Physicist with a gamer chair. I trust him implicitly.

@zettelkastendev3760

2 ай бұрын

first thing I noticed, lmao

@jonlea1889

2 ай бұрын

😂😅😅

@jonlea1889

2 ай бұрын

He's on fortnite every nite😅

@jakeandersen1011

2 ай бұрын

The great scientific breakthroughs of the 21st century will be made by asses planted on the comfort of Secretlabs lol

@sweebos

2 ай бұрын

😄

Jordan Peterson is not just a gem of the Canadian people he is a GEM of the human race

@clivemarriott7749

2 ай бұрын

Yes a person of significance for the world which there should be a special status for. I just made up a peoples award to him of 'Plenipotentiary' status tasked with helping humanity in what ever ways he can or wants to. He should be able to go anywhere in the world with minimal restrictions and meet anyone, set up anything, use whoever he needs on what ever basis. I would include others like Douglas Murray , Elon Musk and others. No globalists control because they would be independent agents of change who will take us with them on their journeys.

@fredblogs3303

2 ай бұрын

@@clivemarriott7749 .. not sure about Elon Musk as yet but I agree with you totally otherwise

@Rocksteady-hl2ks

2 ай бұрын

Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist/professor who did a thesis on alcoholism, yet wasn't even aware of the well known dangers of benzodiazepines...

@clivemarriott7749

2 ай бұрын

@@fredblogs3303 No, that's fine but i think he has a lot going for him. 👍👍

@Rocksteady-hl2ks

2 ай бұрын

Reference Jordan Peterson being utilized as an "expert" witness during a murder trial: "Justice Mainella was apparently so unimpressed by Peterson’s 'proposed expert evidence,' he expressed 'concern about the decision to attempt to proffer Dr. Peterson as an expert witness on areas that he was clearly not qualified.' The judge concluded that offering Peterson as an expert witness 'unnecessarily complicated and delayed the trial' and expressed concern about the 'detrimental impact on the justice system of attempting to use dubious expert opinion.'"

I wanted to let you know I just left my first public speaking gig. I never thought any of this would be possible, I'm an Asperger's, so it was difficult for me to communicate. It all started with you, Dr. Peterson and I will be forever grateful! Thank you for all that you do. Only up from here!

@tibrin7696

Ай бұрын

Awesome job buddy!! 🤘😎

Peterson might seriously be the best interviewer right now. Remarkable 👏

@Nill757

22 күн бұрын

He was. Since he got sick, he’s 1/4 speed of what he was. Still pretty good, but he keeps falling in his rabbit holes now. No chance he could do his Cathy Newman interview today, with the grace and humor and marshaled evidence he did then.

@wombatillo

14 күн бұрын

I didn't really expect him to interview people about fusion energy. Not exactly on my 1000 things that will happen this year list. Good discussion though.

@watchthe1369

7 күн бұрын

He is a psychiatrist He Better Be.

Went from zero to having a basic understanding of fusion energy thanks to this excellent interview. Thank you.

@ParaquatSC

2 ай бұрын

gaming chair diff

@captainLoknar

2 ай бұрын

Sadly the challenge of fusion is insurmountable before several other currently unthinkable challenges are fixed. It's quite sad we've exhausted so much energy researching and reporting it. The truth is we have a scientist community around fusion that's actually researching military applications with these devices. Fusion occurs in a star at a stupidly slow rate, statistically. It's only impressive because of the stars' size. Cooling it down to make it usable on earth is literally science fiction, since cooling down the system makes the fusion occur even less frequently than in a star.

@NatrajChaturvedi

2 ай бұрын

I knew many of the basics from watching a lot of space docs but now my basic understanding is slightly deeper.

@fahimp3

2 ай бұрын

@@captainLoknar Did you even listen to Dr. Dennis? 🙄The way the sun does it is through gravity which is a relatively weak force. That's why you need such large size to accomplish fusion with gravity. As mentioned in the podcast gravity is not the only force you can use. There is the electromagnetic force...

