Brian Cox will surely be recognised with all and every accolade it is possible to bestow a man of his fantastic potential. He is already a national treasure.
Brian Cox reminds me of Carl Sagan. I admire his passion and willingness to explain complicated things to us with understandable language. Thank you for sharing this!
A fantastic and inspiring lecture! He did get one date wrong but it did not detract from the content in any way. He said the Voyager spacecrafts were launched in 1979 - they were actually launched in 1977. I was working at JPL in 1979 when they arrived at Jupiter - it was a very exciting time indeed.
An amazing talk. His ability to communicate is too rare a commodity. I roll my eyes every time I hear a politician or media star complain about money spent on NASA, research, or education. An excellent example of cutting off a nose to spite a face.
An amazing talk. His ability to communicate is too rare a commodity. I roll my eyes every time I hear a politician or media star complain about the tiny amount of money spent on NASA, research, or education. An excellent example of cutting off the nose to spite the face.
There are quite a lot of scientists that inspire me today. Just to name a few off the top of my head... Brian Cox, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Michio Kaku, and Richard Dawkins. Though I wish I was born a few thousand years in the future, I still believe that we are in a wonderful time in history because there's so much we already know & so much that we have a potential to learn.
Fascinating. The real question is: "What is the chance that humans evolve?" I think the chances are less than most people believe, which makes our existence even more of a miracle.
I love his voice and how much passion he has for science. I would love to see a lecture of his in real life. He kinda reminds me of noel fielding when he takes the piss out of ppl lol
As wonderful as the late Carl Sagan was Brian is his own man.. really he reminds me of Jacob Bronowskie, in the sense of his humility. The universe humbles all before it after all!
I just want to point out that in some of our opinions, arguing religion vs science is an incredibly silly thing to do. Some of us believe that the two can go hand in hand if we can be openminded, and there is no reason to stereotype Christians under one specific belief. Religion and Science really go hand in hand, and I think observing the beauty of the universe is a wonderful thing, whether you're a Christian/Religious Scientist or an Athiest.
@CrissCross407 Yeah I guess. Still, he's doing science a major service with his darn good looks and talent for making things popular and easy. So in my book he is among the best.
@pjlehtim Although he is still young and not sophisticated comparing to Sagan, but I still feel he is potentially the most important publicist of science of cosmology in the early 21 century. Only if he can get more chances to evolve in the big exploration events of NASA, it will be even better, considering Carl's importance and contribution as a leading scientist in the 1970 and 1980's space exploration of human kind.
@GOLDENGAZZA Finally you're a person who shares my taughts.Of the countless possibilites I like to believe we could be the most advanced species of any and all life forms.However that may be.As a certain v smart guy once said."somebody has to be first"
@YYwb Sagan was born in 1934 and did the 1977 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: 43 years. Cox was born in 1968 and started making TV shows in 2005: 37 years. That's not such a great difference in age.
Oh and I didn't try to sneak in the last word. I replied originally using my tablet from the toilet whilst pooping. It must not have posted correctly which I corrected by re-posting :)
@ctakitimu Of course I am...I just put out a list off the top of my head. There are many more scientists in history that I think made substantial contributions to humanity. Another scientist in Sagan's time that I really enjoy watching is Richard Feynman...both of those men truly enjoyed what they did & it showed. If I really sat down & made a comprehensive list then I'd run out of space on here (500-character limit).
Sorry, what i should have said is "Making up assumptions based upon quotes". Look I never said that christianity was in the bronze age. I merely stated that it is a bronze age belief structure. It is based upon those religions founded before it. Which you have agreed to previously. I fail to see how this is not knowing the subject matter. Is the fact that I understand the origins of your "holy" book troubling in some way?
physics is the reasoning behind the laws of nature, or the rules behind that which nurtures humanity, and existence. What petty creatures we seem once we comprehend life at its simplelest forms.
@rbolo29 you're being satirical, right? Or Are you seriously suggesting that a god would give us the intelligence, tools and apparent "luck" to unlock the secrets of nature, but then not want us to use them?
The reason we use the term "Bronze Age" beliefs is due to the fact that christianity is just a rewrite of the beliefs set down before it. These beliefs can be dated well back into the bronze age. For example, the story of Jesus and all his miracles are just a rewrite Horus, one of the oldest egyptian gods. he was worshipped during the bronze age. Hence bronze age beliefs. By all means fuel debate, but please take your own advice and research before spewing forth useless arguments.
