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Brian Cox - Is The Universe Infinite?
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Brian Cox talks about the possibility of the Universe being infinite. Of course the question, does the cosmos go on forever, is an age old question in philosophy and science.
The observable universe is finite in that it hasn't existed forever. It extends 46 billion light years in every direction from us.
But what lies beyond the observable Universe?
Brian Cox explains how big the Universe really is.
What we know for certain is that the Universe is bigger than we observe it to be, essentially because the farthest edges of the universe we can see don’t look like edges at all. The observable universe is still huge, but of course it has limits. That’s because we know the universe isn’t infinitely old. We know the Big Bang occurred some 13.8 billion years ago.
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@georgepalmer5497
@georgepalmer5497 2 года назад
Seeing that the nearest star to earth is 22.8 trillion miles away, and there are more stars in the universe that there are grains of sand on all the beaches and in all the deserts in the world, the universe is close enough to infinite to me.
@AshesRising
@AshesRising 2 года назад
The nearest star to earth is the Sun at 93 million miles away. I love your comment regardless.
@AdamThoba2
@AdamThoba2 2 года назад
@@AshesRising wrong
@AdamThoba2
@AdamThoba2 2 года назад
Alpha centauri is 4.3 light years, each light yr is 14°12 (14 trillion or 14 thousand billion miles) so 56 trillion not 22 or sun at 93
@juanstepbehind
@juanstepbehind 2 года назад
@@AdamThoba2 lol you know the sun is a star right?
@georgepalmer5497
@georgepalmer5497 2 года назад
All the reputable sources I have found say that one light year is 5.7 trillion miles.
@Parkerlee1000
@Parkerlee1000 2 года назад
The more I learn about space the more I want to learn its so fascinating.
@TheFirstCalled.60AD
@TheFirstCalled.60AD 2 года назад
Mate, I would want to learn more about space too, if I was an Arsenal supporter.
@Unholygamewinner
@Unholygamewinner 2 года назад
@@TheFirstCalled.60AD 🤣🤣🤣hahaha
@Luulewis
@Luulewis 2 года назад
It’s only fun when your not forced too
@afcandy14
@afcandy14 2 года назад
coyg 💪
@TheFirstCalled.60AD
@TheFirstCalled.60AD 2 года назад
Ryan Rodriguez... Most probably a posh Arsenal supporter, has 2 name's. Parker. Like Peter. See me, I grew up on a council estate. I can t spell . We grew up with Chaz n Dave. It's my birthday
@fransmars1645
@fransmars1645 Год назад
I think the point is that the observable universe is so stupendously big that it is almost pointless to try and imagine any additional space beyond. No doubt there is more, but what we can perceive is already quite a bit beyond what we can understand.
@coolguy1127
@coolguy1127 Год назад
Brian Cox somehow has the ability to take the incomprehensible nature of the ever expanding infinite universe and boil it down to something I can almost understand. Him and Neil are some of the universes best gifts to us.
@BantonOrg
@BantonOrg Год назад
Which basically means they have nothing to tell us factual. Is the universe infinite....... lemme just hop on a bus and check. ffs
@TheSunTheSea
@TheSunTheSea Год назад
Neil sucks. He’s a celebrity scientist like Bill Nye. Brian Cox is in a different league
@coolguy1127
@coolguy1127 Год назад
@@TheSunTheSea Bill Nye has been saying the same thing since the 90s when he had his show on PBS. He hasn’t changed his message since before he was popular.
@misterPud
@misterPud Год назад
Er...last bit I no understandings? 'Ate the universe?
@SteveCarras
@SteveCarras Год назад
Of course it isn’t the famed character actor from RED EYE 👁️ with Rachel macadams and many other movies 🎥
@paintball130
@paintball130 Год назад
i can kind of wrap my head around space being eternal and infinite. What really mind fucks me every time I think about it is where everything came from and why things are the way they are. Why do elements like iron and carbon exist? Why do electrons and protons even exist? why when you mix hydrogen and oxygen together do you get water? space being an endless void of nothingness makes sense to me. When you throw in chemistry and physics it all just completely blows my mind
@moshedayan2810
@moshedayan2810 Месяц назад
What for Chrisake is FOREVER ??? How can infinity be imagined?
@alexandermattock8300
@alexandermattock8300 29 дней назад
The universe is not infinite, the only thing that is infinite is nothingness, the place where nothing exists, but because nothing is there it doesn't actually exist. Therefore the universe can expand into the nothingness creating a bigger universe because there is nothing there to stop it. It's a bit like numbers, once you have counted to the highest number ever, there is always a number that comes after it
@markmd9
@markmd9 2 года назад
Many can't understand infinite universe while I can't understand a finite one. When ever I imagine an end, the next question I have is what's behind it.
@captainplacard9666
@captainplacard9666 2 года назад
Amazing! Someone using their brain for more than a hatrack. If the universe is infinite then there are an infinity of particles out there, which is a logical and mathematical impossibility.
@gravy4708
@gravy4708 2 года назад
​@@captainplacard9666 Maths and Physics don't exist proportionally in every place and at all times for an entity like universe.. Our laws of Mathematics and Physics might very well be limited to only our own planet and solar system. Everything we know about things outside our solar system is based on estimates and guesses using our planet's laws. What if the laws are different in other places (which very well is possible as there are extremes like quasars and pulsars in the universe, even the entropy) So in short, everything is a guess using our own laws. And our laws can't define everything. Either all our calculation is 100% correct about the universe or it's 100% wrong, and I believe we are not purely correct, because even our current laws can't define more extremes we find in the universe properly.
@fromthehills2272
@fromthehills2272 Год назад
13 year old boy running it from his bedroom
@johnathanmartin1504
@johnathanmartin1504 Год назад
@@captainplacard9666 That is neither a logical nor mathematical impossibility. To say such would be to say that infinity is mathematically impossible, which is demonstrably false.
@f1analyst449
@f1analyst449 Год назад
It must be created bij a infinite God.
@xElNinoo
@xElNinoo Год назад
Its always a humbling experience to think about the universe, and its enormity, or infinity. We humans are intelligent beings, but not enough to comprehend the universe. Brian Cox is incredible to listen to.
@redblade8160
@redblade8160 Год назад
xElNinoo You're certainly "not" intelligent if you listen to Brian Cox!
@Hello-uv3nz
@Hello-uv3nz 10 месяцев назад
@@redblade8160 Curious to know, what is your belief on our universe and what people do you listen to?
@alexandermattock8300
@alexandermattock8300 29 дней назад
The universe is not infinite, the only thing that is infinite is nothingness, the place where nothing exists, but because nothing is there it doesn't actually exist. Therefore the universe can expand into the nothingness creating a bigger universe because there is nothing there to stop it. It's a bit like numbers, once you have counted to the highest number ever, there is always a number that comes after it
@sammysam2615
@sammysam2615 Год назад
I'm not sure if I'm too stoned or not stoned enough to listen to Brian Cox. That's not an insult. He literally blows my mind every time he speaks
@KP-tn9cq
@KP-tn9cq Год назад
Lmaoooo. I relate to this comment so much. Thanks for the laugh. 🪐 🛸 🌙 🌎
@K-munz
@K-munz 28 дней назад
He somehow manages to sound intelligently confused 😂
@ThisisYoungQ
@ThisisYoungQ 2 года назад
One fact we all know is that we'll never know it all 🤷
@mcbikeman5673
@mcbikeman5673 2 года назад
try telling my wife that because she seems to!
@rigelmoon9030
@rigelmoon9030 2 года назад
I've forgotten more than I ever knew.
@neilpike6758
@neilpike6758 Месяц назад
Some people think that space is a vacuum, they are like flat earthers, misinformed and fooled.
