The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes | Phil Plait

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  • @hasanubaidullah3916
    @hasanubaidullah3916 5 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    I am obsessed with him since Crash Course Astronomy 👀❤

  • @sassycat4157
    @sassycat4157 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I remember when I was 6 and I found out the sun was a star. I was like.... No way! The sun is the sun! A star is a star! And when I thought of stars, I legit thought that stars looked like your typical 5 pointed star, like something you would draw or what was on top of a Christmas tree....

  • @invox9490
    @invox9490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    If politics worked like science... I can't even imagine how far humanity would be right now.
    Also, I love this guy.

    • @Drkwll
      @Drkwll 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How about if politics worked like optimization algorithms and evolutionary algorithms?

    • @tharushafernando4410
      @tharushafernando4410 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am planning to quote you.

    • @Luka1180
      @Luka1180 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Everybody would need to agree on standards then. So that's why it's not possible. There is no good and evil, only difference morales and values.

    • @arulprashanth3884
      @arulprashanth3884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s call communism

  • @ChinmaiNaregal
    @ChinmaiNaregal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I remember him from CrashCourse!!!

  • @chuckbryan4817
    @chuckbryan4817 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Mr. Plait is a fantastic presenter, and a great ambassador for science.

  • @SevenFootPelican
    @SevenFootPelican 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This guy is truly amazing. And his passion is infectious. Thank you Phil, for everything.

  • @syedmdabdullah3052
    @syedmdabdullah3052 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I watch sci-fi movies a lot. I had a very misconception about scientists. I thought that scientists are the most boring people in the universe but this guy changed my thoughts since I watched crash course astronomy. He is awesome...... Just awesome

  • @varundarbhamalla3325
    @varundarbhamalla3325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I believe that Politics and worldly competitions should be far away from science. Give a like if ya'll agree !

    • @elemu3653
      @elemu3653 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ohhh i give agree dude 😁👍👍👍👍👍

    • @hetaeramancer
      @hetaeramancer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      US is notorious for bringing politics into Science and World Peace!

  • @mattcero1
    @mattcero1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "We're really good at fooling ourselves." What an understatement! The beaches of Florida are just as dry today as they were 30 years ago and the polar bear population is greater now than it's been in 60 years.

  • @bobbylindsey
    @bobbylindsey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I absolutely love Phil, his enthusiasm, perspective, and candidness. It feels great knowing you don't need to be a scientist to think like one.

  • @tunkunrunk
    @tunkunrunk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he speaks clearly , even with my poor English I can understand every single words he says

  • @BenTajer89
    @BenTajer89 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a scientist, I feel like more often you find your self arguing with the scientists who double down on their mistakes and fight till the bitter end, or at least until the conversation has died down and they can change the subject in a face saving way. Moreover, I'd say that's the human side of science, because what's more human than refusing to admit you made a mistake?

    • @BenTajer89
      @BenTajer89 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Megha Sebastian Biologist

  • @simsim4910
    @simsim4910 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Me at 8:42 : what just 2 und a half minutes left? I need more of this guy

  • @dryzalizer
    @dryzalizer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice talk Phil, you're a legend because of Crash Course Astronomy the best one ever!

  • @asdemilovato
    @asdemilovato 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Phil serving humanity

  • @giovannip8600
    @giovannip8600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did you put this on Google podcast before uploading it here or am I wrong?

    • @philippelignon7509
      @philippelignon7509 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The TED talk are published as podcasts a few days before they are published on TH-cam.

  • @mattbdjdb2342
    @mattbdjdb2342 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    lovely presentation!!! 🙌

  • @jamesdale1252
    @jamesdale1252 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! Phil Plait. "The Bad Astronomer". I was a fan, what, 13 years ago? I looked at the site. Under "what's new" I read 2006. So I gave up. Keep up the good work.

  • @aadarshsharma3401
    @aadarshsharma3401 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A place where you are always welcome to think in a different way but in a positive manner that can even change the world...

  • @daddyleon
    @daddyleon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This would've had a very different vibe yet contain the same factual message if it was delivered by a scientist at..Ratheon.

  • @dominickoquin3849
    @dominickoquin3849 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ty

  • @wacksparrow88
    @wacksparrow88 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you sir. Rockstar

  • @renatoan
    @renatoan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Grongratulations frontal Brazil. Nice vídeo!

  • @rickharold69
    @rickharold69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful!

  • @SteveHazel
    @SteveHazel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i love this guy !!

