When I was 34 I went into cardiac arrest due to an unknown genetic issue. I was "dead" for a bit in ER, but they obviously were able to bring me back. After I recovered I was approached by a number of religious people I know asking if I saw god or had any experience, and would I like to join their church? Yes I had an experience, but I explained that what I experienced was nothing more than a dream. Because my brain did not die my consciousness was simply thinking within my brain. So it did not make me feel any differently about god. It did however make me extremely grateful for modern medical science.
My Dad was a trucker, he’s unfortunately passed away, but he loved listening to talk radio. I know he would have loved listening to Mr. DeGrasse Tyson on the trucker channel if he got the chance.
I am a physics student and so, obviously, I'm a huge fan of this show. I intend to watch as much of the videos as I can (in fact all of them, one by one) and just garner knowledge on not only physics and science, but also beyond because Neil is all-rounded. One question that I have for Neil is: you have been involved in science for the majority of your life and, knowing that tremendous amount of discoveries and innovations have been made due to science, it is no surprise that you incline to think that every question that we have on different aspects of the Universe can only be explained in science. But, have you ever considered that may be science is just one of the tools (may be limited in number) that exist out there to explain certain, but not all, aspects of the Universe? I would love to get your answer on this, even if it's a single word :) Or take it as one question in queries like this, if you like. You and Chuck make a GREAT team. Keep up the good work! We are learning from you.
I wanted to ask the same question but differently, I am curious to know if he does believe that because our genetic code, the universe, our conscious etc. Does he ultimately believe that we are the creation of a higher intelligence? Not necessarily a God from religion because there we might be wrong or right, but something that we could not comprehend, a higher intelligence.
@@adim236 I think the 'intelligent being' phrase was only coined so that it won't seem like they are believing in God, just not to mix up science with religion. But for people like me who believe in God, (not like westerners though, I'm an Ethiopian so we have deep history and knowledge on this, no offense) trying to investigate God himself using science would be like a dog trying to bite his own tail. And for most scientists like Neil, this is what I think one of the ways that would lead them not to believe in God. Finding and practicing the other tools is, therefore, important.
Ethiopian orthodoxy is literally a mishmash of poor plagarization of hellenistic metaphysics and a continuation of previous pagan traditions in the red sea region in particular and the greater near-east in general. Your 'god' delusion is just a figment of your imagination. @@kaleabgetachew6715
@@kaleabgetachew6715 I think that they use 'intelligent being' because it encompasses almost all ideas of what could be there, a regular individual or a god, but it misses on the 'fabric' of reality being intelligent or a holder of information.
Neil-splaining! Chuck, I'm dead!!! And I love the idea of Neil reaching out to people who don't normally think about science. Win them over, and maybe that critical thinking switch will turn on. Neil-splaining. I love it.
More Neil-splaining! Less feelings or people being offended by information they didn't know previously. Things we should strive for to help heal the modern world, imo 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you Neil, not just for the education and work you do, but for showing the respect, ethics and effort you put in to your position. Science and society requires more than theory and speeches, and you truly deliver. There are many problems in our country today, but you are one of the very few heroes people can look up to and try and emulate. Our generation were raised on science fiction, most of it a vision of equity and cooperation achieving greatness and open to any possibilities. Thank you for showing everyone the path and dream can come true !
Seeing the genuine passion of an educator flow through Neil on the final question/segment was beautiful in of itself and deserves its own video everytime
Some parts made me burst into laughter. Watching your show is a perfect way to to end of my busy day- curiosity satisfying and funny! Love Startalk, love looking up. Thank you, Dr. Tyson and Chuck!
I consider Dr. Tyson so brilliant and love so many of his videos that it is difficult to decide which is my favorite. But now I think I have found it and it is this video right here. I loved it and laughed many times with the things that were said. Chuck performing the scientific priest was hilarious. Thank you, guys.
I'm not very religious myself, but I have found myself sometimes when looking up at the night sky or when looking at images from space, I get an overwhelming sense of oneness and my body feels lighter and I get chills run across my body, and that's what I've always imagined a religious experience feeling like
I have had the exact same feelings/experiences. Although I have a science degree and 45 years experience (in Advanced Technology) studying science, I am religious because of those experiences. Science can not explain religious experiences and religion can't explain physical science.
@RizmaLaban I am not seeking correlation, but purpose and causation. If science could answer the questions "what is the purpose and what caused the universe to first spring into existence" then I wouldn't need religion. But science can't answer the purpose.
@@johncombest6180 that's understandable but if some religions dont align to scientific understandings like hindu scriptures that talk about the earth being held up by deities, than isn't it reasonable to have some correlation to the very least scientific facts that are easily presentable and understandable in relation to some religions? I'm not saying all religions are wrong but what I'm implying is some most definitely shouldn't be followed. Science should be used as a "spare tool" but not a key factor in religion right?
I love Neil’s consideration of “I don’t know if my knowledge of what’s possible in the universe has precluded me from having a religious experience.” It leaves room for further reflection.
Neil and Chuck, I just wanna say how much I love you guys and how very under appreciated you two just showing love each and every day to us down here in the dirt. Hope you all are blessed. It’s beautiful today.
I first saw Superman II in a movie theatre in Washington, D.C.. When the Krypton judge sent the criminals into the (2D) "Phantom Zone", someone in the audience yelled out, "Look at that! They made 'em into an album!" :)
I have a TH-cam lol but I'm not a priest. I'm a Bard and a Hindu Guru, I walk the path of bhakti yoga, but all faiths and even lack thereof are welcome. I am always available. CherrysJubileeJoyfully
Every time I hear him speak, I find several rabbit hole worthy topics that he just mentions in passing. Googled Hume's philosophy, and off I go! He is content dense. Even his comedic sidekick's jokes are rather well informed with a small measure of low brow humor attached. This is why Neil is the best podcast producer on this planet.
