The Intersection of Science and Religion with Neil deGrasse Tyson

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  • čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
  • What would a wormhole actually look like? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice break down a grab bag of questions about nothingness, the nature of miracles, the role of AI in scientific discovery and more!
    What would a wormhole look like in space, if one existed? Learn about the math of spacetime and how the idea of a wormhole came about. Is the idea of a wormhole connected to blackholes somehow? We also discuss Superman and what it would be like to have instantaneous travel.
    Has Neil ever had a spiritual epiphany while studying science? We discuss so-called religious experiences and what it means to be “in awe” of the world. We also explore how science ruins miracles and how true miracles are actually just new laws of physics. Plus, what would Neil say to someone if they contacted him from beyond the grave?
    Is it possible for there to be nothing? Learn about nothingness, virtual particles, and vacuum energy. Does artificial intelligence have the ability to make scientific discoveries? Find out about what AI can and cannot do, plus, how quantum computing could change the AI game. All that, plus, we break down how to foster a love of science in a young person.
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    00:00 - Introduction: Grab Bag
    1:48 - What Would a Wormhole Actually Look Like?
    5:47 - Superman Looking Back at Krypton
    11:48 - Have You Ever Had a Religious Experience While Studying Science?
    22:11 - Near Death Experiences & The Afterlife
    27:22 - Is “nothing” possible?
    32:28 - Can Artificial Intelligence Make Scientific Discoveries?
    39:45 - Planet Houston
    42:33 - How to Get Young People to Like Science
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  • @StarTalk
    @StarTalk  Před 4 měsíci +137

    Have you ever had an unexplainable experience?

    • @LowkeyMikeyyy
      @LowkeyMikeyyy Před 4 měsíci +11

      Plenty lol 😂

    • @skatealex1
      @skatealex1 Před 4 měsíci +38

      Existing. I'm not a believer in religions but just Existing is a bit strange.

    • @redmenace1135
      @redmenace1135 Před 4 měsíci +14

      There’s nothing unexplainable whatsoever, but there are certain things that need to be properly explained yet.

    • @Pluspython
      @Pluspython Před 4 měsíci +14

      I’m sitting in my bed at midnight, I blink, I see sunlight, and it’s now six o, clock

    • @Melancholy_Chill
      @Melancholy_Chill Před 4 měsíci +7

      Closest thing i had is deja vu, but thats pretty explainable

  • @Cursethedawn
    @Cursethedawn Před 4 měsíci +1124

    When I was 34 I went into cardiac arrest due to an unknown genetic issue. I was "dead" for a bit in ER, but they obviously were able to bring me back. After I recovered I was approached by a number of religious people I know asking if I saw god or had any experience, and would I like to join their church? Yes I had an experience, but I explained that what I experienced was nothing more than a dream. Because my brain did not die my consciousness was simply thinking within my brain. So it did not make me feel any differently about god. It did however make me extremely grateful for modern medical science.

    • @smithwrx5910
      @smithwrx5910 Před 4 měsíci +73

      glad your back

    • @aaronbritton2709
      @aaronbritton2709 Před 4 měsíci +27

      fr glad you’re back too haha

    • @mrpathfinder3665
      @mrpathfinder3665 Před 4 měsíci +54

      How do you know this isn’t the afterlife?😅

    • @idroppedmypocket
      @idroppedmypocket Před 4 měsíci +12

      How do we know this isn’t a simulation, or this person is just lying

    • @XYouVandal
      @XYouVandal Před 4 měsíci +53

      so when someone presents the most logical explanation, we have to counter with either a wild fantasy or maybe they're lying?

  • @paulwilk2854
    @paulwilk2854 Před 4 měsíci +274

    I think Chuck Nice has low key become my favorite comedian over the last few years. Thanks to everyone who makes this fantastic show!

    • @irrefudiate
      @irrefudiate Před 4 měsíci +6

      He's quick and hits you from out of the blue.

    • @mikehinson5935
      @mikehinson5935 Před 4 měsíci +3

      He is a damn fool!!!!! 😂😂😂

    • @FLPhotoCatcher
      @FLPhotoCatcher Před 4 měsíci

      @@irrefudiate Some of it is rehearsed or at least thought about beforehand.

    • @brunnomenxa
      @brunnomenxa Před 3 měsíci +3

      ​@@FLPhotoCatcher,
      No need to think of jokes beforehand if you have a sense of humor.

    • @invt.duanecage555
      @invt.duanecage555 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@FLPhotoCatcher a rehearsed joke, won't make a person like Neil laugh

  • @CD_B89
    @CD_B89 Před 4 měsíci +110

    Chucks impression of a preacher is so accurate and spot on. So hilarious. 😂

  • @OllieTaylorzPiano
    @OllieTaylorzPiano Před 4 měsíci +48

    Seeing the genuine passion of an educator flow through Neil on the final question/segment was beautiful in of itself and deserves its own video everytime

  • @ADHDqueenB
    @ADHDqueenB Před 4 měsíci +226

    Neil-splaining! Chuck, I'm dead!!!
    And I love the idea of Neil reaching out to people who don't normally think about science. Win them over, and maybe that critical thinking switch will turn on.
    Neil-splaining. I love it.