@iitzfizz
@iitzfizz 2 года назад
the scale of the universe is just mind boggling
@leighjordine4031
@leighjordine4031 2 года назад
If I have a feather in one hand and rock in the other which one hits the ground first.
@johnbatch9276
@johnbatch9276 Год назад
You are right fizz twinkle twinkle little star i like keeping it simple ha 😉
@mikew5144
@mikew5144 2 года назад
The most mind boggling part is how much of this is still just estimates, guesses, theories or flat out immeasurable
@codinghusky5196
@codinghusky5196 2 года назад
No. The most mind boggling part is how these pieces of meat stuck on a little speck of nothing in some forlorn corner of it all managed to ACTUALLY figure out.
@Metso-ateco
@Metso-ateco 2 года назад
I struggle to imagine space ending........it just "is" what else could there be if space has an ending.....?
@misterPud
@misterPud 2 года назад
Well yes that's why it's called space....it's so unimaginably huge, the only way the scientists can work out how far away everything is ...is mathematics... Cheers.. Brian ..ex cabby who used to pick-up Dr Maggie Adrienne Peacock..co hosts the wonderful record breaking t.v. show ...THE SKY AT NIGHT.. P.S . Lovely lady..x
@NatMart9394
@NatMart9394 Год назад
Know one knows and know living man ever will. Scientists will keep claiming whatever you want them to, as long as you keep paying them. At the same time they keep saying that they’ve been destroying the planet for centuries. But no probs, they claim to be able to correct it if you keep paying them, infinitely.
@misterPud
@misterPud Год назад
@@NatMart9394 sorry but what are you talking about? You makey no sense... Well of course man is destroying the planet.. And thank goodness we've got scientists who can enhance our lives by their meticulous studying of the subject in matter and quite openly admit if their theories are wrong....unlike some huge organizations/ religions... Thankyou goodnight Much love x
@queendoubleboy
@queendoubleboy Год назад
I like the new depictions. The video is quite realistic and simply told in an exciting way. Many thanks Mr. Cox and Team.
@asprywrites6327
@asprywrites6327 2 года назад
Looks like I'm marathoning Brian Cox today! I've known of him and his work, but for some reason, he really callled out to me today. I'm elevating him on my Best Physicists List.
@davidregi7571
@davidregi7571 2 года назад
Not as good as einstein
@hetrodoxly1203
@hetrodoxly1203 2 года назад
@@davidregi7571 Does he have any recent videos?
@davidwaddington9414
@davidwaddington9414 2 года назад
he has only read books and attended lectures and read books that you too can, nothing smart about that !
@PXO005
@PXO005 2 года назад
@@davidwaddington9414 watching and reading and actually understanding are two different things
@nuntana2
@nuntana2 Год назад
@@davidwaddington9414 lol. I dunno one has to be pretty smart to gain BSc in physics + a Phd. It is notoriously difficult. He’s also a professor/particle physicist and author of many books on these subjects. But it’s alright, some random nobody on RU-vid who thinks he can read pits himself in a similar bracket. Again, lol. Don’t give up your day job. As for Einstein, goes without saying, but he also made monumental errors and was not particularly great at articulating himself.
@sparkywatts3072
@sparkywatts3072 2 года назад
That's a question that has haunted me most my life! When I first learned of the solar system, galaxies, and the universe I was told the universe was infinite. Just the word infinite makes me queasy. I was happy to hear Brian say nobody can visualize infinite because I've tried for 60 years and haven't wrapped my head around it yet.
@nenmaster5218
@nenmaster5218 2 года назад
Many explore Science, but right now we need more who debunk Anti-Science and fight Science-Denial, as those things are rising. Please, Fans of this channel, go and start from his Coverage of the Discovery-Institute and go from there.
@nenmaster5218
@nenmaster5218 2 года назад
@cake fart I genuinly wanna hear the opinion of Random People on the internet, an opinion on "Some More News" newest videos. He does such great Research and calls out the Flaws of Goverment and History so well, i really want more Peoples opinions, so excuse the Randomness of me asking-around. (Especially Science-Fans is who i wanna ask)
@markmd9
@markmd9 2 года назад
I have the opposite problem, I can imagine infinite repeating universe but can't imagine an end. Because the next question I have is what's behind it.
@davel9514
@davel9514 2 года назад
If you wanna see infinity, search for the "Mandelbrot Set"
@fluentpiffle
@fluentpiffle 2 года назад
Necessity and plausibility are your friends when genuinely interested in real things.. spaceandmotion
@PlanetXMysteries-pj9nm
@PlanetXMysteries-pj9nm 6 месяцев назад
I can't express enough how grateful I am for your channel. Your videos have helped me understand complex scientific concepts in an easily digestible way
@Zuzu01
@Zuzu01 Год назад
I love sitting at the park or the beach, or somewhere quiet like a library or study hall and just think of all the unanswered question that have puzzled humanity. I let my mind go and see if I can figure out the answers. I believe I will figure out some of them one day.
@johnbatch9276
@johnbatch9276 Год назад
I like sitting in the park on a summer day eating ice cream
@Incog2024
@Incog2024 Год назад
I like sitting on the beach and drinking lemonade
@johnbatch9276
@johnbatch9276 Год назад
Good luck the answers are out there
@alexandermattock8300
@alexandermattock8300 29 дней назад
The universe is not infinite, the only thing that is infinite is nothingness, the place where nothing exists, but because nothing is there it doesn't actually exist. Therefore the universe can expand into the nothingness creating a bigger universe because there is nothing there to stop it. It's a bit like numbers, once you have counted to the highest number ever, there is always a number that comes after it
@Redkey7
@Redkey7 2 года назад
Wild to think that everything we have ever recorded and learned about until today will just be common knowledge to high schoolers in 200 years
@geemanbmw
@geemanbmw 2 года назад
Imagine in 2200 years 🤷‍♂️
@callumhedley7117
@callumhedley7117 2 года назад
When the earth doesn't have ice caps and zoo's are museums because half the animal kingdom are on the brink of extinction. And they are taught how stupid we are
@geemanbmw
@geemanbmw 2 года назад
@@callumhedley7117 that could very well happen
@ketchup5344
@ketchup5344 2 года назад
If there's still a planet here 😅
@mtgradwell
@mtgradwell 2 года назад
@@geemanbmw In 2200 years it will be the most hilarious joke known to humanity.
@neuvocastezero1838
@neuvocastezero1838 2 года назад
Brian Cox has such a nice presentations style, my current favorite "popular" scientist.
@swbrl2843
@swbrl2843 2 года назад
Why popular in quotations marks?
@neuvocastezero1838
@neuvocastezero1838 2 года назад
@@swbrl2843 Because "popular" can mean different things to different people, especially when applied to scientists (i.e. many people couldn't name a popular scientist).
@santosh-vh6xx
@santosh-vh6xx 2 года назад
Also Brian Green & Michio Kaku.
@sassa82
@sassa82 2 года назад
@@santosh-vh6xx all three string cult-theorist.
@albertjackson9236
@albertjackson9236 2 года назад
We do not know if the universe is infinite, however, we do know that as far as we can see, there is no indication that it ends.
@MrCarpelan
@MrCarpelan Год назад
But saying it's infinite would contradict everything we know about reality. We'd have to throw away everything we know if that were the case.
@Jack-gn4gl
@Jack-gn4gl Год назад
@@MrCarpelan everything will be thrown out eventually
@dennisgalvin2521
@dennisgalvin2521 Год назад
Yes there is, it's expanding.
