicted) than ourselves. Definitely looking forward to the movie, and thank you again ColdFusion for another excellently curated episode! 👏

    • @ilikeplayingffftonecluster851
      @ilikeplayingffftonecluster851 10 місяців тому

      Do you happen to have an ADHD diagnoses? Just from the descriptions of him I’m almost certain he had it as well.

    • @dogstick12
      @dogstick12 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@ilikeplayingffftonecluster851no one sticks to only one topic, the human mind correlates all kinds of info daily

  • @I-0-0-I
    @I-0-0-I 10 місяців тому +12

    This was EXCELLENT. Great job on a complex man and a more complex topic.

    • @Niamato_inc
      @Niamato_inc 10 місяців тому

      Thank you wholeheartedly.

  • @SauvikRoy
    @SauvikRoy 10 місяців тому +2

    Please make one video about Marie Curie also!
    This was such a brilliant one!

  • @nails6365
    @nails6365 10 місяців тому +2

    I take my hat off. This has to be a contender for your best presentation yet. Thank you 👍

  • @Ozjockey111
    @Ozjockey111 10 місяців тому +4

    Your ending paragraph could be a motivational video all of its own. Winston Churchil was famous for his long speeches and yet when asked to give a motivational speech on the subject 'advice on how to succeed in life' to a graduating class at Harvard he went on stage and said "Never Ever Ever Ever Quit" and left he then the stage...

  • @foolproofduck
    @foolproofduck 10 місяців тому +22

    Been going on an Oppenheimer journey last few days and loving it

  • @ZebraFacts
    @ZebraFacts 10 місяців тому +17

    I have been watching this channel almost from its beginning. It has only gotten better over the years. It is channels like this that you would expect public television to air, but they don't.
    This was a very intriguing episode of ColdFusion. I was just coming into this world when Oppenheimer died. As I was watching the part about his last days, I was thinking he must have been in his eighties, plus. Turns out he died a relatively young man. 60 is not the image of the illustration of him with his friend sitting with him. I am 65, yet often mistaken for being in my 50s. 60 to these newer generations seems old to them, but as short as life is, 60 is most like the beginning of getting older. It is a time when you still feel young, yet you may not be able to move like you once could or think as sharply as you once did, but if desired, you could still outdo those decades younger than you in many ways. Although none of this has much to do with this video, I felt it is something younger generations should understand before they come to understand these things personally firsthand.

  • @brodyalden
    @brodyalden 9 місяців тому +1

    Huge thank you for your fantastic content @Coldfusion!

  • @TheQuiescentGamer
    @TheQuiescentGamer 10 місяців тому +4

    Brilliant video, it brought me to tears! An academic's greatest strength is also their greatest weakness, the all consuming need to know more and the passions therein.

  • @bradleygranger8848
    @bradleygranger8848 9 місяців тому

    Lovely video as always!
    Also - What is the name of the song playing 1:04 ?

  • @anirudhagarwal5950
    @anirudhagarwal5950 10 місяців тому +16

    This was truly amazing, so inspiring and heartbreaking at the same time. Great work on the edit and the video. Amazing content!

    • @Bjorick
      @Bjorick 9 місяців тому

      Also, a LOT of bad information, and bunk, and a ton of hero worship - giving Oppy credit for things he was too lazy to pursue - do your one research into this man's life

  • @SK_Falchion
    @SK_Falchion 10 місяців тому +5

    Geniuses are often the most tormented of souls.

  • @lexx8207
    @lexx8207 10 місяців тому +6

    Another well put together history lesson appreciate the work brotha 👊🏿

  • @user-vo3sw3tr5c
    @user-vo3sw3tr5c 9 місяців тому +1

    Hi Dagogo, thank you for the very insightful videos!
    Could you make a video on the writers' strike in the US?

  • @iAxianguy
    @iAxianguy 10 місяців тому

    I always lean so much from your broadcast, thats must take a lot work. They always make me think , thank you! 😀🙏🙏👍👍👍👍❤❤

  • @scott.ballard
    @scott.ballard 10 місяців тому +2

    Incredible video as always Dagogo! You are a genius in your own right!

