The only person I’ve ever seen who seems like he’s reading from a teleprompter, but it’s literally him uploading from the files in his brain to us

@Stars-and-Stripes-

Жыл бұрын

I suspect he is autistic ...Or an Alien!👽I think Elon Musk also is on the Autistic scale similar to this man, just not so much...

@carnsoaks1

10 ай бұрын

His slides are word for word what he presents at symposia. If you can hear his voice in your head, you can just read his slides in your own time.

@nosuchthing8

10 ай бұрын

Well this might be what he teaches in an intro physics class

@saltydog0539

9 ай бұрын

Pretty sure he’s autistic. He shows a LOT of signs.

@mithrandirthegrey7644

8 ай бұрын

@@saltydog0539 There's a lot of research that suggests that communication becomes increasingly difficult as the IQs between the individuals diverge.

Witten is a man who thinks in mathematics and translates it into English in real time.

1:00:39 - my favorite Witten quote "but we weren't consulted when the Universe was created."

Has anyone noticed he never once sayed "aaaa..."...he just pauses and takes a breathe...what a calming voice as well

@deependrasinghis_ronaldo

6 ай бұрын

56:59

@buggyvision7556

6 ай бұрын

@@deependrasinghis_ronaldo and its 100 points for you sir !! Cheers from Italy !

It's amazing how such a brilliant mind understands the world! Thank you Mr. Witten.

I like his voice, soft and smooth

Thank you Dr. Witten for taking your time to explain this from your valuable perspective.

Wonderful content! This is my first stumble upin your channel and I am very impressed by the offerings I see here...thank you!

26:11 Should be most watched. Fantastic insight from Prof.Witten.

@Achrononmaster

3 ай бұрын

@13:00 is far more important, no? Because firstly Susskind was the one with the insight about Veneziano's formula, and secondly the idea elementary particles were not point-like had been around for ages, even back to Tait and Thompson who were thinking about atoms as knots in spacetime. Thirdly, because the need for consistent theories is far more overarching, it's almost metaphysical. If the universe were _software_ running on some humongous computer it could program-in inconsistencies all over the show. The computer itself also need not be consistent, if it in turn is running on some higher level computer, etc.

Nice Interview, his voice communicates peace. I listen him while i was doing my stuff. Vibes from the far Perú.

Where is this from? Can't find it anywhere else on the Internet. What a gift for you to have shared it, thank you!

One can write a book for general physics by these subtitles 🔥🔥🔥

Your voice and thought processes soothe

Caught some of his stand-up in a Cambridge dive, killer!

I need to hear more, the concepts are so mind altering that it’s almost calming. His father was a physicist..epigenetic’s anyone?

Thanks for this brother ❤️🙏love and RESPECT

This guy is Awesome. I wish i could under his mind.

It feels good when they change the language and you continue to understand….

thank you for the upload

You have and are the most amazing mind.

Hey dude thanks for sharing this, i can listen to this over and come back and slowly make sense of bits and pieces of this crazy world. My mind isn't evolved enough to make sense of the math and with a pollution of information out there it's really refreshing to hear from someone who knows what they are talking about. you coulda used this genius for evil and instead you're helping me make sense of stuff thanks.

would be nice when the available automatic subtitles would include all spoken languages in the video. is this something that one can configure as creator, or is it solely on youtube? this would be a nice fix!

You can literally see the dude uploading the next paragraph with a extended blink.

fantastic. would be amazing a to make a new version of this in a similar way, with Witten talking about more recent work etc

@lachris8710

7 ай бұрын

The problem is, LHC has shown that supersymmetry and string theory is probably wrong. Nevertheless, i respect him very much.

@Unidentifying

7 ай бұрын

@@lachris8710 yes upon reflecting, I think you are correct this is the problem. Although he is working on other things too like pure Quantum field theories, Chern Simons theory etc, he might be having some bad feelings too of what the sentiment on string theory is currently in the physics community

@neonblack211

6 ай бұрын

@@lachris8710 theoretical physicists don't deal with "probablys" in any case Witten is considered one of if not the greatest mind of our time

@lachris8710

6 ай бұрын

@@neonblack211 String theorists don't deal with probablys, because they can not calculate meaningful probabilities from their theory. (-;

@neonblack211

6 ай бұрын

@@lachris8710 my point was that theoretical physicists don't stop working on things because it's "probably wrong". If they did we would be missing alot of physics today

That string theory enables us to unite gravity and QM is in itself a miracle, giving us an insight into the reality that is related to hologram, counting entropy etc. Loss of information in a BH that reappears when the next cycle of CCC is indeed shown by Penrose as indispensable.

I find it fascinating that time and gravity are related. What stops time in a black hole or why it slows down at the event horizon.

