Imagine if the “Internet” was owned by a company and it decided to shut down or close completely. All the information that gives us access to other humans across the planet, and so much other information would literally be impossible. We’d be restricted to just us and the physical communication around us.
I appreciate people like Brian Cox. One of the UK's best plain speaking scientist, not talking down to people, but trying to explain unimaginable scales on a level anyone can understand.
A lot of hosts could learn a lot from Joe, he lets guests talk, doesnt interrupt, doesnt just ask questions but engages in conversation and debate without trying to take all the attention. Great guests too, love Professor Brian Cox.
I think it is because he is a naturally curious person who is honestly interested in what his guests are saying. Far too many hosts have ego problems and think they know everything already.
I stopped listening to the H3 Podcast a LOOOONG time ago because Ethan just won’t shut the fuck up. His comments are always RIDDLED with people telling him to fuck up and let the guests talk but he seems unbothered by the criticism. Damn shame because he is entertaining but he’s a horrible host.
Just love how genuinely curious Joe is and just lets Brian speak. He doesn't interrupt or change the topic every 5 seconds like a Late Night Show Host. Should definitely get Brian on again in the future, for real.
Alee Enn this is an amazing quote. But really if you think about it it shouldn’t be too terrifying to grasp the possibility that we are most likely not alone in the universe and we have no perception of what is going on on that planet. They’re probably sitting there thinking the same shit.
We could be alone in the universe... But if the theory of a near infinite multiverse exists that would mean a near infinite number of other beings out there.
@@RickySpanish12344 Sure we can... and we can imagine infinity too. It's not that hard. But everything that's finite has no comparison to infinity... so why try and compare it to something it doesn't resemble? Don't argue with me... just understand.
He’s said in multiple interviews that he’s experimented with psychedelics like shrooms and LSD. Those drugs tend to open your mind and make you think of certain things you wouldn’t think about when sober.
I don’t see anything particularly unique or enlightening about someone that appears to be contrarian or iconoclastic, for no other reason than to just argue. If you could add some meaningful substance, since you seem to think so strongly that Cox is a moron, what can you contribute that’s related to the video content?
@Undoctrinated what are you even talking about? The man with Phd is smarter than you. Even if he's not he isn't preaching any of his 'moronic' knowledge to you. This is just two guys talking about abstract theories of what might be in the universe. notice how throughout the video he says things are possible, he doesnt state anything as fact apart from facts. You may not have noticed as you dont even seem smart enough to know that undoctrinated isnt even a word hahaha
Cox is a real, qualified scientist who goes on TV from time to time, your premise is faulty. You can find him wet and boring all you like, but he is a qualified physicist
Joe and Brian have such great chemistry together. Joe has mega respect for Brian as he should, Brian is an absolute legend to humanity. This podcast with Brian may be the best I’ve seen.
If they are real, and here already, they appear peaceful and observing. If they’re not than “unintelligent “ life must exist that could evolve in future
Louis that would depend on your idea of peaceful. We’re quite peaceful to animals when they’re at the zoo or domesticated. I hope that’s not the case just considering the options.
Kewan i say peaceful also cuz of the multiple military incidents of ufos shutting down nuclear arsenals, and also disabling warheads in the air already. But not everyone believe this, but if it is true they would be incredibly kind, incomprehensible to us at the moment most likely. Just imo but I agree with your point as well, as there is probably other aliens not peaceful
@@47imagine ....Tyson thinks of himself as a Celebrity first and a Scientist second and gets overly dramatic and condescending with whomever he is talking to. He's a smart guy but can't listen to him as much as Cox or Sagan.
Tyson is about as arrogant as they come. His appearance on this podcast is honestly just the top of the iceberg. He’s got a history spanning decades of being difficult and having very poor interpersonal skills.
@ronmckay504 Agreed - in contrast, I think I read before that Brian Cox was encouraged by his peers in the scientific community to go into broadcasting, TV presenting etc, because he had such a unique and engaging style of education that they all knew it would bring value and knowledge to society at large.
Its Silxnt not very. When Neil was on and he said something like “we need to be a multi planetary species “ joe said what is that. I don’t think he takes any of it in.
It's wonderful, in this midst of this crazy world, to listen to someone who is able to express profound insights in such a tender and unpretentious way. One of your best ever guests, Joe, and you treated him with great and deserved respect. Good stuff.
Very well said, I've started to just watch interviews or clips of Professor Cox speaking about all sorts of scientific topics just because he has the gift of explaining things so simply that anyone can understand.
@@Gs_up_Fros_Down Hi, thanks for your comment, I had completely forgotten about the comment I made so it was nice to go back and have a look at it. One great thing about Brian Cox is that you feel he would never let anything upset him or get him angry, he just takes everything in his stride and responds with understanding and care and I reckon he could calm anyone down ... a rare commodity these days. Cheers, Terry
@@viaredzagames rogan wow'ed too fast. rogan thought there's one (beside us) according to brian (which is an expert, which most people like us, in this case rogan, usually inclined to also believe in) but then "and that's us" points it dissapointingly just us in this galaxy. sorry for my english
Rizeky R but isn’t the fact that it is just us in the galaxy is also “wow” too? Rogan might be saying wow due to the sheer fact that it is just us in this large universe.
I saw Brian Cox on a documentary about time, on Netflix, I think. The way he talks about these subjects is fascinating. He's got such a cool energy too. Bring him back to discuss something else sometime☺
If we are the only intelligent species in the galaxy, then we are the consciousness of the galaxy. That's an enormous responsibility. We would be the custodians of an entire galaxy.
True but I personally think it’s idiotic to think we’re the only ones , it’s literally endless possibilities with the universe because there’s so much we don’t know and it really messes with your head trying to picture the scale.
@@Riverside1432 Because we are made from the elements of exploded stars, we literally made from stardust, so we are part of the Universe. Our capacity to explore and educate ourselves is for a reason, we are the brain of the Universe.
except when you bring up conversation like dmt, cox turns his nose at it and is not willing to experience it for himself. i guess we all have our flaws
@Emma Madison I'm not sure what you mean here? Did you not take my comment as sarcastic? I thought it was obvious, my bad. Of course he shouldn't try it. Well, maybe KUPHSER was sarcastic too and I missed that😁 (I sure hope that it was since it otherwise is pretty daft😁)
@@bennylloyd-willner9667 Wtf are you on about? DMT is the most eye opening experience that a person can have, who are you to tell people that they shouldn't try it? It's not at all dangerous, you can't even od regardless of dosage.
Brian Cox & people like him take us on a journey, within their field of knowledge, which really is vast & they explain it to us, in a way that can be easily understood - that in its self should be highly valued.
Hyperventilating to the idea that we get to experience life at the slimmest of odds in this unbelievably huge universe. 🤯 Remind yourself this from time to time.
I love how he doesn't put down religion he just says this is what we know and it's fun to think about what that could mean. Always an interesting guest.
