Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Nothing

[@hrod4897]

Neil: "What you doing?" Me: "Nothing" Neil: " Let's talk about that, son."

[@SierWilliam]

Your heart is beating, your blood is flowing, your lungs are expanding and contracting, eyes are blinking, motor controlled muscles not \mussels\ are flexing, brain is constantly thinking and firing through receptors through out the brain, and signaling nerves through out your body. And even if your dead your decaying. So can't be doing nothing. old man typing. LOL

[@vanajaajith6222]

@@SierWilliam 😂😂👏👏

[@mortadahasaad530]

SierWilliam okay then i was flowing blood through my body, pumping my heart, expanding my lungs and contracting them, thoughts firing in my brain through receptors, muscles contracting, eyes blinking, moms spaghetti.

[@iancook7782]

Had to like you were on 666 likes 😈🙏 😂

[@derekdowney6362]

So accurate!!

[@thealmighty1]

Imagine if he had to talk about 'something'. Would take forever.

[@Luingus]

well, he technically did talk about something. He described what it means to have nothing, and because nothing is directly proportional to something, we can infer the limits of something.

[@imposter-982]

Luingus lol

[@nyxzorander]

That made me laugh. Nice joke.

[@JsscRchlDrsy]

🤣

[@thealmighty1]

@@Luingus wow!

[@crazystuff6760]

Now I understand the quote - *"Nothing is Impossible"* 👍

[@muhammadbilalmirajdin3764]

It killed me but NOTHING happened

[@pavanayitimepass947]

Underrated comment 😂😂

[@sisyphusishappy9925]

That's deep

[@arjunkr3924]

Very underrated comment.

[@kapilshenviamonkar4641]

The IQ of this comment is "Astronomical" or "A Googleplex"

[@Anpeo]

Thanks, Neil. I understood nothing.

[@nathanschannel23]

Me too now I understand nothing

[@emjcr.]

LOL

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

Lol

[@waterdroplets3700]

Lol

[@jaguarnative9555]

Damnn😂

[@gabrielfm92]

Mom: "What is this guy talking about?" Me: "Nothing." Mom: "???"

[@giov7]

SAME

[@AthenisOculi]

Its even better in my case because my family doesnt understand english.

[@johnnyfkingsilverhand7120]

Well actually.....

[@8koi245]

@@AthenisOculi It would be the same in other languages in my case would be "nada"

[@martimking1craft]

@@8koi245 are you portuguese?

[@mixedboi]

Guy to girl: Hey babe what's wrong? Girl: Nothing. Run.

[@squeet6831]

This comment deserves more likes.

[@allenjenkins7947]

@@squeet6831 OK, I'll give it one then.

[@BakedPhoria]

I read run in the Firefighter Clown voice 😂

[@brianleslie7388]

To which I would typically reply "Fantastic! I thought owing to your silence and the sour expression you're wearing there might be something irking you. Glad all's well. Later!" I'm not married anymore.

[@dismaldice3045]

*The nothing proceeds to consume everything*

[@himalpandey09]

Title: "Tyson explains nothing" Video : *13 minutes long* Me: hmm, seems legit.

[@quietrevelry]

There's so much Nothing that a 10 minute video is actually 13 minutes.

[@DaddyElfMan]

@@quietrevelry 🤣

[@FaunsNW]

For those that like this kind of topic, there’s an amazing graphic novel called Logicomix. Even if you don’t like graphic novels, you won’t be able to put this down. The last part of what Neil was talking about is the philosophy of language, which is what Wittgenstein basically said all philosophy boils down to. And if you read this far, let me digress (not to be confused with deGrasse) a little further. Doesn’t Neil sort of make Wittgenstein’s argument here? In school we used to argue about which science was the science to rule them all. Biologists, chemists, and physicists all had a go to say they were on top, but I always felt it was Philosophy. “Philosophy, that’s not even a science. Are you crazy?” they said. True, Philosophy gets has the rep that it was supplanted by science in the search for truth and supplanted by religion in the search for wisdom. But when you really get down to it, Philosophy has the most grounded appreciation of the boundaries of reality. Every day, physicists discover amazing things about the material universe; yet, when an astrophysicist tries to explain the concept of ’nothing,’ as he strips away everything he can describe he realizes the concept itself starts to make less sense. This is because we do not interface with reality directly, we do so through the senses and, importantly, through language.

[@wbiro]

Words are tools, so the question is, how good is a word as a tool? As for modern philosophy's relationship to modern science, philosophy tells science which way to go. Science figures out how to go. (which way to go is Broader Survival).

[@tomgwins8896]

Well said...

[@elizabethshannon24]

Except that Philosophy has pretty much exhausted itself of new ideas - and philosophically speaking, that is generally agreed accross the globe.

[@doomstarks182]

@@elizabethshannon24Nietzsche would disagree

[@timharlet7229]

Science is a branch of philosophy called Natural Philosophy.

[@livgertz205]

Chuck has my dream job: getting educated in a plethora of interesting fields by actual experts, in a causal setting where you can ask questions , and there’s not even an expectation of being smart: they just ask you to make jokes to appeal to the other average joes. What could be better?

[@randallf8675]

Valentino Balbonis job

[@rolando2392]

I will also watch!!

[@Quintusblake]

Being paid to breath would be better.

[@Dragnoxz]

liv Gertz that would be epic

[@pharaoh2537]

But the questions he asks and some of the input.. he's actually smart as well as funny... he's not a scientist but you can tell by his comprehension, when hearing the answer the man has an IQ higher than average......

[@marcello234]

"There's not matter, not energy, not even the laws of physics" they're describing my bank balance.

[@dantrixter]

Lol and mine

[@falyoung2784]

I wish I could say the same. My bank balance has something...anti-gravity. It currently repels all positive numbers.

[@PropagandaFacts]

🤣

[@johanrunfeldt7174]

You guys should start a club.

[@JAMR0716]

Underrated comment 😂

[@globalvoice...]

