"Understanding that our understanding might be wrong is essential, and trying to figure out the ways we may be mistaken is the only way that science can help us find our way to the truth." My, that's deep.
mestre12 Well it's the basic fundamentals of science. Theories are not things that remain static and absolute once we find evidence for them. They aren't ever a thing you "Prove true" they're just something we have yet ot prove wrong or improve upon.
HugsmadeDrugs Ignorance should never be something to be looked down upon for. How can a person be at fault for not knowing this state of mind? But there are quite a number of people that do not know this, even a great deal that "side" with science. In our education systems, we teach science as if it was fact; hardly ever is the actual fuzziness brought up or the possibility of new knowledge replacing ever brought up. Even in the scholarly community, many researchers and professors could do with relearning this basic tenant of science. When something knew comes up that could replace old thought, huge amounts of backlash from the scientific community can come forth. Take the recent discovery of possible arsenic-based microbes, there were large amounts of backlash to the researchers conducting such things. Ignorance is just part of the human condition. The job of science is to try to lessen it.
+CrashCourse Hey guys! I really love Crash Course and know that Crash Course Astronomy is over now, but if you could PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE have Neil DeGrase Tyson if you could. Thanks So much for all you do! DFTBA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I'm totally late) Don't feel dumb, not everyone immediately understands everything we're supposed to learn. Just be confident, and allow yourself to work harder on what you don't clearly understand! (Btw sorry if this comment is completely irrelevant)
Excited to see how this progresses. I am looking forward to learning more with Mr. Phil, even though it's weird hearing someone else other than the Green Bro's on this channel.
This video was so inspirational! I'm definitely gonna watch the rest of these. I took Astronomy in college and I LOVED IT! I also graduated with a degree in computer science and math. I do really enjoy programming, and I'm hoping I can get my leg into the astronomy field. Any ideas where to start?
When I'm older I really want a job in the science field. Science is something that fascinates me and I am really interested in how things work. Astronomy is down thing that I would like to get into because it really makes me question my life. I am only in high school right now and I have told my parents of my interest in a career that deals with science - specifically astronomy. I am an excellent student and pretty smart but my parents don't believe that I could make a real career out of it. How hard was it to become an astronomer? And do you think I can make a career out of it?
Well you need a Ph.D. To make it a career. Research (in lab) or teaching, requires a Ph.D. So yes you can make a career out of it, and make pretty decent money too (not including side things such as writing a book, research + teaching which doubles money etc). It's also an awesome career, especially if you get a job with NASA, you're basically set for life. I'm a sophomore in college, more specifically a nursing major, but if it doesn't work out I'm going to do physics and then get a masters in astronomy and then a Ph.D. In astrophysics. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Astronomy makes you question yourself about this universe ! its a very precise universe in every little detail u see and how it functions you get rly amazed by how things work and created how powerful is our creator
I'm in the exact position right now as we speak, I know it has been two years so let me ask you, how did it go? I wondered how it's like working with a whole another living thing that's smart as us. My parents are in fact trying to brainwash me into going into IT or Business, and their doubts are starting to turn into my doubts and I hate it. I'm also an excellent student and I'm only in my freshmen year, taking AP and Honors! I hope we can become friends.
excellent course and video. the course helps me to learn English and the same time its give me a lot of new information and knowledge :) thank you for the good lecture
Space has always interests me. Even all of my recommendations on here are all over space lol. I can finally take this class next year and I'm so excited, ahhh
I have interest in astronomy too but seriously i didn't know most of the things this video told me. It deeply fascinates me, the sky, the stars and the moon! How bad i want to touch and go near to it. I want to see the universe, the beauties of nature. But I'm too scared of losing my interest. I have to start college this year and i surely have to choose a subject. I love physics and I'm good at Maths too, but not the best, it requires a lot of practice and that is what scares me. What if i suck at it? I want to work in an observatory, i want to look in the sky. I won't be able to write any books though, i aint that confident on myself. I'm 16 and i really wanna know if i seem like i can do it.. I'm gonna start watching all vids on it so that it improves my knowledge. ❤️ I hope i won't fall weak. Ameen
A planet in another galaxy light years away that could have beings with our intelligence and tech blows my loaf. Are they looking through the telescope checking out our beautiful planet? Wondering if life exist? Heavy man.
