Unintentional ASMR | Sleepiest Interview Ever | Edward Witten | String theory

Edward Witten is an American mathematical and theoretical physicist. He is currently the Charles Simonyi Professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study. In this video, Ed Witten is talking about string theory and physics.
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[@samuelsanchez2820]

"Alot of the most fun I've had, personally, since the mid 90s, has been in trying to use string theory and M theory ideas to shed light on established, but not fully understood physical theories." My man is a party animal.

[@oliodonohoe6546]

“A lot of the most fun I’ve had, personally, since the mid 90’s, has been using ecstasy in abandoned car parks… erm, I mean string theory, yeh, erm, yeh, and MDMA, I mean M theory, yeh…”

[@misterspetsnaz]

@@oliodonohoe6546 LOL

[@EternalResonance]

He was soo close to being non verbal autistic.

[@fongaboo1958]

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[@chillerbiller540]

I listened to the whole thing. This guy is incredibly well-spoken, smart and it didn’t make me sleepy but rather interested in physics!!

[@filipeprates4245]

Thw more I read abojt him, smart is an understandment

[@charlesdehavilland2437]

It probably means you are underestimating yourself - go get some physics or engineering books and immerse yourself in it!

[@eduardobarranco1695]

I do agree. I think lot of people are used to be “programmed ” to considered something Interesting, funny or ir deserve attention ONLY if is delivered in Joe Rogan style (oh Gosh..oh my Gosh.. no way and the like). By the way i also like for some cases Joe Rogan’s style. But Is necessary be open to other style for the sake of the ideas of the content

[@selwynr]

Probably the greatest living scientist, so calling him "smart" is a bit of an understatement. He's today's Einstein.

[@destroya3303]

Congrats, you're now interested in string theory which has wasted countless man hours and produced nothing.

[@zigarettenposer5714]

this calmness that radiates from him...extraordinary!! he talks, as if he is reading a textbook...

[@das8771]

This guy is unique, and valuable, takes about 10 seconds to see it.

[@MadaraUchiha-bh4vl]

Edward is a genius and I highly respect him and his knowledge 👏 🙌

[@davidregi7571]

Lost in math

[@wearethebobs]

9:24 He seems a bit too happy about this….

[@AxlProg-re3dz]

lmfao

[@axlrose5082]

LOL

[@t0mbst0neyt]

The world gon explode weeee! 👍

[@tcarr349]

Witten does not make me sleepy. He inspires me!

[@typedef_]

ok

[@rasbperrypi133]

Big facts

[@puffthemagiclepton7534]

Came here to say the same.

[@hiadrianbankhead]

I’m trying to fall asleep to this but I can’t because I’m too invested in what he is saying. He’s actually keeping me up

[@johnsmith1953x]

LOL!!!

[@Republic9323]

This man radiates peace!

[@brendawilliams8062]

His soft voice is pushing the feeling

[@s101077]

that is what studying physics does to ones self.. Best humanities subject if u ask me 😊

[@s101077]

makes u one with the universe.. ❤have a good

[@TC-zi2yp]

You could walk in to this guys office expecting a promotion and leave feeling good about being demoted.

[@DarknessIsThePath]

lmao

[@stephenr80]

Hhhhh😂

[@leoquesto9183]

Among all his stunning gifts, Witten is humane.

[@AustrasmrASMR]

He was a quiet man, an astronomer.

[@ISBE91]

Nice reference ;)

[@jc03571]

WW

[@casblanan]

What is this a reference to? Please enlighten me

[@JoaoSilva-on4od]

ahahah! Good lad!

[@mariakass6213]

Yes, his father too a physicist, and from his mother he got a Russian heart.....

[@bonec85]

pure genius.

[@WTHFX]

I've been falling asleep to Eddward Witten for years. His dulcet monotone and impenetrable esotericism makes for perfect sleep fodder.

[@jinlonglui]

Bro what a great channel lol. keep it up!

