StarTalk Podcast: Cosmic Queries - Fan Grab Bag

[@timmydecent165]

whenever i cant sleep because of sad and stressfull thoughts i watch this channel. It makes me wander in sleep very nicely, thanks you guys

[@objektivone3209]

@Anna Gonzalez and if it does then what, anna?

[@shi77e20]

@Anna Gonzalez what you gonna do about it Anna

[@baburrasulov4142]

Absolutely, I do that very often. It’s impossible to stay sad while listening to Neil and Chuck duo 🤣

[@ilarious5729]

I listen these twice cause first time I always fall asleep and don't remember anything 🤷‍♂️

[@raukoring]

Guys how can you fall asleep with these two loud jesters? I love Neil and Chuck but I couldn't fall asleep. Try Event horizon with john michael godier or Lex Friedman. Those guys have amazing voices to make you fall asleep .. hopefully combined with a guest with same qualities :D

[@chall4113]

This is what I fall asleep to. I’m heading to Patreon now. You two should never stop doing these. By far the best ones to sleep to. Chuck and Neil for life!

[@fingerboxes]

It's my new fall asleep playlist too. I somewhat regularly switch up my fall asleep playlists...FudgeMuppet, Oxhorn, and Certifiably Ingame all have good sleepy voices but don't have science content.

[@debbiehoagland548]

Chuck is amazing. He's so quick witted and HILARIOUS!

[@adamdenzinger576]

Hooray for more cosmic queries!!

[@witchdoctor6502]

The only people who no longer make mistakes, are those who are no longer on the frontier of inquiry - very well said.

[@someweeb6025]

This dosent apply to shrek ofcours

[@adrienneweller485]

“What are you working on?” Mr. K. was asked. Mr. K. replied: “I’m having a hard time; I’m preparing my next mistake.” -- Bertolt Brecht

[@akhilyajaman1196]

@@adrienneweller485,, , m, m

[@Michael_Brownley]

This is 100% my favorite duo

[@fryreartechnology7611]

NDT & Chuck vs Batman & Robin..... well if NDT not only used his knowledge to put a hurt on people where Batman uses his fist too.

[@furkano8574]

I agree

[@cherricopottery]

Ditto!

[@mininahid3300]

Same

[@locustfire75]

Ah, my favorite comedy duo. It's always fun when it's Neil and Chuck

[@rfdrob769]

This made my night. Thanks Neil, Chuck and especially Joel. Also thanks to everyone else for their cosmic queries!

[@cherricopottery]

Sweet! Thanks for watching!

[@zachl1159]

I personally believe that Chuck has the natural curiosity and the drive to dispense concepts and facts that would lead people towards heightened curiosity. Perhaps Chuck Nice should host Jeopardy

[@bt8468]

I would kiss chuck

[@TheTaiylorWallace]

He would be a great Steve Harvey type

[@TheOkieLife]

If we ONLY do Cosmic Queries, I would not be mad. Thanks guys! We love all that you do, but this is BY FAR our favorite section. I think I speak for all when I say this. And thank you!

[@magdazgorska7713]

I have to say! Dr Tyson! You have a natural stand-up talent! IT was the funniest ( Smart as always) episodes of Queries ever! I was listening at work, and my co-workers kept asking if im listening to comedy:) thank you for a great morning and all the art topics. Im an artist myself and IT means a lot to me what you say! Cheers Chuck! Warm hugs from Poland!

[@joshinnc1520]

I absolutely love cosmic queries! I wait for these.

[@juanstepbehind]

I hope you don't have to wait too long next time cause I wait for them too 😂they're great

[@davidmikhael711]

My friend and his family took me to Yosemite about 9 years ago and I looked up from the base of trees and wondered and appreciated the spiral effect of the trees. Thank you =)

[@jay88ar]

I really hope Joel sends you just a handle lol that would make my day

[@SirCrimson]

Joel killing it with the questions by the way

[@VicEvoX]

Chuck has a fancy printer he can use to print himself one. XD

[@d.unknown787]

I would laugh my self silly if he would only sent a handle.

[@ilarious5729]

I was si confused by this comment before I saw the mug part 😳

[@MT_66]

@@SirCrimson oof 😥 of his career at his university at his one of a few of them at our oooooooooooooooooooooooof college and his team for his career and his first owin career of this team on a oa lap oand team for ofor oleague team at oat one ☝️ othe the

[@letsplayanything4039]

im 28 with bachelor in business law and have never had a teacher who i admire, respect and follow as much as you Dr.Tyson! I really appreciate your enthusiasm/willingness for teaching science/knowledge!

