The Mystery That Keeps Neil deGrasse Tyson Up At Night

There's one terrifying mystery of the universe that astrophysicist and 'Astrophysics for People in a Hurry' author Neil deGrasse Tyson loses sleep over.
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[@golightning291]

Her: "He's probably thinking abouth other girls..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson:

[@golightning291]

youre not alone buddy

[@EmrikWan]

Brooks Gasser lmao I enjoyed the comment

[@fontirolo]

LMFAO! Thanks for the laugh!

[@JimChap]

Ryan....How can anyone get so upset about an idle, harmless, KZbin comment? Jeez you sound like a miserable guy...You're gonna talk about other people's parents when your own very angry, petty comment and apparently negative nature must make YOU the subject of any parent's disappointment Thanks for your brief expression of rage, it said a lot more about you than the harmless comment said about it's author.

[@codybowers9051]

@Ryan Gallagher Breathe brother, life goes on

[@DVendy]

“We don’t know what we don’t know” sums up my math knowledge

[@youtubecomments5951]

Math isn’t about knowledge. It’s logic and understanding.

[@GutsEnthusiast]

@@youtubecomments5951 well mine and dvendys logic and understanding of math is quite insignificant.

[@youtubecomments5951]

Blades Santa there are a few types of people when you go to school. The one that doesn’t know the answer and always pretends to know and never ask questions. Those people usually are never good at math. Cause they think knowing is smart and don’t want to be labels dumb so in reality they become dumb. People that are smart never know it all and always ask questions till they understand something. Those people are smart cause they go looking for the right answers and aren’t afraid to look dumb by asking a question.

[@icedreamer2]

@@youtubecomments5951 You my good fellow, have earned my respect,. Well written!

[@youtubecomments5951]

Mathias Söderlund thanks. My thoughts came out nicely this time. Usually it’s not easily understandable

[@brianmorton9419]

I like how when he’s explaining physics he gets excited and starts talking fast and then he has to slow himself down to make it sound more dramatic

[@solitary2]

He loves physics with an ultimate passion

[@DaNiel-yr4bl]

You should watch the joe rogan podcast with him he has to calm himself down multiple times cause he was shouting at joe 😂

[@rxw5520]

He got that dramatic flair from Sagan. You outta check out some of his videos on here.

[@mpatzikas5138]

The delivery of the fact is just as important as the fact itself when talking about education

[@drewg4323]

@@mpatzikas5138 So true

[@derberry4445]

“Here we are touching an elephant not knowing the elephant is standing there” Idk if it’s just me but this thought is horrifying 😂

[@nicocrestmere9688]

Never look up the idea of "Shouting in a dark forrest" then if unexplained space scares you.

[@noahmeijers2769]

@@nicocrestmere9688 Is this a challange?

[@utubebgay]

funny thing - if you applied this in a realistic way to what many religions purport to believe, they wouldn't be uplifting - they would be Lovecraftian.

[@jimbrewster9352]

Derberry ... EXACTLY... If I'm touching an elephant ... I want to KNOW WHERE I'm touching it... don't want no other dimensional elephant having to- show me on the doll where the "bad human" touched you... 😱

[@maxwang2537]

Ancient Chinese fable The Blind Touch the Elephant.

[@CaptinUnderpants2]

That tie is *out of this world.*

[@no_one8224]

No, our world is inside of that tie.

[@navpreetsingh6799]

🤣

[@Jimmy-oi4go]

Underrated comment

[@tamzfart]

We are that necktie

[@Bad_Miracle]

You're a dad aren't ya Tom? LOL 😂

[@davidperry817]

If all my teachers would have explained the subject material like niel degrasse explains almost everything I wouldve graduated high school in elementary school

[@Mk-xy2hd]

Neil*

[@sweetfruit7769]

*would've

[@Mk-xy2hd]

You're all good buddy, correction squad out!!

[@tpstrat14]

Ahhhh the quintessential Neil Degrasse Tyson comment. I knew I'd find the resentment. It's on every comment section. Not "I want to go back to school because of Tyson". Rather "I would have done better in school because of Tyson" Appreciate the teachers you had, and find someone that inspires you to move forward, rather than resent the past. I suggest Elon Musk

[@cwdor]

That's right, but you see, high school is just baby sitting...so, if you're Mom don't teach you nothing, then all you get is high school.

[@brunobucciotti7198]

As a physicist (not an astrophysicist tho), that thing keeping Neil awake at night is indeed something that I could see physicists lose sleep over

[@Zentao420]

I kind of love how when Steven says "we won" Neil continues to say "you won..."

[@jackbanks]

I feel smarter after understanding nothing

[@namastewellness]

Jack Banks lol

[@kleberbaptista7962]

lol I felt the same

[@akinoreh]

said the whole population.

[@sfc3439]

The more we know, the less we understand

[@fernandoteruo3244]

Ahahahahahahaha

[@breanahayes9766]

I love how tickled Neil gets by the simplest of jokes

[@gabrielam2795]

Sometimes I think he laughs at the "dumb" or silly things we say lol

[@cheesheil]

Or he just possess a good sense of humor.

[@Rentfree404]

Me too

[@namastewellness]

breana hayes he has a great sense of humor.

[@LatrellHassell]

We won was hilarious because of how he said it lol

[@testtester8492]

“The universe is vaster than anything in the universe.” Ah yes, it seems the floor here is made out of floor.