    • @vbpash2
      @vbpash2 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Neil-splaining - that’s what we need in our high schools to keep kids interested in STEM disciplines

    • @koosdutoit6356
      @koosdutoit6356 Před 4 měsíci +6

      A good Neil-splanation always starts with SO…

    • @abstract5249
      @abstract5249 Před 4 měsíci

      @@koosdutoit6356 And every time you say water, you have to say worter.

    • @bcflyer99
      @bcflyer99 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Maybe there's also Chucksplaining.

    • @helios7212
      @helios7212 Před 4 měsíci +1

      More Neil-splaining! Less feelings or people being offended by information they didn't know previously. Things we should strive for to help heal the modern world, imo 🙏🙏🙏

  • @JoeSmith-cy9wj
    @JoeSmith-cy9wj Před 4 měsíci +100

    Thank you Neil, not just for the education and work you do, but for showing the respect, ethics and effort you put in to your position. Science and society requires more than theory and speeches, and you truly deliver.
    There are many problems in our country today, but you are one of the very few heroes people can look up to and try and emulate. Our generation were raised on science fiction, most of it a vision of equity and cooperation achieving greatness and open to any possibilities. Thank you for showing everyone the path and dream can come true !

    • @LePedant
      @LePedant Před 4 měsíci +2

      Your PFP is my Desktop Background!

    • @JoeSmith-cy9wj
      @JoeSmith-cy9wj Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@LePedant Fascinating isn't it? Saturn as seen from the Cassini probe. It's been on my home screen for about eight years.

  • @solartyrant9049
    @solartyrant9049 Před 4 měsíci +24

    I'm not very religious myself, but I have found myself sometimes when looking up at the night sky or when looking at images from space, I get an overwhelming sense of oneness and my body feels lighter and I get chills run across my body, and that's what I've always imagined a religious experience feeling like

    • @MaxRamos8
      @MaxRamos8 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Religion and science help explain each other, they are not polar opposites. This is common knowledge at least for Catholics

    • @johncombest6180
      @johncombest6180 Před 2 měsíci +4

      I have had the exact same feelings/experiences. Although I have a science degree and 45 years experience (in Advanced Technology) studying science, I am religious because of those experiences. Science can not explain religious experiences and religion can't explain physical science.

    • @RizmaLaban
      @RizmaLaban Před 16 dny

      ​@@johncombest6180 and what is the religion that you follow? Assuming that it corrilates with science (I am also religious).

    • @johncombest6180
      @johncombest6180 Před 13 dny

      @RizmaLaban I am not seeking correlation, but purpose and causation. If science could answer the questions "what is the purpose and what caused the universe to first spring into existence" then I wouldn't need religion. But science can't answer the purpose.

    • @RizmaLaban
      @RizmaLaban Před 12 dny

      @@johncombest6180 that's understandable but if some religions dont align to scientific understandings like hindu scriptures that talk about the earth being held up by deities, than isn't it reasonable to have some correlation to the very least scientific facts that are easily presentable and understandable in relation to some religions? I'm not saying all religions are wrong but what I'm implying is some most definitely shouldn't be followed. Science should be used as a "spare tool" but not a key factor in religion right?

  • @katlegokemoafrika4414
    @katlegokemoafrika4414 Před 4 měsíci +74

    Love how Niel goes from fall-over laughing so infectiously, to proceeding with explainations as though there was no joke in the last 2 seconds 😂

  • @nick_john
    @nick_john Před 4 měsíci +36

    13:40 Chuck you need to develop a “preacher” character and turn it into a full bit. It would be awesome!

    • @jeffffff12
      @jeffffff12 Před 4 měsíci

      Yes a half hour sitcom! With Neil as your Speech writer!

    • @grindlfuzz
      @grindlfuzz Před 3 měsíci +1

      Preacher of science ... maybe some kind of pastafarian denomination

    • @ramb0lxmb
      @ramb0lxmb Před 2 měsíci

      The good Rev. Dr. Chuck Jakes

    • @thesavvyaphrodite5806
      @thesavvyaphrodite5806 Před měsícem

      Yes, Lord! 😂😂😂

  • @matthewm7553
    @matthewm7553 Před 4 měsíci +22

    If Chuck had a science preacher show I would binge it all in one weekend

  • @nerygabrielnery
    @nerygabrielnery Před 4 měsíci +32

    I consider Dr. Tyson so brilliant and love so many of his videos that it is difficult to decide which is my favorite. But now I think I have found it and it is this video right here. I loved it and laughed many times with the things that were said. Chuck performing the scientific priest was hilarious. Thank you, guys.

    • @helios7212
      @helios7212 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Agreed, love all his work and all the episodes of Star Talk but this is one of my fav of all time too 🙏

    • @MusicInMyJeans
      @MusicInMyJeans Před 4 měsíci +1

      That was my favorite part too 😅

  • @Oujana1990
    @Oujana1990 Před 4 měsíci +7

    The convergence of science and religion is what inspired and motivated Einstein to stick out his tongue in order to put an end to the speculations about his true nature (Not A Sematic Rabi). However, it never hindered Einstein from seeking out any source of information that could help him solve the problems he was facing (the equation), and he eventually succeeded. As for us, including Dr. Neil, we often lose sleep over the things we don't understand about the world around us, but we tend to overlook a valuable source of information that could help us achieve a better understanding.

