Totally agree. Knowledge is great but knowledge and humility is better. I don’t know Brian but I bet he has zero ego and genuinely cares about education.
Thank you Brian for serving our society and being one of the few bright lights showing us the way in this continuously dark and sometimes regressive world. Your passion for the sciences and eloquence of passing on knowledge is simply inspiring. Peeter from Estonia
14 years of this video here and still perfect. the history, present, and future imaginations-fictions, and hypotheses about science are all beautiful. I am an artist and also a person who studies computers and business. everything I study is wonderful. The beauty of science is the thing I crave the most because it is not limited, can't be defined easily and it contains lots of "we don't know yet!"
Like watching a movie over again to understand certain parts you may have missed for whatever reason watching videos over again helps us to understand things more clearly..
Funny how my love for Carl Sagan lead me to Mr. Cox. I always said our world needed more people like Sagan; and we are lucky to have Brian Cox as a representative of the human race's thirst for knowledge. If more people humbled themselves and realized we're all in this together Earth would be a peaceful utopia. Isn't it time we stopped hurting, belittling and hating each other and learned to love and respect not only our genetic brothers and sisters but the world we share and everything in it
Ten years+ , I'm here watching this video with a tear in my eyes! He never fails to fascinate me and he'll always remain a wonder to every science enthusiasts out there!!!
War, atleast in the last few hundred years, and likely far longer, have advanced human technology faster than anything else. I mean WW2 alone "forced" so many new ideas into reality. Just sayin'
Casper Christensen The moon landings were only funded due to the cold war also. I still think we can fund these things without war being the driving force. We just have the wrong leaders in power. We need a lot more scientists in power, then we can really begin advancing.
Mark Scott Im not talking about funding though, im talking about how war forces countries to invest in all sorts of sciences that can later be the foundation of new technology in peace time. Like the rocket tech advancements made during WW2 being a base for the rockets later used for the moon launch. Also, medical advancements.
A tiny blue dot... it's fascinating to think of how small we really are in this world. People like Brian, the late Carl Sagan, many folks in NASA, and others really inspire me to learn more about the universe. I hope we continue to strive to understand earth and beyond... if for nothing else to continue our own survival
Yes! Brian Cox said it they way it is ...or at least should be. Great job Thanks. This is what should be shown at the beginning of the year in every high school science classes to put into perspective why we learn about our world.
It's amazing men like Brian Cox who inspire many others to study the Cosmos, physics, etc. Here I am, learning more. One day I will see you live Brian, would love it if you could do more talks in the USA. (hint) We appreciate you Brian. xo
Sagan was like an uncle to me, my mom being formerly employed by Sagan, years before my life. Too bad I was so young when he died, she's seeing his wife Annie right now I believe. I was 3 when he died in '96, but his message is loud and clear as I read his writing and see the work he put into so many different episodes of cosmos and other TV appearances.
I've tough a few astronomy lessons and I can't totally sympathise with Brian at the end of his talk. Sagan and a small few others have had a fantastic ability to describe some things and it's all too easy to rely on their words because you want to make sure you do the brilliance of these ideas justice, even when it's really supposed to be your talk.
Exploration has always been a human endeavour. As we venture beyond the borders of own world and system, it is inevitable that the further we go the greater the costs will be. Let us hope that lack of funding doesn’t curtail our inherent curiosity.
So true and blue! Great information, I am so glad there is another Carl Sagan, I am not comparing them, but their passion is what is needed to change society to build a better world for us, by learning what is around us.
@samiminh He focused on the perspective of an explorer. I think he did a great job of explaining what we get out of exploring. The financial impact of the Apollo mission showed how it is actually financially viable. He showed everything ever done in our history has been done on a blue dot in space. I feel even stronger about focusing the majority of our tax dollars on exploration and not war. How did the talk impact you?
@mytv80 You breed (not bred) plants in exactly the same way that you breed animals, you choose specific specimens that exhibit the characteristics you desire and you cross pollinate them. From that offspring you repeat the process. This is how people breed flowers of specific colours, vegetables with specific properties.
