Do physicists believe in God?

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  • Опубликовано: 27 сен 2010
  • Our scientists respond to more questions from viewers - this time it's questions about God and astronomical features. More from us at www.sixtysymbols.com/
    With Philip Moriarty, Meghan Gray, Amanda Bauer, Mike Merrifield, Laurence Eaves, Roger Bowley.
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  • @Proishpwnager
    @Proishpwnager 9 лет назад +2166

    That story with the microscope is gold

    • @lalaken2234
      @lalaken2234 8 лет назад +6

      Milky Way Laniakea Superclusterite pls. go to jw.org

    • @rango3526
      @rango3526 8 лет назад

      +Attnel Ofsurds ikr

    • @lalaken2234
      @lalaken2234 8 лет назад +3

      Milky Way Laniakea Superclusterite Christmas is a pagan tradition. You can celebrate christmas if you want but not me! I'm from the Philippines. Many people here don't celebrate Christmas because of that Simple fact that I said awhile ago.

    • @Proishpwnager
      @Proishpwnager 8 лет назад +67

      Why are you all replying with a religious debate? I just said it was funny...

    • @PushTheFat
      @PushTheFat 8 лет назад +3

      +Attnel Ofsurds I doubt it's true. Proabably just wants to seem like such a hardcore scientist that he was doing this as a kid, yeah right,

  • @robin2080
    @robin2080 8 лет назад +1483

    "ohh that's a big question... (1 sec. later) okay no" lol not so big it appears.

    • @BlueEyesWhiteTeddy
      @BlueEyesWhiteTeddy 8 лет назад +61

      +Franklin Gomez And afterwards he started explaining why, also, a big question doesn't have to have a big answer.

    • @ChilledCanadian
      @ChilledCanadian 8 лет назад +30

      +Franklin Gomez Ever hear of Sarcasm?

    • @linosclassics
      @linosclassics 8 лет назад +58

      He probably simply already gave it a lot of thought...

    • @jacobuswille9277
      @jacobuswille9277 7 лет назад +16

      big question, small answer

    • @91722854
      @91722854 7 лет назад +1

      to make a physicists to become religious is a Mission Impossible: Physicists aren't religious movie

  • @prospecops
    @prospecops 9 лет назад +932

    How to start an inernet fight :
    1. Write a comment
    2. Wait

    • @borilboyanov5544
      @borilboyanov5544 9 лет назад +72

      ??
      3. Profit!

    • @borilboyanov5544
      @borilboyanov5544 9 лет назад +5

      ... language

    • @johnInception
      @johnInception 9 лет назад +18

      Boril Boyanov at least my parents are still together!

    • @borilboyanov5544
      @borilboyanov5544 9 лет назад +27

      johnception WHAT?!?? HOW DO YOU KNOW??? WHO DO YOU WORK FOR??? CIA, FBI COINTELPRO INTEL?!? I SWEAR I WILL DESTROY ALL YER CAMERZ BRO!!! *twists head around furiously*

    • @jonoghue
      @jonoghue 9 лет назад +14

      prospecops 3 grab popcorn

  • @donaldkjenstad1129
    @donaldkjenstad1129 9 лет назад +130

    "Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonalbe conclusion is that they are all wrong.”
    - Christopher Hitchens

    • @dt6692
      @dt6692 9 лет назад +6

      Or all of them are wrong but one? "Since it is obviously inconceivable that all the various ways in which relativity and quantum mechanics can be theoretically reconciled are correct, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong." Really?

    • @Hal2718
      @Hal2718 9 лет назад

      Well if you've ever read The Sandman, then you'd know it's possible for all of them to be right.

    • @dt6692
      @dt6692 9 лет назад

      I haven't read The Sandman (though I probably should, Neil Gaiman is awesome), so do you want to explain how it's possible? I'm going to guess that regardless of how interesting the idea is from a literary point of view, that Neil Gaiman has no exemption from the basic rule of logic that two statements which contradict each other can't both be true.

    • @Hal2718
      @Hal2718 9 лет назад

      dt Well basically, all religions exist because we thought them up. Our minds in the world of the Sandman have an effect on reality. Science is still very much correct in this world, but our dreams made the myths real as well. However there is less interaction with these mythological beings today because we don't believe in them anymore which in turn takes their power. The most powerful being in this world outside the creator (not abrahamic in nature btw) is Satan because nearly 4 billion people believe in him.
      I'm not saying that you should accept the premise of the logic, but it is nonetheless a logical explanation for how all religions along with science can be correct simultaneously.

    • @donaldkjenstad1129
      @donaldkjenstad1129 9 лет назад

      Saed Abumokh Do you have a better provable idea?

  • @Andefir
    @Andefir 4 года назад +116

    2:10 Just observe the world and make your own opinion about it. I wish more people thought like that.

    • @tabkg5802
      @tabkg5802 3 года назад +12

      Agree, but sadly people love to jump at other people with different opinion

    • @leogets2006
      @leogets2006 3 года назад +3

      Not really. More flat earthed would be born 😂

    • @AR-tb9hq
      @AR-tb9hq Год назад

      no, thats a terrible way of doing things. The universe is objective and our views are subjective, the point of getting closer and closer to the truth is to become more and more objective to what is. Observe the world make your own opinion can lead to "Jews are bad" - Hitler.

  • @rightwraith
    @rightwraith 8 лет назад +568

    "oooh that's a big question, okay . . .no." LOL

    • @dishantvai
      @dishantvai 3 года назад +3

      Professor Moriarty ftw

  • @MMrandomdude12
    @MMrandomdude12 8 лет назад +677

    1:54, that is why he is a professor. If he thought of that at 9 years old he must be pretty damn clever.

