Visualizing the Planck Length. Why is it the Smallest Length in the Universe?

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  • Visualizing the smallest size in the universe - Planck Length & why you can’t go smaller
    Visualizing Planck length - why is it the smallest in the universe? Graphics courtesy of Michael and Cary Huang: www.htwins.net/
    The scale of the universe is bigger than you can imagine. It is also smaller than you can imagine. The smallest lenth theorized to be possible, the Planck length is about 4 X 10^-35 meters. Just imagine things that are about the size of your body. Things like the giant earthworm that lives along streams in Australia. Or a big beachball, which can be found near oceans and beaches all across America.
    Now, lets go smaller by one order of magnitude, so now we are looking at things that are on the scale of about 10 centimeters. These are things like the shrew, or a chicken egg.
    Now let’s go a thousand times smaller than the scale of a human being, on the order of 1 millimeter or one thousand of a meter. Here, you’ll find things like a grain of sand or dust mites.
    Let’s go 1000 times smaller than this scale. Now we are going a hundred times smaller than the width of a human hair. And ten times smaller than even bacteria. Here, we are going to find things like large viruses.
    Let’s keep going to 1000 times smaller this. This is nanometers, or one billionth of a meter. Now we are exploring a universe that we can’t see with optical telescopes. This is on the scale of the size of molecules like DNA and the glucose molecule, that your body uses as its source of energy. And the scale of the biggest atom - cesium.
    Let’s go 1000 times smaller than this. This is one trillionth of a meter. This is on the order of the wavelength of gamma rays. This is the highest energy electromagnetic radiation, consisting of the most energetic photons.
    Let’s go 1000 times smaller than this. This is 1X 10^-15 or one quadrillionth of a meter. This is the size of particles that make up the nucleus of all atoms, protons and neutrons. The size of a typical atom is however is 100,000 times bigger than its nucleus.
    You would think that we are getting close to the smallest size theorized to exist - the plank length. But we are nowhere close. You have to go a quadrillion times smaller than one quadrillionth of a meter, or 1 X 10^-30 of meter….and you would still need to go another 100,000 times smaller than that, or 1 X 10^-35 meters. Then you would be at the plank length. In fact, if an atom was the size of the earth, a planck length would be smaller than the size of an atom - it would be about the size of a proton.
    But What exactly is a Planck length and why is it the smallest length?
    Planck length is actually derived from the fundamental constants of the universe that define the properties of space-time: The speed of light - c which signifies the maximum speed of communication in the universe. The gravitational constant - G, which signifies the magnitude of gravitational force between two massive objects. And the reduced Planck Constant - h bar, which links how much energy a photon carries depending on its electromagnetic frequency.
    These are really the only constants that define the fundamental properties of the universe and all its contents. By taking different mathematical combinations of these constants, and reducing their units, you can get a length. By similar mathematical manipulation, you can also get planck time and planck energy.
    But what does this length mean? Why is it significant?
    It is the smallest length at which gravity would have an effect. It is the scale and size of the strings in string theory. It is also the scale at which space-time is theorized to become quantized in Loop quantum gravity theory.
    So why is it the smallest length? In 1964, C Alden Mead determined that using the known laws of quantum mechanics and laws of gravitation, it is impossible to determine the position of an object to a precision smaller than the Planck length. So from what is currently known about quantum mechanics, a length smaller than the Planck length has no meaning.
    Note that I said “known” laws. It is possible that at lengths smaller than the Planck scale, gravity or quantum mechanics behaves completely differently, that we may not yet know about. This is quite possible. So until we find out what happens at such small scales, we will need to wait for a future Einstein to reveal this to us.
    One of the remarkable things about Planck length is that since it is derived from the fundamental constants of the universe, which by definition applies to everything, it will be the same no matter what language you might speak, what units you might use, or even what planet you might come from.
    Ao, if we ever come across aliens from another world and compare notes, we both will have the same length for the smallest length possible in the universe.
    #plancklength
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  • @Alorand
    @Alorand Před 4 lety +4169

    Even the science videos are not safe to watch in November.

  • @arcanearronax7525
    @arcanearronax7525 Před 4 lety +6222

    I may be drunk, but I did not expect to see a thong bikini in a video about the planck length.

    • @palmax256
      @palmax256 Před 4 lety +335

      @Nissim Levy actually quantum talking is the G-String Thong the shortest lenght possible, theorized in the string theory

    • @theuniversewithin74
      @theuniversewithin74 Před 4 lety +97

      Never not expect a thong.

    • @EternalSilverDragon
      @EternalSilverDragon Před 4 lety +21

      You know it was CGI?

    • @lordx4641
      @lordx4641 Před 4 lety +6

      @@palmax256 who knows whats smallest because our prblem is indeed with what small and big even mathematically priblematic it seems like infinite loop

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 Před 4 lety +44

      @@EternalSilverDragon Where do i download the program then... asking for a friend

  • @PaulMatthis
    @PaulMatthis Před 3 lety +1096

    Physicists: Here's some incredible fundamental truths about our universe.
    This guy: Needs more stock footage of a girl in a bikini

    • @dulander
      @dulander Před 3 lety +65

      Gotta get them extra views in somehow.

    • @badhombre4942
      @badhombre4942 Před 3 lety +56

      Ain't that the fundamental truth.

