Michio Kaku: Big Think Interview | Big Think

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[@alejandrosanchez9258]

Think about it

[@mayanksingh8301]

Yaa definately think about it

[@KurosakiYasutora]

After so many years, it still amazes me how Michio Kaku can explain complicated things in a very simple way... I seriously think that some so called "professors" out there should learn something from this guy!

[@masterdelrap]

love this man

[@kathypetty8996]

Micho Kaku , I love the way you think! Big Think! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and knowledge on these topics and matters…Thank you so much! Makes me think!

[@nanda_rou]

This type of videos is timeless, I have so much respect for Dr.Michio Kaku these days

[@BlueToad2222]

you can just see how happy he is when he talks about this stuff its great. if everyone was like this when they talk about their work or life, the world would be much different

[@vodosvids2]

I love the look on his face when he says "Theocracy" at 11:30

[@LechilTeam]

are you still active?

[@daverdz7348]

hahah yes

[@khalimblank]

@rngouveia Yeah but kaku's aknowledging the exponential rate of technological progress, he's just more sceptical about whether it will continue to transcend paradigms as it has . And about the economic thing kurzweil also acknowledges the economies role as a catalyst for technological progress . what do you think kurzweil's reply to kaku's thoughts on the singularity would be? i'd love to see them discuss/debate it .

[@RedJoker9000]

it means that say you speak Japanese, Urdu, Arabic, or like Spanish as your first language, the second language that you will mostly learn is English. So the number 1 second language that people will learn is English. does that make more sense?

[@SpartanChiefNL]

There is one thing I don't really get about the first part: if you make chips as small as atoms, where are they made of? Quarks? Electrons?

[@emanunez85]

i never get tired listening to his topics...

[@merangkillbots]

im glad to say that my Dad a Chemist lecturer at ACS ( American Chemical society) Got to meet Michio kaku

[@GxRYDE]

what does he mean in 8:29 by "sekarian" (definitely spelled wrong, going by sound and pronunciation to spell) when he says" sekerian fundamentalist ideas"...??

[@Nate83657]

@Sebe1337 I don't think so, he's still talking about monetary economies and initiation rites. If you'd like to see how we could actually reach type 1, check out Jacque Fresco and The Venus Project. Michio Kaku seems to be great with physics, not so much with human behavior and resource based economies.

[@channelname28]

What i love about this guy is how he can relate science with life itself and with the general world. Amazing. he isnt one of those guys who just talks about science,he explains the reason behind it.

[@buggyiscool]

about nano technology: if the CPUs are that small, how do you power them? since battery power is so limited.

[@Ardenwolfe]

God, I love this man. Such a genius.

[@kestukas23]

I like your how you think! More videos like this on tv and in the schools !!!

[@slow-mo_moonbuggy]

I hope not. He's a nonsense machine.

[@SnowSniper98]

@Damon Lam But that's the thing, isn't it? I love hearing Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Edith Piaf, etc... And, although it's not a very popular music type among youth societies, it's a respected type of music. Just like you can hear everything from the London Orchestra to Muse, and no one will find it uniquely peculiar.

[@ambrodji]

Actually invisibility can work by warping light around you rather than through you. (i.e black holes warp/bend light around them) But yes.. you would not be able to see anything.

[@coldswagger0015]

@bigthink Can you pls ask Michio Kaku this question : What if there was only one leader, and everyone one was mixed so we could all work together. Would life in general be better. Countries would share ideas and inventions and stuff without thinking no they are our rival or our enemy?

[@TheStuartmaclean13]

i think he is reading from a note on the ground. watch his eyes they keep shifting from the camera to the floor on the right hand side.? what do u think?

[@TuckerWooldridge]

Just so you know Mr. Kaku you are my roll model, I am planning on getting a PhD in physics because of you.

[@ALSPEHEIR]

Until 2:32 is Dr. Michio talking about the Hoi-Poi Capsules from Capsule Corporation???

[@StridingCloud]

@picknicktooclick yes, that what it means to be a futurist, but of course the type 0,1 etc stuff is something that is well established but obviously we don't know when itll happen

[@SkateboardP63]

I have never been deranged by the prospect of death but when i hear this man talk about possible events of the future, i wish i could live for a few centuries.

