"the reason we need free speech is because most of us are wrong" I like that

@smitabhandari9327

3 жыл бұрын

ok

@Chungustav

3 жыл бұрын

Wrong

@garlandsmith3493

3 жыл бұрын

@@Chungustav is this what I have heard as sarcasm...

@ekstralove1772

3 жыл бұрын

Education eliminates your being wrong. And free speech was present since ancient times. Not to all, but that is not the fault of the notion. The reason you need free speech is because you are privileged enough to assume you dont have enough. And most of the times you are wrong, because that's nature. Educated learn from mistakes.

@Lonewolf_1313

3 жыл бұрын

👍👍

Don't you just love listening to INTELLIGENT people carry on intelligent conversations? Gives me hope for our future...

Michael: "She can't be dead and alive at the same time" Schrödingers cat: "Hold my milk"

@jondunmore4268

3 жыл бұрын

A smart joke for a smart audience. Very serendipitous.

@nathanjasper512

3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha. Hold my milk but also don't hold it.

@ChrisPage68

3 жыл бұрын

@@nathanjasper512 Milk or no milk.

@jwb52z9

3 жыл бұрын

When people try to make a joke like this, I always say, "Yes, science has said that superposition is true. The problem is that it is still literally impossible for 2 diametrically opposing things to both happen in a single reality". In other words, even if math and science say X is possible, it doesn't mean it physically possible in our reality.

@EsherT3k

3 жыл бұрын

@@jwb52z9 I bet you're fun at parties.

I JUST found out Star Talk was on YT. This is what I've been missing in my life. ❤

I'm a simple man. I wake up. I bake up. And I watch StarTalk.

@dyronanthony284

3 жыл бұрын

We brothers man !

@IjsBlice

2 жыл бұрын

Sharing is caring

@paulvamos7319

2 жыл бұрын

If everyone on Earth smoked a joint and binge watched Star Talk, there would be world peace followed by world famine because, Munchies are killer man! XD Puff, puff........

That's what is so frustrating about social media "conversations" is that most people don't want to know anything more- they want to be right! I find myself in situations with these people who attempt to school me when I'm still asking questions and then it ends when I realize that they really don't care what I think, don't want to know more, don't have any interest in skepticism, but they intend to insult me by letting me know how wrong I am! Gotta get back to real conversation hopefully after we get beyond this virus 😷.

small correction: 5G was pionered by NASA back in 2008 (not China) and was initially released in South Korea 2 years ago, which ironically also had one of the lowest COVID rates to date.

@tripmd310

3 жыл бұрын

what is with people thinking that 5G causes coronavirus? People don't contract covid19 from 5G. 5G compromises the immune system and causes cellular degeneration, reducing the ability to fight off such diseases and infections, potentially causing the mortality rates of such sicknesses to be elevated.

@marto7537

3 жыл бұрын

@@tripmd310 Sometimes it is wise to give advise only if you understand the issue. So what in 5g hurts cells? Is it the wavelength, the frequency or the amplitude of these waves?

@ag-bf3ty

3 жыл бұрын

@@tripmd310 How do photons thousands of times less energetic than visible light "compromise the immune system"?

@rollinmark8952

3 жыл бұрын

No need for a correction Anton, Neil was joking..

@NWCRYPTOADVISOR

3 жыл бұрын

What about gravity?! kzread.info/dash/bejne/pXqnsrivktqblNo.html

“You are not free to drive on the left side of the road”… Perfect comeback to anyone spouting ‘Muricuh!’

@ChrisPage68

3 жыл бұрын

We aren't free to drive on the left - it's the law here in the UK. 😉

@sleeper_san619

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like someone who would rather pretend the other side doesn't exist rather than have an adult conversation about what we believe is right.

@kikevallezburgh8884

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing more pathetically ignorant than still falling for that right wing left wing paradygm!!!

@georgecisneros5281

3 жыл бұрын

Or left road, right road, in this case.😂

@Israelart25

3 жыл бұрын

Although I don’t reccomend it, Yes I am. I’m not a person, I’m a living man. The only two laws I need to follow are, “love they neighbor” and “love thy creator” look up person and man in black law dictionary

If I may “everything does happen for a reason, it just doesn’t happen for your reason”

@M3galodon

3 жыл бұрын

I think I can improve upon that: “everything does happen for a reason, it just doesn’t _necessarily_ happen for your reason”

@jamescrawley7993

3 жыл бұрын

@@M3galodon I like it! Needs to be PRINTED on a T shirt!! Right!