People can lament all they want about Witten... But at least he teaches sth to the common people who don't get all that deep into the matter.... Very "not expert friendly" but very well targeted for people like, who tried to study physics but didn't know "what the fuss was all about".... Excellent teacher in my view.... ( Highly opinionated opinion)

What a truly brilliant man.

@hosoiarchives4858

8 ай бұрын

He doesn’t care if you live or die

@lazarusmagellan2367

3 ай бұрын

@@hosoiarchives4858I don’t think anyone does. Your point?

@hosoiarchives4858

3 ай бұрын

@@lazarusmagellan2367 I find simping to be astonishing

@lazarusmagellan2367

3 ай бұрын

@@hosoiarchives4858 fellas, is it simping to admire a great mind? this man has intellect most of us will not truly comprehend.

@hosoiarchives4858

3 ай бұрын

@@lazarusmagellan2367 he believes in the Big Bang and string theory. He’s not that bright

Gracias 🙏

1:45 is the real peculiarity of the speed of light not that it is independent of its source speed but that it is independent of the observer's speed. Since mechanical waves are independent of their source's speed also. So has he misspoken here. I cant believe i'm correcting Ed Witten. Edit: it's pretty amazing to have a history of physics talk given by such a giant of physics

Anyone reading this to you I admire your hunger for knowledge as my vibrations become more collective. I’m starting to be able to understand more complex ideas.

@gitgudchannel

Жыл бұрын

take your meds

@benjamminbling1748

Жыл бұрын

using medication as a way to insult or belittle someone is not productive or helpful. It's important to respect others' experiences and perspectives, and to avoid making assumptions about their mental state based on their medication use or lack thereof. By learning more about mental health and developing greater empathy and understanding, you can help reduce stigma and discrimination and create a more supportive and compassionate environment for everyone.

@briantep458

Жыл бұрын

I get it, at 38 years old I am still inspired to learn more than ever

@highseassailor

Жыл бұрын

Study maths

@chindianajones3742

Жыл бұрын

Yes, to truly understand physics one must learn the prerequisite mathematics and then learn physics within the mathematical context. That said, it is still certainly enlightening to read and listen to physics communicators that transcribe the precise mathematical descriptions of physics into crude english.

Think about an explosion creating shockwave through air. If you run toward or away from the explosion, it will take less or more time for that shockwave to reach you. The shockwave moves at the speed of sound and only at the speed of sound. However, photons created in the explosion will reach you in the same exact amount of time regardless of where or how you move. The only thing that changes is the frequency of the light. However, this is only from your perspective. Another observer further away will see the light reach you at different at different times, depending on your motion. This is nearly impossible to detect in ordinary circumstances, but boy, is it weird. What does it mean when two different observers have two different observations of the same reality? This is where I understand the time component comes in, shifting in it's rate, to compensate for the difference between observers?

Love from India❤️❤️

A TRUE LEGEND!

Thanks

I can’t understand what is difference between electric and magnetic fields. What is the carrier of the magnetic field. And why light is an electromagnetic wave if there are no electrons there

Sir, How contact you, I am working in Quantum gravity

His genius is contagious. Light always travels at the same speed cz maybe it travels independent of the geometry of space we're used to? I know gravitational lensing but then there's the doppler effect to counter it at macro level. So why is the universe 'expanding' ?

@alexwilson2268

6 ай бұрын

Dark energy is behind the expansion. Every billion years the size of the observable universe DOUBLES

@universe6735

5 ай бұрын

Because of big bang theory

I’m not sure when this was recorded, I would say at least two decades if not 3 to be honest. Eventually the fact that the super large hadron collider did not come up with any single slightest signs of super symmetric particles since then we’ve been left with you know not much in fact. That doesn’t take away the brilliance and sharpness of this guy’s mind to be honest, but fundamentally and I think he knows it we have been wrong and possibly we have been wrong for quite awhile.

I had to pause 1:30 in. Perhaps a better explanation of how speed is additive (at low speeds) would be those moving conveyor belts at airports. When you hop on those, and then walk, when you get to the end you get a wild burst of speed, both speeds added together.

@sroy1373

8 ай бұрын

Inertia

Ahhhhhhh, my favorite ASMR video 🥱😇

starts at 0:22

this is grand admiral thrawn

When was this recorded?

He Knew things humans doesnt. Enjoy more the life, the moment. Start living.

It is actually sad that the public learned of Witten only after the JRE Weinstein interview...

Ok, so I get it! "Stuff" is crystalized "spacetime! There you go! I figured it all out! (lol) See - there is just SO MUCH spacetime, an INFINITE amount, so much of it that there's a tiny bit of "residue" from it all - and that "residue" is "matter"

Dr Written, I have a question..when you blow a balloon, and when we say that balloon is expanding, then something is expanding it which is air in this case..but when we say that space is expanding..what is expanding it? What is the fabric of space made up of? If the space of fabric is made of something then it means that the big bang is still happening and there is a fundamental energy or force that is pushing everything and creating time as well. If we could figure it out I think we would be able to find different dimensions of time as well.

