I really enjoyed this conversation with Michio. Here's the outline: 0:00 - Introduction 1:14 - Contact with Aliens in the 21st century 6:36 - Multiverse and Nirvana 9:46 - String Theory 11:07 - Einstein's God 15:01 - Would aliens hurt us? 17:34 - What would aliens look like? 22:13 - Brain-machine interfaces 27:35 - Existential risk from AI 30:22 - Digital immortality 34:02 - Biological immortality 37:42 - Does mortality give meaning? 43:42 - String theory 47:16 - Universe as a computer and a simulation 53:16 - First human on Mars
@@JW-cp1uv you also have to take into huge consideration that Michio grew up with alot more of human advances.. that alone should give Einstien way way more appreciation.. truly a GENUIS of his time and what he predicted that was true.. if we had einstien today tho???
@@benoneill5550 not really either he is hiding real info or not having a clue we already have connected with so called aliens nikola tesla is real genius not. This man we travel allready with wormhole tech
Probably because he gets asked the same questions all the time. I've read his books and seen him live, his books are great, live not so great. The time I saw him he seemed to level his talk as if he's talking to a group of kids although the place was jam packed with adults who had probably read his books. It was a bit of a snooze fest to be honest, the best part was the Q&A where the audience got to ask questions. The bar got raised at that point but unfortunately it didn't last long.
@@ac-gp3kz I agree with that, it looks more like a performance than an interview but it's maybe because he's used to respond that questions all the time as you said. He was like a machine gun speaking without stop lol.
Michio’s ability to flow through a conversation about a variety of different topics seamlessly and thoroughly is staggering. He makes it seem like he knows literally everything and every question he answers he has already thought out and outlined and rehearsed. Which, in a way he probably has.
Michio Kaku has a reputation in the scientific community for mostly talking about stuff that people want to hear (→ Multiverse) to sell his books and himself as a talk show guest. He couldn't hold up at all when challenged by his peers in debates. I like to listen to him because it's science fiction, but I wouldn't really take it very seriously.
@@Nitidus not true at al lol. Michio Kaku is a super expert in his field, the dude has contributed to the highest level of string theory and string theory is at the edge of our scientific exploration like quantum physics. If you were talking about Neil Degrasse Tyson then you would be somewhat accurate but Michio knows his shit.
I could listen to Michio Kaku all day. Such an intelligent man, and at the same time able to convey his knowledge and thoughts in an easily understandable manner. Inspiring!
The thing about Michio Kaku is that he is able to challenge old theories and is open to applying new interpretations. Many scientists question his approach, but I find it refreshing.
Neil Degrasse could probably learn a lot from this guy on how he does interviews, he does not constantly interrupting you and he does not try to belittle you while he is answering or giving knowledge
He was my Professor back in '96 I couldn't wait to get to the forum to hear his lectures. He was funny, and connected with his students in a way that made you feel as an equal to him. I used to see cameras in the forum, and now understand.why, he is a STAR from heaven. I took classes for 2 semesters as electives. I learned so much. Thank you Professor K. God bless you. Even though I got B+ Graduated with a BS, -Angela ❤🙏
He seems like a REAL, NATURAL teacher He doesn't place his ego above the CONCEPTS, the gift to share all of this fascinating info with others, including students People who think teaching is about power, control, ego are fools. They're not smart enough to realize that no one owns the information & that advancing the field is what matters, i.e. it's a *fantastic* thing to have students ask you questions you can't answer, for students to achieve more than you could ❤️❤️❤️ It's all about the big picture, not one puny little human who appears to have authority in a classroom
I had Dr Kaku SPC210 Physical Chemistry in 1992. He chased me naked through the quad wearing nothing but a rainbow turban, but he was also wildy waving a set of nunchuku and repeatedly screaming, "Steak and eggs for dinner, are you crazy?!" We made sweet love afterward and that's how humanity first learned about quasars.
Michio does such an amazing job of breaking down complex science into easily digestible segments. I also just love his passion. He is one of my favorites! Wish scientists had followings the way celebrities or sport stars do
I could listen to this man speak all day long without being bored for a second. What I would give to have had him as a professor when I was a student. I hope his students realize how lucky they are.
One of his student commented here and said how wonderful he was so yes... I think any intelligent student will know how lucky they just by default of Michio being himself.
@@Newtube_Channel only we won't know when to stop,by then,we would have had many children,many people would have died,without passing along how we can harm it with much at the rates we go,especially once we start industializing...next thing you know...everyone want to industrialize,millions of people's will be crammed together,because once you modernize,it takes more industry to come in to meet the masses needs,and ,we can have laws,regulations,to avoid that,but by then,everyone is so rebellious,because they want it all,and see the law makers as oppressors,and will rebel,until we have...just what we have here...😰...boy,that was exhausting lol
I like the format of this program. It's like the Charlie Rose show. No BS, just interesting questions and interesting answers tuned in the frequency of intellectualism. Salute Lex Fridman.
