Fauna's physics lecture on string theory

[@badrunna-im]

Screw typical ASMR streams, I want a science podcast with fauna called "the natural order" or something.

[@SentientSlumber]

What if we combine both? A whispered science podcast. I'd be down!

[@thechosennone6603]

@@SentientSlumber i would listen to that on loop

[@astranix0198]

A better title is RULES OF NATURE

[@thesaint5381]

@@astranix0198 I'll do you one better *The Nature of Nature*

[@astranix0198]

@@thesaint5381 I'll do you one better *Why is Nature*

[@RobertJones-bs9pf]

As my Physics professor told me: "The universe makes perfect sense. You're just confused because you're used to everything being larger than a proton, smaller than the sun, and slower than one-tenth the speed of light."

[@0GregorSchultz0]

thats a statement that Im copy-pasting! :)

[@VoidKyun]

im stealing that quote thank you

[@zephyr1741]

Also stealing this quote But if someone asks for sauce I know who to link it to

[@Philipop.]

Thank you, I promise to reference Robert Jones's youtube comment from his Physics Professor

[@dinamosflams]

as my sister once said: "nothing breaks the laws of physics, if it does it's either not a part of the universe or just a new part of physics we discovered"

[@dvid51524]

As a particle physicist, this is a pretty good first explanation of string theory. It's very nice that she also talked about the problems with it

[@Ledabot]

Haha. Love finding this video 8 months later.

[@DaniIhzaFarrosi]

Definitely not me who finally got this on recommended after 8 months and still watch it because SCIENCE

[@ruk7657]

I'm showing this to my theoretical physicist friend!!

[@qx7392]

i'm the president of my country. real

[@wesleyf6249]

I'm halfway through a physics degree, and I certainly didn't expect a vtuber to know considerably more about a physics topic than I do... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@instantnoob]

As a scientist, hearing a popular internet personality say things like "our best models" and "it's just a popular theory because the math works out nice" and "you can never really prove something you just collect evidence to consider a theory probable" absolutely heals my soul. To hear science not necessarily described in detail, but at least depicted accurately in a way that simultaneously explains why the phrase "it's not a perfect science" is an oxymoron while also showing why you can and should trust the scientific method.

[@DaekoTan]

"If science had the answers to everything it'd have stopped." - Dara O'Briain

[@fernando4959]

as my wise friend once said "science is extremely educated guess"

[@kukuc96]

@@DaekoTan What's interesting is that scientists about a 130 years ago thought they were very close to that. Then Einstein came along and that went out the window. However, assuming we don't go extinct, we should eventually get to the point when we ran out of science, and everything is perfectly understood. Which is kind of interesting to think about. Science is investigating the unknown, and running out of unknown is a little unfathomable.

[@thesaint5381]

Quantum physics is of course, quantum - Ceres Fauna

[@kv4648]

I thought quantum meant discrete

[@akifnorzaimi]

​@@kv4648 no quantum is quantum

[@pakxenon]

​@@kv4648 well yes but no but yes When a particle is at rest it has energy E0. Excited it to the first excited state E1 is a discrete amount of energy, no in betweens allowed.

[@trinitrojack]

String theory is made up of strings.

[@Narrenturm713]

she said that bcs she wanted to describe quantum physics as physics only involving small things but actually you cant say that beacuse quantum physics involve quantum which is a "discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of the radiation it represents."

[@ronoqzaman2540]

As a graduated physics guy, I declare this a common Fauna W.

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

She's quite a smart nut

[@JacopoBerzeatti10]

Same

[@Bunndog]

As an undergrad physics guy, I support said declaration.

[@vincent67239]

As a graduated cylinder,

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

@@Bunndog as an overgraduated physical guy, I support my weight on my legs, unless I'm seated.

[@JonoSSD]

As a teacher with a PhD in quantum mechanics once said to me: if you think you understand quantum mechanics, go back and read it again.

[@xendurr8180]

i guess that's given if your field of study is all about probability and random chance(?)- wondering if a certain quantum particle exists or not. must be a headache to study, honestly.