@mathematicalmonk1427

11 ай бұрын

Space is not made of anything like that but the reason for expansion of space is thought to be dark energy

@PepeNuclear

10 ай бұрын

What he means by space expanding is the space between galaxies

@theGraphicAutist

6 ай бұрын

Wow it the 1st person besides myself that has ever mentioned wondering that! If we describe the big bang like an m80 going off, what constitutes the "bang?" From the time it starts till it's no longer seen or heard. So the big bang did not happen 13.8 billion years ago! We are in the midst of it right now. And if time is relative, I believe that when there wasn't a lot going on, B4 novelty, time would have been perceived differently. So I think either there was and is still acceleration, or since time is related to matter and novelty, things we think happened in milliseconds actually took longer but we're thinking of time as linear. What u think? I been thinking about this long time

It's odd that the parts where Witten isn't speaking are in Italian, but Witten's parts aren't subtitled.

Say I’m going the speed of light and hypothetically turned on a flash light, if my eyes were good enough and body resilient enough, would I see the tail end of that beam of light as I chase it? What does it look like to be chasing light at the speed of light?

@Jump-n-smash

Жыл бұрын

You can watch simulations of traveling at relativistic speeds and its effect on visual perception on KZread.

@HeiiarchyGameplays

Жыл бұрын

This comment was a result of marijuana and it’s effects. Do not consume marijuana if under the legal minimum age or illegal in your state.

@vedansh7010

Жыл бұрын

Well no, why? The closer you go to the speed of light the slower time flows, meaning photons don't actually experience any time at all so if you moved at the speed of light time would stop for you and let's say in 0s an infinite time would pass outside your reference frame. I hope that this helps

@kennethclayton1526

Жыл бұрын

Dank, There is no such thing as 'the speed of light' any more than there is a speed of water, or rocks. There are as many speeds as there are influences on a partical/wave, by a massive object. Eddington proved that. Leave the flashlight in the glove box-until you get a faster car.

@HeiiarchyGameplays

Жыл бұрын

@@kennethclayton1526 lol

The striking thing is to realise that when Physicists ‘discover’ various particles that super-unify various string theories, these phenomena have all always existed and have been in operation since the dawn of time, we only just became aware - and when i say ‘we’, i mean Tesla, Einstein & Edward Witten, not me and nearly all of you.

I came here after knowing he is a Michael Jordan of physics

Wow! This gentleman is absolutely brilliant!

We need to get Edward Witten on the Lex Fridman Podcast 👌🏻👍🏻

@sepulous

9 ай бұрын

I've been wanting to see that for so long

@fistus1976

6 ай бұрын

Pls don't. Fridman is such a bad interviewer. It'll turn him off from public fame even more.

@39:00 one could equally _legitimately_ say that if your theory requires supersymmetry _and_ extra dimensions for consistency it is a hint telling you your theory is likely wrong and you are not using the correct physical constraints. Is the hint saying your theory is more likely wrong than not? I could not say, I'm "just sayin". The fact a theory has gravitons is a pretty mild favourable result, since gravity occurs in any theory which is generally covariant (respects position and rotation gauge invariance). I think strong theory is the right conceptual idea, but it is not well formulated, and finding alternative extended object models for matter that are minimalist (4D spacetime, no supersymmetry) is something more people should be working on.

even if some times the rules make now sense they might be the rules after all

How can you translate the Spanish narratives?????

A atom is to the entire observable universe, as a string is to an atom, so small is a string. And a string is a filament vibrating. But is it possible that a string is just energy vibrating knot’s. And how can the know how small a string is. Is I possible that they are let’s say only 1/1000 of an elementary particles?

He is trying his best to dumb it down. He must think we are all adorable little ants. What a brain.

I put one of this man's talks on yesterday, and _slept like a bloody_ *corpse.* Havent had sleep that good in a very long time. ❤

Imagine 8B Ed Witten brains on one planet...since there are billions of possibilities for planets like ours...it could exist now...imagine that society, that world...

@tlpricescope7772

9 ай бұрын

Yes, he’s like the next jump in human evolution. Most of us are still stupid.

@DonRoyalX

6 ай бұрын

Who’d serve u ur McDonald’s?