    • @sithsmasher7685
      @sithsmasher7685 8 лет назад +64

      +Wolfgang Ambrus Personally I was heavily indoctrinated by nuns for 8 years, starting from age 4. At age 13 I realized it was all rubbish. I'm not a prof, but at least I know I'm not gullible. :)

    • @haloljt
      @haloljt 8 лет назад +5

      +Wolfgang Ambrus my thought exactly! at that age I would be thinking more about how I couldn't wait to watch this show on the telly

    • @ikmalaxl5286
      @ikmalaxl5286 7 лет назад +11

      Sith Smasher me agnostic at age 11, atheist at 13. high-5 for team young atheist! ex- muslim tho. nice to meet u :)

    • @NEprimo
      @NEprimo 7 лет назад +6

      Ikmal Axl wow you must feel really proud of yourself, thanks for the blog!

    • @ikmalaxl5286
      @ikmalaxl5286 7 лет назад +3

      NEprimo im not proud show off punk. i just said i was atheist at young age. it's not hard at all y am i suppose to be proud of it? all i said we need more ppl like this. educate dem

  • @sandervandergraaf602
    @sandervandergraaf602 9 лет назад +73

    Well, as far as believing goes, I agree with Einstein. "I am willing to believe when there is evidence, but then it is knowing."

    • @uganda_mn397
      @uganda_mn397 11 месяцев назад +1

      Not true, having evidence isn't knowing yet. That is where faith is. There is evidence but you cannot know for sure

  • @daltont3878
    @daltont3878 8 лет назад +283

    A lot of people are making comments warning everyone about the comments section however from what I see it seems pretty calm.

    • @InshushaGroupie
      @InshushaGroupie 8 лет назад +3

      Mike Hunt Nothing, actually. I was expecting you to run away, actually. Wow. This is awkward.

    • @daltont3878
      @daltont3878 8 лет назад +1

      zed1207 Oh. Have a nice day.

    • @stefanfun
      @stefanfun 6 лет назад

      Jeez I thought this was an old comment of mine that I forgot :)

    • @scowell
      @scowell 6 лет назад

      I agree... try some 9/11 video for comment cancer.

    • @timewalker6654
      @timewalker6654 3 года назад

      Try reaching the newest comments

  • @ViniSocramSaint
    @ViniSocramSaint 8 лет назад +458

    Am I the only one that thought they wouldn't give such obvious answers?

    • @ViniSocramSaint
      @ViniSocramSaint 8 лет назад +17

      Meh... I meant that I thought at least half of them would come out as believers while it's obvious they are expected not to believe

    • @watonemillion
      @watonemillion 8 лет назад +55

      +Marcos Socram The answer IS obvious

    • @DerW0lf
      @DerW0lf 8 лет назад +17

      +Ahmed 360 But the entire creation story is wrong and you can not prove Gods existance. As long as something can not be proven, it has to be regarded as false.

    • @DerW0lf
      @DerW0lf 8 лет назад +13

      ***** But consciousness IS just governed by biochemistry. Also, I didn't mean Adam, I meant the creation of the earth in seven days which is entirely false.

    • @DerW0lf
      @DerW0lf 8 лет назад +12

      ***** Consciousness is the awareness of ones existance. Plants are not conscious. Also you have jumped to the Quran, while the original creation story is in the Tora. Lastly, even if the time frame is correct, the creation story is just lacking in to many places to be right. Noah's ark for example is physically impossible.

  • @paulzapodeanu9407
    @paulzapodeanu9407 9 лет назад +15

    "Oh that's a big question. Ok. No."
    For a big question he sure did answer pretty fast and pretty straightforward.

    • @rick777888
      @rick777888 9 лет назад +27

      he answered honestly.

    • @PutItAway101
      @PutItAway101 9 лет назад +1

      It's not like he made up the answer on the spot though, is it? Who knows how long and how much thought it took to get to that answer. I mean, it's also a huge question whether the universe is going to expand forever or not, but when the answer's known for certain after decades of research, that'll be a one word answer too.

    • @Pierrot110194
      @Pierrot110194 9 лет назад +1

      It's a big question for him because of his past. It probably took a long time for him to decide which view to take on the subject, as you could have guessed if you had payed any attention to the video.

    • @Pierrot110194
      @Pierrot110194 9 лет назад +3

      ***** That appears to be you. He was in no way being sarcastic.

  • @sperez98324
    @sperez98324 10 лет назад +126

    The guy speaking between 1:22 & 2:11 expains it well. WHY'D THEY KICK HIM OUT OF THE CLASS IF HE DIDN'T HAVE A POINT?!

  • @seanbeahn6895
    @seanbeahn6895 9 лет назад +323

    I wouldn't proceed past this point in the comment section. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

    • @ziemayet
      @ziemayet 5 лет назад +5

      The comment right below yours says " the comments are actually pretty calm"

    • @dutchvan.740
      @dutchvan.740 4 года назад +1

      You have got two replies now! I am coming for you.

  • @VikasSBhat
    @VikasSBhat 10 лет назад +18

    God doesn't have to be the religious God.

    • @veronicagorosito187
      @veronicagorosito187 6 лет назад +1

      It's on the mental field, not in the material. With your mind you can create whole universes.
      But only in your mind.

  • @smitemus
    @smitemus 8 лет назад +17

    "...you're not just looking at large distances, you're looking back in time."
    Well to be fair we are constantly looking back in time... and that is just as amazing to me. :)

  • @KapuAdam
    @KapuAdam 3 года назад +19

    There was one comment that stood out:
    "There's no contradiction."
    Science isn't a belief system, its a tool for discovery.

