Does the universe have a purpose? Do humans have cosmic significance?

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0:00 - Mote of dust
1:49 - How did life begin?
5:01 - How humans evolved
7:22 - Multiverse?
8:29 - Are we alone in the universe?
10:47 - What makes humans unique?
11:24 - What is the purpose of life?
The Milky way galaxy is composed of up to 400 billion stars, and at least that many planets. Our star, the sun is one of those billions, about a third to halfway out from the galactic center.
And we humans are but one of at least 9 million different forms of life on earth. What does this mean for us? Are humans of any significance, or are we just a burden on our ecosystem? How did human get here? How did life start? How did earth get here? Does the universe have a purpose? Do humans have a purpose?
At first blush it would seem that we are indeed a speck of dust, of no particular cosmic significance. But let’s step back and look at how we got here.
Consider the improbability of not only finding ourselves in this universe, but the formation of such a universe that would have us in the first place.
The universe was born 13.8 billion years ago in a massive expansion - the big bang. It could have expanded too fast such that no structures formed. It could have expanded too slow, such that it re-collapsed into a singularity. But it expanded at just the right rate.
200 million years after the big bang the first stars formed. These were fast burning stars that burned out and exploded in supernovae explosions. They seeded the universe with heavier elements such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen which had formed in their cores. Our own sun probably formed from such a nebula. The heavier elements that were not consumed by the =the sun, became the leftover debris that formed the planets including earth.
Earth was at such a distance from its star that temperatures allowed water to exist in liquid form on its surface, making it conducive for complex chemicals to form.
Through a process we don’t completely understand yet, molecules came together to form a simple self replicating proto-cell. Over vast time frames chemistry and evolution resulted in complex life forms.
Change the circumstances of earths early history, and we would not be here. Alter the process of natural selection and environmental stress that resulted in larger brained primates to evolve in Africa, and we would not be th intelligent creatures we are today.
And this does not take into account the laws of physics which allowed chemistry to happen in the universe in the first place.
We have won the cosmic lottery. It is not perfect nor the best it could have been for us, but the fact that we exist, even though it is for a moment, is improbable.
We don't know what existed before the Big Bang. Are we presumptuous to assume that ours is the one and only universe? Might there be hundreds of billions of other universes? There is no evidence nor consensus among scientists.
Exoplanet data appears to indicate that most stars have planets orbiting them. If true, it is unlikely that we are the only planet that has life. But, highly intelligent life is likely much more rare. We have seen no evidence that intelligent life like ours exists elsewhere in the universe.
We have not even detected simple life on any other planets in our solar system, let alone exoplanets. If intelligent life forms are common, some would have evolved millions of years ago, or even billions of years ago. If we go by the exponential progress of technology on earth, is seems at least some of these ancient intelligent aliens should have evolved the capability to detect us, communicate with us, or even visit us. This is a weak argument, but it does point to the idea that we are probably rare.
we have come to know in just the past 500 years of our existence. If the distance from central London to times square in New York city represented the total age of the earth, all of recorded human history would be contained within the final 5 meters.
Einstein said the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.
What seems to make us different from lifeless objects is that through our senses, our emotions and our brains, we can connect to the rest of the cosmos. And in this regard, no living thing on earth is perhaps so deeply connected.
#purposeoflife
#moteofdust
Does it really matter if we are a speck of dust in the vast space of the cosmos? Do we really need to play make-believe in order to have meaning or purpose? Is our connectedness, and the absurd improbability of our existence not enough?
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[@GBsPlaceNet]

All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

[@ArvinAsh]

Blade runner & Blade runner 2049 - Two great movies!

[@alexanderealley9992]

Best monologue ever delivered in a sci-fi film in my opinion.

[@davidmckee5659]

And yet, everything that had ever existed, and ever will is interconnected, a 4 dimensional pattern, and every pattern is a thing that is immortal in it's own way.

[@PLAYERSLAYER_22]

didnt boomhaur say this on koth

[@gsalien2292]

RIP Rutger Hauer!

[@subject_5056h]

"You are the universe, experiencing itself" - Alan Watts

[@guidedmeditation2396]

In its most condensed form. That says it all.

[@siriosstar4789]

wow , that's a shocker to find something so insightful in a youtube comment . When meaning proves to be meaningless , go for a transmission of that which is awake to itself .

[@Beevreeter]

There was a time when we were not here ... there will come a time again when we are not here. The Universe will continue in magnificent indifference.

[@duhbigcat1848]

we will be there as it unfolds, as we are never really separate from it. Our separation is a powerful illusion.

[@duhbigcat1848]

...but I understand what you are saying. You are right.

