A Conversation with Astrophysicist J. Richard Gott III

[@StarTalk]

StarTalk Community! Do you enjoy these longer podcast videos (1hr+) or do you prefer them under 1hr? Let us know! 🤓

[@AdaskoGejming]

The konger the better!

[@mariokery7155]

I like mine hort and sweet 😋

[@Abhinay-eu2xo]

30 to 40 minutes are the best!!

[@MurdieMedia]

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[@iantob]

More longer videos 🙏🏻

[@leightaft7763]

This man is so “normal” speaks in plain easy to understand words, isn’t cocky or pretentious, he’s likeable but he’s also soooo damn smart! I want more from this guy! Great show Neil.

[@deirdreLaurence]

He's the opposite of Neil in that regard...

[@davidblackman1586]

I don't think he's "well" based on his current appearance.

[@tomaccino]

​@@davidblackman1586Bro, he ain't dying yet 😂

[@1leggedbuttkicker]

Would have been perfect without Neil

[@KICK839]

Not really ​@@deirdreLaurence

[@MatthieuBalmes]

This guy is 77 y.o. and he is so sharp, funny, smart and with excellent memory.

[@begood983]

I am jealous!

[@ericdavison6186]

True...71 year ago,,1953...sci-fi series called Journey into Space was made , deleted, then released/recorded in 1958. Its in YT) Some of the theories given then reflect something like he said!

[@Zulu333]

Almost as sharp and funny as President Trump

[@begood983]

@@Zulu333 omg

[@ra2186]

This is one of the best episodes ever. Something about the way these two speak with each other feels extremely rich.

[@Zlist1994]

lol almost 2 hours went by so quickly since I was so focused on their conversation I didn’t even notice the time 🤯

[@SatansSimgma]

Its that sweet hat for me.

[@darkcircle899]

It’s because they’ve been friends for years. I think it makes the conversation flow more naturally.

[@EvoSchecter]

@@darkcircle899makes sense, feels like I’m just hanging out with them.

[@Dagger13824]

Love the longer timeframe. This is easily my favorite episode, and I have been watching for years. I didn’t want it to end. I especially love this format of just two friends having a genuine conversation. Definitely would enjoy more of this! Would also love to see more of J Richard Gott III as well… Please and Thank You.

[@cristianovia]

I totally agree

[@daronlegereit1139]

I just watched your space talk with Richard Gotta.... It's 3 am... Couldn't turn it off.... I'm just a 53 yr old piano player, painter... But I absolutely love science....I guess because the arts, and sciences try to interpret the nature of the universe by looking inward, outward, into, around, and thru the mirror, trying to understand why the reflection staring back is scratching its head..... Embrace the question mark! I'm not sure we exist without it

[@AngelCade]

I really enjoy the thought, & at the end, particularly. I'm not sure we exist without it.

[@813lem]

I love that anology. Looking into, through and around....and wonder why guys scratching his head... very funny and accurate

[@SirDanimal]

Longer is preferable. Never tire of fascinating, intelligent conversation.

[@SatansSimgma]

That's what she said.

[@BurritoSupreme42]

​@SatansSimgma 😂 i didn't see that coming... also quoted by her

[@tyrone4u559]

Yes👍

[@SilencedLamb69]

​@@SatansSimgma Dang I came to comment this same thing

[@cheeseburger-ye1mv]

To the future generation, don't let this show die

[@tomasbar1101]

Ok

[@OffendingTheOffendable]

😂😂 chump is "president" again

[@Meewee466]

To the future generation, beware December 14 2072

[@Okabe_Rintaro_]

​@@Meewee466Stephen, who shared the incom Tmachine password with you?

[@777killblu]

@@Meewee466twin setting prophecies 🙏🏾

[@77Real2reel]

"you can't think of everything..." What a beautiful and funny story about Neil's conversation with Stephen Hawking! I lol'd :)

[@joaquinvelasquez6252]

13 minute's into this and it's already my favorite star talk of 2024!

