Neil deGrasse Tyson - Who Is The Greatest Scientific Mind?

[@OscarAhlke]

4:50 Newtons quote actually was: 'I don't know what I may appear to the world, but to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy, playing on the sea shore. Diverting myself by now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth layed all undiscovered before me.'

[@yasirkhalif157]

Beautiful.

[@writerseye]

One of my favorite observational quotes. Such deep insight.

[@mjsmcd]

Dec 25 was chosen by a pope

[@LucBoeren]

That's gotta be a top 5 quotes for me

[@loveroflife1914]

Amazing.

[@HaggenKennedy]

"...and it'll cost 5 dollars." This killed me. 🤣

[@xiongpaolee]

It's funny cuz it'll probably be true.

[@TheOverThinker92]

With Trump's tariffs, it will be $50 😅

[@blymark83]

That line was my biggest laugh out loud moment in quite some time. Perfect joke

[@abcdefzhij]

I don’t get it

[@abcdefzhij]

@@blymark83I don’t get it can you explain

[@chadpatterson9796]

It’s hard to understand how intelligent and open minded Newton was. To make all of the discoveries he is responsible for in his life and at that time, truly 1 In trillions.

[@datdudeinred]

I love how the host kept his mouth shut throughout the time Neil was speaking & the moment he opened his mouth he said the funniest thing ever 😂🤣👏❤️

[@karendavidson4897]

I love that he has made science popular again for those that don’t really think about it to much.

[@track1949]

Only to people who care about science already. To others? Not at all.

[@bravingbrivatebrian]

​@@track1949 I disagree. NDT has always appealed mainly to laymen. That's his appeal. Actual scientists probably have much more substantial thoughts to chew on than what Neil provides publicly.

[@blanty1604]

@@bravingbrivatebrian you are right.

[@Seriouslydave]

It's good, because the fan fiction with a plus on the cover seems to be getting louder and louder lately and that's counter productive

[@karendavidson4897]

Well he originally got me into science so the same may happen for someone else out there

[@SandraBrokman]

Successful investing is hard work because it means disciplining your mind to do the opposite of human nature. Buying during a panic, selling during euphoria, and holding on when you are bored and just craving a little action. Investing is 5% intellect and 95% temperament.

[@JoefryAnders]

Government policy has thrown the future under the bus for decades. The day of judgment is near. I predict an 80% drop in the stock market. Investors will abandon stocks in favor of real estate. There will be no money in banks... You must devise a strategy for survival.

[@EmmanuelGusto]

We have been in a depression since 2008, the yield curve has already uninverted, global recession indicators are flashing alarm for well over a year, and absolutely nobody could pull us out of the hell coming regardless of party.

[@KeshiaJoshua]

How can I communicate with him for advice

[@SandraBrokman]

JASON LUNVO RODRIGUEZ a renowned figure in his line of work, i recommend researching his credentials further.... he has many years of experience and a valuable resource for anyone looking to navigate the financial market

[@SandraBrokman]

search his full name.

[@mrebanks4484]

“Happy birthday Issac Newton” took me theeee hell out 🤣🤣🤣🤌🏼

[@woodrowboudreaux9951]

Hey Neil, thanks for all that great info but don’t ever go there again on the Dec 25 thing.

[@I3atosai]

Once again, The mention of Jesus involves every topic, everyday, every conversation. No one expected when they clicked this video, to hear his name. This is evidence that he’s alive.

[@mrebanks4484]

@ it’s evidence that you should swerve in to on coming traffic when you see a loaded dump truck.

[@gluckmac]

Newton was amazing.

[@carlcat]

So are his cookies.😁

[@philg4116]

@@carlcat with 13 insect heads max per 100/grams

[@carlcat]

@@philg4116 Just about everything has an allowed amount of insect parts. How do you think they get that special flavor?😁

[@TemplarX2]

His method to calculate pi is actually insane and was the fastest way to calculate pi to a record number back then.

[@abenaz]

nah,he was stupid as hell

[@Avicenna10]

He is so right about Isaac Newton. Newton‘s genius in human history is simply unparalleled.

[@SH7SH7SH7]

Da Vinci clear

[@noname3609]

​​@@SH7SH7SH7Nikola Tesla stomp😊

[@jamesrawlins735]

I absolutely agree with you. There is a debate about who is no. 2 (Einstein, Darwin, Galileo, Tesla, Curie, etc (even Watson, Crick and Wilkins), but I think the overwhelming consensus is Newton is no. 1.

[@jamesrawlins735]

@@SH7SH7SH7 While Da Vinci is definitely a genius and was a brilliant scientist, I think about him as much as being an engineer/inventor as a scientist.