[@srikarmantravadi5238]

This really not a sleepy interview, I've never been more awake than when I listened to him

[@dangreenie5356]

What a joy it is to see how he orders his comments in a way that makes the theories attainable. Not "Mr. Happy" at a party ... but brilliance in action

[@stevenmehl721]

Love this guy 🙂

[@rtfgx]

Wow... I always thought about Witten voice and style of speaking is great

[@phillstevenson7048]

This puts me out quick! Thanks

[@MakeWithMike]

I love subscribing !

[@michaeldob9526]

This guy is so smart that he had to speak this slowly for people to understand what he's saying.

[@kareemjesusdevlin6490]

omg I have listened to Witten to help me fall asleep so many times, this is amazing 😂

[@lordgargamel4124]

This guys mouth does not change shape at all when speaking. Its like watching a 8 Bit sprite talking.

[@futbolusa]

Yeah Ed Witten is a genius and I love relaxing to his voice

[@davidkennerly]

I think Ed Witten is fascinating. Hardly "sleepy," even if his delivery may be unusual.

[@ignaciosarria671]

Super symmetry and positive energy...same two things I like in girls. This guy is up to something good.

[@greentheam629]

😂😂

[@thskendjeo134]

Well, that is how nature uses a lamebrain which by the way the majority of humanity is by producing testosterone and letting them procreate which is nature's agenda....and by keeping the ignoramuses busy on this agenda these gullible ignoramuses die completely discontented....utter failures...

[@nomos6508]

this is the best ASMR for sleeping I've ever heard! it always makes me sleep at minute 7. thank you for this sleepiest interview!!

[@iluvatarchem]

This is completely disrespectful. just gtfo

[@keralainnumbers6416]

This guy should narrate an audio book....I would definitely buy it.

[@GEMSofGOD_com]

Try Max Richter's Sleep

[@blackacre5642]

The anecdote about working with his father that begins at 2:00 is very touching. Even after becoming a giant in two fields he goes back to his childhood at that moment.

[@brettbelcher4726]

When you put the world's smartest physicists in a room and ask them who is the smartest among them, the answer is Ed Witten.

[@EternalResonance]

It's actually Joe Rogan. These scientists won't last in the zombie apocalypse😄 jokes a side, this guy's a miracle. His genes where soo close to being full blown non verbal autistic.

[@BM-is5ei]

No they won't. Stfu

[@jdklein033]

@@Hebraiske it’s known in the physics world apparently

[@stavshmueli6932]

@@Hebraiske I am not a Physicist, therefore cannot speak with any certainty, but I think it is disingenuous and/or ignorant of you to claim that it is only Eric Weinstein who considers Edward Witten as on of the brightest physicists currently alive today, as both non-Physcists, but also various Physcists apparently concur with this (Perhaps saying that he is clear-cut the "smartest" is being hyperbolic). I am not one to idolize any individual, so it is weird for me to take such position, but it would be nice if people would tend to stick to facts, even if you do not particularly like Joe Rogan and/or Eric Weinstein.

[@stavshmueli6932]

@@Hebraiske @Michal Milanowski I think it is futile arguing with you, because I do not think you are arguing in good faith but rather to win an argument. I'd just note the following, in case I am wrong about my assumption: 1) Smart and Bright are basically synonyms, so you are factually wrong (Also, what did you try to achieve with this line of reasoning in the first place...?) 2) I actually agree with you that it is indeed frivolous, in addition to being outright ascientific to decisively conclude who is the "Smartest". However, despite this truth, as humans, being the competitive animal that we are, tend to look for "who is the best / greatest / smartest" in a particular field, and Ed Witten's name has indeed come up multiple times. A quick Google search of "Who is the smartest Physicist alive today" would reveal that Ed Witten's name comes again and again, as the first pop up is his ownnWikipedia article, in various articles, such as Scientific American which does note that fellow Physicists do compare him to all-time greats, in the calibre of Newton or Einstein, as well as multiple forums (including Physics forums, some of the members of which we can make an educated guess are indeed Physicists). It is undeniable that he is indeed included in the conversion as one of the "smartest" Physicists currently alive today, and absolutely not only by Eric Weinstein, regardless of the fact that such discussion could never actually produce a definitive answer, he is definitely regarded as highly intelligent, no matter your metric of measurement.

