The Paradox of an Infinite Universe
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What is outside of the universe? We know that the universe had a beginning 14 billion years ago and that it has been expanding ever since.
But something that is expanding should also have an edge, right?
What would you see if you went there?
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Can you make another video about the book of revelation
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL !!!
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time travel??
No thanks, mr. Funny science channel
When Im feeling lonely, I look at the sky, pick a direction, and wave. Because if the universe is infinite, that means there’s another me also feeling lonely and waving back directly at me.
Somewhere in the universe right now an alien could be looking in our direction wondering if there’s anyone else out there
❤
@@romanovmarkelyon1021it would be infinite aliens looking in all directions waving
Don't feel lonely - you are never alone
It wouldn’t just be one of you, it’d be an infinite number of you waving back from every conceivable direction. And an infinite number of you doing any other possible task in an infinite time frame. Every conceivable thing happening everywhere at every conceivable moment in time. Taking a foot step billions of milliseconds apart from an infinite number of you taking the same exact foot step in a moment in time divided into infinite parts.
ah yes, another tuesday afternoon where i question my reality and the universe while watching a Kurzgesagt video, perfection.
you forgot to use this emoji 🤌🤌🤌
I do this daily
Existing sucks
You should start your questions by reading the Bible. Most modern "science" is just made up crap.
Its a Wednesday in our galaxy
All i can say about questioning reality and universe is to enter the the religion of Islam (atleast for a very small period of time) and I hope you will find your answers there.
(Hope you don’t hate me nor my religion and sorry if anyone gut hurt
The universe is growing so once you reach the edge you have to wait until the devs come out with a new update
I hope they come back and add more interesing stuff on our galaxy, all that empty space is boring
@@Antithesismanifestits not boring at all to be honest.
The art direction here is so good, so much different scenes with varying styles and it doesnt ever feel boring or repetetive, it takes concepts and expands it, just like the universe.
Neat fun fact while im here : Astronauts took their name from latin : "Astro" meaning stars and "nautical" meaning sailor, so the full name means "Star-Sailor"
so maybe that's what influenced the visuals here ! its so neat and such a nice image and its executed so nicely, much love!
the molecule shown at 11:28 may have influenced the artistry a bit, too
It's actually greek but indeed, that's what it means.
@@Elloqus Yes ! Greek has Astron in which Latin borrowed it and made it Astro. Then Latin was made to make Astronaut, really cool how language evolves ! thanks for the insight
Every Kurzgesagt video:
- Facts
- Scares you
- Then calms you down
- Add birds
Accurate
birb*
*birbs
- Ignores Israel's complicity in Genocide like the Germans they are
- Spent over two years neglecting climate change/collapse
@@toyotaprius79 do you want them to make a video on Israel?
"only boring stuff repeats itself" definitely a few million infinite copies of me in the infinite universe then
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
probably an infinite version of me laughing at your comment too. lol
I also laughed at your suffering of being boring. I hope this repeats infinitely.
Trust me you're interesting in some way
"only boring stuff repeats itself" definitely a few million infinite copies of me in the infinite universe then
4:11 "Some scientists thought of this as way too straightforward, and came up with a wilder option."
Why y'all gotta make life so difficult for us man???? 😭😭😭
I swear I've been talking about this exact stuff for years. This and your video on time. I talk and I talk and some people get it and some people think I'm crazy... and then you drop a brilliant animated explanation and I show it to those people and they have a lightbulb moment.
I'm so glad someone out there is presenting these ideas with such high quality while also acknowledging the untestability of this science philosphy.
10/10
Nobody ever explains it simply. The universe is space and the big bang filled it. If you keep traveling, the stuff from the big bang runs out. But space continues. Just that there is nothing there. Space is nothing.
Uni uni Dr JJ😊
@@TheBooban the “Big Bang” is a model that describes when all matters of the universe were occupying an infinitesimal point which expanded very rapidly. It’s not “there was nothing and then everything happened”. Might as well go back to the religious idea that god created everything out of nothing which sounds more convincing than your Reddit atheism
@@therollerlollerman a point is nothing. Or what do you said an infinitesimal point is?
@@TheBooban “infinitesimal” means very, incredibly small that it approaches zero, not “infinitely small” or a singularity. There’s a reason your idea of a Big Bang was originally conceived by a Catholic priest because nothing -> everything is pretty much the Christian idea of creation. Much larger leap of faith than assuming the universe is possibly infinite because we just don’t know
When I was 6, I asked my mom what the edge of space looked like but she just said “shut up with your nonsense”. I’ve waited so long for a proper answer
Don't sass me kid, just eat your Fruity Pebbles and off to school with you!❤
I'm sorry your mom shut down your curiosity
the average ignorant parent 🤣🤣
20 years later: bring that nonsense over here and we’ll tell you “IDK. But the answer will likely melt your brain”
Travel a few quadrillion lightyears up to ask your other mum, she'll give you a straight answer.
"Maybe a copy is living the same life as you, but wearing a funny hat".
Lol, Im wearing a funny ha... omg, Im the funny hat copy arent I?
Truly living your best life
A best life your truly living
Wait then where's the og you?
@@mm42197If only
@@mm42197He's right behind you! Run!