[@gsav1320]

Chuck and Neil alone with a cosmic queries makes my week

[@krishnaharkless2992]

This is why I love science! From Carl Sagan to Neil. Love his books!

[@martinda7446]

This was a super edition, both really enjoying their work..And that means we all benefit. Without wanting to encourage parasocial relationships, I love these guys.

[@zomasm8907]

"Thank you for your 3 part video question!" "And your money." "cHuUuCk!"

[@johnyepthomi892]

might as well.

[@blammela]

Chuck!!!! The only co host we neeeed!!! Not the same without you bud 💕💕💕

[@iStabSnipers]

I hope I'm not the only one who gets ecstatic when I see that it's another episode with chuck. Its sad days when chuck isn't here. I'm 1000% more likely to watch an entire episode when chuck is present. Some of your other guest co hosts don't have the same vibe that chuck sets to the episode.

[@loulout.9000]

Me too. I love love when Chuck is there!

[@donnellharris5990]

Same

[@mistie320]

Me too. Their chemistry is unmistakable.

[@spark_two]

I like some of the others alright, but there's no mistake that Chuck adds a special charm to the show. Him and Neil have great chemistry.

[@topher_lee]

Chuck is cool. He is hilarious but he also engages with Neil on scientific thought. He gets it. He’s a smart dude.

[@beautifullybrilliant7542]

By far my favourite scientist; or to be much more precise, my favourite astrophysicist Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson. Neil, thank you for sharing your gift and talents of teaching others to embrace learning, lifelong learning, and being proud to do so in our lives. I’ve never met you. You’ve really touched my life by making me an unapologetic lifelong learner someone hungry for knowledge, but most importantly, of all opening my mind to some thing, I never even considered; the concept that looking for the meaning of life like it’s somewhere under a rock, or behind the tree is meaningless and silly. I hadn’t even considered this before. Now I don’t look backwards on life and regret instead, I look forward in anticipation of what I can achieve. What a gift that is to give the world. Thank you!

[@loren-emmerich]

StarTalk is mindblowing! the deal Neil made with Chuck i find most interessing!

[@theinvertedpilgrimage8742]

i love chuck, chuck and neil together are gold, and neil childish laughter makes my day. i hope i can stir a giggle out of neil someday

[@MarkLoveJoy88]

Much love StarTalk!

[@codykott4499]

Can we just agree that Dr. Tyson and chuck is arguably the high point. They could do 2 questions and go on 2, 25 minute rants and I'm still watching for sure. Yall aren't ruining my experience by going off topic a bit, it doesn't need to be just q n a

[@stk1975]

Please invite Joel one day, he seems to be very intelligent and nice. Thanks guys, it was very entertaining and educational

[@Svet3YT]

Should've named that one Cosmic Queries - Joel Edition

[@gaurangsn8844]

Underated comment 😂

[@jpope125]

I love seeing two black guys just nerding out. Thanks guys :). Representation matters. Peace.

[@Chris-hx3om]

They're black???? I hadn't noticed.

[@jpope125]

@@Chris-hx3om I had.

[@ericrobinson7184]

UR Funny, I think all children are a population of nerds with secondary conditions.

[@atomicplanets8226]

They're referred to as brothers.

[@Wildman-zh8lg]

Get your eyes Check their green

[@martinwettig8212]

"Let the brain breathe" is indeed a super nice expression, Mr Nice. Always a pleasure to listen to you.

[@Eremon1]

It was devastating when Arecibo broke and then finally fully collapsed. Definitely a metaphor for science and education systems in North America.

[@Skalamambo1298]

I love the chemistry between neil and chuck. They're both amazing in different ways.

[@curtislindsey1736]

Chuck got a wine mug, Neil got a coffee mug... that checks out.

[@Shelacy]

Yes, stemless wine glass

[@Schizz_Popinov]

I was thinking it was a whiskey mug for Chuck

[@89maio]

@Curtis Lindsey You took the words out of my mouth!

[@patthompson8340]

Chuck received a FLOWER vase for decorating his flower-filled office.

[@ThomasJHorrego]

lol

[@daviddavis7292]

I feel like Neil is the best person to give thoughts and explain the origin of the laws of physics. I’ve always thought that everything in the universe follows the laws of physics and can be explained by them, but came to the question of what dictates the laws of physics. Why isn’t the speed of light 3m/s faster, are the laws of physics timeless? Things like that.

