StarTalk Podcast: Science in Pop Fiction with Neil deGrasse Tyson

[@aroddo2953]

15:03 "I have a guest role in Sharknado 6" "You do realize that you can say no to these projects?" 😅😅😅😅

[@jimperry4108]

If it helps with Cosmos Season 4...? Sharknado 7-15!!

[@zemoxian]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MihiraTheAce]

I'm going to watch that movie just to see NDT

[@montanamike7948]

Unpopular opinion: I cannot Fing stand chuck.

[@Nawazaahr]

@@montanamike7948 His comedic timing is the best I have heard.

[@hisroyalairness23MJ]

You find the perfect combination of personalities. Chuck , Liu and NDT are the perfect lineup for StarTalk.

[@eriklommen]

It saddens me so low amount of people are interested in videos like these. It deserves million likes

[@CyberSystemOverload]

I feel the same. A Taylor Swift vid will get a bazillion views and likes.

[@malcolmcanning548]

@@CyberSystemOverload that's because she exsists

[@chexquest87]

Most people lack the intelligence to care or be inquisitive about anything. Ignorance is bliss I suppose.

[@engineeringconcepts138]

Just be happy that you, as an individual, are inquisitive enough to care about this stuff. And this stuff is hard, so its reasonable most people won't get into it. Taylor Swift is easy because its 4 chords in 4/4 time with 1 -2 syllable words that make up the lyrics.

[@tiffanyjoan2b]

Sorry we are not click-happy people like the teens who are glued to their phones, most of the time these science vids are my background audio/music.

[@rajgill7576]

"dont apologize for interrupting. Im from new york and where Im from thats the only way we know you're paying attention" -NDT

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

Sometimes I wish they'd just shut up with the tedious Dad jokes and stop interrupting. {:-:-:}

[@sherrymanning1116]

Lol I never thought of it that way just thought Neil really loved to hear himself lmao

[@rfmda]

@@sherrymanning1116 yg , K wv bz v

[@Renatus_Eruditus]

@@sherrymanning1116 nahh, ​calling it an NYC thing is a lame cop-out. And it's undeniable: he *loves* to hear himself talk. 😆

[@BadCookWhoJudgesChefs]

He's definitely one of my favorite guests, I'll gladly watch him in 100 more episodes.

[@ishe728]

Here's a combination of comedy and intelligence with a touch of nerd

[@-KMA-]

Who, Chuck? Lol

[@jeremyowen1]

"And so you have shark dragon tornadoes" This man said that with a straight face.

[@datsawesome3241]

i dont understanbd

[@infamoswordz]

That's a t-shirt

[@insane_troll]

Well it is 2020, that would go with the year's theme.

[@freddiereadie30]

After 6 sequels, it already becomes the new normal so everyone can now talk about it with a straight face.

[@floatingshoppinglist5193]

@@insane_troll failed joke cope 💀💀💀🤡🤣

[@CyberSystemOverload]

Im utterly and totally ADDICTED to this show. Its like a drug. Please never stop making them. The world needs you good people of Science.

[@blessedveteran]

Agreed

[@floatingshoppinglist5193]

Neil needs to eat some 🍄 to relieve some of that disgusting ego ☮️❤️👁

[@350FPS]

Can't get enough of these shows, you guys are great!!

[@ДимитърДимитров-с2з]

I think that this format of the show - with Charles Liu and Chuck is the greatest :).

[@joypanchal5753]

plz more content of these 3 the best lineup ever on startalk

[@puru397]

Thanks to Neil, Charles, and Chuck for a very entertaining and enjoyable talk.

[@burns4246]

Don’t u mean chuck, chuck, and chuck, not Neil, Charles, and chuck?

[@7t2z28]

NDT: "It doesn't make sense." MCU: "I'm not obligated to make sense to you."

[@desaperu]

Neil is a fantastic personal astrophysicist and Chuck, with his great sense of humour, is a very funny and excellent complement for him. Greetings from Perú, South America.