    • @-_James_-
      @-_James_- Před 3 lety +43

      There's a rumour going around that she had a beach ball. I didn't see it myself.

    • @anttumurikka8728
      @anttumurikka8728 Před 3 lety +4

      can you unified those two?

    • @j1l9i8n0
      @j1l9i8n0 Před 3 lety +45

      But what about the girl in bed tho

  • @harperthejay
    @harperthejay Před 8 měsíci +18

    This was actually the first time that I was able to understand *why* the Planck Length is the smallest length at which our understanding of physics can apply. I've known that fact forever, but I've never been able to understand why. Thank you :D

  • @lesleygamerx9463
    @lesleygamerx9463 Před 4 lety +1420

    The "x" on mobile ads be like:

  • @MikeC9903
    @MikeC9903 Před 4 lety +3885

    Beach Ball Girl. That's all I remember.

    • @Startrooper5555
      @Startrooper5555 Před 4 lety +427

      And the girl in bed.

    • @sholmesbrown
      @sholmesbrown Před 4 lety +198

      lol I was thinking when I saw the bed girl 🥰 damn those panties are tight

    • @jeylful
      @jeylful Před 4 lety +43

      We need a boy to make it even

    • @perfectionbox
      @perfectionbox Před 4 lety +117

      And the swimming girl at the start with the thong bikini bottom. Things that make you go "hmmm..."

    • @sholmesbrown
      @sholmesbrown Před 4 lety +71

      triggered feminist in 3....2....1 🤣

  • @samrl1170
    @samrl1170 Před 3 lety +247

    "Think of the largest thing you can imagine... a blue whale?" bro, we're not retarted.

    • @davek3003
      @davek3003 Před 3 lety +22

      You are, you spelled the work wrong.

    • @samrl1170
      @samrl1170 Před 3 lety +43

      @@davek3003 you spilled "word" wong

    • @davek3003
      @davek3003 Před 3 lety +16

      @@samrl1170 lmao

    • @maximofffffff
      @maximofffffff Před 3 lety +14

      @@davek3003 Maybe we al are

    • @orang1921
      @orang1921 Před 3 lety +10

      @@samrl1170 you spelled "spelled" an "wrong" wrong

  • @know1374
    @know1374 Před 3 lety +28

    The sleeping beauty caused me to overlook some of the great mysteries of the universe.

  • @jengleheimerschmitt7941
    @jengleheimerschmitt7941 Před 4 lety +2524

    Wait, you're telling me the universe is even bigger than a whale?

    • @prodsiman9051
      @prodsiman9051 Před 4 lety +35

      quote: the great shrimp

    • @Myrslokstok
      @Myrslokstok Před 4 lety +46

      It realy seams so even tough I cant comprehend it.

    • @Astitva
      @Astitva Před 4 lety +34

      Nah, it isn't it's just science fiction

    • @louism.3435
      @louism.3435 Před 4 lety +6

      You wouldn’t even be close to comprehend 1 light year.

    • @Leekodot15
      @Leekodot15 Před 4 lety +26

      I thought the universe WAS a whale.

  • @denki2558
    @denki2558 Před 3 lety +859

    bacteria: 99% are harmless
    [3:42]
    sanitizer: removes 99% of bacteria

    • @ArvinAsh
      @ArvinAsh  Před 3 lety +188

      Yep. Hopefully they don't kill just the good bacteria.

    • @deesalmon9632
      @deesalmon9632 Před 3 lety +31

      Lol isn't it ironic

    • @Burt_Cokaine
      @Burt_Cokaine Před 3 lety +19

      Orwell would call that, "double-speak".

    • @drew-shourd
      @drew-shourd Před 3 lety +9

      ....fear sells...

    • @Chizzoide
      @Chizzoide Před 3 lety +6

      so, probabilistically, when you use sanitizer, there's a high chance to attack that harmful bacteria than not. Not ironic just common sense. Maybe confusing because you might think of 'not harmful' as we shouldn't kill 'em, but I don' t think that's the correct approach if you're certain that potential bad bacteria is very dangerous.

  • @FinDubGames
    @FinDubGames Před rokem +13

    This was INCREDIBLY well made and informative. So glad I clicked on it.

  • @ashishkiift
    @ashishkiift Před 3 lety +13

    Another excellent video Arvin .. keep up the good work .. really liked how you presented the graphic on the space-time curve woven in Planck length

  • @ViciousViscount
    @ViciousViscount Před 4 lety +1484

    Turns out I'm a huge fan of beach balls.

    • @ArvinAsh
      @ArvinAsh  Před 4 lety +111

      Haha, me too.

    • @oatlord
      @oatlord Před 4 lety +176

      More of a bed mites guy myself.

    • @alphagt62
      @alphagt62 Před 4 lety +35

      Yes, the beachball scene was most interesting.......

    • @xavierstargher860
      @xavierstargher860 Před 4 lety +36

      the scale of her boobies was impressive.

    • @aagallegos94
      @aagallegos94 Před 4 lety +29

      3:18 &
      3:21...
      You’ll thank me later...
      Lmfao jk!!

  • @vincentdamaso6719
    @vincentdamaso6719 Před 4 lety +323

    I'm not even 10 seconds in the video and I decided to scroll down the comments already... because of ynow..