I wish my parents were like you. They squashed my curiosity and told me what I couldn't question. I'm still curious in spite of them, but I have missed out on so much learning I could have done in school. To be fair, they took me to science camp as a kid. But there were still things I wasn't allowed to questions and opinions I would've been punished for sharing. I didn't escape from religion to finally begin learning the truth about reality till I was 30, and I'm bitter for all the time I missed.
@YourCarsExtendedWarrenty I'm proud of you. That takes courage. If it gets rough, I can recommend a couple of great communities on Facebook that are very supportive.
@@imagomonkeiCarl Sagan’s books especially “Cosmos” is great for reading and to feel more connected to the cosmos when it does get rough. That’s my beat advice. All of Carl Sagan’s books are wonderful
Hey guys, I'm a forever atheist as were my parents and pretty sure theirs too. Whilst my parents (now both gone) had all that old fashioned respect about them (and corporal punishment!) we use to all laugh whilst driving past churches on Sundays whilst going on our outings - good times. So definitely a non religous family. However, for the past 2 decades (possibly more really) I have conversed with 10's of thousands of theists (most Christians) helping to recover them from religion. In doing so I've learned every Christian (theist) fallacy poor reasoning, and heard all the nonsense stories of unsubstantuiated claims of each (contradictory) version of their claimed God. Even becoming Moderator on an atheist forum, I have since left Moderation as it actually doesn't enable input to the vids or threads at the time, its merely constant policing of members, ie Moderating is not cracked up to what I thought it was. Its not glorification its just work. There's no doubt you guys are still trying to get through your decades of being deceived. Recovering From Religion could help there. But what I find most helpful for (somewhat) new atheists is to go watch those LIVE theist call in shows (ie The Line with Matt Dillahunty, who has obviously met with Neil Tyson and everyone else). And listen to these Christians call in with: I believe because of numbers or love or the trees or because what else could it be? ABSOLUTE ridiculous poor reasoning. I feel watching these shows will help you to be proud of yourself and not feeling (Christian) unworthy of losing so much time believing in utter nonsense.
That's unfortunate that people squash young dreams. I lucked out that my parents weren't so strict about such things which allowed, at least me(I have 2 siblings), to think and explore as I desired. I am both religious and was usually really good at science in school.
There is something very wholesome in the comedic way that Chuck always gets Neil to laugh, I love seeing the bond between you two! Thank you for this great channel and sharing your abundant knowledge with the world Neil!!
I used to be very religious as a teen because of a tragedy that happened to my family, but eventually i had questions religion couldnt answer. I didnt supress those questions, because it felt dishonest
None of our existence is out of circumstance there is a meticulous designer behind all of it, let me ask you this what was the first thing to ever exist in the Big Bang?
And oftentimes religious folk will say that your answers will be revealed in due time, or upon your passing. Some people can be okay with that, others cannot. I never understood why religious folk can’t accept that others are okay with not having a personal belief in religion that’s based on faith, which is a personal believe and perspective.
When one starts looking for honest answers, and has the kind of brain type that can tell reality from fantasy, religion will have to be left behind. Specifically anything Abrahamic. Honesty requires an open mind. Beliefs in non-demonstrable supernatural are anything but open.
Love your content! Always watching 💙 I must say I do prefer this more casual format over the more recent edited versions. The more organic flow is a bit less distracting. Not that they are bad at all, just like more of these. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦
I recently lost my dad and naturally had a lot of dreams about him in the aftermath…it’s very compelling to believe that those dreams are other dimensional encounters…what I started doing was making it a point to ask questions in those dreams that I didn’t have answers to but knowing my dad should…1 of 2 things always happened in those instances…either I couldn’t form the question at all…or he couldn’t answer the question..it either wouldn’t come out or it came out as mumble…I think the way to solve this in every trip would be to make it a point to experience something that your conscious wouldn’t be able to draw a true or logical conclusion for with the information that it has available in any state…it’s kind of expressed when talking about put a phrase on a piece of paper on a ledge…but it’s not at all expresses in other post life consciousness situations
LOVED the episode, I don’t think I’ve laughed so much in any other! Loved the content and humor! Also had a serious epiphany when you described a child’s curiosity.
Ngt is quoted, as saying, a scientist is a person that never lost their curiosity throughout childhood. I haven’t got to the part that you referenced yet, but I wonder if that’s what he said again. 😮
45:52 "Hard yet fragile" My nephew learned that with a Lenox porcelain hourglass. The kids were allowed to play with it because it was $0.50 at a garage sale and they're usually very careful. He happened to be holding it when he was told no about something else (like "no popsicle until after dinner, go eat") and threw it down in frustration. He was in total shock.
This has to be one of the best Star Talk episodes ever. I was on the floor laughing through those really funny parts. Chuck was in top form with this one. I really appreciate getting to hear the views from both of them on all of the topics that were discussed. Keep 'em coming!.
Another relevant quote about miracles that I've always loved. "Is it more probable that nature should go out of her course, or that a man should tell a lie? We have never seen, in our time, nature go out of her course; but we have good reason to believe that millions of lies have been told in the same time." -Thomas Paine
I don't know if you care about my next message but I am going to say it anyway. As a heavy ex atheist myself, I threw myself in nihilism because I couldn't grasp the concept of life. We know nature as it is, because we have a conscious mind that sees things logically, but there are some things in our lives that we don't realize are not so logical. The order of the cosmos points to some type of intelligence. Love, the only way that love could be real, it would be if there is more to reality than matter and energy, if it's lacking life turns very sterile, humanity would be very different otherwise.
@@adim236 I am still an Atheist was never nihilistic. Nietzsche was afraid once religion was shown to be bunk empirically the religious would become nihilistic and self destructive. The order of the Cosmos is natural balance of forces no intelligence involved. But if it works for you then thank Evolution every day for it.
@@randallbesch2424 Don't mind my comment from 7 months ago, I was in a very religious psychosis because my brother was sick at a time and that took a severe decline of my mental state. I respect whatever your beliefs are, sorry for my rant at the time.
