David Deutsch: Chemical scum that dream of distant quasars

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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2007
  • www.ted.com Legendary scientist David Deutsch puts theoretical physics on the back burner to discuss a more urgent matter: the survival of our species. The first step toward solving global warming, he says, is to admit that we have a problem.
    TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes -- including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at
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  • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
    @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 11 лет назад +134

    Read 'The Beginning of Infinity.'
    Seriously. Do it.

    • @dleddy14
      @dleddy14 7 лет назад +6

      Have, thrice.

    • @tswan137
      @tswan137 4 года назад +2

      Who by?

    • @anav587
      @anav587 4 года назад +2

      @@tswan137 Who do you think

    • @Lazy84.20
      @Lazy84.20 3 года назад +5

      I concur. I have read it 5 times and I think I will keep reading it my whole life. So much to learn in it!

    • @studentpremium7826
      @studentpremium7826 3 года назад +1

      Thankyou for suggesting i just started reading

  • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
    @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 13 лет назад +25

    "Resources are plentiful. Knowledge is scarce." -- that sums it up nicely.

  • @OFODRUMS
    @OFODRUMS 10 лет назад +92

    Probably the most profoundly intelligent speech I have heard. Wonderful - and incredibly thought-provoking. Loved it!

    • @HitomiAyumu
      @HitomiAyumu 8 лет назад +6

      +Oskar Förberg Read is book The Beginning of Infinity.

    • @slavagasifier1429
      @slavagasifier1429 2 года назад

      Come-on broo, you’re stuck in your 2D interpretation of our space and reality. Ups, sorry 2007. Did you progress from 2D, at least to 3D since then? Who cares… just send massage to universe)))))

  • @ToxicFaithPHD
    @ToxicFaithPHD 4 года назад +22

    This is one of my favorite TED talks of all time. I keep coming back to it even years later.

  • @BryanDraughn
    @BryanDraughn 12 лет назад +27

    2300 youtube vids, and NOW I FINALLY GET TO HEAR THIS GUY!!!! IT WAS WORTH IT!!!!!

  • @VullakaMashups_Remix
    @VullakaMashups_Remix 6 лет назад +25

    ''So take 2 stone tablets and carve:
    ''PROBLEMS ARE SOLUBLE" and on the other ''PROBLEMS ARE INEVITABLE'''

  • @grawl69
    @grawl69 5 лет назад +38

    This is the best (most concise / vivid / true / thoughtful / straight-to-the-essence) presentation of knowledge in the history of humankind yet. Bravo and thanks, David.

    • @slavagasifier1429
      @slavagasifier1429 2 года назад

      Come-on broo, you’re stuck in your 2D interpretation of our space and reality. Ups, sorry 2007. Did you progress from 2D, at least to 3D since then? Who cares… just send massage to universe)))))

  • @zahm2009
    @zahm2009 13 лет назад +18

    Noble Prize to David Deutsch.
    thumbs up if you agree !

    • @opensocietyenjoyer
      @opensocietyenjoyer 6 месяцев назад

      in what field? philosophy? is that even a nobel discipline?

  • @marsCubed
    @marsCubed 13 лет назад +45

    In another universe David Deutsch is on a biology field trip.

    • @slavagasifier1429
      @slavagasifier1429 2 года назад

      Come-on broo, you’re stuck in your 2D interpretation of our space and reality. Ups, sorry 2007. Did you progress from 2D, at least to 3D since then? Who cares… just send massage to universe)))))

  • @typhoon320i
    @typhoon320i 5 лет назад +21

    He's a gripping speaker, who the layman can understand, talking about some of the most profound questions and revelations mankind has stumbled upon.

    • @slavagasifier1429
      @slavagasifier1429 2 года назад

      Come-on broo, you’re stuck in your 2D interpretation of our space and reality. Ups, sorry 2007. Did you progress from 2D, at least to 3D since then? Who cares… just send massage to universe)))))

  • @stephboutte7025
    @stephboutte7025 8 лет назад +18

    I do love his "TED virtual immersive simulation" : "can we have the lights off please that we can see it"
    :-D

  • @onnelako
    @onnelako 12 лет назад +15

    I'm just reading The Beginning of Infinity. What an amazing book! Highly recommended.

