How Scientists Reacted to Gravitational Wave Detection

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  • čas přidán 4. 01. 2017
  • I find the story of gravitational wave detection fascinating, particularly as it shows the deep skepticism of scientists. First, disbelieve.
    The absurd physics of gravitational wave detection: • The Absurdity of Detec...
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  • @sadakotube
    @sadakotube Před 7 lety +5687

    this guy is worth every cent people paid him. he's skeptical of his own findings, and definitely a very good scientist.

    • @get_your_mood_right_
      @get_your_mood_right_ Před 7 lety +291

      Especially after looking forward to it for 20 years

    • @batmanarkham5120
      @batmanarkham5120 Před 7 lety +133

      sadakotube he's an MIT PhD, shows his class

    • @TorgoFraNorgo
      @TorgoFraNorgo Před 5 lety +255

      Digging around for weeks for literal tin foil conspiracies that could explain the result before believing what they wanted to believe. I'm kind of in awe.

    • @vibodhj349
      @vibodhj349 Před 5 lety +133

      People from India should learn from him. Atleast my religious parents should, haha!

    • @carolouellet
      @carolouellet Před 5 lety +46

      @@bijeshshrestha2450 and he was born in India.

  • @ItzAllMine360
    @ItzAllMine360 Před 7 lety +2910

    that is the shirt of a man who makes breakthroughs.

    • @astroNexx
      @astroNexx Před 6 lety +46

      TheGrandadParadox underrated comment

    • @stephenryan1912
      @stephenryan1912 Před 5 lety +13

      Truth.

    • @mxrkxo
      @mxrkxo Před 5 lety +32

      Plus his orange crocks

    • @osere6432
      @osere6432 Před 4 lety +105

      Unwashed
      Unironed
      Unclean
      Underrated

    • @kbrod666
      @kbrod666 Před 4 lety +27

      He pulled it out of the hamper 5 minutes before leaving for work.

  • @valrina
    @valrina Před 2 lety +188

    "Black holes are really simple. It's just a black hole in space"
    -Actual scientist

  • @godless-clump-of-cells
    @godless-clump-of-cells Před 4 lety +1565

    *"To hell with ironing my shirt. I have science things to do. Onward to the lab!"*

  • @charleshanson9467
    @charleshanson9467 Před 7 lety +3883

    It's refreshing to see a scientist literally doubt his results until he can't anymore.

    • @Muonium1
      @Muonium1 Před 7 lety +296

      ummm so literally what all good scientists do all the time everywhere?

    • @velikiradojica
      @velikiradojica Před 7 lety +179

      You're implying that they're all good. There's a lot of scientists who "massage" their results until they get something worth publishing. Even high end scientists do it, like people who synthesize new chemical elements.

    • @selimhassairi
      @selimhassairi Před 7 lety +12

      Right! But here's the thing, he wasn't even happy about it.
      I don't get the point of this. He feels so bored about it, while its one of the greatest discoveries of the XXIst century!
      I'd have gone crazy at first, and then doubt it. But not always doubting that much; that, in my opinion, removes a bit of humanity.
      But I'm not him, and he can be whatever he wants to be. :)

    • @JM-us3fr
      @JM-us3fr Před 7 lety +32

      Charles Hanson Descartes would be proud

    • @ominousplatypus380
      @ominousplatypus380 Před 7 lety +66

      That's what happens when scientists are pressured to publish to keep their position. It doesn't make for good science.

  • @PierreMarkuse
    @PierreMarkuse Před 7 lety +2721

    While I like the video on the main channel, this interview here is even more interesting to watch.

    • @derek
      @derek  Před 7 lety +205

      yeah I found his story fascinating - not the reaction I expected.

    • @king6dutch
      @king6dutch Před 7 lety +43

      Derek, Prof Adhikari seems real interesting. You guys talk about anything else for future videos?

    • @anubhav21dec
      @anubhav21dec Před 7 lety +37

      2veritasium yes! I watched so many videos since the announcement, so many lectures. And his story is completely different and more real sounding.

    • @ColonelRPG
      @ColonelRPG Před 7 lety +18

      Yup, I totally agree :) Not to say that the first video isn't awesome, it is, great job, but the neaty gritty is in this one, I feel.

    • @Braingeyser64
      @Braingeyser64 Před 7 lety +19

      Easily the least nerdy physics nerd I've ever seen. Brilliant interview.

  • @normalhuman6260
    @normalhuman6260 Před 3 lety +735

    I met this professor in India where he came to give a lecture at my university. Coolest guy ever.
    I wasn't a physics major and his lecture was for physics majors but the way he explained everything made physics look so much easier.
    Just explained using basic college mathematics and good analogies.
    And yes, his shirt still looked the same which was funny since my gang of researchers for the first time felt represented in an overly bureaucratic and "must look clean" indian research environment.

  • @f.herumusu8341
    @f.herumusu8341 Před 4 lety +1207

    Definition of optimism: Wearing Laser goggles to protect your eyes from a MW Laser, even when you know that it would vaporize your head in a fraction of a second.

    • @ebin4516
      @ebin4516 Před 4 lety +150

      my guess is that if that powerful a laser had its light even reflected on a wall across the complex you would go instantly blind, might help a bit in case of a catastrophic failure.

    • @thewilltheway
      @thewilltheway Před 4 lety +136

      Plus he's lookin' pretty fly.

    • @nilaksh007
      @nilaksh007 Před 3 lety +43

      Yeah like others said it's to protect from stray reflections. See styropyro's video in which he played with a tattoo laser. His camera wasn't even facing the laser but its sensor got a bit damaged due to reflections

    • @psun256
      @psun256 Před 3 lety +8

      it makes him look cool!

    • @Pierrot110194
      @Pierrot110194 Před 3 lety +6

      @@nilaksh007 There are probably also pump-lasers at play which have much less power and against which you can protect yourself with the glasses.

  • @eivilcow33
    @eivilcow33 Před 7 lety +2277

    Now that is a good scientist. Try your absolute hardest to disprove your own findings in order to trust your own findings. I'm glad to see that kind of healthy science is still around.

