String Theory Explained in a Minute

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  • Dr. Michio Kaku, a professor of theoretical physics, answers the internet's burning questions about physics. Can Michio explain "string theory" to the layperson?
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  • @paddymakinchaos
    @paddymakinchaos 3 месяца назад +22262

    I like to think that he carries that piece of rubber everywhere and has it ready for this specific question

  • @monkeywang9972
    @monkeywang9972 3 месяца назад +5059

    This man is so cool. I appreciate science communicators who don’t sound or act condescending while explaining.

    • @newjojosupercutsandmore2489
      @newjojosupercutsandmore2489 3 месяца назад +68

      Absolutely agree, there are a lot that sound too full of themselves

    • @manifestinggyou
      @manifestinggyou 3 месяца назад +45

      This guy can make studying the most fun thing to do

    • @LetHimRead
      @LetHimRead 3 месяца назад +14

      He is a great teacher and communicator but watching his videos is not "studying" unless we are talking the HS level.

    • @OmnipotentEnt
      @OmnipotentEnt 3 месяца назад

      Idk why people idolize assholes like NDT when people like Michio Kaku exist

    • @Jake_C75
      @Jake_C75 3 месяца назад +24

      Unlike Neil degrasse tyson

  • @spaceboy69420
    @spaceboy69420 Год назад +11013

    This video (the original one, not this short) was the first time i actually understood the theory after trying to do so for about 4 months. After that he immediately became one of my favorite physics teacher

    • @jigglypuff_foryoutube1700
      @jigglypuff_foryoutube1700 Год назад +101

      He seems so willing to teach as well

    • @Reptex_cs
      @Reptex_cs Год назад +54

      Too bad its wrong😂

    • @rainmanj9978
      @rainmanj9978 Год назад +49

      ​@@Reptex_cswhat you mean? How's it wrong?

    • @argynkuketayev4166
      @argynkuketayev4166 Год назад +34

      @@rainmanj9978it’s not even wrong 😂

    • @mohaofa1544
      @mohaofa1544 11 месяцев назад

      it means it's not a theory
      just a framework@@rainmanj9978

  • @nnyaleleng1556
    @nnyaleleng1556 3 месяца назад +1435

    I can feel warmth and kindness in his voice.A good man.

    • @vincewatkins8439
      @vincewatkins8439 Месяц назад +4

      Warmth and kindness, but no actual science.

    • @Nefylym
      @Nefylym Месяц назад +23

      @@vincewatkins8439 he's a science communicator as well as a professor what do you want, a white board with equations on it?!

    • @vincewatkins8439
      @vincewatkins8439 Месяц назад +1

      @@Nefylym he’s a mystic dabbling in numerology.

    • @JadeM-q9z
      @JadeM-q9z Месяц назад +9

      ​@@vincewatkins8439What are you talking about?

    • @TravelingZebra
      @TravelingZebra Месяц назад +10

      @@vincewatkins8439he is using actual science 😭, it’s string theory, just like any other theory

  • @ferretcatcher2377
    @ferretcatcher2377 Месяц назад +767

    Probably the most informative RUclips Short video on RUclips. As the physicist Einstein said, “If You can’t explain it to a six-year-old you don’t understand it yourself”.

    • @themarquis336
      @themarquis336 Месяц назад +17

      Yeah, Einstein never said that…

    • @Bowie_E
      @Bowie_E Месяц назад +5

      Nice thought but idk that Einstein ever said that... Happy to be proved wrong 🤗

    • @tomiyashiro542
      @tomiyashiro542 24 дня назад +13

      That was Richard Feynman’s quote, if I’m not wrong. He embodied the idea, and was responsible for interesting a wide unrelated audience in physics.

    • @leonardotrein1440
      @leonardotrein1440 23 дня назад

      Very uninformative, Kaku is a well known physics scam and string theory has not been taken seriously as a theory for at least twenty years

    • @lorenecristini3775
      @lorenecristini3775 23 дня назад

      And now i can explain it to a 6years old. But still, I dont understand it.

  • @karanaki_3256
    @karanaki_3256 Год назад +7133

    They say the deepest understanding is portrayed through the least amount of words!

    • @ProtusMose
      @ProtusMose 3 месяца назад +187

      That's valid. Another saying I like is "If you can't explain a complex concept to your grandmother, you don't understand it well enough."

    • @MicheleOverton-mb8it
      @MicheleOverton-mb8it 3 месяца назад +29

      Occam's Razor, though I'm probably spelling it incorrectly. It's a beautiful explanation of simplicity usually being accurate and very worth a Google💖

    • @redace4821
      @redace4821 3 месяца назад +11

      ​@@ProtusMoseRead the same thing but it's 5 years old and not grandma.

    • @SoffiCitrus
      @SoffiCitrus 3 месяца назад +24

      This is what stupid people say to cope with not wanting to put in the effort to actually learn anything

    • @titmusspaultpaul5
      @titmusspaultpaul5 3 месяца назад +2

      You are spot on.

