The Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century You've Probably Never Heard Of

[@TodayIFoundOut]

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[@5tonyvvvv]

Atheists are left with infinite unseen untestable universes ..and that's Faith as well

[@borneandayak6725]

The Father of Heliocentric Theory, The Father of Big Bang Theory, The Father of Genetic, The Father of Geology, etc, all of them are Catholic Priest.

[@machinegun2282]

when catholic priest used to be smarts

[@Nebraska2002]

@@machinegun2282 “used to” they still are but they are modest and don’t care for mainstream attention

[@machinegun2282]

@@Nebraska2002 i know many priests even today are graduated from science careers. Even the pope Francis, he is a chemical engineer, but they are not as big as all those mentioned above. And they must share that to the world. Too much modesty is not good

[@Nebraska2002]

@@machinegun2282 I agree

[@rumblefish9]

@@machinegun2282 they still do. The winner of a Carl Sagan prize is a Jesuit priest. The vatican has 2 working telescopes open to researchers. There are a team of planetary scientists and Jesuits who run it.

[@vantom6194]

A War hero in WW1, a physicist, mathematician, cosmologist, and a Priest what a resume

[@esterhudson5104]

👏😌

[@j.r.r5863]

Don’t forget Father Gregor Mendel: The Father if Genetics Sister Mary Kenneth Keller: The first woman to earn a PhD in computer Science and one of the developers of “Basic” computer program language ( lol I don’t know what it is but basically that) Father Francesco Grimaldo: Discovered the refraction of light Saint Giuseppe Moscati: One of the first doctors to use Insulin on his patients, scientific researcher, and university professor noted both for his pioneering work in biochemistry And many, many, many more. The Catholic Church always gets painted as this terrible institution that stood between humanity and progress, but I do believe that when history is actually looked into, she always pioneered scientific research, art, music, architecture, literature, and philosophy. It beats me why academia likes to portray her in such a negative light.

[@timsvea5980]

Great and objective video. I was raised Catholic in secular schools and went on to get degrees both in science and theology. I have never felt had a big conflict between my faith and my education. I have observed however, a considerable amount of conflict between fundamentalists and ideologues. Both religion and the empirical science get hijacked for political purposes.

[@northernsun6003]

This. Jerks hijack ideologies to be jerks, and then people attribute it to a religion as if that's a physical object that mind controls people into being jerks. There is no conflict between religion and science. There are a collection of religious and scientific people who are in conflict with each other, and the rest of us get on with our lives.

[@Halinspark]

Caylon Gorell The best part is, the scientific "atheists" causing a lot of the problems don't realize that their view of science is a religion to them. They are hypocrites, going on about the brainwashing of religion while not realizing they're brainwashed to think numbers magically fix everything.

[@zynsilverblade3125]

if you realy think about it being athiest is in itself unscientific, if you cant prove something exists it doesnt mean it is non-existent, if you cant prove something is non-existent it doesnt mean it exists. we are but mere humans who are we to decide if a higher power does or doesnt exist, it is beyond our means to prove one way or the other

[@Areanyusernamesleft]

Tim Svea it helps that Catholicism, unlike some other denominations, does not believe in the *solo scholastica* and that all of the Old Testament must be literially true (rather than just divinely inspired).

[@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv]

Zyn "if you realy think about it being athiest is in itself unscientific, " That is nonsense as Atheism is just a lack of belief in a god. It does NOT claim that there is none. SOME Atheists make that claim but most do not. Indeed most Atheists are Agnostics. Join the few, the rational, the Agnostic Ethelred Hardrede

[@brianartillery]

Nice one. Lemaitre's name is known to me, but shamefully, I had no idea of his achievements. Thanks to you, now I know.

[@lutherasmodeus2750]

same here

[@JoelReid]

As a physics teacher and Christian, I am often using Lemaitre as an example of how the perceived bias is not just from religious people. Non-religious people can be just as biased. Another example is Gregor Mendel, the father of Genetics, who was ot taken seriously partly due to his religion (among other biases)

[@3gunslingers]

You should rather take him as an example how far science can get you if you keep it nicely separated from your religion. Because I'm sure you would never use Ibn Sinan (and his accomplishments had certainly much more impact throughout history) since he didn't follow your specific religion)

[@rumblefish9]

Joel Reid one of the most beautiful answers to science and religion I have listened to came from a Jesuit brother, Guy Consolmagno. He is a planetary scientist and the Carl Sagan Medal awardee. His Tedx talk is fascinating.