[@MrZimmmy]

I always enjoy traveling through space and time as a passenger on Neil deGrasse Tyson’s rocket to ask the unknown questions of the day.

[@robertg786]

But is the information ACCURATE.

[@dylancopeland6247]

@@robertg786of course it is. Why wouldn’t it be? He’s one of the leading scientific minds in our world. As far as I’m concerned his word is 10 times more concrete than any modern day tv or movie celebrity or even gospel you’d hear in a church. He bases everything he says on science and the scientific process. I don’t see how you can even question that

[@ElRayDelRio]

​@@dylancopeland6247 the deductive method doesnt always lead to the truth...today, current assumptions render inference and ignore every alternate possibility. The greatest obstacles to discovery is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge. Like a beautiful hypothesis but the facts usually are ugly.

[@dylancopeland6247]

@@ElRayDelRio what alternative possibilities are there other than science we can observe with our own eyes? I don’t even understand the thought process behind thinking that mainstream scientists don’t explore every possibility within reason. Of course not every scientist is always right, we learn from our mistakes. That’s human nature. To make such a bold claim that current “assumptions” require “inference” is like a slap in the face to mainstream science. Science is not solely based on assumptions. You make an assumption, test your theory / hypothesis with experiments and based on the results you draw your conclusion. At its core it’s the basis of the entire scientific method. Data is the one thing more than anything that science draws its conclusions from. Data based in fact, not assumptions.

[@ElRayDelRio]

@dylancopeland6247 populism created the standards that determine whos research and studies are more credible enough to accelerate an emerging environment or technology. These technocrats all started with an outlet that exploited man for an interest or agenda which created a deficit between man and his maker. It's a question of what really is the impact that will not accept losing? It's extremism that screams reform

[@johnbrown6189]

It isn't the pool of social media that's tough, it's what swims in it is.

[@BabyQuasarX]

social media is made for the people who swim in it, to act the way they do, but sure.

[@fluxrider7027]

@ Social media is the whirlpool of souls? 🙃

[@johnbrown6189]

@@fluxrider7027 Where souls go to die.

[@fluxrider7027]

@ Sounds plausible

[@davidk1493]

Born 1643: 1687: Publishes Principia Mathematica, detailing his three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation14. 1704: Publishes Opticks, summarizing his work on light and optics

[@HopDavid]

He published Principia in his mid 40s. Halley asked his famous question when Newton was in his early 40s. Newton was in his mid 30s when he worked out that inverse square gravity implies Kepler's laws. Tyson's Christmas tweet is objectively false. His timeline is completely addled.

[@GozerTheGozerian]

As usual. It's insane to see the comments here making Tyson out to be some sort of intellectual demigod instead of the truth, which is a guy who routinely strays outside his area of expertise with predictably poor results.

[@harjinderajmani4345]

@@HopDavid You are right. Several of Newton's discoveries were based on Copernicus and other scientists of the era who used to send their papers to Royal Science Society of England, the leading authority on science at the time, for critique. Newton was the head of Royal Society and had first access to all the scientific knowledge that was being investigated by numerous other minds. He was a good synthesizer of such knowledge but not really original thinker on them.

[@alien6824]

Youthbe commenters know better than astrophysicists?

[@martin-cheers]

@@harjinderajmani4345That’s what scientists do. We build on prior knowledge. At least it’s not before humanity started doing this that science and technological achievement really accelerated. But to build on other scientists ideas does not mean you do not contribute or have thoughts of your own.

[@boyam10]

I love that journalist!!! I have never seen in my life one like him. He asked the question and just listened to the answer... No interruptions ... Thank you so very much, Sir.

[@ReubenHawanga]

I'm glad it's not Piers Morgan because he was gonna talk more than Tyson😂

[@TC-xh5wp]

NGL, 🤯. Neil is on his game! This here makes KZbin better.

[@HopDavid]

Neil giving a wrong timeline on Newton. Which is indeed par for Tyson.

[@ElRayDelRio]

All he's doing is vomiting nonsense 😅

[@fluxrider7027]

@@HopDavid What made you two so bitter?

[@HopDavid]

@@fluxrider7027 Neil Tyson uses disinformation to push a narrative.

[@SSJ2Phenom]

I'm sure it has something to do with either Neil's politics or Neil's lineage. Something absolutely irrelevant to the subject matter. Admonishing Neil for not being 100% accurate in a setting like this is the equivalent of asking one of those nonsense questions Neil was talking about. This wasn't a classroom or a lecture. This was an interview meant to be entertaining and it most certainly was.

