As Carl Sagan said "if we are alone in the universe it's an awful waste of space".

@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098

6 ай бұрын

Probably his most unscientific comment ever. It contradicts Cox's quote from him here.

@reallymakesyouthink

6 ай бұрын

@@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098 how so?

@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098

6 ай бұрын

@@reallymakesyouthink He quoted him as saying something along the lines of "The universe doesn't care what we think", eg, our meaningless observations are irrelevant.

@reallymakesyouthink

6 ай бұрын

@@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098 these quotes don't contridict each other.

@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098

6 ай бұрын

@@reallymakesyouthink Think about them again.

"The biggest threat to us is human stupidity".... So well said.

@randmayfield5695

4 ай бұрын

I am all for human stupidity so you pretty much know who I'll be voting for in November. Trump 2024.

@warrenstemphly5756

3 ай бұрын

People who make statements like that never seem to include themselves. It’s like saying “every human is stupid, except me”.

@outsidethepyramid

2 ай бұрын

The biggest threat to us is a physicist. Namely J. Robert Oppenheimer. He designed the atomic bomb which was dropped on two cities. Those are the two worst incidents in human history.

@redbarchetta8782

2 ай бұрын

@@warrenstemphly5756 You are really overreacting. Brian Cox is generalizing. Did you think he was directly accusing you?

@outsidethepyramid

2 ай бұрын

@@redbarchetta8782 The biggest threat to us is a physicist. Namely J. Robert Oppenheimer. He designed the atomic bomb which was dropped twice

"Two possibilities exist, either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying"

@richardscally694

9 күн бұрын

Arthur C Clark.

@MrJlc93

9 күн бұрын

@@richardscally694 yep I couldn't remember who said it thanks 👍

@Wartooth6

7 күн бұрын

you must of missed dave grush. turns out we are not alone and yes it is terrifying.

@MrJlc93

7 күн бұрын

@@Wartooth6 as much as I would like to say I agree. There is no evidence of any life out in the universe. It's just a case that it's so vast there has to be somewhere

Bravo…I fully enjoyed the freshness of this episode and the positive vibe….well said 👏👏👏

@bigdyl6173

7 күн бұрын

Bro said “well said” like he didn’t just repeat the same bullshit all these physicists say. I love these guys but my god do they ever miss the mark. It’s 2024. We have more then enough instrument data from pilots, Visual confirmation, Thousands of government documents, Tens of government programs ALL SAYING THE SAME THING. but yes let’s talk probability’s because that’ll get us somewhere

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity"

@gazzaeabc3805

5 ай бұрын

And greed.

@djehuti3

5 ай бұрын

Heinlein?

@Slo-ryde

4 ай бұрын

Stupidity to civilization.,,,, is like Kryptonite to Superman!

@rmac3217

4 ай бұрын

​@@Slo-rydeStupidity thrives in civilization, rulers like the stupid and make sure they get a pat on the back and are happy in their delusions. Used to be religion, now it's aliens, infinite universes and time travel through a wormhole.

@iambiggus

27 күн бұрын

@@djehuti3 Guy Richie. Edit: Or rather, Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity...

Brian Cox is so down to earth with simple observations, and can express in simple language what really matters!

@TheMartian4u

5 ай бұрын

If he did simple observations he would see that there is strong evidence to study this phenomenon, which he is not.

@cubeflinger

5 ай бұрын

​@@TheMartian4uand which major astrophysicist does

@TomLatchford69

4 ай бұрын

It's because he understands what he's talking about. So a child could understand him because he can explain it on many different levels so chooses to dumb it down so you can understand it

@HellenicRenegade

4 ай бұрын

🤡🤡🤡

@Shelmerdine745

4 ай бұрын

@@TheMartian4u What evidence?

I hope the world leaders have listened to you Brian. Well done!

@Kube_Dog

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, they're phoning each other right now to discuss this video.

@mikekemble958

Ай бұрын

not a chance, they are too busy checking on their foreign bank accounts; we need that huge space ship over Westminster - then they would be panicking. Me? Celebrating

@arielatomhc

24 күн бұрын

We love you Brian❤❤❤

@jonathaninteriano8389

10 күн бұрын

@@Kube_Doglmfao😂😂💀

Fascinating conversation. Well managed too.

The biggest threat is human stupidity….well said.

@1pcfred

4 ай бұрын

Indeed. For it was very stupid people that created all of the challenges that we face today. Take those idiotic nuclear physicists for example. What were they thinking when they split the atom? Don't even get me started on Fritz Haber either. What a knucklehead! We'd all be better off if we were still nesting in trees.

@Slo-ryde

4 ай бұрын

There is no shortage of that!

@evil17

3 ай бұрын

Yes, historians will tout this period as the ‘Dumbening’, where stupidity was let run rife.

@1pcfred

3 ай бұрын

@@evil17 actually this is the smartest we've ever been. It's due to the Flynn Effect. It certainly doesn't say much for us as a species though I suppose. We're just not very bright. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@melvinsamson1378

Ай бұрын

And aliens arriving on this planet will not change that.