[@JonnySolomon]

What is bigger than the universe. Nothing because the universe o

[@lukedarden5361]

@Enjeru “if you step out of our universe looking in, you’re in another dimension” I heard Neil deGrasse say this in a video, but he explained even more. But it’s not possible to go outside our universe looking in

[@muhammadridho7680]

That's what happens if you put a washing machine inside a car, and then turn the washing machine on which has a shirt in it. And the car velocity is more greater than the washing machine torsion

[@shikaridubs]

Or is it?

[@automatedcomment]

He da real life professor klump

[@Caesar__99]

This is a near perfect interview. They have great chemistry

[@MsBahbii]

Yeah, love them together.

[@socialmediaaccount4206]

“We don’t know what we don’t know” Seems pretty accurate tbh

[@kilianpoort5618]

No, sometimes you know what you don't know. For example some details in history. What he says is that there could have been a lot of different that could have led to a variety of totality different questions

[@joesmoke9624]

-Red Blaze- It depends on who we is! " The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." Albert Einstein.

[@TexasBred9292]

@@Valkhiya Awesome analogy.

[@ndavis7789]

Possibly the truest of all truths.

[@RRodriguez1904]

Joe Smoke NEVER heard that Einstein quote. They’re like EVERY where, trite even! lol Thank you Joe 🙏🏼

[@natepeace1737]

I love how his thoughts are almost too fast for his ability to communicate them effectively. So amazing.

[@brokkoliomg6103]

Same thing with Elon Musk. Always interesting to see indeed.

[@putikeswarasudarsono]

@@brokkoliomg6103 I always think it is because Elon Musk has that stammer problem

[@AbrDesign]

saw that two 😍

[@codybowers9051]

I’m sorry Nate, I’m afraid I can’t do that

[@KiloMafia9]

Schizo

[@aj101pf69]

Neil Tyson is fun to watch. He so animated and excited. Always love listening to him.

[@johnnytoppside]

I feel like Neil was that nerdy kid that was so smart everyone thought he was cool as shit. Always went to him for answers, he was the one to question the teacher, when you looked at him you just knew he was getting somewhere.

[@DrChant]

makes science from better to best

[@johnnytoppside]

@Nag Dasty what hasn't he done. Guys a fucking genius

[@johnnytoppside]

@Nag Dasty so what's actually funny is now based on this comment, your last was meant for insulting him. Not sure how you were raised but it's a little odd you say something negative about him but yet now "hes a very bright dude". I don't think anyone here said he was on the level of Einstein or numerous amount of the people you named. So really it seems tou want to make it known you think hes a lower lever of genius? I'm not sure what you're really getting at. I'm glad you take interest and pay attention to this subject, but in all honesty who are you to judge anyone when it's clear your views are one sided. Have a good day

[@marcusrosales3344]

@@johnnytoppside Idk what this other guy was saying, but he's definitely a lesser genius in various aspects. He is more of a science promoter than anything due to his enthusiasm. Unless you are in these fields I doubt you know how deep physics really is, and there are many levels. In any case, the average bachelor's in physics has an IQ around 135 (at an average school). PhDs are in the 140s on average, so yeah he was probably the smart kid in his classes.

[@MEIN_KAMPF1889]

No one did this ever.. a nerd I'd a nerd.. there are no cool nerds

[@andresabongui3893]

Albert Einstein once said, "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough", which shows that Neil has keen knowledge and understanding - amazing.

[@PembrokeshireRocket]

Dont Listen to DeGr-asse or Albert Lieingstien, Just keep taking the Fluoride..

[@Ben-tt7us]

@@PembrokeshireRocket 😂

[@elmerspudds5546]

Andre Sabongui could you explain that again for me?

[@Ben-tt7us]

@@elmerspudds5546 Meaning that because Neil deGrasse Tyson can explain the core of an idea so easily, he must understand it quite well.

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

@@Ben-tt7us r/woosh

[@LtActionCam]

That dude at 0:22 on the top left really really really loves Neil.

[@kamratframjandet]

Nah he's just happy to be on TV.

[@MuSic1890ChanGe]

😭😂😭😂😭

[@Jay-cn3js]

Nah thats just Neil's boyfriend

[@jalaaldous3511]

XDXDXD

[@breezy5831]

😂

[@leonorcosta9047]

I love the way he explained the vastness of the universe, that we may have lost a big part of the universe we could study and explore cause it's beyond our horizon and that the next generations will have less and less universe the discover. I am amazed really, so scary but amazing. And his excitement explaining it is so awesome.

[@MsBahbii]

Cool stuff.

[@jayyy1041]

I wouldn't be too discouraged. The next generation is gonna have the James Webb telescope.

[@AmbrishSaxena12]

This knocks me off my lawn as well. What if we just witnessing in the universe could have been leftover of previous marvel universe. What if this is a continuous chain where every generation feels the leftover of the preceding marvel universe.

[@venerablebastard2064]

@@jayyy1041 Days away.

[@h3artands0uLL]

@@jayyy1041 What’s the James Webb telescope? What makes it different from others what does it do? First time hearing about it. This stuff is fascinating though so I’m hoping to get more into it

[@toniroberts8117]

I could talk to Neil for 10 hours straight and not get bored. How fun that would be to grow up with him.