  • @johnstrawb3521
    @johnstrawb3521 Před 2 lety +5

    0:08 - surely one of the finest examples of physics in action ever depicted.

  • @fos8789
    @fos8789 Před 3 lety +5

    2:28 yeah, I instantly forgot everything you said before that

  • @jrspringston
    @jrspringston Před 4 lety +1651

    I came for science, I also came for other reasons.

  • @Sk0p3r
    @Sk0p3r Před 4 lety +141

    The stock footage on this channel is really something at times xD

  • @artdonovandesign
    @artdonovandesign Před 2 lety +15

    This is the finest video about Plank Length on all of CZcams.
    Comprehensive. Informative. Understandable. Enjoyable and absolutely Startling! Thank You, Professor Ash!

  • @smallstudiodesign
    @smallstudiodesign Před 3 lety +2

    So beautifully presented and the narrator speaks in a way that offers a touch of intrigue & enthusiasm (without being corny/ cheesy).

  • @Will_Hallett_Art
    @Will_Hallett_Art Před 4 lety +742

    Yes a blue whale is definatley the biggest thing I could ever imagine

    • @Soupy_loopy
      @Soupy_loopy Před 4 lety +55

      I can't even imagine a blue whale. I have no idea what they look like or how big they are supposed to be. How many people have actually seen a blue whale?

    • @user-uz2qz6wu9c
      @user-uz2qz6wu9c Před 4 lety +7

      @@Soupy_loopy true

    • @steinadler4193
      @steinadler4193 Před 4 lety +5

      @@Soupy_loopy
      I have seen a stuffed blue whale in the Natural History Museum in Göteborg (Sweden). Gigantic.
      I have also seen the blue whale skeleton in the Natural History Museum in London. Have a Google picture search!

    • @elck3
      @elck3 Před 4 lety +9

      It’s about the length of your school’s basketball gym lengthwise. Imagine seeing that

    • @Reignor99
      @Reignor99 Před 4 lety +6

      are you stupid? mount everest is WAY bigger than a blue whale lmao

  • @TheElectra5000
    @TheElectra5000 Před 4 lety +1567

    Came for the science, stayed for the girls.

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 Před 4 lety +3

      yeah if you find the name please reply

    • @Parpl22
      @Parpl22 Před 4 lety +16

      2:29

    • @Parpl22
      @Parpl22 Před 4 lety +2

      I’m more interested In bikinis

    • @comfixit
      @comfixit Před 4 lety +26

      Came for science? I hope that is not what they mean when they say science can be messy.

    • @vwlz8637
      @vwlz8637 Před 4 lety +12

      u also came for the girls if u know what i mean 😏😏😏

  • @thetf8142
    @thetf8142 Před rokem +3

    Funfact: you’re closer to the size of the observable universe, than you are to the Planck length
    Multiple times over

  • @grandlotus1
    @grandlotus1 Před 2 lety +2

    Professor Ash: I am a big fan! When I listen to you, I feel less dumb and that feels good.

  • @skylesai
    @skylesai Před 4 lety +469

    Best Info:
    2:30
    3:13

  • @666sarvan
    @666sarvan Před 4 lety +734

    Think of a biggest thing you can think of
    “Girl’s ass pops up..😂😂

    • @omsingharjit
      @omsingharjit Před 4 lety +4

      as i expected to see such comment then i find your 😂😂

    • @CyanWatercress4
      @CyanWatercress4 Před 4 lety +5

      Not funny didn’t laugh

    • @ultimategamer2669
      @ultimategamer2669 Před 4 lety +6

      I LIKE BIG BUTTS AND I CANNOT LIE

    • @nogod7184
      @nogod7184 Před 4 lety

      Exactly my thoughts when I saw that at 0:07

    • @sohee7597
      @sohee7597 Před 4 lety +7

      "A blue whale? The great pyramids of Giza? Your penis right now?"

  • @punjabiexplorer
    @punjabiexplorer Před rokem +3

    Ash.. I have been binge watching your video since I discovered this channel 4 days ago. Now if I go crazy or insane after watching these video.. Its all on you man.!!

    • @ArvinAsh
      @ArvinAsh  Před rokem

      Welcome aboard!

    • @punjabiexplorer
      @punjabiexplorer Před rokem

      @@ArvinAsh thank you. Can you please video on DNA.. How.. Why.. What of DNAs

  • @jersey-dude
    @jersey-dude Před 3 lety +19

    You always sneak in hot chicks. Love this channel 😂

  • @stonewallgregg
    @stonewallgregg Před 4 lety +563

    many pirates had to walk the planck and the length was longer back in those days

    • @es8559
      @es8559 Před 4 lety +5

      Baby on Planck. Lol

    • @robertnett9793
      @robertnett9793 Před 4 lety +10

      Everythings better with pirates - didn't you know?

    • @keefebaby
      @keefebaby Před 4 lety +8

      Not long enough for them

    • @apple54345
      @apple54345 Před 4 lety +7

      and they had to walk the planck uphill both ways.

    • @victorpopescu8073
      @victorpopescu8073 Před 4 lety +2

      That's a different type of Plank idiot, p.s. It's plank not planck

  • @teamatfort444
    @teamatfort444 Před 4 lety +244

    “Think of the biggest thing you can think of”
    YO MAMA GOT HIM

  • @roybarron5289
    @roybarron5289 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you Sir! I've had definitions before but your clear unmuddied (with unrelated conversation) explanation was the first I truly understood.