He has the gift to explain difficult questions intelligible to the more simple people like me. Always good to hear and watch him.👍

@TheRowlandstone73

4 ай бұрын

Like if Jupiter and Saturn were like a football that smelled of PVC you get from Woolworth's, then Uranus and Neptune perhaps would be tomatoes or a tennis ball.

@michael-4k4000

2 ай бұрын

He’s no Neil Degrasse Tyson

@Kube_Dog

2 ай бұрын

@@michael-4k4000 1000 times better than Neil TheGas Tyson. Tyson is all ego and stupid chuckles. Not even a scientist, just a yak man.

@shonunezekiel

Ай бұрын

@@michael-4k4000 Neil Degrasse Tyson is also wonderful.

@michael-4k4000

Ай бұрын

@@shonunezekiel exactly 💯

If more people was like Brian the world would be a much MUCH greater place to be!

@brianbell3836

4 ай бұрын

But you wouldn't have anyone to talk to, dummy.

@JZsBFF

4 ай бұрын

You seem like a pretty decent person so the world is definitely a pretty good place. 👍

@francisfischer7620

25 күн бұрын

Well that's the truth.

@arielatomhc

24 күн бұрын

We love you Brian Cox ❤❤❤❤

@vladislavgorshkov737

7 күн бұрын

@@arielatomhc gay

I often ask myself why people as clearly brilliant, in their field, as Brian Cox could seem almost childlike in their naivety? I have come to the conclusion that people like Brian just don't realise that not everyone is like them. I feel that, as a world leader, he would be kind, caring, and have a genuine passion for helping people. The sad truth is; I believe that he would not be able to see how many people around the world would take advantage of his lack of understanding of human nature. We need more people like Brian to make our society a better place, and we need others to help protect us from those who would make it worse.

@EyeOhNine012

Ай бұрын

Brilliantly put 👏

@dcabner1

Күн бұрын

Don’t mistake kindness for weakness, he dumbs down what he says so the simplest of creatures could understand.

Prof. Cox was born with a perpetual smile. Love his presentations.

@Jay-ru3mu

5 ай бұрын

a.i

@Gfysimpletons

5 ай бұрын

B.P.

@indinewall6112

5 ай бұрын

Yeah but it's one of those gumpy English smiles where they talk through their top teeth and lower lip and can't say the letter 'r' properly.

@joshcurtis7524

5 ай бұрын

@@indinewall6112grow up

@grahamfisher5436

5 ай бұрын

That smile was being put to the test when asked the question "Do you think we will make it"?! Oh I could see that look in his eyes and in his face 🥺🫤😒🫣😣

We could use more people like Brian in politics and science.

@MichaelWinter-ss6lx

5 ай бұрын

The kind of people we would need in politics, are strangely the ones that would never want to mess their minds thru the power that comes along with it. The people that volunteer for politics, are exactly the kind we should keep as far away from it as posible. 🚀🏴‍☠️

@rextrek

5 ай бұрын

Rightwingers dont like SMART PEOPLE

@psychedelian87

5 ай бұрын

He already does the science thing.

@Jay-ru3mu

5 ай бұрын

a.i

@PvtSkywalker

5 ай бұрын

He has spent his whole career saying we are alone. Just saying.

Could listen to Brian Cox all day!

8 сағат бұрын

Could you really?

Just love listening to Brian. I'v often thought that now with space being more accessable that world leaders need to spend a week in space learning about the little rock that we/ humanity all share hurtling through space. Since I was a small child the most frightening thing has always been that people can be selfish fools even though they're supposedly adults. As I grew older it was startling that ofter people in serious power possistions like leaders of goverments were only in it for power with no concept of humanity.

Brian is the coolest nerd ever . I’ve never been a academic but wish I would of had a teacher like him.

@LordHighness

5 ай бұрын

That's tragic.

@thecroft6070

5 ай бұрын

Me wish I had wan to

@paulkowalski7378

5 ай бұрын

He's controlled Part of the elite...so easy to see how these media commentators rise to mass appreciation This is so mainstream that tells you so much and not enough to be a total revelation. Same old.

@jamesbarr5170

5 ай бұрын

Had you had a teacher like Brian, you might have said `would have ` ;-))

@MachineintheMonkey

5 ай бұрын

@@LordHighnesshaven’t you got some bible studies to do?

Brian Cox is exceptional because above all else in these types of conversations, he's good faith. He may personally not think there's any credence to the different stories, but he's certainly open to the possibilities, and to talking about them. You can't ask for more from someone in the conversation really.

@LordHighness

5 ай бұрын

He's a total and utter muppet.

@downundanow5569

2 ай бұрын

Brian is one of those true scientists who happily admit that the answer to so many questions is "We simply don't know."

@shonunezekiel

Ай бұрын

​@@downundanow5569 We know the answer to the vast majority of the questions we know how to ask - but there are certainly many questions unanswered, and perhaps many questions yet to be asked. Most scientists will agree that there are things we do not know yet, otherwise, there would not be a job for scientists - but I agree Brian conveys this wisdom well.

