Aliens, God & Science with Sam Harris & Brian Greene

Sam Harris & Brian Greene - Toronto - Sept 5th 2018
For the first time ever, Sam Harris & Brian Greene sit down for a conversation. They discuss science, reason, AI & more.
#samharris #briangreene #science #god #aliens

[@Pangburn]

A discussion with my hero Daryl Davis. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJy7oZ-gmKqnb8U

[@kreekevol3739]

Please host one of these in South Africa next

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[@karagi101]

These are all discussions from years ago. What happened with Pangburn that you stopped hosting discussions?

[@caddystrophic4778]

It's 3am and I need to go to bed, but I can't get enough of these discussions. Thanks, Pangburn and everyone involved.

[@jerrycee4220]

When watching Sam Harris and Brian Greene discuss physics and the pop-up ad says "Free online Tarot reading"

[@FakingANerve]

It should have read "free online carot reading."

[@PDCConstruction-pi1rd]

KZbin ads are tailored to YOUR SEARCH HISTORY

[@sophonax661]

@@PDCConstruction-pi1rd True but even if you only search for criticism of religion, religious ads are included too. If you search for arguments against homeopathy you get ads for homeopathic remedies too.

[@JJs_playground]

That's why you need to get KZbin premium. 😄

[@andrewhay3317]

@ANDkan Show The math for the Tarot cards... no? Ok now find the math for string theory.... there is lots, objective vs political and personal truths

[@SnaFubar_24]

"First rule of self preservation, stop with the math when someone kicks down your door" - Sam Harris

[@SlightlyInsane1]

I love how the initial announcer was so hyped as if these 2 were about to wrestle

[@Pangburn]

Metaphorically. Haha

[@MrStalkerhunter]

Travis Pangburn is the "Don King" of these talks..

[@robdev89]

My kind of wrestling!

[@SlightlyInsane1]

@@robdev89 I'd love a 20-minute bout of greco-roman wrestling at the ends of these talks

[@gowengetter4599]

Two bruisers on stage 😂

[@theemperor4901]

I love how they listen to each other so attentively, we need part 2 of this.

[@Dr10Jeeps]

Two fantastic minds in action. How utterly enjoyable!

[@jackhill2765]

Thank you Brian Greene: 1) for your extraordinarily articulate and precise use of language, 2) for your ability to articulate such accurate descriptions of competing ideas, even when one or the other is at variance with your own beliefs, and 3. for World Science University and in particular the quantitative Special Relativity Course.

[@teknoaija1762]

Brian was better at language but did you catch Harris confusing capitulate to capitalize at least two times?

[@ingridgiselavoigt-martin1187]

❤

[@howardrobinson4938]

Turn off the sound and just watch Brian's hand motions. A whole other universe of meaning will emerge to you.

[@ossiedunstan4419]

Just like a preacher spewing faecal matter at the Pew. brian green is dishonest and liar , I have watched a few of his shows and he pretends unevidenced science as fact , No different than a creationists in my eyes.

[@RGB_01]

3:24🐕 10:30 Alien 29:30 Cosmology 00:31:00 Irrational strategy 00:44:20 - 00:49:40 Multiverse / Quantum 1:10:24 - 1:12:07 Greene 🔥🔥

[@inidbil7277]

I thank you sir

[@alexb6695]

Greene is the legend.

[@Orbitaga]

Devouring every discussion i can find with Brian Greene. So much passion and so much drive to educate people about how beautiful science is.

[@TooshanSrivastava]

watch Brian Greene and Richard Dawkins, the storytelling of science, him and NeilDeGrasse Tyson, AND the Joe Rogan podcast

[@marthareal8398]

Gentlemen, for some reason I never expected to see the two of you in discussion. You are both knowledgeable in your areas of expertise one day I dream I could have conversations with each of you or at the very least be in the audience. Thank you for being relaxed in your tense moments, you know what I mean.

[@kenjo3045]

The announcer thinks he's introducing fighters at a wrestling match. WTF

[@jimmydane34]

Every.....single....time

[@icemanA84]

In this case he’s introducing more than mere fighters, these are intellectual giants.

