GOD vs NO GOD - And the Winner Is?

[@bernardobila4336]

“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” - Richard Feynman.

[@thomassperduti4500]

Indeed

[@Abdulkarim_7]

I know someone who can answer all your questions about religions.If you want to know him comment back yes

[@bernardobila4336]

@@Abdulkarim_7 I love talking about religion. Put me in touch with him/her.

[@richardwilliams473]

EXACTLY !!!!

[@semerendocr]

Isaacus Neuu­to­nus. Je­ho­va Sanc­tus Unus

[@projectcontractors]

*“Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.”* - Voltaire

[@mrloop1530]

Gummi bears might be living in the core of Mars.

[@faithrada]

@Richard Ball OR... that this ENTIRE Universe... and ALL Universes.... Exist WITHIN our own BE-ing...our own Consciousness / Awareness ... which is INFINITE in scope. At some point in our existance it becomes OBVIOUS that we are FAR MORE than our subjective finite mind is letting on... and that NOTHING 'here' is as it appears to be. The non-local / non-physical mind lies like hell ... it is programmed BY YOU, to distort Reality... to create the APPEARENCE of *Difference* where **Ultimately** there is No Difference in anything. (As String Theory suggests) All emerges out of Consciousness and desolves back into Consciousness.... CONSTANTLY. You .. to say, your True SELF, ARE THAT ONE, all pervasive, all inclusive Consciousness. What our True SELF IS... is both The Cause AND The Effect of ALL that IS... and IS Not. Created and Creator are ONE and the same. This is ALL a Divine Play of Consciousness... created by our own Higher SELF (which is the same in all) in order to have all these various experiences.. via the mind. Ironically ... 'The Matrix' is not so far from The Truth. There is ** ultimately** speaking... no "OUT THERE" out there... but only the mind's experience of an "Out There". The mind is NOT to be trusted. Nothing 'here' is as it appears... and eventually we Awaken to that Absolute underlying Truth ... when each 'individual' is ready. We each have our own built in Alarm Clock. None of this makes any sense... until it does... thus the term mystical... *beyond the thinking mind's capacity to comprehend*. This is Transcendent Knowledge... NOT Subjective mind Knowledge. The two can not be compared. Peace

[@faithrada]

@Richard Ball The important question to be asking is...who are We... REALLY. Hint: It is NOT who we 'THINK 'we" are... not even close.

[@HabibChamoun]

Was he certain about his claim?

[@MS-il3ht]

Well, I‘m an absurdist and don‘t believe in god 😟

[@seamus9305]

There Is a Persian saying. Follow the person who is seeking the truth and run from the one who has found it.

[@robertl.fallin7062]

BUT , which way do you run in Americia?

[@R.E.A.L.I.T.Y]

Robert L. Fallin follow the seeker: your own inner wisdom.

[@andreamortimer2610]

Such beautiful words of wisdom!

[@maunster3414]

Seamus, (aside from the saying) I love the prose "The Guest House" by Rumi.

[@kristinesmart24]

I really like that! I'm a sucker for thoughtful "sayings."

[@BarryBurns42]

I see a lot in the medical field a severe reluctance to admit uncertainty. I picked up my dad after a major surgery and they had pulled his surgical drain too early, leaving him in a position where there was still infection-prone fluid seeping out of him for what would turn into weeks. I asked the discharging physician why the drain was pulled and he proudly gave me an incorrect and extremely simple anatomy lesson. I corrected him, described the area he had in great detail, and said it had absolutely no bearing on my question. Finally, after showing body language that culminated in him literally covering his crotch, he sheepishly admitted that he didn't know and he hadn't performed the procedure. That was ALL I WANTED. For the doctor not to "cowboy up."

[@XchokeholdX]

"I'd rather have Questions that can't be answered, then Answers that can't be questioned"

[@kevingarrett8403]

The Forbidden Fruit Myth Story may be describing an ancient Biological Event that occurred in man's distant past. The human mind took the memory of this Cellular Event and created from it The Forbidden Fruit Myth Story. This event may be The Absorption of The Reproductive Egg into The Female Body (as a blastula). This link explains the new theory, kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5qXYZegfth3kMk The Reproductive Egg as The Forbidden Fruit explains how "eating a fruit" can cause "pain in childbirth." It also explains "realization of nakedness," because the genetic material in The Egg would have altered the female's original design and she would have been aware of these changes.

[@bluenoteone]

Why? A bird in hand is worth more than two in the bush

[@amazonbass]

@@bluenoteone Because "Answers that can't be questioned" does not equate to "a Bird in hand", but rather to a scorpion in hand. I'd rather have two birds on the bush (which I can observe and learn from) than a scorpion in the hand.

[@yesufabdulhakim9326]

Well said sir!

[@bluenoteone]

@@amazonbass Hey, Danilo! Why does it have to be a scorpion? You just might be holding a finality....an absolute. No?

[@melvinshelton8448]

Simon Ekin. RE: The most important gift of science: "I don't know." REVISION ONE: "I don't know yet." COROLLARY: Keep looking.

[@jeffquandt9650]

Or, there is the dad version: “I don’t know” COROLLARY: “Ask your mother.”

[@faithrada]

RE: I don't know... yet. Humility: Just because one does not know ... and has no idea how others COULD know... it should never be assumed that others do not KNOW. What innitially might appear as illogical ... may well appear to be quite logical.. once MORE INFORMATION is allowed to ENTER into one's Awareness.

[@ThetennisDr]

Science doesn't say i don't know ... Evolution says big bang evolution

[@clevelandjones6096]

I like

[@timdowney6721]

Faith Rada You confuse faith-belief without evidence-with knowledge.

[@firecloud77]

2:41 "That's the real lesson that you get from science, is about the vastness of our ignorance." *"He who knows most knows how little he knows." --Thomas Jefferson*

[@calebmatthews2026]

There is a term to explain why ignorant people tend to boast confidence in spite of being wrong and wiser people often have doubts about their knowledge. -The Dunning Kruger Effect.

[@DrVornhoff]

Socrates.

[@moerby]

I know that I know nothing - Socrates

[@Bix12]

@@calebmatthews2026 There is a strain of Dunning-Krugerism running rampant throughout society...I see it manifest especially prolifically here in various KZbin comments threads.

[@calebmatthews2026]

William L. You misused the term prolific. Try again

[@michaelreidperry3256]

There is strength in being able to say, “I don’t know.”

[@chelseaveck]

More strong is able to say a flat "NO".

[@Jjb-gk4ce]

Raiden Gyver no, that's not how this works. You sound like a doofus.

[@faithrada]

And if New Information disproves you? Point: Lack of proof is not proof of lack. As long as one's Awareness is Mind Dependent... one's Awareness WILL REMAIN limited.

[@laraspijker3820]

not even going to like, dont wanna ruin the 69

[@michaelreidperry3256]

Josh Calkins You seem to think you have special insight and information not available to the rest of us.

[@Muuip]

The more I learn, the more I realize how unique, mesmerizing, precious and beautiful life is.

[@victoriousjoy9338]

Oh so true! Love your sense of awe!

[@ramaraksha01]

You believe in Reincarnation then?

[@PixalEater]

@@masticloxpoker1006 lol

[@TheWormzerjr]

yes, but you are still dead in the flesh and must be born again in the spirit. Also, anyone flashing the hand sign at 00:20 is being controlled by the antichrist spirit. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn-VlJKDpdt0gMU

[@JoelDiNicolol]

Because it is all we get and there is nothing afterwards, so make the most of it.

[@fairbanksairriders]

“The most important three words science has given to humanity: I don’t know.” (Because there is so much more that we don’t know compared to what we know about the universe/s. ;-)

[@gmanon1181]

That wasn't science. That's philosophy. Science run tests and run into percentage of conclusions.

[@CraaaaaabPeople]

@@gmanon1181 and is then revised a century later. Philosophy stands the test of time.

[@Ayd1th]

What’s the point of science then if it teaches you to be ignorant ?

[@R.E.A.L.I.T.Y]

The winners are those who become generous kind compassionate and wise to all living beings regardless of belief.

[@raulhogland7309]

ROBERT NEILL that assumes that’s the goal and not truth redemption and eternal life.

[@doedecaheedron]

@@raulhogland7309 Good without god

[@raulhogland7309]

doedecaheedron No such thing as good without God. It’s like saying you are going left or up when you are floating in space. You must have a moral reference point. Or all you have is mere preference or opinion.

[@doedecaheedron]

@@raulhogland7309 No such thing as god FTFY

[@raulhogland7309]

Said the random mutation of molecules with no soul and no freedoms of choice and thus also no moral responsibility. Psalm 14:1.

