We Are Innovators - Neil Turok on the Power of Ideas

Perimeter Institute Director Neil Turok explores a universe of ideas and shares his optimism about the positive power of human ingenuity. A renowned cosmologist and advocate for international research and education, Turok delivered "We Are Innovators" to audiences across Canada as part of the Innovation150 collaboration during Canada's sesquicentennial year.
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[@pl443]

Amazing man Neil has turned out to be. I knew him; he was in the academic year behind me at William Ellis School, London NW5 (just on the east side of Hampstead Heath). We briefly shared an 'O' Level Russian class!

[@zeus5793]

Neil is awesome, a wonderful personality. Love his lectures. Thanks

[@andrewpilling1929]

One comforting educator

[@maxfob3899]

This was one of the most inspiring presentations that I have ever seen. Dr. Turok is amazing!

[@harrycoleman6208]

totally inspiring on so many levels. Love the Perimeter Institute

[@aurelienyonrac]

lovely personality. the little variation of the vacuum started creating our universe 13.8 billions years ago and still is. the variation of the vacuum are still creating the present universe, the big bang never stopped.

[@xinhangshen6721]

I really like the words of Prof. Neil Turok: "As a theoretical cosmologist, most of the ideas which I've explored have been proved wrong. I often console myself with the thought that at least they could be proven wrong. It is far better to know, than to live with an illusion." Regarding current theoretical physics, I would like to discuss with Prof. Turok the behavior of the status of a physical process in the framework of special relativity. We know the status of each physical process is determined by the product of relativistic time and its developing rate in each inertial reference frame. After Lorentz Transformation, relativistic time will expand by factor gamma and the developing rate will shrink by the same factor gamma (similar to the transverse Doppler-effect) to make the status i.e. the product of relativistic time and the developing rate unchanged. That is, the status of any physical process will be the same observed in all inertial reference frames. We know that the display of each physical clock is always represented by the status of a physical process such as the digital display of an atomic clock which is the product of relativistic time and its frequency divided by a calibration constant. According to the above conclusion, the display of each physical clock will be the same observed from all inertial reference frames. If there are many stationary and moving clocks have the same display observed in one inertial reference frame, then, they will have the same display observed in all inertial reference frames. This has been demonstrated by the universal synchronization of the atomic clocks on the ground and GPS satellites. That is, physical clocks can be universally synchronized to show the same time observed in all inertial reference frames. Thus, the physical time is absolute, which is different from the relativistic time. Therefore the time of special relativity is not the physical time and all special relativity describes is irrelevant to the physical world. Moreover, the disproof of special relativity means all relativistic spacetime based physics theories are wrong. Prof. Turok, am I wrong in the reasoning?

[@ddiehl5664]

So enjoyable! Please upload more of his lectures!

[@holdmybeer]

NICE! . . (kicks off work boots, and packs a big f'n bowl of weed, opens beer and listens to an incredible speaker) Thanks PITP! and Neil Turok.💗💗💗

[@whirledpeas3477]

Neil giggling like a true love ❤️

[@rfbeckerc]

What a pleasure to listen to this humble and brilliant man, marvellous.

[@codependent864]

Please upload the lectures of the Perimeter Institute to give the opportunity to anyone anywhere in the world to learn and form part of your fine Institute.

[@Epistemer]

innovation is a process rather than an outcome :) deep respect

[@arvindlokhande8541]

Great understanding n ideas thinking about future

[@gladissemensato2061]

You are an inspiring human. Thanks.

[@gahangwasteve8789]

Awesome as always Neil

[@ViktorKralovic]

A beautiful speech.

[@samlair3342]

Delightfully inspiring!

[@NazriB]

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[@monicacristinadecamposbarb7615]

Such a wonderful lecture! Thank you. :)

[@whirledpeas3477]

No worries 👍 I will advise on awesome Healthcare breakthroughs

[@dorinbivolaru3330]

Thank you.

[@DOLFO_CH]

awesome lecture ... new physicists lecture after Feynman

[@AcademiaDados]

Worderfull speech

[@CGMaat]

Excellent ; helping us in the pursuit of the mystery : equations are gems of the mind ; pure human photosynthesis . The new priest on universal church ….ONE QUANTUM SPIRITUAL VIRTUAL RELIGION ! Quantum MIND and CONSCIOUSNESS ! SAME LAVA FLUCTUATIONS; ALL POSSIBILITY !

[@magnushelliesen]

Soft spoken guy :)

[@CGMaat]

We have missed your presence. The physicist are the new priest , combining our local experience with the intelligent findings out there . The great out there collapses to this quantum in here ., and the cosmos opens up to us like no other time. You are a guru and certainly the Light is setting us Free. We really need these universal defines to put the ignorance of the local in erased mode. We are being Amplified by some utmost geometry outside our lesser defines. Like you said in my favorite lecture on Simplicity , " the universe is more simple than we make it or understand " Please keep up your lectures to help us evolve. Thank you Neil! You help to free us.

[@BnTamari]

Physics and Economics; (human reproduction from a bird’s-eye view in 50 minutes): The inherent possibility of choice is the common denominator between economics and physics (quantum theory). According to Neil Turok, “Everything, every particle, is exploring all of its possible positions all the time.” “Choice” is the (theoretical) bridge between economics and physics, whereas economics is physics with pricing or, alternatively, physics is economics without pricing. “Pricing” is what enables the choice of each particle and each person. We know how the individual “prices” his choices, and we don’t yet understand how the particle does it.