My husband and I are both huge fans of learning. We are not educated people but smart enough. As a trucker he would definitely be against worm holes and definitely have the bumper sticker to prove it. 😂
Religious Person: "I just can't explain it, it must be--" Neil: "Now, let me stop you right there. You just admitted that you can't explain it, but you're trying to explain it?"
I just love how Chuck just jokes himself into tears. And intersperses that with serious insightful commentary. Love you two. May you continue this till you have a religious experience 😬
Well, there has unfortunately been a long history of blatantly unethical experiments being performed on people, the most notorious examples being the work of German SS doctors like Mengele and the infamously cruel procedures conducted by the Japanese biological research group Unit 731 during WWII. Then again, all of those guys were desensitized or at least enabled by national ideologies with their own mystical aspects to begin with (N@zism for the former and the beyond-fanatical imperial nationalism in the case of the latter), so it was still a case of science being subordinated to unsubstantiated ideas in the end.
They actually did that experiment in a hospital that had many near death experiences. They placed a sign up above one of the beds and where it could only be seen by someone above. The sign said, " The popsicles are in bloom". As far as I know nobody ever came back to repeat that phrase.
Interesting that Mr. Nice hails from Hoboken, NJ. I met Dr. Tyson at a book signing for his "Universe Down to Earth" in Hoboken in 1995. He was being hosted by the Elysian Chamber Orchestra, of which I was a member. The ECO was planning to perform Gustav Holst's "The Planets" at the Hayden Planetarium in nearby (just accros the Hudson River) New York City. The concert never actually took place - but I still have the book - and still live in Hoboken. :)
Made me think of _Across the Spider-Verse_ "At Princeton," said the guidance counselor. "New Jersey!? No-no-no-no-no-no-no. That's too far," said Rio. "New Jersey is too far from New York?" asked Miles. "Princeton has the best quantum researchers in the country...."
A religious or spiritual experience related to something you feel is an emotional experience that a person relates to religion or spirituality respectively. It is not unlike other emotional experiences people have that they may relate to being out in nature or events like a concert, political rally or a sporting event. That experience is internally generated in reaction to external stimuli.
It might be internally generated, but there's techniques like "priming" that bias you toward that specific reaction. That's why there's so many "worship songs" and low-budget religious movies pumped out to fill every corner of life with the religion's motifs. It's for the day you experience something you can't readily explain, and the first thing you think about it to likely be of that religion.
@@MaxRamos8 Sorry, but that statement is ridiculous. The catholic church excommunicated, and imprisoned Galileo in his home till his death for the HERESY of his claims that the Earth revolved around the sun. Of course, the church is taking a much more liberal stance since then; they’re not like many evangelicals that deny evolution. Their position is that evolution could be a process God used. Of course, they realistically change their position as evidence comes to light unlike many evangelicals for the purpose of not further losing their members and thus their wealth and influence.
@@MaxRamos8 "help each other", doesn't really describe holding scientists on a leash and forcing them to make up reasons why what they're studying (or the results of the study) isn't blasphemous/heretical and deserving of excommunication. Religion is an abuser of science, not a helper.
@@Vaeldarg Agreed, religion and science cannot be together. One uses faith, and the other understands faith is an unreliable method. Professor Kauss of astronomy or I prefer the label cosmology as he speaks more about Origins rather that measurements of planets! Is quoted as saying he feels in awe of the universe when he looks at the Milkyway at night. Growing up in the suburbs then finally moving out to the country, and then finding myself living in a small camper for a year sleeping in the most isolated parts of the country (its like I've had 3 lives) and viewing the clear moonless night sky, I had no idea how beautiful it is. Unsure when I first saw it but I'm definitely hooked on the awe and beauty of our galaxy (well at least 1 arm of it) the pictures online are really true; its amazing. Religions such as Christianity spoil this wonder with their natural goosebumps and ridiculous unsubstantiated claimed God. All of them with a completely contradictory God to the next Christian! Its unbelievable how sad their muddied view is.
If they are indeed the literal fabric of SpaceTime itself, I hold out hope we can one day use Wormholes to visit the distant regions which are far past the horizon of our visible Universe.
The way I picture it: You rip down the wall to our universe and behind that you can see the wall to the other universe/other end of ours. I'm tryna explain it simply, but thats hard when I dont understand it fully.
Min 26:10 But Anita Murjani, author of dying to be me, did provide such evidence when she left her body; ample evidence actually that scientists can’t explain till now, like what the doctor told her husband down the hall-far distanced from her body/ room. She saw what her brother was wearing, while still on the plane, on the way to visit her. How do you explain any of that?
Well, one of the best trucking games imho is actually set in space and has a wormhole like mechanics. It is an old game called freelancer. I loved playing it. Great episode as usual❤
So we should be able to calculate the distance to Krypton from Superman's age. Although, from the forces he was evolved under, a different sun, gravity his own density, he may well age differently.
Well, his biological age wouldn't tell us much, but his chronological age (or Earth-time elapsed since his arrival) would, in fact, tell us the light-year distance between Krypton and Earth. Units of measure are always based on something we can measure related to the earth, so it would be Light Earth-Years.
Yeah, Krypton is close to exactly [superman'a age in years = lightyears distance] away from us. Gravity difference between any host planet would have virtually zero effect on aging in a relativistic sense. At most an hour over a lifetime based on any possible level of gravity in a terrestrial planet.
25:18 there are dozens of such accounts, where people who had NDEs have reported being able to witness entire conversations held in far away rooms in the hospital (thus eliminating the possibility of unconscious hearing of what happens around you), or see very distinctive writings or pictures hung on the walls or ceilings of adjacent rooms (in which they've never been before), all later confirmed to be true by doctors, nurses, family members etc.. And it's not a 1-off case, there have been many many such cases. So it's not like "oh, I have an idea, let's try this experiment from now on"... since things like that already happened multiple times and was described with luxurious details in a lot of those cases, with a lot of people offering testimony, thus attesting the accuracy of those events.
I always love the way you explain everything, and the banners with Chuck are pure gold. I do understand your perspective on religion, being a sciency person myself (physics teacher); it's enlightening to see how you, as an atheist, wrap your head around religion that is fundamentally different from how I approach religion.😅 Love your contents!