[@matthewjames7513]

WWF*

[@firstnamesurname6550]

@@Yuri-bl4ec It would be cool to replace him with Bruce Buffer ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/p56wgKGsdteDaqs

[@AtticAurel]

... a.k.a. annoying :D

[@johnpetkos5686]

My 2 biggest living intellectual heroes! What a net total of brilliance!

[@hakanarnklint1070]

Same! And good writers too.

[@mjk2023T]

💯 totally

[@travisbickle8008]

Sam is one of the best interviewers, philosopher, science and meditation teachers I've met for 2 decades on the internet .. P.S. and his sense of humour, even haters can't touch that !!!

[@Gian-ni]

I'm an atheist who thinks even further than other atheists and I wish all atheists would think with their own brain rather than having mainstream atheists imposing on you, installing in your mind the gay agenda Have you noticed how the gay agenda is now integral part of atheism? it's ok to dislike gays! it's ok to have likes and dislikes! it's ok to recognize that gays shouldn't have all the rights they already have and other rights which are demanding, like raising kids.... Raising children is technically NOT a right...). Sam and other mainstream atheists have partnered with LGBT; they are never going to support heterosexual men. An heterosexual man should have the right not to be bombarded by the gaysm everywhere he goes, should have the right not to have gaysm imposed on him in any way. Just like someone can't shove mushrooms down my throat if I don't like mushrooms, so no one should shove gaysm down my throat in every single way they can. Example: every single speech any mainstream atheist gives, they sneak in there something in favor of gaysm and they talk as if supporting gaysm is the only natural thing to do, as if you have to be on their side, you have to think like the speaker; very sneaky and dishonest.

[@crtpo1809]

no lol maybe for the shallow

[@amirhosseinahmadi3706]

@@crtpo1809 I don't know about Harris but the fact that you felt the urge to comment this is certainly a strong indication that you're shallow; which is ironic.

[@crtpo1809]

@@amirhosseinahmadi3706The fact that you felt the urge to comment this is certainly a strong indication that you're shallow; which is ironic.

[@amirhosseinahmadi3706]

@@crtpo1809 And the fact that you thought this is somehow an epic comeback is even sadder, hope life gets better for you, buddy.

[@ashishkiift]

Thanks KZbin for helping view this for free. Two of my heroes and as much as I love Sam’s arguments style and choice of words without always agreeing to him .. it was Brian who stole the show this evening with his gargantuan understanding of physics and philosophy and his gifted ability to express arguments in such a coherent way.. Hats Off !

[@mamunurrashid5652]

Two of my favorite individuals. Thanks for the upload!

[@GuyleneS]

I love how Brian Greene is so passionate about history and mathematics. Some of my best professors had the same qualities. Passion. That´s how you know you are learning from a master.

[@aggieman323]

Sam: Let's assume that some virus comes and kills everyone that knows how to make advanced machinery. Brian: I think people don't understand exponential growth. I think we we won't pay sufficient attention to them early enough. Hello 2020.

[@Michael_Dominic]

I've been passively listening but ya, I just hit the 1:14:50 mark and immediately checked the date on the lecture and scrolled into the comments.

[@mansidhage]

watching in may 2020

[@antoniologan7648]

I was seriously just about to comment on this

[@marcdouglasvogt7167]

The 'Virus' comes from what Lab, exactly? -marc27

[@garybalatennis]

Yep. Virus + exponential growth = COVID-19

[@besratehogsa4044]

Brian Greene could be really good at sign language 😂

[@monty3854]

I'm deaf and understood every word he said!

[@sk3.1415]

listening to the two very smart and sensible people is very rewarding❤

[@iosis99]

Very enjoyable. Thanks to all involved.

[@dawid_dahl]

Had to watch that philosopher-rapper-questioner again at 1:57:00. Just brilliant.

[@MarsLonsen]

slap a phat beat on that shit

[@acetate909]

Two of our cultures best minds. This is sure to be awesome. Thanks for the upload!

[@weaponizedanonymity4624]

watching an absolute argue against an unknown. Uhm there is always a third option....I mean it's not failing to test for corona virus, but shit is what it is in the US. but sure let's fucking worry about this insane shit. I'll believe in jesus if you people start using the cheap tests provided by the WHO instead of the $3500 tests provided by the US healthcare system who are provided by Trumps friends, and doesn't work 3/5 times.