  • @nishparadox
    @nishparadox 4 года назад +4

    Listening to this from David after a long time. Makes me happy to listen...

  • @jacksonlenhartmusic
    @jacksonlenhartmusic 8 лет назад +28

    what a boss

  • @dannywest8843
    @dannywest8843 5 лет назад +8

    A marvel of a human being.

  • @mtszabo
    @mtszabo 14 лет назад +4

    @reinic91
    He's essentially saying that knowledge is the only thing that can save us from ourselves. Problems will always arise, and we need to come up with either a way to live with the problem, or overcome it.

  • @LusoCMD
    @LusoCMD 15 лет назад +3

    Thats just a great way to put things in context, very well done

  • @EmperorsNewWardrobe
    @EmperorsNewWardrobe 4 года назад +6

    2:46 David Deutsh calling hundreds of people scum, to their delight

  • @jorgek7
    @jorgek7 15 лет назад +2

    i can't stop watching this, really interesting.
    Love TED!

  • @Uniquemand
    @Uniquemand 13 лет назад +5

    It's always a good idea to read or listen to David Deutsch. He is an International Treasure. I am eagerly awaiting "The Beginning of Infinity".

  • @FractalBolt
    @FractalBolt 14 лет назад +5

    Fantastic thinker, thanks for the upload. Already subscribed to the channel. Cheers!

  • @pentanglevodka
    @pentanglevodka 15 лет назад +4

    Problems are an opertunity to create knowledge, and knowledge is information that is useful; THANK YOU David. As to CO2 problem, I'm for greening the desert, whose with me?

  • @user-ez4or8ly4c
    @user-ez4or8ly4c 2 года назад +4

    The Fabric of Reality and the Beginning of Infinity are the Old and New Testament of our world. I mean, the real ones.
    And the most exciting thing that someday they will not be so, being disapproved by even deeper understanding of the Uni... well, our Multiverse.

  • @beastlt12
    @beastlt12 15 лет назад +1

    Excellent. Many Thanks!

  • @b1ngnx33
    @b1ngnx33 16 лет назад +1

    Thank you. Total awesomeness.

  • @franbarrow1878
    @franbarrow1878 9 лет назад +12

    Looks like a Bee Gee. Fantastic, amazing speech.

    • @DubaiGuy08
      @DubaiGuy08 7 лет назад +1

      Robin Gibb's fraternal twin (lol).

  • @phillipngongo7398
    @phillipngongo7398 Год назад

    No precautions can avoid problems which we haven't seen. That's the reason why we need a stance for problem solving not problem avoidance.

  • @pentanglevodka
    @pentanglevodka 15 лет назад

    Compost (organic waste of which there is plenty, but always in the wrong place) dug into the ground is the start, Use old plastcs to create moisture traps..It is worth a try.

  • @skhosra2132
    @skhosra2132 Год назад +1

    One of the greatest thinkers of our time!

  • @kforest2745
    @kforest2745 2 года назад

    Keep going on like you’re the most important thing in life and you’ll reach your limit.

  • @kibetronoh2376
    @kibetronoh2376 5 лет назад

    I liked this talk a lot. When Deutsch says that knowledge is scarce (yet evidence surrounds us and has been there for billions of years even before humans were here) I think that he means that our understanding is currently limited.

  • @saelaird
    @saelaird 15 лет назад +1

    Great speech.

  • @karinloosen7790
    @karinloosen7790 2 года назад +1

    Wow 👏 great speech 😍

  • @2011littleguy
    @2011littleguy 3 года назад +1

    Who can disagree?
    His speech is a moment of clarity.

  • @mikegonzalez2012
    @mikegonzalez2012 12 лет назад +3

    Well said, we have to use our ability to problem solve and develop the knowledge necessary to save our world or else we will become another brief chapter in history.

  • @1979descartes
    @1979descartes 13 лет назад

    Does anyone know of any philosophical / ethical papers written recently on the cosmologically expanding human foofprint in a philosophical journal? Thanks.