    • @cortster12
      @cortster12 Před 7 lety +82

      Shame that so many people in the comments do not understand this (well, at least a dozen so far). They think science is woo woo and that skepticism is a fault. Anything other than immediate results isn't science to them.

    • @eivilcow33
      @eivilcow33 Před 7 lety +79

      It's because companies like buzzfeed post stories the second a scientist says they might have something. Like when NASA says they found a new planet in the Goldilocks zone, buzzfeed goes out and says "NASA just discovered a new planet that they say may harbor sentient life" its the complete lack of attention span feeding the downfall of good science...

    • @sizzlinsj8135
      @sizzlinsj8135 Před 7 lety +5

      Exactly... we have model of an atom which was proposed by many scientist like rishi kannad, jj thomson, rutherford, neil bohr who disproved earlier discoveries.

    • @petertaylor928
      @petertaylor928 Před 7 lety +3

      eivilcow
      What about the linear thermal expansion at a measurable scale with a caliper or on a quantum level? If this device can detect a change in distance down to 1.0E-18 meters, then I'm sure it has to do with the thermal expansion and contraction of the mechanical components on this big rig.
      Think about it:
      I chose 410 stainless steel for the metal since it has a low thermal expansion coefficient [a], aluminum is over twice that.
      Linear Thermal Expansion -
      dL = L_o × a × dT
      Where......
      dL = 1.0E-18 m
      L_o = 4,000 m
      a = 9.9E+6 m/(m-K)
      dT = ?
      So......
      dT = 1.0E-18÷[4,000 m × 9.9E-6 m/(m-K)]
      dT = 2.5E-17 K
      That is only a temperature change of 0.000000000000000025 degrees Celsius needed to show this change between the two waves of these lasers!
      Not possible to control the ambient temperature in the lab to be that steady.

    • @eivilcow33
      @eivilcow33 Před 7 lety +36

      Peter Taylor
      That is why they built two of them. any errors that are caused by thermal strain or vibrations will only be seen in one and will be independent of the other. therefore they can calibrate them off each other and search for the patterns that are the same in both of them. Think of it as a DNA electrophoresis but with a couple hundred million bands instead of a few dozen. If you put in both sets and pull out only the parts that match up, then you get information that is independent of local error.
      Ideally there would be more than two because everyone knows that there are two spots on exact opposite sides of the planet that have the same temperature and pressure, so it is possible that the two machines will experience a hiccup that is close enough to get past the filters. I totally get where your argument is coming from, 10^-18 is absurdly small, but I am just saying that they seem to at least be trying to put in their due diligence and find and eliminate all of the errors that they can that could bias their results.

  • @schloergrape5191
    @schloergrape5191 Před 7 lety +2717

    The level of scepticism showed here by these scientists is refreshing to see today

    • @laurel5432
      @laurel5432 Před 7 lety +53

      It took him 3 weeks to reach a "slow boil"! Insane! I too am sceptic as hell sometimes but it damn sure is refreshing.

    • @kucam12mischablue
      @kucam12mischablue Před 7 lety +13

      hahahahahahahaha, mate. that's exactly what I was thinking. amazing. simply amazing.

    • @thorp.n8998
      @thorp.n8998 Před 7 lety +66

      Scientists are generally quite skeptical today!, 100 years ago we hardly even did peer review. Sure there are problems to improve on, but things are probably better than ever.

    • @j0k3r88
      @j0k3r88 Před 7 lety +80

      after all these toiling skepticism to assure truth, politicians comment:"scientific facts are just narratives" i.e. climate change

    • @natalyamasson9153
      @natalyamasson9153 Před 7 lety +62

      I just spent an afternoon reading about new-age-like "studies" and "discoveries", and this video is so refreshing. THIS is the border between "science" and the real science: skepticism. These guys worked so hard to prove themselves wrong.

  • @RoboBoddicker
    @RoboBoddicker Před 7 lety +666

    I'd like to see more videos like this where researchers describe how they came to their results rather than just the results themselves. I think this sort of thing is exactly what's missing from science education - and it's why people convince themselves of things like fake moon landings and flat earth etc. We're generally just told the end result of the research, and all the nitty-gritty work of eliminating alternative scenarios is mostly ignored. So people naturally get the sense that scientists themselves are ignoring those alternative scenarios - when in fact, they're the most skeptical folks of all.

    • @vibodhj349
      @vibodhj349 Před 5 lety +28

      I thank you for this comment. Its like science comes with mathematics and a lot of boring stuff which we, impatient beings like to avoid. Look at this guy, he is after this for 20 years! Cannot believe his level of patience! Science needs more patience than anything else.

    • @eveillanderson
      @eveillanderson Před 4 lety +2

      On the real though the moon landing was faked at Area 51 - the second shooter is the lady in pink.
      #HappyBirthday #MrPresident #ColdWar

    • @Ying-yang6969
      @Ying-yang6969 Před 4 lety +5

      If you have talent and you have qualifications, you can ask these institutions for raw data and interpret them yourself. Who knows maybe your findings can help.

    • @teese1630
      @teese1630 Před 4 lety

      @@eveillanderson You mean his jackie onasis?

    • @thedoublehelix5661
      @thedoublehelix5661 Před 4 lety +3

      @@Ying-yang6969 It depends. There is a lot of statistics and background that needs to be learned first. Talent won't get you much unless you take the time to understand preexsisting science first.

  • @cheegum6296
    @cheegum6296 Před 4 lety +195

    One way (of many) to achieve this level of jadedness is to have your heart broken again and again by people you incorrectly thought you meant everything to. Once you have reached that realm of I no longer expect anything from this universe you become Professor Rana Adhikari.

    • @zucc4764
      @zucc4764 Před 3 lety +14

      The guy is enlightened.

    • @TheKmanKVSC
      @TheKmanKVSC Před 3 lety +10

      Working on a subject for more than 10 years takes its toll.