[@weaponizedanonymity4624]

wow this was replied to the wrong string, but fuck it, I won't pull it.

[@yazan774]

@Buffy The Nazi Slayer Why

[@stylis666]

@@yazan774 I can probably answer that for you. Harris says things that duffy the nub player doesn't like or agrees with. If their reasons went any deeper than that, they'd have given a reason in the same comment.

[@jadenhalstead7290]

Buffy The Nazi Slayer A person with the username “Buffy The Nazi Slayer” just called Sam Harris, a neuroscientist, an idiot. Welcome to the internet

[@dukegoaq3059]

Thanks for the adverts.

[@jerrysweet8202]

This is absolutely a delightful conversation. Enjoying it immensely!❤

[@Pangburn]

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[@jerrysweet8202]

@@Pangburn will do 🫡

[@Clazers]

I'm enjoying this talk ... I'm enjoying Brian substantially more.

[@emilylowrance7930]

i saw him on PBS and discovered string theory, i have loved him ever since

[@hooliogoolio4446]

No you're not

[@OU-812]

@@hooliogoolio4446 yes he is

[@lesleytaylor3825]

I could watch this merely for the humour! Such human humans! Wonderful!!

[@Dash277]

Love both of these guys

[@alanbrady420]

Loved watching this 👏🏻👏🏻

[@Mathmatics3.14]

I love Sam's humor in this conversation 😂

[@teknoaija1762]

Do you think him confusing capitulate and capitalize was just humor or another semi illiterate american on display??

[@jackwhitbread4583]

Me too, that "you can only hit someone so hard with a carrot" line was so awesome 😂

[@donaldjmccann]

I can no longer stand watching the question period in these gatherings. The questioners seem to think they have to explain their own theory before they can ask something. Would it not be easier to have the audience email or tweet their questions, have someone curate them before question period, and then have them read off by the presenters so the audio is intelligible? The act of writing a very long question may cut down on the audience prefaces, and the audio problems should be minimised. You could even project the question on a background behind the presenters. I really am sick of the format in which a questioner spends 10 minutes getting to the question. I think Sam is too!

[@najneindustrijaliziraniji]

Actually they asked interesting and articulated questions...

[@chrispodolsky5405]

100% with you, I sometimes am embarrassed for them. It's like they are trying to signal how "deep" or " smart" they are. I like how Matt Dillahunty deals with it by telling them ahead of time "I don't need your life story just ask the question"

[@tonycarpaccio9550]

I agree, they should at least collect and filter questions for the announcer to ask at the end.

[@hokiturmix]

My problem is that how can ve know that they are not part of the show?

[@toby9999]

Nikola Golubovic They may well have asked interesting and articulated questions but some took too long to do it.

[@cuzned1375]

The best presentations/meetings/whatever are the ones that end with: “Do you have any closing point you wanna make?” “…No.”

[@philosophyfrog2653]

So good! Thanks for uploading this!

[@rockancestor]

Take a seat either on a chair or cross-legged on a cushion... And gradually become aware of the sensations of these great Pangburn talks.

[@Westeroni3]

I heard that in Sam's voice lol

[@HunkyDork]

Rock ancestor darling your sentence has no meaning. What are you saying, if anything?

[@gauravgoswami6208]

@@HunkyDork Wonder why 49 people have liked it already?

[@weaponizedanonymity4624]

I prefer Isaac Arthur, no absolutes, open to shit may happen.

[@realneighborhoodP]

@@HunkyDork if you first give an honest guess, i'll tell you.

[@jarintasnim2130]

Love and respect 🙏❣️ for thes two great guys

[@test123ok]

"I've found that you can only hit somebody so hard with a carrot." LOL. Sam Harris needs to do stand up !

