34:57 “[Alan] Turing’s brilliant mind saw that any calculation had two aspects: the data and the instructions for what to do with the data.” It’s actually fascinating that it took until the mid-1950s for someone to come up with that abstract idea since Joseph Marie Jacquard’s punch cards, demonstrated in 1801-so, exactly a century and a half earlier-worked on essentially the same principle.
The loom punch card system was used by someone else to create a punch card system to tabulate the 1890 US Census. This census was later mostly destroyed in a fire.
Jim already has a slew of these, but I wish he developed videos detailing the history and depths of every corner of human knowledge. These should be required viewing for every person on the planet.
You know there are also universities all around the world right? The people that are interested in knowing, for the most part, are already searching this information out. Sure, some people don't have easy access, but there are also people that are unable to grapple with a lot of concepts. What are you going to do with them, in regards to your "requirement"? You found something interesting, now everyone else needs to find it interesting also? come on, be cool.
When, at 50:24, that drop of water is bouncing on the surface and getting smaller each time... I was riveted. Not even exaggerating I was on the edge of my seat gripping the computer mouse with white knuckled intensity. Not just from the sheer wonder of seeing it, but the realization of just how much information is in the fleeting moments we never even get to witness with our own eyes. Its so stupendous.
We're just going to end up as big, flat blobs with our brains hardwired into some AI mainframe. We'll be automatically feed hourly doses of soda and liquified Doritos mixed with guacamole.
@Scallawag Have a look at the Turing test. It deals with this kind of question. Would I be a bot as well? Which question would you ask me to know the truth?
Words ate the applied intelligence begotten by speech, not "language."The Greeks, having slaves could early prove that the notion of intelligence must give way to the essence of science, communication. Do not confuse technique with science. Power and language, will not trump true loyalty to the future of our spaceship; only the comprehensive use of technique will transcend the 0 sum degeneracy of nation states which will persist, a good thing as regards the diversity of cultures. Information from data is a question. Science, the greatest institution to emerge, cannot conflate information with knowledge and as learning increases exponentially for the masses, speech will trump language, science will trump technique, win- win will es ill not @@bitwarper -ZZZZ8 ---
Irving Finkle must walk around interpreting and translating things and objects that we take for granted every day. What a fascinating man, I hope to visit his museum some day.
It is the first time I heard of the demon's analogy in keeping record of 'states' of molecules. This shows how history is important in understanding the origin of 'concepts' developed by scientists!
Only because Humankind has been supressed and enslaved by RELIGION for last 6 000 years. The only analogy they knew was god and evil (both non-existent)
Mind-blowing! This is the most amazing series of bits I have ever encountered! Filled many of the holes in my brain and will inspire me going forward. God knows, there is beauty, structure and order to build! 🥰
Pity that its all Pseudoscience from the part where he starts to claim that information is part of Physics, like its a physical object itself. Because of this flaw of poor logic, this documentary is only useful from the start to about half way through. The rest is rubbish. Its more to do with mystical ancient religious beliefs than science.
@@mok822 and that is possibly the most stupid belief since the idea that the universe is a turtle sitting on the back of a larger turtle who sits on the back of an even larger one. Didn't you understand that the notion of "information" having anything to do with reality or physics is a steaming pile of shite? This idea of reifying information, is just another way for religious Mysticism to replace actual sane Physics.
I've not read all of the comments of course. But, when thinking of Maxwell's demon, there is an obvious expenditure of energy to me. He opens a portal to allow the atom to cross. He has to expend some energy in some sort of way to open and close the portal. Probably much more than the atom uses to glide through the opening. I know it's just a thought experiment. But the conversations about such things is what makes it so great.
I don't think it's so much the physical actions. More that you can "process" order in the universe at no cost. Basically he was imagining a computer, and saying they don't cost anything to computate. The door and dividing molecules, could be any task it's doing, doesn't even have to be physical
Doug, see my comment 6 levels above. The wonder universe we live in is designed. Oder doesn't come from total chaose, which is what the big bang suggest - at least when they leave out the presence of God, who brought all the matter into being before ordering it.
Are you sure your alive or is this just another simulation in someone else's computer? lol Or like Shrodinger's cat or how ever his names spelt are do you only exist because someone or something observed you? Sorry I'm just messing with you Doug.
And when you die, this beautiful elegant thought encoded in your brain, will be erased and released as energy to merely increase the total disorder in the universe.
When I saw "Punch Card", I know how the story will go to. Note: "Bug" in coding really comes from a bug blocked the reader of punch cards - how original computer works : )
In a recent double-blind study focused on a diverse and unsuspecting group of 500 random strangers, researchers found that the overwhelming majority of participants poled, “had a “good time”, and “would recommend to a friend,” , yet, polers were surprised to discover a not-insignificant number of outliers, indicating an excellent opportunity for honest self-reflection and a healthy realignment of personal/social perspective, values, and expectations.
The more and more I listen the more I feel that our presence here isn't by chance... I'm normally not one to express solid determination.. but I keep finding beautiful things that could've only been imagined. Everything in its presence is purely mysterious.
There is absolutely God. Tomato, tomato, let us glorify our creator for these beautiful and divine ironies, mysteries, synchronicities! Many throwing the baby out with the bath water.. at their expense.
