Dr. Becky: "Sending Humans to Mars is a BAD Idea" | The Joe Marler Show

In this episode, Joe and Tom meet Dr Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist who specialises in black holes and blowing peoples minds with amazing facts about the universe. What is a supermassive black hole? How vast is the universe? And can we see into the past? Listen to find out... ‪@DrBecky‬
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[@iammyriad71]

This is the first time I have seen your show, but it won't be the last. I laughed so much it hurt. I have been watching Dr Becky's KZbin channel for about a year, and I must say hearing her swear has been the highlight of my day🤣🤣🤣 Please keep up the great work.

[@steveearley8352]

Absolutely brilliant. Dr Becky explaining complex matters in such a way that even I could understand was a real ‘eye opener’. The three of you made my day by being so infectiously positive as well. A complete WOW of a topic. Well done guys ❤

[@baronvonteuchter1412]

Hilarious how Joe puts his hand up to ask Becky a question 😅 Brilliant video, love it

[@tessaevan2551]

Love Dr Becky! Her enthusiasm for space is contagious and she does such a great job explaining incredibly complex things!

[@Tazzspaz]

Dr Becky is awesome! Such a good sport too!

[@adamwheeler5690]

I could listen to Dr Becky all day! So interesting

[@dethspud]

Love Doctor Becky. ❤️ This interview is a real treat.

[@Amira_Phoenix]

A lot of interesting questions are being asked

[@bazedjunkiii_tv]

agreed. especially to see her in a live conversation setting in comparison to the scripted video content on her channel.

[@user-nc6rn3rd2h]

Dr Becky is simply awesome. I’ve learnt so much stuff watching her channel. Her bloopers are a blast as well.

[@GravityJWST]

Dr Becky said "Fuck" err my gerrd lol 😆👍🏾‼️ She's awesome, Carl Segan would be proud 🥲‼️

[@maxonite]

Its shocking innit

[@agentsmidt3209]

The horror.

[@dernwine]

One of the best things about my job is it takes me into the middle of nowhere and I get to see incredible skies.

[@MC---]

First time listener thanks to Dr Becky. When Dr Becky was talking about the size of the universe I was waiting for her to wrinkle Joe's brain and talk about how the universe is expanding but the observable universe is shrinking.

[@DaveChappeleIsGod]

Fantastic show, thanks for posting.

[@amraverageproduction5379]

Love Dr Becky! Great interview guys, made it very interesting bringing it down to layman terms.

[@MarkRadfordAZ]

Astrophysics aside... that Joe seems to kinda understand some of these concepts is what is mind-blowing!!

[@bubba842]

She is breaking it down into real simple terms. I would sure hope he would be able to understand it.

[@Houselightsdown]

Wow! This is great, two of my favourite personalities on the same pod!

[@neoanderson7]

Just love the expression on the guys.. deer caught in headlights... 😂 This was awesome! Absolutely love Dr. Becky. ❤

[@Tape_Recorder]

Dr. Becky is so fun!

[@arasharfa]

I'm such a fan of Dr Becky.

[@PPekka]

This was awesome. Watched the hole thing from start to finish on one go. We need more dr Becky 🙂

[@PFWoody488]

Nice to see Becks not just talking to herself for a change. Good chat.

[@kenmercer8112]

Great show, came for Dr. Becky, checking out other eps.

[@MarcelAspenite]

Thanks Dr. Becky for having so much patience. LMAO 😂

[@troychavez]

She is my inspiration and my role model.

[@amfandrade]

This is so good lmao, love doctor Becky :)

[@pwhite2579]

What a school ... class IS in session and Dr Becky is the teacher!

[@Jaytrain93]

Best podcast you done so far got me so interested in learning more

[@RSProduxx]

Really good show with probably my favourite knowledge-spreader in the tubíverse. Gotta

[@iainpalmer2000]

I really enjoyed this. Watch Dr Becky's youtube channel. In this interview she came across as a very humble person who gets great pleasure in explaining the complex issues simply.

[@burpeesandbells]

First episode I've seen. Had to subscribe....thoroughly entertained and enlightened 😁👍

[@OhAncientOne]

Wow a whole hour flew by ! Her book is a great read.. had me thinking of Amadeus - "Too many notes" 🤣

[@srasramajdi]

Dr becky is the best in the business

[@Edders574]

Follow Dr Becky and like a bit of rugby so know of Joe never in my life thought these two worlds would collide absolutely loved it

[@markmaz56]

Becky has such patience when dealing with idiots!

[@earlostrohs3543]

I had no idea Marler had such a high pitched voice. Still my favorite front row player.

[@tomveatch6927]

This is amazing. 2 people asking questions of an astrophysicist. They are learning something. We never have anything like this in the US.

[@strejf]

this was great.