[@aniekanjoshua6662]

we've found the right word now for who I have always been Possibilian

[@stevesheldon8616]

My definition of agnosticism is exactly what this speaker calls possibilianism.

[@dienekes4364]

So does the general definition of "atheism".

[@ab8jeh]

It's all just words, but this is the standpoint (also mine too): en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic_atheism

[@edjames1664]

@@dienekes4364 - atheism is defined as an unambiguous disbelief in a supreme being, to the point of rejection of that possibility. Atheism is therefore different from possibilianism.

[@ian1352]

Agnosticism is exactly whether it is possible to know. Agnostic - a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God. Hence why both theists and atheists can be agnostic.

[@godofbiscuitssf]

@@edjames1664 It most certainly is not. You're defining anti-theism. Tell me, does your particular world view require a strong belief AGAINST the existence of Invisible Pink Unicorns behind the scenes throwing Invisible Levers of Differing Sizes to control the movements of everything you see? Yes? Then you are anti-unicorn. No? Then you are a-unicorn.

[@SimonEkinTheNakedSpeaker]

The most important gift science gave to human kind: "I don't know." Brilliant.

[@NocturnalBeing786]

irony of sentience

[@GeorgeStar]

Try TV, radio, GPS, Internet, physics, space exploration... The most important gift religion gave to mankind: Bullshit.

[@vitakyo982]

Hard to swallow for a human ...

[@phanupongasvakiat337]

Anything understandable, touchable cannot be God is what most human race understand.

[@danielhutabarat3611]

Socrates

[@tomz3214]

Cowboy Up answer : I can say with certainty that - "I Don't Know."

[@TonyAnnechino]

"I have no strong feelings one way or the other." ― Neutral President

[@kendoncaseycurtis4660]

Tom Tsuji there is A old Hebrewism that basically says that when we finally reach our maturity ,of life with the wisdom of the world ,we realize ,that we know nothing! I always liked that.

[@theRev767]

@@TonyAnnechino all I know is my gut says 'maybe'

[@mark1952able]

Ya can't see the wind, but you can feel it.

[@omegapointil5741]

@@kendoncaseycurtis4660 I think Sgt Shultz said that first.

[@rickrutledge7361]

This is what KZbin is for. Thanks, Dr. Eagleman.

[@victorparedes6044]

Finally someone is honest enough to admit that knowledge is found in uncertainty, and ignorance is in certainty.

[@kristinesmart24]

Awesome!

[@Bonosdnm]

Ignorance is not certainty... certainty is built out of an awareness of ignorance and an attempt to resolve it. To remain ignorant does nothing.

[@satiemacgreggor7974]

@@Bonosdnm are you certain about that? ;)

[@Bonosdnm]

Satie MacGreggor, quite reasonably so, yes.

[@jondunmore4268]

Yeh, that's what scientists do. This dude is describing "science," not some new stupid word he just made up. Jesus, people are fucking IDIOTS. That's why half of them believe in religion.

[@KelsonBurnsSenior]

I am very relieved to have seen this video. I have always had the belief that there is only "One Truth!" That is; members of the human race are absolutely capable and perfectly willing to convince themselves of ANYTHING! Dr. David Eagleman validated this for me very elegantly. Now I can continue to look at possibilities... I guess that makes me a Possibilian. I found a home.

[@shaneduncan4846]

I’d love a citation for any “neo-atheist” book that suggests “science has it all figured out. Therefore, no god.”. The way “new-atheism” is positioned is “We have no good reasons to accept the god hypothesis. Therefore, we live life as if there are no gods.”. We say there are no unicorns, there are no vampires, there are no fairies. This doesn’t seem to bring with it those who argue that we should be “agnostic” on these concepts. Why? Because it’s typically accepted that because we have no good reasons to accept these concepts, we should live as if they don’t exist. That’s it. That’s atheism in a nut shell. Sure, you have those who are more adamant about stating gods don’t exist. However, this is in response to people saying that, not only does a God exist, but that they know what it wants. This is where strong atheism comes from. Until such time as it can be demonstrated that the god hypothesis should be more seriously considered, then we should hold to the default Null hypothesis or rather the less formally stated, “there is no god” assumption.

[@Knuckafresh111]

While I agree that we say there are no unicorns, no vampires, no fairies, etc. is because we are making the assumption that stuff doesn't exist on this planet. Somewhere out there in the universe there very well might be a horse like creature with a single horn on its head. I obviously don't have proof of it, but it isn't crazy from an evolutionary point of view to make the argument somewhere, on some planet in this universe or in some multiverse, there is a unicorn-esque type creature. The same could be said for God. In fact, from an evolutionary point of view, it would make sense that intelligent beings would gradually evolve (most likely through their technology) to become smarter and more powerful, as it would certainly increase their survival fitness, until eventually they reach some God-like state. Given the fact that we has intelligent creatures have gone from an agrarian society with terrible literacy to flying to the moon in 500 years, I think we at least have some circumstantial proof that such a jump is possible, if not inevitable. Obviously, it could be all intelligent creatures destroy themselves, or no other intelligent species has ever made this technological jump, or that there is some technology ceiling that makes a jump impossible, but if it possible for there to be a God (or race of Gods) somewhere in the universe, it is a much more important question than if there are unicorns or fairies and therefore people argue about it more.

[@shaneduncan4846]

Mark Dickson, so, again, I’m not speaking to possibility. We have no good reasons to accept these hypotheses...currently. My contention is that, until we do, we live our lives as if they do not exist. With respect to the god hypothesis, I typically ask for a definitional reference. If we are talking about an evolved being, we may do just as well with the term Alien or advanced life form. The concept “god” is too complex, or convoluted rather, to discuss without context. So...I agree with everything you put forth. At least so far as they are possibilities. Just not enough to consider them in any meaningful way.

[@davidmorris9668]

@@shaneduncan4846 and is that the depravity God has been showing us all, all this time with His solution?

[@shaneduncan4846]

David Morris, this question is nonsensical. If I cannot know who god is, I cannot even begin to debate her “solution”...whatever you are suggesting that is. The whole concept of god, to me, serves no purpose. I make decisions based on an mind and world that appear to be evolved. Things that align more with our desires are “good”, those that do not are “bad”. There appears to be no objective Ultimate good or bad. We can discuss our subjective desires and then objectively judge a common morality against that subjective base, but ultimately it appears to be the case that nothing has any intrinsic value. Which brings us full circle, how Does the god hypothesis fit into all of this? What’s her purpose? We don’t need it to understand anything. The god hypothesis brings with it more questions than answers.

[@davidmorris9668]

@@shaneduncan4846 the God hypothesis would have to have a place "in the beginning" as you and I were spoon fed all our lives this "goo to you" transformation. God makes that intrinsic value in the creation he made ESPECIALLY in the one creature that was made in his image. The creature that was given a will and a mind to choose with whom and where to spend eternity. If these things aren't so, there is too much to hurdle in Jesus' birth, existence, death and the resurrection. It can't be done and done legitimately.

[@baryn7848]

Saying "I don't know" may mean that I, or we, don't know everything, and we don't know a lot (and we don't know what we don't know) but "we don't know (everything)" doesn't mean that we don't know anything and some of what we know is very profound and meaningful. And what we do know allows us to eliminate many options as virtually impossible. Being open-minded can sometimes mean that we accept that we "might" be wrong about something that we have abundant evidence. But we don't give high probability to an option that contradicts abundant, well verified, evidence. Dark Matter: While it's true that "we" don't know what dark matter is made up of, the type of particle or material, he left off that gravitational lensing gives "us" more information about where dark matter is and it's movement and behavior relative to other visible matter. Dark Matter is not merely a completely unknown fudge factor in some mathematical equations (What Eagleman said in the video). There is observable evidence that something is there. Deep Field Image: His inference is that there's things we don't know. A lot we don't know. Just as we didn't know about the galaxies that were revealed in the deep field image. Ok. True. But now we know about those galaxies. We know about the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The CMB helps us to describe our universe, it's shape, how the galaxies formed and why. We do know some things that help us to better know our universe.

[@nontimebomala2267]

Science is wonderful. Unfortunately society is not always mature enough to deal with the knowledge. I will leave you with this salient point, "The truly wise man, does not hold God responsible for the things men do in his name." This speaker does exactly that.

[@alexdeleon7829]

True that!

[@ramaraksha01]

Does it work the reverse way though? Give God credit when good things happening? Sports guys pointing to the sky, "let us pray", all these places of worship etc Is it also a wise man that does not give God credit for anything good? A Tsunami wrecks a town, kills hundreds, destroys a lot of homes, but a baby is saved, "god performed a miracle! Get down on our knees & thank the lord!" Slave mentality at its finest

[@alexdeleon7829]

Ramaraksha At least our minds are more open than yours.

