Can Life Really Be Explained By Physics? (featuring Prof. Brian Cox)

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    I recently got to sit down with physicist and science communicator extraordinaire Prof. Brian Cox. Did we talk about black holes, the Big Bang, or alien worlds? Nope! We talked about biology. Specifically, what is “life” and how did it begin? You might not expect it, but looking at life through the lens of physics can teach us a lot about why interesting groups of atoms like you and me exist.
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  • @besmart
    @besmart  2 ปีที่แล้ว +976

    Life, man. What is it even?

    • @christianosanjo
      @christianosanjo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Idk

    • @jaydaniel2145
      @jaydaniel2145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      A Game which Humans don't understand.

    • @Saniru_Kodithuwakku
      @Saniru_Kodithuwakku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      That's why started studying biology for my Advanced level examinations.

    • @rylaczero3740
      @rylaczero3740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      What's life? I am not even sure what I am

    • @lakrids-pibe
      @lakrids-pibe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Life is what happens to you while you are making other plans

  • @gabor6259
    @gabor6259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +847

    If you're lazing around, you consume less energy, you're making the universe disordered at a slower rate. So next time someone calls you lazy, tell them you're just postponing the universe's demise.

    • @scy1038
      @scy1038 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I think you missed about 12 minutes of this video lmao

    • @SunnyAquamarine2
      @SunnyAquamarine2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hilarious

    • @spoofy0760
      @spoofy0760 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@scy1038 wdym, the video talks about how you existing is hastening the heat death of the universe, however insignificant it might be

    • @carolineleneghan119
      @carolineleneghan119 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mind blown

    • @shienkalitvinov
      @shienkalitvinov ปีที่แล้ว

      Chaos theory?

  • @MedlifeCrisis
    @MedlifeCrisis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +654

    Meanwhile this evening I did a (bad) impression of Prof Cox on stage to a few hundred people. And even though it was so dodgy, everyone knew who it was as he’s such a legend. Nice to hear him talk about Sagan, as many see him as a modern version

    • @besmart
      @besmart  2 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      I also did an impression of him. It was cut from the video for being so so bad

    • @supsm6627
      @supsm6627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Whoa, only 10 likes and one reply?

    • @NickRoman
      @NickRoman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I looked up Brian Cox after watching a guy doing impressions, one of which was him. In doing so, I find this video from just yesterday/today, which I would probably have eventually seen in my suggestions and watched anway. Cool intersection there.

    • @michaelmoore1403
      @michaelmoore1403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Jo is awesome, Brian is incredible but you at Medlife Crisis is amazing

    • @0awareness763
      @0awareness763 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@besmart I'm sure the people on Patreon would love to it.

  • @AutraxD
    @AutraxD ปีที่แล้ว +405

    Brian Cox is an absolute legend in the UK. Personally I love how he's always smiling. What a wonderful guy, you can feel his passion.

    • @murdock6450
      @murdock6450 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The man is a fraud

    • @janarends6545
      @janarends6545 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My feeble neighbour is also always smiling.

    • @skinnydipper
      @skinnydipper ปีที่แล้ว

      Omg same!!

    • @Engineer284
      @Engineer284 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm in Canada and I think the same as you. I love his shows about the the earth and universe.

    • @murdock6450
      @murdock6450 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Engineer284 really? Lol

  • @RuniDjurhuus
    @RuniDjurhuus 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    On a crisp December morning in the heart of Oldham, I found myself navigating the bustling streets, bundled up against the winter chill. As I meandered through the town, sipping on a warm cup of coffee, I spotted a familiar face among the crowd - none other than physicist Brian Cox.
    There he was, strolling along the cobbled streets, seemingly lost in thought. Seizing the moment, I mustered the courage to approach him. "Excuse me, Dr. Cox?" I said, half expecting him to be too engrossed in the cosmic mysteries to notice a passerby.
    To my surprise, he looked up with a warm smile. "Yes, that's me. How can I help you?" he replied, his accent unmistakably Northern.
    We engaged in a delightful conversation, discussing everything from the intricacies of the cosmos to the charm of Oldham during the festive season. Brian, with his affable demeanor, shared anecdotes about growing up in the town and how its character had shaped his curiosity about the universe.
    As we continued our walk through the winter-kissed streets, Brian's passion for science and genuine interest in our conversation created an unexpected camaraderie. We paused at a local bakery to warm up with some freshly baked treats, and amidst the aroma of pastries, our chance encounter turned into a memorable morning of shared stories and laughter.
    Before parting ways, Brian left me with an inspiring thought: "Every corner of the universe has its unique beauty; you just need to take a moment to appreciate it." And so, on that cold December morning in Oldham, I not only met a brilliant physicist but also gained a newfound appreciation for the cosmic wonders hidden in the ordinary moments of life.

    • @beeman2075
      @beeman2075 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Thanks for sharing your encounter meeting with Brian Cox, it was a lovely anecdote to read after watching this video. It would be a privilege to have the chance to converse with him on natural laws and physics matters, and it was heartwarming to read how approachable and affable you found him to be.

    • @MrDuLukes
      @MrDuLukes 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Such a eloquently and beautifully written, interesting story. Thanks for sharing, I believe it's my favourite youtube comment yet.

    • @cortneyrens
      @cortneyrens 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      How lucky to meet him! There’s so many things I would want to talk to him about if I had the chance

    • @BertonMylo
      @BertonMylo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And you didn't smoke a doobie with him?

    • @Songoftiffany
      @Songoftiffany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How absolutely wonderful. He always has such amazing insight and seams like a delightful person .

  • @rbesfe
    @rbesfe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2035

    This channel is a key example of why publicly funded media is still so important in the digital era. The right people given the right resources can do amazing things and grow to provide so much more value to society than what was invested. Keep up the amazing work!

    • @spingbay7039
      @spingbay7039 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yet, populists across the globe want to defund it :(

    • @Americansikkunt
      @Americansikkunt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Why don’t YOU make it, if “the value is so much more than invested”?
      Sounds like you’re not being honest…..