  • @ThePritt12
    @ThePritt12 8 лет назад +117

    Please ask the Numberphile guys if they believe! Thanks!

    • @littlemanzjordan7267
      @littlemanzjordan7267 6 лет назад

      Pc They would believe because Mathematicians usually know very little about science since society puts math in a higher level than most other sciences but then again there's no contradiction.

    • @egorsilovs156
      @egorsilovs156 5 лет назад +33

      Littlemanz Jordan What? A very large amount of mathematicians are physicists as well, simply because of how much they interlink.

    • @HDitzzDH
      @HDitzzDH 4 года назад +2

      @@littlemanzjordan7267 Huh?

    • @pushtostart1377
      @pushtostart1377 4 года назад +1

      Ask them if they believe alien exists.

  • @ignaciob
    @ignaciob 9 лет назад +550

    I'm God and I find this offensive.

    • @tomsegev7338
      @tomsegev7338 9 лет назад

      Uuuuuh y plus there is a reason that is acceptable and they r allowed to believe whatever

    • @ignaciob
      @ignaciob 9 лет назад +5

      Kachun Wong A shotgun is a product of science, you filthy infidel!

    • @ignaciob
      @ignaciob 9 лет назад +2

      Kal Sage 'cause I hate you.

    • @ignaciob
      @ignaciob 9 лет назад +5

      Kal Sage Yeah, well, Brad Pitt prayed harder. Sorry about that, bro. :(

    • @captainheat2314
      @captainheat2314 9 лет назад

      i am the angel wich created the NUKE :P

  • @hebl47
    @hebl47 6 лет назад +75

    Moriarty's denial of Flying Spaghetti Monster offended me deeply.

    • @AtheistJr
      @AtheistJr 3 года назад +3

      Flying Spaghetti Monster is pure cringe

    • @Belial-jv5tq
      @Belial-jv5tq 3 года назад +3

      @@AtheistJr LoL dude, you must be so cool, putting atheist on your name so everyone knows about it, damn I wish I can grow up to be an edgy teen like you too.

    • @thebeast5215
      @thebeast5215 2 года назад +1

      @@Belial-jv5tq man you got offended real quick.

    • @silvercloud1641
      @silvercloud1641 2 года назад +1

      He's NOT Pastafarian??

  • @Martin-pb7ts
    @Martin-pb7ts 8 лет назад +3

    I love this channel and these videos, thank you all for being a part of this. It is really inspirational.

  • @loge10
    @loge10 3 года назад +11

    Prof Merrifield's thoughtful and open-minded response is a fundamental reason why he is my favorite presenter in these posts. He also knows how to see the humor in heady topics. I just like him (not that I don't like the others...).

  • @ZER0--
    @ZER0-- 8 лет назад +13

    Moriarty's proposal of checking the bread after the eucharist reminded me so much of my schooling (I was also brought up catholic and went to a catholic school) and I got beaten for similar reasons, and then sent out of the class, and just for asking innocent questions that any enquiring mind would ask. I was an atheist by the time I was 5.

    • @uganda_mn397
      @uganda_mn397 11 месяцев назад

      That's why catholics arwn't Christian though

    • @ZER0--
      @ZER0-- 11 месяцев назад

      @@uganda_mn397 Explain why you say that.

    • @uganda_mn397
      @uganda_mn397 11 месяцев назад

      @@ZER0-- they deviated from The Bible in Theology, in deeds as an organization and most of them just follow the cultural Christianity which is more following your nation as Christianity is conversion in it's core based on ezekiEl 36:26 ( that's maybe too sophisticated for now but it's true ), not something you adopt or get born into

  • @yourfriendlyneighbourhoodh4700
    @yourfriendlyneighbourhoodh4700 7 лет назад +191

    The microscope story is depressing, how can people be so closed minded...

    • @ethanmartin2781
      @ethanmartin2781 7 лет назад +27

      I was about to comment the same thing... Catholic doctrine is sooo screwed-up. It is sad that he believes that is what Christianity is when it is just plain wrong. In my church, we encourage these sorts of discussions.

    • @rgijaba5967
      @rgijaba5967 7 лет назад +10

      As a Christian, I don't quite understand why Catholics can't see what a political and very much HUMAN, not DIVINE, institution their church is. Or, heck, any church.
      Oh, and the descriptions of space are beautiful too. Wonderful to hear these intellectuals talk about them.

    • @doid3r4s
      @doid3r4s 7 лет назад +2

      let me understand. Are you saying some churches are diviner than others?

    • @rgijaba5967
      @rgijaba5967 7 лет назад +1

      doid3r4s Do you mean me? Not especially, in my view. There are simply different ways people express their faith, though some churches I don't respect. And, at risk of upsetting anyone, I'd rather not say more about the subject.

    • @sloggiare
      @sloggiare 6 лет назад +1

      You're so unfair, he was just a child

  • @jalnefur
    @jalnefur 10 лет назад +94

    I guess I can understand them. I myself am studying theology at a university in Sweden and am becoming a priest in due time. But I also like physics. Not that I'm particularly good at it (It was a long time ago I had the chance to do more advanced math) but I like to hear about scientific discoveries and I'm all for accepting the scientific advancements that has been done during the 20th and 21st senturies. I also think it is my duty as a soon to be priest to at least try to understand these discoveries. They are the facts of the world, so why should I make myself an authority on matters that I'm just a novice in.
    To summarize my thoughts. I am religious and I invite people to participate in the religious beliefs that I have. But as the church is a part of society and a part of nature, the church also have to realize that it has a duty not to scrutininize science but to learn from it.
    Science is fact, while religion is belief and I don't think that the two have to be opposites. But when it comes to belief it is up to the individual what is subjectively true or not. Science is just true or false.
    I really liked the video about how worried these teaches seemed on physics in school (sorry, didn't find a link). I really agree and I think educating people on physics and math also would make a difference upon the church, making it more inclusive and understanding. This could make incidents, like when the teacher spoke about the transubstantiation, not happen (or at least not as frequently). I think both the church and scientist need to try and understand that religion and science aren't opposites.
    That was a long post. Sorry about that.