[@FingerBreakerWu]

I'm not sleepy, but super interested in his life...

[@IrfanUllahHosain]

This guy is the most briliant and influential physicst of our age :)

[@novon04]

Imagine if this guy was born 20 000 BC, he would be a terrible caveman.

[@steveb3924]

Explain.

[@GlazeonthewickeR]

One of the most pointless comments I’ve ever seen

[@supahsmashbro]

Haha

[@r.davidsen]

You ain't lying! I had to stop this interview every two minutes and cut to something else. It's a real drag to finish this video. It's not what he says, it's how he says it.

[@batmanforemka]

Children have to find their own way, so true

[@elputas]

Stephen Hawking: undisputable genious. Maxwell: undisputable genious. Einstein: undisputable genious. Newton: undisputable genious. Galileo:undisputable genious. Witten: GREAT STORYTELLER

[@mohammadwasilliterate8037]

*Dude is too much a party animal for me* 😂🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂

[@Dr.scottcase88]

I absolutely intend no disparagement towards Dr. Witten when I share that I battle insomnia and will often pull up one of his lectures in order to fall asleep. The truth is, it works! I can often drift off within about 10 or 15 minutes. To me, it is as if he is speaking, a foreign language, which I hope someone out there actually understands. And then, at the end of the day he folds up his briefcase, climbs into his flying saucer and goes home:-). Peace.

[@robosing225]

we can grasp the concepts but holy hell cannot understand the physics well enough to explain it back to someone lol

[@greg1mcintosh844]

Monotone truth soothes brain waves into sleep. But in fact, he's actually not monotone. There's a rhythm. The rhythm is truth. Sometime the truth truth. Relax is the soul and puts the body to sleep. I'm going to try what you do listening to but we're bad tonight

[@GEMSofGOD_com]

Try Max Richter's Sleep

[@Neal_Sporin]

You're not alone. I do the same thing with Leonard Susskind! I love the guy, but sometimes I need one of his lectures to fall asleep. I find his voice comforting :)

[@Dr.scottcase88]

Thanks very much for the validation. I truly appreciate it. As a matter of fact, I intend to listen to Dr. Witten wrestle purpose of falling asleep this evening. Peace, my friend.

[@aarrvindmbd1974]

He is the most awake to grasp high mathematical models now.

[@kaytam6997]

You see , I’m something of a scientist myself… and I approve this interview.

[@MrMastrsushi]

Indeed

[@SaiyanJin85]

Thank god you approve it…

[@gertjanfaes5285]

If this is your father in law, how the fuck do you impress him?

[@john-martin]

Throw him in a 9 second Tesla

[@apocalypticbean]

felatio

[@zeusONEable]

With a good knot 😂

[@OneDerscoreOneder]

@@zeusONEable hahaha

[@wRAAh]

I am especially sleep-triggered whenever he says 'physicists'.

[@esmokems]

I'm getting sleepy just listening to this in the first 3 minutes

[@johnvandenberg8883]

Ed Witten is an extraordinarily talented physicist who has significantly shaped the field of string theory. However, some argue that he may also be responsible for stalling the progress of a generation of brilliant physicists.

[@bartholomewesperanza3442]

I’d love to get this fellas length and girth documented for science

[@ImPrismuh]

Woah pause there buddy wyd

[@sillkthashocker]

8 inches, nice and fat. Can you handle that?

[@heathenhammer2344]

@@sillkthashocker 👍

[@edwardsmith1768]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@edwardsmith1768]

His wife makes calculator noises for him to reach climax

[@ireallydontknow8616]

Statistics say one of those kids has to be average level. Imagine how fun that would NOT BE.

[@coleabrahams9331]

You have no idea what you’re talking about

[@davidegt]

He is very well-versed

[@wardog236]

So interesting but it's knocking me out iv been fighting since 3 min in 😂

[@dorsia6938]

He was just soaking up those praises at the beginning.