I'm studying to become a lawyer. But I wish I had chosen the other path. All I want is to know were we come from so the best I can now do is to get the EU to spend more on the exploration of the cosmos for "we are the way for the cosmos to know it self."
That's true. When I hear the words "I believe" there is an assumption (to me) that the person can't actually prove it. Like you said, it implies faith. That coupled with the fact that Brian Cox is a famous person does give him a greater responsibility to have his facts right, or to admit where his knowledge ends. I think most scientists are honest about this point though...but many religious aren't which drives me f*cking crazy.
@WeatherManToBe It doesn't need to be, but it can be. Poetry and art are about (massively generalising here) expressing how we see the world around us and how it effects us. Science plays in the same sandbox, though a different game. It's understandable that when looking at the world through scientific eyes it may well stir a poet's heart.
At 14:22 when he shows the image Voyager took of earth and reads what Carl Sagan wrote about this photo, this speech is also quoted in the "Universe is way bigger than you think" video. Carl Sagan's famous words resonates profoundly when you look at this famous image.
Science is what gives us new technology, so if one country funded science more than the rest, there is a higher chance they will come up with a piece of technology that gives them an industrial advantage. Science + Manufacturing Industry = Success. That applies to any field of science, even astronomy. The technology for digital cameras was pursued by space probes and asteroids contain more gold than we could possibly hope for here. Science has economic benefits.
@lillielime that's not an excuse, i never knew Ted before either but i got involved in watching topics like this because i cared about this kind of stuff. (not trying to sound rude or cocky or whatever =)
@retepvosnul Indeed. As Darwin once said: "It has often and confidently been asserted, that man's origin can never be known: Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.".
@Zetimenvec Yeah you are probably right, however I hope that the internets vast information will at least help inform the few that wish to become informed and might otherwise be unable to find an easy source of that information. I guess what I mean is that the internet will likely not make people more intelligent or seeking of the right and logical information, but rather it will make it easier on those that do have that desire and possibly help convince others that they should as well.
@NewgroundsOwnSBB Well, if a moon has an orbit then you must accept that it goes around something. So you have a place to start. And as orbits are eliptical, they go ´up´ and ´down´ as the bodies rotate and orbit. So you can accept that there are directions persay in space. And moons have north and south poles etc. I get your point but I think this guy knows what he´s talking about.
I got d's and f's in math...there is still hope for me...but what is beautiful and fascinating is that many things can be transformed with the faith to find it
@MillyVanillification those same technologies are the only things keeping you safe and providing me with a job. well, mostly the safe portion, be thankful for it.
I don't understand what he meant by "there can be no dead stars bigger than 1.4 times our sun." Because basic astronomy tells us the larger a star is the FASTER it consumes its fuel. Maybe he meant smaller than 1.4 but that doesn't really make sense either because our star is a second generation star. Anybody know?
@tommyk77 Space doesn't got any up or down, but a picture does. Especially a static picture, in combination with a gravity field, has up/side/down dimensions. So his keywords do serve a purpose, as he is talking about a picture that is displayed on a wall, inside a gravity field., with intelligent gravity aware beings looking at it in the process of accuiring information from it, his keywords did in fact serve a purpose as to what on the picture he was talking about, which was beneath the moon.
@besursangeet ..perhaps this beauty is just a sign for the intelligent to understand that there is a higher authority who has created the universe, galaxies and all the planets and stars in it and man can truly realize that he is powerless in front of god's authority and omnipotence...
People equate forces. There is no force only pressure gradient. Say you take a big rocket or small rocket and you have an engine producing pressure of equal capacity. Then the velocity square is the same for both. Frictional equations work different for each mass content on earth. Infact some stars and planets and asteroids move with the same rates of expansion of the universe.
wow I never even thought of how the root of helium is actually related to the sun. Cool! and R.I.P. Carl Sagan I wish he could have lived to see his powerful words transforming so many people.