[@reqq47]

33:38 Just felt it needed a timestamp

[@stupidtreehugger]

Thank you, I am a timestamp collector :-)

[@stupidtreehugger]

Give a man a carrot; he eats it and is healthier. Teach a man how to grow carrots and he goes round breaking carrot on people's foreheads

[@stupidtreehugger]

01:25 Legal age for driving. Sam says we'll never get it right because it's fuzzy. That's right. Some are competent others not so much. Maybe we're looking at the wrong metric. Maybe age is not the correct metric. Maybe the metric should be: whenever you can pass the test. Buff up the test

[@The22on]

That was the best line in this whole discussion. There's Brian "Say only nice stuff" Greene arguing for his way to convince people... and there's Sam "Show them they're idiots" Harris arguing for calling a spade a spade. I'm with Sam. I wish Sam would have asked Brian, "How come I don't see you fighting to keep creationism out of the classroom?" I'm losing respect for Brian. I think scientists should be on the front lines fighting against superstition, i.e. religion. But Brian just sits in his house selling books and ignoring his duty to educate people in pure science - which is clearly NOT congruous with religion.

[@SirLucidThoughts]

Well, i was going to go sleep a couple hours ago , but you two made this too good and interesting, now its 2 am haha thanks for keeping me awake half the night

[@parrmik]

That intro ! I was waiting for smoke on the water to start blasting out.

[@antoniologan7648]

At 26:15 it gives me chills how they predicted what were experiencing now in 2020. How about we stop ignoring scientists

[@DarrenChen]

Also at 1:14:30 Sam alludes to pandemics while answering a question. He is concerned about how we can not come to a consensus on how to deal with problems that require long-term and coordinated solutions.

[@bretttheroux8040]

I’m ignoring scientists that aren’t able to back up their claims or dictums with hard data.

[@benfordcameron7619]

I have been watching this shit storm build since the Reagan re election! I had already been a war protestor since 1968 to 1974 when American protests ended the draft. We thought we won, but conservative evil never sleeps, we have been in perpetual war since, only now the majority of Americans think perpetual war is Godly!

[@scurvyelephant333]

Shout out to audience here! Amazing conversation. No surprise; I love both these guys. But I have to also commend the audience questions at the end, which i usually skip, b/c I usually find them insufferable (either people just wanting to fan-gush, or show off their knowledge by asking questions they’re not sincerely seeking answers to). Audience brought the A-game on this one! I found most of them interesting, as well as the answers. One in particular that to stands out for me in the end is the one on eating animals. Both the question and answer were thought-provoking and conducive to moving the conversation forward. I’ve listened to many arguments and exchanges on the topic, and this brought something entirely new. So thank you!

[@williamlewis8773]

Thank you . This is helpful .

[@stephenarmiger8343]

i heard a talk by Sean Carroll where he voiced similar concern as those raised by Brian Greene regarding quantum mechanics. I have purchased Carroll's book: Something Deeply Hidden and am exploring the ideas. I am really enjoying the conversation between Sam and Brian.

[@JohnMichaelBurns]

I'd love to see a debate between Brian Greene and Eric Weinstein on string theory. I wouldn't have a clue what they were talking about but I'd love to see it all the same.

[@inspireprogress7243]

That would be fantastic. Love them both.

[@ivocanevo]

I'd like to see this too, but with a good moderator to rein in Weinstein's giant ego.

[@das_it_mane]

Ivo Beitsma Weinstein really just needs to talk about the subject instead of posturing

[@Tweston3ny]

Eric would implode

[@patticriss2238]

I enjoyed this very much. Thank you.

[@Pangburn]

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[@ricardogonzalez361]

Great! Thank you!

[@jamshedfbc]

Wonderful conversation.

[@Pangburn]

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[@jamshedfbc]

@@Pangburn Now I did.

[@richardhedd3080]

Being a product of mainstream media I’m starved for content like this. I could listen to these two all day.

[@michaelbraun6542]

Gave up on junk media years ago. Lots of good stuff out there.

[@rositasultana3958]

Wonderful intelligence knowledge and humility from both of them! Thank you pangburn, for bringing beauty and light to the world!

[@A_Swarm_of_Waspcrabs]

Fortunately they didn't introduce that other Scottish professor into the talk. By my recollection some people are adamantly opposed to trying Greene, Haggs, and Sam.

[@limlaith]

This is a criminally underrated comment.