  • @aniruddhxie2k215
    @aniruddhxie2k215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What can a 14 years boy achieve in science without having any funds. What can I *Discover*

    • @Firecommet
      @Firecommet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hey Air Fighter, I'll say it depends on what you're trying to achieve! If you just want to do some fun experiments there are a ton you can do with stuff you probably already have at home. Two classic examples is extracting DNA from a strawberry (or your spit), or putting an egg in vinegar for a few days to see what happens to the shell. There are so many fun projects like this out there you could do. But remember that part of the point of doing them is because it's fun, and the other part is learning something. Be sure to figure out what the reason behind it is.
      Something that got me into science when I was a kid was just looking at the pictures in science books from my school's library, I was far too young to understand what was happening. Luckily now, the internet is readily available and you can look at just about anything you want to. You could start by "thinking" like a scientist. When you see something, try and figure out why it is like that and why it does what it's doing. I still do this constantly (for reference I'm working on my graduate degrees in plant genetics so I think I have some level of scientific knowledge). All day long I'm googling things that I see. An example of this is a water tower. I was driving, saw a water tower and the rest of the time I was in the car I was thinking about why they are shaped the way they are. When I got out of the car, I did a quick google search on it. I do this for pretty much everything. I even will write down either on paper or the notes on my phone things I want to google when I have the time. I'm sure you've heard at school that wikipedia isn't a reliable resource. And it isn't, you should never completely rely on it or cite it in any papers you may have to write for school. HOWEVER, it's a great place to start when you're learning something new. Scientists are constantly asking questions to themselves and others.
      My final suggestion is to not try and look at the most advanced stuff there is for something you want to know. When I was your age I watched two episodes of the big bang theory and decided I should teach myself physics. Naturally I landed myself on some websites that were way beyond my comprehension level because I didn't want to look up something like "physics for kids." Needless to say, I still am not a physicist. To this day if I am looking to learn something outside my discipline (so anything that isn't about plants) I will start with the wikipedia page for it and/or googling it with "kids" in my search so I can find some easy to understand information. And keep that in mind when you watch these videos of experts. They went to school for many years, then worked in the field for many years, they know everything there is to know about one specific thing. They aren't experts in everything there is to know. As a young scientist it is easy to feel discouraged because you don't understand everything that is going on. And that is okay. Most of us still don't know everything that is going on. And that's how I found your comment. I'm struggling with my own experiments right now and needed a pep-talk to remind myself that mistakes are okay, and not knowing everything is okay. I've watched this video so many times that I can say it from memory while Phil is talking.

  • @TanvirAhmed24
    @TanvirAhmed24 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's science, bro!

  • @samg41
    @samg41 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    who else had to watch this for school

  • @louiscotteta566
    @louiscotteta566 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic vid :)

  • @dallelbedjaoui1815
    @dallelbedjaoui1815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This video will only be understood by those who love science

  • @2Drezik
    @2Drezik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Phil just don't get that he can be flawed too.
    "For delusion always covers many; cursed are those who are judged with a crowd"

  • @lgcookie1933
    @lgcookie1933 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I recognised his voice before I recognised his face 😄

  • @rohaniyer9887
    @rohaniyer9887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What would happen the day we know everything in the Universe? (although I think that wouldn't ever happen)

    • @heeraksharma1224
      @heeraksharma1224 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Science can't explain everything.
      I think after we figure out everything in universe, we would lay down laws of sprituallity.

    • @dominickoquin3849
      @dominickoquin3849 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      We would become bored, and hit the surprise button.

    • @raffierutomo8948
      @raffierutomo8948 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      We click the Im feeling lucky button

    • @DimitarStanev
      @DimitarStanev 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@heeraksharma1224 what makes you so sure? No evidence exists that there is a spiritual world. We sure don't know everything and that doesnt give you the right to push your biased opinions in the voids of human knowledge.

    • @CristalcatXP
      @CristalcatXP 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@heeraksharma1224 There is currently no evidence to back up superstitious beliefs. So no, logical people would not resort to that.

  • @attiaaliattia
    @attiaaliattia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good

  • @punyapratyushasethi6048
    @punyapratyushasethi6048 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey it's the goat man

  • @johntencza3381
    @johntencza3381 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can this apply to Global Warming?

