In Conversation with Professor Brian Cox at National Gallery on 1st Aug 2016

[@TheRosenstand]

I just discovered the existence of Brian Cox. And I love him. As someone who often speculate about the meaning of life and if there even is one, he, with beautiful ease, through science just answered that question. He's brilliant.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

he's carl sagan and janna levins love child.

[@neddyladdy]

It starts at 7 mins 30 secs folks.

[@Marklar10]

7:30 ;P

[@dougseiler4454]

The

[@Blue_8800]

not all heros wear capes!

[@awakeamericanow]

neddy laddy thankyou

[@hexagon9895]

The Hell are you on about. Vote against it then.

[@bronney]

Can you imagine living in a world where the people were delighted to be wrong? Dayum son. Totally worth sitting in that hall.

[@AayushPatil]

Public intellectuals have it all eh!

[@MrFloris]

I can listen to Brian explain everything in the world for years. If only teachers in school were like him.

[@albertngougni4420]

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[@albertngougni4420]

htrg

[@bryanthalley1131]

"Could you imagine living in a world where people were quite delighted to be shown to be wrong" That was an extremely powerful statement that was just shrugged off by the host because he worried about who to pick for the next question.

[@ovieokeh]

Less about being worried about the next question and more about getting scared of any criticism of the Bible

[@markgilder9990]

Insomnia kicks in, I start listening to Brian Cox, what a great presenter, on the same level as David Attenborough.

[@RoxyLuffer]

I ABSOLUTELY love these videos, where you can learn LOADS of things =o

[@Mrfailstandstil]

What exactly did you learn? That the earth isn't flat and the universe is expanding? Wow a life changing experience ( not).

[@kenadams5504]

@@Mrfailstandstil I would have thought you'd believe the earth IS flat.After all,wherever you stand on earth and whichever way you look,all you will observe is flat land/sea ..right!?

[@thefullsp77]

You could probably hear a pin drop, if someone opted to do so... Captivating stuff, Professor Brian Cox makes science very interesting and understandable for sure.

[@Edmundrs3rd]

You're right. He take a subject that on it's face could seem boring and overly complicated and keeps it at a level that allows for comprehension. And as for the silence, man, if I ever had the chance to see him speak live, I wouldn't make a sound either.

[@Christy_G_]

@@Edmundrs3rd I

[@philipbannor3281]

"We're going to keep the introductions short - so we've just got 18 people to do one each....." But really great talk!

[@ColinRichardson]

It's not that Brian Cox has over run, its that they supplied insufficient time.

[@hakunamatata324]

54:30: The smile happy to explain something so complex like if all of that complexity was something so... "easy" to do, tells you what a brilliant mind he is. His speech is so like if he doesn't actually have to think about, everything comes out so harmoniously natural and calm...

[@johnhonoridez2607]

There's something to be said about the trajectory Prof. Cox took from being in a band to scientist.

[@강경복-b7r]

@@johnhonoridez2607영감? 동기부여가 있었다고 봅니다

[@glutinousmaximus]

A great presentation - Thanks!

[@jedaaa]

As an artist i liked that he understands that it's often the artists job to contextualize the findings of science. that's something that's seldom noticed/pointed out even by artists.

[@hkoushik]

Wow! Thank up Brian Cox for the inspiring talks.

[@darwinlaluna3677]

Thanks

[@TimSKarlsson]

Brian Cox is a such a good speaker.

[@bridurkin6444]

[approximately 12:25] "Believing yourself to be right, a Trumpian approach". I'm starting to see the word Trumpian, on my newsfeed. Usually it's to do with his limited vocabulary. It says something when a legend such as Brian Cox uses this word. The world thinks Trump is a fool and there is little to no respect for him. I never watched an interview or lecture with Brian Cox that wasn't profoundly interesting. The man is a national treasure and an inspiration.

[@dianalynne7648]

Well said, my friend. When he was campaigning, I tried to tell folks how his name even warns you that he's a con; Webster's defines TRUMP as: "to play a TRICK on" My favorite: TRUMPERY, defined as: "something showy but worthless" Can't argue with that. medimedia

[@jollygood9183]

"The world thinks Trump is a fool". You obviously didn't count the 62.9 million Americans who voted for him.