[@Amy-tl2xe]

Who wouldn't?

[@francescos7361]

Grande uomo molto piu grande di me assolutamente , grazie di cuore.

[@SmogandBlack]

In this monologue (hardly an interview since there are no questions) Edward Witten reiterates his view of the Physical World at the quantum level: nothing new for those who already attended his lectures or his lessons but for me is always nice to hear him speak and his words never make me sleep. Perhaps it could be a good idea to re-introduce Math as an obligation for anyone who wishes to achieve a University degree (Euclid's Elements have been required of all students until the 19th century): it could only strengthen brains and help them keeping awake 😊.

[@argynkuketayev4166]

it's been at least 20 years since the physics moved on from the waste of time that is Strings theory, and the guy's still stuck in it

[@GM-fg3bi]

a beautiful mind

[@user-zr7gx4xb6n]

BASED!!

[@snoefnone9647]

Oh what an inspirational figure he is !

[@maximilianschubert2651]

I took an edible about two hours ago and this is blowing my mind.

[@jaimlawson]

💀

[@hipstertrudy3658]

It’s crazy that this guy pretty much single handedly pushed the direction of science away from empiricism and towards mathematical beauty with his exposition of string theory

[@jimimased1894]

hasnt actually developed anything of use, provable, or true, cough empiricism thats why hell never get a nobel proze theres no real about his work

[@user_2793]

He made insane contributions to mathematical physics but he was certainly not a founding member of the field

[@jacksonsmith2955]

man... he really set us back a few decades lmao, can't believe how long physicists chased that garbage

[@conflict_monitor]

Seems like a really nice bloke too

[@valentinb.roesler7242]

I don’t know why but this dude reminds me of the bible selling dude in trailer park boys

[@ImPrismuh]

Holy shit yes he does! He sounds and kind looks like him too. “Can you read my son?”

[@1vootman]

Ed Witten is one of the most brilliant humans to ever exist

[@zemm9003]

Nope

[@FrederiqueBertin]

they have been busy to build all kind of babel tours with physics while the channel of consciousness is more of an entenglement state between two who are both free willing to connect with each others

[@timotheuspeter734]

as of 2023, witten‘s father is still alive, aged 102

[@EnVyXsKiLlZ]

I don’t think anyone got this reference lol he’s referencing a biographical interview of John Butler, another hugely popular unintentional ASMRtist. My hat tips to you sir, John Butler has put me to sleep many a time lol

[@selvamthiagarajan8152]

Love to see him play the role of Macbeth in the Shakespearean play. He speaks precisely.

[@pcrizz]

Best Sleep Medicine : "Just a physics lecture."

[@trocycling1204]

My thoughts exactly.

[@alexjbriiones]

The title should read "The interview of all interviews." What a wonderful introduction to the world of Ed Witten. He even gives a hint to the viewer in high school or elementary school to go and discover what's out there and that String Theory might be the motherload of a huge discovery.

[@stevemccoy_1]

"The hardest part of research is always to find a question that is big enough that is worth answering, but little enough that you actually can answer it" - and oh to have a string (pun intended!) of these goldilocks questions!

[@bjharvey3021]

he's honest about his religion. bravo.

[@tapejara1507]

Ed Witten is a legened according to science.

[@Rafaninjahturtle]

I fell as sleep to this

[@kennethharrison6293]

a genius, nice interesting guy, interesting subject, no insult intended but asleep at 15mins 38s

[@BadAss_691]

How can a person study history and journalism and then become a physicist and then win the most prestigious medal in mathematics? This man’s brain should be at a plane which is not human…..

[@davidusa47]

The award is given-well, not every year-but whenever there’s a worthy… uh…

[@KelpieMindTricks]

The intellectual giants cower in fear when confronted by Witten.

[@TheLuminousOne]

he'd intellectually destroy the world's best physicists

[@KelpieMindTricks]

@@TheLuminousOne He has singlehandedly drawn energy from a black hole and figured out the reversal of entropy.