Thanks for the last one, reminding me as a parent to enable my children’s curiosity and to never dampen it, where applicable of course! It’s so easy to get into a groove of instant reactions of no no no
I screamed in philosophy major when he mentioned Hume! I would love a whole panel scientists sharing their favorite philosophers, or being shown new ones and their thoughts 🫶
I cannot deny that there is some kind of life after death that can interact with us. I was visited by my dead mother, dearest person in the world to me, in a dream and this had never happened in a decade of time. In this incredibly vivid dream, she warned me to be careful, and the next day my best friend at work blindsided me by propositioning me to have an affair, which was also not something that had previously happened (I'm 40, and not really physically attractive). I am so glad that I was paying attention and easily able to maintain my loyalty to my wife. I don't dare make any religious assertions besides this, but I LIVED this, and I just cannot deny what happened.
You can certainly claim this as a personal, subjective and irrational experience. You cannot distinguish it in kind from a dream, hallucination, psychotic episode.
@@oldpossum57 Well, I'm 40, and have never had anything like it happen before or since, coincidentally on the night of something potentially life-pivoting. I mean, possibly biological, but seems extremely, incredibly, unlikely.
Have you ever had an unexplainable experience?
Plenty lol 😂
Existing. I'm not a believer in religions but just Existing is a bit strange.
There’s nothing unexplainable whatsoever, but there are certain things that need to be properly explained yet.
I’m sitting in my bed at midnight, I blink, I see sunlight, and it’s now six o, clock
Closest thing i had is deja vu, but thats pretty explainable
When I was 34 I went into cardiac arrest due to an unknown genetic issue. I was "dead" for a bit in ER, but they obviously were able to bring me back. After I recovered I was approached by a number of religious people I know asking if I saw god or had any experience, and would I like to join their church? Yes I had an experience, but I explained that what I experienced was nothing more than a dream. Because my brain did not die my consciousness was simply thinking within my brain. So it did not make me feel any differently about god. It did however make me extremely grateful for modern medical science.
glad your back
fr glad you’re back too haha
How do you know this isn’t the afterlife?😅
How do we know this isn’t a simulation, or this person is just lying
so when someone presents the most logical explanation, we have to counter with either a wild fantasy or maybe they're lying?
I think Chuck Nice has low key become my favorite comedian over the last few years. Thanks to everyone who makes this fantastic show!
He's quick and hits you from out of the blue.
He is a damn fool!!!!! 😂😂😂
@@irrefudiate Some of it is rehearsed or at least thought about beforehand.
@@FLPhotoCatcher,
No need to think of jokes beforehand if you have a sense of humor.
@FLPhotoCatcher a rehearsed joke, won't make a person like Neil laugh
My Dad was a trucker, he’s unfortunately passed away, but he loved listening to talk radio. I know he would have loved listening to Mr. DeGrasse Tyson on the trucker channel if he got the chance.
Rest in power 🤍
Thanks!
Send me 10 bucks
I am a physics student and so, obviously, I'm a huge fan of this show. I intend to watch as much of the videos as I can (in fact all of them, one by one) and just garner knowledge on not only physics and science, but also beyond because Neil is all-rounded. One question that I have for Neil is: you have been involved in science for the majority of your life and, knowing that tremendous amount of discoveries and innovations have been made due to science, it is no surprise that you incline to think that every question that we have on different aspects of the Universe can only be explained in science. But, have you ever considered that may be science is just one of the tools (may be limited in number) that exist out there to explain certain, but not all, aspects of the Universe? I would love to get your answer on this, even if it's a single word :) Or take it as one question in queries like this, if you like. You and Chuck make a GREAT team. Keep up the good work! We are learning from you.
I wanted to ask the same question but differently, I am curious to know if he does believe that because our genetic code, the universe, our conscious etc. Does he ultimately believe that we are the creation of a higher intelligence? Not necessarily a God from religion because there we might be wrong or right, but something that we could not comprehend, a higher intelligence.
@@adim236 I think the 'intelligent being' phrase was only coined so that it won't seem like they are believing in God, just not to mix up science with religion. But for people like me who believe in God, (not like westerners though, I'm an Ethiopian so we have deep history and knowledge on this, no offense) trying to investigate God himself using science would be like a dog trying to bite his own tail. And for most scientists like Neil, this is what I think one of the ways that would lead them not to believe in God. Finding and practicing the other tools is, therefore, important.
Ethiopian orthodoxy is literally a mishmash of poor plagarization of hellenistic metaphysics and a continuation of previous pagan traditions in the red sea region in particular and the greater near-east in general. Your 'god' delusion is just a figment of your imagination. @@kaleabgetachew6715
@@kaleabgetachew6715 I think that they use 'intelligent being' because it encompasses almost all ideas of what could be there, a regular individual or a god, but it misses on the 'fabric' of reality being intelligent or a holder of information.
Name a single tool that is effective at learning about reality other than the scientific method.
Neil-splaining! Chuck, I'm dead!!!
And I love the idea of Neil reaching out to people who don't normally think about science. Win them over, and maybe that critical thinking switch will turn on.
Neil-splaining. I love it.
Neil-splaining - that’s what we need in our high schools to keep kids interested in STEM disciplines
A good Neil-splanation always starts with SO…
@@koosdutoit6356 And every time you say water, you have to say worter.
Maybe there's also Chucksplaining.
More Neil-splaining! Less feelings or people being offended by information they didn't know previously. Things we should strive for to help heal the modern world, imo 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you Neil, not just for the education and work you do, but for showing the respect, ethics and effort you put in to your position. Science and society requires more than theory and speeches, and you truly deliver.
There are many problems in our country today, but you are one of the very few heroes people can look up to and try and emulate. Our generation were raised on science fiction, most of it a vision of equity and cooperation achieving greatness and open to any possibilities. Thank you for showing everyone the path and dream can come true !
Your PFP is my Desktop Background!