Quick question, can you believe in the possibility of life on other planets, and the possibility of god at the same time? I'm wondering this because what if god exists, but god decided to create other life forms that developed, evolved, and created their own societies other then us humans on earth.
@@kingnate9534 if you were a race that could create life, would you only create just one world and be like "I'm good with this" or would you continue to perfect the formula elsewhere.
Neil Degrasse Tyson said it best: " With what we know, saying there is no intelligent life in the universe is like dipping a glass in the Ocean, looking into it and saying there are no whales in the Ocean."
@@andrewrobertsmith7367 Its an analogy to put into perspective how big the universe is. It has nothing to do with what we know about whales. Lmao. And im going out on a limb here, but i think Degrasse Tyson is a hair smarter than you.
@@lachazaroony, I'm going to go out on a limb and ask you how you value how smart one is? It's a terrible analogy regardless. There could be the things you mention out there but there could be nothing & that's where it should end as we're surely irrelevant judging by the size of everything else.
The biggest problem with trying to find other intelligent life in the universe, is that we naturally project our own expectations and thoughts as humans onto what we think they would look/behave/sound/smell like. We very well could not even comprehend them. There could be life so vastly intelligent and advanced that they visit us every day and we don’t even notice them.
So frequently haunted by this idea. So often I think how these other forms of intelligent life, higher if you insist, staring and glaring at how stupid we are. Fools.
Someone, can't remember who, said that technology far advanced beyond us would be indistinguishable from magic. Think about how a person from medieval England would view cell phones, lasers, drones, video, etc. Magic, or more probably, witchcraft.
only just stumbled onto this one now. Great guest, who like a true scientist has an open mind.. fermi paradox weighs heavy on my mind. Kudos to Joe for always being respectful and open minded towards his guests
The thing I love about Brian Cox is that as he's talking about the stuff he knows, or especially the things he doesn't know, there's always him smiling and a curious look in his eye. Very humble, very curious. I could listen to him talk forever.
It was the right time to mention it to be fair. It's a good analogy/example of the Zoo Hypothesis, which is a reasonable answer to anyone who asks the question, why haven't they made contact yet?
I see something in brian you dont see in many guests. Authentic glee, and something internally youthful. Plus the comforting tone is a great addition. Brian seems like a delightful person and i enjoy his rhetoric. Thank you for this.
Well actually, Cardi B is 26, let's say she's been famous for 3 years (that's being generous) for aliens to see her, they would have to be within 3 light-years and it is very unlikely that there's a life bearing planet within that distance. This is the same logic that means aliens 65million light years away would look at earth and see dinosaurs and that many of the stars we see in the sky are dead and we are simply looking at the light that left it before it died
Bored on a Saturday night and I somehow stumbled across one of these clips. I was so fascinated with the conversation I just kept clicking on the next video. I've now watched all of them from this interview and this clip in particular was not just fascinating, but also so inspiring, I actually watched it a second time with my bf. It's so hard to comprehend time and space in those vast numbers and then realizing the freak chances of you being here at this point in time. Mind blown! 🤯 It makes you realize you virtually have no time so you really gotta take responsibility for your life and who you are if you want to have any hope of leaving something positive behind.
Prof. Cox summized it perfectly I think. In that Fermi's is of itself a self revelation of one's (ours) Responsibility to 'Lead'. Regardless of the unknown. It is this comparative hypothetical fantasy that keeps us from doing our own duty. Regardless. Of where we may fit in... Comparatively.
Mathematically there is an exact copy of you somewhere in the universe, so strictly mathematically speaking there is a chance of a Joe Rogan "copy" doing this exact same thing somewhere else.
Sometimes I feel like I'm one of the only ones who appreciates the guests Joe gets on this show and the conversations he has. Most of the comments on here about conspiracies etc. make me wonder if most of this show's viewers even have a basic understanding of what's being talked about.
Chartered your trying to make yourself sound smart. Everyone knows every video that’s ever been created has dumbass comments on it. That comes with the internet. Most people who watch his podcast, especially these scientific based ones, are educated and appreciate these discussions. Your not one of the only “few” who understand and appreciates it. Those who think their smart, can’t comprehend the vast amounts of knowledge their ignorant of. Just thinking your smarter than everyone makes you automatically an idiot.
@@patrickcurran6054 I don't recall me saying I'm smarter than everyone. Just that most people on here seem to instantly dismiss a lot of the guests on this podcast because of some preconceived idea they have that tells them they shouldn't enjoy an interview or find it educational.
The level of intelligence is inversely proportional to the propensity to bark their opinions out loud. RUclips comments perfectly illustrate the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Yep it's totally true, but, sadly for the most part, humanity is a total waste of potential. It's a beautiful ship with a great crew but no navigator or compass.
It’s so amazing and scary listening to them. Heart skipped a beat after talking about billions of years and our average life span is less than 80. YOLO
You never know what is after life ends. This is kind of inspiring and also scary. There could be something happening with us after we die. But noone knows. Because you just can’t prove it. The only ones that know are the ones that passed away from our world.
I can appreciate this type of dialog because it's more meaningful when more people can understand and engage. No matter how knowledgeable or educated a person may be, it's fruitless if the idea can't be communicated effectively. Too many syllables, too much technical terminology, can drain a soul or lose one's attention. Joe Rogan gets a ton of respect from me because he's willing to engage on so many levels and in so many arenas. To me, it shows his true intelligence by being able to do so and, at the same time learn along with the rest of us lay people.
This guy is brilliant and such a sweet dude at the same time. No big Egos ( like some of Joe’s previous scientist / physicist.) You can not only tell he love physics / science , but loves teaching you , explaining it to you so you understand and not going over your head . Ladies and gentlemen... this is what you call Class !
I admire this guy for a weird reason, he doesn't immediately trow off stupid questions he thinks about them sees if they are plausible and try to get the point, i for one admire that stupid ideas sometimes ended being the best. Big respect
Love this quote by Dawkins: After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again.
Randall Lowe seriously. I was looking for something to comment on that was this I’m at 3:57, Cox has just completely re-evaluated my entire life and what gives it meaning and Rogan just goes “itsss soooo valuable... that there might be aliens”
He really has no way of knowing that "we're it". Based on what calculations? I mean communications signals have only gone out like 60-70 lightyears or so. The Milky Way is 100,00 or so light years across. There's still A LOT of travelling those signals need to do yet to get through the milky way, so who knows?
@@unfortunatebeam I think when you factor in the commonality of Earth-like planets which we've discovered no signs of intelligent life on, the fact there are A LOT of specific factors that allowed our civilisation to exist without being destroyed too early (i.e. Jupiter's role in deflecting comets/asteroids away from us), the fact that the Drake equation predicts that if civilisations are common then we should've encountered dozens by now just within our small region - it reduces the likelihood. I think 2-3 per galaxy is a reasonable estimate based on what we know about the probability of life emerging and persisting, and the pool of Earth-like planets available (which is quite a lot).
Dr. Cox is such a giving scientist. These people can do their thing like thousands of other scientists do theirs - at universities. They come out and speak to the general public. Love it.