[@itsJones610]

interesting watching this video and hearing him talk about shapeshifting when i was thinking of a very similar thing the past year or so and recently put the idea to paper this past month.. i wish i had friends like him so i could have more meaningful conversations about science and the future

[@KaplaBen]

SEMINAR! seminar not sinemar. (unless he is talking about a city or organization which i don't know the name)

[@TheZachary86]

thanks. anyway this whole thing reminds me of Ghost in the Shell. Its an anime. i don't know if you watch it. But its the same concept.

[@HavokTheorem]

@penguin4four But you are right. You can't make things out of subatomic particles. I think a catom would be much bigger than a single molecule, but still microscopic.

[@pawanmishra9342]

As light has motion in all 3dimension Can energy propagate in 4dimension

[@tammytoa]

I think I've heard Michio talk about the 3 types of civilizations about 10 times now. And I don't get tired of it

[@Windbringer]

@F35Pilots It is already being develop. The problem with Carbon chips is, it needs to be Diamond/crystal. Diamond is perfect as a computer chip since its doesn't transfer much heat. A silicon stops working at 150 C, Diamond is about 1000 C. Did you know that the latest chip from Intel; Ivy Bridge was developt in 2003/2004? That's kinda how long a chip has to go from development to production. So since 2004-2012, there's a chip there somewhere that brings us closer to ditching Silicon.

[@shkotay]

@Jayjon81 Train yourself with great diligence and ask questions till you learn, and you will be. Kaku had an inborn intelligence sure, but he had to work his ass off getting where he is now. Hope you do it too, never too late.

[@futurehistory2110]

perhaps most civilizations do not move forward as they see no reason to, like in the middle ages there wasn't any thoughts of the up and coming technology but once the industrial revolution emerged that changed.

[@nuloennada76]

Well, for the chips that can shapeshift and transform in case of a robot gaining awareness, it is impossible unless for that reason and motive.

[@780Bhatinda]

"Today, extensive research and experiments with claytronics are being conducted at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by a team of researchers which consists of Professors Todd C. Mowry, Seth Goldstein, Ph. D. candidates, graduate and undergraduate students, and researchers from Intel Labs Pittsburgh.[5]" Listed on the "Claytronics - Wikipedia" site are multiple university sources at the bottom. Hope it helps.

[@koshaku000]

I can listen to him talk all day... As a matter of fact that's exactly what I'm doing.

[@heytherejoey1]

The odds are that will be the case... But, we have a slim chance and we must try our best...

[@uiruu]

It's alchemy in Fullmetal Alchemist. Equivalent Exchange. Rearranging matter into different shapes. And stuff.

[@pedrodevoto]

0:00 What are some futuristic inventions that we'll see in out lifetime? 02:33 Do you believe in the coming singularity? 06:46 What is the likelihood that mankind will destroy itself?

[@orlando098]

Yes, maybe... perhaps we would need firewalls or something... It is hard to imagine. There was recently a film made about Ray Kurzweil and his predictions for the future, called Transcendent Man. If you google it and go to it's site, you can watch it free if you are in the USA (or can persuade your computer it is there..). There is a trailer on KZbin as well. His best known book is called The Singularity is Near.

[@madichelp0]

This man can make anything interesting.

[@TheZachary86]

sounds like a good solution. did he mention any consequences to doing so?

[@smb2735]

DARPA has been working on this since 2004. I have only heard about catoms here though.

[@amichair]

LOL. that sucks than. you're not the one who wrote the commeny i responded too though. how do you know they won't be able to extent our lifespan as well?

[@Jotto999]

I can see strong AI arriving by the end of the 21st century. Even if computing slows down and we assume a VERY conservative estimate, like say doubling only every 5 years, that would still offer inconceivable amounts of computing by the end of the century, many thousands of times what we have now. Artificial neural networks used with quantum computing will "do the trick", IMO.

[@martinbondesson]

Yeah, he mentions that in one of the other videos.

[@CosmoShidan]

Also the culture you described is similar to the Overlords from Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke. In said book, the aliens called the Overlords are a purely scientific culture where every machine they possess has a purpose behind it, such as a computer which is just a calculator and nothing more. Although I may be wrong, but I'm sort of sensing a civilisation like Plato's Republic were students have their jobs chosen for them and the students can't choose what profession of they desire.

[@metsikin2]

He is one of the smartest members of our society today, maybe its time to stop and listen for once. Every time Dr. Kaku speaks I listen.