  • @karanchanaya2981
    @karanchanaya2981 9 месяцев назад

    Respect to David Deutsch. Always.

  • @weasyeasel
    @weasyeasel 12 лет назад

    @VvAnarchangelvV Intergalactic doesn't necessarily mean being on a line connecting two galaxies. Galaxies are usually in clusters, just like stars are usually in clusters. The great voids between galaxy clusters make up maybe 99% of all the volume in the universe, that's why they're typical.

  • @LiamJCash
    @LiamJCash 12 лет назад +1

    holy shit, richard dawkins is on hold, im buying his book!

  • @cliffp.8396
    @cliffp.8396 5 лет назад +1

    Sage wisdom

  • @Shaunt1
    @Shaunt1 14 лет назад

    The conclusion is we are special because we can achieve anything through knowledge that we have the ability to attain. This guy is smart!

  • @chasetherushpodcast2534
    @chasetherushpodcast2534 3 года назад +1

    beautiful man

  • @emphryio
    @emphryio 15 лет назад

    ...but yes greening things is always good. I love verdancy anyway. Part of why I love the UK. :)

  • @david203
    @david203 3 года назад

    I can't find a date, so I will assume this lecture was prior to 2011, about when he started creating Constructor Theory.

    • @bonobo2181
      @bonobo2181 2 года назад

      July 2005. Big text at the beginning of the talk

  • @DmitryShevkoplyas
    @DmitryShevkoplyas 2 года назад +2

    He's brilliant, pure brilliant!

    • @randyorr9443
      @randyorr9443 5 месяцев назад +2

      This is the same guy that invented the foundational idea of the quantum computer. He needs a nobel prize.

    • @DmitryShevkoplyas
      @DmitryShevkoplyas 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@randyorr9443 He needs no cookies nor another chunk of metal on the shelf. He's in the flow and already has all he really needs. Nothing to fix here. Actually, to generalize - nothing to fix anywhere, all in its place. Someone said it all: The Source does not need [to know] the path.

    • @randyorr9443
      @randyorr9443 5 месяцев назад

      @@DmitryShevkoplyas
      I essentially agree with you sir. You sound like an enlightened type of individual yourself. I was just simply stating that the magnitude of the ideas necessary to establish a working quantum computer that literally operates by virtue of the existence of parallel universes is (to me) an accomplishment worthy of the nobel prize. (not that he needs the prize)
      David Deutsch is very special indeed.

  • @jstewartproulx806
    @jstewartproulx806 6 лет назад

    I wonder if the 6th extinction was proverbially baked into the cake with the advent of some earlier technology like stone tools or our use of fire. I'm not an expert but didn't some of the previous extinctions play out over a period of a few million years?

  • @TomFynn
    @TomFynn 12 лет назад

    @slamblambacid We don't use Euclidean space since the basic space to do physics is Minkowski space. Simples.

  • @fayezaaman7277
    @fayezaaman7277 5 лет назад

    Matter- the world around us
    Energy- the supreme being
    Evidence- us
    Rumi once said that created us so we could witness his beauty. Am I connecting this correctly?

  • @heavymetaldeath4life
    @heavymetaldeath4life 12 лет назад +1

    Don't worry about it!

  • @srr1463
    @srr1463 3 года назад

    13:30 I have some doubts. A solar-size cube which contains enough matter (1E6 tons) to possible create a space station with intelligent life forms in it, is not equivalent to out solar system in terms of "having the same open ended stream of explanations". His statement: "any such cube is capable to become the same kind of hub we live" seems quite incorrect to me. It simply does not happen in nature. Open intergalactic space is not capable to create anything and contains about zero information and knowledge. You need at least enough mass (1E27 tons) in one of those cube for a star to form, and produce energy, etc before intelligent life can possibly exists on one of its planets. In the open intergalactic space this does not happen, the laws of physics says no: not enough matter. The only way to create such space station containing "the open ended creation of knowledge" would be if we go there and take those 1E6 tons of matter and put it together in the right way, i.e. if we bring the knowledge there. Otherwise there is none and there never will be, and this is exactly the difference between our solar system and any of those cubes. Our solar system is a very, very special and unique place.