Einstein once remarked, "...reduce concept to their simplest concepts, but no further.". There is benefit to practicing this idea, but I feel it only applies to the contemporary understanding of our surroundings or today's judgementally acceptable scientific or social laws
Finally, a documentary that introduces one of the most understated influencers in our times, Claude Shannon, the father of information theory. We just don't hear much about this phenomenal under and unappreciated engineer. Thank you. Love his juggling machine too. Anyone interested in him should read "A Mind At Play" by Soni and Goodman.
God has everything to all. Yeah right. Give me a break. God can and cannot be easily explained. At the end.... But there are many ways of thing called by humans (animal man in hindi language hu= animal man = men) life, that talking about it will not make a push on individual.
It’s amazing how far we’ve come from simple hunter gatherers to this fascinating technology driven world that very smart men have created for us . I do believe that nature demands these things to evolve
Professor Jim Al Khalili is amazing... his ability to explain things to a lay audience is legendary.............by far my favourite "Teacher" for all time ( and space) .
A true expert can explain any concept to a child. Those who say it is too complicated to explain, or the listener would not understand, do not fully know the subject.
i am rally curious about how things work,but only professor JIM AL-KHALILI could keep me engrossed for 1hr striagth,otherwise it is usually a 5-7min ted ed video,a big thankyou sir
All of this is, to a great extent, already contained in the theory of hylomorphism. Over 2,000 years ago, Aristotle said that all that there is in the universe is a compound of matter (hyle) and form (morphe). Matter is *informed* and that’s the only way it actually is real. Reality is hylomorphic. And as a bonus, another way to name form is by a Greek word that will be familiar to you: energeia.
Great documentary on information theory. I had hoped you mentioned Norbert Wiener who came up with cybernetics, the science of governance and control thru feedback.
It is the fifth time i watch this documentary. I really like it. The mere fact of stay under the rain... is like being constructed by large amounts of information encapsuled into water droplets.
The great flaw of this documentary is letting the DNA out of the story! >>Unfortunatly Jim lets his faith ( Materialism and atheism) interfere with his work!
@@InfinityBlue4321 not really as in that of the statement "5000 years ago there was the word" though In parables..perhaps it's we will let the cat out of the bag. As in the beginning there was the word.
A byte is essentially a punch card with 8 bits. Most modern instruction sets use 64 or 128 bits. Every instruction is a virtual punch card, and like this documentary states, have enough punch cards and you can represent anything.
In regards to Maxwell's demon who creates order only by using information, and no energy... Isn 't energy required to open/close the slit which lets the molecule through? That confused me a little bit
@@thecrichters8680 THE CLEAR AND UNIVERSAL MATHEMATICAL PROOF THAT E=MC2 IS F=MA: Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy, AS E=MC2 IS F=MA. The Earth (A PLANET) is a MIDDLE DISTANCE form that is in BALANCED relation to the Sun AND the speed of light (c), AS the stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky; AS E=mc2 IS F=ma. ACCORDINGLY, gravity AND ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy are linked AND BALANCED opposites; AS E=mc2 IS F=ma; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. E=mc2 IS F=ma. This NECESSARILY represents, INVOLVES, AND DESCRIBES what is possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE. Very importantly, outer "space" involves full inertia; AND it is fully invisible AND black. SO, the Earth constitutes the FULL DISTANCE in/of SPACE in BALANCED and UNIVERSAL relation to what is the MIDDLE DISTANCE in/of SPACE; AS E=MC2 IS F=ma, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY !!! INSTANTANEITY is thus FUNDAMENTAL to what is the FULL and proper UNDERSTANDING of physics/physical experience, AS E=mc2 IS F=ma; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. INDEED, TIME is NECESSARILY possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE; AS E=MC2 IS F=ma; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. SO, time DILATION ULTIMATELY proves (ON BALANCE) that ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY; AS E=MC2 IS F=MA !!! GREAT !!! BALANCE and completeness go hand in hand. Indeed, it ALL CLEARLY makes perfect sense. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY. A PHOTON may be placed at the center of what is THE SUN (as A POINT, of course), AS the reduction of SPACE is offset by (or BALANCED with) the speed of light; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY; AS E=MC2 IS F=MA. (The stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky.) "Mass"/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Indeed, gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY; AS E=mc2 IS F=ma. Accordingly, the rotation of the Moon MATCHES it's revolution. GRAVITATIONAL force/ENERGY IS proportional to (or BALANCED with/as) inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY; AS E=mc2 IS F=ma. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy. This NECESSARILY represents, INVOLVES, AND describes what is possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE. Gravity AND ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy are linked AND BALANCED opposites, AS E=mc2 IS F=ma; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY !!! By Frank DiMeglio WHY ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS UNIFIED AND BALANCED WITH/AS WHAT IS GRAVITY: Gravity AND ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY are LINKED AND BALANCED opposites, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Therefore, Einstein's equations and Maxwell's equations are unified (given the addition of a fourth spatial dimension); AS E=mc2 is DIRECTLY and fundamentally derived from F=ma; AS TIME DILATION proves that electromagnetism/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ACCORDINGLY, Einstein's equations predict that SPACE is expanding OR contracting in and with TIME; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. GREAT !!! (Very importantly, outer "space" involves full inertia; AND it is fully invisible AND black.) Gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Accordingly, the