@MerkDolf

3 жыл бұрын

@ChronicAdaptor0420 Yes everything has to happen for a reason, no one wants to believe that they are an accident.

@-8_8-

3 жыл бұрын

Not really. Unless you want to say the fact that things had to happen this way, and that's why we are here, is reason instead of effect. Also, reason, in this definition, is what you make. Reason is yours, it doesn't exist outside the brain. It's up to you to give reason to the world as you see it. It's one of the most powerful tools we have. To decide what's important and why.

@hoooty87

3 жыл бұрын

@Josh Thurman yes it's not everything happens for a reason the way ppl think of reason it's "everything that happens has cause and affect"

I am so glad your still doing this show here. Let's me know there are still sane and intelligent people out there. Some days I tell you.

@smitabhandari9327

3 жыл бұрын

I fear one day they'll stop this because theres not enough support for them

@insane_troll

3 жыл бұрын

"you're" and "lets", not "your" and "let's"

@LaoZi2023

3 жыл бұрын

@@insane_troll , you're an insane troll!

I have found that becoming comfortable with simply not knowing some ultimate explanation for things, has helped me become a much more contented person who enjoys simply being curious.

"Your freedom to swing your arm ends at my nose." Pure gold.

@asokanponnusamy

2 жыл бұрын

Not very original. A G Gardener

People are often extraordinarily uncomfortable with uncertainty. It's so overwhelming not knowing that they will accept the word of anyone who claims to know, even if just supported by misinterpreted information, fallacies and even lies. People who say "We don't know" are unacceptable for them. The smartest, may not be comfortable with uncertainty either, but at least smart people prefer probabilities over absolute answers that can be flawed. Even if they fail, they will at least find comfort on knowing they tried their smartest best. Also, smart people are more likely to be fascinated when proven wrong. Learning is awesome.

@andrewolson5471

3 жыл бұрын

This seems generally true! I feel like I'm the exception, because I would rather have an "I don't know" answer over getting a BS answer.

@KynBleiddVI

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewolson5471 but atleast with a bs answer you can see where their thought pattern is and how they came to the conclusion

@x1tekja

3 жыл бұрын

It's something I've noticed seems to be embedded in our culture, there are both merits and certainly more pitfalls that can befall this line of reasoning. The hard part is figuring out who you can help and who just won't listen to you. And not that they will never learn but simply they need somebody else to restate it in a different fashion. I like how he went into the conversation about how not to try to sound condescending when trying to teach somebody on any topic. And it speaks to an idea that; it's just a matter of finding the right teacher and figuring out how people learn. And keeping in mind that the Socratic method can only go so far with certain individuals, otherwise you might go crazy.

@theresefotiou7097

3 жыл бұрын

Soo--- "not knowing" is "so overwhelming that 'they' will accept the word of anyone who claims to know, even if just supported by [misinterpretation], fallacies, [or] lies". Are you referring to 'conspiracy theorists' when you say that? Or toMichael Shermer and his followers?

@Gundesalf

3 жыл бұрын

@@theresefotiou7097 Conspiracy theories. I have no clue who Shermer is (yet). I'll look it up, though. Thanks.

Neil, you're a true genius and a great educator. Chuck, you're a great wingman.

@SidequestPrinting

3 жыл бұрын

Ahh why you gotta do Chuck like that... 😂

@bigcity2085

3 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah. But I don't think we got anywhere,really. We didn't solve nor answer....anything; we just highlighted the questions.

@HVYContent

3 жыл бұрын

Nah Chuck adds the picante to the knowledge chili

@ActionJackson669

3 жыл бұрын

@@HVYContent mmmmm, knowledge chili

@pnut3844able

3 жыл бұрын

They balance each other well

I so miss the Saturday morning Pinky and the Brain cartoon show that I used to watch religiously!!! I miss the more simple days of cartoon relief for our natural skepticism, unanswerable questions and imagination!

@paulvamos7319

2 жыл бұрын

Watch the Simpsons! I swear that Matt Goring was a time traveler!

@claykeough7898

Жыл бұрын

Well said! I miss quality entertainment in general. The 80s n 90s really had stacks of it in many genres that kept my mind creative and now I just shake my head at most of it as preaching, regurgitated, cringe worthy, tone def nonsense because creators can't create anymore without checking so many boxes. 😫

I had my KZread autoplay turned on and it brought me here. I guess the KZread algorithm knew how much I would love it :)

Love the painting of Christopher Hitchens behind Michael.