[@gravelpit5680]

😂

[@AhmadN]

Wow. Two of the smartest most intelligent people I know. It makes the potency much more powerful and outcome brilliant. Like putting oxygen and hydrogen together and creating life necessity water. It's a pleasure to listen to these two together

[@fishtailfuture]

You know them?

[@Ethopik]

Well I am a huge fan of Harris but you can’t have just said that these people are the most intelligent you are familiar with but if you only know these two

[@harishthethird]

Pangburn got them discussions on point.

[@SFTUlife]

Thanks!

[@Pangburn]

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[@chronoz2326]

Love the segment between 48:00 and 55:00.

[@rostamr4096]

Sam was simply awesome and funny..

[@jmmacb03]

I heard him laugh about a month ago when he had his wife on his podcast. The two of them were adorable. Her book, "Consciousness" is 100 pages of pure gold. What a couple…I am jealous…

[@King-jq5vt]

I never understand why people dont point out the most obvious reason as to why we wont ever see intelligent life forms. The problem is the speed of light and time. Even if an alien civilization that was 1 billion light years away had some type of awesome telescope that was FIXED on the earth, they would be viewing the earth as it was a billion years ago. Even if they looked directly at the earth for a million years, they'd never see anything more than a dead planet with no atmosphere. So you'd not only have to luck upon looking at a planet with life, you'd also have to luck upon looking at it at it's correct point in the past. If they wanted to see how we are today, they'd have to wait 1 billion years from now to even see it.

[@BrokedDownPalace]

Well, that's true of life outside our Galaxy. Life within our galaxy, the scales are more manageable (hundreds of years to hundreds of thousands of years - still in the time span a species could exist) but yeah, communicating with them just isn't plausible. Even most of the closest stars would take a century to send a message and then receive a response. But, the point is to discover they do exist. Communication would be a bonus, but even seeing relics of a civilization long since dead would be world changing

[@matthewbender5028]

They were talking about “carrot and the stick” and the better way to convince people. Both are needed depending on the person.

[@jbsoul4575]

I haven't watched it yet. I can't imagine what they're gonna talk about. Should be interesting.

[@jeffsimoneaux5968]

I don't think we realize how very little we actually do know and how much is there still that we do not know and how miserably wrong the things we think we know truly are. And all of this surrounds us and really all we need to do is discover it. After all, math for instance , was in no way invented, sure we came up with the symbols which we could have used anything to denote them with but the math was already there. We are slowly discovering what has already been given to us.

[@kentvandervelden]

"lobster" @ 22:43

[@treycoors2977]

Kent Your IDW is showing 😉

[@rostamr4096]

Take that Peterson...lol

[@eboomer]

OMG! Sexism! Let's grab torches and pitchforks!

[@shantanutomar]

Peterson just had an orgasm

[@astro69naut]

Brian Greene and Sam Harris ❤️

[@sabofx]

*Good talk!*

[@Oners82]

Greene's expression at 57:15 is truly priceless!

[@7Be]

Ben Stiller and Trent Reznor in the thumbnail.

[@rowenab.747]

Total respect for Brian!

[@mehdibaghbadran3182]

Thanks Dr green , for your understanding, of the objects, which everyday is at the front of our eyes, which we never noticed, how important they’re, to find out more about nature’s and universes.

[@douglasdorman9322]

As smart and insightful as Sam is, Brian is so much more natural and an ease on the ear, a great disposition. He is one of very few that are "cool" socialized and a person who I would love to just bullshit with, great social skills, where as Sam, seems to be and is funny, but, is odd in his intelligence. Brian is a just a guy! A brilliant one, and seems to be a star in this forum. Good stuff

[@mydogskips2]

Well, while I do agree with you, they had two different roles here, and I would argue that Sam's "mission" is likely far more contentious than Brian's. To put it simply, Brian wants to teach people difficult things, physics/cosmology and such, while Sam wants to get people to unlearn what they already know but are based on irrational beliefs, i.e. religious indoctrination and ideas about consciousness and free will, before learning new, other difficult things, and that statement alone shows that Sam has double the task, the first one being to disabuse people of their strongly held beliefs which many consider fundamental to their identity and who they are, a monumental undertaking certainly not for the faint of heart, for it forces him to confront others and challenge their most core beliefs.