    • @adamtaylor1739
      @adamtaylor1739 6 лет назад +14

      Well said

    • @Naijiri.
      @Naijiri. 5 лет назад +6

      perfect.

    • @thulasmash2195
      @thulasmash2195 4 года назад +10

      Science is not entirely fact because sometimes it is based on theories which in some cases are not proven.

    • @JordanALAllen
      @JordanALAllen 4 года назад +1

      Anton where are you at with all this now? I’m currently on a journey similar to where you were 6 years ago - keen to hear how you are getting on.

    • @DrDanQ92
      @DrDanQ92 4 года назад +2

      @@JordanALAllen Imagine lying for a living :). Brainwashing children should have the death sentence.

  • @Bix12
    @Bix12 7 лет назад +6

    The Hubble Deep Field is absolutely jaw-dropping to me. Hubble, if I recall, was trained on a section of totally black space about the diameter of a straw...or was it a postage stamp? Either way, it's too incredible. The sheer number of them, for starters. Then you realize some of the galaxies we see in that photo were already 6 billion years old when our Earth was barely forming.....! ! ! ! ! The implications render me utterly gobsmacked.

  • @postyoda1623
    @postyoda1623 8 лет назад +31

    00:44 I believe in Miles Davis.

  • @bathorybill9423
    @bathorybill9423 9 лет назад +2

    Awesome! Love this vid, pretty much made my day.

  • @GrayShark09
    @GrayShark09 10 лет назад +102

    1:51 ...this...

  • @ronkirk5099
    @ronkirk5099 3 года назад +13

    There may be some things that are unknowable for us no matter how deep we dig, but until there is positive proof I'd have to say I'm atheist. I agree, the Hubble 'Deep Field' image just blew me away too.

  • @winslow730
    @winslow730 9 лет назад +164

    *grabs popcorn as I scroll into the comments*

    • @chair7060
      @chair7060 6 лет назад +2

      triggered theologians for miles!

    • @ultimateman1234
      @ultimateman1234 5 лет назад +1

      I was literally just eating popcorn while I watched this. O.o

    • @coolgamerman
      @coolgamerman 5 лет назад +1

      Michael Graziano 😂😂😂

  • @ludomarty2806
    @ludomarty2806 7 лет назад +2

    very good documentary
    thank's for your work!!!👍

  • @lewi7497
    @lewi7497 7 лет назад

    Stoked with the Hitchhikers reference... Bless you

  • @robertross2164
    @robertross2164 3 года назад +4

    A defintion of faith is to believe without evidence.

    • @juance2262
      @juance2262 3 года назад +1

      False.

    • @maxwellsequation4887
      @maxwellsequation4887 2 года назад +2

      True

    • @Artman1
      @Artman1 2 года назад

      @@juance2262 If you have evidence faith is irrelevant.

    • @juance2262
      @juance2262 2 года назад

      @@Artman1 why?

    • @Artman1
      @Artman1 2 года назад +3

      @@juance2262 Faith is ignorance dressed up as something special.

  • @avapxla
    @avapxla 5 лет назад +11

    The first guy is my fav he said that’s a big question but said no amedietly without having to think😂

  • @chris15325
    @chris15325 6 лет назад +1

    I love this channel and all those involved!

  • @lennart_glimpsel
    @lennart_glimpsel 3 года назад +7

    This was very satisfying to watch

  • @bentoth9555
    @bentoth9555 8 лет назад +17

    Lol, the Great Green Arkleseizure. Yet another Hitchhiker's reference from Professor Moriarty.

  • @alexanderkrizel6187
    @alexanderkrizel6187 6 лет назад +6

    Damn! Can't get more straightforward than that!

  • @TheMrSpam
    @TheMrSpam 10 лет назад

    @sixtysymbols, this video will bring you into the top discussed videos this year!!! XDXD

  • @dezerterone
    @dezerterone 9 лет назад +1

    What prof. Ed said at the end is really mind-blowing. Imagine a close-up on a world from 5 billion years ago...

  • @olly5764
    @olly5764 8 лет назад +5

    More of a believer in the second coming of the Great Prophet Zarquon then Phil? Love the Hitchhikers references!

  • @BosonCollider
    @BosonCollider 10 лет назад +58

    The thing about physicists is that they are a significantly less homogeneous group of people than you see in many fields. Different physicists can have *very* different personalities. From the introverted geeky type to the "drive fast cars and party hard" type like Von Neumann. From autists like Dirac to extremely extroverted and excentric types like Feynman. From the light-hearted and humoristic to the very serious minded and old fashioned.
    The majority would declare themselves atheists because they're trained to demand evidence for any unreasonable claim, and because they have a very reductionist view of science and a good understanding of emergent properties. Also, plainly because high IQ people are less likely to believe.
    However, there is a portion of Christian scientists, and there is a fairly large portion that underscore the "physicists are different from one another" by being into every kind of eastern religion and new-agey stuff. Gell-Mann was a good example of this, introducing stuff such as the "eightfold way" as mainstream physics terminology.