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

[@Beevreeter]

@@mitchellc4 Good luck with that 😊

[@Beevreeter]

@Huck Peters Clearly you know a lot about illusion

[@09Ateam]

Reminds me of the thousands of my ancestors that had to survive and breed at the exact right time for me to be here.

[@ArvinAsh]

Indeed! Someone calculated 1 in 700 trillion odds!

[@zopodeffa]

tom campbell - my big toe... if you want to know the truth

[@CraftyF0X]

@@ArvinAsh I guess to anyone to put probabilities on such thing has to suppose that "things could have happened otherwise" so basicaly has to assume determinism is wrong.

[@rohitwankhede9153]

@@ArvinAsh ya

[@niranjanr8075]

@@ArvinAsh and we always neglect lower possibilities 😂

[@kumarnagendra1379]

Now this is quality content

[@jenjuice432]

Fuckin right. I get so excited when introduced to concepts I was previously unfamiliar with.

[@pawnriot3269]

It took me years to get over my existential crisis and now watching these videos I fear my anxiety might resurface... The universe is fascinating and beautiful... But not having an explanation for existence and why we experience life frustrates me to no end.

[@rbyourfriend09]

me too

[@jbear3478]

I used to feel this way but now I feel differently because I don't want something or someone else assigning my meaning. Even if we found out, would it change what we want our lives to be, and what we want to achieve?

[@ragevsraid7703]

listen to science first then your heart

[@aqua_addicts1787]

Only a problem if you think about it, there's no problems in nature everything is just going along. Also the truth is the truth wither you discover it, don't discover it, know it, don't know it , believe it , don't believe it, agree with it or disagree with it, so it really doesn't matter because it's still there anyway. So rest assured the truth is not relying on us to conceptualize it or create it exists with or without us.

[@pawnriot3269]

@@aqua_addicts1787 Thanks for that thoughtful response. As simple as that really should be... I unfortunately have this unreasonable and compulsive need to find an acceptable answer to this question (I know, it's pretty silly... I'm a silly person...). Over the years I have learned to accept that I will never truly know why we are experiencing "this". I have dedicated many years studying the origin of life and somehow even managed to complete a doctorate in cell biology because of it. I suppose one coping mechanism that has helped me keep my sanity through it all has been the creation of my own hypothesis for what the true nature of things are (and developing it further as I get inspiration from different ideas and concepts that I get exposure to, and my understanding of things improve). Even though I know I will never prove or disprove my hypothesis, I find comfort in choosing to believe in it.

[@davidrr8741]

Probably the universe isn't caring about us, but without us, nobody would be conscious of the same universe.

[@spackle9999]

WE ARE the caring in the Universe.

[@chryox2801]

@@spackle9999 F A X

[@chryox2801]

@SKULLCRUSHER He didnt say that the universe dont care about us or that we care about the universe... He said We ARE the cairing in the universe. I know that said like that it dont make anysens 😅 But it doeas tho 🙃

[@chryox2801]

@SKULLCRUSHER I understand you very well and i agree with you 😊👍🏾

[@Scaliad]

The universe just doesn't care at the level of the individual. If the universe didn't care about us, we wouldn't be here. All of the conditions necessary for us to be were provided by the universe.

[@larrymanni4325]

A nice variation on the 'hard science', a pleasure to be reminded of the wonder and beauty of life, and the universe. Thank you.

[@SuicidalChocolateSK]

Yesss, in these types of discussions there is a bit too much of rigid logic. We simply cannot understand some things.

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

[@adamcummings20]

@@mitchellc4 The more you guys spam paragraphs, the less people want to join your religion. Just helping you out

[@__D-B__]

@@mitchellc4 This god? "Behold with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day." (II Chronicles 21:14-15) Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. - Bible : Isaiah (13) : 16.

[@ccahill2322]

, Heed the "bible" ..don't eat at McDonalds and don't drink Coka Cola@@__D-B__ .

[@angelduenas]

Humans don’t need a lot of things we just want them.

[@vaibhavbv3409]

Humans live so short that the time is not enough to realize stuff. 80 years is still so low that most people remain childish . New people are born and cycle repeats.

[@solk.posner7201]

We are clever yet we are not wise as a species. As it becomes apparent that our overburden on Earth is causing an imminent collapse of the biosphere and thus our civilization too results from our lack - and unwillingness - to understand our place in Mother Nature. The only chance to save ourselves and this world was half a century ago by choosing a modest and humble lifestyle. But we didn't, instead we chose a life of ignorance and greed which has led us to this tipping point.

[@Inertia888]

@@solk.posner7201 We could say the same about the first people to learn how to build farms and raise cattle. I want to think that we will be able to work into the future and find a way to co-exist with and even find a way to benefit the biosphere on Earth. We are at a crisis point. I have faith that we will find a way to the other side.

