Neil deGrasse Tyson on Aliens and How the Universe Will End | Amanpour and Company
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- Why is the universe the way it is? How did life begin? And how might it end? Our next guest has spent his life in search of the answers. Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, author and popular science communicator. His new book, "Cosmic Queries," was co-authored with physicist James Trefil. Tyson joins our Walter Isaacson to discuss the book and what drives his thirst to explore the really big questions of the universe.
Originally aired on March 23, 2021.
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Absolutely fascinating. What has always blown my mind is how we have failed to realize how rare we are in the universe and therefore, a species imperative to care for each other. We are merely a blimp in time. How amazing is that? Causes me to be humble.
Love your comment. Life on Earth is indeed rare and the way we are all interconnected is a precious thing.
"Keep Looking Up."
What a great comment! I think about how in olden days we just assumed that we were special and at the center of the universe. Then as we came to understand the universe around us we saw that we were actually so small in the grand spectrum of things. Now as we realize that the galaxy does not seem to be teaming with life, we are returning to the understanding that we might just be very special indeed, and to quote you to yourself, there is a ‘species imperative to care for each other’. The journey to understanding continues!
@@SuperManning11 There are more suns (stars) in the universe than there are grains of sand on earth. Each of those suns has several planets. So the likelihood of us being rare is extremely low
@@hmq9052 Agreed. I suppose I was speaking poetically in the sense that it seems unlikely at this point in time that a StarTrek-like universe of other intelligent aliens on every other star system that we encounter will be interacting with us on a regular basis in our immediate future. I was also emphasizing the gist of the original comment that this provides a very good reason (among many) to care for one another as a species. Perhaps a more bleak way of saying this would simply be to reiterate the fact that no one is going to save us from ourselves so we’d better start treating one another and our planet with more care. That’s all
He’s very excited about the bigger picture it’s contagious. Whenever I see a picture of earth taken from space or the moon; I fall in love with this planet. Unfortunately most humans don’t appreciate what we have here.
So fascinating and clearly explained. My 7 yo granddaughter' s favorite subject. I will have her view this. Thank you a ton!
Yes well the earth probably seems very nice when you are far enough away to not make out any of the misery.
I appreciate all of it
Neil Degrasse Tyson and Seth Shostak are playing the roles of Howard Menzel and Carl Sagan.
First and foremost there's no aliens. That's a lie!
All that education to come to the realization "We don't know." only one with sincere humility can make such a statement from the mountain top. Like him immensely.
Furthermore, the saying "the more I learn, the more I realize how little I know" has always been considered the first step on the journey to enlightenment/wisdom. Hardly original to him. But, congratulations on learning it yourself, one way or another.
boomers in finance need to learn a lot from Neil. My every cell harmoniously agrees to everything Neil says 🥰
Hey Neil - still living in Denial of the UFO evidence released by the US Navy just this week. Thats not true science. True science is exploring All the Facts and having the courage to see where that Truth leads no matter where.
They all know who the real creator is even the apollo 8 crew admitted to the sheeple on December 24, 1968 but the men are Gods charade continues.
An incredibly intelligent intellect.. search for The Great Attractor,
Glad the interviewer doesn't constantly interrupt.
Probably not really listening ... notice he doesn't laugh at NDT's jokes
@@derekcurrie8377 I don't think he got it. I heard "crickets" each time they showed him! lol
@@louannmueller needed chuck there
She looks ROUGH 😖
Neil is in charge of that on his podcast 😂
WoW! Neil deGrasse Tyson is a national treasure❣️
A world treasure!
He's one of many! I have an autographed book. I saw him a few years back.
A national treasure without soul!
@@michaelemmaparnall-gilbert8284 "without a soul" Because he mention that he doesn't believe in a God?
A National treasure who quite shortly will have been proved wrong all his life if the ‘Marco Rubio Report’ see’s the light of day.
I wish Neil could be my teacher for everything. Can you imagine a teacher who could make other topics so fascinating - History, English, Photography, Math, Government? Wow.
re govt UFO secrecy: Neil Degrasse Tyson and Seth Shostak are playing the roles of (Howard Menzel # MJ12) and Carl Sagan.
