Edward Witten explains The String Theory (2000)

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  • @Troughi
    @Troughi Год назад +2174

    Here after JRE

  • @chriscurry2496
    @chriscurry2496 Год назад +602

    If Ed Witten had never made it in physics, he’d have made a tremendous hypnotist

    •  Год назад +30

      i feel thoroughly lobotomized and blissfull

    • @frankdux4515
      @frankdux4515 Год назад +2

      Absolutely

    • @eerievibes6854
      @eerievibes6854 Год назад +18

      Or gay guy

    • @MH-wm6df
      @MH-wm6df Год назад +1

      Lol😂😂😂😂😂

    • @EternalResonance
      @EternalResonance Год назад

      Actually his genes where extremely close to becoming non verbal autistic. Soooo he would of been taken care of for life if he wasn't who he is now. Also on another note. pay attention at how he laughs inside at his own inside joke without being too obvious. You can tell by his twitching eye 2:00

  • @rawirihemi27
    @rawirihemi27 9 месяцев назад +35

    You can tell he’s a special dude, doing exactly what he’s supposed to be doing, and so calmly ❤

  • @TC-zi2yp
    @TC-zi2yp 2 года назад +147

    You can see in his eyes, he is visualizing his explanations. When he is finished he re-enters the reality of the conversation.

    • @nuke97
      @nuke97 Год назад +4

      Love that observation.

    • @IIIllllIIIIlllll
      @IIIllllIIIIlllll Год назад +9

      I’d give anything to experience his thoughts, even for a few minutes

    • @_casg
      @_casg 10 месяцев назад

      Same

    • @Andy111Woodcock
      @Andy111Woodcock 9 месяцев назад +1

      Hyperfantasia I believe it's called ☝️

    • @worker-wf2em
      @worker-wf2em 9 месяцев назад

      Correct. He re-enters reality after talking about the unreality that is string theory. This is brilliant maths. Shit physics though

  • @lexbraxman9270
    @lexbraxman9270 Год назад +344

    He’s articulating these complicated ideas so quickly and smoothly and at the same time translating his words into layman for us to understand.

    • @CrossOverNewz1318
      @CrossOverNewz1318 Год назад +12

      Came here after Rogan didn’t you haha?

    • @lexbraxman9270
      @lexbraxman9270 Год назад +11

      @@CrossOverNewz1318 yup lol. Eric Weinstein is so brilliant that when he praised Witten I had to check him out

    • @enriquecolis9617
      @enriquecolis9617 Год назад +1

      Same here man😂

    • @tohellandbacknoface4091
      @tohellandbacknoface4091 Год назад +2

      Blown away by his smoothness and beautiful delivery... this man is incredible

    • @tohellandbacknoface4091
      @tohellandbacknoface4091 Год назад +2

      @Lex Braxman same I heard that and was like I gotta see this man he speaks off. Cheers Eric!

  • @Chillnel
    @Chillnel Год назад +26

    What a creature . How fast he bolts to the black board is inspiring. Like a child when asked about his bike

  • @jhannbnd
    @jhannbnd 5 лет назад +90

    I am just not smart enough to comprehend even 5% of what he said.
    But I am glad there are people like him that know and care. ,👍

    • @gvzhvys2590
      @gvzhvys2590 5 лет назад

      Jo Lim 😆 so true!!

    • @CoolGuy-fg3xv
      @CoolGuy-fg3xv 4 года назад +2

      It’s not that difficult
      You just need to be motivated

    • @8beef4u
      @8beef4u 4 года назад +10

      @@CoolGuy-fg3xv It's probably the most difficult thing one could study lol

    • @Solbashio
      @Solbashio 3 года назад

      his explanation is already simplified Lmao

    • @shiftinggearsnpassingqueers
      @shiftinggearsnpassingqueers 3 года назад +2

      Dude I was just thinking the same thing! I was like I I am at calculus level that’s it😂 I am just happy there are people that are discovering these things about our universe and gravity and all these laws of physics. If you think about it a certain way we are kinda witnessing history!

  • @mmanacguy
    @mmanacguy 4 года назад +198

    I can honestly say that I understand everything he is saying. He is actually explaining it in layman's terms.

    • @cheapmovies25
      @cheapmovies25 4 года назад +15

      No doubt he is way more detailed in reality he can speak all this within equations but knows only a few ppl would get that

    • @S10Alexander
      @S10Alexander Год назад +4

      It wouldn’t be a very informative interview if he wasn’t

    • @Perrydog101
      @Perrydog101 Год назад +6

      It's like watching a professional boxer. You can vicariously enjoy the conversation, but beware of the hubris.