[@ihatespam2]

It’s not a competition

[@douglasdorman9322]

I never implied it was a competition ? Just a commentary on how fun it would be just to talk to Brian, and Sam as I’ve listened to him more since I commented on this forum. Sam is actually hilarious! Despite their brilliance in their respective disciplines I am really happy to be impressed with the personalities of these deeply passionate scientists shine through the spotlight of their work and create a relatability I admire.

[@SeviYoga]

Totally agree. In fact, Brian's natural humorous response got a lot of laughter form the audience and Sam tried to copy Brian's humorous style and wasn't very successful. It was so obvious to my ear. I'm pretty sure not everyone is able to catch this subtly.

[@kaylaread8048]

When I listen to these two very impressive men … I almost think, the world is not lost yet!

[@dakid3429]

Good job guys ^5

[@athnealerodney9884]

Awe inspiring. A very intellectually balanced discussion....

[@africankat1]

Two great minds, although i appreciate Sams more 'direct' enquiry into religion whereas Brian is one of the ones who prefers a less direct route, as in science education, to convince someone of the folly of organised religion. Personally, it was the direct enquiry style that led me to free myself from my own indocturnation and tribalism whereas years of science education did'nt make a big enough dent. Still love Brian, though feel Sam has the right amount of respect and direct enquiry into religion to actually change mindsets.

[@Jamie-Russell-CME]

"didn't" and "inquiry", but what do I know? I think religion is true.

[@africankat1]

@@Jamie-Russell-CME we can all improve our knowledge and wisdom if we allow it..i've just learnt that i was wrong with regards to some spelling and punctuation.

[@paxonearth]

If Brian Greene lost his hands he'd be in real trouble.

[@lamonster87]

I can't unthink this thought now.....

[@ivocanevo]

I was fast forwarding which *really* makes Brian's gesturing obvious 😄

[@cmrjc74]

Thanks to these guys some people our gaining a different perspective then the ones who only watch movies, tv and only want to be entertained by mindless entertainment. Love this

[@Mikael-jt1hk]

You are litterally watching tv 🤡

[@95mudshovel]

I love how T-Pang introduces these like they're WWE events.

[@quixoticPrancer]

26:15 "I don't think we're very good about having intuition about exponential growth..." He goes on to say that the scariest things are exponential-growth problems not tackled early enough which get out of control. Coronavirus: "You rang?"

[@zappafan3473]

"They put you in a video where you're the dog". mic drop

[@hooliogoolio4446]

Great talk

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

25:04 - 25:23 Give it another year, Dr Greene.

[@V01t2]

I know my IQ is nowhere near this level, but... I dig it

[@slyjokerg]

It is not that I agree with Sam on everything (his take on objective morality is fundamentally flawed, and he is wrong on the Monty Hall problem, as two examples of divergence), but every single time I listen to him speak, he is impressive in multiple ways that inspire me to try to be better. When he asked Brian who he would want to represent humanity before an alien contingent, I was thinking, "How about Sam Harris?" (I very much like Greene, too.)

[@Mikael-jt1hk]

His credentials outshine yours by several miles..

[@slyjokerg]

@@Mikael-jt1hk You are an idiot.

[@slyjokerg]

​@@gravelpit5680 Sam is fundamentally wrong about objective morality. It is, by it's very nature of being a "thing," subjective. It is an opinion in a very simple, basic way. To get to something being objectively moral, you have to make at least one presupposition, which instantly takes it out of the realm of being objective. He, and those who support the bogus position, presume "well being." Well, that isn't part of the consideration. The consideration is "Is morality fundamentally objective, or subjective?," NOT "If we assume well being is the foundation of morality, is morality objective, or subjective." And even THEN, what constitutes "well being" is ultimately nothing but a subjective view. The stance crumbles all the way through. If he would just be intellectually honest and frame it under the context of "*For practical purposes* , we can say that all sorts of things are fundamentally moral/immoral," then there wouldn't be anything worth quibbling about, but he insists that his views on morality ARE literally objective. They aren't. He has a big ego thing about it, quite obviously. He knows better, but he stubbornly won't give an inch, even though he is quite plainly, demonstrably wrong. I challenge you to name something that is objectively moral/immoral. I can tear it down instantly. And it isn't about me being special in this ability. Countless people can do it.