    • @patstaysuckafreeboss8006
      @patstaysuckafreeboss8006 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Americansikkunt Imagine being a troll and sucking at it lol

    • @slcpunk2740
      @slcpunk2740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      @@Americansikkunt what a dumb question, not everyone is an educator at heart or wants to make videos for TH-cam 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @Americansikkunt
      @Americansikkunt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@slcpunk2740 I’m just saying, if it was Objectively more valuable, everyone would be investing!
      Also, public funded = MY money. You don’t think I have a say in how it’s spent??

  • @justicegusting2476
    @justicegusting2476 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    When you think of where you were before you were born, it will give you an idea of where you are going after you die.

  • @bodrugmaria9179
    @bodrugmaria9179 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    I'm impressed how these people are staying sane while dedicating their lives to such complex questions. I'd go crazy by the time i'm reaching 30

    • @mattorr2256
      @mattorr2256 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Other’s take great comfort, relief, wonder and inspiration dedicating their lives to these scientific professions

    • @twlightsluna2009
      @twlightsluna2009 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Gosh I’m glad you say that because I thought I was the only one. I would be lead to an existential crisis 😂

  • @FWtravels
    @FWtravels 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I think about this all the time and it has made me realize that nothing really matters and I choose to let go of many of the things that I once dwelled on and worried about. I now know how lucky I am to exist at all and I will be positive and grateful and enjoy all the small things for my short time observing this universe.

    • @servusdedurantem
      @servusdedurantem หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its not true to say nothing matters there is evil in the world and this statement makes it less important to protect the good

    • @sel5595
      @sel5595 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      only cowards say this. all of the great minds discovered things because they wanted to get to the end of the question, not throw it away and say "nothing matters i am living on a rock", also, that view towards life is obnoxious, as things do matter, life does. dont be close-minded.

    • @FWtravels
      @FWtravels 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@sel5595 what I meant is that I have decided to let go of so many of the things that brought me great sorrow and mental suffering. Of course there are many things that do matter but to realize that our time here is finite, helps us to understand what is important and what is wasted anguish. I should have worded it differently because of course some things do matter.

  • @williamburts5495
    @williamburts5495 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    He said, "what we learn in school about what is life is totally insufficient in describing what it actually is." how true.

    • @sanjosemike3137
      @sanjosemike3137 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And in the same breath, he will also tell you that the complexity of life is just a matter of "chance" but will not describe the various steps necessary for that to happen.
      Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

    • @williamburts5495
      @williamburts5495 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sanjosemike3137 That's because they don't know what life actually is.

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I learned most of what was discussed in this video at school

    • @DavidCarter-ib3vw
      @DavidCarter-ib3vw ปีที่แล้ว

      Good point!!!

    • @willieodea83
      @willieodea83 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When I was young I read a book called..The origin of life..I think..it said all this stuff and more.. being very naive at the time I was really expecting some incredible revelation. But like this video I was told nothing. Book ended with some theory about life originating in outer space. As if this information was in some way answering the mystery. He sticks to the script and will not entertain some theories that are now gaining traction

  • @Mike-123
    @Mike-123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    Ironically, this is not the first time that I've been told that I'm hastening the demise of the universe.

    • @CarFreeSegnitz
      @CarFreeSegnitz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are we (and life generally) really? Yes, there are cellular metabolic pathways that hasten chemical processes. But in the big picture all those chemical potentials have been put there by gravity mostly through our sun (and a tiny bit of other stars’ demise when creating transferic atoms in supernova). Our sun shines on life and the lifeless. The lifeless heats up and emits infrared. The most life can do is delay the retransmission of infrared and maybe emit it at longer wavelengths. Or burst into flames and retransmit in shorter wavelengths. Totalled up life is just a few chemical pathways that dipped its toes in the deluge of energy coming off the sun.

    • @tracesprite6078
      @tracesprite6078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Hi Mike, take care of yourself. You are an absolutely unique combination of atoms and molecules occurring at a very significant time in our history when our presence on this planet is at risk due to global warming. We need all hands on deck, helping to make good choices so that our extraordinary species can continue along with all the other brilliant creatures. So your planet needs you, Mike. I hope you can enjoy your life while also making your own unique contribution.

    • @mochiebellina8190
      @mochiebellina8190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Blame your personal faults on Putin. I do.

    • @luismangiaterra1031
      @luismangiaterra1031 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tracesprite6078 your life is meaningless and without purpose.

    • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
      @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You used to date her too, huh?

  • @freddieguillemard5994
    @freddieguillemard5994 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Professor Brian Cox has a wonderful energy, he is candid, full of curiosity, joie de vivre,
    compassion, passion - he is so alive - and his passion and all is contagious….
    Thank you…..

  • @skinnydipper
    @skinnydipper ปีที่แล้ว +25

    My dad introduced me to him in high school and I have created a huge love for his shows and all he researches. Sure I don't understand it the way he does but he definitely makes complex lectures be more easily understood by people who don't major in scientific fields. Xoxo
    I am a 29 year old female who greatly appreciates people in the world like him

    • @benynyomin5012
      @benynyomin5012 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      if there is a girl who interest with this object, ill date her

    • @ghfgxijaorgf5393
      @ghfgxijaorgf5393 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@benynyomin5012 but will she date you tho?

    • @benynyomin5012
      @benynyomin5012 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ghfgxijaorgf5393 🥲😭, i dont know

  • @GianJin
    @GianJin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    What a joy to see Professor Cox on, he's such a personal hero of mine.

    • @prototype8137
      @prototype8137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why? Hes creepy and puts opinion as fact... just because someone has an accent and can speak properly doesn't mean what he says is true or valid.

    • @jckgoldness
      @jckgoldness 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mine too

    • @JP-xg6bv
      @JP-xg6bv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@prototype8137 Prove any one thing he says is not true or valid.
      And I don't find him creepy, not sure why you do lol

    • @mcdanjff
      @mcdanjff 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@prototype8137 you forgot Rock star.

    • @DarknessIsThePath
      @DarknessIsThePath 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@prototype8137 Maybe give a source material that shows he is genuinely creepy, otherwise that's just your own issue.