Best guest! He is always so excited about Science!
Neil Degrasse Tyson is such a fascinating person to listen 👂to a beacon of cosmic wisdom. 👍
He is?
Is he?
@@sasnad3 yes I do , you can’t dismiss his expertise in astronomy. I’m sure he knows much more than you and I combined. Beware of arrogance it will blind you and rob you of insight !
@@harveywitt4444 You really don't have a lot of wit, better change your name. 🤭
@@harveywitt4444 just kidding. Never mind, I think he is just someone who is just articulate and that's about it and that appeals to most people.
Tyson is the type of guy who was born to light us up like a Beacon on our horizon. We need more people like him.
speak for yourself dead light
@@jadezee6316 I have seen you make similar replies in comments made by other people in this same video. Is there something bothering you about Mr. Tyson? Does the recognition that he has irritate you?
@@jadezee6316 So when is the last time you respected anyone in your pathetic life?
Tyson is such an important voice in the media today
Meh.
@@ccole1255 hehe... you’re probably right-but he does seem to bring a lot of folks up to speed that otherwise would not seek out this info on their own. But there is also a LOT of bluster and showmanship to contend with.
@@ccole1255 Your opinion in now in my trash can
And I hope we get more Tysons in the media. Need to rid the media of what it’s currently dominated by. The likes of Kardashians and her friends together with the sorry excuse of some artists just poison our minds and don’t add much substance to this world. Maybe I sound inconsiderate but I feel dumber whenever I come across news about whatever they’ve done that people go crazy for
I could listen to him talk all day. Fascinating stuff 🤓
Star talk radio (NDT's radio show/podcast) used to have a 22hr stitch up of episodes shame they removed it, but thankfully you can access over 500 hours of the show through most podcast services
My dream come true the Worn hole
Hit. The nail with hammer
Hey Neil - still living in Denial of the UFO evidence released by the US Navy just this week. Thats not true science. True science is exploring All the Facts and having the courage to see where that Truth leads no matter where.
@@spookyninja4098 i dont think he is denying that there is ufo's but he denies that aliens have been here to earth so far. quite different
Love it. Mr. Tyson is so smart and a pleasure to listen to. 🙂👍❤
Yes, love the way he drags us around the mulberry bush and we are still none the wiser. He is limited and has not a romantic bone in his body. He has given up that indeed there may be life elsewhere. He has grounded his imagination.
@@michaelemmaparnall-gilbert8284 dude what? Maybe the burden of evidence doesn't add up? Maybe that kind of extraordinary claim needs to be answer with extraordinary evidence? Maybe it needs to seen to be believed. One thing is to be believed in and that is providing hard proof. A visitation would suffice if say it were in front of the White House or really any big public area were it was worldwide breaking news. Personally I'm counting on April 5th, 2063. That is when the Vulcans 🖖 land in Bozeman, Montana and make contact with Zephram Cochrane inventor of the Warp Drive.
And on top of that very sincere.i, love Mr.Tyson .
@@michaelemmaparnall-gilbert8284 I'm not a huge Tyson fan, but if you're looking for "romance" in science, go watch some Star Trek -- sounds more on your intellectual level.
Love this guy! His discussion of 'why does God exist?' is spot on, IMO.
Why does God exist ? Because nothing does not exist ?
@@harveywitt4444 nothing doesn’t exist?
@@tjsho417 It’s simple with out going into all the cosmological scenarios pertaining to quantum mechanics and the infinite manifestation of energy fields beyond human comprehension . You can’t get something from nothing there for something has always been forever present and that is the mystery of being absolutely Divine.
@@harveywitt4444 you get something from nothing all the time. Quantum particles pop in and out of existence all the time.
@@harveywitt4444 then who created nothing..🤣🤣
I'm glad he has accepted or finally admitted that We Are Not Alone in the universe. He must have seen the 2020 documentary called The Phenomenon too!