@alexandermattock8300
@alexandermattock8300 29 дней назад
The universe is not infinite, the only thing that is infinite is nothingness, the place where nothing exists, but because nothing is there it doesn't actually exist. Therefore the universe can expand into the nothingness creating a bigger universe because there is nothing there to stop it. It's a bit like numbers, once you have counted to the highest number ever, there is always a number that comes after it
@wheel1775
@wheel1775 4 месяца назад
I love the hypothesis that we exist in a black hole. And that there are tens of millions of black holes we can see. It’s conceivable there are tens of millions more black holes outside of ours. It also answers why we can never escape our universe. It gives us boundaries but also makes reality infinite at the same time.
@camillacalhoun1089
@camillacalhoun1089 2 года назад
I started the pandemic following Brian Cox and am a huge fan of his work and his efforts to communicate the wonders of the cosmos. Hope to hear more from you, BC!
@camillacalhoun1089
@camillacalhoun1089 2 года назад
@Pale O'Pterix hah! Bad wordsmith! Busted!
@wyskass861
@wyskass861 2 года назад
@Pale O'Pterix I was about to write this.
@Bendy-oceans-lol
@Bendy-oceans-lol Год назад
Is it his work? How does his mind know these things about the cosmos? I knew at 4-5 years old the earth ain’t a wobbly ball. How old are you luv.Grow up Camilla. What the hell is wrong with you?
@shawntipton5078
@shawntipton5078 Год назад
Yes but he is not God and can only discover so much, I too like his documentaries - Wonders of the Solar System and Universe.
@ldchappell1
@ldchappell1 2 года назад
It is a bit frightening to ponder a universe that has no beginning. But only because we use time to structure our existence.
@anabananin9848
@anabananin9848 2 года назад
It would me frightening to think of universe as beginning/starting from nothing with something exploding and chemicals forming from nothing.
@leighjordine4031
@leighjordine4031 2 года назад
@@anabananin9848 it's fucking amazing that you actually believe that.
@havenbastion
@havenbastion 2 года назад
We exist at a particular place, time, and scale.
@anabananin9848
@anabananin9848 2 года назад
@@havenbastion 'Time' is there to confuse people. Time is creating of humans and is measured by number of times our Earth turns and goes around the sun. That 'time' has nothing much to do with universe. It only our measure. If there is intelligence they would probably measure time totally different. It could be meaningless to them. If they have other ways to regenerate their bodies they would use that to count time of regenerations etc.
@markmd9
@markmd9 2 года назад
@@anabananin9848 time is fundamental. Every intelligence will invent it. And it will still be relative.
@aranireland
@aranireland Месяц назад
I love these videos! Whilst it's impossible to get your head around what i find intriguing is how everything is so organised in earth, the water, sand, beaches, life etc etc sun and moon near us not so near us etc
@BobCalNor
@BobCalNor 12 дней назад
"Better Living Through Chemistry" the DuPont slogan.
@krivvysann5091
@krivvysann5091 Месяц назад
The thing that makes the existence of universe more interesting is that it is ever changing and non permanent. This is so fascinating in itself.😇🤠
@baarni
@baarni 2 года назад
And to think that despite our observations of light that took 13 billion years to reach our telescopes from the photons perspective it travelled no distance in no time..... That is a mind bending thought....
@TheSamgopal
@TheSamgopal 2 года назад
This is a comment I made elsewhere but I will put it here too since I think this is quite an interesting physical/astronomical/philosophical/biological problem. I will try to describe my view of what "time" is: In the physical reality the only time is the present. However, the present of any given point in space relates to any other given point at the speed of light. The effect of this is that there cannot be a universal present where everything exists at the same time. For example, if the earth and the sun are separated by eight lightminutes earth's present and the sun's present are eight minutes apart in either direction. None of them is before or after the other, it's just a separation of causality. For me, this solves the problem with an infinite universe since it is not contained in a simultaneous present. It makes terms like "the observable universe" pointless as it becomes nothing more than an optical phenomenon. The concept of a "time-line" with a past and a future in addition to the present is entirely a product of the brain. In fact every process of the brain as conciousness, memories, language, perception etc is a tool in the process of creating the experience of time passing. But how can things be happening all the time(!) if there is only the present? Planets, particles and energy are allowed to move about because they travel across those points in space I mentioned earlier. And as they do that they enter that point's present which is separated from the previous position at the speed of light.
@fluentpiffle
@fluentpiffle 2 года назад
‘Time’ is the human invented concept of measuring the motions of space.. spaceandmotion
@ciretose2
@ciretose2 3 месяца назад
Very interesting theory of "time," which I also intuitively sense as a construct of our perception. Your theory makes sense to me on the level of relativity of "now" between two points in space at whatever distance. Are you using the speed of light just as a convenient reference unit of measurement in comparing the states of those two points, or do you see it as intrinsic to the shared reality of those two points? Also, how would your model explain the perceived "2 years" between the present when you posted your comment and my present reply?
@rachelbrinkley3240
@rachelbrinkley3240 2 года назад
It amazing to think when i was born the telescopes of the mid 70s were lucky to see a few billion light years. Now there up to over 60 billion light years now. I can't wait to see how much further the next generation of space telescopes will extend out the range😊😀
@georgepalmer5497
@georgepalmer5497 Год назад
They say the James Webb Space Telescope will give us a pretty good idea of whether or not other life exists in the universe. I don't know which scares me more: there is, or there isn't
@rachelbrinkley3240
@rachelbrinkley3240 Год назад
@@georgepalmer5497 I am sure were far from the only scummy types lurking out there😃
@georgepalmer5497
@georgepalmer5497 Год назад
What exactly are you trying to say? You left a word out of your sentence.
@georgepalmer5497
@georgepalmer5497 Год назад
You're right. I'm far from scummy. Scummy is as scummy does. I don't invade people's privacy and then judge them by something that is none of my business. I don't lie to people about things that are real and things that affect them. Who is the real scummy person here?
@georgepalmer5497
@georgepalmer5497 Год назад
When I watch them, they are knowingly in front of cameras that broadcast their performance to millions of people. When they watch me they are invading my privacy in a primal way, but they're too brainless to understand that.
@martinschell4212
@martinschell4212 Год назад
I went to see the lovely and soporific Brian Cox live in St David's Hall, Cardiff, in about 2019 🤔 His voice and the subject matter were so soothing that I nodded off. When I woke up I looked around, and both of the people I was with were asleep, as were the people all around me.
@davidallott7089
@davidallott7089 Год назад
@Martin Schell he has got to be one of the best bull shitters I’ve come across in my life, believing him is like believing in the plandemic!
@geemanbmw
@geemanbmw 2 года назад
The universe always being in existence makes me happy not upset. Atleast maybe we all come back around again.... where have I heard that before 🤔😬
@Thuddy-Is-Here
@Thuddy-Is-Here 2 года назад
If the universe really is infinite than every single atom that makes up our body and brain absolutely will come back together at some point and we will be reborn. That’s a absolute fact. And as soon as we die it will be like a snap of a finger and we will be alive again
@geemanbmw
@geemanbmw 2 года назад
@@Thuddy-Is-Here I'm with that 👍🏼
@droid2645
@droid2645 2 года назад
I love our universe..and these vids of course..
@zKrazeM8
@zKrazeM8 2 года назад
You should only have love for the one and only; Allah!
@yassine1273
@yassine1273 2 года назад
@@zKrazeM8 allah does exest only in your imagination
@Primus54
@Primus54 Год назад
After listening to Brian’s discussion toward the end… the number of galaxies and then the average number of stars per galaxy… taken to the next level, the potential number of planets, it is very difficult to imagine there are those who believe Earth could be the only planet with intelligent life. It would be a genuine “miracle” for that to be the case!