  • @ATADSP
    @ATADSP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    Brian Cox is one of my favorite science communicators. He has a way of speaking about science and the universe that is so profound and poetic.
    "As a fraction of the lifespan of the universe as measured from the beginning to the evaporation of the last black hole, life as we know it is only possible for one-thousandth of a billion billion billionth, billion billion billionth, billion billion billionth, of a percent" - Brian Cox

    • @ResurrectingJiriki
      @ResurrectingJiriki 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, let's ask a gate keeping tool like dimm witted Cocks, what life is..
      To then make it even insufferable by this other tool saying his accent makes it better and "a little unfair".
      You know why he, nor any other tool in this silly game they play, can't even begin to grasp that thingy called consciousness?
      Because they're scientific Materialists, that deny 'God' (or whatever you want to call it) to have you eventually see their scientific Materialism but finally only the State as the only authority..
      #FeedTheMarxistMassesTheirPoison
      Ironically, consciousness and life, become obviously simple, from and Idealism perspective.

    • @sassa82
      @sassa82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He speaks alot but his whole 'string theory' was just a waste of time.

    • @richardoldfield6714
      @richardoldfield6714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's not poetic, it's merely numerical stats ... the opposite of poetic.

    • @luismangiaterra1031
      @luismangiaterra1031 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cox is a cheap Sagan impersonator because he worships sagan

    • @tim40gabby25
      @tim40gabby25 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It seems inherently unlikely that I am prodding a little screen to generate these words - which your copy of a wet kilo or so understands. Just saying.

  • @Smudgerio
    @Smudgerio 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    “You’re radiating disorder in a cavalier fashion”. What an amazing quote!

  • @Glowbox3D
    @Glowbox3D ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I adore Brian. No one else talks as both elequently and simply as he does. I can listen to that man talk for hours on end. I love that Brian brain.

  • @TheTombree
    @TheTombree 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Back when I was in highschool, we had a biology teacher (best teacher i ever had in every way) who asked the same question. He said we aint gonna do stuff from the books that day and just chill out and try and awnser this question. We where doing the same checklist and indeed quickly found exceptions. The way he did that particular class was amazing. He had 30+ annoying 15yo paying attention for 50 minutes straight. Making us try and discuss it with eachother. We usually were a load and obnoxious class but when we had Biology we paid attention especially that day. Sorry for the long useless rant. Had a flashback that took me back 13 years 0-0

    • @deepdude4719
      @deepdude4719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      All worthy

    • @sion8
      @sion8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It isn't useless.

    • @WarriorPocky
      @WarriorPocky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's beautiful. If you can still talk to that teacher, do thank them and let them know how much they have impacted you.

    • @redmed10
      @redmed10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just curious . Did you pass in your biology class? Did you take it on further in your education. It's great to have a general discussion about the subject and that can be fun. But you need to also learn the nuts and bolts of the subject and that requires work which may not be so much fun.

    • @winstongrettum3412
      @winstongrettum3412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      LIFEThe principle of life or living; the animate existence, or term of animate existence, of an individual. As to earthly, physical life, things possessing life generally have the capabilities of growth, metabolism, response to external stimuli, and reproduction

  • @Leeeo
    @Leeeo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I swear I get goosebumps everytime he tells me to stay curious. In my mind I'm like "I will Joe. I always will"

  • @jonathanbrooks9768
    @jonathanbrooks9768 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Id love to see a genuine sit down conversation between you and Professor Cox, would definitely be an interesting watch

  • @rachanachowdhury4162
    @rachanachowdhury4162 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Why isn't a content like this more popular? This should be absolute essential 😮. Mind-blowing indeed

    • @dscarmo
      @dscarmo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      More than 1M views is pretty popular all things considered

  • @carmamd
    @carmamd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    You sir, are a superlative teacher! And so is Professor Cox. This has been one of the most fascinating interviews and TH-cam presentations that I have seen. But then, I’m an old man, an old medical doctor of a man, who has had the pleasure of experiencing many good and great teachers in his lifetime. And learning new things, for me, remains one of my greatest pleasures. And this border/ conjunction between the life sciences and the physical sciences is one of my greatest fascinations. I am so very glad that I found your channel and subscribed to it.

    • @tonyleukering8832
      @tonyleukering8832 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "... learning new things, for me, remains one of my greatest pleasures." Hear, hear! My life's motto is "When you've stopped learning, it's time to die." Fortunately, for me, learning is the single greatest aspect of living.

    • @semaj_5022
      @semaj_5022 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Much respect for keeping that passion for learning alive. I hope I never lose it, myself.

  • @Laserblade
    @Laserblade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    "We are a way for the Universe to know itself." - Carl Sagan, of course. The scientist with the heart of a poet.
    Excellent discussion with a favorite physicist, Professor Brian Cox. I could listen to him all day. Thank you, Be Smart, and PBS, for the thought-provoking video. Subscribed.

    • @carlodave9
      @carlodave9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He was right to. You have to resort to poetry when speaking of what Life actually IS. You can use science to explain how it manages to exist in the/this universe; but we are no closer to (and maybe further away from) understanding the incredibly weird organizing force since chemistry and biology got involved.

    • @luismangiaterra1031
      @luismangiaterra1031 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@carlodave9 Sagan didn't even have a clue about the reason and purpose of the universe.

    • @TheBorwig
      @TheBorwig 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Universe being self-conscious….idk

    • @JP-xg6bv
      @JP-xg6bv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@TheBorwig What are you if not an extension of the universe itself?

    • @JP-xg6bv
      @JP-xg6bv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@luismangiaterra1031 That's because there is no real "purpose" in the philosophical or religious sense. Life is a cosmic accident.

  • @memethief_
    @memethief_ ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I once asked my biology teacher in 9th standard that what is life? he said anything which do reproduction, breathing, movement etc, which was a definition given in our book but what I really meant was how some non-living things together creates life , so I again asked the the same question in more deep way and guess what, our teacher and our class representative stood and said same definition to me again, making me look like a fool in front of whole class and as an introvert it was not good for me but it didn't bother me much , as I thought that all of them just accept whatever is told to them even teachers without questioning and knowing how things actually works in world or they just don't want to(as they are dumb and just spending there life) and they just don't know what to answer to my question..
    After that i didn't't bother to ask anything to anyone and find my own question's answer myself which is satisfying to me..

    • @adithyagolwalkar7896
      @adithyagolwalkar7896 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When sadhguru talks about life, evolution etc there are many people like your teacher who troll him using textbook definition and call him a scam.