    • @RKroese
      @RKroese Před 3 lety +1

      And he was blessed by a perfect event when they turned on their gizmo.
      Gods looking out for this dude. :)

  • @stiimuli
    @stiimuli Před 7 lety +3070

    That guy is really good at explaining

    • @mactek6033
      @mactek6033 Před 7 lety +10

      No he isn't. He is the opposite of drama and excitement.

    • @smartereveryday
      @smartereveryday Před 7 lety +376

      I really appreciated his explanations.

    • @SouvikMukherjeeACFCOD
      @SouvikMukherjeeACFCOD Před 7 lety +10

      Hi destin, Glad to see you over here! Really like your videos

    • @ZetroiLP
      @ZetroiLP Před 7 lety +2

      hi destin , how you doin

    • @DanielLame
      @DanielLame Před 7 lety +12

      At the end of the video i literally said "wow"

  • @Ray-gw2wh
    @Ray-gw2wh Před 7 lety +689

    I love how you just let him speak in this video, no cutting to the point or anything. Very interesting to watch

    • @demzynavarro3415
      @demzynavarro3415 Před 3 lety +21

      Absolutely the sign of a great interviewer.

    • @sriharshacv7760
      @sriharshacv7760 Před 3 lety +11

      @@demzynavarro3415 That also depends on the interviewee. If the interviewee abuses his opportunity, interviewer needs to cut him off. This is observed in politicians.

    • @walter1894
      @walter1894 Před 3 lety +4

      Saw this msg, liked it
      After four years
      That's how gravitational waves works

    • @namelastname4077
      @namelastname4077 Před 3 lety +4

      This youtube is a masterpiece and one of the few that I watch a couple of times a year

    • @ashokkumar-zw8vi
      @ashokkumar-zw8vi Před 9 měsíci +1

      I mean he is not Neil DeGrasse Tyson

  • @ScarletIbis531
    @ScarletIbis531 Před 6 lety +307

    Buy cool shades and keep your shirt in your back pocket. That's how you become a cool scientist.

    • @indranilghosh3635
      @indranilghosh3635 Před 4 lety +18

      Those cool shades protect him from becoming a permanently blind man

    • @thesci-fibro5835
      @thesci-fibro5835 Před 4 lety +15

      They aren't shades , they're goggles to protect him from the equipment

    • @ScarletIbis531
      @ScarletIbis531 Před 4 lety +9

      @@thesci-fibro5835 was this response generated two years ago and only just arrive via gravitational waves? I have no recollection of writing this comment. Seriously. That's how long ago it was. Thanks ?!

    • @thesci-fibro5835
      @thesci-fibro5835 Před 4 lety +6

      @@ScarletIbis531 you're welcome ?!

    • @akshatchobdar3038
      @akshatchobdar3038 Před 3 lety

      @@ScarletIbis531 lemme remind you again

  • @divyajyoti1631
    @divyajyoti1631 Před 3 lety +137

    This gives me Goosebumps.. knowing that now being a grad student, doing a PhD in gravitational waves, actually finding these things, parameters of the blackholes.. how humble and perfect was the first detection. Even after numerous detections over the last 5 years, that one still remains one of the loudest. It's like the universe was waiting for us to start the detector and send the perfect signal.

    • @dryatish2102
      @dryatish2102 Před 3 lety +6

      Wow PhD on gravitational waves.. super cool

    • @timedilatesme
      @timedilatesme Před 3 lety +4

      hey really great i am also willing to get a PhD after my Undergrad gets over and along the way I am making videos on science would you spare 5 mins of your time to comment how is my content ??

    • @splendor10
      @splendor10 Před 3 lety

      Sister. What kind of single did you mentioned and for what purpose?
      (Are you in iit?)

    • @YatiAcharya
      @YatiAcharya Před 2 lety +7

      The universe predicted that these people would turn on the detector in 30 minutes shy of a billion years.

    • @jorgefigueroa7048
      @jorgefigueroa7048 Před 2 lety +2

      Now that you put it that way I also got goosebumps! just the right time!

  • @LYbmtUdpyvI1JVBN
    @LYbmtUdpyvI1JVBN Před 7 lety +894

    Great scientific discoveries don't generally start with "Eureka!", but with a: "Hmm, that's funny."

    • @kumardigvijaymishra5945
      @kumardigvijaymishra5945 Před 4 lety +9

      Most of the stuff today, is already discovered or invented or explored or ... For some, life is already too good to be true.

    • @VinayVarsani
      @VinayVarsani Před 3 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/XWzXq3sbAbk/video.html

    • @psibarpsi
      @psibarpsi Před 3 lety +3

      And you stole this quote from I-can't-remember-who.

    • @RKroese
      @RKroese Před 3 lety +4

      That's because these discoveries is the data matching years and YEARS of theoretical calculations.
      So either "That's funny." or "That seems to match the hypothesis." would be likely.
      The greek guy found a solution to a problem and therefore yelled: "I have it!" being Eureka in Greek.

    • @hala8660
      @hala8660 Před 3 lety +1

      @@kumardigvijaymishra5945 you understand that we have only mapped 35% of our oceans? There is still much unexplored territory below the waves

  • @DataStorm1
    @DataStorm1 Před 7 lety +666

    Shit man, all I did was turn my washing machine on...

  • @Ivana-xm4wi
    @Ivana-xm4wi Před 3 lety +37

    He is so well spoken that the cello example gave me goosebumps

    • @richardmuniz3441
      @richardmuniz3441 Před rokem +2

      I agree. Such a brilliant, beautiful, human, deep, timeless, and powerful thing to say.

    • @sleepycandle2642
      @sleepycandle2642 Před měsícem

      I really want to say the editor should get a raise, but I’d rather have the money split in a way where a reasonable amount, is used to get high quality information like the kind in this video.
      That said, I agree. The cello was an awesome touch that helped intensify the point of patient excitement.

  • @HW-ct1iq
    @HW-ct1iq Před 6 lety +73

    "Each day I believed a little more." That's the best way I've heard responsible scientific development summed up. And maybe a phrase to view our lives in the world by too. There are few eureka moments. Things take time, and scrutiny. Be wary of people offering quick fixes and easy answers.