@@LePedant Fascinating isn't it? Saturn as seen from the Cassini probe. It's been on my home screen for about eight years.
Seeing the genuine passion of an educator flow through Neil on the final question/segment was beautiful in of itself and deserves its own video everytime
Some parts made me burst into laughter. Watching your show is a perfect way to to end of my busy day- curiosity satisfying and funny! Love Startalk, love looking up. Thank you, Dr. Tyson and Chuck!
“Can I get some data?!” “Is your data corrupt?!” I love it 😅
13:40 Chuck you need to develop a “preacher” character and turn it into a full bit. It would be awesome!
Yes a half hour sitcom! With Neil as your Speech writer!
Preacher of science ... maybe some kind of pastafarian denomination
The good Rev. Dr. Chuck Jakes
Yes, Lord! 😂😂😂
I consider Dr. Tyson so brilliant and love so many of his videos that it is difficult to decide which is my favorite. But now I think I have found it and it is this video right here. I loved it and laughed many times with the things that were said. Chuck performing the scientific priest was hilarious. Thank you, guys.
Agreed, love all his work and all the episodes of Star Talk but this is one of my fav of all time too 🙏
That was my favorite part too 😅
Yeah this video is one of the bests. It’s my favorite so far too
I'm not very religious myself, but I have found myself sometimes when looking up at the night sky or when looking at images from space, I get an overwhelming sense of oneness and my body feels lighter and I get chills run across my body, and that's what I've always imagined a religious experience feeling like
Religion and science help explain each other, they are not polar opposites. This is common knowledge at least for Catholics
I have had the exact same feelings/experiences. Although I have a science degree and 45 years experience (in Advanced Technology) studying science, I am religious because of those experiences. Science can not explain religious experiences and religion can't explain physical science.
@@johncombest6180 and what is the religion that you follow? Assuming that it corrilates with science (I am also religious).
@RizmaLaban I am not seeking correlation, but purpose and causation. If science could answer the questions "what is the purpose and what caused the universe to first spring into existence" then I wouldn't need religion. But science can't answer the purpose.
@@johncombest6180 that's understandable but if some religions dont align to scientific understandings like hindu scriptures that talk about the earth being held up by deities, than isn't it reasonable to have some correlation to the very least scientific facts that are easily presentable and understandable in relation to some religions? I'm not saying all religions are wrong but what I'm implying is some most definitely shouldn't be followed. Science should be used as a "spare tool" but not a key factor in religion right?
I found this podcast a couple of weeks ago, and I'm enjoying every bit of it. With two of my favorite people, especially professor Degasse Tyson.
I love Neil’s consideration of “I don’t know if my knowledge of what’s possible in the universe has precluded me from having a religious experience.” It leaves room for further reflection.
He's saying that he's smart enough to know the difference.
Love how Niel goes from fall-over laughing so infectiously, to proceeding with explainations as though there was no joke in the last 2 seconds 😂
This is my absolute favorite Chuck...
🎶 I TALKIN....EMPIRICAL EViDeNcE!!🎶
Nah bro that killed me 😂
Chucks impression of a preacher is so accurate and spot on. So hilarious. 😂
I need to make it a ringtone or something. 😁
can I get a WITNESS!😂
God bless Chuck, amen.
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Mannnn just sent me!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
I need to see a whole episode with Neil discussing Rick and Morty please
same
Omg Yes!!!!!
Plz more likes I want this too ❤❤❤
YES!!!!
Neil and Chuck, I just wanna say how much I love you guys and how very under appreciated you two just showing love each and every day to us down here in the dirt. Hope you all are blessed. It’s beautiful today.
I first saw Superman II in a movie theatre in Washington, D.C.. When the Krypton judge sent the criminals into the (2D) "Phantom Zone", someone in the audience yelled out, "Look at that! They made 'em into an album!" :)
Thanks for the update I thought it was the ENP of the blast not the shock wave. Guess I wasn’t paying enough attention
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Emp plies?
Sound memorable, thanks for sharing with all of us
If church ever had a preacher scientist I would tune in Saturday and Sunday. 13:29
I have a TH-cam lol but I'm not a priest. I'm a Bard and a Hindu Guru, I walk the path of bhakti yoga, but all faiths and even lack thereof are welcome. I am always available.
CherrysJubileeJoyfully
Loved your "sermon", Chuck! Too funny!
Let’s be honest: if that’s how scientific inquiries were initiated, I think we’d have a lot more people interested in science.
'My name is Neil, and I'm an Astrophysicist.'
'Hii Neiil.'
-Your support group 😂
13:29 was priceless! I would join that church in a heartbeat.
If Chuck had a science preacher show I would binge it all in one weekend
Can we get an amen?!!
@@nataliegrn17 if we got enough data !..Yes!!
😂❤ love it!
I’m a trucker and I listen to your show everyday!
Makes conversations around late night coffee and pie difficult, doesn't it?😅
While drinking a beer
@@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk coffee, pie, beer, and science? OK. I can deal with that.
Every time I hear him speak, I find several rabbit hole worthy topics that he just mentions in passing. Googled Hume's philosophy, and off I go! He is content dense. Even his comedic sidekick's jokes are rather well informed with a small measure of low brow humor attached. This is why Neil is the best podcast producer on this planet.
no matter the topic i just love listening to Neil. He's just an awesome dude and puts his heart into whatever he talks about, always!
That black preacher was insane!!!😂😂😂 Y’all are so much fun!!!
Love from NC
Neil is hitting my science receptors and Chuck is hitting my humor receptors (and helping to fully activate my science receptors)
I wish my parents were like you. They squashed my curiosity and told me what I couldn't question. I'm still curious in spite of them, but I have missed out on so much learning I could have done in school. To be fair, they took me to science camp as a kid. But there were still things I wasn't allowed to questions and opinions I would've been punished for sharing. I didn't escape from religion to finally begin learning the truth about reality till I was 30, and I'm bitter for all the time I missed.