I want to be an astronomer when I grow up. I'm not sure if that means writing books, or teaching a class, or working in an observatory, but I just want to be able to learn about the universe and then teach it to other people. I'm not sure if I'll actually be able to DO that, but I'll just have to see how life goes and learn what I can for now. Thanks for this Crash Course!
+Alexandra Rodriguez It means/can mean all those things. Surely, you will write, because in order to be an astronomer or astrophysics by an university, you need to do a thesis -write it down.
Who told u child. Try to read ancient books on Greek and Thamizh literature. Most of our ancients believe that. Only we people are disparted from that theory
@Irritable Jon Syndrome a quote from Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar... "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars. But in ourselves, that we are underlings."
Anyone know of a good video that shows things as seen by the naked eye and then zooms into it really close? I would love to see that but cant find anything like it
This dude's voice is so awesome it's now going to replace my brain's narration voice, so I can hear him explain everything I do. "ManToast, feeling more creative today than usual, decided to combine his coffee with the hot chocolate he forgot he kept in the back of his cupboard, thus creating a mediocre, yet still satisfying, Mocha coffee." It's not weird, I promise.
Diana Peña i have 2 inner narrators, when i'm doing something i find interesting, it's Morgan Freeman, when i'm doing something boring, it's Mike Rowe.
I started crying in the end I don't know why, but it's so touching I love knowledge, I love science I love learning about new things and the world It's just so fascinating😭
To be honest I think he's a lot better for this, it's a lot more relaxed and calm than Hank's science videos and he is somewhat better informed on the subject.
I quite like the way Hank and John are more... Energetic? I don't really know what the right word it, but Phil is much more qualified to be teaching this than Hank and obviously more than John (no offense John, but science isn't particularly your domain.)
As a kid in a country like Afghanistan it's been always a big dream of mine to learn about the cosmos and become an astronomer. I remember every summer night which I was sleeping outside on the balcony, I was staring at the sky for hours and I was amazed (and still I am) by the world up there. As the time went on and I grew up, specially in the last years of my school I realised that in order to make a living for myself and for my family I've to study sth. which I could find a job in the future in a country like Afghanistan. So I decided to Study Civil Engineering; right now I'm doing my postgraduate studies in Civil Engineering in Germany. But still I couldn't forget about my dream and even today astronomy is my passion and who knows may be this video was a kick off to start with it. And I'm sure I am going to start learning about the universe seriously. one day.....
Why is crash course so good? Everything from the speed of speech to the music background to the pleasant animations...How many geniuses did it take get with this perfect formula?
I'm sorry, but I can't watch this video. The title alone damaged my brain's hype center, and I'm afraid that actually watching the video might kill me, by overloading my awesomeness receptors.
I never hated anything more than hearing people saying that I am majoring in Astrology.. One of my mom's friends wanted me to do fortune telling to them and after me saying that i can't she told me that I am bad at my job and I am not going to be able to find a husband lol..
+Rosie Tilbrook In my honest opinion, astronomy should try to highjack the name astrology back to its strictu sensu meaning. This, in turn, would help to distance pseudo-scientific BS from it even further, as now-astrology would have to find a new name that shouldn't be anything close to the original. If I'm not wrong, there ARE people trying to redeem the swastika and the toothbrush moustache (famously worn by A. Hitler)... so it's something to think about? Maybe?
+Alex Schrijnemaekers I think astrologers would stubbornly hold onto the same, and try to conflate their ideas with science. Wouldn't discarding the distinct word we have now (astronomy) create confusion?
Awesome presentation. I can only hope Neil DeGrasse Tyson makes a guest appearance in future episodes. Phil Plait does an absolutely outstanding job presenting here. The pacing felt just right. I would love to just listen to a conversation between Neil and Phil.
That was the first thing I noticed on the set. And it's AWESOME! I have that kit it's pretty great! They should add a Star Trek model too ( it would have to be an amt model since that's all that exist) there is room for both right? Right?
Sometimes I think humans still know nothing and that since we can't fathom many things we must not be very intelligent in the grand scheme of things, but then I look at how much we do know and I am astonished and blown away by my own species...
Poor Issac Newton, was an Alchemist for 30 years, and people only know him for gravity and calculus and not transcribing alcheamic texts, including the Emerald Tablet.
***** Yeah, but most people don't know he was an Alchemist. People need to know. People need to know that Newton wrote about alchemy and possibly practiced alchemy.