@69T57

3 жыл бұрын

Actually it's Larry Flynt

@BlackEpyon

3 жыл бұрын

@@69T57 Similar, but no. That's Hitch.

@karlitasilva7083

3 жыл бұрын

I know right! who you think Is the one on top? Sam Harris?

@AbsenceOfLogic

3 жыл бұрын

@@karlitasilva7083 I'm guessing that's his shrine (😛) to the "Four Horsemen of the Non-Apocalypse". Dennett and Dawkins are potentially opposite of the portraits of Harris and Hitchens. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Atheism#%22Four_Horsemen%22

@sectionq1

3 жыл бұрын

Was just about to ask if it was lol Thanks!

This is the best astrophysics/science KZread channel.

@ragamuffin4907

3 жыл бұрын

Other than Vsause

@purelife6846

3 жыл бұрын

@@ragamuffin4907 no still the best.

@matttthewcheng

3 жыл бұрын

@@purelife6846 AcapellaScience: Hold my Entropic Time. *Just personal opinion. I wanted to be part of the conversation.

@IjsBlice

2 жыл бұрын

It's awesome but science festival's channel is pretty dope too

I love this show. Let me add that our government has laid the red carpet for conspiracy theories.

@Ambersdf

3 жыл бұрын

yup!

@Buzz-rh4dz

3 жыл бұрын

Ever wonder why they've done that?

@AA-vr8ez

2 жыл бұрын

conspiracy theories are what low IQ people use to explain things too complex for them to understand.

Nice touch in Michael Shermer's background: a portrait of Christopher Hitchens!

Love that Hitches painting on the left.

@michaelwells6378

3 жыл бұрын

Was about to point that out as well!

@chriselrod1733

3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! It was driving me crazy...I knew it was somebody I knew but I was drawing a blank. I can't believe I couldn't come up with it! Fml...alzheimers setting in.

@craigdougan8484

3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know the artist?

@ricardoalmeida4719

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. And Sam Harris above him.

Neil... My favourite astrophysicist 🙂

@parameswarnarzary6996

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@gothicmoonchild3629

3 жыл бұрын

❤️🤘

@deepeshbhatt

3 жыл бұрын

How many u know ?lol

@callicordova4066

2 жыл бұрын

Stephen Colbert said the same thing. But I agree with you, he's awesome and someone I would like to meet.

I firmly believe that all the people in this video' aren't wearing pants.

@angrymanspeaks

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry. I don't know how to get your name to come up correctly. I assume your name is pronounced Michile, or mi-ki-el, or the like.

@gino1876

3 жыл бұрын

That's a conspiracy!

@LaoZi2023

3 жыл бұрын

@@angrymanspeaks , He'S a Russian 'bot, don't fall for his conspiracies!

@jaybenka8595

3 жыл бұрын

No pants but still more intelligent than 90 percent of us...

@victorbuster1

3 жыл бұрын

now that's just logic

One of the few people that Tyson can’t interrupt every 10 seconds. That’s very refreshing

YES I'm so glad you're doing a series of segments on this topic!!! Thank you!!!

The Hitchens poster behind Michael is definitely nostalgic.

@69T57

3 жыл бұрын

That's not Hitchens it's Larry Flynt

@rikkifurey5670

3 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of hitch's books and I miss his talks and I miss his witt and his calm way of taking idiots to pieces lol

@tofu8688

3 жыл бұрын

@@69T57 Not true, it's Mr.Hitchens on the bottom

This REALLY deserves more views... more people have to listen to this discussion so they can remember what being fair, really means. A lot of people have to start critically thinking, no matter how scared you are. It's important to hear every side before you cast any kind of judgement, and to understand that both sides should respect each other, at least in some degree.

@dont_test_me_bish

2 жыл бұрын

Odd, I heard a few arrogant old guys chuckling like they had all the answers and anyone who though otherwise was a conspiracy theorist lunatic.

Many conspiracy theorists don't think they're conspiracy theorists. I was working with a colleague who has all sorts of conspiracy ideas and actually said, "I don't want to get all conspiratorial ..."

Neil Degrasse Tyson AND Micheal Shermer in the same video, I'm in.

@jarrettludolph6000

3 жыл бұрын

What the heck 😂😂

@chriscunliffe1542

3 жыл бұрын

@Bernie Family , Bernie, who I like, is not a skeptic or an astrophysicist.