[@5tonyvvvv]

Atheists are left with infinte unseen untestable universes.. and that's Faith as well

[@terraconensis2317]

Catholicism is roman paganism not Christianity.

[@josephwalkowski]

@@3gunslingers Avicenna did a marvelous job of expounding upon St. Anselm's ontological argument, for sure! I use his astronomy in my quantum apologetics class.

[@junacebedo888]

A genius atheist mocked Fr. Lemaitre; calling the latter's theory "Big bang". Now, the big bang theory is scientifically acknowledge by almost all cosmologists

[@luxnova8211]

Like the video, but I should put this out there for those who are curious. Catholic priests (at least Roman Catholic) usually have interesting backgrounds before putting on their Roman Collar. Lemaitre's story is not so different from most other priests. I am a Catholic student, an I have encountered many people, US Field Medics, Electronics workers, employees of companies like Dell, Garmin and others, and even a Music major. All of these people had one thing in common, the dropped everything they had and became priests. We as people believe that priests chose to be priests because they had no other option, but in most cases, it wasn't true. Many times I see people who had high paying jobs, a girlfriend who they were about to marry, but they gave all of it up to become a priest. Its not a black and white world of science and religion, people can and will continue to do both, and I hope that others will understand that. I can only speak of Catholics, but try to find leaders of religion, and then try to find out about what they did before that, because no one was born a priest, no one grew up without personal stories and tales of older times.

[@irtazaazam2573]

Lux Nova wasn't Tesla almost a priest at one point?

[@MrTechselect]

I find that those belonging to the Jesuit order are even encouraged to do further studies in engineering and mathematics.

[@luxnova8211]

I say yes to that comment, but I do need to point out something. Priests who due studies on theology, science, math, or what not, are really just doing it (for lack of a better term) for shits and giggles. All of the orders are just ways to micromanage the priests into different forms of action. Carmelites are more based on meditation and prayer, Jesuits are usually the ones on missionary trips to low income communities and others. The three things that differ a Priest from a Layman is the three vows of the priest hood; Celibacy, Poverty, and Obedience. This basically means, a Priest MUST follow his bishop, his cardinal, the order of cardinals, and the pope himself. Most of that it's the "be a good catholic" type of stuff, but when they say that, there is a bunch of stuff that goes into "being a good catholic" as they are not only ones who learn, but are teaching others, and must make strides into finding out about stuff. Jesuits are technically called to study further into science and engineering, but mainly because they teach the people they visit about said stuff.

[@JTrace15]

I'm a year late in my response to your comment, but I had to respond. I very much admire your analysis of priests and their varied and often interesting backgrounds. I knew a priest who was a bartender for years until he became a priest much later in life. I myself am considering becoming a Jesuit priest. I'm almost finished in college earning a degree in both agroecology and agricultural communications. However, I just can't stop feeling that God wants me to be a Jesuit. I don't know where my future will take me. But perhaps, in God's will, I can apply my agricultural knowledge as a Jesuit. Peace.

[@terraconensis2317]

Catholicism is roman paganism not Christianity

[@claushellsing]

A priest and a warrior. A man of arms. Now that is impressive

[@ProximaCentauri88]

Why are we forgetting Lemaître? Because he is a Catholic priest? A religious person? His contribution only confirms that the Catholic Church isn't as backwards as what most think. Thank you for uploading this video, for shedding light to the side that almost nobody wants to appreciate.

[@tjdickinson]

Fr Lemaître was also a professor at the Catholic University of Leuven (Louvain) (now the Dutch-language KU Leuven), and his residence is noted with a plaque. While I do not study physics, I am still proud to say I am an alumnus of the Institute of Philosophy at KU Leuven (the Institute was also created by Cardinal Mercier), and I am currently a student in Canon Law in the same University. Leuven is a beautiful, remarkable city‑‑come and visit Europe's hidden treasure!