Alchemy was essentially the precursor of chemistry. The reason why Newton's work there isn't often talked about is because it was in too early of a state for him to really make much progress, and practically none of his work there ended up having any use whatsoever. The very few exceptions were the advancements in metallurgy he made. For example, he figured out how to cast speculum (a two thirds copper & one third tin alloy) which made the mirrors in his telescope possible. Though it's hard to say whether this counts as alchemy or just plain good craftsmanship.
I'm an amateur astronomer and I've been waiting for this series since however many months ago Hank mentioned it. I haven't watched the video yet but I'm really holding out hope that this series is decent. I know Phil Plait well, and if my word means anything, give him a chance. Just because he isn't one of two people in the entire world who you'd be happy hosting this series, doesn't mean he wont do an awesome job.. I'm sure. *Starts video*....
What? does not compute. How did anyone watch this and think man screw that guy, I want Hank! or I want John. They're both epic and all, but If the option is there, I'd (and apparently so would everyone at Crash Course) rather someone who legitimately knows and works in the field their talking about. When they started CC they didn't know it was going to be PBS sponsored, or that it was going to branch off so much. Of course they're going to hire people to talk about what they know. How doesn't that make sense? Big, massive thumbs up to everyone at CC, and i'm only 5 minutes in..
Imad Gibbs Yes! :D I'm both an amateur astronomer and a.... um, professional Astrophysicist (frankly less good at former than the latter, actually :P), and I can only agree with you
xBluR Plays Don't worry,there's 50 episodes and they're all great. And I should say they finished it, ended may imply that it got cancelled or something.
I've enjoyed astronomy for 55 years...do your kid a favor when they're 6 or so and buy them a telescope.
9 лет назад
Super excited for this! I'm going to buy a telescope and eventually get in to astrophotography. What I mainly want to focus on is nebulae, galaxies and such. Does anyone have any tips on what to get? I already have a DSLR camera so I would preferably not buy an "astrocamera" (not sure what it's called). My budget is at tops 500$. I'll be happy to hear if anyone has an idea!
There's actually a pretty handy guide on the Bad Astronomy website (which looks terribly out of date - it was written in 1998, but the information is essentially the same). www.badastronomy.com/bitesize/scopefaq.html You can grab an adapter for your camera online also. Look for a T-mount to whatever your camera mount is: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?atclk=Category_Photography&sts=ma&ci=15293&N=4294205295&Ntt=telescope+adapter Stop by www.reddit.com/r/astrophotography too if you want to see what other people are doing.
No problem! Here's an example of something just posted to that subreddit today: i.imgur.com/GBmB2sL.jpg www.reddit.com/r/astrophotography/comments/2smm8h/the_moon_saturn_together/
9 лет назад
Yes, I just saw it on reddit. Quite spectacular indeed! I'm unsure of what I will be able to achieve with a telescope in my price range... I might have to save up a bit and get something with a bit more quality. Though I am sure loads of training and patience is needed, even if I get something that costs twice as much.
Fredrik Palmén make sure to learn the science and history for analyzing data for your specific kit, make sure you know the shortcuts for clasification writing and read up on all the different types of detection and search methods scientists use to chart/record/publish.
This is beautiful. I study Visual Arts (filmmaking) but I LOoOOoOoVE Astronomy and science and my heart wants to learn more, so.. I LOVED this channel, CrashCourse it's just so beautiful, thank you all for making this. I am learning so much hehehehe. I got excited, lol. Thanks guys. God bless your souls UuU
First thing that came in my mind: 'is this the guy on Discovery?' (on 'How The Universe Works) lol I had to look him up and I'm kinda sad i didn't do that before, so I could find this channel earlier as well. He seems to explain everything in a way that makes it easy to understand and remember
Amanda Lee Dube Phil Plait is a professional astronomer and a science communicator, maintaining the blog "Bad Astronomy" which is currently at Slate. www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy.html In many, MANY ways the fact that Hank and John were able to get Plait to host this show is an impressive testament to their increased reach and popularity as educators, since Plait is a go to guy in the "science popularizer" world. It's contacts like Phil that could, in my wildest imagination, allow Sean Carroll do a cameo 'many worlds' interpretation.
Astronomy is awesome, it tells everyone something we all need to hear; "You are small, you are next to to nothing compared to the universe. Finally, you, and all of your actions and choices, are incredibly, extremely, _exceedingly_, Important! Everything you do changes the universe." We'd do best not to forget that.
ajaxtaur I'm not surprised you choose to diss people and a subject you clearly know nothing about. Have you spent even five minutes investing anything about astrology? Today Astro-meterology - the ancient art-science of using sky patterns to predict the weather remains as accurate as supercomputers using millions of measurements.