  • @PeterKF
    @PeterKF 14 лет назад +1

    RogerHoare,
    The difference is that quantum physics makes very specific and testable predictions which are all found to be true. Religions and other things like parapsychology either do not or which can be easily made to encompass any result, which renders them void of any substantial content. If it were not so, the skeptics would be out in force.
    It is easy to say exactly what sort of discovery would prove conclusively that evolution or quantum mechanics was false. This is not so for nonsense.

  • @2of3of3
    @2of3of3 14 лет назад

    @Tenocticatl, there is a pragmatic quality, too. We need to be able to theorize. And the structure of some problems forces us to move forward without absolute evidence of truth value. Are all ravens black? You can never be sure you have catalogued all ravens. A truth value sometimes needs to accumulate through observation. And in some cases, the type of thing you're dealing with forces you to go to step two on the basis of a mass of opinions, rather than proof of step one.

  • @3877michael
    @3877michael 13 лет назад

    My place in the cosmos is Lemming !
    • a person who unthinkingly joins a mass movement, esp. a headlong rush to destruction ...
    Yes that is my place.

  • @percussiondavid
    @percussiondavid 16 лет назад +1

    Genius.

  • @teddy9267
    @teddy9267 Год назад +1

    I don't understand what he is talking about then I understand what he is talking about and then I don't know again ..

  • @homedogdigity
    @homedogdigity 15 лет назад +1

    I'll let you leave it at that just because I want to give a smiley face too :-)

  • @goldensleeves
    @goldensleeves 15 лет назад

    Why do you say David Deutsch is a fool? I found this speech pretty interesting and inspiring personally.

  • @KellyPedro
    @KellyPedro 13 лет назад

    @evakent3 I have no idea. Maybe they want to say this: Concepts of "Nothing" and "something" have value only in a relative way, as "up" and "down" or "right" and "left", but in absolute ways they mean nothing (no pun intended). We have to free ourselves from the idea that "absolute nothing" can be real. Maybe it is like talking of "absolute Upness". I dont know, I am only babbling. excuse bad english.

  • @arnput79
    @arnput79 17 лет назад

    yes, youre right. thats what he wrote about evolution in his book. everything will survive and adapt in its own environment. An opinion about anything is knowledge. it survives in your mind which is its environment. Other opinions which you dont agree with cannot survive in your mind because it cannot adapt there. So it survives in other's minds.

  • @saganemc2
    @saganemc2 12 лет назад +2

    @jimRRRRRRRRRR beautiful~!

  • @slamblambacid
    @slamblambacid 12 лет назад

    We call it space, but we don't treat it like that. If Euclidean space is that in wich abstract geometric entitys exists.... why we don't use them to do physics ??
    Take a look at Nassim haramein in Awake and Aware 2011. Genius

  • @luevas
    @luevas 17 лет назад +2

    genius!

  • @Aluminata
    @Aluminata 8 лет назад +1

    From a typical location in the Universe -there would be no perception that a Universe was in existence. In any direction there would be only darkness as complete as an unlight underground dungeon. Only the lingering "warmth" of the Big Bang, at 2.7 K above absolute zero (minus 270.45 C ) would provide a clue to the existence of an imperceptible something rather than absolute nothingness.

    • @Resenbrink
      @Resenbrink 7 лет назад

      sounds terrifying for some reason

    • @alquinn8576
      @alquinn8576 7 лет назад

      I'm pretty sure at least one object would still be visible in such a position: your mom

  • @davidwilkie9551
    @davidwilkie9551 5 лет назад

    What is typical, actually?
    If "The easiest person to fool is yourself", then you're reasonably sure you're the only person who can "un-fool" yourself, ..through the only relatively reliable methodology of analytical science and philosophy.
    It's realistic but impolite to suspect everyone else is also fooled by complex circumstances, because "I am you and you are me and we are all together", ..similar qualities and loci in a mish-mash that is a pulsed construction of constant creation connection and quiescentmodulated coherence objectives, ..in QM-TIMESPACE.
    Pointing out the failings of others, (but keep it to ourselves), could be either a form of critique and making supporting arguments that go with the truth you've perceived, or it's simply a visible reflection of self-abuse, in principle.
    If there's a solution for any problem at all, it's (probabilisticly), in constant mutual respect and support for teaching and learning techniques, by doing both at once in sync, cause-effect, in sciencing the Universe.
    Studing Quantum Mechanics in Actuality is the only real Principle.

