Cosmos - Carl Sagan - 4th Dimension

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  • @Portalse7en
    @Portalse7en 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6809

    Some men just want to watch the world learn.

    • @bakeanderson2015
      @bakeanderson2015 10 ปีที่แล้ว +203

      By god...that is a..profound statement.
      Both amusing and brilliant.
      I applaud you for this.

    • @bernardsqaudbattleedition4997
      @bernardsqaudbattleedition4997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +210

      Why so queryous ?

    • @rayloughlin3
      @rayloughlin3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Im putting this on a tshirt

    • @lordbaiter6997
      @lordbaiter6997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Think of apple as extraterrestrials, U.F.O. and Flat-ers as humans.

    • @whom.d2549
      @whom.d2549 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@charleBerglund did he stutter? Its a dark knight reference “some people want to watch the world burn”, but changed it with learn and men. Men is used because carl sagan, who is the man in reference to “some men want to watch the world learn”, is in fact a man. Couldve kept it as people but both work.

  • @AndreyShipilovCom
    @AndreyShipilovCom 9 ปีที่แล้ว +683

    How the fuck a flat triangle has a house and I don't.

    • @JeseSLU
      @JeseSLU 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Andrey Shipilov A quick judgement of your grammar would suffice the reasoning of you not able to obtain land of your own.

    • @AndreyShipilovCom
      @AndreyShipilovCom 9 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Stewart Griffin *not being able *a land
      My sentence is perfectly fine.

    • @rycoolhead
      @rycoolhead 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha

    • @difusaocoop3115
      @difusaocoop3115 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Andrey Shipilov thats the best comment i've seen for years. haha :)

    • @CeciliaAbreuTeixeira
      @CeciliaAbreuTeixeira 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Andrey Shipilov
      Hy maybe he is smarter than you??? joke the triangle does not has house, he is only, what do you mean triangle gas a house you not have are you ok, he just making , how do i say,he is explaining, like you are a child, so you not get confused , he uses termes, that your brain finds it easy to andestend, if he used , tecnical cientist words, you would not andestend.ok by

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo ปีที่แล้ว +1678

    Carl in my mind is the ultimate teacher of very difficult concepts. Every time I look at the stars I always remember we are all made of 'star stuff'

    • @arealperona538
      @arealperona538 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Every time I watch his videos I think about the fact that likely in some distant civilization an average 5th grader knows more about physics than him

    • @markporter3522
      @markporter3522 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @whatevergoogle
      And your religious beliefs have no basis in science.

    • @Koryogden
      @Koryogden ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alan Watts is similar to Carl Sagan in teaching difficult stuff simply...
      Watts really brings the East to the West kind of stuff, but damn if Sagan didnt have to be a bit of philosopher himself

    • @trekbridge
      @trekbridge ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @markporter3522
      You are very fearful of religion, because you refuse to understand that the soul resides in a higher dimension.
      You are very childish.

    • @Thurgosh_OG
      @Thurgosh_OG ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@arealperona538 True but in this example, a 4th dimensional being might not know as much about the 3 dimensional universe as we do, because, like the apple, it cannot fully interact with only 3 dimensions. In the same way that, we know a lot about 2D but not everything.

  • @forhadakash5039
    @forhadakash5039 ปีที่แล้ว +752

    How do you know if someone is very intelligent?
    When someone explains something so good that you yourself feel intelligent.
    This guy was a gem.

    • @sharpthingsinspace9721
      @sharpthingsinspace9721 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      But in real two dimensions you can’t even think or see or do anything so this analogy is intriguing but absolutely flawed.

    • @jamesstewart8377
      @jamesstewart8377 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Facts. It takes an extremely intelligent person to be able to break things down the way Carl does. It shows a true understanding.

    • @JakobBraunschweiger
      @JakobBraunschweiger 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      @@sharpthingsinspace9721analogies are lossy compression of ideas. A completely unflawed analogy would imply that the two compared concepts are equivalent.

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      ​@@sharpthingsinspace9721You have no idea what an analogy is, then

    • @bobcromo3279
      @bobcromo3279 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@LordVader1094 I don't think you understand the flaw sharp is referring to. This analogy is flawed not only because two dimensional objects cannot interact with each other, three dimensional objects are not able to interact with them either. One and two dimensional objects or states are just as abstract as 4 or more. They only exist in mathematics. You cannot deduce a 4d plane can observe a 3d one as a 3d can observe a 2d, because a 2d plane is not even observable.

  • @bitphr3ak
    @bitphr3ak 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1087

    This was where Carl shined, taking complex scientific ideas and explaining them in such a way that you could grasp what he was going on about. He is missed! :)

    • @tobybarker6808
      @tobybarker6808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Shone, but yeah

    • @philmckenna5709
      @philmckenna5709 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shone. Not "shined" 🫣

    • @bitphr3ak
      @bitphr3ak ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@tobybarker6808 - thanks for the grammar lesson, I've been shone something new 🙃

    • @neildown7231
      @neildown7231 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bitphr3ak Sagan was a pathetic piece of 💩 Charles Ginenthal wrote on a book on the grub

    • @patkennedy2620
      @patkennedy2620 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well said. He is indeed missed.

  • @estrichter
    @estrichter 8 ปีที่แล้ว +706

    Carl's voice is like classical music, I listen sometimes before I go to sleep.

    • @voornaamachternaam316
      @voornaamachternaam316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂🎉

    • @organicbeets3508
      @organicbeets3508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      yay i’m not the only one lol

    • @deeRay7292
      @deeRay7292 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      me too

    • @patkennedy2620
      @patkennedy2620 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes, it’s like melting warm chocolate- 5 minutes & I am zzzz zzzzzzz. But I love his books & wisdom; I don’t want to sleep, I want to learn!