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your teacher was worried in making sure you knew the answer to what would be in the exam, not satisfying your unrelated curiosity

  • @JimboBeeso
    @JimboBeeso ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This was a great show. I was pretty much aware of all the facts, but these guys ordered them in an interesting way. Like life does.

  • @pushkar_65
    @pushkar_65 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    "How do we posses consciousness?" is a question that still blows my mind

    • @Napoleonic_S
      @Napoleonic_S 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      consciousness is just the next stage of information storing and processing isn't it?

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      @kellydalstok8900 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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      Wife: Have you got anything without spam?
      Waitress: Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
      Wife: I don't want ANY spam!
      Man: Why can't she have egg bacon spam and sausage?

    • @tarancehill651
      @tarancehill651 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same. Consciousness being pure energy that we somehow contain but not really control. So weiiiirrd.

    • @albert6157
      @albert6157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tarancehill651 consciousness is not energy, however it is a process that requires energy like any process and emergent property.

    • @deepdude4719
      @deepdude4719 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks to computing.

  • @bobtuckey2409
    @bobtuckey2409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Really enjoyed this episode Joe! Great topic to discuss with Professor Cox.

  • @nahuelcutrera
    @nahuelcutrera 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    there is something about brian's voice that is like morphin, everything is gonna be all right when you hear it, everything is greater than we are and you just give in... fantastic voice! fantastic guy.

  • @toniivanova9360
    @toniivanova9360 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If there's such thing as favorite scientist, Brian Cox is my guy. I love him so much. Every time I see him on the net I know I'll learn something great and I'll feel better because of his amazing smile and the obvious passion for his work. He's my comfort person. ❤

  • @GOKITTYxD3STROY3R
    @GOKITTYxD3STROY3R 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I absolutely love Professor Brian Cox, after watching his TedTalk about a year ago I watched as many videos of him as I could and he has incredibly increased my interest in physics and astronomy! Thank you for the great video!

    • @barrysmith4674
      @barrysmith4674 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Have you watched all his BBC work?

  • @jamesmoore4023
    @jamesmoore4023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” - Ferris Bueller

    • @SimonBrisbane
      @SimonBrisbane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Timeless wisdom and hilarity in one film.

  • @timmy3822
    @timmy3822 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Wonderful interview. I can safely say if I were to bump into Prof Cox in the street I’d be geeking out like crazy, wanting to ask him so many things whilst at the same time feeling wholly inadequate for his time and talents.

    • @albertleibold1415
      @albertleibold1415 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He is not able to explain life purely by means of physics.

    • @ikissdogs3684
      @ikissdogs3684 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      same

    • @albertleibold1415
      @albertleibold1415 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Obviously, life cannot really be explained by physics alone.

    • @adamlitchfield3371
      @adamlitchfield3371 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is this about D-Ream?

    • @albertleibold1415
      @albertleibold1415 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      These two brains were definitely not able to explain life by physics alone.

  • @gpa1978
    @gpa1978 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love how Brian talks ...the only one that keeps all my attention when talking, wish I had internet 40 years ago to know about lal of this, probably would have a differet career

  • @MichaBerger
    @MichaBerger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Jeremy England would make for a GREAT follow-up interview.
    From the introduction to Quanta's interview:
    . Jeremy England, a 31-year-old assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has derived a mathematical formula that he believes explains this capacity. The formula, based on established physics, indicates that when a group of atoms is driven by an external source of energy (like the sun or chemical fuel) and surrounded by a heat bath (like the ocean or atmosphere), it will often gradually restructure itself in order to dissipate increasingly more energy. This could mean that under certain conditions, matter inexorably acquires the key physical attribute associated with life.
    “You start with a random clump of atoms, and if you shine light on it for long enough, it should not be so surprising that you get a plant,” England said.
    England’s theory is meant to underlie, rather than replace, Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection....

    • @mortified776
      @mortified776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had the same thought! Hopefully that can be organised soon.

    • @randlker2152
      @randlker2152 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As a follow up, a philosophical standpoint on life is want I want like an exurb1a video. As told in the video, it's upto the poets to define life🙂

    • @peterallman8474
      @peterallman8474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@randlker2152 ah, but what defines a poet?

  • @JustinWarkentin
    @JustinWarkentin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I think a key component of the definition of life has to include the ability to propagate information with changes. Crystals can grow, things can propagate structure and information, but I think to be "alive" in the sense that we think of, the ability to change and adapt to promote continued propagation over time is a must. Reactions that are indifferent or incapable of doing so are definitely not alive.

    • @suelane3628
      @suelane3628 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't forget that Linnaeus nearly classified crystals using his system for living things.

    • @sion8
      @sion8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@suelane3628
      🤨He did?

  • @lewboy1
    @lewboy1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love watching videos like this. Being inspired and then forgetting everything 3 weeks later and watching again!

    • @xxxchurch100
      @xxxchurch100 ปีที่แล้ว

      So “non life produces life” …. This has never been demonstrated nor can it be replicated . Therefore these hypotheses are not scientific ,

  • @DavidCarter-ib3vw
    @DavidCarter-ib3vw ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is an excellent broadcast!!! Very intelligent!!! Love it!!!!

  • @Petteri82
    @Petteri82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Something funny I just noticed. Aside from looking sort of alike both Brian Cox and Shigeru Miyamoto seem to almost be incapable of speaking without smiling. Being experts in completely different fields both just seem so curious and enjoying what they do. What a joy to listen to these guys and just have them around.

  • @NatzKulz
    @NatzKulz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Thanks I've been feeling quite existential today, this is perfect.

    • @bragagd1618
      @bragagd1618 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      what saddens me the most is the fact that we'll never know what our race is capable of after a million years or more in the future 😢😢

    • @stefansneden1957
      @stefansneden1957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      nothing like a little existential thought to make you feel alive.

    • @fluentpiffle
      @fluentpiffle 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Truth is the only kind of 'perfection'.. spaceandmotion

    • @vhawk1951kl
      @vhawk1951kl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What you mean by "existential"?

    • @XnonTheGodd
      @XnonTheGodd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why people get existential Crisis? Seems like weird thing to me... People say why are we here? Because we are, by evolution over millions of years
      What's the meaning of life? Objective meaning is survival, subjective meaning is what you want it to be
      Not very hard questions...

