Jim Al-Khalili has Strong Views on Tough Viewer Questions

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Where is the full interview?
The full hour-long interview with Jim where he answers several more questions, including the fascinating process of how his documentaries are made, is available on Patreon. Consider joining the community: / arvinash
Chapters:
0:00 - How I got to interview Jim Al-Khalili
2:00 - What's the origin of consciousness?
3:30 - Can machines become conscious?
4:41- Does God exist?
5:36 - Where does time come from?
7:07 - Does entropy cause time?
10:17 - Which quantum mechanics interpretation do you like best?
13:50 - What new theory would create a paradigm shift in physics?
16:14 - What do you hope the James Webb telescope finds?
18:54 - Are we living in a simulation?
19:40 - What do you make of the US Navy UFO videos?
21:21 - What kinds of videos are you making for MagellanTV?
Reference videos cited:
1. What is time? • Nobody Knows What TIME...
2. Can machines be conscious? • Will AI take over the ...
3. Does the universe have a purpose? • Does the universe have...
4. The link between Entropy, Time & Information: • The Stunning link betw...
5. Copenhagen vs Many Worlds Interpretation: • Copenhagen vs Many Wor...
6. TOE: Is there a theory of Everything? • Is there a Final Theor...
7. Simulation Hypothesis: Is reality fake? • Are we Living in a Sim...
8. Sean Carroll Interview: • Skeptic interviews Sea...
Summary:
I recently had an opportunity to interview one of my favorite science educators, Iraqi-British theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili. You might be familiar with his work because he has hosted many documentaries for the BBC in the U.K., which have also been broadcast in the U.S. I’ve watched his documentaries for at least a decade.
He recently made a great 2 part series exclusively for Magellan TV, called, “Jim Al-Khalili’s guide the life, the universe, and everything.” These are, imho, some of the best science documentaries I’ve ever seen. He answers the kinds of big question I like to ask such as, How did the universe come to be? How did life start on Earth? What is the nature of space and time? And how will all this end?
Because Magellan has been a long-time sponsor of my channel, they put me in touch with Jim for this interview. I really encourage you to click the link above, through which you can get a free one month trial subscription. I really think, if for nothing else,to check out Jim’s superb new shows.
#jimalkhalili
#arvinash
Jim did not disappoint. I was pleasantly surprised to hear his straight forward and sometimes strong opinions on some very touch and controversial questions. Enjoy!

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@sphinxtheeminx 2 роки тому

OMG Arvin Ash and Jim Al-Khalili in the same place, albeit virtually. Two of my favourite presenters/educators. Why weren't my science teachers this captivating??? I feel cheated.

@KingoftheJuice18 2 роки тому

There are some captivating teachers in high schools and colleges, but good teaching requires a lot more than simply being entertaining. Someone who could make great videos about football wouldn't necessarily be a good football coach.

@BritishBeachcomber 2 роки тому

My physics teacher was just as captivating and inspiring 50 years ago. I count myself lucky.

@BritishBeachcomber 2 роки тому

@@user-cg2hb3ye9v @I am Noob Not necessarily. Whatever created the first simulation would most likely create many, to see which one led to the desired result. That's how we do things. Why would anyone/thing else do it differently?

@animavideography1379 2 роки тому

Surely Magellan must be The Great Simulator, only logical explanation for getting these two huys in the same virtual room...

@michaelstevens1085 2 роки тому

Amen

@TheBillyonepunch 2 роки тому

Mr Ash, thank you for this interview. The professor is a living legend, not only for his wisdom and acclaimed knowledge, but also for his communicative skills of teaching, and a classic orator. Love your work Mr Ash. Once again, thank you

@cryptolicious3738 2 роки тому

ash is ok sometimes and stinks others. he still owes us a part 2 of the lab leak since we all have evidence and now arvin looks like a cover up agent more than a truth seeker

@TheBillyonepunch 2 роки тому

@@cryptolicious3738 appreciate your reply. I haven’t seen the lab leak thing from Mr Ash, and I can see your point. Dark times my friend, dark times.

@robhernandez7322 2 роки тому

Jim’s documentaries on Energy and Electricity were amazing and totally engrossing and if you haven’t seen them yet you are in for a really superb couple of hours on the history of some astounding discoveries humans have managed to unravel!!

@iordannelucas 2 роки тому

He is a fabulous orator.

@kevinmo8811 2 роки тому

Thank you Ash so much for interviewing Jim, it was a great conversation with Q&A. Jim is certainly one of my top 5 idols in my life. I am so thankful for you, Ash, and for Jim for being here enlightening us about this mysterious universe we live in.

@roccobierman4985 2 роки тому

Thanks for letting Jim talk and not trying to fumble over him to get a word in. Great interview.