@domiro8156

2 жыл бұрын

ME TOO..............

"When a rocket blows up on the launchpad, it's not a failure it's an experiment rich in data". 5 stars to that

@thomaslane1547

3 жыл бұрын

It is if you recorded the telemetry.

@svsguru2000

3 жыл бұрын

The people inside the rocket may disagree.

@spacedout4061

3 жыл бұрын

@@svsguru2000 only like, two rockets have exploded with passengers, they are talking about cargo rockets that only carry sattelites

@100GTAGUY

3 жыл бұрын

It's still a failure, you just were able to learn from said failure.

@BraveCat9927

3 жыл бұрын

@@100GTAGUY Yea they sure like to use a lot of buzz words that end up changing the context to a less realistic one. A rocket blowing up on the pad is not an experiment rich in data, like you said its a failure to be learned from. A successful experiment will mostly always be rich in data, no?

September 11th changed my way of thinking. That was a scary day. I was only 10 yrs old at the time. Not only that Hurricane Katrina.

@chriskroll2279

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. No plane hit building 7 and it didn't epstien itself at free fall speed. There was no WMDs found in Iraq and Gain of function Dr. Fauxchi funded wuhan. Plenty of conspiracy without the theory.

Every time Chuck plugs the Patrion Patrons for being their sponsors, I always get a baseball commentator vibe. Best voice 😁

Smart people humor is the best type of humor! Love these guys man

@kikevallezburgh8884

3 жыл бұрын

Until you start to actually think for yourself and find out that these types are full of themselves???

@whatisglife

3 жыл бұрын

Same ‼️

@padgaidgeorge7388

3 жыл бұрын

Not a conspiracy theorist but these ppl sure sound like sheeple , just repeating wots on MSM

@dennisbergstrom2109

3 жыл бұрын

Until you realize that there is a difference between smart and having a degree

@pnut3844able

3 жыл бұрын

@@StellarSurge cool story bro

Chuck Nice even though I’m here for Dr. Tyson, I do love everything you bring to this channel. 🍺

@pnut3844able

3 жыл бұрын

Yes he adds much needed comic relief to break up things that can often get monotonous

@barbaralachance5836

2 жыл бұрын

Chuck is absolutely essential to startalk ❤️

"We wish to find the truth, no matter where it lies. But to find the truth we need imagination and skepticism both. We will not be afraid to speculate, but we will be careful to distinguish speculation from fact." - Carl Sagan

I tend to be somewhat immune to conspiracy theory, but the whole smart meter and inching towards surveillance capitalism thing gives me the creeps. I would so love to see the discussion of these issues...a lot of the other claims about smart meters seem to be bunk, but seeing how China is squashing Hong Kong and suppressing its minorities is pretty worrisome. It seems like we are tossing data about ourselves, privacy, and ability to move anonymously aside, but free to be utterly awful and mean to each other via the perceived anonymity of the internet.

@CMKloser

3 жыл бұрын

Never assume you are immune to anything. Keep asking questions and think for yourself. Truth should never be afraid of investigation, it should only lead to a greater truth. I know I will never have all the answers, but I always question my reality.

@nmarbletoe8210

3 жыл бұрын

I think there's thing we could call paradoxical paranoia. It's paranoia, but if we weren't paranoid, it would be real. .

@pnut3844able

3 жыл бұрын

Immune to conspiracy theories means you are a sheep, in the purest sense of the word. You cannot think for yourself or think outside the box. You must follow society's "norm" and believe everything the government and media tells you. I'm not saying every theory is true, or that even half of them are. I'm saying to be open minded and stop being indoctrinated.

@pnut3844able

3 жыл бұрын

@@CMKloser exactly

@damianpos8832

3 жыл бұрын

@@CMKloser right so why not just host a podcast with someone on the same skill level who disagrees about covid ?...You know to debunked them in real-time. THAt would be helpful in a fight against conspiracies....but i geuss cenzorship is the way to go

I wonder what everyone will think 100 years from now learning about this in 5th grade social studies

@yt_baphomet

3 жыл бұрын

They will say 135,000+ were dead before their leader wore a mask and some people denied a virus' existence as it affected millions.

@beaker8111

3 жыл бұрын

I also wonder what a post-apocalyptic 5th grade class will look like...

@gyozakeynsianism

3 жыл бұрын

^ a comment on a video called "Coronavirus & Conspiracy Theories" ^

@shawnwales696

3 жыл бұрын

They will refer to this as "the crazy times".