    • @kmacadaeg7
      @kmacadaeg7 Год назад +3

      Cap 🧢

    • @rockandfound
      @rockandfound Год назад

      Yes and his technique should be mimicked so people can understand

  • @JB19504
    @JB19504 Год назад +6

    When I was 7 years old, I lived around the corner from Eddie and played with him. True story, Pikesville MD 1956 or 57. Hi Eddie, do you remember playing ball with me? Your dad brought you down to my house, Summit Park. You lived on Diana Rd, I lived on Pimlico Dr. JRE brought me here, although I have known about your work for decades.

    • @1rudrakshsharma
      @1rudrakshsharma Год назад +2

      Lucky You!

    • @BDB78
      @BDB78 День назад

      Wow! What was he like as a kid?

    • @JB19504
      @JB19504 12 часов назад

      @@BDB78 He was smart but kind of an egghead. He was a couple of years younger than me, but he didn't seem like the genius he was. He just wanted to play catch. I felt a little sorry for him.

  • @Humanaut.
    @Humanaut. Год назад +6

    I find it interesting that he seems so kind, sensitive and softspoken.

  • @Hughmonte
    @Hughmonte Год назад +22

    Certain kinds of humans have such beautiful artful minds. I just found this gem of a man and I am grateful. Thank you for being. Friend to minds that think. Edward Witten. Wow!
    It's fun just listening to him. So eloquent.

  • @Dchavarria-lm7uo
    @Dchavarria-lm7uo Год назад +18

    This guy went to his board to prove his point furthermore during an interview. Fucking legend

  • @tihseht472
    @tihseht472 Год назад +73

    How did i just find out about this guy for the first time by listening to jre like I've been a universe fan boy for over a decade now. I own several seasons to the universe and all of through the wormhole n i could listen to this guy talk for years like other physicists must be scared of this guy as even youtube spit out his name top of the list with just a edw.

    • @quantarank
      @quantarank Год назад +1

      He's like Voldemort, you're not supposed to know about him.

    • @bmoneybby
      @bmoneybby 7 месяцев назад

      If you even follow physics a little bit over the past few decades you would know who he is...

    • @kalachakra1508
      @kalachakra1508 2 месяца назад

      What's an EDW? I remember someone (a theoretical physicist)saying in a documentary years ago that most theoretical physicists think they're smart. And Edward Witten is SO much smarter than all of us who think we're smart. 😊

    • @iridium1911
      @iridium1911 4 дня назад

      He doesn't do podcasts, and his interviews are rare, as you can see by googling him on RUclips. He did recently appear on Brian Green's World Science Festival, along with 3 other top level String Theorists. It's an amazing talk actually, go check it out.
      From what i see, he is also a bit 'embarassed' about his status as a legend in physics. When people prompt him to speculate, he refuses, and at least attempts to be super careful about what he says about physics. He is, however, adamant that string theory is the onyl real candidate right now for a final theory

  • @torzalez6316
    @torzalez6316 Год назад +10

    It is brilliant how he can explain this in such a way a person like me can understand. This guy it's a genius.

  • @coolcat23
    @coolcat23 Месяц назад +1

    The most fascinating video I've seen in years. Extremely captivating.

  • @jackgamble6120
    @jackgamble6120 Год назад +8

    He is easy to listen to. His words truly paint pictures for the mind. Soothing voice as well...great for ASMR. :)

  • @prepareforwinter213
    @prepareforwinter213 Год назад +6

    I understood that, no discovery channel special has ever given me that when it comes to String Theory

  • @woopteedeewoopteedye
    @woopteedeewoopteedye Год назад +193

    I know I'm listening to a genius, but feel like I'm looking at an alien that has taken human form. Never heard of him before. Thank you Eric Weinstein.

    • @justinmitchell9681
      @justinmitchell9681 9 месяцев назад +5

      Dude has to be on the very high end of the Autism spectrum. Would love to observe him in a social setting.

    • @mondrian5620
      @mondrian5620 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@justinmitchell9681 You some doctor or going to school for psychology?

    • @RonaldTolar-pg8uh
      @RonaldTolar-pg8uh 9 месяцев назад

      Hogwash !

    • @carpathianhermit7228
      @carpathianhermit7228 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@mondrian5620do you have to study a thing to make observations within a thing?. Moron

    • @cechzc2e
      @cechzc2e 9 месяцев назад

      Eric Weinstein, has called string theory out, for the grift that it is.