  • @siriuslupin7968
    @siriuslupin7968 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Phil plait astronomy

  • @tomasbeltran04050
    @tomasbeltran04050 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:23 third time watching and it is just know that I notice the picture he used hahahahahahhaha

  • @HulaLuau
    @HulaLuau 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Normie popsci reddit moment I f- love science strokery.

  • @عبدالكريمالخقر
    @عبدالكريمالخقر 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    الﻯمن ترجم الف تحيه وتقدير واحترام لك

  • @ІгорКондратьєв-ж2ъ
    @ІгорКондратьєв-ж2ъ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They say I look like an animated hero.
    Is it true?

    • @malakmimi8073
      @malakmimi8073 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeh you are really look like an animated character, oh my god you'r eyes are really big you can't be human lol

    • @unofficiallypoop
      @unofficiallypoop 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@malakmimi8073 I think we have the same name 😐😄

  • @venniethompson8473
    @venniethompson8473 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Making mistakes may or may not help with scientific discoveriy. Scientific discovery is locating, identifying and analyzing both MISTAKES AND PREVIOUS OMISSIONS in understanding of what things are and how they work. Not so much just making mistakes, but locating and figuring from them regardless of who made them.

    • @HaseoOkami
      @HaseoOkami 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're one of those guys who has to be right about everything aren't you?

    • @venniethompson8473
      @venniethompson8473 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HaseoOkami Actually I have no problem with making mistakes. Nor do I have any problem with correcting or being corrected. Usually narcissistic assholes make the kind of comment you just made. As the guy in the video said part of the he process is admitting when you're wrong. Narcissists can't be on the he dime when the finger is pointed at it as the place where wrong is.

  • @TienTran-dl2lt
    @TienTran-dl2lt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hi

  • @anay1499
    @anay1499 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sir,I think I have discovered something new .but I don't have an idea of whom to tell it so that I can be the real discoverer of that.😔😔😔

    • @brookeb2227
      @brookeb2227 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have questions for you. 1. Have you dug through google scholar? It’s common to have this genius idea and then find out some rando from the 80’s has already done it. 2. If you can’t find anything on it, you could find a local expert. I’d suggest getting on the website for the closest university to you and finding a faculty person who’s research seems to align most with your idea and send them an email. They may have some advice for you.

  • @empty_user6159
    @empty_user6159 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crash course!

  • @m-ahmedmselhy
    @m-ahmedmselhy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    ضيفو الترجمة العربية

  • @unmovedchimp4623
    @unmovedchimp4623 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🎉🎉🎉

  • @ds000mcvey4
    @ds000mcvey4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My name is Scott of Yoder's I just wanted to tell you I have some great ideas scientist do you have the time of day that you ain't kissing people butts like the rich people and people who have a name in this world give someone a chance I doubt if you do but I do have great ideas but like always the rich gets richer and the poor folks get overlooked like I've been my whole life

  • @SddikaShheedafatima
    @SddikaShheedafatima 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Where is Arabic? We need to understand it .

  • @chenxiaoxue6872
    @chenxiaoxue6872 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I, too, found admitting that I am wrong to be difficult until I started dating girls.

  • @quamrulsiddiqui4225
    @quamrulsiddiqui4225 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The reason result is not science but the methodology is.

  • @abcmaya
    @abcmaya 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nine!!!

  • @mehmetadiyaman5892
    @mehmetadiyaman5892 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👏

  • @soumikbanerjee3059
    @soumikbanerjee3059 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does he always wear a blue shirt

  • @puzzleperson2007
    @puzzleperson2007 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes!!!! :) yes.

  • @axle4565
    @axle4565 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    horizon@
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  • @RushFan84
    @RushFan84 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Scientists built observatories? That's a new one. You're welcome....engineers (the one's who actually built them).

    • @klansix
      @klansix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      like saying Apple built iphone when it's actually built by chinese workers in china

    • @bartwilson2513
      @bartwilson2513 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Though, is “scientist” not an umbrella term for many fields? I personally view engineers as scientists, too. (Engineering follows the same scientific process). I understand your point, but to follow that logic, we should also talk about the construction workers so we don’t cause offence.

    • @RushFan84
      @RushFan84 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Leander Barreto You men the umpa lumpas? :P

  • @GeorgeKlinger
    @GeorgeKlinger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🐄💨

  • @mr.ormsgamingtodaypg2055
    @mr.ormsgamingtodaypg2055 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @m-ahmedmselhy
    @m-ahmedmselhy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Plaes trinsltion aribce

  • @danyracine1046
    @danyracine1046 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First

    • @giovannip8600
      @giovannip8600 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Laughing in Google podcast lol

  • @RekiTenshi
    @RekiTenshi 5 ปีที่แล้ว

  • @ahmedm6467
    @ahmedm6467 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't think Richard Dawkins ever admit that he is wrong if he gets proven wrong about evolution.