@downundanow5569

Ай бұрын

We might THINK we know the answers to most questions, but The Half Life Of Knowledge, as in the field of quantitative analysis of science known as scientometrics, could make such assertions moot.🙂 @@shonunezekiel

Of course we are not alone. and Brian Cox is adorable!!

Fantastic interview!

I like the way that Brian explains things and how he doesnt discredit someone else's opinion.

@MrTimjm009

6 ай бұрын

Compare this style to Neil De Grasse Tyson . He is abysmal especially recently

@mattp9932

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@MrTimjm009Ndt is really horrible person.

@jeschinstad

5 ай бұрын

@@MrTimjm009: There might be different audiences. I like Tyson very much, but it gets a bit much after a while.

@philosophist9562

4 ай бұрын

That just means you are smart, smart person knows you can't just rule out of claims without getting to the bottom of it. Sadly not something average person is aware of

I love what he said at the end. I've said for a long time that if we got our world leaders into space. The thought of world peace and real progress for humanity would experience its greatest possible chance of success.

@samuelcosta8189

5 ай бұрын

Instead, they preach for war and greed(status)

@kman8749

5 ай бұрын

@samuelcosta8189 that's why we need to get them up there. It literally breaks them beyond their personal micro bubble to view the macro bubble of earth and its beauty. You're right tho.

@MichaelWinter-ss6lx

5 ай бұрын

Thats gonna scare them shitless. 🚀🏴‍☠️

@samuelcosta8189

5 ай бұрын

@@kman8749 Indeed

@mikeonthetube79

4 ай бұрын

@@kman8749 firstly. who's they.. every country is different the leaders are actually voted in by the people so it's the people who should goto space (in your logic). 2nd, who's to say changing someones perspective/bubble would not have the adverse affect? it's all subjective.

I absolutely love Brian, he’s a treasure amongst humans and the irony is he’s most scared of us. Let that sink in.

@Probabilityislife

4 ай бұрын

Guys, an idiot. I myself have been visited by extraterrestrial life. These folk are either dumb or in on the program. Aliens have 100% visited Earth multiple times and the powerful elite know this. Man is corrupt.

@miketobin2324

4 ай бұрын

I believe that Brian knows just how diabolical humans can be, given their long programming from evolution..... Humans have the potential of being very very bad.

@francisfischer7620

25 күн бұрын

Yes he does feel like a shy person, worried about being hurt. We are all so vulnerable. It's astonishing any of us creep out the door each morning! Bravo Brian!

Carl Sagans analogy of 2 enemies in a gasoline soaked room with different amounts of matches is brilliant and scary.

Fantastic interview, very thought provoking.

I think its more frightning to think we are all alone, than to know we are not the only ones.

@paulconway9745

5 ай бұрын

Your SAFE...we're NOT...We have Neighbours ;)

@nezkeys79

5 ай бұрын

I can give you a more frightening thought... One day the universe will die and any trace of our existence will be gone for eternity. Dark, cold and empty for infinity. Nothing we achieved will have mattered because nobody and nothing will be alive to read about it ^ That is frightening

@moonspirit65

5 ай бұрын

I was born alone, I've survived alone, I will die alone. Don't need others anywhere near me, especially crackpots and aliens, space ships don't exist and humans will be wiped out, hoo ray

@Chris-ly8wt

5 ай бұрын

that's not frightening, that's just reality. Having your internet disconnected is frightening. @@nezkeys79

@user-oh7iv3ij5x

5 ай бұрын

Don’t forget this may be part of a multiverse some Quantum Physics experts think it’s a possibility Sean Carroll @@nezkeys79

Brian's outlook on the future of humanity: Things can only get better!

@MINIMOTOMADNESS

4 ай бұрын

yeah he"s come along way since he was the keyboard player in d-ream,my mate played bongo drums in the band,

@-108-

4 ай бұрын

If only it were true.

@leecorcoran6174

4 ай бұрын

😂😂👍

@jaysunbrady

2 ай бұрын

Damn, was just about to make this comment.

@jaysunbrady

2 ай бұрын

@@-108- Brian was the keyboard player in D-Ream whose big hit was Things Can Only Get Better.

I love listening to Brian Cox and his quirky beliefs formed in his big brain 😊

The thing with a universe that is so large and long lasting is that it’s highly possible that alien civilisations could exist in Their billions and never come in contact with each other.

@chatteyj

6 ай бұрын

​@@1newme425 Actually the evidence that aliens have visited is overwhelming, but you and and Cox haven't taken the time to look at the evidence

@philsurtees

6 ай бұрын

@@1newme425 Lack of evidence is not evidence of absence. It is *_NOT_* equally possible that we are unique. It is possible, yes, but equally possible, no. If you think that, then you need to learn more science.

@NeverTalkToCops1

6 ай бұрын

Skinny Bob and everyone's favorite alien, J-Rod.

@samlawrence4670

6 ай бұрын

@@1newme425 we have been looking for nanoseconds in comparison to the age of the universe. Your logic is flawed I’m afraid.