    • @evieraotacon
      @evieraotacon ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It couldn't be more true good sir😊

  • @rufuspipemos
    @rufuspipemos ปีที่แล้ว +446

    To think we can actually see a 3-dimension shadow of an actual object in 4-dimensions is just mind blowing.

    • @chrissutton2586
      @chrissutton2586 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I..... agree sir

    • @justatrashmonster4275
      @justatrashmonster4275 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      What I don't understand is why if we can't devise a formula to reverse engineer the shadow of a cube into an actual cube, we can't apply that same formula to the shadow of a tesseract and get an actual tesseract, (other than there, y'know not being a 4th dimension)

    • @jakubpapik5950
      @jakubpapik5950 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

      @@justatrashmonster4275 We are in 3rd dimension. Thats why we can reverse engineer all the lesser dimensional shadows. An actual tesseract exist in 4th dimension and we are not there. Its like 1D is small room, 2D is bigger room that contains the first one, and 3D is even bigger and contains the other two. The tesseract is in the 4th room but we are not there. Were stuck in the 3D room.

    • @TheDrzainyzain
      @TheDrzainyzain 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@justatrashmonster4275 Mathematical and physical boundaries expand as we go up in dimensions. Kind of like an upside down pyramid. We dont know what laws/rules there are up there so we cant apply the 2D to 3D conversion to 3D to 4D

    • @VISHAL000re
      @VISHAL000re 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      When I start thinking about 4th dimension...I feel like I m dumb, limited, innocent and I realise I know nothing and because of this mind automatically becomes disinterested with all this 3rd dimensional world....

  • @j.jester7821
    @j.jester7821 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

    Carl Sagan had incredible communication skills. And he was genuinely engaged in life. A treasure to humankind.

    • @matthunterphoto
      @matthunterphoto 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly. In this video, you can tell that he's excited to be sharing this knowledge, because he's excited about the knowledge too. I was so sad when Carl passed away. I had always wanted to meet him. He left a wonderful legacy.

  • @Tessmage_Tessera
    @Tessmage_Tessera ปีที่แล้ว +1419

    42 years later, Sagan's original Cosmos series remains unmatched when it comes to drawing people in and keeping them fascinated.

    • @ladicius5741
      @ladicius5741 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      NDT did a wonderful job in the reboot of the series.

    • @nothosaur
      @nothosaur ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @Ladicius I saw Cosmos (2014). It dedicated a huge percentage of its time to the topic of man-made climate change, and none of its time to the Higgs particle. (If he did, and I overlooked it, I apologize). But, I certainly do not remember it being covered, and i was looking forward to that topic, because it was perhaps the most amazing development in physics since the last Cosmos was produced. They should have dedicated an entire episode to Higgs.
      Also, the 2014 producers chose cartoons for the storytelling segments instead of real life dramatic actors like those used in Cosmos (1980). The 1980 dramatic production involving Keplar and Brahe was remarkable.

    • @Jack-gn4gl
      @Jack-gn4gl ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@nothosaur they don't want to share the knowledge, it's for the elites of the world and why it's in Switzerland

    • @ladicius5741
      @ladicius5741 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🙄🙄🙄

    • @RexMundi_UTC
      @RexMundi_UTC ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ​@@ladicius5741 he really didn't

  • @freezyweiner8417
    @freezyweiner8417 11 ปีที่แล้ว +763

    "We all scurry about and we can go into our houses and do our flat business."
    That makes me smile from ear to ear every time :)

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      1D, 2D, 4D do not exist.

    • @ManicSalamander
      @ManicSalamander 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Mostly, that is what we do. :(

    • @Murph_82
      @Murph_82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Our 3d business 🤣

    • @xxdricxxx3466
      @xxdricxxx3466 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@eugene7518 proof?

    • @auchnleckmakhina8821
      @auchnleckmakhina8821 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@xxdricxxx3466 proof of what...? Are you nuts

  • @kevinmurphy3464
    @kevinmurphy3464 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The original Cosmos was one the greatest television shows ever created.

  • @UncleAnaesthesia
    @UncleAnaesthesia ปีที่แล้ว +43

    From a pedagogical standpoint, this is a perfect lesson (for a physics class). What a brilliant teacher Carl Sagan is!

  • @pseudofox
    @pseudofox 12 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    Carl Sagan manages to sound both informative, and at the same time entirely friendly. That's so rare.

    • @mrb1619
      @mrb1619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Neil deGrasse Tyson is informative and friendly.

    • @richardwyndham7666
      @richardwyndham7666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mrb1619 Carl Sagan taught Neil deGrasse Tyson .

    • @MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr
      @MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mrb1619 not anymore. cope

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr Why do you think that is?

    • @healingenso7923
      @healingenso7923 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try watching his 1985 testimony to Congress on the subject of Climate Change.

  • @darkroommonster
    @darkroommonster 9 ปีที่แล้ว +711

    I just love when he says "not that way, not that way, not that way...I can't show you what direction that is." He's inspirational in the true sense of the word, because he invites you to imagine with him

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      1D, 2D, 4D do not exist.

    • @anusmcgee4150
      @anusmcgee4150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@eugene7518 Prove it

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@anusmcgee4150 a line is 1D. It has length but no height or width, so it doesn't exist. 2D has length and width but no height. So it doesn't exist. And since the entire universe is 3D; 4D doesn't exist. Lines are used in math to represent imaginary number lines. And 2D is used in math to represent imaginary areas.

    • @goingintohellhigh
      @goingintohellhigh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eugene I see what ur saying, please expand more?

    • @inafridge8573
      @inafridge8573 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@eugene7518 He's not claiming that 4D exists. He is claiming that if it did exist, the 3D "shadow" of a 4D object may be something like a tesseract. He literally said it's impossible for us to see the 4th direction--the impossible direction that is somehow at a right angle to the x axis, the y axis, AND the z axis. It is an abstraction of the concept of dimensions. We live in a 3D world. That's true.

