How we explore unanswered questions in physics | James Beacham
James Beacham looks for answers to the most important open questions of physics using the biggest science experiment ever mounted, CERN's Large Hadron Collider. In this fun and accessible talk about how science happens, Beacham takes us on a journey through extra-spatial dimensions in search of undiscovered fundamental particles (and an explanation for the mysteries of gravity) and details the drive to keep exploring.
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Thumbs up for TED this is what I want to see
"We live in a 3-dimensional universe... I hope that's a non-controversial statement?" This guy has a great sense of humour and he explains everything so well. You've gotta get him to do another talk..
@sharemyeyesweetistme3718
Жыл бұрын
Sorry that actually is a controversial statement
I am not a scientist and I find this guy very easy to watch and listen to. I'm not saying that I now understand, but he's the kind of communicator who will help me to get there (if I ever do!).
This was a TED talk worth watching! Thanks
Finally, a great talk
@darkmist977
7 жыл бұрын
still no ted talk on hanako though
Come on, stop judging his appearance! Some would kill to have his looks. He's totally OK, if not more. It's not a fashion show, it's an intellectual lecture. And an enlightening one at that. He speaks well, which is the most important. Thanks TED for a more scientific talk, unlike these later Stories of Encouragement and Inspiration. The latter is not bad, but I prefer to see hard science.
@heitor27mb
7 жыл бұрын
i agree
@naybobdenod
7 жыл бұрын
Hi Catherine. Great comment. Sincerely JF ( UK )
@samrit123in
7 жыл бұрын
Cahthrine, i agree, but i browsed through the comment section and no one is talking about his appearance other than you.
@catherine_404
7 жыл бұрын
Amrit Swain I watched the video as soon as it was out, and when there was about 100 comments, there were lots that were just about his looks.
"Imagine two cars colliding, they disappear on collision and in it's place is a bicycle which then explodes into skateboards" Quantum physics
Finally an actual interesting lecture.
One of the best TED talks I've seen. great work!
In this moving talk, Particle Physics Scholar James Beacham explains the story behind the misunderstanding of Higgs Boson Particle reportedly deducted by his lab : CERN Large Hardron Collider. Succinctly he highlights the importance of curiosity in science experiments. It is not always finding something that fascinates, but it's trying new ideas and novel approaches that makes the difference. Well said. Highly recommended talk.
What an amazing talk! It got anticlimactic for a second, but he wrapped it up so well.
God Bless this man. What a gem of a human.
I can so imagine physics going in a completely new direction and starting a new beginning! A whole revolution in particle physics after we think everything we need to know has been discovered but it turns out we were either wrong or simply only skimmed the surface! Hopefully this happens before I die!
thumbs up for scientists!! I love his comparison between space exploration and science experiments lol
*I don't understand the superficial comments..* I'm so fascinated by this talk because of its humble approach to science and the fact that the first time in history we are able to explore these new frontiers. We know less than 4% of our universe (if not less) and 70% of the earth is UNEXPLORED. There are incredible people like Elon Musk who are working towards insuring our species. In the past decade 2+ meteors that could have caused devastating damages passed within thousands of miles from our earth without us even knowing.. Our world could end tomorrow or be vastly crippled, setting us back a thousand years. And yet some people are commenting on the guys hair and clothing.. Wake up.
The problem is in imagining two separate systems. It's only one. Oh, and gravity isn't leaking out. It's leaking in.
Perhaps Gravity is distributed equally proportionally between the dimensions holding the dimensions in a stable spacial form providing the foundation for the Higgs field to create the quantum and coalesce into the subatomic particles that make up atoms? If that is the case and we are able to determine the number of dimensions, we could calculate the gravitational force of the universe. A grand approach to explaining dark matter and dark energy that holds galaxies and perhaps even the universe together.
Cool. I would have considered studying physics if I could have watched this in my teens
Finally something I can learn from and not someone complaining about life! Ty for this Ted Talk... I've missed this :)
u guys should put more talks about science... thats really interesting to us, and we get more information about it and we become smarter.
I swear these talks are incredibly inspiring. I hope to one day help physicists to advance the discovery of these new particles with the help of computer sciences.
@samuelspencer5047
7 жыл бұрын
Charles Rabbat You can achieve what you want, remember; 'Physical Reality' is not the only existence.