[@GrumpyOldMan9]

Thanks for pointing out the Dutch-language thing.

[@1973Washu]

Cleric-Scientists have been a consistently productive presence in science.

[@quimiorlando]

George LeMaitre, a great inspiration, has been a hero to me since the first time I read about him.

[@g3440-g1q]

Wow, I can't believe this guy isn't as much of a household name as Einstein and Hubble!

[@alexanderjakubsen2198]

Well as the video mentions his theory was derived from previous theory (relativity) and then refined by later scientists (like hubble) before it became accepted by the mainstream. So really the most stand out thing about him is the fact that he made his observations and predictions while also being religious. If he hadn't happened to be Catholic he probably wouldn't even have gotten this video about him. He'd just be another great scientist who most people don't know about.

[@dannysplace7]

Hubble didn't refine them, Hubble demonstrated them.

[@matthewvandeventer3632]

becaue he didn't demonstrate anything. Scientists are all about results, not the theories. "that which can be proclaimed without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."

[@rumblefish9]

Alexander Jakubsen You're wrong about that. Lemaitre isn't as widely recognized because 1. he published his findings in an obscure scientific journal in French. 2. the scientists at the time had their own biases about him being a priest. 3. Lemaitre himself was pretty humble about his findings. Edwin Hubble had great PR so he was more known. Lemaitre would still get recognition even if he wasn't a priest solely for the ground-breaking concepts and theories he put forth - the same ones Hubble later provided more evidence. Lemaitre even lived long enough to finally see one of his predictions proven - this was cosmic background radiation - a remnant of the Big Bang. Matthew Vandeventer Much of Einstein's work and indeed Lemaitre's (and even Stephen Hawkings) deals with Theoretical Physics. Its a branch of physics that uses mathematical equations to predict or explain a phenomenon. For example String Theory is theoretical physics and so is dark matter. Overtime something gains more proof or is disproven. They don't have to prove it. overtime scientists add to it, change it a bit and so on. For example, what the video doesn't say is that at that time Einstein actually theorized that the universe was static and unchanging - something Lemaitre saw was incorrect. He actually tried to convince Einstein that his theory was wrong and in fact the universe wasn't static it was expanding. But Einstein was wrongly trying to fit his theory with his other theory of general relativity. Having convinced Einstein with solid math, Einstein then proclaimed his famous quote. That's what science is. Its not a static collection of absolute facts - its theories that over the years gain more proof. Science is the discussion of the data.

[@deemond5289]

I know , Simon is the best ! (Joke)

[@MinecraftPlaniac24]

I'm so glad someone finally made a video on this great man!

[@erictaylor5462]

In fact, for over 1000 years the church and science were intimately entwined. It wasn't until very recently that science and religion have been diverging.

[@AMcAFaves]

Eric Taylor Except for the fact that science hasn't been around for a thousand years, only several hundred, that is true.

[@erictaylor5462]

Actually it is the "scientific method" that is the more recent invention. The scientific method is not actually science, it is a way to DO science, that help eliminate bias. Sort of like driving isn't cars, it is a way to make cars work In fact science itself is older than modern humans. The first scientists were the first tool makers. Science is the study of the world and how it works, and our ancestors have been doing that for as long as we had brains.

[@transsylvanian9100]

And that's exactly why science had stagnated for over a thousand years. It's called the dark ages for a reason dude. When religion dominates, reason and evidence are put aside.

[@erictaylor5462]

C.F. Gauss Actually there was scientific gain over the entirety of the "Dark Ages". In fact it was that advancement that brought the Renaissance.

[@DFX2KX]

The fall of the Roman empire is almost entirely responsible for the 'Dark Age' The only reason Western Civilization had any shred of the classics and basic science was because of folks like Bede (a friar in a monastery with a collection of classical literature that was near second to none).

[@elmerarts9124]

Father of geology, father of bigbang, father of genetics father etc etc etc. were priests. How wonderful. The religion popularized science

[@gkc1936]

The title, Big Bang Theory" was a pejorative by Atheist Scientists that ridiculed his work and instead supported the steady state theory which argue that the universe had always existed. Fred Hoyle, Lemaittre's main adversary accused LerMaittre of creationism. Later when the dust settled, Hoyle was so shaken , that he became an agnostic.