  • @kluge1245
    @kluge1245 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Everything about the original Cosmos was just perfect. The cinematography, the visual effects (for its time), production and direction of Adrian Malone, the music of Vangelis and of course the Presenting of Carl Sagan.

    • @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131
      @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The book !
      I was in my early teens.
      Reading pop magazines.
      Studying the next fashion trend.
      Like everybody else my age.
      Then this guy appeared on tv.
      He changed my life around.
      I saved up my pocket money.
      Then bought THE BOOK.
      "Cosmos".
      It didn't make me a professor.
      It made me think.
      In other dimentions.
      How many are there ?
      If only I could use my brain's full capacity.
      Not just a small percentage...
      Will mankind ever evolve to that stage ?
      Or are we stupidly destroying ourselves.🙊
      Turning our DNA into plastic...🙈
      Are we just an other petri dish experiment to someone out there ?
      I think we might be.
      And I worry that we're failing big time... 🙉
      Love from Norway 🇳🇴

  • @rosariccardo3529
    @rosariccardo3529 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I first saw this at the age of 9 or 10 and I remember it to this day in my mid-50s. It changed how I look at things and my perception of the universe. I also loved the music.

  • @Xervello
    @Xervello 10 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    Apples are real jerks.

    • @MrTwhispers
      @MrTwhispers 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Tasty jerks.. lol

    • @lordbaiter6997
      @lordbaiter6997 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrTwhispers Think of apple as extraterrestrials, U.F.O. and Flat-ers as humans.

    • @ericparrish1515
      @ericparrish1515 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They're given by jerks for somebody

  • @kamuelalee
    @kamuelalee ปีที่แล้ว +627

    “There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.” - Rod Serling

    • @BeinThatGuy
      @BeinThatGuy ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Consciousness

    • @DJKronikCam710
      @DJKronikCam710 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Damn!! Did you quote that from memory? If so..spot on! Twilight zone was one of my favorites growing up

    • @Timwright-zc1mx
      @Timwright-zc1mx ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🎉

    • @Timwright-zc1mx
      @Timwright-zc1mx ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😅

    • @frankdimeglio8216
      @frankdimeglio8216 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@BeinThatGuy FRANK MARTIN DIMEGLIO HAS EXPLAINED TIME DILATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH PROVING THAT ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity:
      Consider what is E=MC2 ON BALANCE. Consider what is the Sun, AND the stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky. INDEED, consider what is THE EYE ON BALANCE !!! I have CLEARLY proven and explained what is the fourth dimension.
      CLEARLY, gravity AND ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy are linked AND BALANCED opposites (ON BALANCE); AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY AND NECESSARILY proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE); as the stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky. Consider TIME AND time dilation ON BALANCE, AS TIME is NECESSARILY possible/potential AND actual ON/IN BALANCE; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY AND NECESSARILY proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE) !!! INDEED, consider what is the man (AND THE EYE ON BALANCE) who IS standing on WHAT IS THE EARTH/ground !!! WHAT IS E=MC2 is WHAT IS GRAVITY as WHAT IS SPACE. Great.
      WHAT IS GRAVITY is, ON BALANCE, an INTERACTION that cannot be shielded or blocked. Again, consider TIME AND time dilation ON BALANCE; AS the stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky. (I have proven the fourth dimension.) TIME slows down as one approaches the speed of light, as less TIME passes. Great.
      Indeed, consider why and how it is that there is something instead of nothing ON BALANCE. BALANCE AND completeness go hand in hand. Magnificent.
      I have CLEARLY proven and explained (ON BALANCE) why and how a given PLANET (including WHAT IS THE EARTH) sweeps out equal area in what is equal TIME. Magnificent.
      WHAT IS E=MC2 is WHAT IS GRAVITY as what is SPACE !!! Indeed, consider WHAT IS the fully illuminated (AND setting/WHITE) MOON ON BALANCE !!! It IS the SAME SIZE as what is THE EYE !!! The rotation of WHAT IS THE MOON matches the revolution, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY AND NECESSARILY proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE). Magnificent.
      By Frank Martin DiMeglio

  • @AwokenEntertainment
    @AwokenEntertainment ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Carl Sagan has a way of breaking down such complex subjects into concepts we can grasp..

    • @luminouswolf7117
      @luminouswolf7117 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Anyone being able to grasp what is being discussed
      Comes from someone who truly understands what they are talking about
      Generally speaking

    • @musicauthority674
      @musicauthority674 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The first time I seen Carl Sagan I was incredibly impressed by his vast intelligence. but then he was on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. again I was impressed by his vast intelligence. but when he was having a conversation with Johnny Carson. I realized that he had another incredible ability. and that was he could educate anyone including me. and from then on I was inspired by him. he was one of the most brilliant minds in modern time's.
      he is definitely missed.

    • @eltiogottlieb.4911
      @eltiogottlieb.4911 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Algo a lo que se negaban científicos como Feynman, cuando decían que eso sería engañar. O era la explicación especializada,tras años de estudio, como los suyos, o no valía la pena explicar las cosas.

  • @asimian8500
    @asimian8500 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Excellent explanation using Flatland and a Tesseract. A three-dimensional object moving through Flatland would be what H.P. Lovecraft described as "the crawling chaos" as chaotic shapes appear, disappear, reappear. Carl Sagan mentioned that the Flatlander was surprised but rational when an apple visited Flatland. I would say that most Flatlanders would be terrified with some going mad. Lovecraft said, "I have harnessed the shadows that stride from world to world to sow death and madness." This is a mathematical explanation that Lovecraft's fictional alien entities like Cthulhu and Azathoth were multi-dimensional entities which appear as amorphous, shifting, shadowy, and chaotic volumetric shapes which our febrile minds perceive as pseudopods or tentacles, piercing our veil of reality.