@harrywhittaker7563
@harrywhittaker7563 Год назад
Well if the Earth is the only planet with life on it and the Bible is actually true, that would be the worst possible outcome in my opinion. But the evidence against the Bible is near enough infinite and the mass burning of all Bibles and other ludicrous religious texts is long overdue. However 95% of the world still clings to these fairy tales and they refuse to learn anything beyond those antiquated pages of violence and contradiction.
@Primus54
@Primus54 Год назад
@@harrywhittaker7563 I’m always amazed by the words of people who do not understand the biology of human nature. That’s right… biology. There has never been a society, no matter how large or small, that has not had a biological need for religion and a life purpose greater than one’s self. Personally, I am not wedded to any particular religious belief. However, I am quite certain that there are intelligent powers greater than human beings and that the Universe is not some mega-giant cosmic accident. Thinking otherwise is the pinnacle of human arrogance.
@jeffgaw
@jeffgaw Год назад
@@Primus54 I disagree. There’s no such thing as a 'biological need' for religion. Yes, most (though probably not all) human societies have held some version of a broadly religious belief system. But how does that demonstrate a ‘biological need’? And how does it indicate that this intangible power you hold claim to actually exists? The evidence we have from studying ancient societies is that humans have believed in a huge variety of batshit crazy nonsense. Almost all of them are mutually incompatible, and almost all relate to their local environment. This indicates we have incredible imaginations, but doesn’t demonstrate any need for religion, let alone it being ‘biological’. What we do have is a need to understand and explain, because when we do understand something we feel safer and more in control. Without an explanation, there remains an uncomfortable and anxiety inducing void; a void that we fill using our human creativity. This is why we used to invent supernatural explanations for disease and the weather. Medieval doctors didn’t understand plague so they invoked God, or some other baloney. Now that we understand infectious disease, or lighting, no one invokes God as an explanation. Human nature leads us to feel safe with simple explanations, and we also feel safe sharing common purpose, beliefs and superstitions with our social groups. These traits would have been extremely adaptive in our ancestors, but they don’t reveal truths. People are still doing this today, creating explanations for phenomena they are unable to comprehend ourselves - hence Qanon and other conspiracies. Yes almost every culture has followed a religious belief system. The trouble is they are virtually all wildly different, incompatible and geographically specific. If there were some sort of cosmic truth driving this ‘biological need’ don’t you think religions would converge to be more compatible, and more universal in scope? And if there isn’t a cosmic truth in some way driving this ‘biological need’, why would a ‘biological need’ exist? There is absolutely no evidence of a ‘biological need’ for religion, but there are biological, psychological and sociological explanations for the preponderance and durability of religions. Read up on evolutionary exaptations and spandrels to understand how biology can adapt a particular trait, only for that trait to be co-opted by something completely different, like religion. You said this: “I am quite certain that there are intelligent powers greater than human beings and that the Universe is not some mega-giant cosmic accident. Thinking otherwise is the pinnacle of human arrogance.” I disagree, completely. You are basing your belief on a combination of two logical fallacies: ‘God of the gaps’, and the ‘Argument from incredulity’, and you’ve offered no evidence whatsoever. It’s you who is demonstrating arrogance: You profess knowledge on a fundamental idea, yet you can provide zero evidence, and as I’ve shown, your reasoning is flawed. Claiming you are certain about a fundamental truth, while being unable to demonstrate or justify that claim really is the ‘pinnacle of human arrogance’. You only have to look at history to see that.
@nhlakafistozshandu5376
@nhlakafistozshandu5376 2 года назад
Wow! What an interesting subject, with incredible analysis.
@ronaldronald8819
@ronaldronald8819 2 года назад
That just completely boggles my mind.
@scottbullock3045
@scottbullock3045 4 месяца назад
There is a reason why so many people are ignorant to the cosmos... nobody looks up anymore! Everyone looks DOWN at their phones these days. Astronomy is going to struggle to find the next generation of Brian Cox like people out there. My sympathy for the future of this occupation.😢
@Chandler490
@Chandler490 3 месяца назад
Woke media wanting to cancel space travel because of climate change is going to hurt advancements in science
@xxDOTH3DEWxx
@xxDOTH3DEWxx 2 месяца назад
There are more professionals looking to the stars than ever before. What do you mean
@scottbullock3045
@scottbullock3045 2 месяца назад
@@xxDOTH3DEWxx Hope you're right.
@scottbullock3045
@scottbullock3045 2 месяца назад
@@matthewchicago5288 I wish lol!
@anon4854
@anon4854 Месяц назад
Yeah, okay boomer. You realize that of the 1 millions views this video has a substantial number of those views would have originated on phones?
@jago76
@jago76 Год назад
Excellent. To assume the observable universe is the whole thing just perpetuates the history of wrongly assuming we are at the center of everything-- going back to the belief that the sun revolved around the earth. Each time, we learn we are wrong and the extent of the universe keeps expanding. Infinite or finite? Can our minds comprehend either possibility??
@UROOZFATIMA190
@UROOZFATIMA190 8 месяцев назад
The more i research about universe the better version i see of myself . And i would like to say that know about our universe you will be highly fascinate by this thing .
@dieterrosswag933
@dieterrosswag933 8 месяцев назад
If time is infinite then we existed infinite times. Its too much coincidence that we exist in the PRESENT for the first and last time. Its like winning lottery 100 billion times in row with the sane numbers
@headmondronary2127
@headmondronary2127 Год назад
I like the point of infinity as an option. It's a point that stretch's our understanding of thought and maybe lead to stronger understanding of many things. Understanding infinity seems to be impossible at the moment. A lifetime can be dedicated to it but unfortunately none of us live for eternity to see if our understanding is correct.
@peterroycroft6433
@peterroycroft6433 Год назад
Stretches.
@alexandermattock8300
@alexandermattock8300 29 дней назад
The universe is not infinite, the only thing that is infinite is nothingness, the place where nothing exists, but because nothing is there it doesn't actually exist. Therefore the universe can expand into the nothingness creating a bigger universe because there is nothing there to stop it. It's a bit like numbers, once you have counted to the highest number ever, there is always a number that comes after it
@_Kid_Corpus_
@_Kid_Corpus_ 2 года назад
It seems to me that every point of observation - that which observes the observable - is itself a priori infinite. Infinity is a tacit quality of observation... of conception... of deduction. The very act of observation confirms - or at the very least implies - infinity. Only the observable is finite. Only materiality is finite - the measurable - that which we portray as space & time... whilst observationality transcends all that is finite.
@fluentpiffle
@fluentpiffle 2 года назад
Genuine science confirms you are correct.. spaceandmotion
@user-gk8uo1ci8v
@user-gk8uo1ci8v 9 месяцев назад
Absolutely fascinating, and with those sort of numbers as Brian quoted it's easy to see why people are troubled, by where we live and what else could there be beside us?
@-User.-
@-User.- Год назад
I can't wrap my head round the possibility of space being infinite, There must be an end. It's crazy to think what happened before the big bang, It's almost impossible to know?
@RobDeManc
@RobDeManc 2 года назад
Infinity is the best and only answer about the universe. It removes all other questions such as who or what was the creator...how old is the universe...where does it end etc...
@MichaelZimingDong
@MichaelZimingDong 2 года назад
In another word, if the universe is not eternal, and finite, you must face the question of a beginning, a creator. Simple logical questions will start to contradict each other in the existence of infinity. Like Can you count to infinity? what is infinity minus 1? Therefore a finite universe is far more likely than an infinite one.
@RobDeManc
@RobDeManc 2 года назад
@@MichaelZimingDong Just because you can phrase a question such as "what is infinity - 1" does not mean it is a valid question that has a valid answer. It certainly does not support your conclusion that the universe is finite.