[@Mark-IamNum1]

Newton's achievements: Mathematics: - Calculus (co-credited with Leibniz): Developed the foundations of differential and integral calculus (fluxions and fluents in his terminology). - Binomial Theorem: Extended it to fractional and negative exponents. - Newton's Method: Iterative approach for approximating roots of equations. - Newton's Identities: Relations between the power sums and symmetric polynomials. - Contributions to Geometry: Insights into classical problems using calculus. Physics: - Newton's Laws of Motion: The basis of classical mechanics. - Law of Universal Gravitation: Explained gravitational force between masses. - Optics: Discovered the composition of white light and developed a theory of colour. - Reflecting Telescope: Invented the first practical model using mirrors. - Cooling Law: Studied rates of heat loss. - Sound: Studied the speed of sound in air. He has no intellectual equal and that includes Einstein.

[@amanissher8807]

Cope harder son

[@fluxrider7027]

@@amanissher8807 What a moronic comment.

[@1utube01]

It might include the Curies, combined.

[@fluxrider7027]

@ That's pretty funny...your post says to cope harder, but when someone challenges you, you get their post deleted??

[@DOC_951]

Good job with ChatGPT

[@Hector-yl1kh]

What a brilliant answer and delivered par excellence as only Neil can.

[@HopDavid]

Tyson's timeline regarding Newton is badly addled. But he delivers his misinformation with confidence. Which is convincing for his credulous following.

[@Hector-yl1kh]

@@HopDavid All De Grasse Tyson's credulous followers look forward to your illuminating corrections.

[@HopDavid]

@@Hector-yl1kh Edmund Halley asked his famous question when Newton was in his 40s. Newton had worked out the answer to Halley’s question when he was in his mid 30s. Newton did not do it by himself. Do you have the slightest interest in Newton?

[@Hector-yl1kh]

@@HopDavid I do David and so do you obviously. Things is, conversations don't get off to a good start when a participant is discourteous. Not sure about yourself, but my participation is not aimed at garnering brownie points. So De Grasse Tyson muffs some historical minutiae. So what? The essence of the point was his reflections on Newtons extraordinary - even superhuman, contribution to scientific theory and mathematics. He was a genius. And spelled out in simple terms by Tyson with the added Kudos of being a legitimate astrophysicist in his own right adds to awe we all feel. Tyson himself has made a significant contribution to science education and public interest in the topic. If memory serves he was engaged by the White House at one point. Politely addressed your own contribution also adds to the interest for all of us and your immediate point sent me, and perhaps others straight to Google to further investigate. Its great stuff and your correction is appreciated and very interesting as well. Do I have an interest in Newton? My two most recent book purchases were "The Principia" and "Gravitation", the standard college reference source on the topic by Charles Misner, Kip Thorne and john Wheeler. I would very much enjoy further points you have to make about Newton. Just be a bit more polite to the audience this time eh? We might be schmucks but science is "sick", Newton worthy of a T-shirt (and then some!) and Neil, a totally cool science presenter. Have you checked out his Star Talk channel? Worth a look. BTW, as an Aussie I get a kick out of knowing the confirmation of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity was achieved via the observations of the solar eclipse in 1922 done at 80 mile Beach in Western Australia. And as a footnote, final confirmation of general relativity did not occur until the 1950's. I'll have to look up the specifics. www.astronomy.com/science/how-australias-1922-solar-eclipse-proved-einstein-right/

[@David_Lloyd-Jones]

@@HopDavid Well said on all your points.

[@HowtoLive8668]

When a smell or sound can vividly send you back to a memory, thats time travel.

[@panchopuskas1]

- especially the smells......every time I smell lavender I hear my grandmothers voice......

[@jeffhess4650]

The Universe gave us Carl Sagan who mentored Neil deGrasse Tyson. I want to know who Neil is mentoring. So many of my students who were indifferent to or actually hated science, love this man. The legacy must continue. So get off your butt Neil and get busy!

[@Martin-pb7ts]

He's spoken before about how he feels obligated to keep Carl Sagan's legacy going by mentoring young people so I am sure he has a lot of that going on.

[@HopDavid]

So much of Neil’s pop science is wrong. Teachers like you are part of the problem.

[@MarinCipollina]

Sagan met with NdGT a couple of times, but Sagan was never Neil's mentor..Neil never studied under Sagan. Neil himself says as much.

[@chrisguy9017]

The wotld?

[@VexOoo-x7y]

Carl sagan is not in the same ball park as Einstein and Newton

[@bretnetherton9273]

Awareness is known by awareness alone.

[@ElRayDelRio]

And loneliness is ONENESS

[@fluxrider7027]

@@ElRayDelRio Negatory, big shifter. Oneness is togetherness, the opposite of loneliness.

[@fluxrider7027]

Awareness manifests as gravity, communication manifests as light.

[@ElRayDelRio]

@@bretnetherton9273 Milieu Interieur

[@markeastman5910]

Always love Star Talk. I have so many questions.