[@loy7163]

@@solk.posner7201 We are clever cancer cells. Destroy each and everything. "Wise" is not a word connected to mankind in any way

[@PrivateSi]

We do need quite a lot of things and you give off the vibe (I could be wrong..) that wanting things is bad... Are you yet another victim of far left / Christian / Eastern / ultra-conservative puritanical brainwashing!? Soz, lol.

[@mikeg9b]

The main thing that this video makes me think about is the urgency with which we need to diversify our presence in the universe. If intelligent life is so rare, then it is precious, and having it all in one place is stupid because we are so vulnerable to a variety of extinction events, many of which are inevitable.

[@ShaileshSahasrabuddhe]

You may want to check out Michio Kaku's videos (or book) on "Future of humanity".. Amazing imagination and possibilities explained with realistic ways/means..

[@DeconvertedMan]

Yeah we could make the sun into an engine and seed the galaxy with lots of people - who will evolve and no longer be what we are now of course, but still - if we do not then well - it was a good run I guess. I hope we do it.

[@Rohit-ez7ph]

The reality is that it’s no big deal if life seizes to exist. It’s like when you go to sleep every night, the nothingness you fall into and then morning comes and there you are again. It doesn’t matter if this entire phenomenon called universe or life exists or not is what I’m saying. Enjoy it while it lasts. If everyone took things more lightly we would last longer!

[@mikeg9b]

@@Rohit-ez7ph It is the mission of every living thing to reproduce in order to further the continuance of their species. This is true for every animal, fish, bug, plant, microscopic organism, etc. Spreading out into the universe is part of that mission.

[@Tenly2009]

That’s just the sort of thing a virus would say!

[@christianfranco6424]

Arvin, this is one of your best videos by far! Thank you for providing some clarity on humanity’s existence from a cosmic scale perspective.

[@killermoon635]

And this video contains some errors. Changing the distance (slightly) from earth to sun will not have any impact on life. The is something called habitable zone.

[@SpaceFrawg]

When considering the improbability of our existence, if we look back from where we are now and not from the past looking forward... the odds of our existence are 100%.

[@wlee7381]

Modern "Science", ab initio, excludes God Creator. How logical is that?

[@3rdrock]

@@wlee7381 Logic is thrown away when you include god in your argument.

[@angosalvo5734]

@@3rdrock if you exclude god from any thinking, it will be absurd. He's the initiator of our existence. Nothing could make sense without him.

[@3rdrock]

@@angosalvo5734 Which god are you talking about, the foreskin hater?

[@angosalvo5734]

@@3rdrock did you make yourself? Please tell me.

[@lesterbialog8523]

Makes me realize for the odds that someone could have been in my exact state of existence. It's just so magnificent to think that it took us billions of years just to arise and experience the grandeur of the universe.

[@kenjoneslee]

Time is an illusion.

[@vhawk1951kl]

I wonder if you understand that we or us indicates or identifies the user of the term and his immediate interlocutor neither of whom have lived for "billions of years" which is such a blah term as to be devoid of all meaning.

[@visage123456]

Excellent writing! This channel is the best successor to Carl Sagan.

[@gsmith5357]

I agree. Arvin does a great job and like Carl Sagan, he is very sincere in his teaching approach.

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

[@gsmith5357]

@@mitchellc4 and every other religion would say your wrong. There is no proof that Christianity is more right then any other abrahamic religion. Above that, no religion has proved itself to be factual. Faith is believing without proof. If that is enough for you that is your choice but do not try saying you "know" Jesus is true without proof.

[@w3irdo343]

@@gsmith5357 i agree with u dude , mr sagan once said ..... i dont want to believe , i want to know

[@ZaphodBeeb1]

@@mitchellc4 Jesus promised that the Kingdom of God would come within one generation of the disciples time. That was two thousand years ago. The Messiah who's forever late ! An empty promise, believed by empty heads, resulting in empty churches now. It's appropriate that your comment is mostly empty space.

[@quantummechanics5774]

Saying that alien don't exist is taking a spoon from the ocean and saying if there is no shark in the spoon there is no shark in the complete ocean

[@matterasmachine]

if we will never see them - they don't exist for us

[@theobvious1958]

there are 300 million earth-like planets in the goldilocks zone of sun like stars in our galaxy

[@davek.3581]

Very well written and produced. Carl Sagan would be proud of this episode and the wisdom it conveys. Great job Arvin!

[@ArvinAsh]

Humbled. Sagan's my idol (as if that was not obvious from this video, haha).

[@berniv7375]

@@ArvinAsh Thank you for another amazing and informative video. Well. I believe that we will only begin to understand our purpose through all of us going vegan. It seems impossible to me that we can evolve in any meaningful way while we consume the flesh of other animals. it is what it is. A primitive form of existence. We must evolve in order to survive.🌱🌞🌱

[@dosomething3]

It’s incredible that my brain is capable of recognizing a few of the video snippets you were using from other videos that I’ve previously watched just once. And my brain remembers that. Now that’s incredible.