  • @hindolbhattacharya9715
    @hindolbhattacharya9715 10 місяців тому +3

    The part of Oppenheimer where his contribution to photoelectric effect and black hole are generally omitted by every biography that I have seen or read till date. Hence, I have only known him as a great scientific administrator than a great scientist. Thanks for this revelation.

  • @quantumdevil5147
    @quantumdevil5147 10 місяців тому +2

    Vertianisum has already made it in detail as well as explained physics too of nukes, but still yours is also good for more clarification

  • @epycleap
    @epycleap 10 місяців тому

    Absolutely great documentary! Nice stuff Dagogo

  • @transmaster
    @transmaster 10 місяців тому +27

    Andrei Sakharov was treated much in the same way in the Soviet Union.

  • @peachezprogramming
    @peachezprogramming 10 місяців тому +101

    I recommend reading accounts of Hiroshima after detonation. Everything was on fire and scalding hot. People were burned so badly that it hurt less to hold your arms out at length as they tried to get to the river - like zombies. People went to the hospital but there was no one there to help them.
    It literally turned into Hell on Earth

    • @DetectiveRackham
      @DetectiveRackham 10 місяців тому +13

      And yet, some militarist faction even attempted a coup when the second bomb dropped and an unconditional surrender was seriously considered by Japanese high command.

    • @spacejihadist4246
      @spacejihadist4246 10 місяців тому +19

      That tiny glimpse of hell they saw won't compensate for the atrocities they did in Asia.

    • @mitonaarea5856
      @mitonaarea5856 10 місяців тому +29

      @@spacejihadist4246 Who´s "they"?? You know that most people who died where minors and women right??

    • @bangerxshane2962
      @bangerxshane2962 10 місяців тому +24

      @@mitonaarea5856 We're a generation largely without war, sentiments like these are too common due to ignorance.

    • @spacejihadist4246
      @spacejihadist4246 10 місяців тому +1

      @@mitonaarea5856 won't you support your country and soldiers in times of war? Will you bake bread for your son to take with him to battle?

  • @zeropaper
    @zeropaper 10 місяців тому

    Hey Dagogo, that portrait is amazing as usual, looking forward for an episode about John B. Goodenough or Claude Shannon :)

  • @psychedelicyeti6053
    @psychedelicyeti6053 9 місяців тому +1

    Why is it with people, either they went through life unknown or laughed at, or in this case, too distracted with other things to finish/continue what's they were about to discover. Always makes me wonder how different our history could have been.

  • @hossamgebeily
    @hossamgebeily 10 місяців тому +3

    I know you get this a lot. But you are seriously my favorite UA-cam channel. God love you! You are incredible in your narration and the content you present. Keep it up!

  • @stickman019
    @stickman019 10 місяців тому +21

    He did what he needed to do not what he wanted. A true hero.

  • @Alex_Rizen
    @Alex_Rizen 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for your amazing work!❤

  • @Arslan_Sahi
    @Arslan_Sahi 9 місяців тому

    Brilliant work ❤
    I have a question though, you used some clips from Oppenheimer's life and news broadcasts, does it put you on a risk of copyright claim or you had used copyright free content? Or taken permission.
    Just a question as a content maker to increase my information

  • @lorenzomizushal3980
    @lorenzomizushal3980 10 місяців тому +24

    It didn't ruin him. In fact it immortalised him, they even made films about him. His name will be forever etched in the history of mankind. "The American Prometheus"

    • @SurfbyShootin
      @SurfbyShootin 10 місяців тому

      Communist Hollywood Jews really know how to celebrate their victories and show it to the world.

    • @utsavprabhakar5072
      @utsavprabhakar5072 10 місяців тому +1

      I dont think so. He will always be remembered as killing millions of innocent people. He fucked up

    • @lorenzomizushal3980
      @lorenzomizushal3980 10 місяців тому +7

      @@utsavprabhakar5072 he didn't kill them though, it was the us military that did. If I made a gun and you used it to kill someone am I to blame?
      He'll forever be remembered as the guy who said I am become desth destroyer of worlds

    • @marquislexil
      @marquislexil 10 місяців тому +2

      That doesn’t mean it didn’t destroy him inside. Most people don’t seek fame. He wanted to make the world better but ended up making the most deadly thing ever made by humans. You’re looking at a deep mans plight through shallow lenses.