@samlawrence4670

6 ай бұрын

@@1newme425well we have studied some 5000 odd exoplanets so far and have found indications that of those 5000, 59 could potentially support life. That is such an idiotically small number out of the trillions of planets that currently exist hat to think that there isn’t intelligent life somewhere out there is hubris of the highest order. Is it possible we are alone in the universe, it’s possible, it’s a vanishingly small chance but it certainly is far more probable that there is life out there than not.

Brian always makes me happy. Such a fun, happy, smiling man who has passions.

@formula1marshal

5 ай бұрын

And hes got a fat donng

We need more people like Brian Cox to simply explain deep concepts.

@Pavel_Poluian

5 ай бұрын

I think this is fake.🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

@davidcross8028

4 ай бұрын

Try understanding for yourself. Most scientists are paid by companies and corporations, and they do not bite the hand that feeds them.

"Once you're off the earth and you look back you get a sense that there's something really important here." For me, that pretty much says it all.

@sionalunevans

2 ай бұрын

I hope future aliens will be able to look back and rewind & fast forward at human history like a video tape

Brian is top class in his field and he's the person who has recently got me into finding out more about cosmology.

@andyhunter5869

6 ай бұрын

I've been down this road, and my only advice is don't read Cosmo magazine. I've read multiple copies and I can confirm that it has very little information about the universe.

@coffeetalk924

6 ай бұрын

Respect

@davidbrayshaw3529

6 ай бұрын

Astrology tells me, you're Virgo.

@seanpittaway5341

6 ай бұрын

Brian is easy to understand, not all of it but he does break it down as simply as it can be broken down. And he is so excited by all of it he does draw you in and make you want to listen and learn. And he was in a band years ago D-ream (things can only get better) think it went to number one in uk but could be wrong but it was always on the radio which makes him a legend, maybe 😊

@coffeetalk924

5 ай бұрын

@@davidbrayshaw3529 cringy dude 😆

If some politicians went up in a rocket and stared out of the window at the earth, they would still only see their own reflection in the glass.

I've never been a fan of this bloke on the TV, but this was really good.

Finally, someone to say so much meaningful enlightened comments regarding the human race, in a short eloquent manner that everyone in the world can comprehend.

he's so damn happy its infectious-LOVE HIM

Space and the oceans are my two biggest fears. What’s up & what’s down… I think it's just the sheer size and the unknowns of the unexplored that just freak me out.

@buzzin-hornet

6 ай бұрын

@@1newme425 Yeah, but I’m used to the streets. Would you be less scared of walking home from the pub or venturing out into space or the dark oceans on your own?

@JShe-wy1yg

6 ай бұрын

I very much enjoy living on solid ground ❤

@rogerstarkey5390

5 ай бұрын

I'm far more worried about the idiots between an altitude of Zero to 1,000 metres with a big red button who seem to (Still) be engaged in a teenage P***ING contest.

@volpeverde6441

5 ай бұрын

you want to see....INTER-DIMENSIONAL BEINGS....LOOK beneath your feet.... UNDERGROUND....

@poonoi1968

4 ай бұрын

in oceans, up is were the bubbles go. I used to be a diver so I know these things 🤣🤣

He's a clever man & has a great onlook on our purpose 👍🏻

@aidankidd6947

24 күн бұрын

I might have missed that part, what is our purpose???

Nice Work

We completely agree with everything he said. We love his description of why there is meaning to life. We could not think of a better way to put it. Well done Mr Cox, if only we could all take a small leaf out of your book the world would be a better place.

@trendkilla254

5 ай бұрын

we?

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

Dr. Cox.

@fred_2021

5 ай бұрын

Whilst Brian certainly seems comfortable with his own views, 'meaning' is where one finds it and, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. The world might, indeed, be a better place, if only we had more empathic insight into the meaning of 'meaning' for our fellow travelers :)

@guagesteele2897

5 ай бұрын

​@@trendkilla254=The Borg

@davidbarry9690

4 ай бұрын

@@guagesteele2897 we will assimilate ha

He is just fascinating, so passionate and pure, with a global perspective

@JZsBFF

4 ай бұрын

Science is universal in nature, so that explains the global perspective. Fascination and passion are requirements for scientists. As for the purity, well, that needs more context ;-)

@rmac3217

4 ай бұрын

@@JZsBFF He's pure in his faith that fairy tale aliens exist.

@JZsBFF

4 ай бұрын

@@rmac3217 I can agree to that. Not very scientific but a requirement to make oneself popular. So not as pure as one might think.

@rmac3217

3 ай бұрын

@@JZsBFF What is scientific though? If you don't have faith in aliens then the most powerful and wealthy scientific institutions will shun you worse than if you have faith the warning labels on face masks are actually true, 'does not prevent spread of influenza' (much larger than Covid).

I'm an honest man and back in 78 my fiancé saw one, close and for a while. We saw it but cannot prove it, just like thousands of other people....

@1pcfred

4 ай бұрын

I have no doubts about your veracity. You very well may have seen something you cannot explain. I wouldn't jump to aliens as the best explanation though. As big as the Universe is that just lessens the odds any of them would ever come here. Being as there's so many other places they could go. Places that might be better than here even.

What a delightful person!