[@tesshogue]

He might get bored talking to me😊

[@jv-lk7bc]

exhausting. famous people's families are all like "whatever."

[@miguelfana3376]

“We don’t know what we don’t know” seems obvious but has a deep and scary context to it.

[@towermoss]

Sin Cosine a sizeable chunk of the population are so terrified of that concept, that they lie to themselves everyday.

[@JohnnyBo-v]

you are such a fucking moronic waste of conspiracy loving oxygen

[@rouxe8908]

Why do you guys have to ruin everything with fucking politics and religion dude.

[@ernestolombardo5811]

It would have been appropriate for Stephen to harken back to his Daily Show days when Donald Rumsfeld said (about the Iraq invasion), I paraphrase - "there are known unknowns, but there are also unknown unknowns."

[@Poopconnaisseur]

''If you know you know'' - Pusha T

[@devikakaul1494]

This astrophysicist just confessed that for all our knowledge of science, we can never keep up with the past nor the future, cause our perception of time is so limited and defined.

[@baronmeddy]

Someone who gets it

[@Powerranger-le4up]

Devika Kaul And he has acknowledged the scientific contributions that have come from the Catholic Church. We even have our own scientific academy. Stephen Hawking was a permanent member until his passing.

[@jonathanvilla7280]

Mysteries are events science hasn't explained yet. Their hands are being set free to continue their quests for answers.

[@KiloMafia9]

Exactly why people put way too much into science

[@memesfromdeepspace1075]

Cause data and information is corrupted or mising ITS like boil water off ocean with magnifiying glass

[@poetray1839]

Neil deGrasse Tyson has got to be one of the best guests to ever invite on a show. He is so affable and intelligent. Love their rapport.

[@anthonycabigon2230]

Neil Degrasse Tyson is one woke "scientist".

[@yeetyeet1146]

You can literally feel how fast his brain goes

[@quan563]

Seriously 😆

[@joriskemper5392]

The one thing that physically exceeds the speed of light.. 🤗

[@Aceofspades2006]

Mine does that and because I get self-conscious, so I don’t think about anything 🥲 and now I have bunch of mental health problems 😭 (but’s fine I’m working on it )

[@LanceWillMakeIt]

@@Aceofspades2006 lol relatable. thinking a lot drove me into questioning too many things which has made me depressed, now i'm working on being more fulfilled

[@xlfusiionz4135]

I literally got up, went outside and looked up and said “holy fawk”

[@mik4336]

lmmaaaoooo

[@goofygoober6211]

I started punching the air while laying down on my bed when Neil was all “is there some chapter there but not there anymore”

[@jiyoonha8577]

Deep

[@floki5605]

Why did I laugh so hard at this lol

[@wizkida981015]

Stephen: I'm aware of my religion *2 seconds later* Neil: The Vatican has an observatory Stephen: *leans in, intrigued*

[@chico305SIGMA]

It's okay I'm a Jewish Catholic we're seen as the smart ones. Lol

[@MrDvdz]

@@chico305SIGMA are you sure you are looking through the correct end of the telescope.?

[@charlesbronson2926]

Lol, he literally meant he’s aware of the name of the religion he practiced.

[@corazoncubano5372]

@@chico305SIGMA If that is what makes you feel better 🙄🙄🙄

[@cc_99081]

Charles Bronson Colbert hails Satan clear as dayyyyyyy

[@ndsx6]

It says a lot about a talk show when their most frequent guest is a scientist. Kudos!

[@roughryder5]

It' crazy how Neil has an answer for everything and the answers are so complete, witty and educational. Man is a GOD.

[@psd9850]

That's because everybody keeps asking him the same questions over and over again.

[@ImranKhan-iu8ml]

And he one TV show which tell him question they going to ask if he was different situation it will he able answer question

[@roughryder5]

@@ImranKhan-iu8ml Yea but if you watch his podcasts with Joe Rogan that are 3 hours long...they are just kicking it and he's answering all Joe's questions flawlessly. Joe usually never has an organized way of hosting his shows...they just happen.

[@amzingthingz6981]

"With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof." Quran 51/47

[@nicholasjohnson6724]

Yeah, a satanic god

[@bad_teammates]

9 minutes passed and it felt like 2... the power of Neil's storytelling

[@ramdam974]

Einstein would agree with you.

[@bozz3755]

the power of Neil's bullshit.

[@glenphillips9068]

I want to hear him sing some 70's disco tunes .

[@BryanRobson89]

Amazing. Watching him for 3 hours on a few Joe Rogan podcasts - flies by, almost upsetting

[@unclejacksimulations9423]

Jesus i almost don't believe it

[@salon9417]

If people were at least half as passionate about a cause as Neil deGrasse Tyson is about astrophysics, the world would be a better place

[@StormSliders]

It's actually astronomy

[@StormSliders]

But I do agree

[@mcmuffin558]

True. Fuck politics

[@MrSeanman30]

Storm Sliders 360 if more people were trying to split atoms and create the newest biggest bomb that doesn't make the world a better place. We no bombs, no pollution, no hate, no starvation etc. I feel like the government isn't the bad guy at all. More like trying to save us from our own extinction while knowing the end is near and sacrificing what they think is best to allow humans to continue to be a thing.

[@JoshSweetvale]

What is zealotry?