[@BispingOHMYWORD]

Thank you Neil for your videos and educating me . Fun guy , great vibes and an absolute genius . I appreciate you

[@Amethyst_Dragon_]

Love the three Chuck's

[@spaceman5089]

I need more episodes with these 3.

[@evanbrum6357]

36:36 Shout out The Fountain, one of the most visually stunning movies ever made and no one really talks about it. You could tell chuck and Neil had no idea what it was since they just moved on but would love to get Neils perspective on that one some day.

[@carlwillis7846]

Absolutely adore NDT but he is genuinely incapable of letting someone finish their sentence.

[@quikwidit6967]

Let me guess, the last Rogan podcast? Yea, we all know something was off for sure but damn give em a break. Yea he's known for being kind of in ur face. Bug that's usually when he's surrounded by super intellects. It's his field of work, and in his field he's a friggin rock star, it's his sport and he's good at it. Maybe u can say competitive. Rock on! Enjoy him while we have him.

[@carlwillis7846]

@@quikwidit6967 yeah that was difficult to watch for sure but as mentioned before i adore him and appreciate him but anyone who is a public figure is open for critique and that was mine of him.

[@quikwidit6967]

@@carlwillis7846 "Genuinely incapable of letting someone finish their sentence" You don't "adore" him. He's not always like that.

[@carlwillis7846]

@@quikwidit6967 I'm really not going to argue with someone i don't know on KZbin over an astrophysicist. I gave an opinion you can take it or leave it as that is your right.

[@joost199207]

@@quikwidit6967 No, not Rogan specifically, he does it all the time. Is the Rogan podcast the only thing you've seen of NDT?

[@sherrymanning1116]

I learn so much from yal I wished I could finish school but glad ro learn from u helps my mental health alot ty

[@F_L_U_X]

The cloaking/camouflage part: You left out Predator. You also left out the fact that magicians/illusionists were hired in WWII and successfully hid entire camps and set up dummy tanks, trucks, etc.

[@theduder2617]

That may be because the Predator utilized cloaking, not invisibility. If you watch the movies again, pay attention as they go "invisible". You will see the background being imposed onto the surface of their suit. Only their thrown weapons go invisible AFTER they leave the hands of a predator. But while in their possession, even the weapons are cloaked.

[@philjones6551]

Dummy tanks, trucks, convoys, etc., were physical constructs (along the lines of theatre production set designs) with speakers playing what amounts to a mix tape of the sounds one might expect from the convoy. They were two-dimensional cut-outs, painted to look like an enticing target for the enemy, with sounds being played from speakers to make the scene more convincing. That wasn't a magician or illusionist, but rather an engineering company.

[@twofivestayalive7293]

Metamorphic Camouflage.

[@DiegoA_1992]

"Does it taco?", seems like Charles enjoys himself some GMM

New mythical idea. Will it cloak?

[@Mike-dm6nb]

And chuck likes adventure time. Both got the reaction...... "What?"

[@dylanpritchard4981]

YES!!! He even specifically mentions the packing peanuts which I’m pretty sure they tried in that GMM episode!

[@gueswho1968]

Charles Liu said: "No one would make a movie about regrowing limbs..." ; One Word: DEADPOOL

[@kamallewis-gopie6956]

The Amazing Spiderman

[@theduder2617]

I'm sure he meant a good movie when he stated that. That eliminates those two movies as examples.

[@ArifRWinandar]

Deadpool isn't about regrowing limbs, it just happens to have regrowing limbs in it.

[@norman-str3ss88]

Orville aswell 😉

[@jnws30]

@@theduder2617 deadpool is excellent. Get off the crack

[@djgene5621]

Chuck's getting smarter every day!