rotation of the Moon MATCHES it's revolution. "Mass"/ENERGY involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE consistent WITH/as what is BALANCED electromagnetic/gravitational force/ENERGY, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Accordingly, objects fall at the SAME RATE (neglecting air resistance, of course); AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY. A PHOTON may be placed at the center of what is THE SUN (as A POINT, of course), AS the reduction of SPACE is offset by (or BALANCED with) the speed of light; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Energy has/involves GRAVITY, AND ENERGY has/involves inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE. THE SUN purely exemplifies time DILATION. INSTANTANEITY is FUNDAMENTAL. Time DILATION proves that electromagnetism/ENERGY IS GRAVITY, AS E=mc2 is DIRECTLY and fundamentally derived from F=ma. "Mass"/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. GREAT !!! The stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky. Let's compare this directly with BOTH a falling object AND the speed of light (c). Great. E=mc2 IS F=ma. Gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. GRAVITATIONAL force/ENERGY IS proportional to (or BALANCED with/as) inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY. This NECESSARILY represents, INVOLVES, AND describes what is possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE. Time DILATION proves that electromagnetism/ENERGY IS GRAVITY, AS E=mc2 is DIRECTLY and fundamentally derived from F=ma. INSTANTANEITY is FUNDAMENTAL to the FULL and proper understanding of physics/physical experience. Ultimately and truly, TIME is possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. The ultimate unification of physics/physical experience combines, BALANCES, AND includes opposites, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. GREAT. It ALL makes perfect sense. THINK !!! The Earth that undergoes time DILATION IS thus represented (ON BALANCE) as what is A POINT in the night sky, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. (So, notice that the BLUE SKY IS no longer visible. Think.) E=mc2 IS F=ma. It is FULLY proven. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Alas, the INTEGRATED EXTENSIVENESS of THOUGHT (AND description) is improved in the truly superior mind. I have truly, CLEARLY, AND MATHEMATICALLY unified physics/physical experience. OVERLAY what is THE EYE in BALANCED RELATION to/WITH what is THE EARTH. (Notice the black space of THE EYE, AND the DOME of a person's eye is ALSO visible.) THE EARTH is ALSO blue. Again, E=mc2 IS F=ma. The stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky. Time dilation proves that E=mc2 is DIRECTLY and fundamentally derived from F=ma, AS electromagnetism/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. It ALL makes perfect sense. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. BALANCE AND completeness go hand in hand. By Frank DiMeglio
this dude has been in my best people for awhile now next step is to meet the dude and figure out quantum evolution thing by actually mating the robin with the tadpole during the tadpoles metamorphasis. As a control we will force the snail to watch. If the snail smells the vibrations of this spooky action at a distance then we can all rest assured the moon landings were faked.
@@kamalzamani1130 wheres the proof? Jim never mentions it. Stop spreading gossip n rumor. No atheist would be so eloquent in speech. Richard Dawkins is an atheist. N u see how terrible he is with explaining things? Big difference.
He mentioned it publicly with Brian Cox during an interview. He made a figurative comparison atheism, and suggested that not collecting stamps is as much a "hobby" as not believing god is a "religion."
The scientific method is the best thing that we as a specie came up with. Although we dont know a lot the little we know is what got us this far, not the religious nonesence most of us believe.
Talking about the energy required to delete one bit? What about the energy the demon uses to follow the particles? What about the energy needed to open a close the separator?
in this paper Shannon did something absolutely incredible he took the vague and mysterious 44:17 concepts of information and managed to pin it down now he didn't do this using 44:23 some cleverly worded philosophical definition he actually found a way to measure the information contained in a 44:30 message amazingly Shannon realized that 44:37 the quantity of information in a message had nothing to do with its meaning instead he showed it was related solely 44:45 to how unusual the message was 44:51 information is related to unexpectedness so news is news because it's unexpected
Yes! Yes it is! That is your fourth dimension. It is not time. Time is not a dimension, but indeed information is a good way to approach that 4D concept.
Conflating the thing with what may be said about the thing. "In the beginning was the Word...." How a thing is described causes the thing itself. A very old idea, indeed. Magic.
@@kirbymanlegro8201 I think it must be that 'order' is the ratio between energy and matter. Because matter is the concentration of energy; order would be more matter relative to energy in a given system. When something comes into existence by subtracting energy from its surroundings, it increases order. Disorder would be the more even distribution of energy: IOW entropy. As things decay, they turn into energy; until there is nothing left but smoothly distributed energy...
@Pouty MacPotatohead Define 'order'. I did. When everything is reduced to energy; there is maximum disorder. How does that apply to the idea that a thing is created by the description of the thing?
@@michaelpcoffee Order is a system that requires less information to completely describe. Disorder is a system that requires a large amount of information to describe.
I’ve been able to watch this several times which I seldom do. It’s an incredibly insightful and brilliant documentary on a fascinating subject! Love Maxwell’s perching demon, btw:
@@Withoutmixture lol how ironic came from a lad that believes a work of fiction wrote by some guy up in the mountain where no one is around and tell people it was the word of God 😂😂
That was excellent. I did a Computer Science degree in the 1990s and have written software for the decades since but this was has got me thinking about different ways of how information can be represented and the rather crude approximation with which we use computers right now to simulate and abstract from reality.