  • @iAZME
    @iAZME Год назад +34782

    I'm really sure he can explain quantum physics to a 5yo

    • @spohg2887
      @spohg2887 Год назад +375

      No one really understands quantum physics

    • @george_davituri
      @george_davituri Год назад +35

      Yep

    • @rubyganta6869
      @rubyganta6869 Год назад +395

      There's a book called Quantum physics for babies. It helps kids understand it. That's how I understood. 😂😅

    • @angrygary91298
      @angrygary91298 10 месяцев назад +31

      Plot twist thats the most complex description that he has.(of course not)

    • @argjendveseli3592
      @argjendveseli3592 10 месяцев назад

      @@spohg2887nobody really understands anything

  • @kinershah464
    @kinershah464 Год назад +2380

    During my school days, I once saw Michio Kaku's narration on Discovery Science that I started watching that channel and got into Science.

    • @Jihad_Bung_kai
      @Jihad_Bung_kai 8 месяцев назад +3

      *But after watched video clips Kaku discussing with Prof Roger Penrose about 26 dimensions in String Theory, many people thought String Theory is just scientific fiction. 😅*

    • @ModernStupidity-qm3rj
      @ModernStupidity-qm3rj 5 месяцев назад

      @@Jihad_Bung_kai because it is a fiction, @erastrotalked about it a year ago in her yt video.

    • @dreamervanroom
      @dreamervanroom 3 месяца назад

      @@ModernStupidity-qm3rjI see your nick.

    • @chhana101
      @chhana101 3 месяца назад +5

      hes good for sparking interest in science, but as the saying goes "Science doesnt say anything,Scientist does." So he can be biased also not to blame him.

    • @kazmir5429
      @kazmir5429 3 месяца назад

      Same bro

  • @thomascollins4325
    @thomascollins4325 3 месяца назад +271

    A lucid and simple explanation denotes true mastery of a subject.

    • @nossingo
      @nossingo 2 месяца назад +1

      How would you know?

    • @jessemc3
      @jessemc3 6 дней назад +1

      String theory can’t be tested or measured using today’s tech. There’s no evidence that strings is the smallest unit of matter in the universe

  • @rosesandmilk
    @rosesandmilk 3 месяца назад +312

    The sign of a truly intelligent person is that they can explain any concept to anyone, knowing how to simplify to make it easier to understand, but also keeping it true.

    • @nossingo
      @nossingo 2 месяца назад +2

      But it's not true... so...

    • @callanc3925
      @callanc3925 2 месяца назад +3

      But he literally told a lie to tell this explanation... No one has zoomed in on a particle and found that its actually a string rather than a dot.

    • @NorthernChev
      @NorthernChev 2 месяца назад

      Now demand Michio show you a test or an experiment that has shown positive results that the universe is made of strings! Then come back and contemplate your original post again. EDIT: HINT --> String Theory is untestable. Therefore there is NO evidence of this, and yet Michio is one of the last people still holding on to this dwindling theory. String Theory is not gaining support, it is very slowly losing support in the scientific community.

    • @NorthernChev
      @NorthernChev 2 месяца назад +1

      @@callanc3925 Your statement is 100% correct.

    • @penguinnh
      @penguinnh Месяц назад +10

      ​​@@callanc3925No, he did not lie. He said "IF I had a super microscope...."
      He did not say he had such an instrument, or that he had actually seen the string.

  • @semiprolific774
    @semiprolific774 3 месяца назад +4608

    I was once in a small fender bender on the interstate - no one was seriously injured.
    Michio Kaku was the first person on the scene and made sure everyone understood the basics of quantum mechanics before leaving and letting the first-responders load us into ambulances

  • @FernandoMangas
    @FernandoMangas Месяц назад +5

    Never break a dreamer's dream, I love seeing the joy with which a genius speaks. thank you michio kaku.

  • @mikemurr536
    @mikemurr536 3 месяца назад +172

    I just love listening to him. What talent and skill he has to break it down so that I can understand. Such a brilliant man. Utmost respect to Dr. Kaku

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 3 месяца назад

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  • @evelynbare1975
    @evelynbare1975 3 месяца назад +13

    LOVE this man. He makes the science of life and our world easy to understand, instead of wrapping it all in as much complexity as possible to make himself seem greater, as most do. He's blessed, and we are blessed through him. 😊

  • @kiteracer
    @kiteracer Месяц назад +4

    KEEP GOING istg a RUclips short is not enough, I did not want this to end, in 60 seconds Michio explained the beginning part of string theory in a way I’ve never heard it described before and I feel like this is finally my chance to fully grasp the whole concept.

  • @DeepSkyStories
    @DeepSkyStories 3 месяца назад +43

    I first heard Michio Kaku on an old late night radio show called 'Coast to Coast' with Art Bell. It was fascinating to here Michio talk about physics for 2 or 3 hours.

    • @abunchahooey
      @abunchahooey 3 месяца назад +2

      Oh my gosh, I remember that radio show! Hadn’t thought of it in years. I want it back now. 😊

    • @jamesbuttery3862
      @jamesbuttery3862 3 месяца назад +2

      Still listen to Art on a regular basis. My favorite shows are Mad Man Markum and Andrew Basiago time traveler

    • @benquiroz4202
      @benquiroz4202 2 месяца назад

      I am so sorry…”hear”

  • @arturoornelas8540
    @arturoornelas8540 Год назад +2291

    This man is a legend!!!!!!