@captainLoknar

2 ай бұрын

@@fahimp3 yeah that's what they're currently using. electromagnets. So how does that invalidate what I said? Bro I'm not being condescending towards you. Just try to be more critical of these snake oil salesmen and stupid "science" reporters. I'm telling you fission is already pretty nice and they're using fusion to funnel more taxpayer funds into military contractors, vaguely posing as physics research. They need impossible tech to make this work. If they really wanted to achieve civilian applications, we need to hope for a miracle discovery and that's by observing the hell out of the universe and the Hadron collider. They would be launching 1000 space telescopes and building 6 bigger colliers. But no. Follow the money.

JBP is a very effective translator of the physics. Without this, I think the casual listener would be lost. Thank you for making this complex topic accessible!

@brianmoran1196

2 ай бұрын

Very good comment

@stephenbrickwood1602

2 ай бұрын

The national grid is not big enough for no fossil fuels future. The new technology will cost many $billions, maybe $TRILLIONS. And then you have to build the bigger grid capacity, but you have to start building the grid bigger before the Fusion generator because it is so big and takes much longer to build. The first national grid took 100years. So allow decades to build the bigger grid capacity.

@Mallchad

2 ай бұрын

@@stephenbrickwood1602 I didn't raelize "bigness" was a statistic of the grid.

@Mallchad

2 ай бұрын

@@stephenbrickwood1602 What on Earth do _you_ mean! Is the question :D what does "big enough" mean and who are you replying to?

@mattradcliffe9279

2 ай бұрын

It’s nice. Experts tend to assume knowledge and familiarity with jargon that the lay person can’t understand. Someone like the mainstream media or Joe Rogan would devolve the conversation down to the level of a stoned teen. Jordan actually provokes intelligent conversation and breaks apart any jargon without dumbing it down to the usual low level considered fit for the general public.

I hope there are more podcasts of this nature. There are not nearly enough discussions about these types of subjects and they certainly cannot be found on TV shows or indeed anywhere that is easily accessible to the public.

@FranklinFleming-lm1yu

2 ай бұрын

I know technology is amazing. Don't you see why some want to censor the internet.

@turnipsucks6416

2 ай бұрын

​@@FranklinFleming-lm1yu Thank fully someone a long time ago thought the internet wouldn't be a big deal. If understood, they'd of shelved that as well!

@FranklinFleming-lm1yu

2 ай бұрын

@@turnipsucks6416 the. Guy who made t.v said it will never catch on its a fad

@nowaout8014

2 ай бұрын

there is massive amounts of info on this subject dont need podcasts or tv shows

@FranklinFleming-lm1yu

2 ай бұрын

@@nowaout8014 no you don't need it lol

Thank you for this. You can really see the enthusiasm this man has for his field. Great interview

absolutely brilliant most favorite clip on fustion by far. could have listened to Jordan and Dennis for hours on this subject and I just wish Dennis and his students/ colleagues the very best of luck.

Excellent scientific understanding and questions Jordan. I have been watching Dennis for a while on this subject and he is fantastic! Thank you for making this important subject accessible to everyone.

@mikmacarthur

23 күн бұрын

You should look up Eric Dollard on this subject among others, he is a true genius.

I would have been in utter dispare for the entirety of the past 3 years if Jordan had not choosen to share these conversations. Thank you Dr! ❤

Love the consistency of the podcasts lately.

@FranklinFleming-lm1yu

2 ай бұрын

True diversity. I want KRS ONE on the show

@rweaver6

2 ай бұрын

Holy Grail fusion is a technologically imaginary solution solving an imaginary problem.

@usesbiggerwords8183

2 ай бұрын

​@@rweaver6There are approaches to fusion that are very close to commercial viability. The problem (humanity's energy needs) is not imaginary.

@rweaver6

2 ай бұрын

@@usesbiggerwords8183Nuclear fission power has been cheap and abundant for 60 years. With thorium and breeders, it's good for something like geological time horizons. But that is what people with their hands in the public till hold against it. If it works, it needs to be superseded by something less available, but needing plenty of study. Fusion power has been reported to be on the cusp of economic viability, at least as far back as this old man was in college. Not likely to change much, while there's plenty of money to spend on studying the potential, instead of building the actual. It's the poorest that suffer most by the suppression of actual cheap energy in favor of expensive not-quite-yet elite dreams.