  • @mybluemars
    @mybluemars Před 2 lety +12

    When I was a kid, I used to think that size, length and distance were all just variables in our perception. Thank you for making me think like a kid again!

  • @erictello5189
    @erictello5189 Před 3 lety +102

    I love how you put the occasional women in the conceptual analogies. Really keeps my attention span 10 times as much as its usual potential.

  • @abyssmanur3965
    @abyssmanur3965 Před 3 lety +126

    3:13 The Universe is amazing.

  • @matkosmat8890
    @matkosmat8890 Před 3 lety +2

    Thanks for a nice video! The eye candy was unexpected and appreciated :)

  • @Corpsman01
    @Corpsman01 Před 3 lety +3

    One of the most mind blowing vids I’ve watched and I watch a lot!

  • @clarkdenunzio573
    @clarkdenunzio573 Před 4 lety +277

    i find your analogies of beach balls and dust mites to be elegant, concise, and highly effective at conveying the topic. keep up the good work, sir.

  • @daddy7860
    @daddy7860 Před 4 lety +193

    From the content in this video, there's definitely something becoming the biggest thing in the universe

  • @steve99385
    @steve99385 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I didn’t imagine I was able to comprehend those concepts- but with your brilliant clarification it was attainable. Thank you.

    • @eric1841
      @eric1841 Před 9 měsíci +1

      obviously you are able to comprehend those concepts, you just need to dedicate yourself on the task, it's a matter of time and dedication

  • @sproglode
    @sproglode Před 2 lety +4

    What an excellent video. Thanks so much for presenting it. Makes me feel how insignificant humans are in relation to the size of the cosmos, and how arrogant we are to believe we are so smart.

  • @kagezhang3748
    @kagezhang3748 Před 4 lety +486

    Me: * cuts the planck length in half *
    The laws of physics: Bruh

    • @tompurcell1499
      @tompurcell1499 Před 4 lety +11

      What with?

    • @rj6110
      @rj6110 Před 4 lety +76

      Tom Purcell a really small pair of scissors

    • @tompurcell1499
      @tompurcell1499 Před 4 lety +29

      @@rj6110
      Quantum scissors, eh? Think what fun you have with the Universe by cutting into the very fabric of spacetime. Wow! A suit made out of pure spacetime (dry-cleaning only, of course). I want one!

    • @tompurcell1499
      @tompurcell1499 Před 4 lety +10

      @Erikas Sadauskas
      I do hope you're just joking, pal!

    • @tompurcell1499
      @tompurcell1499 Před 4 lety +11

      @Erikas Sadauskas
      Have you got a pull-string coming out of your back or do you have anything of use to say?

  • @plzzz
    @plzzz Před 4 lety +323

    The amount of girl in underwear in this vid, 10 to the power of millionth. I like it.

    • @StanTheObserver-lo8rx
      @StanTheObserver-lo8rx Před 4 lety +4

      Oh man,she was gorgeous. Now,find out who she is....

    • @martiddy
      @martiddy Před 4 lety +2

      @@StanTheObserver-lo8rx which one?, the girl in the bed or the one with a beach ball?

    • @StanTheObserver-lo8rx
      @StanTheObserver-lo8rx Před 4 lety +3

      @@martiddy All,even the cartoon thing might be racy-ha. If you notice,sleeping girl seems to get more "chilly" the longer she is on camera..if you know what I mean.
      Science is great!

    • @VerisimilitudeDude
      @VerisimilitudeDude Před 4 lety

      @@martiddy Both

    • @clemfandango5908
      @clemfandango5908 Před 4 lety +1

      Right

  • @1989Chrisc
    @1989Chrisc Před 3 lety +6

    Presenter : Think of the biggest thing you can think of
    Me : The universe
    Presenter :

    • @magicmulder
      @magicmulder Před 3 lety

      He meant “really imagine the size of” which would probably be a large building. We can’t even properly imagine the height of Mt. Everest.

  • @theshonuff8956
    @theshonuff8956 Před rokem

    I've just watched a ton of videos on this and yours by far is the easiest to understand. Thanks.

  • @Spiderhip
    @Spiderhip Před 4 lety +89

    3:20 I was almost seeing it with the naked eye :D

  • @huhneat1076
    @huhneat1076 Před 4 lety +190

    "The universe is even smaller than it is large"
    *_Hmm_*

    • @anarchistalhazen7084
      @anarchistalhazen7084 Před 4 lety +31

      I guess he implicitly meant relative to our order of magnitude

    • @benbooth2783
      @benbooth2783 Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah I thought that was BS too.

    • @simplig1272
      @simplig1272 Před 3 lety +10

      @@anarchistalhazen7084 indeed he did meam that, but it barely made sense. nit to mentiom that when he speaks of universe, he speaks of onservable universe. we have no idea how big the scales go beyond what we can detect.

    • @TurdFerguson456
      @TurdFerguson456 Před 3 lety +10

      Everything should be automatically considered from our perspective unless stated otherwise.
      Examples:
      1. The sun is tiny when compared to the biggest stars in the universe.
      2. My balls are huge.
      3. That thing is massive compared to an ant.