[@JohnOwensgoogle]

This was an excellent talk...entertaining and interesting.

[@lromcke]

I would also like to see a video width Sean Carroll & Brian Greene.

[@ivocanevo]

This!

[@Scottni2]

Not a vid per se (podcast), but just found this if you haven't seen it already: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3S6lIiGfLGFsM0

[@ashish2278]

Brian Greene sounds like a sober Bill Maher ..

[@eqx7168]

Vaguely looks like one too... Vaguely.

[@S2LR]

Certainly a lot smarter than Bill Maher...

[@ashish2278]

@@S2LR i agree

[@michaelkossivas7530]

so true

[@mangalores-x_x]

So not Bill Maher. @S2LR And yeah, the smarter thing. Wanna grandize yourself by declaring such judgement or is it just that you dislike his opinions and hence have to resort to an ad hominem to safe yourself? You kind of proved within a single sentence that you are probably far less smarter than either of the two. And yeah, Bill Maher is a contentious guy, and guess what, even if you like someone you do not have to agree on everything they say. I like to listen to Sam Harris but on various topics I do not agree with him, e.g. I think he is making himself a tool for the right without even realizing it and often talks about Europe and other places with little knowledge, e.g. not even knowing the actual daily events on the ground or what political framework governs certain developments.

[@marteataca1]

Subtitles in Portuguese, please ...☺

[@cjbernardo93]

Two of my favorite minds

[@thechisensei]

luv the talk! i wish this was human civilization's pop culture.

[@TheZeedler]

Brian Greene does an excellent job explaining exactly how he does not understand fermi's paradox. Thrilling!

[@user-je1ck6vw7g]

Thank you that person is stupid ?

[@gravelpit5680]

the only real Fermi filter is spacetime itself, it's too large for contact.

[@quannga99]

So far, the only thing that can shed some light on this mysterious universe is the human brain.

[@SupremeNeanderthal]

bam! blew my speakers!

[@serhatyaran]

2020: "Oh, tell me more about your concerns on things that grow exponantially"

[@KravMagoo]

The problem with comparing AI influence on a game like chess, where "game" means there is a declared paradigm (8X8, pieces w/ specific attributes, etc.) that is applied to achieve a declared outcome (checkmate, stalemate) versus a problem like economic systems, where people's OPINIONS about what is best vary for many reasons (some people like free enterprise; some people are horrified by it) is that the first phenomenon, the game, is a DEFINED paradigm and ALL engagement with the issue is PRESET by rules that can only be defied at the cost of no longer being considered to be playing the game, whereas with the second, economics, there is NO POSSIBLE WAY to engage in the process with anything close to a single set of agreed upon rules, and so AI, essentially by PRESET, will be perpetually prevented from deriving a consensus answer. Fwiw, that is probably not the longest sentence I've written, but it's up there.

[@nakedsquirtle]

As weird (or potentially horifying) as this sounds, if you have a sufficiently intelligent AI that has a concrete goal (such as elimination of poverty, accrual of capital for the wealthy, the elimination of entire groups of people) people can just agree to largely follow whatever the AI says is best. But you have a serious problem because no one knows what the hell it really wants and what its goal would actually be (let alone if a given goal would be to our detrement)

[@KravMagoo]

@@nakedsquirtle You could always ask it.

[@chewyjello1]

Instead of using augmentation to make ourselves as knowledgeable as these imagined super smart aliens I think we should first use augmentation to better communicate with the animals here on our planet. I mean, who didn't dream about being able to talk to your dog when you were a kid?

[@svendtang5432]

In fact it's the best way I think to actually talk to an alien world view.. A good preparation for the Alien.

[@nakedsquirtle]

The vast majority of Animals dont have anything inside there that would be complex enough to produce an actual language with syntax when transpiled. I'm guessing research into the "language" of the ultrasonic communication betwwen whales might be interesting but you're not going to get full blown language. Animals are very interesting and varied but this is one area where the answer/possibility is less interesting imo.