  • @humanrightsadvocate
    @humanrightsadvocate Год назад +221

    If Ed Witten had never made it in physics, he’d have made a tremendous supervillain.

  • @FishSupper.
    @FishSupper. Год назад +4

    I could listen to him speak forever.
    I wish we had educators like this man. Then I remember myself In high school and understand why we don't.

  • @jameskingston6175
    @jameskingston6175 Год назад +4

    Just came across this interview!
    Strange! i had a dream a number of years back. It consisted of just one continuous note/ tone, it was the most incredible sound /experience.it was as if everything in the universe was contained in that note. it was a whole orchestra playing the most beautiful music, nothing else existed it was as if i was in this most incredible peaceful place.
    Nothing else existed except this joy and tranquility and peace. would have been happy to stay there and never return!

    • @hikedayley9309
      @hikedayley9309 Год назад +1

      That was some powerful Hashish you were smoking.

    • @nils8584
      @nils8584 4 месяца назад

      all in one tone? epic, god is a shrutibox!

  • @N0RZC
    @N0RZC Год назад +27

    I am glad people like this, Great Scientists and professors like Ed Witten get the recognition they deserve.
    Here from JRE

    • @daniaa.oliva-pena7338
      @daniaa.oliva-pena7338 Год назад +2

      Yes, 😂😂😂me too! I wanted to know the man that causes scientist to shake in fear 😊, he's not scary at all . I could actually understand . If science is music , he could compose many symphonies.

    • @Gatsu_Gambino
      @Gatsu_Gambino Год назад +2

      ​@@daniaa.oliva-pena7338 the reason he makes them shake in fear is because they feel stupid when he speaks...

    • @daniaa.oliva-pena7338
      @daniaa.oliva-pena7338 Год назад +2

      @@Gatsu_Gambino, lol!!!

    • @Gatsu_Gambino
      @Gatsu_Gambino Год назад

      @@daniaa.oliva-pena7338 lol 😆 I'm serious though that's what most of the ones who have spoken with him have said.

    • @RonaldTolar-pg8uh
      @RonaldTolar-pg8uh 9 месяцев назад

      What did he do with anything but Philosophize non- verifiable, non-useful mental gymnastics.

  • @daniaa.oliva-pena7338
    @daniaa.oliva-pena7338 Год назад +48

    He's amazing , I would've loved to have a professor like him . I love the way he explains the most , it's as if he sees it in his mind and uses words to explain how he understands what you can't see. I love it and hope I can learn everything I've been having difficulty understanding .

    • @Setfree316
      @Setfree316 Год назад +1

      The only one that can elevate your mama to the next level is a supernatural wisdom holy Ghost professor Jesus Christ
      Colossians chapter 1

    • @mondrian5620
      @mondrian5620 9 месяцев назад

      @@Setfree316Don’t use God’s name in vane.

    • @mensrea1251
      @mensrea1251 9 месяцев назад

      lol I guess you don’t realize super string theory is a scam.

    • @mondrian5620
      @mondrian5620 9 месяцев назад

      @@mensrea1251 prove it.

    • @mensrea1251
      @mensrea1251 9 месяцев назад

      @@mondrian5620 I can’t. No one can. Super string and M are entirely self referential by design and any experimental data that even trends towards disproving them (eg cosmological constant) are immediately countered by proposing random changes to assumptions that themselves can neither be proven nor disproven. There are systems like that that have proven net positive to our existence and valuable to civilization, except we do not call them science, we call them “philosophy” or “religion”.

  • @marksc1929
    @marksc1929 Год назад +6

    He’s literally explaining these things while simultaneously editing himself for us little people .

  • @dakarcz
    @dakarcz 5 лет назад +83

    The guy is so smart, I just regret my math skills are not as good as his, to have same pleasure of the overall harmony that the theory is revealing. These guys are on frontiers of human intelligence, bests of the bests. One day, they will come with something incredible, discovering all tones of the space symphony. I wish every next generation has at least one Edward Witten and that I could see where they got in 1000 years from now ;-)

    • @janzacharias3680
      @janzacharias3680 4 года назад +1

      We build our own superintelligence edward witten, how about that?

    • @Orangestardust
      @Orangestardust Год назад

      ​@@janzacharias3680Quick! Grab his DNA!

    • @rad7595
      @rad7595 9 месяцев назад

      If you could understand the math you could bulshit the hell out of people also.