  • @TheDanksNewGroove
    @TheDanksNewGroove 10 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    Now I'm thinking outside the box

  • @VohnExel
    @VohnExel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +627

    I never realized how much Carl Sagan sounds like Agent Smith.

    • @steveb0503
      @steveb0503 10 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Or perhaps: vice-versa - jus' sayin...

    • @VohnExel
      @VohnExel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Yeah I haven't looked it up but I would expect that his voice was based on Carl a bit. Although Carl Sagan also sounds a bit like Kermit the Frog, so there's that.

    • @vaughnofthedawn
      @vaughnofthedawn 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Mind blown I couldn't put my finger on it. That's so funny

    • @VohnExel
      @VohnExel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Of course Mr.Sagan!

    • @VohnExel
      @VohnExel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      That's great Mr. Sagan, please do not put me back in the Matrix

  • @robertfox292
    @robertfox292 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    We sure need Dr Sagan more today than ever before.

  • @Pangloss6413
    @Pangloss6413 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    It's amazing how much you learn when you aren't being forced to

  • @garybates6403
    @garybates6403 9 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    "His only conclusion can be, that he's gone bonkers" :D

    • @CeciliaAbreuTeixeira
      @CeciliaAbreuTeixeira 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gary Bates
      wwhat you mean by that???? he is nit bunkers.-- excelent persom in all aspects
      ok . ksse

    • @kerryorwat2498
      @kerryorwat2498 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@CeciliaAbreuTeixeira um. What.

    • @CeciliaAbreuTeixeira
      @CeciliaAbreuTeixeira 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yes because does not nows the purpuse of it, get it

    • @2013Arcturus
      @2013Arcturus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@CeciliaAbreuTeixeira lol what? Gary was quoting Carl Sagan, not describing him.

    • @lordbaiter6997
      @lordbaiter6997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Think of apple as extraterrestrials, U.F.O. and Flat-ers as humans.

  • @fothinator
    @fothinator 10 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    Carl Sagan is so good at explaining things so an idiot like me can understand!!!

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Carl Sagan was good at explaining things to stupid people. 1D, 2D, 4D do not exist.

    • @j.w.r3730
      @j.w.r3730 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you got it you're not an idiot,and it sounds like you did,lol

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      1D, 2D, 4D do not exist

    • @teddy_miljard
      @teddy_miljard 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And fools like me 😬❣️

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In flatland shapes can not be seen. Only imaginary lines can be seen. To see a shape one must stand over it. That is possible only in 3D. So Carl Sagan is wrong.

  • @PeteCorp
    @PeteCorp 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bro Sagan single handedly inspires Interstellar movie and all Marvel cinematic universe.

  • @shookreeseeree4
    @shookreeseeree4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Carl Sagan opened my mind to understanding the cosmos n the universe we live in..what a great scientist he was..RIP Sagan ..you are truly missed..

  • @BrandonHardaker
    @BrandonHardaker ปีที่แล้ว +222

    Carl Sagan was a true genius. He would always explain things to us in a way we could understand. Sucks that he died so young. I'd love to have met him.

    • @sr-ty7gb
      @sr-ty7gb ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, but he never had an answer for how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

    • @Napo360
      @Napo360 ปีที่แล้ว

      What did he die from?

    • @TransoceanicOutreach
      @TransoceanicOutreach ปีที่แล้ว +21

      He was killed when a 4th-dimensional watermelon intersected his head.

    • @BrandonHardaker
      @BrandonHardaker ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TransoceanicOutreach Very funny but not true. LOL

    • @lmeza1983
      @lmeza1983 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He wasn't that young when he died.

  • @nishadnadkarni7874
    @nishadnadkarni7874 10 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    This is the best explanation for dimensions and the fourth dimension I have ever heard and seen. Carl sagan is awesome!

    • @pranjal6593
      @pranjal6593 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Indeed , he always was

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I have a better explanation. 1D, 2D, 4D do not exist.

    • @ruslankazimov622
      @ruslankazimov622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@eugene7518 we all know every 3D object can be described using x;y;z coordinates... if 1D and 2D didn't exist... Then that would mean you are only consisted of 2 dimensions or a single dimension, in respecting cases, right now. Which in turn would be paradoxical and logically retarded statement coming from 3D creature.

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ruslankazimov622 it's not possible to make something in 1D, 2D, or 4D

    • @n_coder
      @n_coder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@eugene7518 imagine trying to explain to Mario in the first games that he doesn't have to jump over pipes, he can just walk around them. Try using a controller to make it happen. That's more or less how 3D works in 2D, and how 4D works in 3D. Just because you can't properly see it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist

  • @jean-lucpicard5510
    @jean-lucpicard5510 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Sagan was trolling flat-earthers before they were even a thing.

    • @spudhead169
      @spudhead169 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Well the Flat Earth Society has been around for quite a while, although initially they were more of a debate group using a ridiculous premise as a base for creative debate. None of them actually believed it, it was just a tool. It was only later that the lunatics annexed it to fortify their religious dogma.

    • @H2Raby
      @H2Raby 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Buncha squares ⬛⬜

    • @DeadMrSunshine
      @DeadMrSunshine 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Flat Earthers been around since the beginning of humanity.

    • @edsnotgod
      @edsnotgod 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      "So what what brilliant insight have you gleaned from watching the video?
      Duh flat earthers ars losers lol let's laugh at flat earthers lol

  • @DMacLean15
    @DMacLean15 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This man was absolutely fascinating, truly a national treasure.

  • @robertmangl6954
    @robertmangl6954 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    "So, while we cannot imagine the world of four dimensions we can perfectly well think about it."