[@gregoryduggins1069]

Still a fool.

[@skyblue9991]

@@jollygood9183 Most people voted for Trump not because they thought he was a worthy candidate but because they despised Clinton even more.

[@prettysiruis2035]

@@jollygood9183 69 million ppl is not a significant chunk of the world's population.

[@rayzorray4151]

I love the way prof Cox can explain something to us by dumbing the physics down without making the viewer feel dumb themselves.

[@drewproductions1358]

I never really understood why you need more than 1 person to introduce a guest speaker.

[@mariajefferies8555]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼The guy is brilliant 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@webconsultants5886]

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[@luckan20]

Brian Cox explanation of universe is very unique. Great video.

[@27dforce]

Love how he got right out of politics! If politicians are pushing for a certain policy, we should question them. If scientists are getting grants based on those policies, we should question it. If pharma companies, along with politicians, are pushing certain drugs, we should question it. We should always be questioning those with questionable motives!

[@britaahonen1489]

What your implying the audience can't smell it, it's ALRIGHT to live with.

[@vicioussyd6870]

Awesome

[@lissieforrester3867]

Content starts at 7:18

[@britaahonen1489]

Can we get a picture of the audience faces orbiting the sun. Please.

[@donaldedward4951]

STARTS AT 7.30 THERE IS ONLY ONE BRIAN COX

[@darwinlaluna3677]

Ok have a great nyt my highest respect to both of you

[@studavies2]

I guess they must have blown all the budget on guests, which is why they had to get a 7 year old to operate the camera.

[@crystalakabeavergamingsubs9549]

🤣 Best comment of the day !

[@macbuff81]

Science and art not mutually exclusive. Art provides a conduit, intuitive leaps to see possible connections that are yet undiscovered, still waiting to be investigated. Art is the heart while science is the mind. They inform each other.

[@britaahonen1489]

I kept rolling my eyes scratch into my face they want to see something beautiful.

[@daveloutorres9651]

He's the Doctor!!!

[@Peter_Jenner]

The first rule of videoing these things is - 'Turn the bloody auto-focus OFF!".

[@ColinRichardson]

Yep, the distance between camera and subject doesn't change distance. (except for maybe 1-2ft) Should be easy to setup that as a focal range. no matter if you zoom or not, the subject hasn't moved.

[@Fransamsterdam]

Rule number 1 is: Make it audible. Thank God they did. The video is not that important if it's just a discussion without a blackboard.

[@refragerator]

YES! Audio is by far the most important for this type of video. I can deal with bad focus or blurry video, especially since I don't have to focus on what I see all the time. But if the sound is bad, crackling or whatever, watching, concentrating and understanding become so much harder.

[@zenthyme]

The expansion looks right but what if the universe was moving creating a VORTEX.

[@mistressmars3200]

Tragically poor camera work, but if you love Brian Cox...does it matter? Never thought I'd have a crush on a psysicist!

[@leeberry3708]

I think you have to start some place to get to another. As the two great theories can't be combined is that because one comes before the other is one the prediction of the other?

[@Ominousheat]

Talking of Sidereal time I just realised something.As the Earths orbit goes through Obliquity then the number of days throughout the year will change.

[@benjambon]

Looks like Neil Degrasse Tyson will lose his sexiest astrophysicist title

[@ryd555]

He is a particle physicist

[@mickelodiansurname9578]

My missus would get her knickers off so fast for Brian Cox that she would break the universal light speed constant.

[@Marklar10]

@ryd555 He's a cosmologist also, which is a subset of astrophysics :P

[@mickelodiansurname9578]

ryd555 Well, Cox is a theoretical particle physicist, which means he'd have access to just as much information as a cosmologist and a bloody good reason to ensure he utilized it. Rather ironically these days 'Everyone' has access to that same information. Few however know what to look for, what it means, how to even read it, or even where to look for it in the first place! [Hint: Joes blog on magic brainwaves from quantum physics, probably not the source I was suggesting] But I don't think we can hold the world of science responsible for that since they publish it as if its going out of style.

lol, for me he is a kindergarden teacher.