[@zapdosxy1781]

I have always hated quantum physics and concluded it as a myth

[@pedrofelipefreitas2666]

That's just Richard Feynman

[@ecyor0]

@@zapdosxy1781 problem is, it's a myth that *keeps accurately predicting the exact results we get experimentally* It'd be like if I said "every internal combustion engine is actually 700 hamsters in hamster wheels that hide behind the engine block when you open it up", and you go to disprove it, and you never actually manage to see these 700 hamsters & their wheels, but the engine block mysteriously weighs less when you open it up, by exactly the amount needed to account for the weight of 700 hamsters and their associated wheels.

[@loganreidy7055]

I've been told that also. After spending 2 years doing quantum mechanics research I have come to the conclusion that it still makes no sense

[@mikukumiku]

Fauna shows hints of a good educator. She starts with a presentation of the problem or the “gap” in knowledge, the proposed solution or theory, the general merits of the theory, the limitations of the peoposed theory, and finally the recommendations to push forward the theory. It’s deceivingly simplifed, but if this were a more formal educational setting, Fauna could legitimately handle the topic in an academic nature if she wanted to.

[@internetperson3436]

You think she's had experience in this? Maybe even a degree?

[@mikukumiku]

@@internetperson3436 i think she’s mirroring off the expertise of a professor she once had. If anything, she’s a good student or had a very good professor. So yeah, I’d say she has some kind of science/engineering background.

[@internetperson3436]

​@@mikukumikuengineering fauna is so much cooler than any lore cover could give her

[@scaddledoodle3052]

She is a biology major with masters degree

[@Masterfrogg]

My Oshi is so freaking smart and I couldn't be happier.

[@zeppelins4ever]

Me too, me too

[@oamioxmocliox8082]

;))

[@hollowbrook947]

This seems more indicative of being informed than being smart. If she knows how to do the actual calculations that's a different story though

[@aetheriality]

@@hollowbrook947 true, knowledge=\=intelligence

[@Masterfrogg]

@@hollowbrook947 The way I see it, inspired by some science on the subject, there are many different forms of being smart. Keeping oneself informed is one form and being good at calculus is another.

[@efemji]

i don't know the vtuber scene, but holy shit this girl is playing getting over it VERY calmly while explaining string theory and quantum mechanics. it is surreal, and this is why i fucking love the internet.

[@sonicducktheinoccent]

Welcome, brother. The rabbit hole is deep and interesting

[@webpombo7765]

Not only that, she's trying to get the golden pot which you get after beating the game 50 times, if you look at the bottom it says she's beaten it 19 times already

[@efemji]

@@webpombo7765 i think i underestimate her brain capability to keep replaying the game

[@KevinTangYT]

When she does Bennett foddy's job better

[@kingofvwcosmos]

4:34, I can try to explain this one (I’m also a noob tho). Basically, quantum mechanics/particle physics says that every type of force is facilitated by a corresponding particle. (Light has photons, electricity has electrons, etc.) And this works for every single force, except gravity. If you try to fit “gravitons” into the established model, tiny balls of gravity interacting with each other on such a small scale would create tiny black holes everywhere. And that isn’t happening, so… String theory proposes that every particle is actually a vibrating string, and a graviton would be a string connected end-to-end in a loop. This effectively makes gravitons less dense, since it’s not a solid uniform shape anymore. And this apparently makes the math work out really well, and then you don’t get tiny black holes everywhere, which is cool. That’s how String Theory ties quantum mechanics and Einstein’s gravity together.

[@Niffoni]

Okay, but if someone ever asks me to describe how I learned this unified theory, how do I describe the context of this comment without also explaining what "moe" is?

[@kingofvwcosmos]

@@Niffoni just say you learned it from PBS Spacetime or something lol. Veritasium is good too. I personally watched a lot of Sean Carroll videos, but that’s like hours and hours of stuff

[@TOBY-jy7bz]

@@kingofvwcosmos "Idk, it feels like that's just how things are, as if nature herself told me"

[@darkevilazn]

I would have to make a addition: Quantum mechanics is actually the description of the behavior of particles (doesn't describe what it is). Particles behave as a "wave" (in that we cannot deduce its position, only the probability of its position, which, likewise, its movement, so more specifically, its a probability wave). Check out the double slit experiment. Its the most basic way to visually understand quantum mechanics. In easier terms, relativity is deterministic, quantum theory is probabilistic. The reason why its hard to combine is because of the inherent contradictory nature of these aspects. String theory proposes a description of gravitons can can fit in with both general relativity and still matches quantum theory. How.... Most of it is a bunch of math (including probabilities) of course. Its literally using math math to explain math. There is no actual easy way to explain it. I mean, can you even imagine 11 dimensions? On paper, its just 11 variables. In reality its ??? And this isn't even including the different mathematical interpretations of string theory which are explained differently.