The issue isn't that researchers themselves are unmotivated to discover new things, but rather that the people who fund the researchers are scientifically illiterate and have no concept of why continued funding in curiosity-driven research is imperative for humanity's advancement.
@Zetimenvec Yeah I agree with you there. That is indeed the sad fact. I think the majority will always be like that but I think that it will gradually get better just as the 'layman' of today is more advanced than the 'layman' of the 1700s for instance.
Thank you for sharing. Absolutely phenomenal. Very much enjoyed. The only thing I'd argue is that we have a soul. I had an out of body experience while in a coma and where I went I define as heaven. The pleasantness there was so lovely and peaceful. My form was that of like a mass of stars and goldish. Celestial, perhaps? I faced another of like body. We communicated not by telepathy, but with our whole essence rather. It was beautiful. I had a choice to come back to Earth. Behind this figure of mine was a holographic like ghost body of me. This body fell back into my human body at the hospital I was life flighted to and I woke up out of coma to be with my family again. 💙💜
@Zetimenvec exaclty what I was thinking. He want to say a really profound and difficult message. I doubt most people (especially those who don't think like this) will understand it.
I understood every bit of that and he is so right that little dot contains life since the start of the world however it happened and it will be sad when the suns expands and burns this beautiful planet into a desolate fireball that will cool down then the deserts will be glass so Its best we preserve it while we can my relatives will have to live on the world we create today and tomorrow
Fair enough, I was just curious as to why it was so important for you to make such an unnecessary point. I agree with your views about or 'sky daddy', too=)
My all-time favourite scientist. He's so relatable and I so wish I had had professors who spoke as clearly as him when I was in University.
Totally agree. Knowledge is great but knowledge and humility is better. I don’t know Brian but I bet he has zero ego and genuinely cares about education.
Damn, his oratory skills are remarkable. Pleasant voice, no 'umms' or pauses, lovely accent, I was hypnotized.
Yeah
Thank you Brian for serving our society and being one of the few bright lights showing us the way in this continuously dark and sometimes regressive world. Your passion for the sciences and eloquence of passing on knowledge is simply inspiring.
Peeter from Estonia
pets19 Well said mate.
shut up peeter
14 years of this video here and still perfect. the history, present, and future imaginations-fictions, and hypotheses about science are all beautiful. I am an artist and also a person who studies computers and business. everything I study is wonderful. The beauty of science is the thing I crave the most because it is not limited, can't be defined easily and it contains lots of "we don't know yet!"
Could listen to Brian all day, dont always get what he's talking about but I believe it and find it fascinating
Like watching a movie over again to understand certain parts you may have missed for whatever reason watching videos over again helps us to understand things more clearly..
Because earth is flat!
@PantoMath how so?
Funny how my love for Carl Sagan lead me to Mr. Cox. I always said our world needed more people like Sagan; and we are lucky to have Brian Cox as a representative of the human race's thirst for knowledge. If more people humbled themselves and realized we're all in this together Earth would be a peaceful utopia. Isn't it time we stopped hurting, belittling and hating each other and learned to love and respect not only our genetic brothers and sisters but the world we share and everything in it
Ten years+ , I'm here watching this video with a tear in my eyes! He never fails to fascinate me and he'll always remain a wonder to every science enthusiasts out there!!!
Carl Sagan's words are very inspiring when I think of unnecessary war among us...for nothing!!
War, atleast in the last few hundred years, and likely far longer, have advanced human technology faster than anything else. I mean WW2 alone "forced" so many new ideas into reality.
Just sayin'
Casper Christensen The moon landings were only funded due to the cold war also.
I still think we can fund these things without war being the driving force. We just have the wrong leaders in power. We need a lot more scientists in power, then we can really begin advancing.
Mark Scott Im not talking about funding though, im talking about how war forces countries to invest in all sorts of sciences that can later be the foundation of new technology in peace time. Like the rocket tech advancements made during WW2 being a base for the rockets later used for the moon launch.
Also, medical advancements.
Casper Christensen You've basically just contradicted yourself.
Not about funding, but it forces governments to invest, that is funding.