[@paulwilkinson1539]

200 years to put reflecting mirrors in place at a La Grang point Professor Cox? I would suggest that its could feasibly be done within 20 years given the rate of current technology advances and the example of the soon to be launched JWST (on similar principles of deflecting the Sun's radiation in order to keep the mirrors at 40 Kelvin above absolute zero) Not that The Prof reads these comments but an interesting discussion point amongst ourselves perhaps.

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

I would think that the mirrors needed to reflect enough sunlight would be massive. Much larger than the James Webb and would require international collaboration and pooled resources to manufacture and launch. Getting the world to work together in such fashion could easily be hardest and most time consuming hurdle...

[@paulwilkinson1539]

Yes, I agree with your point, but I was really raising the issue of "within 200 years" as suggested by Professor Cox. I would have thought a much shorter time-scale could be achieved.

[@jeremybaum1]

He would’ve been the wisest elf in Gondolin

[@davidwalterhughes2258]

Brain cox is awesome

[@sswarkare9301]

Brian Cox come to India.

[@PwnstarUK]

OMG how long is the intruduction, if your the guy whos introducing the guy, who introduces the guy, who introduces a teacher, your life and your youtube channel is too boring! there is a huge logo on the screen behind them that was enough to tell us where it is and who paid for it..

[@dianalynne7648]

Okay? They're killin' me with these intros. "This Will Never Matter To Us!! We Don't Know Who These People Are!! And You Know Why We Selected this KZbin Video!" For the love of God, you're academics...can't you unravel the mystery of the video EDIT?

[@MrSvabbi]

@@dianalynne7648 sssh, don't tell, but there's this super neat and convenient function to videos you watch here on youtube. Have you noticed that little knob that slides across the bottom of the video? well, it's actually possible to drag it in either direction and that will snap you right to a different time-point of the video. :O I know....Magic! It's very useful in situations where you feel like skipping ahead.

[@goosegaming6548]

How the fuck are there flat earthers that can simply dismiss stuff like this just based on how they feel or whatever? Lololololol

[@outsidethepyramid]

1:33:33 Free movement of people? Not Quite. Free movement of criminals? NO Free movement of people who are a benefit to society and not a burden. YES.

[@outsidethepyramid]

Great guy, but politics?

[@Randyminge]

how the hell did you become a Colonel? Military hierarchy is nonsence

[@britaahonen1489]

I need to send him another character, ... to observe

[@HarryNicNicholas]

1:02:00 i said recently that the giveaway that the bible is a fairy story is the "in the beginning" but my reason was that genesis should start with an equation.

[@britaahonen1489]

How did he not see the shit rubbed up the wall that they're perfect.

[@MengHuaHung]

Alexander von Humblodt discussed cosmos earlier than Carl Segan.

[@sherlockholmeslives.1605]

Brian Cox is cleverer than me.

[@bazookajoe6133]

Mike Fuller much clever then you seeming how cleverer isn't a word

[@Mrfailstandstil]

Leeel, gud one 😉

[@SonyDjuana]

Start at 7:30, you're welcome.

[@venkateshbabu5623]

The entire universe or the cosmos is like a cobwebs. The line of action is the fluxes flowing to control the motion including spin the direction change.

[@venkateshbabu5623]

The line starts from south to north and ends up in north of others and goes out the south like a flexible ring guided by the neutrino.

[@venkateshbabu5623]

The flux lines are just alignment of electrical particles. The flux line exist only in one direction of flow.

[@venkateshbabu5623]

These lines can take any shape of network and spin is created once a line is curved

[@venkateshbabu5623]

The more the curvature the more the spin and vice versa affect the lines.

[@venkateshbabu5623]

When most of the lines are cluttered thunder and big bang theory.

[@kevredman5808]

Overun because of the 7 odd minutes of introduction. Get on!

[@Live.startup]

It's a little bit like this: Newton was the explanation for the common mans' observation that things fall down. Einstein was an explanation to Newtons' observation....and now we need to wait for another genius mind to make Einsteins' theory of relativity sound like an observation.