[@amdenden]

@@kingofvwcosmos i like that quote. Please allow me to use this particular sentence in my day-to-day conversation. It's urgent.

[@Shoyu-fs7sw]

These subtitles are very helpful since I'm an intermediate English learner and esp these kinda topics are really hard to keep up with without subs. so thank you!

[@SentientSlumber]

I am happy to hear the subtitles helped someone!

[@M4pache]

Me too, subtitles helps a lot when English is not your first languaje

[@Sergei_WHY]

@@SentientSlumber yeah, they really help! Indispensable when you're just starting to learn listening, and useful from time to time with accents in any case. Although Fauna speaks very clearly, she does have a slight unusual accent, so subtitles are very nice to have.

[@SentientSlumber]

@@Sergei_WHY Since I like to add animations to the text ot may make it a bit difficult for some people to follow all of it, but good news is that the auto generated subtitles are now working as well and are at least somewhat accurate. Not sure how good the translations are though.

[@Worm.emergency]

Always remember that “a lot” is two words. It’s the same as “a bunch,” which is easier to remember as two words

[@MrFelblood]

Normal streamers playing this game: AAARGH! OMGWTF! Fauna: *calmly explains the trifecta of scientific cosmological theories*

[@mang_0nim81]

I want an asmr where she just explains physics theories

[@Syncopia]

Bro you literally read my mind, except I'd be fine with her giving a normal lecture.

[@dankpepe2110]

Then you cannot proceed to sleep because you keep on wondering how those things happen.

[@justadude1779]

Imma need fauna to make a 2 hrs of that. And tell my physic prof to turn it on during class

[@meatman2203]

The fact that we’ll never get a stream where Fauna and Sana talk about space and physics makes me upset.

[@merururuururu1262]

man...

[@shisuiuchiha5683]

Fuana is explaining physics while playing the most rage game on the planet her brain is so big that the universe can't even measure her smartness

[@kushantaiidan]

The sexiest fauna clip.

[@JacopoBerzeatti10]

Definitely

[@TheAHuman]

Most certainly

[@wesleyf6249]

I'm halfway through a physics degree, and I certainly didn't expect a vtuber to know considerably more about a physics topic than I do... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@luqman_alifio8075]

i second this

[@SophiaAstatine]

Knowing the surface is one thing. Being able to swing with the math is something very different.

[@TheDarkLasombra]

I find that hard to believe. This is documentary level information.

[@Ikxi]

lmao

[@Pichi312]

@@TheDarkLasombra but she knows the math

[@hunterhewitt7059]

This has to be by far the chillest most relaxing explanation of physics I’ve ever heard ❤

[@vincent67239]

She even ends it with *boop boop*

[@enmay-n2l]

she's got the patience of a saint, if she repeatedly fucks up like that and her voice stays completely calm

[@originalporpoise1009]

As someone currently taking graduate quantum mechanics, I can say that Fauna’s explanation of QM is perfect. Quantum is indeed very small.

[@kenze94]

Cue in ant man movie theme. 😊

[@pedrofelipefreitas2666]

Planck length: you gotta pump down those numbers

[@shaddykack]

This is the most attractive thing I’ve heard all month, NGL.

[@creamCarnivalJones1234]

I'm genuinely intrigued now, wtf is Fauna's academic background because she is actually great at explaining this and well spoken

[@thaitoan4760]

Love the new episode of The Big Holo Theory, especially when Fauna said Bazinga.

[@spikey556]

I love it when she gently whispers quantum physics in my ear

[@Joefrenomics]

Wow! Cute, soft-spoken, and likes Physics. Thats a deadly combination lol.