@ray_gaming7

6 ай бұрын

@@DonRoyalX A world without McDonald would be a much better place lmao

@DonRoyalX

6 ай бұрын

@@ray_gaming7 lmao true but someone has to be the garbage man u get me

@ray_gaming7

6 ай бұрын

@@DonRoyalX True but garbage man is essential job, mcdonald isnt. And maybe in an intellectually advanced society, all the shitty jobs are done by robots

Why suddenly KZread is pushing this person in the mid of the show ? Do you really believe things happens out of causality ? I think here is a reason and someone who has the power to do it is pushing him in the social media.

47:12 that smile was terrifying

greatest physicist of this era the modern day einstein

if he’s so smart, why don’t we have a theory of everything yet

@Custodian123

5 ай бұрын

You can follow this up with, "why aren't all the smart people hyper wealthy?" Because they are human. And like all humans, have their own psychology. Which is shaped by genetics and environment (past experiences etc).

I wish someone would post a version of this without the foreign language parts. I’m wearing my fast-forward button out.

If you take, for example, the periodic table Alpha=Sigma squared, you have the mass of all the gases. 18 times 18 = 324.; X .Z.Y axis is each 108. . You live in the 6th house. 18 in the periodic table.

Witten for president.

50:45

Why do tenured professors at MIT hide under their desks when you visit the campus?

Wtf are the brown books in the background?

Does Witten understand the implications of what he says himself?

Combining Eninstein theory of Relativity with Quantum Mechanics is not a problem of Nature.

59:10 causes the (expansion) of the universe to accelerate

@Ryan83728

Жыл бұрын

no, the acceleration is accelerating, how arrogant of you to assume this guy mis spoke

@firstorlast340

Жыл бұрын

The acceleration of acceleration is called jerk. Jerk is not acceleration the same is displacement isn't velocity.

I've noticed how something loses it's rarity by becoming commercialized..

"Ever learning,yet never coming into the Knowledge of Truth..." 2nd Timothy 3:7

@legionreaver

9 ай бұрын

Oh he knows there is a God and defends faith in another interview beautifully.

i lose it every time he makes an expression like he’s suppressing a giggle

I came here from j. R. E podcast with eric weinstein.

@jojomojito5635

Жыл бұрын

Same

@GmoSerran

Жыл бұрын

Same

@gitgudchannel

Жыл бұрын

cringe

@diwakarkumar1469

Жыл бұрын

@@gitgudchannel wtf

@RODDERZ1983

Жыл бұрын

Same❤

hello and this is Sheldon coopers fun with flags

HELLO! *Edward Witten ET Al.! Never ANY mention of *Karl Friedrich Gauss! ( *Gauss!* ) Albert Einstein - fell into and *discovered *Gauss! You KNOW.! WELL? *Gauss was THE TOP RUNG of the physics LADDER that *Einstein utilized! WELL.?

The LHC did not reveal any evidence for super symmetry.

All are one

Edward Witten throwing a ball lol

when you tell a tv producer to make some elliptical orbits, but their focus is questionable...

profound lack of confusion

I see strings in my context

MAYBE ALBERT EINSTEIN WAS RIGHT, AND QUANTUM MECHANICS IS NOT THE WHOLE STORY?❤

He would school Michael Jordan In physics

@michaelkennedy3372

Жыл бұрын

Lame

Using maths to try to support a fairy tale is just like using philosopy to try to support theology.

but...HOW?

@firstal3799

5 ай бұрын

Stuff

Just seen a comment on string theory and now I can't watch this.

For some reasons I just don't like the peculiar string theory including the so-called black hole theory until one day direct proof becomes available.

Why

Well, where the fuck them particles at dog? I though me and my ex were super symmetrical too, heartbroken

This guy seriously needs to donate his sperm. 100 Ed Wittens i believe have the collective power to create a utopia for all.

Honestly, how has Witten helped you on an individual level? Physics is a great subject, but it’s a distraction. And if it’s true that it hasn’t progressed in the last 40 years makes things even more interesting. Anyhow, what the world needs is more people like Linus Pauling. The priorities are soooo off with people. It’s such smoke and mirrors.

Doc, Marylin (Norma Jean) Monroe understood the power of sex so well, she probably never thought of it. That was in the 50s. Today, she might not get a second look. Same for Liz Taylor. I like Weinstein's style of intellect. Not that I 'understand' either his, or Witten's genius. But more because I don't enjoy laboring over a technical construct, finally getting the idea (string theory), only to walk away wondering, 'What is it?' Even Witten says, 'We have five pieces, and another smaller part. Maybe that smaller part is what makes it 'super string theory', and that makes it worth the Fields Medal. 'Norma Jean' probably knows, but doesn't think about it.

Hebrews11: 3 "By faith we perceive that the systems of things were put in order by God's word, so thet what is beheld has come to be out of things that do not appear."

Is there a full English version? I can see all you JRE people didn't even make it to the Italian(?) lmao 🤣.

Thus so far 33:00