  • @elgrande3934
    @elgrande3934 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "They will pat him on his side." LOL. Always loved that line.

  • @rebelwithoutaclue9387
    @rebelwithoutaclue9387 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I literally can’t stop crying when I watch Carl. The nostalgia mixed with the tragedy of his death and the societal death of the love and pursuit of knowledge simply for its sake is very overwhelming for me!

    • @PeterMartyrVermigli_is_cool
      @PeterMartyrVermigli_is_cool 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13
      “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16
      Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out.
      -Acts 3:19
      :)
      :)

    • @ElixirOfEuphoria
      @ElixirOfEuphoria 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@PeterMartyrVermigli_is_coolHail Satan

    • @rebelwithoutaclue9387
      @rebelwithoutaclue9387 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PeterMartyrVermigli_is_cool appreciate the sentiment but you are definitely “barking up the wrong tree”

  • @musicauthority674
    @musicauthority674 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He was such an incredible genius, and this illustration really proves that about Carl Sagan. and his AWESOME ability to educate everyone with his fantastic knowledge. it's what made me so inspired by him. it's incredible to have such knowledge. but it's even more incredible to be able to communicate it as he did. he is definitely missed.

  • @deepvybes
    @deepvybes 9 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Didn't realize thinking & imagining were so different from each other.

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      1D, 2D, 4D do not exist

  • @repdale
    @repdale 10 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    He's opening our minds to new ideas... Get him!

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let me open your mind 1D, 2D, 4D do not exist.

    • @repdale
      @repdale 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eugene7518 Ever since man first left his cave and met a stranger with a different language and a new way of looking at things, the human race has had a dream: to KILL him! So we don’t have to learn his language or his new way of looking at things.

  • @RealBREAKtheArtist
    @RealBREAKtheArtist ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Imagine Carl Sagan and Alan Watts hosting a tv show together… The Universe would implode.

  • @VanWelij
    @VanWelij ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If there's ever a movie about this guy, only Hugo Weaving should be allowed to play him.
    I'm just waiting for him to say "Mr. Anderson".

  • @jakestremfel171
    @jakestremfel171 11 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    ‎"Whatever the reason you're on Mars is, I'm glad you're there, and I wish I was with you."
    - Carl Sagan

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Flatlanders have only a side view. They can't notice where length and width meet. Therefore everything appears as an imaginary line. Cause they can't stand over a shape, to see the shape. That's only possible in 3D.

  • @davidmc107
    @davidmc107 9 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    His voice reminds me of Agent Smith

    • @RussellTeapot
      @RussellTeapot 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +The Stranger LOL

    • @chrisgould101
      @chrisgould101 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you watch the actor playing roles, he's always playing a gatekeeper role. Something I noticed. Make of it as you wish

  • @longshanks90
    @longshanks90 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I could watch this all day

  • @sebastianvelasquez8787
    @sebastianvelasquez8787 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This explanation, (dubbed in spanish) is one of the most vivid memories of my childhood.
    It made so much sense, I've lived my life not taking anything at face value and looking for the possibility naked to our eyes.
    Thanks MR. Sagan, your spirit carries on.

  • @c.s.hayden3022
    @c.s.hayden3022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    So classic, so iconic. And it succeeds in making you wonder about all we could all be missing from our anthropocentric perspective with our constants and comfortable assumptions.

  • @davidc3793
    @davidc3793 9 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I fucking love Carl Sagan

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      1D,2D, 4D do not exist

  • @deanbrandl1987
    @deanbrandl1987 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love how his description of things are so short and to-the-point

  • @devinholm6496
    @devinholm6496 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember watching this in school but not really paying attention. Now I'm watching it 13 years later so I can understand what I chose not to learn then

  • @ibraveheart5700
    @ibraveheart5700 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I'd LOVE to have Carl Sagan as my science teacher!

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1D, 2D, 4D do not exist.

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me, too!

    • @Tessmage_Tessera
      @Tessmage_Tessera ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In the original Cosmos series, there's a great segment from one of the episodes where Sagan went in to teach a science class, in the same elementary school that he went to as a child. A bunch of 10-year-old kids got to have him as their teacher for a day. The kids looked absolutely amazed and enthralled.

  • @TalkNerdyToMeChannel
    @TalkNerdyToMeChannel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    Who else watched this long before _Interstellar_?

    • @StefanyGG
      @StefanyGG 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me

    • @heebsdad1
      @heebsdad1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Damn right I did. But the fact that people (who may normally have 0 interest in science) are being inspired to watch videos like this by Interstellar is extremely uplifting.

    • @EDyrby
      @EDyrby 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sounds like i have to see Interstellar now

    • @TalkNerdyToMeChannel
      @TalkNerdyToMeChannel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      EDyrby Det borde du göra! ;)

    • @EDyrby
      @EDyrby 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      det vil jeg så gøre;)

  • @blakespower
    @blakespower 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    his voice is so calming and he is really easy to understand how he explains things

  • @johnnytoobad7785
    @johnnytoobad7785 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was addicted to this series when it first aired. A couple of years ago I purchased the DVD set and became addicted to it again...🤓

    • @kix4trix
      @kix4trix ปีที่แล้ว

      Did this video give us insight into the UFOs pilots are seeing?

  • @HDMScorp
    @HDMScorp 12 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Wow! This man just blew my mind! The hypercubes shadow or tesseract is what he is holding in his hand. What he is holding IS the shadow of the 4th dimensional cube. He is only able to display the shadow it creates because there is no way of actually displaying anything in the 4th dimension. You can only imagine it. Why? Because we are trapped in a 3D world (what we see). We are incapable of projecting any 4D image. Brilliant!