No slides, no animations, no special effects... and yet he explains complex concepts so effortlessly! Hat's off to you Neil!!! I wish I had such teachers during my school and college days. Each episode you do is an eye-opener. And Chuck is great too, representing us with our thoughts, queries and amazement! Keep it up guys!

[@stephenxx8045]

Very well said. They say that a genius makes the complicated very simple....

[@anthonyferris727]

Thanks!

[@twonumber22]

The biggest nothing in the Observable Universe: my bank account.

[@TNTN1977]

Save a minimum of 10%. Never allow yourself to be broke.

[@BrosCrypto]

L

[@dript7686]

@@TNTN1977 Are you offering 10% ? In case you were unaware. Supermajority of humans in histoty weren't born with wealth in the function of capitalism, or otherwise. Decent advice but stay on the surface level, be skimmed off the top like toxic algae.

[@alesscav99]

that is wild, that is sad lol

[@rolando2392]

That means you HAVE a bank account. So thats something

[@deborahbarry9421]

I wish Neil was my seventh grade science teacher! I might have learned something and been interested in it... at 69 years old I'm glad I finally found a teacher of science I can listen to and I will learn all I have missed. Thanks

[@MrSirBoastAlot]

Do you laugh when you think of number 69.. internet wants to know

[@dayanivanov]

I have a little of doubt about your age...

[@markbrisec3972]

As long as these kind of videos have order of magnitude more views than the flat Earth videos, there's hope for humanity. Unfortunately we have entered (mostly here in America) an age of anti science where people are so cynical and have no trust in institutions that even the science and scientists became victims of this crazy movement. These people trust their feelings, their guts, their eyes and their local pastor, more than they trust people who've spent most of their lives learning and explaining how the world works... But in spite of this these people love to use their smartphones, the internet, cars with GPS, etc. And all the stuff I've mentioned is based on science and not on some guy having a feeling about something.. I like my doctor to base his opinion on the scientific facts thank you very much..

[@irenaveksler1935]

Bruh you’re not 69 years old you’re 6.9 years old

[@irenaveksler1935]

@@markbrisec3972 most people in the world don’t believe in flat earth

[@ira-siapremium8061]

I was so received that I finally knew what nothing was, but then Neil went "BUT I DESCRIBED IT SO NOW ITS A THING" and my soul broke

[@antoineaaron3754]

@2:18 “Not with MY carrier” took me out😂😂😂😂

[@Sergio2006A]

When you ask you clearly upset girlfriend, "what's the matter?": - "Nothing."

[@sids7735]

that’s a double

[@AP-ul4zj]

"Do whatever you want!"

[@lxathu]

Now, there are a lot of virtual particles swarming there.

[@000jorden]

bwhahaha nice

[@radthadd]

Nah you shoukd say: Everything

[@Hell4Gamers]

Showed this to my wife, she replied. "I know now what I'm getting you for your birthday."

[@dragoonTT]

This video is describing your ”wife” not birthday present.

[@TJfromEarth]

r/boomershumor

[@kenbee1957]

You played yourself

[@goncalobaia1574]

@@dragoonTT ooff took me a while but got it, that's harsh ma man

[@piccoloatburgerking]

@@dragoonTT Yo you just killed the man, come on.

[@DJG0k3]

Neil is the only guy that can talk for 13+ minutes about LITERALLY NOTHING

[@dervolkstribun6240]

...and during that time talking, he explains everything. This man is a godsend to humanity!

[@duledule1127]

I CAN TALK ABOUT NOTHING FOR 5 HOURS

[@billant2]

During which time we learn a whole lot of nothing.... well maybe smoke a joint. lol

[@alexcooper2956]

You mean nothing that you understand. I can listen to him and understand much of his content

[@hugo9618]

Now that’s something

[@deegee8010]

This is great. 1st a recent MRi scan and now this proves my teachers wrong who often told me ‘there’s nothing in there’ while pointing to my head.

[@LafriteRip]

Neil gets an empty box for christmas Neil : “ OH BOY !!! “

[@absurdist5938]

He got air as present

[@takiyalewis6717]

😅🤣

[@dawood2u]

😁

[@AquaPeet]

Then he got excited and sad almost at the same time, because he knew there was an extra virtual particle there as a present but it vanished before he could detect it.

[@frontsidegrinder6858]

love your joke!!

[@hyronvalkinson1749]

"There's snakes in space?!" "There's literally everything in space, Morty!!!"

[@yonderpath]

Of course, Earth hangs in space.

[@DRB5000]

Wrong message thread bud. Go watch cartoons

[@iberianeko]

Chuck's delivery of that 'oh god...' after Neil mentioned quantum physics is just so perfect 🤣🤣🤣

[@BIGREDDOG09]

yea i just heard it and it's perfectly timed if you understand quantum physics as much is possible to understand it lol

[@timothyalan34]

7:56

[@MrMuz99]

​@@timothyalan34 - Nobody asked.

[@oldbot64]

@@MrMuz99 speak for yourself

[@MrMuz99]

@@oldbot64 - I usually do, gets messy trying to speak for others.

[@cognitive-disonance]

I love these two. Neil can blow Chuck's mind, but then Chuck cracks him up

[@TheSquishiRex]

Neil has the best laugh. So genuine. And it’s about particle physics.

[@pavankalyan5915]

😂why I am laughing

[@propizza6454]

Jahhahahahahhghahahaha LOL ROLPH

[@rayagoldendropofsun397]

He could've easily say something about oxygen and hydrogen gas particles bonding together making water, and falls downward as RAINDROPS, DEBUNKING Gravity .

[@rayagoldendropofsun397]

@Nadaguru 0 It's nothing, do U agree ?

[@rayagoldendropofsun397]

My fault. He's into Space Bending, and GAS BONDING is physical reality science !

[@TITOFROG1]

When I was in High School, I wasn't interested in science at all. And now that I am older and retired, I'd like to know more and more about science. I think it is mainly because of Neil who is an excellent teacher and makes the subject very interesting and fascinating. Thanks and kudos. Keep on educating us for it is significant that we understand what goes on around us, the earth, the seasons, the gravity pull, atoms, protons, molecules, et al. Wish you all the best.