[@elinope4745]

I used to be able to remember things...

[@danielpaulson8838]

Sometimes I remember things perfectly. Then my wife proves I’m wrong.

[@SaeedNeamati]

you are a true living philosopher, and I have the honor of being alive with you. Thank you so much.

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

[@SaeedNeamati]

@@mitchellc4 no

[@dynamicflashy]

@@mitchellc4 "Must we play make believe in order to have meaning or purpose?"

[@b4ph0m3tdk9]

What a perfect video this was. Knowledge, pictures, music and a smooth voice comes together here.

[@freshcaffe]

Amazing video Arvin. You keep the curiosity flame burning strong inside me. It amazes me how I can already know all this but somehow I cant create a coherent presentation when my nephew asks me questions. This is what I always loved about your channel, simple and coherent.

[@ArvinAsh]

My pleasure! Glad you find it useful.

[@helojoeywala6622]

Excellent video Arvin Ash!! Been loving all your videos so far! Keep it up!

[@SnowyMountainBlueSky]

I agree with Carl Sagan when he said "We're made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."

[@brydenhathaway6133]

love the videos, Arvin. hope you enjoy making them. all the best

[@jenjuice432]

Oh man, that last minute of the video...GOOSEBUMPS!!

[@mn-ru4li]

I've seen so many videos on this topic, but this one was by far the best. Accessible, inspiring, and those graphics.... my God this universe is so beautiful. Thank you very much for this

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

[@kenjoneslee]

Beauty is a purely subjective valuation. Experiencing and recognizing a subjective beauty is something only intelligent life forms can do. This is our purpose....to have experience, whatever that experience may be.

[@Maximus_twelve22]

Arvin, great job! Loved this video. Great narrative and visuals. I especially liked your closing statement at the end, “The Universe has made itself comprehensible to us, the scarce few (12:10)”. We are the living mystery of the Universe, looking back at itself in wonder and amazement. Please keep making more great content!

[@ArvinAsh]

Glad you liked it!

[@tomrhodes1629]

Want to go beyond imaginative presumptions? I have. The Universe has a very definite and singular purpose: to teach you to desire Truth without prejudice. Because, you fell into this world of LIMITATION when you lost that desire by trying to empower a very prejudicial and IRRATIONAL desire. The Meaning of Life is finally revealed. But you'll have to read my book if you want a comprehensive explanation.

[@robertsutton8894]

The "comprehensible" word is open to a lot of debate.

[@P.L.D.]

Brilliant video as always Arvin! Please make one video for you, tell us your story what have been studying, jobs etc. just basic gossips :))

[@adbell3364]

Wow! Great Vid! Great perspective! Thank you!

[@UnchartedWorlds]

Damn Arvin Ash music that starts at 1:40, straith out of 80's movie, RetroWave Arvin to the rescue! :)

[@dkbibi]

This litteraly brought me to tears. Thanks for this, we need more of this especially in these chaotic times.

[@warrendargusch5873]

Cheer up the worst is yet to come!

[@ThePhysicsTrain]

Very awesomely explained. Awesome graphics.. totally loved it.

[@RehanAnsari-bj8vy]

Always waiting for your videos♥️

[@Jackc8201]

It's weird that dinosaurs lived on earth for 165 million years and never developed higher intelligence, yet humans did in 2.4 million years. Sure it was due to a series of unique events, but one would think that given such a tremendously longer timespan (68 times as long), various species of dinosaurs would have encountered similar circumstances many, many times over.

[@ArvinAsh]

That's because there is no innate evolutionary driver for higher intelligence. The circumstances of our evolution put us on that path - but this is a product of happenstance, environment, and likely a few chance mutations.

[@0Turbox]

The descendants of the Dinosaurs are birds, and I would insist, that parrots and crows are pretty intelligent. They just lack hands and fingers to excel. Our ancestors lived for several hundred million of years, till they became human like.

[@vhawk1951kl]

Who told you "that dinosaurs lived on earth for 165 million years", and why do you believe them?

[@DrStrangeBrew]

Mr Ash, in my humble opinion the most significant thing you can do with your purpose is put a 'Beanie' in your merch section.

[@fig7047]

I was thinking that the purpose here is to figure out why Arvin wears a beanie in these videos!

[@DrStrangeBrew]

@@fig7047 Mr Ash had a surgery removing the mark on top of his head & he wanted to spare us looking at bandages. He mentioned it in earlier video.

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

[@DrStrangeBrew]

@@mitchellc4 so god and jesus are going to get a beanie and Mr Ash's merch section. Well, they seem to be taking their god damn time.