    • @oldoddjobs
      @oldoddjobs Před 2 lety

      Always doubt and be skeptical! Until the Science says we know something, then hunt down the bigoted deniers and hate-filled cavemen!

  • @mk17173n
    @mk17173n Před 7 lety +3632

    the gravitational waves distorted this guys' shirt.

    • @IBoudiaf
      @IBoudiaf Před 7 lety +50

      Ross Gabriel it should be, guy's shirt*. Possessive not plural.

    • @rishab475
      @rishab475 Před 7 lety +13

      In "this guys shirt" there should be an apostrophe so it should be "guy's," since the guy owns the shirt.

    • @IBoudiaf
      @IBoudiaf Před 7 lety +6

      In this case no, because the shirt belongs to the guy. It's more like saying "that's Ross' hat"

    • @SelcraigClimbs
      @SelcraigClimbs Před 7 lety +7

      Ross Gabriel the apostrophe is used as the possesive indicator rather that a plural as death by youtube said. guy's shirt does not mean guy is shirt

    • @mk17173n
      @mk17173n Před 7 lety +40

      leave it to the English teachers to argue over grammar on youtube comments.

  • @carlwitt7950
    @carlwitt7950 Před 7 lety +473

    This my friends, is a REAL scientist. He is so focused on the task at hand that he wore THAT shirt for this interview.

    • @mickavellian
      @mickavellian Před 3 lety +9

      That is his Einstein homage

    • @sriharshacv7760
      @sriharshacv7760 Před 3 lety +4

      Something wrong with that shirt?

    • @carlwitt7950
      @carlwitt7950 Před 3 lety +2

      @@sriharshacv7760 Nothing a little ironing wouldn't cure... and maybe get it a size larger?

    • @jordabox
      @jordabox Před 3 lety +9

      @@carlwitt7950 story says he had it for 2 decades

    • @KristopherNoronha
      @KristopherNoronha Před 2 lety +3

      I'm not even a scientist or someone doing particularly important stuff and I view dressing up as a waste of time. Buying clothes is a waste of time AND resources. I wear the same 5 shirts to work every week, in the order i take them out of the washing machine.

  • @shaileshrana7165
    @shaileshrana7165 Před 4 lety +233

    "The calculation of the waveform is very simple. It's the easiest thing to find."
    Uh, huh. Yep. Absolutely.

    • @saleplains
      @saleplains Před 4 lety +42

      you know, a very basic merger of black holes nothing complicated or weird
      hahaha

    • @Nowhy
      @Nowhy Před 4 lety +4

      The easiest is the hardest when it comes to that and yet, he still fails.

    • @timedilatesme
      @timedilatesme Před 3 lety +14

      also blackholes are very simple to calculate........
      Hahaah

    • @tackytaco8133
      @tackytaco8133 Před 3 lety +6

      Well ... there's a lot in classical physics that's even more difficult

    • @benjaminkenney3706
      @benjaminkenney3706 Před 2 lety +1

      He just means that there’s no mass or EM i interference like there would be with white dwarfs or neutron stars

  • @MagnusDangerMagnus
    @MagnusDangerMagnus Před 7 lety +186

    I seriously cannot get enough of Professor Adhikari.

    • @ArghyadeepPal
      @ArghyadeepPal Před 3 lety +2

      @Tsai Hsieh What is the context of your comment?

    • @ArghyadeepPal
      @ArghyadeepPal Před 3 lety

      @Tsai Hsieh Dimag ke screw thik hai toh, ya ek do shopping karte waqt gir gaya tha?

    • @ArghyadeepPal
      @ArghyadeepPal Před 3 lety

      @Tsai Hsieh Tune hi toh kal kaha tha ki tere "G" mein ek kutte ne bahut zor se pela tha ..

  • @22222Sandman22222
    @22222Sandman22222 Před 7 lety +641

    Breathtaking amount of enthusiasm, this person has.

    • @bournechupacabra
      @bournechupacabra Před 6 lety +70

      He's one of my profs.... He's like this every day

    • @RhayaderGoesToTown
      @RhayaderGoesToTown Před 6 lety +20

      Much to learn, you still have.

    • @fgbhrl4907
      @fgbhrl4907 Před 6 lety +34

      This guy is a tenacious dude... He doesn't get discouraged when things don't work out.

    • @RogerBarraud
      @RogerBarraud Před 5 lety +7

      @@fgbhrl4907 Not in a hurry ; hype need not apply.

  • @--Voltz--
    @--Voltz-- Před 7 lety +242

    Hey VER! Thanks for having the *CC* enabled on your video. I'm a deaf man so this really helps me out a lot. It also makes me feel like I'm apart of something.. bigger than myself!

  • @undead890
    @undead890 Před 4 lety +459

    If The Big Lebowski was made in India, this guy would be cast as The Dude.

    • @ayushkhandelwal9382
      @ayushkhandelwal9382 Před 3 lety +9

      Underrated

    • @ameyabadve
      @ameyabadve Před 3 lety

      😂😂💯👍

    • @Alienytical
      @Alienytical Před 3 lety +6

      He would have temples built and people would chant his name 108 times 2 times a day.

    • @Alienytical
      @Alienytical Před 3 lety

      @monarch vanced and yet he had temple built on his name www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/%E2%80%98Abdul-Kalam-Temple%E2%80%99-at-Thillai-Nagar/article17127135.ece/amp/

    • @Alienytical
      @Alienytical Před 3 lety

      @monarch vanced yea, GOD

  • @wolframstahl1263
    @wolframstahl1263 Před 7 lety +301

    This is such a great example of the scientific method at work (I'm not even talking about the mind-boggling absurdity of the scientific and engineering feats that lead to this measurement, just their reaction).
    They measured a signal and instead of celebrating what they had supposedly done, they took every conceivable measure to that they *didn't* succeed. And only then, as they could not prove their data wrong, they accepted that it was right.
    Exactly this is why science works!