[@ramaraksha01]

@@alexdeleon7829 personal insults? The choice of a loser

[@nontimebomala2267]

@@ramaraksha01 If you are able to discern the hand of God and explain his actions, you are a god yourself. If you are not yet you demand God explain his actions, you are yourself a fool. If you are angry with God, you yourself prove he exists. Have a lovely day and do try not to be so bitter. Only a fool is angry with his creator.

[@richgowell7166]

Good to see a brain scientist acknowledged some humility with respect to consciousness

[@utkarshrajguru949]

Guys, I found Paul Rudd's smart twin brother!

[@ratatata6611]

I knew that I saw his kind of face somewhere..

[@MichaelSoulier32Pens]

Love it. I find athiests as closed-minded as the religiously devout. The only sane answer is, "I don't know".

Atheism is the lack of belief in any gods. All humans start out that way. Childhood indoctrination is a powerful brainwashing many people never outgrow.

[@dericanslum1696]

...that is the atheist position...

[@leekuanjiet8435]

I do know that there are atheists who say that there is no God. But there are different positions to atheism just like in theism (belief in God, but how many different kinds of God can people subscribe to?). I am an agnostic atheist. Agnostic means that I don't know, and atheist means I don't believe. If you piece it together, it forms, I don't know, so how can I commit a belief to God? Thus the atheism of quite a number of people. Of course, atheists are diverse, and there are those who are close-minded, but there are also those who are open, and the same can be said for theists.

[@thucydides7849]

Maybe you should learn what the definition of atheism is before you judge

[@MichaelSoulier32Pens]

@@thucydides7849 Perhaps you should: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atheism

[@dreggory82]

I am deeply religious and I am also a huge science fanatic. So I am also a possibillian, because I see them as compatible. We stunt our growth both spiritually and scientifically when we close our minds to possibilities.

[@Variety_Pack]

I'm a possibilian as well. And nobody ever regards us, either on the religious side or the atheist side.

[@scottcupp8129]

Well stated and I wholly agree with you.

[@CBTman99]

As long as your religious faith does not deny the findings of science nor that it diminished human liberty and dignity, I see no problem. I understand that for most people the though of not knowing is scarier than believing in something that may not exist, but gives them comfort. For me, not knowing only makes me hungry for more knowledge, not more dogma.

[@gallectee6032]

You don't need to be religious to be spiritual. Religion is to believe all the nonsense stories from books that have been written by humans thousands of years ago and they are literal fairy tales. Might as well call believing in unicorns spirituality if that's what you think it is.

[@jerbiebarb]

The successive forms of dogma have always been wrong. Maybe it's slowly changing (very slowly). Science has always been wrong too and ill-equiped, but the difference is that it's quickly found to be WRONG.

[@Illawarra13]

A wonderful explanation of why scientists should remain humble in the face of all this uncertainty.

[@jaime-robertjohnson2919]

a wonderful explanation of why religious people are gullible and stupid.

[@moguldamongrel3054]

J J and why science people play theories and scientists like a card game. Also gullible and stupid

[@Illawarra13]

Dare I say that science and spirituality (not religion, please note!) say roughly the same thing but use different terminology. Einstein said that both were necessary to form a complete understanding of our world...

[@omispirit7899]

@@jaime-robertjohnson2919 and there is a reason why scientists are so full of pride. Only to have debunk each theory they come up with and go on the hamster wheel in circles...

[@conors4430]

Scientists are humble, but people also expect them to be humble about things that we do definitely know. And that is just idiotic. There’s plenty we don’t know, and we need to acknowledge that, but we also need to acknowledge that there is also plenty we do know and we don’t get anywhere by claiming otherwise just because we don’t like what we found out

[@stroys7061]

For decades now I have been comfortably agnostic. Now I find that I am actually a possibilian. Great discussion. The first step toward greater knowledge is to admit to what you don’t know.

[@tomrhodes1629]

Absolutely correct, Michael. As Socrates illustrated so well, to know that you do NOT know is WISDOM. And only from this starting point can one gain true knowledge. Only an empty cup can be filled with the good, but a full cup can't receive even another drop. Also, there is a Cosmic saying: "He who thinks he seeks Truth, but does not desire Truth without prejudice, is fooling only himself." In my search for Truth I realized that to believe there is NO God, no intelligent Creator, would take an immense amount of BLIND FAITH. Because, evidence for the Universal Law of Cause and Effect - and therefore an Intelligent Creator - is absolutely everywhere that I look! Grass begets grass, dogs beget dogs, humans beget humans, and therefore it follows that intelligence begets intelligence, because LIKE BEGETS LIKE, as The Universal Law of Cause and Effect states. This foundational Law has even been codified by science in Newton's Third Law of Motion, which says that any action begets a LIKE action; a RE-action. Well, having disallowed blind faith, from that firm starting point I have been absolutely amazed at what I have found, and which I share with that small minority who are advanced enough that they seek Truth without prejudice. Just a "click" away....

[@tylersmith1220]

@@tomrhodes1629 Gotta say, I'm not sure from all that whether you take the position of agnostic, or theist. Either way, whether theist or atheist, both require blind faith.

[@Rand0m411]

I have never seen a real unicorn, so im not going to run out and try to buy one any time soon.

[@shaunmcinnis566]

Wow. Finally someone who talks sense! I have to say I totally agree with every point he made. Not very often will you hear the words”I don’t Know” from scientists like Niel Degrasse, Laurence Krause or Ken Miller. It’s like that have this “thing”, they have to protect and will say anything to do it without saying we simply don’t know or it might be be possible. This young man will make his mark.

[@nedludd8633]

No Notes .no teleprompter , this man is a very impressive speaker

[@pippielangkous9171]

Do yourself a favor and watch one or all of Robert Sapolsky's lectures, and be blown away by his unparalleled talent.

[@pauloftarsus8145]

Impressed easily are we?

[@nedludd8633]

@@pauloftarsus8145 thankyou your too kind

[@raynic1173]

Paul, you're one condescending little prick, ain't you, how christian of you. (and there's the rub)

[@nedludd8633]

@@raynic1173 Lol , lovely !

[@OmniphonProductions]

I like the Emerson quote, "The religious stories of one generation become the literary entertainment of the next generation." However, I'd also point out that the converse can be true; the fairy tales of one generation can also become the religion(s) of the next. How about Objective Probabillianism? All claims begin with an equal "logical default value" of zero. Their degree of PROBABILITY is then adjusted according to the OBJECTIVE evidence by which they are supported...or contradicted. Those claims with the highest Objective Probability "win". As for, "I don't know," several years ago, my friend asked me what my religion was. Well, I knew what it WASN'T, so I had to think hard to fill in that blank. My ultimate answer was, "My religion is I Don't Know." It is the most powerful phrase somebody can utter because only upon acknowledging one's lack of knowledge can one begin to obtain it. After all, those who think they already know everything tend to be the most closed to actually learning anything.

[@TanTanPro]

Or maybe Fairy tales are Tue but only to those that believe, but once another that does not beleive observes, then the waves from quantum partials interact with the fairies, and we observe them out of existence, or maybe Mars.

[@TanTanPro]

Maybe we only see what is impossible, and thus, what actually exists is what is perceived as impossible, just to use some inversion, to balance out your maths.

[@calebmatthews2026]

Augure Zera and then a few years after that when you realize you've been duped by new age spiritualism nonsense and the truth is simple. All gods are myths and science and technology are the only entities comparable or capable of becoming deistic.

[@evannibbe9375]

* * You also need to avoid fulfilling what human psychology would entail for you. The highest probability of being wrong comes from either making a “god” that fits into a particular design that you can understand completely (the God of the universe is necessarily beyond what you can ever completely understand), or going the other way to prove that you can be the god over your own life. People who are shown evidence of Christianity continuously refuse to believe because believing means giving up control over your life.

[@sdy02vu]

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[@colinwhite5355]

Thank you for allowing me feel I’m not alone in my musings. Many years ago I learned to dread the company of folk who, all too often, begin what should only be an opinion with “What it is, is this”. Always a precursor for a long and unfulfilling ‘conversation’.

[@BANE2025]

One of the best speeches I’ve heard. He is on the money.

[@vlad_tabacaru]

people acting like they`re certain about things that they can`t be certain about - very nicely put !

[@dragonofvalachia3026]

Tell me about it, especially when theists are running around claiming "knowledge" including the guy in the video.

[@hendrayudhapratama]

Tell me about it, especially when religious people are running around claiming "god" including the guy in the comment section.

