Professor Brian Cox: How To Find Your Place In The Universe
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2024
- This is a conversation about science, philosophy, the meaning of life, and the unfathomable size of the universe.
Professor Brian Cox is a physicist, known for his astronomy and cosmology series’, including The Universe and Stargazing Live. He has performed on several sell-out arena tours, setting the Guinness World Record for the biggest selling science tour. Before his career in science, at age 18 Brian embarked on a musical career, forming a band with the ex-keyboarder from Thin Lizzy. Brian shares stories of his 5 years as a professional musician; as a keyboard player in the bands Dare and D:Ream. Having achieved in D in Maths A-level, Brian discusses with Jake and Damain how this experience taught him his greatest lesson: the importance of practice.
In this episode, Brian imparts invaluable wisdom on the pursuit of greatness and knowledge, and his belief that “very few people are naturally great”. He shares his secrets on summoning the courage to ask difficult questions and the importance of saying “I don’t know”. They discuss the greatest threat to humanity: human stupidity, and Brian offers insights on creating global cooperation in a world with the power to destroy itself.
Jake, Damian and Brian tackle life's biggest questions, whilst exploring life's more personal subjects: self-doubt, fear and finding confidence.
See Brian on his live tour ‘Horizons’: briancoxlive.co.uk/
0:00 Starting out
9:19 Asking stupid questions
15:18 Brian's passion
20:08 Communication
26:43 Learning to experiment
31:55 Aliens
39:00 Brexit
41:28 Brian's personal life
46:48 Selling out arenas
51:24 Self-doubt
57:31 Quickfire questions
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“Nothing is easy, it requires practice and it requires attention to detail. As well, take responsibility for getting it right” - if you get anything out of this interview, that’s the best advice you can give to just about anyone. Bravo Professor Cox…that insight you’ve shared is greatly appreciated. 👏
Not really, it's common sense to most people. If it's not common sense to you you're probably high in trait Narcissism and have never been concerned.
@@budweiser600You don't need to be a narcissist to not care about "getting it right." You can just be lazy.
Great that was the first minute now watch the rest lol
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What about when you get it wrong as Brian cox has done and put a video out about how out of touch with reality and science , not to mention the scientific method.
1. Dark matter is an hypothesis not fact, Incredulity as evidence for dark matter is not scientific..
2. Black holes do not exist outside the minds of moron`s and christian`s,
Black is not on the electro magnetic spectrum( Thier is no such thing as black light).
HOLES can never have mass under current laws of nature. Show me another example of where something with our mass has the gravitational attractive force to hold over 400 billion stars in its grips.
They are called Dark Stars and they where given that label over 200 years ago , But its seems and evangelical wannabe scientists and an new member of his class have more relevance because black holes allow for papers to be ludicrous and beyond science fiction.
I tried to get the Australian government to ban entry for Brian Cox because of his anti science stance.
Brian Cox may be a great scientist, but he is an even greater human being.
With hair yet greater still
He's 8 feet tall.
All be it a deluded one
@@richardhammond7406 He's more of an entertainer than anything.
He's annoying lol
Brian is a gem of a human being. I love listening to him talk about science. And your questions helped lead to one of the better interviews of him that I've seen.
Is he universally beloved in the UK?
Brian Cox has been one of my favorite science advocates for the longest time. Absolutely love his approach & candor.
Brilliantly put 👏
And his voice. Geez so calming
Exactly. Some people compare Brian to Neil degrasse Tyson. Sure they both teach physics but Brian wants you to know, whereas Neil wants you to know that he knows.
Brian is actually one of my heroes. He is someone I admire more than most others.
@@Penny-16 same. I went to see him live early this year front row centre. Really enjoyed it 😀
In Britain people get called "national treasure" for too quickly...Professor Cox, like Sir Attenborough should be the golden standard. These are the people we need to drive the humanity forward...
Both climate alarmists
@@yamishogun6501 Then you ought to pay attention to the alarm, right?