    • @robert48719
      @robert48719 Год назад +17

      Nope, he really exists. You've just seen him

    • @jigglypuff_foryoutube1700
      @jigglypuff_foryoutube1700 Год назад

      @@robert48719hmmmm idk he could be a hologram

    • @notsoberoveranalyzer8264
      @notsoberoveranalyzer8264 Год назад

      @@robert48719You’re English skills aren’t the strongest, huh?
      No worries, honestly only looking at your writing it seems quite good.
      I recommend looking up “Hyperbole” it’s extremely common for native English speakers to use this.
      It’s a little tricky getting used to it, if you didn’t grow up with it, but you got this!
      Another example would be:
      Someone saying: “I feel 1,000,000 times better!” They don’t literally mean that they’re feeling a million times better, but that they’re feeling incredibly well.

    • @VIKTORSCHAUBERGERscammersONyt
      @VIKTORSCHAUBERGERscammersONyt 10 месяцев назад +11

      Of corruption butt a legend for ignorant daydreamers.

    • @ModernStupidity-qm3rj
      @ModernStupidity-qm3rj 5 месяцев назад +6

      watch angela collier about string theory and him.

  • @NijeBitno72
    @NijeBitno72 3 месяца назад +399

    All fine and dandy until the question of "What are the strings made of?" is brought up 😅

    • @9196dreamers
      @9196dreamers 3 месяца назад +38

      Exactly. Theories upon theories are in the end still not facts

    • @AxolotlInMC
      @AxolotlInMC 3 месяца назад +8

      ​@@9196dreamers They can be in science

    • @alfonsoavila8602
      @alfonsoavila8602 3 месяца назад +47

      They're made of nothing, they're pure Energy

    • @RaviModiya-wc7vy
      @RaviModiya-wc7vy 3 месяца назад +14

      It's wave 👋🏿

    • @96vipul
      @96vipul 3 месяца назад

      @@9196dreamerstheories are attestable facts... What's not proven is called a hypothesis... Unless you can prove a hypothesis it's not a theory... So take these theories as facts as they are the truest representation of our understanding of things as humans... Unless you are a believer and will believe in anything that's written in some weird holy book and run with it without the pursuit of the real truth

  • @V1_The_Machine
    @V1_The_Machine 3 месяца назад +7

    I appreciate this video. It’s one thing to be smart. It’s another thing entirely to be able to effectively explain what you mean to somebody who has little to no knowledge of what you’re talking about. Well done, Mr. Kaku.

  • @Renatus_Eruditus
    @Renatus_Eruditus 3 месяца назад +9

    Michio Kaku: _* explains string theory *_
    Me: _* can't understand, fixated on Michio's teeth *_

    • @Renatus_Eruditus
      @Renatus_Eruditus 3 месяца назад +1

      The man's a genius, but needs some of that string theory between his teeth.

  • @connectkarim
    @connectkarim 3 месяца назад +115

    Reminds of Feynman's challenge. This explanation was beautiful and elegant in its simplicity.

    • @pathfinder7544
      @pathfinder7544 3 месяца назад +2

      I was thinking the same thing!

    • @windytubeful
      @windytubeful 3 месяца назад

      Is that the Higgs Champaign bottle winning cocktail party analogy?

  • @SandyCheeks63564
    @SandyCheeks63564 3 месяца назад +31

    being able to simplify any explanation for any level is a sign of deep and true understanding

    • @nossingo
      @nossingo 2 месяца назад

      You'll just believe anyone in a position of authority then

    • @SandyCheeks63564
      @SandyCheeks63564 2 месяца назад

      @@nossingo why do you say that?

    • @nossingo
      @nossingo 2 месяца назад

      @@SandyCheeks63564 Because string theory is not even a theory. It has never made a testable prediction. It's not science and serious physicists have abandoned it.

  • @dmslidecancel
    @dmslidecancel 3 месяца назад +13

    Michio is a certified genius. He built his own nuclear reactor in his basement when he was 10. But String Theory is about as legit as Flat Earth Theory.

  • @wolf.eye._-
    @wolf.eye._- 2 месяца назад +44

    After he read the question I thought he was gonna say, "Well, I'm Michio Kaku and I AM a genius..." 😂

    • @lisagriffith2097
      @lisagriffith2097 26 дней назад

      He's like an "Asian Einstein". Pretty cool guy though. Wish I had an ounce of his intelligence. 😩

    • @asdkjh4370
      @asdkjh4370 11 часов назад

      Yep - cringy creepy science celebrity.

  • @Nightbird.
    @Nightbird. 2 месяца назад +2

    This man is a hero of mine. Ever since I discovered him on the Art Bell show. I would be honored to attend his classes. Thank you Dr. Kaku for all you do!

  • @Wapo1313
    @Wapo1313 3 месяца назад +305

    String theory was strong in the 90s and 00s but now just fade away into oblivion

    • @josefdrapak1889
      @josefdrapak1889 3 месяца назад +9

      How would you know that

    • @FordFourD-aka-Ford4D
      @FordFourD-aka-Ford4D 3 месяца назад +146

      @@josefdrapak1889It's well known in the field that string theory hasn't had any experimental evidence or proven anything despite over 40 years of uncounted people unfortunately devoting their careers to it. It's basically just interesting math that looks elegant on paper, but very *very* likely is just a rabbit hole of "fantasy" physics.