Hearing how he got his career going on the daily wire side was very motivational. I just finished my apprenticeship into sheetmetal union. And was thinking about pursuing a degree in engineering. Now I know it is something I must do to get that feeling the 2 of you have described. I feel the calling toward it. Just need to get up and do it. Thank you for all of the hard work that you do.😊

Dr. Peterson you are a true Canadian Gem and Patriot. Thank you for everything you do. 🙏❤

@MidwestFarmToys

2 ай бұрын

Thank him by Writing your government to tell them what they are doing with his psychology license is wrong

@FranklinFleming-lm1yu

2 ай бұрын

​@@MidwestFarmToysthey know it's wrong. Don't get yourself on a list.

@joshboomhower8806

2 ай бұрын

Boo booo! Theres no room in heaven for cowards Mr Fleming good day coward ​@FranklinFleming-lm1yu

@joshboomhower8806

2 ай бұрын

​@FranklinFleming-lm1yu to be frank, keeping our mouths shut of fear of repercussions is how we got here .we should all be ashamed of ourselves for allowing this despicable predatory behavior to continue for as long as we have

@FranklinFleming-lm1yu

2 ай бұрын

@@joshboomhower8806 you gotta laugh at the stupid. They can't freeze again... The bank runs were to real and the bankers shat themselves. Not saying you stupid btw. Just laugh at the bad times. If we can't laugh and make fun of things... Then it's definitely gone too far.

JBP with his trait openness on full display. Truly, curious people ask the most interesting questions.

@Rocksteady-hl2ks

2 ай бұрын

Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist/professor who did a thesis on alcoholism, yet wasn't even aware of the well known dangers of benzodiazepines...

@birddogcatfrog4977

2 ай бұрын

Yeah yeah yeah, we know we know. If youre trying dissuade people, think of something else to say. Most people think its quite something that he overcame the addiction so youre definitely barking up the wrong tree. Youre not wrong, but your method is.​@Rocksteady-hl2ks

@avasdaddy08

2 ай бұрын

​​@@Rocksteady-hl2ksOMG, so he literally does stupid things just like every other person that's walked, is walking or will be walking the earth since the dawn of time!!!!! 🙄

@Rocksteady-hl2ks

2 ай бұрын

@@birddogcatfrog4977 Jordan Peterson's addiction has nothing to do with what I've stated.... (Stick to what you understand, seriously)

@Rocksteady-hl2ks

2 ай бұрын

@@avasdaddy08 Can you even comprehend the role benzodiazepines play in alcoholism? (Stop yammering on about things you obviously don't understand, seriously)

This is one of those videos that I will need to watch several times. First time to ready my brain and then repeat viewings to try and properly understand everything and the impacts. Ace.

One of my more favorite podcasts from you Dr. Peterson. Thank you - I thoroughly enjoyed the knowledge of your guest and the questions you asked.

Fantastic conversation, I really enjoyed listening to this level of expertise instead of reading a poorly written article that lacked important details and insights.

Thank you Dr. Peterson. Please bring on Dr. James Tour when you visit Houston

I learned sooo much on this one. thank you Mr. Peterson and early congrats on 8mil. subs

@TTFN55

2 ай бұрын

Dr. Peterson is such an important voice for today.

@FranklinFleming-lm1yu

2 ай бұрын

A Canadian Hero

@Rocksteady-hl2ks

2 ай бұрын

Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist/professor who did a thesis on alcoholism, yet wasn't even aware of the well known dangers of benzodiazepines...

@lisaandchris8651

2 ай бұрын

Wow so is truly human!? 😮

@Rocksteady-hl2ks

2 ай бұрын

@@lisaandchris8651 What?

Very interesting topic. It's fun to exercise some of this stuff from my days in engineering school.