  • @user-sm6fv6kw7h
    @user-sm6fv6kw7h 2 года назад

    Umn....Knowledge doesn't die. It is always there to be discovered and displayed.

    • @opensocietyenjoyer
      @opensocietyenjoyer 6 месяцев назад

      knowledge is created. it doesn't exist anywhere except where people are.

    • @opensocietyenjoyer
      @opensocietyenjoyer 6 месяцев назад

      did newton find the laws of motion carved into a rock somewhere? no. he invented them himself

  • @mf103
    @mf103 17 лет назад

    Try reading Deutsch's 'Fabric of Reality' for a fairly accessible intro to his views on the multiverse (it's a great read). There's no point trying to refute an idea you have no real understanding of.

  • @1schwererziehbar1
    @1schwererziehbar1 16 лет назад +1

    "At No time in recorded history has it been like this."
    now tell me one point in history where this sentence is not true! lol.

  • @salimras123
    @salimras123 14 лет назад

    Well it's very likely. Parallel universes can be similar, or they can be very very very different. They might even have different laws of physics. Humans can have 5 eyes and 10 nostrils. The possibilities are endless.

  • @slamblambacid
    @slamblambacid 12 лет назад

    @TomFynn @TomFynn apply plato solids to minkowski space and you got hyperdimensional physics. Ignorant people call it pseudoscience nowadays but the ancients know well about it and used it in astrology. These concepts are just being introduced now (matrix, lost, fringe series) in the mass subconcious so we can begin to understand syncronicity.

  • @_bobbejaan
    @_bobbejaan 6 лет назад +1

    We already know about a resource based economy but not many seem to listen. So knowledge is not all that is needed.

  • @paulfosterbluebeard
    @paulfosterbluebeard 8 лет назад +12

    the universe is self aware thru each of us

  • @DSAK55
    @DSAK55 5 лет назад

    It is now 2019, co2 concentration is higher than it was in 2007

    • @opensocietyenjoyer
      @opensocietyenjoyer 6 месяцев назад

      yes. we have still no idea how to bring dipshit voters to stop voting for climate change deniers

  • @lewisrain
    @lewisrain 13 лет назад

    @NewEraRevolution soluble is fine

  • @Tenocticatl
    @Tenocticatl 14 лет назад

    Having others form an opinion on your theory will never make it any more -or less- true; To find out wether a theory holds merit you need to test it. That's what scientists do, and that's what Deutsch is talking about. So yeah, ask the right questions, in the form of experiments.

  • @z-e-r-o-
    @z-e-r-o- 4 года назад

    誤訳…かな?
    「Now, the physics of the human brain could hardly be more unlike the physics of such a jet.」
    「人間の脳における物理現象は ジェットで起きている物理現象とは 全く異なっています」
    この文はhardlyとunlikeの二重否定なので、「全く同じです」という意味では?(実際、働いている物理法則は同じですし)
    …でも、そうなると、次節の「We couldn't survive for an instant in it.」の文意に繋がりにくくはなりますね…

  • @nzer48
    @nzer48 14 лет назад

    @leporidus Nice, I like that

  • @HigherPlanes
    @HigherPlanes 15 лет назад

    If theories of the universe were the size of a grain of salt, I could fill countless salt shakers. Nobody has a finger on it, not the church, not science, not the government, nobody. I'll tell you what though, if you view the universe thru your own personal filter and extrapolate your own theory, it makes you that much more authentic.
    I hadn't heard of Douglas Adams though. I like his theory. I firmly believe that the universe is stranger than you CAN suppose.

  • @HigherPlanes
    @HigherPlanes 15 лет назад

    Yes, what I meant is that the neocortex is the most complex place in the known universe. therefore how can Hawkings refer to that as chemical scum. That's a joke. But I'm not arguing against curiosity and creativity. But I think it's important to not be lead astray by big claims and such. I'm all for personal experience.