    • @alvaroluffy1
      @alvaroluffy1 3 месяца назад +72

      @@FordFourD-aka-Ford4D you could have said that about robotics 2 years ago and look at it now, all of those people that devoted 30, 40, 50 years of their lifes, it was all worth it. You never know when youre near a breakthrough, we have to keep pushing, on all frontiers, and that includes the unlikely ones. And maybe string theory is not as unlikely as we tend to think, it could be just incomplete, not wrong

    • @ChrisCDXX
      @ChrisCDXX 3 месяца назад +9

      opinions and facts... sometimes we confuse the two.

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 3 месяца назад

      ​@@ChrisCDXXIt's not just an opinion. The Theory is untestable. You can find several scientists expressing pretty much what the OP just said on RUclips.

  • @netanelizhakov7592
    @netanelizhakov7592 Год назад +264

    That's actually kinda interesting!

  • @johnkaplun9619
    @johnkaplun9619 3 месяца назад +390

    I love Michio Kaku and his passion for string theory. Its unfortunate theres zero evidence to support it.

    • @qwut9544
      @qwut9544 3 месяца назад +37

      I don’t need evidence! I support his passion for String Theory unconditionally :^)

    • @Lynn7015hb
      @Lynn7015hb 3 месяца назад +49

      Hence the term "theory."

    • @qwut9544
      @qwut9544 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Lynn7015hb please explain.

    • @JdJuarez13
      @JdJuarez13 3 месяца назад +116

      ​@@Lynn7015hbtheories aren't like you think they are. In science, something needs to go through a lot of experiments to get enough information and proof to consider that maybe it's true, and then, it becomes a theory. There are a lot of examples of theories in the past that at the time, people though that were real (like how the evolution in the animals worked or how actually a cell looked like, for example), but whit the technological advances, those theories changed.
      Sorry if you don't understand because English isn't my first language, but y hope you get the idea ;).

    • @_apsis
      @_apsis 3 месяца назад +19

      @@qwut9544i support his passion, just not string theory

  • @grazynajarzyna9661
    @grazynajarzyna9661 2 месяца назад +2

    I love it, this man is incredible. He truly understands what he is talking about, that’s why he is so effective in explaining it.

  • @samcastillo8284
    @samcastillo8284 Месяц назад

    The way he explains string theory and makes it super understandable is insane!

  • @28peruvian
    @28peruvian 11 месяцев назад +187

    The professor anyone would have dreamed to have

    • @michael.forkert
      @michael.forkert 3 месяца назад

      _Everyone?? You must be kidding. He’s a reincarnation of Einstein, in an asiatic, or slit eyed version._ 😂

  • @kindcounselor
    @kindcounselor 2 месяца назад +4

    The mark of a true genius is the ability to explain the complex, simply.

  • @VoltZero83
    @VoltZero83 11 месяцев назад +120

    String theory should have died a long time ago, but too many careers are based on it.

    • @kadewilliams7925
      @kadewilliams7925 4 месяца назад +42

      It's too rich to die. It just shouldn't be taught as fact like Michu Kaiku and others who've based their entire careers behind it do. It's a good framework as long as you keep in mind it's probably not correct.

    • @SeveralGhost
      @SeveralGhost 3 месяца назад +32

      I too have no qualifications and have strong opinions about physics theories

    • @rajeev_kumar
      @rajeev_kumar 3 месяца назад +10

      String theory is nonsense.

    • @pipegris
      @pipegris 3 месяца назад +4

      Strong theory is... wait for it... a theory. Shocking

    • @justinstewart4889
      @justinstewart4889 3 месяца назад +23

      ​@@pipegris
      Tell me you don't know what a theory is without telling me

  • @SGTBizarro
    @SGTBizarro 3 месяца назад +4

    I actually thought he was about to say "Well... I AM a genius."

  • @halukonal1400
    @halukonal1400 8 месяцев назад +13

    I like the way he presents hypothyses and interpretations as unquestionable facts.

    • @Bergerac82
      @Bergerac82 3 месяца назад +2

      Pretty common amongst string theorists.

  • @captainteeko4579
    @captainteeko4579 Год назад +17

    I would LOVE to hear a full on science convo about many topics btwn Michio Kaku and Neil DeGrasse Tyson 🤧✨

    • @Farsider3955
      @Farsider3955 3 месяца назад

      Yes! Great idea. Let Eric Weinstein be the moderator, pose questions, etc. It would be fascinating.

    • @CornellD.Cavendish
      @CornellD.Cavendish 3 месяца назад +3

      Neil would be exposed

    • @yonidellarocha9714
      @yonidellarocha9714 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Farsider3955I see what you did there, well played...

  • @andrewbeckett4001
    @andrewbeckett4001 Месяц назад +10

    To clarify an easy misunderstanding:
    A String IS NOT A THING.
    To expand:
    They are not made of any material substance; instead, they are purely theoretical constructs that represent fundamental units of energy.
    As a life long scientist I am firmly of the belief, based on observation, analysis and theory, that the next big thing will be the science of resonance.
    A time will come when we laugh that we assumed energy and phenomena occurred in a linear sinusoid or a “wave” behaving like a particle.
    We will come to view toroidal fields as the default form and building block of the universe’s energies.
    This will open a vast spectrum of technologies many based on what could be considered like wifi electrical transmission- without wires, this will develop and allow many new technologies.
    If pursued we may find biological compliments to the phenomena which may lead to true programming of the “human bio computer” with civilization changing results.
    Scratch that- I know this is the next step.
    I know it has biological aspects we can leverage for amazing outcomes.
    What I don’t know is if we will make it the ten-12 years until then or if (AGAIN) greed will stop a life saving or world changing technology

