The Higgs Boson - GOTO 4K 2021 EDITION -

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Precise explanation of general physical interactions. Your narration is the key element; not a word wasted, and excellent visuals. The video was extremely insightful and clear. Thank you very much.

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This is one of the best explanations of fields, empty space and Higgs Boson for semi-technical person.

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By far the easiest to understand lessons I've come across regarding the quantum world. You break it down in such a way that I, a layman, can grasp the basics of QM without losing the mental oooomph! of amazement inherent in the quantum realm. Well done, sir. Thank you, Professor Butler!

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[@johangamb]

What a fantastic and truly outstanding physics video! Thank you for creating it! Without a doubt the best video I have seen about the Higgs, but in general: quality from start to finish. I am amazed that this stuff is available for free to people. Wish that I was back at the start of my physics degree again, this kind of stuff is truly a treasure for people wanting to learn more about our scientific understanding/process. The part about CERN in particular: fantastically done, Ravel's Bolero for the dance of the protons prior to their final collision (but not at the top of a mountain :-), maybe not far from being under) was the icing on the cake. Thank you, thank you, and thank you again.

[@maxlebow7373]

The schematic of the proton with the gluons is the best pictorial representation of this subject I have ever seen. Good job!

[@procletnic]

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[@MrKmanthie]

that's an understatement!!

[@diggerpete9334]

A very well put together video though I am not a physicist and some of it goes over my head but love the music. Calming with your adorable gentle voice I'd come back just to hear you again.

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[@howfarawayisit]

+seoman49 Nice comment. I hope you enjoy "How fast ...

[@bikebrains]

+seoman49 Your comment reminded me of Alexander Pope's "An Essay On Criticism" which contains the text: True wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. These videos have a beauty that appears when something is done very well. The Brahms Violin Concerto used in this video is an example of that beauty. Watching Michael Jordan make what was previously thought to be an impossible shot would be another example of the beauty of expertise. I have just one proton size request to be made of David Butler: Would you please add to the author's comments section the names of the compositions used in the sound track of the videos. Thanks for your excellent work.

[@howfarawayisit]

I have the music identified in the document for the video identified at the top. Would it be better to add it to the text?

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I have to say these are by some measure my favorite science videos on KZbin.

[@ed250256]

By far the best explanation I have seen yet of how fields interact to generate what we observe, brilliant!

[@iancrawford3979]

Absolutely brilliant! The best encapsulation of current status of knowledge in this area that I have seen or listened to.

[@larsalfredhenrikstahlin8012]