@spacedout4061

3 жыл бұрын

@@Huge_Echman um

This is a very informative series on the coronavirus.

@yaredtadesse8470

3 жыл бұрын

yes sir!!!

@phoenixxam5812

3 жыл бұрын

Who believes in zombies?

I'd love to hear a discussion about COVID-19 between Neil and Bret Weinstein.

Was a fan of shermer for a long time, used regularly buy skeptic magazine. Forgot about him. Glad to find him again. Especially now

You can’t be alive and dead at the same time...what about Schoedinger’s cat? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 silly humor! This is a great topic!

@johnfarmer3506

3 жыл бұрын

According to emergent view you can. If no one is observing does the tree falling make a sound.

@joshuamccarroll2188

3 жыл бұрын

what if you're undead ?? - Can you really turn up missing though ??

@jakemoeller7850

3 жыл бұрын

Isabel, I thought the same when I heard that.

@lachazaroony

3 жыл бұрын

Schrodinger*

@isabelab6851

3 жыл бұрын

lachazaroony thank you! I do not always check what is being spelled (a bit small for my old eyes). Now that you point it out...yes..it is not spelled right.

The best way to avoid conspiracy theories is through education and research

@spacedout4061

3 жыл бұрын

Conspiracy theorists are educated and do research, it's often to do with childhood problems like divorce, and any research they do is on sketchy websites and after that any real research they do is biased

@flavius7524

3 жыл бұрын

@@spacedout4061 It's not really research if it's biased, it's just an attempt to prove that you are right regardless of reality

@spacedout4061

3 жыл бұрын

@@flavius7524 precisely, but they call it research anyway. I have seen the same thing with Christians, only using a single site to explain to you why they are right, despite the site being obviously biased and so are they

@alejandrooos1

3 жыл бұрын

@@spacedout4061 but thats not research. they are using the word "research" but not really applying it, therefore is not research

@jakecostanza802

3 жыл бұрын

No Regrets divorce makes you believe in conspiracy theories... are you just a joker?

Wow, Neil deGrasse Tyson interrupted a lot less than usual in this video, I guess he really respects Michael Shermer

@pnut3844able

3 жыл бұрын

Well the topic is also outside of his wheelhouse

The more I listen to Star Talk the more I like Chuk’s jokes.

@pricekeene511

2 жыл бұрын

not me

Michael Shermer has a rendering of Christopher Hitchens on the wall behind him. Smart, smart man. I approve 👍 👌 🖖💖

@oscar24x

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. I approve too!

@jaybabcock4612

3 жыл бұрын

Ooooohhh. I thought it was Tony Soprano, which was baffling...

@bradweir6993

3 жыл бұрын

Sam Harris above?🙄

@martingarcia1723

3 жыл бұрын

i'm gonna go with Tony Acosta and say it's Larry Flint

@labbeaj

3 жыл бұрын

Who the heck is Christopher Hitchens and why should I care?

Right on the spot on the Free Country mentality! As a non-American it was a total CRINGE for us to throw that free country card on everything just because you dont want to obey.

Wow, my first time watching StarTalk. Great conversation very inspiring. I’m a huge fan of Dr Tyson in astrophysics, his skills go far beyond that 🖐

“You can’t drive on the left side of the road” Me, listening during a drive in Japan 👀

The belief that people change their mind through rational debate is so delusional. Some people are so far gone that ignoring them, or not platforming them, is the only answer.

@ishe728

3 жыл бұрын

I believe that but it is still worth to debate with them sometimes, you may learn something from them or at least a bit of why they are that way. If it gets nasty then your not going to get anywhere with them though.

@spacedout4061

3 жыл бұрын

Many conspiracy theorists unfortunately are too far gone and refuse to believe anything

@the-outsider

3 жыл бұрын

That may be right at times but if you don't try to have an open discussion with someone you will never know if they are in any way able to change their mind or not. You can't just lump everyone you don't agree with as too far gone to talk to, that just makes you no more willing to take on new points of view as you think they are.

@SanPeacefam

3 жыл бұрын

@@wasdwasdedsf Everyone has a right to beleive in themselves. But to preach about something without evidence isn't going to help anyone. And to disregard other people who are talking based on their perspective's evidence is just dumb. There's a massive community of science providing it's evidence of truth. I'm not saying it can't be proven otherwise one day.. But in order to see what's most likely true.. you have to try to believe what someone with evidence says until you prove them otherwise. And that's when debates come in.. Where we should discuss ideas on change of opposing ideas. When we both have evidence. And ww should essentially, eventually, conclude to a sounding argument by listening to each other. But nothing works when no one listens to each other or show love.. or better yet. Peace.