@TrapKingz. 2 роки тому

It felt more like a job interview though and less like a conversation. I felt like this interview should have been more conversational. It also comes off a little rude but it’s hard to know what Arvin’s setup was behind the interview.

@kapishss5540 2 роки тому

love this, Great job Arvin, you may have a small audience but a loyal one. keep up the good work and i promise one day this channel WILL blow up

@Manarinni 2 роки тому

I absolutely loved this crossover. Thank you for bringing Jim and asking these really relevant questions, Arvin!

@Robert_McGarry_Poems 2 роки тому

Awesome for you my guy, what an experience... Thank you for sharing it with us!

@moses777exodus 2 роки тому

Very cool interview. It's nice to see that you asked questions that many others have but are too afraid to ask. Best wishes and Thanks for sharing.

@RYANTHEORY_ 2 роки тому

Amazing interview. Literally a treasure trove.

@samuelwestknee7134 2 роки тому

that is because you are in a simulation.

@tim40gabby25 2 роки тому

Metaphorically, but agreed :)

@swampyankee4545 2 роки тому

This video is one of the most interesting and entertaining that I have seen. Please do additional interviews like this. You and Jim are my favorite lecturers. Thank you.

@markowen3407 2 роки тому

Brilliant video! I genuinely love when great minds come together like this. Respectful, curious, insightful and inspiring.

@AN-rp6kw 2 роки тому

Highly indebted for such a intriguing and fascinating conversation. An unstinting conversation between the two great intellectual minds.Al khalili is the ideal guide through these seeming mysteries of modern science. Thanks Jim AL khalili and Arvin Ash for your unflagging contributions for such spellbinding enigmas.

@tbardoni5065 2 роки тому

I loved this format. No cross talk. Just ask questions and listen to the answer. Simple, yet overwhelmingly engrossing. Well done.

@Dubforlife. 2 роки тому

Love the both of these guys! Thank you, great video Ash!

@nizarsmart2119 2 роки тому

You asked some great questions ! His answers were also very much grounded in reality. I love his realistic thinking ! Great job !

@DrBrianKeating 2 роки тому

Two brilliant minds that meld great together!

@TorrentUK 2 роки тому

Jim is an outstanding presenter of scientific subjects. I love watching him in anything he does.

@richatrivedi3542 2 роки тому

Loved it - my question was answered! Thank you so much Arvin Ash. It's my dream to meet you and Jim Al Khalili someday 🙏👍

@gavinsmith1614 2 роки тому

This literally is one of the most interesting things I've watched in months. Absolutely amazing! Jim is fantastic!!!

@spider853 2 роки тому

Hard questions, Good answers! 👍 Great interview!

@andrewpaulhart 2 роки тому

I like Jim’s world view. It’s good to know someone objectively smart has similar views

@davruck1 2 роки тому

He’s not subjectively smart

@aaronaragon7838 2 роки тому

Neither are you, Trumpo.

@luizucchetto2528 2 роки тому

I remember Jim Al-Khalili from a series of video he narrated on the great historical discovries of science. This was an awesome video and istening to Jim's answers was a great experience. Keep up the great videos!

@larsalfredhenrikstahlin8012 2 роки тому

very interesting interview! You've had both my favorite "big league" communicators on your show now. That is really cool. Well done!

@moses777exodus 2 роки тому

Based on the interview, it sounds like the *Fundamental* basis of everything is *"Information"* , both coherent and de-coherent. But, *Information* is "Non-material" / "Immaterial". So, would the present Materialist establishment accept this fact?

@alphalunamare 2 роки тому

My takeaway are his thoughts on Quantum Thermodynamics and how String Theory etc are missing the point. On that basis alone this is a very well worthy presentation! :-)

@namaanda5349 2 роки тому

well, the last theory of everything is only God who can open.

@rrmenton8016 2 роки тому

Nama anda, that's not a theory of anything.

@fntime 2 роки тому

@@namaanda5349 The failure to answer the primary question, "Why is there a Universe" and what created it ? . A man can believe in God and reject religion. Jim knows a great deal, but he has no answers. I have another cosmology that you may find interesting. ukposts.info/slow/PL8C82E747F9B956FF Gnosticism Check out Penrose has a different spin.

@Napoleonic_S 2 роки тому

@@fntime The only failure is on those who insist that they have the answer in religion, lol.

@kaizen_monk 2 роки тому

@@fntime the one who claims to give the answer give no proof but just ask u to "believe" it .. That's religion

@dr.jamesolack8504 2 роки тому

Great upload, Arvin. Those 24 minutes flew by. You guys make a great team!

@PeterMatisko 2 роки тому

Arvin, thank you for the interview!