    • @medexamtoolsdotcom
      @medexamtoolsdotcom Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah he said that really badly. He should have said "the scale of the smallest meaningful structures of the universe is more small, than amount that the scale of the observable universe itself is large."

  • @harper626
    @harper626 Před 2 lety +5

    Arvin, your documentaries are amazing. I enjoy them immensely. Thank you.

  • @chokoon21
    @chokoon21 Před 3 lety +11

    When i say science is porn, i didn't mean it literally

  • @squirtreynolds2853
    @squirtreynolds2853 Před 4 lety +42

    Can we see the beach ball part again? I feel like that was pretty essential to this whole deal.

    • @edwardtupper6374
      @edwardtupper6374 Před 4 lety +6

      Absolutely. This is an important reference to the USA's historical role in nuclear physics, the bikini of course representative of their Pacific Islands testing ground. Science. And history :)

  • @theSUICIDEfox
    @theSUICIDEfox Před 4 lety +356

    Actually the smallest thing in the universe is my bank account. 😢

    • @whatshisname3304
      @whatshisname3304 Před 4 lety +17

      i do nt have a bank account i win.

    • @fntime
      @fntime Před 4 lety +10

      Mine is negative, so for me, there is no balance not even
      a 'planck unit' of balance.

    • @whatshisname3304
      @whatshisname3304 Před 4 lety +2

      @@fntime but it exists in theory.

    • @dominic.h.3363
      @dominic.h.3363 Před 4 lety +11

      My bank account traffic is so negligible, I have to keep depositing money from time to time so they have a balance to withdraw the account management fee from. My account is not planck length, it's a black hole.

    • @baruchben-david4196
      @baruchben-david4196 Před 4 lety +5

      Mine is imaginary...

  • @sonysantos
    @sonysantos Před 3 lety +1

    I knew this channel one week ago thru this video. Awesome! Now I'm seeing all the other videos. On the cover image of your channel I first read "Click on the Bell's Theorem" 😂

  • @waynesmodels2064
    @waynesmodels2064 Před 3 lety +3

    Thanks for posting this interesting piece, I enjoyed it. This may have already been noted, but I didn't have time to go over all 3800+ comments. A small typo at time at time 7:05 showing the elegant and beautiful algebraic depiction of Plank’s constant: the denominator should be length cubed over time cubed vice the depicted length squared over time cubed, as this value should be the speed of light, “c”, fully cubed. The math doesn’t work otherwise. Thanks again for posting and please take this correction in the spirit of making something good even better.

  • @EgnachHelton
    @EgnachHelton Před 4 lety +131

    2:23 Just imagine things that are about the size of the your body: things like the giant earth worm...
    ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR BODY
    THE SIZE OF YOUR BODY
    SIZE OF YOUR BODY
    OF YOUR BODY
    YOUR BODY
    BODY
    ....

  • @AwesometownUSA
    @AwesometownUSA Před 4 lety +94

    Dude, don’t tell me what I can and can’t imagine. I’m actually, like... super, uh...
    super imagination ... -having.
    Guy.

    • @namr1174
      @namr1174 Před 4 lety

      Lol

    • @inactiveaccount293
      @inactiveaccount293 Před 4 lety

      @@namr1174 warning crazy virgin found CZcams app on his ps vita

    • @namr1174
      @namr1174 Před 4 lety

      @@inactiveaccount293 Hhhhhaaaahhhhhaaaaaa

    • @Ludifant
      @Ludifant Před 4 lety +1

      He should have said: remember instead of imagine or "no abstracts", just experience. We have an abstract notion of the universe, the thing that we imagine is actually just illustrations or visualisations, that is not the universe..
      "Ceci n´est pas un pipe."
      You can only manipulate, experience and therefore remember the universe on a near human scale.
      Good point, well made.

    • @K.B.Williams
      @K.B.Williams Před 4 lety

      @@Ludifant Interesting. Never thought of it that way. Or can I say I never imagined it that way? Don't think I ever experienced it that way either. So yeah, I never thought of it that way.

  • @danieljones9245
    @danieljones9245 Před rokem

    Arvin Ash did a REEEEEAL professional job here at presenting his explanation of the extremes of size. If I were to critique anything Arvin said here, it would be his inclusion of loop quantum gravity, because that idea is highly speculative, thus subject to doubt.

  • @ramonchiritoiu6131
    @ramonchiritoiu6131 Před 3 lety +2

    If no coincidence, explain that:
    Divide radius of visible Universe by Plank length and obtained number multiplied with Plank mass will give critical mass of the Universe.
    If you put in a row Plank particles as long as visible radius of the Universe is, they will form a string heavy as whole Universe in which acoustic waves will travel at speed of light. Tension of the string to prevent colaps must be 10^54 Newton or (c^4/G) where "c" is speed of light and "G" is gravitational constant and it is formally centripetal force of a point heavy as the string, traveling at speed of light on visible Universe circumference.

  • @XEinstein
    @XEinstein Před 4 lety +119

    This video really should be the start of a whole series that explores the holographic principles, loop quantum gravity, information theory and the entropic universe

    • @ArvinAsh
      @ArvinAsh  Před 4 lety +22

      Einstein X That’s actually next.

    • @christianheichel
      @christianheichel Před 4 lety +3

      @@ArvinAsh awesome!!
      Will that also include info on Planck time and volume? Would you also detail why these measurements are the smallest theoretical sizes?