I always wondered why gadgets like the camera which work like eyes and specially the computer works like humans. It was because Turing inspiration was the human brain itself!
![What Is Reality? [Official Film]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/w0ztlIAYTCU/mqdefault.jpg)
I've lost count of how many times I've viewed Prof. Al Khalili's science documentaries. These shows have no peer.
This is the first I watch
Nobody should have peers
Professor Jim Al Khalili is a world-class instructor and this is one of my favorite educational videos on YT.
34:57 “[Alan] Turing’s brilliant mind saw that any calculation had two aspects: the data and the instructions for what to do with the data.”
It’s actually fascinating that it took until the mid-1950s for someone to come up with that abstract idea since Joseph Marie Jacquard’s punch cards, demonstrated in 1801-so, exactly a century and a half earlier-worked on essentially the same principle.
Isn't it amazing how the greatest concepts, take the longest time to resolve (from one, to the next)? - much like this comment.. 😁
The loom punch card system was used by someone else to create a punch card system to tabulate the 1890 US Census. This census was later mostly destroyed in a fire.
I can't believe the human is so brilliant and so dummy in the same time. A beautiful documentary, thank you.
Hence why we have computed the terms: genius and moron
I'm a math graduate student and I must say, this is one of the best docs I've ever seen.
It is indeed well made
I barely got out of eighth grade and I agree with your comments, sir
It's true! Although, I'm not sure if it takes a genius to recognize that.But, It can't hurt! 🙃
Jim already has a slew of these, but I wish he developed videos detailing the history and depths of every corner of human knowledge. These should be required viewing for every person on the planet.
You know there are also universities all around the world right? The people that are interested in knowing, for the most part, are already searching this information out. Sure, some people don't have easy access, but there are also people that are unable to grapple with a lot of concepts. What are you going to do with them, in regards to your "requirement"? You found something interesting, now everyone else needs to find it interesting also? come on, be cool.
@@photografiq_presents Dear Captain Obvious are you serious?
When, at 50:24, that drop of water is bouncing on the surface and getting smaller each time... I was riveted. Not even exaggerating I was on the edge of my seat gripping the computer mouse with white knuckled intensity. Not just from the sheer wonder of seeing it, but the realization of just how much information is in the fleeting moments we never even get to witness with our own eyes. Its so stupendous.
We're just going to end up as big, flat blobs with our brains hardwired into some AI mainframe. We'll be automatically feed hourly doses of soda and liquified Doritos mixed with guacamole.
His selection of images is informative and dovetails with the elementary dialogue.
I just love the way information is shared by professor Jim Al Khalili , one of my favourite physicist .... wish one day meet him very soon
Prof. Al Khalili is the equivalent of Dr. Sagan in our time.
@Scallawag Have a look at the Turing test. It deals with this kind of question. Would I be a bot as well? Which question would you ask me to know the truth?
K like kkkkkkkk louisiana kkkkk monopolizing disappointing is i
Words ate the applied intelligence begotten by speech, not "language."The Greeks, having slaves could early prove that the notion of intelligence must give way to the essence of science, communication. Do not confuse technique with science. Power and language, will not trump true loyalty to the future of our spaceship; only the comprehensive use of technique will transcend the 0 sum degeneracy of nation states which will persist, a good thing as regards the diversity of cultures. Information from data is a question. Science, the greatest institution to emerge, cannot conflate information with knowledge and as learning increases exponentially for the masses, speech will trump language, science will trump technique, win- win will es ill not @@bitwarper -ZZZZ8 ---
@@johannjoeybeukes1629 Your post looks like a Chimp is using your account.
*Irving Finkel!* Brilliant Academic, The Expert on Cuneiform Tablets.
Curator at the British Museum.
I adore that man, and his stellar witt!
His video on Ur gets me laughing every time - he's a friggin' national treasure.
@Just Sara you piqued my curiosity. I just looked up Irving Finkel and found the Ur video, going to watch it now. Thank you!
I actually clicked on the video because his picture was on the thumbnail. I do like this presenter a lot as well.
Irving Finkle must walk around interpreting and translating things and objects that we take for granted every day. What a fascinating man, I hope to visit his museum some day.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support 😊
It is the first time I heard of the demon's analogy in keeping record of 'states' of molecules. This shows how history is important in understanding the origin of 'concepts' developed by scientists!
Only because Humankind has been supressed and enslaved by RELIGION for last 6 000 years. The only analogy they knew was god and evil (both non-existent)
@@PJPsounds …
I’m not going to argue for the existence of make believe characters in very old fables…
But…. “Evil” most definitely exists
Mind-blowing! This is the most amazing series of bits I have ever encountered! Filled many of the holes in my brain and will inspire me going forward. God knows, there is beauty, structure and order to build! 🥰
al-Khalili sets me of into every direction ...
Corruption is the biggest threat to freedom and prosperity. Let's vote against corruption!
I know it’s crazy
This is my favorite Jim Al-Khalili video. I've listened to it several times and take more away from it each time.
It’s good, I agree William Haase. I’m learning about brocade for the first time. I love learning new things.
Pity that its all Pseudoscience from the part where he starts to claim that information is part of Physics, like its a physical object itself.
