Message from Dr. Edward Witten - The 2014 Kyoto Prize Laureate

[@LegoPresident]

A truly brilliant and beautiful mind!

[@zaxhanta3142]

Hey, anyone who doesn't like the way he talks, you should know, this man is the currently the most brilliant physicist alive. Ed Witten speaks softly, tending to bring the focus more on the beauty of science than his own achievements. He is one of the most groundbreaking physicists, proclaimed by many to be the intellectual heir to Einstein. Speaking of Einstein, he once said "Everyone is born a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb trees, it spends its whole life thinking it's stupid." If anyone is judging, then judge Ed Witten by his gobsmackingly genius mind, not his public speaking abilities.

[@stanhootzz1904]

I could listen to him all day long and not git tired of listening.

[@dr.drakeramoray789]

i kinda love how he talks. i cant listen to scientists that are pompous and preachy (lawrence krauss, sean carrol etc). witten is insanely intelligent, calm, humble, and very easy to listen to

[@tirthachakrabarti5912]

Talking about his voice is absurd. He is not an actor or something like that..he does physics, he explains that and he is done..he is arguably the greatest mathematical physicist of this generation, often considered as Einstein of modern era and that's for a precise reason- his work on unification of superstring theories that is called M-theory..he is the only physicist with a fields medal, considered as the highest mathematical award not given to people over 40 years of age.

[@darthvader-ey4xw]

Well said

[@amoskowitz0103]

Couldn't agree more - one of the most brilliant minds in the history of the world.

[@clmasse]

He was, now we know he failed.

[@Simon-xi8tb]

but can he play tic-tac-toe ?

[@tirthachakrabarti5912]

@@clmasse Not at all..he has invaluable contribution to Mathematics in the process and that will stay forever even if String theory itself fails.

[@titchglover2601]

Thanks inspiring from a brilliant mind.

[@joseagustinmedinaramirez7331]

Brilliant mind sharing a piece of advise for future researchers. Thank you Dr. Witten

[@mohammedawadaljafary2730]

I respect this man a lot . he is very very smart . I wish to attend a class with him one day.

[@stanhootzz1904]

BEAUTIFUL mind and old soul. Thank you Great Mystery fer manifesting yer love/knowledge thru David, may your Highest Good be with im in all his endeavors. Amen.

[@omarmedina8141]

I'm starting research in theoretical physics. I hope to come back here in some years and see how much progress I made. T I used to study social sciences but then I move to physics. I felt I had lost time. Now, I see it differentely after reading your biography. Thank you for the inspiration, professor.

[@MrEVAQ]

we wanna hear how's it been

[@123rikin]

How’s it been?

[@aidanhall6679]

Assuming you are still a practicing researcher, thank you for your contributions, best wishes Omar :)

[@tatjanagobold2810]

Wow this is so inspiring! To hearthese words from such a brilliant physicist is so encouraging :)

[@queendoubleboy]

Thank you for your Work. I love it. Have a very good 2020.

[@nvstvsi]

Learned calculus and appreciated its beauty at 11 years old... there are levels to this.

[@benefactor4309]

He was exposed to Calculus at 11 ..

[@clmasse]

Physics have changed a lot since Newton and Leibniz.

[@Mad-Coo]

My equations are in chess, I feel and experience beautiful moves or ideas, such beauty that only some can see or experience. Chess is so powerful.

[@erictustison]

5:28 This is because the vacuum quickly dissipates the steam pressure. He should know this if anyone.

[@boogieman6529]

Definitely not from you

[@christopherwoodcock8535]

This man is a genius

[@professorboltzmann5709]

Great guy!

[@TheCrunchyGum]

Lots of good advice

[@anantkhairatkar]

GREAT

[@PauloConstantino167]

I never knew he grew plants inside his glasses :)

[@roberthillier80]

That's great!

[@twstdelf]

I am a mathematical layperson - however putting "Ed Witten" next to "Basic Sciences" seems like an oxymoron. :)

[@BugRib]

Unfortunately, String Theory/M-Theory seems to be unfalsifiable at this point. Which certainly doesn't mean it's wrong, but it does mean that there's been a bit of a backlash against it over the last few years, with some prominent scientists accusing it of not being science at all, but something more like "mathematical metaphysics". I suspect it's on the right track, though. The fact that it's made some post-dictions (for example, predicting gravity) without even meaning to seems like good evidence that there's something true about it, IMHO.

[@MitchMed]

Calculus at age 11... Man I quit physics

[@chandrapandey822]

Mitchell His father was also a physist so chances of Witten stumbling Calculus at 11 is much higher when compared to say , a son of a plumber or a truck driver....

[@juliosken]

Who's better? This guy or Micchio Kaku?

[@godbennett]

kaku himself has mentioned witten as the world's smartest man

[@HiAdrian]

Jules Stardust Kaku is a mediocre sellout who frequents Coast to Coast Am, Fox News and shit like that. He's the Deepak Chopra of popular science. Is this even a sincere question?

[@93MHD]

Jules Stardust You can't be serious. Can you?

[@juliosken]

Adrian I was being serious, of course...since I don't know this man...I've seen a lot of interviews with kaku and I think he's great. Maybe I should watch more videos about this other man ;)

[@ChrisMoodie91]

+Jules Stardust Kaku is nowhere near at the level of Witten. Kaku could have been a much more profound t.physicist but he instead became a sellout and spouts nonsensical ideas to the media to engulf through his credentialism. He is notorious for talking over renown neuroscientists when "discussing" the "mind" (a psychological concept that has no grounds in neuroscience) and he often writes about "futurism." Witten is the only physicist in history to be awarded the fields medal (a prestigious mathematics award). Not really comparing apples to apples right now. So in terms of, who has contributed more to academia...Witten by far. Who is better at preaching nonsense to the public and selling pseudoscientific books about the future? Kaku.