Machio and Niel are both very ignorant of the reality of the physical limitations of communication over Ling distance. It's a myth that communication to the nearest star is possible. Read the works of Claude Shannon. The father of information theory. Kevin
@@skyblue9991 No. Its true. They see us as alpha. Domesticated dogs has that embedded in them. If you nurture a baby of whatever species they will think you are his parents and these animals dont have the brain power to comprehend we are different than them. They take our shape for granted since they seen us from birth. You noob. If you need more classes. I charge Sherlock
@@cloudridermrbliss7085 I didn't say anything about hierarchy. They most definitely see us as the alpha but that has absolutely nothing to do with the point I was making. A quick Google search for “does my dog think I’m a dog?” says "no and that’s primarily because of how we smell. Dogs have the same senses as humans, but their sense of smell is much better; humans have about six million olfactory receptors in the nose (the receptors that allow you to smell) while dogs have up to 300 million-making their sense of smell anywhere between 10,000 and 100,000 times better than an average human. Dogs also have a second olfactory system, called the Jacobsen’s organ, that allows them to process much more information through smell than humans can-including what species they’re interacting with. You know your dog's habit of sniffing other canine’s backsides? That’s not just a “dog’s way of saying hello.” What they’re actually doing is sniffing out information. There is a ton of information your dog can get just from another dog’s scent, including the dog’s age, gender, health, sexual readiness, and-you guessed it-whether or not they’re actually a dog. Your dog can tell instantly whether they’re interacting with another dog or a human by scent alone-so when your dog gets a whiff of you, they know they’re dealing with a human." So the next time you try to pretend to be smart... maybe do a quick Google search, dummy. 👍
@@skyblue9991 Allright Sherlock I will give you this one but try making your answer short next time. Aint nobody got time to read an essay on the internet nerd🍆🍆🍆🙏🙏😹😹😹
Very good. Thanks Lex. Love your work and this is far and away the best interview I have seen, with Michio. I watched some of the one he did with J Rogan today but there was such a disconnect between the two - it just didnt work. Well done ... as usual.
I really enjoyed this conversation with Michio. Here's the outline: 0:00 - Introduction 1:14 - Contact with Aliens in the 21st century 6:36 - Multiverse and Nirvana 9:46 - String Theory 11:07 - Einstein's God 15:01 - Would aliens hurt us? 17:34 - What would aliens look like? 22:13 - Brain-machine interfaces 27:35 - Existential risk from AI 30:22 - Digital immortality 34:02 - Biological immortality 37:42 - Does mortality give meaning? 43:42 - String theory 47:16 - Universe as a computer and a simulation 53:16 - First human on Mars
I remember when I was 10 and I was watching a documentary that Michio Kaku so graciously decided to partake in and the entire show every time another person talked I listened but when he spoke about the things he did in that documentary I remember a feeling I had never felt before and all of the sudden the big bang went off in my head and I could see from the dawn of time the planets the stars the creatures the effects that physics play in all of it such as gravity speed energy down to the cells that make my body up and I still hit dead ends as he quoted Albert Einstein saying he just couldn't imagine a picture of it but just keep running the thought processes in all means and it will always come to you be happy
I can listen to him for hours. He’s a great scientist, and an exceptional story teller. He’s way of simplifying complex topics reminds me of Brian Greene.
He is not a scientist, he is a speculating philosopher. Nothing wrong with that, but don't call it science, which requires to be experimental and falsifiable. String theory and multiverse theory do not qualify. His ideas have no more validity than that of a metaphysics philosopher.
@@showponyexpressify "A theoretical physicist is a scientist who uses mathematics, calculations, chemistry, biology and a series of theories to understand the complex workings of the universe and the interactions between matter and energy."
I went back into your archives for this one. Lex was wide eyed listening to this brilliant mind :) I was lucky enough to meet Dr Kaku after one of his entertaining talks many years ago. As a futurist, his visions might sound outlandish to some; I assure you, he is well grounded in his reasoning with a deep understanding of our trajectory as a species. I imagine his predictions will be a collection of beautiful files in the near future where many of the things he said will have come to fruition. His true wisdom will play out many years from now.
This podcast i find most interesting specially for me after elon musk podcast it was so so good conversation.Michio kaku is ONE OF MY FAVORITE PHYSICISTS.
I could listen to this dude talk for hours. The one question me and my friends would ask ourselves when we were in college is why there is something rather than nothing.
it's funny that we think the default state should be "nothing" and have a hard time accepting the default state might be "something". but we'll never really know
@@tyblu7667 It's ok its just something I noticed, you don't have to notice it too. Life is subjective. Relax. I love Mitch Hedberg as well as Michio Kaku. Follow what you love.
