Copernicus: The Man Who Made A God

[@ShummaAwilum]

41:51 "in 1616, 143 years after its publication" I think your script had a typo.

[@parallaxnick637]

Ugh. Why is math my achilles heel?

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[@superluminalsquirrel9359]

I often comment something along the lines of I can’t wait, but I absolutely can for the quality presentations you provide us with. Fellow seekers, if you don’t already, please recommend Nick’s channel to those around who might enjoy it. He’s deserving of 100x his current sub count.

[@SGIMartin]

This intro is something else! Good job nick! Quality production as always

[@Empdizz]

Yeah, came here to say that. I love the effort you’ve put into this one Nick.

[@philabusterr]

You present history in a way I really enjoy. I like the way you do a “deep dive” focused on a person, but include other relevant figures hundreds or thousands of years distant. There’s something about your “vibe” which is, ultimately, relaxing. Can’t wait for the next one… the longer the better!

[@pauleohl]

You would enjoy/appreciate youtuber Kathy Loves Physics. Her amalgamation of physics and biography is similar.

[@shoryqwabe4605]

agreed

[@lordflashheart5984]

ive been waiting so long Nick. love your work

[@mikelfunderburk5912]

Good job as usual. Thanks for all the hard work. We all appreciate it

[@honeyj8256]

Looking forward to this. Thanks nick ! I hope it’s a long one. 👍🇨🇦

[@parallaxnick637]

Oh it is. Believe me, it is.

[@lillyclarity9699]

I love your work. I say it every time you upload, but you make a life of pain and ceaseless toil worth living. Also, as someone with a hearing disorder, thank you so much for the subtitles. they're really much better than the auto-transcribe is and I need captions in order to fully enjoy video media. I know it's a lot of extra work but I would fully appreciate it, no, I would beyond fully appreciate it, if you stick to it and keep the captions in future videos. I love you Nick (but not in a weird parasocial way)

[@lillyclarity9699]

@James Henry Smith Dude, take your thorazine. Your family will be ashamed if they heard how you leave your schizophrenia untreated so you can "get messages from God" or whatever.

[@smae433]

Excellent presentation, Nick. Thank you. and thank you SO much for refraining from background music which only serves to distract.

[@brianmichael444]

I’ve listened to everything you’ve made, I really appreciate the time you take researching these and wish you great success.

[@euchiron]

The new intro is gorgeous and I love listening to your narration as always. ❤️

[@chrispfeifer7628]

I just found your channel. Great find. I'm looking forward to seeing all of your videos. This one is outstanding 👍

[@rring44]

I will probably watch/listen to this video 10 more times. You really should be a voice actor.

[@brownlab8898]

Always such a treat when you upload. Thank you for all the wonderful work you put into these!

[@jacksoncrocker7043]

Simply the best series of videos on KZbin. Thank you for taking care of our minds, remember to take care of yourself Nick ❤️

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

Stellar work, Nick, as usual. You're an educator of great import adrift upon a sea of inconsequential nonsense. Don't let the bastards grind you down!

[@devinlambourn]

Darn I am late... Thank you for all your hard work kind sir! These videos do more than you can possibly imagine.

[@andrewcockburn3227]

I’ve been looking forward to your latest, Nick! Thanks for being a great storyteller!

[@nafnist]

This is my favorite KZbin channel. Thanks!

[@sowbirasmujo]

Perfect! Thanks for the hard work and please keep doing what you’re doing, Nick. Btw, have you ever considered writing a book? (And ideally, narrating your own audiobook!) Would definitely buy instantly.

[@uncleanunicorn4571]

I would totally buy that book.

[@1220jobeans1]

Incredible amount of research. Wow. Loved this it’s my favorite you tube

[@emilyjanet455]

I just wanted to pop in and say my partner and I avidly look forward to every new video. We made popcorn and curled up on the couch together to watch this one just now. It's brilliant! I so appreciate your work. You help me imagine others, the world, and the universe more complexly, and I cannot thank you enough.

[@nmcgunagle]

Nice intro! And much better audio quality than in the past. I hope your labors and expenses bear fruit.