@StopFear
7 жыл бұрын
Charles Rabbat You "hope to one day"? Are you like ten years old? Also it sounds like you haven't seen many Ted videos. We make fun of them for being stupid and lacking substance.
@Djolewatchtastife
7 жыл бұрын
I'm just referring to the future. Also of course they lack substance, because presenters have to compress all the information that they've learned over the years into 15 minutes. So y'know.
Excellent talk by a very clear speaker
This man is providing resourceful lectures and the onliest aspect that these people in the comment section noticed was his appearance? 👏👏Fucking Humanity people 👏👏
This is the reason I'm still subbed to this channel.
Thank you James for an excellent talk! I think you were very successful in giving a layman a peak into what particle physicists actually do and care about.
@StopFear
7 жыл бұрын
bj0rn Do you think he is actually reading these comments?
@anthonymoore4307
7 жыл бұрын
StopFear nope, wouldn't be surprised if he used but gave up on us XD
Awesome TED talk, great speaker.
I wish I was listening to Dr. James Beacham 5 years ago
看到最后他说particle physicist就是探索者那段差点把我感动哭了!
Brilliant talk!
I think before discovering any more particles, we need to understand different kinds of energy and most importantly, should focus on one thing that whether or how energy forms particle or not! One thing is so clear that whatsoever have been built till now is something to do with energy(as an origin factor). So particle physics is incomplete without the full understanding of how energies act, react and form! My comment may sound stupid:D
@StopFear
7 жыл бұрын
Sudeep Patel You are stupid and what you wrote is garbage.
@TheManasmita
7 жыл бұрын
StopFear, thanks Bro:) You got me!
@maxybaer123
7 жыл бұрын
i think before trying to find new particles that cost billions of dollars to find we should be making ways to make it cheaper to find them better power spaceflight and so on
if you are searching new undercover fundamental particle , how to build a detector of an unknown particle ? what kind of material to use ? what shape to make it ?
This was a fantastic talk
what an awesome talk!
I love physics, I hope i can see another Einstein being born in my life time and see more ground breaking discovery in this field. Thanks for the great talk sir.
Great talk thank you.
Inspirational, thanks ted ! Maybe we need to start relating thing to understand science better, and more data ofcourse !!
thanks for upload
Amazing talk
Amazing scientific experience.
Wow. This guy got me excited.
amazing answers!!!!
Muito legal. it very cool.
Amazing!!! I still don't know why so many people don't find this interesting :(
He speaks about the Micro- and Macrocosm. as above so below and vice versa
need to find a way to suspend the collided particles longer than fractions of a second before they hit the walls of the collider.
OR, we could just give up and say one of the gods did it. I'm leaning towards Krishna, how could a billion hindus be wrong
@StopFear
7 жыл бұрын
Greg Peacock Oh, wow you think you must have written something funny
@Rabidwulfe
7 жыл бұрын
Yea, lets just give up on life while were at it... fool.
@Fahad0947
7 жыл бұрын
StopFear triggered, are you? hm?
@badkarma4075
7 жыл бұрын
Mr. peacock is correct a billion people know for sure Krishna created our world, this sciency BS has got to go. We need more praying and spirituality!!!!!!
@mortolaman
7 жыл бұрын
I hope to Krishna this is sarcasm
I really hate how physics studies start with WHY questions, claiming to answer it and finishing with only HOW’s using experiment generalizations
Would the measurement of an hyperdimensional gravity particle provide an upper limit to the number of dimensions? Or just a approximation of the proximity of some number of dimensions?
@maxybaer123
7 жыл бұрын
from the inside of a system you can never know exacly what's outside so no we can never know the full number of dimensions from what i can tell
Ashley Judd TEDtalk: NOTE: Comments are disabled on this video, because it's been our experience that comments on talks about online misogyny tend to tempt online misogynists to try even harder to create mindless shock........sounds a little bias and categorizes people into a black/white, innately good vs bad scenario, rather than having open channels and intelligent rhetorical discourse. Shame on you TEDtalks. Your videos as of late are leaving your subscribes with much to be desired. If it wasn't for videos like this one, thousands would be unsubscribing. TEDtalk stood for innovation, free thought and a sense of togetherness for the common good, not unbridled censorship.
@StephenRoseDuo
7 жыл бұрын
IndagatorAD4 agreed
This is so fucking interesting!!!!!!