[@onbored9627]

I love this guy! In sophomore year of high school J. Richard Gott got me really into physics with his book "Time Travel in Einstein's Universe". I'll never forget going around with my little cone shaped models made of paper from the diagrams his book trying to explain stuff. In fact, I remember at the end of the day a science teacher walking by who I hadn't had but everyone said was super smart. As he comes near me I asked him "Sir, I'm reading this book and I'm having trouble understanding Cosmic Strings." Without even stopping he said "You should be!" And he kept walking. Hahaha. All my friends and I were laughing so hard. Thanks J. Richard Gott. You are the man! One day I'm gonna get that book signed by him. One day.

[@Zurpanik]

Thank you StarTalk crew, team, and all supporters for this program... We need it now more than every, I certainly do

[@jacobbub506]

@Neil when i was in 8th grade I was recognized by the department of the gifted and talented also. I am now 41 and am a class A truck driver. I could not agree more that intelligence should not dictate the course of one's life journey.

[@HeatherH80207]

Loved listening to these two laugh & share with each other. You can tell they hold a great deal of respect for each other.

[@pnb517]

Richard Gott was my professor in college. He was amazing.

[@masheldon]

Wonderful episode. We're eavesdropping on truly great conversations!

[@MattUFO33]

It’s the humor more than the brilliance that gives me such joy and optimism 😁

[@dm45lm]

Everyone coming out of high school should have to watch the section of this video starting at 1:08:00. Just because a test doesn't show that you are exceptional doesn't mean that you aren't.

[@sandal_thong8631]

In order to go to a magnet school in Northern Virginia, I had to sit a number of different examinations, some of which I didn't think about before, like imagining folding a paper to get a cube and which would be the accurate representation of the faces on the cube. Of course a magnet has two poles, one positive, one negative. So if there's a magnet school for the brilliant, does that mean there's a magnet school for the slow, ADHD, unwanted minorities, poor and kids with behavior issues? One solution to busing if you can't do it for integration is to do it to make sure there aren't too many poor kids in one school.

[@Agent-fg9ol]

What an absolutely amazing conversation, I put it in the S tier.

[@scottschmit4274]

I could listen to Dr. Gott and Dr. Tyson all day long.

[@julianthegodmusic]

7k in one hour? Love it, I wanna see everyone trying to educate themselves

[@messier_8738]

Ikr

[@Roguescienceguy]

That's just to push it to the top of KZbin

[@dennisestenson7820]

Slow start.

[@tommygreer9921]

Hi Neil I read the same book when younger than 10 years old Flowers for Algernon thanks for bringing that wonderful memory back cheers

[@idiocracyBonanza]

Honestly it's better longer episodes because it feels natural and you don't rush the conversation with your host constantly watching the time. Longer episode is higher quality.

[@currycoleman3696]

Thank you so much Neil & Richard for referring to the movie "Somewhere in Time". I just saw it for the first time, and it truly is an incredible classic.

[@beasleydad]

I picked up his book, "Time Travel in Einstein's Universe" when I was visiting the museum of Science and Industry in Chicago over nearly 15 years ago by now, and I still think about it once a week. The illustrations that I believe his daughter did were so helpful.

[@ThePgkessler]

This is pure gold. Rich has a laid back style of casual genius that flows super well with your style Neil. Love the topics!

[@tarsinghs]

This has been the supreme best episode of this series ever! I just didn't want the conversation to end. Thank you NGT and Richard Gott III.🙏🏻

[@ritikd225]

This was the best episode of yours. The topics discussed felt fresh and exciting.

[@danielmaxwell6676]

I love this interview / coversation. Makes my brain hurt but I love it.

[@sreneethomas]

This guy is probably my favorite guest I've ever seen on startalk. Wow I really like him. Love the topics they chose as well. Wish there were a few more hours of it though 😂

[@jacquelinemoore6807]

This conversation was probably my favourite so far of ST

[@TooshanSrivastava]

Is this the nerdiest episode ever?! absolutely loved watching it!