"It's a theory, isn't it." - Perfect answer to stay out of trouble! 😎👍

@indinewall6112

5 ай бұрын

What does this even mean.

@JohnDoe-tx8lq

5 ай бұрын

@@indinewall6112 I'll explain it for you, it's not complicated. He's not saying he agrees or disagrees, it doesn't express an opinion, it's just a statement that "It's a theory, isn't it."" OK?

@indinewall6112

5 ай бұрын

@@JohnDoe-tx8lq still gibberish. Try in English, it's my main language.

@JohnDoe-tx8lq

5 ай бұрын

@@indinewall6112 wow, thats hilarious 😃😄😆😅 how embarrassing for you🤣😂

@indinewall6112

5 ай бұрын

@@JohnDoe-tx8lq not understanding garbage? I'm alright with it.

Brian is an amazing human being, more people should listen to him. Sincerely The population of Altair 4

@reaper3lit3

5 ай бұрын

I'll trust me. There's a lot more people out there smarter than him. They just don't need to be on the tv Cause of it lol 😆 Which comes to my big question He'd never been visited by aliens and I wonder why 😂🎉

@schelin1447

5 ай бұрын

No theres not, and all your friends thinks the earth is flat! 😀

@richardwebb5317

Күн бұрын

Beware the one you call Terry Wogan.....

extremley clever man. Could listen to him for hours on end about his views on absolutely anything.

@Kube_Dog

2 ай бұрын

Search his name on KZread then. Who's stopping you.

Extremely interesting as well as extremely scary!

Oh Brian, so wise as always....not just the smarts but the insight stuns me.

@josephgreen2824

5 ай бұрын

That's not really interesting

The man is a legend. I do believe there is other life out there within the universe.

@davidc4408

6 ай бұрын

Obviously. But its if more advanced than us.

@ash9x9

6 ай бұрын

There is life out there certainly but it is Not intelligent as we know it

@expatwealthasia8702

6 ай бұрын

@@ash9x9 Time will tell. I think there are some other forms of life out there which is far more intelligent than us humans.

@coffeetalk924

6 ай бұрын

Unless the entire universe is a simulation and doesn't really exist unless we're observing it. And if that's the case, then perhaps the designers didn't include extraterrestrial life. We're alone in the simulation. Alone in the matrix. 😉

@ash9x9

6 ай бұрын

If there are 'the designers' then we are not alone. Your statement is self contradictory imho@@coffeetalk924

Years ago he would have just said he is hopeful for the future, something has gone terribly wrong when he’s getting worried

LOVE Brian Cox!

Brian Cox is truly brilliant. His comments are absolutely spot on 👍

Telling the Leaders of this Planet's Bordered Countries, "A lifeless Galaxy is a meaningless Galaxy." That is the quote I took away from this. Great discussion.

@grahamfisher5436

5 ай бұрын

KZread - ON THE 8TH DAY

I could legit listen to Brian Cox all day - he's fascinating.

i love when Brian talks he whistles a bit his words

Brian Cox is an amazing human. One of my hero’s

@emzee586

5 ай бұрын

He was pretty good with the Dolphins. Didn’t care much when he played for the NY Jets.

@AJKlos

5 ай бұрын

@@emzee586 hahaha

Brian is the best of all the physicists on KZread. He breaks down things as simply as possible And when he doesn't know he doesn't pretend to know or funnel his own story . He truly only ever talks about facts but also has the ability to elaborate on the thoughts and questions of the person he's talking to.

@coffeetalk924

6 ай бұрын

Sean Caroll is pretty good too actually

@philsurtees

6 ай бұрын

He is so much better than Neil de Grossly Wrong, who is more interested in the sound of his own voice than anything else, and often misinforms. I agree that Brian Cox is the best of the physicists for complete laymen, but if you want to go a bit deeper, then Brian Greene is absolutely amazing, and some of the in-depth talks he does are highly informative.

@coffeetalk924

6 ай бұрын

@@philsurtees For the most part, I happen to believe that Tyson is a great public educator. That said, I do also believe that he could work a bit more in the area of not continually interrupting people mid sentence. 🙄

@NeverTalkToCops1

6 ай бұрын

Thousands more better than Brian who are NOT on youtube.

@dsvp4825

6 ай бұрын

@@coffeetalk924 def agree Sean Carroll is probably the other top guy for me too . Gotta agree with you on Neil too ! He's a great educator but he needs to work on conversational skills haha . His Rogan appearances really showcase that but I don't think he does it on purpose haha I just think he genuinely gets really excited about the topic haha 😂

I love his advice for world leaders ❤

I think one of my favorite quotes is either the universe is full of life or it isn't. Both of these statements are worrying

He changed his tune, I recall Brian saying in one of his documentaries intelligent life probably doesn't exist beyond earth.

@MultiBikerboy1

5 ай бұрын

With the recent ‘Grush allegations’ he realises he’s built his castle on a bank of sand and now the tides coming in. He joins SETI as being in grave danger of being regarded as schmucks by future generations, if the GRUSH allegations are proven. His fault no one else’s.

They do say that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, but we sure do have a lot of it.