[@syzygy21cm]

It's a clever man who knows the right answers - but it's a genius who knows the right questions.

[@markuse3472]

You people and your tiktok edu for brains 🧠.

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

@@markuse3472What do you mean “you people”?

[@BabyQuasarX]

@@j.a.weishaupt1748 tikokers

[@Susan-pl7jc]

Lol Seriously ​@j.a.weishaupt1748

[@fluxrider7027]

This gives me hope...I've never been good at providing solutions but I'm great at asking questions. Am I worthwhile then?

[@FredAtiemo-c6z]

Neil deGrass Tyson is simply the BEST.

[@HopDavid]

Neil DeGrasse Tyson is a source of misinformation.

[@Aleksandr_Skrjabin]

He makes it all make sence on a funny way!

[@johnc3403]

No, that was Tina Turner.

[@Aleksandr_Skrjabin]

@johnc3403 No, that was Willy Wonka.

[@ivanivalente]

Brian Greene runs circles around him.

[@jordanyeager9220]

Our brain is an amazing time machine. When a smell or sound can vividly send you back to a memory, thats time travel.

[@GozerTheGozerian]

Actually it's not, but okay.

[@kingsman1713]

​@@GozerTheGozerianBy definition of time travel. That's time travel. But it's okay.

[@GozerTheGozerian]

@ Uh, no. It's not. Time travel means traveling through time, not thinking about the past. The word you're looking for is reminiscing, or if you want to get technical, olfactory stimuli triggering memories. Time travel to the past is impossible anyway.

[@kingsman1713]

@@GozerTheGozerian Well, great. Because its impossibility neglects it from having an absolute definition. So, yeah, in essence, the Proust effect is time travel.

[@RickMentore]

Neil deGrasse Tyson, is the greatest impromptu story teller!

[@lookoutforchris]

Yeah he can spin a hood yarn that avoids facts!

[@HopDavid]

Impromptu story teller? He regurgitates his canned routines over and over again. His story regarding Newton is wrong history, by the way. Edmund Halley made his "dare" in 1684 when Newton was in his 40s. And Newton was in his mid 30s when he worked out that inverse square gravity implies Kepler's laws.

[@JC-life-is-good]

@@HopDavid I agree that NDG repeats his routines. But can you cite some sources where he is wrong on his Newton story? A scientific person has to provide some reason and proof.

[@HopDavid]

@@JC-life-is-good It was in Principia that Newton explained elliptical orbits. And it was Edmund Halley's famous question that prompted Newton to write Principia. Halley asked the question in 1684. Halley was stunned to learn that Newton had worked out the answer to his question 7 years earlier in 1677. Newton was in his mid 30s when he worked out that inverse square gravity implies Kepler's laws. Newton started thinking about gravity and planetary motion in 1655. It took him 12 years to make his break through. For some reason I can't post links in KZbin comments. But you can read Newton's own words regarding this matter on a Lapham's Quarterly page titled "Anni MIrabiles". Neil lays out his imagined timeline in more detail on his video "My man, Sir Isaac Newton".

[@JC-life-is-good]

@@HopDavid Thank you for your response and feedback. I learn something every day! I checked on Perplexity, and it gave me answers that are in line with what you said. From Perplexity: Edmund Halley's famous question to Isaac Newton in 1684 about planetary orbits was indeed the catalyst for Newton's Principia. Halley asked Newton about the shape of a planet's orbit if its attraction to the sun followed an inverse square law. Newton's immediate response that it would be an ellipse led to further discussions and a short treatise from Newton. Recognizing the importance of Newton's work, Halley encouraged him to expand on it. Over the next 18 months, Newton developed this initial work into the full Principia Mathematica. Halley played a crucial role by: 1. Encouraging Newton to complete the book 2. Overseeing the printing process 3. Financing the publication The Principia, published in 1687, revolutionized our understanding of physics and went far beyond Halley's initial question, encompassing Newton's laws of motion and universal gravitation. Thus, while Halley's question was the spark, the Principia's scope grew significantly during its development.

[@chillhub8073]

My man is truly inspiring. Love the way he is putting thing into perspective. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@stusacks2220]

Great Stuff. Thanks

[@BernardoTorres-w5e]

Neil de Grasse Tyson did not mention a major historical achievement , which was Isaac Newton’s invention of the reflection telescope , which was a material-technological achievement, not a theoretical one .

[@dragonboy99]

Did Newton get any patent for this invention? Just curious.

[@BernardoTorres-w5e]

@ The answer is : of course not , because the patent system did not exist in the second half of the 1600s …I don’t mean to be rude by giving such a cutting answer , but in those days the patent system did not exist at all .