[@sdy02vu]

Hi. I Know i'm a little late to the conversation,but If you are curious/Interested here are some KZbin links that Explains Islam And Qur'an. I Assure you these in-depth videos will clear lot of misunderstanding/misconceptions you might have about Islam (INSHA' ALLAH). ayatul kursi (Who Is ALLAH ?) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWbLp5mZn5Kejtk Surah fatiha (The First Chapter Of The Qur'an) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZvEkKd9aLejbpo Surah Yaseen kzbin.info/www/bejne/jV7ZdXVvaaarrck The Final Miracle kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIu4c4mgj9ZqgqM Why and How to Learn Arabic for Comprehension of the Quran kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5fJnZp8lK1jobs May You Have An Awesome Life. Peace Be Upon You.

[@gammaraygem]

anyone who can not stop his thoughtflow at will, indefinately, is a headless chicken, still managing to quackle about the meaning of life. That includes this otherwise relatively smart speaker.

[@Daniel-pl1vh]

@@gammaraygem So you've just called the vast majority of people headless chickens, and you also claim to have the meaning of life simply because you're able to make your mind go blank. Please explain...?

[@Beevreeter]

Brilliant video - seems that people actually don't have the courage to say "I don't know" - Nice to see it spelled out!

[@kaidrewry4378]

Yea we need to embrace the unkown and not fear it

[@Beevreeter]

@@kaidrewry4378 Everything we know was once an unknown

[@coopernickerson370]

Free of dogma like he said...

[@T.image79]

Guy Drori The point wasn’t about embracing the unknown. You can embrace the unknown and still be unwilling to admit you don’t know something when you don’t know something. This world tells people to always pretend and appear knowledgeable and in control even when they know nothing. It’s better to have the courage to say I don’t know rather than to pretend to know.

[@minecraftminertime]

It's more than a lack of courage that's preventing people from being possibillians.

[@guywhoisnotbob]

"I don't know. And this I don't know uttered in the infinite interior of the spirit...is the same thing as, I love, I let go, I don't try to control..." Alan Watts

[@christophersharrock491]

This is really thought provoking. In the end, all that matters is pursuit of the truth, whatever that truth happens to be.

[@DwightMS1]

""The man who knows what he does not know, this is the man who knows." Confucius

[@enochtimothy7075]

am i confused about Confucius confusions?

[@DwightMS1]

@@robertneatherland1702 God is our father. Do you think he wants us to fear him?

[@cameronf3343]

enoch timothy Nope. I wouldn’t be surprised if even Confucius didn’t know what he was talking about, you’re all good. Supposed to be confused I think..

[@DwightMS1]

@@robertneatherland1702 I agree Robert, but you did use the word "fear."

[@46wireboy]

Sure that wasn't Chance the Gardener that said that. LOL

[@AirIUnderwater]

"Let's poke it." Trust me. I'm a scientist.

[@IronCypher]

And u work for the government.😁

[@IronCypher]

And u work for the government.😁

[@lynnpoole7830]

Trust ME I'm a preacher!

[@johnjohncray9651]

AirIUnderwater I’m a wanna be scientist. There’s so much to not know...for sure?

[@maikelnait4495]

@@lynnpoole7830 Good one:)

[@24kGoldenRocket]

And if I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know. ~ "Carry On My Wayward Son", Kansas

[@Robert44444444]

@ 24kGoldenRocket - even though I'm a Kansas fan (was in high school during the 2nd half of the 70s), that line was written by the talented Kerry Livgren who identifies as Christian… and as such he holds belief in a whole host of supernatural claims. Without the evidence for support (Christians have virtually none), Christians would be "wise" to take the position that they "surly don't know".

[@24kGoldenRocket]

@@Robert44444444 I spent a couple of hours writing a detailed description of the reason why exo-universes cannot exist. The people at KZbin blocked the upload of that post. They are not allowing for any academic discussion that violates their agenda. So sorry.

[@Robert44444444]

That's a shame because all the evidence points to our individual lives being finite, so it's a shame you wasted your energy… because whether YT blocked your comment or not, being that I've heard them all, I'm confident your reference(s) to cosmology and/or science generally would not provide evidence for the existence of Yaweh, or claims of divinity of Christ (who may or may not have existed). When theists go down this path of argumentation to disprove the current scientific models and understandings, they somehow "magically" (they're big into magic) think this lends credibility to their patently absurd supernatural claims… as if it's an either/or proposition (aka a "Black or White fallacy"). News flash you need supporting evidence for your positive claims… they don't become true by default.

[@24kGoldenRocket]

@@Robert44444444 It also may ave been the producer of the video rather than KZbin. as they have the ability to remove or block posts. Regardless I disagree with you an your assertions but we are are not allowed to discuss it like rational adults. the thought police are here. Reminds me of that Cheap Trick song, "The Dream Police". Damn. This place is transforming into 1984 rapidly. I'd have enjoyed discussion with you but that is not to be allowed. The other day i get a notification of a "Like". I clicked on it and there was no "Like" recorded. They are getting really intrusive in their comments section. There was this video producer who did a video about acoustic signature intros from songs and ranked them. One was "Stairway to Heaven" which claimed his top ranking. But there was one song were he claimed that if he had spoken the name of it on his video the entire video would have been taken down...So he just played it. You'd recognize it if you heard it. It was "Welcome to the Hot*l Cal**or*ia". This censorship crap is getting way too far out there.

[@rayz639]

24kGoldenRocket Forgive me for my ignorance, but what is an exo universe? Do you mean alternate universes?

[@badhombre4942]

Yep. The Universe is vast and mysterious, but how the hell did Google know I wanted to watch this?

[@11UncleBooker22]

Even a blind alien finds a galaxy once in a while.

[@philenealvarado5008]

Algorithms ----everyday all day.

[@anshumanpatel9212]

Clustering. You might have watched similar content, and thus it suggested another video from those clusters, which happens to be this video.

[@pssst3]

Google detects a pattern of bored idiocy.

[@tjinoo]

Did you know google and youtube destroys ideas and dreams ,, we dont think for ourself no more .. every though we have is no here on internet goddamn made leylines so we all are elektrons and they got elekticity everywhere around the world and the scary thing of this is leylines are connected with semetries with deadbodies houses .. conclusion if we are dead our souls or spiirit is eternal .. so heaven is not the place we reach heaven is your mind also hell

[@Ice.muffin]

This is a magnificent piece of human being.

[@Rick_Cavallaro]

Incredible mind and an unbelievable public speaker!

[@------country-boy-------]

Year 3075: Satirical British Comedians Roast Possibilian Crusades

[@cleiven3533]

Nobody will expect that!

[@larrybaby9377]

Just dumb. Your attempt is founded upon a misunderstanding: there is no doctrine being espoused. It's not even original. Despite his protestations, his position is no different, at all, from traditional agnosticism. That you imagine this to be an occasion for lame humour indicates that you thought this talk was somewhat exciting, even though you didn't understand it. It was not exciting, nor new in any way whatsoever. The speaker has read almost as few books as you on this topic, which, of course, is tragic indeed. His primary purpose is not understandng or contribution to the culture, but self promotion. His effect on you has been more that of a marketing man than a thinker. And he has no product!

[@AnneWilkynson]

Not on Earth, we will have killed it by then

[@lennywintfeld924]

I believe in moderation, but only moderately. So maybe I'm a possibilian? Possibly.

[@luavasconcelos1637]

lenny wintfeld qe

[@blackopal3138]

Possibly. Possibly, however, I hold a somewhat moderate belief, that, possibly, you are Possibilian only in moderation.. Possibly.

[@misakamikoto8785]

I don't care if God exists or not, but I still watch this since it is a good video!

[@begoodman1466]

I wonder that you not afraid of anything, something? Then I dont care if you not belived in God....

[@ahobimo732]

I have always felt that the mystery of consciousness is immensely humbling. How can we claim to be certain of anything when we don't even understand how our subjective experience of existence is possible?

[@MarcMcRae]

Mark O - super powerful, insightful comment. Couldn't agree more!

[@ramaraksha01]

Would God be able to understand himself? He doesn't know how he came to being - a vast empty space of nothing with no one to turn to and he has all these incredible powers. He would be asking who am I? How did i come into being? Did someone make me? Is someone watching over me? How did i get all these incredible powers? Scientists say we may be living inside a computer - If there is a God, then it is certain that God was computer-generated

[@BT3701]

@@ramaraksha01 God is portrayed as a being that we cannot fully comprehend, yet according to what's written about Him He has always existed and is uncreated. There is nothing that He doesn't know.