[@PaulFriemel]

All this work you’ve done is incredible and I hope you write a book with the intention of compiling all this into multi hour audio books spoken by yourself! Do it!

[@davelewthwaite]

“The region above the heavens He had adorned with Intelligences, the heavenly spheres He had quickened with eternal souls, and the excrementory and filthy parts of the lower world He had filled with a multitude of animals of every kind.” I had no idea Pico Della Mirandola had also been to Camden Town on a Friday night. Poor bloke. I hope, by the way, that someday you may dedicate a series - in a similar manner Universe of Water - to paleoastromony, and all the disparate threads therein, that may be pulled together. You have a gift for that. Thank you from a soggy night in NZ, where the phrase "Sol Invictus" will promote sardonic laughter and possibly a smack upside the head with a rain gauge.

[@orsonzedd]

I like that you have the astronomer Copernicus in front of the star Copernicus

[@rhoddryice5412]

I don’t think that’s 55 Cancri A. Its’ planets are named after astronomers.

[@parallaxnick637]

Sorry it's just the Sun. Boring old Sun :)

[@orsonzedd]

@@parallaxnick637 i mean I know it's literally the sun, I just interpreted it as figuratively being Copernicus (star)

[@lordvenusianbroon]

Loved it NIck! Great deep dive into the messy underbelly of science and history :-)

[@karsg88]

The best remedy for sleepless nights during a heat wave

[@TheGunmanChannel]

This video is a masterpiece

[@David.C.Velasquez]

It is great, but look at Nick's video, The Planck Reckoner, if you haven't... truly mindblowing.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

@@David.C.Velasquez I've seen them all, many multiple times

[@esquilax5563]

@James Henry Smith no he didn't. Did you not watch the video?

[@superluminalsquirrel9359]

Congrats on your best performing video in nearly a year! I hope that’s a trend that continues for future videos, you definitely deserve it.

[@Olip87]

Thank you Nick. I've been having trouble sleeping and your soft voice helped me drift off into a good 8 hours. I'll have to rewatch this one 😎

[@olegyamleq7796]

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Something to listen to to wind down my week on Friday night!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks againnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ParallaxNick!!!!!! You and John Michael Godier are a calm from the storms!!!!!!!! Thank you so so much!!!!!!!!!! :-)

[@carterh2699]

Finally got around to watching this! Great work as always. Truly incredibly how so many events line up in history. Completely went over my head in my education I guess that Copernicus was alive while Columbus and Magellan were doing their thing.

[@craighewitt4674]

Another fantastic video Nick. Thank-you.

[@masstv9052]

Thank you for such great work. You weave great tales around astronomy

[@violinmerchant]

I love the way you use etymology as a storytelling tool. That you can take something as dry as a Thesaurus and conjure from it millennia of human insight, tribulation and intellectual growth is an act of modern wizardry. A thousand years ago I probably would have burned you at the stake for your nigh mystical rhetorical abilities, but believe me when I say that it would have been a gesture of utmost respect and reverence. Instead, being graced by generations of enlightenment, easily neglected in the interminable forward momentum of modernity, I say, liked and subbed, notice me senpai, awooooooo, awoooooo, 10hr version wen?

[@MortimerSugarloaf]

Here's another algorithm food pellet, and well deserved. One of your best videos, right here. Brilliant. Also, it looks like you hit on something with this one, my man. It's performing quite well, racking up views way faster than the last several videos (which were also fantastic, btw). Keep up the amazing work!

[@billymartinaswell1779]

I hear you talking about yourself in this video pretty often. The emotion in your voice makes me feel like you identify with him in his exasperated attempts to bring truth to humanity. On a different note, please don’t let the insidious trap of self doubt consume you. I look forward to your content. You are a natural speaker and a master writer. If I had one request, it would be for more fiction!!! Chin up! Stiff upper, and all that.

[@thetruth45678]

Oh! Why must you tease me so?! I was all ready to sit down with a nice steak and some cream soda and totally engross in your latest work. Now I have to pine for two whole days? Oh, the anguish!

[@parallaxnick637]

Eep! Thanks for the headsup! Fixed the premiere date :)

[@garynelson1269]

Great work! You are simply the best at what you do! Thank you for your amazing videos, writing and cadence. I always look forward to your new videos. I gave your older videos a extra few hundred views in the time in between video posts.