@ESL-O.G. 2 роки тому

Arvin did well and didn't try to interrupt him at all. I hate when UKposts "stars" disrespect others

@sammyk7024 2 роки тому

Beautiful interview. Best 24 minutes of the entire day. Congratulations, Arvin!

@ArvinAsh 2 роки тому

Glad you enjoyed it!

@dennistucker1153 2 роки тому

Arvin, a great video and interview. Please continue with the whole guest speaker thing. I love it.

@curiosity-channel 2 роки тому

Thanks alot for this episode

@edgregory1 2 роки тому

I respect him for the courage of his convictions esp. on Theism.

@naveenchandrakumar7939 2 роки тому

I have watched all the episodes of jim and every one is interesting. This episode also is very interesting and educative

@ramizr 2 роки тому

I was waiting for this and my hearty thanks to you Arvin for picking my question :) ( it was about Jim's bias in the topic of Copenhagen Interpretation vs Many world/Hidden Variables)

@oddviews 2 роки тому

I enjoyed watching and listening to the two of you. One Scientist to another - yes very interesting. Thank you both for your time!

@erdemgogceloglu5480 2 роки тому

Thanks for the amazing inside @ 18:44 Jim said that if there is a smart enough life form in the universe, they would discover that in the earth there is an intelligent life because of the atmosphere’s composition, which would not happen naturally. Is there a list of the monocular components that could had been developed naturally through the time and the ones that couldn’t ever naturally developed ?

@GradyPhilpott 2 роки тому

Al-Khalili's approach to this interview is quite impressive. There's not so much as a smidgen of arrogance in his demeanor at all.

@maxwill6408 2 роки тому

Right on. You would think he was talking to you at a neighborhood bar over a class of beer.

@negvey 2 роки тому

nice animations when asked questions and stuff, really nice!!!

@oskarekberg3704 2 роки тому

All together a superbly interesting interview! 👏

@davidgifford8112 2 роки тому

Great interview. Jim Al Khalili’s view of how the cosmos might work is as sound as anyone I’ve listened to before.

@jeffreyprentis 2 роки тому

Waited all weekend but worth it didn't disappoint. Love Our Jim

@actsnfacts Рік тому

I could make any of Jim's word mine! I love it how he is so careful, but not afraid, when saying: "this is what I'd like it to be, not what I know it is." Perfect! Great video, as usual! hahaha

@DJWHITE_ 2 роки тому

Thanks! That was awesome!

@danielpaulson8838 2 роки тому

This blows my mind. What a great show, Arvin. I have been working on showing how we can link spiritual and religious teachings from antiquity, demystify their supernatural understanding, showing that everywhere in the world this knowledge was nested at a deeper layer, and finally, understanding it with observable science. I wish I could get this idea into mainstream. Damn. I’m gonna binge listen to this one again and again.

@noahway13 2 роки тому

I don't understand what you are trying to accomplish. Most scientists don't believe in a god or supernatural events and there is no evidence to prove a god. They are not interested in non-scientific paradigms. On the other hand, most (not all) religious people are in religion FOR the supernatural experience. It seems you are trying to go into No Mans Land, in between to camps that have no interest in moving their positions. Maybe you are doing this more from a historical perspective? I actually think religion was the first attempt at science. It was people trying to explain things they did not understand, like lightening and thunder, and a few of the smarter people realized you could use it as a means to control people. And that is not a bad thing. religion was mostly (not all the time) used to improve society, like THOU SHALT NOT KILL., or steal, etc

@dcoded5217 2 роки тому

@@noahway13 quantum physics has exposed the supernatural property of this reality the we experience...scientist know and have confirmed many supernatural events.

@danielpaulson8838 2 роки тому

@@noahway13 I'm not trying to accomplish anything. I'm just telling my stories. There is no supernatural. That's the point. But beyond that, if the idea is that everything else we experience is only from the five senses, it won't be your topic either. It's a big subject and I have video's up if you would like.

@zaeemali4287 2 роки тому

@@danielpaulson8838 I agree, after all, modern science is pixie dust to cavemen, and why do we now believe as scientists that God is pixie dust? He may also be a fundamental phenomenon of our universe correct? And physics remains to be uncovered, plus, what if our access to information just ends after we complete physics? After all, if God is not bound by physics then why are we as scientists bound by it?

@zaeemali4287 2 роки тому

@@danielpaulson8838 the chances of us existing in an isolated environment are much higher than that of existing in an information rich environment, so I solemnly believe that God has guided us to these Marvels in understanding by putting the universe like an open book Infront of us to comprehend

@british.columbia 2 роки тому

Magellan needs to place dates on their videos to regain my business.