[@hyperhybrid7230]

3:50 Question on no 7 melt. Synaesthesia, what is no 7 in your mind, or what colour does it represent ?

[@fluxrider7027]

The number 7 seems a bit yellow to me.

[@scottswank]

Who else is a contender? Archimedes, Euler, Gauss, maybe Von Neumann.

[@amanissher8807]

Darwin

[@panchopuskas1]

- it's not a race..... we live in an age when every activity has to have a GOAT..... all these people made big contributions to human knowledge.

[@Samanbeachhikkaduwa]

Boy listening... 🙇‍♂️... Thanks so much...

[@thegrunbeld6876]

The enthusiasm Neil has for science is infatuating. I knows next to nothing about science and math, but boy do I love listening to him

[@itsethanbradberry]

Neil gets way too much hate, I understand how sometimes he can come off as condescending, but he truly is a great speaker that gets people interested in science who otherwise wouldnt be. You can tell he really cares about spreading the love of science to as many people as possible.

[@SaffronHorizon]

Neil's revisiting this same question on Big Think many years ago.

[@HopDavid]

Neil's timeline on Newton is completely addled. Neil takes decades of collaborative efforts and claims Newton did it all on a dare in just two months. People have been trying to give him a heads up for at least 10 years. I thought it had finally gotten through. I haven't heard him tell this story since 2019 when he answered one of my comments criticizing him. But here he is again, continuing to spread this misinformation.

[@TerryHirchberg]

Nicola Tesla and his work on elecricity changed the world. Tesla was a real genius and he gets my vote as the best scientist. An apple falling on your head is not as important to humanity as Mr. Tesla.

[@starmorpheus]

The Tesla propaganda is so silly. Yes he was a brilliant man, but Newton is a giant among giants.

[@fluxrider7027]

You're not seriously proposing that Tesla gave humanity more understanding than Newton did?!?

[@SaubhagyaSingh-ro2wm]

Newton would always be a tier above other scientists.... NO ONE comes close

[@fiddledeedee6970]

Terrance Howard begins furiously calculating when 7 will melt

[@Martin-pb7ts]

It is very interesting that Newton did not actually need to discover calculus to prove that the planets orbited the sun in ellipses as opposed to circles. Read the book "Feynman's Lost Lecture". It is a lecture Richard Feynman gave where he proved the same thing using only geometry and a few other well known mathematical tools.

[@granthurlburt4062]

Its not whether or not they were in ellipses. It is why. Gravity explains why.

[@HopDavid]

Little if any calculus was used in Principia. It was in 1677 that Newton worked out inverse square gravity implies Kepler's laws. It took him 12 years, not two months as Tyson has claimed. And he was in his mid 30s when he made this break through, so no -- didn't happen before he turned 26. Halley asked his famous question in 1684, 7 years after Newton made his break through. Tyson's history on Newton is very confused.

[@mewe1023]

​@@HopDavid Im 25 and i want to learn science too, can u recommend some books ?

[@HopDavid]

@@mewe1023 There are a number of books based on Feynman's lectures. They are both substantive and accessible to the interested layman, in my opinion.

[@mewe1023]

@HopDavid Thank you..

[@SandraBrokman]

Progress is progress, regardless if it is slow or consistent. Either ways one still goes up, credits to Lunvo

[@marcrankin1707]

Terrance Howard still wants to know the answer to “What temperature does the number seven melt?”

[@fluxrider7027]

I wanna know too!

[@ChrisM541]

"And it'll cost $5" - ain't that thew truth.

[@fontomfrom]

Didn’t know he had jokes😂😅

[@toycreator]

at least it cost the taxpayers 5😂

[@juniorcoder1267]

or less😃😃

[@ABCurry30]

Wow the last part, never heard of that. Thanks Neil!

[@sgenigma7814]

2:35 Great scientist are Mark not by the answers but the questions

[@muzafarahmed9101]

John Von Neumann is up there. He is perhaps the greatest scientific mind after Newton. His impact is profound across several disciplines. Some of the key areas where his work left a lasting legacy include: 1. Computer Science and the von Neumann Architecture. The Birth of Modern Computing 2. Game Theory 3. Mathematics and Set Theory 4. Quantum Mechanics and the Von Neumann Measurement 5. Economics and Decision Theory 6. Military Strategy and the Atomic and Hydrogen Bomb 7. Artificial Intelligence (AI) He made early contributions to the field of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems, proposing ideas for self-replicating machines and automata. Although he did not directly work on AI in the way modern researchers do, his vision for the development of computing machines influenced the future of AI research.

[@paulgilbert2506]

Von Neumann and Gauss are definitely in Newtons class.

[@JacobChrist]

Von Neumann stole most of these ideas from others and hid that he was doing it though the guise of "national security"

[@mikev4621]

@@paulgilbert2506 And Euler

[@mikel4879]

You forgot Galileo Galilei.