I loved Brian’s extrapolation there are the end, took what Joe was saying and explained realistically how it could really be that other civilizations could very well know about us without anything visible on our end because their tech may be so advanced on a nano-scale. Brilliant.
I’ve thought this too, also it’s extremely hard to transport life through interstellar space, robotic probes are much more likely. They would also be designed to be stealth like.
Government shutdown was over a month long and fucked millions of Americans up! If it went in any longer millions of people would be homeless and starving....yeah right we are the most civilized and intelligent civilization in the universe...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What if we are the advanced alien civilisation and we sent our DNA to our star and we knew that we couldn’t survive the long distance between stars so we sent the most simplest form of life to evolve on earth over thousands of years knowing we would eventually pick up where we left off .i don’t know what I’m talking about but the ancient astronaut theory really interests me lol
@@conormcmullen6437 I said we are a "part" of the universe not "the" universe. Or just say ingredients,we need sauce or cheese and other ingredients to make a pizza it doesn't mean that cheese is pizza. Do you understand?
@@vvvooo9413 I understand perfectly, im just saying the need to emphasize *part* is unnecessary. Every part of the universe is still the universe, you can touch a wheel and still call a bike a bike, just because the wheel is part of the bike does not mean the bike is no longer a bike. I get where you are coming from though and don't disagree, it's ways of thinking and points of view my guy.
1-2 civilisations per galaxy don't necessarily live at the same time though. That's the big kicker. Many could die out completely before meeting another civilization. It's why wars on this planet are utterly pointless in terms of our species progression.
Meaningless. We will never reach other galaxies. It's just too far. There's a reason they call it "space" - it is VERY VERY spacious! Indeed, we will probably never contact civilisations in our OWN galaxy unless they are in our "neighbourhood." It may thus turn out that - for practical purposes - we are the only technological civilisation around.
@@hackcult3738 A SETI scientist said we will find out within 20 years. I reckon we will find out *by 2023* assuming the James Webb Telescope does launch this this october, 2021. It's the successor to hubble except it will tells the atmospheric chemical composition based on the light passing through a planet from its parent star. So if it detects chemicals that don't naturally occur in nature i.e CFCs and other pollutants related with industrial activity then there's reason to believe that x planet that is x number of light years away may have a currently active or potentially dead civilisation that was once industrious. Because of how slow light is if said planet is 10,000 light years away then 10,000 years ago there was industrial activity on said planet. But where are they now? can we find evidence of stellar engineering? are they still active, are they dead. Those are questions we can only answer when we get around how slow light is
@@pastordonkoh7692 I have my fingers cross for James Webb, I can’t wait for that to go up. Very excited for it and I hope to god we find something! I love space I get so addicted to it, can’t stop learning.
What Brian talks about in this clip is something i learned years ago as a kid, i was watching starwars and it said "in a galaxy far away 200000 years ago".. it made me think.. it made me realize that there could have been millions of civilizations in our galaxy that has come and gone, i mean its very unlikely but still possible. We could be the only civ out there right now, in our galaxy. With 2 trillion galaxies there are bound the be more advanced civs out there and planets full of life but without a modern being like humans. Like when Earth had the dinosaurs, there were events that took place who paved way for us humans. Would we have developed into humans from monkeys if the dinosaurs had still been around? no way, life were too dangerous to settle down, to build up our social structures and to develop our minds. Good old clip this. Enjoy life everyone, its way too short.
I have gotten some violent reactions to this very same idea. Some find the idea of being alone in the universe to be repulsively depressing but I always tell them that Space might be vast... but so is Time. Just consider the amount of time our species have been around. 200k years? Possibly 1millions years at most? And then we are already in danger of extinction? Maybe intelligent life doesn't survive that long & perhaps we're jsut not fortunate enough to exist in the same timeframe as the others?
Just to clear things up as a lot of people are talking shit about things that I didn’t say. I’m not saying that Brian cox is a pure genius as i don’t know anything about science. I can however say that Brian cox is a very prominent scientific figure as any documentary in the UK regarding space will be taken by Brian cox. I hope this clears things up as people are getting pissed
If ever I've had a stressful week and tried to de-stress by having a few beers I often end up stood in my garden in the early hours of the AM having a smoke and find myself staring at the stars in the silence, after a while I really begin to feel the distance and I always end up feeling better about my daily worries because I realise how insignificant it all is compared to what I had just been looking at.
Or maybe life only starts booming at a certain point. Maybe we are first. But we'll probably create a new type of life and it'll be the life that permeates the universe. Some AI or genetically manipulated being that can travel the universe until it in hand figures out what else is possible.
Yes but at the same time, he only gave certain examples. In a lot of other cases, when a more advanced people came across a less advanced people, there was war and subjugation, stealing of resources, slavery, and even genocide. To me it doesnt make any sense for a super advanced alien race to come all this way just to spy on us. It makes more sense for them to conquer us or help us advance.
@@macjohnson533 But it's impossible to know. What if there is some brutally obvious reason for not fucking with other civilizations that you can only understand once you've done it or some shit like that. In that case our opinions are good for nothing.
@@macjohnson533 I thought this too. But perhaps they view us as ants. Unless they are immature aliens and want to jump on the ant hill like kids, simply to destroy it, we offer nothing. So they moved on a long time ago. Or perhaps they regard us as "moderately" intelligent or advanced, but they are so dissimilar to us that to even try to relate to us, communicate with us, or work with us would simply be incongruous. Kind of like a star fish and a sloth interacting. Nothing in common.
Mr. Cox’s proposition that we may be the only intelligent life around is but one hypothesis to explain the question Enrico Fermi asked in 1950: “Where the hell is everybody?” At this point, I tend toward the explanation that sentient life may be self-eliminating.
Joe actually blew my mind when he brought up Sentinel Island. I'd never thought about it, but it does make a lot of sense for the highly advanced civilizations (on Earth, that's us) to have a hands off approach to the primitive civilizations (on Earth, that's the Sentinels etc). And just like the Sentinels, we have zero ways of detecting advanced civilizations outside of them knocking on our door. Of course they aren't going to make themselves known before we're advanced enough. It'd be like inviting George of the Jungle to your weekend barbecue.
It’s crazy to think that some life forms in another galaxy are chillin in their own little world, wondering the same thing about if there’s anyone else. It’s such a shame we don’t get to ever have that epic moment of crossing paths.
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I love RUclips. The fact that you can have access to conversations like this is incredible.
I've thought about this a lot of times before
this should have more views
Yes, if it was a tv show it would be cut down to half an hour and the ideas wouldn't get developed the same
Problem is, RUclips/Google, et al. only allow access to conversations they agree with in some subjects.
Imagine if the “Internet” was owned by a company and it decided to shut down or close completely.
All the information that gives us access to other humans across the planet, and so much other information would literally be impossible. We’d be restricted to just us and the physical communication around us.
If we all had science teachers like Brian Cox, there would be so many smart scientists growing up by now.