Yes Jordan! Keep raising the profile of the most significant topics of our species. And make it accessible and inviting, If this can happen in our life time it will change absolutely everything we have come to accept as the status quo. Imagine a world no longer focused on finding and fighting for energy. Unlimited power for everyone. A vision of Global Cooperation never seen before. BRING IT ON!!!

Fascinating talk! The political talks are interesting, but it would be great to have more scientists on the show. Thank you so much for your work!

Wow such a uplifting experience

This is a good talk about Fusion. The best one yet i think.

I was wondering about the potential utility of AI in running a fusion-based system. I seem to remember that one of the nagging problems of developing a "good" tokamak reactor was that there had to be extremely rapid and precise changes made to the magnetic field constantly in order to keep it going. With AI, it seems like that sort of problem might be overcome. This discussion was one that was very fun to experience. Thank you for this content!

@DrDeuteron

19 күн бұрын

It’s been done

I've been a nuclear proponent since I was a teenager in the 70's! I've never strayed form that opinion, and it's strengthened by todays world need for more power. The one thing I would add is that we the people should own, and control all nuclear, and power stations throughout the world, and especially in the US. Electricity is a basic foundation for life in the 21st century, and it shouldn't provide a profit for anyone. 👍✌😎🗽

@katadam2186

2 ай бұрын

What would you think if a company is using a nuclear plant for bitcoin and cloud computing.. and pretty big percentage.. ever hear of WULF stock

@aliendroneservices6621

2 ай бұрын

@@katadam2186 Does *_Terawulf_* produce power?

@katadam2186

2 ай бұрын

@@aliendroneservices6621 watch the deal an “ restructuring “ and some NRC insiders… real slick

@dilvishpa5776

2 ай бұрын

If nuclear power is deployed in a non-profit fashion, then it will never progress and move forward. It means government will control it as a monopoly. Monopolies don’t invent and innovate because there is no competitive driver. When West Germany recombined with East Germany, they found that NONE of the East’s manufacturing was usable. It was antiquated. Cars were stuck in 1930’s technology. The free market drives invention and innovation through competition. It is motivated by profit. So, you need to ask yourself: do you want socialized energy, OR do you want cheap and safe nuclear power?

@dilvishpa5776

2 ай бұрын

Interesting. Criticize socialism and YT removes your comment. Edit: My prior, longer and politely critical comment, was removed.

Excellent episode!!!! Thank you.

Already knew a bit about fusion, now I know more and how complex it really is.👍

Another excellent interview! Thanks to you both!

I've been following fusion developments for years. Been trumpeting the prospect.

I may not agree with all of Mr. Peterson's philosophical convictions, but as someone who's been on the 'inside' of the laser driven inertial confinement fusion world for a couple decades now, I was HIGHLY impressed with the intellectual level of this conversation. I expected some talk about deuterium and superconductors and so forth, but I did not expect to hear discussion about the triple product or the Larmor radii of the confined charged particles in the plasma vessel. Notably, Peterson's questions are unusually incisive and canny for a non-expert in the field; his considerable intelligence is quite clear here and he should not be underestimated by interviewers or interviewees alike.

This was top tier! Ty both for this.

I haven’t heard yet of any fusion experiments that have achieved more total energy out than they used to achieve and maintain fusion. There is a huge difference between Q total as opposed to just Q plasma.

@alchristie5586

2 ай бұрын

You are correct

@Canucklug

2 ай бұрын

The company co-founded by Whyte can reasonably expect to in late 2026. Other reactor concepts with less depth of research may do so earlier or around the same time. Essentially nothing happened for a 25 year stretch but fusion is quite exponential depending on what advances are made

@shaunluckham1418

2 ай бұрын

@@Canucklug one of the many reasons I know the climate crisis is not a crisis is that there has been zero concerted effort to bring fusion to fruition.

@carolinereuter7924

2 ай бұрын

Didn't they say that a net output of energy has now been achieved by one project?