  • @keyzersoze7781
    @keyzersoze7781 Год назад +11

    This man has an incredible gift to communicate. I would give anything for a conversation with him

    • @Eric714Trading
      @Eric714Trading Год назад +6

      There is nothing you have that would be worth even a "string" of his time

    • @MrInventer80
      @MrInventer80 Год назад +12

      ​@@Eric714Trading lmao bro did you feel good writing that

    • @CRuane02
      @CRuane02 Год назад

      @@MrInventer80 😂😂

    • @Gatsu_Gambino
      @Gatsu_Gambino Год назад

      ​@@MrInventer80 did you? He's right though... people who are so smart have literally nothing that interest them...

    • @MrInventer80
      @MrInventer80 Год назад

      @@Gatsu_Gambino that's just generalizing

  • @psychologyis
    @psychologyis Год назад +2

    This is soothing to watch and listen to, regardless of the limits of my understanding

  • @zerg9523
    @zerg9523 Год назад +4

    That jumper alone makes him a boss.

  • @YogiMcCaw
    @YogiMcCaw 10 месяцев назад +5

    Amazing. Even I could follow it LOL! But more seriously, what strikes me is the that the ancient idea that existence manifests using (I won't say "governed by") the mathematics of harmonic resonance just seems like it keeps re-emerging again and again among the most advanced thinkers in many different historical eras.
    As a musician, I want to heed Witten's warnings that the beauties and harmonies of string theory are not the same as in music. Even with his succinct explanation, I know that what I can grasp is still only at the very most simplistic edge of the universe he's talking about.
    People think science is all dry and logical but that's not at all true. Physicists gape in awe at the profound mysteries of the universe just the same as the rest of us. It must be exciting for Mr Witten to work at the boundary where logic and math confront those as-yet inexplicable mysteries.

  • @TheAmanda1983
    @TheAmanda1983 5 лет назад +9

    Absolutely beautiful.

  • @bach730
    @bach730 Год назад +10

    It’s like having Leonardo Davinci try and teach me how to draw a stick figure. This guy is amazing.

  • @tywins3669
    @tywins3669 Год назад +7

    Wow. Watch his eyes. It's as if he is computing thousands of computations instantaneously simply to deliver a layman's explanation of a topic that he understands on a level most humans could never. How we went from early man to this in less than a million years.

    • @gregmccauley1687
      @gregmccauley1687 Год назад +1

      It's the pain of knowing exactly how much you don't know.

    • @Saral_Lekhi
      @Saral_Lekhi Год назад +1

      Yeah. I felt like he is a robot reading from 10 extra large monitors seamlessly!

    • @Theantmang
      @Theantmang 7 месяцев назад

      i dont think not one single mind can understand what he understands on his level, the general consensus between top level physicists is that Witten is leagues above in intelligence. Its truly such an amazing feat, i feel his the closest mind to something of AI. Hes sort of robotic. Interesting as hell. Would love to see scans of his brain.

  • @iraja333
    @iraja333 Год назад +17

    OMG 😲 I just understood deep concepts in minutes. My head is hurting but love it. True genius makes it look easy simple not difficult🙏

    • @Joey-kr4mn
      @Joey-kr4mn Год назад +2

      Trust me, you don’t understand it

    • @ThomasTJ900
      @ThomasTJ900 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@Joey-kr4mnlol , crackpots every where

  • @noumenon6923
    @noumenon6923 5 лет назад +25

    “As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” - Albert Einstein

    • @noumenon6923
      @noumenon6923 4 года назад +3

      Jonathan Valenzuela : Einstein meant that while mathematics uses deductive reasoning, science must rely on inductive reasoning.

    • @noumenon6923
      @noumenon6923 4 года назад +3

      Jonathan Valenzuela : I would say that while physics theories are formulated in mathematics, they are ultimately a synthesis of empirical facts, and so, are subject to falsification upon new contrary evidence. A theory that makes no empirical predictions, is not physics, but rather, mathematics. A mathematical theory that has 10^500 answers, is vacuous as a picture of reality.

    • @noumenon6923
      @noumenon6923 4 года назад

      Jonathan Valenzuela : I don’t recall the context of Einstein’s statement,..... it may have been in reference to H. Weyl’s “gauge” invariant generalization of general relativity to “world geometry”,..... Einstein said that it was mathematically “beautiful”, and “Genius of the first rate “,... but “impossible that the theory corresponds to nature”.

    • @noumenon6923
      @noumenon6923 4 года назад

      Jonathan Valenzuela : No, I had always thought that Weyl invented the gauge concept himself.