[@michaelplaysgames428]

“We don’t know, what we don’t know” scary stuff

[@hjs7626]

The universe is so fucking awesome. We’ll never know everything but that’s what makes it so cool.

[@thatguy2244]

Gotta be honest.... its not that exciting to me. The more i discover about it the more i realize all those sci fi movies are bs and the universe is just wayy more boring.

[@hjs7626]

@@thatguy2244 what’s so boring about the universe?

[@xMorbidArtx]

@@hjs7626 He's just that guy, a simple human being that presumes to think he knows everything. Silly.

[@franksinatra9579]

@@thatguy2244 uhh this is satire right?

[@thatguy2244]

@@franksinatra9579 no. The universe is mostly cold and dead. Empty space really. Worm holes and stuff exist only in theory simply because the energy required to create it is unfathomable. Two black holes collided and bent space 3mm. Black holes are not worm holes theyre just a lot of mass, infinitely compressed and if you went in one youd just die lol. And probably the proof of all this is that aliens have never visited us. So even if we somehow miraculously found alien life. Theres just no way to get there in a timely/efficient way. Im sure there are aliens out there that have existed long before us, are way smarter, way technologically advanced and guess what... they havnt made the trip. Or even found us. Similar to the theory time travel will never exist. One, time itself doesnt really exist but even if it did, where are the time travelors? Thats it in a nutshell really.

[@mrudulvemuri182]

Ok nobody is gonna talk about his tie??

[@littlemrpinkness295]

I loved his galaxy tie!

[@melancholy_storyteller]

U should see some of his other ties

[@alexanderwolfgang5829]

My sense of fashion has been utterly and completely warped by him and i think it was for the better

[@siddharthashrestha4354]

I the first thing i glanced at when he comes by

[@richhartnell6233]

Neil has the most pimp ties on every appearance

[@sergeantbilko7070]

Neil Degrassi Tyson. He is like the Public Relations guy for astrophysicists. He knows how to explain this stuff to the rest of us “simple” folk. Carl Sagan was like that.

[@ConservativeAnthem]

Sergeant Bilko -- If you listen carefully and stop worshiping celebrity, he's really not that bright. But his WalMart "cosmic vest" is hilarious.

[@sergeantbilko7070]

Of course he could be a great BSer for all I know.

[@jayjay-dr9pr]

@@ConservativeAnthem People like you just don't quite get it, do you?

[@ConservativeAnthem]

@@jayjay-dr9pr If not "getting it" means disagreeing with pompous simpletons who traffic in mindless cliches like you, you'd be right.

[@myrryxmas]

i was wondering how far down the comments i'd have to scroll before i got to a con disparaging a man of science. it seems to be their stock-in-trade: anyone who isn't a young-earth creationist is either "not really that bright" or an agent of the Devil....

[@CounterRyu]

That's one of the greatest things i've ever heard Neil Degrasse Tyson say. I love thinking about the universe and theories on how it works. I've also thought there are many things we can't see beyond the observable universe, picturing something like Dr. Strange's multiple dimensions as an extreme example. We're so small, it's unlikely that everything we see, i.e galaxies, is all there is in the universe. I pictured it this way, it's very simple: asteroids revolve around planets, planets around stars, stars around black holes that form galaxies, and then what. What comes next... what are galaxies revolving around? There's a good chance every galaxy we see, the observable universe, is all but a small sliver of a bigger galaxy ring that revolves something... many many times more massive than black holes. And whatever that thing is must be what is the providing the majority of force, "gravity", that is missing from the equation of dark matter and energy. And I suspect it keeps going and going, more round things revolving around bigger round things. It might also make sense that we cannot see these massive objects, because they act much like black holes upon light. It's somewhat scary to think about, that everything in our observable universe is only but what our star is to the milk way. But I think it's very likely. When Neil says that astrophysicist don't know the source of gravity, that 80% of it is unaccounted for.. That's interesting to hear, because I was skeptical of celestial body cores being the only source of gravity too. The true universe is an infinite piece puzzle, and we're only 3 pieces in starting somewhere in the middle.

[@nicholashepburn9381]

What if the blackness/void of space is just a black hole everything is riding on the surface of?

[@CounterRyu]

@@nicholashepburn9381 yeah it could be, but the surface is three dimensional and not flat like ground.

[@farrel_ra]

Agree! I love learning science but I just don't like the math in it.

[@Tonyhouse1168]

It would mean we’re just getting started (:

[@lucianobanuelos5943]

Neil Degrasse is one of the very few ppl in the world i could listen to for hours and not get tired of listening

[@Edgar_Gutierritoz]

*"We don't know what we don't know"* _You did it again Neil, what a Phrase._

[@RED-sl2le]

Edgar Gutierrez a yes the floor is made out of floor

[@Edgar_Gutierritoz]

@@RED-sl2le u don't get it

[@user-qc7vf7pb3c]

More you know more you know what you don't know -Richard Feynman

[@jimbrewster9352]

Guitiérrez Castro Edgar Eduardo ... but at least we know that we don't know what we don't know... and 2nd... wtf with your name? Its like the name equivalent of the guy that drives a big car cause he got a tiny "Johnson"... just saying...🤷‍♂️

[@douglassepic9030]

Actually Donald Rumsfeld said basically the same thing back in 2002" "[T]here are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns-the ones we don't know we don't know."