Mr. Butler, I am pasting here a comment I left as well on your HFAII fandom wiki. Just a small token of my appreciation in words. I just wanted to share my appreciation of your content! I am 26 years old and from Sweden. I have not (yet) studied any STEM field or any other field for that matter at university or college level. But I found my interest in quantum physics and cosmology late. Like 5 years ago by watching KZbin videos from PBS Space Time, recorded university lectures and such. I have watched so many different videos on KZbin on subjects like relativity and quantum physics and out of the hundreds of GREAT channels from many different amazing science communicators here YOUR channel is definitely one of the best and most sincere / genuine feeling. You are great at explaining, and your graphics are also very good. They get the message across clearly even though they are not like PBS space time level 3d stuff. Point is that the super produced graphics are clearly not necessary. I have watched your video books several times and each time I have picked up a lot of new stuff and a deeper understanding for the subjects so I feel like I get something new every time still. I love being able to look at stuff, like electronics for example, and have a deeper understanding of how it works. I guess that's what most of us that ended up on this website have in common: We love to understand how the universe works. How old is it? How fast is it? How small is it? Etc. I have thought about this a little and what you do really contributes to humanity. You have gathered so much knowledge over your years, and now you share it forward, so that younger people can learn what you learnt, and as they get older - thanks to you and the other giants whose shoulders they stand upon - grow to become even more knowledgeable. Without paying it forward, knowledge will be lost eventually. If you have inspired hundreds of people to go into stem fields, lets say. That is a huge contribution to the world. Butterfly effect? More like Butler effect hee-hee. You have got a snowball started rolling downhill and it will only grow with more positive outcomes. And the two best parts are: You don't seem THAT old I mean you have potentially decades left so I am hopeful we will get more awesome "chapters" of your series. Maybe share some of your knowledge in computers? I'd love to learn more about IC chips and the physics behind making them work, and how they work. I am sure you have loads of more things you could share. All I am saying is that if you enjoy doing this, you clearly have people that appreciate your hard work. You could easily also open a patron account, I am sure you have considered this already. But it just seems to me that you deserve money for this service you do to humanity. If the Kardashians get payed for what they do then so should you for what you do :-) If wages were based on contribution to humanity/society we would certainly live in a different world... Interesting thought. But I digress. ...And secondly - this will outlive you. And hopefully me too. Storage is getting cheaper and I think KZbin will be seen as a vault of history. Videos will not disappear for a long long time. Especially now that Google owns it. I saw a video from the 40s' explaining vacuum tubes, and one from the 60s' explaining integrated circuits. They were old, but what they explained has not changed and they were great. So even though some parts of the cosmology will probably be outdated in 30 years, I am sure your videos will be able to teach people stuff for decades to come. Which in turn create people who can pass it on again... And let's not forget you are great at updating your videos and keeping the channel up to date when big stuff has come out. But then again, I watched the gravitational waves episode yesterday and was like the first time so surprised when in the end you said that we haven't seen any yet. The information in the video was still of course spot on with the only thing "wrong" today being you saying that we haven't. This turned out pretty lengthy. But it still feels so inadequate. I don't feel like my gratitude can even be shown in a little comment. Just know that you are spreading so much positivity with your what I have interpreted as your hobby project. It is amazing. Much respect and love and I hope you keep creating awesome content!! And if you don't, then what you have done so far has already taught more people than probably any university textbook you can find. THANK YOU! Kind regards Alfred Stahlin Stockholm, Sweden

[@howfarawayisit]

It was long. But I read every word of it. Thank you very much.

[@das_it_mane]

This was one of the best videos I've watched in this topic. Thank you for putting this together. Lots to think about

[@sergiofalcao3691]

the best particle physics coverage for non-scientists I've found so far. Thanks a lot!

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I loved the explanations, the complications, the simplifications and over and above everything, the clarity of the ideas communicated through the clearest and sweetest voice of the fine looking Professor!

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Well done, sir. I especially enjoyed that you don't talk too quickly..., so I can follow along better. Also, the background music was enjoyable. Thank you.

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I honestly cannot believe that you posted you liked the background music ROTFLMAOFF because myself and a many myriad of others HAD to surrender and stop viewing due to said background music, due to it's distraction! I'm glad you like it though!

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Straight to the point, no time wasted in poetic explanation. Excellent.

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I need to watch and read some bits more than once, but at least while you are explaining I actually get it. Best pedagogy on the field on yt. Profound respect and thanks for these vids.

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I am so glad to have come across David Butler, it really is like cracking youtube jackpot, he is the shepherd of my intellectual mind, so brutally soft as the subject matter requires, I just have to meditate more to keep my hype in check to be able soak in or understand these lectures better and better.

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Noble effort, but it's likely he's been married for a long time

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@@Jose_Hunters_EWF_Remixes First of all I would like to thank you for finding it noble. As I read your comment I laughed at how right you are. Nevertheless I think I just am a lovesick person, and I consider myself lucky and appreciate it very much to know who my true love is. I do find the fact that David Butler has been married for a long time so nice and it can only raise my hopes for my own good fortune.

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I did not ask what is going on with action at a distance. I love your artistic choices of music. It is very nice.

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This series is just brilliant. The best presentation of particle physics I have seen. Just excellent.

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Bravo David. You have raised the bar from your own already towering position. I can't wait to see the next one. Thank you sir.

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Best explanations I have ever heard, thanks a million Mr. Butler, the simulations are a big help to understanding.

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No.I am familiar with Poincarrie, Fibonacci is the mathematician you should study.

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For sure one of best video expalaining fields, virtual particles, higgs boson... it cleared so many questions i had. :) now i can continue digging

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Thank You for providing those of us that are interested in partical interactions with such great content. This video series was amazing. By FAR the best explaations i have ever heard, and the pacing is perfect! I sincerly hope at some point you decide to continue this dive into partical interacions with even more content.