[@kobev3li385]

They always seem to post these hour long podcasts the night before a final 😭😭😭 Thank you Dr. Tyson 👍

[@yarhannavas]

Thanks for taking time and work and for all the information you provide

[@Jaxo1997]

Love these videos ❤️!

[@worldpeacepatriot9448]

Love the show ! Always profoundly insightful and informative and the the humor and banter between Neil and his cohost (s ) adds to the fun of learning new stuff !

[@AstroRamiEmad]

5:28 We owe that KG teacher for having a wonderful Astrophysicist! ... When I (Syrian seeker of freedom and asylum) am allowed to study Astrophysics, I will owe it to my dad and mom gifting me a book called "Discovering Planets" when I passed to grade 4! They didn't believe me a week later when I told them I finished it! They thought I was just viewing the images, and dad started testing me in it hahaha. That was the only book I couldn't leave of my huge bookcase in South Damascus, Yarmouk; as I packed up to flee (you need to be lite to outrun the Assad snipers).

[@MrJNEW82]

I love how bigger equals better only in astrology! Such a great rule that only applies there, and I feel like we can all agree that the one main takeaway is that it is only applicable to telescopes and astrology. Ladies. Amazing. Outstanding.

[@freed14760]

Great show with Chuck!!!

[@denisemorton56]

Great stuff. Never heard of a density wave. Love it. Enthusiasm is infectious as is giggling. Informative and entertaining. Love the journies real and imagined you both take us on. Thanks all at Star Talk. Stay safe.

[@alexanderjohnson2309]

I had no idea you could just pay $500 on patreon and get to talk to Neil... This has been dream of mine for years. And it's just $500 away.

[@raukoring]

Tell him to stop torturing lobsters pls

[@matthewmcnamara7316]

@@raukoring torturing lobsters?

[@ishe728]

@@raukoring hilarious! That episode was so funny. NDT is certainly different with some things.

[@pdxmusl1510]

Its interesting when you talked about your roommate. Because that exactly happened to me. I started realizing that i was way smarter than all the adults and teachers. And they vastly vastly underestimated me. I think i was like 5-6 when i realized my parents and my school teachers could never help me with math. Not that they didn't know something i didn't. But that i grasped concepts in a way they couldn't ever understand. And there was absolutely no possible way they could teach me faster than i could learn it. So i went off on my own for many years learning math. When my parents took me to the library. I went to the college level books. I stopped looking for help from people.

[@themeach011]

Joel that pottery is so cool!!

[@cherricopottery]

Thank you!

[@Richa-livebeatzz]

Love the show, the chemistry between Dr Tyson and Chuck always make my day, those guys love each other. The answer of the querie about the truth by Dr Tyson was very accurate, perhaps the way put it by Nietzche could help too: "The truth is the more efficient lie" Love Dr Tyson do his tesis about art!!

[@joshinnc1520]

A handle-less mug is a cup, Chuck! 😂😂😂 You're one of my favorite comedians, sir. Keep doing what you do!

[@Etopirynka]

Neil and Chuck have such a vibe together, love it!

[@Jessilavender]

Sweet mugs!!!!!! ✌🌎✨✨

[@jimbo6753]

Awesome show guys and thank you for the laughs!

[@heresthethingyouguys]

This show is amazing

[@RockyP77]

Mr. Tyson, you are my hero in life... i try to emulate you.... Mr. Nice, you are a comedic influence to me/1 keep it up!

[@juanstepbehind]

I like Chuck's flower room 😂

[@taleimoce973]

When i have a stress filled day i put these guys on at night and it calms my mind into peaceful slumber

[@steby123]

Hey Chuck that's just a very big handle with a hole for the coffee!

[@susantownsend8397]

When I was studying for a Masters degree in Gifted Education we actually discussed the problem of highly intelligent or creative students being able to come up with great arguments for alternative answers to test questions. I also remember my grandson arguing that a pyramid can roll - you just have to push it harder. He was in the first grade.

[@amernice]

this was immensely entertaining

[@PhilSmulian]

Start Trek's influence (a literary and cinematic artistic expression) is enormous on the advancement of science. Google, AI, cellphones, smartphones, space flight, the list goes on.

[@simmonsjoe]

That whole bit about the IQ at the beginning hit home. This happened to me in school a few times.

[@pmaxjoy]

Chuck got it So right at 32:00 time stamp. My whole reason to watch this show is to get entertained and educated on same time. Never stop doing what you are doing. Heading to patron now…

For a computer to do art, it should first have the capacity to have an experience and to feel the need to have an expression about that experience.