[@jptully6810]

You listen to Brian nodding your head thinking yes yes I get it but then you realise 5 mins in your brain actually broke and don’t have a friggin clue?

[@darwinlaluna3677]

Nice linguistic words

[@dmar9658]

Ligo sounds like a Phish song

[@teleiosdawyz4044]

4WIW, This layman wants to know how/why the Universe works as it does. When I gave up on religion and the faith I had the explainition "God dun it" no longer satisfied. The need to be able to answer the questions I've been confronted with in not only my own thoughts but from those who'd reconvert me to the unsatisfactory philosophy of religion requires more knowledge.

[@czarnakawa7958]

If Brian's wife asked him why E equals mc□ and she's still his wife then we and our questions are ok. 😉

[@britaahonen1489]

Tell Brian I can't see or smell them, they're TOTALLY FINE.

[@hastalavista723]

It starts at 07:20 .......Thank me later

[@darwinlaluna3677]

Just feel sleepy but i quiet get that

[@stevedoggart2805]

The main attraction appears at 7.30 min.

[@-nath-7837]

Wtf happened at 16:04 😂😂

[@Willam_J]

Brian Cox playing keyboards with his band: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqa2fnaqoqySldE

[@Al-cynic]

Geoengineering never considers it's effect on biological systems

[@5Andysalive]

British education is great. That's why only millionaires can afford it.

[@britaahonen1489]

Send them something quite opposite.

[@bjlyon615]

7:30

[@britaahonen1489]

Tends to be a bigger planet hostage & terror.

[@mjmcrae1168]

Those mirrors could trigger a “Snowball Earth” if the global warming figures are in error at all.

[@myparceltape1169]

Well, you do the calculations.

[@stewartbrands]

Education is great but how about spending tax money on things that make a substantive difference to the natural habitats here on Earth. Please tell us specifically how knowing what happened millions of years ago affects or improves the organic content of soils to grow food. Or how knowing about red shift improves the environment. Please let us know how cosmology will help replant billions of acres of ravaged forest habitats to reinstate nature's dynamic synergy. Oh and how Mr.Cox's salary helps to reinstate cleanliness to the rivers and streams. Please tell us how the humongous amount of tax dollars spent on cosmology will help the natural habitats and not be a constant drain on much needed resources to heal this Earth from materialist pillaging and thinking.

[@simongleaden2864]

08:36 Prof Cox finally gets to speak. These long and tedious introductions are so annoying!!

[@therealbettyswollocks]

Thanks for this. The usual self-congratulatory simpering from those who no-one wants to hear from. And the introducer really needs to have a haircut.

[@johnroberts9845]

Cameraman must be an apprentice 🙄

[@CrazyInsanelikeafox]

There is no gravity. The Earth just sucks.

[@kenadams5504]

There IS gravity..it just isn't a force as in Newton's explanation.Einstein realised its actually caused by how two people moving on two lines of earth's longitude start to move nearer to each other as they get closer to the earth's pole.

[@britaahonen1489]

Yeah sorry bout that,

[@venkateshbabu5623]

If you spin something in free space it creates charge and electricity and magnetism and force and gravity and particles. Why.

[@venkateshbabu5623]

What is the minimum energy density required to create a black hole.

[@fishfire_2999]

@@venkateshbabu5623 For the same reason santa comes once a yr

[@zer-op2gq]

Spin doesn't create gravity or particles, and specific materials are needed for it to create electromagnetic forces

[@norske5000]

The announcer has great hair. Also good panel thing or whatever....

[@britaahonen1489]

'i have a wife' and gone. .

[@johnroberts9845]

Hi IQ is the same as Issac Newton both at 186

[@seantiz]

That sounds very specific given IQ tests were not developed in Newton’s time and Cox does not appear to be the type to spout off his IQ. At best an estimation.

[@davidevans3227]

bishop cox

[@kenadams5504]

You seem smart enough..so for fear of being unfair to you I'll ask you an easy question about what Parallax is and what is it used for?