@MichaelZimingDong
@MichaelZimingDong 2 года назад
@@RobDeManc and How did you came to that conclusion?
@RobDeManc
@RobDeManc 2 года назад
@@MichaelZimingDong Infinity is unmeasurable so asking what infinity - 1 is would be meaningless.
@MichaelZimingDong
@MichaelZimingDong 2 года назад
@@RobDeManc You are actually making a good case for the impossibility of infinity. It shows that infinity is just a concept for us to cope on large numbers. And if infinity is a real quantity within the universe, it must obey the same rule as other quantities. such as 10-(10-1)=1. But ∞+(∞-1)=∞, which does not correlate with the reality within this universe at all. The only explanation is that ∞ is a concept, not real.
@georgechambers4617
@georgechambers4617 2 года назад
Well it depends on your definition of 'Universe'. If your definition of Universe is the black space in the Heavens between the Galaxies - then yes - it goes on forever in every direction possible, in my estimation. I mean where would it stop? Is there a wall preventing any further exploration beyond? If there is a wall - then what lies beyond that wall? The Universe is infinite.
@iamBlackGambit
@iamBlackGambit 2 года назад
No the universe is not infinite, that would mean its eternal as well. It was created. But the concept boggles the mind
@Parkerlee1000
@Parkerlee1000 2 года назад
@@iamBlackGambit if the universe is infinite that scares me massively as we only have a tiny scale that we call the observable universe😊
@mattfowler7019
@mattfowler7019 2 года назад
Not unless you eventually loop over to the other side
@BradWatsonMiami
@BradWatsonMiami 2 года назад
No, this Universe is NOT infinite. It had a beginning 13.77 billion-years-ago. The Infinite Conglomerate of Universes - Seal #1a of 7seals.blogspot.com - only the returned Christ & Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that.
@OmniMale
@OmniMale 2 года назад
@@iamBlackGambit where did you get it was created?
@kenharvey8946
@kenharvey8946 Год назад
I am reminded of Katha Upanishad. ' He who think he knows, knows not. But he who knows ,he doesn't know ,knows. Also the external mystery. ' The tongue has never soiled it '
@doctorpanigrahi9975
@doctorpanigrahi9975 Год назад
Most people mistake Space for the universe. Space is absolute in the spatial sense, No origin, no end and no horizon ,but the Universe was created within the space from a Singularity. What astronomers mean by expanding the universe , the increasing space between two celestial objects .
@saramolet3614
@saramolet3614 Год назад
A universe that's been here forever is more frightening then if it had a beginning to me
@ashmitthapa1678
@ashmitthapa1678 Год назад
🤯
@kerimvvm4812
@kerimvvm4812 Год назад
Only god is eternal the universe was created and had a beginning.
@MrFragranceReview
@MrFragranceReview Год назад
@@kerimvvm4812 you don’t have any answers anymore than I do. Stop pretending.
@JasperRamonTulabot
@JasperRamonTulabot Год назад
@@kerimvvm4812 Lol, "god".
@madelynhernandez7453
@madelynhernandez7453 Год назад
@@kerimvvm4812 what if God is the Universe then
@flyersluver4eva
@flyersluver4eva 2 года назад
Well yeah it’s infinite. Let’s just say there was a brick wall at the end of the universe..well, what’s beyond that brick wall? That’s the beauty of it all. It’s a never ending book
@davidhardinge1214
@davidhardinge1214 Год назад
Thank you professor Cox for sharing your knowledge.
@mosburgz
@mosburgz 8 месяцев назад
the most fascinating thing imaginable. makes you feel quite small.
@robertbiggerstaff7527
@robertbiggerstaff7527 2 года назад
Infinity. How can there be such a thing? Even spookier…how can there not be such a thing?
@KM-leons
@KM-leons Год назад
If the universe is 13.8 billion years old and it began from a singularity the universe cannot be infinite for obvious reasons.
@alexandermattock8300
@alexandermattock8300 29 дней назад
The universe is not infinite, the only thing that is infinite is nothingness, the place where nothing exists, but because nothing is there it doesn't actually exist. Therefore the universe can expand into the nothingness creating a bigger universe because there is nothing there to stop it. It's a bit like numbers, once you have counted to the highest number ever, there is always a number that comes after it
@howtodoit4204
@howtodoit4204 2 года назад
I can’t hold my tears back knowing am part of this enormous universe.
@MUSIC4TRUTH....
@MUSIC4TRUTH.... Год назад
Wait til you find out you're not.
@kushking949
@kushking949 Год назад
@@MUSIC4TRUTH.... Na wait till he comes down from the speed lol
@youwillbeloved8069
@youwillbeloved8069 Год назад
You aren't part of it, you ARE IT without knowing
@madelynhernandez7453
@madelynhernandez7453 Год назад
To me its scary cause where the hell did we all come from, everything. Well never know
@madelynhernandez7453
@madelynhernandez7453 Год назад
@@youwillbeloved8069 I think this is what they mean. At least that is how I understand it.
@jonathaneffemey944
@jonathaneffemey944 Год назад
Thanks so much for posting.
@fluentpiffle
@fluentpiffle 2 года назад
"But maybe that is our mistake: maybe there are no particle positions and velocities, but only waves. It is just that we try to fit the waves to our preconceived ideas of positions and velocities.The resulting mismatch is the cause of the apparent unpredictability." (Stephen Hawking, "A Brief History of Time" 1988) spaceandmotion
@fluentpiffle
@fluentpiffle 2 года назад
So here is one of the main problems.. People have a very poor understanding of what the word 'infinite' actually means.. This is not any kind of 'fault', but just that we have evolved within the confines of what appears to be a finite environment, and we thus try to look at things in finite ways, also justifying those 'finite' thoughts. When I first approached the 'problem' I had the same difficulties, so it takes our minds a lot of effort to reach another perspective of understanding, but it IS achievable.. Firstly, there cannot be more than one 'instance' of infinitude, otherwise a secondary 'thing' would render them both 'finite'. So we are describing a 'oneness'.. Also, it can have no 'beginning' nor 'ending' as these would also necessitate a secondary 'thing' (or the utter nonsense of a 'nothing'!). Then, we have to admit that it can only be the one thing that interconnects all other 'things', and we deduce this to be 'Space', necessarily.. All references to 'size' or 'direction' do not apply to the nature of infinitude, and thus have no relevance to our understanding of the true nature of existence. 'Measurement' has limitations.. When we point to any position in Space, we effectively create a 'beginning' to any subsequent forms of measurement, which only has relevance to the entity desiring to understand said 'measurement'. This does not make it a feature of the nature of reality, only a desire from a Human perspective.
@user-pk8cl8jp2r
@user-pk8cl8jp2r 2 года назад
I love your videos 💞
@JoshPillault
@JoshPillault 2 года назад
Dear God I literally have tears on my face and then just "And THAT'S it" and end.....thank you, this was beautiful
@nenmaster5218
@nenmaster5218 2 года назад
Many explore Science, but right now we need more who debunk Anti-Science and fight Science-Denial, as those things are rising. Please, Fans of this channel, go and start from his Coverage of the Discovery-Institute and go from there.
@johndough5192
@johndough5192 Год назад
Lol oh stop
@bearableboar0689
@bearableboar0689 Год назад
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind - bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space." DA
@ethancircuitt1307
@ethancircuitt1307 2 года назад
This video is: ✔ Life changing ✔ Informative ✔ Inspiring ✔ Heartwarming ✔ Useful ✔calming ✔Enjoyable ✔ Other
@7Earthsky
@7Earthsky Год назад
Even if the universe isn't infinite, it's so big, it might as well be.