  • @ElPeejerino
    @ElPeejerino 17 лет назад

    Lol, aaronsalad ... I think you read TEDtalksDirector's synopsis (incorrectly, I might add) rather than actually watching the video.
    Yes, Deutsch is the "leading proponent of the multiverse intrepretation of quantum theory", but no, he does *not* talk about this in his presentation.

  • @Rx9321
    @Rx9321 2 года назад

    А перевода нет???? 😒

  • @fishybishbash
    @fishybishbash 13 лет назад +1

    @Lukethemk I disagree completely. He makes some great, positive points and his underlying theme, that our salvation lies ultimately in our ability and willingness to understand and explain our environment, both immediate and remote, is logical and correct.

  • @sunsidhe
    @sunsidhe 11 лет назад +5

    This is my favourite video ever. Keep re posting it on facebook.
    The "science predicted an ice age in the 70s" thing turns out to be a myth by the way. Potholer54 made a vid on that.

    • @TheGodlessGuitarist
      @TheGodlessGuitarist 6 лет назад

      Yeah, Deutsch's climate change comments are not great IMO.

  • @DreamsCatcher101
    @DreamsCatcher101 13 лет назад

    @abarbar06 Too busy playing on the xbox

  • @S2Cents
    @S2Cents 13 лет назад

    wow the Universe is mostly pitch black and almost absolutely frozen. Great job God.

  • @grimshawr
    @grimshawr 15 лет назад

    The problem with people who want to develop underdeveloped countries is that their primary goal is to use their resources for their own benefit, while ignoring the pre-existing social and cultural order and bringing large amounts of structural violence.

  • @homedogdigity
    @homedogdigity 15 лет назад

    hawkings gets pwned :-)

  • @amitgurung8739
    @amitgurung8739 Год назад

    Dear sir(david Deutsch), is our imagination creates reality?

  • @abarbar06
    @abarbar06 15 лет назад

    everyone on the planet should listen to this

  • @ElPeejerino
    @ElPeejerino 17 лет назад

    Lol, witty. Your intellect knows no bounds...
    To be honest, it was all worth it just to hear someone use the insult "Mr. Scientist" in their argument.
    Still gives me a chuckle.

  • @JesusACruz64
    @JesusACruz64 11 лет назад

    not in america

  • @drhxa
    @drhxa 10 лет назад +1

    Do you mean Nobel Prize?

  • @PatrickBateman1987
    @PatrickBateman1987 8 лет назад

    He looks like John the Stutterer.

    • @MooMooManist
      @MooMooManist 8 лет назад +5

      Interesting takeaway from his talk. Tell me more.

  • @BitcoinMotorist
    @BitcoinMotorist 15 лет назад

    The problem with David Deutsch's stance on global warming is that it doesn't address the primary goal of the global warming advocates which is to depress the the development of under developed countries and depress the economic prosperity of developed nations.

  • @darknlooking
    @darknlooking 17 лет назад +2

    No one has said it yet so I will. JESUS IS LORD!! DONT WORRY ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS! JESUS IS LORD! HES COMING TO SAVE THE DAY!! JESUS IS LORD! HE'LL COME DOWN FROM THE "SKY" FLOATING ON A CLOUD AND SAVE THE DAY! READ THE BIBLE WHILE THERES STILL TIME!
    There. Glad I got that out of the way. PS, if anyone is confused I'm being sarcastic.

  • @novac1990
    @novac1990 11 лет назад

    From the initial picture on the video I thought he was a zombie.

  • @hubi1857
    @hubi1857 13 лет назад

    @abarbar06 Get a cure for deafness first!

  • @renasania1336
    @renasania1336 11 лет назад +1

    Gosh, don't be so hard on him.

  • @MadisonFro
    @MadisonFro 15 лет назад

    Way to go! Insulting someone over the internet, gee I bet mommy would be proud.

  • @BlatendCrude
    @BlatendCrude 13 лет назад

    This guy looks like Sion Lentil, but you can forget about that.

  • @omegavalerius
    @omegavalerius 14 лет назад +1

    A religion about the scientific method? I could settle for that as a compromise.