[@mikev4621]

@ Great pioneer physicist, but not in the same class mathematically?

[@mohanjanardhanan2162]

Whilst not deciding Newton It would be worthwhile studying the works of ancient Indian rishis..

[@mohanjanardhanan2162]

The glitches of the corrector...not deciding... I meant deriding

[@ElectricClouds777]

Judging by the shirt, this discussion took place the same day as his sit down with Laurence Fishburne for Startalk

[@undyingforce]

I need the full interview. Where can I find this?

[@heidirobinson6432]

Love Neil

[@27_yashnimkar45]

"then he turned 26"

[@haytguugle8656]

There was a lot of very interesting and inspiring discourse here. But the gem of it all is; "... and it will cost five dollars." 🙂

[@HopDavid]

It is disappointing that Fareed accepts all Neil's claims without question. This was garbage history. The time line is quite addled.

[@haytguugle8656]

@@HopDavid I dunno. When you have someone who is a widely respected, and well-known to deal in well established, scientifically proven fact and evidence laden theories telling you things that the scientific community all share (but the pubic doesn't get to hear enough of), there are fools who still want to argue against it with poppycock mythologies. But seriously minded people who actually want to know real stuff listen, and then check it out for themselves to be satisfied that what was said holds up to serious scrutiny. NDT knows that what he says will be checked, so says what he knows 'is', and qualifies the rest, as true scientists do when the answers aren't yet uncovered (ongoing science) - "We don't know." Again, that's what smart people say at that time. Not like others who try to ascribe what has yet to be understood as " a holy mystery". THAT, is disappointing. 🙂

[@onelife6907]

Is this recently recorded video or an old one?

[@aboynts456]

Recorded on Sunday, January 5th, 2025, at The 92nd Street Y, New York.

[@buskman3286]

I really enjoy Neil deGrasse Tyson when he is on his own.

[@yanyocombe1872]

Great respect 👍

[@alexkang7360]

Where is the full video

[@glennpaquette2228]

Every physicist will give you the same answer to this. It's obvious to anyone who has studied physics seriously.

[@riffratt]

It’s blindingly obvious, Joey Essex step forward and everyone else just sit down and pay recognition to the genius of a generation

[@jacktattis]

I like this bloke.

[@CommiePhysicist]

@2:50 Neil, we know you know #7's melting point is -210 C

[@Klub1122]

I love NDT’s humor! He loves to throw a curveball! 😂😂😂

[@ajaykumarvaidhyanathan4410]

I adore Tyson. He is one the brilliant minds of our time. If there was no Newton he would one of those collection of Physicist who discovered the laws of Classical Physics. If Newton haven't discovered the laws it isn't that the terrain of Physics will be barren today. How do we define Genius. Its is a function of time and the maturity of the Subject. The person who starts first has 100% of the Subject to explore. So you have a vast scope of Problem solving. As we progress the challenge of the problem exponentially increases. Tyson has a tougher problem than 1960ies to solved and solving. As time goes by better & better intelligent people evolve. Spending time in asking who is a genius is not one of those valid question, like he gives example.

[@HopDavid]

Tyson hasn't done research in decades and he did very little even when he was in school. He flunked out of the University of Texas doctoral program for good reasons. It is a stretch to call him a scientist. And much of his pop history is wrong. This video, for example. The timeline if Neil's pipe dream.

[@teamtaka7]

But…..then he turned 26. That’s a very important thing. Like who the hell does all that then turn 26?

[@HopDavid]

@@teamtaka7 Tyson's time line is wrong. Newton was in his mid 30s when he made his breakfthrough with planetary orbits. Edmund Halley asked his famous question about planetary orbits when Newton was in his 40s.

[@kingsman1713]

​@@HopDavidNobody cares.

[@ankurbajaj4995]

where can I see the full show?

[@lonewolfmtnz]

Its simple to get Chat GTP-4 to identify that Bullwinkle was the first mammal to walk on the moon.

[@fluxrider7027]

That's not really a big deal, since Bullwinkle had hooves.

[@thetruther954]

And Newton's greatest achievement, according to Newton, was that he remained celebate his whole life.

[@TheSabian321]

After Galileo used a telescope to observe space, people were on a race constructing longer telescopes to get better and better magnification. Then Newton came and made a tiny reflecting telescope. His small device was better than those giant telescopes that existed in his time.

[@NikoAmeristar]

I wonder if Beethoven studied Isaak Newton to write his 9th Symphony or if Vincent van Gogh did the same thing to paint Sunflowers.

[@remarkablemoonwalker]

Where's the full video?

[@zealpulses3826]

It's Terrance Howard, no doubt about it.