@Ex_Nihilo777
@Ex_Nihilo777 Год назад
if something is not infinite and is only close to infinity then it is actually not close to infinity at all because infinity will keep on going while what is 'close' to infinity will keep on falling back
@thatflightsimguy
@thatflightsimguy Год назад
Either it is infinite or finite. Both incredible.
@KM-leons
@KM-leons Год назад
If the universe is 13.8 billion years old and it began from a singularity the universe cannot be infinite for obvious reasons.
@DaBIONICLEFan
@DaBIONICLEFan Год назад
@@KM-leons Not true. Space is expanding faster than light (and accelerating) which means it is impossible to ever reach the edge of it, there will always be universe ahead of you even if you could travel forever, so it could well be infinite that sense. And because nothing can travel through space faster than light, the Universe is infinite to everything that could ever exist within it.
@KM-leons
@KM-leons Год назад
@@DaBIONICLEFan Just because the universe is expanding at a speed higher than the speed of light and cannot catch up with the edge of the universe it's infinite? Did you successfully finish high school? I am sure you need to go back to school and you should learn the meaning of "finite" and "infinite".
@DaBIONICLEFan
@DaBIONICLEFan Год назад
@@KM-leons Dude, it's exactly what infinite is. If you travel through something, and even in an infinite amount of time never reach an end (as is what happens in our Universe because of its expansion), that IS infinite. Because there is always space beyond you, no matter how fast you travel or how long you travel for. The Universe has also been measured to be perfectly flat with an absolutely miniscule margin of error, which only bolsters further that is infinite. Now just because you don't like that, it doesn't mean you have to be an arsehole to me.
@KM-leons
@KM-leons Год назад
@@DaBIONICLEFan You are a funny man living in a world of imaginations.
@jakethepitador2558
@jakethepitador2558 Год назад
When people talk of the universe, they always seem to be talking about the visible universe, you know - all the "stuff", the debris from the big bang. What interests me is all the blackness, the "black void" that all that "stuff" (galaxies, cosmic dust etc) is expanding into. Has that black void always been there? Does it just go on for Infinity? Is there a point where it ends and you punch through to a parallel universe? It's all so strange. I don't think science has an answer for this.
@alexandermattock8300
@alexandermattock8300 29 дней назад
The universe is not infinite, the only thing that is infinite is nothingness, the place where nothing exists, but because nothing is there it doesn't actually exist. Therefore the universe can expand into the nothingness creating a bigger universe because there is nothing there to stop it. It's a bit like numbers, once you have counted to the highest number ever, there is always a number that comes after it
@sanketnaik2082
@sanketnaik2082 2 года назад
I can listen to Brian all day..
@nazart7830
@nazart7830 2 года назад
I freaking LOVE Brian Cox voice
@ketchup5344
@ketchup5344 2 года назад
You need to get out more 😅
@misterb6416
@misterb6416 2 года назад
I believe that there on an infinite number of parallel universes all with exact copies of every being on every planet in these universes. However, time is different in each. I believe this helps explain that feeling of deja vu. When you experience that feeling in this universe at this time, it is a memory of something you did in the universe the you were in before. Also, things that you do right now in this universe at this time will be a feeling of deja vu for your exact copy in the universe that is behind this one. When our body dies in a universe your consciousness leaves your body and joins you again in another universe. This exact copy of ourselves really isn't that exact, by exact, I mean your consciousness is exact but your body and life experiences are different. I often have dreams or feelings in a POV thought of me living in different times in different places, they are quick dreams or thoughts. One I have more than others is my POV of walking up some cement steps to a door with blinds on it, its an office of some kind. I can't explain it but I sense the time is in the 1950s in North Carolina, I was not born until 1963 and I was born and raised in California and have never been to North Carolina. I also get feelings of me living in the south some place in the 1930s. I'm in a kitchen looking out the back door to a very large back yard with green grass and I'm frying chicken and getting ready for a big back yard party. These feelings are so vivid. Life is strange.
@LittleTut
@LittleTut 2 года назад
And dreams. Who are these "real" looking people in my, our dreams, streets, homes, buildings, situations? Another part of us living some place else maybe? So interesting. 🤗
@LittleTut
@LittleTut 2 года назад
@@TakumiKhashi Khashi, you very well may have lived many many lives. 🤗
@Krytern
@Krytern 2 года назад
I'm sorry but having dreams about other lives doesn't mean you have had other lives, neither does it mean you're somehow detecting yourself in other universes. Really strange logical leap which is the kind of logical leap religious people use.
@Krytern
@Krytern 2 года назад
@@LittleTut I doubt it.
@misterb6416
@misterb6416 2 года назад
@@Krytern Not really saying meaning dreams, more like thoughts that come in flashes, even when you're awake.
@carlw.8671
@carlw.8671 Год назад
If there is a beginning there is an end... but us as humans will never understand
@Yorichi_01
@Yorichi_01 4 месяца назад
We think we are limitless 😂
@mozerm
@mozerm Год назад
When I think about this I can't help but wonder - what the hell is going on...because we don't understand it...at all.
@PilatesGuy1
@PilatesGuy1 2 года назад
👍👍Endlessly fascinating subject-thanks. Has anyone ever considered the opposite point of view? Instead of thinking of the universe (or universes) as unimaginably or infinitely large, maybe the universe if only pretty big and we (humans/human civilization) and our concepts are unimaginably or infinitely small. Maybe most intelligent civilizations are galactic cluster size and we are mere uninteresting molecules. Here's a fun question-if you think this might be true, what should we be looking for out there instead what we are looing for now? Extrapolating, how would we look for and eventually interact with a 'civilization 1 trillionth our size?
@theo9952
@theo9952 2 года назад
In either case it is so immensely huge, that infinite or not, makes no difference. We will never know the end of it.
@justsomeguy4260
@justsomeguy4260 Год назад
If we know that it's infinite then the possibility of advanced alien life is guaranteed, it's also technically guaranteed that there's a exact clone of you somewhere It makes a colossal difference
@luisg5717
@luisg5717 Год назад
I love how the unknown is simply something we dont understand yet. All we have to do is change how we observe something and we find answers.
@adhamdahir6108
@adhamdahir6108 3 месяца назад
No one will ever have the answer to these questions simply because death is promised, God is the only reasonable explanation.
@loki76
@loki76 Год назад
By definition something that has a beginning cannot be infinite. Something that is infinite doesn't have a beginning nor an end. So, if the matter in our universe had a beginning, it is finite. But what the "universe" is expanding into might be infinite and already there and always have been.
@DomzyDX
@DomzyDX Год назад
No, the idea of an infinite universe is going to be related to the idea of an observable universe, the idea that we are simply in a small physical bubble in a universe with infinite amounts of different bubbles, there's also the theory that our universe is expanding because we are in side of a supermassive black hole and that the big bang was the forming of this black hole, this means all matter in our observable universe was simply pulled in through an event horizon, this mostly explains why the oldest visible matter looks like super hot particles which is what you would get in the aftermath of a supernova explosion. This is unfortunately the worst possible outcome due to the fact that it means we can never see outside of the event horizon and thus finding out how the matter in the universe came into existence prior to being pulled into this supermassive black hole we call our observable universe is impossible.
@criticclips1560
@criticclips1560 Год назад
@@DomzyDX What you said doesn't disprove his point. The universe cannot be infinite by its definiton.
@tweetybaybe
@tweetybaybe 2 года назад
This man is such a genius. I could listen to him speak forever about this!