    • @laughingwolf330
      @laughingwolf330 29 дней назад

      Thank you for this. I am NOT a scientist, but this is what I feel strongly, based on personal experience and observation of existence.
      It is a spiritual teaching, that there are in fact no “things.” Not as we conceptualize them at least. At the core, everything is an aware energy, a conscious perpetual motion, a wave or flow that is itself alive and feeling. There are no “nouns” but instead only this conscious “verb” which is simply be-ing, and is taking form (the appearance of noun or “thing”) in order to express, experience and enjoy itself. The pure desire of this conscious be-ing is to experience itself as fully as possible. Thus, the eternal dance of form occurs.
      At the core all that is, including our own experience of consciousness, is this - we are pure be-ing. Call it energy, vibration, resonance. It’s utterly nonphysical and not ever truly a “thing” - by being no-thing, we can experience every-thing. By being formless, we can experience all form rising and falling. And be-ing is perpetual, it remains untouched. It is a constant motion - even at rest, as rest is simply a state of motion; motion does not “die,” it simply changes states. This is true of energy which is neither created nor destroyed but always changing.
      Anyway, this is my perspective. Again I am not a scientist. And I cannot prove anything about my experience to anyone, because it is mine. Scientists that I know personally, revolt at the notion that there is no objective reality. Then how can we know anything? They say. And the answer is, you’ve never known anything without experiencing it directly, personally, subjectively; and all experience is this. We cannot escape subjectivity; and as all is conscious, everything is observing itself at some level, aware or not. But aware consciousness (that which is aware of itself) seems to have a greater power, to determine how what is “observed” organizes itself. To me it’s far more interesting to discover and explore the overlaps in our realities and how shared perceptions are creating our experience…as well as how we can experience reality very, very differently, holding our own truths, our own experiences, which do not overlap and yet are no less “real” and true for each of us.
      I’ve rambled, I apologize. Thank you for inspiring this expression.

  • @giantcat4354
    @giantcat4354 2 месяца назад

    He's such a good educator. So clear, calm and presents at a level the audience needs.

  • @CMBell1985
    @CMBell1985 Месяц назад +1

    That makes it seem so simple and obvious. A parallel would be airplane reconaisssnce in WW2, at certain heights some things look very similar. Improve the resolution/zoom in and you can tell the difference between things. Motion does weird things - see a Catherine wheel. Its a stick but looks like a circle.

  • @dodgecoates8760
    @dodgecoates8760 10 месяцев назад +135

    He’s presenting string theory as though it’s been verified by extensive experimentation and is an accepted theory. It’s not

    • @brock9380
      @brock9380 3 месяца назад +41

      In fact at this point it's discredited.

    • @Quantum789
      @Quantum789 3 месяца назад +5

      Exactly just elegant math showing off

    • @muranki4150
      @muranki4150 3 месяца назад +4

      was looking for a comment like this!

    • @pipegris
      @pipegris 3 месяца назад +57

      The question was to explain String theory, which he did. Nothing about this video is pretending to assess the theory's validity

    • @cozmonauts932
      @cozmonauts932 3 месяца назад +16

      He literally starts off saying you can put an electron under a microscope as if we could even fathom of a way to view electrons with a microscope

  • @NygmaNL
    @NygmaNL Год назад +238

    Dot hits dot that hit multiple dots and those dots hits more multiple dots = nuclear explosion

    • @Mortisem
      @Mortisem Год назад +3

      Lol, lmao even

    • @billyhess5263
      @billyhess5263 Год назад +10

      Dot matrix…

    • @robert48719
      @robert48719 7 месяцев назад +1

      Ummm okay, I think he intended to explain something different

    • @elstyblue
      @elstyblue 7 месяцев назад +1

      Have the people at CERN and the other 30,000 particle accelerators on Earth heard about your Big Bang theory? Or are they too busy hiding the Dark Matter Mass they create everyday.

    • @crystalm4324
      @crystalm4324 3 месяца назад +4

      Wait… don’t you have to split some dots before you can actually get a nuclear explosion 💥? I’m pretty sure dots bump into each other infinitely every single day.

  • @rue883
    @rue883 8 месяцев назад +147

    String theory is so brilliant that it can’t be tested and has never produced anything.

    • @AstronomyAdmirer
      @AstronomyAdmirer 4 месяца назад +32

      You obviously have never researched this topic, and decided to sound ignorant by commenting on something you don’t understand

    • @AstronomyAdmirer
      @AstronomyAdmirer 4 месяца назад +23

      @@amarug okay so basically, the problem with our current standard model of particle physics and Einsteins GR is they fail to describe gravity at the quantum level, the math breaks down. String theory, or now superstring theory, allows gravity to be described in the quantum level, it predicts the graviton. However, there are some problems with this theory(not in the scientific sense, it’d be more of a hypothesis), I’ll just name one, because it can get very long explaining this. The main problem you could say is that the string theory and superstring theory predicts (or requires there to be) that there is 6 other dimensions, or 10 total dimensions of our universe. I’ll stop here because it’s getting long 😂

    • @ow7398
      @ow7398 4 месяца назад +22

      @@AstronomyAdmirer ok but what are the experimental tests which confirm it is actually true and not just a mathematical model?