[@TheLuminousOne]

@@KelpieMindTricks 😧

[@KelpieMindTricks]

@@TheLuminousOne it's what he does....

[@TheLuminousOne]

@@KelpieMindTricks i heard that when Witten visits other universities in the US, physics professors of those universities scamper, often calling in sick or taking emergency annual leave.

[@Fazberrygooday]

Yeah I watched an episode of JRE and I happen to know this guy's the smartest human ever I'm definitely not a typical midwit

[@NorwegianViking86]

What he said about the last decade is what makes him the greatest. He think outside the box more then anyone and those are the people who "invented" everything.

[@zemm9003]

How come he has invented nothing then?

[@NorwegianViking86]

@@zemm9003 You didnt get it did you😂

[@ForeverStill_Fan1]

He's the man (in the mid 90's) that united all the seemingly disparate string theories into one all-encompassing coherent framework called M-theory. He's perhaps Newton's, Einstein's, and Hawking's successor.

[@SummerW2345]

hawking is too overrated cause of his public presense and his disesase haha newton and einstein and edward witten are the right list

[@colors6692]

Hawking🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wyqtor]

He incorporated 5 untestable theories into one untestable theory. Well, I guess we can still call that progress.

[@CalvinHikes]

If he's right about String Theory then history will show that he was one of the giants. If he's wrong, then I don't know. Doesn't make him less smart but history Smiles most upon those who have lasting achievements.

[@RhythmWithn]

well he is definitely not

[@NomenNescio99]

Witten is a genius. With a misplaced interest in string theory, but a genius none the less.

[@earthtoyash]

To write a paper with you father, that's special.

[@shakkalak01]

I just cheked about his three children. They all have phds and are professors.

[@francescos7361]

Il violino è il miglior strumento musicale come la barca amo stare in barca per sempre e nel mare e questo è assolutamente rivoluzionario in ambito artistico e geometrico.

[@GM-fg3bi]

just wondering if he is reading this or doing it off the cuff? is that a light or a computer monitor reflecting on his glasses? no biggie, it is still his words in either way. his eyes dont seem to be moving from left to right, so i dont think he is reading, in which case, he is extremely articulate.

[@dididiihas]

He's doing it off the cuff

[@symphoofficial1726]

I wonder if this was halfway who Jim Parsons based Sheldon on. Definitely vocal pattern similarities

[@Okenno]

Eric Weinstein would say he is terrified of debating or having a conversation with him.

[@Hyberlol]

Anyone else feel like some entity has crawled into this guys body and is directing his speech with a script?

[@user-ur9yq6ik1h]

When your iq is 180+ you can speak like a textbook

[@Astralox]

Hes special, you can see this.

[@innosanto]

It is not sleepy it is smooth

[@truenokill]

The title should be , warning extremely esoteric to physics.

[@noegojimmy]

If aliens would visit and asked me who is our leader... This gentleman would be our best chance to survive... Cheers from Bosnia.

[@_UpVector_]

there is a Joe Rogan experience episode with Eric Weinstein where there is quite an interesting description of Mr Witten. Worth watching.

[@theghoulshow]

The smartest man in the world pronounces Baltimore, MD "Baldimore, MD". Breathtaking.

[@user-ur9yq6ik1h]

Sleepy to people that can't comprehend a word he says

[@gregchambers6100]

Pleasant? Yes. Calm and thorough? Yes. Lots of information packed into a stream of thought? Yes. Sleepy? fkg no!

[@digital_underground]

Didnt make me sleepy at all. He's really interesting.

[@GlazeonthewickeR]

Congrats ur the only one 🎉

[@arnavrawat9864]

I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣

[@stianhult]

This man can be very dangerouse 🧐

[@ricepotato7508]

I’m watching this whilst tripping a level of balls that shouldn’t even be possible, and have since been trapped in an endless time loop. I’ve now spent the better part of a billion years listening to this interview.

[@chicolofi]

He reminds me of Peter Sellers.

[@stephenr80]

The buda of physics.