@Canucklug

2 ай бұрын

@@carolinereuter7924 It's net target gain, so 300 MJ powers the lasers and 2 MJ comes through to hit the target and the fusion power was 3.5 MJ This sounds like not much but it's very exponential - they increased the laser energy by 8% for that shot and the fusion energy was 250% more than the previous record Lasers are now much more efficient and can fire at powerplant relevant rates. It could work out although cost competitiveness is another level of challenge

I hope Dr. Peterson can conduct more technical interviews like this. His line of questioning is very impressive.

10 years away from fusion feels more like it’s 50 years further away each decade.

@kensurrency2564

2 ай бұрын

i’ve always heard “fusion is only 20 years away” every 20 years 😂

Amazing talk. Really loved it

Dr. Peterson, please talk to Michael Clarage of Aureon Energy, a Canadian company. Hopefully they'd be receptive to openly discuss their findings. It would surprise you what they bumped into when they embarked to study the electric model of sun.

@abarbar06

Ай бұрын

Those guys are full of shit.

I'm 64, worked a boiler water reactor most of my life. I highly doubt I will ever be able to visit a commercial fusion reactor.

@josephlarrybradley508

2 ай бұрын

That's what made the rambling useless. He talked about gravity as a force. physicist are telling us gravity is not a force... is it a force or not and if not then use whatever is the new correct words to express what we are calling gravity does. He made a distinction between temperature and energy.. isn't temperature an average of energy? He can't make up his mind what level he's trying to communicate. WORST is When... gesh make a guess or just shut up. what about "I have no idea"

@nuqwestr

2 ай бұрын

@@josephlarrybradley508 Had similar reaction to this guy,

@DrkstrX

2 ай бұрын

@@josephlarrybradley508apparently you misunderstand physics and still think very logical and linearly. That's dangerous when actually thinking.

@doctorstrangelove798

2 ай бұрын

exactly - fusion is a pipe dream being pushed by the anti human environmentalists (and their useful idiots). We need to invest in thorium reactors. As a Canadian it is pathetic that we have not invested in the most successful energy source in human history. We had the people and the resources to dominate energy production for 1,000 years.

@paulbenedict1289

2 ай бұрын

Life extension is coming too

A sketchboard would definetely help for physical conceptualizations :) Great discussion.

Incredibly enjoyable and informative interview! 👍👍👍

Thank you gentlemen for this actual and interesting conversation. There is not much talk and information out there about fusion technology, maybe because it's a newer technology and not being used yet as much as nuclear. It definitively sounds like an option compared to nuclear and todays renewable energy sources. Looking forward to the next steps. Wishing you all the beat Dr. Whyte.

Gosh what a time to be alive

KZread is the single greatest educational tool in human history.

Wow!! This should have been grade 6 science class. Do I understand it all? No! Do I kinda get it?? Yes!! Way to go guys! ❤️🇨🇦

Please invite Dr Whyte to participate in person academy! I would love to lean more and he's a very engaging and effective communicater.

Fusion! Its a great idea that will always be just around the corner, meaning 70 years from now, 70 years from tomorrow and 70 years from 10 years from now.

@alchristie5586

2 ай бұрын

I agree

@davidhahn5323

2 ай бұрын

This fission will always be right around the corner as long as government gives scientists billions to claim that it will. But "cold fusion" is a reality and making breakthroughs. Now called Low Energy Atomic Reaction LEAR.

I'd like to see Jordan upload a video on his thoughts about the 11 different dimensions. I searched on youtube "Jordan Peterson dimensions" and was surprised to see no conversation or lecture on the topic. Maybe some day? 🙏

Neato! I'm interested in this new, clear energy!

Remember Franklin and the kite. That's how far we are from practical fusion. Took a few years after that for desktop computers. 230 years

@stevenblackwell4903

2 ай бұрын

​@@zoomskilleri would doubt that seriously as it would take quite a large facility to create a fusion reaction, much less something that can be ( launched). excluding of course a thermonuclear device.

@MidwestFarmToys

2 ай бұрын

So What?