Neil Degrasse Tyson and Seth Shostak are playing the roles of Howard Menzel and Carl Sagan.
life doesnt mean, intelligent life. he clearly stated that.
right? weird how his narrative has done a 180 since government came out....
Depending on who you’re talking to, “the big Rip” can mean many things. Hahaha
Neil Degrasse Tyson and Seth Shostak are playing the roles of Howard Menzel and Carl Sagan.
@Carnell Junior 🤮
@Carnell Junior an artist I see. 😁
The problem is humanity is yet to know what they don't even know.
The problem is no one even wants to know what they don't know. Ignorantly arrogant
Agreed. And they bring this guy to talk bs and deny the obvious.
"Neil deGrasse Tyson, thanks for being with us". -Well said.
I LOVE Neil! AND "watching" him speak! Such good stuff!
Astrobiology.
I love the fact that we have a branch of science to study things we haven't found yet.
Brilliant, educated, thoughtful, inquisitive and articulate. Everything you could want in a science teacher & more. The ideal successor to Carl Sagan.
lets pretend he is all that....but the truth is...he doesnt have a clue
Neil Degrasse Tyson and Seth Shostak are playing the roles of Howard Menzel and Carl Sagan on OFFICIAL UFO DENIAL. That was Menzel's role on MJ12.
Except that he hasn't done much for science.... Just a talker.
@@Tanya-pe8dj and you have lol. He discovered that Pluto was not. PLanet
He is no where near carl sagan
I can listen to Mr. Tyson all day. He is so interesting!!
The other issue for finding life is not only the expanse of space but also the depth of time.
Well, when I think about the fact that our planet is an EXTREMELY sub, sub, SUB atomic particle when compared to the Milky Way, let alone the Local Group, let alone the Virgo Cluster, etc.. how important (or likely) would it be for "aliens" to visit Earth, let alone RE-visit it?
Neil explains things so simple..he don’t try to use all these big words to try to sound so higher than because of ego~ he’s a great teacher making things plain and simple & relaxing to want to hear more
Mr Tyson is so intelligent I don't even know what he is talking about? But, I still like to watch his programs:)
i love tyson. he's so deep.
You want to go deep. Listen to Prof. Kipping on Cool Worlds here on CZcams, especially his video on Time Travel. It is a masterpiece!!
@@emzywillrich7243 thanks. will do.
Neil, you are fantastic. The simplicity of your explanations is wonderful. Thank you.
Every time I watch an interview with him in it. I begin to realize how much I share his views of this subject .
"The question I don't even yet know to ask"
A still valid way for Leil to answer all these questions would be "We don't know".
The answer should be, "We don't know YET" .
@@wantlessworkless.2558 Even better.
What the real question is; why do extremely intelligent people reject what they don't want to look at? There are many recorded instances of people confronted with something completely obvious, but they simply can't see it. This is not a call-out of Mr. Tyson, but the way humans use their minds.
Confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance. It's also very hard for people to admit they're wrong.
Do you mean the huge body of evidence that proves that extraterrestrials have been visiting here since forever and continue to do so to this day? Because that’s what I was wandering. Are we going to speak about aliens in theory and probability amusing ourselves with how smart we are and totally ignore the evidence of their existence?
Check out Feinberg's famous mention that ..."from what I know about human behaviors and the reports about ALIENS ..."
I forget the rest. Check it out.
N.B. Of course there are other forms of chemical combinations somewhere. Recognizable as LIFE.?! We are still identifying hitherto unthinkably indeterminant forms here. In biology in 1960 I was pithing frog brains. i never heard of Eukaryotes v non nucleic cell forms.
in the science world , evidence means something you can measure . we cannot rely on our eyes for evidence. if that was the case we would believe magic is real , we know for a fact that it is not.
Amazing as always Neil! The "why" part was just perfect, it summarizes human desperation for sentiment where there's none.
I love Neil because of his enthusiasm and his excellent grasp of cutting edge science, which he still dabbles in, between interviews.
Dude rocks!!!!!!