[@gforcecache]

Beautifully done. Looking forward to more.

[@inesgoudsmit2498]

Hi Arvin, thank you again for just the right information I need. I like to suggest to you to look deeper into the double stars to come further on this subject. 🙏🏻

[@mathias4851]

the greatest story ever told. Thanks Arvin

[@Aniruddha_godbole]

Out of words Arvin! One of most significant video which lifts the thinking level of a normal human by multiple times! Would liked to see inclusion of some advanced levels of our life like society, family, education, economy, health and our efforts to understand cosmos etc. Before the final comparative description in video. Great video would definitely recommend to others to watch it! 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@zopodeffa]

have fun with the next level of understanding: tom campbell - my big toe ;)

[@robert.adamek]

Incredible work as always. This video was incredibly fluid to digest

[@happyhaze1526]

Good stuff, Arvin. Tip o' my hat to ya, in oh so many ways and on so many levels. Thank you.

[@kumarinidhi4000]

Hello sir, informative video once again, thanks😊.

[@fleurdepapaye9635]

Staring the night sky and whispering: "Are we alone here?" *Existential crisis intensifies*

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

[@fleurdepapaye9635]

@@mitchellc4 hah?

[@SanjeevKumar-dx8gt]

I am one among those. Sometimes, I elaborate on those thoughts and panic about our existence.

[@gergelyozsvar9890]

Insanely well made video!! 💜

[@donfrank3049]

Poetic. Added this to my top favorites list! Thank you

[@tenormdness]

Amazing. Well done, sir! And at a time when I really needed to hear something like this. Thank you!

[@KatjaTgirl]

Now that was poetic...thank you!

[@makingsense7577]

I am following your channel from long time...You are very positive person Arvin....Your way of talking and explaining complex topics is of another level...I am lucky to meet you here...

[@vvvvaibhav]

Great great script writing and narration High mark for script - one of your best episode for script. Thanks 🙏

[@Prxwler]

These videos are pure inspiration and incentives for future great minds. Thank you very much for sharing them with us, sir.

[@dr.satishsharma9794]

"EXCELLENT"........ THANKS 🙏.

[@hoarder66]

Great video again. Im always pessimistically optimistic but i find that im happier this way than being just optimistic and getting let down. The world seems to open up more this way and lets us in on its secrets. There is so much to be learned and so many things to think about. I wish i could live for 1000 more years just to see how things go. I wish i would be around for when we can travel through space close to light speed in our volvo's.. How amazing would it be if we all had that chance...

[@KingaGorski]

One of my fav videos of yours, hands down.

[@RationaleThinker]

If I close my eyes, I can hear David attenborough is narrating it in his voice

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

[@NNiSYS]

EXCELLENT Arvin! Thank you for living up to your natural standard. All technology is the result of a conceptual sophistication in our thoughts. For those of us who live immersed in this "bubble bath", how can we inspire it in those who are estranged from it? How can we feed a hungry brain when that brain can't feed a hungry body? This is a very tough problem Arvin. Those who see more can do more. So, are those of us who live in "bubble land" responsible for solving it?

[@ArvinAsh]

Well put. I would like to say that it is a collective responsibility, but practically speaking, I think this can only be moved forward by those in the bubble.

[@NNiSYS]

So, if OUR responsibility is to move a solution or solutions forward how do WE start doing that? Where do we begin? Are we fit, willing, ready and prepared to do that? What do YOU say? Are we ready to expand our comfort zones to include our tackling this problem? Or is that too early to ask or perhaps too much asking?

[@aidam.zamorac.4224]

I loved this video! So much needed perspective.

[@Eh_O_Nico]

Really different and cool type of video! Reminds me of Cosmos with Carl Sagan and Neil D. Tyson. Keep up the great work Arvin!!

[@thewatchmenz]

my question in mind right now is how did conciousness came to be in this universe / reality when everything is just made up of atoms that we know are not alive or thinking and how did it give us emotions

[@vhawk1951kl]

How did whose consciousness of what come t be in the universe? Unless you secify whose consciousness and of what, jut forget about consciousness and you something beige and witless like stuff instead, but if all you have is bege and witless probably best just forget about words with the meaning of which you are wholly unfamiliar. Consciousness is a species of knowledge and since you are plainly not up to epistemology, if instead of consciousness you just use know or knowing that would make it a bit easier for you and you may realise that know or knowing in vaccuo are meaningless, so you just identify who is doing the knowing and the knowing of what if you are up to that *All* English- and by extension that dialect of English, American, words containing s c i(sci) in them such as science conscience and conscious come from the latin infinitive sciere - to know and or the first person singular therefof scio - I know, thus there are words which have to do with knowledge or knowing. There is no-repeat No magic in the word consciousness which simply means with_knowledge or the state of knowing, or in baby talk I know that I know, so nothing magical or mysterious about that, eh? so clear now? You stick two Latin words con, meaning with, and scio/sciere(pronounced ski air eh meaning to know or I know and you get con scious or with I know, so it is very simple and involves no special learning save ordinary schoolboy Latin, of which I suppose all but the lower classes to have at least some.