[@dakotadakota4529]

It is great how all these professor's can identify and explain how so many things work but still can only guess how it all came to be observable and it's existence! A GOD!

[@Acanofbeer]

Which god would they be then?

[@Dimsious]

44:35

[@gapadry]

How does his brain works? I have trouble listening, I don't understand much. The debit of his toughts are fricky

[@kenadams5504]

What's "fricky"?

[@sswarkare9301]

Brian cc come Brian cox c++, ; come to me .

[@rayr1444]

Like all the current science educators, while the subject matter is great to watch and think about, after you see one of their shows, they very quickly become repetitious, redundant and, well, boring and dull. You can only listen to the same remarks and humour over and over for so long. New material is needed badly by these people if they are to continue.

[@britaahonen1489]

NO. REPORT THEM TO AUTHORITIES THEY'VE GOT THE WRONG PLACE THIS IS NOT AN INTRODUCTION AGENCY, OR BROTHEL. PLEASE DON'T BRING THESE PEOPLE TO IMPORTANT TALKS.

[@evileye1983]

KZbin IS OFFICIALLY RUINED WITH ADVERTS!!!!! FUCKING JOKE

[@markrose3251]

Brian cox is without question a genius..however his views are biased and he is not opened minded..all the greats we're

[@FrissOderLassEs]

Content starts at 7:42. prior to that, just BS no one cares about

[@kieramoorehead1689]

The voiceless fire logistically discover because impulse virtually move save a lavish partner. auspicious, slow coal

[@venkatbabu1722]

What is a wave a circular spread of energy. Because the radius increases you rearrange energy. Energy always reduces. That's why we have emptiness in space. The movement of earth is because of energy from Sun a constant because otherwise earth can fly off. Why does earth spin. Interference of magnetic field of earth to that of Sun light. Magnetic field of Sun can never affect earth because of parallels. If it does it would change poles every year. Pole gain of earth is dew to Sun light. Similarly black holes can never effect any other black holes. Merge means galaxy cross over.

[@dangearhead2071]

Or in the words of some cook on a tv show: - If my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike.

[@kenadams5504]

Earth spins cos something started it spinning billions of years ago eg an asteroid skimming off it as it passed.Space is a void so anything that starts spinning has nothing to stop it.For earth's movement around the sun look up Einsteins spacetime curved by the sun's mass.Wheeler summed it up with "Mass tells spacetime how to curve ,and curved spacetime tells mass (earth) how to move.Hence, earths orbit around the sun and not floating off into space.

[@britaahonen1489]

The more you say this the worse put together.

[@flattieconvert4684]

Hi, not a globe believer or a flat earther. Don't know what we are living on other than water finds its own level and cannot bend around a oblate ball and stick to it. Thankyou..

[@britaahonen1489]

Part time dictator.

[@ianadams3212]

One Mans opinion Einstein true or not true ?

[@astroroadshow]

Not true. Billions of devices around the globe work solely on Special & General Relativity... including the internet you are using for YT.

[@kenadams5504]

@@astroroadshow GPS wouldn't work without his time dilation in special relativity. Less gravitational pull where satellite dishes orbit means time moves at a different speed than on earth.The satellites must be adjusted to account for this or else things like GPS would fail .Time dilation is when Time moves at different rates depending on gravity strength or speed of movement.This is so mind-blowing (and experimentally proven), that it should be law to teach it in schools ,in my opinion.Black hole gravity is so strong that time all but slows to a complete stop..-1 second there would equate to an eternity in time .Hubble telescope recently photographed light from nearby stars bending in a circle around a black hole because its gravity is so strong.If theoretically you shone light from inside a blackhole the light would not escape because the gravity would be too strong to allow this.

[@mjmcrae1168]

…if there are multiverses, then there exists a Universe that has an Intelligent Creator…

[@britaahonen1489]

It's just too much to imagine Brian on the crapper a galaxy extended out from there. Please simplify stop making it up.

[@venkatbabu186]

He is like Clinton. Maybe he is a physics guy. Clinton was a physics person. Though he went into management. But Trump works quadrality.