[@Tzimiskes3506]

Exactly lol. Even hoyle was shocked that many of his colleagues and associates had ran to church in his own words...

[@oscarwilde399]

"It was actually the dissenting scientists allowing their own bias to influence their perception of Lemaitre's work." Shhhhh, don't tell the atheists.

[@3gunslingers]

We already know that.

[@deusimperator]

Lemaitre was a polymath, once get felt he contributed enough to astronomy and physics he worked at developing computers and writing code. Much of his original work was credited to others instead of to him.

[@jaspr1999]

Thank you. One hypothesis I've read, from an extension of his work, that had a huge impact on me, was the super atom expulsion. The paper postulated the existence of our universe is a direct result of a rupture of particles that could not exist in the universe in which they were created, thereby forming a pocket of space in which they could exist. In other words, the microsecond before the big bang. There are hundreds of papers on all kinds of possibilities, this just being one of them, all thanks to this amazing gentleman.

[@davidmarshall3683]

jaspr1999 How does something get created in a place it can't exist that seems paradoxical on the surface. It may of just been the choice of words I could understand something having the conditions to be brought into existence then said conditions being changed in order to make it impossible for that thing to remain.

[@jaspr1999]

Essentially, yes. Quarks (up, down, strange, charm, top, and bottom) Change states outside of measurement. We know that there are particles that, given the right circumstance, can appear, but don't die out, they just disappear. The theory is that they pop into an environment that can not sustain them and move to an environment that can. You have a better handle on putting this into words better than I do, but I hope it makes sense.

[@sunnyboy4553]

Thank you for your comment, it is great food for thought!

[@Rafaga777]

Indeed a great and underrated scientist and one of my favourites. I think that the Hubble telescope should be renamed to the Lemaître telescope to do him justice.

[@KayoMichiels]

The last ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) was named in his honor.

[@Rafaga777]

Well, I didn't know that. That's really nice to know. Thanks for the info!

[@GrumpyOldMan9]

Hubble was basically a lawyer. Guess who got his name that telescope.

[@alangervasis]

It recently did ! YAY !

[@jorgecarrillo2]

To be A Catholic Priest, you Must be Disciplined, Study Philosophy, Theology for at least 8 years, and in the case of Jesuits you also need to have another career either engineering, Lawyer, Medicine etc. So yes Catholic Priests are not at all stupids.

[@MikiV]

I love to be educated by these videos - and I also love how the comment section is always a plethora of knowledge (and sometimes case stories), often working to expand my newly acquired knowledge even further - and then I get curious and look up some of the stuff, and then I spend half an evening studying something that I never knew was this interesting! Thank you to Simon and the crew behind him (both here and on TopTenz) - and to everyone who posts informational comments :-)

[@sunnyboy4553]

I feel the same way, I go down so many paths of knowledge from videos like this one.I'll write down a name of someone I hadn't known about, but who intruiges me - and then I'll search and read 5=6 more videos about that person, place or time in history. I bet you would like the Robert Sepehr KZbin channel, he pouts out amazing archeology/spiritual videos, incredible stuff. He just uploaded one last night on the human Soul, with a fascinating clip of a TV news interview with an ER doctor studying NDEs kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGeqfoGmf8eIa7M

[@StJoseph777]

As a very serious Christian, I pray for Georges LeMaitre, an inspiring genius who undertood that God is what is OPERATING the universe (very much like the Digital Physics Theory currently holds BTW), so understanding how the universe works is never in conflict.

[@razvananghel7492]

Lemaitre is legendary

[@korakys]

When you said priest I figured it would be a Catholic. The Catholic church have had a pretty good relationship with science for a while now.

[@MeKaNiNjA8]

More like for centuries.

[@humiecrusher]

that is indeed a while now

[@Stroheim333]

Especially the jesuits has been leading in physics and astronomy science since the 17th and 18th century. What atl these atheist nerds and trolls pretend they know about history of science is never worth listening to.