Mark Scott My point still stands. Times of war are times of rapid innovation, which wouldnt have been government backed in times of peace.
i cried when he recited carl sagans words, very powerful
same for me here.
One of the best science communicators of all time.
You can hear Brian's love and passion for science in his voice.
yep
"Physics is like sex, Sure it has some practical results, But that's not why we do it" -Richard Feynman :)
Antoinette Esposito he was quite the hedonist if he said that.
Nemo Outis ...or a scientist who describes his observations about how the world works.
Cuz of joy on the work 😀
One of my favourite TED Talks ever, timeless..
A tiny blue dot... it's fascinating to think of how small we really are in this world. People like Brian, the late Carl Sagan, many folks in NASA, and others really inspire me to learn more about the universe. I hope we continue to strive to understand earth and beyond... if for nothing else to continue our own survival
Brian Cox is awesome! I hope he does more interviews, more tv appearances, and imparts more knowledge on the public
Yes! Brian Cox said it they way it is ...or at least should be. Great job Thanks.
This is what should be shown at the beginning of the year in every high school science classes to put into perspective why we learn about our world.
It's amazing men like Brian Cox who inspire many others to study the Cosmos, physics, etc. Here I am, learning more. One day I will see you live Brian, would love it if you could do more talks in the USA. (hint) We appreciate you Brian. xo
He's coming to the U.S. this year!
boring life go smoke some mary jane and let your hair down. wasteman
We need more people like him! Teach your children to like science, not actors, discoveries, not money...
Sagan was like an uncle to me, my mom being formerly employed by Sagan, years before my life. Too bad I was so young when he died, she's seeing his wife Annie right now I believe. I was 3 when he died in '96, but his message is loud and clear as I read his writing and see the work he put into so many different episodes of cosmos and other TV appearances.
I respect this man and every scientist. We need them. we develeop and protect our research curiosity, to think critically.
9 years ago tomorrow, and he is still inspiring people of all places.
I've tough a few astronomy lessons and I can't totally sympathise with Brian at the end of his talk. Sagan and a small few others have had a fantastic ability to describe some things and it's all too easy to rely on their words because you want to make sure you do the brilliance of these ideas justice, even when it's really supposed to be your talk.
carl sagan was such a beast and so is brian cox, what a great speaker
Wow this is awe inspiring even I didn't grasp the importance of exploration who could imagine space travel could inspire so much technology.
Exploration has always been a human endeavour. As we venture beyond the borders of own world and system, it is inevitable that the further we go the greater the costs will be. Let us hope that lack of funding doesn’t curtail our inherent curiosity.
this guy is utterly amazing!
i can never get bored listening to him!!!
So true and blue! Great information, I am so glad there is another Carl Sagan, I am not comparing them, but their passion is what is needed to change society to build a better world for us, by learning what is around us.
A genuine and cool ambassador for science at a time reality shows with low life form celebrities corrupt, alienate and obliterate the human spirit.
wow. that was inspiring.
Sagan's words are so great. Thanks, Brian.
we need to spend all we can on science like this.
@samiminh He focused on the perspective of an explorer. I think he did a great job of explaining what we get out of exploring. The financial impact of the Apollo mission showed how it is actually financially viable. He showed everything ever done in our history has been done on a blue dot in space. I feel even stronger about focusing the majority of our tax dollars on exploration and not war.
How did the talk impact you?
@mytv80 You breed (not bred) plants in exactly the same way that you breed animals, you choose specific specimens that exhibit the characteristics you desire and you cross pollinate them. From that offspring you repeat the process. This is how people breed flowers of specific colours, vegetables with specific properties.
Good to hear him speaking about an Indian scientist (Chandrashekhar Limit)...
"Never trust a man who smiles all the time". Brian Cox is an exception to this maxim.
who knows 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈
I'm studying to become a lawyer.
But I wish I had chosen the other path. All I want is to know were we come from so the best I can now do is to get the EU to spend more on the exploration of the cosmos for "we are the way for the cosmos to know it self."