@Oddmen1

6 ай бұрын

The recent whistleblower that came forward did submit evidence to both the intelligence community inspector general (ICIG) and US Congress. Following review of that evidence he deemed his story as credible and urgent. Further to that, between 30-50 people have come forward and confirmed his allegations to Congress. A lot has been said but unfortunately the evidence that has been disclosed we are not privy too. I am by no means a conspiracy theorist and thought this story was stuff of fantasy, but having spent a few months reading as much as can on the matter, there are a lot of indications pointing to there being some truth to the story.

@NeverTalkToCops1

6 ай бұрын

OH just stop it. The whistleblower presented ZERO evidence for his assertions. "30 to 50" came forward and confirmed..." No they did not, but you just bring forth ONE "confirmative" witness and we will have a listen. STORIES don't count.

@bonysminiatures3123

5 ай бұрын

@@Oddmen1 a conspiracy theorist is basically a deep thinker

Even when he expresses doubt and concern, he somehow manages to do it in a positive, thoughtful way. We don't need to send our leaders to space, we need people like Brian to be leaders.

I have followed Brian Cox for years he is very easy to listen to very smart and very good looking.

Truely one of the great minds of our planet right now , could listen to Brian Cox all day long...........

Brian’s comments to the world leaders are do on point 👍shame there are not more like him

I'm very proud to have got a Twitter answer from Professor Cox. Upon discovery of the Higgs Boson, I asked, 'could this mean that a future society might manipulate the Higgs field and create a massless drive?' His simple answer was, 'No'.

Brian is THE MAN.

I have said it for years now, all world leaders should be sent into space and told to look at the earth, then come back down and told not to fuck it up.

Brian Cox explains common sense that all humans should have the capacity to achieve. His knowledge is beneficial to us all.

They took one look, said hell no they ain’t ready yet !!

Danke! 😄

Something he said previously sums up the whole topic. Scale of the universe and time. Our human civilization exists in a relatively small window of time, and our universe is infinitely huge. So the chances of another civilization visiting or finding us are extremely slim due to the distances involved, and this occurring during our lifetimes is even smaller. Could it have happened before there was any life on Earth? Even 50 million years ago, or 50 million years from now? Nobody can discount the possibility but mathematically speaking the chances of it happening are almost impossible.

@benjones6004

5 ай бұрын

many other civilaztions have already visited us, the distance is only an issue for us as whre are limited by form,any advanced aliens are able to travel to any point in the universe as they are coming from another dimension where time and space exist all at once.

@abc456f

4 ай бұрын

I agree. The biggest obstacle is distance. If you really do your best to conceive it, it's mind boggling. I'm an atheist but if there was a way to confirm we were the only life in the universe, it would lean me more towards believing in a creator.

@Ryan-eu3kp

18 күн бұрын

Then you are a non believer, you clearly have faith​@abc456f

My grandad worked in the secret service and still to this day on his death bed wont speak on his job, but i ask him, granddad tell me one thing, have aliens ever visited us? and he giggled and said "ben, if only you knew!"

@ash9x9

6 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly!@@1newme425

@AshleyParker-rt4bj

6 ай бұрын

Probably stood on his drip tube

@DNBCYPHER

6 ай бұрын

@@AshleyParker-rt4bj are you such a simpleton...

@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098

6 ай бұрын

So that clears that up.

@DNBCYPHER

6 ай бұрын

its just food for thought. @@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098

How would they get through the barrier separating the 2 opposing pressure systems?

Brian is such an inoffensive person, he constantly smiles and folds his arms. I agree with most of what he says, but there will always be questions until the Aliens land here and show themselves. In my humble opinion, they have been here, and have been observing us for a very long time.

@Philitron128

4 ай бұрын

Lots of people seem to think this, but I've never seen any compelling evidence.

@MrJonboy

2 ай бұрын

@@Philitron128dont know if you been following this type of stuff but people like DR steven greer is spearheading the whistleblowers of alien technology, you should watch the podcasts and they've only really just started taking it seriously since they had the meeting in US congress with a few of the whistleblowers, all first hand experience, no hearsay. Interesting stuff.

@Philitron128

2 ай бұрын

@@MrJonboy I watched the congressional hearing with Grusch and that was pretty much all hearsay. I'm all for hearing more on this topic, but his entire testimony was hearsay.

Science can only explain what it has found to date, not what it could discover tomorrow.

If you take a random grain of sand laying on a remote island beach somewhere here on Earth and imagine that sand grain represents our solarsystem, and then imagine another grain of sand on the opposite side of the Earth, which also represent a solarsystem which support an Earth-like planet with intelligent life, as we understand it, I would think the chances are that we will never be able to communicate, or even been able to establish the existence of each other. We are simply too small in that regard.

@Perchpole

4 ай бұрын

I believe our existence is a completely freakish occurrence. "Life" is simply something that happened here due to billions of random events. It doesn't matter how big the universe is, it doesn't mean our version of life will happen somewhere else.