At the highest level, this mirrors Minecraft. Think about it:
- Infinitely generating worlds
- Each generated world cannot interact with another
- The "true" World Border it at around 25 pentillion meters away before things start to break down
- During a normal playthrough, it would be impossible to explore an ENTIRE seed (i.e. world), let alone every single possible one
Just a thought
Even if the universe is finite, time stretches ahead and behind this moment infinitely. 🤯
True🤔
The fact that this came out only 7 days after the last one is quite impressive
thinking the same thing
they work on multiple videos at the same time, each video takes months, and they're out when they're ready, it's just a coincidence that they came out so close to each other
maybe they were animated at the same time or something idk
for the lack of storytelling that is, I might be alone here, but I feel that recently it feels slightly generic.
with this quality yea
4:02 The animation of the sphere turning with all its stars is so satisfying!
Yeah that was amazing
don't mean to be the 🤓 guy but those are galaxy CLUSTERS lol
@@omaki82036🤓
@@omaki82036 Well you clearly do mean to be " the 🤓 guy"
NOOO IT'S SCARY!!! 😭😭😭
Greatly explained. Loved it
Big thanks for the vid ❤❤
I love y’all and you’re the best! Your videos have brightened so many of my days!
I remember reading something somewhere a long time ago:
"When infinity gets involved, possibilities become certainties"
no idea where you read that but its very true
Its probably not true. Think about how quantum mechanics work where things can truly be random.
Which is why the multiverse is so annoying whenever it's used too much in fiction
@@SamuelNoaGreenBut in infinity, there's a high probability of nigh everything.
Wrong... In the infinity group of natural numbers, each numbers occurs only once... The probability to "pick" one in an infinite number group is almost "zero". Because to calculate probability you need to divide by the cardinal, and one occurrence divided by infinity is... "Not a number".
9:23 "because you are as real as real beings get"
Thanks dawg, you too are a real one!
Just keep in mind there is one thing out there realer than you are. That 1 in infinity number of a person more real than you are.
Kurtgesagt is real AF for that.
@@nexusdrop7863maybe he is that "realer" 1 as it gets.
@@alshahriar6230that’s a maybe,maybe I am the 1000000000000 realer one of the most realer then 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Huh… did they edit the video or something ? That quote doesn’t seem to be there, but I feel like I remember it from the first time I watched it. Another commenter also mentioned a “you but with a funny hat” and I swear I remember that, but it’s not in the video currently either, so I’m not sure if I’m just misremembering or if the video actually changed. 😰
bro this is the peak of youtube animated content
just wow, the story telling, the animation, the logic, everythings perfect.
The editing team deserves praise
I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day
Or a raise
@@etrestre9403take me to the place I love. Take me all the way.
You mean the *animation* team?
Raise*
9:13 watching this while wearing a Santa hat makes me feel like I’m not the original me
Well if we do believe there are infinite versions of yourself, what constitutes "original"? Does it even matter if we are the original or not?
There is no original version 😅
There's no original, either better or worse
There can be only one! Time for you to go all highlander I think.
Why you wear Santa hat on February?
I love your videos about the universe, keep making them!!!
That’s insane!! Thank you for the video, great as always
The idea that there could be endless galaxies, stars, and possibilities out there is both exhilarating and humbling.
It's so deep man! Why don't you ponder how many grains of sand there are at your local beach...
Record your singing, you'll feel all of it at a magnitude level XD
Right? I wasn’t particularly impressed by billions of galaxies either. I’m only a couple million years from being done exploring the Milkway, and by then I’ll only have a couple hundred billion left, which won’t take me very long at all.
I’m actually the version of myself wearing a funny hat.
The "Om Purnamadah Purnamidam" mantra from the Isha Upanishad encapsulates a profound philosophical and spiritual insight into the nature of existence, reality, and our place within the cosmos. This ancient verse serves as a profound meditation on the concept of wholeness, infinity, and the eternal cycle of creation and dissolution that underlies the fabric of the universe. Here's a deeper exploration of its layers of meaning and their implications:
This video brings to mind this famous Sanskrit mantra:
”Om purnamadah purnamidam purnat purnamudachyate purnasya purnamadaya purnamevavashisyate Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaanti.”
Meaning: ”What is visible is the infinite. What is invisible is also the infinite. Out of the Infinite Being the finite has come, yet being infinite, only infinite remains. Peace in my heart, peace with each other, peace in the cosmos.”
This mantra is a very profound verse from the Isha Upanishad (one of the ancient Indian texts that form part of the Vedas) and is often chanted for peace and completeness. It's known as the Shanti Path or peace invocation. Here's a basic translation and interpretation:
"Om purnamadah purnamidam purnat purnamudachyate
Purnasya purnamadaya purnamevavashisyate
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaanti."
Translation:
"Om, That is full; this is full. From the full, the full proceeds.
Taking the full from the full, the full itself remains.
Om, peace, peace, peace."
Interpretation:
This mantra speaks to the completeness and infinite nature of the universe and the divine. The first part acknowledges that everything in the universe, both the unmanifest (nirguna, without attributes) and manifest (saguna, with attributes), is complete and perfect. It suggests that if something complete comes from something complete, it remains whole and unchanged. This is a philosophical or metaphysical statement implying the eternal, changeless nature of the universe's essential reality, despite the appearance of change.
The repetition of "purnam" (full, complete) emphasizes the concept of wholeness and infinity, suggesting that the ultimate reality or the divine essence is perfect and complete in itself, and even when it manifests as the universe, it remains perfect and unchanged.
### The Concept of 'Purna' (Fullness or Completeness)
- **Universal Wholeness**: 'Purna' represents an all-encompassing completeness, suggesting an existence that is intrinsically whole and interconnected. This challenges our everyday perceptions of separation and encourages a recognition of unity in diversity.