    • @clockworkNate
      @clockworkNate ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wow you just repeated what he said. 😄

    • @anonymous-jg2tr
      @anonymous-jg2tr ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But don't you that think even our imagination would be just a projection of the 4d world?

    • @bradford433
      @bradford433 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@clockworkNate It wasn't word for word. They were just showing they understood it. Let others have their moment ffs

    • @aliceinwonderland887
      @aliceinwonderland887 ปีที่แล้ว

      A 2D flatland environment is literally a "piece of paper" in a 3D world where paper is used to create, learn, and have fun with. The next world up from us owns this
      3D world. Our 3D world's mysteries could be a project in the next realm? Could the next world above us be conscious, mental, and spiritual?
      "I hold it entirely possible that a technology exists, which encompasses both the physical and the psychic, the material and the mental. There are stars that are millions of years older than the sun. There may be a civilization that is millions of years more advanced than man's. We have gone from Kitty Hawk to the moon in some seventy years, but it's possible that a million-year-old civilization may know something that we don't ... I hypothesize an 'M&M' technology encompassing the mental and material realms. The psychic realms, so mysterious to us today, may be an ordinary part of an advanced technology." -J.Allen Hynek
      Allen Hynek worked for the US Government's Project Bluebook in the 50's and 60's. His job was to interview witnesses, debunk reports, and discourage public interest in UFOs making witnesses look foolish. By the 1970s however he had admitted that the purpose of the Bluebook project was not to investigate, but to create public doubt. For 20 years Hynek conducted these interviews with witnesses right after the report was made. After conducting years of interviews he noticed the witnesses gave peculiar common details of their experiences.
      Things are changing with regard to public disclosure of UFO phenomena. Sightings are becoming more and more common. As Earth technology continues to advance the evidence points to the only answer that checks all the boxes.

  • @HungryTacoBoy
    @HungryTacoBoy 11 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I watched this video years ago knowing NOTHING about Carl Sagan. I come back to it now, and with knowing so much more about this marvelous man, it almost brings a tear to my eye.

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      1D, 2D, 4D do not exist.

    • @Tessmage_Tessera
      @Tessmage_Tessera ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eugene7518 Neither do you.

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Tessmage_Tessera reply to tessmaga tessera: I'm 3D.

  • @tias.6675
    @tias.6675 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This helped me to understand so much and also reaffirms my beliefs of ghost being inter-dimensional beings. Also, I just love the way vintage men carried themselves. So masculine and classy.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      Carl was weak and hated reality.
      The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

  • @jonathanbillings9847
    @jonathanbillings9847 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fascinating, clear, well explained and a joy to learn from. Carl Sagan is a LEGEND

  • @Meissama
    @Meissama 11 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Listening to Carl Sagan is just so soothing. Just something so paternal about his voice, almost like he is talking one to one with you and cares so deeply that you understand the material he is presenting. Such a shame he had to leave us clearly far before he should have. Thankfully we have people like michio kaku and one of sagan's own pupils, neil degrasse tyson.

  • @LuisRomeroLopez
    @LuisRomeroLopez 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    2:59 He killed the interdimensional being!!!! D:

  • @AlphaMachina
    @AlphaMachina 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I could listen to this man speak on repeat for hours.

  • @raimonsabater
    @raimonsabater ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He was so gifted to convey difficult topics! Thanks for having shared this :)

  • @jkfz5661
    @jkfz5661 10 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Perhaps each one of us and all we see, is only a shadow of a far more intricate and complex world.

    • @wildman2012
      @wildman2012 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more"
      --Macbeth (Shakespeare).

  • @k1ll3rtr0n
    @k1ll3rtr0n 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Even a child can understand this... the way how he explains things is so great

  • @jimmarshall2757
    @jimmarshall2757 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    How I miss Carl and the ease in which he could communicate, there was something about his tone of voice, and easy manner that drew you in, he was truly one of sciences great orators. ❤️

  • @glendanielson9006
    @glendanielson9006 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Absolutely Great Teacher!!!❤

  • @berenjervin
    @berenjervin 11 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Cosmos is an absolutely amazing voyage through the world of science.
    Everyone should watch this show - its timeless.

  • @timprescott4634
    @timprescott4634 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    An astoundingly complex yet simple concept laid out so well by Abbott Abbott almost 150 years ago and perfectly encapsulated by Sagan.

  • @simonmcgrath4112
    @simonmcgrath4112 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who needs computer graphics when an apple and flat shapes say so so much more and everybody gets the meaning. Bring back easy learning!! I remember watching this with my family as a ten year old kid but obviously not gettin it but watchin it now it blows me away with its simplicity!! We miss u Carl Sagan.

  • @klue8578
    @klue8578 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve seen this many time but I always stop by for Carl every now and again. Something about him and his education style that I wish was more common…

  • @peterward2275
    @peterward2275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Dr.Carl Sagan's talks remain positively fascinating and hypnotic even today

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1D, 2D, 4D do not exist.

    • @shubhamsemwal5532
      @shubhamsemwal5532 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eugene7518 it does. How about a drawing on the paper. Not the whole paper, just the drawing?

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shubhamsemwal5532 ink is 3D.

    • @ishantiwarimusic
      @ishantiwarimusic ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eugene7518 Yeah bro but an approximation can be made.

    • @chrism1503
      @chrism1503 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      “1D, 2D, 4D do not exist”
      Why did you feel the need to copy/paste this everywhere?

  • @jimjimmyjam8242
    @jimjimmyjam8242 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This man is the Mr Rogers for adults, I have learned more listening to him speak than I ever did at school.

  • @AndroxVT
    @AndroxVT 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Higher dimensions from a non-espiritual approach are probably one of my favorite subjects in maths. The importance of a clear explanation.

  • @harrisonwestphall2381
    @harrisonwestphall2381 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Carl Sagan so much......miss him dearly and didn't even see him while he was alive!