  • @MikeJamesMedia
    @MikeJamesMedia Před 4 měsíci +29

    I first saw Superman II in a movie theatre in Washington, D.C.. When the Krypton judge sent the criminals into the (2D) "Phantom Zone", someone in the audience yelled out, "Look at that! They made 'em into an album!" :)

    • @jmanke6057
      @jmanke6057 Před měsícem

      Thanks for the update I thought it was the ENP of the blast not the shock wave. Guess I wasn’t paying enough attention

    • @sampheonix
      @sampheonix Před 29 dny

      😅

    • @jmanke6057
      @jmanke6057 Před 29 dny

      Emp plies?

  • @claudiustheo4220
    @claudiustheo4220 Před 4 měsíci +40

    If church ever had a preacher scientist I would tune in Saturday and Sunday. 13:29

    • @CherrysJubileeJoyfully
      @CherrysJubileeJoyfully Před 3 měsíci +1

      I have a CZcams lol but I'm not a priest. I'm a Bard and a Hindu Guru, I walk the path of bhakti yoga, but all faiths and even lack thereof are welcome. I am always available.
      CherrysJubileeJoyfully

    • @themusicbook8679
      @themusicbook8679 Před měsícem

      I'm pretty sure that's what science conventions are to most people.

  • @Bowie_E
    @Bowie_E Před 4 měsíci +10

    This is my absolute favorite Chuck...
    🎶 I TALKIN....EMPIRICAL EViDeNcE!!🎶

  • @evhwolfgang2003
    @evhwolfgang2003 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Every time I hear him speak, I find several rabbit hole worthy topics that he just mentions in passing. Googled Hume's philosophy, and off I go! He is content dense. Even his comedic sidekick's jokes are rather well informed with a small measure of low brow humor attached. This is why Neil is the best podcast producer on this planet.

  • @englewoodmusic
    @englewoodmusic Před 4 měsíci +56

    That intersection has no lights... no stop signs... not even a nice lady with a vest.

  • @EricRoss57
    @EricRoss57 Před 4 měsíci +33

    Loved your "sermon", Chuck! Too funny!

    • @eeyorehaferbock7870
      @eeyorehaferbock7870 Před 4 měsíci

      Let’s be honest: if that’s how scientific inquiries were initiated, I think we’d have a lot more people interested in science.

  • @TXRenegade
    @TXRenegade Před 4 měsíci +7

    I’m a trucker and I listen to your show everyday!

    • @markr.jolliff2554
      @markr.jolliff2554 Před 2 měsíci

      Makes conversations around late night coffee and pie difficult, doesn't it?😅

    • @WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk
      @WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk Před měsícem +1

      While drinking a beer

    • @markr.jolliff2554
      @markr.jolliff2554 Před měsícem

      @@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk coffee, pie, beer, and science? OK. I can deal with that.

  • @vbpash2
    @vbpash2 Před 4 měsíci +6

    I think if Neil deGrasse Tyson were a high school teacher, every kid graduating that school would become an astrophysicist.

  • @Mr12Relic
    @Mr12Relic Před 4 měsíci +4

    45:52 "Hard yet fragile"
    My nephew learned that with a Lenox porcelain hourglass. The kids were allowed to play with it because it was $0.50 at a garage sale and they're usually very careful. He happened to be holding it when he was told no about something else (like "no popsicle until after dinner, go eat") and threw it down in frustration. He was in total shock.

  • @elsastark2351
    @elsastark2351 Před 4 měsíci +22

    OMG Chuck!!! “Can I get some data!!” “Empirical evidence!!l hilarious af 💀🤣😭😂

  • @Gary_DeAfrique
    @Gary_DeAfrique Před 4 měsíci +8

    Love your content! Always watching 💙 I must say I do prefer this more casual format over the more recent edited versions. The more organic flow is a bit less distracting. Not that they are bad at all, just like more of these. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦

  • @user-xh2fg4wo7j
    @user-xh2fg4wo7j Před 3 měsíci +4

    Some parts made me burst into laughter. Watching your show is a perfect way to to end of my busy day- curiosity satisfying and funny! Love Startalk, love looking up. Thank you, Dr. Tyson and Chuck!

  • @dontactlikeUdonkno
    @dontactlikeUdonkno Před 4 měsíci +22

    Neil is hitting my science receptors and Chuck is hitting my humor receptors (and helping to fully activate my science receptors)

  • @imagomonkei
    @imagomonkei Před 4 měsíci +36

    I wish my parents were like you. They squashed my curiosity and told me what I couldn't question. I'm still curious in spite of them, but I have missed out on so much learning I could have done in school. To be fair, they took me to science camp as a kid. But there were still things I wasn't allowed to questions and opinions I would've been punished for sharing. I didn't escape from religion to finally begin learning the truth about reality till I was 30, and I'm bitter for all the time I missed.

    • @YourCarsExtendedWarrenty
      @YourCarsExtendedWarrenty Před 4 měsíci +9

      Hey its ok, I'm 30 and only realized a few days ago that it was ok for me to throw religion and everything I learned from it out the window. We aren't too old to learn from the cosmos what was hidden from us all this time. Its gonna be ok.