[@GururajBN]

I suggest that you also please speak about how the earth itself is just about right for the life of grow and thrive- factors such right size and gravity of earth, ozone cover, magnetism, incline of earth’s axis to its path around the sun which gives us seasons, right size of oceans and their salinity, composition of the atmosphere, just to name some. All these factors make life possible on earth. Everything is so finely balanced that one is inclined to believe in a Creator!

[@ArvinAsh]

I think some of the factors you mentioned are responsible for life as we know it on earth, but may not be fundamental for life in general.

[@GururajBN]

@@ArvinAsh -Thanks for the reply.

[@Tenly2009]

Loved this video! The only part of this video that I question is when you suggest that talking about anything “before” the Big Bang may not be a good question because that’s when time started. In your next breath you suggest that we might be in one of many universes. (And if that is true - each one of those other universes also has their own “time”) If “time” began to exist, then there is certainly a “before” that can be measured by causality - not by any of our clocks - but on a higher cosmic scale on which a universe’s birth, life and death may just be a miniscule segment. It’s premature for us to even suggest that our time scale is the only scale by which causality can be measured. Until there is a lot more evidence that our time is the only possible time, people should not be shutting down any discussion about “before” the Big Bang.

[@victorio404]

That is one humbling video 🙂. Thanks!

[@nerdexproject]

When a science video makes you emotional :'D

[@nikolatesla1855]

11:57 Yup, now its my personal priority 👍.

[@wj12]

Absolutely amazing video it sums up that Human universe programme which was on the BBC back in 2014.

[@e.mcguire1538]

A wonderful exposition on this topic. Arvin, you are one of the wonders of KZbin, in a universe of celestial and microscopic wonders. Thanks so much!

[@eviebr83]

Interesting thoughts on how rare and improbable we are. But rarity doesn't equal valuable or significant. One day you will die. Some generations after that, you will be thought of for the very last time. And with that person's dying thought you will cease to exist and, as far as the universe is concerned, you will never have existed. Your fleeting significance, if it ever was, will be insignificant. That's not to say life is meaningless or pointless, maybe it just means we are asking the wrong questions.

[@theobvious1958]

allahackbar

[@ThePaulv12]

@@theobvious1958 Keep it in the synagogue mate!

[@zopodeffa]

tom campbell - my big toe if you want answers ;) enjoy the ride!!

[@eviebr83]

@@zopodeffa The problem with answers is that they have a nasty habit of creating even more questions 😂 Haven't watched Tom Campbell though so thanks for the recommendation 👍

[@RussellFlowers]

Humans certainly don't have any cosmic significance at seven in the morning.

[@ArvinAsh]

Haha. That's the truth if I ever heard it...at least for me.

[@sayedalis3350]

Wow

[@davidwatson6525]

Speaking from your own experience sir!

[@MACADEMIAC]

What a fantastic presentation. Thank you very much.

[@BonHomie87]

Thank you, A.A. That was a beautiful and important reminder, my friend.

[@ThatCat-aclism]

To fulfill the probability that humans inhabit. We are because someone had to be. Somehow. ;)

[@sayyamzahid7312]

I live in Karachi Pakistan and I like your comment

[@heavierthanlight7173]

Nicely spoken.

[@vaibhavbv3409]

13 minutes passed away like its nothing. Wonderful presentation!

[@karambos2]

Wonderful video. Thankyou.

[@brianpj5860]

This makes for a great introductory video for anyone curious about the laws of the universe. Like instead of trying to argue with that religious or Flat-Earth/Conspiratorial relative, with an extremely narrow view on reality, I will instead just plug a link to this video. Because this video conveniently answers all the surface level questions, conveyed in a clear and digestible manner, while explained in just enough detail to make it informative. Rather than just pushing people away further with incomprehensible exposition, from their point of view.

[@ArvinAsh]

Well, if we can convert even one flat-earther to a rational scientific perspective, I might just be able to retire.

[@NM-zb6pd]

Good idea sir, if not already made can make a video on debunking flat earth theory. Interested to see your take on it.

[@emilcioran7686]

Short answer: No Long answer: No

[@prakharanand5760]

Genius answer......... : *wait*

[@tuneboyz5634]

Long answer: Noooooooo

[@zopodeffa]

answer answer: tom campbell - my big toe if you want answers ;) enjoy the ride!!