[@ashishkatiyar9071]

All of us who keep learning

[@camj3995]

I always take for granted that the knowledge I have was built off of information scientists had to discover and prove for themselves. The further back you go, the less knowledge you have to build on. Newton had very little known facts and math to build upon. I have no idea how someone could do that.

[@andrewreeves9447]

Being a scientist myself who also appreciates the arts I’d absolutely agree that Newton was the greatest scientific mind ever. The epitaph written by Alexander Pope sums up his accomplishments best. In the ancient world Aristotle was the greatest natural philosophical mind (Socrates the greatest true philosopher); and DaVinci I would contend was without equal the greatest creative mind ever. There were certainly other great minds in other cultures, e.g., Indian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, etc. but as far as true genius that has led us to the current standing in the world as a species these individuals advanced us forward in a truly miraculous way.

[@livedierepeat420]

not discovered: the first to put an accurate description to motion and gravity. And Galileo should get an Honorable mention. 🎉

[@kw882]

Tyson is a shuck and jiver plain and simple but for people who know absolutely nothing about science he is a GOD..

[@InHellBaby1]

I guess I should get an Issac Newton Christmas ornament.

[@qet-lab]

the Chinese flag will cost $5 while the American flag on the moon will cost $5m .

[@jeffreysherman8224]

You'd be surprised how many people think December 25th was Jesus' actual birthday. That date was chosen specifically for interfaith purposes. It coincides with pagan holidays, like the birth of the eternal sun.

[@abelcallejo3990]

Kinda feels like Tyson is an expert at Newton. He talks about this guy all the time.

[@Hector-yl1kh]

The 1st satellite in space. The 1st animal(s) in space. The 1st man in space. The 1st woman in space. The 1st landing on the moon. The 1st spacewalk. The 1st rover on the moon. The 1st photographs of the dark side of the moon. The longest human spaceflight. the 1st human to orbit earth. The 1st fly by and photographs of another world. The 1st artificial body to orbit another celestial body. The 1st manned space station. The 1st landing of an artificial object on Venus. The 1st photographs of the Venusian surface. The 1st spacecraft to land on Mars. All these accomplishments that would alter space flight occurred before 1971. Pick which of these was achieved by either the US or the Soviet Union. Spoiler. Next line gives details. Hide if you want to try and guess. All by the Soviets. 0 by the US except for the Apollo moon landings. De Grasse Tyson is spot on regarding the US motivations for most of its space programs - politics.

[@Hector-yl1kh]

Addendum and correction to my remark. The US had a number of "1sts" in the 1960's but all of them, until Apollo in 69, related to satellites. Seems the US had more intent on spying on the Soviets than manned space flight until it was geopolitically expedient driven by US exceptionalism. God forbid the goddamned commies can come first in a 2 horse competition.

[@alpal2002]

the dark side of the moon? - the far side of the Moon.

[@fluxrider7027]

@@alpal2002 ...matter of fact, it's all dark. - Roger Waters

[@MrMrneil1]

he just answered a rhetorical question. no one is told about J C Maxwell, always with math equations, and experiments, showed that electricity and magnetism are manifestations of the same phenomenon, then also light, 1/c2, then that they are waves in fields, not 'line of force', also that they are not a current running in wires, and from that 'wireless' technology, radios, cell phones, satellite tv. then on to thermodynamics, equations, thermostat for steam engines but then systems theory, cybernetic, feedback computers. Then first color photograph, blue red and green not yellow. Then 'tensile strength for iron bridges. Then the 'michelson-morley' experiment that led to lorentz 'relativity theory' transformation (of maxwell equations) equation, Schrodinger quantum also based on Maxwell field equations.

[@fluxrider7027]

My question is why is the magnetic field at right angles to the direction of electric propagation? Why??

[@MrMrneil1]

@@fluxrider7027 first, it's like a tight-rope walker, second, objects in space -earth, sun, solar system, galaxy, galactic cluster - it forms a bubble around them

[@fluxrider7027]

@ You're talking propagation as radiation?

[@MrMrneil1]

​@@fluxrider7027 as long as it's performing a function

[@aznsensation44]

Why would he talk about Maxwell? Everyone knows Maxwell, but Maxwell is usually ranked after Newton and Einstein. One of the greatest scientists for sure.. but he wasn't Newton.

[@Bearrtracks]

Newton was a giant. The breadth and depth of his accomplishments is unrivaled. But in his excitement to underscore those Neil overstates the uniqueness of much of that. It could be argued that Einstein's insights were even more unique in important ways. The bottom line being that Newton is at the tip of a spectrum of geniuses that created our intellectual universe.