    • @imagomonkei
      @imagomonkei Před 4 měsíci +4

      @@YourCarsExtendedWarrenty I'm proud of you. That takes courage. If it gets rough, I can recommend a couple of great communities on Facebook that are very supportive.

    • @mattorr2256
      @mattorr2256 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@imagomonkeiCarl Sagan’s books especially “Cosmos” is great for reading and to feel more connected to the cosmos when it does get rough. That’s my beat advice. All of Carl Sagan’s books are wonderful

    • @kimsland999
      @kimsland999 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Hey guys, I'm a forever atheist as were my parents and pretty sure theirs too.
      Whilst my parents (now both gone) had all that old fashioned respect about them (and corporal punishment!) we use to all laugh whilst driving past churches on Sundays whilst going on our outings - good times.
      So definitely a non religous family.
      However, for the past 2 decades (possibly more really) I have conversed with 10's of thousands of theists (most Christians) helping to recover them from religion.
      In doing so I've learned every Christian (theist) fallacy poor reasoning, and heard all the nonsense stories of unsubstantuiated claims of each (contradictory) version of their claimed God. Even becoming Moderator on an atheist forum, I have since left Moderation as it actually doesn't enable input to the vids or threads at the time, its merely constant policing of members, ie Moderating is not cracked up to what I thought it was. Its not glorification its just work.
      There's no doubt you guys are still trying to get through your decades of being deceived. Recovering From Religion could help there. But what I find most helpful for (somewhat) new atheists is to go watch those LIVE theist call in shows (ie The Line with Matt Dillahunty, who has obviously met with Neil Tyson and everyone else). And listen to these Christians call in with: I believe because of numbers or love or the trees or because what else could it be? ABSOLUTE ridiculous poor reasoning.
      I feel watching these shows will help you to be proud of yourself and not feeling (Christian) unworthy of losing so much time believing in utter nonsense.

    • @staciablymiller9543
      @staciablymiller9543 Před 3 měsíci

      Lkc😅uz It]⁵⁵⁵68z'c 10

  • @duvalovertonii6601
    @duvalovertonii6601 Před 4 měsíci +4

    I recently lost my dad and naturally had a lot of dreams about him in the aftermath…it’s very compelling to believe that those dreams are other dimensional encounters…what I started doing was making it a point to ask questions in those dreams that I didn’t have answers to but knowing my dad should…1 of 2 things always happened in those instances…either I couldn’t form the question at all…or he couldn’t answer the question..it either wouldn’t come out or it came out as mumble…I think the way to solve this in every trip would be to make it a point to experience something that your conscious wouldn’t be able to draw a true or logical conclusion for with the information that it has available in any state…it’s kind of expressed when talking about put a phrase on a piece of paper on a ledge…but it’s not at all expresses in other post life consciousness situations

  • @kaleabgetachew6715
    @kaleabgetachew6715 Před 4 měsíci +4

    I am a physics student and so, obviously, I'm a huge fan of this show. I intend to watch as much of the videos as I can (in fact all of them, one by one) and just garner knowledge on not only physics and science, but also beyond because Neil is all-rounded. One question that I have for Neil is: you have been involved in science for the majority of your life and, knowing that tremendous amount of discoveries and innovations have been made due to science, it is no surprise that you incline to think that every question that we have on different aspects of the Universe can only be explained in science. But, have you ever considered that may be science is just one of the tools (may be limited in number) that exist out there to explain certain, but not all, aspects of the Universe? I would love to get your answer on this, even if it's a single word :) Or take it as one question in queries like this, if you like. You and Chuck make a GREAT team. Keep up the good work! We are learning from you.

    • @adim236
      @adim236 Před 3 měsíci +1

      I wanted to ask the same question but differently, I am curious to know if he does believe that because our genetic code, the universe, our conscious etc. Does he ultimately believe that we are the creation of a higher intelligence? Not necessarily a God from religion because there we might be wrong or right, but something that we could not comprehend, a higher intelligence.

    • @kaleabgetachew6715
      @kaleabgetachew6715 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@adim236 I think the 'intelligent being' phrase was only coined so that it won't seem like they are believing in God, just not to mix up science with religion. But for people like me who believe in God, (not like westerners though, I'm an Ethiopian so we have deep history and knowledge on this, no offense) trying to investigate God himself using science would be like a dog trying to bite his own tail. And for most scientists like Neil, this is what I think one of the ways that would lead them not to believe in God. Finding and practicing the other tools is, therefore, important.

  • @kishfoo
    @kishfoo Před 4 měsíci +12

    That's awesome! Mr. Tyson Neilsplained to Superman.

  • @leftyriverfunforlife3411
    @leftyriverfunforlife3411 Před 4 měsíci +7

    Explaining mind boggling subjects in layman terms , now that's how you would know Sir Tyson knows what he is talking about . He is the real deal .

  • @ThinkGarza
    @ThinkGarza Před 3 měsíci +5

    13:29 was priceless! I would join that church in a heartbeat.

