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In Episode 2 of their journey through the history of the universe, Dr. Katie Mack and John Green discuss the fundamental forces of nature, the tiny ovens we know as particle colliders, and how we all can exist.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
3:17 - Particle colliders
5:45 - Protons
14:00 - The Fundamental Forces
20:33 - The Theory of Everything
27:12 - The Higgs Field
34:46 - It's Incredible That We Know This Stuff
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@Vertebray 20 дней назад

“We’re just a bunch of atoms temporarily organized into consciousness” You are the best life insurance salesperson 💀

@PandeMist 20 дней назад

Literally David Hume in a nutshell

@Vertebray 20 дней назад

Love how well Dr. Mack explains the crazy complexities of the universe! So much we still don’t know (and don’t know that we don’t know!) and it’s awesome that we have really smart people working on answering those fundamental and existential questions

@OrigamiMarie 19 дней назад

And I love how, through it all, John is just John. Interested, fascinated, and rather opinionated about the usage of language.

@chandragreenberg9109 11 дней назад

I absolutely love the graphics for this show. John and Katie as talking stars, them sitting in camping chairs in the corner looking at the night sky.... and then I backed the video up several seconds to hear something I'd missed, which revealed that the sky graphic is rotating imperceptibly slowly and that made me love it even more.

@DudeWhoSaysDeez 20 дней назад

We need more conversations like this. If two experts in a field are talking, it leaves out the audience, so thank you John for asking questions that we are wondering about.

@tobywilson 19 дней назад

I did my PhD in cosmology and particle theory, so I'm familiar with the material being covered here... But Dr Mack has an incredible way of truly making me feel the weight of that knowledge in a way that I haven't really considered before. I guess you grow to take things for granted, and forget just how amazingly fruitful the collaboration of science has been.

@bkffr4100 20 дней назад

Let's enjoy this episode before Hank issues a copyright strike for his song.

@The_Serpent_of_Eden 19 дней назад

Oh, and also a lovely quote from Alan Watts: "Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence." We're literally Big Bang protons experiencing ourselves!

@Juniper-111 19 дней назад

I love how John's anxiety acts as a barometer for the inherent complexity physics. It both suggests that it's ok to struggle with physics and that its ok for the picture to complex. Not everything has a perfectly elegant theory and we still must try to understand the world in all its complexity.

@LawTaranis 19 дней назад

You can tell how well someone understands a subject by how well they can explain it to someone who doesn't understand it. Dr Mack understands this stuff very well.

@danieloneal7137 19 дней назад

I dunno. There are a lot of incredibly smart and talented people who make really lousy teachers. Being a good communicator is its own skill; some folks got it and some don’t. Dr. Mack definitely does.

@benh66 20 дней назад

I had a little giggle when she said, word for word, “a quark is a fundamental constituent of matter”

@jennifersaar1611 20 дней назад

I find our smallness within the grand scale of the universe very comforting. Our problems loom so large, but when you think about the fact that earth is just a tiny, tiny part of a much greater whole, it really puts things into perspective.

@avivastudios2311 18 дней назад

How would that be comforting. It still feels huge to your mind. And your mind is what's having an experience, not the universe.

@toxicbagel 20 дней назад

4:40 Okay, but...what if particle colliders were called "cosmological origin generators" instead? We could even call them "COGs" for short and talk about them as our way to explore the initial machinery of the Universe. 👀

@jamesmorseman3180 20 дней назад

Particle colliders are already a cool enough name as it is

@misslayer3340 20 дней назад

I'm studying for my neuroscience degree and I have to take a few physics classes next semester. I know it's mostly math, but listening to stuff like this is really helping relieve some anxiety I have about it. Ive started to change my attitude from the dreaded "having to take physics" to the semi excited "getting to learn physics".

@CliffSedge-nu5fv 18 дней назад

Start studying or reviewing calculus now.

@blobberberry 18 дней назад

Hopefully you get to learn some new math, too! It's the language that empowers us to communicate the details of mind-blowing physics like this :)

@gibberishname 20 дней назад

I've listened to all of The Anthropocene Reviewed, and Dear Hank & John, and now this. podcast, The Universe. No matter WHAT podcast, no matter WHAT episode, John's transitions to life insurance ads are PERFECT!

@pinkcupcake4717 19 дней назад

John played the Quark Song and I instantly responded. It's been yearsssss since I last intentionally listened to it but I know that chorus by heart.

@abbysweat9202 19 дней назад

These first two episodes have been just great at helping me get my head around all these things i kind of know. Reminds me of the Carl Sagan quote "WE are a way for the universe to know ITSELF". MY HYDROGEN UNDERSTANDS BIG BANG THEORY. HOW COOL.