    • @EGarrett01
      @EGarrett01 Před 3 lety +5

      You're missing that at the very beginning he didn't even bother to look at the measurement and only did because the others who he discouraged from bothering kept looking at it despite him. There's a fine line between skepticism and cynicism and when you start ignoring things that are actually valuable, that's cynicism.

    • @Saucemcfloss
      @Saucemcfloss Před 3 lety +1

      @@EGarrett01 glass half empty, glass half full - eventually someone will want to sip from it. I agree, you might be right, but what's important is his perspective changed.

    • @muhammadaryawicaksono4232
      @muhammadaryawicaksono4232 Před 3 lety +3

      @@EGarrett01 its just his figure of speech i think. He didnt wanna hype it up cause it might introduce a bias. He decided to look at it kn a more condusive atmosphere

    • @EGarrett01
      @EGarrett01 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Saucemcfloss You can't change your perspective if you don't look at things that might change it.

  • @briansmobile1
    @briansmobile1 Před 7 lety +678

    The music at the end was a nice touch.

    • @EddSjo
      @EddSjo Před 7 lety +2

      briansmobile1 didn't expect to see you here.
      😏

    • @opkp
      @opkp Před 3 lety +2

      You spoiled it

  • @roydadancegod
    @roydadancegod Před 7 lety +570

    So chill : "I was like Whatever I don't have time for this nonsense"

    • @vdinh143
      @vdinh143 Před 6 lety +6

      Roy DaDanceGod I have work to do!

    • @bobolinkr
      @bobolinkr Před 4 lety +7

      He should've kept that attitude, this black hole shit is bogus as fuck

    • @akshayasadventures
      @akshayasadventures Před 4 lety

      I need to get my shirt pressed!!

    • @Digalog
      @Digalog Před 4 lety +3

      "Spends billions"
      "The first results are in!"
      "I don't care (yet)"

    • @danielwood6168
      @danielwood6168 Před 3 lety

      😂😂😂

  • @kalpssays
    @kalpssays Před 4 lety +64

    what clarity in your expressions. a non-technical person like me was able to follow every word of it.

  • @callumvanheerden1530
    @callumvanheerden1530 Před 4 lety +175

    This guy is the definition of cool.

  • @GodWorksOut
    @GodWorksOut Před 7 lety +374

    Do more videos with this fellow!

    • @jbielic4067
      @jbielic4067 Před 7 lety +28

      Yeah, bet he's an awesome teacher. Knows his shit but able to relate it in such a laid back simple way.

    • @Harry351ify
      @Harry351ify Před 7 lety +25

      He looks bored by everything though. What's that sound? Oh, it's just a bomb exploding. Nothing much interesting.

    • @Vulcapyro
      @Vulcapyro Před 7 lety +86

      +Pramod Herath I don't get that impression at all. I can see that he's being laid-back and casual and doesn't get HYPE over things as a stereotypical enthusiast might, but the way he talks about things conveys to me a deep appreciation of his work. I've had several professors similar to this and they're often extremely interesting to talk with and learn from.

    • @BigDaddy-yp4mi
      @BigDaddy-yp4mi Před 4 lety

      @@Vulcapyro Agreed. SOOOOOOOoooooooooo much better than the commentators on every single "Space" docu-series from Science Channel, History Channel, et. al. I LOVE Amy Mainzer, bc she's laid-back, even keeled like this fellow. Alex Filippenko is made to look as if he shit himself and is waiting to see if you smell it bc it's hilarious, his life's goal, and he's to act goofy and excited. I've watched his lectures and he's actually REALLY laid back, chill as fuck, and down to Earth. Idiot tv producer I guess. I ABSOLUTELY LOATHE Michelle Thaller's tv appearances because it's as if she is speaking down to you, even though she' really not; and although Thaller is a GENIUS (Filipenko as well, who I think won or was at least on the team that won astronomy Nobel prize), for God's sake, PLEASE, just talk at normal speed and normal cadence!!!!!!!! (Like LIGO guy!!!!!!!!)(Or Veritasium!!!!)

  • @Killerbear02
    @Killerbear02 Před 7 lety +179

    i could listen to him for forever. this voice and way of talking is so ... i dont even know how to describe this. just talk as long as you want and i will listen.
    man, i love this man.

    • @Yellow.1844
      @Yellow.1844 Před 4 lety +5

      Reminds of one of my science teacher in high school, coolest teacher I ever had

    • @marcellisrobinson
      @marcellisrobinson Před 3 lety +6

      Why not move to Pasadena, enroll at Caltech, and obtain a BS in physics? Chances are, you'll run into him in the halls of the Physics Dept. building

    • @1088lol
      @1088lol Před 2 lety +1

      idk maybe he is single
      go for it champ

  • @A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid

    And here we see the super-skeptic in his native habitat 🧐
    Watch as he takes great care to not allow himself to see what he wants to see. A spectacular specimen.

    • @EGarrett01
      @EGarrett01 Před 3 lety +3

      He didn't look at it at all, that was cynicism. Others kept checking it despite him discouraging them from doing so. You need to doubt, but not to to the point that you assume negativity and don't bother.

  • @geofthompson3844
    @geofthompson3844 Před 2 lety +12

    Now that fella is a proper scientist. His scepticism does him pride. But more than that, he's also an artist. The way he described his work, comparing it to cello music, was fantastic. It perfectly summed up what he's doing in a way anyone can relate to. Brilliant stuff 👏

    • @pauldirc..
      @pauldirc.. Před rokem

      He seems like gangster

    • @floreaciprian9742
      @floreaciprian9742 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I noticed that a lot of great scientists are also very drawn to art and especially music

  • @GuyWithAnAmazingHat
    @GuyWithAnAmazingHat Před 7 lety +843

    This is the type of quality reaction video that reaction channels should do. Teens react to New Horizons and Pluto, elders react to CERN and Higgs Boson etc.