[@Notakiryumain20992]

This is why I think Fauna is the smartest Hololive member

[@I_like_modeling_Monsters922]

@SaxonBlue botan ís smart in general knowledge, or what we usually called a wise elder. But fauna's math and science is exceptional. I dont remember any other hololive member that explain complex science topic beside fauna. Oh, millie from niji also major in science, but she never discuss about conplex topic.

[@miipotat0o]

There's different between smart and knowledgeable

[@DrShnig]

@@I_like_modeling_Monsters922 NijiEN's Luca also had a STEM major, and I think Shu did programming? That's about my extent of knowledge on the topic though.

[@Egg-san]

I think Ollie is pretty smart

[@CyberchaoX]

@@Egg-san Yeah, Ollie's mathematics knowledge is definitely at a higher level than most people would learn unless they majored in math in college.

[@GreyShot254]

Dang why am i only seeing this clip over a year out. Fauna would have become my EN oshi waaay sooner lol

[@thegrayyernaut]

Listening to quantum physics and "uuuu" next to each other is the pinnacle of human civilization

[@vulpritprooze]

Knowing that even physicists, literally our reality hackers, feels humbled by the great unknown in front of us, also humbles me in ways I cannot fathom.

[@MrKommienezuspadt]

As a physicist I can confirm these words are indeed used in our field.

[@EpicNerdsWithCameras]

We don't get to hear Fauna nerding out about science very often, but when it happens it's always a delight.

[@GummiSammi]

I was not expecting an accurate explanation. I like this. I want more of this.

[@brandonhughes4076]

Her explanation of string theory is both accurate to a reasonable degree and easily understandable, and she even briefly explains a little bit of Super Symmetry. It's clear Fauna actually does know her stuff

[@tiggins1565]

Fauna physics lecture + muted getting over it + rain sounds = heaven

[@muhammadrizkisatria]

i know she's graduated but i will miss this moment i hope in her new persona she will be this again

[@fredyholguin2525]

It's natural to mother nature to know about physics

[@salarmer1633]

I love how you can feel the excitement on her voice on certain moments while she’s explaining this

[@Someone-sq8im]

“It’s just a theory” A STRING THEORY

[@Sergei_WHY]

...I really should start watching Fauna more often. Thanks for the clip!

[@suzunome47]

I'm so glad this video got recommended to me. Imma sub to Fauna now.

[@SentientSlumber]

Glad to hear! I really like her content - I hope you do as well! It is usually pretty comfy/relaxing with slight moments of chaos and these awesome tangents.

[@blitxaac]

I need more fauna physics moments

[@lunarian_6664]

There are clips of Sana trying to explain string theory to Kronii, it s really funny since it completely went over her head. (and space and time talking about space and time lol) Ever since then I wished someone can to Sana about it XD Iirc what we teach in schools is special relativity. Einstein wasn't exactly right either, its just that his theory was refined by other scientists into a more comprehensive one. Somewhat same story with String theory, used to need 29 dimensions and predicted the Tachyon which goes faster then light, but was eventually refined to 11 dimensions and no tachyon, so it stands to reason that it can be refined again. Testing it is another issue alltogether still, putting humanity in another Planet X situation

[@SentientSlumber]

Thanks for sharing, it's been awhile since I had read up on anything. As an aside Tachyon is a cool word, lol. Would love to see Fauna try explaining it to everyone in a collab.

[@lunarian_6664]

@@SentientSlumber I luckily ran into some videos months ago which explains the basics concisely. I forgot which ones though, previous videos on the topic just confuses me more 😓

[@moose7145]

I still miss Sana :(

[@GameCyborgCh]

special relativity only takes velocity into account, it completely ignores gravity. General relativity is the more complete theory.

[@BlissBatch]

Those were especially funny since Kronii put on her "disturbed" face pretty quickly, and that combination combined with her obviously-bluffing "yeah, okay, uh-huh, yeah" was gold.

[@hehashivemind6111]

I need more clips of Fauna talking smart

[@dublew6290]

The rain sounds fit so well

[@ozyssah]

Faunas ability to remember specific names of things will never stop amazing me, like remembering this concept and idea and being able to explain it isn't as crazy to me as when she just whips out scientific names throughout, or like the other day someone just described a crime in chat and she just knew the guys obscure name instantly. I wish I had that super power in school lol

[@th3TwistedLight]

I am thankful to have discovered this clip. I like when I'm being explained complex science in understandable terms without feeling like I'm condescended towards

[@iheartfire]

This is unbelievably relaxing...please explain more science to us!