[@msmith53]

YES!!

[@thanos879]

No

[@anthonyweber4986]

What a fundamental conflict

[@autohmae]

You and Neil, as he demonstrates at for example 31:18, greatly underestimates how far machine learning already is. And he also greatly overestimates what IBM Deep Blue is at the time of Garry Kasparov could do and did. Deep Blue could just calculate more options, it's just 'brute force' math. And pre-programmed the 'intuition' part (aka discard the least likely possible options without spending a lot of time calculating it). In 2016 Google/Deepmind's AlphaGo beat the best Go player. A far more complex game to play well than Chess. AlphaGo uses machine learning using artificial neural networks a system inspired by the neural networks in brains. AlphaGo like Deep Blue had gotten a large library of previously played games by humans to use in case of Deep Blue as a reference and to learn from in case of AlphaGo. The learning it in this case means: similar to re-playing all those games. Thus it then becomes a form of experience. This is how a computer system because the best Go player for a while. Who beat AlphaGo ? AlphaZero, which is a computer system build by basically the same people, but instead of giving it any existing games it learned by playing itself aka experience. The same system also plays Chess better than anything else out there (also by learning from playing only itself). How fast did this system learn ? It was playing games in parallel on hardware less powerful than AlphaGo and it did all this in less than 48 hours. Experienced Go players are praising AlphaZero for it's very original & creative moves. Their are also robots (BRETT at Berkeley) that learn (similar machine learning technology) to do things by being shown how to do something ones and then trying to replicate it and figuring out how to use vision, the motors in the hands and arms of the robot to do simple tasks. And it can adapt to all kinds of situations after it has learned the task. It learns very similar to how a baby would gain experience and improve. Their are lots of other projects out their doing all kinds of things (with talking heads which might just be an advanced chat bot), but these experiments I mentioned are the real deal.

[@MrJim117]

Hey Chuck, maybe in the long run you will have the more valuable piece of art because it doesn’t have a handle and that will make it more rare which in turn will make it more valuable to a collector. So there “you” go! You got the better mug! Love you guys! Keep the fantastic work!

[@RyanStrainMusic]

Neil, I couldn't help noticing your hands are very shakey in this episode. I hope you just had too much coffee and you're doing okay. You're a universal treasure. Take care of yourself ❤️

[@twhite217]

It’s not becoming a fan favorite, it IS the fan favorite!

[@StraightEdgeHeathen]

When I was in high school they gave us IQ tests. They announced that I got the 2nd highest in the entire school, second only to my brother. This happened on my junior and senior years. I never got any educational awards, honors or medals, and neither did my brother. So no, high IQ does not automatically equal better performance in school.

[@skywatcherextraordinaire7014]

My IQ is 255 im so much smarter than youuu.

[@krishnaharkless2992]

Just saw another show of Cosmos, Neil really does a great job!

[@resnak]

I like the "handle-less mug". It looks more like a wine glass to me. But still nice either way!

[@Jack_McKalling]

For twenty years I've been both an Artist as well as a Theoretical Scientist, as well as a Programmer. From that middle ground area where I have talents in all those fields that normally don't really cooperate together at the same time, I'd like to tell the world that yes, a person CAN be both creative and technical at the same time, within the same project. Heck, even further, I truly believe that every single person in this world is somehow an Artist in what they do, no matter what background they have. If anyone believes otherwise, they would be admitting that they've got no clue what it is to be an actual human being with any level of imagination. Since Art is unique and personal to everyone, and if you have an open mind, you'll be able to see that anything you do, is special in one way or another, deservant to admiration and inspiration.

[@cebrailaktas6427]

Who else thought Chuck was Kevin Hart's close relative at first ? 🤔 Question for Sir deGrasse : Would there be any rational / actually important reason for us to experiment on creating black holes ? Whether it's in space or in controlled environments, could that help science advance in any way ?

[@henryotero1385]

An explainer video on how the military and astrophysics merge? Sign me up! Always interested because I love space and aviation/ astrophysics.

[@MagetaTheLionHeart]

I would love to see you and Chuck react to Supernova from Final Fantasy 7. The enemy literally attacks you by exploding our sun.