[@patrickthomas9006]

How did this just come up in my feed? I would have thought the KZbin algorithm would have notified me immediately when Nick released a new video but ten full days have elapsed and I'm just now finding out about it. Oh well, click play, click like immediately, then enjoy the video, standard procedure. Thanks for more excellent content, Nick.

[@renewable20002000]

Nick, very interesting presentation. The work you have done is praiseworthy. Like to have more of your videos of this type.

[@armandomercado2248]

A new intro. Very nicely done.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

I really get a lot out of this channel. One of the things that I liked most about documentary shows like Carl Sagan's _COSMOS_ (PBS), and James Burke's _The Day The Universe Changed_ (BBC) and _Connections_ (BBC) was the biographies of the scientists whose discoveries were so pivotal. This channel does that in spades and I love it! One thing that I (as a Christian) appreciate VERY MUCH is that the narrator is careful never to call Catholicism, "Christianity". That HAS to be on purpose because it is such a common occurrence in science documentaries. Words have meaning and the word "Christian" has a specific definition that the world SO wants to change (but I won't let it). "Christian" is defined in the New Testament and anyone who reads the New Testament quickly sees that the religion defined there is NOT the Catholic religion. And the publisher of these videos seems to understand that. Well done!

[@philiprambow6476]

Really enjoyed this. Glad to see you back to top form.

[@angelikaskoroszyn8495]

It's a great story. While I was somewhat aware that not all ancient cultures worshipped Sun it's surprising to see how unsignificant it was through the history. Probably it's because they didn't see it as a source of light itself but more of time keeper. Nowadays it's obvious that Sun is both life bringer as well as destroyer of life on Earth

[@codydunger5895]

Loved the video, keep them coming!

[@arongyorffy3070]

Amazing video, just like all of yours! I am really waiting for your next video about our solar system (like your Venus video), anyways, just keep on going and make my and many other peoples week!

[@parallaxnick637]

Building up to it. Can't do the Solar System without the Sun....

[@arongyorffy3070]

@@parallaxnick637 Just take your sweet time, I am sure that "documentary" is gonna be as good as all of yours!

[@C0C0cooky]

You're the best nick.

[@heidicat5336]

long time listener, i watch most video few times cause they are so informative!! thanks to make video in muti diametons - history humana culture science etc.- love your great work and widen my knowledge ad view!

[@mikedrop4421]

Another beautifully told story. I absolutely love the way you present the history of science. Thank you

[@mrpieceofwork]

When you started saying the line "We live in unspoken awe and terror of the Sun" the connection here glitched, as if on cue, and you voiced it in really slowed... down... and... choppy... speech. * chef's kiss *

[@Sundaydrumday]

NICK!!!!! SO GLAD TO HEAR FROM YA, GREAT VIDEO SIR!!!!

[@markbrown2749]

Beautifully written, very informative!

[@juhamarkkula7004]

You're videos are great and this is the best so far. Thank you!

[@nancyhalstead916]

Thanks for this. So much fun to hear a good lesson.

[@EdMcStinko]

Yet another great video Nick. I like to think Copernicus helped kick off the Renaissance, since that kind of daring, outside the box thinking was pretty representative among his peers later on.

[@mcknottee]

Just the right kind of video for a lazy Saturday afternoon on the couch. :)

[@ekszentrik]

Great vid. I love how the geocentrists have hardcore the final laugh based on what TECHNICALLY is just a technicality, namely that Earth is the center of the observable universe. And also, how the anthropic principle puts the ground wherever a sentient observer treads into the center of metaphysics. Whether hypothetical universes or other places that can never be accessed and observed, not even hypothetically (i.e. this disqualifies even things outside our light cone, as we could theoretically access outside it if humans arose e.g. 1 million years earlier), are actually metaphysically meaningful and truly "exist" is a question only the gods can answer.

[@parallaxnick637]

The problem for the geocentrists is that EVERY point in the universe is the centre, so Earth being the centre isn't all that.