Did anyone else think of the Zipf mystery from Vsauce at 3:24?
Finally understood the climax of Interstellar movie with the help of this video
2/2 lets go 3/3 TED
It's a small thing but they really need to position the mic further away from their mouth. It's always annoying having to listen to the sounds of mouth movements being picked up by the mic when you're wanna hear their speaking.
02:11
With hyperdimensional graviton you mean dielectric counterspace :)
i dont understand any of this but it sounds intrresting
This guy would never have got handing out with us cool kids in high school. He's such a nerd
@geraldmerkowitz4360
7 жыл бұрын
No one loves you
@EPIC1827
7 жыл бұрын
This man knows what he's talking about and has a successful career. You will get nowhere in life with the attitude that expertise in your field is a bad thing.
im curious about what would happen if instead of crashing the particles just make them bearly miss but to tear them apart.. how do we use electrons to build it into a hydrogen atom without causing radiation.
@maxybaer123
7 жыл бұрын
it would hit the other side and the collider would probably melt costing billions of dollars
@rudyvaldez3410
7 жыл бұрын
maxybaer123 ... Maybe your right.. It would require another special type of sensor to be able to tear, im assuming. colliding is naturally kinetic, but trying to tear them or whatever is tearing but would tear only if it needs something, like if a proton needed electrons but my theory is that protons are electrons, electrons that were influenced by a black hole or something
@rudyvaldez3410
7 жыл бұрын
sorry for my grammar.. youtubes comment function, is poor aswell
great talk, but he looks like a 16 year old french chick..
@Kamonyx
7 жыл бұрын
Sean G.G. dfw well he is a scientist...
@myen_000
7 жыл бұрын
why do you say something like this? What was your intention
@MrJ3
7 жыл бұрын
And how is this relevant in any way?
@Kamonyx
7 жыл бұрын
Cedric Schuster It was simply a poorly thought-out joke.
@vd9190
7 жыл бұрын
Sean G.G. dfw you look like a recovering meth addict lol
I love him
no one knows the consequences what will happen with new discovery. but it is our nature of exploration so we shall continue.....
great video. you can hear that his mouth is dry.
no censorship anymore??
jeesis, science?! awesome... what channel is this? =)
@anthonymoore4307
7 жыл бұрын
Exit 1Ø1 pewdiepie
During the Superbowl there will be many collisions releasing many bosons.
to me it looks like every "atom" is driven by a mini-blackhole. the more mini blackholes the heavier it gets. that is why mass creates gravity creates mass... if black/white holes are able to force galaxies into existence why wouldnt ot work the same way in the smallest of worlds. EVERYTHING SPINS around a centerpoint.
Brought to you by THC 2:13
''Maybe she's still in school'', as much as I'm against pseudo-feminism that did encourage me, a girl still in school.
@sejalyadav9281
7 жыл бұрын
Tibiafreak Damn, my bras are less supportive than youtube.lol thank you so much.
@sejalyadav9281
7 жыл бұрын
Fred Lebel He said 'you can be whatever you want'. I cannot be a fox or a spruce tree because I don't want to become one. (Such logic, much wow lol)
@sejalyadav9281
7 жыл бұрын
Fred Lebel Well, I don't most probably, but it is quite comforting. The world is rough.
@sejalyadav9281
7 жыл бұрын
+wayve! Definitely, although i've been bashed A LOT lately for my 'feministic' comments.
@sejalyadav9281
7 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Once I was speaking against marital rape in the comment section (it is still legal in India) and SO MANY people were against its criminalisation saying things like ''rape laws can be misused'' ''50% of rapes registered in India are baseless false claims'' ''Gynocentrism is real''. tf?
can we go to another dimension in the future because of this collision?
This is really interesting, but the pragmatist in me wonders what the practical applications of finding these unknown particles would be. Please excuse my ignorance on the subject, but what are the likely technological opportunities that could be opened up by investing so much in terms of resources?
@herrzog602
7 жыл бұрын
Well, this is basic research. You don't know, what humanity can do with this knowledge in the moment, those things get discovered, but at a later point, humanity might think: "Thank god, they did this experiment.
@Chidds
7 жыл бұрын
HerrZog The possibility of unknown maybes is not very good justification for using so many resources. There must be something else, otherwise the funding for this would be highly problematic.
@dryzalizer
7 жыл бұрын
The world wide web was invented at CERN in 1989. You never know when something amazing will come out of scientific research but that's where most of our technological opportunity has come from.