Soooooo, you're sayin' there's still a chance (that if we got Brian to tutor Trump)?!
@@gatsbylight4766 God, imagine feeling the need to bring up politics on a comment about somebody teaching children science.
Public schools can’t afford those types of teachers
Science has been made into something too academic at school, it’s a shame.
Looks like he does alot of halucagins
Brian Cox is the only guy who can look 20 and 50 at the same time.
Keanu Reeves
DoomFinger511 and look both male and female at the same time too.
Chocolabtastic Smith and talk like a male and female at same time
@@DiRtYLaWs2007 Well, he is English.
@@daddyethan boof
I appreciate people like Brian Cox. One of the UK's best plain speaking scientist, not talking down to people, but trying to explain unimaginable scales on a level anyone can understand.
Its because he started out as a musician so was more like us and then made science his profession later on
@@19994ablehe has an undergrad masters and PhD?
@@smithereensloccomotives678 yes i'm fully aware, whats the point of your comment?
yeah but he shouldnt teach becouse its better for the world if he is doing actual science then teach
@@z000mbful that's just not true
A lot of hosts could learn a lot from Joe, he lets guests talk, doesnt interrupt, doesnt just ask questions but engages in conversation and debate without trying to take all the attention. Great guests too, love Professor Brian Cox.
I think it is because he is a naturally curious person who is honestly interested in what his guests are saying. Far too many hosts have ego problems and think they know everything already.
Yes because he is stoned
@@leadfarmer9396 I am sure that doesn't hurt.
I stopped listening to the H3 Podcast a LOOOONG time ago because Ethan just won’t shut the fuck up. His comments are always RIDDLED with people telling him to fuck up and let the guests talk but he seems unbothered by the criticism. Damn shame because he is entertaining but he’s a horrible host.
@Alex V That is what the OP was saying.
Just love how genuinely curious Joe is and just lets Brian speak. He doesn't interrupt or change the topic every 5 seconds like a Late Night Show Host. Should definitely get Brian on again in the future, for real.
Cole Edits Late night hosts don’t have 2/3 hours
@@brizzle1882 Still.
I appreciate that as well. It’s an actual calm conversation from start to finish. 👍🏼👍🏼 good job joe.
well mainly because the host of late night show don't have the curosity as much as this guy
O love then
"Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." - Arthur C Clarke
Alee Enn this is an amazing quote. But really if you think about it it shouldn’t be too terrifying to grasp the possibility that we are most likely not alone in the universe and we have no perception of what is going on on that planet. They’re probably sitting there thinking the same shit.
We could be alone in the universe... But if the theory of a near infinite multiverse exists that would mean a near infinite number of other beings out there.
@@RickySpanish12344 There's no such thing as near infinite... anything that's finite is virtually nothing compared to infinity.
@@NickCagerObviously. It's a way of expressing that the number is so incredibly large that we cannot possibly imagine it.
@@RickySpanish12344 Sure we can... and we can imagine infinity too. It's not that hard. But everything that's finite has no comparison to infinity... so why try and compare it to something it doesn't resemble? Don't argue with me... just understand.
I love this man. He's like the Positive, Sober, Clean, Intelligent friend that hypes you up and inspires you
And he never accidentally eats fish and chips three times in a fortnight.
He’s said in multiple interviews that he’s experimented with psychedelics like shrooms and LSD. Those drugs tend to open your mind and make you think of certain things you wouldn’t think about when sober.
I don't know why, but I just like this guy. Makes me smile.
@Undoctrinated 😂
I don’t see anything particularly unique or enlightening about someone that appears to be contrarian or iconoclastic, for no other reason than to just argue. If you could add some meaningful substance, since you seem to think so strongly that Cox is a moron, what can you contribute that’s related to the video content?
@Undoctrinated what does he say that you disagree with? That the earth is round?
@Undoctrinated what are you even talking about? The man with Phd is smarter than you. Even if he's not he isn't preaching any of his 'moronic' knowledge to you. This is just two guys talking about abstract theories of what might be in the universe. notice how throughout the video he says things are possible, he doesnt state anything as fact apart from facts. You may not have noticed as you dont even seem smart enough to know that undoctrinated isnt even a word hahaha
Cox is a real, qualified scientist who goes on TV from time to time, your premise is faulty. You can find him wet and boring all you like, but he is a qualified physicist
It’s great to see how Joe enjoys the intelligence of his guest. Asks great questions and never interrupts the flow of a great answer. Wonderful stuff.
Wouldn" t it be nice if politics were like that, intelegent discusions by informed inteligent people....I'm sorry dreaming again...
Most famous podcast for a reason
I could listen to Brian Cox talk all day. Man I would love to have a conversation with him. He makes it so easy to understand and ponder.
He does tours and talks....go see him!
@PJ Velotos Huh?
@PJ Velotos you'll pass what?
@PJ Velotos Nobody asked you to you freak!
lol, you THINK you understand it.
Joe and Brian have such great chemistry together. Joe has mega respect for Brian as he should, Brian is an absolute legend to humanity. This podcast with Brian may be the best I’ve seen.
Brian has a podcast.
Brian Cox just enthusiastically talking about science is more ASMR than anything else out there.
Dr Dimitri comes close.
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” (Arthur C. Clarke)
I know this was 2 months ago but that really is an amazing quote. Really gets people thinking.
I'm gonna qoute in this in my entire life
If they are real, and here already, they appear peaceful and observing. If they’re not than “unintelligent “ life must exist that could evolve in future
Louis that would depend on your idea of peaceful. We’re quite peaceful to animals when they’re at the zoo or domesticated. I hope that’s not the case just considering the options.
Kewan i say peaceful also cuz of the multiple military incidents of ufos shutting down nuclear arsenals, and also disabling warheads in the air already. But not everyone believe this, but if it is true they would be incredibly kind, incomprehensible to us at the moment most likely. Just imo but I agree with your point as well, as there is probably other aliens not peaceful
Brian Cox is more comfortable to listen to than Neil deGrasse.
That is because Cox is humble. Neil is not.
@@oxenfree6192 bEcUaSe hE iS WHITE yOu rAcIst!!
I'm just kidding, I agree. There's an air of humility around Brian Cox.
Niel is full of himself
I love listening to Neil and Brian. Brian definitely seems more humble but Neil is still awesome.
kkkfts Yikes to you sir. Yikes indeed.
Cox is as down-to-earth as Tyson is condescending. Love this guy. So smart, yet so respectful. Happy to open people's eyes.
Yeah I agree. Tyson is overbearing and loves to interrupt others. Cox, on the other hand, has a very gentle and pleasant style.
100 % Agree
@@47imagine ....Tyson thinks of himself as a Celebrity first and a Scientist second and gets overly dramatic and condescending with whomever he is talking to. He's a smart guy but can't listen to him as much as Cox or Sagan.
Tyson is about as arrogant as they come. His appearance on this podcast is honestly just the top of the iceberg. He’s got a history spanning decades of being difficult and having very poor interpersonal skills.