  • @ttt5020
    @ttt5020 Před 4 měsíci +5

    'My name is Neil, and I'm an Astrophysicist.'
    'Hii Neiil.'
    -Your support group 😂

  • @kierasheffer4113
    @kierasheffer4113 Před 4 měsíci +19

    My husband and I are both huge fans of learning. We are not educated people but smart enough. As a trucker he would definitely be against worm holes and definitely have the bumper sticker to prove it. 😂

  • @martinurbani
    @martinurbani Před 4 měsíci +7

    This was an amazing show,I laughed so much and learned something new. Thank you Neil and Chuck(the science preacher 😂)

  • @claudejgagnon5163
    @claudejgagnon5163 Před 4 měsíci +2

    You two impress me with your scientific queries and make my day with laughter...Thanks a bunch for your show!

  • @godofthebiblespeaks3188

    I love Neil’s consideration of “I don’t know if my knowledge of what’s possible in the universe has precluded me from having a religious experience.” It leaves room for further reflection.

  • @fleurviola1
    @fleurviola1 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Interesting that Mr. Nice hails from Hoboken, NJ. I met Dr. Tyson at a book signing for his "Universe Down to Earth" in Hoboken in 1995. He was being hosted by the Elysian Chamber Orchestra, of which I was a member. The ECO was planning to perform Gustav Holst's "The Planets" at the Hayden Planetarium in nearby (just accros the Hudson River) New York City. The concert never actually took place - but I still have the book - and still live in Hoboken. :)

    • @sandal_thong8631
      @sandal_thong8631 Před 4 měsíci

      Made me think of _Across the Spider-Verse_
      "At Princeton," said the guidance counselor.
      "New Jersey!? No-no-no-no-no-no-no. That's too far," said Rio.
      "New Jersey is too far from New York?" asked Miles.
      "Princeton has the best quantum researchers in the country...."

  • @xXBLAKGOATXx
    @xXBLAKGOATXx Před 4 měsíci +3

    The preacher bit with chuck reminds me of the robot preacher from Futurama

  • @pilarhinde8268
    @pilarhinde8268 Před 21 dnem

    I found this podcast a couple of weeks ago, and I'm enjoying every bit of it. With two of my favorite people, especially professor Degasse Tyson.

  • @simonapremazzi6939
    @simonapremazzi6939 Před 4 měsíci +1

    totally cracking me up in this episode, you guys are having such a great time!

  • @Melancholy_Chill
    @Melancholy_Chill Před 4 měsíci +58

    I used to be very religious as a teen because of a tragedy that happened to my family, but eventually i had questions religion couldnt answer. I didnt supress those questions, because it felt dishonest

    • @ayoooooodaniel
      @ayoooooodaniel Před 4 měsíci

      None of our existence is out of circumstance there is a meticulous designer behind all of it, let me ask you this what was the first thing to ever exist in the Big Bang?

    • @anthonyaguilar7407
      @anthonyaguilar7407 Před 4 měsíci

      What question(s) did you want answered?

    • @Sleepyboiwonder
      @Sleepyboiwonder Před 4 měsíci +6

      And oftentimes religious folk will say that your answers will be revealed in due time, or upon your passing. Some people can be okay with that, others cannot. I never understood why religious folk can’t accept that others are okay with not having a personal belief in religion that’s based on faith, which is a personal believe and perspective.

    • @Gabriankle
      @Gabriankle Před 4 měsíci +4

      What religion can't answer, science often can, that's why I choose both.

    • @danielpaulson8838
      @danielpaulson8838 Před 4 měsíci +7

      When one starts looking for honest answers, and has the kind of brain type that can tell reality from fantasy, religion will have to be left behind. Specifically anything Abrahamic. Honesty requires an open mind. Beliefs in non-demonstrable supernatural are anything but open.

  • @evedillingham6847
    @evedillingham6847 Před 4 měsíci +7

    “Can I get some data?!” “Is your data corrupt?!” I love it 😅

  • @denisemorton56
    @denisemorton56 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Happy New Year from Scotland to Neil, Chuck and all Star Talk folks.

  • @nickdegiorgio8819
    @nickdegiorgio8819 Před 4 měsíci +3

    You guys are great, love your content and wittiness! 🙌🏻

  • @doudymac
    @doudymac Před 4 měsíci +13

    13:27 Pastor Chuck had me dying. 😂

  • @Aremuole
    @Aremuole Před 4 měsíci

    Would be amazing to get this in different languages. This is so important in 2024 to get your message. Thank you for your amazing work

  • @helios7212
    @helios7212 Před 4 měsíci

    Great episode! One of my favorites in a minute and that's saying something. Appreciate you guys as always and have a good 2024! 🙏✌️

  • @Nefville
    @Nefville Před 4 měsíci +24

    One of the best things about science is that it's never burned anyone at the stake. Or at least I haven't heard of any such experiment.

    • @thomasjacobs4919
      @thomasjacobs4919 Před 4 měsíci

      No, science just experiments with biological and nuclear weapons to "burn you at the stake"

    • @davidjanbaz7728
      @davidjanbaz7728 Před 4 měsíci

      Non religious people have thought ,: so how does science prevent that!