    • @holamoco
      @holamoco Год назад

      ​@@noumenon6923 20:55-21:06 like he is saying here?

  • @kingkj664
    @kingkj664 Год назад +3

    takes the question " how long is a piece " to another level

  • @twist7799
    @twist7799 4 года назад +6

    such a brilliant man, I just wish I could follow what he is saying.

  • @CannibalWHORE22
    @CannibalWHORE22 2 года назад +21

    I like that he is talking about stuff in an intelligent way. But in a way you can understand and also how it’s not anything scary or fear inducing.

    • @AK-hy9fe
      @AK-hy9fe Год назад

      that's because he's dumbing down for you, Mr Cannnibalwhore22

    • @TheDarkLasombra
      @TheDarkLasombra 9 месяцев назад

      Also considered complete horseshit by most in Physics now. String Theory is dead.

    • @CannibalWHORE22
      @CannibalWHORE22 9 месяцев назад

      @@TheDarkLasombra I wouldn’t say it’s dead at all. It only ends when everything ends. Everything is connected in one way or another rather we want to believe it or not.

    • @h34lth01
      @h34lth01 9 месяцев назад

      @@TheDarkLasombra explain?

  • @kolbehall960
    @kolbehall960 Год назад +11

    I wish I wanted this guy on JRE, but Joe would be so lost at minute 10 😂

  • @harrynac6017
    @harrynac6017 9 месяцев назад +1

    The interviewer is Wim Kayser. This is one of the interviews he did in a series called "Beauty and Consolation", and it ended with most of them sitting together for a conversation.

  • @kirtjames1353
    @kirtjames1353 9 месяцев назад +1

    The guy is exactly what i expect a genius to look and act like. With those mystical lips.

  • @algallontheobserver3780
    @algallontheobserver3780 Год назад +3

    This man is truly remarkable! Like God damn! Wish I had a professor like him back in the uni. days.

  • @MrVestido
    @MrVestido Год назад +3

    The fact that we celebrate someone singing WAP more than we do this

  • @dlennertzdl
    @dlennertzdl 9 месяцев назад +1

    I enjoyed his x/y graph where he wrote the “t” and “m” first, then proceeded to fill in the “I” and “e” to for the x value. The efficiency and thought form is extraordinary

    • @Theantmang
      @Theantmang 7 месяцев назад

      hes the closest mind to AI we ever had, or will have for awhile i feel. his mind seems so robotic, so beautiful in a sense but also kind of frightening how much ahead his brain is from everyone else. I truly believe that people who criticize string theory, truly cant see the grand scheme of it clearly. he might be 500 years too early to be recognized, if string theory ever get proven correct or figured out, then society as a whole needs to have experimentation with it which would cause insurmountable energy. We'd need to be a type 3 civ at that point which is thousands of years if not 10's of thousand away.

  • @scoobsthedoobs_3507
    @scoobsthedoobs_3507 Год назад +1

    that's the most interested I've ever been over something on a blackboard/whiteboard before

  • @martingay3064
    @martingay3064 3 года назад +13

    The beauty of music analogy is quite nice - as being untrained in music theory I would look at the score for a beautiful song and have no idea what I was looking at whereas a trained musician could possibly recognise the beauty from the notes, silences and accents. We would certainly not scoff at the use of "abstract" musical notation to create beautiful music as we should not scoff at the use of abstract mathematical constructs to create beautiful physical theories and models.

    • @JulianDrob
      @JulianDrob Год назад

      First chapter of Simarillion

    • @davidporter671
      @davidporter671 9 месяцев назад

      Except piano strings are three dimensional. The “strings” in string theory are one. Seems problematic.

  • @KeyserSoseRulz
    @KeyserSoseRulz Год назад +2

    Edward should record guided meditation videos. His smooth voice will put anyone to sleep in a few minutes.

  • @SPDLand
    @SPDLand 9 месяцев назад

    Simply fascinating in so many ways.

  • @JoostRingoot
    @JoostRingoot 9 месяцев назад +2

    One of the problems of the string analogy is that strings are solid objects as well. In reality however particles are illusions: quanta create/maintain (oscillating) forcefields that give us the illusion of particles

  • @glocksundgeworfenheit_
    @glocksundgeworfenheit_ Год назад +7

    Somehow I think conversing is taking more mental calculation from Witten than anything he's explaining

  • @burromouse
    @burromouse Год назад +5

    This guy could either solve all earths problems or end the universe.