Amazing last words... Makes me want to go out there and invent the continuum transfunctioner.
somewhat proud that i brought myself here.
inspiring :)
He has such a kind voice. :3
I think of him as a new Carl Sagan. Young, brilliant, creative, wonderful speaker, and able to explain complex science to the layman.
That's true. When I hear the words "I believe" there is an assumption (to me) that the person can't actually prove it. Like you said, it implies faith. That coupled with the fact that Brian Cox is a famous person does give him a greater responsibility to have his facts right, or to admit where his knowledge ends. I think most scientists are honest about this point though...but many religious aren't which drives me f*cking crazy.
@WeatherManToBe
It doesn't need to be, but it can be. Poetry and art are about (massively generalising here) expressing how we see the world around us and how it effects us. Science plays in the same sandbox, though a different game. It's understandable that when looking at the world through scientific eyes it may well stir a poet's heart.
Every time... every god damn time Sagan... *tear*
Dr Cox is now an OBE as of yesterday !
At 14:22 when he shows the image Voyager took of earth and reads what Carl Sagan wrote about this photo, this speech is also quoted in the "Universe is way bigger than you think" video. Carl Sagan's famous words resonates profoundly when you look at this famous image.
Man love for Brian Cox
If as many people were as passionate about science as are about sports the world would be a much better place.
At 14:20 the part about Carl Sagan In his book the Pale Blue Dot is the best part in the whole book IMO.
Love Brian
we need more brian cox .............
I always love that Sagan's quote.
I watch this every few months just to see if it still makes me cry.
I am seriously so in love with Brian Cox. Is it weird that he's 20 years older than me? :P
Anyone knows who is the last quote taken from? And its exact words. Im really amazed by it. THANKS
Science is what gives us new technology, so if one country funded science more than the rest, there is a higher chance they will come up with a piece of technology that gives them an industrial advantage. Science + Manufacturing Industry = Success. That applies to any field of science, even astronomy. The technology for digital cameras was pursued by space probes and asteroids contain more gold than we could possibly hope for here. Science has economic benefits.
@lillielime that's not an excuse, i never knew Ted before either but i got involved in watching topics like this because i cared about this kind of stuff. (not trying to sound rude or cocky or whatever =)
excellent. thank you for making this video available for us.
@retepvosnul
Indeed. As Darwin once said: "It has often and confidently been asserted, that man's origin can never be known: Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.".
Thank you Universe!!
@Zetimenvec Yeah you are probably right, however I hope that the internets vast information will at least help inform the few that wish to become informed and might otherwise be unable to find an easy source of that information. I guess what I mean is that the internet will likely not make people more intelligent or seeking of the right and logical information, but rather it will make it easier on those that do have that desire and possibly help convince others that they should as well.
My love for physics and my love for Brian Cox brought me here.
@NewgroundsOwnSBB Well, if a moon has an orbit then you must accept that it goes around something. So you have a place to start. And as orbits are eliptical, they go ´up´ and ´down´ as the bodies rotate and orbit. So you can accept that there are directions persay in space. And moons have north and south poles etc. I get your point but I think this guy knows what he´s talking about.
I got d's and f's in math...there is still hope for me...but what is beautiful and fascinating is that many things can be transformed with the faith to find it
@MillyVanillification those same technologies are the only things keeping you safe and providing me with a job. well, mostly the safe portion, be thankful for it.
@romanpr1nce That link doesnt work. Who are Tim and Eric? I search it but i can only find a strange comedy duo.
Brian Cox is going to be the new Sagan.
Carl Sagan rocks so hard. I'm glad Cox gives him proper respect.
what was the survey done about the economic effectiveness of apollo? Anyone out there can help?
Brian Cox and Michio Kaku are my favorite physicists
Michou?
inox ??
@@k_pop_asl Michio Kaku. It's a Japanese name. He's an American physicist who explains things very well and is very engaging.