@LordTetsuoShima 2 роки тому

😂

@Lifelikesky 2 роки тому

Amazing interview!! Both you guys are super interesting and it was nice seeing you " au naturel!! :)

@infocentrousmajac 2 роки тому

Aleays a pleasure to hear Dr. Khalili's opinion. Good job on the interview Arvin!! Cheers

@veerzara3857 2 роки тому

It was a beautiful section, and I learned a lot of new things .

@jps0117 2 роки тому

Excellent interview. Valuable insights.

@bbdization 2 роки тому

One of the best videos I have come across in this platform.

@boazbarkai8981 2 роки тому

love Jim and the programs he make, thanks for the intrview

@captainzappbrannagan 2 роки тому

Great questions! I'd ask the same ones I think. Imagine how a pilot wave theory debate would go between Jim and Sean, I think most physicists don't pick pilot and may say he picks it because it feels more right and less because non feeling accuracy. Also simulation theory is not disproven at all because a creator could always have a creator I think that's some type of logical fallacy.

@ArvinAsh 2 роки тому

Sean is very convincing, and is much more married to many worlds interpretation than Jim is to Bomian mechanics.

@mikkel715 2 роки тому

If we are a simulation, then Quantum Entanglement is a brilliant solution to save Quadrillions of CPU calculations

@paxwebb 2 роки тому

Jim said he doesn't think pilot wave theory is correct even though he prefers the cause and effect nature of it which appeals to our sense of how the universe should work, and indeed how it does work on a macro scale. I think maybe his distaste for the Copenhagen Interpretation clouds his judgement of simulation theory. Multiple iterations of simulations running within other simulations will not "cancel themselves out." The concept is akin to nested loops which are fundamental to every computing language ever developed.

@tim40gabby25 2 роки тому

@@ArvinAsh 'Married' appears to be code for 'non persuadable' - I suggest entrenched positions are inevitable. Has any physicist changed their minds?

@10418 2 роки тому

I thought the same.

@karthickstarprince9823 2 роки тому

What happens to the Photoelectric Effect at very low Kelvin?

@rishijai 2 роки тому

It probably dies off as the energy state gets very low

@samrowbotham8914 2 роки тому

More importantly what is going on with the Unruh effect? How this relates to egregores and daemonic reality and how Consciousness is responsible for the collapse of the wave function.

@ivanniyeha4229 2 роки тому

Photoelectric energy is not affected by temperatures only depends on frequencies of radiation

@wishiwsthr 2 роки тому

Great interview love those questions, it's nice to hear from an objective intellectual

@vm-bz1cd 2 роки тому

Awesome interview! Thx Arvin

@mnichols1979 2 роки тому

He is quickly becoming one of my favorite science guys

@steverichards4001 2 роки тому

Love Jim he is very straight talking

@joeivo911 2 роки тому

I really enjoyed this format.

@Danielddiniz 2 роки тому

I enjoyed this interview, thank you Arvin!

@ArvinAsh 2 роки тому

Glad you enjoyed it!

@alltimeslove 2 роки тому

Why we can see only visible light?

@hardikd3655 2 роки тому

Because our eyes have evolved to see only visible light.

@rishijai 2 роки тому

Because the receptors in our eyes can only detect the visible wavelengths

@nabayanchakma2419 2 роки тому

In the spectrum of sunlight emitted by *our* sun the "visible light" is the most intense. Since most humans are active during the day we evolved to harness this "visible light" to our advantage. This narrow slice of the sunlight can deliver more information(in the context of humans ) for our brains....

@spacetimegrid 2 роки тому

Awaiting for this video ....two greatest physicists of all time. Jim Al-khalili & Arvin Ash

@hardikd3655 2 роки тому

All time?

@oz2904 2 роки тому

arvin is not a physicist he is a mechanical engineer bsc

@klausgartenstiel4586 2 роки тому

love it 💙 the search continues.

@poojarakshit1000 2 роки тому

Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you.

@alwaysdisputin9930 2 роки тому

Slight error in the subtitles 19:20 he says "We know we haven't created a simulation ourselves." It's partly because around London we often don't pronounce t properly: ha-ven' instead of "haven't". I far'id. Instead of "I farted". 0:06 Also Surrey is Su-ree not Su-ray but your version is nice + it's England's fault for not designing English so that it's straightforward how to pronounce words. It needs to be redesigned.

@ArvinAsh 2 роки тому

Yes, thanks for that. I realized I pronounced "sureee" wrong as soon as I recorded myself. I just didn't go back to do a retake on that part.

@346UNCLEBOB 2 роки тому

Wow! One click and I get to find out if God really exits! Just in time too. Tomorrow's Sunday.