@herrzog602
7 жыл бұрын
It is not, definitively. But it is the only way to achieve things like gene technology or the way we make sure, that our online banking is save. And maybe, at some point, this basic research will lead us to the usage of four dimensional space to travel huge three dimensional ways in an instant...
@Chidds
7 жыл бұрын
dryzalizer The Web was predicted decades before and had known applications. The past successes of CERN doesn't alone justify present or future projects.
bro rethink everything from perspective of old Hindu technology. I believe with true efforts, u can be successful. there are few Indian person have acknowledged their conscience, they can guide u guys. intellectually understanding means digging deep, it really need hard hard hard work.
maybe we could modify a fuision reactor to try to build a hydrogen atom from just electrons
nice
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the video image is too poor, you need to fix it more
10^-39 has 38 zeros after it.
ted disabled comments and dislikes on the video before this, LEL, i wonder why XD
Why is there a bearded man wearing a bulletproof vest scribbling on a white board just off stage?
How about gravity is not weak, it is spacetime that is strong.
The guys with the white board is drawing escalators.
I would not call it Physical Disaster ....
bury plain hello qddsws hit top cognitive inspection practice last.
جميل
so after they " figure it all out" then what?
wait this guy works for the time travelers??
wasn't that graviton particle that einstien predicted its existence ?
@rajdeeppatel9151
3 жыл бұрын
Actually, what einstien came upto was completly opposite of gravity as particle
Man took 15 mins to say he was wrong and might find the answer later.
"You at the back."
microphone gain wayy to high can hear all the mouth noises. Great video tho
Like putting too much air in a balloon.
"maybe _she's_ in school now, or _she_ isn't even born yet" - how *DARE* you assume their gender!
@xouric0
7 жыл бұрын
I understand this is a joke, but perhaps he was refering the the Person... she, the person... perhaps he should have used "it"? I'm just wondering since in my Language the word "Person" is not neutral gender, but in fact female, so in my language I would use "she" when mentioning a person.
@Lord_Arn
7 жыл бұрын
"She" is sometimes used to include "she" and "he", since both words can be found in "she". Also, it's easier in english to use a gender term, so he picked one.
@readyplayersid
7 жыл бұрын
stinkyboomboom that's because she and he can be used interchangeably to mean either of the two sexes. 'she' makes it more inclusive. And it's important to have inclusion in all areas of science.
@maxybaer123
7 жыл бұрын
+Helder Ribero while he could say it haven't seen the video yet so i don't quite know(not so rude for babies) but it is generally rude its objectifying someone making them less than human although there are those that go by it but that is by choice edit watched the part where they said that he should have said they theres no reason for him not to
@theslimeylimey
7 жыл бұрын
Just curious, how is "she" more inclusive than "he"?
L O V E !!!!!!! Inspired
Howard, is that you?
Is this... science? But how does this impact one legged, albino, lesbian, transsexuals from Tibet?
It was a good speech, but it essentially went nowhere. It was a lot of information to tell us they really havent found anything. And thats ok. It’s important that we keep looking and exploring, but if youre hoping for answers about the nature of the universe, well i hope you got another hobby to keep you busy lol.
So nice to see a proper TED talk for a change rather than the bullshit SJW nonsense that's been filling up the channel recently.
damn if you hate strong women making lives better for weaker ones, just say it. Don't hide under the "this channel is supposed to be about tech and science" bullshit. It's offensive to scientists and engineers everywhere.
@maxybaer123
7 жыл бұрын
but it is supposed to be about science and why it is offensive to say that theres no insult and do you speak for scientists and engineers everywhere
Gravity is weak on earth, it's 30 times stronger on the sun, 56,000 times stronger on VY Canis Majoris.
@Rabidwulfe
7 жыл бұрын
No, its not stronger, you are incorrect, they just have more mass so it appears stronger...
@yinghueyhong859
7 жыл бұрын
Rabidwulfe
@HigherPlanes
7 жыл бұрын
I'm repeating what's in the textbooks, so they're wrong, which I agree with. Gravity is misunderstood.
@keeganhall8034
7 жыл бұрын
nobody asked
@HigherPlanes
7 жыл бұрын
That's not how youtube works, Keegan.
12:34 , What's that guy doing in the background? he keeps distracting me..