[@Muckyyyy]

Whoever is watching this right now, have a goodnight sleep!😂

[@scottev954]

Lol, you know me too well!

[@sethwesley6268]

i love these long format videos, being able to put on your videos in the background while im on my computer, and getting to listen to the top 1 percent of the smartest people in their field. you always teach us something new and its one of the highlights of my day seeing a new video from Neil pop up.

[@TheOldHippiebilly]

I'm with Dr Tyson 100% on the idea that protecting Earth is a LOT easier & cheaper than populating Mars. That makes perfect sense.

[@JamEWalsh]

Sending people to a planet that is already in worse shape than Earth, harbors no life, has no tectonic activity, no magnetic field, and only a thin atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide is not a solution. The problem we're talking about is Earth becoming more Mars-like. How then is relocating to Mars a solution to that problem?

[@patrick2710]

Why not do both?

[@sandal_thong8631]

I don't say that we shouldn't invest in astronomy, space telescopes, and man-in-space, but we shouldn't go all in and send thousands of brilliant people to Mars. One, it will be extremely dangerous; two, they might do good work on Earth that they wouldn't on Mars. Of course the same is true with scientists and engineers working on weapons in the so-called defense industry.

[@matthewpool6508]

I'm finally in college after a long break and this podcast definitely helped to keep me curious and invested in learning in the interim; I can't thank you all enough.

[@anthraxman]

Literally the one I’ve been waiting for on this show!!!

[@fluffyspunsugar]

J. Richard Gott III was a lot of fun in this episode. I enjoyed this talk.

[@has_ali]

Wow! What a hidden gem why have we never seen him!

[@ilovemapledrumsspaun4083]

Fascinating conversation. This brings me back to the Nat Geo show, which is one of my all-time favorite shows.

[@SimpleDays101]

Hopefully you guys talking about go brings in a new wave of players. I love science and I love go, and I most certainly loved seeing it combined here.

[@PatrickVRegan]

Every time I listen to one of your videos, I walk away smarter and for that I am eternally grateful

[@mdp_lady]

I wish Neil would invite Hugh Ross to the conversation, that would be great to hear from all three!

[@seanpreston3653]

Thank you both for doing what you do. Mr. Gott your Layman's descriptions are greatly appreciated. It helped me see what your saying.

[@jasonlow6943]

Lovely guest and an intriguing topic... Thank you very much for putting such a wide range of experience and expertise on display... I've also noticed however that Lord nice has been absent the last couple of videos... I wish him well and hope for his speedy return...

[@laserduchamp8071]

Thanks for many years of learning and laughter... it means a lot.. live long and prosper 😊❤😊

[@Mythraezia]

I don't mind Chuck but it's really nice not to have him in every episode please keep this up, this was refreshing, relaxing and easy to follow. Great topics too.

[@sevenflashowls]

Always better without Chuck. Nothing wrong with Chuck, but these one on one are just more enjoyable.

[@sandal_thong8631]

I think he's meant for the more "general audience" type conversations. This one goes a little deeper.

[@jorg3023]

I really like this one, literally old friends just talking about things they enjoy!

[@toastwoozi]

i love richards sense of humor....and accent

[@SatansSimgma]

U just love Richard.

[@Outsideville]

He has an accent?

[@BradleyKunz]

Hwhy?

[@rhys1564]

@@SatansSimgma Hmmmm…you comment like a connoisseur…☎ me. 💋

[@astrocoastalprocessor]

@@BradleyKunz😂

[@ronstermonster1237]

This was great. May be my favorite conversation that I've heard on this channel so far.

[@wallygator52]

Very enjoyable episode. A movie about genius I would have included is "Powder" with Sean Patrick Flanery and Jeff Goldblum about an albino young man, with incredible mental abilities, found living in the basement of his grandparents farm . I found it to be very moving.