@GregMcNeish 20 дней назад

There's something so powerful about John's meek, monotone "wow" in response to some new piece of knowledge. We get other, bigger reactions, that perfectly mirror what I'm feeling, but in that soft, simple "wow" you can really feel the gravity (pun intended) of John's revelation. It's like it lands in a place that's too deep to even register emotionally. There's a profound reverence in that moment, where human emotion and expression is insufficient to capture what's happening. Absolutely loving this podcast. Can't wait for more.

@bananafax 20 дней назад

I think it was Sabine Hossenfelder that gave me the really profound revelation that quantum mechanics and the standard model of physics are just mathematical models. They both have a lot of predictive power, but they both seem to break down under certain circumstances. Think of a model kind of like a perspective on the true nature of the universe. From the perspective of the models, things like particle-waves, quantum tunneling, and gravity just don't seem to make a lot of sense. However, in another model of the universe all of these quirks of the model could be obvious and plain. Maybe the universe isn't necessarily unintuitive and strange. Maybe we just don't have the right paradigm(s) yet.

@mattkuhn6634 20 дней назад

The strangeness of gravity and incompatibility of the equations of QM and Relativity all but guarantee that we don’t have it all correct - it seems more likely than not that we have at least one fundamental misconception that we are still assuming.

@maxmetodiev641 19 дней назад

I know Sabine

@brittanyh5390 12 дней назад

My 11 year old aspiring astrophysicist with an anxiety disorder is laughing and marveling along with you both through this series. It's been a refreshing reminder for us both that anxiety can be a stepping stone on our journey to discovery! Your candidness about those feelings has been eye-opening for him, John. Thank you.

@ehname1 16 дней назад

I am ecstatic about this podcast, the first two episodes have been exactly what I hoped they would be and I can't overstate how much I love them. I'm so excited to see where this series goes 🫶

@reginat5749 20 дней назад

I really love this, I'm barely able to comprehend, but I enjoy this immensely. That being said, everytime someone says 'quark' I hear it as Quark, which is a kind of dairy product in German. I'm easily amused. ☺

@Beryllahawk 20 дней назад

I always think about a 1970s (ish) progressive rock album called "Quark Strangeness and Charm" hehe

@juliegolick 5 дней назад

I love how every time John is like, "Okay, so I think I understand it. It's like THIS, right?" and Dr. Mack takes this deep breath and you know she's about to complicate things again.

@Noelle__vibes 20 дней назад

I can't believe such a complicated thing can be explained so coherently, cool!

@HannahWoodardLockaby 20 дней назад

So appreciative of this podcast. Who knew particle physics was so achingly beautiful? I love gaining a better understanding of our universe, even if I will only ever understand it on a very basic layperson's level. It almost feels worshipful to ponder these things.

@TatianaBoshenka 20 дней назад

I can't love this enough! It hit me when thinking about this episode that the good, goodness, like studying and learning about the universe and how it came about and what it's made of and all that stuff, that goodness is just so good that no badness can even hope to compete. Goodness has already won, we're just watching and working on the playing out of the details. Goodness is delicious. Profound thanks for this!

@acetheenby1475 6 дней назад

The way that he sounds like he's trying to hold back a smile or a laugh during the ads is hilarious to me.

@debrachambers1304 19 дней назад

The music in these reminds me of the score for Apocalypse Now.

@davesatxify 15 дней назад

the music used in these two pods/vods is beautiful in a slightly haunting airy way

@radagastwiz 17 дней назад

I was hoping John would bring up 'Strange Charm', but they actually played an excerpt! Love it.

@debrachambers1304 19 дней назад

42:18 it's interesting to me when people say things like this about humans. Even when being cynical, the reasons to despair about humanity are about humans hurting humans, presupposing the value of humans.

@laurenr842 20 дней назад

Maybe microcosmos can also exist in podcast form so I can lose my microbial unknowns anxiety 🥺 thanks for the physics John and Dr Mack

@thelanavishnuorchestra 19 дней назад

To have John and Dr. Katie talking cosmology is pretty amazing. It's pretty much perfect.

@ponyote 20 дней назад

Yay, episode 2! Strap in, we're learning stuff.

@petermiller8727 20 дней назад

This series just makes me very happy.