[@maf7742]

I feel like I've learned more in a half-hour video than six months at college. Thank you! (By the way, to people complaining it's 'too boring', what did you expect from a video about a Higgs Boson? Comedy skits and cat vines? You're like those guys who order espressos and then complain their drink is too bitter, come on.)

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Wait till you learn that matter doesn't exist, that your 'self' is merely a persistent perceptual illusion you developed around twelve months old, and that the Vedas logically explain consciousness and reality far better than anything you'll ever encounter in a university of dogmatism. There's so much mind blowing information you'll never get in college. Betcha you'll never learn that consciousness can literally be cut with a knife. Alien Hand Syndrome is an example of this behavior. Surgery can separate your consciousness into individualized parts, just as all 'living' things are individualized components of a singular consciousness.

[@maf7742]

That's kinda bs though if consciousness is arbitrary then so is that statement I don't see why it should be much of a big deal, but I digres

[@TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt]

@@maf7742 I didn't use the word "arbitrary" anywhere, nor does that word make any sense at all in the context of what I wrote. And I don't write B.S. I'm 50 years old, took logic courses in college, I don't rely on faith or belief for anything, and I've spent decades studying the nature of consciousness and reality... so which part exactly is B.S.

[@maf7742]

the idea that studying a subjective concept makes your subjectiveness objective

[@TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt]

@@maf7742 I don't know how to respond to that because it's also not what I said. Unless I can understand what is confusing you, I can't really be much help. What statement are you referring to?

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really helped me make sense of a subject that has interested me for several decades

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Listening to you talk is like listening to my self talk , I say some words I pause (think) then I say more words pause (think) You Have Such A Wonderful Mind Thank You So Very Much I have always believed that what looks like empty space is not empty space there is something there.

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All of the people in this comment section who are complaining about being bored should go back to watching cat videos.

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Schrödinger's cat or other cats?

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@@bobparquet zing..,....nailed that one purrfect!

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Play at 2x speed. Problem solved.

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Eyes sleepy Body tired Time 6 in the morning Brain Lets watch strong forces!

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I really like the stuff that is talked about in this video. The problem I have is that the people I know in my life, my friends, my family, my girlfriends, they don't give a damn about that. At least here I have a chance to watch the topics I really care about. I'm really fascinated by the way the universe works. Keep on the good work. I totally appreciate your videos.

[@OrionB1498]

I can relate to that. I could never imagine having a discussion with my friends & family about sub atomic particles. Oh well, each to their own.

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Marc Duperron same here

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ditto. At least one can swap his girlfirends...

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i also felt same thing. anyways we can always pursue thing which interest us alone

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I actually have the same problem. we need to make a support group LOL...

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Excellent series of videos. A lot of this I'd over my head, but its fascinating and you've increased my understanding. I love the way you teach. Thank you very much.

[@johnrendle1303]

A pleasure to watch and listen to. Where hard science is bent and melded into poetry

[@aburns9396]

These explanations are great. Been looking for this for a while. thank you

[@76097]

By far the best video explaining the Higgs Boson. Thanks!

[@billywilliam7747]

This is interesting and inspiring. Great Thanks David Butler

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WOW, you did a great job. It's rare to find a tube presentation with such a fluid explanation and generalization of so many fields of physics. I didn't have the honor of meeting the great Richard Feynman but I couldn't help but think this presentation would put a smile on his face.

[@troylatterell]

Indeed, thank you, the simplified videos I've watched previously had masked the "actuality" of what was understood. I understand why, but you've captured and appropriately verbalized it where I now fully grasp the existing thinking... as much I can with limited knowledge. It answers many of the questions I had with the simpler videos - thank you!

[@johnstrauch2112]

I noticed the music and presentation style and I liked it. I tend to be very data and information focused and watched to be educated. Not entertained. I am always dismayed at the complainers' comments though. I usually do not bother to read the inanity but unfortunately did so now. Great content video!