[@MrVillageidiot37]

"Good news, everyone!" - Michio Kaku

[@Stop4MotionMakr]

I really want to see the transition from a Type 0 to Type 1 for humanity. Everything is perfect until he mentioned rock and roll and youth music. I'm 17, I like classical music, obsessed with string instruments and deeply in love with calm, relaxing music. Please let those survive the bombardment of youth music.

[@killum78]

continuation: renderd light transformed into an image by are brain. and also is why i believe no alien lifeforms would really find us cuz for all we know the planets were currently seeing light in the sky in real time may no longer exist but the light traveling is so old we just now see it. so aliens from distant galaxy's would technically be seeing are planet as nothing more then a rocky stone or like it was in the early stages. and i know i could be wrong on this thought but i felt likesharein

[@Scias]

My thoughts exactly. GITS in my opinion have been more clever in their far-future predictions than any other film. They even had groups of conservatives who don't agree with the fact the majority of people are cyborgs. Absolutely mindblowing concept

[@orlando098]

Well he thinks humans will interact more and more directly with our technology, with nanobots in the brain that can close down our interaction with input from the senses and allow us directly to experience virtual realities; the possibility of downloading new information into the brain etc. But his main claim is we are moving towards a technological "singularity" where the speed of change and progress is so fast we can't imagine from our perspective, what it will be like afterwards.

[@stevesurv]

I like how he isn't afraid to say, "I don't know."

[@tmc359]

I love this guy as do most of us watching I think, but Kaku has consistently shown me a problem: he is WAY too optimistic on his timeframe guesstimates on new technology. His "decades" are more likely "centuries." Im reminded how in the film 2001 we have small space cities on the moon, routine travel to space cities in low earth orbit, or of course the HAL9000. Sure we have iphones and internet, things they could not have thought of, but these events are still 75 years off, or more.

[@theobtf]

I like how he laughs at 6:24

[@hraeta2]

First time Kaku is wrong @ 5:15, the answer is YES. iCrap is the prime example.

[@9211frank]

makes me want to pick up a book!!!

[@jimlazorbeam4910]

I'm beginning to fear the Terminator movies will become a reality.

[@rngouveia]

@SolidSnake032486 Technological advancement is happening in a exponencial rate. If social or enviromental factors dont change it then Kurzweil is right. But what really saddens me is the lack of social view of Kaku. He had contact with all new technologies that will appear in a near future and can simply change humanity completely and all he can see is new ways of making money

[@TheLeadStriker]

after raging playing video games this guy calms me down

[@TheKirger]

Education and Socialisation is the only way forward

[@Exemplaris_Perennia]

1:40 He is describing the black magnet things the boy in Big Hero 6 invents :D

[@GuitarMannnnnn]

@koshaku000 Agreed, this guy is really provocative. I couldn't live without the insightful 'big think' of people like Michio.

[@ZodiacBraveG]

I subscribed just for Michio Kaku!

[@Looneytoon22]

Gonna go to the barber now and ask for a Michio Kaku, that silver color reflects knowledge

[@himynameisben95]

The word he uses is "sectarian". From Wikipedia: "Sectarianism, according to one definition, is bigotry, discrimination or hatred arising from attaching importance to perceived differences between subdivisions within a group, such as between different denominations of a religion, class, regional or factions of a political movement."

[@Jayjon81]

I love listening to this guy. Wish i was smart enough to become a scientist

[@HavokTheorem]

@penguin4four Atoms are made of hadrons, hadrons are made of quarks, quarks are made of (theoretically) energy.

[@lotusbubu]

I admire Dr Kaku. Actually I believe in him much more than Ray Kuzweil in term of predicting future.

[@SonOfTerra92]

type 2 civilization like the one in independence day ... so in the movie a type 0 like us flying around in our gas powered f16 totally repelled a type 2 interstellar civilization, i know its just a movie but still its still highly implausible ....

[@jc19438]

just opened a beer, and realized the fizz is a lot of bubbles and they keep popping... *1 minute later* still popping

[@kegstar4mma]

@HitachiHenemaru really your going to correct me... wow

[@thesnare100]

@DaxB92 @DaxB92 There are natural speakers of it. Natural speakers like you said, that DID grow up with it since they were babies, their parents spoke it and they learned it the same way you learned your native language. Couldn't you say no one had a natural "feel" for Spanish if they grew up in a country where Spanish speakers were rare, and they were not exposed to it and learned it that way, it perfectly possible a Rosetta Stone package could be made for Esperanto

[@killum78]

Hi so i was watching on sci channel Morgan freeman's wormhole thing and came to the realization that all the theoretical physicist were lies or wrong and SO Big think i ask you: why do they say and predict what life would be like today on these 20+ light year away planets if the light and or image we see is actually 20 light years old and yea i know its not really a measurement of time, but in theory should we be looking at a planet 20 light years old since an image is nothing more then

[@Starkiller1701]

I would like to disagree on the "youth music" point the Doctor made. I believe that music has long since been universal. In fact, I think music can be qualified as one of the first universal statements or movements in our world. And not starting with "youth music", but rather classical music.