[@aprylvanryn5898]

This was not what I was expecting. It was so much more. Thank you

[@johnhance5868]

Great Job again Nick, as with all your videos, I found it educational, interesting, and very easy to follow thanks to your delivery style, im hoping this latest offering means that you're not yet ready to give up on expanding the knowledge of your appreciative followers?, excellent stuff Nick, 👏👏👏

[@parallaxnick637]

I'm working on getting my views up, and it seems to have worked.

[@lozmasteroftheuniverse2782]

Great stuff, and is that some new visuals I see? (or am I just behind the times) Awesome !

[@jeremymahrer1832]

i saw angels, and i think a wreaked DC3. Thank you as ever Nick. A good general knowledge nerd vid for me, being the introverted type. j

[@MaciejBogdanStepien]

One other point to make about "De Revolutionibus" is that it is rife with mathematics. Known as "astronomer", Copernicus was more a mathematician (hence also his perfectly sane conclusions regarding the circulation of valuable coins & regulation of the price of bread) than a lawyer, physician, administrator or astronomer. Also, for two years, he presided the diocesan court of justice of his uncle, which is puzzling, as there was (and still is) a total ban in the Church for non-ordained men to be appointed to such a position. For this reason, the debate whether he was, or was not, ordained as a Catholic presbyter, is still ongoing.

[@Okla_Soft]

The flat-earthers still use that same violently ignorant “logic”, that which ignores gravity and assumes that an object that drops to the earth (in freefall, they can’t explain how objects actually fall) should fall behind the rotation as it drops. They’re basically using a pre-science understanding of the natural world, and ignore all of the observations and experiments done to date. Excellent episode as always Nick!

[@olddecimal2736]

Sick intro and episode. Thank you.

[@Penfold101]

I see all the budget increase went on the intro animation. I approve.

[@tomsmith4542]

Thx for the subs !! Great help for the deaf ones. Appreaciate it bro.

[@Mondythecat]

This is good Head Food. Thanx again for another great doco.

[@thijsbrouns9170]

thumbs up before I even watched it,...Thanks Nick !

[@fredphilippi8388]

In the Book of Genesis, it is important to distinguish between Day 1 ("Let there be light") and Day 4 "Let there be lights in the vault of the sky..."). Day 1 refers to the universe as a whole. Day 4 refers to the light(s) within our solar system. Makes perfect sense to me. Our solar system was formed when the universe was already about 8 or 9 billion year old. It also helps to understand the seven days not literally. Genesis is a story using allegory to express theological truths which, by definition, cannot be proved or disproved using the methods of physical science. Physical science, by definition, cannot be proved or disproved by metaphysical (theological and philosophical) science. Each science can only respect the other.

[@kevanhubbard9673]

Plato seems to have been a proto Panentheist whereby the universe exists in something else which also interpretates and animates the universe but is transcendent of it.Ideas which Plotinus refined with his emanation theories 600 years later.

[@TheMaplestrip]

Very fitting to see this video now. Just a few days ago, I saw a Tumblr text post talking about how sunworship seems like such an obvious religion, and how weird it is that sunworship didn't remain significant to this day. I think this video explains that to some degree and I really enjoyed that. Overall a great video of course, absolutely loved it ^_^

[@dr.madthumbz2689]

Hourrrrrray!! Thx Nick. love your work

[@deusexaethera]

Fascinating as always.

[@realfirewaltz]

Holy fuck this is interesting, thank you for making and sharing this!

[@MortimerSugarloaf]

Wooooo! Can't wait.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Awesome as always!

[@paulbriggs3072]

Initially the Catholic church accepted Copernicus' view But Copernicus gained ridicule Protestants, who condemned it as heresy. While the Catholic Church initially accepted heliocentricity, Catholics eventually joined the wave of Protestant opposition and banned the book in 1616. The Protestant churches accepted Copernicus’ findings after more evidence emerged to support it. The Catholic Church, however, remained ground in its anti-Copernican beliefs until the 19th century. The ban on Copernicus's views was lifted in 1822, and the ban on his book until 1835. There is a gaping difference between Christianity and Catholicism. Copernicus was a Catholic and in good standing with the Catholic Church when he died. While heliocentric theory was controversial during Copernicus’ lifetime his work did not cause him any conflict with the Catholic Church. Copernicus delayed releasing his theory because he feared an adverse reaction - not from Church leaders, but from his fellow scholars. There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that Copernicus was worried about a hostile reaction from the Church. Despite the resistance to Copernican views after he died, Copernicus' life was one immersed in Catholicism. And while it may be forgotten, it is under the auspices of the Catholic Church that Copernicus made his theories known. There is nothing in the Bible that that makes the earth the center of the sun and planets and star.