[@anzaca1]

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[@simolamb2682]

@@Stroheim333 they were up front of science because the normal people weren't allowed to study science and got deathsentenced because of wichcraft if someone found out they studied science. It was a way to keep the normal people stupid so the church wouldn't lose power as they are doing now.

[@1theemaxx]

Wow, the number of Christian-haters in the comment section. Totally ignoring the video so they can say "religion is stupid hur hur hur". Mocking others' beliefs is not necessary to affirm one's own. Religion and science are not mutually exclusive, but close-minded arrogance is anathema to both.

[@3gunslingers]

Are you willing to maintain your position if you swap your particular religion with any other religion of this planet? Let's say Hinduism?

[@GrumpyOldMan9]

The drama here is not about science vs religion, but priest versus lawyer. Guess who was best at self-promoting.

[@machinegun2282]

they are not haters, they are losers and jealous

[@Tzimiskes3506]

@@3gunslingers are you?

[@3gunslingers]

@@Tzimiskes3506 Yes. I will maintain my position that religion and science are mutually exclusive regardless of the religion in question.

[@woweixiaomiandui]

most of my students have heard of him ..from me

[@thanksfernuthin]

Weren't monks responsible for saving much of the knowledge of ancient times? Their work was considered a religious mandate of sorts. To safeguard knowledge of God's creation.

[@deusimperator]

True, the reason much of the preservation of the ancient works is because they kept making copies of these works and taught these. Much of what we know of Aristotle, the context in which he wrote and the characters is known through the Paris Lectures of Aquinas.

[@deusimperator]

Anyone could study anything they wanted. You are a moron. People were free to study whatever they wanted. Moron 90% could not read because it was a low technological society. Moron, it was the industrial revolution which cause the need for a society which could read and write. At the beginning of the industrial revolution only 16% could read. The Catholic Church set up the earliest universities. Oxford, Cambridge, Sormonne, Salamanca, Bologna, Pisa, were all universities set up by the pope, bishops or sacrodotial orders. Obviously you are an imbecile moron.

[@deusimperator]

I do not take to kindly to dumbfuicks, and I do not suffer fools kindly. You are both, so I treat you as one, it is only just that I treat you as one. I hope you are ok with that.

[@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv]

godsareimaginary "I do not take to kindly to dumbfuicks, " Yes we can see that you hate yourself. " and I do not suffer fools kindly." See above. " I hope you are ok with that." I am OK with your blatant self hatred. In any case reality is not dependent on your fantasies. Nor does it matter who started SOME colleges or science. Science has disproved the Great Flood so we KNOW that the Bible is just the words of ignorant men. Only fools think it comes from a god. Ethelred Hardrede

[@deusimperator]

@@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv Ah another dumbfuck entered the arena and spewed dumbfuckery. What have secularists provided for us? Oh right, Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Pol Pot all atheists who forced upon the people atheism. Great religion you have there.

[@AshtonAPinto]

AMAZING! I'm studying for the priesthood too and I love science especially biology

[@eyeeverything342]

Please make this a series! I would love to see more of these.

[@frenchjr25]

Thank you so much for this. I've read about him a lot recently.

[@bcast9978]

Oh come on Simon. All physics majors, and many Catholics know who he is. I am glad, however, that you recognized the criticism he received. Einstein believed the universe was static up until Lemaître's calculations convinced him.

[@Hidden_Seeker_]

The major of people are not physics majors or Catholics

[@evangeloskelos]

I´m Belgian and Catholic never heard of him. Glad to hear is is known among physics though....

[@puckry9686]

Waw

[@jackhandma1011]

Fred Hoyle: Lol what a joke. Might as well call it "Big bang". The rest of cosmologists: That's a nice name.

[@sreenathjohnsonsaysnotolgbtq]

😂 i just read how this name came to be today.

[@ElChe-Ko]

Thanks for giving hi.credit and remembering that science and the catholic faith are never in opposition

[@98JSB]

I'm glad you made a video about Lemetre. He's a really cool guy and it's a shame that more people don't know about him.