    • @TheRjjrjjr
      @TheRjjrjjr 6 лет назад +4

      I think that you have basically described mankind as a whole.

  • @Whateverworksism
    @Whateverworksism 10 лет назад +5

    2:25 in the video it slams me right in the face that the professor have a beautiful picture of Miles Davis. What a sight!

  • @Ironborn
    @Ironborn 10 лет назад +59

    Look at all of those useless downvotes.

  • @garfieldclass10
    @garfieldclass10 11 лет назад +5

    That transubstantiation experiment idea is epic! That is only a leap that a 9 or 10 year old would make, yet requires a certain amount of knowledge and perspective to make it.

  • @DonQuixotec
    @DonQuixotec 10 лет назад +35

    I'm not a highly educated person as these guys. I only have a bachelors degree. But I have done a lot of "research" for myself about the question "is there a God?" over the years of my life, and I have come to the conclusion that based on the lack of proof and the bible's inconsistencies with our scientific understanding today, I do not believe in God.
    In spite of this, I have respect for other peoples beliefs, and I also understand that some people find comfort or "need" to believe in God. So as long as people don't force their beliefs (that goes for atheists too) onto others, or that the religion they practise cause physical or psychological harm to others, I am perfectly fine with it.

    • @religionispoisonous3685
      @religionispoisonous3685 5 лет назад

      theists cannot help but cause harm to others! its a nasty mental illness and should be eradicated

  • @cherrysubmarine
    @cherrysubmarine 10 лет назад

    It's my first time watching videos from this channel so I don't know any of your names. But guy in the grey shirt, what an awesome 9 year old you were.

  • @colbybryan7761
    @colbybryan7761 8 лет назад +5

    That last story was amazing

  • @ChrisKing-ou4jq
    @ChrisKing-ou4jq 4 года назад +4

    Doesn’t it also take a leap of faith to believe so firmly that there is no creator and we’re all here by mathematical chance and random chemical reactions that led to our creation?

    • @sekhmet7774
      @sekhmet7774 4 года назад +2

      No, because that isn't asserted as scientific fact. That's just the assumption at the moment, but in the future we probably will figure out the origin of life and the universe in greater detail. It's better to admit you don't know something than to just make up an explanation with no evidence behind it.

    • @Spike123.98
      @Spike123.98 2 года назад

      @@sekhmet7774 why would that show the lawgiver doesn’t exist?

    • @GoofyAhOklahoma
      @GoofyAhOklahoma 20 дней назад

      ​@@sekhmet7774 So if I find a book with a coherent story, proper syntax, and grammatically correct sentence structures, is it not reasonable for me to believe that an intelligent being wrote that book, or is that too big of an assumption and I should instead just say "Gee, I wonder how this book got written?" The apparent design IS evidence.

  • @davidmock5235
    @davidmock5235 10 лет назад +39

    I love how they all laugh at the thought of god existing.

    • @piec6062
      @piec6062 4 года назад

      Lol

    • @mint7764
      @mint7764 4 года назад +1

      @@piec6062 that reply was a little late
      Lol XD

    • @gabyanaya55
      @gabyanaya55 4 года назад +7

      Do you? You must be as dilutions as them. You must also think they are geniuses, even though they have discovered nothing, and contributed nothing to the work of Newton. The father of Physics, and a true believer.

    • @Scraptonix
      @Scraptonix 4 года назад +2

      SJY newton was a heretic btw

    • @falling_vega1257
      @falling_vega1257 4 года назад +9

      There are also many atheists who have contributed tremendously to science (perhaps you’ve heard of Einstein, or many others)
      As for Newton, he’s a bit of a mixed bag. He was one of the greatest mathematicians/physicists the world had ever seen, but he also believed in alchemy, had mercury poisoning, stared at the sun for hours and put a needle under his eye just to see what would happen

  • @manifestevolution5743
    @manifestevolution5743 9 лет назад +1

    My new favorite guy, the one who referenced the "Great Green Arkleseizure" from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

  • @Ordo.Corinthivm
    @Ordo.Corinthivm 7 лет назад +13

    1:06 this man got a balance idea, not trying to put down the other argument, and trying to get out of his subjectivity.

  • @lGalaxisl
    @lGalaxisl 9 лет назад +2

    Lovely hitchhikers guide to the galaxy reference :D

  • @edgeeffect
    @edgeeffect 6 лет назад +6

    Massive respec to Prof. Moriarty for bringing The Great Green Arkleseizure into it.

  • @OnatBas
    @OnatBas 9 лет назад +4

    I would've liked if this particular question was asked in Numberphile, Periodic videos, computerphile etc.

    • @scowell
      @scowell 6 лет назад

      Yeah.... there's a reason we never got Part 2. This is Brady's job now.

  • @DrKaii
    @DrKaii 8 лет назад +122

    Mike Merrifield is awesome. Such a balanced, normal, respectable, non-virtue signaling answer.

    • @zlatankovacevic4281
      @zlatankovacevic4281 8 лет назад +1

      my thoughts too

    • @jonathanschossig1276
      @jonathanschossig1276 7 лет назад

      Dr. Kaii +

    • @errmoc5682
      @errmoc5682 7 лет назад

      yep My most watched playlist is the Mike Merrifield one. He's the best

    • @DrKaii
      @DrKaii 7 лет назад +5

      He is. I've even emailed him about an expedition we did in Elite Dangerous (space game) and he replied. Great guy

    • @DrKaii
      @DrKaii 6 лет назад

      whoa nice find wrindwolf

  • @wemakeasiansurveys4U
    @wemakeasiansurveys4U 9 лет назад +24

    well should'e saw it coming guys, asking a scientist if he believes in god is the same thing as asking a catholic priest if Allah is their lord and savior.