I want to be as happy as Brian is all the time

Brian Cox, I love you. I have tried, many times, to explain how we, as sentient beings, have a huge responsibility not to destroy ourselves and our planet for the very reasons expressed by you. I'm super grateful to you for saying this in such a concise way. Thank you

Huge respect for Brian Cox and his awesome communication skill regarding complex science topics. Seven years ago, I held a view that there were other intelligences in the universe and there was a possibility that some may have visited earth at some time. However, this possibility of contact changed to a certainty when in a rural area, I saw a 60-80-foot-long silver, cigar shaped craft with a single slowly blinking red light hovering silently at tree top level about two miles away. Then I noticed a small 3 to 4 ft long oval shaped object with a steady brilliant red light about a half mile away from me which suddenly shot straight up from initially close to ground up to just above tree top level. This small craft hovered motionless for a few seconds and then flew almost directly towards me at about 40-45 mph and then as it neared, it seemed to slow and veered about 30 degrees to pass only 30-50 feet directly above my head before it passed behind me to disappear out of sight behind some trees. I had an excellent view of it at close range and saw that this silent oval or football shaped object was silver or very light grey in color and had a smoothly metallic-like surface without any protrusions, antennas, vents or any obvious means of conventional propulsion. It definitely was not a drone (I own a couple of them), birds, mylar balloon, clouds, ball lightning, optical illusions, mirages or swamp gas. It flew silently and seemed under some sort of intelligent control since it altered its course to fly directly over my position. When it was very close to me, I could see that there were brilliant red lights about 6 inches in diameter on the front and rear of this object, and they were actually composed of many hundreds of separate tiny lighted bright red filaments which rapidly all flashed on and off individually in a seeming random pattern. Scattered throughout this bright red field of light were also a few twinkling filaments of different colors like yellow, blue, green, orange. The predominate color at both ends was red, although the front light was more brilliantly red, and the rear light was a more muted red because the number of secondary colors were more activated aft. As it passed overhead, the object's outline was seen clearly silhouetted against the sky which again confirmed its uniformly smoothly curved outline but also a nearly transparent film or membrane which surrounded the object about 3-4 inches from its hull. I tried to see this object again through the trees as it went behind me but was totally out of sight and by the time I looked again for the more distant larger craft, it too was gone. Clearly there is a connection between these two strange objects but what that may fully entail remains a mystery to me, even though I spent a great deal of time in vain looking online for anything even remotely similar. What needs to be done is a thorough and unbiased study that is open to the public for the investigation of what these strange craft are doing in our atmosphere and who or what are operating them and for what purpose.

@rogerstarkey5390

5 ай бұрын

I have one question. . Is adrenaline brown?

@uffdad8211

5 ай бұрын

@@rogerstarkey5390 Lol. Yeah, I felt the kick of adrenaline at the time, but I was so focused on seeing the details of this rare and curious object that I felt more awe than fear. Later, upon reflection, my whole world view changed as the reality of what I saw and experienced hit home. It's extremely rare to encounter a life changing event, but this was certainly one of them.

@miketaylor1783

4 ай бұрын

But who else saw it? It must have moved around the area then up at some point. Surely if this did happen many others would have seen it and it should have been headline news. Seven years ago we all had mobiles with good cameras. Why wasn't there more about it in the media (local, national and social). If Intelligent life arrived here I doubt if it would have a quick look at a village then shoot off to the next planet. They would either wait at a distance, observe, then contact governments, or just shoot.

@uffdad8211

4 ай бұрын

@@miketaylor1783 The vast number of encounters are not visually recorded or even reported according to researchers. I saw what I saw and that's all that is really important to me, and the opinion of others doesn't change that reality.

@uffdad8211

4 ай бұрын

@@ubetcha5075 The object I saw gave off an intense steady red light like the red braking lights of a car. From a distance of a mile away at tree top level, it looked spherical but as it approached very closely it looked more oval or football shaped with the red lights being at each opposite end. Your videos were very interesting. Any idea how far away the objects were and how they maneuvered relative to you?

One of my best mates is a scouser and he had a theory about fish when they're captured when people go fishing. It's worth noting he's taken a few blows to the head but it is an interesting point of which I will copy from his Facebook. He said imagine you're a fish and you see a little maggot and bite it. Next thing you're flying up and go crashing through the top of the water and are suddenly overwhelmed by all these things you've never seen before. You're seeing trees, the sky, clouds ect but you don't know what they are so your brain can't even begin to make sense of it. It'll be like trying to describe a dream. Then two bald chimps take a picture of you but you don't know what a phone camera is. Then they just throw you back in the water. So Dave goes to his mates and is like "Paul you're not going to believe what just happened to me lad. I saw a little maggot just floating there, so I thought oh free scran before I meet with the boys and then next thing I was flying up and into this strange world where I couldn't breathe. There was trees, clouds, a sky even though I don't know what any of these things are and then two bald chimps did something to me and then just threw me back. That's why I'm late" but as soon as Dave's backs turned, Paul's slagging him off to the lads, saying how Dave is lying about bald chimps from a world with no water up above. Next thing Dave is outcast from the community. Everyone thinks he's a liar, so Dave spends his days alone and depressed. He can't even cry because his eyes are full of water already. He tried to drown himself but he breathes water and he tried to hang himself but he doesn't have hands to tie the rope. So he just has to live in perpetual depression. So when the same thing happens to Mark, Mark knows he can't tell anyone because he saw what happened to Dave. So Mark has to live with the Lovecraftian knowledge of these bald chimps who kidnap fish and throw them back into the water. The point he was making was that if a human got abducted by aliens on the way to the pub that no one would believe him so everyone would either think he's a liar or he'd just have to bury it. He did also counter it with why don't aliens dress up like the teenage turtles used to in the 90s with their raincoats on and trilby hats and go to gay bars where "they've got a buffet of voluntary arse to pick from" instead of hoping to find a lone hiker in the dead of night by a military testing site