@oneballuno Actually it does have relevnce to christianity. The similarities are striking and far to similar to be coincidental. Just because he was an egyptian god does not mean it has nothing to do with it. The stories will have travelled around the entire region. Adapting one religion to another is an easier than writing a completely new one. Also its is easier to sell it to the populace.
@rbolo29 Yea, but you don't know that. You just think it because other people have told you and others believe it on faith, which means believing something without evidence. So you just realllly think it but that doesn't make it so. Which is what makes science supremely better and more interesting than ideas of perhaps there being a big sky daddy
If the longer the universe has been around the more complex it is, and there-fore the middle must be the most complex as it is expanding outwards, the likely hood of a complex species living in the middle must be good- what if we are the most complex organisms? there could be aliens far more evolved than us but then there might be other aliens who are even smarter than them? or perhaps we under estimate just how clever humans are? perhaps we reside in the center of the universe? hmm
steve irwin was a biologist. I am sure that he has stuck his finger up the asrs of many animals....and wats so bad about "probing for knowlege"(lolol) thats beautiful!
So what you are saying is that I am correct? You acknowledge that the christian belief system is based on ones previous. I never once said christianity existed before the iron age only that it was based on past beliefs. My argument is joke? How exactly is it a joke? I simply laid out the facts in an easy to understand way. Oh wait is that why? It has FACTS in it? Your probably right, i should keep my facts to myself shouldn't I. I would hate for someone to learn something.
@jeffreydebra1 You're looking at it wrong. Imagine a standard deck of cards, but expanded. Instead of ace thru king of each suit, it's 1 thru 1 billion. You'r looking at the chance of drawing, say, the ace of hearts: very small indeed. But the chance of drawing a heart is 1 in 4. Not surprising at all. Likewise, the chance that humans, exactly as we are, would have evolved is vanishingly small, but the chance of *something* intelligent wasn't that bad.
So to summarise... - We agree that christianity was developed in the iron age - We agree that christianity is a bronze age belief structure. I fail to see why you are continuing the argument. However, judging by the evidence available, you would appear to be a christian and therefore do not like people messing with the pointless drivel that is the bible.
Gee... He is a alien and knows everything, but only prepares human kind for the revelations that we will uncover for the next hundred years. He is both what christians call jesus, and what islamists call Muhammed. He took the "pale blue dot" picture on his way here.
At what point in that statement did I state that christianity was about before the iron age? That right, nowhere. As previously said, I welcome debate and conversation about these subjects, however, you are attempting to drive this debate into the depths of pointlessness. I am willing to stand by my words but not the words of some tiresome little child who is making up quotes to try and discredit his opponent. Please, argue but stick to facts. Thankyou.
In christianity we know God runs the show on the universe and as such they see no reason to explore further using science being we already know the answers.
Brian Cox will surely be recognised with all and every accolade it is possible to bestow a man of his fantastic potential.
He is already a national treasure.
breathtaking beauty.
a fabulous talk.
It's always a pleasure to listen to this man.
Brian Cox reminds me of Carl Sagan. I admire his passion and willingness to explain complicated things to us with understandable language.
Thank you for sharing this!
It was a brilliant talk, a really nice and very clever guy.
Thank you for sharing this with us! 🎉
A fantastic and inspiring lecture!
He did get one date wrong but it did not detract from the content in any way.
He said the Voyager spacecrafts were launched in 1979 - they were actually launched in 1977. I was working at JPL in 1979 when they arrived at Jupiter - it was a very exciting time indeed.
Glad to have been there, a really wonderful lecture.
The beauty of science! Great speech thank you Brian Cox :-)
An amazing talk. His ability to communicate is too rare a commodity. I roll my eyes every time I hear a politician or media star complain about money spent on NASA, research, or education. An excellent example of cutting off a nose to spite a face.
An amazing talk. His ability to communicate is too rare a commodity. I roll my eyes every time I hear a politician or media star complain about the tiny amount of money spent on NASA, research, or education. An excellent example of cutting off the nose to spite the face.
There are quite a lot of scientists that inspire me today. Just to name a few off the top of my head...
Brian Cox, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Michio Kaku, and Richard Dawkins.
Though I wish I was born a few thousand years in the future, I still believe that we are in a wonderful time in history because there's so much we already know & so much that we have a potential to learn.