    • @wemakeasiansurveys4U
      @wemakeasiansurveys4U 9 лет назад

      rationalmartian Well, It's not like majority of scientists are religious because the majority of them are not. And these are chemists, depending on your field your view changes. It's like saying America is an English speaking country then say "No it's not, a lot of people in america don't speak english".

    • @juliagarcia28
      @juliagarcia28 9 лет назад +3

      Actually, I wanna become a physicist, and I'm christian

    • @VRichardsn
      @VRichardsn 9 лет назад

      Johnny Nguyen America is a pretty big continent. The most popular language is Spanish; there are also several tenths of millions who speak Portuguese.

    • @supersonic174
      @supersonic174 9 лет назад

      ***** your an idiot

    • @supersonic174
      @supersonic174 9 лет назад

      ***** you probably do hope that, but that's impossible. It will happen to you though

  • @Runyerp0ck3ts
    @Runyerp0ck3ts 8 лет назад +8

    Being able to look back in time is actually pretty freezing amazing and scary

    • @Runyerp0ck3ts
      @Runyerp0ck3ts 8 лет назад

      Freaking*

    • @srenvolkery3688
      @srenvolkery3688 8 лет назад

      If there were a mirrow on an imaginative edge of the universe could you watch what happens in the past? If the light of a happening would return back.

    • @erikpoephoofd
      @erikpoephoofd 8 лет назад

      If that mirror was there from the beginning, you'd probably see a gas cloud which our sun and planets were born from a long time ago.
      Not that spectacular though, you can see this happening everywhere you look in the universe.

  • @antonibrozyna6663
    @antonibrozyna6663 4 года назад +1

    That story with the microscope Is gold

  • @kaikoda8709
    @kaikoda8709 8 лет назад +2

    0:29 with captions/subtitles, I lol'd

  • @FilmForceStudio
    @FilmForceStudio 10 лет назад +6

    "Do you believe in God?"
    "Oh, that's a big question. Okay, no."

  • @KiwiPokerPlayer
    @KiwiPokerPlayer 5 лет назад +10

    0:19 "No, absolutely not. No evidence for it" is the correct answer.

    • @fh-cn5io
      @fh-cn5io 4 года назад +6

      No evidence for it or simply we don't want to look for... Whatever but basic question remains that nothing can't come out of nothing.

    • @pushtostart1377
      @pushtostart1377 4 года назад

      @KiwiPokerPlayer Do you believe other life forms outside of this world?

    • @KiwiPokerPlayer
      @KiwiPokerPlayer 4 месяца назад

      @@pushtostart1377 Of course. The idea that life on Earth is the only life in the universe is absurd... sorry it took 4 years to answer. There must be systems out there that contain life. The universe is pretty big.

  • @KWGTech
    @KWGTech 9 лет назад +5

    "Scientists are closed minded and arent open to god. Shouldnt a good scientist be open to god? Why is a lack of evidence enough to reject god? Scientists' [and humanity's] knowledge of the universe is very limited."
    Ok, so you think you know more about the universe than these physicists? Go on...

  • @axelord4ever
    @axelord4ever 9 лет назад +1

    Say what you want about faiths and beliefs.
    I still think the Greek (and subsequently the Roman's) and the Germanic pantheons and myths are really elegant.

  • @WeAreThePeef
    @WeAreThePeef 6 лет назад +24

    1:48 to 2:12 ..."Science adjusts its views based on what's observed.
    Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved" - Tim Minchin.

    • @davidwaynemain
      @davidwaynemain 4 года назад +3

      Ironic how spiteful both seem to be. Why do you believe science went the opposite direction than the spirit?

    • @davidwaynemain
      @davidwaynemain 4 года назад +1

      @The Mountain I definitely agree. But to those that dont know the spirit is a real thing....

  • @ASG16_4
    @ASG16_4 10 лет назад +107

    This is the second time I'm hearing about this flying spaghetti monster! xD imma do my research...

    • @modmutt
      @modmutt 9 лет назад +1

      Scientology

    • @anatoleh1
      @anatoleh1 7 лет назад

      From a physicist too :D

    • @obiwanduglobi6359
      @obiwanduglobi6359 7 лет назад +7

      Ramen, brother, Ramen! :-)

    • @Vector_Ze
      @Vector_Ze 6 лет назад +1

      I'm shocked by people who have not heard of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
      I hope you checked it out, three years ago. Here's a start ...
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster

    • @jesusisthetruth4497
      @jesusisthetruth4497 5 лет назад

      Arthur G wow...

  • @agsantana
    @agsantana 6 лет назад +1

    Do they all work in astronomy? I wonder if the proportion is different depending on the subfield of physics.

    • @soyokou.2810
      @soyokou.2810 5 лет назад

      No. Dr. Moriarty works in nanoscience.

  • @johnadams7843
    @johnadams7843 6 лет назад +1

    How does the picture at 3:55 prove dark matter exists? I know it does im just curious how you infer it from that picture

    • @MetaalMeerkat
      @MetaalMeerkat 6 лет назад +1

      Because the dark matter does affect the gravitational field, thus bending the light of other objects. It also does not absorb or emit any light or electromagnetic radiation, so they know it is not a black hole.