[@cjv8429]

“We don’t know what we don’t know”… I think that is now my favourite quote

[@ArtificaIntelligence]

That quote predates Neil by a very long time. It's prominently featured in Nicholas Taleb's 'The Black Swan' and was a common saying of Donald Rumsfield. He referred to it as "unknown unknowns," elaborating upon that saying "there are things we do not know we don't know." It's a fascinating subject.

[@kimberlysabillon3005]

Einstein said it best: "Not only is the universe stranger than we can imagine; it is stranger than what we Cannot imagine"

[@AngelicusImmortus]

CJV842 That’s actually the flaw for someone like Dawkins. He speaks with a certainty, a kind of, this is 100% true as if there is no chance he could be wrong. The we don’t know what stuff we don’t know is a profound philosophical statement. We didn’t know about weather systems until we “discovered” them. It means that someone like Dawkins can say there is no god, but the truth is that no one can say with 100% certainty that there is or there isn’t So he can’t label you as deluded if you say there is because he can’t prove his point. Proper, honest scientists like Tyson will admit there is stuff we don’t know, and that we don’t realise we don’t know it. Others are just playing at science.

[@andyisdead]

Dawkins actually said there is probably no God. He never said he couldn't be wrong.

[@xDrikenx]

AHHAHAAHA

[@aryankarcii1157]

Smart and funny is a combination many people lack. Imagine having a conversation with a group of people like this. Orgasmic

[@Bduh2]

"We don't know what we don't know" Oh we know that we don't know what we don't know that's why we are blessed to have people like you Neil.

[@mohamadmousavi]

neil is so passionate in his own work it's not measurable

[@dstorm7752]

He is a passionate tool of the Left.

[@andymaritanu7420]

+Snaggle Toothed Because religious followers often don't appreciate science

[@houseofzuma1033]

@@dstorm7752 Its not his fault....he wants America to be more science literate...he doesn't realise its a lost cause.

[@insightdragon8556]

House of Zuma science isn’t a lost cause

[@INF1NI73]

"The world is not celebrating the same moment." Yesss interesting...

[@beatz04]

Yes, because we as humans have agreed on having calendars and have taken time zones into account, so what's the big deal ? A "year", "month", "minutes", "seconds" are all terms that are man-made. So hence to what we call a "year", it is ending or starting differently depending on which time zone (also man made) you're in.

[@kurrocap]

beatz04 the point Neil was trying to make is that New Years is when the earth completes it's orbit around the sun, so technically everyone should celebrate when the planet reaches that point, it's silly we rely on the time of day

[@mirocleeko69]

yeah you tried to be intelligent in your reply anddddd it was all for nothing😭😭

[@kurtsudheim825]

INF1NI73 I've wondered that since I was 10 or something?

[@kurtsudheim825]

beatz04 Also, what if you're between the time zones, why foes it jump by the hour instead of slowly increasing?

[@devinsinderwitcz9134]

I could spend years with Neil and I would still be hungry for his knowledge!

[@TheWelchProductions]

The idea that the universe evolved from something that we cannot see beyond our own horizon is awesome. What came before the universe? Was there ever a beginning to anything? How many universes are there? The vastness of the cosmos is terrifying.

[@Tonyhouse1168]

And exciting!

[@zacharybattocchio6134]

I just love Neil's passion for this stuff

[@ezzy72998]

Cousin Ant You mad because u weren't smart enough to graduate highschool?

[@CoinsAndCapsaicin]

Zachary Alexander it's amazing. He can invoke a sense of passion in those around him as well.

[@LouTubed]

Cousin Ant Go bad to school you dumb son of a bitch.

[@jimborock2632]

I love it too! It makes me passionate for science, more so than usual. Neil is a science hype man, gets me excited for more discoveries.

[@LouTubed]

Shut the fuck up you hick, no one cares about you.

[@RickyMartinVideos]

I haven't slept since watching this video.

[@zachmorehouse672]

Your comment was 2 hours ago. Did you order cloths for the fridge?

[@jeffhazelden]

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[@automaticflow975]

U asleep yet? If not? Your on meth!

[@saelavie8963]

why lmfao

[@sarahg3267]

I adore Stephen Colbert when he took his glasses off I cough/snort laughed so loud at work. 😆

[@Lithae]

I honestly spiral over similar thoughts. Lost knowledge, especially about existence in general really gets to me. It's the source of much of my existential dread.

[@JerichoAndFriends]

We don't know what we don't know!

[@kisttoe]

....and i who thought we know what we don't know........pffft i'm so stupid at times

[@Linshark]

There are known unknowns and there are unknown unknowns !

[@atrociousconsequences4432]

Not those things that we know that we do not know but don't know that we don't.

[@ianalvord3903]

I know that I don't know how to fly a plane....

[@gavinrandhawa9801]

Ian Alvord but you know that you don’t know how to fly a plane. This is like you not knowing planes existed!

[@n.chambers2828]

A nerd and a geek, my two favorite people. An astrophysicist and a comedian, love them both. Never boring and educational. Walking footnote... and they are so silly.

[@Cbitt1]

Stephen: Wow, Neil, you’ve been on my show a lot. Neil: Yes, the universe.

[@marocainaujapon]

Always a joy listening to Neil.