- **Infinite Nature of Reality**: The mantra posits that the physical and the spiritual realms are not disjointed but expressions of a singular, boundless reality. This realization prompts a shift towards seeing the self and the cosmos as reflections of each other.
### Metaphysical Implications
- **Unity of Consciousness**: It suggests that consciousness is not fragmented but a continuous expanse that connects all forms of existence. This unified field of consciousness underlines the non-dual nature of reality, where the observer and the observed are one.
- **Holistic Worldview**: Recognizing the universe as an expression of 'Purna' encourages a holistic approach to life, where the spiritual and material are intertwined, guiding one towards a more balanced and integrated existence.
### Psychological and Spiritual Dimensions
- **Inner Completeness**: The mantra counters the sense of lack or incompleteness many feel, suggesting that fulfillment comes from recognizing the wholeness within. This understanding can catalyze a profound inner peace and contentment.
- **Journey of Realization**: Spiritual growth is framed not as attaining something new but as uncovering the inherent completeness within, leading to a transformative understanding of the self and the universe.
### The Cycle of Creation and Dissolution
- **Eternal Continuum**: The cyclical nature of the universe, as alluded to in the mantra, highlights the eternal process of creation, preservation, and dissolution, which, despite its ceaseless motion, leaves the essence of reality unchanged and intact.
- **Perception of Time and Existence**: This cyclic view fosters an understanding of existence beyond the linear constraints of time, encouraging a serene acceptance of life's transient nature and the eternal continuum of being.
### The Invocation of Peace
- **Multidimensional Peace**: The mantra's closing invocation of peace encompasses inner harmony, peaceful coexistence with others, and a universal balance, reflecting a comprehensive vision of peace that spans personal, interpersonal, and cosmic dimensions.
- **Inner Peace**: Achieved through self-realization and the dissolution of ego, leading to a serene state of being.
- **Interpersonal Peace**: Fostered by the recognition of interconnectedness, promoting empathy and compassion.
- **Cosmic Peace**: A reflection of harmony with the universal cycles, embodying a deep respect for the natural order.
### In Conclusion
The "Om Purnamadah Purnamidam" mantra from the Isha Upanishad is a timeless beacon of wisdom, guiding individuals towards a deeper understanding of the universe's intrinsic completeness and the interconnected essence of all existence. Its teachings on wholeness, the cyclical nature of reality, and the multi-dimensional pursuit of peace offer invaluable insights for navigating the complexities of life, fostering a profound sense of unity, harmony, and fulfillment.
"TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!"
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Nice reference lol
@@ano7539 Pretty out of context-
I love the videos that really fry your brain. They're always so good, but this one especially made me enjoy it more for the Rick and Morty references. Perfect video 100/10
I think it would be super cool to see a video on "what happens if the world stops producing conventional ammunition" and how fast the effects would be seen over a timeline. Keep up the great work!
9:20 "Who are you? Well it doesn't matter."
Ouch... I have feelings you know.
it doesn’t matter
Remember. Its not a 😢"it doesnt matter" its a 😄"IT Doesnt matter!"
Don't worry, you matter just as much as you did before... which is still technically not at all (in a cosmic sense)
Universe is bacteria. The
@@n0vanox LMAO
The animation and artistical direction of this episode has been top notch
Yeah, almost as good as NASA!
Agreed, that lighthouse visual at 5:39 is brilliant!
Agreed. Come a long way in the past 5 years
I was like 8 years old when I came up with the theory that the big bang was caused by a singular black hole that sucked up everything that existed before and then released everything all at once. Still my favorite theory
"Theory".
You should look into a career in cosmology! Seems like it'd be down your alley. :^)
What created the black hole and where was the space for it to be in it?
@@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325 a cycle, and what started that cycle was another. Infinite time, infinite of the same course of events
@@foxicecubebut something must start a cycle I’m saying this is evidence of God if this is true
this filled my brain with so much knowledge it stopped working for a bit
my brain is being cooked.
Same
My brain is being roasted on a Grill at max heat on a summer day
Us Bruh US!
Not mine, somehow
Medium rare or well done
The channel that answers the questions we always think but never find an answer to it.
It also rises more questions and causes existential crisis.
Seeing that merch cash working so well brings back hope for humanity.
Yes! For example, where did Alternate Me get his funny hat and can I have it?
우주로~
Yeah I liked it when it used to pick topics that were concrete but interesting. The infinite scope of the universe is interesting to think about but isn't enough to make a story about, which is what I find the most interesting about kurzgesagt.
one of the best videos, this is brilliant
my favorite video by this channel so far
A few centuries ago we were wondering what the edge of our world looked like. We keep coming back to the same questions, it's just the scale that changes
Centuries? Do you actually believe we have only known the earth was round for a few hundred years?
@@Rukushin does it actually matter? Did you not get the point of my comment?
Seems resonable, but I disagree. First, a few centuries ago, not many people believed there was an edge to the world: the now common belief that 'back when' people thought the earth was flat is incorrect; the Chinese, Arabs, Indians, and the Ancient European civilisations all understood that the earth is a sphere. Second, it is true, however, that people wondered about 'the edge' of space, and the scale of how big we imagine the universe to be has changed - what I'd say, though, is that not only the scale, but the whole conception of 4D spacetime has changed the 'shape' of what we imagine. Any thoughts?
Please we still have people out there that believe the Earth is flat..