@remistuczynski2768 2 роки тому

Brilliant and fascinating!! Thank you

@masuodmarx1154 11 місяців тому

Just lovely 🥰 thank you 😊

@elmolewis9123 2 роки тому

Great interview. It's such a shame there are so many people who just can't bring themselves to see that "We don't know" is an acceptable answer to many of these questions rather than seeing it as a springboard for legitimizing a belief in pixie dust.

@davruck1 2 роки тому

Like dark matter

@zaeemali4287 2 роки тому

Hmm, then the question remains, why do you so arrogantly say that God "doesn't" exist? After all, science is pixie dust to cavemen and God may be the climax of science, thus, pixie dust to us humans as physics remains to be uncovered

@zaeemali4287 2 роки тому

..And bro, if God ever happened to communicate with us, he would most definitely have sent someone exceptional to do so, perhaps give him the power to change laws of physics at will, after all, we know that black holes make a fruit salad out of our current physics, cause they can possibly change it

@kaizen_monk 2 роки тому

@@zaeemali4287 he just said, he doubt it, he didn't said, it does or doesn't exist.. The simple answer is "we don't know".. Religion says we know without giving proof & asks us to just "believe" it.. No matter what or which religion says, "we don't know" ..

@kaizen_monk 2 роки тому

@@zaeemali4287 why would god send some fallible human to deliver his message.. i don't subscribe to this theory .. On the other hand, some religion also says, that god took human form & incarnated on earth to guide humans ..that too is far fetched ..

@nHans 2 роки тому

The moment Arvin asked Jim about gods, I said to myself, oh oh, there's gonna be a flame war in the comments. Was I right or was I right?!!! 😂

@Napoleonic_S 2 роки тому

No you're wrong because most people who view these kind of videos are more scientifically minded, the religious people this day are more into ghost hunting video, science debunking video, personal testimony video, preaching video, and religious war/debate/mockery (between them or mocking atheists) video.

@nHans 2 роки тому

@@Napoleonic_S Well, there certainly are a lot of pro-god comments here. Rather hard to miss. But yes, the other side-unlike in the past-has been remarkably restrained, and has avoided engaging in an all-out war. At least till now.

@gump1005 2 роки тому

No.No flame war. He is just wrong but that's okay. He will meet His Maker and be enlightened some day (as will we all).

@protoword10 2 роки тому

Thanks Mr Ash and also to your guest!

@shabzone 2 роки тому

Whoever did the graphics to explain detecting bio signature in the atmosphere deserves a star. It was like 5 seconds but explained so clearly.

@surrendertoflow78 2 роки тому

I appreciate his humility when answering the questions he doesn’t know (and couldn’t know) the answers to. These are wonderful questions! But I keep seeing physicists being asked about the nature of consciousness and God and they generally aren’t the people who are qualified to give answers. I keep seeing well-known and well-respected physicists being asked these questions and giving unfortunately ignorant and sometimes even arrogant answers. We don’t generally ask neuroscientists or neurologists about fundamental principals of physics. I don’t understand why we are asking physicists about the nature of consciousness. From what I can tell they (understandably) have only a cursory understanding of the research (If even) and should preface whatever they say in response to such questions with that upfront admittance. I’d encourage you to talk to people at the forefront of the actual research in such topics, such as DOPS at UVA. I see no one in the physics world bothering to do this. These are rigorous scientists (skeptics even), but they are much closer to the relevant data than any of these physicists are when it comes to questions about consciousness. I love physics (I’m a neuroscientist), but these types of questions really require complimentary and collaborative efforts with scientists across disciplines to get anywhere closer to understanding reality and how we fit in it.

@csabakoos1650 2 роки тому

Because physicists are going to prove the existence of God, isn´t that right Mr. Ash?

@gregthomson8251 2 роки тому

My 2 worlds collide …Quantum Porn……..Awesome Arvin.

@xehaytecle932 Рік тому

Excellent conversation

@MidhunJackson 2 роки тому

what a great mind! Thanks for bringing his words and thoughts to us :)

@ninopantera1 Рік тому

Jim Khalili said ..........i can describe the world around me without the need of any supernatural creator ? then Mr Know it all ; who created you ? or you are so intelligible that you created yourself ? I think that in this life time you need to learn some humility

@ArvinAsh Рік тому

If you invoke god as a being of some kind that created us, then we are even further behind because then we would need to ask the question, "how did god come to be? Who created it?" -- If you say, "he always existed" - that is the same answer as Jim Al-Khalili who will say that I can give you a universe without the need for god, because all you have to then presume is that the laws of physics always existed.

@ninopantera1 Рік тому

@@ArvinAsh Arvin,........in ordinary daily life, sometimes we come across some every unusual events ; some call them miracles some supernatural and they have no logical explanation or can not be quantify by science ; these are the events which can not be explained by Jim Khalili or quantify by Schrödinger equations ; the spiritual world is as real as the material world and in my opinion needs to be analyzed yes, but with humility and not with a mind who thinks that has an answer for every event.