[@АлпамысРустембек]

This video made my physics heart love fauna even more

[@EntidadLibre]

As the keeper of nature, Fauna's knowledge about things like quantum physics makes perfect sense.

[@ronoqzaman2540]

I think the main idea is the string vibrate like a guitar a string. The different "notes" are different vibration speeds/frequencies. Roughly the "notes" are what make up quantum forces in quantum science. You can also combine notes to make larger "chords" which just translates to bigger quantum particles. It's been a while since I've studied this so take this as just a rough idea.

[@GOAWAYIMBATIN]

I thought this was going to be memes and haha moments. I was pleasantly surprised that it's actually a monolgue talking about physics.

[@TheRealRidley12]

Fauna going on a spiel about science is surprisingly satisfying to listen to, even though it's usually boring. It must be her voice making it interesting. 😆 Also that "boop boop" at the end is _so_ adorable. ❤

[@rustydynamo1088]

The moment when you're procrastinating for your quantum physics exam and this pops up in your recommended. I know I need to get back to it, didn't need youtube to make me feel even worse

[@NukemDuke97]

Fauna was most definitely a physics major

[@wesleyf6249]

100%. I'm halfway though a physics major myself, and she knows way more about this topic than I do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (and the fact that she says she "can't remember" things means she knew more in the past)

[@TheAHuman]

Biology actually. Back before Fauna she told us her degree was in Biology. She used to do research.

[@randyai5864]

@@TheAHuman Really? Do you remember when did she mention this?

[@DreamyAileen]

@@TheAHuman How fitting

[@ChristianStout]

@@TheAHuman I would've guessed Chemistry. Maybe she specialized in biochem to gain this level of understanding in nuclear physics.

[@youareabsolutelyright7345]

This one clip filled my recommended page with science videos, thanks Fauna…

[@wileycoyote4737]

We've reached the point in society where anime waifus are explaining string theory and quantum mechanics to me while jumping around in a cauldron with a hammer, and I don't know how to feel about it.

[@B-System]

feels good man

[@orangeapples]

“We need a way to trick the young into learning.” “I got an idea…”

[@eru1156]

she really could yapp about anythin, and im here for that

[@comrade_dzayk]

Watching this clip gives me an idea to watch a VTuber/teacher casually teaching and (maybe) playing video games at the same time like Fauna did there. It can be an inspiration for students to learn more.

[@flexforthetube]

Idk why this is in my feed, but I’m here for it.

[@Acro_YT]

Such a knowledgeable V-Tuber, I wish we get more science majors as Hololive V-Tubers in the future.

[@BlackEyedGhost0]

Man, I Love Fauna.

[@TanakishaKaria]

Need an asmr with Fauna talking about quantum physics, string theory and all her science theories 💖 with that background effect of rain 😍

[@cygil1]

She should do a series and call it the Faunaman lectures on physics.

[@Fairyhell]

Cute girl with a soft and sweet voice lecture about advanced science theories is something I could never dream of.

[@stullex_]

i never thought that those 2 world i enjoy the most would collide but here we are... Physics and Vtubers. I gonna simp for that dude

[@lugyd1xdone195]

I never thought this could happen. Never heard of Fauna before and I wish I had.

[@mmanuelz]

Everything super soothing and you just huuuuuuuu boop boop

[@westleyrowe6998]

This video is the one that sent me down the rabbit hole and is why to this day even though I watch a lot of different hololive members, fauna will always be my oshi

[@AndreiTilde]

I could listen to fauna explaining things from easy to new theories

[@vash-san]

Holy Fauna... As a theoretical physicist, I am just in love now

[@JustyHakubi]

Plank length is what Fauna was grasping at. A very nice explanation.

[@SentientSlumber]

Since people were asking for more Fauna talking nerdy, here is a biology tangent on slime molds! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmaUl2eebaaCbsk And a tangent on Eusociality in animals with emphasis on bee lore: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIq2h3mAqM2HldU

[@PrixtoTNT]

What the hack

[@marbletrash]

Thank you Fauna, very cool!