[@brip4061]

corega111 how he is stupid I hate Neil

[@brip4061]

khairowensullivan can u prove the earth is a ball id like to hear it

[@brip4061]

sende senf what proof is that this is nothing

[@Lacidios]

Man, worrying about astronomical bodies becoming so distant they are practically isolated in all of space and here I'm just glad I got the elephant reference.

[@TheSquirrelyGhost]

What's the reference?

[@pixarboy02]

TheSquirrelyGhost If I remember it from English I think it’s an analogy for describing things you don’t know with things you do. I think there’s a story where three blind men find an elephant, and one touches its leg and thinks it’s a tree trunk, and the other touches it’s tail and thinks it’s a broom or something, and they all try to describe what the elephant is only using their past knowledge of what it feels like. Apparently in the story the men begin to fight over which person is right, and I guess the moral of the story is to understand that you may only have partial information, and to accept that others may be able to broaden your own partial knowledge with their partial knowledge.

[@Lacidios]

TheSquirrelyGhost, it's an Indian parable as 7ristan describes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant

[@BookwormCowboy]

poem by rumi in ancient india

[@scottbruckner4653]

it's only been a couple thousand years, you can't expect shit to move that fast in our own galaxy when we move just as fast.

[@mrjapaman2958]

"In the end, our descendents won't have stars to look at in the night sky"

[@jyothikamalesh7586]

Not exactly, the astro physicists wont have stars from other galaxy to study from... But we will have stars in our milkyway galaxy

[@jackwhitbread4583]

Well the sun is a star so yeah not really and our galaxy isn't going anywhere

[@LUDKR1]

Let's add also the Andromeda galaxy stars, andromeda is heading towards us 😁

[@ankur6310]

I was thinking exactly same what he said, in-fact I can feel and think all his talks I have listened so far(not much) and those talks makes very much sense. And I got so much relived and kind of proud that I can grasp all those ideas and philosophy related to science easily by own. He is one of the few persons who can think all conclusions and possibilities philosophically very accurate(don't getting the word) about science or any other topic also. And almost all ideas and talks of him makes lot of sense and are very right. (Btw this my first comment on any social media platform)

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Welcome aboard. You picked a good topic and spoke well about it, especially for your first comment.

[@jonbergeriksen9433]

7:31 "what"? Absolutely love this.

[@ColterN10]

no, the POPE part was better

[@mikepapadopoulos937]

i swear i had a laugh panic attack after hearing that and i was in the freaking library!

[@josephjeon804]

That "wut" was the best thing in the video 7:31

[@WorthlessDeadEnd]

Nani?

[@ayoubazzi8665]

Well you missed the entire video then that might be a funny part but the rest is more intresting for me

[@rivalsoul9853]

@@ayoubazzi8665 It's amazing

[@biggesthaterontheinternet]

they both bond so well together

[@uroojhussain7571]

This man is an absolute gem!

[@lolipedofin]

Neil... such an amazing communicator of science.

[@ArgueWithTheMajority]

Was near literally thinking the same thing when I read your comment.

[@lolipedofin]

Snaggle Toothed Yes. I expected him to be a slurry idiot who bites people ears off. You know, like Luis Suárez.

[@lolipedofin]

Grihm Fayte Communicator of Science, not White House Communication Director. You must have mixed them up.

[@Remoes02]

He is indeed. But the heavyweight of all heavyweights was Carl Sagan.

[@urduib]

Think i have seen all his stuff on youtube. Like fine weed and wine to the mind

[@jimbobbyrnes]

Neil can steal away any conversation and not a single person will or can stop him.

[@nigel900]

Kinda like Hillary...

[@area1188]

UNHEXED 2 oh fuck 📴

[@uthredraganrson5467]

UNHEXED 2 like you know that lol

[@rockylosco5596]

jimbobbyrnes it’s funny cause actually nobody wants to stop him from talking cause in a certain way he says some interesting stuff

[@ImKaraB]

jimbobbyrnes no need to stop him talking. It's an absolute joy listening to such intellect.

[@hasancanyldrm629]

That "What..." from Colbert on 7.31. So pure. :D

[@MrIzzieBear]

I come back to this video every so often and every time I'm in just as much awe of NDT as Colbert is.

[@benm5221]

Aliens to Earthlings: "We come to interview Neil."

[@ikerants745]

Ben M Earthlings: hell no he’s ours, get your own.

[@TanksForTheMemories]

I see Neil, I click.

[@rooksed]

Casey T what a simple man

[@deuelellan2446]

Casey T but the universe isn't expanding

[@FroggyQC23]

@Deuel Ellan Yes it is. Why do you deny science?

[@deuelellan2446]

Simboo show me the proof, there's no proof. Our way of measuring that it is expanding is flawed. We are using triangulation on such a large scale that we are getting false readings

[@FroggyQC23]

There is no proof? There are thousands and thousands of studies that prove that the universe is expending and with all the data collected, by using simple maths, the scientists have demonstrated without a doubt that this expension is accelerating. Just do a google search, you will find all the information you need easily.

[@dra.renataleal]

I wasn’t ready for this conversation. It blows my mind!

[@oasisrocks]

That silence when he was talking about dark matter, we refer to that as intrigue.

[@lazy-assed-genius1306]

I can listen to this guy talk forever....I couldn't pull away if I tried

[@ruthless12street]

James Walker you sound like my wife

[@pizzasub3194]

Ruthless 12 street 💀

[@samanthaoneeshie1817]

he has a podcast

[@johnmarkhi]

You gullible fool!