Professor Cox never dissapoints, his ability to engross you is fanttastic, a perfect successor to Sir Attenborough.
I can listen to Brian talk for hours.
"We may be the only civilisation in the Milky Way. Meaning is a property of intelligence. We have a galactic responsibility to maintain meaning. If we destroy ourselves, we eliminate meaning" - Prof. Brian Cox. It's not very often my mind is blown but my brain has melted 😳
It's similar to a thought I had during a period in my life where I suppose I was going through a bit of the clichéd "existential crisis". I was reading about Albert Camus, and reading some Carl Sagan, and it sort of hit me one day...humans are what bring meaning to an otherwise absurd universe. So, it's sort of backwards for us to look out at the universe to "find" meaning, because the meaning is actually inside us.
We are the universe and the Earth is Flat and Stationary.
What a fantastic gentleman. We are lucky to have this guy.
26:16 "the success is about acquiring knowledge about doing it better next time. it's not about everyone thinking you were right."
I could hang with Brian every day for a lifetime and still be blown away by what he has learned and wants to share..
Hopefully more like him arise to make learning as exciting as he does.
I’ve had a crush on Brian Cox for 15 years. His enthusiasm for the natural world is infectious. I relate.
If only all educators could possess this guys obvious passion for his subject, and his natural inquisitiveness..
Brian’s ability to speak plainly and actually help others understand is best I’ve heard. If someone understands a thing, they should be able to explain it simply. He always is able to explain simply.
Very true most people simply recite what they read or heard but dont truly understand how things really are
I could listen to Brian cox all day, he has the most soothing voice and he's so knowledgeable and passionate!
Thank you for all you do. I often find myself "lost". Perhaps a slight case of Imposter Syndrome. But all these discussions and the brilliant questions you guys ask make me feel like I am not alone, and on some days it quite literally gets me through the day. I don't expect to one day find myself in the boots of a legend such as Brian Cox, or any of the hugely successful people you interview on this podcast, but in humanising their lives and their stories, it keeps me going. Thank you to you, the hosts, and thank you additionally to all the brilliant people who have shared their views on this channel
Brian is the closest person to emulate Carl Sagan that I've encountered. What a treasure!
What I admire about Professor Brian Cox is not just his knowledge and dedication to his fields of science and the Cosmos, and his communication skills of those subjects but, he never has a bad word for anyone. He is the Sir David Attenborough of the scientific world.
I love Brian Cox he’s pure class
This guy is such a delight to listen to
Youve to be delighted when you are shown to be wrong" sums up life and learning. Thank you for having him on the podcast and asking when thought questions
I could listen to Brian talk about anything
This was the first video I have seen from you guys. I must say that I was impressed with the questions you asked and the non-drama quality attitude you displayed. I have subscribed.
I see Brian Cox - I press like
What a guy Professor Brian Cox is. Loved listening to his thoughts on life and the universe. 👍
Talks bollocks
@@cdavidson7583 you’d know. 👍
@@cdavidson7583 you’d know. 👍
Even if we communicate with ET, look at all the species on our planet and we can't communicate with not one the millions of animals
@cdavidson7583 you talk bollocks
Brian, you are a pure inspiration
Brian cox you're such a great person. I love listening to your talks. It's calming, informative and enjoyable!
yet again Brian proves why hes such a gem of a human being and why he is so loved in the UK, some of us recall him playing keyboard ;) can watch Brian all day long, hes up there with Mr Attenborough in his own fields.
The display of passion and ability to make science accessible is the most important, in my mind. It's there in Feynman, Sagan and Cox, and if anyone knows Forrest Valkai, a biologist with a CZcams channel, he's absolutely compelling with his energy. I don't know how much knowledge actually sticks to my brain, but they provide fascinating insights and information.
Guys, I could listen to this interview for hours and hours. Congrats.
Brian Cox is great. I like listening to him what ever subject he is taking about. Every thing in universe are related anyway.