[@leebrashear9821]

I can't begin to express how much I enjoyed this! Both of you rocked this format. I understood the more sciency (lol) stuff and I enjoyed your friendship chemistry and humor. Really the best of the best podcast. We don't have geniuses in my family, but I love math and science and always brought it into our daily lives as I was raising my kids and now visits with my grandkids. Thanks so much!

[@MrBoomer-k6v]

Two geniuses in one room 😮

[@tomasbar1101]

One room containing two geniuses 😮

[@pilotnamealreadytaken6035]

​@@tomasbar1101 ty 🤜🤛

[@Anomaly_Files18]

If they are then why didn't they once mention the UAP Phenomenon considering there is a UAP hearing tomorrow with the House?

[@Roguescienceguy]

😂

[@Roguescienceguy]

@Anomaly_Files18 exactly. Let me tell you. Academic hubris and/or being pushed to contain the narrative

[@kebeaux6546]

I agree. This is one of the best episodes ever. I would’ve would never get tired of this.

[@HAmzakhan2]

Love this episode. The guest is so intelligent and isn't being cut off by your comedic friend all the time.

[@markj7652]

I am learning so much and I love how accessible you make science to someone average like me.

[@carmenmccauley585]

If an alien landed on earth once a year for 4 billion years they would not find humans. Timing is everything.

[@hunnid17]

Well not really. Given the age of the universe life couldn't have had enough time to evolve so that makes no sense at all

[@71fluffdaddy]

This was a fantastic guest and episode. Keep it going. 😊

[@MatrixFanVideos]

Please invite Professor Charles Fields to talk on your show.

[@CasualMutoi]

This conversation is solid. Thank you. I will review my debut content under such as a kid in 1997 asking why why can't process information faster than light... which began my introspective universe. Always love the StarTalk!

[@ashish.pakabear]

As a rocketeer, mechanical engineer, roboticist and a learner by first principles. This conversation was probably one of the few intellectually supersized ones. Best episode? There is a reason why intelligent people fail at statistics.

[@emielhertogs1968]

I wouldn’t mind the occasional long format episode. This was one of my favourite episodes!!

[@nicolau2]

I heard this episode on podcast like a month ago and found Richard Gott so fascinating and interesting that I've been waiting to hear him again but with video Cheers

[@gunnaroddurrosarsson7699]

The longer the better. I like stars, but I really like the talk the most. I never get enough of intelligent conversation. It's really rare these days.

[@jimdotz]

I'm >60yo and still in possession of my 8th grade report card with the hand-written message: "Jim is a lazy math student." I went on to earn a B.A. in Mathematics, graduating #1 in my class with a 4.00 GPA, and then earned both an M.S. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Teaching & Teacher Education, and finally landed a tenure-track job teaching math at my local community college... What went wrong in 8th grade? Jim was not a lazy math student; Jim was bored out of his skull in his pre-algebra class.

[@trull122]

blah blah blah, me me me.... 8th grader.

[@sandal_thong8631]

I took pre-algebra in 7th grade, and for most of the first quarter in 8th grade, Algebra repeated what I already learned, so they let me hang out in the library. I guess I should have taken it in 7th grade, then not had a math class in 8th grade? Of course learning BASIC around that time with variables was kind of like Algebra.

[@janerkenbrack3373]

This is such a fascinating conversation. I am especially enjoying the debate over the value of Mars mission and colonization. I am closer to Dr. Tyson on this one, but that isn't my comment. Hearing someone advocating investing in Mars when a significant portion of our national population thinks NASA is hiding the flat earth from everyone, is a bit of a shock to the brain.

[@sandal_thong8631]

I can't take that seriously. They must be fooling with us or members of the media who report on them.

[@alger8181]

In the book "Gambit", written by Rex Stout, our hero, Nero Wolfe, starts to play a game of chess with a person who proclaims himself as a Master of Chess. Wolfe starts off with a completely unorthodox move, to which his opponent declares is, (and i paraphrase) "Irrational! All the best books say that this is the best opening!" Many chuckles were had when Mr. deGrasse-Tyson did this to a computer.

[@Eremon1]

Dr Gott is a great guest. Enjoyed this episode. Cheers.