@subspaceanomaly

5 ай бұрын

lol. I would start going to gay bars if I thought it might increase my chances of meeting an alien

@Gdpud

5 ай бұрын

LOL youre mate has an amazing perspective! He's probably not wrong! :)

@wmcarter6096

5 ай бұрын

I used to think the same thing about ants. There are SO many ants on earth. Imagine the % that have experienced humans. it's probably a tiny % of the total ant population. And then I'd imagine how nuts they'd sound to their friends if they could try to explain this thing they just witnessed and how few other ants would be able to corroborate that.

@2222johnharris

5 ай бұрын

That’s the best comment I’ve ever read🤣

8:35 just climbing up a medium high mountain does that to me

1) Why am I just now discovering Brian Cox? 2) There are much cheaper ways to get a “broader” perspective than sending someone into space, but I agree with the gaining perspective argument.

Telling our world "leaders" that they have a responsibility on a intergalactic scale is both hilarious and terrifying....... Giving them the idea they have the power/authority, knowledge and duty to save not only the earth "can't fix potholes" but the entire universe can only lead to really bad things.

@grahamfisher5436

5 ай бұрын

KZread ON THE 8TH DAY they know

@doingwell5629

5 ай бұрын

exactly my thought. Politicians are egomaniacs and psychopaths, it's a really bad idea to tell them that they're have power over a whole galaxy.

I could listen to Brian Cox all day. "Human Stupidity" is 100% true. He is such an intelligent man and explains things so well. He sees our responsibility as an "intelligent" life form and our role in finding other life forms in the universe. I have never imagined us as the only living planet in our galaxy but damn that is sobering. To continue as a species we do need to get along and appreciate each other. It is a shame we just can't do it because of our ego's and greed. Great video even though it was short.

Though we do have the ability to destroy ourselves...we do not because our will to survive remains greater (for now!).

His song “You’re beautiful” was such a hit! 😂

Something Arthur C. Clarke said years ago has always stayed with me. He said "If aliens ever come to Earth, everyone will know."

@ModernPlague

5 ай бұрын

What makes you think he was right? Sounds like a lack of imagination, to me.

@markhernden9472

5 ай бұрын

@@ModernPlague I think what Clarke was saying is that if they did arrive, they would perhaps announce themselves or reveal their presence with definitive proof. It would not be what we have up to this point which is anecdotal evidence, unreliable eyewitness reports, dubious "photos" and blips on radar screens. If you've ever read any of his novels you know he is certainly not lacking in imagination.

@glenn5328

4 ай бұрын

Everyone who needs to know will know!

Rumor has it aliens continue to fly past our planet, shake their heads and lock their doors 😂

love Brian Cox

Love Brian since I watched how the universe works back in high school. Crazy how humans are so smart creating all the stuff they have but can never figure out how to get along. That’s why I think some of the stuff we have wasn’t fully created by us and was possibly reverse engineered. We can go to the moon but we can’t be nice to each or live together?

That’s the ticket -let’s send all the politicians in to space 😂

@bigblue7091

5 ай бұрын

I've said that Exact Comment 😂Ship their Craziness Out of Here "..

Prof cox is amazing and looks to be one of the first generations of human immortals he clearly doesn't age fast lol

Astonishing. This young man can give us an insight that may even preserve civilisation.

@Kube_Dog

2 ай бұрын

Dude, calm the eff down.

@dan8910100

Ай бұрын

young? he's like 50. dont let the face-lift + toupee fool you.

@Kube_Dog

Ай бұрын

@@dan8910100 It was the smooth hey-lads-I-have-some-candy-in-the-van voice that fooled him.

When is that interview from?

The greatest irony is humans arrogantly think they are intelligent. Even smooth brain koalas would've lasted longer than us.

@windowboy

6 ай бұрын

Brian

@margarita8442

5 ай бұрын

how much can a koala bear ?

@bigblue7091

5 ай бұрын

Dumber than a BaG of Hammers can sum it Up🌎

Brian knows there definitely is extraterrestrial life, he has even stood in line, patiently waiting to be probed, and loving it.

7:59 Galatic size responsibility......but no pressure

I have seen a UFO many years ago. What I saw was clear as day light not like all those blurred videos that you see online. The description was so similar to the well known siting here in the UK near the then USA base.

@Ryan-eu3kp

18 күн бұрын

Sure thing mate 👍