[@phenix2heaven]

All right, don't forget to wear a condom.

[@empireoflightz]

This man isn't just a national treasure for you Americans, he's an international, global and universal treasure.

[@tuele4302]

Yeah, he's a great science educator.

[@coulochonou6376]

I agree you americans are lucky to have him

[@jul9cuz]

Interdimensional treasure yo

[@russianbot3411]

Neil deGrasse is a pseudo scientist :)

[@jul9cuz]

Thanks for the pseudo comment BIG r ;)

[@EmilyTienne]

Tyson is the perfect ambassador for science and scientists. He has done so much to demystify and destigmatize a subject everyday people once believed belong to “geniuses” only.

[@delorran92]

His passion is contagious

[@UnPhayzable]

*Hits blunt* My mind is now ready for this

[@bigbirb1679]

UnPhayzable No, you’re just dumbing your mind down with drugs.

[@NAPYNAMIT]

cool

[@Mr.St3wi3]

I put some distillate on top of my bowls. No more blunts for me 😁

[@richardsantanna5398]

Big Birb It's far from a useles drug, fool.

[@mannatchaudhaxxzzri2331]

UnPhayzable Has i

[@iamalexsupertramp]

where a scientist gets this ovation, is a world where I want to live!

[@joeyplaysps4]

new york lol dont expect it from the rest of trump country though lol

[@bethbartlett5692]

iamalexsupertramp That one loves the camera -

[@ralphenevoldsen9978]

iamalexsupertramp hes not a scientist, but i follow you

[@robbiegruberger2337]

When he started getting fired up about the Gregorian calendar had me laughing so hard. “10 DAYS!!!!” “POPE!!!!!”

[@bhonest-gb5zg]

Stephen is such a humble and versatile interviewer he can talk and have fun with anyone

[@jamesiyer4937]

This beautiful man just completely throws the script out of the window and derives from the norm of these talk shows. It's a delight to watch.

[@TheSkull4444]

Victor Gibson yeah nigga you are off the bag

[@gabrielpetersen8528]

James Iyer that's why they keep inviting him back! To give the writers a break! Lol

[@oNeGiAnTLiE]

James liar? Lol. I have trouble believing the comments here praising this drop the mic disgrace Tyson. He is and never been a scientist. Even Wikipedia tells us this. He was a dancer , now he is an actor. He is I. My mind a pos liar . People, this guys number one job is promoting space nonsense

[@mrdoormat6809]

Woah, stop with the conspiracy cocktail there man, its damage your brain.

[@MikeyTheMav41]

@Victor Gibson have you ever seen an alien dude?

[@petergriffin3737]

Now, that's a stable genius.

[@krampus225]

Peter Griffin I'm dead..... Haaaa

[@jbberinger]

Peter Griffin congrats on this reference, serious.

[@krampus225]

jbberinger Agree.

[@1Rab]

Genius, sure. Stable, debatable.

[@MarkRiley12]

Didn't see anything stable or genius about this guy.

[@MandalorianOfMiatas]

wow... I knew that the acceleration of the universe would someday render much of what we currently see unviewable, but the thought that something might have been in the past but now gone to us today...

[@giannis.peidis5302]

why i love so much this man he has what a positive energy

[@hitendra_singh]

" We don't know, what we don't know." ~ Neil Degrasse Tyson I have a new phobia now...

[@metosoreru]

Hitendra singh thats sorta the idea behind cosmic horror, it’s worth looking into if you’re interested!

[@jeremiahdssdentmorgan3341]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGPMoJaHgMmIgas contrary to popular belief the scientific community has been disputing the helocentric model for centuries

[@stevenjackson2533]

Picture Neil Degrasse Tyson late at night sitting on the edge of his bed in his underwear contemplating the course of the universe.

[@amzingthingz6981]

"With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof." Quran 51/57

[@SHSprostyle]

That overexcited “POPE!” At 4:06 killed me

[@AlokKumar-tk1ty]

"We dont know what we dont know" Thats so easy and deep at the same time.

[@alexiscarias9112]

Alternative title: Neil degrasse Tyson and Stephen Colbert interrupt each other for 9 minutes straight

[@jamesbuchanan5962]

Neil is like the cool uncle that you shoot b-ball with while chatting about universe-edge and quantum physics.

[@True_Christian]

At the edge of the universe is God's firmament dome, which Neil knows nothing about because he is a pseudoscientist who just makes things up and he is completely ignorant of the Bible and everything about the universe --- all of which vehemently contradicts the Satanic lies that Neil pushes.

[@kbbeats3099]

True Christian lop your people wrote the bible before they knew what the sun even was or where it went at night XD

[@alainadoyle3888]

True Christian bahahaha oh man that's funny

[@Eboy299]

What an odd president to choose

[@Exirium]

Joshua Hammond you're not serious, right? lol

[@chuckanderson8144]

A society that has no sight of galaxies other than our own, will soon come to believe that those galaxies are only myths from the dark ages of earths history.

[@Get_Ogre_Here]

Oh shit... That may mean (bear with me here) that a lot or at least some of the mythology from the past isn't mythology and it's something that was there and we just have no reason to believe it's there. Like they'll look at our writings and stuff about galaxies and be like "wtf that's bullshit" and that might be what we're doing today,

[@kellyleathers8806]

Chuck Anderson doesn’t that just blow your mind...