  • @haroldbrown6630
    @haroldbrown6630 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I would love to have an hour of Mr. Cox talking. Uninterrupted.

  • @gappauch
    @gappauch ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Keep on thinking..keep on experimenting.

  • @Hochspitz
    @Hochspitz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I loved Cosmos. My kids were pretty young at the time that show was on TV and its time slot was rather late at night in Western Australia. My children were so fascinated by Carl Sagan's presentations that we had to allow them to stay up way past their bed time and what they didn't understand became such fun family discussions And so many years later my niece studying medicine at ANU in Canberra was lucky enough to attend Brian Cox's open air event at the university.
    Great discussion, thank you!

    • @bruns.like.spoons9251
      @bruns.like.spoons9251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm a non-parent (and admittedly Scrooge towards kids) but your comment is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

    • @icedclips725
      @icedclips725 ปีที่แล้ว

      Must be smart kids.

  • @sauskeuzumaki121
    @sauskeuzumaki121 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    @9:25, Brian just explained the rankine cycle in two sentences. For someone who is a chemical engineering person, that was really crazy

  • @duff107
    @duff107 ปีที่แล้ว

    If anyone wants to know anything
    This guy would be one of the best
    To get a understanding
    Love all his shows
    WATCH HIS SHOWS

  • @nerd_alert927
    @nerd_alert927 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    How did I miss a video with Brian Cox in it!?!!! He's one of my favorite Physicist.

    • @Thathumanoverthere1701
      @Thathumanoverthere1701 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are always sneaking in without TH-cam realizing that I want these videos IMMEDIATELY😆. Brian Cox is the GOAT.

  • @alstud1
    @alstud1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Brian is a very wonderful explainer. Breaking down very complex answers into language we not so complex people can understand.

    • @sanjosemike3137
      @sanjosemike3137 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ask him how or why enough carbon exists in the Universe for life to exists? I will save you the trouble. He has NO explanation for it. Ask him about the chance elements of chirality. He can't explain that either, even if he knows what it is.
      Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

    • @LoyaltotheNightsky
      @LoyaltotheNightsky ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@sanjosemike3137 Hey San Jose Mike (No longer in CA) I'm sleepy, I'm gonna go to bed.

    • @rosemarycrane5137
      @rosemarycrane5137 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, it is a joy listening to Brain. He also seems humble and I always feel more enlightened after listening to Brian.

    • @semaj_5022
      @semaj_5022 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@sanjosemike3137 You forget how stars work, bud?

  • @heatheredwards2982
    @heatheredwards2982 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Brian Cox and his amazing energy for science and teaching. He has such a beautiful poetic way of describing the universe and is ways of life and destruction.

  • @sabeshbala1933
    @sabeshbala1933 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s amazing to listen two genius sharing information about the origin of life and more

  • @patman142
    @patman142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    no matter how we try and explain it, we still have to use language and abstract concepts that can be understood by the human mind so straight away there is probably a limit as to what we can comprehend with our human brains

    • @ws6778
      @ws6778 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What if concrete reality is just a metaphor that represents an abstract truth?

    • @Raiddd__
      @Raiddd__ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s assuming the information in our universe that led to our consciousness was put there by accident and random chance and not by a being with a mind and the intent for us to comprehend it with said consciousness. Just a thought. I’m not religious.

  • @Mithrandir39
    @Mithrandir39 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love anything with Brian Cox in it.

  • @karenfry5538
    @karenfry5538 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Maths is applied logic. Physics is applied maths. Chemistry is applied physics and maths. Biology is applied physics, chemistry and maths. I love looking at biology questions from the chemistry and physics perspective. This discussion continues to fascinate me. I think of life as a very complicated series of chemical reactions. Each reaction tries to reverse entropy locally but has to increase the etropy of the universe. We play at reversing those reactions time and time again, but eventually they reach a conclusion and we die.

  • @jacquelinerich4021
    @jacquelinerich4021 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I LOVE this video; in fact anything Briantalks about is interesting to me. GREAT program; lets keep this one....

  • @akshaynayal4052
    @akshaynayal4052 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You have very humble polite voice and in this video your voice was really soothing .. much respectful

  • @bipolarbear9917
    @bipolarbear9917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    When it comes to the question of human meaning, Carl Sagan's explanation is as good as any, "We are a way for the Cosmos to know itself".

    • @Lone_Star86
      @Lone_Star86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Precisely. Life is a by product of the universe . No different from stars, galaxies and rocks, however it gets interesting when we start talking about awareness and consciousness. Is the universe just having a human experience?

    • @bipolarbear9917
      @bipolarbear9917 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Lone_Star86 I don't think so. I think humans are having a cosmic experience. What about the possibility of other sentient life in the cosmos? Are we alone? Are we the first? Or are we just one of many sentient conscious beings in our Universe or a grander Multiverse? Who knows?
      As intelligent as we think we are, we still only have some limited understanding of only 5% of observable matter. We don't know what dark matter or dark energy is, or if there are as yet more undiscovered forces of nature.
      And what is reality? What is time? Are there other dimensions beyond our 3 physical dimensions and one temporal dimension of time? We don't know how our Universe came into being, or whether there was something before the 'Big Bang', or even whether this is a simulation, or a hologram.
      We don't know how quantum really works, or what is truly fundamental. We don't know the origin of life, and we don't even know what is consciousness, only that we appear to be.
      So we still have a long way to go on our journey of discovery. There are still many mysteries, but that's what makes life fun and interesting.

    • @fluentpiffle
      @fluentpiffle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Lone_Star86 The Universe IS 'experience', in all possible forms..
      spaceandmotion

    • @SimonBrisbane
      @SimonBrisbane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yet that’s not a satisfying explanation. It’s the equivalent of throwing your hands up and conceding “I don’t know”. The search continues..

    • @fluentpiffle
      @fluentpiffle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SimonBrisbane Few people are ever satisfied with truth.. What if it turns out to be something very unsatisfactory? Will you just keep looking for something ‘else’ that does not exist?