@hiruluk 20 дней назад

Loving this series! As a professional proton connoisseur, it is really fun to hear John's reactions to all the mind bending facts. ❤

@stoatystoat174 17 дней назад

"Quark, Strangeness & Charm" is an excellent song, and album, by English band Hawkwind

@Lolalogo 15 дней назад

I was doing a summer internship at CERN the year the Higgs was discovered! The import beer in the cafeteria was Budweiser.

@branolukwesa3538 14 дней назад

The change in the Higgs field reminds me of my memories before birth.

@alexisthinking 19 дней назад

When it comes to things that bring people joy, I don’t think there’s much that brings people more joy than policy genius ad reads do John.

@williambilyeu9801 8 дней назад

So gluons are little bits of glue that hold us and the universe together.😊

@Theraot 19 дней назад

I can hear the smile on the ad read. I imagine John Green thinking "ha, I got them with an ad!".

@naota3k 19 дней назад

"Early Universe Simulator" sounds like a very apt description of what particle colliders actually do.

@a_tiny_ella 19 дней назад

Once again, a comfort. A sense of healing. I am so happy that this podcast exists.

@banosja 12 дней назад

Just finished her book. I REALLY hope y'all spend time reviewing her sub chapter, The Infinite Cosmic Treadmill. That section blew my mind.

@nataliahernes4 17 дней назад

Amazing episode. So complex,yet so well explained and executed. Love how you look at these scientific breakthroughs through a philosophical lense😊❤

@cutzer243 19 дней назад

Here's a way to imagine how small 10^-12 is: 1 trillionth of the circumference of the Earth is only 0.0015 inches or 0.038mm.

@AShoutIntoTheVoid 18 дней назад

This is my new favorite thing

@Danny_6Handford 19 дней назад

Another great YoutTube on understanding the universe! Very interesting to learn what protons are made from. This got me thinking that there might even be more stuff inside protons than just quarks and gluons. Many Physicist say that gravity is not a force. Sabine Hossenfelder has a good RU-vid explaining how gravity is not really a force.

@robinmoreno76 14 дней назад

So much chaotic yet organized intelligence.

@doughilton 20 дней назад

Please do more of these! These are phenomenal!

@acetrainer5564 20 дней назад

Is there some kind of anti-higgs that allows anti-matter to exist? Or does the higgs field govern anti-matter as well?

@brianwaltenbaugh 20 дней назад

I love this series!!! Thanks you two.

@panqueque445 19 дней назад

This series is fascinating. Thank you.

@The_Serpent_of_Eden 19 дней назад

Another awesome installment, I'm loving this podcast so much! For the folklorists/mythologists out there: "We're here because something broke" hmm yes, the figurative, metaphorical description would be Lucifer the Lightbringer breaking away from the perfection of heaven in his rebellion. We can only exist due to the fracturing of perfection into imperfection--if everything was perfect, you'd have only stasis, and nothing would happen! And the discussion about how physicists like to see different angles/aspects of the same entity/particle reminds me of how many cultures talk about God having different aspects or facets, different ways of experiencing it. As just one example, in some Germanic/Norse pagan religions, you have the Lord (the male aspect, also called the power-wielder) and the Lady (the female aspect, also called the power). Or explore the concept of Indra's Net in Buddhism. God as a multi-faceted jewel is a metaphor you will find in a lot of spiritual writings. Such an awesome series!

@Patchouliprince 20 дней назад

Love this new podcast! I checked every dang day for this new episode woot woot

@Enn- 18 дней назад

This is great! Thanks!

@isabellawinslow5803 20 дней назад

If anyone would like to hear more of Dr. Mack, she has a talk online from about three years ago at the Royal Institute that I found absolutely lovely:)

@Davlavi 20 дней назад

Another great episode.

@atrelpilex1 12 дней назад

wow this was awesome !!! Can't wait to listen to the next podcast !

@veganphilosopher1975 14 дней назад

Loved this

@sabohatorinova7050 20 дней назад

It's very comfortable podcast broo😊😊😅

@carmillachoate 19 дней назад

I came for the conversation and to get my mind blown but the biggest mind blow moment, that ad trasition

@gabrielmarciu69 19 дней назад

I cannot listen to this podcast without imagining it as just John Green talking about the universe with Elyse Willems who's coming down from a mild cold.

@jennifersaar1611 20 дней назад

I love this podcast so much.

@zackglenn2847 20 дней назад

This is all so strange and complicated and mysterious. It makes me want to study physics even though I literally just graduated in engineering 😅

@Inthemains 20 дней назад

I am enjoying this very much!

@bodhimofo 19 дней назад

Dr. Mack's explanations are so satisfying, like a steaming hot cuppa quark-gluon plasma.