[@Silent_300]

It's too early to call. Humans could create self-replicating robots that will one day dominate all galaxies in the "reachable" universe. Of course you can argue that the reachable universe is itself a speck in an infinite universe, and therefore nothing matters. At least the possibility still exists as long as humans are in existence.

[@zopodeffa]

@@Silent_300 study tom`s work and you will connect the dots some day. his big TOE will be the next big paradigm shift in science, (future spoiler) no real system can be infinite and robots will not take over the world, that is your fear and hollywood stuff, bro. :)

[@Akira-jd2zr]

"Must we play make believe in order to have meaning or purpose?" @ 11:29 That's a poke at religion and I completely agree. We give our lives whatever meaning/purpose we want.

[@smackyay]

You give your live some meaning/purpose and you haven't escaped make-believe

[@craigo8598]

Thanks so much again Arvin. This wonderful video encouraged me to try to grasp the incomprehensible size of existence and the confounding concept of eternity. But then I realized that being truly loved by the ones I love, is even more profound to me.

[@ArvinAsh]

Wonderful! Well said. You may have found your purpose!

[@FridolinBirk]

The mist impressive aspect is that from every answer we see arising New questions. Thank you Arvin to push us the listeners to ask new questions.

[@illustriouschin]

"Humans will never have cosmic significance." Uh did you see Jack Dorsey sell his first tweet for over $80,000?

[@spec_wasted]

Quantum Biological is soon to be a thing, never be pride of your knowledge, cz neither you nor I know anything compared to everything

[@stevehuffman7453]

What's a Jack Dorsey? I never heard of it.

[@masterachiver8239]

Sir, next video how old the universe is? Please🙏🙏🥺

[@ArvinAsh]

About 13.8 billion years

[@jaspersilence9328]

My man... nicely done☀⭐

[@dynamicflashy]

Fantastic video. High-quality stuff.

[@Bassotronics]

I’m alive for no reason. And here I am contemplating such beauty. And it’s so hard to live happy knowing that I’m going to die and have to leave all of this forever. Life in itself is strange but when you think about it and analyze it properly, it’s really sad at the same time.

[@ketanvaghela7001]

yeah man. ironic isn't it!?..

[@dt6653]

I love this episode -- very inspiring. The things that come together to make the universe and life are a little too precise to be pure coincidences.

[@dr.jamesolack8504]

…..yet, coincidence can NOT be ruled out… Look me up when you have proof otherwise, and not just a ‘belief’.

[@dt6653]

@@dr.jamesolack8504 If I am in the "belief" camp, I don't need any proof. That's what a belief is.

[@RaysAstrophotography]

Amazing Video and commentary!

[@64kernel]

This reminds of the movie Amadeus, when Salieri realizes that changing one single note in Mozart's music would make the whole structure to collapse. This is how I see our place in universe. Failing to recognize the perfect balance of our entire environment will lead us sadly to our doom, as dramatic as it sounds.

[@illustriouschin]

"Humans will never have cosmic significance." *youtube comment section has entered the chat.*

[@gsmith5357]

Not that I disagree but why do you believe that?

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

[@agimasoschandir]

@@mitchellc4 What 'bot reality. Is an automated message really indicative of what you are claiming?

[@joshkeeling82]

Well, we are literally the universe attempting to understand its own existence.

[@TheSCPStudio]

No, no we are not. That’s a strange egotistical philosophical thing that people make up to feel better about themselves. We are a byproduct of the universe, nothing more, nothing less. You can say ‘well we’re inside the universe, made up of atoms from the universe’ and you would be correct. However we’re just a fraction of the universe. We can only attempt to understand ourselves and our relation to the universe as a whole. But we are in no way ‘the universe trying to understand itself’.

[@pierfrancescopeperoni]

@@TheSCPStudio It is not an egoistical thought, it is serious speculation. Probably we are not attempting to understand our own existence in general, but Occam's razor would suggest that we are indeed literally the universe: all the data we have comes from perceiving and sensations, and everything we say being out there is our invention. The models of physics are only a way to organize the information, there are no things such as forces, matter, energy, space and time out there. There is nothing out there, everything is our invention. This way of reasoning was first brought on philosophical debate by Berkley, and it didn't last much probably because of the progresses of classical mechanics, rigorously materialistic, for which we didn't need to think in any other terms than matter. Ernst Mach retook this concept into consideration before modern physics, probably a bit too early. But today's physics is totally different. We don't even think in terms of matter anymore, and we have just many abstract models to organise the information from our perceptions. The abstractness of the outside world is more and more evident, and we must definitely keep an eye on less intuitive ways of thinking.

[@prakharanand5760]

@@TheSCPStudio I know it feels a bit philosophical, but it's true..... And isn't philosophy just a part of physics?