@ronmckay504 Agreed - in contrast, I think I read before that Brian Cox was encouraged by his peers in the scientific community to go into broadcasting, TV presenting etc, because he had such a unique and engaging style of education that they all knew it would bring value and knowledge to society at large.
Does everyone ever wonder how smart Joe actually is after years of listening to some of the smartest people in the world
Its Silxnt not very. When Neil was on and he said something like “we need to be a multi planetary species “ joe said what is that. I don’t think he takes any of it in.
@@ryp1562 damn that's a tough lmao if I was him I would be taking as much of it in as I could
@@ryp1562
Isn't it entirely possible he was asking for the audience at home? Or no?
You’re comment just proves how stupid you really are.
@@OccupiedBot your*
Brian cox always looks like he’s about to burst out laughing.
"Inappropriate" smiling is a symptom of asperger's. Don't take this as a professional diagnosis lol.
I think it’s probably a slight nervousness/anxiety. He obviously deals with it extremely well though.
Josh Charlie Or he’s just extremely passionate about his work and enjoys talking about it.
Think ur all readin into it a bit too much there lmao. Hes just a very expressive and passionate person, cares about his job and his work very much.
Yeah cause he's laughing from the shit he's feeding you
so much better than the neil degrasse tyson interview
What happened with him?
Brian's smarter
@David Cat Being American does that to a person.
Yeah this guy doesn't need to be obnoxious and loud to be super interesting
@@Jafmanz lmao okay dude yeah its totally because he's American. You're a moron
It's wonderful, in this midst of this crazy world, to listen to someone who is able to express profound insights in such a tender and unpretentious way. One of your best ever guests, Joe, and you treated him with great and deserved respect. Good stuff.
Very well said, I've started to just watch interviews or clips of Professor Cox speaking about all sorts of scientific topics just because he has the gift of explaining things so simply that anyone can understand.
@@Gs_up_Fros_Down Hi, thanks for your comment, I had completely forgotten about the comment I made so it was nice to go back and have a look at it. One great thing about Brian Cox is that you feel he would never let anything upset him or get him angry, he just takes everything in his stride and responds with understanding and care and I reckon he could calm anyone down ... a rare commodity these days. Cheers, Terry
He’s such a good conversationalist he keeps me interested 100% of the time
I could listen to Brian all day. He’s so well spoken, genuine and intelligent.
Classic british
The infinite monkey cage podcast. You actually can listen to him all day, I know it’s been a year since your comment 🤣🤣
Brian Cox: “I believe there is at least one civilization in the milky-way galaxy”
Joe: “wowww”
Brian: “and that’s us”
Amai0 why do you find this interesting to quote?
@@viaredzagames rogan wow'ed too fast. rogan thought there's one (beside us) according to brian (which is an expert, which most people like us, in this case rogan, usually inclined to also believe in) but then "and that's us" points it dissapointingly just us in this galaxy. sorry for my english
Rizeky R but isn’t the fact that it is just us in the galaxy is also “wow” too? Rogan might be saying wow due to the sheer fact that it is just us in this large universe.
Redza Rased Good thought.
i’m just meme’ing joe, chill sherlock
Really hits me hard when he reminds us that we are just configurations of atoms - kind of hits home why life is so rare in the Universe.
I saw Brian Cox on a documentary about time, on Netflix, I think.
The way he talks about these subjects is fascinating. He's got such a cool energy too. Bring him back to discuss something else sometime☺
If we are the only intelligent species in the galaxy, then we are the consciousness of the galaxy. That's an enormous responsibility. We would be the custodians of an entire galaxy.
True but I personally think it’s idiotic to think we’re the only ones , it’s literally endless possibilities with the universe because there’s so much we don’t know and it really messes with your head trying to picture the scale.
@@Nate2003x You'll note I said "galaxy", not "universe".
The Universe created us to understand itself, we are the Universe.
@@Riverside1432 Because we are made from the elements of exploded stars, we literally made from stardust, so we are part of the Universe. Our capacity to explore and educate ourselves is for a reason, we are the brain of the Universe.
J-DOT very interesting stuff between you two. Great debate, well done.
Bring this guy back! He's awesome!
HE IS ONLY TELLING YOU WHAT HE HIMSELF HAS READ IN BOOKS
@@thomasgraham5842 and? Isn’t that what most of us do?
Feels good knowing this guy is out there trying to learn new things and has an open mind.
I hope we learn more in our lifetime.
Brian seems like such a nice guy, I could listen to him talk about anything all day.
“I suppose that is possible” a true scientist, a true conversation where both minds are open to new ideas. Love to see it
except when you bring up conversation like dmt, cox turns his nose at it and is not willing to experience it for himself. i guess we all have our flaws
@@KUPHSER Yeah, like gunshot wounds, he probably would turn down an offer to get that as well. What a narrow-minded guy 😂😂
@Emma Madison I'm not sure what you mean here? Did you not take my comment as sarcastic? I thought it was obvious, my bad. Of course he shouldn't try it.
Well, maybe KUPHSER was sarcastic too and I missed that😁 (I sure hope that it was since it otherwise is pretty daft😁)
Rogan is not on his level
@@bennylloyd-willner9667 Wtf are you on about? DMT is the most eye opening experience that a person can have, who are you to tell people that they shouldn't try it? It's not at all dangerous, you can't even od regardless of dosage.
Nobody loves their job more than Brian Cox. I wish I had that much passion for literally anything in life.
Brian Cox & people like him take us on a journey, within their field of knowledge, which really is vast & they explain it to us, in a way that can be easily understood - that in its self should be highly valued.
Cox is one smart bastard and he's from my City, Manchester. Trust me, there's not many in Manchester.
He is from Oldham
@@youareslick He studied and lived in Manchester. He was born in Oldham, which is Greater Manchester.
Karl Plikington, not in the academic sense. In his own way that manc is bright lol
Manchester my city of birth used to have many intelligent people but yes I agree not many there now!
By the way Oldham is in Greater Manchester.
WILZ
The only other people I've heard of from Manchester are Noel and liam Gallagher. Couple of of assholes
I feel priviliged to be able to listen to this. Wonderful conversation.
Hyperventilating to the idea that we get to experience life at the slimmest of odds in this unbelievably huge universe. 🤯 Remind yourself this from time to time.
Thank you Brian for your clear logic and knowledge, and for putting it across so well.
These kind of conversations fascinate me and terrify me at the same time. It overwhelms me to try to comprehend just how small and fragile we are.
I love how he doesn't put down religion he just says this is what we know and it's fun to think about what that could mean. Always an interesting guest.
Quick question, can you believe in the possibility of life on other planets, and the possibility of god at the same time? I'm wondering this because what if god exists, but god decided to create other life forms that developed, evolved, and created their own societies other then us humans on earth.
When there is a God out there it proberly an advanced civilasation
@@kingnate9534 if you were a race that could create life, would you only create just one world and be like "I'm good with this" or would you continue to perfect the formula elsewhere.