@Bendy-oceans-lol
@Bendy-oceans-lol Год назад
Believe me he’s not a genius. He’s a con man living a life of luxury millionaire while spewing out garbage on a tv screen to the masses. RU-vid... beyond the imaginary curve.. Wake up
@panguzx235
@panguzx235 Год назад
The universe can not be eternal. The universe is bound to space, matter and time. The universe is not eternal because time is finite.
@Bendy-oceans-lol
@Bendy-oceans-lol Год назад
@@panguzx235 full exploration of our earth first before anyone continues to talk garbage. That is all. Thank you
@panguzx235
@panguzx235 Год назад
@@Bendy-oceans-lol What premise do you seem to be disagreeing with?
@Bendy-oceans-lol
@Bendy-oceans-lol Год назад
@@panguzx235 lol. The whole shebang. You still think this is our world 🌎??? You have a lot to learn
@Rikimkigsck
@Rikimkigsck 2 года назад
I think Sir Roger Penrose is right. The universe has always existed and it's expanding forever thus it's probably infinite.
@SuperYtc1
@SuperYtc1 2 года назад
But we know the Big Bang happened 13.8 billion years ago.
@Rikimkigsck
@Rikimkigsck 2 года назад
@@SuperYtc1 "The universe did not start with the Big Bang...There was actually a universe already existing before it and the Big Bang was merely the end of that universe" He added that evidence of that previous universe can still be observed today. "There was something before the Big Bang and that something is what we will have in our future," He added, "We have a universe that expands and expands, and all mass decays away, and in this crazy theory of mine, that remote future becomes the Big Bang of another aeon."
@Rikimkigsck
@Rikimkigsck 2 года назад
@@SuperYtc1 This is what Sir Roger Penrose believes.
@Rikimkigsck
@Rikimkigsck 2 года назад
@@SuperYtc1 Imagine 13.8 billion years is nothing only 3 sun years old and our galaxy is one of the oldest galaxy in the universe. I think it makes perfect sense what Penrose says.
@SuperYtc1
@SuperYtc1 2 года назад
@@Rikimkigsck There is literally so much evidence for a big bang/big expansion that saying there wasn't is just silly. Use what the evidence is telling you. The idea of a universe existing before the big bang ending and creating this universe has next to no evidence, so if you believe that it's more faith at this point, no one knows.
@JHS270694
@JHS270694 2 года назад
Absolutely humbling.
@michelle_sea_view
@michelle_sea_view 2 года назад
Very interesting,, Thank you.
@higgy4508
@higgy4508 Год назад
Don't think it's actually possible to blow my mind any further than it has been blown after watching this video
@leewainwright3526
@leewainwright3526 Год назад
I think if we knew more about the universe it could fry your brain imagine the complexities we as humans aren't designed to understand this kind of information
@markappleton4955
@markappleton4955 Год назад
Watch roger penrose.
@toti_key
@toti_key 2 года назад
“The matter of the Universe is simple. The simplicity is that we do not have the capacity to understand it.” -KM
@kevincoshner310
@kevincoshner310 2 года назад
Exactly! Well said.
@peterherrington3300
@peterherrington3300 Год назад
Finally a simple & accurate answer. If we ever even begin to understand it , it will take longer than the brightest minds can imagine with our current knowledge.
@kevincoshner310
@kevincoshner310 Год назад
Kastriot, wonderful answer!
@toti_key
@toti_key Год назад
@@kevincoshner310 Yeah! Thanks for your reply
@toti_key
@toti_key Год назад
@@peterherrington3300 definitely
@bugtownjones-dr5rp
@bugtownjones-dr5rp Год назад
Brian Cox is a great science educator. It still blows my mind, though, that so many scientists refuse to believe in God. The universe is perfectly designed for life, yet these people simply won’t acknowledge a creator. Instead, they rely on untestable, in my opinion, things like a incredibly huge universe, that sweeps way beyond the cosmic horizon to explain the universes flatness, 10 to the 500th universes or whatever, to explain the fine tuning, etc. Don’t forget, if you find a watch on a beach, it implies a watchmaker.
@wiv2631
@wiv2631 Год назад
If the universe or cosmos is finite, what is its barrier and what lies outside its barrier or limitation? I cannot imagine anything but infinity. It is like existence is within, for example, a ball or a box, if so what is outside that ball or box?
@alexandermattock8300
@alexandermattock8300 29 дней назад
The universe is not infinite, the only thing that is infinite is nothingness, the place where nothing exists, but because nothing is there it doesn't actually exist. Therefore the universe can expand into the nothingness creating a bigger universe because there is nothing there to stop it. It's a bit like numbers, once you have counted to the highest number ever, there is always a number that comes after it
@theavannooijen6621
@theavannooijen6621 2 года назад
You can learn so much about astronomy by watching these videos! Also understandable for " absolute beginners" in the field!
@Krytern
@Krytern 2 года назад
@@deltalima6703 What has that got to do with what he said?
@deltalima6703
@deltalima6703 2 года назад
Comment ended up in wrong thread i guess. Deleted.
@Bendy-oceans-lol
@Bendy-oceans-lol Год назад
You’ll learn fuck all from these videos, or anything mainstream. I should go thoroughly analyse where you think you live right now.
@guardiantransit7527
@guardiantransit7527 2 года назад
I believe the Webb telescope will just see many more galaxies. This will cast doubt on the big bang
@joewalker1501
@joewalker1501 2 года назад
How will it cast doubt on the Big Bang?
@tonykelpie
@tonykelpie 2 года назад
Science is about observation not belief. Hopefully not long to wait
@havenbastion
@havenbastion 2 года назад
@@joewalker1501 Because it will show more of the same, meaning that the cosmic background will be the same at this new higher level of resolution. I don't know what the big bang theory predicts with regard to what the JWST will find, but i also predict they won't find it.
@Prrocess
@Prrocess 2 года назад
That's not how light works
@jamesphilipson1289
@jamesphilipson1289 2 месяца назад
I feel like it must be finite, just so expansive we couldn't comprehend it. The bit I can't get my head around is that space itself may go on forever. If you continued in one direction at 1000000000000mph for 10000000000000 lightyears, the only way to get back to wherever you've left from, would be to go back exactly the same way
@ralphbland6581
@ralphbland6581 2 года назад
Absolutely brilliant and mind boggling
@juliocasim4330
@juliocasim4330 2 года назад
A good video should everybody to watch it is interesting.
@GamingowyTata
@GamingowyTata 2 года назад
I'm a simple man, I see Brian Cox and I give a like.
@photoguy4212
@photoguy4212 3 месяца назад
I’m in the universe existing eternally is more terrifying than having a beginning camp. A beginning, to me, means that the universe will also have an ending, which is somehow more comforting.
@garethmartyndavies2250
@garethmartyndavies2250 2 года назад
Infinite or boundaries, the whole subject of the universe is so exciting , and like music can put your feel for life into perspective. Wow special and insignificant.
@TheOldCatFunt
@TheOldCatFunt 2 года назад
My pondering mind has often grappled with the fact that if there is a boundary around the universe, what is on the other side?
@SuperYtc1
@SuperYtc1 2 года назад
There is no edge, you just end up back where you started with. Just like an ant travelling in 2D around the Earth's surface would end up back where it started, if you travelled in 3D through space you'd end up back at Earth.
@Nitrous0x
@Nitrous0x 2 года назад
@@SuperYtc1 That would only work if the Universe plane is shaped like donut, which hasn't and will probably never be proven.
@SuperYtc1
@SuperYtc1 2 года назад
@@Nitrous0x The universe appears flat to us but that could easily be because we're only looking at a tiny slice, not big enough to capture the curvature. Just like an ant thinking the Earth is 2 dimensional by observing the distance between the top and bottom of the garden and seeing no curvature. Our universe could be like that but just scaled up a dimension. We maybe have to look harder in 3 dimensions to see it's actually 4 dimensional.