[@kevinoneill8542]

"What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind!" -Homer Simpson

[@barryyoung6797]

Lol

[@noeluna7354]

Dude I know some people hate scientist & they just "happen to have family who are straight {N WORD}" some of you know what I mean, how can I make them better? Because the dude that investigated French fries fuel died alone, same as testla & the way they parish worries me

[@noeluna7354]

Dude I know some people hate scientist & they just "happen to have family who are straight {N WORD}" some of you know what I mean, how can I make them better? Because the dude that investigated French fries fuel died alone, same as testla & the way they parish worries me

[@alexprieto8277]

Alan watts said it before homer simpson. I imagine someone before him as well...

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

That's the spirit ! 0f n0thing-ness.

[@Mindpro2]

I love to hear Neil explain things, I wish I could playfully and respectfully talk with him as the student who doesn’t know enough to not to ask the or state the wrong observations or questions. For instance, just because you can’t see it and measure or record it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I’m the student that doesn’t know enough about science or physics, etc. To be convinced that consciousness is not the by product of things no matter how far down the scale you find a way to see or detect the earliest manifestations of energy, preforms of matter and matter. But rather consciousness creates everything we attribute to the known and unknown universe and multiverses from the smallest to the largest, and from here through out all eternities. ONESELF BY PHILLIP HOLLOWAY Sr. Before there was anything or any place, before there was anywhere, any time or any space, There was One Self, this was and is the Self Being of what we now call God. There was no over there, or over here, there was no this or that...nor was there any light or white, darkness or black. But there was One Self...there was no far or near...there was no anger or fear... There was no high or low, there was no where to stay and no where to go... But this I do know, there was One Self...Before there was anything else. This is just a few lines from the longer version of this poem I wrote decades ago… But it expresses my observation of All that Is from the depths of me that science alone will never be able to explain to its satisfaction. The One Self I’m referring to here includes all the perspectives of self from All that Is. This most definitely includes you and me, I fully believe and except that we are as eternal and infinite as the universe and multiverses are. Not as humans, but as conscious co-creators knowing ourselves as one and many with no true point of separation only the perceptions of it.

[@angelamurphy9472]

If I had a science teacher like Neil, I would have been a scientist! I love this channel! I love learning and I’m in my 60’s!

[@omars-qz6rn]

there is no age restriction on expanding the brain! I am 20 & love this show. Salute to you OG keep rollin

[@fredrickstephens5586]

There’s so much more to learn now than when we were young . I’m 71 and I can’t get enough of this stuff - I mean all things scientific, but most especially science involving the largest and the smallest features of our universe -> such as astronomy, chemistry, physics and the like. Makes me wish I could read faster! The advances lurking just barely around the corner are truly mind-boggling!

[@cnscm2614]

You write this comment in every video

[@patriciaschuster1371]

72 and still learning. Love this,!

[@duc2133]

@@omars-qz6rn There's a difference between being a hobbyist astronomer/learning the cool concepts, vs doing the work of one.

[@1SLMusic]

I'm watching this. I was supposed to be doing work. Mom walked in and asked "What are you watching?" I replied with "Nothing, Mom." She asked "Lemme see" so I showed her. I didn't lie but now I'm grounded.

[@samanthanor332]

If I found my kids watching star talk, and liked it, I would have done gave them more...... more star talk

[@jmanj3917]

Serves you right, Simon

[@loboradio555]

Bruh that's clsssic haha

[@marconeyu]

@@samanthanor332 Heck! I would buy them a gift!

[@prophecygucci6289]

@@marconeyu you need co. Ck

[@Druwoods]

So the instant you think of it, it becomes an idea, and is immediately something.

[@kaspartambur]

But luckily/unluckily we don't have psychic powers, so when I think of a canoe sized banana into my room, it doesn't appear in the room because I thought of it. Only through using my body along with my mind, will I achieve this important GMO goal!

[@aidankarmali2888]

Yes, but only if you clarify what you mean by something. Not everyone considers immaterial things like thoughts and ideas to be something, but if you do, then sure.

[@oaksnice]

It's trivial to describe non-physical/made-up things. That doesn't make them "a thing" but they are non-scientific. And that's the problem with talking about "nothing" in physics, because it's impossible to have a theory without starting from something. And if you define nothing as the absence of that, then the definition of nothing is non-scientific.

[@g33xzi11a]

You’re confusing philosophical nothing with physical nothing.

[@AbeMangum]

@@aidankarmali2888 an idea is a series of electrical impulses in the brain

[@shanem779]

Neil, you are such a wonderful teacher. You are cocky, pompous, chatty, arrogant, and slightly over-confident. Yet somehow it works. Whether history, economics, math, or whatever, you make it all so interesting! I appreciate what you do!

[@najummushtaq3391]

“The Three Oddest Words” by Wislawa Szymborska When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it. When I pronounce the word Nothing, I make something no non-being can hold.

[@jean_etcetera]

Wislawa is the best waifu

[@DS-Akin]

So quote-worthy

[@jean_etcetera]

@@David-vz4yk I don't watch anime, I just like those terms. Try being a little cooler, would ya?

[@TioAe]

Neil trying to imagine The Nothing and explain it to us - while i was having a Michael Ende's 'The Neverending Story' flashback.. The Nothing cannot be named, explained, understood or even imagined; therefore, Nothing is the absence of imagination, creativity.

[@clarcktumazar]

Uhm you just described it tho...

[@MrRakaukolis]

Does it mean that my nothing can be completely different than your nothing?

[@cristianm7097]

Contrariwise, Nothing is Everything, all the potentialities, even the unknowables, the undefinables, the undescribables. Infinitely rich and dense.

[@clarcktumazar]

Nothing does not exist, there's no such thing as nothing, for even describing "nothing" means its something. Therefore it should not exist.