Absolutely love listening to this massive intelligence of a man. Made my day.
Me too! I love listening to his audiobooks too. He reads them himself of course.
He's a laughing stock within the scientific community.
Some salty people with an axe to grind don't like him because he doesn't look like them. I think he's brilliant and a treasure.
Before hearing a word from this true teacher...I had to pause the video because of the stunning Inuit art on either side of him.
"We're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself" - Carl Sagan
I understand Tyson's pain when he has to answer questions like "why does the world exist?". When Joe Rogan asked this same question, you could visibly see Tyson's anger. He did well this time.
what are you trying to say?
why should he be in pain?
and why should he be angry?
this guy doesnt know more than me or even you about how life really begin//aliens...etc
@@jadezee6316 If you look at episode 1347, they talk about gravity. Dr. Tyson tries to explain the "whys vs hows" of gravity while Joe continues to troll him by way of ignorance. Disrespectful. And also, he may not know the answer to aliens, but he knows allot more than you and me.
@@jadezee6316 he just flip flopped and he's trying to keep himself relevant. Many times knowledge is a hindrance to comprehension.
I don’t think there is a single human being that has ever lived on this earth that likes to hear the sound of their own voice more than Neil!
re govt UFO coverups: Neil Degrasse Tyson and Seth Shostak are playing the roles of Howard Menzel and Carl Sagan.
@@odurandina One thing he and the rest of the doubters, and they're too intelligent to doubt because they know, Governments will no longer be able to laugh their way out of the truth anymore. I read a while ago that during the age of Aquarius during the 21st Century, the disclosure will stop us from destroying ourselves. They live in this planet and they roam this planet. Once the benevolent ones show us, or maybe we have already found out what Tesla wanted, which to power the world, then money, greed, avarice will be gone. That will be a beautiful thing to see.
Sadly, I agree.
You are wrong , Neil's main quest is to teach and communicate with enthusiasm , he is NOT doing this for his own satisfaction , it satisfies him more to inspire others.
Christiane : Fascinating and truly inspiring program here . " The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced . " Don't answer the question but question the question . There are 5 levels of time . The universe is super symmetrical . Thank You and God Bless .
WoW! This man is special , brilliant teacher.
Neil, I have a legit question. If mankind finds out that extraterrestrial civilizations exist, what effects do you think this knowledge will have on our world's big religions?
No matter the facts religion is a social construct power ! Like feminism once two come together in hope beliefs God is ! The field energy of two equal God a unseen being ! Its a complex science not understood yet !
If you CZcams Neil Tyson you’ll find this question asked about a billion times.
Neal you are amazing I will enjoy reading your book.
Love this.... NDGT is a special communicator and takes my mind to real Space ...👍👍👍
What make's this man so great is he's not afraid to say (we simply dont know) not many physisists admit that
What makes this man great is his great acting--being able to take the .gov paychecks on UFO secrecy and denial.
Yes, I want that book!!❤
I am not scared about my death, I am scared about the death of everything, even space and time
nobody knows. if time travel backwards has been invented only a selective few would ever get to know.
time travel could have been invented years ago. they would never let the public know, this. these scientists wouldn't even be allowed to know. it would be a tightly guarded secret by all governments.
I can't wait until full disclosure, that way mainstream science can move forward. Besides just get a decent telescope and point its gaze at the moon's surface and everything else you can see flying around up there. Great video, 🔭👀🌕🪐
What a great communicator of these very complicated subjects!
Thanks Neil I feel so much batter than what I think I was going to feel....rip!
He didn’t die
That's my ?, why does the universe even exist? As a kid, I'd ask my way down to the basic ? of why is there a universe? And, if the universe is expanding where is it expanding into?
And to me... what seems more important is not what he knows it's his ability to rephrase it so some of us can actually understand what he's saying... THANK YOU NEIL FOR ATTEMPTING TO ENLIGHTEN THE REST OF US THAT LIVE IN A TINY LITTLE BUBBLE.. the effort you give is so appreciated ..