[@logicaluniverse1776]

"The Logical Universe" has taken to heart the advise of Neil Turok. There is a very powerful alternative to the accepted and standard thinking about the Cosmos. What if Matter is conserved not Energy? What if Space is a sea of Dark Matter? Oh boy, now it gets interesting. If you have a curious mind, there is the logicaluniverse.com for your unanswered questions.

[@RickDelmonico]

Neil!

[@RetroPhaeax]

When's Edward Witten going to talk?

[@paxdriver]

There was never a better tributary to modern Canada than Neil Turok #Canada150. Thanks much

[@whirledpeas3477]

Neil is named after another famous Neil

[@CGMaat]

Move to Canada

[@venkatbabu186]

They are all 1.5 billion years ago. That's what are the remanents of the cosmos how it evolved and the whole history fingerprints. Even the light from extremely far galaxies are the past of how we are now. The more distant the most the past. Just 0.0000001% is the present.

[@extendedclips]

🤞🏽✨♾

[@RoachKai]

thank you for putting music

[@1WaySafe]

Sign of the Comanche , is the symbol those beautiful formulations lack :) it aint Greek, buh if you study it a while , you too may wonder why it isn't in those beautiful equations.

[@directcurrent3782]

show business-of course a computer would simulate whatever you put into it which at this point is mostly variables so there you have your great story/show sparkling black hole with virtually no actual science involved which requires Real actual testing and not through simulations that is all this is pop science

[@Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time]

This is an invitation to see a theory on the nature of time! This can be explained with just one equation: (E=ˠM˳C²)∞ with energy ∆E equals mass ∆M linked to the Lorentz contraction ˠ of space and time. The Lorentz contraction ˠ represents the time dilation of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. We have energy ∆E slowing the rate that time ∆t flows as a universal process of energy exchange or continuous creation. Mass will increase relative to this process with gravity being a secondary force to the electromagnetic force. The c² represents the speed of light c radiating out in a sphere 4π of EMR from its radius forming a square c² of probability. We have to square the probability of the wave-function Ψ because the area of the sphere is equal to the square of the radius of the sphere multiplied by 4π. This simple geometrical process forms the probability and uncertainty of everyday life and at the smallest scale of the process is represented mathematically by Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle ∆×∆pᵪ≥h/4π. In such a theory we have an emergent future unfolding photon by photon ∆E = hf with the movement of charge and flow of EM fields. This gives us a geometrical reason for positive and negative charge with a concaved inner surface for negative charge and a convexed outer surface for positive charge. The brackets in the equation (E=ˠM˳C²)∞ represent a dynamic boundary condition of an individual reference frame with an Arrow of Time or time line for each frame of reference. The infinity ∞ symbol represents an infinite number of dynamic interactive reference frames that are continuously coming in and out of existence. At the smallest scale the Planck constant ħ=h/2π is a constant of action in the dynamic geometrical process that we see and feel as the passage of time.

[@RickDelmonico]

Hi

[@GPSPYHGPSPYH-ds7gu]

Respect sir may Allah give your most secret about Astro world and Scientific world. Al PAZA

[@RenePlougsgaard]

Everytime they show audience , i loose my chain of thought.

[@user-de5cl8vg8m]

Dear Professor Turok, Lovely talk. Most of it was wrong. But we will get there..., hopefully. Thank you, L. Dove Arbiter - Universal Law

[@jpbrindamour5467]

Unfortunately this did not age well. Canada is not a great place now.

[@howaboutataste]

I favor Neil as a speaker over any living physicist. However, when he says "energy is an abstract notion" @ 36:58 , I can scarcely think a more idiotic statement has ever been made. Every notion is abstract, in that it is a notion. Energy is concrete, not absract. How are you a physisist and not understand that Energy, though not a material, is concrete! Its more concrete than matter for goodness sake! Especially from the Quantum perspective.

[@directcurrent3782]

and this is from a Lehman who believes that Tesla had much more to say of electricity then alternate in current being the winner of the day Dash it is so sad how even Einsteins room Morse over his own aww stricken followers is virtually ignored and overlooked as even he himself felt that someday his work would be found to be wrong Dash what is the speed of light and why does it have a speed and what is it relative to and define mass in this so-called simple equation that is As vapid and elusive as one could ever imagine

[@directcurrent3782]

i’m using voice record so this is definitely not getting the word spelled correctly IE Layman

[@directcurrent3782]

All of this sciences is blind as a cult is to it on close mindedness

[@vincentm9174]

A couple of errors, inevitable shortcuts, certainly a great talk.

[@Guide504]

Are 'WE' innovating deliberately? At what point did we begin to innovate and the natural evolution stand by...?

[@directcurrent3782]

and when you say something such as the universe is simple or everything is elegant and it’s simplicity, is that night in essence and straightforward Lee saying that you know everything and that you actually have a grasp of the knowledge of virtually everything this is absurd your left brain has completely blocked your right brains ability to see the whole picture

[@bernardqblack]

30 million people. Multiply it by 10 and allow 20%.of them to be from a third world nation.... and then see how well it goes....

[@999titu]

Shouldn't Emmy Noether and marry Currie be the ideals of feminism movement except these pop stars including Opera Winfrey

[@ReturnMoreFire]

Earth is flat, bud.

[@finalfandy4766]

.. what a sad fucktard

[@gerardjones7881]

booooring

[@whirledpeas3477]

Please go way away, thanks