@@ICU1337 I would perfect the formula elsewhere, but seriously, do you think there is a possibility of life on other planets?
@@kingnate9534 there isnt a shadow of doubt in my mind.
Neil Degrasse Tyson said it best: " With what we know, saying there is no intelligent life in the universe is like dipping a glass in the Ocean, looking into it and saying there are no whales in the Ocean."
Nope! It's fuck all like saying that as we know there's Whales in the ocean.
@@andrewrobertsmith7367 Its an analogy to put into perspective how big the universe is. It has nothing to do with what we know about whales. Lmao. And im going out on a limb here, but i think Degrasse Tyson is a hair smarter than you.
@@lachazaroony, I'm going to go out on a limb and ask you how you value how smart one is?
It's a terrible analogy regardless. There could be the things you mention out there but there could be nothing & that's where it should end as we're surely irrelevant judging by the size of everything else.
Andrew Robert Smith it was a pretty good analogy. You’re too dumb to understand it.
@@Guy65006, Well no it's not a good analogy just as I explained, so you're the dumb one.
The biggest problem with trying to find other intelligent life in the universe, is that we naturally project our own expectations and thoughts as humans onto what we think they would look/behave/sound/smell like.
We very well could not even comprehend them. There could be life so vastly intelligent and advanced that they visit us every day and we don’t even notice them.
So frequently haunted by this idea. So often I think how these other forms of intelligent life, higher if you insist, staring and glaring at how stupid we are. Fools.
Someone, can't remember who, said that technology far advanced beyond us would be indistinguishable from magic. Think about how a person from medieval England would view cell phones, lasers, drones, video, etc. Magic, or more probably, witchcraft.
Try looking into "angels" or malaa-ee-kah, in the Quran.
How can anyone not love Brian Cox , he blows my mind yet intrigues me more and more
Tony ferguson the type of guy to stare at the sun to condition his eyes.
This made my day! 😂😂
I find this is possible.
😂
Look up sun gazing lol people do it
and the sun would blink first
This guy is the best guest ever. So humble and insightful.
only just stumbled onto this one now. Great guest, who like a true scientist has an open mind.. fermi paradox weighs heavy on my mind. Kudos to Joe for always being respectful and open minded towards his guests
The thing I love about Brian Cox is that as he's talking about the stuff he knows, or especially the things he doesn't know, there's always him smiling and a curious look in his eye. Very humble, very curious. I could listen to him talk forever.
Joe is really obsessed with that tribe who killed the missionary. He always mentions them.
Thrones Revisited it’s an interesting subject though
When he finally finds a way to mention them along with his taekwondo days Ill finally lose it
i always liked that show, the sentinel. funky music, cool dudes.
It was the right time to mention it to be fair. It's a good analogy/example of the Zoo Hypothesis, which is a reasonable answer to anyone who asks the question, why haven't they made contact yet?
@@shady473gamingcm3 ya, but have you ever tried dmt?
Christ he's so intelligent but also incredibly calm it's mental how he can control all those thoughts
1:48 "we are very very rare configurations of atoms" is a humbling phrase
I see something in brian you dont see in many guests. Authentic glee, and something internally youthful. Plus the comforting tone is a great addition. Brian seems like a delightful person and i enjoy his rhetoric. Thank you for this.
Aliens look at us.....see Cardi B.....shake heads....keep on going.
Well actually, Cardi B is 26, let's say she's been famous for 3 years (that's being generous) for aliens to see her, they would have to be within 3 light-years and it is very unlikely that there's a life bearing planet within that distance. This is the same logic that means aliens 65million light years away would look at earth and see dinosaurs and that many of the stars we see in the sky are dead and we are simply looking at the light that left it before it died
@@Joe-hl2ts its a joke not a dick, dont take it so hard
@@Joe-hl2ts who said they aren't on the same planet as us already?
Cardi B is the least of our worries...
Donald Mousseau ...who is Cardi B?
Bored on a Saturday night and I somehow stumbled across one of these clips. I was so fascinated with the conversation I just kept clicking on the next video. I've now watched all of them from this interview and this clip in particular was not just fascinating, but also so inspiring, I actually watched it a second time with my bf. It's so hard to comprehend time and space in those vast numbers and then realizing the freak chances of you being here at this point in time. Mind blown! 🤯 It makes you realize you virtually have no time so you really gotta take responsibility for your life and who you are if you want to have any hope of leaving something positive behind.
Are you insane ? Wtf do you mean by born on Sat night?
@@smitabhandari9327 Read again. BORED. Are you ok?
Prof. Cox summized it perfectly I think.
In that Fermi's is of itself a self revelation of one's (ours) Responsibility to 'Lead'. Regardless of the unknown.
It is this comparative hypothetical fantasy that keeps us from doing our own duty.
Regardless. Of where we may fit in...
Comparatively.
These are the kinds of conversations I used to have in the office at work, man I miss those days!!
Bet the other earth don’t have joe rogan podcasts tho
tru
What if aliens watch joe rogans podcast
@@imro1096 what if you're the alien?
Shishir Gurung you would never know 🤷♀️
Mathematically there is an exact copy of you somewhere in the universe, so strictly mathematically speaking there is a chance of a Joe Rogan "copy" doing this exact same thing somewhere else.
Sometimes I feel like I'm one of the only ones who appreciates the guests Joe gets on this show and the conversations he has. Most of the comments on here about conspiracies etc. make me wonder if most of this show's viewers even have a basic understanding of what's being talked about.
Multi millions of subscribers but yeah your probably the only one that appreciates the guests.
@@blakegibson674 ONE of the only ones. I'm sure there are thousands who do but the comments sections on these interviews are usually toxic as hell.
Chartered your trying to make yourself sound smart. Everyone knows every video that’s ever been created has dumbass comments on it. That comes with the internet. Most people who watch his podcast, especially these scientific based ones, are educated and appreciate these discussions. Your not one of the only “few” who understand and appreciates it. Those who think their smart, can’t comprehend the vast amounts of knowledge their ignorant of. Just thinking your smarter than everyone makes you automatically an idiot.
@@patrickcurran6054 I don't recall me saying I'm smarter than everyone. Just that most people on here seem to instantly dismiss a lot of the guests on this podcast because of some preconceived idea they have that tells them they shouldn't enjoy an interview or find it educational.
The level of intelligence is inversely proportional to the propensity to bark their opinions out loud. RUclips comments perfectly illustrate the Dunning-Kruger effect.
I could listen to Brian all day. He's such a positive force.
It just blows my mind that we are the universe thinking about itself.
Yep it's totally true, but, sadly for the most part, humanity is a total waste of potential. It's a beautiful ship with a great crew but no navigator or compass.
Jason Exactly
@@Jason-eo7xo yes there's no point to us at all.
@NO LIMIT SOULJA I don't understand what your trying to convey .
@NO LIMIT SOULJA no say again. I couldn't understand because your words were jumbled up
Joe Rogan gets the very best guests. Joe f***ing rocks!