  • @roccodevillers8860
    @roccodevillers8860 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Science provides a useful skeleton to ask questions in a systematic way, evaluate both the question and answer in a rigorous fashion. The problem may or may not be resolved satisfactorily, but the question and answer can be recorded and revisited from time to time in the light of new data or argument. This process gradually improves our understanding of ourselves and our environment. This gives the scientific method beauty and marvellous utility. Hopefully the difficulty in this process, doesn’t discourage us from the task or the method.

    • @albertleibold1415
      @albertleibold1415 ปีที่แล้ว

      The emergence of life cannot be explained by the laws of physics and chemistry.

    • @drsatan9617
      @drsatan9617 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@albertleibold1415 how did you prove that?
      Are you saying because it hasn't yet that it cant ever? Upon what do you base that nonsense?

    • @albertleibold1415
      @albertleibold1415 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is a fact that mutations and chromosome rearrangements are usually associated with pathological disorder.

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 ปีที่แล้ว

      Science is about confronting the tough questions, not shying away from them.
      Is life too complex to have arisen by itself?

    • @albertleibold1415
      @albertleibold1415 ปีที่แล้ว

      Example of a pathological disorder caused by mutations:
      Spinal muscular atrophy is a group of inherited disorders that cause progressive muscle degeneration and weakness.
      Gene alterations (mutations) in the SMN1 and VAPB genes cause SMA.

  • @micheleploeser7720
    @micheleploeser7720 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best video from young thinkers. This needs to be in every class room, everywhere, and, may be in boardrooms also.

  • @Alec_Reaper
    @Alec_Reaper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Brian Cox! Awesome

  • @ninjanerdstudent6937
    @ninjanerdstudent6937 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Brian Cox did Wonders of Life, the greatest biological documentary of all time.

  • @12382685
    @12382685 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The voices I can fall asleep to will forver be special for me
    edit: souds like i have schizophrenia and maybe i do, but Brain is indeed a legend

  • @johnryangrinsted6259
    @johnryangrinsted6259 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And the guys cleared up my confusion about Entropy at a single stroke! 10.44 to 12.33. Thank you!

  • @ninjanerdstudent6937
    @ninjanerdstudent6937 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love how Brian Cox comments on Pluto’s planetary status, “I don’t care.”

  • @johncenile8044
    @johncenile8044 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I got a degree in biology and am going back to get a degree in engineering and this episode made me have a nerdgasm

    • @deepdude4719
      @deepdude4719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know how you feel

    • @grahamhill7845
      @grahamhill7845 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had one of the others this morning and similar to what Brian was saying I had disorder, in the tissue box department

    • @Spike-yc5gx
      @Spike-yc5gx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a degree in engineering but would like a biology degree.

    • @winstongrettum3412
      @winstongrettum3412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@osmosisjones4912 no they are not

    • @SpotterVideo
      @SpotterVideo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Biology is very simple. Go into a lab and make a living, reproducing cell from the raw chemicals. There is just one little problem. Nobody has ever done it before. How did it happen by random chance? (I have a degree in Biology.)
      At this point in time, Physicists have yet to explain what part of the atom causes gravitation. We know matter causes a curvature of space-time, but we do not know why it occurs or how it is related to the other fundamental forces of nature.

  • @kasturiswami784
    @kasturiswami784 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Carl sagans cosmos is like Vedas to me. Profound and truth. It always brings tears to my eyes like when you are moved by music.

  • @davidford694
    @davidford694 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    E F Schumacher is best known for his book "Small is Beautiful". But in 1977 he wrote what I believe is a much more interesting book. It is called "A Guide for the Perplexed", and its aim is to give its readers some signposts for navigating the world. Two of these are relevant here. One is that scientists have an inveterate habit of reducing things to absurdly simple constituents, and then claiming that by explaining something about one of the constituents they have explained the thing itself. "We are nothing but $1.98 worth of chemicals." Rarely have I encountered so many examples of reductionism than there are in this video. And most of these are only incredibly distantly related to the ostensible topic.
    A second Schumacher signpost is the observation that we are not so much plagued by greater and greater specialization as we are by specialists who generalize. They use their prestige in one field of endeavour to enhance the authority of their statements about a field which they know very little about and have clearly not thought deeply about either. Again, Dr. Cox is a living example of this phenomenon.
    The gap between a piece of rock and a human being is absolutely monumental. The creation of life, a necessary stage in our arrival, requires 12 extraordinarily improbable steps to occur in the correct sequence. The joint probability of all of these occurring is roughly that of finding a single atom in the entire universe.
    www.amazon.ca/Stairway-Life-Origin-Life-Reality/dp/1734183705
    And then there is consciousness, the "hard problem" of the materialist philosophy upon which Dr. Cox's thinking is based. It is a hard problem because materialism obviously cannot explain the essence of humans, their intentions, their emotions, their thoughts, their dreams. And there is no hope that it ever will. Chance and laws of physics have extremely limited explanatory power when it comes to the things that really matter.
    If anyone is interested in a much better explanation of our existence and purpose, might I recommend a book. Keith Ward is a former Regius professor of theology at Oxford, though his academic career began as a mathematical physicist.
    www.amazon.ca/Personal-Idealism-Keith-Ward/dp/1506484476
    He also has a number of TH-cam videos.

  • @sirholycow
    @sirholycow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Now this is gonna be a great vid. I always love listening to Brian, his documentaries are undoubtedly some of my favourites.

    • @intelligentsia9493
      @intelligentsia9493 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a video that makes me hate the existential imperative.

    • @Gibbypastrami
      @Gibbypastrami 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@osmosisjones4912 well, you fell under the illusion because you detected a pattern of some sort, but seeing through the illusion just means you saw the "true" pattern, you saw a different pattern, where did objectivity come in?
      For example, I saw a video of a cardboard cartoon crocodile sculpture, if you liked at it from the front it looks like a 3D crocodile, from the back it looks like an inverted collage of cardboard
      From one perspective, an image, from a different perspective, a different image
      There isn't an objective perspective, you can view it from multiple angles, no angle is "correct" thats an opinion not a fact

    • @AlbertaGeek
      @AlbertaGeek 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@osmosisjones4912 We can always count on you for a stupid take.