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I’m very young and I’m happy I understand quantum mechanics and physics in general right now I’d be learning pre algebra instead I choose to study by myself quantum field theory the Doppler effect Feynmans equations zero point energy fields theoretical theories of everything etc, this video helped me with what I love and to understand it better and thankyou

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Don’t forget to go to the beach and laugh also

[@kennethgengler]

Excellent presentation. Thanks. Looking forward to more.

[@Torchutube]

Absolutely awesome series. I can't believe it only has 173K views. I considered my learned, and to have an elementary understanding of Quantum Mechanics. As a "civilian scientist", ie, one who understands and believes in the scientific method, this brought together so many things, that while I accepted, I never really understood. Not that I have a TRUE understanding of them even now, but you have definitely helped to clear the muddy water view I had of the standard model. Thanks so much for this!

[@georgschett801]

Again one of these thrilling lectures I just got to it see now. We are really living in an unbelievalbe world. Many thanks for this!!

[@gdubb6905]

Great vid. I didn't think I would enjoy at first but actually found it very interesting right from the start

[@mairisberzins8677]

Dude just wanted to know why magnet atracc, but ended up learning why mass is mass

[@peggyfranzen6159]

Bad physics.

[@larsalfredhenrikstahlin8012]

it protec, it attacc, but most importantly, it atracc

[@Ihavetruth22]

One of the best videos on youtube

[@oliviapeters8629]

I am so glad I stumbled upon Doctor Butler’s page. Excellent educational videos

[@americalost5100]

An amazing lecture. Giving answers to questions I've had for years.

[@Ihavetruth22]

yez me too

[@bilinguru]

increasing playback speed definitely helps

[@nigeladams8321]

Coward

[@pawelop]

Amasing it is a great explication for me who have the LHC 100 m under my home . thank's for this work and have a good new year David

[@jhwda996]

Great work David!! Looking forward to you next one!

[@markandrews1219]

Thank you for a fantastic explanation coupled with great visual aids. I look forward to watching more of your videos.

[@beatleplayer1011]

Wow. That was spectacular. I just finished learning classical electrodynamics and am starting to learn some relativity in electrodynamics. It's always fun to look ahead and get a deeper understanding of what's going on and where physicists are at today.

[@stevefiggy5837]

Holy Fuck! Did I literally just get taught the basics of quantum mechanics in 30 minuets?!

[@PointyTailofSatan]

You are the Bob Ross of physics!

[@gator1984atcomcast]

Just wanted to express my appreciation for this video. Thanks!

[@pepsitwsit]

2 hours of goose bumps! Thank you David.

[@kaydenwomack8049]

absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for this wonderful video and presentation!

[@WilliamLetzkus]

A clear explanation! Should be watched twice though by non-physicists. Well done!!

[@brokentombot]

The moment I saw this man glitch in through that magnetic flux I knew I was in the right place.

[@davidbenjernigan4593]

True. Acceleration is all the divisions of dimensional realms. Physics 101. With a restantes ot pressure..

[@austin5060]

Oh man you got me laughing good

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Come on baby light my fire Try to set the night on *FIRE!*

[@citationpending]

Thank you for making things a whole lot clearer to me I had a few dabblings and guesses of my own and the stuff I was thinking of is turning out to be true discovered decades ago of course but, still thanks to your production I know I'm on the right track to learning more. Still thanks to your production I know I'm on the right track to learning more

[@nitinrbhat]

The background music and your semi husky voice puts me in deep sleep 😊😴😴

[@MG53v8]

this is the best video I've seen in a while ! thanks!

[@roverdover4449]

That's one of the most soothing voices I've ever heard. Talk about something boring (vacation to Cleveland? Rubber band production?) and he could do a great bedtime insomnia series.

[@iamjohnrobot]

you're right, this was damn exciting! (seriously, years of random physics knowledge crystallized in 30 minutes and 1 second for me)

[@Loosegoosy]

Can't explain how truly great these videos are.

[@betochiwas]

I love your videos, today I discover your channel and have a marathon, thank you

[@-_Nuke_-]

21:10 The Higgs field is not slowing particles down! Thank you finally someone acknowledges this to the public.

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