@F.o.s.t.e.r. 18 дней назад

I listen on a bootleg podcast app and don't know if it shows as a view for you so I wanted to come here and add my appreciation and enjoyment to the din. And also say that John is the perfect compliment for Katie in this series.

@ThePvPDestiny 20 дней назад

Man I love this so much!

@user-co8vc5nd7l 20 дней назад

What a great start to my day. I had my morning coffee with you guys and also why cant I have this every day

@Natnizer 19 дней назад

That first Policy Genius ad got me

@beneettastalin 19 дней назад

Mad respect to this dude he has been doing this for years😊

@btbesquire5 19 дней назад

"It wouldn't be cosmology if it didn't make me nervous". You and me both, John.

@jonathanbyrdmusic 19 дней назад

These conversations between experts and smart non-experts are very important.

@Strange_Nothings 20 дней назад

I enjoyed this episode thoroughly because i haven't done a whole lot of study on particle physics side of cosmology, and learning about quarks was really interesting and exciting. I might have to do some digging about learning about protons and quarks because it has piqued my interest!

@prtrainor 20 дней назад

Yay!!! I love this podcast! I even love the ads.

@ajs1998 20 дней назад

Actually LOL'd when he said "8 billion people are currently in existence and 112 came in and then out of existence. We're only here for a little while my friends... And that's why there's life insurance."

@mattkuhn6634 20 дней назад

Strap in y’all, sounds like we’re gonna take a trip to the quantum foam today!

@williamjohnson5022 20 дней назад

Question for the knowledgeable, so the Higgs field changes value & as a result physics as we know it rapidly results in an expanding universe. Is there any way to know how long the universe existed prior to that change in the field value or can we not look back before that change because we don't know what the rules were?

@marsp.1620 19 дней назад

MORE OF THIS NOW PLS

@Satoru40_07 20 дней назад

Amazing 🪐✨

@Sugar3Glider 20 дней назад

Wait, are you telling me there's a THIRD Green brother that is a musician?

@billyalarie929 19 дней назад

I lol irl at every life insurance ad from john green bc he KNOWS it’s absurd as the thing he (and I, let’s be frank) just learned about the superposition of these particles and, on a much, much greater yet far less evident scale, us.

@DanielEstrada 16 дней назад

Question: Imagine some scientists are around before this change in the Higgs field. Could they have anticipated that the change was coming, that the weak and EM forces would separate, etc? Could another such event happen in our future? Could electricity and magnetism separate?

@TheRealPaulMarshall 19 дней назад

@7:50 - This is also where they should have stuck with truth and beauty.

@victoriaridgway2286 5 дней назад

I was gonna do homework but I think I need to lay in bed and listen to this instead

@dancer8541 15 дней назад

need 3 NOW

@surturz 20 дней назад

The kerning between the E and the R on the title is driving me crazy

@bretnetherton9273 18 дней назад

Awareness is known by awareness alone.

@pyeitme508 20 дней назад

WOW!

@richardrugg 20 дней назад

Why can't gravity be energy-dependent? Couldn't that potentially explain what we now call dark matter/dark energy?

@branolukwesa3538 14 дней назад

It's still a big mush of corks and gluons, you can call the mush the "soul" of essense.

@etienneporras7252 19 дней назад

There might not be a Season 2 of the Universe... ...but there MIGHT be a Remake.

@nickcaruso 16 дней назад

Great video. Can’t help noticing that Dr. Mack stopped mentioning the strong force in the discussion of the early universe. One wishes to know more in this regard. Is there really a grand unified theory or is the strong force still on its own?

@rachel.6791 20 дней назад

I do often get so much existential dread wondering why I was made

@giselematthews7949 20 дней назад

You worry too much.

@Pfhorrest 20 дней назад

So is it not the case that at extremely high temperatures particles just don't couple to the Higgs field because they have too much energy to get "caught" like that, but rather the Higgs field itself changes somehow (dependent on temperature)?

@Valdagast 17 дней назад

You should ask her about false vacuums and vacuum decay. That'll give you nightmares.

@Meerkat000 20 дней назад

Finally

@HeavyMetalYeti12 15 дней назад

As these progress I'm very much expecting a time knife reaction from John at something.

@PandeMist 20 дней назад

I used to teach a class where an electron was represented by a banana (as in, an actual fruit, dont ask) and I was fully prepared for my students to ask me like hold up why is an electon bigger than a proton (which was a strawberry) and why is it shaped so, arent electrons just tiny balls to which I was explicitly prepared to answer yeah WHAT do you think an electon is shaped like and then delve into the electon cloud thing. Nobody ever asked though.