Neil's symmetrical setting is so very satisfying 🙂
Also, I'm impressed Neil let the interviewer get a word in edgewise, though in all fairness he kept his questions succinct.
Neil is not only an excellent astrophysics; the way he instruct us about all those complex subjects is admirable, outstanding and in a sympathetic way. It makes a little bit more understandable theses subjects. Congratulations Neil and thank you for all the knowledge you intend to transfer to our brains.👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I love his enthusiasm!
Part of my enjoyment of listening to NDGT is the knowledge that he enjoys using and collecting fountain pens.
I would also like to state that we are the only species that shits in its own nest and therefore, self-destructive.
That's not actually true. It's well known that, left to their own devices, animals will blindly destroy their environment. That's why ponies developed on islands. They started as horses but in,y the Ines who could live on next to nothing survived. Horses in their wild state an just move to the next patch of grass when they've depleted the one they've been eating. (I used to breed horses, so I know this stuff.) We are, however, a species that is aware that we're doing it. We really have to extend our understanding of the world 'nest' to encompass our whole planet.
Didn’t watch.. let me guess, the “aliens visited earth and determined there was no intelligent life here” line was used and it made Neil laugh at his own joke again.
i was expecting him to tell the "aliens visited during comic-con and we didnt notice" joke too.. i was disapointed...
That line was at 8:08! (“Aliens visited Earth and...”)
Wow I love how he explained the end of universe, I learned something new..... thank you sir.
Thank you so much. Absolutely fascinating. You are fantastic.
On his master class he talks about that question he hasn't thought to ask yet being the answer he wished he could get. Challenge the way we think.
More like a cheap parlor trick designed specifically to make people believe he's deep and philosophical. And really, if it's beyond his ability to even comprehend the question, what good would the answer do him?
@@ccole1255 this made me chuckle
Theists will hate this video 😂
Not at all. It all depends upon your understanding.
I'm a life long catholic w with a masters degree in theology. I'm also a spiritual director. I love all of this talk about the universe and the questions about the existence of God. Science is fascinating. I don't see any conflict at all. So it might depend on what you mean by God.
What makes great minds?
The inexhaustible pool of
unanswered questions.
With the humility of not having to be "right".
Pretty great. He keeps his interest and enthusiasm going, which is something we all could take a lesson from.
Love Neil deGrasse Tyson. Excellent teacher as I've learned so much from watching him over the years and continue to watch him.
Welp, time to go watch some Rick and Morty.
16.10 that is exactly what I think and I didn’t even learned that in school i would love to hear you sr in person
I can listen to Neil Degrasse for hours. Fascinating 🧐
😒
If its not one thing its another. Now I got to worry about the big rip!
Freeze or rip, none of us will be here to see it...unless you "believe" in reincarnation. ;-D
20 billion years is a LONG time off. To put it in a bit of perspective, in just 4 billion years, our star, this planet, and everything that ever lived on it, our entire history will be gone, blown to dust by our dying sun. By the time the rip happens no one will even remember that any of us were here.
Only the rip from within!
@@jarrysciligo5395 why do anything then?
Looking for motive vs. answering the why question. Excellence Brain Candy.
re govt UFO coverups: Neil Degrasse Tyson and Seth Shostak are playing the roles of Howard Menzel and Carl Sagan.
Man is a receptacle. He fills himself with the cosmos. Like a mirror
Isacson and Tyson, doesnt get any better than that.
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not
Im sick of this
@@sasnad3 just listen for moment this is enlightenment you dum---- I mean my friend...✌️
There ought to be a law against being as smart as Tyson is. This guy is a national treasure.
He's one of many.
I ask myself these questions all the time even as a little kid !!!! 😳
I'd really love him and Brian Cox both on Joe Rogan at the same time... Mind blown....
There are billions of galaxies. Why concentrate on the milky way? To think we're the only populated planet in the universe is silly.
The Milky Way is our neighborhood. Distances are vast but other galaxies are even more vast...