@YourCarsExtendedWarrenty I'm proud of you. That takes courage. If it gets rough, I can recommend a couple of great communities on Facebook that are very supportive.
@@imagomonkeiCarl Sagan’s books especially “Cosmos” is great for reading and to feel more connected to the cosmos when it does get rough. That’s my beat advice. All of Carl Sagan’s books are wonderful
Hey guys, I'm a forever atheist as were my parents and pretty sure theirs too.
Whilst my parents (now both gone) had all that old fashioned respect about them (and corporal punishment!) we use to all laugh whilst driving past churches on Sundays whilst going on our outings - good times.
So definitely a non religous family.
However, for the past 2 decades (possibly more really) I have conversed with 10's of thousands of theists (most Christians) helping to recover them from religion.
In doing so I've learned every Christian (theist) fallacy poor reasoning, and heard all the nonsense stories of unsubstantuiated claims of each (contradictory) version of their claimed God. Even becoming Moderator on an atheist forum, I have since left Moderation as it actually doesn't enable input to the vids or threads at the time, its merely constant policing of members, ie Moderating is not cracked up to what I thought it was. Its not glorification its just work.
There's no doubt you guys are still trying to get through your decades of being deceived. Recovering From Religion could help there. But what I find most helpful for (somewhat) new atheists is to go watch those LIVE theist call in shows (ie The Line with Matt Dillahunty, who has obviously met with Neil Tyson and everyone else). And listen to these Christians call in with: I believe because of numbers or love or the trees or because what else could it be? ABSOLUTE ridiculous poor reasoning.
I feel watching these shows will help you to be proud of yourself and not feeling (Christian) unworthy of losing so much time believing in utter nonsense.
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That's unfortunate that people squash young dreams. I lucked out that my parents weren't so strict about such things which allowed, at least me(I have 2 siblings), to think and explore as I desired. I am both religious and was usually really good at science in school.
That intersection has no lights... no stop signs... not even a nice lady with a vest.
13:27 Pastor Chuck had me dying. 😂
There is something very wholesome in the comedic way that Chuck always gets Neil to laugh, I love seeing the bond between you two! Thank you for this great channel and sharing your abundant knowledge with the world Neil!!
I used to be very religious as a teen because of a tragedy that happened to my family, but eventually i had questions religion couldnt answer. I didnt supress those questions, because it felt dishonest
None of our existence is out of circumstance there is a meticulous designer behind all of it, let me ask you this what was the first thing to ever exist in the Big Bang?
What question(s) did you want answered?
And oftentimes religious folk will say that your answers will be revealed in due time, or upon your passing. Some people can be okay with that, others cannot. I never understood why religious folk can’t accept that others are okay with not having a personal belief in religion that’s based on faith, which is a personal believe and perspective.
What religion can't answer, science often can, that's why I choose both.
When one starts looking for honest answers, and has the kind of brain type that can tell reality from fantasy, religion will have to be left behind. Specifically anything Abrahamic. Honesty requires an open mind. Beliefs in non-demonstrable supernatural are anything but open.
Love your content! Always watching 💙 I must say I do prefer this more casual format over the more recent edited versions. The more organic flow is a bit less distracting. Not that they are bad at all, just like more of these. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦
Hi from cape town
I recently lost my dad and naturally had a lot of dreams about him in the aftermath…it’s very compelling to believe that those dreams are other dimensional encounters…what I started doing was making it a point to ask questions in those dreams that I didn’t have answers to but knowing my dad should…1 of 2 things always happened in those instances…either I couldn’t form the question at all…or he couldn’t answer the question..it either wouldn’t come out or it came out as mumble…I think the way to solve this in every trip would be to make it a point to experience something that your conscious wouldn’t be able to draw a true or logical conclusion for with the information that it has available in any state…it’s kind of expressed when talking about put a phrase on a piece of paper on a ledge…but it’s not at all expresses in other post life consciousness situations
I really love when I see or listen to these two talk, they always make some funny jokes and teach you about very interesting things at the same time.
Explaining mind boggling subjects in layman terms , now that's how you would know Sir Tyson knows what he is talking about . He is the real deal .
LOVED the episode, I don’t think I’ve laughed so much in any other! Loved the content and humor!
Also had a serious epiphany when you described a child’s curiosity.
Ngt is quoted, as saying, a scientist is a person that never lost their curiosity throughout childhood. I haven’t got to the part that you referenced yet, but I wonder if that’s what he said again. 😮
45:52 "Hard yet fragile"
My nephew learned that with a Lenox porcelain hourglass. The kids were allowed to play with it because it was $0.50 at a garage sale and they're usually very careful. He happened to be holding it when he was told no about something else (like "no popsicle until after dinner, go eat") and threw it down in frustration. He was in total shock.
Excellent example
This has to be one of the best Star Talk episodes ever. I was on the floor laughing through those really funny parts. Chuck was in top form with this one. I really appreciate getting to hear the views from both of them on all of the topics that were discussed. Keep 'em coming!.
Another relevant quote about miracles that I've always loved.
"Is it more probable that nature should go out of her course, or that a man should tell a lie? We have never seen, in our time, nature go out of her course; but we have good reason to believe that millions of lies have been told in the same time."
-Thomas Paine
I bet that’s what they said to Ignaz Semmelweis 😥😓
Religion and science help explain each other, they are not polar opposites. This is common knowledge at least for Catholics
I don't know if you care about my next message but I am going to say it anyway. As a heavy ex atheist myself, I threw myself in nihilism because I couldn't grasp the concept of life. We know nature as it is, because we have a conscious mind that sees things logically, but there are some things in our lives that we don't realize are not so logical. The order of the cosmos points to some type of intelligence. Love, the only way that love could be real, it would be if there is more to reality than matter and energy, if it's lacking life turns very sterile, humanity would be very different otherwise.
@@adim236 I am still an Atheist was never nihilistic. Nietzsche was afraid once religion was shown to be bunk empirically the religious would become nihilistic and self destructive. The order of the Cosmos is natural balance of forces no intelligence involved. But if it works for you then thank Evolution every day for it.