@kikevallezburgh8884

3 жыл бұрын

Let's start with this hypocritical example of shameless bias??? Kool!!

Watching your MasterClass Ad before watching Star Talk, Love it!

This is one of the programs which announces commercial breaks. KZread's AI seems to be unaware of these breaks and would rather interrupt NdGT mid-sentence, but not the other speakers. . . .

While most conspiracy theories are nonsense, but never forget that just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you...

@AhatiMaat

3 жыл бұрын

theres nothing conspiracy about a theory

Yes! I heard that Blue Oyster Cult song in my head and was so happy to see Chuck mention it! LOL

@AlexMartinez-dc4pe

3 жыл бұрын

Same here 👍

@mojavedesert5896

3 жыл бұрын

Hats off to Chuck for the BOC reference! BOC - a band of numerous science and space themes in their songs.

@2:00 At first I thought that was a really impressive water droplet gloss decal on the cover of the book...

BigBrains: "Freedumb means I can do whatever I want." Me: "Learn to fly."

this was so lovely, thank you very much! :) thoroughly enjoyed

Are you in your “jammies” Neil? Nice!

@tylerguest8041

3 жыл бұрын

Looks like a track suit

You said it right. People forget that their rights ends where someone else rights began.

@damianpos8832

3 жыл бұрын

well, the problem is that you have been incriminated into thinking, that any kind of risk no matter how minuscule is worthy of abolishing freedom and individual responsibility in favor of a big government solution for your benefit ..but carry on pretending you can use any kind of critical thinking

My two favourite guys! T&N : Tyson & Nice!

As a British chess champion I approve of the cover of this bloke's book.

Neil wearing that grandpapa pimping robe. Lol flexing

This is connecting a lot of dots for me, Ive been thinking a lot about belief systems and information in 2020 And how you can literally believe anything to be true

8:37 "Hey don't lump me in with craziss"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Revisit your Corona virus conspiracy theory segment. What a difference a few years makes.

I work in diagnostics, and diagnostics is as much about find out what is/does work as finding what doesn't...

The way Shermer answers every question by diverting it to an area he is about familiar with.

In all my years of listening to Tyson, I've never seen him act so respectfully with someone he is talking with than Shermer here

Learning how to communicate honestly is like learning how to teach. It's a talent.

The first thing that caught my eye is Hitche's portrait...Great episode by the way!

@johnyepthomi892

3 жыл бұрын

Hitch never left.

Thank you StarTalk for being the voice of reason in these times

Y'all are down to earth awesome.

Honestly one of the best episodes I’ve watched in awhile (not saying I didn’t enjoy the previous ones) few questions and lots of big brain talk

I will never download raid shadow legends

@vitunao

3 жыл бұрын

I'm in

@LividCreature

3 жыл бұрын

You’re free to not do that den

Is there any country other than America where people actually fight over wearing masks in the middle of a global Pandemic?

@ericpelletier7721

3 жыл бұрын

Akif Awakened there is also a lot here in Canada. I think you can safely assume it’s the case basically everywhere.

@hlr3932

3 жыл бұрын

oh ya, lots of places. Maybe they don't say it out loud , but would be passive-aggressive about it!!

@OneBiteoftheCherry

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm, I think a lot of people are moaning here in England, but I think that's mainly because it's only just been put in place...4 months in to a pandemic.

@Haribon221

3 жыл бұрын

In my country rather than fighting over it some people would just sneakily not wear a mask and only wear them when authorities are around.

These guys are incredibly entertaining all while being extremely educational. My favorite KZread channel for sure

I'm surprised the Neill says at 6:23 "you need free speech to combat conspiracy theories". I believe that conspiracy theories can only flourish where free speech exists. I am a huge believer in conspiracy theories, as they become a gateway to a field of research that I would not have gone down in my normal life, hence expanding my knowledge, and interests in different subjects. If someone was to call me a conspiracy theorist as a derogatory term, I simply ask them: How many buildings collapsed in New York on 9/11? Strangely enough, the few people who I have asked that question, do not know the correct answer, so conversation over.... They are welcome to educate themselves on the answer.

Eddie Bravo needs a chill pill

@Ibanezz369

3 жыл бұрын

LOOK INTO IT BRO!