Because of this flaw of poor logic, this documentary is only useful from the start to about half way through. The rest is rubbish. Its more to do with mystical ancient religious beliefs than science.
@@xiaoxiao-kg5np you didnt understood the whole universe you see is information arranjed and stored in the universe itself.
@@mok822 and that is possibly the most stupid belief since the idea that the universe is a turtle sitting on the back of a larger turtle who sits on the back of an even larger one.
Didn't you understand that the notion of "information" having anything to do with reality or physics is a steaming pile of shite? This idea of reifying information, is just another way for religious Mysticism to replace actual sane Physics.
@@xiaoxiao-kg5np your adn is information, just because we cant edit it yet or it is stored in a difderent way diesnt mean its not
Every event, no matter how modest, Is a wealth of information.
I just farted
@@Os_390 Unfortunate for you.
@@Os_390 I'm not surprised.
Everything here is beautiful. But I am commenting on this right after the intro to THANK THE SOUNDTRACK COMPOSER.
I love it.
Beautifully explained. Hats off to Jim!
I am Brazilian, what amaze me it's Kallil english, very comprehensible.
Absolutely amazing documentary .
I've not read all of the comments of course. But, when thinking of Maxwell's demon, there is an obvious expenditure of energy to me. He opens a portal to allow the atom to cross. He has to expend some energy in some sort of way to open and close the portal. Probably much more than the atom uses to glide through the opening. I know it's just a thought experiment. But the conversations about such things is what makes it so great.
I don't think it's so much the physical actions. More that you can "process" order in the universe at no cost.
Basically he was imagining a computer, and saying they don't cost anything to computate.
The door and dividing molecules, could be any task it's doing, doesn't even have to be physical
But the job of "sorting" what's a fast molecule or slow molecule.
Seemed to come at no cost, not the actual physical "sorting"
We know the energy cost of opening a door, but how does the door know to open, and where is the energy of that information.
I am so thankful that i am a conscious being that can appreciate what a wonderful amazing universe I live in.
Doug, see my comment 6 levels above. The wonder universe we live in is designed. Oder doesn't come from total chaose, which is what the big bang suggest - at least when they leave out the presence of God, who brought all the matter into being before ordering it.
Are you sure your alive or is this just another simulation in someone else's computer? lol Or like Shrodinger's cat or how ever his names spelt are do you only exist because someone or something observed you? Sorry I'm just messing with you Doug.
And when you die, this beautiful elegant thought encoded in your brain, will be erased and released as energy to merely increase the total disorder in the universe.
Nicely put!
Then thank the creator of all creation! You are not a random product of nature. You do not = matter + energy + time + chance.. So thank God!
The analogy from the jacquard weave to modern computers is startling! Startling.
When I saw "Punch Card", I know how the story will go to. Note: "Bug" in coding really comes from a bug blocked the reader of punch cards - how original computer works : )
every documentary by Jim Al-Khalili you learn something. i really like him as a teacher!
In a recent double-blind study focused on a diverse and unsuspecting group of 500 random strangers, researchers found that the overwhelming majority of participants poled, “had a “good time”, and “would recommend to a friend,” , yet, polers were surprised to discover a not-insignificant number of outliers, indicating an excellent opportunity for honest self-reflection and a healthy realignment of personal/social perspective, values, and expectations.
The more and more I listen the more I feel that our presence here isn't by chance... I'm normally not one to express solid determination.. but I keep finding beautiful things that could've only been imagined.
Everything in its presence is purely mysterious.
Indeed! 👍
There is absolutely God. Tomato, tomato, let us glorify our creator for these beautiful and divine ironies, mysteries, synchronicities! Many throwing the baby out with the bath water.. at their expense.
Happy New Year , I’m so sorry about ur father , my prayers are with u and family , love u , thank u for all your service to inform us , blessings
Love how well Jim simplifies complex topics -- an impressive educator.
Yeah
If you cannot repay the information to a layman do you really understand the topic?
Einstein once remarked, "...reduce concept to their simplest concepts, but no further.". There is benefit to practicing this idea, but I feel it only applies to the contemporary understanding of our surroundings or today's judgementally acceptable scientific or social laws
Finally, a documentary that introduces one of the most understated influencers in our times, Claude Shannon, the father of information theory. We just don't hear much about this phenomenal under and unappreciated engineer. Thank you. Love his juggling machine too. Anyone interested in him should read "A Mind At Play" by Soni and Goodman.
Absolutely! Shannon was every bit as important as Turing, Zuse and other innovators and deserves to be as equally well-known.
Unfortunately Khalil neither understands Shanon nor Thermodynamics. It's a shame.
@GRAPHENE IS IN THE MASKS, SWABS and PCR TESTS!!! YOU are a hoax.
God has everything to all. Yeah right. Give me a break. God can and cannot be easily explained. At the end.... But there are many ways of thing called by humans (animal man in hindi language hu= animal man = men) life, that talking about it will not make a push on individual.
Brilliant video! I use Firefox and uBlock so I was confused to see people complaining about ads.
... an absolutely interesting and amazing documentary ...