    • @eeyorehaferbock7870
      @eeyorehaferbock7870 Před 4 měsíci

      Well, there has unfortunately been a long history of blatantly unethical experiments being performed on people, the most notorious examples being the work of German SS doctors like Mengele and the infamously cruel procedures conducted by the Japanese biological research group Unit 731 during WWII. Then again, all of those guys were desensitized or at least enabled by national ideologies with their own mystical aspects to begin with (N@zism for the former and the beyond-fanatical imperial nationalism in the case of the latter), so it was still a case of science being subordinated to unsubstantiated ideas in the end.

    • @guyamlegend
      @guyamlegend Před 4 měsíci

      Well, faith isn't going to do it, that's for sure

    • @sandal_thong8631
      @sandal_thong8631 Před 4 měsíci

      Um, don't atomic bomb blasts and radioactive fallout count? How about Chernobyl and Fukushima? Poison gas was invented by scientists.

  • @cykelmand
    @cykelmand Před 3 měsíci +3

    The preacher bit is so hilarious! 😹

  • @soumyasanyal9588
    @soumyasanyal9588 Před 4 měsíci +5

    I just love how Chuck just jokes himself into tears. And intersperses that with serious insightful commentary. Love you two. May you continue this till you have a religious experience 😬

  • @rosanafonseca5804
    @rosanafonseca5804 Před 4 měsíci +22

    Feliz Ano Novo Professor Degrasse, muita saúde, paz, e felicidades pra vcs e familiares ! Abraçãoo , trabalhos incriveis ! 😊👏🏻👏🏻♥️🌏🌲🌳🦕🦖🌴🌍♥️♥️

  • @citycboy
    @citycboy Před 4 měsíci +5

    Well, one of the best trucking games imho is actually set in space and has a wormhole like mechanics. It is an old game called freelancer. I loved playing it. Great episode as usual❤

  • @thekingsman48
    @thekingsman48 Před 4 měsíci

    I really love when I see or listen to these two talk, they always make some funny jokes and teach you about very interesting things at the same time.

  • @bradwinter7028
    @bradwinter7028 Před 23 dny

    Thanks for the last one, reminding me as a parent to enable my children’s curiosity and to never dampen it, where applicable of course! It’s so easy to get into a groove of instant reactions of no no no

  • @ZuluBlackout
    @ZuluBlackout Před 4 měsíci +29

    LOVED the episode, I don’t think I’ve laughed so much in any other! Loved the content and humor!
    Also had a serious epiphany when you described a child’s curiosity.

    • @FacesintheStone
      @FacesintheStone Před 4 měsíci +2

      Ngt is quoted, as saying, a scientist is a person that never lost their curiosity throughout childhood. I haven’t got to the part that you referenced yet, but I wonder if that’s what he said again. 😮

  • @JamaaLKellbass
    @JamaaLKellbass Před 4 měsíci +5

    i enjoy growing up with you. love from Croatia

  • @paulrichards3928
    @paulrichards3928 Před 3 měsíci

    Brilliant 11:48. The same expereince, and issues faced regularly.
    Neil deGrasse Tyson, your experience with others' value systems parallels mine.
    How can, anyone rationalise with another individual's decision based on emotion, if the basic knowledge base is absent, let alone values?
    Thanks for that grounded world and cosmological view.
    I'll leave the quantum entanglement issue for a future comment.

  • @user-em5zl8fz5o
    @user-em5zl8fz5o Před 4 měsíci +2

    Can you tell me sir how did you become astrophysicist because i was also interested in physics ?

  • @mojo_giorgio
    @mojo_giorgio Před 4 měsíci +3

    no matter the topic i just love listening to Neil. He's just an awesome dude and puts his heart into whatever he talks about, always!

  • @j72ashley
    @j72ashley Před 4 měsíci +7

    Dr. Tyson's mind was blown! In 2023! I mean, that is pretty awesome to know that it can still happen. I love this show!

  • @BonBonBonni
    @BonBonBonni Před 4 měsíci

    It's so informative and funny to see your show! Happy New Year! 🙏🇦🇱

  • @stachu5049
    @stachu5049 Před 15 dny

    7:22 thanks, I was actually gaming and couldn't look. Helped me a bunch😊

  • @terrizittritsch745
    @terrizittritsch745 Před 4 měsíci +3

    These guys are so entertaining, besides being smart. What a great combination.

  • @flattplanet
    @flattplanet Před 4 měsíci +4

    Chuck! I love it when you get Neil laughing so hard her can't breath!!

  • @petersage5157
    @petersage5157 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Well, someone at StarTalk is reading the comments here. Glad to hear Chuck pick up on Neilsplaining.

  • @AlvaroHenrique
    @AlvaroHenrique Před 4 měsíci

    Neil-splaining and Science Witness should be popular expressions after this video hahahah
    Thanks for the great show. What a fun way to understand science.
    By the way, I remember an old video with a panel with researchers, and one of them was a woman researching the ocean below the ocean. I got very interested on that. Can you please invite her individually to talk more about it?

  • @AlanReynolds
    @AlanReynolds Před 4 měsíci +4

    "Is there BBQ?" Asking the important questions here!

  • @Garrettero
    @Garrettero Před 4 měsíci +13

    "My new God would be Jack Daniels." -----the "witness" conversation, Chuck was killing it! Very funny and interesting ----and Im only 19 minutes in.