Which is scary, or laughable, or both. I saw a classic miss-the-point flat earth 'explanation' recently: Our flat earth, you see, is like the PacMan universe; leave the screen-world on the left, re-enter on the right. Yeah, just... Well if that's the case, the PacMan universe is a cylinder, that is, a 2D surface curved through a higher, third, dimension - which exactly describes the surface of the (spherical) earth! You have to say, do they just not see this, or, as I suspect, they don't want to see it?@@frankbanales7419
Why is this stuff such high quality? The science, humor, graphics, voiceover script are all second to none. Just incredible!
These vids should be shown to college students in a science class. Cute and slightly funny cartoons explain science way better than a boring old man who probably suffers from high functioning autism droning on in front of a classroom.
I suspect there is a lack of bureaucrats involved
AI made it in 10 seconds. Took longer to upload to CZcams
@@chadlais1927har har
they have a huge team of people
I Think its been a year since i Saw your vids and 2 years ago when i found your Channel i saw every of your videos and became a genius of space because of you i am a genius of space
Thanks kurzgesagt❤
Space and the universe keep my ADHD brain so ocupaid and I love it! I could talk on the same subjects multiple times but a bit different and it transforms it into a completely different one! I looooove to just talk to myself and question everything I know and everything that the human knows when I'm bored. Your videos always start a new thought and I'm very grateful, big fan ^^
The animator did such a good job with this one ❤
This comment is getting really boring.
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so true
like no joke
I love subscribing to the idea that the universe is infinite. In a bittersweet way it makes me happy to think that there's other versions of myself that have experienced and done things with their lives that I couldn't with mine
See I have the opposite dread. An infinite number of other me out there that took the wrong turn and ended up tortured and murdered, or had a tremor when carrying my child and dropped them. Like if anything could happen and there is an infinite number of chances then anything that could will.
watch rick and morty and you'll have a different take. You'll likely hate most of yourselves.
There's only a finite amount of matter, we've deduced this by numerous experiments here on Earth. Finite matter means there's an insanely low probability of even a SINGLE copy of you existing (it means every single organism that has existed on earth up until this point would have to live identical lives, maybe they breathed a few more or less times, or sneezed fix or six less, but the point still stands, already crazy unlikely. Dupe-Earth would have to collide with Dupe-Thea to make Dupe-Moon and then make the same landforms like Pangaea, Gondwana, etc. and then the exact same genetic mutations would have to occur for EVERY SINGLE CREATURE.
Like, the fact that the ancestor of the animal cell even swallowed the mitochondria ancestor (which used to be a different organism, which the animal cell's ancestor could not consume) and formed a symbiotic relationship is already so unlikely that it probably never happened.
And even if there is one, I don't believe you are a very significant person, no? I haven't read your name in any history books, nor have I seen your face on the internet, nor have I heard of you at all. So even if there was a Dupe-You, would the history of Dupe-Earth change very much? Will you change the world, if you desire, or leave that to Dupe-You, who probably doesn't exist?
@@KING-hb5wh I mean it's not like anything authoritatively can be said about this since it's impossible for us to know so we might as well choose the interpretation that makes us the most happy.
@@KING-hb5wh I definitely won't 😂! I often think about my own Sci Fi TV series which has a multiverse part where my character visits his other versions and many of them are friendly. Then there are many other groups who founded ideological groups like Communism or Anarchism and they live on terraformed copies of planet earth which are a bit close to each other and probably with artificially created suns too.
Thanks for uploading, I needed my nightly dose of existential crises 😂😂
The universe is really impressive. As much I learn more, as much I get amazed.
Just wanted to tell you that Jesus loves you and you should love him too❤
@@Robin-ol7we Thanks bro
This has been breaking my mind since I was a child.
And it still will when you're the opposite of a child... or you just don't care anymore :'D
Dude same, I've always thought, if the universe is expanding it must have an edge, and if it's growing what is it growing on?
@CheeseApprentice PBS Spacetime has a good video on exactly this topic. Basically, in General Relativity, galaxies and stuff are standing still and it's the empty space between them which is increasing in length.
@@juliavixen176which one? What’s the name of that video?
@@juliavixen176 that's the most boring answer to that question so nothing new is created just they're getting further apart also if the universe is expanding that would imply that its finite
Going to space must be one of the most incredible experiences ever. We as humans live for decades bound by the rules of our planet, but outside things just feel unreal and meaningless, knowing that nothing is quite like earth and that we won't ever comprehend the true extension of existence and life.
Human perceptions evolved on the ground with local purposes. I imagine when we travel into space, and experience something totally new, there must be a moment where no meaning can be placed by the mind. It's a _pure_ perception.
@@anonymous333It’s pure perception but it would be nice if we live on a populated galaxy.
[...] And then, suddenly, relief. No G’s. Zero. Weightlessness. We were floating.
We got out of our harnesses and began to float around. The other folks went straight into somersaults and enjoying all the effects of weightlessness. I wanted no part in that. I wanted, _needed_ to get to the window as quickly as possible to see what was out there.
I looked down and I could see [...] Earth.
I [...] turned my head to face the other direction, to stare into space. I love the mystery of the universe. I love all the [knowledge] that [has] come to us over thousands of years of exploration and hypotheses [...] but when I looked [...] into space, there was no mystery, no majestic awe to behold... all I saw was death.
I saw a cold, dark, black emptiness. It was unlike any blackness you can see or feel on Earth. It was deep, enveloping, all-encompassing. I turned back toward the light of home. I could see the curvature of Earth, the beige of the desert, the white of the clouds and the blue of the sky. It was life. Nurturing, sustaining, life. Mother Earth. Gaia. And I was leaving her.