Brian Cox, a wonderful human being.
Dear Prof Brian Cox
Thank you very much once again!
I really enjoy all about space ❤
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What an inspiration this Man is in these entropic times.
Thank you for one of the most mindful interviews I’ve ever watched. I now have so many questions but also have so many things to think about. Your questions were excellent and Brian’s responses were even more amazing.
Thanks Sandra ❤
Thank you so much for sharing such fascinating videos about the mysteries of the universe! I'm always in awe of the wonders that exist beyond our planet.
Sir Cox is a living legend.
"Greatness is measured only by how it effects others"
The same as the Good and the bad! 👍
You have to respect Brian Cox for Being a well-rounded in touch approachable genius.
His Pleasant soul and soft Kindness is refreshing in academics
Truly great interview. Showed the human side of Prof. COX. Was really interesting. After all, we already knkw everything he has to say about the physics...
U mean so much to me Brian. I❤your work. Utmost gratitude n respect n ❤ for uBrian thank u sirfor interviewing him. Much ❤ 2 U both. Blessings 2 u n yours. Love Always Jennie. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I've been to a couple of his live shows. The amount of work and detail in them is outstanding. Literally mind blowing. If anyone gets the chance to go. You should definitely do that!
I’m going to one in March, very excited
100%. Persistence is the key to your intellectual understanding of anything.
The basis of science is rooted in the point of knowing, that you don't know. WOW how simple and deep at the same time.
Research #FlatEarth then you'll know.
I went to see Brian Cox in Ipswich Suffolk.
It was a shame I was very disappointed not in him!
But the audience coughs and colds and sneezing I could not hear him very well at all. What a shame.
I was very disappointed.
I was really looking forward to seeing him.
I will never get that chance again.
It was a shame that he did not have his mic up louder❤😊
Thank you! Amazing podcast!
This is excellent thanks. Wish I had of heard this advice from Brian 40 years ago.
You have to find something you love doing, focus on it, practice it, work hard, and don't give up, but you won't give up because you loved it from the start. That's how success is achieved.
Great episode, got to love Brian Cox - one of the best humans alive. However, a trip into space would be lost on Boris. Maybe use him as the rocket instead.
I could listen to Brian Cox all day, I can't say the same for Neil Degrasse Tyson
Music and Maths go hand in hand. Of course with Practice. 👍
absolute truth. completely applicable to my mission with learning programming at the age of 50. taking the time to play with the basics in order to understand the building blocks upon which the grander structures rest
I love what he says about luck. I remember hearing Paul Daniels saying that luck was years of hard work and then seizing with both hands an opportunity that presents itself.
im not sure luck has anything to do with how successful Brian Cox is. I think its his basic humility and empathy for his audience that makes him sucessful.
The whole idea he has of patience and niches song 2001 space Odyssey and bringing together two art forms and hoping a thought or emotion emerges that wasn’t necessarily seen or felt before is a very beautiful thing.
Sadly Nietzsche was a crap composer and Strauss was no good at Philosophy.
I had a maths teacher back in 1980 shouted "Are you some sort of spast!c!!! In front of the whole class, she also went on to attempt to persuade a media class I was also unfortunate to have to take to subscribe to cnd!!! People of a certain age will get it! I got her fired and now earn faaaaaaar more than a bitter ole high-school teacher could ever dream of! Now that's a maths lesson!!💯🤠😎. Great show gentlemen👏👍🙏. Dx
Amazing interviewers, such a good listen!
Great role model for pur younger generations, you only get out what you put in. Thanks for interviewing and sharing.
Depends what you put it in……….
"be absolutely delighted when your wrong". I should be in eternal bliss!
Thank you Sensei ❤
You guys ask such amazing questions. Bravo
man, the things id do for brian cox. dude's immaculate. 😭❤
real
Amazing podcast with an amazing guest. Thank you, guys!
Please take care of your bodies!! We need you to live to share!! Thanks for sharing!!