[@צברארםארם]

Thank you Hiskey, Blits, Whistler and Popovich for a superb outlay, and Whistler for an extra smooth presentation. I enjoyed it tremendously and I want more of your work. Briliant!

[@ghostwolf1435]

This was stunning great video

[@floydthomas4195]

How do people say religion and science are opposed? Most of the universities were founded by the catholic church. Almost every great scientist bar 21st century was a believer - Newton, Pascal, Maxwell, Boyle. Its interesting that science today involves more metaphysics than religion does - i mean how do you come up with a multiverse? + all the gender studies and political correctness/peer review have left it in a state of decline.

[@alangervasis]

Actually even in 21st century most the scientists are religious. A survey found that 60 % of scientists in USA where religious.

[@Ombiaux]

Great video. To be precise: the universiti of LEUVEN (Louvin in French) is a FLEMISH university. Leuven is in Flanders where they speak Dutch. (in that time howerevr there were courses too in French)

[@cyberherbalist]

Fantastic video, Simon!

[@cyberherbalist]

Hey, I just found out you can upvote your own post! I love it!

[@dcuerdon]

Scientist Fred Hoyle coined the term "The Big Bang Theory", actually mocking Lemaître's ideas, in part because of Lemaître's religious background. Hoyle stated in an interview, "The reason why scientists like the "big bang" is because they are overshadowed by the Book of Genesis..." It is ironic that mocking term "Big Bang" became the accepted name for the theory, which is now by far the prevailing theory of the creation of the universe. I personally am an agnostic, and I applaud Lemaître's belief that his religious and scientific endeavors were separate avocations of his life.

[@3gunslingers]

Are you an agnostic atheist or an agnostic theist?

[@josipvrandecic2472]

Thanks a lot for the lessons....Sir !

[@TodayIFoundOut]

You're very welcome :-)

[@dynamic9016]

Thanks much for this video.

[@4473021]

Dude what are those Patreon perks?!? Simon's voice on my GPS and Simon whistling!?! Holy shhhiiiieeetttt

[@cyberherbalist]

I put my own voice on my Garmin, but I think I would rather have Simon's.

[@mothereric8774]

I want a hal 9000 and Jarvis voice assistant voice (Siri, Alexa, Google, etc)

[@jeenkzk5919]

4473021 Maybe they give Simon Whistler masks that change your voice and accent to his!

[@TzarBomb]

Yep, I know this scientist, in fact, most who are interested in cosmology know his work.

[@camgood2437]

great video. I can't believe Hubble took all of his credit..

[@jordanvokolek3376]

I did a report on Georges Lemaître for national history day in my sage class, and I've got to say I've grown a great respect for him, and the fact that Edwin Hubble takes credit for most of his work is a fact I share with others to this day. There are only a few sources I could find on him, and collecting research on his life was an incredibly pain staking 6 month process. Glad to see that others may get to know of his great services to science.

[@arazatliyev6564]

Hubble was a faith one?

[@danner253]

Feel proud that I learned about this guy years ago as a kid now lol

[@cheaterman49]

This was eye-opening, thanks a lot Simon and TIFO team!

[@jacqueshuot6288]

Simon Apologies if I missed it but another Catholic priest who transcended his religious vocation was Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Would be interested in your views on his contributions

[@nicholaslefler2738]

Great videos! Thanks for all your time and effort. It is appreciated very much.

[@AbsolemLNG]

Simon, I have a burning question I can't seem to find the answer to anywhere on KZbin. What's the oldest a tree can theoretically get?

[@RoseThePhoenix]

You should do a video about Oswald Avery. He did amazing work in the field of disease, and was up for a Nobel prize for it. Then he proposed that DNA was the molecule of inheritance. The Nobel committee was put off by this radical idea and withdrew his nomination. Basically, he deserved at least two Nobel prizes, and got zero. Most people have never heard of him.

[@3gunslingers]

To have an idea that is later demonstrated to be correct is NOT sufficient for a Nobel prize

[@JonBlondell]

I was not aware! Thank you!

[@MARKOUTTV]

Simon how did you get your head so pointy? I tried using a nail file but I just wind up with scabs.