[@cristianm7097]

@@clarcktumazar "Nothing" is beyond and above our existence, our reality. It is more real than our Universe. We are after all mere projections in 3D of a 2D reality on the surface of our Universe sphere, on the boundary to Nothing.

[@mpa23]

I dont understand nothing

[@valberm]

So, you understand something.

[@yamayam1389]

Yes

[@WellxamGamer]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@Mobius3c273]

Imagine nearly nothing and keep subtacting

[@plmawy6118]

@@yamayam1389 Ooooooo Oooo O

[@SVSP1976]

I also understood nothing. Beautifully explained. Simple explanation to something that is nothing. Chuck rightly said "sothing". I will say both of you are "soothing" to hear. Well done.

[@sanvegapoet]

"If you want and smoke your marihuana" Buddy, how do you think i ended up in this video?

[@wesperlot]

XD

[@michaelcorcoran3942]

Yup

[@thegreatgabriel]

It’s like he knew...

[@seanchivers5546]

Having a smoke whilst watching hahaha

[@Convolutedtear]

hahaha xactly !!!

[@johngirolamo8221]

What a great “educational” comedy team! I love learning and laughing at the same time!

[@logiclogic6703]

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[@starxsirius1429]

Who doesn't?

[@MrMuz99]

The energy/chemistry these guys have is amazing to watch, They're both funny and very smart.

[@racingfuel28]

All this man wanted was nothing, and Neil couldn’t even give him that😂😂

[@GovindSomai]

Technically he gave him nothing at the end.

[@guitarsenpai420]

Just one Pepsi

[@Roach_Dogg_JR]

@@guitarsenpai420 Lol what a reference

[@dazronrichard5331]

By giving him nothing he gave him something.

[@gnzlsdebra1064]

He gave him something! It’s called BS. Typical Neil deGrasse Tyson! For real!! Neil goes round and round, with a multitude of words, that in the end, all add up to……..Yeah, NOTHING!!

[@justified2065]

This question about Nothing always blows my mind everytime I contemplate it, it's the most mind bending question that will probably never find an answer to.

[@lazaruseffect7212]

The dynamic of this show is so underrated and overlooked. I absolutely love how these two communicate their different ways of thinking.

[@avro357]

One is teaching, the other is learning...

[@pathickey6874]

@@avro357 not always..

[@hackguitarist]

Is it? Seems every other comment is talking about the chemistry between these two.

[@tatianetse]

it's three in the morning in Athens & I'm extremely tired but...I've been sitting on my couch for the last two hours, binge watching startalk and i literally can't stop. you're both great. thanks for explaining all these wonderful things.

[@robertwright1410]

Athens Georgia?

[@travislee9662]

Athens Ohio? 🤪

[@tatianetse]

Nope! Athens, Greece

[@jazu40]

Are you wearing sunglasses?

[@sheismrda322]

Litterly knowledge freinds

[@darthfb]

This is why "the nothing" from The Never Ending Story was so terrifying to me.

[@dript7686]

Truee. Don't forget one cannot have shadow without life.

[@elijahwallis3252]

Darth FB because Neil deGrasse Tyson made a 13 minute video on it?

[@commander_eaa2862]

People who play Minecraft, and have fallen in the void 420 times: First time?

[@JDTHEONEANDONLYORIGINAL]

Aww I know

[@Raz.C]

@@JT_771 not that it matters, but 'yes.'

[@sthulander1]

''If I get rid of all particles, get rid of the very laws that describe Nature, then there's not matter, there's not energy, there's no laws of physics, there's no time, itself.'' Neil, Chuck - I love these segments, and tune in often. Now, I've been practicing meditation - twice daily, for over 52 years. This topic of 'nothingness' is intriguing to me because one does not need to use or invent devices, or, find, or, theorize regions of near-empty (outer) space to experience pure nothingness. Nothingness becomes 'somethingness' . . . As the nervous system becomes 'stronger', more flexible, one's inner eyes and inner senses are capable of experiencing BOTH matter and (pure) consciousness together. Just sit in a comfy chair, and learn the art (and science) of transcending the entire field of the Relative; arriving within one's Absolute state - one's personal, yet, universal field of (pure, permanent) consciousness that is not coupled with objects of any sort. Keep practicing, daily. What evolves then is an innocent state of virtualness - flatness begins to take shape, creating form(s) : waves of of moving consciousness, light, and bliss, along with direct cognition, without the need for concrete thoughts. No longer are thoughts needed . . . direct cognition becomes the norm : Anything that is known, needs no thought . . . why waste energies upon thoughts (save for problem solving, such as those needed to solve equations, pondering philosophy, figuring out music theory, asking questions, etc.). So, to learn directly - of nothingness - apart from mere intellectual investigations, one can learn the art/science of effective, easy meditation. Nothingness is Absolute, infinite, and gives rise to all possibilities, within . . . and becomes the basis of our external lives. ''Being and becoming . . . Being and becoming . . . Being and becoming.'' There is no conflict between inner consciousness and Quantum Physics. One can experientially and intellectually have both - and, fully integrated: silence and form together: The dance of the Absolute and the Relative - each within each other.

[@johnthijm5113]

There’s a bunch of word salad though.

[@piccoloatburgerking]

I've never seen anyone talk about nothing for 13 minutes straight and still be this entertaining and insightful. Lol

[@alejandrotellez2962]

Just listen to any philosopher.

[@scottmcshannon6821]

not even jerry?

[@adu11]

You're the first person that I've read in the comments to perfectly pull off the "nothing" double entendre

[@kkaagg1000]

So, the moral is that our universe dislikes “nothing” so much that “nothing” cannot exist....

[@OfTheTribeOfJudah]

Which is why the big bang is such a mystery to people who aren't creationist. Kinda supports the fact that something was always since "nothing" cannot be.