  • @Moneymeham
    @Moneymeham Год назад

    And also the fluid motion of harmonious is outstanding

  • @Keaggan
    @Keaggan 9 месяцев назад +2

    A beautiful description of fairy dust and unicorns.

    • @cruise_missile8387
      @cruise_missile8387 Месяц назад

      Just because we're not currently capable of testing these hypotheses due to technological limitations doesn't equate to all of it being nonsense. It's perfectly reasonable to construct hypotheses backed by solid math and work over time to see whether the hypotheses bear fruit or not. We've found enough strange truth through experimental research that there's nothing particularly absurd about this.

  • @lucaprotopapa32
    @lucaprotopapa32 4 года назад +6

    Physics is more exiting than ever!

    • @sibbyeskie
      @sibbyeskie Год назад

      Typo is unfortunately more true than the intended

  • @Shoutinthewind
    @Shoutinthewind Год назад +4

    The greatest mind in generations spent his entire career on a Masturbatory theory that has yet to make any contact with physical reality and shows no signs of ever doing so. What a beautiful tragedy.

    • @tinytotem86
      @tinytotem86 Год назад +1

      Except for the fact that this could be the foundation of some brilliant engineers, “AHA” moment; that changes the world forever.

  • @xxxfarrell
    @xxxfarrell Год назад

    A man of learning discovery I am thankful 😊

  • @apowellaudio4690
    @apowellaudio4690 Год назад

    Thank you Eric, Joe, and Mr. Witten.

  • @marksw5499
    @marksw5499 5 лет назад +9

    One of the smartest men alive currently

    • @marco199705
      @marco199705 4 года назад

      And Grigorio Perelmano

    • @MrSidney9
      @MrSidney9 4 года назад +4

      I hear , Its THE MOST INTELLIGENT MAN, at least in physics

  • @stratorunner1
    @stratorunner1 4 года назад +6

    Mr. Witten is on an higher level , You see that he really try to be the most simple that he can , with all these images , and btw? i'm lost anyway. :)

  • @mindfulnessorganix1588
    @mindfulnessorganix1588 Год назад

    If I feel not able to sleep ill watch this man

  • @innosanto
    @innosanto Год назад +2

    He is charming personality. A great energy.

  • @michatarnowski580
    @michatarnowski580 Год назад +5

    I really like this video because it says more than the majority of popular materials. I've watched tens of YT videos on string theory and almost none of them say how it differs from standard QFT, i.e. in the sense of being much more rigid and explaining interactions just by the structure of particles. To me, Witten with his passion and concentration is a much better advertiser of strings than Kaku; at least to me Witten is far more convincing.

    • @AmsterdamHeavy
      @AmsterdamHeavy 9 месяцев назад

      but theyre both full of shit with this nonsense

    • @TheDarkLasombra
      @TheDarkLasombra 9 месяцев назад +1

      Isn't String Theory basically dead in the physics world? That's why we are looking at a clip from 2000 instead of 2023.

    • @AmsterdamHeavy
      @AmsterdamHeavy 9 месяцев назад

      @@TheDarkLasombra ...you are correct and even in the 90s plenty of people were skeptical about it. The only thing that kept it going was that fraud Kaku and his incessant chirping about it in every documentary he was asked to be in.

  • @mykeross2377
    @mykeross2377 Год назад +9

    His brain seems to naturally work in theta or even in delta, while others need to tune in first. Interesting to observe such an intelligent person, wich also is in tune at the same time.

  • @Geryboy666
    @Geryboy666 9 месяцев назад

    thank you for sharing.

  • @chr0ne692
    @chr0ne692 9 месяцев назад +1

    I watched the whole video so engaged, yet understanding very little...then I read the video description 😂

  • @shroomskaiev
    @shroomskaiev Год назад +8

    This guy apparently drove physics to a dead end.

  • @chrishill5511
    @chrishill5511 3 года назад +3

    I read once that grad students called him "The Alien".

  • @theoavg
    @theoavg 9 месяцев назад +1

    We have three theories that make predictions for the behaviour of particles but we haven’t managed to make a single prediction yet.

  • @ravdobrzynski
    @ravdobrzynski Год назад +1

    Piękno tego jest takie, że definiuje się liczby, które są punktami, a później zagęszcza się te punkty chcąc utworzyć coś ciągłego. To się nie uda.

  • @WARDISWARD
    @WARDISWARD 4 года назад +21

    I would love to experience that kind of genius , even if it was for just one day

    • @WARDISWARD
      @WARDISWARD 3 года назад +1

      @Robert Hunt
      I meant experiencing it like Mr.Witten does ,and why bring up a totally irrelevant (horrible ) tv -show ?