[@Artur_M.]

Well, it looks like I have to subscribe to another channel. 😁 An excellent video!

[@oker59]

A major objection to Copernicus's Heliocentric theory was "why didn't the stars shift parallax?" For which Copernicus reportedly replied "the stars are so far away they have no parallax."

[@joe-de-man-h7c]

Thanks for sharing all this knowledge :-)

[@apm77]

I liked the videos on Kepler, so I decided to check out this earlier one. It is far less polished. Here are my comments. Re Stonehenge and other prehistoric monuments, Lynne Kelly's theories are worth looking into if the topic interests you. We can't reconstruct the mythology of a specific prehistoric culture, but we can make general inferences about what would have been important to cultures transitioning from a mobile to a settled lifestyle, and this can give us surprisingly rich insights. Re Aristarchus, you tell the listener that we should be surprised he was not executed, but you say nothing to persuade us that it is surprising. Those occasions where a philosopher came in conflict with the authorities (e.g. Anaxagoras) could just as easily be the anamolies. The discussion of equants and tusi couples is far too brief and unclear. It comes across as a hasty summary for viewers already familiar with the topic. This would have been worth taking the time to explain well. There is a lot of context missing re the eventual placement of Copernicus's work on the list of banned books. I hope this will be rectified when the video on Galileo comes out.

[@parallaxnick637]

I was being sardonic about Aristarchus. And yes, the banning of Copernicus will be discussed in the Galileo video(s). Lynne Kelly sounds interesting, I'll let you know what I think.

[@krakensquatch]

I open my iPad and said I’m gonna watch KZbin, I wish parallax Nick Would put out more videos, and here it is, thank you. You deserve millions of subscribers, there is no explanation for why you don’t have them. Thank you for great content.

[@carletouk]

I had to watch this again . You sir are a scholar .

[@rossmcleod7983]

Here in Australia where the sun is barely two metres away and has the worlds highest rate of skin cancer, an acquaintance who sadly lost his brother to it, used to refer to the sun as “that poisonous ball of death.” As a gardener, I share his resentment.

[@marioduddu471]

Excellent presentation 👍

[@Volodimar]

Very good video essay done with Pleasant narration, But! You need to fix your subtitles, they disappear too quickly long before sentence closed.

[@nicosmind3]

I often wonder how many others (like myself) will often repeat of go on a Parallax Nick binge. I see so many high compliments I know I'm not the only one that appreciates this channel, and I hope my views and likes help bump up this channel with those all so famous al go rhythms 😋

[@Knightrick]

Very informative. Thank you

[@stekra3159]

This amzing as usal. Kopericus is so odd and jet such a smart badass.

[@infidelcastro5129]

Missed you, man.

[@UrNewStepdad91]

Digging the new intro

[@theforlanjoker4457]

Nick as usual a masterpiece. X

[@wbwarren57]

Nice video! Thank you.

[@oker59]

I show this "ParallaxNick" my Gospel of Truth - Mathematics as the Holistic Viewpoint." Then he makes this Copernicus video saying the gods were not sungods or astrological in nature. . And then, he goes on to say that Copernicus book on the Heliocentric hypothesis had only seven calculations. Copernicus's book is filled with Mathematical arguments for his Heliocentric hypothesis.

[@davidrandell2224]

The “Copernicus “ of today is Mark McCutcheon. The Standard Theory/ Model replaced in 2002/2010 in: “The Final Theory: Rethinking Our Scientific Legacy.”

[@Gribbo9999]

Thanks Nick!

[@meteor09]

How damn, these are amazing!

[@DavoidJohnson]

Aristarchus. The name rarely comes up but obviously should. An early stab at Helio centrism with out the tools to confirm it.