The Universe makes me Happy.
Brilliant.
Thank you very much for sharing.
Fascinating. The real question is: "What is the chance that humans evolve?" I think the chances are less than most people believe, which makes our existence even more of a miracle.
The man voices the sciences in a great way
Brilliant lecture! Loved it
I love his voice and how much passion he has for science. I would love to see a lecture of his in real life. He kinda reminds me of noel fielding when he takes the piss out of ppl lol
As wonderful as the late Carl Sagan was Brian is his own man.. really he reminds me of Jacob Bronowskie, in the sense of his humility.
The universe humbles all before it after all!
Yup. You just gotta love Cox!
You sir are a legend!
Thank you.
Why was there a cut? Missed some of the lector.
Just to briefly lower the tone - Brian Cox is beauuuutiful...
Great lecture.
I just want to point out that in some of our opinions, arguing religion vs science is an incredibly silly thing to do. Some of us believe that the two can go hand in hand if we can be openminded, and there is no reason to stereotype Christians under one specific belief. Religion and Science really go hand in hand, and I think observing the beauty of the universe is a wonderful thing, whether you're a Christian/Religious Scientist or an Athiest.
Admitting to yourself that you don't know is so much more powerful than ignorance.
28:26 almost killed me
@CrissCross407 Yeah I guess. Still, he's doing science a major service with his darn good looks and talent for making things popular and easy. So in my book he is among the best.
@pjlehtim Although he is still young and not sophisticated comparing to Sagan, but I still feel he is potentially the most important publicist of science of cosmology in the early 21 century. Only if he can get more chances to evolve in the big exploration events of NASA, it will be even better, considering Carl's importance and contribution as a leading scientist in the 1970 and 1980's space exploration of human kind.
thank your for your opinion.
Anyone notice the jump between him showing Voyager and the picture of the Small Blue Dot (or whatever it's called)? I found it really irritating.
@littlesnabes
Glad you liked it. :)
Great lecture!
Great for perspective.
:D*
@GOLDENGAZZA Finally you're a person who shares my taughts.Of the countless possibilites I like to believe we could be the most advanced species of any and all life forms.However that may be.As a certain v smart guy once said."somebody has to be first"
i like how he says gravity is so weak it isn't even part of the equation, then he goes right back to it at 26
@YYwb
Sagan was born in 1934 and did the 1977 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: 43 years.
Cox was born in 1968 and started making TV shows in 2005: 37 years.
That's not such a great difference in age.
@pjlehtim Sagan is one of his heroes. Makes sense, Sagan has a more lyrical and passionate style.
what Richard Dawkins did for Biology Brian Cox is now doing for Physics. making it interesting :-)
@andyrooney12
Not a fan of Carl Sagan?
@ThePoGuEUK
I'll be doing a video soon about the Quran's geocentric description of the universe.
woah i thought he said "ASTRONOMERS were rubbish" i had to go back and listen thank god i misheard
Oh and I didn't try to sneak in the last word. I replied originally using my tablet from the toilet whilst pooping. It must not have posted correctly which I corrected by re-posting :)
Just assume a four dimension of time. And lead up to twelve or twenty four with free switch to the twelve to other twelve.
U ok m8?
@ctakitimu
Of course I am...I just put out a list off the top of my head. There are many more scientists in history that I think made substantial contributions to humanity. Another scientist in Sagan's time that I really enjoy watching is Richard Feynman...both of those men truly enjoyed what they did & it showed. If I really sat down & made a comprehensive list then I'd run out of space on here (500-character limit).
Brian was fabulous but the recording was terrible. Lots of sounds covering his voice and not possible to see the visuals! So sad.
Sorry, what i should have said is "Making up assumptions based upon quotes". Look I never said that christianity was in the bronze age. I merely stated that it is a bronze age belief structure. It is based upon those religions founded before it. Which you have agreed to previously. I fail to see how this is not knowing the subject matter. Is the fact that I understand the origins of your "holy" book troubling in some way?
Proof for the Higgs Boson particle has been discovered in 2012 :-)
7 dislike why?
physics is the reasoning behind the laws of nature, or the rules behind that which nurtures humanity, and existence. What petty creatures we seem once we comprehend life at its simplelest forms.
@rbolo29 you're being satirical, right?
Or
Are you seriously suggesting that a god would give us the intelligence, tools and apparent "luck" to unlock the secrets of nature, but then not want us to use them?