    • @ArvinAsh
      @ArvinAsh  Před 4 lety +4

      Chris Heichel Yes. I talked about it a bit in this video. It is based on mathematical manipulation of the same fundamental constants. So basically the same reason that Planck length is the smallest.

    • @leviathansnemesis3742
      @leviathansnemesis3742 Před 4 lety +5

      No, It should start as it did with a bikini shot of a woman's ass underwater. I don't care if its animation.

    • @Ice-Fall
      @Ice-Fall Před 4 lety +4

      @@leviathansnemesis3742 With some of the comments, I suspect beach girl and bed girl won't be making an appearance in upcoming vids. :(

  • @KingoftheJuice18
    @KingoftheJuice18 Před 4 lety +140

    Beautiful explanations--seriously. As a non-science person, this was very clear and helpful. You also spiced it up with other beautiful elements. Well done!

  • @7deepbreaths.sounds
    @7deepbreaths.sounds Před 2 lety +3

    Excellent video....if everyone was aware of these facts, I believe we all would behave differently... knowing how truly awesome the world around us really is.

  • @diekeien1310
    @diekeien1310 Před 3 lety +5

    its hard to imagine how big the universe is;
    think of the largest thing you can imagine: me: universe

  • @thoaily8352
    @thoaily8352 Před 4 lety +337

    For those who need:
    Swimming Girl: 0:06
    Beach Ball Girl: 2:28
    Sleeping Girl: 3:14

    • @princeofallnegros4035
      @princeofallnegros4035 Před 4 lety +23

      I just noticed that in every one of his videos there's always a cute girl with a beach ball somewhere in the video...lmao

    • @EternalSilverDragon
      @EternalSilverDragon Před 4 lety +14

      Swimming girl is just computer graphics.

    • @TheRogueX
      @TheRogueX Před 4 lety +71

      Sleeping girl is best girl.

    • @pooounderscoreman
      @pooounderscoreman Před 4 lety +17

      @@TheRogueX yes but would you eat her dead skin cells?

    • @ariela.877
      @ariela.877 Před 4 lety +6

      You're doing God's work

  • @esegueyjose7870
    @esegueyjose7870 Před 4 lety +337

    him: “think of the biggest thing you can think of”
    me: “IC 1101”
    hin: “maybe a blue whale”
    me: “oh..”

    • @proxy4620
      @proxy4620 Před 4 lety +16

      Same, IC 1101 is what I consider the largest thing in the universe that we know of. Technically galactic superclusters are larger but they have no form or arrangement, their existence as a single entity is just a name for a big group of something. While IC 1101, as a galaxy, has form and anatomy and everything in it has something to do with the rest of it. So I agree it's the biggest "thing" discovered in the universe so far.

    • @Srontgorrth
      @Srontgorrth Před 4 lety +13

      What's meant with 'you can think of' is not a thing you got a name for. Humans simply cannot imagine the size of galaxies. But I agree, a whale would pop up in very restricted minds as the biggest thing to imagine 😃

    • @steinadler4193
      @steinadler4193 Před 4 lety +2

      Double DD?

    • @arenl8926
      @arenl8926 Před 4 lety +3

      lol nerd, i thought of yo momma's bootayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

    • @onevastanus
      @onevastanus Před 4 lety +4

      Know of and imagine are not the same. That's why he is telling you a blue whale. It is probably the biggest thing you can imagine. Imagine means visualize with some degree of creative accuracy. You know NOTHING about IC 1101 except the name. He means imagine, of course, or any person with a brain would say "universe", not a minor part of it.

  • @bf3ram
    @bf3ram Před rokem +1

    Imagine if it could go on forever, that would be scary.

  • @Versuffe
    @Versuffe Před 3 lety +8

    Singularity: *laughs in 0d*

  • @gaming4life25
    @gaming4life25 Před 4 lety +116

    3:12 yup perfect footage to be put in a science video... Smh

    • @calitreesweet
      @calitreesweet Před 4 lety +15

      Btw, here
      depositphotos.com/182727910/stock-video-timelapse-of-female-changing-sleeping.html

    • @immediamalcoccinello483
      @immediamalcoccinello483 Před 3 lety +17

      "I'm an adult virgin"

    • @Ooochild
      @Ooochild Před 2 lety +1

      Biology and anatomy _is_ science

  • @SerunaXI
    @SerunaXI Před 4 lety +107

    Finally, a way to measure my length.

    • @trongduong4901
      @trongduong4901 Před 4 lety

      It is the known knowledge, it maybe wrong haha. And you are atoms which change every microsecond. Too hard to measure you exactly. Finally forget it!

    • @DutchBane
      @DutchBane Před 4 lety +1

      R/suicidebywords nice!

  • @larrygraham3377
    @larrygraham3377 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks Arvin for taking us in the opposite direction of the infinitely large. " PLANK TIME " IS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT !!!

  • @jaylloyd7246
    @jaylloyd7246 Před měsícem +1

    Quality ! So amazing thank you

  • @KiranR2612
    @KiranR2612 Před 4 lety +73

    TLDR: Planck length is the 'pixel'(or information) density of the universe.