[@geraldtoaster8541]

joke's on you, the galaxies will be around much longer than Earth will! The sun will turn Earth into a charred rock long before the universe expands enough for other galaxies to disappear from sight.

[@geraldtoaster8541]

@Truth trying to start some shit are we? lol

[@utahnick]

That'll be in like 100m years. Hopefully we'll figure things out by then lol

[@michaelosuna1784]

Just realized he sounds like a smarter Seth Rogan. He’s an inspiration though for sure loved his books.

[@ivanskorjanec3572]

LOVE BOTH THESE DUDES SO MUCH:) LAT MIN OF THIS ... BADABING !!! :):):)

[@alexbachir6672]

Literally HIS BEST GUEST

[@joemarilangaman2317]

Use sunblock.

[@ericjoseph3448]

We don't know what we don't know - Neil DeGrasse Tyson, 2018.

[@DennyDzulkarnaen]

Eric Joseph this should be carved in stone

[@Bobdicklett1994]

this has been explained before. there's "known knowns"; things we know we know. "known unknowns"; things we know we don't know. 'unknown unknowns"; things we don't know we don't know. and "unknown known"; things we don't know we know. But Mr Tyson reduced and simplified very well here. short and sweet.

[@swat22camden]

thats not a very profound statement if you think it is

[@lilsmokey7605]

Word. Too many people spew shit on things they know nothing about.

[@kingjamestres]

swat22camden if you have a simple mindset it’s not all that amazing. But if it’s your job to question the fundamental nature of the universe everyday. Something like that does keep you up.

[@sealabverticle7897]

I like how towards the end Stephen acted like he understood what Neil was saying

[@TheWelchProductions]

What makes you think he didn’t?

[@adityamenon6365]

3:41 his laugh is like a puppy bark

[@brendavigeant2277]

Love Neil DeGrasse Tyson, this is what a truly intelligent person sounds like. He is able to explain a very complex subject matter at a level that can be understood by the masses. Not once did he say "I'm like a smart person."

[@brip4061]

BRENDA VIGEANT I hate neil degrasse tyson

[@TheMick200]

KING FERF Nobody gives a fuck

[@ITech2005]

I can confirm that no fucks have been given

[@apt0913]

"I'm like a really smart person and a very stable genius"

[@freakyfarooq]

LIKE REALLY SMART OK. Check IQ meter, yup over 9000!

[@tilaNmanx]

Neil is such a ray of sunshine c:

[@steh8831]

C

[@airbendingninja23]

Which is why he's so burned

[@Gooberpatrol66]

He should have talked about false vacuum. Talk about losing sleep.

[@nirv]

Have you heard any of his audiobook narration? Not only is he a terrible author, but he's even worse narrating. Not joking. Stay far, far away.

[@brip4061]

Tiia Mannix screw Neil

[@Fanchiotti]

Neil, that is an interesting thought. Another one is: What happens to the collective of photons that are furthest away in the boundaries in the galaxy? Do they lose energy and eventually cease to exists? Do they just stop?

[@drsaumyasingh4941]

6:55 Just a timestamp for me to start listening to again and again

[@NewMessage]

Here's how you win at charades with his name. Get on your knees, mime the grass growing from the floor, and then bite off someone's ear.

[@jimbojones8978]

It's charades, doesn't matter.

[@TheNexan_]

3rc Th1 It's Charades instructions, you might've misread. "Kneel, Da Grass, Tyson." Wordplay, very fun, gotta love it.

[@MisterMitchMM]

Bloose. You're the fucking idiot. Grab a dictionary dumbass.

[@poisontoad8007]

Bloose ye Oh dear. You blew that one mate.

[@luvvinallmusik5748]

New Message Is 'person' a Charades category? I get the joke, but I remember only the mimes 4 movie & book.

[@MaxTheBest97]

I love how he seems on coke, but really he is just too smart to keep up with the speed of his thoughts using words.

[@onerandombruh]

Science coke is the best kind of coke.

[@travisk6221]

I understood everything he said I was this kid in school I talked fast asf too where I would confuse teachers

[@h_r7708]

@@travisk6221 I don't know if this is the same but I can't write my theories with a pen and paper. I can't write fast enough. Once the thought is out it is gone. If I use a keyboard I can keep up and write it all down. The weird thing is that I seldom know what I wrote until I read it afterward.

[@DarylCooke]

Can't it be both?

[@nirjalshahi4918]

He can't handle the dopamine his body produces 😂

[@davidwalker5054]

He once said. Not knowing the answers to the mysteries of the universe is bad enough. But not knowing what questions to ask is worse. ..thats a very profound thing to say if you think about it A very astute and clever man

[@orionsbelt3631]

Why isn't anyone complimenting his tie 😭😭🖤

[@Daz555Daz]

He is, as we say in the UK, a national treasure.

[@Prairielander]

I think a universal treasure would be more accurate.

[@theswingingdoor2157]

And also as we say in the US. And probably anywhere else that speaks english...

[@stormcaster6322]

ouch.

[@eternalmournforaniki8397]

In Brazil we say "monstro sagrado" that translates to "sacred monster"

[@burstbeau1684]

He is not from your nation.