I totally agree with Brian Cox. Everything I'm good at is because I learned hard for it and put my time and effort in it. If you think it has to come naturally, then it's nearly not possible. Maybe there are people out there who are good in something, but mostly they are good because it is something they like. I also liked what he said about when he was studying, that he did most of the work in the beginning and then it was getting better. I remember in school: I learned all the time and when the examns came I was one of the few people that were relaxed, most people just started learning in the week they needed to have the knowledge. I didn't have the highest scores, but good enough to pass....
In fields of observation, chance favors the prepared mind (Pasteur). Fields of observation include not only scientific but artistic fields, and clinical fields. (My addition). Thank you for having this interview!
Basically ditch the ego and accept when you don’t know the answer. Invite, encourage and accept scrutiny of your observations in your search for new understanding and learning. Learn from your mistakes and don’t be an island. Asking for help is a strength not a weakness.
Super Grateful.
💜
Brian cox is the new carl sagen...who else agrees?
Could listen to Brian cox all day, love this guy ❤❤
Learning is quite simple.
1. Try your best to demonstrate an understanding in a new discipline
2. Correct your understanding as completely as possible with the available knowledge
3. Recall your new understanding
4. Build upon your understanding as you grow into a new discipline
Excellent video and channel thanks 🙏🏻
Thanks brilliant interesting interview, inspiring 🎉
What can I say..
Quality stuff Brian.
Fantastic podcast ❤
Just what the mind, body and soul needed right now. Superb interaction, outstanding questioning and exploration from you all. Thankyou to all of you and your expansive minds.
Being comfortable saying you don't know how something actually works, is such a hard but super valuable thing! I absolutely love quantum physics; but I absolutely don't understand a lot of it tbh...
We love BrianvC 🐐
Greatest advice anyone could receive and thanks so much for that! I am my own financial advisor and have always had a good grasp on finance, albeit I am hardheaded on ability to retain lessons, it has chalked me up from time to time to relearn to accept doubt. I know that it is part of the process. Thank you for helping me grow my mindset as I try to everyday and make my money work for me and my family. My journey in life and financial freedom has been fulfilling and continues to teach me how to enjoy myself more and more, thanks for this wonderful content!!
Proffesor Brian Cox Your points about nature and to listening to it dearly is fantastic indeed
I love Cox.
You can get really good at something that you're not passionate about... Through fear.
I was kinda pushed into kickboxing by my dad. I became British and European champion and left the sport undefeated.
Not once was i passionate about what i was doing, I hated every moment. It was the fear of disappointing my father that drove me to perfection.
Nothing I ever did was good enough for my father. It took me about fifty years to stop caring what he thought. His emotional abuse broke me at an early age. I've never felt truly happy nor have I ever been able to love myself. I tried therapy and meds... Broken means broken...it can't be fixed.
That probably depends on how broadly you define 'passion'. Hate is certainly passion. And the fear probably could be stretched to fit the bill. It's whatever spurred the motivation.
I like the work model of going hard on a project for a month, then taking some time off to allow your mind to piece together some things you may have missed. Kinda like defragging an old hard drive.
Love what you said about luck. Rich people always bang on about how they worked hard. Well yeah so do the kids who have to walk 4 hours a day just to get water. Life is luck and chance we are all here by chance and that’s lucky!
I love science!
I'm a Christian with an interest in science. I've listened to many of the so called atheist scientists like Krauss, Tyson, and many others.
One thing they all seem to share is some level of being sarcastically dismissive about a subject area which they can't possibly be cognisant of.
It's a credit to Brian that he never plumbs those intellectual depths.
Much like his 'hero' Feinman, he's more than prepared to admit that there are places that perhaps only mysticism; meta-physics might have the answers.
Brian is an atheist.
He models the “I-don’t-know” humility that the religious want scientists to admit, but I see religious struggle to admit themselves. Recovering religious know-it-all over here.😅
Love him
This was really helpful. Time to actually finnish the hundreds of songs that are half complete! 😂
Just found Brian Cox. Wow
Where was he ?