[@A3Kr0n]

I almost didn't click on this "where are the aliens" video, but I'm so glad I did.

[@ramzcoldlampin5460]

I knew from the thumbnail that he would be cool, but I didn’t realize how cool. I could listen to these two chop it up for hours.

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

Life is common. Intelligent life is uncommon. Life that can peer deep into the cosmos is rare. Interplanetary life is epic. Intergalactic life is legendary.

[@HedonisticPuritan-mp6xv]

You have zero evidence for any of that. Might as well say the universe is full of unicorns.

[@zer0bankoe]

@Could be, its just a horse with an horn. They are like deers with a straight horn

[@HipolitoHernanz]

It depends on the guest and/or the subjects discussed. I could easily sit for still another hour when you have someone as brilliant and likable as Dr. Gott! Your judgement on this one was just perfect.

[@CaptainCanuck68]

The thing I liked about Real Genius was that not only were they smarter than everyone else, they were also more empathetic.

[@culpablecruz]

This is the best most interesting video on this channel ive seen so far. Looking forward to More stuff like this

[@alswedgin9274]

There has never been a boring conversation on StarTalk.

[@thorkagemob1297]

First time listening to Richard but i love the vibes he gives off. Seems like a really genuine and nice guy. He has a comforting way of speaking lmao

[@maxtdemsky4031]

Every time I watch a star talk episode I always say to myself - “man…I’m not high enough for this” 😂

[@georgetthande6223]

I really appreciate how you both make complex science understandable. Thank you

[@Flying_Blind]

We wouldn't have had Leon Russel if his mother hadn't noticed his talent at 4 years old. Then put him in 10 years of classical piano lessons.

[@patlittle2881]

Thank you for the A on Revenge of the Nerds!! 💖

[@paulbunyan9436]

Mars is 50 times more radioactive than earth. 😳

[@thirstfast1025]

Do you mean it's more radiated at the surface because of no magnetosphere, or do you mean the planet itself gives off 50x Earth's radioactivity? If it's the former, I ~agree, if it's the latter, I'm very curious about the source of the radiation.

[@julko28]

​@@thirstfast1025It is the first one

[@thirstfast1025]

@@julko28 thank you for subjectively clarifying some one else's comment.

[@mr67927]

That’s what they tell us.

[@lukyspdegaming5422]

J. Richard Gott III is hilarious. I hope he joins the show many more times.

[@hamsternchips]

Neil figured out that in chess you can play the game and you can play the player!

[@matthewmarshall5234]

No, Neil figured out that at the time you could make unusual moves vs an AI opponent and cause the AI to react a certain way to your moves that might give you some kind of advantage. "Playing the game" and "playing the player" are exactly the same thing in chess, deception has always been the key he was just relating to the fact that a computer program doesn't understand that an opponent would be capable of "making a bad move" intentionally.

[@sandal_thong8631]

It's funny that after an A.I. program loses, the programmers have to go in and tweak it. You'd think they would have figured out how to have it record games and learn where it made a mistake. That's assuming that chess is solved such that black can force a draw with perfect play.

[@cristianfrias5627]

I watched this video in its entirety and the chemistry these two have is incredible!

[@CaptainCanuck68]

It's also fair to assume other civilizations out there reached a level like ours but ended up destroying themselves.

[@nikitagloukhovtchenko6857]

You know how an advanced creature goes extinct?

[@aaronrandolph261]

It’s fair to assume the opposite also

[@hunnid17]

No, its complete stupidity to assume that

[@wardraven8755]

It’s also save to assume that all current civilizations are at the same lvl as us or close to it.

[@trull122]

not really fair at all

[@kylemclaughlin2147]

I was lucky enough to see Dr Gott give a talk at thr Hayden Planetarium on his book, "Time Travel In Einstein's Universe," when i was 10 or 11 years old, and he took my question from the audience. Still one of my fondest memories.