    • @lorenzomizushal3980
      @lorenzomizushal3980 10 місяців тому

      @@marquislexil there's nothing deep about thinking you're responsible for things that you have no real control over, it's more narcissistic actually. had the US not made the bomb, Germany would. Had that happened a much worst fate might have awaited the world.

  • @sebastianoppenheimer
    @sebastianoppenheimer 10 місяців тому +9

    I have only heard stories about him from family members, but I never realized how sad his story was. That being said I can't wait to watch the film

  • @openmic4153
    @openmic4153 9 місяців тому +1

    Amazing that they had the foresight to film the explosion in IMAX.

  • @Adrian_Nicolae81
    @Adrian_Nicolae81 10 місяців тому

    Very good documented and related. Good information, thank you! 🙏

  • @Marqan
    @Marqan 10 місяців тому +3

    "if you're good at something don't give up"
    But that's not what happened with Oppenheimer. He just got bored. It wasn't giving up, he just got into something different.

  • @TheJamieRamone
    @TheJamieRamone 10 місяців тому +12

    Minor correction Dagogo: the photoelectric effect is NOT the principle of operation of solar panels, but that of photocopiers and laser printers. Also, it was already described by Albert Einstein in 1905, his _Annus Mirabilis_ (miracle year) which earned him a Nobel prize decades later.

    • @chrisalmighty
      @chrisalmighty 9 місяців тому

      There is no correction to make. The word itself gives away the fact.
      Photo = light
      Electric= electricity.
      Solar cells use the photoelectric effect to produce electricity

    • @TheJamieRamone
      @TheJamieRamone 9 місяців тому +1

      @@chrisalmighty no they don't, they use the *_PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT_* to do so. Please learn your physics terminology before making a fool of yourself.

    • @chrisalmighty
      @chrisalmighty 9 місяців тому

      @@TheJamieRamone go read about the effect here
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaic_effect

  • @medhagupta8417
    @medhagupta8417 10 місяців тому +1

    Beautifully explained. Now I'm really excited to watch the movie Oppenheimer tomorrow!! Thankyou cold fusion. Quality at its finest! ❤

  • @dennypetrosian8589
    @dennypetrosian8589 10 місяців тому +2

    I believe the quote youre referring to was partially worded at the trinity site. He couldn't remember the "destroyer of worlds" section until at an interview at a later date.

  • @willthecat163
    @willthecat163 10 місяців тому +74

    I think being associated with photo-electrons, black holes, and the atomic bomb is enough brilliance for anyone. That ought to be Oppenheimer's legacy... not he could have been, or should have been.

    • @user-xl5kd6il6c
      @user-xl5kd6il6c 10 місяців тому +1

      could have been
      Giving him the credit for something he never cared to put effort into discovering isn't earned
      Funny enough, Tomas Edison did more than most, yet people think he didn't "earn it" because other people were involved. He was as good of a business man as well as a scientist, which is more than any common mortal is able to achieve.
      In comparison, Oppenheimer is a guy that never put much effort into his work to be brilliant

    • @sa34w
      @sa34w 10 місяців тому +1

      @@user-xl5kd6il6cboth are great people , only smalls minds considers them as insignificant

  • @keithlillis7962
    @keithlillis7962 10 місяців тому +3

    Initially, the USA was forced to investigate the possibility of building an atomic bomb, because the Nazis were in fact doing that very same thing and I'm sure Hitler would have used one, atop of a V2 rocket to destroy London, given the chance. Also, Heisenberg, a contemporary of Oppenheimer and he of the Uncertainty Principle was working with the Nazis on such a project. The cat was already out of the bag when fission was achieved experimentally.

  • @sajsed2
    @sajsed2 9 місяців тому

    Brilliant and amazing, I’m so glad I found this channel.