    • @jianpanglam570
      @jianpanglam570 Před 4 měsíci

      I kid you not, after the segment with JD, CZcams played for me an unskippable Jack Daniel’s ad! CZcams working extra hard there haha

    • @Garrettero
      @Garrettero Před 4 měsíci

      Wow ---- eyes everywhere.@@jianpanglam570

  • @robb6059
    @robb6059 Před 4 měsíci +2

    "The task of properly relating science to transcendental knowledge is a great and holy task"

  • @martinloebig7089
    @martinloebig7089 Před 3 měsíci +1

    They actually did that experiment in a hospital that had many near death experiences. They placed a sign up above one of the beds and where it could only be seen by someone above. The sign said, " The popsicles are in bloom". As far as I know nobody ever came back to repeat that phrase.

  • @thegreatr3dbeard153
    @thegreatr3dbeard153 Před 4 měsíci +8

    Another relevant quote about miracles that I've always loved.
    "Is it more probable that nature should go out of her course, or that a man should tell a lie? We have never seen, in our time, nature go out of her course; but we have good reason to believe that millions of lies have been told in the same time."
    -Thomas Paine

    • @TinToeTimmyTime
      @TinToeTimmyTime Před 4 měsíci +1

      I bet that’s what they said to Ignaz Semmelweis 😥😓

    • @MaxRamos8
      @MaxRamos8 Před 4 měsíci

      Religion and science help explain each other, they are not polar opposites. This is common knowledge at least for Catholics

    • @adim236
      @adim236 Před 3 měsíci

      I don't know if you care about my next message but I am going to say it anyway. As a heavy ex atheist myself, I threw myself in nihilism because I couldn't grasp the concept of life. We know nature as it is, because we have a conscious mind that sees things logically, but there are some things in our lives that we don't realize are not so logical. The order of the cosmos points to some type of intelligence. Love, the only way that love could be real, it would be if there is more to reality than matter and energy, if it's lacking life turns very sterile, humanity would be very different otherwise.

  • @billprince4104
    @billprince4104 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Chuck, where's your church? I want to join!

  • @judebrad
    @judebrad Před 4 měsíci +1

    I love the Spinal Tap reference up to 11.

  • @vickieysacoff4249
    @vickieysacoff4249 Před 4 měsíci

    Fascinating discussion! Love it!

  • @MeowterKnightsOfSantiago2024
    @MeowterKnightsOfSantiago2024 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Chuck is so funny 🤣

  • @sk8rdman
    @sk8rdman Před 4 měsíci +3

    Neil hit the nail on the head with his take on generative AI. It is a powerful tool, and it can be trained to do things we already know how to do, and even find ways to do it better. But we should be skeptical and think critically of what it's really capable of.
    The face of AI that most of the world is seeing these days is ChatGPT, and it's merely a language model. It can't produce any new ideas that aren't already present in its training data, and it can't solve any problems on its own. If an answer exists to your question, it can regurgitate it, but we shouldn't confuse the reproduction of that text with an understanding of its meaning. You can ask it a math question, and it can tell you the procedure to solve it, but it cannot run that procedure itself. It doesn't have the infrastructure or knowledge of how to do so any more than a text book does.
    Any conversation with ChatGPT is one-sided, because the only meaning behind its words is what the human interprets. We should be careful about creating meaning where there is none. An AGI it is not.

  • @CatBlackFor3ver
    @CatBlackFor3ver Před 4 měsíci

    Nice episode❤

  • @BBStub3
    @BBStub3 Před 3 měsíci

    such a great mix, you both funny. science + comedy. wow, great job guys

  • @CaliforniaBushman
    @CaliforniaBushman Před 4 měsíci +10

    If they are indeed the literal fabric of SpaceTime itself, I hold out hope we can one day use Wormholes to visit the distant regions which are far past the horizon of our visible Universe.

    • @FezMooseLive
      @FezMooseLive Před 4 měsíci +1

      The way I picture it:
      You rip down the wall to our universe and behind that you can see the wall to the other universe/other end of ours.
      I'm tryna explain it simply, but thats hard when I dont understand it fully.

  • @anthonyjohndemaria185
    @anthonyjohndemaria185 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Thanks!

  • @mythic834
    @mythic834 Před 10 dny +1

    I am 14 years old but obsessed with the universe, galaxy and the aloneness in the space.
    I love it

  • @mwjunk
    @mwjunk Před 27 dny

    I always love the way you explain everything, and the banners with Chuck are pure gold. I do understand your perspective on religion, being a sciency person myself (physics teacher); it's enlightening to see how you, as an atheist, wrap your head around religion that is fundamentally different from how I approach religion.😅 Love your contents!

  • @yaraviera4444
    @yaraviera4444 Před 3 měsíci +3

    God bless you.

  • @jessicacundari9932
    @jessicacundari9932 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Yesss finally my favorite topic

  • @phillipbertrand8514
    @phillipbertrand8514 Před měsícem

    Neil is always amazingly funny and informative. Always brightens my day.