    • @CristalcatXP
      @CristalcatXP 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're talking about evolution by NATURAL SELECTION, which has mountains of evidence to back it up.

    • @ahmedm6467
      @ahmedm6467 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CristalcatXP yea, and there are lots of evidence to debunk evolution. I mean evolution is fact/real, but human evolution never happened.

    • @CristalcatXP
      @CristalcatXP 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ahmedm6467 What are some examples of actual scientific "evidence" that debunks evolution?

    • @klansix
      @klansix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah, bcuz there's evidence we're made of clay and created by God, right? Lol or just believe some so called "holy" book

  • @somnathchoudhari1836
    @somnathchoudhari1836 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    😍 👍

  • @daithiocinnsealach1982
    @daithiocinnsealach1982 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is why I rejected the historical claims of Christianity.

  • @Hussein_Nur
    @Hussein_Nur 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Discovery Channel LOL

  • @ageofanomaly3874
    @ageofanomaly3874 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Science: When you get something wrong. Move the goal post and invent something invisible a impossible to prove. Like dark matter and dark energy 😂

    • @gargarbad6047
      @gargarbad6047 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      meh, it's not like the scientists who invented those felt satisfied already, they're actively trying to explain what they are
      in science, having something whose effect you know but you don't fully understand happens all the time, that's the point of progressing science
      an example from mechanical engineering/metallurgy,
      blacksmiths of old knew that adding just enough bones or coal to molten iron strengthen it, but too much and the iron becomes weaker
      they're actually making steel, iron with a few percent of carbon content, too much and the iron becomes cast iron
      the entire steel phase and atomic influence of atoms were understood probably centuries or even millenniums after the original discovery, but they did lay the foundation for metallurgy science

  • @tantiwahopak101
    @tantiwahopak101 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, I know this guy 👍

  • @ridgemondhigh4891
    @ridgemondhigh4891 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's too bad politics, religion and society don't function like the science Phil described. Also in school, teachers always stress that students need to be perfect in their homework, quizzes, exams, grades --- while mistakes are treated as criminal acts.

  • @reneedegraaf
    @reneedegraaf 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    met a guy Paul Griswold he became one with me so I would die if a brainbleed they hypnotized me when I was on drugs I forgot who I was and they destroyed my memories they are all guilty here but the worst people are meikey psychomeiko from Gaia s platform and Paul boss my parents nico de graaff and saskia agterhof . my brother fake his autism he destroyed my childhood they destroyed me life was horrible and difficult for me they are super mean.....
    So I finally figured out what is happening to me they fucking played me so I wouldn't remember how things work in life and couldn't care for myself anymore. My energy dropped out of my body and everybody was playing confusing songs for me on the tv and etc. Saying we wun we caught a big fish. Is not ok. Now everybody is bullying me to death they are up my memories and I'm not in any state to recover. They are all my memories people are evil all I did was good and they played me to the beat the fuckers murderd me and made a gigantic trip out of it everybody reading my mind and playing me. Putting thoughts in my head. They made me forgot how to close and protect myself from people their voices they ate all my fruits please solve this for me take revenge or fibs wreak purple like you and protect each other please please please help me adopt memaybe please help me. heyyou need to help me anymore every body bullies me to tired they kicked me out I'm stuck in between people their announces so I need this time machine I only have two years left to live if my memories wont restore and or someone adopt me to help me

  • @ThePaperPineapple
    @ThePaperPineapple 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why is this guy talking to the audience as if they've never heard of a scientific experiment before?
    "Here's what a hypothesis is," etc...
    This is a lecture for school children, not adults.

  • @mhtinla
    @mhtinla 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did BLACKs discover black holes?

    • @mhtinla
      @mhtinla 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, because one cannot see one's own hole.

  • @BlueyMcPhluey
    @BlueyMcPhluey 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    yet again another TED talk that doesn't talk about what it says in the title

    • @bartwilson2513
      @bartwilson2513 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was exactly as described. The discussion of the search for exoplanets was a tool to highlight the fact that science is a process. And, that process, is critical to advancement. The title should reflect the overarching message.