The reason we use the term "Bronze Age" beliefs is due to the fact that christianity is just a rewrite of the beliefs set down before it. These beliefs can be dated well back into the bronze age.
For example, the story of Jesus and all his miracles are just a rewrite Horus, one of the oldest egyptian gods. he was worshipped during the bronze age. Hence bronze age beliefs. By all means fuel debate, but please take your own advice and research before spewing forth useless arguments.
@oneballuno Actually it does have relevnce to christianity. The similarities are striking and far to similar to be coincidental. Just because he was an egyptian god does not mean it has nothing to do with it. The stories will have travelled around the entire region. Adapting one religion to another is an easier than writing a completely new one. Also its is easier to sell it to the populace.
That's what they should say at the next committee hearings. We want to put billions of dollars into destroying gold.
The future is dependent on space only and space only so talk as much as you can.
All life depends on it something like astrology,
You are an embarrassment to India
@ThePoGuEUK
Qur'an never says that sun moves around the earth
wow i had no idea he was over 40, if he was born in 68. he looks like he's in his mid - late 20's
@rbolo29 Yea, but you don't know that. You just think it because other people have told you and others believe it on faith, which means believing something without evidence. So you just realllly think it but that doesn't make it so. Which is what makes science supremely better and more interesting than ideas of perhaps there being a big sky daddy
#AwarenessConsciousness
how can any one person be this clever? It shouldn't be legal!
If the longer the universe has been around the more complex it is, and there-fore the middle must be the most complex as it is expanding outwards, the likely hood of a complex species living in the middle must be good- what if we are the most complex organisms? there could be aliens far more evolved than us but then there might be other aliens who are even smarter than them? or perhaps we under estimate just how clever humans are? perhaps we reside in the center of the universe? hmm
steve irwin was a biologist. I am sure that he has stuck his finger up the asrs of many animals....and wats so bad about "probing for knowlege"(lolol)
thats beautiful!
So what you are saying is that I am correct? You acknowledge that the christian belief system is based on ones previous. I never once said christianity existed before the iron age only that it was based on past beliefs. My argument is joke? How exactly is it a joke? I simply laid out the facts in an easy to understand way. Oh wait is that why? It has FACTS in it? Your probably right, i should keep my facts to myself shouldn't I. I would hate for someone to learn something.
@jeffreydebra1
You're looking at it wrong. Imagine a standard deck of cards, but expanded. Instead of ace thru king of each suit, it's 1 thru 1 billion. You'r looking at the chance of drawing, say, the ace of hearts: very small indeed.
But the chance of drawing a heart is 1 in 4. Not surprising at all.
Likewise, the chance that humans, exactly as we are, would have evolved is vanishingly small, but the chance of *something* intelligent wasn't that bad.
It must feel good to be a 'driver' like Brian Cox. He doesn't speak like a person who believes in God.
@ThePoGuEUK
I asked for proof.
the verses of earth as ABODE of rest is not saying that it is FIXED,
It really is a place of rest for all of us.
So to summarise...
- We agree that christianity was developed in the iron age
- We agree that christianity is a bronze age belief structure.
I fail to see why you are continuing the argument. However, judging by the evidence available, you would appear to be a christian and therefore do not like people messing with the pointless drivel that is the bible.
5 pence at 75 feet = a nickel at 24.7 m
You THINK that YOU have the answers, but what are the questions?
Three dislikes, therefore Holy Trinity.
Gee... He is a alien and knows everything, but only prepares human kind for the revelations that we will uncover for the next hundred years.
He is both what christians call jesus, and what islamists call Muhammed.
He took the "pale blue dot" picture on his way here.
@cnestudy1 43
At what point in that statement did I state that christianity was about before the iron age? That right, nowhere. As previously said, I welcome debate and conversation about these subjects, however, you are attempting to drive this debate into the depths of pointlessness.
I am willing to stand by my words but not the words of some tiresome little child who is making up quotes to try and discredit his opponent. Please, argue but stick to facts. Thankyou.
@cnestudy1 48
In christianity we know God runs the show on the universe and as such they see no reason to explore further using science being we already know the answers.
They are just jealous like most people are these days.
@rbolo29 saying god did it isn't an answer...
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Comics are not ment to entertain the ignorant , you obviously have never read a quiality comic book
Don't laught at the disabled earthlings.