    • @NutritiouslyHigh
      @NutritiouslyHigh Před 7 lety +31

      Best thing to do is just not watch reaction videos. They're all stupid, even if they were reacting to this.

    • @MarcusMedomRyding
      @MarcusMedomRyding Před 7 lety +1

      Bozhe moi! This I know from nothing.

    • @user-go3ks9tf4f
      @user-go3ks9tf4f Před 7 lety

      What I'm going to do?

    • @adityakhanna113
      @adityakhanna113 Před 7 lety +5

      +Imperialx Nope. There's a similar ratio of dumb and smart people in most places.
      Sometimes, this is skewed, like in Japan's case

    • @Artaxerxes.
      @Artaxerxes. Před 7 lety

      Aditya Khanna
      Japan ?

  • @daviddupoise6443
    @daviddupoise6443 Před 7 lety +129

    I absolutely love Prof Rana Adhikari's music analogy. I smiled and thought of Rufus Wainwright's song Vibrate.

    • @dragoY9955
      @dragoY9955 Před 5 lety +3

      Yes, love the music analogy. So beautiful, soothing and heart warming ... a special feeling evoked.

  • @ddr_drogba777
    @ddr_drogba777 Před 2 lety +3

    Putting in the Cello music at the end was GOLD

  • @richardvickers8117
    @richardvickers8117 Před 3 lety +11

    I wish skepticism and its role in science were taught and explained more thoroughly in public schools. I had a physics professor once who told me that putting 3 physicists on a problem should produce at least 4 opinions or something was wrong.

  • @AmonAmarthFan609
    @AmonAmarthFan609 Před 7 lety +91

    The guy in the thumbnail is like "bruh...what is gravity even...like...bruh"

  • @Michael_Michaels
    @Michael_Michaels Před 7 lety +233

    Explaining one of the most astonishing phenomenons in the universe is pretty bad ass, but with special _sun glasses_ on, is a "deal with it" level of badassery!

    • @nguyenvu8262
      @nguyenvu8262 Před 4 lety +5

      I think it's a safety requirement. As our host wears one too. In a quite confined space, not a lot of light. But that's just a guess.

    • @itsmebatman
      @itsmebatman Před 4 lety +14

      @@nguyenvu8262 They have a 1 megawatt infrared laser inside this room. I'd assume the sun glasses are to protect their eyes from little reflections, like in case the laser hits a little spec of dust or something along those lines.

    • @nguyenvu8262
      @nguyenvu8262 Před 4 lety +5

      @@itsmebatman In that case, it's definitely a safety requirement.

  • @ultimateman55
    @ultimateman55 Před 5 lety +12

    Honestly one of the most genuine and insightful science videos I've ever watched. Rewatching this today for the third time since it was released. Thanks so much for posting this.

  • @VishalThakur-zg7ub
    @VishalThakur-zg7ub Před 2 lety +2

    As a dev who is often afraid to test his own code fearing that I might find a bug and might have to stay back at office longer, you have changed my mindset forever.

  • @eatingtacos000
    @eatingtacos000 Před 7 lety +420

    dudeman has the most wrinkled shirt in history

    • @DoctorRock172
      @DoctorRock172 Před 7 lety +52

      Comes with the job.

    • @dlwatib
      @dlwatib Před 7 lety +12

      No it doesn't. It comes from extreme neglect.

    • @GigiGiggio95
      @GigiGiggio95 Před 7 lety +93

      Following Feynman "whatever man, I don't have time for this nonsense"

    • @AJZulu
      @AJZulu Před 7 lety

      doesn't iron his clothes.

    • @AJZulu
      @AJZulu Před 7 lety +44

      Aint nobody got time for that!

  • @Steven-sz6vg
    @Steven-sz6vg Před 7 lety +58

    This guy talks so well! We need him at the front line to change the world!

    • @Biomirth
      @Biomirth Před 6 lety +2

      That's right; Promote someone out of where they are effectual, because they are effectual, to a position where they can no longer impact the thing they're good at. /Peter Principle

  • @lucasscopello
    @lucasscopello Před 2 lety +2

    I've watched this at least 7 times since it came out, really like this interview and idk why

    • @kabootriachhimurgi
      @kabootriachhimurgi Před rokem

      Ditto buddy. Sometimes when i need to introspect, i watch this. It is pure in an unexplainable way

  • @AlexTrusk91
    @AlexTrusk91 Před 5 lety +54

    wears glasses all trough the interview, shirt is about to blast off, and yet he is kinda cool whenever he talks

    • @erick9348
      @erick9348 Před 3 lety +6

      Well he is one of the smartest people of the smartest people.
      Caring about looks is for insecure stupid people.

    • @anibeto7
      @anibeto7 Před 3 lety +5

      Most of the people in India are like that. This guy is Adhikari.. that means he is from West Bengal and people in this part of India do not care about dress or looks.

    • @tinyanisu1927
      @tinyanisu1927 Před 3 lety +1

      @@anibeto7 Lol.

    • @gaurav21885
      @gaurav21885 Před 2 lety

      @@anibeto7 Adhikaris are from uttarakhand too.

    • @anibeto7
      @anibeto7 Před 2 lety

      @@gaurav21885 Wow never knew that. But indeed it is true people from West Bengal do not care about their looks or any other social stigmas. Also this scientist is from West Bengal.

  • @whatthefunction9140
    @whatthefunction9140 Před 7 lety +314

    camera man has been drinking.

    • @4Nicholas7
      @4Nicholas7 Před 7 lety +142

      I noticed when the music kicked in, "This would be a really nice moment, if the camera would stop trying to simulate gravitational waves."

    • @namelastname4077
      @namelastname4077 Před 6 lety

      you mean shrinking..

    • @karthickmurali598
      @karthickmurali598 Před 4 lety

      The camera might have been heavy to hold so the guy might've been struggling

  • @ProjectifyMusic
    @ProjectifyMusic Před 7 lety +308

    why are they both wearing protective glasses? is this video safe to watch??!

    • @utl94
      @utl94 Před 7 lety +51

      There are lasers in the room, high power ones. Protection is necessary. And yes, the video is safe to watch.