[@_..---]

​@@prakharanand5760 physics is part of philosophy

[@prakharanand5760]

@@_..--- or wut if they're like two circles meeting at a place, just something in common, but no neither physics is fully philosophy nor philosophy is fully physics

[@arnoldleaf4521]

Great stuff , love your channel , keep them coming . You really are a great teacher n your subject matter is "steller" :-)

[@ArvinAsh]

I see what you did there. I appreciate that!

[@Sunil_Manohar]

WOW! I am pumped!!

[@jeffreyprentis]

What a mind numbing story of our existence we are nothing but ourselves, what a charmed existence we have. I can see why people make up God's the real truth of life is so elusive.

[@gsmith5357]

It is the most logical answer for our 🧠 for why we are here. The good God giving us a beautiful afterlife is the happiest reality for our 🧠. The only problem is there is absolutely no proof to justify it.

[@mankind8807]

With your conclusion at the end you are assuming the recognition of "beauty" is of any significance in the first place. Not realizing that "beauty" is just a byproduct of how our neuropsychological systems that evolved to enable us to live in communities, you can stretch it's applications beyond that but you must be aware that it is ill fitted for such a tasks(such as interpreting probabilities as luck), at bare ground the universe has no such meanings, it has no such things as beauty, these are just arbitrary things our minds paints for us to experience, these things wouldn't objectively apply anywhere beyond the human psyche, except maybe for certain animals that evolved along side us, but to any other possible creatures out there, the way we emotionally interpret things would be completely meaningless and non-applicable, we are just stuck in our own emotional delusions, in short we are seeing and interpreting the universe through colored glass.

[@sudeniomaini8988]

Exactly,same with i think

[@saurabhverma7366]

the same beauty that let us decipher your keyboard strokes.

[@tamannaparmar309]

Perhaps the best and priceless video till the date. Gratitude 🙏

[@abistonservices9249]

The only explanation i can think of thanks to Arvin Ash! 👍

[@nathanm.8823]

You're messing with me right? I'm very interested in hearing what you have to say on this subject.

[@ArvinAsh]

Haha, well, I try not to mess, because I can only get away with it once. I think the best I can do is give you a perspective, and an opinion. And I hope that will lead you to some answers for yourself.

[@nathanm.8823]

@@ArvinAsh I may sleep in tomorrow but I'll definitely watch the video and give it a thumbs up. I'll see you there.

[@nathanm.8823]

@@shashankchandra1068 sure! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . . . There ya go bud, enjoy.

[@NM-zb6pd]

Why is this comment from 19 hrs ago while video uploaded 9 hrs ago😅

[@nathanm.8823]

@@NM-zb6pd I was traveling faster than light when I posted the first comment.

[@tuneboyz5634]

No but that doesn't mean life is meaningless, just that we're not special

[@shethtejas104]

PROFOUND. Thought provoking. I like people like Arvin who, despite going so far ahead in academics, don't lose their sense of wonderment.

[@spiritualopportunism4585]

Excellent video as always.

[@samstade5598]

"We could make a religion out of this."

[@awakenedwarrior952]

Yeah...thats what we need. Another religion.

[@gillypuente1794]

Or we could just trust in science.

[@samstade5598]

(It's because the universe is the deity and we worship it by studying it)

[@awakenedwarrior952]

@@samstade5598 ???

[@michaelmichael2166]

@@awakenedwarrior952 I was like... dont we have enough stupid religions ?

[@dosomething3]

7:48 “ Time started at the Big Bang” - but something caused the Big Bang.

[@DrStrangeBrew]

In the book Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking says whatever that was is irrelevant.

[@sivansharma5027]

@@DrStrangeBrew sure, maybe, but I still want to know! :P

[@DrStrangeBrew]

@@sivansharma5027 don't we all? I wonder, if we can even conceive and/or perceive what happened before the Big Bang. Would our common sense(meaning accumulation of all of our senses) works outside of this universe? It seems that our senses are specialized to this universe & do quite a shaby job at that.

[@spec_wasted]

What if we're in a black hole 🤣🤣🤣

[@sivansharma5027]

@@DrStrangeBrew it's kinda like trying to tell what colour a ball is by sound alone XD But what makes us human is our ability to use tools, to supplement our basic senses. So we may measure, detect and document all sorts of things (much like dark energy and matter) but never understand why we detect what we do

[@patmat.]

You're the most interesting, pleasant and relaxing channel on YT imo, hats off ... (speaking of which, it would look cool 🤠)

[@rodericleigh-bennett674]

Arvin ! Thank You from the depths of my Being . I have pondered what you postulate . Your presentation was most eloquent . Moved me deeply. keep up the fabulous work !

[@ArvinAsh]

Wonderful! Thanks for watching. Hope it gave you some food for thought.