[@blessedveteran]

I get that you have an "expert" on to help answer, but I wish you wouldn't stop Chuck (the real one) from adding his comments because he is US, and these are the things we would be thinking. It is what makes it worth watching. You, Neil, said this yourself, Chuck is an integral part of this show for all of us ❤ plus Chuck is super smart and funny. WIN WIN WIN🎉

[@MaxBeamer]

What a GREAT episode👍 laughed so much

[@lovetheory9769]

Nice is so funny!! He's a great addition to the show.

[@zaimahbegum-diamond1660]

Love Professor Lu🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🌠

[@frogz]

33, born in 86 and YES, i've seen the original batman as a kid!!

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

It was on TV once or twice along with old Batman reruns. I saw it too and I'm 38.

[@greggjohnson5634]

Yep i seen it through 80s and early 90s on some channels i was born 86 too

[@stephencarter2041]

Really, Really, Enjoyed this episode of The Awesome StarTalk!!

[@black4pienus]

I like Charles. Great guest.

[@exoplanets]

Great live !

[@nateg08]

It's extremely entertaining to watch these 3 gentlemen geek out together lol

[@deaconstenson9450]

Great as always Neil!

[@j-dubb614]

Chuck Nice you're my hero for mentioning Adventure Time

[@goosepi31415]

really enjoyed this episode, please bring him back!

[@TheEGCRACKER]

Just got into your thoughtness and show,, keep this going. So love learnding. 🤔 Love ya bro!

[@lavidamodernadeyimi]

Amazing! So interesting and funny!

[@stephanvesselinov478]

Neil you should teach how to teach, you are a treat to listen and make learning fun. Thank you.

[@kiminthemix4251]

infarct the best video i saw on the internet today about compression

[@stephjovi]

I'm 39 and I grew up with with the reruns of the original Batman. I absolutely loved it as a kid. And that shark reppelant spray is the only scene I vividly remember. Bat anti hai spray 😂🦈

[@raaz3338]

I don't watch any episode without chuck nice TheComedian

[@helljason]

Neil's chuckle gets me everytime.

[@kenallen5054]

I keep looking up with you!

[@insane_troll]

One problem with instantaneous communication is that if the two parties are travelling at high speed with respect to each other, then each should experience the other as being slowed down. If a spaceship is going at high speed, then on Earth we would see it as having time dilation and everything on the ship slowed down, but on the ship they would see the Earth as experiencing time dilation, and everything on Earth slowed down.

[@JeanPierre7788]

Dope episode

[@JLHunter61]

In Thor Heyerdahl's masterwork, "Kon-Tiki"--which consisted of a handmade raft, a diary-based book, and later the Academy Award-winning documentary about Heyerdahl's and his friends' theory and subsequent expedition--the entire project depended upon, essentially, a hand-hewn balsa wood frame, a bamboo and straw "wheelhouse," and straw filler to waterproof the entire thing. And it was proven to be fairly well waterproof during a massive, insanely dangerous storm that they survived! A woven together floating raft made it all the way across the PACIFIC OCEAN! Wow. A boat that would float all the way across the PACIFIC OCEAN with little more than hope and hard work is just crazy enough to earn my respect!

[@11kele]

I don't know why I have watched this... ... five times during the last 2 days since it was published. You guys are awesome.

[@MultiTomcat67]

Both Charles Liu's and Neil's superpower wishes have been used in movies. Immortality in the Highlander movies & TV series, regrowing lost limbs (& everything else) in Deadpool movies.

[@DieKofol]

Nice! This was like watching an episode of Big Bang where the guys just Geek out about Movies, Series, Comics, etc. EPIC

[@duanehastrich1460]

Liked, shared and enjoyed.

[@EvilDaveCanada]

What I would love to see you talk about is the futuristic science from the PULP Fiction which is in many ways sci-fi written BEFORE the Apollo era. Examples of what I'm talking about would stories like the LensMan series, the universe created by H Beam Piper, Jules Verne, etc

[@HussainFahmy]

*_Amazing Charles_*

[@Vale-nuit]

Learning how not to interrupt people should be on top of your list

[@ToddLarsen]

My favorite Guest is Back! Thank for sharing and as always keep building👍

[@chromaticvisuelle]

For everyone who likes science fiction, go watch The Expanse !!!