[@jamesmorris911]

I think about this....every single day

[@ahobimo732]

@@ramaraksha01 You are assuming God has a mind and thinks like we do. There's no reason to assume God is anything like us.

[@nicolasduguay4]

"As the area of our knowledge grows, so too does the perimeter of our ignorance" -Neil deGrasse Tyson

[@Loveyou-bb9bg]

Neil is just an actor nothing more!

[@rv1111]

So Dr. You certainly believe in uncertainty

[@qcislander]

Yep. No one who calls him/herself a scientist can truly believe in anything else: science is - more than anything - a practice of assuming that all hypotheses are false, testing each one against every way that can be imagined to *prove* them false, and only assigning greater and greater probability-of-truth to hypotheses that have so-far never - been proven false by such testing. Hypotheses like that are called "theories", and some of those have stood firm... through refinement to account for new data... for centuries. Beats the snot out of reading just one book and assuming you understand the whole universe, how and when it began, and why it came to be in the first place.

[@frnciscob1]

Exactly

[@norielsylvire4097]

r v heisenberg is glad

[@sanekabc]

And it is a reasonable belief.

[@onetruefaith2091]

@@qcislander , Which "belief" is more rational and logical??? Two people (one Christian the other Atheist) are walking through an apple orchard coming upon 377 apples "perfectly" in a row and "evenly" spaced apart on the ground. The atheist, given their belief in spontaneous "accidents", concludes "nice accident" and continues walking. Obviously, not thinking anything more about it - as that is how he/she is brainwashed by their "secular" public education to believe. On the other hand, the Christian sees the exact same 377 apples "perfectly" in a row and "evenly" spaced apart, and concludes "WHO IN THE WORLD DID THAT?" Which has a more rational and logical conclusion??? Basic logic dictates behind "order" there has to be an "orderer". Behind every "building" you see is a "builder" you cannot see. Behind something that is "moving" there is a "mover" - that "caused it" to move. Behind an intelligent "design" is a intelligent "designer". Now, let’s raise the spontaneous "accident" odds to absolute absurdity. For me to write this post I have 3 Billion DNA "perfectly" in a row and "evenly" spaced apart and for you to read this post right now you have 3 Billion DNA "perfectly" in a row and "evenly" spaced apart, so over 6 Billion DNA "ordered" and working !!! Now, is that just a random "chance" and spontaneous "accident" to have 6 Billion DNA in a "row" to carry on this conversation??? www.genome.gov/25520880/deoxyribonucleic-acid-dna-fact-sheet/ evolutionnews.org/2018/04/yes-intelligent-design-is-detectable-by-science/ Even famous atheist Richard Dawkins has admitted DNA can "prove" intelligent design kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqOpi4eDfrCCn5Y www.allaboutscience.org/intelligent-design.htm Sorry, Evolution is a lie. The false theory should be DEAD/EXTINCT by "real" scientists: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqimqZ54o9Jmpdk Evolution is spread from a Masonic lie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGfGYWaFaaaDgJY What are the "odds" of even one protein forming "accidentally" completely forgetting about even more complex "LIFE"??? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWLCfHiMlqisl6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3OoqJqaeK2IjdE Now is athiestic evolution or spontaneous "accidents" really a logical and rational conclusion??? Please get to KNOW the supreme "orderer" of this universe, and what He expects out of your life to find "TRUE LIFE". Now, I recommend you watch former atheist Lee Strobel's "Case for the Creator". kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5vUeWevbaxjg6s Then listen or read Josh McDowell's "Evidence Demands a Verdict". kzbin.info/www/bejne/foPInoqDft5lf7s Please follow the "evidence", facts, real science and "TRUTH" right into the ONE and ONLY established Church of Jesus Christ being the ONE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH. May GOD open your eyes and heart guiding you to TRUTH HIMSELF Jesus Christ (John 14:6). www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html www.magiscenter.com,

[@gmanon1181]

I don't know exactly what God is, but I totally believe that HE IS and relates to us as our source or origin, what we are and our destiny. Our journey in life is to understand, or at least to experience the miracle of life and find God in our relationships with others.

[@jonfox8010]

You really need to read more. A lot more. May I suggest works by Richard Carrier and Richard Dawkins or maybe Bart Edleman. Then post again, your views will have changed your ideas if you have any cognitive ability.

[@ethericlimerick2992]

I"m feeling better about knowing that I don't know now!

[@AFMMD-q8]

Would have been terrific to hear my man Christopher Hitchen's opinion on this matter and on this Dr Eagleman, oh, Hitch, we truly miss you.

[@ryannewton2697]

I wish there "was" an afterlife so I could get to meet Hitch! Truly missed.

[@maxnullifidian]

Hitch probably would've considered himself a pussybilian... :-P “Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return.” C. Hitchens

[@AFMMD-q8]

@@maxnullifidianI concur with you 100% Walt, Hitch was among other things master of quick wit, and even stand up, this amazing polymath is truly and sorely missed. ~

[@AFMMD-q8]

@@ryannewton2697 Feelings are mutual Ryan, imagine carrying a conversation with the man while sipping on JWB with a tad of Perrier?

[@josephrbarton]

ah yes, Hitchens. whatever happened to that miserable old chap? "A heavy smoker and drinker since his teenage years, Hitchens acknowledged that these habits likely contributed to his illness." oh. died of cancer that his beloved cynical mind made him too apathetic and despondent to change his behavior. a real example to follow.

[@maclif62]

took the words out of my mouth... and surely the more we'll know, and that's the paradox, the more we we'll know that we don't know, and that OK

[@ricogiron327]

this guy should be talking at the high school level to encourage students to think of possibilities

[@gobil5274]

"I don't know" leaves out all the Restrictions/Punishments, misogyny, bigotry, and cruelty sprinkled with grace found in Religion. Many don't know, but "believe" because that leaves an alley to heaven. This decision is maintained by cherry picking Religion.

[@Link-ji7kx]

I’ve never heard someone describe my own thoughts so perfectly

[@Ethan7s]

Title: God vs no God Video: I'm starting my own religion.

[@bakh91]

HAHA That's a huge possibility, how stupid is the human race

[@sdmods619]

Absolute best way to help trapped people abandon ridiculous beliefs without resistance. Possibilitariantinism must be spread to the ends of the Earth!

[@huepix]

It'll start a war. Just more dogma

[@paulsilsby5355]

What I do know is that we can neither prove nor disprove God but that Science has and is regularly giving him credit for less and less. So I tend to extrapolate to a point where there really is no useful or meaningful purpose for a God

[@Mannifold]

Paul Silsby The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.'" Psalm 14:1

[@craigsmith1443]

Paul Silsby Your conclusion would be correct if and only if the empirical (all that the sciences can investigate because it's all that they can measure) is the only reality. That, of course, would leave out logic, mathematics, history, and love, which seem to be 'true.' You might be 'extrapolating' too much on too little evidence.

[@technolus5742]

@@craigsmith1443 History and love are as empirical as they are factual. Now math and logic, those are ideas in our heads, conventions, some of which are useful systematizations of patterns of things that actually exist outside of our imagination. When looking into God's existence we aren't looking at whether some assertion matches some convention or whether God can be conceptualized in your mind - we already know those are the case, and if those were all that is left then there would be no God. So, what we do have left is things that exist and which we have access to, and things that are real and we don't have access to. Since ignorance doesn't provide us knowledge about anything, if we are to get anywhere we'll have to use things that we actually know. And the case there is one-sided, every piece of information we get either reduces the range of what God can do or be, and none of it lends strength to the idea that God exists.

[@technolus5742]

@Jesus Romero Nice. You were able to identify a lie in the bible aimed to manipulate you and pasted it here for us to see how the author aimed to manipulate the feeble by playing on their fears and hopes.

[@craigsmith1443]

@@technolus5742 Almost, I think, but neither history or love are 'empirical.' We cannot rerun either experiment, controlling for variables, and record the results. They are real, they are true, but they are not empirical. The world has more in it than just the empirical. Maths could very well be somewhere in-between, since mathematicians are not settled on whether maths are invented or discovered. They seem to be more than just 'systemizations.' They are that, but they are also more, somehow. _every piece of information we get either reduces the range of what God can do or be, and none of it lends strength to the idea that God exists._ How does that work, actually? I do not see how your conclusion follows. Every piece of information that we get describes how God works and thus tells us something more of what God is, though that will be a very long study. But I do not see why you would say that 'none of it sends strength to the idea that God exists.' Perhaps your idea of God is incorrect somewhere?

[@jacobopstad5483]

It's all about honesty. Anyone who claims to know anything about an unknowable is dishonest.