    • @JP-xg6bv
      @JP-xg6bv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Gibbypastrami To add to that the way another person perceives that optical illusion is going to br different. Maybe you and I see an animal, but they see a plant. Both are valid because you can explain to the person "Look at these angles and colors, see the plant/animal now?" And if you look long enough, you'll discern a second image out of the first and csn alternate between them at will.

  • @Saniru_Kodithuwakku
    @Saniru_Kodithuwakku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That's why started studying biology for my Advanced level examinations.

  • @alpetkiewicz6805
    @alpetkiewicz6805 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brian Cox is awesome!! I just had to say that. ❤

  • @patrickboudreau3846
    @patrickboudreau3846 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love both these men. They are lucky to be passionate about their work and still interested by hard to resolve questions. The origin of life has always interested me but, at this time, we haven’t a single clue how it started. All we really know is that it’s eventually going to end. Such is the life of our sun.

  • @danconser6709
    @danconser6709 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Very thought provoking video. I've always found Brian Cox's viewpoints VERY Interesting. He sees the same things as other scientists, but he helps us think about it just a little differently than many, which can help us think differently ourselves. Fascinating!

  • @Saniru_Kodithuwakku
    @Saniru_Kodithuwakku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love how bunch of bipedal monkeys existing on chunk of rock revolving around a star in an seemingly infinite universe trying to answer most fundemental question in the universe.

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you’re referring to humans, we’re closer to apes, not monkeys.
      Easy way to tell: monkeys have tails, apes don’t.

  • @naveenramkumar6123
    @naveenramkumar6123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would like to point out some inconsistencies in this video. Please correct me if I am wrong.
    1. The second law of thermodynamics does not say "The entropy of a closed system CAN NEVER DECREASE", it used to say that until a brilliant scientist by the name J. Maxwell proved that it is possible for closed system to decrease in entropy, just that it is not highly likely to. So the second law of thermodynamics now states "The entropy of a closed system TENDS to a MAXIMUM" instead. Just wanted to point that out.
    2. The energy is always conserved from the beginning of the BIG BANG to till now. If that were true, then atomic bombs and the sun would not work. Now we have the Mass-Energy equivalence that the Mass-Energy is always conserved from the beginning of the BIG BANG. we have just lost some mass in order to create energy but the mass-energy was conserved.

  • @2004helloWorld
    @2004helloWorld ปีที่แล้ว

    this is one of the best episodes i've seen.

  • @Obakawaii
    @Obakawaii 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I can't remember if I knew you were a doctor of biology, but that's super cool! I'm always excited to find when people really studied on a subject can bring energy and knowledge in such a way that a broader audience can enjoy the subject as well.

    • @steveuible5915
      @steveuible5915 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joe, You are a National Treasure. Thank you for all the wisdom you bring to us.

  • @judethaddeus9856
    @judethaddeus9856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    This channel never disappoints! Even when topics I’m not necessarily interested in are discussed I enjoy the episode and I ALWAYS learn something!

  • @user-sj2hi5fn4m
    @user-sj2hi5fn4m 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The second law of thermodynamics, for me, suggests neverending life. nergy can neither be created nor destroyed, but change from one form to another. We are energy.

  • @jineeshpr
    @jineeshpr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I always argued that if we can find the origin of life it should be through a combination of research on biology, physics, geology and behavioural science. This will remove inherent bias.
    Good to see that we are slowly leaning in that direction

    • @mikeav6056
      @mikeav6056 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      is the right direction

  • @francesc1331
    @francesc1331 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just by chance, I happened to watch this segment on Easter. I love the gift of science to give my mind something to do, something to wonder about. For me, the important lesson is to "keep seeking and you shall find". All roads eventually lead to the same Goal. Enjoy! And Happy Easter.

  • @kkereszty
    @kkereszty ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!!!

  • @jonathaneffemey944
    @jonathaneffemey944 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for posting.

  • @AndriyAndriyAndriy
    @AndriyAndriyAndriy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love Brian Cox, thanks for this video ❤️

  • @JonathanTaylorW
    @JonathanTaylorW ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Joe and Brian!

  • @DanielBrown-sn9op
    @DanielBrown-sn9op ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done. I believe that physics, and science can explain the 'what' and the 'hows' of life, but not the 'who', or the 'whys'. Unlimited profundity.

  • @SamButler22
    @SamButler22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I've never thought about the whole conservation of energy thing in terms of extrapolating all the way back to the big bang, and that there's been a finite amount energy since the beginning. That's gunna stick with me

    • @TheMyguitarisblue
      @TheMyguitarisblue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What really got me was that we're simply "swirls in the coffee". That's probably the most elegant way anyone could have possibly put it. That, and I laughed out loud when he said we're personally responsible for the end of time.

    • @carlodave9
      @carlodave9 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alan Watts, the thinker & spoken word artist, long ago described life and ourselves as "little curlicues" at the edge of the Big Bang. Coffee is an ok analogy, but he used smashing a bottle of ink on the floor. Disorder at the center, entropy spreading out from center, then little drops and squiggles (order) at the edges.
      He described the Big Bang as simply the birth of Now, which physicists don't disagree with. Only through meditation do we crazy apes get to experience what the Big Bang ACTUALLY is.
      You have to look to art and philosophy to help contextualize what science discovers because science -- god bless it! -- gets no further to understanding Life or consciousness or Now, even as it looks closer & further into the tools and components. The mystery only gets larger and less knowable.

  • @Saniru_Kodithuwakku
    @Saniru_Kodithuwakku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    please make more videos with brian cox. he is awesome

  • @rogwarrior1018
    @rogwarrior1018 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Only Doctor Cox can make you look at a cup of coffee and see complex structures and "life". How amazing is that?

  • @Elephantine999
    @Elephantine999 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No better topic, and a great person to talk to. Great show.

  • @UlrichDrive
    @UlrichDrive 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "The term autopoiesis (from Greek αὐτo- (auto-) 'self', and ποίησις (poiesis) 'creation, production') refers to a system capable of producing and maintaining itself by creating its own parts. " - wikipedia The term was coined by Humberto Maturana and then ignored by everybody else. It contrasts with "allopoiesis", a system created to be used like a tool.

  • @davepeterschmidt5818
    @davepeterschmidt5818 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There is a definition of what life is. I don't believe there is a "meaning" to life. Life means only what each individual chooses to make it mean.