[@ylanstockholm]

Two favourites! ☺

[@SteveJones-om6ks]

Dr Becky needs to get more mainstream TV presenting work. If that smarmy manc Cox can get shows this girl would be next level!.

[@mlguy8376]

Brian Cox one of the youngest Physicists to become a Professor in Physics at a top University for Physics and also used to be in a band. Yeah, I am really confused why he got his TV gig.

[@SteveJones-om6ks]

@@mlguy8376 Smart lad absolutely agree but he’s got the charm and charisma of a British Rail cheese sandwich. Dr Becky on the other hand just managed to teach high end physics to two lads pretending to be primates. There’s got to be a slot on The Sky at Night or Stargazing Live for her. We want to get girls into STEM?. Here’s your answer…and she can swear!

[@mlguy8376]

@@SteveJones-om6ks I am a strong supporter of dr Becky, I am fully subscribed to her channel and watch it religiously. Yes, I did my undergrad in maths and physics, when there was 3 women studying - we have made improvements, but women in stem has been a thing since circa 2003/4 and we should keep doing so (that ratio massively increased for astrophysics group when I did my PhD) dr Becky not only shows that women are and should be studying Physics (I feel stupid even writing that last sentence in the 21st century) but she also comes from the north (and I have not checked this so I do apologise in advance) a normal class background which I think is even more of a stigma at the top unis) - with that being said, we should as many people supporting physics and scientific knowledge - as you know, we all seem to be surrounded by lots of people driven by incredible poor scientific knowledge - from 5G to how vaccines even work. Sorry for my initial comment, it was rather snarky. Both cox and Becky can and should have a platform on TV.

[@SteveJones-om6ks]

@@mlguy8376 It was fair comment!. I’m from Liverpool so I’m biased against anyone with that accent!. In fairness I do like the stuff he does on Infinite Monkey Cage but the tv shows irritate!.

[@Nemophilist850]

Emperor Penguins do live in Chile, it's one of the few countries they do live in.

[@seansines]

This was mind blowing and hilarious

[@bhamacuk]

Lol, I've learnt more this way than by reading Dr Becky's book!

[@nroose]

I have known about the concept that traveling fast makes time pass slower for you. But what frame of reference is it based on? If I am traveling past earth, from my perspective, earth is moving the other direction. The earth is not stationary, it's orbiting the sun and the whole solar system is orbiting the center of the milky way. And the milky way is moving relative to the other galaxies in the universe.. But then when I travel fast, how is that different? What is the overall frame of reference that determines how fast time passes for each observer?

[@KnjazNazrath]

Erryone's astounded and I'm here like "I get to Sag A faster usin' neutrons"

[@maxonite]

Hearing Dr Becky cuss is soo uncomfortable hahaha

[@sonofliberty1]

So is seeing "cuss" typed out.

[@mark6809mm]

She is lovely!

[@gingerdave69]

I would love to sit and question Dr becky, but would have Joe's face the whole time, even with the simple explanations

[@Tyson8887]

Can we use black holes for recycling?

[@Tyson8887]

Just realized my mistake, in nothing comes back out . So I purpose sending serial killers there instead .

[@LOL-gj3qg]

@@Tyson8887 maybe the plastic 🤯

[@zeusfitter007]

Cornelius would be proud. 🙌🏻

[@Hunter-wl1dc]

"I just dont believe in 1 more god than they all do" just when I thought I couldn't love Dr. Becky anymore. I assumed but hearing her affirm she does not subscribe to any religious nonsense makes my love of her work that much deeper.

[@user-nc6rn3rd2h]

Omg Dr Becky swears 😅 could she be anymore magnetic.

[@DaBlondDude]

Never heard of this guy, this was hilarious

[@pemasherab487]

Tashi Delek 😎🙏

[@badgerello]

“Science is all the stuff we don’t know still.”

[@mynameismyname5124]

I've never herd so much about black holes and not once thought about taking my trousers off.

[@ivorthomas9437]

Am a Dr Becky subscriber, enjoyed this interview which I only just came across, nice job boys and girls. Just a small point of order, no one is traveling very far into the future by traveling at near light speed for a certain time, then returning to your start point unless they go on a diet, Until you get your mass down to next to nothing, and I stress next to nothing you won't get close to light speed. Ask a photon or a neutrino for dietry advice 😁

[@persuasivebarrier2419]

She describes space as flat with a trampoline and a ball changing the shape as a mass occupying it. I just don’t understand if that means space is flat, all around, flat but has width, etc. can anyone explain?

[@kterstal]

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[@GeeEmming]

It just makes it easy to imagine. In reality it's in 3D. Like a web of trampoline.

[@XGD5layer]

Basically. It's like a trampoline with one more dimension.

[@badgerello]

It’s a thought experiment not a literal representation. The flat sheet represents space/time. The ball represents the large mass. The bend in the sheet represents the effect of the large mass on space time.

[@mannyk2755]

Space is nothing, but when a big mass sits on it, it creates a curvature around it.