Everything I had thought was wrong. Everything I had expected to see was wrong.
I had thought that going into space would be the ultimate catharsis of that connection I had been looking for between all living things-that being up there would be the next beautiful step to understanding the harmony of the universe. In the film “Contact,” when Jodie Foster’s character goes to space and looks out into the heavens, she lets out an astonished whisper, “They should’ve sent a poet.” I had a different experience, because I discovered that the beauty isn’t out there, it’s down here, with all of us. Leaving that behind made my connection to our tiny planet even more profound.
It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered. The contrast between the vicious coldness of space and the warm nurturing of Earth below filled me with overwhelming sadness. Every day, we are confronted with the knowledge of further destruction of Earth at our hands: the extinction of animal species, of flora and fauna... things that took five billion years to evolve, and suddenly we will never see them again because of the interference of mankind. It filled me with dread. My trip to space was supposed to be a celebration; instead, it felt like a funeral.
I learned later that I was not alone in this feeling. It is called the “Overview Effect” and is not uncommon among astronauts [...] Essentially, when someone travels to space and views Earth from orbit, a sense of the planet’s fragility takes hold [...] “There are no borders or boundaries on our planet except those that we create in our minds or through human behaviors. All the ideas and concepts that divide us when we are on the surface begin to fade from orbit and the moon. The result is a shift in worldview, and in identity.”
It can change the way we look at the planet but also other things like countries, ethnicities, religions; it can prompt an instant reevaluation of our shared harmony and a shift in focus to all the wonderful things we have in common instead of what makes us different. It reinforced tenfold my own view on the power of our beautiful, mysterious collective human entanglement, and eventually, it returned a feeling of hope to my heart. In this insignificance we share, we have one gift that other species perhaps do not: we are aware-not only of our insignificance, but the grandeur around us that makes us insignificant. That allows us perhaps a chance to rededicate ourselves to our planet, to each other, to life and love all around us. If we seize that chance.
_-- William Shatner, on his trip to space with Jeff Bezos on the Blue Origin's rocket_
Find the lord my friend
@@PatrickKnowles-ql8zb Yes.
the part about infinitely recurring things reminds me of something i heard a long time ago: if you put and apple in a box for eternity, the particles will rearrange themselves in every possible way until you end up with the same apple!
Always loved your content
Kurzgesagt’s obsession with “what if you were wearing a funny hat” is killing me. Keep it up.
I love funny hat me
3:08
HE SAID THE THING!!!
Dude how is it that Kurzgesagt always puts out banger videos on the EXACT topics i'm mulling over at work and at home.Thank you for your content, please keep up the great work!
Me and my classmates watched almost all videos from you guys. We can't explain how much your work means to us.
As AI being trending topic all over the world, we want to Kurzgesagt point of view about it ❤
4:44 props to the artists for this shot. It was so effective at conveying the complexity of the hyper-torus, that trying to wrap my head around the concept and the visual at the same time gave me literal vertigo hahaha xD
Memento Mori
@@Ahrpigi ;) memento mori
4:30 I always knew Homer's theory of a donut shaped universe was intriguing! I might have to steal it.
Here are a couple more ideas that weren't mentioned. First the simple one: the idea that the universe has a kind of "edge", beyond which there is still space, but it's empty.
Second, the idea that the universe is *endless* but *not* *infinite*.
In this model, time and space are both endless but finite. Let's start with time first, because it is simpler: the universe is about 13.8 billion years old. Assuming that time had a beginning, the total amount of time is about 13.8 billion years. 13.8 billion is clearly a finite amount. But we never run out of time, so it is also endless.
In the same way, space begins as a single point and then expands outward at the speed of light, creating an unimaginable amount of new matter as it expands. After being created, space then expands uniformly as it does in the standard inflationary model. But, this endless space always has an outer edge. The new space being created today is probably absurdly dense, just as the very first space was. In this model, the universe is no longer 13.8 billion years old. Rather, 13.8 billion is just a lower bound; the universe might be 14 billion years old or 14 septillion years old, depending on how far we are from its original origin point. But since the universe is still finite, there may not be any exact duplicates of you.
@@davidpiepgrass743I personally like to imagine that the universe is finite and is a small part of something bigger, just like you are a small part of the Universe, or a single cell is a small part of you, or a protein is a small part of a cell and so on. And what the universe would be a part of is so beyond what our minds could comprehend, that there is no point even trying to imagine it. For all I know, the Universe could be infinite by our means of understanding and still be a part of something bigger.
Some say the earth itself is torus shaped.
It's not impassibole
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🌌 The observable universe is a sphere with a radius of 45 billion light years.
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🍊 The universe could be finite and shaped like a hypersphere or a hyperdonut.
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🌌 A hypersphere universe would be at least 1,000 times bigger than our observable part.
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🍩 In a hyperdonut universe, spaceships flying in different directions would reach the start at different times.
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♾ An infinite universe has no borders and goes on forever in every direction.
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👥 In an infinite universe, there could be infinite copies of ourselves.
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🌌 For us, the universe is finite and has an edge in time.
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How can the universe exist only 14 billion years yet we can see light that came from 45 billion light years from here?
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that's fun how kurzgesagt's videos goes that far making you feel this existencial crysis, you're absolutely nothing compared to the universe, your existence doesnt matter at all. But then he says "oh dont worry, youre worth it 🙂"
love those videos btw
without God that would be true
❤
That's literally just a classic Kurzgesagt video.
@@rphb5870 we don't know if he's real but who knows...