What an incredible mind. His book, Physics of the Impossible, is in large part the reason I went back to school, and will be recieving my bachelor in CS in a few months. Great interview!
@@jessethompson4019 did you seriously just ask how does he have an incredible mind? The guy is a genius. He's literally one of the smartest people alive. Got any sources for your claims?
He made me realize for the first time that telepathy could (and most likely will) actually be possible when we create an interface between our brains and the internet. That's pretty amazing imo.
@@lawanddalatieh yeah lol I realised this a long time ago... People don't think about it but about half of our communication if not more is now primarily non physical. It is now simply a case of waiting for the tools that facilitate the quickest and most direct stream of thought to digital medium. I'm guessing the primitive version of this will be something along the lines of what Musk is looking at with Neuralink.
A I is the wave of the future but he does have a point about a I advance memories vortex math Im just learning but it's all about the universe laws of attraction
@@lawanddalatieh true.. i already observe this. its like being commanded by my phone and i dont like it. ive been questioning telepathy these days. im always quiet and observing my environement. i can somehow pick up bits of information by mere observing something especially from the internet. and i dont like it. i cannot hide or you cannot hide.
I love Lex Fridman's focused, calm and utterly relaxed demeanor. Almost emotionless, but not in a bad way; It's more like he's just very in control of emotion.
A little simplistic at times, but he opens ideas that most people don't realize about our daily universe. But he glazes over critical concepts and this to connect some of his larger concepts. But he is a good listen, I used to listen to him in the early 90's on the Art Bell coast to coast am radio show.
@@snowsanta7 all it needs is a bit of common sense. We are either being visited by aliens or not. If not then a hell of a lot of pilots military and civilian plus air traffic controllers who report silent flying discs are making it all up which is worrying in itself.
Talks about space exploration and space science makes me more interested in life, it's a blessing that we can listen to such talks and almost for free due to RU-vid
I remember Michio talking about science and future on Discovery Channel or something similiar years ago - I loved watching him when I was a kid. And I still do, his insights are as fascinating and inspiring as they were back then!
He's too scared to try Mushrooms or DMT. I'd love Michio Kaku to do a Scientific DMT study. Connect him to an IV drip and send him off into the Cosmos for an hour discussing string theory with Machine Elf's
That's seriously the perfect way to describe him. He has this showman like persona and it's simply that he has been giving these takes all the time, ergo, the walking monologue.
I think it's because he's constantly being interviewed on the same topic, I've seen quite a few of his interviews and they are very similar, even using the same jokes. He's awesome though.
I met him after a lecture he gave in Texas. He is an exceptional person and really a nice guy! What a gift he is to the world. I've read all his books except the most recent one.
Great interview! I used to run into him all the time on the Upper West side a few years ago when I lived in NYC. I think we lived in the same building. He was always such a lovely man and gentleman. More excited to meet him than all of the other celebs I have met. The man is a genius.
I grew up watching him host shows about space as a child. This guy is the reason I fell in love with space. He is so skilled at explaining big things for a small mind. Love this guy
For me its hard to keep eye contact if you are "downloading" information form your brain and try to explain complex concepts. Its way easier with everyday smaltalk topics though.
Anti-Science=Anti-Nuclear=Michio Kaku=Doctor EVIL! STOP CASSINI the Pu-238 Powered Saturn Spaceship. SO GLAD Anti-Science=Anti-Nuclear=Michio Kaku= DOCTOR EVIL"s Lawsuit to STOP CASSINI the Pu-238 Powered Saturn Spaceship=FAILED! Anyone who admires this Fraud is Totally STUPID!
@@joeroganpodfantasy42 Thats because the bulk of his knowledge is theory bound to mathematics that your mind couldn't even begin to comprehend because it lacks the pre-requisites of the pre-requisites of the pre-requisites...Its not his fault you're exponentially less intelligent than he is. Do you think his 300 level courses and lectures are this speech over and over? Gotta love the Joe Rogan bois!!
@@briancam_2000 His opposition logic behind Cassini was very much centered around the delivery system of the experiment and NOT in any way an anti-nuclear or anti-science stance. He even gave a suggestion for a safer plan that would still allow the scientific experiments to go forward. He was opposed to NASA's methods and how they assess risk. We all know the tragedies that have occurred due to the bureaucracy of NASA, specifically involving SRB's. Seems pretty reasonable to consider what would happen should launch fail and 70+ lbs of Pu is rained down onto civilization. I am glad we launched Cassini and glad its' launch didn't fail. We've learned so much from it. He is no fraud, and you may want to learn to express yourself better. You come off as a bit unhinged. Who types like that lol! :)
So much information. I've learned a lot about his ideas and theories.t I admire and respect him a great deal. I want to read his books about Quantum physics and the string theory, artificial intelligence, etc. Fascinating.