Thank you, professor Khalili, for your great presentation. God bless.
i agree
look at the cover of life we have sum funny things
It’s amazing how far we’ve come from simple hunter gatherers to this fascinating technology driven world that very smart men have created for us . I do believe that nature demands these things to evolve
Well actually I’ve been an avid bow hunter for years so that counts for something I suppose along with collecting ginseng and mushrooms !
fynes leigh Wow! All of that over a simple opinion! I’m assuming you would last about a week in the wild without your thesaurus!
Oh yes so far. Now we can't use the word us without America talking shit
"Some" people are just amazing.!
Still racist so not far enough
Professor Jim Al Khalili is amazing. THANK YOU SIR FOR TEACHING US
Professor Jim Al Khalili is amazing... his ability to explain things to a lay audience is legendary.............by far my favourite "Teacher" for all time ( and space) .
A true expert can explain any concept to a child. Those who say it is too complicated to explain, or the listener would not understand, do not fully know the subject.
Very true!
i am rally curious about how things work,but only professor JIM AL-KHALILI could keep me engrossed for 1hr striagth,otherwise it is usually a 5-7min ted ed video,a big thankyou sir
Marvellous documentary.
I love the way Prof Jim do it, always.
Hello Professor Jim Al-Khalili. You have changed my life.I will say it only to word's Thank you :-)
All of this is, to a great extent, already contained in the theory of hylomorphism. Over 2,000 years ago, Aristotle said that all that there is in the universe is a compound of matter (hyle) and form (morphe). Matter is *informed* and that’s the only way it actually is real. Reality is hylomorphic. And as a bonus, another way to name form is by a Greek word that will be familiar to you: energeia.
Great documentary on information theory. I had hoped you mentioned Norbert Wiener who came up with cybernetics, the science of governance and control thru feedback.
True!
Thank you for my next research project! 👍
Excelente Presentación...Saludos a todo el equipo liderado por Jim A-K. desde Shell Mera Pastaza
what a. fantastic teacher every student should listen to him!
The research is sick in this !!
It is the fifth time i watch this documentary. I really like it. The mere fact of stay under the rain... is like being constructed by large amounts of information encapsuled into water droplets.
50:00
Its was worth the cost of the TV Licence just for the water drop slow mo footage !
Hi William… are in the UK? and do you still pay TV licence?
The student having Jim as teacher are in heaven
The music is so well blended. Jim Al-Khalili' explanations are flawless. Great show.
The great flaw of this documentary is letting the DNA out of the story! >>Unfortunatly Jim lets his faith ( Materialism and atheism) interfere with his work!
P
P
@@InfinityBlue4321 not really as in that of the statement "5000 years ago there was the word"
though In parables..perhaps it's we will let the cat out of the bag.
As in the beginning there was the word.
A byte is essentially a punch card with 8 bits. Most modern instruction sets use 64 or 128 bits. Every instruction is a virtual punch card, and like this documentary states, have enough punch cards and you can represent anything.
Brilliant. Almost as astonishing where the breakthrough technologies of the lathe and the screw
No where close to the invention of speech and writing
Great documentary thanks!
Icredible documentary, thanks.
In regards to Maxwell's demon who creates order only by using information, and no energy... Isn 't energy required to open/close the slit which lets the molecule through? That confused me a little bit
Fantastic and Wonderful. Thanks🙏
Simply outstanding documentary, and as always lively and highly expertly, presented by Jim Al-Khalili!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Simply outstanding documentary, and as always lively and highly expertly, presented by Jim Al-Khalili!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Today you'd need a 28gb program on a 64bit processor to get the same results.
Thanks Microsoft.
@vladimir putin is andrei panin jfk is jimmy carter did you take your meds that day?
@@thecrichters8680 THE CLEAR AND UNIVERSAL MATHEMATICAL PROOF THAT E=MC2 IS F=MA:
Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy, AS E=MC2 IS F=MA. The Earth (A PLANET) is a MIDDLE DISTANCE form that is in BALANCED relation to the Sun AND the speed of light (c), AS the stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky; AS E=mc2 IS F=ma. ACCORDINGLY, gravity AND ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy are linked AND BALANCED opposites; AS E=mc2 IS F=ma; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. E=mc2 IS F=ma. This NECESSARILY represents, INVOLVES, AND DESCRIBES what is possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE. Very importantly, outer "space" involves full inertia; AND it is fully invisible AND black. SO, the Earth constitutes the FULL DISTANCE in/of SPACE in BALANCED and UNIVERSAL relation to what is the MIDDLE DISTANCE in/of SPACE; AS E=MC2 IS F=ma, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY !!! INSTANTANEITY is thus FUNDAMENTAL to what is the FULL and proper UNDERSTANDING of physics/physical experience, AS E=mc2 IS F=ma; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. INDEED, TIME is NECESSARILY possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE; AS E=MC2 IS F=ma; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. SO, time DILATION ULTIMATELY proves (ON BALANCE) that ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY; AS E=MC2 IS F=MA !!! GREAT !!! BALANCE and completeness go hand in hand. Indeed, it ALL CLEARLY makes perfect sense.
Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY. A PHOTON may be placed at the center of what is THE SUN (as A POINT, of course), AS the reduction of SPACE is offset by (or BALANCED with) the speed of light; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY; AS E=MC2 IS F=MA. (The stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky.) "Mass"/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Indeed, gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY; AS E=mc2 IS F=ma. Accordingly, the rotation of the Moon MATCHES it's revolution. GRAVITATIONAL force/ENERGY IS proportional to (or BALANCED with/as) inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY; AS E=mc2 IS F=ma. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy. This NECESSARILY represents, INVOLVES, AND describes what is possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE. Gravity AND ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy are linked AND BALANCED opposites, AS E=mc2 IS F=ma; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY !!!