I loved this discussion so much. 🙂 I'm a self-proclaimed idiot in regards to *most* topics. But I've always loved astronomy and physics and have followed these topics unprofessionally for a couple of decades. I've been an uneducated observer of the sun and it's electromagnetic connection to earth for the last several years. It's really incredible once you dig into it, and study, and hypothesize, and see all the correlations between the earth and it's biggest impactor... Our star. Anyway, I was really nerding out during the first part of the talk and enjoyed this discussion. Would love to see more discussions like this Mr. Peterson. And, as always, thanks for sharing. ✌️

Wow! So positive! Thank you!

Thank you for what you do Dr Peterson. You changed my life! I’ll be seeing you at your show in Akron in March. I can’t wait!!

Amazing. Thank you…

I think Issac Arthur would be an interesting guest on this podcast.

@scottmitchell1974

2 ай бұрын

Heck yeah!

@Lunareclipse1996

2 ай бұрын

Yep. That would be a very interesting conversation.

@ryuunosuk3

Ай бұрын

Heck yeah, he absolutely would be!

Thank you sir

Fascinating

Awesome podcast

I learned a lot from this. Thanks to both of you gentlemen.

One of the top interviews so far easy.

I would suggest getting Arthur Isaac on. Isaac Arthur's KZread channel offers a captivating exploration of futuristic concepts and scientific advancements, resonating with viewers who appreciate thought-provoking discussions. Delving into topics like space exploration, megastructures, and advanced technology, Arthur's content stimulates intellectual curiosity and fosters a deeper understanding of humanity's potential. With a meticulous approach to research and a commitment to clarity, Isaac Arthur inspires viewers to contemplate the profound implications of scientific progress, aligning with the pursuit of truth and individual growth championed by Jordan Peterson.

Excellent thanks.

Besides the production of energy, nuclear reactors can produce a variety of isotopes that are useful for medicine. Another topic, the discovery by Pons and Fleischmann in the 80's concerning fusion in the lattice of palladium, must have "struck a nerve" , considering the way they were attacked. Considering how palladium became increasingly more expensive, it would be interesting to see who has been buying more than others.

@davidhahn5323

2 ай бұрын

It's not about the technology. Billions in science grants go to Tokamac research scientist's salaries every year. Why kill the Golden Goose by succeeding? These methods will never produce inexpensive consumer energy.

Hey Doc. Fascinating. One question. Is the deuterium fed directly into the reactor or is it heated up into plasma first? Hopefully one of your listeners knows the answer

That was spectaculair 👍

I have learned so much about nuclear fusion. Thank you!

Thank you

I wonder if there is a symbolic link between "Solar Power," and the allegory of the cave with the sun being a symbol of divine illumination?

It doesn't matter how "cheap" the energy will be to produce. The consumer cost will always go up.

I’m thankful to live in the present to listen to something I’ve always imagined now we get to understand this in my own life time this is insane

Excited for when all the engineering for fusion is figured out

@FranklinFleming-lm1yu

2 ай бұрын

Yeah but infinite energy.... I can see people controlling who gets access.

@kreek22

2 ай бұрын

@@FranklinFleming-lm1yu Of course. Energy is dual use.

Fusion reactions in stars, the overall effect is a reduction in entropy as the system becomes more ordered through the formation of heavier nuclei.

You sound stronger in this one, good on you.

@wft15

2 ай бұрын

Has he been ill?

I knew a little about fusion and I 100% think it's the way we will get most of our energy in the future (probably far future, but you never know). For now, I think most countries not suffering from natural disasters should be focusing on building fission reactors, or we are doomed. If they get thorium salt reactors to work on a large scale, even better. I wrote essays on this in college equivalent, it's such an interesting topic. Thank you so much, JBP and the rest of the team!

A few things. First, interesting while probably wrong: i think it may be possible for “cold fusion” to exist in the center of ice giants, since the exotic ice XIX and XX support metallic hydrogen and the latter should form an octohedral lattice of oxygen ions within which hydrogen ions can flow freely. The Ice XX lattice should so strongly constrain the movement of hydrogen ions (via constraints on the configuration distribution) that tectonic activity may possibly lead to small amounts of fusion. The constraints in motion of hydrogen would lower the required temperature & pressure for fusion to occur. Also, there “breakthrough” fusion experiment was more of a breakthrough in laser technology, since it set records for number of lasers radiating the same space.