    • @vhawk1951kl
      @vhawk1951kl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Does the word" life" evoke no associations in your associative apparatus, for what else is meaning?

    • @XnonTheGodd
      @XnonTheGodd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Objective meaning: survival
      Subjective meaning: whatever you want it to be!

  • @TheHellfiremissile
    @TheHellfiremissile 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the video. Loved the content argument.

  • @johnmcclain3887
    @johnmcclain3887 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been fascinated with life since about five, sixty years ago, I am amazed to have arrived here at a time when we still don't know what life really is, just are able to describe it to a fine line. We learned of RNA and DNA back in my childhood, I learned of it in the mid-sixties, have seen research take it far and away from those early understandings, and still only skimmed the surface, it appears.

    • @albertleibold1415
      @albertleibold1415 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The laws of physics and chemistry cannot explain the emergence of life. It is that simple.

    • @drsatan9617
      @drsatan9617 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@albertleibold1415 prove it

    • @albertleibold1415
      @albertleibold1415 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The laws of physics cannot explain a simple thought.

  • @rogersledz6793
    @rogersledz6793 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

  • @lordemed1
    @lordemed1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Life...it sure beats the alternative.

  • @cosmic-adventures-777
    @cosmic-adventures-777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great, insightful discussion!

  • @deadwalking100
    @deadwalking100 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A fascinating question explored, and will continue to be for some considerable time. It is so great to see such excellent guests on such scientific programs as this being made. You struck gold to get Brian Cox, well done! Thank you, keep up the brilliant work team.
    Be smart and stay curious 👍🚀🔬🔭🔎🧪

  • @binnyzf
    @binnyzf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing video. Loved every second of it. Keep up the good work.

  • @jillwild23
    @jillwild23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the ATP synthase analogy--waterwheel, cool

  • @arthurdixon5890
    @arthurdixon5890 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    At almost 74 years old my thoughts are moving towards the metaphysical side of life. A great video - thank you 😊

  • @MusingsFromTheJohn00
    @MusingsFromTheJohn00 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think what life should be defined around is intelligence.
    In general, the definition of intelligence we begin with for the purpose of deciding if some living system is indeed intelligent or if it is not intelligent is straight from the dictionary. This is easy to look up and can be commonly found to be:
    (A) Intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.
    For the purposes of specifically looking for the intelligence of living things, a logical requirement for this definition would be to include understanding that skills are a form of knowledge and that for the intelligence of all life forms we know of they have the ability to not just acquire and apply knowledge, but to evolve and grow a body of knowledge. In other words, to use the definition of intelligence as:
    (A+) Living Intelligence is the ability to learn and evolve a body of knowledge which is used to alter the decision making of the system learning that knowledge.
    There are some who will define intelligence in a manner which is more humancentric and biased to exclude forms of intelligence which are in fact clearly intelligent. For example, defining that intelligence requires abstract thinking like humans have, self-awareness as humans have, emotional intelligence like humans have, creativity like humans have, analytical intelligence like humans, practical intelligence like humans, etc. All defined in such a manner that if the intelligence displayed if not human like enough, it can be rejected as being intelligence.
    All these humancentric definitions of intelligence are a subset the definition (A+) above. But, the exclude systems of intelligence that are not human like enough even when a system can learn new knowledge, remember that knowledge, use that remembered knowledge to alter its decision making in intelligent ways which are not random, and repeat this process to grow and evolve a body of knowledge… which is clearly intelligent and something that all life as we know it demonstrates.
    · For example, consider Spearman’s General Intelligence definition. www.ipl.org/essay/Charles-Spearmans-Theory-Of-Intelligence-FCSGB742SG. This is focused on human intelligence, but it is also a subcategory of the (A+) definition above.
    · Consider Thurstone’s Primary Mental Abilities definition. psynso.com/louis-leon-thurstone-theory-intelligence/. Again, this is based on human intelligence, but it is also a subcategory of the (A+) definition above.
    · Consider Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences definition. www.simplypsychology.org/multiple-intelligences.html. Once again, this is for human intelligence, but it is also a subcategory of the (A+) definition above.
    · Consider Triarchic Theory of Intelligence definition. education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2104/Intelligence-TRIARCHIC-THEORY-INTELLIGENCE.html. Still a definition for human intelligence, but it is also a subcategory of the (A+) definition above.
    Psychologist Robert Sternberg defines intelligence with a different wording: Intelligence is the “mental activity directed toward purposive adaptation to, selection, and shaping of real-world environments relevant to one's life." This is a more general and broader than the definition which can more easily apply to non-human life. To us Sternberg’s feels too easy to think of exceptions of types of intelligence which life might demonstrate, for example imaginative intelligence which is clearly intelligent but not effecting any real-world environment. It also does not sound like it requires learning or growing a body of knowledge, which is an added requirement which all life as we know it appears to have. Still, it does seem closer to a broad general definition of intelligence than the human based definitions.
    So, reader, consider all the above.
    What living thing does not have the ability to learn and evolve a body of knowledge which is used to alter the decision making of the system learning that knowledge?
    The answer is none.
    What non-living thing does have the ability to learn and evolve a body of knowledge which is used to alter the decision making of the system learning that knowledge?
    Well, excluding our developing AI, the answer is none.
    Can any form of human defined life function without the ability to learn and evolve a body of knowledge which is used to alter the decision making of the system learning that knowledge?
    The answer is no.

  • @MrCesarification
    @MrCesarification 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Your content is always amazing, but this has to be one your best ever right here. I’d say it’s up there with Veritasium’s relativistic gravity one.

  • @Foraminid
    @Foraminid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So fun, this episode. I love your work, Joe. And this is the episode of Be Smart that I've been waiting for! I'm a biologist with a fascination for cosmology, holograph theory, etc... I love the stuff from 11:18 to 13:02--the Pandora's box, the hologram if you will! In other words, the broader implications that entropy has through space/time on biological outcomes (that we see and feel and study and wonder about). More videos about biological information systems intersecting with the influence of cosmological forces please! 😃😋

    • @sanjosemike3137
      @sanjosemike3137 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you explain how proteins "automatically" select the correct chirality of amino acids in their synthesis? Out of the potential millions of choices? I assume as a biologist you have an inside track.
      Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)