    • @Ludifant
      @Ludifant Před 4 lety +10

      If we could prove the universe is even quantised, the planck length would be a candidate to express the resolution, yes, but that´s missing almost everything that´s cool about thinking about it and realising how amazing everything is.

    • @moladiver6817
      @moladiver6817 Před 4 lety +2

      Voxel

    • @trongduong4901
      @trongduong4901 Před 4 lety +2

      Everything is theory, science is developing and our imagination is our power.

    • @ItsHollowfied
      @ItsHollowfied Před 4 lety +1

      Looking at atoms under an electron microscope looks like pixels on a computer screen when zoomed in on.

    • @christianheichel
      @christianheichel Před 4 lety +1

      No single planck length can hold information.

  • @JamaaLS
    @JamaaLS Před 4 lety +71

    0:07 THICC

  • @AmitSharma-sc9gg
    @AmitSharma-sc9gg Před 3 lety +2

    Very good, you definitely piqued my curiosity.

  • @robertschlesinger1342
    @robertschlesinger1342 Před 2 lety +2

    Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

  • @JB-gi5ph
    @JB-gi5ph Před 3 lety +26

    Hmm, you lost me at beach ball. Gonna need a full in-depth vid on that one.

  • @joshuacornelius25
    @joshuacornelius25 Před 4 lety +48

    The Planck length is the smallest degree of entanglement between two points within the quantum field. If the planck unit was zero, the quantum field would collapse into a single point of infinite value (or zero since a single point without a reference has no value). This unit gives rise to the constants we observe in our universe. The anthropic principle is the best explanation for why we live in a universe with the planck length we find. The many worlds interpretation would suggest that the planck length is different in other universes, and that quantum gravity is a shared force as a result of entanglement across all possibilities in the wave function. The planck length in a particular universe determines which portion of that force exists in that universe.... i.e. The strength of gravity.

    • @firstname4304
      @firstname4304 Před 4 lety +7

      Joshua Cornelius interesting

    • @kidzbop38isstraightfire92
      @kidzbop38isstraightfire92 Před 4 lety +3

      The planck length determines the strength of gravity? I mean, yes indirectly, but there's no reason for the "vacuum energy" of the planck length to be what it is. In other words, the planch length-to-gravity strength ratio could have been any number, not just the one it is. So it's not exactly why gravity has it's particular strength. There really is no reason for gravity to have it's particular strength... It could have been anything.

    • @johnroscoe2406
      @johnroscoe2406 Před 4 lety +7

      I like turtles.

    • @pastmasterdan4080
      @pastmasterdan4080 Před 3 lety +2

      It’s the illusion of mass?

    • @bltzcstrnx
      @bltzcstrnx Před 5 měsíci

      It's the smallest resolution that our universe simulation able to compute. Same as C, it's the simulation tick time.

  • @Timmering
    @Timmering Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome video!:)

  • @williamremuso6193
    @williamremuso6193 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for your teaching

  • @Andy-413
    @Andy-413 Před 4 lety +43

    You underestimate my imagination.

    • @ArvinAsh
      @ArvinAsh  Před 4 lety +17

      That's a good thing.

    • @lowiq8176
      @lowiq8176 Před 3 lety

      Don't try it

    • @shreyasuman9f359
      @shreyasuman9f359 Před 3 lety +2

      Imaginations never be underestimated bcoz it give rise to innovation

  • @debunkthis
    @debunkthis Před 4 lety +55

    The Planck length is the smallest length we could measure with out creating a black hole. That is the smallest scale of uncertainty not necessarily the smallest length

    • @biggerdaddy123
      @biggerdaddy123 Před 4 lety +6

      Yes. And as Arvin, said, as far as we know so far.
      Truth be told, there is so much more to learn!!
      Millenia from now, our current understanding will probably seem rudimentary as cavemen seem to us. Our understanding of the cosmos, energy manipulation and space/time travel will be orders of magnitude, if not on different dimensions and beyond our current concept of time and space.
      Everything is relative!
      Secret is to enjoy our present. Our unique present.
      Arvin is doing a swell job, explaining what we know so far!!
      Love the playful "fuzzy" reference. Excellent work Arvin.
      This channel is a rare brain candy. Thank you.

    • @debunkthis
      @debunkthis Před 4 lety +3

      biggerdaddy123 I think he’s doing a good thing but I also think he also misinterprets some of the science. Not often but sometimes, hell im guilty of it as well I’m just clearing it up. If it were the smallest possible length mathematics would be wrong

    • @debunkthis
      @debunkthis Před 4 lety +2

      walentaz it’s a theoretical statement quantizing the schwartschild raidius down it pops out of the math. It also pops out in many other places

    • @ongbonga9025
      @ongbonga9025 Před 4 lety +6

      @Nissim Levy The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is not an observer related phenomenom. It is a fundamental law of physics, a kind of unbreakable symmetry. It is impossible to know both the precise location and momentum of a particle, even with perfect measurements.

    • @ongbonga9025
      @ongbonga9025 Před 4 lety +4

      @Nissim Levy Quantum uncertainty is inherent in all wave-like systems. It is not the observer effect, where the act of measurement changes the conditions you are trying to measure.
      Here's a quote from the wikipedia page...
      "Thus, the uncertainty principle actually states a fundamental property of quantum systems and is not a statement about the observational success of current technology."
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle

  • @SurgeonSuhailAnwar
    @SurgeonSuhailAnwar Před 3 lety +2

    Awesome video - simple explanation

  • @petergreen5337
    @petergreen5337 Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you very much publisher for this beautiful lesson and demonstration.Thank

  • @lordkresh
    @lordkresh Před 4 lety +20

    I stopped thinking about the beach ball almost immediately.