Small scale nucleonics has been an answer to every city’s energy needs since the late sixties when I was working on it Then the whole program disappeared….. Think submarines and air craft carriers… Just the beginning of 60 year old research applications

I love megafusion and am happy to see its progress but I would love to see more research into table top fusion and LNRs these are a bit under funded probably thanks to Pons and Flieshman.

My man from MIT neglected to mention that the fusion blanket is radioactive like hell. It's not all rainbows and unicorns. Oh, and the actual practical containment times right now actually are only a few seconds... not exactly a power plant.

I've been following research on nuclear fusion for years. Recent successes and findings are really exciting! I'm already pro-fission reactors, but if we can master fusion reactors?! It will be beyond amazing for the human race!

@ParaquatSC

2 ай бұрын

Ah you haven't applied the ability of well meaning idiots to fuck anything good up, like fission itself.

Good evening Mr JP

You should definitely talk to Eric Lerner of LPPFusion about his approach to Fusion. While at it, you might to ask him why he thinks Big Bang never happened.

I would certainly be ecstatic to see you, Jordan, here in Alberta Canada sometime in relatively soonality. lol

This is fascinating as a physics problem, but anyone who thinks that worldwide energy concerns will ever let this technology come to full fruition, is living in a dream world.

Thats gonna be a tough vibration to tune out, unless you stick that split ring plasma resonator antenna someplace steady. Like, perfectly quiet. 🤔

Makes me think about Back To The Future movie where they use the "Mr Fusion" tech in the time travel car.

A lesson on fusion in a video thats more then 1 hour long. Yeah i will just blow through the entire lecture when i upgrade my mind.

I've got a long drive home from London tomorrow, this is the entertainment sorted.

You should have Dr. Robert Zubrin on. Much better at explaining nuclear energy and physics than the current guest. He released a new book "The Case for Nukes" last year. He was also an early mentor to Elon Musk

@brilliant-handle

2 ай бұрын

I think this guy thought he really needed to dumb things down. He actually said "the thing that makes the heat" rather than just saying "fuel."

Jordan has some very astute questions

Yet another phenomenal conversation in the Jordan Peterson channel, nothing new

Dennis is somewhat economical with the actualité, in that fusion currently uses deuterium, of which there is quite a lot in the oceans (but not an unlimited amount), and also tritium (H3), which is exceeding rare, being unstable. So while stars convert H into He, and give off the missing mass fraction as radiation, it seems this is not how fusion on Earth is done. Fusion reactors also give off massive amounts of neutrons, which make everything around it radioactive, so not actually that clean. What does Dr. Whyte say about those strictures?

@paulbenedict1289

2 ай бұрын

It's not very radiactive waste. Probably compatable to a uranium ore dug out of the ground. Nowhere near as dangerous as products of fission.

@Ironic1950

2 ай бұрын

@paulbenedict1289 Subjecting any material to intense neutron bombardment will make all manner of unstable nucleotides across a wide range of elements, not in the same way as fission, but the same outcome. All elements up to iron are made in stars, while higher atomic number elements, including the unstable radioactive ones, are made in supernovae; i.e. by FUSION...!

@paulbenedict1289

2 ай бұрын

@@Ironic1950 Products of fission are extremely radioactive and undergo multiple decaying events, emitting all sorts of nastiness until they reach a stable isotope. Regular particles that absorb a neutron typically turn into isotopes of very long half-lifes. Not very dangerous, basically just need to be kept away from ground waters when stored, that's all.

@Ironic1950

2 ай бұрын

@paulbenedict1289 Correct in a way, but spent fuel is kept for 20 years, by which time, all of the highly radioactive byproducts have decayed away...as I said, the byproducts of fusion are largely the same, so fusion is ultimately no better...