  • @TylerFernandes94
    @TylerFernandes94 10 місяців тому

    Damn this is a crazy and tragic story. Good video. Looking forward to seeing the movie

  • @Marbeary
    @Marbeary 10 місяців тому +13

    Everyone should have a friend like Dyson (it is fascinating that these icons live all together at the same time period) stayed beside him not as a colleague or scientist but as friend on his last days.

  • @drtydsh
    @drtydsh 10 місяців тому +7

    I heard he always wondered about claiming what he was doing was evil and having pitty parties left and right yet continued on

  • @palesamaila
    @palesamaila 10 місяців тому +1

    Your a great story teller i thoroughly enjoy your channel

  • @amirbahalegharn365
    @amirbahalegharn365 10 місяців тому

    your approach in introduction was different to veritasium
    good job man

  • @luissolano101
    @luissolano101 10 місяців тому +3

    Damm waiting for the movie and this little GEM 💎 pops in my feed
    Thanks Cold Fusion🤟

  • @iceman18211
    @iceman18211 10 місяців тому +8

    Big fan of Oppenheimer. One of the great scientific heroes of our time.

  • @user-jc2we4sn1i
    @user-jc2we4sn1i 7 місяців тому

    Dr. Robert Oppenheimer was my NASA engineer dad's professor at ORSORT who he described as a typical artsy West Coast bohemian type found from British Columbia to California concerned about philosophy instead of business.

  • @thekillerpill23
    @thekillerpill23 10 місяців тому +48

    You can create something but you cant control how others will use it. Look at dynamite, Made for mountain digging, became used for war.

    • @MLife1000
      @MLife1000 10 місяців тому +2

      Exactly 💯

    • @TheSkiddywinks
      @TheSkiddywinks 10 місяців тому +1

      Death of the Author.
      Or, in this case, Death of the Creator.

    • @gordonaliasme1104
      @gordonaliasme1104 10 місяців тому +2

      The inventor of TNT , Arthur Nobel, was riddled with guilt, he created the Nobel Peace Prize.

    • @gary7vn
      @gary7vn 10 місяців тому

      He knew it would be dropped on people.

    • @marquislexil
      @marquislexil 10 місяців тому +1

      @@gary7vn you were there and asked him?

  • @rambow70
    @rambow70 10 місяців тому +19

    It's crazy how much he looks like Cillian Murphy, it's like Cillian was born to portray him.

  • @tserevenad
    @tserevenad 10 місяців тому

    very well done as usual Dagogo!

  • @greg4367
    @greg4367 10 місяців тому

    Greetings from San Francisco. Dagogo, you are very good at what you do and this is a perfect example. Well done.

  • @Tiberiansam
    @Tiberiansam 10 місяців тому +6

    I have a mix of admiration, respect, sadness and envy for that brilliant man...
    I'm glad that more people will get to learn about the man he was.

  • @incanotes7706
    @incanotes7706 10 місяців тому +3

    Hes a genius of extraordinary calibre.
    RIP Dr Oppenheimer.
    Cheers guys from lake Titicaca Peru

  • @dannybou-maroun8028
    @dannybou-maroun8028 9 місяців тому

    Hey Dagogo, did you use A.I. to generate some of these images? Like the scene of him fighting with his friend. Or is that from some movie or something

  • @donnieanderson6614
    @donnieanderson6614 10 місяців тому +1

    Such a great documentary. Thank you Dagogo.

  • @JORGINHODONASCIMENTO
    @JORGINHODONASCIMENTO 10 місяців тому +32

    If it wasn't him, it would have been someone else. However, it is sad to see how much money and resources are used to find ways to kill each other instead of reaching out to help those that need it the most. Love really is something that is dying.

  • @josephcope7637
    @josephcope7637 10 місяців тому +3

    The co-inventor of the H-bomb, Edward Teller, expressed concerns over Oppenheimer's judgment because he opposed the project out of fear it would spark a thermonuclear arms race with the Soviet Union. But Andrei Sakharov, the father of the Soviet H-bomb, wrote in his memoirs that Stalin was hell-bent to develop an H-bomb no matter what the United States did. Imagine how precarious the Western world's position would've been if Oppenheimer's advice had been followed and only the USSR had the H-bomb.

    • @sa34w
      @sa34w 10 місяців тому

      True , but It was built talking