[@scottmcadam4509]

I already knew you were going to say that .

[@tombalthis7199]

No one except Christ claimed to be God in the flesh and the Creator of all that is or will ever be .Miracles signs and wonders were done by him witnessed by faithful honest men .He Christ left his Holy Spirit who is still carrying on the work of Heaven.True science clearly shows the miraculous Of the physical universe even existing.The evidence for who Created all things is easily found by seekers of truth .God can be easily found and what he has already done for his creation be obtained.Many people have died went to Heaven and been sent back to testify about what is beyond the physical realm.Search out their stories it all lines up A benevolent God who loves man his creation and has provided a way back to Heaven.Heaven made the physical world its not complicated. Seek out the information given by God to us .If you sincerely look you will find .If you want to doubt be a skeptic and not make a sincere effort to find the truth you will die in darkness and spiritual ignorance . You will fail the test God placed you here to undergo and proven yourself unworthy of eternal life.The test is not hard to pass .How hard is it to figure out something is terribly wrong with humanity which you are part of .We are in a fallen condition called sin .Humble yourself before The Almighty receive his forgiveness and gift of eternal life through the second part of his divinity Jesus Christ.Failure to accept and secure the eternal lifeline being thrown to you .Means forfeiture of all future life.Eat from the tree of life and live forever.Christ said what no person has ever said.Except you eat my flesh and drink my blood you have no life in you.The test is accept the only lifeline that exists between God and man Gods sacrifice by his son who is the second part of triune God through whom all things were made.Accept the gift of eternal life or face An angry HolyGod whose gift of eternal forgiveness and life you rejected.Most scientists and scholars are full of their self and knowledge and pride .Most can not add1plus 1 equals two spiritually.They through pride empty words and so called knowledge lead many into the same spiritually stupid hole they are stuck in.

[@scottmcadam4509]

@Tom Balthis Benevolent God ? Have you read the bible ? Slavery , Rape , Genocide all in the name of God , You are a brainwashed moron that has lost the ability to know what truth is , People like you are responsible for all the hate in the world, and you are too blind to see that obvious truth, Its unbelievable the level of ignorance and denial that comes from religious people, Theres no point in talking to people like you, Your brain is beyond repair sadly, But i hope you one day wake up and realize the insanity of blind faith .

[@MrCmon113]

You can't just make up something and then claim it's "unknowable" to shield it from criticism. If something is actually "unknowable", you have no reason to propose it in the first place.

[@jacobopstad5483]

@@tombalthis7199 With all the factual inconsistencies in the Bible, there's no reason to believe that Jesus said the things that are written in it.

[@Imustfly]

Meanwhile,...droves of psychics in California have unsubscribed to David's channel,...but they probably saw that coming....

[@mauriciogerhardt3209]

and the winner is:... the power of clickbait!

[@KCODacey]

Clickbait? I believe you may have not understood the message. Give the video another chance.

[@mauriciogerhardt3209]

@@KCODacey If you write a caption for the video that is more interested in grabbing people's attention, than to inform people, you're clickbaiting

[@KCODacey]

@@mauriciogerhardt3209 I understand, Mauricio. After listening to the video, I must disagree with you. I do not feel that this is an example of clickbaiting. He spoke in generalities & offered the premise that people can harmoniously live in a world where some folks believe in a god of some sort & others do not. He used science to prove his point.

[@mauriciogerhardt3209]

@@KCODacey Then a nonclickbait title would've been: "How theism and atheism can harmoniously coexist." But he wrote the exact opposite, as if there was a fight and a winner.

[@like-icecream]

@@mauriciogerhardt3209 I agree, it implies a conclusion but there was no conclusion apart from "possibility" and "I don't know".

[@paradoxicaluniverse]

I've been a possibility for about 10 years; nice to have a name for it!

[@analog_ape]

Best TED talk I've seen in a long time. Edit: Maybe because its not a TED talk.

[@francoisrd]

Not a TED talk

[@analog_ape]

Right!

[@wickedleeloopy2115]

They say if knowledge is power , a little knowledge is dangerous. The problem is we don't know how dangerous we are yet...lol

[@haroldmcbroom7807]

The so called "elite" believe their own lies, because they are under strong delusions.

[@fusionblast3608]

I so needed to see this because I've been wanting to listen to the opinions of others and try to value them but I often get in my own way

[@KENTUCKYUSA1]

I may possibly be a Possibilian but I am unsure yet....

[@shade7648]

thats something a possibilian would say

[@clemenceronald]

That's possibly a possibility

[@jessiepellegrin1156]

I truly enjoyed this guy's vision & honesty about his opinion of this crazy thing we call life today!

[@erebusdarkness0]

Shhhh... believe in the God Of ice cream, you gotta respect my religion rule no.1 shut up and accept my religion rule no.1. not always black and white, my God says it's more like an infinity or loop, and infinity means everything, give it enough infinite amount of time and it's guaranteed to change, like a man turning into ice cream, or like an ice cream possibly turning into God. An ice cream god that makes my words real, an ice cream god that prevents everything to exist, an ice cream that prevents that preventor so that everything could exist. God says we just happen to exist in one of the infinite times of changes where we exist, and made this conversation... And in the future we'll repeatedly make conversation the same as this in infinite times as it loops forever.

[@yurisucupira]

In these dark times of ideologies and ideologs, this is quite refreshing to watch and listen.

[@sanjeevs.p.7149]

I AM HAPPY THAT I CAME ACROSS THIS VIDEO. David Eagleman's reflects the same point of view when he begins his speech. It validates my belief. Not just that, it helps me to learn. I Try to learn something about everything and there is no end to education. As the great Poet Avvaiyar said: “What you have learned is a mere handful; What you haven’t learned is the size of the world”. Avvaiyar was a famous and important female Tamil poet who lived in South India, during the reign of the Chola dynasty in the 13th century. Her quote “What you have learned is a mere handful; What you haven’t learned is the size of the world” is exhibited at NASA.

[@allenmoses110]

The biblical creation story does not suggest an age for the universe. Its some people that have forced this into this narrative .

[@royjenkins3972]

Finally someone who understands.

[@johnnysparks44]

The Bible is a Corrupted Set of Documents,,, There are many Others older and More Clear That 66 Books was Put Together by yo Antichrist of Rome for Control over Minds. The Eucharist is Baal Warship ok Cannibalism... you Gotta Read Other Works From Older Ages... yo Preachers and Priest all warship that same Evil Lie. so... whatever

[@jefferywilliams9592]

The universe? Your correct because the people that made up religion and fabricated all this bullshit had no concept of that they're barely out of the fucking trees however with that said they did make some indications that the Earth was 8,000 years old and while we all know that that is fucking ridiculous along with everything else that it says been kind of dicks itself on and God I could go on forever

[@dfghjkuytr]

Refreshing! A scientist who accepts that we know almost nothing. We must also accept that what we know is fact may be proved to be wrong. ( I also am a scientist). Thanks!

[@CBTman99]

That is the beauty of science when arrogance does not interfere: all scientific theories are open to revision as new information surfaces. Try that with dogma!

[@BlacksmithTWD]

@@CBTman99 Since science is practiced by people, even science as practiced by scientists isn't totally void of dogma, though less in hard sciences and more in soft sciences.

[@godgod156]

@dfghjkuytr i absolutely cannot disagree with that. I downvoted because we don’t appreciate what we do know. Even the mistakes, have value. And we should not let what we do know go away, just repurposed maybe?

[@CBTman99]

@@BlacksmithTWD, You are right: scientists are human beings. However, in the case of science, it is not dogma, but preconceptions or misinterpretations perpetuated mostly by arrogance and, sometimes, racism. The good thing is that, sooner or later, things change in science, although we cannot say the same with religious dogma.

[@BlacksmithTWD]

@@CBTman99 Sure the things you mention are problematic and more common within the scientific community, however racism is a result of dogmatic thinking. It's founded in the belief that the differences within a racial group are less than the differences between racial groups. The statistical evidence for the reverse (differences within a racial group are greater than differences between racial groups) is overwhelming. The only means to uphold the first is dogmatic thinking. But even scientists end up with dogmas in their text books, especially in the field of history, most prominently in early history where it touches prehistory.

[@endofscene]

'Possibilians' are certain that people can't *possibly* be certain of certain things. Hm. "Certainty is an absurd position" Voltaire "Are you sure?" ;)

[@endofscene]

@@cameronf3343 I'm not quite sure of the meaning of your comment and its relevance to my comment...

[@romentsaturyan5537]

@@endofscene I like you.