Faucci and the surgeon general clearly said masks don’t work. It was more than the supply chain issue. And the surgeon general tried explaining it away a week ago and failed epically

@gyozakeynsianism

3 жыл бұрын

They along with many other scientists said masks aren't particularly effective protecting the wearer. They ARE particularly effective protecting other people if you carry the virus (which might be the case even if you don't have any symptoms).

Great episode. As always, I learned alot. Thank you

Interesting conversation. I enjoyed alot of what was said before the end.

"The minute you believe there's someone is behind the scenes pulling the strings"... It's called 'going down the rabbit hole'...

@arandom1024

3 жыл бұрын

The problem is that most of the time that "rabbit hole" doesn't exist, unfortunately there are just the right amount of genuine rabbit holes where conspiracy theories can't/shouldn't be dismissed outright.

@spacedout4061

3 жыл бұрын

@@arandom1024 unfortunately there are still theories that can be disproved and dismissed pretty easily due to overwhelming evidence to the contrary, for example, the flat earth conspiracy

@ice9snowflake187

3 жыл бұрын

If you have to suppose something exists for which you have no evidence or indication, that must exist in order for your theoretical conspiracy to exist, then the conspiracy probably doesn't exist.

@randyx007

3 жыл бұрын

@@ice9snowflake187 is it not plausible that we let 911 happen to invade a foreign country (that had nothing to do with it) lol?

@ice9snowflake187

3 жыл бұрын

@@randyx007 It's plausible, but there's more to it. Anyway what's the point, by now?

There's a conspiracy theory for everything!! LOL😁

@hw_yozoraVODS

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a parody of Stephen Hawking's theory of everything.

In the 1950s we only doubted used car salesmen . I can't even take my own word for anything anymore.

I like Michael Shermer’s way of engaging these serious issues with a light touch of Sarcasm yet pointed arguments.

The science DID change regarding the CDC's mask recommendation. They always recommended that infected individuals wear a mask to protect others from infection. What changed was the scientific realization that asymptomatic individuals (or at least individuals who do not recognize their symptoms of infection) were spreading COVID. Once that was clear, the recommendation was made that everyone mask, as no individual is aware of their own infectious status, as a means of protection others as if the individual is actually infected.

@ianhennessy3161

3 жыл бұрын

Then the WHO says that asymptomatic transmission is unlikely. Not saying we don't need to wear masks, there is apparently a distinction between asymptomatic and presymtomatic.

@gyozakeynsianism

3 жыл бұрын

There was also the idea that your average masks won't protect the person who is wearing it from others' coughs and sneezes carrying the virus. And also the fact that because the US federal government didn't use its powers to ramp up production of PPE, there were shortages of masks, so governments were actively telling people NOT to buy masks. Now it's about masks being community efforts to prevent transmission. Your mask is for me and my mask is for you, etc. That's a lot of evolution in a short period of time, but that's how things go sometimes.

@Jay-om8gr

3 жыл бұрын

Explain this: why does Neil and other true scientists never mention real scientific studies that prove that cloth, surgical, and n95 masks are not effective. Univ of minn has very very in-depth information on this but people ignore these studies and say just believe whatever the man in the suit says

@davidbradley2316

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jay-om8gr Because they are perpetuating the narrative that we should wear masks. A majority of the studies supporting masks efficacy are not Randomized controlled trials...which are considered to provide the strongest evidence. I think this is all a big experiment to learn how easy it is to manipulate and control the population. Something much bigger and worse than COVID-19 is coming. This is only the beginning

@flavius7524

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidbradley2316 There is nothing to learn, it is a known fact that masses are easy to control, at least the uneducated "know-it-all" mass of people. Even if the efficiency of masks isn't very high, it is enough to mitigate a considerable amount of damage, but the sad fact is that many people don't even put it correctly, at least in my country. There are many (especially old, but not only) people that put it just on the mouth, or take it away when they speak, so that can be an important factor too.

Love how youtube slaps their “coronavirus ‘facts’” disclaimer on this, thank you overlords I is dumb

@LaoZi2023

3 жыл бұрын

@KingTater, it's not quite that simplistic. You can't negate everything someone says because they have a political view point. The view point might make sense to a side that you don't agree with, but some of the information may be correct.

@anwn3981

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaoZi2023 you're right, some of the info is correct. Like when the WHO said asymptomatic people have not been shown to transmit the disease. But they're also led by Tedros, a gofer for the WHO's biggest funder, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

@pnut3844able

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta push that narrative, they are controlling the sheep through scare tactics.