"Dogs are confused. Dogs think that we are a dog. That we're the top dog, and they're the underdog." -haha great interview, learned a lot from Michio over the years!
Michio's the one who's confused. Dogs aren't dummies. We don't look like a dog, smell like a dog, act like a dog. They know we're a different critter, just like they know a bird isn't a dog.
@@tiny_toilet sorry, but you're the confused one. What he's talking about, like most of his answers, is supported by science. In this case, canine psychology. There have been experiments carried out as to dog behavior comparing humans to fellow dogs. What he is saying is accurate, dogs think of people as part of their pack. Next time, don't be an idiot
@@danzai They think of people as part of their pack, yes, but they don't think we are actually dogs like them. They just accept anyone as their pack, and they love humans, it's literally in their genes. What Kaku is saying there, shouldn't be taken literally, he is just making a point.
To Mr. Kaku's comment that he doesn't know any war between 2 democratic states, the biggest conflict between 2 democratic systems of that time, that instantly came into my mind was back in ancient Greece between Athens and Syracuse. (Information according to ancient Greek historian Thucydides).
That is correct but don't forget all humans have that capability to reach inside their consciousness but they are operating on low frequency and vibrations!
I remember once in a interview Kaku was asked if he thinks Math is hard…he said Math can be hard for everybody but he was curious enough about the universe that he didn’t let that problem stop him so he hit the books for hours and hours and the more he spent time working through these math problems the easier it got and the better he could understand some of the things that makes the universe appear as it is.
The more math I did, the harder it got! So, I found an autistic room-mate. He would do my home-work and I would button his shirt and tie his shoes. I then made A's in math class.
@@reinman1987cancerI feel like a lot of modern scientist always come up with a "childhood garage story" to make them look like some sort of wonder genuis child. They mostly exaggerate their story, it's impossible that a child could built a working particle accelerator or nuclear reactor or whatever he had claimed to built.
Michio is one my favorite physicists out there and a personal favorite. He was one of the people that inspired me to follow my engineering career. I met him for his future of humanity book tour in Chicago. Great guy and great book. God bless.
Wow, great. Yeah I loved his "universe in a nutshell", crazy it's now a decade old. I would love to know what he thinks about the mindblowing improvements in AI that happened this year.
Really? Haven’t you noticed that he repeats the same shit over and over in all of this talks ? So you like hearing the same story over and over ? This guys is the worst…
I read Michio's book Visions to my son when he was around 7 or 8. It inspired him, too. He had thousands of questions I had to answer. He learned there is a future and what it might look like. He also learned it's gonna be damned fun and interesting to be a part of it. He's now a tech lead for a telecom company. I imagine Michio had a great impact on many of today's engineers and scientists.
Finally!!! We hear that there are possibly ongoing multiple Big Bangs and not just an initial Bigbang for all creation but possibly an infinate ongoing process of Bigbangs. Thank you Doctor Michio for your quantum theory expressed here.
I understand the joke, but Lex really answered the questions Michio asked. Or at least he tried. This means, the questions were not rhetorycal. I am not taking out the fun of your commnet
It’s so humbling how primitive we are we don’t know where we came from or where we’re going and our smartest ppl spend hours discussing the possibilities
@@matthewlawton9241 that’s a tiny amount of information in the bigger scale of things, we have 0 idea where we will be in 200 thousand years and we have no idea why humans or any life form exists anyway, the information we have on the universe is so limited to say it isn’t is just pure human arrogance and wanting to play god, we get the biology but why why does any of it even make sense why are there random giant stars floating around space, why are there random frequencies and dimensions in this universe, we are so primitive if you compare us to the idea of an alien civilisation that has evolved for millions of years, and that concept is just as strange as the fact we are alive today, we know very little
I don't recall to when exactly was the last time I'd watch a whole interview lasting more than 15-20minutes straight without interruption. and especially at 2:30 am. but I just couldn't stop this ! amazing talk Michio & Lex. thank you guys.
I remember when RU-vid first came out. I thought it was a stupid idea. Watching videos like this without having to travel to public speaking events, boy was I stupid.
@@derice7460 Well, I agree. But if guys like us should have existed then, we would have anticipated what such an incredible thing RU-vid will be. If I tell you your kids would telepath, do you believe it?
Michio Kaku is one of my greatest role models. I was heavily inspired by his lectures and talks at my teenage days, motivating me to get into STEM. Love Dr. Kaku! Salute!! One of favorite podcasts of all time.
Michio doesn't need an interviewer, he asks himself the random questions and goes off on a tangent. I picture him just walking round the house talking to himself