By Frank DiMeglio
WHY ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS UNIFIED AND BALANCED WITH/AS WHAT IS GRAVITY:
Gravity AND ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY are LINKED AND BALANCED opposites, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Therefore, Einstein's equations and Maxwell's equations are unified (given the addition of a fourth spatial dimension); AS E=mc2 is DIRECTLY and fundamentally derived from F=ma; AS TIME DILATION proves that electromagnetism/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ACCORDINGLY, Einstein's equations predict that SPACE is expanding OR contracting in and with TIME; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. GREAT !!! (Very importantly, outer "space" involves full inertia; AND it is fully invisible AND black.)
Gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Accordingly, the rotation of the Moon MATCHES it's revolution. "Mass"/ENERGY involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE consistent WITH/as what is BALANCED electromagnetic/gravitational force/ENERGY, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Accordingly, objects fall at the SAME RATE (neglecting air resistance, of course); AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY.
Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY. A PHOTON may be placed at the center of what is THE SUN (as A POINT, of course), AS the reduction of SPACE is offset by (or BALANCED with) the speed of light; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Energy has/involves GRAVITY, AND ENERGY has/involves inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE. THE SUN purely exemplifies time DILATION. INSTANTANEITY is FUNDAMENTAL. Time DILATION proves that electromagnetism/ENERGY IS GRAVITY, AS E=mc2 is DIRECTLY and fundamentally derived from F=ma. "Mass"/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. GREAT !!!
The stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky. Let's compare this directly with BOTH a falling object AND the speed of light (c). Great. E=mc2 IS F=ma. Gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. GRAVITATIONAL force/ENERGY IS proportional to (or BALANCED with/as) inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY. This NECESSARILY represents, INVOLVES, AND describes what is possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE. Time DILATION proves that electromagnetism/ENERGY IS GRAVITY, AS E=mc2 is DIRECTLY and fundamentally derived from F=ma. INSTANTANEITY is FUNDAMENTAL to the FULL and proper understanding of physics/physical experience. Ultimately and truly, TIME is possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. The ultimate unification of physics/physical experience combines, BALANCES, AND includes opposites, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. GREAT. It ALL makes perfect sense. THINK !!!
The Earth that undergoes time DILATION IS thus represented (ON BALANCE) as what is A POINT in the night sky, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. (So, notice that the BLUE SKY IS no longer visible. Think.) E=mc2 IS F=ma. It is FULLY proven. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Alas, the INTEGRATED EXTENSIVENESS of THOUGHT (AND description) is improved in the truly superior mind. I have truly, CLEARLY, AND MATHEMATICALLY unified physics/physical experience. OVERLAY what is THE EYE in BALANCED RELATION to/WITH what is THE EARTH. (Notice the black space of THE EYE, AND the DOME of a person's eye is ALSO visible.) THE EARTH is ALSO blue. Again, E=mc2 IS F=ma. The stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky. Time dilation proves that E=mc2 is DIRECTLY and fundamentally derived from F=ma, AS electromagnetism/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. It ALL makes perfect sense. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. BALANCE AND completeness go hand in hand.
By Frank DiMeglio
this dude has been in my best people for awhile now next step is to meet the dude and figure out quantum evolution thing by actually mating the robin with the tadpole during the tadpoles metamorphasis. As a control we will force the snail to watch. If the snail smells the vibrations of this spooky action at a distance then we can all rest assured the moon landings were faked.
I can only pray to keep an open mind to the future. This video was very enlightening.
May GOD give u the highest part of paradise jim al khalili. Theses videos are so awesome.
He is an atheist
I wish he was a believer.
@@kamalzamani1130 wheres the proof? Jim never mentions it. Stop spreading gossip n rumor. No atheist would be so eloquent in speech.
Richard Dawkins is an atheist. N u see how terrible he is with explaining things? Big difference.
@@thaiden03 you are a living proof that religious people are stupid.
@@jesus_the_destroyer what are u a 3rd grader? Name calling? 😆 🤣 😂
He mentioned it publicly with Brian Cox during an interview. He made a figurative comparison atheism, and suggested that not collecting stamps is as much a "hobby" as not believing god is a "religion."
The information age is Awesome. I'm worried about who controls it.
Luv and Peace.
Who controls it? The technocrats - they have no heart, just a brain.
The genius of these men can't even be overstated.! Everyone can see where the essence of life comes from. ☝🏻
The scientific method is the best thing that we as a specie came up with. Although we dont know a lot the little we know is what got us this far, not the religious nonesence most of us believe.
@Supreme you need to check yourself you are not well
Information IS religion.
So, the MORE I forget, the CLOSER the universe gets to absolute disorder? I'd better remember that!
I got excellent "information" thank you very much Jim Al Khalili
Talking about the energy required to delete one bit? What about the energy the demon uses to follow the particles? What about the energy needed to open a close the separator?