@danielpaulson8838 10 місяців тому

Science requires the ability to say, I don't know. Then they look. A creator driven belief claims it knows, but what it knows it didn't find on it's own. It does not look for answers. It claims a local variation of a theism. I find it ironic that science seeks and knocks while those who carry it, do not. If God ids real, God does not need us to believe in it. It requires us to be good in its absence. Jim's words are kind. Arvin's words are kind. And as to your supernatural claims, unified field and humans within it. A light sixth sense. We have five others very solid. No need to invoke supernatural when natural covers it quite well.

@googleisntrespectingprivac6772 2 роки тому

I have a lot of respect for Jim, BUT, uhu. Consciousness seems to be the only fundamental of the universe. I cannot be convinced otherwise. Also, I’m convinced that our math is all falling in confusion because we are thinking all answers in 3D.

@caricue 2 роки тому

When you introspect and try to figure out your own experience, you can come to the conclusion that consciousness is something more than a brain function, but if you take your internal experience out of the picture, and imagine yourself as a visitor from another planet, then it is easy enough to see humans as unitary organisms, and nothing more. These creatures may report a lively internal mental life, but you can see them for what they are.

@markusjacobi-piepenbrink9795 2 роки тому

What a nice interview partner!

@stefaniasmanio5857 Рік тому

Great answers to fabulous questions... Thank you so much... Impressive... So profound.. ❤❤❤

@kidzbop38isstraightfire92 2 роки тому

Consciousness is emergent and isn't something other than matter? Yea already lost me, it's absolutely impossible physically, thanks for trying

@paxwebb 2 роки тому

Why is that so hard to believe, and yet magic sky fairies are not?

@tim40gabby25 2 роки тому

Good point. Our perception of rainbows might illuminate this problem? Then being able to call them beautiful appears to be truly emergent. Just saying :)

@markyanh6630 2 роки тому

Intelligence is the last aim of the universe because without intelligence the universe won't exist; who knows

@Ancin47 2 роки тому

I agree

@danielpaulson8838 2 роки тому

You described intelligence looking to become intelligent. Hmmmmm

@djayjp 2 роки тому

I absolutely adore his BBC docs on the nature of Information and Energy! I also 100% agree with everything he said here regarding Interpretations of QM.

@marktime9235 11 місяців тому

Jim is undoubtably my favourite science presenter. A real talent for transmitting complex ideas to those less skilled.

@terry.chootiyaa 2 роки тому

*What is GOD ? The notion of God is a man made concept to help him give meaning to his life.....replace GOD with Science and you evolve further 😊👍*

@emmanuelpil 2 роки тому

As a Pantheist, I would say, "Science, of course, has evolved a lot in the past century, but actually it uses just models to try to calculate or predict the outcome of certain actions." Science doesn't really explain existence. That's why I call it God. Not a kind of creative conscious being, but the Wonder of existence.

@KingoftheJuice18 2 роки тому

(1) But in a purely material universe, how could there exist a being who needs to "give meaning to his life"? (2) How does materialist science give meaning to our lives? Doesn't it just tell you how things work? (3) Evolve toward what?

@terry.chootiyaa 2 роки тому

@@emmanuelpil *Science does explain existence and have a more valued reason in its explanation, religion can only use the "GOD" clause to explain a limited view of the world* 😊👍

@terry.chootiyaa 2 роки тому

@@KingoftheJuice18 *Life has no meaning other then your level of understanding of it and thus human beings give it meaning sadly through a limited intellect from religion mostly .....it's all down to how your thinking was conditioned in childhood 👍*

@KingoftheJuice18 2 роки тому

@@terry.chootiyaa So you must mean that your opinion about religion and the meaning of life is all down to how your thinking was conditioned in childhood.

@gordonsirek9001 2 роки тому

I especially liked his response to "Does God exist?" He said, "i doubt it." I no longer call myself an atheist. I call myself a skeptic with regard to the existence of deities. The following sums up my view of this. Religion is like being in a dark room looking for a black cat that may not be there and shouting, "I have found it!” Science is like being in a dark room looking for a black cat while using a flashlight.

@KingoftheJuice18 2 роки тому

Have you every experienced a cat? You'll know it when you've found it 😉 Religion uses a different type of flashlight, a different set of experiences to encounter existence; this doesn't make the experiences less real or valuable. As for modern science, it's more like being in a dark room with a flashlight, gathering more and more information about the room--its size, walls, and furniture--and thinking this somehow solves the absolute mystery of how there could possibly be rooms and flashlights and cats and people looking, and what they're all really for.