[@anraemcknight7411]

Fantastic show bro

[@TwinsenR]

I REALLY was hoping they would bring up The Expanse, but I knew I would be disappointed. :( Really also wish Neil would watch it.

[@Poopinism]

Yup

[@TheReferrer72]

Or you can read the books.

[@ishe728]

My only gripe on the show is the loose explanation of the titles of the people in charge... Maybe put a little caption when we see this character of who they are and what they are in what fraction

[@Sarsour_]

Awesome idea for an episode, thanks!

[@nahyanmirza]

Dr. Tyson's superpower is not letting anyone else talk .. 😅😅😅

[@sanjugr4853]

Hey Dr Tyson, huge fun of the show!! Please bring some computer scientists or experts from any Computer science field.

[@AriMalatesta]

1: I love and feel absolutely represented in my pop/science geek drunken soliloquies... B: on the topic of "invisibility" you let out the Elven cloaks from the LOTR universe... It's not about not be unseen, but to blend. It's about "becoming" , in the sense that the question usually comes from the POV of the one who can't see, instead of the one that can't be seen/watched.

[@adamhoppe1168]

The Fountain movie reference!👍👍👍

[@lostnumbr]

the Austin Martin Vanquish (the Vanish) was in a Brosnan bond film, "The World is Not Enough" I think Halo Elites have active camo on their armor

[@bernardosilva2540]

Geesmack Joeypads it was Die Another Day

[@bernardosilva2540]

In “the world is not enough” pierce borsnan used a BMW Z8

[@lostnumbr]

@@bernardosilva2540 yes thank you

[@StevenErnest]

A slight correction: the hypothetical "subspace" communication of Star Trek was not portrayed as being instantaneous, as Dr. Liu characterized it, but would take some time such as several weeks. (Depending on the era and dramatic needs.) Wonderful discussion!

[@netgnostic1627]

True - and yet there were plenty of conversational video calls to admirals at Starfleet Command from a very long distance, that were real-time, with no apparent delays.

[@varuntulsyan2558]

I sooo want Dr. Charles to be my professor even tho I took biology for my undergrad.❤

[@Valdarious]

For the first question, Star Trek also had deep space "stations" that would connect to each other though for communications purposes, probably would help with the subspace comms.

[@ad08star]

This is the "Holy Trinity" of the StarTalk. Prove me wrong.

[@huseinmuhammed2627]

I was just thinking the same thing 😂

[@gabrielhersey5546]

Amandeep Singh my professor isn’t there

[@quincy9908]

Amandeep Singh they're not because they are real.*boom* just proven you wrong No offense just a joke if you're Christian

[@oldschoolman1444]

Three nerds taking the fun out of syfi =(

[@mjbanan5291]

I like NDT, Chuck nice and Mike Massamino too, but yes, this is the Holy Trinity

[@adsax1903]

Love charles + neil combo! Upsize please! ;-)

[@twothree4]

43:57 charles be like, what am i doing here? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@monaqueeney6885]

BEST GUEST EVER

[@BrokenSoul79x]

There is a Canadian company out of BC that is working on invisibility shielding using layered lenticular lenses that is coming along great

[@MrPeterson74]

Egyptian reed boats. Reed is basically a large form of Straw. It floated on the Nile just fine.

[@NEEDCheese]

I'm with chuck.. I want a bowl too.

[@zzewt]

mental image "Do you want to play Merlin in Sharknado?" "YES"

[@IsaacConejo]

Awesome good show today.

[@protospace270]

The invisible car in the Bond universe was in Die Another Day with Pierce Brosnan in 2002, not Daniel Craig. It was the Aston Martin v12 Vanquish which Q referred to as the Vanish. Also, Dragon Ball Z repeatedly used a gravity enhancing machine (without any spinning rooms) for use in strength training.