The nearest stars are half a dozen light years away. The next galaxy over is 2.5 million light years away. There's a realistic chance that we could get a small probe to the nearest stars in some of our lifetimes. Even if we tried to visit extragalactic stars none of us would be alive to see the results.
And abnormally insane
What if the universe could defrag it's own period element table.
is that a simulation theory ?
Oh no. Another book that I want to buy. But I almost never finish reading physics books.
This videi trim me back to my childhood. When I was in 5th grade, I finally got the courage to ask, "Why does God exist". I went to Catholic school from kindergartener to 8th grade, that was a no no. So, I was punished for asking any such questions. My response was usually, 'if your faith is so strong, why be threatened by questions'. The administration didn't appreciate that either. Still, I continued to constantly ask questions. I wrote many papers voicing hypothesis, theories, etc. I was *always* in trouble for this. Thankfully, beginning in 6th grade, I got an amazing science teacher. He supported my curiosity & questions, no matter how 'wild' or 'sacrilegious', I was told they were previously. He changed my life in so many ways, I'll be forever grateful...
"not with a bang but with a whimper"...was from the Hollow Men by TS Eliot....not Robert Frost....thank you very much
Likely he got the “ice” part of the poem and correlated it with Frost.
@@ozramblue117 ha ha
"not with a bang, but with a whimper" is not from a Frost poem, but T. S. Eliot
Wow that really got interesting at around 7:30 and even more around 8:30.
I like the answer he gave about not knowing what question to ask. There has to be a lot we dont know that we dont know. I know theres people a lot smarter than me working on all that so i just take comfort in knowing that no matter how we got here, we did. How the world will end doesnt matter because ill be dead for billions of years before it happens. Im happy i was a tiny part of all this wonder and was able to live in such exciting times with great people. Thats good enough for me.
I don't like thinking of myself co-existing in other universes. Provides me no comfort. Reminds me of the Twilight Zone.
This guy is very book smart. I wonder if he thinks for himself. I have never learned a thing from him that I have not heard before him. Ohh except that Pluto is not a planet. Ohh wait it is again.
Well put... He should know that without DNA there would be No Living Things, yet he does Not address the question regarding,
How DNA came into existence here on Earth ?
Of love to get Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Jim Al Kellili in the same room together for a taped conversation.
Hi, you are so clever and brilliant that it is true pleasure to hear you. Thank's a lot.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is an actor. Just sayin
No, he’s a scientist.
He's an astrophysicist. You're the actor.
@ApocalypseOfSpoons they are both free masons and aligned with the jesuits
Maybe he's a bridge, like Kenny G was for "Jopp"; jazz meets pop- my word 😆
Actually, the north pole is really the south pole...so, his joke makes no sense, which makes perfect sense to me because he believes in virtual photons that nobody has ever seen before, which is nonsense.
Actually it was used as an example, not a joke « if you’re at the highest point north asking where is north. « not everyone is a good listener
To build resiliency biologic and emotional while understanding the transitional modes. Make sure anything that passes your lips meets the criteria of craving.. that even goes for water.. your empirical evidence will seal our bond of communication.
Brilliant answer to the first question!
God must be laughing saying I really gave them a wild imagination
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Does the big RIP create the Big bang? Just like stars living, dying and making new stars with the remnants of the previous stars.
Maybe but as I understand the theory it will be distinct. All the matter (down to the subatomic particles), energy, and space itself from this universe will cease to exist and just sort of wink out.
@@jarrysciligo5395 But ripping space time will release energy. A lot of energy. Space/time is the container, the sausage skin and is made of something very bendable but strong. Something to think about. Thank you and take care.
Tyson is one of our finest Cosmic messengers.
Much respect!
Thank you so much for being you
You can see the old guy is having a blast listening to neil degrassee Tyson talk
Mr. Degrass Tyson wasent entirely clear, on how our galaxy might possibly end. However, Mr. Degrass Tyson did suggest two possibile ways, one being a hot end, to our galaxy as we know it. and the other being a cold end, to our galaxy as we know it.
Hit on so many of my why’s 💖💖💖💖