  • @mikehinson5935
    @mikehinson5935 Před 4 měsíci +1

    That black preacher was insane!!!😂😂😂 Y’all are so much fun!!!
    Love from NC

  • @hugophilz6649
    @hugophilz6649 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Chuck is hilarious

  • @Kim_Miller
    @Kim_Miller Před 4 měsíci +5

    I can imagine Chuck: "Dad, put Jesus on the phone. I've got a tub full of water here and at this New Year party we've run out of wine. Jesus is the one we need right now, I'll talk with you later."

  • @alikazmi4027
    @alikazmi4027 Před 4 měsíci

    Where can we submit questions?

  • @drgenshin06
    @drgenshin06 Před 4 měsíci

    Nice episode
    You've blown my mind talking about nothingness and micro wormhole and Virtual particle

  • @thewb8329
    @thewb8329 Před 4 měsíci +14

    A religious or spiritual experience related to something you feel is an emotional experience that a person relates to religion or spirituality respectively. It is not unlike other emotional experiences people have that they may relate to being out in nature or events like a concert, political rally or a sporting event.
    That experience is internally generated in reaction to external stimuli.

    • @Vaeldarg
      @Vaeldarg Před 4 měsíci +1

      It might be internally generated, but there's techniques like "priming" that bias you toward that specific reaction. That's why there's so many "worship songs" and low-budget religious movies pumped out to fill every corner of life with the religion's motifs. It's for the day you experience something you can't readily explain, and the first thing you think about it to likely be of that religion.

    • @MaxRamos8
      @MaxRamos8 Před 4 měsíci

      Religion and science help explain each other, they are not polar opposites. This is common knowledge at least for Catholics

    • @thewb8329
      @thewb8329 Před 4 měsíci

      @@MaxRamos8 Sorry, but that statement is ridiculous. The catholic church excommunicated, and imprisoned Galileo in his home till his death for the HERESY of his claims that the Earth revolved around the sun.
      Of course, the church is taking a much more liberal stance since then; they’re not like many evangelicals that deny evolution. Their position is that evolution could be a process God used. Of course, they realistically change their position as evidence comes to light unlike many evangelicals for the purpose of not further losing their members and thus their wealth and influence.

    • @Vaeldarg
      @Vaeldarg Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@MaxRamos8 "help each other", doesn't really describe holding scientists on a leash and forcing them to make up reasons why what they're studying (or the results of the study) isn't blasphemous/heretical and deserving of excommunication. Religion is an abuser of science, not a helper.

    • @kimsland999
      @kimsland999 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Vaeldarg Agreed, religion and science cannot be together.
      One uses faith, and the other understands faith is an unreliable method.
      Professor Kauss of astronomy or I prefer the label cosmology as he speaks more about Origins rather that measurements of planets! Is quoted as saying he feels in awe of the universe when he looks at the Milkyway at night.
      Growing up in the suburbs then finally moving out to the country, and then finding myself living in a small camper for a year sleeping in the most isolated parts of the country (its like I've had 3 lives) and viewing the clear moonless night sky, I had no idea how beautiful it is. Unsure when I first saw it but I'm definitely hooked on the awe and beauty of our galaxy (well at least 1 arm of it) the pictures online are really true; its amazing.
      Religions such as Christianity spoil this wonder with their natural goosebumps and ridiculous unsubstantiated claimed God. All of them with a completely contradictory God to the next Christian! Its unbelievable how sad their muddied view is.

  • @JoeSmith-cy9wj
    @JoeSmith-cy9wj Před 4 měsíci +6

    So we should be able to calculate the distance to Krypton from Superman's age. Although, from the forces he was evolved under, a different sun, gravity his own density, he may well age differently.

    • @Gabriankle
      @Gabriankle Před 4 měsíci

      Well, his biological age wouldn't tell us much, but his chronological age (or Earth-time elapsed since his arrival) would, in fact, tell us the light-year distance between Krypton and Earth.
      Units of measure are always based on something we can measure related to the earth, so it would be Light Earth-Years.

    • @dontactlikeUdonkno
      @dontactlikeUdonkno Před 4 měsíci +1

      Yeah, Krypton is close to exactly [superman'a age in years = lightyears distance] away from us.
      Gravity difference between any host planet would have virtually zero effect on aging in a relativistic sense. At most an hour over a lifetime based on any possible level of gravity in a terrestrial planet.

  • @maryepperson2275
    @maryepperson2275 Před 4 měsíci

    This is so much fun, you guys are awesome!

  • @manso998
    @manso998 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I love how everything in the background has to do with stars, the painting, the flag tilted, basketball stars. Good display

  • @jessecorpus6066
    @jessecorpus6066 Před 4 měsíci +1

    This is one of the most enjoyable series. Chuck brings really some funny stuff to liven up the show.

  • @DezMak
    @DezMak Před 4 měsíci +11

    Chuck just kept topping himself with the joke in this one 😂😂😂

  • @Grizz-one
    @Grizz-one Před 4 měsíci +4

    This episode had some `stellar` jokes. The science is great too 😅

  • @cammieg4381
    @cammieg4381 Před měsícem +1

    OMG Chuck Nice is a total riot! I was so hoping he had a choir to come out and back up his show!

  • @usnluna1395
    @usnluna1395 Před 3 měsíci

    Hmm I thought I subscribed to startalk a long time ago but it showed I wasn't subbed. So I guess y'all just got a new sub