    • @rami-succar7356
      @rami-succar7356 4 месяца назад +11

      ​@@ow7398it's called string THEORY
      it's a THEORY, a POTENTIAL EXPLANATION.
      it's there to fill a gap, which it does, while opening the door to other questions.
      it's always been this way in all science. i don't see where the problem is.

    • @ow7398
      @ow7398 4 месяца назад

      @@rami-succar7356 "A scientific theory is an explanation of an aspect of the natural world and universe that can be (or a fortiori, that has been) repeatedly tested and corroborated in accordance with the scientific method, using accepted protocols of observation, measurement, and evaluation of results."

  • @speedspeed121
    @speedspeed121 8 дней назад +1

    As a physics grad who just touched on String Theory, his explanation is like saying: A Truck's tire rolls, that's why Amazon gets our packages delivered within 24 hours. lol

  • @k3rc4
    @k3rc4 3 месяца назад +2

    Absolute sign of a genius who can explain something so complicated in such simple manner.

    • @nossingo
      @nossingo 2 месяца назад

      You're a mark

  • @haydnrogan6789
    @haydnrogan6789 3 месяца назад +65

    Why am I hearing around the traps that string theory represents the old guard who is holding science back.

    • @youtubesucks1885
      @youtubesucks1885 3 месяца назад

      Ye some people think that the universe cares for their feelings.

    • @Mmoll1990
      @Mmoll1990 3 месяца назад +3

      "around the traps?"
      What does this mean?

  • @baileyellison642
    @baileyellison642 3 месяца назад +8

    I have never known this man’s name and I have seen this man everywhere. I am so glad to finally learn his name. He is awesome!

  • @daniellewieners7179
    @daniellewieners7179 2 месяца назад +3

    He's amazing 👏 love this guy!!

  • @ggalaxy9065
    @ggalaxy9065 3 месяца назад +1

    Dr Kaku is by far the best at explaining physics to a layperson. Brilliant mind, but down to Earth.

  • @toddheimbuch5429
    @toddheimbuch5429 20 дней назад

    And now we understand "String Theory". Thanks, man.

  • @DavidNitra
    @DavidNitra Год назад +7

    The answer to the question was supposed to be "probably yes - there are people who know of people who can explain string theory so even the guy asking the question would understand it" Michio Kaku hasn't answered that question at all 😮

  • @sygendron
    @sygendron 3 месяца назад +10

    Thank you so much! If I had a teacher like you, I wouldn't have failed Physics.

  • @LolPlove
    @LolPlove Год назад +414

    If this is the case why don’t they just teach it like this to begin with instead of confusing people with dots 😭

    • @TheVochiba
      @TheVochiba Год назад

      Because string theory is not even close to be proved at all, it's just one of many theories of everything, none of which is proved yet.

    • @TON__618.
      @TON__618. Год назад +168

      Because we don't really know if they are, its just a theory.

    • @SnowRose-wn6gj
      @SnowRose-wn6gj Год назад +72

      ​@@TON__618. Yes that is true, although in science 'theory' refers to something that has proof and plausibility backing it without being a fully proven fact. The normal use of theory would actually be a 'hypothesis'.

    • @TON__618.
      @TON__618. Год назад +20

      @@SnowRose-wn6gj Well, while you are right we need to call it a theory even if it is not. This is because it is the only "hypothesis" that can combine all our laws, or more popularly known as "the theory of everything".

    • @SnowRose-wn6gj
      @SnowRose-wn6gj Год назад +6

      @@TON__618. Oh, well then i learned something new today, thanks!

  • @mishie618
    @mishie618 3 дня назад

    I love him. He just seems to have a never ending smile on his face when he speaks about anything to do with quantum physics or mechanics or theory ❤❤❤

  • @SanchoBohemian007
    @SanchoBohemian007 Месяц назад

    Glad he’s now reaching us more . Thank you !

  • @Vim_and_Vitriol
    @Vim_and_Vitriol Год назад +28

    I always like seeing Michio Kaku! 💜

    • @SabinFigaro
      @SabinFigaro Год назад +3

      Yes, I agree. It's been a while for me...time to go on a physics tangent/rabbit hole now...

  • @nathankopfmann8659
    @nathankopfmann8659 Год назад +81

    He needs a labcoat. A drinking habbit, and a grandson named morty.

    • @Maxtherocketguy
      @Maxtherocketguy 3 месяца назад +1

      interstellar?

    • @sileudies
      @sileudies 3 месяца назад +2

      @@Maxtherocketguy lmfao

    • @vanitas.
      @vanitas. 3 месяца назад

      And a fantasy world in which everything that he hopes to be real can be.
      But seriously, this guy is like a bottomless barrel of misinformation, not a IRL Rick Sanchez

  • @HaiderKhan-nc9gf
    @HaiderKhan-nc9gf 10 месяцев назад +67

    String theory is an untested hypothesis. More and more physicists are abandoning the idea as a wild goose chase. It's just a super complicated set of mathematical calculations that involves more than 11 dimensions. Michio Kaku (the man I love and respect) is always super excited about these untested ideas that border on science fiction rather than reality. So no. We won't see vibrating strings. Thanks

    • @jace-j5d
      @jace-j5d 10 месяцев назад +11

      the math isn't worthless, they are educated calculations offering worthwhile information that these patterns exist at the subatomic level.
      You won't ever see a string because you can't see in the 4th dimension. I recommend you read 'Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions'. I think you might find the argument interesting and enjoy the story. Best

    • @ebreshea1337
      @ebreshea1337 10 месяцев назад +15

      @@jace-j5d if we can never observe it that means the hypothesis IS untestable and therefore a dead-end scientifically. And despite it being a proposed "theory of everything" that could reconcile quantum mechanics with relativity, it really seems like that's never going to happen.