Karen James You lost the moment you said, "Ancient Art-science." No matter how much you try to pad your psuedo-science with realistic-sounding terminology (Astrology -> Astro-meteorology, which you misspelled by the way,) it isn't science. Astro-meteorology is only a primitive form of modern Meterology. By understanding basic Astro *nomy*, you find out that the Earth orbits the sun once every year. The way this happens, we see different constellations in the sky at different parts of the year, and, as such, our weather changes due to *other factors.* The stars have no effect on the weather; it just happens to be that certain stars show at certain times of the year. Correlation does not equal causation. And, as accurate as supercomputers? The only reason this is true is not because Astro-meteorology is accurate, but because supercomputers are somewhat inaccurate when it comes to weather. Weather is a very complex matter, when it comes down to it. The only way to accurately predict weather patters is to track the temperature, velocity, and position of every single molecule in our atmosphere. Even supercomputers can't do that, and there are also a few quantum mechanic issues with it as well. Millions of measurements are nowhere near enough. Your "art-science" is a joke, and I'm sorry that you have wasted your time on it.
ajaxtaur Frankly ajaxtaur your comments are a joke. You criticize that which you haven't the feintest clue about. I happen to understand both the scientific astronomy and meteorology as well as astrology. And I happen to know astro-meteorlogists who earn a living predicting very long term weather for farmers - something that even supercomputers cannot do. So enough of the useless insults already. I've heard them all too many times before for them to even bother me. I was just having my say. It seems you have a lot to learn. Rumi a polymath-mystic from the 13th Century Persia, now Afghanistan said "This sky is the astrolabe, and the reality is Love; whatever we say of this, attend to the meaning." Peace out.
Karen James Frankly, you live in a fantasy world where you suffer strongly from confirmation bias; where someone is incorrect simply because they don't agree with your thoughts on the subject. Also, you spelled "Faintest" wrong. Feint means to "distract while making a move" or "dodge one way, then strike the other way." If you understood Astronomy and Meteorology as well as you claim, you would understand that Astrological Meteorology is absolute pseudo-science. You also wouldn't have misspelled meteorology in your first comment. The people you know who make that money are making money off of a scam. They tell people they know what the weather will be like based on the stars, then present data based through correlation rather than causation. Again, supercomputers can't do it because it's vastly complex to be able to predict the weather to absolute accuracy. Once again, it requires the tracking of data on every, single particle in our atmosphere, which next-to-nothing could accomplish. I'm not insulting you; I'm insulting the pseudo-science you present as fact, because it's pseudo-science. You've heard "those insults" so many times because it is pseudo-science. When you were "having your say," you shouldn't expect to just drop an opinion and have it stick as fact. Expect it to be contested and even disproven unless you decide to defend it. It seems you have a lot to learn. Lastly, that's a very nice quote. Unfortunately, it has no context in the current debate except to say, "Wow, look how deep and philosophical this person was."
Karen James ajaxtaur Meteorology is an actual science, but Meteorological astrology is nothing but pseudoscientific hokum gibberish. Now where did I leave those healing crystals.. ah they are probably where I left my magnetic therapy magnets!
7:10 "The fault of astrology lies in ourselves, and not our stars." William Shakespeare, who said the original quote, is reading the book "The Fault in our Stars." Very cute.
I'm studying environment at the moment, and I have to take geology. I love learning about the world and geophysics, and now I want to learn astrophysics and programming, and how to code all those things, it's all so interesting
Ay programming is very difficult at first, if you're good at troubleshooting then later on coding is pretty easy. And knowing a coding language is almost always useful
I wanna get into astronomy but i hate math and i feel like its gonna hold me back like i just wanna observe our universe because i love looking at the sky.i wish there could be a easier way in
I am an astronomy/physics professor; I'm here to help. Most astronomers don't look at the sky, as you say; they do a whole lot of computation and computer programming, so you probably don't want to do that for a living anyway. I have many friends who do other things for a living, and just enjoy doing "backyard astronomy" -- enjoying looking through the telescope and learning more. I recommend that you start by reading "Astronomy" magazine. 2nd suggestion: "Sky and Telescope" magazine. Also, catch old episodes of the History Channel's "The Universe" -- particularly Season 1. I use it in my college astronomy class all the time. Enjoy!