[@Hemomancer]

MARKOUT TV it is due to how the male muscles work, holding in things on the skull (as an extreme oversimplification). It is why men's heads are more angular (all the strong rigid muscles) and women's heads are more circular (their muscles have less tension).

[@adeterminedfridge5582]

Hemomancer STOP MANSLPAINING

[@Ryan-nx6sy]

ILuvCupCakes 1 That dosent even made sense just just stop

[@jeenkzk5919]

ILuvCupCakes 1 uh oh.... triggered! get the coloring books out!

[@sparkyfister]

MARKOUT TV eat more potatoes!

[@deemond5289]

I've been trawling the depths of youtube because i'm bored. Now I'm here I'm very happy to hear your voice Simon.Sometimes I think I see you popping up too often on you tube in unexpected places. But after all the crap I just watched, it feels like coming home to a familiar and trustworthy friend. Thanks simon. Thumbs up!

[@Dannykyzlirov]

Can you do an episode on who is Simon whistler from the today I found out KZbin channel?

[@Vikingwerk]

where did waffles originate?

[@TodayIFoundOut]

A topic sure to make me ravishingly hungry throughout the entire research/writing process. Delicious food topics are the worst. ;-)

[@georgantonischki1188]

wikipedia is always your friend: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle#History

[@LYbmtUdpyvI1JVBN]

Jarik C-Bol the waffles you most likely are referring to are from Liège, Belgium

[@edbadyt]

The waffle evolved from the wafer in Europe in the 1300's

[@johnty505]

Mayo and marshmallows. underrated.

[@sunnyboy4553]

Very interesting. Thank you.

[@pointlessgimmickyusername9196]

Jack Parson was a religious scientist, too. He was a Thelemite occultist, hanging out with Crowely and L.Ron Hubbard in his pre-SCientology days trying to summon demons and stuff. I believe there were a few occultists at the JPL, Whitesands and early NASA.

[@MelodyDrake]

Don't you lie to me, that's Howard freaking Stark at 0:30, he's even got that signature Stark smirk lol

[@jdotglenn]

Simon Singh's Big Bang is a good read about Lemaitre

[@faraga1]

I pretty much learned about Lemaitre because of a Norwegian band named after him. Their first few songs were mostly about physics too.

[@richiec7700]

Great video!

[@garettjames6349]

Lets hear about Boris Sidis! Everyone talks about William, but Boris raised him. It's hard to find much about Boris' works anywhere. Would be very interesting to hear his thoughts on early childhood development.

[@fr.johngrant8504]

Wonderful! Thank you for this video.

[@roelantverhoeven371]

side note, Leuven is in the dutch speaking part of belgium, but all belgian universities used french back then

[@pegtooth2006]

It seriously grates on my ears and sets my tooth on edge how you butcher French names, dood. And it is hypothesis until it becomes a therory.

[@pegtooth2006]

It's almost as if you Sy Moan Meat Tube Blower go out of your way to offend Canadian, European and to an extent Welsh and Scottish viewers.

[@mariamederos7872]

He was part of the Pontifical Academy of the Sciences in the Vatican. There is always a Pontifical Academy of the Social Sciences at the Vatican. Along with an Observatory. Hundreds of scientists, including Nobel Laureates, have been part of these scientific academies.

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

The real conflict is not between science and religion but between fundamentalism and scientism and I say to hell with both of them.

[@alannonymous5139]

This is absolutely the best comment here. In one sentence, you touch on the source of much of the world's problems today. There are a lot of "believers" in scientism who don't even understand what the word means, to their detriment.

[@mavos1211]

Loved this video, what an amazing man.

[@elaine1034]

Thank you for mentioning Lemaitre and giving credit where it is due. I read a long time ago that both Einstein and his wife were students of Lemaitre. So where did Einstein really get his theory of relativity? Was it Lemaitre, James Maxwell and/or Poincare? The latter 2 posited theories on relativity long before Einstein did!

[@cup_check_official]

Yeah i have never heard of this scientist but i did read about it

[@johnfloyd8199]

um then didn't you hear about it? your post is very confusing.

[@IdgaradLyracant]

It would go against the narrative that religion is inherently anti-science.