    • @jace-j5d
      @jace-j5d 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@ebreshea1337 "seeing is believing" said the Blind Man.

    • @ebreshea1337
      @ebreshea1337 10 месяцев назад

      @@jace-j5d if you believe in something despite zero evidence that isn't science, it's faith.

    • @komolkovathana8568
      @komolkovathana8568 9 месяцев назад +2

      He just said (in his theory (of everything?) That everything is just A DANCE of ENERGY, at different levels & patterns. That's variety of strings to say in short. But i think String is open-end vibrating ENERGY, not material particles (electron existence is limitation/boundary) which are LOOPS of many kinds.. another book (?) to be written.??

  • @Nepsanagaer
    @Nepsanagaer 22 дня назад

    Love how this short looks like highly respected physicist playing with a rubber band

  • @irenehartlmayr8369
    @irenehartlmayr8369 20 дней назад

    The vibrating string,with different modes,is another way of saying that there are different probabilities of location for the electron,and other " elementary particles "..... as I understand it.

  • @JAV619
    @JAV619 Год назад +5

    I'm a simple man. I see Dr Kaku, I hit "like"

  • @cxvxcbcxn
    @cxvxcbcxn Год назад +49

    I thought string theory was pretty much a dead end at this point...

  • @mayuryewale4057
    @mayuryewale4057 5 месяцев назад +11

    Many people calling him legend even without knowg string thing which wasted 40 50 years of scientist

    • @wolfvash22
      @wolfvash22 3 месяца назад +3

      There is no such thing as wasted hypothesis in science, either you discover something or discover a way to not getting something new, then you have gotten some new knowledge, just not the expected one.

    • @spockers
      @spockers 3 месяца назад +2

      I know string thing.

    • @riccardozanoni2531
      @riccardozanoni2531 3 месяца назад

      @@spockers as foretold

  • @VIDEOVISTAVIEW2020
    @VIDEOVISTAVIEW2020 Месяц назад

    Electron is treated as a dot in my understanding but this revelation about electrons is on another level.

  • @ana419
    @ana419 3 месяца назад

    How do those different vibrations affect us and their structures? Are all three of these examples classified as protons? What are they made of? How many of them are there? How many vibrational variations are there in our microsphere?

  • @shrinivashulamani2657
    @shrinivashulamani2657 Год назад +61

    This guy is a absolute living legend !

    • @marcnairn8355
      @marcnairn8355 7 месяцев назад +6

      Was, he's been too deep down the lunatic quack consciousness rabbit hole for years now, nobody respects his current takes in the community

  • @alexxfoxxdehoboken3145
    @alexxfoxxdehoboken3145 10 месяцев назад +14

    I thought string theory was very speculative ?

    • @kiraPh1234k
      @kiraPh1234k 3 месяца назад +18

      It is thus far, entirely speculative.

    • @youtubesucks1885
      @youtubesucks1885 3 месяца назад

      As every theory of quantum gravity is speculative so is string theory xD

    • @linuxp00
      @linuxp00 3 месяца назад +3

      It is, but seem so happy talking about it, that people just let them tinker with their toy models

    • @AlexDeLarge1
      @AlexDeLarge1 3 месяца назад +2

      Not really. We know string theory fits our current model.

    • @IronOgre
      @IronOgre 3 месяца назад +9

      ​@@AlexDeLarge1Well the argument is that it doesn't fit our current model except where we've adapted theory to fit. String theory has produced nothing, none of the experiments that SHOULD prove its predictions have done so

  • @1-_-I
    @1-_-I Год назад +8

    What if i zoom in on the rubber band

    • @o.o9709
      @o.o9709 Год назад +4

      Then it'd never give you up or let you down

  • @JesseGilbride
    @JesseGilbride 22 дня назад

    What I would like learn is how the vibrational modes translate into physical properties.

  • @dlibby4979
    @dlibby4979 2 месяца назад +2

    Finally I understand! Such a beautiful explaination

  • @Keranu
    @Keranu 3 месяца назад +4

    This makes me understand string theory less.

  • @NurgulAnnearaccounthacked
    @NurgulAnnearaccounthacked 4 месяца назад +4

    These superminds who can explain a subject in simple terms should be filmed & their "lessons" should be used in Schools.
    Some people are gifted & can explain the most complex subjects simply

    • @CourseHSC
      @CourseHSC 4 месяца назад +3

      String theory is not even real. If you want to understand the unreal topic, go watch some standup comedy.