  • @generalisimo1
    @generalisimo1 10 лет назад +7

    I would like to apologize to some of the scientist and particularly the one who was once Catholic. I am sorry that your priest and catechist did not give you a proper answer. The true Catholic does not forbid questions but seeks explanations and answers. Part of the fun of faith to the discovery and I think that is also the fun of science. I guess that I why a good many of scientist and been Catholic Monks like myself. I do wish you all well in your research.

  • @NaNAmbient
    @NaNAmbient 9 лет назад +5

    I'm a bit disappointed, that the answer was an almost 100% firm "No", and mostly because of religion's point of view being the only one considered. What about a non-religious perspective? Isn't the Universe a perfectly functioning mechanism? Did it just "happen" to become? Why can't there be a God-creator (maybe in the form of Universe itself?), that wants us to find truth for ourselves, to discover Its intricacies, through science *and* spirituality, instead of dogma?

    • @roner61
      @roner61 9 лет назад

      "God" is religion.
      Its funny when you hear "I believe in JESUS...but im not religious" "I believe in GOD but im not religious".... ¿WTF?
      "Spirituality"...dont know if call it religion...but is BS, what the hell is "spirituality"? isnt "spirituality" your brain activity? your thoughts? call them "thoughts"! or "thinking"

    • @roner61
      @roner61 9 лет назад

      ***** Knowing something through "reason" is too ambiguous.
      No atheists ever said "that there is no way to know the "creator" through reason. " because reason includes evidence,or mathematics and atheists have thrust in evidence and maths.
      When you say "reason" includes evidence or maths?

    • @NaNAmbient
      @NaNAmbient 9 лет назад

      roner61 Knowing the universe is of course achievable in practice primarily by "main stream science". My point is, science obviously cannot (yet) explain everything (many examples of stuff simply thrown away as "corelation", not "causation", simply because science doesn't yet predict mechanisms that would govern given "corelation") and there is more to nature of life and existence than mainstream science can account for.
      I'm not saying, that there is a duality to the universe, i.e. there's a "material" and "spiritual" side. What I'm saying is, both are ultimately the same, and both can be ultimately "explained" via scientific method. The problem is, that with the way mainstream science is organised, in terms of what is accepted as "plausible" (in order to do actual research on it) or "factual", getting to that level of understanding might take us a few thousand years.
      Therefore, I believe, that if mainstream science "opened up" a bit, and take account of spirituality and the physical manifestations of spiritual force - take it into consideration when trying to explain some mechanisms of nature, intelligence and life - we might actually get there sooner. And it's not like I'm taking it out of thin air, there are many theoretical and quantum physicists, for example, that come to a similar conclusion (i.e. regarding the nature of the universe).

  • @kamzok
    @kamzok 9 лет назад +1

    my departure from religion really began the first time i saw the hubble deep field, its amazing

  • @Willskull
    @Willskull 8 лет назад

    Nice video!

  • @jamesevanko7037
    @jamesevanko7037 9 лет назад +76

    Why is it obvious that an intelligent God created a universe but it is not obvious that an intelligent man wrote a book?

    • @ObeseYeti
      @ObeseYeti 9 лет назад +28

      James Evanko Haahaha, so very true. Although they might not have been _that_ intelligent, too many plot holes.

    • @IVAN3DX
      @IVAN3DX 9 лет назад +4

      ObeseYeti There were many, and I'm pretty sure they didn't know each other.

    • @ubaidh66
      @ubaidh66 8 лет назад

      +James Evanko Did you universe come from nothing?

    • @RanEncounter
      @RanEncounter 8 лет назад +6

      +Mike Tyson. Define nothing.

    • @HarryL2020
      @HarryL2020 8 лет назад +1

      the bible is face and they miss translated the reed see with the red sea. all the slaves from Egypt crossed the reed sea. so that proofs that the person who wrote it is an idiot lol

  • @KTC88
    @KTC88 9 лет назад +5

    0:00 "Oh, that's a big question." Answers it a second later.

    • @PGraveDigger1
      @PGraveDigger1 4 года назад +4

      A big question can have a small answer, especially if the person giving the answer has given a lot of thought to the question.

    • @dylan7476
      @dylan7476 4 года назад +3

      They most likely considered this question over a long time before, so while it is a big question they already know and understand their view on it.

  • @bulliemthembu5846
    @bulliemthembu5846 10 лет назад +1

    Hitchiker's reference at 0:52. You win at life.

  • @anlayhan7382
    @anlayhan7382 9 лет назад

    Ahahaha I love the experiment proposition though! ^^

  • @dantemeriere5890
    @dantemeriere5890 9 лет назад +121

    So much butthurt in this comment section.

    • @gabyanaya55
      @gabyanaya55 4 года назад +2

      Actually everyone here agrees with each other lol. Like a bunch of mindless zombies.

  • @UnderscoreZeroLP
    @UnderscoreZeroLP 10 лет назад +87

    Sixty Symbols, please disable the comments as people will start making flame wars over religion. Oh wait, they have been for the past 3 years...

    • @elijahr_1998
      @elijahr_1998 7 лет назад +3

      S-someone disagrees with me?! Silence them!

  • @TheHDGreenScreenMan
    @TheHDGreenScreenMan 9 лет назад

    Just a quick note on transubstantiation since the guy in this video got it wrong. It means a change of substance which, in the Aristotelian definition, is a duality of matter and form. Changing the matter (the physical bread in the Eucharist) does not necessitate a change in substance. A change in form, however, does. The doctrine of transubstantiation holds that the matter is the same as before, bread, but the form is now divine, thus constituting a change in substance.