[@KD-oz8ci]

This demonstrates that Brian’s well of knowledge is incredible and Sam’s intelligence is so much narrower. That said, Sam is indeed a great interviewer specifically with that sense of humor.

[@Pangburn]

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[@ReynoldsAudioProduction]

Discussions of the Fermi Paradox always seem to ignore the possibility that interstellar travel might be, in principle, highly impractical if not impossible. There is no evidence that it isn't.

[@jimmydane34]

Well that's why we are still on earth while alien civilization who has survived for more than 10,000 years with exponential growth of technology are traveling in space. We are like only 200 years of explosive growth via technology and engineering. We got a long way to go and understand. Or..... it is in fact impossible....unless we are in a simulator and our autistic, 28 year old techy genius gives us the ability to travel through space using wormholes and what not than we can do intrastellaer wars. Who doesnt wanna live like star trek? Anyone?

[@wasdwasdedsf]

they dont ignore that. it gets adressed a fair bit. thats not really one of the explanations

[@Raydensheraj]

@Dapdoi Ardon The sheer size of the cosmos makes your statement look mighty unintelligent. We have reached the Kuiper Belt with New Horizons. With consistent funding we put humans on the Moon and that we haven't tackled Mars is only a mixture of pathetic funding, a pathetic weak minded Generation of pussies and humanity concentrating on Religious dogma instead of teaching Science... We have neverending potential but blow it. To say that we or other lifeforms can't reach Interstellar travel is a mixture of negative thought process and only knowing one example of intelligent life.

[@inspireprogress7243]

ricky gervais no it’s more than possible, but most people turn their heads away from it. If the biggest nations came together with a seriousness of space travel, we could make it happen in a decade or less.

[@rolf3919]

Sam Harris is the Mayweather of debates

[@Islamiccalling]

He is an idiot watch my video kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpO9mJWIZ8aZhbc

[@ck58npj72]

Mate, the only one you exposed was yourself 😂

[@MorallyDerogatoryCA]

Rolf Fanord More like Marciano. Mayweather is more of a “on the defense” guy, especially during the latter years. Plus, Marciano had more class and KO’s. Ha!

[@hucky29]

@@Islamiccalling I did, there's 5 minutes of my life I will never get bck!

[@sophonax661]

@@Islamiccalling Do you realize that Harris never called Muslims idiots? No matter if Islam is true or not, Harris behaves far better than you do. Wonder why? 🤔

[@dream_traction]

32:00 You convinced me Sam Harris!

[@yaserthe1]

Lol the ending 😂😂😂

[@framebyframegames]

Why did decent audio and video take so long? I don't understand how y'all are spending your money. I would have filmed and recorded audio on this thing for $1000 no problem.

[@urzapolariz]

Typically it's difficulties with the audio setup at the venue and the engineers having very limited time to setup and test the gear and connections. A lot of troubleshooting sadly has to happen as the event is taking place. Wish it weren't so, but that's often how these venues wind up complicating things.

[@framebyframegames]

​@@urzapolariz I don't even care about the venues. I'd circumvent the entire A/V staff and put lav mics directly on the panelists. And it still doesn't explain why the video sucked before. Dunno. I shoot live events for a living and I've never had anything come even remotely as bad as some of the Pangburn stuff.

[@urzapolariz]

I dunno, a couple of my close friends are roadies, and they claim that every venue is a nightmare and a new challenge which makes the audio awful and impossible to get working right on a tight schedule. So I just assumed that's likely the case with the Pangburn videos.

[@framebyframegames]

@@urzapolariz It is if you're trying to get audio going for a live stream or something, but if don't mind a 24-hour delay between event and upload you can have incredible quality with incredible ease.

[@epicbehavior]

4:33 Except we're aware of being unable to understand things. Interesting.

[@uppermoonzeroo]

Off topic, You got a hot body

[@jondoormouse8612]

@@uppermoonzeroo my like is for your username

[@victorjcano]

In reference to intelligent life out there we always leave out the idea that in addition to the vast distances involve there is also the fact that out of the 6 billion or so years our earth has been here it’s only the last 100 years or so that we have been able to send information out there. Time is just as great a factor as the vast distances involve