@@harryjohnson8371 I’m not at liberty to say.
After all my years in science & cosmology & uni lecturing etc, I feel we are still in our infancy .. like children in universe terms.. and there's so much we don't know .. we should ask questions around everything .. so much we just don't know. Rule nothing out .. this planet is a miracle with solutions for everything we can ever want ... did that arise just be chance.. when BBC science programs say the chances are billions of billions to one against .. ? One thing I would say is consider all options, ask your own questions abd build your ideas from basics you understand. I once read a wonderful book on economics but baulked at one statement in the book saying 'surely that's just not right' .. yet a professor & head of economics at Edinburgh Uni looked to explain why it was.. years later, she reverted to me to say 'no, you were right & the book was wrong' .. we eventually wrote an economics text together .. but message is 'challenge yourself & everything' ... experts also have their limits
What an incredible guest to have .. loved this!
When it comes to understanding or "getting" something, I find it's a matter of looking for that way of understanding it, that helps you specifically. Meaning, sometimes someone can explain something to you, and you don't understand, but look for enough sources and someone or somewhere you will finally "get it" when you find that right way for YOU to understand it. 🙂 Does that makes sense? lol...
12:35 one thing that took forty years of guitar playing to realise was, much as it is fun to try to emulate your heroes, you're better off doing your own thing and having people wonder "how does he do that" about _you_ instead.
"it takes a lifetime to learn [guitar], so the sooner you start, the longer it takes"
14:00 the thing i find though is, only YOU know you're crap at something, i'm a terrible guitar player, but people who hear me play don't know that, cos i only play stuff i can play, usually things i've made up myself, so other people wonder how can he play that? the realisation was doing my art GCSE, a life drawing that i thought was going really badly and i was sweating over, cos i love art, but it dawned on me the examiner was never going to see the model or the pose - i could do whatever i wanted really, and no one was going to be the wiser.
and the most important lesson i learned when i moved to london was, finding a job and a flat was a full time job in itself, and however disheartening it might be to fail, if you just keep plodding on, ignore the downs, sooner or later you get yo where you want to be - if you're lucky - but no one who sits in their bedroom wishing, gets lucky, you have to give luck opportunities to find you. i plodded, i found and got my dream job, i've had an amazing life - not one second planned.
How do you know that the people who hear you play *don't* know you're crap? I get that you're saying you only play the stuff you know well, but even only mildly trained ears can identify clams, clumsy fretting, and awkward chords. A lot of amateur guitarists play out of key, and while listeners can tell it's not terrible, it is kind of terrible because it's not as good as it should be.
using feelings to evaluate approximations from things you do understand
Prof Brian is the Patrick Moore of our age.
I don't agree.
Patrick Moore's image and delivery helped perpetuate the "mad professor" character aspect of scientists.
I see Cox as the Fred Dibnah of Science. He's the fella next door, with infectious enthusiasm, and a way of engaging people in subjects they otherwise may not be engaged in.
He's one of us. Patrick Moore never was.
18:50 i went to see oppenheimer with my son, and i had completely forgotten the connection, i learnt over to my boy and said "do you remember ringing the peace bell" he said no, he was three at the time. i've been to hiroshima, it's a pleasant city. my in laws live south of yokohama, they have blackhawks and f15's circling their house 24/7 but they don't seem to mind, our respective language is not so good, so i never got to ask them about their feelings on the war, but i've always had the impression that hirohito was the one who got the blame, like all people the folks of a country don't really want war that much.
visit japan if you get the chance, it is the nearest you'll get to being on another planet, i look up and expect to see rings in the sky, like saturn.
Nice interview
I just found your show, we can blame Cox.
Great stuff, I will be back 👍
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Stay Silly
Stay Free 44:01
Very few people are naturally good at things. It takes practice.
RE: Thumbnail "Don't fear doubt, welcome it"
Me: I'm afraid I can't do that