[@mohinderjitaujla6245]

Ale ssandro ………You have said what ARISTOTLE a Greek Philospher had already said , about 2400 years ago …You are as great .Thanks IN HIS own words **Universe does not like VACUUMs**… In the Universe of Space - Time , there exist no *Nothingness*…man made or Natural .. But Pre - Big Bang Condition is of **Absolute Nothingness**…There existed not even a single material Particle , whatsoever. That’s the True Nothing ………JagtarSinghAujla USA

[@mirabilis]

@@OfTheTribeOfJudah matter and virtual particles ain't the same thing, though.

[@wespicedmemes]

We don’t know enough about our universe to claim that nothing can’t exist. Cuz we literally don’t know what nothing is.

[@DragonNutz420]

@@OfTheTribeOfJudah Personally, I believe our universe was created from the brief formation of a white hole. This could explain why we haven't found the theoretical "center" of our universe and why everything is rapidly expanding outward. Also, to believe in an all-powerful creator, would still leave you with the same question: if "nothing" cannot be, where did this creator come from?

[@thetestinggrounds7855]

I like how he went super meta at the end there because once he described the nothing that doesn't have matter or the laws of physics or time I was thinking to myself "But then you've still got something because you know what that nothing is and can describe why it's nothing. If it can be identified then it's not nothing anymore". You really did an amazing job this time. ❤️

[@CorwinLogrus]

and once you reach this level you can even continue on for infinity since every conceptualization based around subtracting the previous conceptualizations creates a new defined concept that needs to be subtracted from itself. Taking the though experiment to it's limit leaves you with two opposite perpetual infinities: that which is infinitely 'more' nothing than itself, and that which is infinitely not nothing, ie: everything. Which to me makes sense since it's basically a description of the 'purest' quantum state and the 'most mixed' quantum state 'Q: What gets bigger the more you take away from it?' 'A: A hole'

[@JuanMartinez-cu7xn]

Just getting into your show I’m so glad you make science funny!! Sad you didn’t make it to the solar eclipse event in Dallas

[@wildhogOW]

I clicked expecting Neil to be quiet for +10 minutes.

[@saramatthews7159]

In what universe would that ever happen? Lol

[@thejpx]

That would be something

[@ZackAngelSmith]

@@thejpx yeah, that would still be a youtube video Or It would still be neil being silent wich is something

[@bazinga5342]

Neil is never quiet

[@chrisrea6841]

I expected Chuck to interrupt Neil and say: allow me to start explaining nothing. And then he would remain silent.

[@nizamieminov3648]

Neil is a really cool scientist. Thank you for explaining really complicated stuff so easily for everyone to understand.

[@katieheys3007]

For me, it's that these always something new. Even on things I know a fair bit about there's always something fresh on every topic

[@dbapto6994]

Thank you Neil & chuck

[@theCodyReeder]

You can travel through a whole lot of nothing without noticing. 😆

[@frogz]

i've found the youtube comments section are a whole lot of nothing, hope you're doing well cody, my brain after this video on the otherhand is kinda nothing

[@1.4142]

top comment by cody and only 8 likes

[@murker1879]

Sounds like jc penny

[@marcoss6212]

Now that I think about it, from what you just said, travel and talking become one, my wife talks for hours (traveling through space/time) and say absolutely "nothing".

[@gisli12]

Heyyyy cody

[@isatousarr7044]

In science, the concept of "nothing" often challenges our understanding, as it can imply a vacuum, a state devoid of matter, or a theoretical absence of existence. This notion plays a critical role in fields like quantum mechanics and cosmology, where "nothing" can have profound implications. How might ongoing research into quantum fluctuations and the nature of voids further reshape our comprehension of what "nothing" truly means in the universe?

[@TomKaren94]

In 1967 when I was 10 my grandfather, a small town electrician with no high school diploma in southeast Ohio, spoke philosophically to us kids... "I can understand the concept of everything but I can't understand the concept of nothing." He also said about the universe "I can understand 'will always exist' but I can't understand 'has always existed.'

[@doctorfeelok8575]

When Chuck said "Not with my carrier", I felt that.

[@1NonlySeriouZ]

career*

[@jamchiroptera4258]

Jeeeez These two smoking a bowl talking about “nothing” would be a whole other show.

[@jt2097]

They sound to me as though they have already smoked a bowl, or had a couple of whiskys.

[@AmazingOwnage]

It would just take longer to arrive to the same point lol They would probably lose their train of thought quite often

[@nidadursunoglu6663]

Even linguisticly it makes sense in certain sentences like : Nothing is better than love - you can't have "nothing" if you could have nothing inside a box or something, than the "thing" inside the box would be better than love. So if nothing is not anything, you can't have it.

[@Alex-dk1um]

I finally have an argument for my wife about how I missed our first anniversary.

[@K1llj0yc137]

Let us know how that goes

[@highandtight5544]

ZINGGGGGGG

[@craigscott2315]

@@highandtight5544 or you could call it a Hawkins moment. i micro black hole manifest in in the brain causing it to malfunction.

[@gzzzboi7368]

I feel bad for u for having a wife.

[@lukepizza8117]

Me watching this at 2 a.m. while high: "Woah"

[@greyprox4677]

You gonna get so many thumbs up from stoners :3

[@dript7686]

WoOoOAhHhH

[@gavinthecamel3854]

@@dript7686 YANKEE

[@qrroll109]

Hello my friend

[@drock1400]

Broooo

[@greyprox4677]

As I'm watching this, I'm thinking about a Star Talk - Mind Field Cross-Over... Michael Stevens & Neil de Grasse Tyson... That would be perfect...

[@user-wm7mk2nt4d]

*... Or wouldn't be?* [VSAUCE THEME INTENSIFIES]

[@parunihyl3401]

@[REDACTED] . do you happen to come from the scp foundation?

[@jemadamson2715]

Yesssssss

[@emmanuelesrael6480]

And as always.. keep looking up

[@David-qv9yy]

VSAUCE HERE

[@user-te5ln2cu2f]

Niel i have question regarding time Say u were in intergalactic space and in the empty space would u still count time as though it was a small unit i.e using sec, hrs n mins or would u use a different scale _ what im trying to get at is there a different time scale n would u say that time increases ( 1 sec )the more space increases

[@a_lonely_wyvern]

I think there's a fundamental flaw in your question. But to answer your question, no, you would not have to measure anything differently. 10 minutes would still pass for you. However, if you wanted to check the time passed on another planet, say Earth, those ten minutes could be 2 hours on Earth.