    • @CannibalWHORE22
      @CannibalWHORE22 2 года назад

      If you are willing to learn and then teach what you know, your halfway there. 🙂

    • @e.o9470
      @e.o9470 2 года назад +1

      I agree, he sees the world quite differently or i can say in an unbelievable detail and order in his imaginations.

  • @kavalkid1
    @kavalkid1 4 года назад +15

    Absolutely fascinating! I do understand thoroughly, and I don't know why.
    Edward Whitten
    2:30 Edward is anticipating which questions the interviewer might ask while listening. Each word narrows down the gamut of possible words to finish the question. 12:00 Edward waits for the question to then for the answer idea to form, then the proper words to succinctly express the idea.
    12:06 Being interrupted, Edward re-opens the gamut of responses then evaluates the interviewers further input and waits for the idea to form before the words gel to the best choices, a form of branching and/or backward time.
    14:20 Five differing string theories are described by Edward. Perhaps the five separate conclusions describe the parameters of “fuzziness” required by higher dimensional time. I am presuming that these five separate theories are each presented in linear form.
    17:00 Concerning symmetry; I don’t see how symmetry can be maintained at sub-luminal velocities. The balancing factor might be a super-luminal stillness gradient. Sub-luminal “fuzziness” may be balanced by super-luminal clarities, if you will.
    17:50 “Space and time will only be approximations.” The position and velocity of a particle being an approximation is a part of this “fuzziness.” This is required for linear time to operate as we observe it. “Paying attention to what’s first and what’s last.” The words of this linear statement cannot express the idea the first and last can be simultaneous, as well as reversed.

  • @sunset2.00
    @sunset2.00 8 месяцев назад

    This world can amaze and facinates the dullest of children and the brightest of an era....

  • @namwayaray985
    @namwayaray985 Год назад

    I've got myself confused enough to fall asleep thank you sir😭

  • @nycjt6267
    @nycjt6267 Год назад +4

    I wish i lived in a society where things like this goes viral on tik tok and Witten is a rock star.

  • @chandler-bing
    @chandler-bing Год назад +3

    Just imagine those strings are oscillating inside us too they are on our finger tips infront of our eyes yet the are sooo far away from us even though we ourselves are made of it

    • @hikedayley9309
      @hikedayley9309 Год назад +1

      and just imagine you have 100Trillion microbes inside of you that are not you. There is more of them than there is you. Imagine that!

  • @leprechaun7667
    @leprechaun7667 9 месяцев назад +2

    We need Real Physics back!

  • @golfnut533
    @golfnut533 9 месяцев назад

    A genius with a very calming voice.

  • @worker-wf2em
    @worker-wf2em 9 месяцев назад +4

    23 years later and we’re finally starting to realise how much this purely abstract maths that exists only in his mind has stunted real physics

    • @CirrowProductions
      @CirrowProductions 9 месяцев назад +2

      Stopping saying "we" can help the problem. Only believe what you have verified for yourself.

  • @jaymobiggety9903
    @jaymobiggety9903 Год назад +6

    When you consider the amount of time that string theory has failed to produce progress, this starts to sound more like woo woo....

    • @mensrea1251
      @mensrea1251 9 месяцев назад +1

      The genius is the way Witten, Greene et al. were able to scam everyone and watch the grant monies and accolades roll in. They made it impossible to experimentally prove or disprove it, so the racket can continue for as long as they need it to. GENIUS.

    • @bryandraughn9830
      @bryandraughn9830 9 месяцев назад

      You should create a more productive model.

  • @LouC518
    @LouC518 Год назад +1

    Glad this guy is around.

  • @tinytotem86
    @tinytotem86 Год назад

    Awesome! Getting started on my shopping Kart Time Machine!

  • @rad7595
    @rad7595 9 месяцев назад +4

    I think this is organized insanity. 😂

  • @MacBjorn
    @MacBjorn Год назад +3

    Stephen Hawking took all the glory and fame while Edward was quietly working in the background

  • @mensrea1251
    @mensrea1251 9 месяцев назад +2

    The genius is the way Witten, Greene et al. were able to scam everyone and watch the grant monies and accolades roll in. They made it impossible to experimentally prove or disprove it, so the racket can continue for as long as they need it to. GENIUS.

    • @eoinoconnell185
      @eoinoconnell185 7 месяцев назад +1

      If they wanted to make money, they could become hedge fund managers.