[@endofscene]

@@romentsaturyan5537 Thanks

[@bobkelly3944]

I think it's all a definite maybe

[@TheSimonScowl]

It works because I 'think'. Therefore, I am. Conscious awareness (that the ancients call 'spirit') is primary... not the other way around. The final frontier, my friend! I worked it out on my own as a kid. And it just hit me one day. Over 40 years on, I am now absolutely certain this is the case.

[@alanbagshaw7280]

He should pay more attention to what the so called modern atheists say. They mostly take a very similar position.

[@hgm8337]

Well said

[@TheAstraeuss]

Yep, he's just showing his ignorance here, most atheists today consider themselves agnostic atheists.

[@fredc.meekinsjr.5553]

@Gil Sandoval wrong....but carry on.

[@Quixote1818]

"To follow truth wherever it may lead." Thomas Jefferson

[@Quixote1818]

@RAW DATA What are you talking about? I posted part of a quote from Thomas Jefferson that is perfectly in line with the main gist of this video. Thomas Jefferson was referring to his founding of the University of Virginia. The full quote goes like this: Monticello Dec. 27. 20. This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. for here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.

[@larrybaby9377]

He surely meant follow evidence, wherever it may lead: a common enough mistake, made on this occasion, no doubt, to affect a loftier tone. Error is exposed by evidence. Truths that are interesting are actually theories arrived at by abduction in the face of phenomena to be explained: evidence. It is further evidence that may one day render such 'truths' the errors that are not to be tolerated.

[@nilodev9310]

It is commonly said "if knowledge is the size of earth, we know a few grains worth, in another decade we'll know a few grains more" . So we know very little, but are good at theorising. Don't risk your eternal soul on theory.

[@nilodev9310]

@@kitten-free you are the keeper of your soul, mock all you like. Out of every 1000 children of Adam, 998 will not go to heaven. Good luck dude, you'll need it.

[@nilodev9310]

@@kitten-free because scientists took DNA from every race on the planet and the mitochondrial DNA along the female line shows that we all come from one root mother. Not 2 or 3 or 9 or 33. So we are all part of one big unhappy family. So even you are a child of Adam.

[@teneiljayne9194]

Intellectual humility... what a perfectly beautiful paradox. Fundamentalists are found in every people group between religion, science and "other". If there is no movement within a person we would call that person dead. As with the brain, a person who is unwilling to expand must be shrinking, otherwise we would consider that person brain dead? Those who, "know it all" rigidly must therefore be braindead. Loved this video. Thank you.

[@b991228]

My ignorance proves god’s existence. This hypothesis perhaps needs some additional research .

[@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv]

"This hypothesis perhaps needs some additional research ." Nah not at all. Additional research could lead to knowledge and you can't have that. Well you COULD research how to cherry pick and evade the US tax laws. That one worked out real well for Kent Hovind. Ethelred Hardrede

[@dietero100]

Right on!!

[@rixpix2957]

I'm not convinced that we live in "The Matrix". Having said that, I'm not convinced that we aren't either.

[@tomb504dog]

Rix Pix there seems to be more evidence for it than evidence of god(s). But then who is running that damn matrix!?

[@rixpix2957]

@@tomb504dog Precisely. Excellent reply sir.

[@pamelapainter3195]

I once had someone say that they didn’t believe in God and said that we started out as amoebas. I asked him “ who created those”? I’m not sure either.

[@rixpix2957]

@@pamelapainter3195 The only way to prove it is after death. Even at that only you'll know. I think...

[@rixpix2957]

@buzz magister Hmmm.👍

[@jiryensaber6090]

The answer to everything has and will always be: 42

[@mathgod]

Yeah, but what is the exact question?

[@LarryH54]

@@mathgod In the ASCII Language (computer language), 42 is an * or "Wildcard"

[@barniestormer6698]

Here I am brain the size of a planet and im parking cars...

[@frankschneider6156]

The exact question Deep thought answered is of course: What's 6 times 7.

[@dhruvilpatel4218]

I myself reached the same conclusion and halfway position after thinking and trying to find these answers myself!! I'm glad that he got my back already :)

[@SteveDeHaven]

It's entirely appropriate to respond to the question, "Is there a god?" by saying "I don't know." However, the question we're so often forced to answer is, "Should we (act) (pass laws) (raise our children) (etc.) with the presumption that there IS a god?" The answer to those questions, if I may be permitted to "cowboy up," is a loud and firm "Hell, NO!"

[@VernerRiecke86]

You make sense. But, wait, not so fast. Morality, meaning the system of values that govern us, is based on the belief that there are some things more important than others. Who decides? Who judges the value? If there is no value, there is no order. It isn't even anarchy, it's chaos, every man for himself. That would be a failed state society, or total societal collapse. Where do we derive value from? Our culture. Modern western culture is based on Judeo-Christian ethics. Ethics based on religious philosophy. You take God, the final judge of value out of the equasion, the system collapses and there rises a rigid and tyrannical society like the Soviet Union, or more recent, but similar, modern China, where the state and party are effictively God. The assumption of a moral authority that is benevolent and higer than man is what made possible the ever increasing relative freedom, peace and security of the western world in the late centuries. So, my answer to you is similar to what Jordan B. Peterson said when asked whether or not he believes in God. He said he acts as if God existed. It seems to me that it's a lot better to attribute the highest moral authority to something you would call God and trying to fathom out what a being like that wants, from the collective wisdom of human philosophy of the last few thousand years and try to interpret it in a functional way in the modern world, than let it fall into the hands of men who claim supreme moral authority, as the latter has always resulted in a catastrophy. It's not perfect, I know, but it's the best we have so far.

[@shyanjones2916]

@@VernerRiecke86 I hear what your saying.."Where do we derive value from? Our culture. Modern western culture is based on Judaeo-Christian ethics. Ethics based on religious philosophy. You take God, the final judge of value out of the equation, the system collapses and there rises a rigid and tyrannical society like the Soviet Union, or more recent, but similar, modern China, where the state and party are effectively God". But i feel your wrong because religion has been struggling to keep up with changing moralities for a long time already. racial opinions. sexual preferences. so while American and European country's are progressing in many ways with regards to moral growth as well as human rights.. So how can the catalyst for change be a supposedly unchanging belief structure. I think its being changed by people, people who clearly think there way is better. for better or for worst.

[@7john7able]

If you are a Christian then bringing your kids up believing the Ideas of Jesus Christ wouldn't be a bad idea, whether or not he was really the son of God is not important the ideas are great just like Buddhas. But to bring your child up following the ideas of Mohammed would be very very bad whether or not he was actually visited by the archangel Gabriel or not. One believed in peace and forgiveness the other in war destruction and obsession. Please don't put all religions together as if they are all equally bad they are obviously not.

[@billsmith628]

Angry man , does that mean there must be a satan !

[@nageenkhan5979]

7john7able the prophet Muhammad (SAW) wasn’t how you’re saying he was.Please put forth one single proof of your statement.

[@thetruther954]

Interesting and thought provoking. Enjoyable.

[@technolus5742]

Not exactly a theme that I expected to find on pop tech, but since it's here I'll point out some of its problems. - prominent atheists, even when they are anti-theist, don't typically argue for certainty of the non-existence of all gods but rather they argue that there is a lack of any indication that any god exists (and often that the supposed existence of some specific god is contradicted by known facts). - in the probability space of possible scenarios there are infinitely more infinities than the space of the existence of gods. That is why in the probabilistic outlooks (which most atheists seem to adhere to) that doesn't hold any sway. - there is still a broader case for a hard stance on the non-existence of gods, one which is not a matter of knowledge regarding of what exists: the understanding that "godliness" is not a characteristic of any object at all. Rather is it strictly a superstitious outlook of someone towards something (hence why the sun exists but it is not a god, or why the pharaohs existed but they were not gods, or nature, or the universe, or anything else). In sum this attempt at rebranding militant agnosticism, suffers from exactly the same problem as all fence-sitting on this matter: giving undue weight to the probability of theism being true.

[@hgfjhfgify]

You can't talk about God if you don't know what you are referring to. Is like talk about fire when you have never seen it. And that's the point of this video, we can't be certain with the little we know. Still you have to understand that the reason why more and more scientist doubt about if God really doesn't exist. From a very long time it science and the existence of God where opposite poles. But now it's different, science has seen so many imposible thinks that can't understand. I believe in a higher energy conscious that it's the reason of what we exist and life and even when at first it sounds weird, think this for a second. Why is it that from objects it comes life, what is life, why our complex body develop the way it does, what decides were the organs will be and how is our adn. And I'm not talking about something like our environment I'm talking about something more depper, who decides why things are the way they are. And science has discovered that it's impossible that our so complex body and the even more complex universe could exist by pure luck. There is a mathematical theory about the creation of the universe, that say that's ( I don't remember the exact number so I'm going to made this up but you can search it) you would have to get the number 6 in a roll of a dice 400 times continuously for the universe to exist the way it does. Is not just that we know to little to deny the existence of God, is that we know to much to deny that there is something depper behind scenes, think it like the law of gravity, something that it is everywhere invisible to the eye but affects everyone and it has conscious by itself.