@gordonsirek9001 2 роки тому

@@KingoftheJuice18 Religion's flashlight is delusions from an indoctrinated mind. The Religious Method is "I don't know, thereforea a fairy tale god did it."

@KingoftheJuice18 2 роки тому

@@gordonsirek9001 How much time have you spent studying the history of religious thought? I'm not talking about the things spewed by Christian fundamentalists in Congress, but the work of some of the greatest thinkers of the past. Honestly, it doesn't sound like you've taken a very sophisticated or open-minded (even "scientific") approach to the extremely rich and complex phenomenon of religion. Name-calling is no replacement for careful and unbiased study. I would have thought someone like you might appreciate this.

@gordonsirek9001 2 роки тому

@@KingoftheJuice18 What you call "name calling" is you reacting to something you find uncomfortable. Pointing out uncomfortable things is one of the hallmarks of the Scientific Method. BTW I'm a retired engineer from the semiconductor industry who has also studied, as opposed to being indoctrinated, religion and mythology for over 40 years.

@KingoftheJuice18 2 роки тому

@@gordonsirek9001 Throwing out terms like "delusion," "indoctrination," and "fairy tale" is pure name-calling, especially when simply and baldly asserted without evidence. Science must prove the so-called "uncomfortable thing," not start from that conclusion. And science has never proven anything of the sort; it is, rather, your personal opinion, and opinion is not knowledge, that is, not science....I have also studied religion and philosophy quite intensively, for about the same length of time, and arrived at some very different conclusions.

@bsfunskit 2 роки тому

Awesome interview. Very well presented.

@warhammer2162 2 роки тому

Great video, thank you both Arvin and Jim.

@ArvinAsh 2 роки тому

Glad you enjoyed it

@spookyaction 2 роки тому

if there is no god, then we are god that simple

@rishijai 2 роки тому

neither

@ramithuday5042 2 роки тому

Wrong..we are humans, net neutral by birth. Our past karma and present actions and experience of life will define what we become either God or Evil..

@arlind2488 2 роки тому

@@ramithuday5042 😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂 stop

@syfntube 2 роки тому

Logic is a tricky beast...If there is no apple, are we apple?

@vivacristorey4728 2 роки тому

Yes there is God

@wulphstein 2 роки тому

I think it is inevitable that a Creator/Holy Ghost created the universe and its laws of physics, both in terms of the design of the laws of physics, the choosing of the physics constants to facilitate the necessary chemistry, and the creation of life on this world (and probably other worlds). There are certainty insane and irrational alternatives to this question, such as the many world interpretation of quantum mechanics. But the MWI interpretation is not scientific, not observed, and is an irrational avoidance of the truth. Some day, the physics community will come to terms with the truth that we were created to live biological lives (which get diseases, suffer and die). Some day, the science community will have no choice but to bow before the CREATOR and ask for help with the medical suffering of humanity.

@arlind2488 2 роки тому

Wow. This is a very ignorant outlook. Religion is an ambiguous idea made up by us we clearly know this 100%

@tomusic8887 Рік тому

My kind of scientist! Down to earth and solid arguments!

@KingaGorski 2 роки тому

Fascinating interview with some strong insights shared by Jim, thanks for sharing!

@KingaGorski Рік тому

@Rida Dilaty Yes I've flown in my dreams before ✨

@shadowoffire4307 2 роки тому

Adavaita vedanta and Quantum mechanics are two sides of coin both prove the oneness and non-dual reality of this existence and universe. Ervin shodinger was fascinated by adavaita Vedanta he said quantum mechanics reflects the oneness of the universes. Everything is consciousness,every thing is manifestation of the one. I believe in parabhraman the only logically, factually, and scientifically true god. Advaita Vedanta's Non dual reality of existence will come as shock to most of the minds in this world. Most of minds will not able to fathom and comprehend advaita Vedanta it will scare them beyond comprehension. "Some religions say there is only one god. Vedanta says there Is only god.". Vedanta's definition of god: there is no god there is nothing but god. This is the depth of Hinduism,Sanatan and its philosophies like upanishads. God do not exists in everything but everything is nothing but god, everything is not everything, everything is god,one god. existence itself is the god and god itself is the existence, god itself is the pure existence,awareness-knowledge and peace. God is not in everything but everything is god. God manifest as everything.