    • @gnanay8555
      @gnanay8555 Před 7 lety +19

      Whatever is going on in this room, your computer screen can't do it, so don't worry x)

    • @ProjectifyMusic
      @ProjectifyMusic Před 7 lety +69

      guys.. it was a joke lmao

    • @gnanay8555
      @gnanay8555 Před 7 lety +7

      xD ok, couldn't know.

    • @utl94
      @utl94 Před 7 lety +3

      I've read to many comment to rely on "well, that has to be sarcasm".
      Have a good day, bud!

  • @thesteelersrockin11
    @thesteelersrockin11 Před 7 lety +4

    We need more interviews like this!!! Give us a peek behind the curtain. Allow us to see the fallibility of Scientists. I would have never guessed that someone would doubt their results so early in detection. It was quite refreshing to see that they weren't eager to accept the findings, but felt the need to explain it alternatively. Great science!!!

  • @linuxgaminginfullhd60fps10

    I am glad you posted this video. I think there are many skeptics who are not convinced enough, so the details about gravitational waves detection are very useful.

  • @Kihidokid
    @Kihidokid Před 7 lety +927

    turn off the audio it looks like 2 blind people who dont speak the same sign language

    • @MrPomboskate
      @MrPomboskate Před 7 lety +124

      blind people dont speak sign language of course xDD

    • @Muonium1
      @Muonium1 Před 7 lety +15

      they're laser goggles.

    • @kashu7691
      @kashu7691 Před 7 lety +2

      Anthony Ingram deaf?

    • @sandeepvk
      @sandeepvk Před 7 lety +20

      you made my day by this comment. I tried it and couldn't stop a laughing riot :) LOL hahahahahahahahahaha

    • @orrinnaylor3681
      @orrinnaylor3681 Před 7 lety

      LOL

  • @OlafoWaffle
    @OlafoWaffle Před 7 lety +170

    I really enjoy the pessimism of researchers when they stumble on a large break through.

    • @nerdydude1.882
      @nerdydude1.882 Před 7 lety +22

      if you loose your shit then you will get disappointed if you got false positives

    • @Vulcapyro
      @Vulcapyro Před 7 lety +10

      Skepticism isn't pessimism!

    • @OlafoWaffle
      @OlafoWaffle Před 7 lety +1

      You've missed the joke I was making mate.

    • @antred11
      @antred11 Před 7 lety +2

      I missed it, too. Can you explain?

    • @Sam-vi2ho
      @Sam-vi2ho Před 7 lety +2

      I think most people would react the same way.
      You can't tell the world such an amazing finding if it isn't 100% bulletproof with solid evidence to back it up, because of the risk of looking like a complete idiot and ruining your career.

  • @VividhKothari-rd5ll
    @VividhKothari-rd5ll Před 4 měsíci

    You did that sudden zoom at his face when he started talking about the cello music.
    And I didn't notice it at first, but I did notice the shift in tone and the "scene" suddenly became emotionally powerful.

  • @seasidescott
    @seasidescott Před 2 lety +8

    So real. In our experiments, whenever we got results that confirmed hypothesis the crew would assemble along with several other physicists and chemists to debunk it. Negative results = keep regular schedule, enjoy work and life. Positive results = lots of extra work and doubting every step, long hours of near obsession to find our mistakes. Great when someone caught a computational error early but if after thorough examination and rechecking we can't find an error then the best you get is a "maybe". Once the evidence was so clear and repeatable that we were overjoyed to receive a "probably right".

    • @Martinit0
      @Martinit0 Před 2 lety +2

      Haha, so true. When I measured my Phd stuff we thought it looked like an artifact and repeated the measurement about 10 times in slightly different and more careful ways which took about a year before we finally succumbed to experimental evidence.

  • @AdamCDagg
    @AdamCDagg Před 7 lety +9

    That cello analogy at the end was super interesting

  • @dXXPacmanXXb
    @dXXPacmanXXb Před 7 lety +49

    It's like debugging but irl

  • @paterlux5906
    @paterlux5906 Před 6 lety

    The emotion in the guy's voice is intense! You can really hear how much it means to him... After all the time and dedication, to have it happen, must be amazing. I wish I could go to that moment, of this interview, and as you start hearing that emotion, ask him what exactly he is feeling, and around what exactly,.. It's really beautiful to hear and see,.. I wish it would have been explored more,.. But what you hear in his voice is just beautiful,.. Especially considering how much he talks about not feeling much at the time of detection... neato,...

  • @6Scarfy99
    @6Scarfy99 Před 3 lety +32

    He works on gravitational forces .. no wonder he is so down to earth

  • @skrapfall
    @skrapfall Před 7 lety +43

    Gravity Revealed - Caught On Tape - Scientists Reacted

  • @albertomartinez7702
    @albertomartinez7702 Před 7 lety +5

    The description of a live performance was such a good visual for me. It's as if we are the fabric in which the gravitational waves pass through/on top, and that is amazing.

  • @justjoe7313
    @justjoe7313 Před 7 lety +4

    Beautiful interview, my hair stood up at the end. Science in action, hats of to both of you and LIGO team!

  • @terryhickman7929
    @terryhickman7929 Před 6 lety +4

    It is kind of embarrassing to admit I love science this much: when that cello started playing, I actually teared up. This skepticism, dedication (obsession? lol) and determination not to believe in something until the data forces you to -- that's science. I admire these folks so much.

  • @ziurkiukas1
    @ziurkiukas1 Před 7 lety +6

    The way he explained the concept of his working science curiosity with the music instrument is simply magnificent.

  • @Architector_4
    @Architector_4 Před 7 lety +279

    SCIENTISTS REACT TO GRAVITATIONAL WAVES DETECTION 2017 MUST SEE !!! FUNNY REACTIONS (GONE WRONG)

  • @BIGV1N
    @BIGV1N Před 5 lety

    Nice touch with the gradual cello music fading in towards the end! Subtle but very powerful!