[@technolus5742]

@@hgfjhfgify Well, I can certainly talk about santa and unicorns and leprechauns. The dice rolling isn't a mathematical theory, it's a piece of sophistry that assumes randomness in various properties of the universe (some of which have since been found to be dependent on each other rather than random), to pretend that "not known= god did it". There have always been things behind the scenes of what is not known at a certain point, but it was never God (our body is clear example of that, where forethought was apparently mandatory, turns out it isn't necessary to explain the complexity and funtion of our bodies). Complexity has always been the product of the interaction of simpler elements. In the end, what we don't know isn't a basis to make any claim, even the claim that we don't know something comes from the knowledge that we do have (as do all otuer assertions that have any basis).

[@hgfjhfgify]

Is this exactly what the video refers to, knowing practically nothing and still be very certain of the truth. If you couldn't understand a very well informative video I don't see me capable of explain what I am talking about, so I won't try :x.

[@technolus5742]

@@hgfjhfgify You mustn't have read what I clearly said about certainty. I'd like to see you cross a road just to see if you do it using so much as the slightest bit of your ignorance, or using as much of your knowledge as you can muster. Oh well, in the meanwhile perhaps rethink your arguments, and in the absence of valid ones to defend your ideas, rethink your ideas.

[@technolus5742]

​@UC5QsMTL2lQYyHXYdMi3YJ8Q My claims are supported by the information that we do have. Ignorance does not support nor invalidate any claim. That exacerbation of ignorance has been a poor and invalid excuse for superstition.

[@awegahn]

Eagleman: "Nobody is fighting over ISIS anymore..." Me checks description: "2010"

[@jamesfair9751]

I hadn’t even heard of isis in 2010

[@oleksiishekhovtsov1564]

@@jamesfair9751 Pretty sure the presenter meant the godess Isis from the Egyptian mythology

[@jamesfair9751]

Oleksii Shekhovtsov that makes sense lol

[@stickman-1]

If I had the answer to every question, I would question my answers. Eric Gray 1977

[@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559]

i thought i saw a spoon

[@rychei5393]

Occam's Razor, though an imperfect device, is a beautiful thing. I like to keep it simple.

[@TanTanPro]

Shallow Hal's an ok movie I guess, but I do not know why you bring it up? Oh wait we are interrogating for lie, let me put on my tinfoil first.

[@evannibbe9375]

God can never be simple, and God can never be something that someone can fully visualize, which is why a prohibition on idols is in the Ten Commandments.

[@adarshkv511]

6:30 - The crazy part is the culture pours the stuff into us and sometimes we are willing to fight and die for that particular story

[@tristanbrandt3886]

This is a sad truth, as these religions claim to want to unify people, yet they do a better job of keeping us divided. We need to agree that all possibilities may be true, humble ourselves and stay open minded.

[@zzzlife]

Hello David Eagleman, A few years ago when your book INCOGNITO came out, i bought it and read it, and loved every bit of it! Today, I had the pleasure of listening and "seeing" you on this Ted talk show, (totally accidentally!!!) and I am SOOOO HAPPY!!! This talk you gave was on March 29 2016, very long time ago (relatively); today is Oct 23 2019. Apology for this long post! (long because i would not be able to abbreviate what i want to say). Just in last 24 hours (before listening to this talk) intuitively I stumbled upon almost the very same ideas you have talked about. Listening to you has simply "nailed" in my head that my insight was not all that absurd because a leading neurosciencetiest like yourself also has similar observation. (to make it clear I am not comparing myself with you and the vast knowledge you may have). But what I wanted to finally convey is it seems PERHAPS nothing is simply ACCIDENTAL. It seems like whatever is our need just comes to us somehow, or may be our brains have some 'power' (or quality or ability ) to attract that something. (because I am experiencing similar instances over and over ) It also seems like our brain is 'connected' to 'everything' that is around us OR everything that is around us is in our brains.... You are a lovely, intelligent, sharp guy (!) and more of you are needed. (because needed, there will be soon many like you!). Sending you respect. This is from a person who is perhaps your grandfather's age or older! A few years ago my nephew told me when i mentioned your name to him, that he knows you personally!!! That you guys went to the same University, and i was so thrilled just to hear that! Hopefully someday i will see you in person! Yes, we are so so tiny compare to the vast Universe and us trying to understand ' the whole' may be like a one-celled-animal trying to understand a human! It can try, but soon will come to a realization that there is so much more unknowable.....

[@BK-qp8zp]

I really enjoyed how you so succinctly pointed out the absurdity of religions.

[@pathfinder1273]

I really enjoyed reading how you misunderstood him completely.

[@jluijk542]

I really enjoyed how you so succinctly pointed out the absurdity of Evolution. That's the whole point, you can't be sure based on theory or facts, so literally no-one can say that it is the truth. Thats where believe comes in, even for Evolution Theory

[@affiliatemarketingtraining]

Possibility and feeling comfortable with uncertainty.... Just add water of 'superposition' and he's a quantum neuro-scientist!

[@paulmillbank3617]

Possibilities needs to be demonstrated. And I can be certain that Christianity is highly unlikely based on its claims and what the evidence tells us.

[@calvinhuynh3672]

I suggest this video. It's something I've found really interesting by a christian apologist. Gives decent evidence for a god! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYDZln2wfNaLorc

[@chadingram6390]

@@calvinhuynh3672 That's not good evidence at all, that guy in the video has been misrepresenting science and the atheist viewpoint for a while now

[@pjaworek6793]

Wow, what a treat, Eaglemam on religion! This guy is the most awesome scientist/communicator. Umwelt!!! Can't wait to expand mine. Thanks David!

[@stevenklimecky4918]

AMEN to this approach!

[@Sharperthanu1]

The Hyperspace that our universe is expanding into NEVER ENDS! HOW'S THAT for consciousness raising?

[@ianmeade7441]

Except that the universe isn't hyperspace, it's just normal space being spread out. While the expansion will carry on indefinitely, concervation of mass/energy ensures it can never truly be infinate at any time, only ever expanding.

[@qaterius1433]

David Eagleman: "It was 10,000 galaxies!" One of the most amazing facts about our Universe, we exist in. Audience: * *cough* *

[@clvn9ja]

Who counted them?

[@DG-kq8zf]

Qaterius LOL I had to go back turn up the volume. That was classic!

[@AlexP_MPL]

You are amazing mate, so much of our issues are that nowadays we follow leaders that are so SURE of being right and have so much confidence in their opinions... indeed being unsure is a quality we all lack. And your title is a good example of a question where there is not evidence and it is all about opinions.

[@blackopal3138]

You seem pretty sure about that. I guess it is just your opinion though.. So I don't have to listen. Right?

[@martybear2995]

Forget what they taught you. Everything. Keep your mind open.

[@etiquettefiend]

His show The Brain is awesome, highly recommend.

[@knewledge8626]

It is interesting to note the end result of all that unimaginable complexity.

[@mistylover7398]

@@knewledge8626 🧠

[@NEXUSIX-T9]

"...dark matter is 90% of the known Universe... that's a lot to sweep under the rug." Hahahahahahhahaha!!!!!!!!!!!

[@timnewth2416]

Dark energy is about 75% of the universe dark matter is only 20%. Both of these are merely place holders for stuff we don't know. What we do know is your version of reality is very very unlikely to be true, as is mine.

[@dienekes4364]

@Russell g Can you point to any articles about this? It has been established that there is a gravitational force of some matter that we can't detect. It's what keeps most galaxies, including our own, intact. I'd very much like to read about any counter-evidence to this or alternative explanations that preclude what we know of as Dark Matter. Also, since we don't actually know what it is, how can we determine it "doesn't exist"? If we find something that explains the influence that Dark Matter has on the universe, that actually _WOULD BE_ Dark Matter, since "Dark Matter" is nothing more than a placeholder for what we are observing, that placeholder can be replaced with pretty much anything unless the influences that we observe don't really exist.

[@NEXUSIX-T9]

Just saying that the statement has humor, yall...

[@jamesmondok8635]

One main thing I’ve learned about getting old is the Truth of how we got here becomes self evident! Old age has it’s rewards if you are open to them! Science and Spirituality were made for one another, you’ll see!!! Have fun like you’re doing!!!