[@Dr_LK]

In phenomenon he wasn’t struck by lightning, he had a brain tumor which made him super clever, and he thought he was stuck by a meteorite!

[@Adoubless]

This was one of my favorite episodes. I truly enjoyed seeing this friendship. ❤

[@DougieBarclay]

Regarding: Fermi Paradox. Why can't they already be here? Why can't they be all around us, before and after, and everywhere and every time? Being in an alternate dimension, you will never know. It is assumed they are already here. Their shadow? Our thoughts.

[@carolspencer6915]

Good evening Neil and J. Richard Super thankful for this entertaining and most knowledgeable shared conversation. Super smart sensemaking brain gym, indeed. Truly grateful. 💜

[@chris424cm]

The job of president sure has lost the prestige these dinosaurs think it had.

[@retrac3180]

This was such an amazing episode. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute. Great conversation!

[@shankararhuddlan270]

I fail to understand why it's so hard for us to believe that there are advanced civilizations out there but to bend the laws of nature and the universe to close such distances within the lifetime of a creature just seems beyond reason to think that the amount of time and science involved in in development and research to achieve such accomplishments what happened in our lifetime. The human race has been around for what is perceived as a blipliterally the amount of time in which we have been sending communications out even at the speed of lightis still traveling working its way to the distance reaches of the galaxys out there or solar systems even that could possibly contain life. If there is a alien race so advanced as depossibly close that gap and reach us we are so far behind them that by their own laws they probably aren't even allowed to communicate with us because of the technological gap and difference in knowledge. We are an infant race those advanced enough to get to us should know better to let us develop on our own and to leave us be. Because honestly if they could close that kind of a distance there's no resources that we have here on this planet that they couldn't find elsewhere well beyond the time it took to get to us.

[@shankararhuddlan270]

Sorry driving and voice to text really sucks! 😂

[@LycanDreams9159]

We have a pretty decent ability to detect what is happing in the our galaxy. The idea that an intergalactic alien civilization has mastered some sort of wormhole technology is possible but that they can do that with no energy residue that we can detect doesn’t make any sense considering what we know about the theoretical science involved with that.

[@zer0bankoe]

I don’t think so, because what woud we do if aliens from lets say a moon in our solar system with liquid water sends us a signal? We would immediately make a plan to send a signal back and maybe even come to them or they to us. It would be a new step for our and their understanding. The exchange of knowledge, our archeological history, our technology, our knowledge if the universe and physics and stuff etc. So yeah i think it would be the same for the Aliens if they would receive our signal. They would be curious and want to meet us.

[@hunnid17]

Because you have no idea what conditions and what amount of time is required for evolution to reach our level of intelligence and for all we know our level of consciousness could be a random mutation that might never appear on another plantet ever again.

[@shankararhuddlan270]

@@hunnid17 perhaps, but from what we can tell, the universe is near limitless, we cant even see to its edge, just where light we can glimpse at ends... it'd be insane to think we are the only ones... ever...

[@tomdunigan234]

This conversation was wonder(ful) Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insight in a way that is interesting and thought-provoking. Please do more of this format.

[@1halnass]

This is one of my favorite people I've ever heard Neil talk to!

[@marcobrondani]

such a great conversation, always informative, entertaining and engaging. god a few titles to read and watch now. thank you

[@tyrone4u559]

Another brilliant guest. Love listening to this gentleman. Neil still talks over his guest. Love this channel although, It's impossible for Neil to shut up for 2 minutes

[@ddmdjpro]

I enjoyed and LAUGHED so much more at this episode than the usual ones with the “comedian” sidekick. Thank you. Great episode. Imho. ❤❤❤

[@JayProphet2025]

These two would make a great podcast tandem. Entertaining, imaginative, informitive, all the above! Thanks just subscribed to the channel.😊

[@JaimeWulf]

I listened to this on the podcast which I love while working... Assuming the noise we're making doesn't overwhelm my hearing... I'm a welder/fabricator so that's very hit-and-miss sometimes... I'll watch this later since I might have missed something in the Podcast...