[@KaplaBen]

11:31. Theocracy. That's right. Just the way of saying it sums up what you should know about theocracy.

[@orlando098]

He says approvingly that mainstream planetary culture is becoming similar everywhere, but then says that what we need is multi-culturalism. Not sure how the two fit.

[@bliggode]

thought exactly the same. it will be too dangerous to create a computer who can develop his own ideas and can physically accomplish his thoughts. you never know ehere it ends.

[@orlando098]

Religion can hardly be said to have eliminated violence. For example, when Christians became powerful in Europe they banned other religions and destroyed their temples and executed heretics (people not believing in standard Christian doctrines). The Romans were generally much more tolerant of multiple religions and philosophies.

[@MrHeLLHoRZeGaming]

that last part there "when we go into out-a-space" he (Michio Kaku) was assuming we will make it lolz. I hope we do by the way.

[@bzzzvzzze]

Michio is the man!

[@boenrobot]

@brenoobr "people dont turn into terrorists because they dont like gucci, they turn into terrorists because there is a foreign menace." Yes, with the keyword being "foreign", hence the "reaction to the emergence of type 1 society" that Kaku talks about. If this "menace" was not seen as "foreign", it would be dealt with in a civilized, non-terroristic fashion, similarly to political or theological debates in secular societies.

[@MGsven]

@Likwidify hehe i was a bit afraid to say that bit, but i agree, lots of jobs became irrelevant but i dont think the govt want this, and neither do the companies, they want to have power and control, whilst the fully automated society would be more free then ever before. which can lead to a huge boost in sccientific research, since more poeple can spend time on research. automation has gone so far now that there is now a robot that can cut your hair, thats amazin isnt it

[@tmc359]

Michiu Kaku has always consistently and DRASTICALLY underestimated his time frames. Harry Potter's invisibility cloak in 20 years? Utter impossibility. Elsewhere he mentions fusion in a a few decades. Yeah, thats what they said 50 years ago. It's all going to happen someday, but add a "zero" placeholder to these estimates to get a more realistic time estimate.

[@johnosstreeter]

STATISM is FUNDAMENTALISM. And can`t understand how such a smart guy haven`t figured out anarchism is the most viable future.

[@LenHummelChannel]

There's the Etheric, {Heavenly}, the astral, the Cosmos, the earthly, and the infernal realms. IT'S ALL REAL. and it is all based upon MORAL boundaries.

[@kegstar4mma]

@HitachiHenemaru hahaha no m8 you came of a bit early on that one i cant really get mad at my spelling i am terrible at it ;)

[@SnortsOfHappiness]

Science is very different from religion, but the two can coexist in one's beliefs.

[@MZZenyl]

This guy is the brightest head on this planet, no doubt, and he's great at explaining things in front of a camara. And he seems to be too smart for our time... Did he lend the TARDIS...?

[@sarabarker2219]

Mr Kaku, can you explain Transubstantiation, with Our Almighty Creator Father, nothing is impossible with him , scientists are taught by man from the beginning, and to understand how much we can accomplish in this planet, only our Almighty Creator Father can teach us.

[@ChazZeromus]

At first I thought it was long suspense after he said "shape-shifting", turns out it was buffering.

[@masterdelrap]

@aFemale1 i love him he should be my dad

[@BA418]

i love this channel

[@xDestroyer2x]

@Thepockets88 Yes, simply yes.

[@johnbright7518]

So long as greed corrupts... and the system how it is now stays the way it is... Define 'system' as you wish. Something in the system or the 'system' itself, that of which humanity has interdependently agreed upon for millennia isn't just working anymore. A way in which we live our lives in the coming century will become obsolete. I have faith in people though. So never undermine the potential of humanity. If you declare negative thoughts you then become a catalyst for this supposed 'failure.'

[@Loytachi]

This man is SIMPLY the best.

[@StridingCloud]

@TheLeadStriker opposite effect for me, he gets me pumped up to play lol