[@InternetParadox]

Is it just me or would Chuck play the perfect Frozone?

[@user-ng9gd4vl9s]

The optic camo bit, i was yelling "Predator!" "Over here." "Turn around."

[@tehfuzzyness1]

I have so much respect for Chuck(Darker Chuck) for referencing Adventure Time... lol

[@Dooga-mm7tf]

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 😂😱 Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Goldblum... what an amazing cast!

[@johnanderson5500]

Science fiction, pulp fiction, cult fiction, i love them all!!!!

[@XavierBetoN]

First question was about quantum effect, when gravity makes time run faster or slower, you answered as in terms of lightspeed delay. Please consider reanswering this question in another cosmic quarries doc.. It would be much appreciated.

[@williamnavas1]

Best show ever

[@kasession]

I was hoping Sharknado would get a shout out!!! Those movies are so ridiculous, and i absolutely watch them whenever they come on. :-)

[@cardquest2118]

Ily Neil! You’re my hero

[@josewemersondasilva9040]

Man, that's funny, I think this one is the most funny episode of all.

[@theBlueFox2]

Also hollow man when he was injected with chemicals. I've always liked that one.

[@ladyms7840]

Sharknado 6. Ice age 5. And chicken little. The man can be a genius and still be silly what a joy this was. And he does chuckle :D

[@hungarian1]

I love Charles

[@RevivalistPoet777]

I get sad when chuck isnt in the videos so this is nice 🤘

[@jeroenjager8064]

Chuck Nice even. 8-)

[@RevivalistPoet777]

@@jeroenjager8064 oh damn i forgot their was more than one chuck i indeed meant chuck nice 🤓

[@ChaosTool93]

@4:40 I don't understand the conflict of talking to mars instantly and someone watching it. Wouldn't it be something like visual reverb? It's not like the mars rover moved before you told it to move, the visual signal just took longer to Travel back.

[@AppNasty]

The first question regarding light years distance communication...what’s that proton or whatever that when you flip it it’s twin flips too. And it doesn’t matter how far apart they are? Couldn’t we use that for instant communication across the universe? When proton (or whatever it was) is flipped this way, that’s a 0, flipped other way it’s a 1. Use that in some way to make devices that can translate that and allow other device to translate incoming flips to produce images and sound?

[@michaelkrenciprock6145]

This was funny, nicely done. I didn't appreciate Chuck Nice until I seen 'stand-in' comedians try to do his job.

[@sherrymanning1116]

I think cause he actually is interested in science

[@chethannayak4927]

22:20 its Hollow Man

[@jesusc137]

there should be a thousand likes button

[@zorianm7329]

omg salted when they said "you know, you can say no to some of these movies." LOL

[@brujakbg3023]

Love it!

[@tampablaine]

Nice Dune reference Dr Chuck.

[@arcanewyrm6295]

Re: subspace communications.... If we were somehow using quantum entanglement to enable "spooky comms at a distance", would THAT enable instant communication over interstellar distances? Or do you think that at such distances there would still be a delay between the entangled pairs?

[@redbeardthepink4809]

That Batman show was in reruns for decades. I'm 37, and I used to watch it all the time as a kid.

[@hypeandstyle-watches]

How about Quatum Entanglement communication? Entangle certain particles, and no matter the distance, they react accordingly.. One particle is a bit, and bits can make words or recordings that will instantly be heard across the universe if you have the receptor!

[@swinde]

46:00 Reminds me of the demand from proponents of "flat Earth" to put a camera in space and transmit live video of the Earth "spinning". Of course there would be issues providing the bandwidth for continuous video, and the reality that if we did put a camera at the L1 point to do this the video would appear to be stationary moving only 15 degrees per hour. Note: we have such a camera at the L1 point already (DSCOVR) Epic, but it does not do live video.