  • @clare2385
    @clare2385 Před 7 lety +3

    This is such a complex topic but he delivers it so well for anyone to understand. Great!

  • @Jack-ne8vm
    @Jack-ne8vm Před 7 lety +38

    A comfortable scientist- eloquent & rumpled shirt. Wonderful !

  • @makrisj
    @makrisj Před 7 lety +8

    Dr. Adhikari, thank you for all that explanation. It really meant a lot to me. I guess to anybody else. It is important for scientists to question their findings and have their hardest judge being themselves. Thank you for pointing that out. Thanks for your findings and thanks for being an excellent instructor on scientific humbleness 101.

  • @SouvikMukherjee72
    @SouvikMukherjee72 Před 3 lety +4

    A typical carefully careless looking Bengali guy speaking so persuasively and yet in depth about science! Proud to be a Bengali ❤️

  • @gresach
    @gresach Před 7 lety

    This is an exceptional interview - thanks so much

  • @GetOutsideYourself
    @GetOutsideYourself Před 7 lety +155

    Wow. I loved this video. Even better than the main video.

  • @NarekAvetisyan
    @NarekAvetisyan Před 7 lety +10

    This makes me shiver every time I think about it. The magnitude of this event is just... unlike anything I would have ever imagined!

  • @Nienormalny
    @Nienormalny Před 10 měsíci +1

    Your cameraman is drunk.
    Prof. Adhikari is the coolest scientist i've ever seen. Such a chill out guy with huge brain:)

  • @lemonnforce1431
    @lemonnforce1431 Před 4 lety

    ONE OF THE GREATEST VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN. CONGRATS! THIS IS AWESOME AND BOTH OF YOU ARE GREAT. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

  • @sux2bu2day
    @sux2bu2day Před 7 lety +17

    This was great. He's a great storyteller, and it was an amazing story. Loved this video more than the one posted to the main channel. Both were great, but this one really brought the science to life, brought the discovery to a human level with emotions.

  • @spenceryoung693
    @spenceryoung693 Před 7 lety +3

    Love your videos dude! Great role model and truly inspiring

  • @bruceyip23
    @bruceyip23 Před 7 lety +2

    i love the music at the end. and a great analogy

  • @fifthdimenxion
    @fifthdimenxion Před 2 lety +1

    I love the passion this man has for this form of artistry he does. I can sense this finding was a unique spiritual experience for him, underneath his heavy logic and skepticism. This synchronicity was confirmation of the connection we have with everything that exists. He wanted to find and hear the signal as much as the universe wanted to be heard. 💕🍃💕🍃

  • @ian5007
    @ian5007 Před 7 lety +51

    It kinda just goes ''bulb'' \_(ツ)_/
    - Scientists 2017

  • @lyndondary
    @lyndondary Před rokem +3

    For what it's worth, I believe this also happened as part of the massive Mt. St. Helen's eruption. A seismic observation grid was built and turned on (for long term research) a mere two weeks before the mountain started rumbling. People thought it was broken.

  • @jonwatkins254
    @jonwatkins254 Před 3 lety +4

    A super smart and capable person interviewing an absolute genius.

  • @jimmic41656
    @jimmic41656 Před 3 lety

    Very inspiring...
    I loved the image, how passion for science can connect with the emotional force of a few notes from a cello.

  • @martins7194
    @martins7194 Před 7 lety +6

    We're living in exiting times... I really think this is the Golden Age of Science and it will only get better.
    Great video. Loved his Chello analogy

  • @evanherk
    @evanherk Před 5 lety +12

    I found this a moving interview. may it be saved for posterity.

  • @aniksamiurrahman6365
    @aniksamiurrahman6365 Před 7 lety +1

    wow! the background cello was so great! So well blended, it took me quiet a while to understand that its coming from the headphone. I first thought my mom has started playing her violin.

  • @filipsky3248
    @filipsky3248 Před 7 lety +1

    Whoa, this one is just GREAT. Thanks, Derek!

  • @Damstraight68
    @Damstraight68 Před 7 lety +71

    this guy is awesome

  • @jonatanwestholm
    @jonatanwestholm Před rokem +3

    This guy should win two Nobels, one for Physics and one for Charisma

  • @aardeez
    @aardeez Před 5 lety +2

    Its so refreshing to listen to this guy- and music at the end just nailed it

  • @L0j1k
    @L0j1k Před 3 lety +1

    This dude is such a great interview! Crackin me up.

  • @Nobody-tu5wt
    @Nobody-tu5wt Před 4 lety +3

    7:52 what an analogy man,couldn't explain it any better in any form

  • @schubschub
    @schubschub Před 7 lety +3

    This clip is fantastic! Thank you!

  • @dragoY9955
    @dragoY9955 Před 5 lety

    Thank you for making all these wonderful videos.

  • @1_2_die2
    @1_2_die2 Před 6 lety +1

    Thank you, a 1000 times and more.
    With the news about the confirmed detection, I cried... with joy.

  • @dramawind
    @dramawind Před 7 lety +225

    Turn on subtitles at 8:09.

  • @tchevrier
    @tchevrier Před 7 lety +14

    that was a pretty cool interview.

  • @neilgreen7613
    @neilgreen7613 Před 4 lety +3

    This Professor really defines the word cool. You don't just walk in and get a professorship at Cal tech. One of the best scientific interviews I have ever seen. Perfectly executed by the interviewer. I spent a summer session at Cal Tech in the mid 70's. It is an unusual place to say the least. The basement halls were lined with the laboratories of Nobel laureates in both physics and biology. However, there was a distinct lack of pretense......just as conveyed in this interview. The turn of the century Los Angeles architecture was a sharp contrast to the futuristic scientific advancements made on the campus. The only thing I could say about the dormitories was that their essence was accurately captured in the movie Real Genius. Visit Cal Tech if you get a chance. Thanks for this great interview.

  • @jayak4489
    @jayak4489 Před 4 lety +1

    As a software engineer I can relate to his approach and mentality very well. You confirm all the results and test out all possibilities before you feel confident and announce success.