    • @foobargorch
      @foobargorch 9 лет назад

      does it really matter? his point was that he was told there are some questions you shouldn't ask, which didn't sit right with him

  • @InfinityDz
    @InfinityDz 10 лет назад +2

    "All the good work it does" is balanced out by the harm it does too, but regardless, just because someone does good things doesn't mean his religion is true right? (And just because someone does bad things doesn't mean his religion is wrong)
    Also, there are secular groups who do good work too

  • @hawks1ish
    @hawks1ish 9 лет назад +10

    To you the light has been traveling for 10 billion years for the photon the path was instantaneous

    • @jakesutter6825
      @jakesutter6825 9 лет назад +1

      Joshua Lansell-Kenny yeah because at the speed of light time stops. so the light "feels no time"

    • @hylianator
      @hylianator 8 лет назад

      +Jake Sutter Time is a debated subject, theres many ways someone can perceive and interprete time, where i won't elaborate on, but theres evidence that time is the same in any situation, whether you're a snail or travelling at the speed of light

  • @JerseySlayer
    @JerseySlayer 5 лет назад +12

    Our minds are never going to be able to contemplate infinity, and even when we know everything we know, there will be something out there we couldn't imagine. It might not be whats written, and it might not be whats been said, but if the search inspires any scientist, then just like anything else, its worth pursuing. The only danger is fundamentalism

  • @Life_42
    @Life_42 2 года назад

    Wow I loved this video!

  • @DesViper
    @DesViper 10 лет назад

    1:55, that guy is my childhood hero! (even though my childhood is now over)
    I asked the same questions, mostly about holy water: how do we know if any given sample is Holy or not? 2:01, and THAT is why religion is bad for society.
    0:30, two notables in this frame:
    1: His microexpression, it says "really guys, c'mon"
    2: the "Atlas of Creation" is just screaming from the background.

  • @Brett-kg7je
    @Brett-kg7je 8 лет назад +8

    I think black holes are very interesting.

    • @gabyanaya55
      @gabyanaya55 4 года назад

      Finally someone who has a meaningful comment. Physics is interesting. Newton knew that, and he was the father of Physics. He also spent half of his life studying the Bible.

  • @SBGames8
    @SBGames8 10 лет назад +23

    I stopped believing in my religion at 18, for the same reason as these fine folks. Just no definitive evidence, only a hope that it is true. Also the numerous permutations of potential gods is too great for there to be one that is true. That said, the smartest physics professor at my school is a religious catholic. I still respect him greatly.

  • @BryonElliott
    @BryonElliott 2 года назад +1

    If I may hazard a guess, it seems that what Professor Moriarty DOES believe in is “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”. 🙂 (As do I!)

  • @anotherchannel0
    @anotherchannel0 9 лет назад +1

    Do any of the sixtysymbols team believe in God? Only a handful seem to have answered in this video.
    Btw kudos for keeping things respectful, especially Prof's Merrifield and Bowley.

  • @NeuroScientician
    @NeuroScientician 9 лет назад +12

    Which god? There are like 3000 of them ...

  • @NeuroScientician
    @NeuroScientician 9 лет назад +4

    Believing in gods is no different to believing in lepricons or smurfs...

  • @dickymchead3583
    @dickymchead3583 10 лет назад

    some people feel that other things exist past the physical universe. the universe is mind boglingly beautiful that i just feel that there is some amazing things we dont know

  • @lalaken2234
    @lalaken2234 9 лет назад +1

    " Although claiming they were wise, they became foolish. " - Romans 1:22

  • @pigpigrat
    @pigpigrat 10 лет назад +3

    0:52 hitch hikers guide to the galaxy reference

  • @shaun_rambaran
    @shaun_rambaran 7 лет назад +5

    I love Moriarty!

  • @aidanjameson2521
    @aidanjameson2521 6 лет назад

    Why didn't they interview Professor copeland (name spelling?) or Dr. Poliakoff?

    • @soyokou.2810
      @soyokou.2810 5 лет назад

      Poliakoff isn't a physicist, but I'm not sure about Copeland.

  • @KirilStanoev
    @KirilStanoev 6 лет назад

    What is Atlas of Creation at 2:59 doing in your library?

    • @bigfly1391
      @bigfly1391 4 года назад

      Kiril Stanoev Not everyone who reads Mein Kampf is a nazi.

  • @ray101mond
    @ray101mond 8 лет назад +33

    do you believe in a higher dimension that transcends our own understanding of Physics. No but we are looking for it if it does exist.

    • @remussayed1007
      @remussayed1007 7 лет назад +1

      i like physics. I don't believe in both. I am searching for both. And there is no solid proof for both.

    • @peanuts2105
      @peanuts2105 7 лет назад +6

      Remus Sayed you are living proof of physics

    • @Binyamin.Tsadik
      @Binyamin.Tsadik 7 лет назад +6

      You can't observe anything outside of our self-contained universe.
      We use the universe to observe the universe...

    • @shaantubes
      @shaantubes 5 лет назад

      This comment stopped me from scrolling down further

  • @michelleforcierbabybatstly7078
    @michelleforcierbabybatstly7078 5 лет назад +5

    UM WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT THE GIANT SPAGHETTI MONSTER 😂

    • @monolithgeometry3221
      @monolithgeometry3221 4 года назад +1

      Well, there's really no evidence (pushes glasses onto forehead)...Uh...the...well (stares at camera and smiled) ..uh..yes I don't...

  • @johnadams7843
    @johnadams7843 7 лет назад

    Could someone please tell me how the picture at 3:28 proves dark matter exists ?

  • @pyrodoll2422
    @pyrodoll2422 5 лет назад +1

    How can 1000 people dislike this video?