@paulbenedict1289

2 ай бұрын

@@Ironic1950 Spent fuel is to be kept in isolation for thousands of years. Irradiated material from decommissioned fusion reactor would be similar to that of a decommissioned fission reactor minus the spent fuel that really is 95% of a problem. It basically can be buried in a desert. I'm not against fission. It's just not true what you're claiming about the waste. It would be orders of magnitude less of it and far less problematic.

What do you think of the Bicom machine that does bioresonance therapy?

What is the energy ratio on magnetic confinement fusion? Last I heard it was still less than 1, which means it can not work yet. Does the ratio increase with scale? What is the projected/planned ratio for the "commercial scale" fusion reactors? Dr. Whyte dodges this question several times, but it is central to fusion power viability.

@boombasticban

2 ай бұрын

Yes, currently it's less than 1 by a wide margin. Last I heard... They managed to ignite the reaction for a few seconds. I believe, it will become commercially viable once they can maintain a reaction and once efficiency goes beyond 1... 1.5 - 2. Also, of note. Expect them to work side-by-by fission reactors. Why? The deuterium and tritium (or residue) created by fission reactors can be fed back into the fusion reactor (free fuel, minus extraction of course). Currently deuterium can be re-used in some fission reactors... From my readings, tritium is not.

@peripheralarbor

2 ай бұрын

Deuterium is easy to extract from sea water, and you can breed Tritium through neutron capture in lithium lining the fusion reactor walls, so there's no compelling reason to marry fission and fusion reactors. @@boombasticban

@peripheralarbor

2 ай бұрын

Just poked around, and while inertial confinement has achieved a Q just over 1, magnetic confinement hasn't broken that threshhold yet. ITER is supposed to have a Q of 10, so perhaps the efficiencies of scale have been demonstrated sufficiently to make it commercially viable after all. Still rather suspicious that Dr. Whyte doesn't give any numbers though. @@boombasticban

@FranzN57

2 ай бұрын

@@peripheralarbor The point is if you can breed *at least as much* tritium as you burn to provide the neutrons. Now, burning one tritium nucleus releases one neutron which may breed one more tritium nucleus - if it doesn't get lost. Since losses are unavoidable, neutron multipiers (beryllium and/or lead) have to be added to the lithium, trying to save the balance sheet.

Was it filmed Jan 17 2023 or 2024? Description might have a typo

The guest could have made the first part of his explanation a lot more understandable for the average person if he had used the analogy of two bar magnets which repel or attract one another, depending on which ends you try to bring together - if you try to push the 2 "north" poles together, the magnets will repel one another. And they will push away from one another without touching one another. That force between the magnets is the electromagnetic force, and everyone is familiar with that example. It's that force that makes positively charged protons repel one another, unless that force of repulsion is overcome by crushing them together under the massive force of gravity at the centre of a star. Fusion isnt that complicated, but this guy made it seem that way.

Fission is ready now & it's awesome. Fusion is still years away from being a viable power plant.

@Beau136

2 ай бұрын

Yes, Dr. Whyte literally said that....

13:00 primarly we used kinetic force to keep nucleons close to each other but, it caused some side effects, like demolished cities or earthquakes.

Nice public talk which explains the difference between fission and fusion.

I would love to know what he thinks about the SAFIRE project.

Good stuff J P. I think its very weird and elegant how the atomic structure is made up of a core with a number of electrons whizzing around that core and that is what creates an element with all its peculiar properties. It just depends on the configuration of outer electrons and core particles whether you have copper or lead or uranium.

@paulbenedict1289

2 ай бұрын

Only number of protons decides what element it is. Numer of neutrons decides about radioactivity/stability. Number of electrons and their energies change chemical properties.

@clivemarriott7749

2 ай бұрын

@@paulbenedict1289 Thanks i'm not entirely sure of all the quantum rules of sub atomic physics.

@paulbenedict1289

2 ай бұрын

@@clivemarriott7749 On this level, you can treat protons, neutrons and electrons as normal objects(balls on models of atoms for example) Quantum effects are more in depth.

@clivemarriott7749

2 ай бұрын

@@paulbenedict1289 Ok thanks. 🤔