  • @MrJetplanemusic
    @MrJetplanemusic Před 4 lety +13

    8 seconds in and I'm like, "Dayum!"

  • @TuanTran-le3ng
    @TuanTran-le3ng Před 2 lety

    thank for a well done educational program

  • @clintonlefort2004
    @clintonlefort2004 Před 3 lety +15

    I come from a non-scientific background but still am fascinated by measurements as the Planck Length. I've applied my best knowledge to this and have not, until watching your explanation, felt like I have a very good grasp of actually how small a length the Planck Lenght is. For example, recently I measured the dimensions of my room (12'X15'X9') = 45.9 Cubic meters; when 45.9 cubic meters is translated to Planck volume it amounts to 1.087239737546e+106. The calculator used tells me that "The Planck volume is a base unit of volume in the system of Planck units, equal to 4.2217 × 10⁻¹⁰⁵ m³. The Planck volume can be defined using fundamental physical constants and has the dimension of volume L³ where L - dimension of length." All of which you explained in Pt I of this video-thanks. According to your explanation, it seems that even in my own room, in one cubic meter, there are more Planck units than there are grains of sand on the Earth. (I know there are many more magnitudes smaller than this but at this point my non-scientific mind kind of took a vacation. Even if I reduced my room size to (1"X1"X1") equalling 0.0000156 cubic meters, I still arrive at this 3.695193879243e+99 Plank volume. On the other hand, if we consider that theologians tell us that in God there is no motion, since God is what is called Immutable, and Eternal, meaning there is no before or after in his Being. This means that on this level the Government of the Universe (which I call my 1"X1"X1") 0.0000156 cubic meter room has this 3.695193879243e+99 Plank volume which is governed by a BEING which is IMMUTABLE and ETERNAL, is equally fascinating to me (though not as fascinating as for someone who truly understands. Anyway, I'm interested in watching part II. Thank you and you deserve definitely a few THUMBS UP for this explanation.

    • @timoms1748
      @timoms1748 Před 2 lety +1

      Crazy

    • @mcjamesyt919
      @mcjamesyt919 Před rokem

      I AINT READING ALLAT BUT WE UP 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

    • @larryslemp9698
      @larryslemp9698 Před 6 měsíci

      I assume you were just talking some mumbo-jumbo!?

  • @arturhernadi3555
    @arturhernadi3555 Před 4 lety +16

    2:28 bless you for that

    • @OlpyColpy
      @OlpyColpy Před 2 lety +2

      Gotta get a name surely

  • @MrGriff305
    @MrGriff305 Před 3 lety +19

    that's just the resolution of the simulation we're in 🙂

  • @BharathRamMS
    @BharathRamMS Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for this awesome video.

  • @rgudduu
    @rgudduu Před 2 lety +1

    Fantastic teaching..thx

  • @alcyonedevelopments7398
    @alcyonedevelopments7398 Před 4 lety +6

    8:20 Props for saying that there might be new discorveries in the future. That's something i'm missing from many science videos (or documentaries): The acknowledgement that we, despite knowing more than ever before, are still far away from knowing everything.

  • @danricci7855
    @danricci7855 Před 4 lety +10

    @2:29 and @3:13 This is my kind of physics class!

  • @hans-jurgenkallweit2767
    @hans-jurgenkallweit2767 Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you so much. You help me in understanding the univers.❤❤❤

  • @latthoff123
    @latthoff123 Před 3 lety

    Explanation of the size of cäsium...worth of the whole video. One sentence, short, clear, understandable...almost more worht than the rest. Kudos!

  • @dirt007
    @dirt007 Před 3 lety +20

    Poor decimeter. It never gets any love from anyone.

  • @johnschmidt1391
    @johnschmidt1391 Před 3 lety +34

    For the perfectly sized women:
    0:08 bikini thong
    2:28 beach ball girl
    3:12 girl in bed

  • @dieterheinrich8377
    @dieterheinrich8377 Před 3 lety +3

    We've seen those animations that show a viewer zooming down further and further into the Mandelbrot set. Have any of those zooms gone down to the scale of the Plank length? What is the deepest zoom ever done, I wonder. I suppose mathematically with enough processing power you could go smaller than the Plank length, because math can go where physics can't.

  • @harryhall9534
    @harryhall9534 Před 3 lety +1

    Dang this is an awesome channel

  • @Pavlo-Shatohin
    @Pavlo-Shatohin Před 3 lety +5

    You're fantastic! Your visualizations are brilliant! Your work can't be overestimated.

  • @marcosfilipemachado8783
    @marcosfilipemachado8783 Před 4 lety +4

    Man, i just found out this channel, and it is gold. Thank you very much!!

  • @Leowavekid
    @Leowavekid Před 3 lety +1

    Wonderful!!!!!!!!!! Fascinating!!!!!!

  • @vozz4826
    @vozz4826 Před 2 lety +1

    I’m glad to see little Rhode Island made the big screen. So proud of my state for being compared to sizes