Oh man what a great interview/conversation. Thank you Brain for being awesome. Thank you Joe for asking great questions and having responses
Brillant man who has the gift of explaining the complex in simple elegant ways.
The passion of Brian Cox is very energetic and simplistic in his language. Awesome lad 😁😁😁
It’s so amazing and scary listening to them. Heart skipped a beat after talking about billions of years and our average life span is less than 80. YOLO
You never know what is after life ends. This is kind of inspiring and also scary. There could be something happening with us after we die. But noone knows. Because you just can’t prove it. The only ones that know are the ones that passed away from our world.
Me to bro hope kinda made me panic I hope u live a long life brutha
@@X_DD Nope... the proof that consciousness is solely within our brains and no living being survives death is already known.
Wish this guy was my neighbor.
Beers and bs 24/7
@Porn Wolf Comedic genius here. You said something sexual haha. Is everyone supposed to erupt into laughter? Yeah.
@Porn Wolf
LMFAO!!!
@Porn Wolf nah, they'd just have regular anal sex. I think they're both straight hey.
I have beers and talk physics with my neighbor all the time. His wife is less than enthusiastic about our drunken 5 hour tirades lol
🙂
I can appreciate this type of dialog because it's more meaningful when more people can understand and engage. No matter how knowledgeable or educated a person may be, it's fruitless if the idea can't be communicated effectively. Too many syllables, too much technical terminology, can drain a soul or lose one's attention. Joe Rogan gets a ton of respect from me because he's willing to engage on so many levels and in so many arenas. To me, it shows his true intelligence by being able to do so and, at the same time learn along with the rest of us lay people.
Brian Cox is phenomenal. I could listen to him all day...
This guy is brilliant and such a sweet dude at the same time. No big Egos ( like some of Joe’s previous scientist / physicist.) You can not only tell he love physics / science , but loves teaching you , explaining it to you so you understand and not going over your head . Ladies and gentlemen... this is what you call Class !
From my home town,,and used to be in a pop group called D-ream
I admire this guy for a weird reason, he doesn't immediately trow off stupid questions he thinks about them sees if they are plausible and try to get the point, i for one admire that stupid ideas sometimes ended being the best.
Big respect
Love this quote by Dawkins: After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again.
Brian: We’re it. Make the best of it.
Joe: I really, really want to believe in aliens.
We're it *within this galaxy
Randall Lowe seriously. I was looking for something to comment on that was this I’m at 3:57, Cox has just completely re-evaluated my entire life and what gives it meaning and Rogan just goes “itsss soooo valuable... that there might be aliens”
HAHAHAHA
He really has no way of knowing that "we're it". Based on what calculations? I mean communications signals have only gone out like 60-70 lightyears or so. The Milky Way is 100,00 or so light years across. There's still A LOT of travelling those signals need to do yet to get through the milky way, so who knows?
@@unfortunatebeam I think when you factor in the commonality of Earth-like planets which we've discovered no signs of intelligent life on, the fact there are A LOT of specific factors that allowed our civilisation to exist without being destroyed too early (i.e. Jupiter's role in deflecting comets/asteroids away from us), the fact that the Drake equation predicts that if civilisations are common then we should've encountered dozens by now just within our small region - it reduces the likelihood.
I think 2-3 per galaxy is a reasonable estimate based on what we know about the probability of life emerging and persisting, and the pool of Earth-like planets available (which is quite a lot).
Dr. Cox is such a giving scientist. These people can do their thing like thousands of other scientists do theirs - at universities. They come out and speak to the general public. Love it.
I loved Brian’s extrapolation there are the end, took what Joe was saying and explained realistically how it could really be that other civilizations could very well know about us without anything visible on our end because their tech may be so advanced on a nano-scale. Brilliant.
Ye he has very good visualizations and knows how to explain it well.
I’ve thought this too, also it’s extremely hard to transport life through interstellar space, robotic probes are much more likely. They would also be designed to be stealth like.
@@drlax15m Ye correct. But maybe we will be cyborgs in the future then the problem is solved XD
He is also saying elsewhere, that if there is intelligent life out there, how come there isn't sign of it? I have an answer, because there isn't any
Except nanotechnology doesn't preclude megastructures.
On the contrary, you would expect a civilization to pursue both.
Sir Brian's sentiment about the concept of "meaning" is beautiful.
We are so advanced that if you turned off the electricity for 3 months half the population would die.
Funny thing is, that's pretty much bang on true.
Jock James so fucking true🤣🤣🤣🤣
Government shutdown was over a month long and fucked millions of Americans up! If it went in any longer millions of people would be homeless and starving....yeah right we are the most civilized and intelligent civilization in the universe...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Holy shit! This fact hit me like a brainwave.
Not me. I can make fire! Lol
What if we are the advanced alien civilisation and we sent our DNA to our star and we knew that we couldn’t survive the long distance between stars so we sent the most simplest form of life to evolve on earth over thousands of years knowing we would eventually pick up where we left off .i don’t know what I’m talking about but the ancient astronaut theory really interests me lol
JASON broughton like prometheus?
How high are you?
In a more localized formulation, the panspermia hypothesis is that life came to Earth from Mars.
@@esco8730 it is a very interesting and highly probable or possible scenario. how dumb are you?
mike e it was a joke libtard
We are simply the universe observing itself.
How are we the universe? Everything is a *part* of the universe
@@vvvooo9413 by your own logic, how are we not?
@@conormcmullen6437 because god created man from dirt
@@conormcmullen6437 I said we are a "part" of the universe not "the" universe.
Or just say ingredients,we need sauce or cheese and other ingredients to make a pizza it doesn't mean that cheese is pizza.
Do you understand?
@@vvvooo9413 I understand perfectly, im just saying the need to emphasize *part* is unnecessary. Every part of the universe is still the universe, you can touch a wheel and still call a bike a bike, just because the wheel is part of the bike does not mean the bike is no longer a bike. I get where you are coming from though and don't disagree, it's ways of thinking and points of view my guy.
Still to this day, Prof Cox is the most intelligent man Rogan has had on the podcast.
Imagine this as he states.
1-2 civilizations per galaxy
Trillions of galaxies
= trillions of civilizations
😲😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
Maybe we've been taped off and put into a no-fly zone so we don't get too suspicious.
1-2 civilisations per galaxy don't necessarily live at the same time though. That's the big kicker. Many could die out completely before meeting another civilization.
It's why wars on this planet are utterly pointless in terms of our species progression.
@@randomdaveUK I agree and disagree. My studies show that the conflict provides the incentive to progress.
@@ryanbutler1915 not if we wipe ourselves out 👍
Meaningless. We will never reach other galaxies. It's just too far. There's a reason they call it "space" - it is VERY VERY spacious! Indeed, we will probably never contact civilisations in our OWN galaxy unless they are in our "neighbourhood." It may thus turn out that - for practical purposes - we are the only technological civilisation around.