[@Wonka2208]

*:Neil when he opens an empty box:* THeRe IS OnlY sOmE OxyGeN MoLEcuLeS In HeRe

[@kaspartambur]

No you gotta go the full scope. What did he say - Nitrogen, Co2 etc. - probably should pull up somekind of instrument/s to measure the presumably empty box. :D

[@jaredpurcell8835]

I felt that "not with my carrier" joke, lol.

[@MrBlitzpunk]

I love how casual this whole thing is, it's just like two close friends having a chat

[@amilo5]

Its like two stoners having trips while talking.

[@ragantate3995]

I completely forgot that Chuck is a comedian.

[@Dwain-h1b]

Hi, I have a question. Are there virtual particles around us or do we have to go to interstellar space?

[@ZeniferJenZ]

They're at it again ✨

[@alfiemore3192]

At what

[@palmereldritch4166]

Lovin' every minute of it !!

[@aceg7098]

Talking about nothing

[@kenbee1957]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Are you my girlfriend?

[@kierananthony25]

"You moment you try to describe nothing, you've filled it with something."

[@robertsharp2633]

Nothing: The absence of something. Checkmate.

[@801leggy]

I love the chemistry between Neil and Chuck. It always makes me think of that scene in the office when Michael talks about how Dwight captivated the audience and Michael goes "Well, I captivated the guy who captivated a thousand guys" Chuck was once thought to be a D-list comedian, and he routinely cracks up one of the smartest living human beings on the planet.

[@DanielBrown-sn9op]

Humor is something.....Something good.🌠

[@jamesbaker8076]

Hahaha I love that scene too hehe great reference 👌😅

[@JBG-AjaxzeMedia]

don't you mean the physics?

[@madhavangopalan7463]

Thank you so much for your teaching ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@dead_sync3680]

Question: What is nothing? Answer: it isn't

[@Kilmoran]

Or is it?

[@Gaetafix]

*mind blown* see as humans we are so use to everything being "something" even the basic terms we use are incorrect when attempting to discuss nothing

[@floki5605]

Ygritte- "You know nothing, Jon snow" Jon after watching this video- 😏

[@chumpnet]

Ygritte understood that in the absence of virtual particles, there was something there and Jon knew it.

[@GrammeStudio]

nothingness doesn't exist. therefore when Ygritte says that Jon knows nothing, she meant that what Jon knows doesn't exist. therefore Jon doesn't know anything 😏 back to square one.

[@CruiserDynasty]

@@GrammeStudio the value of nothing exists tho just like how we know life is around us but we dont value it so we say it is not there.

[@ronsonesteban8632]

Weak

[@ThanosWPA]

Nobody: nothing Neil: Let's talk about that

[@goncalobaia1574]

Literally nothing😂

[@BLKGURL_GOLDMOUFMISSES]

🎯😂🤞🏾

[@mustaquemkazi790]

This is a question I often ponder, what is 'nothing', the only description that fits is that 'nothing' is the absence of 'something'.

[@themodernlyceum]

One must even take a “void” out of the picture when contemplating nothing. Because even that is, yes, something.

[@bigcity2085]

But the Void must exist.....some where...it has to. In infinity,and infinity has to exist as well.

[@jeffreychandler8666]

It is always fun to listen to Dr. Tyson, discussions, regarding science and nothing. Chuck said it best. Nothing is something!

[@megiski3116]

12:10 Fun fact, in Hungarian 'nothing' is 'semmi' [ ˈʃɛmːi]. However, there is also a thing called 'semmi sem' [ ˈʃɛmːi ˈʃɛm], meaning 'not even nothing', or 'nothing else/either/neither'.

[@romuloarteagacamacho1692]

I can't imagine someone better than these two geniuses to use ANY subject and make it so interesting when they explain it

[@heighhom1517]

"Nothing" is impossible.

[@nothinggood2696]

I think the deeper understanding is not that "nothing" doesn't exist but that it is impossible for us to observe "nothing". If you think about the time before you were born and didn't exist that would be "nothing" except we can't visualise, remember or imagine that because it doesn't have any connection with your existence. True "nothing" is completely incomprehensible but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

[@darrylkid210]

@Ed Straker what?

[@manvirsandhu508]

not to mention there are dimensions we can't see.

[@lijit77]

Wow 👍🏾

[@c-lospompa7376]

Literally

[@shawnhartmann4581]

These videos are almost exactly the same conversations I had with my friends when I was in my twenties. We were nerds, sure, but we were also soooooooooo high.

[@tralfazruk1]

Probably more intelligent that anything Neil da wind bag says.

[@fedorsp5819]

Maan, same here... twenties, with my friend, gettin high and talking about this stuff.

[@joejoebart-3062]

@@tralfazruk1 racist

[@logiclogic6703]

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[@vigosfilm4809]

@@joejoebart-3062 what

[@rumandroses2538]

This video has made me understand nothing Ps I love Tyson’s voice

[@BxgorJess]

In the literal form or...? 😂

[@sunilharrisonleemakurukula1558]

But it taught nothing

[@caroltyndaal4293]

I agree

[@ardababacan1412]

Neil: Nothing means there is no time Engineering students: I must be nothing

[@juliangeorge1722]

I made a big mistake and smoked beforehand, lol. I loved the first time I heard Neil describe "nothing" with Lawrence Krauss but this was enjoyable to listen to as well =) Love you Dr. Tyson!

[@alltoohalliwell]

Chuck: Are we there yet?! Neil: Don't make me turn this explanation around They are so hilarious together 😂 I am in tears

[@tim.e.l]

I'm so glad you talked about this, because when I was younger I've had this exact conversation with my friends. Nothing is something because you just described nothing as nothing or something along those lines. I forget my exact logic / wording, but it was probably similar to what Chuck said hah.