@dlandon2000 When he says "dead star" he's talking about white dwarfs: stellar remnants of stars that have a mass of
How was this not got more views
I don't understand what he meant by "there can be no dead stars bigger than 1.4 times our sun." Because basic astronomy tells us the larger a star is the FASTER it consumes its fuel. Maybe he meant smaller than 1.4 but that doesn't really make sense either because our star is a second generation star.
Anybody know?
@Zetimenvec Thats just sad but probably true. Hopefully things will improve over the years with peoples easy access to information on the internet...
@tommyk77
Space doesn't got any up or down, but a picture does. Especially a static picture, in combination with a gravity field, has up/side/down dimensions. So his keywords do serve a purpose, as he is talking about a picture that is displayed on a wall, inside a gravity field., with intelligent gravity aware beings looking at it in the process of accuiring information from it, his keywords did in fact serve a purpose as to what on the picture he was talking about, which was beneath the moon.
Only 30 now. Someone who disliked it must have read your comment, been scared and retracted their dislike. Good work, sir.
I wish I had a job that I loved half as much as Brian Cox.
I wish I had a job...
Wonderful... Dr. Cox is a real oral genius!!!! :D great.... loved it.. specially the ending notes...
@WeatherManToBe Then again BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder.
Go Professor Cox go. Spread the word of science. Please free the rest of us from the Creationists.....
@besursangeet ..perhaps this beauty is just a sign for the intelligent to understand that there is a higher authority who has created the universe, galaxies and all the planets and stars in it and man can truly realize that he is powerless in front of god's authority and omnipotence...
I wouldn't use those words to say it, but I totally agree with you.
Speaks nothing but the truth!
I love carl sagan, he's my hero too
Dear @tenisplayer
You wrote : «understanding its not the same as knowing»
Can you please explain?
Thanks!
lt’s like, water.
looks like you've got one! keep up the good work.
I applauded with the like button
People equate forces. There is no force only pressure gradient. Say you take a big rocket or small rocket and you have an engine producing pressure of equal capacity. Then the velocity square is the same for both. Frictional equations work different for each mass content on earth. Infact some stars and planets and asteroids move with the same rates of expansion of the universe.
@dlandon2000
the steady state model is no longer used by anyone but, you might be talking like hawking's idea that black hole make universes
wow I never even thought of how the root of helium is actually related to the sun. Cool!
and R.I.P. Carl Sagan
I wish he could have lived to see his powerful words transforming so many people.
The issue isn't that researchers themselves are unmotivated to discover new things, but rather that the people who fund the researchers are scientifically illiterate and have no concept of why continued funding in curiosity-driven research is imperative for humanity's advancement.
Dreaming is for everyone.
@Zetimenvec Yeah I agree with you there. That is indeed the sad fact. I think the majority will always be like that but I think that it will gradually get better just as the 'layman' of today is more advanced than the 'layman' of the 1700s for instance.
Thank you for sharing. Absolutely phenomenal. Very much enjoyed. The only thing I'd argue is that we have a soul. I had an out of body experience while in a coma and where I went I define as heaven. The pleasantness there was so lovely and peaceful. My form was that of like a mass of stars and goldish. Celestial, perhaps? I faced another of like body. We communicated not by telepathy, but with our whole essence rather. It was beautiful. I had a choice to come back to Earth. Behind this figure of mine was a holographic like ghost body of me. This body fell back into my human body at the hospital I was life flighted to and I woke up out of coma to be with my family again. 💙💜
@Zetimenvec exaclty what I was thinking. He want to say a really profound and difficult message. I doubt most people (especially those who don't think like this) will understand it.
I understood every bit of that and he is so right that little dot contains life since the start of the world however it happened and it will be sad when the suns expands and burns this beautiful planet into a desolate fireball that will cool down then the deserts will be glass so Its best we preserve it while we can my relatives will have to live on the world we create today and tomorrow
Pleasure to listen to
Fair enough, I was just curious as to why it was so important for you to make such an unnecessary point. I agree with your views about or 'sky daddy', too=)
Love this guy.
Everyone seems to be commenting on the pros and cons of exploring 'astrology'... surely you mean 'astronomy'! There is a difference!
that was like poetry!