[@otonanoC]

This youtube comment section is a travesty. Does anyone use this website who is over the age of 20?

[@moumous87]

OMG! String Theory and Music... that was almost romantic

[@sticksman1979]

Down the Witten rabbit-hole we go!

[@CurlyJefferson482]

I talk like this and I'm a humanities major.

[@Gabbargaamada]

Ed Witten was a humanities major (History) getting a BA in history. However, he chose math in his grad school, finishing a Goldstein's Classical Mechanics textbook in a week! And made his entry into the world of phys.

[@loren-emmerich]

L/MPCX1/2XC/E=MC2-1, L=length of the Darkmatter, MPC=milespersecond, C=Lightspeed, E=MC2(-1ask grassman)

[@coder-x7440]

We don’t deserve Dr. Witten

[@username4youtube548]

I heard Neil Tyson and physics seemed boring I listen to him and I know the worth and real physics

[@SJ23982398]

when he is talking it sounds like he is reading from a teleprompter inside his head.

[@n.mourad2848]

No, that is just how a highly intelligent individual speaks. Clear and concise, with a soft tone and delivery because he finds no need to shout or speak like a barbarian.

[@davidwilkie9551]

Beauty is in the eye/perceptions of the observers because it's a preprogrammed biological screening instinct used to assess the health of the desired partners in reproductive enterprises. It's projected as a filter over everything, so a particularly refined subject of perceptions such as mathematics is a "bare bones" of separation between a purely mechanical process and reason why it should be studied for it's own sake(?).

[@mujtabaalam5907]

P H E N O T Y P E Ed Witten ASMR when?

[@orangecanary2688]

Be open to young people but the best sources are from God who made beauty in all that He has created.The world beyond our material world surpasses all beautiful things.

[@etny2k]

yo soy no comprendo

[@cobaltbomba4310]

Is he Nobel laureate?

[@michaelnovak9412]

no

[@ARBB1]

Nobel laureates are people who get tested results, like in the detection of gravutational waves or formulation of already discovered phenomena like Feynman's quantum electrodynamics. Witten is a theoretical physics, and string theory isn't testable at the moment

[@sirshendu2e01]

He is the only physicist ever to win the Fields Medal , highest award in mathematics.

[@stevenniemiec8872]

No.

[@abhinandanmehra7765]

What did he what said is possible he learnt calculus at age 11 really how can this be possible?🎂

[@clmasse]

Physics is not mathematics, and the goal is not beauty but experimental validity. That's why Witten failed, both in physics _and_ in mathematics.

[@ivankaramasov]

How did he fail in mathematics? Getting the most prestigious prize im mathematics is hardly failing.

[@clmasse]

@@ivankaramasov A prize is just an opinion. The success is evaluated in the long term, and neither his physics or his mathematics led anywhere.

[@ivankaramasov]

@@clmasse What makes you moe qualified to judge than those awarding the Fields' medal? And what exactly do you mean by mathematics leading nowhere?

[@clmasse]

@@ivankaramasov Experimentalists, who showed that supersymmetry doesn't work for instance?

[@ivankaramasov]

@@clmasse That doesn't mean the mathematics doesn't work. Mathematics is disconnected from physics

[@afrothunder142]

Why does he talk like that?

[@afrothunder142]

mehfoos Then I must be...

[@morgellonbetancor1453]

Morg Freeman SALUDOS

[@afrothunder142]

***** I'm talking about his voice not his grammar.

[@JasonJason210]

Well, think of how Dr Stranglove spoke...

[@MrPoutsesMple]

+Morg Freeman Why do you talk as you do ?

[@JasonJason210]

Nancy Sinatra?

[@afifakimih8823]

What ed witten called basic calculation or basic math,i think that math would be phD level math.!!

[@i6g7f]

Witten as a young man: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d564emWnm56or9E

[@adzplus1]

witten is so brilliant but boring too. At least kaku's way of explaining physics is much more fun

[@JasonJason210]

I think he is fascinating.

[@JXQZ863]

+adzplus1 I mean Witten isn't a science popularizer, he's a genius physicist. If you wanted to understand the deepest workings of the universe you wouldn't go to Kaku.

[@IZn0g0uDatAll]

+adzplus1 Kaku is a total joke as a physicist compared to Witten. It's like comparing Neil Tyson and Einstein.

[@JasonJason210]

+PartyTraveller I also enjoy watching and listening to Brian Greene, Alex Fillipenko, Max Tegmark and Alan Guth.

[@PersonXYZ01]

adzplus1 maybe because kaku is explaining the superficial layers of physics as you begin to penetrate more profound levels of specific subjects,because most people do not have the "a priori" knowledge to understand the concepts and also because it takes more intelectual horsepower to keep up with it then anyone trying to explain it will appear to be boring

[@Nurik-s3o]

Very hard to listen. Strange speech tempo. I guess must be a terrible educator albeit a genius. Not Feinman for sure😂

[@captainobvious1415]

Smart man, but Someone needs to blow a blow dryer in his mouth, too much moisture when he talks.

[@JM-co6rf]

genius. also most horrible mouth sounds of anybody ever