[@LobsterHaunting]

I literally had the same epiphany, I felt like a child philosopher

[@Dan-qx5mi]

@Special Ed definitely . Just like with quarks. When we observe something it is affected.

[@ferencivanics9980]

If you observe it, you are there, ergo it is not nothing.

[@thetacoguyy]

I use to wonder as a kid that things exist and stop existing if no one is looking or present.

[@darkchakara]

nothing is not something the same way darkness is not something...darkness is a description for the absences of light. the real nothing is just the absences of anything...including space and time.

[@vedagirishankar59]

Neale, you are a brilliant explainer of scientific facts for novices like me. Thanks.

[@christophelombardi7810]

Now, I can confidently say that I understand 'nothing'! Love it. One of my favorite episodes.

[@sanoodilon4563]

Sir, if you Can understand 'nothing', then you don't understand "nothing"

[@thefreedomproject4777]

​@@sanoodilon4563the more I know, I know I know nothing...

[@THINK86200]

I learned "nothing" from this video, thx!

[@SillyGoose2024]

alternative title: Neil deGrasse Tyson explains my love life.

[@rjaxthekid8909]

Underrated comment

[@video2000_TV]

there technically is something there, but it's scattered events in an infinite space

[@juliopico2454]

I rlly want to like this but the like count is at the funny number

[@jaynishdesai1839]

The reaction at 7:59 is the best part of the video 😂

[@ShawnNac]

I've always heard the saying "nothing is impossible" when I was a child. When I grew up, I realized that not everything is possible. However, the concept of nothing, is impossible.

[@nazianafis]

Excellent point 👍

[@lukyril]

So is everythin impossible too?

[@kevinsaenz1250]

@@lukyril exactly

[@tuber7081]

But for there to be a name for it means it’s something

[@HarryHeck2020]

@@lukyril No, everything is all that exists. Everything already 'is'. It can never be 'is-not'. Which brings us back to "nothing" cannot exist.

[@francisfernando2362]

.Professor Neil and my man Chuck. You two are the best. I was telling one of my foreign passengers in my taxi that how much you guys educate me.. Thank you for reaching out to the most poorest part of the planet as well as to the edge of the universe. Thank you. With lots of respect from Sri Lanka.

[@Changon]

One time I was very high and I thought about this. What if we can go beyond the universe? Beyond everything? What would be there? I kept repeating to myself “even that nothingness is still within a paradigm of something” it’s just wild to think about. There can never be nothing because it will always be within something. There’s so much we don’t understand and I don’t think we ever will.

[@Adamzki55555]

Firstly, nothingness can't itself have an existence which is a tautological consequence of what existence actually is. You can't use "nothing" and "existence" in the same sentence without contradicting yourself. The relation between existence and the absent of it could be expressed as follow: existence=E, non-existence=E-, nothing=non-existence, existence=everything, E/=E-=> existence is not nothing, E=E=>existence is everything. The potential for everything to exist must be true since if existence didn't cover some parts that could conceivable exist, nothingness or non-existence would therefore exist in some way which cant be true since that would imply that a paradox was realized. One way to imagine this is to imagine the set of reality, that would be the ultimate set containing absolutely everything which would include all sub-sets. But then you might wonder why this ultimate set doesn't contain the set of nothing. This can be explained by imagining the set of nothingness, the absent of existence illustrated as an empty ring containing nothing since the set of nothing consist of nothing inside of it. The area inside of it would be totally empty and blank. Since a set is defined by its elements, the set of nothing is the only set that could never exist. Therefore, it doesn't either exist as a sub-set of the all-encompassing set of reality. Since logic is the means by which existence is realized, defining existence and non-existence firstly requires the explanation for why that logical operation can be made. That is, why logic itself exists. This must be explained trough the means of using some kind of metalogic where you define logic with logic itself. The answer to why logic must exist in this metalogical sense is that analogues to existence, the absent of logic would itself require an attribution that can't be attributed to it without the presence of the attribute. Non-logic is the absence of logic, making a distinction is itself by nature logical and therefore logic must exist as the very nature of its own structure. The relationship between logic and reality could be expressed as simple as: Logic=the structure of that which is true, Existence=that which exists and therefore is also the complete set of truth, Logic=Reality. Since reality is all there is, it defines, configure and processes itself from this primordial state of infinite potential into every logical structure that could possible exist, since remember, logic and its product which is reality requires the mere possibility for anything to exist to actualize since L=E=Everything.

[@flobiish]

I had a semi-lucid dream one time where I opened a doors on a hallway and went where ever I thought of, but one door my imagination failed and there was nothing. Looking "through" it, and I have to quote that, wasn't black in the normal sense of light but it felt like a wall I knew I couldn't enter or perceive until I populated it with my lucidity. Every sense of something I'd known shrank into nothing looking through the door. Even space seemed to contract instantly to nothing and time seemed irrelevant. This isn't a novel, there's no happy ending. I woke up kinda scared.

[@ssamerica3062]

7:54 When he said Quantum Physics: *EVERYONE LEAVES THE CHAT*

[@mikemike6182]

Actually, I'm waiting for him to talk more on this, because this is the part it get interesting If u removed all the atoms and create perfect vacuum, virtual particle wil still be there, is this somehow linked to dark matter? Recent study show acceleration of universe isn't uniformly applied to the space around us, some region of space slower, some much faster, could be due to super void or void between cluster/galaxies (best vacuum in nature) create such thing called dark matter/energy that we still can't understand?

[@buxtro7]

And that's why they will never understand quantum physics...