Ur missing the point of the thought experiment
@@peggysmith9895 please do explain it to me
who created the wonderful sculptures in this video?
in this paper Shannon did something absolutely incredible he took the vague and mysterious
44:17
concepts of information and managed to pin it down now he didn't do this using
44:23
some cleverly worded philosophical definition he actually found a way to measure the information contained in a
44:30
message amazingly Shannon realized that
44:37
the quantity of information in a message had nothing to do with its meaning instead he showed it was related solely
44:45
to how unusual the message was
44:51
information is related to unexpectedness so news is news because it's unexpected
Thank you for explaining in such a way, it is easy to understand
What a brilliant show
Science behind Tenet. "Reverse entropy"
what a brilliant documentary.
Utterly fascinating and very eloquent explained thanks Professor & Spark.
I like Jim,love his documentaries
Information is a dimension of its own in the universe.
Yes! Yes it is! That is your fourth dimension. It is not time. Time is not a dimension, but indeed information is a good way to approach that 4D concept.
I had always thought of it as being perspective. You might be onto something simpler.
It's only something because we're observing it. Would it be anything if intelligence wasn't here to see observe it?
@@briank1263 well, there wouldn't be us without information.
Information _is_ Energy.
I thank my God that he made us to love him and to explore all of his creation.
Conflating the thing with what may be said about the thing.
"In the beginning was the Word...."
How a thing is described causes the thing itself.
A very old idea, indeed.
Magic.
What is order and disorder? Csn you help me,?
@@kirbymanlegro8201 I think it must be that 'order' is the ratio between energy and matter. Because matter is the concentration of energy; order would be more matter relative to energy in a given system. When something comes into existence by subtracting energy from its surroundings, it increases order. Disorder would be the more even distribution of energy: IOW entropy. As things decay, they turn into energy; until there is nothing left but smoothly distributed energy...
@Pouty MacPotatohead Define 'order'. I did. When everything is reduced to energy; there is maximum disorder.
How does that apply to the idea that a thing is created by the description of the thing?
@@michaelpcoffee Order is a system that requires less information to completely describe. Disorder is a system that requires a large amount of information to describe.
@@user-hh2is9kg9j
That requires a describer.
I’ve been able to watch this several times which I seldom do. It’s an incredibly insightful and brilliant documentary on a fascinating subject! Love Maxwell’s perching demon, btw:
The subject..... of information!
I often watch Jim's docs several times.
i learned so mutch from the professor jim
Yes, if you enjoy fables.
@@Withoutmixture lmao
@@Withoutmixture What's your deal? Anti science?
@@Withoutmixture Religious freak?
@@Withoutmixture lol how ironic came from a lad that believes a work of fiction wrote by some guy up in the mountain where no one is around and tell people it was the word of God 😂😂
Excellent documentary ❤️❤️❤️
That was excellent. I did a Computer Science degree in the 1990s and have written software for the decades since but this was has got me thinking about different ways of how information can be represented and the rather crude approximation with which we use computers right now to simulate and abstract from reality.
very fascinating documentary
Jim Al Khalili is truly a gift to the scientific research in the world God bless you.
I am from university of surrey and a fan of Professor Jim. 👍
Salutes to Jim, indeed!
Irving Finkel!
The guy is awesome. He features on many British Museum UA-cam vids, and quite a few others.
One of the best documentaries I watched, very mind opening, especially when one works in IT.
best presenter on the planet. A.
Informative ❤️❤️
Thank you Jim
I suggest alxo to read Mr Tompkins Adventures by G. Gamow. An interesting passage is where Maxwell's Daemon play tennis with the molecules...
I really wish you could have added Jesse Russell and his contribution to allowing digital information to be transmitted digitally and wirelessly
Absolutely brilliant!
Excellent source of information on how we have traveled so far... clay, pattern, Data , instructions, bits, order .. future is promising.. let's C
I did C
And now I do Python.
Thanks.
Ha Ha
As a drinking game, every time he says “INFORMATION”, bottoms up, yeah?! Cheers!
No i hate drinking it makes you worse
@@psi4262
I hate hating it makes you worse
Or he says "Them" in his funny way...
@@psi4262fun guy
Maxwell entropy explained
Excellent video
I always wondered why gadgets like the camera which work like eyes and specially the computer works like humans. It was because Turing inspiration was the human brain itself!
If only some of these great men could be resurrected so they can see the impact of their innovations, now or in the future.
Imagine if people like Leonardo da Vinci could observe modern technology. What would they subsequently invent.
I love all youtube videos, most of them are with shocking and interesting information.
Almost as shocking as the amount of thought put into that comment.
That's cool, the loom was the first use of a digital format. The first computer! =)
Technically one of the first computers was the Antikythera
mechanism, made by the ancient Greeks around 60-70 BC. X
@@ellanpearce3532 to what we already know, this is right, the Antykhitera mechanism indeed.
Glad to see you again. You are suppressed.
To all you people moaning about the ads, simple thing to do is fast forward right to the end and the replay. Ads are gone. Simples.
Lol 😆 i didn't know..i tried it and it works thanks buddy
It doesn't work with watch later videos, it didn't for me.
@@oldschoolman1444 go back to history. Reclick on the video..it doesnt work in a playlist because the next video will begin playing..
Hope that works
Or possibly pay for the service
@@AyrtonMercado We already do, with personal data.