  • @zachcouch8654
    @zachcouch8654 10 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I am sure everone for a second was like "Oh shit here it comes fourth dimension..." and then Carl was like "No you can't see it." I thought for a second what this was going to be the coolest thing on youtube. Still I loved the feeling I got thinking about it.

    • @knut761
      @knut761 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wanna "see" the fourth dimension? Ok, take a laser pen and shine it onto your wall, if you look at the centre of that laser dot you will perceive depth in that dot, that *depth* is the fourth dimension. A glimpse of it.
      I can't take credit for having discovered / seen this though. I got help from someone.

    • @knut761
      @knut761 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** Depth in a dot? Yes, as for the other part of your post...lol...expected yet a major laugh. No offence buddy. :)

    • @zoeelias1744
      @zoeelias1744 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think this is the closest your going to get...
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseract#mediaviewer/File:8-cell-simple.gif

    • @fredsk8x
      @fredsk8x 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      DMT.

    • @hbastronomer517
      @hbastronomer517 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fredsk8x Do you actually believe this? I'd love to hear more if you still use this account. Thanks.

  • @bennylloyd-willner9667
    @bennylloyd-willner9667 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There should be a free worldwide channel where Cosmos runs indefinitely.
    I would come back ever so often to be embraced in his immense wisdom and his astounding ability to share that wisdom.

  • @vm1981
    @vm1981 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Let's just imagine: The Synopsis for every movie

  • @angoor101
    @angoor101 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to watch his Cosmos show on my 24” tube TV. Carl Segan was the best.

  • @MarkWyand
    @MarkWyand 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    ive watched this clip more times than i would like to admit and now i can recite every line with carl. "...as the apple were to desceeend through, sliiiither by.."

  • @astridvvv9662
    @astridvvv9662 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was (am) so very fortunate to have come upon Carl Sagan-fortunate in that I wasn't born until the 90s. And although I did regularly watch educational documentaries of all sorts alongside my father from the start, I wasn't old enough to effectively seek it out on my own volition until the 2000s. "Cosmos" was decades old and Carl Sagan was not here anymore, at least not in physical form. I must have come upon it on PBS but I was enamored with Carl and with astronomy immediately. I was so young that the only way I had access to Cosmos was by regularly searching for it through the menu guide of our cable provider. It could only look not more than a few weeks ahead. So most of the time my search results for Cosmos would turn up nothing more than "not avaliable." But I always looked. And though very rarely, I would at times find an airing. And would set a reminder. This was my only available access. But I never stopped searching for airings. When I sat down to watch Cosmos, one that I had found and set a reminder for weeks prior, I was always so elated that I was moments away from the episode airing, one that I had been anxiously awaiting for weeks. "Weeks" is a very long time when you're 10 years old.
    Eventually I'd have immediate access once streaming became more accessible. We had a desktop PC and dial up by 2000 but my parents had 0 ability and 0 motivation to learn how to use one and therefore couldn't navigate it at all, whatsoever. I had to teach myself, which I did. I was fortunate in that my parents did not indulge in the purposely exaggerated, sometimes hysterical "stranger danger" narrative pushed by mainstream media in the days where internet use and access began to skyrocket in regularity in the homes of regular Americans. I was an elementary aged young girl but I had total and complete access to the world in this relatively brand new concept. I used it safely, and effectively. And I've never stopped using it for learning. I've never stopped having such profound gratitude and appreciation for our ability to have instantaneous access to anything and everything.
    Carl Sagan was my first "teacher" in the sense that he's the first I ever sought out on my own. My first vessel in independent, willful knowledge as an individual human being, separate from the teachers and teachings I encountered in the traditional way at the behest of forces outside myself. Through Carl Sagan I became enlightened to the concept of independent limitless learning.

    • @Erikslust
      @Erikslust 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great story, thanks for sharing!

  • @ultimatesoccershow
    @ultimatesoccershow 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love his humor / sarcasm as he explained in detail, absolute genius!

  • @anthonydelke3193
    @anthonydelke3193 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The best teacher to ever explain science so simple your kid would understand it.

  • @thisisthelukas
    @thisisthelukas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Carl Sagan has endowed me with an appreciation for the world like almost no other. Thank you, Mr. Sagan. RIP.

    • @patkennedy2620
      @patkennedy2620 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, he explained the Cosmos to me in terms I could understand & it is such a gift. What a wonderful man

    • @Krawna
      @Krawna ปีที่แล้ว

      Hector the well-endowed

  • @RMJ1984
    @RMJ1984 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It always makes me sad to find out about Carl Sagan so late in my late. i mean man, if there ever was a person i would like to meet in real life. it was him.
    We really need more people like him.

    • @BabaAndBaby11
      @BabaAndBaby11 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What’s your age? Just need to check whether you found him late or me ?

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In flatland shapes can not be seen. Only lines can be seen. To see a shape one must stand over it. That is only possible in 3D. So Carl Sagan is wrong.

  • @beltrangarrote1982
    @beltrangarrote1982 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a human being...I hope his too short 62 years on this planet will be cherished forever.

  • @chriswilliams5982
    @chriswilliams5982 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Carl Sagan had such a profound impact on my life, how I perceived the world, superstition, my love of everything in literature non fiction. I’ve admired many great men in history and in every field of science, but his death was so painful I cried at the knowledge of what the world had lost. A man for all seasons.

  • @NoNameBrandR4
    @NoNameBrandR4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The shadow of the 4th dimensional cube in our 3rd dimensions always blows me away.

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This will blow you away. 1D, 2D, 4D do not exist.

    • @NoNameBrandR4
      @NoNameBrandR4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eugene7518 not in our universe. But probably in other dimensions. These are all theories of course. It’s also very fun to think about.