I side with Chuck on the "Method of Teaching Science" segment (37:28-39:10). Even if it were possible (and it isn't) to teach Science as just a list of non-chronological facts, there will always be room to accommodate new discoveries & results into your scientific brain, and your demonstration of being able to accommodate new theories represents a teachable moment to your students on just how the scientific method works. When I was taking science classes in the late 90s, there were all kinds of new discoveries (the cloning of Dolly the Sheep, the Human Genome Project, Mad Cow Disease, the discovery of the Top Quark, neutrino mass, new states of matter) made which conflicted with the content of my textbooks. I was able to incorporate these new ideas thanks to the Chuck Nice method of teaching discoveries.

Surely two years later, the ideas and opinions expressed may just have radically changed.

Great conversation about conspiracies, lies, truths, science and perception about the world's current event: COVID-19. And VERY recent!

23:34 " They can't both be true , she can't be both dead and alive at the same time " Schrödinger - "come here , I have a box to show you "

@matheusspable

3 жыл бұрын

The experiment did NOT have a cat both alive and dead. It had a cat, and an element ready to decay at any second. The cat is either alive (of the element has not decayed) or dead (if it has). It is an example Schrödinger used to mock quantum behaviour. The problem is that if you look inside to see it, quantum states that when observed a decision has to be made, and that collapses the result to a single answer. That makes it 'impossible' to prove that this duality behaviour exists. TLDR the cat is never alive and dead, it is one or the other, but you have to look at it to check, and that affects the experiment.

@animistchannel2983

3 жыл бұрын

@@matheusspable Apparently, you are incapable of comprehending a witty remark for what it is. It's a joke. A play on words and ideas. An ironic juxtaposition of imagery and context. This is how we find out who has or has not a sense of humor. Most people do, and laugh at the irony of that juicy of a set up in a science conversation. Apparently, you do not have a sense of humor, and so you try to get into a nitpicking argument about the interpretation of superposition. You are hereby sentenced to go watch every episode of "Monty Python's Flying Circus," all their movies, and then read the entire series of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." If those can't save you, nothing will.

Thank you for the amazing video. Loved the humor too.

I love Neil's master class ad!! I just wanted to express that.

That building 7 free fall collapse always had me scratching my head. No plane hit it . .. just saying Shermer

@ChrisPage68

3 жыл бұрын

Show your evidence.

@dont_test_me_bish

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisPage68Search: "building seven" +"pull it"

Why is "I don't know," so hard.

@dannyguerra8057

3 жыл бұрын

Pride

I thought the Devil's Advocate was the guy who brought up all the reasons not to make someone a saint.

The "nanite" joke was funny, and it was the most truth spoken here.

There's 2 types of people, the ones that believe outrageous conspiracies and the ones that don't watch the news

In order to change someone's mind you first have to show them you're on their side... Showing some common ground. "Yea I hate Hillary too" kind of a thing... You also have to know the common argument points and how to counter them... This is not hard as people tend to all parrot the same thing and only know how to argue against parroted argument... Usually I see liberals and conservatives just parroting back and forth... The problem is that even if you do change their mind.. they'll forget as soon as they go back into their echo chamber... So you have to sneak in an anti echo chamber argument

@billschlafly4107

3 жыл бұрын

I was internally outraged when I heard co-workers talk about going to stores without a mask. So I've done the same thing in an attempt to bridge the gap and perhaps convert the "idiots" around me who don't wear a mask and dare to go into public to buy stuff. Well...I've started to change my tune. We should be seeing refrigeration trucks driving through neighborhoods collecting bodies...based on what the media has been selling.

@objectivemillennial2117

3 жыл бұрын

i think our belief are deeply integrated in our personalities i been trying for years to show people who don't believe in science and tolerance to change and some listen but others are as closed as dead person

@gyozakeynsianism

3 жыл бұрын

But "Yeah I hate Hillary too" isn't just showing you're on their side, it's participating in the conspiracy theory.

@jordan_8329

3 жыл бұрын

@@gyozakeynsianism theres plenty to hate about hrc no matter where you are on the political spectrum

I love that Chuck just busts out singing blue oyster cult at the perfect moment this was the last thing I was expecting the fact that Chuck even knows blue oyster cult let alone well enough to quote lyrics at the perfect moment Is just awesome 😆 🤣

I also noticed the Hitchens portrait near the shelve. :D