  • @cxa24
    @cxa24 11 месяцев назад +8

    The strings only exist in their dreams

  • @Howto-Ukulelesogehts-ev3rr
    @Howto-Ukulelesogehts-ev3rr 2 месяца назад

    I like your approach
    First because you made clear, that you answer this question for yourself
    Then you appreciate that type of answers (I do too )
    Third you did it so good, that makes me feel to have expertise in string theory now
    Thank you Michio Kaku

  • @MatematikaTauhid
    @MatematikaTauhid 2 дня назад

    Its something coded by string vibration because of its energy, not present as a static physical object.
    Thats descript the particke was an energy, as e=mc^2, thats enegery made up the mass, made the particle, instead of non-determined solid particle.

  • @Tnk_xd
    @Tnk_xd Год назад +5

    Thanks...

  • @gecko1322
    @gecko1322 Год назад +4

    This over-dressed flea market salesman is saying funny things. Anway, gotta get back to the real science...

    • @retired5218
      @retired5218 Год назад +3

      Do you have a PhD and teach physics? He's allowed to have a theory. Even some of Einstein's ideas weren't proven until after his death.

    • @twinkleblink3073
      @twinkleblink3073 3 месяца назад

      The real science is his dotted tie. 😮

  • @mulantisreunitingall888
    @mulantisreunitingall888 3 месяца назад

    Michio, you are GREAT at explaining the COMPLEX in a SIMPLE way. I especially appreciated you sharing years ago, that we exist within a GINORMOUS Galaxy, Universe and beyond; hence, it’s extremely arrogant to believe that we’re the only ones in town.
    I’ve had many earthly and otherworldly, vivid dreams of numerous realities-within parallel and alternate universes-as early as the late nineties, for a week in 2001, and mostly within the past 13 years.
    And this included being within different worlds, seeing MANY different extraterrestrials, and even interacting with dozens.

  • @owethukhumalo4030
    @owethukhumalo4030 2 месяца назад

    So the direction or mode of the vibration of the string determines the particle?

  • @0x746f6d
    @0x746f6d 3 месяца назад

    This feels like the opposite of Feynman who would start with "What confusion does the theory resolve and what novel testable predictions does it make?"

  • @theothersparrow
    @theothersparrow 2 месяца назад

    This definitely helps to understand the relationship between string theory and matter in a way i hadnt before.

  • @sadboidex6106
    @sadboidex6106 2 месяца назад

    this is literally the best explanation ever

  • @APFELKUCHENsite
    @APFELKUCHENsite День назад

    A great man. He explained it very well! I also like how authentic he sounds :)

  • @evolifesword5972
    @evolifesword5972 3 месяца назад

    This is a man who enjoys what he does, I wish I could be at least the person he seems to be,
    someone who really enjoys what they do every day.

  • @ingoos
    @ingoos 26 дней назад +1

    so how does a "string" become & stay(?) an electron / quark / neutrino...?

  • @timothynorman962
    @timothynorman962 23 дня назад

    Thanks. I was wondering about the “particle” concept.
    Now, how are strings affected by space-time?

  • @katjaamyx2922
    @katjaamyx2922 2 месяца назад

    Things are *wild* at the subatomic scale!
    Thanks for the wonderful insight and fun explanation.

  • @Penuel_2001
    @Penuel_2001 3 месяца назад

    As a Chemist , I find his explanation quite fascinating makes me see Chemistry in a different light especially all aspects that relates to electrons which is a lot 🥰

  • @Biggsman_IV
    @Biggsman_IV 3 месяца назад +1

    It takes intelligence to know this stuff, but it takes even more to know how to teach it to people of all levels of intelligence

  • @anujsarin17
    @anujsarin17 3 месяца назад

    I am 40 with an Engg degree and for the first time heard such a description of an electron. I thought it was a point

  • @SuperMickey57
    @SuperMickey57 3 месяца назад

    I always enjoy his lectures.

  • @hanishsingla92
    @hanishsingla92 3 месяца назад

    This man Michio kaku and Neil Tyson made my childhood awesome!! Have watched them for whole days on discovery 😄😄😄

  • @dusankasivcevic4769
    @dusankasivcevic4769 Месяц назад

    He is giving ecplanation easy and in simple way

  • @CIS101
    @CIS101 27 дней назад

    Wow that's the best explanation I ever heard for that. Now we need one to explain a brane.

  • @DYANANAVARRO-gx4mp
    @DYANANAVARRO-gx4mp 3 месяца назад

    Honestly thank you for that. You dumbed it down for non geniuses like me. And you were able to do it in a minute. Thank you so much

  • @Hkdistsnsns
    @Hkdistsnsns 3 месяца назад

    Seeing how old he got 😔 he was a legend when I was a kid.

  • @brittnibarger2413
    @brittnibarger2413 22 дня назад

    More of this please.

  • @Max-qd2lf
    @Max-qd2lf 3 месяца назад

    How they came up with the conclusion that it's a rubber band blows my mind

  • @ViktorNova
    @ViktorNova Месяц назад

    I did not expect to learn something by clicking on this, but somehow I never realized that the way a string vibrates determines what kind of particle it is 🤯

  • @Kartzchen
    @Kartzchen 25 дней назад

    Love this guy! 1 minute, brilliant.

  • @m1bl4n
    @m1bl4n 3 месяца назад +2

    I still have no idea what it is by this explanation though. Did he only just explain what the theory itself is: that, if you BELIEVE in string theory, you believe that molecules are "vibrating rubber bands" instead of dots?

    • @jaytheman
      @jaytheman 3 дня назад

      Dude, you cant explain a theory that physicists have spent entire lifetimes studying in a 1 minute long video