@@rphb5870no evidence for your sky fairy
The idea of an edge or boundary is quiet interesting ,it arises from our tendency to think of space as a container that can be filled, but in the context of an infinite universe, there's no container-space itself is unbounded and limitless.
Anyways, here a brownie recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped nuts or chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF (175°C) and grease a baking pan.
2. Melt 1 cup butter, mix with 2 cups sugar.
3. Add 4 eggs and 1 tsp vanilla; mix well.
4. Sift in 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup cocoa, and 1/4 tsp salt; stir.
5. Optional: add 1 cup nuts or chocolate chips.
6. Pour into the pan, bake for 25-30 mins.
7. Cool completely, cut into squares, and enjoy your brownies!22
The idea of a shape of the universe, such as hypersphere or hyper donut, itself is contradictory. If space is the property of the universe, then outside of it there is no space. Now shapes are possible only within space. Therefore, universe cant have shape. Maybe just if it reside in itself, but thats a whole different ideas, with a lot of problems.
@@matusknurovsky2090Ultimately, the shape of the universe is a rich and multifaceted topic that reflects our ongoing quest to understand the fundamental nature of reality. As our understanding evolves and our tools for observation and analysis improve, we may gain deeper insights into the true nature of the cosmos.
i'd like to think that the edge/horizon of the universe is just time, and in case of a hypersphere, every layer of that sphere is just the past and the future. The universe, after all, is a 4 dimensional space.
That's a supposition. It's a reasonable and uncontroversial supposition, but still a supposition.
Very good video, sir, highly fascinating to me and it saved my lunch from boredom. I have to ask, would you mind making a video on the Gamma Knife medical procedure? If not that's fine, just figured i'd ask anyway
I always thought of this possibilities, i'm happy that i'm not the only one.
It’s funny that as I was watching this video, I took a second to realize, that the bed I’m lying on and the house I’m in, is part of this seemingly infinite universe and how ridiculously non important we are, but yet this is what we have and what we care about.
Is there really a universe, when all we see right now is the room were in and the sky we see? We know there is, but we don’t know anything about it, but yet we’re still a part of it.
Really shows how little we actually know about everything. It really gave a whole new meaning to “I know that I know nothing”
I feel you brother
Blud ur having a existential crisis
small does not mean unimportant, we are the most complicated thing we know
It's the *"is the earth round?"* from our ancestors' situation all over again 💀
The universe is shaped exactly like the earth if you go straight for long enough you'll end up where you were 🎶🎶
lol I think you mean earth is centre of the universe. Earth is still round, always has been and always will be… until it’s consumed by the sun or the great attractor that is.
@@St0neByteyou make no sense lol. I think you misread
This both amazing & incredible 😮
I've watched a ton of Kurzgesagt videos, this was the first one that made my head actually hurt from trying to wrap my head around the concept. Amazing
When I start considering the enormity and the general weirdness of the universe, I'm comforted by the words of Douglas Adams:
“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”
How is that comforting
@@silver_kitten Right?
I didn't get it
5:58 it’s like a Minecraft world, except there is no world border or farlands, it just keeps doing procedural world generation, forever. You can make a map of it, and keep exploring, but no matter how much you fill out your map, there is always more space to observe.
ah yes, the third proposal: the universe is procedurally generated
@@albingrahn5576 plot twist: universe is actually minecraft and we are the mobs but the player hasnt reached us yet
@@spitting_faxx683Or maybe the player has found us and just hasn't told us or can't tell us
If I understand correctly, Minecraft coordenates are hardcoded finite, I believe it has the size similar to the surface of Neptune (patch 2020, I don't know if now it's bigger, but sure with some coding it can be bigger)
@isnowinchainswe're talking conceptually here, not literally. it's physically impossible to create any program that proceeds infinitely, let alone a Minecraft world. but i'd recommend anyone spent some time reading minecraft.wiki's articles on the modern farlands (post 1.8) because they're insane.
Wow!!!!!!!! Yet another highly satisfying video . Thank u kurzgesagt!! Life can be so meaningful if we think it from perspective of being meaningless!!! Happy to be in this time together with u guys so that I can too watch this video 😇
Love this channel :)
Kind of like science duolingo 🦉💚
This is hands down one of the best channels I've found on CZcams
Neh
Melodysheep also
What type of videos do they upload?@@anshulrai2028
Animation? One of the BEST!
Propaganda? Also One of the BEST!
@anikmahmud1737woah where did that come from
I play Space Engine sometimes, and one of the most memorable moments for me was traveling to the edge of the known universe, looking back at the dense ball of galaxies and the program immediately crashing from the sheer load of it.
THE UNIVERSE IN THE QURAN IN DETAIL (((21:30 Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?) AND surah zariyat aya 47 ( 51:47 And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander. ) AND Yasin aya 38 (yaseen) (And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.) AND surah Anbiya aya 33 (21:33 And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.) AGAIN AND AGAIN, ALLAH WHO CREAT THE UNIVERSE HE DESCRIBED EVERYTHING IN THE QURAN 1400 YEARS AGO. ALLAH SAID (41:53 We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness?) Quran 41:53 Surah Fussilat ayat 53 THERE is STILL A LOT ABOUT UNIVERSE IN THE QURAN.
👆🏼 lol
Plot twist: same thing happens in "real life". Simulation fails.
Space Engine? Is it like that new space game Starfield?