Such an interesting topic and at the same time such a sad one because most likely none of us here will never know the answer :/
So true and that makes me sad 😞
@@hackcult3738 A SETI scientist said we will find out within 20 years. I reckon we will find out *by 2023* assuming the James Webb Telescope does launch this this october, 2021. It's the successor to hubble except it will tells the atmospheric chemical composition based on the light passing through a planet from its parent star. So if it detects chemicals that don't naturally occur in nature i.e CFCs and other pollutants related with industrial activity then there's reason to believe that x planet that is x number of light years away may have a currently active or potentially dead civilisation that was once industrious. Because of how slow light is if said planet is 10,000 light years away then 10,000 years ago there was industrial activity on said planet. But where are they now? can we find evidence of stellar engineering? are they still active, are they dead. Those are questions we can only answer when we get around how slow light is
@@pastordonkoh7692 I have my fingers cross for James Webb, I can’t wait for that to go up. Very excited for it and I hope to god we find something! I love space I get so addicted to it, can’t stop learning.
True but Sometimes pondering a question can be more satisfying than finding the answer
This podcast got my mind thinking of physics, mathematics and scientific methods. Loved this waaay more than any science class ive had.
What Brian talks about in this clip is something i learned years ago as a kid, i was watching starwars and it said "in a galaxy far away 200000 years ago".. it made me think.. it made me realize that there could have been millions of civilizations in our galaxy that has come and gone, i mean its very unlikely but still possible. We could be the only civ out there right now, in our galaxy. With 2 trillion galaxies there are bound the be more advanced civs out there and planets full of life but without a modern being like humans. Like when Earth had the dinosaurs, there were events that took place who paved way for us humans. Would we have developed into humans from monkeys if the dinosaurs had still been around? no way, life were too dangerous to settle down, to build up our social structures and to develop our minds.
Good old clip this. Enjoy life everyone, its way too short.
I have gotten some violent reactions to this very same idea. Some find the idea of being alone in the universe to be repulsively depressing but I always tell them that Space might be vast... but so is Time. Just consider the amount of time our species have been around. 200k years? Possibly 1millions years at most? And then we are already in danger of extinction? Maybe intelligent life doesn't survive that long & perhaps we're jsut not fortunate enough to exist in the same timeframe as the others?
I love how Dr. Cox explains things without sounding condescending liked DeGrasse Tyson
Brian is one of the greatest minds alive today....
@Aaron Stubbs lie?
The best listener talking to one of the most prominent scientific figures. Love it!
Jaime knows more about science than Brian Cocks
@@razorback0z Jamie got an A in physics
Imagine actually thinking this, wew.
@@whitelightning5439 and he is a wizard with google
Just to clear things up as a lot of people are talking shit about things that I didn’t say. I’m not saying that Brian cox is a pure genius as i don’t know anything about science. I can however say that Brian cox is a very prominent scientific figure as any documentary in the UK regarding space will be taken by Brian cox. I hope this clears things up as people are getting pissed
This episode is mind boggling ... Isn't it? I can't stop imagining after this.
I want him to read me a bedtime story as I go to sleep, and I'm a grown ass man.
One Of the best podcasts. Brian is amazing. Well done joe to keep the conversation at high level with such a legend
I watch many of Brian Coxs documentaries and what’s good about him is he explains things so his audiences understands
Definitely. I think it was Einstein who said that if you can't explain it to someone else then you don't understand it yourself.
If ever I've had a stressful week and tried to de-stress by having a few beers I often end up stood in my garden in the early hours of the AM having a smoke and find myself staring at the stars in the silence, after a while I really begin to feel the distance and I always end up feeling better about my daily worries because I realise how insignificant it all is compared to what I had just been looking at.
What a thought, if anywhere out there, two civilisations have managed to contact each other and know they’re not alone.
Yeah no matter if the contact was good or bad that clarity would answer so many questions and conflicts
Rogans comparison of our planet to an indigenous tribe is pretty logical
Or maybe life only starts booming at a certain point. Maybe we are first. But we'll probably create a new type of life and it'll be the life that permeates the universe. Some AI or genetically manipulated being that can travel the universe until it in hand figures out what else is possible.
Yes but at the same time, he only gave certain examples. In a lot of other cases, when a more advanced people came across a less advanced people, there was war and subjugation, stealing of resources, slavery, and even genocide. To me it doesnt make any sense for a super advanced alien race to come all this way just to spy on us. It makes more sense for them to conquer us or help us advance.
@@macjohnson533 But it's impossible to know. What if there is some brutally obvious reason for not fucking with other civilizations that you can only understand once you've done it or some shit like that. In that case our opinions are good for nothing.
Damn good point, and the reply was brilliant.
@@macjohnson533 I thought this too. But perhaps they view us as ants. Unless they are immature aliens and want to jump on the ant hill like kids, simply to destroy it, we offer nothing. So they moved on a long time ago. Or perhaps they regard us as "moderately" intelligent or advanced, but they are so dissimilar to us that to even try to relate to us, communicate with us, or work with us would simply be incongruous. Kind of like a star fish and a sloth interacting. Nothing in common.
Imagine Eddie bravos reaction to this guy saying we landed on the moon 😂😂
Owen Benjamin has good video on moon landing hoax, changed my mind for sure!
“They Faked 6 moon landings bro “🤣
Imagine believing we never went 6 times to the moon and 12 men have walked on it.......
Mr. Cox’s proposition that we may be the only intelligent life around is but one hypothesis to explain the question Enrico Fermi asked in 1950: “Where the hell is everybody?” At this point, I tend toward the explanation that sentient life may be self-eliminating.
I'm still waiting for proof of intelligent life ON EARTH.
...you’re listening to it
Prod. Kaji exactly. Joe Diaz
This bitch tryna act smart
Ha ha ha ha true
Wow, so edgy
Mindblown..... Love The way Brian explains things. To think he was in a top UK band also. I find myself smiling all the way though his explanations.
Yeah true but thiiiiings can only get better 😂
@@dominicbasham5257 😂
Brian Cox could read the phonebook and make it sound interesting. Love this guy!
Brian cox is a national treasure to the UK he is a cool bloke.
Coxy is the best for explaining things so that it's more easy to digest. Humble individual with a brilliant mind.
Joe actually blew my mind when he brought up Sentinel Island. I'd never thought about it, but it does make a lot of sense for the highly advanced civilizations (on Earth, that's us) to have a hands off approach to the primitive civilizations (on Earth, that's the Sentinels etc). And just like the Sentinels, we have zero ways of detecting advanced civilizations outside of them knocking on our door. Of course they aren't going to make themselves known before we're advanced enough. It'd be like inviting George of the Jungle to your weekend barbecue.
This man is the modern Hawkins.
I really enjoy his theories.
Great man. 👍🏻✌🏻🏴🌏
It’s crazy to think that some life forms in another galaxy are chillin in their own little world, wondering the same thing about if there’s anyone else. It’s such a shame we don’t get to ever have that epic moment of crossing paths.