[@jssamp4442]

I can't get too much of Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

[@kw882]

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[@eclepticearth]

I have read that Sir Ike spent more time trying to find the location of Hell based on clues in the bible than the time he spent on gravity or optics. Complex human.

[@DavidElliottLewis]

Amazing mind!

[@AllenMurphy-le8sw]

The codes for the color of the rainbow is Roy G Biv I’m just a device to remember all colors and the spectrum.

[@amirsa7140]

The moment i realized that newton is the inventor of differential equations, i knew he is the greatest mind of history

[@HopDavid]

Actually Fermat did more to invent differential calculus. Cavalieri did more to invent integral calculus. But actually building calculus was the collaborative effort of many people over many years. How often do you come to realize things that are not true?

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

@@HopDavid "What am I? Chopped liver?" - Leibnitz

[@vanrozay8871]

To me, a weakness of humans is the "need" to decide who's the greatest ANYTHING: scientist, artist, basketball player. Wiser to appreciate them all, not worry who's "number one."

[@tekmepikcha6830]

Debating "who's the greatest" isn’t a weakness-it’s human nature. It fuels inspiration, competition, and progress. Highlighting legends like Einstein or Jordan pushes boundaries and connects us. It’s not about diminishing appreciation; it’s about celebrating excellence and sparking passion. 👑🔥

[@mazinhussein4297]

Who knows, Newton is celebrated for kickstarting the scientific adventure of humanity, but in the far future when the world is destroyed he would be looked at as a villain who gave humanity something they were not prepared for

[@issacdhan]

Feeling Good. 😁

[@ScorpionXXXVII]

WHAT ABOUT THE COMBOS?

[@GeoffV-k1h]

Most of the greatest scientists did their best work when they were young. Newton no exception.

[@HopDavid]

Tyson's timeline is wrong. Newton was in his mid 30s when he worked out that inverse square gravity implies Kepler's laws.

[@Martin-pb7ts]

I agree that Isaac Newton was incredible but he stands next to Einstein not far ahead on his own. The two together are way out in front of everyone else in this regard. Einstein should have won about 4 Nobel prizes. If one person had discovered special relativity and another general relativity they would have both won Nobels. He also discovered the photoelectric effect which has an enormous impact on our modern world. And then throw in that he was the first person to prove the existence of atoms and for that used mathematics and basically revolutionised probability and statistics. For me personally I put Einstein ahead because he was also a person of great empathy, courage and kindness while Newton was one of the biggest twats that ever lived. Newton was a spiteful horrible person and that is important to me. :-)

[@DistortedV12]

Special relativity..wait 10 years while trying to beat Hilton to understand differential geometry…GR

[@agamemnonhatred]

Thankfully, Science doesn't care how you feel. John Dalton proved the existence of atoms in 1803.

[@Vondudek]

Isaac, may be great.. But Neil, you're the Man.

Meanwhile Leibniz somewhere in the universe watching this video: 😐😑

[@aladeloba]

Anyone who is familiar with the history of science would not seriously ask the question posed by Zakaria - as Newton allegedly said himself "if i have seen far, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants". In other words, he owed a great debt to Galileo etc.. that Einstein would, in turn, build upon, extend and transformed the insights of Maxwell and Newton. It might make sense to ask, for example, who had the greatest impact on our understanding of all life and living things? For that, your choices are the various world religions or, if you are evidence driven, then Charles Darwin arguably asked and answered the most intelligent question ever posed by a human being - "what gives rise to the diversity of all living forms"?

[@jfreshh330]

Where’s the full episode

[@stalwartzero7001]

All the smartest people I knew laughed like Neil ❤

[@2002kirbow]

Who is here from the (slowed down) video of “drunk” deGrasse Tyson talking about Isaac Newton?

[@Rapture77]

Newton was a Christian with many Christian pronouncementts. For a liberal this guy is a western apologist. Einstein transcended brilliantly. In ancient India before Newton Vedic sages pointed to the speed of light at 186,000 miles/ sec, calculus, gravity and much more.

[@Foolish188]

The number 7 melts at 42 degrees.

[@katenicholls5301]

I LOVE this so much. Hi joy powers his great mind, and we are lucky to have him as a teacher.

[@HopDavid]

He is a "teacher" who misinforms. His Newton timeline is severely addled.

[@GozerTheGozerian]

You really ought to be more skeptical and read about why other scientists are not fans of Neil. He strays beyond his area of expertise constantly and spreads misinformation. The hagiography by you and others here doesn't help.

[@jimm9157]

Einstein, Newton, Bill Nye the Science guy.

[@SpacesInBetween101]

7 melts when we add one to it and it becomes eight.

[@fluxrider7027]

Like an electron shell or something...

[@ChrisSmith-kw4gn]

What a great question

[@yubaayouz6843]

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