[@nyauwu7662]

ive only really listened to fauna's asmrs so i dont know her very well outside that. this clip got recommended to me just now. i already enjoy her asmrs but wow i didn't know she's also well-versed in science stuff. hope she considers doing science themed asmrs as well. that would be fun

[@chicken_rice56]

As a chemist who learnt physics at undergraduate level i am surprise she actually knows what she said

[@The_D0C70R]

I would pay good money to have Fauna voice famous physics lectures

[@ats7K94i]

I literally listen to this at 3 AM why

[@mikelezhnin8601]

What an amazing explanation, to be able to explain it "like I'm five" while also having attention on the game is quite a feat I think the only inaccuracy was at 2:05 - black holes do not have infinite mass

[@LeiCal69]

WTF? I love Fauna now! I mean even more than before.

[@LARAUJO_0]

It boggles my mind (and is also hilarious) how she understands string theory and can explain it pretty well to the saplings, yet couldn't figure out how to launch off the anvil for half of this video (especially considering how much she'd done it before this point)

[@sosuke4836]

That's what I'm saying 😂😂 I was thinking the exact same thing.

[@Chex_Mex]

Lol, I mean, can you imagine trying to explain String theory well and play a game well? People are super bad at multitasking, I basically cannot talk and game at the same time, lol.

[@IzuShiTei]

@@Chex_Mex yep, pretty sure this is her having a hard time multitasking, especially in this game. it's really hard to multitask unless you already did 100-200 run and the game is mostly muscle memory

[@dubstepforlife0]

i want to listen to her talk about physics for a long time

[@haruhi_dayo]

Vtubers randomly talking about scientific concepts mid stream is an untapped market and I want to see more

[@heavenlylion9607]

Nice discussion and i my personal opinion if the math works out well enough most probably it's the right direction of thinking

[@ChristianStout]

This isn't the aspect of nature I expected from Mother Nature, but I'm here for it.

[@christiankaiser3885]

Explaining String theory, in a way that everyone can understand, while playing this game. That is impressive!

[@vulkeule5306]

The time dimension uuuuuu shall be added to my vocabulary

[@J7T800]

I could just fall asleep listening to her science lectures all day and I'll somehow retain them as I wake up.

[@haoyu53]

My physicist ass would absolutely love a “Studying String Theory w/ Fauna” stream

[@Xeemix]

daaamn I gotta go check out Fauna again!

[@confusingfaun361]

As a hooters host, this melted my brain.

[@dudeguy1894]

"I've already 😊done my rant 😊about string theory 😊so what is even left 😊in this world?😊" -Ceres Fauna, 2022

[@adasdsdsd5750]

wtf this actually made me interested in physics now

[@newleafoverit]

this with fauna's voice is the perfect 'physics video' to bring me to sleep

[@pwkn86]

One thing to help you out is to remember that String theory is an hypothesis, theory means that the hypotheis has been tested and has become gernerally accepted.It is strange they call it "theory" even though it should be called string hypothesis, though i guess colloquially it makes sense. Other than that great layman explanation! you got a sub from me! ^_^

[@oscarmendez1477]

I totally agree, it would be very difficult to use the basic scientific method and use experimentation to have data for this hypothesis.

[@kriddius]

Sweet voice giving a lecture about sciencey things. Brain happy

[@larsbohmer6319]

Fauna flexing with her big Brain and massive Knowledge right here xD I love the more complexe topics of Physics and Theories. However, I'm not doing to well right now, otherwise I could have shared some thoughts. My Brain ain't working well enough when sick

[@CeladonHairExtraordinaire]

Hope you feel better soon :)

[@funnyman1318]

One word to describe this. “Bazinga.”

[@PlasmaWisp100]

As a chemist, we cover a lot of quantum mechanics (-shudder- Physical Chemistry), so I’ll let the Physicists cook. Also, low key, Physics people are so cool, I’ve met so many happy Physics people and I respect it.

[@HarryAyA]

Old clip now but it's my first time seeing it and man, this is exactly the kind of subject of yapping that I need from a creator.