  • @loren-emmerich
    @loren-emmerich 4 года назад

    A Loren Emmerich production was here, what physics is for many people, is music for me. Dome flight explains a lot do i think. Have a good day, bey, bey!

  • @TheMilwaukeeProtocol
    @TheMilwaukeeProtocol 3 года назад +11

    I can see why Eric Weinstein finds him frightening. He's like the perfect Android.

    • @travsb1984
      @travsb1984 3 года назад

      Silly comment.

    • @TheMilwaukeeProtocol
      @TheMilwaukeeProtocol 3 года назад

      @@travsb1984 It is. Eric is also getting sillier by the day.

    • @UseQPixinDune
      @UseQPixinDune 3 года назад

      @@TheMilwaukeeProtocol Why do you think so?

    • @alexokin6819
      @alexokin6819 22 часа назад

      Hes so gay n wimsical weepli soundi dis guy is suha coward go cry to epstei i mean it braun

  • @drsus0
    @drsus0 Год назад +4

    if aliens ever invade we need him to act as our leader... that way they'll never know how dumb the rest of us are.

  • @garybalitskiy9461
    @garybalitskiy9461 Год назад

    He drew his sweater and I can't unsee it

  • @alencia7203
    @alencia7203 Год назад

    This is so soothing

  • @-theislander-5888
    @-theislander-5888 Год назад +7

    this dude is fucking insane.
    in the best way possible

  • @aust1ntexas235
    @aust1ntexas235 Год назад +4

    He did in thirty seconds, what Hawking couldn’t explain in a chapter of his book.

  • @FixingPhysics
    @FixingPhysics 9 месяцев назад +2

    To sum it up ... strings are really small cosmic soap bubbles

  • @degenetron7590
    @degenetron7590 Год назад +1

    This guy really does seem like chatgpt is whispering into his ear and the occasional pauses is him waiting for the text to continue to generate

  • @wehaveasituation
    @wehaveasituation 9 месяцев назад +3

    An all-time con man...straight from Central Casting...

  • @lenpalmeri6228
    @lenpalmeri6228 3 года назад +13

    Is Ed Witten the Mozart, Beehtoven, and Bach of mathematical physics? I do not understand the details of their work, but I do sense & appreciate the beauty of their work.

    • @johnirving3084
      @johnirving3084 Год назад +1

      He's the Michael Jordan of physics according to Eric Weinstein

    • @jimbusmaximus4624
      @jimbusmaximus4624 Год назад

      If Elon Musk and Jeff Goldblum had a child it would be Ed Witten.

    • @Gatsu_Gambino
      @Gatsu_Gambino Год назад +1

      ​@@jimbusmaximus4624 stop...

    • @alexokin6819
      @alexokin6819 22 часа назад

      Hes so gay n wimsical weepli soundi dis guy is suha coward go cry to epstei i mean it braun

  • @5Gazto
    @5Gazto 5 лет назад +2

    Thanks for the lesson, Witten.

  • @three6nine992
    @three6nine992 Год назад +1

    The seed of my theory...
    There are three kinds of "strings" and they are not looped..... The strings are more like a knitted blanket with strings overlapping
    each other in a similar fashion as the thread in the blanket (over-under-over-under, up and down). Each string "type" has a natural harmonics "range" and each interacts with the others according to these "harmonics". The points where the strings overlap and interactions with those next to, above and bellow at certain frequencies or "harmonics" is where you get matter in all its forms.. The kinds of strings overlapping, the position of the stings as in up/down/over/under and the frequencies of each determin what form of matter....
    Thats it in a nutshell.

  • @edidiongedemeka2096
    @edidiongedemeka2096 Год назад +4

    It's crazy that I might have still not known who this guy was or his significance to various scientific fields if not for Eric Weinstein on JRE

  • @EugeneHKrabs-rr6em
    @EugeneHKrabs-rr6em 4 года назад +6

    As a 12 yr old, I find his voice hilarious!

    • @samanthaoneeshie352
      @samanthaoneeshie352 4 года назад +2

      yo same!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @FaxanaduJohn
      @FaxanaduJohn 4 года назад +2

      Yo I’m 37 and this poindexter’s voice cracks me up!

    • @evanallen7896
      @evanallen7896 2 года назад +4

      He finds your intelligence to be hilarious!

  • @lopezb
    @lopezb 9 месяцев назад

    Very nice. Inspiring!

  • @michael7v6
    @michael7v6 9 месяцев назад

    I memorized this whole bit. Chalkboard and all. Fun to break out when I’m at corp meetings and I’m called upon to write on the whiteboard.