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NoNameBrandR4 there is only one universe. Universe is defined: everything that exists.

    • @NoNameBrandR4
      @NoNameBrandR4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s awesome you think so. Existence is more interesting if you listen to other fields of mathematics and science. If you like your world that’s great. Me appreciating science and mathematical theories takes nothing from you. So long and have a great existence!

  • @ShawnaGraham50
    @ShawnaGraham50 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have watched this dozens of times and I love it everytime.

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      1D, 2D, 4D do not exist.

    • @ShawnaGraham50
      @ShawnaGraham50 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eugene7518 I believe him over you.

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In flatland shapes can not be seen. Only lines can be seen. To see a shape one must stand over it. That is only possible in 3D. So Carl Sagan is wrong.

  • @islam-au
    @islam-au 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Big respect for such scientists and teachers like this man ❤

  • @dustyroads834
    @dustyroads834 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love watching these kind of people. They test my comprehension skills. Sometimes I get it and sometimes not but I’m so proud of myself when I do get it. It all depends on who is speaking. With Carl I stand a much better chance of getting it.

    • @wspencerwatkins
      @wspencerwatkins ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, being able to explain technical information to laymans is a true talent and an aspect of genius

  • @llowket
    @llowket 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One of the great minds of the 20th century. A teacher and example to many.

  • @Zerpersande
    @Zerpersande ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Cosmos series started 4 years after I graduated and became a science teacher. I used some of his material in my classes.

  • @modoc852
    @modoc852 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This explanation took me back in time in my youth setting in class thinking of riding my bicycle at home and going to the creek to look for arrow heads while the teacher was explaining something that I couldn’t comprehend.

  • @GermanGDragon
    @GermanGDragon 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Old videos are like gold, best thing ytube still has

  • @markkim101
    @markkim101 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    it's amazing how a man so intelligent is able to convey such complex concepts in a way that everyone can understand

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      1D 2D 4D do not exist.

  • @feralfoods
    @feralfoods 10 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    aaarrgghhh-----just as he is getting to the interesting part, it cuts off

    • @Maddolis
      @Maddolis 10 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      watch?v=A37xDlhQCbw
      30:10 to continue watching.

    • @maksnastya03
      @maksnastya03 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maddolis
      Thank you so much, it's just what I was looking for into the comments!

    • @ACEMEDIA
      @ACEMEDIA 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Maddolis Blocked in my country :( FUCK YOU COPY RIGHT!

    • @RockBrentwood
      @RockBrentwood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, let's make it *really* interesting then! Sagan, during his discussion, is apparently alluding to 5D cosmology. That's been a thing for a while (just do a search on "5D Cosmology" on the arXiv preprint server at the arxiv.org site).
      As we all know, Einstein's math professor, Dr. Minkowski, laid forth a 4D geometric framework (over the objections of Einstein) in late 1907 and early 1908 for Relativity and electromagnetism - that's 3 spatial dimensions and 1 time dimension; or 3+1 dimensional.
      What most people don't know however is that tucked away in the appendix of that very paper, which launched 3+1 dimensional Minkowski geometry, was an attempt to expand the geometric picture yet further to be able to more consistently reconcile Newton's physics with Relativity. He added *a fourth spatial dimension* (calling it "virtual displacement") and devised the groundwork for a 4+1 dimensional geometric unified formulation of both relativity and non-relativistic theory, and then started to try and to fit gravity into it at the very end of the appendix. His work was cut short: he keeled over in 1909. It *is* doable (as we found out by the 1980's ... several years *after* this episode aired) and Minkowski was on the verge of finding out how to do it, in 1907.
      Today, we know it as Bargmann geometry (the natural playing field for Newtonian Physics) and it is *directly* connected to the 5D geometries used in Cosmology, which may be likened to as the relativistic versions of Bargmann geometry. None of that came about until after the 1950's; while Minkowski's appendix was published just before Bargmann himself *was even born* ! That's how far ahead of its time it was.

    • @eugene7518
      @eugene7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In flatland shapes can not be seen. Only imaginary lines can be seen. To see a shape one must stand over it. That is possible only in 3D. So Carl Sagan is wrong.

  • @kevinmckinney3785
    @kevinmckinney3785 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I watched the Cosmos series on PBS when I was about 20. It was broadcast on Sunday evenings and I had to watch it on our old black and white TV on the back porch. This while the living room TV, with everyone else, had either football on, the news or 60 Minutes. I eagerly devoured this series. Bought the book and the record music album. I had an interest in Astronomy since the age of 12 and this series just reenforced that. I took Astronomy 150 at Ohio State (5 credits) and I got a grade of A-. Most of this course in college I self learned prior. That was the best I good do in this subject because the Calculus and the Physics series humbled me.

  • @ParadigmMedia786
    @ParadigmMedia786 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love how beautifully he explains this

  • @ExtraFrogX
    @ExtraFrogX 10 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    101 people are flat.

    • @yp24628
      @yp24628 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Those damn flatlanders. lol.

  • @piemandiamond4543
    @piemandiamond4543 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    he murdered the 3 dimensional Apple creature!!

    • @XtreeM_FaiL
      @XtreeM_FaiL 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can you prove it?

    • @lordbaiter6997
      @lordbaiter6997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You mean U.F.O. of flatlanders!

    • @lordbaiter6997
      @lordbaiter6997 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@XtreeM_FaiL 2:57

    • @XtreeM_FaiL
      @XtreeM_FaiL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lordbaiter6997 Science is not always nice.

    • @lordbaiter6997
      @lordbaiter6997 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@XtreeM_FaiL lol

  • @cp070476
    @cp070476 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How good is this vid. Carl is a legend.

  • @nabbiferdous7123
    @nabbiferdous7123 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's mind boggling just to think that there is total 11 dimension so far! 🧡