@zakyzayn5361 2 роки тому

Haqq (Arabic: حقّ‎ ḥaqq) is the Arabic word for truth. In Islamic contexts, it is also interpreted as right and reality. Al-Haqq, 'the truth, is one of the names of God in the Qur'an. It is often used to refer to God as the Ultimate Reality in Islam. We think about thousands and thousands of things. We imagine a horse, a man, an aeroplane, the earth, a train and a book. We see the pictures of these things displayed on the screen of our imagination.This is called ‘the existence in imagination’. (Wujud-e-Dhehni) And also a horse, a man, an aeroplane, the earth, a train or a book has its own existence outside our imagination. That is called ‘existence outside imagination’. This is the real existence (Wujud-e Khariji). Sometimes, we imagine such ideas which can never be found outside our imagination. We may imagine ‘2+2 = 5’. But can 2 + 2 be 5 in real existence? No. We may imagine that a thing exists and also does not exist at the same place at the same time. But can this happen in the world of reality? Certainly NOT. Such imagined ideas which can never exist in reality are called (Mumtaniul-Wujud) 'impossible’. Also we imagine a man walking at a certain time. Can this happen in reality? Remove all other ideas from your mind. Just look at the imagined picture of that man walking at a particular time. Now say, is it necessary that that man should be walking at that time? Or, on the other side, is it impossible of him to be walking at that time? The answer to both questions is ‘No’. Why? Because it is neither essential nor impossible for any man to walk at a given time. He may be walking; he may not be walking. So far as the reason and logic is concerned both his walking and not walking are possible - possible,but not necessary. Such imagined ideas which have equal relation with existence and non-existence, are called Possible, or Transient.(Mumkinul-Wujud). They may exist in reality; they may not exist. There is nothing in their nature to demand this or that. So far as their nature is concerned, ‘To be’ and ‘Not to be’ both are equal to them. So far we have seen two categories of relationship between an imagined idea and its existence in reality: 1. Where that idea has equal relation with existence and non existence. It may exist; it may not exist. There is nothing in its nature to prefer either side. 2.Where that idea can have absolutely no relation with existence. It, by its very nature is non-existence. It will appear from above classification that there should be a third category which would be opposite of ‘Impossible’ (Mumtani ul Wujud) mentioned in (2) above. This third category is of the idea which can have absolutely no relation with non-existence. By its very definition, it is self-existent. Such an idea is called (Wajibul-Wujud) 'Essential Existence’ or ‘Absolute Existence’.

@zakyzayn5361 2 роки тому

Mulla Sadra's Existential Cosmology: Existence is the one and only reality. Existence and reality are therefore identical. Existence is the all-comprehensive reality and there is nothing outside of it. Essences which are negative require some sort of reality and therefore exist. Existence therefore cannot be denied. Therefore, existence cannot be negated. As Existence cannot be negated, it is self-evident that it Existence is God. God should not be searched for in the realm of existence but is the basis of all existence. Reality in Arabic is "Al-Haq", and is stated in the Qur'an as one of the Names of God. - Fazlur Rahman, The Philosophy of Mulla Sadra State University of New York Press, 1975, p. 125

@shadowoffire4307 2 роки тому

@@zakyzayn5361 I used to be most hardcore atheist the most resolute materialist i used to blindly defend atheism without rest and tiring I used to think myself as rationalist I fought,I argued I even name called others even abused others but one year ago Hinduism and its philosophy changed my thinking Pattern and I am now hardcore Hindu and true believer in "the absolute" Hinduism and its philosophies have gave me solace that was otherwise impossible to seek and obtain from other ideologues. Now i know about my true Divine nature because of Hinduism and it's philosophies. Hinduism and it's philosophies not only blown my mind but exploded it. Pure enlightenment and now I fear nothing and worry about nothing. I have transcendence beyond pleasure of senses.

@arlind2488 2 роки тому

@@shadowoffire4307 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 man sad to see people so scared and look to mysticism and religion. Always the weak

@zakyzayn5361 2 роки тому

@@shadowoffire4307 The Skeptic said, “What if you are wrong?” I said, “What if I am right?” The Atheist said, “How is there a Creator?” I said, “How is there a Creation?” The Christian said, “Love God and worship Jesus” I said, “Love Jesus and worship God” The Jew said, “God will always keep his covenant with us” I said, “Have you always kept your covenant with God?” The Buddhist said “The purpose of life is to discover Enlightenment” I said “Enlightenment is to discover the purpose of life” The Polytheist said “I only worship gods that they all might hear me and intercede with God” I said “I worship no gods but the only all-mighty God, who hears all without intercessors” The Extremist said, ‘Extreme times, calls for extreme measures’ I said, ‘Extreme times comes from extreme measures’ The Secular Reformist said, ‘We should reform revelation to fit the times” I said, “We should reform the times to fit revelation” The Ex-Muslim said, ‘I had enough of Islam and left after I learnt more about it and the world’ I said, ‘You left Islam because you didn’t learn enough about it or the world’ The ‘Moderate Muslim’ said “The truth is, only following Islam moderately makes you a good person” I said “Then you are only moderately truthful, and moderately a good person”