@@randallbesch2424 Don't mind my comment from 7 months ago, I was in a very religious psychosis because my brother was sick at a time and that took a severe decline of my mental state. I respect whatever your beliefs are, sorry for my rant at the time.
OMG Chuck!!! “Can I get some data!!” “Empirical evidence!!l hilarious af 💀🤣😭😂
My husband and I are both huge fans of learning. We are not educated people but smart enough. As a trucker he would definitely be against worm holes and definitely have the bumper sticker to prove it. 😂
Religious Person: "I just can't explain it, it must be--"
Neil: "Now, let me stop you right there. You just admitted that you can't explain it, but you're trying to explain it?"
Neil’s laugh is so contagious 😂 but very thought provoking discussion indeed.
OMG Chuck Nice is a total riot! I was so hoping he had a choir to come out and back up his show!
I think if Neil deGrasse Tyson were a high school teacher, every kid graduating that school would become an astrophysicist.
I certainly would-if for no other reason than to hear Dr Tyson laugh ❤😂
I just love how Chuck just jokes himself into tears. And intersperses that with serious insightful commentary. Love you two. May you continue this till you have a religious experience 😬
😂😂😂
One of the best things about science is that it's never burned anyone at the stake. Or at least I haven't heard of any such experiment.
No, science just experiments with biological and nuclear weapons to "burn you at the stake"
Non religious people have thought ,: so how does science prevent that!
Well, there has unfortunately been a long history of blatantly unethical experiments being performed on people, the most notorious examples being the work of German SS doctors like Mengele and the infamously cruel procedures conducted by the Japanese biological research group Unit 731 during WWII. Then again, all of those guys were desensitized or at least enabled by national ideologies with their own mystical aspects to begin with (N@zism for the former and the beyond-fanatical imperial nationalism in the case of the latter), so it was still a case of science being subordinated to unsubstantiated ideas in the end.
Well, faith isn't going to do it, that's for sure
Um, don't atomic bomb blasts and radioactive fallout count? How about Chernobyl and Fukushima? Poison gas was invented by scientists.
Would be amazing to get this in different languages. This is so important in 2024 to get your message. Thank you for your amazing work
Chuck, you're wrong about Millennials not knowing cursive, I think you're referring to Gen Z.
Either way, I love your show! ♥️
This was an amazing show,I laughed so much and learned something new. Thank you Neil and Chuck(the science preacher 😂)
Dr. Tyson's mind was blown! In 2023! I mean, that is pretty awesome to know that it can still happen. I love this show!
By what?
2024*
@@pogolaughby potentially wormholes entangling virtual particles
Feliz Ano Novo Professor Degrasse, muita saúde, paz, e felicidades pra vcs e familiares ! Abraçãoo , trabalhos incriveis ! 😊👏🏻👏🏻♥️🌏🌲🌳🦕🦖🌴🌍♥️♥️
They actually did that experiment in a hospital that had many near death experiences. They placed a sign up above one of the beds and where it could only be seen by someone above. The sign said, " The popsicles are in bloom". As far as I know nobody ever came back to repeat that phrase.
Neil is always amazingly funny and informative. Always brightens my day.
Interesting that Mr. Nice hails from Hoboken, NJ. I met Dr. Tyson at a book signing for his "Universe Down to Earth" in Hoboken in 1995. He was being hosted by the Elysian Chamber Orchestra, of which I was a member. The ECO was planning to perform Gustav Holst's "The Planets" at the Hayden Planetarium in nearby (just accros the Hudson River) New York City. The concert never actually took place - but I still have the book - and still live in Hoboken. :)
Made me think of _Across the Spider-Verse_
"At Princeton," said the guidance counselor.
"New Jersey!? No-no-no-no-no-no-no. That's too far," said Rio.
"New Jersey is too far from New York?" asked Miles.
"Princeton has the best quantum researchers in the country...."
The preacher bit with chuck reminds me of the robot preacher from Futurama
You guys are great, love your content and wittiness! 🙌🏻
My favourite part of this show is the hearty laughter. The subject matter is so random and interesting.
I love your show.
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I don’t know whose idea it was to pair up Neil and Chuck, but it was a genius idea
It was my idea
A religious or spiritual experience related to something you feel is an emotional experience that a person relates to religion or spirituality respectively. It is not unlike other emotional experiences people have that they may relate to being out in nature or events like a concert, political rally or a sporting event.
That experience is internally generated in reaction to external stimuli.
It might be internally generated, but there's techniques like "priming" that bias you toward that specific reaction. That's why there's so many "worship songs" and low-budget religious movies pumped out to fill every corner of life with the religion's motifs. It's for the day you experience something you can't readily explain, and the first thing you think about it to likely be of that religion.
Religion and science help explain each other, they are not polar opposites. This is common knowledge at least for Catholics
@@MaxRamos8 Sorry, but that statement is ridiculous. The catholic church excommunicated, and imprisoned Galileo in his home till his death for the HERESY of his claims that the Earth revolved around the sun.
Of course, the church is taking a much more liberal stance since then; they’re not like many evangelicals that deny evolution. Their position is that evolution could be a process God used. Of course, they realistically change their position as evidence comes to light unlike many evangelicals for the purpose of not further losing their members and thus their wealth and influence.
@@MaxRamos8 "help each other", doesn't really describe holding scientists on a leash and forcing them to make up reasons why what they're studying (or the results of the study) isn't blasphemous/heretical and deserving of excommunication. Religion is an abuser of science, not a helper.
@@Vaeldarg Agreed, religion and science cannot be together.
One uses faith, and the other understands faith is an unreliable method.
Professor Kauss of astronomy or I prefer the label cosmology as he speaks more about Origins rather that measurements of planets! Is quoted as saying he feels in awe of the universe when he looks at the Milkyway at night.
Growing up in the suburbs then finally moving out to the country, and then finding myself living in a small camper for a year sleeping in the most isolated parts of the country (its like I've had 3 lives) and viewing the clear moonless night sky, I had no idea how beautiful it is. Unsure when I first saw it but I'm definitely hooked on the awe and beauty of our galaxy (well at least 1 arm of it) the pictures online are really true; its amazing.