@@inc2000glw It's a simulator. They used to have the legacy versions available for free on their website but the page is a 404. It's on Steam otherwise. I enjoyed setting my speed to the speed of light and marveling at how slow it is in the vastness of space. There's also Universe Sandbox which is more of a physics simulator that lets you edit and create objects, trajectories, etc while Space Engine is less interactive but more accurate to real life. Plenty of procedural generation but you can visit I think damn near every object we've discovered in the generally right place and the general structure of the universe is accurate.
I am a geography major but i have always been very Passionate about astronomy and I have a theory, which I would like to get feedback on from someone from this field of study:
The universe is a finite sphere. think of it like the earth, every thing that exists are on the surface of the sphere. And the dark matter is the crust/mantle/core of the sphere. And the observable universe is like a continent on the surface and we just do not have the capabilities to see it through our current technology. OR maybe light it self has not been able to reach us till now. And the whole sphere is part of a system like our solar system. So, there is definitely multiverses.
My theory is based on the current understanding of our universe. As we can see, everything we discover is usually in a spherical shape and is found to be orbiting something.
This is math-ish enough for it to feel long
and it is fun enough for me to engage.
PERFECTION!
9:39 “Kris, Get The Banana”
“Potassium”
always bring a banana to the party
“Sirk destroy the Banana”
“Muissatpo”
(my brain has dissolved)
P O T A S S I U M
* You ran into an indestructible dog and exploded.
@@PulpFreeeeeeeeeeeeeoptassium?
6:55 love the Rick and Morty reference
I knew I couldn't be the only one who saw Rick's portal and the Schwifty heads
Haha, me too. That Head is one of my favorite "characters" from the show. He was just so comically absurd. Especially when they finish their song and he goes "... hmm," sounds totally unimpressed at first, like "oh shit .. we're F'd .."
Yeah, it's pretty cool, I love them for that lol
I idk has the newts we are looking for in this video
Hi Kurzgesagt,
I’ve been a fan of your videos for a long time across different accounts and I’ve always loved your videos! I especially love the scientific and philosophical research in the content and all the artistic and musical dedication. In general, your work has been wonderful and I hope you continue to keep doing what you do!
However, I have some feedback that I would like to state regarding your thumbnails, titles and some of the recent content. As has been documented in a few Reddit posts already, it’s been noticed that the original, very creative and introspective thumbnails and titles for certain videos have been scrapped and changed for more clickbait and less authentic versions (for example “What Are You Doing With Your Life? The Tail End” turning to “When This Number Reaches 5200- You Are Dead!” (Or something along those lines), and “You Are The Dream of a Dead Universe” to “We Did The Math- You Are Dead!”, as well as their thumbnails). While it is understood that the algorithm will recommend videos containing these less authentic methods of advertising, I feel like this is really a waste of talent from the artists as well as the old charm of an educational and deeper outlook of your videos. The channel is beginning to feel like a content farm similar to Bright Side, which is a bit saddening because of how much effort and love put into these videos made for smart content and the history with its audience. Sometimes they are directly misleading, for example “Why South Korea is Dying Out” has relatively little to do with the content of the video itself as it mentions it perhaps once or twice throughout the whole video.
I just hope that we don’t stop the quality because of these facts and that the videos themselves don’t get affected as well.
Maybe if it isn’t possible to keep the titles and thumbnails, would it be possible to at least make a video explaining the changes made recently by the channel? Just to give some more justification to the artists and authenticity of the messages you purvey and explain to the fans who have gotten disappointed due to them.
However, I do understand the reasoning behind it all and I will support you no matter your publicity choices because I still love your content and they provide so much insight and information, especially to our younger generation!
I just hope this message helps bring to light some of the problems some of us have noticed and helps you improve and keep up the awesome work!!
Thanks for it all, sorry this message is so long, and have a good day!
This change is because kurzgesagt is funded by bill gates and other billionaite beaurocrats, who use theyre channel to push certain ideas to the people, and of course, theyre not transparent about their actions. Search it up kurzgesagt bill gates foundation, a youtuber made a great video about it
The name of the video you should see is how kurzgesagt cooks up propaganda for billionaires, by the youtuber - the hated one.
Honestly I blame the algorithm (which is pointless I know because it's just a computer program), because it's created this system of clickbait over quality. Something that takes hours to create but has a nerdy/weirdly scientific title will get a lot less views than something that takes minutes to create but has a fake clickbait title
Damn that’s a lot of words
Good lord
I see the universe as infinite, and I dont see the big bang as the beginning, but imagine the time before the big bang, the materials and the heat it gathered, or maybe previous big bangs that may have occured before it, or places of big bangs where it failed to occur, but helped set us up for later. We know so little, and are here for such a short period of time.
As far as we know it, time could not have existed before the big bang. There was no space before the big bang, and space and time are intrinsically linked.
I find the potential of an infinite universe with infinite copies of ourselves quite mind-boggling but strangely plausible. It's riveting to think about the concept of finite options yet infinite combinations in a limitless universe. Even more intriguing is the possibility of a hyperdonut universe and the complexities that it could entail.
When my kids were little , we were lying on the back lawn star-watching. I said the universe goes on forever and my daughter (8 years old) said “how can it do that?” . I said “well, what do you think would be at the end if there was an end?” ….she thought for a little while then said “ A full stop?” 😁💕
Hey kurzgesagt! I love your videos and bought you book can you make another video about the body?