[@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv]

"that religion is inherently anti-science." There is no 'religion' there are only RELIGIONS. Some religions ARE inherently anti-science. Including, much earlier, the Catholic Church. Indeed it still promotes miracles and those have no basis in science.

[@stephenking5852]

He should get a movie adaption like Stephen Hawking did

[@Meine.Postma]

Lemaitre is very famous. Why wouldn't we have heard of him?

[@alangervasis]

Because the millenials have been brainwashed by online atheists into an anti-christian prejudice.

[@user-cz8gi2om3n]

It's even more interesting when one takes into account the medieval debate between the eternity of the world vs. creatio ex nihilo. The former had hitherto been considered the more "rationalist" view, whereas the belief in a cosmic beginning was something that was considered to rest on faith.

[@darkn3t610]

*unsung hero

[@Splatpope]

"djordjay lemetrugh" LOL it's "georges lemaytr"

[@MaegnasMw]

For those familiar with the documentary series titled "The Universe", Lemaitre is featured prominently in the last episode of the first season (a special, "double" episode, tracing the whole route from early observations and theories of geocentricity through to Alan Guth's "Inflation" theory that is now the "cutting" edge - it does not go into string or M theory mainly because, I think, these theories cannot yet be verified in any form, way or sort).

[@JeffFrmJoisey]

Interesting, didn't know that. Thanks!

[@BizarreSuzanne]

Contrary to your premise, I knew of Georges LeMaitre' via a video from the Astrophysicist Neil Degrass Tyson

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Hence the "probably". There are always going to be exceptions. ;-)

[@truemoyyed2093]

Thank you Simon

[@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195]

I can't remembered if he was mentioned in our cosmology course, but his theory most certainly did - and we learned it from the mathematical perspective ☺️ I believe he would be pleased by that

[@MrDryx7]

I actually have my lectures where he used to give them. The room is named after him :)

[@MrHyc3000]

I heard that Napoleon created a rule that still exists today. Napoleon’s rule is that if anyone stays in Paris that they can't be kicked out of Paris. Apparently this has created a problem for Paris and Parisians that refugees use this as a loophole. Also this explains why the crime rate in Paris is high too. Perhaps you guys can investigate this rule is true and how it's affects the people of Paris?

[@Nickname.4375]

Can you talk about Operation Wisla? Pls it would be interesting to see your discoveries about this horrific event in human history.

[@Dziki_z_Lasu]

This guy from Upadlina forgot asking for Massacres in Volhynia - much more interesting, than resetling couple peasants supporting crime organisation.

[@Nickname.4375]

Dziki z lasu I forgot to mention that, at that moment I was in the heat of the moment of finding out that my great grandparents had lots of land and were sent out. They were promised compensation which was never provided. The Volhnia massacres were way more devastating, and the annoying part is that the Soviet bastards that started it never faced justice.

[@drakeroz1138]

Today I found out Steve Carell was a British astrophysicist in the 1930s. 4:20

[@davidlugun6842]

Thank you brother

[@chesterfieldtales1340]

@4:29 Steve Carell went back in time.

[@PNWRideAlongs]

today I found out.. can you do a video on why we say people are "caught red handed?" I could look it up, but I prefer hearing explanations from you

[@Bolbi145]

See world? Religion and Science can get along!

[@KinGizzard]

Episode idea: I always feel awkward when someone compliments me (or something I've done). Sometimes I even get angry when I'm complimented. I've heard that other people feel this way too... Has there been any research into why this happens? (Anyone else reading this, feel free to give insight if you have any.)

[@taitbrown2591]

Penzias and Wilson in 1965 attempting to create a radio receiver discovered a noise that came uniformly across the sky. After ruling out the possibility of bird poop on the antennae, they arrived at another explanation. The background noise was consistent with what would appear to be later called the big bang 13.8 billion years ago.

[@kjamison5951]

0:30 George Parsons... or Howard Stark?

[@Jim5150jvc]

great video! very interesting.

[@JD-kf2ki]

Give credit where credit is due. Thanks a lot, Today I Found Out!

[@riadhbesbes9299]

This should be a series. "Little known heroes".