Religions such as Christianity spoil this wonder with their natural goosebumps and ridiculous unsubstantiated claimed God. All of them with a completely contradictory God to the next Christian! Its unbelievable how sad their muddied view is.
If they are indeed the literal fabric of SpaceTime itself, I hold out hope we can one day use Wormholes to visit the distant regions which are far past the horizon of our visible Universe.
The way I picture it:
You rip down the wall to our universe and behind that you can see the wall to the other universe/other end of ours.
I'm tryna explain it simply, but thats hard when I dont understand it fully.
Using a superman comic to explain a scientific occurrence is pretty cool and i didn't expect it. It also made it so much easier to understand.
Min 26:10
But Anita Murjani, author of dying to be me, did provide such evidence when she left her body; ample evidence actually that scientists can’t explain till now, like what the doctor told her husband down the hall-far distanced from her body/ room. She saw what her brother was wearing, while still on the plane, on the way to visit her.
How do you explain any of that?
Chuck! I love it when you get Neil laughing so hard her can't breath!!
Well, one of the best trucking games imho is actually set in space and has a wormhole like mechanics. It is an old game called freelancer. I loved playing it. Great episode as usual❤
i enjoy growing up with you. love from Croatia
Now this talk is a truly remarkably futuristic talk. Thank you Neil for these wonderful ideas.
such a great mix, you both funny. science + comedy. wow, great job guys
"My new God would be Jack Daniels." -----the "witness" conversation, Chuck was killing it! Very funny and interesting ----and Im only 19 minutes in.
I kid you not, after the segment with JD, TH-cam played for me an unskippable Jack Daniel’s ad! TH-cam working extra hard there haha
Wow ---- eyes everywhere.@@jianpanglam570
Yesss finally my favorite topic
Same!
So we should be able to calculate the distance to Krypton from Superman's age. Although, from the forces he was evolved under, a different sun, gravity his own density, he may well age differently.
Well, his biological age wouldn't tell us much, but his chronological age (or Earth-time elapsed since his arrival) would, in fact, tell us the light-year distance between Krypton and Earth.
Units of measure are always based on something we can measure related to the earth, so it would be Light Earth-Years.
Yeah, Krypton is close to exactly [superman'a age in years = lightyears distance] away from us.
Gravity difference between any host planet would have virtually zero effect on aging in a relativistic sense. At most an hour over a lifetime based on any possible level of gravity in a terrestrial planet.
25:18 there are dozens of such accounts, where people who had NDEs have reported being able to witness entire conversations held in far away rooms in the hospital (thus eliminating the possibility of unconscious hearing of what happens around you), or see very distinctive writings or pictures hung on the walls or ceilings of adjacent rooms (in which they've never been before), all later confirmed to be true by doctors, nurses, family members etc.. And it's not a 1-off case, there have been many many such cases. So it's not like "oh, I have an idea, let's try this experiment from now on"... since things like that already happened multiple times and was described with luxurious details in a lot of those cases, with a lot of people offering testimony, thus attesting the accuracy of those events.
Hmm I thought I subscribed to startalk a long time ago but it showed I wasn't subbed. So I guess y'all just got a new sub
That's awesome! Mr. Tyson Neilsplained to Superman.
If one listen’s carefully, one realizes that Chuck is quite intelligent.
absolutely
He's getting smarter everyday 😊
Most comedians have to be intelligent. He makes TNDG blush. He passes vibe check everyday all day lol
Chuck is so funny 🤣
Neil and Chuck. The greatest due since Batman and Robin. Deadpool and Wolverine. Bernie and the People. Love you guys!!
Chuck just kept topping himself with the joke in this one 😂😂😂
"Is there BBQ?" Asking the important questions here!
The preacher bit is so hilarious! 😹
😂😂😂 oh man this show was so funny. Doctor niel you are real. So much knowledge. Thank you so much for you providing us with your experiences.
This is one of the most enjoyable series. Chuck brings really some funny stuff to liven up the show.
He is Everyman with a _sharp_ sense of humor.
Thank you for being you's twos Neil and Chuck. Amazing fascinating and hilarious combo. I love this show.
Chuck - millennials are in their 30s and 40s. We know how to write in cursive; we know how to write checks.
Factual.
Chuck is hilarious
I love how Chuck makes Neil laugh all the time 😊
I always love the way you explain everything, and the banners with Chuck are pure gold. I do understand your perspective on religion, being a sciency person myself (physics teacher); it's enlightening to see how you, as an atheist, wrap your head around religion that is fundamentally different from how I approach religion.😅 Love your contents!
God bless you.
This episode had some `stellar` jokes. The science is great too 😅
Chuck's Science Preacher killed me...
Thanks for the last one, reminding me as a parent to enable my children’s curiosity and to never dampen it, where applicable of course! It’s so easy to get into a groove of instant reactions of no no no
I screamed in philosophy major when he mentioned Hume! I would love a whole panel scientists sharing their favorite philosophers, or being shown new ones and their thoughts 🫶
I cannot deny that there is some kind of life after death that can interact with us.
I was visited by my dead mother, dearest person in the world to me, in a dream and this had never happened in a decade of time. In this incredibly vivid dream, she warned me to be careful, and the next day my best friend at work blindsided me by propositioning me to have an affair, which was also not something that had previously happened (I'm 40, and not really physically attractive). I am so glad that I was paying attention and easily able to maintain my loyalty to my wife.
I don't dare make any religious assertions besides this, but I LIVED this, and I just cannot deny what happened.
You can certainly claim this as a personal, subjective and irrational experience. You cannot distinguish it in kind from a dream, hallucination, psychotic episode.
@@oldpossum57 Well, I'm 40, and have never had anything like it happen before or since, coincidentally on the night of something potentially life-pivoting. I mean, possibly biological, but seems extremely, incredibly, unlikely.