*"This edge is more like an edgin time"*
Never thought I would hear kurzgesagt say edging time.
ive been wondering about these exact things since i was a little child. i would always ask my mom how big the universe is, is it infinite, how is that possible, how does time work and things like that. now im 16, iwatched the netflix documentary about infinity and i came up with a theory that satisfying for me. i have been very busy with school lately (for the past 6 months) and now i finally have 2 weeks off, and i can watch this video and go back to just thinking about the universe and about the things that nobody knows the answers for. feels good to be back.
i just finished the video and my theory was said. feels good that i came up with my own theory, and it was confirmed by kurzgesagt that it might be correct
last words: and I still have 0 beaches
@@user-lj6ni8hv5bsame here my theory was said too.
@@user-lj6ni8hv5b 😭😭
A constant in the universe is people at 16 thinking that they have worked everything out 😂😊😊😅
Those transitions at the end were so smooth. This is high quality content.
I think it's the highest quality content all around on youtube: information, writing, editing, literally everything is as good as it gets
please never stops doing what u so guys, it’s just perfection
Gosh the visuals are so nice
I am a Computer Science undegrad and tbh-Kurzgesagt is and will always be that CZcams channel that gives me the feeling that I AM PURSUING SOMETHING THAT HAS A DEEP ESSENCE AND IMPACT ON LIFE. Thank you Kurz-altho Comp Sci., yet my Love for PHYSICS is way beyond coz PHYSICS is my first love!
check QURAN YOU WILL SEE MAJIC ALLAH DESCRIBED THE UNIVERSE IN THE QURAN IN DETAIL (((21:30 Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?) AND surah zariyat aya 47 ( 51:47 And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander. ) AND Yasin aya 38 (yaseen) (And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.) AND surah Anbiya aya 33 (21:33 And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.) AGAIN AND AGAIN, ALLAH WHO CREAT THE UNIVERSE HE DESCRIBED EVERYTHING IN THE QURAN 1400 YEARS AGO. ALLAH SAID (41:53 We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness?) Quran 41:53 Surah Fussilat ayat 53 THERE is STILL A LOT ABOUT UNIVERSE IN THE QURAN.
If you can, get OUTA of your degree.
@@tibettenballs4962don’t say that😭
Love the Truman show reference 1:45
learned quite a lot, took a break to think about it for a moment. Then realised i'm only 2 Minutes in... Wow. Thanks to all of you who make this possible
What a great channel 🔥
6:10 This. This is the stuff that breaks _my_ brain. Infinity doesn't bother me; I'm perfectly happy imagining a universe that extends in all directions with no end. Even 4. 11. 27+ dimensions "feel"I acceptable to my mind, I can understand them even if I can't see them directly.
It's the transition from non-existence to existence that my mind can't handle. Why is there anything instead of there being nothing? If something could happen in nothing that made it not-nothing, then it can't have been nothing to begin with!
Every time I try to think about this it feels like my mind is looking at a light that's too bright and has to look away.
I read a philosophical explanation that basically said: there used to be Nothing, and Nothing is like a vacuuming force: it turns other things into Nothing. However, as soon as Nothing started existing, it “nothinged” itself out of existence, thus becoming Something. It’s a fun explanation and very elegant. It’s not very scientific, but i also used to wonder about this same exact thing until I read this fun explanation.
9:30 I've never heard Steve Taylor sighing. Didn't know I needed it
Is that the narrator's name? Didn't know that
@@JamesHarris-xi4lv yep
I read that as Steven Tyler, and was wondering what he had to do with this series 😂, Thank you James Harris for making me see sense!
Same, that was exactly what I was going to say
who is Steve Taylor? it sounds like a god
this video has some of my favorite visuals of any kurzgesagt video
Man, there's nothing like watching a Kurzgesagt video and questioning the importance of my existence. Love this channel!
I guess the easiest way to approximate a visual understanding of hyper-spheres or hyper-donuts is the Möbius Strip
Except a Mobius strip only works going either forward or backwards. Turn 90 degrees to the side and you find an edge. On the inside surface of either a donut or a sphere you can move in any direction and never find an edge.
@@rustknuckleirongut8107what you know about a Klein bottle
@urray8581 I know it is a better example (edit: but it has the weird thing about passing thru itself leading to some weirdness where you are in two locations at one time.)
@@rustknuckleirongut8107 You are not in two places at once, we just don't have the ability to represent its fourth dimensionality properly in three-dimensional space. Those positions on the surface are not actually connected, they just look like it in any representation we can draw.
@@Twisted_Code This is why the donut makes more sense as an example it does not need to be represented in a way that makes no sense in three dimensional space.
1:34 That ice cream looks cosmic
I see what you did there.
the rick and morty portal!!! loved all the details in this one
The animation was so cute and amazing at the same time! 🤍💜🤍💜🤍
9:21 subtle reference to Bioshock? "There's always a lighthouse, there's always a man, there's always a city."
I was looking for this comment!
The end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never…
Stanley-
@ 4:32 It is a hyperdonut, except that the hole is closed to a single point -- a singularity -- and the donut is (ultimately) a self-cycling horn toroidal fluid vortex of the "spacetime" hyperfluid, the 'stuff' whose 'flow' appears to be "curved by the presence of mass" , but which in fact "mass" is likewise the (fractalized) horn toroidal (as 'particles') fluid vortexual flow of. ... Look it up.
Oh, and keep in mind that while you, the mass-particulate astronaut, are traveling as fast as you can in order to reach the "edge" of this beautiful mass-particulate universe of ours, "time" is passing (as you are moving slower than the "light waves" you are perceiving it all by means of). So eventually, if you live long enough, you will wind up back at that singularity on the 'opposite side' of the hyper-horn-torus. (And if you manage to accelerate "instantaneously" to the speed of light, you'll get there even faster.)