[@jaxsonteller854]

Quantum physics still have to obey the laws something had to have "caused" the virtual particles to exist in the first place. Without a first cause, nothing else can exist. So, the first cause must exist, and there can be no reality where it does not. Everything other than the first cause is said to be “contingent.” This simply means that everything that begins-or is caused-owes its origin to something else. The first cause, on the other hand, does not and cannot depend on anything else in order to exist, since it must exist. And The first cause must also be changeless since change is always triggered by some outside force or event. But since the first cause is the “first,” no other causes can affect it. This means the first cause must not only be changeless, but it must also be perfect-it is the standard of all other things, since all other things are caused by and secondary to it

[@NemXX2]

They are real though, whether one likes it or not. It has been proven. A particle can exist in two places at once. It's time to get over it. :P

[@felipejorge4852]

@@jaxsonteller854 Not trying to be that blind religious guy, but... You could say this is all leading to prove that there must be a creator. Scary thought, especially for science..isn't It?

[@bendecidospr]

So, necessarily, for the universe to exist, there has to have been something for all eternity. Nothing being the absence of anything, including any laws of nature, has no potential to become something. Nothing is nothing. To say it has potential is to no longer be talking about nothing.

[@YMOHenry]

barely got this after the 3rd read but great take on it!

[@jonnathanhilliard5684]

I have one exception to this... if the universe you are living in.... is a simulation... including all the laws of nature in your simulation... then even supposing you created a 'nothing' it might just be a nothing within that simulation.... or more accurately, the simulation in a switched off state, or before it is run ( just like a game/program). If you live in that simulation, you can't possibly detect anything outside it. But that doesn't mean that your simulation cannot be created from nothing.... as your frame of reference... everything you know, all laws of nature and physics only exist for you in your simulation..... but there might be a whole other "real" set of laws of nature that you are never privy to, and can never learn, no matter how hard you try. ( unless there are errors in the simulation... clues )

[@95rav]

You can make something from nothing. Obviously, in mathematics, you can subtract from zero. In a less abstract way, suppose you truly have a box of nothing. Now put that nothing in a bigger box and then cut that box in half: you have two nothings. Destroy one of those boxes and you have one nothing - or half of the original nothing ... which is half a nothing. It is a bit like digging a hole: you start with nothing(no hole); you end up with a hole and a pile of dirt. Recombine them and you have nothing again (no pile and no hole).In the above example, you have effectively "dug a hole in nothing" and thrown the "hole" way leaving half a nothing, or if you keep that "hole" you have two nothings.

[@thesilverrook3502]

If Time, and the march to entropy started when the universe began, than there definitely was (at least at some point) Nothing. If the absence of time is critical to how we define "Nothing" here, then in-theory, there was nothing. When you sleep soundly (without dreaming), "Nothing" itself can be perceived and experienced. Only after you have passed through it, and have awakened, do you realize "Whoa, I perceived Nothing." You were in a state of oblivion. Same with the "empty box", where you see "Nothing", because you can't see air molecules. If you go real deep and follow the theory that states that 'Perception/Observation is fundamental to the existence of reality.', then I think it's safe to say (considering Mr. Tyson's conclusion) that... "Nothing is the absence of perception." Like, individuals born blind. They don't see "blackness", they "see" Nothing... just like you can't see behind your head. You don't see blackness behind your head. You see Nothing. You have an absence of perception behind your head. Therefore, Total Nothingness, is the complete literal absence of perception. No time. No space. No blackness. No experience. Complete oblivion, except ALSO in a physically external sense, as well as by personal perception.

[@joepierson3859]

@@95rav that would be like matter and antimatter when they combine it results in nothing, so theoretically you can do that backwards, turn nothing into two somethings, with the limitation those two somethings when combined would be nothing

[@ebiljesse2453]

Neil: "except quantam physics" Chuck: "Oh God" Me:😂

[@logiclogic6703]

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[@DanielBrown-sn9op]

Astrophysics not only screams "intelligent design", it can be damn funny

[@davidevans3227]

🙂

[@forloveorbusiness5320]

I've went into it. It is infinite hollowness. It's less than nothing. No boundaries, no density, no edge, and infinite. It can not be described, but can be experienced

[@spectacularkey]

I've been depressed for the past few days after this video I forget what depression is....😁😁😁🤘 Always look up.

[@eeriekekashi419]

Sure

[@thatsunfortunate2205]

My depression has been replaced with existential dread and anxiety don’t know which is worse

[@monkeyworship8804]

@@thatsunfortunate2205 ok

[@stevenswapp4768]

Hellyes

[@farhana3164]

"Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about your contribution to your family" it's a molecule

[@lesteralvarez7046]

I could listen to these two all day. They have great chemistry and I’m absolutely fascinated by the content. Thank you guys for sharing your gifts with humanity ❤️

[@lordwhite0]

"The concept you're describing aligns closely with what some philosophical and spiritual traditions refer to as "absolute nothingness" or "the Void." This notion transcends even the concept of Sunyata in Buddhism, which deals with the emptiness of intrinsic nature but still acknowledges the interdependent existence of phenomena. In the highest sense, this "total, complete emptiness" would be beyond all physical, conceptual, and descriptive boundaries. It implies a state where there is no existence of any kind-not even the potential for existence, such as virtual particles or physical laws. This form of nothingness is often considered ineffable, meaning it cannot be described or conceptualized within the limits of human language and thought. Such a concept is often approached in mystical and metaphysical contexts rather than in scientific or philosophical discourse, where even the idea of describing "nothing" falls short. It is the ultimate transcendence of all dualities, concepts, and even the self-referential act of naming or describing. This idea pushes the boundaries of human cognition and language, pointing towards a profound and paradoxical state of pure, unconditioned nothingness." "Manjusri asked, World-honored one, what is the state of the unconditioned? Buddha said, The absence of thought is the state of the unconditioned." (Unconditioned in this context is referring to the awakened mind of a Buddha. It has not been taught that there is any difference good or bad, great or small, between the body, speech and mind of a Buddha, and the body, speech and mind of a sentient being. Your mind is already peaceful when still, and clearly apparent while in motion. This clarity and emptiness are nondual. Your mind is the Buddha from the very beginning. All thoughts and all dharmas (phenomena) are self-liberated into their own essence in the very instance of their arising. ❤😊