[@MarkTuchinsky]

Is there a name or genre on this sort of content? "Very smart person teaches a very eager person." I last experienced something like this when Neil De Grass Tyson spoke with Katy Perry. Wonderfully wholesome content!

[@SurfingRef82]

I've been watching Dr. Becky's channel for years I've never heard her curse Then she drops an F bomb within the first 3 minutes I was not prepared lol

[@Amira_Phoenix]

Dr Becky, how about reaction to this Déjà Vu film 📽️?

[@sonofliberty1]

From a philosophical point of view, what is the point/worth of broadband and mobile digital cameras?

[@sonofliberty1]

Do you think the mass data we gather now is going to be useful and successfully transmitted before the inevitable decline of our current biosphere and forms of life?

[@MarkTuchinsky]

@@sonofliberty1 Wow, I'm no doctor but I would prescribe optimism.

[@MrNegative101]

Nice job. I love the contrast here lol these guys had to be joking right?

[@markseabolt5959]

Scientists who study stuff and can’t build things: Going to Mars is a bad idea. Engineers who actually change our world and push the limits of the possible: Hold my beer.

[@alinmicle6114]

Could definitely go for a couple of pints with those blokes ... glass of wine for the lady, of course.

[@Luc.Hewett]

Okay so with the trampoline thing but making that 3d bc space is like up down left right not just flat. Would it he fair to say it would be like bitting a chocolate chip muffin, like the muffin bit the bite is smooth bit then the chips have crunch so it it would take the bite (speed of light in this example) longer to go through it. Idk of that makes sense

[@mikeisthelunawolf]

Is Joe the proper Bane?

[@agentsmidt3209]

I am not fat...I am bending space-time.

[@aurelienyonrac]

I did not watche it. But i am comenting to suport becky

[@kgkg-nk6rd]

Poor Becky... Lol

[@NZC_Meow]

You guys should've talked about rugby too

[@antiussentiment]

Is faith just a PC way of saying superstitious? I'm not sure how a scientist who's also superstitious will not, at some point, be corrupted by their ability to believe illogical stuff?

[@rogerelliss9829]

I want to know more about the hairy black holes. Lol

[@RinxPlatin666]

when I listen to the guys (uneducation) I ask myself, if they find their way back to their cave. Ill bet they know all the Kardashians.

[@mynameismyname5124]

The people who wrote the bible should have Googled... " how old is the earth?" All knowing? Bet they didn't see that coming.

[@roberthogue5138]

Becky, I am surprised that i see you on this this ridiculous channel !

[@ThomasistheTwin]

In the center of atoms in cells there is a nucleus. In the center of celestial systems there are stars. These are all material things but the center of Galaxies are immaterial?

[@deltalima6703]

Omfg. Why are these two interviewing dr. Becky?

[@sociallyinept5430]

I don't agree, because if it took me 10 years, I'd be 10 light years away. Then, I'd go ten years back and twenty years would have passed. The only thing the speed of light would do is allow me to get farther away. Although, when I stopped, 10 light years away, and looked back I could see people waving me goodbye.

[@sociallyinept5430]

Pretty solid waste of twenty years, imo

[@badgerello]

Listen to Queens song 39.

[@sociallyinept5430]

@@badgerello done, is there any additional information I need at this point? I don't think this song is evidence of time travel, if that's what you're implying.

[@jacob2808]

When you move fast for those 10 years less time would have passed for you, meaning if you go back, more time on earth would have passed than for you, hence the "time travel"

[@sociallyinept5430]

@@jacob2808 I've heard that before. No one has ever traveled that fast, maybe my ex. I'm uncertain why people have the idea that time will change because of how fast I'm going. Approaching light speed, the things that were around me would slow, of I wasn't moving so fast the can't be seen. The race is against light, and the eye. The eye doesn't project light, it absorbs* it, so the light has to catch the eye that's moving faster than light. If you go faster than light, all the light you go through, from behind you, you go through again. But, when you go back toward the light, if you could see people on earth with a telescope, would seem to move faster than normal, because you are going through that light, forward. Lol. Waste of time.

[@kevinhardy8997]

The only problem is that you are 100% camping on Mars. Cannot grow food. Cannot extract resources. No water. No air.

[@xhyhbdka]

Love Dr Becky but just can't put myself through this... It's like she's at the zoo. When did general knowledge get so poor that you can't understand a simple sentence?!

[@elsitacacahuete427]

Too annoying all that swearing; shame.

[@trentonthomas3127]

It happend way more at the beginning than the rest of the interview

[@farmergiles1065]

Thumbs down. Full of foul language. You can keep it. I won't be listening.

[@CrocodilePile]

As a TONY, and speaking for other TONYS, we approve the use of our name for the Black Hole TON618. Official.

[@tonynorris9139]

Yep we need any sort of acknowledgement