[@DJLiddle]

Or Sephiroths meteor attack 😄

[@hunterblacc4336]

@@DJLiddle smash flashbacks

[@coreymcconnell2329]

Chuck is the greatest sidekick for you Mr Tyson in this world and I believe that Chuck will always help you and you will always help Tyson best combination in this world thus far and hundred thousands of people do not like y'all together but three hundred thousand people love y'all together so keep it going all love

[@wsextreme]

Chuck is bagging on Joel’s mug 😂... I want one where can we buy one ?

[@foifoifoi610]

it's 500 bucks

[@remywhite4377]

@@foifoifoi610 Aha haaa. I would never.

[@ilarious5729]

Make your own it's not difficult

[@Jay-om8gr]

@@foifoifoi610 fr?

[@metriculate1]

You work well together, very complimentary.

[@kozkiroify]

Star Talk: Joel appreciation edition

[@caustictea1918]

Love all of these videos and learning new things on top of hearing other perspectives. But also love that last question about art and science. Kind of think of science inspiring art but also the art of imagination inspiring science.

[@Gio-ym4uj]

Ahh, I love me some Startalk at the end of my day. :)

[@monsieurgolem3392]

with a dash of josef mengele 40:04.

[@jeffreyswanson3798]

This is the first episode I've watched that actually hits the human heart all the subjects were like instead of all science they were humanitarian actions and it's just great sorry guys I'm a loss for words but good program

[@coder001]

NDT camera is so clear on this one or is it just me

[@Derrick510]

Thank you guys.

[@Dr.RichardBanks]

"Why waste a guillotine head?" _-Neil_

[@hombreleon]

A scientist to the very end. 🪓 🥼

[@bentontramell]

That was dark...LOL

[@andrewhodge4814]

went scrolling for this specific comment. lol that was great.

[@Dr.RichardBanks]

@@andrewhodge4814 glad you enjoyed

[@Dan-tp6hi]

Love the fan grab bag cosmic editions

[@ignorasmus]

@11:50 - A three dimensional spiral would be called a "Helix". You are welcome Dr. Tyson :)

[@zaclovesschool2273]

this show was absolutely hysterical

[@Blue_3rd]

A great show! Have a shot every time Neil says ‘so’ and a double when he says ‘soooo’. 😂🤪

[@thisisbrotherhood769]

and a triple shot when he says, "Oh, and by the way.."

[@PlagueDoctorscp049]

Big fan of these shows love the two of you great shows the two of you work great together

[@varkin794]

"Why waste a guillotine head?" The best phrase I've ever heard, I'm not joking

[@monsieurgolem3392]

40:04......so we're josef mengele now?

[@Zyrothy]

art is the breath that everyone needs to keep going, simple like that

[@andrewjustice210]

I kept waiting for them to tell Joel they were just joking about the mugs... just... kept waiting

[@better.better]

that's why I support the creators that I do: so they don't have to worry as much about pleasing advertisers, and losing funding when they don't

[@knifetoucher]

20:48 you now what that means... Time to use our crater in AZ to make THE WORLD'S LARGEST telescope ever.

[@angelcasillas8206]

saying hi from PR !!!! love you guys

[@TinaLynn]

My two cents worth: My son at age 12 was IQ tested (he had years of depression and mood issues and was diagnosed BiPolar at age 9).. turns out, his IQ was over 120 at age 12. This was an indication of how his mind was working. He already knew the answer to every question.. so he just didn't do anything at school, but yet, he would sit at home coding games and creating his own music. So he dropped out of school in 10th grade and I allowed it.. he went into military school at 17 instead and graduated with HONORS.. top 10 of 250 kids. THIS is what he needed. So the whole IQ issue is one in itself that needs to be studied in correlation with school systems to teach kids how to learn on their own level. Brilliance can be a burden....

[@hueytlatoani1177]

It's a gift and a curse.

[@luiz-seigo]

I'll be honest, I started watching this talks because of Chuck

[@timmydecent165]

funfact: RUUD is for sure a Dutch guy

[@ruudboltz6677]

It was you wasn't it? 😂😂😂

[@timmydecent165]

@@ruudboltz6677 lol i was just guessing but it sounded really dutch

[@brittpower]

It is for sure Dutch indeed, pronounced like a mix between rude and root ;P

[@iNotoriousAJ]

Thanks for sponsoring this episode Joel xD

[@klaxoncow]

"Don't be the Moon" - Neil deGrasse Tyson, 2020

[@daverdz7348]

9:42 Not only it has a handle... its ergonomic!! Chuck you're the best man XD

[@TheWingAnthony]

It would be awesome if you guys added timestamps for the questions!

[@sarahsierz233]

You both were hilarious thank you as always 😊