@leighjordine4031
@leighjordine4031 2 года назад
It's amazing how people believe in all this space universe stuff but are incapable of making the most obvious observations about where they live. People will believe anything if comes from someone who they believe to be an authoritative figure.
@Nitrous0x
@Nitrous0x 2 года назад
@@leighjordine4031 who are you even talking to?
@leepd1
@leepd1 2 года назад
What is abundantly clear, is that when we are talking numbers of this magnitude, it is supremely arrogant of the human species to remotely suggest that life only exists on our tiny little planet..
@mattmcmillan3573
@mattmcmillan3573 2 года назад
1970 to 2022 is the same as 1918 to 1970
@pdj2995
@pdj2995 2 года назад
Yes it’s called the FERMI paradox… it is actuallly part of scientific theories that predict we may be the first to ever exist, somewhere in between, or the last to ever exist, either way, whether it’s then, now or the future, aliens must exist.
@leepd1
@leepd1 2 года назад
@@pdj2995 Yep.. life on this planet is proof of life in outer space.. so it stands to reason there is plenty of it out there.. only those who think we are the centre of the universe are denial of this basic fact.
@pdj2995
@pdj2995 2 года назад
@@leepd1 yep... thats mathematics... these people dont understand that if they believe 2+2=4 then they must also believe aliens exist.. it really is that simple..
@stewiesaidthat
@stewiesaidthat 2 года назад
@Lee Davidson if the universe is infinite, then the universe has no center; therefore, every point in the universe is the center of the universe.
@kiranbalakrishnan3826
@kiranbalakrishnan3826 4 месяца назад
Very nice and informative
@petersimcox4745
@petersimcox4745 2 года назад
Great Video !!!.
@spy2778
@spy2778 2 года назад
I believe that the most exciting time in the history of any living civilisation, is when they can explore the galaxies as easily as we explore holiday destinations on our planet today. Oh how I would love to live in that time.
@balopls5444
@balopls5444 2 года назад
Really
@fastica
@fastica 2 года назад
Homo Sapiens are 300K years old and you were born a few years after cars and air travel were created. Enjoy living on this time.
@steve-marsh
@steve-marsh Год назад
And still on this tiny speck of dust we want to fight each other all in a power struggle that's so minute it's laughable.
@bagerklestyne
@bagerklestyne Год назад
It's not infinite, but it is expanding
@quinncampbell9255
@quinncampbell9255 Год назад
Love listening to Brian cox Even if I don't know what he's talking about, or I don't agree with. Cool video ans I love this new pr tour DR cox is doing rn, seen him on 10 other youtube videos or podcasts, I guess he has a new book coming out or something else he's getting paid for lmao
@ospyearn
@ospyearn 2 года назад
If the universe once had the width of a planck length, and then expanded into a grain of sand and then into an orange, size-wize, how could it after a mere 13 billion years have become infinitely large, or how could it ever grow from finite to infinite? The universe is not a divirgent series, or if it were, it would still be finite as long as it wasn't infinitly old.
@wulphstein
@wulphstein 2 года назад
Thank you for being smarter than the propaganda.
@callumhedley7117
@callumhedley7117 2 года назад
I think it's more meaning can it expand forever.
@pdj2995
@pdj2995 2 года назад
You are conflating space and the universe….. these are 2 different things…. Space is finite, as you could reach the end of it before it expands further if you had the technology to fly faster than the speed of light within the UNIVERSE we live in….. and the universe consists of space, matter, and everything else that is beyond that…. As we still don’t know what it is beyond space itself, which is why we named it dark energy… so dark energy is actually the never ending substance or concept that we know and love as infinity, it is truly the only infinite “thing” we know about, and guessing what is beyond that is borderline insanity, as even if there was something else, it too would be endless and so forth.
@ospyearn
@ospyearn 2 года назад
@@pdj2995 Your notions of universe, space and dark energy seem to me somewhat unusual. Etymologically "universum" means "every thing turned into (versum) one thing (uni)". In modern cosmology everything is understood as being contained in space, and when the universe expands, it is actually space that expands with the things it contains. The expansion of space is not subject to the lightspeed limit, thus two things can, in virtue of being in space, have a relative motion faster than the speed of light. The notion of dark energy was introduced to "explain" the observed accelerated expansion of the universe. By general relativity alone, the initial expansion referred to as the Big Bang should have slowed down, but as the expansion of the universe was observed to be accelerating, Dark Energy was the name given to whatever causes the acceleration.
@pdj2995
@pdj2995 2 года назад
​@@ospyearn you said so much without saying anything at all..... not sure if you are those type who think they are smart as they confuse themselves endlessly with unnecessary logical conclusions and scientific words, but you most defiantly seem to be that kind from what your reply is and what the videos you post are about.... therefore i am going to give you a chance as you overall seem to have a rational vibe, and i will try to engage with you in good faith about everything, if you could just kindly make a neat list explaining what and why i am wrong about and please try and explain them just a little less complicated, thanks
@digigarb
@digigarb Год назад
How lucky we are to be alive to be this aware of how our surroundings work
@RegisteredNurse926
@RegisteredNurse926 11 месяцев назад
This is ten percent luck Twenty percent skill Fifteen percent concentrated power of will Five percent pleasure Fifty percent pain And a hundred percent reason to remember the name
@ayyy9017
@ayyy9017 11 месяцев назад
@@RegisteredNurse926what the fuck
@neilgc4943
@neilgc4943 Год назад
Very interesting, thank you! If gravity is pulling mass together and dark energy is pushing mass apart then it stands to reason that whatever is in between has to be matter.
@jm1178
@jm1178 Год назад
The universe must be infinite, there’s no question about it. Our Galaxy is nothing more than a spark rising from a campfire, but something had to exist to start the fire.
@mawage666
@mawage666 2 года назад
I think the part of the universe that is beyond our observable universe does go on forever and everything that is there has a collective gravity that adds up to infinite gravity in all directions. The reason the universe is accelerating in it's expansion is not because of a dark energy force driving the acceleration but rather that the universe is essentially falling in all direction towards infinite gravity with nothing to slow it down. That's my theory.
@spbalance
@spbalance Год назад
It's much more difficult to imagine a finite universe than an infinite one in my opinion.
@mr.schnitzel4654
@mr.schnitzel4654 Год назад
If the universe is finite than we lived before, and will live again: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WM_Iqiaslqc.html&ab_channel=NotOnlyScience%21
@madelynhernandez7453
@madelynhernandez7453 Год назад
Not really. If a being like God exists and it is eternal then it could have given it all a beginning.
@spbalance
@spbalance Год назад
@@madelynhernandez7453 A finite universe actually doesn't make any sense. If you say it ends at some point, it only ends because something else begins, which again means there's more stuff outside of its boundary, and if there's more stuff then it's is a direct contradiction to a finite universe.
@orbit1894
@orbit1894 Год назад
@@spbalance finally someone making my point. God, its incredible how many people just stop thinking after saying "there is nothing behind it" like wth? Nothingness is also something, in order for something to "end" there should be the beginning of something else behind it. Like saying there is nothing behind the walls of my house.
@cody1570
@cody1570 Год назад
To put it simply to us human beings, yes. To what we imagine godly powers to be like is far beyond what we could even conceive of. So it most certainly is to us
@connerdixon673
@connerdixon673 Год назад
The universe is incomprehensible. I wish we had more answers. And even with the answers we do have, it’s impossible for me to wrap my head around how unimaginably big the universe is. Even if it is finite what lays beyond the Universe? The fact it probably just goes on and on forever is crazy
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